Siraatअयोध्याकाण्डः सर्गः 21
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तथा तु विलपन्तीं तां कौसल्यां राममातरम्। उवाच लक्ष्मणो दीनस्तत्कालसदृशं वचः॥
tathā tu vilapantīṃ tāṃ kausalyāṃ rāmamātaram| uvāca lakṣmaṇo dīnastatkālasadṛśaṃ vacaḥ||
At this time Laksmana, sorely distressed, addressed the weeping Kausalyā, the mother of Rāma with the following words suitable to that occasion.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
न रोचते ममाप्येतदार्ये यद् राघवो वनम्। त्यक्त्वा राज्यश्रियं गच्छेत् स्त्रिया वाक्यवशंगतः॥ विपरीतश्च वृद्धश्च विषयैश्च प्रधर्षितः। नृपः किमिव न ब्रूयाच्चोद्यमानः समन्मथः॥
na rocate mamāpyetadārye yad rāghavo vanam| tyaktvā rājyaśriyaṃ gacchet striyā vākyavaśaṃgataḥ|| viparītaśca vṛddhaśca viṣayaiśca pradharṣitaḥ| nṛpaḥ kimiva na brūyāccodyamānaḥ samanmathaḥ||
I like it not, Oh worshipful one, that Räghava, should repair to the forest, renouncing this grandeur of sovereignty. The king is uxorious, old and therefore of perverted judgement and is addicted to worldly affairs; being under the influence of his wife and passion what could he not speak?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
नास्यापराधं पश्यामि नापि दोषं तथाविधम्। येन निर्वास्यते राष्ट्राद् वनवासाय राघवः॥
nāsyāparādhaṃ paśyāmi nāpi doṣaṃ tathāvidham| yena nirvāsyate rāṣṭrād vanavāsāya rāghavaḥ||
I do not see any such fault or sin in Rāma that he should be banished from the kingdom to range in the wood.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
न तं पश्याम्यहं लोके परोक्षमपि यो नरः। स्वमित्रोऽपि निरस्तोऽपि योऽस्य दोषमुदाहरेत्॥
na taṃ paśyāmyahaṃ loke parokṣamapi yo naraḥ| svamitro'pi nirasto'pi yo'sya doṣamudāharet||
I do not find any such man in this world, even amongst great enemies, who, forsaken for heinous sins, can cite, even in his absence, any fault of him.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
देवकल्पमृगँ दान्तं रिपूणामपि वत्सलम्। अवेक्षमाणः को धर्मं त्यजेत् पुत्रमकारणात्॥
devakalpamṛga~ dāntaṃ ripūṇāmapi vatsalam| avekṣamāṇaḥ ko dharmaṃ tyajet putramakāraṇāt||
Observing what law of righteousness does the monarch, without any cause, renounce such a son who is like to celestials, simple, well disciplined and beloved even of the enemies?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
तदिदं वचनं राज्ञः पुनर्बाल्यमुपेयुषः। पुत्रः को हृदये कुर्याद् राजवृत्तमनुस्मरन्।७।।
tadidaṃ vacanaṃ rājñaḥ punarbālyamupeyuṣaḥ| putraḥ ko hṛdaye kuryād rājavṛttamanusmaran|7||
What son, remembering his father's conduct, shall carry in his heart these words of the king, who has again gone back to childhood?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
यावदेव न जानाति कश्चिदर्थमिमं नरः। तावदेव मया सार्धमात्मस्थं कुरु शासनम् ॥
yāvadeva na jānāti kaścidarthamimaṃ naraḥ| tāvadeva mayā sārdhamātmasthaṃ kuru śāsanam ||
Ere people come to know this proposal of exile, do you secure the government of the kingdom to yourself with me.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
मया पार्श्वे सधनुषा तव गुप्तस्य राघव। कः समर्थोऽधिकं कर्तुं कृतान्तस्येव तिष्ठतः॥
mayā pārśve sadhanuṣā tava guptasya rāghava| kaḥ samartho'dhikaṃ kartuṃ kṛtāntasyeva tiṣṭhataḥ||
