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THE RAMAYANA
तस्य भार्या जनस्थानात् सीतां सुरसुतोपमाम् ।
आनयिष्यामि विक्रम्य सहायस्तत्र मे भव ॥
From Janasthana I shall indeed bring
away by (my ) valour, his wife, equal to
the daughters of gods. Be you my help
in this.
उपायशो महान् शूरस्सर्वमायाविशारदः ।
एतदर्थमहं प्राप्तस्त्वत्समीपं निशाचर ॥
You are a master of expedients, a great
hero, and skilled in all forms of deceit.
For this reason I have approached you,
O Rakshasa."
तच्छ्रुत्वा राक्षसेन्द्रस्य वाक्यं वाक्यविशारदः ।
प्रत्युवाच महाप्राज्ञो मारीचो राक्षसेश्वरम् ॥
Hearing these words of the lord of the
Rakshasas, Maricha, highly wise and
well-versed in speech, replied to the King
of the Rakshasas :
सुलभाः पुरुषा राजन् सततं प्रियवादिनः ।
अप्रियस्य तु पथ्यस्य वक्ता श्रोता च दुर्लभः ॥
"O King, common indeed are persons
who always speak that which is pleasing :
THE RAMAYANA
तस्य भार्या जनस्थानात् सीतां सुरसुतोपमाम् ।
आनयिष्यामि विक्रम्य सहायस्तत्र मे भव ॥
From Janasthana I shall indeed bring
away by (my ) valour, his wife, equal to
the daughters of gods. Be you my help
in this.
उपायशो महान् शूरस्सर्वमायाविशारदः ।
एतदर्थमहं प्राप्तस्त्वत्समीपं निशाचर ॥
You are a master of expedients, a great
hero, and skilled in all forms of deceit.
For this reason I have approached you,
O Rakshasa."
तच्छ्रुत्वा राक्षसेन्द्रस्य वाक्यं वाक्यविशारदः ।
प्रत्युवाच महाप्राज्ञो मारीचो राक्षसेश्वरम् ॥
Hearing these words of the lord of the
Rakshasas, Maricha, highly wise and
well-versed in speech, replied to the King
of the Rakshasas :
सुलभाः पुरुषा राजन् सततं प्रियवादिनः ।
अप्रियस्य तु पथ्यस्य वक्ता श्रोता च दुर्लभः ॥
"O King, common indeed are persons
who always speak that which is pleasing :