Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 2.8
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2.8.1
मन्थरा त्वभ्यसूय्यैनामुत्सृज्याभरणं हि तत्।
उवाचेदं ततो वाक्यं कोपदुःखसमन्विता ॥ २.८.१ ॥
Manthara, looking at her with envy, flung down that ornament, and filled with anger and grief, spoke these words.
2.8.2
हर्षं किमर्थमस्थाने कृतवत्यसि बालिशे।
शोकसागरमध्यस्थं नात्मानमवबुध्यसे ॥ २.८.२ ॥
Foolish one, why do you show joy in an unfitting place? You do not perceive yourself standing in the midst of an ocean of sorrow.
2.8.3
मनसा प्रसहामि त्वां देवि दुःखार्दिता सती।
यच्छोचितव्ये हृष्टासि प्राप्य त्वं व्यसनं महत् ॥ २.८.३ ॥
O queen, afflicted with sorrow, I grieve for you in my heart. You rejoice in that which should be mourned, though you have met with a great calamity.
2.8.4
शोचामि दुर्मतित्वं ते का हि प्राज्ञा प्रहर्षयेत्।
अरेः सपत्नीपुत्रस्य वृद्धिं मृत्योरिवागताम् ॥ २.८.४ ॥
I grieve for your foolish mind. What wise woman would rejoice at the rise of her co-wife's son, an enemy, a rise come like death itself?
2.8.5
भरतादेव रामस्य राज्यसाधारणाद् भयम्।
तद् विचिन्त्य विषण्णास्मि भयं भीताद्धि जायते ॥ २.८.५ ॥
Fear arises for Rāma from Bharata alone, since the kingdom is shared. Considering this, I am dejected, for fear arises from one who is afraid.
2.8.6
लक्ष्मणो हि महाबाहू रामं सर्वात्मना गतः।
शत्रुघ्नश्चापि भरतं काकुत्स्थं लक्ष्मणो यथा ॥ २.८.६ ॥
Lakṣmaṇa, the mighty-armed, has wholly devoted himself to Rāma; and Śatrughna too is devoted to Bharata, just as Lakṣmaṇa is to Rāma, the Kākutstha.
2.8.7
प्रत्यासन्नक्रमेणापि भरतस्यैव भामिनि।
राज्यक्रमो विसृष्टस्तु तयोस्तावद्यवीयसोः ॥ २.८.७ ॥
Even by the order of nearness, O gracious lady, the succession of kingship belongs to Bharata alone; but for those two younger ones that order has now been set aside.
2.8.8
विदुषः क्षत्रचारित्रे प्राज्ञस्य प्राप्तकारिणः।
भयात् प्रवेपे रामस्य चिन्तयन्ती तवात्मजम् ॥ २.८.८ ॥
Trembling with fear of Rāma, who is skilled in the conduct of a warrior, wise, and acts at the right time, she quivered, thinking of your son.
2.8.9
सुभगा किल कौसल्या यस्याः पुत्रोऽभिषेक्ष्यते।
यौवराज्येन महता श्वः पुष्येण द्विजोत्तमैः ॥ २.८.९ ॥
Kauśalyā is indeed fortunate, whose son will be anointed tomorrow under the Puṣya constellation, to the great office of crown prince, by the foremost brahmins.
2.8.10
प्राप्तां वसुमतीं प्रीतिं प्रतीतां हतविद्विषम्।
उपस्थास्यसि कौसल्यां दासीवत् त्वं कृताञ्जलिः ॥ २.८.१० ॥
Kauśalyā, who has obtained the earth, joyful and confident, with her enemies destroyed, you will wait upon with folded hands, like a servant-woman.
2.8.11
एवं च त्वं सहास्माभिस्तस्याः प्रेष्या भविष्यसि।
पुत्रश्च तव रामस्य प्रेष्यत्वं हि गमिष्यति ॥ २.८.११ ॥
Thus you too, together with us, will become her servants, and your son too will go into the servitude of Rāma.
2.8.12
हृष्टाः खलु भविष्यन्ति रामस्य परमाः स्त्रियः।
अप्रहृष्टा भविष्यन्ति स्नुषास्ते भरतक्षये ॥ २.८.१२ ॥
Indeed, the supreme women of Rāma will be delighted, but your daughters-in-law will not be delighted at the ruin of Bharata.
2.8.13
तां दृष्ट्वा परमप्रीतां ब्रुवन्तीं मन्थरां ततः।
रामस्यैव गुणान् देवी कैकेयी प्रशशंस ह ॥ २.८.१३ ॥
Seeing Manthara speaking, exceedingly delighted, then Queen Kaikeyi praised only the virtues of Rāma.
