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In whom would fear not arise—that Rāghava, virtuous and dear to the king, is being driven into exile?","w":[["ka","who"],["etac","this","etat"],["chraddadhec","would believe","śraddadhet"],["chrutvā","having heard","śrutvā"],["kasya","of whom"],["vā","or"],["na","not"],["bhaved","would be","bhavet"],["bhayam","fear"],["guṇavān","virtuous, endowed with merits"],["dayito","beloved","dayitaḥ"],["rājño","of the king","rājñaḥ"],["rāghavo","Rāghava","rāghavaḥ"],["yad","that","yat"],["vivāsyate","is being banished"]]},{"v":5,"ref":"2.021.005","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"tvayā vihīnām iha māṃ śokāgnir atulo mahān","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"pradhakṣyati yathā kakṣaṃ citrabhānur himātyaye","q":null}],"tr":"Bereft of you here, me the great and matchless fire of grief will burn up, as fire consumes dry brushwood at winter's end.","w":[["tvayā","by you, of you"],["vihīnām","bereft, deprived"],["iha","here"],["māṃ","me"],["śokāgnir","the fire of grief","śokāgniḥ",[["śoka","grief"],["agni","fire"]]],["atulo","matchless, incomparable","atulaḥ"],["mahān","great"],["pradhakṣyati","will burn up"],["yathā","as"],["kakṣaṃ","dry brushwood, grass"],["citrabhānur","fire (the bright-rayed one)","citrabhānuḥ",[["citra","bright, variegated"],["bhānu","ray, light"]]],["himātyaye","at winter's end","hima-atyaye",[["hima","winter, cold"],["atyaya","end, passing"]]]]},{"v":6,"ref":"2.021.006","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"kathaṃ hi dhenuḥ svaṃ vatsaṃ gacchantaṃ nānugacchati","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"ahaṃ tvānugamiṣyāmi yatra putra gamiṣyasi","q":null}],"tr":"How indeed can a cow fail to follow her own calf as it goes away? I will follow you, my son, wherever you go.","w":[["kathaṃ","how"],["hi","indeed"],["dhenuḥ","a cow"],["svaṃ","her own"],["vatsaṃ","calf"],["gacchantaṃ","going (away)"],["nānugacchati","does not follow","na anugacchati"],["ahaṃ","I"],["tvānugamiṣyāmi","will follow you","tvā anugamiṣyāmi"],["yatra","wherever"],["putra","O son"],["gamiṣyasi","you will go"]]},{"v":7,"ref":"2.021.007","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"tathā nigaditaṃ mātrā tad vākyaṃ puruṣarṣabhaḥ","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"śrutvā rāmo 'bravīd vākyaṃ mātaraṃ bhṛśaduḥkhitām","q":null}],"tr":"Having heard that speech thus uttered by his mother, Rāma, a bull among men, spoke these words to his sorely grieving mother:","w":[["tathā","thus"],["nigaditaṃ","spoken, uttered"],["mātrā","by (his) mother"],["tad","that","tat"],["vākyaṃ","speech"],["puruṣarṣabhaḥ","bull among men","",[["puruṣa","man"],["ṛṣabha","bull"]]],["śrutvā","having heard"],["rāmo","Rāma","rāmaḥ"],["'bravīd","spoke","abravīt"],["vākyaṃ","words"],["mātaraṃ","to (his) mother"],["bhṛśaduḥkhitām","greatly grieved","bhṛśaduḥkhitām",[["bhṛśa","greatly, exceedingly"],["duḥkhita","pained, grieved"]]]]},{"v":8,"ref":"2.021.008","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"kaikeyyā vañcito rājā mayi cāraṇyam āśrite","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"bhavatyā ca parityakto na nūnaṃ vartayiṣyati","q":null}],"tr":"The king, deceived by Kaikeyī, when I have gone to the forest and been forsaken by you as well, will surely not survive.","w":[["kaikeyyā","by Kaikeyī"],["vañcito","deceived","vañcitaḥ"],["rājā","the king"],["mayi","when I (loc. abs.)"],["cāraṇyam","and the forest","ca āraṇyam"],["āśrite","have resorted to (loc. abs.)"],["bhavatyā","by