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AYODHYAKANDA
 
स रामः पितरं कृत्वा कैकेयीं च प्रदक्षिणम् ।
निष्क्रम्यान्तःपुरात्तस्मात् स्वं ददर्श सुहृज्जनम् ॥
 
Rama, going round his father and
Kaikeyi and coming out of those inner
apartments, met his own friends.
 
न चास्य महतीं लक्ष्मीं राज्यनाशोऽपकर्षति ॥
 
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Nor does the loss of the kingdom
diminish his great splendour.
 
वाचा मधुरया रामः सर्वं संमानयञ्जनम् ।
मातुस्समीपं धीरात्मा प्रविवेश महायशाः ॥
 
Honouring all men with sweet words,
Rama, of a courageous soul and great
fame, went near his mother.
 
स मातरमभिक्रान्तामुपसंगृह्य राघवः ।
परिष्वक्तश्च बाहुभ्यामुपाघ्रातश्च मूर्धनि ।
मातरं राघवः किञ्चिद्रीडात् प्राञ्जलिरब्रवीत् ॥
 
Clasping his mother as she approached
and having been embraced with both her
hands and smelt on the crown, Raghava
with folded hands said to his mother with
a little hesitation :