Siraatअयोध्याकाण्डः सर्गः 19
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तदप्रियममित्रघ्नो वचनं मरणोपमम्। श्रुत्वा न विव्यथे रामः कैकेयी चेदमब्रवीत्।।।
tadapriyamamitraghno vacanaṃ maraṇopamam| śrutvā na vivyathe rāmaḥ kaikeyī cedamabravīt|||
Hearing these unpleasant words like to death, Rama, the destroyer of foes, was not pained, and spoke thus to Kaikeyī.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
एवमस्तु गमिष्यामि वनं वस्तुमहं त्वितः। जटाचीरधरो राज्ञः प्रतिज्ञामनुपालयन्॥
evamastu gamiṣyāmi vanaṃ vastumahaṃ tvitaḥ| jaṭācīradharo rājñaḥ pratijñāmanupālayan||
Be it what you say; carrying out the promise of the king, I shall repair to the forest from this place wearing bark and matted hair.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
इदं तु ज्ञातुमिच्छामि किमर्थं मां महीपतिः। नाभिनन्दति दुर्धर्षो यथापूर्वभरिंदमः॥
idaṃ tu jñātumicchāmi kimarthaṃ māṃ mahīpatiḥ| nābhinandati durdharṣo yathāpūrvabhariṃdamaḥ||
Now I want to know only why that lord of the earth, invincible and the conqueror of foes, does not receive me in the same way as he used to do on previous occasions.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
मन्युर्न च त्वया कार्यो देवि ब्रूमि तवाग्रतः। यास्यामि भव सुप्रीता वनं चीरजटाधरः॥
manyurna ca tvayā kāryo devi brūmi tavāgrataḥ| yāsyāmi bhava suprītā vanaṃ cīrajaṭādharaḥ||
be not angry, Oh worshipful one, I speak before you, be you propitiated well, and I shall go to the forest wearing bark and matted hair.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
हितेन गुरुणा पित्रा कृतज्ञेन नृपेण च। नियुज्यमानो विस्रब्धः किं न कुर्यााहं प्रियम्॥
hitena guruṇā pitrā kṛtajñena nṛpeṇa ca| niyujyamāno visrabdhaḥ kiṃ na kuryāāhaṃ priyam||
What is there that I cannot perform, considering it good without suspicion, if I am ordered so by my well-wisher, spiritual leader, father and king, who acknowledges your service (rendered in time of danger).* *The epithet Krtajñena may as well as be rendered into general terms; such as 'who acknowledges services rendered to him.' Here in translation I have followed the commentator who has restricted it to the special sense suitable to the occasion.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
अलीकं मानसं त्वेकं हृदयं दहते मम। स्वयं यन्नाह मां राजा भरतस्याभिषेचनम्॥
alīkaṃ mānasaṃ tvekaṃ hṛdayaṃ dahate mama| svayaṃ yannāha māṃ rājā bharatasyābhiṣecanam||
But this one sorrow burns my heart, why king did not tell me personally of the installation of Bharata.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
अहं हि सीतां राज्यं च प्राणानिष्टान् धनानि च । हृष्टो भ्रात्रे स्वयं दद्यां भरताय प्रचोदितः॥ किं पुनर्मनुजेन्द्रेण स्वयं पित्रा प्रचोदितः। तव च प्रियकामार्थं प्रतिज्ञामनुपालयन्॥
ahaṃ hi sītāṃ rājyaṃ ca prāṇāniṣṭān dhanāni ca | hṛṣṭo bhrātre svayaṃ dadyāṃ bharatāya pracoditaḥ|| kiṃ punarmanujendreṇa svayaṃ pitrā pracoditaḥ| tava ca priyakāmārthaṃ pratijñāmanupālayan||
What of the command of the king, my father, I shall even at your mandate joyfully make over to Bharata, my kingdom, Sītā, wealth and even my life, thereby satisfying you, and fulfilling my promise.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
तथाश्वासय ह्रीमन्तं किंत्विदं यन्महीपतिः। वसुधासक्तनयनो मन्दमश्रूणि मुञ्चति ॥
tathāśvāsaya hrīmantaṃ kiṃtvidaṃ yanmahīpatiḥ| vasudhāsaktanayano mandamaśrūṇi muñcati ||
Do you now console the bashful king; why has he, with his eyes steadily fixed on the ground, been shedding tears slowly?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
गच्छन्तु चैवानयितुं दूताः शीघ्रजवैर्हयैः। भरतं मातुलकुलादद्यैव नृपशासनात्॥
gacchantu caivānayituṃ dūtāḥ śīghrajavairhayaiḥ| bharataṃ mātulakulādadyaiva nṛpaśāsanāt||
