Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 2.18
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2.18.1
स ददर्शासने रामो विषण्णं पितरं शुभे।
कैकेय्या सहितं दीनं मुखेन परिशुष्यता ॥ २.१८.१ ॥
Rāma saw his father, dejected and wretched, seated on a seat in the auspicious chamber with Kaikeyī, his face parched and withered.
2.18.2
स पितुश्चरणौ पूर्वमभिवाद्य विनीतवत्।
ततो ववन्दे चरणौ कैकेय्याः सुसमाहितः ॥ २.१८.२ ॥
He first respectfully bowed at his father's feet in humility, and then, composed, bowed at the feet of Kaikeyī.
2.18.3
रामेत्युक्त्वा तु वचनं बाष्पपर्याकुलेक्षणः।
शशाक नृपतिर्दीनो नेक्षितुं नाभिभाषितुम् ॥ २.१८.३ ॥
Having only said 'Rāma', the wretched king, his eyes clouded with tears, could neither look at him nor speak to him.
2.18.4
तदपूर्वं नरपतेर्दृष्ट्वा रूपं भयावहम्।
रामोऽपि भयमापन्नः पदा स्पृष्ट्वेव पन्नगम् ॥ २.१८.४ ॥
Seeing the king's unprecedented, frightful appearance, Rāma too was seized with fear, like one who has touched a serpent with his foot.
2.18.5
इन्द्रियैरप्रहृष्टैस्तं शोकसंतापकर्शितम्।
निःश्वसन्तं महाराजं व्यथिताकुलचेतसम् ॥ २.१८.५ ॥
That great king, his senses not gladdened, wasted by grief and anguish, sighing heavily, his mind pained and troubled.
2.18.6
ऊर्मिमालिनमक्षोभ्यं क्षुभ्यन्तमिव सागरम्।
उपप्लुतमिवादित्यमुक्तानृतमृषिं यथा ॥ २.१८.६ ॥
Like the ocean, garlanded with waves and ordinarily unshakable, now agitated; like the sun afflicted by an eclipse; like a sage who has spoken falsehood.
2.18.7
अचिन्त्यकल्पं नृपतेस्तं शोकमुपधारयन्।
बभूव संरब्धतरः समुद्र इव पर्वणि ॥ २.१८.७ ॥
Perceiving the king's unthinkable state and that grief, Rāma grew more agitated, like the ocean at the full moon.
2.18.8
चिन्तयामास चतुरो रामः पितृहिते रतः।
किंस्विदद्यैव नृपतिर्न मां प्रत्यभिनन्दति ॥ २.१८.८ ॥
Rāma, clever and devoted to his father's welfare, thought: "Why is the king not greeting me today?"
2.18.9
अन्यदा मां पिता दृष्ट्वा कुपितोऽपि प्रसीदति।
तस्य मामद्य सम्प्रेक्ष्य किमायासः प्रवर्तते ॥ २.१८.९ ॥
At other times, even when angry, my father is pleased on seeing me; why does this distress arise in him today, on seeing me?
2.18.10
स दीन इव शोकार्तो विषण्णवदनद्युतिः।
कैकेयीमभिवाद्यैव रामो वचनमब्रवीत् ॥ २.१८.१० ॥
Rāma, afflicted with sorrow, looking downcast with a faded face, greeted Kaikeyī and spoke these words.
2.18.11
कच्चिन्मया नापराद्धमज्ञानाद् येन मे पिता।
कुपितस्तन्ममाचक्ष्व त्वमेवैनं प्रसादय ॥ २.१८.११ ॥
Have I unknowingly committed some offence by which my father is angry? Tell me that, and you alone should appease him.
2.18.12
अप्रसन्नमनाः किं नु सदा मां प्रति वत्सलः।
विषण्णवदनो दीनः नहि मां प्रति भाषते ॥ २.१८.१२ ॥
Why is my father, who is always affectionate toward me, today displeased of mind, dejected of face and downcast? He does not even speak to me.
2.18.13
शारीरो मानसो वापि कच्चिदेनं न बाधते।
संतापो वाभितापो वा दुर्लभं हि सदा सुखम् ॥ २.१८.१३ ॥
Is he not troubled by any bodily or mental ailment? Does grief or torment afflict him? Indeed, happiness is always hard to obtain.
2.18.14
कच्चिन्न किंचिद् भरते कुमारे प्रियदर्शने।
शत्रुघ्ने वा महासत्त्वे मातॄणां वा ममाशुभम् ॥ २.१८.१४ ॥
Has any misfortune befallen the prince Bharata, so pleasant to behold, or the mighty Śatrughna, or my mothers?
