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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 2 (Ayodhyākāṇḍa) • Sarga 89

Ayodhyākāṇḍa Sarga 89

अयोध्याकाण्डम् • सर्गः 89

Ayodhyākāṇḍa Sarga 89 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 19 verses.

Total: 19 Verses • Citations: VR 2.89.1–19 • 175 Lexicon Terms
VR 2.89.1 अनुष्टुप्
अथ शैलाद्विनिष्क्रम्य मैथिलीं कोसलेश्वरः । अदर्शयच्छुभजलां रम्यां मन्दाकिनीं नदीम् ॥
atha śailādviniṣkramya maithilīṃ kosaleśvaraḥ | adarśayacchubhajalāṃ ramyāṃ mandākinīṃ nadīm ||
English Translation
Then going out of the mountain, the Lord of Kosala showed to Mithila's daughter the charming stream Mandākini of excellent waters.
VR 2.89.2 अनुष्टुप्
अब्रवीच्च वरारोहां चारुचन्द्रनिभाननाम् । विदेहराजस्य सुतां रामो राजीवलोचनः ॥
abravīcca varārohāṃ cārucandranibhānanām | videharājasya sutāṃ rāmo rājīvalocanaḥ ||
English Translation
And Rāma, furnished with eyes resembling lotuses, addressed the daughter of king Videha, transcendentally beautiful, with a countenance like the fair moon, saying.
VR 2.89.3 अनुष्टुप्
विचित्रपुलिनां रम्यां हंससारससेविताम् । कुसुमैरुपसंपन्नां पश्य मन्दाकिनीं नदीम् ॥
vicitrapulināṃ ramyāṃ haṃsasārasasevitām | kusumairupasaṃpannāṃ paśya mandākinīṃ nadīm ||
English Translation
Behold the river Mandākini, having variegated islets; beautiful; frequented by ducks and cranes; and filled with flowers; covered with diverse trees bearing fruits and flowers; and looking graceful all round like Saughandhikā herself of Kuvera.
VR 2.89.4 अनुष्टुप्
नानाविधैस्तीररुहैर्वृतां पुष्पफलद्रुमैः । राजन्तीं राजराजस्य नलिनीमिव सर्वतः ॥
nānāvidhaistīraruhairvṛtāṃ puṣpaphaladrumaiḥ | rājantīṃ rājarājasya nalinīmiva sarvataḥ ||
English Translation
Behold the river Mandākini, having variegated islets; beautiful; frequented by ducks and cranes; and filled with flowers; covered with diverse trees bearing fruits and flowers; and looking graceful all round like Saughandhikā herself of Kuvera.
VR 2.89.5 अनुष्टुप्
मृगयूथनिपीतानि कलुषाम्भांसि साम्प्रतम् । तीर्थानि रमणीयानि रतिं संजनयन्ति मे ॥
mṛgayūthanipītāni kaluṣāmbhāṃsi sāmpratam | tīrthāni ramaṇīyāni ratiṃ saṃjanayanti me ||
English Translation
And the waters rendered muddy in consequence of herds of deer drinking of them, as well as the graceful descents to the river, fill me with pleasure.
VR 2.89.6 अनुष्टुप्
जटाजिनधराः काले वल्कलोत्तरवाससः । ऋषयस्त्ववगाहन्ते नदीं मन्दाकिनीं प्रिये ॥
jaṭājinadharāḥ kāle valkalottaravāsasaḥ | ṛṣayastvavagāhante nadīṃ mandākinīṃ priye ||
English Translation
And, my beloved sages wearing matted locks and deer-skins, with barks for their sheets, are in season performing their ablutions in the river Mandakini.
VR 2.89.7 अनुष्टुप्
आदित्यमुपतिष्ठन्ते नियमादूर्ध्वबाहवः । एतेऽपरे विशालाक्षि मुनयः संशितव्रताः ॥
ādityamupatiṣṭhante niyamādūrdhvabāhavaḥ | ete'pare viśālākṣi munayaḥ saṃśitavratāḥ ||
English Translation
And observing rules, persons raising up their arms, are worshipping the sun, and, O you of expansive eyes, after these appear ascetics following vows, (engaged if Tapa)
VR 2.89.8 अनुष्टुप्
मारुतोद्धूत शिखरैः प्रनृत्त इव पर्वतः । पादपैः पत्रपुष्पाणि सृजद्भिरभितो नदीम् ॥
mārutoddhūta śikharaiḥ pranṛtta iva parvataḥ | pādapaiḥ patrapuṣpāṇi sṛjadbhirabhito nadīm ||
English Translation
And the hill seems to dance on the wind swaying the tops of tree; and on both sides of the river, the trees are crowned with flowers and leaves.
VR 2.89.9 अनुष्टुप्
कच्चिन्मणिनिकाशोदां कच्चित्पुलिनशालिनीम् । कच्चित्सिद्धजनाकीर्णां पश्य मन्दाकिनीं नदीम् ॥
kaccinmaṇinikāśodāṃ kaccitpulinaśālinīm | kaccitsiddhajanākīrṇāṃ paśya mandākinīṃ nadīm ||
English Translation
And behold the river Mandakini, somewhere with its waters resembling pearls, and somewhere with islets, and somewhere filled with persons who have attained emancipation.
VR 2.89.10 अनुष्टुप्
निर्धूतान्वायुना पश्य विततान्पुष्पसंचयान् । पोप्लूयमानानपरान्पश्य त्वं जलमध्यगान् ॥
