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If Rama (Kakutstha) is really well, why

does he not burn this earth girt by the

ocean with his ire like the surging fire of

dissolution ?
 

 
अथ वा शक्तिमन्तौ तौ सुराणामपि निग्रहे ।

ममैव तु न दुःखानाम् अस्ति मन्ये विपर्ययः ॥
 
THE RAMAYANA
 

But no; they are quite capable of

defeating even the celestials. I think

the end of my miseries has not arrived

as yet.
 

 
कच्चिन्न व्यथितो रामः कच्चिन्न परितप्यते ।

उत्तराणि च कार्याणि कुरुते पुरुषोत्तमः ॥
 

Is not Rama agitated? Does he not

grieve? Does that foremost of men take

the further steps (calculated to rescue me)?
 

 
कच्चिन्न विगतस्नेहः विवासान्मयि राघवः ।

कच्चिन्मां व्यसनादस्मात् मोक्षयिष्यति वानर ॥
 

Has Raghava lost his affection for me,

because of my exile ? Omonkey, will he

rescue me from this distress?
 
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सीताया वचनं श्रुत्वा मारुतिर्भीमविक्रमः ।

शिरस्यञ्जलिमाधाय वाक्यमुत्तरमब्रवीत् ॥
 

Hearing the words of Sita, Maruthi of

terrible prowess, placed his folded hands

on his head and spoke these words

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