Siraatअयोध्याकाण्डः सर्गः 95
18 verses
अथ शैलाद् विनिष्क्रम्य मैथिली कोशलेश्वरः। अदर्शयच्छुभजलां रम्यां मन्दाकिनी नदीम्॥
atha śailād viniṣkramya maithilī kośaleśvaraḥ| adarśayacchubhajalāṃ ramyāṃ mandākinī nadīm||
Then going out of the mountain, the Lord of Kosala showed to Mithila's daughter the charming stream Mandākini of excellent waters.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
अब्रवीच्च वरारोहां चन्द्रचारुनिभाननाम्। विदेहराजस्य सुतां रामो राजीवलोचनः॥
abravīcca varārohāṃ candracārunibhānanām| videharājasya sutāṃ rāmo rājīvalocanaḥ||
And Rāma, furnished with eyes resembling lotuses, addressed the daughter of king Videha, transcendentally beautiful, with a countenance like the fair moon, saying.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
विचित्रपुलिनां रम्यां हंससारससेविताम्। कुसुमैरुपसम्पन्नां पश्य मन्दाकिनी नदीम्॥ नानाविधैस्तीररुहैर्वृतां पुष्पफलदुमैः। राजन्ती राजराजस्य नलिनीमिव सर्वतः॥
vicitrapulināṃ ramyāṃ haṃsasārasasevitām| kusumairupasampannāṃ paśya mandākinī nadīm|| nānāvidhaistīraruhairvṛtāṃ puṣpaphaladumaiḥ| rājantī rājarājasya nalinīmiva sarvataḥ||
Behold the river Mandākini, having variegated islets; beautiful; frequented by ducks and cranes; and filled with flowers; covered with diverse trees bearing fruits and flowers; and looking graceful all round like Saughandhikā herself of Kuvera.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
मृगयूथनिपीतानि कलुषाम्भांसि साम्प्रतम्। तीर्थानि रमणीयानि रतिं संजनयन्ति मे॥
mṛgayūthanipītāni kaluṣāmbhāṃsi sāmpratam| tīrthāni ramaṇīyāni ratiṃ saṃjanayanti me||
And the waters rendered muddy in consequence of herds of deer drinking of them, as well as the graceful descents to the river, fill me with pleasure.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
जटाजिनधराः काले वल्कलोत्तरवाससः। ऋषयस्त्ववगाहन्ते नदीं मन्दाकिनी प्रिये॥
jaṭājinadharāḥ kāle valkalottaravāsasaḥ| ṛṣayastvavagāhante nadīṃ mandākinī priye||
And, my beloved sages wearing matted locks and deer-skins, with barks for their sheets, are in season performing their ablutions in the river Mandakini.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
आदित्यमुपतिष्ठन्ते नियमादूर्ध्वबाहवः। एते परे विशालाक्षि मुनयः संशितव्रताः॥
ādityamupatiṣṭhante niyamādūrdhvabāhavaḥ| ete pare viśālākṣi munayaḥ saṃśitavratāḥ||
And observing rules, persons raising up their arms, are worshipping the sun, and, O you of expansive eyes, after these appear ascetics following vows, (engaged if Tapa)
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मारुतोद्धृतशिखरैः प्रनृत्त इव पर्वतः। पादपैः पुष्पपत्राणि सृजद्भिरभितो नदीम्॥
mārutoddhṛtaśikharaiḥ pranṛtta iva parvataḥ| pādapaiḥ puṣpapatrāṇi sṛjadbhirabhito nadīm||
And the hill seems to dance on the wind swaying the tops of tree; and on both sides of the river, the trees are crowned with flowers and leaves.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
क्वचिन्मणिनिकाशोदां क्वचित् पुलिनशालीनीम्। क्पाचेत् सिद्धजनाकीर्णां पश्य मन्दाकिनी नदीम्॥
kvacinmaṇinikāśodāṃ kvacit pulinaśālīnīm| kpācet siddhajanākīrṇāṃ paśya mandākinī nadīm||
And behold the river Mandakini, somewhere with its waters resembling pearls, and somewhere with islets, and somewhere filled with persons who have attained emancipation.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
निर्धूतान् वायुना पश्य विततान् पुष्पसंचयान्। पोप्लूयमानानपरान् पश्य त्वं तनुमध्यमे॥
nirdhūtān vāyunā paśya vitatān puṣpasaṃcayān| poplūyamānānaparān paśya tvaṃ tanumadhyame||
O you of slender waist, behold these hosts of flowers spreading along, and others dipping themselves (in the stream).