2.18.15
अतोषयन् महाराजमकुर्वन् वा पितुर्वचः।
मुहूर्तमपि नेच्छेयं जीवितुं कुपिते नृपे ॥ २.१८.१५ ॥
If I have displeased the great king or failed to carry out my father's word, I would not wish to live even for a moment while the king is angry.
2.18.16
यतोमूलं नरः पश्येत् प्रादुर्भावमिहात्मनः।
कथं तस्मिन् न वर्तेत प्रत्यक्षे सति दैवते ॥ २.१८.१६ ॥
How could a man, from whom he sees the very source of his own birth, not behave rightly toward him when a visible deity stands before him?
2.18.17
कच्चित्ते परुषं किंचिदभिमानात् पिता मम।
उक्तो भवत्या रोषेण येनास्य लुलितं मनः ॥ २.१८.१७ ॥
Did you, in pride or anger, speak some harsh word to my father, by which his mind has been unsettled?
2.18.18
एतदाचक्ष्व मे देवि तत्त्वेन परिपृच्छतः।
किंनिमित्तमपूर्वोऽयं विकारो मनुजाधिपे ॥ २.१८.१८ ॥
O queen, tell me truly, as I ask you sincerely: for what reason has this unprecedented change come over the lord of men?
2.18.19
एवमुक्ता तु कैकेयी राघवेण महात्मना।
उवाचेदं सुनिर्लज्जा धृष्टमात्महितं वचः ॥ २.१८.१९ ॥
Thus addressed by the great-souled Rāghava, the utterly shameless Kaikeyī spoke these bold words, serving her own purpose.
2.18.20
न राजा कुपितो राम व्यसनं नास्य किंचन।
किंचिन्मनोगतं त्वस्य त्वद्भयान्नानुभाषते ॥ २.१८.२० ॥
Rāma, the king is not angry, nor is he troubled by any misfortune; but out of fear of you he does not speak what is in his mind.
2.18.21
प्रियं त्वामप्रियं वक्तुं वाणी नास्य प्रवर्तते।
तदवश्यं त्वया कार्यं यदनेनाश्रुतं मम ॥ २.१८.२१ ॥
His tongue will not move to speak what would displease you; therefore you must surely do what he has promised me, which you have not heard.
2.18.22
एष मह्यं वरं दत्त्वा पुरा मामभिपूज्य च।
स पश्चात् तप्यते राजा यथान्यः प्राकृतस्तथा ॥ २.१८.२२ ॥
Having first granted me this boon and honored me, the king now grieves afterwards, just like any ordinary man.
2.18.23
अतिसृज्य ददानीति वरं मम विशाम्पतिः।
स निरर्थं गतजले सेतुं बन्धितुमिच्छति ॥ २.१८.२३ ॥
Having promised me the boon with the words 'I will give it,' the lord of men now wishes, uselessly, to build a dam when the water has already flowed away.
2.18.24
धर्ममूलमिदं राम विदितं च सतामपि।
तत् सत्यं न त्यजेद् राजा कुपितस्त्वत्कृते यथा ॥ २.१८.२४ ॥
Rāma, this is the root of dharma and is known even to the good; a king should not abandon his truth, even if he is angered on your account.
2.18.25
यदि तद् वक्ष्यते राजा शुभं वा यदि वाशुभम्।
करिष्यसि ततः सर्वमाख्यास्यामि पुनस्त्वहम् ॥ २.१८.२५ ॥
If the king should say that, whether good or evil, you will do it all, and I will tell it to you again.
2.18.26
यदि त्वभिहितं राज्ञा त्वयि तन्न विपत्स्यते।
ततोऽहमभिधास्यामि न ह्येष त्वयि वक्ष्यति ॥ २.१८.२६ ॥
If what the king has declared to you does not come to pass, then I will declare it again; he will not say it to you.
2.18.27
एतत् तु वचनं श्रुत्वा कैकेय्या समुदाहृतम्।
उवाच व्यथितो रामस्तां देवीं नृपसंनिधौ ॥ २.१८.२७ ॥
Having heard these words spoken by Kaikeyī, the distressed Rāma said to that queen in the presence of the king.
