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Verse 357.12

Sarga 19

सन्नामिव महाकीर्तिं श्रद्धामिव विमानिताम्। पूजामिव परिक्षीणामाशां प्रतिहतामिव।।5.19.12।।

sannāmiva mahākīrtiṃ śraddhāmiva vimānitām. pūjāmiva parikṣīṇāmāśāṃ pratihatāmiva..5.19.12..

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English Translation

"She was like great fame grown dim, faith slighted, worship meddled and hope frustrated. (Note: Sita's condition is being compared with abstract concepts such as fame, faith, reverence and hope which are hit by reverses in fate. She was the personification of all such suffering.)"

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Word Meanings

सन्नाम् grown dim, महाकीर्तिमिव like great fame, विमानिताम् slighted, श्रद्धामिव like faith, परिक्षीणाम् meddled with, पूजामिव like worship, प्रतिहताम् frustrated, आशामिव like hope.

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Source

Valmiki Ramayana

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Chapter

Sarga 19

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Verse

357.12