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SUNDARAKANDA
293
Hearing his words and delighted at the
mention of Rama's name, Vaidehi said
these words to Hanuman who was on
the tree :
स्नुषा दशरथस्याहं शत्रुसैन्य प्रमाथिनः ।
दुहिता जनकस्याहं वैदेहस्य महात्मनः ।
सीता च नाम नाम्नाऽहं भार्या रामस्य धीमतः ॥
"I am the daughter-in-law of Dasaratha,
the destroyer of the armies of enemies.
I am the daughter of the high-souled
Janaka, the king of the Videhas. I am by
name Sita and the wife of the wise Rama.
वसतो दण्डकारण्ये तस्याहममितौजसः ।
रक्षसाऽपहृता भार्या रावणेन दुरात्मना ।
Whilst living in the Dandaka forest,
I, the wife of that Rama of immeasur-
able effulgence, was carried off by the
wicked Ravana.
द्वौ मासौ तेन मे कालो जीवितानुग्रहः कृतः ।
ऊर्ध्व द्वाभ्यां तु मासाभ्यां ततस्त्यक्ष्यामि जीवितम् ॥
Two months have been fixed by him as
the period of grace for my life. After
the expiry of those two months, I will
quit this life."
293
Hearing his words and delighted at the
mention of Rama's name, Vaidehi said
these words to Hanuman who was on
the tree :
स्नुषा दशरथस्याहं शत्रुसैन्य प्रमाथिनः ।
दुहिता जनकस्याहं वैदेहस्य महात्मनः ।
सीता च नाम नाम्नाऽहं भार्या रामस्य धीमतः ॥
"I am the daughter-in-law of Dasaratha,
the destroyer of the armies of enemies.
I am the daughter of the high-souled
Janaka, the king of the Videhas. I am by
name Sita and the wife of the wise Rama.
वसतो दण्डकारण्ये तस्याहममितौजसः ।
रक्षसाऽपहृता भार्या रावणेन दुरात्मना ।
Whilst living in the Dandaka forest,
I, the wife of that Rama of immeasur-
able effulgence, was carried off by the
wicked Ravana.
द्वौ मासौ तेन मे कालो जीवितानुग्रहः कृतः ।
ऊर्ध्व द्वाभ्यां तु मासाभ्यां ततस्त्यक्ष्यामि जीवितम् ॥
Two months have been fixed by him as
the period of grace for my life. After
the expiry of those two months, I will
quit this life."