Siraatअयोध्याकाण्डः सर्गः 40
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अथ रामश्च सीता च लक्ष्मणश्च कृताञ्जलिः। उपसंगृह्य राजानं चक्रुर्दीनाः प्रदक्षिणम्॥
atha rāmaśca sītā ca lakṣmaṇaśca kṛtāñjaliḥ| upasaṃgṛhya rājānaṃ cakrurdīnāḥ pradakṣiṇam||
Then exceedingly distressed, Rāma, Sītā and Lakşmaņa, bowing down to the king, circumambulated him.
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तं चापि समनुज्ञाप्य धर्मज्ञः सह सीतया। राघवः शोकसम्मूढो जननीमभ्यवादयत्॥
taṃ cāpi samanujñāpya dharmajñaḥ saha sītayā| rāghavaḥ śokasammūḍho jananīmabhyavādayat||
Then with the king's permission, the righteous Rāghava, stupefied with sorrow, in company with Sītā, paid respects to his mother.
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अन्वक्षं लक्ष्मणो भ्रातुः कौसल्यामध्यवादयत्। अपि मातुः सुमित्राया जग्राह चरणौ पुनः॥
anvakṣaṃ lakṣmaṇo bhrātuḥ kausalyāmadhyavādayat| api mātuḥ sumitrāyā jagrāha caraṇau punaḥ||
Following his brother, Lakşmaņa saluted Kausalyā; then he again took hold of his mother Sumitrā's feet.
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तं वन्दमानं रुदती माता सौमित्रिमब्रवीत्। हितकामा महाबाहुं मूर्युपाघ्राय लक्ष्मणम्॥
taṃ vandamānaṃ rudatī mātā saumitrimabravīt| hitakāmā mahābāhuṃ mūryupāghrāya lakṣmaṇam||
As the son of Sumitrā was thus engaged in honouring his mother, his mother smelling the crown of his head, thus spoke to the mightyarmed Laksmana.
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सृष्टस्त्वं वनवासाय स्वनुरक्तः सुहृज्जने। रामे प्रमादं मा कार्षीः पुत्र भ्रातरि गच्छति॥
sṛṣṭastvaṃ vanavāsāya svanuraktaḥ suhṛjjane| rāme pramādaṃ mā kārṣīḥ putra bhrātari gacchati||
Although attached to your friends here, you have my permission to go to the forest. When Rama shall have gone (to the woods), do not, O son, show any negligence to him.
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व्यसनी वा समृद्धो वा गतिरेष तवानघ। एष लोके सतां धर्मो यज्ज्येष्ठवशगो भवेत्॥
vyasanī vā samṛddho vā gatireṣa tavānagha| eṣa loke satāṃ dharmo yajjyeṣṭhavaśago bhavet||
O sinless one, whether in prosperity or in adversity, even this one is your way. That a younger brother should follow his elder is in this world the duty of the righteous.
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इदं हि वृत्तमुचितं कुलस्यास्य सनातनम्। दानं दीक्षा च यज्ञेषु तनुत्यागो मृधेषु हि॥
idaṃ hi vṛttamucitaṃ kulasyāsya sanātanam| dānaṃ dīkṣā ca yajñeṣu tanutyāgo mṛdheṣu hi||
These are the legitimate duties ever observed by this race, charity, initiation into sacrifice, and renunciation of the body in the field of battle,
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लक्ष्मणं त्वेवमुक्त्वासौ संसिद्धं प्रियराघवम्। सुमित्रा गच्छ गच्छेति पुनः पुनरुवाच तम्॥ राम दशरथं विद्धि मां विद्धि जनकात्मजाम्। अयोध्यामटवीं विद्धि गच्छ तात यथासुखम्॥
lakṣmaṇaṃ tvevamuktvāsau saṃsiddhaṃ priyarāghavam| sumitrā gaccha gaccheti punaḥ punaruvāca tam|| rāma daśarathaṃ viddhi māṃ viddhi janakātmajām| ayodhyāmaṭavīṃ viddhi gaccha tāta yathāsukham||
Do you consider Rāma as Daśaratha, and Janaka's own-begotten as myself; do you regard Ayodhyā as a wilderness, go my son, at your sweet pleasure. Having thus spoken to that dear descendant of Raghu, who had made up his mind (to journey to the forest), Sumitra again and again said to him, “Go! Go!"
