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The axe on the road

Valmiki · Bala Kanda
1.74.7–1.77.28 (CrEd 1.73.7–2.1.4)

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On the road home from Mithila, fierce birds cry and the deer go round Dasharatha's company sunwise; out of a storm of darkness and ash comes Rama of Jamadagni's line, the axe on his shoulder, and he dares Rama to draw Vishnu's bow. Rama strings it and fits the arrow, and the Bhargava, knowing him for the lord of the gods, gives up the worlds he won by penance and goes. The king enters Ayodhya rejoicing, the queens receive the brides, Rama and Sita delight in each other through many seasons, and Bharata leaves with Shatrughna for his uncle's home.

Sanskrit · English·Translation: Raam Leela

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Part 1 · பகுதி 1

The darkness on the road

Valmiki 1.74.7–1.75.10 (CrEd 1.73.7–1.74.10)

॥ 1.74.7–9 ॥

CrEd 1.73.7–9

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

राजाप्य् अयोध्याधिपतिः सह पुत्रैर् महात्मभिः ।
ऋषीन् सर्वान् पुरस्कृत्य जगाम सबलानुगः ।
गच्छन्तं तु नरव्याघ्रं सर्षिसंघं सराघवम् ।
घोराः स्म पक्षिणो वाचो व्याहरन्ति ततस् ततः ।
भौमाश् चैव मृगाः सर्वे गच्छन्ति स्म प्रदक्षिणम् ॥

rājāpy ayodhyādhipatiḥ saha putrair mahātmabhiḥ
ṛṣīn sarvān puraskṛtya jagāma sabalānugaḥ
gacchantaṃ tu naravyāghraṃ sarṣisaṃghaṃ sarāghavam
ghorāḥ sma pakṣiṇo vāco vyāharanti tatas tataḥ
bhaumāś caiva mṛgāḥ sarve gacchanti sma pradakṣiṇam

English

And the king, the lord of Ayodhya,
with his great-souled sons,
setting all the sages before him,
went on with his army and train.
As that tiger among men went on,
with the sages, with Raghava,
fierce cries the birds sent up,
here and there on every side,
and all the deer of the earth
went round him sunwise.

॥ 1.74.10 ॥

CrEd 1.73.10

silent moment

॥ 1.74.10–11 ॥

CrEd 1.73.10

Dasharatha

Sanskrit

असौम्याः पक्षिणो घोरा मृगाश् चापि प्रदक्षिणाः किम् इदं हृदयोत्कम्पि मनो मम विषीदति ॥

asaumyāḥ pakṣiṇo ghorā mṛgāś cāpi pradakṣiṇāḥ kim idaṃ hṛdayotkampi mano mama viṣīdati

English

The birds are ill-omened, fierce,
yet the deer go round us sunwise.
What is this, that shakes the heart?
My mind sinks within me.

॥ 1.74.12–13 ॥

CrEd 1.73.11–12

Vasishtha

Sanskrit

श्रूयताम् अस्य यत् फलम् उपस्थितं भयं घोरं दिव्यं पक्षिमुखाच् च्युतम् मृगाः प्रशमयन्त्य् एते संतापस् त्यज्यताम् अयम् ॥

śrūyatām asya yat phalam upasthitaṃ bhayaṃ ghoraṃ divyaṃ pakṣimukhāc cyutam mṛgāḥ praśamayanty ete saṃtāpas tyajyatām ayam

English

Hear what its fruit shall be.
A dreadful fear is at hand,
from heaven, fallen from the birds’ mouths;
these deer are calming it;
let this burning grief be put away.

॥ 1.74.13–14 ॥

CrEd 1.73.13

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

तेषां संवदतां तत्र वायुः प्रादुर् बभूव ह ।
कम्पयन् मेदिनीं सर्वां पातयंश् च द्रुमाञ् शुभान् ॥

teṣāṃ saṃvadatāṃ tatra vāyuḥ prādur babhūva ha
kampayan medinīṃ sarvāṃ pātayaṃś ca drumāñ śubhān

English

While they spoke together there,
a wind arose,
shaking the whole earth,
throwing down the lovely trees.

