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॥ अथ अरण्यकाण्डे द्विषष्टितमः सर्गः ॥

तं तथा शोकसंतप्तं विलपन्तमनाथवत् ।
मोहेन महताविष्टं परिद्यूनमचेतनम् ॥

Summary AI Seeing him thus scorched by grief, wailing like one without a protector, possessed by great delusion, distressed, and unconscious.

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ततः सौमित्रिराश्वास्य मुहूर्तादिव लक्ष्मणः ।
रामं संबोधयामास चरणौ चाभिपीडयन् ॥

Summary AI Then Lakṣmaṇa, the son of Sumitrā, after a moment as if comforting himself, pressed the feet of Rāma and addressed him.

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महता तपसा राम महता चापि कर्मणा ।
राज्ञा दशरथेनासील्लब्धोऽमृतमिवामरैः ॥

Summary AI O Rāma, you were obtained by King Daśaratha through great penance and great ritual acts, just as the immortal gods obtained nectar.

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तव चैव गुणैर्बद्धस्त्वद्वियोगान्महीपतिः ।
राजा देवत्वमापन्नो भरतस्य यथा श्रुतम् ॥

Summary AI Bound by your virtues, the lord of the earth, the King, attained divinity due to separation from you, as was heard from Bharata.

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यदि दुःखमिदं प्राप्तं काकुत्स्थ न सहिष्यसे ।
प्राकृतश्चाल्पसत्त्वश्च इतरः कः सहिष्यति ॥

Summary AI O scion of Kakutstha, if you will not endure this suffering that has come upon you, then what other ordinary person of little strength will endure it?

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दुःखितो हि भवाल्लोकांस्तेजसा यदि धक्ष्यते ।
आर्ताः प्रजा नरव्याघ्र क्व नु यास्यन्ति निर्वृतिम् ॥

Summary AI O tiger among men, if you, being aggrieved, were to burn the worlds with your brilliance, where indeed would the distressed subjects find peace?

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लोकस्वभाव एवैष ययातिर्नहुषात्मजः ।
गतः शक्रेण सालोक्यमनयस्तं समस्पृशत् ॥

Summary AI This is the very nature of the world; even Yayāti, the son of Nahuṣa, who attained the same world as Śakra, was touched by misfortune.

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महर्षयो वसिष्ठस्तु यः पितुर्नः पुरोहितः ।
अह्ना पुत्रशतं जज्ञे तथैवास्य पुनर्हतम् ॥

Summary AI As for the great sage Vasiṣṭha, our father's priest, a hundred sons were born to him in a single day, and likewise, they were later taken away.

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या चेयं जगतो माता देवी लोकनमस्कृता ।
अस्याश्च चलनं भूमेर्दृश्यते सत्यसंश्रव ॥

Summary AI O observer of truth, even this Goddess Earth, the mother of the world and worshipped by all, is seen to undergo tremors.

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यौ चेमौ जगतां नेत्रे यत्र सर्वं प्रतिष्ठितम् ।
आदित्यचन्द्रौ ग्रहणमभ्युपेतौ महाबलौ ॥

Summary AI Even the sun and the moon, who are the two eyes of the worlds and in whom everything is established, though possessing great power, undergo eclipses.

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सुमहान्त्यपि भूतानि देवाश्च पुरुषर्षभ ।
न दैवस्य प्रमुञ्चन्ति सर्वभूतानि देहिनः ॥

Summary AI O best of men, even great beings, the gods, and all embodied living creatures cannot escape the power of destiny.

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शक्रादिष्वपि देवेषु वर्तमानौ नयानयौ ।
श्रूयेते नरशार्दूल न त्वं व्यथितुमर्हसि ॥

Summary AI O tiger among men, both prosperity and adversity are known to exist even among the gods like Śakra; therefore, you should not grieve.

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नष्टायामपि वैदेह्यां हृतायामपि चानघ ।
शोचितुं नार्हसे वीर यथान्यः प्राकृतस्तथा ॥

Summary AI O sinless hero, even though Vaidehī is lost or carried away, you should not grieve like an ordinary commoner.

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त्वद्विधा हि न शोचन्ति सततं सत्यदर्शिनः ।
सुमहत्स्वपि कृच्छ्रेषु रामानिर्विण्णदर्शणाः ॥

Summary AI O Rāma, those like you, who see the truth, do not grieve even in great difficulties, maintaining an undiscouraged vision.

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तत्त्वतो हि नरश्रेष्ठ बुद्ध्या समनुचिन्तय ।
बुद्ध्या युक्ता महाप्राज्ञा विजानन्ति शुभाशुभे ॥

Summary AI O best of men, contemplate this in reality with your intellect; the highly wise, endowed with intellect, distinguish between what is auspicious and inauspicious.

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अदृष्टगुणदोषाणामधृतानां च कर्मणाम् ।
नान्तरेण क्रियां तेषां फलमिष्टं प्रवर्तते ॥

Summary AI For actions whose merits and defects are unseen and which have not yet been undertaken, the desired result does not manifest without the performance of the action.

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मामेव हि पुरा वीर त्वमेव बहुषोऽन्वशाः ।
अनुशिष्याद्धि को नु त्वामपि साक्षाद्बृहस्पतिः ॥

Summary AI O hero, in the past, you yourself advised me many times. Who indeed, even Bṛhaspati himself, could instruct you?

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बुद्धिश्च ते महाप्राज्ञ देवैरपि दुरन्वया ।
शोकेनाभिप्रसुप्तं ते ज्ञानं संबोधयाम्यहम् ॥

Summary AI O highly wise one, your intellect is difficult even for the gods to follow; I am only awakening your knowledge which has fallen asleep due to grief.

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दिव्यं च मानुषं चैवमात्मनश्च पराक्रमम् ।
इक्ष्वाकुवृषभावेक्ष्य यतस्व द्विषतां बधे ॥

Summary AI O bull of the Ikṣvāku dynasty, considering your divine and human prowess, as well as your own strength, strive for the destruction of your enemies.

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किं ते सर्वविनाशेन कृतेन पुरुषर्षभ ।
तमेव तु रिपुं पापं विज्ञायोद्धर्तुमर्हसि ॥

Summary AI O best of men, what is the use of causing total destruction? Identifying that sinful enemy alone, you should strive to uproot him.

॥ इति अरण्यकाण्डे द्विषष्टितमः सर्गः ॥

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