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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 2 (Ayodhyākāṇḍa) • Sarga 27

Ayodhyākāṇḍa Sarga 27

अयोध्याकाण्डम् • सर्गः 27

Ayodhyākāṇḍa Sarga 27 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 33 verses.

Total: 33 Verses • Citations: VR 2.27.1–33 • 175 Lexicon Terms
VR 2.27.1 अनुष्टुप्
सान्त्व्यमाना तु रामेण मैथिली जनकात्मजा । वनवासनिमित्ताय भर्तारमिदमब्रवीत् ॥
sāntvyamānā tu rāmeṇa maithilī janakātmajā | vanavāsanimittāya bhartāramidamabravīt ||
English Translation
Being consoled thus by Rāma, Maithilī, the daughter of Janaka, fearing separation, lovingly and haughtily laughed at Rāghava of spacious breast, and spoke to him, her husband, the following words with a view to follow him to the forest.
VR 2.27.2 अनुष्टुप्
सा तमुत्तमसंविग्ना सीता विपुलवक्षसम् । प्रणयाच्चाभिमानाच्च परिचिक्षेप राघवम् ॥
sā tamuttamasaṃvignā sītā vipulavakṣasam | praṇayāccābhimānācca paricikṣepa rāghavam ||
English Translation
Being consoled thus by Rāma, Maithilī, the daughter of Janaka, fearing separation, lovingly and haughtily laughed at Rāghava of spacious breast, and spoke to him, her husband, the following words with a view to follow him to the forest.
VR 2.27.3 अनुष्टुप्
किं त्वामन्यत वैदेहः पिता मे मिथिलाधिपः । राम जामातरं प्राप्य स्त्रियं पुरुषविग्रहम् ॥
kiṃ tvāmanyata vaidehaḥ pitā me mithilādhipaḥ | rāma jāmātaraṃ prāpya striyaṃ puruṣavigraham ||
English Translation
What thought of you, O Rāma, my father, the king of Mithilā, accepting you as his son-in-law, who was a man if form but (in deeds)a woman?
VR 2.27.4 अनुष्टुप्
अनृतं बललोकोऽयमज्ञानाद्यद्धि वक्ष्यति । तेजो नास्ति परं रामे तपतीव दिवाकरे ॥
anṛtaṃ balaloko'yamajñānādyaddhi vakṣyati | tejo nāsti paraṃ rāme tapatīva divākare ||
English Translation
Henceforth, if people through ignorance say that the sun has not that burning flood of light which in Rāma does shine forth, woe is them, it is falsehood.
VR 2.27.5 अनुष्टुप्
किं हि कृत्वा विषण्णस्त्वं कुतो वा भयमस्ति ते । यत्परित्यक्तुकामस्त्वं मामनन्यपरायणाम् ॥
kiṃ hi kṛtvā viṣaṇṇastvaṃ kuto vā bhayamasti te | yatparityaktukāmastvaṃ māmananyaparāyaṇām ||
English Translation
Why are you so dejected and whence is your fear that you are willing to leave behind your wife who has none else but you?
VR 2.27.6 अनुष्टुप्
द्युमत्सेनसुतं वीर सत्यवन्तमनुव्रताम् । सावित्रीमिव मां विद्धि त्वमात्मवशवर्तिनीम् ॥
dyumatsenasutaṃ vīra satyavantamanuvratām | sāvitrīmiva māṃ viddhi tvamātmavaśavartinīm ||
English Translation
Know me to be perfectly under your influence like to Sāvitri, following her husband Satyavān, the son of Dyumatsen.
VR 2.27.7 अनुष्टुप्
न त्वहं मनसाप्यन्यं द्रष्टास्मि त्वदृतेऽनघ । त्वया राघव गच्छेयं यथान्या कुलपांसनी ॥
na tvahaṃ manasāpyanyaṃ draṣṭāsmi tvadṛte'nagha | tvayā rāghava gaccheyaṃ yathānyā kulapāṃsanī ||
English Translation
I have not, like one bringing stigma on her line, ever in my life thought of a second person, but of you whom I must follow into the forest.
VR 2.27.8 अनुष्टुप्
स्वयं तु भार्यां कौमारीं चिरमध्युषितां सतीम् । शैलूष इव मां राम परेभ्यो दातुमिच्छसि ॥
svayaṃ tu bhāryāṃ kaumārīṃ ciramadhyuṣitāṃ satīm | śailūṣa iva māṃ rāma parebhyo dātumicchasi ||
English Translation
Do you, like to an ordinary actor, wish to hand me over to others, who am chaste, pure as a virgin, and long held in conjugal affection?
