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The poem remains

काव्य रह जाता है
Valmiki · Uttara Kanda
7.40.14–7.111.1 (CrEd 7.39.14–7.100.26)

हनुमान वर माँगते हैं कि जब तक धरती पर राम की कथा सुनी जाए, तब तक वे जीवित रहें, और राम अपना हार पहनाकर यह वर देते हैं। लक्ष्मण के जाने के बाद राम कुश और लव का अभिषेक करते हैं और महाप्रस्थान पर निकलते हैं; उनके भाई, सारा नगर, वानर, भालू और राक्षस प्रसन्न होकर उनके पीछे चलते हैं, जबकि विभीषण और हनुमान उनकी आज्ञा से पीछे रहते हैं। सरयू पर ब्रह्मा उन्हें बुलाते हैं, राम शरीर सहित भाइयों के साथ वैष्णव तेज में प्रवेश करते हैं, उनके पीछे आए सब स्वर्ग पाते हैं, और काव्य पूरा होता है: यही रामायण है, वाल्मीकि की रचना।

Hanuman asks to live as long as the story of Rama is heard on the earth, and Rama grants it with his own necklace. After Lakshmana is gone, Rama crowns Kusha and Lava and sets out on the great going-forth, with his brothers, the whole city, the monkeys, bears and rakshasas following him gladly, while Vibhishana and Hanuman stay behind by his command. At the Sarayu, Brahma calls him home, Rama enters the radiance of Vishnu in his body with his brothers, all who followed him reach heaven, and the poem ends: this is the Ramayana, made by Valmiki.

Sanskrit · Hindi · English·Translation: Raam Leela

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Part 1 · भाग 1

As long as the story

Valmiki 7.40.14–7.40.23, 7.107.1–7.107.21 (CrEd 7.39.14–7.39.20, 7.97.1–7.97.20)

॥ 1.3.39 ॥

CrEd 1.3.29

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वाल्मीकि

अनागतं च यत् किं चिद् रामस्य वसुधातले ।
तच् चकारोत्तरे काव्ये वाल्मीकिर् भगवान् ऋषिः ॥

anāgataṃ ca yat kiṃ cid rāmasya vasudhātale
tac cakārottare kāvye vālmīkir bhagavān ṛṣiḥ

Translation

And whatever was yet to come
of Rama upon the earth,
that too, in the later poem,
the blessed seer Valmiki made.

Subtitle

Whatever was yet to come
of Rama on the earth,
the blessed seer Valmiki made that too,
in the later poem.

॥ 7.40.12–14 ॥

CrEd 7.39.12–14

silent moment मौन क्षण

॥ 7.40.16 ॥

CrEd 7.39.16

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हनुमानHanuman

वाल्मीकि

यावद् रामकथां वीर श्रोष्येऽहं पृथिवीतले ।
तावच् छरीरे वत्स्यन्तु मम प्राणा न संशयः ॥

yāvad rāmakathāṃ vīra śroṣye 'haṃ pṛthivītale
tāvac charīre vatsyantu mama prāṇā na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

As long as I shall hear, O hero,
the tale of Rama on the earth,
so long let my life abide
within this body, beyond doubt.

लीला

वीर, जब तक धरती पर मैं राम की कथा सुनता रहूँ, तब तक मेरे प्राण इस शरीर में रहें।

Subtitle

As long as I may hear
the story of Rama on the earth,
so long let my life
stay in this body.

॥ 7.107.1 ॥

CrEd 7.97.1

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वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption

वाल्मीकि

विसृज्य लक्ष्मणं रामो दुःखशोकसमन्वितः ।
पुरोधसं मन्त्रिणश् च नैगमांश् चेदम् अब्रवीत् ॥

visṛjya lakṣmaṇaṃ rāmo duḥkhaśokasamanvitaḥ
purodhasaṃ mantriṇaś ca naigamāṃś cedam abravīt

Translation

Having let Lakshmana go,
Rama, filled with grief and sorrow,
to the priest, the ministers, the townsmen,
spoke these words.

Subtitle

Having let Lakshmana go,
full of grief and sorrow,
Rama spoke to the priest,
the ministers and the townsfolk.

॥ 7.107.2–3 ॥

CrEd 7.97.2–3

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रामRama

वाल्मीकि

अद्य राज्येऽभिषेक्ष्यामि भरतं धर्मवत्सलम् ।
अयोध्यायां पतिं वीरं ततो यास्याम्य् अहं वनम् ।
प्रवेशयत संभारान् मा भूत् कालात्ययो यथा ।
अद्यैवाहं गमिष्यामि लक्ष्मणेन गतां गतिम् ॥

adya rājye 'bhiṣekṣyāmi bharataṃ dharmavatsalam
ayodhyāyāṃ patiṃ vīraṃ tato yāsyāmy ahaṃ vanam
praveśayata saṃbhārān mā bhūt kālātyayo yathā
adyaivāhaṃ gamiṣyāmi lakṣmaṇena gatāṃ gatim

Translation

Today I will crown in the kingdom
Bharata, who loves dharma,
a hero, lord in Ayodhya;
then I will go to the forest.
Bring in what the rite requires,
let no time slip by;
this very day I will go
the way that Lakshmana went.

