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ARANYAKANDA
 
तथा परुषमुक्तस्तु कुपितो राधवानुरू: ।
स विकाङ्क्षन् भृशं रामं प्रतस्थे न चिरादिव ॥
 
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Being thus spoken to harshly, and being
eager to see Rama quickly, the enraged
younger brother of Raghava set out
without delay.
 
तदासाद्य दशग्रीवः क्षिप्रमन्तरमास्थितः ।
परिव्राजकरूपेण वैदेहीं समुपागमत् ॥
 
Quickly availing himself of the opportunity,
Ravana approached Sita in the garb of
a mendicant ascetic :
 
का त्वं काञ्चनवर्णाभे पीतकौशेयवासिनि ।
ही: कीर्तिश्रीशुभा लक्ष्मीरप्सरा वा शुभानने ।
भूतिर्वा त्व वरारोहे रतिर्वा स्वैरचारिणी ॥
 
"O you shining with the lustre of gold,
and wearing yellow, silken cloth, who
are you?— the goddess of
Bashfulness,
of Fame, or of Prosperity,
 
Auspicious
 
Apsaras, O beautiful-
beautiful-waisted one, are
 
you the goddess of Dignity or Rati herself
 
wandering at will?
 
Lakshmi, or an
 
faced one ? O