लक्ष्मणाऽचक्ष्व यद्याख्यं सा किञ्चित्कोपकारणम् । |
20 . Oh Laksmana, speak out, whether she mentioned any reason for her anger. How can a remedy be provided when the fault is not known ?
21. Here she anointed (me) with ungents; here, taking a bath, she splashed water on me; here I called her, (for me) to gaze at her." Thus remembering Sita, he fainted.
22. The burning fire of grief ignited his mind like wood; the cool breeze in the forest only enkindled him ; (it) did not, on the other hand, comfort him.
23. Bewildered by grief (being) without Sita, he poured water ( upon himself ) both (while ) bathing ( and ) While weeping; (he) sprinkled water (also) to his manes
24. Again, though distressed, he did not, at any time, give up a religious rite at its proper time. For, to great (men), obligatory (daily) ritual is not at all to be neglected even in a calamity.
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