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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 2 (Ayodhyākāṇḍa) • Sarga 88

Ayodhyākāṇḍa Sarga 88

अयोध्याकाण्डम् • सर्गः 88

Ayodhyākāṇḍa Sarga 88 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 27 verses.

Total: 27 Verses • Citations: VR 2.88.1–27 • 175 Lexicon Terms
VR 2.88.1 अनुष्टुप्
दीर्घकालोषितस्तस्मिन्गिरौ गिरिवनप्रियः । विदेह्याः प्रियमाकाङ्क्षन्स्वं च चित्तं विलोभयन् ॥
dīrghakāloṣitastasmingirau girivanapriyaḥ | videhyāḥ priyamākāṅkṣansvaṃ ca cittaṃ vilobhayan ||
English Translation
Having spent a long time in that mountain, that lover of hills and woods, Dasaratha's son resembling an immortal, anxious to pleasure Vaidehī as well as to please his own mind, showed the variegated Citrakuța to his wife, like Purandara to Sacī.
VR 2.88.2 अनुष्टुप्
अथ दाशरथिश्चित्रं चित्रकूटमदर्शयत् । भार्याममरसंकाशः शचीमिव पुरंदरः ॥
atha dāśarathiścitraṃ citrakūṭamadarśayat | bhāryāmamarasaṃkāśaḥ śacīmiva puraṃdaraḥ ||
English Translation
Rama, resembling the gods, who had been living there for long developed a liking for the mountains and forests. With a desire to please Sita and his own mind, he showed her the wonderful Chitrakuta mountain as Indra did to his wife Sachi.
VR 2.88.3 अनुष्टुप्
न राज्याद्भ्रंशनं भद्रे न सुहृद्भिर्विनाभवः । मनो मे बाधते दृष्ट्वा रमणीयमिमं गिरिम् ॥
na rājyādbhraṃśanaṃ bhadre na suhṛdbhirvinābhavaḥ | mano me bādhate dṛṣṭvā ramaṇīyamimaṃ girim ||
English Translation
O gentle one, neither deprivation of the kingdom nor separation from friends afflicts my mind on beholding this romantic mountain.
VR 2.88.4 अनुष्टुप्
पश्येममचलं भद्रे नानाद्विजगणायुतम् । शिखरैः खमिवोद्विद्धैर्धातुमद्भिर्विभूषितम् ॥
paśyemamacalaṃ bhadre nānādvijagaṇāyutam | śikharaiḥ khamivodviddhairdhātumadbhirvibhūṣitam ||
English Translation
My gentle one, look but at the hill abounding with flocks of various birds, adorned with summits cleaving the welkin and teeming with mineral substances,
VR 2.88.5 अनुष्टुप्
केचिद्रजतसंकाशाः केचित्क्षतजसंनिभाः । पीतमाञ्जिष्ठवर्णाश्च केचिन्मणिवरप्रभाः ॥
kecidrajatasaṃkāśāḥ kecitkṣatajasaṃnibhāḥ | pītamāñjiṣṭhavarṇāśca kecinmaṇivaraprabhāḥ ||
English Translation
And some pares of this monarch of mountains are like silver, and some are blood-red, and some yellow like the hue of Mañjiștha, and some lustrous like sapphires, and some shining like blossoms or crystal or Ketakas, and some blazing like stars or mercury, and some digit in mineral substances.
VR 2.88.6 अनुष्टुप्
पुष्यार्ककेतुकाभाश्च केचिज्ज्योती रसप्रभाः । विराजन्तेऽचलेन्द्रस्य देशा धातुविभूषिताः ॥
puṣyārkaketukābhāśca kecijjyotī rasaprabhāḥ | virājante'calendrasya deśā dhātuvibhūṣitāḥ ||
English Translation
And some pares of this monarch of mountains are like silver, and some are blood-red, and some yellow like the hue of Mañjiștha, and some lustrous like sapphires, and some shining like blossoms or crystal or Ketakas, and some blazing like stars or mercury, and some digit in mineral substances.
VR 2.88.7 अनुष्टुप्
नानामृगगणद्वीपितरक्ष्वृक्षगणैर्वृतः । अदुष्टैर्भात्ययं शैलो बहुपक्षिसमाकुलः ॥
nānāmṛgagaṇadvīpitarakṣvṛkṣagaṇairvṛtaḥ | aduṣṭairbhātyayaṃ śailo bahupakṣisamākulaḥ ||
English Translation
And the mountain shines, being filled with divers beasts and multitudes of innocuous tigers, hyenas and bears, and thronged with innumerable birds.
