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Jaṭāyus by name am I, the mighty king of vultures.'","w":[["daśagrīvasthito","O ten-necked one, (I am) established","daśagrīva sthitaḥ"],["dharme","in dharma"],["purāṇe","ancient"],["satyasaṃśrayaḥ","a refuge of truth","satya-saṃśrayaḥ",[["satya","truth"],["saṃśraya","refuge, resort"]]],["jaṭāyur","Jaṭāyus","jaṭāyuḥ"],["nāma","by name"],["nāmnāhaṃ","by name I","nāmnā ahaṃ"],["gṛdhrarājo","king of vultures","gṛdhra-rājaḥ",[["gṛdhra","vulture"],["rājan","king"]]],["mahābalaḥ","the mighty","mahā-balaḥ",[["mahā","great"],["bala","strength"]]]]},{"v":4,"ref":"3.048.004","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"rājā sarvasya lokasya mahendravaruṇopamaḥ","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"lokānāṃ ca hite yukto rāmo daśarathātmajaḥ","q":null}],"tr":"'Rāma, the son of Daśaratha, is king of all the world, the equal of great Indra and Varuṇa, ever devoted to the welfare of all people.'","w":[["rājā","king"],["sarvasya","of all"],["lokasya","the world"],["mahendravaruṇopamaḥ","like great Indra and Varuṇa","mahā-indra-varuṇa-upamaḥ",[["mahā","great"],["indra","Indra"],["varuṇa","Varuṇa"],["upama","like"]]],["lokānāṃ","of the people, worlds"],["ca","and"],["hite","in the welfare"],["yukto","engaged, devoted","yuktaḥ"],["rāmo","Rāma","rāmaḥ"],["daśarathātmajaḥ","son of Daśaratha","daśaratha-ātmajaḥ",[["daśaratha","Daśaratha"],["ātmaja","son"]]]]},{"v":5,"ref":"3.048.005","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"tasyaiṣā lokanāthasya dharmapatnī yaśasvinī","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"sītā nāma varārohā yāṃ tvaṃ hartum ihecchasi","q":null}],"tr":"'This is the illustrious lawful wife of that lord of the world — Sītā by name, the fair-hipped one, whom you here seek to carry off.'","w":[["tasyaiṣā","his, this","tasya eṣā"],["lokanāthasya","of the lord of the world","loka-nāthasya",[["loka","world"],["nātha","lord"]]],["dharmapatnī","lawful wife","dharma-patnī",[["dharma","law, right"],["patnī","wife"]]],["yaśasvinī","illustrious"],["sītā","Sītā"],["nāma","by name"],["varārohā","the fair-hipped one","vara-ārohā",[["vara","excellent"],["ārohā","hips, form"]]],["yāṃ","whom"],["tvaṃ","you"],["hartum","to carry off"],["ihecchasi","here desire","iha icchasi"]]},{"v":6,"ref":"3.048.006","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"kathaṃ rājā sthito dharme paradārān parāmṛśet","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"rakṣaṇīyā viśeṣeṇa rājadārā mahābalaḥ","q":null},{"p":"e","t":"nivartaya matiṃ nīcāṃ paradārābhimarśanam","q":null}],"tr":"'How could a king established in dharma lay hands on another man's wife? A king's wife above all must be protected, O mighty one. Turn back your base intent to touch another's wife.'","w":[["kathaṃ","how"],["rājā","a king"],["sthito","established","sthitaḥ"],["dharme","in dharma"],["paradārān","another's wife","para-dārān",[["para","other"],["dāra","wife"]]],["parāmṛśet","would lay hands on, touch"],["rakṣaṇīyā","to be protected"],["viśeṣeṇa","especially"],["rājadārā","a king's wife","rāja-dārā",[["rājan","king"],["dāra","wife"]]],["mahābalaḥ","O mighty one","mahā-balaḥ",[["mahā","great"],["bala","strength"]]],["nivartaya","turn back, give