Text 10.217

[Here each next thing is negated as a characteristic of the preceeding thing:]

प्रीतिर् न सा प्रैति न या परं जनुर्
  न तज् जनुर् यन् न महा-कुलोद्भवम् ।
महा-कुलं तच् च न यन् न वैष्णवं
  न वैष्णवः सो’पि न यो व्रज-प्रियः ॥

prītir na sā praiti na yā paraṃ janur
  na taj janur yan na mahā-kulodbhavam |
mahā-kulaṃ tac ca na yan na vaiṣṇavaṃ
  na vaiṣṇavaḥ so’pi na yo vraja-priyaḥ ||

prītiḥ—love; na—not; sā—that; praiti na—does not encompass; yā—which; param—another; januḥ—birth^[1]; na—not; tat—that; januḥ—birth; yat—which; na—not; mahā-kula—in a great family; udbhavam—birth; mahā-kulam—a great family; tat—that; ca—and; na—not; yat—which; na—not; vaiṣṇavam—devoted to Viṣṇu (or devoted to Vaiṣṇavas); na—not; vaiṣṇavaḥ—a Vaiṣṇava; saḥ—he; api—even; na—not; yaḥ—who; vraja-priyaḥ—for whom Vraja is dear.

Love that does not attain another birth is not love. A birth that does not occur in a great family is not a birth. A great family that is not devoted to Viṣṇu is not a great family. A Vaiṣṇava for whom Vraja is not dear is not a Vaiṣṇava. (Alaṅkāra-kaustubha 8.271)

Commentary:

This is Mammaṭa’s example:

na taj jalaṃ yan na sucāru-paṅkajaṃ
  na paṅkajaṃ tat yad alīna-ṣaṭpadam |
na ṣaṭpado’sau kala-guñjito na yo
  na guñjitaṃ tan na jahāra yan manaḥ ||

“A pond without a lovely lotus is not a pond. A lotus without a bee inside is not a lotus. A bee that does not sweetly hum is not a bee. And a humming sound that does not charm the heart is not a humming sound” (Bhaṭṭi-kāvya 2.19) (Kāvya-prakāśa verse 549).

Footnotes and references:

[1]:

yā paraṃ janur dvitīyaṃ janma naiti sā prītir na bhavati (Kṛṣṇānandinī).