Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda — Chapter 50

VR 7 50.1

दृष्ट्वा तु मैथिली सीतामाश्रमे संप्रवेशिताम्। संतापमगमद्धोरं लक्ष्मणो दीनचेतनः॥

dṛṣṭvā tu maithilī sītāmāśrame saṃpraveśitām| saṃtāpamagamaddhoraṃ lakṣmaṇo dīnacetanaḥ||

Beholding the great ascetic Vālmīki thus conducting Sītā into his own hermitage Lakş mana's heart was bewildered with grief.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

VR 7 50.2

अब्रवीच्च महातेजाः सुमन्वं मन्त्रसारथिम्। सीतासंतापजं दुःखं पश्य रामस्य सारथे॥

abravīcca mahātejāḥ sumanvaṃ mantrasārathim| sītāsaṃtāpajaṃ duḥkhaṃ paśya rāmasya sārathe||

Thereupon he said to the expert charioteer Sumantra. Do you perceive Rāma's grief consequent upon the separation from Sītā.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

VR 7 50.3

ततो दुःखतरं किं नु राघवस्य भविष्यति। पत्नी शुद्धसमाचारां विसृज्य जनकात्मजाम्॥

tato duḥkhataraṃ kiṃ nu rāghavasya bhaviṣyati| patnī śuddhasamācārāṃ visṛjya janakātmajām||

His spouse-the daughter of Janaka, is perfectly pure; what can be more painful than that Rāma is living alone having renounced her?

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

VR 7 50.4

व्यक्तं दैवादहं मन्ये राघवस्य विनाभवम्। वैदेह्या सारथे नित्यं दैवं हि दुरतिक्रमम्॥

vyaktaṃ daivādahaṃ manye rāghavasya vinābhavam| vaidehyā sārathe nityaṃ daivaṃ hi duratikramam||

It is clear to me, O Sumantra, that this separation of Rāma, has been brought about by the influence of destiny-for it is hard to get over accident.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

VR 7 50.5

यो हि देवान्सगन्धर्वानसुरान्सह राक्षसैः। निहन्याद्राघवः क्रुद्धः स दैवं पर्युपासते॥

yo hi devānsagandharvānasurānsaha rākṣasaiḥ| nihanyādrāghavaḥ kruddhaḥ sa daivaṃ paryupāsate||

Even that Rāma, who, when enraged, is capable of slaying the celestials, Gandharvas, Asuras and Rākşasas, has been engaged in the worship of destiny.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

VR 7 50.6

पुरा रामः पितुर्वाक्याद्दण्डके विजने वने। उषित्वा नव वर्षाणि पञ्च चैव महावने॥

purā rāmaḥ piturvākyāddaṇḍake vijane vane| uṣitvā nava varṣāṇi pañca caiva mahāvane||

Formerly did Rāma go through miserics, residing in the forest of Dandaka, at the command of his sire for fourteen years.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

VR 7 50.7

ततो दुःखतरं भूयः सीताया विप्रवासनम्। पौराणां वचनं श्रुत्वा नृशंसं प्रतिभाति मे॥ को नु धर्माश्रयः सूत कर्मण्यस्मिन्यशोहरे। मैथिली समनुप्राप्तः पौरे नार्थवादिभिः॥

tato duḥkhataraṃ bhūyaḥ sītāyā vipravāsanam| paurāṇāṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā nṛśaṃsaṃ pratibhāti me|| ko nu dharmāśrayaḥ sūta karmaṇyasminyaśohare| maithilī samanuprāptaḥ paure nārthavādibhiḥ||

But this banishment of Sītā appears to me as exceedingly painful and most ruthless. O charioteer, the opinion of the citizens is by no means just; consequently what shall we gain by performing such a bad action for fame as the exile of Sita?

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

VR 7 50.8

एता वाचो बहुविधाः श्रुत्वा लक्ष्मणभाषिताः। सुमन्त्रः श्रद्धया प्राज्ञो वाक्यमेतदुवाच ह॥

etā vāco bahuvidhāḥ śrutvā lakṣmaṇabhāṣitāḥ| sumantraḥ śraddhayā prājño vākyametaduvāca ha||

Hearing those words of Lakşmaņa of various types, the wise Sumantra reverentially replied.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

VR 7 50.9

न संतापस्त्वया कार्यः सौमित्रे मैथिली प्रति। दृष्टमेतत्पुरा विप्रैः पितुस्ते लक्ष्मणाग्रतः॥

na saṃtāpastvayā kāryaḥ saumitre maithilī prati| dṛṣṭametatpurā vipraiḥ pituste lakṣmaṇāgrataḥ||

Be not aggrieved for Sītā, O Saumitri Formerly in the presence of your sire the Brāhmaṇas related this account of Sītā's exile.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

