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Crossing the Ganga

गंगा पार
Valmiki · Ayodhya Kanda
2.50.12–2.52.100 (CrEd 2.44.1–2.46.78)

राम शृंगवेरपुर में गंगा के तट पर पहुँचते हैं, जहाँ उनके सखा, निषादों के राजा गुह, उन्हें अपना राज्य और भोजन अर्पित करते हैं; अब तपस्वी बने राम केवल अपने पिता के घोड़ों के लिए दाना स्वीकार करते हैं। रात भर गुह और लक्ष्मण सोते हुए राम और सीता की रखवाली करते हैं। भोर होने पर राम सुमंत्र को महाराज के लिए संदेश देकर अयोध्या लौटाते हैं, दोनों भाई बरगद के दूध से जटा बनाते हैं, और गुह की नाव तीनों को पार ले जाती है, जबकि सुमंत्र तट से देखते हुए रो पड़ते हैं।

Rama reaches the Ganga at Shringaverapura, where Guha, king of the Nishadas and his friend, offers him his kingdom and a feast; Rama, now an ascetic, accepts only fodder for his father's horses. Through the night Guha and Lakshmana keep watch over the sleeping Rama and Sita. At dawn Rama sends Sumantra back to Ayodhya with messages for the king, the brothers mat their hair with banyan milk, and Guha's boat carries the three across, while Sumantra watches from the shore and weeps.

Sanskrit · Hindi · English·Translation: Raam Leela

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Part 1 · भाग 1

The friend by the river

Valmiki 2.50.12–2.51.27 (CrEd 2.44.1–2.45.24)

॥ 2.50.12, 19ab ॥

CrEd 2.44.2–3ab

वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption

वाल्मीकि

तत्र त्रिपथगां दिव्यां शिवतोयाम् अशैवलाम् ।
ददर्श राघवो गङ्गां पुण्याम् ऋषिनिसेविताम् ।
हंससारससंघुष्टां चक्रवाकोपकूजिताम् ॥

tatra tripathagāṃ divyāṃ śivatoyām aśaivalām
dadarśa rāghavo gaṅgāṃ puṇyām ṛṣinisevitām
haṃsasārasasaṃghuṣṭāṃ cakravākopakūjitām

Translation

There the river of three paths, divine,
of gracious water, free of weed,
Raghava beheld, the Ganga,
holy, haunt of the rishis,
ringing with swans and cranes,
singing with chakravakas.

Subtitle

There Rama saw the Ganga,
river of three paths,
loud with swans and cranes.

॥ 2.50.27–28 ॥

CrEd 2.44.4–5

रामRama

वाल्मीकि

इहैवाद्य वसामहे अविदूराद् अयं नद्या बहुपुष्पप्रवालवान् सुमहान् इङ्गुदीवृक्षो वसामोऽत्रैव सारथे ॥

ihaivādya vasāmahe avidūrād ayaṃ nadyā bahupuṣpapravālavān sumahān iṅgudīvṛkṣo vasāmo 'traiva sārathe

Translation

Here, tonight, we shall stay.
Not far from the river stands this,
rich in flowers and young shoots,
a mighty ingudi tree:
here let us stay, charioteer.

लीला

आज रात हम यहीं ठहरेंगे, सुमंत्र। नदी के पास ही यह बड़ा इंगुदी का पेड़ है, फूलों और नई कोंपलों से भरा। यहीं रुकेंगे।

Subtitle

We stay here tonight.
Near the river stands
a great ingudi tree,
full of flowers and new leaves.

॥ 2.50.30–32 ॥

CrEd 2.44.6–8

silent moment मौन क्षण

॥ 2.50.33–35 ॥

CrEd 2.44.9–11

वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption

वाल्मीकि

तत्र राजा गुहो नाम रामस्यात्मसमः सखा ।
निषादजात्यो बलवान् स्थपतिश् चेति विश्रुतः ।
स श्रुत्वा पुरुषव्याघ्रं रामं विषयम् आगतम् ।
वृद्धैः परिवृतोऽमात्यैर् ज्ञातिभिश् चाप्य् उपागतः ।
ततो निषादाधिपतिं दृष्ट्वा दूराद् अवस्थितम् ।
सह सौमित्रिणा रामः समागच्छद् गुहेन सः ॥

tatra rājā guho nāma rāmasyātmasamaḥ sakhā
niṣādajātyo balavān sthapatiś ceti viśrutaḥ
sa śrutvā puruṣavyāghraṃ rāmaṃ viṣayam āgatam
vṛddhaiḥ parivṛto 'mātyair jñātibhiś cāpy upāgataḥ
tato niṣādādhipatiṃ dṛṣṭvā dūrād avasthitam
saha saumitriṇā rāmaḥ samāgacchad guhena saḥ

