उत्तररामचरितम् (महाकवि भवभूति - संस्कृत मूल एवं हिन्दी व्याख्या)

98 NOTES ON [ III 26— force and pathos of Bhavabhuti's words It will be noticed that, though भवभूति can use long and involved compounds, this verse, being full of intense feeling, is almost free from them. The ध्वन्यालोक requires this. 'करुणविप्रलम्भशृङ्गारयोस्तु असमासैव सङ्घटना । कथमिति चेत्, उच्यते। रसो यदा प्राप्ता येन प्रतिपादकता तन्मयी व्यवधायका विरोधिनश्च सर्वथात्मनैव परिहार्याः । एवं च दीर्य्यमाणा सङ्घटना समासानामनेकव्यवहारस- म्भावनया कदाचिद्रसप्रतीतिं व्यवदधातीति तस्या नात्यन्तमभिनिवेशः शोभते । विशेषे- तोऽभिनेयार्थे काव्ये ततोऽन्यत्र च विशेषतः करुणविप्रलम्भशृङ्गारयोः । तयोर्हि सुकुमार- तरत्वात्स्वल्पाप्यमन्दसङ्घटना शब्दाथयो प्रतीतिर्वगंर्भवति ।' pp 139-140 दृश्य मन्द्रे you are moonlight to my eyes ( i e as delightful ), you are nectar ( applied ) to the body ( i - your touch is cool and gratifying like अमृत ) इत्यादि मुग्धा having pleased ( flattered ) the simple ( सीता ) with hundreds of sweet words like these She suggests that सीता must be foolish to have looked upon all these smooth words as true and to have relied upon you impli- citly त्वमेव —she meant to add वचनान् व्यवस्थानिति But the idea of abandonment is too much for her and she breaks off in the middle of her words शान्तमथवा or hush ! what is the use of say- ing more? This verse is quoted in the दशरूपक (III 17) under आक्षेपे The latter half of the verse is a fine example of the figure of speech called आक्षेप, which occurs when there is an appa- rent denial (or suppression) of something which was intended to be said for the purpose of conveying some special meaning स्थाने मोहश्च It is proper that she stops in the middle of her speech (lit sentence) and faints 'युक्ते द्वे साम्प्रतं स्थाने' इत्यमरः तमसा means that it is quite natural, considering the great friend- ship of वासन्ती for सीता, that she should break off in the midst of er speech on account of excessive sorrow and should faint Moreover it seems to us that the poet wants to defend his own treatment of pathos He means that it is quite in keeping with poetic ideals that he should make his characters break off in the middle of their speech and that he should represent them as fainting P 69 दिष्ट्या—सीता wishes that her friend should desist from harrowing her husband with pointed questions, पौरैरो दीति because the people would not tolerate it ( i e would not allow him to have सीता ) मृष् 4th conj to bear इति shows reason The words are to be taken as an answer to the query of वासन्ती कस्य हेतो for what reason ( would the people not tole- rate it) ? When the word हेतु is used in the sense of 'cause or