कुमारसम्भवम् (महाकवि कालिदास - संस्कृत मूल एवं हिन्दी अनुवाद)

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समुच्चयप्रश्नशङ्कासंभावनासु अपि' इत्यमरः। क्रियार्थे—क्रियायै इदं
क्रियार्थं (होमादिकर्मकरणार्थम्) for performing holy rites
In क्रियार्थ the compound is नित्यसमास, which is defined
as 'अविग्रहो नित्यसमासः अस्वपदविग्रहो वा' i. e., Nitya-
samasa is that which either cannot be expounded or
cannot be expounded by using the words actually
compounded. Here क्रियार्थ is expounded by using क्रिया
and इदं and not क्रिया and अर्थ which (latter) are
actually compounded. The compound with अर्थ is a
Nityasamasa and takes the gender and number of
the noun it qualifies. समित्कुशम्—समिधश्च कुशाश्च
समित्कुशम् Sacrificial sticks and Kusha grass. It is a
Dwandwa compound and the singular is used by the
rule 'जातिरप्राणिनाम्' पा० २.४ ६ । i. e., of words ex-
pressing things and not animals when the species is
prominently referred to the compound is in singular.
सुलभम्—(सु + √लभ्+खल्) easy to obtain The
suffix खल् is added by 'ईषद्दुःसुषु कृच्छ्राकृच्छ्रार्थेषु खल्'
पा० ३ ३ १२६ । i. e, खल् is added to any root with ईषत्,
दुर् or सु prefixed to it when the idea of ease or
difficulty is present, e g, सुकरः, दुष्करः। स्नानविधि-
क्षमाणि—स्नानस्य विधये क्षमाणि (योग्यानि) स्नानविधिक्षमाणि
suitable for bathing. स्वशक्त्या—स्वसामर्थ्यानुसारेण accord-
ing to your might. खलु—verily आद्यम्—प्रथमं the
chief धर्मसाधनम्—धर्मस्य साधनम् means of performing
the religious duties. 'शरीरमाद्यं खलु धर्मसाधनम्' is a