Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 74, Shloka 2
औषधिपर्वताहरणम् / The Retrieval of the Herb
Bearing Mountain
ततोविषण्णंसमवेक्ष्यसैन्यंविभीषणोबुद्धिमतांवरिष्ठः ।उवाचशाखमृगराजवीरानाश्वासयन्नप्रतिमैर्वचोभिः ।।6.74.2।।
tato viṣaṇṇaṃ samavekṣya sainyaṃ vibhīṣaṇo buddhimatāṃ variṣṭhaḥ |
uvāca śākhāmṛgarājavīrān āśvāsayan apratimair vacobhiḥ ||6.74.2||
حينئذٍ إنّ فيبيشَنَة، أرفعُ الحكماء، لمّا رأى الجيشَ كئيبًا، خاطب قادةَ القردة الأبطال، مُعزّيًا إيّاهم بكلماتٍ لا نظير لها.
Vibheeshana and Hanuman seeing the ocean of Vanara army and the glowing arrows on them, looked for Jambavantha.
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