Who will perform it?
॥ 1.4.1 ॥
CrEd 1.4.1
वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption
वाल्मीकि
प्राप्तराज्यस्य रामस्य वाल्मीकिर् भगवान् ऋषिः ।
चकार चरितं कृत्स्नं विचित्रपदम् आत्मवान् ॥
prāptarājyasya rāmasya vālmīkir bhagavān ṛṣiḥ
cakāra caritaṃ kṛtsnaṃ vicitrapadam ātmavān
Translation
When Rama had won his kingdom,
Valmiki, the blessed seer,
made the whole of his story,
in wondrous words, master of himself.
Subtitle
When Rama had won back his kingdom,
Valmiki made the whole of his story,
in wondrous words.
॥ 1.4.3 ॥
CrEd 1.4.2
वाल्मीकिValmiki
वाल्मीकि
कृत्वा तु तन् महाप्राज्ञः सभविष्यं सहोत्तरम् ।
चिन्तयाम् आस को न्व् एतत् प्रयुञ्जीयाद् इति प्रभुः ॥
kṛtvā tu tan mahāprājñaḥ sabhaviṣyaṃ sahottaram
cintayām āsa ko nv etat prayuñjīyād iti prabhuḥ
Translation
Having made it, the greatly wise one,
with what was to come, and the sequel,
pondered, the lord: “Who now
could bring this forth?”
लीला
काव्य तो रच लिया। पर अब इसे गाएगा कौन?
Subtitle
The poem is made.
But who now
will perform it?
॥ 1.4.4 ॥
CrEd 1.4.3
वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption
वाल्मीकि
तस्य चिन्तयमानस्य महर्षेर् भावितात्मनः ।
अगृह्णीतां ततः पादौ मुनिवेषौ कुशीलवौ ॥
tasya cintayamānasya maharṣer bhāvitātmanaḥ
agṛhṇītāṃ tataḥ pādau muniveṣau kuśīlavau
Translation
As he pondered, the great seer,
his soul made pure,
then took hold of his feet
Kusha and Lava, in hermit dress.
Subtitle
As the great sage pondered,
Kusha and Lava, in hermit dress,
took hold of his feet.
॥ 1.4.5 ॥
CrEd 1.4.4
वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption
वाल्मीकि
कुशीलवौ तु धर्मज्ञौ राजपुत्रौ यशस्विनौ ।
भ्रातरौ स्वरसंपन्नौ ददर्शाश्रमवासिनौ ॥
kuśīlavau tu dharmajñau rājaputrau yaśasvinau
bhrātarau svarasaṃpannau dadarśāśramavāsinau
Translation
Kusha and Lava, knowers of dharma,
princes, glorious,
brothers rich in voice,
he saw them, dwellers in the hermitage.
Subtitle
He saw them: princes,
knowers of dharma,
brothers rich in voice.
॥ 1.4.6–7 ॥
CrEd 1.4.5–6
वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption
वाल्मीकि
स तु मेधाविनौ दृष्ट्वा वेदेषु परिनिष्ठितौ ।
वेदोपबृह्मणार्थाय ताव् अग्राहयत प्रभुः ।
काव्यं रामायणं कृत्स्नं सीतायाश् चरितं महत् ।
पौलस्त्यवधम् इत्य् एव चकार चरितव्रतः ॥
sa tu medhāvinau dṛṣṭvā vedeṣu pariniṣṭhitau
vedopabṛhmaṇārthāya tāv agrāhayata prabhuḥ
kāvyaṃ rāmāyaṇaṃ kṛtsnaṃ sītāyāś caritaṃ mahat
paulastyavadham ity eva cakāra caritavrataḥ
Translation
Seeing the two, bright of mind,
grounded in the Vedas,
to open out the Veda
the lord had them take it up:
the poem, the whole Ramayana,
the great story of Sita,
‘The Slaying of Paulastya’,
made by him, firm in his vow.
