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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY,
A JOURNAL OF ORIENTAL RESEARCH.
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VOLUME XLII -1913.
THE RAMACHARITAMANASA AND THE RAMAYANA.
BY L. P. TESSITORI; UDINE (ITALY). (Continued from Vol. XLI. p. 286.)
Ayodhyakanda.
(10) The supreme desire of the old Daçaratha is that he may see Râma's coronation in his lifetime:
C, II, 1, 86-37 (B, II, 1, 19):
atha râjão babhuvai'va vriddhasya chirajlvinaḥ | pritir eshâ katham Râmo raja syân mayi jivati || 36 || esha hy aaya para pritir hridi samparivartate kada nama sutam drakshyâmy abhishiktam aham priyam || 37 ||
R. C. M., II, 1, 10:
(saba ke ura abhilasha asa... \) âpu achhata jubarâja-padu Râmahim deu naresu ||
R. C. M., II, 4, 3:
mohi achhata yahu hoi uchhâhû |
Talasf Dasa, in the first of the two quotations given above, ascribes to all the citizens what Valmiki had ascribed to Daçaratha, but the substance is the same. The central point of the comparison is represented by the phrase mayi jivati, which has been literally translated into apu achhata and mohi achhata, and the correspondence is made still more persuasive by the fact that apu achhata in the first quotation from the R. C. M. is quite superfluous and unjustifiable.
(11) Men and women in Ayodhyâ, eager to see Rama's coronation, look impatiently for the morning :
C, II, 5, 19 (B, II, 4, 19):
tadâ by Ayodhyanilayaḥ sastribâlâkulo janaḥ | Râmâbhishekam akankshann åkankshann udayam raveḥ || 19 || .
R. C. M., II, 11, sb.4:
kahahim parasapara loga logai | kali lagana bhali ketika bârâ | . Ib. 6:
sakala kahahim kaba hoihi kali.
(12) Valmiki, in order to depict Manthara's passion, makes use of the metaphors: dahyamānā krodhena (C, II, 7, 18) and dahyamand'nalene'va (ibid. 21 ), which might have been the origin of Talast Dasa's expression: (Rama-tilaku suni) bha ura-dahа (II, 13, 2).
(18) It has always been a rule in the Solar race that the eldest son should be king and his younger brothers obey his commands. This argument, which Valmiki puts forth several times in his Ayodhyakanda in favor of Rama's consecration, is picked up by Tulasi Dâsa and caused to
