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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 1 (Bālakāṇḍa) • Sarga 8

Bālakāṇḍa Sarga 8

बालकाण्डम् • सर्गः 8

Bālakāṇḍa Sarga 8 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 23 verses.

Total: 23 Verses • Citations: VR 1.8.1–23 • 175 Lexicon Terms
VR 1.8.1 अनुष्टुप्
तस्य त्वेवं प्रभावस्य धर्मज्ञस्य महात्मनः । सुतार्थं तप्यमानस्य नासीद्वंशकरः सुतः ॥
tasya tvevaṃ prabhāvasya dharmajñasya mahātmanaḥ | sutārthaṃ tapyamānasya nāsīdvaṃśakaraḥ sutaḥ ||
English Translation
And although engaged in austerities with the view of having sons born to him, the powerful and high-souled king, had no son capable of perpetuating his race.
VR 1.8.2 अनुष्टुप्
चिन्तयानस्य तस्यैवं बुद्धिरासीन्महात्मनः । सुतार्थं वाजिमेधेन किमर्थं न यजाम्यहम् ॥
cintayānasya tasyaivaṃ buddhirāsīnmahātmanaḥ | sutārthaṃ vājimedhena kimarthaṃ na yajāmyaham ||
English Translation
Mentally turning the matter over, the highsouled one thought, Why do I not celebrate a horse-sacrifice with the intention of obtaining a son?
VR 1.8.3 अनुष्टुप्
स निश्चितां मतिं कृत्वा यष्टव्यमिति बुद्धिमान् । मन्त्रिभिः सह धर्मात्मा सर्वैरेव कृतात्मभिः ॥
sa niścitāṃ matiṃ kṛtvā yaṣṭavyamiti buddhimān | mantribhiḥ saha dharmātmā sarvaireva kṛtātmabhiḥ ||
English Translation
That highly-energetic, pious and intelligent monarch, in consultation with all his counsellors of sedate minds, having made up his mind to celebrate the sacrifice, said to that best of counsellors, Sumantra, Do you speedily summon my spiritual guides, along with the family priests.
VR 1.8.4 अनुष्टुप्
ततोऽब्रवीदिदं राजा सुमन्त्रं मन्त्रिसत्तमम् । शीघ्रमानय मे सर्वान्गुरूंस्तान्सपुरोहितान् ॥
tato'bravīdidaṃ rājā sumantraṃ mantrisattamam | śīghramānaya me sarvāngurūṃstānsapurohitān ||
English Translation
Having made up his mind to perform the sacrifice, that sagacious and pious king, in consultation with his wise ministers, issued the following command to Sumantra, the best of ministers "Bring all my spritual preceptors along with family priests."
VR 1.8.5 अनुष्टुप्
एतच्छ्रुत्वा रहः सूतो राजानमिदमब्रवीत् । ऋत्विग्भिरुपदिष्टोऽयं पुरावृत्तो मया श्रुतः ॥
etacchrutvā rahaḥ sūto rājānamidamabravīt | ṛtvigbhirupadiṣṭo'yaṃ purāvṛtto mayā śrutaḥ ||
English Translation
Hearing all about it, the king's charioteer addressed the monarch in private, saying, Do you listen to what is related in the Purānas, and to what I have heard myself!
VR 1.8.6 अनुष्टुप्
सनत्कुमारो भगवान्पूर्वं कथितवान्कथाम् । ऋषीणां संनिधौ राजंस्तव पुत्रागमं प्रति ॥
sanatkumāro bhagavānpūrvaṃ kathitavānkathām | ṛṣīṇāṃ saṃnidhau rājaṃstava putrāgamaṃ prati ||
English Translation
This horse-sacrifice is enjoined by the family priests; and I have myself heard the following story celebrated in ancient chronicle. And what the worshipful Sanatkumāra had said formerly in the presence of the saints, applies, O king, to the case of your having a son.
VR 1.8.7 अनुष्टुप्
काश्यपस्य तु पुत्रोऽस्ति विभाण्डक इति श्रुतः । ऋश्यशृङ्ग इति ख्यातस्तस्य पुत्रो भविष्यति ॥
kāśyapasya tu putro'sti vibhāṇḍaka iti śrutaḥ | ṛśyaśṛṅga iti khyātastasya putro bhaviṣyati ||
English Translation
Kaśyapa has a son known by the name of Vibhāņdaka. He will get a son called Rșyasſiga. And he will grow up and pass his days in the forests.
