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चिताधुमाकुलपथा गृध्रमण्डलसंकुला । अचिरेण तु लङ्केयं श्मशानसदृशी भवेत् ॥ ५-२६-२६
'Very soon this Lanka will be enveloped with smoke from funeral pyres and thronged with flocks of vultures moving in circles. It will be like a burial ground. [5-26-26]
english translation
अचिरेणैव कालेन प्राप्स्याम्येव मनोरथम् । दुष्प्रस्थानोऽयमाख्याति सर्वेषां वो विपर्ययम् ॥ ५-२६-२७
'Your bad behaviour forebodes illluck for you. I shall have my desire fulfilled in a short time. [5-26-27]
english translation
यादृशानीह दृशन्ते लङ्कायामशुभानि वै । अचिरेणैव कालेन भविष्यति हतप्रभा ॥ ५-२६-२८
'Inauspicious signs are seen here in Lanka. In a short time this city will lose its splendour. [5-26-28]
english translation
नूनं लङ्का हते पापे रावणे राक्षसाधमे । शोषं यास्यति दुर्धर्षा प्रमदा विधवा यथा ॥ ५-२६-२९
'Surely this impregnable Lanka will wither up (lose its splendour) and appear like a widow when this sinful Ravana, a mean demon is killed. [5-26-29]
english translation
पुण्योत्सव समृद्धा च नष्टभर्र्ती सराक्षसी । भविष्यति पुरी लङ्का नष्टभर्त्री यथाङ्गना ॥ ५-२६-३०
'This city of Lanka with many auspicious celebrations will lose its king and all mean ogresses will remain like widows. [5-26-30]
english translation