Rama will be king
॥ 2.79.1 ॥
CrEd 2.73.1
silent moment
॥ 2.79.2 ॥
CrEd 2.73.2
AssemblyB
Sanskrit
गतो दशरथः स्वर्गं यो नो गुरुतरो गुरुः रामं प्रव्राज्य वै ज्येष्ठं लक्ष्मणं च महाबलम् ॥
gato daśarathaḥ svargaṃ yo no gurutaro guruḥ rāmaṃ pravrājya vai jyeṣṭhaṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ ca mahābalam
English
Dasharatha has gone to heaven,
he, the weightiest of our elders,
having sent Rama, the eldest, into exile,
and Lakshmana of mighty strength.
॥ 2.79.3 ॥
CrEd 2.73.3
AssemblyB
Sanskrit
त्वम् अद्य भव नो राजा राजपुत्र महायशः संगत्या नापराध्नोति राज्यम् एतद् अनायकम् ॥
tvam adya bhava no rājā rājaputra mahāyaśaḥ saṃgatyā nāparādhnoti rājyam etad anāyakam
English
Be our king today,
O prince of great renown;
only by fortune has this realm,
leaderless, come to no harm.
॥ 2.79.4 ॥
CrEd 2.73.4
AssemblyB
Sanskrit
आभिषेचनिकं सर्वम् इदम् आदाय राघव प्रतीक्षते त्वां स्वजनः श्रेणयश् च नृपात्मज ॥
ābhiṣecanikaṃ sarvam idam ādāya rāghava pratīkṣate tvāṃ svajanaḥ śreṇayaś ca nṛpātmaja
English
All these things for the consecration
they have brought, Raghava;
your own people wait for you,
and the guilds, O son of the king.
॥ 2.79.5 ॥
CrEd 2.73.5
AssemblyB
Sanskrit
राज्यं गृहाण भरत पितृपैतामहं महत् अभिषेचय चात्मानं पाहि चास्मान् नरर्षभ ॥
rājyaṃ gṛhāṇa bharata pitṛpaitāmahaṃ mahat abhiṣecaya cātmānaṃ pāhi cāsmān nararṣabha
English
Take the kingdom, Bharata,
the great realm of your fathers and their fathers;
have yourself consecrated,
and guard us, bull among men.
॥ 2.79.6 ॥
CrEd 2.73.6
Valmikiverse caption
Sanskrit
आभिषेचनिकं भाण्डं कृत्वा सर्वं प्रदक्षिणम् ।
भरतस् तं जनं सर्वं प्रत्युवाच धृतव्रतः ॥
ābhiṣecanikaṃ bhāṇḍaṃ kṛtvā sarvaṃ pradakṣiṇam
bharatas taṃ janaṃ sarvaṃ pratyuvāca dhṛtavrataḥ
English
Round all the consecration vessels
he walked, keeping them to his right;
then Bharata, firm in his vow,
answered all that gathering.
॥ 2.79.7 ॥
CrEd 2.73.7
Bharata
Sanskrit
ज्येष्ठस्य राजता नित्यम् उचिता हि कुलस्य नः नैवं भवन्तो मां वक्तुम् अर्हन्ति कुशला जनाः ॥
jyeṣṭhasya rājatā nityam ucitā hi kulasya naḥ naivaṃ bhavanto māṃ vaktum arhanti kuśalā janāḥ
English
The kingship is the eldest’s always,
as is fitting in our house;
you should not speak to me thus,
you who are wise men.
॥ 2.79.8 ॥
CrEd 2.73.8
Bharata
Sanskrit
रामः पूर्वो हि नो भ्राता भविष्यति महीपतिः अहं त्व् अरण्ये वत्स्यामि वर्षाणि नव पञ्च च ॥
rāmaḥ pūrvo hi no bhrātā bhaviṣyati mahīpatiḥ ahaṃ tv araṇye vatsyāmi varṣāṇi nava pañca ca
English
Rama, our elder brother,
shall be lord of the earth;
and I will dwell in the forest
for years nine and five.
