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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 1 (Bālakāṇḍa) • Sarga 48

Bālakāṇḍa Sarga 48

बालकाण्डम् • सर्गः 48

Bālakāṇḍa Sarga 48 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 22 verses.

Total: 22 Verses • Citations: VR 1.48.1–22 • 175 Lexicon Terms
VR 1.48.1 अनुष्टुप्
अफलस्तु ततः शक्रो देवानग्निपुरोगमान् । अब्रवीत्त्रस्तवदनः सर्षिसंघान्सचारणान् ॥
aphalastu tataḥ śakro devānagnipurogamān | abravīttrastavadanaḥ sarṣisaṃghānsacāraṇān ||
English Translation
And having been deprived of his scrotum, Śakra with eyes tremulous with fear, addressed the celestials with Agni at their head, as well as he Siddhas and the Gandharvas and the Cāraņas, saying,
VR 1.48.2 अनुष्टुप्
कुर्वता तपसो विघ्नं गौतमस्य महात्मनः । क्रोधमुत्पाद्य हि मया सुरकार्यमिदं कृतम् ॥
kurvatā tapaso vighnaṃ gautamasya mahātmanaḥ | krodhamutpādya hi mayā surakāryamidaṃ kṛtam ||
English Translation
I have accomplished the work of the celestials by stirring the ire of the high-souled Gautama, and thereby disturbing his austerities.
VR 1.48.3 अनुष्टुप्
अफलोऽस्मि कृतस्तेन क्रोधात्सा च निराकृता । शापमोक्षेण महता तपोऽस्यापहृतं मया ॥
aphalo'smi kṛtastena krodhātsā ca nirākṛtā | śāpamokṣeṇa mahatā tapo'syāpahṛtaṃ mayā ||
English Translation
And in doing so, I have been deprived of my scrotum; and Ahalyā also has been put down. And I have deprived him of his ascetic energy by causing him to utter a mighty curse.
VR 1.48.4 अनुष्टुप्
तन्मां सुरवराः सर्वे सर्षिसंघाः सचारणाः । सुरसाह्यकरं सर्वे सफलं कर्तुमर्हथ ॥
tanmāṃ suravarāḥ sarve sarṣisaṃghāḥ sacāraṇāḥ | surasāhyakaraṃ sarve saphalaṃ kartumarhatha ||
English Translation
And, therefore, you celestials, and saints, and Cāraņas, you should restore my scrotum to me who have served the gods.'
VR 1.48.5 अनुष्टुप्
शतक्रतोर्वचः श्रुत्वा देवाः साग्निपुरोगमाः । पितृदेवानुपेत्याहुः सह सर्वैर्मरुद्गणैः ॥
śatakratorvacaḥ śrutvā devāḥ sāgnipurogamāḥ | pitṛdevānupetyāhuḥ saha sarvairmarudgaṇaiḥ ||
English Translation
Hearing Satakratu's (performer of an hundred sacrifices, one of the appellations of Indra). The manes of ancestors. words, the deities along with the Maruts led by Agni, presented themselves before the divine Pitrs. And then Agni addressed the latter, saying.
VR 1.48.6 अनुष्टुप्
अयं मेषः सवृषणः शक्रो ह्यवृषणः कृतः । मेषस्य वृषणौ गृह्य शक्रायाशु प्रयच्छत ॥
ayaṃ meṣaḥ savṛṣaṇaḥ śakro hyavṛṣaṇaḥ kṛtaḥ | meṣasya vṛṣaṇau gṛhya śakrāyāśu prayacchata ||
English Translation
This ram is possessed of a scrotum; while Śakra has been deprived of his. Do you taking the scrotum of the ram furnish Sakra with it.
VR 1.48.7 अनुष्टुप्
अफलस्तु कृतो मेषः परां तुष्टिं प्रदास्यति । भवतां हर्षणार्थाय ये च दास्यन्ति मानवाः ॥
aphalastu kṛto meṣaḥ parāṃ tuṣṭiṃ pradāsyati | bhavatāṃ harṣaṇārthāya ye ca dāsyanti mānavāḥ ||
English Translation
And although deprived of the scrotum, the will be able to grant consummate satisfaction to you. And on those that will offer such a ram for your entertainment, you will bestow undying and profuse merit.'
