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as I am of you, O vanquisher of foes. By
doing what I tell you, you will not trans-
gress the ways of the good.
"
AYODHYAKANDA
एवं मधुरमुक्तस्तु गुरुणा राघवः स्वयम् ।
प्रत्युवाच समासी
the
Being thus gently addressed personally
by his own preceptor, Raghava,
foremost of men, replied thus to Vasishtha
who was seated:
यन्मातापितरौ वृत्तं तनये कुरुतः सदा ।
न सुप्रतिकरं तत्तु मात्रा पित्रा च यत्कृतम् ।
यथाशक्ति प्रदानेन स्नापनाच्छादनेन च ।
नित्यं च प्रियवादेन तथा संवर्धनेन च ॥
"What a father and mother always do
to their son, by giving everything that
they can, by bathing and cleansing and
unceasing fond speech and thus bringing
him up-all this that is done by father
and mother is not easy of repayment.
स हि राजा जनयिता पिता दशरथो मम ।
आज्ञातं यन्मया तस्य न तन्मिथ्या भविष्यति ॥