Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 2.30
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2.30.1
सान्त्व्यमाना तु रामेण मैथिली जनकात्मजा।
वनवासनिमित्तार्थं भर्तारमिदमब्रवीत् ॥ २.३०.१ ॥
Though consoled by Rāma, Maithilī, the daughter of Janaka, spoke these words to her husband concerning the exile in the forest.
2.30.2
सा तमुत्तमसंविग्ना सीता विपुलवक्षसम्।
प्रणयाच्चाभिमानाच्च परिचिक्षेप राघवम् ॥ २.३०.२ ॥
Greatly agitated, Sītā reproached Rāghava, the broad-chested one, out of both love and wounded pride.
2.30.3
किं त्वामन्यत वैदेहः पिता मे मिथिलाधिपः।
राम जामातरं प्राप्य स्त्रियं पुरुषविग्रहम् ॥ २.३०.३ ॥
O Rāma, when my father, the lord of Mithilā Vaideha, obtained you as his son-in-law, did he think you were a woman in a man's body?
2.30.4
अनृतं बत लोकोऽयमज्ञानाद् यदि वक्ष्यति।
तेजो नास्ति परं रामे तपतीव दिवाकरे ॥ २.३०.४ ॥
If this world, out of ignorance, should say it is false, saying there is no supreme radiance in Rāma as there is in the blazing sun.
2.30.5
किं हि कृत्वा विषण्णस्त्वं कुतो वा भयमस्ति ते।
यत् परित्यक्तुकामस्त्वं मामनन्यपरायणाम् ॥ २.३०.५ ॥
What have you done that you are so dejected, or from where does fear come to you, that you wish to abandon me, who have no other refuge than you?
2.30.6
द्युमत्सेनसुतं वीरं सत्यवन्तमनुव्रताम्।
सावित्रीमिव मां विद्धि त्वमात्मवशवर्तिनीम् ॥ २.३०.६ ॥
Know me to be like Sāvitrī, who followed Satyavān, the heroic son of Dyumatsena, a devoted wife who follows your will.
2.30.7
न त्वहं मनसा त्वन्यं द्रष्टास्मि त्वदृतेऽनघ।
त्वया राघव गच्छेयं यथान्या कुलपांसनी ॥ २.३०.७ ॥
Sinless one, apart from you I do not look upon any other man, even in my mind. O Rāghava, I shall go with you, not like some other woman who brings shame upon her family.
2.30.8
स्वयं तु भार्यां कौमारीं चिरमध्युषितां सतीम्।
शैलूष इव मां राम परेभ्यो दातुमिच्छसि ॥ २.३०.८ ॥
O Rāma, you yourself wish to give me, your faithful wife whom you have kept with you for a long time since youth, to others, like an actor.
2.30.9
यस्य पथ्यंचरामात्थ यस्य चार्थेऽवरुध्यसे।
त्वं तस्य भव वश्यश्च विधेयश्च सदानघ ॥ २.३०.९ ॥
Sinless one, whoever's wholesome counsel you speak of, and for whose sake you are held back, be subject to him and always obedient to him.
2.30.10
स मामनादाय वनं न त्वं प्रस्थितुमर्हसि।
तपो वा यदि वारण्यं स्वर्गो वा स्यात् त्वया सह ॥ २.३०.१० ॥
You should not set out for the forest without taking me. Whether the forest is an ascetic penance, or it is heaven if I am with you.
2.30.11
न च मे भविता तत्र कश्चित् पथि परिश्रमः।
पृष्ठतस्तव गच्छन्त्या विहारशयनेष्विव ॥ २.३०.११ ॥
There, on the path, I shall have no fatigue at all, walking behind you, as if I were on pleasure-couches.
2.30.12
कुशकाशशरेषीका ये च कण्टकिनो द्रुमाः।
तूलाजिनसमस्पर्शा मार्गे मम सह त्वया ॥ २.३०.१२ ॥
Kuśa grass, kāśa grass, reeds, and thorny trees, all of them will be soft to my touch like cotton and deerskin on the path, with you.
2.30.13
महावातसमुद्भूतं यन्मामवकरिष्यति।
रजो रमण तन्मन्ये परार्घ्यमिव चन्दनम् ॥ २.३०.१३ ॥
O Delight, whatever dust the great wind raises that covers me, that I will think of as the finest sandalwood.
2.30.14
शाद्वलेषु यदा शिश्ये वनान्तर्वनगोचरा।
कुथास्तरणयुक्तेषु किं स्यात् सुखतरं ततः ॥ २.३०.१४ ॥
When you sleep upon the grassy meadows in the forest, what could be more pleasant than a bed furnished with rugs and coverlets?
2.30.15
पत्रं मूलं फलं यत्तु अल्पं वा यदि वा बहु।
दास्यसे स्वयमाहृत्य तन्मेऽमृतरसोपमम् ॥ २.३०.१५ ॥
Leaves, roots, or fruit, whether little or much, that you yourself bring and give me, will be to me like the essence of nectar.
