The silent city
॥ 2.71.17b–19a ॥
CrEd 2.65.13–14
वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption
वाल्मीकि
वनं च समतीत्याशु शर्वर्याम् अरुणोदये ।
अयोध्यां मनुना राज्ञा निर्मितां स ददर्श ह ।
तां पुरीं पुरुषव्याघ्रः सप्तरात्रोषितः पथि ।
अयोध्याम् अग्रतो दृष्ट्वा रथे सारथिम् अब्रवीत् ॥
vanaṃ ca samatītyāśu śarvaryām aruṇodaye
ayodhyāṃ manunā rājñā nirmitāṃ sa dadarśa ha
tāṃ purīṃ puruṣavyāghraḥ saptarātroṣitaḥ pathi
ayodhyām agrato dṛṣṭvā rathe sārathim abravīt
Translation
Crossing the forest swiftly,
at the flush of dawn, as night was ending,
he saw Ayodhya, the city
that Manu the king had built.
That city the tiger among men,
seven nights upon the road,
seeing Ayodhya before him,
spoke to the charioteer in the chariot.
Subtitle
Crossing the forest,
at dawn, after seven nights on the road,
Bharata saw Ayodhya,
the city King Manu built.
॥ 2.71.19b–20a, 21b–22a ॥
CrEd 2.65.15, 17
भरतBharata
वाल्मीकि
एषा नातिप्रतीता मे पुण्योद्याना यशस्विनी अयोध्या दृश्यते दूरात् सारथे पाण्डुमृत्तिका … अयोध्यायां पुराशब्दः श्रूयते तुमुलो महान् समन्तान् नरनारीणां तम् अद्य न शृणोम्य् अहम् ॥
eṣā nātipratītā me puṇyodyānā yaśasvinī ayodhyā dṛśyate dūrāt sārathe pāṇḍumṛttikā … ayodhyāyāṃ purāśabdaḥ śrūyate tumulo mahān samantān naranārīṇāṃ tam adya na śṛṇomy aham
Translation
This city seems not glad to me,
with its holy gardens, famed:
Ayodhya, seen from afar, charioteer,
with its pale white earth.
In Ayodhya once a sound was heard,
a great and swelling roar
of men and women all around;
today I do not hear it.
लीला
सारथी, दूर से आज अयोध्या मुझे प्रसन्न नहीं दिखती। पहले यहाँ चारों ओर नर-नारियों का भारी कोलाहल सुनाई देता था। आज वह सुनाई नहीं देता।
Subtitle
Charioteer, Ayodhya looks joyless from afar.
Once a great roar of voices
rose all round it.
Today I hear nothing.
॥ 2.71.24b–25a ॥
CrEd 2.65.20
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 2.71.23b–24a ॥
CrEd 2.65.19
भरतBharata
वाल्मीकि
तान्य् अद्यानुरुदन्तीव परित्यक्तानि कामिभिः अरण्यभूतेव पुरी सारथे प्रतिभाति मे ॥
tāny adyānurudantīva parityaktāni kāmibhiḥ araṇyabhūteva purī sārathe pratibhāti me
Translation
Today, forsaken by their lovers,
they seem to weep, those gardens;
like a wilderness the city
appears to me, charioteer.
लीला
आज ये उपवन, जिन्हें चाहने वालों ने छोड़ दिया, जैसे रो रहे हैं। सारथी, यह नगरी मुझे जंगल-सी लगती है।
Subtitle
The gardens, deserted,
seem to weep.
Charioteer, the city looks to me
like a wilderness.
॥ 2.71.46–47; 2.72.1 ॥
CrEd 2.65.27–28; 2.66.1
वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption
वाल्मीकि
तां शून्यशृङ्गाटकवेश्मरथ्यां रजोऽरुणद्वारकपाटयन्त्राम् ।
दृष्ट्वा पुरीम् इन्द्रपुरीप्रकाशां दुःखेन संपूर्णतरो बभूव ।
बहूनि पश्यन् मनसोऽप्रियाणि यान्य् अन्यदा नास्य पुरे बभूवुः ।
अवाक्शिरा दीनमना न हृष्टः पितुर् महात्मा प्रविवेश वेश्म ।
अपश्यंस् तु ततस् तत्र पितरं पितुर् आलये ।
जगाम भरतो द्रष्टुं मातरं मातुर् आलये ॥
tāṃ śūnyaśṛṅgāṭakaveśmarathyāṃ rajo'ruṇadvārakapāṭayantrām
dṛṣṭvā purīm indrapurīprakāśāṃ duḥkhena saṃpūrṇataro babhūva
bahūni paśyan manaso 'priyāṇi yāny anyadā nāsya pure babhūvuḥ
avākśirā dīnamanā na hṛṣṭaḥ pitur mahātmā praviveśa veśma
apaśyaṃs tu tatas tatra pitaraṃ pitur ālaye
jagāma bharato draṣṭuṃ mātaraṃ mātur ālaye
Translation
Its squares and houses and streets all empty,
the doors and bars of its gates red with dust:
seeing the city, bright as Indra’s city,
he was filled the fuller with grief.
Seeing much that pained his mind,
such as his city had never known,
head bowed, downcast, joyless,
the great-souled one entered his father’s house.
Not seeing his father there,
there in his father’s house,
Bharata went to see his mother,
there in his mother’s house.
Subtitle
Its squares, houses and streets empty,
the bars of its gates red with dust,
the city bright as Indra's
filled him with grief.
॥ 2.72.2–4 ॥
CrEd 2.66.2–4
वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption
वाल्मीकि
अनुप्राप्तं तु तं दृष्ट्वा कैकेयी प्रोषितं सुतम् ।
उत्पपात तदा हृष्टा त्यक्त्वा सौवर्णम् आसनम् ।
स प्रविश्यैव धर्मात्मा स्वगृहं श्रीविवर्जितम् ।
भरतः प्रेक्ष्य जग्राह जनन्याश् चरणौ शुभौ ।
तं मूर्ध्नि समुपाघ्राय परिष्वज्य यशस्विनम् ।
अङ्के भरतम् आरोप्य प्रष्टुं समुपचक्रमे ॥
anuprāptaṃ tu taṃ dṛṣṭvā kaikeyī proṣitaṃ sutam
utpapāta tadā hṛṣṭā tyaktvā sauvarṇam āsanam
sa praviśyaiva dharmātmā svagṛhaṃ śrīvivarjitam
bharataḥ prekṣya jagrāha jananyāś caraṇau śubhau
taṃ mūrdhni samupāghrāya pariṣvajya yaśasvinam
aṅke bharatam āropya praṣṭuṃ samupacakrame
Translation
Seeing him arrived,
her son from far away, Kaikeyi
sprang up then, glad,
leaving her golden seat.