॥ 1.74.14–16 ॥

CrEd 1.73.14–15

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

तमसा संवृतः सूर्यः सर्वा न प्रबभुर् दिशः ।
भस्मना चावृतं सर्वं संमूढम् इव तद् बलम् ।
वसिष्ठ ऋषयश् चान्ये राजा च ससुतस् तदा ।
ससंज्ञा इव तत्रासन् सर्वम् अन्यद् विचेतनम् ॥

tamasā saṃvṛtaḥ sūryaḥ sarvā na prababhur diśaḥ
bhasmanā cāvṛtaṃ sarvaṃ saṃmūḍham iva tad balam
vasiṣṭha ṛṣayaś cānye rājā ca sasutas tadā
sasaṃjñā iva tatrāsan sarvam anyad vicetanam

English

Darkness covered the sun;
no quarter of the sky shone;
ash covered everything,
and the army stood as if stunned.
Vasishtha and the other sages,
the king and his sons, just then,
were there as if still waking;
all else lay senseless.

॥ 1.74.16 ॥

CrEd 1.73.15

silent moment

॥ 1.74.16–19 ॥

CrEd 1.73.16–18

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

तस्मिंस् तमसि घोरे तु भस्मच्छन्नेव सा चमूः ।
ददर्श भीमसंकाशं जटामण्डलधारिणम् ।
कैलासम् इव दुर्धर्षं कालाग्निम् इव दुःसहम् ।
ज्वलन्तम् इव तेजोभिर् दुर्निरीक्ष्यं पृथग्जनैः ।
स्कन्धे चासज्य परशुं धनुर् विद्युद्गणोपमम् ।
प्रगृह्य शरमुख्यं च त्रिपुरघ्नं यथा हरम् ॥

tasmiṃs tamasi ghore tu bhasmacchanneva sā camūḥ
dadarśa bhīmasaṃkāśaṃ jaṭāmaṇḍaladhāriṇam
kailāsam iva durdharṣaṃ kālāgnim iva duḥsaham
jvalantam iva tejobhir durnirīkṣyaṃ pṛthagjanaiḥ
skandhe cāsajya paraśuṃ dhanur vidyudgaṇopamam
pragṛhya śaramukhyaṃ ca tripuraghnaṃ yathā haram

English

In that dreadful darkness the host,
as if buried in ash,
saw one terrible to look on,
crowned with a circle of matted hair,
unassailable as Kailasa,
unbearable as the fire of time’s end,
blazing, as it were, with power,
too bright for common eyes,
an axe hung on his shoulder,
a bow like massed lightning,
a choice arrow in his grasp,
like Hara, who burned the three cities.

॥ 1.74.18 ॥

CrEd 1.73.17

silent moment

॥ 1.74.21–22 ॥

CrEd 1.73.20

Munis

Sanskrit

कच्चित् पितृवधामर्षी क्षत्रं नोत्सादयिष्यति पूर्वं क्षत्रवधं कृत्वा गतमन्युर् गतज्वरः क्षत्रस्योत्सादनं भूयो न खल्व् अस्य चिकीर्षितम् ॥

kaccit pitṛvadhāmarṣī kṣatraṃ notsādayiṣyati pūrvaṃ kṣatravadhaṃ kṛtvā gatamanyur gatajvaraḥ kṣatrasyotsādanaṃ bhūyo na khalv asya cikīrṣitam

English

Still wrathful for his father’s death,
will he not root out the warriors?
He slew the warriors once before;
his anger is gone, his fever spent.
To root out the warriors again:
surely that is not his purpose?

॥ 1.74.20, 23 ॥

CrEd 1.73.19, 21

silent moment

॥ 1.74.23 ॥

CrEd 1.73.21

Munis

Sanskrit

राम रामेति ॥

rāma rāmeti

English

“Rama! Rama!”

॥ 1.74.24 ॥

CrEd 1.73.22

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

प्रतिगृह्य तु तां पूजाम् ऋषिदत्तां प्रतापवान् ।
रामं दाशरथिं रामो जामदग्न्योऽभ्यभाषत ॥

pratigṛhya tu tāṃ pūjām ṛṣidattāṃ pratāpavān
rāmaṃ dāśarathiṃ rāmo jāmadagnyo 'bhyabhāṣata

English

Accepting the worship
the sages gave him, the mighty one,
Rama of Jamadagni’s line,
spoke to Rama, Dasharatha’s son.

