Alaṃkārasarvasva 1-34 · Verses 20-34

asamyagjñānatvasādharmyātsaṃdehānantaramasya lakṣaṇam /
bhrāntiścittadharmaḥ /
sa vidyate yasminbhaṇitiprakāre sa bhrāntimān /
sādṛśyaprayuktā ca bhrāntirasya viṣayaḥ /
yathā-
'oṣṭhe bimbaphalāśayālamalakeṣūtpākajambūdhiyā karṇolaṅkṛtibhāji dāḍimaphalabhrāntyā ca śoṇe bhaṇau /
niṣpattyā sakṛdutpalacchadadṛśāmāttaklamānāṃ marau rājangṛrjararājapañjaraśukaiḥ sadyastṛṣā mūrcchitam' //
gāḍhamarmaprahārādinā tu bhrāntirnāsyālaṅkārasya viṣayaḥ /
yathā--
'dāmodarāghātacūrṇitāśeṣavakṣasā /
dṛṣṭaṃ cāṇūramallena śatacandraṃ nabhastalam' //
sādṛśyahetukāpi bhrāntirvicchittyarthe kavipratibhotthāpitaiva gṛhyate,yathodāhṛtam, na svarasotthāpitā śuktikārajatavat /
evaṃ sthāṇurvā syātpuruṣo vā syāditi saṃśaye 'pi boddhavyam /
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ekasyāpi nimittavaśādanekadhā grahaṇamullekhaḥ

yatraikaṃ vastvanekadhā gṛhyate sa rūpabāhulyollekhanādullekhaḥ /
na cedaṃ nirnimittamullekhamātram, api tu nānāvidhadharmayogitvākhyanimittavaśādetatkriyate /
tatra rucyarthitvavyutpattayo yathāyogaṃ prayojikāḥ /
taduktam-
'yathāruci yathārthitvaṃ yathāvyutpatti bhidyate /
ābhāso 'pyartha ekasminnanusaṃdhānasādhite' //
iti //
yathā-
'yastapovanamit.i munibhiḥ kāmāyatanamiti veśyābhiḥ saṃgītaśāleti lāsakaiḥ' ityādi harṣacarite śrīkaṇṭhākhyajanapadavarṇane /
atra hyeka eva śrīkaṇṭhākhyojanapadastattadguṇayogāttapovanādyanekarūpatayā nirūpitaḥ /
ruccarthitvavyutpattayaśca prāyaśaḥ samastavyastā yojayituṃ śakyante /
nanvetanmadhye 'vajravañjaramiti śaraṇāgatairasuravivaramiti vātikaiḥ' ityādau rūpakālaṅkārayoga iti kathamayamullekhālaṅkāraviṣayaḥ /
satyam /
asti tāvat 'tapovanam' ityādau rūpakavivikto 'sya viṣayaḥ /
yatra vastutastadrūpatāyāḥ saṃbhavaḥ /
yatra tu rūpakaṃ vyavasthitaṃ tatra cediyamapi bhaṅgiḥ saṃbhāvinī tatsaṃkaro 'stu /
na tvetāvatāsyābhāvaḥ śakyate vaktum /
tataśca na doṣaḥ kaścit /
evaṃ hi tatra viṣaye bhrāntimadalaṅkāro 'stu atadrūpasya tadrūpatāpratītinibandhanatvāt /
naitat /
anaikadhāgrahaṇākhyasyāpūrvasyātiśayasyābhāvāt, taddhetukatvāccāsyālaṅkārasya /
saṃkarapratītistvaṅgīkṛtaiva yadyevam, abhede bheda ityevaṃrūpātiśayoktiratrāstu /
naiṣā doṣaḥ /
grahītṛbhedākhyena viṣayavibhāgenānekadhātvoṭṭaṅkanāttasya ca vicchittyantararūpatvāt sarvathā nāsyāntarbhāvaḥ śakyakriya iti niścayaḥ /
yathā vā- 'ṇārāaṇot ti pariṇaavaāhiṃ sirivallahot ti taruṇīhiṃ /
bālāhiṃ uṇa kodūhaleṇa eme a saccavio' //
('nārāyaṇa iti pariṇatavayobhiḥ śrīvallabha iti taruṇībhiḥ /
bālābhiḥ panaḥ kautūhalena evameva satyāpitaḥ' //)//
evam
'garurvacasi pṛthururasi arjuno yaśasi' ityādāvavaseyam /
iyāṃstu viśeṣaḥ-pūrvatra grahītṛbhedenānekadhātvollekhaḥ, iha tu viṣayabhedena /
nanvanekadhātvollekhane gurvādirūpatayā śleṣa iti kathamalaṅkārāntaramatra sthāpyate /
satyam /
anekadhātvanimittaṃ tu vicchittyantaramatra dṛśyate iti tatpratibhotpattihetuḥ śleṣo 'tra syāt /
na tu sarvathā tadabhāvaḥ /
ataścālaṅkārāntaraṃ yadevaṃvidhe viṣaye śleṣābhāve 'pi vicchittisadbhāvaḥ /
tasmādevamādāvullekha eva śreyān /
evamalaṅkārāntaravicchittyāśrayeṇāpyayamalaṅkāro nidarśanīyaḥ /
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viṣayasyāpahnave 'pahnutiḥ

vastvantarapratītirityeva prakrāntāpahnavavaidharmyeṇedamucyate /
āropaprastāvādāropaviṣayāpahnutāvāropyamāṇapratītāvapahnutyākhyo 'laṃṅkāraḥ /
tasya ca trayī bandhacchāyā, apahnavapūrvaka āropaḥ, āropapūrvako 'pahnavaḥ /
chalādiśabdairasatyatvapratipādakairvāpahnavanirdeśaḥ /
pūrvoktabhedadvaye vākyabhedaḥ /
tṛtīyabhede tvekavākyatvam /
ādyo yathā--
'yadetaccandrāntarjaladalavalīlāṃ prakurute tadācaṣṭe lokaḥ śaśaka iti no māṃ prati tathā /
ahaṃ tvinduṃ manye tvadarivirahākrāntataruṇī kaṭākṣolkāpātavraṇakiṇakalaṅkāṅkitatanum' //
atraindavasya śaśasyāpahnave upakṣitpe śaśakaprativastukiṇavata indorāropo nānvayaghaṭanāṃ puṣyatīti na niravadyam /
tattu yathā 'pūrṇendoḥ paripoṣakāntavapuṣaḥ sphāraprabhābhāsvaraṃ nedaṃ maṇḍalamabhyayudeni gaganābhoge jigīṣorjagat /
bhārasyocchritamātapatramadhunā pāṇḍupradeṣaśriyā mānonnaddhajanābhimānadalanodyogaikahevākinaḥ' //
dvitīyo yathā-
'vilasadamaranārīnetranīlābjaṣaṇḍā- nyadhivasati sadā yaḥ saṃyamādhaḥkṛtāni /
na tu rucirakalāpe vartate yo mayūre vitaratu sa kumāro brahmacaryaśriyaṃ vaḥ' //
tṛtīyo yathā--
'ud bhrāntojjhitagehagūrjaravadhūkampākuloccaiḥ kuca- preṅkholāmalahāravallivilanmuktāphalacchajhanā /
sārdhaṃ tvadripubhistvadīyaśasāṃ śūnye marau dhāvatāṃ bhraṣṭaṃ rājamṛgāṅkaṃ! kundamukulasthūlaiḥ śramāmbhaḥkaṇaiḥ' //
atra śūnya ityasya sthāne manyeśabdaprayoge sāpahnavotprekṣā ittayapi sthāpayiṣyate, ' ahaṃ tvinduṃ manye ' iti tu vākyabhede manyeśabdaprayogenotprekṣeti ca vakṣyate /
etasminnapi bhedo 'pahnavāropayoḥ paurvāparyaprayogaviparyaye bhedadvayaṃ sadapi na pūrvavaccitratāvahamiti na bhedatvena gaṇitam /
tatrāpahnuvapūrvake ārope nirantaramudāhṛtam /
āropapūrvake tvapahnave yathā--
'jyotsnābhasmacchuraṇadhavalā bibhratī tārakāsthī nyantardhānavyasanarasikā kātrikāpālikīyam /
dvīpāddvīpaṃ bhramati dadhatī candramudākāpāne nyastaṃ siddhāñjanaparimalaṃ lāñcanasya cchalena' //
kacitpunarasatyatvaṃ vastvantararūpatābhidhāyi-vapuḥ-śabdādinibandhanaṃ yathā-
'amuṣmiṃllāvaṇyāmṛtasarasi nūnaṃ mṛgadṛśaḥ smaraḥ śarvapluṣṭaḥ pṛthujaghanabhāge nipatitaḥ /
yadaṅgāṅgārāṇāṃ praśamapiśunā nābhikuhare khikhā dhūmasyeyaṃ pariṇamati romāvalivapuḥ' //
iti /
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evamabhedaprādhānye āropagarbhānalaṅkārāṃllakṣayitvā adhyavasāyagarbhāṃllukṣayati- tatra
adhyavasāye vyāpāraprādhānye utprekṣā

