Dhvanyalokalocana 64
English (machine translation) 64
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64.2
This very aforementioned propriety is its regulator
everywhere, even in prose composition devoid of metrical restriction. //
64.3
That which has been declared to be the regulator of verbal composition, namely the propriety pertaining to the speaker and the expressed meaning, is itself the cause of restriction even in prose devoid of metrical restriction, in consideration of the subject matter. For here too, when the speaker, whether the poet or a character invented by the poet, is devoid of aesthetic relish and emotion, then there is freedom of choice. But when the speaker is accompanied by aesthetic relish and emotion, only what was stated before should be followed. And there too, propriety of the subject matter alone [governs]. In the biographical tale, however, the verbal compositions are mostly medium-compounded and long-compounded, because prose possesses beauty through reliance on an elaborate arrangement, and because it is intensified therein. In the romantic story, on the other hand, even though an elaborate arrangement of prose is abundant, one must follow the propriety declared for producing aesthetic relish. ||