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Two boons; the prince accepts

दो वर; राजकुमार की स्वीकृति
Valmiki · Ayodhya Kanda
2.10.9–2.19.38 (CrEd 2.10.1–2.16.59)

राम के अभिषेक से पहले की रात दशरथ कैकेयी को कोपभवन में पाते हैं, और शपथ लेते हैं कि वे जो चाहेंगी, देंगे। कैकेयी अपने पुराने दो वर माँगती हैं: भरत का अभिषेक, और राम का चौदह वर्ष के लिए दण्डकवन जाना; राजा रात भर गिड़गिड़ाते हैं, पर व्यर्थ। सुबह राम यह बात कैकेयी से सुनते हैं, और केवल उनके कहने से तुरंत मान लेते हैं।

On the eve of Rama's consecration, Dasharatha finds Kaikeyi in the chamber of anger and swears to grant whatever she wants. She claims her two old boons: Bharata crowned, and Rama sent to the Dandaka forest for fourteen years; the king pleads all night in vain. In the morning Rama hears it from Kaikeyi and accepts at once, at her word alone.

Sanskrit · Hindi · English·Translation: Raam Leela

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Part 1 · भाग 1

The chamber of anger

Valmiki 2.10.9–2.13.20 (CrEd 2.10.1–2.11.15)

॥ 2.10.22–27 ॥

CrEd 2.10.2–5

silent moment मौन क्षण

॥ 2.10.28 ॥

CrEd 2.10.6

दशरथDasharatha

वाल्मीकि

न तेऽहम् अभिजानामि क्रोधम् आत्मनि संश्रितम् ।
देवि केनाभियुक्तासि केन वासि विमानिता ॥

na te 'ham abhijānāmi krodham ātmani saṃśritam
devi kenābhiyuktāsi kena vāsi vimānitā

Translation

I do not understand this anger
that has taken hold of you.
Lady, who has wronged you?
Or who has shown you disrespect?

लीला

देवी, तुम्हारे भीतर यह क्रोध क्यों भरा है, मैं नहीं समझ पा रहा। किसने तुम्हें सताया है? किसने तुम्हारा अपमान किया है?

Subtitle

I do not know this anger
you hold within you.
My queen, who has wronged you?
Who has slighted you?

॥ 2.10.34–35a ॥

CrEd 2.10.11–12a

दशरथDasharatha

वाल्मीकि

अहं चैव मदीयाश् च सर्वे तव वशानुगाः ।
न ते कं चिद् अभिप्रायं व्याहन्तुम् अहम् उत्सहे ।
आत्मनो जीवितेनापि ब्रूहि यन् मनसेच्छसि ॥

ahaṃ caiva madīyāś ca sarve tava vaśānugāḥ
na te kaṃ cid abhiprāyaṃ vyāhantum aham utsahe
ātmano jīvitenāpi brūhi yan manasecchasi

Translation

I myself and all who are mine
are subject to your will;
I cannot bring myself to thwart
any wish of yours,
not even at the cost of my own life:
tell me what your heart desires.

लीला

मैं और मेरे सब लोग तुम्हारे वश में हैं, तुम्हारी कोई इच्छा मैं टाल नहीं सकता। प्राण देकर भी पूरी करूँगा। बोलो, मन में क्या चाहती हो?

Subtitle

I and all who are mine obey you;
no wish of yours will I refuse.
Tell me your heart's desire,
though it cost my life.

॥ 2.10.36b ॥

CrEd 2.10.12b

दशरथDasharatha

वाल्मीकि

यावद् आवर्तते चक्रं तावती मे वसुंधरा ॥

yāvad āvartate cakraṃ tāvatī me vasuṃdharā

Translation

As far as my wheel rolls on,
so far the earth is mine.

लीला

जहाँ तक मेरा चक्र घूमता है, वहाँ तक की सारी पृथ्वी मेरी है।

Subtitle

As far as the wheel of my rule turns,
so far the earth is mine.

॥ 2.11.2 ॥

CrEd 2.10.14

कैकेयीKaikeyi

वाल्मीकि

नास्मि विप्रकृता देव केन चिन् न विमानिता ।
अभिप्रायस् तु मे कश् चित् तम् इच्छामि त्वया कृतम् ॥

nāsmi viprakṛtā deva kena cin na vimānitā
abhiprāyas tu me kaś cit tam icchāmi tvayā kṛtam

Translation

My lord, no one has wronged me,
no one has shown me disrespect;
but I have a certain wish,
and I want you to fulfil it.

लीला

देव, न किसी ने मुझे सताया है, न मेरा अपमान किया है। पर मेरी एक इच्छा है, और मैं चाहती हूँ कि आप उसे पूरी करें।

Subtitle

No one has wronged me, my lord,
no one has slighted me.
But there is something I want,
and I want you to do it.

॥ 2.11.3 ॥

CrEd 2.10.15

कैकेयीKaikeyi

वाल्मीकि

प्रतिज्ञां प्रतिजानीष्व यदि त्वं कर्तुम् इच्छसि ।
अथ तद् व्याहरिष्यामि यद् अभिप्रार्थितं मया ॥

pratijñāṃ pratijānīṣva yadi tvaṃ kartum icchasi
atha tad vyāhariṣyāmi yad abhiprārthitaṃ mayā

Translation

Make me a promise first,
if you mean to fulfil it;
then I will declare
what it is I ask.

