Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 1.5
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1.5.1
सर्वा पूर्वमियं येषामासीत् कृत्स्ना वसुंधरा ।
प्रजापतिमुपादाय नृपाणां जयशालिनाम् ॥ १.५.१ ॥
In former times this whole earth belonged to those kings, rich in victories, who took Prajāpati as their source.
1.5.2
येषां स सगरो नाम सागरो येन खानितः ।
षष्टिपुत्रसहस्राणि यं यान्तं पर्यवारयन् ॥ १.५.२ ॥
Among them was the king named Sagara, by whom the ocean was dug; as he was going, sixty thousand sons surrounded him.
1.5.3
इक्ष्वाकूणामिदं तेषां राज्ञां वंशे महात्मनाम् ।
महदुत्पन्नमाख्यानं रामायणमिति श्रुतम् ॥ १.५.३ ॥
This is the lineage of the Ikṣvākus; this great narrative, arisen in the line of those great-souled kings, is known as the Rāmāyaṇa.
1.5.4
तदिदं वर्तयिष्यावः सर्वं निखिलमादितः ।
धर्मकामार्थसहितं श्रोतव्यमनसूयता ॥ १.५.४ ॥
We shall recite this whole account from the beginning, full of dharma, desire and wealth; it should be heard without envy.
1.5.5
कोसलो नाम मुदितः स्फीतो जनपदो महान् ।
निविष्टः सरयूतीरे प्रभूतधनधान्यवान् ॥ १.५.५ ॥
There is a great, joyful and flourishing realm called Kosala, situated on the bank of the Sarayū, abundant in wealth and grain.
1.5.6
अयोध्या नाम नगरी तत्रासील्लोकविश्रुता ।
मनुना मानवेन्द्रेण या पुरी निर्मिता स्वयम् ॥ १.५.६ ॥
There was a city named Ayodhyā, renowned in the world, which Manu, lord of men, had himself built.
1.5.7
आयता दश च द्वे च योजनानि महापुरी ।
श्रीमती त्रीणि विस्तीर्णा सुविभक्तमहापथा ॥ १.५.७ ॥
That great city was twelve yojanas long and three yojanas wide, its great roads well laid out and divided.
1.5.8
राजमार्गेण महता सुविभक्तेन शोभिता ।
मुक्तपुष्पावकीर्णेन जलसिक्तेन नित्यशः ॥ १.५.८ ॥
It was adorned with a great, well-arranged royal highway, always strewn with scattered flowers and sprinkled with water.
1.5.9
तां तु राजा दशरथो महाराष्ट्रविवर्धनः ।
पुरीमावासयामास दिवि देवपतिर्यथा ॥ १.५.९ ॥
King Daśaratha, the enlarger of the great realm, peopled that city just as the lord of the gods dwells in heaven.
1.5.10
कपाटतोरणवतीं सुविभक्तान्तरापणाम् ।
सर्वयन्त्रायुधवतीमुषितां सर्वशिल्पिभिः ॥ १.५.१० ॥
That city had gates and archways, its inner markets well divided; it was furnished with every kind of machine and weapon, and dwelt in by craftsmen of every trade.
1.5.11
सूतमागधसम्बाधां श्रीमतीमतुलप्रभाम् ।
उच्चाट्टालध्वजवतीं शतघ्नीशतसंकुलाम् ॥ १.५.११ ॥
Crowded with bards and panegyrists, that glorious city of incomparable splendor had lofty towers and banners, and was thronged with hundreds of śataghnī engines.
1.5.12
वधूनाटकसङ्घैश्च संयुक्तां सर्वतः पुरीम् ।
उद्यानाम्रवणोपेतां महतीं सालमेखलाम् ॥ १.५.१२ ॥
On every side that great city was joined with troupes of dancing women and actors, had gardens and mango groves, and was girdled by a belt of sāla trees.