Subtitle
Seeing them bright,
he taught them the whole Ramayana:
the great story of Sita,
the slaying of Ravana.
॥ 1.1.1ab ॥
CrEd 1.1.1ab
वाल्मीकिValmiki
वाल्मीकि
तपःस्वाध्यायनिरतं तपस्वी वाग्विदां वरम् ॥
tapaḥsvādhyāyanirataṃ tapasvī vāgvidāṃ varam
Translation
Him, rapt in austerity and study,
the best of those who know the word, the ascetic…
लीला
तप और स्वाध्याय में लीन, वाणी जानने वालों में श्रेष्ठ,
Subtitle
Devoted to austerity and study,
best of all who know the word…
॥ 1.1.1ab ॥
CrEd 1.1.1ab
कुशKusha
वाल्मीकि
तपःस्वाध्यायनिरतं तपस्वी वाग्विदां वरम् ॥
tapaḥsvādhyāyanirataṃ tapasvī vāgvidāṃ varam
Translation
Him, rapt in austerity and study,
the best of those who know the word, the ascetic…
लीला
तप और स्वाध्याय में लीन, वाणी जानने वालों में श्रेष्ठ,
Subtitle
Devoted to austerity and study,
best of all who know the word…
॥ 1.1.1cd ॥
CrEd 1.1.1cd
वाल्मीकिValmiki
वाल्मीकि
नारदं परिपप्रच्छ वाल्मीकिर् मुनिपुंगवम् ॥
nāradaṃ paripapraccha vālmīkir munipuṃgavam
Translation
…Valmiki questioned closely:
Narada, the bull among sages.
लीला
मुनियों में श्रेष्ठ नारद से तपस्वी वाल्मीकि ने पूछा।
Subtitle
The ascetic Valmiki questioned
Narada, the finest of sages.
॥ 1.1.1cd ॥
CrEd 1.1.1cd
लवLava
वाल्मीकि
नारदं परिपप्रच्छ वाल्मीकिर् मुनिपुंगवम् ॥
nāradaṃ paripapraccha vālmīkir munipuṃgavam
Translation
…Valmiki questioned closely:
Narada, the bull among sages.
लीला
मुनियों में श्रेष्ठ नारद से तपस्वी वाल्मीकि ने पूछा।
Subtitle
The ascetic Valmiki questioned
Narada, the finest of sages.
॥ 1.4.8 ॥
CrEd 1.4.7
वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption
वाल्मीकि
पाठ्ये गेये च मधुरं प्रमाणैस् त्रिभिर् अन्वितम् ।
जातिभिः सप्तभिर् बद्धं तन्त्रीलयसमन्वितम् ॥
pāṭhye geye ca madhuraṃ pramāṇais tribhir anvitam
jātibhiḥ saptabhir baddhaṃ tantrīlayasamanvitam
Translation
Sweet to recite and to sing,
measured in the three tempos,
bound in the seven notes,
joined to the strings and the beat.
Subtitle
Sweet to speak and to sing,
in three tempos, seven notes,
to the strings and the beat.
॥ 1.4.9 ॥
CrEd 1.4.8
वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption
वाल्मीकि
हास्यशृङ्गारकारुण्यरौद्रवीरभयानकैः ।
बीभत्सादिरसैर् युक्तं काव्यम् एतद् अगायताम् ॥
hāsyaśṛṅgārakāruṇyaraudravīrabhayānakaiḥ
bībhatsādirasair yuktaṃ kāvyam etad agāyatām
Translation
With laughter, love and pity,
fury, valour, terror,
with disgust and the other rasas joined,
this poem the two sang.
Subtitle
Laughter, love, pity,
fury, valour, terror,
disgust, and the rest:
all of these they sang.
