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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 1 (Bālakāṇḍa) • Sarga 44

Bālakāṇḍa Sarga 44

बालकाण्डम् • सर्गः 44

Bālakāṇḍa Sarga 44 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 27 verses.

Total: 27 Verses • Citations: VR 1.44.1–27 • 175 Lexicon Terms
VR 1.44.1 अनुष्टुप्
विश्वामित्रवचः श्रुत्वा राघवः सहलक्ष्मणः । विस्मयं परमं गत्वा विश्वामित्रमथाब्रवीत् ॥
viśvāmitravacaḥ śrutvā rāghavaḥ sahalakṣmaṇaḥ | vismayaṃ paramaṃ gatvā viśvāmitramathābravīt ||
English Translation
Hearing the words of Viśvāmitra, Rāghava, together with Laksmana, was struck with amazement, and spoke to Viśvāmitra, saying,
VR 1.44.2 अनुष्टुप्
अत्यद्भुतमिदं ब्रह्मन्कथितं परमं त्वया । गङ्गावतरणं पुण्यं सागरस्य च पूरणम् ॥
atyadbhutamidaṃ brahmankathitaṃ paramaṃ tvayā | gaṅgāvataraṇaṃ puṇyaṃ sāgarasya ca pūraṇam ||
English Translation
O Brāhmaṇa, wonderful is the story that you have recited to us, viz; that of Ganga's sacred dissension and the replenishing of the Ocean.
VR 1.44.3 अनुष्टुप्
तस्य सा शर्वरी सर्वा सह सौमित्रिणा तदा । जगाम चिन्तयानस्य विश्वामित्रकथां शुभाम् ॥
tasya sā śarvarī sarvā saha saumitriṇā tadā | jagāma cintayānasya viśvāmitrakathāṃ śubhām ||
English Translation
And the live-long night has passed away as I in company with Sumitrā's son, was pondering over Viśvāmitra's auspicious speech.'
VR 1.44.4 अनुष्टुप्
ततः प्रभाते विमले विश्वामित्रं महामुनिम् । उवाच राघवो वाक्यं कृताह्निकमरिंदमः ॥
tataḥ prabhāte vimale viśvāmitraṃ mahāmunim | uvāca rāghavo vākyaṃ kṛtāhnikamariṃdamaḥ ||
English Translation
Then in the morning which happened to be bright, that subduer of his foes, Raghu's descendant, addressed the ascetic Viśvāmitra, who had finished his devotion.
VR 1.44.5 उपजातिः
गता भगवती रात्रिः श्रोतव्यं परमं श्रुतम् । क्षणभूतेव सा रात्रिः संवृत्तेयं महातपः । इमां चिन्तयतः सर्वां निखिलेन कथां तव ॥
gatā bhagavatī rātriḥ śrotavyaṃ paramaṃ śrutam | kṣaṇabhūteva sā rātriḥ saṃvṛtteyaṃ mahātapaḥ | imāṃ cintayataḥ sarvāṃ nikhilena kathāṃ tava ||
English Translation
And, O afflicter of foes, as we had been reflecting upon all this at length, the night has passed away as if it were as moment.
VR 1.44.6 उपजातिः
तराम सरितां श्रेष्ठां पुण्यां त्रिपथगां नदीम् । नौरेषा हि सुखास्तीर्णा ऋषीणां पुण्यकर्मणाम् । भगवन्तमिह प्राप्तं ज्ञात्वा त्वरितमागता ॥
tarāma saritāṃ śreṣṭhāṃ puṇyāṃ tripathagāṃ nadīm | naureṣā hi sukhāstīrṇā ṛṣīṇāṃ puṇyakarmaṇām | bhagavantamiha prāptaṃ jñātvā tvaritamāgatā ||
English Translation
And learning that you have arrived at this place, the pious ascetics have speedily come hither, and have also brought this barque with a spacious carpet.
VR 1.44.7 अनुष्टुप्
तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा राघवस्य महात्मनः । संतारं कारयामास सर्षिसंघः सराघवः ॥
tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā rāghavasya mahātmanaḥ | saṃtāraṃ kārayāmāsa sarṣisaṃghaḥ sarāghavaḥ ||
English Translation
Such a majestic, righteous, and magnaninous king had no son to perpetuate the race even though he performed austerities for one.
VR 1.44.8 अनुष्टुप्
उत्तरं तीरमासाद्य संपूज्यर्षिगणं तथ । गङ्गाकूले निविष्टास्ते विशालां ददृशुः पुरीम् ॥
uttaraṃ tīramāsādya saṃpūjyarṣigaṇaṃ tatha | gaṅgākūle niviṣṭāste viśālāṃ dadṛśuḥ purīm ||
English Translation
Hearing those words of the high-souled Rāghava, Kausika crossed over the crowds of ascetics; and on reaching the north bank, he paid homage to the saints. And when they had landed on the banks of the Gangā, they beheld a city named Viśālā.