Translation

There was a king named Guha,
Rama’s friend, dear as his own self,
Nishada by birth, and strong,
famed as the chieftain of his people.
Hearing that Rama, tiger among men,
had come into his land,
ringed by his aged ministers
and by his kinsmen, he drew near.
Then, seeing the Nishada lord
standing at a distance,
Rama, with Saumitri,
went forward to meet Guha.

Subtitle

There ruled Guha,
king of the Nishadas,
Rama's friend, dear as his own self.

॥ 2.50.36 ॥

CrEd 2.44.12

Guha

वाल्मीकि

यथायोध्या तथेदं ते राम किं करवाणि ते ॥

yathāyodhyā tathedaṃ te rāma kiṃ karavāṇi te

Translation

As Ayodhya is, so this is yours;
Rama, what can I do for you?

लीला

जैसी अयोध्या, वैसी ही यह नगरी तुम्हारी है, राम। बोलो, मैं क्या करूँ?

Subtitle

As Ayodhya is,
so this town is yours, Rama.
What can I do for you?

॥ 2.50.36 ॥

CrEd 2.44.12

silent moment मौन क्षण

॥ 2.50.37–38 ॥

CrEd 2.44.13–14

Guha

वाल्मीकि

स्वागतं ते महाबाहो तवेयम् अखिला मही वयं प्रेष्या भवान् भर्ता साधु राज्यं प्रशाधि नः ॥

svāgataṃ te mahābāho taveyam akhilā mahī vayaṃ preṣyā bhavān bhartā sādhu rājyaṃ praśādhi naḥ

Translation

Welcome, O mighty-armed;
this whole earth is yours.
We are servants, you the master:
rule our kingdom well.

लीला

स्वागत है, महाबाहु! यह सारी धरती तुम्हारी है। हम सेवक हैं, तुम स्वामी। हमारा राज्य तुम सँभालो।

Subtitle

Welcome, mighty-armed!
This whole land is yours.
We serve; you are master.
Rule our kingdom.

॥ 2.50.39 ॥

CrEd 2.44.15

Guha

वाल्मीकि

भक्ष्यं भोज्यं च पेयं च लेह्यं चेदम् उपस्थितम् शयनानि च मुख्यानि वाजिनां खादनं च ते ॥

bhakṣyaṃ bhojyaṃ ca peyaṃ ca lehyaṃ cedam upasthitam śayanāni ca mukhyāni vājināṃ khādanaṃ ca te

Translation

Food to chew and food to eat, and drink,
and dainties to savour, here, all ready;
and beds, the very finest,
and fodder for your horses.

लीला

खाने को, पीने को, चखने को, सब हाज़िर है! सबसे अच्छे बिछौने भी, और तुम्हारे घोड़ों का दाना भी!

Subtitle

Food to eat, to drink, to savour:
all of it is here!
The best beds too,
and fodder for your horses!

॥ 2.50.40–42 ॥

CrEd 2.44.16–18

रामRama

वाल्मीकि

दिष्ट्या त्वां गुह पश्यामि अरोगं सह बान्धवैः अपि ते कुशलं राष्ट्रे मित्रेषु च धनेषु च ॥

diṣṭyā tvāṃ guha paśyāmi arogaṃ saha bāndhavaiḥ api te kuśalaṃ rāṣṭre mitreṣu ca dhaneṣu ca

Translation

By good fortune, Guha, I see you
well, and with your kin.
Is all well in your kingdom,
with your friends and with your wealth?

लीला

बड़े भाग्य से तुम्हें अपनों के साथ सकुशल देख रहा हूँ, गुह। राज्य में, मित्रों में, धन में, सब कुशल तो है?

Subtitle

How good to see you well, Guha,
with all your kin.
Is all well with your kingdom,
your friends, your wealth?