VR 2.27.9 अनुष्टुप्
स मामनादाय वनं न त्वं प्रस्थातुमर्हसि । तपो वा यदि वारण्यं स्वर्गो वा स्यात्सह त्वया ॥
sa māmanādāya vanaṃ na tvaṃ prasthātumarhasi | tapo vā yadi vāraṇyaṃ svargo vā syātsaha tvayā ||
English Translation
It does not behove you to repair to the forest without taking me along with you. Be it the austerity of an ascetic, the forest or heaven, with you will I be everywhere.
VR 2.27.10 अनुष्टुप्
न च मे भविता तत्र कश्चित्पथि परिश्रमः । पृष्ठतस्तव गच्छन्त्या विहारशयनेष्वपि ॥
na ca me bhavitā tatra kaścitpathi pariśramaḥ | pṛṣṭhatastava gacchantyā vihāraśayaneṣvapi ||
English Translation
No toil shall I suffer on the way, as if lying on a bed of luxury, while following you in they footstep.
VR 2.27.11 अनुष्टुप्
कुशकाशशरेषीका ये च कण्टकिनो द्रुमाः । तूलाजिनसमस्पर्शा मार्गे मम सह त्वया ॥
kuśakāśaśareṣīkā ye ca kaṇṭakino drumāḥ | tūlājinasamasparśā mārge mama saha tvayā ||
English Translation
When with you, the various thorny grasses, the Kuśa, the Käsa, the Sara, and the Işika, and the thistles and brambles on the way, shall be to me in touch like to linen and deer-skin.
VR 2.27.12 अनुष्टुप्
महावातसमुद्धूतं यन्मामवकरिष्यति । रजो रमण तन्मन्ये परार्ध्यमिव चन्दनम् ॥
mahāvātasamuddhūtaṃ yanmāmavakariṣyati | rajo ramaṇa tanmanye parārdhyamiva candanam ||
English Translation
The dust that will cover me, thrown up by the gush of wind shall be, O ravisher of my heart regarded by me as the finest sandal dust.
VR 2.27.13 अनुष्टुप्
शाद्वलेषु यदासिष्ये वनान्ते वनगोचरा । कुथास्तरणतल्पेषु किं स्यात्सुखतरं ततः ॥
śādvaleṣu yadāsiṣye vanānte vanagocarā | kuthāstaraṇatalpeṣu kiṃ syātsukhataraṃ tataḥ ||
English Translation
When I shall lie down on the bed of green grass in the forest, it shall appear to me more pleasant than one covered with a coloured blanket.
VR 2.27.14 अनुष्टुप्
पत्रं मूलं फलं यत्त्वमल्पं वा यदि वा बहु । दास्यसि स्वयमाहृत्य तन्मेऽमृतरसोपमम् ॥
patraṃ mūlaṃ phalaṃ yattvamalpaṃ vā yadi vā bahu | dāsyasi svayamāhṛtya tanme'mṛtarasopamam ||
English Translation
Fruits, roots and leaves which you will bring yourself and give me, be they great or small in quantity, shall be to me like to the ambrosiajuice.
VR 2.27.15 अनुष्टुप्
न मातुर्न पितुस्तत्र स्मरिष्यामि न वेश्मनः । आर्तवान्युपभुञ्जाना पुष्पाणि च फलानि च ॥
na māturna pitustatra smariṣyāmi na veśmanaḥ | ārtavānyupabhuñjānā puṣpāṇi ca phalāni ca ||
English Translation
I shall never think of my father, mother, or my abode; I shall enjoy fruits and flowers growing in various seasons.
VR 2.27.16 अनुष्टुप्
न च तत्र गतः किंचिद्द्रष्टुमर्हसि विप्रियम् । मत्कृते न च ते शोको न भविष्यामि दुर्भरा ॥
na ca tatra gataḥ kiṃciddraṣṭumarhasi vipriyam | matkṛte na ca te śoko na bhaviṣyāmi durbharā ||
English Translation
You shall not witness any thing disagreeable there; for me you shall not experience any sorrow, no shall I be a burden to you; do you take me with you.
VR 2.27.17 अनुष्टुप्
यस्त्वया सह स स्वर्गो निरयो यस्त्वया विना । इति जानन्परां प्रीतिं गच्छ राम मया सह ॥
yastvayā saha sa svargo nirayo yastvayā vinā | iti jānanparāṃ prītiṃ gaccha rāma mayā saha ||
English Translation
O, Rāma, conceiving with pleasure that your company is a heaven to me and your absence a hell. If you do not take me to the forest which I count freed from all evils, surely I shall drink poison and never come under the influence of my enemies.
