The brother who waited
॥ 6.127.2 ॥
CrEd 6.115.2
Bharata
Sanskrit
दैवतानि च सर्वाणि चैत्यानि नगरस्य च ।
सुगन्धमाल्यैर् वादित्रैर् अर्चन्तु शुचयो नराः ॥
daivatāni ca sarvāṇi caityāni nagarasya ca
sugandhamālyair vāditrair arcantu śucayo narāḥ
English
All the gods, and all
the shrines of the city,
with fragrant garlands, with music,
let pure men worship them.
॥ 6.127.3–4 ॥
CrEd 6.115.3
Bharata
Sanskrit
राजदारास् तथामात्याः सैन्याः सेनागणाङ्गनाः ।
अभिनिर्यान्तु रामस्य द्रष्टुं शशिनिभं मुखम् ॥
rājadārās tathāmātyāḥ sainyāḥ senāgaṇāṅganāḥ
abhiniryāntu rāmasya draṣṭuṃ śaśinibhaṃ mukham
English
The king’s wives, and the ministers,
the soldiers, the women of the troops,
let them go out, to look
on Rama’s face, like the moon.
॥ 6.127.6 ॥
CrEd 6.115.5
Shatrughna
Sanskrit
समीकुरुत निम्नानि विषमाणि समानि च ।
स्थानानि च निरस्यन्तां नन्दिग्रामाद् इतः परम् ॥
samīkuruta nimnāni viṣamāṇi samāni ca
sthānāni ca nirasyantāṃ nandigrāmād itaḥ param
English
Make the hollows level,
and the rough places smooth;
let the mounds be cleared away
from Nandigram onward.
॥ 6.127.7ab ॥
CrEd 6.115.6ab
Shatrughna
Sanskrit
सिञ्चन्तु पृथिवीं कृत्स्नां हिमशीतेन वारिणा ॥
siñcantu pṛthivīṃ kṛtsnāṃ himaśītena vāriṇā
English
Let them sprinkle the whole earth
with water cold as snow.
॥ 6.127.8 ॥
CrEd 6.115.7
Shatrughna
Sanskrit
समुच्छ्रितपताकास् तु रथ्याः पुरवरोत्तमे ।
शोभयन्तु च वेश्मानि सूर्यस्योदयनं प्रति ॥
samucchritapatākās tu rathyāḥ puravarottame
śobhayantu ca veśmāni sūryasyodayanaṃ prati
English
High let the banners be raised
in the streets of the finest of cities,
and let them deck the houses
against the rising of the sun.
॥ 6.127.9 ॥
CrEd 6.115.8
Shatrughna
Sanskrit
स्रग्दाममुक्तपुष्पैश् च सुगन्धैः पञ्चवर्णकैः ।
राजमार्गम् असंबाधं किरन्तु शतशो नराः ॥
sragdāmamuktapuṣpaiś ca sugandhaiḥ pañcavarṇakaiḥ
rājamārgam asaṃbādhaṃ kirantu śataśo narāḥ
English
With wreaths, with garlands, with loose flowers,
fragrant, of five colours,
the royal road, open and wide,
let men in hundreds strew.
॥ 6.127.15, 21 ॥
CrEd 6.115.10–11
silent moment
॥ 6.127.16–20 ॥
CrEd 6.115.12–16
Valmikiverse caption
Sanskrit
कृत्स्नं च नगरं तत् तु नन्दिग्रामम् उपागमत् ।
द्विजातिमुख्यैर् धर्मात्मा श्रेणीमुख्यैः सनैगमैः ।
माल्यमोदकहस्तैश् च मन्त्रिभिर् भरतो वृतः ।
शङ्खभेरीनिनादैश् च बन्दिभिश् चाभिवन्दितः ।
आर्यपादौ गृहीत्वा तु शिरसा धर्मकोविदः ।
पाण्डुरं छत्रम् आदाय शुक्लमाल्योपशोभितम् ।
शुक्ले च वालव्यजने राजार्हे हेमभूषिते ।
उपवासकृशो दीनश् चीरकृष्णाजिनाम्बरः ।
भ्रातुर् आगमनं श्रुत्वा तत् पूर्वं हर्षम् आगतः ।
प्रत्युद्ययौ तदा रामं महात्मा सचिवैः सह ॥
kṛtsnaṃ ca nagaraṃ tat tu nandigrāmam upāgamat
dvijātimukhyair dharmātmā śreṇīmukhyaiḥ sanaigamaiḥ
mālyamodakahastaiś ca mantribhir bharato vṛtaḥ
śaṅkhabherīninādaiś ca bandibhiś cābhivanditaḥ
āryapādau gṛhītvā tu śirasā dharmakovidaḥ
pāṇḍuraṃ chatram ādāya śuklamālyopaśobhitam
śukle ca vālavyajane rājārhe hemabhūṣite
upavāsakṛśo dīnaś cīrakṛṣṇājināmbaraḥ
bhrātur āgamanaṃ śrutvā tat pūrvaṃ harṣam āgataḥ
pratyudyayau tadā rāmaṃ mahātmā sacivaiḥ saha
English
And all the city came
to Nandigram;
with the chief of the twice-born, righteous,
with the heads of guilds and the merchants,
with ministers, garlands and sweets in hand,
Bharata went, surrounded,
to the sound of conch and kettledrum,
hailed by the bards.
