What is this I have said?
॥ 1.2.16 ॥
CrEd 1.2.15
वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption
वाल्मीकि
तस्यैवं ब्रुवतश् चिन्ता बभूव हृदि वीक्षतः ।
शोकार्तेनास्य शकुनेः किम् इदं व्याहृतं मया ॥
tasyaivaṃ bruvataś cintā babhūva hṛdi vīkṣataḥ
śokārtenāsya śakuneḥ kim idaṃ vyāhṛtaṃ mayā
Translation
As he spoke so, looking on,
a thought rose in his heart:
“Struck by grief for this bird,
what is this that I have said?”
Subtitle
As he said this, looking on,
a thought rose
in his heart.
॥ 1.2.16 ॥
CrEd 1.2.15
वाल्मीकिValmiki
वाल्मीकि
तस्यैवं ब्रुवतश् चिन्ता बभूव हृदि वीक्षतः ।
शोकार्तेनास्य शकुनेः किम् इदं व्याहृतं मया ॥
tasyaivaṃ bruvataś cintā babhūva hṛdi vīkṣataḥ
śokārtenāsya śakuneḥ kim idaṃ vyāhṛtaṃ mayā
Translation
As he spoke so, looking on,
a thought rose in his heart:
“Struck by grief for this bird,
what is this that I have said?”
लीला
इस पक्षी के शोक में डूबकर… यह मैंने क्या कह दिया?
Subtitle
Overcome with grief
for this bird,
what is this I have said?
॥ 1.2.17 ॥
CrEd 1.2.16
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 1.2.18 ॥
CrEd 1.2.17
वाल्मीकिValmiki
वाल्मीकि
पादबद्धोऽक्षरसमस् तन्त्रीलयसमन्वितः शोकार्तस्य प्रवृत्तो मे श्लोको भवतु नान्यथा ॥
pādabaddho 'kṣarasamas tantrīlayasamanvitaḥ śokārtasya pravṛtto me śloko bhavatu nānyathā
Translation
Bound in feet, its syllables equal,
fit for the string and the beat,
it came from me, struck with grief:
let it be shloka, nothing else.
लीला
यह पदों में बँधा है। अक्षर बराबर हैं। वीणा पर, लय में गाया जा सकता है। शोक में डूबे मुझसे निकला है। यह श्लोक कहलाए, और कुछ नहीं।
Subtitle
Bound in feet, equal in syllables,
fit for string and beat,
it came from me in grief:
let it be shloka, nothing else.
॥ 1.2.19 ॥
CrEd 1.2.18
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 1.2.20 ॥
CrEd 1.2.19
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 1.2.20 ॥
CrEd 1.2.19
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 1.2.21 ॥
CrEd 1.2.20
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 1.2.20–21 ॥
CrEd 1.2.19–20
वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption
वाल्मीकि
सोऽभिषेकं ततः कृत्वा तीर्थे तस्मिन् यथाविधि ।
तम् एव चिन्तयन्न् अर्थम् उपावर्तत वै मुनिः ।
भरद्वाजस् ततः शिष्यो विनीतः श्रुतवान् गुरोः ।
कलशं पूर्णम् आदाय पृष्ठतोऽनुजगाम ह ॥
so 'bhiṣekaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā tīrthe tasmin yathāvidhi
tam eva cintayann artham upāvartata vai muniḥ
bharadvājas tataḥ śiṣyo vinītaḥ śrutavān guroḥ
kalaśaṃ pūrṇam ādāya pṛṣṭhato 'nujagāma ha
Translation
Then, when he had bathed
in that ford as the rite ordains,
thinking only of that meaning,
the sage turned back for home.
Then Bharadvaja, his pupil,
modest, schooled by his teacher,
taking up the brimming pitcher,
followed close behind.
Subtitle
Thinking only of what it meant,
the sage turned for home.
His pupil took the full pitcher
and followed behind.