Who can disturb the installation, Oh Rāghava, myself protecting you by your side with my bows, like to Death himself.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
निर्मनुष्यामिमां सर्वामयोध्यां मनुजर्षभ। करिष्यामि शरैस्तीक्ष्णैर्यदि स्थास्यति विप्रिये॥
nirmanuṣyāmimāṃ sarvāmayodhyāṃ manujarṣabha| kariṣyāmi śaraistīkṣṇairyadi sthāsyati vipriye||
If any body stands here as an enemy, surely shall I, Oh best of men, depopulate the whole city of Ayodhyā with sharp arrows.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
भरतस्याथ पक्ष्यो वा यो वास्य हितमिच्छति। सर्वास्तांश्च वधिष्यामि मृदुर्हि परिभूयते॥
bharatasyātha pakṣyo vā yo vāsya hitamicchati| sarvāstāṃśca vadhiṣyāmi mṛdurhi paribhūyate||
I shall immolate all who shall stand by Bharata or wish him well, certainly mildness brings about discomfiture.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
प्रोत्साहितोऽयं कैकेय्या संतुष्टो यदि नः पिता। अमित्रभूतो निःसङ्गं वध्यतां वध्यतामपि॥
protsāhito'yaṃ kaikeyyā saṃtuṣṭo yadi naḥ pitā| amitrabhūto niḥsaṅgaṃ vadhyatāṃ vadhyatāmapi||
If father being propitiated and excited by Kaikeyi, turns out to be our enemy, he shall be slain, without any hesitation.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
गुरोरप्यवलिप्तस्य कार्याकार्यमजानतः। उत्पथं प्रतिपन्नस्य कार्य भवति शासनम्॥
gurorapyavaliptasya kāryākāryamajānataḥ| utpathaṃ pratipannasya kārya bhavati śāsanam||
Even a spiritual leader deserves chastisement if he is puffed up with pride, and is devoid of the power of judging good actions and bad, and when he is gone astray.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
बलमेष किमाश्रित्य हेतुं वा पुरुषोत्तम। दातुमिच्छति कैकेय्यै उपस्थितमिदं तव॥
balameṣa kimāśritya hetuṃ vā puruṣottama| dātumicchati kaikeyyai upasthitamidaṃ tava||
Tell me, Oh best of men, by what law of virtue and what reason does he purpose to confer this kingdom upon Kaikeyi, which has devolved upon you (by the law of inheritance).
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
त्वया चैव मया चैव कृत्या वैरमनुत्तमम्। कास्य शक्तिः श्रियं दातुं भरतायारिशासन ॥
tvayā caiva mayā caiva kṛtyā vairamanuttamam| kāsya śaktiḥ śriyaṃ dātuṃ bharatāyāriśāsana ||
Who dares conferring on on Bharata the kingdom, carrying hostility with me and you?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
अनुरक्तोऽस्मि भावेन भ्रातरं देवि तत्त्वतः। सत्येन धनुषा चैव दत्तेनेष्टेन ते शपे॥
anurakto'smi bhāvena bhrātaraṃ devi tattvataḥ| satyena dhanuṣā caiva datteneṣṭena te śape||
Oh worshipful one, verily am I attached at heart to my brother.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
दीप्तमग्निमरण्यं वा यदि रामः प्रवेक्ष्यति। प्रविष्टं तत्र मां देवि त्वं पूर्वमवधारय॥
dīptamagnimaraṇyaṃ vā yadi rāmaḥ pravekṣyati| praviṣṭaṃ tatra māṃ devi tvaṃ pūrvamavadhāraya||
By truth, bow, gifts and things dear to me, do I swear to you; if Rāma shall enter into the wood, know me, Oh worshipful one, to have entered into the fire before that.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
हरामि वीर्याद् दुःखं ते तमः सूर्य इवोदितः। देवी पश्यतु मे वीर्यं राघवश्चैव पश्यतु॥ हनिष्ये पितरं वृद्धं कैकेय्यासक्तमानसम्। कृपणं च स्थितं बाल्ये वृद्धभावेन गर्हितम्॥
