रामायणम् — सुन्दरकाण्डे सप्तदशः सर्गः | rāmāyaṇam

तस्मिन्नेव ततः काले राजपुत्री त्वनिन्दिता ।
रूपयौवनसंपन्नं भूषणोत्तमभूषितम् ॥

Summary AI At that very moment, the blameless princess *Sītā* beheld *Rāvaṇa*, who was endowed with beauty and youth and adorned with the most exquisite ornaments.

M N Dutt Thereupon beholding Răvaņa-the lord of Rākṣasas, gifted with youth and beauty and adorned with an excellent dress, that excellent and blameless daughter of a king, Vaidehī, trembled like to a plantain tree shaken by the wind.

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ततो दृष्ट्वैव वैदेही रावणं राक्षसाधिपम् ।
प्रावेपत वरारोहा प्रवाते कदली यथा ॥

Summary AI Upon seeing *Rāvaṇa*, the lord of the *Rākṣasas*, the beautiful *Vaidehī* trembled like a banana tree swaying in a strong wind.

M N Dutt Thereupon beholding Răvaņa-the lord of Rākṣasas, gifted with youth and beauty and adorned with an excellent dress, that excellent and blameless daughter of a king, Vaidehī, trembled like to a plantain tree shaken by the wind.

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ऊरुभ्यामुदरं छाद्य बाहुभ्यां च पयोधरौ ।
उपविष्टा विशालाक्षी रुदन्ती वरवर्णिनी ॥

Summary AI Covering her stomach with her thighs and her breasts with her arms, the large-eyed, fair-complexioned *Sītā* sat weeping.

M N Dutt Having covered her belly with her legs and her breast with her hands, that one, having charming colour and expansive eyes, cried aloud.

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दशग्रीवस्तु वैदेहीं रक्षितां राक्षसीगणैः ।
ददर्श दीनां दुःखार्तं नावं सन्नामिवार्णवे ॥

Summary AI The ten-headed *Rāvaṇa* beheld *Vaidehī*, guarded by groups of demonesses, looking distressed and afflicted with grief, like a ship sinking in the middle of the ocean.

M N Dutt Arriving there the Ten-necked one beheld Vaidehi, guarded by the Raksasis, poorly, racked with grief like to a boat sunk in an ocean. Subject to hard penances, she, seated on the bare earth, appeared like a branch of a tree fallen on the ground

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असंवृतायामासीनां धरण्यां संशितव्रताम् ।
छिन्नां प्रपतितां भूमौ शाखामिव वनस्पतेः ।
मलमण्डनदिग्धाङ्गीं मण्डनार्हाममण्डिताम् ॥

Summary AI He saw her seated on the bare ground, firm in her vows, appearing like a severed branch of a tree fallen to the earth; her limbs were smeared with dirt as her only ornament, though she was worthy of the finest decoration.

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समीपं राजसिंहस्य रामस्य विदितात्मनः ।
संकल्पहयसंयुक्तैर्यान्तीमिव मनोरथैः ॥

Summary AI She appeared as if she were traveling to the side of the lion among kings, the self-realized *Rāma*, on the chariots of her thoughts drawn by the horses of her resolve.

M N Dutt She was proceeding as it were to that lion of a king-Rāma, knowing his own-self, in her mind's chariot drawn by the horses of resolution.

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शुष्यन्तीं रुदतीमेकां ध्यानशोकपरायणाम् ।
दुःखस्यान्तमपश्यन्तीं रामां राममनुव्रताम् ॥

Summary AI He saw the beautiful woman devoted to *Rāma*, wasting away, weeping alone, absorbed in meditation and sorrow, and seeing no end to her misery.

M N Dutt And not beholding the end of her grief, that damsel, attached to Rāma, was keeping alone and reduced to a skeleton and overwhelmed with anxious thoughts and grief.

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वेष्टमानामथाविष्टां पन्नगेन्द्रवधूमिव ।
धूप्यमानां ग्रहेणेव रोहिणीं धूमकेतुना ॥

Summary AI She was writhing like a captured consort of a serpent-king and appeared like the star *Rohiṇī* being eclipsed by the planet *Ketu*.

M N Dutt She was troubled like to the daughter-in-law of the lord of serpents, of impeded course by means of incantations, and stricken with grief like to Rohini, possessed by Ketu.

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वृत्तशीले कुले जातामाचारवति धार्मिके ।
पुनः संस्कारमापन्नां जातमिव च दुष्कुले ॥

Summary AI Though born in a noble family of excellent character and conduct, she appeared like one whose refinement had been obscured, like a noble soul trapped in a base lineage.

M N Dutt And although born in a pious family, well behaved and good-natured and married according to their rites, she appeared to have been sprung form a low race and wedded according to their base ceremonials.

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सन्नामिव महाकीर्तिं श्रद्धामिव विमानिताम् ।
प्रज्ञामिव परिक्षीणामाशां प्रतिहतामिव ॥

Summary AI She looked like great fame that has faded, like faith that has been insulted, like wisdom that has dwindled, and like hope that has been frustrated.

