Shringaraprakasha 9.p1.4

9.p1.4

12.167 yathā ratnāvalyāṃ, dvitīye'ṅke, rājā vidūṣakaśca śārikāvacanaṃ niśamayataḥ| tato vidūṣakaḥ --- (ākāśe) kiṃ āprāraṇe kuppasi| jādiso tue ayaṃ kāmadevo ālihido tādisī mae rai ālihidetti| bho vaassa, kiṃ ṇedaṃ| [kiṃ akāraṇe kupyasi| yādṛśastvayāyaṃ kāmadeva ālikhatistādṛśī mayā ratirālikhiteti| bho vayasya, kiṃ nvidam?] 12.168 rājā --- vayasya, evaṃ tarkayāmi| kayāpi hṛdayavallabho'nurāgādabhilikhya kāmapadevavyapadeśena nihnutastatsakhyāpi pratyabhijñāya vaidagdhyātpratibhandānayā sāpi tatraiva likhiteti| yatprayojanasāmarthyādvākyamiṣṭārthasādhakam| samāsoktamanogrāhi sa heturiti saṃjñitaḥ || 12.169 yathā ratnāvalyāṃ, dvitīye'ṅke, vidūṣakaḥ --- saccaṃ sabāmi bamhasutteṇa jai kadāvi amherhi īdisī diṭhṭhapuvvā| [satyaṃ śape brahmasūtreṇa yadi kadāpyasmābhirīdṛśī dṛṣṭapūrvā|] 12.170 kāñcanamālā --- bhaṭṭiṇi, kadāvi īdisaṃ ghuṇakkhadaṃ vi saṃbhavadi evva| [bhaṭṭiṇi, kadāpīdṛśaṃ ghuṇākṣaraṃ saṃbhavatyeva|] 12.171 vāsavadattā --- ayi ujue,pa vasattao eso ṇa āṇāsi| edaṃ savvaṃ ka bhaṇidīo| (ayi ṛjuke, vasantavaka eṣo na jānāsi| etatsarvaṃ bhaṇasi kiṃ ?) aparijñātatattvārthaṃ yatra vākyaṃ samāpyate| so'nekatvādvicārāṇāṃ saṃśayaḥ parikīrtitaḥ || yathā ratnāvalyāṃ, caturthe'ṅke, vasubhūtiḥ --- (sāgarikāṃ nirvarṇya) susadṛśīyaṃ rājaputryāḥ| bābhravyaḥ --- mamāpyetadeva manasi vartate| .... yastu vakṣyārthasādhakaḥ| hetornidarśanakṛta ssa dṛṣṭānta iti smṛtaḥ ||

12.167 As in the Ratnāvalī, in the second act, the King and the Vidūṣaka hear the words of the starling. Then the Vidūṣaka: '(In the air) Why do you get angry without cause? Just as you drew this Kāmadeva, so I have drawn Rati.' Friend, what is this now? [Why do you get angry without cause? Just as this Kāmadeva was drawn by you, so Rati was drawn by me. Friend, what indeed is this?]
12.168 The King: 'Friend, I guess thus: having drawn her beloved out of passion, she concealed it under the pretext of Kāma; her female friend too, recognizing him, cleverly drew her right there to match.'
When a statement, through the force of its purpose, establishes a desired object and captivates the mind by concise expression, that is designated as Reason (hetu).
12.169 As in the Ratnāvalī, in the second act, the Vidūṣaka: 'I swear by my sacred thread truly if any such woman was ever seen before by us.'
12.170 Kāñcanamālā: 'Mistress, sometimes even such a worm-bitten letter [an accidental coincidence] does happen.'
12.171 Vāsavadattā: 'O simple girl, this is Vasantaka, do you not know? Why do you say all this?'
Where a statement ends with its true meaning unascertained, that, owing to the multiplicity of deliberations, is proclaimed to be Doubt (saṃśaya).
As in the Ratnāvalī, in the fourth act, Vasubhūti: '(Looking closely at Sāgarikā) This girl closely resembles the princess.'
Bābhravya: 'The very same thought is in my mind.'
... But that which establishes the sense to be stated, made as an illustration of the reason, is remembered as Exemplification (dṛṣṭānta).