Citramimamsa 319

319

atrāvayavopamayā . yathā bhūtimalino hasto darpaṇamadhikamadhikaṃ gharṣayannuttarottaraṃ nirmalīkurūte, tathā khalaḥ sujanadhikamadhikaṃ gharṣayannuttarottaraṃ nirmalameva kurute iti viśiṣṭopamā gamyate . kkacidviśiṣṭopamayā tadavayavopamānāṃ gamyatvamaṃ, viśiṣṭavidhineva viśeṣaṇaviśeṣyavidhīnām . yathā-

Here, through the simile of the components: just as an ash-soiled hand, rubbing a mirror more and more, progressively renders it cleaner, so a wicked man, afflicting a good man more and more, progressively makes him pure—thus a qualified simile is implied. In some places, the similes of its components are implied by the qualified simile, just as the injunctions of qualification and qualified substantive are implied by a qualified injunction. As in: