उत्तररामचरितम् (महाकवि भवभूति - संस्कृत मूल एवं हिन्दी व्याख्या)

—III. 21] UTTARARÂMACHARITA. 95
(or देव्यः)—between whom and one's children there is no
difference मम...संवृत्तं so unfortunate am I that, notwith-
standing that I see all this, it is as it were non-existent (for me),
such is the transformation that this mortal world has under
gone (in my case) She means that being abandoned by her
husband on account of a scandal, she cannot face her husband
as well as the world and that therefore the world is as if non
existent for her Formerly all these persons showered their
affections upon her and the various objects gave her pleasure
But now they cause her sorrow This is the vast change that
has occurred in her relation with those objects and persons
The reading परिवर्तो also means 'change' Verse 22. ददद् (quali-
fies यः) is the present p. nom sing mas. of दा, its object being
नयनोत्सवम् Construe यः नयनोत्सवं ददद् नवो नव इवा (आसीत्) स इति कथम्
सुखैकल्य तथापि दृशो प्रियः नव स्तव (who) causing delight to
(our) eyes by his limbs that were glossy (charming) like a
fresh blue lotus. सतत यः who, thought he could always be
seen by us at will, was ever new (on each occasion). She
uses the word नः purposely Not only was राम a feast to the
eyes of सीता, but to all who beheld him She further says that
Rama was so handsome that though we (including of course
सीता) could see him as often as we pleased, yet on each occasion
he appeared as handsome as ever Compare 'क्षणे क्षणे यन्नवतामुपैति
तदेव रूपं रमणीयतायाः' विश्रान्ति करणानि (इन्द्रियाणि) यस्य. पाण्डु क्षामं
(सन्नि) यस्य who.e complexion is pale शुचा (to be construed
with all the three adjectives in the third line) by grief. कथमपि
'...विद्' he is with difficulty to be recognised (lit to be inferred)
as the same, still he is agreeable to the eye Although his
complexion is pale and he has grown weak, he is as handsome
as ever and so still causes delight to the eye In the first line
V and Gh read ददौ for ददद्, which yields a good sense. It
seems to be an emendation purposely made, as with ददद् the
construction is rather involved. ये for नः is not good. There
is no special propriety in saying that Rama could be seen at
will by सीता (his wife). The reading नव नयनैः is not good It
will have to be construed with नयनोत्सव in the first line, which
will lead to दूरात्वय Besides the words नवो नव एव यः present a
striking contrast to सततमनिशेनैवापश्यन पश्यन्ती...भूयाः may you be
always seeing your dear (husband) ! भूया is Benedictive.