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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 2 (Ayodhyākāṇḍa) • Sarga 17

Ayodhyākāṇḍa Sarga 17

अयोध्याकाण्डम् • सर्गः 17

Ayodhyākāṇḍa Sarga 17 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 33 verses.

Total: 33 Verses • Citations: VR 2.17.1–33 • 175 Lexicon Terms
VR 2.17.1 अनुष्टुप्
रामस्तु भृशमायस्तो निःश्वसन्निव कुञ्जरः । जगाम सहितो भ्रात्रा मातुरन्तःपुरं वशी ॥
rāmastu bhṛśamāyasto niḥśvasanniva kuñjaraḥ | jagāma sahito bhrātrā māturantaḥpuraṃ vaśī ||
English Translation
Rāma too, having control over his own self, experiencing sorrow (for his relatives) and sobbing like an (enchained) elephant, entered into his mother's apartment, together with his brother.
VR 2.17.2 अनुष्टुप्
सोऽपश्यत्पुरुषं तत्र वृद्धं परमपूजितम् । उपविष्टं गृहद्वारि तिष्ठतश्चापरान्बहून् ॥
so'paśyatpuruṣaṃ tatra vṛddhaṃ paramapūjitam | upaviṣṭaṃ gṛhadvāri tiṣṭhataścāparānbahūn ||
English Translation
He saw a venerable old man, sitting at the gate and many other persons.
VR 2.17.3 अनुष्टुप्
प्रविश्य प्रथमां कक्ष्यां द्वितीयायां ददर्श सः । ब्राह्मणान्वेदसंपन्नान्वृद्धान्राज्ञाभिसत्कृतान् ॥
praviśya prathamāṃ kakṣyāṃ dvitīyāyāṃ dadarśa saḥ | brāhmaṇānvedasaṃpannānvṛddhānrājñābhisatkṛtān ||
English Translation
Having passed through the first apartment he saw in the second, many.old Brahmanas, versed in the Vedas and honoured by the king.
VR 2.17.4 अनुष्टुप्
प्रणम्य रामस्तान्वृद्धांस्तृतीयायां ददर्श सः । स्त्रियो वृद्धाश्च बालाश्च द्वाररक्षणतत्पराः ॥
praṇamya rāmastānvṛddhāṃstṛtīyāyāṃ dadarśa saḥ | striyo vṛddhāśca bālāśca dvārarakṣaṇatatparāḥ ||
English Translation
Having bowed down to them, Rāma saw in the third apartment, women, boys, and old men, all engaged in watching the gate.
VR 2.17.5 अनुष्टुप्
वर्धयित्वा प्रहृष्टास्ताः प्रविश्य च गृहं स्त्रियः । न्यवेदयन्त त्वरिता राम मातुः प्रियं तदा ॥
vardhayitvā prahṛṣṭāstāḥ praviśya ca gṛhaṃ striyaḥ | nyavedayanta tvaritā rāma mātuḥ priyaṃ tadā ||
English Translation
The female warders honoured Rāma rejoicing, and entering his mother's apartment, communicated to her speedily this pleasant news.
VR 2.17.6 अनुष्टुप्
कौसल्यापि तदा देवी रात्रिं स्थित्वा समाहिता । प्रभाते त्वकरोत्पूजां विष्णोः पुत्रहितैषिणी ॥
kausalyāpi tadā devī rātriṃ sthitvā samāhitā | prabhāte tvakarotpūjāṃ viṣṇoḥ putrahitaiṣiṇī ||
English Translation
Worshipful Kausalyā, seeking her son's welfare, kept up the whole night being absorbed in meditation, and was, in the morning, worshipping the God Vişņu.
VR 2.17.7 अनुष्टुप्
सा क्षौमवसना हृष्टा नित्यं व्रतपरायणा । अग्निं जुहोति स्म तदा मन्त्रवत्कृतमङ्गला ॥
sā kṣaumavasanā hṛṣṭā nityaṃ vrataparāyaṇā | agniṃ juhoti sma tadā mantravatkṛtamaṅgalā ||
English Translation
Wearing silk-cloth, pleased, and accustomed to the performance of religious rites every day, she, performing benedictory ceremonies, was offering oblation to the fire.
VR 2.17.8 अनुष्टुप्
प्रविश्य च तदा रामो मातुरन्तःपुरं शुभम् । ददर्श मातरं तत्र हावयन्तीं हुताशनम् ॥
praviśya ca tadā rāmo māturantaḥpuraṃ śubham | dadarśa mātaraṃ tatra hāvayantīṃ hutāśanam ||
English Translation
Rāma entering the auspicious abode of his mother, beheld her thus engaged in the sacrifice to the fire.