॥ 2.79.9 ॥
CrEd 2.73.9
Bharata
Sanskrit
युज्यतां महती सेना चतुरङ्गमहाबला आनयिष्याम्य् अहं ज्येष्ठं भ्रातरं राघवं वनात् ॥
yujyatāṃ mahatī senā caturaṅgamahābalā ānayiṣyāmy ahaṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ bhrātaraṃ rāghavaṃ vanāt
English
Let a great army be yoked,
mighty in all its four arms;
I will bring my elder brother,
Raghava, back from the forest.
॥ 2.79.10 ॥
CrEd 2.73.10
Bharata
Sanskrit
आभिषेचनिकं चैव सर्वम् एतद् उपस्कृतम् पुरस्कृत्य गमिष्यामि रामहेतोर् वनं प्रति ॥
ābhiṣecanikaṃ caiva sarvam etad upaskṛtam puraskṛtya gamiṣyāmi rāmahetor vanaṃ prati
English
And all these things prepared
for the consecration
I will carry before me to the forest,
going there for Rama.
॥ 2.79.11 ॥
CrEd 2.73.11
Bharata
Sanskrit
तत्रैव तं नरव्याघ्रम् अभिषिच्य पुरस्कृतम् आनेष्यामि तु वै रामं हव्यवाहम् इवाध्वरात् ॥
tatraiva taṃ naravyāghram abhiṣicya puraskṛtam āneṣyāmi tu vai rāmaṃ havyavāham ivādhvarāt
English
There I will consecrate
that tiger among men, honoured before all,
and I will bring Rama home
as the sacred fire is borne from the rite.
॥ 2.79.12 ॥
CrEd 2.73.12
Bharata
Sanskrit
न सकामा करिष्यामि स्वम् इमां मातृगन्धिनीम् वने वत्स्याम्य् अहं दुर्गे रामो राजा भविष्यति ॥
na sakāmā kariṣyāmi svam imāṃ mātṛgandhinīm vane vatsyāmy ahaṃ durge rāmo rājā bhaviṣyati
English
I will not grant her wish,
this mother of mine only in name;
I will dwell in the hard forest,
and Rama shall be king.
॥ 2.79.13 ॥
CrEd 2.73.13
Bharata
Sanskrit
क्रियतां शिल्पिभिः पन्थाः समानि विषमाणि च रक्षिणश् चानुसंयान्तु पथि दुर्गविचारकाः ॥
kriyatāṃ śilpibhiḥ panthāḥ samāni viṣamāṇi ca rakṣiṇaś cānusaṃyāntu pathi durgavicārakāḥ
English
Let craftsmen make a road
over the level ground and the rough,
and let guards go with them on the way,
men who know the hard places.
॥ 2.79.15 ॥
CrEd 2.73.15
AssemblyB
Sanskrit
एवं ते भाषमाणस्य पद्मा श्रीर् उपतिष्ठताम् यस् त्वं ज्येष्ठे नृपसुते पृथिवीं दातुम् इच्छसि ॥
evaṃ te bhāṣamāṇasya padmā śrīr upatiṣṭhatām yas tvaṃ jyeṣṭhe nṛpasute pṛthivīṃ dātum icchasi
English
As you speak thus, may Shri
of the lotus attend on you,
who wish to give the earth
to the king’s eldest son.
॥ 2.79.16 ॥
CrEd 2.73.16
silent moment
॥ 2.79.17 ॥
CrEd 2.73.17
AssemblyB
Sanskrit
ऊचुस् ते वचनम् इदं निशम्य हृष्टाः सामात्याः सपरिषदो वियातशोकाः पन्थानं नरवरभक्तिमाञ् जनश् च व्यादिष्टस् तव वचनाच् च शिल्पिवर्गः ॥
ūcus te vacanam idaṃ niśamya hṛṣṭāḥ sāmātyāḥ sapariṣado viyātaśokāḥ panthānaṃ naravarabhaktimāñ janaś ca vyādiṣṭas tava vacanāc ca śilpivargaḥ
English
Hearing these words, glad, the ministers spoke,
with all the assembly, their grief gone:
“The road, O best of men: your devoted people
and the craftsmen’s guild are sent to it at your word.”
