Verse 4·VR 6.38.4

लन्काम् च आलोकयिष्यामो निलयम् तस्य रक्षसह् | येन मे मरण अन्ताय हृता भार्या दुरात्मना || ६-३८-४ येन धर्मो न विज्नातो न वृत्तम् न कुलम् तथा | राक्षस्या नीचया बुद्ध्या येन तद् गर्हितम् कृतम् || ६-३८-५

yasmin me vardhate roShah kiirtite raakShasa adhame | yasya aparaadhaan niicasya vadham drakShyaami rakShasaam || 6-38-6

Translation

"We shall see Lanka the abode of that demon, Ravana the evil-minded by whom my wife was taken away for the sake of his own death, by whom virtue was not understood, good character was not known and noble lineage was not seen and by whom that contemptible act was done with an inferior demoniacal mind."

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aalokayiSyaamaH cha

we shall see

laN^kaam

Lanka

nilayam

the abode

tasya raakSasaH

of that demon; Ravana

yena

by whom

duraatmanaa

the evil minded

bhaaryaa

my wife

hR^itaa

was taken away

maraNaantaaya

for the sake of his own death

dharmaH

virtue

navijJNaataH

was not understaood

vR^ittam

good character

na

was not seen

tathaa

and

kulam

noble lineage

tat garhitam

that contemptible action

kR^itam

was done

niichayaa

with an inferior

raakSasyaa buddhyaa

demoniacal mind.

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38

Rama Decides to Stay on Suvela Mountain

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