उत्तररामचरितम् (महाकवि भवभूति - संस्कृत मूल एवं हिन्दी व्याख्या)

112 NOTES ON [ III. 43- at the time when सीता was actually carried off, the words would have been most appropriate. But she, being abandoned twelve years before, is now no more (so राम supposes), and there is no possibility of her being carried off. So these words are really now the ravings of a mad man. We did not adopt this reading, because we believe that it does not contain the original words of the author, but that it is purely conjectural. Verse 44. The first three lines form one sentence. Construe अविरत करं- वीराणां विमर्द्दे जगति जनित रस-स खत मुग्धाक्ष्या वियोग उपायानां भावाद् रिपु-वधि अभूत्—that separation from the lady (सीता) with charm- ing eyes was to last till the destruction of the enemies on account of the existence of remedies (for destroying them)—that separa- tion which produced a feeling of great wonder in the world by the encounters of heroes which contained constant incidents for giving me relief (from sorrow) अविरता (never ceasing) विनो- दव्यतिकरा येषु adj. of विमद्दे. विनोद relief beguiling amusement. व्यतिकर incident. Or -व्यतिकर may be taken to mean सम्बन्ध जनित अल्पहुतरस यस्मिन् or येन—qualifies वियोग. रिपुपाते अवधि (अवसान) यस्य—qualifies वियोग. कथं विप but how can this separation be patiently endured which (वियोग) is without remedy and endless? अप्रतिविध—remediless. राम means—When सीता was carried off by रावण, he fought with him and recovered her. That separa- tion could be borne because there were numerous engagements in that war which thrilled the whole world and diverted the mind of राम. He draws three points of distinction between the former वियोग and the present one. I In the former separation, there were remedies by resorting to which an end could be put to it: in the present one सीता being dead (as राम thought) no remedies were of avail. II There was hope that the former separation would end (and as a matter of fact it did end) while in the present one there is no hope that it will ever come to an end (as सीता was supposed to be dead). III The former separation was made bearable as the mind was diverted by war-like operations, but in the present separation nothing can be done except bearing it patiently. V reads व्यतिकर for -जनिक? In that case it will have to be construed as an adjective of वियोग the meaning being in which there were constant incidents for relieving (sorrow). This is a good reading and will render the verse more symmetri- cal and easy to construe. The reading of the text in the last line is preferable to that of Gh, as it brings out all the three