By my will
॥ 1.2.22 ॥
CrEd 1.2.21
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 1.2.22 ॥
CrEd 1.2.21
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 1.2.23 ॥
CrEd 1.2.22
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 1.2.24–25 ॥
CrEd 1.2.23–24
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 1.2.26–28 ॥
CrEd 1.2.25–26
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 1.2.28–29 ॥
CrEd 1.2.27
वाल्मीकिValmiki
वाल्मीकि
पापात्मना कृतं कष्टं वैरग्रहणबुद्धिना यस् तादृशं चारुरवं क्रौञ्चं हन्याद् अकारणात् ॥
pāpātmanā kṛtaṃ kaṣṭaṃ vairagrahaṇabuddhinā yas tādṛśaṃ cāruravaṃ krauñcaṃ hanyād akāraṇāt
Translation
A cruel thing that evil soul has done,
his mind bent on enmity,
who could kill so sweet-voiced
a krauncha, and for no cause.
लीला
बड़ा क्रूर काम किया उस पापी ने। उसके मन में बस बैर था। ऐसे मीठे बोल वाले क्रौंच को उसने बिना कारण मार डाला।
Subtitle
A cruel thing that wicked man did,
his mind set on enmity:
to kill so sweet-voiced a krauncha
for no reason.
॥ 1.2.29–30 ॥
CrEd 1.2.28
वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption
वाल्मीकि
शोचन्न् एव मुहुः क्रौञ्चीम् उपश्लोकम् इमं पुनः ।
जगाव् अन्तर्गतमना भूत्वा शोकपरायणः ॥
śocann eva muhuḥ krauñcīm upaślokam imaṃ punaḥ
jagāv antargatamanā bhūtvā śokaparāyaṇaḥ
Translation
Grieving still, again and again, for the hen,
this verse once more
he sang, his mind turned inward,
lost wholly in his grief.
Subtitle
Grieving still for the krauncha hen,
his mind turned inward,
lost in sorrow,
he sang the verse again.
॥ 1.2.30 ॥
CrEd 1.2.29
ब्रह्माBrahma
वाल्मीकि
श्लोक एव त्वया बद्धो नात्र कार्या विचारणा ॥
śloka eva tvayā baddho nātra kāryā vicāraṇā
Translation
It is a shloka you have bound;
no need to ponder it here.
लीला
यह श्लोक ही है, जो तुमने बाँधा है। इसमें सोचने की कोई बात नहीं।
Subtitle
It is a shloka
you have made.
There is nothing here
to puzzle over.
॥ 1.2.31 ॥
CrEd 1.2.30
ब्रह्माBrahma
वाल्मीकि
मच्छन्दाद् एव ते ब्रह्मन् प्रवृत्तेयं सरस्वती ।
रामस्य चरितं सर्वं कुरु त्वम् ऋषिसत्तम ॥
macchandād eva te brahman pravṛtteyaṃ sarasvatī
rāmasya caritaṃ sarvaṃ kuru tvam ṛṣisattama
Translation
By my will alone, O brahmin,
this speech of yours came forth.
Rama’s story, all of it,
make it, best of seers.
लीला
मेरी इच्छा से ही, ब्राह्मण, तुम्हारी यह वाणी फूटी है। राम का पूरा चरित तुम रचो, ऋषिश्रेष्ठ।
Subtitle
By my will alone, brahmin,
this speech came to you.
Make the whole story of Rama,
best of seers.
॥ 1.2.31 ॥
CrEd 1.2.30
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 1.2.32 ॥
CrEd 1.2.31
ब्रह्माBrahma
वाल्मीकि
धर्मात्मनो गुणवतो लोके रामस्य धीमतः वृत्तं कथय धीरस्य यथा ते नारदाच् छ्रुतम् ॥
dharmātmano guṇavato loke rāmasya dhīmataḥ vṛttaṃ kathaya dhīrasya yathā te nāradāc chrutam
Translation
Of righteous Rama, rich in virtue,
wise in the world,
tell the life, the steadfast one’s,
as you heard it from Narada.
