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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 1 (Bālakāṇḍa) • Sarga 22

Bālakāṇḍa Sarga 22

बालकाण्डम् • सर्गः 22

Bālakāṇḍa Sarga 22 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 19 verses.

Total: 19 Verses • Citations: VR 1.22.1–19 • 175 Lexicon Terms
VR 1.22.1 अनुष्टुप्
प्रभातायां तु शर्वर्यां विश्वामित्रो महामुनिः । अभ्यभाषत काकुत्स्थं शयानं पर्णसंस्तरे ॥
prabhātāyāṃ tu śarvaryāṃ viśvāmitro mahāmuniḥ | abhyabhāṣata kākutsthaṃ śayānaṃ parṇasaṃstare ||
English Translation
And when the night had passed away, the mighty ascetic spoke to Kākutstha, lying down on a bed of leaves, O Rāma, surely has Kausalyā given birth to an excellent son! The first Sandhyā* should now be performed. Do you, O tiger among men, arise! You should perform the purificatory rites and contemplate the gods. *Brāhmaṇas have to perform their daily devotions thrice,-in the morning, at noon, and in the evening.
VR 1.22.2 अनुष्टुप्
कौसल्या सुप्रजा राम पूर्वा संध्या प्रवर्तते । उत्तिष्ठ नरशार्दूल कर्तव्यं दैवमाह्निकम् ॥
kausalyā suprajā rāma pūrvā saṃdhyā pravartate | uttiṣṭha naraśārdūla kartavyaṃ daivamāhnikam ||
English Translation
And when the night had passed away, the mighty ascetic spoke to Kākutstha, lying down on a bed of leaves, O Rāma, surely has Kausalyā given birth to an excellent son! The first Sandhyā* should now be performed. Do you, O tiger among men, arise! You should perform the purificatory rites and contemplate the gods. *Brāhmaṇas have to perform their daily devotions thrice,-in the morning, at noon, and in the evening.
VR 1.22.3 अनुष्टुप्
तस्यर्षेः परमोदारं वचः श्रुत्वा नृपात्मजौ । स्नात्वा कृतोदकौ वीरौ जेपतुः परमं जपम् ॥
tasyarṣeḥ paramodāraṃ vacaḥ śrutvā nṛpātmajau | snātvā kṛtodakau vīrau jepatuḥ paramaṃ japam ||
English Translation
Hearing those proper words of the ascetic, those foremost of men, endowed with heroism, bathed, and, sipping water, began to recite the Gayatri. (The solar hymn of the Veda).
VR 1.22.4 अनुष्टुप्
कृताह्निकौ महावीर्यौ विश्वामित्रं तपोधनम् । अभिवाद्याभिसंहृष्टौ गमनायोपतस्थतुः ॥
kṛtāhnikau mahāvīryau viśvāmitraṃ tapodhanam | abhivādyābhisaṃhṛṣṭau gamanāyopatasthatuḥ ||
English Translation
And having performed these daily duties, those exceedingly powerful ones, greeting Viśvāmitra having asceticism for wealth, stood before him, with the object of starting on their journey.
VR 1.22.5 अनुष्टुप्
तौ प्रयाते महावीर्यौ दिव्यं त्रिपथगां नदीम् । ददृशाते ततस्तत्र सरय्वाः संगमे शुभे ॥
tau prayāte mahāvīryau divyaṃ tripathagāṃ nadīm | dadṛśāte tatastatra sarayvāḥ saṃgame śubhe ||
English Translation
And as those ones endowed with exceeding prowess were proceeding, at the shining confluence of the Sarayū and the Gangā they bcheld a noble river flowing in three branches.
VR 1.22.6 अनुष्टुप्
तत्राश्रमपदं पुण्यमृषीणामुग्रतेजसाम् । बहुवर्षसहस्राणि तप्यतां परमं तपः ॥
tatrāśramapadaṃ puṇyamṛṣīṇāmugratejasām | bahuvarṣasahasrāṇi tapyatāṃ paramaṃ tapaḥ ||
English Translation
There lay a holy hermitage, belonging to ascetics of subdued souls, where they had been carrying on their high austerities for thousands of years.
VR 1.22.7 अनुष्टुप्
तं दृष्ट्वा परमप्रीतौ राघवौ पुण्यमाश्रमम् । ऊचतुस्तं महात्मानं विश्वामित्रमिदं वचः ॥
taṃ dṛṣṭvā paramaprītau rāghavau puṇyamāśramam | ūcatustaṃ mahātmānaṃ viśvāmitramidaṃ vacaḥ ||
English Translation
Beholding that sacred asylum those descendants of Raghu, exceedingly delighted, spoke to the high-souled Viśvāmitra, these words.
VR 1.22.8 अनुष्टुप्
कस्यायमाश्रमः पुण्यः को न्वस्मिन्वसते पुमान् । भगवञ्श्रोतुमिच्छावः परं कौतूहलं हि नौ ॥
kasyāyamāśramaḥ puṇyaḥ ko nvasminvasate pumān | bhagavañśrotumicchāvaḥ paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi nau ||
English Translation
Whose is this sacred hemmilage? And what man lives here? O worshipfui one, we are desirous of hcasing this. Surciy, great is our curiosity.
VR 1.22.9 अनुष्टुप्
तयोस्तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा प्रहस्य मुनिपुंगवः । अब्रवीच्छ्रूयतां राम यस्यायं पूर्व आश्रमः ॥
