Siraatअयोध्याकाण्डः सर्गः 39
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रामस्य तु वचः श्रुत्वा मुनिवेषधरं च तम्। समीक्ष्य सह भाभी राजा विगतचेतनः॥
rāmasya tu vacaḥ śrutvā muniveṣadharaṃ ca tam| samīkṣya saha bhābhī rājā vigatacetanaḥ||
Hearing Rāma's words, and seeing him dressed like an ascetic, the king in the midst of his wives was deprived of his senses.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
नैनं दुःखेन संतप्तः प्रत्यवैक्षत राघवम्। न चैनमभिसम्प्रेक्ष्य प्रत्यभाषत दुर्मनाः॥
nainaṃ duḥkhena saṃtaptaḥ pratyavaikṣata rāghavam| na cainamabhisamprekṣya pratyabhāṣata durmanāḥ||
And burning in grief, the king could not eye Rāghava, nor seeing him could that one of arilicted mind answer anything.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
स मुहूर्तमिवासंज्ञो दुःखितश्च महीपतिः। विललाप महाबाहू राममेवानुचिन्तयन्॥
sa muhūrtamivāsaṃjño duḥkhitaśca mahīpatiḥ| vilalāpa mahābāhū rāmamevānucintayan||
Then remaining unconscious for a while, the mighty-armed lord of earth oppressed by grief began to bewail, thinking of Rāma.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
मन्ये खलु मया पूर्वं विवत्सा बहवः कृताः। प्राणिनो हिंसिता वापि तन्मामिदमुपस्थितम् ॥
manye khalu mayā pūrvaṃ vivatsā bahavaḥ kṛtāḥ| prāṇino hiṃsitā vāpi tanmāmidamupasthitam ||
I conclude that formerly I deprived many a cow of her calf, and took the life of many creature, and it is for this that the present calamity has befallen me.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
न त्वेवानागते काले देहाच्च्यवति जीवितम्। कैकेय्या क्लिश्यमानस्य मृत्युर्मम न विद्यते॥ योऽहं पावकसंकाशं पश्यामि पुरतः स्थितम्। विहाय वसने सूक्ष्मे तापसाच्छादमात्मजम्॥
na tvevānāgate kāle dehāccyavati jīvitam| kaikeyyā kliśyamānasya mṛtyurmama na vidyate|| yo'haṃ pāvakasaṃkāśaṃ paśyāmi purataḥ sthitam| vihāya vasane sūkṣme tāpasācchādamātmajam||
(I infer) that life never departs from the body unless the time comes, for although sore tried by Kaikeyſ, my life does not go out of me, and for I can see before me this one resembling fire, clad in the dress of an ascetic, having left his fine venture.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
एकस्याः खलु कैकेय्याः कृतेऽयं खिद्यते जनः। स्वार्थ प्रयतमानायाः संश्रित्य निकृतिं त्विमाम्॥
ekasyāḥ khalu kaikeyyāḥ kṛte'yaṃ khidyate janaḥ| svārtha prayatamānāyāḥ saṃśritya nikṛtiṃ tvimām||
These people are in trouble in consequence of Kaikeyi alone striving by help of this craftiness to secure her interest.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
एवमुक्त्वा तु वचनं बाष्पेण विहतेन्द्रियः। रामेति सकृदेवोक्त्वा व्याहर्तुं न शशाक सः॥
evamuktvā tu vacanaṃ bāṣpeṇa vihatendriyaḥ| rāmeti sakṛdevoktvā vyāhartuṃ na śaśāka saḥ||
Having said these words, Dasaratha, his senses overpowered by the vapour of sorrow, exclaimed "Rāma!” and could not proceed further.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
संज्ञां तु प्रतिलभ्यैव मुहूर्तात् स महीपतिः। नेत्राभ्यामश्रुपूर्णाभ्यां सुमन्त्रमिदमब्रवीत्॥
saṃjñāṃ tu pratilabhyaiva muhūrtāt sa mahīpatiḥ| netrābhyāmaśrupūrṇābhyāṃ sumantramidamabravīt||
Then soon regaining consciousness, the lord of earth with tearful eyes, addressed Sumantra, saying.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
औपवाह्यं रथं युक्त्वा त्वमायाहि हयोत्तमैः। प्रापयैनं महाभागमितो जनपदात् परम्॥
aupavāhyaṃ rathaṃ yuktvā tvamāyāhi hayottamaiḥ| prāpayainaṃ mahābhāgamito janapadāt param||
Yoking a riding car with excellent horses, do you come hither; and take the exalted one to the south of the kingdom.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
एवं मन्ये गुणवतां गुणानां फलमुच्यते। पित्रा मात्रा च यत्साधुर्वीरो निर्वास्यते वनम्॥
evaṃ manye guṇavatāṃ guṇānāṃ phalamucyate| pitrā mātrā ca yatsādhurvīro nirvāsyate vanam||
