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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 2 (Ayodhyākāṇḍa) • Sarga 12

Ayodhyākāṇḍa Sarga 12

अयोध्याकाण्डम् • सर्गः 12

Ayodhyākāṇḍa Sarga 12 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 24 verses.

Total: 24 Verses • Citations: VR 2.12.1–24 • 175 Lexicon Terms
VR 2.12.1 अनुष्टुप्
पुत्रशोकार्दितं पापा विसंज्ञं पतितं भुवि । विवेष्टमानमुदीक्ष्य सैक्ष्वाकमिदमब्रवीत् ॥
putraśokārditaṃ pāpā visaṃjñaṃ patitaṃ bhuvi | viveṣṭamānamudīkṣya saikṣvākamidamabravīt ||
English Translation
Then that sinful woman, seeing the descendant of Ikşvāku distressed on account of his son, and deprived of consciousness, and lying inert on the ground, spoke to him, saying.
VR 2.12.2 अनुष्टुप्
पापं कृत्वेव किमिदं मम संश्रुत्य संश्रवम् । शेषे क्षितितले सन्नः स्थित्यां स्थातुं त्वमर्हसि ॥
pāpaṃ kṛtveva kimidaṃ mama saṃśrutya saṃśravam | śeṣe kṣititale sannaḥ sthityāṃ sthātuṃ tvamarhasi ||
English Translation
Having promised to grant me the boon, how distressed do you lie on the ground, as if you did commit some sin? It behove you to keep untainted your dignity by performing what you have promised.
VR 2.12.3 अनुष्टुप्
आहुः सत्यं हि परमं धर्मं धर्मविदो जनाः । सत्यमाश्रित्य हि मया त्वं च धर्मं प्रचोदितः ॥
āhuḥ satyaṃ hi paramaṃ dharmaṃ dharmavido janāḥ | satyamāśritya hi mayā tvaṃ ca dharmaṃ pracoditaḥ ||
English Translation
Truth, say persons cognizant of it, is the prime virtue. And it is in the interests of virtue, that I have been exhorting you.
VR 2.12.4 अनुष्टुप्
संश्रुत्य शैब्यः श्येनाय स्वां तनुं जगतीपतिः । प्रदाय पक्षिणो राजञ्जगाम गतिमुत्तमाम् ॥
saṃśrutya śaibyaḥ śyenāya svāṃ tanuṃ jagatīpatiḥ | pradāya pakṣiṇo rājañjagāma gatimuttamām ||
English Translation
Having promised his own person to the hawk, that lord of earth, Saivya, having granted the same to the bird, went the excellent way.
VR 2.12.5 अनुष्टुप्
तथ ह्यलर्कस्तेजस्वी ब्राह्मणे वेदपारगे । याचमाने स्वके नेत्रे उद्धृत्याविमना ददौ ॥
tatha hyalarkastejasvī brāhmaṇe vedapārage | yācamāne svake netre uddhṛtyāvimanā dadau ||
English Translation
In the same manner, Alarka, being asked, plucked out his eyes readily and bestowed them on a certain Brāhmana versed in the Vedas.
VR 2.12.6 अनुष्टुप्
सरितां तु पतिः स्वल्पां मर्यादां सत्यमन्वितः । सत्यानुरोधात्समये वेलां खां नातिवर्तते ॥
saritāṃ tu patiḥ svalpāṃ maryādāṃ satyamanvitaḥ | satyānurodhātsamaye velāṃ khāṃ nātivartate ||
English Translation
And the lord of rivers, having promised, even on occasions of Parvas, does not pass over his bounds for the sake of truth.
VR 2.12.7 अनुष्टुप्
समयं च ममार्येमं यदि त्वं न करिष्यसि । अग्रतस्ते परित्यक्ता परित्यक्ष्यामि जीवितम् ॥
samayaṃ ca mamāryemaṃ yadi tvaṃ na kariṣyasi | agrataste parityaktā parityakṣyāmi jīvitam ||
English Translation
If you did not fulfil this noble vow, O worshipful Lord, you have made to me, forsaken by you will I even in your very presence renounce my life.
VR 2.12.8 अनुष्टुप्
एवं प्रचोदितो राजा कैकेय्या निर्विशङ्कया । नाशकत्पाशमुन्मोक्तुं बलिरिन्द्रकृतं यथा ॥
evaṃ pracodito rājā kaikeyyā nirviśaṅkayā | nāśakatpāśamunmoktuṃ balirindrakṛtaṃ yathā ||
English Translation
Thus fearlessly urged by Kaikeyſ the king could not take off from himself the noose (of promise), even as Bali could not take off the noose that had been fixed upon him (by Upendra) at the instance of Indra.
