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After slowly going round Rama, who
was looking down, and paying obeisance to
the gods and the Brahmanas, Maithili ( said) :
 
यथा मे हृदयं नित्यं नापसर्पति राघवात् ।
 

 
तथा लोकस्य साक्षी मां सर्वतः पातु पावकः ॥
 
YUDDHAKANDA
 
" As surely as my heart has never
moved away from Rama (even for a
minute), even so let Fire, the witness of
all the world, protect me on all sides.
 
यथा मां शुद्धचारित्रां दुष्टां जानाति राघवः ।
तथा लोकस्य साक्षो मां सर्वतः पातु पावकः ॥
 
As surely as I am pure in conduct
though Raghava thinks ill of me, even sO
let Fire the witness of all the world,
protect me on all sides.
 
कर्मणा मनसा वाचा यथा नातिचराम्यहम् ।
राघवं सर्वधर्मक्षं तथा मां पातु पावकः ॥
 
As surely as I have never transgressed
against Raghava, the knower of all dharma,
by thought, word or deed, even so let Fire
protect me."