Text 7.147

अनङ्गस्य रसानुपकारस्य वर्णनं यथा कर्पूर-मञ्जर्यां नायिकया स्वेन च कृतं वसन्त-वर्णनम् अनादृत्य बन्दि-वर्णितस्य तस्य राज्ञा प्रशंसनम्. एवं कान्ता-पाद-प्रहारेण कान्तस्य कोप-वर्णनं च दोषः.

anaṅgasya rasānupakārasya varṇanaṃ yathā karpūra-mañjaryāṃ nāyikayā svena ca kṛtaṃ vasanta-varṇanam anādṛtya bandi-varṇitasya tasya rājñā praśaṃsanam. evaṃ kāntā-pāda-prahāreṇa kāntasya kopa-varṇanaṃ ca doṣaḥ.

(13) The fault named anaṅgasya abhidhāna (mentioning something that is not an aspect) is so called because it is a description of something that does not assist the rasa. An example is in Karpūra-mañjarī (by Rājaśekhara): Disregarding a description of spring by the heroine and by himself, the king praises the bard’s description of it.

A description of the hero’s anger due to being kicked by the heroine’s foot is another instance of anaṅgasya abhidhāna.

Commentary:

Here Mammaṭa cites Ānandavardhana:

anaucityād ṛte nānyad rasa-bhaṅgasya kāraṇam |
aucityopanibandhas^[1] tu rasasyopaniṣat parā ||

“Other than inappropriateness, there is no cause of the disruption of the relishment. A literary construction based on appropriateness is the highest secret teaching for the relishment of a rasa” (Dhvanyāloka 3.14).

Footnotes and references:

[1]:

The actual text of Dhvanyāloka reads: prasiddhaucitya-bandhas (a literary construction based on a well-known appropriateness): Paṇḍita-rāja Jagannātha’s citation shows this reading (Rasa-gaṅgādhara, KM p. 52).