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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 2 (Ayodhyākāṇḍa) • Sarga 54

Ayodhyākāṇḍa Sarga 54

अयोध्याकाण्डम् • सर्गः 54

Ayodhyākāṇḍa Sarga 54 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 20 verses.

Total: 20 Verses • Citations: VR 2.54.1–20 • 175 Lexicon Terms
VR 2.54.1 अनुष्टुप्
ततो भूतोपसृष्टेव वेपमाना पुनः पुनः । धरण्यां गतसत्त्वेव कौसल्या सूतमब्रवीत् ॥
tato bhūtopasṛṣṭeva vepamānā punaḥ punaḥ | dharaṇyāṃ gatasattveva kausalyā sūtamabravīt ||
English Translation
Then like one possessed by an evil spirit, and trembling again and again, Kausalyä lying down on the ground like one dead, spoke to the charioteer, saying.
VR 2.54.2 अनुष्टुप्
नय मां यत्र काकुत्स्थः सीता यत्र च लक्ष्मणः । तान्विना क्षणमप्यत्र जीवितुं नोत्सहे ह्यहम् ॥
naya māṃ yatra kākutsthaḥ sītā yatra ca lakṣmaṇaḥ | tānvinā kṣaṇamapyatra jīvituṃ notsahe hyaham ||
English Translation
Do you take me where Kākutstha is and Sītā and Lakşınaņa: without them, I cannot live for a moment.
VR 2.54.3 अनुष्टुप्
निवर्तय रथं शीघ्रं दण्डकान्नय मामपि । अथ तान्नानुगच्छामि गमिष्यामि यमक्षयम् ॥
nivartaya rathaṃ śīghraṃ daṇḍakānnaya māmapi | atha tānnānugacchāmi gamiṣyāmi yamakṣayam ||
English Translation
Do you without delay turn the car. Do you take me also to Dandaka. If I do not follow them, I shall repair to the mansion of Yama.
VR 2.54.4 अनुष्टुप्
बाष्पवेगौपहतया स वाचा सज्जमानया । इदमाश्वासयन्देवीं सूतः प्राञ्जलिरब्रवीत् ॥
bāṣpavegaupahatayā sa vācā sajjamānayā | idamāśvāsayandevīṃ sūtaḥ prāñjalirabravīt ||
English Translation
Thereat the cahrioteer with joined hands comforted that exalted lady with ready words faltering and choked with rising vapour, "Do you leave grief and sorrow and the violent emotion. Renouncing grief, Rāghava is living in the woods."
VR 2.54.5 अनुष्टुप्
त्यज शोकं च मोहं च संभ्रमं दुःखजं तथा । व्यवधूय च संतापं वने वत्स्यति राघवः ॥
tyaja śokaṃ ca mohaṃ ca saṃbhramaṃ duḥkhajaṃ tathā | vyavadhūya ca saṃtāpaṃ vane vatsyati rāghavaḥ ||
English Translation
Thereat the cahrioteer with joined hands comforted that exalted lady with ready words faltering and choked with rising vapour, "Do you leave grief and sorrow and the violent emotion. Renouncing grief, Rāghava is living in the woods."
VR 2.54.6 अनुष्टुप्
लक्ष्मणश्चापि रामस्य पादौ परिचरन्वने । आराधयति धर्मज्ञः परलोकं जितेन्द्रियः ॥
lakṣmaṇaścāpi rāmasya pādau paricaranvane | ārādhayati dharmajñaḥ paralokaṃ jitendriyaḥ ||
English Translation
And in the forest, the righteous Laksmara, having his senses under control, is ministering to Răma's feet and is thus adoring the gods for happiness in the next world.
VR 2.54.7 अनुष्टुप्
विजनेऽपि वने सीता वासं प्राप्य गृहेष्विव । विस्रम्भं लभतेऽभीता रामे संन्यस्तमानसा ॥
vijane'pi vane sītā vāsaṃ prāpya gṛheṣviva | visrambhaṃ labhate'bhītā rāme saṃnyastamānasā ||
English Translation
And even in the lonely woods, Sītā as if remaining at home, having fixed her thoughts on Rāma, is living a life of love.
VR 2.54.8 अनुष्टुप्
नास्या दैन्यं कृतं किंचित्सुसूक्ष्ममपि लक्षये । उचितेव प्रवासानां वैदेही प्रतिभाति मा ॥
nāsyā dainyaṃ kṛtaṃ kiṃcitsusūkṣmamapi lakṣaye | uciteva pravāsānāṃ vaidehī pratibhāti mā ||
English Translation
And there appears not the least trace of any distress afflicting her; and Vaidehi seems to me as if she were meant (by Nature) for a life away from home.
VR 2.54.9 अनुष्टुप्
नगरोपवनं गत्वा यथा स्म रमते पुरा । तथैव रमते सीता निर्जनेषु वनेष्वपि ॥
nagaropavanaṃ gatvā yathā sma ramate purā | tathaiva ramate sītā nirjaneṣu vaneṣvapi ||
English Translation
And as forinerly going to urban villas she disported, she disports now even in the lonely forest.
VR 2.54.10 अनुष्टुप्
बालेव रमते सीता बालचन्द्रनिभानना । रामा रामे ह्यदीनात्मा विजनेऽपि वने सती ॥
bāleva ramate sītā bālacandranibhānanā | rāmā rāme hyadīnātmā vijane'pi vane satī ||
English Translation
And although living in the lone forest, that one of a countenance resembling the infant moon, sports merrily like a girl, in the garden represented by Rāma's self.
