Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 49, Shloka 28
शरबन्धनविलापः
The Lament under the Net of Arrows
नचातिक्रमितुंशक्यंदैवंसुग्रीव मानुषैः ।यत्तुशक्यंवयस्येनसुहृदाचपरन्तप ।।6.49.28।।कृतंसुग्रीव तत्सर्वंभवताधर्मभीरुणा ।
na cātikramituṃ śakyaṃ daivaṃ sugrīva mānuṣaiḥ | yat tu śakyaṃ vayasyena suhṛdā ca parantapa ||6.49.28|| kṛtaṃ sugrīva tat sarvaṃ bhavatā dharmabhīruṇā |
Hỡi Sugrīva, phàm nhân không thể vượt qua số mệnh do thiên định. Nhưng điều gì bằng tình bạn, bằng tấm lòng tri kỷ có thể làm được—hỡi bậc thiêu đốt quân thù—ngươi đã làm trọn cả, với tâm kính sợ và giữ gìn dharma.
Seeing Vibheeshana resembling a dark mountain, thinking him to be Indrajith, all the Vanaras ran from there.।। ઇત્યાર્ષેવાલ્મીકીયેશ્રીમદ્રામાયણેઆદિકાવ્યેયુદ્ધકાણ્ડેએકોનપઞ્ચાશસ્સર્ગઃ ।।This is the end of the forty ninth sarga of Yuddha Kanda of the first epic the holy Ramayana composed by sage Valmiki.
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