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Verse 125.4

Sarga 48

न चाहृष्यन् नचामोदन् वणिजो न प्रसारयन्। न चाशोभन्त पण्यानि नापचन् गृहमेधिनः।।2.48.4।।

na cāhṛṣyan nacāmodan vaṇijo na prasārayan. na cāśobhanta paṇyāni nāpacan gṛhamedhinaḥ..2.48.4..

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English Translation

"The people had no joy in life nor did they find cheer in anything. The merchants did not offer their wares for sale. The marketplace looked graceless (lifeless). (The stocks were empty). The householders did not cook their food."

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Word Meanings

न अहृष्यन् च not rejoiced, न अमोदन् च not delighted, वणिजः traders, न प्रसारयन् did not offer for sale, पण्यानि च marketplaces also, न अशोभन्त did not look graceful, गृहमेधिनः householders, नापचन् did not cook.

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Source

Valmiki Ramayana

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Chapter

Sarga 48

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125.4