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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 2 (Ayodhyākāṇḍa) • Sarga 61

Ayodhyākāṇḍa Sarga 61

अयोध्याकाण्डम् • सर्गः 61

Ayodhyākāṇḍa Sarga 61 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 25 verses.

Total: 25 Verses • Citations: VR 2.61.1–25 • 175 Lexicon Terms
VR 2.61.1 अनुष्टुप्
व्यतीतायां तु शर्वर्यामादित्यस्योदये ततः । समेत्य राजकर्तारः सभामीयुर्द्विजातयः ॥
vyatītāyāṃ tu śarvaryāmādityasyodaye tataḥ | sametya rājakartāraḥ sabhāmīyurdvijātayaḥ ||
English Translation
When the night finally ended and after the sunrise next day, the brahmins who perform royal investiture having been called and reached the assembly hall.
VR 2.61.2 अनुष्टुप्
मार्कण्डेयोऽथ मौद्गल्यो वामदेवश्च काश्यपः । कात्ययनो गौतमश्च जाबालिश्च महायशाः ॥
mārkaṇḍeyo'tha maudgalyo vāmadevaśca kāśyapaḥ | kātyayano gautamaśca jābāliśca mahāyaśāḥ ||
English Translation
Markandeya, Maudgalya, Kasyapa, Katyayana, Gautama, Jabali of great renown accompanied by ministers and brahmins approached Vasistha, the chief priest of the king and expressed different opinions (on the investiture).
VR 2.61.3 अनुष्टुप्
एते द्विजाः सहामात्यैः पृथग्वाचमुदीरयन् । वसिष्ठमेवाभिमुखाः श्रेष्ठो राजपुरोहितम् ॥
ete dvijāḥ sahāmātyaiḥ pṛthagvācamudīrayan | vasiṣṭhamevābhimukhāḥ śreṣṭho rājapurohitam ||
English Translation
Markandeya, Maudgalya, Kasyapa, Katyayana, Gautama, Jabali of great renown accompanied by ministers and brahmins approached Vasistha, the chief priest of the king and expressed different opinions (on the investiture).
VR 2.61.4 अनुष्टुप्
अतीता शर्वरी दुःखं या नो वर्षशतोपमा । अस्मिन्पञ्चत्वमापन्ने पुत्रशोकेन पार्थिवे ॥
atītā śarvarī duḥkhaṃ yā no varṣaśatopamā | asminpañcatvamāpanne putraśokena pārthive ||
English Translation
Then facing the royal priest, the eminent Vasistha, they said, "That night that had appeared like to an hundred years has at last been painfully passed.
VR 2.61.5 अनुष्टुप्
स्वर्गतश्च महाराजो रामश्चारण्यमाश्रितः । लक्ष्मणश्चापि तेजस्वी रामेणैव गतः सह ॥
svargataśca mahārājo rāmaścāraṇyamāśritaḥ | lakṣmaṇaścāpi tejasvī rāmeṇaiva gataḥ saha ||
English Translation
The king racked by sorrow for his son having breathed his last, the mighty monarch has ascended heaven, Rāma has taken refuge in the woods, the energetic Lakşmaņa has gone with Rama, and does Bharata and Satrughna, repressors of foes, are staying in Kekaya in pleasant Rājagrha, the abode of their maternal grandfather.
VR 2.61.6 अनुष्टुप्
उभौ भरतशत्रुघ्नौ क्केकयेषु परंतपौ । पुरे राजगृहे रम्ये मातामहनिवेशने ॥
ubhau bharataśatrughnau kkekayeṣu paraṃtapau | pure rājagṛhe ramye mātāmahaniveśane ||
English Translation
Bharata and Satrughna, destroyers of enemies, are at the beautiful city of Rajagriha in the Kekaya kingdom, the palace of their maternal grandfather's palace.
VR 2.61.7 अनुष्टुप्
इक्ष्वाकूणामिहाद्यैव कश्चिद्राजा विधीयताम् । अराजकं हि नो राष्ट्रं न विनाशमवाप्नुयात् ॥
ikṣvākūṇāmihādyaiva kaścidrājā vidhīyatām | arājakaṃ hi no rāṣṭraṃ na vināśamavāpnuyāt ||
English Translation
Do you select some on this very day from the descendants of Ikşvāku, to be king here. Verily does a kingdom go to ruin, when without a king.
