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THE RAMAYANA
 
If you approve of it, I desire to kill

these Rakshasa women, by whom you

were threatened before."
 

 
एवमुक्ता हनुमता वैदेही जनकात्मजा ।

उवाच धर्मसहितं हनुमन्तं यशस्विनी ॥
 

When addressed thus by Hanuman, the

noble Vaidehi, daughter of King Janaka,

said (these words) full of righteousness

to Hanuman:
 

 
राजसंश्रयवश्यानां कुर्वन्तीनां पराज्ञया ।

विधेयानां च दासीनां कः कुप्येद्वानरोत्तम ॥
 
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"O foremost of monkeys, who will get
 

angry with the slaves who are accustomed

to obey and to carry out the orders of

other people and are helpless in the

king's service ?
 

 
भाग्यवैषम्ययोगेन पुरा दुश्चरितेन च ।

मयैतत् प्राप्यते सर्वं स्वकृतं ह्युपभुज्यते ॥
 

All this comes to me because of the

bad turn of my fortune and of my former

sins. I am only experiencing the result of

my own actions.