उत्तररामचरितम् (महाकवि भवभूति - संस्कृत मूल एवं हिन्दी व्याख्या)

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where art thou in a place which is beyond the reach (lit not
the province) of the arrows of even लक्ष्मण ? Some read अविषयं,
which is not good. In that case we shall have to supply य
before अविषयं, which will break the symmetry, as in other
clauses we have यस्य बहु विरहम् I am made to think highly of
my former separation (from राम) She says so because then
she lived in hopes of again being united to Rāma N reads
॰विरहे, which does not yield a good sense It will mean 'I was
highly honoured in my former separation' दुःख दर्शनम् the
sight of Rāma will only tend to generate sorrow in the hearts
of his friends. किय द्विष्यामि how long shall I make you cry ?
He means that all along during their meeting वासन्ती had been
crying on account of the sad recollections that Rāma s presence
without Sītā aroused तन्मु गमनाय therefore permit me to go.
P 81 वर्षवर्धन सादयितु in order to perform the auspicious
ceremonies for the prolongation of the life of (कुश and लव)
N reads वर्षद्वैतमङ्गलानि which वीर० explains 'द्वादशवर्षपूत्तिमङ्गलानि
देवतापूजादीनि शुभानि' दुर्लभं दर्शने यस्य अस्ति—This sentence explains
why Rāma wanted permission to go He had began the अश्वमेध
sacrifice in the midst of which he had come to punish शम्बूक
(see pp 39 40 text) The speech of राम extends up to अनुज्ञाप्योद
यामि But in order to produce a striking effect on the spectators,
the author has interposed the two utterances of सीता The
audience hears both राम and सीता But सीता is supposed to
be invisible to राम सोत्कम्पम् in a trembling manner (with a
trembling heart) The words of Rāma (अस्ति सहधर्मचारिणी )
are like a thunderbolt to सीता and cause for a moment a
heart rending shock and make her hold her breath But the
following words (हिरण्मयी &c ) at once relieve her and she
breathes freely सोच्छ्वासम् with a deep sigh (of relief) and
tears आर्य त्वम्—she means that what he has done is like him
self, is what was expected of a noble and loving personality like
राम उत्खात पृषण my lord has now plucked out (from my heart)
the dart of shame due to my abandonment by him सीता means -
my abandonment without any cause has been rankling in my
heart like a dart. But the fact that Rāma yet loves me so
intensely as to have by his side my image has made me forget
the undeserved treatment I received I feel no shame now, -
Rāma has done sufficient penance for his bad treatment of me
and I am now quite satisfied. तथापि—सीतापरित्यागे सति तथापि .

—III 45] UTTARARĀMACHARITA 115
प्रेदानि I shall divert my eye full of (lit. smeared with) tears
by looking at the image of सीता The purpose of the third
Act is to take away the grief of undeserved abandonment
rankling in Sita's heart is here accomplished. धन्या सा—
This refers to the image आशा लोकस्य has become the stay
(lit. tie) of the hope of the world. The whole world depend-
ed upon the life of राम, which in its turn, depended upon the
comfort derived by looking at the image एवमात्मा स्तूयते—In
this way you praise yourself. The praise of the image is
virtually the praise of the original (सा सीता herself) परि-
हसितास्मि भगवत्या I am laughed at by the revered (तमसा)
महान् प्रमादः this meeting has been a great favour to me.
व्यतिकर: contact गमन कार्यम् as to going away, you should so
act as will not interfere with your duties. प्रतिकूला संवृत्ता—
वासन्ती became unfavourable as she permitted Rāma to go,
which Sītā did not desire कथं गम्यते how can you go? She
means that in the condition in which सीता is seen to be it is
impossible for her to go. Connect मय्यास्तं with चक्षुष in the follow-
ing verse. Verse 46 प्रत्युप्तं रभ्यते the contact of whose eye,
which is as if rivetted on your husband and is wide stretched
through the longing (to see him long), can be checked only
with efforts resembling the piercing of vitals. She means—
सीता has rivetted her eye on राम, to take away that eye from
Rāma would require tremendous efforts and cause as much
anguish as piercing the vitals would do. प्रत्युप्त inlaid, fixed.
तृष्णाया दीर्घस्य संनिकर्ष contact, proximity. Most editions read the
last half as मर्मच्छेदपरीक्षतैरुपायैर्न समाप्यते the withdrawing of your
eye is not effected (lit. completed) even with heart-rending
efforts. This is good, but seems to be a conjecture in order to
gloss over the difficulty caused by 'मर्मच्छेदोपमैर्यत्नैः'
P. 83 अपूर्वपुण्येन जनेन दर्शनं दत्तो D and G read सुकृत-
पुण्यजनदर्शनीयाभ्याम् सुकृत and पुण्य mean the same thing. In
order to avoid this, G makes a desperate suggestion and takes
पुण्यजन to mean the राक्षस. विभीषण पुण्यजन does mean राक्षस
'यातुधानः पुण्यजनो नैर्ऋतो यातु रक्षसी' इत्यमरः वीर० is more reasonable
and explains 'सुकृतानि पुण्यानि येस्ते सुकृतपुण्याः । सुकृतपुण्याश्च ते जनाश्चेति
विग्रहे कर्मधारयः' कियच्चिरं दर्शनम् How long is it possible to see
the moon on the full-moon day when screened by clouds? She
means—when there are clouds in the sky, a sight of the moon
can be had only at intervals and for a short time सीता means

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that she must look upon herself as extremely fortunate in that
she obtained, though for a short time, a sight of राम after so many
years. Here राम is spoken of in terms of the full moon. This
indicates the व्यभिचारिभावनिर्वेद (resignation, dejection). अहो
धानकम् Oh, how strange is the arrangement of incidents (in the
lives of राम and सीता). It also means the plot of a drama.
Here भवभूति indirectly suggests that his own skill in arranging
the events of his plot is superb. Verse 47. एको विकारान्
The identical sentiment of sorrow, appearing different in con-
sequence of (the presence) of different circumstances, seems
to assume several different forms. तमसा says:—the sentiment
underlying all these strange and manifold incidents of the
lives of राम and सीता is only one, viz. करुण. But on different
occasions, that sentiment presents other appearances on
account of the external conditions in which that sentiment
has to operate. At one time the sentiment may border
upon शृङ्गार, at another time it may verge upon वीर, but all the
same the under-current running beneath all these outward
manifestations of शृङ्गार or वीर is always करुण. In order to illus-
trate this, तमसा gives an illustration. आवर्त...समग्रम् just as
water (assumes) the various forms of effects, whirlpools, bub-
bles, waves, though all that is (in reality) water only. Supply—
जायन्ते after अम्भो यथा. आवर्त—whirlpool. Whirlpools, bubbles
and waves are manifested in water. When we see them, we are
not to suppose that they are entirely distinct from water,
which is their substratum. They are in reality various forms
and phases of water. Without water they cannot be. Similar-
ly in the life of राम and सीता, करुण is the all-pervading sentiment
though at times we may see it in the form of शृङ्गार or वीर on
account of the conditions under which it is operating. The
word विवर्त has been explained above (notes pp. 58-59). It is
to be noticed that the word occurs here in juxtaposition to
विकारान्. This may plausibly be urged as a reason for holding
that the word विवर्त was used by the author in the sense of विकार
and not in the strict technical sense as explained on p. 59 of the
notes. But the occurrence of the word in the 6th Act in the
verse 'विद्याकल्पेन मरुता मेघानां भूयसामपि। ब्रह्मणीव विवर्तानां क्वापि प्रविलय-
यः ॥' lends support to the view that the technical sense of the
word was known to the author. The words क्वापि प्रविलय require
that the appearances manifested in ब्रह्म exist no more and that

—III. 47] UTTARARĀMACHARITA. 117

—there remains only one undifferenced Brahma. It appears to
us that even in the present verse the word विवर्त is used in its
technical sense of 'an illusory appearance'. The author means
that everywhere the underlying रस is करुण, but to readers and
spectators of average abilities it appears that in some cases the
रस is शृङ्गार or वीर that however, is a mistake due to the निमित्तs
(the उपाधिs) in conjunction with which the one रस (करुण) is
working. The example is given only for the purpose of show-
ing the oneness (sameness) of the underlying entity. It is
not necessary that the illustration and the thing illustrated
should be on all fours. Hence the word विकारान् cannot help
in determining the sense of विवर्तान्.

