उत्तररामचरितम् (महाकवि भवभूति - संस्कृत मूल एवं हिन्दी व्याख्या)

70 NOTES ON [ II. 18- delighted, Here च is an expletive and there is no reason why इव should be used सीता as a matter of fact felt delight even in the forests in राम 's company Gh reads इति इव आरमति इव अमी In this case the employment of इव twice hardly gives any sense and moreover आरमति is in the present, when we expect the past Another reading is इति हा रमते सीता-alas ! thus does सीता take delight This is a good reading, only we have रमते in the present. But we may explain that away by saying that राम felt as if सीता was then present. There are a few more variants, which do not require detailed examination, they are इति हारम- तैवासी (this is good, separate इति हा अरमत इव अमी), इति वारमती वामी, इति चारमतीवासी When राम came to सीता to inform her that he was going to a forest to fulfil the promise of his father to कैकयी सीता asked to be allowed to follow him and said 'सुखं वने निवत्स्यामि यथैव भवने पितुः । अचिन्तयन्ती त्रींल्लोकांश्चिन्तयन्ती पतिव्रताम् ॥ शुश्रूषमाणा ते नित्यं नियता ब्रह्मचारिणी । सह रंस्ये त्वया वीर वनेषु मधुगन्धिषु ॥' अयोध्याकाण्ड २७ 12-13 The poet seems to have combined portions of the above two verses Verse 19 The subject of अपोहति is प्रियो जनः न पोहति (that person who is loved by another) without doing anything whatever removes pain by (giving) happiness (by mere presence) The mere presence of one loved by us is bliss in itself no active deed need be- done राम means to say that he did nothing to cause happi ness to सीता yet his mere presence was sufficient to make सीता happy अपोहति-present of ऊह् with अप to remove, destroy तत्तस्य जन° that is some indescribable treasure of a man, viz- the beloved person that he has got P 45 तद् एतैः therefore enough of these (forests) that ( the sight of which) are hard to bear The forests on the skirts of जनस्थान (referred to on p. 43 of the text) could no more be looked at by राम, as they reminded him of the happy days that he had passed there formerly G connects दुस्सहै with खेदै ( understood ) which is unnecessary The reading दुरासदै would mean 'inaccessible' It is not so good as the one in the text. एतानि goes with मध्यमारण्यकानि मद-पर्वतै -that (forests) are covered with mountains the appearance of which is as soft (pleasing) as the neck of a peacock cooing through intoxication. मदेन रुत मयूर' तस्य कण्ठ' तद्वत् कोमला छविः येषाम् ०च्छविभि is an adj of पर्वतै The mountains being at a great distance had a mellow