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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 7 (Uttarakāṇḍa) • Sarga 57

Uttarakāṇḍa Sarga 57

उत्तरकाण्डम् • सर्गः 57

Uttarakāṇḍa Sarga 57 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 35 verses.

Total: 35 Verses • Citations: VR 7.57.1–35 • 175 Lexicon Terms
VR 7.57.1 अनुष्टुप्
प्रस्थाप्य तद्बलं सर्वं मासमात्रोषितः पथि । एक एवाशु शत्रुघ्नो जगाम त्वरितस्तदा ॥
prasthāpya tadbalaṃ sarvaṃ māsamātroṣitaḥ pathi | eka evāśu śatrughno jagāma tvaritastadā ||
English Translation
Having thus despatched his army and waited at Ayodhya for a month Śatrughna, the slayer of enemies, proceeded alone.
VR 7.57.2 अनुष्टुप्
द्विरात्रमन्तरे शूर उष्य राघवनन्दनः । वाल्मीकेराश्रमं पुण्यमगच्छद्वासमुत्तमम् ॥
dvirātramantare śūra uṣya rāghavanandanaḥ | vālmīkerāśramaṃ puṇyamagacchadvāsamuttamam ||
English Translation
Having spent two nights on his way he arrived at the holy and picturesque hermitage of the great ascetic Vālmīki.
VR 7.57.3 अनुष्टुप्
सोऽभिवाद्य महात्मानं वाल्मीकिं मुनिसत्तमम् । कृताञ्जलिरथो भूत्वा वाक्यमेतदुवाच ह ॥
so'bhivādya mahātmānaṃ vālmīkiṃ munisattamam | kṛtāñjaliratho bhūtvā vākyametaduvāca ha ||
English Translation
And having bowed to that high-souled Muni Vālmīki, he with folded palms, said thus.
VR 7.57.4 अनुष्टुप्
भगवन्वस्तुमिच्छामि गुरोः कृत्यादिहागतः । श्वः प्रभाते गमिष्यामि प्रतीचीं वारुणीं दिशम् ॥
bhagavanvastumicchāmi guroḥ kṛtyādihāgataḥ | śvaḥ prabhāte gamiṣyāmi pratīcīṃ vāruṇīṃ diśam ||
English Translation
"O illustrious Sir, I wish to wait here this day; I have come here for some business of our master Rāma. To-morrow morning I shall proceed to the dreadful West.”
VR 7.57.5 अनुष्टुप्
शत्रुघ्नस्य वचः श्रुत्वा प्रहस्य मुनिपुंगवः । प्रत्युवाच महात्मानं स्वागतं ते महायशः ॥
śatrughnasya vacaḥ śrutvā prahasya munipuṃgavaḥ | pratyuvāca mahātmānaṃ svāgataṃ te mahāyaśaḥ ||
English Translation
Hearing the words of the high-souled Śatrughna, Vālmīki, the foremost of ascetics, replied saying: “O you of great renown, do you wait here without any hesitation. O gentle one, this hermitage belongs to the descendants of the Raghu face. Do you fearlessly take your seat and water to wash your feet.”
VR 7.57.6 अनुष्टुप्
स्वमाश्रममिदं सौम्य राघवाणां कुलस्य ह । आसनं पाद्यमर्घ्यं च निर्विशङ्कः प्रतीच्छ मे ॥
svamāśramamidaṃ saumya rāghavāṇāṃ kulasya ha | āsanaṃ pādyamarghyaṃ ca nirviśaṅkaḥ pratīccha me ||
English Translation
Hearing the words of the high-souled Śatrughna, Vālmīki, the foremost of ascetics, replied saying: “O you of great renown, do you wait here without any hesitation. O gentle one, this hermitage belongs to the descendants of the Raghu face. Do you fearlessly take your seat and water to wash your feet.”
VR 7.57.7 अनुष्टुप्
प्रतिगृह्य ततः पूजां फलमूलं च भोजनम् । भक्षयामास काकुत्स्थस्तृप्तिं च परमां गतः ॥
pratigṛhya tataḥ pūjāṃ phalamūlaṃ ca bhojanam | bhakṣayāmāsa kākutsthastṛptiṃ ca paramāṃ gataḥ ||
English Translation
Thereupon taking water to wash his feet and feeding upon fruits and roots Satrughna attained to great delight.