viṣayanigaraṇenābhedapratipattirviṣayiṇo 'dhyavasāyaḥ /
sa ca dvividhaḥ - sādhyaḥ siddhaśca /
sādhyo yatra viṣayiṇo 'satyatayā pratītiḥ /
asatyatvaṃ ca viṣayigatasya dharmasya viṣaya upanibandhe viṣayisaṃbhāvitvena viṣayāsaṃbhāvitvena ca pratīteḥ /
dharmo,guṇakriyārūpaḥ tasya saṃbhavāsaṃbhavapratītau saṃbhavāśrayasya tatrāparamārthatayā asatyatvaṃ pratīyate, itarasya tu paramārthatayā satyatvam /
yasyāsatyatvaṃ, tasya satyatvapratītāvadhyavasāyaḥ sādhyaḥ /
ataśca vyāpāraprādhānyam /
siddho yatra viṣayiṇo vastuto 'satyasyāpi satyatāpratītiḥ /
satvatvaṃ ca pūrvakasyāsatyatvanimittasyabhāvāt /
ataścādhyavasitaprādhānyam /
tatra sādhyatvapratītau vyāpāraprādhānye 'dhyavasāyaḥ saṃbhāvanamabhimānastarka ūhṛ utprekṣetyādiśabdairucyate /
tadevamaprakṛtagataguṇakriyābhisaṃbandhādaprakṛtatvena prakṛtasya saṃbhāvanamutprekṣā /
sā ca vācyā ivādibhiḥ pradarśyate /
pratīyamānāyāṃ punarivādyaprayogaḥ /
sā ca jātikriyāguṇadravyatāṇāmaprakṛtānāmadhyavaseyatvena caturthā /
prakṛtasyaitadbhedayoge 'pi na vaicitryamiti na te gaṇitāḥ /
pratyekaṃ ca bhāvābhāvābhimānarūpatayā dvaividhye 'ṣṭavivatvam /
bhedāṣṭakasya ca pratyekaṃ nimittasya guṇākriyārūpatve ṣoḍaśa bhedāḥ /
teṣāṃ ca pratyekaṃ nimittasyopādānānupādanābhyāṃ dvātriṃśatprabhedāḥ, teṣu ca pratyekaṃ hetusvarūpaphalotprekṣaṇarūpatvena ṣaṇṇavatirbhedāḥ /
eṣā gatirvācyotprekṣāyā /
tatrāpi dravyasya prāyaḥ svarūpotprekṣaṇameveti hetuphalotprekṣābhedāstataḥ pātanīyāḥ /
pratīyamānāyāstu yadyapyuddeśata etāvantobhedāḥ, tathāpi nimittasyānupādānaṃ tasyāṃ na saṃbhavatīti tairbhedair yūno 'yaṃ prakāraḥ /
ivādyanupādāne nimittasyata cākīrtane utprekṣaṇasya niṣpamāṇatvāt /
prāyaśca svarūpotprakṣāyā yathāsaṃbhavaṃ bhedanirdeśa /
eṣā cārthāśrayati dharmaviṣaye śliṣṭaśabdahetukā kvacitpadārthānvayavelāyāṃ sādṛśyābhivānādupakrāntāpyupamāvākyārthatātparyasāmarythābhimantṛvyāpāropārohakrameṇotprekṣāyāṃ paryavasyati /
kvacicchalādiśabdaprayoge sāpahnavātprekṣā bhavati /
ataścoktavakṣyamāṇaprakāravaicitryeṇānantyamasyāḥ /
sāprataṃ tviyaṃ diḍvrātreṇodāhniyate /
tatra jātyutprekṣā yathā-
'sa vaḥ pāyādindurnavabisalatākoṭikuṭilaḥ- smārāreryo mūrdhni jvalanakapiśo bhāti nihitaḥ /
stravanmandākinyāḥ pratidivasasiktena payasā kapālenonmuktaḥ sphaṭikadhavalenāṅkura iva' //
atrāṅkuraśabdasya jātiśabdatvājjātirutprekṣyate /
kriyotprekṣā yathā--
'limpatīva tamoṅgāni varṣatīvāñjanaṃ nabhaḥ' /
atra lepanavarṣaṇakriye tamonabhogatatvenotprekṣyete /
uttarārdhe tu 'asatpuruṣaseveva dṛṣṭirniṣphalatāṃ gatā' //
ityatropamaiva notprekṣā /
guṇotprekṣā yathā-
'saiṣā sthalī yatra vicinvatā tvāṃ bhraṣṭaṃ mayā nūpuramekamurvyām /
adṛśyata tvaccaraṇāravindaviśleṣaduḥkhādiva baddhamaunam' //
atra dukhaṃ guṇaḥ /
dravyotprekṣā yathā-
'pātālametannayanotsavena vilokya śūnyaṃ mṛgalāñchanena /
ihāṅganābhiḥ svamukhacchalena kṛtāmbare candramayīva sṛṣṭiḥ' //
atra candrasyaikatvād dravyatvam /
etāni bhāvābhimāne udāharaṇāni /
abhāvābhimāne yathā-
'kapolaphalakāvasyāḥ kaṣṭaṃ bhūtvā tathāvidhau /
apaśyantāvivānyonyamīdṛkṣāṃ kṣamatāṃ gatau' //
atrāpaśyantāviti kriyāyā abhāvābhimānaḥ /
evaṃ jātyādāvapyūdyam /
guṇasya nimittatvaṃ yathā-
'navabisalatākoṭikuṭilaḥ' ityatrodāhṛte kuṭilatvasya /
kriyāyā yathā- r'idṛkṣāṃ kṣāmatāṃ gatau' ityatra kṣāmatāgamanasya /
nimittopādānasyaite udāharaṇe /
anupādāne 'limpatīva tamo 'ṅgāni' ityādyudāharaṇam /
hetūtprekṣā yathā - 'viśleṣaduḥkhādiva baddhamaunam' ityādau /
svārūpotprekṣā yathā - 'kuberajuṣṭāṃ diśamuṣṇaraśmau gantuṃ pravṛtte samayaṃ vilaṅghya /
dig dakṣiṇā gandhavahaṃ mukhena vyalīkaniḥ śvāsamivotsasarja' //
phalotprekṣā yathā - 'colasya yadbhītipalāyitasya bhālatvacaṃ kaṇṭakino vanāntāḥ /
adyāpi kiṃ vānubhaviṣyatīti vyapāṭayandraṣṭumivākṣarāṇi' //
evaṃ vācyotprekṣāyā udāharaṇadig dattā /
pratīyamānotprekṣā yathā -
'mahilāsahaḥsabharie tuha hiae suhaa sā asāantī /
aṇudiṇamaṇaṇṇaambhā aṅgaṃ taṇuaṃpi taṇuei' //
('mahilāsahasrabharite tava hṛdaye subhaga sā amāntī /
anudinamananyakarmā aṅgaṃ tanakamapi tanayati' //) //
atra-
amāantītyavartamāneveti tanūkaraṇahetutvenotprekṣitam /
evaṃ bhedāntareṣvapi jñeyam /
śliṣṭaśabdaheturyathā - 'ananyasāmānyatayā prasiddhasttayāgīti gīto jagatītale yaḥ /
abhūdahaṃpūrvikayā gatānāmatīva bhūmiḥ smaramārgaṇānām' //
atra dharmaviṣaye mārgaṇaśabdaḥ śliṣṭaḥ /
upamopakramotprekṣā yathā - 'kastūrītilakanti bhālaphalake devyā mukhāmbhoruhe rolambanti tamālabālamukulottaṃsanti maulāvapi /
yāḥ karṇe vikacotpalanti kucayoraṅke ca kālāguru- sthāsanti prathayantu tāstava śivaṃ śrīkaṇṭhakaṇṭhatviśaṣaḥ' //
atra yadyapi 'sarvaprātipadikebhyaḥ kkip' ityupamānātkkibvidhāvāmukhe upamāpratītistathāpyupamānasya prakṛte saṃbhavaucityātsaṃbhāvanotthane utprekṣāyāṃ paryavasānam /
yathā vā virahavaṇaṃne 'keyūrāyitamaṅgadaiḥ' ityādau /
eṣāpi samastopamāpratīpādakaviṣaye 'pi harṣacaritavārtite sāhityamīmāṃsāyāṃ ca teṣu teṣu pradeśeṣudāhṛtā, iha tu granthavistarabhayānna prapañcitā /
sāpahnavotprekṣā yathā-
'gatāsu tīraṃ timighaṭṭanena sasaṃbhramaṃ pauravilāsinīṣu /
yatrollasatphenataticchalena muktāṭṭahāseva vibhāti siprā' //
atrevaśabdamāhātmyātsaṃbhāvanaṃ chalaśabdaprayogāccāpahnavo gamyate /
evaṃ chadmādiśabdaprayoge 'pi jñeyam /
'apara iva pākaśāsanaḥ' ityādāvaparaśabdāprayoge upamaiveyam /
tatprayoge tu prakṛtasya rājñaḥ pākaśāsanatvapratītāvadhyavasāyasaṃbhāvādivaśabdena ca tasya sādhyatvapratīterutprekṣaiveyam /
ivaśabādāprayoge siddhatvādadhyavasāyasyātiśayoktiḥ /
ivāparaśabdayoraprayoge tu rūpakam /
tadevaṃ prakāravaicitryeṇāvasthitāyā utprekṣāyā hetūtprekṣāyāṃ yasya prakṛtasaṃbandhino dharmasya heturutprekṣate sa dharmo 'dhyavasāyavaśādabhinna utprekṣāyāṃ nimittatvenāśrīyate /
sa ca vācya eva niyamena bhavati /
anyathā kaṃ prati hetuḥ syāt /
yathā-'apaśyantāvivānyonyam' ityādau /
atra kapolayoḥ prakṛtayoḥ saṃbandhitvenopāttasya kṣāmatāgamanasya heturadarśanamutprekṣitam /
hetuphalaṃ ca kṣāmatāgamanaṃ tatra nimittam /
evam 'adṛśyata tvaccaraṇāravindaviśleṣaduḥkhādiva baddhamaunam'ityatra nūpuragatasya maunitvasya heturduḥkhitvam /
tadutprekṣaṇe maunitvameva nimittaṃ jñeyam /
evaṃ sarvatra /

