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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 2 (Ayodhyākāṇḍa) • Sarga 79

Ayodhyākāṇḍa Sarga 79

अयोध्याकाण्डम् • सर्गः 79

Ayodhyākāṇḍa Sarga 79 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 21 verses.

Total: 21 Verses • Citations: VR 2.79.1–21 • 175 Lexicon Terms
VR 2.79.1 अनुष्टुप्
एवमुक्तस्तु भरतो निषादाधिपतिं गुहम् । प्रत्युवाच महाप्राज्ञो वाक्यं हेत्वर्थसंहितम् ॥
evamuktastu bharato niṣādādhipatiṃ guham | pratyuvāca mahāprājño vākyaṃ hetvarthasaṃhitam ||
English Translation
Thus addressed, the exceedingly wise Bharata answered the lord of the Nişādas, in words fraught with sense and reason.
VR 2.79.2 अनुष्टुप्
ऊर्जितः खलु ते कामः कृतो मम गुरोः सखे । यो मे त्वमीदृशीं सेनामेकोऽभ्यर्चितुमिच्छसि ॥
ūrjitaḥ khalu te kāmaḥ kṛto mama guroḥ sakhe | yo me tvamīdṛśīṃ senāmeko'bhyarcitumicchasi ||
English Translation
Your great desire, O friend of my superior, is surely as good as attained; since you of mighty energy have set your heart on entertaining my army.
VR 2.79.3 अनुष्टुप्
इत्युक्त्वा तु महातेजा गुहं वचनमुत्तमम् । अब्रवीद्भरतः श्रीमान्निषादाधिपतिं पुनः ॥
ityuktvā tu mahātejā guhaṃ vacanamuttamam | abravīdbharataḥ śrīmānniṣādādhipatiṃ punaḥ ||
English Translation
Having said these fair words to Guha, the graceful and highly energetic Bharata again addressed the lord of Nişādas.
VR 2.79.4 अनुष्टुप्
कतरेण गमिष्यामि भरद्वाजाश्रमं गुह । गहनोऽयं भृशं देशो गङ्गानूपो दुरत्ययः ॥
katareṇa gamiṣyāmi bharadvājāśramaṃ guha | gahano'yaṃ bhṛśaṃ deśo gaṅgānūpo duratyayaḥ ||
English Translation
By what way shall I go to Bharadvāja's hermitage? These lands watered by the Gangā are dense and hard to track.
VR 2.79.5 अनुष्टुप्
तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा राजपुत्रस्य धीमतः । अब्रवीत्प्राञ्जलिर्वाक्यं गुहो गहनगोचरः ॥
tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā rājaputrasya dhīmataḥ | abravītprāñjalirvākyaṃ guho gahanagocaraḥ ||
English Translation
Hearing those words of the intelligent prince, that righteous (ascetic) brought a bull* as well as Arghya and water and divers kinds of edibles consisting of wild fruits and roots. *When an eminent guest came to a person's house, as he offered madhuparka, with a bull which was killed for his entertainment
VR 2.79.6 अनुष्टुप्
दाशास्त्वनुगमिष्यन्ति धन्विनः सुसमाहिताः । अहं चानुगमिष्यामि राजपुत्र महायशः ॥
dāśāstvanugamiṣyanti dhanvinaḥ susamāhitāḥ | ahaṃ cānugamiṣyāmi rājaputra mahāyaśaḥ ||
English Translation
My servant well acquainted with the place shall attentively follow you; and, O prince possessed of mighty strength, I myself will also walk in your wake.
