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blessings on you — then you shall see your brother.","w":[["tapaś","austerity","tapaḥ"],["carantyā","for (me) performing"],["varṣāṇi","years"],["daśa","ten"],["vīryavatāṃ","of the valiant"],["vara","O best","vara (voc.)"],["avaśiṣṭāni","remaining, left over"],["bhadraṃ","blessing, good fortune"],["te","to you"],["bhrātaraṃ","brother"],["drakṣyase","you shall see"],["tataḥ","then"]]},{"v":14,"ref":"1.045.014","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"tam ahaṃ tvatkṛte putra samādhāsye jayotsukam","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"trailokyavijayaṃ putra saha bhokṣyasi vijvaraḥ","q":null}],"tr":"For your sake, my son, I shall bring him to concord, eager though he be for victory; and free of anxiety, my son, you shall together (with him) enjoy the conquest of the three worlds.’","w":[["tam","him"],["ahaṃ","I"],["tvatkṛte","for your sake","",[["tvat","you"],["kṛta","done, made"]]],["putra","O son"],["samādhāsye","I shall bring to concord, settle"],["jayotsukam","eager for victory","",[["jaya","victory"],["utsuka","eager, longing"]]],["trailokyavijayaṃ","the conquest of the three worlds","",[["trailokya","the three worlds"],["vijaya","conquest, victory"]]],["putra","O son"],["saha","together (with him)"],["bhokṣyasi","you shall enjoy"],["vijvaraḥ","free of fever/anxiety","",[["vi","without"],["jvara","fever, distress"]]]]},{"v":15,"ref":"1.045.015","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"evam uktvā ditiḥ śakraṃ prāpte madhyaṃ divākare","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"nidrayāpahṛtā devī pādau kṛtvātha śīrṣataḥ","q":null}],"tr":"Having spoken thus to Śakra, when the sun had reached the zenith, the lady Diti, overcome by sleep, having placed her feet where the head should be —","w":[["evam uktvā","having spoken thus"],["ditiḥ","Diti"],["śakraṃ","to Śakra"],["prāpte","having reached","prāpte (loc. abs.)"],["madhyaṃ","the middle, zenith"],["divākare","the sun (day-maker)","divākare (loc. abs.)",[["diva","day"],["kara","maker"]]],["nidrayāpahṛtā","carried off by sleep","nidrayā apahṛtā"],["devī","the lady, goddess"],["pādau","her two feet"],["kṛtvātha","having placed, then","kṛtvā atha"],["śīrṣataḥ","toward the head"]]},{"v":16,"ref":"1.045.016","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"dṛṣṭvā tām aśuciṃ śakraḥ pādataḥ kṛtamūrdhajām","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"śiraḥsthāne kṛtau pādau jahāsa ca mumoda ca","q":null}],"tr":"Seeing her impure, with her hair toward her feet and her feet set in the place of the head, Śakra both laughed and rejoiced.","w":[["dṛṣṭvā","having seen"],["tām","her"],["aśuciṃ","impure","",[["a","not"],["śuci","pure, clean"]]],["śakraḥ","Śakra (Indra)"],["pādataḥ","at the feet"],["kṛtamūrdhajām","with her hair (turned) toward","",[["kṛta","placed, made"],["mūrdhaja","hair (born of the head)"]]],["śiraḥsthāne","in the place of the head","",[["śiras","head"],["sthāna","place, position"]]],["kṛtau","placed (dual)"],["pādau","the two feet"],["jahāsa","laughed"],["ca","and"],["mumoda","rejoiced"],["ca","and"]]},{"v":17,"ref":"1.045.017","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"tasyāḥ śarīravivaraṃ viveśa ca puraṃdaraḥ","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"garbhaṃ ca saptadhā rāma bibheda paramātmavān","q":null}],"tr":"And Puraṃdara (Indra) entered the opening of her body and, most self-possessed, split the fetus sevenfold, O Rāma.","w":[["tasyāḥ","of her, her"],["śarīravivaraṃ","the opening of the body","",[["śarīra","body"],["vivara","opening, aperture"]]],["viveśa","entered"],["ca","and"],["puraṃdaraḥ","Puraṃdara (Indra, breaker of citadels)","",[["puram","citadel"],["dara","breaking"]]],["garbhaṃ","the fetus, embryo"],["ca","and"],["saptadhā","sevenfold, into seven"],["rāma","O Rāma"],["bibheda","split, cleft"],["paramātmavān","most self-possessed","",[["parama","supremely"],["ātmavat","self-controlled, composed"]]]]},{"v":18,"ref":"1.045.018","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"bidhyamānas tato garbho vajreṇa śataparvaṇā","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"ruroda susvaraṃ rāma tato ditir abudhyata","q":null}],"tr":"Being split by the hundred-jointed thunderbolt, the fetus then cried out loudly, O Rāma; 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