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Hearing his words and delighted at the
mention of Rama's name, Vaidehi said
these words to Hanuman who was on
the tree :
 
SUNDARAKANADA
 
• स्नुषा दशरथस्याहं शत्रुसैन्यप्रमाथिनः ।
दुहिता जनकरयाहं वैदेहस्य महात्मनः ॥
 
सीता च नाम नाम्नाऽहं भार्या रामस्य धीमतः ॥
 
" I am the daughter-in-law of Dasaratha,
the destroyer of the armies of enemies.
I am the daughter of the high-souled
Janaka, the king of the Videhas. I am by
name Sita and the wife of the wise Rama.
 
वसतो दण्डकारण्ये तस्याहममितौजसः ।
रक्षसाहृता भार्या रावगेन दुरात्मना ॥
 
Whilst living in the Dandaka forest,
I, the wife of that Rama of immeasur-
able effulgence, was carried off by the
wicked Ravana.
 
द्वौ मासौ तेन मे कालो जीवितानुग्रहः कृतः ।
ऊर्ध्वं द्वाभ्यां तु मासाभ्यां ततस्स्यक्ष्यामि जीवितम् ॥
 
Two months have been fixed by him as
the period of grace for my life. After
the expiry of those two months,
quit this life."
 
I will