Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 2.19
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2.19.1
तदप्रियममित्रघ्नो वचनं मरणोपमम्।
श्रुत्वा न विव्यथे रामः कैकेयीं चेदमब्रवीत् ॥ २.१९.१ ॥
Having heard those unwelcome words, which were like death, Rāma, slayer of foes, was not distressed, and he spoke this to Kaikeyī.
2.19.2
एवमस्तु गमिष्यामि वनं वस्तुमहं त्वितः।
जटाचीरधरो राज्ञः प्रतिज्ञामनुपालयन् ॥ २.१९.२ ॥
So be it. Keeping the king's vow, wearing matted hair and bark garments, I shall go from here to dwell in the forest.
2.19.3
इदं तु ज्ञातुमिच्छामि किमर्थं मां महीपतिः।
नाभिनन्दति दुर्धर्षो यथापूर्वमरिंदमः ॥ २.१९.३ ॥
But I wish to know why the king, that unassailable subduer of foes, no longer welcomes me as he did before.
2.19.4
मन्युर्न च त्वया कार्यो देवि ब्रूमि तवाग्रतः।
यास्यामि भव सुप्रीता वनं चीरजटाधरः ॥ २.१९.४ ॥
Do not let anger arise in you, O queen; I say this before you. Be very pleased. I shall go to the forest, wearing bark garments and matted hair.
2.19.5
हितेन गुरुणा पित्रा कृतज्ञेन नृपेण च।
नियुज्यमानो विस्रब्धः किं न कुर्यामहं प्रियम् ॥ २.१९.५ ॥
When commanded by a benevolent teacher, a father, and a grateful king, confidently, what dear deed would I not do?
2.19.6
अलीकं मानसं त्वेकं हृदयं दहते मम।
स्वयं यन्नाह मां राजा भरतस्याभिषेचनम् ॥ २.१९.६ ॥
One false thought alone burns my heart: why did the king himself not tell me of Bharata's consecration?
2.19.7
अहं हि सीतां राज्यं च प्राणानिष्टान् धनानि च।
हृष्टो भ्रात्रे स्वयं दद्यां भरतायाप्रचोदितः ॥ २.१९.७ ॥
I would gladly give Sītā, the kingdom, my dear life-breaths and wealth to my brother Bharata, even unprompted.
2.19.8
किं पुनर्मनुजेन्द्रेण स्वयं पित्रा प्रचोदितः।
तव च प्रियकामार्थं प्रतिज्ञामनुपालयन् ॥ २.१९.८ ॥
When the lord of men, our father, has himself urged it, and I am keeping my vow to fulfil your dear desire, what more is there to say?
2.19.9
तथाश्वासय ह्रीमन्तं किं त्विदं यन्महीपतिः।
वसुधासक्तनयनो मन्दमश्रूणि मुञ्चति ॥ २.१९.९ ॥
"Comfort the modest Rāma then. Why is this lord of the earth, eyes fixed on the ground, slowly shedding tears?"
2.19.10
गच्छन्तु चैवानयितुं दूताः शीघ्रजवैर्हयैः।
भरतं मातुलकुलादद्यैव नृपशासनात् ॥ २.१९.१० ॥
By the king's command, let messengers go today on swift horses and bring Bharata from his maternal uncle's house.
2.19.11
दण्डकारण्यमेषोऽहं गच्छाम्येव हि सत्वरः।
अविचार्य पितुर्वाक्यं समा वस्तुं चतुर्दश ॥ २.१९.११ ॥
Without deliberating on my father's word, I shall at once hasten to the Daṇḍaka forest to dwell there for fourteen years.
2.19.12
सा हृष्टा तस्य तद् वाक्यं श्रुत्वा रामस्य कैकयी।
प्रस्थानं श्रद्दधाना सा त्वरयामास राघवम् ॥ २.१९.१२ ॥
Hearing Rāma's words, Kaikeyī rejoiced, and trusting in his departure, she urged Rāghava to hasten.
2.19.13
एवं भवतु यास्यन्ति दूताः शीघ्रजवैर्हयैः।
भरतं मातुलकुलादिहावर्तयितुं नराः ॥ २.१९.१३ ॥
So be it. Messengers will ride swift horses to bring Bharata back here from his maternal uncle's house.
2.19.14
तव त्वहं क्षमं मन्ये नोत्सुकस्य विलम्बनम्।
राम तस्मादितः शीघ्रं वनं त्वं गन्तुमर्हसि ॥ २.१९.१४ ॥
O Rāma, I think delay is not fitting for you who are so eager; therefore you should go quickly from here to the forest.
