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Yuddha Kanda Sarga 5 Shloka 16
Original Shloka
कथंजनकरजस्यदुहिताममचप्रिया । राक्षसीमध्यगाशेतेस्नुषादशरथस्यच ।।6.5.16।।
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Translations & Commentary

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Valmiki Ramayana Dataset

English Translation

जनकराजस्य: king Janaka's, दुहिता: daughter, ममप्रिया: my beloved wife, दशरथस्य: Dasaratha's, स्नुषा: daughterinlaw, राक्षसीमध्यगा: in the midst of rakshasas, कथम्: how, शेते: sleeping

English Commentary

My beloved is king Janaka's daughter and daughterinlaw of Dasaratha. Yet she is sleeping amid Rakshasas. How is it?