लीला
धर्मात्मा, गुणवान, बुद्धिमान, धीर राम का जीवन कहो। वैसे ही, जैसे तुमने नारद से सुना है।
Subtitle
Tell the life of Rama,
righteous, good, wise and steadfast,
just as you heard it
from Narada.
॥ 1.2.33–34 ॥
CrEd 1.2.32–33
ब्रह्माBrahma
वाल्मीकि
रहस्यं च प्रकाशं च यद् वृत्तं तस्य धीमतः रामस्य सह सौमित्रे राक्षसानां च सर्वशः ।
वैदेह्याश् चैव यद् वृत्तं प्रकाशं यदि वा रहः तच् चाप्य् अविदितं सर्वं विदितं ते भविष्यति ॥
rahasyaṃ ca prakāśaṃ ca yad vṛttaṃ tasya dhīmataḥ rāmasya saha saumitre rākṣasānāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ
vaidehyāś caiva yad vṛttaṃ prakāśaṃ yadi vā rahaḥ tac cāpy aviditaṃ sarvaṃ viditaṃ te bhaviṣyati
Translation
Hidden and open, all that befell
that wise one,
Rama, with Saumitri,
and the rakshasas, every part;
and all that befell Vaidehi,
in the open or in secret,
all of it, even the unknown,
shall be known to you.
लीला
राम और लक्ष्मण पर, राक्षसों पर, और वैदेही पर जो बीता, छिपा हो या खुला, वह सब तुम जान जाओगे। जो तुम नहीं जानते, वह भी।
Subtitle
All that befell Rama and Lakshmana,
the rakshasas and Vaidehi,
hidden or open, even the unknown,
will be known to you.
॥ 1.2.35 ॥
CrEd 1.2.34
ब्रह्माBrahma
वाल्मीकि
न ते वाग् अनृता काव्ये का चिद् अत्र भविष्यति ।
कुरु रामकथां पुण्यां श्लोकबद्धां मनोरमाम् ॥
na te vāg anṛtā kāvye kā cid atra bhaviṣyati
kuru rāmakathāṃ puṇyāṃ ślokabaddhāṃ manoramām
Translation
No word of yours in this poem
shall ever be untrue.
Make Rama’s story, holy,
bound in shlokas, lovely to the mind.
लीला
इस काव्य में तुम्हारी कोई बात झूठी नहीं होगी। राम की पावन, मनोहर कथा श्लोकों में बाँधो।
Subtitle
No word of yours in this poem
will be false.
Make Rama's story, holy and lovely,
bound in shlokas.
॥ 1.2.36 ॥
CrEd 1.2.35
ब्रह्माBrahma
वाल्मीकि
यावत् स्थास्यन्ति गिरयः सरितश् च महीतले तावद् रामायणकथा लोकेषु प्रचरिष्यति ॥
yāvat sthāsyanti girayaḥ saritaś ca mahītale tāvad rāmāyaṇakathā lokeṣu pracariṣyati
Translation
As long as the mountains stand,
and the rivers on the earth,
so long the Ramayana’s story
shall go about the worlds.
लीला
जब तक धरती पर पर्वत खड़े रहेंगे और नदियाँ बहती रहेंगी, तब तक रामायण की कथा लोकों में चलती रहेगी।
Subtitle
As long as the mountains stand
and the rivers run on the earth,
so long will the Ramayana
go about the worlds.
