Ramayana
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दिवसे विंशतिः सर्गा गेया मधुरया गिरा । प्रमाणैर्बहुभिस्तत्र यथोद्दिष्टा मया पुरा ॥ 7-93-11 ॥
Each day twenty cantos are to be sung with a sweet voice, in their many measures, just as I have laid them out for you before.
english translation
लोभश्चापि न कर्तव्यः स्वल्पो ऽपि धनकाङ्क्षया । किं धनेनाश्रमस्थानां फलमूलोपजीविना ॥ 7-93-12 ॥
Nor should any greed at all be shown, not even the slightest, out of desire for wealth. What use is wealth to those who dwell in a hermitage and live on fruits and roots?
english translation
यदि पृच्छेत्स काकुत्स्थो युवां कस्येति दारकौ । आवां वाल्मीकिशिष्यौ स्वो ब्रूतमेवं नराधिपम् ॥ 7-93-13 ॥
If that scion of Kakutstha should ask you, 'Whose sons are you, boys?', then tell the king thus: 'We two are disciples of Valmiki.'
english translation
इमास्तन्त्रीः सुमधुराः स्थानं वा ऽपूर्वदर्शनम् । मूर्च्छयित्वा सुमधुरं गायतां विगतज्वरौ ॥ 7-93-14 ॥
Tuning these sweet-toned strings, or this rendering never heard before, sing most sweetly, the two of you free from all anxiety.
english translation
आदिप्रभृति गेयं स्यान्न चावज्ञाय पार्थिवम् । पिता हि सर्वभूतानां राजा भविति धर्मतः ॥ 7-93-15 ॥
It should be sung from the very beginning, and the king should not be slighted; for the king is by sacred law the father of all beings.
english translation