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THE RAMAYANA
To his mother Kausalya who was thus
lamenting piteously, Rama, the righteous-
minded, uttered these words full of
righteousness :
नास्ति शक्तिः पितुर्वाक्यं समतिक्रमितुं मम ।
प्रसादये त्वां शिरसा गन्तुमिच्छाम्यहं वनम् ॥
"I cannot transgress my father's man-
date.
I crave your approval with bowed
head; I am desirous proceeding to the
forest.
पितुर्हि वचनं कुर्वन्न कश्चिन्नाम हीयते ॥
No one indeed suffers because of his
having carried out his father's mandate."
तामेवमुत्तवा जननीं लक्ष्मणं तुनरब्रवीत् ।
वाक्यं वाक्यविदां श्रेष्ठः श्रेष्ठस्सर्वधनुष्मताम् ॥
Having spoken to his mother thus,
Rama, the best of those well-versed in
speech and the foremost of all bow-men,
spoke then to Lakshmana:
धर्मो हि परमो लोके धर्मे सत्यं प्रतिष्ठितम् ।
धर्मसंश्रितमेतच्च पितुर्वचनमुत्तमम् ॥
"Dharma indeed is supreme in the
world. In dharma, is truth rooted. And
this, my father's command, based on
dharma is supreme.
THE RAMAYANA
To his mother Kausalya who was thus
lamenting piteously, Rama, the righteous-
minded, uttered these words full of
righteousness :
नास्ति शक्तिः पितुर्वाक्यं समतिक्रमितुं मम ।
प्रसादये त्वां शिरसा गन्तुमिच्छाम्यहं वनम् ॥
"I cannot transgress my father's man-
date.
I crave your approval with bowed
head; I am desirous proceeding to the
forest.
पितुर्हि वचनं कुर्वन्न कश्चिन्नाम हीयते ॥
No one indeed suffers because of his
having carried out his father's mandate."
तामेवमुत्तवा जननीं लक्ष्मणं तुनरब्रवीत् ।
वाक्यं वाक्यविदां श्रेष्ठः श्रेष्ठस्सर्वधनुष्मताम् ॥
Having spoken to his mother thus,
Rama, the best of those well-versed in
speech and the foremost of all bow-men,
spoke then to Lakshmana:
धर्मो हि परमो लोके धर्मे सत्यं प्रतिष्ठितम् ।
धर्मसंश्रितमेतच्च पितुर्वचनमुत्तमम् ॥
"Dharma indeed is supreme in the
world. In dharma, is truth rooted. And
this, my father's command, based on
dharma is supreme.