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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 1 (Bālakāṇḍa) • Sarga 26

Bālakāṇḍa Sarga 26

बालकाण्डम् • सर्गः 26

Bālakāṇḍa Sarga 26 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 25 verses.

Total: 25 Verses • Citations: VR 1.26.1–25 • 175 Lexicon Terms
VR 1.26.1 अनुष्टुप्
अथ तां रजनीमुष्य विश्वामिरो महायशाः । प्रहस्य राघवं वाक्यमुवाच मधुराक्षरम् ॥
atha tāṃ rajanīmuṣya viśvāmiro mahāyaśāḥ | prahasya rāghavaṃ vākyamuvāca madhurākṣaram ||
English Translation
Having passed that night, the illustrious Viśvāmitra, smiling complacently, sweetly spoke to Rāghava, saying,
VR 1.26.2 अनुष्टुप्
पतितुष्टोऽस्मि भद्रं ते राजपुत्र महायशः । प्रीत्या परमया युक्तो ददाम्यस्त्राणि सर्वशः ॥
patituṣṭo'smi bhadraṃ te rājaputra mahāyaśaḥ | prītyā paramayā yukto dadāmyastrāṇi sarvaśaḥ ||
English Translation
Pleased am I with you. Good betide you, O highly famous prince! With supreme pleasure, do I confer upon you all the weapons.
VR 1.26.3 अनुष्टुप्
देवासुरगणान्वापि सगन्धर्वोरगानपि । यैरमित्रान्प्रसह्याजौ वशीकृत्य जयिष्यसि ॥
devāsuragaṇānvāpi sagandharvoragānapi | yairamitrānprasahyājau vaśīkṛtya jayiṣyasi ||
English Translation
By means of which subduing such antagonists as celestials and Asuras backed on carth by Gandharvas and Uragas, you will in battle be crowned with victory.
VR 1.26.4 अनुष्टुप्
तानि दिव्यानि भद्रं ते ददाम्यस्त्राणि सर्वशः । दण्डचक्रं महद्दिव्यं तव दास्यामि राघव ॥
tāni divyāni bhadraṃ te dadāmyastrāṇi sarvaśaḥ | daṇḍacakraṃ mahaddivyaṃ tava dāsyāmi rāghava ||
English Translation
All those celestial weapons, good betide you, I will confer upon you. And I will confer upon you, O Rāghava, the celestial and mighty Dandacakra,* and Dharmacakra, and also Kalacakra. And, ) foremost of men, I will confer upon you the fierce Vişnucakra, and Indracakra. *Cakra means discus. These enumerations specify different kinds of the discus.
VR 1.26.5 अनुष्टुप्
धर्मचक्रं ततो वीर कालचक्रं तथैव च । विष्णुचक्रं तथात्युग्रमैन्द्रं चक्रं तथैव च ॥
dharmacakraṃ tato vīra kālacakraṃ tathaiva ca | viṣṇucakraṃ tathātyugramaindraṃ cakraṃ tathaiva ca ||
English Translation
All those celestial weapons, good betide you, I will confer upon you. And I will confer upon you, O Rāghava, the celestial and mighty Dandacakra,* and Dharmacakra, and also Kalacakra. And, ) foremost of men, I will confer upon you the fierce Vişnucakra, and Indracakra. *Cakra means discus. These enumerations specify different kinds of the discus.
VR 1.26.6 उपजातिः
वज्रमस्त्रं नरश्रेष्ठ शैवं शूलवरं तथा । अस्त्रं ब्रह्मशिरश्चैव ऐषीकमपि राघव । ददामि ते महाबाहो ब्राह्ममस्त्रमनुत्तमम् ॥
vajramastraṃ naraśreṣṭha śaivaṃ śūlavaraṃ tathā | astraṃ brahmaśiraścaiva aiṣīkamapi rāghava | dadāmi te mahābāho brāhmamastramanuttamam ||
English Translation
Mighty armed, heroic Rama I shall grant you the great celestial dandachakra. O best among men I shall grant you dharmachakra, kalachakra, visnuchakra, indraastra, vajraastra and the great, trident of Siva, brahmashirastra, ishika astra and highly superior brahmaastra.
