{"ref": "1.1.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tapaḥsvādhyāyanirataṃ tapasvī vāgvidāṃ varam", "nāradaṃ paripapraccha vālmīkir munipuṃgavam"], "translation": "Vālmīki the ascetic questioned Nārada, foremost of sages, best among masters of speech, ever devoted to austerity and the study of the Vedas:", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 2, "iast": ["ko nv asmin sāmprataṃ loke guṇavān kaś ca vīryavān", "dharmajñaś ca kṛtajñaś ca satyavākyo dṛḍhavrataḥ"], "translation": "“Who in this world today is virtuous and valiant, a knower of dharma, grateful, truthful in speech, and firm in his vows?", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 3, "iast": ["cāritreṇa ca ko yuktaḥ sarvabhūteṣu ko hitaḥ", "vidvān kaḥ kaḥ samarthaś ca kaś caikapriyadarśanaḥ"], "translation": "Who is endowed with good conduct, who is devoted to the welfare of all beings? Who is learned, who is capable, and who alone is pleasing to behold?", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 4, "iast": ["ātmavān ko jitakrodho matimān ko 'nasūyakaḥ", "kasya bibhyati devāś ca jātaroṣasya saṃyuge"], "translation": "Who is self-possessed, who has conquered anger, who is wise and free from envy? And whom, when his fury is roused in battle, do even the gods fear?", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 5, "iast": ["etad icchāmy ahaṃ śrotuṃ paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me", "maharṣe tvaṃ samartho 'si jñātum evaṃvidhaṃ naram"], "translation": "This I long to hear, for my curiosity is great, O great sage; you are surely able to know such a man.”", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 6, "iast": ["śrutvā caitat trilokajño vālmīker nārado vacaḥ", "śrūyatām iti cāmantrya prahṛṣṭo vākyam abravīt"], "translation": "Hearing these words of Vālmīki, Nārada, knower of the three worlds, said “Listen!”, and, delighted, spoke:", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 7, "iast": ["bahavo durlabhāś caiva ye tvayā kīrtitā guṇāḥ", "mune vakṣyāmy ahaṃ buddhvā tair yuktaḥ śrūyatāṃ naraḥ"], "translation": "“Many and hard to find are the virtues you have named, O sage; having reflected, I shall tell of a man endowed with them — let him be heard.", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 8, "iast": ["ikṣvākuvaṃśaprabhavo rāmo nāma janaiḥ śrutaḥ", "niyatātmā mahāvīryo dyutimān dhṛtimān vaśī"], "translation": "Sprung from the lineage of Ikṣvāku, known among the people by the name Rāma — self-controlled, of great valour, radiant, resolute, master of his senses,", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 9, "iast": ["buddhimān nītimān vāgmī śrīmāñ śatrunibarhaṇaḥ", "vipulāṃso mahābāhuḥ kambugrīvo mahāhanuḥ"], "translation": "wise, prudent, eloquent, illustrious, destroyer of foes; broad-shouldered, mighty-armed, conch-necked, large-jawed,", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 10, "iast": ["mahorasko maheṣvāso gūḍhajatrur ariṃdamaḥ", "ājānubāhuḥ suśirāḥ sulalāṭaḥ suvikramaḥ"], "translation": "broad-chested, a great archer, with hidden collarbones, tamer of foes; his arms reaching to his knees, fair-headed, fair-browed, of noble stride,", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 11, "iast": ["samaḥ samavibhaktāṅgaḥ snigdhavarṇaḥ pratāpavān", "pīnavakṣā viśālākṣo lakṣmīvāñ śubhalakṣaṇaḥ"], "translation": "well-proportioned, his limbs evenly formed, of glossy complexion, majestic; broad-chested, large-eyed, fortunate, marked with auspicious signs.", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 12, "iast": ["dharmajñaḥ satyasaṃdhaś ca prajānāṃ ca hite rataḥ", "yaśasvī jñānasaṃpannaḥ śucir vaśyaḥ samādhimān"], "translation": "a knower of dharma, true to his word, devoted to the welfare of his subjects; renowned, full of wisdom, pure, self-controlled, and of collected mind.", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 13, "iast": ["rakṣitā jīvalokasya dharmasya parirakṣitā", "vedavedāṅgatattvajño dhanurvede ca niṣṭhitaḥ"], "translation": "protector of the world of living beings, guardian of dharma; knowing the truth of the Vedas and their limbs, and accomplished in the science of archery,", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 14, "iast": ["sarvaśāstrārthatattvajño smṛtimān pratibhānavān", "sarvalokapriyaḥ sādhur adīnātmā vicakṣaṇaḥ"], "translation": "knowing the true meaning of all the treatises, of retentive memory and ready wit; dear to all the world, virtuous, undaunted in spirit, and discerning.", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 15, "iast": ["sarvadābhigataḥ sadbhiḥ samudra iva sindhubhiḥ", "āryaḥ sarvasamaś caiva sadaikapriyadarśanaḥ"], "translation": "ever resorted to by the good, as the ocean is by the rivers; noble, impartial to all, and always uniquely pleasing to behold.", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 16, "iast": ["sa ca sarvaguṇopetaḥ kausalyānandavardhanaḥ", "samudra iva gāmbhīrye dhairyeṇa himavān iva"], "translation": "He, endowed with every virtue, the increaser of Kausalyā’s joy — in profundity like the ocean, in steadfastness like the Himālaya,", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 17, "iast": ["viṣṇunā sadṛśo vīrye somavat priyadarśanaḥ", "kālāgnisadṛśaḥ krodhe kṣamayā pṛthivīsamaḥ"], "translation": "in valour the equal of Viṣṇu, pleasing to behold like the moon; in wrath like the fire of doomsday, in forbearance the equal of the earth,", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 18, "iast": ["dhanadena samas tyāge satye dharma ivāparaḥ", "tam evaṃguṇasaṃpannaṃ rāmaṃ satyaparākramam"], "translation": "in giving the equal of Kubera, in truth like a second Dharma. Him, Rāma, so endowed with virtues, of truthful valour —", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 19, "iast": ["jyeṣṭhaṃ śreṣṭhaguṇair yuktaṃ priyaṃ daśarathaḥ sutam", "yauvarājyena saṃyoktum aicchat prītyā mahīpatiḥ"], "translation": "his eldest son, endowed with the finest virtues, beloved — King Daśaratha, lord of the earth, out of affection wished to invest with the office of crown prince.", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.20", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 20, "iast": ["tasyābhiṣekasaṃbhārān dṛṣṭvā bhāryātha kaikayī", "pūrvaṃ dattavarā devī varam enam ayācata", "vivāsanaṃ ca rāmasya bharatasyābhiṣecanam"], "translation": "But seeing the preparations for his consecration, his wife Queen Kaikeyī, who had earlier been granted a boon, asked him for that boon: the banishment of Rāma and the consecration of Bharata.", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.21", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 21, "iast": ["sa satyavacanād rājā dharmapāśena saṃyataḥ", "vivāsayām āsa sutaṃ rāmaṃ daśarathaḥ priyam"], "translation": "Bound by the noose of dharma through his truthful word, King Daśaratha sent his beloved son Rāma into exile.", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.22", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 22, "iast": ["sa jagāma vanaṃ vīraḥ pratijñām anupālayan", "pitur vacananirdeśāt kaikeyyāḥ priyakāraṇāt"], "translation": "That hero went to the forest, keeping his promise, at his father’s command and for the sake of Kaikeyī’s pleasure.", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.23", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 23, "iast": ["taṃ vrajantaṃ priyo bhrātā lakṣmaṇo 'nujagāma ha", "snehād vinayasaṃpannaḥ sumitrānandavardhanaḥ"], "translation": "As he set out, his loving brother Lakṣmaṇa followed him out of affection — full of humility, the increaser of Sumitrā’s joy.", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.24", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 24, "iast": ["sarvalakṣaṇasaṃpannā nārīṇām uttamā vadhūḥ", "sītāpy anugatā rāmaṃ śaśinaṃ rohiṇī yathā"], "translation": "Sītā too, endowed with every auspicious mark, best of women, a devoted bride, followed Rāma, as Rohiṇī follows the moon.", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.25", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 25, "iast": ["paurair anugato dūraṃ pitrā daśarathena ca", "śṛṅgaverapure sūtaṃ gaṅgākūle vyasarjayat"], "translation": "Followed a long way by the townsfolk and by his father Daśaratha, at Śṛṅgavera on the bank of the Gaṅgā he sent back his charioteer.", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.26", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 26, "iast": ["te vanena vanaṃ gatvā nadīs tīrtvā bahūdakāḥ", "citrakūṭam anuprāpya bharadvājasya śāsanāt"], "translation": "Passing from forest to forest, crossing rivers of abundant waters, they reached Citrakūṭa at the counsel of Bharadvāja,", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.27", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 27, "iast": ["ramyam āvasathaṃ kṛtvā ramamāṇā vane trayaḥ", "devagandharvasaṃkāśās tatra te nyavasan sukham"], "translation": "and there, having made a pleasant dwelling, the three lived happily, delighting in the forest, resembling gods and gandharvas.", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.28", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 28, "iast": ["citrakūṭaṃ gate rāme putraśokāturas tadā", "rājā daśarathaḥ svargaṃ jagāma vilapan sutam"], "translation": "When Rāma had gone to Citrakūṭa, King Daśaratha, stricken with grief for his son, went to heaven, lamenting for him.", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.29", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 29, "iast": ["mṛte tu tasmin bharato vasiṣṭhapramukhair dvijaiḥ", "niyujyamāno rājyāya naicchad rājyaṃ mahābalaḥ", "sa jagāma vanaṃ vīro rāmapādaprasādakaḥ"], "translation": "When he had died, Bharata, though urged to the kingship by the brahmins led by Vasiṣṭha, the mighty one did not want the kingdom; that hero went to the forest to win the grace of Rāma’s feet.", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.30", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 30, "iast": ["pāduke cāsya rājyāya nyāsaṃ dattvā punaḥ punaḥ", "nivartayām āsa tato bharataṃ bharatāgrajaḥ"], "translation": "Rāma, Bharata’s elder, giving him his sandals as a pledge for the kingdom, again and again turned Bharata back.", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.31", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 31, "iast": ["sa kāmam anavāpyaiva rāmapādāv upaspṛśan", "nandigrāme 'karod rājyaṃ rāmāgamanakāṅkṣayā"], "translation": "He, not obtaining his wish, touching Rāma’s feet, ruled the kingdom from Nandigrāma, longing for Rāma’s return.", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.32", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 32, "iast": ["rāmas tu punar ālakṣya nāgarasya janasya ca", "tatrāgamanam ekāgre daṇḍakān praviveśa ha"], "translation": "But Rāma, perceiving the repeated coming there of the city-folk, single-mindedly entered the Daṇḍaka forest.", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.33", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 33, "iast": ["virādhaṃ rākṣasaṃ hatvā śarabhaṅgaṃ dadarśa ha", "sutīkṣṇaṃ cāpy agastyaṃ ca agastya bhrātaraṃ tathā"], "translation": "Having slain the demon Virādha, he saw Śarabhaṅga, and also Sutīkṣṇa, Agastya, and Agastya’s brother likewise.", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.34", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 34, "iast": ["agastyavacanāc caiva jagrāhaindraṃ śarāsanam", "khaḍgaṃ ca paramaprītas tūṇī cākṣayasāyakau"], "translation": "And at Agastya’s word he took Indra’s bow, a sword, and, greatly pleased, two quivers with inexhaustible arrows.", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.35", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 35, "iast": ["vasatas tasya rāmasya vane vanacaraiḥ saha", "ṛṣayo 'bhyāgaman sarve vadhāyāsurarakṣasām"], "translation": "As Rāma dwelt in the forest with the forest-dwellers, all the sages came to him for the destruction of the asuras and rākṣasas.", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.36", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 36, "iast": ["tena tatraiva vasatā janasthānanivāsinī", "virūpitā śūrpaṇakhā rākṣasī kāmarūpiṇī"], "translation": "By him, as he dwelt there, the demoness Śūrpaṇakhā, a dweller of Janasthāna who could take any form at will, was disfigured.", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.37", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 37, "iast": ["tataḥ śūrpaṇakhāvākyād udyuktān sarvarākṣasān", "kharaṃ triśirasaṃ caiva dūṣaṇaṃ caiva rākṣasaṃ"], "translation": "Then, at Śūrpaṇakhā’s words, all the roused rākṣasas — Khara, Triśiras, and the demon Dūṣaṇa —", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.38", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 38, "iast": ["nijaghāna raṇe rāmas teṣāṃ caiva padānugān", "rakṣasāṃ nihatāny āsan sahasrāṇi caturdaśa"], "translation": "Rāma slew in battle, together with their followers; fourteen thousand of the rākṣasas were slain.", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.39", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 39, "iast": ["tato jñātivadhaṃ śrutvā rāvaṇaḥ krodhamūrchitaḥ", "sahāyaṃ varayām āsa mārīcaṃ nāma rākṣasaṃ"], "translation": "Then, hearing of the slaughter of his kinsmen, Rāvaṇa, senseless with rage, chose as his helper a rākṣasa named Mārīca.", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.40", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 40, "iast": ["vāryamāṇaḥ subahuśo mārīcena sa rāvaṇaḥ", "na virodho balavatā kṣamo rāvaṇa tena te"], "translation": "Though repeatedly restrained by Mārīca — “O Rāvaṇa, enmity with that powerful one is not good for you” —", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.41", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 41, "iast": ["anādṛtya tu tad vākyaṃ rāvaṇaḥ kālacoditaḥ", "jagāma sahamarīcas tasyāśramapadaṃ tadā"], "translation": "Rāvaṇa, disregarding that advice, driven by fate, went then with Mārīca to Rāma’s hermitage.", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.42", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 42, "iast": ["tena māyāvinā dūram apavāhya nṛpātmajau", "jahāra bhāryāṃ rāmasya gṛdhraṃ hatvā jaṭāyuṣam"], "translation": "By that master of illusion, having lured the two princes far away, and having slain the vulture Jaṭāyus, he carried off Rāma’s wife.", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.43", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 43, "iast": ["gṛdhraṃ ca nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā hṛtāṃ śrutvā ca maithilīm", "rāghavaḥ śokasaṃtapto vilalāpākulendriyaḥ"], "translation": "Seeing the vulture slain and hearing that the princess of Mithilā had been carried off, Rāghava, burning with grief, his senses distraught, lamented.", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.44", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 44, "iast": ["tatas tenaiva śokena gṛdhraṃ dagdhvā jaṭāyuṣam", "mārgamāṇo vane sītāṃ rākṣasaṃ saṃdadarśa ha"], "translation": "Then, in that same grief, having cremated the vulture Jaṭāyus, while searching for Sītā in the forest he saw a rākṣasa,", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.45", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 45, "iast": ["kabandhaṃ nāma rūpeṇa vikṛtaṃ ghoradarśanam", "taṃ nihatya mahābāhur dadāha svargataś ca saḥ"], "translation": "named Kabandha, deformed in shape and dreadful to look upon. Slaying him, the mighty-armed one cremated him, and Kabandha went to heaven.", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.46", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 46, "iast": ["sa cāsya kathayām āsa śabarīṃ dharmacāriṇīm", "śramaṇīṃ dharmanipuṇām abhigaccheti rāghava", "so 'bhyagacchan mahātejāḥ śabarīṃ śatrusūdanaḥ"], "translation": "And he told him, “Go, O Rāghava, to Śabarī, a woman of righteous conduct, an ascetic skilled in dharma.” So the greatly resplendent slayer of foes went to Śabarī.", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.47", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 47, "iast": ["śabaryā pūjitaḥ samyag rāmo daśarathātmajaḥ", "pampātīre hanumatā saṃgato vānareṇa ha"], "translation": "Rāma, son of Daśaratha, duly honoured by Śabarī, met on the shore of Lake Pampā with the monkey Hanumān.", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.48", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 48, "iast": ["hanumadvacanāc caiva sugrīveṇa samāgataḥ", "sugrīvāya ca tat sarvaṃ śaṃsad rāmo mahābalaḥ"], "translation": "And on Hanumān’s advice he met with Sugrīva; and mighty Rāma told Sugrīva all that had happened.", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.49", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 49, "iast": ["tato vānararājena vairānukathanaṃ prati", "rāmāyāveditaṃ sarvaṃ praṇayād duḥkhitena ca", "vālinaś ca balaṃ tatra kathayām āsa vānaraḥ"], "translation": "Then everything concerning the account of the feud was disclosed to Rāma, out of trust, by the grieving monkey-king; and there the monkey told of Vālin’s strength.", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.50", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 50, "iast": ["pratijñātaṃ ca rāmeṇa tadā vālivadhaṃ prati", "sugrīvaḥ śaṅkitaś cāsīn nityaṃ vīryeṇa rāghave"], "translation": "And it was promised by Rāma then, regarding the slaying of Vālin; yet Sugrīva remained ever doubtful about Rāghava’s prowess.", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.51", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 51, "iast": ["rāghavaḥ pratyayārthaṃ tu dundubheḥ kāyam uttamam", "pādāṅguṣṭhena cikṣepa saṃpūrṇaṃ daśayojanam"], "translation": "To inspire his confidence, Rāghava flung with his big toe the huge carcass of Dundubhi a full ten yojanas.", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.52", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 52, "iast": ["bibheda ca punaḥ sālān saptaikena maheṣuṇā", "giriṃ rasātalaṃ caiva janayan pratyayaṃ tadā"], "translation": "And again, with a single great arrow he pierced seven sāla-trees, a mountain, and the netherworld, inspiring confidence then.", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.53", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 53, "iast": ["tataḥ prītamanās tena viśvastaḥ sa mahākapiḥ", "kiṣkindhāṃ rāmasahito jagāma ca guhāṃ tadā"], "translation": "Then that great monkey, glad at heart and trusting because of this, went together with Rāma to the cave-city of Kiṣkindhā.", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.54", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 54, "iast": ["tato 'garjad dharivaraḥ sugrīvo hemapiṅgalaḥ", "tena nādena mahatā nirjagāma harīśvaraḥ"], "translation": "Then Sugrīva, the best of monkeys, tawny-gold in hue, roared; at that mighty roar the lord of monkeys, Vālin, came forth.", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.55", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 55, "iast": ["tataḥ sugrīvavacanād dhatvā vālinam āhave", "sugrīvam eva tad rājye rāghavaḥ pratyapādayat"], "translation": "Then, at Sugrīva’s word, having slain Vālin in combat, Rāghava installed Sugrīva himself in that kingship.", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.56", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 56, "iast": ["sa ca sarvān samānīya vānarān vānararṣabhaḥ", "diśaḥ prasthāpayām āsa didṛkṣur janakātmajām"], "translation": "And that bull among monkeys, gathering all the monkeys together, sent them to the quarters, eager to find the daughter of Janaka.", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.57", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 57, "iast": ["tato gṛdhrasya vacanāt saṃpāter hanumān balī", "śatayojanavistīrṇaṃ pupluve lavaṇārṇavam"], "translation": "Then, at the word of the vulture Saṃpāti, mighty Hanumān leapt across the salt ocean, a hundred yojanas wide.", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.58", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 58, "iast": ["tatra laṅkāṃ samāsādya purīṃ rāvaṇapālitām", "dadarśa sītāṃ dhyāyantīm aśokavanikāṃ gatām"], "translation": "There, reaching the city of Laṅkā, ruled by Rāvaṇa, he saw Sītā, deep in thought, dwelling in the aśoka grove.", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.59", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 59, "iast": ["nivedayitvābhijñānaṃ pravṛttiṃ ca nivedya ca", "samāśvāsya ca vaidehīṃ mardayām āsa toraṇam"], "translation": "Having presented the token of recognition and reported the news, and having comforted Vaidehī, he wrecked the archway (of the grove).", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.60", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 60, "iast": ["pañca senāgragān hatvā sapta mantrisutān api", "śūram akṣaṃ ca niṣpiṣya grahaṇaṃ samupāgamat"], "translation": "Slaying five army-commanders and seven sons of ministers, and crushing the hero Akṣa, he let himself be taken captive.", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.61", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 61, "iast": ["astreṇonmuham ātmānaṃ jñātvā paitāmahād varāt", "marṣayan rākṣasān vīro yantriṇas tān yadṛcchayā"], "translation": "Knowing himself freed from the weapon by Brahmā’s boon, the hero endured the rākṣasas who bound him, of his own free will.", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.62", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 62, "iast": ["tato dagdhvā purīṃ laṅkām ṛte sītāṃ ca maithilīm", "rāmāya priyam ākhyātuṃ punar āyān mahākapiḥ"], "translation": "Then, having burnt the city of Laṅkā — except for Sītā, the princess of Mithilā — the great monkey returned to tell Rāma the glad news.", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.63", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 63, "iast": ["so 'bhigamya mahātmānaṃ kṛtvā rāmaṃ pradakṣiṇam", "nyavedayad ameyātmā dṛṣṭā sīteti tattvataḥ"], "translation": "Approaching the great-souled Rāma and circling him reverently, the immeasurable one reported truthfully, “Sītā has been seen.”", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.64", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 64, "iast": ["tataḥ sugrīvasahito gatvā tīraṃ mahodadheḥ", "samudraṃ kṣobhayām āsa śarair ādityasaṃnibhaiḥ"], "translation": "Then, accompanied by Sugrīva, going to the shore of the great ocean, he agitated the sea with arrows blazing like the sun.", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.65", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 65, "iast": ["darśayām āsa cātmānaṃ samudraḥ saritāṃ patiḥ", "samudravacanāc caiva nalaṃ setum akārayat"], "translation": "The ocean, lord of rivers, revealed himself; and at the ocean’s word he had Nala build the causeway.", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.66", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 66, "iast": ["tena gatvā purīṃ laṅkāṃ hatvā rāvaṇam āhave", "abhyaṣiñcat sa laṅkāyāṃ rākṣasendraṃ vibhīṣaṇam"], "translation": "By that (causeway) going to the city of Laṅkā, and slaying Rāvaṇa in battle, he consecrated Vibhīṣaṇa as lord of the rākṣasas in Laṅkā.", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.67", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 67, "iast": ["karmaṇā tena mahatā trailokyaṃ sacarācaram", "sadevarṣigaṇaṃ tuṣṭaṃ rāghavasya mahātmanaḥ"], "translation": "By that great deed the three worlds, with all that moves and is unmoving, together with the hosts of gods and seers, were well pleased with the great-souled Rāghava.", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.68", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 68, "iast": ["tathā paramasaṃtuṣṭaiḥ pūjitaḥ sarvadaivataiḥ", "kṛtakṛtyas tadā rāmo vijvaraḥ pramumoda ha"], "translation": "Thus honoured by all the deities, greatly delighted, Rāma, his task accomplished and his cares gone, then rejoiced.", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.69", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 69, "iast": ["devatābhyo varān prāpya samutthāpya ca vānarān", "puṣpakaṃ tat samāruhya nandigrāmaṃ yayau tadā"], "translation": "Having received boons from the gods and revived the fallen monkeys, and mounting that Puṣpaka chariot, he then went to Nandigrāma.", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.70", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 70, "iast": ["nandigrāme jaṭāṃ hitvā bhrātṛbhiḥ sahito 'naghaḥ", "rāmaḥ sītām anuprāpya rājyaṃ punar avāptavān"], "translation": "At Nandigrāma, casting off his matted locks, the faultless Rāma, together with his brothers, having regained Sītā, won back the kingdom.", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.71", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 71, "iast": ["prahṛṣṭamudito lokas tuṣṭaḥ puṣṭaḥ sudhārmikaḥ", "nirāyamo arogaś ca durbhikṣabhayavarjitaḥ"], "translation": "The people, joyous and rejoicing, were contented, thriving, and very righteous, free from illness and disease, and rid of famine and fear.", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.72", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 72, "iast": ["na putramaraṇaṃ ke cid drakṣyanti puruṣāḥ kva cit", "nāryaś cāvidhavā nityaṃ bhaviṣyanti pativratāḥ"], "translation": "No men anywhere would ever see the death of a son; and women, ever unwidowed, would remain devoted to their husbands.", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.73", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 73, "iast": ["na vātajaṃ bhayaṃ kiṃ cin nāpsu majjanti jantavaḥ", "na cāgrijaṃ bhayaṃ kiṃ cid yathā kṛtayuge tathā"], "translation": "There would be no danger from wind, no creatures would drown in the waters, and no danger from fire — just as in the Kṛta age, so it would be.", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.74", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 74, "iast": ["aśvamedhaśatair iṣṭvā tathā bahusuvarṇakaiḥ", "gavāṃ koṭyayutaṃ dattvā vidvadbhyo vidhipūrvakam"], "translation": "Having worshipped with hundreds of horse-sacrifices rich in gold, and given ten billion cows to the learned according to rule,", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.75", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 75, "iast": ["rājavaṃśāñ śataguṇān sthāpayiṣyati rāghavaḥ", "cāturvarṇyaṃ ca loke 'smin sve sve dharme niyokṣyati"], "translation": "Rāghava would establish royal dynasties a hundredfold, and would engage the four social orders, each in its own dharma, in this world.", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.76", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 76, "iast": ["daśavarṣasahasrāṇi daśavarṣaśatāni ca", "rāmo rājyam upāsitvā brahmalokaṃ gamiṣyati"], "translation": "For ten thousand years and ten hundred more, having governed the kingdom, Rāma would go to the world of Brahmā.", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.77", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 77, "iast": ["idaṃ pavitraṃ pāpaghnaṃ puṇyaṃ vedaiś ca saṃmitam", "yaḥ paṭhed rāmacaritaṃ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate"], "translation": "This story of Rāma is purifying, destroying sin, meritorious, and equal to the Vedas; whoever recites it is freed from all sins.", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.78", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 78, "iast": ["etad ākhyānam āyuṣyaṃ paṭhan rāmāyaṇaṃ naraḥ", "saputrapautraḥ sagaṇaḥ pretya svarge mahīyate"], "translation": "A man who recites this Rāmāyaṇa narrative, giver of long life, is honoured in heaven after death, together with his sons, grandsons, and retinue.", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.1.79", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 1, "verse": 79, "iast": ["paṭhan dvijo vāgṛṣabhatvam īyāt syāt kṣatriyo bhūmipatitvam īyāt", "vaṇigjanaḥ paṇyaphalatvam īyāj janaś ca śūdro 'pi mahattvam īyāt"], "translation": "Reciting it, a brahmin would attain mastery of speech; a kṣatriya would attain lordship of the earth; a merchant would gain the fruit of his trade; and even a śūdra would attain greatness.", "sarga_title": "Nārada recounts Rāma’s life"}
{"ref": "1.2.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 2, "verse": 1, "iast": ["nāradasya tu tad vākyaṃ śrutvā vākyaviśāradaḥ", "pūjayām āsa dharmātmā sahaśiṣyo mahāmuniḥ"], "translation": "Having heard that speech of Nārada, the great sage, skilled in speech and righteous of soul, together with his disciples honoured him.", "sarga_title": "Grief becomes the first śloka"}
{"ref": "1.2.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 2, "verse": 2, "iast": ["yathāvat pūjitas tena devarṣir nāradas tadā", "āpṛṣṭvaivābhyanujñātaḥ sa jagāma vihāyasaṃ"], "translation": "Duly honoured by him, the divine seer Nārada then, having taken his leave and been granted permission, went off into the sky.", "sarga_title": "Grief becomes the first śloka"}
{"ref": "1.2.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 2, "verse": 3, "iast": ["sa muhūtaṃ gate tasmin devalokaṃ munis tadā", "jagāma tamasātīraṃ jāhnavyās tv avidūrataḥ"], "translation": "A moment after Nārada had departed to the world of the gods, the sage then went to the bank of the Tamasā, not far from the Jāhnavī (Gaṅgā).", "sarga_title": "Grief becomes the first śloka"}
{"ref": "1.2.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 2, "verse": 4, "iast": ["sa tu tīraṃ samāsādya tamasāyā mahāmuniḥ", "śiṣyam āha sthitaṃ pārśve dṛṣṭvā tīrtham akardamam"], "translation": "Reaching the bank of the Tamasā, the great sage, seeing a bathing-spot free of mud, spoke to the disciple standing at his side:", "sarga_title": "Grief becomes the first śloka"}
{"ref": "1.2.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 2, "verse": 5, "iast": ["akardamam idaṃ tīrthaṃ bharadvāja niśāmaya", "ramaṇīyaṃ prasannāmbu sanmanuṣyamano yathā"], "translation": "“Behold, Bharadvāja, this bathing-place free of mud, lovely, its water clear as the mind of a good man.", "sarga_title": "Grief becomes the first śloka"}
{"ref": "1.2.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 2, "verse": 6, "iast": ["nyasyatāṃ kalaśas tāta dīyatāṃ valkalaṃ mama", "idam evāvagāhiṣye tamasātīrtham uttamam"], "translation": "Set down the water-pot, my child, and give me my bark-garment; I shall bathe right here, in this excellent bathing-place of the Tamasā.”", "sarga_title": "Grief becomes the first śloka"}
{"ref": "1.2.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 2, "verse": 7, "iast": ["evam ukto bharadvājo vālmīkena mahātmanā", "prāyacchata munes tasya valkalaṃ niyato guroḥ"], "translation": "Addressed thus by the great-souled Vālmīki, Bharadvāja, attentive, handed the bark-garment to that sage, his teacher.", "sarga_title": "Grief becomes the first śloka"}
{"ref": "1.2.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 2, "verse": 8, "iast": ["sa śiṣyahastād ādāya valkalaṃ niyatendriyaḥ", "vicacāra ha paśyaṃs tat sarvato vipulaṃ vanam"], "translation": "Taking the bark-garment from the disciple’s hand, his senses controlled, he wandered about, gazing on every side at that vast forest.", "sarga_title": "Grief becomes the first śloka"}
{"ref": "1.2.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 2, "verse": 9, "iast": ["tasyābhyāśe tu mithunaṃ carantam anapāyinam", "dadarśa bhagavāṃs tatra krauñcayoś cāruniḥsvanam"], "translation": "And nearby the venerable one saw there a pair of krauñca birds, sweet-voiced, moving about inseparable from each other.", "sarga_title": "Grief becomes the first śloka"}
{"ref": "1.2.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 2, "verse": 10, "iast": ["tasmāt tu mithunād ekaṃ pumāṃsaṃ pāpaniścayaḥ", "jaghāna vairanilayo niṣādas tasya paśyataḥ"], "translation": "And from that pair, a Niṣāda hunter of cruel resolve, a very abode of malice, struck down the male, as the sage looked on.", "sarga_title": "Grief becomes the first śloka"}
{"ref": "1.2.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 2, "verse": 11, "iast": ["taṃ śoṇitaparītāṅgaṃ veṣṭamānaṃ mahītale", "bhāryā tu nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā rurāva karuṇāṃ giram"], "translation": "Seeing him slain, his body drenched in blood and writhing on the ground, his mate cried out a piteous wail.", "sarga_title": "Grief becomes the first śloka"}
{"ref": "1.2.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 2, "verse": 12, "iast": ["tathā tu taṃ dvijaṃ dṛṣṭvā niṣādena nipātitam", "ṛṣer dharmātmanas tasya kāruṇyaṃ samapadyata"], "translation": "Seeing the bird thus struck down by the Niṣāda, compassion arose in that righteous sage.", "sarga_title": "Grief becomes the first śloka"}
{"ref": "1.2.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 2, "verse": 13, "iast": ["tataḥ karuṇaveditvād adharmo 'yam iti dvijaḥ", "niśāmya rudatīṃ krauñcīm idaṃ vacanam abravīt"], "translation": "Then, out of his sensitivity to pity, thinking “This is unrighteous,” the brahmin, hearing the wailing female krauñca, spoke these words:", "sarga_title": "Grief becomes the first śloka"}
{"ref": "1.2.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 2, "verse": 14, "iast": ["mā niṣāda pratiṣṭhāṃ tvam agamaḥ śāśvatīṃ samāḥ", "yat krauñcamithunād ekam avadhīḥ kāmamohitam"], "translation": "“Niṣāda, may you never find rest through the endless years — because you slew one of a pair of krauñcas, blinded by lust.”", "sarga_title": "Grief becomes the first śloka"}
{"ref": "1.2.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 2, "verse": 15, "iast": ["tasyaivaṃ bruvataś cintā babhūva hṛdi vīkṣataḥ", "śokārtenāsya śakuneḥ kim idaṃ vyāhṛtaṃ mayā"], "translation": "As he spoke thus and reflected, a thought arose in his heart: “Stricken with grief for this bird, what is this that I have uttered?”", "sarga_title": "Grief becomes the first śloka"}
{"ref": "1.2.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 2, "verse": 16, "iast": ["cintayan sa mahāprājñaś cakāra matimān matim", "śiṣyaṃ caivābravīd vākyam idaṃ sa munipuṃgavaḥ"], "translation": "Pondering, that man of great wisdom, intelligent, made up his mind; and that bull among sages spoke these words to his disciple:", "sarga_title": "Grief becomes the first śloka"}
{"ref": "1.2.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 2, "verse": 17, "iast": ["pādabaddho 'kṣarasamas tantrīlayasamanvitaḥ", "śokārtasya pravṛtto me śloko bhavatu nānyathā"], "translation": "“Set in metrical feet, with equal syllables, fit to be sung to the rhythm of the lute — let what poured forth from me in grief be a śloka, and nothing else.”", "sarga_title": "Grief becomes the first śloka"}
{"ref": "1.2.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 2, "verse": 18, "iast": ["śiṣyas tu tasya bruvato muner vākyam anuttamam", "pratijagrāha saṃhṛṣṭas tasya tuṣṭo 'bhavad guruḥ"], "translation": "The disciple received with delight that peerless utterance of the sage as he spoke; and the teacher was pleased with him.", "sarga_title": "Grief becomes the first śloka"}
{"ref": "1.2.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 2, "verse": 19, "iast": ["so 'bhiṣekaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā tīrthe tasmin yathāvidhi", "tam eva cintayann artham upāvartata vai muniḥ"], "translation": "Then, having performed his ablution at that bathing-place according to rule, the sage turned back, still pondering that very matter.", "sarga_title": "Grief becomes the first śloka"}
{"ref": "1.2.20", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 2, "verse": 20, "iast": ["bharadvājas tataḥ śiṣyo vinītaḥ śrutavān guroḥ", "kalaśaṃ pūrṇam ādāya pṛṣṭhato 'nujagāma ha"], "translation": "Then Bharadvāja, his disciple, humble and learned, taking up the full water-pot, followed his teacher behind him.", "sarga_title": "Grief becomes the first śloka"}
{"ref": "1.2.21", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 2, "verse": 21, "iast": ["sa praviśyāśramapadaṃ śiṣyeṇa saha dharmavit", "upaviṣṭaḥ kathāś cānyāś cakāra dhyānam āsthitaḥ"], "translation": "That knower of dharma, entering the hermitage with his disciple, sat down and, though engaged in other talk, remained absorbed in thought.", "sarga_title": "Grief becomes the first śloka"}
{"ref": "1.2.22", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 2, "verse": 22, "iast": ["ājagāma tato brahmā lokakartā svayaṃprabhuḥ", "caturmukho mahātejā draṣṭuṃ taṃ munipuṃgavam"], "translation": "Then Brahmā, maker of the worlds, the self-existent lord, four-faced and of great splendour, came to see that bull among sages.", "sarga_title": "Grief becomes the first śloka"}
{"ref": "1.2.23", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 2, "verse": 23, "iast": ["vālmīkir atha taṃ dṛṣṭvā sahasotthāya vāg yataḥ", "prāñjaliḥ prayato bhūtvā tasthau paramavismitaḥ"], "translation": "Then Vālmīki, seeing him, at once rose up, his speech stilled; joining his palms and composing himself, he stood in utter amazement.", "sarga_title": "Grief becomes the first śloka"}
{"ref": "1.2.24", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 2, "verse": 24, "iast": ["pūjayām āsa taṃ devaṃ pādyārghyāsanavandanaiḥ", "praṇamya vidhivac cainaṃ pṛṣṭvānāmayam avyayam"], "translation": "He honoured that god with water for the feet, the guest-offering, a seat, and salutation; and bowing to him duly, he asked after the imperishable one’s well-being.", "sarga_title": "Grief becomes the first śloka"}
{"ref": "1.2.25", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 2, "verse": 25, "iast": ["athopaviśya bhagavān āsane paramārcite", "vālmīkaye maharṣaye saṃdideśāsanaṃ tataḥ"], "translation": "Then the venerable one, having seated himself on a highly honoured seat, thereupon directed the great sage Vālmīki to a seat.", "sarga_title": "Grief becomes the first śloka"}
{"ref": "1.2.26", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 2, "verse": 26, "iast": ["upaviṣṭe tadā tasmin sākṣāl lokapitāmahe", "tad gatenaiva manasā vālmīkir dhyānam āsthitaḥ"], "translation": "When the Grandsire of the worlds himself had thus been seated, Vālmīki, his mind wholly fixed on that (event), sank into thought.", "sarga_title": "Grief becomes the first śloka"}
{"ref": "1.2.27", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 2, "verse": 27, "iast": ["pāpātmanā kṛtaṃ kaṣṭaṃ vairagrahaṇabuddhinā", "yas tādṛśaṃ cāruravaṃ krauñcaṃ hanyād akāraṇāt"], "translation": "“A cruel deed was done by that evil-souled one, his mind set on malice, who would kill without cause such a sweet-voiced krauñca —", "sarga_title": "Grief becomes the first śloka"}
{"ref": "1.2.28", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 2, "verse": 28, "iast": ["śocann eva muhuḥ krauñcīm upaślokam imaṃ punaḥ", "jagāv antargatamanā bhūtvā śokaparāyaṇaḥ"], "translation": "Grieving again and again for the female krauñca, he chanted this very verse once more, his mind turned inward, wholly given over to sorrow.", "sarga_title": "Grief becomes the first śloka"}
{"ref": "1.2.29", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 2, "verse": 29, "iast": ["tam uvāca tato brahmā prahasan munipuṃgavam", "śloka eva tvayā baddho nātra kāryā vicāraṇā"], "translation": "Then Brahmā, smiling, said to that bull among sages: “It is indeed a śloka that you have composed; no doubt need be entertained about this.", "sarga_title": "Grief becomes the first śloka"}
{"ref": "1.2.30", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 2, "verse": 30, "iast": ["macchandād eva te brahman pravṛtteyaṃ sarasvatī", "rāmasya caritaṃ kṛtsnaṃ kuru tvam ṛṣisattama"], "translation": "By my will alone, O brahmin, has this (goddess of) speech flowed forth in you; compose the entire story of Rāma, O best of seers.", "sarga_title": "Grief becomes the first śloka"}
{"ref": "1.2.31", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 2, "verse": 31, "iast": ["dharmātmano guṇavato loke rāmasya dhīmataḥ", "vṛttaṃ kathaya dhīrasya yathā te nāradāc chrutam"], "translation": "Tell the story of Rāma — righteous, virtuous, wise, and steadfast in the world — just as you heard it from Nārada.", "sarga_title": "Grief becomes the first śloka"}
{"ref": "1.2.32", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 2, "verse": 32, "iast": ["rahasyaṃ ca prakāśaṃ ca yad vṛttaṃ tasya dhīmataḥ", "rāmasya saha saumitre rākṣasānāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ"], "translation": "Whatever befell that wise Rāma, secret or open — together with Saumitri (Lakṣmaṇa), and all that concerns the rākṣasas —", "sarga_title": "Grief becomes the first śloka"}
{"ref": "1.2.33", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 2, "verse": 33, "iast": ["vaidehyāś caiva yad vṛttaṃ prakāśaṃ yadi vā rahaḥ", "tac cāpy aviditaṃ sarvaṃ viditaṃ te bhaviṣyati"], "translation": "and whatever happened to Vaidehī (Sītā), whether open or hidden — all of that too, though unknown, shall become known to you.", "sarga_title": "Grief becomes the first śloka"}
{"ref": "1.2.34", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 2, "verse": 34, "iast": ["na te vāg anṛtā kāvye kā cid atra bhaviṣyati", "kuru rāma kathāṃ puṇyāṃ ślokabaddhāṃ manoramām"], "translation": "No word of yours in this poem will anywhere prove untrue; compose the holy, delightful story of Rāma, bound in ślokas.", "sarga_title": "Grief becomes the first śloka"}
{"ref": "1.2.35", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 2, "verse": 35, "iast": ["yāvat sthāsyanti girayaḥ saritaś ca mahītale", "tāvad rāmāyaṇakathā lokeṣu pracariṣyati"], "translation": "As long as the mountains and rivers shall endure upon the earth, so long will the tale of the Rāmāyaṇa circulate among the worlds.", "sarga_title": "Grief becomes the first śloka"}
{"ref": "1.2.36", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 2, "verse": 36, "iast": ["yāvad rāmasya ca kathā tvatkṛtā pracariṣyati", "tāvad ūrdhvam adhaś ca tvaṃ mallokeṣu nivatsyasi"], "translation": "And as long as the story of Rāma composed by you shall spread, so long will you dwell, above and below, in my worlds.", "sarga_title": "Grief becomes the first śloka"}
{"ref": "1.2.37", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 2, "verse": 37, "iast": ["ity uktvā bhagavān brahmā tatraivāntaradhīyata", "tataḥ saśiṣyo vālmīkir munir vismayam āyayau"], "translation": "Having spoken thus, the venerable Brahmā vanished right there; and then the sage Vālmīki, with his disciples, was filled with wonder.", "sarga_title": "Grief becomes the first śloka"}
{"ref": "1.2.38", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 2, "verse": 38, "iast": ["tasya śiṣyās tataḥ sarve jaguḥ ślokam imaṃ punaḥ", "muhur muhuḥ prīyamāṇāḥ prāhuś ca bhṛśavismitāḥ"], "translation": "Then all his disciples chanted this śloka again; delighting in it again and again, greatly amazed, they said:", "sarga_title": "Grief becomes the first śloka"}
{"ref": "1.2.39", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 2, "verse": 39, "iast": ["samākṣaraiś caturbhir yaḥ pādair gīto maharṣiṇā", "so 'nuvyāharaṇād bhūyaḥ śokaḥ ślokatvam āgataḥ"], "translation": "That which was sung by the great sage in four feet of equal syllables — that grief, through its repeated utterance, attained the state of a śloka.", "sarga_title": "Grief becomes the first śloka"}
{"ref": "1.2.40", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 2, "verse": 40, "iast": ["tasya buddhir iyaṃ jātā vālmīker bhāvitātmanaḥ", "kṛtsnaṃ rāmāyaṇaṃ kāvyam īdṛśaiḥ karavāṇy aham"], "translation": "This thought arose in Vālmīki, whose soul was purified: “Let me compose the whole Rāmāyaṇa poem in verses such as this.”", "sarga_title": "Grief becomes the first śloka"}
{"ref": "1.2.41", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 2, "verse": 41, "iast": ["udāravṛttārthapadair manoramais tadāsya rāmasya cakāra kīrtimān", "samākṣaraiḥ ślokaśatair yaśasvino yaśaskaraṃ kāvyam udāradhīr muniḥ"], "translation": "Then that renowned, noble-minded sage composed, with delightful words of lofty conduct and meaning, in hundreds of ślokas of equal syllables, a glory-bestowing poem of the illustrious Rāma.", "sarga_title": "Grief becomes the first śloka"}
{"ref": "1.3.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 3, "verse": 1, "iast": ["śrutvā vas tu samagraṃ tad dharmātmā dharmasaṃhitam", "vyaktam anveṣate bhūyo yad vṛttaṃ tasya dhīmataḥ"], "translation": "Having heard that whole matter, conjoined with dharma, the righteous-souled one sought out yet more clearly what had befallen that wise one (Rāma).", "sarga_title": "Vālmīki sees the whole narrative"}
{"ref": "1.3.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 3, "verse": 2, "iast": ["upaspṛśyodakaṃ saṃyan muniḥ sthitvā kṛtāñjaliḥ", "prācīnāgreṣu darbheṣu dharmeṇānveṣate gatim"], "translation": "Sipping water and self-restrained, the sage, standing with palms joined, seated on darbha-grass with its tips pointing east, sought out the course (of the tale) by the power of dharma (yogic insight).", "sarga_title": "Vālmīki sees the whole narrative"}
{"ref": "1.3.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 3, "verse": 3, "iast": ["janma rāmasya sumahad vīryaṃ sarvānukūlatām", "lokasya priyatāṃ kṣāntiṃ saumyatāṃ satyaśīlatām"], "translation": "The birth of Rāma; his mighty valour; his favour toward all; his dearness to the world; his patience, gentleness, and truthfulness of character;", "sarga_title": "Vālmīki sees the whole narrative"}
{"ref": "1.3.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 3, "verse": 4, "iast": ["nānācitrāḥ kathāś cānyā viśvāmitrasahāyane", "jānakyāś ca vivāhaṃ ca dhanuṣaś ca vibhedanam"], "translation": "and various other wondrous tales told during the accompanying of Viśvāmitra; the marriage of Jānakī (Sītā); the breaking of the bow;", "sarga_title": "Vālmīki sees the whole narrative"}
{"ref": "1.3.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 3, "verse": 5, "iast": ["rāmarāmavivādaṃ ca guṇān dāśarathes tathā", "tathābhiṣekaṃ rāmasya kaikeyyā duṣṭabhāvatām"], "translation": "the dispute between Rāma (Dāśarathi) and Rāma (Paraśurāma); the virtues of the son of Daśaratha; likewise the (planned) consecration of Rāma, and the wicked disposition of Kaikeyī;", "sarga_title": "Vālmīki sees the whole narrative"}
{"ref": "1.3.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 3, "verse": 6, "iast": ["vyāghātaṃ cābhiṣekasya rāmasya ca vivāsanam", "rājñaḥ śokaṃ vilāpaṃ ca paralokasya cāśrayam"], "translation": "the thwarting of the consecration, and the banishment of Rāma; the king’s grief and lament, and his passing to the next world;", "sarga_title": "Vālmīki sees the whole narrative"}
{"ref": "1.3.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 3, "verse": 7, "iast": ["prakṛtīnāṃ viṣādaṃ ca prakṛtīnāṃ visarjanam", "niṣādādhipasaṃvādaṃ sūtopāvartanaṃ tathā"], "translation": "the dejection of the subjects, and the dismissal of the subjects; the conversation with the lord of the Niṣādas, and likewise the sending-back of the charioteer;", "sarga_title": "Vālmīki sees the whole narrative"}
{"ref": "1.3.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 3, "verse": 8, "iast": ["gaṅgāyāś cābhisaṃtāraṃ bharadvājasya darśanam", "bharadvājābhyanujñānāc citrakūṭasya darśanam"], "translation": "the crossing of the Gaṅgā; the visit to Bharadvāja; and, by Bharadvāja’s leave, the sighting of Citrakūṭa;", "sarga_title": "Vālmīki sees the whole narrative"}
{"ref": "1.3.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 3, "verse": 9, "iast": ["vāstukarmaniveśaṃ ca bharatāgamanaṃ tathā", "prasādanaṃ ca rāmasya pituś ca salilakriyām"], "translation": "the building and setting-up of a dwelling, and likewise the coming of Bharata; the conciliating of Rāma, and the water-rite for his father;", "sarga_title": "Vālmīki sees the whole narrative"}
{"ref": "1.3.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 3, "verse": 10, "iast": ["pādukāgryābhiṣekaṃ ca nandigrāma nivāsanam", "daṇḍakāraṇyagamanaṃ sutīkṣṇena samāgamam"], "translation": "the consecration of the sandals as sovereign, and the dwelling at Nandigrāma; the going to the Daṇḍaka forest, and the meeting with Sutīkṣṇa;", "sarga_title": "Vālmīki sees the whole narrative"}
{"ref": "1.3.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 3, "verse": 11, "iast": ["anasūyāsamasyāṃ ca aṅgarāgasya cārpaṇam", "śūrpaṇakhyāś ca saṃvādaṃ virūpakaraṇaṃ tathā"], "translation": "the meeting with Anasūyā, and her bestowing of the cosmetic salve; the conversation with Śūrpaṇakhā, and likewise her disfigurement;", "sarga_title": "Vālmīki sees the whole narrative"}
{"ref": "1.3.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 3, "verse": 12, "iast": ["vadhaṃ kharatriśirasor utthānaṃ rāvaṇasya ca", "mārīcasya vadhaṃ caiva vaidehyā haraṇaṃ tathā"], "translation": "the slaying of Khara and Triśiras, and the rousing of Rāvaṇa; the slaying of Mārīca, and likewise the carrying-off of Vaidehī (Sītā);", "sarga_title": "Vālmīki sees the whole narrative"}
{"ref": "1.3.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 3, "verse": 13, "iast": ["rāghavasya vilāpaṃ ca gṛdhrarājanibarhaṇam", "kabandhadarśanaṃ caiva pampāyāś cāpi darśanam"], "translation": "the lament of Rāghava; the slaying of the vulture-king (Jaṭāyus); the sight of Kabandha, and also the sight of Lake Pampā;", "sarga_title": "Vālmīki sees the whole narrative"}
{"ref": "1.3.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 3, "verse": 14, "iast": ["śarbaryā darśanaṃ caiva hanūmaddarśanaṃ tathā", "vilāpaṃ caiva pampāyāṃ rāghavasya mahātmanaḥ"], "translation": "the meeting with Śabarī, and likewise the meeting with Hanumān; and the lament of the great-souled Rāghava at Pampā;", "sarga_title": "Vālmīki sees the whole narrative"}
{"ref": "1.3.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 3, "verse": 15, "iast": ["ṛṣyamūkasya gamanaṃ sugrīveṇa samāgamam", "pratyayotpādanaṃ sakhyaṃ vālisugrīvavigraham"], "translation": "the going to Mount Ṛṣyamūka; the meeting with Sugrīva; the inspiring of confidence; the alliance; the combat of Vālin and Sugrīva;", "sarga_title": "Vālmīki sees the whole narrative"}
{"ref": "1.3.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 3, "verse": 16, "iast": ["vālipramathanaṃ caiva sugrīvapratipādanam", "tārāvilāpasamayaṃ varṣarātrinivāsanam"], "translation": "the destruction of Vālin, and the establishing of Sugrīva; the occasion of Tārā’s lament; the dwelling through the rainy nights;", "sarga_title": "Vālmīki sees the whole narrative"}
{"ref": "1.3.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 3, "verse": 17, "iast": ["kopaṃ rāghavasiṃhasya balānām upasaṃgraham", "diśaḥ prasthāpanaṃ caiva pṛthivyāś ca nivedanam"], "translation": "the anger of the lion-like Rāghava; the mustering of the troops; the despatching (of the monkeys) to the quarters, and the description of the earth;", "sarga_title": "Vālmīki sees the whole narrative"}
{"ref": "1.3.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 3, "verse": 18, "iast": ["aṅgulīyakadānaṃ ca ṛkṣasya biladarśanam", "prāyopaveśanaṃ caiva saṃpāteś cāpi darśanam"], "translation": "the giving of the signet-ring, and the sight of the cave of the bear (Svayamprabhā’s cavern); the sitting down to fast unto death, and also the meeting with Saṃpāti;", "sarga_title": "Vālmīki sees the whole narrative"}
{"ref": "1.3.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 3, "verse": 19, "iast": ["parvatārohaṇaṃ caiva sāgarasya ca laṅghanam", "rātrau laṅkāpraveśaṃ ca ekasyāpi vicintanam"], "translation": "the ascent of the mountain, and the leaping across the ocean; the entry into Laṅkā by night, and the pondering (of Hanumān) all alone;", "sarga_title": "Vālmīki sees the whole narrative"}
{"ref": "1.3.20", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 3, "verse": 20, "iast": ["āpānabhūmigamanam avarodhasya darśanam", "aśokavanikāyānaṃ sītāyāś cāpi darśanam"], "translation": "the going to the drinking-hall; the sight of the harem; the going to the aśoka grove, and also the sight of Sītā;", "sarga_title": "Vālmīki sees the whole narrative"}
{"ref": "1.3.21", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 3, "verse": 21, "iast": ["abhijñānapradānaṃ ca sītāyāś cāpi bhāṣaṇam", "rākṣasītarjanaṃ caiva trijaṭāsvapnadarśanam"], "translation": "the giving of the token of recognition, and also Sītā’s speech; the threatening by the rākṣasa-women, and Trijaṭā’s dream-vision;", "sarga_title": "Vālmīki sees the whole narrative"}
{"ref": "1.3.22", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 3, "verse": 22, "iast": ["maṇipradānaṃ sītāyā vṛkṣabhaṅgaṃ tathaiva ca", "rākṣasīvidravaṃ caiva kiṃkarāṇāṃ nibarhaṇam"], "translation": "the giving of the jewel by Sītā; likewise the breaking of the trees; the fleeing of the rākṣasīs, and the slaying of the servant-demons;", "sarga_title": "Vālmīki sees the whole narrative"}
{"ref": "1.3.23", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 3, "verse": 23, "iast": ["grahaṇaṃ vāyusūnoś ca laṅkādāhābhigarjanam", "pratiplavanam evātha madhūnāṃ haraṇaṃ tathā"], "translation": "the capture of the Wind-god’s son (Hanumān); the burning of Laṅkā and his roaring defiance; then the leaping back, and likewise the plundering of the honey (in the honey-grove);", "sarga_title": "Vālmīki sees the whole narrative"}
{"ref": "1.3.24", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 3, "verse": 24, "iast": ["rāghavāśvāsanaṃ caiva maṇiniryātanaṃ tathā", "saṃgamaṃ ca samudrasya nalasetoś ca bandhanam"], "translation": "the reassuring of Rāghava, and likewise the handing-over of the jewel; the meeting with the Ocean, and the building of Nala’s bridge;", "sarga_title": "Vālmīki sees the whole narrative"}
{"ref": "1.3.25", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 3, "verse": 25, "iast": ["pratāraṃ ca samudrasya rātrau laṅkāvarodhanam", "vibhīṣaṇena saṃsargaṃ vadhopāyanivedanam"], "translation": "the crossing of the ocean; the besieging of Laṅkā by night; the alliance with Vibhīṣaṇa; the disclosure of the means of slaying (Rāvaṇa);", "sarga_title": "Vālmīki sees the whole narrative"}
{"ref": "1.3.26", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 3, "verse": 26, "iast": ["kumbhakarṇasya nidhanaṃ meghanādanibarhaṇam", "rāvaṇasya vināśaṃ ca sītāvāptim areḥ pure"], "translation": "the death of Kumbhakarṇa; the slaying of Meghanāda (Indrajit); the destruction of Rāvaṇa; and the recovery of Sītā in the enemy’s city;", "sarga_title": "Vālmīki sees the whole narrative"}
{"ref": "1.3.27", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 3, "verse": 27, "iast": ["bibhīṣaṇābhiṣekaṃ ca puṣpakasya ca darśanam", "ayodhyāyāś ca gamanaṃ bharatena samāgamam"], "translation": "the consecration of Vibhīṣaṇa, and the sight of the Puṣpaka chariot; the journey to Ayodhyā, and the reunion with Bharata;", "sarga_title": "Vālmīki sees the whole narrative"}
{"ref": "1.3.28", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 3, "verse": 28, "iast": ["rāmābhiṣekābhyudayaṃ sarvasainyavisarjanam", "svarāṣṭrarañjanaṃ caiva vaidehyāś ca visarjanam"], "translation": "the festal consecration of Rāma; the disbanding of all the armies; the delighting of his own realm; and (later) the banishment of Vaidehī (Sītā);", "sarga_title": "Vālmīki sees the whole narrative"}
{"ref": "1.3.29", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 3, "verse": 29, "iast": ["anāgataṃ ca yat kiṃ cid rāmasya vasudhātale", "tac cakārottare kāvye vālmīkir bhagavān ṛṣiḥ"], "translation": "And whatever was yet to come for Rāma upon the earth, all that the venerable seer Vālmīki set forth in the later book (the Uttarakāṇḍa).", "sarga_title": "Vālmīki sees the whole narrative"}
{"ref": "1.4.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 4, "verse": 1, "iast": ["prāptarājyasya rāmasya vālmīkir bhagavān ṛṣiḥ", "cakāra caritaṃ kṛtsnaṃ vicitrapadam ātmavān"], "translation": "When Rāma had won back his kingdom, the venerable seer Vālmīki, self-possessed, composed his entire story in wondrous verse.", "sarga_title": "Kuśa & Lava perform the poem"}
{"ref": "1.4.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 4, "verse": 2, "iast": ["kṛtvā tu tan mahāprājñaḥ sabhaviṣyaṃ sahottaram", "cintayām āsa ko nv etat prayuñjīyād iti prabhuḥ"], "translation": "Having composed it, with what was to come and the sequel included, the greatly wise lord reflected: “Who indeed might perform this?”", "sarga_title": "Kuśa & Lava perform the poem"}
{"ref": "1.4.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 4, "verse": 3, "iast": ["tasya cintayamānasya maharṣer bhāvitātmanaḥ", "agṛhṇītāṃ tataḥ pādau muniveṣau kuśīlavau"], "translation": "As that great sage of purified soul was pondering, Kuśa and Lava, in the garb of sages, then clasped his feet.", "sarga_title": "Kuśa & Lava perform the poem"}
{"ref": "1.4.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 4, "verse": 4, "iast": ["kuśīlavau tu dharmajñau rājaputrau yaśasvinau", "bhrātarau svarasaṃpannau dadarśāśramavāsinau"], "translation": "He beheld Kuśa and Lava — knowers of dharma, illustrious princes, brothers gifted with fine voices, dwelling in the hermitage.", "sarga_title": "Kuśa & Lava perform the poem"}
{"ref": "1.4.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 4, "verse": 5, "iast": ["sa tu medhāvinau dṛṣṭvā vedeṣu pariniṣṭhitau", "vedopabṛhmaṇārthāya tāv agrāhayata prabhuḥ"], "translation": "Seeing the two intelligent ones fully grounded in the Vedas, the lord had them learn it, so as to amplify the Veda.", "sarga_title": "Kuśa & Lava perform the poem"}
{"ref": "1.4.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 4, "verse": 6, "iast": ["kāvyaṃ rāmāyaṇaṃ kṛtsnaṃ sītāyāś caritaṃ mahat", "paulastya vadham ity eva cakāra caritavrataḥ"], "translation": "He of accomplished vows composed the entire poem, the Rāmāyaṇa — the great story of Sītā, also called “the Slaying of the Descendant of Pulastya (Rāvaṇa).”", "sarga_title": "Kuśa & Lava perform the poem"}
{"ref": "1.4.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 4, "verse": 7, "iast": ["pāṭhye geye ca madhuraṃ pramāṇais tribhir anvitam", "jātibhiḥ saptabhir yuktaṃ tantrīlayasamanvitam"], "translation": "sweet whether recited or sung, furnished with the three tempos, joined with the seven melodic modes, and set to the rhythm of the lute;", "sarga_title": "Kuśa & Lava perform the poem"}
{"ref": "1.4.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 4, "verse": 8, "iast": ["hāsyaśṛṅgārakāruṇyaraudravīrabhayānakaiḥ", "bībhatsādirasair yuktaṃ kāvyam etad agāyatām"], "translation": "They sang this poem, endowed with the sentiments of the comic, the erotic, the compassionate, the furious, the heroic, the terrible, the loathsome, and the rest.", "sarga_title": "Kuśa & Lava perform the poem"}
{"ref": "1.4.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 4, "verse": 9, "iast": ["tau tu gāndharvatattvajñau sthāna mūrcchana kovidau", "bhrātarau svarasaṃpannau gandharvāv iva rūpiṇau"], "translation": "And those two, knowers of the science of music, skilled in vocal registers and melodic modulation, brothers gifted with fine voices, were like gandharvas made visible.", "sarga_title": "Kuśa & Lava perform the poem"}
{"ref": "1.4.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 4, "verse": 10, "iast": ["rūpalakṣaṇasaṃpannau madhurasvarabhāṣiṇau", "bimbād ivoddhṛtau bimbau rāmadehāt tathāparau"], "translation": "endowed with beauty and (auspicious) marks, speaking with sweet voices, they were like two reflections lifted from a mirror-image — two others, as it were, from Rāma’s own body.", "sarga_title": "Kuśa & Lava perform the poem"}
{"ref": "1.4.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 4, "verse": 11, "iast": ["tau rājaputrau kārtsnyena dharmyam ākhyānam uttamam", "vāco vidheyaṃ tat sarvaṃ kṛtvā kāvyam aninditau"], "translation": "Those two blameless princes, having made that whole excellent, dharma-based narrative — the poem — wholly obedient to their voice,", "sarga_title": "Kuśa & Lava perform the poem"}
{"ref": "1.4.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 4, "verse": 12, "iast": ["ṛṣīṇāṃ ca dvijātīnāṃ sādhūnāṃ ca samāgame", "yathopadeśaṃ tattvajñau jagatus tau samāhitau", "mahātmānau mahābhāgau sarvalakṣaṇalakṣitau"], "translation": "in the assembly of seers, brahmins, and holy men, those two knowers of truth, composed, sang it as instructed — the two great-souled, greatly blessed ones, marked with every (auspicious) sign.", "sarga_title": "Kuśa & Lava perform the poem"}
{"ref": "1.4.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 4, "verse": 13, "iast": ["tau kadā cit sametānām ṛṣīṇāṃ bhāvitātmanām", "āsīnānāṃ samīpasthāv idaṃ kāvyam agāyatām"], "translation": "Once, standing near the assembled seers of purified soul as they sat, the two sang this poem.", "sarga_title": "Kuśa & Lava perform the poem"}
{"ref": "1.4.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 4, "verse": 14, "iast": ["tac chrutvā munayaḥ sarve bāṣpaparyākulekṣaṇāḥ", "sādhu sādhv ity tāv ūcatuḥ paraṃ vismayam āgatāḥ"], "translation": "Hearing it, all the sages, their eyes brimming with tears, said to the two, “Excellent! Excellent!”, filled with the utmost wonder.", "sarga_title": "Kuśa & Lava perform the poem"}
{"ref": "1.4.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 4, "verse": 15, "iast": ["te prītamanasaḥ sarve munayo dharmavatsalāḥ", "praśaśaṃsuḥ praśastavyau gāyamānau kuśīlavau"], "translation": "All those sages, glad at heart and devoted to dharma, praised the praiseworthy Kuśa and Lava as they sang.", "sarga_title": "Kuśa & Lava perform the poem"}
{"ref": "1.4.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 4, "verse": 16, "iast": ["aho gītasya mādhuryaṃ ślokānāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ", "ciranirvṛttam apy etat pratyakṣam iva darśitam"], "translation": "“Ah, the sweetness of the singing, and of the ślokas especially! Though it took place long ago, it has been shown as if before our very eyes.”", "sarga_title": "Kuśa & Lava perform the poem"}
{"ref": "1.4.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 4, "verse": 17, "iast": ["praviśya tāv ubhau suṣṭhu tadā bhāvam agāyatām", "sahitau madhuraṃ raktaṃ saṃpannaṃ svarasaṃpadā"], "translation": "Then the two, both entering fully into the feeling, sang together sweetly and with fervour, made perfect by the wealth of their voices.", "sarga_title": "Kuśa & Lava perform the poem"}
