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AYODHYAKANDA
 
पितुर्हि वचनाद्वीर कैकेय्याऽहं प्रचोदितः ।

तदेनां विसृजानार्यां क्षत्रधर्माश्रितां मतिम् ।

धर्ममाश्रय मा तैक्ष्ण्यं मद्बुद्धिरनुगम्यताम् ॥
 

Only on the word of my father, have I

been ordered by Kaikeyi, O hero! There-

fore abandon your view which is unworthy

and in conformity with the Kshatriya code

of conduct. Take to righteousness and

not to harshness. Let my view be adopted.
 
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यस्या मदभिषेकार्थे मानसं परितप्यते ।
 

माता मे सा यथा न स्यात् सविशङ्का तथा कुरु ॥
 

So behave that my mother may be

reassured, she whose mind is made uneasy

by my (proposed) installation.
 

 
सत्यः सत्याभिसन्धश्च नित्यं सत्यपराक्रमः ।

परलोकभयाद् भीतो निर्भयोऽस्तु पिता मम ॥
 

Let my father who is true, true to his

undertakings and is always of true valour

and is disturbed by the fear of the next

world-let him be rid of fear.
 

 
कृतान्तस्त्वेव सौमित्रे द्रष्टव्यो मत्प्रवासने ।

राज्यस्य च वितीर्णस्य पुनरेव निवर्तने ॥