VR 1.26.7 अनुष्टुप्
गदे द्वे चैव काकुत्स्थ मोदकी शिखरी उभे । प्रदीप्ते नरशार्दूल प्रयच्छामि नृपात्मज ॥
gade dve caiva kākutstha modakī śikharī ubhe | pradīpte naraśārdūla prayacchāmi nṛpātmaja ||
English Translation
Born in the race of kakutstha and a tiger among men, O Rama I shall also grant two shining maces known as modaki and shikhari.
VR 1.26.8 अनुष्टुप्
धर्मपाशमहं राम कालपाशं तथैव च । वारुणं पाशमस्त्रं च ददान्यहमनुत्तमम् ॥
dharmapāśamahaṃ rāma kālapāśaṃ tathaiva ca | vāruṇaṃ pāśamastraṃ ca dadānyahamanuttamam ||
English Translation
Rama, I shall grant dharmapasa, kalapasa, varuna pasa, too unique weapons.
VR 1.26.9 अनुष्टुप्
अशनी द्वे प्रयच्छामि शुष्कार्द्रे रघुनन्दन ॥
aśanī dve prayacchāmi śuṣkārdre raghunandana ||
English Translation
O descendant of Raghu I shall grant you two thunderbolts named shuska and ardra (dry and wet), painaka astra and narayanaastra.
VR 1.26.10 अनुष्टुप्
ददामि चास्त्रं पैनाकमस्त्रं नारायणं तथा । आग्नेयमस्त्र दयितं शिखरं नाम नामतः ॥
dadāmi cāstraṃ painākamastraṃ nārāyaṇaṃ tathā | āgneyamastra dayitaṃ śikharaṃ nāma nāmataḥ ||
English Translation
O descendant of Raghu, I will bestow upon you the two Asanis, Suska and Ardra, and the Pināka weapon, and the Nārāyaṇa, and the Āgneya weapon called Sikhara, and the Vāyavya, called Prathama.
VR 1.26.11 अनुष्टुप्
वायव्यं प्रथमं नाम ददामि तव राघव । अस्त्रं हयशिरो नाम क्रौञ्चमस्त्रं तथैव च ॥
vāyavyaṃ prathamaṃ nāma dadāmi tava rāghava | astraṃ hayaśiro nāma krauñcamastraṃ tathaiva ca ||
VR 1.26.12 अनुष्टुप्
शक्ति द्वयं च काकुत्स्थ ददामि तव चानघ । कङ्कालं मुसलं घोरं कापालमथ कङ्कणम् ॥
śakti dvayaṃ ca kākutstha dadāmi tava cānagha | kaṅkālaṃ musalaṃ ghoraṃ kāpālamatha kaṅkaṇam ||
VR 1.26.13 अनुष्टुप्
धारयन्त्यसुरा यानि ददाम्येतानि सर्वशः । वैद्याधरं महास्त्रं च नन्दनं नाम नामतः ॥
dhārayantyasurā yāni dadāmyetāni sarvaśaḥ | vaidyādharaṃ mahāstraṃ ca nandanaṃ nāma nāmataḥ ||
VR 1.26.14 अनुष्टुप्
असिरत्नं महाबाहो ददामि नृवरात्मज । गान्धर्वमस्त्रं दयितं मानवं नाम नामतः ॥
asiratnaṃ mahābāho dadāmi nṛvarātmaja | gāndharvamastraṃ dayitaṃ mānavaṃ nāma nāmataḥ ||
VR 1.26.15 अनुष्टुप्
प्रस्वापनप्रशमने दद्मि सौरं च राघव । दर्पणं शोषणं चैव संतापनविलापने ॥
prasvāpanapraśamane dadmi sauraṃ ca rāghava | darpaṇaṃ śoṣaṇaṃ caiva saṃtāpanavilāpane ||
VR 1.26.16 उपजातिः
मदनं चैव दुर्धर्षं कन्दर्पदयितं तथा । पैशाचमस्त्रं दयितं मोहनं नाम नामतः । प्रतीच्छ नरशार्दूल राजपुत्र महायशः ॥
madanaṃ caiva durdharṣaṃ kandarpadayitaṃ tathā | paiśācamastraṃ dayitaṃ mohanaṃ nāma nāmataḥ | pratīccha naraśārdūla rājaputra mahāyaśaḥ ||
English Translation
O Rāghava! And, O tiger among men, do you accept Varsana, and Sosana, and Santapana, and Vilāpana, and Mādana hard to repress, beloved of Kandarpa, and that favourite Gandharva weapon, Mānava, and the favourite Piśāca weapon, O highly famous prince.