॥ 1.75.1–2 ॥

CrEd 1.74.1–2

Parashurama

Sanskrit

राम दाशरथे वीर वीर्यं ते श्रूयतेऽद्भुतम् धनुषो भेदनं चैव निखिलेन मया श्रुतम् तद् अद्भुतम् अचिन्त्यं च भेदनं धनुषस् त्वया तच् छ्रुत्वाहम् अनुप्राप्तो धनुर् गृह्यापरं शुभम् ॥

rāma dāśarathe vīra vīryaṃ te śrūyate 'dbhutam dhanuṣo bhedanaṃ caiva nikhilena mayā śrutam tad adbhutam acintyaṃ ca bhedanaṃ dhanuṣas tvayā tac chrutvāham anuprāpto dhanur gṛhyāparaṃ śubham

English

Rama, son of Dasharatha, hero,
your valour is told as a wonder;
the breaking of the bow as well,
I have heard it all.
Wondrous, past all thought,
that breaking of the bow by you;
hearing it, I have come,
bearing another bow, a fine one.

॥ 1.75.3–4 ॥

CrEd 1.74.3–4

Parashurama

Sanskrit

तद् इदं घोरसंकाशं जामदग्न्यं महद् धनुः पूरयस्व शरेणैव स्वबलं दर्शयस्व च तद् अहं ते बलं दृष्ट्वा धनुषोऽस्य प्रपूरणे द्वन्द्वयुद्धं प्रदास्यामि वीर्यश्लाघ्यम् इदं तव ॥

tad idaṃ ghorasaṃkāśaṃ jāmadagnyaṃ mahad dhanuḥ pūrayasva śareṇaiva svabalaṃ darśayasva ca tad ahaṃ te balaṃ dṛṣṭvā dhanuṣo 'sya prapūraṇe dvandvayuddhaṃ pradāsyāmi vīryaślāghyam idaṃ tava

English

Here is the great bow of Jamadagni,
terrible to behold;
draw it full with an arrow,
and show your strength.
When I have seen your strength
in the drawing of this bow,
I will give you single combat,
in tribute to your valour.

॥ 1.75.5 ॥

CrEd 1.74.5

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

तस्य तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा राजा दशरथस् तदा ।
विषण्णवदनो दीनः प्राञ्जलिर् वाक्यम् अब्रवीत् ॥

tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā rājā daśarathas tadā
viṣaṇṇavadano dīnaḥ prāñjalir vākyam abravīt

English

Hearing those words of his,
King Dasharatha then,
his face fallen, pitiful,
spoke with joined palms.

॥ 1.75.6–7 ॥

CrEd 1.74.6–7

Dasharatha

Sanskrit

क्षत्ररोषात् प्रशान्तस् त्वं ब्राह्मणस्य महायशाः बालानां मम पुत्राणाम् अभयं दातुम् अर्हसि भार्गवाणां कुले जातः स्वाध्यायव्रतशालिनाम् सहस्राक्षे प्रतिज्ञाय शस्त्रं निक्षिप्तवान् असि ॥

kṣatraroṣāt praśāntas tvaṃ brāhmaṇasya mahāyaśāḥ bālānāṃ mama putrāṇām abhayaṃ dātum arhasi bhārgavāṇāṃ kule jātaḥ svādhyāyavrataśālinām sahasrākṣe pratijñāya śastraṃ nikṣiptavān asi

English

Your wrath at the warriors is stilled,
glorious son of a brahmin;
to my sons, who are but boys,
you should grant safety.
Born in the line of the Bhargavas,
rich in sacred study and vows,
you swore before thousand-eyed Indra
and laid your weapons down.

॥ 1.75.9 ॥

CrEd 1.74.9

Dasharatha

Sanskrit

मम सर्वविनाशाय संप्राप्तस् त्वं महामुने न चैकस्मिन् हते रामे सर्वे जीवामहे वयम् ॥

mama sarvavināśāya saṃprāptas tvaṃ mahāmune na caikasmin hate rāme sarve jīvāmahe vayam

English

For my utter ruin
you have come, great sage;
for if Rama alone is slain,
none of us shall live.