॥ 2.80.14, 21 ॥
CrEd 2.74.13, 20
Valmikiverse caption
Sanskrit
चन्दनोदकसंसिक्तो नानाकुसुमभूषितः ।
बह्व् अशोभत सेनायाः पन्थाः स्वर्गपथोपमः ।
जाह्नवीं तु समासाद्य विविधद्रुम काननाम् ।
शीतलामलपानीयां महामीनसमाकुलाम् ॥
candanodakasaṃsikto nānākusumabhūṣitaḥ
bahv aśobhata senāyāḥ panthāḥ svargapathopamaḥ
jāhnavīṃ tu samāsādya vividhadruma kānanām
śītalāmalapānīyāṃ mahāmīnasamākulām
English
Sprinkled with sandal-water,
adorned with flowers of every kind,
the army’s road shone bright,
like the road to heaven.
Reaching the Jahnavi,
her forests of many trees,
her waters cool and clear,
thronged with great fish.
Before the whole assembly
॥ 2.81.1–3 ॥
CrEd 2.75.1–3
silent moment
॥ 2.81.4 ॥
CrEd 2.75.4
Bharata
Sanskrit
ततो प्रबुद्धो भरतस् तं घोषं संनिवर्त्य च नाहं राजेति चाप्य् उक्त्वा शत्रुघ्नम् इदम् अब्रवीत् ॥
tato prabuddho bharatas taṃ ghoṣaṃ saṃnivartya ca nāhaṃ rājeti cāpy uktvā śatrughnam idam abravīt
English
Then Bharata, awakened,
had that sound stilled,
and saying, “I am not the king,”
he spoke these words to Shatrughna.
॥ 2.81.5 ॥
CrEd 2.75.5
Bharata
Sanskrit
पश्य शत्रुघ्न कैकेय्या लोकस्यापकृतं महत् विसृज्य मयि दुःखानि राजा दशरथो गतः ॥
paśya śatrughna kaikeyyā lokasyāpakṛtaṃ mahat visṛjya mayi duḥkhāni rājā daśaratho gataḥ
English
See, Shatrughna, the great wrong
Kaikeyi has done the world:
casting his sorrows upon me,
King Dasharatha is gone.
॥ 2.81.6 ॥
CrEd 2.75.6
Bharata
Sanskrit
तस्यैषा धर्मराजस्य धर्ममूला महात्मनः परिभ्रमति राजश्रीर् नौर् इवाकर्णिका जले ॥
tasyaiṣā dharmarājasya dharmamūlā mahātmanaḥ paribhramati rājaśrīr naur ivākarṇikā jale
English
Of that great-souled king of dharma
this royal fortune, rooted in dharma,
now drifts this way and that,
like a rudderless boat on the water.
॥ 2.81.12 ॥
CrEd 2.75.11
Vasishtha
Sanskrit
ब्राह्मणान् क्षत्रियान् योधान् अमात्यान् गणबल्लभान् क्षिप्रम् आनयताव्यग्राः कृत्यम् आत्ययिकं हि नः ॥
brāhmaṇān kṣatriyān yodhān amātyān gaṇaballabhān kṣipram ānayatāvyagrāḥ kṛtyam ātyayikaṃ hi naḥ
English
The brahmins, the kshatriyas, the warriors,
the ministers, the captains of the companies:
bring them quickly, without alarm,
for our task will not wait.
॥ 2.81.14–16 ॥
CrEd 2.75.12–14
Valmikiverse caption
Sanskrit
ततो हलहलाशब्दो महान् समुदपद्यत ।
रथैर् अश्वैर् गजैश् चापि जनानाम् उपगच्छताम् ।
ततो भरतम् आयान्तं शतक्रतुम् इवामराः ।
प्रत्यनन्दन् प्रकृतयो यथा दशरथं तथा ।
ह्रद इव तिमिनागसंवृतः स्तिमितजलो मणिशङ्खशर्करः ।
दशरथसुतशोभिता सभा सदशरथेव बभौ यथा पुरा ॥
tato halahalāśabdo mahān samudapadyata
rathair aśvair gajaiś cāpi janānām upagacchatām
tato bharatam āyāntaṃ śatakratum ivāmarāḥ
pratyanandan prakṛtayo yathā daśarathaṃ tathā
hrada iva timināgasaṃvṛtaḥ stimitajalo maṇiśaṅkhaśarkaraḥ
daśarathasutaśobhitā sabhā sadaśaratheva babhau yathā purā
English
Then a clamour, a mighty one,
rose up all around,
with chariots, horses and elephants,
as the people came in.
