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Verse 177.28

Sarga 100

कच्चित्त्वां नावजानन्ति याजकाः पतितं यथा। उग्रप्रतिग्रहीतारं कामयानमिव स्त्रियः।।2.100.28।।

kaccittvāṃ nāvajānanti yājakāḥ patitaṃ yathā. ugrapratigrahītāraṃ kāmayānamiva striyaḥ..2.100.28..

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English Translation

"Just like a performer of sacrifice scorns at an outcaste or a woman scorns at a lustful lover, do the subjects not scorn you for collecting taxes more than what is due?"

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Word Meanings

याजकाः performers of sacrifice, उग्रप्रतिग्रहीतारम् accepting unmerited charity, पतितं यथा like an outcaste, स्त्रियः women, कामयानम् इव to a lustful one, त्वाम् you, नावजानन्ति कच्चित् hope they are not insulting you.

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Source

Valmiki Ramayana

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Chapter

Sarga 100

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Verse

177.28