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Verse 225.20

Sarga 29

सर्वथैव लघुत्वं ते कत्थनेन विदर्शितम्। सुवर्णप्रतिरूपेण तप्तेनेव कुशाग्निना।।3.29.20।।

sarvathaiva laghutvaṃ te katthanena vidarśitam. suvarṇapratirūpeṇa tapteneva kuśāgninā..3.29.20..

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English Translation

"All your meanness is exhibited by your boasting just as the kusa grass caught by fire appears like gold."

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Word Meanings

कत्थनेन by boasting, तप्तेन heated, सुवर्णप्रतिरूपेण looking like gold, कुशाग्निना इव by the fire of kusa grass, सर्वथैव by all means, ते your, लघुत्वम् meanness, विदर्शितम् is exhibited.

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Source

Valmiki Ramayana

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Chapter

Sarga 29

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Verse

225.20