महावीरचरितम् (महाकवि भवभूति - वीररस-प्रधान रामकथा नाटक सम्पूर्ण ७ अङ्क सटीक)

TRANSLATION OF THE DEDICATORY STANZA That nectar of learning which [by your favour] I drank day after day for two years in succession—to make for it an adequate return is not indeed my part nor have I the power; and yet, this wreath of the three- petaled bilva-leaves your pupil Bilvāvalikara lays here at your feet in loyal regard. Bilvāvalikara is a Sanskritization of the name Belvalkar, literally, one who has in his hand a wreath of bilva. The bilva is a ternate or a compound leaf of three leaflets (dala), to which the three parts (dala) of this work (Translation, Text, Notes) are here likened in poetic word-play. The floret on the Sanskrit title-page is meant to represent the bilva.