उत्तररामचरितम् (महाकवि भवभूति - संस्कृत मूल एवं हिन्दी व्याख्या)

-IV. 20] UTTARARĀMACHARITA. 135
"what do you guess as to the point, or whence this boy comes?
अचिरागता वयम्—She means that her arrival along with that of
कौसल्या and वसिष्ठ was as recent as that of Janaka and therefore
she had no time to become acquainted with the boy. She did
not wish to convey the vague information she had received
from the Ganges about the fact of the sons of सीता being
in the hermitage of वाल्मीकि. So she uses a dubious expression,
which जनक naturally took to mean that she had no knowledge
whatever on the point. कौतुक curiosity. के वृद्धाः some old
persons here are desirous of seeing you. प्रवृद्धं वयः येषां ते प्रवृद्धवयसः
दिदृक्षु adj.—from the desiderative base of दृश् with the affix उ,
according to 'सनाशंसभिक्षु उः' पा. ३. २. १६५ (सन्। किरीषु। आशंसु।
भिक्षु। सि. कौ.) मतिन् addressed. निग्रह निर्माणस्य will such (a
noble) form set aside (violate) good manners? The answer
is in the negative. निर्मीयते इति निर्माणं आचारः. A reads भिद्येत,
which virtually comes to the same thing. Sanskrit poets are
fond of representing that a noble and majestic exterior and
noble conduct go together. Janaka means that the boy's
noble bearing itself is a guarantee for holding that he knows
good manners and will pay the respect due to old age.
Compare for the idea 'न ह्याकृतिः सुसदृशं विजहाति वृत्तम्' मृच्छकटिक
IV 'न तादृशा आकृतिविशेषा गुणविरोधिनो भवन्ति' शाकुन्तल IV, 'यत्रा
कृतिस्तत्र गुणा वसन्ति' quoted by मल्लिनाथ on किरातार्जुननीय VI 1,
'क्षेत्रनाकृतिन् व्यभिचरति शीलम्' दशकुमार० VI. In the महावीर० (VI)
we have 'भिद्यन्ते न सदृशनिष्ठाङ्कुरादेषु'
P 99. मतिनव निशामित (श्रुत) गुरुवचन येन विसर्जिताः ऋषिकुमारका
येन—who sent away the boys of the sages (as he had to go to
see जनक). किमप्येतत्—this is something undescribable. Verse 21.
एतस्मिन् in this boy. मयि अपि in this boy there is an excess
of greatness (of great qualities) softened by his modesty,
childhood and simplicity, capable of being perceived by the
intelligent, but not by those who are not so. दिम...मीर्त्यै मसृण
(soft). मौग्ध्यम्—मुग्धस्य भाव' नियोगेन यथा नियता' G reads निष्ठा
which is not bad and means the same thing. मनो गुरु this
powerful (excess of qualities) carries away my mind though it is
dulled by stupor, just as a small piece of lodestone attracts a mass of
iron. यद्वत्—यथा. A reads विनयशिशिर मौग्ध्यमसृण and वीर० explains
'अत्र विनयशिशिरो मौग्ध्यमसृण इत्यनया प्रसिद्धिमोग्धनेन ज्योत्स्नीमवतः शूरं
तेजसां समुदायं कथ्यन्ते' The reading 'संमोहं निर्मार्ष्टि' is not good The
words एष मध्यवान् are not well construed with संमोह. It is not