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Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda · Chapter 102

Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 102

अयोध्याकाण्डः सर्गः 102

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रामस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा भरतः प्रत्युवाच ह। किं मे धर्माद् विहीनस्य राजधर्मः करिष्यति॥

rāmasya vacanaṃ śrutvā bharataḥ pratyuvāca ha| kiṃ me dharmād vihīnasya rājadharmaḥ kariṣyati||

Hearing Rāma's words, Bharata answered, Deprived of the kingdom in consequence of my posteriority in point of birth, what does regard for morality avail me?

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शाश्वतोऽयं सदा धर्मः स्थितोऽस्मासु नरर्षभ। ज्येष्ठ पुत्रे स्थिते राजा न कनीयान् भवेनृपः॥

śāśvato'yaṃ sadā dharmaḥ sthito'smāsu nararṣabha| jyeṣṭha putre sthite rājā na kanīyān bhavenṛpaḥ||

O best of men, even this morality has ever been established with reference to us, viz., that the eldest son of the king existing, a younger one cannot be the king.

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स समृद्धां मया सार्धमयोध्यां गच्छ राघव। अभिषेचय चात्मानं कुलस्यास्य भवाय नः॥

sa samṛddhāṃ mayā sārdhamayodhyāṃ gaccha rāghava| abhiṣecaya cātmānaṃ kulasyāsya bhavāya naḥ||

Do you, therefore, O Rāghava go along with me to the prosperous Ayodhya; and get yourself ir stalled there for the behoof of our race.

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राजानं मानुषं प्राहुर्देवत्वे सम्मतो मम। यस्य धर्मार्थसहितं वृत्तमाहुरमानुषम्॥

rājānaṃ mānuṣaṃ prāhurdevatve sammato mama| yasya dharmārthasahitaṃ vṛttamāhuramānuṣam||

Although a king observing interest and virtue, and who towers above average humanity, has been called a mortal, yet to me he is a very deity.

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केकयस्थे च मयि तु त्वयि चारण्यमाश्रिते। धीमान् स्वर्गं गतो राजा यायजूकः सतां मतः॥

kekayasthe ca mayi tu tvayi cāraṇyamāśrite| dhīmān svargaṃ gato rājā yāyajūkaḥ satāṃ mataḥ||

While I was in Kekaya and you was in the forest that intelligent monarch honoured of the good, given to celebrating sacrifices, ascended heaven.

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निष्क्रान्तमात्रे भवति सहसीते सलक्ष्मणे। दुःखशोकाभिभूतस्तु राजा त्रिदिवमभ्यगात्॥

niṣkrāntamātre bhavati sahasīte salakṣmaṇe| duḥkhaśokābhibhūtastu rājā tridivamabhyagāt||

As soon as you had set out (for the forest) along with Sītā and Lakşmaņa, the king borne down by grief and chagrin, went to heaven.

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उत्तिष्ठ पुरुषव्याघ्र क्रियतामुदकं पितुः। अहं चायं च शत्रुघ्नः पूर्वमेव कृतोदकौ॥

uttiṣṭha puruṣavyāghra kriyatāmudakaṃ pituḥ| ahaṃ cāyaṃ ca śatrughnaḥ pūrvameva kṛtodakau||

O foremost of men, do you arise, and offer water to the spirit of our sire. Śatrughna and I have ere this offered water to (the departed).

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प्रियेण किल दत्तं हि पितृलोकेषु राघव। अक्षयं भवतीत्याहुर्भावांश्चैव पितुः प्रियः॥

priyeṇa kila dattaṃ hi pitṛlokeṣu rāghava| akṣayaṃ bhavatītyāhurbhāvāṃścaiva pituḥ priyaḥ||

O Rāghava, anything offered to the (manes of the) ancestors by a beloved descendant, conduces to their eternal behoof; and you the favourite of our father.

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स्त्वय्येव सक्तामनिवर्त्य बुद्धिम्। स्त्वां संस्मरन्नेव गतः पिता ते॥

stvayyeva saktāmanivartya buddhim| stvāṃ saṃsmaranneva gataḥ pitā te||

Mourning you and exceedingly desirous of seeing you, his mind being fastened on you and incapable of being turned away, deprived of you, and smitten with grief of your account, your father departed this life, remembering you. was

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