बालकाण्ड • Daśaratha Moha & Vihvalatā
Book 1: Bāla Kāṇḍa - Chapter 20
Dasharatha's reluctance and fatherly grief at sending young Rama into battle
Bāla Kāṇḍa (बालकाण्ड)
Section XX • Chapter 20
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Daśaratha Moha & Vihvalatā
Dasharatha's reluctance and fatherly grief at sending young Rama into battle
Original Narrative Summary (Dutt 1891 Prose Translation)
Hearing the words of Viswamitra, that best of monarchs remained insensible for a time,--and then regaining his sense, spake thus,--"My lotus-eyed Rama is not yet turned of sixteen; and I do not perceive his fitness to cope with Rakshasas in battle. I am the lord of this Akshau...