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राम उवाच । यथासि सृञ्जयस्यास्य तथा मम नृपात्मजे । ब्रूहि यत्ते मनोदुःखं करिष्ये वचनं तव॥५-१७६-२६॥
Rāma said: “O princess, just as you belong to this Sṛñjaya, so you belong to me. Tell me what suffering burdens your mind; I shall carry out your request.”
english translation
अम्बोवाच । भगवञ्शरणं त्वाद्य प्रपन्नास्मि महाव्रत । शोकपङ्कार्णवाद्घोरादुद्धरस्व च मां विभो॥५-१७६-२७॥
Amba said: “Venerable one, today I have taken refuge in you, O great-vowed one. Rescue me, O mighty one, from this dreadful ocean of grief and mire.”
english translation
भीष्म उवाच । तस्याश्च दृष्ट्वा रूपं च वयश्चाभिनवं पुनः । सौकुमार्यं परं चैव रामश्चिन्तापरोऽभवत्॥५-१७६-२८॥
Bhīṣma said: Seeing her beauty, her renewed youth, and her exceptional delicacy, Rāma became absorbed in deep reflection.
english translation
किमियं वक्ष्यतीत्येवं विमृशन्भृगुसत्तमः । इति दध्यौ चिरं रामः कृपयाभिपरिप्लुतः॥५-१७६-२९॥
Thinking, “What will she say?”, the foremost of the Bhṛgus reflected; thus Rāma pondered for a long time, filled with compassion.
english translation
कथ्यतामिति सा भूयो रामेणोक्ता शुचिस्मिता । सर्वमेव यथातत्त्वं कथयामास भार्गवे॥५-१७६-३०॥
Again urged by Rāma—“Let it be told”—she, with a composed smile, related everything to the Bhārgava exactly as it had occurred.
english translation