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THE R
AMAYANA
 
A
nd bathing it with oil, they set fire

to it.
 
Jo
 

 
लाकूङ्गूलं संप्रदीप्तं तद् द्रष्टुं तस्य हनूमतः ।

सहस्त्रीबालवृद्धाश्च जग्मुः प्रीता निशाचराः ॥
 

Seeing the tail of Hanuman in flames,

all the Rakshasas, young and old, along

with the women rejoiced.
 

 
वीक्षमानस्ततो लङ्कां कपिः कृतमनोरथः ।

वर्धमानसमुत्साहः कार्यशेषमचिन्तयत् ॥
 

Then, the monkey, looking at Lanka,

with his desire fulfilled and his enthu-

siasm heightened, reflected on what

remained to be done :
 

 
`वनं तावत् प्रमथितं प्रकृष्टा राक्षसा हताः ।

बलैकदेशः क्षपितः शेषं दुर्गविनाशनम् ॥
 
The
 

"The wood has been destroyed.
The
foremost Rakshasas have been slain.

A portion of the army has been extin-

guished. What remains is only the

destruction of the fortress.