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YUDDHAKANDA
 
413
 
Then Rama ascended that peerless Vimana
placing the shy and noble Vaidehi in his
lap, accompanied by his valorous bowman
and brother Lakshmana.
 
ते सर्वे वानरा हृष्टा राक्षसाश्च महाबलाः ।
 
यथासुखमसंबाधं दिव्ये तस्मिन्नुपाविशन् ॥
 
All the mighty monkeys and Rakshasas
also gladly took their seats in that divine
car comfortably and without overcrowding.
 
अनुशातं तु रामेण तद्विमाननुत्तमम् ।
 
उत्पपात महामेघः श्वसनेनोद्धतो यथा ॥
 
Given leave by Rama, that peerless
Vimana rose up like a great cloud
driven by wind.
 
अयोध्यां तु समालोक्य चिन्तयामास राघवः ।
चिन्तयित्वा हनूमन्तम् उवाच प्लवगोत्तमः ॥
On seeing Ayodhya, Raghava fell into
thought. After thinking (for a while) he
said to Hanuman, foremost of monkeys :
 
भरतस्तु त्वया वाच्यः कुशलं वचनान्मम ।
सिद्धार्थ शंस मां तस्मै सभायें सहलक्ष्मणः ॥