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AYODHYAKANDA
 
ऋद्धियुक्ता हि पुरुषा न सहन्ते परस्तवम् ।
तस्मान्न ते गुणाः कत्थ्या भरतस्याग्रतो मम ॥
 
tolerate praise of others.
 
For, people raised to power do not
Therefore, my
qualities should not be praised by you in
the presence of Bharata.
 
याते च मयि कल्याणि वनं मुनि निषेवितम् ।
व्रतोपवासपरया भवितव्यं त्वयाऽनघे ॥
 
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O good and sinless one, when I am
gone to the forest where ascetics dwell,
you should be devoted to the practice of
vows and fasts.
 
काल्यमुत्थाय देवानां कृत्वा पूजां यथाविधि ।
वन्दितव्यो दशरथः पिता मम नरेश्वरः ॥
 
Having risen early in the morning and
performed the worship of the gods, you
should salute my father, the lord of men.
 
माता च मम कौसल्या वृद्धा सन्तापकर्शिता ।
धर्ममेवाग्रतः कृत्वा त्वत्तस्संमानमर्हति ॥
 
My mother Kausalya too, who is old
and emaciated on account of her anguish,