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What shall I say to high-minded Kau-
salya, O Prince, when she asks me at
AMAYANA
 
yodhya What shall I say to high-minded Kau-
salya, O Prince, when she asks me at
Ayodhya Wh
ere is my noble daughter-

in-law ? and how is she ?"
 

 
इति रामं महात्मानं विलपन्तमनाथवत् ।

उवाच लक्ष्मणो भ्राता वचनं युक्तमव्ययम् ॥
 

To the high-souled Rama who was lement-

ing thus like one devoid of hope (support),

his brother Lakshmana spoke these appro-

priate and unanswerable words:
 

 
संस्तम्भ राम भद्रं ते मा शुचः पुरुषोत्तम ।

नेदृशानां मतिर्मन्दा भवत्यकलुषात्मनाम् ॥
 

"O Rama, best of men, control your-

self. Good betide you: do not give way

to grief. The mind of those who like you

are clear-sighted does not, surely, become

clouded.
 

 
उत्साहो बलवानार्य नास्त्युत्साहात् परं बलम् ।

सोत्साहस्यास्ति लोकेऽस्मिन् न किञ्चिदपि दुर्लभम् ॥
 

O noble one, hope is indeed mighty.

There is no power which is mightier than

hope. To one possessed of hope there is

nothing unattainable in this world.