Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 2.29
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2.29.1
एतत् तु वचनं श्रुत्वा सीता रामस्य दुःखिता।
प्रसक्ताश्रुमुखी मन्दमिदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥ २.२९.१ ॥
Hearing these words of Rāma, the grieved Sītā, her face wet with flowing tears, spoke these words softly.
2.29.2
ये त्वया कीर्तिता दोषा वने वस्तव्यतां प्रति।
गुणानित्येव तान् विद्धि तव स्नेहपुरस्कृता ॥ २.२९.२ ॥
The faults you have named concerning living in the forest, take them to be virtues; it is moved by your affection that I speak thus.
2.29.3
मृगाः सिंहा गजाश्चैव शार्दूलाः शरभास्तथा।
चमराः सृमराश्चैव ये चान्ये वनचारिणः ॥ २.२९.३ ॥
Deer, lions, elephants, tigers, śarabhas, camaras, sṛmaras, and the other creatures that roam the forest—
2.29.4
अदृष्टपूर्वरूपत्वात् सर्वे ते तव राघव।
रूपं दृष्ट्वापसर्पेयुस्तव सर्वे हि बिभ्यति ॥ २.२९.४ ॥
O Rāghava, since they have never seen that form of yours before, they would all run away on seeing your form; indeed, they would all be afraid.
2.29.5
त्वया च सह गन्तव्यं मया गुरुजनाज्ञया।
त्वद्वियोगेन मे राम त्यक्तव्यमिह जीवितम् ॥ २.२९.५ ॥
O Rāma, by the command of my elders I must go with you; in separation from you, I must give up my life right here.
2.29.6
नहि मां त्वत्समीपस्थामपि शक्रोऽपि राघव।
सुराणामीश्वरः शक्तः प्रधर्षयितुमोजसा ॥ २.२९.६ ॥
O Rāghava, not even Śakra, lord of the gods, is able to assail me by force while I stand close to you.
2.29.7
पतिहीना तु या नारी न सा शक्ष्यति जीवितुम्।
काममेवंविधं राम त्वया मम निदर्शितम् ॥ २.२९.७ ॥
A woman bereft of her husband cannot live. O Rāma, you have shown me just such a path.
2.29.8
अथापि च महाप्राज्ञ ब्राह्मणानां मया श्रुतम्।
पुरा पितृगृहे सत्यं वस्तव्यं किल मे वने ॥ २.२९.८ ॥
O man of great wisdom, formerly in my father's house I heard from the brahmins that truly I was to dwell in the forest.
2.29.9
लक्षणिभ्यो द्विजातिभ्यः श्रुत्वाहं वचनं गृहे।
वनवासकृतोत्साहा नित्यमेव महाबल ॥ २.२९.९ ॥
O mighty one, having heard in the house the words of the twice-born who knew the signs, I was always eager for forest exile.
2.29.10
आदेशो वनवासस्य प्राप्तव्यः स मया किल।
सा त्वया सह भर्त्राहं यास्यामि प्रिय नान्यथा ॥ २.२९.१० ॥
The command of forest exile I must surely obtain. O beloved, I shall go with you, my husband; it shall not be otherwise.
2.29.11
कृतादेशा भविष्यामि गमिष्यामि त्वया सह।
कालश्चायं समुत्पन्नः सत्यवान् भवतु द्विजः ॥ २.२९.११ ॥
Having received the command, I shall be going with you. This time has come; O twice-born, let those words be true.
2.29.12
वनवासे हि जानामि दुःखानि बहुधा किल।
प्राप्यन्ते नियतं वीर पुरुषैरकृतात्मभिः ॥ २.२९.१२ ॥
O hero, I know that in forest exile sorrows of many kinds are surely encountered by men who have not mastered themselves.
2.29.13
कन्यया च पितुर्गेहे वनवासः श्रुतो मया।
भिक्षिण्याः शमवृत्ताया मम मातुरिहाग्रतः ॥ २.२९.१३ ॥
In my maidenhood, in my father's house, I heard of forest-dwelling, concerning a calm-natured female ascetic, here in the presence of my mother.
2.29.14
प्रसादितश्च वै पूर्वं त्वं मे बहुतिथं प्रभो।
गमनं वनवासस्य कांक्षितं हि सह त्वया ॥ २.२९.१४ ॥
O lord, long before this I pleaded with you; going into forest exile together with you is what I have desired.
2.29.15
कृतक्षणाहं भद्रं ते गमनं प्रति राघव।
वनवासस्य शूरस्य मम चर्या हि रोचते ॥ २.२९.१५ ॥
O Rāghava, may good fortune be yours; I have resolved to go. The life I would lead in forest exile, like a brave one, pleases me.
2.29.16
शुद्धात्मन् प्रेमभावाद्धि भविष्यामि विकल्मषा।
भर्तारमनुगच्छन्ती भर्ता हि परदैवतम् ॥ २.२९.१६ ॥
O pure-hearted one, out of loving devotion I shall be free from sin, following my husband; for the husband is the supreme deity.
2.29.17
प्रेत्यभावे हि कल्याणः संगमो मे सदा त्वया।
श्रुतिर्हि श्रूयते पुण्या ब्राह्मणानां यशस्विनाम् ॥ २.२९.१७ ॥
In the next world too, my union with you will always be auspicious; this is heard in the sacred scripture of the renowned Brahmins.
2.29.18
इहलोके च पितृभिर्या स्त्री यस्य महाबल।
अद्भिर्दत्ता स्वधर्मेण प्रेत्यभावेऽपि तस्य सा ॥ २.२९.१८ ॥
O mighty one, the woman whom her fathers in this world have given to a man with water, according to their own duty, remains his even in the next world.
2.29.19
एवमस्मात् स्वकां नारीं सुवृत्तां हि पतिव्रताम्।
नाभिरोचयसे नेतुं त्वं मां केनेह हेतुना ॥ २.२९.१९ ॥
Thus you are not willing to take me, your own well-conducted and faithful wife, away from here; for what reason do you not wish to take me hence?
2.29.20
भक्तां पतिव्रतां दीनां मां समां सुखदुःखयोः।
नेतुमर्हसि काकुत्स्थ समानसुखदुःखिनीम् ॥ २.२९.२० ॥
O Kākutstha, I, devoted and faithful to my husband and sorrowful, who share equally in joy and sorrow, ought to be taken by you.
2.29.21
यदि मां दुःखितामेवं वनं नेतुं न चेच्छसि।
विषमग्निं जलं वाहमास्थास्ये मृत्युकारणात् ॥ २.२९.२१ ॥
If you do not wish to lead me, thus afflicted, to the forest, I shall resort to poison, fire, or water, for the sake of death.
2.29.22
एवं बहुविधं तं सा याचते गमनं प्रति।
नानुमेने महाबाहुस्तां नेतुं विजनं वनम् ॥ २.२९.२२ ॥
Thus in many ways she begged him to go; but the mighty-armed one did not consent to take her into the desolate forest.
2.29.23
एवमुक्ता तु सा चिन्तां मैथिली समुपागता।
स्नापयन्तीव गामुष्णैरश्रुभिर्नयनच्युतैः ॥ २.२९.२३ ॥
Thus addressed, Maithilī fell into deep anxiety, as if bathing the earth with hot tears falling from her eyes.
2.29.24
चिन्तयन्तीं तदा तां तु निवर्तयितुमात्मवान्।
क्रोधाविष्टां तु वैदेहीं काकुत्स्थो बह्वसान्त्वयत् ॥ २.२९.२४ ॥
Then Kākutstha, self-controlled, sought to turn back Vaidehī, who was brooding and seized by anger, and he consoled her in many ways.