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अरण्यकाण्डम्/सर्गः_६९3.69.p09330–3.69.p09334

अरण्यकाण्डम्/सर्गः_६९3.69.p09330

Sanskrit · 3.69.p09330

श्रीमद्वाल्मीकियरामायणे अरण्यकाण्डे एकोनसप्ततितमः सर्गः ॥३-६९॥ कृत्वैवमुदकं तस्मै प्रस्थितौ राघवौ तदा। अवेक्षन्तौ वने सीतां जग्मतुः पश्चिमां दिशम्॥ १॥

English · Meaning

In the revered Valmiki Ramayana, in the Forest Book, the sixty-ninth canto. Having thus performed the water offering for him, the two Raghavas then departed, searching in the forest for Sita; they went toward the western direction. The transmitted text says “western direction”; it is not altered here even though the immediately following contextual verse speaks of the southern direction.

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अरण्यकाण्डम्/सर्गः_६९3.69.p09331

Sanskrit · 3.69.p09331

तां दिशं दक्षिणां गत्वा शरचापासिधारिणौ। अविप्रहतमैक्ष्वाकौ पन्थानं प्रतिपेदतुः॥ २॥

English · Meaning

Having gone toward that southern direction, the two Ikshvaku princes, bearing arrows, bows, and swords and remaining unharmed, proceeded along the path.

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अरण्यकाण्डम्/सर्गः_६९3.69.p09332

Sanskrit · 3.69.p09332

गुल्मैर्वृक्षैश्च बहुभिर्लताभिश्च प्रवेष्टितम्। आवृतं सर्वतो दुर्गं गहनं घोरदर्शनम्॥ ३॥

English · Meaning

It was entwined with many thickets, trees, and creepers, covered on every side, difficult to enter, dense, and terrifying to behold.

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अरण्यकाण्डम्/सर्गः_६९3.69.p09333

Sanskrit · 3.69.p09333

व्यतिक्रम्य तु वेगेन गृहीत्वा दक्षिणां दिशम्। सुभीमं तन्महारण्यं व्यतियातौ महाबलौ॥ ४॥

English · Meaning

But, crossing it swiftly and taking the southern direction, the two mighty men passed beyond that exceedingly fearsome great forest.

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अरण्यकाण्डम्/सर्गः_६९3.69.p09334

Sanskrit · 3.69.p09334

ततः परं जनस्थानात् त्रिकोशं गम्य राघवौ। क्रौञ्चारण्यं विविशतुर्गहनं तौ महौजसौ॥ ५॥

English · Meaning

Then, going three kroshas beyond Janasthana, the two Raghavas entered the dense Krauncha forest, those two men of great vigor.

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