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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 1 (Bālakāṇḍa) • Sarga 13

Bālakāṇḍa Sarga 13

बालकाण्डम् • सर्गः 13

Bālakāṇḍa Sarga 13 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 46 verses.

Total: 46 Verses • Citations: VR 1.13.1–46 • 175 Lexicon Terms • Page 1 of 2 (Verses 30 shown)
VR 1.13.1 अनुष्टुप्
अथ संवत्सरे पूर्णे तस्मिन्प्राप्ते तुरङ्गमे । सरय्वाश्चोत्तरे तीरे राज्ञो यज्ञोऽभ्यवर्तत ॥
atha saṃvatsare pūrṇe tasminprāpte turaṅgame | sarayvāścottare tīre rājño yajño'bhyavartata ||
English Translation
After the expiry of full one year, when the sacrificial horse had returned, the sacrifice, of the king commenced on the north bank of the Sarayu.
VR 1.13.2 अनुष्टुप्
ऋश्यशृङ्गं पुरस्कृत्य कर्म चक्रुर्द्विजर्षभाः । अश्वमेधे महायज्ञे राज्ञोऽस्य सुमहात्मनः ॥
ṛśyaśṛṅgaṃ puraskṛtya karma cakrurdvijarṣabhāḥ | aśvamedhe mahāyajñe rājño'sya sumahātmanaḥ ||
English Translation
And with Rşyasſága at their head, the principal twice-born ones began the proceedings in that mighty horse-sacrifice of that high-souled monarch.
VR 1.13.3 अनुष्टुप्
कर्म कुर्वन्ति विधिवद्याजका वेदपारगाः । यथाविधि यथान्यायं परिक्रामन्ति शास्त्रतः ॥
karma kurvanti vidhivadyājakā vedapāragāḥ | yathāvidhi yathānyāyaṃ parikrāmanti śāstrataḥ ||
English Translation
And the priests, each duly and according to the ordinance performing his proper part, engaged in the ceremony in consonance with the scriptures.
VR 1.13.4 अनुष्टुप्
प्रवर्ग्यं शास्त्रतः कृत्वा तथैवोपसदं द्विजाः । चक्रुश्च विधिवत्सर्वमधिकं कर्म शास्त्रतः ॥
pravargyaṃ śāstrataḥ kṛtvā tathaivopasadaṃ dvijāḥ | cakruśca vidhivatsarvamadhikaṃ karma śāstrataḥ ||
English Translation
And the regenerate ones, having performed the pravargya as well as the upasada according to the ordinance, duly completed the additional ceremonies. Then, worshipping the deities with glad hearts, those foremost of ascetics duly performed the morning ablutions and the other prescribed rites.
VR 1.13.5 अनुष्टुप्
अभिपूज्य ततो हृष्टाः सर्वे चक्रुर्यथाविधि । प्रातःसवनपूर्वाणि कर्माणि मुनिपुंगवाः ॥
abhipūjya tato hṛṣṭāḥ sarve cakruryathāvidhi | prātaḥsavanapūrvāṇi karmāṇi munipuṃgavāḥ ||
English Translation
And the regenerate ones, having performed the pravargya as well as the upasada according to the ordinance, duly completed the additional ceremonies. Then, worshipping the deities with glad hearts, those foremost of ascetics duly performed the morning ablutions and the other prescribed rites.
VR 1.13.6 अनुष्टुप्
न चाहुतमभूत्तत्र स्खलितं वापि किंचन । दृश्यते ब्रह्मवत्सर्वं क्षेमयुक्तं हि चक्रिरे ॥
na cāhutamabhūttatra skhalitaṃ vāpi kiṃcana | dṛśyate brahmavatsarvaṃ kṣemayuktaṃ hi cakrire ||
English Translation
And no part of the ceremony was performed improperly, or left out, and every thing was satisfactorily celebrated with mantras.
VR 1.13.7 अनुष्टुप्
न तेष्वहःसु श्रान्तो वा क्षुधितो वापि दृश्यते । नाविद्वान्ब्राह्मणस्तत्र नाशतानुचरस्तथा ॥
na teṣvahaḥsu śrānto vā kṣudhito vāpi dṛśyate | nāvidvānbrāhmaṇastatra nāśatānucarastathā ||
English Translation
And on that day no Brāhmaṇa ever felt tired, or hungry and there was none that was not learned, or that was not followed by an hundred persons.
