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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 2 (Ayodhyākāṇḍa) • Sarga 23

Ayodhyākāṇḍa Sarga 23

अयोध्याकाण्डम् • सर्गः 23

Ayodhyākāṇḍa Sarga 23 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 34 verses.

Total: 34 Verses • Citations: VR 2.23.1–34 • 175 Lexicon Terms
VR 2.23.1 अनुष्टुप्
अभिवाद्य तु कौसल्यां रामः संप्रस्थितो वनम् । कृतस्वस्त्ययनो मात्रा धर्मिष्ठे वर्त्मनि स्थितः ॥
abhivādya tu kausalyāṃ rāmaḥ saṃprasthito vanam | kṛtasvastyayano mātrā dharmiṣṭhe vartmani sthitaḥ ||
English Translation
Rāma, intent on repairing to the forest, and treading in pious tracks, after duly saluting Kausalyā and beautifying the royal road, crowded with people, captivated their hearts by means of his high accomplishments.
VR 2.23.2 अनुष्टुप्
विराजयन्राजसुतो राजमार्गं नरैर्वृतम् । हृदयान्याममन्थेव जनस्य गुणवत्तया ॥
virājayanrājasuto rājamārgaṃ narairvṛtam | hṛdayānyāmamantheva janasya guṇavattayā ||
English Translation
After the benedictory rites were performed by his mother Kausalya, Rama paid obeisance to her and staying on the righteous path decided to depart to the forest. He entered the highway thronged with people and illumining it with his lustre and stirred their hearts with (remembrances of) his excellent virtues.
VR 2.23.3 अनुष्टुप्
वैदेही चापि तत्सर्वं न शुश्राव तपस्विनी । तदेव हृदि तस्याश्च यौवराज्याभिषेचनम् ॥
vaidehī cāpi tatsarvaṃ na śuśrāva tapasvinī | tadeva hṛdi tasyāśca yauvarājyābhiṣecanam ||
English Translation
Vaidehi, ever engaged in ascetic rites, did not hear of all these affairs; there was in her heart only the thought of Rāma's installation.
VR 2.23.4 अनुष्टुप्
देवकार्यं स्म सा कृत्वा कृतज्ञा हृष्टचेतना । अभिज्ञा राजधर्माणां राजपुत्रं प्रतीक्षते ॥
devakāryaṃ sma sā kṛtvā kṛtajñā hṛṣṭacetanā | abhijñā rājadharmāṇāṃ rājaputraṃ pratīkṣate ||
English Translation
That daughter of the king, after offering her service to the deities according to the proper royal rites, was eagerly awaiting the approach of Rāma with a grateful and pleased heart.
VR 2.23.5 अनुष्टुप्
प्रविवेशाथ रामस्तु स्ववेश्म सुविभूषितम् । प्रहृष्टजनसंपूर्णं ह्रिया किंचिदवाङ्मुखः ॥
praviveśātha rāmastu svaveśma suvibhūṣitam | prahṛṣṭajanasaṃpūrṇaṃ hriyā kiṃcidavāṅmukhaḥ ||
English Translation
Entered Rāma this beautiful abode, excellently furnished and filled with people highly delighted, having his head hanging down a little with shame.
VR 2.23.6 अनुष्टुप्
अथ सीता समुत्पत्य वेपमाना च तं पतिम् । अपश्यच्छोकसंतप्तं चिन्ताव्याकुलितेन्द्रियम् ॥
atha sītā samutpatya vepamānā ca taṃ patim | apaśyacchokasaṃtaptaṃ cintāvyākulitendriyam ||
English Translation
Sītā, seeing her husband, racked with sorrow and troubled in mind with anxiety, rose up trembling from her seat.
VR 2.23.7 अनुष्टुप्
विवर्णवदनं दृष्ट्वा तं प्रस्विन्नममर्षणम् । आह दुःखाभिसंतप्ता किमिदानीमिदं प्रभो ॥
vivarṇavadanaṃ dṛṣṭvā taṃ prasvinnamamarṣaṇam | āha duḥkhābhisaṃtaptā kimidānīmidaṃ prabho ||
English Translation
Finding him with face pale and perspiring, and incapable of containing grief within, Sītā sore distressed with sorrow addressed him, saying, Oh my lord, why do I perceive such a change in you?
VR 2.23.8 अनुष्टुप्
अद्य बार्हस्पतः श्रीमान्युक्तः पुष्यो न राघव । प्रोच्यते ब्राह्मणैः प्राज्ञैः केन त्वमसि दुर्मनाः ॥
adya bārhaspataḥ śrīmānyuktaḥ puṣyo na rāghava | procyate brāhmaṇaiḥ prājñaiḥ kena tvamasi durmanāḥ ||
English Translation
To day the constellation Puşya is in conjunction with the moon, and planet Bịhaspati is presiding over this conjunction, this day has been declared as the most auspicious one by the learned Brahmins, then why do you cherish such a sorrow in the mind?
