Verse 22·VR 3.49.22

ताम् अकामाम् स काम आर्तः पन्नग इन्द्र वधूम् इव | विवेष्टमानाम् आदाय उत्पपात अथ रावणः || ३-४९-२२

jiivitam sukham arthaam ca dharma hetoH parityajan |hriyamaaNaam adharmeNa maam raaghava na pashyasi || 3-49-25

Translation

Ravana who is infatuated with lust picked her up, which lady is disinclined for any kind of sensuality and who is verily writhing like the wife of King Cobra, and then he surged skyward and flew off with her in his air-chariot. [3-49-22]

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Seetha's Abduction

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