Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 2.40
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2.40.1
अथ रामश्च सीता च लक्ष्मणश्च कृताञ्जलिः।
उपसंगृह्य राजानं चक्रुर्दीनाः प्रदक्षिणम् ॥ २.४०.१ ॥
Then Rāma, Sītā and Lakṣmaṇa, with palms joined, approached the king and, sorrowful, circled him keeping him on their right.
2.40.2
तं चापि समनुज्ञाप्य धर्मज्ञः सह सीतया।
राघवः शोकसम्मूढो जननीमभ्यवादयत् ॥ २.४०.२ ॥
Having taken leave of him too, the Rāghava, knower of dharma, with Sītā, bewildered with grief, saluted his mother.
2.40.3
अन्वक्षं लक्ष्मणो भ्रातुः कौसल्यामभ्यवादयत्।
अपि मातुः सुमित्राया जग्राह चरणौ पुनः ॥ २.४०.३ ॥
Then Lakṣmaṇa, following his brother, saluted Kausalyā, and again took hold of the feet of his mother Sumitrā.
2.40.4
तं वन्दमानं रुदती माता सौमित्रिमब्रवीत्।
हितकामा महाबाहुं मूर्ध्न्युपाघ्राय लक्ष्मणम् ॥ २.४०.४ ॥
Seeing him bow, his mother, weeping and desiring his welfare, smelled the head of the great-armed Saumitri Lakṣmaṇa and spoke to him.
2.40.5
सृष्टस्त्वं वनवासाय स्वनुरक्तः सुहृज्जने।
रामे प्रमादं मा कार्षीः पुत्र भ्रातरि गच्छति ॥ २.४०.५ ॥
Son, you are sent to forest-dwelling; you are devoted to your friends and kin. While your brother Rāma goes, do not be negligent toward him.
2.40.6
व्यसनी वा समृद्धो वा गतिरेष तवानघ।
एष लोके सतां धर्मो यज्ज्येष्ठवशगो भवेत् ॥ २.४०.६ ॥
Sinless one, whether in misfortune or in prosperity, this is your path. In the world, the dharma of the good is to be subject to the eldest.
2.40.7
इदं हि वृत्तमुचितं कुलस्यास्य सनातनम्।
दानं दीक्षा च यज्ञेषु तनुत्यागो मृधेषु हि ॥ २.४०.७ ॥
This is the eternal and fitting conduct of this lineage: giving and initiatory vows at sacrifices, and the surrender of the body in battles.
2.40.8
लक्ष्मणं त्वेवमुक्त्वासौ संसिद्धं प्रियराघवम्।
सुमित्रा गच्छ गच्छेति पुनः पुनरुवाच तम् ॥ २.४०.८ ॥
Having spoken thus to Lakṣmaṇa, the steadfast one dear to Rāghava, he said again and again to him: "Go, son of Sumitrā, go."
2.40.9
रामं दशरथं विद्धि मां विद्धि जनकात्मजाम्।
अयोध्यामटवीं विद्धि गच्छ तात यथासुखम् ॥ २.४०.९ ॥
"Know me as Rāma and as Daśaratha; know me as the daughter of Janaka (Sītā); consider Ayodhyā itself as the forest. Dear one, go as is well for you."
2.40.10
ततः सुमन्त्रः काकुत्स्थं प्राञ्जलिर्वाक्यमब्रवीत्।
विनीतो विनयज्ञश्च मातलिर्वासवं यथा ॥ २.४०.१० ॥
Then Sumantra, humble and knowing courtesy, with folded hands spoke these words to Kākutstha (Rāma), as Mātali spoke to Vāsava (Indra).
2.40.11
रथमारोह भद्रं ते राजपुत्र महायशः।
क्षिप्रं त्वां प्रापयिष्यामि यत्र मां राम वक्ष्यसे ॥ २.४०.११ ॥
"Mount the chariot; may good fortune be yours, royal son, of great glory. Swiftly I will convey you to wherever you, Rāma, tell me to go."
2.40.12
चतुर्दश हि वर्षाणि वस्तव्यानि वने त्वया।
तान्युपक्रमितव्यानि यानि देव्या प्रचोदितः ॥ २.४०.१२ ॥
"Fourteen years you must dwell in the forest; those undertakings which the queen has urged you to take up, you must begin them."
