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KISHKINDHAKANDA
 
उत्साहवन्तः पुरुषा नावसीदन्ति कर्मसु ।
उत्साहमात्रमाश्रित्य सीतां प्रतिलभेमहि ॥
 
People possessed of hope do not lose
heart in deeds. Relying on hope alone, we
shall certainly retrive Sita.
 
त्यज्यतां कामवृत्तत्वं शोकं सन्न्यस्य पृष्टतः ।
महात्मानं कृतात्मानमात्मानं नावबुध्यसे ॥
 
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Abandon the amorous mood; putting
grief behind, why do you not perceive that
your self is a great and disciplined soul. "
 
एवं संबोधितस्तत्र शोकोपहतचेतनः ।
न्यस्य शोकं च मोहं च ततो धैर्यमुपागमत् ॥
 
Admonished thus, Rama, whose spirit had
been cast down by grief, abandoned both
grief and dep sion and assumed courage.
 
सोऽभ्यतिकामदव्यग्रस्ता मचिन्त्यपराक्रमः ।
रामः पम्पां सुरुचिरां रम्यपारिप्लवद्रुमाम् ॥
 
Then Rama, of unimaginable prowess,
slowly crossed the Pampa lake which was
exceedingly delightful and full of fine trees
which waved in the wind.