Valmiki Ramayana Verse 140.22

Verse 140.22

Sarga 63

निपाने महिषं रात्रौ गजं वाऽभ्यागतं नदीम्। अन्यं वा श्वापदं कञ्चिज्जिघांसु रजितेन्द्रियः। तस्मिं स्तत्राहमेकान्ते रात्रौ विवृतकार्मुकः।।2.63.22।।

nipāne mahiṣaṃ rātrau gajaṃ vā'bhyāgataṃ nadīm. anyaṃ vā śvāpadaṃ kañcijjighāṃsu rajitendriyaḥ. tasmiṃ statrāhamekānte rātrau vivṛtakārmukaḥ..2.63.22..

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English Translation

"And there, with no control over my senses, I hid in a lonely place with my bow in readiness intending to shoot a buffalo or an elephant or any other wild animal that might come to the spot for drinking water in the night."

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Word Meanings

अहम् I, अजितेन्द्रियः without any control over my senses, तस्मिन् there, निपाने in a spot for drinking water, नदीम् river, रात्रौ in the night, अभ्यागतम् having arrived, महिषम् buffalo, गजं वा or elephant, अन्यम् any other, श्वापदं वा any wild animal, जिघांसुः desirous of killing, तत्र there, रात्रौ in the night, एकान्ते in a lonely place, विवृतकार्मुकः with bow strung.

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Sarga 63

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140.22