Verse 4·VR 5.38.4

द्वितीयम् कारणम् यच् च ब्रवीषि विनय अन्विते | रामात् अन्यस्य न अर्हामि संस्पर्शम् इति जानकि || ५-३८-४ एतत् ते देवि सदृशम् पत्न्याः तस्य महात्मनः | का हि अन्या त्वाम् ऋते देवि ब्रूयात् वचनम् ईदृशम् || ५-३८-५

dvitiiyam kaaraNam yac ca braviiShi vinaya anvite | raamaat anyasya na arhaami sa.nsparsham iti jaanaki || 5-38-4 etat te devi sadR^isham patnyaaH tasya mahaatmanaH | kaa hi anyaa tvaam R^ite devi bruuyaat vacanam iidR^isham || 5-38-5

Translation

"O Seetha endowed with modesty! The second reason you mentioned that you would not be touching any one else other then Rama is befitting of you, the wife of that high soled Rama. O princess! which other lady except you can speak of such sweet words?"

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jaanaki

O Seetha

vinayaanvite

endowed with modesty!

yat

which; dvitiiyam- second

kaaraNam

reason

braviiSi

you were telling

naarhamiiti

that you would not be

samsparsham

touching

anyasya

any one else

raamaat

than Rama

etat

it

sadR^isham

is befitting

te

of you

patnyaaH

the wife

tasya mahaatmanaH

of that high soled Rama

devi

O princess

kaa anyaa

which other woman

tvaamR^ite

except you

bruuyat

can speak

iidR^isham

such

amR^ite

sweet

vachanam

words?

Chapter context

38

Hanuma Asks Seetha to Give Him a Token of Remembrance

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