Shringaraprakasha 3.p2.13

3.p2.13

ityata ārabhya, tāsāṃ mukhai rāsavagandhagarbhai rvyāptavantarāssāndrakutūhasānām| vilolanetrabhramarairgavākṣaśrā ssahastrapatrābharayaṇā ivāsan|| antopasaṃhṛtaṃ yathā-- sthāne tapo duścarametadarthamaparṇayā pelavayābhitaptam| yā dāsyamapyasya labheta nārī sā syātkṛtārthā kimutāṅkaśayyām|| ityārabhya, ityauṣadhiprasthavilāsinīnāṃ śṛṇvan kathāḥ śrotrasukhāstrinetraḥ| keyūracūrṇīkṛtalājamūṣiṭa rhimālayasyālayamāsasāda|| iti yāvat| ekānekavākyaṃ dvidhā--sarvamanāmayojitaṃ vibhaktiyojitaṃ ca | tayossarvavanāmayojitaṃ yathā-- astyuttarasyāṃ diśi devatātmā himālayo nāma nagādhirājaḥ| ityarabhya, yajñāhgayonitvamavekṣya yasya sāraṃ dharitrīdharaṇakṣamaṃ ca | prajīpatiḥ kalpitayajñabhāgaśśailādhipatyaṃ svamanvātiṣṭhat|| iti yāvat| vibhaktiyojitaṃ yatā-- nirvanāṇabhiyiṣṭhamathā'sya vīryaṃ mandhakṣayantīva vapurguṇena| anuprayātā vanadevatābyāmadṛśyata sthāvararājakanyā|| ityata ārabhya, sugandhiniśvāsavivṛddhatṛṣṇaṃ bimbādharāsannacaraṃ devirepham| pracikṣaṇaṃ saṃbhramaloladṛṣṭi līlāravindena nivārayantī|| iti yāvat| etonaitavyatireko'pi vyākhyātaḥ | yathā-- ahape .... tivavagāsaalaja abkamaṇavaṣḍhi amahāsi haraṃ ṇivṭhavi adakhkhiṇadisaṃ sesadi sāmuha pahāvi akhkhasuvalaṃ || ityata ārabya, tubga aḍhobjharamuhale jansa akasaṇigaṃḍa se| labdhaṃ tīṇaṇapavto tisavaguṇa siḍilabtaṇaṃ anurāo|| ityāśvāsakaparisamāptiryāvaditi| 3.68. nanu varṇasamūhaḥ padaṃ, padasūho vākyaṃ, vākyasūhaḥ prakaraṇamityacakṣate | tatkathamucyate ekavākyaṃ prakaraṇamāntaravākyaṃ prakaraṇamati ?

beginning with that, up to:
“The windows, their interiors occupied by the faces of those full of intense curiosity, fragrant with the scent of wine,
with their darting eyes like bees, became as if adorned with lotuses.”
That concluded at the end is as follows:
Beginning with:
“Rightly was this difficult austerity endured for his sake by the delicate Aparṇā;
a woman who would obtain even his servitude would have achieved her purpose, what then of sharing his bed?”
up to:
“Hearing these words, pleasant to the ear, spoken by the women of Auṣadhiprastha,
the Three-eyed God, showered with parched grains pulverized by armlets, arrived at the Himālaya's dwelling.”

A single-multiple sentence is of two kinds: connected by pronouns, and connected by case-inflections.
Of the two, that connected by pronouns is as follows:
Beginning with:
“In the northern direction is the king of mountains, divine in nature, named the Himālaya;”
up to:
“Seeing that he was the source of sacrificial materials and possessed substance capable of supporting the earth,
Brahmā himself, having allotted him a share of sacrifice, ordained his sovereignty over the mountains.”
That connected by case-inflections is as follows:
Beginning with:
“Then, as if dampening with the excellence of her form his ascetic vigor, almost fully ripe for liberation,
the daughter of the Mountain King was seen, accompanied by two forest-deities;”
up to:
“Ever warding off with a play-lotus the bee lingering near her bimba-fruit lip,
its thirst intensified by her fragrant breath, her gaze trembling in alarm.”
By this, the exception to this is also explained, as in:
Beginning with:
[corrupt Prakrit lines],
up to:
[corrupt Prakrit lines],
ending with the conclusion of the canto. 3.68.

Objection: A collection of phonemes is a word, a collection of words is a sentence, and a collection of sentences is a topic, so they say.
Then how can it be said that a single sentence is a topic, or that an intermediate sentence is a topic?