svarūpotprekṣāyāṃ yatra dharmī dharmyantaragatatvenotpekṣyate tatrāpi nimittabhūto dharmaḥ kkacinnirdiśyate /
yathā-'sa vaḥ pāyādunduḥ' ityādau /
atra kuṭulatvādi nirdiṣṭameva /
'veleva rāgasāgarasya' ityādau saṃkṣobhakāritvādi gamyamānam /
yatra ca dharma eva dharmigatatvenotprekṣyate tatrāpi nimittasyopādānānupādānābhyam /
upādāne yathā-
'prāpyābhiṣekametasminpratiṣṭhāsati dviṣām /
cakampe lopyamānajñā bhayavihvavaliteva bhūḥ' //
atra bhūgatatvena bhayavihvalitatvākhyadharmotprekṣāyāṃ kampādinimittamupāttama /
anupādāne yathā-'lipmatīva tamo 'ṅgāni' ityādau /
atra tamotatatvena lepanakriyākartṛtvopekṣāyāṃ vyāpanādi nimittaṃ gamyamānam /
vyāpanādau tūtprekṣāviṣaye nimittamanyadanveṣyaṃ syāt /
na ca viṣayasya gamyamānatvaṃ yuktam /
tasyotprekṣitādhāratvena prastutasyābhidhātumucitatvāt /
tasmād yathoktameva sādhu /
phalotprekṣāyāṃ yadeva tasya kāraṇaṃ tadeva nimittam /
tasyānupādāne kasya tatphalatvenoktaṃ syāt /
tasmāttatra tasya nimittasyopādānameva na prakārāntaram /
yathā--
'rathasthitānāṃ parivartanāya purātanānāmiva vāhanānām' /
utpattibhūmau turagāttamānāṃ diśi pratasthe raviruttarasyām' //
atrāśvaparivartanasya phalasyottaradiggamanaṃ kāraṇameva nimittamupāttam /
tadasāvutprekṣāyāḥ kakṣyāvibhāgaḥ pracuratayā sthito 'pi lakṣye duravadhāratvādiha na prapañcitaḥ /
tasyāścevādiśabdavanmanyeśabdo 'pi pratipādakaḥ /
kiṃ tūtprekṣāsāmagrathabhāve manyeśabdaprayogo vitarkameva pratipādayati /
yathodāhṛtaṃ prāk 'ahaṃ tvinduṃ manye tvadariviraha' ityādi /
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evamadhyavasāyasya sādhyatāyāmutprekṣāṃ nirṇīya siddhatve 'tiśayoktiṃ lakṣayati-
adhyavasitaprādhānye tvatiśayoktiḥ

