To me beloved of his heart
Lost no time Ram to punish it.
Took he some reed lay nearby
Which with power of his mantra
Turned then into Brahmastra.
Chased that missile Kakasur
All the way to Indra’s place.
Even Lord of heavenly gods
Felt he could not help his son.
Back came that crow to save life
Sought he pardon from my Lord.
Though Ram came to forgive him
The weapon in use was sure to hurt.
As a way to save his life
Pleaded Kakasur with Ram
Let the damage be limited
To the right eye that he bore.
Having owed his life to Ram
Left then one-eyed Indra’s son.
Wonder how the one who used
Brahmastra on Kakasur
Fails to put the same to use
To punish the man who confines me?
Is it that Ram fails to know
Bitter would be his better half!
Having taken vow to help
All and sundry in distress
Is it fair for Ram to leave
His own one thus in the lurch?
Not the one to act in haste
Hath he patience of oceans.
Hath my suffering not tested
Patience his with vile Ravan?
Aims as he and shoots arrows
Escape none there for his foes.
If my Lord has some concern
For me forlorn spouse of his
Won’t he come to my rescue?
What of Lakshman his sibling
Moves not one inch in spite of
The loss of sister-in-law his?
Surely my Lord and Lakshman
On their own can bring to knees
Gods all there in heaven at once.
Looks like it’s my misfortune
That my Lord and his sibling
Should make no move to rescue
Me from clutches of this man.
Moved as Hanuman by lament
Of the hapless Rama’s wife
Tried he thus to cheer her up.
Swear I to the fact that Ram
Swallowed was by thy sorrow.
Now that I would head to Ram
With the tidings of our meet
Know its beginning of the end
Of thy sorrows of all hues.
For these demons to rue in time
Count on Ram to bring curtains
Down on Ravan’s Lankan stage.
It’s no big deal for Rama
To make cruel Ravan meet
His nadir with all his men.
Let me hasten to thy man
So to convey news of thine.
In spite of the hope it gave
Spoketh in teras thus Seetha.
Tell my man that I live by
Hope of making life with him.
What else can I wish for him
Rama’s dearest brother Lakshman
That he joins his wife soon
Whom he left to serve us both.
Sad it was that he gave up
Conjugal his life for long
So to take care of us both.
He is such a pet of Ram
For he is a handsome man.
Though he is my brother-in-law