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Chapter 12.78 - Verse 7

Sanskrit Text

केकयानामधिपतिं रक्षो जग्राह दारुणम् स्वाध्यायेनान्वितं राजन्नरण्ये संशितव्रतम्

English Translation

Of rigid vows and well-read in the Vedas, the king of the Kaikeyas, O monarch, while living in the forest, was by force seized on a certain occasion by a Rakshasa.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

केकयानाम् | अधिपतिं | रक्षो | जग्राह | दारुणम्
स्वाध्याय + अन्वित | राजन्न् | अरण्ये | संशित + व्रत