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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 2 (Ayodhyākāṇḍa) • Sarga 42

Ayodhyākāṇḍa Sarga 42

अयोध्याकाण्डम् • सर्गः 42

Ayodhyākāṇḍa Sarga 42 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 26 verses.

Total: 26 Verses • Citations: VR 2.42.1–26 • 175 Lexicon Terms
VR 2.42.1 अनुष्टुप्
अनुगम्य निवृत्तानां रामं नगरवासिनाम् । उद्गतानीव सत्त्वानि बभूवुरमनस्विनाम् ॥
anugamya nivṛttānāṃ rāmaṃ nagaravāsinām | udgatānīva sattvāni babhūvuramanasvinām ||
English Translation
The people afflicted with sorrow followed Rama and returned to the city deeply distressed. Eyes overflowing with tears, they longed for death. Smitten with grief, they lost their highmindedness and looked as if their life had been drained out.
VR 2.42.2 अनुष्टुप्
स्वं स्वं निलयमागम्य पुत्रदारैः समावृताः । अश्रूणि मुमुचुः सर्वे बाष्पेण पिहिताननाः ॥
svaṃ svaṃ nilayamāgamya putradāraiḥ samāvṛtāḥ | aśrūṇi mumucuḥ sarve bāṣpeṇa pihitānanāḥ ||
English Translation
The subjects reached their respective homes and surrounded by their sons and wives broke down their faces flooded with tears.
VR 2.42.3 अनुष्टुप्
न चाहृष्यन्न चामोदन्वणिजो न प्रसारयन् । न चाशोभन्त पण्यानि नापचन्गृहमेधिनः ॥
na cāhṛṣyanna cāmodanvaṇijo na prasārayan | na cāśobhanta paṇyāni nāpacangṛhamedhinaḥ ||
English Translation
They forgot to rejoice or make merry, and the traders did not spread (their stores), and stalls did not grace the place, and the householders did not cook, and people did not rejoice on recovering lost property or gaining a profuse accession of wealth, and mothers did not feel any delight on beholding their first-born.
VR 2.42.4 अनुष्टुप्
नष्टं दृष्ट्वा नाभ्यनन्दन्विपुलं वा धनागमम् । पुत्रं प्रथमजं लब्ध्वा जननी नाभ्यनन्दत ॥
naṣṭaṃ dṛṣṭvā nābhyanandanvipulaṃ vā dhanāgamam | putraṃ prathamajaṃ labdhvā jananī nābhyanandata ||
English Translation
They forgot to rejoice or make merry, and the traders did not spread (their stores), and stalls did not grace the place, and the householders did not cook, and people did not rejoice on recovering lost property or gaining a profuse accession of wealth, and mothers did not feel any delight on beholding their first-born.
VR 2.42.5 अनुष्टुप्
गृहे गृहे रुदन्त्यश्च भर्तारं गृहमागतम् । व्यगर्हयन्तो दुःखार्ता वाग्भिस्तोत्रैरिव द्विपान् ॥
gṛhe gṛhe rudantyaśca bhartāraṃ gṛhamāgatam | vyagarhayanto duḥkhārtā vāgbhistotrairiva dvipān ||
English Translation
And in every home females afflicted with woe, weeping child their husbands coming home, with the following words as (drivers) spur elephants with hooks.
VR 2.42.6 अनुष्टुप्
किं नु तेषां गृहैः कार्यं किं दारैः किं धनेन वा । पुत्रैर्वा किं सुखैर्वापि ये न पश्यन्ति राघवम् ॥
kiṃ nu teṣāṃ gṛhaiḥ kāryaṃ kiṃ dāraiḥ kiṃ dhanena vā | putrairvā kiṃ sukhairvāpi ye na paśyanti rāghavam ||
English Translation
Of what use are their houses, and wives, and wealth, and sons, and comforts, to those who see not Rāghava (in their midst?)
VR 2.42.7 अनुष्टुप्
एकः सत्पुरुषो लोके लक्ष्मणः सह सीतया । योऽनुगच्छति काकुत्स्थं रामं परिचरन्वने ॥
ekaḥ satpuruṣo loke lakṣmaṇaḥ saha sītayā | yo'nugacchati kākutsthaṃ rāmaṃ paricaranvane ||
English Translation
There is one only good man in this world even Lakşmaņa, who along with Sītā is following Käkutstha Rāma to the woods.
VR 2.42.8 अनुष्टुप्
आपगाः कृतपुण्यास्ताः पद्मिन्यश्च सरांसि च । येषु स्नास्यति काकुत्स्थो विगाह्य सलिलं शुचि ॥
āpagāḥ kṛtapuṇyāstāḥ padminyaśca sarāṃsi ca | yeṣu snāsyati kākutstho vigāhya salilaṃ śuci ||
English Translation
Those streams, assemblage of lotuses, and pools are blessed by which bathing in the sacred waters, Kakutstha will pass.