{"ref": "1.4.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 4, "verse": 18, "iast": ["evaṃ praśasyamānau tau tapaḥślāghyair maharṣibhiḥ", "saṃraktataram atyarthaṃ madhuraṃ tāv agāyatām"], "translation": "Thus praised by the great sages, worthy of honour for their austerities, the two sang yet more fervently and exceedingly sweetly.", "sarga_title": "Kuśa & Lava perform the poem"}
{"ref": "1.4.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 4, "verse": 19, "iast": ["prītaḥ kaś cin munis tābhyāṃ saṃsthitaḥ kalaśaṃ dadau", "prasanno valkalaṃ kaś cid dadau tābhyāṃ mahāyaśāḥ"], "translation": "Some pleased sage present there gave the two a water-pot; some illustrious one, delighted, gave them a bark-garment.", "sarga_title": "Kuśa & Lava perform the poem"}
{"ref": "1.4.20", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 4, "verse": 20, "iast": ["āścaryam idam ākhyānaṃ muninā saṃprakīrtitam", "paraṃ kavīnām ādhāraṃ samāptaṃ ca yathākramam"], "translation": "“Wonderful is this narrative proclaimed by the sage — the supreme foundation for poets, and completed in due order.”", "sarga_title": "Kuśa & Lava perform the poem"}
{"ref": "1.4.21", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 4, "verse": 21, "iast": ["praśasyamānau sarvatra kadā cit tatra gāyakau", "rathyāsu rājamārgeṣu dadarśa bharatāgrajaḥ"], "translation": "Praised everywhere, the two singers were once seen there — in the streets and on the royal highways — by the elder brother of Bharata (Rāma).", "sarga_title": "Kuśa & Lava perform the poem"}
{"ref": "1.4.22", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 4, "verse": 22, "iast": ["svaveśma cānīya tato bhrātarau sakuśīlavau", "pūjayām āsa pūjārhau rāmaḥ śatrunibarhaṇaḥ"], "translation": "Then, bringing the two brothers, Kuśa and Lava, to his own dwelling, Rāma, destroyer of foes, honoured the two who were worthy of honour.", "sarga_title": "Kuśa & Lava perform the poem"}
{"ref": "1.4.23", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 4, "verse": 23, "iast": ["āsīnaḥ kāñcane divye sa ca siṃhāsane prabhuḥ", "upopaviṣṭaiḥ sacivair bhrātṛbhiś ca paraṃtapaḥ"], "translation": "And that lord, scorcher of foes, was seated on a divine golden lion-throne, with his ministers and brothers seated close beside him.", "sarga_title": "Kuśa & Lava perform the poem"}
{"ref": "1.4.24", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 4, "verse": 24, "iast": ["dṛṣṭvā tu rūpasaṃpannau tāv ubhau vīṇinau tataḥ", "uvāca lakṣmaṇaṃ rāmaḥ śatrughnaṃ bharataṃ tathā"], "translation": "Then, seeing those two, both endowed with beauty and holding lutes, Rāma spoke to Lakṣmaṇa, and to Śatrughna and Bharata:", "sarga_title": "Kuśa & Lava perform the poem"}
{"ref": "1.4.25", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 4, "verse": 25, "iast": ["śrūyatām idam ākhyānam anayor devavarcasoḥ", "vicitrārthapadaṃ samyag gāyator madhurasvaram"], "translation": "“Let this narrative be heard from these two of godlike splendour, as they duly sing it — with wondrous words and meaning, in a sweet voice.”", "sarga_title": "Kuśa & Lava perform the poem"}
{"ref": "1.4.26", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 4, "verse": 26, "iast": ["imau munī pārthivalakṣmaṇānvitau kuśīlavau caiva mahātapasvinau", "mamāpi tad bhūtikaraṃ pracakṣate mahānubhāvaṃ caritaṃ nibodhata"], "translation": "“These two sages, endowed with royal marks, Kuśa and Lava, great ascetics — they proclaim this to bring welfare even to me; hear this narrative of great import.”", "sarga_title": "Kuśa & Lava perform the poem"}
{"ref": "1.4.27", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 4, "verse": 27, "iast": ["tatas tu tau rāmavacaḥ pracoditāv agāyatāṃ mārgavidhānasaṃpadā", "sa cāpi rāmaḥ pariṣadgataḥ śanair bubhūṣayāsaktamanā babhūva"], "translation": "Then those two, urged on by Rāma’s words, sang with the full perfection of the classical (mārga) technique; and Rāma too, seated in the assembly, gradually became engrossed in mind, eager to listen.", "sarga_title": "Kuśa & Lava perform the poem"}
{"ref": "1.5.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 5, "verse": 1, "iast": ["sarvāpūrvam iyaṃ yeṣām āsīt kṛtsnā vasuṃdharā", "prajāpatim upādāya nṛpāṇāṃ jayaśālinām"], "translation": "This whole earth in its entirety once belonged to those victorious kings, beginning with Prajāpati.", "sarga_title": "Ayodhyā’s layout and defences"}
{"ref": "1.5.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 5, "verse": 2, "iast": ["yeṣāṃ sa sagaro nāma sāgaro yena khānitaḥ", "ṣaṣṭiḥ putrasahasrāṇi yaṃ yāntaṃ paryavārayan"], "translation": "Among them was the one named Sagara, by whom the ocean was dug out, whom his sixty thousand sons attended as he marched.", "sarga_title": "Ayodhyā’s layout and defences"}
{"ref": "1.5.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 5, "verse": 3, "iast": ["ikṣvākūṇām idaṃ teṣāṃ rājñāṃ vaṃśe mahātmanām", "mahad utpannam ākhyānaṃ rāmāyaṇam iti śrutam"], "translation": "In the lineage of those great-souled Ikṣvāku kings arose this great tale, known as the Rāmāyaṇa.", "sarga_title": "Ayodhyā’s layout and defences"}
{"ref": "1.5.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 5, "verse": 4, "iast": ["tad idaṃ vartayiṣyāmi sarvaṃ nikhilam āditaḥ", "dharmakāmārthasahitaṃ śrotavyam anasūyayā"], "translation": "This entire tale I shall now relate in full from the beginning — replete with dharma, artha, and kāma — to be heard without ill will.", "sarga_title": "Ayodhyā’s layout and defences"}
{"ref": "1.5.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 5, "verse": 5, "iast": ["kosalo nāma muditaḥ sphīto janapado mahān", "niviṣṭaḥ sarayūtīre prabhūtadhanadhānyavān"], "translation": "There is a great country named Kosala, joyous and flourishing, set upon the bank of the Sarayū, abounding in wealth and grain.", "sarga_title": "Ayodhyā’s layout and defences"}
{"ref": "1.5.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 5, "verse": 6, "iast": ["ayodhyā nāma nagarī tatrāsīl lokaviśrutā", "manunā mānavendreṇa yā purī nirmitā svayam"], "translation": "There stood a world-renowned city named Ayodhyā, which city was built by Manu himself, the lord of men.", "sarga_title": "Ayodhyā’s layout and defences"}
{"ref": "1.5.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 5, "verse": 7, "iast": ["āyatā daśa ca dve ca yojanāni mahāpurī", "śrīmatī trīṇi vistīrṇā suvibhaktamahāpathā"], "translation": "The splendid great city stretched twelve yojanas in length and three in breadth, with its grand avenues well laid out.", "sarga_title": "Ayodhyā’s layout and defences"}
{"ref": "1.5.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 5, "verse": 8, "iast": ["rājamārgeṇa mahatā suvibhaktena śobhitā", "muktapuṣpāvakīrṇena jalasiktena nityaśaḥ"], "translation": "It was adorned by a great, well-ordered royal highway, strewn with loose-cast flowers and sprinkled with water without cease.", "sarga_title": "Ayodhyā’s layout and defences"}
{"ref": "1.5.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 5, "verse": 9, "iast": ["tāṃ tu rājā daśaratho mahārāṣṭravivardhanaḥ", "purīm āvāsayām āsa divi devapatir yathā"], "translation": "And King Daśaratha, enhancer of the great realm, dwelt in and peopled that city, as the lord of the gods dwells in heaven.", "sarga_title": "Ayodhyā’s layout and defences"}
{"ref": "1.5.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 5, "verse": 10, "iast": ["kapāṭatoraṇavatīṃ suvibhaktāntarāpaṇām", "sarvayantrāyudhavatīm upetāṃ sarvaśilpibhiḥ"], "translation": "(That city) had gates and arched portals, with well-ordered inner markets, provided with every engine and weapon, and furnished with artisans of every kind;", "sarga_title": "Ayodhyā’s layout and defences"}
{"ref": "1.5.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 5, "verse": 11, "iast": ["sūtamāgadhasaṃbādhāṃ śrīmatīm atulaprabhām", "uccāṭṭāladhvajavatīṃ śataghnīśatasaṃkulām"], "translation": "thronged with bards and panegyrists, splendid, of matchless brilliance, having lofty watchtowers and banners, and bristling with hundreds of śataghnīs;", "sarga_title": "Ayodhyā’s layout and defences"}
{"ref": "1.5.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 5, "verse": 12, "iast": ["vadhūnāṭakasaṅghaiś ca saṃyuktāṃ sarvataḥ purīm", "udyānāmravaṇopetāṃ mahatīṃ sālamekhalām"], "translation": "the city on every side furnished with troupes of dancing-women and players, provided with pleasure-gardens and mango-groves, vast, and girdled with a rampart;", "sarga_title": "Ayodhyā’s layout and defences"}
{"ref": "1.5.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 5, "verse": 13, "iast": ["durgagambhīraparighāṃ durgām anyair durāsadām", "vājivāraṇasaṃpūrṇāṃ gobhir uṣṭraiḥ kharais tathā"], "translation": "with a deep and impassable moat, a stronghold unassailable by foes, filled with horses and elephants, with cattle, camels, and asses as well;", "sarga_title": "Ayodhyā’s layout and defences"}
{"ref": "1.5.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 5, "verse": 14, "iast": ["sāmantarājasaṅghaiś ca balikarmabhir āvṛtām", "nānādeśanivāsaiś ca vaṇigbhir upaśobhitām"], "translation": "thronged with hosts of vassal kings engaged in bringing tribute, and graced by merchants who dwelt there from many lands;", "sarga_title": "Ayodhyā’s layout and defences"}
{"ref": "1.5.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 5, "verse": 15, "iast": ["prasādai ratnavikṛtaiḥ parvatair upaśobhitām", "kūṭāgāraiś ca saṃpūrṇām indrasyevāmarāvatīm"], "translation": "graced with jewel-wrought palaces towering like mountains, and full of turreted mansions — like Indra's Amarāvatī;", "sarga_title": "Ayodhyā’s layout and defences"}
{"ref": "1.5.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 5, "verse": 16, "iast": ["citrām aṣṭāpadākārāṃ varanārīgaṇair yutām", "sarvaratnasamākīrṇāṃ vimānagṛhaśobhitām"], "translation": "brilliant, laid out foursquare like a chessboard, filled with troops of lovely women, strewn with jewels of every kind, resplendent with palatial mansions;", "sarga_title": "Ayodhyā’s layout and defences"}
{"ref": "1.5.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 5, "verse": 17, "iast": ["gṛhagāḍhām avicchidrāṃ samabhūmau niveśitām", "śālitaṇḍulasaṃpūrṇām ikṣukāṇḍarasodakām"], "translation": "densely built with houses, with no gap between them, laid out upon level ground, abounding in rice and grain, its water sweet as the juice of sugarcane stalks;", "sarga_title": "Ayodhyā’s layout and defences"}
{"ref": "1.5.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 5, "verse": 18, "iast": ["dundubhībhir mṛdaṅgaiś ca vīṇābhiḥ paṇavais tathā", "nāditāṃ bhṛśam atyarthaṃ pṛthivyāṃ tām anuttamām"], "translation": "resounding exceedingly with kettledrums, tabors, lutes, and cymbals — that city unequalled upon the earth;", "sarga_title": "Ayodhyā’s layout and defences"}
{"ref": "1.5.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 5, "verse": 19, "iast": ["vimānam iva siddhānāṃ tapasādhigataṃ divi", "suniveśitaveśmāntāṃ narottamasamāvṛtām"], "translation": "like the aerial palace of the Siddhas won in heaven by austerity; with its dwellings well laid out, thronged with the noblest of men —", "sarga_title": "Ayodhyā’s layout and defences"}
{"ref": "1.5.20", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 5, "verse": 20, "iast": ["ye ca bāṇair na vidhyanti viviktam aparāparam", "śabdavedhyaṃ ca vitataṃ laghuhastā viśāradāḥ"], "translation": "and skilled, nimble-handed men who would not loose their arrows at a target isolated, indistinct, spread out, or to be struck by sound alone;", "sarga_title": "Ayodhyā’s layout and defences"}
{"ref": "1.5.21", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 5, "verse": 21, "iast": ["siṃhavyāghravarāhāṇāṃ mattānāṃ nadatāṃ vane", "hantāro niśitaiḥ śastrair balād bāhubalair api"], "translation": "but who were slayers of lions, tigers, and boars — furious and roaring in the forest — with sharp weapons, or forcibly even by the strength of their arms.", "sarga_title": "Ayodhyā’s layout and defences"}
{"ref": "1.5.22", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 5, "verse": 22, "iast": ["tādṛśānāṃ sahasrais tām abhipūrṇāṃ mahārathaiḥ", "purīm āvāsayām āsa rājā daśarathas tadā"], "translation": "That city, filled with thousands of such great chariot-warriors, King Daśaratha then peopled.", "sarga_title": "Ayodhyā’s layout and defences"}
{"ref": "1.5.23", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 5, "verse": 23, "iast": ["tām agnimadbhir guṇavadbhir āvṛtāṃ dvijottamair vedaṣaḍaṅgapāragaiḥ", "sahasradaiḥ satyaratair mahātmabhir maharṣikalpair ṛṣibhiś ca kevalaiḥ"], "translation": "That city was thronged with the best of brahmins — maintainers of the sacred fires, virtuous, masters of the Vedas and the six Vedāṅgas, givers of thousands in alms, devoted to truth, great-souled and like unto the great seers — and with sages pure and perfect.", "sarga_title": "Ayodhyā’s layout and defences"}
{"ref": "1.6.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 6, "verse": 1, "iast": ["puryāṃ tasyām ayodhyāyāṃ vedavit sarvasaṃgrahaḥ", "dīrghadarśī mahātejāḥ paurajānapadapriyaḥ"], "translation": "In that city of Ayodhyā there dwelt a king versed in the Vedas, provident for all, far-sighted, of great splendour, dear to town and country folk —", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha and Ayodhyā’s inhabitants"}
{"ref": "1.6.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 6, "verse": 2, "iast": ["ikṣvākūṇām atiratho yajvā dharmarato vaśī", "maharṣikalpo rājarṣis triṣu lokṛṣu viśrutaḥ"], "translation": "a mighty chariot-warrior of the Ikṣvākus, a performer of sacrifices, devoted to dharma and self-controlled, like a great sage, a royal seer renowned in the three worlds;", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha and Ayodhyā’s inhabitants"}
{"ref": "1.6.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 6, "verse": 3, "iast": ["balavān nihatāmitro mitravān vijitendriyaḥ", "dhanaiś ca saṃcayaiś cānyaiḥ śakravaiśravaṇopamaḥ"], "translation": "powerful, his enemies destroyed, rich in allies, his senses conquered, and — in riches and other accumulated stores — the equal of Śakra (Indra) and Vaiśravaṇa (Kubera).", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha and Ayodhyā’s inhabitants"}
{"ref": "1.6.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 6, "verse": 4, "iast": ["yathā manur mahātejā lokasya parirakṣitā", "tathā daśaratho rājā vasañ jagad apālayat"], "translation": "Just as Manu of great splendour was the protector of the world, so King Daśaratha, dwelling there, ruled over the world.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha and Ayodhyā’s inhabitants"}
{"ref": "1.6.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 6, "verse": 5, "iast": ["tena satyābhisaṃdhena trivargam anutiṣṭhatā", "pālitā sā purī śreṣṭhendreṇa ivāmarāvatī"], "translation": "By him, true to his word and pursuing the three aims of life, that best of cities was protected, as Amarāvatī is by Indra.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha and Ayodhyā’s inhabitants"}
{"ref": "1.6.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 6, "verse": 6, "iast": ["tasmin puravare hṛṣṭā dharmātmanā bahu śrutāḥ", "narās tuṣṭādhanaiḥ svaiḥ svair alubdhāḥ satyavādinaḥ"], "translation": "In that best of cities the people were joyful under the righteous king, deeply learned, content each with his own wealth, free from greed and truthful.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha and Ayodhyā’s inhabitants"}
{"ref": "1.6.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 6, "verse": 7, "iast": ["nālpasaṃnicayaḥ kaś cid āsīt tasmin purottame", "kuṭumbī yo hy asiddhārtho 'gavāśvadhanadhānyavān"], "translation": "In that best of cities there was no one of scanty savings, no householder of unaccomplished aims, none lacking cows, horses, wealth or grain.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha and Ayodhyā’s inhabitants"}
{"ref": "1.6.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 6, "verse": 8, "iast": ["kāmī vā na kadaryo vā nṛśaṃsaḥ puruṣaḥ kva cit", "draṣṭuṃ śakyam ayodhyāyāṃ nāvidvān na ca nāstikaḥ"], "translation": "Nowhere was there a lustful man, a miser, or a cruel person; nor could an ignorant man or an unbeliever be seen in Ayodhyā.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha and Ayodhyā’s inhabitants"}
{"ref": "1.6.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 6, "verse": 9, "iast": ["sarve narāś ca nāryaś ca dharmaśīlāḥ susaṃyatāḥ", "muditāḥ śīlavṛttābhyāṃ maharṣaya ivāmalāḥ"], "translation": "All, both men and women, were of righteous character, well-controlled and cheerful, spotless in conduct and behaviour like great sages.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha and Ayodhyā’s inhabitants"}
{"ref": "1.6.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 6, "verse": 10, "iast": ["nākuṇḍalī nāmukuṭī nāsragvī nālpabhogavān", "nāmṛṣṭo nānuliptāṅgo nāsugandhaś ca vidyate"], "translation": "There was found no one without earrings, none without a diadem, none without a garland, none of scanty means, none unanointed, none with unanointed limbs, and none lacking fragrance.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha and Ayodhyā’s inhabitants"}
{"ref": "1.6.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 6, "verse": 11, "iast": ["nāmṛṣṭabhojī nādātā nāpy anaṅgadaniṣkadhṛk", "nāhastābharaṇo vāpi dṛśyate nāpy anātmavān"], "translation": "No one who ate coarse food, no one ungenerous, none without armlets and golden necklaces, none without hand-ornaments, nor anyone lacking self-command was to be seen.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha and Ayodhyā’s inhabitants"}
{"ref": "1.6.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 6, "verse": 12, "iast": ["nānāhitāgnir nāyajvā vipro nāpy asahasradaḥ", "kaś cid āsīd ayodhyāyāṃ na ca nirvṛttasaṃkaraḥ"], "translation": "In Ayodhyā there was no brahmin who had not consecrated the sacred fires, none who did not sacrifice, none who did not give in thousands, and no one guilty of caste-confusion.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha and Ayodhyā’s inhabitants"}
{"ref": "1.6.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 6, "verse": 13, "iast": ["svakarmaniratā nityaṃ brāhmaṇā vijitendriyāḥ", "dānādhyayanaśīlāś ca saṃyatāś ca pratigrahe"], "translation": "The brahmins, ever devoted to their own duties, their senses conquered, given to charity and study, were restrained in accepting gifts.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha and Ayodhyā’s inhabitants"}
{"ref": "1.6.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 6, "verse": 14, "iast": ["na nāstiko nānṛtako na kaś cid abahuśrutaḥ", "nāsūyako na cāśakto nāvidvān vidyate tadā"], "translation": "No atheist, no liar, no one of little learning, none envious, none incapable, none ignorant was to be found then.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha and Ayodhyā’s inhabitants"}
{"ref": "1.6.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 6, "verse": 15, "iast": ["na dīnaḥ kṣiptacitto vā vyathito vāpi kaś cana", "kaś cin naro vā nārī vā nāśrīmān nāpy arūpavān", "draṣṭuṃ śakyam ayodhyāyāṃ nāpi rājanyabhaktimān"], "translation": "Nowhere was there anyone wretched, distracted in mind, or distressed; nor could any man or woman lacking prosperity or beauty be seen in Ayodhyā, nor anyone wanting in devotion to the king.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha and Ayodhyā’s inhabitants"}
{"ref": "1.6.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 6, "verse": 16, "iast": ["varṇeṣv agryacaturtheṣu devatātithipūjakāḥ", "dīrghāyuṣo narāḥ sarve dharmaṃ satyaṃ ca saṃśritāḥ"], "translation": "Among all four classes, from the foremost onward, the people were worshippers of gods and guests, long-lived, and devoted to dharma and truth.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha and Ayodhyā’s inhabitants"}
{"ref": "1.6.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 6, "verse": 17, "iast": ["kṣatraṃ brahmamukhaṃ cāsīd vaiśyāḥ kṣatram anuvratāḥ", "śūdrāḥ svadharmaniratās trīn varṇān upacāriṇaḥ"], "translation": "The kṣatriyas had the brahmins at their head; the vaiśyas were devoted to the kṣatriyas; and the śūdras, intent on their own duty, served the three (higher) classes.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha and Ayodhyā’s inhabitants"}
{"ref": "1.6.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 6, "verse": 18, "iast": ["sā tenekṣvākunāthena purī suparirakṣitā", "yathā purastān manunā mānavendreṇa dhīmatā"], "translation": "That city was well guarded by that lord of the Ikṣvākus, as of old by the wise Manu, lord of men.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha and Ayodhyā’s inhabitants"}
{"ref": "1.6.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 6, "verse": 19, "iast": ["yodhānām agnikalpānāṃ peśalānām amarṣiṇām", "saṃpūrṇākṛtavidyānāṃ guhākesariṇām iva"], "translation": "(The city was filled) with warriors like fire, skilled and unforgiving of insult, their training fully perfected, like lions dwelling in mountain caves;", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha and Ayodhyā’s inhabitants"}
{"ref": "1.6.20", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 6, "verse": 20, "iast": ["kāmbojaviṣaye jātair bāhlīkaiś ca hayottamaiḥ", "vanāyujair nadījaiś ca pūrṇāharihayopamaiḥ"], "translation": "full of excellent horses born in the Kāmboja land and of the Bāhlīka breed, born in Vanāyu and along rivers, resembling the steeds of Indra;", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha and Ayodhyā’s inhabitants"}
{"ref": "1.6.21", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 6, "verse": 21, "iast": ["vindhyaparvapajair mattaiḥ pūrṇā haimavatair api", "madānvitair atibalair mātaṅgaiḥ parvatopamaiḥ"], "translation": "full too of rutting elephants born on the Vindhya mountains and on the Himalaya, of immense strength, in must, resembling mountains;", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha and Ayodhyā’s inhabitants"}
{"ref": "1.6.22", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 6, "verse": 22, "iast": ["añjanād api niṣkrāntair vāmanād api ca dvipaiḥ", "bhadramandrair bhadramṛgair mṛgamandraiś ca sā purī"], "translation": "with elephants sprung too from Añjana and from Vāmana (the world-elephants), of the bhadra-mandra, bhadra-mṛga, and mṛga-mandra breeds — that city,", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha and Ayodhyā’s inhabitants"}
{"ref": "1.6.23", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 6, "verse": 23, "iast": ["nityamattaiḥ sadā pūrṇā nāgair acalasaṃnibhaiḥ", "sā yojane ca dve bhūyaḥ satyanāmā prakāśate"], "translation": "ever full of always-rutting elephants that resembled mountains, that city — true to its name and extending a full two yojanas besides — shone resplendent.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha and Ayodhyā’s inhabitants"}
{"ref": "1.6.24", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 6, "verse": 24, "iast": ["tāṃ satyanāmāṃ dṛḍhatoraṇārgalām gṛhair vicitrair upaśobhitāṃ śivām", "purīm ayodhyāṃ nṛsahasrasaṃkulāṃ śaśāsa vai śakrasamo mahīpatiḥ"], "translation": "That auspicious city of Ayodhyā — true to its name, with strong gateway-arches and bars, adorned with wonderful houses, and thronged with thousands of men — the lord of the earth, the equal of Indra, ruled indeed.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha and Ayodhyā’s inhabitants"}
{"ref": "1.7.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 7, "verse": 1, "iast": ["aṣṭau babhūvur vīrasya tasyāmātyā yaśasvinaḥ", "śucayaś cānuraktāś ca rājakṛtyeṣu nityaśaḥ"], "translation": "That renowned hero had eight ministers, honest and devoted, constantly (engaged) in the affairs of the king.", "sarga_title": "The ministers who sustain the Kingdom"}
{"ref": "1.7.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 7, "verse": 2, "iast": ["dhṛṣṭir jayanto vijayaḥ siddhārtho arthasādhakaḥ", "aśoko mantrapālaś ca sumantraś cāṣṭamo 'bhavat"], "translation": "Dhṛṣṭi, Jayanta, Vijaya, Siddhārtha, and Arthasādhaka; Aśoka and Mantrapāla, and Sumantra was the eighth.", "sarga_title": "The ministers who sustain the Kingdom"}
{"ref": "1.7.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 7, "verse": 3, "iast": ["ṛtvijau dvāv abhimatau tasyāstām ṛṣisattamau", "vasiṣṭho vāmadevaś ca mantriṇaś ca tathāpare"], "translation": "He had two esteemed officiating priests, the best of seers — Vasiṣṭha and Vāmadeva — and other counsellors as well.", "sarga_title": "The ministers who sustain the Kingdom"}
{"ref": "1.7.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 7, "verse": 4, "iast": ["śrīmantaś ca mahātmānaḥ śāstrajñā dṛḍhavikramāḥ", "kīrtimantaḥ praṇihitā yathā vacanakāriṇaḥ"], "translation": "Illustrious and great-souled, learned in the śāstras, of firm valour, renowned, attentive, and duly carrying out (the king's) commands,", "sarga_title": "The ministers who sustain the Kingdom"}
{"ref": "1.7.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 7, "verse": 5, "iast": ["tejaḥkṣamāyaśaḥprāptāḥ smitapūrvābhibhāṣiṇaḥ", "krodhāt kāmārthahetor vā na brūyur anṛtaṃ vacaḥ"], "translation": "Possessed of energy, forbearance, and renown, addressing (others) with a smile, they would never utter a false word, whether out of anger or for the sake of desire or gain.", "sarga_title": "The ministers who sustain the Kingdom"}
{"ref": "1.7.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 7, "verse": 6, "iast": ["teṣām aviditaṃ kiṃ cit sveṣu nāsti pareṣu vā", "kriyamāṇaṃ kṛtaṃ vāpi cāreṇāpi cikīrṣitam"], "translation": "There was nothing at all — being done, already done, or (merely) intended — among their own people or their enemies, that was unknown to them, thanks to their spies.", "sarga_title": "The ministers who sustain the Kingdom"}
{"ref": "1.7.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 7, "verse": 7, "iast": ["kuśalā vyavahāreṣu sauhṛdeṣu parīkṣitāḥ", "prāptakālaṃ yathā daṇḍaṃ dhārayeyuḥ suteṣv api"], "translation": "Skilled in affairs, tried and proven in friendship, they would mete out punishment duly, when the time was right, even upon (their own) sons.", "sarga_title": "The ministers who sustain the Kingdom"}
{"ref": "1.7.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 7, "verse": 8, "iast": ["kośasaṃgrahaṇe yuktā balasya ca parigrahe", "ahitaṃ cāpi puruṣaṃ na vihiṃsyur adūṣakam"], "translation": "Intent on filling the treasury and on maintaining the army, they would not injure even a hostile man if he had done no wrong.", "sarga_title": "The ministers who sustain the Kingdom"}
{"ref": "1.7.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 7, "verse": 9, "iast": ["vīrāṃś ca niyatotsāhā rāja śāstram anuṣṭhitāḥ", "śucīnāṃ rakṣitāraś ca nityaṃ viṣayavāsinām"], "translation": "Valiant and of steadfast zeal, versed in the science of statecraft, they were ever the protectors of the honest dwellers in the realm.", "sarga_title": "The ministers who sustain the Kingdom"}
{"ref": "1.7.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 7, "verse": 10, "iast": ["brahmakṣatram ahiṃsantas te kośaṃ samapūrayan", "sutīkṣṇadaṇḍāḥ saṃprekṣya puruṣasya balābalam"], "translation": "Without harming the brahmins and kṣatriyas, they filled the treasury; though severe in punishment, they acted only after weighing a man's strength and weakness.", "sarga_title": "The ministers who sustain the Kingdom"}
{"ref": "1.7.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 7, "verse": 11, "iast": ["śucīnām ekabuddhīnāṃ sarveṣāṃ saṃprajānatām", "nāsīt pure vā rāṣṭre vā mṛṣāvādī naraḥ kva cit"], "translation": "Under all these (ministers), honest, of one mind, and fully discerning, there was nowhere in city or kingdom a single man who spoke falsely.", "sarga_title": "The ministers who sustain the Kingdom"}
{"ref": "1.7.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 7, "verse": 12, "iast": ["kaś cin na duṣṭas tatrāsīt paradāraratir naraḥ", "praśāntaṃ sarvam evāsīd rāṣṭraṃ puravaraṃ ca tat"], "translation": "There was no wicked man there, none who lusted after another's wife; wholly at peace was that entire realm and its splendid city.", "sarga_title": "The ministers who sustain the Kingdom"}
{"ref": "1.7.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 7, "verse": 13, "iast": ["suvāsasaḥ suveśāś ca te ca sarve suśīlinaḥ", "hitārthaṃ ca narendrasya jāgrato nayacakṣuṣā"], "translation": "Well-clothed and handsome, all of them too were of good conduct; and for the welfare of the king they kept watch with the eye of statecraft.", "sarga_title": "The ministers who sustain the Kingdom"}
{"ref": "1.7.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 7, "verse": 14, "iast": ["gurau guṇagṛhītāś ca prakhyātāś ca parākramaiḥ", "videśeṣv api vijñātāḥ sarvato buddhiniścayāt"], "translation": "Devoted to their preceptor and esteemed for their virtues, renowned for their feats of valour, they were known even in foreign lands, on every side, for the firmness of their judgement.", "sarga_title": "The ministers who sustain the Kingdom"}
{"ref": "1.7.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 7, "verse": 15, "iast": ["īdṛśais tair amātyais tu rājā daśaratho 'naghaḥ", "upapanno guṇopetair anvaśāsad vasuṃdharām"], "translation": "Endowed with such ministers as these, gifted with (every) virtue, the faultless king Daśaratha ruled the earth.", "sarga_title": "The ministers who sustain the Kingdom"}
{"ref": "1.7.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 7, "verse": 16, "iast": ["avekṣamāṇaś cāreṇa prajā dharmeṇa rañjayan", "nādhyagacchad viśiṣṭaṃ vā tulyaṃ vā śatrum ātmanaḥ"], "translation": "Watching (his realm) through spies, and gladdening his subjects with righteous rule, he found no enemy superior or even equal to himself.", "sarga_title": "The ministers who sustain the Kingdom"}
{"ref": "1.7.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 7, "verse": 17, "iast": ["tair mantribhir mantrahitair niviṣṭair vṛto 'nuraktaiḥ kuśalaiḥ samarthaiḥ", "sa pārthivo dīptim avāpa yuktas tejomayair gobhir ivodito 'rkaḥ"], "translation": "Surrounded by those counsellors — givers of good counsel, steadfast, loyal, skilled, and capable — that king, thus attended, attained radiance, like the risen sun with its rays of light.", "sarga_title": "The ministers who sustain the Kingdom"}
{"ref": "1.8.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 8, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tasya tv evaṃ prabhāvasya dharmajñasya mahātmanaḥ", "sutārthaṃ tapyamānasya nāsīd vaṃśakaraḥ sutaḥ"], "translation": "But of him of such might, that righteous, great-souled one who tormented himself for the sake of a son, there was no son to continue his line.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha seeks sons: Sumantra’s prophecy"}
{"ref": "1.8.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 8, "verse": 2, "iast": ["cintayānasya tasyaivaṃ buddhir āsīn mahātmanaḥ", "sutārthaṃ vājimedhena kimarthaṃ na yajāmy aham"], "translation": "As that great-souled one pondered thus, a thought came to him: “Why do I not sacrifice with a horse-sacrifice for the sake of a son?”", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha seeks sons: Sumantra’s prophecy"}
{"ref": "1.8.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 8, "verse": 3, "iast": ["sa niścitāṃ matiṃ kṛtvā yaṣṭavyam iti buddhimān", "mantribhiḥ saha dharmātmā sarvair eva kṛtātmabhiḥ"], "translation": "Having firmly made up his mind that a sacrifice must be held, that wise and righteous one, together with all his ministers, every one accomplished in soul,", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha seeks sons: Sumantra’s prophecy"}
{"ref": "1.8.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 8, "verse": 4, "iast": ["tato 'bravīd idaṃ rājā sumantraṃ mantrisattamam", "śīghram ānaya me sarvān gurūṃs tān sapurohitān"], "translation": "then the king said this to Sumantra, the best of ministers: “Quickly bring me all those gurus, together with the family priests.”", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha seeks sons: Sumantra’s prophecy"}
{"ref": "1.8.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 8, "verse": 5, "iast": ["etac chrutvā rahaḥ sūto rājānam idam abravīt", "ṛtvigbhir upadiṣṭo 'yaṃ purāvṛtto mayā śrutaḥ"], "translation": "Hearing this, the charioteer spoke this to the king in private: “This story, taught by the ṛtvij-priests, an event of ancient times, was heard by me.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha seeks sons: Sumantra’s prophecy"}
{"ref": "1.8.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 8, "verse": 6, "iast": ["sanatkumāro bhagavān pūrvaṃ kathitavān kathām", "ṛṣīṇāṃ saṃnidhau rājaṃs tava putrāgamaṃ prati"], "translation": "The venerable Sanatkumāra formerly told a story, in the presence of the seers, O king, concerning the coming of a son to you.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha seeks sons: Sumantra’s prophecy"}
{"ref": "1.8.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 8, "verse": 7, "iast": ["kāśyapasya tu putro 'sti vibhāṇḍaka iti śrutaḥ", "ṛṣyaśṛṅga iti khyātas tasya putro bhaviṣyati"], "translation": "“Kāśyapa has a son known as Vibhāṇḍaka; to him will be born a son renowned as Ṛṣyaśṛṅga.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha seeks sons: Sumantra’s prophecy"}
{"ref": "1.8.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 8, "verse": 8, "iast": ["sa vane nityasaṃvṛddho munir vanacaraḥ sadā", "nānyaṃ jānāti viprendro nityaṃ pitranuvartanāt"], "translation": "That sage, ever reared in the forest, always a forest-dweller, that best of brahmins knows no other way of life, for he ever follows his father.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha seeks sons: Sumantra’s prophecy"}
{"ref": "1.8.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 8, "verse": 9, "iast": ["dvaividhyaṃ brahmacaryasya bhaviṣyati mahātmanaḥ", "lokeṣu prathitaṃ rājan vipraiś ca kathitaṃ sadā"], "translation": "There will come to be a two-fold nature to the celibacy of that great-souled one — a thing famed in the worlds, O king, and ever spoken of by the brahmins.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha seeks sons: Sumantra’s prophecy"}
{"ref": "1.8.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 8, "verse": 10, "iast": ["tasyaivaṃ vartamānasya kālaḥ samabhivartata", "agniṃ śuśrūṣamāṇasya pitaraṃ ca yaśasvinam"], "translation": "As he lived thus, tending the sacred fire and his illustrious father, time went on.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha seeks sons: Sumantra’s prophecy"}
{"ref": "1.8.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 8, "verse": 11, "iast": ["etasminn eva kāle tu romapādaḥ pratāpavān", "aṅgeṣu prathitā rājā bhaviṣyati mahābalaḥ"], "translation": "At this very time there will be Romapāda, majestic, a renowned and mighty king among the Aṅgas.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha seeks sons: Sumantra’s prophecy"}
{"ref": "1.8.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 8, "verse": 12, "iast": ["tasya vyatikramād rājño bhaviṣyati sudāruṇā", "anāvṛṣṭiḥ sughorā vai sarvabhūtabhayāvahā"], "translation": "Through a transgression of that king there will come a most terrible, dreadful drought, bringing terror to all beings.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha seeks sons: Sumantra’s prophecy"}
{"ref": "1.8.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 8, "verse": 13, "iast": ["anāvṛṣṭyāṃ tu vṛttāyāṃ rājā duḥkhasamanvitaḥ", "brāhmaṇāñ śrutavṛddhāṃś ca samānīya pravakṣyati"], "translation": "When the drought has set in, the king, filled with sorrow, having gathered the brahmins who are aged in sacred learning, will say:", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha seeks sons: Sumantra’s prophecy"}
{"ref": "1.8.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 8, "verse": 14, "iast": ["bhavantaḥ śrutadharmāṇo loke cāritravedinaḥ", "samādiśantu niyamaṃ prāyaścittaṃ yathā bhavet"], "translation": "“You who know the revealed law and are versed in right conduct in the world, ordain some rite of restraint, so that an expiation may be made.”", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha seeks sons: Sumantra’s prophecy"}
{"ref": "1.8.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 8, "verse": 15, "iast": ["vakṣyanti te mahīpālaṃ brāhmaṇā vedapāragāḥ", "vibhāṇḍakasutaṃ rājan sarvopāyair ihānaya"], "translation": "Those brahmins, masters of the Vedas, will say to that protector of the earth: “O king, bring the son of Vibhāṇḍaka here by every means.”", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha seeks sons: Sumantra’s prophecy"}
{"ref": "1.8.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 8, "verse": 16, "iast": ["ānāyya ca mahīpāla ṛṣyaśṛṅgaṃ susatkṛtam", "prayaccha kanyāṃ śāntāṃ vai vidhinā susamāhitaḥ"], "translation": "“And O protector of the earth, having had Ṛṣyaśṛṅga brought and well honoured, give him your daughter Śāntā according to rule, with full attentiveness.”", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha seeks sons: Sumantra’s prophecy"}
{"ref": "1.8.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 8, "verse": 17, "iast": ["teṣāṃ tu vacanaṃ śrutvā rājā cintāṃ prapatsyate", "kenopāyena vai śakyam ihānetuṃ sa vīryavān"], "translation": "Hearing their words, the king will fall to pondering: “By what means indeed can that heroic one be brought here?”", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha seeks sons: Sumantra’s prophecy"}
{"ref": "1.8.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 8, "verse": 18, "iast": ["tato rājā viniścitya saha mantribhir ātmavān", "purohitam amātyāṃś ca preṣayiṣyati satkṛtān"], "translation": "Then the self-possessed king, having resolved together with his ministers, will send the family priest and his honoured counsellors.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha seeks sons: Sumantra’s prophecy"}
{"ref": "1.8.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 8, "verse": 19, "iast": ["te tu rājño vacaḥ śrutvā vyathitā vanatānanāḥ", "na gacchema ṛṣer bhītā anuneṣyanti taṃ nṛpam"], "translation": "But they, hearing the king's words, distressed and with faces cast down, afraid of the seer, saying “We cannot go,” will seek to win over that king.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha seeks sons: Sumantra’s prophecy"}
{"ref": "1.8.20", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 8, "verse": 20, "iast": ["vakṣyanti cintayitvā te tasyopāyāṃś ca tān kṣamān", "āneṣyāmo vayaṃ vipraṃ na ca doṣo bhaviṣyati"], "translation": "Having thought it over, they will declare those suitable means for it: “We shall bring the brahmin, and no fault will arise.”", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha seeks sons: Sumantra’s prophecy"}
{"ref": "1.8.21", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 8, "verse": 21, "iast": ["evam aṅgādhipenaiva gaṇikābhir ṛṣeḥ sutaḥ", "ānīto 'varṣayad devaḥ śāntā cāsmai pradīyate"], "translation": "Thus by the very lord of the Aṅgas, through courtesans, the seer's son was brought; the god rained, and Śāntā was given to him.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha seeks sons: Sumantra’s prophecy"}
{"ref": "1.8.22", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 8, "verse": 22, "iast": ["ṛṣyaśṛṅgas tu jāmātā putrāṃs tava vidhāsyati", "sanatkumārakathitam etāvad vyāhṛtaṃ mayā"], "translation": "And Ṛṣyaśṛṅga, as your son-in-law, will procure sons for you. This much, as told by Sanatkumāra, has been declared by me.”", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha seeks sons: Sumantra’s prophecy"}
{"ref": "1.8.23", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 8, "verse": 23, "iast": ["atha hṛṣṭo daśarathaḥ sumantraṃ pratyabhāṣata", "yatharṣyaśṛṅgas tv ānīto vistareṇa tvayocyatām"], "translation": "Then, delighted, Daśaratha replied to Sumantra: “Let it be told by you in detail how Ṛṣyaśṛṅga was brought.”", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha seeks sons: Sumantra’s prophecy"}
{"ref": "1.9.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 9, "verse": 1, "iast": ["sumantraś codito rājñā provācedaṃ vacas tadā", "yatharṣyaśṛṅgas tv ānītaḥ śṛṇu me mantribhiḥ saha"], "translation": "Urged on by the king, Sumantra then spoke these words: “Hear from me, together with your ministers, how Ṛṣyaśṛṅga was brought.", "sarga_title": "Story of Ṛṣyaśṛṅga: Courtesans, rain and marriage"}
{"ref": "1.9.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 9, "verse": 2, "iast": ["romapādam uvācedaṃ sahāmātyaḥ purohitaḥ", "upāyo nirapāyo 'yam asmābhir abhicintitaḥ"], "translation": "The family priest, together with the counsellors, said this to Romapāda: “Here is a foolproof plan devised by us.", "sarga_title": "Story of Ṛṣyaśṛṅga: Courtesans, rain and marriage"}
{"ref": "1.9.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 9, "verse": 3, "iast": ["ṛṣyaśṛṅgo vanacaras tapaḥsvādhyāyane rataḥ", "anabhijñaḥ sa nārīṇāṃ viṣayāṇāṃ sukhasya ca"], "translation": "Ṛṣyaśṛṅga is a forest-dweller, devoted to austerity and Vedic study; he is a stranger to women, to the objects of sense, and to pleasure.", "sarga_title": "Story of Ṛṣyaśṛṅga: Courtesans, rain and marriage"}
{"ref": "1.9.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 9, "verse": 4, "iast": ["indriyārthair abhimatair naracitta pramāthibhiḥ", "puram ānāyayiṣyāmaḥ kṣipraṃ cādhyavasīyatām"], "translation": "By means of desirable sense-objects that stir the minds of men, we shall have him brought to the city; and let this be decided upon at once.", "sarga_title": "Story of Ṛṣyaśṛṅga: Courtesans, rain and marriage"}
{"ref": "1.9.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 9, "verse": 5, "iast": ["gaṇikās tatra gacchantu rūpavatyaḥ svalaṃkṛtāḥ", "pralobhya vividhopāyair āneṣyantīha satkṛtāḥ"], "translation": "Let courtesans, beautiful and richly adorned, go there; having enticed him by various devices, well rewarded, they will bring him here.", "sarga_title": "Story of Ṛṣyaśṛṅga: Courtesans, rain and marriage"}
{"ref": "1.9.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 9, "verse": 6, "iast": ["śrutvā tatheti rājā ca pratyuvāca purohitam", "purohito mantriṇaś ca tathā cakruś ca te tadā"], "translation": "Hearing this, the king said “So be it” and replied to the priest; and the priest and the ministers then acted accordingly.", "sarga_title": "Story of Ṛṣyaśṛṅga: Courtesans, rain and marriage"}
{"ref": "1.9.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 9, "verse": 7, "iast": ["vāramukhyās tu tac chrutvā vanaṃ praviviśur mahat", "āśramasyāvidūre 'smin yatnaṃ kurvanti darśane"], "translation": "The chief courtesans, hearing this, entered the great forest, and not far from that hermitage they set about contriving to see him,", "sarga_title": "Story of Ṛṣyaśṛṅga: Courtesans, rain and marriage"}
{"ref": "1.9.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 9, "verse": 8, "iast": ["ṛṣiputrasya ghorasya nityam āśramavāsinaḥ", "pituḥ sa nityasaṃtuṣṭo nāticakrāma cāśramāt"], "translation": "— the seer's son, austere, ever dwelling in the hermitage; for he, always content, never strayed far from his father's hermitage.", "sarga_title": "Story of Ṛṣyaśṛṅga: Courtesans, rain and marriage"}
{"ref": "1.9.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 9, "verse": 9, "iast": ["na tena janmaprabhṛti dṛṣṭapūrvaṃ tapasvinā", "strī vā pumān vā yac cānyat sattvaṃ nagara rāṣṭrajam"], "translation": "By that ascetic, from his birth onward, no woman or man had ever before been seen, nor any other creature born of town or country.", "sarga_title": "Story of Ṛṣyaśṛṅga: Courtesans, rain and marriage"}
{"ref": "1.9.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 9, "verse": 10, "iast": ["tataḥ kadā cit taṃ deśam ājagāma yadṛcchayā", "vibhāṇḍakasutas tatra tāś cāpaśyad varāṅganāḥ"], "translation": "Then once, by chance, the son of Vibhāṇḍaka came to that spot, and there he saw those lovely women.", "sarga_title": "Story of Ṛṣyaśṛṅga: Courtesans, rain and marriage"}
{"ref": "1.9.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 9, "verse": 11, "iast": ["tāś citraveṣāḥ pramadā gāyantyo madhurasvaraiḥ", "ṛṣiputram upāgamya sarvā vacanam abruvan"], "translation": "Those women, in gay attire, singing with sweet voices, approached the seer's son, and all spoke these words:", "sarga_title": "Story of Ṛṣyaśṛṅga: Courtesans, rain and marriage"}
{"ref": "1.9.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 9, "verse": 12, "iast": ["kas tvaṃ kiṃ vartase brahmañ jñātum icchāmahe vayam", "ekas tvaṃ vijane ghore vane carasi śaṃsa naḥ"], "translation": "“Who are you? What is your way of life, O brahmin? We wish to know. Alone you wander in this desolate and dreadful forest — tell us.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Ṛṣyaśṛṅga: Courtesans, rain and marriage"}
{"ref": "1.9.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 9, "verse": 13, "iast": ["adṛṣṭarūpās tās tena kāmyarūpā vane striyaḥ", "hārdāt tasya matir jātā ākhyātuṃ pitaraṃ svakam"], "translation": "Those women in the forest, of a form never seen by him, of alluring beauty — out of the warmth of his heart a wish arose in him to tell of his own father:", "sarga_title": "Story of Ṛṣyaśṛṅga: Courtesans, rain and marriage"}
{"ref": "1.9.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 9, "verse": 14, "iast": ["pitā vibhāṇḍako 'smākaṃ tasyāhaṃ suta aurasaḥ", "ṛṣyaśṛṅga iti khyātaṃ nāma karma ca me bhuvi"], "translation": "“Our father is Vibhāṇḍaka; I am his own true-born son. On earth my name and my repute are known as Ṛṣyaśṛṅga.", "sarga_title": "Story of Ṛṣyaśṛṅga: Courtesans, rain and marriage"}
{"ref": "1.9.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 9, "verse": 15, "iast": ["ihāśramapado 'smākaṃ samīpe śubhadarśanāḥ", "kariṣye vo 'tra pūjāṃ vai sarveṣāṃ vidhipūrvakam"], "translation": "Here nearby is our hermitage-site, O fair-faced ones; there I shall do honour to you all, according to due rule.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Ṛṣyaśṛṅga: Courtesans, rain and marriage"}
{"ref": "1.9.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 9, "verse": 16, "iast": ["ṛṣiputravacaḥ śrutvā sarvāsāṃ matir āsa vai", "tad āśramapadaṃ draṣṭuṃ jagmuḥ sarvāś ca tena ha"], "translation": "Hearing the seer's son's words, a desire arose in all of them, and all of them went with him indeed to see that hermitage.", "sarga_title": "Story of Ṛṣyaśṛṅga: Courtesans, rain and marriage"}
{"ref": "1.9.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 9, "verse": 17, "iast": ["gatānāṃ tu tataḥ pūjām ṛṣiputraś cakāra ha", "idam arghyam idaṃ pādyam idaṃ mūlaṃ phalaṃ ca naḥ"], "translation": "Then the seer's son did honour to them as they arrived: “This is the guest-water, this the foot-water, and here are our roots and fruit.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Ṛṣyaśṛṅga: Courtesans, rain and marriage"}
{"ref": "1.9.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 9, "verse": 18, "iast": ["pratigṛhya tu tāṃ pūjāṃ sarvā eva samutsukāḥ", "ṛṣer bhītāś ca śīghraṃ tu gamanāya matiṃ dadhuḥ"], "translation": "Accepting that hospitality, all of them, eager yet afraid of the seer (his father), quickly resolved to depart.", "sarga_title": "Story of Ṛṣyaśṛṅga: Courtesans, rain and marriage"}
{"ref": "1.9.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 9, "verse": 19, "iast": ["asmākam api mukhyāni phalānīmāni vai dvija", "gṛhāṇa prati bhadraṃ te bhakṣayasva ca mā ciram"], "translation": "“These too are choice fruits of ours, O brahmin; take and accept them — blessings on you — and eat, do not delay.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Ṛṣyaśṛṅga: Courtesans, rain and marriage"}
{"ref": "1.9.20", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 9, "verse": 20, "iast": ["tatas tās taṃ samāliṅgya sarvā harṣasamanvitāḥ", "modakān pradadus tasmai bhakṣyāṃś ca vividhāñ śubhān"], "translation": "Then all those women, filled with joy, embracing him, gave him sweetmeats and various fine delicacies.", "sarga_title": "Story of Ṛṣyaśṛṅga: Courtesans, rain and marriage"}
{"ref": "1.9.21", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 9, "verse": 21, "iast": ["tāni cāsvādya tejasvī phalānīti sma manyate", "anāsvāditapūrvāṇi vane nityanivāsinām"], "translation": "And having tasted them, the radiant one took them for fruits — things never before tasted by those who dwell forever in the forest.", "sarga_title": "Story of Ṛṣyaśṛṅga: Courtesans, rain and marriage"}
{"ref": "1.9.22", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 9, "verse": 22, "iast": ["āpṛcchya ca tadā vipraṃ vratacaryāṃ nivedya ca", "gacchanti smāpadeśāt tā bhītās tasya pituḥ striyaḥ"], "translation": "Then, taking their leave of the brahmin and pleading the excuse of their vow-observances, those women departed on a pretext, in fear of his father.", "sarga_title": "Story of Ṛṣyaśṛṅga: Courtesans, rain and marriage"}
{"ref": "1.9.23", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 9, "verse": 23, "iast": ["gatāsu tāsu sarvāsu kāśyapasyātmajo dvijaḥ", "asvasthahṛdayaś cāsīd duḥkhaṃ sma parivartate"], "translation": "When all of them had gone, the brahmin, the descendant of Kāśyapa, grew sick at heart and moved about in distress.", "sarga_title": "Story of Ṛṣyaśṛṅga: Courtesans, rain and marriage"}
{"ref": "1.9.24", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 9, "verse": 24, "iast": ["tato 'paredyus taṃ deśam ājagāma sa vīryavān", "manojñā yatra tā dṛṣṭā vāramukhyāḥ svalaṃkṛtāḥ"], "translation": "Then, the next day, that vigorous one came to that spot where those charming, richly adorned chief courtesans had been seen.", "sarga_title": "Story of Ṛṣyaśṛṅga: Courtesans, rain and marriage"}
{"ref": "1.9.25", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 9, "verse": 25, "iast": ["dṛṣṭvaiva ca tadā vipram āyāntaṃ hṛṣṭa mānasāḥ", "upasṛtya tataḥ sarvās tās tam ūcur idaṃ vacaḥ"], "translation": "And as soon as they saw the brahmin coming, glad at heart, all those women drew near and then spoke these words to him:", "sarga_title": "Story of Ṛṣyaśṛṅga: Courtesans, rain and marriage"}
{"ref": "1.9.26", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 9, "verse": 26, "iast": ["ehy āśramapadaṃ saumya asmākam iti cābruvan", "tatrāpy eṣa vidhiḥ śrīmān viśeṣeṇa bhaviṣyati"], "translation": "“Come to our hermitage, gentle one,” they said; “there too this splendid hospitality will be found, and in fuller measure.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Ṛṣyaśṛṅga: Courtesans, rain and marriage"}
{"ref": "1.9.27", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 9, "verse": 27, "iast": ["śrutvā tu vacanaṃ tāsāṃ sarvāsāṃ hṛdayaṃgamam", "gamanāya matiṃ cakre taṃ ca ninyus tadā striyaḥ"], "translation": "Hearing the heart-winning speech of them all, he made up his mind to go; and the women then led him away.", "sarga_title": "Story of Ṛṣyaśṛṅga: Courtesans, rain and marriage"}
{"ref": "1.9.28", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 9, "verse": 28, "iast": ["tatra cānīyamāne tu vipre tasmin mahātmani", "vavarṣa sahasā devo jagat prahlādayaṃs tadā"], "translation": "And while that great-souled brahmin was being brought there, the god suddenly sent down rain, gladdening the world.", "sarga_title": "Story of Ṛṣyaśṛṅga: Courtesans, rain and marriage"}
{"ref": "1.9.29", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 9, "verse": 29, "iast": ["varṣeṇaivāgataṃ vipraṃ viṣayaṃ svaṃ narādhipaḥ", "pratyudgamya muniṃ prahvaḥ śirasā ca mahīṃ gataḥ"], "translation": "Going forth to meet the sage, the brahmin who had come to his realm along with the rain, the king bowed low and touched the ground with his head.", "sarga_title": "Story of Ṛṣyaśṛṅga: Courtesans, rain and marriage"}
{"ref": "1.9.30", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 9, "verse": 30, "iast": ["arghyaṃ ca pradadau tasmai nyāyataḥ susamāhitaḥ", "vavre prasādaṃ viprendrān mā vipraṃ manyur āviśet"], "translation": "Duly and with full attention he gave him the guest-offering; he begged a favour of the best of brahmins, that no wrath might enter the brahmin.", "sarga_title": "Story of Ṛṣyaśṛṅga: Courtesans, rain and marriage"}
{"ref": "1.9.31", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 9, "verse": 31, "iast": ["antaḥpuraṃ praviśyāsmai kanyāṃ dattvā yathāvidhi", "śāntāṃ śāntena manasā rājā harṣam avāpa saḥ"], "translation": "Entering the inner apartments and giving him his daughter Śāntā according to rule, the king, with a mind now at peace, attained joy.", "sarga_title": "Story of Ṛṣyaśṛṅga: Courtesans, rain and marriage"}
{"ref": "1.9.32", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 9, "verse": 32, "iast": ["evaṃ sa nyavasat tatra sarvakāmaiḥ supūjitaḥ", "ṛṣyaśṛṅgo mahātejāḥ śāntayā saha bhāryayā"], "translation": "Thus Ṛṣyaśṛṅga of great splendour dwelt there, honoured well with every desirable thing, together with Śāntā his wife.", "sarga_title": "Story of Ṛṣyaśṛṅga: Courtesans, rain and marriage"}
{"ref": "1.10.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 10, "verse": 1, "iast": ["bhūya eva ca rājendra śṛṇu me vacanaṃ hitam", "yathā sa devapravaraḥ kathayām āsa buddhimān"], "translation": "And once more, O lord of kings, hear my salutary words — how that wise, foremost of gods (Sanatkumāra) told the tale.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha brings Ṛṣyaśṛṅga to Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "1.10.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 10, "verse": 2, "iast": ["ikṣvākūṇāṃ kule jāto bhaviṣyati sudhārmikaḥ", "rājā daśaratho nāmnā śrīmān satyapratiśravaḥ"], "translation": "“Born in the line of the Ikṣvākus there will be a most righteous king, Daśaratha by name, glorious and true to his word.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha brings Ṛṣyaśṛṅga to Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "1.10.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 10, "verse": 3, "iast": ["aṅgarājena sakhyaṃ ca tasya rājño bhaviṣyati", "kanyā cāsya mahābhāgā śāntā nāma bhaviṣyati"], "translation": "That king will have a friendship with the king of the Aṅgas; and his daughter, greatly blessed, will be Śāntā by name.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha brings Ṛṣyaśṛṅga to Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "1.10.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 10, "verse": 4, "iast": ["putras tv aṅgasya rājñas tu romapāda iti śrutaḥ", "taṃ sa rājā daśaratho gamiṣyati mahāyaśāḥ"], "translation": "The scion of the Aṅga king is known as Romapāda; to him the illustrious king Daśaratha will go.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha brings Ṛṣyaśṛṅga to Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "1.10.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 10, "verse": 5, "iast": ["anapatyo 'smi dharmātmañ śāntā bhāryā mama kratum", "āhareta tvayājñaptaḥ saṃtānārthaṃ kulasya ca"], "translation": "‘I am without offspring, O righteous one; Śāntā being his wife, let her husband, commanded by you, perform a sacrifice for me, for the continuation of my line.’", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha brings Ṛṣyaśṛṅga to Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "1.10.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 10, "verse": 6, "iast": ["śrutvā rājño 'tha tad vākyaṃ manasā sa vicintya ca", "pradāsyate putravantaṃ śāntā bhartāram ātmavān"], "translation": "Then, hearing that speech of the king and pondering it in his mind, the self-possessed one (Romapāda) will bestow Śāntā's husband, who is to bring sons.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha brings Ṛṣyaśṛṅga to Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "1.10.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 10, "verse": 7, "iast": ["pratigṛhya ca taṃ vipraṃ sa rājā vigatajvaraḥ", "āhariṣyati taṃ yajñaṃ prahṛṣṭenāntarātmanā"], "translation": "And having received that brahmin, that king, his anxiety gone, will perform that sacrifice with a thoroughly delighted heart.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha brings Ṛṣyaśṛṅga to Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "1.10.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 10, "verse": 8, "iast": ["taṃ ca rājā daśaratho yaṣṭukāmaḥ kṛtāñjaliḥ", "ṛṣyaśṛṅgaṃ dvijaśreṣṭhaṃ varayiṣyati dharmavit"], "translation": "And that king Daśaratha, desiring to sacrifice, knowing dharma, with palms joined, will make his request of Ṛṣyaśṛṅga, the best of brahmins,", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha brings Ṛṣyaśṛṅga to Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "1.10.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 10, "verse": 9, "iast": ["yajñārthaṃ prasavārthaṃ ca svargārthaṃ ca nareśvaraḥ", "labhate ca sa taṃ kāmaṃ dvija mukhyād viśāṃ patiḥ"], "translation": "for the sake of the sacrifice, of progeny, and of heaven; and that lord of men, ruler of the people, obtains that wish from the chief of brahmins.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha brings Ṛṣyaśṛṅga to Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "1.10.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 10, "verse": 10, "iast": ["putrāś cāsya bhaviṣyanti catvāro 'mitavikramāḥ", "vaṃśapratiṣṭhānakarāḥ sarvalokeṣu viśrutāḥ"], "translation": "And he will have four sons of measureless valour, establishers of the line, renowned throughout all the worlds.”", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha brings Ṛṣyaśṛṅga to Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "1.10.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 10, "verse": 11, "iast": ["evaṃ sa devapravaraḥ pūrvaṃ kathitavān kathām", "sanatkumāro bhagavān purā devayuge prabhuḥ"], "translation": "Thus that foremost of gods, the venerable lord Sanatkumāra, told the tale of old, long ago in the age of the gods.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha brings Ṛṣyaśṛṅga to Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "1.10.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 10, "verse": 12, "iast": ["sa tvaṃ puruṣaśārdūla tam ānaya susatkṛtam", "svayam eva mahārāja gatvā sabalavāhanaḥ"], "translation": "So you, O tiger among men, go yourself, O great king, with your army and mounts, and bring him, well honoured.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha brings Ṛṣyaśṛṅga to Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "1.10.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 10, "verse": 13, "iast": ["anumānya vasiṣṭhaṃ ca sūtavākyaṃ niśamya ca", "sāntaḥpuraḥ sahāmātyaḥ prayayau yatra sa dvijaḥ"], "translation": "Having gained Vasiṣṭha's assent and heard the charioteer's words, together with his harem and counsellors he set out to where that brahmin was.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha brings Ṛṣyaśṛṅga to Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "1.10.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 10, "verse": 14, "iast": ["vanāni saritaś caiva vyatikramya śanaiḥ śanaiḥ", "abhicakrāma taṃ deśaṃ yatra vai munipuṃgavaḥ"], "translation": "Crossing forests and rivers little by little, he drew near to that region where the bull among sages dwelt.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha brings Ṛṣyaśṛṅga to Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "1.10.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 10, "verse": 15, "iast": ["āsādya taṃ dvijaśreṣṭhaṃ romapādasamīpagam", "ṛṣiputraṃ dadarśādau dīpyamānam ivānalam"], "translation": "Reaching that best of brahmins, who was at Romapāda's side, he first beheld the seer's son, blazing like fire.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha brings Ṛṣyaśṛṅga to Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "1.10.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 10, "verse": 16, "iast": ["tato rājā yathānyāyaṃ pūjāṃ cakre viśeṣataḥ", "sakhitvāt tasya vai rājñaḥ prahṛṣṭenāntarātmanā"], "translation": "Then the king, with a thoroughly delighted heart, did him special honour as was fitting, on account of his friendship with that king.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha brings Ṛṣyaśṛṅga to Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "1.10.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 10, "verse": 17, "iast": ["romapādena cākhyātam ṛṣiputrāya dhīmate", "sakhyaṃ saṃbandhakaṃ caiva tadā taṃ pratyapūjayat"], "translation": "And when the friendship and the kinship had been declared by Romapāda to the wise seer's son, he then honoured him (the king) in return.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha brings Ṛṣyaśṛṅga to Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "1.10.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 10, "verse": 18, "iast": ["evaṃ susatkṛtas tena sahoṣitvā nararṣabhaḥ", "saptāṣṭadivasān rājā rājānam idam abravīt"], "translation": "Thus well honoured by him, that bull among men, having stayed seven or eight days, the king said this to the (other) king:", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha brings Ṛṣyaśṛṅga to Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "1.10.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 10, "verse": 19, "iast": ["śāntā tava sutā rājan saha bhartrā viśāmpate", "madīyaṃ nagaraṃ yātu kāryaṃ hi mahad udyatam"], "translation": "“Śāntā, your daughter, O king, O lord of peoples — let her go with her husband to my city, for a great task is at hand.”", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha brings Ṛṣyaśṛṅga to Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "1.10.20", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 10, "verse": 20, "iast": ["tatheti rājā saṃśrutya gamanaṃ tasya dhīmataḥ", "uvāca vacanaṃ vipraṃ gaccha tvaṃ saha bhāryayā"], "translation": "Saying “So be it,” the king consented to the departure of that wise one, and said these words to the brahmin: “Go, together with your wife.”", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha brings Ṛṣyaśṛṅga to Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "1.10.21", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 10, "verse": 21, "iast": ["ṛṣiputraḥ pratiśrutya tathety āha nṛpaṃ tadā", "sa nṛpeṇābhyanujñātaḥ prayayau saha bhāryayā"], "translation": "The seer's son, assenting, then said “So be it” to the king; and, given leave by the king, he set forth with his wife.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha brings Ṛṣyaśṛṅga to Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "1.10.22", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 10, "verse": 22, "iast": ["tāv anyonyāñjaliṃ kṛtvā snehāt saṃśliṣya corasā", "nanandatur daśaratho romapādaś ca vīryavān"], "translation": "The two of them, saluting each other with joined palms and embracing breast to breast out of affection, rejoiced — Daśaratha and the valiant Romapāda.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha brings Ṛṣyaśṛṅga to Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "1.10.23", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 10, "verse": 23, "iast": ["tataḥ suhṛdam āpṛcchya prasthito raghunandanaḥ", "paurebhyaḥ preṣayām āsa dūtān vai śīghragāminaḥ", "kriyatāṃ nagaraṃ sarvaṃ kṣipram eva svalaṃkṛtam"], "translation": "Then, taking leave of his friend, the delight of the Raghus set out; he sent swift-going messengers to the citizens: “Let the whole city be quickly made well-adorned.”", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha brings Ṛṣyaśṛṅga to Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "1.10.24", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 10, "verse": 24, "iast": ["tataḥ prahṛṣṭāḥ paurās te śrutvā rājānam āgatam", "tathā pracakrus tat sarvaṃ rājñā yat preṣitaṃ tadā"], "translation": "Then those citizens, delighted, hearing that the king had come, did all that just as the king had then ordered.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha brings Ṛṣyaśṛṅga to Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "1.10.25", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 10, "verse": 25, "iast": ["tataḥ svalaṃkṛtaṃ rājā nagaraṃ praviveśa ha", "śaṅkhadundubhinirghoṣaiḥ puraskṛtya dvijarṣabham"], "translation": "Then the king entered the well-adorned city amid the blare of conches and kettledrums, placing the bull among brahmins at the fore.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha brings Ṛṣyaśṛṅga to Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "1.10.26", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 10, "verse": 26, "iast": ["tataḥ pramuditāḥ sarve dṛṣṭvā vai nāgarā dvijam", "praveśyamānaṃ satkṛtya narendreṇendrakarmaṇā"], "translation": "Then all the citizens were delighted to see the brahmin being ushered in with honour by the king, whose deeds were like Indra's.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha brings Ṛṣyaśṛṅga to Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "1.10.27", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 10, "verse": 27, "iast": ["antaḥpuraṃ praveśyainaṃ pūjāṃ kṛtvā tu śāstrataḥ", "kṛtakṛtyaṃ tadātmānaṃ mene tasyopavāhanāt"], "translation": "Having ushered him into the inner apartments and done him honour according to scripture, the king deemed himself to have accomplished his purpose by bringing him.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha brings Ṛṣyaśṛṅga to Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "1.10.28", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 10, "verse": 28, "iast": ["antaḥpurāṇi sarvāṇi śāntāṃ dṛṣṭvā tathāgatām", "saha bhartrā viśālākṣīṃ prītyānandam upāgaman"], "translation": "All the women of the inner apartments, seeing the large-eyed Śāntā thus arrived with her husband, came to joy with affection.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha brings Ṛṣyaśṛṅga to Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "1.10.29", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 10, "verse": 29, "iast": ["pūjyamānā ca tābhiḥ sā rājñā caiva viśeṣataḥ", "uvāsa tatra sukhitā kaṃ cit kālaṃ saha dvijā"], "translation": "And, being honoured by them and especially by the king, she dwelt there happily for some time, together with her brahmin husband.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha brings Ṛṣyaśṛṅga to Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "1.11.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 11, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tataḥ kāle bahutithe kasmiṃś cit sumanohare", "vasante samanuprāpte rājño yaṣṭuṃ mano 'bhavat"], "translation": "Then, after a good long while, when a certain lovely spring had come, the king's mind turned to sacrificing.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: Release of the horse and preparations"}