॥ 2.50.43–44 ॥

CrEd 2.44.19–20

रामRama

वाल्मीकि

यत् त्व् इदं भवता किं चित् प्रीत्या समुपकल्पितम् सर्वं तद् अनुजानामि न हि वर्ते प्रतिग्रहे कुशचीराजिनधरं फलमूलाशनं च माम् विद्धि प्रणिहितं धर्मे तापसं वनगोचरम् ॥

yat tv idaṃ bhavatā kiṃ cit prītyā samupakalpitam sarvaṃ tad anujānāmi na hi varte pratigrahe kuśacīrājinadharaṃ phalamūlāśanaṃ ca mām viddhi praṇihitaṃ dharme tāpasaṃ vanagocaram

Translation

But all that you, in love,
have made ready here for me,
all that I honour and give back:
I live by no man’s gifts.
In kusha, bark and deerskin,
living on fruit and roots,
know me, bent on dharma,
an ascetic of the woods.

लीला

प्यार से जो सजाया है, सब सिर-आँखों पर, सखा। पर अब मैं कुछ लेता नहीं। मुझे वन का तपस्वी समझो, छाल पहने, फल-मूल खाता।

Subtitle

All you made ready in love, I honour,
but I take no gifts.
Know me as a forest ascetic,
living on fruit and roots.

॥ 2.50.45–46 ॥

CrEd 2.44.21–22

रामRama

वाल्मीकि

अश्वानां खादनेनाहम् अर्थी नान्येन केन चित् एतावतात्रभवता भविष्यामि सुपूजितः एते हि दयिता राज्ञः पितुर् दशरथस्य मे एतैः सुविहितैर् अश्वैर् भविष्याम्य् अहम् अर्चितः ॥

aśvānāṃ khādanenāham arthī nānyena kena cit etāvatātrabhavatā bhaviṣyāmi supūjitaḥ ete hi dayitā rājñaḥ pitur daśarathasya me etaiḥ suvihitair aśvair bhaviṣyāmy aham arcitaḥ

Translation

Fodder for the horses is all I seek,
and nothing else at all;
with so much, from your honour,
I shall be honoured well.
For these are dear to the king,
Dasharatha, my father;
with these horses well tended,
I shall be honoured indeed.

लीला

बस, घोड़ों को दाना मिल जाए, और कुछ नहीं चाहिए। ये मेरे पिता, महाराज दशरथ के प्यारे घोड़े हैं। इनकी सेवा हो गई, तो मेरा सत्कार हो गया।

Subtitle

Only fodder for the horses;
nothing else.
They are dear to my father, the king.
Tend them, and I am honoured.

॥ 2.50.47 ॥

CrEd 2.44.23

Guha

वाल्मीकि

अश्वानां प्रतिपानं च खादनं चैव सोऽन्वशात् गुहस् तत्रैव पुरुषांस् त्वरितं दीयताम् इति ॥

aśvānāṃ pratipānaṃ ca khādanaṃ caiva so 'nvaśāt guhas tatraiva puruṣāṃs tvaritaṃ dīyatām iti

Translation

Water for the horses, and fodder too,
he ordered then and there;
Guha bade his men:
“Quickly, let it be given.”

लीला

जल्दी करो! घोड़ों को पानी दो, दाना दो!

Subtitle

Quickly!
Water and fodder for the horses!

॥ 2.50.47 ॥

CrEd 2.44.23

silent moment मौन क्षण

॥ 2.50.48–49 ॥

CrEd 2.44.24–25

silent moment मौन क्षण

॥ 2.51.2–3 ॥

CrEd 2.45.2–3

Guha

वाल्मीकि

इयं तात सुखा शय्या त्वदर्थम् उपकल्पिता प्रत्याश्वसिहि साध्व् अस्यां राजपुत्र यथासुखम् उचितोऽयं जनः सर्वः क्लेशानां त्वं सुखोचितः गुप्त्यर्थं जागरिष्यामः काकुत्स्थस्य वयं निशाम् ॥

iyaṃ tāta sukhā śayyā tvadartham upakalpitā pratyāśvasihi sādhv asyāṃ rājaputra yathāsukham ucito 'yaṃ janaḥ sarvaḥ kleśānāṃ tvaṃ sukhocitaḥ guptyarthaṃ jāgariṣyāmaḥ kākutsthasya vayaṃ niśām

Translation

Dear one, this soft bed
has been made ready for you;
rest well upon it, prince,
at your ease.
All these folk are used to hardship;
you are used to comfort.
To guard Kakutstha
we shall keep watch this night.

लीला

वत्स, यह सुख का बिछौना तुम्हारे लिए है। आराम से सो जाओ, राजकुमार। हम कष्ट के आदी हैं, तुम सुख के। आज रात राम की रखवाली हम करेंगे।

Subtitle

Dear one, this bed is for you.
Rest, prince.
We are used to hardship, you to comfort.
We will keep watch over Rama.

