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अयोध्याकाण्डम्/सर्गः_४२2.42.p04216–2.42.p04220
अयोध्याकाण्डम्/सर्गः_४२2.42.p04216

Sanskrit · 2.42.p04216

श्रीमद्वाल्मीकियरामायणे अयोध्याकाण्डे द्विचत्वारिंशः सर्गः ॥२-४२॥ यावत् तु निर्यतस्तस्य रजोरूपमदृश्यत। नैवेक्ष्वाकुवरस्तावत् संजहारात्मचक्षुषी॥ १॥

English · Meaning

In the venerable Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, in the Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, this is the forty-second canto. And, indeed, for as long as the dust-form of him who was going forth remained visible, the best of the Ikṣvākus did not at all withdraw his own eyes.

2.42.p042161 / 37
अयोध्याकाण्डम्/सर्गः_४२2.42.p04217

Sanskrit · 2.42.p04217

यावद् राजा प्रियं पुत्रं पश्यत्यत्यन्तधार्मिकम्। तावद् व्यवर्धतेवास्य धरण्यां पुत्रदर्शने॥ २॥

English · Meaning

For as long as the king looked upon his beloved son, who was exceedingly righteous, for that long his life on earth, it seems, continued to increase through the sight of his son.

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अयोध्याकाण्डम्/सर्गः_४२2.42.p04218

Sanskrit · 2.42.p04218

न पश्यति रजोऽप्यस्य यदा रामस्य भूमिपः। तदार्तश्च निषण्णश्च पपात धरणीतले॥ ३॥

English · Meaning

When the king did not see even the dust of Rāma, then, afflicted and seated, he fell upon the surface of the earth.

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अयोध्याकाण्डम्/सर्गः_४२2.42.p04219

Sanskrit · 2.42.p04219

तस्य दक्षिणमन्वागात् कौसल्या बाहुमङ्गना। परं चास्यान्वगात् पार्श्वं कैकेयी सा सुमध्यमा॥ ४॥

English · Meaning

Kausalyā, the woman, followed his right arm. Kaikeyī followed his other side, she of the slender waist.

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अयोध्याकाण्डम्/सर्गः_४२2.42.p04220

Sanskrit · 2.42.p04220

तां नयेन च सम्पन्नो धर्मेण विनयेन च। उवाच राजा कैकेयीं समीक्ष्य व्यथितेन्द्रियः॥ ५॥

English · Meaning

Having been endowed with discernment, righteousness, and good conduct, the king, looking at Kaikeyī, spoke to her, his senses distressed.

2.42.p042205 / 37

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