उत्तररामचरितम् (महाकवि भवभूति - संस्कृत मूल एवं हिन्दी व्याख्या)

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for by the whole world as said in the उपनिषद् 'य आत्मा-
पहतपाप्मा सोऽन्वेष्टव्यः स विजिज्ञासितव्यः' बृहदारण्यकोपनिषद् डप्रत्य-
यः is added in the sense of कुत्सा, according to 'कुत्सिते'
पा० ५ ३ ७४ (कुत्सितं मद्यं अपद्रुः । सि कौ) Verse 14 The
principal sentence is एत दण्डकारण्यभागा परिचितभुवः सन्दृश्यन्ते or एते
परिचितभुवः दण्डकारण्यभागा सन्दृश्यन्ते परिचितभुवः being a predicative
adjective in the first case and not so in the second The
meaning in the first case is 'These regions of the दण्डका forest
appear familiar to me (lit are seen to have grounds that were
familiar to me) in the second 'Here are seen the regions of
the दण्डका forest, the grounds of which were once familiar to
me क्वचित्-अपरत्र are used in the sense of 'in one place-in
another place or here-there स्निग्ध रूक्षा they (प्रभागा ) are
glossy and dark in one place, in another place they are rough
(not pleasing to look at) on account of the fearful expanse (of
dreary deserts). क्षोभिताम्भोभिः तेन रूक्षा क्वाणे-निर्झरा यत् which
have at various places (here and there) the quarters noisy with
the gurgling sound of rivulets मुखराः ककुभः (दिशः) येषाम् (quali-
fies प्रभागाः). 'दिशस्तु ककुभः काष्ठा' इत्यमरः ककुभ् f निर्झर a
spring तीर्थाः भङ्गाः which contain holy places hermitages,
hills, rivers, caves and forests तीर्थानि आश्रमाः गिरयः सरितः (नद्यः)
एताः कान्ताराणि च तेषामेव-कान्तारानि ये विवराः (प्रभागाः) As parts
of the दण्डका forest are being described, to say that the दण्डका
forest contained forests is superfluous. Hence कान्तार should
be taken to mean difficult paths महारण्ये दुर्गेऽध्वनि कान्तारं पुन्नपुं-
सकम्' इत्यमरः परिचिता भुवो येषाम् The reading गर्भगन्तारनिभा
means 'which have forests in the inside of which are holy places,
hermitages, hills and rivers.' तीर्थानि आश्रमाः गिरयः सरितश्च गर्भे
येषां ते तथा कान्तारा ये विवराः किल is used in the sense of it is
reported.'
P 43 Verse 15 दूषण, खर and त्रिमूर्धन् were three राक्षसाः
killed by राम When शूर्पणखा s ears and nose were cut off, she
went to her brother खर, who was the generalissimo of the राक्षसs
in जनस्थान She told him who had treated her in that way
and urged him to take revenge on राम and लक्ष्मण खर sent first
fourteen राक्षसाः, when they were killed by राम, खर sent his सेनापति
दूषण with 14,000 राक्षसाः. All these fared no better Then only
त्रिमूर्धन् and खर remained, who also were killed by राम So the
reading in the text is in accordance with the रामायण See