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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 2 (Ayodhyākāṇḍa) • Sarga 24

Ayodhyākāṇḍa Sarga 24

अयोध्याकाण्डम् • सर्गः 24

Ayodhyākāṇḍa Sarga 24 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 19 verses.

Total: 19 Verses • Citations: VR 2.24.1–19 • 175 Lexicon Terms
VR 2.24.1 अनुष्टुप्
एवमुक्ता तु वैदेही प्रियार्हा प्रियवादिनी । प्रणयादेव संक्रुद्धा भर्तारमिदमब्रवीत् ॥
evamuktā tu vaidehī priyārhā priyavādinī | praṇayādeva saṃkruddhā bhartāramidamabravīt ||
English Translation
Being addressed thus, Vaidehi, beloved and sweet speeched, spoke to her husband the following words, offended as it were on account of her great affection.
VR 2.24.2 अनुष्टुप्
आर्यपुत्र पिता माता भ्राता पुत्रस्तथा स्नुषा । स्वानि पुण्यानि भुञ्जानाः स्वं स्वं भाग्यमुपासते ॥
āryaputra pitā mātā bhrātā putrastathā snuṣā | svāni puṇyāni bhuñjānāḥ svaṃ svaṃ bhāgyamupāsate ||
English Translation
Oh dear husband, father, mother, son, brother, daughter-in-law, all of them abide by the consequences of their own actions, it is the wife alone, Oh best of men, that shares the fate of her husband; it is therefore that ever along with you I have been ordered to live in the forest.
VR 2.24.3 अनुष्टुप्
भर्तुर्भाग्यं तु भार्यैका प्राप्नोति पुरुषर्षभ । अतश्चैवाहमादिष्टा वने वस्तव्यमित्यपि ॥
bharturbhāgyaṃ tu bhāryaikā prāpnoti puruṣarṣabha | ataścaivāhamādiṣṭā vane vastavyamityapi ||
English Translation
Oh dear husband, father, mother, son, brother, daughter-in-law, all of them abide by the consequences of their own actions, it is the wife alone, Oh best of men, that shares the fate of her husband; it is therefore that ever along with you I have been ordered to live in the forest.
VR 2.24.4 अनुष्टुप्
न पिता नात्मजो नात्मा न माता न सखीजनः । इह प्रेत्य च नारीणां पतिरेको गतिः सदा ॥
na pitā nātmajo nātmā na mātā na sakhījanaḥ | iha pretya ca nārīṇāṃ patireko gatiḥ sadā ||
English Translation
Neither father, mother, son, friends, nor her ownself is the stay of a woman in this or in after life, it is the husband along that is her only support.
VR 2.24.5 अनुष्टुप्
यदि त्वं प्रस्थितो दुर्गं वनमद्यैव राघव । अग्रतस्ते गमिष्यामि मृद्नन्ती कुशकण्टकान् ॥
yadi tvaṃ prasthito durgaṃ vanamadyaiva rāghava | agrataste gamiṣyāmi mṛdnantī kuśakaṇṭakān ||
English Translation
If do you repair today to the forest impregnable, I shall go before you, oh Rāghava, treading upon the thorns and prickly grass.
VR 2.24.6 अनुष्टुप्
ईर्ष्यारोषौ बहिष्कृत्य भुक्तशेषमिवोदकम् । नय मां वीर विश्रब्धः पापं मयि न विद्यते ॥
īrṣyāroṣau bahiṣkṛtya bhuktaśeṣamivodakam | naya māṃ vīra viśrabdhaḥ pāpaṃ mayi na vidyate ||
English Translation
Confident do you take me with you, Oh great hero, renouncing jealousy and indignation, like to water left after drinking; there exists no sin in me that could justify forsaking.
VR 2.24.7 अनुष्टुप्
प्रासादाग्रैर्विमानैर्वा वैहायसगतेन वा । सर्वावस्थागता भर्तुः पादच्छाया विशिष्यते ॥
prāsādāgrairvimānairvā vaihāyasagatena vā | sarvāvasthāgatā bhartuḥ pādacchāyā viśiṣyate ||
English Translation
To woman is preferable under all circumstances the shade of her husband's feet to the tops of a palace, the celestial car or excursion in the airy path.* *It was generally believed that by certain processes of Yoga one acquired power to fly in the air.
VR 2.24.8 अनुष्टुप्
अनुशिष्टास्मि मात्रा च पित्रा च विविधाश्रयम् । नास्मि संप्रति वक्तव्या वर्तितव्यं यथा मया ॥
anuśiṣṭāsmi mātrā ca pitrā ca vividhāśrayam | nāsmi saṃprati vaktavyā vartitavyaṃ yathā mayā ||
English Translation
I have been taught by my father and mother to follow my husband in all conditions of life; and I shall carry out now what I have been taught; I shall not abide by any other counsel.
VR 2.24.9 अनुष्टुप्
सुखं वने निवत्स्यामि यथैव भवने पितुः । अचिन्तयन्ती त्रीँल्लोकांश्चिन्तयन्ती पतिव्रतम् ॥
sukhaṃ vane nivatsyāmi yathaiva bhavane pituḥ | acintayantī trīm̐llokāṃścintayantī pativratam ||
English Translation
