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the figure is आक्षेप according to हेमचन्द्र and प्रतीप according to others.
fasta:
It is to be noted here that in this figure the contradiction, of things, qualities, actions and proper nouns to one another must be only apparent; if the contradiction is real, then the statement would be absurd. The contradiction, again, may be either between two things or with itself. The figure which is based on the idea of self-contradiction by others need not, therefore, be treated as a seperate figure. The contradiction of (a thing) with fa (another thing) is illustrated in the verse 584.
Victory to the Lord who in one body assumes, at one and the same time, the form of a man, a lion, a human being and a hog.
Here the contradiction is between the different forms; but this contradiction can be explained away by saying that the one body is the eternal form of the Almighty.
In verse 585 the contradiction is between the quality of a Brahmin and the quality of valour; but it can be removed by saying that it was indeed a fact that all these persons were Brahmins as well as brave. Verse 586 is an example of a contradiction between a thing and a proper noun.
Even the Lord of this Universe became a fish! The word अवसरवशतः removes the contradiction. The Lord became a fish for the times demanded that it should be so.
Verse 587: Oh Lord! You are straight or erect even though you are bent with age. You are pure (clean) though you are soiled with sacrificial smokes.
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