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

ACT III Then enter two River[-goddesses]. First [River-goddess]—Friend Muralā, why do you seem to be in a [great] flurry? Muralā—Honoured Tamasā! I am sent by the exalted Agastya's wife— Lopāmudrā—to say unto the great river Godāvarī as follows: “You already know that ever since [Rāma] abandoned our daughter-in-law [Sītā]— Through the imperturbable gravity [of his nature] carrying concealed within [himself] commotions of intense agony, like an iron-vessel-closed-and-boiling (puṭapāka) is the impassioned grief that Rāma is enduring. 1 So that, born out of that misfortune which befell one that was so dear to him, his long-continued sorrow, now [wellnigh] coming to a climax, has made dear Rāma sadly pine away. As I look upon him my heart seems as if trembling to its [very] root! Now, furthermore, as dear Rāma has once again come here, he would certainly not fail to see these spots in the woodlands of the Pañchavaṭī that could speak to him (sākshin) of those unreserved endearments that he had had in the company of his wife. And in those [spots], firm by nature though he be, still—under such conditions—through the overwhelming emotions of a sorrow settled-and- profound, at every step, it is to be feared, would arise occasions for great mishaps. Do you, therefore, O exalted Godāvarī, be watchful about it: With breezes borne over [your] waves and surcharged with cooling sprays and wafting along the perfumes of [your] lotus- filaments—every time dear Rāma sinks-under-his-grief (mohe)— do you [O Godāvarī] his senses revive, gently, gently fanning him.” 2 Tamasā—This assiduous-care is worthy indeed of the affection [Lopāmudrā bears for Rāma]; but for dear Rāma's revival, the only-natural-remedy- that-there-is (maulika), is here at hand to-day. Muralā—How so? Tamasā—Listen. You-may-not-perhaps-know (kila) that, after abandoning her in the outskirts of Vālmīki's penance-grove, when Lakshmaṇa went back, Queen Sītā—as travail came upon her—in the very vehemence of 6 [H.O.S. 21]