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अरण्यकाण्डम्/सर्गः_२3.2.p06995–3.2.p06999
अरण्यकाण्डम्/सर्गः_२3.2.p06995

Sanskrit · 3.2.p06995

श्रीमद्वाल्मीकियरामायणे अरण्यकाण्डे द्वितीयः सर्गः ॥३-२॥ कृतातिथ्योऽथ रामस्तु सूर्यस्योदयनं प्रति। आमन्त्र्य स मुनीन् सर्वान् वनमेवान्वगाहत॥ १॥

English · Meaning

In the second canto of the revered Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, in the Aranyakāṇḍa—having honored the guests, Rāma, for his part, after bidding farewell to all the sages, entered the forest toward sunrise.

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अरण्यकाण्डम्/सर्गः_२3.2.p06996

Sanskrit · 3.2.p06996

नानामृगगणाकीर्णमृक्षशार्दूलसेवितम्। ध्वस्तवृक्षलतागुल्मं दुर्दर्शसलिलाशयम्॥ २॥

English · Meaning

A forest filled with herds of various animals, frequented by bears and tigers, with its trees, creepers, and bushes destroyed, and with water bodies difficult to see.

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अरण्यकाण्डम्/सर्गः_२3.2.p06997

Sanskrit · 3.2.p06997

निष्कूजमानशकुनिं झिल्लिकागणनादितम्। लक्ष्मणानुचरो रामो वनमध्यं ददर्श ह॥ ३॥

English · Meaning

Rama, accompanied by Lakshmana, saw the middle of the forest, where birds were calling and it was resounding with the cries of hosts of cicadas.

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अरण्यकाण्डम्/सर्गः_२3.2.p06998

Sanskrit · 3.2.p06998

सीतया सह काकुत्स्थस्तस्मिन् घोरमृगायुते। ददर्श गिरिशृङ्गाभं पुरुषादं महास्वनम्॥ ४॥

English · Meaning

Together with Sita, Kākutstha saw there, in that place filled with dreadful animals, a man-eater resembling a mountain peak and making a great sound.

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अरण्यकाण्डम्/सर्गः_२3.2.p06999

Sanskrit · 3.2.p06999

गभीराक्षं महावक्त्रं विकटं विकटोदरम्। बीभत्सं विषमं दीर्घं विकृतं घोरदर्शनम्॥ ५॥

English · Meaning

He had deep-set eyes, a huge mouth, a monstrous form, and a huge belly; he was disgusting, misshapen, long-bodied, deformed, and dreadful to behold.

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