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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 3 (Araṇyakāṇḍa) • Sarga 10

Araṇyakāṇḍa Sarga 10

अरण्यकाण्डम् • सर्गः 10

Araṇyakāṇḍa Sarga 10 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 92 verses.

Total: 92 Verses • Citations: VR 3.10.1–92 • 175 Lexicon Terms • Page 1 of 4 (Verses 30 shown)
VR 3.10.1 अनुष्टुप्
अग्रतः प्रययौ रामः सीता मध्ये सुमध्यमा । पृष्ठतस्तु धनुष्पाणिर्लक्ष्मणोऽनुजगाम ह ॥
agrataḥ prayayau rāmaḥ sītā madhye sumadhyamā | pṛṣṭhatastu dhanuṣpāṇirlakṣmaṇo'nujagāma ha ||
English Translation
Rāma went first; in the middle, Sītā; and bearing a bow in his hand, Laksmana went in their wake.
VR 3.10.2 अनुष्टुप्
तौ पश्यमानौ विविधाञ्शैलप्रस्थान्वनानि च । नदीश्च विविधा रम्या जग्मतुः सह सीतया ॥
tau paśyamānau vividhāñśailaprasthānvanāni ca | nadīśca vividhā ramyā jagmatuḥ saha sītayā ||
English Translation
Both Rama and Lakshmana walked on, accompanied by Sita, watching several beautiful mountain ranges, forests and rivers.
VR 3.10.3 अनुष्टुप्
सारसांश्चक्रवाकांश्च नदीपुलिनचारिणः । सरांसि च सपद्मानि युतानि जलजैः खगैः ॥
sārasāṃścakravākāṃśca nadīpulinacāriṇaḥ | sarāṃsi ca sapadmāni yutāni jalajaiḥ khagaiḥ ||
English Translation
(Watching) the swans and ruddy geese on river banks and lakes full of lotuses, and birds on water and in the sky.
VR 3.10.4 अनुष्टुप्
यूथबद्धांश्च पृषतान्मदोन्मत्तान्विषाणिनः । महिषांश्च वराहांश्च गजांश्च द्रुमवैरिणः ॥
yūthabaddhāṃśca pṛṣatānmadonmattānviṣāṇinaḥ | mahiṣāṃśca varāhāṃśca gajāṃśca drumavairiṇaḥ ||
English Translation
(Watching) herds of deer, intoxicated horned buffaloes, wild boars and elephants who are enemies of trees (elephants uproof trees).
VR 3.10.5 अनुष्टुप्
ते गत्वा दूरमध्वानं लम्बमाने दिवाकरे । ददृशुः सहिता रम्यं तटाकं योजनायतम् ॥
te gatvā dūramadhvānaṃ lambamāne divākare | dadṛśuḥ sahitā ramyaṃ taṭākaṃ yojanāyatam ||
English Translation
Having proceeded a long way, when the sun was aslant, they together saw a delightful tank measuring a Yojana, filled with red and pale Swans lotuses, graced with herds of elephants, and abounding in aquatic cranes, and Kadambas.
VR 3.10.6 अनुष्टुप्
पद्मपुष्करसंबाधं गजयूथैरलंकृतम् । सारसैर्हंसकादम्बैः संकुलं जलचारिभिः ॥
padmapuṣkarasaṃbādhaṃ gajayūthairalaṃkṛtam | sārasairhaṃsakādambaiḥ saṃkulaṃ jalacāribhiḥ ||
English Translation
As the Sun was setting, they had covered a long distance, watching a yojanalong tank adorned with lotuses, and crowded with herds of elephants and flocks of cranes, swans and aquatic animals.
VR 3.10.7 अनुष्टुप्
प्रसन्नसलिले रम्यतस्मिन्सरसि शुश्रुवे । गीतवादित्रनिर्घोषो न तु कश्चन दृश्यते ॥
prasannasalile ramyatasminsarasi śuśruve | gītavāditranirghoṣo na tu kaścana dṛśyate ||
English Translation
And in that tank containing charming and pleasant waters, they heard sounds of song and instrumental music; but no one was seen there.
