Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 7.94
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7.94.1
तौ रजन्यां प्रभातायां स्नातौ हुतहुताशनौ ।
यथोक्तमृषिणा पूर्वं सर्वं तत्रोपगायताम् ॥ ७.९४.१ ॥
When the night had passed and dawn had come, the two bathed and made offerings into the sacred fire. As the sage had told them before, they sang all of it there.
7.94.2
तां स शुश्राव काकुत्स्थः पूर्वाचार्यविजिर्मिताम् ।
अपूर्वां पाठ्यजातिं च गेयेन समलङ्कृताम् ॥ ७.९४.२ ॥
Rāma, the descendant of Kakutstha, heard that song, composed by the ancient teachers, unprecedented in its style of recitation, and adorned with singing.
7.94.3
प्रमाणैर्बहुभिर्बद्धां तन्त्रीलयसमन्विताम् ।
बालाभ्यां राघवः श्रुत्वा कौतूहलपरो ऽभवत् ॥ ७.९४.३ ॥
Having heard from the two boys that song, bound by many rules and joined with the notes of the strings and rhythm, Rāghava became eager with curiosity.
7.94.4
अथ कर्मान्तरे राजा समाहूय महामुनीन् ।
पार्थिवांश्च नरव्याघ्रः पण्डितान्नैगमांस्तथा ॥ ७.९४.४ ॥
Then, in the interval between tasks, the king, best of men, summoned the great sages, the kings, the learned men, and likewise the scholars of the Vedas.
7.94.5
पौराणिकाञ्छब्दविदो ये च वृद्धा द्विजातयः ।
स्वराणां लक्षणज्ञांश्च उत्सुकान्द्विजसत्तमान् ॥ ७.९४.५ ॥
He summoned the reciters of the Purāṇas, the knowers of words, the elder twice-born men, and the eager best of the twice-born who knew the characteristics of the musical notes.
7.94.6
लक्षणज्ञांश्च गान्धर्वान्नैगमांश्च विशेषतः ।
पादाक्षरसमासज्ञांश्छन्दःसु परिनिष्ठितान् ॥ ७.९४.६ ॥
He summoned the knowers of the characteristics of the Gandharva art, the Gandharvas, and especially the Vedic scholars, the knowers of verse-feet, syllables and compounds, who were firmly established in metres.
7.94.7
कलामात्राविशेषज्ञाञ्ज्योतिषे च परं गतान् ।
क्रियाकल्पविदश्चैव तथा कार्यविदो जनान् ॥ ७.९४.७ ॥
He summoned those who knew the fine distinctions of kalā and mātrā, who had gone supremely far in astronomy, who knew the procedures of rite, and who knew the proper conduct of affairs.
7.94.8
भाषाज्ञानिङ्गितज्ञांश्च नैगमांश्चाप्यशेषतः ।
हेतूपचारकुशलान् वचने चापि हैतुकान् ॥ ७.९४.८ ॥
He summoned also those who knew languages and understood gestures and hints, the complete scholars of the Vedic texts, those skilled in reason and in proper usage, and those skilled in logical argument in speech.
7.94.9
छन्दोविदः पुराणज्ञान्वैदिकान्द्विजसत्तमान् ।
चित्रज्ञान्वृत्तसूत्रज्ञान्गीतनृत्यविशारदान् ॥ ७.९४.९ ॥
He summoned those who knew metre, who knew the Purāṇas, the Vedic scholars, the best of the twice-born, those who knew painting, those who knew verse-measures and aphorisms, and those expert in song and dance.
7.94.10
शास्त्रज्ञान्नीतिनिपुणान्वेदान्तार्थप्रबोधकान् ।
एतान्सर्वान्समानीय गातारौ समवेशयत् ॥ ७.९४.१० ॥
Having gathered all these—the knowers of the sciences, the experts in statecraft, and the teachers who make clear the meaning of the Vedānta—he seated the two singers among them.
7.94.11
दृष्ट्वा मुनिगणाः सर्वे पार्थिवाश्च महौजसः ।
पिबन्त इव चक्षुर्भ्यां राजानं गायकौ च तौ ॥ ७.९४.११ ॥
Seeing them, all the assemblies of sages and the mighty kings gazed as though drinking with their eyes at the king and at the two singers.
7.94.12
ऊचुः परस्परं चेदं सर्व एव समन्ततः ।
उभौ रामस्य सदृशौ बिम्बाद्बिम्बमिवोत्थितौ ॥ ७.९४.१२ ॥
And all of them, on every side, said to one another: 'These two are alike to Rāma, as if one reflection had risen from another reflection.'
7.94.13
जटिलौ यदि न स्यातां न वल्कलधरौ यदि ।
विशेषं नाधिगच्छामो गायतो राघवस्य च ॥ ७.९४.१३ ॥
If these two were not matted-haired and bark-clad, we would perceive no difference between them and Rāghava as they sing.
7.94.14
तेषां संवदतामेवं श्रोतऽणां हर्षवर्धनम् ।
गेयं प्रचक्रतुस्तत्र तावुभौ मुनिदारकौ ॥ ७.९४.१४ ॥
As they spoke thus among themselves, the two sons of the sage began there a song that increased the joy of the listeners.
7.94.15
ततः प्रवृत्तं मधुरं गान्धर्वमतिमानुषम् ।
न च तृप्तिं ययुः सर्वे श्रोतारो गानसम्पदा ॥ ७.९४.१५ ॥
Then began a sweet gāndharva music, superhuman in quality, and the listeners were not satisfied by the wealth of their song.
7.94.16
प्रवृत्तमादितः पूर्वसर्गं नारददर्शितम् ।
ततः प्रभृति सर्गांश्च यावद्विंशत्यगायताम् ॥ ७.९४.१६ ॥
Beginning with the first canto shown by Nārada, from then on they sang the cantos up to the twentieth.
