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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 2 (Ayodhyākāṇḍa) • Sarga 46

Ayodhyākāṇḍa Sarga 46

अयोध्याकाण्डम् • सर्गः 46

Ayodhyākāṇḍa Sarga 46 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 79 verses.

Total: 79 Verses • Citations: VR 2.46.1–79 • 175 Lexicon Terms • Page 1 of 3 (Verses 30 shown)
VR 2.46.1 अनुष्टुप्
प्रभातायां तु शर्वर्यां पृथु वृक्षा महायशाः । उवाच रामः सौमित्रिं लक्ष्मणं शुभलक्षणम् ॥
prabhātāyāṃ tu śarvaryāṃ pṛthu vṛkṣā mahāyaśāḥ | uvāca rāmaḥ saumitriṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ śubhalakṣaṇam ||
English Translation
When the morning broke, that illustrious one having a spacious chest, Rāma, addressed Sumitrā's son, Laksmana, graced with auspicious marks.
VR 2.46.2 अनुष्टुप्
भास्करोदयकालोऽयं गता भगवती निशा । असौ सुकृष्णो विहगः कोकिलस्तात कूजति ॥
bhāskarodayakālo'yaṃ gatā bhagavatī niśā | asau sukṛṣṇo vihagaḥ kokilastāta kūjati ||
English Translation
O dear Lakshmana the holy night is over and it is time for sunrise. The deep dark bird, the cuckoo is singing.
VR 2.46.3 अनुष्टुप्
बर्हिणानां च निर्घोषः श्रूयते नदतां वने । तराम जाह्नवीं सौम्य शीघ्रगां सागरंगमाम् ॥
barhiṇānāṃ ca nirghoṣaḥ śrūyate nadatāṃ vane | tarāma jāhnavīṃ saumya śīghragāṃ sāgaraṃgamām ||
English Translation
This is the time of sunrise: the reverend Night has departed. O child, this gracefully sable-hued bird, the Coel, has began to warble, and I hear the cries of peacocks uttering notes in the woods. O amiable one, we will cross the Jāhnavī, fast rushing to the ocean.
VR 2.46.4 अनुष्टुप्
विज्ञाय रामस्य वचः सौमित्रिर्मित्रनन्दनः । गुहमामन्त्र्य सूतं च सोऽतिष्ठद्भ्रातुरग्रतः ॥
vijñāya rāmasya vacaḥ saumitrirmitranandanaḥ | guhamāmantrya sūtaṃ ca so'tiṣṭhadbhrāturagrataḥ ||
English Translation
Hearing Rāma's words, that enhancer of the delight of friends, Sumitra's son, conveyed them to Guha and the charioteer; and then stood before his brother.
VR 2.46.5 अनुष्टुप्
ततः कलापान्संनह्य खड्गौ बद्ध्वा च धन्विनौ । जग्मतुर्येन तौ गङ्गां सीतया सह राघवौ ॥
tataḥ kalāpānsaṃnahya khaḍgau baddhvā ca dhanvinau | jagmaturyena tau gaṅgāṃ sītayā saha rāghavau ||
English Translation
Then donning on their mail and equipped with their bows, quivers and swords, the Rāghavas along with Sītā descended to the Gangā.
VR 2.46.6 अनुष्टुप्
राममेव तु धर्मज्ञमुपगम्य विनीतवत् । किमहं करवाणीति सूतः प्राञ्जलिरब्रवीत् ॥
rāmameva tu dharmajñamupagamya vinītavat | kimahaṃ karavāṇīti sūtaḥ prāñjalirabravīt ||
English Translation
Then coming forward in humble guise before Rāma cognizant of virtue, the charioteer said with joined hands, "What shall I do (now)?"
VR 2.46.7 अनुष्टुप्
निवर्तस्वेत्युवाचैनमेतावद्धि कृतं मम । यानं विहाय पद्भ्यां तु गमिष्यामो महावनम् ॥
nivartasvetyuvācainametāvaddhi kṛtaṃ mama | yānaṃ vihāya padbhyāṃ tu gamiṣyāmo mahāvanam ||
English Translation
“Do you” said he to the charioteer, "turn back, So far I have come (in obedience to the order of the monarch.) Now, renouncing the car, will I repair to the mighty forest on foot."
