Shringaraprakasha 8.p1.6

8.p1.6

And this is not her intended meaning; rather, it is: “You are indeed so fortunate, and I am indeed so daring that, crossing the Godāvarī filled with flood-waters at midnight during the rains, disregarding danger to my life, I have come to you; therefore, deferring to gratitude, you, though beloved by many because of your supreme attractiveness, ought not to abandon tenderness toward me who am devoted to you.” / 8.3. Now, where a property of a word-meaning that extends to another meaning by virtue of similarity and so forth is negated by an explicit statement, that is negation by statement (vacananaiṣedhikī). And it is twofold: caused by an implied [absence] and caused by [explicit statement]. The first of these is as follows: / “At the base is a succession of thorns, and above are blossoming red flowers; / by this much alone does the silk-cotton tree resemble the lotus-cluster, not [further].” / Here, the silk-cotton tree’s resemblance extending to the lotus-cluster due to the commonality of thorns and flowers is negated by the statement indicating the absence of implied qualities such as fragrance. / The second is as follows: / “One who knows practical duty should be consulted, not one who is merely venerable or dear to me; / a guru is to be revered with a seat, [and] when is a beloved’s hip a counselor?” / Here, whoever is venerable or dear to someone is generally thought to be his counselor through the qualities of venerability and dearness; that condition of being consulted, which had extended [to both] through venerability and dearness, is negated by the statement indicating the absence of knowledge of practical duty, made vivid by reliance on the example of the beloved's hip. / Where what is to be enjoined is negated because of impossibility, that is negation by impossibility (asambhavanaiṣedhikī). That is of two kinds: caused by lack of occasion, and caused by non-production. The first of these is as follows: / “On the path of the pen that slipped as my trembling, sweating fingers clasped it, / even the word ‘svasti’ is not finished; dear friend, what shall we write in the letter?” / Here, since the word ‘svasti’ is unfinished, there is no occasion for giving a message and so forth that would occur subsequent to it; thus, through impossibility caused by that, the enjoining of writing is negated. / The second is as follows: / […]