Special Call Prof. Jay L. Garfield Commemorative Volume · Submissions Open
Announcements Newsletters About Us Contact
Search
VR
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 2 (Ayodhyākāṇḍa) • Sarga 26

Ayodhyākāṇḍa Sarga 26

अयोध्याकाण्डम् • सर्गः 26

Ayodhyākāṇḍa Sarga 26 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 22 verses.

Total: 22 Verses • Citations: VR 2.26.1–22 • 175 Lexicon Terms
VR 2.26.1 अनुष्टुप्
एतत्तु वचनं श्रुत्वा सीता रामस्य दुःखिता । प्रसक्ताश्रुमुखी मन्दमिदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥
etattu vacanaṃ śrutvā sītā rāmasya duḥkhitā | prasaktāśrumukhī mandamidaṃ vacanamabravīt ||
English Translation
Hearing these words of Rāma, Sītā greatly sorry, with tears in her eyes, spoke gently to him the following words.
VR 2.26.2 अनुष्टुप्
ये त्वया कीर्तिता दोषा वने वस्तव्यतां प्रति । गुणानित्येव तान्विद्धि तव स्नेहपुरस्कृतान् ॥
ye tvayā kīrtitā doṣā vane vastavyatāṃ prati | guṇānityeva tānviddhi tava snehapuraskṛtān ||
English Translation
The evils, thus enumerated by you of living in the forest, do you know, appear as so many good qualities to me, who have been made forward by your affection.
VR 2.26.3 अनुष्टुप्
त्वया च सह गन्तव्यं मया गुरुजनाज्ञया । त्वद्वियोगेन मे राम त्यक्तव्यमिह जीवितम् ॥
tvayā ca saha gantavyaṃ mayā gurujanājñayā | tvadviyogena me rāma tyaktavyamiha jīvitam ||
English Translation
I shall follow you, taking the permission of the respected ones, without you, O, Rāma, I will renounce my life.
VR 2.26.4 अनुष्टुप्
न च मां त्वत्समीपस्थमपि शक्नोति राघव । सुराणामीश्वरः शक्रः प्रधर्षयितुमोजसा ॥
na ca māṃ tvatsamīpasthamapi śaknoti rāghava | surāṇāmīśvaraḥ śakraḥ pradharṣayitumojasā ||
English Translation
If I live by you, O Rāghava, Sakra, the lord of celestials, shall not be able with his mighty power to defeat me.
VR 2.26.5 अनुष्टुप्
पतिहीना तु या नारी न सा शक्ष्यति जीवितुम् । काममेवंविधं राम त्वया मम विदर्शितम् ॥
patihīnā tu yā nārī na sā śakṣyati jīvitum | kāmamevaṃvidhaṃ rāma tvayā mama vidarśitam ||
English Translation
'A woman, without her husband, cannot live' this truth has been pointed out by you. O Rāma, to me.
VR 2.26.6 अनुष्टुप्
अथ चापि महाप्राज्ञ ब्राह्मणानां मया श्रुतम् । पुरा पितृगृहे सत्यं वस्तव्यं किल मे वने ॥
atha cāpi mahāprājña brāhmaṇānāṃ mayā śrutam | purā pitṛgṛhe satyaṃ vastavyaṃ kila me vane ||
English Translation
Besides, I heard before, O you of great intelligence, in my paternal house from the Brāhmaṇas that I should live in the forest.
VR 2.26.7 अनुष्टुप्
लक्षणिभ्यो द्विजातिभ्यः श्रुत्वाहं वचनं गृहे । वनवासकृतोत्साहा नित्यमेव महाबल ॥
lakṣaṇibhyo dvijātibhyaḥ śrutvāhaṃ vacanaṃ gṛhe | vanavāsakṛtotsāhā nityameva mahābala ||
English Translation
I have heard this from the Brāhmaṇas versed in palmistry, and I have all along been anxious.