लीला

यदि आप उसे पूरा करना चाहते हैं, तो पहले प्रतिज्ञा कीजिए। तब मैं बताऊँगी कि मैं क्या माँगती हूँ।

Subtitle

Swear to it first,
if you mean to do it.
Then I will tell you
what I ask.

॥ 2.11.4 ॥

CrEd 2.10.16

silent moment मौन क्षण

॥ 2.11.5 ॥

CrEd 2.10.17

दशरथDasharatha

वाल्मीकि

अवलिप्ते न जानासि त्वत्तः प्रियतरो मम ।
मनुजो मनुजव्याघ्राद् रामाद् अन्यो न विद्यते ॥

avalipte na jānāsi tvattaḥ priyataro mama
manujo manujavyāghrād rāmād anyo na vidyate

Translation

Proud one, do you not know?
No one is dearer to me than you,
no man at all, but Rama,
that tiger among men.

लीला

अभिमानिनी, क्या तुम नहीं जानतीं? नरश्रेष्ठ राम को छोड़, तुमसे बढ़कर मुझे कोई प्रिय नहीं।

Subtitle

Proud one, do you not know?
Save Rama, tiger among men,
no one is dearer to me
than you.

॥ 2.11.10 ॥

CrEd 2.10.19

दशरथDasharatha

वाल्मीकि

बलम् आत्मनि पश्यन्ती न मां शङ्कितुम् अर्हसि ।
करिष्यामि तव प्रीतिं सुकृतेनापि ते शपे ॥

balam ātmani paśyantī na māṃ śaṅkitum arhasi
kariṣyāmi tava prītiṃ sukṛtenāpi te śape

Translation

Seeing your power over me,
you should not doubt me.
I will do what pleases you;
I swear it by my good deeds.

लीला

तुम मुझ पर अपना बल जानती हो, मुझ पर संदेह मत करो। जो तुम्हें प्रिय है, वही करूँगा। अपने सारे पुण्यों की शपथ खाता हूँ।

Subtitle

You know your power over me;
do not doubt me.
I will do what pleases you.
I swear it by my good deeds.

॥ 2.11.13–14a ॥

CrEd 2.10.21–22a

कैकेयीKaikeyi

वाल्मीकि

यथाक्रमेण शपसि वरं मम ददासि च ।
तच् छृण्वन्तु त्रयस्त्रिंशद् देवाः सेन्द्रपुरोगमाः ।
चन्द्रादित्यौ नभश् चैव ग्रहा रात्र्यहनी दिशः ॥

yathākrameṇa śapasi varaṃ mama dadāsi ca
tac chṛṇvantu trayastriṃśad devāḥ sendrapurogamāḥ
candrādityau nabhaś caiva grahā rātryahanī diśaḥ

Translation

As you swear, oath upon oath,
and grant me a boon,
let the thirty-three gods hear it,
with Indra at their head;
the moon and the sun, the sky,
the planets, night and day, the quarters.

लीला

आप शपथ लेकर मुझे वर दे रहे हैं, इन्द्र सहित तैंतीस देवता यह सुनें, सूर्य और चन्द्र, आकाश, ग्रह, रात और दिन भी।

Subtitle

You swear, and grant my boon.
Let the thirty-three gods hear it, Indra first;
sun and moon, sky and planets,
night and day.

॥ 2.11.16 ॥

CrEd 2.10.24

कैकेयीKaikeyi

वाल्मीकि

सत्यसंधो महातेजा धर्मज्ञः सुसमाहितः ।
वरं मम ददात्य् एष तन् मे शृण्वन्तु देवताः ॥

satyasaṃdho mahātejā dharmajñaḥ susamāhitaḥ
varaṃ mama dadāty eṣa tan me śṛṇvantu devatāḥ

Translation

True to his word, of great splendour,
knowing dharma, wholly intent,
he grants me a boon:
let the deities hear me.

लीला

सत्यप्रतिज्ञ, महातेजस्वी, धर्मज्ञ ये महाराज मुझे वर दे रहे हैं। देवता इसे सुनें।

Subtitle

This great king, true to his word,
who knows dharma,
grants me a boon.
Let the gods hear it.

॥ 2.11.23b ॥

CrEd 2.10.26

कैकेयीKaikeyi

वाल्मीकि

वरौ यौ मे त्वया देव तदा दत्तौ महीपते ।
तौ तावद् अहम् अद्यैव वक्ष्यामि शृणु मे वचः ॥

varau yau me tvayā deva tadā dattau mahīpate
tau tāvad aham adyaiva vakṣyāmi śṛṇu me vacaḥ

Translation

The two boons you gave me then,
my lord, lord of the earth,
those I will claim this very day:
hear what I say.

लीला

देव, महाराज, बहुत पहले आपने मुझे जो दो वर दिए थे, उन्हें मैं आज ही माँगती हूँ। मेरी बात सुनिए।

Subtitle

The two boons you gave me
long ago, my lord:
I name them now.
Hear me.

