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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 2 (Ayodhyākāṇḍa) • Sarga 49

Ayodhyākāṇḍa Sarga 49

अयोध्याकाण्डम् • सर्गः 49

Ayodhyākāṇḍa Sarga 49 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 15 verses.

Total: 15 Verses • Citations: VR 2.49.1–15 • 175 Lexicon Terms
VR 2.49.1 अनुष्टुप्
उषित्वा रजनीं तत्र राजपुत्रावरिंदमौ । महर्षिमभिवाद्याथ जग्मतुस्तं गिरिं प्रति ॥
uṣitvā rajanīṃ tatra rājaputrāvariṃdamau | maharṣimabhivādyātha jagmatustaṃ giriṃ prati ||
English Translation
Having spent the night there, those princes, repressors of their foes, after paying their obeisance to the Maharși, set out for the mountain.
VR 2.49.2 अनुष्टुप्
प्रस्थितांश्चैव तान्प्रेक्ष्य पिता पुत्रानिवान्वगात् । ततः प्रचक्रमे वक्तुं वचनं स महामुनिः ॥
prasthitāṃścaiva tānprekṣya pitā putrānivānvagāt | tataḥ pracakrame vaktuṃ vacanaṃ sa mahāmuniḥ ||
English Translation
Seeing them setting forth, the great sage blessed them for a safe journey and followed them like a father following his children.
VR 2.49.3 अनुष्टुप्
अथासाद्य तु कालिन्दीं शीघ्रस्रोतसमापगाम् । तत्र यूयं प्लवं कृत्वा तरतांशुमतीं नदीम् ॥
athāsādya tu kālindīṃ śīghrasrotasamāpagām | tatra yūyaṃ plavaṃ kṛtvā taratāṃśumatīṃ nadīm ||
English Translation
Arriving at the Kalindi running in a contrary direction, you will, O Rāghava, behold a goodly bathing place well-worn by foot-passengers. There constructing a raft, do you cross over the river who is the daughter of the Sun.
VR 2.49.4 अनुष्टुप्
ततो न्यग्रोधमासाद्य महान्तं हरितच्छदम् । विवृद्धं बहुभिर्वृक्षैः श्यामं सिद्धोपसेवितम् ॥
tato nyagrodhamāsādya mahāntaṃ haritacchadam | vivṛddhaṃ bahubhirvṛkṣaiḥ śyāmaṃ siddhopasevitam ||
English Translation
There you will find a large, banyan tree with its lush green leaves, looking dark with its densely grown trees. It is inhabited by siddhas. Sita should offer with folded palms invocations for her wellbeing.
VR 2.49.5 अनुष्टुप्
क्रोशमात्रं ततो गत्वा नीलं द्रक्ष्यथ काननम् । पलाशबदरीमिश्रं राम वंशैश्च यामुनैः ॥
krośamātraṃ tato gatvā nīlaṃ drakṣyatha kānanam | palāśabadarīmiśraṃ rāma vaṃśaiśca yāmunaiḥ ||
English Translation
Reaching that tree, you may tarry or proceed further. A krosa from there, you will see a beautiful forest filled with dark trees mixed with Palasas and badaris and bamboos on the Yamuna.
VR 2.49.6 उपजातिः
स पन्थाश्चित्रकूटस्य गतः सुबहुशो मया । रम्यो मार्दवयुक्तश्च वनदावैर्विवर्जितः । इति पन्थानमावेद्य महर्षिः स न्यवर्तत ॥
sa panthāścitrakūṭasya gataḥ subahuśo mayā | ramyo mārdavayuktaśca vanadāvairvivarjitaḥ | iti panthānamāvedya maharṣiḥ sa nyavartata ||
English Translation
I went to Citrakuța many a time by that road, which is beautiful, sandy, and free from forestfire.
VR 2.49.7 अनुष्टुप्
उपावृत्ते मुनौ तस्मिन्रामो लक्ष्मणमब्रवीत् । कृतपुण्याः स्म सौमित्रे मुनिर्यन्नोऽनुकम्पते ॥
upāvṛtte munau tasminrāmo lakṣmaṇamabravīt | kṛtapuṇyāḥ sma saumitre muniryanno'nukampate ||
English Translation
On the ascetic turning away, Rāma spoke to Lakṣmaṇa, “We had surely acquired religious merit, good betide you, since, the ascetic has shown compassion to us.
VR 2.49.8 अनुष्टुप्
इति तौ पुरुषव्याघ्रौ मन्त्रयित्वा मनस्विनौ । सीतामेवाग्रतः कृत्वा कालिन्दीं जग्मतुर्नदीम् ॥