adhyavasāne trayaṃ saṃbhavati- svarūpaṃ viṣayo viṣayī ca /
viṣayasya hi viṣayiṇāntarnigīrṇatve 'dhyavasāyasya svarūpotthānam /
tatra sādhyatve svarūpaprādhānyam /
siddhatve tvadhyavamitaprādhānyam /
viṣayaprādhānyamadhyavasāye naiva saṃbhavati /
adhyavasitaprādhānye cātiśayoktiḥ /
anyāśca pañcaprakārāḥ /
bhede 'bhedaḥ /
abhede bhedaḥ /
saṃbandhe 'saṃbandhaḥ /
asaṃbandhe saṃbandhaḥ /
kāryakāraṇapaurvāparyavidhvaṃsaśca /
tatra bhede 'bhedo yathā--
'kamalamanabhbhasi kamale ca kuvalaye tāni kanakalatikāyām /
sā ca sukumārasubhagetyutpātaparamparā keyam' //
atra mukhādīnāṃ kamalādyairbhede 'bhedaḥ //
abhede bhedo yathā-
'aṇṇaṃ laḍahattaṇaaṃ aṇṇāvia kāvi vattaṇacchāā /
sāmā sāmaṇṇāpaāvaiṇo rehañcia ṇa hvoi' //
('anyat saundaryemanyāpi ca kāpi varttanacchāyā /
śyāmā sāmānyaprajāpate rekhaiva na saṃbhavati' //)//
atra laḍahatvādīnāmabhede 'pyanyatvena bhedaḥ /
yathā vā-- 'maggialaddhaṃmi valāmoḍiacuṃbieṃ apyaṇā a uvaṇamie /
ekkaṃmi piāharae aṇṇoṇṇā hāenti rasabheā' //
('mārgikatalabdhe balātkāracumbute ātmanā copanīte /
ekasminnapi priyādhare 'nye 'nye bhavanti rasabhedāḥ' //)//
atrābhinnasyāpi priyādhararasasya viṣayavibhāgena bhedenopanibagandhaḥ /
saṃbandhe 'saṃbandho yathā-
'lāvaṇyadraviṇavyayo na gaṇitaḥ kleśo mahānsvīkṛtaḥ svacchandaṃ carato janasya hṛdaye cintājvaro nirmitaḥ /
eṣāpi svaguṇānurūparamaṇābhāvād varākī hatā ko 'rthaścetasi vedhasā vinihitastanvyāstanuṃ tanvatā' //
atra lāvaṇyadraviṇasya vyayasaṃbandhe 'pyasaṃbandhastanvīlāvaṇyaprakarṣapratipādanārthe nibaddhaḥ /
yathā vā-- 'asyāḥ sargavidhau prajāpatipabhūccandro nu kāntipradaḥ śṛṅgāraikarasaḥ svayaṃ nu madano māso nu puṣkākaraḥ /
vedābhyāsajaḍaḥ kathaṃ nu viṣayavyāvṛttakautūhalo nirmātuṃ prabhavenmanoharamidaṃ rūpaṃ purāṇo muniḥ' //
atra purāṇaprajāpatinirmāṇasaṃbandhe 'pvasaṃbandha uktaḥ /
asaṃbandhe saṃbandho yathā-
'puṣpaṃ pravālopahitaṃ yadi syānmuktāphalaṃ vā sphuṭavidrumastham /
tato 'nukuryād viśadasya tasyāstāmrauṣṭhaparyastarucaḥ smitasya' //
atra saṃbhāvanayā saṃbandhaḥ yathā vā- 'dāho 'mbhaḥprasṛtiṃpacaḥ pracayavān bāṣpaḥ praṇālocitaḥ śvāsāḥ preṅkhikatadīpradīpakalikāḥ pāṇṭimni magnaṃ vapuḥ /
kiṃ tāmyatkathagrāmi rātrimakhilāṃ tvanmārgavātāgrane hastacchattraniruddhacandramahasastasyāḥ sthitirvartate' //
atra dāhādīpāmabhbhaḥ prasṛtyādyairasaṃbandhe 'pi saṃbandhaḥ siddhatvenoktaḥ /
kāryakāraṇapaurvāparyavidhvaṃsaḥ paurvāparyaviparyayāttulyakālatvādvā /
viparyayo yathā-
'hṛdayamadhiṣṭitamādau mālatyāḥ kusumacāpabāṇena /
caramaṃ ramaṇīvallabha! locanaviṣayaṃ tvayā bhajatā' //
tulyakālatvaṃ yathā--
'aviralavilolajaladaḥ kuṭajārjunanīpasurabhivanavātaḥ /
ayamāyātaḥ kālo hanta hṛtāḥ pathikagehinyaḥ' //
eṣu pañcasu bhedeṣu bhede 'bhedādivacanaṃ lokātikrāntagocaram /
ataścātrātiśayākhyaṃ yatphalaṃ prayojakatvānnimittaṃ tatrābhedādhyavasāyaḥ /
tathā hi 'kamalamanambhasi' ityādau vadanādīnāṃ kamalādyairbhede 'pi vāstavaṃ saundaryaṃ kavisamarpitena saundaryeṇābhedenādhyavasitaṃ bhede 'bhedavacanasya nimittam /
tatra ca siddho 'dhyavasāya ityadhyavasitaprādhānyam /
na tu vadanādīnāṃ kamalādibhirabhedādhyavasāyo yojanīyaḥ, abhede bheda ityādiṣu prakāreṣvaṣyāpteḥ /
tatra hi 'aṇṇaṃ laḍahṛttaṇaaṃ' ityādau sātiśayaṃ laḍahatvaṃ nimittabhūtabhedenādhyavasitam /
evamanyatrāpi jñeyam /
tadabhiprāyeṇaivādhyavasitaprādhānyam /
prakārapañcakamadhyātkāryakāraṇabhāvena yaḥ prakāraḥ sa kāryakāraṇatāśrayālaṅkāraprastāve prapañcārthaṃ lakṣiyiṣyate /
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evamadhyavasāyāśrayamalaṅkāradvayamuktvā gamyamānaupamyāśrayā alaṅkārā idānīmucyante /
tatrāpi padārthavākyārtagatatvena teṣāṃ dvaividhye padārthagatamalaṅkāradvayaṃ krameṇocyate-
aupamyasya gamyatve padārthagatatvena prastutānāmaprastutānāṃ vā samānadharmābhisaṃbandhe tulyayogitā

ivādyaprayoge hyaupanyasya gamyatvam /
tatra prākaraṇikānāmapraraṇikānāṃ vārthānāṃ samānaguṇakriyāsaṃbandhe anvitārthā tulyayogitā /
yathā-
'sajjātapatraprakārāñcitāni samudvahanti sphuṭapāṭalatvam /
vikasvarāṇyarkakaraprabhāvāddināni padmāni ca vṛddhimīyuḥ' //
atra ṛtuvarṇanasya prakāntatvāddinānāṃ padmānāṃ ca prakṛtatvād vṛddhigamanaṃ kriyā /
evaṃ guṇe 'pi /
yathā-
'yogapaṭṭo jaṭājālaṃ tāravī tvaṅmṛgājinam /
ucitāni tavāṅgeṣu yadyamūni taducyatām' //
ucitatvaṃ guṇaḥ /
aprākaraṇikānāṃ yathā-
'dhāvattvadaśvapṛtanāpatitaṃ mukhe 'sya ninindranīlanalinacchadakomalāṅgyā /
bhagnasya gūrjaranṛpasya rajaḥ kayāpi tanvyā tavāsilatayā ca yaśaḥ prabhṛṣṭam' //
atra gūrjaraṃ prati nāyikāsilatayoraprākaraṇikatve mārjanaṃ kriyā /
guṇo yathā-
'tvadaṅgamārdavaṃ draṣṭuḥ kasya citte na bhāsate /
mālatīśaśabhṛllekhākadalīnāṃ kaṭhoratā' //
kaṭhoratvaṃ guṇaḥ /
evameṣā caturvidhā vyākhyātā /
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prastutāprastutayorvyastatve tulyayogitāṃ pratipādya samastatve dīpakamucyate -
prastutāprastutānāṃ tu dīpakam

aupamyasya gamyatva ityādyanuvartate /
prākaraṇikāprākaraṇikayormadhyādekatra nirdiṣṭaḥ samāno dharmaḥ prasaṅganānyatropakārāddīpanāddīpasādṛśyena dīpakākhyālaṅkārotthāpakaḥ /
tatrevādyaprayogādupamānopameyabhāvo gamyamānaḥ /
sa ca vāstava eva /
pūrvatra śuddhaprākaraṇikatve śuddhāprākaṇikatvai vā vaivakṣikaḥ, prākaraṇikatvanirvartitatvādupamānopameyabhāvasya /
anekasyaikakriyābhisaṃbandhādaucityātpadārthatvoktiḥ /
vastutastu vākyārthatve ādimadhyāntavākyagatatvena dharmasya vṛttāvādibhamadhyāntadīpakākhyāstrayo 'sya bhedāḥ /
krameṇodāharaṇam - 'rehai mihireṇa ṇahaṃ raseṇa kavvaṃ sareṇa jovvaṇaaṃ /
amaeṇa dhuṇīdhavao tumae ṇaraṇāha bhuvaṇamiṇaṃ' //
('reyate mihireṇa nabho rasena kāvyaṃ sareṇa [smareṇa] yauvanam amṛtena dhunīdhavaḥsvayā naramātha! bhuvanamidam' //)//
'saṃcārapūtāni digantarāṇi kṛtvā dinānte nilayāya gantum /
pracakrame pallavarāgatāmrā prabhā pataṅgasya munaśca dhenuḥ' //
'kivaṇāṇa dhaṇaṃ ṇāāṇaṃ phaṇamaṇī kesarāiṃ sīhāṇaṃ /
kulavāliāṇa thaṇaā kutto cheppanti amuāṇaṃ' //
('kṛpaṇānāṃ dhanaṃ nāgānāṃ phaṇamaṇiḥ kesarāḥ siṃhānām /
kulabālikānāṃ stanāḥ kutaḥ spṛśyante 'mṛtānām') //
evamekakriyaṃ dīpakatrayaṃ nirṇītam /
atra ca yathānekakārakagatatvennaikakriyā dīpakaṃ tathānekakriyāgatatvenaikakārakamapi dīpakam /
yathā-
'sādhūnāmupakartuṃ lakṣmīṃ dharttuṃ vihāyasā gantum /
na kutūhali kasya manaścaritaṃ ca mahātmanāṃ śrotum' //
atropakaraṇādyanekakriyākartṛtvena kutūhalaviśiṣṭaṃ mano nirdiṣṭam /
chāyānrareṇa tu mālādīpakaṃ prastāvāntare lakṣyayiṣyate /
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vākyārthagatatvena sāmānyasya vākyadvaye pṛthaṅnirdeśe prativastūpamā