॥ 1.75.10 ॥

CrEd 1.74.10

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

ब्रुवत्य् एवं दशरथे जामदग्न्यः प्रतापवान् ।
अनादृत्यैव तद् वाक्यं रामम् एवाभ्यभाषत ॥

bruvaty evaṃ daśarathe jāmadagnyaḥ pratāpavān
anādṛtyaiva tad vākyaṃ rāmam evābhyabhāṣata

English

Even as Dasharatha spoke,
mighty Jamadagnya,
paying his words no heed,
spoke to Rama alone.

॥ 1.75.10 ॥

CrEd 1.74.10

silent moment

Part 2 · பகுதி 2

The bow of Vishnu

Valmiki 1.75.11–1.77.6 (CrEd 1.74.11–1.76.5)

॥ 1.75.11–14 ॥

CrEd 1.74.11–13

Parashurama

Sanskrit

इमे द्वे धनुषी श्रेष्ठे दिव्ये लोकाभिविश्रुते दृढे बलवती मुख्ये सुकृते विश्वकर्मणा अतिसृष्टं सुरैर् एकं त्र्यम्बकाय युयुत्सवे त्रिपुरघ्नं नरश्रेष्ठ भग्नं काकुत्स्थ यत् त्वया इदं द्वितीयं दुर्धर्षं विष्णोर् दत्तं सुरोत्तमैः समानसारं काकुत्स्थ रौद्रेण धनुषा त्व् इदम् ॥

ime dve dhanuṣī śreṣṭhe divye lokābhiviśrute dṛḍhe balavatī mukhye sukṛte viśvakarmaṇā atisṛṣṭaṃ surair ekaṃ tryambakāya yuyutsave tripuraghnaṃ naraśreṣṭha bhagnaṃ kākutstha yat tvayā idaṃ dvitīyaṃ durdharṣaṃ viṣṇor dattaṃ surottamaiḥ samānasāraṃ kākutstha raudreṇa dhanuṣā tv idam

English

These two bows, the finest,
divine, renowned through the worlds,
firm and mighty, foremost,
well wrought by Vishvakarma:
one the gods bestowed
on Tryambaka, eager for battle,
the bane of the three cities, best of men,
which you have broken, Kakutstha.
This, the second, unassailable,
the highest gods gave to Vishnu;
equal in strength, Kakutstha,
to Rudra’s bow is this.

॥ 1.75.23–24 ॥

CrEd 1.74.23–24

Parashurama

Sanskrit

न्यस्तशस्त्रे पितरि मे तपोबलसमन्विते अर्जुनो विदधे मृत्युं प्राकृतां बुद्धिम् आस्थितः वधम् अप्रतिरूपं तु पितुः श्रुत्वा सुदारुणम् क्षत्रम् उत्सादयं रोषाज् जातं जातम् अनेकशः ॥

nyastaśastre pitari me tapobalasamanvite arjuno vidadhe mṛtyuṃ prākṛtāṃ buddhim āsthitaḥ vadham apratirūpaṃ tu pituḥ śrutvā sudāruṇam kṣatram utsādayaṃ roṣāj jātaṃ jātam anekaśaḥ

English

My father had laid down his weapons,
rich in the power of penance,
when Arjuna dealt him death,
turned to a base man’s mind.
Hearing of my father’s slaying,
unfitting, most cruel,
in rage I rooted out the warriors,
as each was born, again and again.

॥ 1.75.27–28 ॥

CrEd 1.74.27–28

Parashurama

Sanskrit

तद् इदं वैष्णवं राम पितृपैतामहं महत् क्षत्रधर्मं पुरस्कृत्य गृह्णीष्व धनुर् उत्तमम् योजयस्व धनुःश्रेष्ठे शरं परपुरंजयम् यदि शक्नोषि काकुत्स्थ द्वन्द्वं दास्यामि ते ततः ॥

tad idaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ rāma pitṛpaitāmahaṃ mahat kṣatradharmaṃ puraskṛtya gṛhṇīṣva dhanur uttamam yojayasva dhanuḥśreṣṭhe śaraṃ parapuraṃjayam yadi śaknoṣi kākutstha dvandvaṃ dāsyāmi te tataḥ

English

Here is Vishnu’s great bow, Rama,
my father’s and my father’s father’s;
with a warrior’s duty before you,
take up this supreme bow.
Fit to this finest of bows
the arrow that wins enemy cities;
if you can, Kakutstha,
then I will give you combat.

