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The whisper; Sita sent away

कानाफूसी; सीता का परित्याग
Valmiki · Uttara Kanda
7.42.1–7.46.10 (CrEd 7.41.1–7.45.9)

अशोक वाटिका में राम जानते हैं कि सीता गर्भवती हैं और उनकी इच्छा पूछते हैं: सीता गंगा किनारे ऋषियों के तपोवन देखना चाहती हैं, एक रात ही सही, और राम वचन देते हैं कि वे कल जाएँगी। उसी शाम विदूषक भद्र, बहुत कहने पर, बताता है कि नगरवासी रावण के वश में रही सीता को वापस लेने पर राम की निंदा करते हैं; राम भाइयों को बुलाते हैं, सीता को पवित्र बताते हैं, फिर भी अपकीर्ति के डर से लक्ष्मण को आज्ञा देते हैं कि उन्हें गंगा पार वाल्मीकि के आश्रम के पास छोड़ आएँ। भोर में लक्ष्मण सीता से कहते हैं कि उन्हें आश्रम ले जाना है, और सीता बड़े हर्ष से उपहार समेटकर जाने की तैयारी करती हैं।

In the Ashoka garden Rama learns that Sita is with child and asks her wish: she longs to see the sages’ hermitages by the Ganga, if only for one night, and he promises she will go tomorrow. That evening the jester Bhadra, pressed to speak, tells him the townsfolk question his taking back Sita, who lived in Ravana’s power; Rama calls his brothers, declares her pure, yet for fear of ill fame orders Lakshmana to leave her by Valmiki’s hermitage across the Ganga. At dawn Lakshmana tells Sita he is to take her to the hermitages, and she, full of joy, gathers gifts and makes ready to go.

Sanskrit · Hindi · English·Translation: Raam Leela

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Part 1 · भाग 1

What the city says

Valmiki 7.42.1–7.43.23 (CrEd 7.41.1–7.42.23)

॥ 7.42.23–24 ॥

CrEd 7.41.16–17

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वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption

वाल्मीकि

एवं रामो मुदा युक्तः सीतां सुरुचिराननाम् ।
रमयाम् आस वैदेहीम् अहन्य् अहनि देववत् ।
तथा तु रममाणस्य तस्यैवं शिशिरः शुभः ।
अत्यक्रामन् नरेन्द्रस्य राघवस्य महात्मनः ॥

evaṃ rāmo mudā yuktaḥ sītāṃ surucirānanām
ramayām āsa vaidehīm ahany ahani devavat
tathā tu ramamāṇasya tasyaivaṃ śiśiraḥ śubhaḥ
atyakrāman narendrasya rāghavasya mahātmanaḥ

Translation

So Rama, filled with gladness,
with Sita of the lovely face,
delighted Vaidehi
day after day, as a god would.
And as he took his joy,
the bright cool season
passed by for the king,
for Raghava, the great-souled.

Subtitle

So Rama made Vaidehi happy,
day after day, like a god,
and the bright cool season
went by.

॥ 7.42.26–27 ॥

CrEd 7.41.18–19

silent moment मौन क्षण

॥ 7.42.28–29ab ॥

CrEd 7.41.20–21ab

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वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption

वाल्मीकि

ततो रामम् उपागच्छद् विचित्रबहुभूषणा ।
त्रिविष्टपे सहस्राक्षम् उपविष्टं यथा शची ।
दृष्ट्वा तु राघवः पत्नीं कल्याणेन समन्विताम् ।
प्रहर्षम् अतुलं लेभे … ॥

tato rāmam upāgacchad vicitrabahubhūṣaṇā
triviṣṭape sahasrākṣam upaviṣṭaṃ yathā śacī
dṛṣṭvā tu rāghavaḥ patnīṃ kalyāṇena samanvitām
praharṣam atulaṃ lebhe …

Translation

Then to Rama she came,
in many bright ornaments,
as to thousand-eyed Indra, seated in heaven,
comes Shachi;
and seeing his wife
blessed with good fortune,
Raghava felt a joy beyond measure.

Subtitle

Seeing his wife,
blessed with a child to come,
Raghava felt
a joy beyond measure.

॥ 7.42.29cd–31 ॥

CrEd 7.41.21cd–22

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रामRama

वाल्मीकि

साधु साध्व् इति चाब्रवीत् ।
अपत्यलाभो वैदेहि ममायं समुपस्थितः ।
किम् इच्छसि हि तद् ब्रूहि कः कामः क्रियतां तव ॥

sādhu sādhv iti cābravīt
apatyalābho vaidehi mamāyaṃ samupasthitaḥ
kim icchasi hi tad brūhi kaḥ kāmaḥ kriyatāṃ tava

Translation

“Well done, well done!” he said;
“Vaidehi, the gain of a child
has come to me at last.
What is it you wish? Tell me:
what desire shall be done for you?”

लीला

वाह... वाह! वैदेही, मेरे घर संतान आने वाली है। बोलो, तुम्हारा मन क्या चाहता है? कौन-सी इच्छा पूरी करूँ?

Subtitle

Wonderful, Vaidehi!
A child is coming to me.
Tell me, what do you wish?
What wish shall I fulfil?

