कुमारसम्भवम् (महाकवि कालिदास - संस्कृत मूल एवं हिन्दी अनुवाद)

( ११४ ) are not termed as नदी, its ऊ should not have been shortened But Mallinatha defends it by saying that according to the Bhashyakara (Patanjali) the shorten- ing of the final vowel may be allowed in rare cases, for in his commentary on ‘अप्राणिजातेश्चारज्जवादीनामुप- संख्यानम्’ he has given the instance of अलाबु, कर्कन्धू। thereby indicating that sometimes ऊकारान्त words may take ऊङ् and be नदीसंज्ञक so that they can shorten their vowel in the Voc sing Vamana also supports this view by saying ‘ऊकारान्तादप्यूङ्प्रवृत्तेः’ Thus ऊङ् will be added to सुभ्रू and then its ऊ not being replaced by उवङ् it will be termed as नदी, which means it will be shortened in Voc sing Other poets also have used it in short उ, for instance Cf ‘सुभ्रु त्वं कुपितेत्यपास्त- मशनं०’ quoted by Mallinatha इय—this, i e, yours. अलभ्यशोकाभिभवा—(√लभ्+यत्) न लभ्यो शोकश्च अभि- भवश्च (तिरस्कारश्च) यया सा अलभ्यशोकाभिभवा which is incapable of grief and humiliation Or, न लभ्यः शोकेन अभिभवो यया सा which is incapable of the humiliation of grief It is a supposition that beautiful persons can not be subject to misery विमानना—(√मान्+युच्) अपमानः insult, disrespectful treatment. In कुतः (किम् +तसिल्) किम् is changed to कु by ‘कु तिहोः पा० ७.२.१४। परामर्शः—(√मृश् to touch+घञ्) परेण अभि- मर्शः परामर्शः being touched or outraged by others. पन्नगरत्नसूचये। पन्नगः—(पन्न+√गम्+डः) पन्नं गच्छतीति