Ramayana 2.235

Ramayana · translated by Ralph T.H. Griffith

The more he showed his will to tread The path where filial duty led, The more the people, round him thronged, For their dear Rama's empire longed. Still more attached his followers grew, As Rama, with his brother, drew The people with his virtues' ties, Lamenting all with tear-dimmed eyes. The saintly twice-born, triply old In glory, knowledge, seasons told, With hoary heads that shook and bowed, Their voices raised and spake aloud: "O steeds, who best and noblest are, Who whirl so swiftly Rama's car, Go not, return: we call on you: Be to your master kind and true. For speechless things are swift to hear, And naught can match a horse's ear, O generous steeds, return, when thus You hear the cry of all of us. Each vow he keeps most firm and sure, And duty makes his spirit pure. Back with our chief! not wood-ward hence; Back to his royal residence!"

Ramayana 2.235 · Ramayana · 2

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Dharma Attachment Charity Family The Soul Wisdom

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