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Verse 386.13

Sarga 48

न खल्वियं मतिश्श्रेष्ठा यत्त्वां सम्प्रेषयाम्यहम्। इयं च राजधर्माणां क्षत्रियस्य मतिर्मता।।5.48.13।।

na khalviyaṃ matiśśreṣṭhā yattvāṃ sampreṣayāmyaham. iyaṃ ca rājadharmāṇāṃ kṣatriyasya matirmatā..5.48.13..

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English Translation

""I am reluctant to send you to war in the circumstances. But you are the best choice for me. However, certainly this is the duty of a kshatriya who follows the science of polity. Hence I am sending you."

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Word Meanings

अहम् I, त्वाम् you, सम्प्रेषयामि इति यत् this way sending you to war is not good, इयं मतिः this I think, श्रेष्ठा the best, न खलु not certainly, इयम् this, राजधर्माणाम् in accordance with state craft, क्षत्रियस्य for a kshatriya, मतिः thought, मता approved.

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Valmiki Ramayana

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Sarga 48

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386.13