उत्तररामचरितम् (महाकवि भवभूति - संस्कृत मूल एवं हिन्दी व्याख्या)

—III 45 ] UTTARARĀMACHARITA. 227
for thy going let it be so ordered as to prevent any neglect
of duty
Rāma —Vāsantī has now become unfavourable (to me)
Tamasā—My child, come, we must go
Sītā—(sorrowfully) Let us do so
Tamasā—But how canst thou go, (Verse 46) the
contact of whose eye, lengthened with longing as it were and
rivetted on thy beloved, can be checked only with heart-
rending efforts
Sītā—my repeated bow to the lotus-feet of my noble lord,
a sight of which is only procured by extraordinary merit
(She swoons away)
Tamasā—Dear child Take comfort, take comfort
Sītā—(Coming to herself) How long can one expect to
behold the full moon through an opening in the clouds?
Tamasā—Oh wonderful is the chain of events (arrange-
ment of incidents) (Verse 47) The pathetic sentiment,
though one in itself, being modified by various occasions, seems
to assume different forms as it were, as water assumes the
various modifications of eddies, bubbles, and waves and it is
all, nevertheless, but water only
Rāma —O prince of balloons, come here
(All rise)
Tamasā and Vāsantī—(To Sītā and Rāma respectively)
(Verse 48) May the earth and the river of the gods
together with such divinities like ourselves and that great
preceptor, the originator of metres, and the sage Vasishtha,
too, accompanied by Arundhatī bestow upon you blessings
tending to great future prosperity
(Exeunt all)
Act IV.
(Enter two ascetics)
First—Saudhātaki! observe the delightful appearance
which the revered Vālmīki's hermitage presents to-day on
account of the elaborate preparations made for the guests who
are assembled here in large numbers. For, (Verse 1) the
deer belonging to the hermitage drinks to his fill of the warm
and sweet scum of the boiled wild rice that remains over and
above what has been consumed by his beloved doe that has