उत्तररामचरितम् (महाकवि भवभूति - संस्कृत मूल एवं हिन्दी व्याख्या)

50 NOTES ON [I 49— and hence the word came to mean 'a heinous act.' It is use as an exclamation in the sense of 'help! help! to the rescue' ब्रह्मणि साधु ब्रह्मण्यम् according to 'तत्र साधु' पा० 4 4 98 न ब्रह्मण्यम् अब्रह्मण्यम् 'अब्रह्मण्यमवद्योक्तौ' इत्यमर This is a fine device. Rāma was brought back to the sense of duty by this cry, when his mind was vacillating Verse 50 उग्रं तप येषाम् लवणेन त्रासितं frightened by the demon लवण स्तोम body, collection 'स्तोमः स्तोत्रेऽम्बरे वृन्दे' इत्यमर शरण्य a protector, शरणे साधु The first half of the verse occurs in the उत्तरकाण्ड सर्ग 60 15 अद्यापि—राम wonders how the demons could still frighten the sages, when he had uprooted रावण and his host of राक्षसाः यावत् प्रेषयामि I shall certainly send The words यावत् and पुरा, when used with a verb in the present, give it the sense of 'certainty in the future 'यावत्पुरानिपातयोर्लट्' पा० 3 3 4 (यावद्भूङ्क्ते पुरा भुङ्क्ते। निपातावेती निश्चय द्योतयतः । सि कौ ) माधुरस्य—of the lord of मधुरा मधुरा निवास अस्य—माधुर, 'सोऽस्य निवास' पा 4 3 89 लवण was the son of मधु and कुम्भीनसी sister of रावण मधु had secured from रुद्र an invincible शूल, which was inherited by his son लवण लवण dwelt in मधुवन and troubled the sages His capital was called मधुरा After killing लवण, शत्रुघ्न established a kingdom there on the Jumna See उत्तरकाण्ड 61 70 'इयं मधुपुरी रम्या मधुरा देवनिर्मिता । निवेशं प्राप्नुयाच्छीघ्रमेष मेऽस्तु वरः परः ॥ तं देशं प्रीतमनागो बाढमित्येव राघवम् । भविष्यति पुरी रम्या शूरसेना न संशयः ॥' उत्तरकाण्ड 70 5-6 We shall see in the 7th act that शत्रुघ्न returns after twelve years In the उत्तरकाण्ड, the abandonment of सीता takes place some time before शत्रुघ्न is sent to punish लवण The poet reverses the order here The reason is not quite clear, unless it be this that the poet wanted to create a diversion in Rāma's sad train of thoughts In the रामायण also सीता expresses a wish to see for a day the hermitages of sages again 'अपत्यसङ्गो वैदेहि त्वय्ययं समुपस्थितः ॥ किमिच्छसि वरारोहे कामं किं क्रियतान्तव ॥ स्मितं कृत्वा तु वैदेही रामं वाक्य- मथाब्रवीत् ॥ तपोवनानि पुण्यानि द्रष्टुमिच्छामि राघव' उत्तरकाण्ड 42 31-33 क्व भविष्यसि what will you be, being reduced to this condition? राम alludes to her being pregnant and being abandoned alone in a forest as he meant to do शुश्रूषा most commendable अवेक्षस्व look after take care It will be seen in the विष्कम्भक of the 3rd Act and at the end of the 7th that this request was not made in vain. Verse 51 यत् स्मङ्गलं and याम् are to be connected with जानकीम् in the preceding sentence. य मङ्गलम् which (सीता) is the whole auspiciousness of the families (of जनक and रघु) यत्