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Mahabharat

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क्व संप्रति महाबाहो जामदग्न्यः प्रतापवान् । अकृतव्रण शक्यो वै द्रष्टुं वेदविदां वरः॥५-१७५-११॥

“Where is the mighty-armed, valorous Jāmadagnya at present? O Akṛtavraṇa, is that foremost knower of the Vedas indeed available to be seen?”

english translation

अकृतव्रण उवाच । भवन्तमेव सततं रामः कीर्तयति प्रभो । सृञ्जयो मे प्रियसखो राजर्षिरिति पार्थिव॥५-१७५-१२॥

Akṛtavraṇa said: “Lord, Rāma continually speaks of you alone: ‘Sṛñjaya is my dear friend, a royal sage,’ O king.”

english translation

इह रामः प्रभाते श्वो भवितेति मतिर्मम । द्रष्टास्येनमिहायान्तं तव दर्शनकाङ्क्षया॥५-१७५-१३॥

In my understanding, Rāma will be here tomorrow at dawn. I shall see him come to this place, urged by the desire to meet you.

english translation

इयं च कन्या राजर्षे किमर्थं वनमागता । कस्य चेयं तव च का भवतीच्छामि वेदितुम्॥५-१७५-१४॥

And this maiden, O royal seer—why has she come to the forest? Whose is she, and who are you? I wish to know.

english translation

होत्रवाहन उवाच । दौहित्रीयं मम विभो काशिराजसुता शुभा । ज्येष्ठा स्वयंवरे तस्थौ भगिनीभ्यां सहानघ॥५-१७५-१५॥

Hotravāhana said: “O venerable one, she is my granddaughter, the auspicious daughter of the king of Kāśī. The eldest, she stood at the svayaṃvara together with her sisters, O blameless one.”

english translation