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358
 
THE RAMAYANA
 
Miserable on account of the death of
Kumbhakarna, Ravana lamented thus :
 
कथमिन्द्रं जयिष्यामि कुम्भकर्ण हते त्वयि ॥
 
" When you have been killed, O
Kumbhakarna, how shall I overthrow
Indra ?
 
तदिदं मामनुप्राप्तं विभीषणवचः शुभम् ।
यदज्ञानान्मया तस्य न गृहीतं महात्मनः ॥
 
This has now befallen me, was, on
account of ignorance, I did not heed
the salutary advice of the high-souled
Vibhishana.
 
तस्यायं कर्मणः प्राप्तो विपाको मम शोकदः ।
यन्मया धार्मिकः श्रीमान् स निरस्तो विभीषणः ॥
 
This experience of mine is the melan-
choly result of that act by which I drove
out the righteous and auspicious Vibhi-
shana.
 
अहो नु बलवान् रामो महदस्त्रचलं च वै ।
यस्य विक्रममासाद्य राक्षसा निधनं गताः ॥
 
Alas! Rama is indeed strong and the
strength of his weapons is also great, as
the Rakshasas encountering his valour
have (all) been slain."