VR 2.61.8 अनुष्टुप्
नाराजले जनपदे विद्युन्माली महास्वनः । अभिवर्षति पर्जन्यो महीं दिव्येन वारिणा ॥
nārājale janapade vidyunmālī mahāsvanaḥ | abhivarṣati parjanyo mahīṃ divyena vāriṇā ||
English Translation
He that goes garlanded with lightning, and has a mighty voice, even the Cloud, does not with Skye shower drench the Earth in a kingdom without a king.
VR 2.61.9 अनुष्टुप्
नाराजके जनपदे बीजमुष्टिः प्रकीर्यते । नाराकके पितुः पुत्रो भार्या वा वर्तते वशे ॥
nārājake janapade bījamuṣṭiḥ prakīryate | nārākake pituḥ putro bhāryā vā vartate vaśe ||
English Translation
In a kingless kingdom no one sows corn. In a kingless kingdom the son does not obey his sire, or the wife her husband.
VR 2.61.10 अनुष्टुप्
अराजके धनं नास्ति नास्ति भार्याप्यराजके । इदमत्याहितं चान्यत्कुतः सत्यमराजके ॥
arājake dhanaṃ nāsti nāsti bhāryāpyarājake | idamatyāhitaṃ cānyatkutaḥ satyamarājake ||
English Translation
A kingless kingdom possesses no wealth, and wives are hard to keep in such a place. This great fear attends a kingless country. And where is other morality (besides that detailed above) to be found at such a place?
VR 2.61.11 अनुष्टुप्
नाराजके जनपदे कारयन्ति सभां नराः । उद्यानानि च रम्याणि हृष्टाः पुण्यगृहाणि च ॥
nārājake janapade kārayanti sabhāṃ narāḥ | udyānāni ca ramyāṇi hṛṣṭāḥ puṇyagṛhāṇi ca ||
English Translation
In a kingless country men do not form themselves into associations, nor do they, inspired with cheerfulness, make elegant gardens or sacred edifices.
VR 2.61.12 अनुष्टुप्
नाराजके जनपदे यज्ञशीला द्विजातयः । सत्राण्यन्वासते दान्ता ब्राह्मणाः संशितव्रताः ॥
nārājake janapade yajñaśīlā dvijātayaḥ | satrāṇyanvāsate dāntā brāhmaṇāḥ saṃśitavratāḥ ||
English Translation
In a kingless country, the twice-born ones do not celebrate sacrifices. In a kingless country, in mighty sacrifices wealthy Brāhmaṇas do not confer (on the officiating priests) the Dakșiņās (which they receive according to the ordinance).
VR 2.61.13 अनुष्टुप्
नाराजके जनपदे प्रभूतनटनर्तकाः । उत्सवाश्च समाजाश्च वर्धन्ते राष्ट्रवर्धनाः ॥
nārājake janapade prabhūtanaṭanartakāḥ | utsavāśca samājāśca vardhante rāṣṭravardhanāḥ ||
English Translation
In a kingless country, neither neither social gatherings, nor festivities characterised by the presence of merry theatrical managers and performers, increase.
VR 2.61.14 अनुष्टुप्
नारजके जनपदे सिद्धार्था व्यवहारिणः । कथाभिरनुरज्यन्ते कथाशीलाः कथाप्रियैः ॥
nārajake janapade siddhārthā vyavahāriṇaḥ | kathābhiranurajyante kathāśīlāḥ kathāpriyaiḥ ||
English Translation
In a kingless country disputants cannot decide their point; nor are persons given to hearing Puranic recitations pleased by those delighting in the practice.
VR 2.61.15 अनुष्टुप्
नाराजके जनपदे वाहनैः शीघ्रगामिभिः । नरा निर्यान्त्यरण्यानि नारीभिः सह कामिनः ॥
nārājake janapade vāhanaiḥ śīghragāmibhiḥ | narā niryāntyaraṇyāni nārībhiḥ saha kāminaḥ ||
English Translation
In a kingless country pleasure-seeking people do not in company with females go to the woods by means of swift vehicles.
VR 2.61.16 अनुष्टुप्
नाराकजे जनपदे धनवन्तः सुरक्षिताः । शेरते विवृत द्वाराः कृषिगोरक्षजीविनः ॥
nārākaje janapade dhanavantaḥ surakṣitāḥ | śerate vivṛta dvārāḥ kṛṣigorakṣajīvinaḥ ||
English Translation
In a kingless country, the wealthy are not well protected; nor do shepherds and cultivators sleep with their doors open.
