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the Videhan lady appears to me as if well used to travels abroad.”","w":[["nāsyā","not of her","na asyā"],["dainyaṃ","dejection, misery"],["kṛtaṃ","done, made"],["kiṃ cit","any, at all","kiṃcit"],["susūkṣmam","very slight, subtle","su-sūkṣmam",[["su","very"],["sūkṣma","fine, subtle"]]],["api","even"],["lakṣaye","I perceive, mark"],["uciteva","as if accustomed","ucitā iva"],["pravāsānāṃ","to sojourns abroad, journeys"],["vaidehī","the Videhan lady"],["pratibhāti","appears, seems"],["mā","to me","mā (= mama/me)"]]},{"v":9,"ref":"2.054.009","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"nagaropavanaṃ gatvā yathā sma ramate purā","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"tathaiva ramate sītā nirjaneṣu vaneṣv api","q":null}],"tr":"“Just as of old she used to delight when she went to the city's pleasure-groves, so exactly does Sītā delight even in the desolate forests.”","w":[["nagaropavanaṃ","to the city pleasure-grove","nagara-upavanaṃ",[["nagara","city"],["upavana","pleasure-grove, garden"]]],["gatvā","having gone"],["yathā","just as"],["sma","(with pres. = used to)"],["ramate","delights, takes pleasure"],["purā","formerly, of old"],["tathaiva","so exactly, in the same way","tathā eva"],["ramate","delights"],["sītā","Sītā"],["nirjaneṣu","in the peopleless, desolate","nir-janeṣu",[["nir","without"],["jana","people"]]],["vaneṣv","in the forests","vaneṣu"],["api","even"]]},{"v":10,"ref":"2.054.010","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"bāleva ramate sītā bālacandranibhānanā","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"rāmā rāme hy adīnātmā vijane 'pi vane satī","q":null}],"tr":"“Sītā, her face like the young moon, delights like a girl; 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