उत्तररामचरितम् (महाकवि भवभूति - संस्कृत मूल एवं हिन्दी व्याख्या)

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भाटावक a herald V reads 'भारपायके' and explains 'रणभूमी उभ- यपक्षप्रधानपुरुषाणां नामकीर्त्तननियुक्ते पुरुषे ' Verse 7 किमे सैनिकै what have you to do with these soldiers ? तेज शाम्यतु let lustre ( i. e valour ) be quenched by lustre Verse 8. निर्म्मनन् destruction उद्भूत challenged इभावलीनामवमर्दात् from the battering ( i. e killing ) of elephants Supply विनिर्वाति or विनिवर्त्तते after शाव At the sound of thunder, the hon thinks that there is an enemy near by mightier than the elephant Compare for the idea 'तृणानि नोन्मूलयति प्रभञ्जनो मृदूनि नीचे प्रणतानि सर्वत । स्वभाव एवो न्नतचेतसामय महामहत्स्वेव करोति विक्रमम् ॥', 'किमपेक्ष्य फलं पयोधरान्ध्वनत प्रार्थयते मृगाधिप । प्रकृति खलु सा महीयस सहते नान्यसमुन्नतिं यया ॥' किरातार्जुनीय 2 21 धीरो क्रम with steady and haughty gait सत्य सि you are truly a descendant of इक्ष्वाकु This is said be- cause he fearlessly invited him to fight with himself. दृरह परागत एव here do I arrive (to fight with you ) साहम्भम् proud ly भग्ना broken i e defeated युद्धाय अभिसरन्ति इति that move towards me for fighting पर्यवष्टम्भयन्ति block or obstruct Verse 9 The principal sentence is अयं कवलत्वं व्रजतु दैरानलेन क्षुभित च वडवावलवद्रुतभृत् (मन्थानल ) तद्वत् प्रचण्ड क्रोध तस्य आर्चिनिचय ज्वालोसमूह तस्य कवलत्वं प्राप्तत्वम् अय मे let this (noise ) fall a prey to the accumulated flames of my wrath as fierce as the fire issuing from the mouth of Vadava, agitated by striking against mountains समन्तादुत्सर्पन् rising from all sides एन दृनरट deep tumultuous and wanton noise पयो इव like the current of the ocean tossed by the winds at the time of Pralaya We have to understand कवलत्वं व्रजति after ओघ In this case the compound दृग० is to be dissolved as क्षुभित वडवावरवद्रुतभृत् प्रचण्डक्रोधाचिनिचय इव तस्य कवलत्वम् वडवानल—The sons of कार्तवीर्य, with the desire of destroying the descendants of भृगु, killed even the children in the womb One of the women of the family who was pregnant secreted the foetus in her thigh (ऊरु), hence the child at its birth was called और्व On beholding him the sons of कार्तवीर्य were struck blind and his wrath gave rise to a flame which threatened to consume the whole world, when at the desire of his Pitris, he cast it into the ocean, where it remains concealed with the face of a horse and is said to devour the waters of the ocean ओव, वाडव and वडवानल are synonyms Compare रघो IX. 80 'अन्तर्निविष्टपदमारमसिन्धुरुद्धतुं शाप दधद्वणन्मोर्वमिवाम्बुराशि ॥' There are mountains in the ocean. Compare भर्तृहरि 'रत्न रत्नाधिप सितरिणा क्या शेरते भङ्गो विमन्नमूर्त्ति भरसहं च सिन्धोर्वपु ॥' At the time of प्रलय the 49