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18
 
THE RAMAYANA
 
अतीत्यैकादशाहं तु नामकर्म तथाऽकरोत् ॥
And after the eleventh day he performed
the ceremony of naming (the children).
ज्येष्टं रामं महात्मानं भरतं कैकयीसुतम् ।
सौमित्रि लक्ष्मणमिति शत्रुन्नमपरं तथा ।
वसिष्ठः परमप्रीतो नामानि कृतवांस्तदा ॥
 
Vasishtha, being highly delighted, named
the high-souled and eldest son as Rama, the
son of Kaikeyi as Bharata, and the sons of
Sumitra, one as Lakshmana and the other
as Satrughna.
 
बाल्यात् प्रभृति सुस्निग्धो लक्ष्मणो लक्ष्मिवर्धनः।
रामस्य लोकरामस्य भ्रातुर्येष्ठस्य नित्यशः ।
सर्वप्रियकरस्तस्य बहिः प्राण इवापरः ॥
 
Lakshmana, the increaser of Lakshmi
 
( prosperity ) was, from his childhood, greatly
and constantly attached to Rama, his
eldest brother, the delighter of the world.
He was keen in doing everything dear to
Rama and was like another soul of Rama,
existing outside him.
 
भरतस्यापि शत्रुघ्नो लक्ष्मणावरजो हि सः ।
प्राणैः प्रियतरो नित्यं तस्य चासोत्तथा प्रियः ॥