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
วิยัสตะ-สัมพันธตา (ความสัมพันธ์ที่สับสน) เกิดเมื่อความเชื่อมโยงทางไวยากรณ์/ความหมายที่ควรถูกต้อง (i) ถูกขัดจังหวะด้วยการเว้นระยะ (ii) ถูกกลบด้วยความสัมพันธ์อื่นที่แทรกเข้ามา หรือ (iii) กลายเป็นความสัมพันธ์อีกแบบหนึ่งโดยสิ้นเชิง
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}
Encyclopedic Reference: {"reference_type":"Definition","entry_title":"Vyasta-sambandhatā: Disordered syntactic relation","lookup_keywords":["vyasta-sambandhatā","sambandha-doṣa","vyavadhāna","anvaya","kāvya-doṣa"],"quick_summary":"Disordered relation arises when intended connection is interrupted by separation, obscured by an intervening relation, or reinterpreted as a different relation. The remedy is restoring clear anvaya and unambiguous linkage."}
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.