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The Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki 1.74.7

Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa 1.74.7

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Sanskrit

1.74.7

bhārgavāṇāṃ kule jātaḥ svādhyāyavrataśālinām
sahasrākṣe pratijñāya śastraṃ nikṣiptavān asi

King Das'aratha heard with dread
The boastful speech, and thus he said,
Raising his hands in suppliant guise,
With pallid cheek and timid eyes:
'Forgetful of the bloody feud
Ascetic toils hast thou pursued;
Then, Bráhman, let thy children be
Untroubled and from danger free.
Sprung of the race of Bhrigu, who
Read holy lore, to vows most true,
Thou swearest to the Thousand-eyed
And thy fierce axe was cast aside.
Thou turnedst to thy rites away
Leaving the earth to Kaśyap's sway,
And wentest far a grove to seek
Beneath Mahendra's mountain peak.

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

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