उत्तररामचरितम् (महाकवि भवभूति - संस्कृत मूल एवं हिन्दी व्याख्या)

260 TRANSLATION OF [VII. 3- Bhāg. —Obtain the auspicious fortune befitting your virtuous life. Laksh. —We are highly blessed. Bhāg. —This is your mother, Earth. Sītā —Alas! mother, you have seen me in this plight. Prith. —Come, my darling, come, my daughter. (Both faint having embraced each other.) Lak. —(Joyfully.) Fortunately has the noble queen been favoured by Gangā and Prithvī. Rāma —(beholding.) As fate would have it, this is still more pathetic. Bhāg. —All-triumphant is maternal affection since even the all-supporting Earth grieves. Or rather common to all is this thread of life which has the knot of infatuation of mind, and a source of misfortune to sentient beings. Goddess Earth, oh princess of Videha, take comfort. Prith. —Goddess having given birth to Sītā how can I take heart? (Verse 4) (First) there was her long stay in the midst of the Rākshasas; secondly her exile is extremely unbearable. Bhāg. —Who can indeed bar the doors of destiny when it is just ripening in the case of a certain individual? Prith. —Revered Bhāgīrathī! But all this is quite un- becoming on the part of your dear Rāma. (Verse 5) He showed no regard for the hand which he as a youth had firmly seized in boyhood, nor did he show any for me nor for Janaka, nor for fire, nor for the dutiful conduct (of Sītā) nor for his offspring. Sītā —Alas! I am reminded of my noble lord. Prith. —Ah, what is your noble lord to you now? Sītā —(with a blush and with tears) Or rather, it is as my mother says. Rāma —Mother Earth! I am even such an one as thou sayest. Bhāgī. —Revered Earth, you are the very body of the world (chief stay). Why then do you get angry with him as if you did not know him well? (Verse 6) A terrible scandal was spread abroad among the people and as for that purification by the fiery ordeal, as it took place in the island of Lankā, how can men here be expected to believe in it? This