॥ 2.11.24 ॥

CrEd 2.10.27

कैकेयीKaikeyi

वाल्मीकि

अभिषेकसमारम्भो राघवस्योपकल्पितः ।
अनेनैवाभिषेकेण भरतो मेऽभिषिच्यताम् ॥

abhiṣekasamārambho rāghavasyopakalpitaḥ
anenaivābhiṣekeṇa bharato me 'bhiṣicyatām

Translation

The consecration made ready
for Raghava:
with this very consecration
let my Bharata be consecrated.

लीला

राघव के अभिषेक की जो तैयारी हुई है, उसी अभिषेक से मेरे भरत का अभिषेक किया जाए।

Subtitle

The consecration made ready for Rama:
with that same consecration
let my Bharata be crowned.

॥ 2.11.26 ॥

CrEd 2.10.28

कैकेयीKaikeyi

वाल्मीकि

नव पञ्च च वर्षाणि दण्डकारण्यम् आश्रितः ।
चीराजिनजटाधारी रामो भवतु तापसः ॥

nava pañca ca varṣāṇi daṇḍakāraṇyam āśritaḥ
cīrājinajaṭādhārī rāmo bhavatu tāpasaḥ

Translation

For nine years and five
let Rama dwell in the Dandaka forest;
wearing bark, deerskin and matted hair,
let him live as an ascetic.

लीला

नौ और पाँच वर्ष, राम दण्डकारण्य में रहें, चीर, मृगचर्म और जटा धारण किए तपस्वी बनकर।

Subtitle

For nine years and five,
let Rama live in the Dandaka forest,
an ascetic
in bark, deerskin and matted hair.

॥ 2.11.27–28 ॥

CrEd 2.10.29

कैकेयीKaikeyi

वाल्मीकि

भरतो भजताम् अद्य यौवराज्यम् अकण्टकम् ।
अद्य चैव हि पश्येयं प्रयान्तं राघवं वने ॥

bharato bhajatām adya yauvarājyam akaṇṭakam
adya caiva hi paśyeyaṃ prayāntaṃ rāghavaṃ vane

Translation

Let Bharata take today
the rank of heir, with no thorn in his way;
and this very day let me see
Raghava go off to the forest.

लीला

आज ही भरत निष्कंटक युवराज-पद पाएँ। और आज ही मैं राघव को वन जाते देखूँ।

Subtitle

Let Bharata be made prince today,
with no rival in his way.
And today let me see Rama
leave for the forest.

॥ 2.12.4–5a ॥

CrEd 2.10.30–31

silent moment मौन क्षण

॥ 2.12.5b ॥

CrEd 2.10.31

दशरथDasharatha

वाल्मीकि

अहो धिग् इति सामर्षो वाचम् उक्त्वा नराधिपः ।
मोहम् आपेदिवान् भूयः ॥

aho dhig iti sāmarṣo vācam uktvā narādhipaḥ
moham āpedivān bhūyaḥ

Translation

“Ah! Shame!” the lord of men
cried out in fury,
and fainted once again.

लीला

हा! धिक्कार!

Subtitle

Ah! Shame!

॥ 2.12.6–7a ॥

CrEd 2.10.32

silent moment मौन क्षण

॥ 2.12.7b–8a ॥

CrEd 2.10.33

दशरथDasharatha

वाल्मीकि

नृशंसे दुष्टचारित्रे कुलस्यास्य विनाशिनि ।
किं कृतं तव रामेण पापे पापं मयापि वा ॥

nṛśaṃse duṣṭacāritre kulasyāsya vināśini
kiṃ kṛtaṃ tava rāmeṇa pāpe pāpaṃ mayāpi vā

Translation

Cruel woman, wicked in your ways,
destroyer of this house,
what has Rama done to you, evil one,
or what evil have I done?

लीला

क्रूर! दुराचारिणी! इस कुल का नाश करने वाली! पापिन, राम ने तेरा क्या अहित किया है? या मैंने?

Subtitle

Cruel, wicked woman,
destroyer of this house!
What wrong has Rama done you, evil one?
Or I?

॥ 2.12.8b–9a ॥

CrEd 2.10.34

दशरथDasharatha

वाल्मीकि

सदा ते जननी तुल्यां वृत्तिं वहति राघवः ।
तस्यैव त्वम् अनर्थाय किंनिमित्तम् इहोद्यता ॥

sadā te jananī tulyāṃ vṛttiṃ vahati rāghavaḥ
tasyaiva tvam anarthāya kiṃnimittam ihodyatā

Translation

Raghava always bears himself to you
just as to his own mother;
why then are you set
on his ruin, of all men?

लीला

राघव ने तुझसे सदा माता जैसा व्यवहार किया है। फिर तू उसी के अनर्थ पर क्यों उद्यत है?

Subtitle

Rama has always treated you
as his own mother.
Why then are you bent
on his ruin?