VR 1.13.8 अनुष्टुप्
ब्राह्मणा भुञ्जते नित्यं नाथवन्तश्च भुञ्जते । तापसा भुञ्जते चापि श्रमणा भुञ्जते तथा ॥
brāhmaṇā bhuñjate nityaṃ nāthavantaśca bhuñjate | tāpasā bhuñjate cāpi śramaṇā bhuñjate tathā ||
English Translation
Brāhmaṇas, and Śūdras having among them ascetics, and Sramanas, and the aged, and the infirm, and women, and children, were continually fed. And although they ate their fill, yet they know no repletion.
VR 1.13.9 अनुष्टुप्
वृद्धाश्च व्याधिताश्चैव स्त्रियो बालास्तथैव च । अनिशं भुञ्जमानानां न तृप्तिरुपलभ्यते ॥
vṛddhāśca vyādhitāścaiva striyo bālāstathaiva ca | aniśaṃ bhuñjamānānāṃ na tṛptirupalabhyate ||
English Translation
Brāhmaṇas, and Śūdras having among them ascetics, and Sramanas, and the aged, and the infirm, and women, and children, were continually fed. And although they ate their fill, yet they know no repletion.
VR 1.13.10 अनुष्टुप्
दीयतां दीयतामन्नं वासांसि विविधानि च । इति संचोदितास्तत्र तथा चक्रुरनेकशः ॥
dīyatāṃ dīyatāmannaṃ vāsāṃsi vividhāni ca | iti saṃcoditāstatra tathā cakruranekaśaḥ ||
English Translation
And Give food, and clothes of various kinds (was heard all around) And those employed in the task gave away profusely.
VR 1.13.11 अनुष्टुप्
अन्नकूटाश्च बहवो दृश्यन्ते पर्वतोपमाः । दिवसे दिवसे तत्र सिद्धस्य विधिवत्तदा ॥
annakūṭāśca bahavo dṛśyante parvatopamāḥ | divase divase tatra siddhasya vidhivattadā ||
English Translation
And every day food dressed properly in due form was to be seen in countless heaps resembling hills.
VR 1.13.12 अनुष्टुप्
अन्नं हि विधिवत्स्वादु प्रशंसन्ति द्विजर्षभाः । अहो तृप्ताः स्म भद्रं ते इति शुश्राव राघवः ॥
annaṃ hi vidhivatsvādu praśaṃsanti dvijarṣabhāḥ | aho tṛptāḥ sma bhadraṃ te iti śuśrāva rāghavaḥ ||
English Translation
The foremost regenerate ones said, The viands have been prepared in the prescribed form, and they taste excellent. We have been gratified. God bless you! All this was heard by the descendant of Raghu.
VR 1.13.13 अनुष्टुप्
स्वलंकृताश्च पुरुषा ब्राह्मणान्पर्यवेषयन् । उपासते च तानन्ये सुमृष्टमणिकुण्डलाः ॥
svalaṃkṛtāśca puruṣā brāhmaṇānparyaveṣayan | upāsate ca tānanye sumṛṣṭamaṇikuṇḍalāḥ ||
English Translation
Persons adorned with ornaments distributed the victuals among the Brāhmaṇas, and they were assisted by others wearing jewelled pendants.
VR 1.13.14 अनुष्टुप्
कर्मान्तरे तदा विप्रा हेतुवादान्बहूनपि । प्राहुः सुवाग्मिनो धीराः परस्परजिगीषया ॥
karmāntare tadā viprā hetuvādānbahūnapi | prāhuḥ suvāgmino dhīrāḥ parasparajigīṣayā ||
English Translation
In the interval between the completion of one bath and the beginning of the next, mild and eloquent Vipras, desirous of victory, engaged in various disputations.
VR 1.13.15 अनुष्टुप्
दिवसे दिवसे तत्र संस्तरे कुशला द्विजाः । सर्वकर्माणि चक्रुस्ते यथाशास्त्रं प्रचोदिताः ॥
divase divase tatra saṃstare kuśalā dvijāḥ | sarvakarmāṇi cakruste yathāśāstraṃ pracoditāḥ ||
English Translation
Every day in that sacrifice, skilful Brāhmaṇas, engaged in the ceremony, did everything, according to the ritual.
VR 1.13.16 अनुष्टुप्
नाषडङ्गविदत्रासीन्नाव्रतो नाबहुश्रुतः । सदस्यस्तस्य वै राज्ञो नावादकुशलो द्विजः ॥
nāṣaḍaṅgavidatrāsīnnāvrato nābahuśrutaḥ | sadasyastasya vai rājño nāvādakuśalo dvijaḥ ||
English Translation
There was no twice-born one that was not versed in the Vedas and the Vedāngas, or that did not observe vows, or that was not profoundly learned, nor did any assist at the sacrifice that could not argue ably.
