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Surpanakha, being highly agitated, went
to Lanka, protected by Ravana.
रावणं शत्रुहन्तारं राक्षसी भयविह्वला ।
अमात्यमध्ये संक्रुद्धा परुषं वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥
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The demoness, angry and agitated by
fear, spoke these harsh words to Ravana
the destroyer of foes, seated amidst his
ministers :
सक्तं ग्राम्येषु भोगेषु कामवृत्तं महीपतिम् ।
लुब्धं न बहु मन्यन्ते श्मशानाग्निमिव प्रजाः ॥
"The subjects do not care much for
the king who is addicted to vulgar
pleasures, does what he likes and is
miserly, even as they do not care for
the fire in the burning ground.
अयुक्तचारं मन्ये त्वां प्राकृतैः सचिवैर्वृतम् ।
स्वजनं तु जनस्थाने
I consider you without spies and
surrounded by vulgar ministers, as you
do not know the slaughter of your own
people at Janasthana.