Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda — Chapter 73
VR 2 73.1
श्रुत्वा च स पितुर्वत्तं भ्रातरौ च विवासितौ। भरतो दुःखसंतप्त इदं वचनमब्रवीत्॥
śrutvā ca sa piturvattaṃ bhrātarau ca vivāsitau| bharato duḥkhasaṃtapta idaṃ vacanamabravīt||
Hearing of his father's death and the exile of his brothers, Bharata burning in grief, said these words.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
VR 2 73.2
किं नु कार्यं हतस्येह मम राज्येन शोचतः। विहीनस्याथ पित्रा च भ्रात्रा पितृसमेन च॥
kiṃ nu kāryaṃ hatasyeha mama rājyena śocataḥ| vihīnasyātha pitrā ca bhrātrā pitṛsamena ca||
Deprived of my father as well as my brother like to a father, what shall I bewailing them and undone by you do with the kingdom?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
VR 2 73.3
दुःखे मे दुःखमकरोत्रणे क्षारमिवाददाः। राजानं प्रेतभावस्थं कृत्वा रामं च तापसम्॥
duḥkhe me duḥkhamakarotraṇe kṣāramivādadāḥ| rājānaṃ pretabhāvasthaṃ kṛtvā rāmaṃ ca tāpasam||
You, like one throwing alkali on a sore, have, by bringing about the death of the king and making Rāma an ascetic, heaped grief on grief.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
VR 2 73.4
कुलस्य त्वमभावाय कालरात्रिरिवागता। अङ्गारमुपगूह्य स्म पिता मे नावबुद्धवान् ॥
kulasya tvamabhāvāya kālarātririvāgatā| aṅgāramupagūhya sma pitā me nāvabuddhavān ||
You have come like the fatal night for the destruction of this race. Not under-standing it, my father embraced live coal.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
VR 2 73.5
मृत्युमापादितो राजा त्वया मे पापदर्शिनि। सुखं परिहतं मोहाद् कुलेऽस्मिन् कुलपांसनि ॥
mṛtyumāpādito rājā tvayā me pāpadarśini| sukhaṃ parihataṃ mohād kule'smin kulapāṃsani ||
O you that have your gaze fixed on sin, it is through you that my sovereign has come by death; and that, O stainer of the line, this race has by your infatuation been deprived of its happiness.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
VR 2 73.6
त्वां प्राप्य हि पिता मेऽद्य सत्यसंधो महायशाः। तीव्रदुःखाभिसंतप्तो वृत्तो दशरथो नृपः॥
tvāṃ prāpya hi pitā me'dya satyasaṃdho mahāyaśāḥ| tīvraduḥkhābhisaṃtapto vṛtto daśaratho nṛpaḥ||
Having got you, my illustrious sire intent upon truth, king Dasaratha, afflicted by extreme sorrow, has departed this life.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
VR 2 73.7
विनाशितो महाराजः पिता मे धर्मवत्सलः। कस्मात् प्रवाजितो रामः कस्मादेव वनं गतः॥
vināśito mahārājaḥ pitā me dharmavatsalaḥ| kasmāt pravājito rāmaḥ kasmādeva vanaṃ gataḥ||
Why has the king, my father, ever loving virtue, been deprived of life? Why has Rāma been banished; and wherefore has he gone to the woods?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
VR 2 73.8
कौसल्या च सुमित्रा च पुत्रशोकाभिपीडिते। . दुष्करं यदि जीवेतां प्राप्य त्वां जननी मम॥
kausalyā ca sumitrā ca putraśokābhipīḍite| . duṣkaraṃ yadi jīvetāṃ prāpya tvāṃ jananī mama||
Afflicted with grief for their son, even if Kausalya and Sumitrā live, it will be hard for them to do so in the presence of you, my mother.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
VR 2 73.9
नन्वार्योऽपि च धर्मात्मात्वयि वृत्तिमनुत्तमाम्। वर्तते गुरुवृत्तिज्ञो यथा मातरि वर्तते॥
nanvāryo'pi ca dharmātmātvayi vṛttimanuttamām| vartate guruvṛttijño yathā mātari vartate||
Surely the noble and virtuous Råma, well knowing his duties towards his superiors, regards you as highly as he does his own mother.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
VR 2 73.10
तथा ज्येष्ठा हि मे माता कौसल्या दीर्घदर्शिनी। त्वयि धर्म समास्थाय भगिन्यामिव वर्तते॥
