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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 2 (Ayodhyākāṇḍa) • Sarga 95

Ayodhyākāṇḍa Sarga 95

अयोध्याकाण्डम् • सर्गः 95

Ayodhyākāṇḍa Sarga 95 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 47 verses.

Total: 47 Verses • Citations: VR 2.95.1–47 • 175 Lexicon Terms • Page 1 of 2 (Verses 30 shown)
VR 2.95.1 अनुष्टुप्
रामस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा भरतः प्रत्युवाच ह । किं मे धर्माद्विहीनस्य राजधर्मः करिष्यति ॥
rāmasya vacanaṃ śrutvā bharataḥ pratyuvāca ha | kiṃ me dharmādvihīnasya rājadharmaḥ kariṣyati ||
English Translation
Hearing Rāma's words, Bharata answered, Deprived of the kingdom in consequence of my posteriority in point of birth, what does regard for morality avail me?
VR 2.95.2 अनुष्टुप्
शाश्वतोऽयं सदा धर्मः स्थितोऽस्मासु नरर्षभ । ज्येष्ठ पुत्रे स्थिते राजन्न कनीयान्भवेन्नृपः ॥
śāśvato'yaṃ sadā dharmaḥ sthito'smāsu nararṣabha | jyeṣṭha putre sthite rājanna kanīyānbhavennṛpaḥ ||
English Translation
O best of men, even this morality has ever been established with reference to us, viz., that the eldest son of the king existing, a younger one cannot be the king.
VR 2.95.3 अनुष्टुप्
स समृद्धां मया सार्धमयोध्यां गच्छ राघव । अभिषेचय चात्मानं कुलस्यास्य भवाय नः ॥
sa samṛddhāṃ mayā sārdhamayodhyāṃ gaccha rāghava | abhiṣecaya cātmānaṃ kulasyāsya bhavāya naḥ ||
English Translation
Do you, therefore, O Rāghava go along with me to the prosperous Ayodhya; and get yourself ir stalled there for the behoof of our race.
VR 2.95.4 अनुष्टुप्
राजानं मानुषं प्राहुर्देवत्वे संमतो मम । यस्य धर्मार्थसहितं वृत्तमाहुरमानुषम् ॥
rājānaṃ mānuṣaṃ prāhurdevatve saṃmato mama | yasya dharmārthasahitaṃ vṛttamāhuramānuṣam ||
English Translation
Although a king observing interest and virtue, and who towers above average humanity, has been called a mortal, yet to me he is a very deity.
VR 2.95.5 अनुष्टुप्
केकयस्थे च मयि तु त्वयि चारण्यमाश्रिते । दिवमार्य गतो राजा यायजूकः सतां मतः ॥
kekayasthe ca mayi tu tvayi cāraṇyamāśrite | divamārya gato rājā yāyajūkaḥ satāṃ mataḥ ||
English Translation
While I was in Kekaya and you was in the forest that intelligent monarch honoured of the good, given to celebrating sacrifices, ascended heaven.
VR 2.95.6 अनुष्टुप्
उत्तिष्ठ पुरुषव्याघ्र क्रियतामुदकं पितुः । अहं चायं च शत्रुघ्नः पूर्वमेव कृतोदकौ ॥
uttiṣṭha puruṣavyāghra kriyatāmudakaṃ pituḥ | ahaṃ cāyaṃ ca śatrughnaḥ pūrvameva kṛtodakau ||
English Translation
O foremost of men, do you arise, and offer water to the spirit of our sire. Śatrughna and I have ere this offered water to (the departed).
VR 2.95.7 अनुष्टुप्
प्रियेण किल दत्तं हि पितृलोकेषु राघव । अक्षय्यं भवतीत्याहुर्भवांश्चैव पितुः प्रियः ॥
priyeṇa kila dattaṃ hi pitṛlokeṣu rāghava | akṣayyaṃ bhavatītyāhurbhavāṃścaiva pituḥ priyaḥ ||
English Translation
O Rāghava, anything offered to the (manes of the) ancestors by a beloved descendant, conduces to their eternal behoof; and you the favourite of our father.