VR 2.27.18 अनुष्टुप्
अथ मामेवमव्यग्रां वनं नैव नयिष्यसि । विषमद्यैव पास्यामि मा विशं द्विषतां वशम् ॥
atha māmevamavyagrāṃ vanaṃ naiva nayiṣyasi | viṣamadyaiva pāsyāmi mā viśaṃ dviṣatāṃ vaśam ||
English Translation
O, Rāma, conceiving with pleasure that your company is a heaven to me and your absence a hell. If you do not take me to the forest which I count freed from all evils, surely I shall drink poison and never come under the influence of my enemies.
VR 2.27.19 अनुष्टुप्
पश्चादपि हि दुःखेन मम नैवास्ति जीवितम् । उज्झितायास्त्वया नाथ तदैव मरणं वरम् ॥
paścādapi hi duḥkhena mama naivāsti jīvitam | ujjhitāyāstvayā nātha tadaiva maraṇaṃ varam ||
English Translation
When through affliction I shall not live after separation, better it is, O Lord, that I die immediately at the time of my being forsaken by you; I cannot bear this grief even for a moment. How shall I be able to live without you for fourteen years?
VR 2.27.20 अनुष्टुप्
इदं हि सहितुं शोकं मुहूर्तमपि नोत्सहे । किं पुनर्दशवर्षाणि त्रीणि चैकं च दुःखिता ॥
idaṃ hi sahituṃ śokaṃ muhūrtamapi notsahe | kiṃ punardaśavarṣāṇi trīṇi caikaṃ ca duḥkhitā ||
English Translation
When through affliction I shall not live after separation, better it is, O Lord, that I die immediately at the time of my being forsaken by you; I cannot bear this grief even for a moment. How shall I be able to live without you for fourteen years?
VR 2.27.21 अनुष्टुप्
इति सा शोकसंतप्ता विलप्य करुणं बहु । चुक्रोश पतिमायस्ता भृशमालिङ्ग्य सस्वरम् ॥
iti sā śokasaṃtaptā vilapya karuṇaṃ bahu | cukrośa patimāyastā bhṛśamāliṅgya sasvaram ||
English Translation
Thus lamenting, Sītā, racked with sorrow, embraced her husband and began to cry aloud.
VR 2.27.22 अनुष्टुप्
सा विद्धा बहुभिर्वाक्यैर्दिग्धैरिव गजाङ्गना । चिर संनियतं बाष्पं मुमोचाग्निमिवारणिः ॥
sā viddhā bahubhirvākyairdigdhairiva gajāṅganā | cira saṃniyataṃ bāṣpaṃ mumocāgnimivāraṇiḥ ||
English Translation
Like to a she-elephant, she being pierced by the poisonous shafts of Rāma's words, began to shed tears, long kept off, as an Araņi wood emits fire continually.
VR 2.27.23 अनुष्टुप्
तस्याः स्फटिकसंकाशं वारि संतापसंभवम् । नेत्राभ्यां परिसुस्राव पङ्कजाभ्यामिवोदकम् ॥
tasyāḥ sphaṭikasaṃkāśaṃ vāri saṃtāpasaṃbhavam | netrābhyāṃ parisusrāva paṅkajābhyāmivodakam ||
English Translation
Tears caused by her sorrow and white as the crystal began to trickle down from her eyes, like to water falling in drops from lotus petals.
VR 2.27.24 अनुष्टुप्
तां परिष्वज्य बाहुभ्यां विसंज्ञामिव दुःखिताम् । उवाच वचनं रामः परिविश्वासयंस्तदा ॥
tāṃ pariṣvajya bāhubhyāṃ visaṃjñāmiva duḥkhitām | uvāca vacanaṃ rāmaḥ pariviśvāsayaṃstadā ||
English Translation
Finding her almost insensible with sorrow, Rāma flung his arms round her and reviving her (with consolation) spoke the following words to her.
VR 2.27.25 अनुष्टुप्
न देवि तव दुःखेन स्वर्गमप्यभिरोचये । न हि मेऽस्ति भयं किंचित्स्वयम्भोरिव सर्वतः ॥
na devi tava duḥkhena svargamapyabhirocaye | na hi me'sti bhayaṃ kiṃcitsvayambhoriva sarvataḥ ||
English Translation
I do not long for, Oh worshipful one, even the abode of celestials gained through your affliction; fear there is none for me like to the self-create Brahma.