2.19.15
व्रीडान्वितः स्वयं यच्च नृपस्त्वां नाभिभाषते।
नैतत् किंचिन्नरश्रेष्ठ मन्युरेषोऽपनीयताम् ॥ २.१९.१५ ॥
O best of men, that the king himself, filled with shame, does not speak to you is no small matter; put aside this anger.
2.19.16
यावत्त्वं न वनं यातः पुरादस्मादतित्वरम्।
पिता तावन्न ते राम स्नास्यते भोक्ष्यतेऽपि वा ॥ २.१९.१६ ॥
O Rāma, until you go from this city very swiftly to the forest, your father will neither bathe nor eat.
2.19.17
धिक्कष्टमिति निःश्वस्य राजा शोकपरिप्लुतः।
मूर्च्छितो न्यपतत् तस्मिन् पर्यङ्के हेमभूषिते ॥ २.१९.१७ ॥
'Alas, what a grief!' Sighing deeply, the king, overwhelmed with sorrow, swooned and fell upon that gold-adorned couch.
2.19.18
रामोऽप्युत्थाप्य राजानं कैकेय्याभिप्रचोदितः।
कशयेव हतो वाजी वनं गन्तुं कृतत्वरः ॥ २.१९.१८ ॥
Rāma too raised up the king, and, urged on by Kaikeyī, hastened to go to the forest like a horse struck by the whip.
2.19.19
तदप्रियमनार्याया वचनं दारुणोदयम्।
श्रुत्वा गतव्यथो रामः कैकेयीं वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥ २.१९.१९ ॥
Having heard that unpleasant speech of the ignoble Kaikeyī, whose outcome was dreadful, Rāma, unperturbed, spoke these words to Kaikeyī.
2.19.20
नाहमर्थपरो देवि लोकमावस्तुमुत्सहे।
विद्धि मामृषिभिस्तुल्यं विमलं धर्ममास्थितम् ॥ २.१९.२० ॥
O queen, I am not intent on gain, nor do I desire to dwell in this world. Know me to be equal to the sages, abiding in spotless dharma.
2.19.21
यत् तत्रभवतः किंचिच्छक्यं कर्तुं प्रियं मया।
प्राणानपि परित्यज्य सर्वथा कृतमेव तत् ॥ २.१९.२१ ॥
Whatever pleasing deed for the honoured father is possible for me, I will surely accomplish it in every way, even giving up my life.
2.19.22
न ह्यतो धर्मचरणं किंचिदस्ति महत्तरम्।
यथा पितरि शुश्रूषा तस्य वा वचनक्रिया ॥ २.१९.२२ ॥
There is no greater practice of dharma than this: service to the father, or the carrying out of his word.
2.19.23
अनुक्तोऽप्यत्रभवता भवत्या वचनादहम्।
वने वत्स्यामि विजने वर्षाणीह चतुर्दश ॥ २.१९.२३ ॥
Though the honoured father has not told me, at your word I shall dwell in a lonely forest for fourteen years from here.
2.19.24
न नूनं मयि कैकेयि किंचिदाशंससे गुणान्।
यद् राजानमवोचस्त्वं ममेश्वरतरा सती ॥ २.१९.२४ ॥
Kaikeyī, surely you expect no virtue in me, since you spoke thus of me to the king, though you, a virtuous wife, have greater authority over me.
2.19.25
यावन्मातरमापृच्छे सीतां चानुनयाम्यहम्।
ततोऽद्यैव गमिष्यामि दण्डकानां महद् वनम् ॥ २.१९.२५ ॥
Once I have taken leave of my mother and appeased Sītā, I will set out today for the great forest of the Daṇḍakas.
2.19.26
भरतः पालयेद् राज्यं शुश्रूषेच्च पितुर्यथा।
तथा भवत्या कर्तव्यं स हि धर्मः सनातनः ॥ २.१९.२६ ॥
Let Bharata protect the kingdom and serve his father as a son should; you too must act in this way, for that is the eternal dharma.
2.19.27
रामस्य तु वचः श्रुत्वा भृशं दुःखगतः पिता।
शोकादशक्नुवन् वक्तुं प्ररुरोद महास्वनम् ॥ २.१९.२७ ॥
Hearing Rāma's words, his father was plunged into deep sorrow; unable to speak for grief, he wept aloud.
