Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda — Chapter 98

VR 7 98.1

रसातलं प्रविष्टायां वैदेह्यां सर्ववानराः। चुक्रुशुः साधुसाध्वीति मुनयो रामसंनिधौ॥

rasātalaṃ praviṣṭāyāṃ vaidehyāṃ sarvavānarāḥ| cukruśuḥ sādhusādhvīti munayo rāmasaṃnidhau||

Sītā having entered Rasātala, all the monkeys and Rșis repeatedly eulogised her before Rāma.

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

VR 7 98.2

दण्डकाष्ठमवष्टभ्य बाष्पव्याकुलितेक्षणः। अवाक्शिरा दीनमना रामो ह्यासीत्सुदुःखितः॥

daṇḍakāṣṭhamavaṣṭabhya bāṣpavyākulitekṣaṇaḥ| avākśirā dīnamanā rāmo hyāsītsuduḥkhitaḥ||

Stricken with sorrow and grief and lowering down his head, Rāma, with eyes full of fears, face downwards, and a dejected mind, sat down.

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

VR 7 98.3

स रुदित्वा चिरं कालं बहुशो बाष्पमुत्सृजन्। क्रोधशोकसमाविष्टो रामो वचनमब्रवीत्॥

sa ruditvā ciraṃ kālaṃ bahuśo bāṣpamutsṛjan| krodhaśokasamāviṣṭo rāmo vacanamabravīt||

And being possessed by grief and anger and shedding tears he wept for some time and ther said.

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

VR 7 98.4

अभूतपूर्वं शोकं मे मनः स्पष्टुमिवेच्छति। पश्यतो मे यथा नष्टा सीता श्रीरिव रूपिणी॥

abhūtapūrvaṃ śokaṃ me manaḥ spaṣṭumivecchati| paśyato me yathā naṣṭā sītā śrīriva rūpiṇī||

My mind is about to be possessed by grief, which I had never experienced before, for in the very presence of mine the graceful Jānaki, like Lakşmī herself, has disappeared from view.

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

VR 7 98.5

सादर्शनं पुरा सीता लङ्का पारे महोदधेः। ततश्चापि मयानीता किं पुनर्वसुधातलात्॥

sādarśanaṃ purā sītā laṅkā pāre mahodadheḥ| tataścāpi mayānītā kiṃ punarvasudhātalāt||

Formerly, in my absence, Janaki was once carried away into the city her back; what wonder it is that I shall get her back from Pātāla?

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

VR 7 98.6

वसुधे देवि भवति सीता निर्यात्यतां मम। दर्शयिष्यामि वा रोषं यथा मामवगच्छसि॥

vasudhe devi bhavati sītā niryātyatāṃ mama| darśayiṣyāmi vā roṣaṃ yathā māmavagacchasi||

O goddess Vasudhā, do you soon bring Sità in my vies, or else, worked up with ire I shall give you the fruits of your negligence.

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

VR 7 98.7

कामं श्वश्रूर्ममैव त्वं त्वत्सकाशात्तु मैथिली। कर्षता फालहस्तेन जनकेनोद्धृता पुरा ।७।।

kāmaṃ śvaśrūrmamaiva tvaṃ tvatsakāśāttu maithilī| karṣatā phālahastena janakenoddhṛtā purā |7||

You are my mother-in-law, since the royal saint Janaka obtained Sītā from your womb while cultivating you with plough share.

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

VR 7 98.8

तस्मानिर्यात्यतां सीता विवरं वा प्रयच्छ मे। पाताले नाकपृष्ठे वा वसेयं सहितस्तया॥

tasmāniryātyatāṃ sītā vivaraṃ vā prayaccha me| pātāle nākapṛṣṭhe vā vaseyaṃ sahitastayā||

Do you therefore bring back my Sītā or give me a region of the celestials, I wish to live with Sītā in nether world or heaven.

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

VR 7 98.9

आनय त्वं हि तां सीतां मत्तोऽहं मैथिलीकृते। न मे दास्यसि चेत्सीतां यथारूपां महीतले।।९ सपर्वतवनां कृत्स्नां व्यथयिष्यामि ते स्थितिम्। नाशयिष्याम्यहं भूमिं सर्वमापो भवन्त्विह॥

ānaya tvaṃ hi tāṃ sītāṃ matto'haṃ maithilīkṛte| na me dāsyasi cetsītāṃ yathārūpāṃ mahītale||9 saparvatavanāṃ kṛtsnāṃ vyathayiṣyāmi te sthitim| nāśayiṣyāmyahaṃ bhūmiṃ sarvamāpo bhavantviha||

I am beside myself for her; do you therefore bring back Sita. If you do not render back Sītā to me O Vasudha, I shall deluge the earth with Waters, having assailed, destroyed and drowned into water your huge compass with mountains and forests.