Let messengers, with fast going steeds go today at the command of the king to fetch Bharata from his maternal uncle's house.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
दण्डकारण्यमेषोऽहं गच्छाम्येव हि सत्वरः। अविचार्य पितुर्वाक्यं समा वस्तुं चतुर्दश॥
daṇḍakāraṇyameṣo'haṃ gacchāmyeva hi satvaraḥ| avicārya piturvākyaṃ samā vastuṃ caturdaśa||
I shall, not even judging the propriety of my father's words, speedily repair to the forest of Dandaka for fourteen years.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
सा हृष्टा तस्य तद् वाक्यं श्रुत्वा रामस्य कैकयी। प्रस्थानं श्रद्दधाना सा त्वरयामास राघवम्॥
sā hṛṣṭā tasya tad vākyaṃ śrutvā rāmasya kaikayī| prasthānaṃ śraddadhānā sā tvarayāmāsa rāghavam||
Hearing those words of Rāma, Kaikeyi was pleased, and being certain about his departure, hurried on Raghava.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
यास्यन्ति दूताः शीघ्रजवैर्हयैः। भरतं मातुलकुलादिहावर्तयुतं नराः॥
yāsyanti dūtāḥ śīghrajavairhayaiḥ| bharataṃ mātulakulādihāvartayutaṃ narāḥ||
Let it be that messengers with fast going steeds shall go to bring Bharata from his maternal uncle's residence.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
एवं भवतु तव त्वहं क्षमं मन्ये नोत्सुकस्य विलम्बनम्। राम तस्मादितः शीघ्रं वनं त्वं गन्तुमर्हसि ॥
evaṃ bhavatu tava tvahaṃ kṣamaṃ manye notsukasya vilambanam| rāma tasmāditaḥ śīghraṃ vanaṃ tvaṃ gantumarhasi ||
I do not think it proper for you, O Rāma, to delay, when you are so anxious; it behoves you therefore to depart from this place speedily to the forest.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
व्रीडान्वितः स्वयं यच्च नृपस्त्वां नाभिभाषते। नैतत् किंचिन्नरश्रेष्ठ मन्युरेषोऽपनीयताम्॥
vrīḍānvitaḥ svayaṃ yacca nṛpastvāṃ nābhibhāṣate| naitat kiṃcinnaraśreṣṭha manyureṣo'panīyatām||
The king being abashed, does not himself address you, there is nothing else than this. Do you, Oh best of men, dispel this wretchedness of his.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
यावत्त्वं न वनं यातः पुरादस्मादतित्वरम्। पिता तावन्नते राम स्नास्यते भोक्ष्यतेऽपि वा॥
yāvattvaṃ na vanaṃ yātaḥ purādasmādatitvaram| pitā tāvannate rāma snāsyate bhokṣyate'pi vā||
As long as you shall not hurriedly depart from his presence, Oh Rāma, your father shall not bathe, or eat anything.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
धिक्कष्टमिति निःश्वस्य राजा शोकपरिप्लुतः। मूर्च्छितो न्यपतत् तस्मिन् पर्यङ्के हेमभूषिते॥
dhikkaṣṭamiti niḥśvasya rājā śokapariplutaḥ| mūrcchito nyapatat tasmin paryaṅke hemabhūṣite||
'Oh fie!' 'what affliction' sobbing hard with these words, the monarch, filled with sorrow, swooned away and fell down upon the sofa, embellished with gold.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
रामोऽप्युत्थाप्प राजानं कैकेय्याभिप्रचोदितः। कशयेव हतो वाजी वनं गन्तुं कृतत्वरः॥
rāmo'pyutthāppa rājānaṃ kaikeyyābhipracoditaḥ| kaśayeva hato vājī vanaṃ gantuṃ kṛtatvaraḥ||
Raising the king up, Rāma, being directed by Kaikeyī, began to hurry on his departure to the forest, like to a steed struck sharp with a whip.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
तदप्रियमनाया वचनं दारुणोदयम्। श्रुत्वा गतव्यथो रामः कैकेयीं वाक्यमब्रवीत्॥
tadapriyamanāyā vacanaṃ dāruṇodayam| śrutvā gatavyatho rāmaḥ kaikeyīṃ vākyamabravīt||
Hearing those cruel and unpleasant words of the wicked Kaikeyi, Rama, not being distressed, began to address her with the following words.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
नाहमर्थपरो देवि लोकमावस्तुमुत्सहे। विद्धि मामृषिभिस्तुल्यं विमलं धर्ममास्थितम् ॥
nāhamarthaparo devi lokamāvastumutsahe| viddhi māmṛṣibhistulyaṃ vimalaṃ dharmamāsthitam ||
Oh worshipful one, being addicted to wealth do I not long for living in this world; like to Rșis, know me, to be well established in pure religion.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
