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यदा विनाशो भूतानां दृश्यते कालचोदितः । तदा कार्ये प्रमाद्यन्ति नराः कालवशं गताः ॥ ३-५६-१६
When destruction draws near, people being prompted by time start committing blunders in their deeds. [3-56-16]
english translation
मां प्रधृष्य स ते कालः प्राप्तोऽयं राक्षसाधम । आत्मनो राक्षसानां च वधायान्तःपुरस्य च ॥ ३-५६-१७
You vilest of demons, since you have assaulted me, the time of your death and destruction of all demons and of all women in the inner-apartment has drawn near. [3-56-17]
english translation
न शक्या यज्ञमध्यस्था वेदी सृग्भाण्डमण्डिता । द्विजातिमन्त्रपूता च चण्डालेनावमर्दितुम् ॥ ३-५६-१८
The sacrificial altar adorned with ladles and vessels and sanctified by the sacred mantras recited by brahmins cannot be defiled by a chandala. [3-56-18]
english translation
तथाऽहं धर्मनित्यस्य धर्मपत्नी पतिव्रता । त्वया स्पृष्टुं न शक्यास्मि राक्षसाधम पापिना ॥ ३-५६-१९
Oh ! lowly demon, similarly I am a chaste woman and wife of the ever righteous Rama who cannot be defiled by a sinner like you. [3-56-19]
english translation
क्रीडन्ती राजहंसेन पद्मषण्डेषु नित्यदा । हंसी सा तृणषण्डस्थं कथं पश्येत मद्गुकम् ॥ ३-५६-२०
How can a female swan ever sporting in lotusponds in the company of a royal swan look at the water-crow resting on a grassy land? [3-56-20]
english translation