उत्तररामचरितम् (महाकवि भवभूति - संस्कृत मूल एवं हिन्दी व्याख्या)

218 TRANSLATION OF [III 16— and now the proximity of their father has made me feel to be in the midst of domestic surroundings for a moment Tamasa —Need this be told ! Surely child is the utmost limit of affection and it is the most powerful link to bind the parents to one another (Verse 17) An offspring is really the one knot of the hearts of the parents, since in it is entred their affection Vasanti —May your Majesty look also in this direction ! (Verse 18) Here is this same peacock, with his crest raised up and appearing like a diadem of jewels, accompanied by his mate, uttering his cry upon the Kadamba tree, whom with new fledged feathers beautifully waving, your beloved wife nourished day by day Sita —(with admiration and tears of affection) It is he, it is he Rama —Rejoice, darling rejoice Sita —So be it. Rama —(Verse 19) I remember thee with affec- tionate heart like a son, as thou wast made to dance by my fair (wife) to the beatings of her tendril like hands, who was adorning thee by the quick and charming play of her eye brows and by her eyes that rolled round in their sockets as you moved round Oh, even animals hold fast to old friendships (Verse 20) This Kadamba tree which has put forth a few flowers was reared by my darling Sita —(Observing it with tears) My lord has rightly recognised it. Rama —(Verse 20 second half) This mountain peacock appears to remember the queen because he falls into an ecstasy on it, as in the company of a relative Vasanti —Let your Majesty sit down here (Rama sits down) Vasanti —(Verse 21) Here is the stone slab in the midst of the thickly growing and tender plantain grove on which you used to recline in the company of thy beloved, it is even now not deserted by the deer, because Sita used often to sit here and give them grass Rama —I cannot bear even to look at this