उत्तररामचरितम् (महाकवि भवभूति - संस्कृत मूल एवं हिन्दी व्याख्या)

-I 15 ] UTTARARÂMACHARITA. 19

liness as charming as that of the moon was being seen by the citizens and by my father &c. तातेन नगरजनेन च दृश्यमाना सोमवत् (चन्द्रवत्) सुन्दरा श्री यस्य. अनादरेण (लीलया) खण्डितं शङ्करस्य शरासनं धनुः येन—who easily broke the bow of शिव. As to this see रामायण बालकाण्ड सर्गः 66-67. After the destruction of दक्ष's sacrifice, शिव deposited his bow with देवरात, an ancestor of जनक. जनक worshipped it and when सीता's hand was sought by numerous kings, he said that he would give his daughter to him who would be able to wield that bow of शिव. No king could do it. राम wielded the bow and broke it while making it strung. 'लीलया स धनुर्मध्ये जग्राह वचनान्मुनेः ॥ आरोपयत् स धर्मात्मा सलीलमित्र तद्धनुः ॥ 15 आरोपयित्वा मौर्वी च पूरयामास तद्धनुः ॥ तद्बभञ्ज धनुर्मध्ये नरश्रेष्ठो महायशाः॥' बालकाण्ड 67 16-17 शिखण्डेन मुख्यं मुखमङ्गलं यस्य whose face was charming on account of the lock of hair शिखण्डः a lock of hair left on the crown or sides of the head at tonsure शिखाभिरित्यते इति शिखण्डः. काकपक्ष means the same thing as शिखण्ड Verse 16 On सम्बन्धि R. says 'सन्निहितेन वैवाहिकेने सम्बन्धेनेति शेषः' शतानन्द was the son of the sage गौतम and अहल्या. जनक was the name of the family. The name of सीता's father was सीरध्वज The latter half occurs in महावीर० I 19 P. 13 सुश्लिष्टम्—quite proper Some editions read इष्टमेतत् which does not convey anything striking. Verse 17. कस्य न प्रियः to whom is it not dear (i. e. it is liked by everybody) ? दत्र—यस्मिन्सम्बन्धे दाता who gives away (सीता in marriage) ग्रहीता who accepts (सीता as a daughter in law on behalf of दशरथ from जनक) कुशिकनन्दन—विश्वामित्रः. R. remarks 'तयोभयोरेव कुल्योः पूज्यत्वात्प्रशस्तेव कन्यादानमहादो समुन्नताश्च तस्मिन्दातृग्रहीतृत्वोपचारः न पुनर्व- सुतम एव दातृग्रहीता च.' In महावीर० I. 57 कुशध्वज repeats this verse to विश्वामित्र with the variation 'बन्ध्याप्रतिभूर्भवान्' for अय &c. See वीर० for the suggestion contained in the words जनकानां &c. दृष्टा^ इव गोदान मङ्गल येषाम् whose auspicious गोदान ceremony had been performed just at that time गोदानमङ्गल the ceremony of cutting the hair, which was performed upon a man just before marriage. It was also called केशान्त. याज्ञवल्क्य says 'केशान्तश्चैव षोडशे' I. 36, on which the मिताक्षरा says 'केशान्तः पुनः गोदानाख्यं कर्म यन्गोदानस्य षोडशे वर्षे ब्राह्मणस्य कार्यम्.' मल्लिनाथ commenting upon रघु० 3 33 'अथास्य गोदानविधेरनन्तरं विवाहदीक्षा निरवर्तयद्गुरुः' says 'गावो रोमाणि केशा दीयन्ते खण्ड्यन्तेऽस्मिन्निति व्युत्पत्या गोदान नाम ब्राह्मणादीनां षोडशादिषु वर्षेषु कर्त्तव्यं केशान्ताप्यं कर्मोच्यते' and then quotes मनुस्मृति II. 65 'केशान्तः षोडशे वर्षे ब्राह्मणस्य विधीयते । राजन्यबन्धोर्द्वाविंशे वैश्यस्य द्वयधिके शततः॥' R.