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Let your human condition be cast off, and you shall gain long life.”","w":[["ahaṃ","I"],["vaḥ","you (pl.)"],["kāmaye","I desire, love"],["sarvā","all","sarvāḥ"],["bhāryā","wives","bhāryāḥ"],["mama","my"],["bhaviṣyatha","you shall become"],["mānuṣas","human","mānuṣaḥ"],["tyajyatāṃ","let it be cast off"],["bhāvo","state, condition","bhāvaḥ"],["dīrgham","long"],["āyur","life, lifespan","āyuḥ"],["avāpsyatha","you shall obtain, gain"]]},{"v":15,"ref":"1.031.015","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā vāyor akliṣṭakarmaṇaḥ","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"apahāsya tato vākyaṃ kanyāśatam athābravīt","q":null}],"tr":"Hearing those words of Vāyu, of untiring deeds, the hundred maidens, laughing his speech aside, then said:","w":[["tasya","his"],["tad vacanaṃ","those words","tat vacanaṃ"],["śrutvā","having heard"],["vāyor","of Vāyu","vāyoḥ"],["akliṣṭakarmaṇaḥ","of untiring, effortless deeds","a-kliṣṭa-karmaṇaḥ",[["a-","not"],["kliṣṭa","wearied, troubled"],["karman","deed, action"]]],["apahāsya","having laughed aside, ridiculed"],["tato","then","tataḥ"],["vākyaṃ","the speech, words"],["kanyāśatam","the hundred maidens","",[["kanyā","maiden"],["śata","hundred"]]],["athābravīt","then said","atha abravīt"]]},{"v":16,"ref":"1.031.016","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"antaś carasi bhūtānāṃ sarveṣāṃ tvaṃ surottama","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"prabhāvajñāś ca te sarvāḥ kim asmān avamanyase","q":null}],"tr":"“You move within all beings, O best of gods; and we all know your power. 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Do not, in defiance of dharma, insult our truth-speaking father; by his will we await the rite of self-choice.","w":[["mā bhūt","may (it) never be"],["sa","that","saḥ"],["kālo","time, occasion","kālaḥ"],["durmedhaḥ","O dull-witted one","",[["dur-","ill, bad"],["medhas","intelligence, wit"]]],["pitaraṃ","father"],["satyavādinam","truth-speaking","",[["satya","truth"],["vādin","speaking"]]],["nāvamanyasva","do not slight, disregard","na avamanyasva"],["dharmeṇa","by dharma, righteously"],["svayaṃvaram","the self-choice (marriage rite)","",[["svayam","self"],["vara","choosing, choice"]]],["upāsmahe","we abide by, await"]]},{"v":19,"ref":"1.031.019","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"pitā hi prabhur asmākaṃ daivataṃ paramaṃ hi saḥ","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"yasya no dāsyati pitā sa no bhartā bhaviṣyati","q":null}],"tr":"For our father is our lord, and he is our highest deity; to whomever our father gives us, he shall become our husband.”","w":[["pitā","father"],["hi","for, indeed"],["prabhur","lord, master","prabhuḥ"],["asmākaṃ","our"],["daivataṃ","deity, divinity"],["paramaṃ","highest, supreme"],["hi","indeed"],["saḥ","he"],["yasya","to whom"],["no","us","naḥ"],["dāsyati","will give"],["pitā","father"],["sa","he","saḥ"],["no","our","naḥ"],["bhartā","husband, supporter"],["bhaviṣyati","will become"]]},{"v":20,"ref":"1.031.020","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"tāsāṃ tad vacanaṃ śrutvā vāyuḥ paramakopanaḥ","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"praviśya sarvagātrāṇi babhañja bhagavān prabhuḥ","q":null}],"tr":"Hearing those words of theirs, Vāyu, exceedingly enraged, the mighty lord, entered into all their limbs and bent them.","w":[["tāsāṃ","their, of them"],["tad vacanaṃ","those words","tat vacanaṃ"],["śrutvā","having heard"],["vāyuḥ","Vāyu"],["paramakopanaḥ","exceedingly enraged","",[["parama","supreme, very"],["kopana","angry, wrathful"]]],["praviśya","having entered"],["sarvagātrāṇi","all (their) limbs","",[["sarva","all"],["gātra","limb, body"]]],["babhañja","broke, bent"],["bhagavān","the lord, venerable one"],["prabhuḥ","the mighty, master"]]},{"v":21,"ref":"1.031.021","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"tāḥ kanyā vāyunā bhagnā viviśur nṛpater gṛham","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"dṛṣṭvā bhagnās tadā rājā saṃbhrānta idam abravīt","q":null}],"tr":"Those maidens, bent double by Vāyu, entered the king's palace; and seeing them thus deformed, the king, alarmed, spoke thus:","w":[["tāḥ","those"],["kanyā","maidens","kanyāḥ"],["vāyunā","by Vāyu"],["bhagnā","bent, deformed","bhagnāḥ"],["viviśur","entered","viviśuḥ"],["nṛpater","of the king","nṛpateḥ"],["gṛham","house, palace"],["dṛṣṭvā","having seen"],["bhagnās","(them) deformed","bhagnāḥ"],["tadā","then"],["rājā","the king"],["saṃbhrānta","alarmed, agitated","saṃbhrāntaḥ"],["idam","this"],["abravīt","said"]]},{"v":22,"ref":"1.031.022","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"kim idaṃ kathyatāṃ putryaḥ ko dharmam avamanyate","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"kubjāḥ kena kṛtāḥ sarvā veṣṭantyo nābhibhāṣatha","q":null}],"tr":"“What is this? 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