॥ 7.42.32–33 ॥

CrEd 7.41.23–24

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सीताSita

वाल्मीकि

तपोवनानि पुण्यानि द्रष्टुम् इच्छामि राघव ।
गङ्गातीरे निविष्टानि ऋषीणां पुण्यकर्मणाम् ।
फलमूलाशिनां वीर पादमूलेषु वर्तितुम् ॥

tapovanāni puṇyāni draṣṭum icchāmi rāghava
gaṅgātīre niviṣṭāni ṛṣīṇāṃ puṇyakarmaṇām
phalamūlāśināṃ vīra pādamūleṣu vartitum

Translation

“The holy groves of penance
I long to see, Raghava,
set on the Ganga’s bank,
the groves of sages of holy deeds;
and at the feet, O hero,
of those who live on fruit and roots, to sit.”

लीला

राघव, मैं गंगा किनारे के पवित्र तपोवन देखना चाहती हूँ... कंद-मूल-फल खाकर रहने वाले ऋषियों के चरणों में बैठना चाहती हूँ।

Subtitle

Raghava, I long to see
the holy hermitages by the Ganga,
and sit at the feet of sages
who live on fruit and roots.

॥ 7.42.34 ॥

CrEd 7.41.25

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सीताSita

वाल्मीकि

एष मे परमः कामो यन् मूलफलभोजिषु ।
अप्य् एकरात्रं काकुत्स्थ वसेयं पुण्यशालिषु ॥

eṣa me paramaḥ kāmo yan mūlaphalabhojiṣu
apy ekarātraṃ kākutstha vaseyaṃ puṇyaśāliṣu

Translation

“This is my dearest wish:
among those who feed on roots and fruit,
if only for one night, Kakutstha,
to dwell among the holy.”

लीला

बस यही मेरी सबसे बड़ी इच्छा है, काकुत्स्थ... उन पुण्यात्मा मुनियों के बीच रह आऊँ। एक रात ही सही।

Subtitle

This is my dearest wish, Kakutstha:
to stay among those holy men,
if only for one night.

॥ 7.42.35 ॥

CrEd 7.41.26

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रामRama

वाल्मीकि

तथेति च प्रतिज्ञातं रामेणाक्लिष्टकर्मणा ।
विस्रब्धा भव वैदेहि श्वो गमिष्यस्य् असंशयम् ॥

tatheti ca pratijñātaṃ rāmeṇākliṣṭakarmaṇā
visrabdhā bhava vaidehi śvo gamiṣyasy asaṃśayam

Translation

“So be it,” promised Rama,
tireless in his deeds;
“Rest easy, Vaidehi:
tomorrow you will go, beyond all doubt.”

लीला

ऐसा ही होगा। निश्चिंत रहो, वैदेही। कल तुम जाओगी... इसमें कोई संदेह नहीं।

Subtitle

So be it. Rest easy, Vaidehi.
Tomorrow you will go,
without a doubt.

॥ 7.42.36 ॥

CrEd 7.41.27

silent moment मौन क्षण

॥ 7.43.1–3 ॥

CrEd 7.42.1–3

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वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption

वाल्मीकि

तत्रोपविष्टं राजानम् उपासन्ते विचक्षणाः ।
कथानां बहुरूपाणां हास्यकाराः समन्ततः ।
विजयो मधुमत्तश् च काश्यपः पिङ्गलः कुशः ।
सुराजिः कालियो भद्रो दन्तवक्रः समागधः ।
एते कथा बहुविधा परिहाससमन्विताः ।
कथयन्ति स्म संहृष्टा राघवस्य महात्मनः ॥

tatropaviṣṭaṃ rājānam upāsante vicakṣaṇāḥ
kathānāṃ bahurūpāṇāṃ hāsyakārāḥ samantataḥ
vijayo madhumattaś ca kāśyapaḥ piṅgalaḥ kuśaḥ
surājiḥ kāliyo bhadro dantavakraḥ samāgadhaḥ
ete kathā bahuvidhā parihāsasamanvitāḥ
kathayanti sma saṃhṛṣṭā rāghavasya mahātmanaḥ

Translation

There, as the king sat, clever men
attended him on every side,
makers of laughter
with tales of every kind:
Vijaya, Madhumatta,
Kashyapa, Pingala, Kusha,
Suraji, Kaliya, Bhadra,
Dantavakra and Sumagadha.
These, with tales of many kinds,
all laced with jest,
in high spirits entertained
Raghava, the great-souled.

Subtitle

There clever jesters sat round the king,
Vijaya, Madhumatta, Kashyapa, Bhadra and others,
telling him tales of every kind,
full of laughter.

॥ 7.43.4–5 ॥

CrEd 7.42.4–5

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रामRama

वाल्मीकि

काः कथा नगरे भद्र वर्तन्ते विषयेषु च ।
माम् आश्रितानि कान्य् आहुः पौरजानपदा जनाः ।
किं च सीतां समाश्रित्य भरतं किं नु लक्ष्मणम् ॥

kāḥ kathā nagare bhadra vartante viṣayeṣu ca
mām āśritāni kāny āhuḥ paurajānapadā janāḥ
kiṃ ca sītāṃ samāśritya bharataṃ kiṃ nu lakṣmaṇam

Translation

“What talk, Bhadra, goes round the city,
what talk goes round the land?
What do they say of me,
the people of town and country?
And of Sita what,
of Bharata, of Lakshmana?”

