Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 7.74
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7.74.1
तथा तु करुणं तस्य द्विजस्य परिदेवनम् ।
शुश्राव राघवः सर्वं दुःखशोकसमन्वितम् ॥ ७.७४.१ ॥
Thus Rāghava heard all of the brahmin's piteous lamentation, filled with sorrow and grief.
7.74.2
स दुःखेन च सन्तप्तो मन्त्रिणस्तानुपाह्वयत् ।
वसिष्ठं वामदेवं च भ्रातरौ सह नैगमान् ॥ ७.७४.२ ॥
Tormented by grief, he summoned those ministers — Vasiṣṭha and Vāmadeva, the two brothers, together with the townsmen.
7.74.3
ततो द्विजा वसिष्ठेन सार्धमष्टौ प्रवेशिताः ।
राजानं देवसङ्काशं वर्धस्वेति ततो ऽब्रुवन् ॥ ७.७४.३ ॥
Then eight brahmins, together with Vasiṣṭha, were brought in, and they said to the king, who was like a god: "May you prosper."
7.74.4
मार्कण्डेयो ऽथ मौद्गल्यो वामदेवश्च काश्यपः ।
कात्यायनो ऽथ जाबालिर्गौतमो नारदस्तथा ।
एते द्विजर्षभाः सर्वे आसनेषूपवेशिताः ॥ ७.७४.४ ॥
Mārkaṇḍeya, Maudgalya, Vāmadeva, Kāśyapa, Kātyāyana, Jābāli, Gautama and Nārada — all these best of brahmins were seated on their seats.
7.74.5
महर्षीन्समनुप्राप्तानभिवाद्य कृताञ्जलिः ।
मन्त्रिणो नैगमांश्चैव यथार्हमनुकूलतः ॥ ७.७४.५ ॥
Having greeted with folded hands the great sages who had arrived, and the ministers and townsmen too, in a fitting and kindly manner.
7.74.6
तेषां समुपविष्टानां सर्वेषां दीप्ततेजसाम् ।
राघवः सर्वमाचष्टे द्विजो ऽयमुपरोधते ॥ ७.७४.६ ॥
When all these radiant ones had seated themselves, Rāghava told everything: "This brahmin is being obstructed (because of me)."
7.74.7
तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा राज्ञो दीनस्य नारदः ।
प्रत्युवाच शुभं वाक्यमृषीणां सन्निधौ नृपम् ॥ ७.७४.७ ॥
Hearing the words of the grieving king, Nārada replied to the king, in the presence of the sages, with these auspicious words.
7.74.8
शृणु राजन्यथाकाले प्राप्तो बालस्य सङ्क्षयः ।
श्रुत्वा कर्तव्यतां राजन्कुरुष्वरघुनन्दन ॥ ७.७४.८ ॥
Listen, O king: at the appointed time the child has died. O delight of the Raghus, hear what must be done, and do it.
7.74.9
पुरा कृतयुगे राजन्ब्राह्मणा वै तपस्विनः ।
अब्राह्मणस्तदा राजन्न तपस्वी कथञ्चन ॥ ७.७४.९ ॥
In the past, O king, in the Kṛta age, only brahmins were ascetics. O king, then no non-brahmin was ever an ascetic in any way.
7.74.10
तस्मिन्युगे प्रज्वलिते ब्रह्मभूते त्वनावृते ।
अमृत्यवस्तदा सर्वे जज्ञिरे दीर्घदर्शिनः ॥ ७.७४.१० ॥
In that age, when it blazed, was brahman-filled and unveiled, all far-seeing beings were born deathless.
7.74.11
ततस्त्रेतायुगं नाम मानवानां वपुष्मताम् ।
क्षत्रियास्तत्र जायन्ते पूर्णेन तपसा ऽन्विताः ॥ ७.७४.११ ॥
Then came the age called Tretā for embodied humans; in it, kṣatriyas are born, endowed with complete austerity.
7.74.12
वीर्येण तपसा चैव ते ऽधिकाः पूर्वजन्मनि ।
मानवा ये महात्मानस्त्वत्र त्रेतायुगे युगे ॥ ७.७४.१२ ॥
In a former birth they were superior in valor and austerity; and the great-souled human beings who are in this Tretā age in this age are likewise.
7.74.13
ब्रह्मक्षत्रं च तत्सर्वं यत्पूर्वमपरं च यत् ।
युगयोरुभयोरासीत्समवीर्यसमन्वितम् ॥ ७.७४.१३ ॥
The brahmins and kṣatriyas, both those of former and later times, were all endowed with equal valour in both yugas.
7.74.14
अपश्यंस्तु न ते सर्वे विशेषमधिकं ततः ।
स्थापनं चक्रिरे तत्र चातुर्वर्ण्यस्य सम्मतम् ॥ ७.७४.१४ ॥
But seeing no special superiority in any of them, they there agreed to the establishment of the fourfold social order.
7.74.15
तस्मिन्युगे प्रज्वलिते धर्मभूते ह्यनावृते ।
अधर्मः पादमेकं तु पातयत्पृथिवीतले ॥ ७.७४.१५ ॥
In that yuga, which was full of dharma, radiant and unobstructed, adharma set down one foot upon the surface of the earth.
7.74.16
अधर्मेण हि संयुक्तस्तेजो मन्दं भविष्यति ॥ ७.७४.१६ ॥
Joined with adharma, radiance will become dimmed.
7.74.17
आमिषं यच्च पूर्वेषां राजसं च मलं भृशम् ।
अनृतं नाम तद्भूतं पादेन पृथिवीतले ॥ ७.७४.१७ ॥
That which was flesh-eating among the ancients and a great rajasic impurity — that entity named falsehood, with one foot, came upon the earth.
