Ramayana

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शिरसा ऽभिनतो ब्रूयाः सर्वासामेव लक्ष्मण । वक्तव्यश्चापि नृपतिर्धर्मेषु सुसमाहितः ॥ 7-48-11 ॥

Bowing with your head, O Lakshmana, you shall speak to all of them; and the king, steadfast and intent upon his duties, must also be addressed thus.

english translation

जानासि च यथा शुद्धा सीता तत्त्वेन राघव । भक्त्या च परया युक्ता हिता च तव नित्यशः ॥ 7-48-12 ॥

You know in truth, O Raghava, how pure Sita is, endowed with supreme devotion and ever devoted to your welfare.

english translation

अहं त्यक्ता त्वया वीर अयशोभीरुणा जने । यच्च ते वचनीयं स्यादपवादसमुत्थितम् । मया च परिहर्तव्यं त्वं हि मे परमा गतिः ॥ 7-48-13 ॥

I have been abandoned by you, O hero, who feared dishonor among the people; yet whatever censure might arise against you out of slander, that too must be removed by me, for you are my supreme refuge.

english translation

वक्तव्यश्चेति नृपतिर्धमेण सुसमाहितः । यथा भ्रातृषु वर्तेथास्तथा पौरेषु नित्यदा ॥ 7-48-14 ॥

And the king, steadfast in righteousness, must be told this: that you should always conduct yourself toward the citizens as you do toward your brothers.

english translation

परमो ह्येष धर्मस्ते तस्मात्कीर्तिरनुत्तमा ॥ 7-48-15 ॥

For this is the highest duty for you, and from it comes unsurpassed glory.

english translation