up"],["matiṃ","the intention"],["nīcāṃ","base, low"],["paradārābhimarśanam","the touching of another's wife","para-dāra-abhimarśanam",[["para","other"],["dāra","wife"],["abhimarśana","touching, molesting"]]]]},{"v":7,"ref":"3.048.007","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"na tat samācared dhīro yat paro 'sya vigarhayet","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"yathātmanas tathānyeṣāṃ dārā rakṣyā vimarśanāt","q":null}],"tr":"'A wise man would not do what another might condemn in him; as one guards one's own wife, so must the wives of others be guarded from violation.'","w":[["na","not"],["tat","that"],["samācared","would do","samācaret"],["dhīro","the wise one","dhīraḥ"],["yat","which"],["paro","another","paraḥ"],["'sya","of him","asya"],["vigarhayet","would censure"],["yathātmanas","just as one's own","yathā ātmanaḥ"],["tathānyeṣāṃ","so of others","tathā anyeṣāṃ"],["dārā","wives"],["rakṣyā","to be protected"],["vimarśanāt","from molestation, violation"]]},{"v":8,"ref":"3.048.008","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"arthaṃ vā yadi vā kāmaṃ śiṣṭāḥ śāstreṣv anāgatam","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"vyavasyanty anu rājānaṃ dharmaṃ paurastyanandana","q":null}],"tr":"'In matters of profit or of pleasure not laid down in the scriptures, O scion of Pulastya, the wise determine what is right by following the king's example.'","w":[["arthaṃ","profit, wealth"],["vā","or"],["yadi","if"],["vā","or"],["kāmaṃ","pleasure, desire"],["śiṣṭāḥ","the wise, learned"],["śāstreṣv","in the scriptures","śāstreṣu"],["anāgatam","not found, not laid down"],["vyavasyanty","they determine","vyavasyanti"],["anu","following, after"],["rājānaṃ","the king"],["dharmaṃ","dharma, what is right"],["paurastyanandana","O scion of Pulastya","paurastya-nandana",[["paurastya","of Pulastya (var. eastern)"],["nandana","descendant, delight"]]]]},{"v":9,"ref":"3.048.009","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"rājā dharmaś ca kāmaś ca dravyāṇāṃ cottamo nidhiḥ","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"dharmaḥ śubhaṃ vā pāpaṃ vā rājamūlaṃ pravartate","q":null}],"tr":"'The king is dharma, he is desire, and he is the supreme repository of wealth; dharma itself, and whatever good or evil arises, has its root in the king.'","w":[["rājā","the king"],["dharmaś","dharma","dharmaḥ"],["ca","and"],["kāmaś","desire","kāmaḥ"],["ca","and"],["dravyāṇāṃ","of goods, wealth"],["cottamo","and the highest","ca uttamaḥ"],["nidhiḥ","treasury, repository"],["dharmaḥ","dharma"],["śubhaṃ","good"],["vā","or"],["pāpaṃ","evil"],["vā","or"],["rājamūlaṃ","rooted in the king","rāja-mūlaṃ",[["rājan","king"],["mūla","root"]]],["pravartate","proceeds, arises"]]},{"v":10,"ref":"3.048.010","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"pāpasvabhāvaś capalaḥ kathaṃ tvaṃ rakṣasāṃ vara","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"aiśvaryam abhisaṃprāpto vimānam iva duṣkṛtī","q":null}],"tr":"'O best of rākṣasas, evil-natured and fickle as you are, how have you come by such sovereignty — like some sinner who has gained a celestial car he never earned?'","w":[["pāpasvabhāvaś","of evil nature","pāpa-svabhāvaḥ",[["pāpa","evil"],["svabhāva","nature"]]],["capalaḥ","fickle, unsteady"],["kathaṃ","how"],["tvaṃ","you"],["rakṣasāṃ","of