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KISHKINDHAKANDA
 
तमेव चावां मार्गावः सुग्रीव प्लवगेश्वरम् ॥
 
" We are indeed seeking that Sugriva, the
lord of the monkeys.
 
राजा दशरथो नाम द्युतिमान् धर्मवत्सलः ।
तस्यायं पूर्वजः पुत्रो रामो नाम जनैः श्रुतः ॥
 
name,
This is his
 
There was a king, Dasaratha
effulgent and devoted to duty.
eldest son, Rama by name, well-known to
people.
 
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शरण्यस्सर्वभूतानां पितुनिर्देशपारगः ॥
 
He is the refuge of all beings and has
fulfilled the commands of the father to the
utmost limit.
 
राज्याष्टो वने वस्तुं मया साधमिहागतः ।
भार्यया च महातेजाः सीतयाऽनुगतो वशी ॥
 
Being deprived of his kingdom, Rama
possessed of great effulgence and self-
restraint has come here along with me to
live in the forest, accompanied by his wife
Sita.
 
रक्षसाऽपहृता भार्या रहिते कामरूपिणा ।
तच्च न ज्ञायते रक्षः पत्नी येनास्य सा हृता ॥