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अरण्यकाण्डम्/सर्गः_४२3.42.p08339–3.42.p08343
अरण्यकाण्डम्/सर्गः_४२3.42.p08339

Sanskrit · 3.42.p08339

श्रीमद्वाल्मीकियरामायणे अरण्यकाण्डे द्विचत्वारिंशः सर्गः ॥३-४२॥ एवमुक्त्वा तु परुषं मारीचो रावणं ततः। गच्छावेत्यब्रवीद् दीनो भयाद् रात्रिंचरप्रभोः॥ १॥

English · Meaning

In the revered Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, in the Araṇya Kāṇḍa, the forty-second canto. Having thus spoken harshly, Mārīca then said to Rāvaṇa, dejected from fear of the lord of the night-roamers, “Let us go.”

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अरण्यकाण्डम्/सर्गः_४२3.42.p08340

Sanskrit · 3.42.p08340

दृष्टश्चाहं पुनस्तेन शरचापासिधारिणा। मद्वधोद्यतशस्त्रेण निहतं जीवितं च मे॥ २॥

English · Meaning

And I have again been seen by that bearer of arrows, bow, and sword; my life too is destroyed by the weapon raised to kill me.

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अरण्यकाण्डम्/सर्गः_४२3.42.p08341

Sanskrit · 3.42.p08341

नहि रामं पराक्रम्य जीवन् प्रतिनिवर्तते। वर्तते प्रतिरूपोऽसौ यमदण्डहतस्य ते॥ ३॥

English · Meaning

No one who has confronted Rama returns alive. For you, this is the likeness of one who has been struck by Yama’s rod.

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अरण्यकाण्डम्/सर्गः_४२3.42.p08342

Sanskrit · 3.42.p08342

किं नु कर्तुं मया शक्यमेवं त्वयि दुरात्मनि। एष गच्छाम्यहं तात स्वस्ति तेऽस्तु निशाचर॥ ४॥

English · Meaning

What indeed can I do when you are such an evil-souled person? Here I am going, dear one; may you have well-being, night-roamer.

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अरण्यकाण्डम्/सर्गः_४२3.42.p08343

Sanskrit · 3.42.p08343

प्रहृष्टस्त्वभवत् तेन वचनेन स राक्षसः। परिष्वज्य सुसंश्लिष्टमिदं वचनमब्रवीत्॥ ५॥

English · Meaning

That rākṣasa became delighted by those words; embracing him tightly, he spoke these words in close clasp.

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Make yourself comfortable

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