Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 7.42
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7.42.1
स विसृज्य ततो रामः पुष्पकं हेमभूषितम् ।
प्रविवेश महाबाहुरशोकवनिकां तदा ॥ ७.४२.१ ॥
Having sent away the gold-adorned Puṣpaka chariot, the mighty-armed Rāma then entered the Aśoka grove.
7.42.2
चन्दनागुरुचूतैश्च तुङ्गकालेयकैरपि ।
देवदारुवनैश्चापि समन्तादुपशोभिताम् ॥ ७.४२.२ ॥
It was adorned on all sides with sandalwood, aloe and mango trees, tall kāleyaka trees, and groves of deodar.
7.42.3
चम्पकाशोकपुन्नागमधूकपनसासनैः ।
शोभितां पारिजातैश्च विधूमज्वलनप्रभैः ॥ ७.४२.३ ॥
It was adorned with champaka, aśoka, punnāga, madhūka, jackfruit and āsana trees, and with pārijāta trees bright like smokeless fire.
7.42.4
लोध्रनीपार्जुनैर्नागैः सप्तपर्णातिमुक्तकैः ।
मन्दारकदलीगुल्मलताजालसमावृताम् ॥ ७.४२.४ ॥
It was covered with lodhra, nīpa, arjuna and nāga trees, saptaparṇa and atimuktaka, and a tangle of mandāra, plantains, shrubs and creepers.
7.42.5
प्रियङ्गुभिः कदम्बैश्च तथा च वकुलैरपि ।
जम्बूभिर्दाडिमैश्चैव कोविदारैश्च शोभिताम् ॥ ७.४२.५ ॥
It was adorned with priyaṅgu, kadamba, vakula, jambu, pomegranate and kovidāra trees.
7.42.6
सर्वदा कुसुमै रम्यैः फलवद्भिर्मनोरमैः ।
दिव्यगन्धरसोपेतैस्तरुणाङ्कुरपल्लवैः ॥ ७.४२.६ ॥
Always lovely with flowers, fruit-bearing, enchanting, endowed with divine fragrance and flavor, and full of tender shoots and sprouts.
7.42.7
तथैव तरुभिर्दिव्यैः शिल्पिभिः परिकल्पितैः ।
चारुपल्लवपुष्पाढ्यैर्मत्तभ्रमरसङ्कुलैः ॥ ७.४२.७ ॥
Likewise there were divine trees, as if fashioned by artisans, rich with graceful sprouts and flowers, crowded with intoxicated bees.
7.42.8
कोकिलैर्भृङ्गराजैश्च नानावर्णैश्च पक्षिभिः ।
शोभितां शतशश्चित्रां चूतवृक्षावतंसकैः ॥ ७.४२.८ ॥
Adorned hundredfold with cuckoos, bhṛṅgarāja birds and birds of many colours, wondrous, with mango trees for ornaments.
7.42.9
शातकुम्भनिभाः केचित्केचिदग्निशिखोपमाः ।
नीलाञ्जननिभाश्चान्ये भान्ति तत्रत्यपादपाः ॥ ७.४२.९ ॥
Some of the trees there shone like gold, some like tongues of fire, and others like blue collyrium.
7.42.10
सुरभीणि च पुष्पाणि माल्यानि विविधानि च ।
दीर्घिका विविधाकाराः पूर्णाः परमवारिणा ॥ ७.४२.१० ॥
There were fragrant flowers and garlands of many kinds, and lakes of many shapes, full of the finest water.
7.42.11
माणिक्यकृतसोपानाः स्फाटिकान्तरकुट्टिमाः ।
फुल्लपद्मोत्पलवनाश्चक्रवाकोपशोभिताः ॥ ७.४२.११ ॥
Their steps were made of rubies, their floors were set with crystal, they had groves of blossomed lotuses and lilies, and were adorned with ruddy geese.
7.42.12
दात्यूहशुकसङ्घुष्टा हंससारसनादिताः ।
तरुभिः पुष्पवद्भिश्च तीरजैरुपशोभिताः ॥ ७.४२.१२ ॥
Resounding with the calls of dātyūha and parrots, echoing with swans and cranes, and adorned with flowering trees growing along the shores.
