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'दण्डकानध्यवातां यौ वीर ! रक्षः प्रकाण्डकौ । |
of Ravana, she wept for her brothers, uttering their names (as Khara and Dusana)
6. Oh warrior, the two excellent demons who dwelt in the Dandaka forestsalong with (their) servants, have been turned into corpses, in battle, by two human beings.
7. ‘‘You (took up) the cudgels against Indra who had Brhaspati for his priest and Kumara (Sadanana) for his commander. And, what ( sort of ) policy (is) this that you are disspirited (now) ?
8. ‘‘Oh Lord, if I, whose nose has been cut off and whose brothers have been killed, had not come over (here), you would not have known that all, weak in espionage and inattentive (that you are).
9. ‘(Even) the task that will be achieved by the enemies (in the future) should be known (by a king); what then of that which has (already been done ? Ignorant, even when a harm ( is done ), is it (possible) that you are not (at all) intent on victory ?
10. Surrounded by parasites, ascending (others' ) beds, a bantering hard drunkard and listless (that) you (are), (your) royal riches will not stay with you for all times,
