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THE RAMAYANA
And after the eleventh day he performed
the ceremony of naming (the children).
ज्येष्ठं रामं महात्मानं भरतं कैकयीसुतम् ।
सौमित्रिं लक्ष्मणमिति शत्रुघ्नमपरं तथा ।
वसिष्ठः परमप्रीतो नामानि कृतवांस्तदा ॥
Vasishtha being highly delighted, named
the high-souled and eldest son as Rama,
the son of Kaikeyi as Bharata, and the
sons of Sumitra, one as Lakshmana and the
the other as Satrughna.
बाल्यात् प्रभृति सुस्निग्धो लक्ष्मणो लक्ष्मिवर्धनः ।
रामस्य लोकरामस्य भ्रातुर्ज्येष्टस्य नित्यशः ।
सर्वप्रियकरस्तस्य बहिः प्राण इवापरः ॥
Lakshmana, the increaser of Lakshmi
(prosperity) was, from his childhood, greatly
and constantly attached to Rama, his eldest
brother, the delighter of the world. He
was keen in doing everything dear to Rama
and was like another soul of Rama, exis-
ting outside him.
भरतस्यापि शत्रुघ्नो लक्ष्मणावरजो हि सः ।
प्राणैः प्रियतरो नित्यं तस्य चासीत्तथा प्रियः ॥