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instance, in the verse (259): ["The whole world was conquered by Parsurama; (while describing his exploits we are thrilled with wonder) and it was given to the Brahmins. This wonderful story started with him and died with him."] "Vadanta evak comes in the main flow of the sentence - but as it shows a great excitement on the part of the speaker due to Vira and Adbhuta, no fauit of "Garbhitatva' is involved here. On the contrary, Hemachandra asserts, it terminates in a merit (0 ).
(12) When uniformity or harmony is broken, there occurs the fault of Bhagnaprakramatva. Thus, this fault consists in violation of Uniformity or Harmony. It may be noted that the word Prakrama, according to the commentary Prabhā, does not mean commencement but it simply means uniformity of the subject - whether the beginning of the subject is violated by its end or the end by its beginning, does not matter. However, as a rule, one should begin a statement with a particular word or a word in perfect harmony with it; for, the introduction of a strange word jars on our ears and as such the fau Bhagnaprakrama, as Mammața and Hemachandra call it, occurs, as e.g., in the one-line quotation (260), we have the words Ukta and Pratyabhāşata. According to Hemachandra, there is no harmony or uniformity between these two words and as such there is the fault of violation of harmony. However, if Pratyavocata were usedi n place of Pratyabhāşata, it would go well with Ukta. The word Tadvisrstah in the next verse (261), cited from the Kumārasambhava (VI. 94) is faulty and should be replaced by Anena vișrstah. The word #FIT: in the next verse (262), cited from the Kirātārjuniya (VII. 32), used in the genitive, constitutes violation of harmony of the instrumental case which shows the reason of the Pandava brothers not being grieved at Arjuna's departure for penance. So also the word Gajājinasya in the genitive case breaks the uniformity; for, the word Bhasmaiva is used in the nominative case, and Kapālam agrees with it in the verse (263) from the Kumārasambhava (VII. 32). Hemachandra recommends that the expression should be reworded (using the nominative) to suit the contextual
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