Siraatअयोध्याकाण्डः सर्गः 41
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तस्मिंस्तु पुरुषव्याघ्र निष्क्रामति कृताञ्जलौ। आर्तशब्दो हि संजज्ञे स्त्रीणामन्तःपुरे महान्॥
tasmiṃstu puruṣavyāghra niṣkrāmati kṛtāñjalau| ārtaśabdo hi saṃjajñe strīṇāmantaḥpure mahān||
When that foremost of men had gone out of the city with joined hands, there arose a chorus of cries proceeding from the females residing in the inner apartment.
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अनाथस्य जनस्यास्य दुर्बलस्य तपस्विनः। यो गतिः शरणं चासीत्स नाथः क्व नु गच्छति॥
anāthasya janasyāsya durbalasya tapasvinaḥ| yo gatiḥ śaraṇaṃ cāsītsa nāthaḥ kva nu gacchati||
Where goes he that was the stay and refuge of the friendless, the feeble, and the helpless.
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न क्रुध्यत्यभिशस्तोऽपि क्रोधनीयानि वर्जयन्। क्रुद्धान्प्रसादयन् सर्वान् समदुःखः क्व गच्छति॥
na krudhyatyabhiśasto'pi krodhanīyāni varjayan| kruddhānprasādayan sarvān samaduḥkhaḥ kva gacchati||
He that although falsely accused, used not to be moved by anger, who pacified every enraged person by renouncing things calculated to fan anger and who felt equally for all, where goes he?
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कौसल्यायां महातेजा यथा मातरि वर्तते। तथा यो वर्ततेऽस्मासु महात्मा क्व नु गच्छति ॥
kausalyāyāṃ mahātejā yathā mātari vartate| tathā yo vartate'smāsu mahātmā kva nu gacchati ||
Where goes that highly energetic and magnanimous one who conducted himself with us as he did with his mother Kausalyā
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कैकेय्या क्लिश्यमानेन राज्ञा संचोदितो वनम्। परित्राता जनस्यास्य जगतः क्व नु गच्छति ॥
kaikeyyā kliśyamānena rājñā saṃcodito vanam| paritrātā janasyāsya jagataḥ kva nu gacchati ||
Afflicted by Kaikeyſ and commissioned by the monarch to the woods, where goes the deliverer of these people, of the entire world
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अहो निश्चेतनो राजा जीवलोकस्य संक्षयम्। धर्म्यं सत्यव्रतं रामं वनवासे प्रवत्स्यति ॥
aho niścetano rājā jīvalokasya saṃkṣayam| dharmyaṃ satyavrataṃ rāmaṃ vanavāse pravatsyati ||
Ah! the senseless monarch is sending to the woods the stay of all creatures, the righteous and truthful Rāma.
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इति सर्वा महिष्यस्ता विवत्सा इव धेनवः। रुरुदुश्चैव दुःखार्ताः सस्वरं च विचुक्रुशुः॥
iti sarvā mahiṣyastā vivatsā iva dhenavaḥ| ruruduścaiva duḥkhārtāḥ sasvaraṃ ca vicukruśuḥ||
Thus all the queens, oppressed with grief, burst out into lamentations like kine bereft of calves, and loud was the sound of their wailing.
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स तमन्तःपुरे घोरमार्तशब्दं महीपतिः :। पुत्रशोकाभिसंतप्तः श्रुत्वा चासीत् सुदुःखितः॥
sa tamantaḥpure ghoramārtaśabdaṃ mahīpatiḥ :| putraśokābhisaṃtaptaḥ śrutvā cāsīt suduḥkhitaḥ||
Hearing the loud tumult of lamentation in the inner apartment, the lord of earth burning in grief for his son was stricken with sorrow.
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नाग्निहोत्राण्यहूयन्त सूर्यश्चान्तरधीयत।। व्यसृजन् कवलान् नागा गावो वत्सान्न पाययन्॥
nāgnihotrāṇyahūyanta sūryaścāntaradhīyata|| vyasṛjan kavalān nāgā gāvo vatsānna pāyayan||
And oblations to the fire had not been offered; and the Sun set; and elephants forsook their forage; and the kine did not suckle their calves.
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त्रिशङ्कुरोहिताङ्गश्च बृहस्पतिबुधावपि । दारुणाः सममभ्येत्य ग्रहाः सर्वे व्यवस्थिताः॥
triśaṅkurohitāṅgaśca bṛhaspatibudhāvapi | dāruṇāḥ samamabhyetya grahāḥ sarve vyavasthitāḥ||
Trisanku, Lohitanga, Brhaspati, Budha and the other Grahas getting at the Moon, remained with fierce aspects.