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
पश्यैतद्वल्गुवचसो रथाङ्गाह्वयना द्विजाः। अधिरोहन्ति कल्याणि निष्कूजन्तः शुभा गिरः॥
paśyaitadvalguvacaso rathāṅgāhvayanā dvijāḥ| adhirohanti kalyāṇi niṣkūjantaḥ śubhā giraḥ||
And, O auspicious one, behold these sweetthroated birds, the Chakravākas, getting upon the islets, uttering pleasant notes.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
दर्शनं चित्रकूटस्य मन्दाकिन्याश्च शोभने। अधिकं पुरवासाच्च मन्ये तव च दर्शनात्॥
darśanaṃ citrakūṭasya mandākinyāśca śobhane| adhikaṃ puravāsācca manye tava ca darśanāt||
Methinks, O beauteous one, the sight of Citrakuta and of Mandakini is even more delightful than life in the metropolis, or the sight of your own self.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
विधूतकल्मषैः सिद्धैस्तपोदमशमान्वितैः। नित्यविक्षोभितजलां विगाहस्व मया सह ॥
vidhūtakalmaṣaiḥ siddhaistapodamaśamānvitaiḥ| nityavikṣobhitajalāṃ vigāhasva mayā saha ||
Do you like to her companion perform your bath with me in this stream, whose waters are perpetually stirred by emancipated ones, furnished with asceticism, self-restraint, and control over the senses, who have had their sins removed.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
सखीवच्च विगाहस्व सीते मन्दाकिनी नदीम्। कमलान्यवमज्जन्ती पुष्कराणि च भामिनि॥
sakhīvacca vigāhasva sīte mandākinī nadīm| kamalānyavamajjantī puṣkarāṇi ca bhāmini||
Do you, O Sītā, perform your ablutions in the Mandākinī, scattering at the sometime, O girl, red and white lotuses.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
त्वं पौरजनवद् व्यालानयोध्यामिव पर्वतम्। मन्यस्व वनिते नित्यं सरयूवदिमां नदीम्॥
tvaṃ paurajanavad vyālānayodhyāmiva parvatam| manyasva vanite nityaṃ sarayūvadimāṃ nadīm||
Do you, my wife, always consider the wild animals as citizens, the mountain as Ayodhyā, and this stream as the Sarayū.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
लक्ष्मणश्चैव धर्मात्मा मनिदेशे व्यवस्थितः। त्वं चानुकूला वैदेहि प्रीतिं जनयती मम॥
lakṣmaṇaścaiva dharmātmā manideśe vyavasthitaḥ| tvaṃ cānukūlā vaidehi prītiṃ janayatī mama||
The virtuous Lakşmaņa is ever obedient to my commands; and, O Videha's daughter, you also are favourable to me.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
उपस्पृशंत्रिषवणं मधुमूलफलाशनः। नायोध्यायै न राज्याय स्पृहये च त्वया सह ॥
upaspṛśaṃtriṣavaṇaṃ madhumūlaphalāśanaḥ| nāyodhyāyai na rājyāya spṛhaye ca tvayā saha ||
This causes delight in my heart. Bathing thrice (in this river), and living on tasteful fruits and roots, I in your company do not today wish either for Ayodhyā or royalty.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
इमां हि रम्यां गजयूथलोडितां निपीततोयां गजसिंहवानरैः। सुपुष्पितां पुष्पभरैरलंकृतां न सोऽस्ति यः स्यान्न गतक्लमः सुखी॥
imāṃ hi ramyāṃ gajayūthaloḍitāṃ nipītatoyāṃ gajasiṃhavānaraiḥ| supuṣpitāṃ puṣpabharairalaṃkṛtāṃ na so'sti yaḥ syānna gataklamaḥ sukhī||
Bathing in this beauteous stream agitated by herds of elephants, whose waters are drunk by elephants, lions and monkeys, which is graced with flowers, and which is decked with multitudes of blossoms, there is not one who has not his fatigue removed, and who does not feel exhilarated.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
इतीव रामो बहुसंगतं वचः प्रियासहायः सरितं प्रति ब्रुवन्। चचार रम्यं नयनाअनप्रभं स चित्रकूटं रघुवंशवर्धनः॥
itīva rāmo bahusaṃgataṃ vacaḥ priyāsahāyaḥ saritaṃ prati bruvan| cacāra ramyaṃ nayanāanaprabhaṃ sa citrakūṭaṃ raghuvaṃśavardhanaḥ||
Having thus along with his beloved one, spoken variously regarding the stream, that perpetuator of the Raghu race, began to range the charming Citrakuța, resembling the collyrium in hue.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)