SK-28; Seetha planning Suicide

~ Sri_Krishna_Saras
19; 20. atha thereafter; Saa that Seetha; mRAidu Sarvaagatrii with all her soft limbs; upashitaa = stood;yRAihiitvaa = seizing; shaakhaam = a branch; tasya nagasya = of that tree; tasyaaH tu to her; ShubhaaNgyaaH = having handsome limbs; pravichintayantyaaH who was thinking; raamam = of Rama; raamaanujam = Lakshmana; svam kulamcha = her own race; praadur-babhuuvuH = appeared; tad aa = then; bahuuni = many; nlmlttaanl = omens;shokaanimittaani = not having adequate occasion for grief; dhairyaa rjitaani = which procured courage; I Oke = in the world; pravaraaNi = which were excellent; tathaa = and upalakSitaani = which were seen; puraapi = earlier also;siddhaani = as thoroughly efficacious. Thereafter Seetha with all her soft limbs stood seizing a branch Of that tree. TO her having handsome limbs, who was thinking of Rama, Lakshmana and her own race, then appeared many omens, which were not having adequate occasion for grief, which procured courage in the world, which were excellent and which were seen earlier also as thoroughly efficacious. Gk: Taking hold of a branch of the aforesaid SimSapa tree, that lady, who was delicate Of all limbs, stood near that tree. While that lady Of charming limbs was thinking deeply of Sri Rama and Laksmana as also of her own royal home, many omens-which were well-known in the world as dispellers Of grief and restoring confidence, and which had been found by her, even before as predictive of success presently appeared on her person;18-19. Thus completes 28th Chapter Of Sundara Kanda Of the glorious Ramayana Of Valmiki, the work of a sage and the oldest epic -44 9 - "SRI-KRISHNA-SARAS"

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