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21 passagesपुनरेवं ब्रुवाणं तं भरतं लक्ष्मणाग्रज: । प्रत्युवाच तत: श्रीमान् ज्ञातिमध्ये ऽभिसत्कृत: ।। २.१०७.१ ।।
Again, when Bharata was speaking thus, the elder brother of Lakshmana, the illustrious one, honored in the midst of his kinsmen, then answered him.
उपपन्नमिदं वाक्यं यत्त्वमेवमभाषथा: । जात: पुत्रो दशरथात् कैकेय्यां राजसत्तमात् ।। २.१०७.२ ।।
Your statement is fitting, since you have spoken in this way: a son was born to Kaikeyi from King Dasaratha, the best of kings.
पुरा भ्रात: पिता न: स मातरं ते समुद्वहन् । मातामहे समाश्रौषीद्राज्यशुल्कमनुत्तमम् ।। २.१०७.३ ।।
Formerly, O brother, our father—he, while marrying your mother, heard from your maternal grandfather of the unsurpassed kingdom as the marriage-price. [The expression “kingdom as the marriage-price” is understood as the condition or promised reward attached to the marriage.]
दैवासुरे च सङ्ग्रामे जनन्यै तव पार्थिव: । सम्प्रहृष्टो ददौ राजा वरमाराधित: प्रभु: ।। २.१०७.४ ।।
In the battle between the gods and the demons, the earthly king, greatly delighted, gave your mother a boon; the lordly king had been propitiated.
तत: सा सम्प्रतिश्राव्य तव माता यशस्विनी । अयाचत नरश्रेष्ठं द्वौ वरौ वरवर्णिनी ।। २.१०७.५ ।।
Then your famous mother, having secured his promise, asked the best of men, the lovely one, for two boons.
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