VR 7.57.8 अनुष्टुप्
स तु भुक्त्वा महाबाहुर्महर्षिं तमुवाच ह । पूर्वं यज्ञविभूतीयं कस्याश्रमसमीपतः ॥
sa tu bhuktvā mahābāhurmaharṣiṃ tamuvāca ha | pūrvaṃ yajñavibhūtīyaṃ kasyāśramasamīpataḥ ||
English Translation
After eating the fruits and roots he asked the great ascetic Vālmīki saying: “O great ascetic, to whom belong the articles of sacrifice in the east near this hermitage?”
VR 7.57.9 अनुष्टुप्
तस्य तद्भाषितं श्रुत्वा वाल्मीकिर्वाक्यमब्रवीत् । शत्रुघ्न शृणु यस्येदं बभूवायतनं पुरा ॥
tasya tadbhāṣitaṃ śrutvā vālmīkirvākyamabravīt | śatrughna śṛṇu yasyedaṃ babhūvāyatanaṃ purā ||
English Translation
Whereto Vālmīki replied “Satrughna, hear I shall tell you, whose sacrificial ground was this in the days of yore.
VR 7.57.10 अनुष्टुप्
युष्माकं पूर्वको राजा सुदासस्य महात्मनः । पुत्रो मित्रसहो नाम वीर्यवानतिधार्मिकः ॥
yuṣmākaṃ pūrvako rājā sudāsasya mahātmanaḥ | putro mitrasaho nāma vīryavānatidhārmikaḥ ||
English Translation
There was a king by the name of Saudāsa, one of your ancestors. His son Vīryasaha was a highly powerful and pious king.
VR 7.57.11 अनुष्टुप्
स बाल एव सौदासो मृगयामुपचक्रमे । चञ्चूर्यमाणं ददृशे स शूरो राक्षसद्वयम् ॥
sa bāla eva saudāso mṛgayāmupacakrame | cañcūryamāṇaṃ dadṛśe sa śūro rākṣasadvayam ||
English Translation
The heroic Saudāsa was fond of hunting from his boyhood. Once on a time while a hunting, he espied two Rākṣasas in the forest. He had heard about them many times before: they were in the shape of tigers and of a dreadful figure and were not satisfied with devouring many thousand deer.
VR 7.57.12 अनुष्टुप्
शार्दूलरूपिणौ घोरौ मृगान्बहुसहस्रशः । भक्षयाणावसंतुष्टौ पर्याप्तिं च न जग्मतुः ॥
śārdūlarūpiṇau ghorau mṛgānbahusahasraśaḥ | bhakṣayāṇāvasaṃtuṣṭau paryāptiṃ ca na jagmatuḥ ||
English Translation
The heroic Saudāsa was fond of hunting from his boyhood. Once on a time while a hunting, he espied two Rākṣasas in the forest. He had heard about them many times before: they were in the shape of tigers and of a dreadful figure and were not satisfied with devouring many thousand deer.
VR 7.57.13 अनुष्टुप्
स तु तौ राक्षसौ दृष्ट्वा निर्मृगं च वनं कृतम् । क्रोधेन महताविष्टो जघानैकं महेषुणा ॥
sa tu tau rākṣasau dṛṣṭvā nirmṛgaṃ ca vanaṃ kṛtam | krodhena mahatāviṣṭo jaghānaikaṃ maheṣuṇā ||
English Translation
King Saudāsa saw those two Rākşasas and found the forest divested of all creatures. And enraged in consequence thereof he slew one of them.
VR 7.57.14 अनुष्टुप्
विनिपात्य तमेकं तु सौदासः पुरुषर्षभः । विज्वरो विगतामर्षो हतं रक्षोऽभ्यवैक्षत ॥
vinipātya tamekaṃ tu saudāsaḥ puruṣarṣabhaḥ | vijvaro vigatāmarṣo hataṃ rakṣo'bhyavaikṣata ||
VR 7.57.15 अनुष्टुप्
निरीक्षमाणं तं दृष्ट्वा सहायस्तस्य रक्षसः । संतापमकरोद्घोरं सौदासं चेदमब्रवीत् ॥
nirīkṣamāṇaṃ taṃ dṛṣṭvā sahāyastasya rakṣasaḥ | saṃtāpamakarodghoraṃ saudāsaṃ cedamabravīt ||
VR 7.57.16 अनुष्टुप्
यस्मादनपराद्धं त्वं सहायं मम जघ्निवान् । तस्मात्तवापि पापिष्ठ प्रदास्यामि प्रतिक्रियाम् ॥
yasmādanaparāddhaṃ tvaṃ sahāyaṃ mama jaghnivān | tasmāttavāpi pāpiṣṭha pradāsyāmi pratikriyām ||
VR 7.57.17 अनुष्टुप्
एवमुक्त्वा तु तं रक्षस्तत्रैवान्तरधीयत । कालपर्याययोगेन राजा मित्रसहोऽभवत् ॥
evamuktvā tu taṃ rakṣastatraivāntaradhīyata | kālaparyāyayogena rājā mitrasaho'bhavat ||
English Translation
Having said this the Rākşasa vanished therefrom. Thereupon in time the prince Mitrasaha became king.
