Mruccha Katikam

Author(s): Sudraka, Prithvidhara, Hiranand Mulraja Sarma, Kashinath Pandurang Parab
Publisher: Tukaram Javaji

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P. 242. L. 4-5 (Verse 20). To stigmatise Chârudatta is to grasp the wind, swim the ocean, or weigh the lord of the mountains (i. e. Himâlaya) i. e. the staining of Chârudatta's character is as impossible as the weighing of the Himalaya &c.[af] Lord of the mountains or Himâlaya. Rhetorical figure निदर्शना निदर्शना - 'अभवन् वस्तुसम्बन्ध उपमापरिकल्पकः . ' – Kavyaprakás'a X. II. Cf:
"दोर्भ्यां तितीर्षति तरङ्गवती भुजङ्ग आदातुमिच्छति करे हरिणाङ्कबिम्बम् । मेरुं लिलङ्घयिषति ध्रुवमेव देव यस्ते गुणान् गदितुमुद्यममातनोति ॥”
P. 242. L. 10-13 (Verse 21). You, low as you are, expound the Vedas but your tongue does not fall out, you gaze upon the Sun in the zenith, but your sight is not lost; you plunge your hand into the blazing fire still it is not consumed; you cast a stigma on Chârudattâ's character, yet the earth does not swallow and destroy your frame!
To revile Chârudatta is a heinous crime whose consequences are similar to those of plunging hands into fire &c. Evil doers are said to be troublously burdensome to the earth. Cf."उपकारिणि विश्रब्धे शुद्धमतौ यः समाचरति पापम् ।
तं जनमसत्यसन्धं भगवति वसुधे कथं वहसि ॥" ..
Hitopades'a.
- &c.] The reading of the Vedas is sinful for the S'ûdras and results according to the orthodox views in the loss of the vocal organs. – [ प्राकृतः ] A low or vulgar man. ( प्रकृतौ भवः - अण् ४ | ३ |५३ or प्रकृष्टं अकृतं अकार्य अस्य). 'विवर्णः पामरो नीचः प्राकृतश्च पृथग्जनः' इत्यमरः: -[after tou] Move him from his moral conduct i. e. stain his fame. Metre सुमधुरा. 'नौ नौ मोनो गुरुश्चेद् हयॠतुरसैरुक्ता सुमधुरा - a sub-variety of fayfa:.
P. 242. L. 15-18 (Verse 22). He drew out all jewels from the ocean, made it a mere reservoir of enormous water and distributed disregarded riches (to the needy). How would he, the sole receptacle of virtue and magnanimous commit, for the sake of (despised) wealth, such a foul deed which the wicked even regard as obnoxious.--[उदको०] - उदकस्य उच्छ्रय औन्नत्यं तन्मात्रमेव शेषो यस्य तं -- which has a large quantity of water as the only costly thing left, its precious pearls being taken out by Chârudatta for giving alms