And entering, the righteous one,
his own house, its splendour gone,
Bharata saw her, and took hold of
his mother’s lovely feet.
She breathed upon his head,
embraced the glorious one,
set Bharata upon her lap,
and so began to ask.
Subtitle
Seeing her son home,
Kaikeyi sprang up glad.
He touched her feet; she kissed his head
and drew him onto her lap.
॥ 2.72.5–6 ॥
CrEd 2.66.5–6
कैकेयीKaikeyi
वाल्मीकि
अद्य ते कति चिद् रात्र्यश् च्युतस्यार्यकवेश्मनः अपि नाध्वश्रमः शीघ्रं रथेनापततस् तव आर्यकस् ते सुकुशलो युधाजिन् मातुलस् तव प्रवासाच् च सुखं पुत्र सर्वं मे वक्तुम् अर्हसि ॥
adya te kati cid rātryaś cyutasyāryakaveśmanaḥ api nādhvaśramaḥ śīghraṃ rathenāpatatas tava āryakas te sukuśalo yudhājin mātulas tava pravāsāc ca sukhaṃ putra sarvaṃ me vaktum arhasi
Translation
How many nights now, since you left
your grandfather’s house?
Are you not weary from the road,
flying so fast by chariot?
Is your grandfather well,
and Yudhajit, your uncle?
And your stay, was it happy, son?
Tell me everything.
लीला
नाना का घर छोड़े कितनी रातें हुईं? रथ पर इतनी जल्दी आए, थके तो नहीं? नाना कुशल से हैं? मामा युधाजित? सब बताओ, बेटा।
Subtitle
How many nights since you left?
Not tired from the road?
Are your grandfather and uncle well?
Tell me everything, son.
॥ 2.72.11–13 ॥
CrEd 2.66.11–13
भरतBharata
वाल्मीकि
शून्योऽयं शयनीयस् ते पर्यङ्को हेमभूषितः … राजा भवति भूयिष्ठम् इहाम्बाया निवेशने तम् अहं नाद्य पश्यामि द्रष्टुम् इच्छन्न् इहागतः पितुर् ग्रहीष्ये चरणौ तं ममाख्याहि पृच्छतः आहोस्विद् अम्ब ज्येष्ठायाः कौसल्याया निवेशने ॥
śūnyo 'yaṃ śayanīyas te paryaṅko hemabhūṣitaḥ … rājā bhavati bhūyiṣṭham ihāmbāyā niveśane tam ahaṃ nādya paśyāmi draṣṭum icchann ihāgataḥ pitur grahīṣye caraṇau taṃ mamākhyāhi pṛcchataḥ āhosvid amba jyeṣṭhāyāḥ kausalyāyā niveśane
Translation
Empty is this bed of yours,
the couch adorned with gold.
The king is mostly here,
in my mother’s house;
I do not see him today,
though I came here longing to see him.
I will take my father’s feet:
tell me, I ask you.
Or is he, mother, in the house
of Kausalya, the eldest?
लीला
माँ, आपका यह सोने का पलंग सूना है। पिताजी अक्सर यहीं रहते हैं; आज वे दिखते नहीं। मुझे उनके पाँव छूने हैं। या वे बड़ी माँ कौसल्या के महल में हैं?
Subtitle
Mother, your golden couch is empty.
Father is mostly here.
I want to touch his feet.
Or is he with Kausalya?
॥ 2.72.14–15a ॥
CrEd 2.66.14
कैकेयीKaikeyi
वाल्मीकि
या गतिः सर्वभूतानां तां गतिं ते पिता गतः ॥
yā gatiḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ tāṃ gatiṃ te pitā gataḥ
Translation
The way of all beings,
that way your father has gone.
लीला
जिस राह सब प्राणी जाते हैं, उसी राह तुम्हारे पिता चले गए।
Subtitle
Your father has gone
the way all beings go.
॥ 2.72.16 ॥
CrEd 2.66.15
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 2.72.19a, 20a ॥
CrEd 2.66.17
भरतBharata
वाल्मीकि
एतत् सुरुचिरं भाति पितुर् मे शयनं पुरा तद् इदं न विभात्य् अद्य विहीनं तेन धीमता ॥
etat suruciraṃ bhāti pitur me śayanaṃ purā tad idaṃ na vibhāty adya vihīnaṃ tena dhīmatā
Translation
This bed of my father’s
once shone so fair;
today it does not shine,
bereft of that wise one.
लीला
पिताजी का यह पलंग पहले कितना सुंदर लगता था। आज उनके बिना, इसमें वह चमक नहीं।
Subtitle
This bed of my father's
used to shine.
Today, without him,
it does not shine.
॥ 2.72.22a, 23b–24 ॥
CrEd 2.66.18–19
कैकेयीKaikeyi
वाल्मीकि
उत्तिष्ठोत्तिष्ठ किं शेषे राजपुत्र महायशः त्वद्विधा न हि शोचन्ति सन्तः सदसि संमताः ॥
uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha kiṃ śeṣe rājaputra mahāyaśaḥ tvadvidhā na hi śocanti santaḥ sadasi saṃmatāḥ
Translation
Rise, rise! Why lie there,
prince of great renown?
For such as you do not grieve,
good men, honoured in the assembly.
लीला
उठो, उठो, राजकुमार। ऐसे क्यों पड़े हो? तुम जैसे सज्जन, जिनका सभा में मान है, शोक नहीं करते।
Subtitle
Get up, get up, prince.
Why lie there?
Men like you, honoured in the assembly,
do not grieve.
॥ 2.72.26 ॥
CrEd 2.66.20
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 2.72.31 ॥
CrEd 2.66.25
भरतBharata
वाल्मीकि
क्व स पाणिः सुखस्पर्शस् तातस्याक्लिष्टकर्मणः येन मां रजसा ध्वस्तम् अभीक्ष्णं परिमार्जति ॥
kva sa pāṇiḥ sukhasparśas tātasyākliṣṭakarmaṇaḥ yena māṃ rajasā dhvastam abhīkṣṇaṃ parimārjati
Translation
Where is that hand, so kind to the touch,
of my father, tireless in his deeds,
with which, when I was grimed with dust,
he would wipe me clean, again and again?
लीला
कहाँ है पिताजी का वह कोमल हाथ, जो धूल में सने मुझको बार-बार पोंछ देता था?
Subtitle
Where is my father's gentle hand,
that wiped me clean
whenever I came
covered in dust?
