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

vii. 19¹⁸—] Bhavabhūti — Uttara-Rāma-Charita [102
Sītā—Come, dear Kuśa! Come, dear Lava! Give a long, long embrace to
this your mother, who has [as it were] been born again.
Kuśa and Lava, having done so—We are blessed [to-day]!
Sītā—Exalted Sir, my obeisance!
Vālmīki—My dear child! Thus, oh thus [united to thy Lord and thy
sons] mayest thou long continue!
Sītā—Oh, joy! Here now is my father, [our] family preceptors [Vasishṭha
and Vālmīki], these honoured ladies [my mothers-in-law and the exalted
Arundhatī], queen Śāntā with her husband [Ṛishyaśṛiṅga], as also these
feet of my noble and gracious Lord, together with Lakshmaṇa and Kuśa
and Lava: As I see all these together I am transported with joy!
Tumult behind the curtain.
Vālmīki, rising and observing—Having extirpated the demon Lavaṇa, this
is [Śatrughna] the Lord of Mathurā approaching.¹
Lakshmaṇa—Blessings bring blessings in their train.
Rāma—Although experiencing all this, I cannot yet believe it: this,
however, is in the nature of all wished-for blessings! ²
Vālmīki—Say, my dear Rāma, what further good can I render thee?
Rāma—Beyond all this, can there be any further good? Let there be this,
however—
This story which—even like the Mother of all creation [Earth]
or like the [river] Ganges—cleanses from [all] sins and augments
[every] blessing; [this story] which is full of auspiciousness and
which captivates the heart: may the wise hold in esteem this
[same] story which is here put together in a dramatic form, and
which is the composition (vāṇī) of a Poet ³ of matured genius
and conversant with Brahma-in-the-form-of-the-Word! 20
Exeunt all.
END OF ACT VII
CALLED
REUNION.
END OF THE PLAY.
¹ Cp. Notes to i. 50. ³ Vālmīki; but there is also a secondary
² . Mālatī-Mādhava, vi. 9¹⁵. reference to Bhavabhūti himself.