उत्तररामचरितम् (महाकवि भवभूति - संस्कृत मूल एवं हिन्दी व्याख्या)

—III. 19 ] UTTARARĀMACHARITA. 93
and her eyes (the orbs of) which were made to whirl
round inside the eyelids (sockets) during your (own)
whirling movements (in dancing). वृत्ता पुटस्य अन्त मण्डलावृत्ति
(मण्डलाकारा आवृत्ति ) याभ्यान् ते ॰वृत्ती, ॰वृत्ती च ते चक्षुषी च, प्रचलिते चटुले
च भ्रुवौ तयो स्ताण्डवानि, ॰वृत्तिचक्षुषी च ॰ताण्डवानि च तै ॰ताण्डवै The idea
is—The peacock in dancing whirled about round and round.
The eyes of सीता followed intently the movements of the pea-
cock. The pupils of her eyes moved round in trying to follow
the whirling movements of the bird, similarly by the admiration
for the movements of her pet her eyebrows also were made to
move. In this case, we take वृत्त ताण्डव as one word. Both
G and वीर० do the same. We must admit that the sense yield-
ed is not very happy and that the construction is rather clumsy.
V. and Gh. take ॰चक्षु as an object of मण्डयन्त्या. In this case the
construction becomes easier and the reading yields a good sense.
Taking the reading of V. the meaning is 'who adorned (her)
eyes that revolved in a circle inside the sockets during your
whirling movements by the dancing of her moving and beautiful
eyebrows'. Here वृत्त वृत्ति is a separate word and an adjective
of चक्षु, which is the object of मण्डयन्त्या. With the reading in the
text, we have to say that सीता adorned the peacock, here we say
that her eye (naturally charming enough) had its beauty
heightened by the graceful movements of her eyebrows. Gh.
reads वृत्तनेत्रु (as one word) which means the same thing as
॰वृत्ति चक्षु. वृत्त पुटस्यान्त मण्डलास्तन् (मण्डलावृत्ति ) येन. Here also
॰चक्षु is the object of मण्डयन्त्या. The principal reason why the
reading in the text was retained is that the readings of V.
and Gh. seem to be emendations purposely made to escape the
difficulties of the original text. चटुल fine, agreeable. कर नर्त्यमान
(त्वा) (you) who were made to dance by the graceful (सीता)
with the clappings of her sprout-like hands. करौ किसलये इव तयो
ताला तैः ताल keeping time (here by the clapping of the hands).
'तालः शब्दक्रियामानम्' इत्यमरः, 'तालः करतले ऽङ्गुष्ठमध्यमाभ्यां च सम्मिते ।
गीतकालक्रियामाने करस्फोटे द्रुमान्तरे' इति विश्वः. नत्यमान Present P.
Pass. of the causal of नृत्. हन्त रप्यन्ते Oh ! even lower animals
have regard for (former) familiarity. रप् with अनु—to act
according to, follow, have regard for. राम suggests that even
lower animals, who are not supposed to be endowed with reason,
stick to objects with which they had once become familiar,
while he, a human being endowed with the godly attribute of