रामोऽपि परमोदारः सुमुखः सुमहायशाः || १-१-३६ न चैच्छत्पितुरादेशाद्राज्यं रामो महाबलः |
sa teShAm prati shushraava raaxasaanaam tathaa vane || 1-1-44 pratij~naataH cha raameNa vadhaH saMyati rakshasaam | R^iShiiNaam agni kalpaanaam daMDakaaraNya vaasiinaam || 1-1-45
Translation
"Even though Rama was very benevolent, gracious also, highly famed and with great prowess, Rama did not desire kingdom due to father's injunction... [1-1-36b, 37a]
Audio Recitation
Word by word
b, 37a.
even though
raamaH
Rama
paramodaaraH
(was) very benevolent
sumukhaH api
gracious also
sumahaayashaaH
highly famed
pituH aadeshaat
due to father's injunction
na icChat
did not desire
raajyam
kingdom.
Chapter context
Narada briefs Valmiki about Rama and Ramayana in a nutshell
86 verses · Verse 36 of 86
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