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राम

अध्यायः 16

Chapter 16 · Verse 79

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समुद्रमेवाभिमुखं गता नदीस्त्यजत्यसौ नैव न गर्वितोऽप्यथ । त्वदीय पादाभिमुखास्तथाङ्गना निवर्त्तनीया न कदाचनत्वया ॥ ७९॥

IAST

samudramevābhimukhaṃ gatā nadīstyajatyasau naiva na garvito'pyatha | tvadīya pādābhimukhāstathāṅganā nivarttanīyā na kadācanatvayā || 79||

English

The ocean never rejects rivers that have turned toward it, even though it is vast and proud. In the same way, you must never turn back women who have set their faces toward your feet.