Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 2.4
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2.4.1
गतेष्वथ नृपो भूयः पौरेषु सह मन्त्रिभिः।
मन्त्रयित्वा ततश्चक्रे निश्चयज्ञः स निश्चयम् ॥ २.४.१ ॥
When the citizens had departed, the king again deliberated with his ministers, and then, knowing how to decide, he made a resolution.
2.4.2
श्व एव पुष्यो भविता श्वोऽभिषेच्यस्तु मे सुतः।
रामो राजीवपत्राक्षो युवराज इति प्रभुः ॥ २.४.२ ॥
Tomorrow, indeed, will be the auspicious Puṣya day; tomorrow my son, Rāma of lotus-petal eyes, is to be consecrated as crown prince, said the lord.
2.4.3
अथान्तर्गृहमाविश्य राजा दशरथस्तदा।
सूतमामन्त्रयामास रामं पुनरिहानय ॥ २.४.३ ॥
Then King Daśaratha entered the inner palace and summoned the charioteer, saying: "Bring Rāma back here."
2.4.4
प्रतिगृह्य तु तद्वाक्यं सूतः पुनरुपाययौ।
रामस्य भवनं शीघ्रं राममानयितुं पुनः ॥ २.४.४ ॥
Having received that command, the charioteer quickly went back to Rāma's residence to bring Rāma back again.
2.4.5
द्वाःस्थैरावेदितं तस्य रामायागमनं पुनः।
श्रुत्वैव चापि रामस्तं प्राप्तं शङ्कान्वितोऽभवत् ॥ २.४.५ ॥
The gatekeepers reported to Rāma that the charioteer had come again; hearing this, Rāma became apprehensive at his arrival.
2.4.6
प्रवेश्य चैनं त्वरितो रामो वचनमब्रवीत्।
यदागमनकृत्यं ते भूयस्तद्ब्रूह्यशेषतः ॥ २.४.६ ॥
Having admitted him, Rāma hastily spoke: "Tell me again, in full detail, the purpose of your coming."
2.4.7
तमुवाच ततः सूतो राजा त्वां द्रष्टुमिच्छति।
श्रुत्वा प्रमाणं तत्र त्वं गमनायेतराय वा ॥ २.४.७ ॥
Then the charioteer said to him: "The king wishes to see you. Having heard this, decide for yourself whether to go there or not."
2.4.8
प्रययौ राजभवनं पुनर्द्रष्टुं नरेश्वरम् ॥ २.४.८ ॥
He set out again for the royal palace, to see the lord of men.
2.4.9
तं श्रुत्वा समनुप्राप्तं रामं दशरथो नृपः।
प्रवेशयामास गृहं विवक्षुः प्रियमुत्तमम् ॥ २.४.९ ॥
Hearing that Rāma had arrived, King Daśaratha, wishing to speak a supreme and pleasing word, had him enter the palace.
2.4.10
प्रविशन्नेव च श्रीमान् राघवो भवनं पितुः।
ददर्श पितरं दूरात् प्रणिपत्य कृताञ्जलिः ॥ २.४.१० ॥
Entering the palace, the glorious Rāghava saw his father from afar and, bowing, stood with joined palms.
2.4.11
प्रणमन्तं तमुत्थाप्य सम्परिष्वज्य भूमिपः।
प्रदिश्य चासनं चास्मै रामं च पुनरब्रवीत् ॥ २.४.११ ॥
Raising him as he bowed, embracing him closely, the king offered him a seat and spoke again to Rāma.
2.4.12
राम वृद्धोऽस्मि दीर्घायुर्भुक्ता भोगा यथेप्सिताः।
अन्नवद्भिः क्रतुशतैर्यथेष्टं भूरिदक्षिणैः ॥ २.४.१२ ॥
"Rāma, I have grown old and have attained a long life. I have enjoyed the pleasures as I desired, and performed hundreds of sacrifices with abundant food and generous offerings, as I wished."
2.4.13
जातमिष्टमपत्यं मे त्वमद्यानुपमं भुवि।
दत्तमिष्टमधीतं च मया पुरुषसत्तम ॥ २.४.१३ ॥
O best of men, today I have obtained you, my beloved and incomparable son on earth. I have given gifts, performed sacrifices, and studied the Vedas.
2.4.14
अनुभूतानि चेष्टानि मया वीर सुखान्यपि।
देवर्षिपितृविप्राणामनृणोऽस्मि तथाऽऽत्मनः ॥ २.४.१४ ॥
O hero, I have also experienced pleasures in my undertakings. I am free from debt to the gods, sages, ancestors and brahmins, and likewise to myself.
2.4.15
न किंचिन्मम कर्तव्यं तवान्यत्राभिषेचनात्।
अतो यत्त्वामहं ब्रूयां तन्मे त्वं कर्तुमर्हसि ॥ २.४.१५ ॥
Apart from your coronation, I have no further duty left to do. Therefore you ought to do for me whatever I tell you.
