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Ayodhya Kanda Sarga 73 Shloka 4
Original Shloka
कुलस्य त्वमभावाय कालरात्रिरिवाऽगता। अङ्गारमुपगूह्य स्म पिता मे नावबुद्धवान्।।2.73.4।।
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Valmiki Ramayana Dataset

English Translation

त्वम् you, कुलस्य family's, अभावाय for destruction, कालरात्रिरिव like a fatal night, आगता have arrived, मे पिता my father, अङ्गारम् a live charcoal, उपगूह्य having embraced, नावबुद्धवान् did not realize.

English Commentary

You have come here for the destruction of this race, like a fatal night. My father did not realize that he was embracing a live charcoal.