Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 2.12
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2.12.1
ततः श्रुत्वा महाराजः कैकेय्या दारुणं वचः।
चिन्तामभिसमापेदे मुहूर्तं प्रतताप च ॥ २.१२.१ ॥
Then the great king, hearing Kaikeyī's harsh words, sank into anxiety and for a moment was tormented.
2.12.2
किं नु मेऽयं दिवास्वप्नश्चित्तमोहोऽपि वा मम।
अनुभूतोपसर्गो वा मनसो वाप्युपद्रवः ॥ २.१२.२ ॥
Is this my daytime dream, or a delusion of my mind, or a calamity that has befallen me, or some disturbance of the heart?
2.12.3
प्रतिलभ्य ततः संज्ञां कैकेयीवाक्यतापितः ॥ २.१२.३ ॥
Then, tormented by Kaikeyī's words, he regained consciousness.
2.12.4
व्यथितो विक्लवश्चैव व्याघ्रीं दृष्ट्वा यथा मृगः।
असंवृतायामासीनो जगत्यां दीर्घमुच्छ्वसन् ॥ २.१२.४ ॥
Distressed and bewildered, like a deer seeing a tigress, he sat on the bare ground, sighing deeply.
2.12.5
मण्डले पन्नगो रुद्धो मन्त्रैरिव महाविषः।
अहो धिगिति सामर्षो वाचमुक्त्वा नराधिपः ॥ २.१२.५ ॥
Like a mighty venomous serpent bound by spells, coiled and trapped, the lord of men, full of indignation, said, 'Alas, shame!'
2.12.6
मोहम् आपेदिवान् भूयः शोकोपहतचेतनः।
चिरेण तु नृपः संज्ञां प्रतिलभ्य सुदुःखितः ॥ २.१२.६ ॥
The king, his consciousness struck down by grief, fell again into a swoon; and after a long while, regaining his senses, he was deeply sorrowful.
2.12.7
कैकेयीमब्रवीत् क्रुद्धो निर्दहन्निव तेजसा।
नृशंसे दुष्टचारित्रे कुलस्यास्य विनाशिनि ॥ २.१२.७ ॥
Enraged, as if burning her with his fiery energy, the king said to Kaikeyī: O cruel woman of wicked conduct, destroyer of this family!
2.12.8
किं कृतं तव रामेण पापे पापं मयापि वा।
सदा ते जननीतुल्यां वृत्तिं वहति राघवः ॥ २.१२.८ ॥
What wrong has Rāma done to you, O sinful one, or what sin have I committed? Rāghava always shows you conduct like that toward a mother.
2.12.9
तस्यैवं त्वमनर्थाय किंनिमित्तमिहोद्यता।
त्वं मयाऽऽत्मविनाशाय भवनं स्वं निवेशिता ॥ २.१२.९ ॥
Why have you here been prepared for such ruin toward him? I myself, for my own destruction, brought you and settled you in my own house.
2.12.10
अविज्ञानान्नृपसुता व्याला तीक्ष्णविषा यथा।
जीवलोको यदा सर्वो रामस्याह गुणस्तवम् ॥ २.१२.१० ॥
O princess, as one through ignorance touches a sharp-venomed serpent, while the whole living world sings of Rāma's virtues...
2.12.11
अपराधं कमुद्दिश्य त्यक्ष्यामीष्टमहं सुतम्।
कौसल्यां च सुमित्रां च त्यजेयमपि वा श्रियम् ॥ २.१२.११ ॥
For what offense would I abandon my beloved son? Or Kausalyā and Sumitrā, or even prosperity itself, would I abandon?
2.12.12
जीवितं चात्मनो रामं न त्वेव पितृवत्सलम्।
परा भवति मे प्रीतिर्दृष्ट्वा तनयमग्रजम् ॥ २.१२.१२ ॥
I might give up my own life, but not Rāma, who is devoted to his father; seeing my eldest son is my supreme delight.
2.12.13
अपश्यतस्तु मे रामं नष्टं भवति चेतनम्।
तिष्ठेल्लोको विना सूर्यं सस्यं वा सलिलं विना ॥ २.१२.१३ ॥
Without seeing Rāma, my consciousness is lost. Can the world endure without the sun, or the crops without water?
2.12.14
न तु रामं विना देहे तिष्ठेत्तु मम जीवितम्।
तदलं त्यज्यतामेष निश्चयः पापनिश्चये ॥ २.१२.१४ ॥
Without Rāma, my life will not remain in this body. Enough! Abandon this wicked resolve.
2.12.15
अपि ते चरणौ मूर्ध्ना स्पृशाम्येष प्रसीद मे।
किमर्थं चिन्तितं पापे त्वया परमदारुणम् ॥ २.१२.१५ ॥
I touch your feet with my head; be gracious to me. Sinful one, why did you devise such a most cruel thing?
