Ramayana Condensed in the Poet's Own Words /244

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THELooking once again at the Pampa, full
of Lotuses and water-lilies, RAMAYANA
 
ama, of true
valour, spoke these words to Looking once again at the Pampa, full
of Lotuses and water-lilies, Rama, of true
akshmana:
O best of men meet Sugrivalour, spoke these words to Lakshmana:
O best of men meet Sugriva, the king
, the king
of monkeys.
 

 
राज्यभ्रष्टेन दीनेन तस्यामासक्तचेतसा ।
 

कथं मया विना शक्यं सीतां लक्ष्मण जीवितुम् ॥
 

"O Lakshmana, how can I, deprived of

my kingdom and helpless and with my

heart fixed on her, live in the absence of

Sita?"