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

VR 7 98.10

एवं ब्रुवाणे काकुत्स्थे क्रोधशोकसमन्विते। ब्रह्मा सुरगणैः सार्धमुवाच रघुनन्दनम्॥

evaṃ bruvāṇe kākutsthe krodhaśokasamanvite| brahmā suragaṇaiḥ sārdhamuvāca raghunandanam||

Rāma, having given vent to those accents under the influence of ire, the patriarch Brahmā, with the consent of the celestials, said.

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

VR 7 98.11

राम राम न संतापं कर्तुमर्हसि सुव्रत। स्मर त्वं पूर्वकं भावं मन्त्रं चामित्रकर्शन॥

rāma rāma na saṃtāpaṃ kartumarhasi suvrata| smara tvaṃ pūrvakaṃ bhāvaṃ mantraṃ cāmitrakarśana||

O Rāma of firm vows, O slayer of enemies, you should not grieve thus, Recollect your former state of Vişņu and the counsels.

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

VR 7 98.12

न खलु त्वां महाबाहो स्मारयेयमनुत्तमम्। इमं मुहूर्त दुर्धर्ष स्मर त्वं जन्म वैष्णवम् ॥

na khalu tvāṃ mahābāho smārayeyamanuttamam| imaṃ muhūrta durdharṣa smara tvaṃ janma vaiṣṇavam ||

I would not have reminded you of this secret but for the present necessity. Do you now once more remember your birth from Vişnu.

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

VR 7 98.13

सीता हि विमला साध्वी तव पूर्वपरायणा। नागलोकं सुखं प्रायात्त्वदाश्रयतपोबलात्॥

sītā hi vimalā sādhvī tava pūrvaparāyaṇā| nāgalokaṃ sukhaṃ prāyāttvadāśrayatapobalāt||

By nature, Sītā is pure, chaste and ever dependent upon you. And by virtue of her ascetic dependence upon you she has gone to the region of Nagas.

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

VR 7 98.14

स्वर्गे ते संगमो भूयो भविष्यति न संशयः। अस्यास्तु परिषन्मध्ये यद्ब्रवीमि निबोध तत्॥

svarge te saṃgamo bhūyo bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ| asyāstu pariṣanmadhye yadbravīmi nibodha tat||

You shall again meet her in heaven. Hear, what I communicate to you before the assembly.

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

VR 7 98.15

एतदेव हि काव्यं ते काव्यानामुत्तमं श्रुतम्। सर्व विस्तरतो राम व्याख्यास्यति न संशयः॥

etadeva hi kāvyaṃ te kāvyānāmuttamaṃ śrutam| sarva vistarato rāma vyākhyāsyati na saṃśayaḥ||

You shall be informed of everything by listening to this excellent poem describing your own actions.

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

VR 7 98.16

जन्मप्रभृति ते वीर सुखदुःखोपसेवनम्। भविष्यदुत्तरं चेह सर्वं वाल्मीकिना कृतम्॥

janmaprabhṛti te vīra sukhaduḥkhopasevanam| bhaviṣyaduttaraṃ ceha sarvaṃ vālmīkinā kṛtam||

O hero, Vālmīki had described herein all miseries and joys you have experienced since your birth and what shall happen in future after SIta's entrance into Patala.

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

VR 7 98.17

आदिकाव्यमिदं राम त्वयि सर्वं प्रतिष्ठितम्। नह्यन्योऽर्हति काव्यानां यशोभाग्राघवादृते॥

ādikāvyamidaṃ rāma tvayi sarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitam| nahyanyo'rhati kāvyānāṃ yaśobhāgrāghavādṛte||

O Rāma, this first epic poem, Rāmāyaṇa, has been composed describing your works. None but you is worthy of the fame of this poem.

