Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 2.35
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2.35.1
ततो निधूय सहसा शिरो निःश्वस्य चासकृत्।
पाणिं पाणौ विनिष्पिष्य दन्तान् कटकटाय्य च ॥ २.३५.१ ॥
Then Sumantra, suddenly shaking his head and again and again heaving sighs, pressed hand against hand and gnashed his teeth.
2.35.2
लोचने कोपसंरक्ते वर्णं पूर्वोचितं जहत्।
कोपाभिभूतः सहसा संतापमशुभं गतः ॥ २.३५.२ ॥
With eyes reddened by anger, he lost his customary complexion; overcome by wrath, he suddenly fell into an inauspicious distress.
2.35.3
मनः समीक्षमाणश्च सूतो दशरथस्य च।
कम्पयन्निव कैकेय्या हृदयं वाक्शरैः शितैः ॥ २.३५.३ ॥
Sumantra, the charioteer of Daśaratha, considering in his mind and as if making Kaikeyī's heart tremble with sharp arrows of words, spoke.
2.35.4
वाक्यवज्रैरनुपमैर्निर्भिन्दन्निव चाशुभैः।
कैकेय्याः सर्वमर्माणि सुमन्त्रः प्रत्यभाषत ॥ २.३५.४ ॥
Piercing, as it were, all the vital spots of Kaikeyī with incomparable words like thunderbolts and with harsh words, Sumantra replied.
2.35.5
यस्यास्तव पतिस्त्यक्तो राजा दशरथः स्वयम्।
भर्ता सर्वस्य जगतः स्थावरस्य चरस्य च ॥ २.३५.५ ॥
Your husband, King Daśaratha himself, the protector of the whole world, both the immobile and the mobile, has been abandoned.
2.35.6
नह्यकार्यतमं किंचित्तव देवीह विद्यते।
पतिघ्नीं त्वामहं मन्ये कुलघ्नीमपि चान्ततः ॥ २.३५.६ ॥
O queen, there is no deed so unfit here that you would not do it; I consider you a slayer of your husband and, in the end, even a destroyer of your family.
2.35.7
यन्महेन्द्रमिवाजय्यं दुष्प्रकम्प्यमिवाचलम्।
महोदधिमिवाक्षोभ्यं संतापयसि कर्मभिः ॥ २.३५.७ ॥
You distress him, who is unconquerable like Mahendra, immovable like a mountain, and undisturbed like the great ocean, by your deeds.
2.35.8
मावमंस्था दशरथं भर्तारं वरदं पतिम्।
भर्तुरिच्छा हि नारीणां पुत्रकोट्या विशिष्यते ॥ २.३५.८ ॥
Do not disregard Daśaratha, your husband, the giver of boons, your lord. For women, the husband's wish surpasses even a crore of sons.
2.35.9
यथावयो हि राज्यानि प्राप्नुवन्ति नृपक्षये।
इक्ष्वाकुकुलनाथेऽस्मिंस्तं लोपयितुमिच्छसि ॥ २.३५.९ ॥
When a king dies, kingdoms pass in order of age; yet you wish to strip this lord of the Ikṣvāku line of that very right.
2.35.10
राजा भवतु ते पुत्रो भरतः शास्तु मेदिनीम्।
वयं तत्र गमिष्यामो यत्र रामो गमिष्यति ॥ २.३५.१० ॥
Let your son Bharata become king and rule the earth; we shall go wherever Rāma goes.
2.35.11
न च ते विषये कश्चिद् ब्राह्मणो वस्तुमर्हति।
तादृशं त्वममर्यादमद्य कर्म करिष्यसि ॥ २.३५.११ ॥
No Brahmin should be fit to dwell in your realm, for today you are about to do so lawless a deed.
2.35.12
नूनं सर्वे गमिष्यामो मार्गं रामनिषेवितम्।
त्यक्ता या बान्धवैः सर्वैर्ब्राह्मणैः साधुभिः सदा ॥ २.३५.१२ ॥
Surely we shall all go by the road Rāma frequents, the road always abandoned by all kinsmen, brahmins and the virtuous.
