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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 1 (Bālakāṇḍa) • Sarga 41

Bālakāṇḍa Sarga 41

बालकाण्डम् • सर्गः 41

Bālakāṇḍa Sarga 41 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 24 verses.

Total: 24 Verses • Citations: VR 1.41.1–24 • 175 Lexicon Terms
VR 1.41.1 अनुष्टुप्
कालधर्मं गते राम सगरे प्रकृतीजनाः । राजानं रोचयामासुरंशुमन्तं सुधार्मिकम् ॥
kāladharmaṃ gate rāma sagare prakṛtījanāḥ | rājānaṃ rocayāmāsuraṃśumantaṃ sudhārmikam ||
English Translation
When Sagara had bowed to the influence of Time, the subjects selected the righteous Ansumat for their king.
VR 1.41.2 अनुष्टुप्
स राजा सुमहानासीदंशुमान्रघुनन्दन । तस्य पुत्रो महानासीद्दिलीप इति विश्रुतः ॥
sa rājā sumahānāsīdaṃśumānraghunandana | tasya putro mahānāsīddilīpa iti viśrutaḥ ||
English Translation
O descendant of Raghu, Ansumat proved a great ruler. And his son, the celebrated Dilīpa, was also a great king.
VR 1.41.3 अनुष्टुप्
तस्मिन्राज्यं समावेश्य दिलीपे रघुनन्दन । हिमवच्छिखरे रम्ये तपस्तेपे सुदारुणम् ॥
tasminrājyaṃ samāveśya dilīpe raghunandana | himavacchikhare ramye tapastepe sudāruṇam ||
English Translation
O Raghu's son, consigning to Dilipa his kingdom, Ansumat entered upon rigid austerities on the romantic summit of the Himavat.
VR 1.41.4 अनुष्टुप्
द्वात्रिंशच्च सहस्राणि वर्षाणि सुमहायशाः । तपोवनगतो राजा स्वर्गं लेभे तपोधनः ॥
dvātriṃśacca sahasrāṇi varṣāṇi sumahāyaśāḥ | tapovanagato rājā svargaṃ lebhe tapodhanaḥ ||
English Translation
Having for the space of thirty-two you sand years carried on austerities in the woods, that highly famous one, crowned with the wealth of asceticism, attained the celestial regions.
VR 1.41.5 अनुष्टुप्
दिलीपस्तु महातेजाः श्रुत्वा पैतामहं वधम् । दुःखोपहतया बुद्ध्या निश्चयं नाध्यगच्छत ॥
dilīpastu mahātejāḥ śrutvā paitāmahaṃ vadham | duḥkhopahatayā buddhyā niścayaṃ nādhyagacchata ||
English Translation
The exceedingly powerful Dilīpa, hearing of the destruction of his grand-fathers, was stricken with grief; yet he could not ascertain his grandfathers, was stricken with grief; yet he could not ascertain his course about it.
VR 1.41.6 अनुष्टुप्
कथं गङ्गावतरणं कथं तेषां जलक्रिया । तारयेयं कथं चैतानिति चिन्ता परोऽभवत् ॥
kathaṃ gaṅgāvataraṇaṃ kathaṃ teṣāṃ jalakriyā | tārayeyaṃ kathaṃ caitāniti cintā paro'bhavat ||
English Translation
He constantly thought as to how Gangă could be brought down, how to perform their watery rites, and how to deliver them.
VR 1.41.7 अनुष्टुप्
तस्य चिन्तयतो नित्यं धर्मेण विदितात्मनः । पुत्रो भगीरथो नाम जज्ञे परमधार्मिकः ॥
tasya cintayato nityaṃ dharmeṇa viditātmanaḥ | putro bhagīratho nāma jajñe paramadhārmikaḥ ||
English Translation
As that pious one furnished with selfknowledge was always meditating upon this, an eminently virtuous son was born to him named Bhagiratha.
VR 1.41.8 अनुष्टुप्
दिलीपस्तु महातेजा यज्ञैर्बहुभिरिष्टवान् । त्रिंशद्वर्षसहस्राणि राजा राज्यमकारयत् ॥
dilīpastu mahātejā yajñairbahubhiriṣṭavān | triṃśadvarṣasahasrāṇi rājā rājyamakārayat ||
English Translation
Performing numerous sacrifices, the mighty king Dilīpa reigned for thirty thousand years.
