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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 1 (Bālakāṇḍa) • Sarga 38

Bālakāṇḍa Sarga 38

बालकाण्डम् • सर्गः 38

Bālakāṇḍa Sarga 38 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 26 verses.

Total: 26 Verses • Citations: VR 1.38.1–26 • 175 Lexicon Terms
VR 1.38.1 अनुष्टुप्
विश्वामित्रवचः श्रुत्वा कथान्ते रघुनन्दन । उवाच परमप्रीतो मुनिं दीप्तमिवानलम् ॥
viśvāmitravacaḥ śrutvā kathānte raghunandana | uvāca paramaprīto muniṃ dīptamivānalam ||
English Translation
When Viśvāmitra had ended, hearing his words, Rāma exceedingly pleased, spoke to that ascetic resembling flaming fire, saying,
VR 1.38.2 अनुष्टुप्
श्रोतुमिछामि भद्रं ते विस्तरेण कथामिमाम् । पूर्वको मे कथं ब्रह्मन्यज्ञं वै समुपाहरत् ॥
śrotumichāmi bhadraṃ te vistareṇa kathāmimām | pūrvako me kathaṃ brahmanyajñaṃ vai samupāharat ||
English Translation
I am anxious to hear in detail, good betide you, how, O Brāhmaṇa, my ancestor arranged for the sacrifice.
VR 1.38.3 अनुष्टुप्
विश्वामित्रस्तु काकुत्स्थमुवाच प्रहसन्निव । श्रूयतां विस्तरो राम सगरस्य महात्मनः ॥
viśvāmitrastu kākutsthamuvāca prahasanniva | śrūyatāṃ vistaro rāma sagarasya mahātmanaḥ ||
English Translation
Viswamitra addressing the son of the Kakusthas (Rama) with a smile said, "O Rama hear in detail the story of the magnanimous king Sagara".
VR 1.38.4 अनुष्टुप्
शंकरश्वशुरो नाम हिमवानचलोत्तमः । विन्ध्यपर्वतमासाद्य निरीक्षेते परस्परम् ॥
śaṃkaraśvaśuro nāma himavānacalottamaḥ | vindhyaparvatamāsādya nirīkṣete parasparam ||
English Translation
"Sankara's fatherinlaw named Himavan is the greatest mountain. Himavan and Vindhya came close and began looking at one another. (because both are of extreme height and in between them there was no obstruction).
VR 1.38.5 अनुष्टुप्
तयोर्मध्ये प्रवृत्तोऽभूद्यज्ञः स पुरुषोत्तम । स हि देशो नरव्याघ्र प्रशस्तो यज्ञकर्मणि ॥
tayormadhye pravṛtto'bhūdyajñaḥ sa puruṣottama | sa hi deśo naravyāghra praśasto yajñakarmaṇi ||
English Translation
"O best of men, the sacrifice took place in the region in between these two mountains. O tiger among men the region was appropriate for conducting sacrificial acts.
VR 1.38.6 अनुष्टुप्
तस्याश्वचर्यां काकुत्स्थ दृढधन्वा महारथः । अंशुमानकरोत्तात सगरस्य मते स्थितः ॥
tasyāśvacaryāṃ kākutstha dṛḍhadhanvā mahārathaḥ | aṃśumānakarottāta sagarasya mate sthitaḥ ||
English Translation
And that country, O best of men, is excellent as a sacrificial ground. And, O Kākutstha, equipped with a powerful bow, that mighty carwarrior, living under Sagara's sway, Ansumat, O child, followed the horse, for the purpose of protecting it.
VR 1.38.7 अनुष्टुप्
तस्य पर्वणि तं यज्ञं यजमानस्य वासवः । राक्षसीं तनुमास्थाय यज्ञियाश्वमपाहरत् ॥
tasya parvaṇi taṃ yajñaṃ yajamānasya vāsavaḥ | rākṣasīṃ tanumāsthāya yajñiyāśvamapāharat ||
English Translation
It came to pass that with the intention of disturbing the sacrifice of that monarch, on a certain day Vasava, assuming the, form of a Raksasi, stole away the sacrificial horse. us
VR 1.38.8 अनुष्टुप्
ह्रियमाणे तु काकुत्स्थ तस्मिन्नश्वे महात्मनः । उपाध्याय गणाः सर्वे यजमानमथाब्रुवन् ॥
hriyamāṇe tu kākutstha tasminnaśve mahātmanaḥ | upādhyāya gaṇāḥ sarve yajamānamathābruvan ||
English Translation
O son of the Kakutsthas, when the magnanimous king Sagara's sacrificial horse was stolen away, all the high priests addressing the performer of the sacrifice said:
VR 1.38.9 अनुष्टुप्
अयं पर्वणि वेगेन यज्ञियाश्वोऽपनीयते । हर्तारं जहि काकुत्स्थ हयश्चैवोपनीयताम् ॥
ayaṃ parvaṇi vegena yajñiyāśvo'panīyate | hartāraṃ jahi kākutstha hayaścaivopanīyatām ||
English Translation
'O Kakutstha on this auspicious (fullmoon) day the sacrificial horse has been stolen away suddenly and forcibly. Slay the thief and bring back the horse'.