VR 3.10.8 अनुष्टुप्
ततः कौतूहलाद्रामो लक्ष्मणश्च महारथः । मुनिं धर्मभृतं नाम प्रष्टुं समुपचक्रमे ॥
tataḥ kautūhalādrāmo lakṣmaṇaśca mahārathaḥ | muniṃ dharmabhṛtaṃ nāma praṣṭuṃ samupacakrame ||
English Translation
There at, from curiosity, Rāma and Lakşmana, mighty car warrior, asked an ascetic named Dharmabhrt.
VR 3.10.9 अनुष्टुप्
इदमत्यद्भुतं श्रुत्वा सर्वेषां नो महामुने । कौतूहलं महज्जातं किमिदं साधु कथ्यताम् ॥
idamatyadbhutaṃ śrutvā sarveṣāṃ no mahāmune | kautūhalaṃ mahajjātaṃ kimidaṃ sādhu kathyatām ||
English Translation
Hearing this mighty wonder, we have been worked up with intense curiosity. Do you tell us what this is.
VR 3.10.10 अनुष्टुप्
तेनैवमुक्तो धर्मात्मा राघवेण मुनिस्तदा । प्रभावं सरसः कृत्स्नमाख्यातुमुपचक्रमे ॥
tenaivamukto dharmātmā rāghaveṇa munistadā | prabhāvaṃ sarasaḥ kṛtsnamākhyātumupacakrame ||
English Translation
Thus accosted by Rāghava, the ascetic then at once began to expatiate over the potency of the pool.
VR 3.10.11 अनुष्टुप्
इदं पञ्चाप्सरो नाम तटाकं सार्वकालिकम् । निर्मितं तपसा राम मुनिना माण्डकर्णिना ॥
idaṃ pañcāpsaro nāma taṭākaṃ sārvakālikam | nirmitaṃ tapasā rāma muninā māṇḍakarṇinā ||
English Translation
This tank goes by the name of Pancāpsara, and is always filled with water. It was made, O Rāma, by the ascetic Măndakarni, by virtue of his asceticism.
VR 3.10.12 अनुष्टुप्
स हि तेपे तपस्तीव्रं माण्डकर्णिर्महामुनिः । दशवर्षसहस्राणि वायुभक्षो जलाश्रय ॥
sa hi tepe tapastīvraṃ māṇḍakarṇirmahāmuniḥ | daśavarṣasahasrāṇi vāyubhakṣo jalāśraya ||
English Translation
In yonder tank, the mighty ascetic, living on air, performed signal austerities for ten thousand years.
VR 3.10.13 उपजातिः
ततः प्रव्यथिताः सर्वे देवाः साग्निपुरोगमाः । अब्रुवन्वचनं सर्वे परस्पर समागताः । अस्मकं कस्यचित्स्थानमेष प्रार्थयते मुनिः ॥
tataḥ pravyathitāḥ sarve devāḥ sāgnipurogamāḥ | abruvanvacanaṃ sarve paraspara samāgatāḥ | asmakaṃ kasyacitsthānameṣa prārthayate muniḥ ||
English Translation
Thereat, exceedingly agitated, all the deities with Agni at their head assembled together, said, This ascetic wishes to have the position of one of us.' Thus all the deities present there were filled with anxiety.
VR 3.10.14 अनुष्टुप्
ततः कर्तुं तपोविघ्नं सर्वैर्देवैर्नियोजिताः । प्रधानाप्सरसः पञ्चविद्युच्चलितवर्चसः ॥
tataḥ kartuṃ tapovighnaṃ sarvairdevairniyojitāḥ | pradhānāpsarasaḥ pañcavidyuccalitavarcasaḥ ||
English Translation
Then with the view of disturbing his austerities, the deities ordered five principal Apsarās, possessed of the splendour of live lighting.
