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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 2 (Ayodhyākāṇḍa) • Sarga 59

Ayodhyākāṇḍa Sarga 59

अयोध्याकाण्डम् • सर्गः 59

Ayodhyākāṇḍa Sarga 59 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 14 verses.

Total: 14 Verses • Citations: VR 2.59.1–14 • 175 Lexicon Terms
VR 2.59.1 अनुष्टुप्
अथ रात्र्यां व्यतीतायां प्रातरेवापरेऽहनि । बन्दिनः पर्युपातिष्ठंस्तत्पार्थिवनिवेशनम् ॥
atha rātryāṃ vyatītāyāṃ prātarevāpare'hani | bandinaḥ paryupātiṣṭhaṃstatpārthivaniveśanam ||
English Translation
Then on the following day (unaware of Dasaratha's death) panegyrists uttering benedictions, highly accomplished bards and genealogists proficient in reciting auspicious words, singers versed in musical science reached the palace one after another eulogising the king's glory.
VR 2.59.2 अनुष्टुप्
ततः शुचिसमाचाराः पर्युपस्थान कोविदः । स्त्रीवर्षवरभूयिष्ठा उपतस्थुर्यथापुरम् ॥
tataḥ śucisamācārāḥ paryupasthāna kovidaḥ | strīvarṣavarabhūyiṣṭhā upatasthuryathāpuram ||
English Translation
And as on former occasions, men practising purity and well up in serving, with numerous women and eunuchs entered appearance.
VR 2.59.3 अनुष्टुप्
हरिचन्दनसंपृक्तमुदकं काञ्चनैर्घटैः । आनिन्युः स्नानशिक्षाज्ञा यथाकालं यथाविधि ॥
haricandanasaṃpṛktamudakaṃ kāñcanairghaṭaiḥ | āninyuḥ snānaśikṣājñā yathākālaṃ yathāvidhi ||
English Translation
Persons acquainted with the ceremonials connected with bath, according to the ordinance and in due time, in golden vessels brought water impregnated with Hair sandal powder.
VR 2.59.4 अनुष्टुप्
मङ्गलालम्भनीयानि प्राशनीयानुपस्करान् । उपनिन्युस्तथाप्यन्याः कुमारी बहुलाः स्त्रियः ॥
maṅgalālambhanīyāni prāśanīyānupaskarān | upaninyustathāpyanyāḥ kumārī bahulāḥ striyaḥ ||
English Translation
Pure females together with many virgins brought kine &c, which were to be touched, Ganges water for sipping, mirrors, cloths, ornaments and other areicles.
VR 2.59.5 अनुष्टुप्
अथ याः कोसलेन्द्रस्य शयनं प्रत्यनन्तराः । ताः स्त्रियस्तु समागम्य भर्तारं प्रत्यबोधयन् ॥
atha yāḥ kosalendrasya śayanaṃ pratyanantarāḥ | tāḥ striyastu samāgamya bhartāraṃ pratyabodhayan ||
English Translation
Those ladies that were beside the bed of the lord of Kosala, were consoling their husband.
VR 2.59.6 अनुष्टुप्
ता वेपथुपरीताश्च राज्ञः प्राणेषु शङ्किताः । प्रतिस्रोतस्तृणाग्राणां सदृशं संचकम्पिरे ॥
tā vepathuparītāśca rājñaḥ prāṇeṣu śaṅkitāḥ | pratisrotastṛṇāgrāṇāṃ sadṛśaṃ saṃcakampire ||
English Translation
Those women knowledgeable in ascertaining the nature of sleep based on the actions, movements, etc. were apprehensive whether the king was alive or not. Trembling severely they seemed like the tips of reeds that stand against the current.
VR 2.59.7 अनुष्टुप्
अथ संवेपमनानां स्त्रीणां दृष्ट्वा च पार्थिवम् । यत्तदाशङ्कितं पापं तस्य जज्ञे विनिश्चयः ॥
atha saṃvepamanānāṃ strīṇāṃ dṛṣṭvā ca pārthivam | yattadāśaṅkitaṃ pāpaṃ tasya jajñe viniścayaḥ ||
English Translation
Having seen the king more closely, those women who were apprehensive till then, became certain of the inevitable.
