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Verse 359.6

Sarga 21

नाहमौपयिकी भार्या परभार्या सती तव।।5.21.6।। साधु धर्ममवेक्षस्व साधु साधुव्रतं चर।

nāhamaupayikī bhāryā parabhāryā satī tava..5.21.6.. sādhu dharmamavekṣasva sādhu sādhuvrataṃ cara.

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English Translation

""I cannot be your lawful wife obtainable by your personal efforts. I am a chaste woman married to another man. (Being a king) examine the dharma honestly and adopt a pious way of life."

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Word Meanings

परभार्या other's wife, सती chaste, अहम् I am, औपयिकी obtained by efforts, भार्या wife, न not, धर्मम् righteous, साधु properly, अवेक्षस्व you may examine, तव your, साधुव्रतम् honesty, साधु honest, चर you may practise.

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Source

Valmiki Ramayana

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Chapter

Sarga 21

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Verse

359.6