VR 1.13.17 अनुष्टुप्
प्राप्ते यूपोच्छ्रये तस्मिन्षड्बैल्वाः खादिरास्तथा । तावन्तो बिल्वसहिताः पर्णिनश्च तथापरे ॥
prāpte yūpocchraye tasminṣaḍbailvāḥ khādirāstathā | tāvanto bilvasahitāḥ parṇinaśca tathāpare ||
English Translation
And when the time came for planting the Yüpas of bilva, as many of catechu, and as many of Palasa, and one of Sleşmätaka, and two of Devadāru well-made and measuring two outstretched arms.
VR 1.13.18 अनुष्टुप्
श्लेष्मातकमयो दिष्टो देवदारुमयस्तथा । द्वावेव तत्र विहितौ बाहुव्यस्तपरिग्रहौ ॥
śleṣmātakamayo diṣṭo devadārumayastathā | dvāveva tatra vihitau bāhuvyastaparigrahau ||
English Translation
And when the time came for planting the Yüpas of bilva, as many of catechu, and as many of Palasa, and one of Sleşmätaka, and two of Devadāru well-made and measuring two outstretched arms.
VR 1.13.19 अनुष्टुप्
कारिताः सर्व एवैते शास्त्रज्ञैर्यज्ञकोविदैः । शोभार्थं तस्य यज्ञस्य काञ्चनालंकृता भवन् ॥
kāritāḥ sarva evaite śāstrajñairyajñakovidaiḥ | śobhārthaṃ tasya yajñasya kāñcanālaṃkṛtā bhavan ||
English Translation
All these posts were prepared by knowers of sastras and by those wellversed in the performance of sacrifices. They were decorated with gold to add elegance to the sacrifice.
VR 1.13.20 अनुष्टुप्
विन्यस्ता विधिवत्सर्वे शिल्पिभिः सुकृता दृढाः । अष्टाश्रयः सर्व एव श्लक्ष्णरूपसमन्विताः ॥
vinyastā vidhivatsarve śilpibhiḥ sukṛtā dṛḍhāḥ | aṣṭāśrayaḥ sarva eva ślakṣṇarūpasamanvitāḥ ||
English Translation
All those posts, strong with eight sides and finely finished surfaces, wellcarved by sculptors were duly erected.
VR 1.13.21 अनुष्टुप्
आच्छादितास्ते वासोभिः पुष्पैर्गन्धैश्च भूषिताः । सप्तर्षयो दीप्तिमन्तो विराजन्ते यथा दिवि ॥
ācchāditāste vāsobhiḥ puṣpairgandhaiśca bhūṣitāḥ | saptarṣayo dīptimanto virājante yathā divi ||
English Translation
And being wrapped up in cloths, and worshipped with flowers, they looked like the seven Rșis appearing in the welkin.
VR 1.13.22 अनुष्टुप्
इष्टकाश्च यथान्यायं कारिताश्च प्रमाणतः । चितोऽग्निर्ब्राह्मणैस्तत्र कुशलैः शुल्बकर्मणि ॥
iṣṭakāśca yathānyāyaṃ kāritāśca pramāṇataḥ | cito'gnirbrāhmaṇaistatra kuśalaiḥ śulbakarmaṇi ||
English Translation
And an adequate number of bricks was also duly made (for the ceremony.) And Brāhmaṇas accomplished in the arts constructed the sacrificial fire-place with those bricks.
VR 1.13.23 अनुष्टुप्
स चित्यो राजसिंहस्य संचितः कुशलैर्द्विजैः । गरुडो रुक्मपक्षो वै त्रिगुणोऽष्टादशात्मकः ॥
sa cityo rājasiṃhasya saṃcitaḥ kuśalairdvijaiḥ | garuḍo rukmapakṣo vai triguṇo'ṣṭādaśātmakaḥ ||
English Translation
That sacrificial altar of the lion among kings, (Dasaratha), erected by welltrained brahmins was in the shape of the golden winged 'Garuda' it had three ranges and thrice as many fireplaces i.e eighteen in number.