Then Bharata, as he came,
as the immortals greet Indra,
the people welcomed,
as once they welcomed Dasharatha.
Like a lake thronged with whales and serpents,
its waters still, its floor of gems and conches,
the hall, graced by Dasharatha’s son,
shone as of old, when Dasharatha was there.
॥ 2.82.5 ॥
CrEd 2.76.4
Vasishtha
Sanskrit
तात राजा दशरथः स्वर्गतो धर्मम् आचरन् धन धान्यवतीं स्फीतां प्रदाय पृथिवीं तव ॥
tāta rājā daśarathaḥ svargato dharmam ācaran dhana dhānyavatīṃ sphītāṃ pradāya pṛthivīṃ tava
English
Child, King Dasharatha
has gone to heaven, living by dharma,
having given you the earth,
thriving, rich in wealth and grain.
॥ 2.82.6 ॥
CrEd 2.76.5
Vasishtha
Sanskrit
रामस् तथा सत्यधृतिः सतां धर्मम् अनुस्मरन् नाजहात् पितुर् आदेशं शशी ज्योत्स्नाम् इवोदितः ॥
rāmas tathā satyadhṛtiḥ satāṃ dharmam anusmaran nājahāt pitur ādeśaṃ śaśī jyotsnām ivoditaḥ
English
And Rama, steadfast in truth,
mindful of the dharma of the good,
did not forsake his father’s word,
as the risen moon forsakes not its light.
॥ 2.82.7 ॥
CrEd 2.76.6
Vasishtha
Sanskrit
पित्रा भ्रात्रा च ते दत्तं राज्यं निहतकण्टकम् तद् भुङ्क्ष्व मुदितामात्यः क्षिप्रम् एवाभिषेचय ॥
pitrā bhrātrā ca te dattaṃ rājyaṃ nihatakaṇṭakam tad bhuṅkṣva muditāmātyaḥ kṣipram evābhiṣecaya
English
By your father and your brother
this kingdom, cleared of thorns, is given you;
enjoy it, your ministers glad,
and be consecrated now.
॥ 2.82.9–10 ॥
CrEd 2.76.8–9
silent moment
॥ 2.82.11 ॥
CrEd 2.76.10
Bharata
Sanskrit
चरितब्रह्मचर्यस्य विद्या स्नातस्य धीमतः धर्मे प्रयतमानस्य को राज्यं मद्विधो हरेत् ॥
caritabrahmacaryasya vidyā snātasya dhīmataḥ dharme prayatamānasya ko rājyaṃ madvidho haret
English
One who has kept the student’s vows,
who has bathed at learning’s end, and is wise,
who strives in dharma:
how could one like me seize the kingdom?
॥ 2.82.12 ॥
CrEd 2.76.11
Bharata
Sanskrit
कथं दशरथाज् जातो भवेद् राज्यापहारकः राज्यं चाहं च रामस्य धर्मं वक्तुम् इहार्हसि ॥
kathaṃ daśarathāj jāto bhaved rājyāpahārakaḥ rājyaṃ cāhaṃ ca rāmasya dharmaṃ vaktum ihārhasi
English
How could one born of Dasharatha
become a thief of kingdoms?
The kingdom and I are Rama’s;
it is dharma you should speak here.
॥ 2.82.13 ॥
CrEd 2.76.12
Bharata
Sanskrit
ज्येष्ठः श्रेष्ठश् च धर्मात्मा दिलीपनहुषोपमः लब्धुम् अर्हति काकुत्स्थो राज्यं दशरथो यथा ॥
jyeṣṭhaḥ śreṣṭhaś ca dharmātmā dilīpanahuṣopamaḥ labdhum arhati kākutstho rājyaṃ daśaratho yathā
English
The eldest, the best, righteous,
the equal of Dilipa and Nahusha,
Kakutstha is worthy of the kingdom,
as Dasharatha was.
