Sri Rama Charita Manasa - Shri Sita Ram Foundation, USA

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›R∫ RÅMACARITAMÅNASA *
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∑§Á„U •ŸËÁà Ãapple ◊ÍŒ®„U ∑§ÊŸÊ – œ⁄U◊È Á’øÊÁ⁄U ‚’®„U ‚ÈπÈ ◊ÊŸÊH 4H
Cau.: suni saroa bhægunåyaku åe, bahuta bhå° ti tinha å° khi dekhåe.
dekhi råma balu nija dhanu d∂nhå, kari bahu binaya gavanu bana k∂nhå.1.
råjana råmu atulabala jaise° , teja nidhåna lakhanu puni taise°.
ka≈pahiÚ bhµupa bilokata jåke°, jimi gaja hari kisora ke tåke°.2.
deva dekhi tava bålaka doµu, aba na å° khi tara åvata koµu.
dµuta bacana racanå priya låg∂, prema pratåpa b∂ra rasa påg∂.3.
sabhå sameta råu anuråge, dµutanha dena nichåvari låge.
kahi an∂ti te mµudahiÚ kånå, dharamu bicåri sabahiÚ sukhu månå.4.
ìHearing the news the chief of Bhægus came in a fury and indulged in much browbeating.
But seeing ›r∂ Råmaís strength he handed his bow to the latter and after much
supplication withdrew to the woods. Even as Råma, O king, is unequalled in strength,
Lakmaƒa too is a mine of glory, at whose very sight the kings trembled as elephants
at the gaze of a young lion. Now that we have seen your two sons, my lord, no one
catches our eye any longer.î The messengersí eloquent speech, which was full of love,
glorifying and expressive of the heroic sentiment, attracted all. The king and his whole
court were overwhelmed with emotion and began to offer lavish gifts to the messengers.
They, however, closed their ears in protest crying, ìThis is unfair !î Everyone was
delighted to note their sense of propriety.* (1ó4)
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Do.: taba u¢hi bhµupa basi¢a kahu° d∂nhi patrikå jåi,
kathå sunå∂ gurahi saba sådara dµuta bolåi.293.
The king then rose going up to Vasi¢ha gave the letter to him, and sending for the
messengers with due courtesy related the whole story to his preceptor.
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(293)
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’Ë⁄U Á’ŸËà œ⁄U◊ ’˝Ã œÊ⁄UË – ªÈŸ ‚ʪ⁄U ’⁄U ’Ê‹∑§ øÊ⁄UËH
ÃÈê„U ∑§„È°U ‚’¸ ∑§Ê‹ ∑§ÀÿÊŸÊ – ‚¡„ÈU ’⁄UÊà ’¡Êß ÁŸ‚ÊŸÊH 4H
* In India not only the blood relations but even servants and co-villagers of a bride consider it sinful
to accept even food or water, much less any gift or present, from the house of the bridegroom; for it is
customary in this country to give the hand of a girl as a sacred gift and one is naturally reluctant to accept
anything in return from him on whom a gift is made. This kind of sentiment prevails even in those cases
where a marriage alliance has only been stipulated and not yet brought into actual effect. The messengers,
in the above context, are actuated with a similar sentiment in refusing the gifts offered to them by King
Da‹aratha, who happened to be the father of the champion who had won the hand of Princess Jånak∂, their
masterís daughter.