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ततः सुमन्त्रः काकुत्स्थं प्राञ्जलिर्वाक्यमब्रवीत्। विनीतो विनयज्ञश्च मातलिसिवं यथा॥
tataḥ sumantraḥ kākutsthaṃ prāñjalirvākyamabravīt| vinīto vinayajñaśca mātalisivaṃ yathā||
Then like to Mātali addressing Väsava, that one understanding humility, Sumantra, with joined hands humbly said to Kākutstha.
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रथमारोह भद्रं ते राजपुत्र महायशः। क्षिप्रं त्वां प्रापयिष्यामि यत्र मां राम वक्ष्यसे॥
rathamāroha bhadraṃ te rājaputra mahāyaśaḥ| kṣipraṃ tvāṃ prāpayiṣyāmi yatra māṃ rāma vakṣyase||
O illustrious prince, good betide you: do you ascend the car. O Rāma, I will speedily take you to wherever you will tell me.
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चतुर्दश हि वर्षाणि वस्तव्यानि वने त्वया। तान्युपक्रमितव्यानि यानि देव्या प्रचोदितः॥
caturdaśa hi varṣāṇi vastavyāni vane tvayā| tānyupakramitavyāni yāni devyā pracoditaḥ||
You will have to spend fourteen years in the forest, and your stay must commence from this very day. So the noble lady has ordered.
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तं रथं सूर्यसंकाशं सीता हृष्टेन चेतसा। आरुरोह वरारोहा कृत्वालंकारमात्मनः॥
taṃ rathaṃ sūryasaṃkāśaṃ sītā hṛṣṭena cetasā| āruroha varārohā kṛtvālaṃkāramātmanaḥ||
Then having adorned her person, that best of her sex, Sītā, with a glad heart ascended the car resembling the sun.
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वनवासं हि संख्याय वासांस्याभरणानि च। भर्तारमनुगच्छन्त्यै सीतायै श्वशुरो ददौ॥
vanavāsaṃ hi saṃkhyāya vāsāṃsyābharaṇāni ca| bhartāramanugacchantyai sītāyai śvaśuro dadau||
Counting the term of their stay in the woods, her father-in-law furnished Sītā following her lord with attires and ornaments.
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तथैवायुधजातानि भ्रातृभ्यां कवचानि च। रथोपस्थे प्रविन्यस्य सचर्म कठिनं च यत्॥ अथो ज्वलनसंकाशं चामीकरविभूषितम्। तमारुरुहतुस्तूर्णं भ्रातरौ रामलक्ष्मणौ॥
tathaivāyudhajātāni bhrātṛbhyāṃ kavacāni ca| rathopasthe pravinyasya sacarma kaṭhinaṃ ca yat|| atho jvalanasaṃkāśaṃ cāmīkaravibhūṣitam| tamāruruhatustūrṇaṃ bhrātarau rāmalakṣmaṇau||
And then he placed in front of the car various weapons, coats of mail, a basket bound in hide and a hoe, At length the brothers Rama and Laks maņa swiftly ascended the flaming car garnished with gold.
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सीतातृतीयानारूढान् दृष्ट्वा रथमचोदयत्। सुमन्त्रः सम्मतानश्वान् वायुवेगसमाजवे॥
sītātṛtīyānārūḍhān dṛṣṭvā rathamacodayat| sumantraḥ sammatānaśvān vāyuvegasamājave||
And seeing them with Sītā for the third, mounted, Sumantra drove the car yoked with goodly horses resembling the wind in celerity.
