Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 1.58
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1.58.1
ततस्त्रिशङ्कोर्वचनं श्रुत्वा क्रोधसमन्वितम्।
ऋषिपुत्रशतं राम राजानमिदमब्रवीत् ॥ १.५८.१ ॥
Then, hearing Triśaṅku's words filled with anger, O Rāma, the hundred sons of the sages spoke these words to the king.
1.58.2
प्रत्याख्यातोऽसि दुर्मेधो गुरुणा सत्यवादिना।
तं कथं समतिक्रम्य शाखान्तरमुपेयिवान् ॥ १.५८.२ ॥
You have been rejected by your truthful teacher, you fool. How did you, transgressing him, go to another branch?
1.58.3
इक्ष्वाकूणां हि सर्वेषां पुरोधाः परमा गतिः।
न चातिक्रमितुं शक्यं वचनं सत्यवादिनः ॥ १.५८.३ ॥
Indeed, the household priest is the supreme refuge of all the descendants of Ikṣvāku, and the word of the truthful one cannot be transgressed.
1.58.4
अशक्यमिति सोवाच वसिष्ठो भगवानृषिः।
तं वयं वै समाहर्तुं क्रतुं शक्ताः कथंचन ॥ १.५८.४ ॥
'It is impossible,' said the revered sage Vasiṣṭha. We are in no way able to bring about that sacrifice.
1.58.5
बालिशस्त्वं नरश्रेष्ठ गम्यतां स्वपुरं पुनः।
याजने भगवान् शक्तस्त्रैलोक्यस्यापि पार्थिव ॥ १.५८.५ ॥
You are foolish, best of men. Go back to your own city. O king, the revered Vasiṣṭha is able to officiate even for the three worlds.
1.58.6
अवमानं कथं कर्तुं तस्य शक्ष्यामहे वयम्।
तेषां तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा क्रोधपर्याकुलाक्षरम् ॥ १.५८.६ ॥
'How shall we be able to dishonour him?' Hearing these words of theirs, their syllables disturbed by anger...
1.58.7
स राजा पुनरेवैतानिदं वचनमब्रवीत्।
प्रत्याख्यातो भगवता गुरुपुत्रैस्तथैव हि ॥ १.५८.७ ॥
The king again spoke these words to them: "Thus too have I been rejected by the venerable sons of the teacher."
1.58.8
अन्यां गतिं गमिष्यामि स्वस्ति वोऽस्तु तपोधनाः।
ऋषिपुत्रास्तु तच्छ्रुत्वा वाक्यं घोराभिसंहितम् ॥ १.५८.८ ॥
"I shall go another way; may it be well with you, O wealthy in asceticism." But the sons of the sages, hearing his words fraught with terrible intent —
1.58.9
शेपुः परमसंक्रुद्धाश्चण्डालत्वं गमिष्यसि।
इत्युक्त्वा ते महात्मानो विविशुः स्वं स्वमाश्रमम् ॥ १.५८.९ ॥
Greatly enraged, they cursed him: "You shall become an outcaste!" Having said this, those great-souled ones each entered his own hermitage.
1.58.10
अथ रात्र्यां व्यतीतायां राजा चण्डालतां गतः।
नीलवस्त्रधरो नीलः पुरुषो ध्वस्तमूर्धजः ॥ १.५८.१० ॥
Then, when the night had passed, the king had become an outcaste: a dark man in dark-blue garments, with disheveled hair.
1.58.11
चित्यमाल्यांगरागश्च आयसाभरणोऽभवत्।
तं दृष्ट्वा मन्त्रिणः सर्वे त्यज्य चण्डालरूपिणम् ॥ १.५८.११ ॥
With a funeral garland and ash-paste upon his body, and wearing iron ornaments, he became such. Seeing that outcaste-formed one, all the ministers abandoned him
1.58.12
प्राद्रवन् सहिता राम पौरा येऽस्यानुगामिनः।
एको हि राजा काकुत्स्थ जगाम परमात्मवान् ॥ १.५८.१२ ॥
O Rāma, the city-dwellers who had followed him all fled together. O descendant of Kakutstha, the king alone went on, self-possessed and resolute.