॥ 1.76.1 ॥

CrEd 1.75.1

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

श्रुत्वा तज् जामदग्न्यस्य वाक्यं दाशरथिस् तदा ।
गौरवाद् यन्त्रितकथः पितू रामम् अथाब्रवीत् ॥

śrutvā taj jāmadagnyasya vākyaṃ dāśarathis tadā
gauravād yantritakathaḥ pitū rāmam athābravīt

English

Hearing those words of Jamadagnya,
Dasharatha’s son, just then,
his speech held back in reverence for his father,
spoke to Rama.

॥ 1.76.2–3 ॥

CrEd 1.75.2–3

Rama

Sanskrit

श्रुतवान् अस्मि यत् कर्म कृतवान् असि भार्गव अनुरुन्ध्यामहे ब्रह्मन् पितुर् आनृण्यम् आस्थितः वीर्यहीनम् इवाशक्तं क्षत्रधर्मेण भार्गव अवजानासि मे तेजः पश्य मेऽद्य पराक्रमम् ॥

śrutavān asmi yat karma kṛtavān asi bhārgava anurundhyāmahe brahman pitur ānṛṇyam āsthitaḥ vīryahīnam ivāśaktaṃ kṣatradharmeṇa bhārgava avajānāsi me tejaḥ paśya me 'dya parākramam

English

I have heard the deed
that you have done, Bhargava;
we honour it, brahmin: you stood
to pay your father’s debt.
As one without valour, powerless
in a warrior’s duty, Bhargava,
you scorn my fire;
see my might today.

॥ 1.76.4 ॥

CrEd 1.75.4

silent moment

॥ 1.76.4–5 ॥

CrEd 1.75.4–5

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

इत्य् उक्त्वा राघवः क्रुद्धो भार्गवस्य वरायुधम् ।
शरं च प्रतिसंगृह्य हस्ताल् लघुपराक्रमः ।
आरोप्य स धनू रामः शरं सज्यं चकार ह ॥

ity uktvā rāghavaḥ kruddho bhārgavasya varāyudham
śaraṃ ca pratisaṃgṛhya hastāl laghuparākramaḥ
āropya sa dhanū rāmaḥ śaraṃ sajyaṃ cakāra ha

English

So saying, Raghava in anger,
the Bhargava’s great weapon
and the arrow too he took
from his hand, swift in valour;
Rama strung the bow
and set the arrow to the string.

॥ 1.76.5 ॥

CrEd 1.75.5

silent moment

॥ 1.76.6–7 ॥

CrEd 1.75.6–7

Rama

Sanskrit

ब्राह्मणोऽसीति पूज्यो मे विश्वामित्रकृतेन च तस्माच् छक्तो न ते राम मोक्तुं प्राणहरं शरम् इमां वा त्वद्गतिं राम तपोबलसमार्जितान् लोकान् अप्रतिमान् वापि हनिष्यामि यद् इच्छसि ॥

brāhmaṇo 'sīti pūjyo me viśvāmitrakṛtena ca tasmāc chakto na te rāma moktuṃ prāṇaharaṃ śaram imāṃ vā tvadgatiṃ rāma tapobalasamārjitān lokān apratimān vāpi haniṣyāmi yad icchasi

English

You are a brahmin, so to be honoured,
and for Vishvamitra’s sake;
so I cannot, Rama, loose at you
this arrow that takes life.
This power of going, Rama,
or the worlds won by penance,
worlds beyond compare:
I will strike whichever you will.

॥ 1.76.8 ॥

CrEd 1.75.8

Rama

Sanskrit

न ह्य् अयं वैष्णवो दिव्यः शरः परपुरंजयः मोघः पतति वीर्येण बलदर्पविनाशनः ॥

na hy ayaṃ vaiṣṇavo divyaḥ śaraḥ parapuraṃjayaḥ moghaḥ patati vīryeṇa baladarpavināśanaḥ

English

For this divine arrow of Vishnu,
winner of enemy cities,
does not fall in vain; by its power
it destroys the pride of strength.

