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nirviśaṅkena vacanaṃ mama rāghava","q":null}],"tr":"If this speech of mine pleases you, O lord of rākṣasas, then let my word be carried out without hesitation.","w":[["rocate","if it pleases"],["yadi","if"],["te","to you"],["vākyaṃ","speech, word"],["mamaitad","this of mine","mama etat"],["rākṣaseśvara","O lord of rākṣasas","",[["rākṣasa","rākṣasa"],["īśvara","lord"]]],["kriyatāṃ","let it be done"],["nirviśaṅkena","without hesitation","",[["nis","without"],["viśaṅka","hesitation, doubt"]]],["vacanaṃ","word, utterance"],["mama","my"],["rāghava","O Rāghava [vocative here anomalously addressed to Rāvaṇa]"]]},{"v":24,"ref":"3.032.024","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"niśamya rāmeṇa śarair ajihmagair hatāñ janasthānagatān niśācarān","q":["niśamya rāmeṇa śarair ajihmagair","hatāñ janasthānagatān niśācarān"]},{"p":"c","t":"kharaṃ ca buddhvā nihataṃ ca dūṣaṇaṃ tvam adya kṛtyaṃ pratipattum arhasi","q":["kharaṃ ca buddhvā nihataṃ ca dūṣaṇaṃ","tvam adya kṛtyaṃ pratipattum arhasi"]}],"tr":"Having heard how 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