उत्तररामचरितम् (महाकवि भवभूति - संस्कृत मूल एवं हिन्दी व्याख्या)

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hearts of राम and सीता beat in unison. Whatever राम thought
of doing received the whole-hearted support of सीता and vice-
versa. But this reading cannot be construed with शकुनिकाम्.
The reading सौनिके for सौनिक is not good. It would mean 'I
expose सीता to death as one would hand over a domesticated
bird to a butcher. The loc सौनिके would have to be taken in
the sense of the dative. सौनिकसङ्घा प्राणिहिंसास्थानम् तया जीवति इति
सौनिक अस्पर्शनीय not fit to be touched. किं देवीं दूषयामि why should
I defile the queen (by the touch of my body)? It should be
remembered that सीता had fallen asleep on राम's chest. स्वैरम्
and gently 'मन्दस्वच्छन्दयो स्वैर' इत्यमर. उन्नमय्य having raised (in
declinable past. part. of the causal of नम् with उत्) Verse 46
मुग्धे O innocent one (or simple one) कर्मभिश्चण्डाल (न तु जात्या)
अपूर्वश्चासौ कर्मचण्डाल or अपूर्वकर्माणा चण्डाल who am a very चण्डाल by
my unparalleled actions, or who am a strange चण्डाल in my
actions (and not by birth) राम says that he has outdone
even the worst of चण्डालs, who would not abandon his own
pregnant innocent wife श्रितासि द्रुमन् thou hast resorted to a
poisonous tree leading to evil results mistaking it to be a
sandal tree दुष्ट विपाक (परिणाम) यस्मात् विपर्यस्त transformed
revolutionized जीवलोक the mortal world As long as scandal
had not poisoned the cup of their married life, the world was
full of hope ambitions and happiness for राम, now that the cup
was embittered राम is disgusted with the world and so says
विपर्यस्तः संप्रति जीवलोक अर्थो रामस्य The purpose of राम s life has
now come to an end पदवसित and अवसित both mean the same
thing. अवसितम् ended (past p p of सो with अव) असार un-
substantial कष्टप्रायम् abounding in worry अशरण helpless (अ-
विद्यमान शरण यस्य) 'शरणं गृहरक्षित्रो' इत्यमर का गति what help is
there? Verse 47 इ ह धितम् consciousness has been placed
in Rama only for the purpose that he might experience pain
मर्माणि उपघ्नन्ति इति० पपातिन ते वज्रकीलादित is past p p of वज्रकीलायते
(वज्रकील इवाचरति) ममोप हृदि my life that wounds the vitals
acts the part of adamantine nails planted in the heart. राम
means that all his life he had bitter experiences and not
pleasant ones. One would naturally expect that life would
depart under such distressing circumstances. But unfortunate-
ly for राम, life persists even though by continuing to live his
heart suffers as much anguish as it would have done if nails of
adamant had been driven into it. The reading स्थिर (tenacious)
is not bad. It means —my life is tenacious and does not give