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THE RAMAYANA
 
Being inwardly the same as you seem
outwardly, attract unto yourself all the
subjects, including the ministers, etc.,
increasing greatly the treasury and the
armoury.
 
तुष्टानुरक्तप्रकुतिर्यः पालयति मेदिनीम् ।
 
तस्य नन्दन्ति मित्राणि लब्ध्वाऽमृतमिवामराः ।
तस्मात्त्वमपि चात्मानं नियम्यैव समाचर ॥
 
He who rules his kingdom and makes
his subjects happy and loyal-his friends
delight in him as the gods in getting
nectar. Therefore, regulate your conduct
accordingly, after disciplining yourself.
 
अद्य प्रकृतयस्सर्वास्त्वामिच्छन्ति नराधिपम् ।
श्वस्त्वाऽहमभिषेक्ष्यामि यौवराज्ये परन्तप ॥
 
To-day all the subjects desire you as
ruler. To-morrow I shall anoint you,
 
O vanquisher of foes, as Yuvaraja.
 
तस्मात्त्वयाऽद्यप्रभृति निशेयं नियतात्मना ।
सह वचोपवस्तव्या दर्भप्रस्तरशायिना ॥
 
Therefore, from now onwards, this night
should be spent by you with your wife,
with your senses restrained, and lying on
a bed of kusa grass.