VR 2.46.8 अनुष्टुप्
आत्मानं त्वभ्यनुज्ञातमवेक्ष्यार्तः स सारथिः । सुमन्त्रः पुरुषव्याघ्रमैक्ष्वाकमिदमब्रवीत् ॥
ātmānaṃ tvabhyanujñātamavekṣyārtaḥ sa sārathiḥ | sumantraḥ puruṣavyāghramaikṣvākamidamabravīt ||
English Translation
Finding himself thus commanded, the charioteer, Sumantra grieved at heart spoke to that best of men, the descendant of Ikşvāku.
VR 2.46.9 अनुष्टुप्
नातिक्रान्तमिदं लोके पुरुषेणेह केनचित् । तव सभ्रातृभार्यस्य वासः प्राकृतवद्वने ॥
nātikrāntamidaṃ loke puruṣeṇeha kenacit | tava sabhrātṛbhāryasya vāsaḥ prākṛtavadvane ||
English Translation
That Destiny owing to which you will have to pass your days in the forest like a low person, along with your brother and wife, has in this world been withstood by none.
VR 2.46.10 अनुष्टुप्
न मन्ये ब्रह्मचर्येऽस्ति स्वधीते वा फलोदयः । मार्दवार्जवयोर्वापि त्वां चेद्व्यसनमागतम् ॥
na manye brahmacarye'sti svadhīte vā phalodayaḥ | mārdavārjavayorvāpi tvāṃ cedvyasanamāgatam ||
English Translation
I deem the Brahmacarya mode of life, or study, or meekness or sincerity as attended with no fruit, since you have come by calamity.
VR 2.46.11 अनुष्टुप्
सह राघव वैदेह्या भ्रात्रा चैव वने वसन् । त्वं गतिं प्राप्स्यसे वीर त्रीँल्लोकांस्तु जयन्निव ॥
saha rāghava vaidehyā bhrātrā caiva vane vasan | tvaṃ gatiṃ prāpsyase vīra trīm̐llokāṃstu jayanniva ||
English Translation
O Rāghava, living in the forest with Vaidehi and your brother, you, O Lord, attain a state (of supreme excellence), having, as it were, conquered the three worlds.
VR 2.46.12 अनुष्टुप्
वयं खलु हता राम ये तयाप्युपवञ्चिताः । कैकेय्या वशमेष्यामः पापाया दुःखभागिनः ॥
vayaṃ khalu hatā rāma ye tayāpyupavañcitāḥ | kaikeyyā vaśameṣyāmaḥ pāpāyā duḥkhabhāginaḥ ||
English Translation
O Rāma, it is we, wretched that we are, that are undone, as we, deprived of your company, shall come under the sinful Kaikeyi expressing great misery.
VR 2.46.13 अनुष्टुप्
इति ब्रुवन्नात्म समं सुमन्त्रः सारथिस्तदा । दृष्ट्वा दुर गतं रामं दुःखार्तो रुरुदे चिरम् ॥
iti bruvannātma samaṃ sumantraḥ sārathistadā | dṛṣṭvā dura gataṃ rāmaṃ duḥkhārto rurude ciram ||
English Translation
Having said this, the charioteer, Sumantra, seeing Rāma intent upon going to a distant land, wept for a long while in heaviness of heart.
VR 2.46.14 अनुष्टुप्
ततस्तु विगते बाष्पे सूतं स्पृष्टोदकं शुचिम् । रामस्तु मधुरं वाक्यं पुनः पुनरुवाच तम् ॥
tatastu vigate bāṣpe sūtaṃ spṛṣṭodakaṃ śucim | rāmastu madhuraṃ vākyaṃ punaḥ punaruvāca tam ||
English Translation
Then when he had dried up his tears, and sanctified himself by touching the water of the Gangā, Rāma again addressed the charioteer in sweet words, saying.
VR 2.46.15 अनुष्टुप्
इक्ष्वाकूणां त्वया तुल्यं सुहृदं नोपलक्षये । यथा दशरथो राजा मां न शोचेत्तथा कुरु ॥
ikṣvākūṇāṃ tvayā tulyaṃ suhṛdaṃ nopalakṣaye | yathā daśaratho rājā māṃ na śocettathā kuru ||
English Translation
I do not find any one that is a friend of the sons of Ikşvāku like to you. Do you so act that king Dasaratha may not grieve (for me.)