॥ 1.4.10 ॥
CrEd 1.4.9
वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption
वाल्मीकि
तौ तु गान्धर्वतत्त्वज्ञौ मूर्च्छनास्थानकोविदौ ।
भ्रातरौ स्वरसंपन्नौ गन्धर्वाव् इव रूपिणौ ॥
tau tu gāndharvatattvajñau mūrcchanāsthānakovidau
bhrātarau svarasaṃpannau gandharvāv iva rūpiṇau
Translation
Knowing the essence of the gandharva art,
skilled in its modes and registers,
brothers rich in voice,
like gandharvas in bodily form.
Subtitle
They knew the art of song,
its registers and modes:
like gandharvas
in bodily form.
॥ 1.4.11 ॥
CrEd 1.4.10
वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption
वाल्मीकि
रूपलक्षणसंपन्नौ मधुरस्वरभाषिणौ ।
बिम्बाद् इवोद्धृतौ बिम्बौ रामदेहात् तथापरौ ॥
rūpalakṣaṇasaṃpannau madhurasvarabhāṣiṇau
bimbād ivoddhṛtau bimbau rāmadehāt tathāparau
Translation
Rich in beauty and fair marks,
speaking in voices sweet,
like images raised from an image,
two more from Rama’s body.
Subtitle
Fair of form, sweet of voice,
like image lifted from image,
two more
from Rama's own body.
॥ 1.4.12 ॥
CrEd 1.4.11
वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption
वाल्मीकि
तौ राजपुत्रौ कार्त्स्न्येन धर्म्यम् आख्यानम् उत्तमम् ।
वाचो विधेयं तत् सर्वं कृत्वा काव्यम् अनिन्दितौ ॥
tau rājaputrau kārtsnyena dharmyam ākhyānam uttamam
vāco vidheyaṃ tat sarvaṃ kṛtvā kāvyam aninditau
Translation
The two princes, wholly,
the righteous tale, the supreme,
made all of it obey their voice,
the poem, the faultless ones.
Subtitle
The princes made the whole tale
obey their voice,
without a fault.
॥ 1.4.14 ॥
CrEd 1.4.12ef–13
वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption
वाल्मीकि
महात्मानौ महाभागौ सर्वलक्षणलक्षितौ ।
तौ कदा चित् समेतानाम् ऋषीणां भावितात्मनाम् ।
आसीनानां समीपस्थाव् इदं काव्यम् अगायताम् ॥
mahātmānau mahābhāgau sarvalakṣaṇalakṣitau
tau kadā cit sametānām ṛṣīṇāṃ bhāvitātmanām
āsīnānāṃ samīpasthāv idaṃ kāvyam agāyatām
Translation
Great-souled, greatly blessed,
marked with every sign,
the two, once, before the gathered
seers, their souls made pure,
as they sat, standing near,
sang this poem.
Subtitle
Once, before the sages
gathered and seated,
the two stood near
and sang this poem.
॥ 1.4.14 ॥
CrEd 1.4.13
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 1.4.15 ॥
CrEd 1.4.14ab
वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption
वाल्मीकि
तच् छ्रुत्वा मुनयः सर्वे बाष्पपर्याकुलेक्षणाः ॥
tac chrutvā munayaḥ sarve bāṣpaparyākulekṣaṇāḥ
Translation
Hearing it, all the sages,
their eyes brimming with tears…
Subtitle
Hearing it, all the sages
sat with brimming eyes,
lost in wonder.
॥ 1.4.15cd ॥
CrEd 1.4.14cd
G5Sages
वाल्मीकि
साधु साध्व् इति ताव् ऊचुः परं विस्मयम् आगताः ॥
sādhu sādhv iti tāv ūcuḥ paraṃ vismayam āgatāḥ
Translation
“Well done, well done!” they said to the two,
come to the height of wonder.
लीला
साधु! साधु!
Subtitle
Well done!
Well done!
