The RÁMÁYAN of VÁLMÍKI - Part 2 - 60

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60Canto LX. Kausalyá Consoled.As Queen Kauśalyá, trembling much, As blighted by a goblin's touch, Still lying prostrate, half awoke To consciousness, 'twas thus she spoke: “Bear me away, Sumantra, far, Where Ráma, Sítá, Lakshmaṇ are. Bereft of them I have no power To linger on a single hour. Again, I pray, thy steps retrace, And me in Daṇḍak forest place, For after them I needs must go, Or sink to Yama's realms below.” His utterance choked by tears that rolled Down from their fountains uncontrolled, With suppliant hands the charioteer Thus spake, the lady's heart to cheer: “Dismiss thy grief, despair,