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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 2 (Ayodhyākāṇḍa) • Sarga 94

Ayodhyākāṇḍa Sarga 94

अयोध्याकाण्डम् • सर्गः 94

Ayodhyākāṇḍa Sarga 94 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 59 verses.

Total: 59 Verses • Citations: VR 2.94.1–59 • 175 Lexicon Terms • Page 1 of 2 (Verses 30 shown)
VR 2.94.1 अनुष्टुप्
आघ्राय रामस्तं मूर्ध्नि परिष्वज्य च राघवः । अङ्के भरतमारोप्य पर्यपृच्छत्समाहितः ॥
āghrāya rāmastaṃ mūrdhni pariṣvajya ca rāghavaḥ | aṅke bharatamāropya paryapṛcchatsamāhitaḥ ||
English Translation
Kaikeyi, gave her illustrious son Bharata a hug, kissed him on his forehead, made him rest on her lap and began her query.
VR 2.94.2 अनुष्टुप्
क्व नु तेऽभूत्पिता तात यदरण्यं त्वमागतः । न हि त्वं जीवतस्तस्य वनमागन्तुमर्हसि ॥
kva nu te'bhūtpitā tāta yadaraṇyaṃ tvamāgataḥ | na hi tvaṃ jīvatastasya vanamāgantumarhasi ||
English Translation
Where was your father, child, that you have come to the forest? It certainly behoves you not to come to the forest while he is living.
VR 2.94.3 अनुष्टुप्
चिरस्य बत पश्यामि दूराद्भरतमागतम् । दुष्प्रतीकमरण्येऽस्मिन्किं तात वनमागतः ॥
cirasya bata paśyāmi dūrādbharatamāgatam | duṣpratīkamaraṇye'sminkiṃ tāta vanamāgataḥ ||
English Translation
Ah! I see you come from far after a long time. Why, my child, have you come to this gloomy forest?
VR 2.94.4 अनुष्टुप्
कच्चिद्दशरथो राजा कुशली सत्यसंगरः । राजसूयाश्वमेधानामाहर्ता धर्मनिश्चयः ॥
kacciddaśaratho rājā kuśalī satyasaṃgaraḥ | rājasūyāśvamedhānāmāhartā dharmaniścayaḥ ||
English Translation
Is that truthful one, that performer of Rajasüya and Aśvamedha, ever devoted to righteousness, king Dasaratha, well?
VR 2.94.5 अनुष्टुप्
स कच्चिद्ब्राह्मणो विद्वान्धर्मनित्यो महाद्युतिः । इक्ष्वाकूणामुपाध्यायो यथावत्तात पूज्यते ॥
sa kaccidbrāhmaṇo vidvāndharmanityo mahādyutiḥ | ikṣvākūṇāmupādhyāyo yathāvattāta pūjyate ||
English Translation
My child, is that exceedingly effulgent and learned Brāhmaṇa ever steady in morality, the priest of the Iksvākus, duly honoured?
VR 2.94.6 अनुष्टुप्
तात कच्चिच्च कौसल्या सुमित्रा च प्रजावती । सुखिनी कच्चिदार्या च देवी नन्दति कैकयी ॥
tāta kaccicca kausalyā sumitrā ca prajāvatī | sukhinī kaccidāryā ca devī nandati kaikayī ||
English Translation
And, my child, are Kausalyā, and Sumitrā having a son, in happiness? And is the noble Kaikeyi in spirits?
VR 2.94.7 अनुष्टुप्
कच्चिद्विनय संपन्नः कुलपुत्रो बहुश्रुतः । अनसूयुरनुद्रष्टा सत्कृतस्ते पुरोहितः ॥
kaccidvinaya saṃpannaḥ kulaputro bahuśrutaḥ | anasūyuranudraṣṭā satkṛtaste purohitaḥ ||
English Translation
And is that one, sprung from a mighty line, humble and versed in various lore, your priest, who performs every ceremony, who bears no ill will, and whose gaze is ever fixed upon our welfare, honoured?
