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Verse 89.78

Sarga 12

अनार्य इति मामार्याः पुत्रविक्रायकं ध्रुवम्। धिक्करिष्यन्ति रथ्यासु सुरापं ब्राह्मणं यथा।।2.12.78।।

anārya iti māmāryāḥ putravikrāyakaṃ dhruvam. dhikkariṣyanti rathyāsu surāpaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ yathā..2.12.78..

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English Translation

"Respectable people on the highway will certainly say 'He sold away his son' and censure me as a mean person like a brahmin consuming liquor."

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Word Meanings

आर्याः respectable people, पुत्रविक्रायिकम् a seller of one's own son, माम् me, सुरापम् a consumer of liquor, ब्राह्मणं यथा like a brahmin, अनार्य इति as a mean person, रथ्यासु on the highway, ध्रुवम् certainly, धिक्करिष्यन्ति will censure me.

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Source

Valmiki Ramayana

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Chapter

Sarga 12

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89.78