padārthārabdho vākyārtha iti padārthagatālaṅkārānantaraṃ vākyārthagatālaṅkāraprastāvaḥ /
tatra sāmānyadharmasyevādyupādāne sakṛnnirdeśe upamā /
vastuprativastubhāvenāsakṛnnirdeśe 'pi saiva /
ivādyanupādāne sakṛnnirdeśe upamā /
vastuprativastubhāvenāsakṛnnirdeśe tu śuddhasāmānyarūpatvaṃ bimbapratibimbabhāvo vā /
ādyaḥ prakāraḥ prativastūpamā /
vastu-śabdasya vākyārthavācitve prativāvākyārthamupamā sāmyamityanvarthāśrayaṇāt /
kevalaṃ kāvyasamayātparyāyāntareṇa pṛthaṅnirdeśaḥ /
dvitīyaprakārāśrayeṇa dṛṣṭānto vakṣyate /
tadevamaupamyāśrayeṇaiva prativastūpamā /
yathā -
'cakorya eva caturāścandrikācāmakarmaṇi /
āvantya eva nipuṇāḥ sudṛśo ratanarmaṇi' //
atra caturatvaṃ sādhāraṇe dharmaṃ upamānavākye, upameyavākye tu nipuṇapadena nirdiṣṭaḥ /
na kevasamiyaṃ sādharmyeṇa yāvad vaidharmyeṇāpi /
yathātraivottarasthāne 'vināvantīrna nipuṇāḥ sudṛśo ratanarmaṇi' iti pāṭhe /
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tasyāpi bimbapratibimbabhāvatayā nirdeśa dṛṣṭāntaḥ

taṣṇāpīti na kevalamupamānopameyayoḥ /
tacchabdena sāmānyadharmaḥ pratyavamṛṣṭaḥ /
ayamapi sādharmyavaidharmyābhyāṃ dvividhaḥ /
ādyo yathā-
'abdhirlaṅghita eva vānarabhaṭaiḥ kiṃ tvasya gambhīratā- , māpātālanimagnapīvaratanurjānāti manthācalaḥ /
devīṃ vācamupāsate hi bahyavaḥ sāraṃ tu sārastvataṃ jānīte nitarāmasau gurukulakliṣṭo murāriḥ kaviḥ' //
atra yadyapi ñcānākhya eko dharmo nirdiṣṭastathāpi na tannibandhanamaupabhyaṃ vivakṣitam /
yannibandhanaṃ ca vivakṣitaṃ tatrābdhilaṅghanādāvastyeva divyavāgupāsanādinā pratibimbanam /
dvitīyo yathā-
'kṛtaṃ ca garvābhimukhaṃ manastvayā kimanyadevaṃ nihatāśca no 'rayaḥ /
tamāṃsi tiṣṭanti hi tāvadaṃśumānna yāvadāyātyudayādrimaulitām' //
atra nihatatvādeḥ sthānādinā vaidharmyeṇa pratibimbanam /
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saṃbhāvatāsaṃbhavatā vā vastusaṃbandhena gamyamānaṃ pratibimbakaraṇaṃ nidarśanā

pratibimbakaraṇaprastāvenāsyā lakṣaṇam /
tatra kkacitsaṃbhavanneva vastusaṃbandhaḥ svasāmarthyāddhimbapratibimbabhāvaṃ kalpayati /
kvacitpunaranvayabādhādasaṃbhāvatā vastusaṃbandhena pratibimbanamākṣipyate /
tatra saṃbhavadvastusaṃbandhā yathā-
'cūḍāmaṇipade dhatte yo devaṃ ravimāgatam /
satāṃ kāryātitheyīti bodhayan gṛhamedhinaḥ' //
atra bodhayanniti ṇicastatsamarthācaraṇe prayogātsaṃbhavati vastusaṃbandhaḥ /
asaṃbhavadvastusaṃbandhā yathā-
'abyātsa vo yamya nisargavakraḥ spṛśatyadhijyasmaracāpalīlām /
jaṭāpinaddhoragarājaratnamarīcilīḍhobhayakoṭirinduḥ' //
atra smaracāpasaṃbandhinyā līlāyā vastvantarabhūtenendunā sparśanamasaṃbhavallīlāsadṛśīṃ līlāmavagamayatītpadūraviprakarṣātpratibimbakalpanamuktam /
eṣāpi padārthavākyārthavṛttibhedād dvividhā padārthavṛttiḥ samanantaramudāhṛtā /
vākyārthavṛttiryathā-
'tvatpādanakharatnānāṃ yadalaktakamārjanam /
idaṃ śrīkhaṇḍalepena pāṇḍurīkaraṇaṃ vidhoḥ' //
kecittu dṛṣṭāntālaṅkāro 'yamityāhustadasat /
nirapekṣayorvākyārthayorhi bimbapratibimbabhāvo dṛṣṭāntaḥ /
yatra ca prakṛte vākyārthe vākyārthāntaramāropyate sāmānādhikaraṇyena tatra saṃbandhānupapattimūlā nidarśanaiva yuktā, na dṛṣṭāntaḥ /
evaṃ ca -
'śuddhāntadurlabhamidaṃ vapurāśramavāsino yadi janasya /
dūrīkṛtāḥ khalu guṇairudyānalatā banalatābhiḥ' //
ityatra dṛṣṭāntabuddhirna kāryā /
uktanyāyena nidarśanāprātpeḥ /
iyaṃ copemeya upamānavṛttasyāsaṃbhavātpratipāditā pūrvaiḥ vastutastūpameyavṛttasyopamāne 'saṃbhavādapi bhavati /
ubhayatrāpi saṃbandhavighaṭanasya vidyamānatvāt /
tadyathā - 'viyoge gauḍanārīṇāṃ yo gaṇḍatalapāṇḍimā /
alakṣyata sa kharjūrīmañjarīgarbhareṇuṣu' //
atra gaṇḍatalaṃ prakṛtam /
taddharmasya pāṇḍimnaḥ kharjūrīreṇuṣvasaṃbhavādaupamyapratītiḥ /
eṣa ca prakāraḥ śṛṅkhalānyāyenāpi bhavati /
yathā-
'muṇḍasire boraphalaṃ borovari boraaṃ thiraṃ dharasi /
viggucchāai appā ṇāliacheā chalijjanti' /
iyamapi kvacinmālayāpi bhavantī dṛśyate /
yathā-
'araṇyaruditaṃ kṛtaṃ śavaśarīramudvartitaṃ sthale 'bjamavaropitaṃ suciramūṣare varṣitam /
śvapucchamavanāmitaṃ badhirakarṇajāpaḥ kṛtaḥ dhṛto 'ndhamukhadarpaṇo yadabudho janaḥ sevitaḥ' //
kvacitpunarniṣedhasāmarrthyādākṣitpāyāḥ prātpeḥ saṃbandhānupapattyāpi bhavati /
yathā-
'utkope tvayi kiñcideva calati drāggūrjarakṣmābhṛtā muktā bhūrna paraṃ bhayānmarujuṣāṃ yāvattadeṇīdṛśām /
padbhyāṃ haṃsagatirmukhena śaśinaḥ kāntiḥ kucābhyāmapi kṣāmābhyāṃ sahasaiva vanyakariṇāṃ gaṇḍasthalīvibhramaḥ' //
atra muktena niṣedhapadaṃ tadanyathānupapattyā pādayorhasagatiprātpirākṣipyate /
sā ca tayoranupapannā sādṛśyaṃ gamayatīti asaṃbhavadvastusaṃbanvanibandhanā nidarśanā /
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bhedaprādhānye upamānādupameyasyādhikye viparyaye vā vyatirekaḥ

