Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 2.107
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2.107.1
पुनरेवं ब्रुवाणं तं भरतं लक्ष्मणाग्रजः ।
प्रत्युवाच ततः श्रीमान् ज्ञातिमध्ये ऽभिसत्कृतः ॥ २.१०७.१ ॥
Again speaking thus to Bharata, Rāma, the elder brother of Lakṣmaṇa, the glorious one, honored in the midst of his kinsmen, then replied.
2.107.2
उपपन्नमिदं वाक्यं यत्त्वमेवमभाषथाः ।
जातः पुत्रो दशरथात् कैकेय्यां राजसत्तमात् ॥ २.१०७.२ ॥
What you have said in this way is fitting, for you were born to Daśaratha, the best of kings, through Kaikeyī.
2.107.3
पुरा भ्रातः पिता नः स मातरं ते समुद्वहन् ।
मातामहे समाश्रौषीद्राज्यशुल्कमनुत्तमम् ॥ २.१०७.३ ॥
Brother, our father once, when he married your mother, promised her maternal grandfather the kingdom itself as the bride-price, a supreme pledge.
2.107.4
दैवासुरे च सङ्ग्रामे जनन्यै तव पार्थिवः ।
सम्प्रहृष्टो ददौ राजा वरमाराधितः प्रभुः ॥ २.१०७.४ ॥
In the battle between gods and demons, pleased by your mother's service, the king, the lord, greatly delighted, granted her a boon.
2.107.5
ततः सा सम्प्रतिश्राव्य तव माता यशस्विनी ।
अयाचत नरश्रेष्ठं द्वौ वरौ वरवर्णिनी ॥ २.१०७.५ ॥
Then your renowned mother, fair and excellent, having bound him by promise, asked the best of men for two boons.
2.107.6
तव राज्यं नरव्याघ्र मम प्रव्राजनं तथा ।
तौ च राजा तदा तस्यै नियुक्तः प्रददौ वरौ ॥ २.१०७.६ ॥
Tiger among men, the kingdom for you and exile for me — these two boons the king, bound by his promise, then granted to her.
2.107.7
तेन पित्रा ऽहमप्यत्र नियुक्तः पुरुषर्षभ ।
चतुर्दश वने वासं वर्षाणि वरदानिकम् ॥ २.१०७.७ ॥
O best of men, our father has likewise appointed me here, as the granted boon, to dwell in the forest for fourteen years.
2.107.8
सो ऽहं वनमिदं प्राप्तो निर्जनं लक्ष्मणान्वितः ।
सीतया चाप्रतिद्वन्द्वः सत्यवादे स्थितः पितुः ॥ २.१०७.८ ॥
Accompanied by Lakṣmaṇa and with Sītā, I have come to this desolate forest, and I stand firm in my father's truthful word.
2.107.9
भवानपि तथेत्येव पितरं सत्यवादिनम् ।
कर्त्तुमर्हति राजेन्द्र क्षिप्रमेवाभिषेचनात् ॥ २.१०७.९ ॥
O lord of kings, you too should do likewise: having been consecrated, you ought quickly to fulfil the word of our truthful father.
2.107.10
ऋणान्मोचय राजानं मत्कृते भरत प्रभुम् ।
पितरं चापि धर्मज्ञं मातरं चाभिनन्दय ॥ २.१०७.१० ॥
O Bharata, for my sake free the king, our lord and father, from his debt, and gladden our father, who knows dharma, and our mother.
2.107.11
श्रूयते हि पुरा तात श्रुतिर्गीता यशस्विना ।
गयेन यजमानेन गयेष्वेव पितऽन् प्रति ॥ २.१०७.११ ॥
Dear one, it is said that long ago the famous Gaya, while performing a sacrifice at Gayā itself, sang this scriptural teaching concerning the forefathers.
2.107.12
पुन्नाम्नो नरकाद्यस्मात् पितरं त्रायते सुतः ।
तस्मात् पुत्र इति प्रोक्तः पितऽन् यत्पाति वा सुतः ॥ २.१०७.१२ ॥
Because a son saves his father from the hell called Put, he is called putra; or, the son is one who protects (pāti) the forefathers.
2.107.13
एष्टव्या बहवः पुत्रा गुणवन्तो बहुश्रुताः ।
तेषां वै समवेतानामपि कश्चिद्गयां व्रजेत् ॥ २.१०७.१३ ॥
Many sons, virtuous and well-learned, are to be desired; even if all of them are gathered together, some one of them will go to Gayā.
2.107.14
एवं राजर्षयः सर्वे प्रतीता राजनन्दन ।
तस्मात् त्राहि नरश्रेष्ठ पितरं नरकात् प्रभो ॥ २.१०७.१४ ॥
Thus all the royal sages are renowned. Therefore, O prince, best of men, O lord, save your father from hell.
2.107.15
अयोध्यां गच्छ भरत प्रकृतीरनुरञ्जय ।
शत्रुघ्नसहितो वीर सह सर्वैर्द्विजातिभिः ॥ २.१०७.१५ ॥
Go to Ayodhyā, Bharata, and delight your subjects. O hero, go together with Śatrughna and with all the twice-born.
2.107.16
प्रवेक्ष्ये दण्डकारण्यमहमप्यविलम्बयन् ।
आभ्यां तु सहितो राजन् वैदेह्या लक्ष्मणेन च ॥ २.१०७.१६ ॥
I too shall enter the Daṇḍaka forest without delay, O king, together with these two — Vaidehī and Lakṣmaṇa.
2.107.17
त्वं राजा भरत भव स्वयं नराणां वन्यानामहमपि राजराण्मृगाणाम् ।
गच्छत्वं पुरवरमद्य सम्प्रहृष्टः संहृष्टस्त्वहमपि दण्डकान् प्रवेक्ष्ये ॥ २.१०७.१७ ॥
You, Bharata, become king of men yourself, and I too shall be king of the wild beasts. Today go joyfully to the excellent city, and I too, joyfully, shall enter the Daṇḍakas.
2.107.18
छायां ते दिनकरभाः प्रबाधमानं वर्षत्रं भरत करोतु मूर्ध्नि शीताम् ।
एतेषामहमपि काननद्रुमाणां छायां तामति शयिनीं सुखी श्रयिष्ये ॥ २.१०७.१८ ॥
May the cool shade that wards off the sun's rays be an umbrella over your head, Bharata. And I too, happily, shall rest in the wide shade of these forest trees.
2.107.19
शत्रुघ्नः कुशलमतिस्तु ते सहायः सौमित्रिर्मम विदितः प्रधानमित्रम् ।
चत्वारस्तनयवरा वयं नरेन्द्रं सत्यस्थं भरत चराम मा विषादम् ॥ २.१०७.१९ ॥
Śatrughna, clever of mind, is your helper, and Saumitri (Lakṣmaṇa) is known to me as my chief friend. We four are excellent sons; let us follow the king who abides in truth. Bharata, do not grieve.