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Rāma!' in a sweet voice—","w":[["vikrośantīṃ","crying out"],["dṛḍhaṃ","loudly, hard"],["sītāṃ","Sītā"],["dṛṣṭvā","having seen"],["duḥkhaṃ","misery"],["tathā","such, thus"],["gatām","fallen into"],["tāṃ","her"],["tu","indeed"],["lakṣmaṇa","'Lakṣmaṇa..."],["rāmeti","...Rāma!' thus","rāma iti"],["krośantīṃ","crying out"],["madhurasvarām","in a sweet voice","madhura-svarām",[["madhura","sweet"],["svara","voice"]]]]},{"v":41,"ref":"3.050.041","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"avekṣamāṇāṃ bahuṣo vaidehīṃ dharaṇītalam","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"sa tām ākulakeśāntāṃ vipramṛṣṭaviśeṣakām","q":null},{"p":"e","t":"jahārātmavināśāya daśagrīvo manasvinām","q":null}],"tr":"As Vaidehī gazed again and again toward the ground, the ten-necked one bore off that spirited woman, her hair-locks disheveled and her brow-mark smeared away, to his own destruction.","w":[["avekṣamāṇāṃ","gazing at"],["bahuṣo","again and again","bahuśaḥ"],["vaidehīṃ","Vaidehī"],["dharaṇītalam","toward the ground","dharaṇī-talam",[["dharaṇī","earth"],["tala","surface"]]],["sa","he"],["tām","her"],["ākulakeśāntāṃ","with hair-locks disheveled","ākula-keśa-antāṃ",[["ākula","confused, disheveled"],["keśa","hair"],["anta","end"]]],["vipramṛṣṭaviśeṣakām","with brow-mark smeared away","vipramṛṣṭa-viśeṣakām",[["vipramṛṣṭa","wiped away"],["viśeṣaka","forehead mark"]]],["jahārātmavināśāya","bore off, to his own destruction","jahāra ātma-vināśāya",[["ātman","self"],["vināśa","destruction"]]],["daśagrīvo","the ten-necked one","daśa-grīvaḥ",[["daśa","ten"],["grīvā","neck"]]],["manasvinām","the spirited (woman; text manasvinām, uncertain)"]]},{"v":42,"ref":"3.050.042","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"tatas tu sā cārudatī śucismitā vinākṛtā bandhujanena maithilī","q":["tatas tu sā cārudatī śucismitā","vinākṛtā bandhujanena maithilī"]},{"p":"c","t":"apaśyatī rāghavalakṣmaṇāv ubhau vivarṇavaktrā bhayabhārapīḍitā","q":["apaśyatī rāghavalakṣmaṇāv ubhau","vivarṇavaktrā bhayabhārapīḍitā"]}],"tr":"Then Maithilī, with lovely teeth and a pure smile, severed from her kinfolk and seeing neither Rāghava nor Lakṣmaṇa, grew pale of face, crushed by the weight of fear.","w":[["tatas","then","tataḥ"],["tu","and"],["sā","she"],["cārudatī","with lovely teeth","cāru-datī",[["cāru","lovely"],["dat","tooth"]]],["śucismitā","with a pure smile","śuci-smitā",[["śuci","pure, bright"],["smita","smile"]]],["vinākṛtā","severed, separated","vinā-kṛtā",[["vinā","without"],["kṛta","made"]]],["bandhujanena","from her kinfolk","bandhu-janena",[["bandhu","kinsman"],["jana","people"]]],["maithilī","Maithilī"],["apaśyatī","not seeing"],["rāghavalakṣmaṇāv","Rāghava and Lakṣmaṇa","rāghava-lakṣmaṇau",[["rāghava","Rāghava (Rāma)"],["lakṣmaṇa","Lakṣmaṇa"]]],["ubhau","both"],["vivarṇavaktrā","pale of face","vivarṇa-vaktrā",[["vivarṇa","pale, discolored"],["vaktra","face"]]],["bhayabhārapīḍitā","crushed by the weight of fear","bhaya-bhāra-pīḍitā",[["bhaya","fear"],["bhāra","weight, burden"],["pīḍita","oppressed"]]]]}]}