2.19.28
वन्दित्वा चरणौ राज्ञो विसंज्ञस्य पितुस्तदा।
कैकेय्याश्चाप्यनार्याया निष्पपात महाद्युतिः ॥ २.१९.२८ ॥
Then, having bowed at the feet of his father the king, who had lost consciousness, and likewise bowed to the ignoble Kaikeyī, the greatly radiant Rāma departed.
2.19.29
स रामः पितरं कृत्वा कैकेयीं च प्रदक्षिणम्।
निष्क्रम्यान्तःपुरात् तस्मात् स्वं ददर्श सुहृज्जनम् ॥ २.१९.२९ ॥
Rāma circled his father and Kaikeyī in reverence, then went out from the inner apartments and saw his well-wishing friends.
2.19.30
तं बाष्पपरिपूर्णाक्षः पृष्ठतोऽनुजगाम ह।
लक्ष्मणः परमक्रुद्धः सुमित्रानन्दवर्धनः ॥ २.१९.३० ॥
Lakṣmaṇa, the delight of Sumitrā, deeply angered, followed behind Rāma, whose eyes were full of tears.
2.19.31
आभिषेचनिकं भाण्डं कृत्वा रामः प्रदक्षिणम्।
शनैर्जगाम सापेक्षो दृष्टिं तत्राविचालयन् ॥ २.१९.३१ ॥
Rāma, having circled the coronation articles keeping them on his right, went slowly away, not turning his gaze from there.
2.19.32
न चास्य महतीं लक्ष्मीं राज्यनाशोऽपकर्षति।
लोककान्तस्य कान्तत्वाच्छीतरश्मेरिव क्षयः ॥ २.१९.३२ ॥
The loss of the kingdom does not diminish his great splendour; being the beloved of the world, it is like the waning of the cool-rayed moon, which does not dim its loveliness.
2.19.33
न वनं गन्तुकामस्य त्यजतश्च वसुंधराम्।
सर्वलोकातिगस्येव लक्ष्यते चित्तविक्रिया ॥ २.१९.३३ ॥
In him, wishing to go to the forest and leaving the earth, no disturbance of mind is seen, as if he were beyond all the worlds.
2.19.34
प्रतिषिध्य शुभं छत्रं व्यजने च स्वलंकृते।
विसर्जयित्वा स्वजनं रथं पौरांस्तथा जनान् ॥ २.१९.३४ ॥
Having declined the auspicious parasol and the well-adorned fans, he sent away his own people, the chariot, the townsmen, and the other folk.
2.19.35
धारयन् मनसा दुःखमिन्द्रियाणि निगृह्य च।
प्रविवेशात्मवान् वेश्म मातुरप्रियशंसिवान् ॥ २.१९.३५ ॥
Bearing grief in his mind and restraining his senses, the self-possessed one entered his mother's house, she who had brought the unwelcome news.
2.19.36
सर्वोऽप्यभिजनः श्रीमान् श्रीमतः सत्यवादिनः।
नालक्षयत रामस्य कंचिदाकारमानने ॥ २.१९.३६ ॥
Not one of all his kinsmen perceived any expression upon the face of Rāma, the glorious, the truthful one.
2.19.37
उचितं च महाबाहुर्न जहौ हर्षमात्मवान्।
शारदः समुदीर्णांशुश्चन्द्रस्तेज इवात्मजम् ॥ २.१९.३७ ॥
The mighty-armed Rāma, self-possessed and as fitting, did not give up his joy, as the autumn moon with its rays fully risen does not give up its brilliance.
2.19.38
वाचा मधुरया रामः सर्वं सम्मानयञ्जनम्।
मातुः समीपं धर्मात्मा प्रविवेश महायशाः ॥ २.१९.३८ ॥
Rāma, righteous-souled and of great fame, honouring all the people with sweet speech, entered the presence of his mother.
2.19.39
तं गुणैः समतां प्राप्तो भ्राता विपुलविक्रमः।
सौमित्रिरनुवव्राज धारयन् दुःखमात्मजम् ॥ २.१९.३९ ॥
Lakṣmaṇa, the brother of vast prowess, equal to him in virtues, followed him, bearing his own grief within.
2.19.40
प्रविश्य वेश्मातिभृशं मुदा युतं
समीक्ष्य तां चार्थविपत्तिमागताम्।
न चैव रामोऽत्र जगाम विक्रियां
सुहृज्जनस्यात्मविपत्तिशङ्कया ॥ २.१९.४० ॥
Having entered the house, and seeing his mother filled with great joy and the loss of fortune that had come upon her, Rāma showed no change, out of fear that misfortune might fall on his well-wishers through himself.