उत्तररामचरितम् (महाकवि भवभूति - संस्कृत मूल एवं हिन्दी व्याख्या)

-III 3] UTTARARĀMACHARITA 81 'मितुरु' पा० 4 4 69 मितञ्च restrained, limited अनर्थप्रवृ.. नर्थे — But his entrance into पञ्चवटी will be a great misfortune as he is (now) not engaged (in doing anything for his subjects) and has none with him but his sorrow शोक एव शोकमात्रं, शोक एव द्वितीय (सहाय) यस्य इति (after अनर्थे) means 'reason' and shows that the preceding words constitute the reason of the assertion contained in the sentence भुविचिन्त्येन भागीरथ्या देव सम्बन्धे-see notes p. 16 क्षारम् वर्तते (to day) is (to be tied) the auspicious knot for the purpose of the reckoning of the 12th year from birth It seems to have been the practice to tie on each birth day round the wrist a string with knots corresponding in num ber to the years passed by the person from his birth. Some say that the string was tied round the neck प्रेमचन्द्रतर्कवागीशभट्टाचार्य in his commentary on this drama says 'वर्षसंवत्सरसंख्यान्विमद्रव्ययुतान् निम्बपत्रसर्षपदुर्वागोरोचनासमेतहस्तसङ्ग्रहदिवसेषूपचारविशेषिरित्यर्थे' वीर० ex plains 'संख्याधूनिकैर्हेतुभूताग्रन्थि वत्सरे वत्सरे शिशुना यमन्शस्त्रे शान्त्युत्सव इत्या मङ्गलार्थं करे परशुटादिना क्रियो ग्रन्थि कुर्वन्ति स तु करे वलयकूपेण निबध्री युरूपदेश' V explains 'संख्याबोधको मङ्गलार्थो ग्रन्थि, अतीताब्दसमसंख्यकम् निबभ्नु सूनमिति यावत् । जन्मतिथौ हस्त सूत्रमनिवध्यते तच्च सूत्र नमन्यन्विष्यते दया निविध्यते अन्यतिथिरकरण गुग्गुलुश्रतिवाकदात् जन्मन्त्येष बन्धनम्' Gh says 'बालकजन्मदिने सूत्र एको ग्रन्थिर्वर्षगणनाय बध्यत इत्याचार । बाल्हस्ते बध्यते इति स्वाख्यान अनुकूलमेव' It seems that Gh is not right A string was tied round the wrist and on the knot were put such objects as गुग्गुलु, निम्ब, सिद्धार्थ (mustard seed) दूर्वा and गोरोचना (which are supposed to ward off the evil eye) The निर्णयसिन्धु (p 188 of नि०दू० edition) quotes from the कृत्यचिन्तामणी the following 'गुग्गुल्य लिकन्दनन्स्ये ग्रन्थौ च वधयेत् । गुग्गुलु निम्बसिद्धार्थदूर्वागोरोचनादिकम् ॥' यत् therefore पुरा सवितुरम्—the sun is so called because the race of रघु to which राम belonged traced its descent from the sun एतावत of this much, of this vast extent. मानव सवितारम् the sun who is the progenitor of the whole race of royal sages descended from मनु G seems to have read मानवस्य मानव-मनोरदम्, according to 'तस्येदम्' पा 4 3. 120 In the बालकाण्ड सर्ग 70 and again in the अयोध्याकाण्ड स० 110, the genealogy of राम is given There the descent is traced from ब्रह्मा himself, whose son was मराचि whose son was कश्यप whose son was विवस्वत्, the sun मनु is the son of विवस्वत् and hence is called वैवस्वत राम is said to be the 37th in descent from विवस्वत् It is therefore that the text uses the word एतावत to show the long chain of kings that intervened between विवस्वत् and राम मनु was the first of kings. 'वैवस्वतो मनुर्नाम माननीयो