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64. "The anxieties of the gods are dispelled and the wails of the captive maids have come to an end. Sītā, held captive by Rāvana, marks the end of the oppression of the world.'48
65. Rāma, thereupon, poured consecrated water on Vibhişana's head, and brought joy to his eyes and the cheers of the apes to his ears, and inspired loyalty in his heart.49
48. i.e., his destruction in the impending war for her recovery will deliver the world from his acts of violence.
49. The verse describes the coronation of Vibhisana.
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