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नाऽवकल्प्यमिव, ग्लायेद् यत् कृच्छेषु भवानपि । |
pick up excellent courage ; may you abide by (your) duty to (your) kinsmen and abandon the bewilderment (delusion) arising from grief.
17. ‘‘This is inconceivable that you too should despond in calamities. A wise person should never be excessively stupified like an ordinary person.
18. None else of Ravana's (men may stand) wherever and for whatever you may stand; and where and what you may despair ( get disheartened ) aboutis condemned by the magnanimous.
19. It is strange that we have to tell you (as to) what is beneficial and where. For, in difficulty, you may (i.e., are able to) instruct (advise) even Brhaspati himself (in person).
20. Oh lord of demons, it is the peoples will that you should abandon0 (this) lapse (from duty) ; even enemies may lament during (this) calamity; what then (of) kinsmen ?
21 . If your majesty would not be stupified and your honour may protect all the people like your brethren, according to convention, then the demons may feel reassured."