VR 1.41.9 अनुष्टुप्
अगत्वा निश्चयं राजा तेषामुद्धरणं प्रति । व्याधिना नरशार्दूल कालधर्ममुपेयिवान् ॥
agatvā niścayaṃ rājā teṣāmuddharaṇaṃ prati | vyādhinā naraśārdūla kāladharmamupeyivān ||
English Translation
And without having arrived at any definite decision in regard to their deliverance, the king, O puissant one, being attacked with an ailment, breathed his last.
VR 1.41.10 अनुष्टुप्
इन्द्रलोकं गतो राजा स्वार्जितेनैव कर्मणा । राज्ये भगीरथं पुत्रमभिषिच्य नरर्षभः ॥
indralokaṃ gato rājā svārjitenaiva karmaṇā | rājye bhagīrathaṃ putramabhiṣicya nararṣabhaḥ ||
English Translation
Having sprinkled his son Bhagiratha in the way of installing him in the kingdom, that prime of men, the king, by virtue of his own acts, repaired to the region of Indra.
VR 1.41.11 अनुष्टुप्
भगीरथस्तु राजर्षिर्धार्मिको रघुनन्दन । अनपत्यो महातेजाः प्रजाकामः स चाप्रजः ॥
bhagīrathastu rājarṣirdhārmiko raghunandana | anapatyo mahātejāḥ prajākāmaḥ sa cāprajaḥ ||
English Translation
O delight of the Raghus righteous Bhagiratha who was highly lustrous rajarshi was without sons. He was desirous of progeny but did not beget children.
VR 1.41.12 अनुष्टुप्
स तपो दीर्घमातिष्ठद्गोकर्णे रघुनन्दन । ऊर्ध्वबाहुः पञ्चतपा मासाहारो जितेन्द्रियः ॥
sa tapo dīrghamātiṣṭhadgokarṇe raghunandana | ūrdhvabāhuḥ pañcatapā māsāhāro jitendriyaḥ ||
English Translation
O son of the Raghus (Rama), Bhagiratha, with a determination to bring down Ganga entrusted the kingdom to his ministers and went to a sacred place known as Gokarna. There with arms uplifted surrounded by four fires, partaking food once a month, with his senses controlled, carried out panchatapa for a number of years.
VR 1.41.13 अनुष्टुप्
तस्य वर्षसहस्राणि घोरे तपसि तिष्ठतः । सुप्रीतो भगवान्ब्रह्मा प्रजानां पतिरीश्वरः ॥
tasya varṣasahasrāṇi ghore tapasi tiṣṭhataḥ | suprīto bhagavānbrahmā prajānāṃ patirīśvaraḥ ||
English Translation
O mightyarmed, (Rama) Bhagiratha continued in that state for a thousand years amidst rigid austerities. Lord of all creatures, Brahma was highly pleased with that illustrious king.
VR 1.41.14 अनुष्टुप्
ततः सुरगणैः सार्धमुपागम्य पितामहः । भगीरथं महात्मानं तप्यमानमथाब्रवीत् ॥
tataḥ suragaṇaiḥ sārdhamupāgamya pitāmahaḥ | bhagīrathaṃ mahātmānaṃ tapyamānamathābravīt ||
English Translation
And thereat that possessor of the six attributes and lord of all creatures, Brahmā, was well pleased with that high-souled monarch. And presenting himself together with the celestials, the Grand-sire thus spoke to the high-souled Bhagiratha engaged in austerities.
VR 1.41.15 अनुष्टुप्
भगीरथ महाभाग प्रीतस्तेऽहं जनेश्वर । तपसा च सुतप्तेन वरं वरय सुव्रत ॥
bhagīratha mahābhāga prītaste'haṃ janeśvara | tapasā ca sutaptena varaṃ varaya suvrata ||
English Translation
O Bhagiratha, O mighty monarch, pleased am I with you. O lord' of men, on account of your ardent austerities: do you, O you of excellent vows, ask for the boon you would have.