7.42.13
प्राकारैर्विविधाकारैः शोभिताश्च शिलातलैः ।
तत्रैव च वनोद्देशे वैडूर्यमणिसन्निभैः ॥ ७.४२.१३ ॥
Adorned with walls of many shapes and stone terraces, and there, in the forest region, gleaming like lapis lazuli gems.
7.42.14
शाद्वलैः परमोपेतां पुष्पितद्रुमकाननाम् ।
तत्र सङ्घर्षजातानां वृक्षाणां पुष्पशालिनाम् ॥ ७.४२.१४ ॥
Most beautiful with grassy meadows, a forest of flowering trees; there, trees born of friction, rich in blossoms.
7.42.15
प्रस्तराः पुष्पशबला नभस्तारागणैरिव ।
नन्दनं हि यथेन्द्रस्य ब्राह्मं चैत्ररथं यथा ।
तथाभूतं हि रामस्य काननं सन्निवेशनम् ॥ ७.४२.१५ ॥
Rocky ground dappled with flowers, like the sky with clusters of stars; just as Indra's Nandana, Brahmā's grove, and Caitraratha are, such was this forest dwelling of Rāma.
7.42.16
बह्वासनगृहोपेतां लतागृहसमावृताम् ।
अशोकवनिकां स्फीतां प्रविश्य रघुनन्दनः ॥ ७.४२.१६ ॥
Having entered the flourishing Aśoka grove, furnished with many seats and pavilions and surrounded by arbors of creepers, the delight of the Raghus (Rāma).
7.42.17
आसने च शुभाकारे पुष्पप्रकरभूषिते ।
कुशास्तरणसंस्तीर्णे रामः सन्निषसाद ह ॥ ७.४२.१७ ॥
On a seat of auspicious form, adorned with heaps of flowers and spread with a covering of kuśa grass, Rāma sat down.
7.42.18
सीतामादायं हस्तेन मधुमैरेयकं शुचि ।
पाययामास काकुत्स्थः शचीमिव पुरन्दरः ॥ ७.४२.१८ ॥
Taking Sītā by the hand, Rāma, the Kākutstha, made her drink pure honey and maireya liquor, just as Indra made Śacī drink.
7.42.19
मांसानि च समृष्टानि फलानि विविधानि च ।
रामस्याभ्यवहारार्थं किङ्करास्तूर्णमाहरन् ॥ ७.४२.१९ ॥
For Rāma's meal, the attendants quickly brought well-prepared meats and fruits of many kinds.
7.42.20
उपानृत्यंश्च राजानं नृत्यगीतविशारदाः ।
बालाश्च रूपवत्यश्च स्त्रियः पानवशानुगाः ॥ ७.४२.२० ॥
Youths skilled in dance and song, and beautiful women, under the sway of drink, danced before the king.
7.42.21
मनोभिरामा रामास्ता रामो रमयतां वरः ।
रमयामास धर्मात्मा नित्यं परमभूषितः ॥ ७.४२.२१ ॥
Those women delighted the heart, and Rāma, best of those who delight, the righteous one, ever supremely adorned, kept delighting them.
7.42.22
स तया सीतया सार्धमासीनो विरराज ह ।
अरुन्धत्या सहासीनो वसिष्ठ इव तेजसा ॥ ७.४२.२२ ॥
Seated with Sītā, he shone, like Vasiṣṭha seated with Arundhatī in radiance.
7.42.23
एवं रामो मुदा युक्तः सीतां सुरसुतोपमाम् ।
रमयामास वैदेहीमहन्यहनि देववत् ॥ ७.४२.२३ ॥
Thus Rāma, filled with joy, delighted Sītā, Vaidehī, like a goddess's daughter, day after day, as a god would.
7.42.24
तथा तयोर्विहरतोः सीताराघवयोश्चिरम् ।
अत्यक्रामच्छुभः कालः शैशिरो भोगदः सदा ॥ ७.४२.२४ ॥
Thus, as Sītā and Rāghava enjoyed themselves for a long time, the auspicious winter season, always bestowing pleasures, passed by.