लीला

आज मैं धर्म-प्रिय भरत का राज्याभिषेक करूँगा। वह अयोध्या का स्वामी होगा। फिर मैं वन जाऊँगा। सामग्री ले आओ। समय न बीते। आज ही मैं उसी राह जाऊँगा, जिस राह लक्ष्मण गया।

Subtitle

Today I crown Bharata,
then I go to the forest.
Bring what the rite needs, let no time pass:
today I go the way Lakshmana went.

॥ 7.107.4–5 ॥

CrEd 7.97.4–5

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वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption

वाल्मीकि

तच् छ्रुत्वा राघवेणोक्तं सर्वाः प्रकृतयो भृशम् ।
मूर्धभिः प्रणता भूमौ गतसत्त्वा इवाभवन् ।
भरतश् च विसंज्ञोऽभूच् छ्रुत्वा रामस्य भाषितम् ।
राज्यं विगर्हयाम् आस राघवं चेदम् अब्रवीत् ॥

tac chrutvā rāghaveṇoktaṃ sarvāḥ prakṛtayo bhṛśam
mūrdhabhiḥ praṇatā bhūmau gatasattvā ivābhavan
bharataś ca visaṃjño 'bhūc chrutvā rāmasya bhāṣitam
rājyaṃ vigarhayām āsa rāghavaṃ cedam abravīt

Translation

Hearing what Raghava had spoken,
all the people, bowing low,
their heads upon the ground,
became as if their life had fled.
And Bharata fell senseless,
hearing what Rama said;
he spurned the kingdom,
and spoke these words to Raghava.

Subtitle

Hearing Raghava, all the people
bowed their heads to the ground,
as if the life had gone from them;
Bharata lost his senses.

॥ 7.40.20–21 ॥

CrEd 7.39.18–19

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रामRama

वाल्मीकि

एवम् एतत् कपिश्रेष्ठ भविता नात्र संशयः ।
लोका हि यावत् स्थास्यन्ति तावत् स्थास्यति मे कथा ।
चरिष्यति कथा यावल् लोकान् एषा हि मामिका ।
तावच् छरीरे वत्स्यन्ति प्राणास् तव न संशयः ॥

evam etat kapiśreṣṭha bhavitā nātra saṃśayaḥ
lokā hi yāvat sthāsyanti tāvat sthāsyati me kathā
cariṣyati kathā yāval lokān eṣā hi māmikā
tāvac charīre vatsyanti prāṇās tava na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

So it shall be, best of monkeys;
of this there is no doubt.
As long as the worlds endure,
so long my tale endures;
as long as this tale of mine
goes on about the worlds,
so long your life shall dwell
within your body, beyond doubt.

लीला

ऐसा ही होगा, कपिश्रेष्ठ। जब तक लोक रहेंगे, तब तक मेरी कथा रहेगी। और जब तक मेरी यह कथा लोकों में चलती रहेगी, तब तक तुम्हारे प्राण तुम्हारे शरीर में रहेंगे।

Subtitle

So it will be:
while the worlds stand, my story stands;
while it goes about the worlds,
your life stays in you.

॥ 7.40.23 ॥

CrEd 7.39.20

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वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption

वाल्मीकि

ततोऽस्य हारं चन्द्राभं मुच्य कण्ठात् स राघवः ।
वैदूर्यतरलं स्नेहाद् आबबन्धे हनूमति ॥

tato 'sya hāraṃ candrābhaṃ mucya kaṇṭhāt sa rāghavaḥ
vaidūryataralaṃ snehād ābabandhe hanūmati

Translation

Then Raghava, loosing from his throat
a necklace bright as the moon,
a beryl at its heart, with love
bound it upon Hanuman.

Subtitle

Then Raghava took from his throat
the moon-bright necklace, a beryl at its heart,
and, out of love,
tied it on Hanuman.

॥ 1.4.8 ॥

CrEd 1.4.7

silent moment मौन क्षण

॥ 7.107.6–7 ॥

CrEd 7.97.6–7

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भरतBharata

वाल्मीकि

सत्येन हि शपे राजन् स्वर्गलोके न चैव हि ।
न कामये यथा राज्यं त्वां विना रघुनन्दन ।
इमौ कुशीलवौ राजन्न् अभिषिञ्च नराधिप ।
कोसलेषु कुशं वीरम् उत्तरेषु तथा लवम् ॥

satyena hi śape rājan svargaloke na caiva hi
na kāmaye yathā rājyaṃ tvāṃ vinā raghunandana
imau kuśīlavau rājann abhiṣiñca narādhipa
kosaleṣu kuśaṃ vīram uttareṣu tathā lavam

Translation

By truth I swear, O king,
not even in the world of heaven
do I desire a kingdom
without you, Raghunandana.
These two, Kusha and Lava, O king,
consecrate them, lord of men:
brave Kusha among the Kosalas,
and Lava in the north.

