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Anargharaghava (Anargharāghava)

अनर्घराघव

The Priceless Rāghava

Murāri's learned seven-act Rāma play, much admired and commented on in medieval India.

Language
Sanskrit
Date
750–850 CE
Author
Murāri
Extent
14 passages, 95 words
Text
complete digital text
Source
sa.wikisource · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikisource transcription; the work itself is in the public domain)

Contents

Text

p1

anargharāghavam - pātrāṇi

Anargharāghava — Dramatis Personae

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p2

kavivaramurāriviracitam

Composed by the eminent poet Murāri

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p3

anargharāghavam

Anargharāghava

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p4

prathamo'ṅkaḥ

First Act

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niṣpratyūhamupāsmahe bhagavataḥ kaumodakīlakṣmaṇaḥ
kokaprīticakorapāraṇapaṭujyotiṣmatī locane .
yābhyāma vibodhamugdhamadhuraśrīrardhanidrāyito
nābhīpalvalapuṇḍarīka mukulaḥ kamboḥ sapatnīkṛtaḥ .. 1 ..

Without obstacle we worship the two luminous eyes of the Blessed One marked by Kaumodakī, / expertly shining to delight the cakravāka and feast the cakora bird, / by which the half-sleeping bud of the lotus in his navel-pool, / charming and sweet with incomplete opening, was turned into a rival of his conch. (1)

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2

api caviramati mahākalpe nābhī pathaikaniketana-
stribhuvanapura śilpī yasya pratikṣaṇamātmabhūḥ .
kimadhikaraṇaṃ kīṭakasya vyavasthitirityasā-
budaramaviśadraṣṭuṃ tasmai jagannidhaye namaḥ .. 2 ..

Moreover: / When a great cosmic cycle comes to an end, the self-born [Brahmā], architect of the cities of the triple world, / whose sole dwelling is the path of his navel, / entered his belly to see at every instant: "What is the receptacle wherein this insect dwells?" / Homage to that treasure-house of the universe! (2)

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3

(nāndyante . )
sūtradhāraḥ- alamativistareṇa . bho bho lavaṇodavelāvanālīta mālatarukandalasya tribhuvanamaulimaṇḍanamahānīlamaṇeḥ kamalākucakalaśakelikastūrikāpattrāṅkarasya bhagavataḥ puruṣottamasya yātrāyāmupasthānīyāḥ
sabhāsadaḥ, kutaścid dvīpādāgatena kalahakandalanāmnā kuśīlavena raudrabībhatsabhayānakādbhutarasabhūyiṣṭhaṃ kamapi prabandhamabhinayatā nityaṃ kilā- yamudvejito lokaḥ .
tatkasyacidabhimatarasabhāvabhājaḥ prekṣaṇakasya prayogānujñayā nāṭyavedopādhyāyabahurūpāntevāsī madhyadeśīyaḥ sucarito nāma bharataputro'ha manugṛhye . yataḥ-
prītirnāma sadasyānāṃ priyā raṅgopajīvinaḥ .
jitvā tadapahartāra megha pratyāharāmi tām .. 3 ..

(At the end of the benediction.) / Stage-manager: Enough of excessive elaboration. O noble spectators assembled at the festival of the Blessed Puruṣottama—he who is a shoot of the tamāla tree along the forest edge of the salt-sea shore, the great sapphire ornamenting the crest of the triple world, the musk-leaf drawing traced in play upon the pitcher-like breasts of Kamalā! An actor named Kalahakandala, arrived from some island, performing a composition dominated by the furious, loathsome, terrifying, and marvelous sentiments, has reportedly kept these people constantly distressed. / Therefore, grant me favor with permission for the staging of a play endowed with pleasing sentiments and emotions—me, a native of Madhyadeśa named Sucarita, an actor and disciple of Bahurūpa, teacher of the dramatic art. For: / The delight of the audience is indeed dear to those who live by the stage; / having vanquished him who stole it away, I shall now bring it back. (3)

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3_5

(ākāśe karṇaṃ dattvā .) kiṃ būtha . 'vaideśiko bhavānasamagrapātraḥ kathamīdṛśe karmaṇi pragalbhate' iti . (vihasya . sapraśrayamañjaliṃ bavā .)

(Lending an ear to the air.) What do you say? "You are a foreigner and your troupe is incomplete; how can you venture upon such a task?" (Laughing. Folding his hands in supplication:)

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3_6

dvitīyo'ṅkaḥ

Second Act

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3_7

tṛtīyo'ṅkaḥ

Third Act

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3_8

caturtho'ṅkaḥ

Fourth Act

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3_9

pañcamo'ṅkaḥ

Fifth Act

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3_10

ṣaṣṭho'ṅkaḥ

Sixth Act

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3_11

saptamo'ṅkaḥ

Seventh Act

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Recensions and editions (1)

Commentaries (27)

Translations (2)

Texts within (1)

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See also: more in Major Classical Rāma Plays and the Mahānāṭaka

Discussed in 20 studies in Pramāṇa (listed on the page).