Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 2.97
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2.97.1
सुसंरब्धं तु सौमित्रिं लक्ष्मणं क्रोधमूर्च्छितम्।
रामस्तु परिसान्त्व्याथ वचनं चेदमब्रवीत् ॥ २.९७.१ ॥
Rāma, having fully calmed Lakṣmaṇa, son of Sumitrā, who was greatly agitated and overcome with anger, then spoke these words.
2.97.2
किमत्र धनुषा कार्यमसिना वा सचर्मणा।
महेष्वासे महाप्राज्ञे भरते स्वयमागते ॥ २.९७.२ ॥
What need is there here for a bow, or for a sword and shield, O great archer, O most wise one, now that Bharata himself has come?
2.97.3
पितुः सत्यं प्रतिश्रुत्य हत्वा भरतमागतम्।
किं करिष्ऺयामि राज्येन सापवादेन लक्ष्मण ॥ २.९७.३ ॥
Having pledged to keep my father's word, what shall I do with a kingdom tainted by reproach, after slaying Bharata who has come, O Lakṣmaṇa?
2.97.4
यद्द्रव्यं बान्धवानां वा मित्राणां वा क्षये भवेत्।
नाहं तत् प्रतिगृह्णीयां भक्षान् विषकृतानिव ॥ २.९७.४ ॥
Whatever wealth might come through the ruin of kinsmen or friends, I would not accept it, just as one would not accept food mixed with poison.
2.97.5
धर्ममर्थं च कामं च पृथिवीं चापि लक्ष्मण।
इच्छामि भवतामर्थे एतत् प्रतिश्रृणोमि ते ॥ २.९७.५ ॥
O Lakṣmaṇa, I desire dharma, wealth, pleasure, and even the earth for your sake; this I promise you.
2.97.6
भ्रातऽणां सङ्ग्रहार्थं च सुखार्थं चापि लक्ष्मण।
राज्यमप्यहमिच्छामि सत्येनायुधमालभे ॥ २.९७.६ ॥
O Lakṣmaṇa, for the sake of keeping my brothers united and for their happiness, I even desire the kingdom; by truth I touch my weapon.
2.97.7
नेयं मम मही सौम्य दुर्ल्लभा सागराम्बरा।
नहीच्छेयमधर्मेण शक्रत्वमपि लक्ष्मण ॥ २.९७.७ ॥
Gentle Lakṣmaṇa, this earth girdled by the ocean, so hard to win, is not mine; I would not wish even Indra's lordship by unrighteousness.
2.97.8
यद्विना भरतं त्वां च शत्रुघ्नं चापि मानद।
भवेन्मम सुखं किञ्चिद्भस्म तत् कुरुतां शिखी ॥ २.९७.८ ॥
Giver of honor, whatever happiness I might have without Bharata, you, and Śatrughna, let the fire reduce it to ashes.
2.97.9
मन्येऽहमागतोऽयोध्यां भरतो भ्रातृवत्सलः।
मम प्राणात् प्रियतरः कुलधर्ममनुस्मरन् ॥ २.९७.९ ॥
I think Bharata, loving toward his brothers and dearer to me than my life, has come to Ayodhyā, remembering the duty of our family.
2.97.10
श्रुत्वा प्रव्राजितं मां हि जटावल्कलधारिणम्।
जानक्या सहितं वीर त्वया च पुरुषर्षभ ॥ २.९७.१० ॥
Having heard that I, bearing matted hair and bark garments, have been banished, O hero, O best of men, together with Jānakī and you,
2.97.11
स्नेहेनाक्रान्तहृदयः शोकेनाकुलितेन्द्रियः।
द्रष्टुमभ्यागतो ह्येष भरतो नान्यथा गतः ॥ २.९७.११ ॥
Bharata, his heart overcome with affection and his senses agitated with grief, has indeed come to see me; he has not gone otherwise.
2.97.12
अम्बां च कैकयीं रुष्य परुषं चाप्रियं वदन्।
प्रसाद्य पितरं श्रीमान् राज्यं मे दातुमागतः ॥ २.९७.१२ ॥
Angry with our mother Kaikeyī, speaking harsh and unwelcome words, having appeased our father, the glorious Bharata has come to give me the kingdom.
2.97.13
प्राप्तकालं यदेषोऽस्मान् भरतो द्रष्टुमिच्छति।
अस्मासु मनसाप्येष नाप्रियं किञ्चिदाचरेत् ॥ २.९७.१३ ॥
Now at the proper time Bharata wishes to see us; even in his mind he would not do anything unpleasant to us.
2.97.14
विप्रियं कृतपूर्वं ते भरतेन कदा नु किम्।
ईदृशं वा भयं तेऽद्य भरतं योऽत्र शङ्कसे ॥ २.९७.१४ ॥
When before did Bharata ever do you any unpleasant wrong? Or why today do you feel such fear that you suspect Bharata here?
2.97.15
नहि ते निष्ठुरं वाच्यो भरतो नाप्रियं वचः।
अहं ह्यप्रियमुक्तः स्यां भरतस्याप्रिये कृते ॥ २.९७.१५ ॥
You must not speak harsh words to Bharata, and Bharata will not speak an unpleasant word. If anything unpleasant were done to Bharata, I myself would become the object of unpleasant words.
