Surpa-yarua Punished Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BB CC D EE FF GG H AA II J KK II AA I LM EE NN| Rama heard her impious purpose and a gentle smile repressed | A |
| To the foul and forward female thus his mocking words addressed | A |
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| 'List O passion smitten maiden Sita is my honoured wife | B |
| With a rival loved and cherished cruel were thy wedded life | B |
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| But no consort follows Lakshman peerless is his comely face | C |
| Dauntless is his warlike valour matchless is his courtly grace | C |
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| And he leads no wife or consort to this darksome woodland grove | D |
| With no rival to thy passion seek his ample hearted love ' | - |
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| Surpa nakha passion laden then on Lakshman turned her eye | E |
| But in merry mocking accents smiling Lakshman made reply | E |
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| Ruddy in thy youthful beauty like the lotus in her pride | F |
| I am slave of royal Rama would'st thou be a vassal's bride | F |
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| Rather be his younger consort banish Sita from his arms | G |
| Spurning Sita's faded beauty let him seek thy fresher charms | G |
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| Spurning Sita's faded graces let him brighter pleasures prove | H |
| Wearied with a woman's dalliance let him court a Raksha's love ' | - |
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| Wrath of unrequited passion raged like madness in her breast | A |
| Torn by anger strong as tempest thus her answer she addrest | A |
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| Are these mocking accents uttered Rama to insult my flame | I |
| Feasting on her faded beauty dost thou still revere thy dame | I |
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| But beware a Raksha's fury and an injured female's wrath | J |
| Surpa nakha slays thy consort bears no rival in her path ' | - |
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| Fawn eyed Sita fell in terror as the Raksha rose to slay | K |
| So beneath the flaming meteor sinks Rohini's softer ray | K |
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| And like Demon of Destruction furious Surpa nakha came | I |
| Rama rose to stop the slaughter and protect his helpless dame | I |
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| 'Brother we have acted wrongly for with those of savage breed | A |
| Word in jest is courting danger this the penance of our deed | A |
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| Death perchance or death like stupor hovers o'er my lov d dame | I |
| Let me wake to life my Sita chase this female void of shame ' | - |
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| Lakshman's anger leaped like lightning as the female hovered near | L |
| With his sword the wrathful warrior cleft her nose and either ear | M |
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| Surpa nakha in her anguish raised her accents shrill and high | E |
| And the rocks and wooded valleys answered back the dismal cry | E |
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| Khara and the doughty Dushan heard the far resounding wail | N |
| Saw her red disfigured visage heard her sad and woeful tale | N |
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