This verse is a key to the whole of the drama. By putting
it in the mouth of तमसा, the author secures two objects. He
brings out that करुण is the keynote of Rāma's life. He further
puts forward this verse as his own analysis of the whole drama
being apprehensive that his readers and the audience may not
be able to appreciate his execution of the task he had set to
himself. We may regard him as saying—The underlying senti-
ment throughout this drama is करुण. At times it may appear
at first sight that the main sentiment is शृङ्गार (as in the first
Act) or वीर (as in the fifth) but that is only an appearance;
the reality is that even there it is करुण that is the main under-
lying sentiment. The शृङ्गार in the first only serves to heighten
करुण by the great contrast it presents when सीता was with Rāma
and her separation from him which quickly follows. The वीररस
also lends a charm to करुण, inasmuch as we behold that on
account of the one initial act (which is the basis of the whole
superstructure of करुण) of abandoning सीता, राम is almost about
to fight with his own son without knowing it. Further it
seems to us that the author hurls down a defiant challenge to
some of his fastidious critics. Some writers on dramaturgy
laid down that in a Nātaka technically so called the principal
रस must be either शृङ्गार or वीर. For instance the साहित्यदर्पण
(which is later than भवभूति) in describing what a नाटक should
be says 'एक एव भवेदङ्गी शृङ्गारो वीर एव वा । अङ्गमन्ये रसाः सर्वे कार्यो निर्व-
हणेऽद्भुतः ॥' It seems to us that भवभूति did not like these ideas
of the critics and triumphantly calls upon them to note that
he has written a नाटक of absorbing interest and surpassing
beauty, in which the principal रस is करुण and not शृङ्गार nor वीर.

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The word रस requires some explanation. रस is that indes-
cribable feeling partaking of the nature of bliss which a man of
taste experiences when he appreciates a poet's work and comes
to be in tune with it. Rasas are said to be eight शृङ्गार, हास्य,
करुण, रौद्र, वीर, भयानक, बीभत्स, अद्भुत. Some add a ninth शान्त. The
साहित्यदर्पण (III. 1) defines रस as 'विभावेनानुभावेन व्यक्तः सञ्चारिणा तथा।
रसतामेति रत्यादिः स्थायिभावः सचेतसाम्'॥ Love (रति) and the like which
are permanent moods (or underlying sentiments) in any com-
position when manifested by विभाव, अनुभाव and सञ्चारिभाव, attain
to the condition of रस in the man of taste. The स्थायिभाव cor-
responding to the above eight Rasas are रति, हास, शोक, क्रोध,
उत्साह, भय, जुगुप्सा and विस्मय. विभावाः are those which are the
causes of the स्थायिभावs i. e. on account of which the स्थायिभावs
रति &c. are manifested and those which nourish them (रति, हास
&c.) when they (रति &c.) are produced. विभावाः are of two
kinds आलम्बनविभाव and उद्दीपनविभाव. Women (in the case of
men) and men (in the case of women) are the आलम्बनविभाव,
because they produce the स्थायिभावरति. The gestures of the
आलम्बनविभाव, चन्द्रोदय, वसन्त &c. are उद्दीपनविभाव because they
inflame love. अनुभावाः are the effects of the स्थायिभाव रति &c.
which indicate externally the working of the feelings (अनुभावो
विकारस्तु भावसंसूचनात्मकः। दशरूपक IV. 3) such as glances, perspira-
tion. Under अनुभाव are included the eight सात्त्विकभावs 'स्तम्भः
स्वेदोऽथ रोमाञ्चः स्वरभङ्गोऽथ वेपथुः। वैवर्ण्यमश्रु प्रलय इत्यष्टौ सात्त्विकाः स्मृताः॥'
(नाट्यशास्त्र 6. 22) व्यभिचारिभावs (or संचारि०) are those moods
which help or are accessory in apprehending स्थायिभाव or its
effects; they are so called because they are not permanent, but
appear and disappear as waves in the ocean. They are 33 in
number, निर्वेद, ग्लानि, शङ्का &c. (see नाट्यशास्त्र 6. 18-21). They
are not main sentiments in a composition, they are associated
with the main sentiment in a composition.
We have in various places pointed out the सात्त्विकभावs and
व्यभिचारिभावs. सीता and राम are the आलम्बनविभावs. The sight of
पञ्चवटी and the various spots in जनस्थान are the उद्दीपनविभावs.
The illustration of water and bubbles &c. occurs often in
the Vedantasutrabhashya of Sankaracharya. 'यथा हि समुद्रादुदका-
त्मनोऽनन्यत्वेऽपि तद्विकाराणां फेनवीचीतरङ्गबुद्बुदादीनामितरेतरविभाग इतरेतरसं-
पादिश्चलश्च व्यवहार उपलभ्यते on ब्र०सूत्र II. 1. 13; 'यथा च समुद्राद्यनेकेषां
फेनतरङ्गाद्यात्मना मानस्तत्त्वम् on ब्र०सूत्र II. 1. 14.

—III 47] UTTARARĀMACHARITA. 119
P 84 तमसावासन्त्यौ—तमसा addressed the following verse
to सीता and वासन्ती addressed it to राम. It is to be remem-
bered that वासन्ती and राम did not see both तमसा and सीता.
Compare a similar device below V 16, 18-19. Verse 48.
Understand दिशतु with each of the nouns in the nomina-
tive viz. अवनि, अमरसिन्धु, कुलपति, वसिष्ठ, अवनि the earth.
अमरसिन्धु the river of the gods, i. e. the Ganges. सार्धं याभिः—
this goes with अमरसिन्धु —together with others like us
कुलपति —a sage who is the head of an institution where 10000
sages are fed and taught ‘मुनीनां दशसाहस्रं योऽन्नदानादिपोषणात्। अध्या-
पयति विप्रर्षिरसौ कुलपतिः स्मृतः॥’ आद्यः श्लोकः—the first person to
employ the metre (अनुष्टुभ्). This refers to वाल्मीकि. अनुध्याता
अरुन्धती दृश् म् अनु ...दीक् —for the affix क, see notes p. 6. त्वयि
मङ्गलाय may (they) bestow blessing on you for your great wel-
fare. It will be seen later on that all the persons mentioned
in this verse contribute to bring about the reunion of Rāma
and Sītā.
In some editions this Act is called छाया. The reason is
that in this Act सीता was throughout present as if she were the
shadow of Rāma, though invisible to him. This Act is the
most important in the drama. At its commencement we see
that Sītā's heart, injured by her undeserved abandonment
under a trick, nurses a feeling of resentment and is almost
indifferent to Rāma. By a skilful manipulation of incidents
the poet shows that she is completely reconciled to Rāma at
the end of the Act. The purpose of the remaining four Acts
is to give visible effect to this unification of two hearts that
had for a time become estranged.
Act IV.
After the highly wrought feeling of the third Act, the
author relieves the tension by introducing a scene in a lighter
vein. The scene is laid in the hermitage of वाल्मीकि. The in-
cidents narrated in this Act seem to have occurred soon after
those narrated in the third. In the second Act (p 38 text)
we saw that after finishing the twelve years' sattra, Vasishtha,
his wife and the mothers of Rāma decided to go to Vālmīki's
hermitage. Their recent arrival is announced in the Vishkam-
bhaka of this Act.