{"ref": "1.11.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 11, "verse": 2, "iast": ["tataḥ prasādya śirasā taṃ vipraṃ devavarṇinam", "yajñāya varayām āsa saṃtānārthaṃ kulasya ca"], "translation": "Then, having propitiated with a bow of his head that brahmin of godlike hue, he requested him for the sacrifice, for the continuation of his line.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: Release of the horse and preparations"}
{"ref": "1.11.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 11, "verse": 3, "iast": ["tatheti ca sa rājānam uvāca ca susatkṛtaḥ", "saṃbhārāḥ saṃbhriyantāṃ te turagaś ca vimucyatām"], "translation": "“So be it,” said he, well honoured, to the king; “let the requisites be gathered for you, and let the horse be released.”", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: Release of the horse and preparations"}
{"ref": "1.11.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 11, "verse": 4, "iast": ["tato rājābravīd vākyaṃ sumantraṃ mantrisattamam", "sumantrāvāhaya kṣipram ṛtvijo brahmavādinaḥ"], "translation": "Then the king spoke words to Sumantra, best of ministers: “Sumantra, quickly summon the officiating priests, the expounders of the Veda.”", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: Release of the horse and preparations"}
{"ref": "1.11.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 11, "verse": 5, "iast": ["tataḥ sumantras tvaritaṃ gatvā tvaritavikramaḥ", "samānayat sa tān viprān samastān vedapāragān"], "translation": "Then Sumantra, of swift stride, going quickly, brought together all those brahmins, masters of the Vedas.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: Release of the horse and preparations"}
{"ref": "1.11.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 11, "verse": 6, "iast": ["suyajñaṃ vāmadevaṃ ca jābālim atha kāśyapam", "purohitaṃ vasiṣṭhaṃ ca ye cānye dvijasattamāḥ"], "translation": "Suyajña and Vāmadeva, and Jābāli, and Kāśyapa, and the family priest Vasiṣṭha, and whatever other best of brahmins there were —", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: Release of the horse and preparations"}
{"ref": "1.11.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 11, "verse": 7, "iast": ["tān pūjayitvā dharmātmā rājā daśarathas tadā", "idaṃ dharmārthasahitaṃ ślakṣṇaṃ vacanam abravīt"], "translation": "Having honoured them, the righteous king Daśaratha then spoke these smooth words, in keeping with dharma and self-interest:", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: Release of the horse and preparations"}
{"ref": "1.11.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 11, "verse": 8, "iast": ["mama lālapyamānasya putrārthaṃ nāsti vai sukham", "tadarthaṃ hayamedhena yakṣyāmīti matir mama"], "translation": "“For me, lamenting for the sake of a son, there is truly no happiness; therefore my resolve is: ‘I shall sacrifice with a horse-sacrifice to that end.’", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: Release of the horse and preparations"}
{"ref": "1.11.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 11, "verse": 9, "iast": ["tad ahaṃ yaṣṭum icchāmi śāstradṛṣṭena karmaṇā", "ṛṣiputraprabhāvena kāmān prāpsyāmi cāpy aham"], "translation": "So I wish to sacrifice with a rite as prescribed by the scriptures; and through the power of the seer's son I shall attain my desires.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: Release of the horse and preparations"}
{"ref": "1.11.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 11, "verse": 10, "iast": ["tataḥ sādhv iti tad vākyaṃ brāhmaṇāḥ pratyapūjayan", "vasiṣṭhapramukhāḥ sarve pārthivasya mukhāc cyutam"], "translation": "Then all the brahmins, headed by Vasiṣṭha, applauded with “Excellent!” that speech which had fallen from the king's mouth.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: Release of the horse and preparations"}
{"ref": "1.11.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 11, "verse": 11, "iast": ["ṛṣyaśṛṅgapurogāś ca pratyūcur nṛpatiṃ tadā", "saṃbhārāḥ saṃbhriyantāṃ te turagaś ca vimucyatām"], "translation": "And with Ṛṣyaśṛṅga at their head they then replied to the king: “Let the requisites be gathered for you, and let the horse be released.”", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: Release of the horse and preparations"}
{"ref": "1.11.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 11, "verse": 12, "iast": ["sarvathā prāpyase putrāṃś caturo 'mitavikramān", "yasya te dhārmikī buddhir iyaṃ putrārtham āgatāḥ"], "translation": "“By all means you will obtain four sons of measureless valour — you whose righteous resolve is this; sought for the sake of a son, they shall be attained.”", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: Release of the horse and preparations"}
{"ref": "1.11.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 11, "verse": 13, "iast": ["tataḥ prīto 'bhavad rājā śrutvā tad dvijabhāṣitam", "amātyāṃś cābravīd rājā harṣeṇedaṃ śubhākṣaram"], "translation": "Then the king was pleased on hearing that speech of the brahmins; and out of joy he spoke to his counsellors these auspicious words:", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: Release of the horse and preparations"}
{"ref": "1.11.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 11, "verse": 14, "iast": ["gurūṇāṃ vacanāc chīghraṃ saṃbhārāḥ saṃbhriyantu me", "samarthādhiṣṭhitaś cāśvaḥ sopādhyāyo vimucyatām"], "translation": "“By the word of my elders let the requisites be quickly gathered for me; and let the horse be released, overseen by capable men and attended by the teachers.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: Release of the horse and preparations"}
{"ref": "1.11.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 11, "verse": 15, "iast": ["sarayvāś cottare tīre yajñabhūmir vidhīyatām", "śāntayaś cābhivardhantāṃ yathākalpaṃ yathāvidhi"], "translation": "And on the northern bank of the Sarayū let the sacrificial ground be laid out; and let the propitiatory rites be augmented according to prescription and rule.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: Release of the horse and preparations"}
{"ref": "1.11.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 11, "verse": 16, "iast": ["śakyaḥ kartum ayaṃ yajñaḥ sarveṇāpi mahīkṣitā", "nāparādho bhavet kaṣṭo yady asmin kratusattame"], "translation": "This sacrifice can be performed by any king at all, provided no grievous fault occur in this best of sacrifices.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: Release of the horse and preparations"}
{"ref": "1.11.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 11, "verse": 17, "iast": ["chidraṃ hi mṛgayante 'tra vidvāṃso brahmarākṣasāḥ", "vidhihīnasya yajñasya sadyaḥ kartā vinaśyati"], "translation": "For learned brahma-rākṣasas seek out a flaw at such a rite; and the performer of a sacrifice lacking proper rule perishes at once.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: Release of the horse and preparations"}
{"ref": "1.11.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 11, "verse": 18, "iast": ["tad yathāvidhi pūrvaṃ me kratur eṣa samāpyate", "tathāvidhānaṃ kriyatāṃ samarthāḥ karaṇeṣv iha"], "translation": "So let arrangement be made in such a way that this sacrifice of mine is completed according to rule from the outset — you who are capable in these operations here.”", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: Release of the horse and preparations"}
{"ref": "1.11.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 11, "verse": 19, "iast": ["tatheti ca tataḥ sarve mantriṇaḥ pratyapūjayan", "pārthivendrasya tad vākyaṃ yathājñaptam akurvata"], "translation": "“So be it,” said all the ministers then, and, approving that speech of the lord of kings, they did as they had been commanded.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: Release of the horse and preparations"}
{"ref": "1.11.20", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 11, "verse": 20, "iast": ["tato dvijās te dharmajñam astuvan pārthivarṣabham", "anujñātās tataḥ sarve punar jagmur yathāgatam"], "translation": "Then those brahmins praised that dharma-knowing bull among kings; and, given leave, they all went back the way they had come.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: Release of the horse and preparations"}
{"ref": "1.11.21", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 11, "verse": 21, "iast": ["gatānāṃ tu dvijātīnāṃ mantriṇas tān narādhipaḥ", "visarjayitvā svaṃ veśma praviveśa mahā dyutiḥ"], "translation": "When the brahmins had gone, the king of great splendour dismissed those ministers and entered his own dwelling.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: Release of the horse and preparations"}
{"ref": "1.12.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 12, "verse": 1, "iast": ["punaḥ prāpte vasante tu pūrṇaḥ saṃvatsaro 'bhavat", "abhivādya vasiṣṭhaṃ ca nyāyataḥ pratipūjya ca"], "translation": "When spring came round again, a full year had passed; and having saluted Vasiṣṭha and duly honoured him,", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: Construction, invitations and hospitality"}
{"ref": "1.12.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 12, "verse": 2, "iast": ["abravīt praśritaṃ vākyaṃ prasavārthaṃ dvijottamam", "yajño me kriyatāṃ vipra yathoktaṃ munipuṃgava"], "translation": "he spoke a humble word to that best of brahmins, for the sake of progeny: “Let my sacrifice be performed, O brahmin, as was said, O bull among sages.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: Construction, invitations and hospitality"}
{"ref": "1.12.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 12, "verse": 3, "iast": ["yathā na vighnaḥ kriyate yajñāṅgeṣu vidhīyatām", "bhavān snigdhaḥ suhṛn mahyaṃ guruś ca paramo bhavān"], "translation": "Let it be so arranged that no obstacle arise in the parts of the sacrifice; you are my loving friend, and you are my supreme preceptor.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: Construction, invitations and hospitality"}
{"ref": "1.12.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 12, "verse": 4, "iast": ["voḍhavyo bhavatā caiva bhāro yajñasya codyataḥ", "tatheti ca sa rājānam abravīd dvijasattamaḥ"], "translation": "And the burden of the sacrifice, once undertaken, must be borne by you.” “So be it,” said that best of brahmins to the king.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: Construction, invitations and hospitality"}
{"ref": "1.12.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 12, "verse": 5, "iast": ["kariṣye sarvam evaitad bhavatā yat samarthitam", "tato 'bravīd dvijān vṛddhān yajñakarmasu niṣṭhitān"], "translation": "“I shall do all this that has been proposed by you.” Then he addressed the aged brahmins skilled in sacrificial rites,", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: Construction, invitations and hospitality"}
{"ref": "1.12.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 12, "verse": 6, "iast": ["sthāpatye niṣṭhitāṃś caiva vṛddhān paramadhārmikān", "karmāntikāñ śilpakārān vardhakīn khanakān api"], "translation": "and those elders, most righteous, skilled in architecture — the labourers, the artisans, the carpenters and the diggers too,", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: Construction, invitations and hospitality"}
{"ref": "1.12.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 12, "verse": 7, "iast": ["gaṇakāñ śilpinaś caiva tathaiva naṭanartakān", "tathā śucīñ śāstravidaḥ puruṣān subahuśrutān"], "translation": "the accountants and the craftsmen, and likewise the actors and dancers, and pure men who know the scriptures, very learned:", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: Construction, invitations and hospitality"}
{"ref": "1.12.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 12, "verse": 8, "iast": ["yajñakarma samīhantāṃ bhavanto rājaśāsanāt", "iṣṭakā bahusāhasrī śīghram ānīyatām iti"], "translation": "“Let your honours set about the sacrificial work by the king's command; and let many thousands of bricks be quickly brought.”", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: Construction, invitations and hospitality"}
{"ref": "1.12.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 12, "verse": 9, "iast": ["aupakāryāḥ kriyantāṃ ca rājñāṃ bahuguṇānvitāḥ", "brāhmaṇāvasathāś caiva kartavyāḥ śataśaḥ śubhāḥ"], "translation": "“And let pavilions for the kings be made, furnished with many comforts; and fine lodgings for the brahmins are to be built by the hundreds,", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: Construction, invitations and hospitality"}
{"ref": "1.12.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 12, "verse": 10, "iast": ["bhakṣyānnapānair bahubhiḥ samupetāḥ suniṣṭhitāḥ", "tathā paurajanasyāpi kartavyā bahuvistarāḥ"], "translation": "well provided with abundant viands, food and drink, and well appointed; and likewise for the townsfolk too (lodgings) are to be made, very spacious,", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: Construction, invitations and hospitality"}
{"ref": "1.12.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 12, "verse": 11, "iast": ["āvāsā bahubhakṣyā vai sarvakāmair upasthitāḥ", "tathā jānapadasyāpi janasya bahuśobhanam"], "translation": "dwellings well stocked with food and furnished with every desirable thing; and likewise plenty of fine provision for the country folk too.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: Construction, invitations and hospitality"}
{"ref": "1.12.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 12, "verse": 12, "iast": ["dātavyam annaṃ vidhivat satkṛtya na tu līlayā", "sarvavarṇā yathā pūjāṃ prāpnuvanti susatkṛtāḥ"], "translation": "Food is to be given duly and with respect, not carelessly, so that all the castes, well treated, receive due honour.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: Construction, invitations and hospitality"}
{"ref": "1.12.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 12, "verse": 13, "iast": ["na cāvajñā prayoktavyā kāmakrodhavaśād api", "yajñakarmasu ye 'vyagrāḥ puruṣāḥ śilpinas tathā"], "translation": "And no contempt is to be shown, even under the sway of desire or anger. And those men who are diligent in the sacrificial works, and the artisans likewise —", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: Construction, invitations and hospitality"}
{"ref": "1.12.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 12, "verse": 14, "iast": ["teṣām api viśeṣeṇa pūjā kāryā yathākramam", "yathā sarvaṃ suvihitaṃ na kiṃ cit parihīyate"], "translation": "to them too honour is to be shown, especially, in due order, so that everything is well arranged and nothing falls short.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: Construction, invitations and hospitality"}
{"ref": "1.12.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 12, "verse": 15, "iast": ["tathā bhavantaḥ kurvantu prītisnigdhena cetasā", "tataḥ sarve samāgamya vasiṣṭham idam abruvan"], "translation": "So let your honours act, with a heart affectionate and glad.” Then all came together and said this to Vasiṣṭha:", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: Construction, invitations and hospitality"}
{"ref": "1.12.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 12, "verse": 16, "iast": ["yathoktaṃ tat kariṣyāmo na kiṃ cit parihāsyate", "tataḥ sumantram āhūya vasiṣṭho vākyam abravīt"], "translation": "“We shall do that as directed; nothing will be neglected.” Then, summoning Sumantra, Vasiṣṭha spoke these words:", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: Construction, invitations and hospitality"}
{"ref": "1.12.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 12, "verse": 17, "iast": ["nimantrayasya nṛpatīn pṛthivyāṃ ye ca dhārmikāḥ", "brāhmaṇān kṣatriyān vaiśyāñ śūdrāṃś caiva sahasraśaḥ"], "translation": "“Invite the kings on earth who are righteous, and the brahmins, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas, and śūdras too, by the thousands.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: Construction, invitations and hospitality"}
{"ref": "1.12.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 12, "verse": 18, "iast": ["samānayasva satkṛtya sarvadeśeṣu mānavān", "mithilādhipatiṃ śūraṃ janakaṃ satyavikramam"], "translation": "Gather with honour the people from every land; and the valiant lord of Mithilā, Janaka of true valour,", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: Construction, invitations and hospitality"}
{"ref": "1.12.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 12, "verse": 19, "iast": ["niṣṭhitaṃ sarvaśāstreṣu tathā vedeṣu niṣṭhitam", "tam ānaya mahābhāgaṃ svayam eva susatkṛtam", "pūrvasaṃbandhinaṃ jñātvā tataḥ pūrvaṃ bravīmi te"], "translation": "accomplished in all the sciences and likewise versed in the Vedas — bring that greatly blessed one yourself, well honoured. Knowing him to be an old connection by marriage, I therefore name him to you first.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: Construction, invitations and hospitality"}
{"ref": "1.12.20", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 12, "verse": 20, "iast": ["tathā kāśipatiṃ snigdhaṃ satataṃ priyavādinam", "sadvṛttaṃ devasaṃkāśaṃ svayam evānayasva ha"], "translation": "Likewise the lord of Kāśi — affectionate, ever speaking kindly, of good conduct, resembling a god — fetch him yourself.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: Construction, invitations and hospitality"}
{"ref": "1.12.21", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 12, "verse": 21, "iast": ["tathā kekayarājānaṃ vṛddhaṃ paramadhārmikam", "śvaśuraṃ rājasiṃhasya saputraṃ tam ihānaya"], "translation": "Likewise the king of the Kekayas, aged and most righteous, the father-in-law of the lion among kings — bring him here with his son.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: Construction, invitations and hospitality"}
{"ref": "1.12.22", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 12, "verse": 22, "iast": ["aṅgeśvaraṃ mahābhāgaṃ romapādaṃ susatkṛtam", "vayasyaṃ rājasiṃhasya tam ānaya yaśasvinam"], "translation": "The lord of the Aṅgas, the greatly blessed Romapāda, well honoured, the comrade of the lion among kings — bring that illustrious one.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: Construction, invitations and hospitality"}
{"ref": "1.12.23", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 12, "verse": 23, "iast": ["prācīnān sindhusauvīrān saurāṣṭhreyāṃś ca pārthivān", "dākṣiṇātyān narendrāṃś ca samastān ānayasva ha"], "translation": "The eastern kings, the Sindhus and Sauvīras, and the princes of Surāṣṭra, and the southern lords of men — bring them all.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: Construction, invitations and hospitality"}
{"ref": "1.12.24", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 12, "verse": 24, "iast": ["santi snigdhāś ca ye cānye rājānaḥ pṛthivītale", "tān ānaya yathākṣipraṃ sānugān sahabāndhavān"], "translation": "And whatever other friendly kings there are on the face of the earth, bring them as quickly as may be, with their retinues and kinsmen.”", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: Construction, invitations and hospitality"}
{"ref": "1.12.25", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 12, "verse": 25, "iast": ["vasiṣṭhavākyaṃ tac chrutvā sumantras tvaritas tadā", "vyādiśat puruṣāṃs tatra rājñām ānayane śubhān"], "translation": "Hearing that speech of Vasiṣṭha, Sumantra then, in haste, dispatched trusty men there for the fetching of the kings.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: Construction, invitations and hospitality"}
{"ref": "1.12.26", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 12, "verse": 26, "iast": ["svayam eva hi dharmātmā prayayau muniśāsanāt", "sumantras tvarito bhūtvā samānetuṃ mahīkṣitaḥ"], "translation": "And the righteous Sumantra himself, in haste, set out at the sage's command to bring the kings.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: Construction, invitations and hospitality"}
{"ref": "1.12.27", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 12, "verse": 27, "iast": ["te ca karmāntikāḥ sarve vasiṣṭhāya ca dhīmate", "sarvaṃ nivedayanti sma yajñe yad upakalpitam"], "translation": "And all those workmen reported to the wise Vasiṣṭha everything that had been made ready for the sacrifice.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: Construction, invitations and hospitality"}
{"ref": "1.12.28", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 12, "verse": 28, "iast": ["tataḥ prīto dvijaśreṣṭhas tān sarvān punar abravīt", "avajñayā na dātavyaṃ kasya cil līlayāpi vā", "avajñayā kṛtaṃ hanyād dātāraṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ"], "translation": "Then, pleased, the best of brahmins spoke to them all again: “Nothing is to be given to anyone with contempt, or even carelessly; a thing done with contempt would destroy the giver — of this there is no doubt.”", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: Construction, invitations and hospitality"}
{"ref": "1.12.29", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 12, "verse": 29, "iast": ["tataḥ kaiś cid ahorātrair upayātā mahīkṣitaḥ", "bahūni ratnāny ādāya rājño daśarathasya ha"], "translation": "Then, after some days and nights, the kings arrived, bringing many jewels for king Daśaratha.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: Construction, invitations and hospitality"}
{"ref": "1.12.30", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 12, "verse": 30, "iast": ["tato vasiṣṭhaḥ suprīto rājānam idam abravīt", "upayātā naravyāghra rājānas tava śāsanāt"], "translation": "Then Vasiṣṭha, well pleased, said this to the king: “The kings have arrived, O tiger among men, at your command.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: Construction, invitations and hospitality"}
{"ref": "1.12.31", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 12, "verse": 31, "iast": ["mayāpi satkṛtāḥ sarve yathārhaṃ rājasattamāḥ", "yajñiyaṃ ca kṛtaṃ rājan puruṣaiḥ susamāhitaiḥ"], "translation": "And I too have honoured all those best of kings as befits them; and the sacrificial work has been done, O king, by well-attentive men.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: Construction, invitations and hospitality"}
{"ref": "1.12.32", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 12, "verse": 32, "iast": ["niryātu ca bhavān yaṣṭuṃ yajñāyatanam antikāt", "sarvakāmair upahṛtair upetaṃ vai samantataḥ"], "translation": "And let your honour go forth to sacrifice, to the sacrificial enclosure close at hand, furnished on all sides with every offered requisite.”", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: Construction, invitations and hospitality"}
{"ref": "1.12.33", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 12, "verse": 33, "iast": ["tathā vasiṣṭhavacanād ṛṣyaśṛṅgasya cobhayoḥ", "śubhe divasa nakṣatre niryāto jagatīpatiḥ"], "translation": "So, at the word of both Vasiṣṭha and Ṛṣyaśṛṅga, on an auspicious day and under a favourable constellation, the lord of the earth went forth.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: Construction, invitations and hospitality"}
{"ref": "1.12.34", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 12, "verse": 34, "iast": ["tato vasiṣṭhapramukhāḥ sarva eva dvijottamāḥ", "ṛṣyaśṛṅgaṃ puraskṛtya yajñakarmārabhaṃs tadā"], "translation": "Then all those best of brahmins, headed by Vasiṣṭha, placing Ṛṣyaśṛṅga at the fore, began the sacrificial rite.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: Construction, invitations and hospitality"}
{"ref": "1.13.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 13, "verse": 1, "iast": ["atha saṃvatsare pūrṇe tasmin prāpte turaṅgame", "sarayvāś cottare tīre rājño yajño 'bhyavartata"], "translation": "Now, when a full year had passed and that horse had returned, on the northern bank of the Sarayū the king's sacrifice began.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: The horse’s return and completion of the rites"}
{"ref": "1.13.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 13, "verse": 2, "iast": ["ṛṣyaśṛṅgaṃ puraskṛtya karma cakrur dvijarṣabhāḥ", "aśvamedhe mahāyajñe rājño 'sya sumahātmanaḥ"], "translation": "Placing Ṛṣyaśṛṅga at the fore, the bulls among brahmins performed the rite in the great aśvamedha of that most great-souled king.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: The horse’s return and completion of the rites"}
{"ref": "1.13.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 13, "verse": 3, "iast": ["karma kurvanti vidhivad yājakā vedapāragāḥ", "yathāvidhi yathānyāyaṃ parikrāmanti śāstrataḥ"], "translation": "The officiating priests, masters of the Vedas, performed the rite duly; according to rule and propriety they moved about (in the ritual) as scripture directs.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: The horse’s return and completion of the rites"}
{"ref": "1.13.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 13, "verse": 4, "iast": ["pravargyaṃ śāstrataḥ kṛtvā tathaivopasadaṃ dvijāḥ", "cakruś ca vidhivat sarvam adhikaṃ karma śāstrataḥ"], "translation": "Having performed the pravargya rite according to scripture, and likewise the upasad, the brahmins duly performed all the additional rites as well, according to scripture.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: The horse’s return and completion of the rites"}
{"ref": "1.13.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 13, "verse": 5, "iast": ["abhipūjya tato hṛṣṭāḥ sarve cakrur yathāvidhi", "prātaḥsavanapūrvāṇi karmāṇi munipuṃgavāḥ"], "translation": "Then, having done worship, all those bulls among sages, delighted, performed according to rule the rites beginning with the morning pressing of soma.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: The horse’s return and completion of the rites"}
{"ref": "1.13.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 13, "verse": 6, "iast": ["na cāhutam abhūt tatra skhalitaṃ vāpi kiṃ cana", "dṛśyate brahmavat sarvaṃ kṣemayuktaṃ hi cakrire"], "translation": "Nothing there went un-offered, nor was there any slip whatsoever; everything appeared conformable to the Veda, for they performed it in a manner free of flaw.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: The horse’s return and completion of the rites"}
{"ref": "1.13.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 13, "verse": 7, "iast": ["na teṣv ahaḥsu śrānto vā kṣudhito vāpi dṛśyate", "nāvidvān brāhmaṇas tatra nāśatānucaras tathā"], "translation": "On those days no one weary or hungry was to be seen; nor was there any unlearned brahmin there, nor one attended by fewer than a hundred followers.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: The horse’s return and completion of the rites"}
{"ref": "1.13.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 13, "verse": 8, "iast": ["brāhmaṇā bhuñjate nityaṃ nāthavantaś ca bhuñjate", "tāpasā bhujate cāpi śramaṇā bhuñjate tathā"], "translation": "The brahmins ate continually, and those who had dependents ate; the ascetics too ate, and the wandering mendicants ate likewise.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: The horse’s return and completion of the rites"}
{"ref": "1.13.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 13, "verse": 9, "iast": ["vṛddhāś ca vyādhitāś caiva striyo bālās tathaiva ca", "aniśaṃ bhuñjamānānāṃ na tṛptir upalabhyate"], "translation": "And the aged and the sick, and women and children likewise — of those eating day and night, no lack of plenty was found.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: The horse’s return and completion of the rites"}
{"ref": "1.13.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 13, "verse": 10, "iast": ["dīyatāṃ dīyatām annaṃ vāsāṃsi vividhāni ca", "iti saṃcoditās tatra tathā cakrur anekaśaḥ"], "translation": "“Give, give food, and garments of every kind!” — so urged, they did so there in manifold ways.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: The horse’s return and completion of the rites"}
{"ref": "1.13.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 13, "verse": 11, "iast": ["annakūṭāś ca bahavo dṛśyante parvatopamāḥ", "divase divase tatra siddhasya vidhivat tadā"], "translation": "And many heaps of food, like mountains, were seen there day after day, of cooked fare duly prepared.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: The horse’s return and completion of the rites"}
{"ref": "1.13.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 13, "verse": 12, "iast": ["annaṃ hi vidhivat svādu praśaṃsanti dvijarṣabhāḥ", "aho tṛptāḥ sma bhadraṃ te iti śuśrāva rāghavaḥ"], "translation": "The bulls among brahmins praised the food, duly prepared and delicious: “Ah, we are satisfied! Blessings on you!” — so the descendant of Raghu heard.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: The horse’s return and completion of the rites"}
{"ref": "1.13.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 13, "verse": 13, "iast": ["svalaṃkṛtāś ca puruṣā brāhmaṇān paryaveṣayan", "upāsate ca tān anye sumṛṣṭamaṇikuṇḍalāḥ"], "translation": "And well-adorned men served the brahmins their food; and others, with brightly polished jewelled earrings, waited upon them.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: The horse’s return and completion of the rites"}
{"ref": "1.13.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 13, "verse": 14, "iast": ["karmāntare tadā viprā hetuvādān bahūn api", "prāhuḥ suvāgmino dhīrāḥ parasparajigīṣayā"], "translation": "Then, in the intervals of the rite, the eloquent and steadfast brahmins uttered many reasoned disputations, out of a wish to outdo one another.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: The horse’s return and completion of the rites"}
{"ref": "1.13.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 13, "verse": 15, "iast": ["divase divase tatra saṃstare kuśalā dvijāḥ", "sarvakarmāṇi cakrus te yathāśāstraṃ pracoditāḥ"], "translation": "Day after day there the brahmins, skilled in the ritual arrangement, performed all the rites, as directed, according to scripture.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: The horse’s return and completion of the rites"}
{"ref": "1.13.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 13, "verse": 16, "iast": ["nāṣaḍaṅgavid atrāsīn nāvrato nābahuśrutaḥ", "sadasyas tasya vai rājño nāvādakuśalo dvijaḥ"], "translation": "Here there was none ignorant of the six Vedāṅgas, none without vows, none not deeply learned; no member of that king's assembly was a brahmin unskilled in disputation.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: The horse’s return and completion of the rites"}
{"ref": "1.13.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 13, "verse": 17, "iast": ["prāpte yūpocchraye tasmin ṣaḍ bailvāḥ khādirās tathā", "tāvanto bilvasahitāḥ parṇinaś ca tathāpare"], "translation": "When the time came for raising the sacrificial posts, there were six of bilva wood and likewise (six) of khadira; as many again together with bilva, and others of palāśa wood as well,", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: The horse’s return and completion of the rites"}
{"ref": "1.13.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 13, "verse": 18, "iast": ["śleṣmātakamayo diṣṭo devadārumayas tathā", "dvāv eva tatra vihitau bāhuvyastaparigrahau"], "translation": "one made of śleṣmātaka wood was prescribed, and likewise one of devadāru (deodar); just two were fixed there, of an arm-span's girth to embrace.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: The horse’s return and completion of the rites"}
{"ref": "1.13.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 13, "verse": 19, "iast": ["kāritāḥ sarva evaite śāstrajñair yajñakovidaiḥ", "śobhārthaṃ tasya yajñasya kāñcanālaṃkṛtā bhavan"], "translation": "All these were made by men learned in scripture and skilled in sacrifice; for the beauty of that sacrifice they were adorned with gold.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: The horse’s return and completion of the rites"}
{"ref": "1.13.20", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 13, "verse": 20, "iast": ["vinyastā vidhivat sarve śilpibhiḥ sukṛtā dṛḍhāḥ", "aṣṭāśrayaḥ sarva eva ślakṣṇarūpasamanvitāḥ"], "translation": "All the posts, well made and firm, were duly set up by the artisans; every one was eight-cornered and endowed with a smooth form.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: The horse’s return and completion of the rites"}
{"ref": "1.13.21", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 13, "verse": 21, "iast": ["ācchāditās te vāsobhiḥ puṣpair gandhaiś ca bhūṣitāḥ", "saptarṣayo dīptimanto virājante yathā divi"], "translation": "They were draped with cloths and decked with flowers and perfumes; they shone like the radiant Seven Seers (the Great Bear) in the sky.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: The horse’s return and completion of the rites"}
{"ref": "1.13.22", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 13, "verse": 22, "iast": ["iṣṭakāś ca yathānyāyaṃ kāritāś ca pramāṇataḥ", "cito 'gnir brāhmaṇais tatra kuśalaiḥ śulbakarmaṇi", "sa cityo rājasiṃhasya saṃcitaḥ kuśalair dvijaiḥ"], "translation": "And the bricks were made according to propriety and to measure; the fire-altar was piled up there by brahmins skilled in the measuring work; that fire-altar of the lion among kings was heaped up by skilled brahmins.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: The horse’s return and completion of the rites"}
{"ref": "1.13.23", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 13, "verse": 23, "iast": ["garuḍo rukmapakṣo vai triguṇo 'ṣṭādaśātmakaḥ", "niyuktās tatra paśavas tat tad uddiśya daivatam"], "translation": "(The altar was in the form of) Garuḍa with golden wings, three times (the usual size), consisting of eighteen (units); and there the sacrificial animals were assigned, each dedicated to its respective deity.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: The horse’s return and completion of the rites"}
{"ref": "1.13.24", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 13, "verse": 24, "iast": ["uragāḥ pakṣiṇaś caiva yathāśāstraṃ pracoditāḥ", "śāmitre tu hayas tatra tathā jala carāś ca ye"], "translation": "Serpents and birds too were assigned according to scripture; at the slaughtering-place the horse (was assigned) there, and likewise those creatures that move in water.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: The horse’s return and completion of the rites"}
{"ref": "1.13.25", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 13, "verse": 25, "iast": ["ṛtvigbhiḥ sarvam evaitan niyuktaṃ śāstratas tadā", "paśūnāṃ triśataṃ tatra yūpeṣu niyataṃ tadā", "aśvaratnottamaṃ tasya rājño daśarathasya ha"], "translation": "All this was then assigned by the officiating priests according to scripture; three hundred animals were then bound there to the posts, along with the excellent jewel of a horse of that king Daśaratha.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: The horse’s return and completion of the rites"}
{"ref": "1.13.26", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 13, "verse": 26, "iast": ["kausalyā taṃ hayaṃ tatra paricarya samantataḥ", "kṛpāṇair viśaśāsainaṃ tribhiḥ paramayā mudā"], "translation": "Kausalyā, having circled that horse on every side there, cut it with three knives, with the greatest joy.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: The horse’s return and completion of the rites"}
{"ref": "1.13.27", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 13, "verse": 27, "iast": ["patatriṇā tadā sārdhaṃ susthitena ca cetasā", "avasad rajanīm ekāṃ kausalyā dharmakāmyayā"], "translation": "Then, with a well-composed mind, Kausalyā spent one night beside the winged one (the horse), out of desire for dharma.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: The horse’s return and completion of the rites"}
{"ref": "1.13.28", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 13, "verse": 28, "iast": ["hotādhvaryus tathodgātā hayena samayojayan", "mahiṣyā parivṛtthyātha vāvātām aparāṃ tathā"], "translation": "The hotṛ, the adhvaryu, and the udgātṛ united (the queens) with the horse — the chief queen, the discarded queen, and likewise the other, the favourite wife.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: The horse’s return and completion of the rites"}
{"ref": "1.13.29", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 13, "verse": 29, "iast": ["patatriṇas tasya vapām uddhṛtya niyatendriyaḥ", "ṛtvik parama saṃpannaḥ śrapayām āsa śāstrataḥ"], "translation": "Drawing out the omentum of that winged one, the officiating priest, his senses controlled and supremely accomplished, cooked it according to scripture.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: The horse’s return and completion of the rites"}
{"ref": "1.13.30", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 13, "verse": 30, "iast": ["dhūmagandhaṃ vapāyās tu jighrati sma narādhipaḥ", "yathākālaṃ yathānyāyaṃ nirṇudan pāpam ātmanaḥ"], "translation": "The king inhaled the smoke-scent of the omentum, at the proper time and in the proper manner, driving away the sin from himself.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: The horse’s return and completion of the rites"}
{"ref": "1.13.31", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 13, "verse": 31, "iast": ["hayasya yāni cāṅgāni tāni sarvāṇi brāhmaṇāḥ", "agnau prāsyanti vidhivat samastāḥ ṣoḍaśartvijaḥ"], "translation": "And whatever limbs there were of the horse, all those the brahmins — all sixteen officiating priests together — cast duly into the fire.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: The horse’s return and completion of the rites"}
{"ref": "1.13.32", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 13, "verse": 32, "iast": ["plakṣaśākhāsu yajñānām anyeṣāṃ kriyate haviḥ", "aśvamedhasya caikasya vaitaso bhāga iṣyate"], "translation": "In other sacrifices the oblation is made on branches of the plakṣa tree; but for the aśvamedha alone a portion of reed is prescribed.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: The horse’s return and completion of the rites"}
{"ref": "1.13.33", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 13, "verse": 33, "iast": ["tryaho 'śvamedhaḥ saṃkhyātaḥ kalpasūtreṇa brāhmaṇaiḥ", "catuṣṭomam ahas tasya prathamaṃ parikalpitam"], "translation": "The aśvamedha is reckoned a three-day rite by the brahmins according to the ritual manual; its first day is arranged as the Catuṣṭoma.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: The horse’s return and completion of the rites"}
{"ref": "1.13.34", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 13, "verse": 34, "iast": ["ukthyaṃ dvitīyaṃ saṃkhyātam atirātraṃ tathottaram", "kāritās tatra bahavo vihitāḥ śāstradarśanāt"], "translation": "The second is reckoned the Ukthya, and the last the Atirātra; many (rites) prescribed by the precept of scripture were performed there.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: The horse’s return and completion of the rites"}
{"ref": "1.13.35", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 13, "verse": 35, "iast": ["jyotiṣṭomāyuṣī caiva atirātrau ca nirmitau", "abhijid viśvajic caiva aptoryāmo mahākratuḥ"], "translation": "And the Jyotiṣṭoma and the Āyus, and two Atirātras, were performed; and the Abhijit and the Viśvajit, and the Aptoryāma, that great rite.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: The horse’s return and completion of the rites"}
{"ref": "1.13.36", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 13, "verse": 36, "iast": ["prācīṃ hotre dadau rājā diśaṃ svakulavardhanaḥ", "adhvaryave pratīcīṃ tu brahmaṇe dakṣiṇāṃ diśam"], "translation": "The king, augmenter of his line, gave the eastern quarter to the hotṛ, the western to the adhvaryu, and the southern quarter to the brahman-priest,", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: The horse’s return and completion of the rites"}
{"ref": "1.13.37", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 13, "verse": 37, "iast": ["udgātre tu tathodīcīṃ dakṣiṇaiṣā vinirmitā", "aśvamedhe mahāyajñe svayambhuvihite purā"], "translation": "and to the udgātṛ likewise the northern; this sacrificial fee was so ordained of old in the great aśvamedha instituted by the Self-existent.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: The horse’s return and completion of the rites"}
{"ref": "1.13.38", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 13, "verse": 38, "iast": ["kratuṃ samāpya tu tadā nyāyataḥ puruṣarṣabhaḥ", "ṛtvigbhyo hi dadau rājā dharāṃ tāṃ kratuvardhanaḥ"], "translation": "Having duly completed the rite, that bull among men, the king, augmenter of the sacrifice, then gave that earth (his realm) to the officiating priests.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: The horse’s return and completion of the rites"}
{"ref": "1.13.39", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 13, "verse": 39, "iast": ["ṛtvijas tv abruvan sarve rājānaṃ gatakalmaṣam", "bhavān eva mahīṃ kṛtsnām eko rakṣitum arhati"], "translation": "But all the officiating priests said to the king, now cleansed of sin: “You alone are fit to protect the whole earth.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: The horse’s return and completion of the rites"}
{"ref": "1.13.40", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 13, "verse": 40, "iast": ["na bhūmyā kāryam asmākaṃ na hi śaktāḥ sma pālane", "ratāḥ svādhyāyakaraṇe vayaṃ nityaṃ hi bhūmipa", "niṣkrayaṃ kiṃ cid eveha prayacchatu bhavān iti"], "translation": "We have no use for land, for we are not capable of governing; we are ever devoted to the practice of Vedic study, O lord of the earth. Let your honour give instead some redemption-fee here.”", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: The horse’s return and completion of the rites"}
{"ref": "1.13.41", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 13, "verse": 41, "iast": ["gavāṃ śatasahasrāṇi daśa tebhyo dadau nṛpaḥ", "daśakoṭiṃ suvarṇasya rajatasya caturguṇam"], "translation": "The king gave them ten hundred-thousands of cows, ten crores of gold, and four times that of silver.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: The horse’s return and completion of the rites"}
{"ref": "1.13.42", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 13, "verse": 42, "iast": ["ṛtvijas tu tataḥ sarve pradaduḥ sahitā vasu", "ṛṣyaśṛṅgāya munaye vasiṣṭhāya ca dhīmate"], "translation": "Then all the officiating priests together gave that wealth to the sage Ṛṣyaśṛṅga and to the wise Vasiṣṭha.", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: The horse’s return and completion of the rites"}
{"ref": "1.13.43", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 13, "verse": 43, "iast": ["tatas te nyāyataḥ kṛtvā pravibhāgaṃ dvijottamāḥ", "suprītamanasaḥ sarve pratyūcur muditā bhṛśam"], "translation": "Then those best of brahmins, having duly made the division, all glad at heart and greatly delighted, replied:", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: The horse’s return and completion of the rites"}
{"ref": "1.13.44", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 13, "verse": 44, "iast": ["tataḥ prītamanā rājā prāpya yajñam anuttamam", "pāpāpahaṃ svarnayanaṃ dustaraṃ pārthivarṣabhaiḥ"], "translation": "Then the king, glad at heart, having accomplished that peerless sacrifice — remover of sin, leading to heaven, hard to achieve even by the bulls among kings —", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: The horse’s return and completion of the rites"}
{"ref": "1.13.45", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 13, "verse": 45, "iast": ["tato 'bravīd ṛṣyaśṛṅgaṃ rājā daśarathas tadā", "kulasya vardhanaṃ tat tu kartum arhasi suvrata"], "translation": "then king Daśaratha said to Ṛṣyaśṛṅga: “Now you should perform that (rite) for the increase of my line, O you of good vows.”", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: The horse’s return and completion of the rites"}
{"ref": "1.13.46", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 13, "verse": 46, "iast": ["tatheti ca sa rājānam uvāca dvijasattamaḥ", "bhaviṣyanti sutā rājaṃś catvāras te kulodvahāḥ"], "translation": "“So be it,” said that best of brahmins to the king; “four sons will be yours, O king, carriers-on of your line.”", "sarga_title": "Aśvamedha yajña: The horse’s return and completion of the rites"}
{"ref": "1.14.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 14, "verse": 1, "iast": ["medhāvī tu tato dhyātvā sa kiṃ cid idam uttamam", "labdhasaṃjñas tatas taṃ tu vedajño nṛpam abravīt"], "translation": "Then the wise one, having reflected somewhat on this excellent matter and collected his thoughts, that knower of the Veda said to the king:", "sarga_title": "Putrakāmeṣṭi and Viṣṇu’s promised human birth"}
{"ref": "1.14.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 14, "verse": 2, "iast": ["iṣṭiṃ te 'haṃ kariṣyāmi putrīyāṃ putrakāraṇāt", "atharvaśirasi proktair mantraiḥ siddhāṃ vidhānataḥ"], "translation": "“I shall perform for you the son-producing iṣṭi, for the sake of a son — effected with the mantras declared in the Atharvaśiras, according to rule.”", "sarga_title": "Putrakāmeṣṭi and Viṣṇu’s promised human birth"}
{"ref": "1.14.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 14, "verse": 3, "iast": ["tataḥ prākramad iṣṭiṃ tāṃ putrīyāṃ putra kāraṇāt", "juhāva cāgnau tejasvī mantradṛṣṭena karmaṇā"], "translation": "Then he began that son-producing iṣṭi for the sake of a son, and the radiant one made offerings into the fire with a rite prescribed by the mantras.", "sarga_title": "Putrakāmeṣṭi and Viṣṇu’s promised human birth"}
{"ref": "1.14.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 14, "verse": 4, "iast": ["tato devāḥ sagandharvāḥ siddhāś ca paramarṣayaḥ", "bhāgapratigrahārthaṃ vai samavetā yathāvidhi"], "translation": "Then the gods with the gandharvas, and the siddhas and the supreme seers, assembled duly to receive their shares.", "sarga_title": "Putrakāmeṣṭi and Viṣṇu’s promised human birth"}
{"ref": "1.14.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 14, "verse": 5, "iast": ["tāḥ sametya yathānyāyaṃ tasmin sadasi devatāḥ", "abruvaṃl lokakartāraṃ brahmāṇaṃ vacanaṃ mahat"], "translation": "Those deities, having gathered in due order in that assembly, spoke a weighty word to the maker of the worlds, Brahmā:", "sarga_title": "Putrakāmeṣṭi and Viṣṇu’s promised human birth"}
{"ref": "1.14.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 14, "verse": 6, "iast": ["bhagavaṃs tvatprasādena rāvaṇo nāma rākṣasaḥ", "sarvānno bādhate vīryāc chāsituṃ taṃ na śaknumaḥ"], "translation": "“Venerable one, by your grace a rākṣasa named Rāvaṇa oppresses us all with his might; we are not able to chastise him.", "sarga_title": "Putrakāmeṣṭi and Viṣṇu’s promised human birth"}
{"ref": "1.14.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 14, "verse": 7, "iast": ["tvayā tasmai varo dattaḥ prītena bhagavan purā", "mānayantaś ca taṃ nityaṃ sarvaṃ tasya kṣamāmahe"], "translation": "A boon was given to him by you, well pleased, of old, O venerable one; and ever honouring it, we endure everything of his.", "sarga_title": "Putrakāmeṣṭi and Viṣṇu’s promised human birth"}
{"ref": "1.14.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 14, "verse": 8, "iast": ["udvejayati lokāṃs trīn ucchritān dveṣṭi durmatiḥ", "śakraṃ tridaśarājānaṃ pradharṣayitum icchati"], "translation": "The evil-minded one torments the three worlds and hates the eminent; he wishes to assail Śakra, the king of the gods.", "sarga_title": "Putrakāmeṣṭi and Viṣṇu’s promised human birth"}
{"ref": "1.14.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 14, "verse": 9, "iast": ["ṛṣīn yakṣān sagandharvān asurān brāhmaṇāṃs tathā", "atikrāmati durdharṣo varadānena mohitaḥ"], "translation": "Deluded by the granting of the boon, that unassailable one transgresses against seers, yakṣas, gandharvas, asuras, and brahmins alike.", "sarga_title": "Putrakāmeṣṭi and Viṣṇu’s promised human birth"}
{"ref": "1.14.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 14, "verse": 10, "iast": ["nainaṃ sūryaḥ pratapati pārśve vāti na mārutaḥ", "calormimālī taṃ dṛṣṭvā samudro 'pi na kampate"], "translation": "The sun does not scorch him, the wind does not blow at his side; and the ocean, garlanded with restless waves, does not even ripple upon seeing him.", "sarga_title": "Putrakāmeṣṭi and Viṣṇu’s promised human birth"}
{"ref": "1.14.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 14, "verse": 11, "iast": ["tan manan no bhayaṃ tasmād rākṣasād ghoradarśanāt", "vadhārthaṃ tasya bhagavann upāyaṃ kartum arhasi"], "translation": "There is great fear for us from that rākṣasa of dreadful aspect; O venerable one, you should devise a means for his slaying.”", "sarga_title": "Putrakāmeṣṭi and Viṣṇu’s promised human birth"}
{"ref": "1.14.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 14, "verse": 12, "iast": ["evam uktaḥ suraiḥ sarvaiś cintayitvā tato 'bravīt", "hantāyaṃ vihitas tasya vadhopāyo durātmanaḥ"], "translation": "Thus addressed by all the gods, having pondered, he then said: “Aha, here is devised the means of slaying that evil-souled one.", "sarga_title": "Putrakāmeṣṭi and Viṣṇu’s promised human birth"}
{"ref": "1.14.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 14, "verse": 13, "iast": ["tena gandharvayakṣāṇāṃ devadānavarakṣasām", "avadhyo 'smīti vāg uktā tathety uktaṃ ca tan mayā"], "translation": "By him the words were spoken: ‘I am unslayable by gandharvas and yakṣas, by gods, dānavas, and rākṣasas’; and ‘So be it’ was said by me to that.", "sarga_title": "Putrakāmeṣṭi and Viṣṇu’s promised human birth"}
{"ref": "1.14.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 14, "verse": 14, "iast": ["nākīrtayad avajñānāt tad rakṣo mānuṣāṃs tadā", "tasmāt sa mānuṣād vadhyo mṛtur nānyo 'sya vidyate"], "translation": "Out of contempt that rākṣasa did not then mention human beings; therefore he is slayable by a human — no other death exists for him.", "sarga_title": "Putrakāmeṣṭi and Viṣṇu’s promised human birth"}
{"ref": "1.14.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 14, "verse": 15, "iast": ["etac chrutvā priyaṃ vākyaṃ brahmaṇā samudāhṛtam", "devā maharṣayaḥ sarve prahṛṣṭās te 'bhavaṃs tadā"], "translation": "Hearing this welcome speech uttered by Brahmā, the gods and all the great seers then became delighted.", "sarga_title": "Putrakāmeṣṭi and Viṣṇu’s promised human birth"}
{"ref": "1.14.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 14, "verse": 16, "iast": ["etasminn antare viṣṇur upayāto mahādyutiḥ", "brahmaṇā ca samāgamya tatra tasthau samāhitaḥ"], "translation": "At this juncture Viṣṇu of great splendour arrived; and having met with Brahmā, he stood there composed.", "sarga_title": "Putrakāmeṣṭi and Viṣṇu’s promised human birth"}
{"ref": "1.14.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 14, "verse": 17, "iast": ["tam abruvan surāḥ sarve samabhiṣṭūya saṃnatāḥ", "tvāṃ niyokṣyāmahe viṣṇo lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā"], "translation": "All the gods, bowing low, praised him and said: “We shall appoint you to a task, O Viṣṇu, out of desire for the good of the worlds.", "sarga_title": "Putrakāmeṣṭi and Viṣṇu’s promised human birth"}
{"ref": "1.14.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 14, "verse": 18, "iast": ["rājño daśarathasya tvam ayodhyādhipater vibho", "dharmajñasya vadānyasya maharṣisamatejasaḥ", "tasya bhāryāsu tisṛṣu hrīśrīkīrtyupamāsu ca", "viṣṇo putratvam āgaccha kṛtvātmānaṃ caturvidham"], "translation": "O mighty one, become the son of King Daśaratha, lord of Ayodhyā — righteous, munificent, of splendour equal to the great seers — in his three wives, who are like Modesty, Prosperity, and Fame; O Viṣṇu, enter into sonship, making yourself fourfold.", "sarga_title": "Putrakāmeṣṭi and Viṣṇu’s promised human birth"}
{"ref": "1.14.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 14, "verse": 19, "iast": ["tatra tvaṃ mānuṣo bhūtvā pravṛddhaṃ lokakaṇṭakam", "avadhyaṃ daivatair viṣṇo samare jahi rāvaṇam"], "translation": "There, having become a man, O Viṣṇu, slay in battle Rāvaṇa, that flourishing thorn to the world, unslayable by the gods.", "sarga_title": "Putrakāmeṣṭi and Viṣṇu’s promised human birth"}
{"ref": "1.14.20", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 14, "verse": 20, "iast": ["sa hi devān sagandharvān siddhāṃś ca ṛṣisattamān", "rākṣaso rāvaṇo mūrkho vīryotsekena bādhate"], "translation": "For that foolish rākṣasa Rāvaṇa harasses the gods, the gandharvas, the siddhas, and the best of seers, through the excess of his might.", "sarga_title": "Putrakāmeṣṭi and Viṣṇu’s promised human birth"}
{"ref": "1.14.21", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 14, "verse": 21, "iast": ["tad uddhataṃ rāvaṇam ṛddhatejasaṃ pravṛddhadarpaṃ tridaśeśvaradviṣam", "virāvaṇaṃ sādhu tapasvikaṇṭakaṃ tapasvinām uddhara taṃ bhayāvaham"], "translation": "So uproot that arrogant Rāvaṇa of swollen might, of overweening pride, foe of the lord of the gods — the tormentor, verily a thorn to ascetics; deliver the ascetics from that bringer of terror.", "sarga_title": "Putrakāmeṣṭi and Viṣṇu’s promised human birth"}
{"ref": "1.15.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 15, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tato nārāyaṇo viṣṇur niyuktaḥ surasattamaiḥ", "jānann api surān evaṃ ślakṣṇaṃ vacanam abravīt"], "translation": "Then Nārāyaṇa Viṣṇu, appointed by the best of the gods, though he already knew, thus spoke gentle words to the gods:", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha receives and divides the divine pāyasa"}
{"ref": "1.15.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 15, "verse": 2, "iast": ["upāyaḥ ko vadhe tasya rākṣasādhipateḥ surāḥ", "yam ahaṃ taṃ samāsthāya nihanyām ṛṣikaṇṭakam"], "translation": "“What is the means for the slaying of that lord of rākṣasas, O gods — resorting to which I might slay that thorn to the seers?”", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha receives and divides the divine pāyasa"}
{"ref": "1.15.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 15, "verse": 3, "iast": ["evam uktāḥ surāḥ sarve pratyūcur viṣṇum avyayam", "mānuṣīṃ tanum āsthāya rāvaṇaṃ jahi saṃyuge"], "translation": "Addressed thus, all the gods replied to the imperishable Viṣṇu: “Taking on a human body, slay Rāvaṇa in battle.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha receives and divides the divine pāyasa"}
{"ref": "1.15.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 15, "verse": 4, "iast": ["sa hi tepe tapas tīvraṃ dīrghakālam ariṃdama", "yena tuṣṭo 'bhavad brahmā lokakṛl lokapūjitaḥ"], "translation": "For he practised fierce austerity for a long time, O tamer of foes, by which Brahmā, maker of the worlds and honoured by the worlds, became pleased.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha receives and divides the divine pāyasa"}
{"ref": "1.15.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 15, "verse": 5, "iast": ["saṃtuṣṭaḥ pradadau tasmai rākṣasāya varaṃ prabhuḥ", "nānāvidhebhyo bhūtebhyo bhayaṃ nānyatra mānuṣāt"], "translation": "Well pleased, the lord granted that rākṣasa a boon: (safety) from beings of every kind — danger from nowhere save from a human.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha receives and divides the divine pāyasa"}
{"ref": "1.15.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 15, "verse": 6, "iast": ["avajñātāḥ purā tena varadānena mānavāḥ", "tasmāt tasya vadho dṛṣṭo mānuṣebhyaḥ paraṃtapa"], "translation": "Long ago, at the granting of that boon, humans were slighted by him; therefore his death is foreseen at the hands of humans, O scorcher of foes.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha receives and divides the divine pāyasa"}
{"ref": "1.15.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 15, "verse": 7, "iast": ["ity etad vacanaṃ śrutvā surāṇāṃ viṣṇur ātmavān", "pitaraṃ rocayām āsa tadā daśarathaṃ nṛpam"], "translation": "Having heard this speech of the gods, the self-possessed Viṣṇu then chose King Daśaratha for his father.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha receives and divides the divine pāyasa"}
{"ref": "1.15.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 15, "verse": 8, "iast": ["sa cāpy aputro nṛpatis tasmin kāle mahādyutiḥ", "ayajat putriyām iṣṭiṃ putrepsur arisūdanaḥ"], "translation": "And at that time that sonless king of great splendour, that slayer of foes, desiring a son, performed the son-producing iṣṭi.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha receives and divides the divine pāyasa"}
{"ref": "1.15.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 15, "verse": 9, "iast": ["tato vai yajamānasya pāvakād atulaprabham", "prādurbhūtaṃ mahad bhūtaṃ mahāvīryaṃ mahābalam"], "translation": "Then indeed, as he was sacrificing, there appeared from the fire a great being of incomparable radiance, of great valour and great strength —", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha receives and divides the divine pāyasa"}