लीला

राजन्, मैं सत्य की शपथ खाता हूँ: आपके बिना मुझे न राज्य चाहिए, न स्वर्ग। इन दोनों का अभिषेक कीजिए: कोसल में वीर कुश का, और उत्तर में लव का।

Subtitle

I swear by truth, king:
without you I want no kingdom, nor heaven.
Crown these two:
Kusha in Kosala, Lava in the north.

॥ 7.107.10 ॥

CrEd 7.97.10

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वसिष्ठVasishtha

वाल्मीकि

वत्स राम इमाः पश्य धरणीं प्रकृतीर् गताः ।
ज्ञात्वैषाम् ईप्सितं कार्यं मा चैषां विप्रियं कृथाः ॥

vatsa rāma imāḥ paśya dharaṇīṃ prakṛtīr gatāḥ
jñātvaiṣām īpsitaṃ kāryaṃ mā caiṣāṃ vipriyaṃ kṛthāḥ

Translation

Rama, my child, see these people,
fallen upon the ground.
Know their wish, and do it;
do nothing to grieve them.

लीला

वत्स राम, इन्हें देखो, तुम्हारी प्रजा धरती पर पड़ी है। इनकी इच्छा जानो, और वही करो। इनका मन मत दुखाओ।

Subtitle

Rama, my son, look:
your people lie on the ground.
Know what they wish, and do it;
do not grieve them.

॥ 7.107.11 ॥

CrEd 7.97.11

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रामRama

वाल्मीकि

वसिष्ठस्य तु वाक्येन उत्थाप्य प्रकृतीजनम् ।
किं करोमीति काकुत्स्थः सर्वान् वचनम् अब्रवीत् ॥

vasiṣṭhasya tu vākyena utthāpya prakṛtījanam
kiṃ karomīti kākutsthaḥ sarvān vacanam abravīt

Translation

At Vasishtha’s word
he raised the people up,
and Kakutstha said to all:
“What shall I do?”

लीला

आप सब बताइए, मैं क्या करूँ?

Subtitle

All of you, tell me:
what shall I do?

॥ 7.107.12, 7.107.15 ॥

CrEd 7.97.12–13

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AyodhyaCitizens

वाल्मीकि

गच्छन्तम् अनुगच्छामो यतो राम गमिष्यसि ।
एषा नः परमा प्रीतिर् एष धर्मः परो मतः ॥

gacchantam anugacchāmo yato rāma gamiṣyasi
eṣā naḥ paramā prītir eṣa dharmaḥ paro mataḥ

Translation

As you go, we follow you,
wherever, Rama, you will go.
This is our highest joy;
this we hold our highest dharma.

लीला

राम, आप जहाँ जाएँगे, हम आपके पीछे-पीछे चलेंगे। यही हमारा सबसे बड़ा सुख है। यही हमारा सबसे बड़ा धर्म है।

Subtitle

Wherever you go, Rama,
we follow.
This is our highest joy,
our highest dharma.

॥ 7.107.14 ॥

CrEd 7.97.15

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Citizen

वाल्मीकि

तपोवनं वा दुर्गं वा नदीम् अम्भोनिधिं तथा ।
वयं ते यदि न त्याज्याः सर्वान् नो नय ईश्वर ॥

tapovanaṃ vā durgaṃ vā nadīm ambhonidhiṃ tathā
vayaṃ te yadi na tyājyāḥ sarvān no naya īśvara

Translation

A forest of ascetics, or a fortress,
a river, or the ocean:
if we are not to be forsaken,
lead us all with you, lord.

लीला

तपोवन हो या दुर्ग, नदी हो या सागर, यदि हम छोड़ देने लायक नहीं हैं, तो हम सबको साथ ले चलिए, स्वामी।

Subtitle

A hermit's forest or a fortress,
a river or the ocean:
if we are not to be left,
lead us all, lord.

॥ 7.107.16 ॥

CrEd 7.97.16

silent moment मौन क्षण

॥ 7.107.16 ॥

CrEd 7.97.16

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रामRama

वाल्मीकि

बाढम् इत्य् एव सोऽब्रवीत् ॥

bāḍham ity eva so 'bravīt

Translation

“So be it,” was all he said.

लीला

ऐसा ही हो।

Subtitle

So be it.

॥ 7.107.17–21 ॥

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वाल्मीकि

एवं विनिश्चयं कृत्वा तस्मिन्न् अहनि राघवः ।
कोसलेषु कुशं वीरम् उत्तरेषु तथा लवम् ।
अभिषिञ्चन् महात्मानाव् उभाव् एव कुशीलवौ ।
रथानां तु सहस्राणि त्रीणि नागायुतानि च ।
दश चाश्वसहस्राणि एकैकस्य धनं ददौ ।
बहुरत्नौ बहुधनौ हृष्टपुष्टजनावृतौ ।
अभिषिच्य तु तौ वीरौ प्रस्थाप्य स्वपुरे तथा ।
दूतान् संप्रेषयाम् आस शत्रुघ्नाय महात्मने ॥

evaṃ viniścayaṃ kṛtvā tasminn ahani rāghavaḥ
kosaleṣu kuśaṃ vīram uttareṣu tathā lavam
abhiṣiñcan mahātmānāv ubhāv eva kuśīlavau
rathānāṃ tu sahasrāṇi trīṇi nāgāyutāni ca
daśa cāśvasahasrāṇi ekaikasya dhanaṃ dadau
bahuratnau bahudhanau hṛṣṭapuṣṭajanāvṛtau
abhiṣicya tu tau vīrau prasthāpya svapure tathā
dūtān saṃpreṣayām āsa śatrughnāya mahātmane

