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Ayodhya Kanda Sarga 12 Shloka 57
Original Shloka
शीलव्यसनमेतत्ते नाभिजानाम्यहं पुरा।।2.12.57।। बालायास्तत्त्वितिदानीं ते लक्षये विपरीतवत्।
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English Translation

पुरा earlier, बालायाः when you were young, ते your, एतत् this, शीलव्यसनम् perverse behaviour, अहम् I, नाभिजानामि did not know, तु but, इदानीम् now, ते your, तत् about that, लक्षये perceiving, विपरीतवत् reverse of it.

English Commentary

I never knew earlier when you were young that you possessed such perverse behaviour. But now I perceive the reverse (of what I knew).