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THE RAMAYANA
 
देवि नूनं न जानीषे महद्भयमुपस्थितम् ।

इदं तव च दुःखाय वैदेह्या लक्ष्मणस्य च ।
 

"O Queen, you surely do not know the

great impending calamity. It will cause

grief to you and to Sita and Lakshmana.
 

 
भरताय महाराजो यौवराज्यं प्रयच्छति ।

मां पुनर्दण्डकारण्ये विवासयति तापसम् ॥
 

The great king gives the Yuvarajya to

Bharata while he banishes me as an ascetic

to the Dandaka forest."
 

 
सा निकृत्तेव सालस्य यष्टिः परशुना वने ।

पपात सहसा देवी देवतेव दिवश्च्युता ॥
 

Like unto the trunk of a Sala tree cut

down by an axe in the forest, the queen

fell down suddenly as a goddess fallen

from heaven.
 

 
रामस्तूत्थापयामास मातरं गतचेतसम् ।

पांसुकुण्ठितसर्वाङ्गीं विममर्श च पाणिना ॥
 

Rama raised up his mother who had lost

consciousness and whose every limb was

covered with dust; and he stroked her

with his hands.