VR 2.12.9 अनुष्टुप्
उद्भ्रान्तहृदयश्चापि विवर्णवनदोऽभवत् । स धुर्यो वै परिस्पन्दन्युगचक्रान्तरं यथा ॥
udbhrāntahṛdayaścāpi vivarṇavanado'bhavat | sa dhuryo vai parispandanyugacakrāntaraṃ yathā ||
English Translation
Thereupon, the king looked blank, and his heart became agitated, like to a beast of burden moving tortuously when placed within the yoke and wheels.
VR 2.12.10 अनुष्टुप्
विह्वलाभ्यां च नेत्राभ्यामपश्यन्निव भूमिपः । कृच्छ्राद्धैर्येण संस्तभ्य कैकेयीमिदमब्रवीत् ॥
vihvalābhyāṃ ca netrābhyāmapaśyanniva bhūmipaḥ | kṛcchrāddhairyeṇa saṃstabhya kaikeyīmidamabravīt ||
English Translation
Then calming himself with a great effort, the king, as if not seeing Kaikeyi, with his haggard eyes, addressed her, saying.
VR 2.12.11 अनुष्टुप्
यस्ते मन्त्रकृतः पाणिरग्नौ पापे मया धृतः । तं त्यजामि स्वजं चैव तव पुत्रं सह त्वया ॥
yaste mantrakṛtaḥ pāṇiragnau pāpe mayā dhṛtaḥ | taṃ tyajāmi svajaṃ caiva tava putraṃ saha tvayā ||
English Translation
"I do here, O wicked wretch, renounce that hand of yours which I had held with mantras before the sacrificial fire, and I do also renounce along with you own-begotten* your son Bharata. * This is a new coinage rendered necessary for the exigencies of translation. If 'first-born' is justifiable, 'own-begotten,' is also such.
VR 2.12.12 अनुष्टुप्
ततः पापसमाचारा कैकेयी पार्थिवं पुनः । उवाच परुषं वाक्यं वाक्यज्ञा रोषमूर्छिता ॥
tataḥ pāpasamācārā kaikeyī pārthivaṃ punaḥ | uvāca paruṣaṃ vākyaṃ vākyajñā roṣamūrchitā ||
English Translation
Then Kaikeyi of vile ways versed in speech, rendered senseless by wrath, again addressed the monarch in harsh language, saying.
VR 2.12.13 अनुष्टुप्
किमिदं भाषसे राजन्वाक्यं गररुजोपमम् । आनाययितुमक्लिष्टं पुत्रं राममिहार्हसि ॥
kimidaṃ bhāṣase rājanvākyaṃ gararujopamam | ānāyayitumakliṣṭaṃ putraṃ rāmamihārhasi ||
English Translation
What words, O king, do you say, comparable to poison or painful indisposition's. It behove you to summon hither your son, the energetic Rāma. Having established my son in the kingdom, and rendered Rāma a ranger of the woods and made myself rid of rivals, I shall attain my end.
VR 2.12.14 अनुष्टुप्
स्थाप्य राज्ये मम सुतं कृत्वा रामं वनेचरम् । निःसपत्नां च मां कृत्वा कृतकृत्यो भविष्यसि ॥
sthāpya rājye mama sutaṃ kṛtvā rāmaṃ vanecaram | niḥsapatnāṃ ca māṃ kṛtvā kṛtakṛtyo bhaviṣyasi ||
English Translation
What words, O king, do you say, comparable to poison or painful indisposition's. It behove you to summon hither your son, the energetic Rāma. Having established my son in the kingdom, and rendered Rāma a ranger of the woods and made myself rid of rivals, I shall attain my end.
VR 2.12.15 अनुष्टुप्
स नुन्न इव तीक्षेण प्रतोदेन हयोत्तमः । राजा प्रदोचितोऽभीक्ष्णं कैकेयीमिदमब्रवीत् ॥
sa nunna iva tīkṣeṇa pratodena hayottamaḥ | rājā pradocito'bhīkṣṇaṃ kaikeyīmidamabravīt ||
English Translation
Thus urged by Kaikeyī, the king like to an excellent steed stung by a sharp goad, again spoke to her.
VR 2.12.16 अनुष्टुप्
धर्मबन्धेन बद्धोऽस्मि नष्टा च मम चेतना । ज्येष्ठं पुत्रं प्रियं रामं द्रष्टुमिच्छामि धार्मिकम् ॥
dharmabandhena baddho'smi naṣṭā ca mama cetanā | jyeṣṭhaṃ putraṃ priyaṃ rāmaṃ draṣṭumicchāmi dhārmikam ||
English Translation
I have been bound fast by the ties of virtue, therefore have I lost my senses. I now only wish to behold my beloved eldest son, the righteous Rama.
