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THE RAMAYANA
Now Sumantra the charioteer, having been
given leave, arrived at Ayodhya on the third
day; and saluting the king, reported the
words of Rama, exactly as spoken by
the latter :
सूत मद्रचनात्तस्य तातस्य विदितात्मनः ।
शिरसा वन्दनीयस्य वन्द्यौ पादौ महात्मनः ॥
O charioteer, as now instructed by me,
both the feet of my high-souled father,
possessing self-knowledge and deserving
of salutation with my head, should be
saluted by you.
माता च मम कौसल्या कुशलं चाभिवादनम् ।
अप्रमादं च वक्तव्या ब्रूयाश्चैनामिदं वचः ॥
And my mother Kausalya too should be
told of my salutation and welfare and of
the necessity of her being attentive to duty.
And tell her these words.
धर्मनित्या यथाकालमग्न्यगारपरा भव ।
देवि देवस्य पादौ च देववत् परिपालय ॥
"Always devoted to Dharma, watch the
fire house at the prescribed time. O Queen,
salute the feet of the king (as zealously) as
those of a Go 1.
THE RAMAYANA
Now Sumantra the charioteer, having been
given leave, arrived at Ayodhya on the third
day; and saluting the king, reported the
words of Rama, exactly as spoken by
the latter :
सूत मद्रचनात्तस्य तातस्य विदितात्मनः ।
शिरसा वन्दनीयस्य वन्द्यौ पादौ महात्मनः ॥
O charioteer, as now instructed by me,
both the feet of my high-souled father,
possessing self-knowledge and deserving
of salutation with my head, should be
saluted by you.
माता च मम कौसल्या कुशलं चाभिवादनम् ।
अप्रमादं च वक्तव्या ब्रूयाश्चैनामिदं वचः ॥
And my mother Kausalya too should be
told of my salutation and welfare and of
the necessity of her being attentive to duty.
And tell her these words.
धर्मनित्या यथाकालमग्न्यगारपरा भव ।
देवि देवस्य पादौ च देववत् परिपालय ॥
"Always devoted to Dharma, watch the
fire house at the prescribed time. O Queen,
salute the feet of the king (as zealously) as
those of a Go 1.