॥ 2.72.11 ॥
CrEd 2.66.11
silent moment मौन क्षण
For your sake
॥ 2.72.32 ॥
CrEd 2.66.26
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 2.72.32–33 ॥
CrEd 2.66.26–27
भरतBharata
वाल्मीकि
यो मे भ्राता पिता बन्धुर् यस्य दासोऽस्मि धीमतः तस्य मां शीघ्रम् आख्याहि रामस्याक्लिष्टकर्मणः … तस्य पादौ ग्रहीष्यामि स हीदानीं गतिर् मम ॥
yo me bhrātā pitā bandhur yasya dāso 'smi dhīmataḥ tasya māṃ śīghram ākhyāhi rāmasyākliṣṭakarmaṇaḥ … tasya pādau grahīṣyāmi sa hīdānīṃ gatir mama
Translation
He who is my brother, father, kin,
the wise one whose servant I am:
tell me quickly of him,
of Rama, tireless in his deeds.
I will take hold of his feet,
for he is now my refuge.
लीला
जल्दी बताइए, राम कहाँ हैं? वही मेरे भाई हैं, पिता हैं, बंधु हैं; मैं उनका दास हूँ। मैं उनके पाँव पकड़ूँगा। अब वही मेरा सहारा हैं।
Subtitle
Tell me of Rama:
my brother, my father, my kin.
I will hold his feet.
He is my refuge now.
॥ 2.72.36–38 ॥
CrEd 2.66.29–31
कैकेयीKaikeyi
वाल्मीकि
रामेति राजा विलपन् हा सीते लक्ष्मणेति च स महात्मा परं लोकं गतो गतिमतां वरः … सिद्धार्थास् तु नरा रामम् आगतं सीतया सह लक्ष्मणं च महाबाहुं द्रक्ष्यन्ति पुनर् आगतम् ॥
rāmeti rājā vilapan hā sīte lakṣmaṇeti ca sa mahātmā paraṃ lokaṃ gato gatimatāṃ varaḥ … siddhārthās tu narā rāmam āgataṃ sītayā saha lakṣmaṇaṃ ca mahābāhuṃ drakṣyanti punar āgatam
Translation
Crying “Rama!”, the king,
and “Ah, Sita! Lakshmana!”,
that great soul went to the other world,
best of those who reach the goal.
“Fulfilled are the men who will see Rama
come home, and Sita with him,
and Lakshmana, the mighty-armed,
come back again.”
लीला
"राम! हा सीते! लक्ष्मण!" पुकारते-पुकारते राजा परलोक चले गए। उनके आख़िरी शब्द थे: "धन्य होंगे वे लोग, जो राम को सीता के साथ, और लक्ष्मण को, लौटते देखेंगे।"
Subtitle
He died crying,
"Rama! Sita! Lakshmana!"
His last words: "Blessed are those
who see them come home."
॥ 2.72.39–40 ॥
CrEd 2.66.32–33
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 2.72.42 ॥
CrEd 2.66.35
कैकेयीKaikeyi
वाल्मीकि
स हि राजसुतः पुत्र चीरवासा महावनम् दण्डकान् सह वैदेह्या लक्ष्मणानुचरो गतः ॥
sa hi rājasutaḥ putra cīravāsā mahāvanam daṇḍakān saha vaidehyā lakṣmaṇānucaro gataḥ
Translation
For that prince, my son, in bark clothes,
has gone to the great forest,
to the Dandakas, with Vaidehi,
and Lakshmana following.
लीला
बेटा, वह राजकुमार छाल के कपड़े पहनकर वैदेही के साथ दण्डक के महावन में चला गया। लक्ष्मण उसके पीछे-पीछे गया।
Subtitle
Son, he has gone in bark clothes
to the Dandaka forest,
with Vaidehi,
and Lakshmana behind him.
॥ 2.72.44–45 ॥
CrEd 2.66.37–38
भरतBharata
वाल्मीकि
कच्चिन् न ब्राह्मणधनं हृतं रामेण कस्य चित् ।
कच्चिन् नाढ्यो दरिद्रो वा तेनापापो विहिंसितः ।
कच्चिन् न परदारान् वा राजपुत्रोऽभिमन्यते ।
कस्मात् स दण्डकारण्ये भ्रूणहेव विवासितः ॥
kaccin na brāhmaṇadhanaṃ hṛtaṃ rāmeṇa kasya cit
kaccin nāḍhyo daridro vā tenāpāpo vihiṃsitaḥ
kaccin na paradārān vā rājaputro 'bhimanyate
kasmāt sa daṇḍakāraṇye bhrūṇaheva vivāsitaḥ
Translation
Has Rama taken, I hope not,
a brahmin’s wealth from anyone?
Has he harmed some guiltless man,
whether rich or poor?
Does the prince, I hope not,
desire another’s wife?
Why to the Dandaka forest
was he banished, like a killer of the unborn?
लीला
क्या राम ने किसी ब्राह्मण का धन छीना? किसी निर्दोष को सताया? किसी पराई स्त्री पर मन डाला? फिर उन्हें हत्यारे की तरह वन क्यों भेजा गया?
Subtitle
Did Rama rob a brahmin?
Harm an innocent man?
Desire another's wife?
Why was he banished like a murderer?
॥ 2.72.48–50 ॥
CrEd 2.66.40–42
कैकेयीKaikeyi
वाल्मीकि
न ब्राह्मणधनं किं चिद् धृतं रामेण कस्य चित् कश् चिन् नाढ्यो दरिद्रो वा तेनापापो विहिंसितः … मया तु पुत्र श्रुत्वैव रामस्यैवाभिषेचनम् याचितस् ते पिता राज्यं रामस्य च विवासनम् स स्ववृत्तिं समास्थाय पिता ते तत् तथाकरोत् ॥
na brāhmaṇadhanaṃ kiṃ cid dhṛtaṃ rāmeṇa kasya cit kaś cin nāḍhyo daridro vā tenāpāpo vihiṃsitaḥ … mayā tu putra śrutvaiva rāmasyaivābhiṣecanam yācitas te pitā rājyaṃ rāmasya ca vivāsanam sa svavṛttiṃ samāsthāya pitā te tat tathākarot
Translation
No brahmin’s wealth at all
did Rama take from anyone;
no guiltless man, rich or poor,
was ever harmed by him.
But I, son, the moment I heard
of Rama’s consecration,
asked your father for the kingdom,
and for Rama’s banishment.
Your father, true to his own way,
did it, even so.
लीला
राम ने किसी का कुछ नहीं बिगाड़ा। पर बेटा, राम के अभिषेक की बात सुनते ही मैंने तुम्हारे पिता से राज माँगा, और राम का वनवास। अपने वचन पर टिककर उन्होंने वही किया।
Subtitle
Rama wronged no one.
But I, son, asked your father
for the kingdom, and Rama's exile.
True to his word, he did it.
