काव्यमीमांसा (महाकवि राजशेखर - कवि-रहस्य एवं देश-विभाग सटीक)

256 EXPLANATORY NOTES effects on the natural and seasonal changes on the produce of the country and on men, women and animals. He further describes the seasonal changes as recorded by early poets, and the practices of civilized people and rich men during these seasons. l. 18. The fact that the Balākās or cranes conceive under the influence of the clouds and that the growth of bamboos is depen- dent on the clouds, is handed down by tradition alone and is alluded to by the early poets. cf. मेघाभिकामा परिसंपतन्ती संमोदिता भाति बलाकपङ्क्तिः । Rāmāyaṇa. गर्भाधानक्षणपरिचयान्नूनमाबद्धमालाः सेविष्यन्ते नयनसुभगं खे भवन्तं बलाकाः । Meghasandeśa. 9. गर्भं बलाका दधतेऽभ्रयोगान्नाके निबद्धाबलयः समन्तात् । Karṇodaya. l. 24. This remark चकोरहर्षी seems to be new inasmuch as the Cakoras are known traditionally to feel happy in a moon-lit night but not in the rainy season, or is it a scribe's error for the word मयूरहर्षी ? यतिचारचौरः=because during the rainy season the Yatis are not allowed to wander under the laws of the Dharmaśāstra. *[l. 26. MSS. B. and C. of Viveka read किल कामिनीभिः ] l. 26. The reading किल कामिनिभिः seems to be better than करिकामि- निभिः for the context. l. 27. चतुः समम् । An unguent in which the four things, sandal, agallochum, saffron and musk are mixed. The things mentioned in this verse are the primary luxuries of the rainy season. Page. 101. l. 1. The चातक birds are believed to drink only the rain-water. l. 4. विषम्=water. l. 8. घर्मात्ययः=the end of summer. l. 10. Peacocks are known to become happy at the sight of the clouds or in the rainy-season but not when the clouds disappear in Autumn. But, here in the description of the S'arat season the reading गर्जयन्ती विमदान् मयूरान् seems to go against the tradition.