कुमारसम्भवम् (महाकवि कालिदास - संस्कृत मूल एवं हिन्दी अनुवाद)

( ३ )
to win over Shiva हि-यतः because It is an indeclinable
used in various senses Cf 'हि पादपूरणे हेतौ विशेषेऽप्यव-
धारणे । प्रश्ने हेत्वपदेशे च सभ्रमासूययोरपि ॥' इति मेदिनीकोषः
चारुता—(चारु+तल्) चारोः भावः (सौन्दर्य) beauty To
form Abstract Nouns त्व or तल् is added by 'तस्य
भावस्त्वतलौ' पाणिनि ५।१।११६। प्रियेषु—as regards one's
beloved सौभाग्यफला—(सुभग+ष्यञ्) सुभागाया भावः
सौभाग्यं good fortune सौभाग्यं फलं यस्याः सा having good
fortune as result
'प्रियेषु सौभाग्यफला हि चारुता' is a sort of universal
saying meaning that beauty has for its fruit good
fortune as regards the beloved, i e, that alone is the
real beauty which attracts one's beloved and makes
him love it, otherwise it has no meaning, howsoever
praiseworthy it may be in the eyes of others
'प्रियेषु सौभाग्यफला०' is also read as 'प्रिये सुसौभाग्य-
फला०' in some recensions
The metre of this and the following stanzas upto
84 is वंशस्थ, which is defined as 'जतौ तु वंशस्थमुदीरितं
जरौ' i.e. ।ऽ। ऽऽ। ।ऽ। ऽ।ऽ Marks ऽ and । stand for long
and short syllables respectively
CHANGE OF VOICE :—पार्वत्या तथा समक्षं मनोभवं दहता
पिनाकिना भग्नमनोरथया सत्या रूपं हृदयेन निनिन्दे, (तथा) हि
चारुतया प्रियेषु सौभाग्यफलया (भूयते) ॥ १ ॥
HINDI TRANSLATION :—इस प्रकार आंखों के सामने ही