Book Title: Vajjalaggam
Author(s): M V Patwardhan
Publisher: Prakrit Text Society

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________________ Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra www.kobatirth.org Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir 4 VAJJALAGGAM mind she gave up the thought of aiming her kick at her consort's head and began to weep with big tears at her misfortune. The point of the riddle is :—Why did the consort request that the kick be given on his head and not on his heart (chest), and why did the lady desist from aiming her kick at her consort's head and why did she begin to weep with big tears? The answers to these questions are :-(i) The consort requested that the kick be given on his head in order to avoid injury to the image of the sweet-heart enshrined in his heart. (ii) The lady thought that it was no good to give a kick to her consort when it was clear that his heart had been already captured by a rival lady and when he no longer cherished any genuine love exclusively for her. (iii) Weeping is the ultima ratio in the case of women when dealing with their consorts-रदितर दितम्स्त्रं योषितां ग्रिहेष as the commentator remarks. tg 3 fa fent can also be taken to be a question (F15). "Is then my dear consort of thar kind i.e. one who has lost his heart to another lady, whom he is enshrining in his heart? Aloifavil = मणसिणो = मनस्विनो, the first vowel being lengthened according to HS VIII.1.44 and the Hocar on being inserted according to [1$. VIII.1.19, by way of compensating for the simplification of the following conjunct consonant. Weber, (p. 99 of the 1881 Edn.) connects Ajuifari with Arafarili.e.Alaaft, the being inserted on the analogy of Sanskrit words like रूपस्विम् , इन्द्ररवत् etc. 617) परियगमज्झम्मि in the midst of his friends or relatives (परि. 79). H38 = sant at closed and turned into the form of a bud. The solution of the ti dle is that the clever lady wanted to inti. mate to her paramour that the time after sun set (indicated by the closing of the day lotus) would be all right for a secret meeting between them, at some place previously agieed upon by both. Ct. Hasil Hati faż star faz"ATI alíqali 2:31941 PARAH!! quoted in Kāvs aprakāśa and Sahitya darpaņa X, as an example of the figure of speech सूक्ष्म. 618) yaz (also &173) = 4174@, washes.The Skt. root is eit (41arety causal 1944). The solution of the riddle is explained by the commentator as follows:- The game hunter washes the arrow and drinks the water in which the arrow was washed by him in For Private And Personal Use Only

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