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THE RAMAYANA
 
Being delighted, the highly generous
king, after worshipping Visvamitra the
great ascetic, said :
 
यथाऽमृतस्य संप्राप्तिर यथा वर्षमनूदके ।
यथा सदृशदारेषु पुत्रजन्माप्रजस्य च ॥
प्रनष्टस्य यथा लाभो यथा हर्षो महोदयः ।
तथैवागमनं मन्ये स्वागतं ते महामुने ।
 
like rain
 
"Like the obtaining of nectar,
in a waterless desert, like the birth of
sons by worthy wives to one who has been
childless, like the recovery of lost property,
and like the bliss of boundless prosperity,
Welcome to
so do I regard your arrival.
you, O great ascetic.
 
कं च ते परमं कामं करोमि किमु हर्षितः ।
पात्रभूतोऽसि मे ब्रह्मन् दिष्टया प्राप्तौऽसि धार्मिक ।
 
What great desire of yours shall I fulfil,
being happy ? O great Brahman, you are
indeed a fit person.
O righteous one, you
are indeed come on account of my good
fortune.