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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 2 (Ayodhyākāṇḍa) • Sarga 75

Ayodhyākāṇḍa Sarga 75

अयोध्याकाण्डम् • सर्गः 75

Ayodhyākāṇḍa Sarga 75 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 14 verses.

Total: 14 Verses • Citations: VR 2.75.1–14 • 175 Lexicon Terms
VR 2.75.1 अनुष्टुप्
ततो नान्दीमुखीं रात्रिं भरतं सूतमागधाः । तुष्टुवुर्वाग्विशेषज्ञाः स्तवैर्मङ्गलसंहितैः ॥
tato nāndīmukhīṃ rātriṃ bharataṃ sūtamāgadhāḥ | tuṣṭuvurvāgviśeṣajñāḥ stavairmaṅgalasaṃhitaiḥ ||
English Translation
Then seeing that the night in which had been performed the auspicious preliminary ceremonies, was about to be spent, eulogists and genealogists hymned Bharata with consecrated hymns.
VR 2.75.2 अनुष्टुप्
सुवर्णकोणाभिहतः प्राणदद्यामदुन्दुभिः । दध्मुः शङ्खांश्च शतशो वाद्यांश्चोच्चावचस्वरान् ॥
suvarṇakoṇābhihataḥ prāṇadadyāmadundubhiḥ | dadhmuḥ śaṅkhāṃśca śataśo vādyāṃścoccāvacasvarān ||
English Translation
And then sounded the kettle-drum, beaten by a golden stick, announcing the departure of the night; and people sounded conchs and other instruments by hundreds furnished with soft and loud sounds.
VR 2.75.3 अनुष्टुप्
स तूर्य घोषः सुमहान्दिवमापूरयन्निव । भरतं शोकसंतप्तं भूयः शोकैररन्ध्रयत् ॥
sa tūrya ghoṣaḥ sumahāndivamāpūrayanniva | bharataṃ śokasaṃtaptaṃ bhūyaḥ śokairarandhrayat ||
English Translation
And as if filling the heavens, those powerful blasts of the trumpet repeatedly rendered Bharata burning in grief the more aggrieved.
VR 2.75.4 अनुष्टुप्
ततो प्रबुद्धो भरतस्तं घोषं संनिवर्त्य च । नाहं राजेति चाप्युक्त्वा शत्रुघ्नमिदमब्रवीत् ॥
tato prabuddho bharatastaṃ ghoṣaṃ saṃnivartya ca | nāhaṃ rājeti cāpyuktvā śatrughnamidamabravīt ||
English Translation
Then awaking and silencing those sounds with saying, “I am not the king," he said to Satrughna.
VR 2.75.5 अनुष्टुप्
पश्य शत्रुघ्न कैकेय्या लोकस्यापकृतं महत् । विसृज्य मयि दुःखानि राजा दशरथो गतः ॥
paśya śatrughna kaikeyyā lokasyāpakṛtaṃ mahat | visṛjya mayi duḥkhāni rājā daśaratho gataḥ ||
English Translation
Behold, O Satrughna, in what a mighty wrong the people are engaged, on account of Kaikeyi. The king Dasaratha has gone away throwing down on me (the burthen of) this misery.
VR 2.75.6 अनुष्टुप्
तस्यैषा धर्मराजस्य धर्ममूला महात्मनः । परिभ्रमति राजश्रीर्नौरिवाकर्णिका जले ॥
tasyaiṣā dharmarājasya dharmamūlā mahātmanaḥ | paribhramati rājaśrīrnaurivākarṇikā jale ||
English Translation
The royal grace founded in righteousness of that magnanimous and virtuous monarch is wandering even like a boat on water having no helmsman.
VR 2.75.7 अनुष्टुप्
इत्येवं भरतं प्रेक्ष्य विलपन्तं विचेतनम् । कृपणं रुरुदुः सर्वाः सस्वरं योषितस्तदा ॥
ityevaṃ bharataṃ prekṣya vilapantaṃ vicetanam | kṛpaṇaṃ ruruduḥ sarvāḥ sasvaraṃ yoṣitastadā ||
English Translation
Seeing Bharata lamenting thus senseless, the ladies afflicted with sorrow began to wail in winsome accents.