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प्रयाते तु महारण्यं चिररात्राय राघवे। बभूव नगरे मूर्छा बलमूर्छा जनस्य च॥
prayāte tu mahāraṇyaṃ cirarātrāya rāghave| babhūva nagare mūrchā balamūrchā janasya ca||
On Rāghava having left for the forest to stay there for a long period, the men and beasts within the city were deprived of their senses (by grief).
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तत् समाकुलसम्भ्रान्तं मत्तसंकुपितद्विपम्। हयसिञ्जितनिर्घोषं पुरमासीन्महास्वनम्॥
tat samākulasambhrāntaṃ mattasaṃkupitadvipam| hayasiñjitanirghoṣaṃ puramāsīnmahāsvanam||
And in the city there arose a mighty tumult in consequence of the hurrying of people, the elephants waxing mad and furious, and the neighings of horses.
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ततः सबालवृद्धा सा पुरी परमपीडिता। राममेवाभिदुद्राव घर्तिः सलिलं यथा॥
tataḥ sabālavṛddhā sā purī paramapīḍitā| rāmamevābhidudrāva ghartiḥ salilaṃ yathā||
And the entire city containing, young and old, extremely afflicted, rushed after Rāma, like persons oppressed with the heat of the sun rushing towards water.
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पार्श्वतः पृष्ठतश्चापि लम्बमानास्तदुन्मुखाः। बाष्पपूर्णमुखाः सर्वे तमूचु शनिःस्वनाः॥
pārśvataḥ pṛṣṭhataścāpi lambamānāstadunmukhāḥ| bāṣpapūrṇamukhāḥ sarve tamūcu śaniḥsvanāḥ||
As his side and back, the people bending forward with their faces covered with the vapour of grief, and sighing hard, said to he charioteer.
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संयच्छ वाजिनां रश्मीन् सूत याहि शनैः शनैः। मुखं द्रक्ष्याम रामस्य दुर्दशं नो भविष्यति॥
saṃyaccha vājināṃ raśmīn sūta yāhi śanaiḥ śanaiḥ| mukhaṃ drakṣyāma rāmasya durdaśaṃ no bhaviṣyati||
O charioteer, rein in the horses, do you proceed softly. We will see the countenance of Rāma, which we shall never see again.
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आयसं हृदयं नूनं राममातुरसंशयम्। यद् देवगर्भप्रतिमे वनं याति न भिद्यते॥
āyasaṃ hṛdayaṃ nūnaṃ rāmamāturasaṃśayam| yad devagarbhapratime vanaṃ yāti na bhidyate||
Surely the heart of Rāma's mother is made of iron, for it does not burst on witnessing her son resembling Skanda repairing to the forest.
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कृतकृत्या हि वैदेही छायेवानुगता पतिम्। न जहाति रता धर्मे मेरुमर्कप्रभा यथा॥
kṛtakṛtyā hi vaidehī chāyevānugatā patim| na jahāti ratā dharme merumarkaprabhā yathā||
Vaidehī, attaining her desire, follows her husband, like a shadow, attached to virtue, she does not forsake him, even as the Sun forsakes not Meru.
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अहो लक्ष्मण सिद्धार्थः सततं प्रियवादिनम्। भ्रातरं देवसंकाशं यस्त्वं परिचरिष्यसि ॥
aho lakṣmaṇa siddhārthaḥ satataṃ priyavādinam| bhrātaraṃ devasaṃkāśaṃ yastvaṃ paricariṣyasi ||
O Laksmana, you are blessed, since you will serve your god-like brother ever speaking fair.
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महत्येषा हि ते बुद्धिरेष चाभ्युदयो महान्। एष स्वर्गस्य मार्गश्च यदेनमनुगच्छसि॥
mahatyeṣā hi te buddhireṣa cābhyudayo mahān| eṣa svargasya mārgaśca yadenamanugacchasi||
This design of yours is great; this is your mighty good fortune; this is the way to heaven that you are following him.
