THE RAMAYANA
ARANYA KANDA
SARGA 18 : SLOKAS 21 TO 26
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-
CHOPPING OFF SURPANAKHA'S EARS
AND NOSE
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.21.
21.Lakshmana, being
ordered thus, drew his
sword and cut off
Surpanakha's ears
and nose while Rama looked
on.
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.22.
| ¢vk]äOkNInasa
|
with ears and nose
severed |
22.Surpanakha, with
her ears and nose severed,
ran away into the forest
the way
she came, yelling dissonantly.
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.23.
| SaE¢NtaE¢Xta
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bathed in blood |
23.Surpanakha, ugly
and very fierce, bathed
in blood roared in various
ways like
a cloud in the monsoon.
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.24.
| GaErdSIna
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with fierce looks |
24.Surpanakha, with
fierce looks, bleeding profusely
entered the great
forest with
raised arms and roaring.
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.25.
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surrounded by a multitude
of ogres |
| jnÞTangt|
|
who lived in janasthana |
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|
with terrible appearance |
25.Then Surpanakha,
approached her terrible appearing
brother, Khara,
who was
living in janasthana surrounded
by a multitude of ogres
and fell down like a
bolt from the sky.
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.26.
| BymaEhm¥rq¢ÅCta
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overcome with a swoon through
fear |
| SaE¢NtaE¢Xta
|
drenched with blood |
26.Surpanakha, Khara's
elder sister, overcome with
a swoon due to fear
and drenched
in blood, told Khara all
about the arrival of Rama
in the
forest with
Lakshmana and Sita and
also her own mutilation.
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.18.
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