उत्तररामचरितम् (महाकवि भवभूति - संस्कृत मूल एवं हिन्दी व्याख्या)

-IV. 21 ] UTTARARĀMACHARITA: 235
of salutation is unobjectionable, as the elders say. (Approaches
respectfully) Lava thus bows to you in succession.
Arundhati and Janaka—Blessed boy, may you live long!
Kausalyā—Dear child live long!
Arundhati—Come here, dear boy (Seating Lava on
her lap, to herself) Happily, not only has my lap, but also
the cherished desire of my heart been fulfilled after a long
time
Kausalyā—Dear child! Come here too (taking him
on her lap) Oh! not only by his bodily frame which is
dark and shining like a half-opened blue lotus, but also by
his voice which is very deep like the cry of swans whose thro-
ats are astringent with (devouring) the filaments of lotuses
does he resemble Rāma, the touch of the boy's body, soft
like the fully developed interior of a lotus, is like the touch of
Rāma's. My child! let my look at thy lotus like face.
(raising his chin, observing it closely, with tears and
feeling) Royal saint! dost thou not see? When closely
examined his face resembles the moon-like face of my dear
daughter-in-law.
Janaka—I see, my friend, I see.
Kausalyā—Alas, my heart that is as if distracted prat-
tles something strange with reference to the boy.
Janaka—(Verse 22) In this boy are manifested, as
it were perfectly mirrored, all the very form, all the very
grace of my daughter and of the chief of the house of Raghu,
there is the same voice, the same natural modesty, and the
same auspicious majesty Ah destiny! why does my mind run
wavering in delusive paths?
Kausalya—Dear child! hast thou a mother? or remem-
berest thou thy father?
Lava—No, no.
Kausalyā—Then whose son art thou?
Lava—Of the revered Vālmīki.
Kausalyā.—Oh my darling! say what is fit to be said.
Lava.—This is all I know.
(A voice behind the Scenes)
Hear! hear! soldiers! Truly, this prince Chandraketu
commands that no one is to trespass on the neighbourhood of
the hermitage.