लीला

भद्र, नगर में, देश में आजकल क्या बातें चलती हैं? लोग मेरे बारे में क्या कहते हैं? सीता के बारे में, भरत के, लक्ष्मण के?

Subtitle

Bhadra, what talk goes round
the city and the country?
What do they say of me,
of Sita, Bharata, Lakshmana?

॥ 7.43.7–8 ॥

CrEd 7.42.7–8

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Bhadra

वाल्मीकि

स्थिताः कथाः शुभा राजन् वर्तन्ते पुरवासिनाम् ।
अयं तु विजयः सौम्य दशग्रीववधाश्रितः ।
भूयिष्ठं स्वपुरे पौरैः कथ्यते पुरुषर्षभ ॥

sthitāḥ kathāḥ śubhā rājan vartante puravāsinām
ayaṃ tu vijayaḥ saumya daśagrīvavadhāśritaḥ
bhūyiṣṭhaṃ svapure pauraiḥ kathyate puruṣarṣabha

Translation

“Good is the talk, O king,
that goes among the townsfolk.
But this victory, gentle lord,
the slaying of the ten-necked one,
is what the citizens most tell
in your own city, bull among men.”

लीला

अच्छी बातें ही होती हैं, महाराज। सबसे ज़्यादा तो लोग आपकी जीत की बात करते हैं... दशग्रीव के वध की।

Subtitle

Good things are said, king.
Most of all, they talk of your victory:
the slaying of the ten-necked one.

॥ 7.43.9–11 ॥

CrEd 7.42.9–11

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रामRama

वाल्मीकि

कथयस्व यथातथ्यं सर्वं निरवशेषतः ।
शुभाशुभानि वाक्यानि यान्य् आहुः पुरवासिनः ।
श्रुत्वेदानीं शुभं कुर्यां न कुर्याम् अशुभानि च ।
कथयस्व च विस्रब्धो निर्भयो विगतज्वरः ॥

kathayasva yathātathyaṃ sarvaṃ niravaśeṣataḥ
śubhāśubhāni vākyāni yāny āhuḥ puravāsinaḥ
śrutvedānīṃ śubhaṃ kuryāṃ na kuryām aśubhāni ca
kathayasva ca visrabdho nirbhayo vigatajvaraḥ

Translation

“Tell me as it truly is,
all of it, leaving nothing out,
the words both good and bad
that the townsfolk speak.
Hearing them, I will now do the good,
and the bad I will not do.
Speak with trust, and speak without fear,
with all your worry gone.”

लीला

जैसा है, वैसा ही बताओ... सब कुछ, भला भी, बुरा भी। सुनूँगा, तभी तो भला करूँगा, बुरा छोड़ूँगा। बिना डरे बोलो।

Subtitle

Tell me truly, all of it,
good and bad.
Hearing it, I'll do the good and leave the bad.
Speak without fear.

॥ 7.43.12 ॥

CrEd 7.42.12

silent moment मौन क्षण

॥ 7.43.13–15 ॥

CrEd 7.42.13–15ab

Uttara · later layercondensed from 7.43.13–15

Bhadra

वाल्मीकि

शृणु राजन् यथा पौराः कथयन्ति शुभाशुभम् ।
चत्वरापणरथ्यासु वनेषूपवनेषु च ।
दुष्करं कृतवान् रामः समुद्रे सेतुबन्धनम् … रावणश् च दुराधर्षो हतः सबलवाहनः ॥

śṛṇu rājan yathā paurāḥ kathayanti śubhāśubham
catvarāpaṇarathyāsu vaneṣūpavaneṣu ca
duṣkaraṃ kṛtavān rāmaḥ samudre setubandhanam … rāvaṇaś ca durādharṣo hataḥ sabalavāhanaḥ

Translation

“Hear, king, how the townsfolk
tell of good and bad,
in squares and markets and streets,
in woods and in groves:
‘A hard thing Rama did,
bridging the sea…
and Ravana, hard to assail,
was slain with his army and his mounts.’”

लीला

सुनिए, महाराज, लोग चौराहों पर, बाज़ारों में, गलियों में, वन-उपवन में क्या कहते हैं: 'राम ने वह कर दिखाया जो कोई न कर सका। समुद्र पर पुल बाँधा, रावण को मारा।'

Subtitle

Hear, king, what they say
in squares and markets, streets and groves:
'Rama did the impossible:
he bridged the sea and killed Ravana.'

॥ 7.43.16, 18 ॥

CrEd 7.42.16, 18

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Bhadra

वाल्मीकि

हत्वा च रावणं युद्धे सीताम् आहृत्य राघवः ।
अमर्षं पृष्ठतः कृत्वा स्ववेश्म पुनर् आनयत् … लङ्काम् अपि पुनर् नीताम् अशोकवनिकां गताम् ।
रक्षसां वशम् आपन्नां कथं रामो न कुत्सते ॥

hatvā ca rāvaṇaṃ yuddhe sītām āhṛtya rāghavaḥ
amarṣaṃ pṛṣṭhataḥ kṛtvā svaveśma punar ānayat … laṅkām api punar nītām aśokavanikāṃ gatām
rakṣasāṃ vaśam āpannāṃ kathaṃ rāmo na kutsate

Translation

“‘Slaying Ravana in battle,
winning Sita back, Raghava
put his anger behind him
and brought her home again…
She was carried off to Lanka,
she went into the Ashoka grove,
she fell into the rakshasas’ power:
how is it Rama finds no fault?’”