1.58.13
दह्यमानो दिवारात्रं विश्वामित्रं तपोधनम्।
विश्वामित्रस्तु तं दृष्ट्वा राजानं विफलीकृतम् ॥ १.५८.१३ ॥
Viśvāmitra, the wealth of whose life is austerity, burning day and night; and Viśvāmitra, seeing that king rendered fruitless.
1.58.14
चण्डालरूपिणं राम मुनिः कारुण्यमागतः।
कारुण्यात् स महातेजा वाक्यं परमधार्मिकः ॥ १.५८.१४ ॥
O Rāma, the sage was moved with compassion for the one in the form of an outcaste; out of compassion, that greatly radiant and most righteous sage spoke these words.
1.58.15
इदं जगाद भद्रं ते राजानं घोरदर्शनम्।
किमागमनकार्यं ते राजपुत्र महाबल ॥ १.५८.१५ ॥
He said this to the king of terrible appearance: "May good befall you. O prince, O mighty one, what is the purpose of your coming?"
1.58.16
अयोध्याधिपते वीर शापाच्चण्डालतां गतः।
अथ तद्वाक्यमाकर्ण्य राजा चण्डालतां गतः ॥ १.५८.१६ ॥
O hero, lord of Ayodhyā, by a curse you have come to the state of an outcaste. Then, hearing those words, the king who had come to the state of an outcaste ...
1.58.17
अब्रवीत् प्राञ्जलिर्वाक्यं वाक्यज्ञो वाक्यकोविदम्।
प्रत्याख्यातोऽस्मि गुरुणा गुरुपुत्रैस्तथैव च ॥ १.५८.१७ ॥
That king, knowing words, with folded hands said to the expert in words: "I have been rejected by my teacher, and likewise by my teacher's sons."
1.58.18
अनवाप्यैव तं कामं मया प्राप्तो विपर्ययः।
सशरीरो दिवं यायामिति मे सौम्यदर्शन ॥ १.५८.१८ ॥
Without obtaining that desire, a reversal has come upon me. O gentle-looking one, my wish was to go to heaven in this very body.
1.58.19
मया चेष्टं क्रतुशतं तच्च नावाप्यते फलम्।
अनृतं नोक्तपूर्वं मे न च वक्ष्ये कदाचन ॥ १.५८.१९ ॥
I performed a hundred sacrifices, yet their fruit was not obtained. I have never before spoken falsehood, nor shall I ever speak it.
1.58.20
कृच्छ्रेष्वपि गतः सौम्य क्षत्रधर्मेण ते शपे।
यज्ञैर्बहुविधैरिष्टं प्रजा धर्मेण पालिताः ॥ १.५८.२० ॥
O gentle one, I have been brought to hardships; I swear to you by the duty of a warrior. I performed sacrifices of many kinds and protected my subjects by dharma.
1.58.21
गुरवश्च महात्मानः शीलवृत्तेन तोषिताः।
धर्मे प्रयतमानस्य यज्ञं चाहर्तुमिच्छतः ॥ १.५८.२१ ॥
The teachers and great souls were pleased with my good character and conduct, as I strove in dharma and desired to bring the sacrifice to completion.
1.58.22
परितोषं न गच्छन्ति गुरवो मुनिपुंगव।
दैवमेव परं मन्ये पौरुषं तु निरर्थकम् ॥ १.५८.२२ ॥
O best of sages, the teachers do not attain satisfaction. I hold fate alone to be supreme; human effort is indeed futile.
1.58.23
दैवेनाक्रम्यते सर्वं दैवं हि परमा गतिः।
तस्य मे परमार्तस्य प्रसादमभिकांक्षतः।
कर्तुमर्हसि भद्रं ते दैवोपहतकर्मणः ॥ १.५८.२३ ॥
By fate all is overpowered; fate is the supreme refuge. Be pleased, I beg you, to show favour to me, greatly distressed and seeking your grace, whose deeds have been struck down by fate. May it go well with you.
1.58.24
नान्यां गतिं गमिष्यामि नान्यच्छरणमस्ति मे।
दैवं पुरुषकारेण निवर्तयितुमर्हसि ॥ १.५८.२४ ॥
I shall not go by any other path; there is no other refuge for me. You are able to turn back fate by human effort.