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Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v2.c82.s1.56

Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v2.c82.s1.56

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v2.c82.s1.56

³⁰ Raso yadi para-gatatayā pratīyate, tarhi tāṭasthyam eva syāt. Na ca sva-gatatvena rāmādi-caritamayāt kāvyād asau pratīyate. Svātma-gatatvena ca pratītau svātmani rasasyôtpattir evâbhyupagatā syāt, sā cûyuktā, sāmājikam pratyavibhāvatvāt. Kāntatvam sādhāraṇam vāsanā-vikāsa-hetur vibhāvanāyām prayojakam cet, devatā-varṇanādau tad api katham? Na ca sva-kāntā-smaraṇam madhye saṃvedyate. Aloka-sāmānyānām ca rāmādīnām ye samudra-setu-bandhādayo vibhāvās te katham sādhāraṇam bhajeyuḥ? Na côtsāhādi-mātram smaryate, ananurūpatvāt. Śabdād api tat-pratipattau na rasôpajanaḥ, pratyakṣād iva nāyaka-mithuna-pratipattau. Utpatti-pakṣe ca karuṇasyôtpādād duḥkhitve karuṇa-prakṣāsu punar apravṛttiḥ syāt.