adhunā bhedaprādhānyenālaṅkārakathanam /
bhedo vailakṣaṇyam /
sa ca dvidhā bhavati, upamānādupameyasyādhikaguṇatve viparyaye vā bhāvāt /
viparyayo nyūnaguṇatvam /
krameṇodāharaṇam - 'diddakṣavaḥ pakṣyalatāvilāsamakṣṇāṃ sahasrasya manoharaṃ te /
vāpīṣu nīlotpalinī-vikāsarabhyāsu nandanti na ṣaṭpadaudhāḥ' //
'kṣīṇaḥ kṣoṇo 'pi śaśī bhūyo bhūyo vivardhate satyam /
virama prasīda sundari yauvanamanivarti yātaṃ tu' //
atra vikasvaranīlotpalinyapekṣayā akṣisahasrasya pakṣmalatayā adhikaguṇatvam /
candrāpekṣayā ca yauvanasya nyūnaguṇatvam /
śaśivailakṣaṇyena tasyāpunarāgamāt /
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upamānopameyayorekasya prādhānyanirdeśe 'parasya sahārthasaṃbandhe sahoktiḥ

bhedaprādhānya ityeva /
guṇaprādhānabhāvanimittakamatra bhedaprādhānyam /
sahārthaprayuktaśca guṇaprādhānabhāvaḥ /
upamānopameyatvaṃ cātra vaivakṣikam, dvayorapi prākaraṇikatvādaprākaraṇikaraṇikatvādvā /
sahārthasāmarthyāddhi tayoḥ tulyakakṣatvam /
tatra tṛtīyāntasya niyamena guṇatvādupamānatvam /
arthācca pariśiṣṭasya pradhānatvādupameyatvam /
śabdaścātra guṇaprādhānabhāvaḥ /
vastutastu viparyayo 'pi syāt /
tatra niyamenātiśayoktimūlatvamasyāḥ /
sā ca kāryakāraṇapratiniyamaviparyayarūpā abhedādhyavasāyarūpā ca /
abhedādhyavasāyaśca śleṣabhittiko 'nyathā vā /
sāhityaṃ cātra katrādinānābhedaṃ jñeyam /
tatra ca -
'kāryakāraṇapratiniyamaviparyayarūpā yathā -
'bhavadaparādhaiḥ sārdhaṃ saṃtāpo vardhatetarāmasyāḥ' /
atrāparādhānāṃ saṃtāpaṃ prati hetutve 'pi tulyakālatvenopanibandhaḥ /
śleṣabhittikābhedādhyavasāyarūpā yathā -
'astaṃ bhāsvānprayātaḥ saha ripubhirayaṃ saṃhniyantāṃ balāni' /
atrāstaṃ gamanaṃ śliṣṭam /
astamityasyobhayārthatvāt //
tadanyathārūpā yathā -
'kumudavanaiḥ saha saṃprati vighaṭante cakravākamithunāni' /
atra vighaṭanaṃ saṃbandhibhedādbhinnaṃ na tu śliṣṭam /
etadviśeṣaparihāreṇa sahoktimātraṃ nālaṅkāraḥ /
yathā-
'anena sārdhaṃ viharāmburāśestīreṣu tālīvanamarmareṣu' ityādau /
etānyeva kartṛsāhitye udāharaṇāni /
karmasāhitye yathā - 'dyujano mutyunā sārdhaṃ yasyājau tārakāmaye /
cakre cakrābhidhānena preṣyeṇātpamanorathaḥ' //
atra karotikriyāpekṣayā dyujanasya mṛtyośca karmatvam /
eṣā ca māsayāpi bhavantī dṛśyate /
yathā-
'utkṣitpaṃ saha kauśikasya pulakaiḥ sārdhaṃ mukhairnāmitaṃ bhūpānāṃ janakasya saṃśayadhiyā sākaṃ samāsphālitam /
vaidehyā manasā samaṃ ca sahasākṛṣṭaṃ tato bhārgava- prauḍhāhaṅkṛtikandalena ca samaṃ tad bhagnamaiśaṃ dhanuḥ' //
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sahotkipratibhaṭabhūtāṃ vinoktiṃ lakṣayati - /
vinā kiñcidanyasya sadasattvābhāvo vinoktiḥ

sattvasya śobhanatvasyābhāvo 'śobhanatvam /
evamasattvasyāśobhanatvasyābhāvaḥ śobhanatvam /
tedve sattvāsattve yatra kasyacidasaṃnidhānānnibadhyete sā dvidhā vinoktiḥ /
atra ca śobhanatvāśobhanatvasattāsattāyāmeva vaktavyāyāmasattāmukhenābhidhānamanyanivṛttiprayuktā tannivṛttiriti khyāpanārtham /
evaṃ cānyānivṛttau vidhireva prakāśito bhavati /
ādyā yathā -
'vinayena vinā kā śrīḥ kā niśā śaśinā vinā /
rahitā satkavitvena kīdṛśī vāgvidagdhatā' //
atra vināśabdamantareṇāpi vinārthavivakṣā yathākathañcinnimittībhavati yathā sahoktau sahārthavivakṣā /
evaṃ ca -
'nirarthakaṃ janma gataṃ nalinyā yathā na dṛṣṭaṃ tuhināṃśubimbam /
utpattirindorapi niṣphalaiva na yena dṛṣṭā nalinī prabuddhā' //
ityādau vinoktireva /
tuhināṃśudarśanaṃ nalinījanmano 'śobhanatvapratīteḥ /
iyaṃ ca parasparavinoktibhaṅgyā camatkārātiśayakṛt /
yathodāhṛte viṣaye /
dvitīyā yathā -
'mṛgalocanayā vinā vicitravyavahārapratibhāprabhāpragalbhaḥ /
amṛtadyutisundarāśayo 'yaṃ suhṛdā tena narendrasūnuḥ' //
atrāśobhanatvābhāvaḥ śobhanapadārthaprakṣepabhaṅgyoktaḥ /
śaiṣā dvidhā vinoktiḥ /
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adhunā viśeṣaṇavicchittyāśrayeṇālaṅkāradvayamucyate /
tatrādau viśeṣaṇasāmyāvaṣṭambhena samāsoktimāha- /
viśeṣaṇānāṃ sāmyādaprastutasya gamyatve samāsoktiḥ