VR 1.44.9 अनुष्टुप्
ततो मुनिवरस्तूर्णं जगाम सहराघवः । विशालां नगरीं रम्यां दिव्यां स्वर्गोपमां तदा ॥
tato munivarastūrṇaṃ jagāma saharāghavaḥ | viśālāṃ nagarīṃ ramyāṃ divyāṃ svargopamāṃ tadā ||
English Translation
And thereupon speedily that that foremost of ascetics in company with Rāghava, went towards Viśālā, beautiful and elegant like to the celestial regions.
VR 1.44.10 अनुष्टुप्
अथ रामो महाप्राज्ञो विश्वामित्रं महामुनिम् । पप्रच्छ प्राञ्जलिर्भूत्वा विशालामुत्तमां पुरीम् ॥
atha rāmo mahāprājño viśvāmitraṃ mahāmunim | papraccha prāñjalirbhūtvā viśālāmuttamāṃ purīm ||
English Translation
Then the highly wise Rāma, with folded hands, asked that mighty ascetic Viśvāmitra concerning the excellent city of Viśālā.
VR 1.44.11 अनुष्टुप्
कतरो राजवंशोऽयं विशालायां महामुने । श्रोतुमिच्छामि भद्रं ते परं कौतूहलं हि मे ॥
kataro rājavaṃśo'yaṃ viśālāyāṃ mahāmune | śrotumicchāmi bhadraṃ te paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me ||
English Translation
O mighty ascetic, what royal line reside in yonder large city? I desire to hear this, good betide you; and great is my curiosity.
VR 1.44.12 अनुष्टुप्
तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा रामस्य मुनिपुंगवः । आख्यातुं तत्समारेभे विशालस्य पुरातनम् ॥
tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā rāmasya munipuṃgavaḥ | ākhyātuṃ tatsamārebhe viśālasya purātanam ||
English Translation
Hearing those words of Rāma, that foremost of ascetics began to relate the history of Viśālā, saying,
VR 1.44.13 अनुष्टुप्
श्रूयतां राम शक्रस्य कथां कथयतः शुभाम् । अस्मिन्देशे हि यद्वृत्तं शृणु तत्त्वेन राघव ॥
śrūyatāṃ rāma śakrasya kathāṃ kathayataḥ śubhām | asmindeśe hi yadvṛttaṃ śṛṇu tattvena rāghava ||
English Translation
Do you listen, O Rāma to what I had heard from Sakra relating this history; and, O descendant of Raghu, do you listen to all that befell in this city.
VR 1.44.14 अनुष्टुप्
पूर्वं कृतयुगे राम दितेः पुत्रा महाबलाः । अदितेश्च महाभागा वीर्यवन्तः सुधार्मिकाः ॥
pūrvaṃ kṛtayuge rāma diteḥ putrā mahābalāḥ | aditeśca mahābhāgā vīryavantaḥ sudhārmikāḥ ||
English Translation
Formerly in the Krita age, O Rāma, Diti's highly powerful sons, as well as those of Aditi, possessed of prowess, and virtuous and pious, high-souled ones both.
VR 1.44.15 अनुष्टुप्
ततस्तेषां नरश्रेष्ठ बुद्धिरासीन्महात्मनाम् । अमरा निर्जराश्चैव कथं स्याम निरामयाः ॥
tatasteṣāṃ naraśreṣṭha buddhirāsīnmahātmanām | amarā nirjarāścaiva kathaṃ syāma nirāmayāḥ ||
English Translation
O foremost of men, fell to reflecting, 'How can we become exempt from decrepitude and disease, and immortal.'
VR 1.44.16 अनुष्टुप्
तेषां चिन्तयतां राम बुद्धिरासीद्विपश्चिताम् । क्षीरोदमथनं कृत्वा रसं प्राप्स्याम तत्र वै ॥
teṣāṃ cintayatāṃ rāma buddhirāsīdvipaścitām | kṣīrodamathanaṃ kṛtvā rasaṃ prāpsyāma tatra vai ||
English Translation
And as they reflected, it struck them, 'By churning the ocean of milk, we must obtain ambrosia.'
VR 1.44.17 अनुष्टुप्
ततो निश्चित्य मथनं योक्त्रं कृत्वा च वासुकिम् । मन्थानं मन्दरं कृत्वा ममन्थुरमितौजसः ॥
tato niścitya mathanaṃ yoktraṃ kṛtvā ca vāsukim | manthānaṃ mandaraṃ kṛtvā mamanthuramitaujasaḥ ||
English Translation
Then deciding upon churning (the ocean), those ones of immeasurable energy making Vasuki the cord, and the Mandara (hill), the stick, began to churn the deep.
VR 1.44.18 उपजातिः
अथ धन्वन्तरिर्नाम अप्सराश्च सुवर्चसः । अप्सु निर्मथनादेव रसात्तस्माद्वरस्त्रियः । उत्पेतुर्मनुजश्रेष्ठ तस्मादप्सरसोऽभवन् ॥
atha dhanvantarirnāma apsarāśca suvarcasaḥ | apsu nirmathanādeva rasāttasmādvarastriyaḥ | utpeturmanujaśreṣṭha tasmādapsaraso'bhavan ||
English Translation
After a thousand years, had rolled on, arose a male being impregnated with the Āyurveda, of exceedingly righteous soul, called Dhanvantari, bearing in his hands a stick, and a Kamandalu. And there arose also, from the cream of the churning waters, those magnificent dames the shining Apsaras. And, O foremost of men, as they had emerged from water, they are called Apsaras.
