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The Ramayana

"Here dwells," 'twas thus the seer began, "Of Kasyap's(80) race, a holy man, Vibhá?†
Book 1

dwells = makes one's home in; or lives in; or stays (in a place)

The glorious saint this answer made: "Dear child of Raghu, hear Who dwells within the horrid shade That looks so dark and drear.†
Book 1

Methinks Ayodhyá's royal town Where dwells my sire of high renown, With all her men and dames to-night Will mourn us vanished from their sight.†
Book 2

He saw, as still he hurried through With steeds which swift as arrows flew, Hamlets and groves with blossoms fair, And fields which showed the tillers' care, While from the clustered dwellings near The words of peasants reached his ear: "Fie on our lord the king, whose soul Is yielded up to love's control!†
Book 2

dwellings = houses or shelters in which people live

The car-borne chieftain passed the bound Of Kosala's delightful ground, Where grain and riches bless the land, And people give with liberal hand: A lovely realm unvexed by fear, Where countless shrines and stakes(323) appear: Where mango-groves and gardens grow, And streams of pleasant water flow: Where dwells content a well-fed race, And countless kine the meadows grace: Filled with the voice of praise and prayer: Each hamlet worth a monarch's care.†
Book 2

dwells = makes one's home in; or lives in; or stays (in a place)

Or who should slay the guiltless son Of hermit sire who injures none, Who dwells retired in woods, and there Supports his life on woodland fare?†
Book 2

Perchance the monarch may be seen Where dwells Kausalyá, eldest queen.†
Book 2

And blest is Sítá, nobly good, Who dwells with Ráma in the wood.†
Book 2

Then when the saint his order gave, Each river with enchanted wave Rolled milk and curds divinely sweet Before the princely Bharat's feet; And dwellings fair on either side, With gay white plaster beautified, Their heavenly roofs were seen to lift, The Bráhman Bharadvája's gift.†
Book 2

dwellings = houses or shelters in which people live

And Bharat joyed with every friend To mark those smoky wreaths ascend: "Here Ráma dwells," he thought; "at last The ocean of our toil is passed."†
Book 2

dwells = makes one's home in; or lives in; or stays (in a place)

a Ráma stood, And thus the prince with reverence meek To that high sage began to speak: "In the wide woodlands that extend Around us, lord most reverend, As frequent voice of rumour tells, Agastya, saintliest hermit, dwells.†
Book 3

Southward, dear son, direct thy feet Eight leagues beyond this still retreat: Agastya's hermit brother there Dwells in a home most bright and fair.†
Book 3

Now if within thy breast may be Pity for them and love for me, If thou, O rover of the night, Have valour and with him can fight, Subdue the giants' cruel foe Who dwells where Da?†
Book 3

Lord of the man-drawn chariot, still He dwells on famed Kailása's hill.†
Book 3

My glorious husband far away, Making heroic strength his stay, Dwells with his brother, void of fear, In Da?†
Book 3 *

With four great chieftains, faithful still, He dwells on Rishyamúka's hill.†
Book 3

Go, Raghu's son, that chieftain seek Who dwells on Rishyamúka's peak.†
Book 3

Sprung from the chief who, famed of yore, The name of Riksharajas bore, Sugríva, chieftain strong and dread, Dwells on that mountain's towering head.†
Book 3

Speak, Vánar King, that I may know Where dwells the cause of all my woe; The fiend for whose transgression all The giants by this hand shall fall.†
Book 4

Áshádha(625) past, now Kosal's lord(626) The harvest of the spring has stored,(627) And dwells within his palace freed From every care of pressing need.†
Book 4

(675) dwells Which gems adorn and ocean shells, High as Kailása, nobly decked, Wrought by the heavenly architect†
Book 4

There, present through all life's extent, Dwells Brahmá Lord preëminent, And round the great God, manifest In Rudra(743) forms high sages rest.†
Book 4

dwells, Whom folly to his death impels.†
Book 4

(768) The southern ocean roars and swells Round Lanká, where the robber dwells In his fair city nobly planned And built by Visvakarmá's(769) hand†
Book 4