॥ 2.12.11b–12a ॥

CrEd 2.10.37

दशरथDasharatha

वाल्मीकि

कौसल्यां वा सुमित्रां वा त्यजेयम् अपि वा श्रियम् ।
जीवितं वात्मनो रामं न त्व् एव पितृवत्सलम् ॥

kausalyāṃ vā sumitrāṃ vā tyajeyam api vā śriyam
jīvitaṃ vātmano rāmaṃ na tv eva pitṛvatsalam

Translation

Kausalya or Sumitra I might give up,
or my royal fortune,
or my own life; but Rama,
who loves his father, never.

लीला

मैं कौसल्या को छोड़ सकता हूँ, या सुमित्रा को, या राजलक्ष्मी को, या अपने प्राण भी, पर पिता से प्रेम करने वाले राम को कभी नहीं।

Subtitle

Kausalya, Sumitra, my royal fortune,
even my own life, I could give up;
but never Rama,
who loves his father.

॥ 2.12.13b–14a ॥

CrEd 2.10.39

दशरथDasharatha

वाल्मीकि

तिष्ठेल् लोको विना सूर्यं सस्यं वा सलिलं विना ।
न तु रामं विना देहे तिष्ठेत् तु मम जीवितम् ॥

tiṣṭhel loko vinā sūryaṃ sasyaṃ vā salilaṃ vinā
na tu rāmaṃ vinā dehe tiṣṭhet tu mama jīvitam

Translation

The world might stand without the sun,
or the crops without water,
but without Rama the life
would not stay in my body.

लीला

सूर्य के बिना संसार टिक जाए, जल के बिना खेती टिक जाए, पर राम के बिना मेरे प्राण इस देह में नहीं टिकेंगे।

Subtitle

The world might live without the sun,
the crops without water.
But without Rama,
my life will not stay in my body.

॥ 2.12.14b–15a ॥

CrEd 2.10.40

दशरथDasharatha

वाल्मीकि

तद् अलं त्यज्यताम् एष निश्चयः पापनिश्चये ।
अपि ते चरणौ मूर्ध्ना स्पृशाम्य् एष प्रसीद मे ॥

tad alaṃ tyajyatām eṣa niścayaḥ pāpaniścaye
api te caraṇau mūrdhnā spṛśāmy eṣa prasīda me

Translation

Enough: let this resolve be given up,
you who are resolved on evil.
See, I touch your feet with my head:
be gracious to me.

लीला

बस करो। पाप का निश्चय करने वाली, यह निश्चय छोड़ दो। देखो, मैं अपने सिर से तुम्हारे चरण छूता हूँ। मुझ पर दया करो।

Subtitle

Enough. Give up this resolve,
you who are resolved on evil.
See, I touch your feet with my head.
Have mercy on me.

॥ 2.12.15b–16 ॥

CrEd 2.10.41

silent moment मौन क्षण

॥ 2.13.3 ॥

CrEd 2.11.3

कैकेयीKaikeyi

वाल्मीकि

त्वं कत्थसे महाराज सत्यवादी दृढव्रतः ।
मम चेमं वरं कस्माद् विधारयितुम् इच्छसि ॥

tvaṃ katthase mahārāja satyavādī dṛḍhavrataḥ
mama cemaṃ varaṃ kasmād vidhārayitum icchasi

Translation

You boast, great king,
that you speak the truth, firm in your vows;
then why would you hold back
this boon of mine?

लीला

महाराज, आप तो स्वयं को सत्यवादी और दृढ़व्रती कहते नहीं थकते। फिर मेरा यह वर क्यों रोकना चाहते हैं?

Subtitle

Great king, you boast
that you speak the truth
and keep your vows.
Why then hold back my boon?

॥ 2.13.14–15 ॥

CrEd 2.11.7–8

silent moment मौन क्षण

॥ 2.13.17–18 ॥

CrEd 2.11.10

दशरथDasharatha

वाल्मीकि

न प्रभातं त्वयेच्छामि मयायं रचितोऽञ्जलिः ।
अथ वा गम्यतां शीघ्रं नाहम् इच्छामि निर्घृणाम् ।
नृशंसां कैकेयीं द्रष्टुं यत्कृते व्यसनं महत् ॥

na prabhātaṃ tvayecchāmi mayāyaṃ racito 'ñjaliḥ
atha vā gamyatāṃ śīghraṃ nāham icchāmi nirghṛṇām
nṛśaṃsāṃ kaikeyīṃ draṣṭuṃ yatkṛte vyasanaṃ mahat

Translation

I want no dawn from you;
see, I have joined my palms to you.
Or else, pass quickly: I do not want
to see the pitiless,
cruel Kaikeyi, for whose sake
this great disaster has come.

लीला

हे रात्रि, मैं तेरा प्रभात नहीं चाहता। देख, मैं हाथ जोड़ता हूँ। या शीघ्र बीत जा, इस निर्दय कैकेयी को, जिसके कारण यह महाविपत्ति आई, मैं देखना नहीं चाहता।

Subtitle

Night, I want no dawn from you;
see, I join my palms.
Or pass quickly. I cannot bear to see
cruel Kaikeyi, cause of this ruin.

