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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 2 (Ayodhyākāṇḍa) • Sarga 38

Ayodhyākāṇḍa Sarga 38

अयोध्याकाण्डम् • सर्गः 38

Ayodhyākāṇḍa Sarga 38 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 20 verses.

Total: 20 Verses • Citations: VR 2.38.1–20 • 175 Lexicon Terms
VR 2.38.1 अनुष्टुप्
ततः समीक्ष्य शयने सन्नं शोकेन पार्थिवम् । कौसल्या पुत्रशोकार्ता तमुवाच महीपतिम् ॥
tataḥ samīkṣya śayane sannaṃ śokena pārthivam | kausalyā putraśokārtā tamuvāca mahīpatim ||
English Translation
Then seeing the king lying down stupified with grief, Kausalya, aggrieved for her son, spoke to the lord of earth, saying.
VR 2.38.2 अनुष्टुप्
राघवो नरशार्दूल विषमुप्त्वा द्विजिह्ववत् । विचरिष्यति कैकेयी निर्मुक्तेव हि पन्नगी ॥
rāghavo naraśārdūla viṣamuptvā dvijihvavat | vicariṣyati kaikeyī nirmukteva hi pannagī ||
English Translation
O best of men, having vented her venom upon Rāghava, the crooked Kaikeyi will go about like a she serpent that has cast off her slough.
VR 2.38.3 अनुष्टुप्
विवास्य रामं सुभगा लब्धकामा समाहिता । त्रासयिष्यति मां भूयो दुष्टाहिरिव वेश्मनि ॥
vivāsya rāmaṃ subhagā labdhakāmā samāhitā | trāsayiṣyati māṃ bhūyo duṣṭāhiriva veśmani ||
English Translation
And that fortunate one having by her endeavours attained her end, will frighten me the more like a wicked serpent in one's house.
VR 2.38.4 अनुष्टुप्
अथ स्म नगरे रामश्चरन्भैक्षं गृहे वसेत् । कामकारो वरं दातुमपि दासं ममात्मजम् ॥
atha sma nagare rāmaścaranbhaikṣaṃ gṛhe vaset | kāmakāro varaṃ dātumapi dāsaṃ mamātmajam ||
English Translation
If Rāma had stayed in this city subsisting himself by alms, or had I made my son as Kaikeyi's slave, even that would have been preferable (before his retirement to the woods.)
VR 2.38.5 अनुष्टुप्
पातयित्वा तु कैकेय्या रामं स्थानाद्यथेष्टतः । प्रदिष्टो रक्षसां भागः पर्वणीवाहिताग्निना ॥
pātayitvā tu kaikeyyā rāmaṃ sthānādyatheṣṭataḥ | pradiṣṭo rakṣasāṃ bhāgaḥ parvaṇīvāhitāgninā ||
English Translation
Like to the sacrificial share cast to the Rākşasas by the sacrificers on the occasions of Parvas that wielder of the bow, the mightyarmed Rāma, gifted with the gait of the prince of elephants, cast off by Kaikeyī, takes refuge in the forest in company with his wife and Laks mana.
VR 2.38.6 अनुष्टुप्
गजराजगतिर्वीरो महाबाहुर्धनुर्धरः । वनमाविशते नूनं सभार्यः सहलक्ष्मणः ॥
gajarājagatirvīro mahābāhurdhanurdharaḥ | vanamāviśate nūnaṃ sabhāryaḥ sahalakṣmaṇaḥ ||
English Translation
My mightyarmed son, a great archer and a hero, Rama whose gait is like that of the king of elephants, must be entering the forest along with his consort Sita and Lakshmana.
VR 2.38.7 अनुष्टुप्
वने त्वदृष्टदुःखानां कैकेय्यानुमते त्वया । त्यक्तानां वनवासाय का न्ववस्था भविष्यति ॥
vane tvadṛṣṭaduḥkhānāṃ kaikeyyānumate tvayā | tyaktānāṃ vanavāsāya kā nvavasthā bhaviṣyati ||
English Translation
Despatched by you to the woods at the command of Kaikeyi, to what a plight will they, not inured to the privations of a forest-life, be reduced!
VR 2.38.8 अनुष्टुप्
ते रत्नहीनास्तरुणाः फलकाले विवासिताः । कथं वत्स्यन्ति कृपणाः फलमूलैः कृताशनाः ॥
te ratnahīnāstaruṇāḥ phalakāle vivāsitāḥ | kathaṃ vatsyanti kṛpaṇāḥ phalamūlaiḥ kṛtāśanāḥ ||
English Translation
And bereft of elegant apparel, how will they of tender years, exiled in this time of enjoyment, pass their lives in misery, subsisting on fruits and roots!
VR 2.38.9 अनुष्टुप्
अपीदानीं स कालः स्यान्मम शोकक्षयः शिवः । सभार्यं यत्सह भ्रात्रा पश्येयमिह राघवम् ॥
apīdānīṃ sa kālaḥ syānmama śokakṣayaḥ śivaḥ | sabhāryaṃ yatsaha bhrātrā paśyeyamiha rāghavam ||
English Translation
Will such a time present itself now that my grief removed and my desire attained, I shall here behold Rāghava along with his wife and brother?
VR 2.38.10 अनुष्टुप्
श्रुत्वैवोपस्थितौ वीरौ कदायोध्या भविष्यति । यशस्विनी हृष्टजना सूच्छ्रितध्वजमालिनी ॥
śrutvaivopasthitau vīrau kadāyodhyā bhaviṣyati | yaśasvinī hṛṣṭajanā sūcchritadhvajamālinī ||
