As if to your own home
॥ 7.49.1 ॥
CrEd 7.48.1
silent moment
॥ 7.49.3 ॥
CrEd 7.48.3
Munikumara
Sanskrit
अदृष्टपूर्वा भगवन् कस्याप्य् एषा महात्मनः ।
पत्नी श्रीर् इव संमोहाद् विरौति विकृतस्वरा ॥
adṛṣṭapūrvā bhagavan kasyāpy eṣā mahātmanaḥ
patnī śrīr iva saṃmohād virauti vikṛtasvarā
English
Never seen before, blessed one,
the wife of some great-souled man,
like Shri, in her bewilderment,
cries out with broken voice.
॥ 7.49.4cd–5 ॥
Munikumara
Sanskrit
नद्यास् तु तीरे भगवन् वरस्त्री कापि दुःखिता ।
अनर्हा दुःखशोकाभ्याम् एकां दीनां ह्य् अनाथवत् ॥
nadyās tu tīre bhagavan varastrī kāpi duḥkhitā
anarhā duḥkhaśokābhyām ekāṃ dīnāṃ hy anāthavat
English
On the river’s bank, blessed one,
some noble lady, sorrowing,
unworthy of grief and sorrow,
alone, forlorn, as one with none.
॥ 7.49.4ab ॥
CrEd 7.48.4ab
Munikumaras
Sanskrit
भगवन् साधु पश्येमां देवताम् इव खाच् च्युताम् ॥
bhagavan sādhu paśyemāṃ devatām iva khāc cyutām
English
Blessed one, look well on her,
like a goddess fallen from the sky.
॥ 7.49.6ab ॥
CrEd 7.48.4cd
Munikumara
Sanskrit
न ह्य् एनां मानुषीं विद्मः सत्क्रियास्याः प्रयुज्यताम् ॥
na hy enāṃ mānuṣīṃ vidmaḥ satkriyāsyāḥ prayujyatām
English
We know her for no mortal woman:
let honour be shown to her.
॥ 7.49.7cd-ef ॥
CrEd 7.48.5
Valmikiverse caption
Sanskrit
तेषां तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा बुद्ध्या निश्चित्य धर्मवित् ।
तपसा लब्धचक्षुष्मान् प्राद्रवद् यत्र मैथिली ॥
teṣāṃ tad vacanaṃ śrutvā buddhyā niścitya dharmavit
tapasā labdhacakṣuṣmān prādravad yatra maithilī
English
Hearing those words of theirs,
resolved in mind, the knower of dharma,
with the sight his austerity had won,
hastened to where Maithili was.
॥ 7.49.8cd–9 ॥
CrEd 7.48.6
Valmikiverse caption
Sanskrit
तं तु देशम् अभिप्रेत्य किं चित् पद्भ्यां महामुनिः ।
अर्घ्यम् आदाय रुचिरं जाह्वनीतीरम् आश्रितः ।
ददर्श राघवस्येष्टां पत्नीं सीताम् अनाथवत् ॥
taṃ tu deśam abhipretya kiṃ cit padbhyāṃ mahāmuniḥ
arghyam ādāya ruciraṃ jāhvanītīram āśritaḥ
dadarśa rāghavasyeṣṭāṃ patnīṃ sītām anāthavat
English
Making for that place,
a little way on foot, the great sage,
bearing bright guest-water,
came to the bank of the Ganga
and saw Raghava’s beloved,
his wife Sita, as one with none.
॥ 7.49.11 ॥
CrEd 7.48.8
Valmiki
Sanskrit
स्नुषा दशरथस्य त्वं रामस्य महिषी सती ।
जनकस्य सुता राज्ञः स्वागतं ते पतिव्रते ॥
snuṣā daśarathasya tvaṃ rāmasya mahiṣī satī
janakasya sutā rājñaḥ svāgataṃ te pativrate
English
Dasharatha’s daughter-in-law are you,
Rama’s virtuous queen,
daughter of Janaka the king:
welcome to you, faithful wife.
॥ 7.49.12 ॥
CrEd 7.48.9
Valmiki
Sanskrit
आयान्त्य् एवासि विज्ञाता मया धर्मसमाधिना ।
कारणं चैव सर्वं मे हृदयेनोपलक्षितम् ॥
āyānty evāsi vijñātā mayā dharmasamādhinā
kāraṇaṃ caiva sarvaṃ me hṛdayenopalakṣitam
English
Even as you came, you were known to me
through my meditation in dharma;
and all the cause of it
my heart has seen.