1.5.13
दुर्गगम्भीरपरिखां दुर्गामन्यैर्दुरासदाम् ।
वाजिवारणसम्पूर्णां गोभिरुष्ट्रैः खरैस्तथा ॥ १.५.१३ ॥
Surrounded by deep, hard-to-cross moats, impregnable to others, full of horses and elephants, and abounding with oxen, camels and donkeys.
1.5.14
सामन्तराजसङ्घैश्च बलिकर्मभिरावृताम् ।
नानादेशनिवासैश्च वणिग्भिरुपशोभिताम् ॥ १.५.१४ ॥
Surrounded by hosts of vassal kings and tribute-paying rulers, and adorned by residents of many lands and by merchants.
1.5.15
प्रासादै रत्नविकृतैः पर्वतैरिव शोभिताम् ।
कूटागारैश्च सम्पूर्णामिन्द्रस्येवामरावतीम् ॥ १.५.१५ ॥
Adorned with mansions wrought of jewels, like mountains, filled with towered halls, like Indra's Amarāvatī.
1.5.16
चित्रामष्टापदाकारां वरनारीगणायुताम् ।
सर्वरत्नसमाकीर्णां विमानगृहशोभिताम् ॥ १.५.१६ ॥
Wondrous, shaped like a chessboard, full of troops of excellent women, strewn with every kind of jewel, adorned with palace-dwellings like celestial chariots.
1.5.17
गृहगाढामविच्छिद्रां समभूमौ निवेशिताम् ।
शालितण्डुलसम्पूर्णामिक्षुकाण्डरसोदकाम् ॥ १.५.१७ ॥
Densely built with houses, without gaps, established upon level ground, filled with rice and husked grain, its waters sweet as sugarcane juice.
1.5.18
दुन्दुभीभिर्मृदङ्गैश्च वीणाभिः पणवैस्तथा ।
नादितां भृशमत्यर्थं पृथिव्यां तामनुत्तमाम् ॥ १.५.१८ ॥
Greatly resounding with the drums of dundubhi, mṛdaṅga, lutes and paṇava drums — that unsurpassed city upon the earth.
1.5.19
विमानमिव सिद्धानां तपसाधिगतं दिवि ।
सुनिवेशितवेश्मान्तां नरोत्तमसमावृताम् ॥ १.५.१९ ॥
It was like the celestial palace of the perfected ones, won by austerity in heaven, its houses well arranged within and surrounded by the best of men.
1.5.20
ये च बाणैर्न विध्यन्ति विविक्तमपरापरम् ।
शब्दवेध्यं च विततं लघुहस्ता विशारदाः ॥ १.५.२० ॥
Those who never miss a single target or one after another with arrows, who pierce by sound, and who strike even extended targets — light-handed and skilled.
1.5.21
सिंहव्याघ्रवराहाणां मत्तानां नदतां वने ।
हन्तारो निशितैः शस्त्रैर्बलाद् बाहुबलैरपि ॥ १.५.२१ ॥
Slayers of maddened lions, tigers and boars roaring in the forest, who strike them down by force with sharp weapons and by the strength of their arms.
1.5.22
तादृशानां सहस्रैस्तामभिपूर्णां महारथैः ।
पुरीमावासयामास राजा दशरथस्तदा ॥ १.५.२२ ॥
That city, filled with thousands of such great chariot-warriors, was then peopled by King Daśaratha.
1.5.23
तामग्निमद्भिर्गुणवद्भिरावृतां
द्विजोत्तमैर्वेदषडङ्गपारगैः ।
सहस्रदैः सत्यरतैर्महात्मभि-
र्महर्षिकल्पैर्ऋषिभिश्च केवलैः ॥ १.५.२३ ॥
That city was surrounded by fire-tending, virtuous, best of twice-born brahmins, masters of the Veda and its six limbs, givers of thousands of gifts, devoted to truth, great-souled, like great sages, and by pure sages.