VR 7.57.18 अनुष्टुप्
राजापि यजते यज्ञं तस्याश्रमसमीपतः । अश्वमेधं महायज्ञं तं वसिष्ठोऽभ्यपालयत् ॥
rājāpi yajate yajñaṃ tasyāśramasamīpataḥ | aśvamedhaṃ mahāyajñaṃ taṃ vasiṣṭho'bhyapālayat ||
English Translation
Saudása engaged in celebrating a mighty horse-sacrifice in the vicinity of this hermitage. Vasiștha officiated as a priest at that sacrifice.
VR 7.57.19 अनुष्टुप्
तत्र यज्ञो महानासीद्बहुवर्षगणायुतान् । समृद्धः परया लक्ष्म्या देवयज्ञसमोऽभवत् ॥
tatra yajño mahānāsīdbahuvarṣagaṇāyutān | samṛddhaḥ parayā lakṣmyā devayajñasamo'bhavat ||
English Translation
It continued for many Ayuta years. For immense riches the sacrifice appeared like one performed by the celestials.
VR 7.57.20 अनुष्टुप्
अथावसाने यज्ञस्य पूर्ववैरमनुस्मरन् । वसिष्ठरूपी राजानमिति होवाच राक्षसः ॥
athāvasāne yajñasya pūrvavairamanusmaran | vasiṣṭharūpī rājānamiti hovāca rākṣasaḥ ||
English Translation
Thereupon when the sacrifice was about to be finished the aforesaid Rākşasa, remembering his former enmity, assumed the shape of Vasiştha and said to the king Saudāsa.
VR 7.57.21 अनुष्टुप्
अद्य यज्ञावसानान्ते सामिषं भोजनं मम । दीयतामिति शीघ्रं वै नात्र कार्या विचारणा ॥
adya yajñāvasānānte sāmiṣaṃ bhojanaṃ mama | dīyatāmiti śīghraṃ vai nātra kāryā vicāraṇā ||
English Translation
O king, today the sacrifice shall end; do therefore, without any delay, feed me with meat.
VR 7.57.22 अनुष्टुप्
तच्छ्रुत्वा व्याहृतं वाक्यं रक्षसा कामरूपिणा । भक्षसंस्कारकुशलमुवाच पृथिवीपतिः ॥
tacchrutvā vyāhṛtaṃ vākyaṃ rakṣasā kāmarūpiṇā | bhakṣasaṃskārakuśalamuvāca pṛthivīpatiḥ ||
English Translation
Hearing the words of the Rākşasa in the guise of a Brāhmaṇa, the king ordered his expert cooks, saying.
VR 7.57.23 अनुष्टुप्
हविष्यं सामिषं स्वादु यथा भवति भोजनम् । तथा कुरुष्व शीघ्रं वै परितुष्येद्यथा गुरुः ॥
haviṣyaṃ sāmiṣaṃ svādu yathā bhavati bhojanam | tathā kuruṣva śīghraṃ vai parituṣyedyathā guruḥ ||
English Translation
"Do you soon prepare such dishes of meat as may satisfy my preceptor Vasiştha."
