Verse 41·VR 2.40.41

पदातिनौ च यान अर्हाव् अदुह्ख अर्हौ सुख उचितौ | दृष्ट्वा संचोदयाम् आस शीघ्रम् याहि इति सारथिम् || २-४०-४१

na hi tat puruSha vyaaghraH duhkhadam darshanam pituH | maatuH ca sahitum shaktaH totra arditaiva dvipaH || 2-40-42

Translation

Seeing them coming by foot, though worthy of a chariot, habituated to comfort and unworthy of suffering, Rama commanded the charioteer with words: "Drive fast!"

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Rama's Departure from Ayodhya

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