रामायणम् — युद्धकाण्डे चतुरधिकशततमः सर्गः | rāmāyaṇam

एवमुक्ता तु वैदेही परुषं लोमहर्षणम् ।
राघवेण सरोषेण भृशं प्रव्यथिताभवत् ॥

Summary AI Addressed thus by the enraged Rāghava with such harsh and hair-raising words, Vaidehī became extremely distressed.

M N Dutt Being thus addressed by Rāghava, enraged, with those harsh words Sīta was greatly pained.

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सा तदश्रुतपूर्वं हि जने महति मैथिली ।
श्रुत्वा भर्तृवचो रूक्षं लज्जया व्रीडिताभवत् ॥

Summary AI Hearing those harsh words of her husband, the likes of which she had never heard before in the presence of a large gathering, Maithilī was overcome with shame and modesty.

M N Dutt Hearing those words of her lord, unheard of, before the great assembly Maithili was greatly humiliated with shame.

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प्रविशन्तीव गात्राणि स्वान्येव जनकात्मजा ।
वाक्शल्यैस्तैः सशल्येव भृशमश्रूण्यवर्तयत् ॥

Summary AI As if shrinking into her own limbs, Janakātmajā, pierced by those verbal arrows like one struck by a physical shaft, shed profuse tears.

M N Dutt As if entering to her own person (with shame) and greatly pained with these arrow like words the daughter of king Janaka began to shed tears.

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ततो बाष्पपरिक्लिष्टं प्रमार्जन्ती स्वमाननम् ।
शनैर्गद्गदया वाचा भर्तारमिदमब्रवीत् ॥

Summary AI Then, wiping her face which was distressed by tears, she slowly spoke these words to her husband in a voice choked with emotion.

M N Dutt Thereupon wiping the tears off her countenance, she with sorrowful words, addressed her husband.

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किं मामसदृशं वाक्यमीदृशं श्रोत्रदारुणम् ।
रूक्षं श्रावयसे वीर प्राकृतः प्राकृतामिव ॥

Summary AI "O Hero! Why do you make me hear such unworthy, ear-piercing, and harsh words, like a common man speaking to an ordinary woman?"

M N Dutt Why did you, O hero, like a common man addressing an ordinary woman, make me hear these, harsh and unbecoming words painful to ears?

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न तथास्मि महाबाहो यथा त्वमवगच्छसि ।
प्रत्ययं गच्छ मे स्वेन चारित्रेणैव ते शपे ॥

Summary AI "O mighty-armed one! I am not what you perceive me to be. Have confidence in me. I swear to you by my own character."

M N Dutt O you of long arms, I am not what you have taken me to be. Do you believe me-I do swear by my own character.

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पृथक्स्त्रीणां प्रचारेण जातिं त्वं परिशङ्कसे ।
परित्यजेमां शङ्कां तु यदि तेऽहं परीक्षिता ॥

Summary AI "You suspect the whole class of women based on the conduct of some low-born women. Abandon this doubt if I have ever been tested by you."

M N Dutt Seeing the ordinary women you are distrusting the whole sex. Do you renounce this suspicion since you have tried me.

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यद्यहं गात्रसंस्पर्शं गतास्मि विवशा प्रभो ।
कामकारो न मे तत्र दैवं तत्रापराध्यति ॥

Summary AI "O Lord! If I came into physical contact with another while I was helpless, it was not by my will. In that matter, destiny is at fault."

M N Dutt O lord, though my person was touched by another-but it was not in my power; nor was it an wilful act (of mine); accident is to blame in this.

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मदधीनं तु यत्तन्मे हृदयं त्वयि वर्तते ।
पराधीनेषु गात्रेषु किं करिष्याम्यनीश्वरा ॥

Summary AI "That which was under my control—my heart—rests in you. What could I, being powerless, do regarding my limbs that were under another's control?"

M N Dutt My heart is under my control and that is in you;-and what could I do of my body which was subject to another and of which I was not the mistress.

