उत्तररामचरितम् (महाकवि भवभूति - संस्कृत मूल एवं हिन्दी व्याख्या)

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was carried off from राम's cottage in पञ्चवटी. जटायु also dwelt
near Rāma's cottage in पञ्चवटी, see अरण्यकाण्ड 14 34 'सोऽहं वासस-
हायस्ते भविष्यामि यदीच्छसि । सीतां च तात रक्षिष्ये त्वयि याते सलक्ष्मणे ॥'. We
learn from किष्किन्धाकाण्ड सर्ग 27 that प्रस्रवणगिरि was near किष्किन्धा
If the identification of पम्पा with Hampi and of पञ्चवटी with
modern Nasik be correct, it is impossible that प्रस्रवण could have
been visible from पञ्चवटी, as the poet here represents it to be
Verse 25 अयमेव-प्रस्रवणस्यैव गृध्रराजस्य-जटायुषः तस्य अधस्तात्-at
the foot of it (शिखर) वय उटजेषु we also lived contented in those
huts made with leaves (of trees) यत्र-उटजेषु गोदा वनान्त where
there was a charming sylvan spot in which the beauty of the
greenish trees was spread (reflected) in the waters of the
Godāvarī and where there were birds cooing inside it and
therefore noisy पयसि is to be connected with वितत in the com-
pound वितत श्री This is एकदेशी अन्वय वितता श्यामलानां अनोकहानां
(वृक्षाणां) श्री (शोभा) यत्र अत कूजन्तः अत एव मुखरा शकुना यत्र
वनस्य अन्त प्रदेश 'अन्तं स्वरूपे निकटे प्रान्ते निश्चयनाशयोः । अवयवेऽपि' इति
हैम चिरनिवासेन on account of long residence विविधा प्रदेशा
(supply सन्ति or वर्तन्ते) there are spots which witnessed our
various unrestrained confidential dealings विविधा निष्कम्भात् अति-
प्रसङ्गा तेषां साक्षिण किमिद रामस्य what is this that has to-day
befallen राम? The meaning is that a vast change has come
over him Verse 26 The principal sentence is घनीभूतः शोको मां
विकलयति The first three lines contain three उपमाs of शोक
चिरात् रस like fierce poison circulating about that begins its
agonies after a long time Some poisons are extremely deadly
but slow in their operation Similarly राम's sorrow had been
slowly but surely gathering strength for twelve years The
words चिराद्वेगारम्भी can be construed with शोक also कुल शुकल
like the piece of a dart that was moved by force coming (sud-
denly) from some direction संवेग agitation, violent speed.
व्रणो पुन like an ulcer on which corns had grown and which
had again been opened in the vitals of the heart रूढ ग्रन्थि यस्य
(externally healed not really) If an ulcer from which pus
was coming heals up there is a hard fleshy knot left If pus
again forms in it, it causes greater pain घनीभूत नूतन इव my
sorrow, becoming intense overpowers me as if it were new.
Rāma says that he had been grieving twelve years for सीता
That grief had been gaining strength all those years At the
sight of पञ्चवटी and the other familiar objects, a climax is reach-