Siraatबालकाण्डः सर्गः 9
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एतच्छ्रुत्वा रहः सूतो राजानमिदमब्रवीत्। श्रूयतां तत् पुरावृत्तं पुराणे च मया श्रुतम्।।
etacchrutvā rahaḥ sūto rājānamidamabravīt| śrūyatāṃ tat purāvṛttaṃ purāṇe ca mayā śrutam||
Hearing all about it, the king's charioteer addressed the monarch in private, saying, Do you listen to what is related in the Purānas, and to what I have heard myself!
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
ऋत्विग्भिरुपदिष्टोऽयं पुरावृत्तो मया श्रुतः। सनत्कुमारो भगवान् पूर्वं कथितवान् कथाम्॥ ऋषीणां संनिधौ राजंस्तव पुत्रागमं प्रति।
ṛtvigbhirupadiṣṭo'yaṃ purāvṛtto mayā śrutaḥ| sanatkumāro bhagavān pūrvaṃ kathitavān kathām|| ṛṣīṇāṃ saṃnidhau rājaṃstava putrāgamaṃ prati|
This horse-sacrifice is enjoined by the family priests; and I have myself heard the following story celebrated in ancient chronicle. And what the worshipful Sanatkumāra had said formerly in the presence of the saints, applies, O king, to the case of your having a son.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
काश्यपस्य च पुत्रोऽस्ति विभाण्डक इति श्रुतः॥ ऋष्यशृङ्ग इति ख्यातस्तस्य पुत्रो भविष्यति। स वने नित्यसंवृद्धो मुनिर्वनचरः सदा ॥
kāśyapasya ca putro'sti vibhāṇḍaka iti śrutaḥ|| ṛṣyaśṛṅga iti khyātastasya putro bhaviṣyati| sa vane nityasaṃvṛddho munirvanacaraḥ sadā ||
Kaśyapa has a son known by the name of Vibhāņdaka. He will get a son called Rșyasſiga. And he will grow up and pass his days in the forests.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
नान्यं जानाति विप्रेन्द्रो नित्यं पित्रनुवर्तनात्। द्वैविध्यं ब्रह्मचर्यस्य भविष्यति महात्मनः॥ लोकेषु प्रथितं राजन् विप्रैश्च कथितं सदा।
nānyaṃ jānāti viprendro nityaṃ pitranuvartanāt| dvaividhyaṃ brahmacaryasya bhaviṣyati mahātmanaḥ|| lokeṣu prathitaṃ rājan vipraiśca kathitaṃ sadā|
And that foremost of Brāhmaṇas will not know anything else save following his father. And, O king, it is rumoured abroad, and also always said by the Vipras, that the high-souled one will practise (Those that assume the staff and the kamaņdalu are reckoned the first order; while those that continue to live with their wives are considered as next in worth.) the two modes of Brahmacarya life.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
तस्यैवं वर्तमानस्य काल: समभिवर्तत॥ अग्नि शुश्रूषमाणस्य पितरं च यशस्विनम्। एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु रोमपातः प्रतापवान्॥ अङ्गेषु प्रथितो राजा भविष्यति महाबलः। तस्य व्यतिक्रमाद् राज्ञो भविष्यति सुदारुणा ॥ अनावृष्टिः सुघोरा वै सर्वलोकभयावहा।
tasyaivaṃ vartamānasya kāla: samabhivartata|| agni śuśrūṣamāṇasya pitaraṃ ca yaśasvinam| etasminneva kāle tu romapātaḥ pratāpavān|| aṅgeṣu prathito rājā bhaviṣyati mahābalaḥ| tasya vyatikramād rājño bhaviṣyati sudāruṇā || anāvṛṣṭiḥ sughorā vai sarvalokabhayāvahā|
And he spent some time in serving the sacrificial fire and his famous sire. At this time, the powerful Romapāda of exceeding strength will be famed as king of the Angas. And in consequence of some default on his part, there will occur in his kingdom a terrible and dreadful drought, capable of striking terror in the all.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
अनावृष्टयां तु वृत्तायां राजा दुःखसमन्वितः॥ ब्राह्मणाञ्छ्रुतसंवृद्धान् समानीय प्रवक्ष्यति। भवन्तः श्रुतकर्माणो लोकचारित्रवेदिनः॥ समादिशन्तु नियमं प्रायश्चित्तं यथा भवेत्।
anāvṛṣṭayāṃ tu vṛttāyāṃ rājā duḥkhasamanvitaḥ|| brāhmaṇāñchrutasaṃvṛddhān samānīya pravakṣyati| bhavantaḥ śrutakarmāṇo lokacāritravedinaḥ|| samādiśantu niyamaṃ prāyaścittaṃ yathā bhavet|
And filled with grief on account of this drought, the king will call about him Vedaaccomplished Brāhmaṇas, and speak to them, saying, You are conversant with the Vedic ritual and the social duties. Do therefore, tell me how to expiate for this evil.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
