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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 मध्य्ययोध्यानिवासिनाम् ॥

मत्प्रियार्थं 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

happiness, is auspicious in character and
will duly do what is pleasing and bene-

ficial to you."