2.12.16
अथ जिज्ञाससे मां त्वं भरतस्य प्रियाप्रिये।
अस्तु यत्तत्त्वया पूर्वं व्याहृतं राघवं प्रति ॥ २.१२.१६ ॥
Now you wish to ask me whether I am dear or hateful to Bharata. Let it be as you earlier spoke concerning Rāghava.
2.12.17
स मे ज्येष्ठसुतः श्रीमान् धर्मज्येष्ठ इतीव मे।
तत् त्वया प्रियवादिन्या सेवार्थं कथितं भवेत् ॥ २.१२.१७ ॥
He is my eldest son, the glorious one, eldest in dharma; so he is to me. O sweet-speaking one, you must have said that for the sake of service.
2.12.18
तच्छ्रुत्वा शोकसंतप्ता संतापयसि मां भृशम्।
आविष्टासि गृहे शून्ये सा त्वं परवशं गता ॥ २.१२.१८ ॥
Having heard that, tormented by grief, you torment me greatly. In the empty house you have become possessed, gone under another's control.
2.12.19
इक्ष्वाकूणां कुले देवि सम्प्राप्तः सुमहानयम्।
अनयो नयसम्पन्ने यत्र ते विकृता मतिः ॥ २.१२.१९ ॥
O queen, a very great calamity has befallen the Ikṣvāku line, in which your mind, in a family endowed with righteous conduct, has been perverted.
2.12.20
नहि किंचिदयुक्तं वा विप्रियं वा पुरा मम।
अकरोस्त्वं विशालाक्षि तेन न श्रद्दधामि ते ॥ २.१२.२० ॥
O wide-eyed one, you have never before done me anything improper or unpleasant; therefore I do not trust you.
2.12.21
ननु ते राघवस्तुल्यो भरतेन महात्मना।
बहुशो हि स्म बाले त्वं कथाः कथयसे मम ॥ २.१२.२१ ॥
Surely Rāghava (Rāma) is equal to the great-souled Bharata, is he not? O girl, you have often told me such tales.
2.12.22
तस्य धर्मात्मनो देवि वने वासं यशस्विनः।
कथं रोचयसे भीरु नव वर्षाणि पञ्च च ॥ २.१२.२२ ॥
O queen, O timid one, how can you approve of that righteous and famous one dwelling in the forest for nine and five years?
2.12.23
अत्यन्तसुकुमारस्य तस्य धर्मे कृतात्मनः।
कथं रोचयसे वासमरण्ये भृशदारुणे ॥ २.१२.२३ ॥
How can you approve of his dwelling in a terribly dreadful forest, he who is exceedingly tender and whose mind is devoted to dharma?
2.12.24
रोचयस्यभिरामस्य रामस्य शुभलोचने।
तव शुश्रूषमाणस्य किमर्थं विप्रवासनम् ॥ २.१२.२४ ॥
O auspicious-eyed one, why do you approve of the banishment of Rāma, the delight of all, who serves you?
2.12.25
रामो हि भरताद् भूयस्तव शुश्रूषते सदा।
विशेषं त्वयि तस्मात् तु भरतस्य न लक्षये ॥ २.१२.२५ ॥
Rāma serves you always, even more than Bharata does. Therefore I see no special difference in Bharata's regard for you.
2.12.26
शुश्रूषां गौरवं चैव प्रमाणं वचनक्रियाम्।
कस्तु भूयस्तरं कुर्यादन्यत्र पुरुषर्षभात् ॥ २.१२.२६ ॥
In service, reverence, trustworthiness, and obedience in word and deed, who but Rāma, the best of men, would do more?
2.12.27
बहूनां स्त्रीसहस्राणां बहूनां चोपजीविनाम्।
परिवादोऽपवादो वा राघवे नोपपद्यते ॥ २.१२.२७ ॥
Among many thousands of women and many dependents, no slander or accusation arises concerning Rāghava, Rāma.
2.12.28
सान्त्वयन् सर्वभूतानि रामः शुद्धेन चेतसा।
गृह्णाति मनुजव्याघ्रः प्रियैर्विषयवासिनः ॥ २.१२.२८ ॥
Soothing all beings with a pure heart, Rāma, the tiger among men, wins over the people of the realm with pleasant words.
2.12.29
सत्येन लोकाञ् जयति द्विजान् दानेन राघवः।
गुरूञ् छुश्रूषया वीरो धनुषा युधि शात्रवान् ॥ २.१२.२९ ॥
By truth Rāghava conquers the worlds, by giving the twice-born, by service the elders, and in battle with the bow his enemies.
2.12.30
सत्यं दानं तपस्त्यागो मित्रता शौचमार्जवम्।
विद्या च गुरुशुश्रूषा ध्रुवाण्येतानि राघवे ॥ २.१२.३० ॥
Truth, giving, austerity, renunciation, friendship, purity, uprightness, learning, and service to teachers — all these are steadfast in Rāghava.