॥ 1.4.16–17 ॥
CrEd 1.4.15–16
G
वाल्मीकि
ते प्रीतमनसः सर्वे मुनयो धर्मवत्सलाः ।
प्रशशंसुः प्रशस्तव्यौ गायमानौ कुशीलवौ ।
अहो गीतस्य माधुर्यं श्लोकानां च विशेषतः ।
चिरनिर्वृत्तम् अप्य् एतत् प्रत्यक्षम् इव दर्शितम् ॥
te prītamanasaḥ sarve munayo dharmavatsalāḥ
praśaśaṃsuḥ praśastavyau gāyamānau kuśīlavau
aho gītasya mādhuryaṃ ślokānāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ
ciranirvṛttam apy etat pratyakṣam iva darśitam
Translation
Glad at heart, all of them,
the sages, lovers of dharma,
praised the two worthy of praise,
Kusha and Lava, as they sang:
“Ah, the sweetness of the song,
and of the verses most of all!
Though done long ago, this
is shown as if before our eyes.”
लीला
अहा, गीत में कैसी मिठास है! और श्लोकों में तो उससे भी अधिक! जो बरसों पहले बीत गया, उसे मानो आँखों के सामने दिखा दिया।
Subtitle
Ah, the sweetness of the song,
and of the verses, above all!
What happened long ago
is shown as if before our eyes.
॥ 1.4.18–19 ॥
CrEd 1.4.17–18
वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption
वाल्मीकि
प्रविश्य ताव् उभौ सुष्ठु तदा भावम् अगायताम् ।
सहितौ मधुरं रक्तं संपन्नं स्वरसंपदा ।
एवं प्रशस्यमानौ तौ तपःश्लाघ्यैर् महर्षिभिः ।
संरक्ततरम् अत्यर्थं मधुरं ताव् अगायताम् ॥
praviśya tāv ubhau suṣṭhu tadā bhāvam agāyatām
sahitau madhuraṃ raktaṃ saṃpannaṃ svarasaṃpadā
evaṃ praśasyamānau tau tapaḥślāghyair maharṣibhiḥ
saṃraktataram atyarthaṃ madhuraṃ tāv agāyatām
Translation
Entering well into its feeling,
the two sang then together,
sweet, impassioned, rich
in the wealth of tone.
Praised so by the great seers,
whose austerity was their praise,
more impassioned still, beyond measure
sweet, the two sang on.
Subtitle
Praised so by the great sages,
the two entered its feeling
and sang on together,
sweeter, more stirring still.
॥ 1.4.20 ॥
CrEd 1.4.19
वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption
वाल्मीकि
प्रीतः कश् चिन् मुनिस् ताभ्यां संस्थितः कलशं ददौ ।
प्रसन्नो वल्कलं कश् चिद् ददौ ताभ्यां महायशाः ॥
prītaḥ kaś cin munis tābhyāṃ saṃsthitaḥ kalaśaṃ dadau
prasanno valkalaṃ kaś cid dadau tābhyāṃ mahāyaśāḥ
Translation
One sage, delighted with them,
rose and gave a water pot;
another, gracious, gave the two
bark cloth, a man of great renown.
Subtitle
One sage, delighted,
rose and gave them a water pot;
another, gracious,
gave them bark cloth.
