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If I live, may I look well upon him, together with Sītā.'","w":[["vṛttadaṃṣṭro","with rounded tusk-like teeth","vṛttadaṃṣṭraḥ",[["vṛtta","rounded"],["daṃṣṭra","tusk, large tooth"]]],["maheṣvāsaḥ","the great archer","mahā-iṣvāsaḥ",[["mahā","great"],["iṣvāsa","archer, bow"]]],["kvāsau","where is that one","kva asau"],["lakṣmaṇapūrvajaḥ","the elder brother of Lakṣmaṇa","",[["lakṣmaṇa","Lakṣmaṇa"],["pūrvaja","elder-born, elder brother"]]],["yadi","if"],["jīvāmi","I live"],["sādhv","well","sādhu"],["enaṃ","him"],["paśyeyaṃ","may I see"],["saha sītayā","together with Sītā"]]},{"v":22,"ref":"2.053.022","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"lohitākṣaṃ mahābāhum āmuktamaṇikuṇḍalam","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"rāmaṃ yadi na paśyāmi gamiṣyāmi yamakṣayam","q":null}],"tr":"'If I do not see Rāma—red-eyed, mighty-armed, wearing his jeweled earrings—I shall go to the abode of Yama.'","w":[["lohitākṣaṃ","red-eyed","lohita-akṣaṃ",[["lohita","red"],["akṣa","eye"]]],["mahābāhum","mighty-armed","",[["mahā","great"],["bāhu","arm"]]],["āmuktamaṇikuṇḍalam","wearing jeweled earrings","",[["āmukta","put on, worn"],["maṇi","jewel"],["kuṇḍala","earring"]]],["rāmaṃ","Rāma"],["yadi","if"],["na","not"],["paśyāmi","I see"],["gamiṣyāmi","I shall go"],["yamakṣayam","to the abode of Yama","",[["yama","Yama"],["kṣaya","abode, dwelling"]]]]},{"v":23,"ref":"2.053.023","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"ato nu kiṃ duḥkhataraṃ yo 'ham ikṣvākunandanam","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"imām avasthām āpanno neha paśyāmi rāghavam","q":null}],"tr":"'What could be more grievous than this—that I, come to such a state, do not see here Rāghava, delight of the Ikṣvākus?'","w":[["ato","than this","ataḥ"],["nu","indeed"],["kiṃ","what"],["duḥkhataraṃ","more grievous","duḥkha-taraṃ",[["duḥkha","grief, pain"],["tara","more (comparative)"]]],["yo 'ham","I who","yaḥ aham"],["ikṣvākunandanam","delight of the Ikṣvākus","",[["ikṣvāku","Ikṣvāku"],["nandana","delight, gladdener"]]],["imām","this"],["avasthām","state, condition"],["āpanno","come to, fallen into","āpannaḥ"],["neha","not here","na iha"],["paśyāmi","I see"],["rāghavam","Rāghava"]]},{"v":24,"ref":"2.053.024","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"hā rāma rāmānuja hā hā vaidehi tapasvinī","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"na māṃ jānīta duḥkhena mriyamāṇam anāthavat","q":null},{"p":"e","t":"dustaro jīvatā devi mayāyaṃ śokasāgaraḥ","q":null}],"tr":"'Alas, Rāma! Alas, brother of Rāma! Alas, alas, hapless Vaidehī! You do not know that I am dying of grief, like one forlorn. Hard to cross, O queen, is this ocean of sorrow for me while I live.'","w":[["hā","alas"],["rāma","O Rāma"],["rāmānuja","O younger brother of Rāma (Lakṣmaṇa)","rāma-anuja",[["rāma","Rāma"],["anuja","younger brother"]]],["hā hā","alas, alas"],["vaidehi","O Vaidehī"],["tapasvinī","hapless one, poor lady"],["na","not"],["māṃ","me"],["jānīta","you (all) know"],["duḥkhena","of grief, with grief"],["mriyamāṇam","dying"],["anāthavat","like one forlorn","anātha-vat",[["anātha","forlorn, masterless"],["vat","like"]]],["dustaro","hard to cross","dus-taraḥ",[["dus","hard, difficult"],["tara","crossing"]]],["jīvatā","by (me) living, while I live"],["devi","O queen"],["mayāyaṃ","by me this","mayā ayaṃ"],["śokasāgaraḥ","the ocean of sorrow","",[["śoka","sorrow"],["sāgara","ocean"]]]]},{"v":25,"ref":"2.053.025","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"aśobhanaṃ yo 'ham ihādya rāghavaṃ didṛkṣamāṇo na labhe salakṣmaṇam","q":["aśobhanaṃ yo 'ham ihādya rāghavaṃ","didṛkṣamāṇo na labhe salakṣmaṇam"]},{"p":"c","t":"itīva rājā vilapan mahāyaśāḥ papāta tūrṇaṃ śayane sa mūrchitaḥ","q":["itīva rājā vilapan mahāyaśāḥ","papāta tūrṇaṃ śayane sa mūrchitaḥ"]}],"tr":"'Ill-fated am I, that today, longing to see Rāghava here with Lakṣmaṇa, I do not obtain that sight.' 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