Valmiki Ramayana Verse 89.53

Verse 89.53

Sarga 12

प्रैक्षतानिमिषो देवीं प्रियामप्रियवादिनीम्।।2.12.52।। तां हि वज्रसमां वाचमाकर्ण्य हृदयाप्रियाम्। दुःखशोकमयीं घोरां राजा न सुखितोऽभवत्।।2.12.53।।

praikṣatānimiṣo devīṃ priyāmapriyavādinīm..2.12.52.. tāṃ hi vajrasamāṃ vācamākarṇya hṛdayāpriyām. duḥkhaśokamayīṃ ghorāṃ rājā na sukhito'bhavat..2.12.53..

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English Translation

"The unhappy king intently fixed his gaze at his beloved queen speaking unpleasant words charged with grief and anguish, unpleasant to the heart like the dreadful thunderbolt."

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Word Meanings

अप्रियवादिनीम् to one who speaks unpleasant words, प्रियाम् to the beloved, देवीम् to the queen, अनिमिषः unblinking eyes, प्रैक्षत gazed, वज्रसमाम् resembling a thunderbolt, हृदयाप्रियाम् unpleasant to the heart, दुःखशोकमयीम् filled with grief and anguish, घोराम् dreadful, तां वाचम् those words, आकर्ण्य having listened, राजा king, सुखितः happy, न अभूत् did not become.

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Valmiki Ramayana

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Sarga 12

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89.53