॥ 7.49.14 ॥
CrEd 7.48.10
Valmiki
Sanskrit
अपापां वेद्मि सीते त्वां तपोलब्धेन चक्षुषा ।
विशुद्धभावा वैदेहि साम्प्रतं मयि वर्तसे ॥
apāpāṃ vedmi sīte tvāṃ tapolabdhena cakṣuṣā
viśuddhabhāvā vaidehi sāmprataṃ mayi vartase
English
Sinless I know you, Sita,
by the eye my austerity has won.
Pure of heart, Vaidehi,
now you dwell with me.
॥ 7.49.15 ॥
CrEd 7.48.11
Valmiki
Sanskrit
आश्रमस्याविदूरे मे तापस्यस् तपसि स्थिताः ।
तास् त्वां वत्से यथा वत्सं पालयिष्यन्ति नित्यशः ॥
āśramasyāvidūre me tāpasyas tapasi sthitāḥ
tās tvāṃ vatse yathā vatsaṃ pālayiṣyanti nityaśaḥ
English
Not far from my hermitage
dwell women ascetics, firm in austerity;
as a calf, my child, they will tend you,
and guard you always.
॥ 7.49.16 ॥
CrEd 7.48.12
Valmiki
Sanskrit
इदम् अर्घ्यं प्रतीच्छ त्वं विस्रब्धा विगतज्वरा ।
यथा स्वगृहम् अभ्येत्य विषादं चैव मा कृथाः ॥
idam arghyaṃ pratīccha tvaṃ visrabdhā vigatajvarā
yathā svagṛham abhyetya viṣādaṃ caiva mā kṛthāḥ
English
Take this guest-water,
trusting, your fever gone;
as one come to her own home,
give no place to despair.
॥ 7.49.17ab ॥
CrEd 7.48.13ab
silent moment
॥ 7.49.17cd ॥
CrEd 7.48.13cd
Sita
Sanskrit
श्रुत्वा तु भाषितं सीता मुनेः परमम् अद्भुतम् ।
शिरसा वन्द्य चरणौ तथेत्य् आह कृताञ्जलिः ॥
śrutvā tu bhāṣitaṃ sītā muneḥ paramam adbhutam
śirasā vandya caraṇau tathety āha kṛtāñjaliḥ
English
Hearing the sage’s words,
wonderful beyond all others,
Sita bowed her head at his feet
and, palms joined, said, “So be it.”
॥ 7.49.18–19ab ॥
CrEd 7.48.14–15ab
silent moment
॥ 7.49.20ab ॥
CrEd 7.48.16ab
Tapasis
Sanskrit
स्वागतं ते मुनिश्रेष्ठ चिरस्यागमनं प्रभो ॥
svāgataṃ te muniśreṣṭha cirasyāgamanaṃ prabho
English
Welcome, best of sages:
long it is, lord, since you came.
॥ 7.49.20cd ॥
CrEd 7.48.16cd
Tapasi
Sanskrit
अभिवादयामः सर्वास् त्वाम् उच्यतां किं च कुर्महे ॥
abhivādayāmaḥ sarvās tvām ucyatāṃ kiṃ ca kurmahe
English
We all bow before you;
say, what shall we do?
॥ 7.49.21cd–22 ॥
CrEd 7.48.17cd–18
Valmiki
Sanskrit
सीतेयं समनुप्राप्ता पत्नी रामस्य धीमतः ।
स्नुषा दशरथस्यैषा जनकस्य सुता सती ।
अपापा पतिना त्यक्ता परिपाल्या मया सदा ॥
sīteyaṃ samanuprāptā patnī rāmasya dhīmataḥ
snuṣā daśarathasyaiṣā janakasya sutā satī
apāpā patinā tyaktā paripālyā mayā sadā
English
This is Sita, come to us,
the wife of Rama the wise,
Dasharatha’s daughter-in-law,
Janaka’s virtuous daughter;
sinless, by her husband forsaken,
ever to be cherished by me.
॥ 7.49.24 ॥
CrEd 7.48.20
Valmikiverse caption
Sanskrit
मुहुर् मुहुश् च वैदेहीं परिसान्त्व्य महायशाः ।
स्वम् आश्रमं शिष्यवृतः पुनर् आयान् महातपाः ॥
muhur muhuś ca vaidehīṃ parisāntvya mahāyaśāḥ
svam āśramaṃ śiṣyavṛtaḥ punar āyān mahātapāḥ
English
Again and again he comforted Vaidehi;
then the glorious one,
his pupils round him, the great ascetic,
went back to his own hermitage.
॥ 7.49.24 ॥
CrEd 7.48.20
silent moment