Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 7.99
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7.99.1
रजन्यां तु प्रभातायां समानीय महामुनीन् ।
गीयतामविशङ्काभ्यां रामः पुत्रावुवाच ह ॥ ७.९९.१ ॥
When night had passed and dawn had come, Rāma summoned the great sages and said to his two sons, "Sing without hesitation."
7.99.2
ततः समुपविष्टेषु ब्रह्मर्षिषु महात्मसु ।
भविष्यदुत्तरं काव्यं जगतुस्तौ कुशीलवौ ॥ ७.९९.२ ॥
Then, when the great-souled brahmarṣis were seated, Kuśa and Lava sang the future sequel poem.
7.99.3
प्रविष्टायां तु सीतायां भूतलं सत्यसम्पदा ।
तस्यावसाने यज्ञस्य रामः परमदुर्मनाः ॥ ७.९९.३ ॥
When Sītā had entered the earth by the wealth of her truth, at the end of that sacrifice Rāma became deeply distressed.
7.99.4
अपश्यमानो वैदेहीं मेने शून्यमिदं जगत् ।
शोकेन परमायस्तो न शान्तिं मनसा ऽगमत् ॥ ७.९९.४ ॥
Not seeing Vaidehī, he thought this world empty; exhausted by grief, he found no peace in his mind.
7.99.5
विसृज्य पार्थिवान्सर्वानृक्षवानरराक्षसान् ।
जनौघं विप्रमुख्यानां वित्तपूर्वं विसृज्य च ॥ ७.९९.५ ॥
Having dismissed all the kings, the bears, monkeys and rākṣasas, and having sent away the throng of chief brahmins, first giving them wealth.
7.99.6
एवं समाप्य यज्ञं तु विधिवत्स तु राघवः ।
ततो विसृज्य तान्सर्वान्रामो राजीवलोचनः ॥ ७.९९.६ ॥
Thus did that Rāghava complete the sacrifice according to rule; then, having dismissed them all, Rāma, lotus-eyed.
7.99.7
हृदि कृत्वा तदा सीतामयोध्यां प्रविवेश ह ।
इष्टयज्ञो नरपतिः पुत्रद्वयसमन्वितः ॥ ७.९९.७ ॥
Then, holding Sītā in his heart, he entered Ayodhyā. The lord of men, who had completed his sacrifices, was accompanied by his two sons.
7.99.8
न सीतायाः परां भार्यां वव्रे स रघुनन्दनः ।
यज्ञे यज्ञे च पत्न्यर्थं जानकी काञ्चनी भवत् ॥ ७.९९.८ ॥
The joy of the Raghus chose no other wife than Sītā. At every sacrifice, a golden image of Jānakī was made to stand in the place of the wife.
7.99.9
दशवर्षसहस्राणि वाजिमेघानथाकरोत् ।
वाजपेयान्दशगुणांस्तथा बहुसुवर्णकान् ॥ ७.९९.९ ॥
For ten thousand years he performed horse sacrifices, and then ten times as many Vājapeya sacrifices, with abundant gold.
7.99.10
अग्निष्टोमातिरात्राभ्यां गोसवैश्च महाधनैः ।
ईजे क्रतुभिरन्यैश्च स श्रीमानाप्तदक्षिणैः ॥ ७.९९.१० ॥
The glorious one worshipped with the Agniṣṭoma and Atirātra rites, with the Gosava rites of great wealth, and with other sacrificial acts, giving full fees.
7.99.11
एवं स कालः सुमहान्राज्यस्थस्य महात्मनः ।
धर्मे प्रयतमानस्य व्यतीयाद्राघवस्य तु ॥ ७.९९.११ ॥
Thus the long time passed for the great-souled Rāghava, who dwelt in the kingdom and strove after dharma.
7.99.12
अनुरञ्जन्ति राजानमहन्यहनि राघवम् ।
ऋक्षवानररक्षांसि स्थिता रामस्य शासने ॥ ७.९९.१२ ॥
Day after day, the bears, monkeys and rākṣasas, standing under Rāma's command, delighted the king Rāghava.
7.99.13
काले वर्षति पर्जन्यः सुभिक्षं विमला दिशः ।
हृष्टपुष्टजनाकीर्णं पुरं जनपदास्तथा ॥ ७.९९.१३ ॥
When the season came, the rain-cloud poured down; food was abundant and the quarters were clear. The city and the countryside were crowded with joyful, well-nourished people.
7.99.14
नाकाले म्रियते कश्चिन्न व्याधिः प्राणिनां तथा ।
नानर्थो विद्यते कश्चिद्रामे राज्यं प्रशासति ॥ ७.९९.१४ ॥
While Rāma governed the kingdom, no one died before his time, no disease came upon living beings, and no misfortune was to be found.
7.99.15
अथ दीर्घस्य कालस्य राममाता यशस्विनी ।
पुत्रपौत्रैः परिवृता कालधर्ममुपागमत् ॥ ७.९९.१५ ॥
Then, after a long time, Rāma's glorious mother, surrounded by sons and grandsons, went to the law of time, that is, death.
7.99.16
अन्वियाय सुमित्रा च कैकेयी च यशस्विनी ।
धर्मं कृत्वा बहुविधं त्रिदिवे पर्यवस्थिता ॥ ७.९९.१६ ॥
The glorious Sumitrā and Kaikeyī also followed her; having performed many kinds of merit, they abided in the heaven of the three divisions.
7.99.17
सर्वाः प्रमुदिताः स्वर्गे राज्ञा दशरथेन च ।
समागता महाभागाः सर्वधर्मं च लेभिरे ॥ ७.९९.१७ ॥
All of them, delighted, came together in heaven with King Daśaratha, and those greatly fortunate women attained the full fruit of dharma.
7.99.18
तासां रामो महादानं काले काले प्रयच्छति ।
मातऽणामविशेषेण ब्राह्मणेषु तपस्विषु ॥ ७.९९.१८ ॥
For those mothers, Rāma offers a great gift at the proper times, in the mothers' names, without distinction, to brahmins and to ascetics.
7.99.19
पित्र्याणि ब्रह्मरत्नानि यज्ञान्परमदुस्तरान् ।
चकार रामो धर्मात्मा पितऽन्देवान्विवर्धयन् ॥ ७.९९.१९ ॥
Rāma, the righteous-souled, performed for the ancestors the very difficult sacrifices, with the Brahmins as its jewels, honoring the ancestors and the gods.
7.99.20
एवं वर्षसहस्राणि बहून्यथ ययुः सुखम् ।
यज्ञैर्बहुविधं धर्मं वर्धयानस्य सर्वदा ॥ ७.९९.२० ॥
Thus many thousands of years passed happily, as he always increased dharma in many ways through sacrifices.