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अरण्यकाण्डम्/सर्गः_२०3.20.p07626–3.20.p07630
अरण्यकाण्डम्/सर्गः_२०3.20.p07626

Sanskrit · 3.20.p07626

श्रीमद्वाल्मीकियरामायणे अरण्यकाण्डे विंशः सर्गः ॥३-२०॥ ततः शूर्पणखा घोरा राघवाश्रममागता। राक्षसानाचचक्षे तौ भ्रातरौ सह सीतया॥ १॥

English · Meaning

In the glorious Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, in the Araṇya Kāṇḍa, the twentieth canto/chapter. Then the terrible Śūrpaṇakhā, having come to Rāghava's hermitage, told the rākṣasas about those two brothers together with Sītā.

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अरण्यकाण्डम्/सर्गः_२०3.20.p07627

Sanskrit · 3.20.p07627

ते रामं पर्णशालायामुपविष्टं महाबलम्। ददृशुः सीतया सार्धं लक्ष्मणेनापि सेवितम्॥ २॥

English · Meaning

They saw Rāma, possessed of great strength, seated in the leaf-thatched hut and attended by Sītā and also by Lakṣmaṇa.

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अरण्यकाण्डम्/सर्गः_२०3.20.p07628

Sanskrit · 3.20.p07628

तां दृष्ट्वा राघवः श्रीमानागतांस्तांश्च राक्षसान्। अब्रवीद् भ्रातरं रामो लक्ष्मणं दीप्ततेजसम्॥ ३॥

English · Meaning

Seeing her and those Rākṣasas who had come, the glorious Rāghava—Rāma—spoke to his brother Lakṣmaṇa of blazing splendor.

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अरण्यकाण्डम्/सर्गः_२०3.20.p07629

Sanskrit · 3.20.p07629

मुहूर्तं भव सौमित्रे सीतायाः प्रत्यनन्तरः। इमानस्या वधिष्यामि पदवीमागतानिह॥ ४॥

English · Meaning

For a moment, O son of Sumitrā, stay close behind Sītā. I shall kill these who have come here upon her track.

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अरण्यकाण्डम्/सर्गः_२०3.20.p07630

Sanskrit · 3.20.p07630

वाक्यमेतत् ततः श्रुत्वा रामस्य विदितात्मनः। तथेति लक्ष्मणो वाक्यं राघवस्य प्रपूजयन्॥ ५॥

English · Meaning

Having heard this statement of Rama, the self-knowing Rama, Lakshmana said, “So be it,” honoring Raghava’s command.

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Make yourself comfortable

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