Verse 13·VR 1.2.13
तथाविधं द्विजं दृष्ट्वा निषादेन निपातितम् | ऋषेर्धर्मात्मनस्तस्य कारुण्यं समपद्यत || १-२-१३
tataH karuNa veditvaat adharmo ayam iti dvijaH | nishaaMya rudatiim kraunchiim idam vacanam abraiit || 1-2-14
Translation
On seeing that bird felled that way by the tribal hunter, compassion occassioned in that saintly sage Valmiki. [1-2-13]
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dvijam dR^iSTvaa
On seeing [that] bird
niSaadena nipaatitam
felled by the hunter
tathaavidham
in that way
tasya R^iSheH
to that sage
dharmaatmanaH
to that saintly one
kaaruNyam samapadyata
compassion occasioned.
Chapter context
2
Valmiki gets divine guidance to compile the epic
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