॥ 1.76.9–10 ॥

CrEd 1.75.9–10

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

वरायुधधरं रामं द्रष्टुं सर्षिगणाः सुराः ।
पितामहं पुरस्कृत्य समेतास् तत्र संघशः ।
गन्धर्वाप्सरसश् चैव सिद्धचारणकिंनराः ।
यक्षराक्षसनागाश् च तद् द्रष्टुं महद् अद्भुतम् ॥

varāyudhadharaṃ rāmaṃ draṣṭuṃ sarṣigaṇāḥ surāḥ
pitāmahaṃ puraskṛtya sametās tatra saṃghaśaḥ
gandharvāpsarasaś caiva siddhacāraṇakiṃnarāḥ
yakṣarākṣasanāgāś ca tad draṣṭuṃ mahad adbhutam

English

To see Rama bearing the great weapon,
the gods, with the hosts of sages,
the Grandsire before them,
gathered there in throngs,
and gandharvas and apsaras,
siddhas, charanas, kinnaras,
yakshas, rakshasas and nagas,
to see that mighty wonder.

॥ 1.76.11–12 ॥

CrEd 1.75.11–12

silent moment

॥ 1.76.13–15 ॥

CrEd 1.75.13–15

condensed from 1.76.13–15

Parashurama

Sanskrit

काश्यपाय मया दत्ता यदा पूर्वं वसुंधरा विषये मे न वस्तव्यम् इति मां काश्यपोऽब्रवीत् सोऽहं गुरुवचः कुर्वन् पृथिव्यां न वसे निशाम् … तद् इमां त्वं गतिं वीर हन्तुं नार्हसि राघव मनोजवं गमिष्यामि महेन्द्रं पर्वतोत्तमम् ॥

kāśyapāya mayā dattā yadā pūrvaṃ vasuṃdharā viṣaye me na vastavyam iti māṃ kāśyapo 'bravīt so 'haṃ guruvacaḥ kurvan pṛthivyāṃ na vase niśām … tad imāṃ tvaṃ gatiṃ vīra hantuṃ nārhasi rāghava manojavaṃ gamiṣyāmi mahendraṃ parvatottamam

English

To Kashyapa I gave
the earth, long ago;
“You shall not dwell in my domain,”
so Kashyapa said to me.
So I, doing my guru’s word,
spend no night upon the earth.
This going of mine, then, hero,
you should not strike, Raghava;
swift as thought I will go
to Mahendra, best of mountains.

॥ 1.76.16 ॥

CrEd 1.75.16

Parashurama

Sanskrit

लोकास् त्व् अप्रतिमा राम निर्जितास् तपसा मया जहि ताञ् शरमुख्येन मा भूत् कालस्य पर्ययः ॥

lokās tv apratimā rāma nirjitās tapasā mayā jahi tāñ śaramukhyena mā bhūt kālasya paryayaḥ

English

But the worlds beyond compare, Rama,
that I have won by penance,
strike them with your great arrow;
let no time go by.

॥ 1.76.17 ॥

CrEd 1.75.17

Parashurama

Sanskrit

अक्षय्यं मधुहन्तारं जानामि त्वां सुरेश्वरम् धनुषोऽस्य परामर्शात् स्वस्ति तेऽस्तु परंतप ॥

akṣayyaṃ madhuhantāraṃ jānāmi tvāṃ sureśvaram dhanuṣo 'sya parāmarśāt svasti te 'stu paraṃtapa

English

The imperishable, slayer of Madhu,
lord of the gods, I know you,
by your touch upon this bow;
well be it with you, scorcher of foes.

॥ 1.76.19 ॥

CrEd 1.75.19

Parashurama

Sanskrit

न चेयं मम काकुत्स्थ व्रीडा भवितुम् अर्हति त्वया त्रैलोक्यनाथेन यद् अहं विमुखीकृतः ॥

na ceyaṃ mama kākutstha vrīḍā bhavitum arhati tvayā trailokyanāthena yad ahaṃ vimukhīkṛtaḥ

English

Nor should this be any shame
to me, Kakutstha,
that by you, lord of the three worlds,
I have been turned away.