VR 2.61.17 अनुष्टुप्
नाराजके जनपदे वणिजो दूरगामिनः । गच्छन्ति क्षेममध्वानं बहुपुण्यसमाचिताः ॥
nārājake janapade vaṇijo dūragāminaḥ | gacchanti kṣemamadhvānaṃ bahupuṇyasamācitāḥ ||
English Translation
In a kingless country traders coming from distant lands, loaded with various kinds of merchandise, do not with safety go along the roads.
VR 2.61.18 अनुष्टुप्
नाराजके जनपदे चरत्येकचरो वशी । भावयन्नात्मनात्मानं यत्रसायंगृहो मुनिः ॥
nārājake janapade caratyekacaro vaśī | bhāvayannātmanātmānaṃ yatrasāyaṃgṛho muniḥ ||
English Translation
In a kingless country the ascetic with his subdued senses, himself his sole protector, who makes his quarters wherever evening overtakes him, cannot walk contemplating the Deity.
VR 2.61.19 अनुष्टुप्
नाराजके जनपदे योगक्षेमं प्रवर्तते । न चाप्यराजके सेना शत्रून्विषहते युधि ॥
nārājake janapade yogakṣemaṃ pravartate | na cāpyarājake senā śatrūnviṣahate yudhi ||
English Translation
In a kingless country, one cannot protect what one has, or procure what one has not. In a kingless country, the forces cannot bear the onslaught of the foe.
VR 2.61.20 अनुष्टुप्
यथा ह्यनुदका नद्यो यथा वाप्यतृणं वनम् । अगोपाला यथा गावस्तथा राष्ट्रमराजकम् ॥
yathā hyanudakā nadyo yathā vāpyatṛṇaṃ vanam | agopālā yathā gāvastathā rāṣṭramarājakam ||
English Translation
Even as a river without water, a wood without grass, a herd of kine without a keeper, is a kingdom without a king.
VR 2.61.21 अनुष्टुप्
नाराजके जनपदे स्वकं भवति कस्यचित् । मत्स्या इव नरा नित्यं भक्षयन्ति परस्परम् ॥
nārājake janapade svakaṃ bhavati kasyacit | matsyā iva narā nityaṃ bhakṣayanti parasparam ||
English Translation
In a kingless country a person hardly preserves his life; and like fishes people eat up one another.
VR 2.61.22 अनुष्टुप्
येहि संभिन्नमर्यादा नास्तिकाश्छिन्नसंशयाः । तेऽपि भावाय कल्पन्ते राजदण्डनिपीडिताः ॥
yehi saṃbhinnamaryādā nāstikāśchinnasaṃśayāḥ | te'pi bhāvāya kalpante rājadaṇḍanipīḍitāḥ ||
English Translation
Even those heretics who having disregarded the dignity of social morality had met with chastisement at the hands of the king, their fear removed, give themselves airs.
VR 2.61.23 अनुष्टुप्
अहो तम इवेदं स्यान्न प्रज्ञायेत किंचन । राजा चेन्न भवेँल्लोके विभजन्साध्वसाधुनी ॥
aho tama ivedaṃ syānna prajñāyeta kiṃcana | rājā cenna bhavem̐lloke vibhajansādhvasādhunī ||
English Translation
If there were not a king in this world to adjudge fair and foul, darkness would overspread (the face of the earth) and people could not distinguish anything whatever. As the ocean keeps within its continent, we even while the monarch lived, did not disregard your words.
VR 2.61.24 अनुष्टुप्
जीवत्यपि महाराजे तवैव वचनं वयम् । नातिक्रमामहे सर्वे वेलां प्राप्येव सागरः ॥
jīvatyapi mahārāje tavaiva vacanaṃ vayam | nātikramāmahe sarve velāṃ prāpyeva sāgaraḥ ||
English Translation
If there were not a king in this world to adjudge fair and foul, darkness would overspread (the face of the earth) and people could not distinguish anything whatever. As the ocean keeps within its continent, we even while the monarch lived, did not disregard your words.
VR 2.61.25 उपेन्द्रवज्रा
स नः समीक्ष्य द्विजवर्यवृत्तं; नृपं विना राज्यमरण्यभूतम् । कुमारमिक्ष्वाकुसुतं वदान्यं; त्वमेव राजानमिहाभिषिञ्चय ॥
sa naḥ samīkṣya dvijavaryavṛttaṃ; nṛpaṃ vinā rājyamaraṇyabhūtam | kumāramikṣvākusutaṃ vadānyaṃ; tvameva rājānamihābhiṣiñcaya ||
English Translation
Do you, O best of Brāhmaṇas, beholding our acts rendered nugatory, and this empire became a wilderness for want of a king, install that descendant of Ikşvāku or any other as king of this realm.
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