7.94.17
ततो ऽपराह्णसमये राघवः समभाषत ।
श्रुत्वा विंशतिसर्गांस्तान्भ्रातरं भ्रातृवत्सलः ॥ ७.९४.१७ ॥
Then, in the afternoon, Rāghava, tender toward his brothers, having heard those twenty cantos, spoke to his brother.
7.94.18
अष्टादशसहस्राणि सुवर्णस्य महात्मनोः ।
प्रयच्छ शीघ्रं काकुत्स्थ यदन्यदभिकाङ्क्षितम् ।
ददौ शीघ्रं स काकुत्स्थो बालयोर्वै पृथक्पृथक् ॥ ७.९४.१८ ॥
"O Kākutstha, quickly give these two great-souled boys eighteen thousand gold pieces, and whatever else they desire." Then that Kākutstha quickly gave to each of the two boys separately.
7.94.19
दीयमानं सुवर्णं तु नागृह्णीतां कुशीलवौ ।
ऊचतुश्च महात्मानौ किमनेनेति विस्मितौ ॥ ७.९४.१९ ॥
Though the gold was being offered, the two Kuśīlavas would not take it, and the two great-souled ones, astonished, said, "What use is this to us?"
7.94.20
वन्येन फलमूलेन निरतौ वनवासिनौ ।
सुवर्णेन हिरण्येन किं करिष्यावहे वने ॥ ७.९४.२० ॥
We are forest-dwellers, content with the fruits and roots of the forest; what shall we do with gold in the forest?
7.94.21
तथा तयोः प्रब्रुवतोः कौतूहलसमन्विताः ।
श्रोतारश्चैव रामश्च सर्व एव सुविस्मिताः ॥ ७.९४.२१ ॥
As the two were speaking thus, the listeners, filled with curiosity, and Rāma too, were all greatly astonished.
7.94.22
तस्य चैवागमं रामः काव्यस्य श्रोतुमुत्सुकः ।
पप्रच्छ तौ महातेजास्तावुभौ मुनिदारकौ ॥ ७.९४.२२ ॥
Eager to hear the poem and to know of the sage's coming, the radiant Rāma questioned those two sons of a sage.
7.94.23
किम्प्रमाणमिदं काव्यं का प्रतिष्ठा महात्मनः ।
कर्ता काव्यस्य महतः क्व चासौ मुनिपुङ्गवः ॥ ७.९४.२३ ॥
How vast is this poem? What is the foundation of the great-souled one? Where is the author of this great poem, and where is that best of sages?
7.94.24
पृच्छन्तं राघवं वाक्यमूचतुर्मुनिदारकौ ॥ ७.९४.२४ ॥
As Rāghava was asking, the two sons of a sage spoke these words.
7.94.25
वाल्मीकिर्भगवान्कर्ता सम्प्राप्तो यज्ञसंविधम् ।
येनेदं चरितं तुभ्यमशेषं सम्प्रदर्शितम् ॥ ७.९४.२५ ॥
The venerable Vālmīki, the author, has arrived at the sacrificial site; by him your entire deed-story has been fully shown.
7.94.26
सन्निबद्धं हि श्लोकानां चतुर्विशत्सहस्रकम् ।
उपाख्यानशतं चैव भार्गवेण तपस्विना ॥ ७.९४.२६ ॥
The ascetic of the Bhṛgu line has composed it in twenty-four thousand verses, and also a hundred episodes.
7.94.27
आदिप्रभृति वै राजन्पञ्चसर्गशतानि च ।
काण्डानि षट् कृतानीह सोत्तराणि महात्मना ।
कृतानि गुरुणास्माकमृषिणा चरितं तव ॥ ७.९४.२७ ॥
O king, from the beginning our teacher, that great-souled sage, has composed six books with the Uttara, five hundred cantos; he has composed your deed-story.
7.94.28
प्रतिष्ठा ऽ ऽजीवितं यावत्तावत्सर्वस्य वर्तते ॥ ७.९४.२८ ॥
As long as life endures, the foundation (of this story) abides in all.
7.94.29
सोत्तराणि महात्मना ।
यदि बुद्धिः कृता राजञ्छ्रवणाय महारथ ।
कर्मान्तरे क्षणीभूतस्तच्छृणुष्व सहानुजः ॥ ७.९४.२९ ॥
O king, O great charioteer, if you have resolved to hear it, then listen to it together with your younger brother, when you have leisure between your tasks.
7.94.30
बाढमित्यब्रवीद्रामस्तौ चानुज्ञाप्य राघवम् ।
प्रहृष्टौ जग्मतुः स्थानं यत्रास्ते मुनिपुङ्गवः ॥ ७.९४.३० ॥
"Very well," said Rāma; and having taken leave of Rāghava, the two went joyfully to the place where the best of sages was seated.
7.94.31
रामो ऽपि मुनिभिः सार्धं पार्थिवैश्च महात्मभिः ।
श्रुत्वा तद्गीतिमाधुर्यं कर्मशालामुपागमत् ॥ ७.९४.३१ ॥
Rāma too, together with the sages and the great-souled kings, having heard the sweetness of that song, came to the workshop hall.
7.94.32
शुश्राव तत्ताललयोपपन्नं सर्गान्वितं स स्वरशब्दयुक्तम् ।
तन्त्रीलयव्यञ्जनयोगयुक्तं कुशीलवाभ्यां परिगीयमानम् ॥ ७.९४.३२ ॥
He heard that song, endowed with rhythm and tempo, arranged in cantos, joined with melodious sound, combined with the tempo of the strings and the union of consonants, being sung by Kuśa and Lava.