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Verse 292.3

Sarga 21

शोच्या शोचसि कं शोच्यं दीनं दीनाऽनुकम्पसे। कस्य कोवाऽनुशोच्योऽस्ति देहेऽस्मिन् बुद्बुदोपमे4.21.3।।

śocyā śocasi kaṃ śocyaṃ dīnaṃ dīnā'nukampase. kasya kovā'nuśocyo'sti dehe'smin budbudopame4.21.3..

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English Translation

"'For whom do you grieve except for yourself? You are miserable. Who are you sympathising with? Who are you grieving for? When this body itself is like a bubble, who is worth grieving for?"

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Word Meanings

शोच्या worry, शोच्यम् a matter to grieve, कम् whom, शोचसि you are grieving, दीना in a miserable manner, अनुकम्पसे you show sympathy, अस्मिन् in this, देहे body, बुद्बुदोपमे like a bubble, कः who, कस्य for whom, अनुशोच्यः worthy of worrying, अस्ति now.

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Source

Valmiki Ramayana

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Sarga 21

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Verse

292.3