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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 2 (Ayodhyākāṇḍa) • Sarga 11

Ayodhyākāṇḍa Sarga 11

अयोध्याकाण्डम् • सर्गः 11

Ayodhyākāṇḍa Sarga 11 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 15 verses.

Total: 15 Verses • Citations: VR 2.11.1–15 • 175 Lexicon Terms
VR 2.11.1 अनुष्टुप्
अतदर्हं महाराजं शयानमतथोचितम् । ययातिमिव पुण्यान्ते देवलोकात्परिच्युतम् ॥
atadarhaṃ mahārājaṃ śayānamatathocitam | yayātimiva puṇyānte devalokātparicyutam ||
English Translation
Then as the mighty king was lying down in this unbeseeming and improper guise, like Yayāti dropped from the celestial, that lady, personating the ruin of the race, not fearing public odium, who had discerned danger from Rāma to Bharata, not having attained her wish, again addressed the monarch, concerning the boon he had promised to her.
VR 2.11.2 अनुष्टुप्
अनर्थरूपा सिद्धार्था अभीता भयदर्शिनी । पुनराकारयामास तमेव वरमङ्गना ॥
anartharūpā siddhārthā abhītā bhayadarśinī | punarākārayāmāsa tameva varamaṅganā ||
English Translation
Then as the mighty king was lying down in this unbeseeming and improper guise, like Yayāti dropped from the celestial, that lady, personating the ruin of the race, not fearing public odium, who had discerned danger from Rāma to Bharata, not having attained her wish, again addressed the monarch, concerning the boon he had promised to her.
VR 2.11.3 अनुष्टुप्
त्वं कत्थसे महाराज सत्यवादी दृढव्रतः । मम चेमं वरं कस्माद्विधारयितुमिच्छसि ॥
tvaṃ katthase mahārāja satyavādī dṛḍhavrataḥ | mama cemaṃ varaṃ kasmādvidhārayitumicchasi ||
English Translation
You describe yourself, O mighty monarch, as speaking the truth and firm in vow. Why then do you hesitate to confer this boon on me?
VR 2.11.4 अनुष्टुप्
एवमुक्तस्तु कैकेय्या राजा दशरथस्तदा । प्रत्युवाच ततः क्रुद्धो मुहूर्तं विह्वलन्निव ॥
evamuktastu kaikeyyā rājā daśarathastadā | pratyuvāca tataḥ kruddho muhūrtaṃ vihvalanniva ||
English Translation
Thus addressed by Kaikeyi king Dasaratha, remaining stupefied for a while thus answered her in wrath.
VR 2.11.5 अनुष्टुप्
मृते मयि गते रामे वनं मनुजपुंगवे । हन्तानार्ये ममामित्रे रामः प्रव्राजितो वनम् ॥
mṛte mayi gate rāme vanaṃ manujapuṃgave | hantānārye mamāmitre rāmaḥ pravrājito vanam ||
English Translation
O ignoble one! O enemy of mine! On my being dead and that chief of men, Rāma, repairing to the woods, do you, yours wish attained, become happy.
VR 2.11.6 अनुष्टुप्
यदि सत्यं ब्रवीम्येतत्तदसत्यं भविष्यति । अकीर्तिरतुला लोके ध्रुवं परिभवश्च मे ॥
yadi satyaṃ bravīmyetattadasatyaṃ bhaviṣyati | akīrtiratulā loke dhruvaṃ paribhavaśca me ||
English Translation
O cruel, malevolent Kaikeyi, why do you propose such a harmful act against Rama who has truth as his prowess and who is so dear to me? Certainly, you will get unparalleled infamy and disgrace in this world.
VR 2.11.7 अनुष्टुप्
तथा विलपतस्तस्य परिभ्रमितचेतसः । अस्तमभ्यगमत्सूर्यो रजनी चाभ्यवर्तत ॥
tathā vilapatastasya paribhramitacetasaḥ | astamabhyagamatsūryo rajanī cābhyavartata ||
English Translation
As king Dasaratha was bewailing thus with a heart wrought up with grief, the sun set and night came on.
VR 2.11.8 अनुष्टुप्
