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Hemachandra's quotation in the Viveka (p. 218) begins with the comment that in the above expression 'Sukham... etc.' the use of Va cannot be said to be improper, being suggestive of an option between two equal options - as such, the objection is refuted.
Mahimabhatta has quoted the verse (Viveka, V. 343) from the Raghuvamsa (VIII. 85) to illustrate Pratyayaprakramabheda. In the next verse (Viveka, 344), Mahimabhaṭṭa observes that the poet has started the trend of mentioning the imperative forms and despite the change in the trend, the development of the idea goes on unhampered, because the use of imperatives was not done away with. Hence here there is no Pratyayabheda.
In the next verse (K.A.S., gloss, V. 266) the poet starts with the word Udanvat (the sea), but in the next sentence again mentions the sea by the word Apam nidhiḥ. This is a fault. Mahimabhatta recommends a change which means: The earth is limited (bounded) by the sea and the sea is a hundred yojanas in expanse. This would ensure that the sea which is the subject of the verb 'child' would become an expressed and principal predicate and the fault befalling the compound word would be removed. Hemachandra has cited this last comment of the Vyaktiviveka gloss in the viveka and reproduced the next two verses (345-6). His instance (V. no. 267, gloss) of using synonyms in the same context explains Mahima's Upasargaprakramabheda. The verse No. 270 illustrates Mahima's Sabdaprakramabheda. Verse 273, 274, etc., illustrate this blemish in different figures. But verse 275 has a child as the speaker; hence there is no Doṣa here. Viveka (p. 220) contains a Vyaktiviveka passage which is interesting (V.V. p. 320 etc.). This is the way in which the violation of uniformity is explained. Ananvita is Hemachandra's last (13th) blemish of a sentence. It consists in absence or incompatibility of connection which terminates in absurdity of meaning or superfluity of sense (vide K.A.S. Gloss, p. 222).
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