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P 85 भूयिष्ठ जनम् (adj of आश्रमस्य) भूयिष्ठ सन्निपाति-
जनविद्यत यस्मिन् in which many guests are present समर्थिके
आरम्भे रमणीयता charm due to great preparations Verse 1
नीवारौ चामति the deer of the penance-grove is drinking to its
heart's content the scum (gruel) of the boiled wild rice
(नीवार ), which is warm and sweet and which remains after
being drunk by its mate that has just brought forth a young
one सद्य प्रसूता चासौ प्रिया च तस्या पीताद् (पानात्) मण्ड श्वम्-
'भित्सटा दधित्तो सर्पिर्म्मात्रे मण्डमस्त्रियाम्' इत्यमर -the thick oily scum
forming on the surface of any liquid, especially of boiled rice On
उष्णमधुरम्, वीर० remarks 'उष्णत्वं हि प्रसवविह्वलशरीरतोदपरिहारकम् । प्रियत्व
च मधुरत्वे हेतु । अत एव मधुरत्वोक्ति प्रयोजनवती।' सद्य प्रियम्-this
shows that even beasts show regard to their mates when they
are in a sad condition. ०प्रसूताप्रियापीतात् seems to be irregular
We expect ०प्रसूतप्रिया Or we may say that प्रसूता is the name to be
applied to a female in a particular condition and then we may
have ०प्रसूताप्रिया० in the compound पर्याप्त adj complete, full,
पर्याप्तम् adv to one's satisfaction Construe सर्पिष्मत भक्तस्य स्फुरता
गन्धेन मनाक् अनुसृत followed (i e mixed) slightly by the spread
ing odour of the boiled rice which is full of clarified butter
मनाक् adv a little अनुसूत qualifies ०मोद सर्वतः स्तीर्यते the
fragrance of the cooking of vegetables mixed with jujube fruits
spreads round कर्कन्धूप्ररे बदरे मिश्र शाक तस्य पचन (पाक ) तस्य
वामोद आमोद a very sweet or pervading fragrance 'निर्मर्दोत्थे परि
मलो गन्धे जनमनोहरे । आमोद सोऽतिनिर्हारी' इत्यमर परिस्तीर्यते--passive
of स्तृ (9 P A.) with परि स्वागतं चारणानाम् welcome to these
persons, with grey beards, of various sorts, who are the cause of
a holiday जीर्ण कूर्चम् (beard) येषाम् सौधातनि after the manner of
young boys welcomed the arrival of guests simply because he
had a holiday when they came He did not want the old folk
for their own sake but for the holiday which their arrival
brought In ancient India, holidays were given to students on
various occasions one of which was the arrival of an eminent
guest. See याज्ञवल्क्यस्मृति I 144-151 'प्राध्य पूजिते च दिष्टे च
गृहमागते ॥' 151 (अनध्याय ) Some editions read भागतमनध्याय०
as the footnote will show There आगत means आगमने सविशेषेऽभून्
special, having a specialty about it अपूर्व गुरुपु your reason for
respecting your elders is very wonderful दाण्डायन seems to be
the older and more clever of the two So he laughs at his
companion's readiness to avail himself of a holiday

