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That Rāghava, so utterly used to comfort—what, charioteer, will he eat? How does the son of the earth's guardian lie upon the bare ground like one forlorn?'","w":[["kva","where"],["nu","now, indeed"],["vatsyati","will dwell"],["dharmātmā","the righteous-souled","",[["dharma","dharma, righteousness"],["ātman","soul"]]],["vṛkṣamūlam","the foot of a tree","",[["vṛkṣa","tree"],["mūla","root, foot"]]],["upāśritaḥ","sheltering, resorting to"],["so 'tyantasukhitaḥ","he, so utterly used to comfort","saḥ atyantasukhitaḥ",[["atyanta","excessive, utter"],["sukhita","made happy, comfortable"]]],["sūta","O charioteer"],["kim","what"],["aśiṣyati","will eat"],["rāghavaḥ","Rāghava"],["bhūmipālātmajo","the son of the earth's guardian","bhūmipāla-ātmajaḥ",[["bhūmi","earth"],["pāla","guardian, protector"],["ātmaja","son"]]],["bhūmau","on the ground"],["śete","lies"],["katham","how"],["anāthavat","like one forlorn, masterless","anātha-vat",[["anātha","masterless, forlorn"],["vat","like"]]]]},{"v":5,"ref":"2.052.005","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"yaṃ yāntam anuyānti sma padāti rathakuñjarāḥ","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"sa vatsyati kathaṃ rāmo vijanaṃ vanam āśritaḥ","q":null}],"tr":"'He whom, as he went, foot-soldiers, chariots, and elephants used to follow—how will that Rāma dwell, taking to a lonely forest?'","w":[["yaṃ","whom"],["yāntam","going"],["anuyānti sma","used to follow"],["padāti","foot-soldiers"],["rathakuñjarāḥ","chariots and elephants","",[["ratha","chariot"],["kuñjara","elephant"]]],["sa","he"],["vatsyati","will dwell"],["kathaṃ","how"],["rāmo","Rāma","rāmaḥ"],["vijanaṃ","lonely, unpeopled","vi-janaṃ",[["vi","without"],["jana","people"]]],["vanam","forest"],["āśritaḥ","taking to, resorting to"]]},{"v":6,"ref":"2.052.006","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"vyālair mṛgair ācaritaṃ kṛṣṇasarpaniṣevitam","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"kathaṃ kumārau vaidehyā sārdhaṃ vanam upasthitau","q":null}],"tr":"'Ranged by beasts of prey and wild animals, haunted by black serpents—how have the two princes, together with Vaidehī, come to such a forest?'","w":[["vyālair","by beasts of prey","vyālaiḥ"],["mṛgair","by wild animals","mṛgaiḥ"],["ācaritaṃ","ranged over, roamed"],["kṛṣṇasarpaniṣevitam","haunted by black serpents","",[["kṛṣṇa","black"],["sarpa","serpent"],["niṣevita","frequented, haunted"]]],["kathaṃ","how"],["kumārau","the two princes"],["vaidehyā","with Vaidehī"],["sārdhaṃ","together with"],["vanam","the forest"],["upasthitau","have come to, entered"]]},{"v":7,"ref":"2.052.007","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"sukumāryā tapasvinyā sumantra saha sītayā","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"rājaputrau kathaṃ pādair avaruhya rathād gatau","q":null}],"tr":"'How, Sumantra, did the two princes, together with tender, hapless Sītā, descend from the chariot and go on foot?'","w":[["sukumāryā","with the delicate one","",[["su","very"],["kumārī","young girl, maiden"]]],["tapasvinyā","with the hapless one, poor lady"],["sumantra","O Sumantra"],["saha sītayā","together with Sītā"],["rājaputrau","the two princes","",[["rāja","king"],["putra","son"]]],["kathaṃ","how"],["pādair","on foot, by their feet","pādaiḥ"],["avaruhya","having descended"],["rathād","from the chariot","rathāt"],["gatau","went, gone"]]},{"v":8,"ref":"2.052.008","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"siddhārthaḥ khalu sūta tvaṃ yena dṛṣṭau mamātmajau","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"vanāntaṃ praviśantau tāv aśvināv iva mandaram","q":null}],"tr":"'Your purpose is surely fulfilled, charioteer, in that you saw my two sons entering the forest's edge, like the two Aśvins entering Mandara.'","w":[["siddhārthaḥ","one whose purpose is fulfilled","",[["siddha","accomplished"],["artha","aim, purpose"]]],["khalu","surely"],["sūta","O charioteer"],["tvaṃ","you"],["yena","in that, by which"],["dṛṣṭau","seen"],["mamātmajau","my two sons","mama ātmajau"],["vanāntaṃ","the edge of the forest","vana-antaṃ",[["vana","forest"],["anta","edge, end"]]],["praviśantau","entering"],["tāv","those two","tau"],["aśvināv","the two Aśvins","aśvinau"],["iva","like"],["mandaram","Mandara (mountain)"]]},{"v":9,"ref":"2.052.009","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"kim uvāca vaco rāmaḥ kim uvāca ca lakṣmaṇaḥ","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"sumantra vanam āsādya kim uvāca ca maithilī","q":null},{"p":"e","t":"āsitaṃ śayitaṃ bhuktaṃ sūta rāmasya kīrtaya","q":null}],"tr":"'What word did Rāma speak, and what did Lakṣmaṇa say, and, Sumantra, once she reached the forest, what did the Maithilī say? Tell me, charioteer, of Rāma's sitting, his lying down, and his eating.'","w":[["kim","what"],["uvāca","spoke, said"],["vaco","word","vacaḥ"],["rāmaḥ","Rāma"],["kim","what"],["uvāca","said"],["ca","and"],["lakṣmaṇaḥ","Lakṣmaṇa"],["sumantra","O Sumantra"],["vanam","the forest"],["āsādya","having reached"],["kim","what"],["uvāca","said"],["ca","and"],["maithilī","the Maithilī (Sītā)"],["āsitaṃ","the sitting, how he sat"],["śayitaṃ","the lying down, how he lay"],["bhuktaṃ","the eating, what he ate"],["sūta","O charioteer"],["rāmasya","of Rāma"],["kīrtaya","tell, relate"]]},{"v":10,"ref":"2.052.010","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"iti sūto narendreṇa coditaḥ sajjamānayā","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"uvāca vācā rājānaṃ sabāṣpaparirabdhayā","q":null}],"tr":"Thus urged on by the king, the charioteer answered the king in a voice that faltered and was choked with tears.","w":[["iti","thus"],["sūto","the charioteer","sūtaḥ"],["narendreṇa","by the king (lord of 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