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सहसंवृद्धभावाच्च संसर्गेण च मानद ।
यद्यहं ते न विज्ञाता हता तेनास्मि शाश्वतम् ॥

Summary AI "O honor-bestowing lord! If I am still not known to you despite our long association and mutual growth, then I am truly ruined forever."

M N Dutt O you the conferrer of honour-our affection towards one another was increased by our living continually for a long time; even then if you have not been able to understand me I am ruined for ever.

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प्रेषितस्ते यदा वीरो हनूमानवलोककः ।
लङ्कास्थाहं त्वया वीर किं तदा न विसर्जिता ॥

Summary AI "O Hero! When the brave Hanūmān was sent by you as an observer, why was I not abandoned by you then while I was still in Laṅkā?"

M N Dutt O king, when the great hero Hanumān was despatched by you of Lankā to see me why did you not renounce me then?

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प्रत्यक्षं वानरेन्द्रस्य त्वद्वाक्यसमनन्तरम् ।
त्वया संत्यक्तया वीर त्यक्तं स्याज्जीवितं मया ॥

Summary AI "O Hero! Had I been abandoned by you then, in the presence of the king of monkeys and immediately upon your word, I would have given up my life."

M N Dutt Had you deputed the monkey with that message I would have renounced my life there and then, O hero.

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न वृथा ते श्रमोऽयं स्यात्संशये न्यस्य जीवितम् ।
सुहृज्जनपरिक्लेशो न चायं निष्फलस्तव ॥

Summary AI "This effort of yours would not have been in vain, nor would this suffering of your friends, undertaken by risking your life, have been fruitless."

M N Dutt You would not have been required to undergo this toil at the risk of your own life and giving unnecessary trouble to your friends.

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त्वया तु नरशार्दूल क्रोधमेवानुवर्तता ।
लघुनेव मनुष्येण स्त्रीत्वमेव पुरस्कृतम् ॥

Summary AI "O tiger among men! Giving in to anger like a common man, you have prioritized the mere fact of my womanhood over everything else."

M N Dutt O foremost of kings, being subject to ire-you did not perceive anything but womanhood in me, like an ordinary man.

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अपदेशेन जनकान्नोत्पत्तिर्वसुधातलात् ।
मम वृत्तं च वृत्तज्ञ बहु ते न पुरस्कृतम् ॥

Summary AI "O knower of conduct! You have not given due regard to my birth from the earth, though attributed to Janaka by name, nor to my righteous character."

M N Dutt Although I am known to have a father but in fact I am born of the earth. You did not sufficiently honour my character, O you conversant with character. are

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न प्रमाणीकृतः पाणिर्बाल्ये बालेन पीडितः ।
मम भक्तिश्च शीलं च सर्वं ते पृष्ठतः कृतम् ॥

Summary AI "The hand taken by you in our youth has not been honored as a witness. My devotion and my character—all have been cast behind your back by you."

M N Dutt Your marriage with me in boyhood shall be disproved and you not sufficiently considering all my devotion and good conduct to you.

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एवं ब्रुवाणा रुदती बाष्पगद्गदभाषिणी ।
अब्रवील्लक्ष्मणं सीता दीनं ध्यानपरं स्थितम् ॥

Summary AI Speaking thus, weeping and with her voice choked by tears, Sītā addressed Lakṣmaṇa, who stood there dejected and lost in thought.

M N Dutt Saying thus with accents choked in tears and weeping Sītā spoke to Lakşmaņa, poorly and engaged in meditation.

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चितां मे कुरु सौमित्रे व्यसनस्यास्य भेषजम् ।
मिथ्यापवादोपहता नाहं जीवितुमुत्सहे ॥

Summary AI "O son of Sumitrā! Prepare a pyre for me, the only remedy for this calamity. Stricken by false accusations, I no longer wish to live."

M N Dutt Make a funeral pyre for me, O Saumitri, that is the only remedy for this disaster. Being thus branded with an unfounded stigma I do not like to keep my life.