—IV. 1 ] UTTARARĀMACHARITA 121
P 86 किं नामधेयं यस्य महत् वर leader (head) of the large
body of old persons स्थविर old man धिक् प्रहसनम् fie upon your
joking ननु shows 'emphasis' अरुन्धत्या पुरस्कृतान् headed by अरुन्धती
दारान् wives दार m wife (always used in the plural) प्रष्ठिकृत्य
leading दु वसिष्ठ Is he वसिष्ठ ? (or 'I doubt whether he is वसिष्ठ')
'दुर्वितर्के परिप्रश्ने' इत्यमरः अथ किम् what else ? i. e. yes मया वैश इति
As for me I thought that he was a tiger or a wolf आ shows
'anger' येन—मडमडायिता—this is to be connected with मया पुन
&c. above—since the moment he arrived, that poor brown heifer
was devoured by him कपिला a brown cow कल्याणी-दीर्घ० ex
plains 'वत्सतरी। द्वहायनीत्यर्थे' मडमडायिता is the past pass. p. of an
onomatopoetic verb समाम्नो मन्यमाना holding in respect the
Vedic precept 'a मधुपर्क should be offered with flesh.' मन्यमाना
goes with गृहमेधिन श्रोत्रियाय मेध्यन् householders offer to a
learned Brāhmaṇa (who has performed a sacrifice) a heifer, a
bull or a big goat मधुपर्क is a respectful offering made to a guest,
bridegroom or to other distinguished persons It usually con-
sisted of five ingredients curds, clarified butter, water, honey
and sugar-candy 'दधि सर्पिर्जलं क्षौद्रं सिता चैतैश्च पञ्चभिः । प्रोच्यते मधुपर्कः'.
मनुस्मृति enumerates the persons to whom मधुपर्क was to be offered
'राज्ञर्त्विक्स्नातकगुरुन् प्रियश्वशुरमातुलान् । अर्हयेन्मधुपर्केण परिसंवत्सरात्पुनः ॥' III.
119 वसिष्ठस्मृति IV 5–8 contains the following 'पितृदेवतातिथिपूजाया-
मेव पशुं हिंस्यादिति मानवम् ॥ मधुपर्के च यज्ञे च पितृदैवतकर्मणि । अत्रैव च पशुं
हिंस्यान्नान्यथेत्यब्रवीन्मनुः ॥ नाकृत्वा प्राणिनां हिंसां मांसमुत्पद्यते क्वचित् । न च प्राणि-
वधः स्वर्ग्यस्तस्मान्मांसे यधोऽवधः ॥ अथारि ब्राह्मणाच वा राजान्याय वाभ्यागताय
महोक्षाणं वा महाजं वा पचेदेवमस्या आतिथ्यं कुर्वन्तीति॥' आम्नाय
means 'Veda, Vedic injunction' श्रोत्रिय —'जन्मना ब्राह्मणो ज्ञेयः
संस्कारैर्द्विज उच्यते । विद्यया याति विप्रत्वं त्रिभिः श्रोत्रिय उच्यते ॥' पाणिनि has a
सूत्र to explain the word 'श्रोत्रियश्छन्दोऽधीते' ५. २. ८४. वत्सतरी a
heifer (about two years old) महोक्ष —महांश्चासौ उक्षा च महोक्ष
(महत् + उक्षन्) Here उक्षन् (a bull) becomes उक्ष according to
'अचतुर &c.' पा ५ ४. ७७ (which is a very long Sūtra). 'वृषा
महामहोक्षः स्याद्' इत्यमरः. गृहमेधिनः गृहे दारैः मेधन्ते सङ्गच्छन्ते इति
N. omits महाजं, but from the quotation given above it will be
seen that the reading in the text is proper. सं हि मन्यंति for,
the authors of Sūtras on religious observances lay down this
observance. धर्मसूत्रकारा —Sūtra is an aphorism, which is preg-
nant with meaning, though expressed in the most concise way.
'स्वल्पाक्षरमसन्दिग्धं सारवद्विश्वतोमुखम् । अस्तोभमनवद्यं च सूत्रं सूत्रविदो विदुः ॥'
A sūtra is generally in prose. सूत्र works were generally
divided into three kinds, श्रौत or कल्पसूत्र, गृह्यसूत्र and धर्मसूत्र.
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The श्रौतसूत्राs dealt with such sacrifices as दर्श and पौर्णमास, the
गृह्यसूत्राs laid down the ceremonies and ritual to be performed
in the house with domestic fires, the five daily Yajnas, the
संस्कारs such as उपनयन and marriage. धर्मसूत्राs laid down the
rules for the various castes and आश्रमाs, for the administration
of justice &c. Some of the extant धर्मसूत्राs are those of गौतम,
आपस्तम्ब, वसिष्ठ &c. We have given above an extract from
वसिष्ठ on the killing of a heifer in honour of a guest. समामनन्ति—
from म्ना with सम् and आ 1 P to lay down or prescribe. निगृहीतः —
you are caught (or defeated in argument). This is a technical
term in the न्याय system. The following speech of सौधातकि in-
dicates how he thought he had caught his friend in argument.
निग्रहस्थान is mentioned as the last of the 16 categories of the
न्याय philosophy 'प्रमाणप्रमेयसंशयप्रयोजनदृष्टान्तसिद्धान्तावयवतर्कनिर्णयवादजल्प-
वितण्डाहेत्वाभासच्छलजातिनिग्रहस्थानानां तत्त्वज्ञानान्निःश्रेयसाधिगमः' न्यायदर्शन
first Sutra. निग्रहस्थान is defined as 'पराजयहेतुः' in the तर्कभाषा.
येन since. वसिष्ठमिश्रेषु—for मिश्र, see notes p. 3. विशसिता was killed,
past pass. p. of शस् 1 P with वि to kill, to cut up. निर्वर्त्तिता-
effected, accomplished. विसर्जिता was given up or sent away i. e.
was not killed. अनिर्वृत्त-मांसास्ते मन्यन्ते the sages lay down (lit. think)
this method in the case of those who have not given up flesh.
The words 'this method' refer to समांसमधुपर्क. मांसाद् अनिर्वृत्ता अनिर्वृत्त-
मांसा —the words are transposed on the analogy of such com-
pounds as राजदन्त. 'राजदन्तादिषु परम्' पा. २. २. ३१. (एषु पूर्वप्रयोगाईं
परं स्यात्। सि. कौ.) कल्पः rite, rule, procedure. निर्वृत्तो मांसाद्—
निर्वृत्तमांसः. दैवदुर्विपाक (lit. bad ripening of fate) misfortune.
विज्ञानास —see notes p 27. The मनुस्मृति lays down that a
वानप्रस्थ must give up flesh and must subsist on plain vegetable
diet: 'अगस्त्योद्भवशाकानि पुष्पमूलफलानि वा। मेध्यवृक्षोद्भवान्यन्नात्तेह्यद्भिः पक्वम-
–मदाम्॥ वर्जयेन्मधु मांसं च भौमानि कवकानि च।' VI. 13–14. अत्र
तपस्यमानस्य some years have passed since he began to practise
penance in the penance grove of चन्द्रद्वीप. कतिपये some (optionally
declined like a pronoun in the nom. plural) 'प्रथमचरमतयाल्पार्धकति-
पयनेमाश्च' पा. १. १. ३३. चिरन्तनः old. अद्यैव न वेति has he had an
interview with his female relatives or not? स्वयं द्रष्टव्य you
should yourself come and see the king of Videha. परस्परं मिलिताः
have met or assembled together. अनध्यायं मानयात we shall
celebrate (lit. honour) the festival of a holiday by playing.
P. 88. पुराणानामिव राजर्षीणां उपास्य having waited upon. मूलं...
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Free Verse 2 हृदि तप्ते who is tormented by the grief
about Sita that constantly clings to his heart नित्यं अनुषक्तं
अन्तः प्रमथ्य जरन् (अग्निः) यस्मिन् अभ्यन्तरस्थो like an old tree
having fire spreading in its inside (in its hollow) The read-
ing in the text is better than ज्वलन्निव as जरन् वनस्पति can be
well compared to old जनक and is more likely to have a hollow
inside where fire may burn मिश्रविष्कम्भक—Vide notes p 64
Here it is मिश्र as one of the two characters is a low one speak-
ing the Prakrit dialect This is perhaps the finest विष्कम्भ
in this drama. Pathos had been carried to the highest
pitch in the preceding Act That tension is here relieved by
the dialogue and bright smiles of two boys Verse 3
The principal sentence is मे मन्युर्न विरमति my grief does not
cease. अपत्ये व्यथया—(sorrow) that was caused (lit. clung
or stuck) by that great misfortune which befell my child
(Sita) which (दुरितेन) was hard to bear, which wounded the
heart and caused agonies The instrumentals from तेन to व्यथया
qualify दुरितेन understood. तेन (दुःखेन) विपुल (which goes with
मन्यु) दुरितम्—sin here misfortune जनक refers to the abandon-
ment of सीता on account of a scandal in the words तादृशं दुरितम्
व्रणितं हृदयं येन पटु विरहाणि which (sorrow) is poignant and con-
stantly existing (lit flowing) and which seems fresh though a
long time has elapsed धारया बहुभीरु निवृन्तन् cutting (pr p nom
sing mas of कृत् with नि). क्रकच a saw The adjectives पटु -
विरहाणि can be construed with क्रकच also which may be sharp
(पटु), which may have a cutting edge and may seem to be new
(bright) even after a long time विरमति—रम् is Atmanepadi,
but necessarily takes परस्मैपद when preceded by वि, आ and परि
'व्याङ्परिभ्यो रमः' पा 1 3 91 जरया, दुःखेन and शोकेन are to be
connected with आत्तरसासु दुरासद that is irremediable (lit.
that can be overcome with difficulty) पराक—is a kind of ex-
piatory penance. It consists in fasting for twelve days with
the mind and senses restrained 'द्वादशाहोपवासेन पराकः परिकीर्तितः।
याज्ञ० III 321 'यतात्मनोऽप्रमत्तस्य द्वादशाहमभोजनम्। पराको नाम कृच्छ्रोऽयं
सर्वपापापनोदनः ॥' मनु० XI 215 सान्तपन is another kind of expia-
tory penance 'गोमूत्रं गोमयं क्षीरं दधि सर्पिः कुशोदकम् । एकरात्रोपवासश्च
कृच्छ्रं सान्तपनं स्मृतम् ॥' मनु० XI. 212, 'गोमूत्रं गोमयं क्षीरं दधि सर्पिः कुशो-
दकम् । जग्ध्वा परेद्युरुपवसेत्कृच्छ्रं सान्तपनं चरन् ॥' याज्ञ० III 315 The
word प्रभृति includes such penances as चान्द्रायण &c. आत्त रसधातु
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भार past pass p of दृ with आ अनियम्यमान असहय्य (support) दग्ध
नाद्यापि पतति my wretched body does not yet fall (perish)
• • • एव अद्यापि मम दग्धदेहो न
of the ingredients
retched body does
not yet fall This reading is not so easily construable as the
one in the text V and Gh read अनुपयुज्यमान which means 'that
has become useless' Some one may say 'commit suicide,
if your body does not perish of itself' To this the following
sentence furnishes a reply अथ घातिन for those who commit
suicide are arranged those worlds called अधतामिस्र which are with
out the sun अविद्यमान सूर्य येषु प्रतिविधीयन्ते—(pass of धा with
प्रति and वि) are arranged, are prescribed अन्धतामिश्र means a
particular kind of hell While commenting upon the several
kinds of hells mentioned by अमरसिंह (in सङ्गेदास्तपनावीचिमहारौरवरौ
रवा । संहारः कालसूत्रं चेत्याद्या), क्षीरस्वामी remarks 'आन्धशब्दात् तानिस्रा भता
मिखादय' Some take अन्धतामिस्रा as an adjective of लोका, mean-
ing 'having pitchy darkness' (अन्धं तामिस्रं तिमिरं येषु) This is
unnecessary as the above quotation from क्षीरस्वामी will show
Those who explain अन्धतामिस्र as above say that instead of असूर्या
we should read असुर्या (fit for or belonging to the असुरा), as
otherwise असूर्या would be superfluous when the worlds are said
to be full of blinding darkness. On our explanation there is no
such difficulty The author seems to have understood literally
the passage from the ईशावास्योपनिषद् 'असूर्या नाम ते लोका अन्धेन तमसावृ
ता । ताँस्ते प्रेत्याभिगच्छन्ति ये के चात्महनो जनाः' ऋषयः the seers of
Vedic mantras अनेक क्रमेऽपि even after the lapse of many years.
प्रति निर्मांस which is presented distinctly on account of reflect-
ing (brooding) over it every moment प्रतिक्षणं या परिभावना तथा
स्पष्टं निर्मांसं यस्य G explains परिभावना as निरन्तर, which is not
good प्रत्यग्र fresh दुःसहत्वेन agitation due to sorrow ईदृश
दायते such is the lot assigned to your birth that has developed
itself that it is not possible for me even to cry aloud (at will)
in consequence of shame सीता did not die a natural death. If
that had been so it would have been possible to cry aloud for
her without feeling shame But she was abandoned on account
of a scandal and then died Hence the shame Verse 4 This is
a fine specimen of Bhavabhuti's felicitous description of child
life The principal sentence is शिशो ते वदनकमलकं स्मरामि—I remem-
ber your delicate lotus-like face when you were a child ललित,
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-text we should read स्खल .. चदित as one word अनियते रुदितस्मिते
(रुदितं च स्मितं च) यस्मिन्—that had smiles and cries irregularly
(without any settled causes). An infant smiles or weeps with-
out our knowing the reason why it does so विरलानि कतिपयानि
कोमलानि दन्तकुङ्मलाग्राणि (दन्ता एव कुङ्मलास्तेषामग्राणि) यस्मिन्—in which
shone the tips of a few delicate bud-like teeth. स्खलद् असमग्रत
मञ्जु (सुन्दर) जल्पितं यस्मिन्—from which fell faltering words that
were charming though ceaseless The reading मञ्जु is better than
मुग्ध because it helps to produce a charming assonance of sounds.
Compare ‘आलक्ष्यदन्तमुकुलाननिमित्तहासैरव्यक्तवर्णरमणीयवचःप्रवृत्तीन् । अङ्का-
श्रयप्रणयिनस्तनयानवहन्तो धन्यास्तदङ्गरजसा मलिनीभवन्ति ॥’ शाकुन्तल VII.
We may say that भवभूति perhaps is happier than कालिदास in the
choice of his metre and in अनुप्रास. This verse occurs also in the
मालतीमाधव X. 2. असोढाऽसि you are extremely firm (or hard-hearted).
These words convey a rebuke. The word वसुन्धरे is significant.
Being the supporter of all the earth is naturally firm. वीर० re-
marks "अत्र 'यो वा बिभर्ति काठिन्यं तस्मै भूम्यात्मने नमः' इति वचनं द्रष्टव्यम् ।
न तु वसुभगवद्रूपतैवेति । क्षमिसद्भावैश्चिन्तयितेयुक्तावनो न्यस्यते” Verse 5.
We have to understand हेपितृ after त्य otherwise, we expect a
verb in the second person plural and not in the third person
plural (as विदुः is). रथो कुलगुरुस्त्वनिष्ठः Or we may suppose
that वसिष्ठ is included under गुरुषु and construe कुलगुरुः with
भास्करः The sun, as being the first progenitor of the race, is an
object of veneration to the whole family of Raghu. सव भास्कर
the sun himself (as the highest of all the divinities mentioned).
विधां दधि—just as speech generates the lores. विदाम्—the sin-
gular is put for the class. वस्तु दैवतम् who (Sita) is a divinity
like that (i.e. the goddess of speech). Some take तद् as mean-
ing 'like the deities mentioned above'. The reading 'शुद्धिरित्यव-
दूत' is bad. जनक would never have referred to the undeserved
humiliation of Sita by the ordeal of fire, as he says further
on ‘शोकमग्निनाऽप्यसम्भूतपरिशोधने’ (p. 92 text). तया विशसनम्—
slaughter (or killing) in that way (i.e. abandoning to die on
account of an undeserved scandal). जनक, like राम, thinks that
सीता must be dead. दारुणे is addressed to वसुन्धरा कि मनुव्यथा
why didst thou endure or put up with? क्षम् 4 P. A. to endure.
गृष्टि—this seems to have been the name of the कञ्चुकी. उपदिश्यमान-
मार्ग दण्डै to whom the way is shown. उत्थाय—जनक gets up to
show his respect to अरुन्धती, the wife of the great sage वसिष्ठ निरूप्य
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in apposition with कौसल्या. क इति who would belive this that
she is the same? इ with प्रति to believe. Verse 6 यथा श्रीः like
Lakshmi. स्त्रीरेव पदेन or she was herself Lakshmi, what is
the use of a word showing a simile? The उपमानपद here is यथा
सैषा—these words are to be connected with जाता. कष्टं बत show
extreme sorrow. Construe सा एषा दैववशेन दुःखात्मकं किमपि अन्यदिव
भूत जाता—through the power of fate she has become as if another
indescribable being full of misery. From being like लक्ष्मी or
लक्ष्मी herself she has become a miserable being and her state is
indescribable. दुःखात्मा स्वरूपं यस्य. We may also construe in
another way—सा एषा दैववशेन अन्यदिव जाता, दुःखात्मकं किमपि भूतम्—
She has become through the power of fate, as if another, some
thing indescribably lamentable has happened. This is not,
however, very happy. We expect अस्या इव for अन्यदिव. अहो विपाकः
Oh, what a change. For विपाक see ईदृशानां विपाकोऽपि &c. (text
p. 52) and विषादे घोरेऽस्मिन्' (verse 12) below. N reads विकारः,
which is not good. मीर० explains 'विकारः प्राणिनामुपचयापचयरूपस्तद्दर्श-
विस्मयनीय इत्यर्थे.' Verse 7 मूर्तः incarnate. श्रुतेः दर्शनम् the sight
of that very person has become unbearable to me like salt
(thrown) on a wound. V. and Gh. read before this verse 'अयमपरः
पापो दशाविपर्यासः' this is another miserable (or evil) change of
condition (that has happened). This is not bad, but seems to be a
conjectural addition. क्व कुलगुरोः-यमितव्यं अनध्यवसायः—indecision,
want of resolution. N. and G. read महानध्यवसायः—this great
effort. The meaning would be—you have been asked to see
Janaka by your family preceptor, why do you require so much
effort to make up your mind to see him? The words पदे पदे how-
ever indicate that the reading अनध्यवसायः is better. संयम्य
having made steady. अनुबन्धन obey. सममेव at the same time.
सर्वाणि द्रवन्ति all the sorrows spring up. She refers to such
calamities as the death of दशरथ, the exile of राम, the abandon-
ment of सीता &c. उद्भ्रान्त (उद्+भ्रम्) मूलबन्धं यस्य—the root of which
is plucked up. पदबन्धापचितुम् to compose, to make steady. The
reading उद्भ्रान्तं is conjectural, it gives a good sense. Verse 8
मनागवाहीनि flowing in a stream (i. e. continuously). संतानेन
वहन्ति इति. सम्बन्धि हानि due to separation from relatives (in
this case from दशरथ). दृष्टे प्रेक्षणि (loc. abs.) when any person
that is very dear is seen. ओघः प्लवन्ते surge around (flow to-
gether) as if with thousands of streams. When sorrow has been
continuous for many years, it loses its nature of being unbearable.
But at the sight of persons that are dear to us, sorrow revives in

