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THE RAMAYANA
To his mother Kausalya who
was thus
lamenting piteously, Rama, the
righteous-
minded, uttered these words full of
righteousness :
नास्ति शक्तिः पितुर्वाक्यं समतिक्रमितुं मम ।
प्रसादये त्वां शिरसा गन्तुमिच्छाम्यहं वनम् ॥
I cannot transgress my father's mandate.
I crave your approval with bowed head;
I am desirous of proceeding to the forest.
पितुहि वचनं कुर्वन्न कश्चिन्नाम हीयते ॥
No one indeed suffers because of his
having carried out his father's mandate."
तामेवमुक्ता जननीं लक्ष्मण पुनरब्रवीत् ।
वाक्यं वाक्यविदां श्रेष्ठः श्रेष्ठस्सर्वधनुष्मताम् ॥
Having told his mother thus, Rama, the
best of those well-versed in speech and the
foremost of all bow-men, spoke then to
Lakshmana :
धर्मो हि परमो लोके धर्मे सत्यं प्रतिष्ठितम् ।
धर्मसंश्रितमेतच्च पितुर्वचनमुत्तमम् ॥
"Dharma indeed is supreme in the world.
In dharma, is truth rooted. And this, my
father's command, based on dharma is
supreme.
THE RAMAYANA
To his mother Kausalya who
was thus
lamenting piteously, Rama, the
righteous-
minded, uttered these words full of
righteousness :
नास्ति शक्तिः पितुर्वाक्यं समतिक्रमितुं मम ।
प्रसादये त्वां शिरसा गन्तुमिच्छाम्यहं वनम् ॥
I cannot transgress my father's mandate.
I crave your approval with bowed head;
I am desirous of proceeding to the forest.
पितुहि वचनं कुर्वन्न कश्चिन्नाम हीयते ॥
No one indeed suffers because of his
having carried out his father's mandate."
तामेवमुक्ता जननीं लक्ष्मण पुनरब्रवीत् ।
वाक्यं वाक्यविदां श्रेष्ठः श्रेष्ठस्सर्वधनुष्मताम् ॥
Having told his mother thus, Rama, the
best of those well-versed in speech and the
foremost of all bow-men, spoke then to
Lakshmana :
धर्मो हि परमो लोके धर्मे सत्यं प्रतिष्ठितम् ।
धर्मसंश्रितमेतच्च पितुर्वचनमुत्तमम् ॥
"Dharma indeed is supreme in the world.
In dharma, is truth rooted. And this, my
father's command, based on dharma is
supreme.