उत्तररामचरितम् (महाकवि भवभूति - संस्कृत मूल एवं हिन्दी व्याख्या)

--I. 27] UTTARARÂMACHARITA. 29

अविरलितौ कपोलौ यथा स्याताम् तथा (अव्ययीभाव) The reading आसक्ति योगात् (on account of our close proximity to each other) is not so good as the one in the text. The word जातमपिद्योतन् con- stitutes the reason of the rest of the clause. अविशिथिल (दृढ) परिरम्भ (आलिङ्गन) तस्मिन् व्यापृत एकैक दो ययो (of us) each arm of whom was engaged in close embrace. The word is दोस् m n, but in the inflections beginning with the acc plu. the word optionally substitutes for itself दोषन् and hence we have *दोष्णो, otherwise we should have had दोषौ अविदिता गतायामा यस्या the watches of which passed away without our being conscious of it याम means 'one-eighth part of the day' 'द्वौ यामप्रहरौ समौ इत्यमरः' रात्रिरेव व्यरसीत्-The night itself ended (passed away, but not our conversation) व्यरसीत्-Aorist परस्मैपद 3rd per sing of रम् with वि रम् is Atmanepadi but when preceded by वि आ and परि it takes परस्मैपद necessarily 'व्याङ्परिभ्यो रमः' पा 1 3 83 This verse is quoted in the दशरूपक (IV 69) as an example of सम्भोगशृङ्गार For the story traditionally narrat- ed with reference to this verse, see Introduction. पञ्चवटी was a part of the दण्डका forest about two योजनs (20 miles) from अगस्त्य's hermitage अगस्त्य say to राम इतो द्वियोजने तात बहुमूलफलोदकः । देशो बहुमृग श्रीमान्पञ्चवट्यभिविश्रुत ॥ तत्र गत्वाऽऽश्रमपदं कृत्वा सौमित्रिणा सह । रमस्व त्वं पितुर्वाक्य यथोक्तमनुपालयन् ॥ स देशः श्लाघनीयश्च नातिदूरे च राघव । गोदावर्या समीपे च मैथिली तत्र रंस्यते ॥' अरण्य० सर्ग 14 13-18 There are some who dispute the claim of the modern पञ्चवटी near Nasik to be the पञ्चवटी referred to in the रामायण शूर्पणखा-She was the sister of रावण Seeing the handsome राम, she fell in love with him and asked him who he was and how he came with his wife to the forest in the garb of an ascetic. राम told her all and asked her in jest to marry लक्ष्मण who was without wife. लक्ष्मण said in the same tone that he was a mere servant of राम and that therefore she should not be the wife of a servant She then came back and said to राम that she would de- vour सीता who was not fit to be his wife and then marry him When she rushed towards सीता, राम called upon लक्ष्मण to punish her लक्ष्मण cut off her nose and ears, when she ran away into the forest see अरण्यकाण्ड सर्ग 17-18 शूर्पणखा-'नखमुखात् संज्ञायाम्' पा० 4 1 58 (ङीष् न स्यात् । शूर्पणखा । गौरमुखा । संज्ञाया किम् । ताम्रमुखी कन्या । सि कौ ) and 'पूर्वपदात्संज्ञायामगः' पा 8 4 3. (पूर्वपदस्थान्निमित्तात्परस्य नस्य ण स्यात्संज्ञायां न तु गकारव्यवाये । शूर्पेव नासिकेत्यस्य ङ्यन्तः । अगः किम् । ऋष्यामूर्द्धने नखदन्तम् (सि कौ).