you (respectful)"],["ca","and"],["parityakto","abandoned","parityaktaḥ"],["na","not"],["nūnaṃ","surely"],["vartayiṣyati","will survive, live on"]]},{"v":9,"ref":"2.021.009","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"bhartuḥ kila parityāgo nṛśaṃsaḥ kevalaṃ striyāḥ","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"sa bhavatyā na kartavyo manasāpi vigarhitaḥ","q":null}],"tr":"The abandonment of a husband by a woman is indeed utterly cruel and blameworthy; that must not be done by you, not even in thought.","w":[["bhartuḥ","of a husband"],["kila","indeed"],["parityāgo","abandonment","parityāgaḥ"],["nṛśaṃsaḥ","cruel"],["kevalaṃ","utterly, merely"],["striyāḥ","of/by a woman"],["sa","that"],["bhavatyā","by you"],["na","not"],["kartavyo","to be done","kartavyaḥ"],["manasāpi","even in thought","manasā api"],["vigarhitaḥ","condemned, blameworthy"]]},{"v":10,"ref":"2.021.010","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"yāvaj jīvati kākutsthaḥ pitā me jagatīpatiḥ","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"śuśrūṣā kriyatāṃ tāvat sa hi dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ","q":null}],"tr":"As long as Kākutstha, my father, lord of the earth, lives, so long let service be rendered him; that indeed is the eternal law.","w":[["yāvaj","as long as","yāvat"],["jīvati","lives"],["kākutsthaḥ","Kākutstha (Daśaratha)"],["pitā","father"],["me","my"],["jagatīpatiḥ","lord of the earth","",[["jagatī","earth"],["pati","lord"]]],["śuśrūṣā","obedient service"],["kriyatāṃ","let it be done"],["tāvat","so long"],["sa","that"],["hi","indeed"],["dharmaḥ","law, duty"],["sanātanaḥ","eternal"]]},{"v":11,"ref":"2.021.011","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"evam uktā tu rāmeṇa kausalyā śubha darśanā","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"tathety uvāca suprītā rāmam akliṣṭakāriṇam","q":null}],"tr":"Thus addressed by Rāma, the fair-faced Kausalyā, well pleased, said 'So be it' to Rāma, the tireless doer of deeds.","w":[["evam","thus"],["uktā","addressed"],["tu","but"],["rāmeṇa","by Rāma"],["kausalyā","Kausalyā"],["śubha darśanā","of fair appearance","",[["śubha","fair, auspicious"],["darśana","appearance, look"]]],["tathety","'so be it'","tathā iti"],["uvāca","said"],["suprītā","well pleased"],["rāmam","to Rāma"],["akliṣṭakāriṇam","the tireless doer of deeds","",[["a","not, un-"],["kliṣṭa","wearied, distressed"],["kārin","doer, acting"]]]]},{"v":12,"ref":"2.021.012","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"evam uktas tu vacanaṃ rāmo dharmabhṛtāṃ varaḥ","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"bhūyas tām abravīd vākyaṃ mātaraṃ bhṛśaduḥkhitām","q":null}],"tr":"Thus addressed with these words, Rāma, the best of dharma-upholders, again spoke to his sorely grieving mother:","w":[["evam","thus"],["uktas","addressed","uktaḥ"],["tu","but"],["vacanaṃ","(with) the word"],["rāmo","Rāma","rāmaḥ"],["dharmabhṛtāṃ","of the upholders of dharma","",[["dharma","dharma"],["bhṛt","bearing, upholding"]]],["varaḥ","best"],["bhūyas","again","bhūyaḥ"],["tām","to her"],["abravīd","spoke","abravīt"],["vākyaṃ","words"],["mātaraṃ","mother"],["bhṛśaduḥkhitām","greatly grieved","",[["bhṛśa","greatly"],["duḥkhita","pained, grieved"]]]]},{"v":13,"ref":"2.021.013","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"mayā caiva bhavatyā ca kartavyaṃ vacanaṃ pituḥ","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"rājā bhartā guruḥ śreṣṭhaḥ sarveṣām īśvaraḥ prabhuḥ","q":null}],"tr":"The father's command must be obeyed