VR 2.88.8 अनुष्टुप्
आम्रजम्ब्वसनैर्लोध्रैः प्रियालैः पनसैर्धवैः । अङ्कोलैर्भव्यतिनिशैर्बिल्वतिन्दुकवेणुभिः ॥
āmrajambvasanairlodhraiḥ priyālaiḥ panasairdhavaiḥ | aṅkolairbhavyatiniśairbilvatindukaveṇubhiḥ ||
VR 2.88.9 अनुष्टुप्
काश्मर्यरिष्टवरणैर्मधूकैस्तिलकैस्तथा । बदर्यामलकैर्नीपैर्वेत्रधन्वनबीजकैः ॥
kāśmaryariṣṭavaraṇairmadhūkaistilakaistathā | badaryāmalakairnīpairvetradhanvanabījakaiḥ ||
VR 2.88.10 अनुष्टुप्
पुष्पवद्भिः फलोपेतैश्छायावद्भिर्मनोरमैः । एवमादिभिराकीर्णः श्रियं पुष्यत्ययं गिरिः ॥
puṣpavadbhiḥ phalopetaiśchāyāvadbhirmanoramaiḥ | evamādibhirākīrṇaḥ śriyaṃ puṣyatyayaṃ giriḥ ||
VR 2.88.11 अनुष्टुप्
शैलप्रस्थेषु रम्येषु पश्येमान्कामहर्षणान् । किन्नरान्द्वंद्वशो भद्रे रममाणान्मनस्विनः ॥
śailaprastheṣu ramyeṣu paśyemānkāmaharṣaṇān | kinnarāndvaṃdvaśo bhadre ramamāṇānmanasvinaḥ ||
English Translation
And, you gentle one, on the picturesque plateou of the hill behold these intelligent couples of Kinnaras engaged in sport at spots yeilding every enjoyment and look at their swords hung up on the boughs. And see the gorgeous apparel of Vidyadharis, as well as the charming regions in which they sport.
VR 2.88.12 अनुष्टुप्
शाखावसक्तान्खड्गांश्च प्रवराण्यम्बराणि च । पश्य विद्याधरस्त्रीणां क्रीडेद्देशान्मनोरमान् ॥
śākhāvasaktānkhaḍgāṃśca pravarāṇyambarāṇi ca | paśya vidyādharastrīṇāṃ krīḍeddeśānmanoramān ||
English Translation
And, you gentle one, on the picturesque plateou of the hill behold these intelligent couples of Kinnaras engaged in sport at spots yeilding every enjoyment and look at their swords hung up on the boughs. And see the gorgeous apparel of Vidyadharis, as well as the charming regions in which they sport.
VR 2.88.13 अनुष्टुप्
जलप्रपातैरुद्भेदैर्निष्यन्दैश्च क्वचित्क्वचित् । स्रवद्भिर्भात्ययं शैलः स्रवन्मद इव द्विपः ॥
jalaprapātairudbhedairniṣyandaiśca kvacitkvacit | sravadbhirbhātyayaṃ śailaḥ sravanmada iva dvipaḥ ||
English Translation
And like an elephant dropping the temporal juice, this hill appears beautiful with cascades, fountains and riles, flowing here and there.
VR 2.88.14 अनुष्टुप्
गुहासमीरणो गन्धान्नानापुष्पभवान्वहन् । घ्राणतर्पणमभ्येत्य कं नरं न प्रहर्षयेत् ॥
guhāsamīraṇo gandhānnānāpuṣpabhavānvahan | ghrāṇatarpaṇamabhyetya kaṃ naraṃ na praharṣayet ||
English Translation
Whom does not the breeze laden with the perfumes of many a flower, soothing the sense of smell, fill with delight?
VR 2.88.15 अनुष्टुप्
यदीह शरदोऽनेकास्त्वया सार्धमनिन्दिते । लक्ष्मणेन च वत्स्यामि न मां शोकः प्रधक्ष्यति ॥
yadīha śarado'nekāstvayā sārdhamanindite | lakṣmaṇena ca vatsyāmi na māṃ śokaḥ pradhakṣyati ||
English Translation
If, O blameless one, I dwell (here) for many years with you as well as Lakşmaņa, grief cannot overcome me.
VR 2.88.16 अनुष्टुप्
बहुपुष्पफले रम्ये नानाद्विजगणायुते । विचित्रशिखरे ह्यस्मिन्रतवानस्मि भामिनि ॥
bahupuṣpaphale ramye nānādvijagaṇāyute | vicitraśikhare hyasminratavānasmi bhāmini ||
English Translation
O damsel, I take delight in this picturesque peak abounding in flowers and fruits, and frequented by various birds.
VR 2.88.17 अनुष्टुप्
अनेन वनवासेन मया प्राप्तं फलद्वयम् । पितुश्चानृणता धर्मे भरतस्य प्रियं तथा ॥
anena vanavāsena mayā prāptaṃ phaladvayam | pituścānṛṇatā dharme bharatasya priyaṃ tathā ||
English Translation
By this banishment of mine, I have gained two things, my father has maintained his truth in religion, and Bharata has obtained his dear interest.
VR 2.88.18 अनुष्टुप्
वैदेहि रमसे कच्चिच्चित्रकूटे मया सह । पश्यन्ती विविधान्भावान्मनोवाक्कायसंयतान् ॥
vaidehi ramase kacciccitrakūṭe mayā saha | paśyantī vividhānbhāvānmanovākkāyasaṃyatān ||
English Translation
O daughter of Videha, are you being pleased on viewing along with me on Citrakuța, various objects grateful to mind, speech and body?