VR 1.8.8 अनुष्टुप्
स वने नित्यसंवृद्धो मुनिर्वनचरः सदा । नान्यं जानाति विप्रेन्द्रो नित्यं पित्रनुवर्तनात् ॥
sa vane nityasaṃvṛddho munirvanacaraḥ sadā | nānyaṃ jānāti viprendro nityaṃ pitranuvartanāt ||
English Translation
Grown up in the forest and always moving with his father, that sage knows none other than his father.
VR 1.8.9 अनुष्टुप्
द्वैविध्यं ब्रह्मचर्यस्य भविष्यति महात्मनः । लोकेषु प्रथितं राजन्विप्रैश्च कथितं सदा ॥
dvaividhyaṃ brahmacaryasya bhaviṣyati mahātmanaḥ | lokeṣu prathitaṃ rājanvipraiśca kathitaṃ sadā ||
English Translation
And that foremost of Brāhmaṇas will not know anything else save following his father. And, O king, it is rumoured abroad, and also always said by the Vipras, that the high-souled one will practise (Those that assume the staff and the kamaņdalu are reckoned the first order; while those that continue to live with their wives are considered as next in worth.) the two modes of Brahmacarya life.
VR 1.8.10 अनुष्टुप्
तस्यैवं वर्तमानस्य कालः समभिवर्तत । अग्निं शुश्रूषमाणस्य पितरं च यशस्विनम् ॥
tasyaivaṃ vartamānasya kālaḥ samabhivartata | agniṃ śuśrūṣamāṇasya pitaraṃ ca yaśasvinam ||
English Translation
Worshipping the firegod and attending on his renowned father, he will spend a long time living in this manner (practising vratitva mode of brahmacharya).
VR 1.8.11 अनुष्टुप्
एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु लोमपादः प्रतापवान् । अङ्गेषु प्रथितो राजा भविष्यति महाबलः ॥
etasminneva kāle tu lomapādaḥ pratāpavān | aṅgeṣu prathito rājā bhaviṣyati mahābalaḥ ||
English Translation
At this time a powerful king Romapada, mighty and celebrated would be living in the country of Anga.
VR 1.8.12 अनुष्टुप्
तस्य व्यतिक्रमाद्राज्ञो भविष्यति सुदारुणा । अनावृष्टिः सुघोरा वै सर्वभूतभयावहा ॥
tasya vyatikramādrājño bhaviṣyati sudāruṇā | anāvṛṣṭiḥ sughorā vai sarvabhūtabhayāvahā ||
English Translation
Because of violation of code of conduct by the king, a terrible, dreadful drought frightening all living beings will set in the kingdom.
VR 1.8.13 अनुष्टुप्
अनावृष्ट्यां तु वृत्तायां राजा दुःखसमन्वितः । ब्राह्मणाञ्श्रुतवृद्धांश्च समानीय प्रवक्ष्यति ॥
anāvṛṣṭyāṃ tu vṛttāyāṃ rājā duḥkhasamanvitaḥ | brāhmaṇāñśrutavṛddhāṃśca samānīya pravakṣyati ||
English Translation
And filled with grief on account of this drought, the king will call about him Vedaaccomplished Brāhmaṇas, and speak to them, saying, You are conversant with the Vedic ritual and the social duties. Do therefore, tell me how to expiate for this evil.
VR 1.8.14 अनुष्टुप्
भवन्तः श्रुतधर्माणो लोकचारित्रवेदिनः । समादिशन्तु नियमं प्रायश्चित्तं यथा भवेत् ॥
bhavantaḥ śrutadharmāṇo lokacāritravedinaḥ | samādiśantu niyamaṃ prāyaścittaṃ yathā bhavet ||
English Translation
And filled with grief on account of this drought, the king will call about him Vedaaccomplished Brāhmaṇas, and speak to them, saying, You are conversant with the Vedic ritual and the social duties. Do therefore, tell me how to expiate for this evil.
VR 1.8.15 अनुष्टुप्
वक्ष्यन्ति ते महीपालं ब्राह्मणा वेदपारगाः । विभाण्डकसुतं राजन्सर्वोपायैरिहानय ॥
vakṣyanti te mahīpālaṃ brāhmaṇā vedapāragāḥ | vibhāṇḍakasutaṃ rājansarvopāyairihānaya ||
English Translation
Those brahmins versed in the Vedas, said, to 'O king bring here Rsyasringa, son of the sage Vibhandaka by all means'.
