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अरण्यकाण्डम्/सर्गः_३९3.39.p08261–3.39.p08265
अरण्यकाण्डम्/सर्गः_३९3.39.p08261

Sanskrit · 3.39.p08261

श्रीमद्वाल्मीकियरामायणे अरण्यकाण्डे एकोनचत्वारिंशः सर्गः ॥३-३९॥ एवमस्मि तदा मुक्तः कथंचित् तेन संयुगे। इदानीमपि यद् वृत्तं तच्छृणुष्व यदुत्तरम्॥ १॥

English · Meaning

In the venerable Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, in the Araṇya Kāṇḍa, this is the thirty-ninth chapter. Thus, at that time, I was somehow released by him in combat. Even now, hear what happened—what followed from it. 3.39.1

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अरण्यकाण्डम्/सर्गः_३९3.39.p08262

Sanskrit · 3.39.p08262

राक्षसाभ्यामहं द्वाभ्यामनिर्विण्णस्तथाकृतः। सहितो मृगरूपाभ्यां प्रविष्टो दण्डकावने॥ २॥

English · Meaning

I, made thoroughly disillusioned by those two rākṣasas in that manner, together with those two in deer-form, entered the Daṇḍaka forest.

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अरण्यकाण्डम्/सर्गः_३९3.39.p08263

Sanskrit · 3.39.p08263

दीप्तजिह्वो महादंष्ट्रस्तीक्ष्णशृङ्गो महाबलः। व्यचरन् दण्डकारण्यं मांसभक्षो महामृगः॥ ३॥

English · Meaning

The great beast, with a blazing tongue, great fangs, sharp horns, and great strength, roamed the Daṇḍaka forest, feeding on flesh.

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अरण्यकाण्डम्/सर्गः_३९3.39.p08264

Sanskrit · 3.39.p08264

अग्निहोत्रेषु तीर्थेषु चैत्यवृक्षेषु रावण। अत्यन्तघोरो व्यचरंस्तापसांस्तान् प्रधर्षयन्॥ ४॥

English · Meaning

O Rāvaṇa, I roamed among sacrificial fires, holy fords, and sacred trees, extremely terrible, harassing those ascetics.

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अरण्यकाण्डम्/सर्गः_३९3.39.p08265

Sanskrit · 3.39.p08265

निहत्य दण्डकारण्ये तापसान् धर्मचारिणः। रुधिराणि पिबंस्तेषां तन्मांसानि च भक्षयन्॥ ५॥

English · Meaning

Having slain the ascetics who practiced righteousness in the Daṇḍaka forest, I drank their blood and ate their flesh. 3.39.5

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