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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

daughter of Janaka to be
myself and the
O darling, go
 
daughter of Janaka to be

forest to be Ayodhya.
O darling, go
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 ॥