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Valmiki Ramayana 2.15.9

Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa 2.15.9

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2.15.9

etāś cānyāś ca suhṛdām udāsīnaḥ kathāḥ śubhāḥ
ātmasaṃpūjanīḥ śṛṇvan yayau rāmo mahāpatham

Such were the words and pleasant speech
That Ráma heard, unmoved, from each
Of the dear friends around him spread,
As onward through the street he sped,
For none could turn his eye or thought
From the dear form his glances sought,
With fruitless ardour forward cast
Even when Raghu's son had past.
And he who saw not Ráma nigh,
Nor caught a look from Ráma's eye,
A mark for scorn and general blame,
Reproached himself in bitter shame,
For to each class his equal mind
With sympathy and love inclined
Most fully of the princely four;
So greatest love to him they bore.

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

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