VR 1.8.16 अनुष्टुप्
आनाय्य च महीपाल ऋश्यशृङ्गं सुसत्कृतम् । प्रयच्छ कन्यां शान्तां वै विधिना सुसमाहितः ॥
ānāyya ca mahīpāla ṛśyaśṛṅgaṃ susatkṛtam | prayaccha kanyāṃ śāntāṃ vai vidhinā susamāhitaḥ ||
English Translation
Do you, O monarch, by all means, bring Vibhandaka's son. And having, Oking, brought that Brāhmaṇa versed in the Vedas, Vibhandaka's son Rsyaśộnga, and duly honoured him, do you, O monarch, with a concentrated mind, perform the betrothal of your daughter śāntā, with him according to the ordinance.
VR 1.8.17 अनुष्टुप्
तेषां तु वचनं श्रुत्वा राजा चिन्तां प्रपत्स्यते । केनोपायेन वै शक्यमिहानेतुं स वीर्यवान् ॥
teṣāṃ tu vacanaṃ śrutvā rājā cintāṃ prapatsyate | kenopāyena vai śakyamihānetuṃ sa vīryavān ||
English Translation
And hearing those words of theirs, the king will began to think as to how he can bring over that one endowed with energy.
VR 1.8.18 अनुष्टुप्
ततो राजा विनिश्चित्य सह मन्त्रिभिरात्मवान् । पुरोहितममात्यांश्च प्रेषयिष्यति सत्कृतान् ॥
tato rājā viniścitya saha mantribhirātmavān | purohitamamātyāṃśca preṣayiṣyati satkṛtān ||
English Translation
Then in consultation with his counsellors, the prudent king having come to a conclusion will, honouring them duly, desire his priest and his courtiers to set out in quest of Rsyaśộnga.
VR 1.8.19 अनुष्टुप्
ते तु राज्ञो वचः श्रुत्वा व्यथिता वनताननाः । न गच्छेम ऋषेर्भीता अनुनेष्यन्ति तं नृपम् ॥
te tu rājño vacaḥ śrutvā vyathitā vanatānanāḥ | na gacchema ṛṣerbhītā anuneṣyanti taṃ nṛpam ||
English Translation
Thereupon hearing the king's words, with aggrieved hearts, and with heads hanging down, they will beseech the monarch, saying, Afraid of the saint, Vibhāndaka, we shall not be able to repair thither.
VR 1.8.20 अनुष्टुप्
वक्ष्यन्ति चिन्तयित्वा ते तस्योपायांश्च तान्क्षमान् । आनेष्यामो वयं विप्रं न च दोषो भविष्यति ॥
vakṣyanti cintayitvā te tasyopāyāṃśca tānkṣamān | āneṣyāmo vayaṃ vipraṃ na ca doṣo bhaviṣyati ||
English Translation
Anon hitting upon the appropriate means, they say, 'We will search for the Vipra, and no blame shall accrue to us.'
VR 1.8.21 अनुष्टुप्
एवमङ्गाधिपेनैव गणिकाभिरृषेः सुतः । आनीतोऽवर्षयद्देवः शान्ता चास्मै प्रदीयते ॥
evamaṅgādhipenaiva gaṇikābhirṛṣeḥ sutaḥ | ānīto'varṣayaddevaḥ śāntā cāsmai pradīyate ||
English Translation
Thus by help of courtesans, the saint's son was brought by the lord of the Angas. And then the god (Indra) poured down showers; and the king conferred on him śānta.
VR 1.8.22 अनुष्टुप्
ऋश्यशृङ्गस्तु जामाता पुत्रांस्तव विधास्यति । सनत्कुमारकथितमेतावद्व्याहृतं मया ॥
ṛśyaśṛṅgastu jāmātā putrāṃstava vidhāsyati | sanatkumārakathitametāvadvyāhṛtaṃ mayā ||
English Translation
And now your son-in-law Rşyaśộnga will help you in obtaining a son. Now I have related to you what Sanatkumāra had communicated.
VR 1.8.23 अनुष्टुप्
अथ हृष्टो दशरथः सुमन्त्रं प्रत्यभाषत । यथर्ष्यशृङ्गस्त्वानीतो विस्तरेण त्वयोच्यताम् ॥
atha hṛṣṭo daśarathaḥ sumantraṃ pratyabhāṣata | yatharṣyaśṛṅgastvānīto vistareṇa tvayocyatām ||
English Translation
Thereupon king Dasaratha, well pleased, asked Sumantra, Do you now tell me by what means Rşyaśộnga was brought over (by the lord of the Angas).
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