Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 1.57
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1.57.1
ततः संतप्तहृदयः स्मरन्निग्रहमात्मनः।
विनिःश्वस्य विनिःश्वस्य कृतवैरो महात्मना ॥ १.५७.१ ॥
Then, with a tormented heart, remembering his own defeat, sighing again and again, he made enmity with the great-souled one.
1.57.2
स दक्षिणां दिशं गत्वा महिष्या सह राघव।
तताप परमं घोरं विश्वामित्रो महातपाः ॥ १.५७.२ ॥
O Rāghava, having gone to the southern quarter together with his queen, Viśvāmitra, the great ascetic, practiced a supreme and terrible penance.
1.57.3
फलमूलाशनो दान्तश्चचार परमं तपः।
अथास्य जज्ञिरे पुत्राः सत्यधर्मपरायणाः ॥ १.५७.३ ॥
Eating fruits and roots, self-controlled, he practiced supreme austerity; then sons were born to him, devoted to truth and dharma.
1.57.4
हविष्पन्दो मधुष्पन्दो दृढनेत्रो महारथः।
पूर्णे वर्षसहस्रे तु ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः ॥ १.५७.४ ॥
Haviṣpanda, Madhuṣpanda and Dṛḍhanetra, great charioteers, were born; and when a thousand years were completed, Brahmā, the grandfather of the worlds, came.
1.57.5
अब्रवीन्मधुरं वाक्यं विश्वामित्रं तपोधनम्।
जिता राजर्षिलोकास्ते तपसा कुशिकात्मज ॥ १.५७.५ ॥
He spoke sweet words to Viśvāmitra, whose wealth is austerity: 'O son of Kuśika, by your austerity you have conquered the worlds of royal sages.'
1.57.6
अनेन तपसा त्वां हि राजर्षिरिति विद्महे।
एवमुक्त्वा महातेजा जगाम सह दैवतैः ॥ १.५७.६ ॥
'By this austerity we indeed know you to be a royal sage.' Having said this, the one of great splendour went away together with the gods.
1.57.7
त्रिविष्टपं ब्रह्मलोकं लोकानां परमेश्वरः।
विश्वामित्रोऽपि तच्छ्रुत्वा ह्रिया किंचिदवाङ्मुखः ॥ १.५७.७ ॥
When the supreme lord of the worlds spoke of heaven and the world of Brahmā, Viśvāmitra too, hearing it, stood with his face somewhat bowed in shame.
1.57.8
दुःखेन महताविष्टः समन्युरिदमब्रवीत्।
तपश्च सुमहत् तप्तं राजर्षिरिति मां विदुः ॥ १.५७.८ ॥
Overcome with great sorrow and anger, Viśvāmitra spoke thus: "I have performed a very great penance, yet people know me only as a royal sage."
1.57.9
देवाः सर्षिगणाः सर्वे नास्ति मन्ये तपः फलम्।
एवं निश्चित्य मनसा भूय एव महातपाः ॥ १.५७.९ ॥
"I think that the gods and all the groups of sages are not the fruit of penance." Having resolved this in his mind, the great ascetic again...
1.57.10
तपश्चचार धर्मात्मा काकुत्स्थ परमात्मवान्।
एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु सत्यवादी जितेन्द्रियः ॥ १.५७.१० ॥
O descendant of Kakutstha (Rāma), the righteous-souled, self-controlled one performed penance. At that very time, a truthful king who had conquered his senses...
1.57.11
त्रिशङ्कुरिति विख्यात इक्ष्वाकुकुलवर्धनः।
तस्य बुद्धिः समुत्पन्ना यजेयमिति राघव ॥ १.५७.११ ॥
A king renowned as Triśaṅku, enhancer of the Ikṣvāku line — O Rāghava — conceived the thought: "I should perform a sacrifice."
1.57.12
गच्छेयं स्वशरीरेण देवतानां परां गतिम्।
वसिष्ठं स समाहूय कथयामास चिन्तितम् ॥ १.५७.१२ ॥
"Might I go to the supreme abode of the gods in my own body." Having summoned Vasiṣṭha, he told him what he had been thinking.
1.57.13
अशक्यमिति चाप्युक्तो वसिष्ठेन महात्मना।
प्रत्याख्यातो वसिष्ठेन स ययौ दक्षिणां दिशम् ॥ १.५७.१३ ॥
Though told by the great-souled Vasiṣṭha, "This is impossible," and rejected by Vasiṣṭha, he went off in the southern direction.
1.57.14
ततस्तत्कर्मसिद्ध्यर्थं पुत्रांस्तस्य गतो नृपः।
वासिष्ठा दीर्घतपसस्तपो यत्र हि तेपिरे ॥ १.५७.१४ ॥
Then, to accomplish that rite, the king went to the sons of Vasiṣṭha, where they, of long penance, were performing austerities.
1.57.15
त्रिशङ्कुस्तु महातेजाः शतं परमभास्वरम्।
वसिष्ठपुत्रान् ददृशे तप्यमानान् मनस्विनः ॥ १.५७.१५ ॥
But Triśaṅku of great splendor saw Vasiṣṭha's hundred sons, supremely radiant and high-minded, engaged in austerity.
1.57.16
सोऽभिगम्य महात्मानः सर्वानेव गुरोः सुतान्।
अभिवाद्यानुपूर्वेण ह्रिया किंचिदवाङ्मुखः ॥ १.५७.१६ ॥
He approached all of the great-souled sons of his teacher Vasiṣṭha, bowed to them in order, and stood with face somewhat downcast in shame.
1.57.17
अब्रवीत् स महात्मानः सर्वानेव कृताञ्जलिः।
शरणं वः प्रपन्नोऽहं शरण्यान् शरणं गतः ॥ १.५७.१७ ॥
With joined palms he said to all of them, the great-souled ones: "O great-souled ones, I have taken refuge in you; O you worthy of giving refuge, I have come seeking refuge."
1.57.18
प्रत्याख्यातो हि भद्रं वो वसिष्ठेन महात्मना।
यष्टुकामो महायज्ञं तदनुज्ञातुमर्हथ ॥ १.५७.१८ ॥
I have been rejected by the great-souled Vasiṣṭha; may you prosper. I wish to perform a great sacrifice, and you are worthy to grant permission for it.
1.57.19
गुरुपुत्रानहं सर्वान् नमस्कृत्य प्रसादये।
शिरसा प्रणतो याचे ब्राह्मणांस्तपसि स्थितान् ॥ १.५७.१९ ॥
Having bowed to all the sons of the preceptor, I seek to win their favour. With head bowed low, I beg those brahmins who abide in austerity.
1.57.20
ते मां भवन्तः सिद्ध्यर्थं याजयन्तु समाहिताः।
सशरीरो यथाहं वै देवलोकमवाप्नुयाम् ॥ १.५७.२० ॥
Let you all, with concentrated minds, perform the sacrifice for me to achieve success, so that I may attain the world of the gods in this very body.
1.57.21
प्रत्याख्यातो वसिष्ठेन गतिमन्यां तपोधनाः।
गुरुपुत्रानृते सर्वान् नाहं पश्यामि कांचन ॥ १.५७.२१ ॥
O treasures of austerity, rejected by Vasiṣṭha, I see no other refuge save the sons of the preceptor.
1.57.22
इक्ष्वाकूणां हि सर्वेषां पुरोधाः परमा गतिः।
तस्मादनन्तरं सर्वे भवन्तो दैवतं मम ॥ १.५७.२२ ॥
For the chaplain is the supreme refuge of all the Ikṣvākus; therefore, from now on, you all are my divinities.