all its force and becomes as unbearable as it was when it first
befell us The reading सज्जनेषु (due to separation from a good
relative) is not good, as it introduces an unnecessary limit-
ation One feels deep sorrow though one's near relative may
not be a saint Compare for the idea 'अनपेक्ष्य रुरोद सा मृगा स्तनम-
र्थाभरणैर्वभान या । स्वजनस्य हि दुःखमग्रतो विवृतद्वारमिवोपजायते ॥' कुमारसम्भव
IV 26 वध्वा एव गते when such is the case with my daughter in-
law Verse 9 शब्दसम्बन्धी praiseworthy relative कुलोद्वह (lit,
carrying or leading) one who continues or perpetuates the
family याज्ञवल्क्य is mentioned as an expounder of ब्रह्म in the
बृहदारण्यकोपनिषद् ३/४ अध्यायाः III and IV 'जनको ह वैदेह कूर्चादुपवसर्प
भगवन् नमस्तेऽस्तु याज्ञवल्क्यानु मा शाधीति स होवाच आज्य सपक्षीत्येव
श्लोकेनैकैक इतो विमुच्यमानः स ॠद्धिमानीत्याह तद्ब्रूहि ब्रह्मेवे दन्त्र गमिष्यामस्त्वयि
न मेऽहं तद्वेदानी यत्र गमिष्यामि' बृहदारण्यकोपनिषद् IV 2 I मङ्गलरादा—see
notes p 53 जगौ (Perfect of गै) sang (i e expounded) महा-
राजस्य विशेषः who was non-different from his heart to the great
king ((दशरथ) जनक was so dear to दशरथ that he was as if
the second heart of the latter स्मारिता दिवसान् I am made to
remember (those) days that were delightful on account
of the absence of despondency अनिर्वेदेन रम्यान् She
means that in the lifetime of दशरथ, she enjoyed unmixed
happiness and therefore those days were very charm-
ing The presence of जनक who was a fast friend of दशरथ
brought to her recollection those happy days and made her
feel extremely miserable by the contrast which her present
condition afforded सर्वं नानि All that is now no more All
that happiness is a thing of the past. V and Gh read सम्भावि-
तानि दिवसे which means--I am honoured on a day on which
there is no joy अनुपस्थिते (not approached) महोत्सवे दस्मिन्
This seems to mean that Janaka paid her a visit at a time when
there was no occasion for joy (but rather for sorrow) and
that on former occasions his visits occurred when there was
some festivity going on This is not a good reading It does
not fit in the context as our reading does. The following
words 'हा देव महाराजानि' would moreover be abrupt and un-
connected with this reading
P 92 Verse 10 यदा ॰गुरुतम on account of whom, your
husband, the highest among the ancient teachers, and the
receptacle (treasure) of holy lustre, looks upon himself as
sanctified. This means—वसिष्ठ, though himself full of (Vedic)