2.12.31
तस्मिन्नार्जवसम्पन्ने देवि देवोपमे कथम्।
पापमाशंससे रामे महर्षिसमतेजसि ॥ २.१२.३१ ॥
O queen, godlike one, how can you wish evil upon Rāma, who is endowed with straightforwardness and whose splendor equals that of a great sage?
2.12.32
न स्मराम्यप्रियं वाक्यं लोकस्य प्रियवादिनः।
स कथं त्वत्कृते रामं वक्ष्यामि प्रियमप्रियम् ॥ २.१२.३२ ॥
I do not recall that he, who speaks pleasantly to the world, ever uttered an unpleasant word. How then, for your sake, shall I speak of Rāma, pleasant or unpleasant?
2.12.33
क्षमा यस्मिंस्तपस्त्यागः सत्यं धर्मः कृतज्ञता।
अप्यहिंसा च भूतानां तमृते कागतिर्मम ॥ २.१२.३३ ॥
In whom are forbearance, austerity, renunciation, truth, righteousness, gratitude and non-violence toward beings: without him, what refuge is there for me?
2.12.34
मम वृद्धस्य कैकेयि गतान्तस्य तपस्विनः।
दीनं लालप्यमानस्य कारुण्यं कर्तुमर्हसि ॥ २.१२.३४ ॥
O Kaikeyī, you ought to show compassion toward me, an old man near my end, an ascetic, piteously pleading.
2.12.35
पृथिव्यां सागरान्तायां यत् किंचिदधिगम्यते।
तत् सर्वं तव दास्यामि मा च त्वं मन्युमाविश ॥ २.१२.३५ ॥
Whatever can be obtained on this earth bounded by the ocean, all that I shall give to you. Do not give way to anger.
2.12.36
अञ्जलिं कुर्मि कैकेयि पादौ चापि स्पृशामि ते।
शरणं भव रामस्य माधर्मो मामिह स्पृशेत् ॥ २.१२.३६ ॥
O Kaikeyī, I fold my hands and even touch your feet. Be a refuge for Rāma, so that unrighteousness may not touch me here.
2.12.37
घूर्णमानं महाराजं शोकेन समभिप्लुतम् ॥ २.१२.३७ ॥
To the great king, reeling and overwhelmed by grief, (Kaikeyī spoke).
2.12.38
पारं शोकार्णवस्याशु प्रार्थयन्तं पुनः पुनः।
प्रत्युवाचाथ कैकेयी रौद्रा रौद्रतरं वचः ॥ २.१२.३८ ॥
To Daśaratha, who again and again begged her to bring him swiftly across the ocean of grief, then fierce Kaikeyī replied with words even more cruel.
2.12.39
यदि दत्त्वा वरौ राजन् पुनः प्रत्यनुतप्यसे।
धार्मिकत्वं कथं वीर पृथिव्यां कथयिष्यसि ॥ २.१२.३९ ॥
O king, if you grant the two boons and then repent of them again, how, O hero, will you claim your righteousness on earth?
2.12.40
यदा समेता बहवस्त्वया राजर्षयः सह।
कथयिष्यन्ति धर्मज्ञ तत्र किं प्रतिवक्ष्यसि ॥ २.१२.४० ॥
O knower of dharma, when many royal sages gather with you and speak of this, what will you answer them there?
2.12.41
यस्याः प्रसादे जीवामि या च मामभ्यपालयत्।
तस्याः कृता मया मिथ्या कैकेय्या इति वक्ष्यसि ॥ २.१२.४१ ॥
You will say: 'I acted falsely toward Kaikeyī, by whose favour I live and who protected me.'
2.12.42
किल्बिषं त्वं नरेन्द्राणां करिष्यसि नराधिप।
यो दत्त्वा वरमद्यैव पुनरन्यानि भाषसे ॥ २.१२.४२ ॥
O lord of men, having granted a boon just today, you now speak otherwise again; in this way you will commit a sin among kings.
2.12.43
शैब्यः श्येनकपोतीये स्वमांसं पक्षिणे ददौ।
अलर्कश्चक्षुषी दत्त्वा जगाम गतिमुत्तमाम् ॥ २.१२.४३ ॥
Śaibya, in the matter of the hawk and the dove, gave his own flesh to the bird; Alarka, having given both his eyes, went to the highest state.
2.12.44
सागरः समयं कृत्वा न वेलामतिवर्तते।
समयं मानृतं कार्षीः पूर्ववृत्तमनुस्मरन् ॥ २.१२.४४ ॥
The ocean, having made its agreement, does not overstep its shore; remembering your former conduct, do not make the pledge false.
