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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
ss
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 ।

सिद्धार्थं शंस मां तस्मै सभायेंर्यं सहलक्ष्मणम् ॥