tathā jyeṣṭhā hi me mātā kausalyā dīrghadarśinī| tvayi dharma samāsthāya bhaginyāmiva vartate||
In the same way, my eldest mother, the farsighted Kausalyā, doing her duties by you, bears herself like a sister.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
VR 2 73.11
तस्याः पुत्रं महात्मानं चीरवल्कलवाससम्। प्रस्थाप्य वनवासाय कथं पापे न शोचसे॥
tasyāḥ putraṃ mahātmānaṃ cīravalkalavāsasam| prasthāpya vanavāsāya kathaṃ pāpe na śocase||
Why, O sinful one, having sent to the woods her magnanimous son, clad in bark, do you not grieve?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
VR 2 73.12
अपापदर्शिनं शूरं कृतात्मानं यशस्विनम्। प्रव्राज्य चीरवसनं किं नु पश्यसि कारणम्॥
apāpadarśinaṃ śūraṃ kṛtātmānaṃ yaśasvinam| pravrājya cīravasanaṃ kiṃ nu paśyasi kāraṇam||
Having exiled the famous and heroic Rāma seeing no sin, clad in bark, what benefit do you perceive as yours?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
VR 2 73.13
लुब्धाया विदिती मन्ये न तेऽहं राघवं यथा। तथा ह्यनर्थो राज्यार्थं त्वयानीतो महानयम्॥
lubdhāyā viditī manye na te'haṃ rāghavaṃ yathā| tathā hyanartho rājyārthaṃ tvayānīto mahānayam||
I deem that you did not know how very highly I regarded Rāghava; and therefore it is that you have brought this mighty calamity.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
VR 2 73.14
अहं हि पुरुषव्याघ्रावपश्यन् रामलक्ष्मणौ। केन शक्तिप्रभावेण राज्यं रक्षितुमुत्सहे॥
ahaṃ hi puruṣavyāghrāvapaśyan rāmalakṣmaṇau| kena śaktiprabhāveṇa rājyaṃ rakṣitumutsahe||
Not seeing those chiefs of men, Rāma and Lakşmaņa, by virtue of whose energy can I venture to rule the kingdom?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
VR 2 73.15
तं हि नित्यं महाराजो बलवन्तं महौजसम्। उपाश्रितोऽभूद् धर्मात्मा मेरुमैरुवनं यथा ॥
taṃ hi nityaṃ mahārājo balavantaṃ mahaujasam| upāśrito'bhūd dharmātmā merumairuvanaṃ yathā ||
The monarch was ever protected by that powerful one possessed of mighty energy, as Meru is protected by its forest.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
VR 2 73.16
सोऽहं कथमिमं भारं महाधुर्यसमुद्यतम्। दम्यो धुरमिवासाद्य सहेयं केन चौजसा ॥
so'haṃ kathamimaṃ bhāraṃ mahādhuryasamudyatam| damyo dhuramivāsādya saheyaṃ kena caujasā ||
Like a calf burdened with a load capable of being borne by a mighty ox, by what energy shall I bear this burden which was borne by an exceedingly strong person?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
VR 2 73.17
अथवा मे भवेच्छक्तिर्योगैर्बुद्धिबलेन वा। सकामां न करिष्यामि त्वामहं पुत्रगर्धिनीम्॥
athavā me bhavecchaktiryogairbuddhibalena vā| sakāmāṃ na kariṣyāmi tvāmahaṃ putragardhinīm||
And even if this strength be mine through yoga or vigour of intellect, I will not crown with success the hopes of you, proud of your son.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
VR 2 73.18
न मे विकाङ्क्षा जायेत त्यक्तुं त्वां पापनिश्चयाम्। यदि रामस्य नावेक्षा त्वयि स्यान्मातृवत् सदा॥
na me vikāṅkṣā jāyeta tyaktuṃ tvāṃ pāpaniścayām| yadi rāmasya nāvekṣā tvayi syānmātṛvat sadā||
Nor, had Rāma not always regarded you as his mother, would I hesitate to renounce you, whose heart has been set on sin.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
VR 2 73.19
उत्पन्ना तु कथं बुद्धिस्तवेयं पापदर्शिनी। साधुचारित्रविभ्रष्टे पूर्वेषां नो विगर्हिता॥
utpannā tu kathaṃ buddhistaveyaṃ pāpadarśinī| sādhucāritravibhraṣṭe pūrveṣāṃ no vigarhitā||
O you that views unrighteousness, O you that have fallen off from the way of the good, how could such thoughts unworthy of our line, arise in your mind?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
