A fistful of grass
॥ 7.65.1–2 ॥
CrEd 7.57.1–2
silent moment
॥ 7.65.4 ॥
CrEd 7.57.4
Shatrughna
Sanskrit
भगवन् वस्तुम् इच्छामि गुरोः कृत्याद् इहागतः ।
श्वः प्रभाते गमिष्यामि प्रतीचीं वारुणीं दिशम् ॥
bhagavan vastum icchāmi guroḥ kṛtyād ihāgataḥ
śvaḥ prabhāte gamiṣyāmi pratīcīṃ vāruṇīṃ diśam
English
Blessed one, I would lodge here;
on my elder’s business I have come.
At dawn tomorrow I shall go
west, to Varuna’s quarter.
॥ 7.65.5–6 ॥
CrEd 7.57.5–6
Valmiki
Sanskrit
शत्रुघ्नस्य वचः श्रुत्वा प्रहस्य मुनिपुंगवः ।
प्रत्युवाच महात्मानं स्वागतं ते महायशः ।
स्वम् आश्रमम् इदं सौम्य राघवाणां कुलस्य ह ।
आसनं पाद्यम् अर्घ्यं च निर्विशङ्कः प्रतीच्छ मे ॥
śatrughnasya vacaḥ śrutvā prahasya munipuṃgavaḥ
pratyuvāca mahātmānaṃ svāgataṃ te mahāyaśaḥ
svam āśramam idaṃ saumya rāghavāṇāṃ kulasya ha
āsanaṃ pādyam arghyaṃ ca nirviśaṅkaḥ pratīccha me
English
Hearing the words of Shatrughna,
the bull among sages laughed
and answered the great-souled one:
“Welcome, O most glorious;
this hermitage, gentle one, is your own,
the house of the Raghus’ line.
Seat, water for the feet, the guest-offering:
take them from me, and have no doubt.”
॥ 7.65.7 ॥
CrEd 7.57.7
silent moment
॥ 7.65.8 ॥
CrEd 7.57.8
Shatrughna
Sanskrit
स तु भुक्त्वा महाबाहुर् महर्षिं तम् उवाच ह ।
पूर्वं यज्ञविभूतीयं कस्याश्रमसमीपतः ॥
sa tu bhuktvā mahābāhur maharṣiṃ tam uvāca ha
pūrvaṃ yajñavibhūtīyaṃ kasyāśramasamīpataḥ
English
Having eaten, the strong-armed one
spoke to the great seer:
“This splendour of sacrifice of old,
near the hermitage: whose was it?”
॥ 7.65.9 ॥
CrEd 7.57.9
Valmiki
Sanskrit
तस्य तद्भाषितं श्रुत्वा वाल्मीकिर् वाक्यम् अब्रवीत् ।
शत्रुघ्न शृणु यस्येदं बभूवायतनं पुरा ॥
tasya tadbhāṣitaṃ śrutvā vālmīkir vākyam abravīt
śatrughna śṛṇu yasyedaṃ babhūvāyatanaṃ purā
English
Hearing what he had said,
Valmiki spoke these words:
“Shatrughna, hear whose sanctuary
this was, in days of old.”
॥ 7.66.1 ॥
CrEd 7.58.1
Valmikiverse caption
Sanskrit
याम् एव रात्रिं शत्रुघ्न पर्णशालां समाविशत् ।
ताम् एव रात्रिं सीतापि प्रसूता दारकद्वयम् ॥
yām eva rātriṃ śatrughna parṇaśālāṃ samāviśat
tām eva rātriṃ sītāpi prasūtā dārakadvayam
English
The very night that Shatrughna
entered the hut of leaves,
that same night Sita too
gave birth to two sons.
॥ 7.66.3ab ॥
Munikumara
Sanskrit
भगवन् रामपत्नी सा प्रसूता दारकद्वयम् ॥
bhagavan rāmapatnī sā prasūtā dārakadvayam
English
Blessed one, that wife of Rama
has given birth to two sons.
॥ 7.66.3cd ॥
CrEd 7.58.2ef
Munikumara
Sanskrit
ततोऽर्धरात्रसमये बालका मुनिदारकाः ।
वाल्मीकेः प्रियम् आचख्युः सीतायाः प्रसवं शुभम् ।
तस्य रक्षां महातेजः कुरु भूतविनाशिनीम् ॥
tato 'rdharātrasamaye bālakā munidārakāḥ
vālmīkeḥ priyam ācakhyuḥ sītāyāḥ prasavaṃ śubham
tasya rakṣāṃ mahātejaḥ kuru bhūtavināśinīm
English
Then, at the hour of midnight,
the boys, the sons of the sages,
told Valmiki the welcome news,
Sita’s happy delivery:
“Make its protection, great radiant one,
the rite that destroys evil beings.”
