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THE RAMAYANA
What shall I say to high-minded Kausalya,
O Prince, when she asks me at Ayodhya
Where is my noble daughter-in-law ? and
how is she?'
इति रामं महात्मानं विलपन्तम नाथवत् ।
उवाच लक्ष्मणो भ्राता वचनं युक्तमव्ययम् ॥
To the high-souled Rama who was
lamenting thus like one devoid of hope
(support), his brother Lakshmana spoke
these appropriate and unanswerable words:
संस्तम्भ राम भद्रं ते मा शुचः पुरुषोत्तम ।
नेदृशानां मतिर्मन्दा भवत्यकलुपात्मनाम् ॥
O Rama, best of men, control yourself.
Good betide you; do not give way to
grief. The mind of those who like you
are clear-sighted does not, surely, become
clouded.
उत्साद्दो बलवानार्य नास्त्युत्साहात् परं बलम् ।
सोत्साहस्यास्ति लोकेऽस्मिन् न किञ्चिदपि दुर्लभम्
O noble one, hope is indeed mighty.
There is no power which is mightier
than hope. To one possessed of hope there
is nothing unattainable in this world.
THE RAMAYANA
What shall I say to high-minded Kausalya,
O Prince, when she asks me at Ayodhya
Where is my noble daughter-in-law ? and
how is she?'
इति रामं महात्मानं विलपन्तम नाथवत् ।
उवाच लक्ष्मणो भ्राता वचनं युक्तमव्ययम् ॥
To the high-souled Rama who was
lamenting thus like one devoid of hope
(support), his brother Lakshmana spoke
these appropriate and unanswerable words:
संस्तम्भ राम भद्रं ते मा शुचः पुरुषोत्तम ।
नेदृशानां मतिर्मन्दा भवत्यकलुपात्मनाम् ॥
O Rama, best of men, control yourself.
Good betide you; do not give way to
grief. The mind of those who like you
are clear-sighted does not, surely, become
clouded.
उत्साद्दो बलवानार्य नास्त्युत्साहात् परं बलम् ।
सोत्साहस्यास्ति लोकेऽस्मिन् न किञ्चिदपि दुर्लभम्
O noble one, hope is indeed mighty.
There is no power which is mightier
than hope. To one possessed of hope there
is nothing unattainable in this world.