PARASTRI PARANMUKHAT

"How con I identify dear Sugriv those jewels used to decorate neck and face When I've not seen anytime Mother Janaki adorning to her neck and face 
Never did I see that Mother's face bedecked with dazzling ones by intent 
Nor will T ever desire that ignoble act of seeing her face ever by accident. 

Hark deaer! it's against the Hindu custom to gaze at a woman's face
Any woman what so ever for that matter, except that of one's wife's face 
To be certain, I've not looked so far Mother Janaki's face even for once
Since the day of her joining the reputed ⁶Raghu Vamsa, nor wish it hence."

"It's quite justifiable, if she were to be in the palace in our ⁷Ayodhya,
Is it possible in exile, where privacy can't be observed as in Ayodhya?
Moreover, you spent almost fourteen years following everywhere like shadow 
As such, you are constrained to see from dawn to dusk her figure&shadow."

Glossary

6) dynasty of Raghu. 
7) Capital of Kosala desa. 

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