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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 2 (Ayodhyākāṇḍa) • Sarga 97

Ayodhyākāṇḍa Sarga 97

अयोध्याकाण्डम् • सर्गः 97

Ayodhyākāṇḍa Sarga 97 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 24 verses.

Total: 24 Verses • Citations: VR 2.97.1–24 • 175 Lexicon Terms
VR 2.97.1 अनुष्टुप्
तं तु रामः समाश्वास्य भ्रातरं गुरुवत्सलम् । लक्ष्मणेन सह भ्रात्रा प्रष्टुं समुपचक्रमे ॥
taṃ tu rāmaḥ samāśvāsya bhrātaraṃ guruvatsalam | lakṣmaṇena saha bhrātrā praṣṭuṃ samupacakrame ||
English Translation
Knowing Bharata as devoted to his superior Răma along with his brother Lakşmaņa, asked him.
VR 2.97.2 अनुष्टुप्
किमेतदिच्छेयमहं श्रोतुं प्रव्याहृतं त्वया । यस्मात्त्वमागतो देशमिमं चीरजटाजिनी ॥
kimetadiccheyamahaṃ śrotuṃ pravyāhṛtaṃ tvayā | yasmāttvamāgato deśamimaṃ cīrajaṭājinī ||
English Translation
What for is this (visit of yours to the woods)? I wish to hear as clearly related by you the reason why clad in blackdeerskin and wearing matted locks, you, leaving your kingdom, have come to these regions. It behoves you to tell me all this.
VR 2.97.3 अनुष्टुप्
यन्निमित्तमिमं देशं कृष्णाजिनजटाधरः । हित्वा राज्यं प्रविष्टस्त्वं तत्सर्वं वक्तुमर्हसि ॥
yannimittamimaṃ deśaṃ kṛṣṇājinajaṭādharaḥ | hitvā rājyaṃ praviṣṭastvaṃ tatsarvaṃ vaktumarhasi ||
English Translation
What for is this (visit of yours to the woods)? I wish to hear as clearly related by you the reason why clad in blackdeerskin and wearing matted locks, you, leaving your kingdom, have come to these regions. It behoves you to tell me all this.
VR 2.97.4 अनुष्टुप्
इत्युक्तः केकयीपुत्रः काकुत्स्थेन महात्मना । प्रगृह्य बलवद्भूयः प्राञ्जलिर्वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥
ityuktaḥ kekayīputraḥ kākutsthena mahātmanā | pragṛhya balavadbhūyaḥ prāñjalirvākyamabravīt ||
English Translation
Thus accosted by the high-souled Kākutstha, Kaikeyi's son, suppressing his grief by a strong effort, with joined hands said.
VR 2.97.5 अनुष्टुप्
आर्यं तातः परित्यज्य कृत्वा कर्म सुदुष्करम् । गतः स्वर्गं महाबाहुः पुत्रशोकाभिपीडितः ॥
āryaṃ tātaḥ parityajya kṛtvā karma suduṣkaram | gataḥ svargaṃ mahābāhuḥ putraśokābhipīḍitaḥ ||
English Translation
O noble one, forsaking us all, our father possessed of mighty arms, having performed this terrible task, in consequence of being urged by a woman, my mother Kaikeyi, has gone to heaven afflicted with grief on account of his son, O repressor of foes.
VR 2.97.6 अनुष्टुप्
स्त्रिया नियुक्तः कैकेय्या मम मात्रा परंतप । चकार सुमहत्पापमिदमात्मयशोहरम् ॥
striyā niyuktaḥ kaikeyyā mama mātrā paraṃtapa | cakāra sumahatpāpamidamātmayaśoharam ||
English Translation
O noble one, forsaking us all, our father possessed of mighty arms, having performed this terrible task, in consequence of being urged by a woman, my mother Kaikeyi, has gone to heaven afflicted with grief on account of his son, O repressor of foes.
VR 2.97.7 अनुष्टुप्
सा राज्यफलमप्राप्य विधवा शोककर्शिता । पतिष्यति महाघोरे निरये जननी मम ॥
sā rājyaphalamaprāpya vidhavā śokakarśitā | patiṣyati mahāghore niraye jananī mama ||
English Translation
And she has committed a signal sin capable of destroying her fame. And without obtaining the kingdom which she had coveted as the fruit of her action, a widow tried with grief, my mother will fall into a terrible hell.
