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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 2 (Ayodhyākāṇḍa) • Sarga 15

Ayodhyākāṇḍa Sarga 15

अयोध्याकाण्डम् • सर्गः 15

Ayodhyākāṇḍa Sarga 15 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 14 verses.

Total: 14 Verses • Citations: VR 2.15.1–14 • 175 Lexicon Terms
VR 2.15.1 अनुष्टुप्
स रामो रथमास्थाय संप्रहृष्टसुहृज्जनः । अपश्यन्नगरं श्रीमान्नानाजनसमाकुलम् ॥
sa rāmo rathamāsthāya saṃprahṛṣṭasuhṛjjanaḥ | apaśyannagaraṃ śrīmānnānājanasamākulam ||
English Translation
Surrounded by friends overwhelmed with great joy, that glorious Rama aboard the chariot beheld the city decorated with banners and pennants and made fragrant with expensive incense and agaru and crowded with multitudes of people.
VR 2.15.2 अनुष्टुप्
स गृहैरभ्रसंकाशैः पाण्डुरैरुपशोभितम् । राजमार्गं ययौ रामो मध्येनागरुधूपितम् ॥
sa gṛhairabhrasaṃkāśaiḥ pāṇḍurairupaśobhitam | rājamārgaṃ yayau rāmo madhyenāgarudhūpitam ||
English Translation
That Rama, proceeded down the middle of the highway made fragrant with agaru and incense, lined with houses gleaming pale white like clouds.
VR 2.15.3 अनुष्टुप्
शोभमानमसंबाधं तं राजपथमुत्तमम् । संवृतं विविधैः पण्यैर्भक्ष्यैरुच्चावचैरपि ॥
śobhamānamasaṃbādhaṃ taṃ rājapathamuttamam | saṃvṛtaṃ vividhaiḥ paṇyairbhakṣyairuccāvacairapi ||
VR 2.15.4 अनुष्टुप्
आशीर्वादान्बहूञ्शृण्वन्सुहृद्भिः समुदीरितान् । यथार्हं चापि संपूज्य सर्वानेव नरान्ययौ ॥
āśīrvādānbahūñśṛṇvansuhṛdbhiḥ samudīritān | yathārhaṃ cāpi saṃpūjya sarvāneva narānyayau ||
English Translation
Having heard benedictions uttered by many in the following strain and paying proper respects to all, he wended his way.
VR 2.15.5 अनुष्टुप्
पितामहैराचरितं तथैव प्रपितामहैः । अद्योपादाय तं मार्गमभिषिक्तोऽनुपालय ॥
pitāmahairācaritaṃ tathaiva prapitāmahaiḥ | adyopādāya taṃ mārgamabhiṣikto'nupālaya ||
English Translation
Being installed this day do you following in the footsteps of your fathers and grand-fathers cherish and protect us.
VR 2.15.6 अनुष्टुप्
यथा स्म लालिताः पित्रा यथा पूर्वैः पितामहैः । ततः सुखतरं सर्वे रामे वत्स्याम राजनि ॥
yathā sma lālitāḥ pitrā yathā pūrvaiḥ pitāmahaiḥ | tataḥ sukhataraṃ sarve rāme vatsyāma rājani ||
English Translation
You taking the reins of government we shall live more happily than what we were under your ancestors.
VR 2.15.7 अनुष्टुप्
अलमद्य हि भुक्तेन परमार्थैरलं च नः । यथा पश्याम निर्यान्तं रामं राज्ये प्रतिष्ठितम् ॥
alamadya hi bhuktena paramārthairalaṃ ca naḥ | yathā paśyāma niryāntaṃ rāmaṃ rājye pratiṣṭhitam ||
English Translation
Seek not we earthly comforts or the highest things (in the life to come), if we can only see. Rāma installed in the kingdom issuing out from his father's abode. There is nothing more pleasant to us than the installation of the highly energetic Rāma on the throne.
VR 2.15.8 अनुष्टुप्
अतो हि न प्रियतरं नान्यत्किंचिद्भविष्यति । यथाभिषेको रामस्य राज्येनामिततेजसः ॥
ato hi na priyataraṃ nānyatkiṃcidbhaviṣyati | yathābhiṣeko rāmasya rājyenāmitatejasaḥ ||
English Translation
Seek not we earthly comforts or the highest things (in the life to come), if we can only see. Rāma installed in the kingdom issuing out from his father's abode. There is nothing more pleasant to us than the installation of the highly energetic Rāma on the throne.
VR 2.15.9 अनुष्टुप्
एताश्चान्याश्च सुहृदामुदासीनः कथाः शुभाः । आत्मसंपूजनीः शृण्वन्ययौ रामो महापथम् ॥
etāścānyāśca suhṛdāmudāsīnaḥ kathāḥ śubhāḥ | ātmasaṃpūjanīḥ śṛṇvanyayau rāmo mahāpatham ||
English Translation
Rāma, hearing these and other auspicious words from his friends eulogising his own self, went on his way without being moved.
VR 2.15.10 अनुष्टुप्
न हि तस्मान्मनः कश्चिच्चक्षुषी वा नरोत्तमात् । नरः शक्नोत्यपाक्रष्टुमतिक्रान्तेऽपि राघवे ॥
na hi tasmānmanaḥ kaściccakṣuṣī vā narottamāt | naraḥ śaknotyapākraṣṭumatikrānte'pi rāghave ||
English Translation
Rāghava passed away, but not a single person could withdraw his eyes and mind from that best of men.
VR 2.15.11 अनुष्टुप्
सर्वेषां स हि धर्मात्मा वर्णानां कुरुते दयाम् । चतुर्णां हि वयःस्थानां तेन ते तमनुव्रताः ॥
sarveṣāṃ sa hi dharmātmā varṇānāṃ kurute dayām | caturṇāṃ hi vayaḥsthānāṃ tena te tamanuvratāḥ ||
English Translation
That righteous one showed mercy to all, old and young, of the four castes, and hence, they were all obedient to him.
VR 2.15.12 अनुष्टुप्
स राजकुलमासाद्य महेन्द्रभवनोपमम् । राजपुत्रः पितुर्वेश्म प्रविवेश श्रिया ज्वलन् ॥
sa rājakulamāsādya mahendrabhavanopamam | rājaputraḥ piturveśma praviveśa śriyā jvalan ||
VR 2.15.13 अनुष्टुप्
स सर्वाः समतिक्रम्य कक्ष्या दशरथात्मजः । संनिवर्त्य जनं सर्वं शुद्धान्तःपुरमभ्यगात् ॥
sa sarvāḥ samatikramya kakṣyā daśarathātmajaḥ | saṃnivartya janaṃ sarvaṃ śuddhāntaḥpuramabhyagāt ||
English Translation
And in this way passing by all, and ordering his followers to go back, entered the inner apartment.
VR 2.15.14 वंशस्थम्
ततः प्रविष्टे पितुरन्तिकं तदा; जनः स सर्वो मुदितो नृपात्मजे । प्रतीक्षते तस्य पुनः स्म निर्गमं; यथोदयं चन्द्रमसः सरित्पतिः ॥
tataḥ praviṣṭe piturantikaṃ tadā; janaḥ sa sarvo mudito nṛpātmaje | pratīkṣate tasya punaḥ sma nirgamaṃ; yathodayaṃ candramasaḥ saritpatiḥ ||
English Translation
That son of the king entering into the presence of his father, all were extremely gladdened and were eagerly expecting his return like to the lord of water expecting the appearance of the moon.
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