What is this I have said?
॥ 1.2.16 ॥
CrEd 1.2.15
Valmikiverse caption
Sanskrit
तस्यैवं ब्रुवतश् चिन्ता बभूव हृदि वीक्षतः ।
शोकार्तेनास्य शकुनेः किम् इदं व्याहृतं मया ॥
tasyaivaṃ bruvataś cintā babhūva hṛdi vīkṣataḥ
śokārtenāsya śakuneḥ kim idaṃ vyāhṛtaṃ mayā
English
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?”
॥ 1.2.16 ॥
CrEd 1.2.15
Valmiki
Sanskrit
तस्यैवं ब्रुवतश् चिन्ता बभूव हृदि वीक्षतः ।
शोकार्तेनास्य शकुनेः किम् इदं व्याहृतं मया ॥
tasyaivaṃ bruvataś cintā babhūva hṛdi vīkṣataḥ
śokārtenāsya śakuneḥ kim idaṃ vyāhṛtaṃ mayā
English
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?”
॥ 1.2.17 ॥
CrEd 1.2.16
silent moment
॥ 1.2.18 ॥
CrEd 1.2.17
Valmiki
Sanskrit
पादबद्धोऽक्षरसमस् तन्त्रीलयसमन्वितः शोकार्तस्य प्रवृत्तो मे श्लोको भवतु नान्यथा ॥
pādabaddho 'kṣarasamas tantrīlayasamanvitaḥ śokārtasya pravṛtto me śloko bhavatu nānyathā
English
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.
॥ 1.2.19 ॥
CrEd 1.2.18
silent moment
॥ 1.2.20 ॥
CrEd 1.2.19
silent moment
॥ 1.2.20 ॥
CrEd 1.2.19
silent moment
॥ 1.2.21 ॥
CrEd 1.2.20
silent moment
॥ 1.2.20–21 ॥
CrEd 1.2.19–20
Valmikiverse caption
Sanskrit
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
English
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.
By my will
॥ 1.2.22 ॥
CrEd 1.2.21
silent moment
॥ 1.2.22 ॥
CrEd 1.2.21
silent moment
॥ 1.2.23 ॥
CrEd 1.2.22
silent moment
॥ 1.2.24–25 ॥
CrEd 1.2.23–24
silent moment
॥ 1.2.26–28 ॥
CrEd 1.2.25–26
silent moment
॥ 1.2.28–29 ॥
CrEd 1.2.27
Valmiki
Sanskrit
पापात्मना कृतं कष्टं वैरग्रहणबुद्धिना यस् तादृशं चारुरवं क्रौञ्चं हन्याद् अकारणात् ॥
pāpātmanā kṛtaṃ kaṣṭaṃ vairagrahaṇabuddhinā yas tādṛśaṃ cāruravaṃ krauñcaṃ hanyād akāraṇāt
English
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.
॥ 1.2.29–30 ॥
CrEd 1.2.28
Valmikiverse caption
Sanskrit
शोचन्न् एव मुहुः क्रौञ्चीम् उपश्लोकम् इमं पुनः ।
जगाव् अन्तर्गतमना भूत्वा शोकपरायणः ॥
śocann eva muhuḥ krauñcīm upaślokam imaṃ punaḥ
jagāv antargatamanā bhūtvā śokaparāyaṇaḥ
English
Grieving still, again and again, for the hen,
this verse once more
he sang, his mind turned inward,
lost wholly in his grief.
॥ 1.2.30 ॥
CrEd 1.2.29
Brahma
Sanskrit
श्लोक एव त्वया बद्धो नात्र कार्या विचारणा ॥
śloka eva tvayā baddho nātra kāryā vicāraṇā
English
It is a shloka you have bound;
no need to ponder it here.
॥ 1.2.31 ॥
CrEd 1.2.30
Brahma
Sanskrit
मच्छन्दाद् एव ते ब्रह्मन् प्रवृत्तेयं सरस्वती ।
रामस्य चरितं सर्वं कुरु त्वम् ऋषिसत्तम ॥
macchandād eva te brahman pravṛtteyaṃ sarasvatī
rāmasya caritaṃ sarvaṃ kuru tvam ṛṣisattama
English
By my will alone, O brahmin,
this speech of yours came forth.
Rama’s story, all of it,
make it, best of seers.
॥ 1.2.31 ॥
CrEd 1.2.30
silent moment
॥ 1.2.32 ॥
CrEd 1.2.31
Brahma
Sanskrit
धर्मात्मनो गुणवतो लोके रामस्य धीमतः वृत्तं कथय धीरस्य यथा ते नारदाच् छ्रुतम् ॥
dharmātmano guṇavato loke rāmasya dhīmataḥ vṛttaṃ kathaya dhīrasya yathā te nāradāc chrutam
English
Of righteous Rama, rich in virtue,
wise in the world,
tell the life, the steadfast one’s,
as you heard it from Narada.
॥ 1.2.33–34 ॥
CrEd 1.2.32–33
Brahma
Sanskrit
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
English
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.
॥ 1.2.35 ॥
CrEd 1.2.34
Brahma
Sanskrit
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
English
No word of yours in this poem
shall ever be untrue.
Make Rama’s story, holy,
bound in shlokas, lovely to the mind.
॥ 1.2.36 ॥
CrEd 1.2.35
Brahma
Sanskrit
यावत् स्थास्यन्ति गिरयः सरितश् च महीतले तावद् रामायणकथा लोकेषु प्रचरिष्यति ॥
yāvat sthāsyanti girayaḥ saritaś ca mahītale tāvad rāmāyaṇakathā lokeṣu pracariṣyati
English
As long as the mountains stand,
and the rivers on the earth,
so long the Ramayana’s story
shall go about the worlds.
॥ 1.2.38 ॥
CrEd 1.2.37
silent moment
॥ 1.2.39–40 ॥
CrEd 1.2.38–39
Valmikiverse caption
Sanskrit
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
English
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.”
॥ 1.2.41 ॥
CrEd 1.2.40
Valmiki
Sanskrit
कृत्स्नं रामायणं काव्यम् ईदृशैः करवाण्य् अहम् ॥
kṛtsnaṃ rāmāyaṇaṃ kāvyam īdṛśaiḥ karavāṇy aham
English
The whole Ramayana, the poem,
in verses such as these I will make.
॥ 1.3.1–2 ॥
CrEd 1.3.1–2
silent moment
॥ 1.3.10–39 ॥
CrEd 1.3.3–29
Valmikiverse caption
Sanskrit
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
English
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.