॥ 2.51.4, 6 ॥

CrEd 2.45.4, 6

condensed from 2.51.4, 6

Guha

वाल्मीकि

न हि रामात् प्रियतरो ममास्ति भुवि कश् चन ब्रवीम्य् एतद् अहं सत्यं सत्येनैव च ते शपे … सोऽहं प्रियसखं रामं शयानं सह सीतया रक्षिष्यामि धनुष्पाणिः सर्वतो ज्ञातिभिः सह ॥

na hi rāmāt priyataro mamāsti bhuvi kaś cana bravīmy etad ahaṃ satyaṃ satyenaiva ca te śape … so 'haṃ priyasakhaṃ rāmaṃ śayānaṃ saha sītayā rakṣiṣyāmi dhanuṣpāṇiḥ sarvato jñātibhiḥ saha

Translation

For none on earth is dearer
to me than Rama;
I tell you this in truth,
and by truth I swear it to you.
… So I, my dear friend Rama,
sleeping here with Sita,
will guard, bow in hand,
on every side, with my kin.

लीला

इस धरती पर राम से प्यारा मुझे कोई नहीं। सच की सौगंध! धनुष हाथ में लेकर, अपने लोगों के साथ, मैं अपने सखा की रखवाली करूँगा।

Subtitle

No one on earth is dearer to me than Rama.
I swear it by the truth.
Bow in hand,
I will guard my friend.

॥ 2.51.8–9 ॥

CrEd 2.45.8–9

लक्ष्मणLakshmana

वाल्मीकि

रक्ष्यमाणास् त्वयानघ नात्र भीता वयं सर्वे धर्मम् एवानुपश्यता कथं दाशरथौ भूमौ शयाने सह सीतया शक्या निद्रा मया लब्धुं ॥

rakṣyamāṇās tvayānagha nātra bhītā vayaṃ sarve dharmam evānupaśyatā kathaṃ dāśarathau bhūmau śayāne saha sītayā śakyā nidrā mayā labdhuṃ

Translation

Guarded by you, O faultless one,
none of us is afraid here,
for you look to dharma alone.
While Dasharatha’s son lies on the ground,
sleeping with Sita,
how can I find sleep?

लीला

तुम्हारे पहरे में हमें कोई डर नहीं, आर्य। पर जब दशरथ के बेटे सीता के साथ ज़मीन पर सोए हों, तो मुझे नींद कैसे आए?

Subtitle

With you on guard,
none of us is afraid.
But how can I sleep
while he lies on the ground?

॥ 2.51.10 ॥

CrEd 2.45.10

लक्ष्मणLakshmana

वाल्मीकि

यो न देवासुरैः सर्वैः शक्यः प्रसहितुं युधि तं पश्य सुखसंविष्टं तृणेषु सह सीतया ॥

yo na devāsuraiḥ sarvaiḥ śakyaḥ prasahituṃ yudhi taṃ paśya sukhasaṃviṣṭaṃ tṛṇeṣu saha sītayā

Translation

He whom not all the gods and asuras
could withstand in battle,
see him, lying at ease
on the grass, with Sita.

लीला

जिनके आगे सारे देवता और असुर मिलकर भी युद्ध में न टिक सकें, उन्हें देखो। घास पर चैन से सोए हैं, सीता के साथ।

Subtitle

All the gods and asuras together
could not withstand him in battle.
Look at him, asleep on the grass,
with Sita.

॥ 2.51.25 ॥

CrEd 2.45.22

लक्ष्मणLakshmana

वाल्मीकि

अपि सत्यप्रतिज्ञेन सार्धं कुशलिना वयम् निवृत्ते वनवासेऽस्मिन्न् अयोध्यां प्रविशेमहि ॥

api satyapratijñena sārdhaṃ kuśalinā vayam nivṛtte vanavāse 'sminn ayodhyāṃ praviśemahi

Translation

With him, true to his promise,
safe and whole, shall we,
when this forest exile is over,
enter Ayodhya again?

लीला

क्या हम, अपने वचन के सच्चे राम के साथ, वनवास पूरा करके, फिर कुशल से अयोध्या लौटेंगे?

Subtitle

Will we come home to Ayodhya,
safe, with him who keeps his word,
when the forest years
are over?