VR 2.46.16 अनुष्टुप्
शोकोपहत चेताश्च वृद्धश्च जगतीपतिः । काम भारावसन्नश्च तस्मादेतद्ब्रवीमि ते ॥
śokopahata cetāśca vṛddhaśca jagatīpatiḥ | kāma bhārāvasannaśca tasmādetadbravīmi te ||
English Translation
The lord of earth has been deprived of his senses by grief, has grown old, and is oppressed by the weight of desires (thwarted.) Therefore it is that I tell you this.
VR 2.46.17 अनुष्टुप्
यद्यदाज्ञापयेत्किंचित्स महात्मा महीपतिः । कैकेय्याः प्रियकामार्थं कार्यं तदविकाङ्क्षया ॥
yadyadājñāpayetkiṃcitsa mahātmā mahīpatiḥ | kaikeyyāḥ priyakāmārthaṃ kāryaṃ tadavikāṅkṣayā ||
English Translation
Whatever that noble-minded lord of earth commands for the pleasure of Kaikeyi, should by us be done with alacrity.
VR 2.46.18 अनुष्टुप्
एतदर्थं हि राज्यानि प्रशासति नरेश्वराः । यदेषां सर्वकृत्येषु मनो न प्रतिहन्यते ॥
etadarthaṃ hi rājyāni praśāsati nareśvarāḥ | yadeṣāṃ sarvakṛtyeṣu mano na pratihanyate ||
English Translation
It is for this that those lords of men, kings, govern, viz., that others may not thwart their purposes.)
VR 2.46.19 अनुष्टुप्
तद्यथा स महाराजो नालीकमधिगच्छति । न च ताम्यति दुःखेन सुमन्त्र कुरु तत्तथा ॥
tadyathā sa mahārājo nālīkamadhigacchati | na ca tāmyati duḥkhena sumantra kuru tattathā ||
English Translation
O Sumantra, do you act so, that the mighty monarch may not come across anything unpleasant, or be attacked with chagrin through grief.
VR 2.46.20 अनुष्टुप्
अदृष्टदुःखं राजानं वृद्धमार्यं जितेन्द्रियम् । ब्रूयास्त्वमभिवाद्यैव मम हेतोरिदं वचः ॥
adṛṣṭaduḥkhaṃ rājānaṃ vṛddhamāryaṃ jitendriyam | brūyāstvamabhivādyaiva mama hetoridaṃ vacaḥ ||
English Translation
Do you saluting him for me say these words to the aged monarch who has his senses under complete control, and who has never seen misfortune before.
VR 2.46.21 अनुष्टुप्
नैवाहमनुशोचामि लक्ष्मणो न च मैथिली । अयोध्यायाश्च्युताश्चेति वने वत्स्यामहेति वा ॥
naivāhamanuśocāmi lakṣmaṇo na ca maithilī | ayodhyāyāścyutāśceti vane vatsyāmaheti vā ||
English Translation
Neither I nor Lakşmaņa grieve for being ejected out of Ayodhyā, or that we shall have to abide in the forest.
VR 2.46.22 अनुष्टुप्
चतुर्दशसु वर्षेषु निवृत्तेषु पुनः पुनः । लक्ष्मणं मां च सीतां च द्रक्ष्यसि क्षिप्रमागतान् ॥
caturdaśasu varṣeṣu nivṛtteṣu punaḥ punaḥ | lakṣmaṇaṃ māṃ ca sītāṃ ca drakṣyasi kṣipramāgatān ||
English Translation
After these fourteen years have gone by, you will see Lakşmaņa, Sītā and myself come to you speedily.
VR 2.46.23 अनुष्टुप्
एवमुक्त्वा तु राजानं मातरं च सुमन्त्र मे । अन्याश्च देवीः सहिताः कैकेयीं च पुनः पुनः ॥
evamuktvā tu rājānaṃ mātaraṃ ca sumantra me | anyāśca devīḥ sahitāḥ kaikeyīṃ ca punaḥ punaḥ ||
English Translation
Having thus, O Sumantra, in my name again and again spoken to the king, to iny mother and to Kaikeyi along with the other revered ladies, do you communicate to Kausalyā our welfare conveying to her at the same time Şītā's and Lakşmana's salutations to her feet as well those of myself who am her eldest son.
