उत्तररामचरितम् (महाकवि भवभूति - संस्कृत मूल एवं हिन्दी व्याख्या)

140 NOTES ON [IV 24—
quickly ; rashness Verse 24 (First half) पतन is the
object of उद्गच्छतु, which qualifies मम एत वा—It is time (the
proper occasion) for my anger to blaze up quickly by means
of bow or curse I having constantly thought over the fall of
the terrible thunderbolt in the shape of this calamity वैशसमेव
वज्रस्य घोर पतनम् वैशसम्—destruction, slaughter, distress He
refers to the undeserved abandonment of Sītā शश्वत् ind
again and again constantly 'मुहु पुन पुन शश्वदमीक्ष्णमसकृत्समा '
इत्यमर चापेन शापेन वा—जनक was a क्षत्रिय and so could take up
his bow to punish those who wronged him He was also
a sage (a राजर्षि) and was able on account of his severe austeri
ties and his profound knowledge to curse any one that insulted
or harmed him in any way Some read धगिति for झटिति It is
an onomatopoetic word meaning briskly प्रसादय—कौसल्या was
afraid that जनक might curse राम Verse 25 Construe परिभूतानां
मनस्विना प्राय एतत् चित्तम्—This is generally the state of the mind
of spirited persons when they are insulted एतत्—refers to
क्रोधज्वलन V and Gh place this line in the mouth of अरुन्धती
But this is not good The words are quite appropriate to a
spirited boy like लव Moreover, अरुन्धती would never utter
words that would even indirectly inflame the anger of जनक
against Rāma while it would add to the pathos and pic
turesqueness of the drama if लव were unknowingly to in
flame जनक against his own father मनस्विन् a high souled or
spirited person The possessive affix विन् is applied to words
ending in अस् and to माया, मेधा and स्रज् 'अस्मायामेधास्रजो विनि '
पा ५. २. १२१ We may also take प्रायश्चित्त as one word The
meaning then is This (क्रोधज्वलन) is the satisfaction (of
their wrongs) in the case of spirited persons that are insult
ed' एव means—spirited persons must avenge themselves
when insulted either by fighting or by cursing through anger
राज रामस्ते—अरुन्धती means—just as दशरथ looked upon सीता as
his daughter because of his friendship with जनक, so जनक must
look upon his friend's son as his own Only two were concern
ed in the abandonment of सीता, viz राम and the people पाल्या
प्रजा the helpless people must be protected She means that it
is the duty of a good क्षत्रिय to protect the people and not to
destroy them कृपण=दीन Verse 24 (latter half) शान्ते भयम्
or peace to both of them as regards Rāma. दमदम् refers to चाप -
and शाप यद् मे which (राम) is my treasure in the form of a
son. He says—as Rāma is to me a son, I cannot proceed