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अयोध्याकाण्डम्/सर्गः_१८2.18.p03244–2.18.p03248
अयोध्याकाण्डम्/सर्गः_१८2.18.p03244

Sanskrit · 2.18.p03244

श्रीमद्वाल्मीकियरामायणे अयोध्याकाण्डे अष्टादशः सर्गः ॥२-१८॥ स ददर्शासने रामो विषण्णं पितरं शुभे। कैकेय्या सहितं दीनं मुखेन परिशुष्यता॥ १॥

English · Meaning

In the venerable Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, in the Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, the eighteenth chapter: He, Rāma, saw his father seated on an auspicious seat, despondent, wretched, together with Kaikeyī, his face dried up.

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अयोध्याकाण्डम्/सर्गः_१८2.18.p03245

Sanskrit · 2.18.p03245

स पितुश्चरणौ पूर्वमभिवाद्य विनीतवत्। ततो ववन्दे चरणौ कैकेय्याः सुसमाहितः॥ २॥

English · Meaning

First he bowed to his father's feet with the humility of a disciplined person. Then, fully composed, he bowed to Kaikeyī's feet.

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अयोध्याकाण्डम्/सर्गः_१८2.18.p03246

Sanskrit · 2.18.p03246

रामेत्युक्त्वा तु वचनं बाष्पपर्याकुलेक्षणः। शशाक नृपतिर्दीनो नेक्षितुं नाभिभाषितुम्॥ ३॥

English · Meaning

Having said, “Rāma,” the distressed king, his eyes agitated with tears, was unable either to look at him or to speak.

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अयोध्याकाण्डम्/सर्गः_१८2.18.p03247

Sanskrit · 2.18.p03247

तदपूर्वं नरपतेर्दृष्ट्वा रूपं भयावहम्। रामोऽपि भयमापन्नः पदा स्पृष्ट्वेव पन्नगम्॥ ४॥

English · Meaning

Having seen the king’s unprecedented, terrifying form, Rama too became afraid, as though he had touched a serpent with his foot.

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अयोध्याकाण्डम्/सर्गः_१८2.18.p03248

Sanskrit · 2.18.p03248

इन्द्रियैरप्रहृष्टैस्तं शोकसंतापकर्शितम्। निःश्वसन्तं महाराजं व्यथिताकुलचेतसम्॥ ५॥

English · Meaning

That great king, with his senses uncheered, afflicted by the burning of grief, sighing and with his mind distressed and bewildered.

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