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YUDDHAKANDA
 
सशल्यस्तां समाघ्राय लक्ष्मणः परवीरहा ।

विशल्यो विरुजश्शीघ्रम् उदतिष्ठन्महीतलात् ॥
 
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Then the arrow-stricken Lakshmana,

the vanquisher of enemy heroes, smelt it

and stood up from the ground becoming

quickly cured and devoid of pain.
 

 
अब्रवीच्च परिष्वज्य सौमित्रिं राघवस्तदा ॥
 

Embracing Lakshmana, Raghava then

said thus:
 

 
दिष्ट्या त्वां वीर पश्यामि मरणात् पुनरागतम् ।

को हि मे विजयेनार्थस्त्वयि पञ्चाचत्वमागते ॥
 

"O hero, indeed, it is through good

fortune that I see you again returned from

death. For, of what use is victory to me

when you are dead?"
 

 
इत्येवं वदतस्तस्य राघवस्य महात्मनः ।

खिन्नश्शिाथिलया वाचा लक्ष्मणो वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥
 

To the high-souled Raghava who

spoke to him thus, the distressed Laksh-

mana said this in broken speech :
 

 
नैराश्य मुफ्गान्तुं ते तदलं मत्कृतेऽनघ ।

वधेन रावणस्याद्य प्रतिज्ञामनुपालय ।
 
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