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बालकाण्डम्/सर्गः_७३1.73.p02269–1.73.p02273
बालकाण्डम्/सर्गः_७३1.73.p02269

Sanskrit · 1.73.p02269

श्रीमद्वाल्मीकियरामायणे बालकाण्डे त्रिसप्ततितमः सर्गः ॥१-७३॥ यस्मिंस्तु दिवसे राजा चक्रे गोदानमुत्तमम्। तस्मिंस्तु दिवसे वीरो युधाजित् समुपेयिवान् ॥१॥

English · Meaning

In the illustrious Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, in the Bāla Kāṇḍa, the seventy-third canto. On that very day the king performed an excellent gift of cows; on that very day the heroic Yudhājit arrived.

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बालकाण्डम्/सर्गः_७३1.73.p02270

Sanskrit · 1.73.p02270

पुत्रः केकयराजस्य साक्षाद्भरतमातुलः। दृष्ट्वा पृष्ट्वा च कुशलं राजानमिदमब्रवीत् ॥२॥

English · Meaning

The son of the king of Kekaya, Bharata’s own maternal uncle, having seen [the king] and asked about his welfare, said this to the king.

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बालकाण्डम्/सर्गः_७३1.73.p02271

Sanskrit · 1.73.p02271

केकयाधिपती राजा स्नेहात् कुशलमब्रवीत्। येषां कुशलकामोऽसि तेषां सम्प्रत्यनामयम् ॥३॥

English · Meaning

The king, lord of the Kekayas, out of affection, spoke words of well-being: “Those whose well-being you desire are now free from affliction.” The transmitted form केकयाधिपती is unusual here; in context it means “the Kekaya king.”

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बालकाण्डम्/सर्गः_७३1.73.p02272

Sanskrit · 1.73.p02272

स्वस्रीयं मम राजेन्द्र द्रष्टुकामो महीपतिः। तदर्थमुपयातोऽहमयोध्यां रघुनन्दन ॥४॥

English · Meaning

“The king desires to see my sister’s son, O king among kings. For that purpose I have come to Ayodhya, O delight of the Raghus.”

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बालकाण्डम्/सर्गः_७३1.73.p02273

Sanskrit · 1.73.p02273

श्रुत्वा त्वहमयोध्यायां विवाहार्थं तवात्मजान्। मिथिलामुपयातांस्तु त्वया सह महीपते ॥५॥

English · Meaning

For I heard in Ayodhya that your sons had come to Mithila, along with you, O lord of earth, for the purpose of marriage.

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