________________
(૪૪૮)
thoughts, occuring to their minds, of the possibility of the waters being rendered turbid by being mixed with the rain-water, rendered turbid by being mixed with mud, and fly up high in the sky with a desire to return to the Manasa-lake, their original abode, the water of which is never rendered turbid owing to its being encircled with snowy land, even when the rain-water gets mixed up with it. The swans, on seeing the illusory clouds floating in the dark cloudy sky, thought of the advent of the rainy season and flew high up in the dark cloudy sky in swarms and rendered all the quarters white. They, on hearing the thundering of clouds, became terrified, and thought of leaving the country side for the Manasa-lake. Sambarasura asks the sage to enjoy the sight with a view to disturb Him. मन्दमन्दं = मन्दप्रकारेण — slowly. The word मन्द is reduplicated under the rule aai. The word is used here
"
:-~thundering,
adverbially. 171: =1:-swans. मानसे उत्का उत्कण्ठिताः
:— eager for the Manasa-lake. The existence of The modern explorers have actully come across
swans is not a myth. these birds, living there.
Stanza 43- मत्प्रमाण्यात्on the ground of my truthfulness. faning-wishing to go. This is a verbal noun derived from the desiderative of the root गम् by affixing the termination उ. आकैलासात्up to the Kailasa-mountain. Saftas-q-possessing bits of the shoots of lotus-stalks as provendor for their journey. fái quai किसलयानि अग्राणि पल्लवाः बिसकिसलयानि । तेषां छेदाः शकलाः एव पाथेयं बिस किसलयच्छेदपाथेयम् । तदस्त्येषामिति बिस किसलयच्छेदपाथेयवन्तः । If the is taken as a gâîî, there is no need of affixing the termination H. In my opinion, therefore, the affixture of the termination is not necessary. Mallinatha dissolves this compound as - किसलयच्छेदैः पाथेयवन्तः । पाथेय - provindor. पथि साधु पाथेयम् | The termination is affixed to the word 9 under the rule • qeqâ¡2981àzq¶à. Sambarasura means to say 'Oh sage, you, on your journey to Alaka, will have a very good company of these swans, eating shoots of lotus plants. "
compoun
Jain Education International
For Private & Personal Use Only
www.jainelibrary.org
