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बालकाण्डम्/सर्गः_७२1.72.p02242–1.72.p02246
बालकाण्डम्/सर्गः_७२1.72.p02242

Sanskrit · 1.72.p02242

श्रीमद्वाल्मीकियरामायणे बालकाण्डे द्विसप्ततितमः सर्गः ॥१-७२॥ तमुक्तवन्तं वैदेहं विश्वामित्रो महामुनिः। उवाच वचनं वीरं वसिष्ठसहितो नृपम् ॥१॥

English · Meaning

In the glorious Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, in the Bāla-kāṇḍa, the seventy-second chapter [1.72]. To the Vaideha who had spoken thus, the great sage Viśvāmitra, together with Vasiṣṭha, spoke these words to the heroic king:

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बालकाण्डम्/सर्गः_७२1.72.p02243

Sanskrit · 1.72.p02243

अचिन्त्यान्यप्रमेयाणि कुलानि नरपुंगव। इक्ष्वाकूणां विदेहानां नैषां तुल्योऽस्ति कश्चन ॥२॥

English · Meaning

The lineages of the Ikṣvākus and of the Videhas are inconceivable and immeasurable, O best of men; among these, no one at all is equal.

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बालकाण्डम्/सर्गः_७२1.72.p02244

Sanskrit · 1.72.p02244

सदृशो धर्मसम्बन्धः सदृशो रूपसम्पदा। रामलक्ष्मणयो राजन् सीता चोर्मिलया सह ॥३॥

English · Meaning

Their relationship in dharma is alike, and their excellence of form is alike: Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, O king, and Sītā together with Ūrmilā.

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बालकाण्डम्/सर्गः_७२1.72.p02245

Sanskrit · 1.72.p02245

वक्तव्यं च नरश्रेष्ठ श्रूयतां वचनं मम। भ्राता यवीयान् धर्मज्ञ एष राजा कुशध्वजः ॥४॥

English · Meaning

And something must be said, O best of men; let my words be heard. This king Kuśadhvaja is my younger brother, a knower of dharma.

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बालकाण्डम्/सर्गः_७२1.72.p02246

Sanskrit · 1.72.p02246

अस्य धर्मात्मनो राजन् रूपेणाप्रतिमं भुवि। सुताद्वयं नरश्रेष्ठ पत्न्यर्थं वरयामहे ॥५॥

English · Meaning

O king, for this righteous-souled one, whose form is incomparable on earth, we seek his two daughters as wives, O foremost of men.

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