Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 7.59
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7.59.1
रामं दाशरथिं चैव मृतं सृञ्जय शुश्रुम ।
यं प्रजा अन्वमोदन्त पिता पुत्रमिवौरसम्।
असङ्ख्येया गुणा यस्मिन्नासन्नमिततेजसि ॥ ७.५९.१ ॥
O Sañjaya, we have heard that Rāma, son of Daśaratha, too is dead—he in whom the people rejoiced as a father rejoices in his own son, and in whom countless virtues dwelt, the one of immeasurable splendor.
7.59.2
यश्चतुर्दशवर्षाणि निदेशात्पितुरच्युतः ।
वने वनितया सार्धमवसल्लक्ष्मणाग्रजः ॥ ७.५९.२ ॥
He who, by his father's command, unwavering for fourteen years, dwelt in the forest with his wife—the elder brother of Lakṣmaṇa.
7.59.3
जघान च जनस्थाने राक्षसान्मनुजर्षभः ।
तपस्विनां रक्षणार्थं सहस्राणि चतुर्दश ॥ ७.५९.३ ॥
And in Janasthāna that bull among men slew fourteen thousand rākṣasas, to protect the ascetics.
7.59.4
तत्रैव वसतस्तस्य रावणो नाम राक्षसः ।
जहार भार्यां वैदेहीं सम्मोह्यैनं सहानुजम् ॥ ७.५९.४ ॥
While he dwelt there, the rākṣasa named Rāvaṇa, having bewildered him together with his younger brother, carried off his wife Vaidehī.
7.59.5
रामो हृतां राक्षसेन भार्यां श्रुत्वा जटायुषः ।
आतुरः शोकसन्तप्तो रामोऽगच्छद्धरीश्वरम् ॥ ७.५९.५ ॥
Having heard from Jaṭāyus of his wife's seizure by the rākṣasa, Rāma, distressed and tormented by grief, went to the lord of the apes.
7.59.6
तेन रामः सुसङ्गम्य वानरैश्च महाबलैः ।
आजगामोदधेः पारं सेतुं कृत्वा महार्णवे ॥ ७.५९.६ ॥
Through him, Rāma joined with the mighty apes, built a bridge across the great ocean, and came to the far shore of the sea.
7.59.7
तत्र हत्वा तु पौलस्त्यान्ससुहृद्गणबान्धवान् ।
मायाविनं महाघोरं रावणं लोककण्टकम् ॥ ७.५९.७ ॥
There, having slain the descendants of Pulastya together with their friends, retinues and kinsmen, and also the illusionist, terribly fierce Rāvaṇa, the thorn of the worlds,
7.59.8
सुरासुरैरवध्यं तं देवब्राह्मणकण्टकम् ।
जघान स महाबाहुः पौलस्त्यं सगणं रणे ॥ ७.५९.८ ॥
He, the mighty-armed one, killed in battle the descendant of Pulastya, along with his retinue, the one who could not be slain by gods or demons, the thorn to gods and brahmins.
7.59.9
हत्वा तत्र रिपुं सङ्ख्ये भार्यया सह सङ्गतः ।
स च लङ्केश्वरं चक्रे धर्मात्मानं विभीषणम् ॥ ७.५९.९ ॥
There, having slain the enemy in battle and reunited with his wife, he made the righteous-souled Vibhīṣaṇa lord of Laṅkā.
7.59.10
भार्यया सह संयुक्तस्ततो वानरसेनया ।
अयोध्यामागतो वीरः पुष्पकेण विराजता ॥ ७.५९.१० ॥
Joined with his wife, then together with the monkey army, the hero came to Ayodhyā on the shining Puṣpaka chariot.
7.59.11
तत्र राजन्प्रविष्टः सन्नयोध्यायां महायशाः ।
मातॄर्वयस्यान्सचिवानृत्विजः सपुरोहितान् ॥ ७.५९.११ ॥
O king, having entered Ayodhyā there, that greatly famed one stayed with his mothers, companions, ministers, sacrificial priests and household priests.
7.59.12
शुश्रूषमाणः सततं मन्त्रिभिश्चाभिषेचितः ।
विसृज्य हरिराजानं हनुमन्तं सहाङ्गदम् ॥ ७.५९.१२ ॥
Constantly attending to his duties, anointed by his ministers, having dismissed the lord of monkeys Hanumān together with Aṅgada, he began to rule.
7.59.13
भ्रातरं भरतं वीरं शत्रुघ्नं चैव लक्ष्मणम् ।
पूजयन्परया प्रीत्या वैदेह्या चाभिपूजितः ॥ ७.५९.१३ ॥
Honouring his brothers Bharata, the heroic Śatrughna and Lakṣmaṇa with supreme affection, and himself honoured by Vaidehī.
7.59.14
दशवर्षसहस्राणि दशवर्षशतानि च ।
चतुःसगारपर्यन्तां पृथिवीमन्वशासत ॥ ७.५९.१४ ॥
For ten thousand years and then a hundred more, he ruled the earth bounded by the four oceans.
7.59.15
अश्वमेधशतैरीजं क्रतुभिर्भूरिदक्षिणैः ।
यश्च विप्रप्रसादेन सर्वकामानवाप्य च ॥ ७.५९.१५ ॥
He who performed hundreds of horse sacrifices and other rites with abundant fees, and who, by the grace of the brahmins, obtained all his desires.
7.59.16
सम्प्राप्य विधिवद्राज्यं सर्वभूतानुकम्पनः ।
सर्वद्वीपानवष्टभ्य प्रजा धर्मेण पालयन् ॥ ७.५९.१६ ॥
Having duly obtained the kingdom, compassionate to all creatures, upholding all the islands, protecting his subjects by dharma.