VR 1.48.8 अनुष्टुप्
अग्नेस्तु वचनं श्रुत्वा पितृदेवाः समागताः । उत्पाट्य मेषवृषणौ सहस्राक्षे न्यवेदयन् ॥
agnestu vacanaṃ śrutvā pitṛdevāḥ samāgatāḥ | utpāṭya meṣavṛṣaṇau sahasrākṣe nyavedayan ||
English Translation
ram Hearing Agni's speech, the assembled Pitrs, rooting up the scrotum of the ram, joined it to the person of the thousand-eyed deity.
VR 1.48.9 अनुष्टुप्
तदा प्रभृति काकुत्स्थ पितृदेवाः समागताः । अफलान्भुञ्जते मेषान्फलैस्तेषामयोजयन् ॥
tadā prabhṛti kākutstha pitṛdevāḥ samāgatāḥ | aphalānbhuñjate meṣānphalaisteṣāmayojayan ||
English Translation
Thence forth, O Kākutstha, the divine Pitrs together feast upon scrotumless rams, for their scrotum had been joined to the person of Indra.
VR 1.48.10 अनुष्टुप्
इन्द्रस्तु मेषवृषणस्तदा प्रभृति राघव । गौतमस्य प्रभावेन तपसश्च महात्मनः ॥
indrastu meṣavṛṣaṇastadā prabhṛti rāghava | gautamasya prabhāvena tapasaśca mahātmanaḥ ||
English Translation
Thenceforth, O Rāghava, Indra also through the high-souled Gautama's ascetic energy, has been bearing the scrotum of a ram.
VR 1.48.11 अनुष्टुप्
तदागच्छ महातेज आश्रमं पुण्यकर्मणः । तारयैनां महाभागामहल्यां देवरूपिणीम् ॥
tadāgaccha mahāteja āśramaṃ puṇyakarmaṇaḥ | tārayaināṃ mahābhāgāmahalyāṃ devarūpiṇīm ||
English Translation
Therefore, O highly powerful one, do you enter into the hermitage of that pious one, and deliver the dignified and divinely fair Ahalyā.
VR 1.48.12 अनुष्टुप्
विश्वामित्रवचः श्रुत्वा राघवः सहलक्ष्मणः । विश्वामित्रं पुरस्कृत्य आश्रमं प्रविवेश ह ॥
viśvāmitravacaḥ śrutvā rāghavaḥ sahalakṣmaṇaḥ | viśvāmitraṃ puraskṛtya āśramaṃ praviveśa ha ||
English Translation
On hearing Viśvāmitra's words, Rāghava in company with Lakşmaņa, placing Viśvāmitra in their front, entered the asylum.
VR 1.48.13 अनुष्टुप्
ददर्श च महाभागां तपसा द्योतितप्रभाम् । लोकैरपि समागम्य दुर्निरीक्ष्यां सुरासुरैः ॥
dadarśa ca mahābhāgāṃ tapasā dyotitaprabhām | lokairapi samāgamya durnirīkṣyāṃ surāsuraiḥ ||
VR 1.48.14 अनुष्टुप्
प्रयत्नान्निर्मितां धात्रा दिव्यां मायामयीमिव । धूमेनाभिपरीताङ्गीं पूर्णचन्द्रप्रभामिव ॥
prayatnānnirmitāṃ dhātrā divyāṃ māyāmayīmiva | dhūmenābhiparītāṅgīṃ pūrṇacandraprabhāmiva ||
VR 1.48.15 अनुष्टुप्
सतुषारावृतां साभ्रां पूर्णचन्द्रप्रभामिव । मध्येऽम्भसो दुराधर्षां दीप्तां सूर्यप्रभामिव ॥
satuṣārāvṛtāṃ sābhrāṃ pūrṇacandraprabhāmiva | madhye'mbhaso durādharṣāṃ dīptāṃ sūryaprabhāmiva ||
English Translation
Rama beheld the highly fortunate Ahalya, shining brilliantly with the power of her asceticism. She could not be seen even by men, suras or asuras joined together. She looked divine and illusory as if created with special efforts by Brahma. Though not clearly visible, she was shining bright like the light of the full Moon muffled by mists in the sky and like the inviolable light of the Sun reflected in the water.