VR 1.38.10 अनुष्टुप्
यज्ञच्छिद्रं भवत्येतत्सर्वेषामशिवाय नः । तत्तथा क्रियतां राजन्यथाछिद्रः क्रतुर्भवेत् ॥
yajñacchidraṃ bhavatyetatsarveṣāmaśivāya naḥ | tattathā kriyatāṃ rājanyathāchidraḥ kraturbhavet ||
English Translation
'This flaw in sacrifice will be inauspicious for all of us. Hence O king do everything which will ensure flawlessness to this sacrifice'.
VR 1.38.11 अनुष्टुप्
उपाध्याय वचः श्रुत्वा तस्मिन्सदसि पार्थिवः । षष्टिं पुत्रसहस्राणि वाक्यमेतदुवाच ह ॥
upādhyāya vacaḥ śrutvā tasminsadasi pārthivaḥ | ṣaṣṭiṃ putrasahasrāṇi vākyametaduvāca ha ||
English Translation
Hearing the words of the priests, the king addressed his sixty thousand sons in the midst of his court, saying, 'l'eing, as this great sacrifice is, presided over by eminently pious Brāhmaṇas sanctified by mantras, I do not, you foremost of men, you sons, see how Raksasas may find entrance into it.'
VR 1.38.12 अनुष्टुप्
गतिं पुत्रा न पश्यामि रक्षसां पुरुषर्षभाः । मन्त्रपूतैर्महाभागैरास्थितो हि महाक्रतुः ॥
gatiṃ putrā na paśyāmi rakṣasāṃ puruṣarṣabhāḥ | mantrapūtairmahābhāgairāsthito hi mahākratuḥ ||
English Translation
'O Best among men, O sons I do not the hand of rakshasas in this as this great sacrifice is consecrated by mantras (to prevent any interruption) and is presided over by eminent priests.
VR 1.38.13 अनुष्टुप्
तद्गच्छत विचिन्वध्वं पुत्रका भद्रमस्तु वः । समुद्रमालिनीं सर्वां पृथिवीमनुगच्छत ॥
tadgacchata vicinvadhvaṃ putrakā bhadramastu vaḥ | samudramālinīṃ sarvāṃ pṛthivīmanugacchata ||
English Translation
'Therefore my sons, go and search this entire earth surrounded by oceans. May you be safe'.
VR 1.38.14 अनुष्टुप्
एकैकं योजनं पुत्रा विस्तारमभिगच्छत ॥
ekaikaṃ yojanaṃ putrā vistāramabhigacchata ||
VR 1.38.15 अनुष्टुप्
यावत्तुरगसंदर्शस्तावत्खनत मेदिनीम् । तमेव हयहर्तारं मार्गमाणा ममाज्ञया ॥
yāvatturagasaṃdarśastāvatkhanata medinīm | tameva hayahartāraṃ mārgamāṇā mamājñayā ||
English Translation
'O sons, acquiring yojana by yojana the length and breadth of the earth, search for the thief of the horse. Excavate the earth till the time the horse is found. This is my command'.
VR 1.38.16 अनुष्टुप्
दीक्षितः पौत्रसहितः सोपाध्यायगणो ह्यहम् । इह स्थास्यामि भद्रं वो यावत्तुरगदर्शनम् ॥
dīkṣitaḥ pautrasahitaḥ sopādhyāyagaṇo hyaham | iha sthāsyāmi bhadraṃ vo yāvatturagadarśanam ||
English Translation
I have been initiated into this sacrifice with my grand-sons and priests.' I will stay here till you light upon the horse.
VR 1.38.17 अनुष्टुप्
इत्युक्त्वा हृष्टमनसो राजपुत्रा महाबलाः । जग्मुर्महीतलं राम पितुर्वचनयन्त्रिताः ॥
ityuktvā hṛṣṭamanaso rājaputrā mahābalāḥ | jagmurmahītalaṃ rāma piturvacanayantritāḥ ||
English Translation
And thereat the mighty princes, enjoined by their father, breathing high spirits, began to range the earth.
