उत्तररामचरितम् (महाकवि भवभूति - संस्कृत मूल एवं हिन्दी व्याख्या)

186 NOTES ON [VII. 15- Râma understood the words to mean that she permitted Sîtâ to be dissolved in her as the latter prayed above. जीवलोकपरिभवं humiliation in the world of mortals (due to the scandal about her). Most editions read ०परिवर्त्तनम्, which is a very frequent word with भवभूति. मन्नियोगेन at my bidding. स्तन्य- त्यागस्य up till the time of weaning, take care of your sons परेण करिष्यामि after that I shall do as I please. कथं सम्प्रवृ- how! the princess of Videha has been dissolved (in the earth). लोका स्थितासि thou art staying in another world. N reads 'कथं प्रतिपन्न एव तावत्.' It is difficult to find what word प्रतिपन्न qualifies. एष ते is this the meaning (i. e. the real object) of your poem? भवभूति puts into the mouth of लक्ष्मण the question whether वाल्मीकि really meant that his poem should have such a tragic end. Here (or rather when गङ्गा says एव तावद्) ends the गर्भनाटक. In the रामायण we read that सीता came with Vâlmîki and her two sons to Râma who had sent for the sage on hearing that he had composed the story of Râma's life. Then Sîtâ said 'यथाहं राघवादन्यं मनसाऽपि न चिन्तये। तथा मे माधवी देवी विवरं दातुमर्हति ॥ मनसा कर्मणा वाचा यथा रामं समर्चये। तथा मे० ॥ यथैतत् सत्यमुक्तं मे वेद्मि रामात्परं न च। तथा मे० ॥' उत्तरकाण्ड 97. 14-16. Then a celestial throne came out of the earth, on which the Mother Earth herself seated Sîtâ. 'तामासनगतां दृष्ट्वा प्रविशन्तीं रसातलम्। पुष्पवृष्टिरविच्छिन्ना दिव्या सीतामवाकिरत् ॥' उत्तर० 97. 20. When Sîtâ vanished Râma was overwhelmed with sorrow. Afterwards Râma placed Kuśa on the throne of Kosala and went to heaven. Thus the poem of Vâlmîki has a tragic end. But the canons of Sanskrit dramaturgy forbade a tragic end and hence भवभूति made a vital change in the story by bringing about the re-union of Râma and Sîtâ by the intervention of miracles. It is laid down in works on dramaturgy that the denouement of a drama should partake of the wonderful. 'कुर्यान्निर्वहणेऽद्भुतम्' दशरूपक III. 34. The words एष ते काव्यार्थः may also suggest the following - this is the aim of your poem. It will do for a Kâvya, but not for a drama. अभ्यनुज्ञातम् permitted. P. 152. Verse 16. मन्थादिव as if on account of being churned. आर्या=सीता. Verse 17. जुषा नो show yourself favourable to us two Gangâ and Prithvî. जुष् 6 A. to be pleased, to like. The reading of V. भजस्व is probably con- jectural. पुण्ये मम वत्सा. The reading तवाभ्यासे means 'in your