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MA. NOTES ON AN
45. introduces the subordinate clause, and has its
complement in a. The meaning may be expressed in this
form: "How you did so and so, that too you may recollect. "
भवती गद्दा बाष्पवर्षैः मां गाढाचेपैः अपिहितवती = how you, falter-
ing with showers of tears, hid me in (your) close embraces.
शस्त्राघातं स्तनकलशयोः ऊष्मणा रोपयद्भिः = that had the power of
healing (my) weapon-wounds by the warmth of (your bosom
in which there were) your pair of breasts resembling water-
pots. =(me) who had returned from the
battle of Janasthana. दशमुखसमान् पारयित्वा खरादीन् = after
having finished (i.e., slain), Khara and others who were
equal (in valour) to the ten-headed one (i.e., Ravana).
1
=
faga that too you may bring to your mind, ie., you
may remember.
Compare the plainer statement in the original Ramayana
which describes the situation more naturally-a
महर्षीणां सुखावहं । बभूव हृष्टा वैदेही भर्तारं परिषस्वजे ॥ In the original'
Ravana is depicted as immeasurably superior to Khara and
others; in fact, his death after a continuous seven-day duel
seemed a marvel even to his victor, while Khara and his forces
were disposed of in a few hours. But the tendency among
later writers is to belittle the prowess of Ravana and this
author has followed suit.
= that kind
46. चिन्तयित्वा = thinking of तादृशं क्लेशं शच्याः
of sorrow (i.e., the indescribable sorrow) of Sachi.
वचन समये
=on one occasion स्मृत्वा देवी अचलतनयां = remembering the
goddess (Parvati), the daughter of the mountain. fЯgai
fat who was separated from Siva. =0 thou auspici-
ous one! रक्ष आत्मानं कथमपि = somehow or other protect thy
-
MA. NOTES ON AN
45. introduces the subordinate clause, and has its
complement in a. The meaning may be expressed in this
form: "How you did so and so, that too you may recollect. "
भवती गद्दा बाष्पवर्षैः मां गाढाचेपैः अपिहितवती = how you, falter-
ing with showers of tears, hid me in (your) close embraces.
शस्त्राघातं स्तनकलशयोः ऊष्मणा रोपयद्भिः = that had the power of
healing (my) weapon-wounds by the warmth of (your bosom
in which there were) your pair of breasts resembling water-
pots. =(me) who had returned from the
battle of Janasthana. दशमुखसमान् पारयित्वा खरादीन् = after
having finished (i.e., slain), Khara and others who were
equal (in valour) to the ten-headed one (i.e., Ravana).
1
=
faga that too you may bring to your mind, ie., you
may remember.
Compare the plainer statement in the original Ramayana
which describes the situation more naturally-a
महर्षीणां सुखावहं । बभूव हृष्टा वैदेही भर्तारं परिषस्वजे ॥ In the original'
Ravana is depicted as immeasurably superior to Khara and
others; in fact, his death after a continuous seven-day duel
seemed a marvel even to his victor, while Khara and his forces
were disposed of in a few hours. But the tendency among
later writers is to belittle the prowess of Ravana and this
author has followed suit.
= that kind
46. चिन्तयित्वा = thinking of तादृशं क्लेशं शच्याः
of sorrow (i.e., the indescribable sorrow) of Sachi.
वचन समये
=on one occasion स्मृत्वा देवी अचलतनयां = remembering the
goddess (Parvati), the daughter of the mountain. fЯgai
fat who was separated from Siva. =0 thou auspici-
ous one! रक्ष आत्मानं कथमपि = somehow or other protect thy
-