The empty seat
॥ 7.83.1–2 ॥
CrEd 7.74.1–2
वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption
वाल्मीकि
द्वाःस्थः कुमाराव् आहूय राघवाय न्यवेदयत् दृष्ट्वा तु राघवः प्राप्तौ प्रियौ भरतलक्ष्मणौ परिष्वज्य ततो रामो वाक्यम् एतद् उवाच ह ॥
dvāḥsthaḥ kumārāv āhūya rāghavāya nyavedayat dṛṣṭvā tu rāghavaḥ prāptau priyau bharatalakṣmaṇau pariṣvajya tato rāmo vākyam etad uvāca ha
Translation
The doorkeeper called the princes
and announced them to Raghava.
Raghava saw them come,
his dear Bharata and Lakshmana;
he embraced them, and then Rama
spoke these words.
Subtitle
The doorkeeper called the princes.
Rama saw his dear brothers come,
and embraced them.
॥ 7.83.3cd, 7.83.5 ॥
CrEd 7.74.3cd–4
रामRama
वाल्मीकि
धर्मसेतुम् अतो भूयः कर्तुम् इच्छामि राघवौ युवाभ्याम् आत्मभूताभ्यां राजसूयम् अनुत्तमम् सहितो यष्टुम् इच्छामि तत्र धर्मो हि शाश्वतः ॥
dharmasetum ato bhūyaḥ kartum icchāmi rāghavau yuvābhyām ātmabhūtābhyāṃ rājasūyam anuttamam sahito yaṣṭum icchāmi tatra dharmo hi śāśvataḥ
Translation
So I would build once more
a bridge of dharma, Raghavas.
With you two, my very self,
the unsurpassed Rajasuya
I would offer, side by side;
for in it is dharma everlasting.
लीला
भाइयो, मैं फिर से धर्म का सेतु बाँधना चाहता हूँ। तुम दोनों मेरी आत्मा हो; तुम्हारे साथ मैं राजसूय यज्ञ करना चाहता हूँ। उसमें शाश्वत धर्म है।
Subtitle
I wish to build once more
a bridge of dharma.
With you, my own self,
I will offer the Rajasuya.
॥ 7.83.9 ॥
CrEd 7.74.8
वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption
वाल्मीकि
श्रुत्वा तु राघवस्यैतद् वाक्यं वाक्यविशारदः भरतः प्राञ्जलिर् भूत्वा वाक्यम् एतद् उवाच ह ॥
śrutvā tu rāghavasyaitad vākyaṃ vākyaviśāradaḥ bharataḥ prāñjalir bhūtvā vākyam etad uvāca ha
Translation
Hearing these words of Raghava,
Bharata, master of speech,
joined his palms in reverence
and spoke these words.
Subtitle
Bharata, master of words,
joined his palms and spoke.
॥ 7.83.10–12 ॥
CrEd 7.74.9–11
भरतBharata
वाल्मीकि
त्वयि धर्मः परः साधो त्वयि सर्वा वसुंधरा प्रतिष्ठिता महाबाहो यशश् चामितविक्रम महीपालाश् च सर्वे त्वां प्रजापतिम् इवामराः निरीक्षन्ते … प्रजाश् च पितृवद् राजन् पश्यन्ति त्वां महाबल ॥
tvayi dharmaḥ paraḥ sādho tvayi sarvā vasuṃdharā pratiṣṭhitā mahābāho yaśaś cāmitavikrama mahīpālāś ca sarve tvāṃ prajāpatim ivāmarāḥ nirīkṣante … prajāś ca pitṛvad rājan paśyanti tvāṃ mahābala
Translation
In you, good one, is the highest dharma;
in you the whole earth
is founded, strong-armed one,
and glory, of boundless valour.
All the kings of the earth,
as the immortals Prajapati,
look up to you …
And the people, king, see you
as a father, mighty one.
लीला
आप में परम धर्म है; आप पर ही सारी पृथ्वी टिकी है। सब राजा आपको ऐसे देखते हैं जैसे देवता प्रजापति को। प्रजा आप में पिता देखती है।
Subtitle
In you is the highest dharma;
on you the whole earth rests.
Kings look to you as gods to Prajapati.
Your people see a father.
