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

85] Act VI, Princes Recognized — Translation [—vi. 12ᵈ
all powers, the sum total of all [good] qualities, or the accumulated
store of all the holy products of the world—standing out in
a visible form. 9
Lava, to himself—This great personage, how serene is the sight of him
and his prowess!
He is the one great source of confidence and friendship and
devotion all at the same time: of some pre-eminent merit [of
mine] he seems to be the [very] fruition, moving in a bodily
form. 10
Wonderful!
All enmity is at an end; a feeling of intense joy creeps over [my
soul]; that [former] impudence has departed, I know not where:
it is modesty that now sways me. Wherefore is it then that,
at the sight of him, I have so suddenly lost control over myself?
Or rather [it must be that] great men, like holy places, have
some priceless and inexplicable efficacy. 11
Rāma—Why then is it that this [boy], all of a sudden, alleviates my
sorrows and, through some cause unknown, fills my inmost soul with
affection? Or rather, that affection should at all be dependent upon any
[assignable] cause is contrary [to all experience].
What binds things together is some inward mysterious tie: it
is certainly not upon outward circumstances that affection rests.
For, at the rise of the sun, the lotus [of itself] blooms, and so,
when the moon rises, does the moon-gem (chandrakānta) ooze. 12
Lava—Chandraketu, who is this great personage?
Chandraketu—My dear friend, it is the venerable father.
Lava—So likewise then must he be to me, strictly-speaking (dharmataḥ),
since thou callest me thy dear friend. But there are, as I have learnt,
four persons, the worthy heroes of the Rāmāyaṇa story, who claim from
you this mode of appellation. So tell me [more] definitely.
Chandraketu—Understand then that he is my eldest sire.
Lava, transported with joy—What! The Lord of the Raghus [Rāma] in
person! Blessings on the dawn of a day that has brought me the sight
of this [divine] King! After looking [at him] with eager curiosity and
reverence. Sire, this is Lava, the pupil of the son of Varuṇa [Vālmīki],
saluting you.
Rāma—Come, long-lived one, come. Embracing him affectionately.
Enough, my dear boy, enough of this excess of modesty. Let me fold
thee again and again in a close embrace.