Verse 8·VR 6.36.8

आनीय च वनात् सीताम् पद्म हीनाम् इव ज़्रियम् | किम् अर्थम् प्रतिदास्यामि राघवस्य भयाद् अहम् || ६-३६-८

aaniiya ca vanaat siitaam padma hiinaam iva zriyam | kim artham pratidaasyaami raaghavasya bhayaad aham || 6-36-8

Translation

"Why should I give back Seetha, who is like Lakshmi the goddess of fortune without the lotus, having brought her away from the forest, through fear of Rama?"

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kimartham

why

aham

(should) I

pratidaasyaam

give back

siitaam

Seetha

shriyam iva

who is like Lashmi; the goddess of fortune

padmahiinaam

without the loutus

aaniiya

having brought her

vanaat

from the forest

bhayaat

through fear; raaghavasya of Rama?

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36

Ravana Abuses Malyavan

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