॥ 1.4.21–25 ॥
वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption
वाल्मीकि
अन्यः कृष्णाजिनम् अदाद् यज्ञसूत्रं तथापरः ।
कश् चित् कमण्डलुं प्रादान् मौञ्जीम् अन्यो महामुनिः ।
बृसीम् अन्यस् तदा प्रादात् कौपीनम् अपरो मुनिः ।
ताभ्यां ददौ तदा हृष्टः कुठारम् अपरो मुनिः ।
काषायम् अपरो वस्त्रं चीरम् अन्यो ददौ मुनिः ।
जटाबन्धनम् अन्यस् तु काष्ठरज्जुं मुदान्वितः ।
यज्ञभाण्डम् ऋषिः कश् चित् काष्ठभारं तथापरः ।
औदुम्बरीं बृसीम् अन्यः स्वस्ति के चित् तदावदन् ।
आयुष्यम् अपरे प्राहुर् मुदा तत्र महर्षयः ।
ददुश् चैवं वरान् सर्वे मुनयः सत्यवादिनः ॥
anyaḥ kṛṣṇājinam adād yajñasūtraṃ tathāparaḥ
kaś cit kamaṇḍaluṃ prādān mauñjīm anyo mahāmuniḥ
bṛsīm anyas tadā prādāt kaupīnam aparo muniḥ
tābhyāṃ dadau tadā hṛṣṭaḥ kuṭhāram aparo muniḥ
kāṣāyam aparo vastraṃ cīram anyo dadau muniḥ
jaṭābandhanam anyas tu kāṣṭharajjuṃ mudānvitaḥ
yajñabhāṇḍam ṛṣiḥ kaś cit kāṣṭhabhāraṃ tathāparaḥ
audumbarīṃ bṛsīm anyaḥ svasti ke cit tadāvadan
āyuṣyam apare prāhur mudā tatra maharṣayaḥ
daduś caivaṃ varān sarve munayaḥ satyavādinaḥ
Translation
Another gave a black deerskin,
and another a sacred thread;
one gave a water jar,
another great sage a munja girdle.
Another then gave a grass seat,
another sage a loincloth;
and glad, another sage
gave the two an axe.
Ochre cloth gave another,
another sage a bark garment;
another a band for matted hair,
another, joyful, a rope for wood.
One seer a sacrificial vessel,
another a load of firewood,
another a seat of fig wood; some
said then, “Svasti!”
“Long life!” said others,
the great seers there, in joy;
and so they all gave boons,
the sages who speak the truth.
Subtitle
A deerskin, a sacred thread,
a water jar, an axe, a rope,
a bundle of firewood…
'Svasti!' 'Long life!'
॥ 1.4.26 ॥
CrEd 1.4.20
G
वाल्मीकि
आश्चर्यम् इदम् आख्यानं मुनिना संप्रकीर्तितम् ।
परं कवीनाम् आधारं समाप्तं च यथाक्रमम् ॥
āścaryam idam ākhyānaṃ muninā saṃprakīrtitam
paraṃ kavīnām ādhāraṃ samāptaṃ ca yathākramam
Translation
A wonder is this tale,
proclaimed by the sage:
the highest ground of poets,
complete, in its due order.
लीला
कैसी अद्भुत कथा है यह, जो मुनि ने कही! कवियों का परम आधार, और अपने क्रम में पूरी।
Subtitle
What a wonder,
this tale the sage has told!
The highest ground of poets,
complete, in its due order.
॥ 1.4.27 ॥
G
वाल्मीकि
अभिगीतम् इदं गीतं सर्वगीतेषु कोविदौ ।
आयुष्यं पुष्टिजनकं सर्वश्रुतिमनोहरम् ॥
abhigītam idaṃ gītaṃ sarvagīteṣu kovidau
āyuṣyaṃ puṣṭijanakaṃ sarvaśrutimanoharam
Translation
Well sung is this song,
O you two, skilled in every song:
it gives long life and growth,
and charms every ear.
लीला
तुम दोनों हर गीत में निपुण हो। तुमने जो गीत गाया, वह आयु और बल देता है, और हर कान को भाता है।
Subtitle
You two, skilled in every song:
the song you have sung
gives long life and strength,
and delights every ear.
॥ 1.4.26 ॥
CrEd 1.4.20
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 1.4.13 ॥
CrEd 1.4.12abcd
वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption
वाल्मीकि
ऋषीणां च द्विजातीनां साधूनां च समागमे ।
यथोपदेशं तत्त्वज्ञौ जगतुस् तौ समाहितौ ॥
ṛṣīṇāṃ ca dvijātīnāṃ sādhūnāṃ ca samāgame
yathopadeśaṃ tattvajñau jagatus tau samāhitau
Translation
In the gatherings of the seers,
of the twice-born and the good,
as taught, knowing its truth,
the two sang, intent.
Subtitle
In the gatherings of sages,
of the twice-born and the good,
they sang it,
as they were taught.