॥ 2.51.26–27 ॥

CrEd 2.45.23–24

silent moment मौन क्षण

Part 2 · भाग 2

Crossing the Ganga

Valmiki 2.52.1–100 (CrEd 2.46.1–78)

॥ 2.52.2–3 ॥

CrEd 2.46.2–3

रामRama

वाल्मीकि

भास्करोदयकालोऽयं गता भगवती निशा असौ सुकृष्णो विहगः कोकिलस् तात कूजति बर्हिणानां च निर्घोषः श्रूयते नदतां वने तराम जाह्नवीं सौम्य शीघ्रगां सागरंगमाम् ॥

bhāskarodayakālo 'yaṃ gatā bhagavatī niśā asau sukṛṣṇo vihagaḥ kokilas tāta kūjati barhiṇānāṃ ca nirghoṣaḥ śrūyate nadatāṃ vane tarāma jāhnavīṃ saumya śīghragāṃ sāgaraṃgamām

Translation

This is the hour of the sun’s rising;
gone is the holy night.
That bird, the jet-black cuckoo,
is singing, dear one,
and the cry of peacocks is heard,
calling in the forest.
Let us cross the Jahnavi, gentle one,
swift, running to the sea.

लीला

वत्स, सूरज निकलने को है, रात बीत गई। काली कोयल कूक रही है, वन में मोर बोल रहे हैं। चलो, तेज़ बहती गंगा के पार चलें।

Subtitle

The sun is rising; the night is gone.
The black cuckoo sings,
the peacocks call in the wood.
Let us cross the swift Ganga.

॥ 2.52.4, 11 ॥

CrEd 2.46.4–5

silent moment मौन क्षण

॥ 2.52.12 ॥

CrEd 2.46.6

Sumantra

वाल्मीकि

किम् अहं करवाणि ॥

kim ahaṃ karavāṇi

Translation

What shall I do?

लीला

राम, बताइए, मैं क्या करूँ?

Subtitle

Rama,
what shall I do?

॥ 2.52.14 ॥

CrEd 2.46.7

condensed from 2.52.14

रामRama

वाल्मीकि

निवर्तस्व … एतावद् धि कृतं मम यानं विहाय पद्भ्यां तु गमिष्यामो महावनम् ॥

nivartasva … etāvad dhi kṛtaṃ mama yānaṃ vihāya padbhyāṃ tu gamiṣyāmo mahāvanam

Translation

Go back …
for this much you have done for me.
Leaving the chariot, on foot
we shall go into the great forest.

लीला

लौट जाइए, तात। आपने मेरे लिए बहुत किया। अब रथ छोड़कर, हम पैदल ही बड़े वन में जाएँगे।

Subtitle

Go back.
You have done enough for me.
We leave the chariot here
and walk into the great forest.

॥ 2.52.20–21 ॥

CrEd 2.46.13–14

silent moment मौन क्षण

॥ 2.52.27–29 ॥

CrEd 2.46.20–22

रामRama

वाल्मीकि

अदृष्टदुःखं राजानं वृद्धम् आर्यं जितेन्द्रियम् ब्रूयास् त्वम् अभिवाद्यैव मम हेतोर् इदं वचः नैवाहम् अनुशोचामि लक्ष्मणो न च मैथिली अयोध्यायाश् च्युताश् चेति वने वत्स्यामहेति वा चतुर्दशसु वर्षेषु निवृत्तेषु पुनः पुनः लक्ष्मणं मां च सीतां च द्रक्ष्यसि क्षिप्रम् आगतान् ॥

adṛṣṭaduḥkhaṃ rājānaṃ vṛddham āryaṃ jitendriyam brūyās tvam abhivādyaiva mama hetor idaṃ vacaḥ naivāham anuśocāmi lakṣmaṇo na ca maithilī ayodhyāyāś cyutāś ceti vane vatsyāmaheti vā caturdaśasu varṣeṣu nivṛtteṣu punaḥ punaḥ lakṣmaṇaṃ māṃ ca sītāṃ ca drakṣyasi kṣipram āgatān

Translation

The king, who has never seen sorrow,
old, noble, master of his senses,
bow to him, and then for my sake
give him this word:
“I do not grieve, not I,
nor Lakshmana, nor Maithili,
that we have fallen from Ayodhya,
or that we must dwell in the forest.
When fourteen years have run their course,
once more, once more,
Lakshmana, me and Sita
you shall see, swiftly come home.”