॥ 1.76.21 ॥

CrEd 1.75.21

silent moment

॥ 1.76.23 ॥

CrEd 1.75.22

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

ततो वितिमिराः सर्वा दिशा चोपदिशस् तथा ।
सुराः सर्षिगणा रामं प्रशशंसुर् उदायुधम् ॥

tato vitimirāḥ sarvā diśā copadiśas tathā
surāḥ sarṣigaṇā rāmaṃ praśaśaṃsur udāyudham

English

Then all the quarters cleared of darkness,
and the spaces between them too;
the gods, with the hosts of sages,
praised Rama, his weapon raised.

॥ 1.76.24 ॥

CrEd 1.75.23

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

रामं दाशरथिं रामो जामदग्न्यः प्रशस्य च ।
ततः प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य जगामात्मगतिं प्रभुः ॥

rāmaṃ dāśarathiṃ rāmo jāmadagnyaḥ praśasya ca
tataḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya jagāmātmagatiṃ prabhuḥ

English

Rama of Jamadagni’s line
praised Rama, Dasharatha’s son;
then, walking round him sunwise,
the lord went his own way.

॥ 1.77.1 ॥

CrEd 1.76.1

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

गते रामे प्रशान्तात्मा रामो दाशरथिर् धनुः ।
वरुणायाप्रमेयाय ददौ हस्ते ससायकम् ॥

gate rāme praśāntātmā rāmo dāśarathir dhanuḥ
varuṇāyāprameyāya dadau haste sasāyakam

English

When Rama had gone, his spirit stilled,
Rama, Dasharatha’s son,
to Varuna, beyond all measure,
gave the bow, with its arrow, into his hand.

॥ 1.77.2 ॥

CrEd 1.76.2

silent moment

॥ 1.77.3 ॥

CrEd 1.76.3

Rama

Sanskrit

जामदग्न्यो गतो रामः प्रयातु चतुरङ्गिणी अयोध्याभिमुखी सेना त्वया नाथेन पालिता ॥

jāmadagnyo gato rāmaḥ prayātu caturaṅgiṇī ayodhyābhimukhī senā tvayā nāthena pālitā

English

Rama of Jamadagni’s line is gone;
let the fourfold host march on,
its face toward Ayodhya,
guarded by you, its lord.

॥ 1.77.4 ॥

CrEd 1.76.4

silent moment

॥ 1.77.5cd ॥

popular text only · not in the CrEd

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

पुनर्जातं तदा मेने पुत्रम् आत्मानम् एव च ॥

punarjātaṃ tadā mene putram ātmānam eva ca

English

Born again, he thought then,
were his son, and he himself.

॥ 1.77.4 ॥

CrEd 1.76.4

silent moment

॥ 1.77.6 ॥

CrEd 1.76.5

silent moment

Part 3 · பகுதி 3

The uncle has come

Valmiki 1.77.6–28 (CrEd 1.76.6–16; 2.1.1–4)

॥ 1.77.6–8 ॥

CrEd 1.76.6–7

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

पताकाध्वजिनीं रम्यां तूर्योद्घुष्टनिनादिताम् ।
सिक्तराजपथां रम्यां प्रकीर्णकुसुमोत्कराम् ।
राजप्रवेशसुमुखैः पौरैर् मङ्गलवादिभिः ।
संपूर्णां प्राविशद् राजा जनौघैः समलंकृताम् ॥

patākādhvajinīṃ ramyāṃ tūryodghuṣṭanināditām
siktarājapathāṃ ramyāṃ prakīrṇakusumotkarām
rājapraveśasumukhaiḥ paurair maṅgalavādibhiḥ
saṃpūrṇāṃ prāviśad rājā janaughaiḥ samalaṃkṛtām

English

Hung with banners and flags, lovely,
loud with the din of instruments,
its royal road sprinkled, lovely,
strewn with heaps of flowers,
full of citizens, glad-faced at his coming,
speaking words of blessing,
the city the king entered,
adorned with throngs of people.

