उत्तररामचरितम् (महाकवि भवभूति - संस्कृत मूल एवं हिन्दी व्याख्या)

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•नुशान् qualify पितामहान् भगीरथ is the subject of उदतीतरत्. तुरंग
पितामहान् (saved) the grand fathers of his father, that, in the
sacrifice of सगर, were anxiously engaged in finding out the
(sacrificial) horse and that dug the earth (for that purpose)
and that were burnt through wrath by the effulgence of कपिल.
तुरंगस्य विचये (अन्वेषणे) व्यग्रान् व्यावृतान् उर्वी (महीं) भिन्दन्ति इति उर्वी
भिद् तान्. सगरस्य अध्वरे यज्ञ (अश्वमेधे) Separate ॰महसा अमर्षान्
महसा is the instru. of महस् ॥ अगणित तापद् (अगणित तन्वा ताप यथा
स्यात्तथा, अव्ययीभाव)—(an adverb of दधत्) without minding or
caring for his bodily suffering भगवति—is addressed to the
Ganges तव अद्भि (जलै) स्पृष्टान् चिरात् उदतीतरत् (उत्तारयामास) he
saved (restored to heaven) after a long time, when (they were)
touched by your waters उदतीतरत् Aorist of the casual of तॄ with
उद् सगर was king of अयोध्या and ancestor of राम He had two
wives केशिनी and सुमति He practised penance in the Himâ-
layas The sage भृगु gave him two boons that one of his wives
would give birth to a son who would propagate the line and the
other would give birth to 60 000 sons केशिनी chose the former
and सुमती the latter The son of केशिनी was called असमञ्ज and
सुमति had 60,000 sons As असमञ्ज indulged in diverting
himself by throwing the children of the citizens in the
waters of the Sarayû, he was banished from the kingdom by
सगर असमञ्ज's son was अंशुमान् सगर began to perform an अश्वमेध
sacrifice इन्द्र stole the horse As the sacrifice could not pro-
ceed, सगर asked his 60 000 sons to search for the horse on the
earth and to dig it if necessary They could not find it and
returned to सगर, who dismissed them angrily, asking them
not to come back without the horse The 60,000 sons dug the
earth through and went to पाताल They saw the horse grazing
near the sage वासुदेव कपिल, whom they took to be the thief
They ran towards him in rage, when the sage, being enraged
by their impertinence, burnt them to ashes When his sons did
not return for a long time सगर sent his grand son अंशुमान् in
search of them He saw his uncles reduced to ashes and the
horse near them He wanted to offer water to his deceased
uncles, but could not find it. Thereupon he was told by वैनतेय,
the maternal uncle of his uncles, that, as they had met their
death in the fire of कपिल's anger, ordinary water would not do,
but that the ashes must be washed in the holy waters of the
Ganges in order that the sons of सगर may go to heaven.