हंससंदेशः /28

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<p lang="sa">26
 
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<p lang="sa">Unlike the Yaksha in the Meghasandesa, who, on the

mere sight of the cloud, is driven to dream of his beloved,

Rama has stronger reasons here to lose himself in the

thoughts of his Sita, because of the assemblage of certain

resemblances to things closely associated with her.
 
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<p lang="sa">With some difficulty he recovers himself, remembering

that he is लक्ष्मणस्याग्रजन्मा . For on more than one occasion

he had to be reminded by Lakshmana of his unheroic

exhibition of weaknesses incompatible with his nobility

and strength of mind. Did not Lakshmana try to dispel
his mental gloom telling him
 

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<p lang="sa">शोकेनाभिप्रसुप्तं ते ज्ञानं सम्बोधयाम्यहम् ।
 
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<p lang="sa">and महात्मानं कृतात्मानमात्मानं नावबुध्यसे ॥
 
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<p lang="sa">on two painful occasions, when he was addressing, in his

temporary madness, rocks and trees on the whereabouts

of Sita soon after she was carried away from Panchavati?

He does not want to give similar trouble to his brother on

this occasion too.
 
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<p lang="sa">Naturally Rama feels a friendly attachment to the

swan, more friendly than even Hanuman'&apos;s, and thinks of

utilising his services to cheer up Sita, with the news of his

immediate approach at the head of a powerful army

capable of destroying the whole Rakshasa band. Whether

a bird can convey a human message does not trouble him

for a moment, since his afflicted heart is not inclined to

follow that stern logic of the sane. Nor do we wonder at

this exhibition of weakness on the part of Rama, because

विश्लेषेण क्षुभितमनसां मेघशैलद्रुमादौ
 
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<p lang="sa">याच्या दैन्यं भवति किमुत क्वापि संवेदना ।
 
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