2.35.13
का प्रीती राज्यलाभेन तव देवि भविष्यति।
तादृशं त्वममर्यादं कर्म कर्तुं चिकीर्षसि ॥ २.३५.१३ ॥
O queen, what joy will the gain of the kingdom bring you, that you wish to do such a lawless deed?
2.35.14
आश्चर्यमिव पश्यामि यस्यास्ते वृत्तमीदृशम्।
आचरन्त्या न विवृता सद्यो भवति मेदिनी ॥ २.३५.१४ ॥
I am astonished to see you, whose conduct is such. Why does the earth not split open at once for one who behaves so?
2.35.15
महाब्रह्मर्षिसृष्टा वा ज्वलन्तो भीमदर्शनाः।
धिग्वाग्दण्डा न हिंसन्ति रामप्रव्राजने स्थिताम् ॥ २.३५.१५ ॥
Why do the blazing, terrible rods of the curse 'shame upon you', created by the great brahmin sages, not strike down this woman who is bent on Rāma's exile?
2.35.16
आम्रं छित्त्वा कुठारेण निम्बं परिचरेत् तु कः।
यश्चैनं पयसा सिञ्चेन्नैवास्य मधुरो भवेत् ॥ २.३५.१६ ॥
Who would tend a neem tree after cutting down a mango with an axe? Even one who waters it with milk will never make its fruit sweet.
2.35.17
आभिजात्यं हि ते मन्ये यथा मातुस्तथैव च।
न हि निम्बात् स्रवेत् क्षौद्रं लोके निगदितं वचः ॥ २.३५.१७ ॥
I think your noble birth is just like your mother's. As the saying in the world goes, honey does not drip from a neem tree.
2.35.18
तव मातुरसद्ग्राहं विद्म पूर्वं यथा श्रुतम्।
पितुस्ते वरदः कश्चिद् ददौ वरमनुत्तमम् ॥ २.३५.१८ ॥
We know your mother's wicked obstinacy, as we heard of it long ago. Once, some giver of boons gave your father a supreme boon.
2.35.19
सर्वभूतरुतं तस्मात् संजज्ञे वसुधाधिपः।
तेन तिर्यग्गतानां च भूतानां विदितं वचः ॥ २.३५.१९ ॥
From that cause the lord of the earth came to understand the speech of all creatures, and through it the speech of beings gone into the animal realm was also made known to him.
2.35.20
ततो जृम्भस्य शयने विरुताद् भूरिवर्चसः।
पितुस्ते विदितो भावः स तत्र बहुधाहसत् ॥ २.३५.२० ॥
Then from the sound of that very radiant one yawning on his bed, your father's state of mind became known, and he laughed there many times.
2.35.21
तत्र ते जननी क्रुद्धा मृत्युपाशमभीप्सती।
हासं ते नृपते सौम्य जिज्ञासामीति चाब्रवीत् ॥ २.३५.२१ ॥
There your mother, angry and as if desiring the noose of death, said: 'O king, gentle one! I wish to know the cause of your laughter.'
2.35.22
नृपश्चोवाच तां देवीं हासं शंसामि ते यदि।
ततो मे मरणं सद्यो भविष्यति न संशयः ॥ २.३५.२२ ॥
The king said to that queen: 'If I tell you the cause of the laughter, then my death will come at once; there is no doubt.'
2.35.23
माता ते पितरं देवि पुनः केकयमब्रवीत्।
शंस मे जीव वा मा वा न मां त्वं प्रहसिष्यसि ॥ २.३५.२३ ॥
Your mother said again to your father, the Kaikeya king: 'Tell me—whether I live or do not live, you will not laugh at me.'
2.35.24
प्रियया च तथोक्तः स केकयः पृथिवीपतिः।
तस्मै तं वरदायार्थं कथयामास तत्त्वतः ॥ २.३५.२४ ॥
When his beloved spoke thus, that Kekaya lord of the earth told her truly the matter concerning the boon-giver.
