Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda — Chapter 111
VR 7 111.1
एतावदेतदाख्यानं सोत्तरं ब्रह्मपूजितम्। रामायणमिति ख्यातं मुख्यं वाल्मीकिना कृतम्।।१
etāvadetadākhyānaṃ sottaraṃ brahmapūjitam| rāmāyaṇamiti khyātaṃ mukhyaṃ vālmīkinā kṛtam||1
This Story ends with the Uttară. It is held in reverence by Brahmå composed by Vālmīki and passes as the foremost of all under the name of the Ramayana.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
VR 7 111.2
ततः प्रतिष्ठितो विष्णुः स्वर्गलोके यथा पुरा। येन व्याप्तमिदं सर्वं त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम्॥
tataḥ pratiṣṭhito viṣṇuḥ svargaloke yathā purā| yena vyāptamidaṃ sarvaṃ trailokyaṃ sacarācaram||
There upon as before, Visnu, who comprise the three worlds and all objects, mobile and immobile, again established himself as before in the land of immortals.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
VR 7 111.3
ततो देवाः सगन्धर्वाः सिद्धाश्च परमर्षयः। नित्यं शृण्वन्ति संहृष्टाः काव्यं रामायणं दिवि॥
tato devāḥ sagandharvāḥ siddhāśca paramarṣayaḥ| nityaṃ śṛṇvanti saṃhṛṣṭāḥ kāvyaṃ rāmāyaṇaṃ divi||
There upon the celestials the Gandharvas, the great Rșis used to hear happily every day in heaven this poem of Rāmāyaṇa.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
VR 7 111.4
इदमाख्यानमायुष्यं सौभाग्यं पापनाशनम्। रामायणं वेदसमं श्राद्धेषु श्रावयेदुधः॥
idamākhyānamāyuṣyaṃ saubhāgyaṃ pāpanāśanam| rāmāyaṇaṃ vedasamaṃ śrāddheṣu śrāvayedudhaḥ||
At the Śrāddha cereinony the wise should chant this Rāmāyaṇa sacred like the Vedas, removing sins and increasing life and prosperity.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
VR 7 111.5
अपुत्रो लभते पुत्रमधनो लभते धनम्। सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्येत पादमप्यस्य यः पठेत् ॥
aputro labhate putramadhano labhate dhanam| sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyeta pādamapyasya yaḥ paṭhet ||
Reading even a single verse of this poem, one who has no son, obtain him; one having not riches, gets by them, and people are freed from all sins.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
VR 7 111.6
पापान्यपि च यः कुर्यादहन्यहनि मानवः। पठत्येकमपि श्लोकं पापात्स परिमुच्यते॥
pāpānyapi ca yaḥ kuryādahanyahani mānavaḥ| paṭhatyekamapi ślokaṃ pāpātsa parimucyate||
By reading even one slotter people are freed from all sins which they commit everyday.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
VR 7 111.7
वाचकाय च दातव्यं वस्त्रं धेनुहिरण्यकम्। वाचके परितुष्टे तु तुष्टाः स्युः सर्वदेवताः॥
vācakāya ca dātavyaṃ vastraṃ dhenuhiraṇyakam| vācake parituṣṭe tu tuṣṭāḥ syuḥ sarvadevatāḥ||
Clothes, cows, and gold should be conferred upon him who chants this poem, for he being pleased all the deities remain satisfied.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
VR 7 111.8
एतदाख्यानमायुष्यं पठन्रामायणं नरः। सपुत्रपौत्रो लोकेऽस्मिन्प्रेत्य चेह महीयते॥
etadākhyānamāyuṣyaṃ paṭhanrāmāyaṇaṃ naraḥ| saputrapautro loke'sminpretya ceha mahīyate||
Whoever reads this story of Rāmāyana, conferring a long life is honoured in this world along with his sons and grand-sons and as well as in the land of the dead.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
VR 7 111.9
रामायणं गोविसर्गे मध्याह्ने वा समाहितः। सायाह्ने वापराहणे च वाचयन्नावसीदति।९।।
rāmāyaṇaṃ govisarge madhyāhne vā samāhitaḥ| sāyāhne vāparāhaṇe ca vācayannāvasīdati|9||
Whoever shall read this Rāmāyaṇa either in the morning, noon or evening, shall never wearied.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
VR 7 111.10
अयोध्यापि पुरी रम्या शून्या वर्षगणान्बहून्। ऋषभं प्राप्य राजानं निवासमुपयास्यति॥
ayodhyāpi purī ramyā śūnyā varṣagaṇānbahūn| ṛṣabhaṃ prāpya rājānaṃ nivāsamupayāsyati||
The picturesque city of Ayodhyā remained devoid of men for many long years but was again peopled under the regime of the King Rsabha.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
VR 7 111.11
एतदाख्यानमायुष्यं सभविष्यं सहोत्तरम्। कृतवान्प्रचेतसः पुत्रस्तद्ब्रह्माप्यन्वमन्यत॥
etadākhyānamāyuṣyaṃ sabhaviṣyaṃ sahottaram| kṛtavānpracetasaḥ putrastadbrahmāpyanvamanyata||
Pracetā's son Vālmīki composed this poem, conferring long life, together with the future story of the deity and the Uttara Kāņdam. Even Brahmă admitted this.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)