Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 7.101
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7.101.1
श्रुत्वा सेनापतिं प्राप्तं भरतं केकयाधिपः ।
युधाजिद्गार्ग्यसहितं परां प्रीतिमुपागमत् ॥ ७.१०१.१ ॥
Hearing that the commander Bharata had arrived, the lord of the Kekayas, together with Yudhājit and Gārgya, attained supreme joy.
7.101.2
स निर्ययौ जनौघेन महता केकयाधिपः ।
त्वरमाणो ऽभिचक्राम गन्धर्वान्कामरूपिणः ॥ ७.१०१.२ ॥
The lord of the Kekayas set out with a great throng of people, hastening forward against the Gandharvas, who can take any form at will.
7.101.3
भरतश्च युधाजिच्च समेतौ लघुविक्रमैः ।
गन्धर्वनगरं प्राप्तौ सबलौ सपदानुगौ ॥ ७.१०१.३ ॥
Bharata and Yudhājit, both swift in valour, met together and reached the city of the Gandharvas with their armies and foot soldiers.
7.101.4
श्रुत्वा तु भरतं प्राप्तं गन्धर्वास्ते समागताः ।
योद्धुकामा महावीर्या व्यनदन् वै समन्ततः ॥ ७.१०१.४ ॥
Having heard that Bharata had arrived, those Gandharvas of great might, eager to fight, assembled and roared on every side.
7.101.5
ततः समभवद्युद्धं तुमुलं रोमहर्षणम् ।
सप्तरात्रं महाभीमं न चान्यतरयोर्जयः ॥ ७.१०१.५ ॥
Then arose a tumultuous, hair-raising battle, very terrible, lasting seven nights, and neither side won the victory.
7.101.6
खड्गशक्तिधनुर्ग्राहा नद्यः शोणितसंस्रवाः ।
नृकलेवरवाहिन्यः प्रवृत्ताः सर्वतोदिशम् ॥ ७.१०१.६ ॥
Rivers, carrying swords, spears and bows, streaming with blood, bearing human corpses, flowed forth in every direction.
7.101.7
ततो रामानुजः क्रुद्धः कालस्यास्त्रं सुदारुणम् ।
संवर्तं नाम भरतो गन्धर्वेष्वभ्यचोदयत् ॥ ७.१०१.७ ॥
Then Rāma's younger brother Bharata, enraged, launched against the Gandharvas the most dreadful weapon of Kāla, named Saṃvarta.
7.101.8
ते बद्धाः कालपाशेन संवर्तेन विदारिताः ।
क्षणेनाभिहतास्तेन तिस्रः कोट्यो महात्मनाम् ॥ ७.१०१.८ ॥
Bound by Kāla's noose and torn apart by Saṃvarta, they were struck down in an instant — three crores of great-souled beings.
7.101.9
तं घातं घोरसङ्काशं न स्मरन्ति दिवौकसः ।
निमेषान्तरमात्रेण तादृशानां महात्मनाम् ॥ ७.१०१.९ ॥
The dwellers of heaven do not recall that dreadful slaughter, in which such great-souled beings were destroyed in the span of a single moment.
7.101.10
हतेषु तेषु सर्वेषु भरतः केकयीसुतः ।
निवेशयामास तदा समृद्धे द्वे पुरोत्तमे ॥ ७.१०१.१० ॥
When all of them had been slain, Bharata, son of Kaikeyī, established two prosperous, excellent cities.
7.101.11
तक्षं तक्षशिलायां तु पुष्कलं पुष्कलावते ।
गन्धर्वदेशे रुचिरे गान्धारविषये च सः ॥ ७.१०१.११ ॥
He established Takṣa at Takṣaśilā and Puṣkala at Puṣkalāvatī, in the pleasant land of the Gandharvas and in the territory of Gāndhāra.
7.101.12
धनरत्नौघसङ्कीर्णे काननैरुपशोभिते ।
अन्योन्यसङ्घर्षकृते स्पर्धया गुणविस्तरैः ॥ ७.१०१.१२ ॥
Those cities, crowded with heaps of wealth and jewels and adorned with groves, were built in mutual rivalry, through the abundance of their excellences.
7.101.13
उभे सुरुचिरप्रख्ये व्यवहारैरकिल्बिषैः ।
उद्यानयानसम्पूर्णे सुविभक्तान्तरापणे ॥ ७.१०१.१३ ॥
Both cities were exceedingly beautiful, filled with blameless commerce, abounding in pleasure-gardens and vehicles, their inner markets well arranged.
7.101.14
उभे पुरवरे रम्ये विस्तरैरुपशोभिते ।
गृहमुख्यैः सुरुचिरैर्विमानसमवर्णिभिः ॥ ७.१०१.१४ ॥
Both excellent cities were delightful, adorned with expansive splendor, with chief mansions of great beauty, gleaming like celestial vimānas.
7.101.15
शोभिते शोभनीयैश्च देवायतनविस्तरैः ।
तालैस्तमालैस्तिलकैर्वकुलैरुपशोभिते ॥ ७.१०१.१५ ॥
They were adorned with beautiful, extensive temples of the gods, and graced with palm, tamāla, tilaka and vakula trees.
7.101.16
निवेश्य पञ्चभिर्वर्षैर्भरतो राघवानुजः ।
पुनरायान्महाबाहुरयोध्यां केकयीसुतः ॥ ७.१०१.१६ ॥
Having established them for five years, Bharata, the younger brother of Rāghava, the mighty-armed son of Kekayī, returned again to Ayodhyā.
7.101.17
सो ऽभिवाद्य महात्मानं साक्षाद्धर्ममिवापरम् ।
राघवं भरतः श्रीमान्ब्रह्माणमिव वासवः ॥ ७.१०१.१७ ॥
Glorious Bharata bowed to the great-souled Rāghava, who was as if Dharma itself in another form, just as Indra bows to Brahmā.
7.101.18
शशंस च यथावृत्तं गन्धर्ववधमुत्तमम् ।
निवेशनं च देशस्य श्रुत्वा प्रीतो ऽस्य राघवः ॥ ७.१०१.१८ ॥
He reported the excellent slaying of the Gandharvas just as it had happened, and also described the establishment of the land; having heard it, Rāghava was pleased.