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THE RAMAYANA
 
अथ रामो मुहूर्तेन लब्धसंज्ञं महीपतिम् ।

उवाच प्राञ्जलिर्भूत्वा शोकार्णवपरिप्लुतम् ॥
 

Then Rama, with folded hands, said to

the king, who became conscious after a

while and who was being tossed about in

the ocean of sorrow:
 

 
आपृच्छे त्वां महाराज सर्वेषामीश्वरोऽसि नः ।

प्रस्थितं दण्डकारण्यं पश्य त्वं कुशलेन माम् ॥
 
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"O great king, I crave your leave.
 

You are the lord of us all. Look

benignly on me who am bound for the

Dandaka forest.
 

 
लक्ष्मण चानुजानीहि सीता चान्वेति मां वनम् ।

कारणैर्बहुभिस्तथ्यैर्वार्यमाणौ न चेच्छतः ॥

अनुनाजानी हि सर्वान्नः शोकमुत्सृज्य मानद ।

लक्ष्मणं मां च सीतां च प्रजापतिरिव प्रजाः ॥
 

 
Permit Lakshmana (to go) also. Sita

too follows me to the forest. Though

dissauded by many cogent pleas, they

do not desire (to be left behind). O foun-

tain of honour, leaving off sorrow, give

permission to all of us, Lakshmana, Sita

and myself, as Prajapati did to his sons.