Skip to content
navigationtools

Mahabharat

Progress:87.0%

x

परपतेद दयौः सनक्षत्रा पृथिवी शकलीभवेत शैत्यम अग्निर इयान नाहं तयजेयं रगुनन्दनम ॥ ३-२६२-३६ ॥

'The heavens with all their stars may collapse, the very Earth may shatter into fragments, and fire may lose its heat—yet I shall never forsake the scion of Raghu!' ॥ 3-262-36 ॥

english translation

कथं हि भिन्नकरटं पद्मिनं वनगॊचरम उपस्थाय महानागं करेणुः सूकरं सपृशेत ॥ ३-२६२-३७ ॥

'How can a female elephant (karenu), having approached a mighty elephant with ichor flowing from its temples (living in the forest with lotus), touch/approach a mere boar?' ॥ 3-262-37 ॥

english translation

कथं हि पीत्वा माध्वीकं पीत्वा च मधुमाधवीम लॊभं सौवीरके कुर्यान नारी का चिद इति समरे ॥ ३-२६२-३८ ॥

'Having once tasted the sweet wine of honey or flowers, how can a woman, I wonder, ever relish the vile arrak brewed from rice?' ॥ 3-262-38 ॥

english translation

इति सा तं समाभाष्य परविवेशाश्रमं पुनः ताम अनुद्रुत्य सुश्रॊणीं रावणः परत्यषेधयत ॥ ३-२६२-३९ ॥

'Having spoken thus, her lips quivering with anger and her garments fluttering as she moved, she swiftly entered the hermitage again. But that wicked Rakshasa prince pursued her, swiftly seizing the edge of her garment, and blocked her path.' ॥ 3-262-39 ॥

english translation

भर्त्सयित्वा तु रूक्षेण सवरेण गतचेतनाम मूर्धजेषु निजग्राह खम उपाचक्रमे ततः ॥ ३-२६२-४० ॥

'Harshly rebuked by the Rakshasa, she lost consciousness. But Ravana, mercilessly seizing her by the hair, ascended into the sky.' ॥ 3-262-40 ॥

english translation