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drive the life-breath from the great king.","w":[["sā hi","for that"],["devī","queen"],["mahārājaṃ","the great king"],["kaikeyī","Kaikeyī"],["rājyakāraṇāt","for the sake of the kingdom","",[["rājya","kingdom, kingship"],["kāraṇa","cause, sake"]]],["api","even"],["na cyāvayet","might drive out"],["prāṇān","the life-breaths"],["dṛṣṭvā","having seen"],["bharatam","Bharata"],["āgatam","come, arrived"]]},{"v":8,"ref":"2.047.008","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"anāthaś caiva vṛddhaś ca mayā caiva vinākṛtaḥ","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"kiṃ kariṣyati kāmātmā kaikeyyā vaśam āgataḥ","q":null}],"tr":"Helpless and old, and deprived of me as well, what will he do — that man ruled by desire, fallen under Kaikeyī's power?","w":[["anāthaś caiva","helpless, and","anāthaḥ ca eva",[["a","without"],["nātha","protector, lord"]]],["vṛddhaś ca","and old","vṛddhaḥ ca"],["mayā caiva","and by me","mayā ca eva"],["vinākṛtaḥ","deprived, parted","vinākṛtaḥ",[["vinā","without"],["kṛta","made"]]],["kiṃ kariṣyati","what will he 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king.","w":[["sukhī","happy"],["bata","indeed, alas"],["sabhāryaś ca","and with his wife","sabhāryaḥ ca",[["sa","with"],["bhāryā","wife"]]],["bharataḥ","Bharata"],["kekayīsutaḥ","son of the Kekaya princess","",[["kekayī","the Kekaya princess (Kaikeyī)"],["suta","son"]]],["muditān","flourishing, joyful"],["kosalān","the Kosalas"],["eko","alone","ekaḥ"],["yo","who","yaḥ"],["bhokṣyaty","will enjoy","bhokṣyati"],["adhirājavat","like a sovereign king","",[["adhirāja","overlord, sovereign"],["vat","like"]]]]},{"v":12,"ref":"2.047.012","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"sa hi sarvasya rājyasya mukham ekaṃ bhaviṣyati","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"tāte ca vayasātīte mayi cāraṇyam āśrite","q":null}],"tr":"For he will become the sole head of the entire kingdom, now that our father is advanced in years and I have taken to the forest.","w":[["sa hi","for he"],["sarvasya rājyasya","of the whole kingdom"],["mukham","the head, chief"],["ekaṃ","sole"],["bhaviṣyati","will become"],["tāte","the father 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gentle one, that Kaikeyī has come into our house for Daśaratha's end, for my banishment, and for the kingship of Bharata.","w":[["manye","I think"],["daśarathāntāya","for the end of Daśaratha","",[["daśaratha","Daśaratha"],["anta","end, death"]]],["mama pravrājanāya ca","and for my banishment"],["kaikeyī","Kaikeyī"],["saumya","O gentle one"],["saṃprāptā","has come, arrived"],["rājyāya","for the kingship"],["bharatasya ca","and of Bharata"]]},{"v":15,"ref":"2.047.015","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"apīdānīṃ na kaikeyī saubhāgyamadamohitā","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"kausalyāṃ ca sumitrāṃ ca saṃprabādheta matkṛte","q":null}],"tr":"I only hope that Kaikeyī, now deluded by the intoxication of good fortune, may not persecute Kausalyā and Sumitrā on my account.","w":[["apīdānīṃ","even now, I hope now","api idānīṃ"],["na","not"],["kaikeyī","Kaikeyī"],["saubhāgyamadamohitā","deluded by the pride of good fortune","",[["saubhāgya","good fortune, favour"],["mada","intoxication, 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