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Verse 99.16

Sarga 22

कैकेय्याः प्रतिपत्तिर्हि कथं स्यान्मम पीडने। यदि भावो न दैवोऽयं कृतान्तविहितो भवेत्।।2.22.16।।

kaikeyyāḥ pratipattirhi kathaṃ syānmama pīḍane. yadi bhāvo na daivo'yaṃ kṛtāntavihito bhavet..2.22.16..

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English Translation

"If this thought and my misfortune were not caused in Kaikeyi by destiny, how could she muster such determination to inflict pain on me?"

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Word Meanings

अयम् this, भावः thought, (तस्याः for her), कृतान्तविहितः is caused by destiny, दैवः misfortune, न भवेत् यदि if it were not to be so, कैकेय्याः for Kaikeyi, मम my, पीडने in inflicting pain, प्रतिपत्तिः determination, कथम् how, स्यात् will ever take place.

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Valmiki Ramayana

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Sarga 22

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99.16