2.12.45
स त्वं धर्मं परित्यज्य रामं राज्येऽभिषिच्य च।
सह कौसल्यया नित्यं रन्तुमिच्छसि दुर्मते ॥ २.१२.४५ ॥
You, having abandoned dharma, wish to consecrate Rāma in the kingdom and always delight in Kausalyā's company, O ill-minded one.
2.12.46
भवत्वधर्मो धर्मो वा सत्यं वा यदि वानृतम्।
यत्त्वया संश्रुतं मह्यं तस्य नास्ति व्यतिक्रमः ॥ २.१२.४६ ॥
Let it be unrighteousness or righteousness, truth or falsehood: there is no breaking of the promise you made to me.
2.12.47
अहं हि विषमद्यैव पीत्वा बहु तवाग्रतः।
पश्यतस्ते मरिष्यामि रामो यद्यभिषिच्यते ॥ २.१२.४७ ॥
If Rāma is consecrated, I will drink much poison right now before you and die while you watch.
2.12.48
एकाहमपि पश्येयं यद्यहं राममातरम्।
अञ्जलिं प्रतिगृह्णन्तीं श्रेयो ननु मृतिर्मम ॥ २.१२.४८ ॥
If I might see even once Rāma's mother receiving the folded-hands salutation, then indeed death would be better for me.
2.12.49
भरतेनात्मना चाहं शपे ते मनुजाधिप।
यथा नान्येन तुष्येयमृते रामविवासनात् ॥ २.१२.४९ ॥
O lord of men, I swear by Bharata and by myself: I shall be content with nothing else but the exile of Rāma.
2.12.50
एतावदुक्त्वा वचनं कैकेयी विरराम ह।
विलपन्तं च राजानं न प्रतिव्याजहार सा ॥ २.१२.५० ॥
Having spoken thus far, Kaikeyī fell silent, and did not answer the king as he lamented.
2.12.51
श्रुत्वा तु राजा कैकेय्या वाक्यं परमशोभनम्।
रामस्य च वने वासमैश्वर्यं भरतस्य च ॥ २.१२.५१ ॥
The king, having heard Kaikeyī's words—most pleasing-seeming, namely Rāma's dwelling in the forest and Bharata's sovereignty—
2.12.52
नाभ्यभाषत कैकेयीं मुहूर्तं व्याकुलेन्द्रियः।
प्रैक्षतानिमिषो देवीं प्रियामप्रियवादिनीम् ॥ २.१२.५२ ॥
With agitated senses, the king did not speak to Kaikeyī for a moment; he gazed unblinking at the queen he loved, who spoke unpleasant words.
2.12.53
तां हि वज्रसमां वाचमाकर्ण्य हृदयाप्रियाम्।
दुःखशोकमयीं श्रुत्वा राजा न सुखितोऽभवत् ॥ २.१२.५३ ॥
Having heard that speech like a thunderbolt, painful to the heart and full of sorrow and grief, the king was not happy.
2.12.54
स देव्या व्यवसायं च घोरं च शपथं कृतम्।
ध्यात्वा रामेति निःश्वस्य च्छिन्नस्तरुरिवापतत् ॥ २.१२.५४ ॥
Reflecting on the queen's terrible resolve and the oath she had made, he sighed, saying 'Rāma', and fell like a felled tree.
2.12.55
नष्टचित्तो यथोन्मत्तो विपरीतो यथातुरः।
हृततेजा यथा सर्पो बभूव जगतीपतिः ॥ २.१२.५५ ॥
Like one whose mind is lost, like a madman, like a distressed man gone out of his wits, and like a serpent robbed of its splendour, the lord of the earth became.
2.12.56
दीनयाऽऽतुरया वाचा इति होवाच कैकयीम्।
अनर्थमिममर्थाभं केन त्वमुपदेशिता ॥ २.१२.५६ ॥
In a wretched, distressed voice he said to Kaikeyī: who has instructed you in this calamity that looks like a benefit?
2.12.57
भूतोपहतचित्तेव ब्रुवन्ती मां न लज्जसे।
शीलव्यसनमेतत् ते नाभिजानाम्यहं पुरा ॥ २.१२.५७ ॥
Speaking as though your mind were seized by a demon, are you not ashamed before me? This vice of your character I did not know before.
2.12.58
बालायास्तत् त्विदानीं ते लक्षये विपरीतवत्।
कुतो वा ते भयं जातं या त्वमेवंविधं वरम् ॥ २.१२.५८ ॥
Like a child, I see you now deranged. From where has fear arisen in you, that you ask for such a boon?
2.12.59
राष्ट्रे भरतमासीनं वृणीषे राघवं वने।
विरमैतेन भावेन त्वमेतेनानृतेन च ॥ २.१२.५९ ॥
You choose to seat Bharata in the kingdom and send Rāghava to the forest. Desist from this intention and from this falsehood.
