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as at places from where secret treasures have been dug out.
1366. That horrid woman keeps looking at the necklace for long, weeps
unceasingly, holds it against her bosom - that necklace of my husband.
1367. For translation vide ŚP S. No. (767.190) supra
1368. The noble-born young wife bears with great difficulty her breasts that grew
in size day by day like 'a dung-hill' (?). Being a widow their plumpness is a nuisance (to her).
1369. At her husband's death the unchaste woman wept, with her throat choked
with tears in such a way that even her lover was afraid that she might follow him in death.
1370. Sītā (lit. Janaka's daughter) then fell flat on the ground, her hair dishevelled
and filled with dust, and her breasts pressed (lit. rounded) against the ground, covered with her bosom.
1371. For translation vide SP S. No. (182.79) supra.
1372. Now that you have departed to the other world, to follow you there and
have the pleasure of seeing you should in fact bring me consolation and comfort, but then, the regret is : I haven't yet seen Rāvana killed.
..1373. She (Sītā) didn't shed tears, she couldn't even look at Rama's (severed)
head. Being taken into a swoon, she only fell on the ground helpless like one dead.
1374. Her gaze remained fixed on Rāma's head as before and her tired hand
leaving the cheek rested on her bosom. Motionless like a corpse she just sank to the ground under the weight of her breasts.
1375. Under the severe trauma, she felt too feeble to say anything. She sank to
the ground, with her face covered by her tresses that fluttered on it, and finally she became unconscious.
1376. Her breath almost stopped; the darkness of her sorrow covered her face;
her eyelashes closed a little and the pupils in her eyes rolled upwards as