His noble brother’s sandals
upon his head, the knower of dharma,
taking the white umbrella,
bright with white garlands,
and the white yak-tail fans,
fit for kings, adorned with gold,
gaunt from fasting, sorrowful,
clad in bark and black antelope skin,
hearing his brother was coming,
already come to joy,
he went out then to meet Rama,
the great-souled one, with his counsellors.
॥ 6.127.22–24 ॥
CrEd 6.115.16–18
silent moment
॥ 6.127.25 ॥
CrEd 6.115.19
Hanuman
Sanskrit
सदा फलान् कुसुमितान् वृक्षान् प्राप्य मधुस्रवान् ।
भरद्वाजप्रसादेन मत्तभ्रमरनादितान् ॥
sadā phalān kusumitān vṛkṣān prāpya madhusravān
bharadvājaprasādena mattabhramaranāditān
English
Trees ever bearing fruit, in flower,
they have found, flowing with honey,
by the grace of Bharadvaja,
loud with drunken bees.
॥ 6.127.27 ॥
CrEd 6.115.21
Hanuman
Sanskrit
निस्वनः श्रूयते भीमः प्रहृष्टानां वनौकसाम् ।
मन्ये वानरसेना सा नदीं तरति गोमतीम् ॥
nisvanaḥ śrūyate bhīmaḥ prahṛṣṭānāṃ vanaukasām
manye vānarasenā sā nadīṃ tarati gomatīm
English
A fearsome roar is heard
of the joyful forest-dwellers;
the vanara army, I think,
is crossing the river Gomati.
॥ 6.127.28 ॥
CrEd 6.115.22
Hanuman
Sanskrit
रजोवर्षं समुद्भूतं पश्य वालुकिनीं प्रति ।
मन्ये सालवनं रम्यं लोलयन्ति प्लवंगमाः ॥
rajovarṣaṃ samudbhūtaṃ paśya vālukinīṃ prati
manye sālavanaṃ ramyaṃ lolayanti plavaṃgamāḥ
English
A rain of dust has risen:
see it, toward the Valukini;
the lovely sal forest, I think,
the monkeys are setting astir.
॥ 6.127.29–33 ॥
CrEd 6.115.23–27
silent moment
॥ 6.127.34–39 ॥
CrEd 6.115.28–32
Valmikiverse caption
Sanskrit
प्राञ्जलिर् भरतो भूत्वा प्रहृष्टो राघवोन्मुखः ।
स्वागतेन यथार्थेन ततो रामम् अपूजयत् ।
मनसा ब्रह्मणा सृष्टे विमाने लक्ष्मणाग्रजः ।
रराज पृथुदीर्घाक्षो वज्रपाणिर् इवापरः ।
ततो विमानाग्रगतं भरतो भ्रातरं तदा ।
ववन्दे प्रणतो रामं मेरुस्थम् इव भास्करम् ।
आरोपितो विमानं तद् भरतः सत्यविक्रमः ।
रामम् आसाद्य मुदितः पुनर् एवाभ्यवादयत् ।
तं समुत्थाप्य काकुत्स्थश् चिरस्याक्षिपथं गतम् ।
अङ्के भरतम् आरोप्य मुदितः परिषष्वजे ॥
prāñjalir bharato bhūtvā prahṛṣṭo rāghavonmukhaḥ
svāgatena yathārthena tato rāmam apūjayat
manasā brahmaṇā sṛṣṭe vimāne lakṣmaṇāgrajaḥ
rarāja pṛthudīrghākṣo vajrapāṇir ivāparaḥ
tato vimānāgragataṃ bharato bhrātaraṃ tadā
vavande praṇato rāmaṃ merustham iva bhāskaram
āropito vimānaṃ tad bharataḥ satyavikramaḥ
rāmam āsādya muditaḥ punar evābhyavādayat
taṃ samutthāpya kākutsthaś cirasyākṣipathaṃ gatam
aṅke bharatam āropya muditaḥ pariṣaṣvaje
English
Palms joined, Bharata,
overjoyed, his face to Raghava,
with a welcome fit and true
then honoured Rama.