लीला

पिताजी को मेरा प्रणाम कहिए, और कहिए: न मुझे कोई दुःख है, न लक्ष्मण को, न सीता को। चौदह बरस बीतते ही, आप हम तीनों को लौटा हुआ देखेंगे।

Subtitle

Bow to the king, and tell him:
none of us grieves.
When fourteen years are done,
you will see us three come home.

॥ 2.52.31–33 ॥

CrEd 2.46.24–26

condensed from 2.52.31–33

रामRama

वाल्मीकि

आरोग्यं ब्रूहि कौसल्याम् अथ पादाभिवन्दनम् सीताया मम चार्यस्य वचनाल् लक्ष्मणस्य च ब्रूयाश् च हि महाराजं भरतं क्षिप्रम् आनय … भरतं च परिष्वज्य यौवराज्येऽभिषिच्य च ॥

ārogyaṃ brūhi kausalyām atha pādābhivandanam sītāyā mama cāryasya vacanāl lakṣmaṇasya ca brūyāś ca hi mahārājaṃ bharataṃ kṣipram ānaya … bharataṃ ca pariṣvajya yauvarājye 'bhiṣicya ca

Translation

Tell Kausalya we are well,
and bow then at her feet,
in Sita’s name, and mine,
and noble Lakshmana’s.
And tell the great king:
“Send for Bharata, and quickly.”
… embracing Bharata,
and consecrating him as heir …

लीला

माँ कौसल्या को हमारा कुशल कहिए, और उनके चरणों में हम तीनों का प्रणाम। और महाराज से कहिए, भरत को जल्दी बुलाकर युवराज बनाएँ।

Subtitle

Tell my mother we are well;
bow at her feet for us.
Ask the king to send for Bharata,
and make him heir.

॥ 2.52.52, 56 ॥

CrEd 2.46.42, 46

condensed from 2.52.52, 56

Sumantra

वाल्मीकि

प्रसीदेच्छामि तेऽरण्ये भवितुं प्रत्यनन्तरः … वनवासे क्षयं प्राप्ते ममैष हि मनोरथः यद् अनेन रथेनैव त्वां वहेयं पुरीं पुनः ॥

prasīdecchāmi te 'raṇye bhavituṃ pratyanantaraḥ … vanavāse kṣayaṃ prāpte mamaiṣa hi manorathaḥ yad anena rathenaiva tvāṃ vaheyaṃ purīṃ punaḥ

Translation

Be gracious: I would be in the forest
at your side, close by.
… When the forest years are spent,
this is my heart’s desire:
that in this very chariot
I bear you to the city again.

लीला

कृपा कीजिए, मुझे वन में अपने पास रहने दीजिए। मेरी बस एक साध है: वनवास पूरा हो, तो इसी रथ में आपको फिर नगरी ले चलूँ।

Subtitle

Let me stay near you in the forest.
My one wish:
when the years are over,
to drive you home in this chariot.

॥ 2.52.60–62 ॥

CrEd 2.46.50–52

रामRama

वाल्मीकि

जानामि परमां भक्तिं मयि ते भर्तृवत्सल शृणु चापि यदर्थं त्वां प्रेषयामि पुरीम् इतः नगरीं त्वां गतं दृष्ट्वा जननी मे यवीयसी कैकेयी प्रत्ययं गच्छेद् इति रामो वनं गतः परितुष्टा हि सा देवि वनवासं गते मयि राजानं नातिशङ्केत मिथ्यावादीति धार्मिकम् ॥

jānāmi paramāṃ bhaktiṃ mayi te bhartṛvatsala śṛṇu cāpi yadarthaṃ tvāṃ preṣayāmi purīm itaḥ nagarīṃ tvāṃ gataṃ dṛṣṭvā jananī me yavīyasī kaikeyī pratyayaṃ gacched iti rāmo vanaṃ gataḥ parituṣṭā hi sā devi vanavāsaṃ gate mayi rājānaṃ nātiśaṅketa mithyāvādīti dhārmikam

Translation

I know your utmost devotion to me,
you who love your master;
but hear why it is
I send you from here to the city.
Seeing you come to the city,
my younger mother,
Kaikeyi, will be convinced
that Rama has gone to the forest.
Content, with me gone
to dwell in the forest,
the queen will not suspect the king,
the righteous, of speaking false.

लीला

आपकी भक्ति मैं जानता हूँ। पर आपको लौटा देखकर ही मेरी छोटी माँ कैकेयी मानेंगी, कि राम वन गया। तब वे महाराज को झूठा नहीं समझेंगी।

Subtitle

I know your devotion.
Only when she sees you home
will my younger mother Kaikeyi believe,
and trust the king's word.

