उत्तररामचरितम् (महाकवि भवभूति - संस्कृत मूल एवं हिन्दी व्याख्या)

—I. 39] UTTARARĀMACHARITA. 43
happiness or sorrow of the other. राम says that he has secured
such a loving wife in सीता and fervently hopes (in the words
भद्रं तस्य सुमानुषस्य) that nothing should intervene to mar the
happy union of their hearts. When there is such an identity
of happiness or sorrow, the heart of the one that is afflicted
finds solace in the love of the other. When husband and wife
are newly married there is a certain reserve between them,
which passes away in course of time. न द्वैतम् अद्वैतम्. द्वैतम् division,
difference. The reading प्राप्यते can be construed more easily
than प्रार्थ्यते and is preferable. Instead of taking भद्रं तस्य सुमानुषस्य
as parenthetical, we may construe as follows—(येन) कथमपि तत्
एकं सुखदुःखयोः अद्वैतं प्राप्यते तस्य सुमानुषस्य भद्रम् blessed is that good
man who secures anyhow that unique identity of happiness
and sorrow. G gives a farfetched explanation of the last
line. G takes सुमानुषस्य to mean 'सौजन्यस्य'. He construes 'तस्य
सुमानुषस्य कथमपि तत् एकं भद्रं प्रार्थ्यते हि' (we anyhow desire a unique
blessing upon that goodness). G construes अद्वैतं सुखदुःखयोः &c.
as five clauses, qualifying तस्य सुमानुषस्य. अद्वैतं सुखदुःखयोः would
then mean 'which (सौजन्य) is the same in happiness or misery'
अविद्यमानं द्वैतं यस्मिन्. Apart from the farfetched meaning placed
upon सुमानुष, there is another difficulty in this explanation.
We expect a relative word like यत् in the clause अद्वैतं दुःखयोः, as
we find in the following four clauses. वीर० explains सुमानुषस्य
as दाम्पत्यस्य, which also is extremely farfetched. The com. in
T says 'भद्रं तस्य सुमानुषस्य इति सर्वेषु पुस्तकेषु पाठो दृश्यते स च न भावशून्यो
दिति मत्वा तन्मयेन प्रेम इति पदं परिवर्तितम्'. Thus the reading भद्रं प्रेम
is supported by no authority. It may be admitted that
the last line becomes simpler if we read भद्रं प्रेम. The meaning
of the last line then is 'that unique and auspicious love of a
good person is anyhow sought for'. If we read प्राप्यते, then
'that love is obtained with difficulty'. With this reading
(भद्रं प्रेम &c) the verse becomes well connected with the predomi-
nant thought in Rama's mind viz. सीता's deep love and her
concern at the thought of separation. But there are minor
objections even to this reading. In the first place, a relative
word यत् must be understood in the first clause अद्वैतं सुखदुःखयोः.
Further the word भद्र has no particular propriety, it falls flat.
It should be noted that in the दशरूपक where this verse occurs
(under II, 7) we read 'भद्रं तस्य' and not भद्रं प्रेम. The reading
अनुज्ञात् (favourable) for अनुगुणात् is not bad. ब्रूहि लब्धम् say
what you have found (learnt).