2.12.60
यदि भर्तुः प्रियं कार्यं लोकस्य भरतस्य च।
नृशंसे पापसंकल्पे क्षुद्रे दुष्कृतकारिणि ॥ २.१२.६० ॥
If what is dear to the husband, to the world, and to Bharata is to be done, then, O cruel one of evil resolve, base doer of wicked deeds!
2.12.61
किं नु दुःखमलीकं वा मयि रामे च पश्यसि।
न कथंचिदृते रामाद् भरतो राज्यमावसेत् ॥ २.१२.६१ ॥
Do you see some false sorrow in me or in Rāma? Bharata will in no way dwell in the kingdom apart from Rāma.
2.12.62
रामादपि हि तं मन्ये धर्मतो बलवत्तरम्।
कथं द्रक्ष्यामि रामस्य वनं गच्छेति भाषिते ॥ २.१२.६२ ॥
I consider him stronger in dharma even than Rāma. When it is said, 'Go to the forest,' how shall I see Rāma going to the forest?
2.12.63
मुखवर्णं विवर्णं तु यथैवेन्दुमुपप्लुतम्।
तां तु मे सुकृतां बुद्धिं सुहृद्भिः सह निश्चिताम् ॥ २.१२.६३ ॥
Like the moon seized by an eclipse, her face grew pale. My well-made resolve, settled together with my friends, [she has forgotten].
2.12.64
कथं द्रक्ष्याम्यपावृत्तां परैरिव हतां चमूम्।
किं मां वक्ष्यन्ति राजानो नानादिग्भ्यः समागताः ॥ २.१२.६४ ॥
How shall I see [Rāma returning] like an army turned back and struck down by enemies? What will the kings, gathered from all directions, say to me?
2.12.65
बालो बतायमैक्ष्वाकश्चिरं राज्यमकारयत्।
यदा हि बहवो वृद्धा गुणवन्तो बहुश्रुताः ॥ २.१२.६५ ॥
Alas, this child of Ikṣvāku caused the kingdom to be ruled for a long time, when many elders, virtuous and much-learned [are present]...
2.12.66
परिप्रक्ष्यन्ति काकुत्स्थं वक्ष्यामीह कथं तदा।
कैकेय्या क्लिश्यमानेन पुत्रः प्रव्राजितो मया ॥ २.१२.६६ ॥
They will ask Rāma of the Kakutstha line; then what shall I say here? Kaikeyī, tormented, had her son [Rāma] sent into exile by me.
2.12.67
यदि सत्यं ब्रवीम्येतत् तदसत्यं भविष्यति।
किं मां वक्ष्यति कौसल्या राघवे वनमास्थिते ॥ २.१२.६७ ॥
If I speak this truth, it would become false. When Rāghava has gone to the forest, what will Kausalyā say to me?
2.12.68
किं चैनां प्रतिवक्ष्यामि कृत्वा विप्रियमीदृशम्।
यदा यदा च कौसल्या दासीव च सखीव च ॥ २.१२.६८ ॥
Having done such an unpleasant deed, what answer shall I give her? Whenever Kausalyā, like a servant and like a friend,
2.12.69
भार्यावद् भगिनीवच्च मातृवच्चोपतिष्ठति।
सततं प्रियकामा मे प्रियपुत्रा प्रियंवदा ॥ २.१२.६९ ॥
She attends upon me like a wife, like a sister and like a mother, always desiring my pleasure, having a beloved son, speaking pleasantly.
2.12.70
न मया सत्कृता देवी सत्कारार्हा कृते तव।
इदानीं तत्तपति मां यन्मया सुकृतं त्वयि ॥ २.१२.७० ॥
For your sake I did not honor that goddess, worthy of honor. Now the good deed I did for you torments me.
2.12.71
अपथ्यव्यञ्जनोपेतं भुक्तमन्नमिवातुरम्।
विप्रकारं च रामस्य सम्प्रयाणं वनस्य च ॥ २.१२.७१ ॥
As a sick man eats food seasoned with unwholesome condiments, so the injury done to Rāma and his departure for the forest (torment me).
2.12.72
सुमित्रा प्रेक्ष्य वै भीता कथं मे विश्वसिष्यति।
कृपणं बत वैदेही श्रोष्यति द्वयमप्रियम् ॥ २.१२.७२ ॥
Sumitrā, seeing me, will be frightened; how will she trust me? And the wretched Vaidehī will hear both unpleasant things!
2.12.73
मां च पञ्चत्वमापन्नं रामं च वनमाश्रितम्।
वैदेही बत मे प्राणान् शोचन्ती क्षपयिष्यति ॥ २.१२.७३ ॥
When I have met my death and Rāma has taken refuge in the forest, alas, Vaidehī, grieving, will wear away my life-breaths.