2.4.16
अद्य प्रकृतयः सर्वास्त्वामिच्छन्ति नराधिपम्।
अतस्त्वां युवराजानमभिषेक्ष्यामि पुत्रक ॥ २.४.१६ ॥
Today all my subjects desire you as lord of men. Therefore, my son, I shall anoint you as heir apparent.
2.4.17
अपि चाद्याशुभान् राम स्वप्नान् पश्यामि राघव।
सनिर्घाता दिवोल्काश्च पतन्ति हि महास्वनाः ॥ २.४.१७ ॥
And today, O Rāma, O descendant of Raghu, I see inauspicious dreams; meteors fall from the sky with thunderclaps and loud roars.
2.4.18
अवष्टब्धं च मे राम नक्षत्रं दारुणग्रहैः।
आवेदयन्ति दैवज्ञाः सूर्याङ्गारकराहुभिः ॥ २.४.१८ ॥
O Rāma, my birth-star is seized by terrible planets; the astrologers declare that the Sun, Mars and Rāhu afflict it.
2.4.19
प्रायेण च निमित्तानामीदृशानां समुद्भवे।
राजा हि मृत्युमाप्नोति घोरां चापदमृच्छति ॥ २.४.१९ ॥
Generally, when such omens appear, a king meets death and falls into terrible calamity.
2.4.20
तद् यावदेव मे चेतो न विमुह्यति राघव।
तावदेवाभिषिञ्चस्व चला हि प्राणिनां मतिः ॥ २.४.२० ॥
Therefore, O Rāghava, while my mind is not yet confused, be anointed now; for the intellect of living beings is unsteady.
2.4.21
अद्य चन्द्रोऽभ्युपगमत् पुष्यात् पूर्वं पुनर्वसुम्।
श्वः पुष्ययोगं नियतं वक्ष्यन्ते दैवचिन्तकाः ॥ २.४.२१ ॥
Today the moon has moved toward Puṣya, before Punarvasu; tomorrow the astrologers will surely declare the conjunction of Puṣya.
2.4.22
तत्र पुष्येऽभिषिञ्चस्व मनस्त्वरयतीव माम्।
श्वस्त्वाहमभिषेक्ष्यामि यौवराज्ये परंतप ॥ २.४.२२ ॥
Then be anointed under Puṣya; my mind urges me as if to hasten. O scorcher of foes, tomorrow I shall anoint you to the office of crown prince.
2.4.23
तस्मात् त्वयाद्यप्रभृति निशेयं नियतात्मना।
सह वध्वोपवस्तव्या दर्भप्रस्तरशायिना ॥ २.४.२३ ॥
Therefore, from today onward, this night you must spend with a self-restrained mind, together with your wife, lying on a bed of kuśa grass, in fasting.
2.4.24
सुहृदश्चाप्रमत्तास्त्वां रक्षन्त्वद्य समन्ततः।
भवन्ति बहुविघ्नानि कार्याण्येवंविधानि हि ॥ २.४.२४ ॥
May your friends, being vigilant, protect you on every side today, for many obstacles arise in undertakings of this kind.
2.4.25
विप्रोषितश्च भरतो यावदेव पुरादितः।
तावदेवाभिषेकस्ते प्राप्तकालो मतो मम ॥ २.४.२५ ॥
As long as Bharata is away from the city, this is the right moment for your consecration, so I believe.
2.4.26
कामं खलु सतां वृत्ते भ्राता ते भरतः स्थितः।
ज्येष्ठानुवर्ती धर्मात्मा सानुक्रोशो जितेन्द्रियः ॥ २.४.२६ ॥
Indeed, your brother Bharata abides in the conduct of the good: he follows his elder, is righteous, compassionate and self-controlled.
2.4.27
किं नु चित्तं मनुष्याणामनित्यमिति मे मतम्।
सतां च धर्मनित्यानां कृतशोभि च राघव ॥ २.४.२७ ॥
O Rāghava, I hold that the mind of men is impermanent, even the minds of the good who are steadfast in dharma and adorned with good deeds.
2.4.28
इत्युक्तः सोऽभ्यनुज्ञातः श्वोभाविन्यभिषेचने।
व्रजेति रामः पितरमभिवाद्याभ्ययाद् गृहम् ॥ २.४.२८ ॥
Thus addressed, and given leave for the consecration to take place tomorrow, Rāma bowed to his father, said 'Go', and went to his house.
2.4.29
प्रविश्य चात्मनो वेश्म राज्ञाऽऽदिष्टेऽभिषेचने।
तत्क्षणादेव निष्क्रम्य मातुरन्तःपुरं ययौ ॥ २.४.२९ ॥
Having entered his own residence, and the king having ordered the consecration, Rāma at that very moment went out and proceeded to his mother's inner apartments.
2.4.30
तत्र तां प्रवणामेव मातरं क्षौमवासिनीम्।
वाग्यतां देवतागारे ददर्शायाचतीं श्रियम् ॥ २.४.३० ॥
There he saw his mother, clad in silk, silent and restrained, bowed low in the shrine, praying for prosperity.
