Even if a hostile Indra arrives here
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Even if a hostile Indra arrives here
victory will certainly be ours.
Champata
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Brahmin boys are always scared
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Brahmin boys are always scared
while Kshatriyas are a valiant lot.
An injustice in hermitage precincts
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An injustice in hermitage precincts
will bode ill for all Brahmins
it will invite the wrath of the kings
no doubt about that, O sons of Sita.
This horse belongs to Rama of the Raghu clan
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This horse belongs to Rama of the Raghu clan
and this is a ceremonial horse for a yaga.
It’s not easy to capture it; it will certainly
be a sin even if Indra were to capture it.
Stop! Stop! No adventure please
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Stop! Stop! No adventure please
what strength have we got now?
No strong man will attempt a fruitless task
will a deer venture to fight an elephant?
After you go and live in another man’s house
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After you go and live in another man’s house
should I, like Sreerama, welcome you back gladly?
What affection I have for you today
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What affection I have for you today, you uncouth woman,
don’t make a scene, and walk away with your beauty.
Who is this coming and standing in front of me?
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Sloka:
The cruel laundryman angrily looks at his wife, who had just returned from her mother’s house, chides her, threatens her and biting his lips starts quarrelling and berating her.
Who is this coming and standing in front of me?
you ugly woman with a secret lover, get lost
I have the least interest in you, go away
or I will be the cause of your death
Struck by your arrow, O Rama
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Sloka:
As Tara continued wailing, Bali, who was feeling miserable from his deep wound, happily told Rama who was standing near with his beautiful bow.
As Tara continued wailing, Bali, who was feeling miserable from his deep wound, happily told Rama who was standing near with his beautiful bow.
Struck by your arrow, O Rama,
please hear what I have to say
I deserved to be killed and hence
what you did was appropriate
Angada and Tara are now orphaned
have mercy on them, O Ramachandra
Oh Lord, my virtuous hero
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Oh Lord, my virtuous hero,
to attain Heaven did you forsake Kishkindha
(To Rama)
You miss your wife and hence killed my husband?
in that case please send me also with him