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son-in-law, you, the embodiment of
manliness, when you
woman ?
 
behave like a
 
AYODHYAKANDA
 
द्युमत्सेनसुतं वीर सत्यवन्तमनुव्रताम् ।
सावित्री मिव मां विद्धि त्वमात्मवशवर्तिनीम् ।
 
O hero, know me to be entirely at your
command, like Savitri who devoted
 
herself to Satyavan, the son of Dyumat-
sena.
 
न त्वहं मनसाऽप्यन्यं द्रष्टास्मि त्वदृतेऽनध ।
त्वया राघव गच्छेयं यथाऽन्या कुलपांसिनी ॥
 
O sinless one, not even in my mind
have I seen any one but you, unlike a
woman who brings defilement to her
family. O Raghava, I must accompany
you.
 
स्वयं तु भार्या कौमारी चिरमध्युषितां सतीम् ।
शैलूष इव मां राम परेभ्यो दातुमिच्छसि ॥
 
O Rama, do you, like unto an ordinary
actor (one that lives on his wife's honour)
wish to give me away to others, me who
was wedded to you in tender years, have
lived long with you and am faithful to
you?