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Rasarnavasudhakara 3.233

Rasārṇavasudhākara 3.233

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3.233

atha akṣara-saṅghātaḥ-
vākyam akṣara-saṅghāto bhinnārthaṃ śliṣṭa-varṇakam ||

Now, combination of syllables (akṣarasaṅghāta):
Combination of syllables is an utterance with multiple meanings having punning syllables.

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3.233.p1

yathā śākuntale [7.20 padyād anantaram] rājā (svagatam) : iyaṃ khalu kathā mām eva lakṣyīkaroti | yadi tāvad asya śiśor mātaraṃ nāmataḥ pṛcchāmi | athavā anyāyyaḥ para-dāra-vyavahāraḥ | ity upakramya,

As in the Śākuntala [after verse 7.20], beginning with: The King (to himself): "This talk indeed points to me! Should I ask the mother of this child by name? Or else, inquiry into another's wife is improper." Down to:

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3.233.p2

(praviśya mṛn-mayūra-hastā) tāpasī-sabba-damaṇa ! sauṃdalābaṇṇaṃ pekkha [sarva-damana ! śakunta-lāvaṇyaṃ prekṣasva |]

(Entering with a clay peacock in her hand) Female Ascetic: "Sarvadamana! Look at the beauty of the bird (śakunta-lāvaṇyam)!"

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3.233.p3

bālaḥ (sadṛṣṭi-kṣepam)-kahiṃ vā me ajjū | [kutra vā mama mātā |]

Child (casting his gaze about): "Where is my mother?"

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3.233.p4

ubhe-ṇāma-sārisseṇa baṃcido māubacchalo | [nāma-sādṛśyena vañcito mātṛ-vatsalaḥ |]

Both: "The mother-loving child was deceived by the resemblance of the name!"

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3.233.p5

dvitīyā-baccha, imassa mittiā-morassa raṃmattaṇaṃ dekkha tti bhaṇido' si | [vatsa, asya mṛttikā-mayūrasya ramyatvaṃ paśyeti bhaṇito' si |]

Second: "Child, you were told: 'Behold the loveliness of this clay peacock.'"

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3.233.p6

rājā (ātma-gatam)-kiṃ vā śakuntalety asya mātur ākhyā | ity antam | atra śakunta-lāvaṇyam ity atra śakuntalā-nāmākṣarāṇāṃ pratibhānād ayam akṣara-saṅghātaḥ |

The King (to himself): "Could Śakuntalā be the name of his mother?" At this conclusion: here, because the syllables of the name Śakuntalā are flashed forth in the phrase "beauty of the bird" (śakunta-lāvaṇyam), this is combination of syllables (akṣarasaṅghāta).

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