harāmi vīryād duḥkhaṃ te tamaḥ sūrya ivoditaḥ| devī paśyatu me vīryaṃ rāghavaścaiva paśyatu|| haniṣye pitaraṃ vṛddhaṃ kaikeyyāsaktamānasam| kṛpaṇaṃ ca sthitaṃ bālye vṛddhabhāvena garhitam||
Like to the sun dispelling darkness, shall I remove your sorrow by dint of my power; may your worshipful self and Rāghava witness it. Readily shall I despatch my father, whose heart is unduly attached to Kaikeyſ and who is therefore vile and being old contemptibly playing the child.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
एतत् तु वचनं श्रुत्वा लक्ष्मणस्य महात्मनः। उवाच रामं कौसल्या रुदती शोकलालसा॥
etat tu vacanaṃ śrutvā lakṣmaṇasya mahātmanaḥ| uvāca rāmaṃ kausalyā rudatī śokalālasā||
Hearing these words of the high-souled Laks maņa, Kausaly, weeping and being pressed with sorrow spoke these words to Rāma.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
भ्रातुस्ते वदतः पुत्र लक्ष्मणस्य श्रुतं त्वया। यदत्रानन्तरं तत्त्वं कुरुष्व यदि रोचते॥
bhrātuste vadataḥ putra lakṣmaṇasya śrutaṃ tvayā| yadatrānantaraṃ tattvaṃ kuruṣva yadi rocate||
You have heard, Oh my son, what your brother Laksmana said; and if you like, do what seems reasonable to you.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
न चाधर्म्यं वचः श्रुत्वा सपत्न्या मम भाषितम्। विहाय शोकसंतप्ता गन्तुमर्हसि मामितः॥
na cādharmyaṃ vacaḥ śrutvā sapatnyā mama bhāṣitam| vihāya śokasaṃtaptā gantumarhasi māmitaḥ||
It does not behove you, hearing the sinful words given vent to by the co-wife, to repair hence, leaving me who is sore distressed with sorrow.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
धर्मज्ञ इति धर्मिष्ठ धर्मं चरितुमिच्छसि। शुश्रूष मामिहस्थस्त्वं चर धर्ममनुत्तमम्॥
dharmajña iti dharmiṣṭha dharmaṃ caritumicchasi| śuśrūṣa māmihasthastvaṃ cara dharmamanuttamam||
Oh you pious one, having knowledge of religion, if do you wish to acquire righteousness, serve me here and continue practising the best of all virtues.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
शुश्रूषुर्जननीं पुत्र स्वगृहे नियतो वसन्। परेण तपसा युक्तः काश्यपस्त्रिदिवं गतः॥
śuśrūṣurjananīṃ putra svagṛhe niyato vasan| pareṇa tapasā yuktaḥ kāśyapastridivaṃ gataḥ||
Hear, Oh my son, the great ascetic Kasyapa, lived in his house, serving his mother continually and being crowned with best moral merit reached heaven.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
यथैव राजा पूज्यस्ते गौरवेण तथा ह्यहम्। त्वां साहं नानुजानामि न गन्तव्यमितो वनम्॥
yathaiva rājā pūjyaste gauraveṇa tathā hyaham| tvāṃ sāhaṃ nānujānāmi na gantavyamito vanam||
As the monarch is worshipful to you in veneration so am I. I do not permit you, to repair hence to the forest.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
त्ववियोगान मे कार्य जीवितेन सुखेन च। त्वया सह मम श्रेयस्तृणानामपि भक्षणम्॥
tvaviyogāna me kārya jīvitena sukhena ca| tvayā saha mama śreyastṛṇānāmapi bhakṣaṇam||
Separated from you I do not need life or happiness; with you I would prefer faring on grass.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
यदि त्वं यास्यसि वनं त्यक्त्वा मां शोकलालसाम्। अहं प्रायमिहासिष्ये न च शक्ष्यामि जीवितुम्॥
