The RÁMÁYAN of VÁLMÍKI - Part 2 - 58

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58Canto LVIII. Ráma's Message.The king a while had senseless lain, When care brought memory back again. Then straight he called, the news to hear Of Ráma, for the charioteer, With reverent hand to hand applied He waited by the old man's side, Whose mind with anguish was distraught Like a great elephant newly caught. The king with bitter pain distressed The faithful charioteer addressed, Who, sad of mien, with flooded eye, And dust upon his limbs, stood by: “Where will be Ráma's dwelling now At some tree's foot, beneath the bough; Ah, what will be the exile's food, Bred up with