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Now, someone may urge : How can two rival Rasas be brought together without giving rise to the blemish of Rasapratikülya ? Hemachandra replies : 'The fault lies in introducing a rival Rasa in a new statement. If it is brought in a sentence merely by way of repeating a statement already made elsewhere, then there is no blemish, as, e.g., in the next verse (196) Viz Tey etc., ('The rich play (izra) with the beggars who are possessed of the ghost of hope when they order them, 'come along', 'go', 'fall down', 'get up', 'speak', 'shut up'), the verbal forms (of order) are contradictory orders, but because they are all subordinated to the verb zfia, there does not occur any fault in having these contradictory thoughts in the same verse.
And if the statements in sentences can thus be subordinated to a third statement, it follows, naturally, that Rasas in those statements can also be subordinated to a Rasa which is the principal Rasa. Thus, in the verse 195 referred to above, one can argue that the great power of Sankara and the poet's admiration for this is the chief sentiment in the verse, and the pathetic sentiment is subordinated to it. And the Erotic sentiment which is also suggested in the verse is subordinated to this Karuņa. But both eventually become subordinated to the all-powerful Adbhutarasa (the admiration for the power and glory of Sankara). Or the sense may be : the fire of the shaft of Sambhu conducted itself in the same manner as does the lover, suggesting Śrngāra, but on reading the poem as a whole, we find Karuņa being suggested as a predominant Rasa. Thus, although śrngāra raises its head at the outset, yet, as soon as the statement of the tragic fate of the demons comes to the forefront, the śțngāra fades and ultimately its memory heightens the effect of the Pathetic sentiment by sheer contrast. In this way, these is no Rasaprātikulya or contrariety of Rasas in this verse. The verse describing the lamentations of the wives of Bhūrisravas provides a parallel instance (173). In this verse, the wives of Bhūriśrvas
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