॥ 7.83.13, 7.83.15 ॥
CrEd 7.74.12, 7.74.14
भरतBharata
वाल्मीकि
स त्वम् एवंविधं यज्ञम् आहर्तासि कथं नृप पृथिव्यां राजवंशानां विनाशो यत्र दृश्यते … स त्वं पुरुषशार्दूल गुणैर् अतुलविक्रम पृथिवीं नार्हसे हन्तुं वशे हि तव वर्तते ॥
sa tvam evaṃvidhaṃ yajñam āhartāsi kathaṃ nṛpa pṛthivyāṃ rājavaṃśānāṃ vināśo yatra dṛśyate … sa tvaṃ puruṣaśārdūla guṇair atulavikrama pṛthivīṃ nārhase hantuṃ vaśe hi tava vartate
Translation
How then, king, could you
undertake such a sacrifice,
where the ruin is seen
of the royal houses of the earth?
You, tiger among men,
matchless in valour and virtue,
ought not to strike the earth:
it already lies in your power.
लीला
राजन्, आप ऐसा यज्ञ कैसे करेंगे, जिसमें पृथ्वी के राजवंशों का नाश दिखता है? नरव्याघ्र, पृथ्वी पर वार करना आपको शोभा नहीं देता। वह तो पहले ही आपके वश में है।
Subtitle
How could you offer a rite
in which the royal houses perish?
Do not strike the earth,
tiger among men: it is yours.
॥ 7.83.16 ॥
CrEd 7.74.15
वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption
वाल्मीकि
भरतस्य तु तद् वाक्यं श्रुत्वामृतमयं यथा प्रहर्षम् अतुलं लेभे रामः सत्यपराक्रमः ॥
bharatasya tu tad vākyaṃ śrutvāmṛtamayaṃ yathā praharṣam atulaṃ lebhe rāmaḥ satyaparākramaḥ
Translation
Hearing those words of Bharata,
as though made of nectar,
a joy beyond compare he gained,
Rama, true in valour.
Subtitle
Hearing Bharata's words,
sweet as nectar,
Rama, true in valour,
was glad beyond measure.
॥ 7.83.17cd–19 ॥
CrEd 7.74.16cd–18
रामRama
वाल्मीकि
प्रीतोऽस्मि परितुष्टोऽस्मि तवाद्य वचनेन हि इदं वचनम् अक्लीबं त्वया धर्मसमाहितम् व्याहृतं पुरुषव्याघ्र पृथिव्याः परिपालनम् एष तस्माद् अभिप्रायाद् राजसूयात् क्रतूत्तमान् निवर्तयामि धर्मज्ञ तव सुव्याहृतेन वै ॥
prīto 'smi parituṣṭo 'smi tavādya vacanena hi idaṃ vacanam aklībaṃ tvayā dharmasamāhitam vyāhṛtaṃ puruṣavyāghra pṛthivyāḥ paripālanam eṣa tasmād abhiprāyād rājasūyāt kratūttamān nivartayāmi dharmajña tava suvyāhṛtena vai
Translation
I am pleased, I am content
with your words today.
These words, unflinching,
grounded in dharma, that you
have spoken, tiger among men,
are the guarding of the earth.
So from that purpose,
from the Rajasuya, best of rites,
I turn back, knower of dharma,
at your well-spoken word.
लीला
आज तुम्हारी बात से मैं प्रसन्न हूँ। तुमने निडर होकर धर्म की बात कही, पृथ्वी की रक्षा की बात। तुम्हारे इस सुवचन से मैं राजसूय का विचार छोड़ता हूँ।
Subtitle
Your words today content me.
Brave and full of dharma,
they guard the earth.
At your word I turn back from the Rajasuya.
॥ 7.83.20 ॥
CrEd 7.74.19
रामRama
वाल्मीकि
प्रजानां पालनं धर्मो राज्ञां यज्ञेन संमितः ॥
prajānāṃ pālanaṃ dharmo rājñāṃ yajñena saṃmitaḥ
Translation
To guard the people is the dharma
of kings, the equal of a sacrifice.
लीला
प्रजा का पालन ही राजा का धर्म है, यज्ञ के समान।
Subtitle
To guard the people
is a king's dharma,
equal to a sacrifice.
