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

vii. 8¹—] Bhavabhūti — Uttara-Rāma-Charita [98 Lakshmaṇa—Did you hear that, my noble brother? Rāma—The people—let them hear. A tumult behind the curtain. Rāma—Something yet more marvellous [is coming]! Sītā—Why is it that the whole firmament seems ablaze? The two Goddesses—We know: Those very missiles of which Kṛiśāśva, [Viśvāmitra] the son of Kuśika, and Rāma were in turn the masters,—those missiles that produce stupor—are appearing! 9 [Voice,] behind the curtain—All hail, Queen Sītā! It is before thy sons that we have to present ourselves; as was said—in the course of seeing those pictures—by the noble descendant of Raghu [Rāma]. 10 Sītā—So, happily, these are the Deities of the missiles: Ha, my noble Lord, thy favours continue unabated even now! Lakshmaṇa—My noble brother had then said [unto Sītā], 'Assuredly now these will attend upon thy offspring.'¹ The two Goddesses—Our homage unto you, ye mighty missiles! Blessed are we in this your favour: Be pleased to reveal yourselves whenever they [the boys] shall meditate upon you; and may these our dear sons prosper under your favour! 11 Rāma—These surging billows of grief—broken by the mingling [floods] of joy and wonder—they have really thrown me now into an inexplicable state of mind! 12 The two Goddesses—Rejoice, child! For now have thy sons become the equals of our dear Rāma. Sītā—But who, exalted [Goddess], will now do for them the rites befitting a Kshatriya? Rāma—This one now, the maintainer of that line of the Raghus which claims to be under Vasishṭha's protection; alas, even she—Sītā— is at a loss to find some one who shall give unto her sons the sacraments and befitting education! 13 Bhāgīrathī—My child, why this anxiety? For, as soon as they are weaned, I shall deliver them into the exalted Vālmīki's hands. He will do all that needs to be done for them as Kshatriyas: As are the sages Vasishṭha and Āṅgirasa, even so is the [saintly] son of Varuṇa, [Vālmīki,] the guru of both the families, that of Janaka and that of Raghu. 14 Rāma—A happy thought this of the exalted [Bhāgīrathī]. Lakshmaṇa—Noble brother, to tell the truth, I am really led to surmise, ¹ See p. 19, above.