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25 passagesतां कथामिलसम्बद्धां रामेण समुदीरिताम् । लक्ष्मणो भरतश्चैव श्रुत्वा परमविस्मितौ ।। ७.८८.१ ।।
Having heard that story connected with kathāmila—the precise sense of कथामिल is uncertain—and narrated by Rama, Lakshmana and Bharata were exceedingly astonished.
तौ रामं प्राञ्जली भूत्वा तस्य राज्ञो महात्मनः । विस्तरं तस्य भावस्य तदा पप्रच्छतुः पुनः ।। ७.८८.२ ।।
Those two, having become respectful with joined palms before Rama, then asked again for a detailed account of the condition of that great-souled king.
कथं स राजा स्त्रीभूतो वर्तयामास दुर्गतिः । पुरुषः स यदा भूतः कां वृत्तिं वर्तयत्यसौ ।। ७.८८.३ ।।
How did that king, having become a woman, conduct himself in misfortune? And when he became a man, what mode of life does he follow?
तयोस्तद्भाषितं श्रुत्वा कौतूहलसमन्वितम् । कथयामास काकुत्स्थस्तस्य राज्ञो यथागतम् ।। ७.८८.४ ।।
Hearing what those two had said, imbued with curiosity, Kakutstha related to that king exactly what had occurred.
तमेव प्रथमं मासं स्त्रीभूता लोकसुन्दरी । ताभिः परिवृता स्त्रीभिर्ये च पूर्वपदानुगाः ।। ७.८८.५ ।।
In that very first month, the world-beauty, having become a woman, was surrounded by those women and by those who had previously followed in that condition/state; this line is somewhat context-dependent.
श्रीमद्वाल्मीकीयरामायणम् (Sanskrit Wikisource) · Sanskrit Wikisource transcription
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