VR 1.13.24 उपजातिः
नियुक्तास्तत्र पशवस्तत्तदुद्दिश्य दैवतम् । उरगाः पक्षिणश्चैव यथाशास्त्रं प्रचोदिताः । शामित्रे तु हयस्तत्र तथा जल चराश्च ये ॥
niyuktāstatra paśavastattaduddiśya daivatam | uragāḥ pakṣiṇaścaiva yathāśāstraṃ pracoditāḥ | śāmitre tu hayastatra tathā jala carāśca ye ||
English Translation
That fire-place of that lion among kings, set by skilful Brāhmaṇas, consisting on three sides of eighteen bricks, looked like the goldenwinged Garuda. And for the purpose of sacrificing them to the respective deities were collect beasts and reptiles, and birds, and horses, and aquatic animals. And the priests sacrificed all these in proper form.
VR 1.13.25 उपजातिः
ऋत्विग्भिः सर्वमेवैतन्नियुक्तं शास्त्रतस्तदा । पशूनां त्रिशतं तत्र यूपेषु नियतं तदा । अश्वरत्नोत्तमं तस्य राज्ञो दशरथस्य ह ॥
ṛtvigbhiḥ sarvamevaitanniyuktaṃ śāstratastadā | paśūnāṃ triśataṃ tatra yūpeṣu niyataṃ tadā | aśvaratnottamaṃ tasya rājño daśarathasya ha ||
English Translation
And to these Yūpas were bound, three hundred beasts, as well as the foremost of the best horses belonging to king Dasaratha.
VR 1.13.26 अनुष्टुप्
कौसल्या तं हयं तत्र परिचर्य समन्ततः । कृपाणैर्विशशासैनं त्रिभिः परमया मुदा ॥
kausalyā taṃ hayaṃ tatra paricarya samantataḥ | kṛpāṇairviśaśāsainaṃ tribhiḥ paramayā mudā ||
English Translation
Then Kausalyā, having performed the preliminary rites, with three strokes slew that horse, experiencing great glee.
VR 1.13.27 अनुष्टुप्
पतत्रिणा तदा सार्धं सुस्थितेन च चेतसा । अवसद्रजनीमेकां कौसल्या धर्मकाम्यया ॥
patatriṇā tadā sārdhaṃ susthitena ca cetasā | avasadrajanīmekāṃ kausalyā dharmakāmyayā ||
English Translation
And with the view of reaping merit, Kausalyā, with an undisturbed heart passed one night with that horse furnished with wings.
VR 1.13.28 अनुष्टुप्
होताध्वर्युस्तथोद्गाता हयेन समयोजयन् । महिष्या परिवृक्त्याथ वावातामपरां तथा ॥
hotādhvaryustathodgātā hayena samayojayan | mahiṣyā parivṛktyātha vāvātāmaparāṃ tathā ||
English Translation
Hotás and Adhvaryus, and the Udgatás joined the king's Vāvātā along with his Mahișī and Parivrtti.* And priests of subdued senses, wellup in sacrificial rites, began to offer oblations with the fat of the winged-horse, according to the ordinance. *The Kșatriya kings could marry wives from among Kșatriyas, Vaişyas and Śūdras. The Kșatriya wife is called Mahiși, the Vaişya wife Vávātā and the Śūdra wife Parivrtti.
VR 1.13.29 अनुष्टुप्
पतत्रिणस्तस्य वपामुद्धृत्य नियतेन्द्रियः । ऋत्विक्परम संपन्नः श्रपयामास शास्त्रतः ॥
patatriṇastasya vapāmuddhṛtya niyatendriyaḥ | ṛtvikparama saṃpannaḥ śrapayāmāsa śāstrataḥ ||
English Translation
Hotás and Adhvaryus, and the Udgatás joined the king's Vāvātā along with his Mahișī and Parivrtti.* And priests of subdued senses, wellup in sacrificial rites, began to offer oblations with the fat of the winged-horse, according to the ordinance. *The Kșatriya kings could marry wives from among Kșatriyas, Vaişyas and Śūdras. The Kșatriya wife is called Mahiși, the Vaişya wife Vávātā and the Śūdra wife Parivrtti.
VR 1.13.30 अनुष्टुप्
धूमगन्धं वपायास्तु जिघ्रति स्म नराधिपः । यथाकालं यथान्यायं निर्णुदन्पापमात्मनः ॥
dhūmagandhaṃ vapāyāstu jighrati sma narādhipaḥ | yathākālaṃ yathānyāyaṃ nirṇudanpāpamātmanaḥ ||
English Translation
The lord of men, desirous of removing his sins, at the proper time smelt the odour of the smoke arising from the fat, agreeably to the scriptures.
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