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अयोध्याकाण्डम्/सर्गः_३८2.38.p04078–2.38.p04082
अयोध्याकाण्डम्/सर्गः_३८2.38.p04078

Sanskrit · 2.38.p04078

श्रीमद्वाल्मीकियरामायणे अयोध्याकाण्डे अष्टात्रिंशः सर्गः ॥२-३८॥ तस्यां चीरं वसानायां नाथवत्यामनाथवत्। प्रचुक्रोश जनः सर्वो धिक् त्वां दशरथं त्विति॥ १॥

English · Meaning

In the revered Valmiki Ramayana, in the Ayodhya Book, the thirty-eighth canto. ॥2-38॥ While she was putting on the bark garment, though she had a protector, she was as one without a protector. The whole people cried out: “Shame on you, Dasharatha!” Thus. ॥1॥

2.38.p040781 / 19
अयोध्याकाण्डम्/सर्गः_३८2.38.p04079

Sanskrit · 2.38.p04079

तेन तत्र प्रणादेन दुःखितः स महीपतिः। चिच्छेद जीविते श्रद्धां धर्मे यशसि चात्मनः॥ २॥

English · Meaning

By that lamenting cry there, that king was afflicted with sorrow; he cut off his trust in life, in righteousness, in fame, and in his own self.

2.38.p040792 / 19
अयोध्याकाण्डम्/सर्गः_३८2.38.p04080

Sanskrit · 2.38.p04080

स निःश्वस्योष्णमैक्ष्वाकस्तां भार्यामिदमब्रवीत्। कैकेयि कुशचीरेण न सीता गन्तुमर्हति॥ ३॥

English · Meaning

He, the Ikṣvāku, sighing hotly, said this to that wife: “Kaikeyī, Sītā ought not to go wearing a garment of kuśa grass.”

2.38.p040803 / 19
अयोध्याकाण्डम्/सर्गः_३८2.38.p04081

Sanskrit · 2.38.p04081

सुकुमारी च बाला च सततं च सुखोचिता। नेयं वनस्य योग्येति सत्यमाह गुरुर्मम॥ ४॥

English · Meaning

She is delicate and young, and has always been accustomed to comfort. “She is not fit for the forest,” my guru truly said.

2.38.p040814 / 19
अयोध्याकाण्डम्/सर्गः_३८2.38.p04082

Sanskrit · 2.38.p04082

इयं हि कस्यापि करोति किंचित् तपस्विनी राजवरस्य पुत्री। या चीरमासाद्य जनस्य मध्ये स्थिता विसंज्ञा श्रमणीव काचित् ॥ ५॥

English · Meaning

What does this ascetic woman do to anyone? She is the daughter of the best of kings; having put on bark garments, she stands among the people senseless, like some female ascetic.

2.38.p040825 / 19

Make yourself comfortable

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