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

VR 7 98.18

श्रुतं ते पूर्वमेतद्धिमया सर्वं सुरैः सह। दिव्यमद्भुतरूपं च सत्यवाक्यमनावृतम्॥

śrutaṃ te pūrvametaddhimayā sarvaṃ suraiḥ saha| divyamadbhutarūpaṃ ca satyavākyamanāvṛtam||

Even before you I have heard this complete poem with gods, which is wonderful, truthful and unveiled.

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

VR 7 98.19

स त्वं पुरुषशार्दूल धर्मेण सुसमाहितः। शेषं भविष्यं काकुत्स्थ काव्यं रामायणं शृणु।२०

sa tvaṃ puruṣaśārdūla dharmeṇa susamāhitaḥ| śeṣaṃ bhaviṣyaṃ kākutstha kāvyaṃ rāmāyaṇaṃ śṛṇu|20

O lion among the men, Odescended of Raghu, you may hear the remaining portion of Rāmāyaṇa epic with religious mind.

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

VR 7 98.20

उत्तरं नाम काव्यस्य शेषमत्र महायशः। तच्छृणुष्व महातेज ऋषिभिः सार्धमुत्तमम्॥ न खल्वन्येन काकुत्स्थ श्रोतव्यमिदमुत्तमम्। परमऋषिणा वीर त्वयैव रघुनन्दन॥

uttaraṃ nāma kāvyasya śeṣamatra mahāyaśaḥ| tacchṛṇuṣva mahāteja ṛṣibhiḥ sārdhamuttamam|| na khalvanyena kākutstha śrotavyamidamuttamam| paramaṛṣiṇā vīra tvayaiva raghunandana||

O Rāghava, O highly illustrious one, do you hear with the Rsis, Uttarakandam, the last portion of this poem. O descendant of Raghu, this is not worthy of being heard by any but those who are the foremost of the royal saints.

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

VR 7 98.21

एतावदुक्त्वा वचनं ब्रह्मा त्रिभुवनेश्वरः। जगाम त्रिदिवं देवो देवैः सह सबान्धवैः॥ ये च तत्र महात्मान ऋषयो ब्राह्मलौकिकाः। ब्रह्मणा समनुज्ञाता न्यवर्तन्त महौजसः॥ उत्तरं श्रोतुमनसो भविष्यं यच्च राघवे।

etāvaduktvā vacanaṃ brahmā tribhuvaneśvaraḥ| jagāma tridivaṃ devo devaiḥ saha sabāndhavaiḥ|| ye ca tatra mahātmāna ṛṣayo brāhmalaukikāḥ| brahmaṇā samanujñātā nyavartanta mahaujasaḥ|| uttaraṃ śrotumanaso bhaviṣyaṃ yacca rāghave|

Having said this, the deity Brahmă, the lord of the three worlds, with other deities, repaired to the region of immortals. The high-souled and the highly effulgent ascetics, living in Brahma's region, who were present in the assembly, obtaining Brahma's permission, waited there, to hear Rama's future career in the Uttarakandam.

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

VR 7 98.22

ततो रामः शुभां वाणी देवदेवस्य भाषिताम्॥ श्रुत्वा परमतेजस्वी वाल्मीकिमिदमब्रवीत्। भगवश्रोतुमनस ऋषयो ब्राह्मलौकिकाः॥ भविष्यदुत्तरं यन्मे श्वोभूते संप्रवर्तताम्।

tato rāmaḥ śubhāṃ vāṇī devadevasya bhāṣitām|| śrutvā paramatejasvī vālmīkimidamabravīt| bhagavaśrotumanasa ṛṣayo brāhmalaukikāḥ|| bhaviṣyaduttaraṃ yanme śvobhūte saṃpravartatām|

Hearing the words of the great Patriarch instinct with well-being, the highly effulgent Rāma said to Vālmīki. O illustrious sir, the Rşis living in Brahmă's region have grown desirous of hearing my future history. So let it be taken up next morning.

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

VR 7 98.23

एवं विनिश्चयं कृत्वा संप्रगृह्य कुशीलवौ॥ तं जनौघं विसृज्याथ पर्णशालामुपागमत्। तामेव शोचतः सीतां सा व्यतीता च शर्वरी॥

evaṃ viniścayaṃ kṛtvā saṃpragṛhya kuśīlavau|| taṃ janaughaṃ visṛjyātha parṇaśālāmupāgamat| tāmeva śocataḥ sītāṃ sā vyatītā ca śarvarī||

Having thus settled and taken with him Kuća and Lava and sent away the assembled people he entered his palace and spent the night mourning for Sită.

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