VR 2.59.8 अनुष्टुप्
ततः प्रचुक्रुशुर्दीनाः सस्वरं ता वराङ्गनाः । करेणव इवारण्ये स्थानप्रच्युतयूथपाः ॥
tataḥ pracukruśurdīnāḥ sasvaraṃ tā varāṅganāḥ | kareṇava ivāraṇye sthānapracyutayūthapāḥ ||
English Translation
Thereupon exceedingly distressed, those paragons of their sex, like she-elephants in the forest deprived of their leader of the herd, broke out into wailing.
VR 2.59.9 अनुष्टुप्
तासामाक्रन्द शब्देन सहसोद्गतचेतने । कौसल्या च सुमित्राच त्यक्तनिद्रे बभूवतुः ॥
tāsāmākranda śabdena sahasodgatacetane | kausalyā ca sumitrāca tyaktanidre babhūvatuḥ ||
English Translation
At the sounds of their lamentations, both Kausalya and Sumitrā suddenly regaining consciousness, awoke from their sleep.
VR 2.59.10 अनुष्टुप्
कौसल्या च सुमित्रा च दृष्ट्वा स्पृष्ट्वा च पार्थिवम् । हा नाथेति परिक्रुश्य पेततुर्धरणीतले ॥
kausalyā ca sumitrā ca dṛṣṭvā spṛṣṭvā ca pārthivam | hā nātheti parikruśya petaturdharaṇītale ||
English Translation
And Kausalya and Sumitrā looking at the king and feeling him, fell down to the earth, exclaiming, "Ah lord.”
VR 2.59.11 अनुष्टुप्
सा कोसलेन्द्रदुहिता वेष्टमाना महीतले । न बभ्राज रजोध्वस्ता तारेव गगनच्युता ॥
sā kosalendraduhitā veṣṭamānā mahītale | na babhrāja rajodhvastā tāreva gaganacyutā ||
English Translation
As the daughter of Kosala's lord rolled on the ground, she covered with dust did not appear in all her loveliness, like a star fallen from the sky to the earth below.
VR 2.59.12 अनुष्टुप्
तत्समुत्त्रस्तसंभ्रान्तं पर्युत्सुकजनाकुलम् । सर्वतस्तुमुलाक्रन्दं परितापार्तबान्धवम् ॥
tatsamuttrastasaṃbhrāntaṃ paryutsukajanākulam | sarvatastumulākrandaṃ paritāpārtabāndhavam ||
English Translation
The mansion of the king became filled with people exceedingly excited and frightened, eager to know all about the matter, became filled with lamentations, with friends afflicted with distress, its joy instantaneously vanished, a scene of distress and dole.
VR 2.59.13 अनुष्टुप्
सद्यो निपतितानन्दं दीनविक्लवदर्शनम् । बभूव नरदेवस्य सद्म दिष्टान्तमीयुषः ॥
sadyo nipatitānandaṃ dīnaviklavadarśanam | babhūva naradevasya sadma diṣṭāntamīyuṣaḥ ||
English Translation
The mansion of the king became filled with people exceedingly excited and frightened, eager to know all about the matter, became filled with lamentations, with friends afflicted with distress, its joy instantaneously vanished, a scene of distress and dole.
VR 2.59.14 वंशस्थम्
अतीतमाज्ञाय तु पार्थिवर्षभं; यशस्विनं संपरिवार्य पत्नयः । भृशं रुदन्त्यः करुणं सुदुःखिताः; प्रगृह्य बाहू व्यलपन्ननाथवत् ॥
atītamājñāya tu pārthivarṣabhaṃ; yaśasvinaṃ saṃparivārya patnayaḥ | bhṛśaṃ rudantyaḥ karuṇaṃ suduḥkhitāḥ; pragṛhya bāhū vyalapannanāthavat ||
English Translation
Knowing that the lord of earth had departed, his wives surrounding that illustrious one, smitten with excess of sorrow and weeping bitterly and piteously, holding the king's hands indulged in lamentations, like forlorn ones.
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