VR 2.42.9 अनुष्टुप्
शोभयिष्यन्ति काकुत्स्थमटव्यो रम्यकाननाः । आपगाश्च महानूपाः सानुमन्तश्च पर्वताः ॥
śobhayiṣyanti kākutsthamaṭavyo ramyakānanāḥ | āpagāśca mahānūpāḥ sānumantaśca parvatāḥ ||
English Translation
And romantic forests and woods, watery expanses of mighty volume, and mountains with flat spaces, will grace Kākutstha.
VR 2.42.10 अनुष्टुप्
काननं वापि शैलं वा यं रामोऽभिगमिष्यति । प्रियातिथिमिव प्राप्तं नैनं शक्ष्यन्त्यनर्चितुम् ॥
kānanaṃ vāpi śailaṃ vā yaṃ rāmo'bhigamiṣyati | priyātithimiva prāptaṃ nainaṃ śakṣyantyanarcitum ||
English Translation
And forests and hills to which will repair Rāma cannot go without paying him homage like to a welcome guest.
VR 2.42.11 उपजातिः
विचित्रकुसुमापीडा बहुमञ्जरिधारिणः । अकाले चापि मुख्यानि पुष्पाणि च फलानि च । दर्शयिष्यन्त्यनुक्रोशाद्गिरयो राममागतम् ॥
vicitrakusumāpīḍā bahumañjaridhāriṇaḥ | akāle cāpi mukhyāni puṣpāṇi ca phalāni ca | darśayiṣyantyanukrośādgirayo rāmamāgatam ||
English Translation
Trees with bunches of cololurful flowers and clusters of blossoms hovering over with black bees will present themselves to the son of the Raghus (Rama).
VR 2.42.12 अनुष्टुप्
विदर्शयन्तो विविधान्भूयश्चित्रांश्च निर्झरान् । पादपाः पर्वताग्रेषु रमयिष्यन्ति राघवम् ॥
vidarśayanto vividhānbhūyaścitrāṃśca nirjharān | pādapāḥ parvatāgreṣu ramayiṣyanti rāghavam ||
VR 2.42.13 अनुष्टुप्
यत्र रामो भयं नात्र नास्ति तत्र पराभवः । स हि शूरो महाबाहुः पुत्रो दशरथस्य च ॥
yatra rāmo bhayaṃ nātra nāsti tatra parābhavaḥ | sa hi śūro mahābāhuḥ putro daśarathasya ca ||
English Translation
And presenting him with many a charming fountain, trees will delight Rāma at the tops of mountains.* Where Rama is, there is nor fear or failure. That mighty-armed son of Dasaratha is heroic. Let us while he is yet ahead within a short distance of us, follow Rāghava. *The meaning is, Trees will please Rāghava by spreading for him a bed of leaves and flowers.
VR 2.42.14 उपजातिः
पुरा भवति नो दूरादनुगच्छाम राघवम् । पादच्छाया सुखा भर्तुस्तादृशस्य महात्मनः । स हि नाथो जनस्यास्य स गतिः स परायणम् ॥
purā bhavati no dūrādanugacchāma rāghavam | pādacchāyā sukhā bhartustādṛśasya mahātmanaḥ | sa hi nātho janasyāsya sa gatiḥ sa parāyaṇam ||
English Translation
Even the shadow of the feet of our master, so high-souled, would bring us happiness. He is the lord of all these, he is the refuge, he is the accomplishment of our religious duties.
VR 2.42.15 अनुष्टुप्
वयं परिचरिष्यामः सीतां यूयं तु राघवम् । इति पौरस्त्रियो भर्तॄन्दुःखार्तास्तत्तदब्रुवन् ॥
vayaṃ paricariṣyāmaḥ sītāṃ yūyaṃ tu rāghavam | iti paurastriyo bhartṝnduḥkhārtāstattadabruvan ||
English Translation
We and you, will serve Sītā, and Rāghava. Thus afflicted with grief, the women of the city spoke to their husbands.
VR 2.42.16 अनुष्टुप्
युष्माकं राघवोऽरण्ये योगक्षेमं विधास्यति । सीता नारीजनस्यास्य योगक्षेमं करिष्यति ॥
yuṣmākaṃ rāghavo'raṇye yogakṣemaṃ vidhāsyati | sītā nārījanasyāsya yogakṣemaṃ kariṣyati ||
English Translation
In the forest Rāghava will attain for you the unattainable and protect what is attained; and Sītā being a female will do the same for these (women.)
VR 2.42.17 अनुष्टुप्
को न्वनेनाप्रतीतेन सोत्कण्ठितजनेन च । संप्रीयेतामनोज्ञेन वासेन हृतचेतसा ॥
ko nvanenāpratītena sotkaṇṭhitajanena ca | saṃprīyetāmanojñena vāsena hṛtacetasā ||
English Translation
Who will take pleasure in residing in a dwelling where the heart dies within itself, which is devoid of delight, where the people are always agitated with anxiety and which is exceedingly disagreeable?
