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RY OF CULTURE
 

 
JATA
 
GOVERNMENT OF
 
RAMA AVATARA
 

 
sorrow, fear and weariness. Upholding

the vow of devotion to one wife, living
the life of a royal sage, and remaining
Rama Himself

the life of a royal sage, and remaining
pure,
Rama Himself observed His
 
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Dharma as a householder, (thereby)

teaching it (to the world).
 

 
स्मरतां हृदि विन्यस्य विद्धं दण्डककण्टकैः ।

स्व
पादपल्लवं राम आत्मज्योतिरगात्ततः ॥
 

Imprinting in the hearts of those who

remembered Him, His sprout-like feet,

pricked by the thorns of the Dandaka

forests, Rama went away from Ayodhya

to His own effulgent abode.
 

 
नेदं यशो रघुपतेस्सुरयाच्यञ्चयाऽऽत्त-

लीलातनोरधिकसाभ्यविमुक्तधाम्नः ।

रक्षोवधो जलधिबन्धनमस्त्रपूगैः

किं तस्य शत्रुहनने कपयः सहायाः ॥
 

This, the annihilation of the demons

and the damming of the ocean with (the

power of) His arrows, is hardly any glory

for that king of the Raghus, who assumed

in sport that form at the entreaty of the