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  • sarva-laukikātīte’pi tasmin laukikārtha-viśeṣopamā-dvārā lokānāṁ buddhi-praveśaḥsyād iti kenāpy aṁśenopameyam |
    (Durgama-saṅgamanī-ṭīkā on Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 1.1.1)

    “People’s intellect can have [some limited] entrance into that [i.e., the subject matter of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, bhakti-rasa, and so forth], even though it is beyond everything of the world, through comparisons [made] with particular worldly objects. Thus, it is comparable in some respect [i.e., things of the world can be compared to particular aspects of it as required to convey general knowledge of those aspects of its nature].”

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  • kāvya-śāstra-vinodena kālo gacchati dhīmatām | 
    vyasanena tu mūrkhāṇāṁ nidrayā kalahena vā ||
    (Hitopadeśa: Mitra-lābha, 1)

    “The time of the wise is spent with the joy of kāvya-śāstra, whereas that of fools with vice, sleep, and quarrel.”

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  • saṁsāra-viṣa-vṛkṣasya dve phale hy amṛtopame |
    kāvyāmṛta-rasāsvādaḥ saṅgamaḥ sajjanaiḥ saha ||
    (Subhāṣita-ratna-bhāṇḍāgāra)

    “On the poisonous tree of saṁsāra only two fruits are like nectar: tasting the rasa of the nectar of poetry (kāvya) and associating with sādhus.”

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  • viśiṣṭāḥ śabdā viśiṣṭā arthāś ca militvā kāvyatāṁ yānti |
    (Samudra-bandha on Bhāmahālaṅkāra 1.16)

    “Special sounds and special meanings come together and become poetry.”

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  • śabdārthau sahitau kāvyaṁ gadyaṁ padyaṁ ca tad dvidhā |
    (Bhāmahālaṅkāra: 1.16)

    “Kāvya (poetry) is united sound and meaning. It is of two types: prose and verse.”

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  • apāre kāvya-saṁsāre kavir ekaḥ prajāpatiḥ |
    yathāsmai rocate viśvaṁ tathā vai parivartate ||
    (Agni Purāṇa: 339.10; cited in Dhvany-āloka 3.42 Vṛtti)

    “In the boundless world of kāvya, the kavi is the only creator. As is pleasing to him, so indeed this world [of his creation] turns.”

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