Verse 18·VR 5.30.18

यदि वाचम् प्रदास्यामि द्विजातिः इव संस्कृताम् | रावणम् मन्यमाना माम् सीता भीता भविष्यति || ५-३०-१८ वानरस्य विशेषेण कथं स्यादभिभाषणम्म् |

yadi vaacam pradaasyaami dvijaatiH iva sa.nskR^itaam |raavaNam manyamaanaa maam siitaa bhiitaa bhaviShyati || 5-30-18vaanarasya visheSheNa kathaM syaadabhibhaaShaNamm |

Translation

"If I use Sanskrit language like a brahmin, Seetha will get frightened, thinking me as Ravana. Especially, how can a monkey speak it?"

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pradaasyaami yadi

If I use

samkR^itaam vaacham

Sankrit language

dvijaatiriva

like a brahmin

siitaa

Seetha

bhiita bhaviSyati

well become frightened

masyamaanaa

thinking

maam

me

raavaNam

as Ravana

visheSeNa

especially

vaanarasya

for a monkey

katham

how

syaat

can it be

abhibhaaSaNam

spoken?

Chapter context

30

Hanuma Falls in Dilemma

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