लीला

'रावण को मारकर राघव सीता को फिर घर ले आए, ग़ुस्सा पीछे छोड़कर। पर वह लंका ले जाई गई थी, राक्षसों के बस में रही... राम को यह खटकता क्यों नहीं?'

Subtitle

'He brought Sita home again,
his anger put behind him.
She was taken to Lanka, in the rakshasas' power:
how can Rama not mind?'

॥ 7.43.19–20 ॥

CrEd 7.42.19–20

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Bhadra

वाल्मीकि

अस्माकम् अपि दारेषु सहनीयं भविष्यति ।
यथा हि कुरुते राजा प्रजा तम् अनुवर्तते ।
एवं बहुविधा वाचो वदन्ति पुरवासिनः ।
नगरेषु च सर्वेषु राजञ् जनपदेषु च ॥

asmākam api dāreṣu sahanīyaṃ bhaviṣyati
yathā hi kurute rājā prajā tam anuvartate
evaṃ bahuvidhā vāco vadanti puravāsinaḥ
nagareṣu ca sarveṣu rājañ janapadeṣu ca

Translation

“‘In our wives too, now,
this we shall have to bear;
for as the king does,
so the people follow.’
Such are the many words
the townsfolk speak, O king,
in all the towns,
and in the countryside.”

लीला

'अब हमें भी अपनी पत्नियों के मामले में यह सहना पड़ेगा। जैसा राजा करता है, प्रजा भी वैसा ही करती है।' ऐसी ही बातें होती हैं, महाराज, हर नगर में, हर गाँव में।

Subtitle

'Now we too must bear it in our wives:
as the king does, the people follow.'
So they talk, king,
in every town and country.

॥ 7.43.21 ॥

CrEd 7.42.21

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रामRama

वाल्मीकि

उवाच सर्वान् सुहृदः कथम् एतन् निवेद्यताम् ॥

uvāca sarvān suhṛdaḥ katham etan nivedyatām

Translation

He spoke to all his friends:
“How is this? Let it be told.”

लीला

क्या ऐसा ही है? तुम सब बताओ।

Subtitle

Is this how it is?
Tell me, all of you.

॥ 7.43.22 ॥

CrEd 7.42.22

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RajaCompanions

वाल्मीकि

एवम् एतन् न संशयः ॥

evam etan na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

“It is so; there is no doubt.”

लीला

ऐसा ही है। इसमें कोई संदेह नहीं।

Subtitle

It is so.
There is no doubt.

॥ 7.43.23 ॥

CrEd 7.42.23

silent moment मौन क्षण

Part 2 · भाग 2

Tomorrow at dawn

Valmiki 7.44.1–7.45.24 (CrEd 7.43.1–7.44.22)

॥ 7.44.1–3 ॥

CrEd 7.43.1–3

silent moment मौन क्षण

॥ 7.44.5, 7–8, 10–11 ॥

CrEd 7.43.5, 7, 10

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वाल्मीकि

बाढम् इत्य् एव सौमित्रिः श्रुत्वा राघवशासनम् ।
प्राद्रवद् रथम् आरुह्य राघवस्य निवेशनम् ।
भरतस् तु वचः श्रुत्वा द्वाःस्थाद् रामसमीरितम् ।
उत्पपातासनात् तूर्णं पद्भ्याम् एव ततोऽगमत् ।
श्रुत्वा तु वचनं तस्य शत्रुघ्नो रामशासनम् ।
शिरसा वन्द्य धरणीं प्रययौ यत्र राघवः ॥

bāḍham ity eva saumitriḥ śrutvā rāghavaśāsanam
prādravad ratham āruhya rāghavasya niveśanam
bharatas tu vacaḥ śrutvā dvāḥsthād rāmasamīritam
utpapātāsanāt tūrṇaṃ padbhyām eva tato 'gamat
śrutvā tu vacanaṃ tasya śatrughno rāmaśāsanam
śirasā vandya dharaṇīṃ prayayau yatra rāghavaḥ

Translation

“So be it,” said Saumitri,
hearing Raghava’s command;
he mounted his chariot and sped
to Raghava’s dwelling.
Bharata, hearing from the doorkeeper
the words that Rama sent,
sprang swiftly from his seat
and went from there on foot.
Shatrughna, hearing his words,
the command of Rama,
bowed his head to the earth
and went where Raghava was.

Subtitle

Lakshmana mounted his chariot and sped;
Bharata sprang from his seat and went on foot;
Shatrughna bowed his head to the earth,
and went to Raghava.