{"ref": "1.15.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 15, "verse": 10, "iast": ["kṛṣṇaṃ raktāmbaradharaṃ raktāsyaṃ dundubhisvanam", "snigdhaharyakṣatanujaśmaśrupravaramūrdhajam"], "translation": "black, clad in red garments, red-faced, with a voice like a kettledrum, its body-hair, beard, and fine head-hair glossy as a lion’s (mane),", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha receives and divides the divine pāyasa"}
{"ref": "1.15.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 15, "verse": 11, "iast": ["śubhalakṣaṇasaṃpannaṃ divyābharaṇabhūṣitam", "śailaśṛṅgasamutsedhaṃ dṛptaśārdūlavikramam"], "translation": "endowed with auspicious marks, adorned with divine ornaments, towering high as a mountain peak, with the stride of a proud tiger,", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha receives and divides the divine pāyasa"}
{"ref": "1.15.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 15, "verse": 12, "iast": ["divākarasamākāraṃ dīptānalaśikhopamam", "taptajāmbūnadamayīṃ rājatāntaparicchadām"], "translation": "in appearance like the sun, resembling the flame of a blazing fire, (holding a vessel) made of refined gold with silver-lined edges,", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha receives and divides the divine pāyasa"}
{"ref": "1.15.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 15, "verse": 13, "iast": ["divyapāyasasaṃpūrṇāṃ pātrīṃ patnīm iva priyām", "pragṛhya vipulāṃ dorbhyāṃ svayaṃ māyāmayīm iva"], "translation": "holding in both his arms a large vessel filled with divine pāyasa, dear to him as a wife, as though it were fashioned of pure magic,", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha receives and divides the divine pāyasa"}
{"ref": "1.15.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 15, "verse": 14, "iast": ["samavekṣyābravīd vākyam idaṃ daśarathaṃ nṛpam", "prājāpatyaṃ naraṃ viddhi mām ihābhyāgataṃ nṛpa"], "translation": "Gazing upon him, he spoke this word to King Daśaratha: “Know me, O king, as a man of Prajāpati, come here.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha receives and divides the divine pāyasa"}
{"ref": "1.15.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 15, "verse": 15, "iast": ["tataḥ paraṃ tadā rājā pratyuvāca kṛtāñjaliḥ", "bhagavan svāgataṃ te 'stu kim ahaṃ karavāṇi te"], "translation": "Thereupon the king, with palms joined, replied: “Venerable one, welcome to you! What may I do for you?”", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha receives and divides the divine pāyasa"}
{"ref": "1.15.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 15, "verse": 16, "iast": ["atho punar idaṃ vākyaṃ prājāpatyo naro 'bravīt", "rājann arcayatā devān adya prāptam idaṃ tvayā"], "translation": "Then again the man of Prajāpati spoke this word: “O king, by you who worship the gods, this has now been obtained.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha receives and divides the divine pāyasa"}
{"ref": "1.15.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 15, "verse": 17, "iast": ["idaṃ tu naraśārdūla pāyasaṃ devanirmitam", "prajākaraṃ gṛhāṇa tvaṃ dhanyam ārogyavardhanam"], "translation": "Take this pāyasa, O tiger among men, fashioned by the gods, offspring-producing, blessed, and health-increasing.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha receives and divides the divine pāyasa"}
{"ref": "1.15.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 15, "verse": 18, "iast": ["bhāryāṇām anurūpāṇām aśnīteti prayaccha vai", "tāsu tvaṃ lapsyase putrān yadarthaṃ yajase nṛpa"], "translation": "Give it to your suitable wives, saying ‘Eat’; in them you will gain the sons for whose sake you sacrifice, O king.”", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha receives and divides the divine pāyasa"}
{"ref": "1.15.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 15, "verse": 19, "iast": ["tatheti nṛpatiḥ prītaḥ śirasā pratigṛhyatām", "pātrīṃ devānnasaṃpūrṇāṃ devadattāṃ hiraṇmayīm"], "translation": "“So be it,” said the delighted king, and he received upon his head the golden vessel, filled with the food of the gods and given by the god.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha receives and divides the divine pāyasa"}
{"ref": "1.15.20", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 15, "verse": 20, "iast": ["abhivādya ca tad bhūtam adbhutaṃ priyadarśanam", "mudā paramayā yuktaś cakārābhipradakṣiṇam"], "translation": "And having saluted that wondrous being of pleasing aspect, filled with the greatest joy, he made a circumambulation of it.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha receives and divides the divine pāyasa"}
{"ref": "1.15.21", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 15, "verse": 21, "iast": ["tato daśarathaḥ prāpya pāyasaṃ devanirmitam", "babhūva paramaprītaḥ prāpya vittam ivādhanaḥ"], "translation": "Then Daśaratha, having obtained the god-made pāyasa, became supremely delighted, like a poor man obtaining wealth.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha receives and divides the divine pāyasa"}
{"ref": "1.15.22", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 15, "verse": 22, "iast": ["tatas tad adbhutaprakhyaṃ bhūtaṃ paramabhāsvaram", "saṃvartayitvā tat karma tatraivāntaradhīyata"], "translation": "Then that being of wondrous aspect, supremely resplendent, having accomplished that task, vanished right there.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha receives and divides the divine pāyasa"}
{"ref": "1.15.23", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 15, "verse": 23, "iast": ["harṣaraśmibhir udyotaṃ tasyāntaḥpuram ābabhau", "śāradasyābhirāmasya candrasyeva nabho'ṃśubhiḥ"], "translation": "His inner apartments, lit up with rays of joy, shone as the sky shines with the beams of the lovely autumn moon.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha receives and divides the divine pāyasa"}
{"ref": "1.15.24", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 15, "verse": 24, "iast": ["so 'ntaḥpuraṃ praviśyaiva kausalyām idam abravīt", "pāyasaṃ pratigṛhṇīṣva putrīyaṃ tv idam ātmanaḥ"], "translation": "Entering the inner apartments, he said this to Kausalyā: “Receive this son-producing pāyasa, for yourself.”", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha receives and divides the divine pāyasa"}
{"ref": "1.15.25", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 15, "verse": 25, "iast": ["kausalyāyai narapatiḥ pāyasārdhaṃ dadau tadā", "ardhād ardhaṃ dadau cāpi sumitrāyai narādhipaḥ"], "translation": "The king then gave half the pāyasa to Kausalyā; and the king gave half of that (remaining) half to Sumitrā.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha receives and divides the divine pāyasa"}
{"ref": "1.15.26", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 15, "verse": 26, "iast": ["kaikeyyai cāvaśiṣṭārdhaṃ dadau putrārthakāraṇāt", "pradadau cāvaśiṣṭārdhaṃ pāyasasyāmṛtopamam"], "translation": "And he gave the remaining half to Kaikeyī, for the sake of a son; and he gave once more the remaining half of the pāyasa, which was like nectar —", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha receives and divides the divine pāyasa"}
{"ref": "1.15.27", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 15, "verse": 27, "iast": ["anucintya sumitrāyai punar eva mahīpatiḥ", "evaṃ tāsāṃ dadau rājā bhāryāṇāṃ pāyasaṃ pṛthak"], "translation": "having reflected, the lord of the earth gave once again to Sumitrā; thus the king gave the pāyasa to his wives, portion by portion.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha receives and divides the divine pāyasa"}
{"ref": "1.15.28", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 15, "verse": 28, "iast": ["tās tv etat pāyasaṃ prāpya narendrasyottamāḥ striyaḥ", "saṃmānaṃ menire sarvāḥ praharṣoditacetasaḥ"], "translation": "And those excellent wives of the king, having received this pāyasa, all regarded it as a mark of honour, their hearts uplifted with great joy.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha receives and divides the divine pāyasa"}
{"ref": "1.16.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 16, "verse": 1, "iast": ["putratvaṃ tu gate viṣṇau rājñas tasya mahātmanaḥ", "uvāca devatāḥ sarvāḥ svayambhūr bhagavān idam"], "translation": "Now when Viṣṇu had gone to sonship of that great-souled king, the venerable Self-existent (Brahmā) spoke this to all the deities:", "sarga_title": "The Devas beget Rāma’s future allies"}
{"ref": "1.16.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 16, "verse": 2, "iast": ["satyasaṃdhasya vīrasya sarveṣāṃ no hitaiṣiṇaḥ", "viṣṇoḥ sahāyān balinaḥ sṛjadhvaṃ kāmarūpiṇaḥ"], "translation": "“For Viṣṇu — true to his word, heroic, wisher of good to us all — create mighty helpers who can take any form at will:", "sarga_title": "The Devas beget Rāma’s future allies"}
{"ref": "1.16.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 16, "verse": 3, "iast": ["māyāvidaś ca śūrāṃś ca vāyuvegasamāñjave", "nayajñān buddhisaṃpannān viṣṇutulyaparākramān"], "translation": "knowers of magic and heroic, equal to the wind in swiftness, versed in policy, endowed with intelligence, of prowess equal to Viṣṇu,", "sarga_title": "The Devas beget Rāma’s future allies"}
{"ref": "1.16.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 16, "verse": 4, "iast": ["asaṃhāryān upāyajñān divyasaṃhananānvitān", "sarvāstraguṇasaṃpannān amṛtaprāśanān iva"], "translation": "irresistible, knowing every expedient, endowed with divine bodily frames, furnished with all the excellences of weaponry, like the nectar-eating (gods) themselves.", "sarga_title": "The Devas beget Rāma’s future allies"}
{"ref": "1.16.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 16, "verse": 5, "iast": ["apsaraḥsu ca mukhyāsu gandharvīṇāṃ tanūṣu ca", "yakṣapannagakanyāsu ṛṣkavidyādharīṣu ca"], "translation": "Upon the chief apsarases and upon the bodies of gandharva-women, upon the daughters of yakṣas and serpents, and upon female bears and vidyādhara-women,", "sarga_title": "The Devas beget Rāma’s future allies"}
{"ref": "1.16.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 16, "verse": 6, "iast": ["kiṃnarīṇāṃ ca gātreṣu vānarīṇāṃ tanūṣu ca", "sṛjadhvaṃ harirūpeṇa putrāṃs tulyaparākramān"], "translation": "and upon the limbs of kinnara-women and the bodies of she-monkeys — beget, in the form of monkeys, sons of matching prowess.”", "sarga_title": "The Devas beget Rāma’s future allies"}
{"ref": "1.16.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 16, "verse": 7, "iast": ["te tathoktā bhagavatā tat pratiśrutya śāsanam", "janayām āsur evaṃ te putrān vānararūpiṇaḥ"], "translation": "They, thus addressed by the venerable one, having assented to that command, accordingly begot sons in the form of monkeys.", "sarga_title": "The Devas beget Rāma’s future allies"}
{"ref": "1.16.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 16, "verse": 8, "iast": ["ṛṣayaś ca mahātmānaḥ siddhavidyādharoragāḥ", "cāraṇāś ca sutān vīrān sasṛjur vanacāriṇaḥ"], "translation": "And the great-souled seers, the siddhas, vidyādharas and serpents, and the cāraṇas begot heroic sons who ranged the forests.", "sarga_title": "The Devas beget Rāma’s future allies"}
{"ref": "1.16.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 16, "verse": 9, "iast": ["te sṛṣṭā bahusāhasrā daśagrīvavadhodyatāḥ", "aprameyabalā vīrā vikrāntāḥ kāmarūpiṇaḥ"], "translation": "Created in their many thousands, bent on the slaying of the Ten-necked one (Rāvaṇa), of immeasurable strength, heroic, valiant, able to take any form,", "sarga_title": "The Devas beget Rāma’s future allies"}
{"ref": "1.16.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 16, "verse": 10, "iast": ["te gajācalasaṃkāśā vapuṣmanto mahābalāḥ", "ṛkṣavānaragopucchāḥ kṣipram evābhijajñire"], "translation": "resembling elephants and mountains, of mighty frame and great strength, in the shape of bears, monkeys and langurs, were swiftly born.", "sarga_title": "The Devas beget Rāma’s future allies"}
{"ref": "1.16.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 16, "verse": 11, "iast": ["yasya devasya yad rūpaṃ veṣo yaś ca parākramaḥ", "ajāyata samastena tasya tasya sutaḥ pṛthak"], "translation": "Whatever form, garb and prowess belonged to each god, the son of each was born, severally, endowed with the whole of it.", "sarga_title": "The Devas beget Rāma’s future allies"}
{"ref": "1.16.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 16, "verse": 12, "iast": ["golāṅgūlīṣu cotpannāḥ ke cit saṃmatavikramāḥ", "ṛkṣīṣu ca tathā jātā vānarāḥ kiṃnarīṣu ca"], "translation": "Some of esteemed prowess were born from the langur-females; and monkeys were likewise born from she-bears and from kinnara-women.", "sarga_title": "The Devas beget Rāma’s future allies"}
{"ref": "1.16.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 16, "verse": 13, "iast": ["śilāpraharaṇāḥ sarve sarve pādapayodhinaḥ", "nakhadaṃṣṭrāyudhāḥ sarve sarve sarvāstrakovidāḥ"], "translation": "All had rocks for weapons, all fought with trees; all had claws and fangs for weapons, all were skilled in every weapon.", "sarga_title": "The Devas beget Rāma’s future allies"}
{"ref": "1.16.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 16, "verse": 14, "iast": ["vicālayeyuḥ śailendrān bhedayeyuḥ sthirān drumān", "kṣobhayeyuś ca vegena samudraṃ saritāṃ patim"], "translation": "They could shake the lordly mountains, split firm trees, and by their force churn up the ocean, lord of rivers.", "sarga_title": "The Devas beget Rāma’s future allies"}
{"ref": "1.16.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 16, "verse": 15, "iast": ["dārayeyuḥ kṣitiṃ padbhyām āplaveyur mahārṇavam", "nabhastalaṃ viśeyuś ca gṛhṇīyur api toyadān"], "translation": "They could tear the earth with their feet, leap across the great ocean, enter the vault of the sky, and even seize the clouds.", "sarga_title": "The Devas beget Rāma’s future allies"}
{"ref": "1.16.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 16, "verse": 16, "iast": ["gṛhṇīyur api mātaṅgān mattān pravrajato vane", "nardamānāṃś ca nādena pātayeyur vihaṃgamān"], "translation": "They could seize even rutting elephants wandering in the forest, and with a roar could bring down the birds crying overhead.", "sarga_title": "The Devas beget Rāma’s future allies"}
{"ref": "1.16.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 16, "verse": 17, "iast": ["īdṛśānāṃ prasūtāni harīṇāṃ kāmarūpimām", "śataṃ śatasahasrāṇi yūthapānāṃ mahātmanām", "babhūvur yūthapaśreṣṭhā vīrāṃś cājanayan harīn"], "translation": "Of such great-souled troop-leaders among monkeys, able to change form at will, there were born a hundred hundred-thousands; and the best of the troop-leaders in turn begot heroic monkeys.", "sarga_title": "The Devas beget Rāma’s future allies"}
{"ref": "1.16.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 16, "verse": 18, "iast": ["anye ṛkṣavataḥ prasthān upatasthuḥ sahasraśaḥ", "anye nānāvidhāñ śailān kānanāni ca bhejire"], "translation": "Some in their thousands took station on the tablelands of Mount Ṛkṣavat; others resorted to mountains of various kinds and to the forests.", "sarga_title": "The Devas beget Rāma’s future allies"}
{"ref": "1.16.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 16, "verse": 19, "iast": ["sūryaputraṃ ca sugrīvaṃ śakraputraṃ ca vālinam", "bhrātarāv upatasthus te sarva eva harīśvarāḥ"], "translation": "And all those lords of monkeys attended upon the two brothers — Sugrīva, son of the Sun, and Vālin, son of Śakra (Indra).", "sarga_title": "The Devas beget Rāma’s future allies"}
{"ref": "1.16.20", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 16, "verse": 20, "iast": ["tair meghavṛndācalatulyakāyair mahābalair vānarayūthapālaiḥ", "babhūva bhūr bhīmaśarīrarūpaiḥ samāvṛtā rāmasahāyahetoḥ"], "translation": "By these mighty leaders of monkey-troops, of dreadful bodily shape, their bodies like masses of cloud and like mountains, the earth was covered, for the sake of aiding Rāma.", "sarga_title": "The Devas beget Rāma’s future allies"}
{"ref": "1.17.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 17, "verse": 1, "iast": ["nirvṛtte tu kratau tasmin hayamedhe mahātmanaḥ", "pratigṛhya surā bhāgān pratijagmur yathāgatam"], "translation": "When that horse-sacrifice of the great-souled one was completed, the gods, having received their shares, departed as they had come.", "sarga_title": "Birth and upbringing of the princes; Viśvāmitra’s arrival"}
{"ref": "1.17.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 17, "verse": 2, "iast": ["samāptadīkṣāniyamaḥ patnīgaṇasamanvitaḥ", "praviveśa purīṃ rājā sabhṛtyabalavāhanaḥ"], "translation": "His consecration-vows completed, accompanied by the throng of his wives, the king entered the city, together with his servants, army, and mounts.", "sarga_title": "Birth and upbringing of the princes; Viśvāmitra’s arrival"}
{"ref": "1.17.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 17, "verse": 3, "iast": ["yathārhaṃ pūjitās tena rājñā vai pṛthivīśvarāḥ", "muditāḥ prayayur deśān praṇamya munipuṃgavam"], "translation": "Duly honoured by that king, the lords of the earth departed joyfully to their lands, having bowed to the bull among sages.", "sarga_title": "Birth and upbringing of the princes; Viśvāmitra’s arrival"}
{"ref": "1.17.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 17, "verse": 4, "iast": ["gateṣu pṛthivīśeṣu rājā daśarathaḥ punaḥ", "praviveśa purīṃ śrīmān puraskṛtya dvijottamān"], "translation": "When the lords of the earth had gone, the illustrious king Daśaratha again entered the city, placing the best of brahmins at the fore.", "sarga_title": "Birth and upbringing of the princes; Viśvāmitra’s arrival"}
{"ref": "1.17.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 17, "verse": 5, "iast": ["śāntayā prayayau sārdham ṛṣyaśṛṅgaḥ supūjitaḥ", "anvīyamāno rājñātha sānuyātreṇa dhīmatā"], "translation": "Ṛṣyaśṛṅga, well honoured, departed together with Śāntā, being then followed by the wise king with his retinue.", "sarga_title": "Birth and upbringing of the princes; Viśvāmitra’s arrival"}
{"ref": "1.17.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 17, "verse": 6, "iast": ["kausalyājanayad rāmaṃ divyalakṣaṇasaṃyutam", "viṣṇor ardhaṃ mahābhāgaṃ putram ikṣvākunandanam"], "translation": "Kausalyā gave birth to Rāma, endowed with divine marks — the illustrious son, half of Viṣṇu, delight of the Ikṣvākus.", "sarga_title": "Birth and upbringing of the princes; Viśvāmitra’s arrival"}
{"ref": "1.17.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 17, "verse": 7, "iast": ["kausalyā śuśubhe tena putreṇāmitatejasā", "yathā vareṇa devānām aditir vajrapāṇinā"], "translation": "Kausalyā shone with that son of boundless splendour, as Aditi with the best of the gods, the thunderbolt-wielder (Indra).", "sarga_title": "Birth and upbringing of the princes; Viśvāmitra’s arrival"}
{"ref": "1.17.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 17, "verse": 8, "iast": ["bharato nāma kaikeyyāṃ jajñe satyaparākramaḥ", "sākṣād viṣṇoś caturbhāgaḥ sarvaiḥ samudito guṇaiḥ"], "translation": "In Kaikeyī was born Bharata by name, of true valour, verily a quarter-portion of Viṣṇu, endowed with all virtues.", "sarga_title": "Birth and upbringing of the princes; Viśvāmitra’s arrival"}
{"ref": "1.17.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 17, "verse": 9, "iast": ["atha lakṣmaṇaśatrughnau sumitrājanayat sutau", "vīrau sarvāstrakuśalau viṣṇor ardhasamanvitau"], "translation": "Then Sumitrā gave birth to two sons, Lakṣmaṇa and Śatrughna, heroes skilled in all weapons, endowed with (portions of the remaining) half of Viṣṇu.", "sarga_title": "Birth and upbringing of the princes; Viśvāmitra’s arrival"}
{"ref": "1.17.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 17, "verse": 10, "iast": ["rājñaḥ putrā mahātmānaś catvāro jajñire pṛthak", "guṇavanto 'nurūpāś ca rucyā proṣṭhapadopamāḥ"], "translation": "The four great-souled sons of the king were born, each apart, virtuous and comely, in radiance like the Proṣṭhapadā stars.", "sarga_title": "Birth and upbringing of the princes; Viśvāmitra’s arrival"}
{"ref": "1.17.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 17, "verse": 11, "iast": ["atītyaikādaśāhaṃ tu nāma karma tathākarot", "jyeṣṭhaṃ rāmaṃ mahātmānaṃ bharataṃ kaikayīsutam"], "translation": "When the eleventh day had passed, he (Vasiṣṭha) accordingly performed the naming-rite: the eldest, the great-souled Rāma; Bharata, Kaikeyī's son;", "sarga_title": "Birth and upbringing of the princes; Viśvāmitra’s arrival"}
{"ref": "1.17.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 17, "verse": 12, "iast": ["saumitriṃ lakṣmaṇam iti śatrughnam aparaṃ tathā", "vasiṣṭhaḥ paramaprīto nāmāni kṛtavāṃs tadā", "teṣāṃ janmakriyādīni sarvakarmāṇy akārayat"], "translation": "Saumitri as Lakṣmaṇa, and the other likewise as Śatrughna — thus Vasiṣṭha, greatly delighted, then made their names; and he had all their rites performed, beginning with the birth-ceremony.", "sarga_title": "Birth and upbringing of the princes; Viśvāmitra’s arrival"}
{"ref": "1.17.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 17, "verse": 13, "iast": ["teṣāṃ ketur iva jyeṣṭho rāmo ratikaraḥ pituḥ", "babhūva bhūyo bhūtānāṃ svayambhūr iva saṃmataḥ"], "translation": "Among them the eldest, Rāma, like a banner, was a source of delight to his father, and was esteemed by (all) beings above the rest, like the Self-existent (Brahmā).", "sarga_title": "Birth and upbringing of the princes; Viśvāmitra’s arrival"}
{"ref": "1.17.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 17, "verse": 14, "iast": ["sarve vedavidaḥ śūrāḥ sarve lokahite ratāḥ", "sarve jñānopasaṃpannāḥ sarve samuditā guṇaiḥ"], "translation": "All were knowers of the Veda and heroic; all were devoted to the good of the world; all were endowed with knowledge; all were furnished with virtues.", "sarga_title": "Birth and upbringing of the princes; Viśvāmitra’s arrival"}
{"ref": "1.17.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 17, "verse": 15, "iast": ["teṣām api mahātejā rāmaḥ satyaparākramaḥ", "bālyāt prabhṛti susnigdho lakṣmaṇo lakṣmivardhanaḥ"], "translation": "Even among them Rāma of great splendour, of true valour, (was foremost); and Lakṣmaṇa, the augmenter of good fortune, was deeply devoted (to him) from childhood on.", "sarga_title": "Birth and upbringing of the princes; Viśvāmitra’s arrival"}
{"ref": "1.17.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 17, "verse": 16, "iast": ["rāmasya lokarāmasya bhrātur jyeṣṭhasya nityaśaḥ", "sarvapriyakaras tasya rāmasyāpi śarīrataḥ"], "translation": "Constantly he (Lakṣmaṇa) rendered every kindness to Rāma — his eldest brother, delight of the world — dearer to Rāma even than his own body.", "sarga_title": "Birth and upbringing of the princes; Viśvāmitra’s arrival"}
{"ref": "1.17.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 17, "verse": 17, "iast": ["lakṣmaṇo lakṣmisaṃpanno bahiḥprāṇa ivāparaḥ", "na ca tena vinā nidrāṃ labhate puruṣottamaḥ", "mṛṣṭam annam upānītam aśnāti na hi taṃ vinā"], "translation": "Lakṣmaṇa, endowed with good fortune, was like a second life-breath outside the body (of Rāma); and without him that best of men (Rāma) could get no sleep, nor would he eat even delicious food brought to him without him.", "sarga_title": "Birth and upbringing of the princes; Viśvāmitra’s arrival"}
{"ref": "1.17.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 17, "verse": 18, "iast": ["yadā hi hayam ārūḍho mṛgayāṃ yāti rāghavaḥ", "tadainaṃ pṛṣṭhato 'bhyeti sadhanuḥ paripālayan"], "translation": "For whenever Rāghava, mounted on a horse, went hunting, then (Lakṣmaṇa) would follow behind him, bow in hand, guarding him.", "sarga_title": "Birth and upbringing of the princes; Viśvāmitra’s arrival"}
{"ref": "1.17.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 17, "verse": 19, "iast": ["bharatasyāpi śatrughno lakṣmaṇāvarajo hi saḥ", "prāṇaiḥ priyataro nityaṃ tasya cāsīt tathā priyaḥ"], "translation": "And Śatrughna, the younger brother of Lakṣmaṇa, was constantly dearer than life to Bharata; and he (Bharata) was likewise dear to him.", "sarga_title": "Birth and upbringing of the princes; Viśvāmitra’s arrival"}
{"ref": "1.17.20", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 17, "verse": 20, "iast": ["sa caturbhir mahābhāgaiḥ putrair daśarathaḥ priyaiḥ", "babhūva paramaprīto devair iva pitāmahaḥ"], "translation": "Daśaratha became supremely delighted with his four illustrious, beloved sons, as the Grandsire (Brahmā) with the gods.", "sarga_title": "Birth and upbringing of the princes; Viśvāmitra’s arrival"}
{"ref": "1.17.21", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 17, "verse": 21, "iast": ["te yadā jñānasaṃpannāḥ sarve samuditā guṇaiḥ", "hrīmantaḥ kīrtimantaś ca sarvajñā dīrghadarśinaḥ"], "translation": "When they had become endowed with knowledge, all furnished with virtues, modest and renowned, all-knowing and far-seeing —", "sarga_title": "Birth and upbringing of the princes; Viśvāmitra’s arrival"}
{"ref": "1.17.22", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 17, "verse": 22, "iast": ["atha rājā daśarathas teṣāṃ dārakriyāṃ prati", "cintayām āsa dharmātmā sopādhyāyaḥ sabāndhavaḥ"], "translation": "then the righteous king Daśaratha, together with his preceptors and kinsmen, gave thought to their marriage.", "sarga_title": "Birth and upbringing of the princes; Viśvāmitra’s arrival"}
{"ref": "1.17.23", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 17, "verse": 23, "iast": ["tasya cintayamānasya mantrimadhye mahātmanaḥ", "abhyāgacchan mahātejo viśvāmitro mahāmuniḥ"], "translation": "As that great-souled one was thinking, in the midst of his ministers, the great sage Viśvāmitra of great splendour arrived.", "sarga_title": "Birth and upbringing of the princes; Viśvāmitra’s arrival"}
{"ref": "1.17.24", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 17, "verse": 24, "iast": ["sa rājño darśanākāṅkṣī dvārādhyakṣān uvāca ha", "śīghram ākhyāta māṃ prāptaṃ kauśikaṃ gādhinaḥ sutam"], "translation": "Desiring to see the king, he said to the door-keepers: “Announce quickly that I have arrived — the Kauśika, son of Gādhi.”", "sarga_title": "Birth and upbringing of the princes; Viśvāmitra’s arrival"}
{"ref": "1.17.25", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 17, "verse": 25, "iast": ["tac chrutvā vacanaṃ tasya rājaveśma pradudruvuḥ", "saṃbhrāntamanasaḥ sarve tena vākyena coditāḥ"], "translation": "Hearing his word, urged on by that speech, they all, their minds agitated, ran to the royal palace.", "sarga_title": "Birth and upbringing of the princes; Viśvāmitra’s arrival"}
{"ref": "1.17.26", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 17, "verse": 26, "iast": ["te gatvā rājabhavanaṃ viśvāmitram ṛṣiṃ tadā", "prāptam āvedayām āsur nṛpāyekṣvākave tadā"], "translation": "Going to the royal palace, they then announced to the Ikṣvāku king that the seer Viśvāmitra had arrived.", "sarga_title": "Birth and upbringing of the princes; Viśvāmitra’s arrival"}
{"ref": "1.17.27", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 17, "verse": 27, "iast": ["teṣāṃ tad vacanaṃ śrutvā sapurodhāḥ samāhitaḥ", "pratyujjagāma saṃhṛṣṭo brahmāṇam iva vāsavaḥ"], "translation": "Hearing their word, together with his house-priest and composed in mind, he went forth to meet him, delighted, as Vāsava (Indra) goes to meet Brahmā.", "sarga_title": "Birth and upbringing of the princes; Viśvāmitra’s arrival"}
{"ref": "1.17.28", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 17, "verse": 28, "iast": ["sa dṛṣṭvā jvalitaṃ dīptyā tāpasaṃ saṃśitavratam", "prahṛṣṭavadano rājā tato 'rghyam upahārayat"], "translation": "Seeing the ascetic of firm vows, blazing with splendour, the king, his face gladdened, then had the guest-offering brought forth.", "sarga_title": "Birth and upbringing of the princes; Viśvāmitra’s arrival"}
{"ref": "1.17.29", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 17, "verse": 29, "iast": ["sa rājñaḥ pratigṛhyārghyaṃ śāstradṛṣṭtena karmaṇā", "kuśalaṃ cāvyayaṃ caiva paryapṛcchan narādhipam"], "translation": "Having accepted the king's guest-offering by the rite laid down in scripture, he inquired of the king after his welfare and continued prosperity.", "sarga_title": "Birth and upbringing of the princes; Viśvāmitra’s arrival"}
{"ref": "1.17.30", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 17, "verse": 30, "iast": ["vasiṣṭhaṃ ca samāgamya kuśalaṃ munipuṃgavaḥ", "ṛṣīṃś ca tān yathā nyāyaṃ mahābhāgān uvāca ha"], "translation": "And that bull among sages, meeting Vasiṣṭha, inquired after his welfare, and duly greeted those illustrious seers as well.", "sarga_title": "Birth and upbringing of the princes; Viśvāmitra’s arrival"}
{"ref": "1.17.31", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 17, "verse": 31, "iast": ["te sarve hṛṣṭamanasas tasya rājño niveśanam", "viviśuḥ pūjitās tatra niṣeduś ca yathārthataḥ"], "translation": "All of them, glad at heart and honoured, entered the residence of that king and sat down there according to rank.", "sarga_title": "Birth and upbringing of the princes; Viśvāmitra’s arrival"}
{"ref": "1.17.32", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 17, "verse": 32, "iast": ["atha hṛṣṭamanā rājā viśvāmitraṃ mahāmunim", "uvāca paramodāro hṛṣṭas tam abhipūjayan"], "translation": "Then the king, glad at heart, exceedingly generous, delighted, honouring him, said to the great sage Viśvāmitra:", "sarga_title": "Birth and upbringing of the princes; Viśvāmitra’s arrival"}
{"ref": "1.17.33", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 17, "verse": 33, "iast": ["yathāmṛtasya saṃprāptir yathā varṣam anūdake", "yathā sadṛśadāreṣu putrajanmāprajasya ca", "pranaṣṭasya yathā lābho yathā harṣo mahodaye", "tathaivāgamanaṃ manye svāgataṃ te mahāmune"], "translation": "As the obtaining of nectar, as rain upon a drought-stricken land, as the birth of a son from a suitable wife to a childless man, as the recovery of something lost, as joy at a great festivity — even so do I regard your coming: welcome to you, O great sage!", "sarga_title": "Birth and upbringing of the princes; Viśvāmitra’s arrival"}
{"ref": "1.17.34", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 17, "verse": 34, "iast": ["kaṃ ca te paramaṃ kāmaṃ karomi kim u harṣitaḥ", "pātrabhūto 'si me vipra diṣṭyā prāpto 'si dhārmika", "adya me saphalaṃ janma jīvitaṃ ca sujīvitam"], "translation": "And what supreme desire of yours may I fulfil, gladdened as I am? You are a worthy recipient for me, O brahmin; by good fortune have you come, O righteous one. Today my birth is fruitful and my life well lived.", "sarga_title": "Birth and upbringing of the princes; Viśvāmitra’s arrival"}
{"ref": "1.17.35", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 17, "verse": 35, "iast": ["pūrvaṃ rājarṣiśabdena tapasā dyotitaprabhaḥ", "brahmarṣitvam anuprāptaḥ pūjyo 'si bahudhā mayā"], "translation": "Formerly (known) by the title of royal seer, your splendour kindled by austerity, you have (now) attained brahmin-seerhood; you are worthy of my reverence in many ways.", "sarga_title": "Birth and upbringing of the princes; Viśvāmitra’s arrival"}
{"ref": "1.17.36", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 17, "verse": 36, "iast": ["tad adbhutam idaṃ vipra pavitraṃ paramaṃ mama", "śubhakṣetragataś cāhaṃ tava saṃdarśanāt prabho"], "translation": "This is a wonder to me, O brahmin, a supreme sanctification for me; and by the sight of you, O lord, I am as one come to a holy place of pilgrimage.", "sarga_title": "Birth and upbringing of the princes; Viśvāmitra’s arrival"}
{"ref": "1.17.37", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 17, "verse": 37, "iast": ["brūhi yat prārthitaṃ tubhyaṃ kāryam āgamanaṃ prati", "icchāmy anugṛhīto 'haṃ tvadarthaparivṛddhaye"], "translation": "Tell me what task you desire, for which you have come; I wish to be favoured (by fulfilling it), for the furtherance of your purpose.", "sarga_title": "Birth and upbringing of the princes; Viśvāmitra’s arrival"}
{"ref": "1.17.38", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 17, "verse": 38, "iast": ["kāryasya na vimarśaṃ ca gantum arhasi kauśika", "kartā cāham aśeṣeṇa daivataṃ hi bhavān mama"], "translation": "And you should entertain no hesitation about the task, O Kauśika; I am the doer of it in full, for your honour is a very deity to me.", "sarga_title": "Birth and upbringing of the princes; Viśvāmitra’s arrival"}
{"ref": "1.17.39", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 17, "verse": 39, "iast": ["iti hṛdayasukhaṃ niśamya vākyaṃ śrutisukham ātmavatā vinītam uktam", "prathitaguṇayaśā guṇair viśiṣṭaḥ parama ṛṣiḥ paramaṃ jagāma harṣam"], "translation": "Hearing that speech, delightful to the heart and pleasant to the ear, spoken with humility by the self-possessed king, the supreme seer, of far-famed virtue and fame, pre-eminent in his qualities, attained the highest joy.", "sarga_title": "Birth and upbringing of the princes; Viśvāmitra’s arrival"}
{"ref": "1.18.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 18, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tac chrutvā rājasiṃhasya vākyam adbhutavistaram", "hṛṣṭaromā mahātejā viśvāmitro 'bhyabhāṣata"], "translation": "Hearing that wondrously expansive speech of the lion among kings, the great-splendoured Viśvāmitra, his hair bristling with delight, replied:", "sarga_title": "Viśvāmitra’s request: Rāma’s protection of the sacrifice"}
{"ref": "1.18.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 18, "verse": 2, "iast": ["sadṛśaṃ rājaśārdūla tavaitad bhuvi nānyataḥ", "mahāvaṃśaprasūtasya vasiṣṭhavyapadeśinaḥ"], "translation": "This is worthy of you, O tiger among kings — sprung from a great line and guided by Vasiṣṭha — and of none other on earth.", "sarga_title": "Viśvāmitra’s request: Rāma’s protection of the sacrifice"}
{"ref": "1.18.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 18, "verse": 3, "iast": ["yat tu me hṛdgataṃ vākyaṃ tasya kāryasya niścayam", "kuruṣva rājaśārdūla bhava satyapratiśravaḥ"], "translation": "But as for the word that is in my heart, carry out the resolve of that task, O tiger among kings; be true to your promise.", "sarga_title": "Viśvāmitra’s request: Rāma’s protection of the sacrifice"}
{"ref": "1.18.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 18, "verse": 4, "iast": ["ahaṃ niyamam ātiṣṭha siddhyarthaṃ puruṣarṣabha", "tasya vighnakarau dvau tu rākṣasau kāmarūpiṇau"], "translation": "I am engaged in an observance for the sake of accomplishment, O bull among men; but there are two rākṣasas, able to change form at will, who obstruct it.", "sarga_title": "Viśvāmitra’s request: Rāma’s protection of the sacrifice"}
{"ref": "1.18.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 18, "verse": 5, "iast": ["vrate me bahuśaś cīrṇe samāptyāṃ rākṣasāv imau", "mārīcaś ca subāhuś ca vīryavantau suśikṣitau", "tau māṃsarudhiraugheṇa vediṃ tām abhyavarṣatām"], "translation": "When my observance has been performed many times, at its completion these two rākṣasas — Mārīca and Subāhu, mighty and well-trained — rain down upon that altar a flood of flesh and blood.", "sarga_title": "Viśvāmitra’s request: Rāma’s protection of the sacrifice"}
{"ref": "1.18.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 18, "verse": 6, "iast": ["avadhūte tathā bhūte tasmin niyamaniścaye", "kṛtaśramo nirutsāhas tasmād deśād apākrame"], "translation": "When my settled observance has thus been dashed to pieces, my labour wasted and my zeal gone, I withdraw from that region.", "sarga_title": "Viśvāmitra’s request: Rāma’s protection of the sacrifice"}
{"ref": "1.18.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 18, "verse": 7, "iast": ["na ca me krodham utsraṣṭuṃ buddhir bhavati pārthiva", "tathābhūtā hi sā caryā na śāpas tatra mucyate"], "translation": "And my mind does not incline to loose forth wrath, O king; for such is that observance that no curse may be uttered therein.", "sarga_title": "Viśvāmitra’s request: Rāma’s protection of the sacrifice"}
{"ref": "1.18.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 18, "verse": 8, "iast": ["svaputraṃ rājaśārdūla rāmaṃ satyaparākramam", "kākapakṣadharaṃ śūraṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ me dātum arhasi"], "translation": "You should give me your own son, O tiger among kings — Rāma of true valour, the heroic eldest, still wearing the side-locks of boyhood.", "sarga_title": "Viśvāmitra’s request: Rāma’s protection of the sacrifice"}
{"ref": "1.18.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 18, "verse": 9, "iast": ["śakto hy eṣa mayā gupto divyena svena tejasā", "rākṣasā ye vikartāras teṣām api vināśane"], "translation": "For, guarded by me and by his own divine splendour, he is capable even of the destruction of those rākṣasas who work mischief.", "sarga_title": "Viśvāmitra’s request: Rāma’s protection of the sacrifice"}
{"ref": "1.18.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 18, "verse": 10, "iast": ["śreyaś cāsmai pradāsyāmi bahurūpaṃ na saṃśayaḥ", "trayāṇām api lokānāṃ yena khyātiṃ gamiṣyati"], "translation": "And I will bestow on him blessing of many kinds, no doubt — by which he will attain renown throughout all three worlds.", "sarga_title": "Viśvāmitra’s request: Rāma’s protection of the sacrifice"}
{"ref": "1.18.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 18, "verse": 11, "iast": ["na ca tau rāmam āsādya śaktau sthātuṃ kathaṃ cana", "na ca tau rāghavād anyo hantum utsahate pumān"], "translation": "Those two, encountering Rāma, will in no way be able to stand their ground; nor is there any man other than Rāghava who can venture to slay them.", "sarga_title": "Viśvāmitra’s request: Rāma’s protection of the sacrifice"}
{"ref": "1.18.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 18, "verse": 12, "iast": ["vīryotsiktau hi tau pāpau kālapāśavaśaṃ gatau", "rāmasya rājaśārdūla na paryāptau mahātmanaḥ"], "translation": "For those two wicked ones, puffed up with might and fallen under the noose of Death, are no match for the great-souled Rāma, O tiger among kings.", "sarga_title": "Viśvāmitra’s request: Rāma’s protection of the sacrifice"}
{"ref": "1.18.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 18, "verse": 13, "iast": ["na ca putrakṛtaṃ snehaṃ kartum arhasi pārthiva", "ahaṃ te pratijānāmi hatau tau viddhi rākṣasau"], "translation": "And you must not indulge the fondness felt for a son, O king; I give you my pledge — know those two rākṣasas as already slain.", "sarga_title": "Viśvāmitra’s request: Rāma’s protection of the sacrifice"}
{"ref": "1.18.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 18, "verse": 14, "iast": ["ahaṃ vedmi mahātmānaṃ rāmaṃ satyaparākramam", "vasiṣṭho 'pi mahātejā ye ceme tapasi sthitāḥ"], "translation": "I know the great-souled Rāma of true valour, and so does Vasiṣṭha of great splendour, and these others who abide in austerity.", "sarga_title": "Viśvāmitra’s request: Rāma’s protection of the sacrifice"}
{"ref": "1.18.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 18, "verse": 15, "iast": ["yadi te dharmalābhaṃ ca yaśaś ca paramaṃ bhuvi", "sthiram icchasi rājendra rāmaṃ me dātum arhasi"], "translation": "If you desire the gaining of dharma and the highest, lasting fame on earth, O king of kings, you should give me Rāma.", "sarga_title": "Viśvāmitra’s request: Rāma’s protection of the sacrifice"}
{"ref": "1.18.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 18, "verse": 16, "iast": ["yady abhyanujñāṃ kākutstha dadate tava mantriṇaḥ", "vasiṣṭha pramukhāḥ sarve tato rāmaṃ visarjaya"], "translation": "If your counsellors, O Kākutstha, with Vasiṣṭha at their head, all give their consent, then send Rāma forth.", "sarga_title": "Viśvāmitra’s request: Rāma’s protection of the sacrifice"}
{"ref": "1.18.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 18, "verse": 17, "iast": ["abhipretam asaṃsaktam ātmajaṃ dātum arhasi", "daśarātraṃ hi yajñasya rāmaṃ rājīvalocanam"], "translation": "You should give up, without reluctance, your beloved son, the lotus-eyed Rāma, for the ten nights of the sacrifice.", "sarga_title": "Viśvāmitra’s request: Rāma’s protection of the sacrifice"}
{"ref": "1.18.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 18, "verse": 18, "iast": ["nātyeti kālo yajñasya yathāyaṃ mama rāghava", "tathā kuruṣva bhadraṃ te mā ca śoke manaḥ kṛthāḥ"], "translation": "Let the time of my sacrifice not slip past, as it now stands, O Rāghava; act accordingly — blessings on you — and do not give your mind to sorrow.", "sarga_title": "Viśvāmitra’s request: Rāma’s protection of the sacrifice"}
{"ref": "1.18.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 18, "verse": 19, "iast": ["ity evam uktvā dharmātmā dharmārthasahitaṃ vacaḥ", "virarāma mahātejā viśvāmitro mahāmuniḥ"], "translation": "Having spoken thus, these words fraught with dharma and profit, the righteous, greatly splendoured, great sage Viśvāmitra fell silent.", "sarga_title": "Viśvāmitra’s request: Rāma’s protection of the sacrifice"}
{"ref": "1.18.20", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 18, "verse": 20, "iast": ["iti hṛdayamanovidāraṇaṃ munivacanaṃ tad atīva śuśruvān", "narapatir agamad bhayaṃ mahad vyathitamanāḥ pracacāla cāsanāt"], "translation": "Having heard that speech of the sage, so exceedingly rending to heart and mind, the king fell into great fear and, his mind distressed, reeled up from his seat.", "sarga_title": "Viśvāmitra’s request: Rāma’s protection of the sacrifice"}
{"ref": "1.19.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 19, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tac chrutvā rājaśārdūla viśvāmitrasya bhāṣitam", "muhūrtam iva niḥsaṃjñaḥ saṃjñāvān idam abravīt"], "translation": "Hearing that utterance of Viśvāmitra, the tiger among kings, senseless as it were for a moment, then regaining his senses said this:", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s resistance: The army offered in Rāma’s place"}
{"ref": "1.19.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 19, "verse": 2, "iast": ["ūnaṣoḍaśavarṣo me rāmo rājīvalocanaḥ", "na yuddhayogyatām asya paśyāmi saha rākṣasaiḥ"], "translation": "My lotus-eyed Rāma is not yet sixteen years old; I do not see his fitness for battle with the rākṣasas.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s resistance: The army offered in Rāma’s place"}
{"ref": "1.19.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 19, "verse": 3, "iast": ["iyam akṣauhiṇī pūrṇā yasyāhaṃ patir īśvaraḥ", "anayā saṃvṛto gatvā yodhāhaṃ tair niśācaraiḥ"], "translation": "Here is a full army-division, of which I am the lord and master; surrounded by it, I will go and do battle with those night-rangers.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s resistance: The army offered in Rāma’s place"}
{"ref": "1.19.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 19, "verse": 4, "iast": ["ime śūrāś ca vikrāntā bhṛtyā me 'straviśāradāḥ", "yogyā rakṣogaṇair yoddhuṃ na rāmaṃ netum arhasi"], "translation": "These heroic and valiant servants of mine, skilled in weapons, are fit to fight the hosts of rākṣasas; you should not take Rāma away.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s resistance: The army offered in Rāma’s place"}
{"ref": "1.19.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 19, "verse": 5, "iast": ["aham eva dhanuṣpāṇir goptā samaramūrdhani", "yāvat prāṇān dhariṣyāmi tāvad yotsye niśācaraiḥ"], "translation": "I myself, bow in hand, will be the protector at the head of the battle; as long as I hold my breath of life, so long will I fight with the night-rovers.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s resistance: The army offered in Rāma’s place"}
{"ref": "1.19.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 19, "verse": 6, "iast": ["nirvighnā vratavaryā sā bhaviṣyati surakṣitā", "ahaṃ tatra gamiṣyāmil na rāma netum arhasi"], "translation": "Well protected, that excellent observance will be free of obstruction; I will go there — you should not take Rāma away.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s resistance: The army offered in Rāma’s place"}
{"ref": "1.19.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 19, "verse": 7, "iast": ["bālo hy akṛtavidyaś ca na ca vetti balābalam", "na cāstrabalasaṃyukto na ca yuddhaviśāradaḥ", "na cāsau rakṣasāṃ yogyaḥ kūṭayuddhā hi te dhruvam"], "translation": "For he is a boy, his education incomplete; he does not know strength from weakness, is not endowed with the power of weapons, nor skilled in warfare. And he is no match for the rākṣasas, for they surely fight by trickery.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s resistance: The army offered in Rāma’s place"}
{"ref": "1.19.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 19, "verse": 8, "iast": ["viprayukto hi rāmeṇa muhūrtam api notsahe", "jīvituṃ muniśārdūla na rāmaṃ netum arhasi"], "translation": "For, parted from Rāma, I cannot bear to live even for a moment, O tiger among sages; you should not take Rāma away.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s resistance: The army offered in Rāma’s place"}
{"ref": "1.19.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 19, "verse": 9, "iast": ["yadi vā rāghavaṃ brahman netum icchasi suvrata", "caturaṅgasamāyuktaṃ mayā saha ca taṃ naya"], "translation": "But if, O brahmin of good vows, you wish to take Rāghava, then take him along with me and with the fourfold army.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s resistance: The army offered in Rāma’s place"}
{"ref": "1.19.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 19, "verse": 10, "iast": ["ṣaṣṭir varṣasahasrāṇi jātasya mama kauśikaḥ", "duḥkhenotpāditaś cāyaṃ na rāmaṃ netum arhasi"], "translation": "Sixty thousand years have passed since my birth, O Kauśika; and this (son) was begotten with (great) difficulty — you should not take Rāma away.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s resistance: The army offered in Rāma’s place"}
{"ref": "1.19.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 19, "verse": 11, "iast": ["caturṇām ātmajānāṃ hi prītiḥ paramikā mama", "jyeṣṭhaṃ dharmapradhānaṃ ca na rāmaṃ netum arhasi"], "translation": "For of my four sons my supreme love is (for him); he is the eldest and foremost in dharma — you should not take Rāma away.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s resistance: The army offered in Rāma’s place"}
{"ref": "1.19.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 19, "verse": 12, "iast": ["kiṃ vīryā rākṣasās te ca kasya putrāś ca ke ca te", "kathaṃ pramāṇāḥ ke caitān rakṣanti munipuṃgava"], "translation": "What might have those rākṣasas, and whose sons are they, and who are they? Of what stature are they, and who protects them, O bull among sages?", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s resistance: The army offered in Rāma’s place"}
{"ref": "1.19.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 19, "verse": 13, "iast": ["kathaṃ ca pratikartavyaṃ teṣāṃ rāmeṇa rakṣasām", "māmakair vā balair brahman mayā vā kūṭayodhinām"], "translation": "And how are those rākṣasas, who fight by trickery, to be countered — by Rāma, or by my forces, O brahmin, or by me myself?", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s resistance: The army offered in Rāma’s place"}
{"ref": "1.19.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 19, "verse": 14, "iast": ["sarvaṃ me śaṃsa bhagavan kathaṃ teṣāṃ mayā raṇe", "sthātavyaṃ duṣṭabhāvānāṃ vīryotsiktā hi rākṣasāḥ"], "translation": "Tell me everything, O venerable one — how I must stand against those evil-natured ones in battle; for the rākṣasas are puffed up with might.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s resistance: The army offered in Rāma’s place"}
{"ref": "1.19.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 19, "verse": 15, "iast": ["tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā viśvāmitro 'bhyabhāṣata", "paulastyavaṃśaprabhavo rāvaṇo nāma rākṣasaḥ"], "translation": "Hearing that speech of his, Viśvāmitra replied: “There is a rākṣasa named Rāvaṇa, sprung from the line of Pulastya;", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s resistance: The army offered in Rāma’s place"}
{"ref": "1.19.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 19, "verse": 16, "iast": ["sa brahmaṇā dattavaras trailokyaṃ bādhate bhṛśam", "mahābalo mahāvīryo rākṣasair bahubhir vṛtaḥ"], "translation": "He, granted a boon by Brahmā, sorely afflicts the three worlds — of great strength and great valour, surrounded by many rākṣasas.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s resistance: The army offered in Rāma’s place"}
{"ref": "1.19.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 19, "verse": 17, "iast": ["śrūyate hi mahāvīryo rāvaṇo rākṣasādhipaḥ", "sākṣād vaiśravaṇabhrātā putro viśvaraso muneḥ"], "translation": "For it is heard that Rāvaṇa, lord of rākṣasas, of great valour, is verily the brother of Vaiśravaṇa (Kubera), the son of the sage Viśravas.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s resistance: The army offered in Rāma’s place"}
{"ref": "1.19.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 19, "verse": 18, "iast": ["yadā svayaṃ na yajñasya vighnakartā mahābalaḥ", "tena saṃcoditau tau tu rākṣasau sumahā balau", "mārīcaś ca subāhuś ca yajñavighnaṃ kariṣyataḥ"], "translation": "When that mighty one is not himself the obstructor of the sacrifice, then, urged on by him, those two rākṣasas of very great strength, Mārīca and Subāhu, will work the obstruction of the sacrifice.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s resistance: The army offered in Rāma’s place"}
{"ref": "1.19.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 19, "verse": 19, "iast": ["ity ukto muninā tena rājovāca muniṃ tadā", "na hi śakto 'smi saṃgrāme sthātuṃ tasya durātmanaḥ"], "translation": "Thus addressed by that sage, the king then said to the sage: “I am not able to stand in battle against that evil-souled one;", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s resistance: The army offered in Rāma’s place"}
{"ref": "1.19.20", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 19, "verse": 20, "iast": ["sa tvaṃ prasādaṃ dharmajña kuruṣva mama putrake", "devadānavagandharvā yakṣāḥ pataga pannagāḥ"], "translation": "So do you, O knower of dharma, show favour to me regarding my dear son. Gods, dānavas, gandharvas, yakṣas, birds and serpents —", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s resistance: The army offered in Rāma’s place"}
{"ref": "1.19.21", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 19, "verse": 21, "iast": ["na śaktā rāvaṇaṃ soḍhuṃ kiṃ punar mānavā yudhi", "sa hi vīryavatāṃ vīryam ādatte yudhi rākṣasaḥ"], "translation": "— are not able to withstand Rāvaṇa, much less humans in war; for in battle that rākṣasa robs the mighty of their might.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s resistance: The army offered in Rāma’s place"}
{"ref": "1.19.22", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 19, "verse": 22, "iast": ["tena cāhaṃ na śakto 'smi saṃyoddhuṃ tasya vā balaiḥ", "sabalo vā muniśreṣṭha sahito vā mamātmajaiḥ"], "translation": "And I am not able to do battle with him, or with his forces — whether with my own army, O best of sages, or together with my sons.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s resistance: The army offered in Rāma’s place"}
{"ref": "1.19.23", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 19, "verse": 23, "iast": ["katham apy amaraprakhyaṃ saṃgrāmāṇām akovidam", "bālaṃ me tanayaṃ brahman naiva dāsyāmi putrakam"], "translation": "By no means, O brahmin, will I give up my son — a mere child, godlike (though he is) yet unskilled in battles, my little boy.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s resistance: The army offered in Rāma’s place"}
{"ref": "1.19.24", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 19, "verse": 24, "iast": ["atha kālopamau yuddhe sutau sundopasundayoḥ", "yajñavighnakarau tau te naiva dāsyāmi putrakam"], "translation": "Moreover, those two obstructors of your sacrifice, like Death in battle, the sons of Sunda and Upasunda — (against them) I will by no means give my little son.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s resistance: The army offered in Rāma’s place"}
{"ref": "1.19.25", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 19, "verse": 25, "iast": ["mārīcaś ca subāhuś ca vīryavantau suśikṣitau", "tayor anyatareṇāhaṃ yoddhā syāṃ sasuhṛdgaṇaḥ"], "translation": "Mārīca and Subāhu, mighty and well-trained — with either of those two I myself, together with my band of friends, would do battle.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s resistance: The army offered in Rāma’s place"}
{"ref": "1.20.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 20, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tac chrutvā vacanaṃ tasya snehaparyākulākṣaram", "samanyuḥ kauśiko vākyaṃ pratyuvaca mahīpatim"], "translation": "Hearing that speech of his, its syllables faltering with affection, the Kauśika (Viśvāmitra), full of anger, replied to the king:", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha’s intervention: The promise and Viśvāmitra’s powers"}
{"ref": "1.20.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 20, "verse": 2, "iast": ["pūrvam arthaṃ pratiśrutya pratijñāṃ hātum icchasi", "rāgavāṇām ayukto 'yaṃ kulasyāsya viparyayaḥ"], "translation": "Having first promised the matter, you now wish to abandon your pledge; this reversal, unworthy of the Rāghavas, is a disgrace to this line.", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha’s intervention: The promise and Viśvāmitra’s powers"}
{"ref": "1.20.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 20, "verse": 3, "iast": ["yad idaṃ te kṣamaṃ rājan gamiṣyāmi yathāgatam", "mithyāpratijñaḥ kākutstha sukhī bhava sabāndhavaḥ"], "translation": "If this seems fitting to you, O king, I shall go as I came; false to your promise, O Kākutstha, live happily with your kinsmen.", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha’s intervention: The promise and Viśvāmitra’s powers"}
{"ref": "1.20.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 20, "verse": 4, "iast": ["tasya roṣaparītasya viśvāmitrasya dhīmataḥ", "cacāla vasudhā kṛtsnā viveśa ca bhayaṃ surān"], "translation": "As that wise Viśvāmitra was overcome with wrath, the whole earth trembled, and fear entered the gods.", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha’s intervention: The promise and Viśvāmitra’s powers"}
{"ref": "1.20.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 20, "verse": 5, "iast": ["trastarūpaṃ tu vijñāya jagat sarvaṃ mahān ṛṣiḥ", "nṛpatiṃ suvrato dhīro vasiṣṭho vākyam abravīt"], "translation": "Perceiving that the whole world had become terrified, the great seer Vasiṣṭha, of good vows and steadfast, spoke these words to the king:", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha’s intervention: The promise and Viśvāmitra’s powers"}
{"ref": "1.20.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 20, "verse": 6, "iast": ["ikṣvākūṇāṃ kule jātaḥ sākṣād dharma ivāparaḥ", "dhṛtimānsuvrataḥ śrīmān na dharmaṃ hātum arhasi"], "translation": "Born in the line of the Ikṣvākus, like a second Dharma made manifest — resolute, of good vows, illustrious — you ought not to abandon dharma.", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha’s intervention: The promise and Viśvāmitra’s powers"}
{"ref": "1.20.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 20, "verse": 7, "iast": ["triṣu lokeṣu vikhyāto dharmātmā iti rāghavaḥ", "svadharmaṃ pratipadyasva nādharmaṃ voḍhum arhasi"], "translation": "Renowned in the three worlds as 'the righteous,' O Rāghava — take up your own dharma; you ought not to bear the burden of unrighteousness.", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha’s intervention: The promise and Viśvāmitra’s powers"}
{"ref": "1.20.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 20, "verse": 8, "iast": ["saṃśrutyaivaṃ kariṣyāmīty akurvāṇasya rāghava", "iṣṭāpūrtavadho bhūyāt tasmād rāmaṃ visarjaya"], "translation": "Having promised 'I will do thus,' if you fail to do it, O Rāghava, the destruction of the merit of your sacrifices and pious works would follow; therefore send Rāma forth.", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha’s intervention: The promise and Viśvāmitra’s powers"}
{"ref": "1.20.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 20, "verse": 9, "iast": ["kṛtāstram akṛtāstraṃ vā nainaṃ śakṣyanti rākṣasāḥ", "guptaṃ kuśikaputreṇa jvalanenāmṛtaṃ yathā"], "translation": "Whether trained in weapons or untrained, the rākṣasas will not be able (to harm) him, guarded by the son of Kuśika, as nectar (is guarded) by fire.", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha’s intervention: The promise and Viśvāmitra’s powers"}
{"ref": "1.20.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 20, "verse": 10, "iast": ["eṣa vigrahavān dharma eṣa vīryavatāṃ varaḥ", "eṣa buddhyādhiko loke tapasaś ca parāyaṇam"], "translation": "He is dharma embodied; he is the best of the mighty; he surpasses all in wisdom in the world, and is the highest resort of austerity.", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha’s intervention: The promise and Viśvāmitra’s powers"}
{"ref": "1.20.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 20, "verse": 11, "iast": ["eṣo 'strān vividhān vetti trailokye sacarācare", "nainam anyaḥ pumān vetti na ca vetsyanti ke cana"], "translation": "He knows the various weapons that exist in the three worlds with all that moves and moves not; no other man knows them as he does, nor will any ever know them.", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha’s intervention: The promise and Viśvāmitra’s powers"}
{"ref": "1.20.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 20, "verse": 12, "iast": ["na devā narṣayaḥ ke cin nāsurā na ca rākṣasāḥ", "gandharvayakṣapravarāḥ sakiṃnaramahoragāḥ"], "translation": "Neither the gods, nor any of the seers, nor the asuras, nor the rākṣasas, nor the chief of the gandharvas and yakṣas, with the kinnaras and great serpents (know them).", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha’s intervention: The promise and Viśvāmitra’s powers"}
{"ref": "1.20.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 20, "verse": 13, "iast": ["sarvāstrāṇi kṛśāśvasya putrāḥ paramadhārmikāḥ", "kauśikāya purā dattā yadā rājyaṃ praśāsati"], "translation": "All the weapons — the supremely righteous sons of Kṛśāśva — were of old given to the Kauśika, when he was ruling the kingdom.", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha’s intervention: The promise and Viśvāmitra’s powers"}
{"ref": "1.20.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 20, "verse": 14, "iast": ["te 'pi putrāḥ kṛśāśvasya prajāpatisutāsutāḥ", "nakarūpā mahāvīryā dīptimanto jayāvahāḥ"], "translation": "And those sons of Kṛśāśva, the sons born of the daughters of Prajāpati, of manifold forms, of great valour, radiant, bringers of victory —", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha’s intervention: The promise and Viśvāmitra’s powers"}
{"ref": "1.20.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 20, "verse": 15, "iast": ["jayā ca suprabhā caiva dakṣakanye sumadhyame", "te suvāte 'straśastrāṇi śataṃ parama bhāsvaram"], "translation": "Jayā and Suprabhā, the two fair-waisted daughters of Dakṣa — the two bore a hundred weapons and arms, supremely brilliant.", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha’s intervention: The promise and Viśvāmitra’s powers"}
{"ref": "1.20.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 20, "verse": 16, "iast": ["pañcāśataṃ sutāṃl lebhe jayā nāma varān purā", "vadhāyāsurasainyānām ameyān kāmarūpiṇaḥ"], "translation": "Jayā by name of old obtained fifty choice sons, immeasurable, able to take any form, for the slaughter of the armies of the asuras.", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha’s intervention: The promise and Viśvāmitra’s powers"}
{"ref": "1.20.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 20, "verse": 17, "iast": ["suprabhājanayac cāpi putrān pañcāśataṃ punaḥ", "saṃhārān nāma durdharṣān durākrāmān balīyasaḥ"], "translation": "And Suprabhā in turn bore fifty sons called Saṃhāras (Destroyers), invincible, hard to assail, exceedingly powerful.", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha’s intervention: The promise and Viśvāmitra’s powers"}
{"ref": "1.20.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 20, "verse": 18, "iast": ["tāni cāstrāṇi vetty eṣa yathāvat kuśikātmajaḥ", "apūrvāṇāṃ ca janane śakto bhūyaś ca dharmavit"], "translation": "This son of Kuśika knows those weapons duly, and this knower of dharma is furthermore able in the creating of new ones.", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha’s intervention: The promise and Viśvāmitra’s powers"}
{"ref": "1.20.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 20, "verse": 19, "iast": ["evaṃ vīryo mahātejā viśvāmitro mahātapāḥ", "na rāmagamane rājan saṃśayaṃ gantum arhasi"], "translation": "Such is the might of the greatly splendoured Viśvāmitra of great austerity; you ought not, O king, to entertain doubt about Rāma's going.", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha’s intervention: The promise and Viśvāmitra’s powers"}
{"ref": "1.21.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 21, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tathā vasiṣṭhe bruvati rājā daśarathaḥ sutam", "prahṛṣṭavadano rāmam ājuhāva salakṣmaṇam"], "translation": "As Vasiṣṭha spoke thus, king Daśaratha, his face gladdened, summoned his son Rāma, together with Lakṣmaṇa.", "sarga_title": "Departure with Viśvāmitra: Rāma receives Balā & Atibalā"}
{"ref": "1.21.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 21, "verse": 2, "iast": ["kṛtasvastyayanaṃ mātrā pitrā daśarathena ca", "purodhasā vasiṣṭhena maṅgalair abhimantritam"], "translation": "(Rāma,) for whom the benediction-rite had been performed by his mother and by his father Daśaratha, and who had been consecrated with auspicious chants by the house-priest Vasiṣṭha —", "sarga_title": "Departure with Viśvāmitra: Rāma receives Balā & Atibalā"}