VR 1.44.19 अनुष्टुप्
षष्टिः कोट्योऽभवंस्तासामप्सराणां सुवर्चसाम् । असंख्येयास्तु काकुत्स्थ यास्तासां परिचारिकाः ॥
ṣaṣṭiḥ koṭyo'bhavaṃstāsāmapsarāṇāṃ suvarcasām | asaṃkhyeyāstu kākutstha yāstāsāṃ paricārikāḥ ||
English Translation
There sprang sixty koțis of shining Apsaras. And, O Kākutstha, the female attendants of those are numberless.
VR 1.44.20 अनुष्टुप्
न ताः स्म प्रतिगृह्णन्ति सर्वे ते देवदानवाः । अप्रतिग्रहणाच्चैव तेन साधारणाः स्मृताः ॥
na tāḥ sma pratigṛhṇanti sarve te devadānavāḥ | apratigrahaṇāccaiva tena sādhāraṇāḥ smṛtāḥ ||
English Translation
And neither the deities nor the Dānavas would accept them, and in consequence of this nonacceptance, they are known as women belonging to all.
VR 1.44.21 अनुष्टुप्
वरुणस्य ततः कन्या वारुणी रघुनन्दन । उत्पपात महाभागा मार्गमाणा परिग्रहम् ॥
varuṇasya tataḥ kanyā vāruṇī raghunandana | utpapāta mahābhāgā mārgamāṇā parigraham ||
English Translation
And then, O Raghu's descendant, arose the eminently pious daughter of Varuna, Varuni, who fell to looking for acceptance.
VR 1.44.22 अनुष्टुप्
दितेः पुत्रा न तां राम जगृहुर्वरुणात्मजाम् । अदितेस्तु सुता वीर जगृहुस्तामनिन्दिताम् ॥
diteḥ putrā na tāṃ rāma jagṛhurvaruṇātmajām | aditestu sutā vīra jagṛhustāmaninditām ||
English Translation
And Diti's sons, O Rāma, did not accept the daughter of Varuna and Aditi's sons, O hero, accepted that one of blameless limbs.
VR 1.44.23 अनुष्टुप्
असुरास्तेन दैतेयाः सुरास्तेनादितेः सुताः । हृष्टाः प्रमुदिताश्चासन्वारुणी ग्रहणात्सुराः ॥
asurāstena daiteyāḥ surāstenāditeḥ sutāḥ | hṛṣṭāḥ pramuditāścāsanvāruṇī grahaṇātsurāḥ ||
English Translation
Hence Diti's son go by the name of Asuras; and Aditi's by that of Suras. And the celestials became exceeding glad, on having accepted Vāruņi.
VR 1.44.24 अनुष्टुप्
उच्चैःश्रवा हयश्रेष्ठो मणिरत्नं च कौस्तुभम् । उदतिष्ठन्नरश्रेष्ठ तथैवामृतमुत्तमम् ॥
uccaiḥśravā hayaśreṣṭho maṇiratnaṃ ca kaustubham | udatiṣṭhannaraśreṣṭha tathaivāmṛtamuttamam ||
English Translation
O foremost of men, next arose ucchaiśravā best of horses, and also Kaustubha; and next, the excellent ambrosia.
VR 1.44.25 अनुष्टुप्
अथ तस्य कृते राम महानासीत्कुलक्षयः । अदितेस्तु ततः पुत्रा दितेः पुत्राण सूदयन् ॥
atha tasya kṛte rāma mahānāsītkulakṣayaḥ | aditestu tataḥ putrā diteḥ putrāṇa sūdayan ||
English Translation
O Rāma, tremendous was the carnage for the possession thereof (ambrosia); and Aditi's and Diti's sons fought together.
VR 1.44.26 अनुष्टुप्
अदितेरात्मजा वीरा दितेः पुत्रान्निजघ्निरे । तस्मिन्घोरे महायुद्धे दैतेयादित्ययोर्भृशम् ॥
aditerātmajā vīrā diteḥ putrānnijaghnire | tasminghore mahāyuddhe daiteyādityayorbhṛśam ||
English Translation
And in that exceedingly dreadful battle between the sons of Diti and Aditi, those heroic ones viz., Aditi's heroic sons slaughtered those of Diti.
VR 1.44.27 अनुष्टुप्
निहत्य दितिपुत्रांस्तु राज्यं प्राप्य पुरंदरः । शशास मुदितो लोकान्सर्षिसंघान्सचारणान् ॥
nihatya ditiputrāṃstu rājyaṃ prāpya puraṃdaraḥ | śaśāsa mudito lokānsarṣisaṃghānsacāraṇān ||
English Translation
Having slaughtered the sons of Diti's and regained his kingdom, he happily began to rule the worlds, containing saints and Caranas.
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