काव्यप्रकाश (आचार्य मम्मट - सम्पूर्ण १० उल्लास सटीक)

8 KĀVYAPRAKĀŚA भिद्यादुद्यदुदारदर्दुरदरीदीर्घादरिद्रद्रुम- द्रोहोद्रेकमहोर्मिमेदुरमदा मन्दाकिनी मन्दताम् ॥ ४ ॥ विनिर्गतं मानदमात्ममन्दिराद् भवत्युपश्रुत्य यदृच्छयापि यम् । ससम्भ्रमेन्द्रद्रुतपातितार्गला निमीलिताक्षीव भियामरावती ॥ ५ ॥ इति काव्यप्रकाशे काव्यस्य प्रयोजनकारणस्वरूपविशेष- निर्णयो नाम प्रथम उल्लासः ॥ १ ॥ bhidyādudyadudāradarduradarī dīrghādarīdradruma- drohodrekamahormimeduramada mandākinī mandatām ॥ “ May Gaṅgā, the divine, all your doubts and errors remove !—Gaṅgā, on whose sacred banks the happy Ṛṣis perform their daily rites who have their delusions washed away by the lovely sparkling of water dashing against the rocky bank-holes full of big frogs, whose pride is enhanced by the high waves rising on account of the wide-spreading trees having fallen in.” And again :—vinirgataṁ mānadamātmamandirād bhavatyupaśrutya yadṛchhayāpi yam । sasambhramendradrutapātitārgalā nimīlitākṣīva bhiyāmarāvatī ॥ (Full of fear as soon as Amarāvatī hears that he has moved beyond his palace-gates—the pride of all the Demon race—though it may be put for a pleasure stroll, her gates are barred up in all haste and hurry by agitated Indra and she wears the aspect of a maiden with closed eyes.) 5. Thus ends Chapter I, in which are determined the aim, source and nature of Poetry.