{"ref": "1.21.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 21, "verse": 3, "iast": ["sa putraṃ mūrdhny upāghrāya rājā daśarathaḥ priyam", "dadau kuśikaputrāya suprītenāntarātmanā"], "translation": "King Daśaratha, kissing his dear son upon the head, gave him to the son of Kuśika with a well-pleased heart.", "sarga_title": "Departure with Viśvāmitra: Rāma receives Balā & Atibalā"}
{"ref": "1.21.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 21, "verse": 4, "iast": ["tato vāyuḥ sukhasparśo virajasko vavau tadā", "viśvāmitragataṃ rāmaṃ dṛṣṭvā rājīvalocanam"], "translation": "Then a wind, pleasant to the touch and free of dust, blew, on seeing the lotus-eyed Rāma now in Viśvāmitra's charge.", "sarga_title": "Departure with Viśvāmitra: Rāma receives Balā & Atibalā"}
{"ref": "1.21.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 21, "verse": 5, "iast": ["puṣpavṛṣṭir mahaty āsīd devadundubhinisvanaḥ", "śaṅkhadundubhinirghoṣaḥ prayāte tu mahātmani"], "translation": "There was a great rain of flowers, the sound of the divine kettledrums, and the blare of conches and drums, as the great-souled one set forth.", "sarga_title": "Departure with Viśvāmitra: Rāma receives Balā & Atibalā"}
{"ref": "1.21.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 21, "verse": 6, "iast": ["viśvāmitro yayāv agre tato rāmo mahāyaśāḥ", "kākapakṣadharo dhanvī taṃ ca saumitrir anvagāt"], "translation": "Viśvāmitra went in front, and behind him the greatly renowned Rāma, wearing the boyish side-locks and bearing a bow; and Saumitri (Lakṣmaṇa) followed him.", "sarga_title": "Departure with Viśvāmitra: Rāma receives Balā & Atibalā"}
{"ref": "1.21.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 21, "verse": 7, "iast": ["kalāpinau dhanuṣpāṇī śobhayānau diśo daśa", "viśvāmitraṃ mahātmānaṃ triśīrṣāv iva pannagau", "anujagmatur akṣudrau pitāmaham ivāśvinau"], "translation": "The two, with quivers and bows in hand, lighting up the ten directions, followed the great-souled Viśvāmitra like two three-hooded serpents; those two noble ones (attended him) as the Aśvins (attend) the Grandsire.", "sarga_title": "Departure with Viśvāmitra: Rāma receives Balā & Atibalā"}
{"ref": "1.21.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 21, "verse": 8, "iast": ["baddhagodhāṅgulitrāṇau khaḍgavantau mahādyutī", "sthāṇuṃ devam ivācintyaṃ kumārāv iva pāvakī"], "translation": "The two, with leather arm-guards and finger-stalls bound on, girt with swords and of great splendour, (attended Viśvāmitra) unfathomable as the god Sthāṇu (Śiva), like the two young sons of the Fire-god.", "sarga_title": "Departure with Viśvāmitra: Rāma receives Balā & Atibalā"}
{"ref": "1.21.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 21, "verse": 9, "iast": ["adhyardhayojanaṃ gatvā sarayvā dakṣiṇe taṭe", "rāmeti madhurā vāṇīṃ viśvāmitro 'bhyabhāṣata"], "translation": "Having gone a yojana and a half, on the southern bank of the Sarayū, Viśvāmitra spoke in a sweet voice: “Rāma!”", "sarga_title": "Departure with Viśvāmitra: Rāma receives Balā & Atibalā"}
{"ref": "1.21.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 21, "verse": 10, "iast": ["gṛhāṇa vatsa salilaṃ mā bhūt kālasya paryayaḥ", "mantragrāmaṃ gṛhāṇa tvaṃ balām atibalāṃ tathā"], "translation": "“Take up water, my child; let there be no lapse of the (proper) time; and receive you the group of mantras — Balā and likewise Atibalā.", "sarga_title": "Departure with Viśvāmitra: Rāma receives Balā & Atibalā"}
{"ref": "1.21.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 21, "verse": 11, "iast": ["na śramo na jvaro vā te na rūpasya viparyayaḥ", "na ca suptaṃ pramattaṃ vā dharṣayiṣyanti nairṛtāḥ"], "translation": "You will have no fatigue, nor fever, nor any alteration of your form; and the rākṣasas will not assail you, whether asleep or off your guard.", "sarga_title": "Departure with Viśvāmitra: Rāma receives Balā & Atibalā"}
{"ref": "1.21.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 21, "verse": 12, "iast": ["na bāhvoḥ sadṛśo vīrye pṛthivyām asti kaś cana", "triṣu lokeṣu vā rāma na bhavet sadṛśas tava"], "translation": "There is no one on earth equal to the might of your arms; nor in the three worlds, O Rāma, would there be your equal.", "sarga_title": "Departure with Viśvāmitra: Rāma receives Balā & Atibalā"}
{"ref": "1.21.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 21, "verse": 13, "iast": ["na saubhāgye na dākṣiṇye na jñāne buddhiniścaye", "nottare pratipattavyo samo loke tavānagha"], "translation": "Neither in charm, nor in courtesy, nor in knowledge, nor in firmness of resolve, nor in readiness of reply, is your equal to be found in the world, O sinless one.", "sarga_title": "Departure with Viśvāmitra: Rāma receives Balā & Atibalā"}
{"ref": "1.21.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 21, "verse": 14, "iast": ["etadvidyādvaye labdhe bhavitā nāsti te samaḥ", "balā cātibalā caiva sarvajñānasya mātarau"], "translation": "When this pair of sciences has been obtained, there will be no equal to you; for Balā and Atibalā are the mothers of all knowledge.", "sarga_title": "Departure with Viśvāmitra: Rāma receives Balā & Atibalā"}
{"ref": "1.21.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 21, "verse": 15, "iast": ["kṣutpipāse na te rāma bhaviṣyete narottama", "balām atibalāṃ caiva paṭhataḥ pathi rāghava", "vidyādvayam adhīyāne yaśaś cāpy atulaṃ bhuvi"], "translation": "Hunger and thirst will not be yours, O Rāma, best of men, when you recite Balā and Atibalā upon the road, O Rāghava, studying the pair of sciences; and you will have matchless fame on earth as well.", "sarga_title": "Departure with Viśvāmitra: Rāma receives Balā & Atibalā"}
{"ref": "1.21.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 21, "verse": 16, "iast": ["pitāmahasute hy ete vidye tejaḥsamanvite", "pradātuṃ tava kākutstha sadṛśas tvaṃ hi dhārmika"], "translation": "For these two sciences, daughters of the Grandsire and endowed with splendour, are (to be given) to you, O Kākutstha; for you are worthy of them, O righteous one.", "sarga_title": "Departure with Viśvāmitra: Rāma receives Balā & Atibalā"}
{"ref": "1.21.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 21, "verse": 17, "iast": ["kāmaṃ bahuguṇāḥ sarve tvayy ete nātra saṃśayaḥ", "tapasā saṃbhṛte caite bahurūpe bhaviṣyataḥ"], "translation": "Granted, all these many excellences are in you, no doubt of it; yet these two, nourished by (your) austerity, will assume manifold forms.", "sarga_title": "Departure with Viśvāmitra: Rāma receives Balā & Atibalā"}
{"ref": "1.21.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 21, "verse": 18, "iast": ["tato rāmo jalaṃ spṛṣṭvā prahṛṣṭavadanaḥ śuciḥ", "pratijagrāha te vidye maharṣer bhāvitātmanaḥ", "vidyāsamudito rāmaḥ śuśubhe bhūrivikramaḥ"], "translation": "Then Rāma, having touched water, his face gladdened and himself purified, received those two sciences from the great seer of purified soul; and Rāma, exalted by the sciences and of abundant valour, shone forth.", "sarga_title": "Departure with Viśvāmitra: Rāma receives Balā & Atibalā"}
{"ref": "1.21.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 21, "verse": 19, "iast": ["gurukāryāṇi sarvāṇi niyujya kuśikātmaje", "ūṣus tāṃ rajanīṃ tatra sarayvāṃ susukhaṃ trayaḥ"], "translation": "Having rendered upon the son of Kuśika all the services due to a preceptor, the three passed that night there on the Sarayū in great comfort.", "sarga_title": "Departure with Viśvāmitra: Rāma receives Balā & Atibalā"}
{"ref": "1.22.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 22, "verse": 1, "iast": ["prabhātāyāṃ tu śarvaryāṃ viśvāmitro mahāmuniḥ", "abhyabhāṣata kākutsthaṃ śayānaṃ parṇasaṃstare"], "translation": "When the night had brightened into dawn, the great sage Viśvāmitra addressed Kākutstha (Rāma), who lay upon a couch of leaves:", "sarga_title": "Story of Kāma: The loss of his body"}
{"ref": "1.22.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 22, "verse": 2, "iast": ["kausalyā suprajā rāma pūrvā saṃdhyā pravartate", "uttiṣṭha naraśārdūla kartavyaṃ daivam āhnikam"], "translation": "“Kausalyā is blessed in her son, O Rāma; the eastern twilight is coming on. Arise, O tiger among men; the morning rites due to the gods must be performed.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Kāma: The loss of his body"}
{"ref": "1.22.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 22, "verse": 3, "iast": ["tasyarṣeḥ paramodāraṃ vacaḥ śrutvā nṛpātmajau", "snātvā kṛtodakau vīrau jepatuḥ paramaṃ japam"], "translation": "Hearing that most noble speech of the seer, the two princes bathed, made their water-offerings, and, the two heroes, recited the supreme prayer.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kāma: The loss of his body"}
{"ref": "1.22.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 22, "verse": 4, "iast": ["kṛtāhnikau mahāvīryau viśvāmitraṃ tapodhanam", "abhivādyābhisaṃhṛṣṭau gamanāyopatasthatuḥ"], "translation": "The two mighty ones, their morning rites performed, having saluted Viśvāmitra, rich in austerity, and greatly delighted, presented themselves for the journey.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kāma: The loss of his body"}
{"ref": "1.22.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 22, "verse": 5, "iast": ["tau prayāte mahāvīryau divyaṃ tripathagāṃ nadīm", "dadṛśāte tatas tatra sarayvāḥ saṃgame śubhe"], "translation": "As those two mighty ones journeyed on, they then beheld there, at the auspicious confluence with the Sarayū, the divine three-pathed river (the Gaṅgā).", "sarga_title": "Story of Kāma: The loss of his body"}
{"ref": "1.22.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 22, "verse": 6, "iast": ["tatrāśramapadaṃ puṇyam ṛṣīṇām ugratejasām", "bahuvarṣasahasrāṇi tapyatāṃ paramaṃ tapaḥ"], "translation": "There (they saw) the holy hermitage of seers of fierce splendour, who had been practising supreme austerity for many thousands of years.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kāma: The loss of his body"}
{"ref": "1.22.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 22, "verse": 7, "iast": ["taṃ dṛṣṭvā paramaprītau rāghavau puṇyam āśramam", "ūcatus taṃ mahātmānaṃ viśvāmitram idaṃ vacaḥ"], "translation": "Seeing that holy hermitage, the two Rāghavas, greatly delighted, spoke this word to that great-souled Viśvāmitra:", "sarga_title": "Story of Kāma: The loss of his body"}
{"ref": "1.22.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 22, "verse": 8, "iast": ["kasyāyam āśramaḥ puṇyaḥ ko nv asmin vasate pumān", "bhagavañ śrotum icchāvaḥ paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi nau"], "translation": "“Whose is this holy hermitage, and what man dwells in it? O venerable one, we two wish to hear, for great is our curiosity.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Kāma: The loss of his body"}
{"ref": "1.22.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 22, "verse": 9, "iast": ["tayos tad vacanaṃ śrutvā prahasya munipuṃgavaḥ", "abravīc chrūyatāṃ rāma yasyāyaṃ pūrva āśramaḥ"], "translation": "Hearing that word of the two, the bull among sages, smiling, said: “Let it be heard, O Rāma, whose hermitage this formerly was.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kāma: The loss of his body"}
{"ref": "1.22.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 22, "verse": 10, "iast": ["kandarpo mūrtimān āsīt kāma ity ucyate budhaiḥ"], "translation": "Kandarpa (Love) was once embodied, and is called Kāma (Desire) by the wise.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kāma: The loss of his body"}
{"ref": "1.22.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 22, "verse": 11, "iast": ["tapasyantam iha sthāṇuṃ niyamena samāhitam", "kṛtodvāhaṃ tu deveśaṃ gacchantaṃ samarudgaṇam", "dharṣayām āsa durmedhā huṃkṛtaś ca mahātmanā"], "translation": "Here Sthāṇu (Śiva), composed in his observance, was practising austerity; but the fool (Kāma) assailed that lord of gods — newly wed and going forth with the host of Maruts — and was met with a scornful cry by the great one.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kāma: The loss of his body"}
{"ref": "1.22.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 22, "verse": 12, "iast": ["dagdhasya tasya raudreṇa cakṣuṣā raghunandana", "vyaśīryanta śarīrāt svāt sarvagātrāṇi durmateḥ"], "translation": "As he was burnt up by the fierce eye (of Śiva), O delight of Raghu, all the limbs of that fool fell asunder from his own body.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kāma: The loss of his body"}
{"ref": "1.22.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 22, "verse": 13, "iast": ["tasya gātraṃ hataṃ tatra nirdagdhasya mahātmanā", "aśarīraḥ kṛtaḥ kāmaḥ krodhād deveśvareṇa ha"], "translation": "There the body of that (Kāma), burnt up by the great one, was destroyed; Kāma was rendered bodiless by the lord of gods (Śiva) in his wrath.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kāma: The loss of his body"}
{"ref": "1.22.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 22, "verse": 14, "iast": ["anaṅga iti vikhyātas tadā prabhṛti rāghava", "sa cāṅgaviṣayaḥ śrīmān yatrāṅgaṃ sa mumoca ha"], "translation": "From then on he became renowned as Anaṅga ('the Bodiless'), O Rāghava; and the glorious Aṅga country is that where he shed his body (aṅga).", "sarga_title": "Story of Kāma: The loss of his body"}
{"ref": "1.22.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 22, "verse": 15, "iast": ["tasyāyam āśramaḥ puṇyas tasyeme munayaḥ purā", "śiṣyā dharmaparā vīra teṣāṃ pāpaṃ na vidyate"], "translation": "This holy hermitage is his (Śiva's); and these sages here were formerly his disciples, devoted to dharma, O hero; no sin is found in them.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kāma: The loss of his body"}
{"ref": "1.22.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 22, "verse": 16, "iast": ["ihādya rajanīṃ rāma vasema śubhadarśana", "puṇyayoḥ saritor madhye śvas tariṣyāmahe vayam"], "translation": "Here today let us spend the night, O Rāma of auspicious aspect, between the two holy rivers; tomorrow we shall cross over.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kāma: The loss of his body"}
{"ref": "1.22.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 22, "verse": 17, "iast": ["teṣāṃ saṃvadatāṃ tatra tapo dīrgheṇa cakṣuṣā", "vijñāya paramaprītā munayo harṣam āgaman"], "translation": "As those (three) conversed there, the sages, perceiving them with the far-reaching eye (born) of austerity, greatly pleased, gave way to joy.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kāma: The loss of his body"}
{"ref": "1.22.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 22, "verse": 18, "iast": ["arghyaṃ pādyaṃ tathātithyaṃ nivedyakuśikātmaje", "rāmalakṣmaṇayoḥ paścād akurvann atithikriyām"], "translation": "Having offered the guest-water, the foot-water, and hospitality to the son of Kuśika, they afterwards performed the guest-rite for Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kāma: The loss of his body"}
{"ref": "1.22.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 22, "verse": 19, "iast": ["satkāraṃ samanuprāpya kathābhir abhirañjayan", "nyavasan susukhaṃ tatra kāmāśramapade tadā"], "translation": "Having received (their) hospitality, and delighting (the sages) with tales, they dwelt there very comfortably at the hermitage of Kāma.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kāma: The loss of his body"}
{"ref": "1.23.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 23, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tataḥ prabhāte vimale kṛtāhnikam ariṃdamau", "viśvāmitraṃ puraskṛtya nadyās tīram upāgatau"], "translation": "Then, when the spotless dawn had come, the two tamers of foes, their morning rites performed, placing Viśvāmitra at the fore, came to the bank of the river.", "sarga_title": "Story of Tāṭakā’s forest: Indra’s cleansing and the ruined country"}
{"ref": "1.23.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 23, "verse": 2, "iast": ["te ca sarve mahātmāno munayaḥ saṃśitavratāḥ", "upasthāpya śubhāṃ nāvaṃ viśvāmitram athābruvan"], "translation": "And all those great-souled sages of firm vows, having brought up an auspicious boat, then said to Viśvāmitra:", "sarga_title": "Story of Tāṭakā’s forest: Indra’s cleansing and the ruined country"}
{"ref": "1.23.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 23, "verse": 3, "iast": ["ārohatu bhavān nāvaṃ rājaputrapuraskṛtaḥ", "ariṣṭaṃ gaccha panthānaṃ mā bhūt kālasya paryayaḥ"], "translation": "“Let your honour board the boat, with the princes at the fore; go your way unharmed; let there be no lapse of the (proper) time.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Tāṭakā’s forest: Indra’s cleansing and the ruined country"}
{"ref": "1.23.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 23, "verse": 4, "iast": ["viśvāmitras tathety uktvā tān ṛṣīn abhipūjya ca", "tatāra sahitas tābhyāṃ saritaṃ sāgaraṃ gamām"], "translation": "Viśvāmitra, saying “So be it,” and having honoured those seers, crossed, together with the two, the river that flows to the sea.", "sarga_title": "Story of Tāṭakā’s forest: Indra’s cleansing and the ruined country"}
{"ref": "1.23.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 23, "verse": 5, "iast": ["atha rāmaḥ sarinmadhye papraccha munipuṅgavam", "vāriṇo bhidyamānasya kim ayaṃ tumulo dhvaniḥ"], "translation": "Then Rāma, in mid-river, asked the bull among sages: “What is this tumultuous sound of the water being cleft?”", "sarga_title": "Story of Tāṭakā’s forest: Indra’s cleansing and the ruined country"}
{"ref": "1.23.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 23, "verse": 6, "iast": ["rāghavasya vacaḥ śrutvā kautūhala samanvitam", "kathayām āsa dharmātmā tasya śabdasya niścayam"], "translation": "Hearing Rāghava's speech, filled with curiosity, the righteous one explained the cause of that sound.", "sarga_title": "Story of Tāṭakā’s forest: Indra’s cleansing and the ruined country"}
{"ref": "1.23.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 23, "verse": 7, "iast": ["kailāsaparvate rāma manasā nirmitaṃ saraḥ", "brahmaṇā naraśārdūla tenedaṃ mānasaṃ saraḥ"], "translation": "“On Mount Kailāsa, O Rāma, a lake was fashioned by the mind of Brahmā, O tiger among men; hence this is (called) the Mānasa lake.", "sarga_title": "Story of Tāṭakā’s forest: Indra’s cleansing and the ruined country"}
{"ref": "1.23.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 23, "verse": 8, "iast": ["tasmāt susrāva sarasaḥ sāyodhyām upagūhate", "saraḥpravṛttā sarayūḥ puṇyā brahmasaraścyutā"], "translation": "From that lake it flowed forth, and it embraces Ayodhyā — the holy Sarayū, issuing from the lake, fallen from Brahmā's lake.", "sarga_title": "Story of Tāṭakā’s forest: Indra’s cleansing and the ruined country"}
{"ref": "1.23.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 23, "verse": 9, "iast": ["tasyāyam atulaḥ śabdo jāhnavīm abhivartate", "vārisaṃkṣobhajo rāma praṇāmaṃ niyataḥ kuru"], "translation": "This incomparable sound of it, born of the churning of the waters, advances toward the Jāhnavī (Gaṅgā); make your reverent salutation, O Rāma, with self-control.", "sarga_title": "Story of Tāṭakā’s forest: Indra’s cleansing and the ruined country"}
{"ref": "1.23.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 23, "verse": 10, "iast": ["tābhyāṃ tu tāv ubhau kṛtvā praṇāmam atidhārmikau", "tīraṃ dakṣiṇam āsādya jagmatur laghuvikramau"], "translation": "And the two, both exceedingly righteous, having made salutation to the two (rivers), reached the southern bank and went on with nimble stride.", "sarga_title": "Story of Tāṭakā’s forest: Indra’s cleansing and the ruined country"}
{"ref": "1.23.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 23, "verse": 11, "iast": ["sa vanaṃ ghorasaṃkāśaṃ dṛṣṭvā nṛpavarātmajaḥ", "aviprahatam aikṣvākaḥ papraccha munipuṃgavam"], "translation": "That son of the best of kings, the Ikṣvāku prince, seeing a forest of dreadful aspect, untrodden, asked the bull among sages:", "sarga_title": "Story of Tāṭakā’s forest: Indra’s cleansing and the ruined country"}
{"ref": "1.23.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 23, "verse": 12, "iast": ["aho vanam idaṃ durgaṃ jhillikāgaṇanāditam", "bhairavaiḥ śvāpadaiḥ kīrṇaṃ śakuntair dāruṇāravaiḥ"], "translation": "“Ah, this forest is impassable, resounding with swarms of crickets, strewn with fearsome beasts of prey and with birds of dreadful cries;", "sarga_title": "Story of Tāṭakā’s forest: Indra’s cleansing and the ruined country"}
{"ref": "1.23.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 23, "verse": 13, "iast": ["nānāprakāraiḥ śakunair vāśyadbhir bhairavasvanaiḥ", "siṃhavyāghravarāhaiś ca vāraṇaiś cāpi śobhitam"], "translation": "adorned with birds of various kinds crying in fearful notes, and with lions, tigers, boars, and elephants too;", "sarga_title": "Story of Tāṭakā’s forest: Indra’s cleansing and the ruined country"}
{"ref": "1.23.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 23, "verse": 14, "iast": ["dhavāśvakarṇakakubhair bilvatindukapāṭalaiḥ", "saṃkīrṇaṃ badarībhiś ca kiṃ nv idaṃ dāruṇaṃ vanam"], "translation": "thick with dhava, aśvakarṇa, and kakubha trees, with bilva, tinduka, and pāṭala, and with jujubes — what, then, is this dreadful forest?”", "sarga_title": "Story of Tāṭakā’s forest: Indra’s cleansing and the ruined country"}
{"ref": "1.23.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 23, "verse": 15, "iast": ["tam uvāca mahātejā viśvāmitro mahāmuniḥ", "śrūyatāṃ vatsa kākutstha yasyaitad dāruṇaṃ vanam"], "translation": "The greatly splendoured great sage Viśvāmitra said to him: “Listen, my child Kākutstha, whose this dreadful forest is.", "sarga_title": "Story of Tāṭakā’s forest: Indra’s cleansing and the ruined country"}
{"ref": "1.23.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 23, "verse": 16, "iast": ["etau janapadau sphītau pūrvam āstāṃ narottama", "maladāś ca karūṣāś ca devanirmāṇa nirmitau"], "translation": "These two territories were formerly flourishing, O best of men — Malada and Karūṣa — fashioned by the making of the gods.", "sarga_title": "Story of Tāṭakā’s forest: Indra’s cleansing and the ruined country"}
{"ref": "1.23.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 23, "verse": 17, "iast": ["purā vṛtravadhe rāma malena samabhiplutam", "kṣudhā caiva sahasrākṣaṃ brahmahatyā yadāviśat"], "translation": "Of old, at the slaying of Vṛtra, O Rāma, when the guilt of brahmin-murder entered the Thousand-eyed one (Indra), he was flooded over with impurity and with hunger.", "sarga_title": "Story of Tāṭakā’s forest: Indra’s cleansing and the ruined country"}
{"ref": "1.23.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 23, "verse": 18, "iast": ["tam indraṃ snāpayan devā ṛṣayaś ca tapodhanāḥ", "kalaśaiḥ snāpayām āsur malaṃ cāsya pramocayan"], "translation": "The gods and the seers rich in austerity, bathing that Indra, bathed him with pitchers and released his impurity.", "sarga_title": "Story of Tāṭakā’s forest: Indra’s cleansing and the ruined country"}
{"ref": "1.23.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 23, "verse": 19, "iast": ["iha bhūmyāṃ malaṃ dattvā dattvā kāruṣam eva ca", "śarīrajaṃ mahendrasya tato harṣaṃ prapedire"], "translation": "Having deposited here on this land the impurity (mala) and the karūṣa (offal), body-born of great Indra, they then attained joy.", "sarga_title": "Story of Tāṭakā’s forest: Indra’s cleansing and the ruined country"}
{"ref": "1.23.20", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 23, "verse": 20, "iast": ["nirmalo niṣkarūṣaś ca śucir indro yadābhavat", "dadau deśasya suprīto varaṃ prabhur anuttamam"], "translation": "When Indra became free of impurity, free of karūṣa, and pure, the lord, well pleased, granted the region an unsurpassed boon:", "sarga_title": "Story of Tāṭakā’s forest: Indra’s cleansing and the ruined country"}
{"ref": "1.23.21", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 23, "verse": 21, "iast": ["imau janapadau sthītau khyātiṃ loke gamiṣyataḥ", "maladāś ca karūṣāś ca mamāṅgamaladhāriṇau"], "translation": "“These two territories, established, shall attain fame in the world — Malada and Karūṣa — as bearers of the impurity from my body.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Tāṭakā’s forest: Indra’s cleansing and the ruined country"}
{"ref": "1.23.22", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 23, "verse": 22, "iast": ["sādhu sādhv iti taṃ devāḥ pākaśāsanam abruvan", "deśasya pūjāṃ tāṃ dṛṣṭvā kṛtāṃ śakreṇa dhīmatā"], "translation": "“Well done, well done!” said the gods to that chastiser of Pāka (Indra), seeing that honour done to the region by the wise Śakra.", "sarga_title": "Story of Tāṭakā’s forest: Indra’s cleansing and the ruined country"}
{"ref": "1.23.23", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 23, "verse": 23, "iast": ["etau janapadau sthītau dīrghakālam ariṃdama", "maladāś ca karūṣāś ca muditau dhanadhānyataḥ"], "translation": "These two territories flourished for a long time, O tamer of foes — Malada and Karūṣa — prosperous in wealth and grain.", "sarga_title": "Story of Tāṭakā’s forest: Indra’s cleansing and the ruined country"}
{"ref": "1.23.24", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 23, "verse": 24, "iast": ["kasya cit tv atha kālasya yakṣī vai kāmarūpiṇī", "balaṃ nāgasahasrasya dhārayantī tadā hy abhūt"], "translation": "But after some time there arose a yakṣī who could take any form at will, wielding the strength of a thousand elephants.", "sarga_title": "Story of Tāṭakā’s forest: Indra’s cleansing and the ruined country"}
{"ref": "1.23.25", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 23, "verse": 25, "iast": ["tāṭakā nāma bhadraṃ te bhāryā sundasya dhīmataḥ", "mārīco rākṣasaḥ putro yasyāḥ śakraparākramaḥ"], "translation": "Tāṭakā by name — blessings on you — the wife of the wise Sunda, whose son is the rākṣasa Mārīca, of prowess like Śakra's.", "sarga_title": "Story of Tāṭakā’s forest: Indra’s cleansing and the ruined country"}
{"ref": "1.23.26", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 23, "verse": 26, "iast": ["imau janapadau nityaṃ vināśayati rāghava", "maladāṃś ca karūṣāṃś ca tāṭakā duṣṭacāriṇī"], "translation": "Tāṭakā of evil ways constantly lays waste these two territories, O Rāghava — Malada and Karūṣa.", "sarga_title": "Story of Tāṭakā’s forest: Indra’s cleansing and the ruined country"}
{"ref": "1.23.27", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 23, "verse": 27, "iast": ["seyaṃ panthānam āvārya vasaty atyardhayojane", "ata eva ca gantavyaṃ tāṭakāyā vanaṃ yataḥ"], "translation": "She, blocking the path, dwells at a distance of a yojana and a half; and for that very reason we must go on, for the forest of Tāṭakā lies ahead.", "sarga_title": "Story of Tāṭakā’s forest: Indra’s cleansing and the ruined country"}
{"ref": "1.23.28", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 23, "verse": 28, "iast": ["svabāhubalam āśritya jahīmāṃ duṣṭacāriṇīm", "manniyogād imaṃ deśaṃ kuru niṣkaṇṭakaṃ punaḥ"], "translation": "Relying on the strength of your own arms, slay this evil-doer; at my command make this region free of thorns once more.", "sarga_title": "Story of Tāṭakā’s forest: Indra’s cleansing and the ruined country"}
{"ref": "1.23.29", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 23, "verse": 29, "iast": ["na hi kaś cid imaṃ deśaṃ śakroty āgantum īdṛśam", "yakṣiṇyā ghorayā rāma utsāditam asahyayā"], "translation": "For no one is able to come to such a region, laid desolate by the terrible, unbearable yakṣī, O Rāma.", "sarga_title": "Story of Tāṭakā’s forest: Indra’s cleansing and the ruined country"}
{"ref": "1.23.30", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 23, "verse": 30, "iast": ["etat te sarvam ākhyātaṃ yathaitad daruṇaṃ vanam", "yakṣyā cotsāditaṃ sarvam adyāpi na nivartate"], "translation": "All this I have told you — how this forest became dreadful, and how it was wholly laid waste by the yakṣī, and even now does not return to its former state.", "sarga_title": "Story of Tāṭakā’s forest: Indra’s cleansing and the ruined country"}
{"ref": "1.24.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 24, "verse": 1, "iast": ["atha tasyāprameyasya muner vacanam uttamam", "śrutvā puruṣaśārdūlaḥ pratyuvāca śubhāṃ giram"], "translation": "Then, having heard the excellent speech of that immeasurable sage, the tiger among men replied with an auspicious word:", "sarga_title": "Story of Tāṭakā: Birth, marriage and Agastya’s curse"}
{"ref": "1.24.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 24, "verse": 2, "iast": ["alpavīryā yadā yakṣāḥ śrūyante munipuṃgava", "kathaṃ nāgasahasrasya dhārayaty abalā balam"], "translation": "“Since yakṣas are heard to be of little valour, O bull among sages, how does a (mere) woman hold the strength of a thousand elephants?”", "sarga_title": "Story of Tāṭakā: Birth, marriage and Agastya’s curse"}
{"ref": "1.24.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 24, "verse": 3, "iast": ["viśvāmitro 'bravīd vākyaṃ śṛṇu yena balottarā", "varadānakṛtaṃ vīryaṃ dhārayaty abalā balam"], "translation": "Viśvāmitra spoke this word: “Hear by what she, a woman superior in strength, holds a might born of the granting of a boon.", "sarga_title": "Story of Tāṭakā: Birth, marriage and Agastya’s curse"}
{"ref": "1.24.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 24, "verse": 4, "iast": ["pūrvam āsīn mahāyakṣaḥ suketur nāma vīryavān", "anapatyaḥ śubhācāraḥ sa ca tepe mahat tapaḥ"], "translation": "Formerly there was a great yakṣa named Suketu, valorous, childless, of pure conduct; and he practised great austerity.", "sarga_title": "Story of Tāṭakā: Birth, marriage and Agastya’s curse"}
{"ref": "1.24.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 24, "verse": 5, "iast": ["pitāmahas tu suprītas tasya yakṣapates tadā", "kanyāratnaṃ dadau rāma tāṭakāṃ nāma nāmataḥ"], "translation": "And the Grandsire (Brahmā), well pleased, then gave to that lord of yakṣas a jewel of a daughter, O Rāma, Tāṭakā by name.", "sarga_title": "Story of Tāṭakā: Birth, marriage and Agastya’s curse"}
{"ref": "1.24.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 24, "verse": 6, "iast": ["dadau nāgasahasrasya balaṃ cāsyāḥ pitāmahaḥ", "na tv eva putraṃ yakṣāya dadau brahmā mahāyaśāḥ"], "translation": "And the Grandsire gave her the strength of a thousand elephants; yet the greatly renowned Brahmā gave no son to that yakṣa.", "sarga_title": "Story of Tāṭakā: Birth, marriage and Agastya’s curse"}
{"ref": "1.24.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 24, "verse": 7, "iast": ["tāṃ tu jātāṃ vivardhantīṃ rūpayauvanaśālinīm", "jambhaputrāya sundāya dadau bhāryāṃ yaśasvinīm"], "translation": "And her, born and growing up, graced with beauty and youth, he gave as wife — the illustrious one — to Sunda, son of Jambha.", "sarga_title": "Story of Tāṭakā: Birth, marriage and Agastya’s curse"}
{"ref": "1.24.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 24, "verse": 8, "iast": ["kasya cit tv atha kālalsya yakṣī putraṃ vyajāyata", "mārīcaṃ nāma durdharṣaṃ yaḥ śāpād rākṣaso 'bhavat"], "translation": "And after some time the yakṣī bore a son, Mārīca by name, invincible, who by a curse became a rākṣasa.", "sarga_title": "Story of Tāṭakā: Birth, marriage and Agastya’s curse"}
{"ref": "1.24.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 24, "verse": 9, "iast": ["sunde tu nihate rāma agastyam ṛṣisattamam", "tāṭakā saha putreṇa pradharṣayitum icchati"], "translation": "And when Sunda was slain, O Rāma, Tāṭakā, together with her son, sought to assail Agastya, the best of seers.", "sarga_title": "Story of Tāṭakā: Birth, marriage and Agastya’s curse"}
{"ref": "1.24.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 24, "verse": 10, "iast": ["rākṣasatvaṃ bhajasveti mārīcaṃ vyājahāra saḥ", "agastyaḥ paramakruddhas tāṭakām api śaptavān"], "translation": "“Take on rākṣasa-hood!” — thus he uttered to Mārīca; and Agastya, exceedingly enraged, cursed Tāṭakā as well.", "sarga_title": "Story of Tāṭakā: Birth, marriage and Agastya’s curse"}
{"ref": "1.24.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 24, "verse": 11, "iast": ["puruṣādī mahāyakṣī virūpā vikṛtānanā", "idaṃ rūpam apahāya dāruṇaṃ rūpam astu te"], "translation": "“Man-eating great yakṣī, misshapen and hideous of face — casting off this (present) form, let a dreadful form be yours!”", "sarga_title": "Story of Tāṭakā: Birth, marriage and Agastya’s curse"}
{"ref": "1.24.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 24, "verse": 12, "iast": ["saiṣā śāpakṛtāmarṣā tāṭakā krodhamūrchitā", "deśam utsādayaty enam agastyacaritaṃ śubham"], "translation": "This Tāṭakā, indignant at the curse and senseless with rage, lays waste this fair region once frequented by Agastya.", "sarga_title": "Story of Tāṭakā: Birth, marriage and Agastya’s curse"}
{"ref": "1.24.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 24, "verse": 13, "iast": ["enāṃ rāghava durvṛttāṃ yakṣīṃ paramadāruṇām", "gobrāhmaṇahitārthāya jahi duṣṭaparākramām"], "translation": "This ill-conducted yakṣī, exceedingly dreadful and of wicked prowess, slay, O Rāghava, for the good of cows and brahmins.", "sarga_title": "Story of Tāṭakā: Birth, marriage and Agastya’s curse"}
{"ref": "1.24.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 24, "verse": 14, "iast": ["na hy enāṃ śāpasaṃsṛṣṭāṃ kaś cid utsahate pumān", "nihantuṃ triṣu lokeṣu tvām ṛte raghunandana"], "translation": "For no man in the three worlds, save you, O delight of Raghu, dares to slay her, bound as she is by the curse.", "sarga_title": "Story of Tāṭakā: Birth, marriage and Agastya’s curse"}
{"ref": "1.24.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 24, "verse": 15, "iast": ["na hi te strīvadhakṛte ghṛṇā kāryā narottama", "cāturvarṇyahitārthāya kartavyaṃ rājasūnunā"], "translation": "You should feel no pity on account of the killing of a woman, O best of men; for the good of the four castes it must be done by a prince.", "sarga_title": "Story of Tāṭakā: Birth, marriage and Agastya’s curse"}
{"ref": "1.24.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 24, "verse": 16, "iast": ["rājyabhāraniyuktānām eṣa dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ", "adharmyāṃ jahi kākutsha dharmo hy asyā na vidyate"], "translation": "This is the eternal dharma of those charged with the burden of kingship; slay the unrighteous one, O Kākutstha, for no dharma is found in her.", "sarga_title": "Story of Tāṭakā: Birth, marriage and Agastya’s curse"}
{"ref": "1.24.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 24, "verse": 17, "iast": ["śrūyate hi purā śakro virocanasutāṃ nṛpa", "pṛthivīṃ hantum icchantīṃ mantharām abhyasūdayat"], "translation": "For it is heard that of old Śakra (Indra) slew Mantharā, the daughter of Virocana, when she sought to destroy the earth, O king.", "sarga_title": "Story of Tāṭakā: Birth, marriage and Agastya’s curse"}
{"ref": "1.24.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 24, "verse": 18, "iast": ["viṣṇunā ca purā rāma bhṛgupatnī dṛḍhavratā", "anindraṃ lokam icchantī kāvyamātā niṣūditā"], "translation": "And of old, O Rāma, by Viṣṇu was slain the wife of Bhṛgu, of firm vows, the mother of Kāvya (Śukra), when she wished to make the world without an Indra.", "sarga_title": "Story of Tāṭakā: Birth, marriage and Agastya’s curse"}
{"ref": "1.24.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 24, "verse": 19, "iast": ["etaiś cānyaiś ca bahubhī rājaputramahātmabhiḥ", "adharmaniratā nāryo hatāḥ puruṣasattamaiḥ"], "translation": "By these and by many other great-souled princes, the best of men, women bent on unrighteousness have been slain.", "sarga_title": "Story of Tāṭakā: Birth, marriage and Agastya’s curse"}
{"ref": "1.25.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 25, "verse": 1, "iast": ["muner vacanam aklībaṃ śrutvā naravarātmajaḥ", "rāghavaḥ prāñjalir bhūtvā pratyuvāca dṛḍhavrataḥ"], "translation": "Hearing the manly speech of the sage, the son of the best of men, Rāghava, of firm vows, joined his palms and replied:", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills Tāṭakā"}
{"ref": "1.25.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 25, "verse": 2, "iast": ["pitur vacananirdeśāt pitur vacanagauravāt", "vacanaṃ kauśikasyeti kartavyam aviśaṅkayā"], "translation": "“By the injunction of my father's word, and out of reverence for my father's word, the word of the Kauśika (Viśvāmitra) must be carried out without hesitation.", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills Tāṭakā"}
{"ref": "1.25.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 25, "verse": 3, "iast": ["anuśiṣṭo 'smy ayodhyāyāṃ gurumadhye mahātmanā", "pitrā daśarathenāhaṃ nāvajñeyaṃ ca tad vacaḥ"], "translation": "I was instructed in Ayodhyā, in the midst of my elders, by the great-souled one, my father Daśaratha; and that word (of his) is not to be disregarded.", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills Tāṭakā"}
{"ref": "1.25.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 25, "verse": 4, "iast": ["so 'haṃ pitur vacaḥ śrutvā śāsanād brahma vādinaḥ", "kariṣyāmi na saṃdehas tāṭakāvadham uttamam"], "translation": "So I, having heard my father's word, at the command of the utterer of sacred lore, shall accomplish the excellent slaying of Tāṭakā — of this there is no doubt.", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills Tāṭakā"}
{"ref": "1.25.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 25, "verse": 5, "iast": ["gobrāhmaṇahitārthāya deśasyāsya sukhāya ca", "tava caivāprameyasya vacanaṃ kartum udyataḥ"], "translation": "For the good of cows and brahmins, for the well-being of this region, and in obedience to the word of you, the immeasurable one, I am ready to act.", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills Tāṭakā"}
{"ref": "1.25.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 25, "verse": 6, "iast": ["evam uktvā dhanurmadhye baddhvā muṣṭim ariṃdamaḥ", "jyāśabdam akarot tīvraṃ diśaḥ śabdena pūrayan"], "translation": "Having spoken thus, the tamer of foes, gripping his fist at the middle of the bow, made a fierce twang of the bowstring, filling the quarters with the sound.", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills Tāṭakā"}
{"ref": "1.25.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 25, "verse": 7, "iast": ["tena śabdena vitrastās tāṭakā vanavāsinaḥ", "tāṭakā ca susaṃkruddhā tena śabdena mohitā"], "translation": "By that sound the dwellers of Tāṭakā's forest were terrified; and Tāṭakā herself, greatly enraged, was bewildered by that sound.", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills Tāṭakā"}
{"ref": "1.25.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 25, "verse": 8, "iast": ["taṃ śabdam abhinidhyāya rākṣasī krodhamūrchitā", "śrutvā cābhyadravad vegād yataḥ śabdo viniḥsṛtaḥ"], "translation": "Fixing her attention on that sound, the rākṣasī, senseless with rage, and having heard it, rushed with speed toward where the sound had issued forth.", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills Tāṭakā"}
{"ref": "1.25.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 25, "verse": 9, "iast": ["tāṃ dṛṣṭvā rāghavaḥ kruddhāṃ vikṛtāṃ vikṛtānanām", "pramāṇenātivṛddhāṃ ca lakṣmaṇaṃ so 'bhyabhāṣata"], "translation": "Seeing her — enraged, deformed, of distorted face, and of enormous size — Rāghava said to Lakṣmaṇa:", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills Tāṭakā"}
{"ref": "1.25.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 25, "verse": 10, "iast": ["paśya lakṣmaṇa yakṣiṇyā bhairavaṃ dāruṇaṃ vapuḥ", "bhidyeran darśanād asyā bhīrūṇāṃ hṛdayāni ca"], "translation": "“Behold, Lakṣmaṇa, the fearful, dreadful body of the yakṣī; the hearts of the timid would burst at the very sight of her.", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills Tāṭakā"}
{"ref": "1.25.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 25, "verse": 11, "iast": ["enāṃ paśya durādharṣāṃ māyā balasamanvitām", "vinivṛttāṃ karomy adya hṛtakarṇāgranāsikām"], "translation": "Behold her, hard to assail, endowed with the power of magic; today I shall drive her back, her ear-tips and nose lopped off.", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills Tāṭakā"}
{"ref": "1.25.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 25, "verse": 12, "iast": ["na hy enām utsahe hantuṃ strīsvabhāvena rakṣitām", "vīryaṃ cāsyā gatiṃ cāpi haniṣyāmīti me matiḥ"], "translation": "For I do not venture to slay her, protected as she is by her woman's nature; but I will destroy her strength and her power of movement — such is my intent.”", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills Tāṭakā"}
{"ref": "1.25.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 25, "verse": 13, "iast": ["evaṃ bruvāṇe rāme tu tāṭakā krodhamūrchitā", "udyamya bāhū garjantī rāmam evābhyadhāvata"], "translation": "But as Rāma was speaking thus, Tāṭakā, senseless with rage, raising her arms and roaring, rushed straight at Rāma.", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills Tāṭakā"}
{"ref": "1.25.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 25, "verse": 14, "iast": ["tām āpatantīṃ vegena vikrāntām aśanīm iva", "śareṇorasi vivyādha sā papāta mamāra ca"], "translation": "As she rushed on with speed, springing forth like a thunderbolt, he pierced her in the breast with an arrow; she fell and died.", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills Tāṭakā"}
{"ref": "1.25.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 25, "verse": 15, "iast": ["tāṃ hatāṃ bhīmasaṃkāśāṃ dṛṣṭvā surapatis tadā", "sādhu sādhv iti kākutsthaṃ surāś ca samapūjayan"], "translation": "Seeing her of fearful aspect slain, the lord of the gods then, and the gods, honoured Kākutstha (Rāma), (crying) “Well done, well done!”", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills Tāṭakā"}
{"ref": "1.25.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 25, "verse": 16, "iast": ["uvāca paramaprītaḥ sahasrākṣaḥ puraṃdaraḥ", "surāś ca sarve saṃhṛṣṭā viśvāmitram athābruvan"], "translation": "The thousand-eyed Puraṃdara (Indra), greatly delighted, spoke; and all the gods, thrilled, then said to Viśvāmitra:", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills Tāṭakā"}
{"ref": "1.25.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 25, "verse": 17, "iast": ["mune kauśike bhadraṃ te sendrāḥ sarve marudgaṇāḥ", "toṣitāḥ karmaṇānena snehaṃ darśaya rāghave"], "translation": "“O sage Kauśika, blessings on you! All the hosts of the Maruts, together with Indra, are gratified by this deed; show now your affection to Rāghava.", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills Tāṭakā"}
{"ref": "1.25.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 25, "verse": 18, "iast": ["prajāpater bhṛśāśvasya putrān satyaparākramān", "tapobalabhṛtān brahman rāghavāya nivedaya"], "translation": "O brahmin, present to Rāghava the sons of Prajāpati Bhṛśāśva (the divine weapons), of true valour, sustained by the power of austerity.", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills Tāṭakā"}
{"ref": "1.25.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 25, "verse": 19, "iast": ["pātrabhūtaś ca te brahmaṃs tavānugamane dhṛtaḥ", "kartavyaṃ ca mahat karma surāṇāṃ rājasūnunā"], "translation": "And he is a worthy recipient for you, O brahmin, and is resolved on following you; and a great work for the gods is to be done by the prince.", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills Tāṭakā"}
{"ref": "1.25.20", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 25, "verse": 20, "iast": ["evam uktvā surāḥ sarve hṛṣṭā jagmur yathāgatam", "viśvāmitraṃ pūjayitvā tataḥ saṃdhyā pravartate"], "translation": "Having spoken thus, all the gods, delighted, having honoured Viśvāmitra, departed as they had come; then the twilight came on.", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills Tāṭakā"}
{"ref": "1.25.21", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 25, "verse": 21, "iast": ["tato munivaraḥ prītis tāṭakā vadhatoṣitaḥ", "mūrdhni rāmam upāghrāya idaṃ vacanam abravīt"], "translation": "Then the best of sages, pleased, gratified by the slaying of Tāṭakā, kissing Rāma on the head, spoke these words:", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills Tāṭakā"}
{"ref": "1.25.22", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 25, "verse": 22, "iast": ["ihādya rajanīṃ rāma vasema śubhadarśana", "śvaḥ prabhāte gamiṣyāmas tad āśramapadaṃ mama"], "translation": "“Here today let us spend the night, O Rāma of auspicious aspect; tomorrow at dawn we shall go to that hermitage of mine.”", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills Tāṭakā"}
{"ref": "1.26.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 26, "verse": 1, "iast": ["atha tāṃ rajanīm uṣya viśvāmiro mahāyaśāḥ", "prahasya rāghavaṃ vākyam uvāca madhurākṣaram"], "translation": "Then, having passed that night, the greatly illustrious Viśvāmitra, smiling, spoke to Rāghava words of sweet syllables:", "sarga_title": "Divine weapons: Viśvāmitra grants the powers"}
{"ref": "1.26.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 26, "verse": 2, "iast": ["patituṣṭo 'smi bhadraṃ te rājaputra mahāyaśaḥ", "prītyā paramayā yukto dadāmy astrāṇi sarvaśaḥ"], "translation": "“I am well pleased — blessings on you, O illustrious prince! Filled with the highest affection, I give you all the weapons,", "sarga_title": "Divine weapons: Viśvāmitra grants the powers"}
{"ref": "1.26.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 26, "verse": 3, "iast": ["devāsuragaṇān vāpi sagandharvoragān api", "yair amitrān prasahyājau vaśīkṛtya jayiṣyasi"], "translation": "the weapons by which you shall overpower and subdue your enemies in battle and conquer them — even the hosts of gods and asuras, together with the gandharvas and serpents.", "sarga_title": "Divine weapons: Viśvāmitra grants the powers"}
{"ref": "1.26.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 26, "verse": 4, "iast": ["tāni divyāni bhadraṃ te dadāmy astrāṇi sarvaśaḥ", "daṇḍacakraṃ mahad divyaṃ tava dāsyāmi rāghava"], "translation": "Those divine weapons — blessings on you — I give you all of them. The great divine Daṇḍa discus I shall give you, O Rāghava,", "sarga_title": "Divine weapons: Viśvāmitra grants the powers"}
{"ref": "1.26.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 26, "verse": 5, "iast": ["dharmacakraṃ tato vīra kālacakraṃ tathaiva ca", "viṣṇucakraṃ tathātyugram aindraṃ cakraṃ tathaiva ca"], "translation": "and then the Dharma discus, O hero, and likewise the Kāla (Time) discus, the Viṣṇu discus, exceedingly fierce, and the discus of Indra as well;", "sarga_title": "Divine weapons: Viśvāmitra grants the powers"}
{"ref": "1.26.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 26, "verse": 6, "iast": ["vajram astraṃ naraśreṣṭha śaivaṃ śūlavaraṃ tathā", "astraṃ brahmaśiraś caiva aiṣīkam api rāghava"], "translation": "the thunderbolt weapon, O best of men, and likewise the excellent trident of Śiva; and also the weapon Brahmaśiras and the Aiṣīka, O Rāghava.", "sarga_title": "Divine weapons: Viśvāmitra grants the powers"}
{"ref": "1.26.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 26, "verse": 7, "iast": ["dadāmi te mahābāho brāhmam astram anuttamam", "gade dve caiva kākutstha modakī śikharī ubhe"], "translation": "I give you, O mighty-armed one, the peerless Brahmā weapon; and two maces, O Kākutstha, both Modakī and Śikharī,", "sarga_title": "Divine weapons: Viśvāmitra grants the powers"}
{"ref": "1.26.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 26, "verse": 8, "iast": ["pradīpte naraśārdūla prayacchāmi nṛpātmaja", "dharmapāśam ahaṃ rāma kālapāśaṃ tathaiva ca"], "translation": "both blazing, O tiger among men — these I bestow, O prince. And I give you the noose of Dharma, O Rāma, and likewise the noose of Kāla (Death),", "sarga_title": "Divine weapons: Viśvāmitra grants the powers"}
{"ref": "1.26.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 26, "verse": 9, "iast": ["vāruṇaṃ pāśam astraṃ ca dadāny aham anuttamam", "aśanī dve prayacchāmi śuṣkārdre raghunandana"], "translation": "and the peerless noose-weapon of Varuṇa I also give; and two thunderbolts I bestow, the dry and the moist, O delight of the Raghus.", "sarga_title": "Divine weapons: Viśvāmitra grants the powers"}
{"ref": "1.26.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 26, "verse": 10, "iast": ["dadāmi cāstraṃ painākam astraṃ nārāyaṇaṃ tathā", "āgneyam astra dayitaṃ śikharaṃ nāma nāmataḥ"], "translation": "I give too the Paināka weapon (of Śiva's bow) and likewise the Nārāyaṇa weapon; and the cherished fiery (Āgneya) weapon, Śikhara by name,", "sarga_title": "Divine weapons: Viśvāmitra grants the powers"}
{"ref": "1.26.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 26, "verse": 11, "iast": ["vāyavyaṃ prathamaṃ nāma dadāmi tava rāghava", "astraṃ hayaśiro nāma krauñcam astraṃ tathaiva ca"], "translation": "the wind-weapon (Vāyavya) called Prathama I give you, O Rāghava; and the weapon named Hayaśiras (Horse-head), and likewise the Krauñca weapon,", "sarga_title": "Divine weapons: Viśvāmitra grants the powers"}
{"ref": "1.26.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 26, "verse": 12, "iast": ["śakti dvayaṃ ca kākutstha dadāmi tava cānagha", "kaṅkālaṃ musalaṃ ghoraṃ kāpālam atha kaṅkaṇam"], "translation": "and a pair of spears (śakti), O Kākutstha, I give you as well, O sinless one; the dreadful Kaṅkāla and the mace (musala), the Kāpāla and then the Kaṅkaṇa,", "sarga_title": "Divine weapons: Viśvāmitra grants the powers"}
{"ref": "1.26.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 26, "verse": 13, "iast": ["dhārayanty asurā yāni dadāmy etāni sarvaśaḥ", "vaidyādharaṃ mahāstraṃ ca nandanaṃ nāma nāmataḥ"], "translation": "which the asuras bear — all these I give; and the great Vaidyādhara weapon, Nandana by name,", "sarga_title": "Divine weapons: Viśvāmitra grants the powers"}
{"ref": "1.26.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 26, "verse": 14, "iast": ["asiratnaṃ mahābāho dadāmi nṛvarātmaja", "gāndharvam astraṃ dayitaṃ mānavaṃ nāma nāmataḥ"], "translation": "the jewel of swords, O mighty-armed son of the best of men, I give; the cherished gāndharva weapon, Mānava by name,", "sarga_title": "Divine weapons: Viśvāmitra grants the powers"}
{"ref": "1.26.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 26, "verse": 15, "iast": ["prasvāpanapraśamane dadmi sauraṃ ca rāghava", "darpaṇaṃ śoṣaṇaṃ caiva saṃtāpanavilāpane"], "translation": "the two weapons Prasvāpana and Praśamana (that lull to sleep and pacify) I give, and the solar (Saura) weapon, O Rāghava; the Darpaṇa and the Śoṣaṇa (the drier), and the Saṃtāpana and Vilāpana (that torment and make wail),", "sarga_title": "Divine weapons: Viśvāmitra grants the powers"}
{"ref": "1.26.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 26, "verse": 16, "iast": ["madanaṃ caiva durdharṣaṃ kandarpadayitaṃ tathā", "paiśācam astraṃ dayitaṃ mohanaṃ nāma nāmataḥ", "pratīccha naraśārdūla rājaputra mahāyaśaḥ"], "translation": "and the invincible Madana (passion-weapon), dear to Kandarpa (the god of love); and the cherished piśāca weapon, Mohana (deluder) by name — receive it, O tiger among men, O illustrious prince!", "sarga_title": "Divine weapons: Viśvāmitra grants the powers"}
{"ref": "1.26.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 26, "verse": 17, "iast": ["tāmasaṃ naraśārdūla saumanaṃ ca mahābalam", "saṃvartaṃ caiva durdharṣaṃ mausalaṃ ca nṛpātmaja"], "translation": "the Tāmasa, O tiger among men, and the mighty Saumana, and the invincible Saṃvarta, and the Mausala, O prince;", "sarga_title": "Divine weapons: Viśvāmitra grants the powers"}
{"ref": "1.26.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 26, "verse": 18, "iast": ["satyam astraṃ mahābāho tathā māyādharaṃ param", "ghoraṃ tejaḥprabhaṃ nāma paratejo'pakarṣaṇam"], "translation": "the Satya (Truth) weapon, O mighty-armed one, and likewise the supreme Māyādhara; the dreadful one called Tejaḥprabha, which draws off the energy of foes.", "sarga_title": "Divine weapons: Viśvāmitra grants the powers"}
{"ref": "1.26.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 26, "verse": 19, "iast": ["somāstraṃ śiśiraṃ nāma tvāṣṭram astraṃ sudāmanam", "dāruṇaṃ ca bhagasyāpi śīteṣum atha mānavam"], "translation": "the lunar (Soma) weapon called Śiśira (the Cold), the weapon of Tvaṣṭṛ named Sudāman, the terrible weapon of Bhaga too, and then the cold-arrowed Mānava.", "sarga_title": "Divine weapons: Viśvāmitra grants the powers"}
{"ref": "1.26.20", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 26, "verse": 20, "iast": ["etān nāma mahābāho kāmarūpān mahābalān", "gṛhāṇa paramodārān kṣipram eva nṛpātmaja"], "translation": "These indeed, O mighty-armed one — able to take any form at will, mighty and most excellent — receive at once, O prince.", "sarga_title": "Divine weapons: Viśvāmitra grants the powers"}
{"ref": "1.26.21", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 26, "verse": 21, "iast": ["sthitas tu prāṅmukho bhūtvā śucir nivaratas tadā", "dadau rāmāya suprīto mantragrāmam anuttamam"], "translation": "Then, standing and facing east, pure and composed, well pleased, he gave Rāma the peerless collection of mantras.", "sarga_title": "Divine weapons: Viśvāmitra grants the powers"}
{"ref": "1.26.22", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 26, "verse": 22, "iast": ["japatas tu munes tasya viśvāmitrasya dhīmataḥ", "upatasthur mahārhāṇi sarvāṇy astrāṇi rāghavam"], "translation": "As that wise sage Viśvāmitra murmured the mantras, all those most precious weapons presented themselves before Rāghava.", "sarga_title": "Divine weapons: Viśvāmitra grants the powers"}
{"ref": "1.26.23", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 26, "verse": 23, "iast": ["ūcuś ca muditā rāmaṃ sarve prāñjalayas tadā", "ime sma paramodāra kiṃkarās tava rāghava"], "translation": "And, delighted, all of them then spoke to Rāma with palms joined: “Here we are, O most noble Rāghava — we are your servants.”", "sarga_title": "Divine weapons: Viśvāmitra grants the powers"}
{"ref": "1.26.24", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 26, "verse": 24, "iast": ["pratigṛhya ca kākutsthaḥ samālabhya ca pāṇinā", "manasā me bhaviṣyadhvam iti tāny abhyacodayat"], "translation": "And Kākutstha, having accepted them and touched them with his hand, urged them, saying: “Be present in my mind whenever I call you.”", "sarga_title": "Divine weapons: Viśvāmitra grants the powers"}
{"ref": "1.26.25", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 26, "verse": 25, "iast": ["tataḥ prītamanā rāmo viśvāmitraṃ mahāmunim", "abhivādya mahātejā gamanāyopacakrame"], "translation": "Then Rāma, glad at heart and of great splendour, having saluted the great sage Viśvāmitra, set out to continue on his way.", "sarga_title": "Divine weapons: Viśvāmitra grants the powers"}
{"ref": "1.27.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 27, "verse": 1, "iast": ["pratigṛhya tato 'strāṇi prahṛṣṭavadanaḥ śuciḥ", "gacchann eva ca kākutstho viśvāmitram athābravīt"], "translation": "Having received the weapons, his face beaming and pure, Kākutstha, even as he walked along, then said to Viśvāmitra:", "sarga_title": "Divine weapons: Rāma learns their withdrawal"}
{"ref": "1.27.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 27, "verse": 2, "iast": ["gṛhītāstro 'smi bhagavan durādharṣaḥ surair api", "astrāṇāṃ tv aham icchāmi saṃhāraṃ munipuṃgava"], "translation": "“I have taken up the weapons, O venerable one, and am now unassailable even by the gods; but I wish, O bull among sages, to know their withdrawal.”", "sarga_title": "Divine weapons: Rāma learns their withdrawal"}
{"ref": "1.27.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 27, "verse": 3, "iast": ["evaṃ bruvati kākutsthe viśvāmitro mahāmuniḥ", "saṃhāraṃ vyājahārātha dhṛtimān suvrataḥ śuciḥ"], "translation": "As Kākutstha spoke thus, the great sage Viśvāmitra — steadfast, of firm vows, and pure — then declared the means of withdrawal:", "sarga_title": "Divine weapons: Rāma learns their withdrawal"}
{"ref": "1.27.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 27, "verse": 4, "iast": ["satyavantaṃ satyakīrtiṃ dhṛṣṭaṃ rabhasam eva ca", "pratihārataraṃ nāma parāṅmukham avāṅmukham"], "translation": "Satyavat and Satyakīrti, Dhṛṣṭa and Rabhasa, the one named Pratihāratara, Parāṅmukha and Avāṅmukha,", "sarga_title": "Divine weapons: Rāma learns their withdrawal"}
{"ref": "1.27.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 27, "verse": 5, "iast": ["lakṣākṣaviṣamau caiva dṛḍhanābhasunābhakau", "daśākṣaśatavaktrau ca daśaśīrṣaśatodarau"], "translation": "Lakṣākṣa and Viṣama, and Dṛḍhanābha and Sunābha, Daśākṣa and Śatavaktra, and Daśaśīrṣa and Śatodara,", "sarga_title": "Divine weapons: Rāma learns their withdrawal"}
{"ref": "1.27.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 27, "verse": 6, "iast": ["padmanābhamahānābhau dundunābhasunābhakau", "jyotiṣaṃ kṛśanaṃ caiva nairāśya vimalāv ubhau"], "translation": "Padmanābha and Mahānābha, Dundunābha and Sunābha, and Jyotiṣa and Kṛśana, and both Nairāśya and Vimala,", "sarga_title": "Divine weapons: Rāma learns their withdrawal"}
{"ref": "1.27.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 27, "verse": 7, "iast": ["yaugandharaharidrau ca daityapramathanau tathā", "pitryaṃ saumanasaṃ caiva vidhūtamakarāv ubhau"], "translation": "Yaugandhara and Haridra, and likewise the two Daityapramathanas (crushers of the Daityas), and Pitrya and Saumanasa, and both Vidhūta and Makara,", "sarga_title": "Divine weapons: Rāma learns their withdrawal"}
{"ref": "1.27.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 27, "verse": 8, "iast": ["karavīrakaraṃ caiva dhanadhānyau ca rāghava", "kāmarūpaṃ kāmaruciṃ moham āvaraṇaṃ tathā"], "translation": "and Karavīrakara, and Dhana and Dhānya, O Rāghava; Kāmarūpa and Kāmaruci, and Moha and Āvaraṇa likewise,", "sarga_title": "Divine weapons: Rāma learns their withdrawal"}
{"ref": "1.27.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 27, "verse": 9, "iast": ["jṛmbhakaṃ sarvanābhaṃ ca santānavaraṇau tathā", "bhṛśāśvatanayān rāma bhāsvarān kāmarūpiṇaḥ"], "translation": "Jṛmbhaka and Sarvanābha, and the two Santāna and Varaṇa likewise — these radiant sons of Bhṛśāśva, O Rāma, able to take any form at will —", "sarga_title": "Divine weapons: Rāma learns their withdrawal"}
{"ref": "1.27.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 27, "verse": 10, "iast": ["pratīccha mama bhadraṃ te pātrabhūto 'si rāghava", "divyabhāsvaradehāś ca mūrtimantaḥ sukhapradāḥ"], "translation": "receive them from me; blessings on you, for you are a worthy vessel, O Rāghava. And with divine, radiant bodies, embodied and bringing joy,", "sarga_title": "Divine weapons: Rāma learns their withdrawal"}
{"ref": "1.27.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 27, "verse": 11, "iast": ["rāmaṃ prāñjalayo bhūtvābruvan madhurabhāṣiṇaḥ", "ime sma naraśārdūla śādhi kiṃ karavāma te"], "translation": "with palms joined and speaking sweetly, they said to Rāma: “Here we are, O tiger among men; command us — what shall we do for you?”", "sarga_title": "Divine weapons: Rāma learns their withdrawal"}
{"ref": "1.27.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 27, "verse": 12, "iast": ["gamyatām iti tān āha yatheṣṭaṃ raghunandanaḥ", "mānasāḥ kāryakāleṣu sāhāyyaṃ me kariṣyatha"], "translation": "“Go where you please,” the delight of the Raghus said to them; “dwelling in my mind, in times of need you shall render me aid.”", "sarga_title": "Divine weapons: Rāma learns their withdrawal"}
{"ref": "1.27.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 27, "verse": 13, "iast": ["atha te rāmam āmantrya kṛtvā cāpi pradakṣiṇam", "evam astv iti kākutstham uktvā jagmur yathāgatam"], "translation": "Then they, taking leave of Rāma and circumambulating him reverently, said to Kākutstha “So be it,” and departed as they had come.", "sarga_title": "Divine weapons: Rāma learns their withdrawal"}
{"ref": "1.27.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 27, "verse": 14, "iast": ["sa ca tān rāghavo jñātvā viśvāmitraṃ mahāmunim", "gacchann evātha madhuraṃ ślakṣṇaṃ vacanam abravīt"], "translation": "And Rāghava, having taken note of them, then, even as he walked on, spoke to the great sage Viśvāmitra these sweet and gentle words:", "sarga_title": "Divine weapons: Rāma learns their withdrawal"}
{"ref": "1.27.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 27, "verse": 15, "iast": ["kiṃ nv etan meghasaṃkāśaṃ parvatasyāvidūrataḥ", "vṛkṣaṣaṇḍam ito bhāti paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me"], "translation": "“What is this, resembling a cloud, that gleams yonder near the mountain — this grove of trees? For great indeed is my curiosity.", "sarga_title": "Divine weapons: Rāma learns their withdrawal"}
{"ref": "1.27.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 27, "verse": 16, "iast": ["darśanīyaṃ mṛgākīrṇaṃ manoharam atīva ca", "nānāprakāraiḥ śakunair valgubhāṣair alaṃkṛtam"], "translation": "Lovely to behold, thronged with deer, and exceedingly charming, adorned with sweet-voiced birds of many kinds.", "sarga_title": "Divine weapons: Rāma learns their withdrawal"}
{"ref": "1.27.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 27, "verse": 17, "iast": ["niḥsṛtāḥ sma muniśreṣṭha kāntārād romaharṣaṇāt", "anayā tv avagacchāmi deśasya sukhavattayā"], "translation": "We have come out, O best of sages, from that hair-raising wilderness; and by this pleasantness of the region I perceive that we are near a dwelling.", "sarga_title": "Divine weapons: Rāma learns their withdrawal"}
{"ref": "1.27.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 27, "verse": 18, "iast": ["sarvaṃ me śaṃsa bhagavan kasyāśramapadaṃ tv idam", "saṃprāptā yatra te pāpā brahmaghnā duṣṭacāriṇaḥ"], "translation": "Tell me all, O venerable one: whose hermitage is this, where those sinful, brahmin-slaying evildoers have come?”", "sarga_title": "Divine weapons: Rāma learns their withdrawal"}