the rākṣasas"],["vara","O best"],["aiśvaryam","sovereignty, lordship"],["abhisaṃprāpto","have attained","abhisaṃprāptaḥ"],["vimānam","a celestial car"],["iva","like"],["duṣkṛtī","an evildoer","duṣ-kṛtī",[["duṣ","ill"],["kṛtin","doer"]]]]},{"v":11,"ref":"3.048.011","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"kāmasvabhāvo yo yasya na sa śakyaḥ pramārjitum","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"na hi duṣṭātmanām ārya mā vasaty ālaye ciram","q":null}],"tr":"'A man's inborn disposition cannot be wiped away. Yet mark this, noble sir: Fortune does not abide for long in the house of the wicked.'","w":[["kāmasvabhāvo","inborn disposition","kāma-svabhāvaḥ",[["kāma","desire, inclination"],["svabhāva","nature"]]],["yo","which","yaḥ"],["yasya","of whom"],["na","not"],["sa","it"],["śakyaḥ","able (to be)"],["pramārjitum","to be wiped away, effaced"],["na","not"],["hi","indeed"],["duṣṭātmanām","of the evil-souled","duṣṭa-ātmanām",[["duṣṭa","corrupt"],["ātman","self"]]],["ārya","O noble one"],["mā","Fortune (Lakṣmī)"],["vasaty","dwells","vasati"],["ālaye","in the abode"],["ciram","for long"]]},{"v":12,"ref":"3.048.012","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"viṣaye vā pure vā te yadā rāmo mahābalaḥ","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"nāparādhyati dharmātmā kathaṃ tasyāparādhyasi","q":null}],"tr":"'When the mighty, righteous Rāma does no wrong to your realm or your city, why do you wrong him?'","w":[["viṣaye","in the realm, territory"],["vā","or"],["pure","in the city"],["vā","or"],["te","your"],["yadā","when"],["rāmo","Rāma","rāmaḥ"],["mahābalaḥ","the mighty","mahā-balaḥ",[["mahā","great"],["bala","strength"]]],["nāparādhyati","does not offend, wrong","na aparādhyati"],["dharmātmā","the righteous-souled","dharma-ātmā",[["dharma","righteousness"],["ātman","soul"]]],["kathaṃ","how, why"],["tasyāparādhyasi","you offend against him","tasya aparādhyasi"]]},{"v":13,"ref":"3.048.013","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"yadi śūrpaṇakhāhetor janasthānagataḥ kharaḥ","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"ativṛtto hataḥ pūrvaṃ rāmeṇākliṣṭakarmaṇā","q":null}],"tr":"'If Khara, stationed at Janasthāna, overstepped all bounds for Śūrpaṇakhā's sake and was earlier slain by Rāma of tireless deeds—'","w":[["yadi","if"],["śūrpaṇakhāhetor","for the sake of Śūrpaṇakhā","śūrpaṇakhā-hetoḥ",[["śūrpaṇakhā","Śūrpaṇakhā"],["hetu","cause, sake"]]],["janasthānagataḥ","who was at Janasthāna","janasthāna-gataḥ",[["janasthāna","Janasthāna"],["gata","gone, situated"]]],["kharaḥ","Khara"],["ativṛtto","transgressing, overstepping","ativṛttaḥ"],["hataḥ","was slain"],["pūrvaṃ","formerly, before"],["rāmeṇākliṣṭakarmaṇā","by Rāma of untiring deeds","rāmeṇa akliṣṭa-karmaṇā",[["a","not"],["kliṣṭa","wearied"],["karman","deed"]]]]},{"v":14,"ref":"3.048.014","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"atra brūhi yathāsatyaṃ ko rāmasya vyatikramaḥ","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"yasya tvaṃ lokanāthasya hṛtvā bhāryāṃ gamiṣyasi","q":null}],"tr":"'—then tell me truly: what wrong has Rāma done, that you should carry off the wife of this lord of the world and make away with her?'","w":[["atra","here, on