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-414
 
THE RAMAYANA
 
"You should enquire of the welfare of
Bharata as from me and tell him that I
have accomplished my purpose and am
here along with my wife and Lakshmana."
इति प्रतिसमादिष्टो हनुमान् मारुतात्मजः ।
मानुषं धारयन् रूपम् अयोध्यां त्वरितो ययौ ॥
Being commanded thus, Hanuman, the
son of Vayu took on a human form and
went quickly to Ayodhya.
 
क्रोशमात्रे त्वयोध्यायाश्चीरकृष्णाजिनाम्बरम् ।
ददर्श भरतं दीनं कृशमाश्रमवासिनम् ।
पादुके ते पुरस्कृत्य शासन्तं वै वसुन्धराम् ॥
 
At a distance of barely a Krosa to
Ayodhya, he saw at his hermitage Bharata,
clad in the skin of the black antelope,
dejected, emaciated and ruling the kingdom
on behalf of the two sandals ( of Rama).
तं धर्ममिव धर्मज्ञ देहवन्तमिवापरम् ।
उवाच प्राञ्जलिर्वाक्यं हनुमान् मारुतात्मजः ॥
 
To him, who was well-versed in dharma
and who was like another Dharma incarnate,
Hanuman, the son of Vayu, told these
words with folded hands :