iha prastutāprastutānāṃ kvacid vācyatvaṃ kvacid gamyatvamiti dvaividhyam /
vācyatvaṃ ca śleṣanirdeśabhaṅgyā pṛthagupādānena vetyapi dvaividhyam /
etad dvibhedamapi śleṣālaṅkārasya viṣayaḥ /
gumyatvaṃ tu prastutaniṣṭhamaprastutapraśaṃsāviṣayaḥ aprastutaniṇṭhaṃ tu samāsoktiviṣayaḥ /
tatra ca nimittaṃ viśeṣaṇasāmyam /
viśeṣyasyāpi sāmye śleṣaprātpeḥ /
viśeṣaṇasāmyāddhi pratīyamānaprastutaṃ prastutāvacchedakatvena pratīyate /
avacchedakatvaṃ ca vyavahārasamāropaḥ /
rūpasamārope tvavacchāditatvena prakṛtasya tadrūpitvād rūpakameva /
tacca viśeṣaṇasāmyaṃ śliṣṭatayā sādhāraṇyenaupamyagarbhatvena ca bhavat tridhā bhavati tatra śliṣṭatayā yathā - 'upoḍharāgeṇa vilolatārakaṃ tathā gṛhītaṃ śaśinā niśāmukham ṣa yathā samastaṃ timirāṃśukaṃ tayā puro 'pi rāgādgalitaṃ na lakṣitam' //
atra niśāśaśinoḥ śliṣṭaviśeṣaṇamahimnā nāyakavyavahārapratipattiḥ /
aparityaktasvarūpayorniśāśaśinornāyakatākhyadharmaviśiṣṭayoḥ pratīteḥ /
sādhāraṇyena yathā - 'tanvī manoramā bālā lolākṣī puṣpahāsinī /
vikāsameti subhaga bhavaddarśanamātrataḥ' //
atra tanvītyādiviśeṣaṇasāmyāllolākṣyā latāvyavahārapratītiḥ /
tatra ca lataikagāmivikāsākhyadharmasasāropaḥ kāraṇam /
anyathā viśeṣaṇasāmyamātreṇa niyatalatāvyavahārasyāpratīteḥ /
vikāsaśca prakṛte upacarito jñeyaḥ /
evaṃ ca kāryasamārope 'pi jñeyā /
iyaṃ ca samāsoktiḥ pūrvāpekṣayāspaṣṭā /
aupamyagarbhatvena yathā-
'dantaprabhāpuṣpacitā pāṇipallavaśobhinī /
keśapāśālivṛndena suveṣā hariṇekṣaṇā' //
atra dantaprabhā puṣpāṇīveti suveṣatvavaśādupamāgarbhatvena kṛte samāse paścāddantaprabhāsadṛśaiḥ puṣpaiściteti samāsāntarāśrayaṇena samānaviśeṣaṇamāhātmyāllatāvyavahārapratītiḥ /
atraiva 'parītā hariṇekṣaṇā' iti pāṭhe upamārūpasādhakabāghakābhāvāt saṃkarasamāśrayeṇa kṛte yojane paścāt pūrvavat samāsāntaramahimnā latāpratītijñaṃyā /
rūpakagarbhatvena tu samāsāntarāśrayaṇāt samānaviṣeṣaṇatvaṃ bhavadapi na samāsokteḥ prayojakam /
ekadeśavivartirūpakamukhenaivārthāntarapratītestasyā vaiyarthyāt /
na ca pūrvadarśitopamāsaṃkaraviṣaye eṣa nyāyaḥ /
upamāsaṃkarayorekadeśavivartinorabhāvāt /
taccaikadeśavivartirūpakamaśleṣeṇa śleṣeṇa ca bhavatīti dvividham /
aśliṣṭaṃ yathā-
'nirīkṣya vidyunnayanaiḥ payodo mukhaṃ niśāyāmabhisārikāyāḥ /
dhārānipātaiḥ saha kiṃ nu vāntaścandro 'yamitpārtataraṃ rarāsa' //
atra nirīkṣaṇānuguṇyādvidyunnayanairiti rūpake payodasya draṣṭṛpuruṣanirūpaṇamārtataraṃ rarāsetyatra pratīyamānotprekṣāyā nimittatvaṃ bhajate /
śliṣṭaṃ yathā-
'madanagaṇanāsthāne lekhyaprapañcamudañcayan vicakila-bṛhatpattranyastadvirephamaṣīlavaiḥ /
kuṭilalipibhiḥ kaṃ kāyasthaṃ na nāma visūtrayan vyadhita virahiprāṇeṣvāyavyayāvadhikaṃ madhuḥ' [śrī. ca. 670] //
atra hi pattralipikāyasthaśabdeṣu śleṣagarbhe rūpakaṃ dvirephamaṣīlavairityetadrūpakanimittam /
asya ca pracuraḥ prayogaviṣaya iti na samāsoktibuddhiḥ kāryā /
tadevaṃ śliṣṭaviśeṣaṇasamutthāpitaikā /
sādhāraṇaviśeṣaṇasamutthāpitā tu dharmakāryasamāropābhyāṃ dvibhedā /
aupamyagarbhaviśeṣaṇasamutthāpitopamāsaṃkarasamāsābhyāṃ dvibhedā /
rūpakasamāśrayeṇa tu bhedadvayamasyā na viṣayaḥ /
tadevaṃ pañcaprakārā samāsoktiḥ /
iyaṃ ca śuddhakāryasamāropeṇa viśeṣaṇasāmyenobhayamayatvena prathamaṃ tridhā samāsoktiḥ /
viśeṣaṇasāmyaṃ ca pañcaprakāraṃ nirṇītam /
sarvatra cātra vyavahārasamāropa eva jīvitam /
sa ca laukike vastuni laukikavastuvyavahārasamāropaḥ /
śāstrīye vastuni śāstrīyavastuvyavahārasamāropaḥ /
laukike vā śāstrīyavastuvyavahārasamāropaḥ /
śāstrīye vā laukikavastuvyavahāramāropa iti caturdhā bhavati /
tadevaṃ bahuprakārā samāsoktiḥ /
tatra śuddhakāryasamāropeṇa yathā-
'vilikhati kucāvuccairgāḍhaṃ karoti kacagrahaṃ likhati lalite vaktre pattrāvalīmasamañjasām /
kṣitipa khadiraḥ śroṇībimbād vikarṣati cāṃśukaṃ marubhuvi haṭhāt trasyantīnāṃ tavārimṛgīdṛśām' //
atra pattrāvalīvilekhanādiśuddhakāryasamāropāt khadirasya haṭhakāmukatvapratītiḥ viśeṣaṇasāmyenodāhṛtā /
ubhayamayatvena yathā -
'nirlūnānyalakāni pāṭitamuraḥ kṛtsno 'dharaḥ khaṇḍitaḥ karṇe rugjanitā kṛtaṃ ca nayane nīlābjakānte kṣatam /
yāntīnāmatisaṃbhramākulapadanyāsaṃ marau nīrasaiḥ kiṃ kiṃ kaṇṭakibhiḥ kṛtaṃ na tarubhistvadvairivāmabhruvām' //
atra nīrasaiḥ kaṇṭakibhiriti viśeṣaṇasāmyam /
nirlūnānyalakānītyādiṣu kāryasamāropaḥ /
vyavahārasamāropaprakāracatuṣṭaye krameṇodāharaṇam /
yathā-
'dyāmāliliṅga mukhamāśu diśāṃ cucumba ruddhāmbarāṃ śaśikalāmalikhatkarāgraiḥ /
antarnimagracarapuṣpaśaro 'titāpāt kiṃ kiṃ cakāra taruṇo na yadīkṣaṇāgniḥ' //
laukikaṃ ca vastu rasādibhedānnānābhedaṃ svayamevotprekṣyam /
'yairekarūpamakhilāsvapi vṛttiṣu tvāṃ paśyadbhikhyayamasaṃkhyatayā pravṛttam /
lopaḥ kṛtaḥ kila paratvajuṣo vibhakte- stairlakṣaṇaṃ tava kṛtaṃ dhruvameva manye' //
atrāgamaśāstraprasiddhe vastuni vyākaraṇaprasiddhavastusamāropaḥ /
'sīmānaṃ na jagāma yannayanayornānyena yatsaṃgataṃ na spṛṣṭaṃ vacasā kadācidapi yad dṛṣṭopamānaṃ na yat /
arthādāpatitaṃ na yanna ca na yattatkiñcideṇīdṛśāṃ lāvaṇyaṃ jayati pramāṇarahitaṃ cetaścamatkārakam' //
atra lāvaṇye laukike vastuni mīmāṃsāśāstraprasiddhavastusamāropaḥ /
evaṃ tarkāyurvedajyotiḥśāstraprasiddhavastusamāropo boddhavyaḥ /
yathā-
'svapakṣalīlālalitairupoḍhahetau smare darśayato viśeṣam /
mānaṃ nikārartumaśeṣayūnāṃ pikasya pāṇḍityamakhaṇḍamāsīt' //
atra tarkaśāstraprasiddhavastusamāropaḥ /
pāṇḍityaśabdaḥ prakṛte lakṣaṇayā vyākhyeyaḥ /
'mandamagrimadhuraryamopalā darśitaśvayathu cābhavattamaḥ /
dṛṣṭayastimirajaṃ siṣevire doṣamoṣadhipaterasaṃnidhau' //
atrāyurvedaprasiddhavastusamāropaḥ /
'gaṇḍānte madadantināṃ prahṛrataḥ kṣmāmaṇḍale vaidhṛte rakṣāmācarataḥ sadā vidadhato lāṭeṣu yātrotsavam /
pūrvāmatyajataḥ sthitiṃ śubhakarīmāsevyamānasya te vardhante vijayaśriyaḥ kimiva na śreyasvināṃ maṅgalam' //
atra jyotiḥśāstraprasiddhavastusamāropaḥ /
'prasarpattātparyairapi sadanumānaikarasikai- rapi jñeyo no yaḥ parimitagatitvaṃ parijahṛt /
apūrvavyāpāro guruvara! budhairityavasito na vācyo no lakṣyastava sahṛdayasyo guṇagaṇaḥ' //
atra bharatādiśāstraprasiddhavastusamāropaḥ /
tathā hyatra guṇagaṇagatatvena śṛṅgārādirasavyavahāraḥ pratīyate /
yato raso na tātparyaśaktijñeyaḥ /
nāpyanumānaviṣayaḥ /
na śabdairabhidhāvyāpāreṇa vācyīkṛtaḥ /
na lakṣaṇāgocaraḥ /

