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37 passagesश्रीमद्वाल्मीकीयरामायणे बालकाण्डे षड्विंशः सर्गः ॥१-२६॥ मुनेर्वचनमक्लीबं श्रुत्वा नरवरात्मजः । राघवः प्राञ्जलिर्भूत्वा प्रत्युवाच दृढव्रतः ॥१-२६-१॥
Having heard the resolute words of the sage, the son of the best of men, Rāghava, firm in his vow, joined his hands and replied:
पितुर्वचननिर्देशात् पितुर्वचनगौरवात् । वचनं कौशिकस्येति कर्तव्यमविशङ्कया ॥१-२६-२॥
Because of my father’s command and because of the authority of my father’s word, Kauśika’s word must be carried out without hesitation.
अनुशिष्टोऽस्म्ययोध्यायां गुरुमध्ये महात्मना । पित्रा दशरथेनाहं नावज्ञेयं हि तद्वचः ॥१-२६-१३ सोऽहं पितुर्वचः श्रुत्वा शासनाद् ब्रह्मवादिनः । करिष्यामि न संदेहस्ताटकावधमुत्तमम् ॥१-२६-४॥
I was instructed in Ayodhya, in the midst of revered teachers, by my great-souled father, Daśaratha. His word must indeed not be disregarded. Therefore, having heard my father’s word, I shall, at the command of the speaker of Brahman, accomplish the excellent slaying of Tāṭakā—there is no doubt.
गोब्राह्मणहितार्थाय देशस्य च हिताय च । तव चैवाप्रमेयस्य वचनं कर्तुमुद्यतः ॥१-२६-५॥
I am prepared to carry out your word, O immeasurable one, for the welfare of cows and Brahmins and for the welfare of the land as well.
एवमुक्त्वा धनुर्मध्ये बद्ध्वा मुष्टिमरिन्दमः । ज्याघोषमकरोत् तीव्रं दिशः शब्देन नादयन् ॥१-२६-६॥
Having said this, the enemy-subduer bound his fist at the bow’s middle and made a fierce twang of the bowstring, causing the directions to resound with the sound. The transmitted expression “धनुर्मध्ये बद्ध्वा” literally says “having bound [the fist] in the middle of the bow”; its precise physical sense is uncertain here, so no corrected reading is supplied.
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