उत्तररामचरितम् (महाकवि भवभूति - संस्कृत मूल एवं हिन्दी व्याख्या)

140 NOTES ON [IV 24— quickly ; rashness Verse 24 (First half) पतन is the object of उद्गच्छतु, which qualifies मम एत वा—It is time (the proper occasion) for my anger to blaze up quickly by means of bow or curse I having constantly thought over the fall of the terrible thunderbolt in the shape of this calamity वैशसमेव वज्रस्य घोर पतनम् वैशसम्—destruction, slaughter, distress He refers to the undeserved abandonment of Sītā शश्वत् ind again and again constantly 'मुहु पुन पुन शश्वदमीक्ष्णमसकृत्समा ' इत्यमर चापेन शापेन वा—जनक was a क्षत्रिय and so could take up his bow to punish those who wronged him He was also a sage (a राजर्षि) and was able on account of his severe austeri ties and his profound knowledge to curse any one that insulted or harmed him in any way Some read धगिति for झटिति It is an onomatopoetic word meaning briskly प्रसादय—कौसल्या was afraid that जनक might curse राम Verse 25 Construe परिभूतानां मनस्विना प्राय एतत् चित्तम्—This is generally the state of the mind of spirited persons when they are insulted एतत्—refers to क्रोधज्वलन V and Gh place this line in the mouth of अरुन्धती But this is not good The words are quite appropriate to a spirited boy like लव Moreover, अरुन्धती would never utter words that would even indirectly inflame the anger of जनक against Rāma while it would add to the pathos and pic turesqueness of the drama if लव were unknowingly to in flame जनक against his own father मनस्विन् a high souled or spirited person The possessive affix विन् is applied to words ending in अस् and to माया, मेधा and स्रज् 'अस्मायामेधास्रजो विनि ' पा ५. २. १२१ We may also take प्रायश्चित्त as one word The meaning then is This (क्रोधज्वलन) is the satisfaction (of their wrongs) in the case of spirited persons that are insult ed' एव means—spirited persons must avenge themselves when insulted either by fighting or by cursing through anger राज रामस्ते—अरुन्धती means—just as दशरथ looked upon सीता as his daughter because of his friendship with जनक, so जनक must look upon his friend's son as his own Only two were concern ed in the abandonment of सीता, viz राम and the people पाल्या प्रजा the helpless people must be protected She means that it is the duty of a good क्षत्रिय to protect the people and not to destroy them कृपण=दीन Verse 24 (latter half) शान्ते भयम् or peace to both of them as regards Rāma. दमदम् refers to चाप - and शाप यद् मे which (राम) is my treasure in the form of a son. He says—as Rāma is to me a son, I cannot proceed