The RÁMÁYAN of VÁLMÍKI - Part 2 - 104

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104Canto CIV. The Meeting With The Queens.Vaśishṭha with his soul athirst To look again on Ráma, first In line the royal widows placed, And then the way behind them traced. The ladies moving, faint and slow, Saw the fair stream before them flow, And by the bank their steps were led Which the two brothers visited. Kauśalyá with her faded cheek And weeping eyes began to speak, And thus in mournful tones addressed The queen Sumitrá and the rest: “See in the wood the bank's descent, Which the two orphan youths frequent, Whose noble spirits never fall, Though woes surround them,