THE RAMAYANA
ARANYA KANDA
SARGA 58 : SLOKAS 1 TO 10
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- DETAILING SITA'S VIRTUES
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.1.
pyIp¦ÅCt
|
questioned as follows |
DmaIÏma
|
mind set on virtue |
1.Rama, seeing
Lakshmana depressed and come
alone leaving Sita
questione him
as follows.
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.2.
dÎfkarÎy|
|
for dandakaranya |
An¤jgam
h
|
actually followed |
2.Rama asked
Lakshmana where was Sita
who had followed him when
he
started for
dandakaranya and whom Lakshmana
had left and come there?
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tn¤mÒyma
.3.
raÇyB#¾Þy
|
deprived of kingdom |
tn¤mÒyma
|
with a slender waist |
3.Rama asked
Lakshmana where was that
Sita who shared his grief
when
he wandered
about in dandakaranya deprived
of his kingdom?
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.4.
m¤h\tI|
A¢p
|
even for a while |
s¤rs¤taEpma
|
resmbling a celestial lady |
4.Rama asked
Lakshmana where was that
Sita who was his life
partner
and who
was like a celestial lady
without whom he does not
like to live
even for
a while?
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,
ta|
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.5.
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|
of the world also |
tpn£yaBa|
|
having a lustre of gold |
jnkaÏmjam¯
|
Janaka's daughter |
5.Rama told
Lakshmana that separated from
Sita he did not desire
the
kingship of
gods or the world.
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B¢vÝy¢t
.6.
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|
is she alive |
6.Rama asked
Lakshmana whether Sita who
was dearer than life to
him is
alive and
hoped that the exile will
not be rendered void.
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sa
B¢vÝy¢t
.7.
s£ta¢n¢mäO|
|
because of Sita |
7.Rama told
Lakshmana that when he
returns after Rama dies
because of
Sita, Kaikeyi
will become happy with
her desire fulfilled.
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.8.
p¤æOraÇy¢s¼TaI|
|
having got the kingdom
for son |
upÞTaÞy¢t
|
may wai with reverence |
8.Rama told
Lakshmana that Kausalya with
her son dead may not
wait on
Kaikeyi with
reverence with Bharata enjoying
the kingdom.
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,
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v¦äOa
sa
p#aNa|ÞÏyßya¢m
lßmN
.9.
y¢d
v¦äOa
|
in case is dead |
9.Rama told
Lakshmana that in case
Sita is alive he will
return to the
hermitage; if
she is dead he will
give up his life.
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,
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p#h¢sta
s£ta
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lßmN
.10.
Aa½mgt|
|
reaching the hermitage |
vWdEh£
|
princess of Videha |
n
A¢BBaxtE
|
does not speak |
10.Rama told
Lakshmana that in case
when he returns to the
hermitage
Sita does
not speak with a smile,
he will die.
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