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Hanuman has just returned to Mount Malyavan,
after delivering Rama's message to Sita, who is pining in
grief in a corner of Ravana's pleasure garden. And in
token of his achievement he has not only brought Sita's
crest-jewel, but also an urgent return message to her Lord
that she would not wait a a whit longer than a month at
the most, before he could go and rescue her from the
hands of the Rakshasa king.
vilion रयिष्यामि मासं तु जीवितं शत्रुसूदन ।
la nouididza
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Rama is therefore anxious to see that his projected expedi-
tion to Lanka is finished within the limited period, so
desperately indicated by his Sita. A day's delay would
spell disaster. When he is in such a state of mind, his
eyes rest on a welcome swan in a sportive mood, in one
of the lotus-tanks close by. The sight of the swan revives
in his mind a happy memory of Sita. The bird has several
points of affinity to her: its noble gait is just like Sita's;
the spotless white of its feathers is nothing inferior to the
dazzle of her silken garb; the note of its sweet sound
resembles the tinkle of her anklets. Hence Rama's mind
is totally absorbed in the bird, and for a time surrendering
himself as a helpless victim of Cupid's shafts, he falls
into an unbroken state of love-reverie forgetful of every
consideration other than that of his beloved.
तस्मिन् सीतागतिमनुगते तहुकूलाङ्गमूर्ती
तन्मञ्जीरप्रतिमनिनदे न्यस्तनिष्पन्ददृष्टिः ।
धीरश्चेतोविलयमगमत्तन्मयात्मा मुहूर्त
शङ्के तीव्रं भवति समये शासनं मीनकेतोः ॥
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Hanuman has just returned to Mount Malyavan,
after delivering Rama's message to Sita, who is pining in
grief in a corner of Ravana's pleasure garden. And in
token of his achievement he has not only brought Sita's
crest-jewel, but also an urgent return message to her Lord
that she would not wait a a whit longer than a month at
the most, before he could go and rescue her from the
hands of the Rakshasa king.
vilion रयिष्यामि मासं तु जीवितं शत्रुसूदन ।
la nouididza
Tags मादूर्ध्वं न जीविष्ये त्वया हीना नृपात्मज ॥ lodignate bus
Rama is therefore anxious to see that his projected expedi-
tion to Lanka is finished within the limited period, so
desperately indicated by his Sita. A day's delay would
spell disaster. When he is in such a state of mind, his
eyes rest on a welcome swan in a sportive mood, in one
of the lotus-tanks close by. The sight of the swan revives
in his mind a happy memory of Sita. The bird has several
points of affinity to her: its noble gait is just like Sita's;
the spotless white of its feathers is nothing inferior to the
dazzle of her silken garb; the note of its sweet sound
resembles the tinkle of her anklets. Hence Rama's mind
is totally absorbed in the bird, and for a time surrendering
himself as a helpless victim of Cupid's shafts, he falls
into an unbroken state of love-reverie forgetful of every
consideration other than that of his beloved.
तस्मिन् सीतागतिमनुगते तहुकूलाङ्गमूर्ती
तन्मञ्जीरप्रतिमनिनदे न्यस्तनिष्पन्ददृष्टिः ।
धीरश्चेतोविलयमगमत्तन्मयात्मा मुहूर्त
शङ्के तीव्रं भवति समये शासनं मीनकेतोः ॥
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