Text 25]
The Pastimes of Lord Rāmacandra
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tato niṣkramya laṅkāyā yātudhānyaḥ sahasraśaḥ mandodaryā samaṁ tatra prarudantya upādravan
tataḥ—thereafter; niṣkramya—coming out; laṅkāyāḥ—from Laṅkā; yātudhānyaḥ—the wives of the Rākṣasas; sahasraśaḥ—by thousands and thousands; mandodaryā—headed by Mandodarī, the wife of Rāvaṇa; samaṁ—with; tatra—there; prarudantyaḥ—crying in lamentation; upādravan—came near (their dead husbands).
TRANSLATION
Thereafter, all the women whose husbands had fallen in the battle, headed by Mandodarī, the wife of Rāvaṇa, came out of Laṅkā. Continuously crying, they approached the dead bodies of Rāvaṇa and the other Rākṣasas.
TEXT 25
स्वान् स्वान् बन्धून् परिष्वज्य लक्ष्मणेषुभिरर्दितान् । रुरुदुः सुखरं दीना घन्त्य आत्मानमात्मना ॥२५॥
svān svān bandhūn pariṣvajya lakṣmaṇeṣubhir arditān ruruduḥ susvaraṁ dīnā ghnantya ātmānam ātmanā
svān svān—their own respective husbands; bandhūn—friends; pariṣvajya—embracing; lakṣmaṇa-iṣubhiḥ—by the arrows of Lakṣmaṇa; arditān—who were killed; ruruduḥ—all the wives cried piteously; su-svaraṁ—it was very sweet to hear; dīnāḥ—very poor; ghnantyaḥ—striking; ātmānam—their breasts; ātmanā—by themselves.
TRANSLATION
Striking their breasts in affliction because their husbands had been killed by the arrows of Lakṣmaṇa, the women embraced their