उत्तररामचरितम् (महाकवि भवभूति - संस्कृत मूल एवं हिन्दी व्याख्या)

50 NOTES ON [III 14-
life) verily pierce the vitals of my heart. G seems to have
read हृदयमनाविध्य which means the same thing as -विध्य
हृदयमनु + विध्यति इति ०मनुविद्य (affix किप्) मनु is lengthened before
विध्य according to 'नहिवृषिवृचिराजिव्यधिरुचिसहितनिषु कौ' पा ६ ३ ११६.
(विध्यत्युषु पूर्वस्य पूर्वपदस्य दीर्घः । प्रतानम् । प्रामूचः । समाविद्येत् । सि कौ) Com-
pare महावीर० V 'हृदयमनु विध मर्मणी कपेदात् शमाय वल्गन मन्मथः.
P 62 We expect मातृचरण after शैशवाभ्य रस्तो संवृत्तः he
has become so (big) दिष्ट्या वृध्-means 'to congratulate a per-
son upon राम has the image of सीता before his mental view and
addresses her- Verse 15 येन goes with सोऽय पुत्रः यत्पुण्ड-
रीकदलाग्रवद् किञ्चिद्दन्तुर दन्त or पल्लवाङ्कुरच्छिवद्दन्तर दन्त-whose
tender (sproutlike) tusk was just appearing and was glossy
like the tender leaf of a lotus. सुतनु is addressed to सीता (who
in the opinion of राम was dead) कर्णपूरम्-this is a better
reading than कर्णपूरात् Part of the कर्णपूर reached down
below her ear and was snatched by the elephant. कर्णपूर is an
ear-ornament. मदच्छिन्नः the conqueror of elephants giving out
rut. बाल्यात् नातः has become the receptacle of what is aus-
picious in youth i. e he is possessed of strength, valour and
charm अवियुक्तः not separated Mark that the blessing Sita
pronounces comes quite appropriately from her She has had
the bitter experience of what separation means and the thought
of separation being uppermost in her mind, she wishes that her
pet should never have to undergo similar torments. कान्तायाः
अनुवृत्तिः तस्मिन् चातुर्यम् the skill of pleasing his beloved (i. e gal-
lantry) शिक्षितम् learnt.
P 63. Verse 16 यद् in the fourth line means 'since' and
is to be connected with all the clauses. This verse mentions
the acts whereby the elephant showed that he was a gallant.
रातो कान्तम् (since) he has effected the giving of water scented
with the expanding lotus in the intervals of the morsels of
lotus-stalks plucked out with ease. लीलया उद्घातानि मृणालखण्डानि
तेषां कवलम् तेषां छेद्रेषु (सन्धिषु). The elephant plucked out lotus
stalks and gave them to his mate for eating When she
finished one morsel he poured from his trunk water in her
mouth before she took up another morsel पुष्करं पुष्कर (पद्म) तेन
वासितस्य or पुष्करं पुष्करं करिहस्ताग्रं तस्मिन् वासितम् scented in the fat
tip of the elephant's trunk. गण्डूषः a mouthful On this राघव-
remarks 'स्वयं पीत्वा जलदानं प्रतिपादम्' संक्रान्तिः transference, giving