प्रियदर्शिका नाटिका (सम्राट हर्षवर्धन - चतुरङ्क शास्त्रीय नाटिका सान्वय सटीक)

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ACT I.
P. 1. प्रियदर्शिका—Properly the name of the heroine; it then
metaphorically (by the metaphorical transference of an epithet
अभेदोपचार) signifies the play of which Priya. is the Heroine. The
poet's other play, Ratnâvalî, is similarly named.
Following the custom of previous writers the poet begins his
work with the usual Mangala, which consists of a salutation
to the favourite deity or a benediction, and which is believed
to have the power to remove obstacles in the way of, and to
lead to a safe completion, the work undertaken. This is techni-
cally called Nândî in the case of dramas. The efficacy of a
Mangala is thus stated by Patanjali in his Mahâbhâshya—
मङ्गलादीनि मङ्गलमध्यानि मङ्गलान्तानि च शास्त्राणि प्रथन्ते वीरपुरुषकाण्यायुष्मत्पुरुषकाणि
च भवन्त्यध्येतारश्च प्रवक्तारो भवन्ति । Śrîharsha has glorified Pârvatî
and Śiva in this play, as he has done in the Ratnâ. also. He pays
his veneration to Pârvatî first, owing to her being the more respect-
able of the two, as being the mother of the world (मातुरभ्यर्हितत्वात्
as remarked by Malli. in his com. on Ragh. I. 1.).
Śl 1. The śl. describes the emotion of Gaurî (Pârvatî) at
the time of her marriage with Śiva, wherein Brahmâ, as was
meet, was the officiating priest joining their hands. Cf. Śiva
Pu.—ब्रह्मा सर्वं च तत्रत्यं कारयामास वै तदा । आवाहनं तथा पाद्यं सर्वं च विधिपूर्व-
कम् ॥......... संस्थाप्याग्निं पुनस्तत्र वैवाहमकरोद्विधिम् ॥ &c. Construe—करग्रह-
विधौ धूमव्याकुलदृष्टिः पुनः इन्दुकिरणैः आह्लादिताक्षी उत्सुका वरं पश्यन्ती भूयः ब्रह्मणः
ह्रिया आनतमुखी पादनखेन्दुदर्पणगते गङ्गां दधाने हरे सेर्ष्या स्पर्शाद् उत्पुळका गौरी वः
शिवाय अस्तु ।
धूमव्या०—The smoke was due to the offerings made into the
fire that witnessed the match; for the offerings cf. हविःशमीवृक्षलता-
जगन्धी पुण्यः कृशानोरुदियाय धूमः । Ragh. VII. 26. व्याकुल pained or
disturbed. This was because the bride is required to inhale the
smoke. लाजाहोमं कृत्वा धूममाजिघ्रेत् इति गृह्यविदः । Cf Ragh. VII. 27.
आचारधूमग्रहणाद्बभूव (वृद्धाचाराद्धूमग्रहणमित्येके); see Kum. VII. 81. and
cf. for the smoke Par. p. I. 1. इन्दुकिरणैः—When she looked
up the pain was removed by the soothing rays of the moon on
Śiva's head. उत्सुका—This description is rather conventional.
The bride is anxious to see her husband and gets the first
opportunity to see him after the removal of the cloth held
between the two when the Mangaḷâshtakas are over. But in