Translation

Having so resolved,
on that same day Raghava
brave Kusha among the Kosalas
and Lava in the north
consecrated, the great-souled pair,
both of them, Kusha and Lava.
Three thousand chariots,
and elephants by tens of thousands,
and ten thousand horses
he gave each one for wealth.
Rich in jewels, rich in treasure,
ringed by glad and thriving people,
the two heroes consecrated
and sent each to his own city,
he sent out messengers
to great-souled Shatrughna.

Subtitle

That same day Raghava crowned
the two great-souled boys, Kusha and Lava,
gave each his wealth,
and sent each to his own city.

॥ 7.107.20–21 ॥

CrEd 7.97.20

silent moment मौन क्षण

Part 2 · भाग 2

Come with me

Valmiki 7.108.11–7.109.19 (CrEd 7.98.11–7.99.18)

॥ 7.108.11–12 ॥

CrEd 7.98.11–12

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वाल्मीकि

ततो विसृज्य राजानं वैदिशे शत्रुघातिनम् ।
जगाम त्वरितोऽयोध्यां रथेनैकेन राघवः ।
स ददर्श महात्मानं ज्वलन्तम् इव पावकम् ।
क्षौमसूक्ष्माम्बरधरं मुनिभिः सार्धम् अक्षयैः ॥

tato visṛjya rājānaṃ vaidiśe śatrughātinam
jagāma tvarito 'yodhyāṃ rathenaikena rāghavaḥ
sa dadarśa mahātmānaṃ jvalantam iva pāvakam
kṣaumasūkṣmāmbaradharaṃ munibhiḥ sārdham akṣayaiḥ

Translation

Then, leaving at Vaidisha
King Shatrughati,
the Raghava hastened to Ayodhya
in a single chariot.
He saw the great-souled one,
blazing like a fire,
clad in fine linen,
among the undying sages.

Subtitle

In a single chariot he hurried to Ayodhya,
and saw his brother blazing like a fire,
in fine linen,
among the sages.

॥ 7.108.14–15 ॥

CrEd 7.98.14–15

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Shatrughna

वाल्मीकि

कृत्वाभिषेकं सुतयोर् युक्तं राघवयोर् धनैः ।
तवानुगमने राजन् विद्धि मां कृतनिश्चयम् ।
न चान्यद् अत्र वक्तव्यं दुस्तरं तव शासनम् ।
त्यक्तुं नार्हसि मां वीर भक्तिमन्तं विशेषतः ॥

kṛtvābhiṣekaṃ sutayor yuktaṃ rāghavayor dhanaiḥ
tavānugamane rājan viddhi māṃ kṛtaniścayam
na cānyad atra vaktavyaṃ dustaraṃ tava śāsanam
tyaktuṃ nārhasi māṃ vīra bhaktimantaṃ viśeṣataḥ

Translation

Having crowned my two sons,
the Raghavas, endowed with wealth,
know me, O king, resolved
to follow after you.
Nothing else is to be said;
your command is hard to cross;
you must not forsake me, hero,
devoted as I am above all.

लीला

राजन्, मैं अपने दोनों बेटों का अभिषेक कर आया हूँ। जानिए, मैंने आपके पीछे चलने का निश्चय कर लिया है। मुझ भक्त को मत छोड़िए, वीर।

Subtitle

I have crowned my two sons.
Know, king, I am resolved
to follow you.
Do not leave me; I am devoted to you.

॥ 7.108.16 ॥

CrEd 7.98.16

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रामRama

वाल्मीकि

बाढम् इत्य् एव शत्रुघ्नं रामो वचनम् अब्रवीत् ॥

bāḍham ity eva śatrughnaṃ rāmo vacanam abravīt

Translation

“So be it,” and only that,
Rama said to Shatrughna.

लीला

ऐसा ही हो।

Subtitle

So be it.

॥ 7.108.17, 7.108.20 ॥

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वाल्मीकि

तस्य वाक्यस्य वाक्यान्ते वानराः कामरूपिणः ।
ऋक्षराक्षससंघाश् च समापेतुर् अनेकशः ।
ते रामम् अभिवाद्याहुः सर्व एव समागताः ।
तवानुगमने राजन् संप्राप्ताः स्म महायशः ॥

tasya vākyasya vākyānte vānarāḥ kāmarūpiṇaḥ
ṛkṣarākṣasasaṃghāś ca samāpetur anekaśaḥ
te rāmam abhivādyāhuḥ sarva eva samāgatāḥ
tavānugamane rājan saṃprāptāḥ sma mahāyaśaḥ

Translation

As those words came to their end,
monkeys who take what form they will,
and hosts of bears and rakshasas,
came gathering in multitudes.
All of them, assembled there,
bowed to Rama and said:
“To follow you, O king,
we have come, O glorious one.”