2.30.16
न मातुर्न पितुस्तत्र स्मरिष्यामि न वेश्मनः।
आर्तवान्युपभुञ्जाना पुष्पाणि च फलानि च ॥ २.३०.१६ ॥
There I will remember neither mother nor father, nor home, but will live partaking of the seasonal flowers and fruits.
2.30.17
न च तत्र ततः किंचिद् द्रष्टुमर्हसि विप्रियम्।
मत्कृते न च ते शोको न भविष्यामि दुर्भरा ॥ २.३०.१७ ॥
There, on my account, you need not see anything unpleasant; you will feel no grief, and I will not be a burden to you.
2.30.19
यस्त्वया सह स स्वर्गो निरयो यस्त्वया विना।
अथ मामेवमव्यग्रां वनं नैव नयिष्यसे।
विषमद्यैव पास्यामि मा वशं द्विषतां गमम् ॥ २.३०.१९ ॥
To be with you is heaven; to be without you is hell. Now, if you do not lead me to the forest in this unburdened state, I will drink poison today, rather than fall into the power of enemies.
2.30.20
पश्चादपि हि दुःखेन मम नैवास्ति जीवितम्।
उज्झितायास्त्वया नाथ तदैव मरणं वरम् ॥ २.३०.२० ॥
Even afterwards there will be no life for me in sorrow. O lord, for me abandoned by you, death at that very moment is better.
2.30.21
इमं हि सहितुं शोकं मुहूर्तमपि नोत्सहे।
किं पुनर्दश वर्षाणि त्रीणि चैकं च दुःखिता ॥ २.३०.२१ ॥
I am not able to bear this sorrow even for a moment. How much less, suffering, will I bear it for ten years, three and one?
2.30.22
चुक्रोश पतिमायस्ता भृशमालिङ्ग्य सस्वरम् ॥ २.३०.२२ ॥
Distressed, she clung tightly to her husband and cried out loudly.
2.30.23
सा विद्धा बहुभिर्वाक्यैर्दिग्धैरिव गजाङ्गना।
चिरसंनियतं बाष्पं मुमोचाग्निमिवारणिः ॥ २.३०.२३ ॥
Pierced by many words, as if by poisoned darts, like a female elephant, she let fall the tears long held back, as fire comes forth from the fire-stick.
2.30.24
तस्याः स्फटिकसंकाशं वारि संतापसम्भवम्।
नेत्राभ्यां परिसुस्राव पङ्कजाभ्यामिवोदकम् ॥ २.३०.२४ ॥
From her eyes flowed the crystal-clear water born of anguish, as water flows from two lotuses.
2.30.25
तत्सितामलचन्द्राभं मुखमायतलोचनम्।
पर्यशुष्यत बाष्पेण जलोद्धृतमिवाम्बुजम् ॥ २.३०.२५ ॥
Her face, shining like a pure white spotless moon, with long eyes, withered with tears, like a lotus lifted from the water.
2.30.26
तां परिष्वज्य बाहुभ्यां विसंज्ञामिव दुःखिताम्।
उवाच वचनं रामः परिविश्वासयंस्तदा ॥ २.३०.२६ ॥
Embracing her with his arms, as though she had swooned, grief-stricken, Rāma spoke these words to reassure her.
2.30.27
न देवि बत दुःखेन स्वर्गमप्यभिरोचये।
नहि मेऽस्ति भयं किंचित् स्वयम्भोरिव सर्वतः ॥ २.३०.२७ ॥
O queen, indeed, out of grief I would not desire even heaven. For me there is no fear from any quarter, like the self-existent Brahmā.
2.30.28
तव सर्वमभिप्रायमविज्ञाय शुभानने।
वासं न रोचयेऽरण्ये शक्तिमानपि रक्षणे ॥ २.३०.२८ ॥
O you of auspicious face, not knowing your whole intention, I do not desire to dwell in the forest, though I am able to protect you.
2.30.29
यत् सृष्टासि मया सार्धं वनवासाय मैथिलि।
न विहातुं मया शक्या प्रीतिरात्मवता यथा ॥ २.३०.२९ ॥
O Maithilī, since you were made with me for forest-dwelling, I cannot abandon you, just as a self-controlled man cannot abandon his love.
2.30.30
धर्मस्तु गजनासोरु सद्भिराचरितः पुरा।
तं चाहमनुवर्तिष्ये यथा सूर्यं सुवर्चला ॥ २.३०.३० ॥
O elephant-thighed one, dharma has indeed been followed by the good from of old, and I shall follow it, as Suvarcalā follows the sun.
2.30.31
न खल्वहं न गच्छेयं वनं जनकनन्दिनि।
वचनं तन्नयति मां पितुः सत्योपबृंहितम् ॥ २.३०.३१ ॥
O daughter of Janaka, it is not that I should not go to the forest; that word of my father, strengthened by truth, leads me there.
2.30.32
एष धर्मश्च सुश्रोणि पितुर्मातुश्च वश्यता।
आज्ञां चाहं व्यतिक्रम्य नाहं जीवितुमुत्सहे ॥ २.३०.३२ ॥
O fair-hipped one, this is duty: to be obedient to father and mother. Having transgressed their command, I have no wish to live.
