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Verse 356.15

Sarga 18

निद्रामदपरीताक्ष्यो रावणस्योत्तमाः स्त्रियः। अनुजग्मुः पतिं वीरं घनं विद्युल्लता इव।।5.18.15।।

nidrāmadaparītākṣyo rāvaṇasyottamāḥ striyaḥ. anujagmuḥ patiṃ vīraṃ ghanaṃ vidyullatā iva..5.18.15..

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English Translation

"The chief wives of Ravana with eyes dizzy with sleep and drinking followed their heroic husband like streaks of lightning follow a thunder cloud. (Ravana who was dark looked like a cloud and the women with dazzling golden complexion appeared like lightning.)"

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निद्रामदपरीताक्ष्यः with eyes dizzy with sleep and intoxication, रावणस्य Ravana's, उत्तमाः prime, स्त्रियः wives, विद्युल्लताः like streaks of lightning, घनमिव like the the cloud, वीरम् heroic, पतिम् husband, अनुजग्मुः followed.

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Valmiki Ramayana

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Sarga 18

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356.15