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  1   1, 1 |                 I - AYODRYA, THE RIGHTEOUS CITY~Rich in royal worth
  2   1, 1 |         wave!~Peaceful lived the righteous people, rich in wealth in
  3   1, 1 |         haughty name,--~Ruled by righteous Dasa-ratha won a world-embracing
  4   1, 1 |     blessed with virtue true and righteous Rama bore,~Queen Kaikeyi
  5   1, 2 |         royal Rama, Dasa-ratha's righteous son,"~"This the bow," then
  6   1, 2 |          of old,~To the true and righteous Rama and to Lakshman young
  7   1, 2 |         the bow of RUDRA have in righteous terror quailed,~Rakshas
  8   1, 2 |   monarch said,~To the brave and righteous Rama, Janak's mighty bow
  9   1, 3 |         peerless princess by the righteous will of Heaven,~I redeem
 10   1, 3 |      these friendly envoys tell,~Righteous Rama, gallant Lakshman,
 11   1, 4 |      ancient lore,~Welcome every righteous rishi sprung from holy saints
 12   1, 4 |      ancient sages sing,~And thy righteous fame and virtue grace thy
 13   1, 5 |        on the holy site,~Let the righteous sage Vasishtha, sprung from
 14   1, 6 |    father's love,~Yielded her to righteous Bharat, prayed for blessings
 15   1, 6 |         honoured for her acts of righteous grace,~"Take her by the
 16   1, 7 |        voice of welcome as their righteous king drew nigh.~Greeted
 17   1, 7 |       fair,~Brahmans blessed the righteous Rama for his faith in gods
 18   2, 1 |         of might,~But of all his righteous children righteous Rama
 19   2, 1 |       all his righteous children righteous Rama won his heart,~As SWAYABIBHU
 20   2, 1 |          and nobler duty did the righteous Rama move,~By his toil and
 21   2, 2 |        of men,~Young in years is righteous Rama, Heir and Regent let
 22   2, 2 |          to Duty, in his love of righteous Truth,~Truth impels his
 23   2, 2 |     royal father who hath such a righteous son,~For in town and mart
 24   2, 3 |         anointed by his father's righteous grace!~Thus of Rama's consecration
 25   2, 4 |        blood!~Thou hast sent the righteous Bharat to thy ancient father'
 26   2, 4 |        kin,~This will please the righteous people, Bharat knows no
 27   2, 5 |         witness, watchers of the righteous truth,~Sun and Moon and
 28   2, 5 |      have heard!~Call to mind, O righteous monarch, days when in a
 29   2, 6 |    ruthless rancour Rama rich in righteous grace,~Traitress to thy
 30   2, 6 |       crime unholy in the eye of righteous Heaven!"~Coldly spake the
 31   2, 6 |         his sway,~Shall I say to righteous elders when they blame my
 32   2, 6 |        now be known to nations,--righteous Dasa-ratha lied,~And a trusting,
 33   2, 6 | sin-polluted, beam not morning's righteous ray!"~
 34   2, 7 |    consort's side.~Duteously the righteous Rama touched the ancient
 35   2, 7 |        be broke,~If the true and righteous Rama binds him by his father'
 36   3, 1 |          courts her fate,~If the righteous son of Raghu wends to forests
 37   3, 2 |        empire sways him from the righteous path,~Blood will venge the
 38   3, 3 |          heart!~But the true and righteous woman, loving, spouse and
 39   3, 3 |          her life,~Ever true and righteous Sita, follow still my godlike
 40   3, 3 |     friends and forces, blest by righteous Gods above,~Thou shalt see
 41   3, 3 |         This is Law for true and righteous,---serve him in his woe
 42   3, 4 |        Dandak's forest shall the righteous Rama stray,~Such is Dasa-ratha'
 43   3, 4 |          her son depart?~True is righteous -hearted Sita cleaving to
 44   3, 4 |        path thou choosest is the righteous path to heaven!"~Thus they
 45   3, 5 |          crost,~But the good and righteous Bharat gently will my parents
 46   3, 5 |    mantle spread.~Early woke the righteous Rama and to watchful Lakshman
 47   3, 7 |      Sastras sanction," thus the righteous Rama spake,~"Holy offering
 48   3, 7 |          raised the sacred song.~Righteous rite was duly rendered for
 49   3, 8 |        For the tears of good and righteous wither like the forest fire,~
 50   3, 8 |     shalt perish for a loved and righteous son!~Distant is the expiation,---
 51   4    |    answers with the fervour of a righteous, truth-loving, God-fearing
 52   4, 1 |          Bharat uttered, "by the righteous rishi told,~Markalvati's
 53   4, 1 |        weary work and wand'ring, righteous Rama here we meet,~Saint
 54   4, 1 |          humble cot,~Honour unto righteous Rama, unto Sita true and
 55   4, 1 |     yajnas filled the earth with righteous fame,~Now inured to hermit'
 56   4, 1 |        Sumantra, bowed to Rama's righteous feet,~And a joy and mingled
 57   4, 2 |         faithful Bharat," so the righteous Rama cried,~"Wherefore to
 58   4, 2 |         cattle like the wrath of righteous heaven,~Fruitful be thy
 59   4, 2 |   faithful still,~Wait to do thy righteous mandate and to serve thy
 60   4, 2 |          s ancient throne,~For a righteous father's mandate duteous