॥ 7.84.1 ॥
CrEd 7.75.1
वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption
वाल्मीकि
तथोक्तवति रामे तु भरते च महात्मनि लक्ष्मणोऽपि शुभं वाक्यम् उवाच रघुनन्दनम् ॥
tathoktavati rāme tu bharate ca mahātmani lakṣmaṇo 'pi śubhaṃ vākyam uvāca raghunandanam
Translation
When Rama had spoken so,
and great-souled Bharata too,
Lakshmana also spoke fair words
to Rama, joy of the Raghus.
Subtitle
When Rama and Bharata had spoken,
Lakshmana too
spoke fair words to Rama.
॥ 7.84.2–3 ॥
CrEd 7.75.2–3
लक्ष्मणLakshmana
वाल्मीकि
अश्वमेधो महायज्ञः पावनः सर्वपाप्मनाम् पावनस् तव दुर्धर्षो रोचतां क्रतुपुंगवः श्रूयते हि पुरावृत्तं वासवे सुमहात्मनि ब्रह्महत्यावृतः शक्रो हयमेधेन पावितः ॥
aśvamedho mahāyajñaḥ pāvanaḥ sarvapāpmanām pāvanas tava durdharṣo rocatāṃ kratupuṃgavaḥ śrūyate hi purāvṛttaṃ vāsave sumahātmani brahmahatyāvṛtaḥ śakro hayamedhena pāvitaḥ
Translation
The horse sacrifice, the great rite,
cleanses away all sins;
let this cleanser, not to be withstood,
the bull among rites, please you.
For it is told, a thing of old,
of great-souled Vasava:
Shakra, shrouded by a brahmin’s slaying,
was made pure by the horse sacrifice.
लीला
अश्वमेध महायज्ञ सब पापों को धो देता है। भैया, वही आपको रुचे। पुराने समय में ब्रह्महत्या से घिरे इन्द्र भी अश्वमेध से ही पवित्र हुए थे।
Subtitle
The horse sacrifice cleanses every sin:
let it please you.
Indra, shrouded by a brahmin's slaying,
was made clean by it.
॥ 7.85.1–2, 7.86.18 ॥
CrEd 7.76.1–2, 7.77.17
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वाल्मीकि
वृत्रघातम् अशेषेण कथयेत्य् आह लक्ष्मणम् … विज्वरः पूतपाप्मा च वासवः समपद्यत ॥
vṛtraghātam aśeṣeṇa kathayety āha lakṣmaṇam … vijvaraḥ pūtapāpmā ca vāsavaḥ samapadyata
Translation
“The slaying of Vritra, all of it,
tell it,” he said to Lakshmana.
… Free of fever, his sin washed away,
Vasava stood restored.
Subtitle
"Tell it all," said Rama.
Lakshmana told of Vritra,
till Indra stood free of fever,
his sin washed away.
॥ 7.91.2–6 ॥
CrEd 7.82.2–6
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वाल्मीकि
वसिष्ठं वामदेवं च जाबालिम् अथ कश्यपम् … ते दृष्ट्वा देवसंकाशं कृतपादाभिवन्दनम् राघवं सुदुराधर्षम् आशीर्भिः समपूजयन् प्राञ्जलिस् तु ततो भूत्वा राघवो द्विजसत्तमान् ॥
vasiṣṭhaṃ vāmadevaṃ ca jābālim atha kaśyapam … te dṛṣṭvā devasaṃkāśaṃ kṛtapādābhivandanam rāghavaṃ sudurādharṣam āśīrbhiḥ samapūjayan prāñjalis tu tato bhūtvā rāghavo dvijasattamān
Translation
Vasishtha and Vamadeva,
Jabali and Kashyapa …
They saw him, like a god,
who bowed down at their feet,
Raghava, hard to assail,
and honoured him with blessings.
Then, joining his palms,
Raghava, to those best of the twice-born …
Subtitle
Lakshmana called Vasishtha, Vamadeva,
Jabali and Kashyapa.
They blessed Rama,
and the king joined his palms.
