उत्तररामचरितम् (महाकवि भवभूति - संस्कृत मूल एवं हिन्दी व्याख्या)

60 NOTES ON [ II. 6- though what remains of you is your name alone. नाम शेष यस्या आत्रेयी, who had come from वाल्मीकि's hermitage, knew about the abandonment of सीता on the skirts of the forest and not having सीता, आत्रेयी feels as if सीता were present before her in flesh and blood The reading वल्लभधुरम् (collection of dear relatives) is not good. We shall have to hold in that case that तपोवन, पञ्चवटी, गोदावरी, प्रस्रवण are called the बन्धुs of सीता by आत्रेयी वासन्ती—The poet has up till now used the word वनदेवता. But as the audience has learnt from the preceding speech of आत्रेयी and the reply to it that the name of the वनदेवता is वासन्ती, the poet hereafter uses the name वासन्ती. वासन्ती only knew that राम returned to अयोध्या with सीता after the destruction of रावण She was totally in the dark about the events in अयोध्या (viz the scandal among the people and सीता's abandonment) कि देव्या what great calamity has befallen queen सीता ? अत्याहितम् a great cala- mity or misfortune 'अत्याहित महाभीति कर्म जीवानपेक्षि च' इत्यमर (अतीव आधीयते सा मनसि) न केवलं वादमपि not only a mere cala- mity but also accompanied by a scandal दैवस्य निपात stroke of fate वासन्ती, the sylvan deity presiding over जनस्थान, where सीता had lived formerly for a long time was a great friend and admirer of सीता and so swooned on hearing the scandal about सीता महाभागा noble woman (महान् भाग यस्या) ईदृशस्ते भाग such is the lot for which you are created निमाणम्य (जीवितस्य) or नियमे ने भाग अल त्वया enough of you She means that she wishes to have nothing to do with him any more प्रसाद लक्ष्मणे- लक्ष्मण at the command of राम accompanied सीता who all the while was thinking that she had been sent for a day to fulfil her longing After crossing the Ganges लक्ष्मण with tears in his eyes broke to सीता the fact that he had been ordered by राम to abandon her near वाल्मीकि's आश्रम on account of the scandal among his subjects लक्ष्मण then left her there and returned to अयोध्या. See उत्तरकाण्ड सर्ग 44 48 सीता वृत्ति Is there any news as to what became of सीता ? आचार्याधीनवसिष्ठाभ्या अधिष्ठितेषु अधिष्ठित superintended by, head- ed by, तदा at the time when सीता was abandoned We saw above (p 6 text) that ऋष्यशृङ्ग commenced a sacrifice lasting for 12 years To that sacrifice all except राम and सीता had gone (p 5 of text) संप्रति सत्रम्—we are told here that the sacri-