VR 3.10.15 अनुष्टुप्
अप्सरोभिस्ततस्ताभिर्मुनिर्दृष्टपरावरः । नीतो मदनवश्यत्वं सुराणां कार्यसिद्धये ॥
apsarobhistatastābhirmunirdṛṣṭaparāvaraḥ | nīto madanavaśyatvaṃ surāṇāṃ kāryasiddhaye ||
English Translation
And for compassing the end of the celestials, that ascetic conversant with the morality and otherwise as well of this life as that to come, was brought by those Apsaras (nymphs) under the sway of Madana.
VR 3.10.16 अनुष्टुप्
ताश्चैवाप्सरसः पञ्चमुनेः पत्नीत्वमागताः । तटाके निर्मितं तासामस्मिन्नन्तर्हितं गृहम् ॥
tāścaivāpsarasaḥ pañcamuneḥ patnītvamāgatāḥ | taṭāke nirmitaṃ tāsāmasminnantarhitaṃ gṛham ||
English Translation
And those five nymphs (ultimately) became the wives of the ascetic; and their hidden residence was reared in the pool.
VR 3.10.17 अनुष्टुप्
तत्रैवाप्सरसः पञ्चनिवसन्त्यो यथासुखम् । रमयन्ति तपोयोगान्मुनिं यौवनमास्थितम् ॥
tatraivāpsarasaḥ pañcanivasantyo yathāsukham | ramayanti tapoyogānmuniṃ yauvanamāsthitam ||
English Translation
And there the five nymphs living happily, pleased the anchorite, established in youth through asceticism and yoga.
VR 3.10.18 अनुष्टुप्
तासां संक्रीडमानानामेष वादित्रनिःस्वनः । श्रूयते भूषणोन्मिश्रो गीतशब्दो मनोहरः ॥
tāsāṃ saṃkrīḍamānānāmeṣa vāditraniḥsvanaḥ | śrūyate bhūṣaṇonmiśro gītaśabdo manoharaḥ ||
English Translation
As your sport, we hear the sounds of their musical instruments, and the sweet voice of their song mixed with the tinkling of their instruments.
VR 3.10.19 अनुष्टुप्
आश्चर्यमिति तस्यैतद्वचनं भावितात्मनः । राघवः प्रतिजग्राह सह भ्रात्रा महायशाः ॥
āścaryamiti tasyaitadvacanaṃ bhāvitātmanaḥ | rāghavaḥ pratijagrāha saha bhrātrā mahāyaśāḥ ||
English Translation
(Hearing this), the illustrious Rāghava along with his brother declared the story narrated by that one of a pure heart to be wonderful.
VR 3.10.20 अनुष्टुप्
एवं कथयमानस्य ददर्शाश्रममण्डलम् । कुशचीरपरिक्षिप्तं नानावृक्षसमावृतम् ॥
evaṃ kathayamānasya dadarśāśramamaṇḍalam | kuśacīraparikṣiptaṃ nānāvṛkṣasamāvṛtam ||
English Translation
Thus conversing, Rāma saw the collection of asylums, strewn with Kusa and bark, and be-girt with energy derived from Brahmā lore.
VR 3.10.21 अनुष्टुप्
प्रविश्य सह वैदेह्या लक्ष्मणेन च राघवः । तदा तस्मिन्स काकुत्स्थः श्रीमत्याश्रममण्डले ॥
praviśya saha vaidehyā lakṣmaṇena ca rāghavaḥ | tadā tasminsa kākutsthaḥ śrīmatyāśramamaṇḍale ||
English Translation
Entering (the place) along with Vaidehi and Lakşmaņa, the highly famous Rāghava dwelt there respected by all the ascetics.
VR 3.10.22 अनुष्टुप्
उषित्वा सुसुखं तत्र पूर्ज्यमानो महर्षिभिः । जगाम चाश्रमांस्तेषां पर्यायेण तपस्विनाम् ॥
uṣitvā susukhaṃ tatra pūrjyamāno maharṣibhiḥ | jagāma cāśramāṃsteṣāṃ paryāyeṇa tapasvinām ||
English Translation
Rama, the scion of the Kakutstha race, wielder of great weapons, stayed in that beautiful hermitage, accepting the hospitality of the sages extended with due honour, He visited in turn their penancegroves where he repeated his stay.