VR 2.17.9 अनुष्टुप्
सा चिरस्यात्मजं दृष्ट्वा मातृनन्दनमागतम् । अभिचक्राम संहृष्टा किशोरं वडवा यथा ॥
sā cirasyātmajaṃ dṛṣṭvā mātṛnandanamāgatam | abhicakrāma saṃhṛṣṭā kiśoraṃ vaḍavā yathā ||
English Translation
He saw his virtuous mother wearing white silk, pulled down by the austere performance of religious rites, and engaged in propitiating the deities with the offering of water. She seeing her son, ever advancing the joy of his mother, approach, became pleased, and stepped forward like unto a mare beholding her young one.
VR 2.17.10 अनुष्टुप्
तमुवाच दुराधर्षं राघवं सुतमात्मनः । कौसल्या पुत्रवात्सल्यादिदं प्रियहितं वचः ॥
tamuvāca durādharṣaṃ rāghavaṃ sutamātmanaḥ | kausalyā putravātsalyādidaṃ priyahitaṃ vacaḥ ||
English Translation
Kausalya, out of motherly affection, spoke these sweet and beneficent words to her own invincible son, Rāghava.
VR 2.17.11 अनुष्टुप्
वृद्धानां धर्मशीलानां राजर्षीणां महात्मनाम् । प्राप्नुह्यायुश्च कीर्तिं च धर्मं चोपहितं कुले ॥
vṛddhānāṃ dharmaśīlānāṃ rājarṣīṇāṃ mahātmanām | prāpnuhyāyuśca kīrtiṃ ca dharmaṃ copahitaṃ kule ||
English Translation
May you obtain the life and fame of the pious, old Rājarşis, and the virtue worthy of your family.
VR 2.17.12 अनुष्टुप्
सत्यप्रतिज्ञं पितरं राजानं पश्य राघव । अद्यैव हि त्वां धर्मात्मा यौवराज्येऽभिषेक्ष्यति ॥
satyapratijñaṃ pitaraṃ rājānaṃ paśya rāghava | adyaiva hi tvāṃ dharmātmā yauvarājye'bhiṣekṣyati ||
English Translation
O scion of the Raghu race see the king, your righteous and truthful father, who will consecrate you as princeregent today itself.
VR 2.17.13 अनुष्टुप्
मातरं राघवः किंचित्प्रसार्याञ्जलिमब्रवीत् । स स्वभावविनीतश्च गौरवाच्च तदानतः ॥
mātaraṃ rāghavaḥ kiṃcitprasāryāñjalimabravīt | sa svabhāvavinītaśca gauravācca tadānataḥ ||
VR 2.17.14 अनुष्टुप्
देवि नूनं न जानीषे महद्भयमुपस्थितम् । इदं तव च दुःखाय वैदेह्या लक्ष्मणस्य च ॥
devi nūnaṃ na jānīṣe mahadbhayamupasthitam | idaṃ tava ca duḥkhāya vaidehyā lakṣmaṇasya ca ||
English Translation
O worshipful one, certain it is that you know not the great impending calamity; It is for the distress of yours, Laksmana and Vaidehi, that shall I wend my way to the Daņdaka forest. What is the use of a seat to me then? Now is the time come when I deserve a seat made of Kusa grass.
VR 2.17.15 अनुष्टुप्
चतुर्दश हि वर्षाणि वत्स्यामि विजने वने । मधुमूलफलैर्जीवन्हित्वा मुनिवदामिषम् ॥
caturdaśa hi varṣāṇi vatsyāmi vijane vane | madhumūlaphalairjīvanhitvā munivadāmiṣam ||
English Translation
I shall live in the forest for fourteen years abstaining from animal food and living on tuberous roots and fruits like to the ascetics.
VR 2.17.16 अनुष्टुप्
भरताय महाराजो यौवराज्यं प्रयच्छति । मां पुनर्दण्डकारण्यं विवासयति तापसम् ॥
bharatāya mahārājo yauvarājyaṃ prayacchati | māṃ punardaṇḍakāraṇyaṃ vivāsayati tāpasam ||
English Translation
The king shall confer upon Bharata the heirapparentship and shall banish me as an ascetic into the forest.
VR 2.17.17 अनुष्टुप्
तामदुःखोचितां दृष्ट्वा पतितां कदलीमिव । रामस्तूत्थापयामास मातरं गतचेतसम् ॥
tāmaduḥkhocitāṃ dṛṣṭvā patitāṃ kadalīmiva | rāmastūtthāpayāmāsa mātaraṃ gatacetasam ||
English Translation
Rāma seeing his mother, who deserved no distress, fall down like a plantain tree and insensible, raised her up, and finding her covered with dust all over her body like to a mare risen up after rolling on the ground on account of toil of bearing heavy burden, wiped off (her body) gently with his hand.
