Valmiki Ramayana · Ayodhya Kanda · Sarga 1
सर्व एव तु तस्येष्टा श्चत्वारः पुरुषर्षभाः। स्वशरीराद्विनिर्वृत्ताश्चत्वार इव बाहवः
sarva eva tu tasyeṣṭā ścatvāraḥ puruṣarṣabhāḥ| svaśarīrādvinirvṛttāścatvāra iva bāhavaḥ
Dasaratha, a bull among men, loved all his four sons equally just as the arms of his own body.
— M.N. Dutt (1891)
Commentary
Dasharatha loves all four sons equally. The comparison — like his own arms sprouting from his body — is beautiful and telling. These arms are about to be torn apart by a single choice.
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