2.12.74
हीना हिमवतः पार्श्वे किंनरेणेव किंनरी।
नहि राममहं दृष्ट्वा प्रवसन्तं महावने ॥ २.१२.७४ ॥
Like a female kiṃnara parted from her male on the slope of the Himālaya, I, not seeing Rāma going into exile in the great forest, cannot endure.
2.12.75
चिरं जीवितुमाशंसे रुदन्तीं चापि मैथिलीम्।
सा नूनं विधवा राज्यं सपुत्रा कारयिष्यसि ॥ २.१२.७५ ॥
I hope that Maithilī, weeping, may live long too. Surely, widowed, you will have her rule the kingdom with her son.
2.12.76
सतीं त्वामहमत्यन्तं व्यवस्याम्यसतीं सतीम्।
रूपिणीं विषसंयुक्तां पीत्वेव मदिरां नरः ॥ २.१२.७६ ॥
I considered you utterly virtuous, but you are unvirtuous, looking like a virtuous woman, as a man who has drunk wine mixed with poison.
2.12.77
अनृतैर्बत मां सान्त्वैः सान्त्वयन्ती स्म भाषसे।
गीतशब्देन संरुध्य लुब्धो मृगमिवावधीः ॥ २.१२.७७ ॥
Alas, you soothe me with false words of comfort, as a greedy hunter, enclosing a deer by the sound of song, kills it.
2.12.78
अनार्य इति मामार्याः पुत्रविक्रायकं ध्रुवम्।
विकरिष्यन्ति रथ्यासु सुरापं ब्राह्मणं यथा ॥ २.१२.७८ ॥
'She is ignoble, a seller of her son,' thus the noble ones will surely revile me in the streets, as a brahmin who drinks wine is reviled.
2.12.79
अहो दुःखमहो कृच्छ्रं यत्र वाचः क्षमे तव।
दुःखमेवंविधं प्राप्तं पुरा कृतमिवाशुभम् ॥ २.१२.७९ ॥
Alas, what sorrow, alas, what hardship, that I must bear such words from you. Such suffering has befallen me, as if it were the fruit of some evil deed done long ago.
2.12.80
चिरं खलु मया पापे त्वं पापेनाभिरक्षिता।
अज्ञानादुपसम्पन्ना रज्जुरुद्बन्धनी यथा ॥ २.१२.८० ॥
O wicked one, for a long time I have protected you, and out of ignorance I allowed you near me, like a binding rope that has been drawn close.
2.12.81
रममाणस्त्वया सार्धं मृत्युं त्वां नाभिलक्षये।
बालो रहसि हस्तेन कृष्णसर्पमिवास्पृशम् ॥ २.१२.८१ ॥
Delighting with you, I did not perceive you as death; like a child who in secret touches a black snake with his hand, so I touched you.
2.12.82
तं तु मां जीवलोकोऽयं नूनमाक्रोष्टुमर्हति।
मया ह्यपितृकः पुत्रः स महात्मा दुरात्मना ॥ २.१२.८२ ॥
This world will surely deserve to revile me, for because of me that great-souled son has been left fatherless by the evil-minded one.
2.12.83
बालिशो बत कामात्मा राजा दशरथो भृशम्।
स्त्रीकृते यः प्रियं पुत्रं वनं प्रस्थापयिष्यति ॥ २.१२.८३ ॥
Alas, King Daśaratha, ruled by desire, is very foolish; for the sake of a woman he will send his beloved son into the forest.
2.12.84
वेदैश्च ब्रह्मचर्यैश्च गुरुभिश्चोपकर्शितः।
भोगकाले महत्कृच्छ्रं पुनरेव प्रपत्स्यते ॥ २.१२.८४ ॥
Made thin by the Vedas, by the discipline of studentship, and by his teachers, at the time of enjoyment he will again undergo great hardship.
2.12.85
नालं द्वितीयं वचनं पुत्रो मां प्रतिभाषितुम्।
स वनं प्रव्रजेत्युक्तो बाढमित्येव वक्ष्यति ॥ २.१२.८५ ॥
My son is not able to answer me with a second word; told 'go to the forest,' he will only say, 'Yes.'
2.12.86
यदि मे राघवः कुर्याद् वनं गच्छेति चोदितः।
प्रतिकूलं प्रियं मे स्यान्न तु वत्सः करिष्यति ॥ २.१२.८६ ॥
If Rāghava, urged with 'Go to the forest,' should do it, that would be displeasing to me; but my dear son will not do it.
2.12.87
राघवे हि वनं प्राप्ते सर्वलोकस्य धिक्कृतम्।
मृत्युरक्षमणीयं मां नयिष्यति यमक्षयम् ॥ २.१२.८७ ॥
When Rāghava has gone to the forest, the whole world will reproach me; then intolerable death will lead me to the abode of Yama.