kiṃ tu vigalitavedyānataratvena parihṛtapārimityo vyañjanalakṣaṇāpūrvavyāpāraviṣayīkṛto 'nukāryānukartṛgatatvapari hāreṇa sahṛdayagata iti prasarpattātparyairityādipadai rasa eva pratīyate /
eva pratīyate /
evamanyadapi jñeyam /
'paśyantī trapayeva yatra tirayatyātmānamābhyantare yatra truṭyati madhyamāpi madhuradhvanyujjihāsārasāt /
cāṭūccāraṇacāpalaṃ vidadhatāṃ vāk tatra bāhyā kathaṃ devyā te parayā prabho saha rahaḥkrīḍādṛḍhāliṅgane' //
atrāgamaprasiddhe vastuni laukikavastuvyavahārasamāropa /
laukikavastuvyavahāraśca rasādibhedād bahubheda ityuktaṃ prāk /
tatra śuddhakāryasamārope kāryasya viśeṣaṇatvamaupacārikamāśritya viśeṣaṇasāmyāditi lakṣaṇaṃ pūrvaśāstrānusāreṇa vihitaṃ yathākathañcid yojyam /
iha tu--
'aindraṃ dhanuḥ pāṇḍupayodhareṇa śarad dadhānārdranakhakṣatābham /
prasādayantī sakalaṅkaminduṃ tāpaṃ raverabhyadhikaṃ cakāra' //
ityatrāsti tāvad raviśaśinornāyakatvapratītiḥ /
na cātra viśeṣaṇasāmyamiti sā kutastyā /
prasādayantī sakalaṅkamindumiti viśeṣaṇasāmyāccharadonāyikātvapratītau tadunuguṇyāt tayoḥ samāsoktyā nāyakatvapratītiriti cet ārdranakhakṣatābhamaindraṃ dhanurdadhānetyetadviśeṣaṇaṃ kathaṃ sāmyena nirdriṣṭam /
na caikadeśavivartinyupamoktā yatsāmarthyānnāyakatvapratītiḥ syāt /
tatkathamatra dhyavasthā /
atrocyate-ekadeśavivartinyupamā yadi pratipadaṃ noktā tat sā kena pratiṣiddhā /
sāmānyalakṣaṇadvāreṇāyātāyāstasyā atrāpi saṃbhavāt /
athātra nopamānatvena nāyakaḥ svasvarūpeṇa pratīyate apitu raviśaśinorevanāyakatvapratītiḥ /
tayoratra nāyakatvāt /
tadatrārdranakhakṣatābhamityatra sthitamapi śrutyopamānatvaṃ vastuparyālocanayā aindre dhanuṣi saṃcāraṇīyam, indracāpābhaṃ nakhakṣataṃ dadhāneti pratīteḥ, yathā 'dadhnā juhoti' ityādau dadhni saṃcaryate vidhiḥ /
evamiyamupamānuprāṇitā samāsoktireva /
iha punaḥ ityatra saraḥśriyāṃ nāyikātvapratītirna samāsoktyā, viśeṣaṇasāmyābhāvāt /
tasmānnāyikātropamānatvena pratīyate na tu saraḥśrīdharmatvena nāyikātvapratītirityekadeśavivartinyupamaivābhyupagamyā,gatyantarāsaṃbhavāt /
yaistunoktā teṣāmapyupasaṃkhyeyaiva /
yatra tu 'keśapāśālivṛndena' ityādau samāsoktāyāmupamāyāṃ samāsantariṇa viśeṣaṇasāmyaṃ yojayituṃ śakyaṃ tatraupamyagarbhaviśeṣaṇaprabhāvitā samāsoktireveti na virodhaḥ kaścit /
sā ca samāroktirarthāntaranyāse kacitsamarthyagatatvena kacitsamarthakagatatvena ca bhavati /
krameṇa yathā-
'athopagūḍhe śaradā śaśāṅke prāvṛḍ yayau śāntataḍitkaṭākṣā /
kāsāṃ na saubhāgyaguṇo 'ṅganānāṃ naṣṭaṃ pirabhraṣṭapayodharāṇām' //
'asamātpajigīṣasya strīcintā kā manasvinaḥ /
anākramya jagat sarve no saṃdhyāṃ bhajate raviḥ' //
atropagūḍhatvena śāntataḍitkaṭākṣatvena ca śaśāṅkaśaradornāyakavyavahārapratītau samāsoktyāliṅgita evārtho viśeṣarūpaḥ sāmānyāśrayeṇārthāntaranyāsena samarthyate /
sāmānyasya cātra śleṣavaśādutthānam /
śāntataḍitkaṭākṣetyaupamyagarbhe viśeṣaṇaṃ samāsāntarāśrayeṇātra samānam /
asamātpetyādau tu strīśabdasya sāmānyena strītvamātrābhidhānāt sāmānyarūpo 'rtho liṅgaviśeṣanirdeśagarbheṇa kāryāpanibandhanenotthāpitayā samāsoktyā samāropitanāyakavyavahāreṇa ravisaṃdhyāvṛttāntena viśeṣarūpeṇa samarthyate /
'ākṛṣṭivegavigaladbhujagendrabhoganimokapaṭṭapariveṣatayāmburāśeḥ /
manthavyathāvyupaśamārthamivāśu yasya mandākinī ciraveṣṭata pādamūle' //
atra nirmokapaṭṭāpahnavena samāropitāyā mandākinyā yadvastuvṛttena pādamūle veṣṭanaṃ taccaraṇamūle veṣṭanatvena śleṣamūlayātiśayoktyādhyavasīyate /
tat tathādhyavasitaṃ manthavyathāvyupaśamārthamivetyutprekṣāmutthāpayati /
sotthāpyamānaivāmburāśimandākinyoḥ patipatnīvyavahārāśrayāṃ samāsoktiṃ garbhīkaroti /
evaṃ cotprekṣāsamāsoktyorekaḥ kālaḥ /
evaṃ 'nakhakṣatānīva vanasthalīnām' ityatrāpi vanasthalīnāṃ nāyikāvyavahāra utprekṣāntarānupraviṣṭasamāsoktimūla eva /
evamiyaṃ samāsoktiranantaprapañcetyanayā diśā svayamutprekṣyā /
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viśeṣaṇasābhiprāyatvaṃ parikaraḥ

viśeṣaṇavaicitryaprastāvādasyeha nirdeśaḥ /
viśeṣaṇānāṃ sābhiprāyatvaṃ pratīyamānārthagarbhīkāraḥ /
ata eva prasannagambhīrapadatvānnāyaṃ dhvanerviṣayaḥ /
evaṃ ca pratīyamānāṃśasya vācyonmukhatvātparikara iti sārthakaṃ nāma /
'rājño mānadhanasya kārmukabhṛto duryodhanasyāgrataḥ pratyakṣaṃ kurubāndhavasya miṣataḥ karṇasya śalyasya ca /
pītaṃ tasya mayādya pāṇḍavavadhūkeśāmbarākarṣiṇaḥ koṣṇaṃ jīvata eva tīkṣṇakarajakṣuṇṇādasṛgvakṣasaḥ' //
atra rājña ityādau sotprāsatvaparaṃ prasannagambhīrapadatvam /
evam-
'aṅgāja senāpate rājavallabha droṇopahāsin karṇaṃ, sāṃprataṃ rakṣainaṃ bhīmād duḥśāsanam' ityādau jñeyam /
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viśeṣyasyāpi sāmye dvapaurvopādāne śleṣaḥ