VR 2.17.18 अनुष्टुप्
उपावृत्योत्थितां दीनां वडवामिव वाहिताम् । पांशुगुण्ठितसर्वाग्नीं विममर्श च पाणिना ॥
upāvṛtyotthitāṃ dīnāṃ vaḍavāmiva vāhitām | pāṃśuguṇṭhitasarvāgnīṃ vimamarśa ca pāṇinā ||
English Translation
Rāma seeing his mother, who deserved no distress, fall down like a plantain tree and insensible, raised her up, and finding her covered with dust all over her body like to a mare risen up after rolling on the ground on account of toil of bearing heavy burden, wiped off (her body) gently with his hand.
VR 2.17.19 अनुष्टुप्
सा राघवमुपासीनमसुखार्ता सुखोचिता । उवाच पुरुषव्याघ्रमुपशृण्वति लक्ष्मणे ॥
sā rāghavamupāsīnamasukhārtā sukhocitā | uvāca puruṣavyāghramupaśṛṇvati lakṣmaṇe ||
English Translation
She, deserving happiness, being racked with the destruction of her delight, spoke thus to Rāghava, that best of men, in the presence of Laksmana.
VR 2.17.20 अनुष्टुप्
यदि पुत्र न जायेथा मम शोकाय राघव । न स्म दुःखमतो भूयः पश्येयमहमप्रजा ॥
yadi putra na jāyethā mama śokāya rāghava | na sma duḥkhamato bhūyaḥ paśyeyamahamaprajā ||
English Translation
Oh! my son, Oh! Rāghava, had you not been born for my grief I would have been sonless only, but would not have been subject to this greater grief.
VR 2.17.21 अनुष्टुप्
एक एव हि वन्ध्यायाः शोको भवति मानवः । अप्रजास्मीति संतापो न ह्यन्यः पुत्र विद्यते ॥
eka eva hi vandhyāyāḥ śoko bhavati mānavaḥ | aprajāsmīti saṃtāpo na hyanyaḥ putra vidyate ||
English Translation
A sonless woman has only one cause of mental affliction. Her only sorrow is “I have no child" and nothing else my son.
VR 2.17.22 अनुष्टुप्
न दृष्टपूर्वं कल्याणं सुखं वा पतिपौरुषे । अपि पुत्रे विपश्येयमिति रामास्थितं मया ॥
na dṛṣṭapūrvaṃ kalyāṇaṃ sukhaṃ vā patipauruṣe | api putre vipaśyeyamiti rāmāsthitaṃ mayā ||
English Translation
I have not experienced in my life that blessing and pleasure which women generally feel when their husbands are devoted to them. I have sustained my life so long, O Rāma, only with the hope that I shall witness this and other happiness when I shall have a son.
VR 2.17.23 उपजातिः
सा बहून्यमनोज्ञानि वाक्यानि हृदयच्छिदाम् । अहं श्रोष्ये सपत्नीनामवराणां वरा सती । अतो दुःखतरं किं नु प्रमदानां भविष्यति ॥
sā bahūnyamanojñāni vākyāni hṛdayacchidām | ahaṃ śroṣye sapatnīnāmavarāṇāṃ varā satī | ato duḥkhataraṃ kiṃ nu pramadānāṃ bhaviṣyati ||
English Translation
Myself, being the eldest of all the queens, shall have to hear unpleasant and heart-rending words from the co-wives who are all younger than I.
VR 2.17.24 अनुष्टुप्
त्वयि संनिहितेऽप्येवमहमासं निराकृता । किं पुनः प्रोषिते तात ध्रुवं मरणमेव मे ॥
tvayi saṃnihite'pyevamahamāsaṃ nirākṛtā | kiṃ punaḥ proṣite tāta dhruvaṃ maraṇameva me ||
English Translation
You being present, they have reduced me to this miserable plight, I do not know what else they will do, you being away; there is death certain for me, Oh my darling! Being disregarded by my husband I have been greatly insulted, I am equal to the maid-servants of Kaikeyi or even inferior to them.
VR 2.17.25 अनुष्टुप्
यो हि मां सेवते कश्चिदथ वाप्यनुवर्तते । कैकेय्याः पुत्रमन्वीक्ष्य स जनो नाभिभाषते ॥
yo hi māṃ sevate kaścidatha vāpyanuvartate | kaikeyyāḥ putramanvīkṣya sa jano nābhibhāṣate ||
English Translation
Those who serve me or are obedient to me, shall not even speak with me when they will see the son of Kaikeyi (installed).
VR 2.17.26 अनुष्टुप्
दश सप्त च वर्षाणि तव जातस्य राघव । अतीतानि प्रकाङ्क्षन्त्या मया दुःखपरिक्षयम् ॥
daśa sapta ca varṣāṇi tava jātasya rāghava | atītāni prakāṅkṣantyā mayā duḥkhaparikṣayam ||
English Translation
O Rama, I have spent the last seventeen years after your birth with the expectaion that my sorrows would come to an end.
