Wednesday, August 21, 2024

Kālidāsa's Raghuvaṃśa 12th Sarga - 97

 जय श्रीराम!



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अमोघं संदधे चास्मै धनुष्येकधनुर्धरः ।
 ब्राह्ममस्त्रं प्रियाशोकशल्यनिष्कर्षणौषधम् ॥१२.९७॥  

Notes: Kālidāsa says, "Now Śrīrāma, that archer non-pareil, set to his bow the ultimate weapon, Brahmāstra, which was infallible in its mission always, pointing it at Rāvaṇa. It was also aimed to relieve the grief that Devī Sītā was suffering from, a constant and unbearable pain akin to that of a torturous arrow-fragment embedded in one's flesh., This Brahmāstra would pluck out that source of pain and be the healing balm to Sītā."

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