VR 2.26.8 अनुष्टुप्
आदेशो वनवासस्य प्राप्तव्यः स मया किल । सा त्वया सह तत्राहं यास्यामि प्रिय नान्यथा ॥
ādeśo vanavāsasya prāptavyaḥ sa mayā kila | sā tvayā saha tatrāhaṃ yāsyāmi priya nānyathā ||
English Translation
O mighty hero, to go to the forest; I shall therefore obtain permission and go, O dearly beloved to the forest with you; nothing can make it otherwise.
VR 2.26.9 अनुष्टुप्
कृतादेशा भविष्यामि गमिष्यामि सह त्वया । कालश्चायं समुत्पन्नः सत्यवाग्भवतु द्विजः ॥
kṛtādeśā bhaviṣyāmi gamiṣyāmi saha tvayā | kālaścāyaṃ samutpannaḥ satyavāgbhavatu dvijaḥ ||
English Translation
I shall secure permission and follow you; the time has arrived; may the Brāhmaṇas be of truthful words.
VR 2.26.10 अनुष्टुप्
वनवासे हि जानामि दुःखानि बहुधा किल । प्राप्यन्ते नियतं वीर पुरुषैरकृतात्मभिः ॥
vanavāse hi jānāmi duḥkhāni bahudhā kila | prāpyante niyataṃ vīra puruṣairakṛtātmabhiḥ ||
English Translation
I know, O great hero, that there are many evils incident to living in the forest; but they generally befall those men who have not their senses subdued.
VR 2.26.11 अनुष्टुप्
कन्यया च पितुर्गेहे वनवासः श्रुतो मया । भिक्षिण्याः साधुवृत्ताया मम मातुरिहाग्रतः ॥
kanyayā ca piturgehe vanavāsaḥ śruto mayā | bhikṣiṇyāḥ sādhuvṛttāyā mama māturihāgrataḥ ||
English Translation
I heard, when I was a girl, that an ascetic woman of well-disciplined character, came to my mother and apprised her of my future abode in the forest.
VR 2.26.12 अनुष्टुप्
प्रसादितश्च वै पूर्वं त्वं वै बहुविधं प्रभो । गमनं वनवासस्य काङ्क्षितं हि सह त्वया ॥
prasāditaśca vai pūrvaṃ tvaṃ vai bahuvidhaṃ prabho | gamanaṃ vanavāsasya kāṅkṣitaṃ hi saha tvayā ||
English Translation
I had requested you, O my lord, many times before in this house to take me to the forest with you for enjoyment, and you ware pleased to agree.
VR 2.26.13 अनुष्टुप्
कृतक्षणाहं भद्रं ते गमनं प्रति राघव । वनवासस्य शूरस्य चर्या हि मम रोचते ॥
kṛtakṣaṇāhaṃ bhadraṃ te gamanaṃ prati rāghava | vanavāsasya śūrasya caryā hi mama rocate ||
English Translation
For your welfare, O Raghava, having received your permission to follow you, I like to serve you, O great hero, while living in the forest.
VR 2.26.14 अनुष्टुप्
शुद्धात्मन्प्रेमभावाद्धि भविष्यामि विकल्मषा । भर्तारमनुगच्छन्ती भर्ता हि मम दैवतम् ॥
śuddhātmanpremabhāvāddhi bhaviṣyāmi vikalmaṣā | bhartāramanugacchantī bhartā hi mama daivatam ||
English Translation
O you, pure-hearted one, surely shall I become sinless if I follow my husband, out of affection; for my husband is my Divinity.
VR 2.26.15 अनुष्टुप्
प्रेत्यभावेऽपि कल्याणः संगमो मे सह त्वया । श्रुतिर्हि श्रूयते पुण्या ब्राह्मणानां यशस्विनाम् ॥
pretyabhāve'pi kalyāṇaḥ saṃgamo me saha tvayā | śrutirhi śrūyate puṇyā brāhmaṇānāṃ yaśasvinām ||
English Translation
I have heard this pious report from the Brāhmaṇas of great fame that even in after life your company is greatly beneficial to me.