॥ 7.91.9–11, 7.91.15 ॥
CrEd 7.82.8–10, 7.82.14
रामRama
वाल्मीकि
प्रेषयस्व महाबाहो सुग्रीवाय महात्मने शीघ्रं महद्भिर् हरिभिर् बहुभिश् च तदाश्रयैः सार्धम् आगच्छ भद्रं ते अनुभोक्तुं मखोत्तमम् विभीषणश् च रक्षोभिः कामगैर् बहुभिर् वृतः अश्वमेधं महाबाहुः प्राप्नोतु लघुविक्रमः … यज्ञवाटश् च सुमहान् गोमत्या नैमिषे वने आज्ञाप्यतां महाबाहो तद् धि पुण्यम् अनुत्तमम् ॥
preṣayasva mahābāho sugrīvāya mahātmane śīghraṃ mahadbhir haribhir bahubhiś ca tadāśrayaiḥ sārdham āgaccha bhadraṃ te anubhoktuṃ makhottamam vibhīṣaṇaś ca rakṣobhiḥ kāmagair bahubhir vṛtaḥ aśvamedhaṃ mahābāhuḥ prāpnotu laghuvikramaḥ … yajñavāṭaś ca sumahān gomatyā naimiṣe vane ājñāpyatāṃ mahābāho tad dhi puṇyam anuttamam
Translation
Send word, strong-armed one,
to great-souled Sugriva:
“Come quickly, with the great monkeys,
with the many who shelter in you;
come, and good fortune be yours,
to share the finest of sacrifices.”
And Vibhishana, with his rakshasas,
many, ranging where they will,
to the horse sacrifice let the strong-armed
one come, swift in valour …
A great enclosure for the rite,
by the Gomati, in Naimisha forest,
let it be ordered, strong-armed one;
for that is holy beyond all.
लीला
महात्मा सुग्रीव को बुलाओ, उनके वानरों के साथ; विभीषण को, उनके राक्षसों के साथ। नैमिष वन में, गोमती के तट पर, विशाल यज्ञशाला बनवाओ। वह स्थान परम पवित्र है।
Subtitle
Send for Sugriva and his monkeys,
for Vibhishana and his rakshasas.
Raise the enclosure at Naimisha,
on the Gomati: it is holy beyond all.
॥ 7.91.21, 7.91.24–25 ॥
CrEd 7.82.16, 7.82.18–19
रामRama
वाल्मीकि
सुवर्णकोट्यो बहुला हिरण्यस्य शतोत्तराः … मातरश् चैव मे सर्वाः कुमारान्तःपुराणि च काञ्चनीं मम पत्नीं च दीक्षार्हां यज्ञकर्मणि अग्रतो भरतः कृत्वा गच्छत्व् अग्रे महामतिः ॥
suvarṇakoṭyo bahulā hiraṇyasya śatottarāḥ … mātaraś caiva me sarvāḥ kumārāntaḥpurāṇi ca kāñcanīṃ mama patnīṃ ca dīkṣārhāṃ yajñakarmaṇi agrato bharataḥ kṛtvā gacchatv agre mahāmatiḥ
Translation
Crores of gold in plenty,
of bullion a hundred and more …
and all my mothers,
and the princes’ women’s quarters,
and my golden wife,
fit for consecration in the rite:
putting these before him,
let wise Bharata go on ahead.
लीला
भरत आगे-आगे जाएँ, और अपने साथ ले जाएँ: अनगिनत स्वर्ण, मेरी सब माताएँ, और मेरी स्वर्णमयी पत्नी, जो यज्ञ की दीक्षा के योग्य है।
Subtitle
Let Bharata go ahead
with gold past counting,
with my mothers, all of them,
and my golden wife, fit for the rite.
॥ 7.91.25 ॥
CrEd 7.82.19
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 7.92.1–2 ॥
CrEd 7.83.1–2
वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption
वाल्मीकि
तत् सर्वम् अखिलेनाशु प्रस्थाप्य भरताग्रजः हयं लक्ष्मणसंपन्नं कृष्णसारं मुमोच ह ऋत्विग्भिर् लक्ष्मणं सार्धम् अश्वे च विनियुज्य सः ततोऽभ्यगच्छत् काकुत्स्थः सह सैन्येन नैमिषम् ॥
tat sarvam akhilenāśu prasthāpya bharatāgrajaḥ hayaṃ lakṣmaṇasaṃpannaṃ kṛṣṇasāraṃ mumoca ha ṛtvigbhir lakṣmaṇaṃ sārdham aśve ca viniyujya saḥ tato 'bhyagacchat kākutsthaḥ saha sainyena naimiṣam
Translation
All of it sent swiftly on, in full,
Bharata’s elder brother
loosed the dark horse,
Lakshmana at its side.
Lakshmana, with the priests,
he set to the horse;
then Kakutstha went
with his army to Naimisha.
