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YUDDHAKANDA
 
Then Rama ascended that peerless
Vimana placing the shy and noble Vai-
dehi on his lap, accompained by his
valorous bowman and brother Laksh-
mana.
 
ते सर्वे वानरा हृष्टा राक्षसाश्च महाबलाः ।
यथासुखमसंबाधं दिव्ये तस्मिन्नुपाविशन् ॥
 
All the mighty monkeys and Rakshasas
also gladly took their seats in that divine
car comfortably and without overcrowd-
wing.
 
अनुज्ञातं तु रामेण तद्विमानमनुत्तमम् ।
उत्पपात महामेघः श्वसनेनोद्धतो यथा ॥
 
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Given leave by Rama, that peerlees
Vimana rose up like a great cloud driven
by wind.
 
अयोध्यां तु समालोक्य चिन्तयामास राघवः ।
चिन्तयित्वा हनुमन्तम् उवाच प्लवगोत्तमम् ॥
 
On seeing Ayodhya, Raghava fell into
thought. After thinking (for a while) he
said to Hanuman, foremost of monkeys:
 
भरतस्तु त्वया वाच्यः कुशलं वचनान्मम ।
सिद्धार्थ शंस मां तस्मै सभायें सहलक्ष्मणम् ॥