VR 2.17.27 अनुष्टुप्
उपवासैश्च योगैश्च बहुभिश्च परिश्रमैः । दुःखं संवर्धितो मोघं त्वं हि दुर्गतया मया ॥
upavāsaiśca yogaiśca bahubhiśca pariśramaiḥ | duḥkhaṃ saṃvardhito moghaṃ tvaṃ hi durgatayā mayā ||
English Translation
Wretched as I am, in vain have I brought you up with fasts, contemplation's and many other toilsome austerities.
VR 2.17.28 अनुष्टुप्
स्थिरं तु हृदयं मन्ये ममेदं यन्न दीर्यते । प्रावृषीव महानद्याः स्पृष्टं कूलं नवाम्भसा ॥
sthiraṃ tu hṛdayaṃ manye mamedaṃ yanna dīryate | prāvṛṣīva mahānadyāḥ spṛṣṭaṃ kūlaṃ navāmbhasā ||
English Translation
Surely, I consider my heart is very hard, as it does not rend like to the bank of a great river in contact with new water in the rainy season.
VR 2.17.29 वंशस्थम्
ममैव नूनं मरणं न विद्यते; न चावकाशोऽस्ति यमक्षये मम । यदन्तकोऽद्यैव न मां जिहीर्षति; प्रसह्य सिंहो रुदतीं मृगीमिव ॥
mamaiva nūnaṃ maraṇaṃ na vidyate; na cāvakāśo'sti yamakṣaye mama | yadantako'dyaiva na māṃ jihīrṣati; prasahya siṃho rudatīṃ mṛgīmiva ||
English Translation
There is no death for me, no vacant place in the abode of Yama; otherwise why does not Death take me away like to a lion snatching away a weeping hind; certain it is that my heart is made of iron, as it does not rend nor does my body being pressed down with this sorrow and (falling) down on earth, break into pieces; verily have I no death before time.
VR 2.17.30 वंशस्थम्
स्थिरं हि नूनं हृदयं ममायसं; न भिद्यते यद्भुवि नावदीर्यते । अनेन दुःखेन च देहमर्पितं; ध्रुवं ह्यकाले मरणं न विद्यते ॥
sthiraṃ hi nūnaṃ hṛdayaṃ mamāyasaṃ; na bhidyate yadbhuvi nāvadīryate | anena duḥkhena ca dehamarpitaṃ; dhruvaṃ hyakāle maraṇaṃ na vidyate ||
English Translation
Surely my still (hard) heart is made of iron. It neither bursts nor breaks down on the ground. Pervaded by grief, there is no untimely death for this my body, too.
VR 2.17.31 वंशस्थम्
इदं तु दुःखं यदनर्थकानि मे; व्रतानि दानानि च संयमाश्च हि । तपश्च तप्तं यदपत्यकारणा;त्सुनिष्फलं बीजमिवोप्तमूषरे ॥
idaṃ tu duḥkhaṃ yadanarthakāni me; vratāni dānāni ca saṃyamāśca hi | tapaśca taptaṃ yadapatyakāraṇā;tsuniṣphalaṃ bījamivoptamūṣare ||
English Translation
This distresses me that all my religious vows, alms giving, self-restraint and austerity, performed with a view of obtaining a son, have been fruitless, like to the seeds thrown on a barren soil.
VR 2.17.32 वंशस्थम्
यदि ह्यकाले मरणं स्वयेच्छया; लभेत कश्चिद्गुरुदुःखकर्शितः । गताहमद्यैव परेत संसदं; विना त्वया धेनुरिवात्मजेन वै ॥
yadi hyakāle maraṇaṃ svayecchayā; labheta kaścidguruduḥkhakarśitaḥ | gatāhamadyaiva pareta saṃsadaṃ; vinā tvayā dhenurivātmajena vai ||
English Translation
If any body in this life, being pressed down with some great calamity, could meet with death of his own accord, I would have instantly gone to the abode of death, being cut off from you like to a cow from her young one.
VR 2.17.33 अपरवक्त्र = [११: ननरलग] १,३ + [१२: नजजर] २,४
भृशमसुखममर्षिता तदा; बहु विललाप समीक्ष्य राघवम् । व्यसनमुपनिशाम्य सा मह;त्सुतमिव बद्धमवेक्ष्य किंनरी ॥
bhṛśamasukhamamarṣitā tadā; bahu vilalāpa samīkṣya rāghavam | vyasanamupaniśāmya sā maha;tsutamiva baddhamavekṣya kiṃnarī ||
English Translation
Kausalyā like a Kinnarī unable to bear this great calamity, anticipating great misfortune and seeing Rāma bound (with a great vow), began to lament in various ways. some
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