THE RÁMÁYAN OF VÁLMÍKI, VOL. III - Gujarat Knowledge Centre

292 THE BA'MA'YA.N. Book III
To fair Ayodbyd bend thy way.
Without my love I cannot bear
To live one hour in blank despair.
Bound Bharat's neck tby fond arms twine.
And greet bim with these words of mine ;
'Dear brother, still the power retain.
And o'er the land as monarch reign.'
With salutation next incline
Before thy mother, his, and mine.
Still, brother, to my words attend,
And with all car© each dame befriend..
To my dear mothers ear relate
My mournful tale and Slta's fate.'
._Thus Rama gave his sorrow vent.
And from a heart which anguish rent.
Mourned for his wife in loud lament,—
Her of the glorious hair.
From Lakshman's cheek the colour fled.
And o'er his heart came sudden dread.
Sick, faint, and sore disquieted
By woe too great to bear^