tayostadvacanaṃ śrutvā prahasya munipuṃgavaḥ | abravīcchrūyatāṃ rāma yasyāyaṃ pūrva āśramaḥ ||
English Translation
At those words of theirs, that foremost of ascetics, smiling, said, Hear, O Rama, as to whom the asylum has belonged in time past.
VR 1.22.10 अनुष्टुप्
कन्दर्पो मूर्तिमानासीत्काम इत्युच्यते बुधैः ॥
kandarpo mūrtimānāsītkāma ityucyate budhaiḥ ||
VR 1.22.11 उपजातिः
तपस्यन्तमिह स्थाणुं नियमेन समाहितम् । कृतोद्वाहं तु देवेशं गच्छन्तं समरुद्गणम् । धर्षयामास दुर्मेधा हुंकृतश्च महात्मना ॥
tapasyantamiha sthāṇuṃ niyamena samāhitam | kṛtodvāhaṃ tu deveśaṃ gacchantaṃ samarudgaṇam | dharṣayāmāsa durmedhā huṃkṛtaśca mahātmanā ||
English Translation
Kandarpa, called Käma by the wise, was once incarnate (on earth.) And it came to pass that as that lord of the deities, Sthāņu, having performed here his austerities in accordance with the prescribed restrictions, was wending his way in company with the Maruts, that fool-hardy wight dared disturb the equanimity of his mind.
VR 1.22.12 अनुष्टुप्
दग्धस्य तस्य रौद्रेण चक्षुषा रघुनन्दन । व्यशीर्यन्त शरीरात्स्वात्सर्वगात्राणि दुर्मतेः ॥
dagdhasya tasya raudreṇa cakṣuṣā raghunandana | vyaśīryanta śarīrātsvātsarvagātrāṇi durmateḥ ||
English Translation
Thereupon, O descendant of Raghu, uttering a roar, the high-souled Rudra eyed him steadfastly. And thereat all the limbs of that perverse-hearted one became blasted.
VR 1.22.13 अनुष्टुप्
तस्य गात्रं हतं तत्र निर्दग्धस्य महात्मना । अशरीरः कृतः कामः क्रोधाद्देवेश्वरेण ह ॥
tasya gātraṃ hataṃ tatra nirdagdhasya mahātmanā | aśarīraḥ kṛtaḥ kāmaḥ krodhāddeveśvareṇa ha ||
English Translation
And on his body being consumed by that high-souled one, Kāma was deprived of his person in consequence of the ire of that foremost among the deities.
VR 1.22.14 अनुष्टुप्
अनङ्ग इति विख्यातस्तदा प्रभृति राघव । स चाङ्गविषयः श्रीमान्यत्राङ्गं स मुमोच ह ॥
anaṅga iti vikhyātastadā prabhṛti rāghava | sa cāṅgaviṣayaḥ śrīmānyatrāṅgaṃ sa mumoca ha ||
English Translation
O Rāghava, from that time forth, he has become known as Ananga. And the place where he was deprived of his body is the lovely land of Anga.
VR 1.22.15 अनुष्टुप्
तस्यायमाश्रमः पुण्यस्तस्येमे मुनयः पुरा । शिष्या धर्मपरा वीर तेषां पापं न विद्यते ॥
tasyāyamāśramaḥ puṇyastasyeme munayaḥ purā | śiṣyā dharmaparā vīra teṣāṃ pāpaṃ na vidyate ||
English Translation
This sacred hermitage belongs to Śiva; and these ascetics engaged in pious acts, O hero, have been from father to son his disciples. And no sin touch them.
VR 1.22.16 अनुष्टुप्
इहाद्य रजनीं राम वसेम शुभदर्शन । पुण्ययोः सरितोर्मध्ये श्वस्तरिष्यामहे वयम् ॥
ihādya rajanīṃ rāma vasema śubhadarśana | puṇyayoḥ saritormadhye śvastariṣyāmahe vayam ||
English Translation
Here, O Rāma, in the midst of the sacred streams, will we spend the night, O you of gracious presence, crossing over on the morrow.
VR 1.22.17 अनुष्टुप्
तेषां संवदतां तत्र तपो दीर्घेण चक्षुषा । विज्ञाय परमप्रीता मुनयो हर्षमागमन् ॥
teṣāṃ saṃvadatāṃ tatra tapo dīrgheṇa cakṣuṣā | vijñāya paramaprītā munayo harṣamāgaman ||
English Translation
As they were conversing thus, the ascetics were highly delighted on discovering them by means of their far-reaching spiritual vision, and they rejoiced greatly.
VR 1.22.18 अनुष्टुप्
अर्घ्यं पाद्यं तथातिथ्यं निवेद्यकुशिकात्मजे । रामलक्ष्मणयोः पश्चादकुर्वन्नतिथिक्रियाम् ॥
arghyaṃ pādyaṃ tathātithyaṃ nivedyakuśikātmaje | rāmalakṣmaṇayoḥ paścādakurvannatithikriyām ||
English Translation
Then giving Kusika's son water to wash his feet and Arghya, and extending to him also the rites of hospitality, they next entertained Rāma and Laksmana.
VR 1.22.19 अनुष्टुप्
सत्कारं समनुप्राप्य कथाभिरभिरञ्जयन् । न्यवसन्सुसुखं तत्र कामाश्रमपदे तदा ॥
satkāraṃ samanuprāpya kathābhirabhirañjayan | nyavasansusukhaṃ tatra kāmāśramapade tadā ||
English Translation
Having received due hospitality, they delighted them (ascetics) with their talk. The rishis with composed minds recited their evening prayer as usual.
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