Verse 6·VR 6.16.6
श्रूयन्ते हस्तिभिर् गीताः श्लोकाः पद्म वने पुरा | पाश हस्तान् नरान् दृष्ट्वा शृणु तान् गदतो मम || ६-१६-६
shruuyante hastibhir giitaaH shlokaaH padma vane puraa | paasha hastaan naraan dR^iShTvaa shR^iNu taan gadato mama || 6-16-6
Translation
"Previously in a forest called Padmavana, some maxims were spoken by elephants, which saw men with nooses in hand. Hear and I shall tell them."
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padmavane
In a forest called Padmavana
puraaH
previously
shlokaH
maxims
giitaH
were spoken
hastibhiH
by elephants
dR^ishhTvaa
after seeing
naraan
men
paasha hastaan
with nooses in hand
shR^iNushhva
Hear
gadataH
as told
mama
to me.'
Chapter context
16
Ravana Refuses to Hear the Words of Vibhishana
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