कुमारसम्भवम् (महाकवि कालिदास - संस्कृत मूल एवं हिन्दी अनुवाद)

( ४० )
√श्वस् ' to breathe ' means ' to trust ' when preceded
by वि । विश्वसिति ( लट् ) विशश्वास ( लिट् ) व्यश्वसीत्
( लुङ् ) । कुतूहलात्—out of curiosity. तदीयैः—( तद् +
छः—ईय् ) तेषां इमानि तदीयानि, तैः belonging to them
( fawns ). लोचने—स्वकीये नेत्रे her own eyes. सखीनां
पुरः:—in the very presence of her friends. The fawns
were so much tamed that they would not mind the
presence of Parvati's friends. अमिमीत—( √माङ् + लङ् )
Measured. Imperfect 3rd person Sing. of √मा ' to
measure. ' माति ( लट् ) ममौ ( लिट् ) मास्यति ( लृट् )
अमासीत् ( लुङ् ) । Some commentators, thinking it
improper for Parvati to compare her own eyes with
those of the fawns, construe the third and the fourth
lines as—कुतूहलात् तदीयैः नयनैः पुरः सखीनां लोचने अमिमीत
i. e., out of curiosity she measured the eyes of her
friends before her ( पुरः ) with theirs. But this does
not seem to be the idea of the author, who is expected
to describe the eyes of Parvati and not those of her
friends, and, secondly in that case we would expect
सखीनां लोचनानि and not सखीनां लोचने ।
CHANGE OF VOICE:—अरण्यबीजाञ्जलिदानलालितैः हरिणैः
तस्यां तथा विशिश्वसे यथा ( तया ) कुतूहलात् तदीयैः नयनैः
लोचने सखीनां पुरः अमीयेताम् ॥ १५ ॥
HINDI TRANSLATION :—जंगली अन्नों की मुट्ठियों के देने
से पले हुए मृग उसका इतना विश्वास करते थे कि वह उत्सुकता-
वश ( अपनी ) सहेलियों की उपस्थिति में ही उनकी आंखों से
( अपनी ) आंखें नापा करती थी ॥ १५ ॥