VR 2.23.9 अनुष्टुप्
न ते शतशलाकेन जलफेननिभेन च । आवृतं वदनं वल्गु छत्रेणाभिविराजते ॥
na te śataśalākena jalaphenanibhena ca | āvṛtaṃ vadanaṃ valgu chatreṇābhivirājate ||
English Translation
Why has not your charming face been placed under the shade of an umbrella having hundred ribs and white as a watery foam?
VR 2.23.10 अनुष्टुप्
व्यजनाभ्यां च मुख्याभ्यां शतपत्रनिभेक्षणम् । चन्द्रहंसप्रकाशाभ्यां वीज्यते न तवाननम् ॥
vyajanābhyāṃ ca mukhyābhyāṃ śatapatranibhekṣaṇam | candrahaṃsaprakāśābhyāṃ vījyate na tavānanam ||
English Translation
Why do not the servants fan you, having eyes like lotus' petals, with chowries white as the moon or a goose?
VR 2.23.11 अनुष्टुप्
वाग्मिनो बन्दिनश्चापि प्रहृष्टास्त्वं नरर्षभ । स्तुवन्तो नाद्य दृश्यन्ते मङ्गलैः सूतमागधाः ॥
vāgmino bandinaścāpi prahṛṣṭāstvaṃ nararṣabha | stuvanto nādya dṛśyante maṅgalaiḥ sūtamāgadhāḥ ||
English Translation
I do not see you, Oh best of men, eulogised with auspicious songs by the panegyrists, encomiasts and family bards.
VR 2.23.12 अनुष्टुप्
न ते क्षौद्रं च दधि च ब्राह्मणा वेदपारगाः । मूर्ध्नि मूर्धावसिक्तस्य दधति स्म विधानतः ॥
na te kṣaudraṃ ca dadhi ca brāhmaṇā vedapāragāḥ | mūrdhni mūrdhāvasiktasya dadhati sma vidhānataḥ ||
English Translation
Why do not the Brahmins, versed in the Vedas, observing the formal rites, sprinkle on your head honey and curd, after washing it duly?
VR 2.23.13 अनुष्टुप्
न त्वां प्रकृतयः सर्वा श्रेणीमुख्याश्च भूषिताः । अनुव्रजितुमिच्छन्ति पौरजानपदास्तथा ॥
na tvāṃ prakṛtayaḥ sarvā śreṇīmukhyāśca bhūṣitāḥ | anuvrajitumicchanti paurajānapadāstathā ||
English Translation
Why are not your subjects, citizens urbans, and leading members of society dressed and adorned, willing to follow you?
VR 2.23.14 अनुष्टुप्
चतुर्भिर्वेगसंपन्नैर्हयैः काञ्चनभूषणैः । मुख्यः पुष्यरथो युक्तः किं न गच्छति तेऽग्रतः ॥
caturbhirvegasaṃpannairhayaiḥ kāñcanabhūṣaṇaiḥ | mukhyaḥ puṣyaratho yuktaḥ kiṃ na gacchati te'grataḥ ||
English Translation
Why does not that excellent sport-chariot go before you, having four fast going steeds, adorned with golden ornaments tied to it?
VR 2.23.15 अनुष्टुप्
न हस्ती चाग्रतः श्रीमांस्तव लक्षणपूजितः । प्रयाणे लक्ष्यते वीर कृष्णमेघगिरि प्रभः ॥
na hastī cāgrataḥ śrīmāṃstava lakṣaṇapūjitaḥ | prayāṇe lakṣyate vīra kṛṣṇameghagiri prabhaḥ ||
English Translation
Why does not that excellent elephant precede you, Oh great hero, which is gifted with auspicious marks and resembles as mass of dark clouds and a mighty hill?
VR 2.23.16 अनुष्टुप्
न च काञ्चनचित्रं ते पश्यामि प्रियदर्शन । भद्रासनं पुरस्कृत्य यान्तं वीरपुरःसरम् ॥
na ca kāñcanacitraṃ te paśyāmi priyadarśana | bhadrāsanaṃ puraskṛtya yāntaṃ vīrapuraḥsaram ||
English Translation
Why do not the servants run before you, Oh mighty hero, with a pretty looking royal seat embroidered with gold?
VR 2.23.17 अनुष्टुप्
अभिषेको यदा सज्जः किमिदानीमिदं तव । अपूर्वो मुखवर्णश्च न प्रहर्षश्च लक्ष्यते ॥
abhiṣeko yadā sajjaḥ kimidānīmidaṃ tava | apūrvo mukhavarṇaśca na praharṣaśca lakṣyate ||
English Translation
Why do I perceive your face so pale as never seen before, and why therein is no mark of gladness, when every thing for your installation has been made ready?