both by me and by you; the king is our supporter, our elder, the highest—the lord and master of all.","w":[["mayā","by me"],["caiva","and","ca eva"],["bhavatyā","by you"],["ca","and"],["kartavyaṃ","must be done"],["vacanaṃ","the command, word"],["pituḥ","of the father"],["rājā","the king"],["bhartā","supporter, master"],["guruḥ","elder, teacher"],["śreṣṭhaḥ","best, highest"],["sarveṣām","of all"],["īśvaraḥ","lord"],["prabhuḥ","master"]]},{"v":14,"ref":"2.021.014","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"imāni tu mahāraṇye vihṛtya nava pañca ca","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"varṣāṇi paramaprītaḥ sthāsyāmi vacane tava","q":null}],"tr":"And having passed these fourteen years in the great forest, I shall abide, most gladly, by your word.","w":[["imāni","these"],["tu","and"],["mahāraṇye","in the great forest","",[["mahā","great"],["araṇya","forest"]]],["vihṛtya","having passed, spent"],["nava","nine"],["pañca","five"],["ca","and"],["varṣāṇi","years"],["paramaprītaḥ","greatly pleased","",[["parama","supreme, great"],["prīta","pleased, glad"]]],["sthāsyāmi","I shall abide, remain"],["vacane","in the word, command"],["tava","your"]]},{"v":15,"ref":"2.021.015","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"evam uktā priyaṃ putraṃ bāṣpapūrṇānanā tadā","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"uvāca paramārtā tu kausalyā putravatsalā","q":null}],"tr":"Having thus spoken to her dear son, Kausalyā then, her face bathed in tears, deeply distressed and full of love for her son, said:","w":[["evam","thus"],["uktā","having spoken"],["priyaṃ","dear"],["putraṃ","to (her) son"],["bāṣpapūrṇānanā","her face full of tears","",[["bāṣpa","tears"],["pūrṇa","full"],["ānana","face"]]],["tadā","then"],["uvāca","said"],["paramārtā","deeply distressed","parama-ārtā",[["parama","supreme, deep"],["ārta","distressed, afflicted"]]],["tu","but"],["kausalyā","Kausalyā"],["putravatsalā","loving her son","putra-vatsalā",[["putra","son"],["vatsala","affectionate, tender"]]]]},{"v":16,"ref":"2.021.016","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"āsāṃ rāma sapatnīnāṃ vastuṃ madhye na me kṣamam","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"naya mām api kākutstha vanaṃ vanyaṃ mṛgīṃ yathā","q":null},{"p":"e","t":"yadi te gamane buddhiḥ kṛtā pitur apekṣayā","q":null}],"tr":"O Rāma, to dwell in the midst of these co-wives is not bearable for me; lead me too to the forest, O Kākutstha, like a wild doe, if your mind is set on going out of regard for your father.","w":[["āsāṃ","of these"],["rāma","O Rāma"],["sapatnīnāṃ","co-wives"],["vastuṃ","to dwell"],["madhye","in the midst"],["na","not"],["me","for me"],["kṣamam","bearable, proper"],["naya","lead"],["mām","me"],["api","also"],["kākutstha","O Kākutstha"],["vanaṃ","to the forest"],["vanyaṃ","wild"],["mṛgīṃ","a doe"],["yathā","like"],["yadi","if"],["te","your"],["gamane","in going"],["buddhiḥ","resolve, mind"],["kṛtā","made, set"],["pitur","of the father","pituḥ"],["apekṣayā","out of regard for"]]},{"v":17,"ref":"2.021.017","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"tāṃ tathā rudatīṃ rāmo rudan vacanam abravīt","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"jīvantyā hi striyā bhartā daivataṃ prabhur eva ca","q":null},{"p":"e","t":"bhavatyā mama caivādya rājā prabhavati prabhuḥ","q":null}],"tr":"To her weeping thus, Rāma, weeping himself, spoke these words: 'For a woman while she lives the husband is her god and her lord; 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