Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 1.43
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1.43.1
देवदेवे गते तस्मिन् सोऽङ्गुष्ठाग्रनिपीडिताम् ।
कृत्वा वसुमतीं राम वत्सरं समुपासत ॥ १.४३.१ ॥
O Rāma, after the god of gods had departed, he, having fixed the earth pressed down by the tip of his big toe, practised austerity for a year.
1.43.2
अथ संवत्सरे पूर्णे सर्वलोकनमस्कृतः ।
उमापतिः पशुपती राजानमिदमब्रवीत् ॥ १.४३.२ ॥
Then, when the year was complete, Umāpati Paśupati, honoured by all the worlds, spoke these words to the king.
1.43.3
प्रीतस्तेऽहं नरश्रेष्ठ करिष्यामि तव प्रियम् ।
शिरसा धारयिष्यामि शैलराजसुतामहम् ॥ १.४३.३ ॥
O best of men, I am pleased with you; I will do your desire. I will bear on my head the daughter of the king of mountains.
1.43.4
ततो हैमवती ज्येष्ठा सर्वलोकनमस्कृता ।
तदा सातिमहद्रूपं कृत्वा वेगं च दुःसहम् ॥ १.४३.४ ॥
Then Haimavatī, the eldest daughter of the Himālaya, honoured by all the worlds, assumed a very vast form, and her force became unbearable.
1.43.5
आकाशादपतद् राम शिवे शिवशिरस्युत ।
अचिन्तयच्च सा देवी गङ्गा परमदुर्धरा ॥ १.४३.५ ॥
O Rāma, she fell from the sky upon the head of Śiva. And the goddess Gaṅgā, who was exceedingly unconquerable, thought thus.
1.43.6
विशाम्यहं हि पातालं स्त्रोतसा गृह्य शङ्करम् ।
तस्यावलेपनं ज्ञात्वा क्रुद्धस्तु भगवान् हरः ॥ १.४३.६ ॥
'I will enter the netherworld, seizing Śaṅkara in my current'—so she thought. Knowing her arrogance, the blessed Hara became angry.
1.43.7
तिरोभावयितुं बुद्धिं चक्रे त्रिनयनस्तदा ।
सा तस्मिन् पतिता पुण्या पुण्ये रुद्रस्य मूर्धनि ॥ १.४३.७ ॥
Then the three-eyed one resolved to conceal her. That sacred Gaṅgā fell upon the holy head of Rudra.
1.43.8
हिमवत्प्रतिमे राम जटामण्डलगह्वरे ।
सा कथंचिन्महीं गन्तुं नाशक्नोद् यत्नमास्थिता ॥ १.४३.८ ॥
O Rāma, in the cavern of that mass of matted locks, like the Himalaya, she, though striving, somehow could not go down to the earth.
1.43.9
नैव सा निर्गमं लेभे जटामण्डलमन्ततः ।
तत्रैवाबभ्रमद् देवी संवत्सरगणान् बहून् ॥ १.४३.९ ॥
Yet she found no way out of the circle of matted locks; and the goddess wandered there for many multitudes of years.
1.43.10
तामपश्यत् पुनस्तत्र तपः परममास्थितः ।
स तेन तोषितश्चासीदत्यन्तं रघुनन्दन ॥ १.४३.१० ॥
Seeing her there again, he who was established in supreme austerity was exceedingly pleased with her, O delight of the Raghus.
1.43.11
विससर्ज ततो गङ्गां हरो बिन्दुसरः प्रति ।
तस्यां विसृज्यमानायां सप्त स्रोतांसि जज्ञिरे ॥ १.४३.११ ॥
Then Hara released the Gaṅgā toward the lake of Bindu; and as she was being released, seven streams came into being.
1.43.12
ह्लादिनी पावनी चैव नलिनी च तथैव च ।
तिस्रः प्राचीं दिशं जग्मुर्गङ्गाः शिवजलाः शुभाः ॥ १.४३.१२ ॥
Three of them, the Hlādinī, the Pāvanī and the Nalinī, went toward the eastern quarter, the Gaṅgās whose waters are auspicious and holy.
1.43.13
सुचक्षुश्चैव सीता च सिन्धुश्चैव महानदी ।
तिस्रश्चैता दिशं जग्मुः प्रतीचीं तु दिशं शुभाः ॥ १.४३.१३ ॥
Sucakṣus, Sītā, and the great river Sindhu — these three auspicious rivers went toward the western direction.
1.43.14
सप्तमी चान्वगात् तासां भगीरथरथं तदा ।
भगीरथोऽपि राजर्षिर्दिव्यं स्यंदनमास्थितः ॥ १.४३.१४ ॥
The seventh river followed them, following Bhagīratha's chariot; and then the royal sage Bhagīratha too, mounted on the divine chariot.