॥ 7.44.13 ॥

CrEd 7.43.12

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वाल्मीकि

प्रवेशय कुमारांस् त्वं मत्समीपं त्वरान्वितः ।
एतेषु जीवितं मह्यम् एते प्राणा बहिश्चराः ॥

praveśaya kumārāṃs tvaṃ matsamīpaṃ tvarānvitaḥ
eteṣu jīvitaṃ mahyam ete prāṇā bahiścarāḥ

Translation

“Bring in the princes to me,
and bring them in haste;
in them my life is lodged:
they are my breaths, walking outside me.”

लीला

कुमारों को जल्दी मेरे पास ले आओ। मेरा जीवन इन्हीं में है। ये मेरे प्राण हैं... जो मेरे बाहर चलते-फिरते हैं।

Subtitle

Bring the princes to me, quickly.
My life is in them:
they are my own breath,
walking outside me.

॥ 7.44.14–16 ॥

CrEd 7.43.13–15

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वाल्मीकि

आज्ञप्तास् तु नरेन्द्रेण कुमाराः शुक्लवाससः ।
प्रह्वाः प्राञ्जलयो भूत्वा विविशुस् ते समाहिताः ।
ते तु दृष्ट्वा मुखं तस्य सग्रहं शशिनं यथा ।
संध्यागतम् इवादित्यं प्रभया परिवर्जितम् ।
बाष्पपूर्णे च नयने दृष्ट्वा रामस्य धीमतः ।
हतशोभं यथा पद्मं मुखं वीक्ष्य च तस्य ते ॥

ājñaptās tu narendreṇa kumārāḥ śuklavāsasaḥ
prahvāḥ prāñjalayo bhūtvā viviśus te samāhitāḥ
te tu dṛṣṭvā mukhaṃ tasya sagrahaṃ śaśinaṃ yathā
saṃdhyāgatam ivādityaṃ prabhayā parivarjitam
bāṣpapūrṇe ca nayane dṛṣṭvā rāmasya dhīmataḥ
hataśobhaṃ yathā padmaṃ mukhaṃ vīkṣya ca tasya te

Translation

Bidden by the lord of men, the princes,
clad in white,
bowing, their palms joined,
entered, composed;
and they saw his face, like the moon
in the grip of Rahu,
like the sun at twilight,
stripped of all its light;
they saw the eyes of wise Rama
brimming with tears,
and looked upon his face,
a lotus with its beauty struck away.

Subtitle

They saw his face: like the moon in Rahu's grip,
like the sun at dusk, its light gone;
his eyes full of tears.

॥ 7.44.17–18 ॥

CrEd 7.43.16–17

silent moment मौन क्षण

॥ 7.44.19 ॥

CrEd 7.43.18

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रामRama

वाल्मीकि

भवन्तो मम सर्वस्वं भवन्तो मम जीवितम् ।
भवद्भिश् च कृतं राज्यं पालयामि नरेश्वराः ॥

bhavanto mama sarvasvaṃ bhavanto mama jīvitam
bhavadbhiś ca kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ pālayāmi nareśvarāḥ

Translation

“You are my all;
you are my very life;
the kingdom was made by you;
I only guard it, lords of men.”

लीला

तुम ही मेरा सब कुछ हो। तुम ही मेरा जीवन हो। यह राज्य तुम्हारा बनाया हुआ है... मैं तो बस इसकी रखवाली करता हूँ।

Subtitle

You are my everything;
you are my life.
This kingdom you made;
I only guard it.

॥ 7.45.1–3 ॥

CrEd 7.44.1–3

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वाल्मीकि

सर्वे शृणुत भद्रं वो मा कुरुध्वं मनोऽन्यथा ।
पौराणां मम सीतायां यादृशी वर्तते कथा ।
पौरापवादः सुमहांस् तथा जनपदस्य च ।
वर्तते मयि बीभत्सः स मे मर्माणि कृन्तति ॥

sarve śṛṇuta bhadraṃ vo mā kurudhvaṃ mano 'nyathā
paurāṇāṃ mama sītāyāṃ yādṛśī vartate kathā
paurāpavādaḥ sumahāṃs tathā janapadasya ca
vartate mayi bībhatsaḥ sa me marmāṇi kṛntati

Translation

“Hear, all of you, and blessings on you;
let your minds not turn awry.
Among the townsfolk, of me and of Sita,
hear what talk goes round.
Great is the townsfolk’s reproach,
and the country’s too;
it is of me, and it is foul,
and it cuts me to the quick.”

लीला

सब सुनो, तुम्हारा भला हो... और मन में कुछ उल्टा मत लाना। सीता को लेकर नगर में, देश में, मेरे बारे में बड़ी भद्दी बातें हो रही हैं। वे मेरे मर्म को काट रही हैं।

Subtitle

Listen, all of you;
don't take it amiss.
Town and country talk of Sita and me.
That ugly talk cuts me to the quick.