VR 2.23.18 अनुष्टुप्
इतीव विलपन्तीं तां प्रोवाच रघुनन्दनः । सीते तत्रभवांस्तातः प्रव्राजयति मां वनम् ॥
itīva vilapantīṃ tāṃ provāca raghunandanaḥ | sīte tatrabhavāṃstātaḥ pravrājayati māṃ vanam ||
English Translation
Whereupon spoke to that weeping Sītā, the descendant of Raghu thus:, Oh Sītā, Oh you born of a great family, versed in the knowledge of religion and intent on the performance of religious rites, my father has banished me to the forest! Do you hear, Oh daughter of Janaka, how has this calamity befallen me.
VR 2.23.19 अनुष्टुप्
कुले महति संभूते धर्मज्ञे धर्मचारिणि । शृणु जानकि येनेदं क्रमेणाभ्यागतं मम ॥
kule mahati saṃbhūte dharmajñe dharmacāriṇi | śṛṇu jānaki yenedaṃ krameṇābhyāgataṃ mama ||
English Translation
Whereupon spoke to that weeping Sītā, the descendant of Raghu thus:, Oh Sītā, Oh you born of a great family, versed in the knowledge of religion and intent on the performance of religious rites, my father has banished me to the forest! Do you hear, Oh daughter of Janaka, how has this calamity befallen me.
VR 2.23.20 अनुष्टुप्
राज्ञा सत्यप्रतिज्ञेन पित्रा दशरथेन मे । कैकेय्यै प्रीतमनसा पुरा दत्तौ महावरौ ॥
rājñā satyapratijñena pitrā daśarathena me | kaikeyyai prītamanasā purā dattau mahāvarau ||
English Translation
In the days of yore was granted to my mother, Kaikeyi two boons by my father, king Dasaratha of truthful vows.
VR 2.23.21 अनुष्टुप्
तयाद्य मम सज्जेऽस्मिन्नभिषेके नृपोद्यते । प्रचोदितः स समयो धर्मेण प्रतिनिर्जितः ॥
tayādya mama sajje'sminnabhiṣeke nṛpodyate | pracoditaḥ sa samayo dharmeṇa pratinirjitaḥ ||
English Translation
When every thing was made ready by my father for my installation, Kaikeyi reminded him of his promise and gained over him for this righteousness.
VR 2.23.22 उपजातिः
चतुर्दश हि वर्षाणि वस्तव्यं दण्डके मया । पित्रा मे भरतश्चापि यौवराज्ये नियोजितः । सोऽहं त्वामागतो द्रष्टुं प्रस्थितो विजनं वनम् ॥
caturdaśa hi varṣāṇi vastavyaṃ daṇḍake mayā | pitrā me bharataścāpi yauvarājye niyojitaḥ | so'haṃ tvāmāgato draṣṭuṃ prasthito vijanaṃ vanam ||
English Translation
I shall live in the forest of Dandaka for fourteen years and Bharata shall be installed by my father as the heir apparent of the throne.
VR 2.23.23 उपजातिः
भरतस्य समीपे ते नाहं कथ्यः कदाचन । ऋद्धियुक्ता हि पुरुषा न सहन्ते परस्तवम् । तस्मान्न ते गुणाः कथ्या भरतस्याग्रतो मम ॥
bharatasya samīpe te nāhaṃ kathyaḥ kadācana | ṛddhiyuktā hi puruṣā na sahante parastavam | tasmānna te guṇāḥ kathyā bharatasyāgrato mama ||
English Translation
And myself bound to fly as an exile to the wood, have come here to see you; do you not praise me ever before Bharata. Those who are crowned with prosperity cannot bear another's praise; is it therefore behoves you not to extol my virtues in the presence of Bharata.
VR 2.23.24 अनुष्टुप्
नापि त्वं तेन भर्तव्या विशेषेण कदाचन । अनुकूलतया शक्यं समीपे तस्य वर्तितुम् ॥
nāpi tvaṃ tena bhartavyā viśeṣeṇa kadācana | anukūlatayā śakyaṃ samīpe tasya vartitum ||
English Translation
You should not extol me even in the company of your friends; you shall be then able to live with Bharata as one favourable to his party.
VR 2.23.25 अनुष्टुप्
अहं चापि प्रतिज्ञां तां गुरोः समनुपालयन् । वनमद्यैव यास्यामि स्थिरा भव मनस्विनि ॥
ahaṃ cāpi pratijñāṃ tāṃ guroḥ samanupālayan | vanamadyaiva yāsyāmi sthirā bhava manasvini ||
English Translation
To day shall I repair to the forest for redeeming my father's vows; do you, Oh high minded one, live here in undisturbed mind.