The virtuous and heroic Rāma is being banished by his father and, mother Even this methinks will be asserted as the fruit of the virtues possessed by the pious.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
राज्ञो वचनमाज्ञाय सुमन्त्रः शीघ्रविक्रमः। योजयित्वा ययौ तत्र रथमश्वरलंकृतम्॥
rājño vacanamājñāya sumantraḥ śīghravikramaḥ| yojayitvā yayau tatra rathamaśvaralaṃkṛtam||
Receiving the mandate of the sovereign, Sumantra endued with fleet vigour, yoking a car adorned with horses, came there.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
तं रथं राजपुत्राय सूतः कनकभूषितम्। आचचक्षेऽञ्जलिं कृत्वा युक्तं परमवाजिभिः॥
taṃ rathaṃ rājaputrāya sūtaḥ kanakabhūṣitam| ācacakṣe'ñjaliṃ kṛtvā yuktaṃ paramavājibhiḥ||
Then the charioteer with joined hands announced to the prince that the car adorned with gold was ready, yoked with excellent horses.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
राजा सत्वरमाहूय व्यापृतं वित्तसंचये। उवाच देशकालज्ञो निश्चितं सर्वतः शुचिः॥
rājā satvaramāhūya vyāpṛtaṃ vittasaṃcaye| uvāca deśakālajño niścitaṃ sarvataḥ śuciḥ||
The king, versed in time and place, and pure, speedily summoning his treasurer, said to him these words firmly.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
वासांसि च वराहा॑णि भूषणानि महान्ति च। वर्षाण्येतानि संख्याय वैदेह्याः क्षिप्रमानय॥
vāsāṃsi ca varāhā̭ṇi bhūṣaṇāni mahānti ca| varṣāṇyetāni saṃkhyāya vaidehyāḥ kṣipramānaya||
Do you without delay bring to Vaidehī excellent and costly attires and noble ornaments, counting these (ten and four) years.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
नरेन्द्रेणैवमुक्तस्तु गत्वा कोशगृहं ततः। प्रायच्छत् सर्वमाहृत्य सीतायै क्षिप्रमेव तत्॥
narendreṇaivamuktastu gatvā kośagṛhaṃ tataḥ| prāyacchat sarvamāhṛtya sītāyai kṣiprameva tat||
Thus desired by the foremost of men, that officer repairing to the treasury, procuring all those, speedily presented them to Sītā.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
सा सुजाता सुजातानि वैदेही प्रस्थिता वनम्। भूषयामास गात्राणि तैर्विचित्रैर्विभूषणैः॥
sā sujātā sujātāni vaidehī prasthitā vanam| bhūṣayāmāsa gātrāṇi tairvicitrairvibhūṣaṇaiḥ||
Thereupon that pure-sprung one, Vaidehi, ordered to the forest, adorned her goodly limbs with those rare ornaments.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
व्यराजयत वैदेही वेश्म तत् सुविभूषिता। उद्यतोऽशुमतः काले खं प्रभेव विवस्वतः॥
vyarājayata vaidehī veśma tat suvibhūṣitā| udyato'śumataḥ kāle khaṃ prabheva vivasvataḥ||
Thus decked out, Vaidehī graced that chamber like the effulgence of the Sun irradiating the welkin with his rays.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
तां भुजाभ्यां परिष्वज्य श्वश्रूर्वचनमब्रवीत्। अनाचरन्तीं कृपणं मू[पाघ्राय मैथिलीम्।१९।।
tāṃ bhujābhyāṃ pariṣvajya śvaśrūrvacanamabravīt| anācarantīṃ kṛpaṇaṃ mū[pāghrāya maithilīm|19||
Then embracing with her arms Mithila's daughter of noble behaviour, and smelling the crown of her head, Sītā's mother-in-law said.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
असत्यः सर्वलोकेऽस्मिन् सततं सत्कृताः प्रियैः। भर्तारं नानुमन्यन्ते विनिपातगतं स्त्रियः॥
asatyaḥ sarvaloke'smin satataṃ satkṛtāḥ priyaiḥ| bhartāraṃ nānumanyante vinipātagataṃ striyaḥ||
Those women that although having always been carefully tended by their husbands, do not regard them during the incident of adversity, are in this world reckoned as unchaste.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
एष स्वभावो नारीणामनुभूय पुरा सुखम्। अल्पामप्यापदं प्राप्य दुष्यन्ति प्रजहत्यपि॥
eṣa svabhāvo nārīṇāmanubhūya purā sukham| alpāmapyāpadaṃ prāpya duṣyanti prajahatyapi||
Even this is the nature of women: having formerly tasted happiness (at the hands of their husbands), they, on the accession of an inconsiderable misfortune, take them to task, nay, forsake them utterly.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
