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Verse 353.25

Sarga 15

नीलनागाभया वेण्या जघनं गतयैकया। नीलया नीरदापाये वनराज्या महीमिव।।5.15.25।। सुखार्हां दुःखसन्तप्तां व्यसनानामकोविदाम्।

nīlanāgābhayā veṇyā jaghanaṃ gatayaikayā. nīlayā nīradāpāye vanarājyā mahīmiva..5.15.25.. sukhārhāṃ duḥkhasantaptāṃ vyasanānāmakovidām.

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English Translation

"She (from behind) appeared like the earth covered with a range of trees at the end of rainy season with her single long black braid touching her hips looking like a black serpent. She who deserved to be happy and had not experienced worries was burning in grief. (एकवेणी is a trait of a प्रोषितभर्तृका Sita who was forced to stay in Lanka was a प्रोषितभर्तृका नायिका.)"

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Word Meanings

जघनम् the hips, गतया by touching, एकया by only one, नीलनागाभया which looked like a black serpent, वेण्या with a braid of hair, नीरदापाये at the close of rainy season, नीलया with a dark one, वनराज्या by a range of forest, महीमिव like the earth, सुखार्हाम् who deserves to be happy, दुःखसन्तप्ताम् burning in grief, व्यसनानाम् of worries, अकोविदाम् who had not experienced.

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Source

Valmiki Ramayana

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Sarga 15

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353.25