yadi tvaṃ yāsyasi vanaṃ tyaktvā māṃ śokalālasām| ahaṃ prāyamihāsiṣye na ca śakṣyāmi jīvitum||
If do you depart to the forest leaving me troubled with sorrow, I shall resort to the vow of fasting and shall not be able to sustain my life.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
ततस्त्वं प्राप्स्यसे पुत्र निरयं लोकविश्रुतम्। ब्रह्महत्यामिवाधर्मात् सपुद्रः सरितां पतिः॥
tatastvaṃ prāpsyase putra nirayaṃ lokaviśrutam| brahmahatyāmivādharmāt sapudraḥ saritāṃ patiḥ||
And then you shall receive the penalty of hell, well-known to the people, as did the ocean, the lord of rivers, for like unrighteousness, suffer the agony of Brahmanicide".* *The text has been here a little freely translated to make it compatible with the legend to which it refers. The ocean, thus goes the story, caused the grief of his mother. Upon which, Maharși Pippalāda, through magical power, subjected him to agony of hell. This agony the mother of Rāma relates as the same that follows the sin of Brahminicide.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
विलपन्ती तथा दीनां कौसल्यां जननीं ततः। उवाच रामो धर्मात्मा वचनं धर्मसंहितम्॥
vilapantī tathā dīnāṃ kausalyāṃ jananīṃ tataḥ| uvāca rāmo dharmātmā vacanaṃ dharmasaṃhitam||
Whereupon to his mother Kausalyä, sorrowful and weeping, spoke Răma, virtuous-souled these words of righteousness.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
नास्ति शक्तिः पितुर्वाक्यं समतिक्रमितुं मम। प्रसादये त्वां शिरसा गन्तुमिच्छाम्यहं वनम् ॥
nāsti śaktiḥ piturvākyaṃ samatikramituṃ mama| prasādaye tvāṃ śirasā gantumicchāmyahaṃ vanam ||
There is no power in me to transgress my father's behest's; bend low I my head to you, I want to proceed to the forest.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
ऋषिणा च पितुर्वाक्यं कुर्वता वनचारिणा। गौर्हता जानता धर्म कण्डुना च विपश्चिता।॥
ṛṣiṇā ca piturvākyaṃ kurvatā vanacāriṇā| gaurhatā jānatā dharma kaṇḍunā ca vipaścitā|||
The learned Rși Kandu, who lived in the forest keeping the word of his father, killed a cow, knowing it to be unrighteousness.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
अस्माकं तु कुले पूर्व सगरस्याज्ञया पितुः। खनद्भिः सागरैर्भूमिमवाप्तः सुमहान् वधः॥
asmākaṃ tu kule pūrva sagarasyājñayā pituḥ| khanadbhiḥ sāgarairbhūmimavāptaḥ sumahān vadhaḥ||
In our line the descendants of Sagara, at the command of their father, met with signal destruction, while digging the earth.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
जामदग्न्येन रामेण रेणुका जननी स्वयम्। कृत्ता परशुनारण्ये पितुर्वचनकारणात्॥
jāmadagnyena rāmeṇa reṇukā jananī svayam| kṛttā paraśunāraṇye piturvacanakāraṇāt||
Rāma the son of Jamadagni, at his father's words, decapitated his mother in the forest.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
एतैरन्यैश्च बहुभिर्देवि देवसमैः कृतम्। पितुर्वचनमक्लीबं करिष्यामि पितुर्हितम्॥
etairanyaiśca bahubhirdevi devasamaiḥ kṛtam| piturvacanamaklībaṃ kariṣyāmi piturhitam||
These and other god-like personages, Oh worshipful one, obeyed heroically the orders of their father; and I shall do my father's welfare therefore,
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
न खल्वेतन्मयैकेन क्रियते पितृशासनम्। एतैरपि कृतं देवि ये मया परिकीर्तिताः॥