2.12.88
मृते मयि गते रामे वनं मनुजपुङ्गवे।
इष्टे मम जने शेषे किं पापं प्रतिपत्स्यसे ॥ २.१२.८८ ॥
When I am dead and Rāma, best of men, has gone to the forest, and my beloved people remain, what sin will you incur?
2.12.89
कौसल्या मां च रामं च पुत्रौ च यदि हास्यति।
दुःखान्यसहती देवी मामेवानुगमिष्यति ॥ २.१२.८९ ॥
If Kausalyā should abandon me, Rāma, and both sons, that queen, unable to bear her sorrows, will follow me.
2.12.90
कौसल्यां च सुमित्रां च मां च पुत्रैस्त्रिभिः सह।
प्रक्षिप्य नरके सा त्वं कैकेयि सुखिता भव ॥ २.१२.९० ॥
Having cast Kausalyā, Sumitrā, and me, together with three sons, into hell, may you, Kaikeyī, be happy.
2.12.91
मया रामेण च त्यक्तं शाश्वतं सत्कृतं गुणैः।
इक्ष्वाकुकुलमक्षोभ्यमाकुलं पालयिष्यसि ॥ २.१२.९१ ॥
Abandoned by Rāma and by me, that Ikṣvāku line, ever honoured for its virtues, unshaken until now, now troubled, you will rule.
2.12.92
प्रियं चेद् भरतस्यैतद् रामप्रव्राजनं भवेत्।
मा स्म मे भरतः कार्षीत् प्रेतकृत्यं गतायुषः ॥ २.१२.९२ ॥
If Rāma's exile is pleasing to Bharata, then let Bharata not perform my funeral rites, when my life is spent.
2.12.93
मृते मयि गते रामे वनं पुरुषपुङ्गवे।
सेदानीं विधवा राज्यं सपुत्रा कारयिष्यसि ॥ २.१२.९३ ॥
When I am dead and Rāma, best of men, has gone to the forest, then you, a widow, with your son, will now cause the kingdom to be ruled.
2.12.94
त्वं राजपुत्रि दैवेन न्यवसो मम वेश्मनि।
अकीर्तिश्चातुला लोके ध्रुवः परिभवश्च मे।
सर्वभूतेषु चावज्ञा यथा पापकृतस्तथा ॥ २.१२.९४ ॥
Princess, by fate you dwell in my house. In the world my infamy will be incomparable and my disgrace certain, and I shall be scorned by all beings, as one who has done evil.
2.12.95
कथं रथैर्विभुर्यात्वा गजाश्वैश्च मुहुर्मुहुः।
पद्भ्यां रामो महारण्ये वत्सो मे विचरिष्यति ॥ २.१२.९५ ॥
How will Rāma, the mighty one who travelled again and again by chariots, elephants and horses, now wander on foot in the great forest? My dear child will wander there.
2.12.96
यस्य चाहारसमये सूदाः कुण्डलधारिणः।
अहंपूर्वाः पचन्ति स्म प्रसन्नाः पानभोजनम् ॥ २.१२.९६ ॥
At whose mealtime cooks wearing earrings, each eager to be first, cheerfully prepared food and drink,
2.12.97
स कथं नु कषायाणि तिक्तानि कटुकानि च।
भक्षयन् वन्यमाहारं सुतो मे वर्तयिष्यति ॥ २.१२.९७ ॥
How will my son survive, eating the astringent, bitter and pungent wild food of the forest?
2.12.98
महार्हवस्त्रसम्बद्धो भूत्वा चिरसुखोचितः।
काषायपरिधानस्तु कथं रामो भविष्यति ॥ २.१२.९८ ॥
Rāma, long accustomed to comfort and clad in costly garments, how will he be when he wears ochre robes?
2.12.99
कस्येदं दारुणं वाक्यमेवंविधमपीरितम्।
रामस्यारण्यगमनं भरतस्याभिषेचनम् ॥ २.१२.९९ ॥
Who uttered this cruel word: Rāma's going to the forest and Bharata's coronation?
2.12.100
धिगस्तु योषितो नाम शठाः स्वार्थपरायणाः।
न ब्रवीमि स्त्रियः सर्वा भरतस्यैव मातरम् ॥ २.१२.१०० ॥
Shame upon women, deceitful and intent on their own ends! I do not speak of all women, but only of Bharata's mother.
2.12.101
अनर्थभावेऽर्थपरे नृशंसे
ममानुतापाय निवेशितासि।
किमप्रियं पश्यसि मन्निमित्तं
हितानुकारिण्यथवापि रामे ॥ २.१२.१०१ ॥
O cruel one, delighting in misfortune, you have been placed here only to bring me grief. Do you see something displeasing in Rāma on my account, or in Rāma who always does what is beneficial?