VR 2.26.16 अनुष्टुप्
इह लोके च पितृभिर्या स्त्री यस्य महामते । अद्भिर्दत्ता स्वधर्मेण प्रेत्यभावेऽपि तस्य सा ॥
iha loke ca pitṛbhiryā strī yasya mahāmate | adbhirdattā svadharmeṇa pretyabhāve'pi tasya sā ||
English Translation
She, who has been given away as wife by her father to one, with due rites of gift peculiar to each class, touching holy water, shall be his, even in her after life.
VR 2.26.17 अनुष्टुप्
एवमस्मात्स्वकां नारीं सुवृत्तां हि पतिव्रताम् । नाभिरोचयसे नेतुं त्वं मां केनेह हेतुना ॥
evamasmātsvakāṃ nārīṃ suvṛttāṃ hi pativratām | nābhirocayase netuṃ tvaṃ māṃ keneha hetunā ||
English Translation
For what reason then did you not wish to take your wife with you who is of good character and devoted to her husband? Do you take me.
VR 2.26.18 अनुष्टुप्
भक्तां पतिव्रतां दीनां मां समां सुखदुःखयोः । नेतुमर्हसि काकुत्स्थ समानसुखदुःखिनीम् ॥
bhaktāṃ pativratāṃ dīnāṃ māṃ samāṃ sukhaduḥkhayoḥ | netumarhasi kākutstha samānasukhaduḥkhinīm ||
English Translation
O Kākutstha, who am poor in spirit, devoted to my husband, ever given to your service, and participating equally in your joy and sorrow.
VR 2.26.19 अनुष्टुप्
यदि मां दुःखितामेवं वनं नेतुं न चेच्छसि । विषमग्निं जलं वाहमास्थास्ये मृत्युकारणात् ॥
yadi māṃ duḥkhitāmevaṃ vanaṃ netuṃ na cecchasi | viṣamagniṃ jalaṃ vāhamāsthāsye mṛtyukāraṇāt ||
English Translation
If you do not purpose to take me with you, surely will I do away with my life by drinking poison, entering into fire, or drowning myself in water.
VR 2.26.20 अनुष्टुप्
एवं बहुविधं तं सा याचते गमनं प्रति । नानुमेने महाबाहुस्तां नेतुं विजनं वनम् ॥
evaṃ bahuvidhaṃ taṃ sā yācate gamanaṃ prati | nānumene mahābāhustāṃ netuṃ vijanaṃ vanam ||
English Translation
She begged Rāma in these and various other means to take her with him, but that mighty hero did not consent to lead her into the lonely forest.
VR 2.26.21 अनुष्टुप्
एवमुक्ता तु सा चिन्तां मैथिली समुपागता । स्नापयन्तीव गामुष्णैरश्रुभिर्नयनच्युतैः ॥
evamuktā tu sā cintāṃ maithilī samupāgatā | snāpayantīva gāmuṣṇairaśrubhirnayanacyutaiḥ ||
English Translation
Being accosted thus, Maithili was wrapt up in thought and bathed her breast with tears trickling down from her eyes.
VR 2.26.22 अनुष्टुप्
चिन्तयन्तीं तथा तां तु निवर्तयितुमात्मवान् । क्रोधाविष्टां तु वैदेहीं काकुत्स्थो बह्वसान्त्वयत् ॥
cintayantīṃ tathā tāṃ tu nivartayitumātmavān | krodhāviṣṭāṃ tu vaidehīṃ kākutstho bahvasāntvayat ||
English Translation
And Kākutstha having control over his ownself, with a view to dissuade her who was angry and engrossed in anxious thoughts, began to console her in divers way.
← Previous (Ch. 101) Full Table of Contents Next (Ch. 103) →