2.40.13
तं रथं सूर्यसंकाशं सीता हृष्टेन चेतसा।
आरुरोह वरारोहा कृत्वालंकारमात्मनः ॥ २.४०.१३ ॥
Sītā, fair-hipped and adorned with ornaments, mounted that chariot, bright as the sun, with a glad heart.
2.40.14
वनवासं हि संख्याय वासांस्याभरणानि च।
भर्तारमनुगच्छन्त्यै सीतायै श्वशुरो ददौ ॥ २.४०.१४ ॥
Considering the forest exile, the father-in-law gave Sītā, who was following her husband, garments and ornaments.
2.40.15
तथैवायुधजातानि भ्रातृभ्यां कवचानि च।
रथोपस्थे प्रविन्यस्य सचर्म कठिनं च यत् ॥ २.४०.१५ ॥
Likewise, weapons and armour for the two brothers, with shields and whatever was hard, were placed on the floor of the chariot.
2.40.16
अथो ज्वलनसंकाशं चामीकरविभूषितम्।
तमारुरुहतुस्तूर्णं भ्रातरौ रामलक्ष्मणौ ॥ २.४०.१६ ॥
Then the two brothers, Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, swiftly mounted that chariot, blazing like fire and adorned with gold.
2.40.17
सीतातृतीयानारूढान् दृष्ट्वा रथमचोदयत्।
सुमन्त्रः सम्मतानश्वान् वायुवेगसमाञ्जवे ॥ २.४०.१७ ॥
Seeing them mounted with Sītā as the third, Sumantra urged on the well-trained horses, swift as the speed of the wind, to drive the chariot.
2.40.18
प्रयाते तु महारण्यं चिररात्राय राघवे।
बभूव नगरे मूर्च्छा बलमूर्च्छा जनस्य च ॥ २.४०.१८ ॥
When Rāghava departed for the great forest for a long exile, a swoon fell upon the city and the people, and the strength of the people swooned as well.
2.40.19
तत् समाकुलसम्भ्रान्तं मत्तसंकुपितद्विपम्।
हयसिञ्जितनिर्घोषं पुरमासीन्महास्वनम् ॥ २.४०.१९ ॥
That city, filled with agitation and confusion, became loud with a great uproar of maddened, enraged elephants and the neighing and hoofbeats of horses.
2.40.20
ततः सबालवृद्धा सा पुरी परमपीडिता।
राममेवाभिदुद्राव घर्मार्तः सलिलं यथा ॥ २.४०.२० ॥
Then that city, with its children and elders, deeply distressed, rushed toward Rāma alone, as a man tormented by heat rushes toward water.
2.40.21
पार्श्वतः पृष्ठतश्चापि लम्बमानास्तदुन्मुखाः।
बाष्पपूर्णमुखाः सर्वे तमूचुर्भृशनिःस्वनाः ॥ २.४०.२१ ॥
Clinging from the sides and from behind, turning their faces toward him, all with faces full of tears, they spoke to him in loud cries.
2.40.22
संयच्छ वाजिनां रश्मीन् सूत याहि शनैः शनैः।
मुखं द्रक्ष्याम रामस्य दुर्दर्शं नो भविष्यति ॥ २.४०.२२ ॥
Charioteer, hold in the reins of the horses and drive slowly, slowly; let us see Rāma's face, for it will otherwise become hard for us to see.
2.40.23
आयसं हृदयं नूनं राममातुरसंशयम्।
यद् देवगर्भप्रतिमे वनं याति न भिद्यते ॥ २.४०.२३ ॥
Surely the heart of Rāma's mother is of iron, without doubt; for she sees her son, like a god's child, going to the forest, and it does not break.
2.40.24
कृतकृत्या हि वैदेही छायेवानुगता पतिम्।
न जहाति रता धर्मे मेरुमर्कप्रभा यथा ॥ २.४०.२४ ॥
Vaidehī has fulfilled her duty; like a shadow she follows her husband. Devoted to dharma, she does not forsake him, as the light of the sun does not forsake Meru.
2.40.25
अहो लक्ष्मण सिद्धार्थः सततं प्रियवादिनम्।
भ्रातरं देवसंकाशं यस्त्वं परिचरिष्यसि ॥ २.४०.२५ ॥
Ah, Lakṣmaṇa! Fortunate are you, who will serve your brother, ever kind in speech and godlike.
