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अरण्यकाण्डम्/सर्गः_५७3.57.p08946–3.57.p08950
अरण्यकाण्डम्/सर्गः_५७3.57.p08946

Sanskrit · 3.57.p08946

श्रीमद्वाल्मीकियरामायणे अरण्यकाण्डे सप्तपञ्चाशः सर्गः ॥३-५७॥ राक्षसं मृगरूपेण चरन्तं कामरूपिणम्। निहत्य रामो मारीचं तूर्णं पथि न्यवर्तत॥ १॥

English · Meaning

In the revered Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, in the Araṇya Kāṇḍa, the fifty-seventh canto. Having slain Mārīca, the demon who was roaming in the form of a deer and could assume forms at will, Rāma quickly turned back along the path.

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अरण्यकाण्डम्/सर्गः_५७3.57.p08947

Sanskrit · 3.57.p08947

तस्य संत्वरमाणस्य द्रष्टुकामस्य मैथिलीम्। क्रूरस्वनोऽथ गोमायुर्विननादास्य पृष्ठतः॥ २॥

English · Meaning

As he hurried, wishing to see Maithili, a jackal with a cruel cry then howled behind him.

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अरण्यकाण्डम्/सर्गः_५७3.57.p08948

Sanskrit · 3.57.p08948

स तस्य स्वरमाज्ञाय दारुणं रोमहर्षणम्। चिन्तयामास गोमायोः स्वरेण परिशङ्कितः॥ ३॥

English · Meaning

Having recognized that dreadful, hair-raising sound of his, he thought, alarmed by the jackal's cry.

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अरण्यकाण्डम्/सर्गः_५७3.57.p08949

Sanskrit · 3.57.p08949

अशुभं बत मन्येऽहं गोमायुर्वाश्यते यथा। स्वस्ति स्यादपि वैदेह्या राक्षसैर्भक्षणं विना॥ ४॥

English · Meaning

“I think this is an evil omen, alas: a jackal is howling as it does. May there perhaps be safety for Vaidehī, without her being eaten by the rākṣasas.”

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अरण्यकाण्डम्/सर्गः_५७3.57.p08950

Sanskrit · 3.57.p08950

मारीचेन तु विज्ञाय स्वरमालक्ष्य मामकम्। विक्रुष्टं मृगरूपेण लक्ष्मणः शृणुयाद् यदि॥ ५॥

English · Meaning

“But if Mārīca, recognizing the sound and discerning it as my own, has uttered the cry in the form of a deer, Lakṣmaṇa may hear it.”

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