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AYODHYAKANDA
 
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यद्विना भरतं त्वां च शत्रुघ्नं चापि मानद ।
भवेन्मम सुखं किञ्चिद्भस्म तत् कुरुतां शिखी ॥
 
O fountain of honour, may fire consume
to ashes anything which may bring me
happiness if it is without Bharata, yourself
and Satrughna !
 
मन्येऽहमागतोऽयोध्यां भरतो भ्रातृवत्सलः ।
मम प्राणात् प्रियतरः कुलधर्ममनुस्मरन् ॥
श्रुत्वा प्रवाजितं मां हि जटावल्कलधारिणम् ।
जानक्या सहितं वीर त्वया च पुरुषर्षभ ॥
स्नेहेनाक्रान्तहृदयः शोकेनाकुलितेन्द्रियः ।
द्रष्टुमभ्यागतो ह्येष भरतां नान्यथाऽऽगतः ॥
 
O hero and best of men. I think, that
Bharata who loves his brothers, and is dearer
to me than my own life, having arrived at
Ayodhya and remembering the law of our
family and hearing of the banishment of
myself wearing matted locks and bark
garments along with Sita and yourself,-
Bharata, with his heart full of affection
and with his faculties agitated through
sorrow, is come indeed to see us.
not come for any other purpose.
 
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