Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 2.95
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2.95.1
अथ शैलाद्विनिष्क्रम्य मैथिलीं कोसलेश्वरः ।
अदर्शयच्छुभजलां रम्यां मन्दाकिनीं नदीम् ॥ २.९५.१ ॥
Then, descending from the mountain, the lord of Kosala (Rāma) showed Maithilī (Sītā) the delightful river Mandākinī, with its pure waters.
2.95.2
अब्रवीच्च वरारोहां चारुचन्द्रनिभाननाम् ।
विदेहराजस्य सुतां रामो राजीवलोचनः ॥ २.९५.२ ॥
And Rāma, lotus-eyed, spoke to the lovely-hipped daughter of the king of Videha, whose face was like a beautiful moon.
2.95.3
विचित्रपुलिनां रम्यां हंससारससेविताम् ।
कमलैरुपसम्पन्नां पश्य मन्दाकिनीं नदीम् ॥ २.९५.३ ॥
Look at the delightful Mandākinī river, with its varied sandbanks, frequented by swans and cranes, abounding in lotuses.
2.95.4
नानाविधैस्तीररुहैर्वृतां पुष्पफलद्रुमैः ।
राजन्तीं राजराजस्य नलिनीमिव सर्वतः ॥ २.९५.४ ॥
Surrounded on all sides by many kinds of trees growing on its banks, trees bearing flowers and fruit, it shines like the lotus pond of the king of kings (Kubera).
2.95.5
मृगयूथनिपीतानि कलुषाम्भांसि साम्प्रतम् ।
तीर्थानि रमणीयानि रतिं सञ्जनयन्ति मे ॥ २.९५.५ ॥
These delightful bathing places, whose turbid waters have been drunk by herds of deer, now stir delight in me.
2.95.6
जटाजिनधराः काले वल्कलोत्तरवाससः ।
ऋषयस्त्ववगाहन्ते नदीं मन्दाकिनीं प्रिये ॥ २.९५.६ ॥
Beloved, the sages, bearing matted hair and deerskins and clad in bark garments over them, bathe in the Mandākinī river at the proper time.
2.95.7
आदित्यमुपतिष्ठन्ते नियमादूर्द्ध्वबाहवः ।
एते परे विशालाक्षि मुनयः संशितव्रताः ॥ २.९५.७ ॥
O wide-eyed one, these other sages, keen in their vows, with arms raised high, worship the sun according to their observances.
2.95.8
मारुतोद्धूतशिखरैः प्रनृत्त इव पर्वतः ।
पादपैः पत्ऺत्रपुष्पाणि सृजद्भिरभितो नदीम् ॥ २.९५.८ ॥
With its peaks shaken by the wind, the mountain seems to dance, while the trees on every side scatter leaves and flowers over the river.
2.95.9
क्वचिन्मणिनिकाशोदां क्वचित्पुलिनशालिनीम् ।
क्वचित्सिद्धजनाकीर्णां पश्य मन्दाकिनीं नदीम् ॥ २.९५.९ ॥
Look at the Mandākinī river: here its water gleams like jewels, there it is graced with sandbanks, and elsewhere it is thronged with accomplished beings.
2.95.10
निर्द्धूतान् वायुना पश्य विततान् पुष्पसञ्चयान् ।
पोप्लूयमानानपरान् पश्य त्वं जलमध्यगान् ॥ २.९५.१० ॥
Behold the heaps of flowers, shaken loose by the wind and spread about; and behold the others, tossed about in the midst of the water.
2.95.11
तांश्चातिवल्गुवचसो रथाङ्गाह्वयना द्विजाः ।
अधिरोहन्ति कल्याणि विकूजन्तः शुभा गिरः ॥ २.९५.११ ॥
O auspicious one, those birds called ratha-aṅgas, with their most sweet voices, alight upon them, calling out with lovely notes.
2.95.12
दर्शनं चित्र कूटस्य मन्दाकिन्याश्च शोभने ।
अधिकं पुरवासाच्च मन्ये च तव दर्शनात् ॥ २.९५.१२ ॥
O radiant one, I hold the sight of Citrakūṭa and the Mandākinī to be greater than living in the city, and greater still because I see you.
2.95.13
विधूतकलुषैः सिद्धैस्तपोदमशमान्वितैः ।
नित्यविक्षोभितजलां विगाहस्व मया सह ॥ २.९५.१३ ॥
With the accomplished sages, whose sins are washed away and who are endowed with austerity, self-restraint and calm, bathe with me in that river whose waters are always stirred.
2.95.14
सखीवच्च विगाहस्व सीते मन्दाकिनीं नदीम् ।
कमलान्यवमज्जन्ती पुष्कराणि च भामिनि ॥ २.९५.१४ ॥
Bathe, O Sītā, in the Mandākinī river like a close friend, diving among the lotuses and the lilies, O lovely one.
2.95.15
त्वं पौरजनवद्व्यालानयोध्यामिव पर्वतम् ।
मन्यस्व वनिते नित्यं सरयूवदिमां नदीम् ॥ २.९५.१५ ॥
You should regard this mountain as Ayodhyā, O lady, and this river always as the Sarayū, as if the townspeople and the wild beasts were there.
2.95.16
लक्ष्मणश्चापि धर्मात्मा मन्निदेशे व्यवस्थितः ।
त्वं चानुकूला वैदेहि प्रीतिं जनयथो मम ॥ २.९५.१६ ॥
Lakṣmaṇa, the righteous one, stands firmly at my command, and you too, O Vaidehī, are agreeable; you two give me delight.
2.95.17
उपस्पृशंस्त्रिषवणं मधुमूलफलाशनः ।
नायोध्यायै न राज्याय स्पृहये ऽद्य त्वया सह ॥ २.९५.१७ ॥
Bathing three times a day and eating honey, roots and fruit, I do not long for Ayodhyā or for the kingdom now that I am with you.
2.95.18
इमां हि रम्यां मृगयूथशालिनीं निपीततोयां गजसिंहवानरैः ।
सुपुष्पितैः पुष्पधरैरलङ्कृतां न सो ऽस्ति यः स्यादगतक्लमः सुखी ॥ २.९५.१८ ॥
This lovely river, adorned with herds of deer, its water drunk by elephants, lions and monkeys, and decked with well-flowered trees, there is no one who would not become free of weariness and happy here.
2.95.19
इतीव रामो बहुसङ्गतं वचः प्रियासहायः सरितं प्रति ब्रुवन् ।
चचार रम्यं नयनाञ्जनप्रभं स चित्रकूटं रघुवंशवर्द्धनः ॥ २.९५.१९ ॥
Thus, with his beloved as companion, Rāma spoke many words to the river and wandered over lovely Citrakūṭa, bright as collyrium for the eyes, he who increases the Raghu line.