Mruccha Katikam

SR No.: 022600
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Sudraka, Prithvidhara, Hiranand Mulraja Sarma, Kashinath Pandurang Parab
Publisher: Tukaram Javaji
Publication Year: 1902
Total Pages: 444
Language: Sanskrit
Classification: Book_Devnagari
File Size: 25 MB

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one, implying “finishing in a hurry.” The passage is " यत् सूर्योदयभयतः कविनोचितपात्रमेलनं न कृतं सुंदरयुक्तिभिरर चयदाचन्दनोक्तिनीलकण्ठस्य तत्." But Sylvain Levi (rightly I think) thus understands the phraseसूर्योदय० for fear of sunrise i. e. the sun will rise high if the Act be lengthened, Nilakantha had no such practical view in mind and introduced the scene.
P. 288. L. 17-20 ( Verse 55 ). Noble lady! Your virtues indeed are celestial and the sinful earth is not a fit residence for them-still faithful dame it ill-behoves you to enjoy the heavenly bliss and leave the dear husband behind. पतिव्रतात्वं जीवति पतौ परलोकसुखानुभवानौचित्यं प्रति हेतु:
" आर्तार्ते मुदिता हृष्टे प्रोषिते मलिना कृशा । मृते म्रियेत या पत्यौ सा स्त्री ज्ञेया पतिव्रता ॥" Harita.
प्रमिताक्षरावृत्तं – “प्रमिताक्षरा सजससैः कथिता." स, ज, स, स, (5.7). काव्यलिङ्गश्वालङ्कारः...
P. 289. L. 2-3 ( Verse 56). We should at once proceed thither but he swoons! Ah! woe me! it seems that our exertions are frustrated on all sides. - [सर्वतोमुखं . ] Facing in all directions, complete. प्रयचैफल्यं refers to Palaka's murder &c. &c.
P. 289. L. 4. For अजां &c. cf. Mudraraksasa p. 262.
P. 289. L. 7. [ प्रतिवचनं] Answer.
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P. 289. L. 10. [ चेलाश्वलं] Hem of the garment. 'चेलो नीचेऽधमे त्रिषु, नपुंसकं तु वसने' इति मेदिनी अञ्चलं - border or hem of the garment.
P. 289. L. 18-19 [भिन्नस्वेन चिताधिरोहणं ] To mount a separate pile is sinful for a Brahman-wife. Cf.
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“पृथकू चितिं समारुह्य न विप्रा गन्तुमर्हति ।
अन्यासामेव नारीणां स्त्रीधर्मोऽयं परः स्मृतः ॥"
P. 290. L. 13. [तिलोदकं ] Water with sesamum seed offered to thy dead as a libation.
P. 291. L. 8-11 (Verse 57). My dearest love, what frenzy drove thee to have recource to such a desperate, resolve whilst they lord survived? Does the lotus close its petals (lit. eyes) whilst yet the Sun is riding along the sky (lit. has not disappeared)!