उत्तररामचरितम् (महाकवि भवभूति - संस्कृत मूल एवं हिन्दी व्याख्या)

UTTARARÂMACHARITA XI (3) He is fond of long and involved compounds, especi- ally in prose passages. The Mâlatîmâdhava is the greatest offender in this respect. (4) He is extremely fond of repeating himself. We have noted that there are at least sixteen verses of the Uttararama- charita that are found either in the Mahavîracharita or in the Malatimadhava.³⁴ Besides these there are numerous padas of verses and prose passages that are common to all his three works.³⁵ We shall now make a few observations particularly in connection with the Uttararamacharita. We have pointed out at the beginning and end of the several Acts and in several places elsewhere the art of Bhavabhuti and his eminent skill as a dramatist. We have already said that the main plot is taken from the Ramayana. We have indicated in the notes by quoting extracts from the Ramayana how closely the author followed his source. He made one vital change and a few minor changes. The catastrophe of the drama is different from that in the Ramayana (vide notes p. 186). Among the changes are (1) the fight between Lava and Chandraketu, (2) Rama's meeting with Vasanti, (3) the invisible presence of Sita while Rama was in the Dandaka forest, (4) the stay of Vasishtha, Arundhati and Rama's mothers in the hermitage of Valmiki. ३४ उत्तर० I 8=महा० IV 33, उत्तर० I 15=महा० I 42, उत्तर० I 22=महा० I 51 उत्तर० II 20-21=महा० V 40-41, उत्तर० IV 20=महा० I 18, उत्तर० IV 29=महा० III 29, उत्तर० VI 9=महा० II 41, उत्तर० I 34=मालती० VIII 3, उत्तर० II 21=मालती० IX. 6 उत्तर० III 16=मालती० IX 34, उत्तर० III 31=मालती० X. 12, उत्तर० III. 38=मालती० X 20, उत्तर० IV 4=मालती० X 2, उत्तर० IV 15=मालती० IV 7, उत्तर० VI 12=मालती० I 27 ३५ उत्तर० I 13 (last half)=महा० IV 27, उत्तर I 14= मालती० IX 51 (last half), उत्तर० I 16 (latter half)=महा० I 19 उत्तर० I 17 and महा० I 57, उत्तर० IV 9 (latter half) and महा० I 14, उत्तर० VI 21 (first half) and महा० II 46, उत्तर० I 36 (first half) and मालती० VI 8, उत्तर० II 29 and मालती० X 19, उत्तर० III. 4 and मालती० II 4, उत्तर० V 13 and मालती० IX. 54, X 8 उत्तर० VII 4 (last half) and मालती० X 13