Mandodari's Lament And The Funerals Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BB CC DD EE FF GG HH II JK LL MM NN MM OO MM| 'Hast thou fallen ' wept in anguish Ravan's first and eldest bride | A |
| Mandodari slender waisted Queen of Lanka's state and pride | A |
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| 'Hast thou fallen king and consort more than Gods in warlike might | B |
| Slain by man whom bright Immortals feared to facein dubious fight | B |
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| Not a man the Dark Destroyer came to thee in mortal form | C |
| Or the heaven traversing VISHNU INDRA ruler of the storm | C |
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| Gods of sky in shape of Vanars helped the dark and cruel deed | D |
| Girdling round the Discus Wielder in the battle's direst need | D |
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| Well I knew when Khara Dushan were by Rama's prowess slain | E |
| Rama was no earthly mortal he who crossed the mighty main | E |
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| Well I knew when with his army he invested Lanka's gate | F |
| Rama was no earthly mortal but the messenger of Fate | F |
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| And I prayed the faithful Sita might unto her consort go | G |
| For 'tis writ that nations perish for a righteous woman's woe | G |
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| But for impious lust of woman all forgetful of thy wife | H |
| Thou hast lost thy crown and kingdom thou hast lost thy fated life | H |
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| Woe to me the sad remembrance haunts my tortured bosom still | I |
| Of our days on famed Kailasa or on Meru's golden hill | I |
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| Done the days of joy and gladness Mandodari's days are done | J |
| Since her lord and king and husband from her dear embrace is gone | K |
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| Sorely wept the Queen of Lanka Rama tender tearful true | L |
| Bade the funeral rites and honours to a fallen foeman due | L |
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| And they heaped the wood of Chandan and the fragrant garland laid | M |
| On the pyre they lifted Ravan in the richest robes arrayed | M |
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| Weeping queens and sorrowing Rakshas round their fallen leader stood | N |
| Brahmans with their chaunted mantras piled the dry and scented wood | N |
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| Oil and cords and sacred offerings were upon the altar laid | M |
| And a goat of inky darkness as a sacrifice was slayed | M |
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| Piously the good Bibhishan lighted Ravan's funeral pyre | O |
| And the zephyrs gently blowing fanned the bright and blazing fire | O |
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| Slow and sad with due abititions mourners left the funeral site | M |
| Rama then unstrung his weapon laid aside his arms of might | M |
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