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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

increasing greatly the treasury and the
armoury.
 

 
तुष्टानुरक्तप्रकुतिर्यः पालयति मेदिनीम् ।
 

तस्य नन्दन्ति मित्राणि लब्ध्वाऽमृतमिवामराः ।

तस्मात्त्वमपि चात्मानं नियम्यैवं 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 वचोध्वोपवस्तव्या 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.