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तदा कुशिकपुत्रं तु धनुष्पाणी स्वलङ्कृतौ।।1.22.8।।

बद्धगोधाङ्गुलित्राणौ खड्गवन्तौ महाद्युती ।

कुमारौ चारुवपुषौ भ्रातरौ रामलक्ष्मणौ ।।1.22.9।।

अनुयातौ श्रिया दीप्तौ शोभयेतामनिन्दितौ।

स्थाणुं देवमिवाचिन्त्यं कुमाराविव पावकी ।।1.22.10।।

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तदा then, धनुष्पाणी bows in their hands, स्वलङ्कृतौ wellattired, बद्धगोधाङ्गुलित्राणौ their left arms covered by leather to protect from bowstring and fingers encased in Gauna skin, खड्गवन्तौ armed with scimitars, महाद्युती resplendent, कुमारौ youthful beings, चारुवपुषौ having elegent physique, श्रिया with lustre, दीप्तौ radiating, अनिन्दितौ faultless, भ्रातरौ brothers, रामलक्ष्मणौ Rama and Lakshmana, अनुयातौ following the sage, पावकी born to firegod, कुमारौ sons Skanda and Visakhu, अचिन्त्यम् incomprehensible, देवम् god, स्थाणुम् इव like Iswara, कुशिकपुत्रम् son of Kausika, शोभयेताम् cast their radiance.

Then bows in hand, wellattired, their fingers encased in mongrel skin, for protection (against the bowstring) armed with scimitars, resplendent, young, handsome the two brothers, Rama and Lakshmana shone unblemished. As they followed sage Viswamitra spreading radiance, they looked like sons of the god of fire, (Skanda and Visakhu) following the incomprehensible Siva.
English Translation of Tryambaka Yajvan



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Swastyayana 1.22.2-3

The swastyayana is a ceremony consisting of benedictions by brahmins after presentation of offerings. Aitareya Brahmana: ‘The gods said, Gayatri, get the royal soma for us’. ‘All right’, she said, ‘consecrate me with the prayers of swastyayana’. She then flew up. The gods consecrated her: ‘preti cheti cheti’. This is all ‘Preti cheti cheti. Go safe and come back safe’.
Mother’s wishes count more than others wishes. In the Mahabharata, Duryodhana, wishing victory over the Pandavas, prayed his mother Gandhari, all the eighteen days before starting for the battlefield saying, ‘Wish me well, O mother, as I proceed to fight the enemy’. She, too, said (every time) he sought her blessings, ‘Victory is where dharma is’. And did not perform the swastyayana. Vyasa explains this in the Striparva.
In Ayodhyakanda Rama inplored Kausalya, to perform the swastyayana for him and she said, “May that ‘Dharma’ protect you everywhere, O brave son of the Raghus, I give you the blessings that Vinata gave to Suparna as he prayed for nectar. Aditi performed mangala for Indra who wished to kill the sons of Diti. The same blessings I give you”.

English Translation of Nagesa Bhatta

Mantragrama 1.22.12

‘Mantragrama’ means collection of mantras of the two powers Bala and Atibala. They help remove the fatigue and fear when repeated.