उत्तररामचरितम् (महाकवि भवभूति - संस्कृत मूल एवं हिन्दी व्याख्या)

56 NOTES ON [ II 4— अथ अप्यूह is this that obstacle to study (on account of which you left वाल्मीकि's hermitage) ? अपर क what is the other (obstacle) ? माध्यन्दिनसवनाय—for the midday bath There were three सवन्स in the day, प्रात सवन, माध्यन्दिनसवन and तृतीयसवन See छान्दोग्योपनिषद् 'प्रातःवादिनो वदन्ति यद्वसूनां प्रात सवन रुद्राणां माध्यन्दिन सवनमा दित्यानां च विश्वेषां देवानां तृतीयसवनम्' 2 24 1, बालकाण्ड 14 'अभिपूर्व्य तदा दृष्टा सर्वे चकृयुर्यथाविधि । प्रात सवनपूर्वाणि कर्माणि मुनिपुङ्गवाः ॥ ऐन्द्रश्च विधिवद्दत्तो राजा चाभिषुतोऽनय । मध्यन्दिनं च सवनं प्रावर्तत यथाक्रमम् ॥ तृतीयसवनं चैव राज्ञो ऽस्य सुमहात्मन ।' 5-7 सवनम् may mean sacrificial 'rites' or 'bath'. तमसा यन्त went to the rive तमसा This is in accordance with the रामायण After वाल्मीकि heard from नारद the praise of राम, the former went to the river तमसा which was not far from the Ganges 'स मुहूर्तं गते तस्मिन्देवलोकं मुनिस्तदा । जगाम तमसातीरं जाह्नव्यास्त्व विदूरतः ॥ बालकाण्ड 2 3 द्वम् एक one out of two क्रौञ्च (herons) birds that were moving about as husband and wife युग्मेन चरत न्ति युग्मचारिणौ The subject of अभ्युदैरयत् is महर्षि आकस्मिक प्रत्य- वभासं कव्या that flashed upon him suddenly अव्यतिष्कीर्णाम् not confused or mixed up (i e free from faults of composition) The reading अव्यतिरिक्तवर्णास् means 'the letters of which were not confused but were distinctly articulated' आनु परिणताम् that had developed into the अनुष्टुभ metre परिच्छिन्नाम् (for परिणताम्) means that had been measured i e put in the definite shape of अभ्युदैरयत् uttered (Imperfect of ईर् 10th conj with अभि and उद्) P 36 Verse 5 (हे) निषाद त्वं शाश्वती समा प्रतिष्ठां मा अगम यत् क्रौञ्चमिथुनात् एकं काममोहितम् अवधी O you hunter, may you not attain for endless years a firm standing (position), since you killed one out of a pair of क्रौञ्च birds that was smitten by passion शाश्वती समा is accusative of time according to 'कालाध्वनोरत्यन्तसंयोगे' पा० 2 3 5 (इह द्वितीया स्यात्) समा a year (used in the plural) प्रतिष्ठा permanence high position, fame, attainment of desired object मा अगम this is not in accordance with पाणिनि 'न माङ्योगे' पा० 6 4 74 The augment अ in the case of the Imper fect and the Aorist is omitted when used with मा In order to free this verse from the fault of being un-Paninean the commentators have made frantic efforts वीर० separates as तु कम (अलक्ष्मीक अविद्यमाना मा लक्ष्मीर्यस्य स अम ) गम Some say मा is not that particle मा which is meant by पाणिनि, but it is a distinct one meaning 'न' The verse is also interpreted as ap- plying to राम 'मा लक्ष्मीर्निषीदति अस्मिन् इति मानिषाद यत् यस्मात् क्रौञ्चमि