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Rasarnavasudhakara 2.14

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2.14

[Nirveda] from jealousy, as in:
“If these shoots of humanity in the lineage of Manu are to talk of weapons, / if this collection of individuals is to be a assembly of brāhmaṇas and you are desired among them, / [then] fie upon this hand of mine, whose knot of calluses is pronounced from drawing the bowstring and the kuśa grass, / holding the instrument of severed heads that accomplishes the ends of emperors and sacrificial firewood!”

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(Anargharāghava 4.44)

2.14.p2

Here, Jāmadagnya's world-weariness is caused by self-disparagement, which arises from envy toward Rāmacandra and Śatānanda and is indicated by his beginning to speak with "Fie!"

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