There shone with gems that flashed afar The marvel of the Flower-named(811) car, Mid wondrous dwellings still confessed Supreme and nobler than the rest.†
Book 5 *

dwellings = houses or shelters in which people live

There dwells a wild Abhíra(935) race, As vile in act as foul of face, Fierce Dasyus(936) who delight in ill, And drink my tributary rill.†
Book 6

dwells = makes one's home in; or lives in; or stays (in a place)

Mark, mark that chief of lion gait, Who views thee with a glance of hate As though his very eyes would burn The city walls to which they turn: 'Tis Rambha, Vánar king; he dwells In Krish?†
Book 6

Next, like a cloud that veils the skies, A chieftain of terrific size, Conspicuous mid the Vánars, comes With battle shout like rolling drums, 'Tis Panas, trained in war and tried, Who dwells on Páriyátra's side.†
Book 6

Still Justice dwells with Gods above; Injustice, fiends and giants love.†
Book 6

He looked on many a pure retreat Dear to the Gods' and sages' feet: The spot where Brahmá dwells apart, The place whence Rudra launched his dart;(992) Vish?†
Book 6

Yet listen, and my tongue shall tell In whom alone these virtues dwell.†
Book 1

While there he dwelt in greenwood shade The trembling hermits sought his aid, And bade him with his sword and bow Destroy the fiends who worked them woe: To come like Indra strong and brave, A guardian God to help and save.†
Book 1

(50) While the Rámáyan's ancient strain Shall glorious in the earth remain, To higher spheres shalt thou arise And dwell with me above the skies.†
Book 1

How there he dwelt and built a cot; How Bharat journeyed to the spot; His earnest supplication made; Drink-offerings to their father paid; The sandals given by Ráma's hand, As emblems of his right, to stand: How from his presence Bharat went And years in Nandigráma spent.†
Book 1

How Sarabhanga's dwelling-place They sought; saw Indra face to face; The meeting with Agastya gained; The heavenly bow from him obtained.†
Book 1

The twins he saw, that princely pair Sweet-voiced, who dwelt beside him there None for the task could be more fit, For skilled were they in Holy Writ; And so the great Rámáyan, fraught With lore divine, to these he taught: The lay whose verses sweet and clear Take with delight the listening ear, That tell of Sítá's noble life And Ráva?'†
Book 1

These minstrels, blest with every sign That marks a high and princely line, In holy shades who dwell, Enshrined in Saint Válmíki's lay, A monument to live for aye, My deeds in song shall tell.†
Book 1

And worthy of so fair a place There dwelt a just and happy race With troops of children blest.†
Book 1

And there the leafy cot they found Where dwelt the devotee, And looked with eager eyes around The hermit's son to see.†
Book 1

And why dost thou all lonely dwell In the wild wood?†
Book 1

The seeming fruits, in taste and look, The unsuspecting hermit took, For, strange to him, their form beguiled The dweller in the lonely wild.†
Book 1

With ready guile they told him where Their hermit dwelling lay: Then, lest the sire should find them there, Sped by wild paths away.†
Book 1

And sought, with all who dwelt within The city walls, his grace to win.†
Book 1

u, fain on earth to dwell, Bade the Almighty Sire farewell, And vanished while a reverent crowd Of Gods and saints in worship bowed.†
Book 1

The monarch called a Bráhman near And said, "Now speed away To Kasyap's son,(127) the mighty seer, And with all reverence say The holy child he holds so dear, The hermit of the noble mind, Whose equal it were hard to find, Returned, is dwelling here.†
Book 1

The sun had reached the Crab at morn When Queen Sumitrá's babes were born, What time the moon had gone to make His nightly dwelling with the Snake.†
Book 1

I know the hero Ráma well In whom high thoughts and valour dwell; So does Vasish?†
Book 1

Who makes his dwelling there?†
Book 1

Now dwelling in her dark abode A league away she bars the road: And we, O Ráma, hence must go Where lies the forest of the foe.†
Book 1

She, by his awful curse possessed, And mad with rage that fills her breast, Has on this land her fury dealt Where once the saint Agastya dwelt.†
Book 1

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(1) (dwell as in: Don't dwell on it.)
to think, communicate, or let attention stay on (or return to) something for a prolonged period
(2) (dwell as in: It dwells in the forest.)
make one's home in; or to live in; or to stay (in a place)
(3) (dwelling as in: a modest dwelling)
a house or shelter in which someone lives
(4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)

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