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THE RAMAYANA
And bathing it with oil, they set fire
to it.
लाङ्गूलं संप्रदीप्तं तद् द्रष्टुं तस्य हनूमतः ।
सहस्त्रीबालवृद्धाश्च जग्मुः प्रीति निशाचराः ॥
Seeing the tail of Hanum in in flames,
all the Rakshasas, young and old, along
with the women, rejoiced.
वीक्षमाणस्ततो लङ्कां कपिः कृतमनोरथः ।
वर्धमानसमुत्साहः कार्यशेषमचिन्तयत् ॥
Then, the monkey, looking at Lanka,
with his desire fulfilled and his enthusiasm
heightened, reflected on what remained to
be done :
वनं तावत् प्रमथितं प्रकृष्टा राक्षसा हताः ।
बलैकदेशः क्षपितः शेषं दुर्गविनाशनम् ॥
"The wood has been destroyed. The
foremost Rakshasas have
been slain. A
portion of the army has
guished. What
destruction of the
remains
fortress.
f
been extin-
is only the
THE RAMAYANA
And bathing it with oil, they set fire
to it.
लाङ्गूलं संप्रदीप्तं तद् द्रष्टुं तस्य हनूमतः ।
सहस्त्रीबालवृद्धाश्च जग्मुः प्रीति निशाचराः ॥
Seeing the tail of Hanum in in flames,
all the Rakshasas, young and old, along
with the women, rejoiced.
वीक्षमाणस्ततो लङ्कां कपिः कृतमनोरथः ।
वर्धमानसमुत्साहः कार्यशेषमचिन्तयत् ॥
Then, the monkey, looking at Lanka,
with his desire fulfilled and his enthusiasm
heightened, reflected on what remained to
be done :
वनं तावत् प्रमथितं प्रकृष्टा राक्षसा हताः ।
बलैकदेशः क्षपितः शेषं दुर्गविनाशनम् ॥
"The wood has been destroyed. The
foremost Rakshasas have
been slain. A
portion of the army has
guished. What
destruction of the
remains
fortress.
f
been extin-
is only the