॥ 2.72.51–52 ॥
CrEd 2.66.43–44
कैकेयीKaikeyi
वाल्मीकि
तम् अपश्यन् प्रियं पुत्रं महीपालो महायशाः पुत्रशोकपरिद्यूनः पञ्चत्वम् उपपेदिवान् त्वया त्व् इदानीं धर्मज्ञ राजत्वम् अवलम्ब्यताम् त्वत्कृते हि मया सर्वम् इदम् एवंविधं कृतम् ॥
tam apaśyan priyaṃ putraṃ mahīpālo mahāyaśāḥ putraśokaparidyūnaḥ pañcatvam upapedivān tvayā tv idānīṃ dharmajña rājatvam avalambyatām tvatkṛte hi mayā sarvam idam evaṃvidhaṃ kṛtam
Translation
Not seeing his beloved son,
the glorious lord of the earth,
worn away by grief for his son,
returned to the five elements.
Now you, who know dharma,
take up the kingship;
for your sake I have done
all this, in this way.
लीला
प्यारे बेटे के शोक में घुलकर महाराज चल बसे। अब तुम, धर्म को जानने वाले, यह राजपद संभालो। यह सब मैंने तुम्हारे लिए ही किया है।
Subtitle
Grieving for his son, the king died.
Now take the kingship.
All this
I did for you.
॥ 2.73.1 ॥
CrEd 2.67.1
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 2.73.2–3 ॥
CrEd 2.67.2–3
भरतBharata
वाल्मीकि
किं नु कार्यं हतस्येह मम राज्येन शोचतः विहीनस्याथ पित्रा च भ्रात्रा पितृसमेन च दुःखे मे दुःखम् अकरोर् व्रणे क्षारम् इवादधाः ॥
kiṃ nu kāryaṃ hatasyeha mama rājyena śocataḥ vihīnasyātha pitrā ca bhrātrā pitṛsamena ca duḥkhe me duḥkham akaror vraṇe kṣāram ivādadhāḥ
Translation
What use to me is a kingdom,
struck down as I am, and grieving,
bereft of my father,
and of a brother like a father?
Grief upon my grief you have laid,
like caustic on a wound.
लीला
पिता नहीं रहे, पिता-जैसे भाई भी नहीं; मैं इस राज का क्या करूँ? तुमने मेरे दुख पर दुख रख दिया, जैसे घाव पर नमक।
Subtitle
No father, no brother:
what is a kingdom to me?
You laid grief on my grief,
like salt on a wound.
॥ 2.73.4 ॥
CrEd 2.67.4
भरतBharata
वाल्मीकि
कुलस्य त्वम् अभावाय कालरात्रिर् इवागता अङ्गारम् उपगूह्य स्म पिता मे नावबुद्धवान् ॥
kulasya tvam abhāvāya kālarātrir ivāgatā aṅgāram upagūhya sma pitā me nāvabuddhavān
Translation
For the ending of this house
you came, like the night of doom;
my father held a burning coal
to his breast, and never knew.
लीला
तुम इस कुल का नाश करने कालरात्रि बनकर आईं। मेरे पिता ने एक अंगारे को छाती से लगाए रखा, और उन्हें पता ही न चला।
Subtitle
You came like the night of doom
to end this house.
My father held a burning coal to his heart,
and never knew.
॥ 2.74.1 ॥
CrEd 2.68.1
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 2.74.15–17 ॥
CrEd 2.68.15–17
वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption
वाल्मीकि
अन्यदा किल धर्मज्ञा सुरभिः सुरसंमता ।
वहमानौ ददर्शोर्व्यां पुत्रौ विगतचेतसौ ।
ताव् अर्धदिवसे श्रान्तौ दृष्ट्वा पुत्रौ महीतले ।
रुरोद पुत्रशोकेन बाष्पपर्याकुलेक्षणा ।
अधस्ताद् व्रजतस् तस्याः सुरराज्ञो महात्मनः ।
बिन्दवः पतिता गात्रे सूक्ष्माः सुरभिगन्धिनः ॥
anyadā kila dharmajñā surabhiḥ surasaṃmatā
vahamānau dadarśorvyāṃ putrau vigatacetasau
tāv ardhadivase śrāntau dṛṣṭvā putrau mahītale
ruroda putraśokena bāṣpaparyākulekṣaṇā
adhastād vrajatas tasyāḥ surarājño mahātmanaḥ
bindavaḥ patitā gātre sūkṣmāḥ surabhigandhinaḥ
Translation
Once, they say, Surabhi,
knower of dharma, honoured by the gods,
saw upon the earth her two sons
straining at the yoke, their senses gone.
Seeing them spent at midday,
her two sons upon the ground,
she wept in grief for her sons,
her eyes clouded with tears.
As there passed beneath her
the great-souled king of the gods,
drops fell upon his body,
fine, and sweet with fragrance.
Subtitle
Once Surabhi, mother of cows,
saw her two sons fainting at the plough,
and wept. Her tears fell
as fine, fragrant drops on Indra.
॥ 2.74.25 ॥
CrEd 2.68.23
वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption
वाल्मीकि
मम कायात् प्रसूतौ हि दुःखितौ भारपीडितौ ।
यौ दृष्ट्वा परितप्येऽहं नास्ति पुत्रसमः प्रियः ॥
mama kāyāt prasūtau hi duḥkhitau bhārapīḍitau
yau dṛṣṭvā paritapye 'haṃ nāsti putrasamaḥ priyaḥ
Translation
Born of my body are these two,
suffering, crushed beneath the load;
seeing them, I burn:
nothing is dear as a son.
Subtitle
"They were born of my body,
and they suffer under the load.
I burn to see them.
Nothing is as dear as a son."
॥ 2.74.28–29 ॥
CrEd 2.68.24–25
भरतBharata
वाल्मीकि
यस्याः पुत्रसहस्राणि सापि शोचति कामधुक् किं पुनर् या विना रामं कौसल्या वर्तयिष्यति एकपुत्रा च साध्वी च विवत्सेयं त्वया कृता ॥
yasyāḥ putrasahasrāṇi sāpi śocati kāmadhuk kiṃ punar yā vinā rāmaṃ kausalyā vartayiṣyati ekaputrā ca sādhvī ca vivatseyaṃ tvayā kṛtā
Translation
She whose sons are thousands,
even she grieves, the cow of plenty;
how much more Kausalya:
how will she live without Rama?
One son she had, and she is good,
and you have made her calfless.
लीला
जिसके हज़ार बेटे हैं, वह कामधेनु भी रोती है। तो राम के बिना कौसल्या माँ कैसे जिएँगी? एक ही बेटा था उस साध्वी का, और तुमने उसका बछड़ा छीन लिया।
Subtitle
If Surabhi, with a thousand sons, still grieves,
how will Kausalya live without Rama?
One son she had,
and you took her calf.
