अथ द्वादशः सर्गः
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ततो विनिर्दे कृतदेवताऽचं दृष्टचैव चित्तप्रशमं किरन्तम् । |
NOW CANTO XII
1. Then to Vibhisana whose sleep was over, who had offered worship to the deity, who bestowed mental quietude by a mere glance and who was attractive on account of the visible embellishment of (his) body, (his) mother spoke (these) words.
2. ‘‘Oh intelligent one, you, delightful to the gods, bring about mental quietude to your co-outerine brother, who is greatly tornmenting the worlds and is haughty with excessive arrogance, just as nectar allays poison.
3. You may so arrange that he would give back Sita whose body is enveloped in the mist of grief, (who is) seated on the ground, whose long stretch of hair is dull and who instills fear in the people like a meteor enveloped in the mist of poison, which has fallen on the earth with its blaze of fire extinguished.
4. Oh joy of (Our) family! exert (yourself) before (Ravana) who has greatly terrified the hosts of gods, who is
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