Citrasutra 7

Citrasūtra 7

ekacatvāriṃśodhyāyaḥ
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
satyaṃ ca vaiṇikaṃ caiva nāgaraṃ miśrameva ca
citraṃ caturvidhaṃ proktaṃ tasya vakṣyāmi lakṣaṇam

yatkiñcillokasādṛśyaṃ citraṃ tatsatyamucyate
dīrghāṅgaṃ sapramāṇaṃ ca sukumāraṃ subhūmikam

caturasra susampūrṇaṃ na dīrghaṃ nolbaṇākṛti
pramāṇasthānalambāḍhyaṃ vaiṇikaṃ tannigadyate

dṛḍhopacitasarvāṅgaṃ varttulaṃ na ghanolbaṇam
citraṃ tannāgaraṃ jñeyaṃ svalpamālyavibhūṣaṇam

citraṃ3 miśraṃ samākhyātaṃ samāsānmanujottama
tisraśca vartanāḥ proktāḥ patraraikhikavindujāḥ4

patrākṛtibhī rekhābhiḥ kathitā patravartanā
atīva kathitā sūkṣmā tathā raikhikavartanā5

tathā ca stambhanāyuktā kathitā binduvartanā
daurbalyaṃ bindurekhātvamavibhaktatvameva ca

bṛhadgaṇḍauṣṭhanetratvaṃ saṃviruddhatvameva ca
mānavākāratā ceti citradoṣāḥ prakīrtitāḥ

sthānapramāṇabhūlambho madhuratvaṃ vibhaktatā
sādṛśyaṃ kṣayavṛddhī ca guṇāścitrasya kīrtitāḥ

rekhā ca vartanā caiva bhūṣaṇaṃ varṇameva ca
vijñeyā1 manujaśreṣṭha citrakarmasu bhūṣaṇam

rekhāṃ praśaṃsantyācāryā vartanāṃ ca vicakṣaṇāḥ
striyo bhūṣaṇamicchanti varṇāḍhyamitare janāḥ

iti matvā tathā2 yatnaḥ3 kartavyaścitrakarmaṇi
sarvasya citragrahaṇaṃ yathā syānmanujottama

durāsanaṃ durānītaṃ pipāsā cānyacittatā
ete citravināśasya hetavaḥ parikīrtitāḥ

svanuliptāvakāśā4 ca nirdaśamaśakā5 śubhā
suprasannābhiguptā ca bhūmiḥ syāccitrakarmaṇi

susnigdhavispaṣṭamajihmarekhaṃ6 vidvānyathādeśaviśeṣaveśam
pramāṇaśobhābhirahīyamānaṃ kṛtaṃ bhaveccitramatīva citram

iti śrīviṣṇudharmottare mārkaṇḍeyavajrasaṃvāde raṅgavartanā nāma ekacatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ || 41

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