Subtitle
He loosed the dark horse,
Lakshmana and the priests with it,
and went to Naimisha.
॥ 7.92.2 ॥
CrEd 7.83.2
silent moment मौन क्षण
The golden queen
॥ 7.91.25 ॥
CrEd 7.82.19
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 7.92.2cd–3ab ॥
CrEd 7.83.2cd–3ab
वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption
वाल्मीकि
ततोऽभ्यगच्छत् काकुत्स्थः सह सैन्येन नैमिषम् यज्ञवाटं महाबाहुर् दृष्ट्वा परमम् अद्भुतम् प्रहर्षम् अतुलं लेभे ॥
tato 'bhyagacchat kākutsthaḥ saha sainyena naimiṣam yajñavāṭaṃ mahābāhur dṛṣṭvā paramam adbhutam praharṣam atulaṃ lebhe
Translation
Then Kakutstha went
with his army to Naimisha.
The strong-armed one saw the enclosure,
wondrous beyond all,
and gained a joy beyond compare.
Subtitle
Rama came to Naimisha.
He saw the enclosure, a wonder,
and his joy was beyond measure.
॥ 7.92.3cd ॥
CrEd 7.83.3cd
रामRama
वाल्मीकि
श्रीमान् इति च सोऽब्रवीत् ॥
śrīmān iti ca so 'bravīt
Translation
and “Splendid!” he said.
लीला
कितनी शोभा है यहाँ!
Subtitle
How splendid
this is!
॥ 7.91.25 ॥
CrEd 7.82.19
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 7.92.4 ॥
CrEd 7.83.4
वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption
वाल्मीकि
नैमिषे वसतस् तस्य सर्व एव नराधिपाः आजग्मुः सर्वराष्ट्रेभ्यस् तान् रामः प्रत्यपूजयत् ॥
naimiṣe vasatas tasya sarva eva narādhipāḥ ājagmuḥ sarvarāṣṭrebhyas tān rāmaḥ pratyapūjayat
Translation
While he dwelt at Naimisha,
all the lords of men
came from every realm,
and Rama honoured them in turn.
Subtitle
All the kings of the earth
came to him at Naimisha,
and Rama honoured them.
॥ 7.92.6–8 ॥
CrEd 7.83.6–8
वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption
वाल्मीकि
अन्नपानानि वस्त्राणि सानुगानां महात्मनाम् भरतः संददाव् आशु शत्रुघ्नसहितस् तदा वानराश् च महात्मानः सुग्रीवसहितास् तदा विप्राणां प्रणताः सर्वे चक्रिरे परिवेषणम् विभीषणश् च रक्षोभिः स्रग्विभिर् बहुभिर् वृतः ऋषीणाम् उग्रतपसां किंकरः पर्युपस्थितः ॥
annapānāni vastrāṇi sānugānāṃ mahātmanām bharataḥ saṃdadāv āśu śatrughnasahitas tadā vānarāś ca mahātmānaḥ sugrīvasahitās tadā viprāṇāṃ praṇatāḥ sarve cakrire pariveṣaṇam vibhīṣaṇaś ca rakṣobhiḥ sragvibhir bahubhir vṛtaḥ ṛṣīṇām ugratapasāṃ kiṃkaraḥ paryupasthitaḥ
Translation
Food and drink and garments
to the great ones and their trains
Bharata gave swiftly then,
with Shatrughna at his side.
And the great-souled monkeys,
with Sugriva then,
all bowing low to the brahmins,
served them at their meal.
And Vibhishana, with his rakshasas,
many, garlanded, around him,
on the sages of fierce austerity
waited as a servant.
Subtitle
Bharata gave food and cloth.
Sugriva's monkeys bowed and served the brahmins.
Vibhishana's garlanded rakshasas
waited on the sages.
॥ 7.92.16, 7.92.18 ॥
CrEd 7.83.13, 7.83.15
वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption
वाल्मीकि
रजतानां सुवर्णानां रत्नानाम् अथ वाससाम् अनिशं दीयमानानां नान्तः समुपदृश्यते ॥
rajatānāṃ suvarṇānāṃ ratnānām atha vāsasām aniśaṃ dīyamānānāṃ nāntaḥ samupadṛśyate
Translation
Of silver and of gold,
of gems and of garments,
given without ceasing,
no end was to be seen.
