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
AY AL IAT ITT SATIALAT |
BOT! Tat SA AAT ALATA RII
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