7.59.17
स निर्गलं मुख्यतममश्वमेधशतं प्रभुः ।
आजहार सुरेशस्य हविषा मुदमाहरन्।
अन्यैश्च विविधैर्यज्ञैरीजे बहुगुणैर्नृपः ॥ ७.५९.१७ ॥
That lord of kings performed unobstructed, supreme hundred horse sacrifices, bringing joy to the lord of gods through oblations; and he worshipped also with other various and virtuous sacrifices.
7.59.18
क्षुत्पिपासेऽजयद्रामः सर्वरोगांश्च देहिनाम् ।
सततं गुणसम्पन्नो दीप्यमानः स्वतेजसा ॥ ७.५९.१८ ॥
Rāma conquered hunger and thirst, and all diseases of embodied beings; always endowed with virtues, shining with his own splendour.
7.59.19
अतिसर्वाणि भूतानि रामो दाशरथिर्बभौ ।
ऋषीणां देवतानां च मानुषाणां च सर्वशः।
पृथिव्यां सह वासोऽभूद्रामे राज्यं प्रशासति ॥ ७.५९.१९ ॥
Rāma, the son of Daśaratha, shone above all beings. While Rāma ruled the kingdom, sages, gods and humans alike dwelt together with him on the earth.
7.59.20
नाहीयत तदा प्रामः प्राणिनां न तदा व्यथा ।
प्राणापानौ समावास्तां रामे राज्यं प्रशासति ॥ ७.५९.२० ॥
When Rāma ruled the kingdom, weariness did not seize living beings, nor was there any suffering then; breath in and breath out were balanced.
7.59.21
पर्यदीप्यन्त तेजांसि तदाऽनर्थाश्च नाभवन् ।
दीर्घायुषः प्रजाः सर्वा युवा न म्रियते तदा ॥ ७.५९.२१ ॥
Then the splendours blazed forth everywhere, and no misfortunes occurred. All the people were long-lived; at that time a young man did not die.
7.59.22
वेदैश्चतुर्भिः सुप्रीताः प्राप्नुवन्ति दिवौकसः ।
हव्यं कव्यं च विविधं निष्पूर्तं हुतमेव च ॥ ७.५९.२२ ॥
Pleased by the four Vedas, the dwellers of heaven obtained oblation and offering to the ancestors, the many kinds of well-performed rites, and the poured offering.
7.59.23
अदंशमशका देशा नष्टव्यालसरीसृपाः ।
नाप्यु प्राणभृतां मृत्युर्नाकाले ज्वलनोऽदहत् ॥ ७.५९.२३ ॥
The lands were free of gnats and mosquitoes, and wild beasts and reptiles had been destroyed. Death did not come to living beings out of season, and fire did not burn out of season.
7.59.24
अधर्मरुचयो लुब्धा मूर्खा वा नाभवंस्तदा ।
शिष्टेष्टप्राज्ञकर्माणः सर्वे वर्णास्तदाऽभवन् ॥ ७.५९.२४ ॥
Then there were no greedy or foolish people delighting in unrighteousness; at that time all the social classes performed the deeds of the learned, the respected and the wise.
7.59.25
स्वधां पूजां च रक्षोभिर्जनस्थाने प्रणाशिताम् ।
प्रादान्निहत्य रक्षांसि पितृदेवेभ्य ईश्वरः ॥ ७.५९.२५ ॥
The Lord, having slain the rakshasas, restored to the ancestors and gods the svadhā offering and worship that the rakshasas had destroyed at Janasthāna.
7.59.26
सहस्रपुत्राः पुरुषा दशवर्षशतायुषः ।
न च ज्येष्ठाः कनिष्ठेभ्यस्तदा श्राद्धानि कुर्वते ॥ ७.५९.२६ ॥
In those days men had a thousand sons and lived a thousand years, yet the elders did not perform śrāddha rites for the younger ones.
7.59.27
श्यामो युवा लोहिताक्षो मत्तमातङ्गविक्रमः ।
आजानुबाहुः सुभुजः सिंहस्कन्धो महाबलः ॥ ७.५९.२७ ॥
Dark-complexioned, young, red-eyed, with the valour of an intoxicated elephant, long-armed reaching to the knees, fine-armed, lion-shouldered, and very strong.
7.59.28
दशवर्षसहस्राणि दशवर्षशतानि च ।
सर्वभूतमनःकान्तो रामो राज्यमकारयत् ॥ ७.५९.२८ ॥
For ten thousand and a thousand years, Rāma, beloved in the minds of all beings, ruled the kingdom.
7.59.29
रामो रामो राम इति प्रजानामभवत्कथा ।
रामभूतं जगदभूद्रामे राज्यं प्रशासति ॥ ७.५९.२९ ॥
"Rāma, Rāma, Rāma" became the talk of the people, and while Rāma ruled, the whole world became full of Rāma.
7.59.30
चतुर्विधाः प्रजा रामः स्वर्गं नीत्वा दिवं गतः ।
आत्मेच्छया प्रतिष्ठाप्य राजवंशमिहाष्टधा ॥ ७.५९.३० ॥
Having led the fourfold people to heaven, Rāma went of his own will to the divine realm, and having established the royal line here, he divided it eightfold.
7.59.31
स चेन्ममार सृञ्जय चतुर्भद्रतरस्त्वया ।
पुत्रात्पुण्यतरस्तुभ्यं मा पुत्रमनुतप्यथाः।
अयज्वानमदक्षिण्यमभि श्वैत्येत्युदाहरत् ॥ ७.५९.३१ ॥
If he has died, Sṛñjaya, he is four times more blessed than you, and more meritorious for you than your own son. Therefore do not grieve for the son. Such a thing is said only of one who has not sacrificed and has not given gifts.