उत्तररामचरितम् (महाकवि भवभूति - संस्कृत मूल एवं हिन्दी व्याख्या)

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of सीता by his side in the place of सीता Verse 7. वज्रादपि कठो-
राणि harder than even adamant लोकेषु उत्तराः केषां को वेत्ति
who is able to know thoroughly the hearts of extraordinary
men ? When his duty to his subjects required him to abandon
सीता, he made his heart as hard as adamant and abandoned
her All the while his heart had a soft corner for सीता, which
was shown by his remaining unmarried and placing a golden
image of सीता as his सहधर्मचारिणी in the अश्वमेध Compare 'संपत्सु
महतां चित्तं भवत्युत्पलकोमलम् । आपत्सु च महाशैलशिलासंघातकर्कशम् ॥' भर्तृहरि
The रामायण also mentions the golden image 'काञ्चनी मम पत्नी च
दीक्षायां ज्ञाय कर्मणि उत्तरकाण्ड 91 25 विसृष्ट let loose- वामदेवेन अभि
मन्त्रित As वसिष्ठ was in the hermitage of वाल्मीकि, वामदेव became
the officiating priest अभिमन्त्रित consecrated by the repetition
of mantras मेध्य holy fit for a sacrifice उपकल्पिता appointed
यथाशास्त्रम् शास्त्रमनतिक्रम्य ( अव्ययीभाव ) according to the precepts in
the sacred books See below the words of लव (after IV 26)
'क्व न पश्यथ प्रत्येक शतसंख्या &c' अधिष्ठाता leader लक्ष्मणान्मज In the
रामायण, it is लक्ष्मण himself who is sent as the leader of the
army accompanying the horse see उत्तरकाण्ड 92 2 'ऋत्विग्भिर्लक्ष्मण
सार्धमश्वे च विनियुज्य च' अवाप्त दिव्यानां अस्त्राणां संप्रदाय येन to whom the
traditional knowledge of miraculous weapons had been com
municated चत्वारि अङ्गानि यस्य तत् चतुरङ्गं, चतुरङ्गं च तत् साधनं च तेन
अन्वित accompanied by an army consisting of four arms The
four arms are हस्ति, रथ, अश्व and पदात (infantry) 'साधने मृतसंस्कारे
सैन्ये सिद्धिक्षेत्रे गनी ।' इति मेदिनी कौतुकम् admiration. कुमार पुत्र
what, even prince लक्ष्मण has got a son ? हन्त जीवामि now there is
life in me She means that on hearing of the sad news about
सीता, she thought herself almost dead but on being told that
लक्ष्मण's son is a warrior she has derived some comfort मृतं द्वारे
having thrown at the royal gate the corpse of his son उरो
रोदितम् beating his breast he proclaimed that an evil had be
fallen a ब्राह्मण उरस्ताडम्—उरस् ताड ( ताडनम् ) उरस्ताट उरस्ताडेन सह
यथा स्यात्तथा उरस्ताडम् ( अव्ययीभाव ) न रामभद्रे when राम् who was
full of sympathy was observing his own fault in this (the ब्राह्मण s
sons death) saying no premature death can occur amongst the
subjects without some fault of the king 'राज्ञ अपचार' (misdeed,
fault) अन्तरेण (without) governs the accusative. करुणामय—the
affix मय shows प्राचुर्य here In the रामायण, it is the ब्राह्मण, whose
son met a premature death, who lays all the fault at राम्'s door
'राज्ञस दुष्टेष्व विचिमहद्द्रक्षि न संशय । यदा हि विषयस्थानां बालानां मृत्युरा