1.43.15
प्रायादग्रे महातेजा गङ्गा तं चाप्यनुव्रजत् ।
गगनाच्छङ्करशिरस्ततो धरणिमागता ॥ १.४३.१५ ॥
The very radiant Bhagīratha went in front, and the Gaṅgā followed him; from the sky, through Śaṅkara's head, she came down to the earth.
1.43.16
असर्पत जलं तत्र तीव्रशब्दपुरस्कृतम् ।
मत्स्यकच्छपसङ्घैश्च शिंशुमारगणैस्तथा ॥ १.४३.१६ ॥
There the water flowed on with a fierce roar, accompanied by throngs of fish and tortoises and by hosts of dolphins.
1.43.17
पतद्भिः पतितैश्चैव व्यरोचत वसुंधरा ।
ततो देवर्षिगन्धर्वा यक्षसिद्धगणास्तथा ॥ १.४३.१७ ॥
The earth shone with the falling and fallen creatures. Then the god-sages, gandharvas, yakṣas, and hosts of siddhas also came there.
1.43.18
व्यलोकयन्त ते तत्र गगनाद् गां गतां तदा ।
विमानैर्नगराकारैर्हयैर्गजवरैस्तदा ॥ १.४३.१८ ॥
From there they gazed upon her, who had descended from the sky to the earth, seated in celestial chariots shaped like cities, on horses, and on noble elephants.
1.43.19
पारिप्लवगताश्चापि देवतास्तत्र विष्ठिताः ।
तदद्भुतमिमं लोके गङ्गावतरमुत्तमम् ॥ १.४३.१९ ॥
There the gods also, moving through the sky-ways, stood still; in the world this supreme descent of the Gaṅgā was wondrous.
1.43.20
दिदृक्षवो देवगणाः समीयुरमितौजसः ।
सम्पतद्भिः सुरगणैस्तेषां चाभरणौजसा ॥ १.४३.२० ॥
Desiring to see, the boundless-splendoured hosts of gods gathered; and by the radiance of the ornaments of the descending hosts of gods, the sky was filled.
1.43.21
शतादित्यमिवाभाति गगनं गततोयदम् ।
शिंशुमारोरगगणैर्मीनैरपि च चञ्चलैः ॥ १.४३.२१ ॥
The sky, free of clouds, shone as if with a hundred suns; with hosts of shiṃśumāra crocodiles and serpents, and with restless fish, it was adorned.
1.43.22
विद्युद्भिरिव विक्षिप्तैराकाशमभवत् तदा ।
पाण्डुरैः सलिलोत्पीडैः कीर्यमाणैः सहस्रधा ॥ १.४३.२२ ॥
Then the sky became as if filled with scattered lightning, by the white masses of water pressing and scattering a thousandfold.
1.43.23
शारदाभ्रैरिवाकीर्णं गगनं हंससम्प्लवैः ।
क्वचिद् द्रुततरं याति कुटिलं क्वचिदायतम् ॥ १.४३.२३ ॥
The sky seemed strewn with autumn clouds and flocks of swans; now it flows very swiftly, now winding, and now broad and spread out.
1.43.24
विनतं क्वचिदुद्भूतं क्वचिद् याति शनैः शनैः ।
सलिलेनैव सलिलं क्वचिदभ्याहतं पुनः ॥ १.४३.२४ ॥
Sometimes it bends down, sometimes it rises up, sometimes it moves slowly and gently; sometimes water, striking against water, is struck again.
1.43.25
मुहुरूर्ध्वपथं गत्वा पपात वसुधां पुनः ।
तच्छङ्करशिरोभ्रष्टं भ्रष्टं भूमितले पुनः ॥ १.४३.२५ ॥
Again and again, going up the upward path, it fell once more upon the earth; that water, fallen from Śaṅkara's head, fell again onto the surface of the ground.
1.43.26
व्यरोचत तदा तोयं निर्मलं गतकल्मषम् ।
तत्रर्षिगणगन्धर्वा वसुधातलवासिनः ॥ १.४३.२६ ॥
Then that water shone, pure and free from impurity; there were the groups of sages and gandharvas who dwell upon the surface of the earth.
1.43.27
भवाङ्गपतितं तोयं पवित्रमिति पस्पृशुः ।
शापात् प्रपतिता ये च गगनाद् वसुधातलम् ॥ १.४३.२७ ॥
Those who touched that water fallen from Bhava's body, deeming it holy; and those who had fallen from the sky to the surface of the earth by a curse, touched it as well.
1.43.28
कृत्वा तत्राभिषेकं ते बभूवुर्गतकल्मषाः ।
धूपपापाः पुनस्तेन तोयेनाथ शुभान्विताः ॥ १.४३.२८ ॥
Having bathed there, they became free from sin; and then, with that water washing away their sins, they became endowed with auspiciousness.
