उत्तररामचरितम् (महाकवि भवभूति - संस्कृत मूल एवं हिन्दी व्याख्या)

—I 3] UTTARARÂMACHARITA 7 another (reason). Verse 3 वसिष्ठेन अधिष्ठिता headed by वसिष्ठ. He was the family priest of the solar race. G takes वसिष्ठाधि- ष्ठिता as बहुव्रीहि, but we expect in that case अधिष्ठितवसिष्ठा. देव्यः queens. The word देवी is applied to a crowned queen. राघव- मातरः mothers of Râma e. i. कौसल्या, सुमित्रा and कैकेयी. राघवः रैवः, a descendant of रघु here राम. अरुन्धतीं पुरस्कृत्य having placed in their front अरुन्धती (the wife of वसिष्ठ). The word जामातुः may be connected both with यज्ञ and आश्रमम्. Or we may supply सति after यज्ञे, the meaning being there being a sacrifice. आश्रम is to be connected with गता. वैदेशिको ऽस्म्यतः I am a foreigner therefore I a. L. Some Mss. change the order of speakers here. After the third verse the सूत्रधार is made to say एवमेतत् and the words वैदेशिकोऽस्मि &c are put in the mouth of the नट and the passage from कन्यां दशरथो राजा to उत्स्रिष्टवान् is assigned to the सूत्रधार. This does not seem to us to be proper. The नट does not appear to be वैदेशिक. When the सूत्रधार inquires why the squares are silent it is the नट that gives him the information that राम's mothers are gone to the आश्रम of the son-in-law. Having given that information himself it does not seem proper that he should himself ask who the जामाता was. Verse 4 न्यवीविशत्—Aorist of the causal of विश् with नि. अपत्य- कृतिकाम्—who was treated as a child. अपत्यस्य कृतिकार्या यस्याः or अपत्याव कृतं प्रज्ञा दत्त्वा. The affix क is optionally added to all बहुव्रीहि compounds. रोमपाद was king of अङ्गदेश. The रामायण seems to say that शान्ता was the daughter of रोमपाद himself and not of दशरथ. 'वयस्यस्ताविहागत्य गणिकाभिर्ऋष्य शृङ्गं । आनीतोऽश्वसदन् शान्ता चास्मै प्रदायते ॥ ऋष्यशृङ्गस्तु जामाता पुत्रांस्त्व विधास्यति ।' बालकाण्ड 9. 18-19. See also बालकाण्ड 11. 2-3. It is the विष्णुपुराण that distinctly says that दशरथ gave his daughter to रोमपाद 'अम्पादात्पुत्रो दशरथः शान्ता नाम कन्यामनपत्याय दुहितृत्वे सुप्रीतः।' विष्णु० IV. 1-. ऋष्यशृङ्गः— According to रामायण बालकाण्ड (chapter 9 ff.) he was brought up by his father in the forest and he saw no other human-being till he reached manhood. When a great drought devastated the country of अङ्ग the king रोमपाद caused ऋष्यशृङ्ग to be brought to him through the seductive charms of damsels and gave शान्ता to him in marriage. ऋष्यशृङ्ग being pleased caused copious rain in अङ्ग. It was this sage who performed the sacrifice for दशरथ which caused the birth of राम and his three brothers. उपयेमे married. यम् is Parasmaipadi, but when preceded by उप in the