Ramayana, Epic of Rama, Prince of India

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VIII. Sita Discovered - 118 Well I know this sweet memorial, Sita wore it on her head, And her proud and peerless beauty on the gem a lustre shed! Ah, methinks the gracious Janak stands again before my eye, With a father’s fond affection, with a monarch’s stature high, Ah, methinks my bride and consort, she who wore it on her brow, Stands again before the altar speaks again her loving vow, Ah, the sad the sweet remembrance! ah, the happy days gone by, Once again, O loving vision, wilt thou gladden Rama’s eye? [126] Speak again, my faithful vassal, how my Sita wept and prayed, Like the water to the thirsty, dear to me what Sita said, Did she send this sweet remembrance as a blessing from above, As a true and tender token of a woman’s changeless love, Did she waft her heart’s affection o’er the billows of the sea, Wherefore came she not in person from her foes and fetters free? Hanuman, my friend and comrade, lead me to the distant isle, Where my soft-eyed Sita lingers midst the Rakshas dark and vile, Where my true and tender consort like a lone and stricken deer, Girt by Rakshas stern and ruthless sheds the unavailing tear, Where she weeps in ceaseless anguish, sorrow-stricken sad and pale, Like the Moon by dark clouds shrouded then her light and lustre fail! Speak again, my faithful henchman, loving message of my wife, Like some potent drug her accents renovate my fainting life, Arm thy forces, friend Sugriva, Rama shall not brook delay, While in distant Lanka’s confines Sita weeps the livelong day, Marshal forth thy bannered forces, cross the ocean in thy might, Rama speeds on wings of vengeance Lanka’s impious lord to smite!
119 Book IX. Ravana-Sabha (The Council of War) [127] Ravan was thoroughly frightened by the deeds of Hanumam. For Hanuman had not only penetrated into his island and discovered Sita in her imprisonment, but had also managed to burn down a great portion of the city before he left the island. Ravan called a Council of War, and as might be expected, all the advisers heedlessly advised war. All but Bibhishan. He was the youngest brother of Ravan, and condemned the folly and the crime by which Ravan was seeking a war with the righteous and unoffending Rama. He advised that Sita should be restored to her lord and peace made with Rama. His voice was drowned in the cries of more violent advisers. It is noticeable that Ravan’s second brother, Kumbha-karna, also had the courage to censure his elder’s action. But unlike Bibhishan he was determined to fight for his king whether he was right or wrong. There is a touch of sublimity in this blind and devoted loyalty of Kumbha-karna to the cause of his king and his country. Bibhishan was driven from the court with indignity, and joined the forces of Rama, to whom he gave much valuable information about Lanka and its warriors. The passages translated in this Book form Sections vi., viii., ix., portions of Sections xii, and xv., and the whole of Section xvi, of Book vi, of the original text. I. Ravan Seeks Advice [128] Monarch of the mighty Rakshas, Ravan spake to warriors all, Spake to gallant chiefs and princes gathered in his Council Hall: “Listen, Princes Chiefs and Warriors! Hanuman our land hath seen, Stealing through the woods of Lanka unto Rama’s prisoned queen, And audacious in his purpose and resistless in his ire, Burnt our turret tower and temple, wasted Lanka’s town with fire! Speak your counsel, gallant leaders, Ravan is intent to hear, Triumph waits on fearless wisdom, speak your thoughts without a fear, Wisest monarchs act on counsel from his men for wisdom known, Next are they who in their wisdom and their daring act alone,
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