Text 25] The Pastimes of Lord Ramacandra 77

tato niskramya lankaya
yatudhanyah sahasrasah

mandodaryé samam tatra
prarudantya upddravan

tatah—thereafter; niskramya—coming out; larikdyah—from Lanka;
yatudhanyah—the wives of the Raksasas; sahasrasah—by thousands
and thousands; mandodarya—headed by Mandodari, the wife of
Ravana; samam—with; tatra—there; prarudantyah—crying in lamen-
tation; upddravan—came near (their dead husbands).

TRANSLATION

Thereafter, all the women whose husbands had fallen in the bat-
tle, headed by Mandodari, the wife of Ravana, came out of Lanka.
Continuously crying, they approached the dead bodies of Ravana
and the other Raksasas.

TEXT 25

A AL TTY HAST SANTA AT |
BOF GAL SAT AT AAT WRI

svan svin bandhiin parisvajya
laksmanesubhir arditan

ruruduh susvaram dina
ghnantya dtmanam dtmana

svdn svadn—their own respective husbands; bandhin—friends;
parisvajya—embracing; laksmana-isubhih—by the arrows of
Laksmana; arditan—who were killed; ruruduh—all the wives cried
piteously; su-suaram—it was very sweet to hear; dindh—very poor;
ghnantyah—striking; atmaénam—their breasts; dtmand—by them-
selves.

TRANSLATION

Striking their breasts in affliction because their husbands had
been killed by the arrows of Laksmana, the women embraced their
