Kāvyaprakāśa with Vāmanācārya Rāmabhaṭṭa Jhalakikar's Bālabodhinī commentary (with commentary) · Chapter 1

// atha prathama ullāsaḥ //
granthārambhe vighnavighātāya samuciteṣṭadevatāṃ granthakṛt parāmṛśati
niyatikṛtaniyamarahitāṃ hlādaikamayīmananyaparatantrām /
navarasarucirāṃ nirmitimādadhatī bhāratī kaverjayati

niyatiśaktyā niyatarūpā sukhaduḥkhamohakhabhāvā paramāṇvādyupādānakarmādisahakārikāraṇaparatantrā ṣaḍrasā na ca hṛdyaiva taiḥ, tādṛśī brahyaṇo nirmitirnirmāṇam /
etadvilakṣaṇa tu kavivāṅūnirmitiḥ /
ata eva jayati /
jayatyarthena ca namaskāra ākṣipyate, iti tāṃ pratyasmi praṇata iti labhyate //
ihābhidheyaṃ saprayojanamityāha
kāvyaṃ yaśase'; rthakṛte vyavahāravide śivetarakṣataye /
sadyaḥ paranirvṛtaye kāntāsaṃmitatayopadeśayuje

kālidāsānādīnāmiva yaśaḥ śrīharṣāderdhāvakādīnāmiva dhanam rājādigatocitācāraparijñānam ādityādermayūrādīnāmivānarthanivāraṇam sakalaprayojanamaulibhūtaṃ samanantarameva rasāsvādanasamudbhūrta vigalidavedyāntaramānandam prabhusaṃmitaśabdapradhānavedādiśāstrebhyaḥ suhṛtsaṃmitārthatātparyavatpurāṇādītihāsebhyaśva śabdārthayorguṇabhāvena rasāṅgabhūtavyāpārapravaṇatayā vilakṣaṇaṃ yat kāvyaṃ lokottaravarṇanānipuṇakavikarma tat kānteva sarasatāpādanenābhimukhīkṛtya rāmādivadvartitavyaṃ na rāvaṇādivadityupadeśaṃ ca yathāyogaṃ kaveḥ sahṛdayasya ca karotīti sarvathā tatra yatanīyam //
evamasya prayojanamuktvā kāraṇamāha
śaktirnipuṇatā lokaśāstrakāvyādyavekṣaṇāt /
kāvyajñaśikṣayābyāsa iti hetustadudbhave