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SUNDARAKANDA
317
When the killing of the monkey was
ordered by the wicked Ravana, Vibhishana
did not approve of the killing of one who
had declared himself a messenger.
•तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा दशग्रीवो महात्मनः ।
देशकालहितं वाक्यं भ्रातुरुत्तरमब्रवी ॥
Hearing those words of his high-
souled brother, suited to time and place,
the ten-necked Ravana replied him thus :
कपीनां किल लाङ्गलमिष्टं भवति भूषणम् ।
तदस्य दीप्यतां शीघ्रं तेन दग्धेन गच्छतु ॥
"To monkeys the tail indeed is a prized
ornament. Let that be set fire to
immediately. With his tail blazing, let
him go."
तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा राक्षसाः कोपकर्कशाः ।
वेष्टयन्ति स्म लाङ्गलं जीर्णैः कार्पासजैः पटैः ॥
Hearing his words, the Rakshasas, cruel
through wrath, wrapped up his tail with
torn pieces of cotton cloth.
तैलेन परिषिच्याथ तेऽग्नि तत्राभ्यपातयन् ॥
317
When the killing of the monkey was
ordered by the wicked Ravana, Vibhishana
did not approve of the killing of one who
had declared himself a messenger.
•तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा दशग्रीवो महात्मनः ।
देशकालहितं वाक्यं भ्रातुरुत्तरमब्रवी ॥
Hearing those words of his high-
souled brother, suited to time and place,
the ten-necked Ravana replied him thus :
कपीनां किल लाङ्गलमिष्टं भवति भूषणम् ।
तदस्य दीप्यतां शीघ्रं तेन दग्धेन गच्छतु ॥
"To monkeys the tail indeed is a prized
ornament. Let that be set fire to
immediately. With his tail blazing, let
him go."
तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा राक्षसाः कोपकर्कशाः ।
वेष्टयन्ति स्म लाङ्गलं जीर्णैः कार्पासजैः पटैः ॥
Hearing his words, the Rakshasas, cruel
through wrath, wrapped up his tail with
torn pieces of cotton cloth.
तैलेन परिषिच्याथ तेऽग्नि तत्राभ्यपातयन् ॥