2.8.14
धमर्ज्ञो गुणवान् दान्तः कृतज्ञः सत्यवान् शुचिः।
रामो राजसुतो ज्येष्ठो यौवराज्यमतोऽर्हति ॥ २.८.१४ ॥
Rāma, knower of dharma, virtuous, self-controlled, grateful, truthful, pure, the eldest son of the king, therefore deserves the office of crown prince.
2.8.15
भ्रातॄन् भृत्यांश्च दीर्घायुः पितृवत् पालयिष्यति।
संतप्यसे कथं कुब्जे श्रुत्वा रामाभिषेचनम् ॥ २.८.१५ ॥
Long-lived Rāma will protect his brothers and servants as a father does. O hunchback, why do you grieve, having heard of Rāma's coronation?
2.8.16
भरतश्चापि रामस्य ध्रुवं वर्षशतात् परम्।
पितृपैतामहं राज्यमवाप्स्यति नरर्षभः ॥ २.८.१६ ॥
Bharata too, a hundred years after Rāma, will surely obtain the kingdom of his fathers and grandfathers, that bull among men.
2.8.17
सा त्वमभ्युदये प्राप्ते दह्यमानेव मन्थरे।
भविष्यति च कल्याणे किमिदं परितप्यसे ॥ २.८.१७ ॥
Manthara, when prosperity has come, why are you burning as if consumed? This is about to be auspicious; why are you distressed over it?
2.8.18
यथा वै भरतो मान्यस्तथा भूयोऽपि राघवः।
कौसल्यातोऽतिरिक्तं च मम शुश्रूषते बहु ॥ २.८.१८ ॥
As Bharata is honored by me, so too is Rāghava; and Rāma serves me greatly, even more than Kausalyā does.
2.8.19
राज्यं यदि हि रामस्य भरतस्यापि तत् तदा।
मन्यते हि यथाऽऽत्मानं यथा भ्रातॄंस्तु राघवः ॥ २.८.१९ ॥
If the kingdom is Rāma's, then it is Bharata's too. As the Rāghava regards himself, so he regards his brothers.
2.8.20
कैकेय्या वचनं श्रुत्वा मन्थरा भृशदुःखिता।
दीर्घमुष्णं विनिःश्वस्य कैकेयीमिदमब्रवीत् ॥ २.८.२० ॥
Hearing Kaikeyī's words, Mantharā was deeply grieved. Heaving a long, hot sigh, she spoke these words to Kaikeyī.
2.8.21
अनर्थदर्शिनी मौर्ख्यान्नात्मानमवबुध्यसे।
शोकव्यसनविस्तीर्णे मज्जन्ती दुःखसागरे ॥ २.८.२१ ॥
You who see only harm, through folly you do not understand your own condition; you are sinking in an ocean of sorrow vast with grief and calamity.
2.8.22
भविता राघवो राजा राघवस्य च यः सुतः।
राजवंशात्तु भरतः कैकेयि परिहास्यते ॥ २.८.२२ ॥
Rāghava will become king, and the son of Rāghava will be king after him. O Kaikeyī, Bharata will be cast out from the royal line.
2.8.23
नहि राज्ञः सुताः सर्वे राज्ये तिष्ठन्ति भामिनि।
स्थाप्यमानेषु सर्वेषु सुमहाननयो भवेत् ॥ २.८.२३ ॥
O lady, not all the sons of a king remain in the kingdom. If all were to be established in power, great calamity would result.
2.8.24
तस्माज्ज्येष्ठे हि कैकेयि राज्यतन्त्राणि पार्थिवाः।
स्थापयन्त्यनवद्याङ्गि गुणवत्स्वितरेष्वपि ॥ २.८.२४ ॥
Therefore, O Kaikeyī, O faultless-limbed one, kings place the burden of the realm upon the eldest son, and upon others too who are endowed with virtue.
2.8.25
असावत्यन्तनिर्भग्नस्तव पुत्रो भविष्यति।
अनाथवत् सुखेभ्यश्च राजवंशाच्च वत्सले ॥ २.८.२५ ॥
He will become utterly ruined, like one without a protector, cut off from happiness and from the royal line, O beloved one.
2.8.26
साहं त्वदर्थे सम्प्राप्ता त्वं तु मां नावबुद्ध्यसे।
सपत्निवृद्धौ या मे त्वं प्रदेयं दातुमर्हसि ॥ २.८.२६ ॥
It is for your sake that I have come to this state, yet you do not understand me. The boon that you ought to grant to me in the rise of a co-wife, you should indeed bestow.
