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

i. 23ᵈ—] Bhavabhūti — Uttara-Rāma-Charita [22 thousand sons,] those grand-sires of his own sire, when, O exalted one, they [their ashes] were touched by thy [holy] waters. 23 Be thou, therefore, O [divine] mother, towards [this] thy daughter-in-law, Sītā, ever cherishing kindly thoughts—even like Arundhatī [herself]! Lakshmaṇa—Here, on this way leading to the [mountain] Chitrakūṭa, which was shown us by [the sage] Bharadvāja—[here] upon this bank of the [river] Kālindī [Jumna]—is the banian-tree named Śyāma. Sītā—Does my noble Lord remember this region here? Rāma—How can I, darling, forget it! For it was here that these tender-limbs of thine, lovely and languid and drooping like a crushed lotus-stalk—exhausted with the journey’s fatigues, [and so] close [mutual] embraces [alone] doing the work of their shampooings—[these limbs of thine] thou didst on my bosom repose and so sink into sleep! 24 Lakshmaṇa—Here is [the demon] Virādha obstructing [our] entrance into the Vindhya-forest. Sītā—Have done with this. I would rather see how—my noble Lord’s hand holding a tāla-branch as an umbrella over me and [thus] shielding me from the sun—how we journeyed through the Southern Forest. Rāma—These here, along the banks of the mountain-rillets, these are the penance-groves of the hermits who find shelter under the trees. In these [groves], ever intent on hospitality, the peaceful dwellers, cook their handful of wild-rice (nīvāra) and have their dwellings. 25 Lakshmaṇa—[This mountain,] with its dense clusters of trees imparting a deep glossy blueness to the forests on its slopes, [forests] which hem in [the current of the river] Godāvarī and [thus] cause the ravines to resound —[this here,] with its blueness still further enhanced by the incessantly pouring clouds [on its top]—here, situated in the heart of Janasthāna,¹ is this mountain Prasravaṇa.² Rāma—Dost thou, O fair-limbed one, remember, on this mountain— while Lakshmaṇa attended upon us and chased away all our cares—those days [that we once passed]? Dost thou likewise remember [the river] Godāvarī with its refreshing banks? And dost thou also remember our strolls in its neighbourhood? 26 Here likewise— While those delicious nothings (kimapi) softly, gently—cheek meeting cheek in [close] contact—we kept talking at random; while a fast embrace kept of us both a hand each engaged— ¹ The habitable section of the forest of      ² Literally, ‘streaming’ or ‘full of streams’.    Daṇḍakā.