Subtitle
Silver, gold, gems and cloth
were given without pause;
no end of it was seen.
॥ 7.92.10 ॥
CrEd 7.83.10abcd
भरतBharata
वाल्मीकि
नान्यः शब्दोऽभवत् तत्र हयमेधे महात्मनः छन्दतो देहि विस्रब्धो यावत् तुष्यन्ति याचकाः ॥
nānyaḥ śabdo 'bhavat tatra hayamedhe mahātmanaḥ chandato dehi visrabdho yāvat tuṣyanti yācakāḥ
Translation
No other sound was heard there
at the great one’s horse sacrifice:
“Give as they wish, without stint,
till those who ask are content.”
लीला
जो जितना माँगे, दो। निःसंकोच दो, जब तक माँगने वाले तृप्त न हो जाएँ।
Subtitle
Give as they wish.
Give freely,
till those who ask
are content.
॥ 7.92.10ab, 7.92.12cd ॥
CrEd 7.83.10
वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption
वाल्मीकि
नान्यः शब्दोऽभवत् तत्र … तावद् वानररक्षोभिर् दत्तम् एवाभ्यदृश्यत ॥
nānyaḥ śabdo 'bhavat tatra … tāvad vānararakṣobhir dattam evābhyadṛśyata
Translation
No other sound was heard there …
even then, by monkeys and rakshasas,
it was seen already given.
Subtitle
No other sound was heard;
before the word was out,
monkeys and rakshasas had given.
॥ 7.92.14 ॥
CrEd 7.83.12
वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption
वाल्मीकि
ये च तत्र महात्मानो मुनयश् चिरजीविनः नास्मरंस् तादृशं यज्ञं दानौघसमलंकृतम् ॥
ye ca tatra mahātmāno munayaś cirajīvinaḥ nāsmaraṃs tādṛśaṃ yajñaṃ dānaughasamalaṃkṛtam
Translation
And the great-souled sages there,
the long-lived hermits,
could recall no sacrifice like this,
adorned with floods of gifts.
Subtitle
The sages there, who had lived for ages,
could not remember such a sacrifice.
॥ 7.92.17 ॥
CrEd 7.83.14
वसिष्ठVasishtha
वाल्मीकि
न शक्रस्य न सोमस्य यमस्य वरुणस्य वा ईदृशो दृष्टपूर्वो न एवम् ऊचुस् तपोधनाः ॥
na śakrasya na somasya yamasya varuṇasya vā īdṛśo dṛṣṭapūrvo na evam ūcus tapodhanāḥ
Translation
Not Shakra’s, not Soma’s,
not Yama’s nor Varuna’s:
such was never seen before;
so the ascetics spoke.
लीला
न इन्द्र का, न सोम का, न यम का, न वरुण का: ऐसा यज्ञ पहले कभी नहीं देखा गया।
Subtitle
Not Indra's, not Soma's,
not Yama's, not Varuna's:
never was a sacrifice
like this seen.
॥ 7.92.19 ॥
CrEd 7.83.16
वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption
वाल्मीकि
ईदृशो राजसिंहस्य यज्ञः सर्वगुणान्वितः संवत्सरम् अथो साग्रं वर्तते न च हीयते ॥
īdṛśo rājasiṃhasya yajñaḥ sarvaguṇānvitaḥ saṃvatsaram atho sāgraṃ vartate na ca hīyate
Translation
Such, of the lion among kings,
was the sacrifice, rich in every virtue;
a year and more
it went on, and never grew less.
Subtitle
So the king's sacrifice went on,
a year and more,
and never grew less.
॥ 7.99.8 ॥
CrEd 7.89.4
वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption
वाल्मीकि
न सीतायाः परां भार्यां वव्रे स रघुनन्दनः यज्ञे यज्ञे च पत्न्यर्थं जानकी काञ्चनी भवत् ॥
na sītāyāḥ parāṃ bhāryāṃ vavre sa raghunandanaḥ yajñe yajñe ca patnyarthaṃ jānakī kāñcanī bhavat
Translation
No wife but Sita
did he choose, the joy of the Raghus;
at every sacrifice, in a wife’s place,
a golden Janaki stood.
Subtitle
He chose no wife but Sita.
At every sacrifice,
in the wife's place,
a golden Janaki.