तं तथा शोकसंतप्तं विलपन्तमनाथवत्। मोहेन महता युक्तं परिधूनमचेतसम्॥ ततः सौमित्रिराश्वस्य मुहूर्तादिव लक्ष्मणः। रामं सम्बोधयामास चरणौ चाभिपीडयन्॥
taṃ tathā śokasaṃtaptaṃ vilapantamanāthavat| mohena mahatā yuktaṃ paridhūnamacetasam|| tataḥ saumitrirāśvasya muhūrtādiva lakṣmaṇaḥ| rāmaṃ sambodhayāmāsa caraṇau cābhipīḍayan||
Rāma bewailing thus like one helpless being stricken with grief, overwhelmed with sorrow and losing control over himself, Lakşmaņa touched his feet and consoling him instantly began.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
महता तपसा चापि महता चापि कर्मणा। राज्ञा दशरथेनासील्लब्धोऽमृतमिवामरैः॥
mahatā tapasā cāpi mahatā cāpi karmaṇā| rājñā daśarathenāsīllabdho'mṛtamivāmaraiḥ||
By constant asceticism and manifold pious observances king Dasaratha obtained you like to the celestials obtaining ambrosia.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
तव चैव गुणैर्बद्धस्त्ववियोगान्महीपतिः। राजा देवत्वमापन्नो भरतस्य यथा श्रुतम्॥
tava caiva guṇairbaddhastvaviyogānmahīpatiḥ| rājā devatvamāpanno bharatasya yathā śrutam||
As I have heard from Bharata, king Dasaratha died for your separation, attached as he was to you for your accomplishments.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
यदि दुःखमिदं प्राप्तं काकुत्स्थ न सहिष्यसे। प्राकृतश्चाल्पसत्वश्च इतरः कः सहिष्यति॥
yadi duḥkhamidaṃ prāptaṃ kākutstha na sahiṣyase| prākṛtaścālpasatvaśca itaraḥ kaḥ sahiṣyati||
O Kākutstha, if do you not bear patiently this impending peril what little-minded person else shall bear it?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
आश्वसिही नरश्रेष्ठ प्राणिनः कस्य नापदः। संस्पृशन्त्यग्निवद् राजन् क्षणेन व्यपयान्ति च॥
āśvasihī naraśreṣṭha prāṇinaḥ kasya nāpadaḥ| saṃspṛśantyagnivad rājan kṣaṇena vyapayānti ca||
Compose yourself, O you best of men. Peril overtake everybody like to fire but vanish in no time.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
लोकस्वभाव एवैष ययातिर्नहुषात्मजः। गतः शक्रेण सालोक्यमनयस्तं समस्पृशत्॥
lokasvabhāva evaiṣa yayātirnahuṣātmajaḥ| gataḥ śakreṇa sālokyamanayastaṃ samaspṛśat||
This is the nature of men. Yayati, the son of king Nahusa, though attained to the state of celestials, was however thrown down for an iniquitous deed.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
महर्षिर्यो वसिष्ठस्तु यः पितुर्नः पुरोहितः। अह्ना पुत्रशतं जज्ञे तथैवास्य पुनर्हतम्॥
maharṣiryo vasiṣṭhastu yaḥ piturnaḥ purohitaḥ| ahnā putraśataṃ jajñe tathaivāsya punarhatam||
The hundred sons, that had been born to our ancestral priest Vasiştha, were all killed in one day.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
या चेयं जगतो माता सर्वलोकनमस्कृता। अस्याश्च चलनं भूमेर्दृश्यते कोशलेश्वर॥
yā ceyaṃ jagato mātā sarvalokanamaskṛtā| asyāśca calanaṃ bhūmerdṛśyate kośaleśvara||
O lord of Kosala, even Vasumati, the mother of the world, adored of all beings, meet with misery consequent upon earth-quake.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
यौ धर्मों जगतो नेत्रौ यत्र सर्वं प्रतिष्ठितम्। आदित्यचन्द्रौ ग्रहणमभ्युपेतौ महाबलौ॥
yau dharmoṃ jagato netrau yatra sarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitam| ādityacandrau grahaṇamabhyupetau mahābalau||
Even the mighty Sun and Moon witness eclipse who are the eyes of the world and the very images of virtue and in whom the whole world is stationed.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
सुमहान्त्यपि भूतानि देवाश्च पुरुषर्षभ । न दैवस्य प्रमुञ्चन्ति सर्वभूतानि देहिनः॥
sumahāntyapi bhūtāni devāśca puruṣarṣabha | na daivasya pramuñcanti sarvabhūtāni dehinaḥ||
