महावीरचरितम् (महाकवि भवभूति - वीररस-प्रधान रामकथा नाटक सम्पूर्ण ७ अङ्क सटीक)

85] Act VI, Princes Recognized — Translation [—vi. 12ᵈ all powers, the sum total of all [good] qualities, or the accumulated store of all the holy products of the world—standing out in a visible form. 9 Lava, to himself—This great personage, how serene is the sight of him and his prowess! He is the one great source of confidence and friendship and devotion all at the same time: of some pre-eminent merit [of mine] he seems to be the [very] fruition, moving in a bodily form. 10 Wonderful! All enmity is at an end; a feeling of intense joy creeps over [my soul]; that [former] impudence has departed, I know not where: it is modesty that now sways me. Wherefore is it then that, at the sight of him, I have so suddenly lost control over myself? Or rather [it must be that] great men, like holy places, have some priceless and inexplicable efficacy. 11 Rāma—Why then is it that this [boy], all of a sudden, alleviates my sorrows and, through some cause unknown, fills my inmost soul with affection? Or rather, that affection should at all be dependent upon any [assignable] cause is contrary [to all experience]. What binds things together is some inward mysterious tie: it is certainly not upon outward circumstances that affection rests. For, at the rise of the sun, the lotus [of itself] blooms, and so, when the moon rises, does the moon-gem (chandrakānta) ooze. 12 Lava—Chandraketu, who is this great personage? Chandraketu—My dear friend, it is the venerable father. Lava—So likewise then must he be to me, strictly-speaking (dharmataḥ), since thou callest me thy dear friend. But there are, as I have learnt, four persons, the worthy heroes of the Rāmāyaṇa story, who claim from you this mode of appellation. So tell me [more] definitely. Chandraketu—Understand then that he is my eldest sire. Lava, transported with joy—What! The Lord of the Raghus [Rāma] in person! Blessings on the dawn of a day that has brought me the sight of this [divine] King! After looking [at him] with eager curiosity and reverence. Sire, this is Lava, the pupil of the son of Varuṇa [Vālmīki], saluting you. Rāma—Come, long-lived one, come. Embracing him affectionately. Enough, my dear boy, enough of this excess of modesty. Let me fold thee again and again in a close embrace.