Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 2.38
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2.38.1
तस्यां चीरं वसानायां नाथवत्यामनाथवत्।
प्रचुक्रोश जनः सर्वो धिक् त्वां दशरथं त्विति ॥ २.३८.१ ॥
As she wore bark-cloth, as though unprotected though she had a protector, all the people cried out: "Shame upon you, Daśaratha!"
2.38.2
तेन तत्र प्रणादेन दुःखितः स महीपतिः।
चिच्छेद जीविते श्रद्धां धर्मे यशसि चात्मनः ॥ २.३८.२ ॥
Grieved by that outcry, the lord of the earth there lost hope in his own life, in his dharma and in his fame.
2.38.3
स निःश्वस्योष्णमैक्ष्वाकस्तां भार्यामिदमब्रवीत्।
कैकेयि कुशचीरेण न सीता गन्तुमर्हति ॥ २.३८.३ ॥
Heaving a hot sigh, that Ikṣvāku king said to his wife: "Kaikeyī, Sītā does not deserve to go to the forest in kuśa-grass bark."
2.38.4
सुकुमारी च बाला च सततं च सुखोचिता।
नेयं वनस्य योग्येति सत्यमाह गुरुर्मम ॥ २.३८.४ ॥
She is tender and young, always brought up in comfort; she is not fit for the forest—my teacher spoke this truly.
2.38.5
इयं हि कस्यापि करोति किंचित्
तपस्विनी राजवरस्य पुत्री।
या चीरमासाद्य जनस्य मध्ये
स्थिता विसंज्ञा श्रमणीव काचित् ॥ २.३८.५ ॥
This ascetic-looking daughter of the best of kings—what can she do for anyone? Having received bark-cloth, she stands dazed in the midst of the people, like some female ascetic.
2.38.6
चीराण्यपास्याज्जनकस्य कन्या
नेयं प्रतिज्ञा मम दत्तपूर्वा।
यथासुखं गच्छतु राजपुत्री
वनं समग्रा सह सर्वरत्नैः ॥ २.३८.६ ॥
Let this daughter of Janaka take off her bark-garments; this is not a vow I gave before. Let the princess go to the forest in comfort, complete with all her jewels.
2.38.7
अजीवनार्हेण मया नृशंसा
कृता प्रतिज्ञा नियमेन तावत्।
त्वया हि बाल्यात् प्रतिपन्नमेतत्
तन्मा दहेद् वेणुमिवात्मपुष्पम् ॥ २.३८.७ ॥
Unworthy to live, I earlier made that cruel vow by agreement. You accepted it in childhood. So may it burn me, as a bamboo is burned by its own flower.
2.38.8
रामेण यदि ते पापे किंचित्कृतमशोभनम्।
अपकारः क इह ते वैदेह्या दर्शितोऽधमे ॥ २.३८.८ ॥
O wicked woman, if Rāma has done you some improper wrong, what injury has Vaidehī here shown you, base one?
2.38.9
मृगीवोत्फुल्लनयना मृदुशीला मनस्विनी।
अपकारं कमिव ते करोति जनकात्मजा ॥ २.३८.९ ॥
Like a doe with wide-open eyes, gentle of nature and noble-minded, what wrong does the daughter of Janaka do to you?
2.38.10
ननु पर्याप्तमेवं ते पापे रामविवासनम्।
किमेभिः कृपणैर्भूयः पातकैरपि ते कृतैः ॥ २.३८.१० ॥
O wicked woman, is Rāma's exile not enough for you? What more is gained by these wretched sins you have already committed?
2.38.11
प्रतिज्ञातं मया तावत् त्वयोक्तं देवि शृण्वता।
रामं यदभिषेकाय त्वमिहागतमब्रवीः ॥ २.३८.११ ॥
O queen, I had already vowed it, and you said it as I listened. That is what you said when you came here about Rāma's consecration.
2.38.12
तत्त्वेतत् समतिक्रम्य निरयं गन्तुमिच्छसि।
मैथिलीमपि या हि त्वमीक्षसे चीरवासिनीम् ॥ २.३८.१२ ॥
Yet transgressing this, you wish to go to hell; indeed you look upon even Maithilī clad in bark garments.
2.38.13
एवं ब्रुवन्तं पितरं रामः सम्प्रस्थितो वनम्।
अवाक्शिरसमासीनमिदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥ २.३८.१३ ॥
Thus speaking to his father, Rāma, who had set out for the forest, said these words to him as he sat with head bowed down.
2.38.14
इयं धार्मिक कौसल्या मम माता यशस्विनी।
वृद्धा चाक्षुद्रशीला च न च त्वां देव गर्हते ॥ २.३८.१४ ॥
This righteous and renowned Kausalyā is my mother. She is aged and of noble character, and, O king, she does not blame you.
2.38.15
मया विहीनां वरद प्रपन्नां शोकसागरम्।
अदृष्टपूर्वव्यसनां भूयः सम्मन्तुमर्हसि ॥ २.३८.१५ ॥
O giver of boons, she who is parted from me and has fallen into an ocean of sorrow, afflicted by a calamity never seen before, you ought to console her once more.
2.38.16
पुत्रशोकं यथा नर्च्छेत् त्वया पूज्येन पूजिता।
मां हि संचिन्तयन्ती सा त्वयि जीवेत् तपस्विनी ॥ २.३८.१६ ॥
Honored by you, the revered one, she would not suffer grief for a son. Thinking of me constantly, that ascetic woman should live depending on you.
2.38.17
इमां महेन्द्रोपम जातगर्धिनीं
तथा विधातुं जननीं ममार्हसि।
यथा वनस्थे मयि शोककर्शिता
न जीवितं न्यस्य यमक्षयं व्रजेत् ॥ २.३८.१७ ॥
O equal to great Indra, you ought to treat this mother of mine, who has grown longing for me, in such a way that, while I dwell in the forest, she, wasted by grief, does not give up her life and go to the abode of Yama.