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न गच्छामि पुरा लङ्कामायुबव् दधाम्यहम् । |
35. ‘‘So long as I sustain my life, I shall not, in future, go to (the city of) Lanka ? When can I have delight if I do not see you ?
36. In over a muhurta shall I die, I who am afflicted and whose kinsmen are killed. In (my) counsel, I had told (what was) beneficial; I did nothing undesirable to you.”
37. Having heard (of) Ravana to have been killed by Rama in battle, the ladies of the harem and the excessively grief-sticken citizens ran (to the battle-field).
38. (The wives) pulled out (their) hair, wept in extreme distress and incessantly recollected the obligation of (their) husband, with enhanced grief.
39. The citizens saluted Ravana and wept with tears. Thereafter Rama addressed a speech to the distressed Vibhisana :
40. Why do you lament the charitable sacrificer who trampled over the heads of his enemies, who invariably satiated
