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SUNDARAKANDA
 
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were to
 
If, for this lady's sake, Rama
wander round the whole earth girt by the
ocean and all the world, my opinion is that
it is but proper.
 
राज्यं वा त्रिषु लोकेषु सीता वा जनकात्मजा ।
त्रैलोक्यराज्यं संकलं सीताया नाप्नुयात् कलाम् ॥
 
The sovereignty of the three worlds or Sita,
daughter of Janaka, – (which is better ?) -
the entire sovereignty of the three worlds
will not equal a fraction of Sita.
 
सर्वान् भोगान् परित्यज्य भतृस्नेहबलात्कृता ।
अचिन्तयित्वा दुःखानि प्रविष्टा निर्जनं वनम् ॥
 
Leaving off all pleasures and impelled
strongly only by love of her husband, she
entered the forest devoid of human beings,
not caring for difficulties.
 
इमां तु शीलसंपन्नां द्रष्टुमर्हति राघवः ।
अस्या नूनं पुनर्लाभाद्राघवः प्रीतिमेष्यति ॥
 
Verily, Raghava deserves to see this
virtuous lady. By regaining her Raghava
will surely at tain happiness.