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अरण्यकाण्डम्/सर्गः_१८3.18.p07570–3.18.p07574
अरण्यकाण्डम्/सर्गः_१८3.18.p07570

Sanskrit · 3.18.p07570

श्रीमद्वाल्मीकियरामायणे अरण्यकाण्डे अष्टादशः सर्गः ॥३-१८॥ तां तु शूर्पणखां रामः कामपाशावपाशिताम्। स्वेच्छया श्लक्ष्णया वाचा स्मितपूर्वमथाब्रवीत्॥ १॥

English · Meaning

In the illustrious Valmiki Ramayana, in the Aranyakanda, the eighteenth canto. Then Rama spoke to that Shurpanakha, who was ensnared by the noose of desire, with a gentle speech of his own accord, beginning with a smile.

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अरण्यकाण्डम्/सर्गः_१८3.18.p07571

Sanskrit · 3.18.p07571

कृतदारोऽस्मि भवति भार्येयं दयिता मम। त्वद्विधानां तु नारीणां सुदुःखा ससपत्नता॥ २॥

English · Meaning

I am married, lady, and this wife is beloved to me. But for women like you, having a co-wife is exceedingly painful.

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अरण्यकाण्डम्/सर्गः_१८3.18.p07572

Sanskrit · 3.18.p07572

अनुजस्त्वेष मे भ्राता शीलवान् प्रियदर्शनः। श्रीमानकृतदारश्च लक्ष्मणो नाम वीर्यवान्॥ ३॥

English · Meaning

This is my younger brother, virtuous and handsome. The illustrious, unmarried, valiant man named Lakshmana is without a wife.

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अरण्यकाण्डम्/सर्गः_१८3.18.p07573

Sanskrit · 3.18.p07573

अपूर्वी भार्यया चार्थी तरुणः प्रियदर्शनः। अनुरूपश्च ते भर्ता रूपस्यास्य भविष्यति॥ ४॥

English · Meaning

He has had no wife before and desires a wife; he is young and handsome. He will be a husband suited to your beauty.

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अरण्यकाण्डम्/सर्गः_१८3.18.p07574

Sanskrit · 3.18.p07574

एनं भज विशालाक्षि भर्तारं भ्रातरं मम। असपत्ना वरारोहे मेरुमर्कप्रभा यथा॥ ५॥

English · Meaning

Take this man as your husband, O large-eyed one, my brother; O lovely-hipped one, be without a co-wife, just as the sun’s radiance attends Meru.

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Make yourself comfortable

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