O you best of men, what of insignificant beings cased in this frail body, even the mighty creatures and celestials are subject to the influence of destiny.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
शक्रादिष्वपि देवेषु वर्तमानौ नयानयौ। श्रूयेते नरशार्दूल न त्वं शोचितुमर्हसि॥
śakrādiṣvapi deveṣu vartamānau nayānayau| śrūyete naraśārdūla na tvaṃ śocitumarhasi||
I have heard, O best of men, even the celestials headed by Indra are subject to happiness or misery. So it dose not behove you to bewail thus.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
मृतायामपि वैदेह्यां नष्टायामपि राघव। शोचितुं नार्हसे वीर यथान्यः प्राकृतस्तथा॥
mṛtāyāmapi vaidehyāṃ naṣṭāyāmapi rāghava| śocituṃ nārhase vīra yathānyaḥ prākṛtastathā||
O descendant of Raghu, it become you not to lament like an ordinary person even if Janakí is dead or has been carried away.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
त्वद्विधा नहि शोचन्ति सततं सर्वदर्शनाः। सुमहत्स्वपि कृच्छ्रेषु रामानिर्विण्णदर्शनाः॥
tvadvidhā nahi śocanti satataṃ sarvadarśanāḥ| sumahatsvapi kṛcchreṣu rāmānirviṇṇadarśanāḥ||
O Rāma, persons, highly experienced and ascertaining right or wrong without being moved, do not lament even in the face of mighty perils.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
तत्त्वतो हि नरश्रेष्ठ बुद्ध्या समनुचिन्तय बुद्ध्या युक्ता महाप्राज्ञा विजानन्ति शुभाशुभे॥
tattvato hi naraśreṣṭha buddhyā samanucintaya buddhyā yuktā mahāprājñā vijānanti śubhāśubhe||
O you best of men, do you, after due consideration, ascertain what is proper or improper; persons of your vast wisdom are cognizant of the right or wrong by dint of their understanding.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
अदृष्टगुणदोषाणामधुराणां तु कर्मणाम्। नान्तरेण क्रियां तेषां फलमिष्टं च वर्तते॥
adṛṣṭaguṇadoṣāṇāmadhurāṇāṃ tu karmaṇām| nāntareṇa kriyāṃ teṣāṃ phalamiṣṭaṃ ca vartate||
Without proper exercise, actions, of unknown merit and uncertain issue do not bear fruits.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
मामेवं हि पुरा वीर त्वमेव बहुशोक्तवान्। अनुशिष्याद्धि को नु त्वामपि साक्षाद् बृहस्पतिः॥
māmevaṃ hi purā vīra tvameva bahuśoktavān| anuśiṣyāddhi ko nu tvāmapi sākṣād bṛhaspatiḥ||
O hero, many a time and oft ere this, you had given me the self-same counsel. Who is capable of counselling you who are the very preceptor of the gods?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
बुद्धिश्च ते महाप्राज्ञ देवैरपि दुरन्वया। शोकेनाभिप्रसुप्तं ते ज्ञानं सम्बोधयाम्यहम्॥
buddhiśca te mahāprājña devairapi duranvayā| śokenābhiprasuptaṃ te jñānaṃ sambodhayāmyaham||
O you of great intellect, even the celestials cannot measure your mental acumen. Greatly benumbed is your wisdom with the slumber of grief, and I am to rouse it.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
दिव्यं च मानुषं चैवमात्मनश्च पराक्रमम्। इक्ष्वाकुवृषभावेक्ष्य यतस्व द्विषतां वधे॥
divyaṃ ca mānuṣaṃ caivamātmanaśca parākramam| ikṣvākuvṛṣabhāvekṣya yatasva dviṣatāṃ vadhe||
O you the best of lkşvākus, do you engage in the destruction of your foes considering well your celestial and human prowess.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
किं ते सर्वविनाशेन कृतेन पुरुषर्षभ। तमेव तु रिपुं पापं विज्ञायोद्धर्तुमर्हसि ॥
kiṃ te sarvavināśena kṛtena puruṣarṣabha| tameva tu ripuṃ pāpaṃ vijñāyoddhartumarhasi ||
O you best of men, what necessity have you to destroy the whole world? Do you rescue Sītā after finding out your vicious enemy.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
