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Seeing them seated with Sita as the
third, Sumantra whipped up boldly the
picked horses, swift as the wind.
 
AYODHYAKANDA
 
स याच्यमानः काकुत्स्थ: स्वाभि: प्रकृतिभिस्तदा ।
उवाच रामः स्नेहेन ताः प्रजाः स्वाः प्रजा इव ॥
 
Rama, descendant of the Kakutsthas,
being requested then by his own subjects
spoke to them with affection as if they
were his own children.
 
या प्रीतिर्बहुमानश्च मध्ययोध्यानिवासिनाम् ॥
मत्प्रियार्थ विशेषेण भरते सा निवेश्यताम् ॥
 
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That love and regard which you
citizens of Ayodhya have for me, show
them to Bharata in a greater degree in
order to please me.
 
स हि कल्याणचारित्रः कैकेय्यानन्दवर्धनः ।
करिष्यति यथावद्वः प्रियाणि च हितानि च ॥
 
For he, the promoter of Kaikeyi's
happiness, is auspicious in character and
will duly do what is pleasing and bene-
ficial to you."