उत्तररामचरितम् (महाकवि भवभूति - संस्कृत मूल एवं हिन्दी व्याख्या)

—I 14] UTTARARAMACHARITA. 193 Lakshmana —Queen ! these are the stupefying weapons accompanied by charms which were handed down from the venerable Kris'as'va to Vis'vamitra, and were presented by him to my noble brother on the occasion of the destruction of Tataka. Rama —Salute, queen the divine weapons. ( Verse 15 ) The primeval seers, Brahma and others, having done penance for more than a thousand years for the welfare of the Vedas, had a vision of these (weapons) as (the manifestation of) their own glories, full of penance (the result of penance). Sita —I am favoured Lakshmana —Here is the scene at Mithila. Sita —Oh ! here my lord is represented, distinguished by the beauty of his body, which is muscular, comely, soft, resplendent and dark like an expanding fresh blue lotus, having his charming grace beheld by my father motionless from wonder, as he (my lord) snapped the bow of Sankara with careless ease and with a round face engaging on account of his locks. Lakshmana —Behold noble lady, behold ! ( Verse 16 ) Here is your father and Satananda, son of Gotama, the family priest of the race of Janaka, honouring the relatives Vasisht- tha and others. Rama —This is quite proper ( Verse 17 ) To whom does not the marriage relation between the families of Raghu and Janaka give pleasure, in which the son of Kusika himself is the giver and receiver ? Sita —Here are you, the four brothers, duly initiated for matrimonial rites, the auspicious ceremony of tonsure (Godana) having been just performed. Ah ! I feel I am in that very place, on that very occasion again. Rama —Even so. ( Verse 18 ) It seems to me to be again that very time, O fair-faced one, when this hand of thine with lovely bracelets put upon it, being joined with mine by the son of Gotama, gladdened me, as if it were a great festival incarnate. Lakshmana —This is the queen. Here is the princess Mandavi, here is the daughter in law Srutakirti. Sita —And, dear brother, who is this other one ? Lakshmana —(with a bashful smile, aside) Oh ! the queen asks about Urmila (my wife). Good ! I will direct 17