Ramayana
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तेषां समुपविष्टानां सर्वेषां दीनचेतसाम् । उवाच वाक्यं काकुत्स्थो मुखेन परिशुष्यता ॥ 7-45-1 ॥
To all of them seated there with dejected hearts, Kakutstha spoke these words with a face grown parched.
english translation
सर्वे शृणुत भद्रं वो मा कुरुध्वं मनो ऽन्यथा । पौराणां मम सीतायां यादृशी वर्तते कथा ॥ 7-45-2 ॥
"Listen, all of you, and blessings upon you; do not let your minds turn otherwise. Hear what manner of tale concerning Sita and concerning me is current among the townsfolk."
english translation
पौरापवादः सुमहांस्तथा जनपदस्य च । वर्तते मयि बीभत्सा सा मे मर्माणि कृन्तति ॥ 7-45-3 ॥
"A very great scandal among the citizens, and likewise throughout the realm, circulates about me—that loathsome talk cuts me to the quick."
english translation
अहं किल कुले जात इक्ष्वाकूणां महात्मनाम् । सीता ऽपि सत्कुले जाता जनकानां महात्मनाम् ॥ 7-45-4 ॥
"I, indeed, was born in the lineage of the great-souled Ikshvakus, and Sita too was born in the noble family of the great-souled Janakas."
english translation
जानासि त्वं यथा सौम्य दण्डके विजने वने । रावणेन हृता सीता स च विध्वंसितो मया ॥ 7-45-5 ॥
"You know, gentle one, how in the Dandaka forest, in that desolate wilderness, Sita was carried off by Ravana, and how he was destroyed by me."
english translation