॥ 2.74.30–31 ॥
CrEd 2.68.26–27
भरतBharata
वाल्मीकि
अहं ह्य् अपचितिं भ्रातुः पितुश् च सकलाम् इमाम् … करिष्यामि … आनाययित्वा तनयं कौसल्याया महाद्युतिम् स्वयम् एव प्रवेक्ष्यामि वनं मुनिनिषेवितम् ॥
ahaṃ hy apacitiṃ bhrātuḥ pituś ca sakalām imām … kariṣyāmi … ānāyayitvā tanayaṃ kausalyāyā mahādyutim svayam eva pravekṣyāmi vanaṃ muniniṣevitam
Translation
For I will pay my brother and my father
this debt of honour, all of it;
I will;
I will have Kausalya’s son brought home,
the son of great splendour,
and I myself will enter
the forest where the sages dwell.
लीला
मैं भाई और पिता का सारा ऋण चुकाऊँगा। कौसल्या के तेजस्वी बेटे को मैं लौटा लाऊँगा, और मुनियों वाले वन में ख़ुद चला जाऊँगा।
Subtitle
I will repay my brother and my father.
I will bring Kausalya's son home,
and go into the forest
myself.
॥ 2.74.35–36 ॥
CrEd 2.68.28–29
वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption
वाल्मीकि
इति नाग इवारण्ये तोमराङ्कुशचोदितः ।
पपात भुवि संक्रुद्धो निःश्वसन्न् इव पन्नगः ।
संरक्तनेत्रः शिथिलाम्बरस् तदा विधूतसर्वाभरणः परंतपः ।
बभूव भूमौ पतितो नृपात्मजः शचीपतेः केतुर् इवोत्सवक्षये ॥
iti nāga ivāraṇye tomarāṅkuśacoditaḥ
papāta bhuvi saṃkruddho niḥśvasann iva pannagaḥ
saṃraktanetraḥ śithilāmbaras tadā vidhūtasarvābharaṇaḥ paraṃtapaḥ
babhūva bhūmau patito nṛpātmajaḥ śacīpateḥ ketur ivotsavakṣaye
Translation
So, like an elephant in the forest
goaded by lance and hook,
he fell to the ground in fury,
hissing like a serpent.
Eyes red, his garment loosened then,
all his ornaments cast off, the scorcher of foes,
the king’s son lay fallen on the earth,
like Shachi’s lord’s banner when the festival is done.
Subtitle
Eyes red, his garment loose,
his ornaments flung away,
he lay on the ground
like Indra's banner when the festival is over.
Mother and son
॥ 2.75.5 ॥
CrEd 2.69.1
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 2.75.6 ॥
CrEd 2.69.2
Kausalya
वाल्मीकि
आगतः क्रूरकार्यायाः कैकेय्या भरतः सुतः तम् अहं द्रष्टुम् इच्छामि भरतं दीर्घदर्शिनम् ॥
āgataḥ krūrakāryāyāḥ kaikeyyā bharataḥ sutaḥ tam ahaṃ draṣṭum icchāmi bharataṃ dīrghadarśinam
Translation
He has come, son of Kaikeyi,
she of the cruel deed: Bharata.
I wish to see him,
Bharata, the far-seeing.
लीला
क्रूर काम करने वाली कैकेयी का बेटा भरत आ गया है। मैं उस दूरदर्शी भरत को देखना चाहती हूँ।
Subtitle
Bharata has come,
cruel Kaikeyi's son.
I want to see him,
this far-seeing Bharata.
॥ 2.75.7–9 ॥
CrEd 2.69.3–5
वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption
वाल्मीकि
एवम् उक्त्वा सुमित्रां सा विवर्णा मलिनाम्बरा ।
प्रतस्थे भरतो यत्र वेपमाना विचेतना ।
स तु रामानुजश् चापि शत्रुघ्नसहितस् तदा ।
प्रतस्थे भरतो यत्र कौसल्याया निवेशनम् ।
ततः शत्रुघ्नभरतौ कौसल्यां प्रेक्ष्य दुःखितौ ।
पर्यष्वजेतां दुःखार्तां पतितां नष्टचेतनाम् ॥
evam uktvā sumitrāṃ sā vivarṇā malināmbarā
pratasthe bharato yatra vepamānā vicetanā
sa tu rāmānujaś cāpi śatrughnasahitas tadā
pratasthe bharato yatra kausalyāyā niveśanam
tataḥ śatrughnabharatau kausalyāṃ prekṣya duḥkhitau
paryaṣvajetāṃ duḥkhārtāṃ patitāṃ naṣṭacetanām
Translation
So she spoke to Sumitra, and pale,
in soiled garments,
she set out to where Bharata was,
trembling, her senses failing.
And he, Rama’s younger brother,
with Shatrughna at his side,
Bharata set out for where
Kausalya’s dwelling was.
Then Shatrughna and Bharata, grieving,
beholding Kausalya,
held her close, stricken with sorrow,
fallen, her senses gone.
Subtitle
Pale, in soiled clothes, trembling,
half-conscious, she went to him.
Bharata and Shatrughna, coming to her,
held her as she fell.
॥ 2.75.11 ॥
CrEd 2.69.6
Kausalya
वाल्मीकि
इदं ते राज्यकामस्य राज्यं प्राप्तम् अकण्टकम् संप्राप्तं बत कैकेय्या शीघ्रं क्रूरेण कर्मणा ॥
idaṃ te rājyakāmasya rājyaṃ prāptam akaṇṭakam saṃprāptaṃ bata kaikeyyā śīghraṃ krūreṇa karmaṇā
Translation
Here is the kingdom you desired,
yours now, without a thorn;
won, alas, by Kaikeyi,
swiftly, by a cruel deed.
लीला
राज चाहने वाले, लो, यह राज तुम्हें मिल गया, बिना किसी काँटे के। हाय, कैकेयी ने अपने क्रूर काम से इसे कितनी जल्दी पा लिया।
Subtitle
Here is your kingdom,
the one you wanted, free of thorns.
Kaikeyi won it, alas,
quickly, by a cruel deed.
॥ 2.75.13–14 ॥
CrEd 2.69.8–9
Kausalya
वाल्मीकि
क्षिप्रं माम् अपि कैकेयी प्रस्थापयितुम् अर्हति हिरण्यनाभो यत्रास्ते सुतो मे सुमहायशाः अथ वा स्वयम् एवाहं सुमित्रानुचरा सुखम् अग्निहोत्रं पुरस्कृत्य प्रस्थास्ये यत्र राघवः ॥
kṣipraṃ mām api kaikeyī prasthāpayitum arhati hiraṇyanābho yatrāste suto me sumahāyaśāḥ atha vā svayam evāhaṃ sumitrānucarā sukham agnihotraṃ puraskṛtya prasthāsye yatra rāghavaḥ
Translation
Let Kaikeyi send me too,
and swiftly, to where he dwells,
my son of the golden navel,
my son of great renown.
Or else I myself, gladly,
with Sumitra following,
my sacred fire borne before me,
will go to where Raghava is.
