उत्तररामचरितम् (महाकवि भवभूति - संस्कृत मूल एवं हिन्दी व्याख्या)

76 NOTES ON [II. 28- should stop at सीता and begin a new sentence with पुन The meaning then would be 'and again in our palace (at अयोध्या) we had long talks &c नाशिता प्रियतमा (सीता) येन स नाशितप्रियतम एक is emphatic राम is ashamed to show his face to पञ्चवटी as he was without सीता, whom he had abandoned without any fault on her part गच्छतु वा or how can (राम) go without honouring (i e visiting) it (पञ्चवटी) P 49 मत् from me श्रुतं भवन सन्निधान येन—who heard of your presence (from me) परिवन्दितं विमानात् अवतरणे (अवतरणकाले कर्तव्यम्) मङ्गल यया—who has prepared the auspicious rites to be performed at the time of your getting down from the ærial car In the कादम्बरी we frequently meet with the word अवतरणमङ्गल or अवतरणक अवतरण is a mystic rite consisting in waving cocoa nuts rice mixed with curds and other things over a person and then keeping aside the things so waved where four roads meet. वत्सला affectionate वत्स + affix ल, according to 'वत्सांसाभ्यां कामबले' पा० 5 2 98 (आभ्यां लज्वौ स्याद् यथासंख्य कामवति बलवति चार्थे । वत्सल । असुल । सि कौ) लोपामुद्रा—wife of अगस्त्य and daughter of a king of विदर्भ The reading आगस्त्यायना would mean 'the des cendants of अगस्त्य' आगस्त्यायन would be formed from अगस्त्य according to 'नडादिभ्य फक्' पा 4 1 99 (गोत्र इत्येव । नाडायन' । सि- कौ) सम्भावय् honour प्रजविन् adj swift 'तरस्वी त्वरितो वेगी प्रजवी जवनो जब' इत्यमर In the रामायण also, we see that राम went to see अगस्त्य after killing शम्बूक and obtained दिव्याभरण from the sage See उत्तरकाण्ड सर्ग 76 इत पुष्पकम् let your majesty turn the ærial car in this direction गुरु रामस्य excuse for a moment राम's transgression due to regard for elders. उपरोध restraint, hence what causes restraint i e obedience or regard for As राम had to go to see अगस्त्य who was a venerable sage he had to defer his visit to पञ्चवटी Verse 29 शुश्र गिरि this is the hill (called) क्रौञ्चावत which is full of the swarms of crows that are silent in the rattling of the clumps of bamboos resounding with the hooting of numerous owls that are making noise in the hollows of bowers कुञ्जा एव कुटीरा, गुञ्जन्त कुञ्जकुटीरेषु कौशिकाः तेषां घटा (समूहा ) तासां फूत्कार , तद्वन्त कीचका येषां स्तम्बा तेषामाडम्बरा तै मूकानि मौकुलिकुलानि यस्मिन् कुटीर (from कुटी + affix र) a hut 'कुटीशमीशुण्डाभ्यो र' पा 5 3 88 (ह्रस्वा कुटी कुटीर ) 'मदे दृग्गुग्गुलउलूक श्वापदादिषु कौशिक' इत्यमर घटा means properly- 'a herd of elephants', here simply 'swarm 'करिणां घटना घटा इत्यमर फूत्कार hooting This is an onomatopoetic word धूत्कारवन्—the