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अयोध्याकाण्डम्/सर्गः_२४2.24.p03527–2.24.p03531
अयोध्याकाण्डम्/सर्गः_२४2.24.p03527

Sanskrit · 2.24.p03527

श्रीमद्वाल्मीकियरामायणे अयोध्याकाण्डे चतुर्विंशः सर्गः ॥२-२४॥ तं समीक्ष्य व्यवसितं पितुर्निर्देशपालने। कौसल्या बाष्पसंरुद्धा वचो धर्मिष्ठमब्रवीत्॥ १॥

English · Meaning

In the revered Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, in the Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, the twenty-fourth canto. Seeing him resolved to carry out his father’s command, Kausalyā, choked with tears, spoke words to that most righteous one.

2.24.p035271 / 39
अयोध्याकाण्डम्/सर्गः_२४2.24.p03528

Sanskrit · 2.24.p03528

अदृष्टदुःखो धर्मात्मा सर्वभूतप्रियंवदः। मयि जातो दशरथात् कथमुञ्छेन वर्तयेत्॥ २॥

English · Meaning

“A righteous-souled man who has never experienced suffering and who speaks pleasantly to all beings—born to me from Daśaratha—how could he live by gleaned food?” 2 ॥

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अयोध्याकाण्डम्/सर्गः_२४2.24.p03529

Sanskrit · 2.24.p03529

यस्य भृत्याश्च दासाश्च मृष्टान्यन्नानि भुञ्जते। कथं स भोक्ष्यते रामो वने मूलफलान्ययम्॥ ३॥

English · Meaning

His servants and slaves eat well-prepared foods; how will that Rāma eat in the forest these roots and fruits?

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अयोध्याकाण्डम्/सर्गः_२४2.24.p03530

Sanskrit · 2.24.p03530

क एतच्छ्रद्दधेच्छ्रुत्वा कस्य वा न भवेद् भयम्। गुणवान् दयितो राज्ञः काकुत्स्थो यद् विवास्यते॥ ४॥

English · Meaning

Who, having heard this, would believe it? Or for whom would there not be fear, when Kakutstha, virtuous and dear to the king, is being banished?

2.24.p035304 / 39
अयोध्याकाण्डम्/सर्गः_२४2.24.p03531

Sanskrit · 2.24.p03531

नूनं तु बलवाँल्लोके कृतान्तः सर्वमादिशन्। लोके रामाभिरामस्त्वं वनं यत्र गमिष्यसि॥ ५॥

English · Meaning

Surely, however, Death is powerful in the world, ordaining everything, since you—delightful to Rama and charming in the world—will go to the forest, wherever that may be.

2.24.p035315 / 39

Make yourself comfortable

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