All 5 Uses of
detest
in
The Ramayana
- Then it will be thy fate to dwell In depth of world-detested hell.†
Book 2detested = disliked intensely
- This vaunted duty which can guide Thy steps from wisdom's path aside, And change the counsel of thy breast, O lofty-hearted, I detest.†
Book 2 *detest = dislike intensely
- So Ráma, sovereign lord of men, Will spurn the sullied kingship then: He born the eldest and the best, His younger's leavings will detest, Turning from tasted food away, As tigers scorn another's prey.†
Book 2
- Not long shall they whose cruel breasts Joy in the sin the world detests Retain their guilty power and pride, But fade like trees whose roots are dried.†
Book 3detests = dislikes intensely
- Then, as a tear bedewed her eye, The hapless lady made reply: "I loathe, with heart and soul detest The shameful life your words suggest.†
Book 5detest = dislike intensely