VR 2.95.8 अनुष्टुप्
तां श्रुत्वा करुणां वाचं पितुर्मरणसंहिताम् । राघवो भरतेनोक्तां बभूव गतचेतनः ॥
tāṃ śrutvā karuṇāṃ vācaṃ piturmaraṇasaṃhitām | rāghavo bharatenoktāṃ babhūva gatacetanaḥ ||
English Translation
Hearing those piteous words uttered by Bharata in connection with the demise of their father, Rāghava was deprived of his senses.
VR 2.95.9 उपजातिः
वाग्वज्रं भरतेनोक्तममनोज्ञं परंतपः । प्रगृह्य बाहू रामो वै पुष्पिताग्रो यथा द्रुमः । वने परशुना कृत्तस्तथा भुवि पपात ह ॥
vāgvajraṃ bharatenoktamamanojñaṃ paraṃtapaḥ | pragṛhya bāhū rāmo vai puṣpitāgro yathā drumaḥ | vane paraśunā kṛttastathā bhuvi papāta ha ||
English Translation
On that thunder-bolt of a speech being uttered by Bharata, like to a (real) thunder-bolt hurled in battle by the enemy of the Dānavas (Indra), that subduer of foes, Rāma, stretching his arms, fell down to the earth, like a blossoming tree that has been hewn by an axe.
VR 2.95.10 अनुष्टुप्
तथा हि पतितं रामं जगत्यां जगतीपतिम् । कूलघातपरिश्रान्तं प्रसुप्तमिव कुञ्जरम् ॥
tathā hi patitaṃ rāmaṃ jagatyāṃ jagatīpatim | kūlaghātapariśrāntaṃ prasuptamiva kuñjaram ||
English Translation
Seeing that lord of the world and mighty bowman, Rāma, fallen, like a sleeping elephant fatigued with turning up earth with its tusks, his brothers exercised with sorrow, broke out into lamentations, and along with Videha's daughter began to sprinkle water (on his face).
VR 2.95.11 अनुष्टुप्
भ्रातरस्ते महेष्वासं सर्वतः शोककर्शितम् । रुदन्तः सह वैदेह्या सिषिचुः सलिलेन वै ॥
bhrātaraste maheṣvāsaṃ sarvataḥ śokakarśitam | rudantaḥ saha vaidehyā siṣicuḥ salilena vai ||
English Translation
Seeing that lord of the world and mighty bowman, Rāma, fallen, like a sleeping elephant fatigued with turning up earth with its tusks, his brothers exercised with sorrow, broke out into lamentations, and along with Videha's daughter began to sprinkle water (on his face).
VR 2.95.12 अनुष्टुप्
स तु संज्ञां पुनर्लब्ध्वा नेत्राभ्यामास्रमुत्सृजन् । उपाक्रामत काकुत्स्थः कृपणं बहुभाषितुम् ॥
sa tu saṃjñāṃ punarlabdhvā netrābhyāmāsramutsṛjan | upākrāmata kākutsthaḥ kṛpaṇaṃ bahubhāṣitum ||
English Translation
Then regaining his consciousness, Kākutstha shedding tears from his eyes, distressfully addressed himself to speech.
VR 2.95.13 अनुष्टुप्
किं नु तस्य मया कार्यं दुर्जातेन महात्मना । यो मृतो मम शोकेन न मया चापि संस्कृतः ॥
kiṃ nu tasya mayā kāryaṃ durjātena mahātmanā | yo mṛto mama śokena na mayā cāpi saṃskṛtaḥ ||
English Translation
I could not even perform the last rites of that magnanimous one who died of grief on account of me. What use is my life with an unlucky birth?
VR 2.95.14 अनुष्टुप्
अहो भरत सिद्धार्थो येन राजा त्वयानघ । शत्रुघेण च सर्वेषु प्रेतकृत्येषु सत्कृतः ॥
aho bharata siddhārtho yena rājā tvayānagha | śatrugheṇa ca sarveṣu pretakṛtyeṣu satkṛtaḥ ||
English Translation
Ah! Bharata, you, O sinless one, are blessed, since by you as well as by Satrughna have been performed all the funeral rites of the king.
VR 2.95.15 अनुष्टुप्
निष्प्रधानामनेकाग्रं नरेन्द्रेण विनाकृताम् । निवृत्तवनवासोऽपि नायोध्यां गन्तुमुत्सहे ॥
niṣpradhānāmanekāgraṃ narendreṇa vinākṛtām | nivṛttavanavāso'pi nāyodhyāṃ gantumutsahe ||
English Translation
To Ayodhyā, bereft of the monarch, having none to preside over her destinies, and many rulers, will I not return even when the term of my abode in the woods has been passed.
