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(1) i. e. having the power to stand unvanquished, unchecked. If the rival is very powerful, then there is poetic fault. But if the rival sentiment is weak, it adds to the beauty of the sentiment in hand. For instance, in the verse
या कार्य शशलक्ष्मणः क्व च कुलं भूयोऽपि दृश्येत सा । etc.
King gar has diverse feelings in his mind when he sees. But all those feelings, though apparently contradictory to one another, go to heighten the feeling of craving in his heart and thus eventually add to the beauty of the chief sentiment of love.
Similarly in the verse 188, the first line contains manifestly, but the predominant sentiment is and is subordinate to it; hence it does not mar the effect of, but on the other hand, enhances its effect.
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According to ध्वनिकार ( the author of ध्वन्यालोक ) a slight appearance of a rival रस creates a beautiful atmosphere and attracts the attention of listless readers (2) Another method of avoiding the fault of the mention of a contradictory is this: the two रसs should have different subjects; the description of the hero may contain one and its rival may be shown in connexion with the description of the sfaG (i. e. the rival of the hero). As for instance, in the verse 189:
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Hearing the twanging of the bow of Arjun, there was a great commotion in the city of the demons; and the wives of the demons despaired of their lives. (3) The third method of avoiding this fault is to describe these rival s seperately, by bringing in another friendly .
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