{"ref": "1.28.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 28, "verse": 1, "iast": ["atha tasyāprameyasya tad vanaṃ paripṛcchataḥ", "viśvāmitro mahātejā vyākhyātum upacakrame"], "translation": "Then, as that immeasurable one asked about the forest, Viśvāmitra of great splendour began to explain:", "sarga_title": "Story of Siddhāśrama: Vāmana’s three strides"}
{"ref": "1.28.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 28, "verse": 2, "iast": ["eṣa pūrvāśramo rāma vāmanasya mahātmanaḥ", "siddhāśrama iti khyātaḥ siddho hy atra mahātapāḥ"], "translation": "This, Rāma, was once the hermitage of the great-souled Vāmana; it is renowned as Siddhāśrama, for here the great ascetic attained perfection.", "sarga_title": "Story of Siddhāśrama: Vāmana’s three strides"}
{"ref": "1.28.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 28, "verse": 3, "iast": ["etasminn eva kāle tu rājā vairocanir baliḥ", "nirjitya daivatagaṇān sendrāṃś ca samarudgaṇān", "kārayām āsa tad rājyaṃ triṣu lokeṣu viśrutaḥ"], "translation": "At just this time King Bali, son of Virocana, having conquered the hosts of gods together with Indra and the troops of Maruts, held sway over that realm, famed throughout the three worlds.", "sarga_title": "Story of Siddhāśrama: Vāmana’s three strides"}
{"ref": "1.28.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 28, "verse": 4, "iast": ["bales tu yajamānasya devāḥ sāgnipurogamāḥ", "samāgamya svayaṃ caiva viṣṇum ūcur ihāśrame"], "translation": "But while Bali was performing a sacrifice, the gods, with Agni at their head, having assembled, themselves spoke to Viṣṇu here in the hermitage:", "sarga_title": "Story of Siddhāśrama: Vāmana’s three strides"}
{"ref": "1.28.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 28, "verse": 5, "iast": ["balir vairocanir viṣṇo yajate yajñam uttamam", "asamāpte kratau tasmin svakāryam abhipadyatām"], "translation": "“Bali, son of Virocana, O Viṣṇu, is performing a supreme sacrifice; before that rite is completed, let our own cause be attended to.", "sarga_title": "Story of Siddhāśrama: Vāmana’s three strides"}
{"ref": "1.28.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 28, "verse": 6, "iast": ["ye cainam abhivartante yācitāra itas tataḥ", "yac ca yatra yathāvac ca sarvaṃ tebhyaḥ prayacchati"], "translation": "And whatever petitioners approach him from here and there — whatever, wherever, and in whatever due manner — all of it he gives to them.", "sarga_title": "Story of Siddhāśrama: Vāmana’s three strides"}
{"ref": "1.28.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 28, "verse": 7, "iast": ["sa tvaṃ surahitārthāya māyāyogam upāśritaḥ", "vāmanatvaṃ gato viṣṇo kuru kalyāṇam uttamam"], "translation": "Therefore you, for the welfare of the gods, resorting to the exercise of illusion and assuming dwarf-hood, O Viṣṇu — accomplish this supreme benefaction.", "sarga_title": "Story of Siddhāśrama: Vāmana’s three strides"}
{"ref": "1.28.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 28, "verse": 8, "iast": ["ayaṃ siddhāśramo nāma prasādāt te bhaviṣyati", "siddhe karmaṇi deveśa uttiṣṭha bhagavann itaḥ"], "translation": "This will become known as Siddhāśrama by your grace; when the deed is accomplished, O lord of gods, arise from here, O venerable one.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Siddhāśrama: Vāmana’s three strides"}
{"ref": "1.28.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 28, "verse": 9, "iast": ["atha viṣṇur mahātejā adityāṃ samajāyata", "vāmanaṃ rūpam āsthāya vairocanim upāgamat"], "translation": "Then Viṣṇu of great splendour was born of Aditi; and, assuming the form of a dwarf, he approached the son of Virocana.", "sarga_title": "Story of Siddhāśrama: Vāmana’s three strides"}
{"ref": "1.28.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 28, "verse": 10, "iast": ["trīn kramān atha bhikṣitvā pratigṛhya ca mānataḥ", "ākramya lokāṃl lokātmā sarvabhūtahite rataḥ"], "translation": "Then, having begged for three paces and duly received them, the Soul of the worlds, devoted to the good of all beings, strode across the worlds;", "sarga_title": "Story of Siddhāśrama: Vāmana’s three strides"}
{"ref": "1.28.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 28, "verse": 11, "iast": ["mahendrāya punaḥ prādān niyamya balim ojasā", "trailokyaṃ sa mahātejāś cakre śakravaśaṃ punaḥ"], "translation": "having subdued Bali by his might, he gave the worlds back to great Indra; and that one of great splendour made the three worlds subject to Śakra once more.", "sarga_title": "Story of Siddhāśrama: Vāmana’s three strides"}
{"ref": "1.28.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 28, "verse": 12, "iast": ["tenaiṣa pūrvam ākrānta āśramaḥ śramanāśanaḥ", "mayāpi bhaktyā tasyaiṣa vāmanasyopabhujyate"], "translation": "By him, in old times, was this hermitage occupied — the hermitage that dispels weariness; and out of devotion I too now dwell in this hermitage of that Vāmana.", "sarga_title": "Story of Siddhāśrama: Vāmana’s three strides"}
{"ref": "1.28.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 28, "verse": 13, "iast": ["etam āśramam āyānti rākṣasā vighnakāriṇaḥ", "atra te puruṣavyāghra hantavyā duṣṭacāriṇaḥ"], "translation": "To this hermitage come rākṣasas who work obstruction; here, O tiger among men, these evildoers are to be slain by you.", "sarga_title": "Story of Siddhāśrama: Vāmana’s three strides"}
{"ref": "1.28.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 28, "verse": 14, "iast": ["adya gacchāmahe rāma siddhāśramam anuttamam", "tad āśramapadaṃ tāta tavāpy etad yathā mama"], "translation": "Today, Rāma, we shall go to the peerless Siddhāśrama; that hermitage-place, my dear, is yours as much as mine.", "sarga_title": "Story of Siddhāśrama: Vāmana’s three strides"}
{"ref": "1.28.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 28, "verse": 15, "iast": ["taṃ dṛṣṭvā munayaḥ sarve siddhāśramanivāsinaḥ", "utpatyotpatya sahasā viśvāmitram apūjayan"], "translation": "Seeing him, all the sages dwelling in Siddhāśrama, springing up again and again, at once honoured Viśvāmitra.", "sarga_title": "Story of Siddhāśrama: Vāmana’s three strides"}
{"ref": "1.28.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 28, "verse": 16, "iast": ["yathārhaṃ cakrire pūjāṃ viśvāmitrāya dhīmate", "tathaiva rājaputrābhyām akurvann atithikriyām"], "translation": "They rendered fitting honour to the wise Viśvāmitra, and likewise performed the guest-rite for the two princes.", "sarga_title": "Story of Siddhāśrama: Vāmana’s three strides"}
{"ref": "1.28.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 28, "verse": 17, "iast": ["muhūrtam atha viśrāntau rājaputrāv ariṃdamau", "prāñjalī muniśārdūlam ūcatū raghunandanau"], "translation": "Then, having rested a while, the two princes, tamers of foes, delights of the Raghus, with palms joined said to the tiger among sages:", "sarga_title": "Story of Siddhāśrama: Vāmana’s three strides"}
{"ref": "1.28.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 28, "verse": 18, "iast": ["adyaiva dīkṣāṃ praviśa bhadraṃ te munipuṃgava", "siddhāśramo 'yaṃ siddhaḥ syāt satyam astu vacas tava"], "translation": "“This very day enter upon the consecration, blessings on you, O bull among sages; let this Siddhāśrama be truly a place of perfection — let your word come true.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Siddhāśrama: Vāmana’s three strides"}
{"ref": "1.28.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 28, "verse": 19, "iast": ["evam ukto mahātejā viśvāmitro mahāmuniḥ", "praviveśa tadā dīkṣāṃ niyato niyatendriyaḥ"], "translation": "Addressed thus, the great sage Viśvāmitra of great splendour then entered upon the consecration, self-restrained, his senses controlled.", "sarga_title": "Story of Siddhāśrama: Vāmana’s three strides"}
{"ref": "1.28.20", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 28, "verse": 20, "iast": ["kumārāv api tāṃ rātrim uṣitvā susamāhitau", "prabhātakāle cotthāya viśvāmitram avandatām"], "translation": "The two princes too, having passed that night well composed, rose at daybreak and saluted Viśvāmitra.", "sarga_title": "Story of Siddhāśrama: Vāmana’s three strides"}
{"ref": "1.29.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 29, "verse": 1, "iast": ["atha tau deśakālajñau rājaputrāv ariṃdamau", "deśe kāle ca vākyajñāv abrūtāṃ kauśikaṃ vacaḥ"], "translation": "Then the two princes, tamers of foes, knowing place and time and skilled in speech fitting to place and occasion, spoke these words to Kauśika:", "sarga_title": "Protection of Siddhāśrama: Rāma’s three astras"}
{"ref": "1.29.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 29, "verse": 2, "iast": ["bhagavañ śrotum icchāvo yasmin kāle niśācarau", "saṃrakṣaṇīyau tau brahman nātivarteta tatkṣaṇam"], "translation": "“Venerable one, we wish to hear at what time the two night-rangers (will come), those two who are to be guarded against, O brahmin — let that moment not slip by us.”", "sarga_title": "Protection of Siddhāśrama: Rāma’s three astras"}
{"ref": "1.29.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 29, "verse": 3, "iast": ["evaṃ bruvāṇau kākutsthau tvaramāṇau yuyutsayā", "sarve te munayaḥ prītāḥ praśaśaṃsur nṛpātmajau"], "translation": "As the two Kākutsthas spoke thus, hastening in their eagerness for battle, all those sages, well pleased, praised the two princes:", "sarga_title": "Protection of Siddhāśrama: Rāma’s three astras"}
{"ref": "1.29.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 29, "verse": 4, "iast": ["adya prabhṛti ṣaḍrātraṃ rakṣataṃ rāghavau yuvām", "dīkṣāṃ gato hy eṣa munir maunitvaṃ ca gamiṣyati"], "translation": "“From this day, for six nights, do you two Rāghavas keep guard; for this sage has entered upon consecration and will observe silence.”", "sarga_title": "Protection of Siddhāśrama: Rāma’s three astras"}
{"ref": "1.29.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 29, "verse": 5, "iast": ["tau tu tad vacanaṃ śrutvā rājaputrau yaśasvinau", "anidrau ṣaḍahorātraṃ tapovanam arakṣatām"], "translation": "The two illustrious princes, hearing those words, sleepless, for six days and nights guarded the penance-grove.", "sarga_title": "Protection of Siddhāśrama: Rāma’s three astras"}
{"ref": "1.29.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 29, "verse": 6, "iast": ["upāsāṃ cakratur vīrau yattau paramadhanvinau", "rarakṣatur munivaraṃ viśvāmitram ariṃdamau"], "translation": "The two heroes, alert, the foremost of bowmen, waited upon him; and the two tamers of foes guarded the excellent sage Viśvāmitra.", "sarga_title": "Protection of Siddhāśrama: Rāma’s three astras"}
{"ref": "1.29.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 29, "verse": 7, "iast": ["atha kāle gate tasmin ṣaṣṭhe 'hani samāgate", "saumitram abravīd rāmo yatto bhava samāhitaḥ"], "translation": "Then, when that time had passed and the sixth day had come, Rāma said to Saumitri: “Be alert and attentive.”", "sarga_title": "Protection of Siddhāśrama: Rāma’s three astras"}
{"ref": "1.29.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 29, "verse": 8, "iast": ["rāmasyaivaṃ bruvāṇasya tvaritasya yuyutsayā", "prajajvāla tato vediḥ sopādhyāyapurohitā"], "translation": "As Rāma spoke thus, hastening in his eagerness for battle, thereupon the altar blazed up, together with its teachers and priest.", "sarga_title": "Protection of Siddhāśrama: Rāma’s three astras"}
{"ref": "1.29.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 29, "verse": 9, "iast": ["mantravac ca yathānyāyaṃ yajño 'sau saṃpravartate", "ākāśe ca mahāñ śabdaḥ prādur āsīd bhayānakaḥ"], "translation": "And that sacrifice proceeded with proper mantras, according to rule; and in the sky arose a great and terrifying noise.", "sarga_title": "Protection of Siddhāśrama: Rāma’s three astras"}
{"ref": "1.29.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 29, "verse": 10, "iast": ["āvārya gaganaṃ megho yathā prāvṛṣi nirgataḥ", "tathā māyāṃ vikurvāṇau rākṣasāv abhyadhāvatām"], "translation": "As a cloud, veiling the sky, comes forth in the rainy season, so the two rākṣasas, conjuring up their magic, rushed on.", "sarga_title": "Protection of Siddhāśrama: Rāma’s three astras"}
{"ref": "1.29.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 29, "verse": 11, "iast": ["mārīcaś ca subāhuś ca tayor anucarās tathā", "āgamya bhīmasaṃkāśā rudhiraughān avāsṛjan"], "translation": "Mārīca and Subāhu, and likewise their followers, coming on, dreadful to behold, poured down streams of blood.", "sarga_title": "Protection of Siddhāśrama: Rāma’s three astras"}
{"ref": "1.29.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 29, "verse": 12, "iast": ["tāv āpatantau sahasā dṛṣṭvā rājīvalocanaḥ", "lakṣmaṇaṃ tv abhisaṃprekṣya rāmo vacanam abravīt"], "translation": "Seeing those two rushing suddenly upon them, the lotus-eyed Rāma, glancing at Lakṣmaṇa, spoke these words:", "sarga_title": "Protection of Siddhāśrama: Rāma’s three astras"}
{"ref": "1.29.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 29, "verse": 13, "iast": ["paśya lakṣmaṇa durvṛttān rākṣasān piśitāśanān", "mānavāstrasamādhūtān anilena yathāghanān"], "translation": "“Behold, Lakṣmaṇa, these wicked, flesh-eating rākṣasas, about to be scattered by the Mānava weapon, like clouds by the wind.”", "sarga_title": "Protection of Siddhāśrama: Rāma’s three astras"}
{"ref": "1.29.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 29, "verse": 14, "iast": ["mānavaṃ paramodāram astraṃ paramabhāsvaram", "cikṣepa paramakruddho mārīcor asi rāghavaḥ"], "translation": "Rāghava, exceedingly enraged, hurled the most excellent, exceedingly radiant Mānava weapon at Mārīca's breast.", "sarga_title": "Protection of Siddhāśrama: Rāma’s three astras"}
{"ref": "1.29.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 29, "verse": 15, "iast": ["sa tena paramāstreṇa mānavena samāhitaḥ", "saṃpūrṇaṃ yojanaśataṃ kṣiptaḥ sāgarasaṃplave"], "translation": "Struck by that supreme Mānava weapon, he was flung a full hundred yojanas, into the surging flood of the ocean.", "sarga_title": "Protection of Siddhāśrama: Rāma’s three astras"}
{"ref": "1.29.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 29, "verse": 16, "iast": ["vicetanaṃ vighūrṇantaṃ śīteṣubalapīḍitam", "nirastaṃ dṛśya mārīcaṃ rāmo lakṣmaṇam abravīt"], "translation": "Seeing Mārīca senseless, reeling, oppressed by the force of the cold arrow, and cast away, Rāma said to Lakṣmaṇa:", "sarga_title": "Protection of Siddhāśrama: Rāma’s three astras"}
{"ref": "1.29.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 29, "verse": 17, "iast": ["paśya lakṣmaṇa śīteṣuṃ mānavaṃ dharmasaṃhitam", "mohayitvā nayaty enaṃ na ca prāṇair viyujyate"], "translation": "“Behold, Lakṣmaṇa, the cold-arrowed Mānava (weapon), attended by dharma: having stupefied him, it carries him off, yet he is not deprived of life.", "sarga_title": "Protection of Siddhāśrama: Rāma’s three astras"}
{"ref": "1.29.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 29, "verse": 18, "iast": ["imān api vadhiṣyāmi nirghṛṇān duṣṭacāriṇaḥ", "rākṣasān pāpakarmasthān yajñaghnān rudhirāśanān"], "translation": "These too I shall slay — the pitiless evildoers, the rākṣasas set on wicked deeds, wreckers of sacrifice, drinkers of blood.”", "sarga_title": "Protection of Siddhāśrama: Rāma’s three astras"}
{"ref": "1.29.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 29, "verse": 19, "iast": ["vigṛhya sumahac cāstram āgneyaṃ raghunandanaḥ", "subāhur asi cikṣepa sa viddhaḥ prāpatad bhuvi"], "translation": "Seizing the very great Āgneya (fire) weapon, the delight of the Raghus hurled it at Subāhu's breast; struck, he fell to the ground.", "sarga_title": "Protection of Siddhāśrama: Rāma’s three astras"}
{"ref": "1.29.20", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 29, "verse": 20, "iast": ["śeṣān vāyavyam ādāya nijaghāna mahāyaśāḥ", "rāghavaḥ paramodāro munīnāṃ mudam āvahan"], "translation": "Taking up the Vāyavya (wind) weapon, the greatly illustrious, most noble Rāghava slew the rest, bringing joy to the sages.", "sarga_title": "Protection of Siddhāśrama: Rāma’s three astras"}
{"ref": "1.29.21", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 29, "verse": 21, "iast": ["sa hatvā rākṣasān sarvān yajñaghnān raghunandanaḥ", "ṛṣibhiḥ pūjitas tatra yathendro vijaye purā"], "translation": "Having slain all those sacrifice-wrecking rākṣasas, the delight of the Raghus was honoured there by the seers, as Indra was of old upon a victory.", "sarga_title": "Protection of Siddhāśrama: Rāma’s three astras"}
{"ref": "1.29.22", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 29, "verse": 22, "iast": ["atha yajñe samāpte tu viśvāmitro mahāmuniḥ", "nirītikā diśo dṛṣṭvā kākutstham idam abravīt"], "translation": "Then, when the sacrifice was completed, the great sage Viśvāmitra, seeing the quarters free of all calamity, spoke thus to Kākutstha:", "sarga_title": "Protection of Siddhāśrama: Rāma’s three astras"}
{"ref": "1.29.23", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 29, "verse": 23, "iast": ["kṛtārtho 'smi mahābāho kṛtaṃ guruvacas tvayā", "siddhāśramam idaṃ satyaṃ kṛtaṃ rāma mahāyaśaḥ"], "translation": "“I have accomplished my purpose, O mighty-armed one; my elder's command has been carried out by you. You have made this Siddhāśrama true to its name, O illustrious Rāma.”", "sarga_title": "Protection of Siddhāśrama: Rāma’s three astras"}
{"ref": "1.30.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 30, "verse": 1, "iast": ["atha tāṃ rajanīṃ tatra kṛtārthau rāmalakṣaṇau", "ūṣatur muditau vīrau prahṛṣṭenāntarātmanā"], "translation": "Then Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, their purpose accomplished, the two heroes, passed that night there in gladness, with joyful inmost hearts.", "sarga_title": "Departure for Mithilā and the camp beside the Śoṇā"}
{"ref": "1.30.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 30, "verse": 2, "iast": ["prabhātāyāṃ tu śarvaryāṃ kṛtapaurvāhṇikakriyau", "viśvāmitram ṛṣīṃś cānyān sahitāv abhijagmatuḥ"], "translation": "When the night had brightened into dawn, the two, having performed their morning rites, went together to Viśvāmitra and the other seers.", "sarga_title": "Departure for Mithilā and the camp beside the Śoṇā"}
{"ref": "1.30.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 30, "verse": 3, "iast": ["abhivādya muniśreṣṭhaṃ jvalantam iva pāvakam", "ūcatur madhurodāraṃ vākyaṃ madhurabhāṣiṇau"], "translation": "Having saluted the best of sages, who blazed like fire, the two sweet-spoken ones uttered sweet and noble words:", "sarga_title": "Departure for Mithilā and the camp beside the Śoṇā"}
{"ref": "1.30.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 30, "verse": 4, "iast": ["imau svo muniśārdūla kiṃkarau samupasthitau", "ājñāpaya yatheṣṭaṃ vai śāsanaṃ karavāva kim"], "translation": "“Here we two stand, O tiger among sages, as your servants, present before you; command us as you please — what order shall we carry out?”", "sarga_title": "Departure for Mithilā and the camp beside the Śoṇā"}
{"ref": "1.30.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 30, "verse": 5, "iast": ["evam ukte tatas tābhyāṃ sarva eva maharṣayaḥ", "viśvāmitraṃ puraskṛtya rāmaṃ vacanam abruvan"], "translation": "When this had been said by the two, then all the great seers, placing Viśvāmitra at their head, spoke these words to Rāma:", "sarga_title": "Departure for Mithilā and the camp beside the Śoṇā"}
{"ref": "1.30.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 30, "verse": 6, "iast": ["maithilasya naraśreṣṭha janakasya bhaviṣyati", "yajñaḥ paramadharmiṣṭhas tatra yāsyāmahe vayam"], "translation": "“O best of men, a most righteous sacrifice of Janaka, king of Mithilā, will take place; thither we shall go.", "sarga_title": "Departure for Mithilā and the camp beside the Śoṇā"}
{"ref": "1.30.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 30, "verse": 7, "iast": ["tvaṃ caiva naraśārdūla sahāsmābhir gamiṣyasi", "adbhutaṃ ca dhanūratnaṃ tatra tvaṃ draṣṭum arhasi"], "translation": "And you too, O tiger among men, shall go with us; and there you shall behold a wondrous jewel of a bow.", "sarga_title": "Departure for Mithilā and the camp beside the Śoṇā"}
{"ref": "1.30.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 30, "verse": 8, "iast": ["tad dhi pūrvaṃ naraśreṣṭha dattaṃ sadasi daivataiḥ", "aprameyabalaṃ ghoraṃ makhe paramabhāsvaram"], "translation": "For that bow, O best of men, was given long ago by the gods in the assembly, at a sacrifice — of immeasurable power, terrible, exceedingly radiant.", "sarga_title": "Departure for Mithilā and the camp beside the Śoṇā"}
{"ref": "1.30.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 30, "verse": 9, "iast": ["nāsya devā na gandharvā nāsurā na ca rākṣasāḥ", "kartum āropaṇaṃ śaktā na kathaṃ cana mānuṣāḥ"], "translation": "Neither gods nor gandharvas, neither asuras nor rākṣasas, are able to string it — much less humans, in any way whatever.", "sarga_title": "Departure for Mithilā and the camp beside the Śoṇā"}
{"ref": "1.30.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 30, "verse": 10, "iast": ["dhanuṣas tasya vīryaṃ hi jijñāsanto mahīkṣitaḥ", "na śekur āropayituṃ rājaputrā mahābalāḥ"], "translation": "For kings, wishing to test the power of that bow — mighty princes — were unable to string it.", "sarga_title": "Departure for Mithilā and the camp beside the Śoṇā"}
{"ref": "1.30.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 30, "verse": 11, "iast": ["tad dhanur naraśārdūla maithilasya mahātmanaḥ", "tatra drakṣyasi kākutstha yajñaṃ cādbhutadarśanam"], "translation": "That bow of the great-souled Maithila (Janaka), O tiger among men, you shall see there, O Kākutstha, and the sacrifice, a marvel to behold.", "sarga_title": "Departure for Mithilā and the camp beside the Śoṇā"}
{"ref": "1.30.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 30, "verse": 12, "iast": ["tad dhi yajñaphalaṃ tena maithilenottamaṃ dhanuḥ", "yācitaṃ naraśārdūla sunābhaṃ sarvadaivataiḥ"], "translation": "For that excellent, fair-naveled bow was, as the reward of a sacrifice, obtained by that Maithila upon request from all the gods, O tiger among men.", "sarga_title": "Departure for Mithilā and the camp beside the Śoṇā"}
{"ref": "1.30.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 30, "verse": 13, "iast": ["evam uktvā munivaraḥ prasthānam akarot tadā", "sarṣisaṃghaḥ sakākutstha āmantrya vanadevatāḥ"], "translation": "Having spoken thus, the excellent sage then set out, together with the throng of seers and with the Kākutsthas, taking leave of the forest deities.", "sarga_title": "Departure for Mithilā and the camp beside the Śoṇā"}
{"ref": "1.30.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 30, "verse": 14, "iast": ["svasti vo 'stu gamiṣyāmi siddhaḥ siddhāśramād aham", "uttare jāhnavītīre himavantaṃ śiloccayam"], "translation": "“May it be well with you! Perfected, I shall depart from Siddhāśrama toward the Himālaya mountain, on the northern bank of the Jāhnavī.”", "sarga_title": "Departure for Mithilā and the camp beside the Śoṇā"}
{"ref": "1.30.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 30, "verse": 15, "iast": ["pradakṣiṇaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā siddhāśramam anuttamam", "uttarāṃ diśam uddiśya prasthātum upacakrame"], "translation": "Then, having circumambulated the peerless Siddhāśrama, he began to set out, heading toward the northern quarter.", "sarga_title": "Departure for Mithilā and the camp beside the Śoṇā"}
{"ref": "1.30.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 30, "verse": 16, "iast": ["taṃ vrajantaṃ munivaram anvagād anusāriṇām", "śakaṭī śatamātraṃ tu prayāṇe brahmavādinām"], "translation": "As that excellent sage went along, there followed him on the march some hundred cartloads belonging to his attendant followers, the reciters of the Veda.", "sarga_title": "Departure for Mithilā and the camp beside the Śoṇā"}
{"ref": "1.30.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 30, "verse": 17, "iast": ["mṛgapakṣigaṇāś caiva siddhāśramanivāsinaḥ", "anujagmur mahātmānaṃ viśvāmitraṃ mahāmunim"], "translation": "And the flocks of beasts and birds dwelling in Siddhāśrama followed the great-souled Viśvāmitra, the great sage.", "sarga_title": "Departure for Mithilā and the camp beside the Śoṇā"}
{"ref": "1.30.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 30, "verse": 18, "iast": ["te gatvā dūram adhvānaṃ lambamāne divākare", "vāsaṃ cakrur munigaṇāḥ śoṇākūle samāhitāḥ"], "translation": "Having gone a long way, as the sun was sinking, those throngs of sages, composed, made their camp on the bank of the Śoṇā.", "sarga_title": "Departure for Mithilā and the camp beside the Śoṇā"}
{"ref": "1.30.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 30, "verse": 19, "iast": ["te 'staṃ gate dinakare snātvā hutahutāśanāḥ", "viśvāmitraṃ puraskṛtya niṣedur amitaujasaḥ"], "translation": "When the sun had set, they, having bathed and offered oblations into the fire, placing Viśvāmitra at their head, sat down — those of measureless might.", "sarga_title": "Departure for Mithilā and the camp beside the Śoṇā"}
{"ref": "1.30.20", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 30, "verse": 20, "iast": ["rāmo 'pi sahasaumitrir munīṃs tān abhipūjya ca", "agrato niṣasādātha viśvāmitrasya dhīmataḥ"], "translation": "Rāma too, together with Saumitri, having honoured those sages, then sat down before the wise Viśvāmitra.", "sarga_title": "Departure for Mithilā and the camp beside the Śoṇā"}
{"ref": "1.30.21", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 30, "verse": 21, "iast": ["atha rāmo mahātejā viśvāmitraṃ mahāmunim", "papraccha muniśārdūlaṃ kautūhalasamanvitaḥ"], "translation": "Then Rāma of great splendour, filled with curiosity, asked the great sage Viśvāmitra, that tiger among sages:", "sarga_title": "Departure for Mithilā and the camp beside the Śoṇā"}
{"ref": "1.30.22", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 30, "verse": 22, "iast": ["bhagavan ko nv ayaṃ deśaḥ samṛddhavanaśobhitaḥ", "śrotum icchāmi bhadraṃ te vaktum arhasi tattvataḥ"], "translation": "“Venerable one, what is this region, adorned with flourishing woodland? I wish to hear of it — blessings on you — you should tell me truly.”", "sarga_title": "Departure for Mithilā and the camp beside the Śoṇā"}
{"ref": "1.30.23", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 30, "verse": 23, "iast": ["codito rāmavākyena kathayām āsa suvrataḥ", "tasya deśasya nikhilam ṛṣimadhye mahātapāḥ"], "translation": "Urged by Rāma's words, the sage of firm vows, the great ascetic, related in the midst of the seers the whole story of that region.", "sarga_title": "Departure for Mithilā and the camp beside the Śoṇā"}
{"ref": "1.31.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 31, "verse": 1, "iast": ["brahmayonir mahān āsīt kuśo nāma mahātapāḥ", "vaidarbhyāṃ janayām āsa caturaḥ sadṛśān sutān"], "translation": "There was a great one, sprung from Brahmā, named Kuśa, a great ascetic; upon a princess of Vidarbha he begot four sons, each like himself.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Vāyu disfigures the hundred daughters"}
{"ref": "1.31.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 31, "verse": 2, "iast": ["kuśāmbaṃ kuśanābhaṃ ca ādhūrta rajasaṃ vasum", "dīptiyuktān mahotsāhān kṣatradharmacikīrṣayā", "tān uvāca kuśaḥ putrān dharmiṣṭhān satyavādinaḥ"], "translation": "Kuśāmba, Kuśanābha, Ādhūrtarajasa, and Vasu — endowed with radiance and of great energy — those sons, most righteous and truthful, Kuśa addressed, wishing them to take up the kṣatriya's duty:", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Vāyu disfigures the hundred daughters"}
{"ref": "1.31.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 31, "verse": 3, "iast": ["kuśasya vacanaṃ śrutvā catvāro lokasaṃmatāḥ", "niveśaṃ cakrire sarve purāṇāṃ nṛvarās tadā"], "translation": "Hearing Kuśa's words, the four, esteemed by the world, best of men, then all undertook the founding of cities.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Vāyu disfigures the hundred daughters"}
{"ref": "1.31.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 31, "verse": 4, "iast": ["kuśāmbas tu mahātejāḥ kauśāmbīm akarot purīm", "kuśanābhas tu dharmātmā paraṃ cakre mahodayam"], "translation": "Kuśāmba of great splendour made the city Kauśāmbī; and the righteous Kuśanābha built the excellent Mahodaya.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Vāyu disfigures the hundred daughters"}
{"ref": "1.31.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 31, "verse": 5, "iast": ["ādhūrtarajaso rāma dharmāraṇyaṃ mahīpatiḥ", "cakre puravaraṃ rājā vasuś cakre girivrajam"], "translation": "Ādhūrtarajasa, O Rāma, the lord of the earth, made the excellent city Dharmāraṇya; and King Vasu made Girivraja.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Vāyu disfigures the hundred daughters"}
{"ref": "1.31.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 31, "verse": 6, "iast": ["eṣā vasumatī rāma vasos tasya mahātmanaḥ", "ete śailavarāḥ pañca prakāśante samantataḥ"], "translation": "This is Vasumatī, Rāma, the city of that great-souled Vasu; these five excellent mountains shine round about it.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Vāyu disfigures the hundred daughters"}
{"ref": "1.31.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 31, "verse": 7, "iast": ["sumāgadhī nadī ramyā māgadhān viśrutāyayau", "pañcānāṃ śailamukhyānāṃ madhye māleva śobhate"], "translation": "The lovely river Sumāgadhī, renowned, flowed forth into the lands of the Magadhas; amid the five chief mountains it glistens like a garland.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Vāyu disfigures the hundred daughters"}
{"ref": "1.31.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 31, "verse": 8, "iast": ["saiṣā hi māgadhī rāma vasos tasya mahātmanaḥ", "pūrvābhicaritā rāma sukṣetrā sasyamālinī"], "translation": "This indeed is the Māgadhī, Rāma, the river of that great-souled Vasu, coursing of old through his realm, its fields fertile, garlanded with crops.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Vāyu disfigures the hundred daughters"}
{"ref": "1.31.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 31, "verse": 9, "iast": ["kuśanābhas tu rājarṣiḥ kanyāśatam anuttamam", "janayām āsa dharmātmā ghṛtācyāṃ raghunandana"], "translation": "The royal seer Kuśanābha, righteous of soul, begot a peerless hundred daughters upon Ghṛtācī, O delight of the Raghus.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Vāyu disfigures the hundred daughters"}
{"ref": "1.31.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 31, "verse": 10, "iast": ["tās tu yauvanaśālinyo rūpavatyaḥ svalaṃkṛtāḥ", "udyānabhūmim āgamya prāvṛṣīva śatahradāḥ"], "translation": "And they, graced with youth, beautiful and well-adorned, coming to the garden-ground, were like flashes of lightning in the rainy season.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Vāyu disfigures the hundred daughters"}
{"ref": "1.31.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 31, "verse": 11, "iast": ["gāyantyo nṛtyamānāś ca vādayantyaś ca rāghava", "āmodaṃ paramaṃ jagmur varābharaṇabhūṣitāḥ"], "translation": "Singing and dancing and playing music, O Rāghava, adorned with excellent ornaments, they came to the highest delight.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Vāyu disfigures the hundred daughters"}
{"ref": "1.31.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 31, "verse": 12, "iast": ["atha tāś cārusarvāṅgyo rūpeṇāpratimā bhuvi", "udyānabhūmim āgamya tārā iva ghanāntare"], "translation": "Then those maidens, lovely in every limb, unmatched in beauty on earth, having come to the garden-ground, (shone) like stars amid the clouds.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Vāyu disfigures the hundred daughters"}
{"ref": "1.31.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 31, "verse": 13, "iast": ["tāḥ sarvaguṇasaṃpannā rūpayauvanasaṃyutāḥ", "dṛṣṭvā sarvātmako vāyur idaṃ vacanam abravīt"], "translation": "Seeing them, endowed with every excellence and possessed of beauty and youth, Vāyu, who dwells within all, spoke these words:", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Vāyu disfigures the hundred daughters"}
{"ref": "1.31.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 31, "verse": 14, "iast": ["ahaṃ vaḥ kāmaye sarvā bhāryā mama bhaviṣyatha", "mānuṣas tyajyatāṃ bhāvo dīrgham āyur avāpsyatha"], "translation": "“I desire you all; you shall become my wives. Let your human condition be cast off, and you shall gain long life.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Vāyu disfigures the hundred daughters"}
{"ref": "1.31.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 31, "verse": 15, "iast": ["tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā vāyor akliṣṭakarmaṇaḥ", "apahāsya tato vākyaṃ kanyāśatam athābravīt"], "translation": "Hearing those words of Vāyu, of untiring deeds, the hundred maidens, laughing his speech aside, then said:", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Vāyu disfigures the hundred daughters"}
{"ref": "1.31.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 31, "verse": 16, "iast": ["antaś carasi bhūtānāṃ sarveṣāṃ tvaṃ surottama", "prabhāvajñāś ca te sarvāḥ kim asmān avamanyase"], "translation": "“You move within all beings, O best of gods; and we all know your power. Why do you slight us?", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Vāyu disfigures the hundred daughters"}
{"ref": "1.31.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 31, "verse": 17, "iast": ["kuśanābhasutāḥ sarvāḥ samarthās tvāṃ surottama", "sthānāc cyāvayituṃ devaṃ rakṣāmas tu tapo vayam"], "translation": "We, all the daughters of Kuśanābha, are able, O best of gods, to hurl you, a god, from your station; but we keep guard over our austerity.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Vāyu disfigures the hundred daughters"}
{"ref": "1.31.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 31, "verse": 18, "iast": ["mā bhūt sa kālo durmedhaḥ pitaraṃ satyavādinam", "nāvamanyasva dharmeṇa svayaṃvaram upāsmahe"], "translation": "May that time never come, O dull-witted one! Do not, in defiance of dharma, insult our truth-speaking father; by his will we await the rite of self-choice.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Vāyu disfigures the hundred daughters"}
{"ref": "1.31.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 31, "verse": 19, "iast": ["pitā hi prabhur asmākaṃ daivataṃ paramaṃ hi saḥ", "yasya no dāsyati pitā sa no bhartā bhaviṣyati"], "translation": "For our father is our lord, and he is our highest deity; to whomever our father gives us, he shall become our husband.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Vāyu disfigures the hundred daughters"}
{"ref": "1.31.20", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 31, "verse": 20, "iast": ["tāsāṃ tad vacanaṃ śrutvā vāyuḥ paramakopanaḥ", "praviśya sarvagātrāṇi babhañja bhagavān prabhuḥ"], "translation": "Hearing those words of theirs, Vāyu, exceedingly enraged, the mighty lord, entered into all their limbs and bent them.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Vāyu disfigures the hundred daughters"}
{"ref": "1.31.21", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 31, "verse": 21, "iast": ["tāḥ kanyā vāyunā bhagnā viviśur nṛpater gṛham", "dṛṣṭvā bhagnās tadā rājā saṃbhrānta idam abravīt"], "translation": "Those maidens, bent double by Vāyu, entered the king's palace; and seeing them thus deformed, the king, alarmed, spoke thus:", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Vāyu disfigures the hundred daughters"}
{"ref": "1.31.22", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 31, "verse": 22, "iast": ["kim idaṃ kathyatāṃ putryaḥ ko dharmam avamanyate", "kubjāḥ kena kṛtāḥ sarvā veṣṭantyo nābhibhāṣatha"], "translation": "“What is this? Speak, my daughters! Who is it that spurns dharma? By whom have you all been made crooked? You writhe, yet you do not speak.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Vāyu disfigures the hundred daughters"}
{"ref": "1.32.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 32, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā kuśanābhasya dhīmataḥ", "śirobhiś caraṇau spṛṣṭvā kanyāśatam abhāṣata"], "translation": "Hearing those words of the wise Kuśanābha, the hundred maidens, touching his feet with their heads, spoke:", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Brahmadatta restores the daughters"}
{"ref": "1.32.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 32, "verse": 2, "iast": ["vāyuḥ sarvātmako rājan pradharṣayitum icchati", "aśubhaṃ mārgam āsthāya na dharmaṃ pratyavekṣate"], "translation": "“Vāyu, who pervades all, O king, wishes to violate us; taking to an unrighteous course, he has no regard for dharma.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Brahmadatta restores the daughters"}
{"ref": "1.32.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 32, "verse": 3, "iast": ["pitṛmatyaḥ sma bhadraṃ te svacchande na vayaṃ sthitāḥ", "pitaraṃ no vṛṇīṣva tvaṃ yadi no dāsyate tava"], "translation": "We are under a father's authority — blessings on you — we do not act at our own will; woo our father, if he will give us to you.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Brahmadatta restores the daughters"}
{"ref": "1.32.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 32, "verse": 4, "iast": ["tena pāpānubandhena vacanaṃ na pratīcchatā", "evaṃ bruvantyaḥ sarvāḥ sma vāyunā nihatā bhṛṣam"], "translation": "By that one of persistent wickedness, who would not accept our words — as we were all speaking thus, we were sorely stricken by Vāyu.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Brahmadatta restores the daughters"}
{"ref": "1.32.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 32, "verse": 5, "iast": ["tāsāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā rājā paramadhārmikaḥ", "pratyuvāca mahātejāḥ kanyāśatam anuttamam"], "translation": "Hearing those words of theirs, the exceedingly righteous king of great splendour replied to the peerless hundred maidens:", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Brahmadatta restores the daughters"}
{"ref": "1.32.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 32, "verse": 6, "iast": ["kṣāntaṃ kṣamāvatāṃ putryaḥ kartavyaṃ sumahat kṛtam", "aikamatyam upāgamya kulaṃ cāvekṣitaṃ mama"], "translation": "“Patience has been shown, my daughters; the great duty of the forbearing has been done; coming to a single accord, you have also had regard for my family.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Brahmadatta restores the daughters"}
{"ref": "1.32.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 32, "verse": 7, "iast": ["alaṃkāro hi nārīṇāṃ kṣamā tu puruṣasya vā", "duṣkaraṃ tac ca vaḥ kṣāntaṃ tridaśeṣu viśeṣataḥ"], "translation": "For patience is the ornament of women, and of a man as well; and that forbearance of yours is hard to achieve, especially toward the gods.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Brahmadatta restores the daughters"}
{"ref": "1.32.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 32, "verse": 8, "iast": ["yādṛśīr vaḥ kṣamā putryaḥ sarvāsām aviśeṣataḥ", "kṣamā dānaṃ kṣamā yajñaḥ kṣamā satyaṃ ca putrikāḥ"], "translation": "Such is the patience of you all, my daughters, without distinction. Patience is charity, patience is sacrifice, patience is truth, my little daughters;", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Brahmadatta restores the daughters"}
{"ref": "1.32.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 32, "verse": 9, "iast": ["kṣamā yaśaḥ kṣamā dharmaḥ kṣamāyāṃ viṣṭhitaṃ jagat", "visṛjya kanyāḥ kākutstha rājā tridaśavikramaḥ"], "translation": "patience is glory, patience is dharma; upon patience the world rests.” Having dismissed the maidens, O Kākutstha, the king, of god-like prowess,", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Brahmadatta restores the daughters"}
{"ref": "1.32.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 32, "verse": 10, "iast": ["mantrajño mantrayām āsa pradānaṃ saha mantribhiḥ", "deśe kāle pradānasya sadṛśe pratipādanam"], "translation": "versed in counsel, took counsel with his ministers about their bestowal in marriage — the giving-away in a place and time befitting such a bestowal.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Brahmadatta restores the daughters"}
{"ref": "1.32.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 32, "verse": 11, "iast": ["etasminn eva kāle tu cūlī nāma mahāmuniḥ", "ūrdhvaretāḥ śubhācāro brāhmaṃ tapa upāgamat"], "translation": "At just this time a great sage named Cūlī — of upward-drawn seed, of pure conduct — was engaged in holy austerity.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Brahmadatta restores the daughters"}
{"ref": "1.32.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 32, "verse": 12, "iast": ["tapyantaṃ tam ṛṣiṃ tatra gandharvī paryupāsate", "somadā nāma bhadraṃ te ūrmilā tanayā tadā"], "translation": "There, as that seer practised austerity, a gandharva woman waited upon him — Somadā by name, blessings on you, then the daughter of Ūrmilā.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Brahmadatta restores the daughters"}
{"ref": "1.32.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 32, "verse": 13, "iast": ["sā ca taṃ praṇatā bhūtvā śuśrūṣaṇaparāyaṇā", "uvāsa kāle dharmiṣṭhā tasyās tuṣṭo 'bhavad guruḥ"], "translation": "And she, becoming humble and wholly devoted to service, dwelt there in time, most dutiful; and the teacher was pleased with her.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Brahmadatta restores the daughters"}
{"ref": "1.32.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 32, "verse": 14, "iast": ["sa ca tāṃ kālayogena provāca raghunandana", "parituṣṭo 'smi bhadraṃ te kiṃ karomi tava priyam"], "translation": "And he, in the course of time, said to her, O delight of the Raghus: “I am well pleased — blessings on you — what may I do to please you?”", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Brahmadatta restores the daughters"}
{"ref": "1.32.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 32, "verse": 15, "iast": ["parituṣṭaṃ muniṃ jñātvā gandharvī madhurasvaram", "uvāca paramaprītā vākyajñā vākyakovidam"], "translation": "Knowing the sage to be well pleased, the gandharva woman, exceedingly delighted and skilled in speech, spoke sweet-voiced to that master of words:", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Brahmadatta restores the daughters"}
{"ref": "1.32.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 32, "verse": 16, "iast": ["lakṣmyā samudito brāhmyā brahmabhūto mahātapāḥ", "brāhmeṇa tapasā yuktaṃ putram icchāmi dhārmikam"], "translation": "“Endowed with the splendour of Brahman, become Brahman-like, a great ascetic — from you I wish for a righteous son endowed with brahmanical power.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Brahmadatta restores the daughters"}
{"ref": "1.32.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 32, "verse": 17, "iast": ["apatiś cāsmi bhadraṃ te bhāryā cāsmi na kasya cit", "brāhmeṇopagatāyāś ca dātum arhasi me sutam"], "translation": "I have no husband — blessings on you — and I am no one's wife; and since I have come to you in a brahmanical (chaste) manner, you ought to grant me a son.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Brahmadatta restores the daughters"}
{"ref": "1.32.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 32, "verse": 18, "iast": ["tasyāḥ prasanno brahmarṣir dadau putram anuttamam", "brahmadatta iti khyātaṃ mānasaṃ cūlinaḥ sutam"], "translation": "Pleased with her, the brahmin-seer gave her a peerless son, known as Brahmadatta, a mind-born son of Cūlī.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Brahmadatta restores the daughters"}
{"ref": "1.32.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 32, "verse": 19, "iast": ["sa rājā brahmadattas tu purīm adhyavasat tadā", "kāmpilyāṃ parayā lakṣmyā devarājo yathā divam"], "translation": "And that King Brahmadatta then dwelt in the city Kāmpilyā in the highest splendour, as the king of the gods dwells in heaven.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Brahmadatta restores the daughters"}
{"ref": "1.32.20", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 32, "verse": 20, "iast": ["sa buddhiṃ kṛtavān rājā kuśanābhaḥ sudhārmikaḥ", "brahmadattāya kākutstha dātuṃ kanyāśataṃ tadā"], "translation": "That most righteous King Kuśanābha then made up his mind, O Kākutstha, to give the hundred maidens to Brahmadatta.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Brahmadatta restores the daughters"}
{"ref": "1.32.21", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 32, "verse": 21, "iast": ["tam āhūya mahātejā brahmadattaṃ mahīpatiḥ", "dadau kanyāśataṃ rājā suprītenāntarātmanā"], "translation": "Summoning that Brahmadatta, the king of the earth, of great splendour, gave him the hundred maidens with a well-pleased heart.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Brahmadatta restores the daughters"}
{"ref": "1.32.22", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 32, "verse": 22, "iast": ["yathākramaṃ tataḥ pāṇiṃ jagrāha raghunandana", "brahmadatto mahī pālas tāsāṃ devapatir yathā"], "translation": "Then, one after another, O delight of the Raghus, King Brahmadatta, the protector of the earth, took their hands in marriage, like the lord of the gods.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Brahmadatta restores the daughters"}
{"ref": "1.32.23", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 32, "verse": 23, "iast": ["spṛṣṭamātre tataḥ pāṇau vikubjā vigatajvarāḥ", "yuktāḥ paramayā lakṣmyā babhuḥ kanyāśataṃ tadā"], "translation": "Then, the moment their hands were touched, the hundred maidens, freed of their deformity and rid of their affliction, endowed with the highest beauty, shone forth.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Brahmadatta restores the daughters"}
{"ref": "1.32.24", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 32, "verse": 24, "iast": ["sa dṛṣṭvā vāyunā muktāḥ kuśanābho mahīpatiḥ", "babhūva paramaprīto harṣaṃ lebhe punaḥ punaḥ"], "translation": "Seeing them released from the affliction wrought by Vāyu, King Kuśanābha, lord of the earth, became exceedingly glad and rejoiced again and again.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Brahmadatta restores the daughters"}
{"ref": "1.32.25", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 32, "verse": 25, "iast": ["kṛtodvāhaṃ tu rājānaṃ brahmadattaṃ mahīpatiḥ", "sadāraṃ preṣayām āsa sopādhyāya gaṇaṃ tadā"], "translation": "When the marriage was done, the lord of the earth then sent off King Brahmadatta together with his wives and with his company of teachers.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Brahmadatta restores the daughters"}
{"ref": "1.32.26", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 32, "verse": 26, "iast": ["somadāpi susaṃhṛṣṭā putrasya sadṛśīṃ kriyām", "yathānyāyaṃ ca gandharvī snuṣās tāḥ pratyanandata"], "translation": "Somadā the gandharva woman too, greatly delighted, rejoiced at the rite befitting her son, duly performed, and welcomed those daughters-in-law with joy.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Brahmadatta restores the daughters"}
{"ref": "1.33.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 33, "verse": 1, "iast": ["kṛtodvāhe gate tasmin brahmadatte ca rāghava", "aputraḥ putralābhāya pautrīm iṣṭim akalpayat"], "translation": "When that Brahmadatta, his marriage accomplished, had departed, O Rāghava, Kuśanābha, being sonless, arranged an offspring-producing sacrifice to obtain a son.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Gādhi’s birth and Viśvāmitra’s lineage"}
{"ref": "1.33.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 33, "verse": 2, "iast": ["iṣṭyāṃ tu vartamānāyāṃ kuśanābhaṃ mahīpatim", "uvāca paramaprītaḥ kuśo brahmasutas tadā"], "translation": "As the sacrifice was proceeding, Kuśa, the son of Brahmā, then, exceedingly pleased, said to King Kuśanābha, lord of the earth:", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Gādhi’s birth and Viśvāmitra’s lineage"}
{"ref": "1.33.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 33, "verse": 3, "iast": ["putras te sadṛśaḥ putra bhaviṣyati sudhārmikaḥ", "gādhiṃ prāpsyasi tena tvaṃ kīrtiṃ loke ca śāśvatīm"], "translation": "“A son like yourself, most righteous, shall be born to you, my son; you shall obtain Gādhi, and through him everlasting fame in the world.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Gādhi’s birth and Viśvāmitra’s lineage"}
{"ref": "1.33.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 33, "verse": 4, "iast": ["evam uktvā kuśo rāma kuśanābhaṃ mahīpatim", "jagāmākāśam āviśya brahmalokaṃ sanātanam"], "translation": "Having spoken thus to King Kuśanābha, O Rāma, Kuśa entered the sky and went to the eternal world of Brahmā.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Gādhi’s birth and Viśvāmitra’s lineage"}
{"ref": "1.33.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 33, "verse": 5, "iast": ["kasya cit tv atha kālasya kuśanābhasya dhīmataḥ", "jajñe paramadharmiṣṭho gādhir ity eva nāmataḥ"], "translation": "Then, after some time, to the wise Kuśanābha was born a most righteous son, Gādhi by name.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Gādhi’s birth and Viśvāmitra’s lineage"}
{"ref": "1.33.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 33, "verse": 6, "iast": ["sa pitā mama kākutstha gādhiḥ paramadhārmikaḥ", "kuśavaṃśaprasūto 'smi kauśiko raghunandana"], "translation": "That most righteous Gādhi was my father, O Kākutstha; I am born of the line of Kuśa, a Kauśika, O delight of the Raghus.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Gādhi’s birth and Viśvāmitra’s lineage"}
{"ref": "1.33.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 33, "verse": 7, "iast": ["pūrvajā bhaginī cāpi mama rāghava suvratā", "nāmnā satyavatī nāma ṛcīke pratipāditā"], "translation": "And I have an elder sister, O Rāghava, of firm vows, Satyavatī by name; she was given in marriage to Ṛcīka.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Gādhi’s birth and Viśvāmitra’s lineage"}
{"ref": "1.33.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 33, "verse": 8, "iast": ["saśarīrā gatā svargaṃ bhartāram anuvartinī", "kauśikī paramodārā sā pravṛttā mahānadī"], "translation": "Following her husband, she went to heaven in her very body; and that most noble one flowed forth as the great river Kauśikī.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Gādhi’s birth and Viśvāmitra’s lineage"}
{"ref": "1.33.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 33, "verse": 9, "iast": ["divyā puṇyodakā ramyā himavantam upāśritā", "lokasya hitakāmārthaṃ pravṛttā bhaginī mama"], "translation": "Divine, of holy waters, lovely, resting against the Himālaya, my sister flowed forth for the welfare and good of the world.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Gādhi’s birth and Viśvāmitra’s lineage"}
{"ref": "1.33.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 33, "verse": 10, "iast": ["tato 'haṃ himavatpārśve vasāmi niyataḥ sukham", "bhaginyāḥ snehasaṃyuktaḥ kauśikyā raghunandana"], "translation": "Therefore I dwell contentedly and self-controlled on the flank of the Himālaya, bound by affection for my sister Kauśikī, O delight of the Raghus.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Gādhi’s birth and Viśvāmitra’s lineage"}
{"ref": "1.33.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 33, "verse": 11, "iast": ["sā tu satyavatī puṇyā satye dharme pratiṣṭhitā", "pativratā mahābhāgā kauśikī saritāṃ varā"], "translation": "And that holy Satyavatī, established in truth and dharma, devoted to her husband, greatly blessed, became Kauśikī, the best of rivers.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Gādhi’s birth and Viśvāmitra’s lineage"}
{"ref": "1.33.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 33, "verse": 12, "iast": ["ahaṃ hi niyamād rāma hitvā tāṃ samupāgataḥ", "siddhāśramam anuprāpya siddho 'smi tava tejasā"], "translation": "For I, O Rāma, out of my discipline, left her and came here; and having reached Siddhāśrama, I have attained my end through your might.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Gādhi’s birth and Viśvāmitra’s lineage"}
{"ref": "1.33.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 33, "verse": 13, "iast": ["eṣā rāma mamotpattiḥ svasya vaṃśasya kīrtitā", "deśasya ca mahābāho yan māṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi"], "translation": "This, Rāma, is the account I have given of my own origin and lineage, and of the region, O mighty-armed one, about which you asked me.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Gādhi’s birth and Viśvāmitra’s lineage"}
{"ref": "1.33.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 33, "verse": 14, "iast": ["gato 'rdharātraḥ kākutstha kathāḥ kathayato mama", "nidrām abhyehi bhadraṃ te mā bhūd vighno 'dhvanīha naḥ"], "translation": "Midnight has passed, O Kākutstha, as I have been telling these tales; go to sleep — blessings on you — let there be no hindrance to our journey here.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Gādhi’s birth and Viśvāmitra’s lineage"}
{"ref": "1.33.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 33, "verse": 15, "iast": ["niṣpandās taravaḥ sarve nilīnā mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ", "naiśena tamasā vyāptā diśaś ca raghunandana"], "translation": "All the trees are motionless, the beasts and birds have settled to rest, and the quarters are wrapped in the darkness of night, O delight of the Raghus.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Gādhi’s birth and Viśvāmitra’s lineage"}
{"ref": "1.33.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 33, "verse": 16, "iast": ["śanair viyujyate saṃdhyā nabho netrair ivāvṛtam", "nakṣatratārāgahanaṃ jyotirbhir avabhāsate"], "translation": "Slowly the twilight fades; the sky, as if covered with eyes, dense with constellations and stars, shines with its lights.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Gādhi’s birth and Viśvāmitra’s lineage"}
{"ref": "1.33.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 33, "verse": 17, "iast": ["uttiṣṭhati ca śītāṃśuḥ śaśī lokatamonudaḥ", "hlādayan prāṇināṃ loke manāṃsi prabhayā vibho"], "translation": "And the cool-rayed moon rises, dispeller of the world's darkness, gladdening with its light the hearts of living beings in the world, O lord.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Gādhi’s birth and Viśvāmitra’s lineage"}
{"ref": "1.33.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 33, "verse": 18, "iast": ["naiśāni sarvabhūtāni pracaranti tatas tataḥ", "yakṣarākṣasasaṃghāś ca raudrāś ca piśitāśanāḥ"], "translation": "All the creatures of the night roam here and there, and the throngs of yakṣas and rākṣasas, fierce and flesh-eating.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Gādhi’s birth and Viśvāmitra’s lineage"}
{"ref": "1.33.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 33, "verse": 19, "iast": ["evam uktvā mahātejā virarāma mahāmuniḥ", "sādhu sādhv iti taṃ sarve munayo hy abhyapūjayan"], "translation": "Having spoken thus, the great sage of great splendour fell silent; and all the sages honoured him, crying “Well done, well done!”", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Gādhi’s birth and Viśvāmitra’s lineage"}
{"ref": "1.33.20", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 33, "verse": 20, "iast": ["rāmo 'pi saha saumitriḥ kiṃ cid āgatavismayaḥ", "praśasya muniśārdūlaṃ nidrāṃ samupasevate"], "translation": "Rāma too, together with Saumitri, somewhat wonder-struck, having praised the tiger among sages, gave himself to sleep.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kuśanābha: Gādhi’s birth and Viśvāmitra’s lineage"}
{"ref": "1.34.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 34, "verse": 1, "iast": ["upāsya rātriśeṣaṃ tu śoṇākūle maharṣibhiḥ", "niśāyāṃ suprabhātāyāṃ viśvāmitro 'bhyabhāṣata"], "translation": "Having spent the remainder of the night with the great seers on the bank of the Śoṇā, when the night had brightened well into dawn, Viśvāmitra spoke:", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Himavat’s two daughters"}
{"ref": "1.34.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 34, "verse": 2, "iast": ["suprabhātā niśā rāma pūrvā saṃdhyā pravartate", "uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha bhadraṃ te gamanāyābhirocaya"], "translation": "“The night has well dawned, Rāma; the eastern twilight is coming on. Arise, arise — blessings on you — make ready to set out.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Himavat’s two daughters"}
{"ref": "1.34.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 34, "verse": 3, "iast": ["tac chrutvā vacanaṃ tasya kṛtvā paurvāhṇikīṃ kriyām", "gamanaṃ rocayām āsa vākyaṃ cedam uvāca ha"], "translation": "Hearing those words of his, and having performed the morning rite, he made ready to depart and spoke these words:", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Himavat’s two daughters"}
{"ref": "1.34.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 34, "verse": 4, "iast": ["ayaṃ śoṇaḥ śubhajalo gādhaḥ pulinamaṇḍitaḥ", "katareṇa pathā brahman saṃtariṣyāmahe vayam"], "translation": "“Here is the Śoṇā, of fair waters, fordable, graced with sandbanks; by which of the two paths, O brahmin, shall we cross over?”", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Himavat’s two daughters"}
{"ref": "1.34.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 34, "verse": 5, "iast": ["evam uktas tu rāmeṇa viśvāmitro 'bravīd idam", "eṣa panthā mayoddiṣṭo yena yānti maharṣayaḥ"], "translation": "Addressed thus by Rāma, Viśvāmitra said this: “This is the path pointed out by me, by which the great seers go.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Himavat’s two daughters"}
{"ref": "1.34.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 34, "verse": 6, "iast": ["te gatvā dūram adhvānaṃ gate 'rdhadivase tadā", "jāhnavīṃ saritāṃ śreṣṭhāṃ dadṛśur munisevitām"], "translation": "Having gone a long way, when half the day had passed, they then beheld the Jāhnavī, best of rivers, frequented by sages.", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Himavat’s two daughters"}
{"ref": "1.34.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 34, "verse": 7, "iast": ["tāṃ dṛṣṭvā puṇyasalilāṃ haṃsasārasasevitām", "babhūvur muditāḥ sarve munayaḥ saharāghavāḥ", "tasyās tīre tataś cakrus te āvāsaparigraham"], "translation": "Seeing that river of holy waters, frequented by swans and cranes, all the sages together with the Rāghavas became glad; and there upon its bank they made their encampment.", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Himavat’s two daughters"}
{"ref": "1.34.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 34, "verse": 8, "iast": ["tataḥ snātvā yathānyāyaṃ saṃtarpya pitṛdevatāḥ", "hutvā caivāgnihotrāṇi prāśya cāmṛtavad dhaviḥ"], "translation": "Then, having bathed according to rule, gratified the ancestors and the gods, offered the fire-oblations, and partaken of the oblation-food that was like nectar,", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Himavat’s two daughters"}
{"ref": "1.34.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 34, "verse": 9, "iast": ["viviśur jāhnavītīre śucau muditamānasāḥ", "viśvāmitraṃ mahātmānaṃ parivārya samantataḥ"], "translation": "they settled on the pure bank of the Jāhnavī with glad hearts, surrounding the great-souled Viśvāmitra on every side.", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Himavat’s two daughters"}
{"ref": "1.34.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 34, "verse": 10, "iast": ["saṃprahṛṣṭamanā rāmo viśvāmitram athābravīt", "bhagavañ śrotum icchāmi gaṅgāṃ tripathagāṃ nadīm", "trailokyaṃ katham ākramya gatā nadanadīpatim"], "translation": "With a delighted heart Rāma then said to Viśvāmitra: “Venerable one, I wish to hear of the river Gaṅgā, who goes by three paths — how, traversing the three worlds, she reached the lord of streams and rivers.", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Himavat’s two daughters"}
{"ref": "1.34.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 34, "verse": 11, "iast": ["codito rāma vākyena viśvāmitro mahāmuniḥ", "vṛddhiṃ janma ca gaṅgāyā vaktum evopacakrame"], "translation": "Urged by Rāma's words, the great sage Viśvāmitra began to tell the birth and growth of Gaṅgā:", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Himavat’s two daughters"}
{"ref": "1.34.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 34, "verse": 12, "iast": ["śailendro himavān nāma dhātūnām ākaro mahān", "tasya kanyā dvayaṃ rāma rūpeṇāpratimaṃ bhuvi"], "translation": "There is a lord of mountains named Himavat, a great mine of minerals; he has two daughters, Rāma, unmatched in beauty on earth.", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Himavat’s two daughters"}
{"ref": "1.34.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 34, "verse": 13, "iast": ["yā meruduhitā rāma tayor mātā sumadhyamā", "nāmnā menā manojñā vai patnī himavataḥ priyā"], "translation": "Their mother, Rāma, slender-waisted, was the daughter of Meru — Menā by name, charming, the beloved wife of Himavat.", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Himavat’s two daughters"}
{"ref": "1.34.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 34, "verse": 14, "iast": ["tasyāṃ gaṅgeyam abhavaj jyeṣṭhā himavataḥ sutā", "umā nāma dvitīyābhūt kanyā tasyaiva rāghava"], "translation": "Of her this Gaṅgā was born, the elder daughter of Himavat; and Umā by name was his second daughter, O Rāghava.", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Himavat’s two daughters"}
{"ref": "1.34.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 34, "verse": 15, "iast": ["atha jyeṣṭhāṃ surāḥ sarve devatārthacikīrṣayā", "śailendraṃ varayām āsur gaṅgāṃ tripathagāṃ nadīm"], "translation": "Then all the gods, wishing to accomplish the purpose of the gods, entreated the lord of mountains for the elder daughter, Gaṅgā, the river that goes by three paths.", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Himavat’s two daughters"}