VR 1.38.18 अनुष्टुप्
योजनायामविस्तारमेकैको धरणीतलम् । बिभिदुः पुरुषव्याघ्र वज्रस्पर्शसमैर्भुजैः ॥
yojanāyāmavistāramekaiko dharaṇītalam | bibhiduḥ puruṣavyāghra vajrasparśasamairbhujaiḥ ||
English Translation
O Rāma. Then, they each fell to delving the bowels of the earth for the space of a Yojana in length and breadth, with their hands resembling thunder-bolts in feel, and with darts like to thunder-bolts, and with gigantic ploughshares. And being thus rived, the earth, O descendant of Raghu, began to send forth loud cries.
VR 1.38.19 अनुष्टुप्
शूलैरशनिकल्पैश्च हलैश्चापि सुदारुणैः । भिद्यमाना वसुमती ननाद रघुनन्दन ॥
śūlairaśanikalpaiśca halaiścāpi sudāruṇaiḥ | bhidyamānā vasumatī nanāda raghunandana ||
English Translation
O Rāma. Then, they each fell to delving the bowels of the earth for the space of a Yojana in length and breadth, with their hands resembling thunder-bolts in feel, and with darts like to thunder-bolts, and with gigantic ploughshares. And being thus rived, the earth, O descendant of Raghu, began to send forth loud cries.
VR 1.38.20 अनुष्टुप्
नागानां वध्यमानानामसुराणां च राघव । राक्षसानां च दुर्धर्षः सत्त्वानां निनदोऽभवत् ॥
nāgānāṃ vadhyamānānāmasurāṇāṃ ca rāghava | rākṣasānāṃ ca durdharṣaḥ sattvānāṃ ninado'bhavat ||
English Translation
O Rāghava, O you hard to repress, there arose an uproar from serpents, and Asuras, and Rāks asas, and other creatures, that were being slaughtered.
VR 1.38.21 अनुष्टुप्
योजनानां सहस्राणि षष्टिं तु रघुनन्दन । बिभिदुर्धरणीं वीरा रसातलमनुत्तमम् ॥
yojanānāṃ sahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭiṃ tu raghunandana | bibhidurdharaṇīṃ vīrā rasātalamanuttamam ||
English Translation
O descendant of Raghu, they excavated the earth, O Rāma, for sixty thousand Yojanas, you, as if they had intended to reach the lowest depths underground.
VR 1.38.22 अनुष्टुप्
एवं पर्वतसंबाधं जम्बूद्वीपं नृपात्मजाः । खनन्तो नृपशार्दूल सर्वतः परिचक्रमुः ॥
evaṃ parvatasaṃbādhaṃ jambūdvīpaṃ nṛpātmajāḥ | khananto nṛpaśārdūla sarvataḥ paricakramuḥ ||
English Translation
Thus, O foremost of kings, those sons of the monarch dug all around Jambūdvīpa, filled with mountains.
VR 1.38.23 अनुष्टुप्
ततो देवाः सगन्धर्वाः सासुराः सहपन्नगाः । संभ्रान्तमनसः सर्वे पितामहमुपागमन् ॥
tato devāḥ sagandharvāḥ sāsurāḥ sahapannagāḥ | saṃbhrāntamanasaḥ sarve pitāmahamupāgaman ||
English Translation
Thereat, the gods together with the Gandharvas, and Asuras, and Pannagas, in trepidation appeared before the Grand-sire.
VR 1.38.24 अनुष्टुप्
ते प्रसाद्य महात्मानं विषण्णवदनास्तदा । ऊचुः परमसंत्रस्ताः पितामहमिदं वचः ॥
te prasādya mahātmānaṃ viṣaṇṇavadanāstadā | ūcuḥ paramasaṃtrastāḥ pitāmahamidaṃ vacaḥ ||
English Translation
And propitiating that high-souled one, they with melancholy countenances and in exceeding agitation, spoke these words to the Grand-sire,
VR 1.38.25 अनुष्टुप्
भगवन्पृथिवी सर्वा खन्यते सगरात्मजैः । बहवश्च महात्मानो वध्यन्ते जलचारिणः ॥
bhagavanpṛthivī sarvā khanyate sagarātmajaiḥ | bahavaśca mahātmāno vadhyante jalacāriṇaḥ ||
English Translation
O adorable one, the entire earth is being excavated by the sons of Sagara; and many are the high-souled ones as well as the aquatic animals that are being slain in consequence.
VR 1.38.26 अनुष्टुप्
अयं यज्ञहनोऽस्माकमनेनाश्वोऽपनीयते । इति ते सर्वभूतानि निघ्नन्ति सगरात्मजः ॥
ayaṃ yajñahano'smākamanenāśvo'panīyate | iti te sarvabhūtāni nighnanti sagarātmajaḥ ||
English Translation
This one is the disturber of our sacrifice, and by him has the sacrificial horse been stolen, saying this Sagara's sons are committing havoc upon all creatures.
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