॥ 7.45.5, 7 ॥

CrEd 7.44.5–6

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वाल्मीकि

जानासि हि यथा सौम्य दण्डके विजने वने ।
रावणेन हृता सीता स च विध्वंसितो मया ।
प्रत्यक्षं तव सौमित्रे देवानां हव्यवाहनः ।
अपापां मैथिलीम् आह वायुश् चाकाशगोचरः ॥

jānāsi hi yathā saumya daṇḍake vijane vane
rāvaṇena hṛtā sītā sa ca vidhvaṃsito mayā
pratyakṣaṃ tava saumitre devānāṃ havyavāhanaḥ
apāpāṃ maithilīm āha vāyuś cākāśagocaraḥ

Translation

“You know, gentle one, how in the Dandaka,
in the lonely forest,
Sita was carried off by Ravana,
and how I destroyed him.
Before your eyes, Saumitri,
the bearer of the gods’ oblations
declared Maithili sinless,
and the Wind that roams the sky.”

लीला

तुम जानते हो, सौम्य, सूने दंडक वन से रावण सीता को हर ले गया था, और मैंने उसका नाश किया। तुम्हारी आँखों के सामने, सौमित्रि, अग्नि ने कहा था कि मैथिली निष्पाप है... और आकाश में बहती वायु ने भी।

Subtitle

You know how Ravana took Sita,
and how I destroyed him.
Before your eyes, Saumitri, Fire declared her sinless,
and the Wind in the sky.

॥ 7.45.10 ॥

CrEd 7.44.9

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वाल्मीकि

अन्तरात्मा च मे वेत्ति सीतां शुद्धां यशस्विनीम् ।
ततो गृहीत्वा वैदेहीम् अयोध्याम् अहम् आगतः ॥

antarātmā ca me vetti sītāṃ śuddhāṃ yaśasvinīm
tato gṛhītvā vaidehīm ayodhyām aham āgataḥ

Translation

“And my inmost self knows
Sita pure and glorious;
so I took Vaidehi
and came home to Ayodhya.”

लीला

और मेरा अपना मन जानता है... सीता पवित्र है, यशस्विनी है। इसीलिए तो मैं वैदेही को लेकर अयोध्या आया।

Subtitle

And my own heart knows
Sita is pure and glorious.
That is why I brought Vaidehi
home to Ayodhya.

॥ 7.45.11–12 ॥

CrEd 7.44.10–11

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वाल्मीकि

अयं तु मे महान् वादः शोकश् च हृदि वर्तते ।
पौरापवादः सुमहांस् तथा जनपदस्य च ।
अकीर्तिर् यस्य गीयेत लोके भूतस्य कस्य चित् ।
पतत्य् एवाधमांल् लोकान् यावच् छब्दः स कीर्त्यते ॥

ayaṃ tu me mahān vādaḥ śokaś ca hṛdi vartate
paurāpavādaḥ sumahāṃs tathā janapadasya ca
akīrtir yasya gīyeta loke bhūtasya kasya cit
pataty evādhamāṃl lokān yāvac chabdaḥ sa kīrtyate

Translation

“But this is the great talk,
the grief that dwells in my heart:
the townsfolk’s great reproach,
and the country’s too.
Whoever has his ill fame sung
in the world, whoever he be,
falls to the lowest worlds
as long as that word is told.”

लीला

पर यह चर्चा मेरे दिल में शोक बनकर बैठी है। जिसकी अपकीर्ति दुनिया में गाई जाती है, वह तब तक नीचे के लोकों में गिरता रहता है, जब तक वह बात कही जाती है।

Subtitle

But this talk grieves my heart.
Whoever's ill fame is sung in the world
sinks to the lowest worlds
as long as it is told.

॥ 7.45.14 ॥

CrEd 7.44.13

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वाल्मीकि

अप्य् अहं जीवितं जह्यां युष्मान् वा पुरुषर्षभाः ।
अपवादभयाद् भीतः किं पुनर् जनकात्मजाम् ॥

apy ahaṃ jīvitaṃ jahyāṃ yuṣmān vā puruṣarṣabhāḥ
apavādabhayād bhītaḥ kiṃ punar janakātmajām

Translation

“My very life I would give up,
or you, bulls among men,
in dread of ill fame;
how much more, then, Janaka’s daughter.”

लीला

अपकीर्ति के डर से मैं अपने प्राण छोड़ सकता हूँ, तुम्हें भी छोड़ सकता हूँ, नरश्रेष्ठो... फिर जनक की बेटी को कैसे न छोड़ूँ?

Subtitle

For fear of ill fame
I would give up my life,
or even you.
How much more, then, Janaka's daughter.

॥ 7.45.15 ॥

CrEd 7.44.14

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रामRama

वाल्मीकि

तस्माद् भवन्तः पश्यन्तु पतितं शोकसागरे ।
न हि पश्याम्य् अहं भूयः किं चिद् दुःखम् अतोऽधिकम् ॥

tasmād bhavantaḥ paśyantu patitaṃ śokasāgare
na hi paśyāmy ahaṃ bhūyaḥ kiṃ cid duḥkham ato 'dhikam

Translation

“So look on me,
fallen in a sea of grief;
for I see no sorrow
greater than this.”

लीला

तो देख लो मुझे... शोक के सागर में गिरा हुआ। इससे बड़ा कोई दुख मुझे नहीं दिखता।

Subtitle

So look at me,
fallen into a sea of grief.
I see no sorrow
greater than this.