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एवं वदन्तस्ते सोढुं न शेकुर्बाष्पमागतम्। नरास्तमनुगच्छन्ति प्रियमिक्ष्वाकुनन्दनम्॥
evaṃ vadantaste soḍhuṃ na śekurbāṣpamāgatam| narāstamanugacchanti priyamikṣvākunandanam||
Saying this; they could not suppress their fears; and the men followed the beloved descendant of Ikşvāku.
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अथ राजा वृतः स्त्रीभिर्दीनाभिर्दीनचेतनः। निर्जगाम प्रियं पुत्रं द्रक्ष्यामीति ब्रुवन् गृहात्॥
atha rājā vṛtaḥ strībhirdīnābhirdīnacetanaḥ| nirjagāma priyaṃ putraṃ drakṣyāmīti bruvan gṛhāt||
Then the king, his sense overcome by grief, surrounded by his distressed wives, went out of his house, saying, “I will behold my dear son.”
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शुश्रुवे चाग्रतः स्त्रीणां रुदतीनां महास्वनः। यथा नादः करेणूनां बद्धे महति कुञ्जरे।।२९
śuśruve cāgrataḥ strīṇāṃ rudatīnāṃ mahāsvanaḥ| yathā nādaḥ kareṇūnāṃ baddhe mahati kuñjare||29
He heard before him a mighty noise proceeding from weeping women, like to the roars of she-elephants, when a great elephant has been taken captive.
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पिता हि राजा काकुत्स्थः श्रीमान् सन्नस्तदा बभौ। परिपूर्णः शशी काले ग्रहेणोपप्लुतो यथा ॥
pitā hi rājā kākutsthaḥ śrīmān sannastadā babhau| paripūrṇaḥ śaśī kāle graheṇopapluto yathā ||
Thereupon Rāma's father, the graceful Kākutstha, became shorn of his splendour, like to the full-moon enveloped at the appointed time during the eclipse.
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स च श्रीमानचिन्त्यात्मा रामो दशरथात्मजः। सूतं संचोदयामास त्वरितं वाह्यतामिति॥
sa ca śrīmānacintyātmā rāmo daśarathātmajaḥ| sūtaṃ saṃcodayāmāsa tvaritaṃ vāhyatāmiti||
Then the auspicious son of Daśaratha of soul incapable of being comprehended, ordered the charioteer, saying, "Do you proceed more speedily."
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रामो याहीति तं सूतं तिष्ठेति च जनस्तथा। उभयं नाशकत् सूतः कर्तुमध्वनि चोदितः॥
rāmo yāhīti taṃ sūtaṃ tiṣṭheti ca janastathā| ubhayaṃ nāśakat sūtaḥ kartumadhvani coditaḥ||
Rāma saying to the charioteer, “Go," and the people, "Stay,” Thus desired on the way, the charioteer could not act both ways at once.
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निर्गच्छति महाबाहौ रामे पौरजनाश्रुभिः। पतितैरभ्यवहितं प्रणनाश महीरजः॥
nirgacchati mahābāhau rāme paurajanāśrubhiḥ| patitairabhyavahitaṃ praṇanāśa mahīrajaḥ||
As the mighty-armed Rāma proceeded, the dust of the earth raised by the car-wheels were laid by the tears of the citizens showering down.
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रुदिताश्रुपरिघुनं हाहाकृतमचेतनम्। प्रयाणे राघवस्यासीत् पुरं परमपीडितम्॥
ruditāśruparighunaṃ hāhākṛtamacetanam| prayāṇe rāghavasyāsīt puraṃ paramapīḍitam||
And in consequence of Rāghava's departure, the entire city filled with despair, and uttering with their senses lost exclamations of "Oh" and "Alas," became exceedingly afflicted.
