उत्तररामचरितम् (महाकवि भवभूति - संस्कृत मूल एवं हिन्दी व्याख्या)

218 TRANSLATION OF [III 16—
and now the proximity of their father has made me feel to
be in the midst of domestic surroundings for a moment
Tamasa —Need this be told ! Surely child is the utmost
limit of affection and it is the most powerful link to bind the
parents to one another (Verse 17) An offspring is really
the one knot of the hearts of the parents, since in it is
entred their affection
Vasanti —May your Majesty look also in this direction !
(Verse 18) Here is this same peacock, with his crest raised
up and appearing like a diadem of jewels, accompanied by
his mate, uttering his cry upon the Kadamba tree, whom
with new fledged feathers beautifully waving, your beloved
wife nourished day by day
Sita —(with admiration and tears of affection) It is
he, it is he
Rama —Rejoice, darling rejoice
Sita —So be it.
Rama —(Verse 19) I remember thee with affec-
tionate heart like a son, as thou wast made to dance by my
fair (wife) to the beatings of her tendril like hands, who was
adorning thee by the quick and charming play of her eye brows
and by her eyes that rolled round in their sockets as you moved
round Oh, even animals hold fast to old friendships
(Verse 20) This Kadamba tree which has put forth a few
flowers was reared by my darling
Sita —(Observing it with tears) My lord has rightly
recognised it.
Rama —(Verse 20 second half) This mountain
peacock appears to remember the queen because he falls into
an ecstasy on it, as in the company of a relative
Vasanti —Let your Majesty sit down here
(Rama sits down)
Vasanti —(Verse 21) Here is the stone slab in the
midst of the thickly growing and tender plantain grove on
which you used to recline in the company of thy beloved, it is
even now not deserted by the deer, because Sita used often to
sit here and give them grass
Rama —I cannot bear even to look at this