Verse 9·VR 3.18.9
कथम् दासस्य मे दासी भार्या भवितुम् इच्छ्हसि | सो अहम् आर्येण परवान् भ्रात्रा कमल वर्णिनी || ३-१८-९
katham daasasya me daasii bhaaryaa bhavitum icchhhasi |so aham aaryeNa paravaan bhraatraa kamala varNinii || 3-18-9
Translation
"How you wish to become a female servant, oh, [black] lotus-coloured one, by becoming the wife of a servant like me? I am just a vassal of my adorable brother. [3-18-9]
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Lakshmana Punishes Surpanakha
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