English Translation
When, hearing that those heroes have come, will Ayodhyā adorned with standards and garlands, attain fame, with her populace filled with joy?
VR 2.38.11 अनुष्टुप्
कदा प्रेक्ष्य नरव्याघ्रावरण्यात्पुनरागतौ । नन्दिष्यति पुरी हृष्टा समुद्र इव पर्वणि ॥
kadā prekṣya naravyāghrāvaraṇyātpunarāgatau | nandiṣyati purī hṛṣṭā samudra iva parvaṇi ||
English Translation
When, seeing those foremost of men returned from the forest, will the city overflow with delight, like the ocean on the occasion of a Parva?
VR 2.38.12 अनुष्टुप्
कदायोध्यां महाबाहुः पुरीं वीरः प्रवेक्ष्यति । पुरस्कृत्य रथे सीतां वृषभो गोवधूमिव ॥
kadāyodhyāṃ mahābāhuḥ purīṃ vīraḥ pravekṣyati | puraskṛtya rathe sītāṃ vṛṣabho govadhūmiva ||
English Translation
When will the mighty-armed hero enter the city of Ayodhyā, placing Sītā before him on the car, like to a bull having his bovine mate before him?
VR 2.38.13 अनुष्टुप्
कदा प्राणिसहस्राणि राजमार्गे ममात्मजौ । लाजैरवकरिष्यन्ति प्रविशन्तावरिंदमौ ॥
kadā prāṇisahasrāṇi rājamārge mamātmajau | lājairavakariṣyanti praviśantāvariṃdamau ||
English Translation
When will people by thousands shower fried paddy upon my sons on the road, as those repressors of foes will enter the city?
VR 2.38.14 अनुष्टुप्
कदा सुमनसः कन्या द्विजातीनां फलानि च । प्रदिशन्त्यः पुरीं हृष्टाः करिष्यन्ति प्रदक्षिणम् ॥
kadā sumanasaḥ kanyā dvijātīnāṃ phalāni ca | pradiśantyaḥ purīṃ hṛṣṭāḥ kariṣyanti pradakṣiṇam ||
English Translation
When accepting flowers from girls and fruits from Brahmanas, will they, filled with delight, go round the palace?
VR 2.38.15 अनुष्टुप्
कदा परिणतो बुद्ध्या वयसा चामरप्रभः । अभ्युपैष्यति धर्मज्ञस्त्रिवर्ष इव मां ललन् ॥
kadā pariṇato buddhyā vayasā cāmaraprabhaḥ | abhyupaiṣyati dharmajñastrivarṣa iva māṃ lalan ||
English Translation
When with his intelligence ripened by time, although resembling a celestial in age, will that righteous-souled one come here, rejoicing people like a Trivarsa?* *Three consecutive showers, favourable tot he erops.
VR 2.38.16 अनुष्टुप्
निःसंशयं मया मन्ये पुरा वीर कदर्यया । पातु कामेषु वत्सेषु मातॄणां शातिताः स्तनाः ॥
niḥsaṃśayaṃ mayā manye purā vīra kadaryayā | pātu kāmeṣu vatseṣu mātṝṇāṃ śātitāḥ stanāḥ ||
English Translation
Doubtless, O hero, formerly of vile ways that I was, I had cut off the paps of kine and thus prevented their calves hungering after their mothers' milk, from drinking it.
VR 2.38.17 अनुष्टुप्
साहं गौरिव सिंहेन विवत्सा वत्सला कृता । कैकेय्या पुरुषव्याघ्र बालवत्सेव गौर्बलात् ॥
sāhaṃ gauriva siṃhena vivatsā vatsalā kṛtā | kaikeyyā puruṣavyāghra bālavatseva gaurbalāt ||
English Translation
And it is for this sin that, О foremost of men, have I, attached to my son, been forcibly deprived of him by Kaikeyi, like a cow deprived of her calf by a lion.
VR 2.38.18 अनुष्टुप्
न हि तावद्गुणैर्जुष्टं सर्वशास्त्रविशारदम् । एकपुत्रा विना पुत्रमहं जीवितुमुत्सहे ॥
na hi tāvadguṇairjuṣṭaṃ sarvaśāstraviśāradam | ekaputrā vinā putramahaṃ jīvitumutsahe ||
English Translation
Having an only son, I dare not live without him endowed with every virtue and versed in every branch of learning.
VR 2.38.19 अनुष्टुप्
न हि मे जीविते किंचित्सामर्थमिह कल्प्यते । अपश्यन्त्याः प्रियं पुत्रं महाबाहुं महाबलम् ॥
na hi me jīvite kiṃcitsāmarthamiha kalpyate | apaśyantyāḥ priyaṃ putraṃ mahābāhuṃ mahābalam ||
English Translation
Not seeing my beloved son and the mighty Lakşmaņa, I cannot live at all.
VR 2.38.20 वंशस्थम्
अयं हि मां दीपयते समुत्थित;स्तनूजशोकप्रभवो हुताशनः । महीमिमां रश्मिभिरुत्तमप्रभो; यथा निदाघे भगवान्दिवाकरः ॥
ayaṃ hi māṃ dīpayate samutthita;stanūjaśokaprabhavo hutāśanaḥ | mahīmimāṃ raśmibhiruttamaprabho; yathā nidāghe bhagavāndivākaraḥ ||
English Translation
As in summer the divine Sun furnished with fierce rays burns this earth, even so this raging fire of grief of account of my son consumes me.
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