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For the king is truth. THE RAMAYANA +
 
For t
he king is truth. The king is

Dharma and the upholder of nobility.

The king is the benefactor of all men."
 

 
तेषां हि वचनं श्रुत्वा वसिष्ठः प्रत्युवाच ह ।
 

Hearing their words Vasishtha replied

thus :
 

 
यदसौ मातुलकुले पुरे राजगृहे सुखी ।

भरतो वसति भ्रात्रा शत्रुघ्नेन समन्वितः ।

तच्छीघ्रं जवना दूता गच्छन्तु त्वरिर्तैहैयैः ।

आनेतुं भ्रातरौ वीरौ किं समीक्षामहे वयम् ॥
 

"As Bharata along with his brother

Satrughna, lives happily in his uncle's

mansion in the town of Rajagriha, let

swift messengers proceed quickly on fleet

horses to bring the two heroic brothers.

What else can we contemplate ?"
 

 
वसिष्ठेनाभ्यनुज्ञाता दूतास्सन्त्वरिता ययुः ।

गिरिव्रजं पुरवरं शीघ्रमासेदुरञ्जसा ॥
 

Being enjoined by Vasishtha, the

messengers went with great expedition.

Quickly they reached Girivraja, the best

of cities.