VR 2.54.11 अनुष्टुप्
तद्गतं हृदयं ह्यस्यास्तदधीनं च जीवितम् । अयोध्यापि भवेत्तस्या रामहीना तथा वनम् ॥
tadgataṃ hṛdayaṃ hyasyāstadadhīnaṃ ca jīvitam | ayodhyāpi bhavettasyā rāmahīnā tathā vanam ||
English Translation
Ayodhyā without Rāma would have seemed a wilderness to her whose heart is fixed on him and whose very life depends upon him.
VR 2.54.12 अनुष्टुप्
पथि पृच्छति वैदेही ग्रामांश्च नगराणि च । गतिं दृष्ट्वा नदीनां च पादपान्विविधानपि ॥
pathi pṛcchati vaidehī grāmāṃśca nagarāṇi ca | gatiṃ dṛṣṭvā nadīnāṃ ca pādapānvividhānapi ||
English Translation
Vaidehī is now asking (Rāma) concerning the villages and towns (in their way); and observing various trees and the courses of the rivers, Jānaki, asking Råma Laksmana (for information), is learning all about them. And Sītā sports as she used to do in arbours stationed at the distance of only one krosa from Ayodhyā.
VR 2.54.13 अनुष्टुप्
अध्वना वातवेगेन संभ्रमेणातपेन च । न हि गच्छति वैदेह्याश्चन्द्रांशुसदृशी प्रभा ॥
adhvanā vātavegena saṃbhrameṇātapena ca | na hi gacchati vaidehyāścandrāṃśusadṛśī prabhā ||
English Translation
Neither through the fatigue of travel, nor the influence of the wind, nor excitement, nor the sun, has Vaidehi's lustre resembling the lunar light suffered any diminution.
VR 2.54.14 अनुष्टुप्
सदृशं शतपत्रस्य पूर्णचन्द्रोपमप्रभम् । वदनं तद्वदान्याया वैदेह्या न विकम्पते ॥
sadṛśaṃ śatapatrasya pūrṇacandropamaprabham | vadanaṃ tadvadānyāyā vaidehyā na vikampate ||
English Translation
The countenance of that fair-speaking one resembling the lotus and comparable to the full moon in splendour, has not waxed pale.
VR 2.54.15 अनुष्टुप्
अलक्तरसरक्ताभावलक्तरसवर्जितौ । अद्यापि चरणौ तस्याः पद्मकोशसमप्रभौ ॥
alaktarasaraktābhāvalaktarasavarjitau | adyāpi caraṇau tasyāḥ padmakośasamaprabhau ||
English Translation
Her feet now without your dye of the liquid lac, but naturally furnished with the roseate hue of the same, are gorgeous like lotus buds.
VR 2.54.16 अनुष्टुप्
नूपुरोद्घुष्टहेलेव खेलं गच्छति भामिनी । इदानीमपि वैदेही तद्रागा न्यस्तभूषणा ॥
nūpurodghuṣṭaheleva khelaṃ gacchati bhāminī | idānīmapi vaidehī tadrāgā nyastabhūṣaṇā ||
English Translation
Still Vaidehī decked in ornaments from affection for Rāma, goes gracefully rebuking with her bangles the wavy gait (of cranes).
VR 2.54.17 अनुष्टुप्
गजं वा वीक्ष्य सिंहं वा व्याघ्रं वा वनमाश्रिता । नाहारयति संत्रासं बाहू रामस्य संश्रिता ॥
gajaṃ vā vīkṣya siṃhaṃ vā vyāghraṃ vā vanamāśritā | nāhārayati saṃtrāsaṃ bāhū rāmasya saṃśritā ||
English Translation
Supporting herself on Rāma's arm, Sītă arrived at the forest, is not inspired with fear on beholding either an elephant, or a lion, or a tiger.
VR 2.54.18 अनुष्टुप्
न शोच्यास्ते न चात्मा ते शोच्यो नापि जनाधिपः । इदं हि चरितं लोके प्रतिष्ठास्यति शाश्वतम् ॥
na śocyāste na cātmā te śocyo nāpi janādhipaḥ | idaṃ hi caritaṃ loke pratiṣṭhāsyati śāśvatam ||
English Translation
Therefore they are not to be bewailed, nor your own self, nor the lord of men. This history of Rāma will endure for ever in this world.
VR 2.54.19 वंशस्थम्
विधूय शोकं परिहृष्टमानसा; महर्षियाते पथि सुव्यवस्थिताः । वने रता वन्यफलाशनाः पितुः; शुभां प्रतिज्ञां परिपालयन्ति ते ॥
vidhūya śokaṃ parihṛṣṭamānasā; maharṣiyāte pathi suvyavasthitāḥ | vane ratā vanyaphalāśanāḥ pituḥ; śubhāṃ pratijñāṃ paripālayanti te ||
English Translation
Renouncing grief and with cheerful hearts, well established in the life led by the Maharşis, they living in the forest on wild fruits as their sustenance, are maintaining the noble promise of their sire.
VR 2.54.20 वंशस्थम्
तथापि सूतेन सुयुक्तवादिना; निवार्यमाणा सुतशोककर्शिता । न चैव देवी विरराम कूजिता;त्प्रियेति पुत्रेति च राघवेति च ॥
tathāpi sūtena suyuktavādinā; nivāryamāṇā sutaśokakarśitā | na caiva devī virarāma kūjitā;tpriyeti putreti ca rāghaveti ca ||
English Translation
Consoled by the truth-telling yet sweetspeeched charioteer, that lady oppressed with grief for her son, ceased not to wail loudly, "My beloved,” “My son," "Rāghava."
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