2.40.26
महत्येषा हि ते बुद्धिरेष चाभ्युदयो महान्।
एष स्वर्गस्य मार्गश्च यदेनमनुगच्छसि ॥ २.४०.२६ ॥
Great is this resolve of yours, and this is a great rise in fortune. This path you take, following him, is the path to heaven.
2.40.27
एवं वदन्तस्ते सोढुं न शेकुर्बाष्पमागतम्।
नरास्तमनुगच्छन्ति प्रियमिक्ष्वाकुनन्दनम् ॥ २.४०.२७ ॥
Speaking thus, they could not restrain the tears that welled up; the people followed that beloved joy of the Ikṣvāku line.
2.40.28
अथ राजा वृतः स्त्रीभिर्दीनाभिर्दीनचेतनः।
निर्जगाम प्रियं पुत्रं द्रक्ष्यामीति ब्रुवन् गृहात् ॥ २.४०.२८ ॥
Then the king, sorrowful in heart and surrounded by distressed women, went forth from the palace, saying: "I shall see my beloved son."
2.40.29
शुश्रुवे चाग्रतः स्त्रीणां रुदतीनां महास्वनः।
यथा नादः करेणूनां बद्धे महति कुञ्जरे ॥ २.४०.२९ ॥
Ahead, a great sound of weeping women was heard, like the cry of female elephants when a great bull elephant is bound.
2.40.30
पिता हि राजा काकुत्स्थः श्रीमान् सन्नस्तदा बभौ।
परिपूर्णः शशी काले ग्रहेणोपप्लुतो यथा ॥ २.४०.३० ॥
Then the king, the glorious father of the Kākutstha line, appeared dimmed, like the full moon seized by a planet.
2.40.31
स च श्रीमानचिन्त्यात्मा रामो दशरथात्मजः।
सूतं संचोदयामास त्वरितं वाह्यतामिति ॥ २.४०.३१ ॥
And Rāma, glorious and of unthinkable nature, son of Daśaratha, urged the charioteer: "Let the chariot be yoked quickly."
2.40.32
रामो याहीति तं सूतं तिष्ठेति च जनस्तथा।
उभयं नाशकत् सूतः कर्तुमध्वनि चोदितः ॥ २.४०.३२ ॥
"Go on," Rāma told the charioteer, and the people said, "Stay." Unable to do both, the charioteer, urged along the road, could do neither.
2.40.33
निर्गच्छति महाबाहौ रामे पौरजनाश्रुभिः।
पतितैरभ्यवहितं प्रणनाश महीरजः ॥ २.४०.३३ ॥
As the mighty-armed Rāma set out, the dust of the earth was laid by the tears of the city's people as they fell.
2.40.34
रुदिताश्रुपरिद्यूनं हाहाकृतमचेतनम्।
प्रयाणे राघवस्यासीत् पुरं परमपीडितम् ॥ २.४०.३४ ॥
At Rāghava's departure the city, worn out with weeping and tears, crying out "Alas!" and stunned senseless, was deeply afflicted.
2.40.35
सुस्राव नयनैः स्त्रीणामस्रमायाससम्भवम्।
मीनसंक्षोभचलितैः सलिलं पङ्कजैरिव ॥ २.४०.३५ ॥
From the eyes of the women flowed tears born of exertion and grief, like lotuses falling from water stirred by the agitation of fish.
2.40.36
दृष्ट्वा तु नृपतिः श्रीमानेकचित्तगतं पुरम्।
निपपातैव दुःखेन कृत्तमूल इव द्रुमः ॥ २.४०.३६ ॥
Seeing the city gone after Rāma with one mind, the glorious king fell down in grief, like a tree with its roots cut.
2.40.37
ततो हलहलाशब्दो जज्ञे रामस्य पृष्ठतः।
नराणां प्रेक्ष्य राजानं सीदन्तं भृशदुःखितम् ॥ २.४०.३७ ॥
Then a great cry of anguish arose behind Rāma, as the people saw the king sinking down, greatly afflicted with grief.
2.40.38
हा रामेति जनाः केचिद् राममातेति चापरे।
अन्तःपुरसमृद्धं च क्रोशन्तं पर्यदेवयन् ॥ २.४०.३८ ॥
Some cried out, "Alas, Rāma!" and others, "O mother of Rāma!" The women of the inner palace, too, wailed aloud and lamented.