In the car Brahma made by thought,
Lakshmana’s elder brother
shone, his eyes large and long,
like a second wielder of the thunderbolt.
Then to the car’s front, to his brother,
Bharata then, bowing low,
paid homage, to Rama,
like the sun upon Meru.
Lifted into that car,
Bharata, true in valour,
came to Rama and, glad,
saluted him once more.
Kakutstha raised him up,
in sight at last after so long,
set Bharata on his lap,
and, glad, embraced him.
॥ 6.127.40 ॥
CrEd 6.115.33
Bharata
Sanskrit
ततो लक्ष्मणम् आसाद्य वैदेहीं च परंतपः ।
अभ्यवादयत प्रीतो भरतो नाम चाब्रवीत् ॥
tato lakṣmaṇam āsādya vaidehīṃ ca paraṃtapaḥ
abhyavādayata prīto bharato nāma cābravīt
English
Then, coming to Lakshmana
and to Vaidehi, the scorcher of foes,
glad, saluted them;
and Bharata spoke his name.
॥ 6.127.45 ॥
Bharata
Sanskrit
त्वम् अस्माकं चतुर्णां वै भ्राता सुग्रीव पञ्चमः ।
सौहार्दाज् जायते मित्रम् अपकारोऽरिलक्षणम् ॥
tvam asmākaṃ caturṇāṃ vai bhrātā sugrīva pañcamaḥ
sauhārdāj jāyate mitram apakāro 'rilakṣaṇam
English
You are, to the four of us,
Sugriva, a fifth brother.
From affection a friend is born;
harm done is the mark of a foe.
॥ 6.127.46 ॥
CrEd 6.115.36
Bharata
Sanskrit
विभीषणं च भरतः सान्त्वयन् वाक्यम् अब्रवीत् ।
दिष्ट्या त्वया सहायेन कृतं कर्म सुदुष्करम् ॥
vibhīṣaṇaṃ ca bharataḥ sāntvayan vākyam abravīt
diṣṭyā tvayā sahāyena kṛtaṃ karma suduṣkaram
English
And to Vibhishana Bharata,
speaking comfort, said these words:
“By fortune, with you as our ally,
a deed most hard to do is done.”
॥ 6.127.47 ॥
CrEd 6.115.37
silent moment
॥ 6.127.48–49 ॥
CrEd 6.115.38–39
silent moment
॥ 6.127.50–52 ॥
CrEd 6.115.40–42
Valmikiverse caption
Sanskrit
स्वागतं ते महाबाहो कौसल्यानन्दवर्धन ।
इति प्राञ्जलयः सर्वे नागरा रामम् अब्रुवन् ।
तान्य् अञ्जलिसहस्राणि प्रगृहीतानि नागरैः ।
आकोशानीव पद्मानि ददर्श भरताग्रजः ।
पादुके ते तु रामस्य गृहीत्वा भरतः स्वयम् ।
चरणाभ्यां नरेन्द्रस्य योजयाम् आस धर्मवित् ॥
svāgataṃ te mahābāho kausalyānandavardhana
iti prāñjalayaḥ sarve nāgarā rāmam abruvan
tāny añjalisahasrāṇi pragṛhītāni nāgaraiḥ
ākośānīva padmāni dadarśa bharatāgrajaḥ
pāduke te tu rāmasya gṛhītvā bharataḥ svayam
caraṇābhyāṃ narendrasya yojayām āsa dharmavit
English
“Welcome to you, mighty-armed one,
who swell Kausalya’s joy!”
So, palms joined, all
the citizens said to Rama.
Those thousands of joined palms
held up by the citizens,
like lotuses about to open,
Bharata’s elder brother saw.
Those sandals of Rama’s
Bharata took himself,
and to the feet of the lord of men
the knower of dharma fitted them.