पृष्ठम्:वेणीसंहारम् (आङ्गलटिप्पणीसहितम्).pdf/१२३

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Acः ।, Notes & Translation

ance, who manufactured the nectar called the Mahabharata, to be drunk with the cavity of the hands, Thamely, the ears.

P. 2.-St. 5. अपरः कुसुमाञ्जालि: इव एष काव्यबन्धुः अत्र प्रकीर्यते । मधुलिःहः मधुबिन्दुनिव विरलानपि गुणलेशान भजत् ।

 Here a new composition will be strewed before you like another quantity of flowers out of the hands; please, pick up the slender beauties, however few and far between, as bees pick up particles of lioney (from the lowers).

 कवेमृगराजलक्ष्मणः भट्टनारायणस्य.

 This description probably refers to the fact that भट्टनारायण bore in all likelihood, some such distinctive family name as सिंह, मृगराज इति लक्ष्म यस्य सः मृगराजलक्ष्मी, तस्य- Who bore distinctive designation, that is the family name or Surname, सिंह. There । are still families in Bengal bearing the Surilarme, सिंह, and some of thes Imay be descenklel, perhaps, from Bhattarnarayana's family.

 The commentator's explanation of this epithet is rather ingenious. भट्ट is a prefix denoting high learning.

 वेणीसंहार as the name of the play is explained either as वेश्या (निमित्तेन) सहारः (कौरवाणां) प्रतिपाद्यविषयः अस्य नाटकस्य or as वैश्याः दुःशासनेन ललितायाः संहारः संयमनं कृतं भीमेन, तत्र वर्णितम्. According to the former interpretation, the name refers to Draupadi's braid of hair having proved the cause of the destruction of the Kauravas. According to the latter interpretation, the name refers to the fact that Draupadi's braid of hair, having been rudely handled and dishevelled by Duhshasana, was eventually re-arranged by Bhima with the blood of Duhshasana whom, he had recently slain.

 तदत्र कविपरिश्रमानुरोधाद्वा &c.-So I request you to pay atterition to this performance, whether out of regard for the labours of the poet or out of reverence for the lofty story of the play or out of curiosity to see a new play acted.

कवेः परिश्रमस्य अनुरोधः तस्मात्
उदात्तं कथावस्तु, तस्मिन् गौरवम्, तस्मात्.
नवस्य नाटकस्य दर्शने कुतूहलम्, तस्मात्,
शैषजनं

--Actors in general.