2.40.39
अन्वीक्षमाणो रामस्तु विषण्णं भ्रान्तचेतसम्।
राजानं मातरं चैव ददर्शानुगतौ पथि ॥ २.४०.३९ ॥
Looking back, Rāma saw on the road the king and his mother following him, despondent and bewildered in mind.
2.40.40
स बद्ध इव पाशेन किशोरो मातरं यथा।
धर्मपाशेन संयुक्तः प्रकाशं नाभ्युदैक्षत ॥ २.४०.४० ॥
Like a young animal bound by a noose, bound by the noose of dharma, he could not look openly at his mother.
2.40.41
पदातिनौ च यानार्हावदुःखार्हौ सुखोचितौ।
दृष्ट्वा संचोदयामास शीघ्रं याहीति सारथिम् ॥ २.४०.४१ ॥
Seeing the two of them on foot—worthy of carriages, undeserving of sorrow, accustomed to comfort—he urged the charioteer, "Go quickly!"
2.40.42
नहि तत् पुरुषव्याघ्रो दुःखजं दर्शनं पितुः।
मातुश्च सहितुं शक्तस्तोत्त्रैर्नुन्न इव द्विपः ॥ २.४०.४२ ॥
The tiger among men could not bear that sight, born of sorrow, of his father and mother—like an elephant driven by goads.
2.40.43
प्रत्यगारमिवायान्ती सवत्सा वत्सकारणात्।
बद्धवत्सा यथा धेनू राममाताभ्यधावत ॥ २.४०.४३ ॥
As a cow with her calf, tied up, runs back toward home for the sake of her calf, so Rāma's mother ran toward him.
2.40.44
तथा रुदन्तीं कौसल्यां रथं तमनुधावतीम्।
क्रोशन्तीं राम रामेति हा सीते लक्ष्मणेति च ॥ २.४०.४४ ॥
Thus weeping, Kausalyā ran after that chariot, crying out, 'Rāma! Rāma!' 'Alas, Sītā!' and 'Lakṣmaṇa!'
2.40.45
रामलक्ष्मणसीतार्थं स्रवन्तीं वारि नेत्रजम्।
असकृत् प्रैक्षत स तां नृत्यन्तीमिव मातरम् ॥ २.४०.४५ ॥
Shedding tears of the eyes for Rāma, Lakṣmaṇa and Sītā, he looked again and again at his mother, who seemed to be dancing.
2.40.46
तिष्ठेति राजा चुक्रोश याहि याहीति राघवः।
सुमन्त्रस्य बभूवात्मा चक्रयोरिव चान्तरा ॥ २.४०.४६ ॥
'Stop!' cried the king; 'Go on, go on!' said Rāghava. Sumantra's mind became as if caught between two wheels.
2.40.47
नाश्रौषमिति राजानमुपालब्धोऽपि वक्ष्यसि।
चिरं दुःखस्य पापिष्ठमिति रामस्तमब्रवीत् ॥ २.४०.४७ ॥
Tell the king, 'I did not hear,' even if you are reproached; and say also, 'This most wicked one (Rāma) has long caused sorrow' — thus Rāma said to him.
2.40.48
स रामस्य वचः कुर्वन्ननुज्ञाप्य च तं जनम्।
व्रजतोऽपि हयान् शीघ्रं चोदयामास सारथिः ॥ २.४०.४८ ॥
Carrying out Rāma's words and taking leave of the people, the charioteer quickly urged on the horses even as they departed.
2.40.49
न्यवर्तत जनो राज्ञो रामं कृत्वा प्रदक्षिणम्।
मनसाप्याशुवेगेन न न्यवर्तत मानुषम् ॥ २.४०.४९ ॥
The people turned back, having circumambulated Rāma; yet in their minds, going swiftly, they did not turn back from that foremost of men.
2.40.50
यमिच्छेत् पुनरायातं नैनं दूरमनुव्रजेत्।
इत्यमात्या महाराजमूचुर्दशरथं वचः ॥ २.४०.५० ॥
"One whom you wish to see return again should not be followed far." Thus the ministers spoke these words to the great king Daśaratha.
2.40.51
तेषां वचः सर्वगुणोपपन्नः
प्रस्विन्नगात्रः प्रविषण्णरूपः।
निशम्य राजा कृपणः सभार्यो
व्यवस्थितस्तं सुतमीक्षमाणः ॥ २.४०.५१ ॥
Hearing their words, the king, endowed with all virtues, his limbs drenched in sweat and his form despondent, stood there wretched with his wife, gazing at his son.