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Verse 27.32

दग्धे शकटे स शाल्मले लोहान्याहरते अङ्गना वने । मलिनेन पटेन संव्ऱ्ता भाण्डैर्मूर्ध्नि गतैश्च मध्यमः

When the decanate falls in the burnt cart, the woman brings iron from the Salmali tree in the forest; she is covered with a dirty cloth, and with vessels gone to her head, she is of medium stature. This verse employs the symbolic language…

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