2.4.31
प्रागेव चागता तत्र सुमित्रा लक्ष्मणस्तथा।
सीता चानयिता श्रुत्वा प्रियं रामाभिषेचनम् ॥ २.४.३१ ॥
Sumitrā had already come there, and Lakṣmaṇa as well; and Sītā too had been brought there, having heard the joyful news of Rāma's consecration.
2.4.32
तस्मिन् कालेऽपि कौसल्या तस्थावामीलितेक्षणा।
सुमित्रयान्वास्यमाना सीतया लक्ष्मणेन च ॥ २.४.३२ ॥
At that very time Kausalyā, too, stood with her eyes closed, attended by Sumitrā, by Sītā, and by Lakṣmaṇa.
2.4.33
श्रुत्वा पुष्ये च पुत्रस्य यौवराज्येऽभिषेचनम्।
प्राणायामेन पुरुषं ध्यायमाना जनार्दनम् ॥ २.४.३३ ॥
Having heard that her son's consecration as heir-apparent was to take place under the Puṣya constellation, she meditated upon the Supreme Person, Janārdana, through breath-control.
2.4.34
तथा सनियमामेव सोऽभिगम्याभिवाद्य च।
उवाच वचनं रामो हर्षयंस्तामिदं वरम् ॥ २.४.३४ ॥
Going to her, who was observing her vows, and saluting her, Rāma spoke these excellent words, gladdening her.
2.4.35
अम्ब पित्रा नियुक्तोऽस्मि प्रजापालनकर्मणि।
भविता श्वोऽभिषेको मे यथा मे शासनं पितुः ॥ २.४.३५ ॥
Mother, I have been appointed by my father to the task of protecting the people; tomorrow my consecration will take place, according to my father's command.
2.4.36
सीतयाप्युपवस्तव्या रजनीयं मया सह।
एवमुक्तमुपाध्यायैः स हि मामुक्तवान् पिता ॥ २.४.३६ ॥
This night I too must keep a fast together with Sītā; so the teachers have declared, and my father himself has told me so.
2.4.37
यानि यान्यत्र योग्यानि श्वोभाविन्यभिषेचने।
तानि मे मङ्गलान्यद्य वैदेह्याश्चैव कारय ॥ २.४.३७ ॥
Whatever rites are fitting for the consecration to take place tomorrow, let them all be performed today for me and for Vaidehī.
2.4.38
एतच्छ्रुत्वा तु कौसल्या चिरकालाभिकांक्षितम्।
हर्षबाष्पाकुलं वाक्यमिदं राममभाषत ॥ २.४.३८ ॥
Hearing this, Kausalyā, who had long desired it, her voice choked with tears of joy, spoke these words to Rāma.
2.4.39
वत्स राम चिरं जीव हतास्ते परिपन्थिनः।
ज्ञातीन् मे त्वं श्रिया युक्तः सुमित्रायाश्च नन्दय ॥ २.४.३९ ॥
Dear son Rāma, may you live long, and may your enemies be slain. Endowed with prosperity, gladden my kinsmen and Sumitrā.
2.4.40
कल्याणे बत नक्षत्रे मया जातोऽसि पुत्रक।
येन त्वया दशरथो गुणैराराधितः पिता ॥ २.४.४० ॥
Alas! Under an auspicious constellation I bore you, my son, by whom you pleased your father Daśaratha through your virtues.
2.4.41
अमोघं बत मे क्षान्तं पुरुषे पुष्करेक्षणे।
येयमिक्ष्वाकुराजश्रीः पुत्र त्वां संश्रयिष्यति ॥ २.४.४१ ॥
Alas, my endurance has not been in vain! Lotus-eyed son, this splendor of the Ikṣvāku kingdom will take refuge in you.
2.4.42
इत्येवमुक्तो मात्रा तु रामो भ्रातरमब्रवीत्।
प्राञ्जलिं प्रह्वमासीनमभिवीक्ष्य स्मयन्निव ॥ २.४.४२ ॥
Thus addressed by his mother, Rāma looked at his brother, who sat with folded hands and bowed head, and spoke to him as if smiling.
2.4.43
लक्ष्मणेमां मया सार्धं प्रशाधि त्वं वसुंधराम्।
द्वितीयं मेऽन्तरात्मानं त्वामियं श्रीरुपस्थिता ॥ २.४.४३ ॥
Lakṣmaṇa, rule this earth together with me. You are my second inner self, and here before you stands Śrī.
2.4.44
सौमित्रे भुङ्क्ष्व भोगांस्त्वमिष्टान् राज्यफलानिच।
जीवितं चापि राज्यं च त्वदर्थमभिकामये ॥ २.४.४४ ॥
Son of Sumitrā, enjoy the desired pleasures that are the fruits of kingship. For your sake I desire even my life and my kingdom.
2.4.45
इत्युक्त्वा लक्ष्मणं रामो मातरावभिवाद्य च।
अभ्यनुज्ञाप्य सीतां च ययौ स्वं च निवेशनम् ॥ २.४.४५ ॥
Having spoken thus to Lakṣmaṇa, Rāma saluted both mothers, took leave of Sītā, and went to his own dwelling.