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BALAKANDA
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by all and possessed of all auspicious marks
and of great fortune, the representative
of one half of Vishnu and the perpetuator.
of the Ikshvaku race.
भरतो नाम कैकेय्यां जातः सत्यपराक्रमः ।
अथ लक्ष्मणशत्रुघ्नौ सुमित्राऽजनयत् सुतौ ॥
Bharata, of unlailing valour, was born
to Kaikeyi. And Sumitra gave birth to
two sons, Lakshmana and Satrughna.
पुष्ये जातस्तु भरतो मीनलग्ने प्रसन्नधीः ।
सार्पे जातौ च सौमित्री कुलीरेऽभ्युदिते रवौ ॥
Bharata, of clear intellect, was born
under the constellation Pushya in Mina lagna;
the two sons of Sumitra were born under
the constellation Aslesha (ruled over by the
Sarpa) when the Sun was in Karkata lagna.
राशः पुत्रा महात्मानश् चत्वारो जशिरे पृथक् ।
रणवन्तोऽनुरूपाश्च रुच्या प्रोष्ठपदोपमाः ॥
The four high-souled sons of the king
were born one after another; they were
endowed with character and likeness of
form and they were equal to the Proshthapada
star in their lustre.
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by all and possessed of all auspicious marks
and of great fortune, the representative
of one half of Vishnu and the perpetuator.
of the Ikshvaku race.
भरतो नाम कैकेय्यां जातः सत्यपराक्रमः ।
अथ लक्ष्मणशत्रुघ्नौ सुमित्राऽजनयत् सुतौ ॥
Bharata, of unlailing valour, was born
to Kaikeyi. And Sumitra gave birth to
two sons, Lakshmana and Satrughna.
पुष्ये जातस्तु भरतो मीनलग्ने प्रसन्नधीः ।
सार्पे जातौ च सौमित्री कुलीरेऽभ्युदिते रवौ ॥
Bharata, of clear intellect, was born
under the constellation Pushya in Mina lagna;
the two sons of Sumitra were born under
the constellation Aslesha (ruled over by the
Sarpa) when the Sun was in Karkata lagna.
राशः पुत्रा महात्मानश् चत्वारो जशिरे पृथक् ।
रणवन्तोऽनुरूपाश्च रुच्या प्रोष्ठपदोपमाः ॥
The four high-souled sons of the king
were born one after another; they were
endowed with character and likeness of
form and they were equal to the Proshthapada
star in their lustre.