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सुस्राव नयनैः स्त्रीणामस्रमायाससम्भवम्। मानसंक्षोभचलितैः सलिलं पङ्कजैरिव ॥
susrāva nayanaiḥ strīṇāmasramāyāsasambhavam| mānasaṃkṣobhacalitaiḥ salilaṃ paṅkajairiva ||
And the tears begot of heart's grief that flowed from the eyes of the females, resembled rain-drops scattered around from lotuses shaken by the movements of fish.
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दृष्ट्वा तु नृपतिः श्रीमानेकचित्तगतं पुरम्। निपपातैव दुःखेन कृत्तमूल इव दुमः॥
dṛṣṭvā tu nṛpatiḥ śrīmānekacittagataṃ puram| nipapātaiva duḥkhena kṛttamūla iva dumaḥ||
And beholding the citizens absorbed in one thought, the auspicious monarch fell down in grief like a tree whose roots have been severed.
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ततो हलहलाशब्दो यज्ञे रामस्य पृष्ठतः। नराणां प्रेक्ष्य राजानं सीदन्तं भृशदुःखितम्॥
tato halahalāśabdo yajñe rāmasya pṛṣṭhataḥ| narāṇāṃ prekṣya rājānaṃ sīdantaṃ bhṛśaduḥkhitam||
Then seeing the sovereign senseless and stricken with exceeding sorrow, the multitudes at the rear of Rāma broke out into a loud tumult.
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हा रामेति जनाः केचिद् राममातेति चापरे। अन्तःपुरसमृद्धं च क्रोशन्तं पर्यदेवयन्॥
hā rāmeti janāḥ kecid rāmamāteti cāpare| antaḥpurasamṛddhaṃ ca krośantaṃ paryadevayan||
And seeing the king weeping aloud with the inmates of the inner apartment, some exclaiming "Oh Rama," and others, “O Rāma's mother," began to be-wail.
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अन्वीक्षमाणो रामस्तु विषण्णं भ्रान्तचेतसम्। राजानं मातरं चैव ददर्शानुगतौ पथि॥
anvīkṣamāṇo rāmastu viṣaṇṇaṃ bhrāntacetasam| rājānaṃ mātaraṃ caiva dadarśānugatau pathi||
Then turning back, Rāna saw that his sorrowstricken and bewildered father along with his mother, was following his track.
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स बद्ध इव पाशेन किशोरो मातरं यथा। धर्मपाशेन संयुक्तः प्रकाशं नाभ्युदैक्षत॥
sa baddha iva pāśena kiśoro mātaraṃ yathā| dharmapāśena saṃyuktaḥ prakāśaṃ nābhyudaikṣata||
As a colt fastened in a snare cannot see its mother, so Rāma fastened in the bonds of virtue could not look at his mother openly.
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पदातिनौ च यानाविदुःखाही सुखोचितौ। दृष्ट्वा संचोदयामास शीघ्रं याहीति सारथिम्॥
padātinau ca yānāviduḥkhāhī sukhocitau| dṛṣṭvā saṃcodayāmāsa śīghraṃ yāhīti sārathim||
And seeing his parents deserving of comfort and worthy of going in a carriage, going on foot, Rāma said to the charioteer, "Go you swiftly.”
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नहि तत् पुरुषव्याघ्रो दुःख दर्शनं पितुः। मातुश्च सहितुं शक्तस्तोत्रैर्नुन्न इव द्विपः।॥
nahi tat puruṣavyāghro duḥkha darśanaṃ pituḥ| mātuśca sahituṃ śaktastotrairnunna iva dvipaḥ|||
And that foremost of men was incapable of bearing the looks of his father and mother, like to an elephant afflicted with the hook, (not being able to look at what is placed on its back.)
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प्रत्यगारमिवायान्ती सवत्सा वत्सकारणात्। बद्धवत्सा यथा धेनू राममाताभ्यधावत।॥
pratyagāramivāyāntī savatsā vatsakāraṇāt| baddhavatsā yathā dhenū rāmamātābhyadhāvata|||
Rāma's mother rushed after him like a cow having a calf which has been fettered, rushing towards the fold, for the purpose of seeing it.