॥ 1.77.10–12 ॥

CrEd 1.76.8–9

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

कौसल्या च सुमित्रा च कैकेयी च सुमध्यमा ।
वधूप्रतिग्रहे युक्ता याश् चान्या राजयोषितः ।
ततः सीतां महाभागाम् ऊर्मिलां च यशस्विनीम् ।
कुशध्वजसुते चोभे जगृहुर् नृपपत्नयः ॥

kausalyā ca sumitrā ca kaikeyī ca sumadhyamā
vadhūpratigrahe yuktā yāś cānyā rājayoṣitaḥ
tataḥ sītāṃ mahābhāgām ūrmilāṃ ca yaśasvinīm
kuśadhvajasute cobhe jagṛhur nṛpapatnayaḥ

English

Kausalya and Sumitra,
and Kaikeyi, slender-waisted,
intent on receiving the brides,
and the other royal ladies,
then took to them blessed Sita,
and Urmila, the renowned,
and Kushadhvaja’s two daughters,
the wives of the king.

॥ 1.77.25–27 ॥

CrEd 1.76.14–16

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

रामस् तु सीतया सार्धं विजहार बहून् ऋतून् ।
मनस्वी तद्गतस् तस्या नित्यं हृदि समर्पितः ।
प्रिया तु सीता रामस्य दाराः पितृकृता इति ।
गुणाद् रूपगुणाच् चापि प्रीतिर् भूयो व्यवर्धत ।
तस्याश् च भर्ता द्विगुणं हृदये परिवर्तते ।
अन्तर्जातम् अपि व्यक्तम् आख्याति हृदयं हृदा ॥

rāmas tu sītayā sārdhaṃ vijahāra bahūn ṛtūn
manasvī tadgatas tasyā nityaṃ hṛdi samarpitaḥ
priyā tu sītā rāmasya dārāḥ pitṛkṛtā iti
guṇād rūpaguṇāc cāpi prītir bhūyo vyavardhata
tasyāś ca bhartā dviguṇaṃ hṛdaye parivartate
antarjātam api vyaktam ākhyāti hṛdayaṃ hṛdā

English

And Rama, with Sita,
delighted through many seasons,
high-minded, his thoughts on her,
ever held within her heart.
Dear to Rama was Sita,
the wife his father chose;
for her virtues, her beauty’s grace,
his love grew ever more.
And in her heart her husband
dwelt twice over;
what was born within, heart
told plainly to heart.

॥ 1.77.28 ॥

CrEd 1.76.16

silent moment

॥ 1.77.15–17 ॥

CrEd 2.1.1–2

Dasharatha

Sanskrit

अयं केकयराजस्य पुत्रो वसति पुत्रक त्वां नेतुम् आगतो वीर युधाजिन् मातुलस् तव ॥

ayaṃ kekayarājasya putro vasati putraka tvāṃ netum āgato vīra yudhājin mātulas tava

English

The son of the Kekaya king
is staying here, my son;
to take you, hero, he has come,
Yudhajit, your mother’s brother.

॥ 1.77.17–19 ॥

CrEd 2.1.3–4

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

श्रुत्वा दशरथस्यैतद् भरतः केकयीसुतः ।
गमनायाभिचक्राम शत्रुघ्नसहितस् तदा ।
आपृच्छ्य पितरं शूरो रामं चाक्लिष्टकारिणम् ।
मातॄंश् चापि नरश्रेष्ठः शत्रुघ्नसहितो ययौ ॥

śrutvā daśarathasyaitad bharataḥ kekayīsutaḥ
gamanāyābhicakrāma śatrughnasahitas tadā
āpṛcchya pitaraṃ śūro rāmaṃ cākliṣṭakāriṇam
mātṝṃś cāpi naraśreṣṭhaḥ śatrughnasahito yayau

English

Hearing this from Dasharatha,
Bharata, Kaikeyi’s son,
made ready then to go,
with Shatrughna at his side.
Taking leave of his father, the brave one,
and of Rama, tireless in deeds,
and of his mothers, best of men,
he went, with Shatrughna.

॥ 1.77.19 ॥

CrEd 2.1.4

silent moment

॥ 1.77.19 ॥

CrEd 2.1.4

silent moment