Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 1.38
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1.38.1
तां कथां कौशिको रामे निवेद्य मधुराक्षराम् ।
पुनरेवापरं वाक्यं काकुत्स्थमिदमब्रवीत् ॥ १.३८.१ ॥
Having related that sweet-worded tale to Rāma, Kauśika again spoke this other word to Rāma of the Kakutstha line.
1.38.2
अयोध्याधिपतिर्वीर पूर्वमासीन्नराधिपः ।
सगरो नाम धर्मात्मा प्रजाकामः स चाप्रजः ॥ १.३८.२ ॥
O hero, long ago there was a king of men, Sagara, the lord of Ayodhyā, a righteous-minded man who desired offspring, yet was without offspring.
1.38.3
वैदर्भदुहिता राम केशिनी नाम नामतः ।
ज्येष्ठा सगरपत्नी सा धर्मिष्ठा सत्यवादिनी ॥ १.३८.३ ॥
O Rāma, Keśinī by name, the daughter of the king of Vidarbha, the eldest, was Sagara's wife; she was most righteous and truthful.
1.38.4
अरिष्टनेमेर्दुहिता सुपर्णभगिनी तु सा ।
द्वितीया सगरस्यासीत् पत्नी सुमतिसंज्ञिता ॥ १.३८.४ ॥
The daughter of Ariṣṭanemi, the sister of Suparṇa (Garuḍa), was the second; she was called Sumati, Sagara's wife.
1.38.5
ताभ्यां सह महाराजः पत्नीभ्यां तप्तवांस्तपः ।
हिमवन्तं समासाद्य भृगुप्रस्रवणे गिरौ ॥ १.३८.५ ॥
With those two wives the great king reached the Himālaya and performed austerity on the mountain of the Bhṛgu spring.
1.38.6
अथ वर्षशते पूर्णे तपसाऽऽराधितो मुनिः ।
सगराय वरं प्रादाद् भृगुः सत्यवतां वरः ॥ १.३८.६ ॥
Then, when a hundred years had been completed, the sage, propitiated by austerity, Bhṛgu, best of the truthful, granted a boon to Sagara.
1.38.7
अपत्यलाभः सुमहान् भविष्यति तवानघ ।
कीर्तिं चाप्रतिमां लोके प्राप्स्यसे पुरुषर्षभ ॥ १.३८.७ ॥
O sinless one, great will be the gain of offspring for you, and matchless fame will you win in the world, O bull among men.
1.38.8
एका जनयिता तात पुत्रं वंशकरं तव ।
षष्टिं पुत्रसहस्राणि अपरा जनयिष्यति ॥ १.३८.८ ॥
One wife, dear one, will bear a single son who will carry on your line, and the other will bear sixty thousand sons.
1.38.9
भाषमाणं महात्मानं राजपुत्र्यौ प्रसाद्य तम् ।
ऊचतुः परमप्रीते कृताञ्जलिपुटे तदा ॥ १.३८.९ ॥
As the great-souled sage was speaking, the two royal princesses, greatly delighted and having pleased him, said this with palms joined in salutation.
1.38.10
एकः कस्याः सुतो ब्रह्मन् का बहूञ्जनयिष्यति ।
श्रोतुमिच्छावहे ब्रह्मन् सत्यमस्तु वचस्तव ॥ १.३८.१० ॥
O brahmin, which of us will bear the single son, and which will bear the many? We wish to hear it, O brahmin; let your word come true.
1.38.11
तयोस्तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा भृगुः परमधार्मिकः ।
उवाच परमां वाणीं स्वच्छन्दोऽत्र विधीयताम् ॥ १.३८.११ ॥
Having heard their words, Bhṛgu, most righteous, spoke this supreme speech: "Let it be decided here according to your own wish."
1.38.12
एको वंशकरो वास्तु बहवो वा महाबलाः ।
कीर्तिमन्तो महोत्साहाः का वा कं वरमिच्छति ॥ १.३८.१२ ॥
Whether one son to continue the line, or many mighty, famous and greatly energetic sons — which of you desires which boon?
