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Valmiki Ramayana 1.26.22

Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa 1.26.22

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1.26.22

japatas tu munes tasya viśvāmitrasya dhīmataḥ
upatasthur mahārhāṇi sarvāṇy astrāṇi rāghavam

Facing the east, the glorious saint
Pure from all spot of earthly taint,
To Ráma, with delighted mind,
That noble host of spells consigned.
He taught the arms, whose lore is won
Hardly by Gods, to Raghu's son.
He muttered low the spell whose call
Summons those arms and rules them all
And, each in visible form and frame,
Before the monarch's son they came.
They stood and spoke in reverent guise
To Ráma with exulting cries:
'O noblest child of Raghu, see,
Thy ministers and thralls are we.'
With joyful heart and eager hand
Ráma received the wondrous band,
And thus with words of welcome cried:
'Aye present to my will abide.'
Then hasted to the saint to pay
Due reverence, and pursued his way.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1870, The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse

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