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AYODHYAKANDA
 
123
 
• Taking leave of him ( the king ), Raghava
well-versed in dharma and stupefied
with grief, made obeisance to his mother,
along with Sita.
 
अन्वक्षं लक्ष्मणो भ्रातुः कौसल्यामभ्यवादयत् ।
अथ मातुस्सुमित्राया जग्राह चरणौ पुनः ॥
 
Following his brother, Lakshmana bowed
to Kausalya. Then he touched also the
feet of his mother Sumitra.
 
तं वन्दमानं रुदती माता सौमित्रिमब्रवीत् ।
हितकामा महावाहु मूर्युपाघ्राय लक्ष्मणम् ॥
 
To the mighty-armed Lakshmana, who
saluted her, his weeping mother, ever desirous
of his prosperity, said, after smelling him on
the crown :
 
सृष्टस्त्वं वनवासाय स्वनुरक्तस्सुहृजने ।
रामे प्रमादं मा कार्षीः पुत्र भ्रातरि गच्छति ॥
 
" You who are waimly devoted to friends,
are set free by me for life in the forest.
O Son, when your brother Rama goes
forth, do not be careless.