उत्तररामचरितम् (महाकवि भवभूति - संस्कृत मूल एवं हिन्दी व्याख्या)

[-I. 14] UTTARARĀMACHARITA 17

and very much prone to spread scandals. The reading of E. कष्टं जनः is better. It means 'alas! people are to be humoured &c. राम pities the lot of those who like himself have to humour the people and have to do things which their heart disapproves of. N reads 'दुष्टं जनः' which does not yield a happy sense. तन्मो चै therefore the abusive talk that was spoken by us (me) was not such as you did deserve. राम means—he treated सीता coldly and repudiated her because he had to look to what the people would say. His conscience told him otherwise. But he admits here that he knew all along that she did not deserve the treat- ment that he had to mete out to her. For the words of राम see रामायण quoted above on p. 9. तत् तस्मात् यद् न (अस्माक) अशिवमुक्तं तद् हि वै तव (सीतायाः) न युक्तम्. V. and Gh. read तन्मे for तन्मो, which means the same thing. नैसर्गिकी पाडनाने Being placed on the head is settled to be the natural condition of a fragrant flower and not trampling under foot. राम means that the treatment of सीता was as unnatural and harsh as the trampling down of a sweet flower would be. The last two lines occur in मालतीमाधव 9 15, where we read मुर्मत्नैव दुष्टनाम्ने आलेपनम् painting, picture. के पुमन् who are these that stand above very close (to each other) and seem to praise my lord? निरन्तर close, thick. सरहस्यानि to- gether with the charms (the mantras appropriate for discharg- ing the missiles or withdrawing them etc.) जृम्भकास्त्राणि—lit. yawning missiles—weapons possessed of miraculous powers. शैषिक-विश्वामित्र उपसङ्क्रान्तानि were transferred or handed over. प्रसादीकृतानि were bestowed as a favour. आर्यपुत्र refers to राम ताटका was the daughter of a यक्ष called सुकेतु who got her from ब्रह्मा as a reward for his austerities. She was married to सुन्द. Her son was मारीच. When सुन्द was killed, she with her son मारीच tried to disturb अगस्त्य who cursed मारीच to be a राक्षस and changed ताटका into a man-eating fiend. She, though a woman, was kill- ed by राम at the bidding of विश्वामित्र. For the story of ताटका see रामायण बालकाण्ड सर्गः 25-26. विश्वामित्र, being pleased with राम for destroying the horrible ताटका, gave him various missiles, for which see बालकाण्ड सर्गः 27-28. The gods say to विश्वामित्र 'प्रजापतेः कृशाश्वस्य सुतान् सत्यपराक्रमान् । तपोबलभृतो ब्रह्मन् राघवाय निवेदय ॥' सर्ग 26 29-30, 'परितुष्टोऽस्मि भद्रं ते राजपुत्र महायशः । प्रीत्या परम्बा युक्तो ददाम्यस्त्राणि सर्वशः ॥' सर्ग 27 2, 'जृम्भकं सर्वनाथं च पञ्चाननमथो तथा ॥ दूराच्चधैव्यमन्त्रान् मास्तराम्कामसूरिः । प्रतीच्छ मम भद्रं ते पात्रभूतोऽसि राघव ॥' बालकाण्ड सर्ग 28 9-10 The अस्त्रs says to राम 'राम प्राञ्जलो भूत्वाऽभ्यन्तरपुरमाविश । इमे