VR 2.88.19 अनुष्टुप्
इदमेवामृतं प्राहू राज्ञां राजर्षयः परे । वनवासं भवार्थाय प्रेत्य मे प्रपितामहाः ॥
idamevāmṛtaṃ prāhū rājñāṃ rājarṣayaḥ pare | vanavāsaṃ bhavārthāya pretya me prapitāmahāḥ ||
English Translation
O queen, this abode in the forest like to ambrosia has been declared by those royal saints, my ancestors, as working out one's emancipation after death.
VR 2.88.20 अनुष्टुप्
शिलाः शैलस्य शोभन्ते विशालाः शतशोऽभितः । बहुला बहुलैर्वर्णैर्नीलपीतसितारुणैः ॥
śilāḥ śailasya śobhante viśālāḥ śataśo'bhitaḥ | bahulā bahulairvarṇairnīlapītasitāruṇaiḥ ||
English Translation
The giant crags of the mountain grace the place all round by hundreds; many and varioushued, blue and yellow and pale and red.
VR 2.88.21 अनुष्टुप्
निशि भान्त्यचलेन्द्रस्य हुताशनशिखा इव । ओषध्यः स्वप्रभा लक्ष्म्या भ्राजमानाः सहस्रशः ॥
niśi bhāntyacalendrasya hutāśanaśikhā iva | oṣadhyaḥ svaprabhā lakṣmyā bhrājamānāḥ sahasraśaḥ ||
English Translation
In the night, the annual herbs by thousands growing on this foremost of hills, shine and become visible by their own lustre, like flames of fire.
VR 2.88.22 अनुष्टुप्
केचित्क्षयनिभा देशाः केचिदुद्यानसंनिभाः । केचिदेकशिला भान्ति पर्वतस्यास्य भामिनि ॥
kecitkṣayanibhā deśāḥ kecidudyānasaṃnibhāḥ | kecidekaśilā bhānti parvatasyāsya bhāmini ||
English Translation
And, O lady, some parts of the mountain appear like dwellings, and some like gardens, and some, again, consist of single rocks (capable of accommodating numbers of men).
VR 2.88.23 अनुष्टुप्
भित्त्वेव वसुधां भाति चित्रकूटः समुत्थितः । चित्रकूटस्य कूटोऽसौ दृश्यते सर्वतः शिवः ॥
bhittveva vasudhāṃ bhāti citrakūṭaḥ samutthitaḥ | citrakūṭasya kūṭo'sau dṛśyate sarvataḥ śivaḥ ||
English Translation
And Citrakuța looks as if it had arisen, riving the earth; and the fair front of Citrakuța can be perceived from every point.
VR 2.88.24 अनुष्टुप्
कुष्ठपुंनागतगरभूर्जपत्रोत्तरच्छदान् । कामिनां स्वास्तरान्पश्य कुशेशयदलायुतान् ॥
kuṣṭhapuṃnāgatagarabhūrjapatrottaracchadān | kāmināṃ svāstarānpaśya kuśeśayadalāyutān ||
English Translation
behold the beds of pleasure-seekers, consisting of the petals of lotuses, with Sthagaras, Punāgas and Bhūrjapatras for their coverlets.
VR 2.88.25 अनुष्टुप्
मृदिताश्चापविद्धाश्च दृश्यन्ते कमलस्रजः । कामिभिर्वनिते पश्य फलानि विविधानि च ॥
mṛditāścāpaviddhāśca dṛśyante kamalasrajaḥ | kāmibhirvanite paśya phalāni vividhāni ca ||
English Translation
And, my wife, behold these lotus-garlands have been crushed and scattered; and the various fruits have been partaken of.
VR 2.88.26 अनुष्टुप्
वस्वौकसारां नलिनीमत्येतीवोत्तरान्कुरून् । पर्वतश्चित्रकूटोऽसौ बहुमूलफलोदकः ॥
vasvaukasārāṃ nalinīmatyetīvottarānkurūn | parvataścitrakūṭo'sau bahumūlaphalodakaḥ ||
English Translation
The mountain Citrakuța abounding in fruits and roots and waters, surpasses Kuvera's capital Śakra's city or the north Kurus.
VR 2.88.27 वंशस्थम्
इमं तु कालं वनिते विजह्रिवां;स्त्वया च सीते सह लक्ष्मणेन च । रतिं प्रपत्स्ये कुलधर्मवर्धिनीं; सतां पथि स्वैर्नियमैः परैः स्थितः ॥
imaṃ tu kālaṃ vanite vijahrivāṃ;stvayā ca sīte saha lakṣmaṇena ca | ratiṃ prapatsye kuladharmavardhinīṃ; satāṃ pathi svairniyamaiḥ paraiḥ sthitaḥ ||
English Translation
My wife, O Sītā, if in consonance with my own excellent rules, I can, remaining in the path of the pious, pleasantly pass this time along with yourself and Lakşmaņa, then I shall attain the happiness resulting from observing the duties of one's race. or
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