On hearing these fatal words the king exclaimed: “It is no fault of yours; my evil destiny, like some demoniacal delusion, has possessed you and bids you speak.”
Bharat has never dreamed of desiring the royal dignity: but by the decree of fate evil counsel has lodged in your breast. All this is the result of my sins; I can do nothing; God is against me. Hereafter beautiful Avadh shall flourish again under the sway of the all-perfect Râma; all his brethren shall do him service, and his glory shall spread through the three spheres of creation; your disgrace also and my remorse, though we die, shall never be effaced or forgotten. Now do whatever seemeth you good, only stay out of my sight and let your face be veiled: with clasped hands I ask but this, speak not to me again so long as I live. You too will repent at the last, O miserable woman, who aiming at the tiger have thus shot dead the cow.
Bharat has never dreamed of desiring the royal dignity: but by the decree of fate evil counsel has lodged in your breast. All this is the result of my sins; I can do nothing; God is against me. Hereafter beautiful Avadh shall flourish again under the sway of the all-perfect Râma; all his brethren shall do him service, and his glory shall spread through the three spheres of creation; your disgrace also and my remorse, though we die, shall never be effaced or forgotten. Now do whatever seemeth you good, only stay out of my sight and let your face be veiled: with clasped hands I ask but this, speak not to me again so long as I live. You too will repent at the last, O miserable woman, who aiming at the tiger have thus shot dead the cow.