असत्यशीला विकृता दुर्गा अहृदयाः सदा। असत्यः पापसंकल्पाः क्षणमात्रविरागिणः॥
asatyaśīlā vikṛtā durgā ahṛdayāḥ sadā| asatyaḥ pāpasaṃkalpāḥ kṣaṇamātravirāgiṇaḥ||
Those women that are untruthful, unmindful, of evil ways heartless, intent on unrighteous acts, and whose love is evanescent. are unchaste.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
न कुलं न कृतं विद्या न दत्तं नापि संग्रहः। स्त्रीणां गृह्णाति हृदयमनित्यहृदया हि ताः॥
na kulaṃ na kṛtaṃ vidyā na dattaṃ nāpi saṃgrahaḥ| strīṇāṃ gṛhṇāti hṛdayamanityahṛdayā hi tāḥ||
Neither lineage, no benefit, nor learning, nor gift, nor forbearance of faults, can secure the hearts of females, surely their hearts are unstable.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
साध्वीनां तु स्थितानां तु शीले सत्ये श्रुते स्थिते। स्त्रीणां पवित्रं परमं पतिरेको विशिष्यते॥
sādhvīnāṃ tu sthitānāṃ tu śīle satye śrute sthite| strīṇāṃ pavitraṃ paramaṃ patireko viśiṣyate||
But chaste women of good character, abiding in truth, acting in accordance with the precepts of superiors, and maintaining the dignity of their race, single out their lords as the prime means of compassing their spiritual welfare.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
स त्वया नावमन्तव्यः पुत्रः प्रव्राजितो वनम्। तव देवसमस्त्वेष निर्धनः सधनोऽपि वा॥
sa tvayā nāvamantavyaḥ putraḥ pravrājito vanam| tava devasamastveṣa nirdhanaḥ sadhano'pi vā||
Therefore although my son is going to be banished to the woods, you should by no means disregard him. Whether he be wealthy or poor, he is to you like a god.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
विज्ञाय वचनं सीता तस्या धर्मार्थसंहितम्। कृत्वाञ्जलिमुवाचेदं श्वश्रूमभिमुखे स्थिता॥
vijñāya vacanaṃ sītā tasyā dharmārthasaṃhitam| kṛtvāñjalimuvācedaṃ śvaśrūmabhimukhe sthitā||
Hearing her mother-in-law's words fraught with virtue and interest, Sītā facing that lady, said with joined palms.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
करिष्ये सर्वमेवाहमार्या यदनुशास्ति माम्। अभिज्ञास्मि यथा. भर्तुर्वर्तितव्यं श्रुतं च मे॥
kariṣye sarvamevāhamāryā yadanuśāsti mām| abhijñāsmi yathā. bharturvartitavyaṃ śrutaṃ ca me||
I will do all that the noble one says. I know how I should act by my husband. I have heard all about that (from my parents.)
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
न मामसज्जनेनार्या समानयितुमर्हति। धर्माद् विचलितुं नाहमलं चन्द्रादिव प्रभा॥
na māmasajjanenāryā samānayitumarhati| dharmād vicalituṃ nāhamalaṃ candrādiva prabhā||
The worshipful one ought not to place me on the same footing with unrighteous persons. As brightness does not depart from the moon, so I cannot swerve from virtue.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
नातन्त्री वाद्यते वीणा नाचक्रो विद्यते रथः। नापतिः सुखमेधेत या स्यादपि शतात्मजा ॥
nātantrī vādyate vīṇā nācakro vidyate rathaḥ| nāpatiḥ sukhamedheta yā syādapi śatātmajā ||
The Viņā without strings does not sound; and the car without wheels does not move, so although having an hundred sons, a woman without her husband cannot attain happiness.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
मितं ददाति हि पिता मितं भ्राता मितं सुतः। अमितस्य तु दातारं भर्तारं का न पूजयेत्॥
mitaṃ dadāti hi pitā mitaṃ bhrātā mitaṃ sutaḥ| amitasya tu dātāraṃ bhartāraṃ kā na pūjayet||
The father gives in measure, the father and the son give in measure, but who does not worship that bestower of riches fineless', the husband?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
साहमेवंगता श्रेष्ठा श्रुतधर्मपरावरा। आर्ये किमवमन्येयं स्त्रिया भर्ता हि दैवतम्॥
sāhamevaṃgatā śreṣṭhā śrutadharmaparāvarā| ārye kimavamanyeyaṃ striyā bhartā hi daivatam||