2.35.25
ततः स वरदः साधू राजानं प्रत्यभाषत।
म्रियतां ध्वंसतां वेयं मा शंसीस्त्वं महीपते ॥ २.३५.२५ ॥
Then that boon-giver, the righteous one, answered the king: "Let this be dead, let it be destroyed; O lord of the earth, do not speak of it."
2.35.26
स तच्छ्रुत्वा वचस्तस्य प्रसन्नमनसो नृपः।
मातरं ते निरस्याशु विजहार कुबेरवत् ॥ २.३५.२६ ॥
Hearing her words, the king, his heart made glad, at once cast off your mother and rejoiced like Kubera.
2.35.27
तथा त्वमपि राजानं दुर्जनाचरिते पथि।
असद्ग्राहमिमं मोहात् कुरुषे पापदर्शिनी ॥ २.३५.२७ ॥
Likewise you too, on the path trodden by the wicked, out of delusion are clinging to this false notion, O you who see only evil!
2.35.28
सत्यश्चात्र प्रवादोऽयं लौकिकः प्रतिभाति मा।
पितॄन् समनुजायन्ते नरा मातरमङ्गनाः ॥ २.३५.२८ ॥
And this worldly saying appears true to me: men are born after their fathers, and women after their mothers.
2.35.29
नैवं भव गृहाणेदं यदाह वसुधाधिपः।
भर्तुरिच्छामुपास्वेह जनस्यास्य गतिर्भव ॥ २.३५.२९ ॥
Do not be like this; accept what the lord of the earth has said. Here, fulfil your husband's wish, and become the refuge of these people.
2.35.30
मा त्वं प्रोत्साहिता पापैर्देवराजसमप्रभम्।
भर्तारं लोकभर्तारमसद्धर्ममुपादध ॥ २.३५.३० ॥
Do not, incited by the wicked, adopt an unrighteous course toward your husband, radiant as the king of the gods, the protector of the worlds.
2.35.31
नहि मिथ्या प्रतिज्ञातं करिष्यति तवानघः।
श्रीमान् दशरथो राजा देवि राजीवलोचनः ॥ २.३५.३१ ॥
O queen, the blameless, glorious, lotus-eyed king Daśaratha will not make his promise to you false.
2.35.32
ज्येष्ठो वदान्यः कर्मण्यः स्वधर्मस्यापि रक्षिता।
रक्षिता जीवलोकस्य बली रामोऽभिषिच्यताम् ॥ २.३५.३२ ॥
Let the eldest, generous, capable protector of his own dharma and of the living world, the strong Rāma, be anointed.
2.35.33
परिवादो हि ते देवि महाँल्लोके चरिष्यति।
यदि रामो वनं याति विहाय पितरं नृपम् ॥ २.३५.३३ ॥
O queen, if Rāma goes to the forest, abandoning his father the king, a great reproach will spread for you in the world.
2.35.34
स्वराज्यं राघवः पातु भव त्वं विगतज्वरा।
नहि ते राघवादन्यः क्षमः पुरवरे वसन् ॥ २.३५.३४ ॥
Let Rāghava protect his own kingdom, and be free of anxiety. For you, no one other than Rāghava is fit to dwell in this excellent city.
2.35.35
रामे हि यौवराज्यस्थे राजा दशरथो वनम्।
प्रवेक्ष्यति महेष्वासः पूर्ववृत्तमनुस्मरन् ॥ २.३५.३५ ॥
When Rāma is established as heir-apparent, the great archer king Daśaratha, recalling his former conduct, will enter the forest.
2.35.36
भूयः संक्षोभयामास सुमन्त्रस्तु कृताञ्जलिः ॥ २.३५.३६ ॥
Sumantra, with folded palms, again greatly agitated her.
2.35.37
नैव सा क्षुभ्यते देवी न च स्म परिदूयते।
न चास्या मुखवर्णस्य लक्ष्यते विक्रिया तदा ॥ २.३५.३७ ॥
At that time the queen was neither agitated nor distressed, and no change was seen in the colour of her face.