उत्तररामचरितम् (महाकवि भवभूति - संस्कृत मूल एवं हिन्दी व्याख्या)

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दृश्या whose eyes generally unsteady are rendered dull by
joy and are closed. मर्यादितः सन्तापः the heat which I felt but
partially has now disappeared. N reads आनन्दसन्दलितघूर्णमाननेद-
नाया which is difficult to explain. It seems to mean 'whose
pain that made her stagger was destroyed by joy.' Verse 5.
This is repeated from Act II. 19. अविरल-मण्डिते-अविरला
विशाला घूर्णमाना विद्युत्तया तस्या विलामै मण्डिता तैः adorned by the
sportive movements of lightning that is thick, flashing and
rolling. अवसीदते is covered. नमः अनुगमिन प्रयुक्तम् employed,
वरुणं देवता अस्य इति वारुणम्, according to 'साऽस्य देवता' पा 4 2 24.
वरुण is represented as the lord of waters even in the Rigveda.
'यासां राजा वरुणो याति मध्ये ता आपो देवीरिह मामवन्तु ॥' ऋग्वेद VII. 49. 3.
सर्वं दोषाय (supply भवति) everything, when in excess tends
to produce a defect i. e. too much even of a good thing is not
desirable. Compare 'अति सर्वत्र वर्जयेत्,' 'सीते पर्याप्तमेतावद्ब्रूतुं स्नेह-
प्रदर्शनं । सर्वथातिदृढं भद्र व्यसनायोपकल्पते ॥' सुन्दरकाण्ड 24. 21. यत् since,
The following long sentence contains three poetic fancies.
भूतजनं प्रवेपते the mortal world is shivering (on account of the
cold due to the down pour of water). प्रलये वातावति तथा क्षोभ-
तेन गम्भीरं यथा तथा गुञ्जुगुण्ायमानाः मेघाः तैः मेदुर (निबिड) अन्धकार तेन
रुद्धाध्वं यथा तथा नष्टम् इव as if found without any outlet (for
escape) by the darkness that is intensified by the clouds that
produce a deep rumbling noise on account of the agitation
due to the stormy winds at the time of pralaya. गुञ्जुगुण्ायमान्
(pres. p.) is an onomatopoetic word. नीरन्ध्र (निः + रन्ध्र). For the
winds at the time of प्रलय, vide notes on V. 9. एकवारं विश्वस्य ग्रसन-
नेन विकट (विशाल) विकरालं (अतिभयङ्करं) कालस्य (मृत्योः) मुख कन्दर इव
तस्मिन् विवर्त्तमानमिव as if rolling in the cavern like mouth of Death
that is very terrible and wide open for devouring at one time
the whole universe. If Death were to devour the universe
at one stroke he shall have to open his mouth very wide.
Some read ०काण्ठण्ठमुख०, which would mean रुद्धमुख युगान्ते या यो-
गनिद्रा तस्यां निरुद्धानि सर्वद्वाराणि येन स नारायणः तस्य उदरे निरुद्धमिव as if
placed in the belly of नारायण who has closed (stopped the
operation of) all the portals (of his body i. e. his senses) on
account of the yogic slumber that he has at the end of the
cycles of years. युगान्त means कल्पान्त, see notes on V. 14 for कल्प.
When विष्णु sleeps the whole world is destroyed, and when he
wakes up it is created again. Compare 'यदा स देवो जागर्त्ति तदेदं चेष्टते
जगत् । यदा स्वपिति शान्तात्मा तदा सर्वं निमीलति ॥' मनु० I. 52. योगनिद्रा state
of sleep due to yogic contemplation. योग is defined in योगसूत्र