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TRANSLATION
the city, (a palace) by which the sky is obstructed and
upon which wait the aerial vehicles of the Heavenly
deities, each capable of carrying a couple (and) which is
(now) a prison to the ladies of the Devas, (when you look
at this palace), you will declare the state of your feelings
to be joy blended with sorrow.
7. (And) there; (please) enter a compound full of
trees in the pleasure-garden attached to the dwelling (of
Ravana), in which the wind trembles at the slightest
anger (of Ravana), in which the sun can be mistaken for
the moon, which is ever munificently provided with (the
delights of) all the seasons (prevailing) at one and the
same time, which was lighted by (red) Asoka trees that
are the brothers of the fire of sorrow of Sita, (and) which
was on a previous occasion disarranged on account of the
wanderings of Anjaneya.
8. Gentle Sir, circling in the sky in that enclosure
along with other birds who have become overpowered.
with blissful joy, and with your eye directed to one place
after another, you will see a solitary Simsupa tree, densely
branched, which is a relative in sorrow to the daughter of
Janaka and has (her) ornaments placed on some one of
its branches.
9. Friend, at the foot of that tree, there is an in-
describable heavenly gem (namely, Sita), born when the
sacrificial ground was being cleared (by ploughing), (a
gem) devoid of fear on account of spiritual might (or
TRANSLATION
the city, (a palace) by which the sky is obstructed and
upon which wait the aerial vehicles of the Heavenly
deities, each capable of carrying a couple (and) which is
(now) a prison to the ladies of the Devas, (when you look
at this palace), you will declare the state of your feelings
to be joy blended with sorrow.
7. (And) there; (please) enter a compound full of
trees in the pleasure-garden attached to the dwelling (of
Ravana), in which the wind trembles at the slightest
anger (of Ravana), in which the sun can be mistaken for
the moon, which is ever munificently provided with (the
delights of) all the seasons (prevailing) at one and the
same time, which was lighted by (red) Asoka trees that
are the brothers of the fire of sorrow of Sita, (and) which
was on a previous occasion disarranged on account of the
wanderings of Anjaneya.
8. Gentle Sir, circling in the sky in that enclosure
along with other birds who have become overpowered.
with blissful joy, and with your eye directed to one place
after another, you will see a solitary Simsupa tree, densely
branched, which is a relative in sorrow to the daughter of
Janaka and has (her) ornaments placed on some one of
its branches.
9. Friend, at the foot of that tree, there is an in-
describable heavenly gem (namely, Sita), born when the
sacrificial ground was being cleared (by ploughing), (a
gem) devoid of fear on account of spiritual might (or