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एवमुक्ताः स्त्रियस्सर्वाः सुमन्त्रेण नृपाज्ञया ।
कौसल्यां परिवार्याथ शनैर्जग्मुर्धृतव्रताः ॥
 
AYODHYAKANDA
 
Addressed accordingly by Sumantra,
at the king's mandate, all the pious ladies,
gathering round Kausalya went slowly.
स सतो राममादाय लक्ष्मणं मैथिलीं तदा ।
जगामाभिमुखस्तूर्ण सकाशं जगतीपतेः ॥
 
Then the charioteer, leading Rama,
Lakshmana and Sita, went quickly to the
proximity of the king.
 
सोऽभिदुद्राव वेगेन रामं दृष्ट्वा विशां पतिः ।
तमसंप्राप्य दुःखार्तः पपात भुवि मूर्च्छितः ॥
 
Seeing Rama, that lord of the quarters
(Dasaratha) went forward with great haste.
Without reaching him and fflicted with
distress, he fell down on the earth
unconscious.
 
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तं रामोऽभ्यपतत् क्षिप्रं लक्ष्मणश्च महारथः ।
विसंशमिव दुःखेन सशोकं नृपतिं तदा ॥
 
Rama and the great chariot-warrior
Lakshmana came quickly to the sorrowing
king, who was unconscious on account of
distress.