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सुन्दरकाण्डम्/सर्गः_१९5.19.p13144–5.19.p13148
सुन्दरकाण्डम्/सर्गः_१९5.19.p13144

Sanskrit · 5.19.p13144

श्रीमद्वाल्मीकियरामायणे सुन्दरकाण्डे एकोनविंशः सर्गः ॥५-१९॥ तस्मिन्नेव ततः काले राजपुत्री त्वनिन्दिता। रूपयौवनसम्पन्नं भूषणोत्तमभूषितम्॥ १॥

English · Meaning

In the glorious Valmiki Ramayana, in the Sundara Kāṇḍa, this is the nineteenth canto. At that very time, then, the blameless princess—the supplied text next gives an incomplete accusative description: “endowed with beauty and youth, adorned with excellent ornaments.” No finite verb or explicit noun governed by this description is present in the supplied portion.

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सुन्दरकाण्डम्/सर्गः_१९5.19.p13145

Sanskrit · 5.19.p13145

ततो दृष्ट्वैव वैदेही रावणं राक्षसाधिपम्। प्रावेपत वरारोहा प्रवाते कदली यथा॥ २॥

English · Meaning

Then, merely upon seeing Rāvaṇa, the Vaidehī woman, of beautiful thighs, trembled like a banana plant in the wind.

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सुन्दरकाण्डम्/सर्गः_१९5.19.p13146

Sanskrit · 5.19.p13146

ऊरुभ्यामुदरं छाद्य बाहुभ्यां च पयोधरौ। उपविष्टा विशालाक्षी रुदती वरवर्णिनी॥ ३॥

English · Meaning

Covering her belly with her thighs and her breasts with her arms, the broad-eyed, lovely-complexioned woman sat weeping.

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सुन्दरकाण्डम्/सर्गः_१९5.19.p13147

Sanskrit · 5.19.p13147

दशग्रीवस्तु वैदेहीं रक्षितां राक्षसीगणैः। ददर्श दीनां दुःखार्तां नावं सन्नामिवार्णवे॥ ४॥

English · Meaning

The ten-necked one, however, saw Vaidehī, guarded by groups of demonesses, distressed and afflicted by sorrow, like a boat apparently sinking in the ocean.

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सुन्दरकाण्डम्/सर्गः_१९5.19.p13148

Sanskrit · 5.19.p13148

असंवृतायामासीनां धरण्यां संशितव्रताम्। छिन्नां प्रपतितां भूमौ शाखामिव वनस्पतेः॥ ५॥

English · Meaning

Seated on the uncovered ground and firm in her vow, she was like a branch cut off and fallen onto the earth from a tree.

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