Apbhramsa of Hemchandracharya

Author(s): Hemchandracharya, Kantilal Baldevram Vyas, Dalsukh Malvania, H C Bhayani
Publisher: Prakrit Text Society Ahmedabad

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The metre is a combination of मात्रा and दोहा chandas'. The metre has 5 caranas of 15+12+15+12+15 mātrās respectively, with third and fifth caranas rhyming. For composition of metre see Notes on sutra 330. 2.
(२) स्फोटयतः यौ हृदयं आत्मनः तयोः परकीया ( = परकृते) का घृणा 1रक्षत लोकाः आत्मानं बालायाः जातौ विषमौ स्तमौ ॥
(Those) who rend their own heart ( i. e. burst out of the chest'), what mercy can they have on others? O (young) men! save yourselves from this maiden; (for) (her) breasts have become protrusive (fa) (as they are fully grown) (and are, therefore, dangerous )".
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Here, according to Hemacandra, a is Abl. sing., though in the natural context of the verse it applies to and should, therefore, more properly be considered as an instance of Gen. sing. This verse has, hence, intrigued several scholars.
Pischel first, in his Prakrit Grammar', translated it as:
"So beware of yourself, you young people, of the dangerous breasts of the young woman. Who break their own heart, what pity shall they have on others?" 1
In his Materialien he gives a different rendering: "Beware, O young people, the breasts of the young woman are dangerous. Those, who break their own hearts, how can they have pity on strangers ?":
Alsdorf's rendering differs still:
Pischel, Hema candra's Grammatik der Prakrit Sprachen I, 157; II, 187.
Materialien, H.