VR 2.27.26 अनुष्टुप्
तव सर्वमभिप्रायमविज्ञाय शुभानने । वासं न रोचयेऽरण्ये शक्तिमानपि रक्षणे ॥
tava sarvamabhiprāyamavijñāya śubhānane | vāsaṃ na rocaye'raṇye śaktimānapi rakṣaṇe ||
English Translation
Not apprised of your full intention, O you of beautiful countenance, I could not, though capable of escorting you, desire your abode in the forest.
VR 2.27.27 अनुष्टुप्
यत्सृष्टासि मया सार्धं वनवासाय मैथिलि । न विहातुं मया शक्या कीर्तिरात्मवता यथा ॥
yatsṛṣṭāsi mayā sārdhaṃ vanavāsāya maithili | na vihātuṃ mayā śakyā kīrtirātmavatā yathā ||
English Translation
When you are determined O Maithili, repair to the forest with me, I cannot leave you behind, as one possessing self-knowledge cannot renounce munificence.
VR 2.27.28 अनुष्टुप्
धर्मस्तु गजनासोरु सद्भिराचरितः पुरा । तं चाहमनुवर्तेऽद्य यथा सूर्यं सुवर्चला ॥
dharmastu gajanāsoru sadbhirācaritaḥ purā | taṃ cāhamanuvarte'dya yathā sūryaṃ suvarcalā ||
English Translation
O you, having thighs resembling the trunks of an elephant, I shall resort to that virtue which was exercised by great and good men going before, do you follow me therefore like Suvarcalā following the Sun.
VR 2.27.29 अनुष्टुप्
एष धर्मस्तु सुश्रोणि पितुर्मातुश्च वश्यता । अतश्चाज्ञां व्यतिक्रम्य नाहं जीवितुमुत्सहे ॥
eṣa dharmastu suśroṇi piturmātuśca vaśyatā | ataścājñāṃ vyatikramya nāhaṃ jīvitumutsahe ||
English Translation
Obedience to his parents is the virtue of a son. Disobeying the command of my father I am not eager to live. we
VR 2.27.30 उपजातिः
स मां पिता यथा शास्ति सत्यधर्मपथे स्थितः । तथा वर्तितुमिच्छामि स हि धर्मः सनातनः । अनुगच्छस्व मां भीरु सहधर्मचरी भव ॥
sa māṃ pitā yathā śāsti satyadharmapathe sthitaḥ | tathā vartitumicchāmi sa hi dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ | anugacchasva māṃ bhīru sahadharmacarī bhava ||
English Translation
Therefore do I desire to follow what my father commands me, treading in the path of truth, and this is the virtue eternal.
VR 2.27.31 अनुष्टुप्
ब्राह्मणेभ्यश्च रत्नानि भिक्षुकेभ्यश्च भोजनम् । देहि चाशंसमानेभ्यः संत्वरस्व च माचिरम् ॥
brāhmaṇebhyaśca ratnāni bhikṣukebhyaśca bhojanam | dehi cāśaṃsamānebhyaḥ saṃtvarasva ca māciram ||
English Translation
Do you give away jewels to the Brāhmaṇas and edibles to the beggars longing for them, and make haste without delay.
VR 2.27.32 अनुष्टुप्
अनुकूलं तु सा भर्तुर्ज्ञात्वा गमनमात्मनः । क्षिप्रं प्रमुदिता देवी दातुमेवोपचक्रमे ॥
anukūlaṃ tu sā bharturjñātvā gamanamātmanaḥ | kṣipraṃ pramuditā devī dātumevopacakrame ||
English Translation
Having come to know that her departure to the forest is acceptable to her husband, Sita, highly delighted, quickly got ready to give away (things).
VR 2.27.33 वंशस्थम्
ततः प्रहृष्टा परिपूर्णमानसा; यशस्विनी भर्तुरवेक्ष्य भाषितम् । धनानि रत्नानि च दातुमङ्गना; प्रचक्रमे धर्मभृतां मनस्विनी ॥
tataḥ prahṛṣṭā paripūrṇamānasā; yaśasvinī bharturavekṣya bhāṣitam | dhanāni ratnāni ca dātumaṅganā; pracakrame dharmabhṛtāṃ manasvinī ||
English Translation
Convinced that her going to the forest was desired by her husband, Sītā began to distribute them speedily with a delighted heart.
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