Verse 40·VR 2.40.40

स बद्ध इव पाशेन किशोरो मातरम् यथा | धर्मपाशेन सम्क्षिप्तः प्रकाशम् नाभुदैक्षत || २-४०-४०

padaatinau ca yaana arhaav aduhkha arhau sukha ucitau | dR^iShTvaa sa.ncodayaam aasa shiighram yaahi iti saarathim || 2-40-41

Translation

Rama, bound by the chord of righteousness, could not gaze openly at his parents, as a foal caught in asnare would not properly look at its dam.

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Rama's Departure from Ayodhya

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