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Sundara Kanda Sarga 25 Shloka 14
Original Shloka
एषाल्पपुण्या कृपणा विनशिष्याम्यनाथवत्। समुद्रमध्ये नौः पूर्णा वायुवेगैरिवाहता।।5.25.14।।
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Translations & Commentary

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Valmiki Ramayana Dataset

English Translation

अल्पपुण्या a lowly women, कृपणा a wretched, एषा here I am, अनाथवत् like an orphan, समुद्रमध्ये in the midst of ocean, वायुवेगैः by the speed of the wind, आहता hit, पूर्णा full, नौः इव like a boat, विनशिष्यामि will be ruined.

English Commentary

'I am a woman of low merit, a wretched woman, an orphan. I will be ruined like the loaded boat that gets hit in the midst of the ocean by the stormy wind.