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

v. 21¹—] Bhavabhūti — Uttara-Rāma-Charita [78
of [Daśaratha] my sires’ sire, what is it then that makes your worship
hesitate?
Sumantra—Yes, my long-lived one, even so: thy sentiments are in strict
accord with the law:
For, this is the rule on the battle-field; this is the eternal law:
and this also is the heroic course of conduct pursued by the Lions
of the [race of] Raghu. 22
Chandraketu—Most apposite are your worship’s words:
History, chronicles, the mandates of law, and also the traditions
of the family of Raghu—these none but your honour knows
[thoroughly]. 23
Sumantra, embracing him in affection and with tears—
Not many, my dear child, [not many] have been the days since
your father, the dear [Lakshmaṇa], vanquished even that van-
quisher of Indra [Indrajit, son of Rāvaṇa]. And thou, the son
of such a father, art also following the path of heroes. Happy
it is indeed that Daśaratha’s family has attained stability! 24
Chandraketu, with sorrow—
When the head of the Raghu-family [Rāma] is yet without
stability [in the form of issue], wherein consists the stability
of our family? It is this grief that weighs upon our three other
sires.¹ 25
Sumantra—Alas! These words of Chandraketu, they pierce the vitals
of my heart!
Lava—Forsooth! diverse feelings struggle in me for precedence:
As in the rise of the full moon the lotus-creeper finds its joy,
even so does my sight [find its joy] in him: nevertheless it is
fighting that this [my arm] desires—my arm which has fixed
its love on this heavy bow, vocal with the string that resounds
with a cruel twang, [my arm] with its wrist (mukha) marked
by an open gaping scar.² 26
Chandraketu, alighting—Worthy [Sumantra, this is] Chandraketu of the
Solar race, saluting you.
Sumantra—May the holy, resplendent, and invulnerable lustre of a
Kakutstha ³ be thine: May the Eternal God [Vishṇu, incarnate
as] the Boar bless thee with happiness! 27
Furthermore,—
May the Divine Sun uphold thee in thy combat—he who is the
¹ Literally, ‘three other fathers’ = his father would, of course, be Rāma.
Lakshmaṇa and his two uncles, Bharata ² Due to contact with the bow-string.
and Śatrughna. The ‘fourth father’ ³ A famous ancestor of Rāma.