VR 3.10.23 अनुष्टुप्
येषामुषितवान्पूर्वं सकाशे स महास्त्रवित् । क्वचित्परिदशान्मासानेकं संवत्सरं क्वचित् ॥
yeṣāmuṣitavānpūrvaṃ sakāśe sa mahāstravit | kvacitparidaśānmāsānekaṃ saṃvatsaraṃ kvacit ||
VR 3.10.24 अनुष्टुप्
क्वचिच्च चतुरो मासान्पञ्चषट्चापरान्क्वचित् । अपरत्राधिकान्मासानध्यर्धमधिकं क्वचित् ॥
kvacicca caturo māsānpañcaṣaṭcāparānkvacit | aparatrādhikānmāsānadhyardhamadhikaṃ kvacit ||
English Translation
Rama lived happily here for about ten months, there one year, here four or five or six months and there over one or half a month or three or eight months in another.
VR 3.10.25 उपजातिः
त्रीन्मासानष्टमासांश्च राघवो न्यवसत्सुखम् । तथा संवसतस्तस्य मुनीनामाश्रमेषु वै । रमतश्चानुकुल्येन ययुः संवत्सरा दश ॥
trīnmāsānaṣṭamāsāṃśca rāghavo nyavasatsukham | tathā saṃvasatastasya munīnāmāśrameṣu vai | ramataścānukulyena yayuḥ saṃvatsarā daśa ||
English Translation
And as Rāma lived in the asylums of the ascetics and amused himself through their good graces, ten years were passed away (in this way).
VR 3.10.26 अनुष्टुप्
परिसृत्य च धर्मज्ञो राघवः सह सीतया । सुतीक्ष्णस्याश्रमं श्रीमान्पुनरेवाजगाम ह ॥
parisṛtya ca dharmajño rāghavaḥ saha sītayā | sutīkṣṇasyāśramaṃ śrīmānpunarevājagāma ha ||
English Translation
Having gone round the asylums of all the ascetics, Rāghava cognizant of righteousness returned to the hermitage of Sutīkşna.
VR 3.10.27 अनुष्टुप्
स तमाश्रममागम्य मुनिभिः प्रतिपूजितः । तत्रापि न्यवसद्रामः कंचित्कालमरिंदमः ॥
sa tamāśramamāgamya munibhiḥ pratipūjitaḥ | tatrāpi nyavasadrāmaḥ kaṃcitkālamariṃdamaḥ ||
English Translation
Coming to this asylum, respected by the ascetics, that subduer of enemies, Rāma, stayed there for a time.
VR 3.10.28 अनुष्टुप्
अथाश्रमस्थो विनयात्कदाचित्तं महामुनिम् । उपासीनः स काकुत्स्थः सुतीक्ष्णमिदमब्रवीत् ॥
athāśramastho vinayātkadācittaṃ mahāmunim | upāsīnaḥ sa kākutsthaḥ sutīkṣṇamidamabravīt ||
English Translation
Once upon a time, as Kākutstha dwelling in that asylum was seated, he humbly observed to that great ascetic.
VR 3.10.29 अनुष्टुप्
अस्मिन्नरण्ये भगवन्नगस्त्यो मुनिसत्तमः । वसतीति मया नित्यं कथाः कथयतां श्रुतम् ॥
asminnaraṇye bhagavannagastyo munisattamaḥ | vasatīti mayā nityaṃ kathāḥ kathayatāṃ śrutam ||
English Translation
I have always heard from men speaking on the subject that that foremost of ascetics, the reverend Agastya, lives in this forest. On account of the vastness of this forest, I do not know that place.
VR 3.10.30 अनुष्टुप्
न तु जानामि तं देशं वनस्यास्य महत्तया । कुत्राश्रमपदं पुण्यं महर्षेस्तस्य धीमतः ॥
na tu jānāmi taṃ deśaṃ vanasyāsya mahattayā | kutrāśramapadaṃ puṇyaṃ maharṣestasya dhīmataḥ ||
English Translation
I am unable to locate the sacred hermitage of that sagacious sage due to the vastness of this forest.
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