VR 7.57.24 अनुष्टुप्
शासनात्पार्थिवेन्द्रस्य सूदः संभ्रान्तमानसः । स च रक्षः पुनस्तत्र सूदवेषमथाकरोत् ॥
śāsanātpārthivendrasya sūdaḥ saṃbhrāntamānasaḥ | sa ca rakṣaḥ punastatra sūdaveṣamathākarot ||
VR 7.57.25 अनुष्टुप्
स मानुषमथो मांसं पार्थिवाय न्यवेदयत् । इदं स्वादु हविष्यं च सामिषं चान्नमाहृतम् ॥
sa mānuṣamatho māṃsaṃ pārthivāya nyavedayat | idaṃ svādu haviṣyaṃ ca sāmiṣaṃ cānnamāhṛtam ||
VR 7.57.26 अनुष्टुप्
स भोजनं वसिष्ठाय पत्न्या सार्धमुपाहरत् । मदयन्त्या नरव्याघ्र सामिषं रक्षसा हृतम् ॥
sa bhojanaṃ vasiṣṭhāya patnyā sārdhamupāharat | madayantyā naravyāghra sāmiṣaṃ rakṣasā hṛtam ||
VR 7.57.27 अनुष्टुप्
ज्ञात्वा तदामिषं विप्रो मानुषं भोजनाहृतम् । क्रोधेन महताविष्टो व्याहर्तुमुपचक्रमे ॥
jñātvā tadāmiṣaṃ vipro mānuṣaṃ bhojanāhṛtam | krodhena mahatāviṣṭo vyāhartumupacakrame ||
VR 7.57.28 अनुष्टुप्
यस्मात्त्वं भोजनं राजन्ममैतद्दातुमिच्छसि । तस्माद्भोजनमेतत्ते भविष्यति न संशयः ॥
yasmāttvaṃ bhojanaṃ rājanmamaitaddātumicchasi | tasmādbhojanametatte bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ ||
English Translation
"O king, let this be your food which you have offered me; this shall not prove otherwise."
VR 7.57.29 अनुष्टुप्
स राजा सह पत्न्या वै प्रणिपत्य मुहुर्मुहुः । पुनर्वसिष्ठं प्रोवाच यदुक्तं ब्रह्मरूपिणा ॥
sa rājā saha patnyā vai praṇipatya muhurmuhuḥ | punarvasiṣṭhaṃ provāca yaduktaṃ brahmarūpiṇā ||
English Translation
Thereupon the king with his spouse again and again bowed to Vasistha's feet and informed him of what the Rākşasa had done under the guise of a Brāhmana.
VR 7.57.30 अनुष्टुप्
तच्छ्रुता पार्थिवेन्द्रस्य रक्षसा विकृतं च तत् । पुनः प्रोवाच राजानं वसिष्ठः पुरुषर्षभम् ॥
tacchrutā pārthivendrasya rakṣasā vikṛtaṃ ca tat | punaḥ provāca rājānaṃ vasiṣṭhaḥ puruṣarṣabham ||
VR 7.57.31 अनुष्टुप्
मया रोषपरीतेन यदिदं व्याहृतं वचः । नैतच्छक्यं वृथा कर्तुं प्रदास्यामि च ते वरम् ॥
mayā roṣaparītena yadidaṃ vyāhṛtaṃ vacaḥ | naitacchakyaṃ vṛthā kartuṃ pradāsyāmi ca te varam ||
VR 7.57.32 अनुष्टुप्
कालो द्वादश वर्षाणि शापस्यास्य भविष्यति । मत्प्रसादाच्च राजेन्द्र अतीतं न स्मरिष्यसि ॥
kālo dvādaśa varṣāṇi śāpasyāsya bhaviṣyati | matprasādācca rājendra atītaṃ na smariṣyasi ||
VR 7.57.33 अनुष्टुप्
एवं स राजा तं शापमुपभुज्यारिमर्दनः । प्रतिलेभे पुना राज्यं प्रजाश्चैवान्वपालयत् ॥
evaṃ sa rājā taṃ śāpamupabhujyārimardanaḥ | pratilebhe punā rājyaṃ prajāścaivānvapālayat ||
English Translation
Having thus suffered the consequences of the curse, Saudasa, the slayer of enemies, again obtained his kingdom an governed his subjects.
VR 7.57.34 अनुष्टुप्
तस्य कल्माषपादस्य यज्ञस्यायतनं शुभम् । आश्रमस्य समीपेऽस्मिन्यस्मिन्पृच्छसि राघव ॥
tasya kalmāṣapādasya yajñasyāyatanaṃ śubham | āśramasya samīpe'sminyasminpṛcchasi rāghava ||
English Translation
O descendant of Raghu, the sacrificial ground of which you have asked me, belongs to the king Saudasa.
VR 7.57.35 अनुष्टुप्
तस्य तां पार्थिवेन्द्रस्य कथां श्रुत्वा सुदारुणाम् । विवेश पर्णशालायां महर्षिमभिवाद्य च ॥
tasya tāṃ pārthivendrasya kathāṃ śrutvā sudāruṇām | viveśa parṇaśālāyāṃ maharṣimabhivādya ca ||
English Translation
Having thus heard the dreadful; story of the king Saudāsa and saluted the ascetic Vālmīki, Śatrughna entered a thatched cottage.
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