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the gods, together with royal seers.","w":[["tava","your"],["devāsure","of gods and asuras","deva-asure",[["deva","god"],["asura","demon, anti-god"]]],["yuddhe","in the war"],["saha rājarṣibhiḥ","together with royal seers","",[["rāja","royal"],["ṛṣi","seer"]]],["patiḥ","husband"],["agacchat","went"],["tvām upādāya","taking you along"],["devarājasya","of the king of the gods (Indra)","",[["deva","god"],["rāja","king"]]],["sāhyakṛt","as a helper, ally","",[["sāhya","help, aid"],["kṛt","making, doing"]]]]},{"v":10,"ref":"2.009.010","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"diśam āsthāya kaikeyi dakṣiṇāṃ daṇḍakān prati","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"vaijayantam iti khyātaṃ puraṃ yatra timidhvajaḥ","q":null}],"tr":"Betaking himself, O Kaikeyī, to the southern quarter, toward the Daṇḍaka regions, to the city known as Vaijayanta, where Timidhvaja dwelt —","w":[["diśam","the quarter, direction"],["āsthāya","betaking himself to"],["kaikeyi","O Kaikeyī"],["dakṣiṇāṃ","southern"],["daṇḍakān prati","toward the Daṇḍaka 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