Agni Purana — Sahitya-shastra, Shloka 19
Discrimination of the Qualities of Poetry (Kāvya-guṇa-viveka) — Closing Verse/Colophon Transition
व्यस्तसम्बन्धता सुष्ठुसम्बन्धो व्यवधानतः सम्बन्धान्तरनिर्भाषात् सम्बन्धान्तरजन्मनः
vyastasambandhatā suṣṭhusambandho vyavadhānataḥ sambandhāntaranirbhāṣāt sambandhāntarajanmanaḥ
Vyasta-sambandhatā (hubungan yang berserabut/terkacau) berlaku apabila pertalian sintaksis/semantik yang wajar (i) terputus kerana pemisahan, (ii) menjadi kabur akibat masuknya hubungan lain, atau (iii) lahir sebagai hubungan yang sama sekali berbeza.
Lord Agni (instructing the sage Vasiṣṭha)
Vidya Category: {"primary_vidya":"Alamkara","secondary_vidya":"Vyakarana","practical_application":"Diagnosing syntactic/semantic incoherence (vyasta-sambandhatā) in kāvya by identifying whether the relation is broken by separation, masked by another relation, or transformed into a different relation.","sutra_style":true}
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Alamkara Type: Doṣa (Sambandha-doṣa / Vyasta-sambandha)
Concept: Meaning depends on well-formed relations; disruption of sambandha disrupts comprehension.
Application: Parse (anvaya) each sentence; if comprehension fails, check for long-distance separation, intervening clauses, or competing relations; reorder or rephrase to restore the intended linkage.
Khanda Section: Sahitya-shastra (Kavya/Alankara and technical poetics)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A diagram of sentence parts connected by lines; one line is broken by a gap (separation), another is crossed by an intervening relation, and a third is redirected to a wrong target, illustrating three modes of disordered sambandha.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural, stylized sentence as garland with threads; threads snapped, crossed, and mis-tied; guru explaining to students, bold outlines and earthy tones.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore, ornate panel with three vignettes of ‘broken’, ‘obscured’, and ‘misborn’ relations shown as gold-thread connections between word-medallions.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore, clean instructional infographic with three labeled cases of sambandha disruption, fine linework, readable Sanskrit labels, teacher with pointer.","mughal_miniature_prompt":"Mughal miniature, scholar drawing relation-lines on a folio, three small inset panels showing the three faults, meticulous geometry and border illumination."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"instructional","suggested_raga":"Shankarabharanam","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"instructional"}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: All are compounds; vyavadhānataḥ, nirbhāṣāt, janmanaḥ are ablative causes. janmanaḥ is -man stem (janman) with -naḥ ending used in gen/abl; context supports ablative.
Related Themes: Agni Purana 346.20 (antar-vyavadhāna elaboration)
FAQs
It gives a technical definition from Sanskrit poetics: how a sentence becomes defective when intended word-relations are broken by separation, displaced by an intervening relation, or transformed into an unintended relation.
Beyond ritual and dharma, the Agni Purana also codifies scholarly disciplines like alankāra-śāstra; this verse is a concise rule for diagnosing semantic-syntactic faults in kāvya, showing its wide-ranging, handbook-like scope.
By promoting precise, non-confusing expression in sacred and learned discourse, it supports truthful communication (satya) and correct transmission of śāstra, which are traditionally regarded as meritorious and purifying.