VR 2.12.17 अनुष्टुप्
इति राज्ञो वचः श्रुत्वा कैकेयी तदनन्तरम् । स्वयमेवाब्रवीत्सूतं गच्छ त्वं राममानय ॥
iti rājño vacaḥ śrutvā kaikeyī tadanantaram | svayamevābravītsūtaṃ gaccha tvaṃ rāmamānaya ||
VR 2.12.18 अनुष्टुप्
ततः स राजा तं सूतं सन्नहर्षः सुतं प्रति । शोकारक्तेक्षणः श्रीमानुद्वीक्ष्योवाच धार्मिकः ॥
tataḥ sa rājā taṃ sūtaṃ sannaharṣaḥ sutaṃ prati | śokāraktekṣaṇaḥ śrīmānudvīkṣyovāca dhārmikaḥ ||
English Translation
Then the graceful and virtuous king, waxing disconsolate, on account of his son, and with his eyes reddened with the effect of grief, seeing the charioteer, said, “This eulogy of your pains me the more."
VR 2.12.19 अनुष्टुप्
सुमन्त्रः करुणं श्रुत्वा दृष्ट्वा दीनं च पार्थिवम् । प्रगृहीताञ्जलिः किंचित्तस्माद्देशादपाक्रमन् ॥
sumantraḥ karuṇaṃ śrutvā dṛṣṭvā dīnaṃ ca pārthivam | pragṛhītāñjaliḥ kiṃcittasmāddeśādapākraman ||
English Translation
Hearing those sorrowful words and finding the lord of earth aggrieved thus, Sumantra with clasped hands went off a little.
VR 2.12.20 अनुष्टुप्
यदा वक्तुं स्वयं दैन्यान्न शशाक महीपतिः । तदा सुमन्त्रं मन्त्रज्ञा कैकेयी प्रत्युवाच ह ॥
yadā vaktuṃ svayaṃ dainyānna śaśāka mahīpatiḥ | tadā sumantraṃ mantrajñā kaikeyī pratyuvāca ha ||
English Translation
Seeing the king utterly incapable of speaking any thing personally owing to his heavy sorrow, Kaikeyī, the best counsellor in matters like these, addressed Sumantra with the following words.
VR 2.12.21 अनुष्टुप्
सुमन्त्र रामं द्रक्ष्यामि शीघ्रमानय सुन्दरम् । स मन्यमानः कल्याणं हृदयेन ननन्द च ॥
sumantra rāmaṃ drakṣyāmi śīghramānaya sundaram | sa manyamānaḥ kalyāṇaṃ hṛdayena nananda ca ||
English Translation
Sumantra, Bring the beautiful Răma here, I want to see him. Thinking that some good would accrue to Rāma, he was pleased at heart and away he went speedily delighted at the royal mandate. Being asked again by Kaikeyi to hurry on at the time of departure Sumantra thought within himself.
VR 2.12.22 अनुष्टुप्
सुमन्त्रश्चिन्तयामास त्वरितं चोदितस्तया । व्यक्तं रामोऽभिषेकार्थमिहायास्यति धर्मवित् ॥
sumantraścintayāmāsa tvaritaṃ coditastayā | vyaktaṃ rāmo'bhiṣekārthamihāyāsyati dharmavit ||
English Translation
Urged by Kaikeyi, Sumantra thought 'Righteous Rama will definitely come here for the purpose of installation'.
VR 2.12.23 अनुष्टुप्
इति सूतो मतिं कृत्वा हर्षेण महता पुनः । निर्जगाम महातेजा राघवस्य दिदृक्षया ॥
iti sūto matiṃ kṛtvā harṣeṇa mahatā punaḥ | nirjagāma mahātejā rāghavasya didṛkṣayā ||
English Translation
So thought the charioteer and filled with great delight left (the inner apartment), eager to see the mightyarmed Rama.
VR 2.12.24 वंशस्थम्
ततः पुरस्तात्सहसा विनिर्गतो; महीपतीन्द्वारगतान्विलोकयन् । ददर्श पौरान्विविधान्महाधना;नुपस्थितान्द्वारमुपेत्य विष्ठितान् ॥
tataḥ purastātsahasā vinirgato; mahīpatīndvāragatānvilokayan | dadarśa paurānvividhānmahādhanā;nupasthitāndvāramupetya viṣṭhitān ||
English Translation
Having come out of the presence of the king suddenly, he saw the warders, various citizens and great personages sitting at the gate.
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