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Be my husband for a long time — what will you do with Sītā?","w":[["tān","them"],["ahaṃ","I"],["samatikrāntā","have surpassed, excelled","",[["sam-ati-krānta","gone quite beyond"]]],["rāma","O Rāma"],["tvāpūrvadarśanāt","but on account of this unprecedented sight","tu apūrvadarśanāt",[["apūrva","unprecedented"],["darśana","sight, seeing"]]],["samupetāsmi","I have come, approached","samupetā asmi",[["samupeta","approached, come near"]]],["bhāvena","with love, feeling"],["bhartāraṃ","as a husband"],["puruṣottamam","the best of men","puruṣa-uttamam",[["puruṣa","man"],["uttama","best, highest"]]],["cirāya","for a long time"],["bhava","be"],["bhartā","husband"],["me","my"],["sītayā","with Sītā"],["kiṃ","what"],["kariṣyasi","will you do"]]},{"v":22,"ref":"3.016.022","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"vikṛtā ca virūpā ca na seyaṃ sadṛśī tava","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"aham evānurūpā te bhāryā rūpeṇa paśya mām","q":null}],"tr":"Deformed and ugly, this one (Sītā) is no match for you; I alone am a fitting wife for you in beauty — look at me!","w":[["vikṛtā","misshapen, deformed"],["ca","and"],["virūpā","ugly"],["ca","and"],["na","not"],["seyaṃ","this she","sā iyaṃ"],["sadṛśī","a match, like"],["tava","for you"],["aham","I"],["evānurūpā","alone (am) fitting","eva anurūpā",[["anurūpa","suited, fitting"]]],["te","for you"],["bhāryā","wife"],["rūpeṇa","in beauty, form"],["paśya","look at, behold"],["mām","me"]]},{"v":23,"ref":"3.016.023","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"imāṃ virūpām asatīṃ karālāṃ nirṇatodarīm","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"anena saha te bhrātrā bhakṣayiṣyāmi mānuṣīm","q":null}],"tr":"This ugly, unchaste, dreadful, hollow-bellied human woman — her, together with this brother of yours, I shall devour!","w":[["imāṃ","this"],["virūpām","ugly"],["asatīṃ","unchaste, wicked"],["karālāṃ","dreadful, gaping (of terrible teeth)"],["nirṇatodarīm","hollow-bellied","nirṇata-udarīm",[["nirṇata","bent down, sunken"],["udara","belly"]]],["anena","with this"],["saha","together"],["te","your"],["bhrātrā","brother"],["bhakṣayiṣyāmi","I shall devour"],["mānuṣīm","the human woman"]]},{"v":24,"ref":"3.016.024","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"tataḥ parvataśṛṅgāṇi vanāni vividhāni ca","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"paśyan saha mayā kānta daṇḍakān vicariṣyasi","q":null}],"tr":"Then, O beloved, beholding the mountain-peaks and the various forests, you shall roam the Daṇḍaka wilds with me.","w":[["tataḥ","then"],["parvataśṛṅgāṇi","mountain-peaks","",[["parvata","mountain"],["śṛṅga","peak"]]],["vanāni","forests"],["vividhāni","various"],["ca","and"],["paśyan","beholding"],["saha mayā","with me"],["kānta","O beloved"],["daṇḍakān","the Daṇḍaka wilds"],["vicariṣyasi","you shall roam"]]},{"v":25,"ref":"3.016.025","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"ity evam uktaḥ kākutsthaḥ prahasya madirekṣaṇām","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"idaṃ vacanam ārebhe vaktuṃ vākyaviśāradaḥ","q":null}],"tr":"Thus addressed, Kākutstha (Rāma), skilled in speech, smiling at the wanton-eyed one, began to speak these words.","w":[["ity evam","thus","iti evam"],["uktaḥ","addressed"],["kākutsthaḥ","Kākutstha (Rāma)"],["prahasya","smiling, laughing"],["madirekṣaṇām","the wanton-eyed one","madira-īkṣaṇām",[["madira","intoxicating, wanton"],["īkṣaṇa","eye"]]],["idaṃ","this"],["vacanam","speech, words"],["ārebhe","began"],["vaktuṃ","to speak"],["vākyaviśāradaḥ","skilled in speech","",[["vākya","speech"],["viśārada","expert, skilled"]]]]}]}