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27 passagesलक्ष्मणस्य वचः श्रुत्वा दारुणं जनकात्मजा । परं विषादमागम्य वैदेही निपपात ह ।। ७.४८.१ ।।
Having heard Lakṣmaṇa’s terrible words, Janaka’s daughter, Vaidehī, fell down, overcome by the deepest sorrow.
सा मुहूर्तमिवासञ्ज्ञा बाष्पपर्याकुलेक्षणा । लक्ष्मणं दीनया वाचा उवाच जनकात्मजा ।। ७.४८.२ ।।
She remained as if unconscious for a moment, her eyes overwhelmed with tears; then Janaka’s daughter spoke to Lakṣmaṇa in a sorrowful voice.
मामिकेयं तनुर्नूनं सृष्टा दुःखाय लक्ष्मण । धात्रा यस्यास्तथा मे ऽद्य दुःखमूर्तिः प्रदृश्यते ।। ७.४८.३ ।।
“Surely this body of mine was created for suffering, Lakṣmaṇa. The transmitted form यस्यास्तथा is difficult to construe exactly; literally it suggests ‘of which/whose, thus.’ In context, the certain sense is that today my very form is seen as a form of sorrow, by the Creator’s making.”
किं नु पापं कृतं पूर्वं को वा दारैर्वियोजितः । या ऽहं शुद्धसमाचारा त्यक्ता नृपतिना सती ।। ७.४८.४ ।।
What sin indeed was done before? Or who was ever separated from her husband, that I—though of pure conduct, a faithful wife—have been abandoned by the king?
पुरा ऽहमाश्रमे वासं रामपादानुवर्तिनी । अनुरुध्यापि सौमित्रे दुःखे च परिवर्तिनी ।। ७.४८.५ ।।
Formerly, O Saumitra, I dwelt in the hermitage, following Rama’s footsteps; even while adhering to him, I lived in sorrow.
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