उत्तररामचरितम् (महाकवि भवभूति - संस्कृत मूल एवं हिन्दी व्याख्या)

-II 1] UTTARARÂMACHARITA. 203
Goddess—(Entering and strewing the offering about)
(Verse 1) This wood is to be enjoyed by thee at thy will,
This is a blessed day for me for the meeting of the good with
the good happens with difficulty and by merit, the shade of the
trees, water, and whatever food is suitable for penance whether
fruits or roots—all alike is entirely at thy disposal.
Fem. As. —What shall I say to this? (Verse 2) A
conduct full of love, a restraint over speech pleasing on
account of its modesty, a mind naturally bent on doing good,
a blameless familiarity—This secret of (the conduct of) the
good, the savour of which is unaltered either in the beginning
or in the end, which is guileless and pure, is ever victorious.
(Both sit down)
Goddess —Whom am I to understand thee to be?
Fem. As. —I am Âtreyî.
Goddess —Noble Âtreyî, where do you come here from?
With what object in view do you enter the forest of Dandakâ?
Âtreyî —(Verse 3) In this tract there dwell many
who know the Omkâra, of whom Agastya is the chief, in order
to learn from them the knowledge of Vedânta, I wander here
having left the side of Vâlmîki.
Goddess —When other sages too wait upon that ancient
teacher of Brahma, the sage Prachetasa, for a complete study
of the Brahma lore, why dost thou, revered madam, endure
the trouble of a long journey?
Âtreyî —There is a great impediment to study there, and
this is why I have undertaken this long journey.
Goddess —What sort of impediment?
Âtreyî —Some kind of distinguished divinity presented to
that revered sage two boys wonderful in every respect, of an
age when they had just been weaned, they charm the hearts
not only of the sages, but of all creatures animate and
inanimate.
Goddess —Do you know their names?
Âtreyî —That same divinity declared their names to be
Kusa and Lava and revealed their power.
Goddess —What sort of power?
Âtreyî —They possess, it is said, the Jrimbhaka weapons
together with their secret spells from their very birth.
Goddess —Ha! that is indeed wonderful.