VR 2.95.16 अनुष्टुप्
समाप्तवनवासं मामयोध्यायां परंतप । को नु शासिष्यति पुनस्ताते लोकान्तरं गते ॥
samāptavanavāsaṃ māmayodhyāyāṃ paraṃtapa | ko nu śāsiṣyati punastāte lokāntaraṃ gate ||
English Translation
My father having gone to the other world, who, O subduer of enemies, will again counsel me when, my stay in the forest being over, I shall have returned to Ayodhyā?
VR 2.95.17 अनुष्टुप्
पुरा प्रेक्ष्य सुवृत्तं मां पिता यान्याह सान्त्वयन् । वाक्यानि तानि श्रोष्यामि कुतः कर्णसुखान्यहम् ॥
purā prekṣya suvṛttaṃ māṃ pitā yānyāha sāntvayan | vākyāni tāni śroṣyāmi kutaḥ karṇasukhānyaham ||
English Translation
And from whom shall I hear those words grateful to the ear, which my father gratifying me used to speak to me when I happened to do something well?
VR 2.95.18 अनुष्टुप्
एवमुक्त्वा स भरतं भार्यामभ्येत्य राघवः । उवाच शोकसंतप्तः पूर्णचन्द्रनिभाननाम् ॥
evamuktvā sa bharataṃ bhāryāmabhyetya rāghavaḥ | uvāca śokasaṃtaptaḥ pūrṇacandranibhānanām ||
English Translation
Having thus addressed Bharata, Rāghava burning in grief spoke to his wife, with her countenance resembling the full moon, saying.
VR 2.95.19 अनुष्टुप्
सीते मृतस्ते श्वशुरः पित्रा हीनोऽसि लक्ष्मण । भरतो दुःखमाचष्टे स्वर्गतं पृथिवीपतिम् ॥
sīte mṛtaste śvaśuraḥ pitrā hīno'si lakṣmaṇa | bharato duḥkhamācaṣṭe svargataṃ pṛthivīpatim ||
English Translation
O Sītā, your father-in-law is dead and, O Laks inana, you are fatherless. Bharata has communicated to me that sad intelligence that our father has ascended heaven.
VR 2.95.20 अनुष्टुप्
सान्त्वयित्वा तु तां रामो रुदन्तीं जनकात्मजाम् । उवाच लक्ष्मणं तत्र दुःखितो दुःखितं वचः ॥
sāntvayitvā tu tāṃ rāmo rudantīṃ janakātmajām | uvāca lakṣmaṇaṃ tatra duḥkhito duḥkhitaṃ vacaḥ ||
English Translation
Thereupon, pacifying the weeping daughter of Janaka, Rama moved with grief, spoke to the distressed Laksmana, saying.
VR 2.95.21 अनुष्टुप्
आनयेङ्गुदिपिण्याकं चीरमाहर चोत्तरम् । जलक्रियार्थं तातस्य गमिष्यामि महात्मनः ॥
ānayeṅgudipiṇyākaṃ cīramāhara cottaram | jalakriyārthaṃ tātasya gamiṣyāmi mahātmanaḥ ||
English Translation
Do you bring Ingudi fruits as well as a piece of new bark. I will go to perform the watery rites of our high-souled sire.
VR 2.95.22 अनुष्टुप्
सीता पुरस्ताद्व्रजतु त्वमेनामभितो व्रज । अहं पश्चाद्गमिष्यामि गतिर्ह्येषा सुदारुणा ॥
sītā purastādvrajatu tvamenāmabhito vraja | ahaṃ paścādgamiṣyāmi gatirhyeṣā sudāruṇā ||
English Translation
Let Sītā go first. do you follow her. I shall go last. Even this is the course of those in mourning.
VR 2.95.23 अनुष्टुप्
ततो नित्यानुगस्तेषां विदितात्मा महामतिः । मृदुर्दान्तश्च शान्तश्च रामे च दृढ भक्तिमान् ॥
tato nityānugasteṣāṃ viditātmā mahāmatiḥ | mṛdurdāntaśca śāntaśca rāme ca dṛḍha bhaktimān ||
English Translation
Then that magnanimous one, having a knowledge of the soul, mild, graceful, capable of controlling his senses, steady in his regard for Rāma, and ever following him, Sumantra, in company with those sons of the auspicious river, Mandakini.
