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KISHKINDHAKANDA
 
तमेव चावां मार्गावः सुग्रीवं 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

There was a king
,
This is his
 
There was a king
Dasaratha by name, Dasaratha

effulgent and devoted to duty.
This is his
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.
 

 
राज्याद्भ्रष्टो वने वस्तुं मया सार्धमिहागतः ।

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 ॥