VR 1.48.16 अनुष्टुप्
स हि गौतमवाक्येन दुर्निरीक्ष्या बभूव ह । त्रयाणामपि लोकानां यावद्रामस्य दर्शनम् ॥
sa hi gautamavākyena durnirīkṣyā babhūva ha | trayāṇāmapi lokānāṃ yāvadrāmasya darśanam ||
English Translation
And by virtue of Gautama's word, she had been incapable of being seen by any in the three worlds, till the sight of Rāma. And now the curse having come to an end, she could be perceived by them.
VR 1.48.17 अनुष्टुप्
राघवौ तु ततस्तस्याः पादौ जगृहतुस्तदा । स्मरन्ती गौतमवचः प्रतिजग्राह सा च तौ ॥
rāghavau tu tatastasyāḥ pādau jagṛhatustadā | smarantī gautamavacaḥ pratijagrāha sā ca tau ||
VR 1.48.18 अनुष्टुप्
पाद्यमर्घ्यं तथातिथ्यं चकार सुसमाहिता । प्रतिजग्राह काकुत्स्थो विधिदृष्टेन कर्मणा ॥
pādyamarghyaṃ tathātithyaṃ cakāra susamāhitā | pratijagrāha kākutstho vidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā ||
English Translation
Recalling the words of Gautama, she received them with water to wash their feet and offerings made with due devotion Rama accepted her hospitality extended in accordance tradition.
VR 1.48.19 अनुष्टुप्
पुष्पवृष्टिर्महत्यासीद्देवदुन्दुभिनिस्वनैः । गन्धर्वाप्सरसां चापि महानासीत्समागमः ॥
puṣpavṛṣṭirmahatyāsīddevadundubhinisvanaiḥ | gandharvāpsarasāṃ cāpi mahānāsītsamāgamaḥ ||
English Translation
And the Kākutstha accepted the homage thus rendered according to the ordinance. And blossoms began to shower copiously to the sounds of kettledrums; and the Gandharvas and the Apsaras began to rejoice greatly.
VR 1.48.20 अनुष्टुप्
साधु साध्विति देवास्तामहल्यां समपूजयन् । तपोबलविशुद्धाङ्गीं गौतमस्य वशानुगाम् ॥
sādhu sādhviti devāstāmahalyāṃ samapūjayan | tapobalaviśuddhāṅgīṃ gautamasya vaśānugām ||
English Translation
And exclaiming, 'Excellent, excellent,' the celestials honoured Ahalyā, as with as person purified by penance, she again come under Gautama's governance.
VR 1.48.21 अनुष्टुप्
गौतमोऽपि महातेजा अहल्यासहितः सुखी । रामं संपूज्य विधिवत्तपस्तेपे महातपाः ॥
gautamo'pi mahātejā ahalyāsahitaḥ sukhī | rāmaṃ saṃpūjya vidhivattapastepe mahātapāḥ ||
English Translation
And the highly energetic Gautama also happy on his union with Ahalyā, honoured Rāma highly, and that one of mighty mortifications then became engaged in austerities.
VR 1.48.22 अनुष्टुप्
रामोऽपि परमां पूजां गौतमस्य महामुनेः । सकाशाद्विधिवत्प्राप्य जगाम मिथिलां ततः ॥
rāmo'pi paramāṃ pūjāṃ gautamasya mahāmuneḥ | sakāśādvidhivatprāpya jagāma mithilāṃ tataḥ ||
English Translation
And having duly received signal honours from the great ascetic Gautama, Rāma set out for Mithila.
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