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Verse 267.12

Sarga 71

अनाहारः कथं शक्तो भग्नसक्थिशिरोमुखः।।3.71.12।। वज्रेणाभिहतः कालं सुदीर्घमपि जीवितुम्।

anāhāraḥ kathaṃ śakto bhagnasakthiśiromukhaḥ..3.71.12.. vajreṇābhihataḥ kālaṃ sudīrghamapi jīvitum.

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English Translation

"Hit by the thunderbolt, my thighbones, head and face were broken. Somehow I could manage to live for a long time without food."

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Word Meanings

वज्रेण by the thunderbolt, अभिहतः struck by, भग्नसक्थिशिरोमुखः with thigh bones, head and face broken, अनाहारः starving, सुदीर्घं कालम् for a long time, जीवितुमपि to live, कथम् somehow, शक्तः was possible.

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Source

Valmiki Ramayana

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Chapter

Sarga 71

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267.12