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reṇukā duḥkha-śokārtā
nighnanty ātmānam ātmanā
rāma rāmeti tāteti
vicukrośoccakaiḥ satī

Synonyms

renuka—Reṇukā, the wife of Jamadagni; duhkha-śoka-arta—being very much aggrieved in lamentation (over her husband’s death); nighnanti—striking; atmanam—her own body; ātmanā—by herself; rama—O Paraśurāma; rama—O Paraśurāma; iti—thus; tata—O my dear son; iti—thus; vicukrośa—began to cry; uccakaiḥ—very loudly; sati—the most chaste woman. 

Translation

Lamenting in grief for the death of her husband, the most chaste Reṇukā struck her own body with her hands and cried very loudly, “O Rāma, my dear son Rāma!” 

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