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THE RAMAYANA
यहूव्यं बान्धवानां वा मित्राणां वा क्षये भवेत् ।
नाहं तत् प्रतिगृह्णीयां भक्षान् विषकृतानिव ॥
That prosperity which accrues by the
death of relatives or friends, I will never
accept that, like viands made of poison.
धर्ममर्थ च कामं च पृथिवीं चापि लक्ष्मण ।
इच्छामि भवतामर्थे एतत् प्रतिशृणोमि ते ॥
O Lakshmana, I swear to you, - only
for your sake do I desire dharma, wealth,
love and the very earth.
भ्रातॄणां संग्रहार्थं च सुखार्थे चापि लक्ष्मण ।
राज्यमय हमिच्छामि सत्येनायुधमालभे ॥
O Lakshmana, I touch my weapon to
plight this truth, for the maintenance and
happiness of my brothers it is that I desire
the kingdom.
नेयं मम मही सौम्य दुर्लभा सागराम्बरा ।
नहीच्छेयमधर्मेण शकत्वमपि लक्ष्मण ॥
O dear Lakshmana, to me this earth
girt by the oceans is not difficult of
acquirement. But through unrighteousness I
do not desire even the status of Indra.
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THE RAMAYANA
यहूव्यं बान्धवानां वा मित्राणां वा क्षये भवेत् ।
नाहं तत् प्रतिगृह्णीयां भक्षान् विषकृतानिव ॥
That prosperity which accrues by the
death of relatives or friends, I will never
accept that, like viands made of poison.
धर्ममर्थ च कामं च पृथिवीं चापि लक्ष्मण ।
इच्छामि भवतामर्थे एतत् प्रतिशृणोमि ते ॥
O Lakshmana, I swear to you, - only
for your sake do I desire dharma, wealth,
love and the very earth.
भ्रातॄणां संग्रहार्थं च सुखार्थे चापि लक्ष्मण ।
राज्यमय हमिच्छामि सत्येनायुधमालभे ॥
O Lakshmana, I touch my weapon to
plight this truth, for the maintenance and
happiness of my brothers it is that I desire
the kingdom.
नेयं मम मही सौम्य दुर्लभा सागराम्बरा ।
नहीच्छेयमधर्मेण शकत्वमपि लक्ष्मण ॥
O dear Lakshmana, to me this earth
girt by the oceans is not difficult of
acquirement. But through unrighteousness I
do not desire even the status of Indra.
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