Happily shall I live there as if in my paternal house, giving no thought upon the prosperity of the three worlds, thinking only of the services that are to be rendered to my husband.
VR 2.24.10 अनुष्टुप्
शुश्रूषमाणा ते नित्यं नियता ब्रह्मचारिणी । सह रंस्ये त्वया वीर वनेषु मधुगन्धिषु ॥
śuśrūṣamāṇā te nityaṃ niyatā brahmacāriṇī | saha raṃsye tvayā vīra vaneṣu madhugandhiṣu ||
English Translation
I shall sport with you, O great hero, in that forest impregnated with the fragrance of flowers, tending you constantly, having my senses subdued, and being engaged in austere performances.
VR 2.24.11 अनुष्टुप्
त्वं हि कर्तुं वने शक्तो राम संपरिपालनम् । अन्यस्यापि जनस्येह किं पुनर्मम मानद ॥
tvaṃ hi kartuṃ vane śakto rāma saṃparipālanam | anyasyāpi janasyeha kiṃ punarmama mānada ||
English Translation
Oh great hero, capable are you to maintain many thousand others in the forest, what of me.
VR 2.24.12 अनुष्टुप्
फलमूलाशना नित्यं भविष्यामि न संशयः । न ते दुःखं करिष्यामि निवसन्ती सह त्वया ॥
phalamūlāśanā nityaṃ bhaviṣyāmi na saṃśayaḥ | na te duḥkhaṃ kariṣyāmi nivasantī saha tvayā ||
English Translation
Undoubtedly I shall always live upon roots and fruits, living with you always I shall not bring about your affliction.
VR 2.24.13 अनुष्टुप्
इच्छामि सरितः शैलान्पल्वलानि वनानि च । द्रष्टुं सर्वत्र निर्भीता त्वया नाथेन धीमता ॥
icchāmi saritaḥ śailānpalvalāni vanāni ca | draṣṭuṃ sarvatra nirbhītā tvayā nāthena dhīmatā ||
English Translation
Living with you sans fear, O my sagacious husband, I wish to see the rivers, mountains, lakes and forests here and there.
VR 2.24.14 अनुष्टुप्
हंसकारण्डवाकीर्णाः पद्मिनीः साधुपुष्पिताः । इच्छेयं सुखिनी द्रष्टुं त्वया वीरेण संगता ॥
haṃsakāraṇḍavākīrṇāḥ padminīḥ sādhupuṣpitāḥ | iccheyaṃ sukhinī draṣṭuṃ tvayā vīreṇa saṃgatā ||
English Translation
I wish to enjoy the lotus lakes in full bloom, abounding in swans and ducks in the company of a brave husband like you.
VR 2.24.15 अनुष्टुप्
सह त्वया विशालाक्ष रंस्ये परमनन्दिनी । एवं वर्षसहस्राणां शतं वाहं त्वया सह ॥
saha tvayā viśālākṣa raṃsye paramanandinī | evaṃ varṣasahasrāṇāṃ śataṃ vāhaṃ tvayā saha ||
VR 2.24.16 अनुष्टुप्
स्वर्गेऽपि च विना वासो भविता यदि राघव । त्वया मम नरव्याघ्र नाहं तमपि रोचये ॥
svarge'pi ca vinā vāso bhavitā yadi rāghava | tvayā mama naravyāghra nāhaṃ tamapi rocaye ||
English Translation
O Raghava, tiger among men, if I were given heaven to live in without you, even that I shall not covet.
VR 2.24.17 वंशस्थम्
अहं गमिष्यामि वनं सुदुर्गमं; मृगायुतं वानरवारणैर्युतम् । वने निवत्स्यामि यथा पितुर्गृहे; तवैव पादावुपगृह्य संमता ॥
ahaṃ gamiṣyāmi vanaṃ sudurgamaṃ; mṛgāyutaṃ vānaravāraṇairyutam | vane nivatsyāmi yathā piturgṛhe; tavaiva pādāvupagṛhya saṃmatā ||
English Translation
I shall go there in that dense forest full of deers, monkeys and elephants and live there as if under my paternal roof cleaving to your feet and abiding in your pleasure.
VR 2.24.18 वंशस्थम्
अनन्यभावामनुरक्तचेतसं; त्वया वियुक्तां मरणाय निश्चिताम् । नयस्व मां साधु कुरुष्व याचनां; न ते मयातो गुरुता भविष्यति ॥
ananyabhāvāmanuraktacetasaṃ; tvayā viyuktāṃ maraṇāya niścitām | nayasva māṃ sādhu kuruṣva yācanāṃ; na te mayāto gurutā bhaviṣyati ||
English Translation
Do you accept my entreaty whose heart is entirely yours, knows none else, and is ever attached to you, and who am resolved to die if forsaken by you; thus repairing I shall be in no way a burden to you.
VR 2.24.19 वंशस्थम्
तथा ब्रुवाणामपि धर्मवत्सलो; न च स्म सीतां नृवरो निनीषति । उवाच चैनां बहु संनिवर्तने; वने निवासस्य च दुःखितां प्रति ॥
tathā bruvāṇāmapi dharmavatsalo; na ca sma sītāṃ nṛvaro ninīṣati | uvāca caināṃ bahu saṃnivartane; vane nivāsasya ca duḥkhitāṃ prati ||
English Translation
That best of men, reluctant to take Sītā with him, who had spoken thus and who was greatly attached to virtue, related to her about the many miseries consequent upon dwelling in the forest, with a view to prevent her from following him.
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