उत्तररामचरितम् (महाकवि भवभूति - संस्कृत मूल एवं हिन्दी व्याख्या)

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at the time when सीता was actually carried off, the words would
have been most appropriate. But she, being abandoned twelve
years before, is now no more (so राम supposes), and there is no
possibility of her being carried off. So these words are really
now the ravings of a mad man. We did not adopt this reading,
because we believe that it does not contain the original
words of the author, but that it is purely conjectural. Verse 44.
The first three lines form one sentence. Construe अविरत करं-
वीराणां विमर्द्दे जगति जनित रस-स खत मुग्धाक्ष्या वियोग उपायानां भावाद्
रिपु-वधि अभूत्—that separation from the lady (सीता) with charm-
ing eyes was to last till the destruction of the enemies on account
of the existence of remedies (for destroying them)—that separa-
tion which produced a feeling of great wonder in the world by
the encounters of heroes which contained constant incidents for
giving me relief (from sorrow) अविरता (never ceasing) विनो-
दव्यतिकरा येषु adj. of विमद्दे. विनोद relief beguiling amusement.
व्यतिकर incident. Or -व्यतिकर may be taken to mean सम्बन्ध जनित
अल्पहुतरस यस्मिन् or येन—qualifies वियोग. रिपुपाते अवधि (अवसान)
यस्य—qualifies वियोग. कथं विप but how can this separation be
patiently endured which (वियोग) is without remedy and endless?
अप्रतिविध—remediless. राम means—When सीता was carried
off by रावण, he fought with him and recovered her. That separa-
tion could be borne because there were numerous engagements
in that war which thrilled the whole world and diverted the mind
of राम. He draws three points of distinction between the former
वियोग and the present one. I In the former separation, there were
remedies by resorting to which an end could be put to it: in
the present one सीता being dead (as राम thought) no remedies
were of avail. II There was hope that the former separation would
end (and as a matter of fact it did end) while in the present
one there is no hope that it will ever come to an end (as सीता
was supposed to be dead). III The former separation was made
bearable as the mind was diverted by war-like operations, but in
the present separation nothing can be done except bearing it
patiently. V reads व्यतिकर for -जनिक? In that case it will
have to be construed as an adjective of वियोग the meaning being
in which there were constant incidents for relieving (sorrow).
This is a good reading and will render the verse more symmetri-
cal and easy to construe. The reading of the text in the last
line is preferable to that of Gh, as it brings out all the three