O exalted one, having learnt from my superiors the principal as well the minor duties, shall I disregard (my lord)? A husband is a deity to the wife.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
सीताया वचनं श्रुत्वा कौसल्या हृदयङ्गमम्। शुद्धसत्त्वा मुमोचाश्रु सहसा दुःखहर्षजम्॥
sītāyā vacanaṃ śrutvā kausalyā hṛdayaṅgamam| śuddhasattvā mumocāśru sahasā duḥkhaharṣajam||
Hearing Sītā's words which went directly to the heart, Kausalyā endued with purity of spirit, out of fullness of bliss and bale suddenly shed tears.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
तां प्राञ्जलिरभिप्रेक्ष्य मातृमध्येऽतिसत्कृताम्। रामः परमधर्मात्मा मातरं वाक्यमब्रवीत्॥
tāṃ prāñjalirabhiprekṣya mātṛmadhye'tisatkṛtām| rāmaḥ paramadharmātmā mātaraṃ vākyamabravīt||
Then with joined hands that foremost of virtuous ones addressed his mother, who, duly honoured by all, was seated in the midst of his other mothers, saying.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
अम्ब मा दुःखिता भूत्वा पश्येस्त्वं पितरं मम। क्षयोऽपि वनवासस्य क्षिप्रमेव भविष्यति॥
amba mā duḥkhitā bhūtvā paśyestvaṃ pitaraṃ mama| kṣayo'pi vanavāsasya kṣiprameva bhaviṣyati||
O mother, without indulging in grief, you should minister to my father, and the term of my abode in the woods will shortly expire.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
सुप्तायास्ते गमिष्यन्ति नव वर्णाणि पञ्च च। समग्रमिह सम्प्राप्तं मां द्रक्ष्यसि सुहद्वतम्॥
suptāyāste gamiṣyanti nava varṇāṇi pañca ca| samagramiha samprāptaṃ māṃ drakṣyasi suhadvatam||
You will find these five and nine years pass away as if in a sleep. Then again, getting me, you will see me surrounded by my friends and relatives.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
एतावदभिनीतार्थमुक्त्वा स जननीं वचः। त्रयः शतशतार्धा हि ददर्शावेक्ष्य मातरः॥ ताश्चापि स तथैवार्ता मातृर्दशरथात्मजः। धर्मयुक्तमिदं वाक्यं निजगाद कृताञ्जलिः॥
etāvadabhinītārthamuktvā sa jananīṃ vacaḥ| trayaḥ śataśatārdhā hi dadarśāvekṣya mātaraḥ|| tāścāpi sa tathaivārtā mātṛrdaśarathātmajaḥ| dharmayuktamidaṃ vākyaṃ nijagāda kṛtāñjaliḥ||
Having spoken out his mind to his mother, Rāma attentively eyed his three hundred and fifty mothers. And with joined hands Daśaratha's son spoke words fraught with virtue to his mothers afflicted like Kausalyā herself.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
संवासात् पुरुषं किंचिदज्ञानादपि यत् कृतम्। तन्मे समुपजानीत सर्वाश्चामन्त्रयामि वः॥
saṃvāsāt puruṣaṃ kiṃcidajñānādapi yat kṛtam| tanme samupajānīta sarvāścāmantrayāmi vaḥ||
If have said anything harsh to you in consequence of familiarity, or done any wrong through ignorance, do you forgive the same. I salute you all.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
वचनं राघवस्यैतद् धर्मयुक्तं समाहितम्। शुश्रुवुस्ताः स्त्रियः सर्वाः शोकोपहतचेतसः॥
vacanaṃ rāghavasyaitad dharmayuktaṃ samāhitam| śuśruvustāḥ striyaḥ sarvāḥ śokopahatacetasaḥ||
These calm words of Rāghava informed with piety were heard by the ladies overwhelmed with grief.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
जज्ञेऽथ तासां संनादः क्रौञ्चीनामिव निःस्वनः। मानवेन्द्रस्य भार्याणामेवं वदति राघवे॥
jajñe'tha tāsāṃ saṃnādaḥ krauñcīnāmiva niḥsvanaḥ| mānavendrasya bhāryāṇāmevaṃ vadati rāghave||
As Rāghava was speaking thus, there arose a loud wail proceeding from those wives of that chief of men, like to the cries of Krauncis.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
मुरजपणवमेघघोषवद् दशरथवेश्म बभूव यत् पुरा। विलपितपरिवेदनाकुलं व्यसनगतं तदभूत् सुदुःखितम्॥
murajapaṇavameghaghoṣavad daśarathaveśma babhūva yat purā| vilapitaparivedanākulaṃ vyasanagataṃ tadabhūt suduḥkhitam||
And the abode of Dasaratha which formerly resounded with Murajas, Panavas, meghas,* was now filled with cries of distress and lamentations. *Musical instruments.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)