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on dharma and desire to practise dharma,
stay here and serve me; performs the
supreme dharma.
शुश्रूषुर्जननीं पुत्र स्वगृहे नियतो वसन् ।
परेण तपसा युक्तः काश्यपस्त्रिदिवं गतः ॥
O son, serving his mother, living in his
own house with self-restraint and practis-
ing the highest penance, Kasyapa attained
heaven.
यथैव राजा पूज्यस्ते गौरवेण तथा ह्यहम् ।
त्वां नाहमनुजानामि न गन्तव्यमितो वनम् ॥
As the king is to be honoured by you
with due regard, so should I be. I do not
grant permission. Therefore you should
not go from here to the forest.
त्वद्वियोगान्न मे कार्
त्वया सह मम श्रेयस्तृणानामपि भक्षणम् ॥
Without you, life and comfort are no
use to me. With you, it is preferable to
me even to live on grass.".
विलपन्तीं तथा दीनां कौसल्यां जननीं ततः ।
उवाच रामो धर्मात्मा वचनं धर्मसंहितम् ॥