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अप्रीतस्य गुणैर्भर्तुस्त्यक्तया जनसंसदि ।
या क्षमा मे गतिर्गन्तुं प्रवेक्ष्ये हव्यवाहनम् ॥

Summary AI "Abandoned in a public assembly by a husband who is displeased with my virtues, I shall enter the fire, which is the only appropriate course for me."

M N Dutt To adopt the proper course for me who had been renounced before this assembly by my disaffected husband I shall enter this.

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एवमुक्तस्तु वैदेह्या लक्ष्मणः परवीरहा ।
अमर्षवशमापन्नो राघवाननमैक्षत ॥

Summary AI Addressed thus by Vaidehī, Lakṣmaṇa, the slayer of enemy heroes, overcome by indignation, looked toward the face of Rāghava.

M N Dutt Being thus addressed by Vaidehī, Lakşmaņa, the slayer of enemies, being possessed by anger, looked towards Rāghava.

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स विज्ञाय मनश्छन्दं रामस्याकारसूचितम् ।
चितां चकार सौमित्रिर्मते रामस्य वीर्यवान् ॥

Summary AI Understanding the desire of Rāma’s heart as indicated by his facial expressions, the heroic Lakṣmaṇa (son of Sumitrā) prepared the funeral pyre in accordance with Rāma’s wish.

M N Dutt And understanding Rāmas intention by gestures and at his command the powerful Saumitri prepared a funeral pyre.

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अधोमुखं ततो रामं शनैः कृत्वा प्रदक्षिणम् ।
उपासर्पत वैदेही दीप्यमानं हुताशनम् ॥

Summary AI Then Vaidehī (Sītā), having slowly circumambulated Rāma who stood with his head bowed, approached the blazing fire.

M N Dutt Thereupon circumambulating Rāma, standing with his head down, Vaidehi approached the burning fire.

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प्रणम्य देवताभ्यश्च ब्राह्मणेभ्यश्च मैथिली ।
बद्धाञ्जलिपुटा चेदमुवाचाग्निसमीपतः ॥

Summary AI Having offered salutations to the deities and the Brāhmaṇas, the princess of Mithilā, with her palms joined in prayer, spoke these words near the fire.

M N Dutt Bowing to the celestials and Brāhmaṇas, Maithilī, with folded hands, spoke before the fire.

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यथा मे हृदयं नित्यं नापसर्पति राघवात् ।
तथा लोकस्य साक्षी मां सर्वतः पातु पावकः ॥

Summary AI "As my heart never departs from Rāghava, let the fire-god, the witness of the world, protect me from all sides."

M N Dutt As my heart has never gone away from Rāghava, may you protect me, O fire, the witness of the people.

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एवमुक्त्वा तु वैदेही परिक्रम्य हुताशनम् ।
विवेश ज्वलनं दीप्तं निःसङ्गेनान्तरात्मना ॥

Summary AI Having spoken thus, Vaidehī circumambulated the fire and, with a detached inner self, entered the blazing flames.

M N Dutt Saying this and going round the fire, Vaidehi, with undaunted heart, entered the flaming fire.

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जनः स सुमहांस्तत्र बालवृद्धसमाकुलः ।
ददर्श मैथिलीं तत्र प्रविशन्तीं हुताशनम् ॥

Summary AI The vast assembly of people there, including children and the elderly, witnessed the princess of Mithilā entering the fire.

M N Dutt The great assembly there, young and old, overwhelmed with grief, saw Maithili enter the flaming fire.

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तस्यामग्निं विशन्त्यां तु हाहेति विपुलः स्वनः ।
रक्षसां वानराणां च संबभूवाद्भुतोपमः ॥

Summary AI As she entered the fire, a loud and extraordinary cry of "Alas! Alas!" arose from the Rākṣasas and the Vānaras.

M N Dutt She having entered the fire, lamentations, unheard of before, rose from all sides from the Rākşasas and monkeys.

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