na khalvetanmayaikena kriyate pitṛśāsanam| etairapi kṛtaṃ devi ye mayā parikīrtitāḥ||
It is not I alone who am carrying out my father's command; those whom I have mentioned now, O worshipful one, have done so.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
नाहं धर्ममपूर्वं ते प्रतिकूलं प्रवर्तये। पूर्वैरयमभिप्रेतो गतो मार्गोऽनुगम्यते॥
nāhaṃ dharmamapūrvaṃ te pratikūlaṃ pravartaye| pūrvairayamabhipreto gato mārgo'nugamyate||
I am not introducing some such righteousness, unfavourable to you, that has been never practised before.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
तदेतत् तु मया कार्य क्रियते भुवि नान्यथा। पितुर्हि वचनं कुर्वन् न कश्चिन्नाम हीयते॥
tadetat tu mayā kārya kriyate bhuvi nānyathā| piturhi vacanaṃ kurvan na kaścinnāma hīyate||
I am simply treading the path, that has been upheld and followed by worthies gone before. Surely shall I accomplish that which is worthy of being performed in this world and nothing else, one going by his father's behest's is not certainly degraded."
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
तामेवमुक्त्वा जननी लक्ष्मणं पुनरब्रवीत्। वाक्यं वाक्यविदां श्रेष्ठः श्रेष्ठः सर्वधनुष्मताम्॥
tāmevamuktvā jananī lakṣmaṇaṃ punarabravīt| vākyaṃ vākyavidāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ sarvadhanuṣmatām||
Saying these words to his mother, that best of men versed in speech and best of archers, again spoke to Lakşmaņa all these words.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
तव लक्ष्मण जानामि मयि स्नेहमनुत्तमम्। विक्रमं चैव सत्त्वं च तेजश्च सुदुरासदम्॥
tava lakṣmaṇa jānāmi mayi snehamanuttamam| vikramaṃ caiva sattvaṃ ca tejaśca sudurāsadam||
I know full well, Oh, Laksmana, your affection towards me and your power, strength • and unconquerable force.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
मम मातुर्महद् दुःखमतुलं शुभलक्षण। अभिप्रायं न विज्ञाय सत्यस्य च शमस्य च॥
mama māturmahad duḥkhamatulaṃ śubhalakṣaṇa| abhiprāyaṃ na vijñāya satyasya ca śamasya ca||
Not knowing my settled conviction in regard to truth and peace, my mother, Oh beautiful Lakşmaņa, is so disturbed with incomparable sorrow.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
धर्मो हि परमो लोके धर्मे सत्यं प्रतिष्ठितम्। धर्मसंश्रितमप्येतत् पितुर्वचनमुत्तमम्॥
dharmo hi paramo loke dharme satyaṃ pratiṣṭhitam| dharmasaṃśritamapyetat piturvacanamuttamam||
Righteousness is the prime object in this world and in righteousness is established truth, and this excellent utterance of my father is in keeping with righteousness.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
संश्रुत्य च पितुर्वाक्यं मातुर्वा ब्राह्मणस्य वा। न कर्तव्यं वृथा वीर धर्ममाश्रित्य तिष्ठता॥
saṃśrutya ca piturvākyaṃ māturvā brāhmaṇasya vā| na kartavyaṃ vṛthā vīra dharmamāśritya tiṣṭhatā||
It does not become them, O hero, who abide in righteousness to fail to carry out the commands of father, mother or a Brahmin.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
सोऽहं न शक्ष्यामि पुनर्नियोगमतिवर्तितुम्। पितुर्हिवचनाद् वीर कैकेय्याहं प्रचोदितः॥
so'haṃ na śakṣyāmi punarniyogamativartitum| piturhivacanād vīra kaikeyyāhaṃ pracoditaḥ||