लीला
कैकेयी मुझे भी जल्दी वहीं भेज दे, जहाँ मेरा यशस्वी बेटा है। या मैं ख़ुद, सुमित्रा को साथ लिए, अपनी अग्निहोत्र की आग आगे रखकर, वहाँ चली जाऊँगी जहाँ राघव है।
Subtitle
Let her send me too,
to where my son is.
Or I will go myself,
my sacred fire carried before me.
॥ 2.75.19 ॥
CrEd 2.69.12
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 2.75.20 ॥
CrEd 2.69.13
भरतBharata
वाल्मीकि
आर्ये कस्माद् अजानन्तं गर्हसे माम् अकिल्बिषम् विपुलां च मम प्रीतिं स्थिरां जानासि राघवे ॥
ārye kasmād ajānantaṃ garhase mām akilbiṣam vipulāṃ ca mama prītiṃ sthirāṃ jānāsi rāghave
Translation
Noble lady, why blame me,
who knew nothing, who am without sin?
You know my love for Raghava,
how great it is, and firm.
लीला
आर्ये, मुझे क्यों दोष देती हैं? मुझे कुछ पता ही नहीं था; मैं निर्दोष हूँ। आप तो जानती हैं, राघव से मेरा प्रेम कितना गहरा है, कितना अटल।
Subtitle
Lady, why blame me?
I knew nothing.
You know how deep
and firm my love for Raghava is.
॥ 2.75.22 ॥
CrEd 2.69.15
भरतBharata
वाल्मीकि
प्रैष्यं पापीयसां यातु … हन्तु पादेन गां सुप्तां यस्यार्योऽनुमते गतः ॥
praiṣyaṃ pāpīyasāṃ yātu … hantu pādena gāṃ suptāṃ yasyāryo 'numate gataḥ
Translation
May he go as servant to the wicked;
may he kick a sleeping cow,
by whose consent my noble brother went.
लीला
जिसकी सहमति से आर्य वन गए, वह नीचों का चाकर बने; वह सोती हुई गाय को लात मारे।
Subtitle
Whoever agreed to my brother's going,
may he serve the wicked;
may he kick
a sleeping cow.
॥ 2.75.34 ॥
CrEd 2.69.23
भरतBharata
वाल्मीकि
पुत्रैर् दारैश् च भृत्यैश् च स्वगृहे परिवारितः स एको मृष्टम् अश्नातु यस्यार्योऽनुमते गतः ॥
putrair dāraiś ca bhṛtyaiś ca svagṛhe parivāritaḥ sa eko mṛṣṭam aśnātu yasyāryo 'numate gataḥ
Translation
With his sons, his wife, his servants
around him in his house,
may he eat sweet food alone,
by whose consent my noble brother went.
लीला
जिसकी सहमति से आर्य वन गए, वह अपने ही घर में, बच्चों, पत्नी और सेवकों से घिरा, अकेला मीठा खाए।
Subtitle
Whoever agreed to it,
may he eat sweets alone in his house,
his children, wife and servants
looking on.
॥ 2.75.46–47 ॥
CrEd 2.69.27–28
भरतBharata
वाल्मीकि
देवतानां पितॄणां च माता पित्रोस् तथैव च मा स्म कार्षीत् स शुश्रूषां यस्यार्योऽनुमते गतः सतां लोकात् सतां कीर्त्याः सज्जुष्टात् कर्मणस् तथा भ्रश्यतु क्षिप्रम् अद्यैव यस्यार्योऽनुमते गतः ॥
devatānāṃ pitṝṇāṃ ca mātā pitros tathaiva ca mā sma kārṣīt sa śuśrūṣāṃ yasyāryo 'numate gataḥ satāṃ lokāt satāṃ kīrtyāḥ sajjuṣṭāt karmaṇas tathā bhraśyatu kṣipram adyaiva yasyāryo 'numate gataḥ
Translation
To the gods and to the fathers,
to his mother and his father,
may he give no service,
by whose consent my noble brother went.
From the world of the good, from their fame,
from the deeds the good hold dear,
may he fall, swiftly, this very day,
by whose consent my noble brother went.
लीला
जिसकी सहमति से आर्य वन गए, वह देवताओं, पितरों और माता-पिता की सेवा कभी न कर पाए; वह आज ही सज्जनों के लोक से गिर जाए।
Subtitle
Whoever agreed to it,
may he never serve gods, ancestors,
mother or father.
May he fall from the world of the good.
॥ 2.75.59 ॥
CrEd 2.69.29
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 2.75.60 ॥
CrEd 2.69.30
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 2.75.61–62 ॥
CrEd 2.69.31–32
Kausalya
वाल्मीकि
… पुत्र … शपथैः शपमानो हि प्राणान् उपरुणत्सि मे दिष्ट्या न चलितो धर्माद् आत्मा ते सहलक्ष्मणः वत्स सत्यप्रतिज्ञो मे सतां लोकान् अवाप्स्यसि ॥
… putra … śapathaiḥ śapamāno hi prāṇān uparuṇatsi me diṣṭyā na calito dharmād ātmā te sahalakṣmaṇaḥ vatsa satyapratijño me satāṃ lokān avāpsyasi
Translation
… son … swearing these oaths,
you stop my very breath.
Happily, from dharma has not swerved
your soul, nor Lakshmana’s;
my child, true to your word,
you will win the worlds of the good.
लीला
बेटा, ये कसमें खा-खाकर तुम मेरी साँस रोक रहे हो। भाग्य से तुम्हारा मन, लक्ष्मण की तरह, धर्म से नहीं डिगा। वत्स, तुम अपने वचन के सच्चे हो; तुम्हें सज्जनों का लोक मिलेगा।
Subtitle
Son, these oaths
stop my breath.
Like Lakshmana, you never left dharma.
My child, you are true to your word.
॥ 2.75.63 ॥
वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption
वाल्मीकि
इत्य् उक्त्वा चाङ्कम् आनीय भरतं भ्रातृवत्सलम् ।
परिष्वज्य महाबाहुं रुरोद भृशदुःखिता ॥
ity uktvā cāṅkam ānīya bharataṃ bhrātṛvatsalam
pariṣvajya mahābāhuṃ ruroda bhṛśaduḥkhitā
Translation
So saying, she drew to her lap
Bharata, who loved his brother;
embracing the mighty-armed one,
she wept, in bitter grief.
Subtitle
Saying this,
she drew Bharata onto her lap,
held him close,
and wept.