1.43.29
पुनराकाशमाविश्य स्वाँल्लोकान् प्रतिपेदिरे ।
मुमुदे मुदितो लोकस्तेन तोयेन भास्वता ॥ १.४३.२९ ॥
Entering the sky again, they returned to their own worlds; and the world, delighted, rejoiced in that radiant water.
1.43.30
कृताभिषेको गङ्गायां बभूव गतकल्मषः ।
भगीरथो हि राजर्षिर्दिव्यं स्यन्दनमास्थितः ॥ १.४३.३० ॥
Having bathed in the Gaṅgā and become free from sin, the royal sage Bhagīratha mounted a divine chariot.
1.43.31
प्रायादग्रे महाराजास्तं गङ्गा पृष्ठतोऽन्वगात् ।
देवाः सर्षिगणाः सर्वे दैत्यदानवराक्षसाः ॥ १.४३.३१ ॥
The great king went forward, and the Ganges followed behind him. The gods, the groups of sages, and all the Daityas, Dānavas and Rākṣasas followed.
1.43.32
गन्धर्वयक्षप्रवराः सकिन्नरमहोरगाः ।
सर्वाश्चाप्सरसो राम भगीरथरथानुगाः ॥ १.४३.३२ ॥
O Rāma, the foremost Gandharvas and Yakṣas, with the Kinnaras and great serpents, and all the Apsarases followed in the wake of Bhagīratha's chariot.
1.43.33
गङ्गामन्वगमन् प्रीताः सर्वे जलचराश्च ये ।
यतो भगीरथो राजा ततो गङ्गा यशस्विनी ॥ १.४३.३३ ॥
All the water-dwelling creatures, joyful, also followed the Ganges, because it was through King Bhagīratha that the glorious Ganges had come.
1.43.34
जगाम सरितां श्रेष्ठा सर्वपापप्रणाशिनी ।
ततो हि यजमानस्य जह्नोरद्भुतकर्मणः ॥ १.४३.३४ ॥
The foremost of rivers, the destroyer of all sins, went on. Then, to the sacrifice of Jahnu, the sacrificer of wondrous deeds...
1.43.35
गङ्गा सम्प्लावयामास यज्ञवाटं महत्मनः ।
तस्यावलेपनं ज्ञात्वा क्रुद्धो जह्नुश्च राघव ॥ १.४३.३५ ॥
The Ganges flooded the sacrificial enclosure of the great-souled one. O Rāghava, having learned of that overflowing, Jahnu grew angry.
1.43.36
अपिबत् तु जलं सर्वं गङ्गयाः परमाद्भुतम् ।
ततो देवाः सगन्घर्वा ऋषयश्च सुविस्मिताः ॥ १.४३.३६ ॥
He drank all that most wondrous water of the Ganges. Then the gods, with the Gandharvas and the sages, were greatly astonished.
1.43.37
पूजयन्ति महात्मानं जह्नुं पुरुषसत्तमम् ।
गङ्गां चापि नयन्ति स्म दुहितृत्वे महात्मनः ॥ १.४३.३७ ॥
They honoured the great-souled Jahnu, best of men, and also took Gaṅgā as the daughter of that great-souled one.
1.43.38
ततस्तुष्टो महातेजाः श्रोत्राभ्यामसृजत् प्रभुः ।
तस्माज्जह्नुसुता गङ्गा प्रोच्यते जाह्नवीति च ॥ १.४३.३८ ॥
Then the lord of great splendour, pleased, brought forth Gaṅgā from his ears; therefore Gaṅgā, daughter of Jahnu, is called Jāhnavī.
1.43.39
जगाम च पुनर्गङ्गा भगीरथरथानुगा ।
सागरं चापि सम्प्रप्ता सा सरित्प्रवरा तदा ॥ १.४३.३९ ॥
Gaṅgā went on again, following Bhagīratha's chariot, and then that foremost of rivers reached the ocean.
1.43.40
रसातलमुपागच्छत् सिद्ध्यर्थं तस्य कर्मणः ।
भगीरथोऽपि राजार्षिर्गङ्गामादाय यत्नतः ॥ १.४३.४० ॥
For the accomplishment of that deed, Gaṅgā went down to the netherworld; and the royal sage Bhagīratha also, having carefully taken Gaṅgā with him, went there.
1.43.41
पितमहान् भस्मकृतानपश्यद् गतचेतनः ।
अथ तद्भस्मनां राशिं गङ्गासलिलमुत्तमम् ।
प्लावयत् पूतपाप्मानः स्वर्गं प्राप्ता रघूत्तम ॥ १.४३.४१ ॥
Seeing his forefathers reduced to ashes, Bhagīratha fell senseless; then Gaṅgā's supreme water flooded that heap of ashes, and, O best of the Raghus, their sins washed away, they attained heaven.