काव्यालङ्कार (आचार्य भामह - भारतीय काव्यशास्त्र एवं अलङ्कार-सिद्धान्त मूल महाग्रन्थ सटीक)

90 BHĀMAHĀLAṄKĀRA
rāma ending with his peace towards Kshatriyas as-
the title would suggest.
सूर्यांशुसंमीलितलोचनेषु
दीनेषु पद्मानिलनिर्मदेषु ।
साध्व्यः स्वगेहेष्विव भर्तृहीनाः
केका विनेशुः शिखिनां मुखेषु ॥ ४६ ॥
46. Into the miserable faces of peacocks with
eyes shrunk by the Sun's rays and bereft of joy due
to the breeze from lotuses the peacocks' voices
went into hiding like chaste ladies who had lost
their husbands into their miserable homes.
46. केका: The notes of peacocks. Amara:—केका
वाणी मयूरस्य. विनेशुः The jubilant cries of peacocks be-
came extinct. Where? शिखिनां मुखेषु Within the faces
(throats) of the peacocks. How are peacocks' faces?
सूर्यांशुभिः संमीलिते लोचने येषां तेषु. Summer not relished by
peacocks, their eyes are said to be closed by the
Sun's rays. पद्मानिलनिर्मदेषु Stripped of joy or intoxica-
tion due to breeze from lotuses. The plentiful bloom
of lotuses in summer is not agreeable to peacocks.
As a consequence of the above two traits, दीनेषु the
peacocks' faces are depressed. An analogy for the
extinction of peacocks' cries is furnished in the 3rd
foot of the verse. भर्तृहीनाः साध्व्यः स्वगेहेषु इव As chaste
ladies recently widowed would sink within their