॥ 2.13.20 ॥

CrEd 2.11.12

दशरथDasharatha

वाल्मीकि

साधुवृत्तस्य दीनस्य त्वद्गतस्य गतायुषः ।
प्रसादः क्रियतां देवि भद्रे राज्ञो विशेषतः ॥

sādhuvṛttasya dīnasya tvadgatasya gatāyuṣaḥ
prasādaḥ kriyatāṃ devi bhadre rājño viśeṣataḥ

Translation

Lady, gentle one, be gracious
to one who has lived rightly, who is wretched,
who turns to you, whose life is spent,
and to the king above all.

लीला

देवी, कल्याणी, मुझ पर कृपा करो, मैंने सदा सदाचार निभाया, मैं दीन हूँ, तुम्हारे आश्रित हूँ, मेरी आयु बीत चली, और फिर मैं राजा हूँ।

Subtitle

Be gracious, my queen,
to one who has lived rightly:
wretched, clinging to you, his life spent,
and a king besides.

॥ 2.13.22–23 ॥

CrEd 2.11.14–15

silent moment मौन क्षण

Part 2 · भाग 2

At your word alone

Valmiki 2.14.1–63, 2.18.1–2.19.38 (CrEd 2.12.1–23, 2.16.1–59)

॥ 2.14.1–13 ॥

CrEd 2.12.1–10

silent moment मौन क्षण

॥ 2.14.14 ॥

CrEd 2.12.11

दशरथDasharatha

वाल्मीकि

यस् ते मन्त्रकृतः पाणिर् अग्नौ पापे मया धृतः ।
तं त्यजामि स्वजं चैव तव पुत्रं सह त्वया ॥

yas te mantrakṛtaḥ pāṇir agnau pāpe mayā dhṛtaḥ
taṃ tyajāmi svajaṃ caiva tava putraṃ saha tvayā

Translation

The hand of yours I took, evil one,
before the fire with sacred verses,
I give it up; and with you,
your son, my own son too.

लीला

पापिन, अग्नि के सामने मंत्रों के साथ मैंने तेरा जो हाथ थामा था, उसे मैं त्यागता हूँ। और तेरे साथ तेरे पुत्र को भी, जो मेरा ही है।

Subtitle

Wicked one, the hand I took
before the fire, with sacred verses,
I renounce;
and your son, my own, with you.

॥ 2.14.21 ॥

CrEd 2.12.13

कैकेयीKaikeyi

वाल्मीकि

किम् इदं भाषसे राजन् वाक्यं गररुजोपमम् ।
आनाययितुम् अक्लिष्टं पुत्रं रामम् इहार्हसि ॥

kim idaṃ bhāṣase rājan vākyaṃ gararujopamam
ānāyayitum akliṣṭaṃ putraṃ rāmam ihārhasi

Translation

King, what are these words you speak,
like the pain of poison?
You should have your son Rama
brought here without delay.

लीला

राजन्, यह विष-सा वचन क्यों बोल रहे हैं? अपने पुत्र राम को तुरंत यहाँ बुलवाइए।

Subtitle

King, what are these words,
painful as poison?
Send for your son Rama,
here, now.

॥ 2.14.24 ॥

CrEd 2.12.16

दशरथDasharatha

वाल्मीकि

धर्मबन्धेन बद्धोऽस्मि नष्टा च मम चेतना ।
ज्येष्ठं पुत्रं प्रियं रामं द्रष्टुम् इच्छामि धार्मिकम् ॥

dharmabandhena baddho 'smi naṣṭā ca mama cetanā
jyeṣṭhaṃ putraṃ priyaṃ rāmaṃ draṣṭum icchāmi dhārmikam

Translation

I am bound by the bond of dharma,
and my mind is lost.
I wish to see Rama, my eldest son,
my dear and righteous son.

लीला

मैं धर्म के बंधन में बँधा हूँ, और मेरी चेतना नष्ट हो गई है। मैं अपने ज्येष्ठ, प्रिय, धर्मात्मा पुत्र राम को देखना चाहता हूँ।

Subtitle

I am bound by the bond of dharma,
and my mind is gone.
I want to see Rama,
my eldest, dear and righteous son.

॥ 2.14.60–61 ॥

CrEd 2.12.19–20

silent moment मौन क्षण

॥ 2.14.62–63 ॥

CrEd 2.12.21

कैकेयीKaikeyi

वाल्मीकि

सुमन्त्र रामं द्रक्ष्यामि शीघ्रम् आनय सुन्दरम् ॥

sumantra rāmaṃ drakṣyāmi śīghram ānaya sundaram

Translation

Sumantra, I will see Rama;
bring the handsome one quickly.

लीला

सुमन्त्र, मैं राम को देखना चाहती हूँ। उस सुन्दर राजकुमार को शीघ्र यहाँ ले आओ।

Subtitle

Sumantra, I would see Rama.
Bring the handsome prince
here, quickly.

॥ 2.14.64–66 ॥

CrEd 2.12.22–23

silent moment मौन क्षण

॥ 2.18.1–2 ॥

CrEd 2.16.1–2

silent moment मौन क्षण

॥ 2.18.3 ॥

CrEd 2.16.3

दशरथDasharatha

वाल्मीकि

रामेत्य् उक्त्वा च वचनं बाष्पपर्याकुलेक्षणः ।
शशाक नृपतिर् दीनो नेक्षितुं नाभिभाषितुम् ॥

rāmety uktvā ca vacanaṃ bāṣpaparyākulekṣaṇaḥ
śaśāka nṛpatir dīno nekṣituṃ nābhibhāṣitum

Translation

Saying the one word, “Rama!”,
his eyes flooded with tears,
the wretched king could not
look at him, nor speak to him.

