निवातस्तिमितां वेलां चन्द्रोदय इवोदधेः ॥१२.३६॥
Notes: Kālidāsa says, " Sītā was unable to hide her laughter at the discomfiture of Śūrpanakhā in her predicament of rejection by both Śrīrāma and Lakṣmaṇa. This immediately provoked the momentarily quiescent and calm Rākṣasī into a flare-up of fury much like the moon rise stirs up the normally placid waves of the ocean into a high tide of agitation. "
Kālidāsa captures in a phrase the moment of intense provocation caused by Śūrpanakhā's foolhardy overtures to the two brothers. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, especially by her rival when she is rejected by the man she tries to entice!
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जय श्रीराम!