VR 1.41.16 अनुष्टुप्
तमुवाच महातेजाः सर्वलोकपितामहम् । भगीरथो महाभागः कृताञ्जलिरवस्थितः ॥
tamuvāca mahātejāḥ sarvalokapitāmaham | bhagīratho mahābhāgaḥ kṛtāñjaliravasthitaḥ ||
English Translation
Thereupon that great car-warrior, the highly powerful and mighty-armed Bhagiratha, with clasped hands, said to the grand sire of all creatures,
VR 1.41.17 अनुष्टुप्
यदि मे भगवान्प्रीतो यद्यस्ति तपसः फलम् । सगरस्यात्मजाः सर्वे मत्तः सलिलमाप्नुयुः ॥
yadi me bhagavānprīto yadyasti tapasaḥ phalam | sagarasyātmajāḥ sarve mattaḥ salilamāpnuyuḥ ||
English Translation
If, adorable one, you are pleased with me, if you would grant me the fruit of my asceticism, may Sagara's sons receive water at my hands; and on the ashes of those high-souled ones being laved by the waters of Gangā, may my greatgrand-father without fail repair to heaven!
VR 1.41.18 अनुष्टुप्
गङ्गायाः सलिलक्लिन्ने भस्मन्येषां महात्मनाम् । स्वर्गं गच्छेयुरत्यन्तं सर्वे मे प्रपितामहाः ॥
gaṅgāyāḥ salilaklinne bhasmanyeṣāṃ mahātmanām | svargaṃ gaccheyuratyantaṃ sarve me prapitāmahāḥ ||
English Translation
If, adorable one, you are pleased with me, if you would grant me the fruit of my asceticism, may Sagara's sons receive water at my hands; and on the ashes of those high-souled ones being laved by the waters of Gangā, may my greatgrand-father without fail repair to heaven!
VR 1.41.19 अनुष्टुप्
देया च संततिर्देव नावसीदेत्कुलं च नः । इक्ष्वाकूणां कुले देव एष मेऽस्तु वरः परः ॥
deyā ca saṃtatirdeva nāvasīdetkulaṃ ca naḥ | ikṣvākūṇāṃ kule deva eṣa me'stu varaḥ paraḥ ||
English Translation
And, O divine one, I beseech you, may our line never languish for want of offspring. May, O God, this prime boon light upon Iksvāku's race!
VR 1.41.20 अनुष्टुप्
उक्तवाक्यं तु राजानं सर्वलोकपितामहः । प्रत्युवाच शुभां वाणीं मधुरां मधुराक्षराम् ॥
uktavākyaṃ tu rājānaṃ sarvalokapitāmahaḥ | pratyuvāca śubhāṃ vāṇīṃ madhurāṃ madhurākṣarām ||
English Translation
When the king had said this, the Grand-sire addressed him these sweet and auspicious words composed of melting letters.
VR 1.41.21 अनुष्टुप्
मनोरथो महानेष भगीरथ महारथ । एवं भवतु भद्रं ते इक्ष्वाकुकुलवर्धन ॥
manoratho mahāneṣa bhagīratha mahāratha | evaṃ bhavatu bhadraṃ te ikṣvākukulavardhana ||
English Translation
O mighty car-warrior Bhagiratha, high is this your aim. Be it so, good betide you, you enhancer of the Ikşvāku line.
VR 1.41.22 अनुष्टुप्
इयं हैमवती गङ्गा ज्येष्ठा हिमवतः सुता । तां वै धारयितुं राजन्हरस्तत्र नियुज्यताम् ॥
iyaṃ haimavatī gaṅgā jyeṣṭhā himavataḥ sutā | tāṃ vai dhārayituṃ rājanharastatra niyujyatām ||
English Translation
This Haimavati Ganga, Himavat's elder daughter, even her to hold, Oking do you employ Hara.
VR 1.41.23 अनुष्टुप्
गङ्गायाः पतनं राजन्पृथिवी न सहिष्यते । तां वै धारयितुं वीर नान्यं पश्यामि शूलिनः ॥
gaṅgāyāḥ patanaṃ rājanpṛthivī na sahiṣyate | tāṃ vai dhārayituṃ vīra nānyaṃ paśyāmi śūlinaḥ ||
English Translation
For Gangā's fall, O king, Earth will not be able to sustain. And to hold her, O king find I none save the wielder of the Trident.'
VR 1.41.24 अनुष्टुप्
तमेवमुक्त्वा राजानं गङ्गां चाभाष्य लोककृत् । जगाम त्रिदिवं देवः सह सर्वैर्मरुद्गणैः ॥
tamevamuktvā rājānaṃ gaṅgāṃ cābhāṣya lokakṛt | jagāma tridivaṃ devaḥ saha sarvairmarudgaṇaiḥ ||
English Translation
Having thus addressed the monarch, and greeted Gangā, the creator of the worlds repaired to heaven with the celestials.
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