{"ref": "1.34.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 34, "verse": 16, "iast": ["dadau dharmeṇa himavāṃs tanayāṃ lokapāvanīm", "svacchandapathagāṃ gaṅgāṃ trailokyahitakāmyayā"], "translation": "In accordance with dharma Himavat gave his daughter Gaṅgā, purifier of the world, who goes wherever she pleases, out of a wish for the welfare of the three worlds.", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Himavat’s two daughters"}
{"ref": "1.34.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 34, "verse": 17, "iast": ["pratigṛhya trilokārthaṃ trilokahitakāriṇaḥ", "gaṅgām ādāya te 'gacchan kṛtārthenāntarātmanā"], "translation": "Accepting her for the sake of the three worlds, those doers of good to the three worlds took Gaṅgā and departed, their purpose achieved in their hearts.", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Himavat’s two daughters"}
{"ref": "1.34.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 34, "verse": 18, "iast": ["yā cānyā śailaduhitā kanyāsīd raghunandana", "ugraṃ sā vratam āsthāya tapas tepe tapodhanā"], "translation": "And the other daughter of the mountain, O delight of the Raghus — she, undertaking a severe vow, performed austerity, rich in penance.", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Himavat’s two daughters"}
{"ref": "1.34.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 34, "verse": 19, "iast": ["ugreṇa tapasā yuktāṃ dadau śailavaraḥ sutām", "rudrāyāpratirūpāya umāṃ lokanamaskṛtām"], "translation": "The best of mountains gave his daughter Umā, endowed with fierce austerity and honoured by the world, to the peerless Rudra.", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Himavat’s two daughters"}
{"ref": "1.34.20", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 34, "verse": 20, "iast": ["ete te śaila rājasya sute lokanamaskṛte", "gaṅgā ca saritāṃ śreṣṭhā umā devī ca rāghava"], "translation": "These, as I have told you, are the two daughters of the mountain-king, honoured by the world: Gaṅgā, best of rivers, and the goddess Umā, O Rāghava.", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Himavat’s two daughters"}
{"ref": "1.34.21", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 34, "verse": 21, "iast": ["etat te dharmam ākhyātaṃ yathā tripathagā nadī", "khaṃ gatā prathamaṃ tāta gatiṃ gatimatāṃ vara"], "translation": "This sacred account has been told to you: how the three-pathed river first went to the sky, my dear — she who is the recourse of all that moves — O best of men.", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Himavat’s two daughters"}
{"ref": "1.35.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 35, "verse": 1, "iast": ["ukta vākye munau tasminn ubhau rāghavalakṣmaṇau", "pratinandya kathāṃ vīrāv ūcatur munipuṃgavam"], "translation": "When that sage had spoken, the two heroes, Rāghava and Lakṣmaṇa, welcomed the tale and said to the bull among sages:", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Restrained union and Umā’s curses"}
{"ref": "1.35.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 35, "verse": 2, "iast": ["dharmayuktam idaṃ brahman kathitaṃ paramaṃ tvayā", "duhituḥ śailarājasya jyeṣṭhāya vaktum arhasi"], "translation": "“This most excellent tale, in accord with dharma, has been told by you, O brahmin; you should now speak of the eldest daughter of the mountain-king.", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Restrained union and Umā’s curses"}
{"ref": "1.35.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 35, "verse": 3, "iast": ["vistaraṃ vistarajño 'si divyamānuṣasaṃbhavam", "trīn patho hetunā kena pāvayel lokapāvanī"], "translation": "You know the matter in full; (tell) in detail her origin among gods and men. For what reason does the purifier of the worlds purify the three paths?", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Restrained union and Umā’s curses"}
{"ref": "1.35.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 35, "verse": 4, "iast": ["kathaṃ gaṅgāṃ tripathagā viśrutā sariduttamā", "triṣu lokeṣu dharmajña karmabhiḥ kaiḥ samanvitā"], "translation": "How is Gaṅgā, best of rivers, renowned as the three-pathed one in the three worlds, O knower of dharma — by what deeds is she attended?”", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Restrained union and Umā’s curses"}
{"ref": "1.35.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 35, "verse": 5, "iast": ["tathā bruvati kākutsthe viśvāmitras tapodhanaḥ", "nikhilena kathāṃ sarvām ṛṣimadhye nyavedayat"], "translation": "As Kākutstha spoke thus, Viśvāmitra, rich in austerity, related the whole tale in full in the midst of the seers:", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Restrained union and Umā’s curses"}
{"ref": "1.35.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 35, "verse": 6, "iast": ["purā rāma kṛtodvāhaḥ śitikaṇṭho mahātapāḥ", "dṛṣṭvā ca spṛhayā devīṃ maithunāyopacakrame"], "translation": "In olden times, Rāma, the blue-throated one (Śiva), the great ascetic, having married, and gazing with longing upon the goddess, set about union with her.", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Restrained union and Umā’s curses"}
{"ref": "1.35.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 35, "verse": 7, "iast": ["śitikaṇṭhasya devasya divyaṃ varṣaśataṃ gatam", "na cāpi tanayo rāma tasyām āsīt paraṃtapa"], "translation": "A divine hundred years passed for the blue-throated god, yet no son was born to him upon her, O scorcher of foes, O Rāma.", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Restrained union and Umā’s curses"}
{"ref": "1.35.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 35, "verse": 8, "iast": ["tato devāḥ samudvignāḥ pitāmahapurogamāḥ", "yad ihotpadyate bhūtaṃ kas tat pratisahiṣyate"], "translation": "Then the gods, alarmed, with the Grandsire at their head, (thought): “Whatever being should be born here, who will be able to withstand it?”", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Restrained union and Umā’s curses"}
{"ref": "1.35.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 35, "verse": 9, "iast": ["abhigamya surāḥ sarve praṇipatyedam abruvan", "devadeva mahādeva lokasyāsya hite rata", "surāṇāṃ praṇipātena prasādaṃ kartum arhasi"], "translation": "Approaching, all the gods bowed down and said this: “O god of gods, great god, devoted to the welfare of this world — at the prostration of the gods you should show your grace.", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Restrained union and Umā’s curses"}
{"ref": "1.35.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 35, "verse": 10, "iast": ["na lokā dhārayiṣyanti tava tejaḥ surottama", "brāhmeṇa tapasā yukto devyā saha tapaś cara"], "translation": "The worlds will not be able to bear your fiery seed, O best of gods; joined with brahmanical austerity, practise austerity together with the goddess.", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Restrained union and Umā’s curses"}
{"ref": "1.35.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 35, "verse": 11, "iast": ["trailokyahitakāmārthaṃ tejas tejasi dhāraya", "rakṣa sarvān imāṃl lokān nālokaṃ kartum arhasi"], "translation": "For the sake of the welfare of the three worlds, hold your fiery energy within your own energy; protect all these worlds — you must not bring them to a lightless ruin.", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Restrained union and Umā’s curses"}
{"ref": "1.35.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 35, "verse": 12, "iast": ["devatānāṃ vacaḥ śrutvā sarvalokamaheśvaraḥ", "bāḍham ity abravīt sarvān punaś cedam uvāca ha"], "translation": "Hearing the words of the gods, the great lord of all the worlds said to them all, “So be it,” and again spoke this:", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Restrained union and Umā’s curses"}
{"ref": "1.35.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 35, "verse": 13, "iast": ["dhārayiṣyāmy ahaṃ tejas tejasy eva sahomayā", "tridaśāḥ pṛthivī caiva nirvāṇam adhigacchatu"], "translation": "“I shall hold my fiery energy within my own energy, together with Umā; let the gods and the earth attain relief.", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Restrained union and Umā’s curses"}
{"ref": "1.35.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 35, "verse": 14, "iast": ["yad idaṃ kṣubhitaṃ sthānān mama tejo hy anuttamam", "dhārayiṣyati kas tan me bruvantu surasattamāḥ"], "translation": "But this peerless energy of mine that has been stirred up from its seat — who will hold it? Tell me that, O most excellent gods.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Restrained union and Umā’s curses"}
{"ref": "1.35.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 35, "verse": 15, "iast": ["evam uktās tato devāḥ pratyūcur vṛṣabhadhvajam", "yat tejaḥ kṣubhitaṃ hy etat tad dharā dhārayiṣyati"], "translation": "Thus addressed, the gods then replied to the bull-bannered one (Śiva): “This energy that has been stirred up — the earth will bear it.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Restrained union and Umā’s curses"}
{"ref": "1.35.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 35, "verse": 16, "iast": ["evam uktaḥ surapatiḥ pramumoca mahītale", "tejasā pṛthivī yena vyāptā sagirikānanā"], "translation": "Thus addressed, the lord of the gods (Śiva) released his energy upon the earth's surface, and by that energy the earth, with its mountains and forests, was pervaded.", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Restrained union and Umā’s curses"}
{"ref": "1.35.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 35, "verse": 17, "iast": ["tato devāḥ punar idam ūcuś cātha hutāśanam", "praviśa tvaṃ mahātejo raudraṃ vāyusamanvitaḥ"], "translation": "Then the gods again said this to Agni: “Enter, O one of great energy, this fierce seed of Rudra, accompanied by Vāyu.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Restrained union and Umā’s curses"}
{"ref": "1.35.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 35, "verse": 18, "iast": ["tad agninā punar vyāptaṃ saṃjātaḥ śvetaparvataḥ", "divyaṃ śaravaṇaṃ caiva pāvakādityasaṃnibham", "yatra jāto mahātejāḥ kārtikeyo 'gnisaṃbhavaḥ"], "translation": "That seed, again pervaded by Agni, gave rise to a white mountain and a divine thicket of reeds, resembling fire and the sun, where the mighty Kārtikeya, sprung from fire, was born.", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Restrained union and Umā’s curses"}
{"ref": "1.35.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 35, "verse": 19, "iast": ["athomāṃ ca śivaṃ caiva devāḥ sarṣi gaṇās tadā", "pūjayām āsur atyarthaṃ suprītamanasas tataḥ"], "translation": "Then the gods, together with the throngs of seers, exceedingly honoured Umā and Śiva, with well-pleased hearts.", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Restrained union and Umā’s curses"}
{"ref": "1.35.20", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 35, "verse": 20, "iast": ["atha śaila sutā rāma tridaśān idam abravīt", "samanyur aśapat sarvān krodhasaṃraktalocanā"], "translation": "Then the daughter of the mountain, Rāma, said this to the gods; full of wrath, her eyes red with anger, she cursed them all:", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Restrained union and Umā’s curses"}
{"ref": "1.35.21", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 35, "verse": 21, "iast": ["yasmān nivāritā caiva saṃgatā putrakāmyayā", "apatyaṃ sveṣu dāreṣu notpādayitum arhatha", "adya prabhṛti yuṣmākam aprajāḥ santu patnayaḥ"], "translation": "“Because I was hindered, though I had come together (with my husband) out of a desire for a son — may you never beget offspring upon your own wives; from this day forth let your wives be childless!”", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Restrained union and Umā’s curses"}
{"ref": "1.35.22", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 35, "verse": 22, "iast": ["evam uktvā surān sarvāñ śaśāpa pṛthivīm api", "avane naikarūpā tvaṃ bahubhāryā bhaviṣyasi"], "translation": "Having spoken thus, she cursed all the gods, and the earth as well: “O earth, you shall not have a single form; you shall be the wife of many.", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Restrained union and Umā’s curses"}
{"ref": "1.35.23", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 35, "verse": 23, "iast": ["na ca putrakṛtāṃ prītiṃ matkrodhakaluṣī kṛtā", "prāpsyasi tvaṃ sudurmedhe mama putram anicchatī"], "translation": "And, defiled by my wrath, you shall not obtain the joy that a son brings, O most foolish one, since you did not wish for a son of mine.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Restrained union and Umā’s curses"}
{"ref": "1.35.24", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 35, "verse": 24, "iast": ["tān sarvān vrīḍitān dṛṣṭvā surān surapatis tadā", "gamanāyopacakrāma diśaṃ varuṇapālitām"], "translation": "Seeing all those gods abashed, the lord of the gods (Śiva) then set out toward the quarter guarded by Varuṇa.", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Restrained union and Umā’s curses"}
{"ref": "1.35.25", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 35, "verse": 25, "iast": ["sa gatvā tapa ātiṣṭhat pārśve tasyottare gireḥ", "himavatprabhave śṛṅge saha devyā maheśvaraḥ"], "translation": "Having gone there, the great lord (Śiva), together with the goddess, undertook austerity on the northern flank of that mountain, on a peak sprung from Himavat.", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Restrained union and Umā’s curses"}
{"ref": "1.35.26", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 35, "verse": 26, "iast": ["eṣa te vistaro rāma śailaputryā niveditaḥ", "gaṅgāyāḥ prabhavaṃ caiva śṛṇu me sahalakṣmaṇaḥ"], "translation": "This full account of the mountain's daughter has been told to you, Rāma; now hear from me, together with Lakṣmaṇa, the origin of Gaṅgā as well.", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Restrained union and Umā’s curses"}
{"ref": "1.36.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 36, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tapyamāne tapo deve devāḥ sarṣigaṇāḥ purā", "senāpatim abhīpsantaḥ pitāmaham upāgaman"], "translation": "Long ago, while the god (Śiva) was performing austerities, the gods together with the hosts of seers, desiring a war-leader, approached the Grandsire (Brahmā).", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Kārttikeya’s birth and six nurses"}
{"ref": "1.36.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 36, "verse": 2, "iast": ["tato 'bruvan surāḥ sarve bhagavantaṃ pitāmaham", "praṇipatya śubhaṃ vākyaṃ sendrāḥ sāgnipurogamāḥ"], "translation": "Then all the gods, headed by Indra and Agni, bowing down, spoke this auspicious word to the venerable Grandsire:", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Kārttikeya’s birth and six nurses"}
{"ref": "1.36.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 36, "verse": 3, "iast": ["yo naḥ senāpatir deva datto bhagavatā purā", "sa tapaḥ param āsthāya tapyate sma sahomayā"], "translation": "“O god, the commander who was formerly given to us by your holiness — he, having undertaken supreme austerity, is practising penance together with Umā.", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Kārttikeya’s birth and six nurses"}
{"ref": "1.36.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 36, "verse": 4, "iast": ["yad atrānantaraṃ kāryaṃ lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā", "saṃvidhatsva vidhānajña tvaṃ hi naḥ paramā gatiḥ"], "translation": "Whatever thereupon must be done for the welfare of the worlds, arrange it, O knower of ordinances; for you are our supreme recourse.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Kārttikeya’s birth and six nurses"}
{"ref": "1.36.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 36, "verse": 5, "iast": ["devatānāṃ vacaḥ śrutvā sarvalokapitāmahaḥ", "sāntvayan madhurair vākyais tridaśān idam abravīt"], "translation": "Having heard the speech of the deities, the Grandsire of all the worlds, soothing the gods with sweet words, said this:", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Kārttikeya’s birth and six nurses"}
{"ref": "1.36.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 36, "verse": 6, "iast": ["śailaputryā yad uktaṃ tan na prajāsyatha patniṣu", "tasyā vacanam akliṣṭaṃ satyam eva na saṃśayaḥ"], "translation": "That which was said by the mountain's daughter — that you shall not beget offspring upon your wives — her flawless word is indeed true, there is no doubt.", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Kārttikeya’s birth and six nurses"}
{"ref": "1.36.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 36, "verse": 7, "iast": ["iyam ākāśagā gaṅgā yasyāṃ putraṃ hutāśanaḥ", "janayiṣyati devānāṃ senāpatim ariṃdamam"], "translation": "This Gaṅgā moves through the sky; in her Agni shall beget a son — the commander of the gods, a subduer of foes.", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Kārttikeya’s birth and six nurses"}
{"ref": "1.36.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 36, "verse": 8, "iast": ["jyeṣṭhā śailendraduhitā mānayiṣyati taṃ sutam", "umāyās tad bahumataṃ bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ"], "translation": "The eldest daughter of the mountain-lord (Gaṅgā) will honour that son; and that will be highly esteemed by Umā, no doubt.", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Kārttikeya’s birth and six nurses"}
{"ref": "1.36.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 36, "verse": 9, "iast": ["tac chrutvā vacanaṃ tasya kṛtārthā raghunandana", "praṇipatya surāḥ sarve pitāmaham apūjayan"], "translation": "Hearing that speech of his, O joy of the Raghus, all the gods, their purpose fulfilled, bowed down and honoured the Grandsire.", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Kārttikeya’s birth and six nurses"}
{"ref": "1.36.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 36, "verse": 10, "iast": ["te gatvā parvataṃ rāma kailāsaṃ dhātumaṇḍitam", "agniṃ niyojayām āsuḥ putrārthaṃ sarvadevatāḥ"], "translation": "Going to the mountain Kailāsa, adorned with minerals, O Rāma, all the deities appointed Agni to the task for the sake of a son:", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Kārttikeya’s birth and six nurses"}
{"ref": "1.36.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 36, "verse": 11, "iast": ["devakāryam idaṃ deva samādhatsva hutāśana", "śailaputryāṃ mahātejo gaṅgāyāṃ teja utsṛja"], "translation": "“Accomplish this task of the gods, O god Agni; O one of great splendour, cast your energy into Gaṅgā, the mountain's daughter.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Kārttikeya’s birth and six nurses"}
{"ref": "1.36.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 36, "verse": 12, "iast": ["devatānāṃ pratijñāya gaṅgām abhyetya pāvakaḥ", "garbhaṃ dhāraya vai devi devatānām idaṃ priyam"], "translation": "Having given his promise to the gods, Agni the purifier approached Gaṅgā: “Bear this embryo, O goddess; this is dear to the gods.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Kārttikeya’s birth and six nurses"}
{"ref": "1.36.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 36, "verse": 13, "iast": ["ity etad vacanaṃ śrutvā divyaṃ rūpam adhārayat", "sa tasyā mahimāṃ dṛṣṭvā samantād avakīryata"], "translation": "Hearing this speech, she assumed a divine form; and he (Agni), beholding her majesty, poured himself out on every side.", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Kārttikeya’s birth and six nurses"}
{"ref": "1.36.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 36, "verse": 14, "iast": ["samantatas tadā devīm abhyaṣiñcata pāvakaḥ", "sarvasrotāṃsi pūrṇāni gaṅgāyā raghunandana"], "translation": "Then Agni suffused the goddess on every side; and all the channels of Gaṅgā were filled, O joy of the Raghus.", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Kārttikeya’s birth and six nurses"}
{"ref": "1.36.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 36, "verse": 15, "iast": ["tam uvāca tato gaṅgā sarvadevapurohitam", "aśaktā dhāraṇe deva tava tejaḥ samuddhatam", "dahyamānāgninā tena saṃpravyathitacetanā"], "translation": "Then Gaṅgā, burning with that fire, her consciousness sorely agitated, said to him, the household-priest of all the gods: “I am unable, O god, to bear your surging energy.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Kārttikeya’s birth and six nurses"}
{"ref": "1.36.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 36, "verse": 16, "iast": ["athābravīd idaṃ gaṅgāṃ sarvadevahutāśanaḥ", "iha haimavate pāde garbho 'yaṃ saṃniveśyatām"], "translation": "Then Agni, the fire of all the gods, said this to Gaṅgā: “Let this embryo be deposited here on the slope of the Himālaya.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Kārttikeya’s birth and six nurses"}
{"ref": "1.36.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 36, "verse": 17, "iast": ["śrutvā tv agnivaco gaṅgā taṃ garbham atibhāsvaram", "utsasarja mahātejāḥ srotobhyo hi tadānagha"], "translation": "Hearing Agni's word, the mighty Gaṅgā then released that intensely blazing embryo from her streams, O sinless one.", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Kārttikeya’s birth and six nurses"}
{"ref": "1.36.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 36, "verse": 18, "iast": ["yad asyā nirgataṃ tasmāt taptajāmbūnadaprabham", "kāñcanaṃ dharaṇīṃ prāptaṃ hiraṇyam amalaṃ śubham"], "translation": "That which issued from her, gleaming like refined river-gold, became, on reaching the earth, gold — pure and lovely bullion.", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Kārttikeya’s birth and six nurses"}
{"ref": "1.36.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 36, "verse": 19, "iast": ["tāmraṃ kārṣṇāyasaṃ caiva taikṣṇyād evābhijāyata", "malaṃ tasyābhavat tatra trapusīsakam eva ca"], "translation": "Copper and black iron too came into being from its fierce heat; and its dross there became tin and lead.", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Kārttikeya’s birth and six nurses"}
{"ref": "1.36.20", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 36, "verse": 20, "iast": ["tad etad dharaṇīṃ prāpya nānādhātur avardhata"], "translation": "All this, upon reaching the earth, grew into the various minerals.", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Kārttikeya’s birth and six nurses"}
{"ref": "1.36.21", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 36, "verse": 21, "iast": ["nikṣiptamātre garbhe tu tejobhir abhirañjitam", "sarvaṃ parvatasaṃnaddhaṃ sauvarṇam abhavad vanam"], "translation": "The moment the embryo was set down, the whole forest clinging to the mountain, tinged by its radiances, turned to gold.", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Kārttikeya’s birth and six nurses"}
{"ref": "1.36.22", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 36, "verse": 22, "iast": ["jātarūpam iti khyātaṃ tadā prabhṛti rāghava", "suvarṇaṃ puruṣavyāghra hutāśanasamaprabham"], "translation": "From that time on, O Rāghava, gold has been known as jātarūpa — gold, O tiger among men, whose radiance equals fire's.", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Kārttikeya’s birth and six nurses"}
{"ref": "1.36.23", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 36, "verse": 23, "iast": ["taṃ kumāraṃ tato jātaṃ sendrāḥ sahamarudgaṇāḥ", "kṣīrasaṃbhāvanārthāya kṛttikāḥ samayojayan"], "translation": "Then, to nurture with milk that boy who had been born, the gods with Indra and the host of Maruts appointed the Kṛttikās (Pleiades).", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Kārttikeya’s birth and six nurses"}
{"ref": "1.36.24", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 36, "verse": 24, "iast": ["tāḥ kṣīraṃ jātamātrasya kṛtvā samayam uttamam", "daduḥ putro 'yam asmākaṃ sarvāsām iti niścitāḥ"], "translation": "Having made a solemn compact, they gave milk to the newborn, resolved: “This is the son of all of us.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Kārttikeya’s birth and six nurses"}
{"ref": "1.36.25", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 36, "verse": 25, "iast": ["tatas tu devatāḥ sarvāḥ kārtikeya iti bruvan", "putras trailokya vikhyāto bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ"], "translation": "Then all the deities said, “Kārtikeya!” — “This son will be renowned throughout the three worlds, no doubt.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Kārttikeya’s birth and six nurses"}
{"ref": "1.36.26", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 36, "verse": 26, "iast": ["teṣāṃ tad vacanaṃ śrutvā skannaṃ garbhaparisrave", "snāpayan parayā lakṣmyā dīpyamānam ivānalam"], "translation": "Hearing that speech of theirs, (they beheld the child) fallen amid the birth-flow, bathed in supreme splendour, blazing like fire.", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Kārttikeya’s birth and six nurses"}
{"ref": "1.36.27", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 36, "verse": 27, "iast": ["skanda ity abruvan devāḥ skannaṃ garbhaparisravāt", "kārtikeyaṃ mahābhāgaṃ kākutsthajvalanopamam"], "translation": "“Skanda!” the gods called him — the illustrious Kārtikeya, O Kākutstha, who resembled fire — because he had oozed forth (skanna) from the birth-flow.", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Kārttikeya’s birth and six nurses"}
{"ref": "1.36.28", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 36, "verse": 28, "iast": ["prādurbhūtaṃ tataḥ kṣīraṃ kṛttikānām anuttamam", "ṣaṇṇāṃ ṣaḍānano bhūtvā jagrāha stanajaṃ payaḥ"], "translation": "Then the surpassing milk of the Kṛttikās appeared; and becoming six-faced, he drank the milk flowing from the breasts of the six.", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Kārttikeya’s birth and six nurses"}
{"ref": "1.36.29", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 36, "verse": 29, "iast": ["gṛhītvā kṣīram ekāhnā sukumāra vapus tadā", "ajayat svena vīryeṇa daityasainyagaṇān vibhuḥ"], "translation": "Having drunk the milk in a single day, the lord, tender of body, then by his own valour conquered the hosts of the Daitya army.", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Kārttikeya’s birth and six nurses"}
{"ref": "1.36.30", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 36, "verse": 30, "iast": ["surasenāgaṇapatiṃ tatas tam amaladyutim", "abhyaṣiñcan suragaṇāḥ sametyāgnipurogamāḥ"], "translation": "Then the hosts of gods, assembling with Agni at their head, consecrated him, of spotless radiance, as the lord of the army-hosts of the gods.", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Kārttikeya’s birth and six nurses"}
{"ref": "1.36.31", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 36, "verse": 31, "iast": ["eṣa te rāma gaṅgāyā vistaro 'bhihito mayā", "kumārasaṃbhavaś caiva dhanyaḥ puṇyas tathaiva ca"], "translation": "This, O Rāma, is the full account of Gaṅgā that I have related to you, and likewise the birth of Kumāra — blessed and holy alike.", "sarga_title": "Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Kārttikeya’s birth and six nurses"}
{"ref": "1.37.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 37, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tāṃ kathāṃ kauśiko rāme nivedya madhurākṣaram", "punar evāparaṃ vākyaṃ kākutstham idam abravīt"], "translation": "Having related that tale to Rāma in sweet-syllabled words, Kauśika (Viśvāmitra) then spoke this further word to Kākutstha:", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: One heir and sixty thousand sons"}
{"ref": "1.37.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 37, "verse": 2, "iast": ["ayodhyādhipatiḥ śūraḥ pūrvam āsīn narādhipaḥ", "sagaro nāma dharmātmā prajākāmaḥ sa cāprajaḥ"], "translation": "Formerly there was a valiant king, lord of Ayodhyā, Sagara by name, righteous of soul, longing for offspring, yet childless.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: One heir and sixty thousand sons"}
{"ref": "1.37.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 37, "verse": 3, "iast": ["vaidarbhaduhitā rāma keśinī nāma nāmataḥ", "jyeṣṭhā sagarapatnī sā dharmiṣṭhā satyavādinī"], "translation": "O Rāma, a daughter of Vidarbha, Keśinī by name, was the elder wife of Sagara — most righteous and truthful in speech.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: One heir and sixty thousand sons"}
{"ref": "1.37.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 37, "verse": 4, "iast": ["ariṣṭanemiduhitā rūpeṇāpratimā bhuvi", "dvitīyā sagarasyāsīt patnī sumatisaṃjñitā"], "translation": "The daughter of Ariṣṭanemi, unrivalled on earth in beauty, was the second wife of Sagara, named Sumati.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: One heir and sixty thousand sons"}
{"ref": "1.37.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 37, "verse": 5, "iast": ["tābhyāṃ saha tadā rājā patnībhyāṃ taptavāṃs tapaḥ", "himavantaṃ samāsādya bhṛguprasravaṇe girau"], "translation": "With those two wives the king then performed austerities, having betaken himself to Himavat, on the mountain at Bhṛgu's cascade.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: One heir and sixty thousand sons"}
{"ref": "1.37.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 37, "verse": 6, "iast": ["atha varṣa śate pūrṇe tapasārādhito muniḥ", "sagarāya varaṃ prādād bhṛguḥ satyavatāṃ varaḥ"], "translation": "Now when a hundred years were complete, the sage Bhṛgu, best of the truthful, propitiated by (Sagara's) austerity, granted Sagara a boon:", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: One heir and sixty thousand sons"}
{"ref": "1.37.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 37, "verse": 7, "iast": ["apatyalābhaḥ sumahān bhaviṣyati tavānagha", "kīrtiṃ cāpratimāṃ loke prāpsyase puruṣarṣabha"], "translation": "“A very great gaining of offspring shall be yours, O sinless one, and you shall win unrivalled fame in the world, O bull among men.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: One heir and sixty thousand sons"}
{"ref": "1.37.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 37, "verse": 8, "iast": ["ekā janayitā tāta putraṃ vaṃśakaraṃ tava", "ṣaṣṭiṃ putrasahasrāṇi aparā janayiṣyati"], "translation": "One (wife), my child, will bear a son to continue your line; the other will bring forth sixty thousand sons.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: One heir and sixty thousand sons"}
{"ref": "1.37.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 37, "verse": 9, "iast": ["bhāṣamāṇaṃ naravyāghraṃ rājapatnyau prasādya tam", "ūcatuḥ paramaprīte kṛtāñjalipuṭe tadā"], "translation": "As that tiger among men (the sage) was speaking, the two royal wives, greatly pleased, having won him over, then said to him with cupped hands joined:", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: One heir and sixty thousand sons"}
{"ref": "1.37.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 37, "verse": 10, "iast": ["ekaḥ kasyāḥ suto brahman kā bahūñ janayiṣyati", "śrotum icchāvahe brahman satyam astu vacas tava"], "translation": "“Whose shall be the one son, O brahmin, and which of us will bear the many? We two wish to hear, O brahmin; may your word come true.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: One heir and sixty thousand sons"}
{"ref": "1.37.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 37, "verse": 11, "iast": ["tayos tad vacanaṃ śrutvā bhṛguḥ parama dhārmikaḥ", "uvāca paramāṃ vāṇīṃ svacchando 'tra vidhīyatām"], "translation": "Hearing that speech of theirs, the supremely righteous Bhṛgu spoke this excellent word: “Let your own free choice be exercised in this matter.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: One heir and sixty thousand sons"}
{"ref": "1.37.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 37, "verse": 12, "iast": ["eko vaṃśakaro vāstu bahavo vā mahābalāḥ", "kīrtimanto mahotsāhāḥ kā vā kaṃ varam icchati"], "translation": "Let it be either one to continue the line, or the many — mighty, glorious, full of great energy: which of you desires which boon?”", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: One heir and sixty thousand sons"}
{"ref": "1.37.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 37, "verse": 13, "iast": ["munes tu vacanaṃ śrutvā keśinī raghunandana", "putraṃ vaṃśakaraṃ rāma jagrāha nṛpasaṃnidhau"], "translation": "Hearing the sage's word, O joy of the Raghus, Keśinī chose the son who would continue the line, O Rāma, in the king's presence.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: One heir and sixty thousand sons"}
{"ref": "1.37.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 37, "verse": 14, "iast": ["ṣaṣṭiṃ putrasahasrāṇi suparṇabhaginī tadā", "mahotsāhān kīrtimato jagrāha sumatiḥ sutān"], "translation": "And Sumati, the sister of Suparṇa (Garuḍa), then chose sixty thousand sons, of great energy and glorious.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: One heir and sixty thousand sons"}
{"ref": "1.37.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 37, "verse": 15, "iast": ["pradakṣiṇam ṛṣiṃ kṛtvā śirasābhipraṇamya ca", "jagāma svapuraṃ rājā sabhāryā raghunandana"], "translation": "Having circumambulated the seer and bowed to him with his head, the king went to his own city with his wives, O joy of the Raghus.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: One heir and sixty thousand sons"}
{"ref": "1.37.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 37, "verse": 16, "iast": ["atha kāle gate tasmiñ jyeṣṭhā putraṃ vyajāyata", "asamañja iti khyātaṃ keśinī sagarātmajam"], "translation": "Now when that time had passed, the elder wife Keśinī gave birth to a son of Sagara, known as Asamañja.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: One heir and sixty thousand sons"}
{"ref": "1.37.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 37, "verse": 17, "iast": ["sumatis tu naravyāghra garbhatumbaṃ vyajāyata", "ṣaṣṭiḥ putrasahasrāṇi tumbabhedād viniḥsṛtāḥ"], "translation": "But Sumati, O tiger among men, gave birth to a gourd-like embryo; and sixty thousand sons came forth from the bursting of the gourd.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: One heir and sixty thousand sons"}
{"ref": "1.37.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 37, "verse": 18, "iast": ["ghṛtapūrṇeṣu kumbheṣu dhātryas tān samavardhayan", "kālena mahatā sarve yauvanaṃ pratipedire"], "translation": "Nurses reared them in pots filled with ghee; and in the course of a long time they all attained youth.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: One heir and sixty thousand sons"}
{"ref": "1.37.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 37, "verse": 19, "iast": ["atha dīrgheṇa kālena rūpayauvanaśālinaḥ", "ṣaṣṭiḥ putrasahasrāṇi sagarasyābhavaṃs tadā"], "translation": "Then after a long time Sagara's sixty thousand sons came to be endowed with beauty and youth.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: One heir and sixty thousand sons"}
{"ref": "1.37.20", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 37, "verse": 20, "iast": ["sa ca jyeṣṭho naraśreṣṭha sagarasyātmasaṃbhavaḥ", "bālān gṛhītvā tu jale sarayvā raghunandana", "prakṣipya prahasan nityaṃ majjatas tān nirīkṣya vai"], "translation": "And that eldest son, O best of men, born of Sagara — O joy of the Raghus — would seize children and, casting them into the water of the Sarayū, laughing all the while, watch them as they drowned.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: One heir and sixty thousand sons"}
{"ref": "1.37.21", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 37, "verse": 21, "iast": ["paurāṇām ahite yuktaḥ pitrā nirvāsitaḥ purāt"], "translation": "Bent on harm to the citizens, he was banished from the city by his father.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: One heir and sixty thousand sons"}
{"ref": "1.37.22", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 37, "verse": 22, "iast": ["tasya putro 'ṃśumān nāma asamañjasya vīryavān", "saṃmataḥ sarvalokasya sarvasyāpi priyaṃvadaḥ"], "translation": "Asamañja had a valiant son named Aṃśumat, esteemed by all the world and speaking kindly to everyone.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: One heir and sixty thousand sons"}
{"ref": "1.37.23", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 37, "verse": 23, "iast": ["tataḥ kālena mahatā matiḥ samabhijāyata", "sagarasya naraśreṣṭha yajeyam iti niścitā"], "translation": "Then after a long time a resolve arose in Sagara, O best of men — the firm intention, “Let me perform a sacrifice.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: One heir and sixty thousand sons"}
{"ref": "1.37.24", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 37, "verse": 24, "iast": ["sa kṛtvā niścayaṃ rājā sopādhyāyagaṇas tadā", "yajñakarmaṇi vedajño yaṣṭuṃ samupacakrame"], "translation": "Having made his decision, the king, versed in the Veda, together with his company of priestly teachers, then set about performing the sacrificial rite.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: One heir and sixty thousand sons"}
{"ref": "1.38.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 38, "verse": 1, "iast": ["viśvāmitravacaḥ śrutvā kathānte raghunandana", "uvāca paramaprīto muniṃ dīptam ivānalam"], "translation": "Hearing Viśvāmitra's words, at the end of the tale, O joy of the Raghus, (Rāma), greatly delighted, said to the sage who blazed like a kindled fire:", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: The stolen horse and the earth’s excavation"}
{"ref": "1.38.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 38, "verse": 2, "iast": ["śrotum ichāmi bhadraṃ te vistareṇa kathām imām", "pūrvako me kathaṃ brahman yajñaṃ vai samupāharat"], "translation": "“I wish to hear this tale in full — blessings on you — O brahmin: how did my forefather offer up that sacrifice?”", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: The stolen horse and the earth’s excavation"}
{"ref": "1.38.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 38, "verse": 3, "iast": ["viśvāmitras tu kākutstham uvāca prahasann iva", "śrūyatāṃ vistaro rāma sagarasya mahātmanaḥ"], "translation": "And Viśvāmitra, smiling a little, said to Kākutstha: “Let the full account of the great-souled Sagara be heard, O Rāma.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: The stolen horse and the earth’s excavation"}
{"ref": "1.38.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 38, "verse": 4, "iast": ["śaṃkaraśvaśuro nāma himavān acalottamaḥ", "vindhyaparvatam āsādya nirīkṣete parasparam"], "translation": "There is Himavat, best of mountains, called the father-in-law of Śaṃkara (Śiva); facing toward the Vindhya mountain, the two gaze upon each other.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: The stolen horse and the earth’s excavation"}
{"ref": "1.38.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 38, "verse": 5, "iast": ["tayor madhye pravṛtto 'bhūd yajñaḥ sa puruṣottama", "sa hi deśo naravyāghra praśasto yajñakarmaṇi"], "translation": "Between those two, O supreme among men, that sacrifice was set in motion; for that region, O tiger among men, is commended for sacrificial rites.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: The stolen horse and the earth’s excavation"}
{"ref": "1.38.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 38, "verse": 6, "iast": ["tasyāśvacaryāṃ kākutstha dṛḍhadhanvā mahārathaḥ", "aṃśumān akarot tāta sagarasya mate sthitaḥ"], "translation": "For it, O Kākutstha, Aṃśumat — strong-bowed, a great chariot-warrior — carried out the guarding of the horse, my dear, abiding by Sagara's counsel.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: The stolen horse and the earth’s excavation"}
{"ref": "1.38.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 38, "verse": 7, "iast": ["tasya parvaṇi taṃ yajñaṃ yajamānasya vāsavaḥ", "rākṣasīṃ tanum āsthāya yajñiyāśvam apāharat"], "translation": "As he was sacrificing, at the sacred juncture Vāsava (Indra), assuming the body of a rākṣasa, carried off that sacrifice's horse.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: The stolen horse and the earth’s excavation"}
{"ref": "1.38.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 38, "verse": 8, "iast": ["hriyamāṇe tu kākutstha tasminn aśve mahātmanaḥ", "upādhyāya gaṇāḥ sarve yajamānam athābruvan"], "translation": "When that horse of the great-souled one was being carried off, O Kākutstha, all the companies of priestly teachers then said to the sacrificer:", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: The stolen horse and the earth’s excavation"}
{"ref": "1.38.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 38, "verse": 9, "iast": ["ayaṃ parvaṇi vegena yajñiyāśvo 'panīyate", "hartāraṃ jahi kākutstha hayaś caivopanīyatām"], "translation": "“At the juncture this sacrificial horse is being swiftly carried off; slay the thief, O Kākutstha, and let the horse be brought back.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: The stolen horse and the earth’s excavation"}
{"ref": "1.38.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 38, "verse": 10, "iast": ["yajñac chidraṃ bhavaty etat sarveṣām aśivāya naḥ", "tat tathā kriyatāṃ rājan yathāchidraḥ kratur bhavet"], "translation": "“This becomes a breach in the sacrifice, to the misfortune of us all; so act, O king, that the rite may be without flaw.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: The stolen horse and the earth’s excavation"}
{"ref": "1.38.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 38, "verse": 11, "iast": ["upādhyāya vacaḥ śrutvā tasmin sadasi pārthivaḥ", "ṣaṣṭiṃ putrasahasrāṇi vākyam etad uvāca ha"], "translation": "Hearing the teachers' word, in that assembly the king spoke this word to his sixty thousand sons:", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: The stolen horse and the earth’s excavation"}
{"ref": "1.38.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 38, "verse": 12, "iast": ["gatiṃ putrā na paśyāmi rakṣasāṃ puruṣarṣabhāḥ", "mantrapūtair mahābhāgair āsthito hi mahākratuḥ"], "translation": "“I see no way to trace the rākṣasas, O sons, O bulls among men; for this great rite has been begun with mantra-purified, illustrious (priests).", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: The stolen horse and the earth’s excavation"}
{"ref": "1.38.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 38, "verse": 13, "iast": ["tad gacchata vicinvadhvaṃ putrakā bhadram astu vaḥ", "samudramālinīṃ sarvāṃ pṛthivīm anugacchata"], "translation": "So go and search, my dear boys — blessings upon you; traverse the whole earth, girdled by the ocean.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: The stolen horse and the earth’s excavation"}
{"ref": "1.38.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 38, "verse": 14, "iast": ["ekaikaṃ yojanaṃ putrā vistāram abhigacchata"], "translation": "Each one of you, my sons, cover one yojana in breadth.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: The stolen horse and the earth’s excavation"}
{"ref": "1.38.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 38, "verse": 15, "iast": ["yāvat turagasaṃdarśas tāvat khanata medinīm", "tam eva hayahartāraṃ mārgamāṇā mamājñayā"], "translation": "Dig up the earth until the horse comes into sight, searching out that very horse-thief, by my command.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: The stolen horse and the earth’s excavation"}
{"ref": "1.38.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 38, "verse": 16, "iast": ["dīkṣitaḥ pautrasahitaḥ sopādhyāyagaṇo hy aham", "iha sthāsyāmi bhadraṃ vo yāvat turagadarśanam"], "translation": "Consecrated for the rite, together with my grandson and the company of teachers, I shall remain here — blessings on you — until the horse is found.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: The stolen horse and the earth’s excavation"}
{"ref": "1.38.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 38, "verse": 17, "iast": ["ity uktvā hṛṣṭamanaso rājaputrā mahābalāḥ", "jagmur mahītalaṃ rāma pitur vacanayantritāḥ"], "translation": "Having spoken thus, the mighty princes, joyful of heart and bound by their father's word, set out over the surface of the earth, O Rāma.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: The stolen horse and the earth’s excavation"}
{"ref": "1.38.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 38, "verse": 18, "iast": ["yojanāyām avistāram ekaiko dharaṇītalam", "bibhiduḥ puruṣavyāghra vajrasparśasamair bhujaiḥ"], "translation": "Each one, O tiger among men, broke up the surface of the earth, a yojana in length and breadth, with arms whose touch was like the thunderbolt's.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: The stolen horse and the earth’s excavation"}
{"ref": "1.38.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 38, "verse": 19, "iast": ["śūlair aśanikalpaiś ca halaiś cāpi sudāruṇaiḥ", "bhidyamānā vasumatī nanāda raghunandana"], "translation": "Torn open with spears like thunderbolts and with terrible ploughs, the earth cried out, O joy of the Raghus.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: The stolen horse and the earth’s excavation"}
{"ref": "1.38.20", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 38, "verse": 20, "iast": ["nāgānāṃ vadhyamānānām asurāṇāṃ ca rāghava", "rākṣasānāṃ ca durdharṣaḥ sattvānāṃ ninado 'bhavat"], "translation": "There arose an unbearable clamour of the creatures being slain — of the nāgas, the asuras, and the rākṣasas, O Rāghava.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: The stolen horse and the earth’s excavation"}
{"ref": "1.38.21", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 38, "verse": 21, "iast": ["yojanānāṃ sahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭiṃ tu raghunandana", "bibhidur dharaṇīṃ vīrā rasātalam anuttamam"], "translation": "The heroes dug up the earth for sixty thousand yojanas, O joy of the Raghus, down to the peerless nether world, Rasātala.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: The stolen horse and the earth’s excavation"}
{"ref": "1.38.22", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 38, "verse": 22, "iast": ["evaṃ parvatasaṃbādhaṃ jambūdvīpaṃ nṛpātmajāḥ", "khananto nṛpaśārdūla sarvataḥ paricakramuḥ"], "translation": "Thus the king's sons, O tiger of a king, digging up Jambūdvīpa, dense with mountains, ranged over it on every side.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: The stolen horse and the earth’s excavation"}
{"ref": "1.38.23", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 38, "verse": 23, "iast": ["tato devāḥ sagandharvāḥ sāsurāḥ sahapannagāḥ", "saṃbhrāntamanasaḥ sarve pitāmaham upāgaman"], "translation": "Then the gods, together with the gandharvas, the asuras, and the serpents, all with agitated minds, approached the Grandsire.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: The stolen horse and the earth’s excavation"}
{"ref": "1.38.24", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 38, "verse": 24, "iast": ["te prasādya mahātmānaṃ viṣaṇṇavadanās tadā", "ūcuḥ paramasaṃtrastāḥ pitāmaham idaṃ vacaḥ"], "translation": "Propitiating the great one, their faces downcast, then, sore afraid, they spoke this word to the Grandsire:", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: The stolen horse and the earth’s excavation"}
{"ref": "1.38.25", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 38, "verse": 25, "iast": ["bhagavan pṛthivī sarvā khanyate sagarātmajaiḥ", "bahavaś ca mahātmāno vadhyante jalacāriṇaḥ"], "translation": "“O venerable one, the whole earth is being dug up by Sagara's sons, and many great water-dwelling creatures are being killed.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: The stolen horse and the earth’s excavation"}
{"ref": "1.38.26", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 38, "verse": 26, "iast": ["ayaṃ yajñahano 'smākam anenāśvo 'panīyate", "iti te sarvabhūtāni nighnanti sagarātmajaḥ"], "translation": "Saying, ‘This one is the wrecker of our sacrifice; by him the horse has been carried off,' these sons of Sagara are slaying all beings.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: The stolen horse and the earth’s excavation"}
{"ref": "1.39.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 39, "verse": 1, "iast": ["devatānāṃ vacaḥ śrutvā bhagavān vai pitāmahaḥ", "pratyuvāca susaṃtrastān kṛtāntabalamohitān"], "translation": "Hearing the words of the deities, the venerable Grandsire replied to those sorely frightened ones, deluded by the power of fate:", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Kapila’s anger and the sons’ destruction"}
{"ref": "1.39.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 39, "verse": 2, "iast": ["yasyeyaṃ vasudhā kṛtsnā vāsudevasya dhīmataḥ", "kāpilaṃ rūpam āsthāya dhārayaty aniśaṃ dharām"], "translation": "This whole earth belongs to the wise Vāsudeva, who, assuming the form of Kapila, unceasingly upholds the earth.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Kapila’s anger and the sons’ destruction"}
{"ref": "1.39.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 39, "verse": 3, "iast": ["pṛthivyāś cāpi nirbhedo dṛṣṭa eva sanātanaḥ", "sagarasya ca putrāṇāṃ vināśo 'dīrghajīvinām"], "translation": "And the breaking-open of the earth has long been foreseen as inevitable, as has the destruction of Sagara's sons, who are not to be long-lived.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Kapila’s anger and the sons’ destruction"}
{"ref": "1.39.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 39, "verse": 4, "iast": ["pitāmahavacaḥ śrutvā trayas triṃśad ariṃdamaḥ", "devāḥ paramasaṃhṛṣṭāḥ punar jagmur yathāgatam"], "translation": "Hearing the Grandsire's word, the thirty-three foe-subduing gods, greatly delighted, went back the way they had come.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Kapila’s anger and the sons’ destruction"}
{"ref": "1.39.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 39, "verse": 5, "iast": ["sagarasya ca putrāṇāṃ prādur āsīn mahātmanām", "pṛthivyāṃ bhidyamānāyāṃ nirghāta sama niḥsvanaḥ"], "translation": "And as the earth was being torn open by the great-souled sons of Sagara, there arose a din like a thunderclap.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Kapila’s anger and the sons’ destruction"}
{"ref": "1.39.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 39, "verse": 6, "iast": ["tato bhittvā mahīṃ sarvāṃ kṛtvā cāpi pradakṣiṇam", "sahitāḥ sagarāḥ sarve pitaraṃ vākyam abruvan"], "translation": "Then, having broken open the whole earth and circumambulated it, all Sagara's sons together spoke this word to their father:", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Kapila’s anger and the sons’ destruction"}
{"ref": "1.39.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 39, "verse": 7, "iast": ["parikrāntā mahī sarvā sattvavantaś ca sūditāḥ", "devadānavarakṣāṃsi piśācoragakiṃnarāḥ"], "translation": "“The whole earth has been traversed, and mighty creatures slain — gods, dānavas and rākṣasas, piśācas, serpents and kiṃnaras.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Kapila’s anger and the sons’ destruction"}
{"ref": "1.39.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 39, "verse": 8, "iast": ["na ca paśyāmahe 'śvaṃ tam aśvahartāram eva ca", "kiṃ kariṣyāma bhadraṃ te buddhir atra vicāryatām"], "translation": "But we do not see that horse, nor the horse-thief. What shall we do? Bless you — let a plan be deliberated on this.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Kapila’s anger and the sons’ destruction"}
{"ref": "1.39.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 39, "verse": 9, "iast": ["teṣāṃ tad vacanaṃ śrutvā putrāṇāṃ rājasattamaḥ", "samanyur abravīd vākyaṃ sagaro raghunandana"], "translation": "Hearing that word of his sons, the best of kings, Sagara, in anger spoke this word, O joy of the Raghus:", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Kapila’s anger and the sons’ destruction"}
{"ref": "1.39.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 39, "verse": 10, "iast": ["bhūyaḥ khanata bhadraṃ vo nirbhidya vasudhātalam", "aśvahartāram āsādya kṛtārthāś ca nivartatha"], "translation": "“Dig again — blessings on you — breaking through the surface of the earth; and having found the horse-thief and gained your object, return.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Kapila’s anger and the sons’ destruction"}
{"ref": "1.39.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 39, "verse": 11, "iast": ["pitur vacanam āsthāya sagarasya mahātmanaḥ", "ṣaṣṭiḥ putrasahasrāṇi rasātalam abhidravan"], "translation": "Abiding by the word of their father, the great-souled Sagara, the sixty thousand sons rushed down toward Rasātala.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Kapila’s anger and the sons’ destruction"}
{"ref": "1.39.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 39, "verse": 12, "iast": ["khanyamāne tatas tasmin dadṛśuḥ parvatopamam", "diśāgajaṃ virūpākṣaṃ dhārayantaṃ mahītalam"], "translation": "As it was being dug, they then beheld a mountain-like elephant of the quarter, Virūpākṣa, upholding the surface of the earth.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Kapila’s anger and the sons’ destruction"}
{"ref": "1.39.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 39, "verse": 13, "iast": ["saparvatavanāṃ kṛtsnāṃ pṛthivīṃ raghunandana", "śirasā dhārayām āsa virūpākṣo mahāgajaḥ"], "translation": "O joy of the Raghus, the great elephant Virūpākṣa bore upon his head the whole earth, with its mountains and forests.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Kapila’s anger and the sons’ destruction"}
{"ref": "1.39.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 39, "verse": 14, "iast": ["yadā parvaṇi kākutstha viśramārthaṃ mahāgajaḥ", "khedāc cālayate śīrṣaṃ bhūmikampas tadhā bhavet"], "translation": "Whenever, O Kākutstha, at the turn (of the ages) the great elephant, from weariness, shakes his head for rest, then there comes an earthquake.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Kapila’s anger and the sons’ destruction"}
{"ref": "1.39.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 39, "verse": 15, "iast": ["taṃ te pradakṣiṇaṃ kṛtvā diśāpālaṃ mahāgajam", "mānayanto hi te rāma jagmur bhittvā rasātalam"], "translation": "Circumambulating that great elephant, the guardian of the quarter, and honouring him, O Rāma, they went on, breaking through toward Rasātala.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Kapila’s anger and the sons’ destruction"}
{"ref": "1.39.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 39, "verse": 16, "iast": ["tataḥ pūrvāṃ diśaṃ bhittvā dakṣiṇāṃ bibhiduḥ punaḥ", "dakṣiṇasyām api diśi dadṛśus te mahāgajam"], "translation": "Then, having broken open the eastern quarter, they dug through the southern one; and in the southern quarter too they beheld a great elephant —", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Kapila’s anger and the sons’ destruction"}
{"ref": "1.39.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 39, "verse": 17, "iast": ["mahāpadmaṃ mahātmānaṃ sumahāparvatopamam", "śirasā dhārayantaṃ te vismayaṃ jagmur uttamam"], "translation": "Mahāpadma, the great one, resembling a huge mountain, bearing (the earth) upon his head — and they were struck with the utmost wonder.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Kapila’s anger and the sons’ destruction"}
{"ref": "1.39.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 39, "verse": 18, "iast": ["tataḥ pradakṣiṇaṃ kṛtvā sagarasya mahātmanaḥ", "ṣaṣṭiḥ putrasahasrāṇi paścimāṃ bibhidur diśam"], "translation": "Then, circumambulating him, the sixty thousand sons of the great-souled Sagara broke open the western quarter.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Kapila’s anger and the sons’ destruction"}
{"ref": "1.39.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 39, "verse": 19, "iast": ["paścimāyām api diśi mahāntam acalopamam", "diśāgajaṃ saumanasaṃ dadṛśus te mahābalāḥ"], "translation": "In the western quarter too, those mighty ones beheld the great quarter-elephant Saumanasa, resembling a mountain.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Kapila’s anger and the sons’ destruction"}
{"ref": "1.39.20", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 39, "verse": 20, "iast": ["taṃ te pradakṣiṇaṃ kṛtvā pṛṣṭvā cāpi nirāmayam", "khanantaḥ samupakrāntā diśaṃ somavatīṃ tadā"], "translation": "Circumambulating him and asking after his well-being, they then set about digging toward the northern, moon-blessed quarter.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Kapila’s anger and the sons’ destruction"}
{"ref": "1.39.21", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 39, "verse": 21, "iast": ["uttarasyāṃ raghuśreṣṭha dadṛśur himapāṇḍuram", "bhadraṃ bhadreṇa vapuṣā dhārayantaṃ mahīm imām"], "translation": "In the north, O best of the Raghus, they beheld Bhadra, white as snow, upholding this earth with his auspicious body.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Kapila’s anger and the sons’ destruction"}
{"ref": "1.39.22", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 39, "verse": 22, "iast": ["samālabhya tataḥ sarve kṛtvā cainaṃ pradakṣiṇam", "ṣaṣṭiḥ putrasahasrāṇi bibhidur vasudhātalam"], "translation": "Then all of them, having touched him and circumambulated him, the sixty thousand sons broke through the earth's surface.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Kapila’s anger and the sons’ destruction"}
{"ref": "1.39.23", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 39, "verse": 23, "iast": ["tataḥ prāguttarāṃ gatvā sāgarāḥ prathitāṃ diśam", "roṣād abhyakhanan sarve pṛthivīṃ sagarātmajāḥ"], "translation": "Then, going to the famed north-eastern quarter, all the sons of Sagara in their fury dug up the earth.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Kapila’s anger and the sons’ destruction"}
{"ref": "1.39.24", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 39, "verse": 24, "iast": ["dadṛśuḥ kapilaṃ tatra vāsudevaṃ sanātanam", "hayaṃ ca tasya devasya carantam avidūrataḥ"], "translation": "There they beheld Kapila, the eternal Vāsudeva, and that god's horse grazing not far off.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Kapila’s anger and the sons’ destruction"}
{"ref": "1.39.25", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 39, "verse": 25, "iast": ["te taṃ yajñahanaṃ jñātvā krodhaparyākulekṣaṇāḥ", "abhyadhāvanta saṃkruddhās tiṣṭha tiṣṭheti cābruvan"], "translation": "Taking him for the wrecker of the sacrifice, their eyes rolling with rage, they charged at him in fury, crying, “Stand! Stand!”", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Kapila’s anger and the sons’ destruction"}
{"ref": "1.39.26", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 39, "verse": 26, "iast": ["asmākaṃ tvaṃ hi turagaṃ yajñiyaṃ hṛtavān asi", "durmedhas tvaṃ hi saṃprāptān viddhi naḥ sagarātmajān"], "translation": "“You have stolen our sacrificial horse! Know, O dull-witted one, that we who have come upon you are the sons of Sagara!”", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Kapila’s anger and the sons’ destruction"}
{"ref": "1.39.27", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 39, "verse": 27, "iast": ["śrutvā tad vacanaṃ teṣāṃ kapilo raghunandana", "roṣeṇa mahatāviṣṭo huṃkāram akarot tadā"], "translation": "Hearing that word of theirs, O joy of the Raghus, Kapila, seized with great fury, then uttered a roar (huṃ).", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Kapila’s anger and the sons’ destruction"}
{"ref": "1.39.28", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 39, "verse": 28, "iast": ["tatas tenāprameyena kapilena mahātmanā", "bhasmarāśīkṛtāḥ sarve kākutstha sagarātmajāḥ"], "translation": "Then by that immeasurable, great-souled Kapila all the sons of Sagara were reduced to a heap of ashes, O Kākutstha.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Kapila’s anger and the sons’ destruction"}
{"ref": "1.40.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 40, "verse": 1, "iast": ["putrāṃś ciragatāñ jñātvā sagaro raghunandana", "naptāram abravīd rājā dīpyamānaṃ svatejasā"], "translation": "Knowing his sons long gone, O joy of the Raghus, King Sagara spoke to his grandson, who blazed with his own splendour:", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Aṃśumat retrieves the horse"}
{"ref": "1.40.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 40, "verse": 2, "iast": ["śūraś ca kṛtavidyaś ca pūrvais tulyo 'si tejasā", "pitḥṇāṃ gatim anviccha yena cāśvo 'pahāritaḥ"], "translation": "“You are valiant and accomplished in learning, equal in splendour to your forebears; seek the track of your forefathers, and (learn) by whom the horse was carried off.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Aṃśumat retrieves the horse"}
{"ref": "1.40.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 40, "verse": 3, "iast": ["antarbhaumāni sattvāni vīryavanti mahānti ca", "teṣāṃ tvaṃ pratighātārthaṃ sāsiṃ gṛhṇīṣva kārmukam"], "translation": "Beneath the earth are creatures mighty and huge; to ward them off, take up your sword and bow.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Aṃśumat retrieves the horse"}
{"ref": "1.40.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 40, "verse": 4, "iast": ["abhivādyābhivādyāṃs tvaṃ hatvā vighnakarān api", "siddhārthaḥ saṃnivartasva mama yajñasya pāragaḥ"], "translation": "Saluting those worthy of salutation, and slaying even those who make obstruction, return with your object accomplished, having carried my sacrifice through to its end.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Aṃśumat retrieves the horse"}
