Ramayana Condensed in the Poet's Own Words /83

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"Tell me a plan. By what plan, O

Manthara, will Bharata get the kingdom,

but not Rama, in any case ? "
 
AYODHYAKANDA
 

 
एवमुक्ता तया देव्या कुब्जा वचनमब्रवीत् ॥

Being told thus by the queen, the hump-

backed (Manthara) spoke these words :
 

 
क्रोधागारं प्रविश्याद्य क्रुद्धेवाश्वपतेः सुते ।

शेप्वानन्तर्हितायां त्वं भूमौ मलिनवासिनी ॥
 

"O daughter of Asvapati, enter now

the house of anger and lie down, clad in

dirty clothes, on the bare earth, like an

angry woman.
 

 
दयिता त्वं सदा भर्तुस्तत्र मे नास्ति संशयः ।

त्वत्कृते स महाराजो विशेदपि हुताशनम् ॥
 
For
 

You are always the darling of your

husband. Of this, I have no doubt.
For
your sake, that great king may even enter

the fire.
 

 
न त्वां क्रोधयितुं शक्तो न क्रुद्धां प्रत्युदीक्षितुम् ।

तव प्रियार्थथं राजा हि प्राणानपि परित्यजेत् ॥
 

He is not capable of making you angly
ry
nor can he look you in the face when

angry.
To please you, the king would

indeed give up even his own life.
 
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