उत्तररामचरितम् (महाकवि भवभूति - संस्कृत मूल एवं हिन्दी व्याख्या)

-III. 42 ] UTTARARĀMACHARITA. 225
Sīta —Indeed I am cruel in that seeing thee in this state
I yet remain alive
Rāma.—Oh queen! where art thou? Take pity on me
Thou oughtest not to abandon me in this plight.
Sīta —Ah, my noble lord This seems to be the reverse
(of the truth).
Vāsantī —My lord, be calm By means of thy own
transcendental firmness steady thy soul, that is gone to excess
(in its sorrow) Whence could my dear friend be here?
Rāma —Evidently she is not here otherwise how could
even Vāsantī not see her! I wonder whether it can be a dream
But then I have not slept. How, indeed could Rāma sleep
Undoubtedly, it must be that almighty spirit of delusion due
to my brooding (over her image) that repeatedly haunts me
Sīta —It is I, cruel woman that have deluded my noble
lord
Vāsantī —My lord, look, look (Verse 43) Here is the
car of black iron belonging to Rāvana broken by Jatāyu, and in
front of thee are the asses with mouths like those of goblins
of which the skeletons alone remain, it was from this place
that the enemy having cleft with his sword the roots of
Jatāyu's wings rose up into the sky carrying Sīta trembling
(with wrath) thus resembling a cloud in which the lighten-
ing flashes
Sītā —(in terror) My noble lord father Jatāyu is being
slain and I am being carried off, therefore help
Rāma —(Fuming with emotion) Ha! villain, that robbest
me of Sīta and Jatāyus life, whither art thou going?
Vāsantī —Oh king, meteor of destruction to the race of
the Rākshasas! Hast thou even now an object of wrath left?
Sīta —Alas! I also have become distracted.
Rāma —Quite strange is my present change of condition
(Verse 44) That former separation from the fair eyed one
(Sīta), which produced in the world the sensation of
astonishment by means of the combats of brave warriors in
which there were constant incidents causing diversion, assur-
edly ended in the slaughter of my enemies through the
existence of remedies, but how is this present never-ending
irremediable separation to be borne without complaining?