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AYODHYAKANDA
 
He (Rama) is well-versed in dharma,

well-disciplined by teachers, grateful, of

true speech and pure heart. Rama, being

the king's eldest son, deserves therefore

to be Yuvaraja.
 

 
यथा मे भरतो मान्यस्तथा भूयोऽपि राघवः ।

कौसल्यातोऽतिरिक्तं च स तु शुश्रूषते हि माम् ॥
 
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As Bharatha is to be cherished by me,

much more so indeed is Raghava. For

he attends on me with greater devotion

then he does on Kausalya.
 

 
राज्यं यदि हि रामस्य भरतस्यापि तत्तदा ।
 

मन्यते हि यथाऽऽत्मानं तथा भ्रातृ॑स्तु राघवः ॥
 

If the kingdom goes to Rama, then it

goes to Bharata too. For, Rama considers

his brothers as his very self,"
 

 
कैकेय्या वचनं श्रुतवा मन्थरा भृशदुःखिता ।

दीर्घमुष्णं विनिश्वस्य कैकेयीमिदमत्ब्रवीत् ॥
 

Hearing the words of Kaikeyi, Manthara,

greatly distressed and heaving a long and

hot sigh, spoke thus to Kaikeyi :