Verse 5·VR 2.45.5

अवेक्षमाणः सस्नेहम् चक्षुषा प्रपिबन्न् इव | उवाच रामः स्नेहेन ताः प्रजाः स्वाः प्रजाइव || २-४५-५

avekShamaaNaH sasneham cakShuShaa prapibann iva | uvaaca raamaH snehena taaH prajaaH svaaH prajaaiva || 2-45-5

Translation

Fondly gazing on the people as though drinking with his eyes, Rama lovingly spoke (as follows) as though they were his own children:

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Rama Requests the Citizens to Return to Ayodhya

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