यत् तत्र भवतः किंचिच्छक्यं कर्तुं प्रियं मया। प्राणानपि परित्यज्य सर्वथा कृतमेव तत्॥
yat tatra bhavataḥ kiṃcicchakyaṃ kartuṃ priyaṃ mayā| prāṇānapi parityajya sarvathā kṛtameva tat||
If I can, even at the sacrifice of my own life, satisfy my worshipful father, rest assured it is to be done first in all manner.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
न ह्यतो धर्मचरणं किंचिदस्ति महत्तरम्। यथा पितरि शुश्रूषा तस्य वा वचनक्रिया॥
na hyato dharmacaraṇaṃ kiṃcidasti mahattaram| yathā pitari śuśrūṣā tasya vā vacanakriyā||
There is no virtue greater than the serving of the father and carrying out his words.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
अनुक्तोऽप्यत्रभवता भवत्या वचनादहम्। वने वत्स्यामि विजने वर्षाणीह चतुर्दश॥
anukto'pyatrabhavatā bhavatyā vacanādaham| vane vatsyāmi vijane varṣāṇīha caturdaśa||
Even though not commanded by him, I shall, for your words, live in a solitary forest for fourteen years.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
न न्यूनं मयि कैकेयि किंचिदाशंससे गुणान् । यद् राजानमवोचस्त्वं ममेश्वरतरा सती ॥
na nyūnaṃ mayi kaikeyi kiṃcidāśaṃsase guṇān | yad rājānamavocastvaṃ mameśvaratarā satī ||
Oh Kaikeyī, certain it is that you are not acquainted with my foremost virtues, inasmuch as possessing full authority to rule me, you have requested the monarch for this.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
यावन्मातरमापृच्छे सीतां जानुनयाम्यहम्। ततोऽद्यैव गमिष्यामि दण्डकानां महद् वनम्॥
yāvanmātaramāpṛcche sītāṃ jānunayāmyaham| tato'dyaiva gamiṣyāmi daṇḍakānāṃ mahad vanam||
Excuse me until I ask my mother, and comfort Sītā; even this very day shall I wend my way to the great forest of Dandaka.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
भरतः पालयेद् राज्यं शुश्रूषेच्च पितुर्यथा। तथा भवत्या कर्तव्यं स हि धर्मः सनातनः॥
bharataḥ pālayed rājyaṃ śuśrūṣecca pituryathā| tathā bhavatyā kartavyaṃ sa hi dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ||
If behoves you to do that by which Bharata may govern the kingdom and tend our father, for this is the virtue eternal.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
रामस्य तु वचः श्रुत्वा भृशं दुःखगतः पिता। शोकादशक्नुवन् वक्तुं प्ररुरोद महास्वनम्॥
rāmasya tu vacaḥ śrutvā bhṛśaṃ duḥkhagataḥ pitā| śokādaśaknuvan vaktuṃ praruroda mahāsvanam||
Hearing these words of Rāma, his father, greatly afflicted and incapable of speaking anything on account of sorrow, began to cry aloud.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
वन्दित्वा चरणौ राज्ञो विसंज्ञस्य पितुस्तदा। कैकेय्याश्चाप्यना या निष्पपात महाद्युतिः॥
vanditvā caraṇau rājño visaṃjñasya pitustadā| kaikeyyāścāpyanā yā niṣpapāta mahādyutiḥ||
Worshipping the feet of the king lying insensible, and those of vicious Kaikeyi, that greatly effulgent one went out.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
स रामः पितरं कृत्वा कैकेयीं च प्रदक्षिणम्। निष्क्रम्यान्तःपुरात् तस्मात् स्वं ददर्श सुहज्जनम्॥
sa rāmaḥ pitaraṃ kṛtvā kaikeyīṃ ca pradakṣiṇam| niṣkramyāntaḥpurāt tasmāt svaṃ dadarśa suhajjanam||
And reverentially going round his father and Kaikeyi, and issuing out of the female apartment, Rāma saw his own friends and relatives.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
तं बाष्पपरिपूर्णाक्षः पृष्ठतोऽनुजगाम ह। लक्ष्मणः परमक्रुद्धः सुमित्रानन्दवर्धनः॥
taṃ bāṣpaparipūrṇākṣaḥ pṛṣṭhato'nujagāma ha| lakṣmaṇaḥ paramakruddhaḥ sumitrānandavardhanaḥ||
Then followed him Lakşmaņa, the enhance of Sumitra's joy, greatly angry and with his eyes full of tears.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
आभिषेचनिकं भाण्डं कृत्वा रामः प्रदक्षिणम्। शनैर्जगाम सापेक्षो दृष्टिं तत्राविचालयन्॥
ābhiṣecanikaṃ bhāṇḍaṃ kṛtvā rāmaḥ pradakṣiṇam| śanairjagāma sāpekṣo dṛṣṭiṃ tatrāvicālayan||
