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THE RAMAYANA
 
Knowing this for certain and realising
the truth, think with a calm mind on what
should be done hereafter.
 
मरणान्तानि वैराणि निर्वृत्तं नः प्रयोजनम् ।
क्रियतामस्य संस्कारो ममाप्येष यथा तव ॥
 
All enmities stop at death. Our purpose
is fulfilled. Let his funeral rites be per-
formed. He is to me also what he is to
you."
 
रावणं निहतं श्रुत्वा राघवेण महात्मना ।
अन्तःपुराद्विनिप्पेतू राक्षस्यः शोककर्शिताः ॥
 
On hearing that Ravana was killed by
the high-souled Raghava, all the Rak-
shasa women, emaciated through sorrow,
issued forth from the inner apartments.
 
तासां विलपमानानां तथा राक्षसयोषिताम् ।
ज्येष्ठा पत्नी हतं दृष्ट्वा रामेणाक्लिष्ट
कर्मणा ।
पतिं मण्डोदरी तत्र कृपणा पर्यदेवयत् ॥
 
Among the Rakshasa women lamenting
thus, the miserable first queen Mandodari
looked at her husband, who had been
killed by Rama of benign deeds and thus
bewailed :