उत्तररामचरितम् (महाकवि भवभूति - संस्कृत मूल एवं हिन्दी व्याख्या)

-III. 42 ] UTTARARĀMACHARITA. 225 Sīta —Indeed I am cruel in that seeing thee in this state I yet remain alive Rāma.—Oh queen! where art thou? Take pity on me Thou oughtest not to abandon me in this plight. Sīta —Ah, my noble lord This seems to be the reverse (of the truth). Vāsantī —My lord, be calm By means of thy own transcendental firmness steady thy soul, that is gone to excess (in its sorrow) Whence could my dear friend be here? Rāma —Evidently she is not here otherwise how could even Vāsantī not see her! I wonder whether it can be a dream But then I have not slept. How, indeed could Rāma sleep Undoubtedly, it must be that almighty spirit of delusion due to my brooding (over her image) that repeatedly haunts me Sīta —It is I, cruel woman that have deluded my noble lord Vāsantī —My lord, look, look (Verse 43) Here is the car of black iron belonging to Rāvana broken by Jatāyu, and in front of thee are the asses with mouths like those of goblins of which the skeletons alone remain, it was from this place that the enemy having cleft with his sword the roots of Jatāyu's wings rose up into the sky carrying Sīta trembling (with wrath) thus resembling a cloud in which the lighten- ing flashes Sītā —(in terror) My noble lord father Jatāyu is being slain and I am being carried off, therefore help Rāma —(Fuming with emotion) Ha! villain, that robbest me of Sīta and Jatāyus life, whither art thou going? Vāsantī —Oh king, meteor of destruction to the race of the Rākshasas! Hast thou even now an object of wrath left? Sīta —Alas! I also have become distracted. Rāma —Quite strange is my present change of condition (Verse 44) That former separation from the fair eyed one (Sīta), which produced in the world the sensation of astonishment by means of the combats of brave warriors in which there were constant incidents causing diversion, assur- edly ended in the slaughter of my enemies through the existence of remedies, but how is this present never-ending irremediable separation to be borne without complaining?