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SETUBANDHA
17 44. After they had seen the untraversable ocean and Hanūmat, who had journeyed and returned, a vague ardour flickered even in their hearts, lost in bewilderment.
45. Thereafter even their natural agility vanished, like the flare of lamps depicted in pictures, while their lustre faded, the flame of their eyes ceased to stir, and their courage ebbed away.
46. Despondent on seeing the ocean, with the desire to proceed further gone, the apes somehow composed themselves as their eyes turned to the way back home.35
35. Cf. 3.1, 51. Acc. to Rámadása: composed themselves, getting rid of the desire to go home, and withdrawing their eyes from the way back home (lit. the path of return).
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