॥ 2.75.64–65 ॥
CrEd 2.69.33–34
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वाल्मीकि
एवं विलपमानस्य दुःखार्तस्य महात्मनः ।
मोहाच् च शोकसंरोधाद् बभूव लुलितं मनः ।
लालप्यमानस्य विचेतनस्य प्रनष्टबुद्धेः पतितस्य भूमौ ।
मुहुर् मुहुर् निःश्वसतश् च दीर्घं सा तस्य शोकेन जगाम रात्रिः ॥
evaṃ vilapamānasya duḥkhārtasya mahātmanaḥ
mohāc ca śokasaṃrodhād babhūva lulitaṃ manaḥ
lālapyamānasya vicetanasya pranaṣṭabuddheḥ patitasya bhūmau
muhur muhur niḥśvasataś ca dīrghaṃ sā tasya śokena jagāma rātriḥ
Translation
As he lamented thus,
the great soul, stricken with grief,
from bewilderment and the press of sorrow
his mind was shaken.
Lamenting, senseless,
his reason gone, fallen on the ground,
sighing long, again and again,
he passed that night in grief.
Subtitle
Lamenting, senseless,
lying on the ground,
sighing long, again and again,
he passed that night in grief.
The ashes
॥ 2.76.1 ॥
CrEd 2.70.1
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 2.76.2 ॥
CrEd 2.70.2
वसिष्ठVasishtha
वाल्मीकि
अलं शोकेन भद्रं ते राजपुत्र महायशः प्राप्तकालं नरपतेः कुरु संयानम् उत्तरम् ॥
alaṃ śokena bhadraṃ te rājaputra mahāyaśaḥ prāptakālaṃ narapateḥ kuru saṃyānam uttaram
Translation
Enough of grief, bless you,
prince of great renown;
the time has come: for the king
perform the last journey.
लीला
बस, राजकुमार, शोक बहुत हुआ। तुम्हारा कल्याण हो। समय आ गया है; महाराज की अंतिम यात्रा की तैयारी करो।
Subtitle
Enough grief, prince.
Bless you.
The time has come:
lead the king on his last journey.
॥ 2.76.9 ॥
CrEd 2.70.9
भरतBharata
वाल्मीकि
विधवा पृथिवी राजंस् त्वया हीना न राजते हीनचन्द्रेव रजनी नगरी प्रतिभाति माम् ॥
vidhavā pṛthivī rājaṃs tvayā hīnā na rājate hīnacandreva rajanī nagarī pratibhāti mām
Translation
A widow, King, is the earth;
without you she does not shine;
like a night without a moon
the city seems to me.
लीला
महाराज, आपके बिना यह धरती विधवा है; इसमें कोई शोभा नहीं। यह नगरी मुझे बिना चाँद की रात-सी लगती है।
Subtitle
Without you, King,
the earth is a widow, without light.
The city looks to me
like a night without a moon.
॥ 2.76.20–21, 23 ॥
CrEd 2.70.20–21, 23
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वाल्मीकि
प्रसव्यं चापि तं चक्रुर् ऋत्विजोऽग्निचितं नृपम् ।
स्त्रियश् च शोकसंतप्ताः कौसल्या प्रमुखास् तदा ।
क्रौञ्चीनाम् इव नारीणां निनादस् तत्र शुश्रुवे ।
आर्तानां करुणं काले क्रोशन्तीनां सहस्रशः ।
कृतोदकं ते भरतेन सार्धं नृपाङ्गना मन्त्रिपुरोहिताश् च ।
पुरं प्रविश्याश्रुपरीतनेत्रा भूमौ दशाहं व्यनयन्त दुःखम् ॥
prasavyaṃ cāpi taṃ cakrur ṛtvijo 'gnicitaṃ nṛpam
striyaś ca śokasaṃtaptāḥ kausalyā pramukhās tadā
krauñcīnām iva nārīṇāṃ ninādas tatra śuśruve
ārtānāṃ karuṇaṃ kāle krośantīnāṃ sahasraśaḥ
kṛtodakaṃ te bharatena sārdhaṃ nṛpāṅganā mantripurohitāś ca
puraṃ praviśyāśruparītanetrā bhūmau daśāhaṃ vyanayanta duḥkham
Translation
Round the king laid on the fire
the priests walked, keeping him on their left,
and the women, burning with grief,
Kausalya at their head.
Like the crying of cranes
the women’s wail was heard there,
piteous, at that hour, in their pain,
thousands of them crying out.
The water offered, with Bharata,
the king’s wives, ministers and priests
entered the city, eyes veiled in tears,
and spent ten days in grief upon the ground.
Subtitle
The priests and the queens, Kausalya first,
walked round the king's pyre,
and the women's cry rose,
thousands of them, like cranes.
॥ 2.77.6b–7a ॥
CrEd 2.71.6
भरतBharata
वाल्मीकि
तात यस्मिन् निषृष्टोऽहं त्वया भ्रातरि राघवे तस्मिन् वनं प्रव्रजिते शून्ये त्यक्तोऽस्म्य् अहं त्वया ॥
tāta yasmin niṣṛṣṭo 'haṃ tvayā bhrātari rāghave tasmin vanaṃ pravrajite śūnye tyakto 'smy ahaṃ tvayā
Translation
Father, the brother to whom you gave me,
Raghava, into his keeping:
now he is gone to the forest,
and you have left me in the void.
लीला
पिताजी, आपने मुझे भाई राघव के हाथों सौंपा था। वे वन चले गए, और आप मुझे इस सूने में अकेला छोड़ गए।
Subtitle
Father, you gave me
into my brother's care.
He is gone to the forest,
and you have left me alone.
॥ 2.77.8b–12a ॥
CrEd 2.71.8–11
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 2.77.13b–14a ॥
CrEd 2.71.13
Shatrughna
वाल्मीकि
मन्थराप्रभवस् तीव्रः कैकेयीग्राहसंकुलः वरदानमयोऽक्षोभ्योऽमज्जयच् छोकसागरः ॥
mantharāprabhavas tīvraḥ kaikeyīgrāhasaṃkulaḥ varadānamayo 'kṣobhyo 'majjayac chokasāgaraḥ
Translation
Sprung from Manthara, fierce,
thick with the crocodile Kaikeyi,
made of the boons, not to be stilled,
a sea of grief has drowned us.
लीला
मंथरा से उठा, कैकेयी-रूपी मगरमच्छ से भरा, वरदानों से बना, यह भयंकर शोक-सागर; इसने हमें डुबो दिया।
Subtitle
A sea of grief,
risen from Manthara,
full of the crocodile Kaikeyi,
made of the boons, has drowned us.
॥ 2.77.21b–22a, 23b–24a ॥
CrEd 2.71.21–22
वसिष्ठVasishtha
वाल्मीकि
त्रीणि द्वन्द्वानि भूतेषु प्रवृत्तान्य् अविशेषतः तेषु चापरिहार्येषु नैवं भवितुम् अर्हति ॥
trīṇi dvandvāni bhūteṣu pravṛttāny aviśeṣataḥ teṣu cāparihāryeṣu naivaṃ bhavitum arhati
Translation
Three pairs of opposites
move in all beings alike;
and since there is no escaping them,
you must not be this way.
