Kishkindha - (In the Nilgiri Mountains)

Part II

The Consecration of Sugriva

Tears of love the tender Tara on her slaughtered hero shed,

E’en Sugriva’s bosom melted when he saw his brother dead,

And each Vanar chief and warrior, maha-matra, lord and peer,

Gathered round the sad Sugriva wet with unavailing tear!

And they girt the victor Rama and they praised his wond’rous might,

As the heavenly rishis gather circling Brahma’s throne of light,

Hanuman of sun-like radiance, lofty as a hill of gold,

Clasped his hands in due obeisance, spake in accents calm an bold:

"By thy prowess, peerless Rama, prince Sugriva is our lord,

© "The Ramayana and Mahabharata" by Romesh C Dutt, published by Dover Publications, Inc., Mineola, New York, USA. Part I of this article appeared in Splendour, January 2006 issue. Reprinted with permission.

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