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After slowly going round Rama, who

was looking down, and paying obeisance

to the gods and the Brahmanas, Maithili

(said):
 
YUDDHAKANDA
 

 
यथा मे हृदयं नित्यं नापसर्पति राघवात् ।

तथा लोकस्य साक्षी मां सर्वतः पातु पावकः ॥
 

"As surely as my heart has never

moved away from Rama (even for a

minute), even so let Fire, the witness of

all the world, protect me on all sides.
 

 
यथा मां शुद्धचारित्रां दुष्टां जानाति राघवः ।

तथा लोकस्य साक्षी मां सर्वतः पातु पावकः ॥
 

As surely as I am pure in conduct

though Raghava thinks ill of me, even so

let Fire, the witness of all the world,

protect me on all sides.
 

 
कर्मणा मनसा वाचा यथा नातिचराम्यहम् ।

राघवं सर्वधर्मज्ञं तथा मां पातु पावकः ॥
 

As surely as I have never transgressed

against Raghava, the knower of all

dharma, by thought, word or deed, even

so let Fire protect me."