All 13 Uses of
wither
in
The Ramayana
- Forsake, forsake your mortal lot, And gain a life that withers not.†
Book 1
- This bud, O Indra, which a blight Has withered ere it saw the light— From this may seven fair spirits rise To rule the regions of the skies.†
Book 1
- Some fed on water, some on air, Some on the leaves that withered there.†
Book 1
- Each withering tree hangs low his head, And shoot, and bud, and flower are dead.†
Book 2 *
- She who, transfixed with torturing pangs, On her left arm so fondly hangs, As when her withering leaves decay Droops by the wood the Cassia spray, Sumitrá, pained with woe, is she, The consort second of the three: Two princely sons the lady bare, Fair as the Gods in heaven are fair.†
Book 2
- There lies thy path: but ere thou go, Look on me, dear one, till I throw Aside this mould that girds me in, As casts the snake his withered skin.†
Book 3
- Our penance rites are grown too hard, By many a check and trouble barred, But though our saints for food are slain The withering curse we yet restrain.†
Book 3
- The cold has killed the lily's pride: Leaf, filament, and flower have died: With chilling breath rude winds have blown, The withered stalk is left alone.†
Book 3
- He from his spouse grown old and grey, Deformed, untrue, will turn away, Her withered charms will gladly leave, And to his fair young darling cleave.†
Book 3
- Wilt thou refuse the charms of youth For withered breast and grinning tooth!†
Book 3
- For through that curse's withering taint My knowledge now is small and faint.†
Book 3
- Who checks the maddened flames that seize On forests full of withered trees?†
Book 4
- He pondered for a while, then broke The silence, and thus calmly spoke: "Forth from thy sides again shall spring, O royal bird, each withered wing, And all thine ancient power and might Return to thee with strength of sight.†
Book 4
Definition:
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(wither) to shrivel (wrinkle and contract -- usually from lack of water)
or:
to become weaker; or feel humiliated