2.97.16
कथं नु पुत्राः पितरं हन्युः कस्याञ्चिदापदि।
भ्राता वा भ्रातरं हन्यात् सौमित्रे प्राणमात्मनः ॥ २.९७.१६ ॥
In any calamity, how could sons kill their father? Or how could a brother kill a brother? O Saumitri, how could a man become an enemy of his own life?
2.97.17
यदि राज्यस्य हेतोस्त्वमिमां वाचं प्रभाषसे।
वक्ष्यामि भरतं दृष्ट्वा राज्यमस्मै प्रदीयताम् ॥ २.९७.१७ ॥
If you speak these words for the sake of the kingdom, then, on seeing Bharata, I will say: let the kingdom be given to him.
2.97.18
उच्यमानोऽपि भरतो मया लक्ष्मण तत्त्वतः।
राज्यमस्मै प्रयच्छेति बाढमित्येव वक्ष्यति ॥ २.९७.१८ ॥
Even when I tell him truly, Lakṣmaṇa, "Give him the kingdom," Bharata will answer, "Certainly, so be it."
2.97.19
तथोक्तो धर्मशीलेन भ्रात्रा तस्य हिते रतः।
लक्ष्मणः प्रविवेशेव स्वानि गात्राणि लज्जया ॥ २.९७.१९ ॥
Thus addressed by his virtuous brother, Lakṣmaṇa, intent on his welfare, as if he had entered into his own limbs out of shame.
2.97.20
तद्वाक्यं लक्ष्मणः श्रुत्वा व्रीडितः प्रत्युवाच ह।
त्वां मन्ये द्रष्टुमायातः पिता दशरथः स्वयम् ॥ २.९७.२० ॥
Hearing those words, Lakṣmaṇa, ashamed, replied: "I think it is our father Daśaratha himself who has come to see you."
2.97.21
व्रीडितं लक्ष्मणं दृष्ट्वा राघवः प्रत्युवाच ह।
एष मन्ये महाबाहुरिहास्मान् द्रष्टुमागतः ॥ २.९७.२१ ॥
Seeing Lakṣmaṇa ashamed, Rāghava (Rāma) replied: "I think this mighty-armed one (Bharata) has come here to see us."
2.97.22
अथवा नौ ध्रुवं मन्ये मन्यमानः सुखोचितौ।
वनवासमनुध्याय गृहाय प्रतिनेष्यति ॥ २.९७.२२ ॥
Or else, I surely think, considering us two fit for happiness and reflecting on our forest exile, he will bring us back home.
2.97.23
इमां वाप्येष वैदेहीमत्यन्तसुखसेविनीम्।
पिता मे राघवः श्रीमान् वनादादाय यास्यति ॥ २.९७.२३ ॥
Or else, my glorious father Rāghava will take this Vaidehī (Sītā), who was raised in the greatest comfort, and carry her away from the forest.
2.97.24
एतौ तौ सम्प्रकाशेते गोत्रवन्तौ मनोरमौ।
वायुवेगसमौ वीर जवनौ तुरगोत्तमौ ॥ २.९७.२४ ॥
Hero, those two excellent horses of noble breed, delightful and swift as the speed of the wind, are plainly visible.
2.97.25
स एष सुमहाकायः कम्पते वाहिनीमुखे।
नागः शत्रुञ्जयो नाम वृद्धस्तातस्य धीमतः ॥ २.९७.२५ ॥
That huge-bodied elephant trembles at the head of the army. It is the aged elephant named Śatruñjaya, belonging to our wise father.
2.97.26
न तु पश्यामि तच्छत्ऺत्रं पाण्डरं लोकसत्कृतम्।
पितुर्दिव्यं महाबाहो संशयो भवतीह मे ॥ २.९७.२६ ॥
But I do not see that white, divine umbrella of our father, honored by the world. O mighty-armed one, a doubt arises in me here.
2.97.27
प्रथममर्धमुत्तरार्धेन योजनीयम् ॥ २.९७.२७ ॥
The first half is to be joined with the latter half.
2.97.28
अवतीर्य्य तु सालाग्रात्तस्मात्स समितिञ्जयः।
लक्ष्मणः प्राञ्जलिर्भूत्वा तस्थौ रामस्य पार्श्वतः ॥ २.९७.२८ ॥
Having come down from the top of that sal tree, Lakṣmaṇa, conqueror in battle, stood beside Rāma with folded hands.
2.97.29
भरतेनापि सन्दिष्टा सम्मर्दो न भवेदिऺति।
समन्तात्तस्य शैलस्य सेना वासमकल्पयत् ॥ २.९७.२९ ॥
Since Bharata had also instructed that there should be no crowding, the army made its camp all around that mountain.
2.97.30
अध्यर्द्धमिक्ष्वाकुचमूर्योजनं पर्वतस्य सा।
पार्श्वे न्यविशदावृत्य गजवाजिरथाकुला ॥ २.९७.३० ॥
That army of the Ikṣvāku line, full of elephants, horses and chariots, spread a yojana and a half along one side of the mountain, surrounding it and encamping there.
2.97.31
सा चित्रकूटे भरतेन सेना धर्मं पुरस्कृत्य विधूय दर्प्पम्।
प्रसादनार्थं रघुनन्दनस्य विराजते नीतिमता प्रणीता ॥ २.९७.३१ ॥
At Citrakūṭa, that army, led by the wise Bharata with dharma placed before him and pride cast aside, shone forth to appease Rāma, the delight of the Raghus.