2.8.27
ध्रुवं तु भरतं रामः प्राप्य राज्यमकण्टकम्।
देशान्तरं नाययिता लोकान्तरमथापि वा ॥ २.८.२७ ॥
Surely Rāma, having obtained the unopposed kingdom, will send Bharata away to another land, or even to the other world.
2.8.28
बाल एव तु मातुल्यं भरतो नायितस्त्वया।
संनिकर्षाच्च सौहार्दं जायते स्थावरेष्विव ॥ २.८.२८ ॥
Indeed, while still a child, you did not send Bharata to his maternal kin; affection arises from closeness, as among fixed things.
2.8.29
भरतानुवशात् सोऽपि शत्रुघ्नस्तत्समं गतः।
लक्ष्मणो हि यथा रामं तथायं भरतं गतः ॥ २.८.२९ ॥
Following Bharata's will, Shatrughna too has become like him; just as Lakṣmaṇa went after Rāma, so this one has gone after Bharata.
2.8.30
श्रूयते हि द्रुमः कश्चिच्छेत्तव्यो वनजीवनैः।
संनिकर्षादिषीकाभिर्मोचितः परमाद् भयात् ॥ २.८.३० ॥
It is said that a certain tree was to be cut down by forest-dwellers; because it stood near, it was freed from great danger by means of reeds.
2.8.31
गोप्ता हि रामं सौमित्रिर्लक्ष्मणं चापि राघवः।
अश्विनोरिव सौभ्रात्रं तयोर्लोकेषु विश्रुतम् ॥ २.८.३१ ॥
Surely Saumitri will guard Rāma, and the Rāghava will guard Lakṣmaṇa as well. Their brotherly affection, like that of the two Aśvins, is renowned in the worlds.
2.8.32
तस्मान्न लक्ष्मणे रामः पापं किंचित् करिष्यति।
रामस्तु भरते पापं कुर्यादेव न संशयः ॥ २.८.३२ ॥
Therefore Rāma will do no wrong at all to Lakṣmaṇa. But Rāma might indeed do wrong to Bharata — there is no doubt of it.
2.8.33
तस्माद् राजगृहादेव वनं गच्छतु राघवः।
एतद्धि रोचते मह्यं भृशं चापि हितं तव ॥ २.८.३३ ॥
Therefore let the Rāghava go to the forest straight from the royal palace. This pleases me greatly, and it is also very beneficial for you.
2.8.34
एवं ते ज्ञातिपक्षस्य श्रेयश्चैव भविष्यति।
यदि चेद् भरतो धर्मात् पित्र्यं राज्यमवाप्स्यति ॥ २.८.३४ ॥
Thus welfare will also come to your own kin-faction, if Bharata obtains his father's kingdom by right.
2.8.35
स ते सुखोचितो बालो रामस्य सहजो रिपुः।
समृद्धार्थस्य नष्टार्थो जीविष्यति कथं वशे ॥ २.८.३५ ॥
That child of yours, raised in comfort — Rāma's born enemy — how will he live, under the control of the prosperous one, his aims destroyed?
2.8.36
अभिद्रुतमिवारण्ये सिंहेन गजयूथपम्।
प्रच्छाद्यमानं रामेण भरतं त्रातुमर्हसि ॥ २.८.३६ ॥
As a lion pursues the leader of the elephant herd in the forest, so Bharata, being overpowered by Rāma, you ought to protect.
2.8.37
दर्पान्निराकृता पूर्वं त्वया सौभाग्यवत्तया।
राममाता सपत्नी ते कथं वैरं न यापयेत् ॥ २.८.३७ ॥
Once you set her aside in pride, because of your fortune as the favoured wife, how could Rāma's mother, your co-wife, fail to keep her enmity alive?
2.8.38
यदा च रामः पृथिवीमवाप्स्यते
प्रभूतरत्नाकरशैलसंयुताम्।
तदा गमिष्यस्यशुभं पराभवं
सहैव दीना भरतेन भामिनि ॥ २.८.३८ ॥
When Rāma obtains this earth, abounding in mines of jewels and mountains, then, O lady, you will fall into an inauspicious defeat, wretched together with Bharata.
2.8.39
यदा हि रामः पृथिवीमवाप्स्यते
ध्रुवं प्रणष्टो भरतो भविष्यति।
अतो हि संचिन्तय राज्यमात्मजे
परस्य चैवास्य विवासकारणम् ॥ २.८.३९ ॥
When Rāma obtains the earth, Bharata will surely be ruined. Therefore, consider well the kingdom for your son, and consider the reason for this other one's exile.