Subtitle

Monkeys, bears and rakshasas
came in crowds, and bowed:
"We have come to follow you, king."

॥ 7.108.27, 7.108.29 ॥

CrEd 7.98.22–23

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रामRama

वाल्मीकि

यावत् प्रजा धरिष्यन्ति तावत् त्वं वै विभीषण ।
राक्षसेन्द्र महावीर्य लङ्कास्थः स्वं धरिष्यसि ।
प्रजाः संरक्ष धर्मेण नोत्तरं वक्तुम् अर्हसि ॥

yāvat prajā dhariṣyanti tāvat tvaṃ vai vibhīṣaṇa
rākṣasendra mahāvīrya laṅkāsthaḥ svaṃ dhariṣyasi
prajāḥ saṃrakṣa dharmeṇa nottaraṃ vaktum arhasi

Translation

As long as the people endure,
so long, Vibhishana,
lord of rakshasas, mighty in valour,
you shall hold your own in Lanka.
Guard the people with dharma;
you must make no answer.

लीला

विभीषण, जब तक प्रजा रहेगी, तब तक तुम लंका में रहकर अपना राज्य सँभालोगे। धर्म से प्रजा की रक्षा करना। इसका कोई उत्तर मत देना।

Subtitle

As long as your people endure,
Vibhishana, you will hold Lanka.
Guard them by dharma,
and make no answer.

॥ 7.108.33–34 ॥

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वाल्मीकि

जीविते कृतबुद्धिस् त्वं मा प्रतिज्ञां विलोपय ।
मत्कथाः प्रचरिष्यन्ति यावल् लोके हरीश्वर ।
तावत् त्वं धारयन् प्राणान् प्रतिज्ञाम् अनुपालय ॥

jīvite kṛtabuddhis tvaṃ mā pratijñāṃ vilopaya
matkathāḥ pracariṣyanti yāval loke harīśvara
tāvat tvaṃ dhārayan prāṇān pratijñām anupālaya

Translation

You set your mind on living;
do not let your vow be lost.
As long as my tales go forth
in the world, lord of monkeys,
so long, holding on to life,
keep faith with your vow.

लीला

तुमने जीने का निश्चय किया था। अपनी प्रतिज्ञा मत तोड़ना। कपीश्वर, जब तक संसार में मेरी कथाएँ चलती रहें, तब तक प्राण धारण करो, और अपनी प्रतिज्ञा निभाओ।

Subtitle

You chose to live:
do not break your vow.
While my stories go about the world,
keep your life, and keep your vow.

॥ 7.108.33–34; 7.40.23 ॥

CrEd 7.98.24–25; 7.39.20

silent moment मौन क्षण

॥ 7.108.38 ॥

CrEd 7.98.26

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वाल्मीकि

मया सार्धं प्रयातेति तदा तान् राघवोऽब्रवीत् ॥

mayā sārdhaṃ prayāteti tadā tān rāghavo 'bravīt

Translation

“Go forth with me,”
then Raghava said to them.

लीला

तुम सब मेरे साथ चलो।

Subtitle

All of you:
come with me.

॥ 1.4.8 ॥

CrEd 1.4.7

silent moment मौन क्षण

॥ 7.109.1–2 ॥

CrEd 7.99.1–2

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रामRama

वाल्मीकि

अग्निहोत्रं व्रजत्व् अग्रे सर्पिर् ज्वलितपावकम् ।
वाजपेयातपत्रं च शोभयानं महापथम् ॥

agnihotraṃ vrajatv agre sarpir jvalitapāvakam
vājapeyātapatraṃ ca śobhayānaṃ mahāpatham

Translation

Let the sacred fire go before,
the ghee, the kindled flame,
and the Vajapeya parasol,
making the great road shine.

लीला

अग्निहोत्र आगे-आगे चले, घी और प्रज्वलित अग्नि के साथ। और वाजपेय का छत्र भी, जो महापथ को शोभित करे।

Subtitle

Let the sacred fire go first,
the ghee and the blazing flame,
and the Vajapeya umbrella,
gracing the great road.

॥ 7.109.3–5 ॥

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वाल्मीकि

ततो वसिष्ठस् तेजस्वी सर्वं निरवशेषतः ।
चकार विधिवद् धर्म्यं महाप्रास्थानिकं विधिम् ।
ततः क्षौमाम्बरधरो ब्रह्म चावर्तयन् परम् ।
कुशान् गृहीत्वा पाणिभ्यां प्रसज्य प्रययाव् अथ ।
अव्याहरन् क्व चित् किं चिन् निश्चेष्टो निःसुखः पथि ।
निर्जगाम गृहात् तस्माद् दीप्यमानो यथांशुमान् ॥

tato vasiṣṭhas tejasvī sarvaṃ niravaśeṣataḥ
cakāra vidhivad dharmyaṃ mahāprāsthānikaṃ vidhim
tataḥ kṣaumāmbaradharo brahma cāvartayan param
kuśān gṛhītvā pāṇibhyāṃ prasajya prayayāv atha
avyāharan kva cit kiṃ cin niśceṣṭo niḥsukhaḥ pathi
nirjagāma gṛhāt tasmād dīpyamāno yathāṃśumān

Translation

Then radiant Vasishtha, all of it,
leaving nothing out,
performed by rule, as dharma bids,
the rite of the great going-forth.
Then, clad in linen,
murmuring the highest brahman,
taking kusha grass in his two hands,
intent, he set forth.
Speaking no word to anyone,
still, without joy upon the road,
he went out from that house,
shining like the sun.

