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THE RAMAYANA
Having ordered thus his brother, Rama
the delight of the Raghus, with buckled
sword and taking his bow, hastened where
the deer was.
दर्शनांदर्शनेनैव सोऽपाकर्षत राघवम् ।
सुदूरमाश्रमस्यास्य मारीचो मृगतां गतः ॥
Maricha who had become a deer, drew
away Raghava a long distance from his
hermitage by appearing and disappearing.
दृष्ट्वा रामो महातेजास्तं हन्तुं कृतनिश्चयः ।
मुमोच ज्वलितं दीप्तमस्त्रं ब्रह्मविनिर्मितम् ॥
Rama of great effulgence, seeing this and
making up his mind to kill it, let loose
the bright and flaming Brahma-astra.
तालमात्रमथोत्प्लुत्य न्यपतत् स शरातुरः ॥
Pierced by the arrow and leaping up as
high as a tala tree, Maricha fell down.
स्त्रियमाणस्तु मारीचश्चकार च ततः स्वरम् ॥
सदृशं राघवस्यैव हा सीते लक्ष्मणेति च ॥
Maricha, dying, cried in a voice resembling
that of Raghava, Ah Sita, Ah Lakshmana'.
THE RAMAYANA
Having ordered thus his brother, Rama
the delight of the Raghus, with buckled
sword and taking his bow, hastened where
the deer was.
दर्शनांदर्शनेनैव सोऽपाकर्षत राघवम् ।
सुदूरमाश्रमस्यास्य मारीचो मृगतां गतः ॥
Maricha who had become a deer, drew
away Raghava a long distance from his
hermitage by appearing and disappearing.
दृष्ट्वा रामो महातेजास्तं हन्तुं कृतनिश्चयः ।
मुमोच ज्वलितं दीप्तमस्त्रं ब्रह्मविनिर्मितम् ॥
Rama of great effulgence, seeing this and
making up his mind to kill it, let loose
the bright and flaming Brahma-astra.
तालमात्रमथोत्प्लुत्य न्यपतत् स शरातुरः ॥
Pierced by the arrow and leaping up as
high as a tala tree, Maricha fell down.
स्त्रियमाणस्तु मारीचश्चकार च ततः स्वरम् ॥
सदृशं राघवस्यैव हा सीते लक्ष्मणेति च ॥
Maricha, dying, cried in a voice resembling
that of Raghava, Ah Sita, Ah Lakshmana'.