उत्तररामचरितम् (महाकवि भवभूति - संस्कृत मूल एवं हिन्दी व्याख्या)

136 NOTES ON [IV 21- संमोह that can draw the mind but it must be either the boy or his qualities that will do so The reading ‘संमोहेऽस्थिरमपि’ is better In that case एष बलवान् can be construed with महिम्नामतिशय, which can very well be said to attract the mind, though it has grown dull and motionless through bewilder- ment संमोहेन स्थिरम् The bewildered mind (and therefore slow to move) can well be compared to a mass of iron The boy एष in whom the excess of greatness is seen will well correspond with a small piece of lodestone It can hardly be said that संमोह resembles a piece of lodestone अज्ञातानि नामानि क्रम अभिजन च येषाम् whose names order of precedence and birth I do not know क्रम -सत्कारायानु- पूर्वम् अभिजन -birth family 'कुलान्यभिजनान्वयौ इत्यमर मनु lays down that a young student must rise to receive old persons and should salute them 'शय्यासनेऽध्याचरिते श्रेयसा न समाविशेत् । शय्या- सनस्थश्चैनं प्रत्युत्थायाभिवादयेत् ॥' मनु० II 119 लव did not know whether all were Brāhmanss or क्षत्रियस The salutation would differ in that case All he knew was that they were पूज्य, being old पूज्यानप्रति सः though they are to be honoured by me स्वन is a misprint for शत अविरुद्ध प्रकार a mode (of saluta- tion) that is unobjectionable गौतम lays down that it is not necessary to salute everyone in an assembly separately एष पर्याय here is a salutation of Lava to you all according to your rank and order पर्याय succession regular order Compare ‘एष वो रामशिरसा प्रणामपर्याय' महावीर० IV न सम्पूर्ण not only is my lap filled (by लव sitting upon it) but my desire also is fulfilled after a long time अरुन्धती on hearing that सीता was pregnant had longed to place her child on her lap Twelve years passed away before the desire was fulfilled दरविकसद् यद् नीलोत्पल तद्वद् श्यामल अङ्गबन्ध दर कान्तेन (अनुहरति) resembles (Rāma) in the frame of his body which is dark and brilliant like the blue lotus that is slightly expanding दर adv a little 'दराल्पेऽर्थे मनागपि' मेदिनी कषायिता (भक्षिता) अरविन्दकेसरा वैकषाय कण्ठ यस्य स बकवरि- कण्ठः कण्ठेषु तस्य नाद इव दीर्घदीर्घ तेन-(voice) which is as pene- trating (lit very long) as the note of a swan whose throat has been rendered astringent (कषाय) by eating the filaments of lotuses. ननु वत्सस्य Indeed the touch of this boy's body soft (पद्मक) like the interior of a full-blown (कटोर) lotus is like that (of Rāma's body) चिबुकम् the chin सबाष्पम् with tears and wonder साकूतम् wonder feeling निपुणम् adv closely, carefully संदधात्येव does resemble उन्मत्तीभूतमिव as if gone mad