Subtitle

In fine linen, murmuring the highest prayer,
kusha grass in his two hands,
speaking no word to anyone,
he went out, shining like the sun.

॥ 7.109.6–7 ॥

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रामस्य पार्श्वे सव्ये तु पद्मा श्रीः सुसमाहिता ।
दक्षिणे ह्रीर् विशालाक्षी व्यवसायस् तथाग्रतः ।
शरा नानाविधाश् चापि धनुर् आयतविग्रहम् ।
अनुव्रजन्ति काकुत्स्थं सर्वे पुरुषविग्रहाः ॥

rāmasya pārśve savye tu padmā śrīḥ susamāhitā
dakṣiṇe hrīr viśālākṣī vyavasāyas tathāgrataḥ
śarā nānāvidhāś cāpi dhanur āyatavigraham
anuvrajanti kākutsthaṃ sarve puruṣavigrahāḥ

Translation

At Rama’s left side, Shri of the lotus,
gathered and composed;
at his right, wide-eyed Hri,
and Resolve before him.
Arrows of many kinds,
the bow of lengthened form,
followed after Kakutstha,
all of them in the form of men.

Subtitle

At his left walked Shri of the lotus,
at his right wide-eyed Hri;
Resolve went before him,
his bow and arrows in the form of men.

॥ 7.109.10–18 ॥

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वाल्मीकि

तं यान्तम् अनुयान्ति स्म अन्तःपुरचराः स्त्रियः ।
सवृद्धबालदासीकाः सवर्षवरकिंकराः ।
सान्तःपुरश् च भरतः शत्रुघ्नसहितो ययौ ।
रामव्रतम् उपागम्य राघवं समनुव्रताः ।
ततो विप्रा महात्मानः साग्निहोत्राः समाहिताः ।
सपुत्रदाराः काकुत्स्थम् अन्वगच्छन् महामतिम् ।
मन्त्रिणो भृत्यवर्गाश् च सपुत्राः सहबान्धवाः ।
सानुगा राघवं सर्वे अन्वगच्छन् प्रहृष्टवत् ।
ततः सर्वाः प्रकृतयो हृष्टपुष्टजनावृताः ।
अनुजग्मुः प्रगच्छन्तं राघवं गुणरञ्जिताः ।
स्नातं प्रमुदितं सर्वं हृष्टपुष्पम् अनुत्तमम् ।
दृप्तं किलिकिलाशब्दैः सर्वं रामम् अनुव्रतम् ।
न तत्र कश् चिद् दीनोऽभूद् व्रीडितो वापि दुःखितः ।
हृष्टं प्रमुदितं सर्वं बभूव परमाद्भुतम् ।
द्रष्टुकामोऽथ निर्याणं राज्ञो जानपदो जनः ।
संप्राप्तः सोऽपि दृष्ट्वैव सह सर्वैर् अनुव्रतः ॥

taṃ yāntam anuyānti sma antaḥpuracarāḥ striyaḥ
savṛddhabāladāsīkāḥ savarṣavarakiṃkarāḥ
sāntaḥpuraś ca bharataḥ śatrughnasahito yayau
rāmavratam upāgamya rāghavaṃ samanuvratāḥ
tato viprā mahātmānaḥ sāgnihotrāḥ samāhitāḥ
saputradārāḥ kākutstham anvagacchan mahāmatim
mantriṇo bhṛtyavargāś ca saputrāḥ sahabāndhavāḥ
sānugā rāghavaṃ sarve anvagacchan prahṛṣṭavat
tataḥ sarvāḥ prakṛtayo hṛṣṭapuṣṭajanāvṛtāḥ
anujagmuḥ pragacchantaṃ rāghavaṃ guṇarañjitāḥ
snātaṃ pramuditaṃ sarvaṃ hṛṣṭapuṣpam anuttamam
dṛptaṃ kilikilāśabdaiḥ sarvaṃ rāmam anuvratam
na tatra kaś cid dīno 'bhūd vrīḍito vāpi duḥkhitaḥ
hṛṣṭaṃ pramuditaṃ sarvaṃ babhūva paramādbhutam
draṣṭukāmo 'tha niryāṇaṃ rājño jānapado janaḥ
saṃprāptaḥ so 'pi dṛṣṭvaiva saha sarvair anuvrataḥ

Translation

The women of the inner rooms
went following him as he went,
with the old, the children, the maids,
the eunuchs and the servants.
Bharata went with his household,
and Shatrughna with him;
taking on Rama’s vow,
they followed Raghava.
Then great-souled brahmins,
with their sacred fires, composed,
with sons and wives, followed
Kakutstha, great of mind.
The ministers, the ranks of servants,
with their sons and with their kin,
with their followers, all
went after Raghava, as if in joy.
Then all the people,
ringed by glad and thriving folk,
followed Raghava as he went,
won over by his virtues.
Bathed, delighted, all of them,
glad, flower-decked, unsurpassed,
exultant with their shouts of joy,
all were following Rama.
No one there was downcast,
ashamed, or full of grief;
glad and joyful were they all:
it was a wonder beyond words.
The country folk, who came
to see the king go forth,
seeing it, they too followed
along with all the rest.

