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The end of my forest-dwelling will surely come very soon.","w":[["amba","O mother"],["mā","do not"],["duḥkhitā","grieved"],["bhūs","be","bhūḥ"],["tvaṃ","you"],["paśya","look after, watch over"],["tvaṃ","you"],["pitaraṃ","the father"],["mama","my"],["kṣayo","the end","kṣayaḥ"],["hi","indeed"],["vanavāsasya","of the forest-dwelling","",[["vana","forest"],["vāsa","dwelling"]]],["kṣipram eva","very soon"],["bhaviṣyati","will come"]]},{"v":31,"ref":"2.034.031","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"suptāyās te gamiṣyanti navavarṣāṇi pañca ca","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"sā samagram iha prāptaṃ māṃ drakṣyasi suhṛdvṛtam","q":null}],"tr":"Fourteen years will pass while you sleep; and you will see me, come back here safe and whole, surrounded by my friends.","w":[["suptāyās","of you sleeping","suptāyāḥ"],["te","for you"],["gamiṣyanti","will pass"],["navavarṣāṇi","nine years","navavarṣāṇi",[["nava","nine"],["varṣa","year"]]],["pañca ca","and five"],["sā","you (that one)"],["samagram","whole, unharmed"],["iha","here"],["prāptaṃ","arrived, come back"],["māṃ","me"],["drakṣyasi","you will see"],["suhṛdvṛtam","surrounded by friends","",[["suhṛd","friend"],["vṛta","surrounded"]]]]},{"v":32,"ref":"2.034.032","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"etāvad abhinītārtham uktvā sa jananīṃ vacaḥ","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"trayaḥ śataśatārdhā hi dadarśāvekṣya mātaraḥ","q":null}],"tr":"Having spoken to his mother this much, so aptly worded, he then looked and beheld the three hundred and fifty mothers.","w":[["etāvad","this much","etāvat"],["abhinītārtham","aptly worded, of well-conveyed meaning","",[["abhinīta","brought out, well-managed"],["artha","meaning"]]],["uktvā","having spoken"],["sa","he","saḥ"],["jananīṃ","to the mother"],["vacaḥ","words"],["trayaḥ","three (hundreds)"],["śataśatārdhā","the hundreds with a half-hundred (i.e. 350)","śataśatārdhāḥ",[["śata","hundred"],["ardha","half"]]],["hi","indeed"],["dadarśāvekṣya","looked and saw","dadarśa avekṣya"],["mātaraḥ","the mothers"]]},{"v":33,"ref":"2.034.033","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"tāś cāpi sa tathaivārtā mātṝr daśarathātmajaḥ","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"dharmayuktam idaṃ vākyaṃ nijagāda kṛtāñjaliḥ","q":null}],"tr":"And to those mothers too, likewise stricken with grief, the son of Daśaratha, with palms joined, spoke these words in keeping with dharma:","w":[["tāś cāpi","and those too","tāḥ ca api"],["sa","he","saḥ"],["tathaivārtā","likewise stricken","tathā eva ārtāḥ"],["mātṝr","the mothers","mātṝḥ"],["daśarathātmajaḥ","the son of Daśaratha","",[["daśaratha","Daśaratha"],["ātmaja","son"]]],["dharmayuktam","in keeping with dharma","",[["dharma","righteousness"],["yukta","joined, in accord"]]],["idaṃ vākyaṃ","these words"],["nijagāda","spoke"],["kṛtāñjaliḥ","with palms joined","",[["kṛta","made"],["añjali","joined palms"]]]]},{"v":34,"ref":"2.034.034","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"saṃvāsāt paruṣaṃ kiṃ cid ajñānād vāpi yat kṛtam","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"tan me samanujānīta sarvāś cāmantrayāmi vaḥ","q":null}],"tr":"“Whatever harsh thing I may have done, from our living together or out of ignorance — pardon me for that; 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