उत्तररामचरितम् (महाकवि भवभूति - संस्कृत मूल एवं हिन्दी व्याख्या)

-II 1] UTTARARÂMACHARITA. 203 Goddess—(Entering and strewing the offering about) (Verse 1) This wood is to be enjoyed by thee at thy will, This is a blessed day for me for the meeting of the good with the good happens with difficulty and by merit, the shade of the trees, water, and whatever food is suitable for penance whether fruits or roots—all alike is entirely at thy disposal. Fem. As. —What shall I say to this? (Verse 2) A conduct full of love, a restraint over speech pleasing on account of its modesty, a mind naturally bent on doing good, a blameless familiarity—This secret of (the conduct of) the good, the savour of which is unaltered either in the beginning or in the end, which is guileless and pure, is ever victorious. (Both sit down) Goddess —Whom am I to understand thee to be? Fem. As. —I am Âtreyî. Goddess —Noble Âtreyî, where do you come here from? With what object in view do you enter the forest of Dandakâ? Âtreyî —(Verse 3) In this tract there dwell many who know the Omkâra, of whom Agastya is the chief, in order to learn from them the knowledge of Vedânta, I wander here having left the side of Vâlmîki. Goddess —When other sages too wait upon that ancient teacher of Brahma, the sage Prachetasa, for a complete study of the Brahma lore, why dost thou, revered madam, endure the trouble of a long journey? Âtreyî —There is a great impediment to study there, and this is why I have undertaken this long journey. Goddess —What sort of impediment? Âtreyî —Some kind of distinguished divinity presented to that revered sage two boys wonderful in every respect, of an age when they had just been weaned, they charm the hearts not only of the sages, but of all creatures animate and inanimate. Goddess —Do you know their names? Âtreyî —That same divinity declared their names to be Kusa and Lava and revealed their power. Goddess —What sort of power? Âtreyî —They possess, it is said, the Jrimbhaka weapons together with their secret spells from their very birth. Goddess —Ha! that is indeed wonderful.