Ramayana

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दृष्टपूर्वं न ते रूपं पादौ दृष्टौ तवानघे । कथमत्र हि पश्यामि रामेण रहितां वने ॥ 7-48-21 ॥

Never before was your form seen by me; only your feet have I looked upon, O sinless one. How then can I bear to behold you here, abandoned in the forest without Rama?

english translation

इत्युक्त्वा तां नमस्कृत्य पुनर्नावमुपारुहत् । आरुह्य च पुनर्नावं नाविकं चाभ्यचोदयत् ॥ 7-48-22 ॥

Having said this and saluted her, he climbed back into the boat; and having boarded the boat again, he urged on the boatman.

english translation

स गत्वा चोत्तरं तीरं शोकभारसमन्वितः । सम्मूढ इव दुःखेन रथमध्यारुहद्द्रुतम् ॥ 7-48-23 ॥

Reaching the northern bank, weighed down by the burden of his grief and as if dazed by sorrow, he swiftly mounted the chariot.

english translation

मुहुर्मुहुः परावृत्य दृष्ट्वा सीतामनाथवत् । चेष्टन्तीं परतीरस्थां लक्ष्मणः प्रययावथ ॥ 7-48-24 ॥

Turning back again and again, gazing upon Sita who, helpless, moved about upon the far bank, Lakshmana then departed.

english translation

दूरस्थं रथमालोक्य लक्ष्मणं च मुहूर्मुहुः । निरीक्षमाणां तूद्विग्नां सीतां शोकः समाविशत् ॥ 7-48-25 ॥

As she looked again and again upon the distant chariot and Lakshmana, sorrow took hold of the agitated Sita.

english translation