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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 2 (Ayodhyākāṇḍa) • Sarga 43

Ayodhyākāṇḍa Sarga 43

अयोध्याकाण्डम् • सर्गः 43

Ayodhyākāṇḍa Sarga 43 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 15 verses.

Total: 15 Verses • Citations: VR 2.43.1–15 • 175 Lexicon Terms
VR 2.43.1 अनुष्टुप्
रामोऽपि रात्रिशेषेण तेनैव महदन्तरम् । जगाम पुरुषव्याघ्रः पितुराज्ञामनुस्मरन् ॥
rāmo'pi rātriśeṣeṇa tenaiva mahadantaram | jagāma puruṣavyāghraḥ piturājñāmanusmaran ||
English Translation
That best of men, Rāma, remembering his father's commanded cleared a large tract of country before the night terminated.
VR 2.43.2 अनुष्टुप्
तथैव गच्छतस्तस्य व्यपायाद्रजनी शिवा । उपास्य स शिवां संध्यां विषयान्तं व्यगाहत ॥
tathaiva gacchatastasya vyapāyādrajanī śivā | upāsya sa śivāṃ saṃdhyāṃ viṣayāntaṃ vyagāhata ||
English Translation
And as he went on, the auspicious night was spent. And then having offered up his devotions to the beneficent Sandhyā, Rāma entered into another country.
VR 2.43.3 अनुष्टुप्
ग्रामान्विकृष्टसीमांस्तान्पुष्पितानि वनानि च । पश्यन्नतिययौ शीघ्रं शरैरिव हयोत्तमैः ॥
grāmānvikṛṣṭasīmāṃstānpuṣpitāni vanāni ca | paśyannatiyayau śīghraṃ śarairiva hayottamaiḥ ||
English Translation
And seeing villages having ploughed fields on their skirts, and powering woods, he by means of those excellent horses, proceeded very fast although seeming to go slowly.
VR 2.43.4 अनुष्टुप्
शृण्वन्वाचो मनुष्याणां ग्रामसंवासवासिनाम् । राजानं धिग्दशरथं कामस्य वशमागतम् ॥
śṛṇvanvāco manuṣyāṇāṃ grāmasaṃvāsavāsinām | rājānaṃ dhigdaśarathaṃ kāmasya vaśamāgatam ||
English Translation
And as Rāma proceeded,* he heard the villagers speaking to each other, saying, Fie on king Dasaratha, who has yielded himself up to lust! *The N.W.P. text has an additional couplet:, How will that exalted lady, Janaka's daughter, ever engaged in enjoyment, bear misery?
VR 2.43.5 अनुष्टुप्
हा नृशंसाद्य कैकेयी पापा पापानुबन्धिनी । तीक्ष्णा संभिन्नमर्यादा तीक्ष्णे कर्मणि वर्तते ॥
hā nṛśaṃsādya kaikeyī pāpā pāpānubandhinī | tīkṣṇā saṃbhinnamaryādā tīkṣṇe karmaṇi vartate ||
English Translation
Ah! the rebutless, fell and sinful Kaikeyi intent upon impiety, having put by her honour, has resolved upon an exceedingly atrocious deed, she that exiles into the woods such a virtuous son of the monarch, endowed with high wisdom, kind, and having his senses under control.* *The N.W.P. text has an additional line: And of the reprehensible Kaikeyi intent upon cruel deeds.
VR 2.43.6 अनुष्टुप्
या पुत्रमीदृशं राज्ञः प्रवासयति धार्मिकम् । वन वासे महाप्राज्ञं सानुक्रोशमतन्द्रितम् ॥
yā putramīdṛśaṃ rājñaḥ pravāsayati dhārmikam | vana vāse mahāprājñaṃ sānukrośamatandritam ||
English Translation
Ah! the rebutless, fell and sinful Kaikeyi intent upon impiety, having put by her honour, has resolved upon an exceedingly atrocious deed, she that exiles into the woods such a virtuous son of the monarch, endowed with high wisdom, kind, and having his senses under control.* *The N.W.P. text has an additional line: And of the reprehensible Kaikeyi intent upon cruel deeds.
VR 2.43.7 अनुष्टुप्
एता वाचो मनुष्याणां ग्रामसंवासवासिनाम् । शृण्वन्नतिययौ वीरः कोसलान्कोसलेश्वरः ॥
etā vāco manuṣyāṇāṃ grāmasaṃvāsavāsinām | śṛṇvannatiyayau vīraḥ kosalānkosaleśvaraḥ ||
