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

67] Act IV, Kausalyā and Janaka — Translation [—iv. 21⁸
Chamberlain—I think the youth must certainly be a Kshatriya student.
Janaka—Assuredly: for, he carries
Upon his back, one on each side (abhitas), a pair of quivers, the
heron-feathered [arrows] of which kiss his crest; his chest, bearing
[yet] the ample marks of the holy ashes, is clad in the hide of
a ruru-deer; a girdle of the mūrvā-grass holds together his
madder-dyed lower garment; in his hand he has a rosary of
rudrākshas and a bow, as well as another staff made of
pippala. 20
Exalted Arundhatī, what do you surmise? Whence is he?
Arundhatī—It is only to-day that we have come.
Janaka—Worthy Gṛishṭi, I have an intense curiosity; do you therefore go
right to the exalted Vālmīki and inquire. Unto this child, likewise, say,
‘Here are some old people desirous of seeing thee.’
Chamberlain—As you command. Exit.
Kausalyā—What do you think? Thus addressed, will he come?
Arundhatī—Can proper conduct be lacking in one whose form is so
graceful?
Kausalyā—Lo! Having respectfully listened to Gṛishṭi’s speech hasn’t he
dismissed the ascetic youths and isn’t the dear lad in fact approaching
hither?
Janaka, observing him long and attentively—Ah, how extraordinary
all this!
This his perfect nobleness [of mien], charming in its modest and
youthful simplicity—[this perfection] which only the connoisseurs
can comprehend but which passes the wits of the vulgar—it forcibly
carries away my mind although [naturally] proof against such
transports (sammoha), as would a tiny piece of magnet a mass
of iron. 21
Lava, entering—Ignorant as I am of their names and order of precedence
and lineage, and so not knowing what propriety demands, how am I going
to salute these people, worthy of a salutation though they undoubtedly
are? Reflecting. This, however, the ancients have declared to be an
unobjectionable mode [of address]. Approaching them with modesty.
This is Lava, bowing his head unto you all in due succession.
Arundhatī and Janaka—Mayest thou live long, O blessed one!
Kausalyā—Long life, my darling!
Arundhatī—Come, dear! Taking Lava in her lap, aside. O bliss! Not
only my lap but my life’s desire also has been filled!
Kausalyā—Come to me also, a while, my darling! Taking him in her lap.