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lustre looked upon himself as sanctified by having the saintly
अरुंधती as his wife. पूतमात्मानं मन्यते इति पूतंमन्य (or पूतंमानी). मुम्
is added to पूत in accordance with the Sūtras 'आत्ममाने खश्' पा
३ २ ८३ (सकर्मके मनने वर्तमानान्मन्यतेः सुपि खश् स्याद् वाणिनि । पण्डितमा-
त्मानं मन्यते इति पण्डितंमन्यः ! पण्डितमानी । सि कौ ) and 'खित्यनव्ययस्य'
पा ६ ३ ६६ (खिदन्ते परे पूर्वपदस्य ह्रस्व स्यान्नो मुम् । सि कौ ) त्रिलोकी-
मङ्गल्याम् auspicious to the three worlds. त्रयाणां लोकानां समाहारः
त्रिलोकी (द्विगु) मङ्गले साधु मङ्गल्या (मङ्गल + य), according to 'तत्र
साधु ' पा ४ ४ ९४. अवनि शिरसा with (my) head resting upon
the surface of the earth. जगता वन्द्याम् deserving to be saluted
by the world. देवी मिव resembling the goddess Ushas (dawn)
तिमिरपि महस् —thus may be taken to refer to the sun who is
spoken of as the lover of the dawn in the Vedas. 'सूर्यो देवीमुषसं
रोचमानां मर्यो न योषामभ्येति पश्चात्' ऋग्वेद I. 115 2. The adjectives
०मङ्गल्यां, ०वन्द्यां and भगवतीम् are applicable to उषस् also. अक्षरं
प्रकाशताम्—may that imperishable light (truth) shine for you
(i. e. on you). This means —may the knowledge of the
supreme Spirit dawn upon you. This blessing from अरुन्धती is
very appropriate. जनक was a ब्रह्मविद्. ब्रह्म is spoken of as अक्षर and
as the light of lights. Note 'द्वे विद्ये वेदितव्ये परा चैवापरा च । अथ
परा यया तदक्षरमधिगम्यते। मुण्डकोपनिषद् 1 1 4-5 'हिरण्मये परे कोशे विरजं
ब्रह्म निष्कलम् । तच्छुभ्रं ज्योतिषां ज्योतिस्तद्यदात्मविदो विदुः ॥ मुण्डकोपनिषद्
2 2 9. स तपति may this god that shines beyond the region
of sins purify you. This refers to the sun. For the idea of
the sun being beyond sins see notes p. 82. रजस् n. foulness,
passion, sin. There is another reading परोरजा. This will
mean 'who is beyond sin.' It may also mean 'who is beyond
रजोगुण'. There are three गुणs according to the सांख्य system,
सत्त्व, रजस् and तमस्. 'सत्त्वं लघु प्रकाशकमिष्टमुपष्टम्भकं चलं च रजः।' सांख्य-
कारिका. The sun being a god is सात्त्विक and above रजोगुण. The
compound परोरजा (रजस परः ) is irregular. Vide notes on पर-
सहस्र p. 18. अप्यस्या मातुः Is it all right with this mother of the
protector of the subjects? अनामयम् health, welfare. 'अनामयं स्वादा-
रोग्यम्' इत्यमरः (आमयस्य रोगस्य अभावः अनामयम्) अनामयम्—when
addressing a person of the क्षत्रिय class, the word अनामय was to
be used 'ब्राह्मणं कुशलं पृच्छेत्क्षत्रबन्धुमनामयम्।' मनु० II 127. जनक, being
indignant at the undeserved treatment of सीता, does not take the
name of राम. Moreover the word प्रजापालकस्य is sarcastic. The
idea is—he cared more for the subjects than for his wife.
निरव शेष we are taunted harshly and openly. निरवशेष—without
leaving anything back, i. e. completely and without reserve. अने-