While I have been, Oh warrior, ordered by Kaikeyi at my father's words, I shall not be able to transgress those behest's again.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
तदेतां विसृजानार्यां क्षत्रधर्माश्रिता मतिम्। धर्ममाश्रय मा तैक्ष्ण्यं मद्बुद्धिरनुगम्यताम्॥
tadetāṃ visṛjānāryāṃ kṣatradharmāśritā matim| dharmamāśraya mā taikṣṇyaṃ madbuddhiranugamyatām||
Do you relinquish therefore this unrighteous purpose of your consequent to the virtues of the Kșatriyas; do you abide by righteousness but not cruelty, and follow my decision.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
तमेवमुक्त्वा सौहार्दाद् भ्रातरं लक्ष्मणाग्रजः। उवाच भूयः कौसल्यां प्राञ्जलिः शिरसा नतः॥
tamevamuktvā sauhārdād bhrātaraṃ lakṣmaṇāgrajaḥ| uvāca bhūyaḥ kausalyāṃ prāñjaliḥ śirasā nataḥ||
Saying these words to Lakşmaņa out of fraternal affection, spoke again Rāma to Kausalyā with clasped hands and with his head bending low.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
अनुमन्यस्व मां देवि गमिष्यन्तमितो वनम्। शापितासि मम प्राणैः कुरु स्वस्त्ययनानि मे॥
anumanyasva māṃ devi gamiṣyantamito vanam| śāpitāsi mama prāṇaiḥ kuru svastyayanāni me||
I do bind you with an oath of my life, Oh venerable one, to allow me to wander away hence into the wood. Do you perform benedictory ceremonies for my welfare.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
तीर्णप्रतिज्ञश्च वनात् पुनरेष्याम्यहं पुरीम्। ययातिरिव राजर्षिः पुरा हित्वा पुनर्दिवम्॥
tīrṇapratijñaśca vanāt punareṣyāmyahaṃ purīm| yayātiriva rājarṣiḥ purā hitvā punardivam||
Like to the royal saint Yayāti, in the days of yore once falling on earth going again to the abode of celestials, I shall, fulfilling my vows, again return home from the forest.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
शोकः संधार्यतां मातर्हृदये साधु मा शुचः। वनवासादिहैष्यामि पुनः कृत्वा पितुर्वचः॥
śokaḥ saṃdhāryatāṃ mātarhṛdaye sādhu mā śucaḥ| vanavāsādihaiṣyāmi punaḥ kṛtvā piturvacaḥ||
Do you, Oh mother, assuage your grief within your heart; lament not you, I shall return home again from the wood after making good my father's words.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
त्वया मया च वैदेह्या लक्ष्मणेन सुमित्रया। पितुर्नियोगे स्थातव्यमेष धर्मः सनातनः॥
tvayā mayā ca vaidehyā lakṣmaṇena sumitrayā| piturniyoge sthātavyameṣa dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ||
Myself, Laksmana, Vaidehi, Sumitra and yourself shall abide by father's words, and this is the virtue eternal.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
अम्ब सम्भृत्य सम्भारान् दुःखं हृदि निगृह्य च। वनवासकृता बुद्धिर्मम धानुवर्त्यताम् ॥
amba sambhṛtya sambhārān duḥkhaṃ hṛdi nigṛhya ca| vanavāsakṛtā buddhirmama dhānuvartyatām ||
Desisting from the ceremonies of installation and allaying your sorrow in your heart do you, Oh my mother, follow my pious decision about retiring to the forest.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
एतद् वचस्तस्य निशम्य माता सुधर्म्यमव्यग्रमविक्लवं च। मृतेव संज्ञां प्रतिलभ्य देवी समीक्ष्य रामं पुनरित्युवाच। ५१।।
etad vacastasya niśamya mātā sudharmyamavyagramaviklavaṃ ca| mṛteva saṃjñāṃ pratilabhya devī samīkṣya rāmaṃ punarityuvāca| 51||