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नक्षत्राणि गताचींषि ग्रहाश्च गततेजसः। विशाखाश्च सधूमाश्च नभसि प्रचकाशिरे॥
nakṣatrāṇi gatācīṃṣi grahāśca gatatejasaḥ| viśākhāśca sadhūmāśca nabhasi pracakāśire||
The stars are shorn of their brightness; the Grahas deprived of sheen; and Viśākhā appeared enveloped in haze.
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कालिकानिलवेगेन महोदधिरिवोत्थितः। रामे वनं प्रव्रजिते नगरं प्रचचाल तत्॥
kālikānilavegena mahodadhirivotthitaḥ| rāme vanaṃ pravrajite nagaraṃ pracacāla tat||
And clouds driven by the wind resembled the sea mounting the welkin; and the city shook on Rāma having departed for the forest.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
दिशः पर्याकुलाः सर्वास्तिमिरेणेव संवृताः। न ग्रहो नासिनक्षत्रं प्रचकाशे न किंचन॥
diśaḥ paryākulāḥ sarvāstimireṇeva saṃvṛtāḥ| na graho nāsinakṣatraṃ pracakāśe na kiṃcana||
And the cardinal points are distressed, and appear enveloped in darkness. And no planet or star is to be seen.
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अकस्मानागरः सर्वो जनो दैन्यमुपागमत्। आहारे वा विहारे वा न कश्चिदकरोन्मनः॥
akasmānāgaraḥ sarvo jano dainyamupāgamat| āhāre vā vihāre vā na kaścidakaronmanaḥ||
And all of a sudden the citizens have been stricken with poverty: and no one turns his thoughts to eating or drinking.
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शोकपर्यायसंतप्तः सततं दीर्घमुच्छ्वसन्। अयोध्यायां जनः सर्वश्चक्रोश जगतीपतिम्॥
śokaparyāyasaṃtaptaḥ satataṃ dīrghamucchvasan| ayodhyāyāṃ janaḥ sarvaścakrośa jagatīpatim||
And ceaselessly burning in grief and heaving sighs, the people in Ayodhyā rage at the monarch.
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बाष्पपर्याकुलमुखो राजमार्गगतो जनः। न हृष्टो लभ्यते कश्चित् सर्वः शोकपरायणः॥
bāṣpaparyākulamukho rājamārgagato janaḥ| na hṛṣṭo labhyate kaścit sarvaḥ śokaparāyaṇaḥ||
And with their faces washed in tears, the wayfarers betoken no delight, but all are being exercised with grief.
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न वाति पवनः शीतो न शशी सौम्यदर्शनः। न सूर्यस्तपते लोकं सर्वं पर्याकुलं जगत्॥
na vāti pavanaḥ śīto na śaśī saumyadarśanaḥ| na sūryastapate lokaṃ sarvaṃ paryākulaṃ jagat||
The cool air does not blow, and no moon of mild appearance is seen, and no sun heats the world, all the entire Earth is overwhelmed with woe.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
अनर्थिनः सुताः स्त्रीणां भर्तारो भ्रातरस्तथा। सर्वे सर्वं परित्यज्य राममेवान्वचिन्तयन्॥
anarthinaḥ sutāḥ strīṇāṃ bhartāro bhrātarastathā| sarve sarvaṃ parityajya rāmamevānvacintayan||
Sons depend not upon their parents, husbands on their wives, and brothers on brothers, and all forsaking each other, think of Rāma only.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
ये तु रामस्य सुहृदः सर्वे ते मूढचेतसः। शोकभारेण चाक्रान्ताः शयनं नैव भेजिरे॥
ye tu rāmasya suhṛdaḥ sarve te mūḍhacetasaḥ| śokabhāreṇa cākrāntāḥ śayanaṃ naiva bhejire||
And deprived of sense, and oppressed by the load of sorrow, the friends of Rāma forsook their rest.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
ततस्त्वयोध्या रहिता महात्मना पुरंदरेणेव मही सपर्वता। चचाल घोरं भयशोकदीपिता सनागयोधाश्वगणा ननाद च॥
tatastvayodhyā rahitā mahātmanā puraṃdareṇeva mahī saparvatā| cacāla ghoraṃ bhayaśokadīpitā sanāgayodhāśvagaṇā nanāda ca||
Like the Earth with her mountains bereft of Purandara, Ayodhya, bereft of Rama, shook, agitated by fear and grief; and the citizens with elephants and warriors uttered exclamations of distress.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)