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Verse 289.16

Sarga 18

चपलश्चपलैस्सार्धं वानरैरकृतात्मभिः। जात्यन्ध इव जात्यन्धैर्मन्त्रयन् प्रेक्षसे नु किम्4.18.16।।

capalaścapalaissārdhaṃ vānarairakṛtātmabhiḥ. jātyandha iva jātyandhairmantrayan prekṣase nu kim4.18.16..

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English Translation

"'You are fickle by nature. Your consultants are frivolous, pettyminded monkeys. It is like one born blind suppporting another blind by birth. What do you know (about dharma)?"

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Word Meanings

चपलः frivolous one, अकृतात्मभिः by the pettyminded, चपलैः by the fickle ones, वानरैः सार्धम् with the monkeys, जात्यन्धैः इव as if blind by birth, मन्त्रयन् while counselling, प्रेक्षसे नु किम् (why do you look at these issues) for what?

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Source

Valmiki Ramayana

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Chapter

Sarga 18

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289.16