VR 1.26.17 अनुष्टुप्
तामसं नरशार्दूल सौमनं च महाबलम् । संवर्तं चैव दुर्धर्षं मौसलं च नृपात्मज ॥
tāmasaṃ naraśārdūla saumanaṃ ca mahābalam | saṃvartaṃ caiva durdharṣaṃ mausalaṃ ca nṛpātmaja ||
VR 1.26.18 अनुष्टुप्
सत्यमस्त्रं महाबाहो तथा मायाधरं परम् । घोरं तेजःप्रभं नाम परतेजोऽपकर्षणम् ॥
satyamastraṃ mahābāho tathā māyādharaṃ param | ghoraṃ tejaḥprabhaṃ nāma paratejo'pakarṣaṇam ||
VR 1.26.19 अनुष्टुप्
सोमास्त्रं शिशिरं नाम त्वाष्ट्रमस्त्रं सुदामनम् । दारुणं च भगस्यापि शीतेषुमथ मानवम् ॥
somāstraṃ śiśiraṃ nāma tvāṣṭramastraṃ sudāmanam | dāruṇaṃ ca bhagasyāpi śīteṣumatha mānavam ||
VR 1.26.20 अनुष्टुप्
एतान्नाम महाबाहो कामरूपान्महाबलान् । गृहाण परमोदारान्क्षिप्रमेव नृपात्मज ॥
etānnāma mahābāho kāmarūpānmahābalān | gṛhāṇa paramodārānkṣiprameva nṛpātmaja ||
English Translation
O long-armed king's son, Rama! receive instantly all powerful, highly exalted forms that can be modified at will.
VR 1.26.21 अनुष्टुप्
स्थितस्तु प्राङ्मुखो भूत्वा शुचिर्निवरतस्तदा । ददौ रामाय सुप्रीतो मन्त्रग्राममनुत्तमम् ॥
sthitastu prāṅmukho bhūtvā śucirnivaratastadā | dadau rāmāya suprīto mantragrāmamanuttamam ||
English Translation
Then with his face turned towards the east, that foremost of ascetics having purified himself, gladly conferred the mantras upon Rāma.
VR 1.26.22 अनुष्टुप्
जपतस्तु मुनेस्तस्य विश्वामित्रस्य धीमतः । उपतस्थुर्महार्हाणि सर्वाण्यस्त्राणि राघवम् ॥
japatastu munestasya viśvāmitrasya dhīmataḥ | upatasthurmahārhāṇi sarvāṇyastrāṇi rāghavam ||
English Translation
While the sagacious ascetic Viswamitra was muttering the mystic terms of these venerable astras (addressing their respective deities), all these weapons (with their mystic power) attended on Rama.
VR 1.26.23 अनुष्टुप्
ऊचुश्च मुदिता रामं सर्वे प्राञ्जलयस्तदा । इमे स्म परमोदार किंकरास्तव राघव ॥
ūcuśca muditā rāmaṃ sarve prāñjalayastadā | ime sma paramodāra kiṃkarāstava rāghava ||
English Translation
The munificient presiding deities of the weapons with folded palms addressed these words to Rama saying, "Here we are, at you disposal ".
VR 1.26.24 अनुष्टुप्
प्रतिगृह्य च काकुत्स्थः समालभ्य च पाणिना । मनसा मे भविष्यध्वमिति तान्यभ्यचोदयत् ॥
pratigṛhya ca kākutsthaḥ samālabhya ca pāṇinā | manasā me bhaviṣyadhvamiti tānyabhyacodayat ||
English Translation
Thus addressed by those highly powerful weapons, Kākutstha Rama, with a delighted soul, accepting them, touched them with his hand, and said, Do you appear before me as I remember you!
VR 1.26.25 अनुष्टुप्
ततः प्रीतमना रामो विश्वामित्रं महामुनिम् । अभिवाद्य महातेजा गमनायोपचक्रमे ॥
tataḥ prītamanā rāmo viśvāmitraṃ mahāmunim | abhivādya mahātejā gamanāyopacakrame ||
English Translation
Then the exceedingly energetic Rāma, well pleased, paying reverence to the mighty ascetic, Viśvāmitra, prepared to set out. pleased, paying reverence to the mighty ascetic, Viśvāmitra, prepared to set out.
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