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THE RAMAYANA
 
एवमुक्त्वा तु वैदेही परिक्रम्य हुताशनम् ।
विवेश ज्वलनं दीप्तं निःशङ्केनान्तरात्मना ॥
 
Saying thus and circumambulating the fire,
Vaidehi plunged in the blazing and flaming
 
fire with an undaunted heart.
 
ततः सहस्ताभरणान् प्रगृह्य विपुलान् भुजान् ।
अब्रुवंस्त्रिदशश्रेष्ठाः प्राञ्जलिं राघवं स्थितम् ॥
 
Then raising up their big hands bedecked
with ornaments, the most exalted celestial
beings said to Raghava who was standing
with folded hands:
 
कर्ता सर्वस्य लोकस्य श्रेष्ठो ज्ञानवतां वरः ।
उपेक्षते कथं सीतां पतन्तीं हव्यवाहने ।
 
"You, who are the creator of all
the worlds and the foremost of wise men,
why are you indifferent when Sita plunges
into the Fire ?
 
ददौ रामाय वैदेहीम् अङ्के कृत्वा विभावसुः ।
अब्रवीच्च तदा रामं साक्षी लोकस्य पावकः ।
Vibhavaşu, the god of Fire and the witness.
of all the world, placed Vaidehi in his lap
and then gave her to
to Rama and said to
Rama: