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50 passagesश्रीमद्वाल्मीकियरामायणे अयोध्याकाण्डे द्वितीयः सर्गः ॥२-२॥ ततः परिषदं सर्वामामन्त्र्य वसुधाधिपः। हितमुद्धर्षणं चैवमुवाच प्रथितं वचः॥ १॥
In the revered Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, in the Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, the second canto. Then the lord of the earth, having addressed the entire assembly, spoke these well-known words, beneficial and stirring.
दुन्दुभिस्वरकल्पेन गम्भीरेणानुनादिना। स्वरेण महता राजा जीमूत इव नादयन्॥ २॥
With a sound resembling a kettledrum, deep and resonant, and with a great voice, the king made [his voice] resound like a rain cloud.
राजलक्षणयुक्तेन कान्तेनानुपमेन च। उवाच रसयुक्तेन स्वरेण नृपतिर्नृपान्॥ ३॥
With a voice endowed with royal characteristics, charming and incomparable, and filled with feeling, the king addressed the kings.
विदितं भवतामेतद् यथा मे राज्यमुत्तमम्। पूर्वकैर्मम राजेन्द्रैः सुतवत् परिपालितम्॥ ४॥
This is known to you: how my excellent kingdom was protected like a son by my predecessors, the eminent kings.
सोऽहमिक्ष्वाकुभिः सर्वैर्नरेन्द्रैः प्रतिपालितम्। श्रेयसा योक्तुमिच्छामि सुखार्हमखिलं जगत्॥ ५॥
I, who am he, wish to join with well-being the entire world, worthy of happiness, which has been protected by all the Ikṣvāku kings.
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