Text 7.150

सञ्चार्य्-आदेर् विरुद्धस्य बाध्यस्योक्तिर् गुणावहा ॥ ७.६३cd ॥

sañcāry-āder viruddhasya bādhyasyoktir guṇāvahā || 7.63cd ||

The mention of a vyabhicāri-bhāva, or of a rasa, and so on, which is adverse to the rasa and which is suppressed is a quality.

bādhyatayoktir na parama-doṣaḥ kintu guṇaś ca prakṛta-rasa-poṣitvāt.

The mention of it as being suppressed is not a big fault, rather it is also a quality because it enhances the rasa which is the actual topic.

Commentary:

Mammaṭa writes: bādhyatvenoktir na parama-doṣaḥ, yāvat prakṛtarasa-paripoṣa-kṛt, “The mention of it as being suppressed is not a big fault, so long as it enhances the rasa which is the actual topic” (Kāvya-prakāśa 7.63). Nāgeśa Bhaṭṭa clarifies that “a mention” means “an understanding.”^[1] Narahari Sarasvatī Tīrtha⁴⁸¹ and Govinda Ṭhakkura^[2] say the sūtra only speaks of a quality (there is no fault at all). This section (7.150-152) treats of exceptions to the fault called pratikūla-vibhāvādi-graha (taking an adverse vibhāva and so on) (7.143).

Footnotes and references:

[1]:

bādhyatveneti, yathā bādhyatvenāvagamas tathā ced ucyata ity arthaḥ (Uddyota). 481 prakṛta-rasāvaruddho’pi vyabhicāry-anubhāvādir yadā bādhyatvena nibadhyate tadā prakṛta-rasasyaiva prādhānyam iti na doṣaḥ kintu guṇa evety arthaḥ, “When a vyabhicārī, an anubhāva, etc., is constructed, although it is contrary to the rasa under discussion, in terms of being suppressed, then there is only a predominance of the rasa under discussion. Thus there is no fault, rather there is only a quality” (Bāla-cittānurañjinī).

[2]:

prakṛta-viruddhaṃ vyabhicāry-ādi yadi bādhyatvenocyate tadā dūre doṣatvam. pratyuta prakṛta-rasa-paripoṣakatayā guṇatvam (Kāvya-pradīpa).