Hearing those pious, sober and reasonable words of Rāma, the venerable mother, regaining her sense like to the dead, and casting her look upon him, spoke to him again the following words.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
यथैव ते पुत्र पिता तथाहं गुरुः स्वधर्मेण सुहृत्तया च। न त्वानुजानामि न मां विहाय सुदुःखितामर्हसि पुत्र गन्तुम् ॥
yathaiva te putra pitā tathāhaṃ guruḥ svadharmeṇa suhṛttayā ca| na tvānujānāmi na māṃ vihāya suduḥkhitāmarhasi putra gantum ||
I am equally worshipful to you, Oh my son, with your father, for like him have I brought you up with pains and like him do I love you. I shall not allow you to repair to the forest and it does not behove you to go leaving me behind sore distressed with grief.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
किं जीवितेनेह विना त्वया मे लोकेन वा किं स्वधयामृतेन। श्रेयो मुहूर्तं तव संनिधानं ममेव कृत्स्नादपि जीवलोकात्॥
kiṃ jīviteneha vinā tvayā me lokena vā kiṃ svadhayāmṛtena| śreyo muhūrtaṃ tava saṃnidhānaṃ mameva kṛtsnādapi jīvalokāt||
Without you, of what avail to me is my life, my relatives, the worship of the manes and the deities and the knowledge of divine truth on this earth? Prefer do I your company even for a moment to the presence of all creation.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
नरैरिवोल्काभिरपोह्यमानो महागजो ध्वान्तमभिप्रविष्टः। भूयः प्रजज्वाल विलापमेवं निशम्य रामः करुणं जनन्याः॥ मार्तं च सौमित्रिमभिप्रतप्तम्। धर्मे स्थितो धर्म्यमुवाच वाक्यं यथा स एवार्हति तत्र वक्तुम् ॥
narairivolkābhirapohyamāno mahāgajo dhvāntamabhipraviṣṭaḥ| bhūyaḥ prajajvāla vilāpamevaṃ niśamya rāmaḥ karuṇaṃ jananyāḥ|| mārtaṃ ca saumitrimabhiprataptam| dharme sthito dharmyamuvāca vākyaṃ yathā sa evārhati tatra vaktum ||
Hearing these sorrowful words of his mother, Rāma was again inflamed with ire, like to an clephant goaded with a fire-brand, when entering into darkness. He, abiding in righteousness spoke such pious words to his mother, almost insensible, and to the son of Sumitrā, bewailing and racked with sorrow, as he was justified to utter on that occasion.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
अहं हि ते लक्ष्मण नित्यमेव जानामि भक्तिं च पराक्रमं च। मम त्वभिप्रायमसंनिरीक्ष्य मात्रा सहाभ्यर्दसिमा सुदुःखम्।५६।।
ahaṃ hi te lakṣmaṇa nityameva jānāmi bhaktiṃ ca parākramaṃ ca| mama tvabhiprāyamasaṃnirīkṣya mātrā sahābhyardasimā suduḥkham|56||
I know, Oh Laksmana, your deep respects to me and your power. It is not proper for you to pain me along with my mother, not being cognizant of my intention.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
जीवलोके समाक्षिता धर्मफलोदयेषु। ये तत्र सर्वे स्युरसंशयं मे भार्येव वश्याभिमता सपुत्रा ॥
jīvaloke samākṣitā dharmaphalodayeṣu| ye tatra sarve syurasaṃśayaṃ me bhāryeva vaśyābhimatā saputrā ||
Righteousness, wealth, and the objects of desire are looked upon with great esteem in this world of the created, but when the occasion for obtaining the result consequent upon the virtuous deeds of a prior life appears, all these three, I have no doubt, are doubt, are fulfilled in righteousness, as the wife alone, obedient, charming and having a son (fulfils them all).
