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son-in-law, you, the embodiment of
manliness, when you

manliness, when you behave like a
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 त्वदृतेऽन

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 भार्यायां कौमारीरीं 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

was wedded to you in tender years, have
lived long with you and am faithful to

you?