लीला

राम!

Subtitle

Rama!

॥ 2.18.4 ॥

CrEd 2.16.4

silent moment मौन क्षण

॥ 2.18.11 ॥

CrEd 2.16.11

रामRama

वाल्मीकि

कच्चिन् मया नापराद्धम् अज्ञानाद् येन मे पिता ।
कुपितस् तन् ममाचक्ष्व त्वं चैवैनं प्रसादय ॥

kaccin mayā nāparāddham ajñānād yena me pitā
kupitas tan mamācakṣva tvaṃ caivainaṃ prasādaya

Translation

Have I done some wrong unknowing,
for which my father
is angry? Tell me that,
and win him over yourself.

लीला

कहीं अनजाने में मुझसे कोई अपराध तो नहीं हुआ, जिससे पिताजी रुष्ट हैं? मुझे बताइए, और आप ही उन्हें मना दीजिए।

Subtitle

Have I wronged my father
without knowing, that he is angry?
Tell me,
and win him back to me yourself.

॥ 2.18.28–29 ॥

CrEd 2.16.18

रामRama

वाल्मीकि

अहं हि वचनाद् राज्ञः पतेयम् अपि पावके ।
भक्षयेयं विषं तीक्ष्णं मज्जेयम् अपि चार्णवे ।
नियुक्तो गुरुणा पित्रा नृपेण च हितेन च ॥

ahaṃ hi vacanād rājñaḥ pateyam api pāvake
bhakṣayeyaṃ viṣaṃ tīkṣṇaṃ majjeyam api cārṇave
niyukto guruṇā pitrā nṛpeṇa ca hitena ca

Translation

At the king’s word I would fall
even into fire,
I would eat sharp poison,
I would even sink in the sea,
when bidden by my guru, my father,
my king and my well-wisher.

लीला

राजा के कहने पर मैं अग्नि में कूद पड़ूँ, तीखा विष खा लूँ, समुद्र में डूब जाऊँ, यदि मेरे गुरु, पिता, राजा और हितैषी मुझे आज्ञा दें।

Subtitle

At the king's word I would fall into fire,
swallow sharp poison,
sink into the sea,
if my father, my teacher and king, commanded it.

॥ 2.18.30 ॥

CrEd 2.16.19

रामRama

वाल्मीकि

तद् ब्रूहि वचनं देवि राज्ञो यद् अभिकाङ्क्षितम् ।
करिष्ये प्रतिजाने च रामो द्विर् नाभिभाषते ॥

tad brūhi vacanaṃ devi rājño yad abhikāṅkṣitam
kariṣye pratijāne ca rāmo dvir nābhibhāṣate

Translation

So tell me, lady, the word
the king desires.
I will do it, I promise:
Rama does not speak twice.

लीला

इसलिए देवी, बताइए, राजा क्या चाहते हैं। मैं वही करूँगा, यह प्रतिज्ञा करता हूँ। राम दो बार नहीं बोलता।

Subtitle

So tell me, lady,
what the king wants.
I will do it; I promise.
Rama does not say a thing twice.

॥ 2.18.32 ॥

CrEd 2.16.21

कैकेयीKaikeyi

वाल्मीकि

पुरा देवासुरे युद्धे पित्रा ते मम राघव ।
रक्षितेन वरौ दत्तौ सशल्येन महारणे ॥

purā devāsure yuddhe pitrā te mama rāghava
rakṣitena varau dattau saśalyena mahāraṇe

Translation

Long ago, in the war of gods and asuras,
Raghava, your father gave me two boons,
when I had protected him,
pierced with arrows in the great battle.

लीला

राघव, बहुत पहले देवासुर-संग्राम में, जब तुम्हारे पिता बाणों से घायल थे, मैंने उनकी रक्षा की थी। तब उन्होंने मुझे दो वर दिए।

Subtitle

Long ago, Raghava,
in the war of gods and asuras,
your father lay wounded with arrows.
I saved him, and he gave me two boons.

॥ 2.18.33 ॥

CrEd 2.16.22

कैकेयीKaikeyi

वाल्मीकि

तत्र मे याचितो राजा भरतस्याभिषेचनम् ।
गमनं दण्डकारण्ये तव चाद्यैव राघव ॥

tatra me yācito rājā bharatasyābhiṣecanam
gamanaṃ daṇḍakāraṇye tava cādyaiva rāghava

Translation

By these I have asked the king
for Bharata’s consecration,
and for your going to the Dandaka forest,
Raghava, this very day.

लीला

उन्हीं वरों से मैंने राजा से भरत का अभिषेक माँगा है, और राघव, आज ही तुम्हारा दण्डकारण्य जाना।

Subtitle

With them I have asked the king
for Bharata's consecration,
and for your going to the Dandaka forest,
today, Raghava.