Subtitle

No one there was downcast,
ashamed or grieving:
all were glad,
a great wonder.

Part 3 · भाग 3

Gopratara

Valmiki 7.110.1–7.111.1 (CrEd 7.100.1–7.100.26)

॥ 7.110.1 ॥

CrEd 7.100.1

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अध्यर्धयोजनं गत्वा नदीं पश्चान् मुखाश्रिताम् ।
सरयूं पुण्यसलिलां ददर्श रघुनन्दनः ॥

adhyardhayojanaṃ gatvā nadīṃ paścān mukhāśritām
sarayūṃ puṇyasalilāṃ dadarśa raghunandanaḥ

Translation

Having gone a yojana and a half,
the river turned toward the west,
the Sarayu of holy waters,
Raghunandana beheld.

Subtitle

Going a yojana and a half,
Raghava saw the Sarayu,
holy water,
flowing to the west.

॥ 7.110.3–4, 7.110.6 ॥

CrEd 7.100.2–4

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वाल्मीकि

अथ तस्मिन् मुहूर्ते तु ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः ।
सर्वैः परिवृतो देवैर् ऋषिभिश् च महात्मभिः ।
आययौ यत्र काकुत्स्थः स्वर्गाय समुपस्थितः ।
विमानशतकोटीभिर् दिव्याभिर् अभिसंवृतः ।
पपात पुष्पवृष्टिश् च वायुमुक्ता महौघवत् ॥

atha tasmin muhūrte tu brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ
sarvaiḥ parivṛto devair ṛṣibhiś ca mahātmabhiḥ
āyayau yatra kākutsthaḥ svargāya samupasthitaḥ
vimānaśatakoṭībhir divyābhir abhisaṃvṛtaḥ
papāta puṣpavṛṣṭiś ca vāyumuktā mahaughavat

Translation

Then, at that very moment, Brahma,
grandsire of the worlds,
surrounded by all the gods
and by the great-souled seers,
came where Kakutstha stood
made ready for heaven,
ringed by divine sky-chariots,
hundreds of millions;
and a rain of flowers fell,
loosed on the wind, like a mighty flood.

Subtitle

At that moment Brahma came,
with all the gods and great seers,
in a hundred million sky-chariots;
and flowers rained down on the wind.

॥ 7.110.7 ॥

CrEd 7.100.5

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तस्मिंस् तूर्यशताकीर्णे गन्धर्वाप्सरसंकुले ।
सरयूसलिलं रामः पद्भ्यां समुपचक्रमे ॥

tasmiṃs tūryaśatākīrṇe gandharvāpsarasaṃkule
sarayūsalilaṃ rāmaḥ padbhyāṃ samupacakrame

Translation

There, thronged with a hundred instruments,
crowded with gandharvas and apsaras,
into the Sarayu’s water Rama
stepped forward on his feet.

Subtitle

Amid a hundred instruments,
gandharvas and apsaras all around,
Rama stepped into the Sarayu's water
on his own feet.

॥ 1.2.21 ॥

CrEd 1.2.20

silent moment मौन क्षण

॥ 7.110.8–9 ॥

CrEd 7.100.6–7

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ब्रह्माBrahma

वाल्मीकि

आगच्छ विष्णो भद्रं ते दिष्ट्या प्राप्तोऽसि राघव ।
भ्रातृभिः सह देवाभैः प्रविशस्व स्वकां तनुम् ।
वैष्णवीं तां महातेजस् तद् आकाशं सनातनम् ॥

āgaccha viṣṇo bhadraṃ te diṣṭyā prāpto 'si rāghava
bhrātṛbhiḥ saha devābhaiḥ praviśasva svakāṃ tanum
vaiṣṇavīṃ tāṃ mahātejas tad ākāśaṃ sanātanam

Translation

Come, Vishnu; blessings be upon you;
happily you have come, Raghava.
With your brothers, bright as gods,
enter your own body,
that form of Vishnu, O great in splendour,
that eternal sky.

लीला

आओ, विष्णु। तुम्हारा कल्याण हो। राघव, सौभाग्य से तुम आ पहुँचे। अपने देवतुल्य भाइयों के साथ अपने ही शरीर में प्रवेश करो, उस वैष्णव तेज में, उस सनातन आकाश में।

Subtitle

Come, Vishnu, blessings on you:
happily you have come, Raghava.
With your godlike brothers,
enter your own body, the eternal sky.