VR 2.94.8 अनुष्टुप्
कच्चिदग्निषु ते युक्तो विधिज्ञो मतिमानृजुः । हुतं च होष्यमाणं च काले वेदयते सदा ॥
kaccidagniṣu te yukto vidhijño matimānṛjuḥ | hutaṃ ca hoṣyamāṇaṃ ca kāle vedayate sadā ||
English Translation
Do intelligent and sincere people cognizant of the rules, look after the sacrificial fire? And do they regularly inform you of the proper seasons for performing the fire-sacrifice?
VR 2.94.9 अनुष्टुप्
इष्वस्त्रवरसंपन्नमर्थशास्त्रविशारदम् । सुधन्वानमुपाध्यायं कच्चित्त्वं तात मन्यसे ॥
iṣvastravarasaṃpannamarthaśāstraviśāradam | sudhanvānamupādhyāyaṃ kaccittvaṃ tāta manyase ||
English Translation
And do not disregard the preceptor Sudhanvā versed in excellent arms whether inspired with mantras or not, and accomplished in the knowledge of polity?
VR 2.94.10 अनुष्टुप्
कच्चिदात्म समाः शूराः श्रुतवन्तो जितेन्द्रियाः । कुलीनाश्चेङ्गितज्ञाश्च कृतास्ते तात मन्त्रिणः ॥
kaccidātma samāḥ śūrāḥ śrutavanto jitendriyāḥ | kulīnāśceṅgitajñāśca kṛtāste tāta mantriṇaḥ ||
English Translation
And, my child, have you employed as your controlled, well-born, and understanding signs, who are like your own self?
VR 2.94.11 अनुष्टुप्
मन्त्रो विजयमूलं हि राज्ञां भवति राघव । सुसंवृतो मन्त्रधरैरमात्यैः शास्त्रकोविदैः ॥
mantro vijayamūlaṃ hi rājñāṃ bhavati rāghava | susaṃvṛto mantradharairamātyaiḥ śāstrakovidaiḥ ||
English Translation
O descendant of Raghu, counsel well kept by clever councillors versed in lore, is the root of victory with kings.
VR 2.94.12 अनुष्टुप्
कच्चिन्निद्रावशं नैषि कच्चित्काले विबुध्यसे । कच्चिंश्चापररात्रिषु चिन्तयस्यर्थनैपुणम् ॥
kaccinnidrāvaśaṃ naiṣi kaccitkāle vibudhyase | kacciṃścāpararātriṣu cintayasyarthanaipuṇam ||
English Translation
You have not come under the sway of sleep? and you awake at the proper hour? And do you during the short hours revolve the means of acquiring wealth?
VR 2.94.13 अनुष्टुप्
कच्चिन्मन्त्रयसे नैकः कच्चिन्न बहुभिः सह । कच्चित्ते मन्त्रितो मन्त्रो राष्ट्रं न परिधावति ॥
kaccinmantrayase naikaḥ kaccinna bahubhiḥ saha | kaccitte mantrito mantro rāṣṭraṃ na paridhāvati ||
English Translation
And you did not take counsel either with yourself alone, or (on the other hand) with a multiplicity of counsellors? and your counsel does not range the kingdom (i.e. does not take air)?
VR 2.94.14 अनुष्टुप्
कच्चिदर्थं विनिश्चित्य लघुमूलं महोदयम् । क्षिप्रमारभसे कर्तुं न दीर्घयसि राघव ॥
kaccidarthaṃ viniścitya laghumūlaṃ mahodayam | kṣipramārabhase kartuṃ na dīrghayasi rāghava ||
English Translation
O descendant of Raghu, having determined upon a course costing small effort but fraught with a mighty result, you set about it sharply and delay not?
VR 2.94.15 अनुष्टुप्
कच्चित्तु सुकृतान्येव कृतरूपाणि वा पुनः । विदुस्ते सर्वकार्याणि न कर्तव्यानि पार्थिवाः ॥
kaccittu sukṛtānyeva kṛtarūpāṇi vā punaḥ | viduste sarvakāryāṇi na kartavyāni pārthivāḥ ||
English Translation
Do the (auxiliary) kings know only those acts of yours that have been accomplished or those that are well nigh so, and not those that you intend to set yours hand to?