लीला
हर प्राणी में तीन द्वन्द्व एक-से चलते हैं। जब इनसे कोई बच ही नहीं सकता, तो तुम्हें ऐसे नहीं टूटना चाहिए।
Subtitle
Three pairs of opposites
move in every being alike.
No one escapes them.
You must not break like this.
॥ 2.78.5–8 ॥
CrEd 2.72.5–7
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 2.78.11 ॥
CrEd 2.72.10
Shatrughna
वाल्मीकि
तीव्रम् उत्पादितं दुःखं भ्रातॄणां मे तथा पितुः यया सेयं नृशंसस्य कर्मणः फलम् अश्नुताम् ॥
tīvram utpāditaṃ duḥkhaṃ bhrātṝṇāṃ me tathā pituḥ yayā seyaṃ nṛśaṃsasya karmaṇaḥ phalam aśnutām
Translation
A bitter grief she brought about
for my brothers and my father:
let her taste the fruit
of her cruel deed.
लीला
इसी ने मेरे भाइयों और पिता पर यह कड़वा दुख ढाया है। अब यह अपने क्रूर काम का फल चखे।
Subtitle
She brought this grief
on my brothers and my father.
Now let her taste
the fruit of her cruelty.
॥ 2.78.16–18 ॥
CrEd 2.72.15–17
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वाल्मीकि
स च रोषेण ताम्राक्षः शत्रुघ्नः शत्रुतापनः ।
विचकर्ष तदा कुब्जां क्रोशन्तीं पृथिवीतले ।
तस्या ह्य् आकृष्यमाणाया मन्थरायास् ततस् ततः ।
चित्रं बहुविधं भाण्डं पृथिव्यां तद् व्यशीर्यत ।
तेन भाण्डेन संकीर्णं श्रीमद्राजनिवेशनम् ।
अशोभत तदा भूयः शारदं गगनं यथा ॥
sa ca roṣeṇa tāmrākṣaḥ śatrughnaḥ śatrutāpanaḥ
vicakarṣa tadā kubjāṃ krośantīṃ pṛthivītale
tasyā hy ākṛṣyamāṇāyā mantharāyās tatas tataḥ
citraṃ bahuvidhaṃ bhāṇḍaṃ pṛthivyāṃ tad vyaśīryata
tena bhāṇḍena saṃkīrṇaṃ śrīmadrājaniveśanam
aśobhata tadā bhūyaḥ śāradaṃ gaganaṃ yathā
Translation
And he, his eyes copper-red with anger,
Shatrughna, scorcher of foes,
dragged the hunchback then
screaming across the floor.
And as she was dragged,
Manthara, this way and that,
her bright and many trinkets
broke and scattered on the ground.
Strewn with those trinkets,
the splendid royal palace
shone then all the more,
like an autumn sky.
Subtitle
He dragged the screaming hunchback
across the floor. Her ornaments scattered,
and the palace, strewn with them,
shone like an autumn sky.
॥ 2.78.19–20 ॥
CrEd 2.72.18–19
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 2.78.21–22 ॥
CrEd 2.72.20–21
भरतBharata
वाल्मीकि
अवध्याः सर्वभूतानां प्रमदाः क्षम्यताम् इति हन्याम् अहम् इमां पापां कैकेयीं दुष्टचारिणीम् यदि मां धार्मिको रामो नासूयेन् मातृघातकम् ॥
avadhyāḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ pramadāḥ kṣamyatām iti hanyām aham imāṃ pāpāṃ kaikeyīṃ duṣṭacāriṇīm yadi māṃ dhārmiko rāmo nāsūyen mātṛghātakam
Translation
No woman may be slain by any being:
forgive.
I would slay this wicked one myself,
Kaikeyi, evil in her ways,
if righteous Rama would not scorn me
as a mother’s killer.
लीला
स्त्री का वध कोई नहीं करता। क्षमा करो। मैं ख़ुद इस पापिनी कैकेयी को मार डालता, अगर धर्मात्मा राम मुझे मातृहंता कहकर न धिक्कारते।
Subtitle
No one may kill a woman. Forgive.
I would kill this wicked Kaikeyi myself,
but righteous Rama would despise me
as a mother-killer.
॥ 2.78.23 ॥
CrEd 2.72.22
भरतBharata
वाल्मीकि
इमाम् अपि हतां कुब्जां यदि जानाति राघवः त्वां च मां चैव धर्मात्मा नाभिभाषिष्यते ध्रुवम् ॥
imām api hatāṃ kubjāṃ yadi jānāti rāghavaḥ tvāṃ ca māṃ caiva dharmātmā nābhibhāṣiṣyate dhruvam
Translation
If Raghava learns that even she,
this hunchback, has been slain,
to you and to me the righteous one
will surely never speak.
लीला
अगर राघव जान लें कि इस कुबड़ी को भी मारा गया, तो वे धर्मात्मा न तुमसे कभी बोलेंगे, न मुझसे।
Subtitle
If Raghava knew
even this hunchback were killed,
he would never speak
to you or me again.
॥ 2.78.24–26 ॥
CrEd 2.72.23–25
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वाल्मीकि
भरतस्य वचः श्रुत्वा शत्रुघ्नो लक्ष्मणानुजः ।
न्यवर्तत ततो रोषात् तां मुमोच च मन्थराम् ।
सा पादमूले कैकेय्या मन्थरा निपपात ह ।
निःश्वसन्ती सुदुःखार्ता कृपणं विललाप च ।
शत्रुघ्नविक्षेपविमूढसंज्ञां समीक्ष्य कुब्जां भरतस्य माता ।
शनैः समाश्वासयद् आर्तरूपां क्रौञ्चीं विलग्नाम् इव वीक्षमाणाम् ॥
bharatasya vacaḥ śrutvā śatrughno lakṣmaṇānujaḥ
nyavartata tato roṣāt tāṃ mumoca ca mantharām
sā pādamūle kaikeyyā mantharā nipapāta ha
niḥśvasantī suduḥkhārtā kṛpaṇaṃ vilalāpa ca
śatrughnavikṣepavimūḍhasaṃjñāṃ samīkṣya kubjāṃ bharatasya mātā
śanaiḥ samāśvāsayad ārtarūpāṃ krauñcīṃ vilagnām iva vīkṣamāṇām
Translation
Hearing Bharata’s words,
Shatrughna, Lakshmana’s younger brother,
turned back from his anger
and let Manthara go.
At Kaikeyi’s feet
Manthara fell down,
sighing, in deep distress,
and wept a piteous lament.
Stunned by Shatrughna’s handling,
the hunchback: Bharata’s mother saw her,
and slowly comforted the stricken one,
gazing about like a crane caught in a snare.
Subtitle
Bharata's mother slowly comforted the stunned hunchback,
who lay at her feet
looking about her
like a crane caught in a snare.