VR 2 73.20
अस्मिन् कुले हि सर्वेषां ज्येष्ठो राज्येऽभिषिच्यते। अपरे भ्रातरस्तस्मिन् प्रवर्तन्ते समाहिताः॥
asmin kule hi sarveṣāṃ jyeṣṭho rājye'bhiṣicyate| apare bhrātarastasmin pravartante samāhitāḥ||
In this race, the eldest brother of al} is installed in the kingdom: the other brothers remain under him.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
VR 2 73.21
न हि मन्ये नृशंसे त्वं राजधर्ममवेक्षसे। गतिं वा न विजानासि राजवृत्तस्य शाश्वतीम्॥
na hi manye nṛśaṃse tvaṃ rājadharmamavekṣase| gatiṃ vā na vijānāsi rājavṛttasya śāśvatīm||
O fell one, you did not, I think, know the morality of kings, or the consequence that attends its faithful observance.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
VR 2 73.22
सततं राजपुत्रेषु ज्येष्ठो राजाभिषिच्यते। राज्ञामेतत् समं तत् स्यादिक्ष्वाकूणां विशेषतः॥
satataṃ rājaputreṣu jyeṣṭho rājābhiṣicyate| rājñāmetat samaṃ tat syādikṣvākūṇāṃ viśeṣataḥ||
Of all the princes, the eldest is always installed as the king. Even this is the accepted principle of all sovereigns, specially the descendants of Ikşvāku.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
VR 2 73.23
तेषां धर्मैकरक्षाणां कुलचारित्रशोभिनाम्। अद्य चारित्रशौटीर्यं त्वां प्राप्य विनिवर्तितम्॥
teṣāṃ dharmaikarakṣāṇāṃ kulacāritraśobhinām| adya cāritraśauṭīryaṃ tvāṃ prāpya vinivartitam||
But to-day the pride of character of those whose virtue was their sole concern,* and who shone in the character of their line, has been humbled through they instrumentality. *Another interpretation is;, Whose virtue is their sole protector.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
VR 2 73.24
तवापि सुमहाभागे जनेन्द्रकुलपूर्वके। बुद्धिमोहः कथमयं सम्भूतस्त्वयि गर्हितः॥
tavāpi sumahābhāge janendrakulapūrvake| buddhimohaḥ kathamayaṃ sambhūtastvayi garhitaḥ||
And how, O highly exalted lady, O you that born in a royal race, could such reprehensible fatuity take possession of your senses?
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
VR 2 73.25
न तु कामं करिष्यामि तवाहं पापनिश्चये। यया व्यसनमारब्धं जीवितान्तकरं मम॥
na tu kāmaṃ kariṣyāmi tavāhaṃ pāpaniścaye| yayā vyasanamārabdhaṃ jīvitāntakaraṃ mama||
But, O you bent upon sin, I will by no means fulfil the wish of you by whom has been brought in the first instance this calamity calculated to end my existence.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
VR 2 73.26
एष त्विदानीमेवाहमप्रियार्थं तवानघे। निवर्तयिष्यामि वनाद् भ्रातरं स्वजनप्रियम्॥
eṣa tvidānīmevāhamapriyārthaṃ tavānaghe| nivartayiṣyāmi vanād bhrātaraṃ svajanapriyam||
Further, O sinless one, I will do this at present was to displease you: I will bring from the forest my brother dear to his relatives.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
VR 2 73.27
निवर्तयित्वा रामं च तस्याहं दीप्ततेजसः। दासभूतो भविष्यामि सुस्थितेनान्तरात्मना॥
nivartayitvā rāmaṃ ca tasyāhaṃ dīptatejasaḥ| dāsabhūto bhaviṣyāmi susthitenāntarātmanā||
And having brought back Rāma, I will in a perfectly contented spirit, became the slave of that one of flaming energy.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
VR 2 73.28
इत्येवमुक्त्वा भरतो महात्मा प्रियेतरैर्वाक्यगणैस्तुदंस्ताम्। शोकार्दितश्चापि ननाद भूयः सिंहो यथा मन्दरकन्दरस्थः॥
ityevamuktvā bharato mahātmā priyetarairvākyagaṇaistudaṃstām| śokārditaścāpi nanāda bhūyaḥ siṃho yathā mandarakandarasthaḥ||
The high-souled Bharata afflicted (his mother) with multitudes of words causing pain; and distressed with grief, emitted sounds like to a lion in the cave of Mandāra.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)