वैधव्यं शोकसन्तापं कृपणं कृपणा सती। अदुःखोपचिता पूर्वं वर्तयिष्याम्यनाथवत्।।4.20.15।।
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Valmiki Ramayana Dataset
English Translation
पूर्वम् earlier, कृपणा सती reduced to pitiable condition, अदुःखोपचिता not experienced grief, अनाथवत् like an orphan, कृपणं in a wretched manner, वैधव्यम् widowhood, शोकसन्तापम् immersed in grief, वर्तयिष्यामि I will remain.
English Commentary
'I have not experienced poverty or suffering before. Immersed in grief, like an orphan, now I am reduced to the pitiable condition of a widow.