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THE RAMAYANA
 
व्यसनीं वा समृद्धो वा गतिरेष तवानघ ।
एष लोके सतां धर्मो यज्ज्येष्ठवशगो भवेत् ॥
 
Whether he is in adversity or pros-
perity O sinless one, he is your refuge.
This is the duty of good men in the world
-to be under the complete control of the
eldest brother.
 
रामं दशरथं विद्धि मां विद्धि जनकात्मजाम् ॥
अयोध्यामटवीं विद्धि गच्छ तात यथासुखम् ।
 
Consider Rama to be Dasaratha, the
myself and the
O darling, go
 
daughter of Janaka to be
forest to be Ayodhya.
forth in happiness."
 
वनवासं हि संख्याय वासांस्याभरणानि च ।
भर्तारमनुगच्छन्त्यै सीतायै श्वशुरो ददौ ।
 
Reckoning the period of forest-life, the
father-in-law (Dasaratha) gave Sita, who
was following her lord, clothes and
Wornaments.
 
सीतातृतीयानारूढान् दृष्ट्वा धृष्टमचोदयत् ।
सुमन्त्रस्संमतानश्वान् वायुवेगसमान् जवे ॥