VR 2.97.8 अनुष्टुप्
तस्य मे दासभूतस्य प्रसादं कर्तुमर्हसि । अभिषिञ्चस्व चाद्यैव राज्येन मघवानिव ॥
tasya me dāsabhūtasya prasādaṃ kartumarhasi | abhiṣiñcasva cādyaiva rājyena maghavāniva ||
English Translation
Now it behoves you to extend your favour to me who have become your slave. Do you this very day get yourself installed in the kingdom, like to Indra himself.
VR 2.97.9 अनुष्टुप्
इमाः प्रकृतयः सर्वा विधवा मातुरश्च याः । त्वत्सकाशमनुप्राप्ताः प्रसादं कर्तुमर्हसि ॥
imāḥ prakṛtayaḥ sarvā vidhavā māturaśca yāḥ | tvatsakāśamanuprāptāḥ prasādaṃ kartumarhasi ||
English Translation
All these subjects and our widowed mothers have come to you. It behoves you to show your favour to them.
VR 2.97.10 अनुष्टुप्
तदानुपूर्व्या युक्तं च युक्तं चात्मनि मानद । राज्यं प्राप्नुहि धर्मेण सकामान्सुहृदः कुरु ॥
tadānupūrvyā yuktaṃ ca yuktaṃ cātmani mānada | rājyaṃ prāpnuhi dharmeṇa sakāmānsuhṛdaḥ kuru ||
English Translation
You are the first-born; and meet it is that you should get yourself installed, O bestower of honour. Therefore do you receive the kingdom righteously and fulfil the desire of your friends.
VR 2.97.11 अनुष्टुप्
भवत्वविधवा भूमिः समग्रा पतिना त्वया । शशिना विमलेनेव शारदी रजनी यथा ॥
bhavatvavidhavā bhūmiḥ samagrā patinā tvayā | śaśinā vimaleneva śāradī rajanī yathā ||
English Translation
Like an autumnal night with the immaculate Moon, let this entire earth cease to be a widow by securing you as her lord.
VR 2.97.12 अनुष्टुप्
एभिश्च सचिवैः सार्धं शिरसा याचितो मया । भ्रातुः शिष्यस्य दासस्य प्रसादं कर्तुमर्हसि ॥
ebhiśca sacivaiḥ sārdhaṃ śirasā yācito mayā | bhrātuḥ śiṣyasya dāsasya prasādaṃ kartumarhasi ||
English Translation
And like the autumnal Night on having the unclouded moon, let the entire Earth cease to be a widow on having you counsellors. It behoves you to show your favour to your brother, disciple, and slave.
VR 2.97.13 अनुष्टुप्
तदिदं शाश्वतं पित्र्यं सर्वं सचिवमण्डलम् । पूजितं पुरुषव्याघ्र नातिक्रमितुमुत्सहे ॥
tadidaṃ śāśvataṃ pitryaṃ sarvaṃ sacivamaṇḍalam | pūjitaṃ puruṣavyāghra nātikramitumutsahe ||
English Translation
Therefore, O chief of men, you ought not to pass by this honoured band of ancestral ministers, who have always been serving this race.
VR 2.97.14 अनुष्टुप्
एवमुक्त्वा महाबाहुः सबाष्पः केकयीसुतः । रामस्य शिरसा पादौ जग्राह भरतः पुनः ॥
evamuktvā mahābāhuḥ sabāṣpaḥ kekayīsutaḥ | rāmasya śirasā pādau jagrāha bharataḥ punaḥ ||
English Translation
Having said this, with tears flooding his eyes, the mighty-armed son of Kaikeyi, Bharata, again took Rāma's feet on this head.
VR 2.97.15 अनुष्टुप्
तं मत्तमिव मातङ्गं निःश्वसन्तं पुनः पुनः । भ्रातरं भरतं रामः परिष्वज्येदमब्रवीत् ॥
taṃ mattamiva mātaṅgaṃ niḥśvasantaṃ punaḥ punaḥ | bhrātaraṃ bharataṃ rāmaḥ pariṣvajyedamabravīt ||
English Translation
Thereupon Rāma embracing his brother Bharata resembling a mad elephant, and sighing again and again, said.
VR 2.97.16 अनुष्टुप्
कुलीनः सत्त्वसंपन्नस्तेजस्वी चरितव्रतः । राज्यहेतोः कथं पापमाचरेत्त्वद्विधो जनः ॥
kulīnaḥ sattvasaṃpannastejasvī caritavrataḥ | rājyahetoḥ kathaṃ pāpamācarettvadvidho janaḥ ||
English Translation
Of a high race, possessed of strength, endowed with energy, and vowed to sterling worth of character, how can one like me commit sin for the sake of dominion?