7.74.18
अनृतं पातयित्वा तु पादमेकमधर्मतः ।
ततः प्रादुष्कृतं पूर्वमायुषः परिनिष्ठितम् ॥ ७.७४.१८ ॥
Having made falsehood set down one foot through adharma, the life-span previously fixed was then manifested and became limited.
7.74.19
पतिते त्वनृते तस्मिन्नधर्मे च महीतले ।
शुभान्येवाचरँल्लोकः सत्यधर्मपरायणः ॥ ७.७४.१९ ॥
When falsehood and unrighteousness had fallen upon the surface of the earth, the people, devoted to truth and dharma, continued to practise what is good.
7.74.20
त्रेतायुगे च वर्तन्ते ब्राह्मणाः क्षत्रियाश्च ये ।
तपो ऽतप्यन्त ते सर्वे शुश्रूषामपरे जनाः ॥ ७.७४.२० ॥
In the Tretā age, the brahmins and kṣatriyas practised austerity, and the other people practised service.
7.74.21
स धर्मः परमस्तेषां वैश्यशूद्रं समागमत् ।
पूजां च सर्ववर्णानां शूद्राश्चक्रुर्विशेषतः ॥ ७.७४.२१ ॥
That supreme dharma of theirs reached the vaiśyas and śūdras; the worship of all the varṇas was performed, especially by the śūdras.
7.74.22
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे तेषामधर्मे चानृते च ह ।
ततः पूर्वे भृशं ह्रासमगमन्नृपसत्तम ॥ ७.७४.२२ ॥
In the meantime, because of their unrighteousness and falsehood, O best of kings, the former (virtues) greatly declined.
7.74.23
ततः पादमधर्मस्स द्वितीयमवतारयत् ।
ततो द्वापरसञ्ज्ञा ऽस्य युगस्य समजायत ॥ ७.७४.२३ ॥
Then adharma set down its second foot, and from this the age was named Dvāpara.
7.74.24
तस्मिन्द्वापरसञ्ज्ञे तु वर्तमाने युगक्षये ।
अधर्मश्चानृतं चैव ववृधे पुरुषर्षभ ॥ ७.७४.२४ ॥
O best of men, while that age called Dvāpara was in progress, in the decline of the age, unrighteousness and falsehood indeed grew.
7.74.25
तस्मिन्द्वापरसङ्ख्याते तपो वैश्यान्समाविशत् ।
त्रिभ्यो युगेभ्यस्त्रीन्वर्णान्क्रमाद्वै तप आविशत् ॥ ७.७४.२५ ॥
In that age called Dvāpara, austerity entered the Vaiśyas; from the three ages, in order, austerity entered the three social classes.
7.74.26
त्रिभ्यो युगेभ्यस्त्रीन्वर्णान्धर्मश्च परिनिष्ठितः ।
न शुद्धो लभते धर्मं युगतस्तु नरर्षभ ।
हीनवर्णो नृपश्रेष्ठ तप्यते सुमहत्तपः ॥ ७.७४.२६ ॥
From the three ages, dharma too was firmly established in the three classes. O bull among men, by the age the pure one does not obtain dharma. O best of kings, the one of lower class performs very great austerity.
7.74.27
भविष्यच्छूद्रयोन्यां वै तपश्चर्या कलौ युगे ।
अधर्मः परमो राजन्द्वापरे शूद्रजन्मनः ॥ ७.७४.२७ ॥
In the future, austerity will be practiced only in a Śūdra womb, in the Kali age. O king, in Dvāpara the greatest unrighteousness will arise from a Śūdra birth.
7.74.28
स वै विषयपर्यन्ते तव राजन्महातपाः ।
अद्य तप्यति दुर्बुद्धिस्तेन बालवधो ह्ययम् ॥ ७.७४.२८ ॥
He is a great ascetic at the edge of your realm. O king, today that ill-minded one is performing austerity, and therefore this boy has been slain.
7.74.29
यो ह्यधर्ममकार्यं वा विषये पार्थिवस्य तु ।
करोति चाश्रीमूलं तत्पुरे वा दुर्मतिर्नरः ।
क्षिप्रं च नरकं याति स च राजा न संशयः ॥ ७.७४.२९ ॥
Whoever in the king's realm, or in the city, commits unrighteousness or an improper deed — the root of misfortune — that ill-minded man quickly goes to hell; and the king too, there is no doubt.
7.74.30
अधीतस्य च तप्तस्य कर्मणः सुकृतस्य च ।
षष्ठं भजति भागं तु प्रजा धर्मेण पालयन् ॥ ७.७४.३० ॥
A king who protects his subjects by dharma receives a sixth share of the merit of study, austerity, action and good deeds.
7.74.31
षङ्भागस्य न भोक्ता ऽसौ रक्षते न प्रजाः कथम् ॥ ७.७४.३१ ॥
He who enjoys the sixth share — how does he not protect his subjects?
7.74.32
स त्वं पुरुषशार्दूल मार्गस्व विषयं स्वकम् ।
दुष्कृतं यत्र पश्येथास्तत्र यत्नं समाचर ॥ ७.७४.३२ ॥
O tiger among men, search out your own realm; wherever you see wrongdoing, there apply your effort.
7.74.33
एवं चेद्धर्मवृद्धिश्च नृणां चायुर्विवर्धनम् ।
भविष्यति नरश्रेष्ठ बालस्यास्य च जीवितम् ॥ ७.७४.३३ ॥
O best of men, if this comes to pass, dharma will flourish, the lifespan of men will increase, and this child's life too will be preserved.