॥ 7.110.12 ॥

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पितामहवचः श्रुत्वा विनिश्चित्य महामतिः ।
विवेश वैष्णवं तेजः सशरीरः सहानुजः ॥

pitāmahavacaḥ śrutvā viniścitya mahāmatiḥ
viveśa vaiṣṇavaṃ tejaḥ saśarīraḥ sahānujaḥ

Translation

Hearing the Grandsire’s words,
the wise one, having resolved,
entered the radiance of Vishnu,
in his body, with his brothers.

Subtitle

Hearing the Grandsire,
the wise one resolved, and entered
the radiance of Vishnu,
in his body, with his brothers.

॥ 7.110.16–17 ॥

CrEd 7.100.14–15

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रामRama

वाल्मीकि

एषां लोकाञ् जनौघानां दातुम् अर्हसि सुव्रत ।
इमे हि सर्वे स्नेहान् माम् अनुयाता मनस्विनः ।
भक्ता भाजयितव्याश् च त्यक्तात्मानश् च मत्कृते ॥

eṣāṃ lokāñ janaughānāṃ dātum arhasi suvrata
ime hi sarve snehān mām anuyātā manasvinaḥ
bhaktā bhājayitavyāś ca tyaktātmānaś ca matkṛte

Translation

To these multitudes of people
grant worlds, you of holy vows;
for all of them, out of love,
have followed me, high-hearted;
devoted, they must have their share,
who gave up themselves for me.

लीला

इन सब लोगों को भी लोक दीजिए। ये सब प्रेम से मेरे पीछे आए हैं। ये मेरे भक्त हैं, इन्हें अपनाना है। इन्होंने मेरे लिए अपने आप को छोड़ दिया।

Subtitle

Give worlds to all these people.
They followed me out of love:
they must be cherished,
they gave themselves up for me.

॥ 7.110.18 ॥

CrEd 7.100.16

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ब्रह्माBrahma

वाल्मीकि

लोकान् सान्तानिकान् नाम यास्यन्तीमे समागताः ॥

lokān sāntānikān nāma yāsyantīme samāgatāḥ

Translation

To the worlds called Santanaka
these gathered here shall go.

लीला

ये जो सब यहाँ आए हैं, सान्तानिक नाम के लोकों में जाएँगे।

Subtitle

All who have gathered here
will go to the worlds
called Santanaka.

॥ 7.110.23–24 ॥

CrEd 7.100.20–21

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वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption

वाल्मीकि

तथोक्तवति देवेशे गोप्रतारम् उपागताः ।
भेजिरे सरयूं सर्वे हर्षपूर्णाश्रुविक्लवाः ।
अवगाह्य जलं यो यः प्राणी ह्य् आसीत् प्रहृष्टवत् ।
मानुषं देहम् उत्सृज्य विमानं सोऽध्यरोहत ॥

tathoktavati deveśe gopratāram upāgatāḥ
bhejire sarayūṃ sarve harṣapūrṇāśruviklavāḥ
avagāhya jalaṃ yo yaḥ prāṇī hy āsīt prahṛṣṭavat
mānuṣaṃ deham utsṛjya vimānaṃ so 'dhyarohata

Translation

When the lord of the gods had spoken,
all came to Gopratara
and went into the Sarayu,
overcome with tears of joy.
Each living soul that plunged
into the water, gladdened,
left the human body
and climbed into a sky-chariot.

Subtitle

At Gopratara all went into the Sarayu,
weeping for joy;
whoever bathed there left the human body
and climbed into a sky-chariot.

॥ 7.110.28 ॥

CrEd 7.100.25

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वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption

वाल्मीकि

तथा स्वर्गगतं सर्वं कृत्वा लोकगुरुर् दिवम् ।
जगाम त्रिदशैः सार्धं हृष्टैर् हृष्टो महामतिः ॥

tathā svargagataṃ sarvaṃ kṛtvā lokagurur divam
jagāma tridaśaiḥ sārdhaṃ hṛṣṭair hṛṣṭo mahāmatiḥ

Translation

Having so brought all to heaven,
the teacher of the worlds, to the sky
went with the thirty gods,
glad among the glad, great of mind.

Subtitle

Having brought them all to heaven,
the teacher of the worlds
went back to the sky with the gods,
glad among the glad.

॥ 1.4.8 ॥

CrEd 1.4.7

silent moment मौन क्षण

॥ 7.111.1 ॥

CrEd 7.100.26

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वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption

वाल्मीकि

एतावद् एव आख्यानं सोत्तरं ब्रह्मपूजितम् ।
रामायणम् इति ख्यातं मुख्यं वाल्मीकिना कृतम् ॥

etāvad eva ākhyānaṃ sottaraṃ brahmapūjitam
rāmāyaṇam iti khyātaṃ mukhyaṃ vālmīkinā kṛtam

Translation

This much, then, is the tale,
with its sequel, honoured by Brahma,
renowned as the Ramayana,
the foremost, made by Valmiki.

Subtitle

This much is the tale, with its sequel,
honoured by Brahma,
known as the Ramayana,
the first, made by Valmiki.