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
यस्मिंस्तु सर्वे स्युरसंनिविष्टा धर्मो यतः स्यात् तदुपक्रमेत। धर्मार्थकामाः खलु द्वेष्यो भवत्यर्थपरो हि लोके कामात्मता खल्वपि न प्रशस्ता॥
yasmiṃstu sarve syurasaṃniviṣṭā dharmo yataḥ syāt tadupakrameta| dharmārthakāmāḥ khalu dveṣyo bhavatyarthaparo hi loke kāmātmatā khalvapi na praśastā||
It is not becoming for us to perform all those things where these three do not combine, whence results righteousness that we should resort to. A man seeking wealth become despicable, and one subject to desires is not admired by any (why bereft of righteousness).
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
गुरुश्च राजा च पिता च वृद्धः क्रोधात् प्रहर्षादथवापि कामात्। यद् व्यादिशेत् कार्यमवेक्ष्य धर्म कस्तं न कुर्यादनृशंसवृत्तिः। ५९।।
guruśca rājā ca pitā ca vṛddhaḥ krodhāt praharṣādathavāpi kāmāt| yad vyādiśet kāryamavekṣya dharma kastaṃ na kuryādanṛśaṃsavṛttiḥ| 59||
Who of us, having no tendency to wickedness, shall not obey the command of our father knowing it to be righteousness, who is old, our monarch and preceptor in military training, be it an outcome of his desires, anger or joy.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
मिमां न कर्तुं सकलां यथावत्। स ह्यावयोस्तात गुरुर्नियोगे देव्याश्च भर्ता स गतिश्च धर्मः॥
mimāṃ na kartuṃ sakalāṃ yathāvat| sa hyāvayostāta gururniyoge devyāśca bhartā sa gatiśca dharmaḥ||
For this it is that I am unable to act against my father's vow, he is our father and therefore can command us both like a master; and he is the husband of this venerable one, therefore her stay and righteousness itself.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
तस्मिन् पुनर्जीवति धर्मराजे विशेषतः स्वे पथि वर्तमाने। देवी मया सार्धमितोऽभिगच्छेत् कथंस्विदन्या विधवेव नारी॥
tasmin punarjīvati dharmarāje viśeṣataḥ sve pathi vartamāne| devī mayā sārdhamito'bhigacchet kathaṃsvidanyā vidhaveva nārī||
The righteousness monarch is still living and continues in his own path when ready to redeem his vow-even by renouncing me, how can this worshipful one accompany me like other insignificant widows?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
सा मानुमन्यस्व वनं व्रजन्तं कुरुष्व नः स्वस्त्ययनानि देवि। यथा समाप्ते पुनराव्रजेयं यथा हि सत्येन पुनर्ययातिः॥
sā mānumanyasva vanaṃ vrajantaṃ kuruṣva naḥ svastyayanāni devi| yathā samāpte punarāvrajeyaṃ yathā hi satyena punaryayātiḥ||
Do you permit me therefore, to repair to the forest and perform benedictory ceremonies for me so that I may again return home like to Yayāti regaining heaven by truth.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
त्र पृष्ठतः कर्तुमलं महोदयम्। अदीर्घकालेन तु देवि जीविते वृणेऽवरामद्य महीमधर्मतः॥
tra pṛṣṭhataḥ kartumalaṃ mahodayam| adīrghakālena tu devi jīvite vṛṇe'varāmadya mahīmadharmataḥ||
I cannot neglect eminent fame being impelled by avarice for kingdom alone. Life is but of short duration, Oh worshipful one, and as such I do not long for acquiring this nether earth by means unrighteous.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
प्रसादयन्नरवृषभः स मातरं पराक्रमाज्जिगमिषुरेव दण्डकान्। अथानुजं भृशमनुशास्य दर्शनं चकार तां हृदि जननीं प्रदक्षिणम्॥
prasādayannaravṛṣabhaḥ sa mātaraṃ parākramājjigamiṣureva daṇḍakān| athānujaṃ bhṛśamanuśāsya darśanaṃ cakāra tāṃ hṛdi jananīṃ pradakṣiṇam||
Rāma, that foremost of men, with a view to range into the forest Dandaka after patiently propitiating his mother and instructing fully his younger brother the mysteries of righteousness, went round his mother with reverence and made up his mind to repair to the forest.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)