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just as (he would have behaved) towards.
his mother.
तथा ज्येष्ठा हि मे माता कौसल्या दीर्घदर्शिनी ।
त्वयि धर्मं समास्थाय भगिन्यामिव वर्तते ॥
Similarly, my eldest mother Kausalya,
far-sighted and firmly rooted in dharma,
has behaved towards you as towards a
sister.
तस्याः पुत्रं कृतात्मानं चीरवल्कलवाससम् ।
प्रस्थाप्य वनवासाय कथं पापे न शोचसि ॥
O sinful one, how is it that you don't
regret having sent to the forest-life her
son, of great self-restraint, clad in bark
garments ?
लुब्धाया विदितो मन्ये न तेऽहं राघवं प्रति ।
तथा ह्यनर्थो राज्यार्थं त्वयाऽऽनीतो महानयम् ॥
I think, it was not known to you, who
are covetous, how I am towards Raghava.
Therefore, on account of your love of
sovereignty for me such a great calamity
has been wrought by you.