VR 2.42.18 अनुष्टुप्
कैकेय्या यदि चेद्राज्यं स्यादधर्म्यमनाथवत् । न हि नो जीवितेनार्थः कुतः पुत्रैः कुतो धनैः ॥
kaikeyyā yadi cedrājyaṃ syādadharmyamanāthavat | na hi no jīvitenārthaḥ kutaḥ putraiḥ kuto dhanaiḥ ||
English Translation
If this kingdom devolves on Kaikeyi it will be divested of all virtues and will be like to one without a master. And of what avail then is our life itself, not to speak of sons and wealth.
VR 2.42.19 अनुष्टुप्
यया पुत्रश्च भर्ता च त्यक्तावैश्वर्यकारणात् । कं सा परिहरेदन्यं कैकेयी कुलपांसनी ॥
yayā putraśca bhartā ca tyaktāvaiśvaryakāraṇāt | kaṃ sā pariharedanyaṃ kaikeyī kulapāṃsanī ||
English Translation
Whom else will that stainer of her line, Kaikeyī, forsake now, who for the sake of wealth has forsaken her son and her lord?
VR 2.42.20 अनुष्टुप्
कैकेय्या न वयं राज्ये भृतका निवसेमहि । जीवन्त्या जातु जीवन्त्यः पुत्रैरपि शपामहे ॥
kaikeyyā na vayaṃ rājye bhṛtakā nivasemahi | jīvantyā jātu jīvantyaḥ putrairapi śapāmahe ||
English Translation
We swear by our sons that so long as Kaikeyi is alive, we living will never stay in her kingdom, although we may be maintained by her.
VR 2.42.21 अनुष्टुप्
या पुत्रं पार्थिवेन्द्रस्य प्रवासयति निर्घृणा । कस्तां प्राप्य सुखं जीवेदधर्म्यां दुष्टचारिणीम् ॥
yā putraṃ pārthivendrasya pravāsayati nirghṛṇā | kastāṃ prāpya sukhaṃ jīvedadharmyāṃ duṣṭacāriṇīm ||
English Translation
What happiness can be ours by living with that wicked and unrighteous one who lost to every sense of shame is bent upon exiling the son of the foremost of kings?
VR 2.42.22 अनुष्टुप्
न हि प्रव्रजिते रामे जीविष्यति महीपतिः । मृते दशरथे व्यक्तं विलोपस्तदनन्तरम् ॥
na hi pravrajite rāme jīviṣyati mahīpatiḥ | mṛte daśarathe vyaktaṃ vilopastadanantaram ||
English Translation
On Rāma retiring to the forest, the lord of earth will surely not live; and Dasaratha dying, it is evident everything will come to naught.
VR 2.42.23 अनुष्टुप्
ते विषं पिबतालोड्य क्षीणपुण्याः सुदुर्गताः । राघवं वानुगच्छध्वमश्रुतिं वापि गच्छत ॥
te viṣaṃ pibatāloḍya kṣīṇapuṇyāḥ sudurgatāḥ | rāghavaṃ vānugacchadhvamaśrutiṃ vāpi gacchata ||
English Translation
Do you, your virtue exhausted, and oppressed with grief, pounding poison, take it, or follow Rāghava, or remove to such a place that the very name of Kaikeyī may not reach your ears.
VR 2.42.24 अनुष्टुप्
मिथ्या प्रव्राजितो रामः सभार्यः सहलक्ष्मणः । भरते संनिषृष्टाः स्मः सौनिके पशवो यथा ॥
mithyā pravrājito rāmaḥ sabhāryaḥ sahalakṣmaṇaḥ | bharate saṃniṣṛṣṭāḥ smaḥ saunike paśavo yathā ||
English Translation
Rāma has been deceitfully exiled along with his wife and Lakşmaņa; and we are bound to Bharata like to a (sacrificial) beast before one that is to slaughter it.
VR 2.42.25 अनुष्टुप्
तास्तथा विलपन्त्यस्तु नगरे नागरस्त्रियः । चुक्रुशुर्भृशसंतप्ता मृत्योरिव भयागमे ॥
tāstathā vilapantyastu nagare nāgarastriyaḥ | cukruśurbhṛśasaṃtaptā mṛtyoriva bhayāgame ||
English Translation
Thus lamenting in the city, the females thereof burning in grief became distressed like people stricken with panic on the occasion of a plague.
VR 2.42.26 वंशस्थम्
तथा स्त्रियो रामनिमित्तमातुरा; यथा सुते भ्रातरि वा विवासिते । विलप्य दीना रुरुदुर्विचेतसः; सुतैर्हि तासामधिको हि सोऽभवत् ॥
tathā striyo rāmanimittamāturā; yathā sute bhrātari vā vivāsite | vilapya dīnā rurudurvicetasaḥ; sutairhi tāsāmadhiko hi so'bhavat ||
English Translation
Distressed for the sake of Rāma as if it was a was son or a brother of theirs that was banished, the women weeping forlorn, lamented with senses lost; and Rāma was to them more than a son.
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