॥ 7.45.15 ॥

CrEd 7.44.14

silent moment मौन क्षण

॥ 7.45.16 ॥

CrEd 7.44.15

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वाल्मीकि

श्वस् त्वं प्रभाते सौमित्रे सुमन्त्राधिष्ठितं रथम् ।
आरुह्य सीताम् आरोप्य विषयान्ते समुत्सृज ॥

śvas tvaṃ prabhāte saumitre sumantrādhiṣṭhitaṃ ratham
āruhya sītām āropya viṣayānte samutsṛja

Translation

“Tomorrow at dawn, Saumitri,
mount the chariot Sumantra drives;
set Sita in it,
and leave her at the kingdom’s edge.”

लीला

कल सुबह, सौमित्रि, सुमंत्र का रथ लेकर, सीता को उसमें बिठाकर, राज्य की सीमा पर छोड़ आओ।

Subtitle

Tomorrow at dawn, Saumitri,
take Sumantra's chariot,
set Sita in it,
and leave her at the kingdom's edge.

॥ 7.45.17–18 ॥

CrEd 7.44.16–17

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वाल्मीकि

गङ्गायास् तु परे पारे वाल्मीकेः सुमहात्मनः ।
आश्रमो दिव्यसंकाशस् तमसातीरम् आश्रितः ।
तत्रैनां विजने कक्षे विसृज्य रघुनन्दन ।
शीघ्रम् आगच्छ सौमित्रे कुरुष्व वचनं मम ॥

gaṅgāyās tu pare pāre vālmīkeḥ sumahātmanaḥ
āśramo divyasaṃkāśas tamasātīram āśritaḥ
tatraināṃ vijane kakṣe visṛjya raghunandana
śīghram āgaccha saumitre kuruṣva vacanaṃ mama

Translation

“On the far bank of the Ganga,
of Valmiki, the great-souled,
is a hermitage like a place of the gods,
lying on the Tamasa’s bank.
Leave her there in a lonely thicket,
joy of the Raghus,
and come back quickly, Saumitri:
do as I say.”

लीला

गंगा के उस पार, तमसा के किनारे, महात्मा वाल्मीकि का आश्रम है, देवलोक-सा। उसे वहीं, किसी सूनी जगह छोड़कर, जल्दी लौट आना। जो कहता हूँ, वही करो।

Subtitle

Across the Ganga, on the Tamasa,
is Valmiki's hermitage.
Leave her there, in a lonely place,
and come back quickly. Do as I say.

॥ 7.45.19ab, 20–21ab ॥

CrEd 7.44.18–19

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वाल्मीकि

न चास्मि प्रतिवक्तव्यः सीतां प्रति कथं चन ।
अप्रीतिः परमा मह्यं भवेत् तु प्रतिवारिते ।
शापिताश् च मया यूयं भुजाभ्यां जीवितेन च ।
ये मां वाक्यान्तरे ब्रूयुर् अनुनेतुं कथं चन ॥

na cāsmi prativaktavyaḥ sītāṃ prati kathaṃ cana
aprītiḥ paramā mahyaṃ bhavet tu prativārite
śāpitāś ca mayā yūyaṃ bhujābhyāṃ jīvitena ca
ye māṃ vākyāntare brūyur anunetuṃ kathaṃ cana

Translation

“Let none answer me back
about Sita, in any way;
it would grieve me past all bounds
if I were stopped.
I bind you all by oath,
by my arms and by my life:
let none speak between my words
to win me round in any way.”

लीला

सीता के बारे में मुझसे कुछ मत कहना। रोका, तो मुझे बड़ा दुख होगा। तुम सबको मेरी भुजाओं की सौगंध, मेरे प्राणों की सौगंध: कोई मुझे मनाने न आए।

Subtitle

Say nothing to me about Sita;
to be stopped would grieve me.
I make you swear by my arms and my life:
no one pleads.

॥ 7.45.23 ॥

CrEd 7.44.21

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वाल्मीकि

पूर्वम् उक्तोऽहम् अनया गङ्गातीरे महाश्रमान् ।
पश्येयम् इति तस्याश् च कामः संवर्त्यताम् अयम् ॥

pūrvam ukto 'ham anayā gaṅgātīre mahāśramān
paśyeyam iti tasyāś ca kāmaḥ saṃvartyatām ayam

Translation

“She told me before:
‘The great hermitages on the Ganga’s bank
let me see.’ So let this wish
of hers be brought to pass.”

लीला

उसने मुझसे पहले ही कहा था, 'मैं गंगा किनारे के आश्रम देखना चाहती हूँ।' तो... उसकी यह इच्छा पूरी हो।

Subtitle

She told me she wished to see
the great hermitages on the Ganga.
Let that wish of hers
be fulfilled.

॥ 7.45.24 ॥

CrEd 7.44.22

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वाल्मीकि

एवम् उक्त्वा तु काकुत्स्थो बाष्पेण पिहितेक्षणः ।
प्रविवेश स धर्मात्मा भ्रातृभिः परिवारितः ॥

evam uktvā tu kākutstho bāṣpeṇa pihitekṣaṇaḥ
praviveśa sa dharmātmā bhrātṛbhiḥ parivāritaḥ

Translation

Having spoken so, Kakutstha,
his eyes veiled with tears,
went in, the dharma-souled,
his brothers around him.

Subtitle

So he spoke, and, his eyes veiled with tears,
the dharma-souled one went in,
his brothers around him.

