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Rasarnavasudhakara 3.137

Rasārṇavasudhākara 3.137

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3.137

yathā tatraiva [bāla-rāmāyaṇe] cāraṇaḥ (karṇaṃ dattvā ākāśe)-kim āha rāmabhadraḥ | re re rākṣasa-putra-
yad gaurī-caraṇābjayoḥ prathamatas tyakta-praṇāma-kriyaṃ
premārdreṇa sa-vibhrameṇa ca purā yenekṣitā jānakī |
lūnaṃ te tad idaṃca rākṣasa-śiro jātaṃ ca śāntaṃ manaḥ
śeṣa-ccheda-vidhis tu samprati paraṃ svar-vandin-mokṣāya me ||

As in that very work, a bard (giving ear, in the sky): "What does Rāmabhadra say? 'O wretched son of a demon!—
That very head of yours, demon, which formerly abandoned bowing at Gaurī's lotus feet,
and with which Jānakī was once looked upon with amorous coquetry moist with love,
has been severed, and my mind has become appeased;
but the act of severing the remaining heads is solely for the liberation of the celestial captives!'"

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3.137.p1

[bā.rā. 9.10]

|| [Bālarāmāyaṇa 9.10]

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3.137.p2

kim āha rāvaṇaḥ ? re re kṣatriyā-putra sulabha-vibhrama-carma-cakṣur asi ity upakramya,

"What does Rāvaṇa say? 'O wretched son of a kṣatriya woman! You have eyes of flesh, prone to delusion'"—beginning with this,

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3.137.p3

rāmaḥ-tad ittham abhidhānam apavitraṃ te vaktram | ito nirviśatu vadha-śuddhim [9.46 padyād anantaram] ity antena rāma-rāvaṇābhyāṃ parasparāvamānana-karaṇāt chalanam |

and ending with Rāma: "Therefore, your mouth is impure from uttering such words. Let it experience purification through slaughter!"—because of mutual disrespect inflicted by Rāma and Rāvaṇa, this is humiliation.

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