॥ 2.18.34–35 ॥

CrEd 2.16.23–24

कैकेयीKaikeyi

वाल्मीकि

यदि सत्यप्रतिज्ञं त्वं पितरं कर्तुम् इच्छसि ।
आत्मानं च नरश्रेष्ठ मम वाक्यम् इदं शृणु ।
स निदेशे पितुस् तिष्ठ यथा तेन प्रतिश्रुतम् ।
त्वयारण्यं प्रवेष्टव्यं नव वर्षाणि पञ्च च ॥

yadi satyapratijñaṃ tvaṃ pitaraṃ kartum icchasi
ātmānaṃ ca naraśreṣṭha mama vākyam idaṃ śṛṇu
sa nideśe pitus tiṣṭha yathā tena pratiśrutam
tvayāraṇyaṃ praveṣṭavyaṃ nava varṣāṇi pañca ca

Translation

If you wish to make your father
true to his promise,
and yourself, best of men,
hear these words of mine.
Abide by your father’s command,
as he has promised:
you must go into the forest
for nine years and five.

लीला

नरश्रेष्ठ, यदि तुम अपने पिता को, और स्वयं को, सत्यप्रतिज्ञ रखना चाहते हो, तो पिता की आज्ञा में रहो, नौ और पाँच वर्ष के लिए वन में जाओ।

Subtitle

If you would keep your father true to his word,
and yourself,
stand by his command:
go to the forest for nine years and five.

॥ 2.18.37–38 ॥

CrEd 2.16.25–26

कैकेयीKaikeyi

वाल्मीकि

अभिषेकम् इमं त्यक्त्वा जटाचीरधरो वस ।
भरतः कोसलपुरे प्रशास्तु वसुधाम् इमाम् ॥

abhiṣekam imaṃ tyaktvā jaṭācīradharo vasa
bharataḥ kosalapure praśāstu vasudhām imām

Translation

Give up this consecration,
and live wearing matted hair and bark;
let Bharata, in the city of Kosala,
rule over this earth.

लीला

यह अभिषेक छोड़कर जटा और चीर धारण करके वन में रहो। भरत कोसलपुर से इस पृथ्वी पर शासन करें।

Subtitle

Give up this consecration.
Live in matted hair and bark.
Let Bharata rule this earth
from the city of Kosala.

॥ 2.19.1 ॥

CrEd 2.16.27

silent moment मौन क्षण

॥ 2.19.2 ॥

CrEd 2.16.28

रामRama

वाल्मीकि

एवम् अस्तु गमिष्यामि वनं वस्तुम् अहं त्व् अतः ।
जटाचीरधरो राज्ञः प्रतिज्ञाम् अनुपालयन् ॥

evam astu gamiṣyāmi vanaṃ vastum ahaṃ tv ataḥ
jaṭācīradharo rājñaḥ pratijñām anupālayan

Translation

So be it: I will go
from here to live in the forest,
wearing matted hair and bark,
keeping the king’s promise.

लीला

ऐसा ही हो। राजा की प्रतिज्ञा का पालन करते हुए, जटा और चीर धारण करके, मैं यहाँ से वन में रहने जाऊँगा।

Subtitle

So be it.
I will go from here to live in the forest,
in matted hair and bark,
keeping the king's promise.

॥ 2.19.3 ॥

CrEd 2.16.29

रामRama

वाल्मीकि

इदं तु ज्ञातुम् इच्छामि किमर्थं मां महीपतिः ।
नाभिनन्दति दुर्धर्षो यथापुरम् अरिंदमः ॥

idaṃ tu jñātum icchāmi kimarthaṃ māṃ mahīpatiḥ
nābhinandati durdharṣo yathāpuram ariṃdamaḥ

Translation

But this I wish to know: why
the lord of the earth,
unassailable, tamer of foes,
does not greet me with joy as before.

लीला

पर मैं यह जानना चाहता हूँ कि महाराज पहले की तरह मेरा अभिनन्दन क्यों नहीं करते।

Subtitle

But this I want to know:
why does the king
not greet me
as he always did?

॥ 2.19.7 ॥

CrEd 2.16.33

रामRama

वाल्मीकि

अहं हि सीतां राज्यं च प्राणान् इष्टान् धनानि च ।
हृष्टो भ्रात्रे स्वयं दद्यां भरतायाप्रचोदितः ॥

ahaṃ hi sītāṃ rājyaṃ ca prāṇān iṣṭān dhanāni ca
hṛṣṭo bhrātre svayaṃ dadyāṃ bharatāyāpracoditaḥ

Translation

Sita, the kingdom, my life,
all I hold dear, my wealth:
I would gladly give them myself, unasked,
to my brother Bharata.

लीला

सीता, राज्य, प्राण, सब प्रिय वस्तुएँ और धन, ये सब मैं स्वयं, बिना कहे, प्रसन्न होकर अपने भाई भरत को दे दूँ।

Subtitle

Sita, the kingdom, my life,
all I love, my wealth:
I would give them gladly to my brother Bharata,
myself, unasked.

