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स रामः पितरं कृत्वा कैकेयीं च प्रदक्षिणम् ।
निष्क्रम्यान्तः पुरात्तस्मात् स्वं ददर्श सुहृज्जनम् ॥
 
AYODHYAKANDA
 
Rama, going round his father and Kaikeyi
and coming out of those inner apartments,
met his own friends.
 
न चास्य महतीं लक्ष्मी राज्यनाशोऽपकर्षति ॥
 
Nor does the loss of the kingdom diminish
his great splendour.
 
वाचा मधुरया रामः सर्व संमानयञ्जनम् ।
मातुस्समीपं धीरात्मा प्रविवेश महायशाः ॥
 
Honouring all men with sweet words,
Rama, of a courageous soul and great fame,
went near his mother.
 
स मातरमभिक्रान्तामुपसंगृह्य राघवः ।
परिष्वक्तच बाहुभ्यामुपात्रातश्च मूर्धनि ।
मातरं राघवः किञ्चिवडात् प्राञ्जलिरब्रवीत् ॥
Clasping his mother as she approached
and having been embraced with both her
hands and smelt on the crown,
Raghava
 
with folded hands told his mother with a
 
little hesitation :