 61   4, 2 |     Ayodhya's palace hall,~And a righteous father's mandate duteous
 62   4, 3 |    faithful hero spotless in his righteous fame.~Lastly came the soft-eyed
 63   4, 3 |       penance, worn with toil of righteous rite?~But thy sweet face,
 64   4, 3 |       Rama fair and tall,~That a righteous father's mandate duteous
 65   4, 4 |          nations and a monarch's righteous sway,~Mighty Gods and holy
 66   4, 4 |         Rama's royal hall,~For a righteous father's mandate duteous
 67   4, 5 |        will not palter, help him righteous Gods in heaven!"~Blazing
 68   4, 6 |        the true and tender Rama, righteous as the Gods above,~And thy
 69   4, 6 |     heart awaited Rama prince of righteous fame.~With a wifely love
 70   5, 1 |         THE HERMITAGE OF AGASTYA~Righteous Rama, soft-eyed Sita, and
 71   5, 1 |     wilds he wanders still,~I am righteous Rama's younger, duteous
 72   5, 1 |         Saint and ancient Sire:~"Righteous Rama, valiant Lakshman,
 73   5, 1 |      thirsted, youth endued with righteous grace,~Hath he come with
 74   5, 1 |      weapon shine,~Worshipper of righteous VISHNU! VISHNU'S wondrous
 75   5, 3 | structure rose in beauty for the righteous Raghu's son!~To the river
 76   5, 3 |          good and gracious, in a righteous son like thee,~Lives again
 77   5, 4 |          blame,~Honour still the righteous Bharat, honour still the
 78   5, 4 |         the crystal well,~And my righteous purpose falters, shaken
 79   5, 4 |          wave,~True once more to righteous purpose Rama's heart was
 80   6, 6 |        the wood!~Five and twenty righteous summers graced my good and
 81   6, 6 |      this earth."~"Brahman nor a righteous rishi," royal Ravan made
 82   6, 7 |        woman said:~Help me, ever righteous Rama, duty bade thee yield
 83   6, 7 |          farewell,~Whisper to my righteous Rama when he seeks his homeward
 84   7, 1 |        heard the counsel, and to righteous Rama hied,~And the princes
 85   7, 1 |    gratified:~"Well I know thee, righteous Rama, soul of piety and
 86   8, 1 |     choking sigh,~Sita lives for righteous Rama, for her Rama she would
 87   8, 2 |        and dearest, Rama soul of righteous might,~Shone, as mid the
 88   9    |       was seeking a war with the righteous and unoffending Rama. He
 89   9, 6 |       ring might,~Vain against a righteous warrior would unrighteous
 90   9, 6 |          crime or folly hath the righteous Rama done,~That you stole
 91   9, 6 |        wrong and outrage, Rama's righteous grace implore,~Take my counsel,
 92  10, 6 |      consolation spake of Rama's righteous dame:~"Trust me, Rama, trust
 93  10, 6 |    Bibhishan answer made,~"Of my righteous worth unconscious bitter
 94  10, 6 |       and strife,~Plunder of the righteous neighbour, passion for the
 95  10, 10|  heavenly car,~Where on foot the righteous Rama meets his mounted foe
 96  10, 10|          ray,~Where the true and righteous Rama sought his foe in fatal
 97  10, 10|      lofty Rama gave,--~When the righteous strive and struggle, Gods
 98  10, 11|         Champion of the true and righteous! now thy noble task is done!"~
 99  10, 12|        that nations perish for a righteous woman's woe,~But for impious
100  11, 1 |          clouds a woman's fame--~Righteous Rama's brow was clouded,
101  11, 1 |        and trustful wife,~When a righteous lord and husband turns his
102  11, 2 |        ray of sun unsullied is a righteous woman's life,~Be the wide
103  11, 2 |       consort till he leaves his righteous fame!"~In his tears the
104  11, 3 |          river's shore,~Where in righteous peace and penance Sita,
105  11, 3 |   crystal rill,~Thither came the righteous Bharat and my loving mother
106  11, 4 |       Vanars to Ayodhya brought,~Righteous Bharat gave his mandate
107  11, 4 |        lisping infant hailed the righteous chief and high.~Bharat lifted
108  11, 5 |     their Rama as their lord and righteous king!~And tis told by ancient
109  11, 5 |        word,~Neighbour loved his righteous neighbour and the people
110  12, 1 |          palace reigned,~And for righteous duty yearning, Aswa-medha
111  12, 2 |       gentle Lava, Kusa child of righteous fame,~Sita's sons, as youthful
112  12, 2 |          came:~Lift your voices, righteous pupils, and your richest
113  12, 4 |         forest, stainless in her righteous fame!~In his tears repentant
114  12, 5 |      nation, kings and chiefs of righteous fame,~Softly through the
115 End    |        ideas of the death of the righteous. Lakshman died under somewhat
116 Epi    |        and glorious, all that is righteous and true. His description
117 Epi    |         mart nor hamlet, help us righteous Gods in heaven,~Spot that
118 Epi    |         And beyond all this, the righteous devotion of Rama, and the
119 Epi    |       picture of Hindu faith and righteous life as Dante's "Divine
120 Epi    |         highest ideal of a Hindu righteous life. The ancient ideal