तमार्तं देवसङ्काशं समीक्ष्य पतितं भुवि। निकृत्तमिव सालस्य स्कन्धं परशुना वने।।2.72.22।। मत्तमातङ्गसङ्काशं चन्द्रार्कसदृशं भुवः। उत्थापयित्वा शोकार्तं वचनं चेदमब्रवीत्।।2.72.23।।
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Valmiki Ramayana Dataset
English Translation
आर्तम् anguished, देवसङ्काशम् resembling gods, वने in the forest, परशुना by an axe, निकृत्तम् severed, सालस्य sala tree's, स्कन्धमिव like a trunk, सुतम् son, भुवि पतितम् fallen on the ground, मत्तमातङ्गसङ्काशम् like a mighty elephant, चन्द्रार्कसदृशम् similar to the Sun and the Moon, शोकार्तम् tormented by grief, तम् to him (Bharata), भुवः from the ground, उत्थापयित्वा having lifted him up, इदम् these, वचनं च words, अब्रवीत् said.
English Commentary
Anguished and griefstricken, he who resembled the gods, fell down on the ground like a trunk of the sala tree in the forest severed by an axe. Seeing her son who was like a mighty elephant or like the Sun or the Moon, Kaikeyi lifted him up from the ground and spoke these words: