उत्तररामचरितम् (महाकवि भवभूति - संस्कृत मूल एवं हिन्दी व्याख्या)

[-I. 23] UTTARARĀMACHARITA. 195

• physical pain was discarded, delivered the grand fathers of his father long after they had been consumed by the effulg- ence of Kapila through wrath, when in the sacrifice of Sagara they had cleft open the earth, while busied in searching for the horse Oh mother! of such fame do thou cherish kind thoughts for Sita, thy daughter-in law, even as Arundhati does Lakshmana -Here is the banian tree, Syama by name on the bank of the Kalindi, by the side of the road leading to Chitrakuta, pointed out to us by Bharadvaja Rama -(Looks at it longingly) Sita -Does my lord remember this region? Rama -Ah! How can I forget! (Verse 24) Where thou didst fall asleep, having laid down on my breast thy limbs, though dull on account of the fatigue caused by the tramp on the road (the distance) yet attractive because of their (natural) sportiveness, which were shampooed by my close embraces and which were void of strength like a crushed lotus fibre Lakshmana -Here is shown the obstruction caused by Viradha at the entrance of the Vindhya wood Sita -No more of this. Let me look at my first entrance into the southern forest, when my lord held over me with his own hand a palm leaf umbrella to keep off the sun Rama -(Verse 25) Here are these penance-groves on the banks of the mountain torrents, the trees of which are resorted to by hermits, in which (groves) sages that follow the moral observances and consider hospitality the highest duty, being householders that cook handfuls of wild rice, inhabit huts Lakshmana -Here is the mountain named Prasravana, situated in the middle of Janasthana, the darkness of which is rendered deeper by the ever drizzling clouds and the ravines of which resound with the river Godavari encircled by the forest in its vicinity which is blue, glossy and dense on account of the belt of thickly growing trees Rama -(Verse 26) Dost thou remember, lovely lady, the days which we two spent on that mountain being at ease as Lakshmana waited on us? Dost thou remember the Godavari with its sweet water and also our movements upon its