VR 2.23.26 अनुष्टुप्
याते च मयि कल्याणि वनं मुनिनिषेवितम् । व्रतोपवासरतया भवितव्यं त्वयानघे ॥
yāte ca mayi kalyāṇi vanaṃ muniniṣevitam | vratopavāsaratayā bhavitavyaṃ tvayānaghe ||
English Translation
Do you, Oh sinless and auspicious one, live here engaged in religious rites and fasts, when I shall wend my way to the forest inhabited by the great ascetics.
VR 2.23.27 अनुष्टुप्
काल्यमुत्थाय देवानां कृत्वा पूजां यथाविधि । वन्दितव्यो दशरथः पिता मम नरेश्वरः ॥
kālyamutthāya devānāṃ kṛtvā pūjāṃ yathāvidhi | vanditavyo daśarathaḥ pitā mama nareśvaraḥ ||
English Translation
Rising from the bed early in the morning, adore the deities, every day, and then bow down to the feet of my father Dasaratha, the lord of men.
VR 2.23.28 अनुष्टुप्
माता च मम कौसल्या वृद्धा संतापकर्शिता । धर्ममेवाग्रतः कृत्वा त्वत्तः संमानमर्हति ॥
mātā ca mama kausalyā vṛddhā saṃtāpakarśitā | dharmamevāgrataḥ kṛtvā tvattaḥ saṃmānamarhati ||
English Translation
My mother Kausalyā is old and much pressed down with sorrow; do you show proper respects to her, considering it to be a pious deed.
VR 2.23.29 अनुष्टुप्
वन्दितव्याश्च ते नित्यं याः शेषा मम मातरः । स्नेहप्रणयसंभोगैः समा हि मम मातरः ॥
vanditavyāśca te nityaṃ yāḥ śeṣā mama mātaraḥ | snehapraṇayasaṃbhogaiḥ samā hi mama mātaraḥ ||
English Translation
You should then bow down to my other mothers who all minister to me, with equal love and affection.
VR 2.23.30 अनुष्टुप्
भ्रातृपुत्रसमौ चापि द्रष्टव्यौ च विशेषतः । त्वया लक्ष्मणशत्रुघ्नौ प्राणैः प्रियतरौ मम ॥
bhrātṛputrasamau cāpi draṣṭavyau ca viśeṣataḥ | tvayā lakṣmaṇaśatrughnau prāṇaiḥ priyatarau mama ||
English Translation
Should you specially regard Bharata and Śatrughna like to your sons or brothers, who are dearer to me than my life itself.
VR 2.23.31 अनुष्टुप्
विप्रियं न च कर्तव्यं भरतस्य कदाचन । स हि राजा प्रभुश्चैव देशस्य च कुलस्य च ॥
vipriyaṃ na ca kartavyaṃ bharatasya kadācana | sa hi rājā prabhuścaiva deśasya ca kulasya ca ||
English Translation
You should not do, Oh Vaidehī, any such thing as might be unpleasant to Bharata, for he is the king of the land as well as of the family.
VR 2.23.32 अनुष्टुप्
आराधिता हि शीलेन प्रयत्नैश्चोपसेविताः । राजानः संप्रसीदन्ति प्रकुप्यन्ति विपर्यये ॥
ārādhitā hi śīlena prayatnaiścopasevitāḥ | rājānaḥ saṃprasīdanti prakupyanti viparyaye ||
English Translation
The monarchs are always propitiated by being served with assiduity and good temper; they are offended when any thing contrary to it happens.
VR 2.23.33 अनुष्टुप्
औरसानपि पुत्रान्हि त्यजन्त्यहितकारिणः । समर्थान्संप्रगृह्णन्ति जनानपि नराधिपाः ॥
aurasānapi putrānhi tyajantyahitakāriṇaḥ | samarthānsaṃpragṛhṇanti janānapi narādhipāḥ ||
English Translation
They renounce even their own son, born of their lions, when they find him bringing about their mischief, and admit into their favour persons devoted to their welfare bearing no relationship whatever.
VR 2.23.34 वंशस्थम्
अहं गमिष्यामि महावनं प्रिये; त्वया हि वस्तव्यमिहैव भामिनि । यथा व्यलीकं कुरुषे न कस्यचि;त्तथा त्वया कार्यमिदं वचो मम ॥
ahaṃ gamiṣyāmi mahāvanaṃ priye; tvayā hi vastavyamihaiva bhāmini | yathā vyalīkaṃ kuruṣe na kasyaci;ttathā tvayā kāryamidaṃ vaco mama ||
English Translation
I am going to the forest, Oh my darling, and you shall live here. Oh excellent lady, abide by my word as did you never formerly falsify it.
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