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Verse 179.9

Sarga 102

किं नु तस्य मया कार्यं दुर्जातेन महात्मनः। यो मृतो मम शोकेन मया चापि न संस्कृतः।।2.102.9।।

kiṃ nu tasya mayā kāryaṃ durjātena mahātmanaḥ. yo mṛto mama śokena mayā cāpi na saṃskṛtaḥ..2.102.9..

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English Translation

"I could not even perform the last rites of that magnanimous one who died of grief on account of me. What use is my life with an unlucky birth?"

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Word Meanings

यः that king Dasaratha, मम शोकेन of grief on account of me, मृतः died, मया by me, न संस्कृतश्चापि the last rites could not be performed, तस्य for him, महात्मनः for that magnanimous one, दूर्जातेन of unlucky birth, मया by me, किं नु कार्यम् of what use?

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Source

Valmiki Ramayana

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Sarga 102

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179.9