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Verse 136.24

Sarga 59

भवितव्यतया नूनमिदं वा व्यसनं महत्। कुलस्यास्य विनाशाय प्राप्तं सूत यदृच्छया।।2.59.24।।

bhavitavyatayā nūnamidaṃ vā vyasanaṃ mahat. kulasyāsya vināśāya prāptaṃ sūta yadṛcchayā..2.59.24..

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English Translation

"Surely it is destiny and this calamity has befallen for the wilful destruction of the (entire) race, O charioteer"

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Word Meanings

सूत O charioteer, वा otherwise, इदम् this, महत् great, व्यसनम् calamity, भवितव्यतया because it was destined to happen this way, अस्य this, कुलस्य race's, विनाशाय for destruction, यदृच्छया wilfully, प्राप्तम् has befallen, नूनम् surely.

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Source

Valmiki Ramayana

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Chapter

Sarga 59

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136.24