7.42.25
दशवर्षसहस्राणि गतानि सुमहात्मनोः ।
प्राप्तयोर्विविधान्भोगानतीतः शिशिरागमः ॥ ७.४२.२५ ॥
Ten thousand years passed for the two greatly noble ones as they enjoyed many pleasures, and the arrival of the cool season came.
7.42.26
पूर्वाह्णे धर्मकार्याणि कृत्वा धर्मेण धर्मवित् ।
शेषं दिवसभागार्धमन्तःपुरगतो ऽभवत् ॥ ७.४२.२६ ॥
Rāma, knower of dharma, performed his righteous duties in accordance with dharma in the forenoon, and spent the remaining half of the day in the inner apartments.
7.42.27
सीतापि देवकार्याणि कृत्वा पौर्वाह्णिकानि वै ।
श्वश्रूणामकरोत्पूजां सर्वासामविशेषतः ॥ ७.४२.२७ ॥
Sītā too, having performed her morning rites for the gods, honoured all her mothers-in-law alike, without distinction.
7.42.28
अभ्यगच्छत्ततो रामं विचित्राभरणाम्बरा ।
त्रिविष्टपे सहस्राक्षमुपविष्टं यथा शची ॥ ७.४२.२८ ॥
Then Sītā, adorned with varied ornaments and garments, approached Rāma, as Śacī approaches the thousand-eyed Indra when he is seated in heaven.
7.42.29
दृष्ट्वा तु राघवः पत्नीं कल्याणेन समन्विताम् ।
प्रहर्षमतुलं लेभे साधु साध्विति चाब्रवीत् ॥ ७.४२.२९ ॥
When Rāghava saw his wife endowed with auspiciousness, he felt incomparable joy and said, "Well done, well done!"
7.42.30
अब्रवीच्च वरारोहां सीतां सुरसुतोपमाम् ।
अपत्यलाभो वैदेहि त्वयि मे समुपस्थितः ॥ ७.४२.३० ॥
And he said to Sītā, fair-hipped and like a daughter of the gods: "O Vaidehī, the gain of offspring has come near to me through you."
7.42.31
किमिच्छसि वरारोहे कामः किं क्रियतां तव ॥ ७.४२.३१ ॥
O lovely-hipped one, what do you wish? What desire of yours shall be fulfilled?
7.42.32
स्मितं कृत्वा तु वैदेही रामं वाक्यमथाब्रवीत् ।
तपोवनानि पुण्यानि द्रष्टुमिच्छामि राघव ॥ ७.४२.३२ ॥
Smiling, Sītā spoke these words to Rāma: O Rāghava, I wish to see the sacred hermitage groves.
7.42.33
गङ्गातीरोपविष्टानामृषीणामुग्रतेजसाम् ।
फलमूलाशिनां देव पादमूलेषु वर्तितुम् ॥ ७.४२.३३ ॥
O lord, I wish to dwell at the feet of the sages of fierce splendor who sit on the bank of the Gaṅgā and live on fruits and roots.
7.42.34
एष मे परमः कामो यन्मूलफलभोजिनाम् ।
अप्येकरात्रं काकुत्स्थ निवसेयं तपोवने ॥ ७.४२.३४ ॥
This is my supreme wish: that I might dwell for even one night in the hermitage grove among those who live on roots and fruit, O descendant of Kakutstha.
7.42.35
तथेति च प्रतिज्ञातं रामेणाक्लिष्टकर्मणा ।
विस्रब्धा भव वैदेहि श्वो गमिष्यस्यसंशयम् ॥ ७.४२.३५ ॥
Rāma, whose deeds are effortless, gave his promise, saying, "So be it." O Vaidehī, be at ease; tomorrow you will surely go.
7.42.36
एवमुक्त्वा तु काकुत्स्थो मैथिलीं जनकात्मजाम् ।
मध्यकक्षान्तरं रामो निर्जगाम सुहृद्वृतः ॥ ७.४२.३६ ॥
Having spoken thus, Rāma, descendant of Kakutstha, took leave of Maithilī, daughter of Janaka, and went out of the middle chamber, surrounded by his friends.