उत्तररामचरितम् (महाकवि भवभूति - संस्कृत मूल एवं हिन्दी व्याख्या)

—II. 29 ] UTTARARĀMACHARITA. 77 possessive affix इन् is here affixed to फूत्कार. कीचकः a bamboo that has holes and rattles when filled with wind. 'वेणुः कीचकास्ते स्युर्ये श्वनन्त्यनिलोद्धता ' इत्यमरः. स्तम्ब —a clump of grass, cluster, bunch. 'स्तम्बो गुच्छस्तृणादिषु' इत्यमरः. आडम्बर —'the sound of a drum', here sound in general. 'आडम्बरस्तूर्यरवे भवेद्द्वाघां च गर्विते' इत्यमरः. It will be noticed that the commentary separates as सम्ब and अम्बर, which is rendered by it as गवरहित. But this is not a happy explanation. To say that the crows lost their pride and became silent on account of the hooting of owls does not convey anything more than what we understand by saying that the crows remained silent (through fear) on account of the rattling of bamboos blended with the hooting of owls. एतस्मिन् = कौञ्चावते. एतस्मिन् कुम्भीनसाः—On this (hill) serpents, frightened by the notes of the roaming peacocks, move about on the branches of the old sandal trees. प्रचचकिन् m. a peacock (प्रचचलः वर्हः अस्यास्तीति) प्रचलताम्—gen. plu. of the pr. p. of चल् with प्र. The serpents though scared by the notes of peacocks do not leave the branches of the sandal trees, but only wriggle about here and there. They are so fond of the fragrance of sandal that they cannot leave it even in the presence of death. Peacocks are said to kill serpents. An old sandal tree is much more fragrant than a young one. Serpents are said to be very fond of the fragrance of sandal trees. कुम्भीनसः a serpent (कुम्भी इव नासिका येषाम्). नासिका becomes नस as the final member of a बहुव्रीहि when not preceded by स्थूल, when the whole compound is a संज्ञा. 'अन् नासिकायाः संज्ञायां नसं नञ्भ्रष्टाद्' पा. 5. 4. 118. The first line of this verse occurs in मालतीमाधव V. 19. The student will notice that the verse is full of अनुप्रास (alliteration). P. 50. Verse 30. एते ते—these words are to be connected with क्षोणीभृतः. एते ...दक्षिणा—these are those (well known to you) southern mountains the peaks of which are blue on account of the clouds resting on them and in the caverns of which the waters of the गोदावरी make a loud rumbling noise. कुहरेषु is to be connected with the words गद्गदनदद् in the compound गद्गद- ०पयसः. This is an example of इतरेतरोपश्लेष. गद्गदं नदन्ति गोदावरीवारीणि येषु (adj. of क्षोणीभृतः). मेघैः आन्चिताः मौलयः येषां तानि मेघान्चित- मौलीनि (अत एव) नीलानि शिखराणि येषाम्. शिखर is the peak of a mountain. मौलिः 'the crown of the head', here 'topmost point of a peak'. वी० explains 'शिखराणां मौलिः पर्वताग्रं शिखरमिति इह भेदः'. क्षोणीभृत् m. mountain. अन्योन्य-सङ्कटा—these are those holy con-