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YUDDHAKANDA
 
राघवश्चापि धर्मात्मा प्राप्य राज्यमनुत्तमम् ।

ईजे बहुविधैर्यज्ञैः ससुहृज्झातिबान्धवैः ॥
 

Obtaining his matchless kingdom, the

righteous-minded Raghava also, attended

by his friends and relations, performed

various kinds of sacrifices.
 

 
निर्दस्युरभवल्लोको नानर्थः कञ्चिदस्पृशत् ।

न च स्म वृद्धा बालानां प्रेतकार्याणि कुर्वतें ॥
 
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The world was free of evil-doers and

no calamity ever befell any one. Nor did

the aged perform the funeral rites of

the young.
 

 
सर्व मुदितमेवासीत् सर्वो धर्मपरोऽभवत् ।

राममेवानुपश्यन्तो नाभ्यहिंसन् परस्परम् ॥
 

Everything was happy; every one was

devoted to Dharma. Looking up to Rama

always (lest he should be hurt), no one

injured another.
 

 
रामो रामो राम इति प्रजानामभवन् कथाः ।

रामभूतं जगदभूद् रामे राज्यं प्रशासति ॥
 

When Rama ruled the kingdom, the

people always narrated Rama's stories