Going round with reverence the house of installation full of necessary articles, not turning away from it his wistful look, Rāma began to proceed slowly.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
न चास्य महतीं लक्ष्मी राज्यनाशोऽपकर्षति। लोककान्तस्य कान्तत्वाच्छीतरश्मेरिव क्षयः॥
na cāsya mahatīṃ lakṣmī rājyanāśo'pakarṣati| lokakāntasya kāntatvācchītaraśmeriva kṣayaḥ||
Loss of kingdom could not diminish the great beauty of that beloved of the people on account of its everlasting pleasantness, like to the wane of the moon.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
न वनं गन्तुकामस्य त्यजतश्च वसुंधराम्। सर्वलोकातिगस्येव लक्ष्यते चित्तविक्रिया॥
na vanaṃ gantukāmasya tyajataśca vasuṃdharām| sarvalokātigasyeva lakṣyate cittavikriyā||
There was manifest in his no change of mind, who was about to fly as an exile to the forest and leave the world, like to one emancipated while yet living.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
प्रतिषिध्य शुभं छत्रं व्यजने च स्वलंकृते। विसर्जयित्वा स्वजनं रथं पौरांस्तथा जनान्॥ धारयन् मनसा दु:खमिन्द्रियाणि निगृह्य च। प्रविवेशात्मवान् वेश्म मातुरप्रियशंसिवान्॥
pratiṣidhya śubhaṃ chatraṃ vyajane ca svalaṃkṛte| visarjayitvā svajanaṃ rathaṃ paurāṃstathā janān|| dhārayan manasā du:khamindriyāṇi nigṛhya ca| praviveśātmavān veśma māturapriyaśaṃsivān||
Leaving aside the excellent umbrella and well adorned chowries, forsaking his relatives, chariot, citizens and other people, calmly bearing the affliction in mind and not manifesting the outward signs of sorrow, Rāma, with a view to communicate this unpleasant news to his mother, entered her abode.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
सर्वोऽप्यभिजनः श्रीमाञ्श्रीमतः सत्यवादिनः। नालक्षयत रामस्य कंचिदाकारमानने॥
sarvo'pyabhijanaḥ śrīmāñśrīmataḥ satyavādinaḥ| nālakṣayata rāmasya kaṃcidākāramānane||
All persons, who were present there and who adorned themselves on account of the installation, did not perceive any sign of mental agony on the face of Rāma.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
उचितं च महाबाहुर्न जहौ हर्षमात्मवान्। शारदः समुदीर्णांशुश्चन्द्रस्तेज इवात्मजम्॥
ucitaṃ ca mahābāhurna jahau harṣamātmavān| śāradaḥ samudīrṇāṃśuścandrasteja ivātmajam||
Like to the rays of the fully brilliant autumnal moon, that hero of mighty arms, having control over himself, did not forsake his native cheerfulness.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
वाचा मधुरया रामः सर्वं सम्मानयञ्जनम्। मातुः समीपं धर्मात्मा प्रविवेश महायशाः॥
vācā madhurayā rāmaḥ sarvaṃ sammānayañjanam| mātuḥ samīpaṃ dharmātmā praviveśa mahāyaśāḥ||
The pious Rāma, having high fame, entered into the presence of his mother, manifesting great regards for the people with sweet speech.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
तं गुणैः समतां प्राप्तो भ्राता विपुलविक्रमः। सौमित्रिरनुवव्राज धारयन् दुःखमात्मजम्॥
taṃ guṇaiḥ samatāṃ prāpto bhrātā vipulavikramaḥ| saumitriranuvavrāja dhārayan duḥkhamātmajam||
Then followed him, the son of Sumitrā, of mighty prowess, of equal accomplishments with his brother, and bearing the mental sorrow. Rāma, entering the abode of his mother.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
प्रविश्य वेश्मातिभृशं मुदा युतं समीक्ष्य तां चार्थविपत्तिमागताम्। न चैव रामोऽत्र जगाम विक्रियां सुहृज्जनस्यात्मविपत्तिशङ्कया॥
praviśya veśmātibhṛśaṃ mudā yutaṃ samīkṣya tāṃ cārthavipattimāgatām| na caiva rāmo'tra jagāma vikriyāṃ suhṛjjanasyātmavipattiśaṅkayā||
Saw it filled with all sorts of amusements; and even though his mind was not agitated with any mental disturbance seeing the impending calamity of loss of wealth, he was anxious lest the lives of his dear relatives mighty be in danger.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)