॥ 2.52.64 ॥

CrEd 2.46.54

रामRama

वाल्मीकि

मम प्रियार्थं राज्ञश् च सरथस् त्वं पुरीं व्रज संदिष्टश् चासि यानर्थांस् तांस् तान् ब्रूयास् तथातथा ॥

mama priyārthaṃ rājñaś ca sarathas tvaṃ purīṃ vraja saṃdiṣṭaś cāsi yānarthāṃs tāṃs tān brūyās tathātathā

Translation

For my sake and for the king’s,
go, with the chariot, to the city,
and all the things I charged you with,
say each one, just as it was said.

लीला

मेरे लिए, और महाराज के लिए, रथ लेकर नगरी लौट जाइए। और जो-जो कहा है, वैसा ही कहिएगा।

Subtitle

For my sake and the king's,
take the chariot home,
and say all I asked,
just as I said it.

॥ 2.52.65 ॥

CrEd 2.46.55ab

silent moment मौन क्षण

॥ 2.52.65, 68 ॥

CrEd 2.46.55

रामRama

वाल्मीकि

जटाः कृत्वा गमिष्यामि न्यग्रोधक्षीरम् आनय ॥

jaṭāḥ kṛtvā gamiṣyāmi nyagrodhakṣīram ānaya

Translation

With matted locks I shall go;
bring me the banyan’s milk.

लीला

जटा बाँधकर ही वन जाऊँगा। गुह, बरगद का दूध ले आओ।

Subtitle

I will go with matted hair.
Bring me banyan milk, Guha.

॥ 2.52.68–70 ॥

CrEd 2.46.56–57

silent moment मौन क्षण

॥ 2.52.72 ॥

CrEd 2.46.59

रामRama

वाल्मीकि

अप्रमत्तो बले कोशे दुर्गे जनपदे तथा भवेथा गुह राज्यं हि दुरारक्षतमं मतम् ॥

apramatto bale kośe durge janapade tathā bhavethā guha rājyaṃ hi durārakṣatamaṃ matam

Translation

Be watchful over army, treasury,
fort, and countryside alike;
be so, Guha, for a kingdom
is held the hardest thing to guard.

लीला

अपनी सेना, खज़ाने, किले और प्रजा का ध्यान रखना, गुह। राज्य को सँभालना सबसे कठिन है।

Subtitle

Watch over your army, your treasury,
your fort and your people, Guha.
A kingdom is the hardest thing
to guard.

॥ 2.52.75 ॥

CrEd 2.46.62

रामRama

वाल्मीकि

आरोह त्वं नरव्याघ्र स्थितां नावम् इमां शनैः सीतां चारोपयान्वक्षं परिगृह्य मनस्विनीम् ॥

āroha tvaṃ naravyāghra sthitāṃ nāvam imāṃ śanaiḥ sītāṃ cāropayānvakṣaṃ parigṛhya manasvinīm

Translation

Climb, tiger among men,
gently into this waiting boat,
and then help Sita aboard,
holding the high-souled lady.

लीला

लक्ष्मण, धीरे से नाव पर चढ़ो, और सीता का हाथ थामकर उन्हें चढ़ाओ।

Subtitle

Step gently into the boat,
and help Sita aboard,
holding her hand.

॥ 2.52.76–77, 80–81 ॥

CrEd 2.46.63–66

वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption

वाल्मीकि

स भ्रातुः शासनं श्रुत्वा सर्वम् अप्रतिकूलयन् ।
आरोप्य मैथिलीं पूर्वम् आरुरोहात्मवांस् ततः ।
अथारुरोह तेजस्वी स्वयं लक्ष्मणपूर्वजः ।
ततो निषादाधिपतिर् गुहो ज्ञातीन् अचोदयत् ।
अनुज्ञाय सुमन्त्रं च सबलं चैव तं गुहम् ।
आस्थाय नावं रामस् तु चोदयाम् आस नाविकान् ।
ततस् तैश् चोदिता सा नौः कर्णधारसमाहिता ।
शुभस्फ्यवेगाभिहता शीघ्रं सलिलम् अत्यगात् ॥

sa bhrātuḥ śāsanaṃ śrutvā sarvam apratikūlayan
āropya maithilīṃ pūrvam ārurohātmavāṃs tataḥ
athāruroha tejasvī svayaṃ lakṣmaṇapūrvajaḥ
tato niṣādādhipatir guho jñātīn acodayat
anujñāya sumantraṃ ca sabalaṃ caiva taṃ guham
āsthāya nāvaṃ rāmas tu codayām āsa nāvikān
tatas taiś coditā sā nauḥ karṇadhārasamāhitā
śubhasphyavegābhihatā śīghraṃ salilam atyagāt