॥ 2.19.14, 16 ॥

CrEd 2.16.40, 42

condensed from 2.19.14, 16

कैकेयीKaikeyi

वाल्मीकि

तव त्व् अहं क्षमं मन्ये नोत्सुकस्य विलम्बनम् ।
राम तस्माद् इतः शीघ्रं वनं त्वं गन्तुम् अर्हसि ।
यावत् त्वं न वनं यातः पुराद् अस्माद् अभित्वरन् ।
पिता तावन् न ते राम स्नास्यते भोक्ष्यतेऽपि वा ॥

tava tv ahaṃ kṣamaṃ manye notsukasya vilambanam
rāma tasmād itaḥ śīghraṃ vanaṃ tvaṃ gantum arhasi
yāvat tvaṃ na vanaṃ yātaḥ purād asmād abhitvaran
pitā tāvan na te rāma snāsyate bhokṣyate 'pi vā

Translation

I do not think delay is fitting
for you, eager as you are;
so, Rama, you should go
quickly from here to the forest.
Until you have gone to the forest,
hurrying from this city,
your father, Rama, will not bathe,
nor will he eat.

लीला

राम, विलम्ब उचित नहीं। शीघ्र यहाँ से वन को जाओ। जब तक तुम इस नगर से चले नहीं जाते, तुम्हारे पिता न स्नान करेंगे, न भोजन।

Subtitle

Do not delay, Rama.
Go to the forest quickly.
Until you have left this city,
your father will neither bathe nor eat.

॥ 2.19.17–18 ॥

CrEd 2.16.43–44

silent moment मौन क्षण

॥ 2.19.20 ॥

CrEd 2.16.46

रामRama

वाल्मीकि

नाहम् अर्थपरो देवि लोकम् आवस्तुम् उत्सहे ।
विद्धि माम् ऋषिभिस् तुल्यं केवलं धर्मम् आस्थितम् ॥

nāham arthaparo devi lokam āvastum utsahe
viddhi mām ṛṣibhis tulyaṃ kevalaṃ dharmam āsthitam

Translation

Lady, I do not care to live in the world
as one devoted to gain;
know me to be like the sages,
standing on dharma alone.

लीला

देवी, मैं धन का लोभी बनकर संसार में नहीं रहना चाहता। मुझे ऋषियों के समान, केवल धर्म में स्थित जानिए।

Subtitle

Lady, I do not wish
to live in the world for wealth.
Know me as one with the sages,
holding to dharma alone.

॥ 2.19.23 ॥

CrEd 2.16.49

रामRama

वाल्मीकि

अनुक्तोऽप्य् अत्रभवता भवत्या वचनाद् अहम् ।
वने वत्स्यामि विजने वर्षाणीह चतुर्दश ॥

anukto 'py atrabhavatā bhavatyā vacanād aham
vane vatsyāmi vijane varṣāṇīha caturdaśa

Translation

Even unbidden by my honoured father,
at your word alone
I will live in the empty forest
here for fourteen years.

लीला

पिताजी के कहे बिना भी, केवल आपके कहने से, मैं चौदह वर्ष निर्जन वन में रहूँगा।

Subtitle

Even unbidden by my father,
at your word alone,
I will live fourteen years
in the lonely forest.

॥ 2.19.24 ॥

CrEd 2.16.50

रामRama

वाल्मीकि

न नूनं मयि कैकेयि किं चिद् आशंससे गुणम् ।
यद् राजानम् अवोचस् त्वं ममेश्वरतरा सती ॥

na nūnaṃ mayi kaikeyi kiṃ cid āśaṃsase guṇam
yad rājānam avocas tvaṃ mameśvaratarā satī

Translation

Surely, Kaikeyi, you see
no virtue in me at all,
since you spoke to the king,
when you have more right over me than he.

लीला

कैकेयी, निश्चय ही आप मुझमें कोई गुण नहीं देखतीं, तभी तो आपने राजा से कहा, जबकि मुझ पर आपका अधिकार उनसे भी बढ़कर है।

Subtitle

Surely, Kaikeyi, you see
no good in me at all,
since you went to the king:
you, who have more power over me than he.

॥ 2.19.25 ॥

CrEd 2.16.51

रामRama

वाल्मीकि

यावन् मातरम् आपृच्छे सीतां चानुनयाम्य् अहम् ।
ततोऽद्यैव गमिष्यामि दण्डकानां महद् वनम् ॥

yāvan mātaram āpṛcche sītāṃ cānunayāmy aham
tato 'dyaiva gamiṣyāmi daṇḍakānāṃ mahad vanam

Translation

Only let me take leave of my mother
and comfort Sita;
then this very day I will go
to the great forest of the Dandakas.

लीला

बस माता से विदा ले लूँ, और सीता को समझा लूँ। फिर आज ही मैं दण्डकों के महावन को चला जाऊँगा।

Subtitle

Let me only take leave of my mother,
and comfort Sita.
Then, today, I will go
to the great Dandaka forest.

॥ 2.19.27 ॥

CrEd 2.16.53

silent moment मौन क्षण

॥ 2.19.28–29 ॥

CrEd 2.16.54–55

silent moment मौन क्षण

॥ 2.19.30 ॥

CrEd 2.16.56

silent moment मौन क्षण

॥ 2.19.37–38 ॥

CrEd 2.16.57–59

silent moment मौन क्षण

॥ 2.19.27 ॥

CrEd 2.16.53

silent moment मौन क्षण