उत्तररामचरितम् (महाकवि भवभूति - संस्कृत मूल एवं हिन्दी व्याख्या)

—I 14] UTTARARAMACHARITA. 193
Lakshmana —Queen ! these are the stupefying weapons
accompanied by charms which were handed down from the
venerable Kris'as'va to Vis'vamitra, and were presented by
him to my noble brother on the occasion of the destruction of
Tataka.
Rama —Salute, queen the divine weapons. ( Verse 15 )
The primeval seers, Brahma and others, having done penance
for more than a thousand years for the welfare of the Vedas,
had a vision of these (weapons) as (the manifestation of)
their own glories, full of penance (the result of penance).
Sita —I am favoured
Lakshmana —Here is the scene at Mithila.
Sita —Oh ! here my lord is represented, distinguished
by the beauty of his body, which is muscular, comely, soft,
resplendent and dark like an expanding fresh blue lotus,
having his charming grace beheld by my father motionless
from wonder, as he (my lord) snapped the bow of Sankara
with careless ease and with a round face engaging on account
of his locks.
Lakshmana —Behold noble lady, behold ! ( Verse 16 )
Here is your father and Satananda, son of Gotama, the family
priest of the race of Janaka, honouring the relatives Vasisht-
tha and others.
Rama —This is quite proper ( Verse 17 ) To whom
does not the marriage relation between the families of Raghu
and Janaka give pleasure, in which the son of Kusika himself
is the giver and receiver ?
Sita —Here are you, the four brothers, duly initiated for
matrimonial rites, the auspicious ceremony of tonsure (Godana)
having been just performed. Ah ! I feel I am in that very
place, on that very occasion again.
Rama —Even so. ( Verse 18 ) It seems to me to be
again that very time, O fair-faced one, when this hand of
thine with lovely bracelets put upon it, being joined with mine
by the son of Gotama, gladdened me, as if it were a great
festival incarnate.
Lakshmana —This is the queen. Here is the princess
Mandavi, here is the daughter in law Srutakirti.
Sita —And, dear brother, who is this other one ?
Lakshmana —(with a bashful smile, aside) Oh ! the
queen asks about Urmila (my wife). Good ! I will direct
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