VR 2.79.7 अनुष्टुप्
कच्चिन्न दुष्टो व्रजसि रामस्याक्लिष्टकर्मणः । इयं ते महती सेना शङ्कां जनयतीव मे ॥
kaccinna duṣṭo vrajasi rāmasyākliṣṭakarmaṇaḥ | iyaṃ te mahatī senā śaṅkāṃ janayatīva me ||
English Translation
But do you go after Rāma of energetic acts with some evil intention? This vast force of yours raise my apprehension/
VR 2.79.8 अनुष्टुप्
तमेवमभिभाषन्तमाकाश इव निर्मलः । भरतः श्लक्ष्णया वाचा गुहं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥
tamevamabhibhāṣantamākāśa iva nirmalaḥ | bharataḥ ślakṣṇayā vācā guhaṃ vacanamabravīt ||
English Translation
When Guha had asked this, Bharata with a presence unclouded like the sky, spoke to Guha these sweet words.
VR 2.79.9 अनुष्टुप्
मा भूत्स कालो यत्कष्टं न मां शङ्कितुमर्हसि । राघवः स हि मे भ्राता ज्येष्ठः पितृसमो मम ॥
mā bhūtsa kālo yatkaṣṭaṃ na māṃ śaṅkitumarhasi | rāghavaḥ sa hi me bhrātā jyeṣṭhaḥ pitṛsamo mama ||
English Translation
May a time never come when I shall do wrong to Rāghava! It behoves you not to fear me. Rāghava is my eldest brother dear to me even as my sire himself.
VR 2.79.10 अनुष्टुप्
तं निवर्तयितुं यामि काकुत्स्थं वनवासिनम् । बुद्धिरन्या न ते कार्या गुह सत्यं ब्रवीमि ते ॥
taṃ nivartayituṃ yāmi kākutsthaṃ vanavāsinam | buddhiranyā na te kāryā guha satyaṃ bravīmi te ||
English Translation
I go to make Kākutstha dwelling in the woods, turn back. Other intention cherish I none. O Guha, this I tell you truly.
VR 2.79.11 अनुष्टुप्
स तु संहृष्टवदनः श्रुत्वा भरतभाषितम् । पुनरेवाब्रवीद्वाक्यं भरतं प्रति हर्षितः ॥
sa tu saṃhṛṣṭavadanaḥ śrutvā bharatabhāṣitam | punarevābravīdvākyaṃ bharataṃ prati harṣitaḥ ||
English Translation
Having heard Bharata's speech, Guha with a countenance lighted up with delight, again cheerfully addressed Bharata, saying.
VR 2.79.12 अनुष्टुप्
धन्यस्त्वं न त्वया तुल्यं पश्यामि जगतीतले । अयत्नादागतं राज्यं यस्त्वं त्यक्तुमिहेच्छसि ॥
dhanyastvaṃ na tvayā tulyaṃ paśyāmi jagatītale | ayatnādāgataṃ rājyaṃ yastvaṃ tyaktumihecchasi ||
English Translation
Blessed are you! Your like find I none on earth, inasmuch as you wish to resign a kingdom that comes to you without search.
VR 2.79.13 अनुष्टुप्
शाश्वती खलु ते कीर्तिर्लोकाननुचरिष्यति । यस्त्वं कृच्छ्रगतं रामं प्रत्यानयितुमिच्छसि ॥
śāśvatī khalu te kīrtirlokānanucariṣyati | yastvaṃ kṛcchragataṃ rāmaṃ pratyānayitumicchasi ||
English Translation
Your eternal fame will certainly range this world, since you wish to bring back Rāma passing through misfortune.
VR 2.79.14 अनुष्टुप्
एवं संभाषमाणस्य गुहस्य भरतं तदा । बभौ नष्टप्रभः सूर्यो रजनी चाभ्यवर्तत ॥
evaṃ saṃbhāṣamāṇasya guhasya bharataṃ tadā | babhau naṣṭaprabhaḥ sūryo rajanī cābhyavartata ||
English Translation
As Guha was speaking thus to Bharata, the sun became shorn of his splendour and night fell.
VR 2.79.15 अनुष्टुप्
संनिवेश्य स तां सेनां गुहेन परितोषितः । शत्रुघ्नेन सह श्रीमाञ्शयनं पुनरागमत् ॥
saṃniveśya sa tāṃ senāṃ guhena paritoṣitaḥ | śatrughnena saha śrīmāñśayanaṃ punarāgamat ||
English Translation
Thereupon having disposed his troops, the auspicious Bharata gratified by Guha, went to bed along with Śatrughna.
