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Verse 85.4

Sarga 8

शोचामि दुर्मतित्वं ते का हि प्राज्ञा प्रहर्षयेत्। अरेस्सपत्नीपुत्रस्य वृद्धिं मृत्योरिवागताम्।।2.8.4।।

śocāmi durmatitvaṃ te kā hi prājñā praharṣayet. aressapatnīputrasya vṛddhiṃ mṛtyorivāgatām..2.8.4..

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English Translation

"I pity your false notion. Will any wise woman rejoice at the prosperity of the son of a cowife who is like an enemy? This is like (courting) death."

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Word Meanings

ते you, दुर्मतित्वम् false notion, शोचामि I feel pity, प्राज्ञा any wise woman, का who, अरे: enemy's, सपत्नी पुत्रस्य of cowife's son, वृद्धिम् prosperity, आगताम् having arrived, मृत्योरिव like death, प्रहर्षयेत् would rejoice.

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Source

Valmiki Ramayana

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Chapter

Sarga 8

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85.4