VR 2.46.24 अनुष्टुप्
आरोग्यं ब्रूहि कौसल्यामथ पादाभिवन्दनम् । सीताया मम चार्यस्य वचनाल्लक्ष्मणस्य च ॥
ārogyaṃ brūhi kausalyāmatha pādābhivandanam | sītāyā mama cāryasya vacanāllakṣmaṇasya ca ||
English Translation
Having thus, O Sumantra, in my name again and again spoken to the king, to iny mother and to Kaikeyi along with the other revered ladies, do you communicate to Kausalyā our welfare conveying to her at the same time Şītā's and Lakşmana's salutations to her feet as well those of myself who am her eldest son.
VR 2.46.25 अनुष्टुप्
ब्रूयाश्च हि महाराजं भरतं क्षिप्रमानय । आगतश्चापि भरतः स्थाप्यो नृपमते पदे ॥
brūyāśca hi mahārājaṃ bharataṃ kṣipramānaya | āgataścāpi bharataḥ sthāpyo nṛpamate pade ||
English Translation
Do you also tell the king, 'Do you speedily bring Bharata; and when Bharata has come, let him be the invested with royalty.
VR 2.46.26 अनुष्टुप्
भरतं च परिष्वज्य यौवराज्येऽभिषिच्य च । अस्मत्संतापजं दुःखं न त्वामभिभविष्यति ॥
bharataṃ ca pariṣvajya yauvarājye'bhiṣicya ca | asmatsaṃtāpajaṃ duḥkhaṃ na tvāmabhibhaviṣyati ||
English Translation
When you have embraced Bharata and installed him in the kingdom, you no longer be overpowered with grief on our account.'
VR 2.46.27 अनुष्टुप्
भरतश्चापि वक्तव्यो यथा राजनि वर्तसे । तथा मातृषु वर्तेथाः सर्वास्वेवाविशेषतः ॥
bharataścāpi vaktavyo yathā rājani vartase | tathā mātṛṣu vartethāḥ sarvāsvevāviśeṣataḥ ||
English Translation
And tell Bharata, “As you bear yourself to the king so it behoves you to bear yourself to all your mothers, without making any distinction at hall. As Kaikeyi is unto you, so without distinction is Sumitrā.'
VR 2.46.28 अनुष्टुप्
यथा च तव कैकेयी सुमित्रा चाविशेषतः । तथैव देवी कौसल्या मम माता विशेषतः ॥
yathā ca tava kaikeyī sumitrā cāviśeṣataḥ | tathaiva devī kausalyā mama mātā viśeṣataḥ ||
English Translation
And tell Bharata, “As you bear yourself to the king so it behoves you to bear yourself to all your mothers, without making any distinction at hall. As Kaikeyi is unto you, so without distinction is Sumitrā.'
VR 2.46.29 अनुष्टुप्
निवर्त्यमानो रामेण सुमन्त्रः शोककर्शितः । तत्सर्वं वचनं श्रुत्वा स्नेहात्काकुत्स्थमब्रवीत् ॥
nivartyamāno rāmeṇa sumantraḥ śokakarśitaḥ | tatsarvaṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā snehātkākutsthamabravīt ||
English Translation
Told by Rāma to go back and instructed in this wise, Sumantra having heard everything, addressed Kākutstha from affection, saying.
VR 2.46.30 अनुष्टुप्
यदहं नोपचारेण ब्रूयां स्नेहादविक्लवः । भक्तिमानिति तत्तावद्वाक्यं त्वं क्षन्तुमर्हसि ॥
yadahaṃ nopacāreṇa brūyāṃ snehādaviklavaḥ | bhaktimāniti tattāvadvākyaṃ tvaṃ kṣantumarhasi ||
English Translation
It behoves you to forgive what I say plainly from affection, without letting myself by overwhelmed with emotion, and with due reverence for you. How can I, O child, without you return to that city, which seems as it afflicted with the grief incident to the loss of a son?
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