कुमारसम्भवम् (महाकवि कालिदास - संस्कृत मूल एवं हिन्दी अनुवाद)

( १२० ) PROSE ORDER —यदि दिवं प्रार्थयसे ( तर्हि ) श्रमः वृथा, ( यतः ) तव पितुः प्रदेशाः देवभूमयः ( सन्ति ), अथ उपयन्तारं ( प्रार्थयसे ताह् ) समाधिना अलम्, रत्नम् न अन्विष्यति हि तद् मृग्यते ॥ ४५ ॥ NOTES —दिव—स्वर्ग heaven. प्रार्थयसे—अभिलषसि seek श्रमः—effort ; penance ‘ अभ्यासे शस्त्रविद्यादौ वेदे तपसि च श्रमः ’ इति भोजः । पितुः — जनकस्य i e., of the Himalaya देवभूमयः—देवानां भूमय देवभूमयः the land of gods, i. e, where the gods live So, when the regions of your father are the land of gods it is no use trying to seek heaven उपयन्तार—( उप+√यम्+तृच् ) वरं husband √यम् to restrain, when preceded by उप means ‘ to marry. ’ समाधिना—तपसा austerities Instru- mental is used with अलम्, when it means ‘ enough of ‘ अलं—न कर्त्तव्यमित्यर्थ i e., do not practise it न अन्विष्यति—न मृगयते does not seek रत्नं is the subject of अन्विष्यति and its object ग्राहकं ( a customer ) is under- stood Similarly in the clause तद् मृग्यते, तद् ( a jewel ) is the object and the subject ग्राहकैः ( by the customers ) is understood मृग्यते—अन्विष्यते is sought for Passive voice present tense of √मृग् to seek The expression ‘ न रत्नमन्विष्यति मृग्यते हि तत् ’ is a general statement which means that it is not the business of jewels or other valuable things to find out customers for them- selves, but they are sought for by customers So Shiva means to say that Parvati being possessed