रत्नावली नाटिका (सम्राट हर्षवर्धन - शास्त्रीय नाटिका रत्न सम्पूर्ण ४ अङ्क सान्वय सटीक)

पञ्चमोऽङ्क 101 regarded as an incarnation of Kámádeva who was burnt by Shiva, and Shiva afterwards repenting his deed allowed Káma to be born again in the womb of Rukmini, as he was very much moved at the lamentation of Rati. Pradyumna killed Shambara a demon who stole Pradyumna from the lying-in-room ; and the latter was brought up in the demon's harem without his knowledge. Shloka 19. कुसुमसुकुमार etc.—कुसुमम् इव सुकुमारा ( उपमितकर्मधा ) तादृशी मूर्त्तिः यस्याः ( बहु ) सा । नियमेन—By observance of vows. तनुतरं मध्यम्—slenderer waist. Cf: "वसने परिधूसरे वसाना नियमक्षाममुखी धृतैकवेणिः । अतिनिष्करुणस्य शुद्धशीला मम दीर्घं विरहव्रतं बिभर्त्ति ॥" S'ákuntala. मकरकेतोः—The fish-bannered god (Cupid). पार्श्वस्था चापयष्टिः—Like the bow lying by the side. Here the image of प्रद्युम्न with his bow and arrows placed under the Ashoka tree is meant. The metre is here आर्या and the figure of speech is उपमा । Ch. of Voice—मूर्त्ता...दधत्या......पार्श्वस्थया चापयष्ट्या...आभायते । P. 53. Shloka 20. This shloka admits of double meaning as Vásavadattá is compared with a creeper clinging to a tree. प्रत्यग्रमज्जन etc.—(1) With your complexion brightened with a fresh auspicious bath (that the Queen took for adoring कामदेव ) । (2) With the lustre (of the creeper) being brightened by a fresh sprinkling of water. प्रत्यग्र' मज्जनम् ( कर्मधा ) तस्य विविक्तः ( तृतीतत् ) तेन विविक्ता ( ष्यातत् ) तादृशी कान्तिः यस्याः ( बहु ) सा । प्रत्यग्र means 'fresh.' वि—विच् + क्त = विविक्त, bright.