॥ 7.66.4ab, 7.66.5cd–6 ॥
CrEd 7.58.3–4
Valmikiverse caption
Sanskrit
तेषां तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा मुनिर् हर्षम् उपागमत् ।
भूतघ्नीं चाकरोत् ताभ्यां रक्षां रक्षोविनाशिनीम् ।
कुशमुष्टिम् उपादाय लवं चैव तु स द्विजः ।
वाल्मीकिः प्रददौ ताभ्यां रक्षां भूतविनाशिनीम् ॥
teṣāṃ tad vacanaṃ śrutvā munir harṣam upāgamat
bhūtaghnīṃ cākarot tābhyāṃ rakṣāṃ rakṣovināśinīm
kuśamuṣṭim upādāya lavaṃ caiva tu sa dvijaḥ
vālmīkiḥ pradadau tābhyāṃ rakṣāṃ bhūtavināśinīm
English
Hearing those words of theirs,
the sage was filled with joy,
and made for the two a guard that slays spirits,
the rite that destroys rakshasas.
Taking a fistful of kusha,
and its cut ends, the twice-born,
Valmiki gave the two
the rite that destroys evil beings.
॥ 7.66.7 ॥
CrEd 7.58.5
Valmiki
Sanskrit
यस् तयोः पूर्वजो जातः स कुशैर् मन्त्रसंस्कृतैः ।
निर्मार्जनीयस् तु भवेत् कुश इत्य् अस्य नामतः ॥
yas tayoḥ pūrvajo jātaḥ sa kuśair mantrasaṃskṛtaiḥ
nirmārjanīyas tu bhavet kuśa ity asya nāmataḥ
English
The one of the two born first,
with kusha hallowed by mantras
let him be brushed clean;
Kusha shall be his name.
॥ 7.66.8 ॥
CrEd 7.58.6
Valmiki
Sanskrit
यश् चापरो भवेत् ताभ्यां लवेन सुसमाहितः ।
निर्मार्जनीयो वृद्धाभिर् लवश् चेति स नामतः ॥
yaś cāparo bhavet tābhyāṃ lavena susamāhitaḥ
nirmārjanīyo vṛddhābhir lavaś ceti sa nāmataḥ
English
And the other of the two,
with the lava, with all care,
let the elder women brush him;
and Lava shall be his name.
॥ 7.66.9 ॥
CrEd 7.58.7
Valmiki
Sanskrit
एवं कुशलवौ नाम्ना ताव् उभौ यमजातकौ ।
मत्कृताभ्यां च नामभ्यां ख्यातियुक्तौ भविष्यतः ॥
evaṃ kuśalavau nāmnā tāv ubhau yamajātakau
matkṛtābhyāṃ ca nāmabhyāṃ khyātiyuktau bhaviṣyataḥ
English
So, Kusha and Lava by name,
these two, the twin-born,
by the names that I have made
shall both be known to fame.
॥ 7.66.10–11ab ॥
CrEd 7.58.8–9ab
Tapasi
Sanskrit
ते रक्षां जगृहुस् तां च मुनिहस्तात् समाहिताः ।
अकुर्वंश् च ततो रक्षां तयोर् विगतकल्मषाः ।
तथा तां क्रियमाणां तु रक्षां गोत्रं च नाम च ॥
te rakṣāṃ jagṛhus tāṃ ca munihastāt samāhitāḥ
akurvaṃś ca tato rakṣāṃ tayor vigatakalmaṣāḥ
tathā tāṃ kriyamāṇāṃ tu rakṣāṃ gotraṃ ca nāma ca
English
They took that protection, intent,
from the hand of the sage,
and, free of stain, they made
the protection for the two.
And as the rite was being done,
the lineage and the names…
॥ 7.66.11cd ॥
CrEd 7.58.9cd
Tapasis
Sanskrit
संकीर्तनं च रामस्य सीतायाः प्रसवौ शुभौ ।
अर्धरात्रे तु शत्रुघ्नः शुश्राव सुमहत् प्रियम् ॥
saṃkīrtanaṃ ca rāmasya sītāyāḥ prasavau śubhau
ardharātre tu śatrughnaḥ śuśrāva sumahat priyam
English
and the praise of Rama,
and Sita’s two happy births:
at midnight Shatrughna
heard the joyful news.
॥ 7.66.12 ॥
CrEd 7.58.10
Shatrughna
Sanskrit
अर्धरात्रे तु शत्रुघ्नः शुश्राव सुमहत् प्रियम् ।
पर्णशालां गतो रात्रौ दिष्ट्या दिष्ट्येति चाब्रवीत् ॥
ardharātre tu śatrughnaḥ śuśrāva sumahat priyam
parṇaśālāṃ gato rātrau diṣṭyā diṣṭyeti cābravīt
English
At midnight Shatrughna
heard the great good news,
and, going to the hut of leaves by night,
he said: “What fortune! What fortune!”
॥ 7.66.13 ॥
CrEd 7.58.11
Valmikiverse caption
Sanskrit
तथा तस्य प्रहृष्टस्य शत्रुघ्नस्य महात्मनः ।
व्यतीता वार्षिकी रात्रिः श्रावणी लघुविक्रमा ॥
tathā tasya prahṛṣṭasya śatrughnasya mahātmanaḥ
vyatītā vārṣikī rātriḥ śrāvaṇī laghuvikramā
English
So, for him in his gladness,
great-souled Shatrughna,
the rainy night went by,
the Shravana night, light-footed.
॥ 7.66.14 ॥
CrEd 7.58.12
silent moment
॥ 7.66.14 ॥
CrEd 7.58.12
silent moment