English Translation
Hearing these words of the villagers, that hero, the lord of Kosala, left Kosala behind him. Then crossing the river Vedaśruti of sacred waters, Rāma went in the direction of the quarter in which Agastya resided. (South)
VR 2.43.8 अनुष्टुप्
ततो वेदश्रुतिं नाम शिववारिवहां नदीम् । उत्तीर्याभिमुखः प्रायादगस्त्याध्युषितां दिशम् ॥
tato vedaśrutiṃ nāma śivavārivahāṃ nadīm | uttīryābhimukhaḥ prāyādagastyādhyuṣitāṃ diśam ||
English Translation
Hearing these words of the villagers, that hero, the lord of Kosala, left Kosala behind him. Then crossing the river Vedaśruti of sacred waters, Rāma went in the direction of the quarter in which Agastya resided. (South)
VR 2.43.9 अनुष्टुप्
गत्वा तु सुचिरं कालं ततः शीतजलां नदीम् । गोमतीं गोयुतानूपामतरत्सागरंगमाम् ॥
gatvā tu suciraṃ kālaṃ tataḥ śītajalāṃ nadīm | gomatīṃ goyutānūpāmataratsāgaraṃgamām ||
English Translation
Then proceeding for a good while, he crossed the cool flowing stream Gomati running in the direction of the ocean, with its banks filled with kine and inundating its edge.
VR 2.43.10 अनुष्टुप्
गोमतीं चाप्यतिक्रम्य राघवः शीघ्रगैर्हयैः । मयूरहंसाभिरुतां ततार स्यन्दिकां नदीम् ॥
gomatīṃ cāpyatikramya rāghavaḥ śīghragairhayaiḥ | mayūrahaṃsābhirutāṃ tatāra syandikāṃ nadīm ||
English Translation
Having passed the Gomatī, Rāghava by means of fleet-coursing horses next crossed over the river Sandika resounding with the cries of cranes and peacocks.
VR 2.43.11 अनुष्टुप्
स महीं मनुना राज्ञा दत्तामिक्ष्वाकवे पुरा । स्फीतां राष्ट्रावृतां रामो वैदेहीमन्वदर्शयत् ॥
sa mahīṃ manunā rājñā dattāmikṣvākave purā | sphītāṃ rāṣṭrāvṛtāṃ rāmo vaidehīmanvadarśayat ||
English Translation
Here Rāma showed to Vaidehi those flourishing regions that had formerly been conferred by king Manu on Ikşvāku, and which teemed with populous tracts.
VR 2.43.12 अनुष्टुप्
सूत इत्येव चाभाष्य सारथिं तमभीक्ष्णशः । हंसमत्तस्वरः श्रीमानुवाच पुरुषर्षभः ॥
sūta ityeva cābhāṣya sārathiṃ tamabhīkṣṇaśaḥ | haṃsamattasvaraḥ śrīmānuvāca puruṣarṣabhaḥ ||
English Translation
Then frequently addressing the charioteer, saying, "O Suta", that best of men furnished with grace and endowed with a voice like that of a mad swan, spoke.
VR 2.43.13 अनुष्टुप्
कदाहं पुनरागम्य सरय्वाः पुष्पिते वने । मृगयां पर्याटष्यामि मात्रा पित्रा च संगतः ॥
kadāhaṃ punarāgamya sarayvāḥ puṣpite vane | mṛgayāṃ paryāṭaṣyāmi mātrā pitrā ca saṃgataḥ ||
English Translation
When shall I coming back, range a hunting the blossoming groves of the Sarayū, along with my father and mother?
VR 2.43.14 अनुष्टुप्
नात्यर्थमभिकाङ्क्षामि मृगयां सरयूवने । रतिर्ह्येषातुला लोके राजर्षिगणसंमता ॥
nātyarthamabhikāṅkṣāmi mṛgayāṃ sarayūvane | ratirhyeṣātulā loke rājarṣigaṇasaṃmatā ||
English Translation
I do not so much long for hunting in the woods of the Sarayū; but a relish (for the pastime) is considered as beyond compare being held in esteem by the Rājarşis.
VR 2.43.15 अनुष्टुप्
स तमध्वानमैक्ष्वाकः सूतं मधुरया गिरा । तं तमर्थमभिप्रेत्य ययौवाक्यमुदीरयन् ॥
sa tamadhvānamaikṣvākaḥ sūtaṃ madhurayā girā | taṃ tamarthamabhipretya yayauvākyamudīrayan ||
English Translation
Taking this subject, the descendant of Ikşvāku passed the way, addressing sweet words to the charioteer.
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