2.18.28
अहो धिङ् नार्हसे देवि वक्तुं मामीदृशं वचः।
अहं हि वचनाद् राज्ञः पतेयमपि पावके ॥ २.१८.२८ ॥
Alas, shame! O queen, you should not speak such words to me. At the king's word I would fall even into fire.
2.18.29
भक्षयेयं विषं तीक्ष्णं पतेयमपि चार्णवे।
नियुक्तो गुरुणा पित्रा नृपेण च हितेन च ॥ २.१८.२९ ॥
Even if I were commanded by my teacher, my father, the king, and a benefactor, I would drink sharp poison and fall into the ocean.
2.18.30
तद् ब्रूहि वचनं देवि राज्ञो यदभिकांक्षितम्।
करिष्ये प्रतिजाने च रामो द्विर्नाभिभाषते ॥ २.१८.३० ॥
Therefore, O queen, speak whatever the king desires; I will do it, I pledge it. Rāma does not speak twice.
2.18.31
तमार्जवसमायुक्तमनार्या सत्यवादिनम्।
उवाच रामं कैकेयी वचनं भृशदारुणम् ॥ २.१८.३१ ॥
To Rāma, endowed with straightforwardness and speaking the truth, the ignoble Kaikeyī spoke words that were exceedingly harsh.
2.18.32
पुरा देवासुरे युद्धे पित्रा ते मम राघव।
रक्षितेन वरौ दत्तौ सशल्येन महारणे ॥ २.१८.३२ ॥
Long ago, O Rāghava, in the battle of gods and asuras, your father, wounded by an arrow in the great war, was protected by me, and he granted me two boons.
2.18.33
तत्र मे याचितो राजा भरतस्याभिषेचनम्।
गमनं दण्डकारण्ये तव चाद्यैव राघव ॥ २.१८.३३ ॥
There I asked the king for Bharata's consecration, and, O Rāghava, for your going into the Daṇḍaka forest this very day.
2.18.34
यदि सत्यप्रतिज्ञं त्वं पितरं कर्तुमिच्छसि।
आत्मानं च नरश्रेष्ठ मम वाक्यमिदं शृणु ॥ २.१८.३४ ॥
If you wish to make your father and yourself true to his vow, O best of men, listen to this word of mine.
2.18.35
संनिदेशे पितुस्तिष्ठ यथानेन प्रतिश्रुतम्।
त्वयारण्यं प्रवेष्टव्यं नव वर्षाणि पञ्च च ॥ २.१८.३५ ॥
Abide by your father's command, as he promised: you must enter the forest for fourteen years.
2.18.36
भरतश्चाभिषिच्येत यदेतदभिषेचनम्।
त्वदर्थे विहितं राज्ञा तेन सर्वेण राघव ॥ २.१८.३६ ॥
And let Bharata be consecrated, the consecration which the king had arranged for your sake, O Rāghava, by that entire arrangement.
2.18.37
सप्त सप्त च वर्षाणि दण्डकारण्यमाश्रितः।
अभिषेकमिदं त्यक्त्वा जटाचीरधरो भव ॥ २.१८.३७ ॥
For seven years and seven more, dwell in the Daṇḍaka forest; give up this consecration and become one who wears matted hair and bark garments.
2.18.38
भरतः कोसलपतेः प्रशास्तु वसुधामिमाम्।
नानारत्नसमाकीर्णां सवाजिरथसंकुलाम् ॥ २.१८.३८ ॥
Let Bharata, son of the lord of Kosala, rule this earth, filled with many kinds of jewels and crowded with horses and chariots.
2.18.39
एतेन त्वां नरेन्द्रोऽयं कारुण्येन समाप्लुतः।
शोकैः संक्लिष्टवदनो न शक्नोति निरीक्षितुम् ॥ २.१८.३९ ॥
Because of this, this lord of men is overwhelmed with compassion for you; his face clouded with sorrow, he cannot bring himself to look at you.
2.18.40
एतत् कुरु नरेन्द्रस्य वचनं रघुनन्दन।
सत्येन महता राम तारयस्व नरेश्वरम् ॥ २.१८.४० ॥
Do this command of the king, delight of the Raghus; Rāma, by the great truth, deliver this lord of men.
2.18.41
इतीव तस्यां परुषं वदन्त्यां
न चैव रामः प्रविवेश शोकम्।
प्रविव्यथे चापि महानुभावो
राजा च पुत्रव्यसनाभितप्तः ॥ २.१८.४१ ॥
Though she went on speaking such harsh words, grief did not enter Rāma; but the great king, tormented by his son's calamity, was indeed distressed.