VR 2.95.24 अनुष्टुप्
सुमन्त्रस्तैर्नृपसुतैः सार्धमाश्वास्य राघवम् । अवातारयदालम्ब्य नदीं मन्दाकिनीं शिवाम् ॥
sumantrastairnṛpasutaiḥ sārdhamāśvāsya rāghavam | avātārayadālambya nadīṃ mandākinīṃ śivām ||
English Translation
Then that magnanimous one, having a knowledge of the soul, mild, graceful, capable of controlling his senses, steady in his regard for Rāma, and ever following him, Sumantra, in company with those sons of the auspicious river, Mandakini.
VR 2.95.25 अनुष्टुप्
ते सुतीर्थां ततः कृच्छ्रादुपागम्य यशस्विनः । नदीं मन्दाकिनीं रम्यां सदा पुष्पितकाननाम् ॥
te sutīrthāṃ tataḥ kṛcchrādupāgamya yaśasvinaḥ | nadīṃ mandākinīṃ ramyāṃ sadā puṣpitakānanām ||
English Translation
Then those illustrious ones, having in distress arrived at the river Mandākini, Mandākini, having convenient descents, charming, ever furnished with blossomag woods, and of rapid currents; and approached it descents, goodly and void of mud, offered water to the monarch, uttering, “May this be so!"
VR 2.95.26 अनुष्टुप्
शीघ्रस्रोतसमासाद्य तीर्थं शिवमकर्दमम् । सिषिचुस्तूदकं राज्ञे तत एतद्भवत्विति ॥
śīghrasrotasamāsādya tīrthaṃ śivamakardamam | siṣicustūdakaṃ rājñe tata etadbhavatviti ||
English Translation
Then those illustrious ones, having in distress arrived at the river Mandākini, Mandākini, having convenient descents, charming, ever furnished with blossomag woods, and of rapid currents; and approached it descents, goodly and void of mud, offered water to the monarch, uttering, “May this be so!"
VR 2.95.27 अनुष्टुप्
प्रगृह्य च महीपालो जलपूरितमञ्जलिम् । दिशं याम्यामभिमुखो रुदन्वचनमब्रवीत् ॥
pragṛhya ca mahīpālo jalapūritamañjalim | diśaṃ yāmyāmabhimukho rudanvacanamabravīt ||
English Translation
The protector of the earth (Rama), holding water with his joined hands, facing the south, said weeping, “O foremost of monarchs, may this clear water knowing no deterioration, reach you, who have gone to the world of the ancestral manes.!"
VR 2.95.28 अनुष्टुप्
एतत्ते राजशार्दूल विमलं तोयमक्षयम् । पितृलोकगतस्याद्य मद्दत्तमुपतिष्ठतु ॥
etatte rājaśārdūla vimalaṃ toyamakṣayam | pitṛlokagatasyādya maddattamupatiṣṭhatu ||
English Translation
The protector of the earth (Rama), holding water with his joined hands, facing the south, said weeping, “O foremost of monarchs, may this clear water knowing no deterioration, reach you, who have gone to the world of the ancestral manes.!"
VR 2.95.29 अनुष्टुप्
ततो मन्दाकिनी तीरात्प्रत्युत्तीर्य स राघवः । पितुश्चकार तेजस्वी निवापं भ्रातृभिः सह ॥
tato mandākinī tīrātpratyuttīrya sa rāghavaḥ | pituścakāra tejasvī nivāpaṃ bhrātṛbhiḥ saha ||
English Translation
Then drawing nigh to the marge of the Mandākinī, the energetic Rāghava along with his brothers, offered the Pinda to his father.
VR 2.95.30 अनुष्टुप्
ऐङ्गुदं बदरीमिश्रं पिण्याकं दर्भसंस्तरे । न्यस्य रामः सुदुःखार्तो रुदन्वचनमब्रवीत् ॥
aiṅgudaṃ badarīmiśraṃ piṇyākaṃ darbhasaṃstare | nyasya rāmaḥ suduḥkhārto rudanvacanamabravīt ||
English Translation
And placing the Ingudi Pinda mixed with jujube on a bed of darbha, Rāma crying in distress, said.
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