उत्तररामचरितम् (महाकवि भवभूति - संस्कृत मूल एवं हिन्दी व्याख्या)

—VII 3] UTTARARAMACHARITA 183 in this case. The next sentence is full of various readings. सर्वसाधारण common to all (including even the earth). एष refers to अपत्यस्नेह. मानस of the mind, internal. The readings अन्तश्चर and आन्तर mean the same thing. मोहग्रन्थि the knot of infatuation. This means that the minds of worldly people are infatuated by their feelings towards their children and they identify themselves with their offspring. उपप्लव trouble, what overwhelms. चेतना प्लव that overwhelms sentient beings. संसारतन्तु the thread of worldly life. It is by स्नेह that the world goes on and it is स्नेह that binds together individuals into an orderly society. The reading मूढग्रन्थि is bad. गूढग्रन्थि is not quite bad. It means an unseen knot. The reading अनुपप्लव means that cannot be overwhelmed (अविद्यमान उपप्लव यस्य). सीतां प्रसूत (having given birth to सीता)—this constitutes the reason why the earth is overwhelmed by the misfortunes of Sita. Verse 4. The earth recounts the heavy misfortunes of Sita. को कीट who indeed is able to shut the passages of fate when ready for fruition in the case of a person. पाक ripening (of good or bad actions). This means that not only cannot the man himself avert his own fate, but that no one else can do so. Some read जन्तु for जन्तो. The meaning is practically the same. पिधातुम्—infinitive of धा with अपि, अ being elided according to 'वष्टि भागुरिरलोपमवाप्योरुपसर्गयोः'. Compare 'दैवी च सिद्धिरित- रद्रुहिणैर्न शक्या' मृच्छकटिक, 'यत्पूर्वं विधिना ललाटलिखितं तन्मार्जितुं कः क्षमः' भर्तृहरि, 'भगवती भवितव्यता मुहुरावर्त्तत इवावतिष्ठते । पदम् गच्छन् पथास्य नियतिः केन रुद्ध्येते ॥' काव्यादर्श 2 117. See मालतीमाधव X. 13 for the latter half of the verse. युक्तमेतत्सर्वम् All this is quite right. This is said rather ironically. न वो रामभद्रस्य (युक्तम्) but what your dear Rama did was not proper. The reading of K. 'युक्तमेतत्सर्वं वो रामभद्रस्य' must be taken as interrogatory, so also 'युक्तमेतद्वा रामभद्रस्य' the reading of K., V. and Gh. Verse 5. न...पाणि no heed was paid to the hand (of सीता) (by राम) पीडित pressed (at the time of marriage). वीर० has the following curious note 'सामुद्रिक- तन्त्रवेत्ता स्वयं रामो मत्संतापात्स्निग्धाधीशनेिकायक रेखाविशेषं दृष्ट्वा विरहोऽद- निरानुक्रोशश्चेति सूचनाय दृढं पाणिं गृहीतवान् तदतिससारेति । अन्यथा पाणिग्रहण- दोषस्याल्पस्याप्यतद्भवत्त्वादिति मन्तव्यम्' प्रत्याहृत is to be understood with each of the nominatives that follow. न अग्नि it is in the presence of fire that the husband takes the oath of not forsak- ing his wife. अनुवृत्ति her obedience (to whatever Rāma said). सन्तति offspring (in her womb at the time when she was abandoned).