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Quotation from The Ramayana by Valmiki
“Four plants, of sovereign powers possessed, Spring from the soil, and flashing there Shed radiance through the neighbouring air. One draws the shaft: one brings again The breath of life to warm the slain; One heals each wound; one gives anew To faded cheeks their wonted hue.”
The Ramayana, Book VI, Canto LXXIV (The Medicinal Herbs), trans. Ralph T. H. Griffith
The aged king of the bears sends Hanuman to the Himalaya for the herbs that will revive Rama, Lakshman and the wounded army.
Citation: "Four plants, of sovereign powers possessed, Spring from the soil, and flashing there Shed radiance through the neighbouring air. One draws the shaft: one brings again The breath of life to warm the slain; One heals each wound; one gives anew To faded cheeks their wonted hue." — Valmiki, The Ramayana, Book VI, Canto LXXIV (The Medicinal Herbs), trans. Ralph T. H. Griffith. (id ramayana-q7)
Portrait: Meeting of Rama and Parashurama, from the Mewar Ramayana, Manohar of Mewar, Public domain.