VR 2.75.8 अनुष्टुप्
तथा तस्मिन्विलपति वसिष्ठो राजधर्मवित् । सभामिक्ष्वाकुनाथस्य प्रविवेश महायशाः ॥
tathā tasminvilapati vasiṣṭho rājadharmavit | sabhāmikṣvākunāthasya praviveśa mahāyaśāḥ ||
English Translation
While Bharata was weeping, illustrious Vasistha, conversant with royal traditions, entered the assembly hall of the lord of the Iksvakus (king Dasaratha).
VR 2.75.9 अनुष्टुप्
शात कुम्भमयीं रम्यां मणिरत्नसमाकुलाम् । सुधर्मामिव धर्मात्मा सगणः प्रत्यपद्यत ॥
śāta kumbhamayīṃ ramyāṃ maṇiratnasamākulām | sudharmāmiva dharmātmā sagaṇaḥ pratyapadyata ||
English Translation
Righteous Vasistha along with his disciples reached the lovely golden assembly hall inlaid with gems and precious stones, which resembled Sudharma, (the assembly hall of Indra).
VR 2.75.10 अनुष्टुप्
स काञ्चनमयं पीठं परार्ध्यास्तरणावृतम् । अध्यास्त सर्ववेदज्ञो दूताननुशशास च ॥
sa kāñcanamayaṃ pīṭhaṃ parārdhyāstaraṇāvṛtam | adhyāsta sarvavedajño dūtānanuśaśāsa ca ||
English Translation
Vasistha, wellversed in all the Vedas, sat on a golden seat with a comfortable cover and ordered the messengers:
VR 2.75.11 अनुष्टुप्
ब्राह्मणान्क्षत्रियान्योधानमात्यान्गणबल्लभान् । क्षिप्रमानयताव्यग्राः कृत्यमात्ययिकं हि नः ॥
brāhmaṇānkṣatriyānyodhānamātyāngaṇaballabhān | kṣipramānayatāvyagrāḥ kṛtyamātyayikaṃ hi naḥ ||
English Translation
Do you speedily with collected minds bring hither Brāhmaṇas and Kștriyas and warriors and counsellors and generals of forces and Satrughna with the other princes, and the famous Bharata and Yuddhajit* and Sumantra and others that are engaged in our welfare. *One of the counsellors.
VR 2.75.12 अनुष्टुप्
ततो हलहलाशब्दो महान्समुदपद्यत । रथैरश्वैर्गजैश्चापि जनानामुपगच्छताम् ॥
tato halahalāśabdo mahānsamudapadyata | rathairaśvairgajaiścāpi janānāmupagacchatām ||
English Translation
Then there arose a mighty hubbub occasioned by people coming up in cars, horses and elephants.
VR 2.75.13 अनुष्टुप्
ततो भरतमायान्तं शतक्रतुमिवामराः । प्रत्यनन्दन्प्रकृतयो यथा दशरथं तथा ॥
tato bharatamāyāntaṃ śatakratumivāmarāḥ | pratyanandanprakṛtayo yathā daśarathaṃ tathā ||
English Translation
When Bharata arrived, the subjects rejoiced as they used to rejoice on Daſaratha's arrival; and as rejoiced the immortals on the arrival of him of an hundred sacrifices.
VR 2.75.14 अपरवक्त्र = [११: ननरलग] १,३ + [१२: नजजर] २,४
ह्रद इव तिमिनागसंवृतः; स्तिमितजलो मणिशङ्खशर्करः । दशरथसुतशोभिता सभा; सदशरथेव बभौ यथा पुरा ॥
hrada iva timināgasaṃvṛtaḥ; stimitajalo maṇiśaṅkhaśarkaraḥ | daśarathasutaśobhitā sabhā; sadaśaratheva babhau yathā purā ||
English Translation
And then the court resembling a moveless ocean containing whales and serpents,* and gems and conchs and gold-mines, being graced with the presence of Dasaratha's son, looked splendid as it formerly did with that of Dasaratha himself. *Nāga may also mean hypopotamus.
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