॥ 7.42.11 ॥

CrEd 7.41.8

silent moment मौन क्षण

Part 3 · भाग 3

A joy beyond measure

Valmiki 7.46.1–10 (CrEd 7.45.1–9)

॥ 7.46.1 ॥

CrEd 7.45.1a

silent moment मौन क्षण

॥ 7.46.1 ॥

CrEd 7.45.1

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वाल्मीकि

ततो रजन्यां व्युष्टायां लक्ष्मणो दीनचेतनः ।
सुमन्त्रम् अब्रवीद् वाक्यं मुखेन परिशुष्यता ॥

tato rajanyāṃ vyuṣṭāyāṃ lakṣmaṇo dīnacetanaḥ
sumantram abravīd vākyaṃ mukhena pariśuṣyatā

Translation

Then, when the night had broken,
Lakshmana, sick at heart,
spoke to Sumantra
with a mouth gone dry.

Subtitle

When the night had passed,
Lakshmana, sick at heart,
spoke to Sumantra
with a mouth gone dry.

॥ 7.46.2–3 ॥

CrEd 7.45.2–3

Uttara · later layer

लक्ष्मणLakshmana

वाल्मीकि

सारथे तुरगाञ् शीघ्रं योजयस्व रथोत्तमे ।
स्वास्तीर्णं राजभवनात् सीतायाश् चासनं शुभम् ।
सीता हि राजभवनाद् आश्रमं पुण्यकर्मणाम् ।
मया नेया महर्षीणां शीघ्रम् आनीयतां रथः ॥

sārathe turagāñ śīghraṃ yojayasva rathottame
svāstīrṇaṃ rājabhavanāt sītāyāś cāsanaṃ śubham
sītā hi rājabhavanād āśramaṃ puṇyakarmaṇām
mayā neyā maharṣīṇāṃ śīghram ānīyatāṃ rathaḥ

Translation

“Charioteer, yoke the horses quickly
to the finest chariot,
and from the palace, for Sita,
spread a fair seat, well laid.
For Sita, from the palace,
to the hermitage of holy deeds,
is to be taken by me, to the great sages:
bring the chariot quickly.”

लीला

सारथि, उत्तम रथ में जल्दी घोड़े जोतो, और सीता के लिए सुंदर आसन बिछा दो। मुझे उन्हें महर्षियों के आश्रम ले जाना है।

Subtitle

Charioteer, yoke the horses, quickly,
and spread a fine seat for Sita.
I am to take her
to the sages' hermitage.

॥ 7.46.4–5 ॥

CrEd 7.45.4–5

silent moment मौन क्षण

॥ 7.46.6 ॥

CrEd 7.45.6

silent moment मौन क्षण

॥ 7.46.8 ॥

CrEd 7.45.7

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लक्ष्मणLakshmana

वाल्मीकि

गङ्गातीरे मया देवि मुनीनाम् आश्रमे शुभे ।
शीघ्रं गत्वोपनेयासि शासनात् पार्थिवस्य नः ॥

gaṅgātīre mayā devi munīnām āśrame śubhe
śīghraṃ gatvopaneyāsi śāsanāt pārthivasya naḥ

Translation

“On the Ganga’s bank, Devi, by me,
to the sages’ fair hermitage,
quickly you are to be taken,
at the command of our king.”

लीला

देवी, महाराज की आज्ञा है... मुझे आपको जल्दी गंगा किनारे, मुनियों के सुंदर आश्रम में ले चलना है।

Subtitle

Devi, by the king's command,
I am to take you, quickly,
to the sages' fair hermitage
on the Ganga's bank.

॥ 7.46.9 ॥

CrEd 7.45.8

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वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption

वाल्मीकि

एवम् उक्ता तु वैदेही लक्ष्मणेन महात्मना ।
प्रहर्षम् अतुलं लेभे गमनं चाभ्यरोचयत् ॥

evam uktā tu vaidehī lakṣmaṇena mahātmanā
praharṣam atulaṃ lebhe gamanaṃ cābhyarocayat

Translation

Told so, Vaidehi,
by Lakshmana, the great-souled,
felt a joy beyond measure,
and longed to go.

Subtitle

Told so by great Lakshmana,
Vaidehi felt a joy beyond measure,
and longed to go.

॥ 7.46.10 ॥

CrEd 7.45.9

Uttara · later layer

वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption

वाल्मीकि

वासांसि च महार्हाणि रत्नानि विविधानि च ।
गृहीत्वा तानि वैदेही गमनायोपचक्रमे ॥

vāsāṃsi ca mahārhāṇi ratnāni vividhāni ca
gṛhītvā tāni vaidehī gamanāyopacakrame

Translation

Garments of great price
and jewels of every kind
Vaidehi gathered up,
and made ready to go.

Subtitle

She took costly clothes
and jewels of every kind,
and made ready to go.

॥ 7.46.10 ॥

CrEd 7.45.9cd

silent moment मौन क्षण

In other Hindu scriptures

The washerman who condemns her by name

Ananda Ramayana, Janma 3.28–30 · not in Valmiki

Valmiki: Bhadra reports what the townsfolk say (CrEd 7.42.4–8)