2.30.33
अस्वाधीनं कथं दैवं प्रकारैरभिराध्यते।
स्वाधीनं समतिक्रम्य मातरं पितरं गुरुम् ॥ २.३०.३३ ॥
By what means can fate, which is not in one's own control, be propitiated? Having transgressed mother, father and teacher, who are within one's own control?
2.30.34
यत्र त्रयं त्रयो लोकाः पवित्रं तत्समं भुवि।
नान्यदस्ति शुभापाङ्गे तेनेदमभिराध्यते ॥ २.३०.३४ ॥
Upon earth there is nothing else equal to that sacred thing in which the three worlds dwell. O auspicious-eyed one, therefore this is what is worshipped.
2.30.35
न सत्यं दानमानौ वा यज्ञो वाप्याप्तदक्षिणाः।
तथा बलकराः सीते यथा सेवा पितुर्मता ॥ २.३०.३५ ॥
O Sītā, neither truth, nor gifts, nor honour, nor a sacrifice with full fees are held to give strength as much as service to the father.
2.30.36
स्वर्गो धनं वा धान्यं वा विद्या पुत्राः सुखानि च।
गुरुवृत्त्यनुरोधेन न किंचिदपि दुर्लभम् ॥ २.३०.३६ ॥
Heaven, wealth, grain, knowledge, sons and pleasures—nothing is difficult to obtain for one who devotedly serves the teacher.
2.30.37
देवगन्धर्वगोलोकान् ब्रह्मलोकांस्तथापरान्।
प्राप्नुवन्ति महात्मानो मातापितृपरायणाः ॥ २.३०.३७ ॥
Great-souled ones devoted to mother and father attain the worlds of gods, gandharvas and cows, the world of Brahmā, and others besides.
2.30.38
स मा पिता यथा शास्ति सत्यधर्मपथे स्थितः।
तथा वर्तितुमिच्छामि स हि धर्मः सनातनः ॥ २.३०.३८ ॥
As my father, steadfast on the path of truth and dharma, commands, so I wish to conduct myself; for that is the eternal dharma.
2.30.39
मम सन्ना मतिः सीते नेतुं त्वां दण्डकावनम्।
वसिष्यामीति सा त्वं मामनुयातुं सुनिश्चिता ॥ २.३०.३९ ॥
O Sītā, my intention is settled: to lead you to the Daṇḍaka forest and dwell there. And you, firmly resolved, have determined to follow me.
2.30.40
सा हि दिष्टानवद्याङ्गि वनाय मदिरेक्षणे।
अनुगच्छस्व मां भीरु सहधर्मचरी भव ॥ २.३०.४० ॥
O you of fortunate destiny and faultless limbs, O wine-eyed one, O timid one: follow me to the forest. Become my companion in dharma.
2.30.41
सर्वथा सदृशं सीते मम स्वस्य कुलस्य च।
व्यवसायमनुक्रान्ता कान्ते त्वमतिशोभनम् ॥ २.३०.४१ ॥
O Sītā, this resolve of yours is in every way fitting for me and for our own family. O beloved, you have made a most splendid decision.
2.30.42
आरभस्व शुभश्रोणि वनवासक्षमाः क्रियाः।
नेदानीं त्वदृते सीते स्वर्गोऽपि मम रोचते ॥ २.३०.४२ ॥
O fair-hipped one, begin the preparations fit for living in the forest. O Sītā, now without you even heaven does not please me.
2.30.43
ब्राह्मणेभ्यश्च रत्नानि भिक्षुकेभ्यश्च भोजनम्।
देहि चाशंसमानेभ्यः संत्वरस्व च मा चिरम् ॥ २.३०.४३ ॥
Give jewels to the brahmins, food to the mendicants, and give to those who stand hoping for it. Make haste, do not delay.
2.30.44
भूषणानि महार्हाणि वरवस्त्राणि यानि च।
रमणीयाश्च ये केचित् क्रीडार्थाश्चाप्युपस्कराः ॥ २.३०.४४ ॥
The costly ornaments and fine garments, whatever delightful things there were, and the furnishings meant for pleasure and play—
2.30.45
शयनीयानि यानानि मम चान्यानि यानि च।
देहि स्वभृत्यवर्गस्य ब्राह्मणानामनन्तरम् ॥ २.३०.४५ ॥
My couches and conveyances, and whatever else there is—give them to your own group of servants, and afterward to the brahmins.
2.30.46
अनुकूलं तु सा भर्तुर्ज्ञात्वा गमनमात्मनः।
क्षिप्रं प्रमुदिता देवी दातुमेव प्रचक्रमे ॥ २.३०.४६ ॥
Knowing that her husband's departure was favorable to her own aims, the queen, greatly delighted, at once set about giving gifts.
2.30.47
ततः प्रहृष्टा प्रतिपूर्णमानसा
यशस्विनी भर्तुरवेक्ष्य भाषितम्।
धनानि रत्नानि च दातुमङ्गना
प्रचक्रमे धर्मभृतां मनस्विनी ॥ २.३०.४७ ॥
Then, greatly delighted and with a fully contented mind, the glorious woman, heeding her husband's words, began to give away wealth and jewels—she, high-minded, the foremost of those who uphold dharma.