1.38.13
मुनेस्तु वचनं श्रुत्वा केशिनी रघुनन्दन ।
पुत्रं वंशकरं राम जग्राह नृपसंनिधौ ॥ १.३८.१३ ॥
Hearing the sage's words, O Rāma, delight of the Raghus, Keśinī in the king's presence chose the son who would continue the lineage.
1.38.14
षष्टिं पुत्रसहस्राणि सुपर्णभगिनी तदा ।
महोत्साहान् कीर्तिमतो जग्राह सुमतिः सुतान् ॥ १.३८.१४ ॥
Then Sumati, the sister of Suparṇa, took sixty thousand sons, of great energy and renown.
1.38.15
प्रदक्षिणमृषिं कृत्वा शिरसाभिप्रणम्य तम् ।
जगाम स्वपुरं राजा सभार्यो रघुनन्दन ॥ १.३८.१५ ॥
O Rāma, delight of the Raghus, the king circled the sage keeping him to his right, bowed his head low before him, and went back to his own city with his wives.
1.38.16
अथ काले गते तस्य ज्येष्ठा पुत्रं व्यजायत ।
असमञ्ज इति ख्यातं केशिनी सगरात्मजम् ॥ १.३८.१६ ॥
In time, his eldest wife Keśinī gave birth to a son named Asamañja, the son of Sagara.
1.38.17
सुमतिस्तु नरव्याघ्र गर्भतुम्बं व्यजायत ।
षष्टिः पुत्रसहस्राणि तुम्बभेदाद् विनिःसृताः ॥ १.३८.१७ ॥
O tiger among men, Sumati gave birth to a gourd-shaped womb, and from the breaking open of the gourd sixty thousand sons emerged.
1.38.18
घृतपूर्णेषु कुम्भेषु धात्र्यस्तान् समवर्धयन् ।
कालेन महता सर्वे यौवनं प्रतिपेदिरे ॥ १.३८.१८ ॥
Nurses raised them in jars filled with ghee, and in time they all came to youth.
1.38.19
अथ दीर्घेण कालेन रूपयौवनशालिनः ।
षष्टिः पुत्रसहस्राणि सगरस्याभवंस्तदा ॥ १.३८.१९ ॥
Then, after a long time, sixty thousand sons, graced with beauty and youth, were born to Sagara.
1.38.20
स च ज्येष्ठो नरश्रेष्ठ सगरस्यात्मसम्भवः ।
बालान् गृहीत्वा तु जले सरय्वा रघुनन्दन ॥ १.३८.२० ॥
O best of men, O delight of the Raghus: that eldest son of Sagara, born of his own self, seized the children and into the waters of the Sarayū…
1.38.21
प्रक्षिप्य प्राहसन्नित्यं मज्जतस्तान् निरीक्ष्य वै ।
एवं पापसमाचारः सज्जनप्रतिबाधकः ॥ १.३८.२१ ॥
Having thrown them in, he would always laugh, watching them as they sank. Thus he was of evil conduct, an obstacle to good people.
1.38.22
पौराणामहिते युक्तः पित्रा निर्वासितः पुरात् ।
तस्य पुत्रोंऽशुमान् नाम असमञ्जस्य वीर्यवान् ॥ १.३८.२२ ॥
Engaged in harming the citizens, he was banished from the city by his father. His son was named Aṃśumān, the valiant son of Asamañjas.
1.38.23
सम्मतः सर्वलोकस्य सर्वस्यापि प्रियंवदः ।
ततः कालेन महता मतिः समभिजायत ॥ १.३८.२३ ॥
He was esteemed by all the worlds and sweet-spoken to everyone. Then, after a long time, a resolve arose in Sagara's mind.
1.38.24
सगरस्य नरश्रेष्ठ यजेयमिति निश्चिता ।
स कृत्वा निश्चयं राजा सोपाध्यायगणस्तदा ।
यज्ञकर्मणि वेदज्ञो यष्टुं समुपचक्रमे ॥ १.३८.२४ ॥
O best of men, Sagara resolved: "I shall perform a sacrifice." That king, knowing the Vedas, having made this resolve with his company of priests, then set about performing the sacrifice.