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नैव मन्युना on account of this very resentment (due to the abandon-
ment of सीता) मन्यु anger, or 'sorrow' चिरे परोक्षस्य रामभद्रमुख
चन्द्रस्य दर्शनं दया We saw that कौसल्या went to the सत्र of ऋष्यशृङ्ग
and when it was finished she came direct to the hermitage of
वाल्मीकि along with वसिष्ठ and others. Thus she had not seen राम
for twelve years नार्हसि दूशयितु you will please not give pain.
दैवदुर्पाक कोऽपि some indescribable misfortune (lit: bad combination
of fate) यत् since प्रवृत्ता बीभत्सा किंवदन्ती येषु Among whom a
scandalous report had spread अविद्यमान अल्पक येभ्य extremely
mean minded अग्निशुद्धिं न प्रतियाति do not believe in the purifica-
tion (of सीता) by fire. इति shows 'reason' को शोधने who is
Agni to purify my offspring? Janaka could not bear the idea
that his own daughter who was holy by birth, should require
purification, simply because scandal mongers thought otherwise.
पामरादिना जनेन—refers to the words of जनक 'अग्निशुद्धिं न प्रतियाति'
राम ..भूता insulted by राम (in that he abandoned सीता on
account of a scandal) एवमेतद् just so (just as जनक says that
सीता requires no purification by fire) अग्नि क्षराणि the letters
'Agni' are quite insignificant with reference to my daughter
(सीता) पर्याप्तम् sufficient This means that in the matter of
purity Agni can bear no comparison to सीता Verse 11
शिशु तया whether you are my child or pupil, let that
remain as it is She means that the relationship of सीता
to her (whatever it be) is immaterial in the respect to
be paid to her विशुद्ध दृढयति the pre-eminent degree of purity
in you strengthens my attachment to you The reading दृढयति
is better than जनयति अरुन्धती must have had some affection
for सीता, as the latter was her pupil, but it was strength-
ened by the worth of सीता दृढयति denominative verb from दृढ
स्त्रैणम्—womanhood (from स्त्री, according to 'स्त्रीपुंसाभ्यां नञ्स्नञौ
भवनात्' पा 4 1 87) शिशु भवतु let there be childhood or woman-
hood in you (i. e you may be a child or a woman that does not
matter) नु shows 'emphasis जगताम्—the plural is used
because there are fourteen worlds गुणा रूप in virtuous beings,
it is their virtues that are the objects of reverence, and not their
sex nor their age. She supports her words about Sītā by a
general proposition and hence the figure is अर्थान्तरन्यास 'सामान्यं
वा विशेषो वा तदन्येन समर्थ्यते। यत्र सोऽर्थान्तरन्यासः साधर्म्येणेतरेण वा॥'
काव्यप्रकाश X Compare for a similar idea the following—'तेजोगौरव
मैरेव मुनीनामपरमीश्वर । स्त्री पुमानित्यनास्थैषा वृत्त हि महितं सताम् ॥' कुमार-

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सम्भव VI 12, 'तथापि भावः प्रसवदातिरेके विपक्षभावे विरमस्य तत्क्षण । सुनोश्च का
न्तिशयेन वृन्दारु पदं हि सवत्र गुणैर्निधीयते ॥' रघु III 62, 'धृतद्वैरीरप्यवन्ञ्जितात्म-
भिर्धृतैर्मुनीनवयशुचिभिः । रनावचश्श विरला स मृगानभिपेक्षते रमयितु
न गुशा ॥' किरातार्जुनीय VI 24 उन्मीलन्ति इव वेदना my agonies as if
bud forth (i e increase) Verse 12 स राजा—This refers to
दशरथ तत्सौख्यं that (well known) happiness (which she enjoy
ed in the lifetime of दशरथ) द्विपुत्रन् —refers to her son राम and
his brothers स्मृती आविर्भूतम् presented itself to her memory (i e
was remembered by her) The words राजा, सौख्य, ०जन and दिवसा
are in apposition with तत् विपाके, सिन् in this terrible change
(of condition) अथ then (i e after being aware of the contrast
between her former happiness and her present miserable condi
tion) पुरन्ध्रीणाम् of virtuous women matrons पुरन्धी श्री a
woman whose husband is living and who has children पुरं गृहं
धारयति इति 'स्यात्तु कुटुम्बिनी । पुरन्ध्री इयमर For the idea in the
last line compare 'आशाबन्ध कुसुमसदृश प्रायशो ह्यङ्गनानां सद्यःपाति प्रणयि
हृदय विप्रयोगे रुणद्धि । मेघदूत 10 चिराद् दृष्टान् seen after a long time
प्रियसुहृदः =दशरथस्य न स्निग्धं पश्यामि I do not see affectionately i e
I do not behave in a friendly way Verse 13 स दशरथ तच्च
हृदयम् he was my heart (as it were) The author uses तद् and not
स because the predicate is हृदयम् अपि चन्न् and he was more
over the whole fruit of my life यद् नगरम् (he was) whatever else -
is dearer than these (i e body and soul) किमित्र—दशरथ what
possibly was not दशरथ to me (i e to me he was everything)
P 94 Verse 14 यद् अभूत् whatever great fault was
committed in private either by her or by her husband दूषेयम्=
दोष अभूत् विपद् I became the object of the censure of the pair
separately He means that he so much enjoyed the confidence
of both दशरथ and कौसल्या that each of them complained to him if
the other was guilty of some fault even in private. If कौसल्या
was guilty of a fault दशरथ would taunt him by saying that his
friend (कौसल्या) was bad and vice versa प्रमाद् अभूद् after that
(i e after they had a love-quarrel) the management rested
with me as regards reconciliation or anger He means that it
was for him to bring about a reconciliation or to provoke
them further अनु is a कर्मप्रवचनीय and governs तद् in the accusa
tive विधि method, measures, arrangement. अल ददयन् or enough
of remembering it, as it storms the heart and burns it The
remembrance of these matters is extremely painful सन्दू 4th गण
I P to storm, overwhelm अतिजिर निरुद्ध निशामनिष्यद् दहन—the

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flow of the breath of which has been stopped for a very long time
i. e. who has not heaved out a breath for a long time. Verse 15
सुहृद् इतरत् (fate) having first manifested an unmixed favour-
ableness like a friend who gives delight. सुखं ददाति इति सुहृत्
इतरद् यत्र तत्. The favourableness was not mixed up with the least
of anything unfavourable. पुनः मनोरुजम् fate terrible on account
of the sudden turn (it takes) enhances the anguish of the
heart. अकस्मात् (or अकस्माद्) विवर्तनं तेन दारुणा. विशिनष्टि present
third sing. of शिष् with वि—to aggravate. मनसः रुक् मनोरुक् ताम्
व्यधत्त. The idea is—After the marriage of राम and सीता, the
families of जनक and दशरथ were in unmixed happiness, for a
time all went well, fortune seemed to smile upon them all of a
sudden there came a sad change. In the midst of happiness,
सीता was abandoned by Rāma and the two families were
plunged in misery. N. reads सुखदनम् which is not good. For
presenting a contrast to दारुणा in the third line, we require सुखदत्
in the first. This verse occurs in the मालतीमाधव IV. 7, where
जगद्धर reads सुखदत् and त्रिपुरारि reads सुखप्रदम्. नव-विवाह-
भव्य-लक्ष्मी (शोभा) तया परिग्रहः एकः (मुख्यः केवलः वा) मण्डनं
यस्य the chief (or sole) ornament of which (face) was
the assumption of the grace due to recent marriage. अस्फुट-
मुग्ध-विशद-स्मितं यस्मिन् (face) on which a guileless smile was playing
स्फुरन्ती चन्द्रस्य चन्द्रिका तद्वत् सुन्दरी beautiful like the bright (or
shining) moonlight of the moon. आसीनत्वेन उत्सङ्गमलङ्कुर्वन् make
my lap shine (by sitting upon it as youngsters do). महत्तरैः हिः
very great. रघूणां दुहितैव she is the daughter in law of the chief
personages of the रघु race (the ancestors of दशरथ) but the
daughter of जनक is only my daughter (and not daughter in law).
As जनक was the most intimate friend of दशरथ, the former's
daughter was as a daughter to the latter. Verse 16 पञ्चप्रसूतो
adj. of राज्ञः. पञ्च प्रसूताः यस्य who had five children (राम, लक्ष्मण,
भरत, शत्रुघ्न and शान्ता). तस्य राज्ञः = दशरथस्य. दनुजशत्रुः = रामः. The
demon सुबाहु along with मारीच troubled विश्वामित्र by showering
flesh and blood on the altar while विश्वामित्र was engaged in
sacrifice. He came to दशरथ and with the help of राम and लक्ष्मण
killed सुबाहु. See बालकाण्ड chap. 19 and 30. इयं सीता although
he had four daughters in law, सीता was as dear to him as his
own daughter शान्ता. Construe—तदैव अपि राज्ञः श्रिया तनूजा गतेव वधूनां
दुहितृवत् प्रीत्या. It is strange that G. explains पञ्चप्रसूतो in such a
way as to include शान्ता. N reads तदैव शान्ता for दयेव शान्ता and
दुर्देव for तदैव, which is bad, as the construction becomes involved.

