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AYODHYAKANDA
 
Taking
leave of him (the king),
Raghava
 
leave of him (the king),
,well-versed in dharma
 
and
 
and
stupefied with grief, made obeisance to

his mother, along with Sita.
 

 
अन्वक्षं लक्ष्मणो भ्रातुः कौसल्यामभ्यवादयत् ।

अथ मातुस्सुमित्राया जग्राह चरणौ पुनः ॥
 

Following his brother, Lakshmana

bowed to Kausalya. Then he touched

also the feet of his mother Sumitra.
 

 
तं वन्दमानं रुदती माता सौमित्रिमत्रवीत् ।

हितकामा महाबाहु मूध्नर्यु राघ्राय लक्ष्मणम् ॥
 
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To the mighty-armed Lakshmana, who

saluted her, his weeping mother, ever

desirous of his prosperity, said, after

smelling him on the crown :
 

 
सृष्टस्त्वं वनवासाय स्वनुरक्तस्सुहृज्जने ।

रामे प्रमादं मा कार्षिः पुत्र भ्रातरि गच्छति ॥
 
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You who are warmly devoted to

friends, are set free by me for life in the

forest. O son, when your brother Rama

goes forth, do not be careless.