Translation

Hearing his brother’s command,
resisting none of it,
he set Maithili aboard first,
then climbed aboard, self-possessed.
Then, of himself, the splendid one,
Lakshmana’s elder brother, boarded;
and then the Nishada lord,
Guha, urged on his kinsmen.
Taking leave of Sumantra,
and of Guha with his men,
Rama, seated in the boat,
urged the boatmen on.
Then, urged on by them, that boat,
held steady by its helmsman,
driven by the sweep of the fine oars,
swiftly passed over the water.

Subtitle

Steered by its helmsman,
the boat sped across the water.

॥ 2.52.83–84 ॥

CrEd 2.46.68–69

सीताSita

वाल्मीकि

पुत्रो दशरथस्यायं महाराजस्य धीमतः निदेशं पालयत्व् एनं गङ्गे त्वदभिरक्षितः चतुर्दश हि वर्षाणि समग्राण्य् उष्य कानने भ्रात्रा सह मया चैव पुनः प्रत्यागमिष्यति ॥

putro daśarathasyāyaṃ mahārājasya dhīmataḥ nideśaṃ pālayatv enaṃ gaṅge tvadabhirakṣitaḥ caturdaśa hi varṣāṇi samagrāṇy uṣya kānane bhrātrā saha mayā caiva punaḥ pratyāgamiṣyati

Translation

This son of Dasharatha,
the wise, the great king,
may he keep this command, O Ganga,
with you to guard him.
For fourteen years entire
having dwelt in the forest,
with his brother, and with me,
he will come home again.

लीला

देवी गंगा, ये महाराज दशरथ के बेटे हैं। आपकी रक्षा में ये पिता की आज्ञा पूरी करें। पूरे चौदह बरस वन में रहकर, भाई और मेरे साथ, ये फिर लौटेंगे।

Subtitle

Ganga, guard this son of Dasharatha
as he keeps his father's word.
After fourteen full years,
with his brother and me, he will come home.

॥ 2.52.87, 92 ॥

CrEd 2.46.72, 74

silent moment मौन क्षण

॥ 2.52.94–97 ॥

CrEd 2.46.76–77

रामRama

वाल्मीकि

अग्रतो गच्छ सौमित्रे सीता त्वाम् अनुगच्छतु पृष्ठतोऽहं गमिष्यामि त्वां च सीतां च पालयन् अद्य दुःखं तु वैदेही वनवासस्य वेत्स्यति ॥

agrato gaccha saumitre sītā tvām anugacchatu pṛṣṭhato 'haṃ gamiṣyāmi tvāṃ ca sītāṃ ca pālayan adya duḥkhaṃ tu vaidehī vanavāsasya vetsyati

Translation

Go on ahead, Saumitri;
let Sita follow you.
Behind you I shall go,
guarding you and Sita.
Today Vaidehi will learn
the sorrow of forest life.

लीला

आगे तुम चलो, लक्ष्मण। सीता तुम्हारे पीछे चलें। मैं सबसे पीछे, तुम दोनों की रक्षा करता चलूँगा। आज वैदेही वनवास का दुःख जानेगी।

Subtitle

Go ahead, Lakshmana;
let Sita follow you.
I will walk behind and guard you both.
Today Sita will know the forest's hardship.

॥ 2.52.100 ॥

CrEd 2.46.78

वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption

वाल्मीकि

गतं तु गङ्गापरपारम् आशु रामं सुमन्त्रः प्रततं निरीक्ष्य ।
अध्वप्रकर्षाद् विनिवृत्तदृष्टिर् मुमोच बाष्पं व्यथितस् तपस्वी ॥

gataṃ tu gaṅgāparapāram āśu rāmaṃ sumantraḥ pratataṃ nirīkṣya
adhvaprakarṣād vinivṛttadṛṣṭir mumoca bāṣpaṃ vyathitas tapasvī

Translation

Rama, gone swiftly to the Ganga’s farther shore,
Sumantra watched, unwavering,
till the long way turned his eyes back;
then, stricken, wretched, he wept.

Subtitle

Sumantra watched Rama on the far shore
till the distance turned his eyes back;
then he wept.