उत्तररामचरितम् (महाकवि भवभूति - संस्कृत मूल एवं हिन्दी व्याख्या)

96 NOTES [ III. 22— P 67 स्वप्नदा आसीत् did any body think it possib' in a dream that I would be without him and he without me? जन्मा दर्शन whose sight I have obtained as if in another life She means—for twelve years after I was abandoned, I had no opportunity to look at my husband It is for the first time after twelve years that I see him Who knows whether I may be able to see him again? It is therefore that she uses the word जन्मान्तरादिव लब्ध दर्शन यस्य The reading अनुबन्धदर्शना (अनुबन्धं दर्शनं यया) is not bad and means 'who obtained a sight of him' &c बाष्पसलिलान्तरेषु in the intervals of the (falling of) tears Verse 23 The principal sentence is से दृष्टिं हृदयेशं स्नपयति विगुलितम् qualifies बाष्पन्, which is the object of अवसृजन्ती आनन्दश्च शोकश्च ताभ्यां प्रभव यस्य प्रसृता च उत्ताना च दीर्घा च She had stretched her eyes to see intently her husband विभु दीर्घा (eye) that is stretched out, upturned and has beautiful (or long) eye- lashes and that drops down tears due to joy and sorrow, that (tears) flow down in floods विगुलित adj tremulous, shaking The joy was due to seeing राम after the lapse of 12 years The sorrow is due to her being abandoned without cause by a loving husband. स्नेहनिष्यन्दिनी स्नेहनिष्यन्द अस्ति अस्या इति—possessing a flow of affection स्नपयति हृदयेशम् as if bathes the lord of your heart (i. e राम) Her tears fall on her bosom, in her heart is enshrined राम and therefore the poet represents as if she were bathing राम in her tears धवल मुग्धा white, sweet and charming दुग्धकुल्येव like a stream of milk (on account of whiteness) She being separated from her husband, had used no अञ्जन (black collyrium) and therefore her sight was white and resembled दुग्धकुल्या Note 'स्त्रीणां शरीरसंस्कारः समाप्नोऽवश्यदर्शनम्। क्षारं परगृहे वासं त्यजेत्प्रोषितभर्तृका॥' याज्ञवल्क्य I 81 V and Gh read तृष्णोलोचनदीर्घा that was stretched out wide through the eager desire (to see राम) This is a good reading but seems to be conjectural. Verse 24 अयम्—see notes (p 51) मधुश्चुत (adj of तरव )—that drop down honey मधु श्च्योतन्ति इति G seems to have read मधुश्चुतो (adj of पुष्पै and फलै) This is not good, as we rather expect 'मधुमतैः' स्फुटित निश let the sylvan breezes blow full of the perfume of expanded lotuses कन्त शकुन्तय let the birds whose notes are melodious sing sweetly and continuously रज्यत (राञ्जुक्ता ) कण्ठाः येषाम् The reading रक्तुकण्ठा would mean 'who have raised up their necks (to see राम) through their affec- tion for him (रत्या रामविषयकप्रेम्णा उत्कण्ठा उन्नतकण्ठा ).