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आयतीमिव विध्वस्तामाज्ञां प्रतिहतामिव ।
दीप्तामिव दिशं काले पूजामपहृतामिव ॥

Summary AI She appeared like a shattered future, like a command that has been disregarded, like a direction blazing with ill omens, and like a sacred offering that has been stolen.

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पद्मिनीमिव विध्वस्तां हतशूरां चमूमिव ।
प्रभामिव तपोध्वस्तामुपक्षीणामिवापगाम् ॥

Summary AI She was like a ruined lotus pond, like an army whose heroes have been slain, like radiance obscured by intense heat, and like a river that has run dry.

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वेदीमिव परामृष्टां शान्तामग्निशिखामिव ।
पौर्णमासीमिव निशां राहुग्रस्तेन्दुमण्डलाम् ॥

Summary AI She resembled a desecrated altar, an extinguished flame, and the night of a full moon when the lunar orb is swallowed by *Rāhu*.

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उत्कृष्टपर्णकमलां वित्रासितविहंगमाम् ।
हस्तिहस्तपरामृष्टामाकुलां पद्मिनीमिव ॥

Summary AI She looked like a lotus pond whose leaves and flowers have been torn, whose birds have been frightened away, and which has been agitated and trampled by an elephant's trunk.

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पतिशोकातुरां शुष्कां नदीं विस्रावितामिव ।
परया मृजया हीनां कृष्णपक्षे निशामिव ॥

Summary AI Distressed by grief for her husband, she was like a dried-up river whose waters have been drained, and like a night in the dark fortnight of the moon, devoid of brilliance.

M N Dutt And her grace greatly famished by the absence of her husband she appeared like a river whose liquid contents were dried up. And not cleaning her limbs she appeared like a dark night.

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सुकुमारीं सुजाताङ्गीं रत्नगर्भगृहोचिताम् ।
तप्यमानामिवोष्णेन मृणालीमचिरोद्धृताम् ॥

Summary AI Delicate and well-formed, she who was worthy of a palace filled with jewels now appeared like a freshly uprooted lotus stalk withering in the sun's heat.

M N Dutt That one of graceful limbs, tender and worthy of living in a jewelled abode, being stricken with grief, seemed like a dried lotus-stalk just extracted from its bed.

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गृहीतामालितां स्तम्भे यूथपेन विनाकृताम् ।
निःश्वसन्तीं सुदुःखार्तां गजराजवधूमिव ॥

Summary AI Like the female consort of an elephant king, separated from her leader and tied to a pillar, she was sighing and deeply afflicted by grief.

M N Dutt And she like the daughter-in-law of the lord of elephants, caught, separated from her band and tied to a pillar, was overwhelmed with grief and was sighing again and again.

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एकया दीर्घया वेण्या शोभमानामयत्नतः ।
नीलया नीरदापाये वनराज्या महीमिव ॥

Summary AI With her single long braid of hair, she appeared like the earth at the end of the rainy season, naturally adorned by a dark line of forests.

M N Dutt Her braid of long hair resembling a black serpent falling on her back it appeared as if the Earth was filled with dark-blue forests on the disappearance of the rains.

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उपवासेन शोकेन ध्यानेन च भयेन च ।
परिक्षीणां कृशां दीनामल्पाहारां तपोधनाम् ॥

Summary AI Worn out by fasting, grief, meditation, and fear, she was emaciated and miserable, eating very little, yet remaining rich in the wealth of her penance.

M N Dutt With fasts and grief, anxiety and fear, she was greatly weakened and reduced and gave up cating and took recourse to asceticism only.

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आयाचमानां दुःखार्तां प्राञ्जलिं देवतामिव ।
भावेन रघुमुख्यस्य दशग्रीवपराभवम् ॥

Summary AI Distressed with grief and with folded hands, she appeared like a goddess mentally imploring the destruction of the ten-headed *Rāvaṇa* at the hands of the leader of the *Raghus*.

M N Dutt Stricken with grief, she seemed to have been offering prayers to that foremost of Raghus for the destruction of the Ten-necked one, like those to the deities with folded hands.

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समीक्षमाणां रुदतीमनिन्दितां
सुपक्ष्मताम्रायतशुक्ललोचनाम् ।
अनुव्रतां राममतीव मैथिलीं
प्रलोभयामास वधाय रावणः ॥

Summary AI Rāvaṇa attempted to entice the irreproachable Maithilī, who was weeping as she gazed around, her eyes long with beautiful lashes and coppery-white hues. Deeply devoted to Rāma, she remained steadfast even as Rāvaṇa sought to tempt her towards her own ruin.

M N Dutt Beholding that blameless Maithili, having expansive eyes with beautiful eye lashes, greatly attached to Rāma, and weeping Rāvana tempted her for his own destruction.

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