VR 7 50.10

भविष्यति दृढं रामो दुःखप्रायो विसौख्यभाक् । प्राप्स्यते च महाबाहुर्विप्रयोगं प्रियैर्वृतम् ॥ त्वां चैव मैथिली चैव शत्रुघ्नभरतौ तथा। स त्यजिष्यति धर्मात्मा कालेन महता महान्॥

bhaviṣyati dṛḍhaṃ rāmo duḥkhaprāyo visaukhyabhāk | prāpsyate ca mahābāhurviprayogaṃ priyairvṛtam || tvāṃ caiva maithilī caiva śatrughnabharatau tathā| sa tyajiṣyati dharmātmā kālena mahatā mahān||

Rāma shall be deprived of all happiness and be separated from his dear wife; what more, the virtuous-souled Rāma, having long arms, shall, under the influence of time, renounce you, Sītā, Śatrughna and Bharata.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

VR 7 50.11

इदं त्वयि न वक्तव्यं सौमित्रे भरतेऽपि वा। राज्ञा वो व्याहृतं वाक्यं दुर्वासा यदुवाच ह॥ महाजनसमीपे च मम चैव नरर्षभ। ऋषिणा व्याहृतं वाक्यं वसिष्ठस्य च संनिधौ ॥

idaṃ tvayi na vaktavyaṃ saumitre bharate'pi vā| rājñā vo vyāhṛtaṃ vākyaṃ durvāsā yaduvāca ha|| mahājanasamīpe ca mama caiva nararṣabha| ṛṣiṇā vyāhṛtaṃ vākyaṃ vasiṣṭhasya ca saṃnidhau ||

O Lakṣmaṇa, when Durvāsa was addressed by the king Dasaratha as to your future he replied in the above way. I have told you the same. Do you not communicate this to Śatrughna Bharata or any body. O foremost of men, Durbasa said this to Daſaratha before me, Vaşistha and other great men.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

VR 7 50.12

ऋषेस्तु वचनं श्रुत्वा मामाह पुरुषर्षभः। सूत न क्वचिदेवं ते वक्तव्यं जनसंनिधौ॥

ṛṣestu vacanaṃ śrutvā māmāha puruṣarṣabhaḥ| sūta na kvacidevaṃ te vaktavyaṃ janasaṃnidhau||

Hearing the words of Rsi, Dasaratha, the foremost of men, said to me, "O charioteer, do not reveal this secret to any body.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

VR 7 50.13

तस्याहं लोकपालस्य वाक्यं तत्सुसमाहितः। नैव जात्वनृतं कुर्यामिति मे सौम्य दर्शनम्॥ सर्वथैव न वक्तव्यं मया सौम्य तवाग्रतः। यदि ते श्रवणे श्रद्धा श्रूयतां रघुनन्दन ॥

tasyāhaṃ lokapālasya vākyaṃ tatsusamāhitaḥ| naiva jātvanṛtaṃ kuryāmiti me saumya darśanam|| sarvathaiva na vaktavyaṃ mayā saumya tavāgrataḥ| yadi te śravaṇe śraddhā śrūyatāṃ raghunandana ||

O gentle one, it is not proper by any means to falsify the words of the king Dasaratha. I shall always, very carefully, carry out his orders. It is not proper to reveal this mystery before you. Still I do so for your curiosity has been greatly excited.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

VR 7 50.14

यद्यप्यहं नरेन्द्रेण रहस्यं श्रावितं पुरा। तथाप्युदाहरिष्यामि दैवं हि दुरतिक्रमम्॥ येनेदमीदृशं प्राप्तं दुःखं शोकसमन्वितम्। न त्वया भरतस्याग्रे शत्रुघ्नस्यापि संनिधौ॥

yadyapyahaṃ narendreṇa rahasyaṃ śrāvitaṃ purā| tathāpyudāhariṣyāmi daivaṃ hi duratikramam|| yenedamīdṛśaṃ prāptaṃ duḥkhaṃ śokasamanvitam| na tvayā bharatasyāgre śatrughnasyāpi saṃnidhau||

Tough this mystery was communicated formerly by the king Dasaratha and though it is not proper to reveal it to any body, still I express it before you that you may not, on hearing it, be worked up with sorrow; for destiny is hard to be got over. And it is by the influence of that destiny that you have met with such a sorrow and grief. However, do you not reveal this secret to Satrughna and Bharata.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

VR 7 50.15

तच्छ्रुत्वा भाषितं तस्य गम्भीरार्थपदं महत्। तयं ब्रूहीति सौमित्रिः सूतं तं वाक्यमब्रवीत्।।२०

tacchrutvā bhāṣitaṃ tasya gambhīrārthapadaṃ mahat| tayaṃ brūhīti saumitriḥ sūtaṃ taṃ vākyamabravīt||20

Hearing these grave and important words of Sumantra, Laksmana ordered him to relate.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)