स त्रियामा तथार्तस्य चन्द्रमण्डलमण्डिता । राज्ञो विलपमानस्य न व्यभासत शर्वरी ॥
sa triyāmā tathārtasya candramaṇḍalamaṇḍitā | rājño vilapamānasya na vyabhāsata śarvarī ||
English Translation
But although crested with the lunar disc, the night failed to bring comfort to the king, distressed, and indulging in grief.
VR 2.11.9 अनुष्टुप्
तथैवोष्णं विनिःश्वस्य वृद्धो दशरथो नृपः । विललापार्तवद्दुःखं गगनासक्तलोचनः ॥
tathaivoṣṇaṃ viniḥśvasya vṛddho daśaratho nṛpaḥ | vilalāpārtavadduḥkhaṃ gaganāsaktalocanaḥ ||
English Translation
Then the old king Dasaratha, with his eyes fixed at the sky, sighing hot, lamented in this strain.
VR 2.11.10 उपजातिः
न प्रभातं त्वयेच्छामि मयायं रचितोऽञ्जलिः । अथ वा गम्यतां शीघ्रं नाहमिच्छामि निर्घृणाम् । नृशंसां कैकेयीं द्रष्टुं यत्कृते व्यसनं महत् ॥
na prabhātaṃ tvayecchāmi mayāyaṃ racito'ñjaliḥ | atha vā gamyatāṃ śīghraṃ nāhamicchāmi nirghṛṇām | nṛśaṃsāṃ kaikeyīṃ draṣṭuṃ yatkṛte vyasanaṃ mahat ||
English Translation
Or do you speedily repair for I do not wish to see the hated and relentless Kaikeyi, who has brought this calamity upon me.
VR 2.11.11 अनुष्टुप्
एवमुक्त्वा ततो राजा कैकेयीं संयताञ्जलिः । प्रसादयामास पुनः कैकेयीं चेदमब्रवीत् ॥
evamuktvā tato rājā kaikeyīṃ saṃyatāñjaliḥ | prasādayāmāsa punaḥ kaikeyīṃ cedamabravīt ||
English Translation
Having spoken thus, the kind conversant with the duties of Sovereigns again endeavoured to propitiate Kaikeyī, saying.
VR 2.11.12 अनुष्टुप्
साधुवृत्तस्य दीनस्य त्वद्गतस्य गतायुषः । प्रसादः क्रियतां देवि भद्रे राज्ञो विशेषतः ॥
sādhuvṛttasya dīnasya tvadgatasya gatāyuṣaḥ | prasādaḥ kriyatāṃ devi bhadre rājño viśeṣataḥ ||
English Translation
O noble dame, do you show favour to me, who am of honest ways, who am distressed, who have made myself yours, who have finished his life, and who, in especial, am your king.
VR 2.11.13 अनुष्टुप्
शून्येन खलु सुश्रोणि मयेदं समुदाहृतम् । कुरु साधु प्रसादं मे बाले सहृदया ह्यसि ॥
śūnyena khalu suśroṇi mayedaṃ samudāhṛtam | kuru sādhu prasādaṃ me bāle sahṛdayā hyasi ||
English Translation
That I have spoken you thus was because, O you of shapely hips, I had been deprived of my senses (through grief). O girl, do you show your favour to me, be generous, be propitious.
VR 2.11.14 उपजातिः
विशुद्धभावस्य हि दुष्टभावा; ताम्रेक्षणस्याश्रुकलस्य राज्ञः । श्रुत्वा विचित्रं करुणं विलापं; भर्तुर्नृशंसा न चकार वाक्यम् ॥
viśuddhabhāvasya hi duṣṭabhāvā; tāmrekṣaṇasyāśrukalasya rājñaḥ | śrutvā vicitraṃ karuṇaṃ vilāpaṃ; bharturnṛśaṃsā na cakāra vākyam ||
English Translation
Having heard the exceedingly piteous words of her husband, the king of pure sentiment, who was distressed, with his eye rendered coppery and flowing with tears, that wicked minded and merciless woman spoke not.
VR 2.11.15 वंशस्थम्
ततः स राजा पुनरेव मूर्छितः; प्रियामतुष्टां प्रतिकूलभाषिणीम् । समीक्ष्य पुत्रस्य विवासनं प्रति; क्षितौ विसंज्ञो निपपात दुःखितः ॥
tataḥ sa rājā punareva mūrchitaḥ; priyāmatuṣṭāṃ pratikūlabhāṣiṇīm | samīkṣya putrasya vivāsanaṃ prati; kṣitau visaṃjño nipapāta duḥkhitaḥ ||
English Translation
Thereat seeing that his favourite dissatisfied wife persisted in urging the banishment of his son, the king struck with grief, again fell down to the earth, senseless.
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