महावीरचरितम् (महाकवि भवभूति - वीररस-प्रधान रामकथा नाटक सम्पूर्ण ७ अङ्क सटीक)

ACT III
Then enter two River[-goddesses].
First [River-goddess]—Friend Muralā, why do you seem to be in a [great]
flurry?
Muralā—Honoured Tamasā! I am sent by the exalted Agastya's wife—
Lopāmudrā—to say unto the great river Godāvarī as follows: “You already
know that ever since [Rāma] abandoned our daughter-in-law [Sītā]—
Through the imperturbable gravity [of his nature] carrying
concealed within [himself] commotions of intense agony, like an
iron-vessel-closed-and-boiling (puṭapāka) is the impassioned grief
that Rāma is enduring. 1
So that, born out of that misfortune which befell one that was so dear to
him, his long-continued sorrow, now [wellnigh] coming to a climax, has
made dear Rāma sadly pine away. As I look upon him my heart seems
as if trembling to its [very] root! Now, furthermore, as dear Rāma has
once again come here, he would certainly not fail to see these spots in the
woodlands of the Pañchavaṭī that could speak to him (sākshin) of those
unreserved endearments that he had had in the company of his wife.
And in those [spots], firm by nature though he be, still—under such
conditions—through the overwhelming emotions of a sorrow settled-and-
profound, at every step, it is to be feared, would arise occasions for great
mishaps. Do you, therefore, O exalted Godāvarī, be watchful about it:
With breezes borne over [your] waves and surcharged with
cooling sprays and wafting along the perfumes of [your] lotus-
filaments—every time dear Rāma sinks-under-his-grief (mohe)—
do you [O Godāvarī] his senses revive, gently, gently fanning
him.” 2
Tamasā—This assiduous-care is worthy indeed of the affection [Lopāmudrā
bears for Rāma]; but for dear Rāma's revival, the only-natural-remedy-
that-there-is (maulika), is here at hand to-day.
Muralā—How so?
Tamasā—Listen. You-may-not-perhaps-know (kila) that, after abandoning
her in the outskirts of Vālmīki's penance-grove, when Lakshmaṇa went
back, Queen Sītā—as travail came upon her—in the very vehemence of
6 [H.O.S. 21]