VR 2.94.16 अनुष्टुप्
कच्चिन्न तर्कैर्युक्त्वा वा ये चाप्यपरिकीर्तिताः । त्वया वा तव वामात्यैर्बुध्यते तात मन्त्रितम् ॥
kaccinna tarkairyuktvā vā ye cāpyaparikīrtitāḥ | tvayā vā tava vāmātyairbudhyate tāta mantritam ||
English Translation
Do others through inference or appearances come at a knowledge of your counsels, although undivulged to others by yourself or your counsellors; and (do you and your ministers) attain to a knowledge of others' counsels?
VR 2.94.17 अनुष्टुप्
कच्चित्सहस्रान्मूर्खाणामेकमिच्छसि पण्डितम् । पण्डितो ह्यर्थकृच्छ्रेषु कुर्यान्निःश्रेयसं महत् ॥
kaccitsahasrānmūrkhāṇāmekamicchasi paṇḍitam | paṇḍito hyarthakṛcchreṣu kuryānniḥśreyasaṃ mahat ||
English Translation
And passing by a thousand dunces, do you set your heart on having a single wise man? In times of pecuniary stress, a wise man stands in excellent stead.
VR 2.94.18 अनुष्टुप्
सहस्राण्यपि मूर्खाणां यद्युपास्ते महीपतिः । अथ वाप्ययुतान्येव नास्ति तेषु सहायता ॥
sahasrāṇyapi mūrkhāṇāṃ yadyupāste mahīpatiḥ | atha vāpyayutānyeva nāsti teṣu sahāyatā ||
English Translation
And although a king might be surrounded by a thousand or ten thousand fools, yet he can count upon no assistance (at their hands).
VR 2.94.19 अनुष्टुप्
एकोऽप्यमात्यो मेधावी शूरो दक्षो विचक्षणः । राजानं राजमात्रं वा प्रापयेन्महतीं श्रियम् ॥
eko'pyamātyo medhāvī śūro dakṣo vicakṣaṇaḥ | rājānaṃ rājamātraṃ vā prāpayenmahatīṃ śriyam ||
English Translation
And a single able counsellor, intelligent, heroic, and sagacious, bring great prosperity upon a king or a prince.
VR 2.94.20 अनुष्टुप्
कच्चिन्मुख्या महत्स्वेव मध्यमेषु च मध्यमाः । जघन्याश्च जघन्येषु भृत्याः कर्मसु योजिताः ॥
kaccinmukhyā mahatsveva madhyameṣu ca madhyamāḥ | jaghanyāśca jaghanyeṣu bhṛtyāḥ karmasu yojitāḥ ||
English Translation
And, my child, do you employ the best servants upon the best offices, the middling upon middling, and the worst upon the worst?
VR 2.94.21 अनुष्टुप्
अमात्यानुपधातीतान्पितृपैतामहाञ्शुचीन् । श्रेष्ठाञ्श्रेष्ठेषु कच्चित्त्वं नियोजयसि कर्मसु ॥
amātyānupadhātītānpitṛpaitāmahāñśucīn | śreṣṭhāñśreṣṭheṣu kaccittvaṃ niyojayasi karmasu ||
English Translation
And did you employ upon the most worthy offices counsellors who are above bribery, who have served your father and grand-father, and who are pure?
VR 2.94.22 अनुष्टुप्
कच्चित्त्वां नावजानन्ति याजकाः पतितं यथा । उग्रप्रतिग्रहीतारं कामयानमिव स्त्रियः ॥
kaccittvāṃ nāvajānanti yājakāḥ patitaṃ yathā | ugrapratigrahītāraṃ kāmayānamiva striyaḥ ||
English Translation
Do the priests scorn you like a fallen one, even as females do those lascivious folks who use force towards the former?
VR 2.94.23 अनुष्टुप्
उपायकुशलं वैद्यं भृत्यसंदूषणे रतम् । शूरमैश्वर्यकामं च यो न हन्ति स वध्यते ॥
upāyakuśalaṃ vaidyaṃ bhṛtyasaṃdūṣaṇe ratam | śūramaiśvaryakāmaṃ ca yo na hanti sa vadhyate ||
English Translation
He that does not slay a physician skilled in ways and means, a servant given to enlisting the sympathies of his fellow-servants against his master, or a hero that covets riches, is slain (by them).