इत्युक्तास्ते ततो राज्ञा सर्वे ब्राह्मणसत्तमाः॥ वक्ष्यन्ति ते महीपालं ब्राह्मणा वेदपारगाः।
ityuktāste tato rājñā sarve brāhmaṇasattamāḥ|| vakṣyanti te mahīpālaṃ brāhmaṇā vedapāragāḥ|
Thus accosted by the king, those excellent Brāhmaṇas versed in the Vedas, will say to the ruler of earth.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
विभाण्डकसुतं राजन् सर्वापायैरिहानय ॥ आनाय्य तु महीपाल ऋष्यशृङ्ग सुसत्कृतम्। विभाण्डकसुतं राजन् ब्राह्मणं वेदपारगम्। प्रयच्छ कन्यां शान्तां वै विधिना सुसमाहितः॥
vibhāṇḍakasutaṃ rājan sarvāpāyairihānaya || ānāyya tu mahīpāla ṛṣyaśṛṅga susatkṛtam| vibhāṇḍakasutaṃ rājan brāhmaṇaṃ vedapāragam| prayaccha kanyāṃ śāntāṃ vai vidhinā susamāhitaḥ||
Do you, O monarch, by all means, bring Vibhandaka's son. And having, Oking, brought that Brāhmaṇa versed in the Vedas, Vibhandaka's son Rsyaśộnga, and duly honoured him, do you, O monarch, with a concentrated mind, perform the betrothal of your daughter śāntā, with him according to the ordinance.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
तेषां तु वचनं श्रुत्वा राजा चिन्तां प्रपत्स्यते। केनोपायेन वै शक्यमिहानेतुं स वीर्यवान्॥
teṣāṃ tu vacanaṃ śrutvā rājā cintāṃ prapatsyate| kenopāyena vai śakyamihānetuṃ sa vīryavān||
And hearing those words of theirs, the king will began to think as to how he can bring over that one endowed with energy.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
ततो राजा विनिश्चित्य सह मन्त्रिभिरात्मवान्। पुरोहितममात्यांश्च प्रेषयिष्यति सत्कृतान्॥
tato rājā viniścitya saha mantribhirātmavān| purohitamamātyāṃśca preṣayiṣyati satkṛtān||
Then in consultation with his counsellors, the prudent king having come to a conclusion will, honouring them duly, desire his priest and his courtiers to set out in quest of Rsyaśộnga.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
ते तु राज्ञो वचः श्रुत्वा व्यथिता विनताननाः। न गच्छेम ऋषेीता अनुनेयन्ति तं नृपम्॥
te tu rājño vacaḥ śrutvā vyathitā vinatānanāḥ| na gacchema ṛṣeītā anuneyanti taṃ nṛpam||
Thereupon hearing the king's words, with aggrieved hearts, and with heads hanging down, they will beseech the monarch, saying, Afraid of the saint, Vibhāndaka, we shall not be able to repair thither.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
वक्ष्यन्ति चिन्तयित्वा ते तस्योपायांश्च तान् क्षमान्। आनेयामो वयं विप्रं न च दोषो भविष्यति॥
vakṣyanti cintayitvā te tasyopāyāṃśca tān kṣamān| āneyāmo vayaṃ vipraṃ na ca doṣo bhaviṣyati||
Anon hitting upon the appropriate means, they say, 'We will search for the Vipra, and no blame shall accrue to us.'
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
एवमङ्गाधिपेनैव गणिकाभिषेः सुतः। आनीतोऽवर्षयत् देवः शान्ता चास्मै प्रदीयते॥
evamaṅgādhipenaiva gaṇikābhiṣeḥ sutaḥ| ānīto'varṣayat devaḥ śāntā cāsmai pradīyate||
Thus by help of courtesans, the saint's son was brought by the lord of the Angas. And then the god (Indra) poured down showers; and the king conferred on him śānta.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
ऋष्यशृङ्गस्तु जामाता पुत्रांस्तव विधास्यति। सनत्कुमारकथितमेतावद् व्याहृतं मया॥
ṛṣyaśṛṅgastu jāmātā putrāṃstava vidhāsyati| sanatkumārakathitametāvad vyāhṛtaṃ mayā||
And now your son-in-law Rşyaśộnga will help you in obtaining a son. Now I have related to you what Sanatkumāra had communicated.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
अथ हृष्टो दशरथः सुमन्त्रं प्रत्यभाषत। यथर्घ्यशृङ्गस्त्वानीतो येनोपायेन सोच्यताम्॥
atha hṛṣṭo daśarathaḥ sumantraṃ pratyabhāṣata| yatharghyaśṛṅgastvānīto yenopāyena socyatām||
Thereupon king Dasaratha, well pleased, asked Sumantra, Do you now tell me by what means Rşyaśộnga was brought over (by the lord of the Angas).
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)