Both Uses of
poignant
in
The Ramayana
- But the good speech with poignant sting Pierced ear and bosom of the king, Who, stabbed with pangs too sharp to bear, Fell prostrate and lay fainting there.†
Book 1 *poignant = sharp or intense
- When Ráma saw the vulture lie, Huge as a hill, with darksome eye, With many a poignant woe distressed His brother chief he thus addressed: "Amid these haunted shades content Full many a year this bird has spent.†
Book 3
Definition:
sharp or intense -- typically arousing deep emotion such as sadness, but possibly having or creating a sharp smell, taste, or insight