Ramayana Condensed in the Poet's Own Words /115

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"O Rama, it is not possible for me to

live among my co-wives. O Kakutstha,

lead me also to the forest, like a wild

hind, if the decision to go to the forest

has been made by you in accordance with

your father's wishes."
 

 
तां तथा रुदतीं रामो रुदन् वचनमब्रवीत् ।
 
AYODHYAKANDA
 

To her who was weeping thus, Rama,

himself weeping, spoke these words :
 

 
जीवन्त्या हि स्त्रिया भर्ता दैवतं प्रभुरेव च ।

भवत्या मम चैवाद्य राजा प्रभवति प्रभुः ॥
 

"To a woman, so long as she alive,

the husband is indeed god and lord.

To-day, to you and to me too, the

king is lord.
 

 
भरतश्चापि धर्मात्मा सर्वभूतप्रियंवदः ।

भवतीमनुवर्तेत स हि धर्मरतः सदा ॥
 

And Bharata too is righteous-minded
and pleasant-spoken to all. He will
 
And Bharata too is righteous-minded
and pleasant-sp
certainly looken to all after you.
certainly look after you For he always
delights in righteousness.
delights in righteousness.
 
For he always
 
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