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इक्ष्वाकूणां कुले जातः साक्षाद्धर्म इवापरः । धृतिमान् सुव्रतः श्रीमान्न धर्मं हातुमर्हसि ॥ १-२१-६
- "Born in Ikshwaku dynasty you are apparently the other god of ethics on earth, a staunch one with righteous vows and a glorious one too, such as you are, it will be unapt of you to forsake ethics. - [1-21-6]
english translation
त्रिषु लोकेषु विख्यातो धर्मात्मा इति राघव । स्वधर्मं प्रतिपद्यस्व नाधर्मं वोढुमर्हसि ॥ १-२१-७
- In three worlds you are renowned as the right-minded one, oh, Raghava, hence adhere to your own uprightness, and adhering to unrighteousness will be unapt of you. - [1-21-7]
english translation
प्रतिश्रुत्य करिष्येति उक्तं वाक्यमकुर्वतः । इष्टापूर्तवधो भूयात्तस्माद्रामं विसर्जय ॥ १-२१-८
- O Dasharatha, a promise made and not kept, amounts to destruction of merits earned through previous pieties. Therefore send Rama (with him). - [1-21-8]
english translation
कृतास्त्रमकृतास्त्रं वा नैनं शक्ष्यन्ति राक्षसाः । गुप्तं कुशिकपुत्रेण ज्वलनेनामृतं यथा ॥ १-२१-९
- Whether Rama is trained in weaponry or not, demons cannot trounce Rama as long as Kushi's son Vishvamitra protects him, like the heavenly firewall that protects divine nectar. - [1-21-9]
english translation
एष विग्रहवान् धर्म एष वीर्यवतां वरः । एष बुद्ध्याधिको लोके तपसश्च परायणम् ॥ १-२१-१०
- He is an embodiment of virtue, matchless among the venturesome, peerless in intellect among all in the world, and flawless in ascesis. - [1-21-10]
english translation