VR 2.79.16 अनुष्टुप्
रामचिन्तामयः शोको भरतस्य महात्मनः । उपस्थितो ह्यनर्हस्य धर्मप्रेक्षस्य तादृशः ॥
rāmacintāmayaḥ śoko bharatasya mahātmanaḥ | upasthito hyanarhasya dharmaprekṣasya tādṛśaḥ ||
English Translation
Then arose thoughts of Rāma in the mind of the magnanimous Bharata ever having his gaze fixed on virtue and undeserving (of hardship).
VR 2.79.17 अनुष्टुप्
अन्तर्दाहेन दहनः संतापयति राघवम् । वनदाहाभिसंतप्तं गूढोऽग्निरिव पादपम् ॥
antardāhena dahanaḥ saṃtāpayati rāghavam | vanadāhābhisaṃtaptaṃ gūḍho'gniriva pādapam ||
English Translation
Then even as a tree already heated by a forestfire burns with a fire hidden in its cavity that descendant of Raghu began to burn with the fire of grief inflamed in his heart.
VR 2.79.18 अनुष्टुप्
प्रस्रुतः सर्वगात्रेभ्यः स्वेदः शोकाग्निसंभवः । यथा सूर्यांशुसंतप्तो हिमवान्प्रस्रुतो हिमम् ॥
prasrutaḥ sarvagātrebhyaḥ svedaḥ śokāgnisaṃbhavaḥ | yathā sūryāṃśusaṃtapto himavānprasruto himam ||
English Translation
Perspiration produced by the fire of sorrow issued out of all his limbs, as the Himavat heated by the solar warmth generates water.
VR 2.79.19 अनुष्टुप्
ध्याननिर्दरशैलेन विनिःश्वसितधातुना । दैन्यपादपसंघेन शोकायासाधिशृङ्गिणा ॥
dhyānanirdaraśailena viniḥśvasitadhātunā | dainyapādapasaṃghena śokāyāsādhiśṛṅgiṇā ||
English Translation
And Kaikeyi's son was overpowered and drowned by the mountain of grief, having thoughts (of Rāma) for its entire crags, sighs for its mineral substance, disgust with the avocations of life, for its trees, mental feebleness through grief for its summits, stupor for the animals inhabiting it, and burning for its annual shrubs and bamboos.
VR 2.79.20 अनुष्टुप्
प्रमोहानन्तसत्त्वेन संतापौषधिवेणुना । आक्रान्तो दुःखशैलेन महता कैकयीसुतः ॥
pramohānantasattvena saṃtāpauṣadhiveṇunā | ākrānto duḥkhaśailena mahatā kaikayīsutaḥ ||
English Translation
And Kaikeyi's son was overpowered and drowned by the mountain of grief, having thoughts (of Rāma) for its entire crags, sighs for its mineral substance, disgust with the avocations of life, for its trees, mental feebleness through grief for its summits, stupor for the animals inhabiting it, and burning for its annual shrubs and bamboos.
VR 2.79.21 वंशस्थम्
गुहेन सार्धं भरतः समागतो; महानुभावः सजनः समाहितः । सुदुर्मनास्तं भरतं तदा पुन;र्गुहः समाश्वासयदग्रजं प्रति ॥
guhena sārdhaṃ bharataḥ samāgato; mahānubhāvaḥ sajanaḥ samāhitaḥ | sudurmanāstaṃ bharataṃ tadā puna;rguhaḥ samāśvāsayadagrajaṃ prati ||
English Translation
Meeting with Guha, the magnanimous Bharata accompanied by his people, engrossed with the thoughts of Rāma, became oppressed with grief. (Seeing this), Guha by and by encouraged Bharata concerning his elder brother.
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