this"],["brūhi","tell"],["yathāsatyaṃ","truthfully","yathā-satyaṃ",[["yathā","according to"],["satya","truth"]]],["ko","what","kaḥ"],["rāmasya","of Rāma"],["vyatikramaḥ","transgression, offense"],["yasya","whose"],["tvaṃ","you"],["lokanāthasya","of the lord of the world","loka-nāthasya",[["loka","world"],["nātha","lord"]]],["hṛtvā","having carried off"],["bhāryāṃ","wife"],["gamiṣyasi","you will go away"]]},{"v":15,"ref":"3.048.015","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"kṣipraṃ visṛja vaidehīṃ mā tvā ghoreṇa cakṣuṣā","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"dahed dahana bhūtena vṛtram indrāśanir yathā","q":null}],"tr":"'Release Vaidehī at once, lest with his terrible, fire-become gaze he burn you up, as Indra's thunderbolt burned Vṛtra.'","w":[["kṣipraṃ","quickly"],["visṛja","release"],["vaidehīṃ","Vaidehī"],["mā","lest"],["tvā","you"],["ghoreṇa","with (his) terrible"],["cakṣuṣā","eye, gaze"],["dahed","would burn","dahet"],["dahana","fire"],["bhūtena","become (with)"],["vṛtram","Vṛtra"],["indrāśanir","Indra's thunderbolt","indra-aśaniḥ",[["indra","Indra"],["aśani","thunderbolt"]]],["yathā","as"]]},{"v":16,"ref":"3.048.016","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"sarpam āśīviṣaṃ baddhvā vastrānte nāvabudhyase","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"grīvāyāṃ pratimuktaṃ ca kālapāśaṃ na paśyasi","q":null}],"tr":"'You have tied a venomous serpent to the hem of your robe and do not know it; 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yet even so, you shall not carry Vaidehī off and go your way unscathed.'","w":[["vṛddho","old","vṛddhaḥ"],["'haṃ","I","ahaṃ"],["tvaṃ","you"],["yuvā","young"],["dhanvī","armed with a bow"],["sarathaḥ","with a chariot","sa-rathaḥ",[["sa","with"],["ratha","chariot"]]],["kavacī","armored"],["śarī","armed with arrows"],["tathāpy","even so","tathā api"],["ādāya","taking"],["vaidehīṃ","Vaidehī"],["kuśalī","safe, unharmed"],["na","not"],["gamiṣyasi","you will go"]]},{"v":21,"ref":"3.048.021","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"na śaktas tvaṃ balād dhartuṃ vaidehīṃ mama paśyataḥ","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"hetubhir nyāyasaṃyuktair dhruvāṃ vedaśrutīm iva","q":null}],"tr":"'You cannot carry Vaidehī off by force while I look on — no more than one could overturn the firm truth of Vedic revelation with well-reasoned arguments.'","w":[["na","not"],["śaktas","able","śaktaḥ"],["tvaṃ","you"],["balād","by force","balāt"],["dhartuṃ","to carry off"],["vaidehīṃ","Vaidehī"],["mama","while I (look on)"],["paśyataḥ","(of me) looking on"],["hetubhir","with arguments","hetubhiḥ"],["nyāyasaṃyuktair","sound in logic","nyāya-saṃyuktaiḥ",[["nyāya","logic, reasoning"],["saṃyukta","joined with"]]],["dhruvāṃ","firm, established"],["vedaśrutīm","the Vedic revelation","veda-śrutīm",[["veda","Veda"],["śruti","revelation"]]],["iva","like"]]},{"v":22,"ref":"3.048.022","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"yudhyasva yadi śūro 'si muhūrtaṃ tiṣṭha rāvaṇa","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"śayiṣyase hato bhūmau yathāpūrvaṃ kharas tathā","q":null}],"tr":"'Fight, if you are a hero! Halt a moment, Rāvaṇa. 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