iti tau puruṣavyāghrau mantrayitvā manasvinau | sītāmevāgrataḥ kṛtvā kālindīṃ jagmaturnadīm ||
English Translation
Having thus conversed with each other, those foremost of men endowed with intelligence, place Sītā in their front, proceeded towards the rive Kalindi.
VR 2.49.9 अनुष्टुप्
तौ काष्ठसंघाटमथो चक्रतुः सुमहाप्लवम् । चकार लक्ष्मणश्छित्त्वा सीतायाः सुखमानसम् ॥
tau kāṣṭhasaṃghāṭamatho cakratuḥ sumahāplavam | cakāra lakṣmaṇaśchittvā sītāyāḥ sukhamānasam ||
English Translation
Then with heaps of dry wild wood covered with grass, they constructed a large raft. And the puissant Lakşmaņa tearing twigs from the ratan and the rose-apple, made a comfortable seat for Sita.
VR 2.49.10 अनुष्टुप्
तत्र श्रियमिवाचिन्त्यां रामो दाशरथिः प्रियाम् । ईषत्संलज्जमानां तामध्यारोपयत प्लवम् ॥
tatra śriyamivācintyāṃ rāmo dāśarathiḥ priyām | īṣatsaṃlajjamānāṃ tāmadhyāropayata plavam ||
English Translation
Then Dasaratha's son, Rāma, made his bashful wife (in power) inconceivable like to Śrī herself, ascend the raft, and carefully laid beside Vaidehī her attires and ornaments as well as the hoe and the basket.
VR 2.49.11 अनुष्टुप्
ततः प्लवेनांशुमतीं शीघ्रगामूर्मिमालिनीम् । तीरजैर्बहुभिर्वृक्षैः संतेरुर्यमुनां नदीम् ॥
tataḥ plavenāṃśumatīṃ śīghragāmūrmimālinīm | tīrajairbahubhirvṛkṣaiḥ saṃteruryamunāṃ nadīm ||
English Translation
And by means of that raft they crossed that fleet-coursing daughter of the Sun, heaving with billows, the river Yamunā with her banks abounding with innumerable trees.
VR 2.49.12 अनुष्टुप्
ते तीर्णाः प्लवमुत्सृज्य प्रस्थाय यमुनावनात् । श्यामं न्यग्रोधमासेदुः शीतलं हरितच्छदम् ॥
te tīrṇāḥ plavamutsṛjya prasthāya yamunāvanāt | śyāmaṃ nyagrodhamāseduḥ śītalaṃ haritacchadam ||
English Translation
Then renouncing the raft, and passing by the woods adjoining the Yamunā, they came upon a banian Syāma by name, of cool shade and verdant foliage.
VR 2.49.13 अनुष्टुप्
कौसल्यां चैव पश्येयं सुमित्रां च यशस्विनीम् । इति सीताञ्जलिं कृत्वा पर्यगछद्वनस्पतिम् ॥
kausalyāṃ caiva paśyeyaṃ sumitrāṃ ca yaśasvinīm | iti sītāñjaliṃ kṛtvā paryagachadvanaspatim ||
English Translation
Having reached the banyan tree, Sita invoked it, saying, 'O great tree I offer you my salutations. May my husband fulfil his vow May I behold Kausalya and the illustrious Sumitra on my return. Saying so, she went round the tree offering reverential salutations with folded hands.
VR 2.49.14 अनुष्टुप्
क्रोशमात्रं ततो गत्वा भ्रातरौ रामलक्ष्मणौ । बहून्मेध्यान्मृगान्हत्वा चेरतुर्यमुनावने ॥
krośamātraṃ tato gatvā bhrātarau rāmalakṣmaṇau | bahūnmedhyānmṛgānhatvā ceraturyamunāvane ||
English Translation
And having proceeded just a Krosa, those brothers, Rāma and Lakşmaņa, having killed many a sacred deer, began to range in the woods of the Yarnunā.
VR 2.49.15 वंशस्थम्
विहृत्य ते बर्हिणपूगनादिते; शुभे वने वारणवानरायुते । समं नदीवप्रमुपेत्य संमतं; निवासमाजग्मुरदीनदर्शनः ॥
vihṛtya te barhiṇapūganādite; śubhe vane vāraṇavānarāyute | samaṃ nadīvapramupetya saṃmataṃ; nivāsamājagmuradīnadarśanaḥ ||
English Translation
And having disported in the beautiful woods resounding with multitudes of peacocks and inhabited by elephants and monkeys, they looking as lively as ever, coming to the level banks of the river, took up their quarters there.
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