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either that Raghava, being bound by the
words of a woman, should give up royal
glory and go to the forest.
विपरीतश्च वृद्धश्च विषयैश्च प्रधर्षितः ।
नृपः किमिव न ब्रूयाच्चोद्यमानस्समन्मथः ॥
Perverse, old, enslaved by passion, and
yielding to lust, what would not the king
say, goaded (thereto) ?
न तं पश्याम्यहं लोके परोक्षमपि यो नरः ।
स्वामित्रोऽपि निरस्तोऽपि योऽस्य दोषमुदाहरेत् ॥
I know not any man in the world, who
though unfriendly to Rama and disowned
by him, would speak ill of him even
behind his back.
देवकल्पमृजुं दान्तं रिपूणामपि वत्सलम् ।
अवेक्षमाणः को धर्मं त्यजेत्पुत्रमकारणात् ॥
Who, carrying for dharma, will abandon,
without reason, his son, who is equal to
the gods, straightforward, self-controlled
and dear even to his enemies ?
गुरोरप्यवलिप्तस्य कार्याकार्यमजानतः ।
उत्प