॥ 2.82.14 ॥
CrEd 2.76.13
Bharata
Sanskrit
अनार्यजुष्टम् अस्वर्ग्यं कुर्यां पापम् अहं यदि इक्ष्वाकूणाम् अहं लोके भवेयं कुलपांसनः ॥
anāryajuṣṭam asvargyaṃ kuryāṃ pāpam ahaṃ yadi ikṣvākūṇām ahaṃ loke bhaveyaṃ kulapāṃsanaḥ
English
A sin the noble shun,
that leads not to heaven: if I did it,
I would be, in the world,
the shame of the Ikshvaku house.
॥ 2.82.15 ॥
CrEd 2.76.14
Bharata
Sanskrit
यद् धि मात्रा कृतं पापं नाहं तद् अभिरोचये इहस्थो वनदुर्गस्थं नमस्यामि कृताञ्जलिः ॥
yad dhi mātrā kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ nāhaṃ tad abhirocaye ihastho vanadurgasthaṃ namasyāmi kṛtāñjaliḥ
English
The sin my mother wrought
I do not approve;
standing here, with joined palms,
I bow to him in the forest’s fastness.
॥ 2.82.16 ॥
CrEd 2.76.15
Bharata
Sanskrit
रामम् एवानुगच्छामि स राजा द्विपदां वरः त्रयाणाम् अपि लोकानां राघवो राज्यम् अर्हति ॥
rāmam evānugacchāmi sa rājā dvipadāṃ varaḥ trayāṇām api lokānāṃ rāghavo rājyam arhati
English
Rama alone I follow;
he is the king, the best of men;
of all the three worlds
Raghava is worthy to be king.
॥ 2.82.17 ॥
CrEd 2.76.16
Valmikiverse caption
Sanskrit
तद् वाक्यं धर्मसंयुक्तं श्रुत्वा सर्वे सभासदः ।
हर्षान् मुमुचुर् अश्रूणि रामे निहितचेतसः ॥
tad vākyaṃ dharmasaṃyuktaṃ śrutvā sarve sabhāsadaḥ
harṣān mumucur aśrūṇi rāme nihitacetasaḥ
English
Hearing those words, joined with dharma,
all who sat in the assembly
shed tears for joy,
their hearts laid upon Rama.
॥ 2.82.18 ॥
CrEd 2.76.17
Bharata
Sanskrit
यदि त्व् आर्यं न शक्ष्यामि विनिवर्तयितुं वनात् वने तत्रैव वत्स्यामि यथार्यो लक्ष्मणस् तथा ॥
yadi tv āryaṃ na śakṣyāmi vinivartayituṃ vanāt vane tatraiva vatsyāmi yathāryo lakṣmaṇas tathā
English
But if I cannot turn
my noble brother back from the forest,
there in the forest I will dwell,
even as noble Lakshmana.
॥ 2.82.19 ॥
CrEd 2.76.18
Bharata
Sanskrit
सर्वोपायं तु वर्तिष्ये विनिवर्तयितुं बलात् समक्षम् आर्य मिश्राणां साधूनां गुणवर्तिनाम् ॥
sarvopāyaṃ tu vartiṣye vinivartayituṃ balāt samakṣam ārya miśrāṇāṃ sādhūnāṃ guṇavartinām
English
I will try every means
to bring him back, by force,
before you, the honoured and noble,
good men who walk in virtue.
॥ 2.82.30 ॥
CrEd 2.76.28
Bharata
Sanskrit
तूर्णं समुत्थाय सुमन्त्र गच्छ बलस्य योगाय बलप्रधानान् ।
आनेतुम् इच्छामि हि तं वनस्थं प्रसाद्य रामं जगतो हिताय ॥
tūrṇaṃ samutthāya sumantra gaccha balasya yogāya balapradhānān
ānetum icchāmi hi taṃ vanasthaṃ prasādya rāmaṃ jagato hitāya
English
Rise quickly, Sumantra, go;
for the army’s yoking, call its chiefs;
for I would bring him from the forest,
Rama, won to grace, for the good of the world.
॥ 2.82.23–26, 31–32 ॥
CrEd 2.76.21–24, 29–30
silent moment