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Verse 357.18

Sarga 19

सुकुमारीं सुजाताङ्गीं रत्नगर्भगृहोचिताम्। तप्यमानामिवोष्णेन मृणालीमचिरोद्धृताम्।।5.19.18।।

sukumārīṃ sujātāṅgīṃ ratnagarbhagṛhocitām. tapyamānāmivoṣṇena mṛṇālīmaciroddhṛtām..5.19.18..

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English Translation

"A delicate lady with beautiful limbs who deserved to be in a gemcrusted house was (now) like a lotus stem just plucked out and scorched by the Sun's heat."

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Word Meanings

सुकुमारीम् delicate, सुजाताङ्गीम् a lady with beautiful limbs, रत्नगर्भगृहोचिताम् who deserves to be in a gemcrusted house, तप्यमानाम् being scorched, अचिरोद्धृताम् just plucked out, मृणालीमिव like the lotus stem.

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Valmiki Ramayana

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Chapter

Sarga 19

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Verse

357.18