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तथा रुदन्ती कौसल्यां रथं तमनुधावतीम्। क्रोशन्ती राम रामेति हा सीते लक्ष्मणेति च॥ रामलक्ष्मणसीतार्थं स्रवन्तीं वारि नेत्रजम्। असकृत् प्रेक्षत सतां नृत्यन्तीमिव मातरम्॥
tathā rudantī kausalyāṃ rathaṃ tamanudhāvatīm| krośantī rāma rāmeti hā sīte lakṣmaṇeti ca|| rāmalakṣmaṇasītārthaṃ sravantīṃ vāri netrajam| asakṛt prekṣata satāṃ nṛtyantīmiva mātaram||
Rāma beheld his mother Kausalyā running after the car, bewailing aloud, “Rāma, Rāma, Ah Sītā, Lakşmaņa,” shedding tears for Rāma, Laks maņa and Sītā, and appearing as if she had been dancing incessantly.
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तिष्ठेति राजा चुक्रोश याहि याहीति राघवः। सुमन्त्रस्य बभूवात्मा चक्रयोरिव चान्तरा॥
tiṣṭheti rājā cukrośa yāhi yāhīti rāghavaḥ| sumantrasya babhūvātmā cakrayoriva cāntarā||
The king exclaimed, "Stay,” Rāghava said, "On, On." Sumantra's mind vacillated like that of one placed between two hosts burning to encounter each other.
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नाश्रौषमिति राजानमुपालब्धोऽपि वक्ष्यसि । चिरं दुःखस्य पापिष्ठमिति रामस्तमब्रवीत्॥
nāśrauṣamiti rājānamupālabdho'pi vakṣyasi | ciraṃ duḥkhasya pāpiṣṭhamiti rāmastamabravīt||
Rāma said to him, “When taxed by the monarch (on your return), you will say, 'I did not hear you.' But delay will impart me terrible pain."
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स रामस्य वचः कुर्वत्रनुज्ञाप्य च तं जनम्। व्रजतोऽपि हयाशीघ्रं चोदयामास सारथिः॥
sa rāmasya vacaḥ kurvatranujñāpya ca taṃ janam| vrajato'pi hayāśīghraṃ codayāmāsa sārathiḥ||
Thereupon, doing Rāma's bidding, the charioteer, telling the people to desist, made the horses already coursing, run faster.
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न्यवर्तत जनो राज्ञो रामं कृत्वा प्रदक्षिणम्। मनसाप्याशुवेगेन न न्यवर्तत मानुषम्॥
nyavartata jano rājño rāmaṃ kṛtvā pradakṣiṇam| manasāpyāśuvegena na nyavartata mānuṣam||
The retainers of the king stopped after circumambulating Rāma, but their minds did not turn back. But the others did not return either bodily or mentally.
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यमिच्छेत् पुनरायातं नैनं दूरमनुव्रजेत्। इत्यमात्या महाराजमूचुर्दशरथं वचः॥ तेषां वचः सर्वगुणोपपत्रः प्रस्विनगात्रः प्रविषण्णरूपः। निशम्य राजा कृपणः सभार्यो व्यवस्थितस्तं सुतमीक्षमाणः॥
yamicchet punarāyātaṃ nainaṃ dūramanuvrajet| ityamātyā mahārājamūcurdaśarathaṃ vacaḥ|| teṣāṃ vacaḥ sarvaguṇopapatraḥ prasvinagātraḥ praviṣaṇṇarūpaḥ| niśamya rājā kṛpaṇaḥ sabhāryo vyavasthitastaṃ sutamīkṣamāṇaḥ||
Then the courtiers said to that mighty monarch, Dasaratha, “He that is expected back should not be followed far". Hearing their words, the king endued with every virtue, with his body covered with perspiration and his countenance woebegone, and exceedingly distressed, stopped short and stood with his wife looking at his son
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