VR 2.94.24 अनुष्टुप्
कच्चिद्धृष्टश्च शूरश्च धृतिमान्मतिमाञ्शुचिः । कुलीनश्चानुरक्तश्च दक्षः सेनापतिः कृतः ॥
kacciddhṛṣṭaśca śūraśca dhṛtimānmatimāñśuciḥ | kulīnaścānuraktaśca dakṣaḥ senāpatiḥ kṛtaḥ ||
English Translation
And had you chosen for your general one that is confident, is endowed with intelligence and fortitude, sprung in a respectable race, and attached and able?
VR 2.94.25 अनुष्टुप्
बलवन्तश्च कच्चित्ते मुख्या युद्धविशारदाः । दृष्टापदाना विक्रान्तास्त्वया सत्कृत्य मानिताः ॥
balavantaśca kaccitte mukhyā yuddhaviśāradāḥ | dṛṣṭāpadānā vikrāntāstvayā satkṛtya mānitāḥ ||
English Translation
And do you practically honour your foremost warriors possessed of prowess, who have already given evidence of their manliness?
VR 2.94.26 अनुष्टुप्
कचिद्बलस्य भक्तं च वेतनं च यथोचितम् । संप्राप्तकालं दातव्यं ददासि न विलम्बसे ॥
kacidbalasya bhaktaṃ ca vetanaṃ ca yathocitam | saṃprāptakālaṃ dātavyaṃ dadāsi na vilambase ||
English Translation
And do you at the proper time grant your soldiers what you should, provision and pay; and do not delay in doing this?
VR 2.94.27 अनुष्टुप्
कालातिक्रमणे ह्येव भक्त वेतनयोर्भृताः । भर्तुः कुप्यन्ति दुष्यन्ति सोऽनर्थः सुमहान्स्मृतः ॥
kālātikramaṇe hyeva bhakta vetanayorbhṛtāḥ | bhartuḥ kupyanti duṣyanti so'narthaḥ sumahānsmṛtaḥ ||
English Translation
If the proper time for granting provision and pay be passed, the servants get wroth with their master and tax him; and great is the evil that springs herefrom.
VR 2.94.28 अनुष्टुप्
कच्चित्सर्वेऽनुरक्तास्त्वां कुलपुत्राः प्रधानतः । कच्चित्प्राणांस्तवार्थेषु संत्यजन्ति समाहिताः ॥
kaccitsarve'nuraktāstvāṃ kulaputrāḥ pradhānataḥ | kaccitprāṇāṃstavārtheṣu saṃtyajanti samāhitāḥ ||
English Translation
And are the principal descendants of our race attached to you; and are they, when enlisted on your side with concentrated minds, ready to lay down their lives?
VR 2.94.29 अनुष्टुप्
कच्चिज्जानपदो विद्वान्दक्षिणः प्रतिभानवान् । यथोक्तवादी दूतस्ते कृतो भरत पण्डितः ॥
kaccijjānapado vidvāndakṣiṇaḥ pratibhānavān | yathoktavādī dūtaste kṛto bharata paṇḍitaḥ ||
English Translation
O Bharata, are your spies persons coming from the provinces, and learned, upright, endowed with presence of mind, representing the truth, and possessed of wisdon?
VR 2.94.30 अनुष्टुप्
कच्चिदष्टादशान्येषु स्वपक्षे दश पञ्च च । त्रिभिस्त्रिभिरविज्ञातैर्वेत्सि तीर्थानि चारकैः ॥
kaccidaṣṭādaśānyeṣu svapakṣe daśa pañca ca | tribhistribhiravijñātairvetsi tīrthāni cārakaiḥ ||
English Translation
And do you acquire intelligence of the expedients, eighteen* in respect of others, and fifteen in respect of the own self, by means of every three spies appointed in connection with each of these expedients, men quite ignorant of each other's counsels? *1. Minister. 2. Priest. 3. Heir-apparent. 4. General. 5. Warder. 6. Gatekeeper of the inner-apartment. 7. Jailer. 8. Treasurer. 9. Conveyer of the royal orders. 10. Pleaders. 11. Judges. 12. Members of the council. 13. Distributor of pay and provision to the army. 14. Journeymen. 15. Justice of the peace. 16. Protector of the frontiers of the kingdom. 17. Magistrate. 18. Guards of rivers, hills, and fortresses.
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