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Verse 359.3

Sarga 21

निवर्तय मनो मत्तः स्वजने क्रियतां मनः।।5.21.3।। न मां प्रार्थयितुं युक्तं सुसिद्धिमिव पापकृत्।

nivartaya mano mattaḥ svajane kriyatāṃ manaḥ..5.21.3.. na māṃ prārthayituṃ yuktaṃ susiddhimiva pāpakṛt.

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English Translation

""Turn your mind away from me and fix it on your wives. You should not expect to seek me just as a sinner cannot hope to seek blessedness."

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Word Meanings

मत्तः from me, मनः mind, निवर्तय turn away, स्वजने in your own wives, मनः mind, क्रियताम् you may fix, पापकृत् sinner, सुसिद्धिमिव like blessedness, माम् me, प्रार्थयितुम् to desire, न युक्तम् it is not proper.

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Source

Valmiki Ramayana

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Sarga 21

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359.3