Ramayana

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अथापश्यं मुहूर्तेन दिव्यमद्भुतदर्शनम् । विमानं परमोदारं हंसयुक्तं मनोजवम् ॥ 7-77-11 ॥

Then in a moment I beheld a divine and wondrous sight: a most magnificent aerial chariot, yoked to swans and swift as thought.

english translation

अत्यर्थं स्वर्गिणं त विमाने रघुनन्दन । उपास्ते ऽप्सरसां वीर सहस्रं दिव्यभूषणम् ॥ 7-77-12 ॥

Within that chariot, O delight of the Raghus, there was a dweller of heaven exceedingly resplendent; and a thousand apsarases, O hero, adorned with celestial ornaments, attended upon him.

english translation

गायन्ति दिव्यगेयानि वादयन्ति तथा ऽपराः । क्ष्वेलयन्ति तथा चान्या नृत्यन्ति च तथा ऽपराः ॥ 7-77-13 ॥

Some sang divine songs, while others played upon instruments; some likewise made merry, and yet others danced.

english translation

अपराश्चन्द्ररश्म्याभैर्हेमदण्डैश्च चामरैः । दोधूयुर्वदनं तस्य पुण्डरीकनिभेक्षणम् ॥ 7-77-14 ॥

Others, with chowries having golden handles and gleaming like the rays of the moon, fanned his face whose eyes were like white lotuses.

english translation

ततः सिंहासनं त्यक्त्वा मेरुकूटमिवांशुमान् । पश्यतो मे तदा राम विमानादवरुह्य च । तं शवं भक्षयामास स स्वर्गी रघुनन्दन ॥ 7-77-15 ॥

Then, leaving his throne like the sun departing from the peak of Meru, that dweller of heaven descended from the chariot, O Rama, and, as I looked on, he devoured that corpse, O delight of the Raghus.

english translation