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

89] Act VI, Princes Recognized — Translation [—vi. 27¹
Like the innermost essence of affection exuded from every particle
of my body—as if the very substance of my soul, issuing from
here and standing there visibly before me—besprinkled, as it
were, with the very meltings of my heart when stirred up with
an intense emotion of joy: him as I embrace, he seems to be,
as it were, pouring a stream of ambrosial juice [upon me]. 22
Lava—Father, upon our brows the hot-rayed [sun] is burning. Will you
therefore deign to take a seat a while in the dense shade of this Sāla tree?
Rāma—Yes, if it is agreeable to my son.
*They move about and sit down in the proper manner.*¹
Rāma, to himself—
Ha! Although they are deferential in their conduct, these postures
in walking and standing and sitting, both of Kuśa and of Lava,
they are things that bespeak their [future] sovereignty. 23
These stately graces that seem inherently to belong to it: they
set off a body that is handsome and waxes lovelier at every
phase;—as do the pleasing rays the spotless jewel, or the drops
of honey the full-blown lotus. 24
I note further that they both possess in large measure the traits common
to the princes of the [royal] race of Raghu:
A form dark-blue like the throat of some lusty pigeon, the
shoulders broad like those of a young bull, the pose (āśaya)
[very] elegant; a look dauntless like that of a reposing lion, and
a voice deep-and-full like a festive drum! 25
Observing [more] closely. Ah! It is not merely with mine that their form
bears resemblance, but—
There are also those traits proper to the daughter of Janaka
[Sītā]—all to be clearly made out here in these two boys: It
is as if once again has come within the range of my sight that
face of my beloved wife in all the glory of a fresh and full-blown
lotus! 26
Lovely with the lustre of teeth clear as pearls, here are their
lips of the very same stamp, and also the same curve of the
ear. The eyes, to be sure, are not blue;² but they have the same
note of comeliness. 27
Thoughtfully. And this is that same forest, inhabited by the son of
Varuṇa [Vālmīki], where, I was told, the Queen was abandoned. And
¹ So as to reveal to Rāma their princely ² 'Not blue', but red, as a man's eyes should
breeding. be, according to Sāmudrika-śāstra.
12 [H.O.S. 21]