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THE RAMAYANA
Knowing this for certain and realising
the truth, think with a calm mind on what
should be done hereafter.
Our
मरणान्तानि वैराणि निर्वृत्तं नः प्रयोजनम् ।
क्रियतामस्य संस्कारो ममाप्येष यथा तव ॥
All enmities stop at death.
purpose is fulfilled. Let his funeral rites
be performed. He is to me also what he is
to you."
रावणं निहतं श्रुत्वा राघवेण महात्मना ।
अन्तःपुराद्विनिष्पेतू राक्षस्यः शोककर्शिताः ॥
On hearing that Ravana was killed by
the high-souled Raghava, all the Rakshasa
women, emaciated through sorrow, issued
forth from the inner apartments.
तासां विलपमानानां तथा राक्षसयोषिताम्
ज्येष्ठा पत्नी हतं दृष्ट्वा रामेणाक्लिष्टकर्मणा ।
पतिं मण्डोदरी तत्र कृपणा पर्यदेवयत् ॥
Among the Rakshasa women lamenting
thus, the miserable first queen Mandodari
looked at her husband, who had been killed
by Rama of benign deeds, and thus bewailed
THE RAMAYANA
Knowing this for certain and realising
the truth, think with a calm mind on what
should be done hereafter.
Our
मरणान्तानि वैराणि निर्वृत्तं नः प्रयोजनम् ।
क्रियतामस्य संस्कारो ममाप्येष यथा तव ॥
All enmities stop at death.
purpose is fulfilled. Let his funeral rites
be performed. He is to me also what he is
to you."
रावणं निहतं श्रुत्वा राघवेण महात्मना ।
अन्तःपुराद्विनिष्पेतू राक्षस्यः शोककर्शिताः ॥
On hearing that Ravana was killed by
the high-souled Raghava, all the Rakshasa
women, emaciated through sorrow, issued
forth from the inner apartments.
तासां विलपमानानां तथा राक्षसयोषिताम्
ज्येष्ठा पत्नी हतं दृष्ट्वा रामेणाक्लिष्टकर्मणा ।
पतिं मण्डोदरी तत्र कृपणा पर्यदेवयत् ॥
Among the Rakshasa women lamenting
thus, the miserable first queen Mandodari
looked at her husband, who had been killed
by Rama of benign deeds, and thus bewailed