उत्तररामचरितम् (महाकवि भवभूति - संस्कृत मूल एवं हिन्दी व्याख्या)

64 NOTES ON [ II 9— their shade कूर्वन्ति श्रान्तानि कपोतानां कुक्कुटानां च कुलानि येषु on which there are swarms of doves and fowls that are crowing and tired (by the heat) कुलायद्रुमा trees having nests on them अवस्करमाण pr part of कॄ (6th conj) with अव् कॄ is परस्मैपदि but, in the sense of 'joy' 'maintaining oneself, 'making a nest', it takes आत्मनेपद- 'किरतेर्हर्षजीविकाकुलायकरणेष्विति वाच्यम्' वार्तिक स् is prefixed to कॄ when preceded by अप् in the sense of scratching the ground on the part of quadrupeds and birds on account of हर्ष, जीविका and कुलायकरण 'अपाच्चतुष्पाच्छकुनिष्वलिखने' पा० ६ । १ । १४२ (अपात् किरतेः सुट् स्यात् । सि कौ ) 'सुडपि दृशादिष्वेव वक्तव्य' वार्तिक (अपस्करते वृषो हृष्टः कुक्कुटो भक्षार्थी श्वा जात्यार्थी च । सि कौ ) कुलायद्रुमा =कुलाययुक्ता द्रुमा (मध्यमपदलोपी समास like शाकपार्थिव) 'कुलायो नीडमस्त्रियाम्' इत्यमर Mark the alliteration in this verse, especially in the first and fourth lines The figure in the words अर्चन्ति &c is उत्प्रेक्षा विष्कम्भ or-क -is an interlude between the Acts of a drama carried on by one or more chara- cters, who connect the story of the drama and the minor details of the plot that are not represented on the stage by briefly explaining to the audience what has occurred in the intervals of the Acts or what is about to happen in the future. It is of two kinds शुद्ध and संकीर्ण, the former when the persons engaged in it are characters of middling status and the latter when either one or more of them are inferior characters. The साहित्यदर्पण defines it as 'वृत्तवर्तिष्यमाणानां कथांशानां निदर्शकः । संक्षिप्तार्थस्तु विष्कम्भ आदावङ्कस्य दर्शितः । मध्येन मध्यमाभ्यां वा पात्राभ्यां संप्रयोजितः । शुद्धः स्यात्स तु सङ्कीर्णो नीचमध्यमकल्पितः ॥' Here it is शुद्ध, as आत्रेयी and वासन्ती are both मध्यमपात्र. This is a fine विष्कम्भक in its own way, but is inferior to that at the beginning of the 4th Act P 41 सदय उत्खातः खड्गः येन who had drawn out his sword with compassion (and not in wrath) Verse 10 दक्षिण-The word is purposely used, it means 'right hand' and also 'courte- ous' राम suggests that his hand though called दक्षिण is really far from being so, being unkind to the शूद्रतापस द्विज सुतस्य शिशो जीवातवे for restoring to life the deceased son of the Brahmana. जीवातवे is really the dative of the Vedic infinitive. Here it is the dative of the noun जीवातु 'जीवातुर्जीवनौषधम्' ('जीवनायै व जीवनरक्षोपाय' इति क्षीरस्वामी) निर्भरेण (पूर्णेन) गर्भेण खिन्ना or निर्भरे गर्भखिन्ना सीता तस्या निर्वासने पटुः तस्य-qualifies रामस्य- who is clever in banishing सीता who was depressed by the full- developed foetus or who was extremely exhausted on account of (the burden of) her foetus. The reading दुर्भरगर्भे० is not bad