Jivanandana of Anandaraya Makhin (Study)
by G. D. Jayalakshmi | 2019 | 58,344 words
This page relates ‘Analysis of Garbha Sandhi’ of the study on the Jivanandana (in English) which is a dramatic play written by Anadaraya Makhin in the 18th century. The Jivanandana praises the excellence of Advaita Vedanta, Ayurveda (medical science) and Dramatic literature as the triple agency for obtaining everlasting bliss.
Analysis of Garbha Sandhi
The sixth Act forms the Garbha Sandhi, where the bīja once again is brought to mind and all activities are carried out to achieve the bīja[1]
This has been appropriately explained in the Nāndinī comentary thus (p.293):
ita pūrvaṃ yakṣmādipātraiḥ tataḥpūrvaṃ jīvarājādibhiśca pradarśitarītya dṛṣṭasya, jīvarāja-yakṣmapakṣīyaiḥ prārabdhasya sākṣādadṛśyasya samarasya ca jṣānaśarmākhyasyāmātyantara-syopajāpādiphalatvena spaṣṭametāvatā kenāpi pātreṇāpradarśitasya āta eva naṣṭasya ca bījākhyasya kathāṃśasya āvicchedena nirūpaṇamabhisandhāya kālakarmaṇoḥ saṃlāpadvārā garbhasandhiṃ sāṅgamārabhate |
The sixth Act describes the fight between the two sides. Vijñāna Śarmā helps Jīvarāja to win over the diseases (starting from mutual hunger, lethargy and so on) attacking his city (body). The fight reaches its climax at the end of the Act when most of the enemy army is vanquished and the enemy withdraws with a plan to attack again.
The sixth Act closes with a clue for the plot to continue, namely, minister Vijñāna and others exit from the stage with the intention of preparing for the ensuing fight.
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
DR. I. 35cd:
garbhastu dṛṣṭanaṣṭasya bījasyānveṣaṇaṃ muhuḥ |