2.12.102
परित्यजेयुः पितरोऽपि पुत्रान्
भार्याः पतींश्चापि कृतानुरागाः।
कृत्स्नं हि सर्वं कुपितं जगत् स्याद्
दृष्ट्वैव रामं व्यसने निमग्नम् ॥ २.१२.१०२ ॥
Seeing Rāma plunged into calamity, fathers would abandon their sons, and wives who were loving would forsake their husbands; the whole world would indeed become enraged.
2.12.103
अहं पुनर्देवकुमाररूप-
मलंकृतं तं सुतमाव्रजन्तम्।
नन्दामि पश्यन्निव दर्शनेन
भवामि दृष्ट्वैव पुनर्युवेव ॥ २.१२.१०३ ॥
Seeing that son approach, adorned in the form of a divine youth, I rejoice; at the very sight of him I become young again.
2.12.104
विना हि सूर्येण भवेत् प्रवृत्ति-
रवर्षता वज्रधरेण वापि।
रामं तु गच्छन्तमितः समीक्ष्य
जीवेन्न कश्चित्त्विति चेतना मे ॥ २.१२.१०४ ॥
Without the sun, or if Indra withheld the rain, the world's activity would cease; yet seeing Rāma go from here, my mind tells me no one would survive.
2.12.105
विनाशकामामहिताममित्रा-
मावासयं मृत्युमिवात्मनस्त्वाम्।
चिरं बताङ्केन धृतासि सर्पी
महाविषा तेन हतोऽस्मि मोहात् ॥ २.१२.१०५ ॥
You, desiring my destruction, harmful and hostile, I kept in my house as if you were my own death; alas, you whom I held long in my lap are a great-venomed serpent, and by that, through delusion, I am struck down.
2.12.106
मया च रामेण सलक्ष्मणेन
प्रशास्तु हीनो भरतस्त्वया सह।
पुरं च राष्ट्रं च निहत्य बान्धवान्
ममाहितानां च भवाभिहर्षिणी ॥ २.१२.१०६ ॥
Bharata, bereft of a ruler, deprived of me, Rāma, and Lakṣmaṇa, will be with you; having destroyed the city, the kingdom and the kinsmen, you, delighting in power, will be with my enemies.
2.12.107
नृशंसवृत्ते व्यसनप्रहारिणि
प्रसह्य वाक्यं यदिहाद्य भाषसे।
न नाम ते तेन मुखात् पतन्त्यधो
विशीर्यमाणा दशनाः सहस्रधा ॥ २.१२.१०७ ॥
O cruel-natured one, bringer of calamity! The words you so boldly speak here today—yet your teeth do not fall from your mouth, shattered a thousandfold.
2.12.108
न किंचिदाहाहितमप्रियं वचो
न वेत्ति रामः परुषाणि भाषितुम्।
कथं तु रामे ह्यभिरामवादिनि
ब्रवीषि दोषान् गुणनित्यसम्मते ॥ २.१२.१०८ ॥
Rāma has never spoken a harmful or unpleasant word; he does not know how to utter harsh speech. Why, then, do you count faults in Rāma, who speaks only pleasantly and is always honored for his virtues?
2.12.109
प्रताम्य वा प्रज्वल वा प्रणश्य वा
सहस्रशो वा स्फुटितां महीं व्रज।
न ते करिष्यामि वचः सुदारुणं
ममाहितं केकयराजपांसने ॥ २.१२.१०९ ॥
Whether you waste away in anguish, burn, perish, or split into a thousand pieces and go into the earth — I will not do your most cruel bidding, O dust of the Kekaya king's line; it is harmful to me.
2.12.110
क्षुरोपमां नित्यमसत्प्रियंवदां
प्रदुष्टभावां स्वकुलोपघातिनीम्।
न जीवितुं त्वां विषहेऽमनोरमां
दिधक्षमाणां हृदयं सबन्धनम् ॥ २.१२.११० ॥
You are like a razor — always speaking falsely pleasant words, of wicked mind, a destroyer of your own family. I cannot bear to live with you; you are not pleasing, and you wish to burn my heart along with its bonds.
2.12.111
न जीवितं मेऽस्ति कुतः पुनः सुखं
विनात्मजेनात्मवतां कुतो रतिः।
ममाहितं देवि न कर्तुमर्हसि
स्पृशामि पादावपि ते प्रसीद मे ॥ २.१२.१११ ॥
I have no life left; how then could there be happiness? Without my son, how can even self-controlled men find delight? Queen, you ought not to do this thing that harms me. I touch your feet — be gracious to me.
2.12.112
स भूमिपालो विलपन्ननाथवत्
स्त्रिया गृहीतो हृदयेऽतिमात्रया।
पपात देव्याश्चरणौ प्रसारिता-
वुभावसम्प्राप्य यथाऽऽतुरस्तथा ॥ २.१२.११२ ॥
That king, lamenting like one without a protector, seized in his heart by excessive attachment to a woman, fell down with both arms outstretched toward the queen's feet, yet like one in anguish he could not reach them.