nirdhūtānvāyunā paśya vitatānpuṣpasaṃcayān | poplūyamānānaparānpaśya tvaṃ jalamadhyagān ||
English Translation
O you of slender waist, behold these hosts of flowers spreading along, and others dipping themselves (in the stream).
VR 2.89.11 अनुष्टुप्
तांश्चातिवल्गु वचसो रथाङ्गाह्वयना द्विजाः । अधिरोहन्ति कल्याणि निष्कूजन्तः शुभा गिरः ॥
tāṃścātivalgu vacaso rathāṅgāhvayanā dvijāḥ | adhirohanti kalyāṇi niṣkūjantaḥ śubhā giraḥ ||
English Translation
And, O auspicious one, behold these sweetthroated birds, the Chakravākas, getting upon the islets, uttering pleasant notes.
VR 2.89.12 अनुष्टुप्
दर्शनं चित्रकूटस्य मन्दाकिन्याश्च शोभने । अधिकं पुरवासाच्च मन्ये च तव दर्शनात् ॥
darśanaṃ citrakūṭasya mandākinyāśca śobhane | adhikaṃ puravāsācca manye ca tava darśanāt ||
English Translation
Methinks, O beauteous one, the sight of Citrakuta and of Mandakini is even more delightful than life in the metropolis, or the sight of your own self.
VR 2.89.13 अनुष्टुप्
विधूतकलुषैः सिद्धैस्तपोदमशमान्वितैः । नित्यविक्षोभित जलां विहाहस्व मया सह ॥
vidhūtakaluṣaiḥ siddhaistapodamaśamānvitaiḥ | nityavikṣobhita jalāṃ vihāhasva mayā saha ||
English Translation
Do you like to her companion perform your bath with me in this stream, whose waters are perpetually stirred by emancipated ones, furnished with asceticism, self-restraint, and control over the senses, who have had their sins removed.
VR 2.89.14 अनुष्टुप्
सखीवच्च विगाहस्व सीते मन्दकिनीमिमाम् । कमलान्यवमज्जन्ती पुष्कराणि च भामिनि ॥
sakhīvacca vigāhasva sīte mandakinīmimām | kamalānyavamajjantī puṣkarāṇi ca bhāmini ||
English Translation
Do you, O Sītā, perform your ablutions in the Mandākinī, scattering at the sometime, O girl, red and white lotuses.
VR 2.89.15 अनुष्टुप्
त्वं पौरजनवद्व्यालानयोध्यामिव पर्वतम् । मन्यस्व वनिते नित्यं सरयूवदिमां नदीम् ॥
tvaṃ paurajanavadvyālānayodhyāmiva parvatam | manyasva vanite nityaṃ sarayūvadimāṃ nadīm ||
English Translation
Do you, my wife, always consider the wild animals as citizens, the mountain as Ayodhyā, and this stream as the Sarayū.
VR 2.89.16 अनुष्टुप्
लक्ष्मणश्चैव धर्मात्मा मन्निदेशे व्यवस्थितः । त्वं चानुकूला वैदेहि प्रीतिं जनयथो मम ॥
lakṣmaṇaścaiva dharmātmā mannideśe vyavasthitaḥ | tvaṃ cānukūlā vaidehi prītiṃ janayatho mama ||
English Translation
The virtuous Lakşmaņa is ever obedient to my commands; and, O Videha's daughter, you also are favourable to me.
VR 2.89.17 अनुष्टुप्
उपस्पृशंस्त्रिषवणं मधुमूलफलाशनः । नायोध्यायै न राज्याय स्पृहयेऽद्य त्वया सह ॥
upaspṛśaṃstriṣavaṇaṃ madhumūlaphalāśanaḥ | nāyodhyāyai na rājyāya spṛhaye'dya tvayā saha ||
English Translation
This causes delight in my heart. Bathing thrice (in this river), and living on tasteful fruits and roots, I in your company do not today wish either for Ayodhyā or royalty.
VR 2.89.18 वंशस्थम्
इमां हि रम्यां गजयूथलोलितां; निपीततोयां गजसिंहवानरैः । सुपुष्पितैः पुष्पधरैरलंकृतां; न सोऽस्ति यः स्यान्न गतक्रमः सुखी ॥
imāṃ hi ramyāṃ gajayūthalolitāṃ; nipītatoyāṃ gajasiṃhavānaraiḥ | supuṣpitaiḥ puṣpadharairalaṃkṛtāṃ; na so'sti yaḥ syānna gatakramaḥ sukhī ||
English Translation
Bathing in this beauteous stream agitated by herds of elephants, whose waters are drunk by elephants, lions and monkeys, which is graced with flowers, and which is decked with multitudes of blossoms, there is not one who has not his fatigue removed, and who does not feel exhilarated.
VR 2.89.19 वंशस्थम्
इतीव रामो बहुसंगतं वचः; प्रिया सहायः सरितं प्रति ब्रुवन् । चचार रम्यं नयनाञ्जनप्रभं; स चित्रकूटं रघुवंशवर्धनः ॥
itīva rāmo bahusaṃgataṃ vacaḥ; priyā sahāyaḥ saritaṃ prati bruvan | cacāra ramyaṃ nayanāñjanaprabhaṃ; sa citrakūṭaṃ raghuvaṃśavardhanaḥ ||
English Translation
Having thus along with his beloved one, spoken variously regarding the stream, that perpetuator of the Raghu race, began to range the charming Citrakuța, resembling the collyrium in hue.
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