VR 2.97.17 अनुष्टुप्
न दोषं त्वयि पश्यामि सूक्ष्ममप्यरि सूदन । न चापि जननीं बाल्यात्त्वं विगर्हितुमर्हसि ॥
na doṣaṃ tvayi paśyāmi sūkṣmamapyari sūdana | na cāpi jananīṃ bālyāttvaṃ vigarhitumarhasi ||
English Translation
Fault find I none ever so small in you, you destroyer of foes. Nor does it become you from puerility to tax your mother.
VR 2.97.18 अनुष्टुप्
यावत्पितरि धर्मज्ञ गौरवं लोकसत्कृते । तावद्धर्मभृतां श्रेष्ठ जनन्यामपि गौरवम् ॥
yāvatpitari dharmajña gauravaṃ lokasatkṛte | tāvaddharmabhṛtāṃ śreṣṭha jananyāmapi gauravam ||
English Translation
O you conversant with morality, O foremost of those observing righteousness, in respect of virtuous conduct a mother should be as much regarded (by a son) as a father is.
VR 2.97.19 अनुष्टुप्
एताभ्यां धर्मशीलाभ्यां वनं गच्छेति राघव । माता पितृभ्यामुक्तोऽहं कथमन्यत्समाचरे ॥
etābhyāṃ dharmaśīlābhyāṃ vanaṃ gaccheti rāghava | mātā pitṛbhyāmukto'haṃ kathamanyatsamācare ||
English Translation
How can I, O descendant of Rāghava, having been told by my righteous father and mother, 'Go to the woods', act otherwise?
VR 2.97.20 अनुष्टुप्
त्वया राज्यमयोध्यायां प्राप्तव्यं लोकसत्कृतम् । वस्तव्यं दण्डकारण्ये मया वल्कलवाससा ॥
tvayā rājyamayodhyāyāṃ prāptavyaṃ lokasatkṛtam | vastavyaṃ daṇḍakāraṇye mayā valkalavāsasā ||
English Translation
You ought to receive the kingdom, Ayodhyā, honoured of men; and I ought to dwell in Dandaka dressed in bark.
VR 2.97.21 अनुष्टुप्
एवं कृत्वा महाराजो विभागं लोकसंनिधौ । व्यादिश्य च महातेजा दिवं दशरथो गतः ॥
evaṃ kṛtvā mahārājo vibhāgaṃ lokasaṃnidhau | vyādiśya ca mahātejā divaṃ daśaratho gataḥ ||
English Translation
Having made this division of duties in the presence of all, and also enjoined this, the mighty monarch, Dasaratha, has ascended heaven.
VR 2.97.22 अनुष्टुप्
स च प्रमाणं धर्मात्मा राजा लोकगुरुस्तव । पित्रा दत्तं यथाभागमुपभोक्तुं त्वमर्हसि ॥
sa ca pramāṇaṃ dharmātmā rājā lokagurustava | pitrā dattaṃ yathābhāgamupabhoktuṃ tvamarhasi ||
English Translation
That superior of all, even the virtuous king, is your evidence. It behoves you to enjoy that which has been assigned to you by your sire.
VR 2.97.23 अनुष्टुप्
चतुर्दश समाः सौम्य दण्डकारण्यमाश्रितः । उपभोक्ष्ये त्वहं दत्तं भागं पित्रा महात्मना ॥
caturdaśa samāḥ saumya daṇḍakāraṇyamāśritaḥ | upabhokṣye tvahaṃ dattaṃ bhāgaṃ pitrā mahātmanā ||
English Translation
And, O mild one, taking refuge in the forest of Dandaka for fourteen years, I will act the part that has been set apart for me by my magnanimous father.
VR 2.97.24 वंशस्थम्
यदब्रवीन्मां नरलोकसत्कृतः; पिता महात्मा विबुधाधिपोपमः । तदेव मन्ये परमात्मनो हितं; न सर्वलोकेश्वरभावमव्ययम् ॥
yadabravīnmāṃ naralokasatkṛtaḥ; pitā mahātmā vibudhādhipopamaḥ | tadeva manye paramātmano hitaṃ; na sarvalokeśvarabhāvamavyayam ||
English Translation
What has been assigned to me by that one respected by all men, my high-souled father resembling the lord of celestials himself, is my prime good; the masterdom of all the worlds I would decline (should it be opposed to the will of my sire).
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