Verse 19·VR 4.53.19
किम् मे सुहृद्भिः व्यसनम् पश्यद्भिः जीवितांतरे | इह एव प्रायम् आसिष्ये पुण्ये सागर रोधसि ||| ४-५३-१९
etat shrutvaa kumaareNa yuva raajena bhaaShitam |sarve te vaanara shreShThaaH karuNam vaakyam abruvan || 4-53-20
Translation
"Of what use is the witnessing of my kith and kin at me when I am tortured in the prime of my life, hence here on this sacred seashore alone I will outwait my death fasting unto it." Thus Angada said to all the monkeys. [4-53-19b, c]
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Angada Proposes Fast unto Death
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