History of Sanskrit Poetics c6.5

c6.5

Prof. Charu Deva Sastri in his valuable paper on ‘Bhartṛhari and the Vākyapadīya’ (Proceedings, 5th All India O. Conference pp. 630-655) points out at p. 650 that भर्तृहरि in his महाभाष्यटीका states that one and the same object can be compared to itself (which is the figure अनन्वय) in the following कारिका ‘दस्युहेन्द्र इवेत्येतदैन्द्र मन्त्रे प्रयुज्यते । अन्यत्र दृष्टकमेन्द्रो यथेत्यस्मिन् विवक्षितैः’। Prof. Charu Deva sets out the mantra as ‘इन्द्र इव दस्युहये भव क्षेत्राणि सृज’, but does not state whence it is taken. The मन्त्र means ‘O Indra, you are praised like Indra,¹ may you be killer of dasyus like Indra, create fields for us.’