उत्तररामचरितम् (महाकवि भवभूति - संस्कृत मूल एवं हिन्दी व्याख्या)

—III 45 ] UTTARARĀMACHARITA. 227 for thy going let it be so ordered as to prevent any neglect of duty Rāma —Vāsantī has now become unfavourable (to me) Tamasā—My child, come, we must go Sītā—(sorrowfully) Let us do so Tamasā—But how canst thou go, (Verse 46) the contact of whose eye, lengthened with longing as it were and rivetted on thy beloved, can be checked only with heart- rending efforts Sītā—my repeated bow to the lotus-feet of my noble lord, a sight of which is only procured by extraordinary merit (She swoons away) Tamasā—Dear child Take comfort, take comfort Sītā—(Coming to herself) How long can one expect to behold the full moon through an opening in the clouds? Tamasā—Oh wonderful is the chain of events (arrange- ment of incidents) (Verse 47) The pathetic sentiment, though one in itself, being modified by various occasions, seems to assume different forms as it were, as water assumes the various modifications of eddies, bubbles, and waves and it is all, nevertheless, but water only Rāma —O prince of balloons, come here (All rise) Tamasā and Vāsantī—(To Sītā and Rāma respectively) (Verse 48) May the earth and the river of the gods together with such divinities like ourselves and that great preceptor, the originator of metres, and the sage Vasishtha, too, accompanied by Arundhatī bestow upon you blessings tending to great future prosperity (Exeunt all) Act IV. (Enter two ascetics) First—Saudhātaki! observe the delightful appearance which the revered Vālmīki's hermitage presents to-day on account of the elaborate preparations made for the guests who are assembled here in large numbers. For, (Verse 1) the deer belonging to the hermitage drinks to his fill of the warm and sweet scum of the boiled wild rice that remains over and above what has been consumed by his beloved doe that has