THE RAMAYANA
ARANYA KANDA
SARGA 55 : SLOKAS 31 TO 38
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- FASCINATING SITA
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is swift as thought |
31.Ravana told
Sita that the aerial car
is spacious, beautiful and
swift as
thought and
told her to enjoy herself
in that along with him.
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lovely to look at |
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oppressed with grief |
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does not look charming |
32.Ravana told
Sita that her flawless
face resembling a lotus
does not look
charming since
she was oppressed with
grief.
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.33.
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by the end of the
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33.While Ravana
was speaking as above,
Sita covered her moonlike
face with
the end of her garment
and allowed the tears to
flow.
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contemplating on the high
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splendour dimmed through
anxiety |
34.Ravana again
addressed the following words
to Sita who was ill
at ease,
contemplating about
Rama and her splendour
dimmed by anxiety.
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occasioned by transgression
of the prescribed conduct |
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not availanle for humans |
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result of good fortune |
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will be reaching |
35.Ravana told
Sita that enough with bashfulness
occasioned by transgression of
prescribed conduct and that
which she is getting will
not be available for humans.
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are lovely to look at |
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are being pressed |
36.Ravana told
Sita that her two lovely
feet are being pressed
by his heads
and asked
her to show favour to
him who will be her
obedient servant.
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pining from love |
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with head bent low |
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will ever salute |
37.Ravana told
Sita that the words spoken
by him who was pining
from
love should
not fall flat and that
he never salutes a woman
with head bent
low.
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daughter of Janaka |
38.Ravana, having
said as above to Sita
, fell a prey to
death and thought
'she is
mine'.
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