॥ 1.2.38 ॥
CrEd 1.2.37
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 1.2.39–40 ॥
CrEd 1.2.38–39
वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption
वाल्मीकि
तस्य शिष्यास् ततः सर्वे जगुः श्लोकम् इमं पुनः ।
मुहुर् मुहुः प्रीयमाणाः प्राहुश् च भृशविस्मिताः ।
समाक्षरैश् चतुर्भिर् यः पादैर् गीतो महर्षिणा ।
सोऽनुव्याहरणाद् भूयः शोकः श्लोकत्वम् आगतः ॥
tasya śiṣyās tataḥ sarve jaguḥ ślokam imaṃ punaḥ
muhur muhuḥ prīyamāṇāḥ prāhuś ca bhṛśavismitāḥ
samākṣaraiś caturbhir yaḥ pādair gīto maharṣiṇā
so 'nuvyāharaṇād bhūyaḥ śokaḥ ślokatvam āgataḥ
Translation
Then all his pupils
sang this verse again,
over and over, delighted,
and said, in great wonder:
“Sung by the great seer
in four feet of equal syllables,
by being said over after him,
the grief has become shloka.”
Subtitle
Sung by the great seer
in four feet of equal syllables,
and repeated after him,
the grief became shloka.
॥ 1.2.41 ॥
CrEd 1.2.40
वाल्मीकिValmiki
वाल्मीकि
कृत्स्नं रामायणं काव्यम् ईदृशैः करवाण्य् अहम् ॥
kṛtsnaṃ rāmāyaṇaṃ kāvyam īdṛśaiḥ karavāṇy aham
Translation
The whole Ramayana, the poem,
in verses such as these I will make.
लीला
पूरा रामायण काव्य मैं ऐसे ही श्लोकों में रचूँगा।
Subtitle
The whole Ramayana poem
I will make
in verses like these.
॥ 1.3.1–2 ॥
CrEd 1.3.1–2
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 1.3.10–39 ॥
CrEd 1.3.3–29
वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption
वाल्मीकि
जन्म रामस्य सुमहद् वीर्यं सर्वानुकूलताम् ।
… ।
जानक्याश् च विवाहं च धनुषश् च विभेदनम् ।
… ।
व्याघातं चाभिषेकस्य रामस्य च विवासनम् ।
… ।
मारीचस्य वधं चैव वैदेह्या हरणं तथा ।
… ।
संगमं च समुद्रस्य नलसेतोश् च बन्धनम् ।
… ।
रावणस्य विनाशं च सीतावाप्तिम् अरेः पुरे ।
… ।
स्वराष्ट्ररञ्जनं चैव वैदेह्याश् च विसर्जनम् ।
अनागतं च यत् किं चिद् रामस्य वसुधातले ।
तच् चकारोत्तरे काव्ये वाल्मीकिर् भगवान् ऋषिः ॥
janma rāmasya sumahad vīryaṃ sarvānukūlatām
…
jānakyāś ca vivāhaṃ ca dhanuṣaś ca vibhedanam
…
vyāghātaṃ cābhiṣekasya rāmasya ca vivāsanam
…
mārīcasya vadhaṃ caiva vaidehyā haraṇaṃ tathā
…
saṃgamaṃ ca samudrasya nalasetoś ca bandhanam
…
rāvaṇasya vināśaṃ ca sītāvāptim areḥ pure
…
svarāṣṭrarañjanaṃ caiva vaidehyāś ca visarjanam
anāgataṃ ca yat kiṃ cid rāmasya vasudhātale
tac cakārottare kāvye vālmīkir bhagavān ṛṣiḥ
Translation
Rama’s birth, his mighty valour,
his goodwill toward all,
…
Janaki’s wedding,
and the breaking of the bow,
…
the consecration thwarted,
and Rama sent away,
…
Maricha slain,
and Vaidehi carried off,
…
the meeting with the ocean,
and Nala’s bridge made fast,
…
Ravana destroyed,
Sita won back in the enemy’s city,
…
his own realm made glad,
and Vaidehi sent away;
and whatever of Rama was yet to come
upon the earth,
that he made in the later poem,
Valmiki, the blessed seer.
Subtitle
Rama's birth, the bow, the exile,
Sita carried off, the bridge,
Ravana's end, Sita sent away,
and all that was yet to come.