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वीर० explains 'अस्य जनकस्य तनूजा सीता यथा तस्य राज्ञो दशरथस्य प्रिया तथा
अन्या ऊर्मिलाप्रभृति राज्ञ प्रिया न। अस्य तनूजा सीतेत्यनेन सीताया एव जनकाभि-
संबन्धा तनूजात्व मान्यात्वमिति व्यज्यते'
P 96 सर्वप्रकारे हृदयंगम dear in all ways कथ विसर्दसे how
can you be forgotten? Verse 17 जामानुरात जनम् the relatives of
the son in law सम्बन्धे in (our) alliance विपरीतम् reversed.
Separate the second line in two clauses सम्बन्धे यद् विपरीतमेव अभूत्,
ते माराधन मयि (अभूत्) मारा मयि you propitiated me. तथाविध of
that sort (so good and noble) Supply अपहृत after तद् व्यीकम्
refers to सीता औपलोक (mortal world) एव नरकः (hell) दृढ
वज्रेनेव तेन प्रतिवद्ध (यत एव ) निश्चल च which is motionless because it
is tied down with firm cement Some read श्लेषघटितवज्रनिश्चलम्
(श्लेपेन घटित वज्र इव यत् अत एव निश्चल च)-which is firm, because
it is tied to me by a sticky cement वाष्प एव you should at in
tervals stop weeping कुलगुरु = वसिष्ठ The word 'भवितव्यं भविष्यति'
are reported as they were uttered by वसिष्ठ and hence इति is add
ed after भविष्यति भवितव्यं भविष्यति It did take place as it was
destined to happen, but it will end in good कल्याण उदर्क (अन्ते)
यस्य or कल्याण उदर्क (अन्त ) यस्य The meaning is-Fate had
decreed that Sita must be abandoned by Rama and she was
abandoned by him but the ultimate result will be good (i. e.-
they will be reunited) V and Gb omit भवितव्य तथा and इति But
this is not a good reading We do not know, if this reading
be accepted, what the words of वसिष्ठ were The words will
only be those of अरुन्धती, in which case what follows this speech
cannot be well explained कुतो पतद् whence (how) can this
happen to me whose hopes are gone ? अतिक्रान्त मनोरथ यस्या She
means-twelve years have passed away since सीता was aband
oned yet there is no news of her She has no hope left that
the result will be good. The reading अतिक्रान्तो मनोरथ means
'my hope has passed (the limits of fulfilment)' ' . there
is no likelihood of fulfilment. क्षत्रिके दरिति princess, do you
think that it was falsely said? The second तत् refers to the
words of वसिष्ठ 'भवितव्यं भविष्यति' above मृषोद्य-from मृषा (false) ,
and वद् (to speak) according to the Sutra 'राजसूय-सूर्यं मृषोद्य-रुच्य-
कुप्य-कृष्टपच्या व्यथ्यपणा 'पा 3 1 114 (एते शब्दा क्यबन्ता निपात्यन्ते। मृषोद्यशब्द
शरे कर्मणि णित् क्यप् । मृषोद्यम् । ति को ) मृषा उद्यते इति न हीदं तेन Oh!
good lady of the क्षत्रिय class, do not think it to be otherwise, it
must take place Mark the impersonal construction भवितव्यं तेन.

—IV. 18 ] UTTARARĀMACHARITA. 133
P. 97. Verse 18. आविर्भूतं ज्योतिः येषाम्—to whom the light
(of ब्रह्म or of truth) has manifested itself This is the reason why
their words come out true व्याहाराः words, utterances. भद्रा...
निषिक्ता for in their speech there is attached auspicious prosperity.
नैते वदन्ति they do not utter words, the meaning of which is
fruitless वितुथं अर्थं यस्याः. वितुथ lit. sunk or flooded, hence 'ineffec-
tual, false'. The poet seems to have in mind the following
Vedic verse quoted in the निरुक्त (IV) 'सक्तुमिव तितउना पुनन्तो
यत्र धीरा मनसा वाचमक्रत । अत्रा सखायः सख्यानि जानते भद्रैषां लक्ष्मीर्निहि
ताधि वाचि॥' ऋग्वेद X. 71 2 शिष्टानध्ययन—supply दिवसे after this.
शिष्टेभ्यः अनध्ययनं (अध्ययनाभावः) यस्मिन्—in which there is a remis-
sion of study on account (of the arrival) of distinguished
personages. अच्छेद्यमान स्खलितं यथा स्यात् तथा—without any obstacle.
The reading उड्डूतं will mean 'tumultuously.' सुलभं भवति—this
has passed into a proverb. सुखम् सौख्यं यस्मिन्—in which happi-
ness is to be easily had. रामभद्रस्य is to be connected with कौमार०.
This is एकदेशी अन्वय. रामभद्र इव with limbs the movements of
which are charming, which are stately, and resemble the beauty
of Rāma in his youth. अवष्टम्भेन सह (बहुव्रीहि). अवष्टम्भ lit. support
hence 'pride or stateliness'. मुग्धानि ललितानि (विक्षेपाः) येषाम्.
शौण्डयति—denominative verb from शौण्ड. सस्वगतम्—This seems
to be a wrong stage-direction, it should be आत्मगतम्. The
stage direction जनान्तिके is used when a character on the stage
speaks something to another in such a way that only the
person addressed hears it. भागिरथ्या निवेदितं यत् तत् रहस्यं च the
secret that was told (to me) by the Ganges. कर्णयोः अमृतम्
which is like nectar to the ear. भगीरथी seems to have inform-
ed अरुन्धती that Sītā gave birth to two sons and that they were
in Vālmīki's hermitage. This was a secret imparted to her
and not known to कौसल्या and जनक and so the word रहस्यं is
used. This news was extremely gratifying to अरुन्धती and hence
she says कर्णामृतम्. कतरः which (of two).
P. 98. Verse 19. The principal sentence is contained in
the last line इतीति ... अयम्—who is this, that, when seen, fills the
eye with ambrosial collyrium? इव श्यामः glossy and dark like
the petal of a blue lotus. शिखण्डकैः मण्डनं यस्य adorned with locks
of hair (on his head). वटु...सम्भावयन् who, possessed of holy
grace, as if gladdens (or adorns) the assembly of boys with
his grace पुण्ड्रा श्रीः यस्य. For क added to बहुव्रीहि compounds see
notes p. 6. पुन नन्दनः who is my dear Rāma himself as if again
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