{"ref": "1.40.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 40, "verse": 5, "iast": ["evam ukto 'ṃśumān samyak sagareṇa mahātmanā", "dhanur ādāya khaḍgaṃ ca jagāma laghuvikramaḥ"], "translation": "Thus rightly addressed by the great-souled Sagara, Aṃśumat, taking up his bow and sword, went off, swift of stride.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Aṃśumat retrieves the horse"}
{"ref": "1.40.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 40, "verse": 6, "iast": ["sa khātaṃ pitṛbhir mārgam antarbhaumaṃ mahātmabhiḥ", "prāpadyata naraśreṣṭha tena rājñābhicoditaḥ"], "translation": "Urged on by that king, O best of men, he entered the subterranean passage that had been dug by his great-souled forefathers.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Aṃśumat retrieves the horse"}
{"ref": "1.40.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 40, "verse": 7, "iast": ["daityadānavarakṣobhiḥ piśācapatagoragaiḥ", "pūjyamānaṃ mahātejā diśāgajam apaśyata"], "translation": "That mighty one beheld a quarter-elephant being honoured by daityas, dānavas and rākṣasas, by piśācas, birds and serpents.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Aṃśumat retrieves the horse"}
{"ref": "1.40.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 40, "verse": 8, "iast": ["sa taṃ pradakṣiṇaṃ kṛtvā pṛṣṭvā caiva nirāmayam", "pitḥn sa paripapraccha vājihartāram eva ca"], "translation": "Circumambulating him and asking after his well-being, he questioned him about his forefathers and about the stealer of the horse.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Aṃśumat retrieves the horse"}
{"ref": "1.40.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 40, "verse": 9, "iast": ["diśāgajas tu tac chrutvā prītyāhāṃśumato vacaḥ", "āsamañjakṛtārthas tvaṃ sahāśvaḥ śīghram eṣyasi"], "translation": "But the quarter-elephant, hearing that, out of affection spoke words to Aṃśumat: “O son of Asamañja, you will swiftly return, your object accomplished, together with the horse.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Aṃśumat retrieves the horse"}
{"ref": "1.40.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 40, "verse": 10, "iast": ["tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā sarvān eva diśāgajān", "yathākramaṃ yathānyāyaṃ praṣṭuṃ samupacakrame"], "translation": "Hearing that speech of his, he set about questioning all the quarter-elephants, in due order and proper manner.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Aṃśumat retrieves the horse"}
{"ref": "1.40.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 40, "verse": 11, "iast": ["taiś ca sarvair diśāpālair vākyajñair vākyakovidaiḥ", "pūjitaḥ sahayaś caiva gantāsīty abhicoditaḥ"], "translation": "Honoured by all those guardians of the quarters, skilled and expert in speech, he was urged on with the words, “You shall go, together with the horse.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Aṃśumat retrieves the horse"}
{"ref": "1.40.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 40, "verse": 12, "iast": ["teṣāṃ tad vacanaṃ śrutvā jagāma laghuvikramaḥ", "bhasmarāśīkṛtā yatra pitaras tasya sāgarāḥ"], "translation": "Hearing that word of theirs, the nimble-strided one went to where his forefathers, the sons of Sagara, had been reduced to a heap of ashes.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Aṃśumat retrieves the horse"}
{"ref": "1.40.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 40, "verse": 13, "iast": ["sa duḥkhavaśam āpannas tv asamañjasutas tadā", "cukrośa paramārtas tu vadhāt teṣāṃ suduḥkhitaḥ"], "translation": "Then the son of Asamañja, overcome by grief and sorely afflicted, wailed aloud, deeply pained at their destruction.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Aṃśumat retrieves the horse"}
{"ref": "1.40.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 40, "verse": 14, "iast": ["yajñiyaṃ ca hayaṃ tatra carantam avidūrataḥ", "dadarśa puruṣavyāghro duḥkhaśokasamanvitaḥ"], "translation": "And there that tiger among men, filled with grief and sorrow, saw the sacrificial horse grazing not far off.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Aṃśumat retrieves the horse"}
{"ref": "1.40.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 40, "verse": 15, "iast": ["dadarśa puruṣavyāghro kartukāmo jalakriyām", "salilārthī mahātejā na cāpaśyaj jalāśayam"], "translation": "That tiger among men, of great splendour, wishing to perform the water-rite and needing water, looked about, but saw no reservoir of water.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Aṃśumat retrieves the horse"}
{"ref": "1.40.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 40, "verse": 16, "iast": ["visārya nipuṇāṃ dṛṣṭiṃ tato 'paśyat khagādhipam", "pitḥṇāṃ mātulaṃ rāma suparṇam anilopamam"], "translation": "Casting his keen gaze about, he then saw the lord of birds, the maternal uncle of his forefathers, O Rāma — Suparṇa (Garuḍa), like the wind.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Aṃśumat retrieves the horse"}
{"ref": "1.40.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 40, "verse": 17, "iast": ["sa cainam abravīd vākyaṃ vainateyo mahābalaḥ", "mā śucaḥ puruṣavyāghra vadho 'yaṃ lokasaṃmataḥ"], "translation": "And that mighty son of Vinatā (Garuḍa) spoke this word to him: “Do not grieve, O tiger among men; this destruction is approved by the world.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Aṃśumat retrieves the horse"}
{"ref": "1.40.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 40, "verse": 18, "iast": ["kapilenāprameyena dagdhā hīme mahābalāḥ", "salilaṃ nārhasi prājña dātum eṣāṃ hi laukikam"], "translation": "These mighty ones were burnt by the immeasurable Kapila; you ought not, O wise one, to offer them ordinary, worldly water.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Aṃśumat retrieves the horse"}
{"ref": "1.40.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 40, "verse": 19, "iast": ["gaṅgā himavato jyeṣṭhā duhitā puruṣarṣabha", "bhasmarāśīkṛtān etān pāvayel lokapāvanī"], "translation": "Gaṅgā, the eldest daughter of Himavat, O bull among men — she, the purifier of the worlds, would purify these who have been reduced to ashes.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Aṃśumat retrieves the horse"}
{"ref": "1.40.20", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 40, "verse": 20, "iast": ["tayā klinnam idaṃ bhasma gaṅgayā lokakāntayā", "ṣaṣṭiṃ putrasahasrāṇi svargalokaṃ nayiṣyati"], "translation": "When these ashes are moistened by her, by Gaṅgā, the world's beloved, she will lead the sixty thousand sons to the world of heaven.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Aṃśumat retrieves the horse"}
{"ref": "1.40.21", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 40, "verse": 21, "iast": ["gaccha cāśvaṃ mahābhāga saṃgṛhya puruṣarṣabha", "yajñaṃ paitāmahaṃ vīra nirvartayitum arhasi"], "translation": "Go then, O illustrious one, taking the horse, O bull among men; you should, O hero, bring your grandfather's sacrifice to completion.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Aṃśumat retrieves the horse"}
{"ref": "1.40.22", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 40, "verse": 22, "iast": ["suparṇavacanaṃ śrutvā so 'ṃśumān ativīryavān", "tvaritaṃ hayam ādāya punar āyān mahāyaśāḥ"], "translation": "Hearing Suparṇa's word, that exceedingly mighty Aṃśumat of great renown quickly took the horse and came back again.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Aṃśumat retrieves the horse"}
{"ref": "1.40.23", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 40, "verse": 23, "iast": ["tato rājānam āsādya dīkṣitaṃ raghunandana", "nyavedayad yathāvṛttaṃ suparṇavacanaṃ tathā"], "translation": "Then, approaching the king, who was consecrated for the rite, O joy of the Raghus, he reported what had happened and likewise Suparṇa's word.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Aṃśumat retrieves the horse"}
{"ref": "1.40.24", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 40, "verse": 24, "iast": ["tac chrutvā ghorasaṃkāśaṃ vākyam aṃśumato nṛpaḥ", "yajñaṃ nirvartayām āsa yathākalpaṃ yathāvidhi"], "translation": "Hearing that dreadful-seeming report of Aṃśumat, the king completed the sacrifice according to prescription and rule.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Aṃśumat retrieves the horse"}
{"ref": "1.40.25", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 40, "verse": 25, "iast": ["svapuraṃ cāgamac chrīmān iṣṭayajño mahīpatiḥ", "gaṅgāyāś cāgame rājā niścayaṃ nādhyagacchata"], "translation": "And the illustrious lord of the earth, having offered his sacrifice, returned to his own city; but the king could reach no sure means for the bringing-down of Gaṅgā.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Aṃśumat retrieves the horse"}
{"ref": "1.40.26", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 40, "verse": 26, "iast": ["agatvā niścayaṃ rājā kālena mahatā mahān", "triṃśadvarṣasahasrāṇi rājyaṃ kṛtvā divaṃ gataḥ"], "translation": "Not having reached any certainty, that great king, after a long time, having reigned for thirty thousand years, went to heaven.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Aṃśumat retrieves the horse"}
{"ref": "1.41.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 41, "verse": 1, "iast": ["kāladharmaṃ gate rāma sagare prakṛtījanāḥ", "rājānaṃ rocayām āsur aṃśumantaṃ sudhārmikam"], "translation": "When Sagara had gone the way of time (died), O Rāma, the subject people chose as their king the most righteous Aṃśumat.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Bhagīratha takes up the ancestral task"}
{"ref": "1.41.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 41, "verse": 2, "iast": ["sa rājā sumahān āsīd aṃśumān raghunandana", "tasya putro mahān āsīd dilīpa iti viśrutaḥ"], "translation": "That king Aṃśumat was very great, O joy of the Raghus; his son too was great, renowned as Dilīpa.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Bhagīratha takes up the ancestral task"}
{"ref": "1.41.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 41, "verse": 3, "iast": ["tasmin rājyaṃ samāveśya dilīpe raghunandana", "himavacchikhare ramye tapas tepe sudāruṇam"], "translation": "Having entrusted the kingdom to Dilīpa, O joy of the Raghus, (Aṃśumat) performed most severe austerity on a lovely peak of Himavat.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Bhagīratha takes up the ancestral task"}
{"ref": "1.41.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 41, "verse": 4, "iast": ["dvādtriṃśac ca sahasrāṇi varṣāṇi sumahāyaśāḥ", "tapovanagato rājā svargaṃ lebhe tapodhanaḥ"], "translation": "And for thirty-two thousand years the illustrious king, gone to the penance-grove and rich in austerity, dwelt (there and) attained heaven.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Bhagīratha takes up the ancestral task"}
{"ref": "1.41.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 41, "verse": 5, "iast": ["dilīpas tu mahātejāḥ śrutvā paitāmahaṃ vadham", "duḥkhopahatayā buddhyā niścayaṃ nādhyagacchata"], "translation": "But the mighty Dilīpa, hearing of the destruction of his forefathers, his mind stricken with grief, could reach no certain means (of redeeming them).", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Bhagīratha takes up the ancestral task"}
{"ref": "1.41.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 41, "verse": 6, "iast": ["kathaṃ gaṅgāvataraṇaṃ kathaṃ teṣāṃ jalakriyā", "tārayeyaṃ kathaṃ caitān iti cintā paro 'bhavat"], "translation": "“How is Gaṅgā's descent to be brought about, how the water-rite for them, and how may I deliver these?” — with such thought he became wholly absorbed.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Bhagīratha takes up the ancestral task"}
{"ref": "1.41.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 41, "verse": 7, "iast": ["tasya cintayato nityaṃ dharmeṇa viditātmanaḥ", "putro bhagīratho nāma jajñe paramadhārmikaḥ"], "translation": "To him, ever pondering, his soul realized through righteousness, a son named Bhagīratha was born, supremely righteous.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Bhagīratha takes up the ancestral task"}
{"ref": "1.41.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 41, "verse": 8, "iast": ["dilīpas tu mahātejā yajñair bahubhir iṣṭavān", "triṃśadvarṣasahasrāṇi rājā rājyam akārayat"], "translation": "The mighty Dilīpa offered many sacrifices, and the king ruled the kingdom for thirty thousand years.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Bhagīratha takes up the ancestral task"}
{"ref": "1.41.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 41, "verse": 9, "iast": ["agatvā niścayaṃ rājā teṣām uddharaṇaṃ prati", "vyādhinā naraśārdūla kāladharmam upeyivān"], "translation": "Not having reached any certainty regarding their deliverance, the king, O tiger among men, met the law of time (death) through illness.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Bhagīratha takes up the ancestral task"}
{"ref": "1.41.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 41, "verse": 10, "iast": ["indralokaṃ gato rājā svārjitenaiva karmaṇā", "ramye bhagīrathaṃ putram abhiṣicya nararṣabhaḥ"], "translation": "That bull among men, having consecrated his son Bhagīratha (to the throne), went, by his own well-earned deeds, to the lovely world of Indra.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Bhagīratha takes up the ancestral task"}
{"ref": "1.41.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 41, "verse": 11, "iast": ["bhagīrathas tu rājarṣir dhārmiko raghunandana", "anapatyo mahātejāḥ prajākāmaḥ sa cāprajaḥ"], "translation": "But Bhagīratha, a righteous royal seer, O joy of the Raghus, was without offspring; mighty and longing for progeny, he was yet childless.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Bhagīratha takes up the ancestral task"}
{"ref": "1.41.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 41, "verse": 12, "iast": ["sa tapo dīrgham ātiṣṭhad gokarṇe raghunandana", "ūrdhvabāhuḥ pañcatapā māsāhāro jitendriyaḥ"], "translation": "He undertook long austerity at Gokarṇa, O joy of the Raghus — arms upraised, amid the five fires, eating but once a month, his senses subdued.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Bhagīratha takes up the ancestral task"}
{"ref": "1.41.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 41, "verse": 13, "iast": ["tasya varṣasahasrāṇi ghore tapasi tiṣṭhataḥ", "suprīto bhagavān brahmā prajānāṃ patir īśvaraḥ"], "translation": "As he stood at his dreadful austerities for thousands of years, the venerable lord Brahmā, lord of creatures, was well pleased with him.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Bhagīratha takes up the ancestral task"}
{"ref": "1.41.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 41, "verse": 14, "iast": ["tataḥ suragaṇaiḥ sārdham upāgamya pitāmahaḥ", "bhagīrathaṃ mahātmānaṃ tapyamānam athābravīt"], "translation": "Then the Grandsire, coming together with the hosts of gods, said to the great-souled Bhagīratha as he performed his austerities:", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Bhagīratha takes up the ancestral task"}
{"ref": "1.41.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 41, "verse": 15, "iast": ["bhagīratha mahābhāga prītas te 'haṃ janeśvara", "tapasā ca sutaptena varaṃ varaya suvrata"], "translation": "“Bhagīratha, O illustrious one, I am pleased with you, O lord of men; by your well-performed austerity — choose a boon, O firm in vows.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Bhagīratha takes up the ancestral task"}
{"ref": "1.41.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 41, "verse": 16, "iast": ["tam uvāca mahātejāḥ sarvalokapitāmaham", "bhagīratho mahābhāgaḥ kṛtāñjalir avasthitaḥ"], "translation": "The mighty and illustrious Bhagīratha, standing with palms joined, said to him, the Grandsire of all the worlds:", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Bhagīratha takes up the ancestral task"}
{"ref": "1.41.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 41, "verse": 17, "iast": ["yṛadi me bhagavān prīto yady asti tapasaḥ phalam", "sagarasyātmajāḥ sarve mattaḥ salilam āpnuyuḥ"], "translation": "“If the venerable one is pleased with me, if there is any fruit of my austerity, may all the sons of Sagara obtain the water-offering from me.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Bhagīratha takes up the ancestral task"}
{"ref": "1.41.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 41, "verse": 18, "iast": ["gaṅgāyāḥ salilaklinne bhasmany eṣāṃ mahātmanām", "svargaṃ gaccheyur atyantaṃ sarve me prapitāmahāḥ"], "translation": "And when the ashes of these great-souled ones are moistened by the water of Gaṅgā, may all my forefathers go forever to heaven.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Bhagīratha takes up the ancestral task"}
{"ref": "1.41.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 41, "verse": 19, "iast": ["deyā ca saṃtator deva nāvasīdet kulaṃ ca naḥ", "ikṣvākūṇāṃ kule deva eṣa me 'stu varaḥ paraḥ"], "translation": "And, O god, may posterity be granted, so that our line may not perish; O god, in the line of the Ikṣvākus, let this be my highest boon.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Bhagīratha takes up the ancestral task"}
{"ref": "1.41.20", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 41, "verse": 20, "iast": ["uktavākyaṃ tu rājānaṃ sarvalokapitāmahaḥ", "pratyuvāca śubhāṃ vāṇīṃ madhurāṃ madhurākṣarām"], "translation": "To the king who had thus spoken, the Grandsire of all the worlds replied in an auspicious, sweet voice, with honeyed syllables:", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Bhagīratha takes up the ancestral task"}
{"ref": "1.41.21", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 41, "verse": 21, "iast": ["manoratho mahān eṣa bhagīratha mahāratha", "evaṃ bhavatu bhadraṃ te ikṣvākukulavardhana"], "translation": "“This is a great wish, Bhagīratha, O great warrior; so be it — blessings on you, O increaser of the Ikṣvāku line.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Bhagīratha takes up the ancestral task"}
{"ref": "1.41.22", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 41, "verse": 22, "iast": ["iyaṃ haimavatī gaṅgā jyeṣṭhā himavataḥ sutā", "tāṃ vai dhārayituṃ rājan haras tatra niyujyatām"], "translation": "This Gaṅgā, the Himālayan, the eldest daughter of Himavat — to hold her, O king, let Hara (Śiva) be appointed there.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Bhagīratha takes up the ancestral task"}
{"ref": "1.41.23", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 41, "verse": 23, "iast": ["gaṅgāyāḥ patanaṃ rājan pṛthivī na sahiṣyate", "tau vai dhārayituṃ vīra nānyaṃ paśyāmi śūlinaḥ"], "translation": "The earth will not endure the fall of Gaṅgā, O king; to hold her, O hero, I see none other than the trident-bearer (Śiva).", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Bhagīratha takes up the ancestral task"}
{"ref": "1.41.24", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 41, "verse": 24, "iast": ["tam evam uktvā rājānaṃ gaṅgāṃ cābhāṣya lokakṛt", "jagāma tridivaṃ devaḥ saha sarvair marudgaṇaiḥ"], "translation": "Having spoken thus to the king and having addressed Gaṅgā, the maker of the worlds, the god, went to heaven with all the hosts of the Maruts.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Bhagīratha takes up the ancestral task"}
{"ref": "1.42.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 42, "verse": 1, "iast": ["devadeve gate tasmin so 'ṅguṣṭhāgranipīḍitām", "kṛtvā vasumatīṃ rāma saṃvatsaram upāsata"], "translation": "When that god of gods had gone, he (Bhagīratha), O Rāma, having pressed the earth with the tip of his big toe, worshipped (Śiva) for a year.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Gaṅgā’s descent through Śiva’s hair"}
{"ref": "1.42.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 42, "verse": 2, "iast": ["atha saṃvatsare pūrṇe sarvalokanamaskṛtaḥ", "umāpatiḥ paśupatī rājānam idam abravīt"], "translation": "Then, when the year was complete, the lord of Umā, lord of creatures, honoured by all the worlds, said this to the king:", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Gaṅgā’s descent through Śiva’s hair"}
{"ref": "1.42.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 42, "verse": 3, "iast": ["prītas te 'haṃ naraśreṣṭha kariṣyāmi tava priyam", "śirasā dhārayiṣyāmi śailarājasutām aham"], "translation": "“I am pleased with you, O best of men; I shall do you this kindness — I shall bear the daughter of the mountain-king upon my head.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Gaṅgā’s descent through Śiva’s hair"}
{"ref": "1.42.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 42, "verse": 4, "iast": ["tato haimavatī jyeṣṭhā sarvalokanamaskṛtā", "tadā sātimahad rūpaṃ kṛtvā vegaṃ ca duḥsaham", "ākāśād apatad rāma śive śivaśirasy uta"], "translation": "Then the Himālayan eldest one (Gaṅgā), honoured by all the worlds, assuming a huge form and an unbearable rushing force, fell from the sky, O Rāma, upon the auspicious head of the holy Śiva.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Gaṅgā’s descent through Śiva’s hair"}
{"ref": "1.42.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 42, "verse": 5, "iast": ["naiva sā nirgamaṃ lekhe jaṭāmaṇḍalamohitā", "tatraivābabhramad devī saṃvatsaragaṇān bahūn"], "translation": "But she found no way out, bewildered in the coil of his matted locks; and right there the goddess wandered about for many years.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Gaṅgā’s descent through Śiva’s hair"}
{"ref": "1.42.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 42, "verse": 6, "iast": ["anena toṣitaś cāsīd atyarthaṃ raghunandana", "visasarja tato gaṅgāṃ haro bindusaraḥ prati"], "translation": "By this (Bhagīratha) was Hara greatly propitiated, O joy of the Raghus; and then Hara released Gaṅgā toward Lake Bindu.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Gaṅgā’s descent through Śiva’s hair"}
{"ref": "1.42.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 42, "verse": 7, "iast": ["gaganāc chaṃkaraśiras tato dharaṇim āgatā", "vyasarpata jalaṃ tatra tīvraśabdapuraskṛtam"], "translation": "From the sky onto Śaṃkara's head, and then coming to the earth — there the water spread out, accompanied by a fierce roar.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Gaṅgā’s descent through Śiva’s hair"}
{"ref": "1.42.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 42, "verse": 8, "iast": ["tato devarṣigandharvā yakṣāḥ siddhagaṇās tathā", "vyalokayanta te tatra gaganād gāṃ gatāṃ tadā"], "translation": "Then divine seers, gandharvas, yakṣas, and hosts of siddhas gazed there upon her (Gaṅgā), gone from the sky to the earth.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Gaṅgā’s descent through Śiva’s hair"}
{"ref": "1.42.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 42, "verse": 9, "iast": ["vimānair nagarākārair hayair gajavarais tathā", "pāriplavagatāś cāpi devatās tatra viṣṭhitāḥ"], "translation": "The deities stood there in aerial cars shaped like cities, on horses and on splendid elephants, and also floating to and fro in the air.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Gaṅgā’s descent through Śiva’s hair"}
{"ref": "1.42.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 42, "verse": 10, "iast": ["tad adbhutatamaṃ loke gaṅgā patanam uttamam", "didṛkṣavo devagaṇāḥ sameyur amitaujasaḥ"], "translation": "Desiring to see that most wondrous, sublime descent of Gaṅgā in the world, the hosts of gods, of measureless might, assembled.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Gaṅgā’s descent through Śiva’s hair"}
{"ref": "1.42.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 42, "verse": 11, "iast": ["saṃpatadbhiḥ suragaṇais teṣāṃ cābharaṇaujasā", "śatādityam ivābhāti gaganaṃ gatatoyadam"], "translation": "With the hosts of gods streaming down, and by the brilliance of their ornaments, the cloudless sky shone as if with a hundred suns.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Gaṅgā’s descent through Śiva’s hair"}
{"ref": "1.42.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 42, "verse": 12, "iast": ["śiṃśumāroragagaṇair mīnair api ca cañcalaiḥ", "vidyudbhir iva vikṣiptair ākāśam abhavat tadā"], "translation": "With hosts of crocodiles and serpents, and darting fishes too, the sky then became as though scattered with flashes of lightning.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Gaṅgā’s descent through Śiva’s hair"}
{"ref": "1.42.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 42, "verse": 13, "iast": ["pāṇḍuraiḥ salilotpīḍaiḥ kīryamāṇaiḥ sahasradhā", "śāradābhrair ivākrītṇaṃ gaganaṃ haṃsasaṃplavaiḥ"], "translation": "The sky was filled, as if with autumn clouds, with pale surges of water scattered a thousandfold and with flocks of swimming swans.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Gaṅgā’s descent through Śiva’s hair"}
{"ref": "1.42.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 42, "verse": 14, "iast": ["kva cid drutataraṃ yāti kuṭilaṃ kva cid āyatam", "vinataṃ kva cid uddhūtaṃ kva cid yāti śanaiḥ śanaiḥ"], "translation": "In one place (the water) runs very swiftly, in another it goes winding, in another drawn out; here bent down, here tossed up, here it flows ever so slowly.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Gaṅgā’s descent through Śiva’s hair"}
{"ref": "1.42.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 42, "verse": 15, "iast": ["salilenaiva salilaṃ kva cid abhyāhataṃ punaḥ", "muhur ūrdhvapathaṃ gatvā papāta vasudhāṃ punaḥ"], "translation": "In one place water dashed against water again; and again and again, having risen up into the sky, it fell back to the earth.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Gaṅgā’s descent through Śiva’s hair"}
{"ref": "1.42.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 42, "verse": 16, "iast": ["tac chaṃkaraśirobhraṣṭaṃ bhraṣṭaṃ bhūmitale punaḥ", "vyarocata tadā toyaṃ nirmalaṃ gatakalmaṣam"], "translation": "That water, fallen from Śaṃkara's head, and fallen again onto the surface of the earth, then shone spotless and free of all impurity.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Gaṅgā’s descent through Śiva’s hair"}
{"ref": "1.42.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 42, "verse": 17, "iast": ["tatrarṣigaṇagandharvā vasudhātalavāsinaḥ", "bhavāṅgapatitaṃ toyaṃ pavitram iti paspṛśuḥ"], "translation": "There, hosts of seers and gandharvas, dwellers on the surface of the earth, touched the water fallen from the body of Bhava (Śiva), (saying) “It is sacred.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Gaṅgā’s descent through Śiva’s hair"}
{"ref": "1.42.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 42, "verse": 18, "iast": ["śāpāt prapatitā ye ca gaganād vasudhātalam", "kṛtvā tatrābhiṣekaṃ te babhūvur gatakalmaṣāḥ"], "translation": "And those who had fallen through a curse from the sky to the earth's surface, having bathed there, became free of all impurity.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Gaṅgā’s descent through Śiva’s hair"}
{"ref": "1.42.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 42, "verse": 19, "iast": ["dhūpapāpāḥ punas tena toyenātha subhāsvatā", "punar ākāśam āviśya svāṃl lokān pratipedire"], "translation": "Their sins washed away by that bright, radiant water, they entered the sky once more and regained their own worlds.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Gaṅgā’s descent through Śiva’s hair"}
{"ref": "1.42.20", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 42, "verse": 20, "iast": ["mumude mudito lokas tena toyena bhāsvatā", "kṛtābhiṣeko gaṅgāyāṃ babhūva vigataklamaḥ"], "translation": "The world rejoiced, delighted by that shining water; and having bathed in Gaṅgā, it became free of weariness.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Gaṅgā’s descent through Śiva’s hair"}
{"ref": "1.42.21", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 42, "verse": 21, "iast": ["bhagīratho 'pi rājarṣir divyaṃ syandanam āsthitaḥ", "prāyād agre mahātejās taṃ gaṅgā pṛṣṭhato 'nvagāt"], "translation": "And the royal seer Bhagīratha, mounted on a celestial chariot, that mighty one, went ahead, and Gaṅgā followed behind him.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Gaṅgā’s descent through Śiva’s hair"}
{"ref": "1.42.22", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 42, "verse": 22, "iast": ["devāḥ sarṣigaṇāḥ sarve daityadānavarākṣasāḥ", "gandharvayakṣapravarāḥ sakiṃnaramahoragāḥ"], "translation": "All the gods with the hosts of seers, the daityas, dānavas and rākṣasas, the foremost of gandharvas and yakṣas, together with kiṃnaras and great serpents,", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Gaṅgā’s descent through Śiva’s hair"}
{"ref": "1.42.23", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 42, "verse": 23, "iast": ["sarvāś cāpsaraso rāma bhagīratharathānugāḥ", "gaṅgām anvagaman prītāḥ sarve jalacarāś ca ye"], "translation": "and all the apsarases, O Rāma, following Bhagīratha's chariot — all these, delighted, followed Gaṅgā, as did whatever creatures move in the water.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Gaṅgā’s descent through Śiva’s hair"}
{"ref": "1.42.24", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 42, "verse": 24, "iast": ["yato bhagīratho rājā tato gaṅgā yaśasvinī", "jagāma saritāṃ śreṣṭhā sarvapāpavināśinī"], "translation": "Wherever King Bhagīratha went, there went the glorious Gaṅgā, best of rivers, destroyer of all sins.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Gaṅgā’s descent through Śiva’s hair"}
{"ref": "1.43.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 43, "verse": 1, "iast": ["sa gatvā sāgaraṃ rājā gaṅgayānugatas tadā", "praviveśa talaṃ bhūmer yatra te bhasmasātkṛtāḥ"], "translation": "That king, going to the ocean, followed then by Gaṅgā, entered the depths of the earth, where those (sons) had been reduced to ashes.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Gaṅgā redeems the sixty thousand"}
{"ref": "1.43.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 43, "verse": 2, "iast": ["bhasmany athāplute rāma gaṅgāyāḥ salilena vai", "sarva lokaprabhur brahmā rājānam idam abravīt"], "translation": "When the ashes had been flooded, O Rāma, with the water of Gaṅgā, Brahmā, lord of all worlds, said this to the king:", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Gaṅgā redeems the sixty thousand"}
{"ref": "1.43.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 43, "verse": 3, "iast": ["tāritā naraśārdūla divaṃ yātāś ca devavat", "ṣaṣṭiḥ putrasahasrāṇi sagarasya mahātmanaḥ"], "translation": "“They have been delivered, O tiger among men, and have gone to heaven like gods — the sixty thousand sons of the great-souled Sagara.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Gaṅgā redeems the sixty thousand"}
{"ref": "1.43.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 43, "verse": 4, "iast": ["sāgarasya jalaṃ loke yāvat sthāsyati pārthiva", "sagarasyātmajās tāvat svarge sthāsyanti devavat"], "translation": "As long as the water of the ocean shall remain in the world, O king, so long will Sagara's sons abide in heaven like gods.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Gaṅgā redeems the sixty thousand"}
{"ref": "1.43.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 43, "verse": 5, "iast": ["iyaṃ ca duhitā jyeṣṭhā tava gaṅgā bhaviṣyati", "tvatkṛtena ca nāmnā vai loke sthāsyati viśrutā"], "translation": "And this Gaṅgā will be your eldest daughter, and by a name derived from you she will remain renowned in the world.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Gaṅgā redeems the sixty thousand"}
{"ref": "1.43.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 43, "verse": 6, "iast": ["gaṅgā tripathagā nāma divyā bhāgīrathīti ca", "tripatho bhāvayantīti tatas tripathagā smṛtā"], "translation": "Gaṅgā is named the three-pathed and the celestial, and also Bhāgīrathī; and because she hallows the three paths, she is therefore called Tripathagā.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Gaṅgā redeems the sixty thousand"}
{"ref": "1.43.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 43, "verse": 7, "iast": ["pitāmahānāṃ sarveṣāṃ tvam atra manujādhipa", "kuruṣva salilaṃ rājan pratijñām apavarjaya"], "translation": "Here, O ruler of men, make the water-offering for all your forefathers, O king, and fulfil your vow.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Gaṅgā redeems the sixty thousand"}
{"ref": "1.43.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 43, "verse": 8, "iast": ["pūrvakeṇa hi te rājaṃs tenātiyaśasā tadā", "dharmiṇāṃ pravareṇātha naiṣa prāpto manorathaḥ"], "translation": "For by that forefather of yours then, O king, of surpassing renown, foremost of the righteous — even by him this wish was not attained;", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Gaṅgā redeems the sixty thousand"}
{"ref": "1.43.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 43, "verse": 9, "iast": ["tathaivāṃśumatā tāta loke 'pratimatejasā", "gaṅgāṃ prārthayatā netuṃ pratijñā nāpavarjitā"], "translation": "and likewise by Aṃśumat, my child, of matchless splendour in the world — though he longed to bring Gaṅgā down, the vow was not discharged;", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Gaṅgā redeems the sixty thousand"}
{"ref": "1.43.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 43, "verse": 10, "iast": ["rājarṣiṇā guṇavatā maharṣisamatejasā", "mattulyatapasā caiva kṣatradharmasthitena ca"], "translation": "and by that royal seer, virtuous, of splendour equal to a great sage's, of austerity equal to my own, and steadfast in the kṣatriya's dharma —", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Gaṅgā redeems the sixty thousand"}
{"ref": "1.43.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 43, "verse": 11, "iast": ["dilīpena mahābhāga tava pitrātitejasā", "punar na śaṅkitā netuṃ gaṅgāṃ prārthayatānagha"], "translation": "— by Dilīpa, O illustrious one, your father of surpassing splendour: even he, though he longed to bring Gaṅgā down, ventured it no more, O sinless one.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Gaṅgā redeems the sixty thousand"}
{"ref": "1.43.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 43, "verse": 12, "iast": ["sā tvayā samatikrāntā pratijñā puruṣarṣabha", "prāpto 'si paramaṃ loke yaśaḥ paramasaṃmatam"], "translation": "That vow you have carried through, O bull among men; you have attained the highest, most esteemed glory in the world.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Gaṅgā redeems the sixty thousand"}
{"ref": "1.43.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 43, "verse": 13, "iast": ["yac ca gaṅgāvataraṇaṃ tvayā kṛtam ariṃdama", "anena ca bhavān prāpto dharmasyāyatanaṃ mahat"], "translation": "And this bringing-down of Gaṅgā that you have accomplished, O subduer of foes — by it you have attained the great abode of dharma.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Gaṅgā redeems the sixty thousand"}
{"ref": "1.43.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 43, "verse": 14, "iast": ["plāvayasva tvam ātmānaṃ narottama sadocite", "salile puruṣavyāghra śuciḥ puṇyaphalo bhava"], "translation": "Bathe yourself, O best of men, in this ever-fitting water, O tiger among men, and become pure, with holy reward.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Gaṅgā redeems the sixty thousand"}
{"ref": "1.43.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 43, "verse": 15, "iast": ["pitāmahānāṃ sarveṣāṃ kuruṣva salilakriyām", "svasti te 'stu gamiṣyāmi svaṃ lokaṃ gamyatāṃ nṛpa"], "translation": "Perform the water-rite for all your forefathers. May it be well with you — I shall go to my own world; go now, O king.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Gaṅgā redeems the sixty thousand"}
{"ref": "1.43.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 43, "verse": 16, "iast": ["ity evam uktvā deveśaḥ sarvalokapitāmahaḥ", "yathāgataṃ tathāgacchad devalokaṃ mahāyaśāḥ"], "translation": "Having spoken thus, the lord of the gods, the Grandsire of all the worlds, of great renown, went back to the world of the gods just as he had come.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Gaṅgā redeems the sixty thousand"}
{"ref": "1.43.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 43, "verse": 17, "iast": ["bhagīratho 'pi rājarṣiḥ kṛtvā salilam uttamam", "yathākramaṃ yathānyāyaṃ sāgarāṇāṃ mahāyaśāḥ", "kṛtodakaḥ śucī rājā svapuraṃ praviveśa ha"], "translation": "And the illustrious royal seer Bhagīratha, having made the excellent water-offering for the sons of Sagara in due order and proper manner — his libation performed and himself purified — entered his own city.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Gaṅgā redeems the sixty thousand"}
{"ref": "1.43.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 43, "verse": 18, "iast": ["samṛddhārtho naraśreṣṭha svarājyaṃ praśaśāsa ha", "pramumoda ca lokas taṃ nṛpam āsādya rāghava", "naṣṭaśokaḥ samṛddhārtho babhūva vigatajvaraḥ"], "translation": "His purpose fulfilled, O best of men, he ruled his own kingdom; and the world rejoiced on gaining him as king, O Rāghava — its grief gone, its aims fulfilled, its distress dispelled.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Gaṅgā redeems the sixty thousand"}
{"ref": "1.43.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 43, "verse": 19, "iast": ["eṣa te rāma gaṅgāyā vistaro 'bhihito mayā", "svasti prāpnuhi bhadraṃ te saṃdhyākālo 'tivartate"], "translation": "This, O Rāma, is the full account of Gaṅgā that I have told you. Fare well; blessings on you — the hour of twilight is passing.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Gaṅgā redeems the sixty thousand"}
{"ref": "1.43.20", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 43, "verse": 20, "iast": ["dhanyaṃ yaśasyam āyuṣyaṃ svargyaṃ putryam athāpi ca", "idam ākhyānam ākhyātaṃ gaṅgāvataraṇaṃ mayā"], "translation": "This story of the descent of Gaṅgā — blessed, glory-bringing, life-prolonging, heaven-bestowing, and granting sons — has been told by me.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sagara: Gaṅgā redeems the sixty thousand"}
{"ref": "1.44.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 44, "verse": 1, "iast": ["viśvāmitravacaḥ śrutvā rāghavaḥ sahalakṣmaṇaḥ", "vismayaṃ paramaṃ gatvā viśvāmitram athābravīt"], "translation": "Having heard Viśvāmitra's words, Rāghava, together with Lakṣmaṇa, reached the utmost astonishment and then said to Viśvāmitra:", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra: Ocean churning and the struggle for nectar"}
{"ref": "1.44.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 44, "verse": 2, "iast": ["atyadbhutam idaṃ brahman kathitaṃ paramaṃ tvayā", "gaṅgāvataraṇaṃ puṇyaṃ sāgarasya ca pūraṇam"], "translation": "“Most wonderful is this supreme (tale) told by you, O brahmin — the holy descent of the Gaṅgā and the filling of the ocean.", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra: Ocean churning and the struggle for nectar"}
{"ref": "1.44.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 44, "verse": 3, "iast": ["tasya sā śarvarī sarvā saha saumitriṇā tadā", "jagāma cintayānasya viśvāmitrakathāṃ śubhām"], "translation": "For him, together with Saumitri (Lakṣmaṇa), that whole night then passed as he pondered the auspicious tale of Viśvāmitra.", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra: Ocean churning and the struggle for nectar"}
{"ref": "1.44.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 44, "verse": 4, "iast": ["tataḥ prabhāte vimale viśvāmitraṃ mahāmunim", "uvāca rāghavo vākyaṃ kṛtāhnikam ariṃdamaḥ"], "translation": "Then at clear daybreak, Rāghava the destroyer of foes, his morning rites performed, spoke these words to the great sage Viśvāmitra:", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra: Ocean churning and the struggle for nectar"}
{"ref": "1.44.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 44, "verse": 5, "iast": ["gatā bhagavatī rātriḥ śrotavyaṃ paramaṃ śrutam", "kṣaṇabhūteva sā rātriḥ saṃvṛtteyaṃ mahātapaḥ", "imāṃ cintayataḥ sarvāṃ nikhilena kathāṃ tava"], "translation": "“The blessed night has passed; the supreme (tale) that was to be heard has been heard. O great ascetic, this night became as if it were but a moment, for me pondering this whole tale of yours in its entirety.", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra: Ocean churning and the struggle for nectar"}
{"ref": "1.44.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 44, "verse": 6, "iast": ["tarāma saritāṃ śreṣṭhāṃ puṇyāṃ tripathagāṃ nadīm", "naur eṣā hi sukhāstīrṇā ṛṣīṇāṃ puṇyakarmaṇām", "bhagavantam iha prāptaṃ jñātvā tvaritam āgatā"], "translation": "Let us cross the holy Tripathagā (three-pathed) river, best of streams; for this comfortably fitted boat of the sages of holy deeds has come swiftly, having learned that the venerable one has arrived here.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra: Ocean churning and the struggle for nectar"}
{"ref": "1.44.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 44, "verse": 7, "iast": ["tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā rāghavasya mahātmanaḥ", "saṃtāraṃ kārayām āsa sarṣisaṃghaḥ sarāghavaḥ"], "translation": "Hearing that speech of the great-souled Rāghava, he (Viśvāmitra), with his host of sages and with Rāghava, had the crossing made.", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra: Ocean churning and the struggle for nectar"}
{"ref": "1.44.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 44, "verse": 8, "iast": ["uttaraṃ tīram āsādya saṃpūjyarṣigaṇaṃ tatha", "gaṅgākūle niviṣṭās te viśālāṃ dadṛśuḥ purīm"], "translation": "Reaching the northern bank and duly honouring the host of sages, they, settled on the bank of the Gaṅgā, beheld the city of Viśālā.", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra: Ocean churning and the struggle for nectar"}
{"ref": "1.44.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 44, "verse": 9, "iast": ["tato munivaras tūrṇaṃ jagāma saharāghavaḥ", "viśālāṃ nagarīṃ ramyāṃ divyāṃ svargopamāṃ tadā"], "translation": "Then the best of sages, together with Rāghava, went quickly to the lovely, divine city of Viśālā, resembling heaven.", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra: Ocean churning and the struggle for nectar"}
{"ref": "1.44.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 44, "verse": 10, "iast": ["atha rāmo mahāprājño viśvāmitraṃ mahāmunim", "papraccha prāñjalir bhūtvā viśālām uttamāṃ purīm"], "translation": "Then Rāma, of great wisdom, with palms joined, asked the great sage Viśvāmitra about the excellent city of Viśālā:", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra: Ocean churning and the struggle for nectar"}
{"ref": "1.44.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 44, "verse": 11, "iast": ["kataro rājavaṃśo 'yaṃ viśālāyāṃ mahāmune", "śrotum icchāmi bhadraṃ te paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me"], "translation": "“Which royal dynasty is this in Viśālā, O great sage? I wish to hear it — blessings on you — for great is my curiosity.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra: Ocean churning and the struggle for nectar"}
{"ref": "1.44.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 44, "verse": 12, "iast": ["tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā rāmasya munipuṃgavaḥ", "ākhyātuṃ tat samārebhe viśālasya purātanam"], "translation": "Hearing that speech of Rāma, the bull among sages began to recount the ancient (history) of Viśālā:", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra: Ocean churning and the struggle for nectar"}
{"ref": "1.44.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 44, "verse": 13, "iast": ["śrūyatāṃ rāma śakrasya kathāṃ kathayataḥ śubhām", "asmin deśe hi yad vṛttaṃ śṛṇu tattvena rāghava"], "translation": "“Listen, Rāma, to the auspicious tale of Śakra (Indra) as I tell it; hear truly, Rāghava, what happened in this land.", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra: Ocean churning and the struggle for nectar"}
{"ref": "1.44.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 44, "verse": 14, "iast": ["pūrvaṃ kṛtayuge rāma diteḥ putrā mahābalāḥ", "aditeś ca mahābhāgā vīryavantaḥ sudhārmikāḥ"], "translation": "In olden times, in the Kṛta age, O Rāma, the sons of Diti were mighty, and (those) of Aditi illustrious, valorous, and most righteous.", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra: Ocean churning and the struggle for nectar"}
{"ref": "1.44.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 44, "verse": 15, "iast": ["tatas teṣāṃ naraśreṣṭha buddhir āsīn mahātmanām", "amarā nirjarāś caiva kathaṃ syāma nirāmayāḥ"], "translation": "Then, O best of men, this thought arose in those great-souled ones: 'How may we become immortal, undecaying, and free from disease?'", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra: Ocean churning and the struggle for nectar"}
{"ref": "1.44.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 44, "verse": 16, "iast": ["teṣāṃ cintayatāṃ rāma buddhir āsīd vipaścitām", "kṣīrodamathanaṃ kṛtvā rasaṃ prāpsyāma tatra vai"], "translation": "As those wise ones pondered, O Rāma, this thought arose: 'Having churned the ocean of milk, we shall obtain from it the elixir.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra: Ocean churning and the struggle for nectar"}
{"ref": "1.44.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 44, "verse": 17, "iast": ["tato niścitya mathanaṃ yoktraṃ kṛtvā ca vāsukim", "manthānaṃ mandaraṃ kṛtvā mamanthur amitaujasaḥ"], "translation": "Then, having resolved on the churning, and having made Vāsuki the churning-cord and Mandara the churning-stick, those of boundless might churned (the ocean).", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra: Ocean churning and the struggle for nectar"}
{"ref": "1.44.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 44, "verse": 18, "iast": ["atha dhanvantarir nāma apsarāś ca suvarcasaḥ", "apsu nirmathanād eva rasāt tasmād varastriyaḥ", "utpetur manujaśreṣṭha tasmād apsaraso 'bhavan"], "translation": "Then (arose) one named Dhanvantari, and the Apsarases of great splendour: from the very churning in the waters, from that elixir, excellent women arose, O best of men; and because they arose from the waters (apsu), they became Apsarases.", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra: Ocean churning and the struggle for nectar"}
{"ref": "1.44.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 44, "verse": 19, "iast": ["ṣaṣṭiḥ koṭyo 'bhavaṃs tāsām apsarāṇāṃ suvarcasām", "asaṃkhyeyās tu kākutstha yās tāsāṃ paricārikāḥ"], "translation": "Sixty crores were those Apsarases of great splendour, and innumerable, O Kākutstha, were those who were their attendants.", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra: Ocean churning and the struggle for nectar"}
{"ref": "1.44.20", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 44, "verse": 20, "iast": ["na tāḥ sma pratigṛhṇanti sarve te devadānavāḥ", "apratigrahaṇāc caiva tena sādhāraṇāḥ smṛtāḥ"], "translation": "All those gods and demons did not accept them (as wives); and precisely because of that non-acceptance they are remembered as common to all.", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra: Ocean churning and the struggle for nectar"}
{"ref": "1.44.21", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 44, "verse": 21, "iast": ["varuṇasya tataḥ kanyā vāruṇī raghunandana", "utpapāta mahābhāgā mārgamāṇā parigraham"], "translation": "Then Vāruṇī, the illustrious daughter of Varuṇa, O delight of the Raghus, arose, seeking someone to accept her.", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra: Ocean churning and the struggle for nectar"}
{"ref": "1.44.22", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 44, "verse": 22, "iast": ["diteḥ putrā na tāṃ rāma jagṛhur varuṇātmajām", "adites tu sutā vīra jagṛhus tām aninditām"], "translation": "The sons of Diti did not accept her, the daughter of Varuṇa, O Rāma; but the sons of Aditi, O hero, accepted her, the blameless one.", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra: Ocean churning and the struggle for nectar"}
{"ref": "1.44.23", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 44, "verse": 23, "iast": ["asurās tena daiteyāḥ surās tenāditeḥ sutāḥ", "hṛṣṭāḥ pramuditāś cāsan vāruṇī grahaṇāt surāḥ"], "translation": "By reason of that the sons of Diti became Asuras and the sons of Aditi Suras; and the Suras were glad and delighted at accepting Vāruṇī (the liquor surā).", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra: Ocean churning and the struggle for nectar"}
{"ref": "1.44.24", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 44, "verse": 24, "iast": ["uccaiḥśravā hayaśreṣṭho maṇiratnaṃ ca kaustubham", "udatiṣṭhan naraśreṣṭha tathaivāmṛtam uttamam"], "translation": "Uccaiḥśravas, best of horses, and the jewel Kaustubha, and likewise the excellent nectar of immortality arose, O best of men.", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra: Ocean churning and the struggle for nectar"}
{"ref": "1.44.25", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 44, "verse": 25, "iast": ["atha tasya kṛte rāma mahān āsīt kulakṣayaḥ", "adites tu tataḥ putrā diteḥ putrāṇa sūdayan"], "translation": "Then, O Rāma, for the sake of it (the nectar) there arose a great destruction of the race; and thereupon the sons of Aditi slew the sons of Diti.", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra: Ocean churning and the struggle for nectar"}
{"ref": "1.44.26", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 44, "verse": 26, "iast": ["aditer ātmajā vīrā diteḥ putrān nijaghnire", "tasmin ghore mahāyuddhe daiteyādityayor bhṛśam"], "translation": "The valiant sons of Aditi violently slew the sons of Diti in that terrible, great battle between the Daiteyas and the Ādityas.", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra: Ocean churning and the struggle for nectar"}
{"ref": "1.44.27", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 44, "verse": 27, "iast": ["nihatya ditiputrāṃs tu rājyaṃ prāpya puraṃdaraḥ", "śaśāsa mudito lokān sarṣisaṃghān sacāraṇān"], "translation": "Having slain the sons of Diti and gained the kingdom, Puraṃdara (Indra), rejoicing, ruled the worlds together with the hosts of sages and the Cāraṇas.", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra: Ocean churning and the struggle for nectar"}
{"ref": "1.45.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 45, "verse": 1, "iast": ["hateṣu teṣu putreṣu ditiḥ paramaduḥkhitā", "mārīcaṃ kāśyapaṃ rāma bhartāram idam abravīt"], "translation": "When those sons had been slain, Diti, deeply grieved, spoke thus to her husband, Mārīca Kāśyapa, O Rāma:", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Diti: Service, broken observance and division"}
{"ref": "1.45.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 45, "verse": 2, "iast": ["hataputrāsmi bhagavaṃs tava putrair mahābalaiḥ", "śakrahantāram icchāmi putraṃ dīrghatapo'rjitam"], "translation": "“I am bereft of my sons, O blessed one, by your mighty sons; I desire a son who will slay Śakra (Indra), one won through long austerity.", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Diti: Service, broken observance and division"}
{"ref": "1.45.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 45, "verse": 3, "iast": ["sāhaṃ tapaś cariṣyāmi garbhaṃ me dātum arhasi", "īdṛśaṃ śakrahantāraṃ tvam anujñātum arhasi"], "translation": "So I shall perform austerity; you should grant me such a (child in the) womb — you should sanction such a slayer of Śakra.", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Diti: Service, broken observance and division"}
{"ref": "1.45.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 45, "verse": 4, "iast": ["tasyās tadvacanaṃ śrutvā mārīcaḥ kāśyapas tadā", "pratyuvāca mahātejā ditiṃ paramaduḥkhitām"], "translation": "Hearing that speech of hers, Mārīca Kāśyapa, of great splendour, then replied to the deeply grieved Diti:", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Diti: Service, broken observance and division"}
{"ref": "1.45.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 45, "verse": 5, "iast": ["evaṃ bhavatu bhadraṃ te śucir bhava tapodhane", "janayiṣyasi putraṃ tvaṃ śakra hantāram āhave"], "translation": "“So be it; blessings on you; be pure, O you whose wealth is austerity. You shall bring forth a son who will slay Śakra in battle.", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Diti: Service, broken observance and division"}
{"ref": "1.45.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 45, "verse": 6, "iast": ["pūrṇe varṣasahasre tu śucir yadi bhaviṣyasi", "putraṃ trailokya hantāraṃ mattas tvaṃ janayiṣyasi"], "translation": "When a full thousand years is complete, if you shall have remained pure, you shall bring forth from me a son who will slay (the lord of) the three worlds.", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Diti: Service, broken observance and division"}
{"ref": "1.45.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 45, "verse": 7, "iast": ["evam uktvā mahātejāḥ pāṇinā sa mamārja tām", "samālabhya tataḥ svastīty uktvā sa tapase yayau"], "translation": "Having spoken thus, the one of great splendour stroked her with his hand; and touching her, then saying 'Fare well,' he went off to his austerity.", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Diti: Service, broken observance and division"}
{"ref": "1.45.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 45, "verse": 8, "iast": ["gate tasmin naraśreṣṭha ditiḥ paramaharṣitā", "kuśaplavanam āsādya tapas tepe sudāruṇam"], "translation": "When he had gone, O best of men, Diti, greatly delighted, reached Kuśaplavana and performed most terrible austerity.", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Diti: Service, broken observance and division"}
{"ref": "1.45.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 45, "verse": 9, "iast": ["tapas tasyāṃ hi kurvatyāṃ paricaryāṃ cakāra ha", "sahasrākṣo naraśreṣṭha parayā guṇasaṃpadā"], "translation": "While she was performing that austerity, O best of men, the thousand-eyed one (Indra) rendered her service with the highest excellence of virtue.", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Diti: Service, broken observance and division"}
{"ref": "1.45.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 45, "verse": 10, "iast": ["agniṃ kuśān kāṣṭham apaḥ phalaṃ mūlaṃ tathaiva ca", "nyavedayat sahasrākṣo yac cānyad api kāṅkṣitam"], "translation": "The thousand-eyed one supplied fire, kuśa-grass, firewood, water, fruit, and root likewise, and whatever else was desired.", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Diti: Service, broken observance and division"}
{"ref": "1.45.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 45, "verse": 11, "iast": ["gātrasaṃvāhanaiś caiva śramāpanayanais tathā", "śakraḥ sarveṣu kāleṣu ditiṃ paricacāra ha"], "translation": "And with massages of her limbs and likewise with the removal of her fatigue, Śakra waited upon Diti at all times.", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Diti: Service, broken observance and division"}
{"ref": "1.45.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 45, "verse": 12, "iast": ["atha varṣasahasretu daśone raghu nandana", "ditiḥ paramasaṃprītā sahasrākṣam athābravīt"], "translation": "Then, when the thousand years lacked only ten, O delight of the Raghus, Diti, greatly pleased, spoke to the thousand-eyed one:", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Diti: Service, broken observance and division"}
{"ref": "1.45.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 45, "verse": 13, "iast": ["tapaś carantyā varṣāṇi daśa vīryavatāṃ vara", "avaśiṣṭāni bhadraṃ te bhrātaraṃ drakṣyase tataḥ"], "translation": "‘For me who am performing austerity, ten years remain, O best of the valiant; blessings on you — then you shall see your brother.", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Diti: Service, broken observance and division"}
{"ref": "1.45.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 45, "verse": 14, "iast": ["tam ahaṃ tvatkṛte putra samādhāsye jayotsukam", "trailokyavijayaṃ putra saha bhokṣyasi vijvaraḥ"], "translation": "For your sake, my son, I shall bring him to concord, eager though he be for victory; and free of anxiety, my son, you shall together (with him) enjoy the conquest of the three worlds.’", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Diti: Service, broken observance and division"}
{"ref": "1.45.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 45, "verse": 15, "iast": ["evam uktvā ditiḥ śakraṃ prāpte madhyaṃ divākare", "nidrayāpahṛtā devī pādau kṛtvātha śīrṣataḥ"], "translation": "Having spoken thus to Śakra, when the sun had reached the zenith, the lady Diti, overcome by sleep, having placed her feet where the head should be —", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Diti: Service, broken observance and division"}
{"ref": "1.45.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 45, "verse": 16, "iast": ["dṛṣṭvā tām aśuciṃ śakraḥ pādataḥ kṛtamūrdhajām", "śiraḥsthāne kṛtau pādau jahāsa ca mumoda ca"], "translation": "Seeing her impure, with her hair toward her feet and her feet set in the place of the head, Śakra both laughed and rejoiced.", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Diti: Service, broken observance and division"}
{"ref": "1.45.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 45, "verse": 17, "iast": ["tasyāḥ śarīravivaraṃ viveśa ca puraṃdaraḥ", "garbhaṃ ca saptadhā rāma bibheda paramātmavān"], "translation": "And Puraṃdara (Indra) entered the opening of her body and, most self-possessed, split the fetus sevenfold, O Rāma.", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Diti: Service, broken observance and division"}
{"ref": "1.45.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 45, "verse": 18, "iast": ["bidhyamānas tato garbho vajreṇa śataparvaṇā", "ruroda susvaraṃ rāma tato ditir abudhyata"], "translation": "Being split by the hundred-jointed thunderbolt, the fetus then cried out loudly, O Rāma; thereupon Diti awoke.", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Diti: Service, broken observance and division"}
{"ref": "1.45.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 45, "verse": 19, "iast": ["mā rudo mā rudaś ceti garbhaṃ śakro 'bhyabhāṣata", "bibheda ca mahātejā rudantam api vāsavaḥ"], "translation": "‘Weep not, weep not!’ — thus Śakra spoke to the fetus; and Vāsava (Indra) of great splendour split it even as it wept.", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Diti: Service, broken observance and division"}
{"ref": "1.45.20", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 45, "verse": 20, "iast": ["na hantavyo na hantavya ity evaṃ ditir abravīt", "niṣpapāta tataḥ śakro mātur vacanagauravāt"], "translation": "‘He must not be slain, he must not be slain!’ — thus said Diti; then Śakra came forth, out of respect for his mother's word.", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Diti: Service, broken observance and division"}
{"ref": "1.45.21", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 45, "verse": 21, "iast": ["prāñjalir vajrasahito ditiṃ śakro 'bhyabhāṣata", "aśucir devi suptāsi pādayoḥ kṛtamūrdhajā"], "translation": "With palms joined, still holding the thunderbolt, Śakra spoke to Diti: ‘You slept impure, O lady, with your hair (turned) toward your feet;", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Diti: Service, broken observance and division"}
{"ref": "1.45.22", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 45, "verse": 22, "iast": ["tadantaram ahaṃ labdhvā śakrahantāram āhave", "abhindaṃ saptadhā devi tan me tvaṃ kṣantum arhasi"], "translation": "Seizing that opportunity, O lady, I split into seven the one (destined to be) the slayer of Śakra in battle; for that you ought to forgive me.’", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Diti: Service, broken observance and division"}
{"ref": "1.46.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 46, "verse": 1, "iast": ["saptadhā tu kṛte garbhe ditiḥ paramaduḥkhitā", "sahasrākṣaṃ durādharṣaṃ vākyaṃ sānunayābravīt"], "translation": "When the fetus had been made sevenfold, Diti, deeply grieved, spoke conciliating words to the invincible thousand-eyed one:", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Diti: The Maruts’ regions and Viśālā’s lineage"}
{"ref": "1.46.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 46, "verse": 2, "iast": ["mamāparādhād garbho 'yaṃ saptadhā viphalīkṛtaḥ", "nāparādho 'sti deveśa tavātra balasūdana"], "translation": "“Through my own fault this fetus was rendered fruitless sevenfold; there is no fault of yours in this, O lord of gods, O slayer of Bala.", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Diti: The Maruts’ regions and Viśālā’s lineage"}
{"ref": "1.46.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 46, "verse": 3, "iast": ["priyaṃ tu kṛtam icchāmi mama garbhaviparyaye", "marutāṃ saptaṃ saptānāṃ sthānapālā bhavantv ime"], "translation": "But I wish a kindness done me in this ruin of my womb: let these become the guardians of the stations, the seven times seven Maruts.", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Diti: The Maruts’ regions and Viśālā’s lineage"}
{"ref": "1.46.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 46, "verse": 4, "iast": ["vātaskandhā ime sapta carantu divi putrakāḥ", "mārutā iti vikhyātā divyarūpā mamātmajāḥ"], "translation": "Let these seven, my little sons, move in the sky as tracts of wind — renowned as the Māruta, of divine form, my offspring.", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Diti: The Maruts’ regions and Viśālā’s lineage"}
{"ref": "1.46.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 46, "verse": 5, "iast": ["brahmalokaṃ caratv eka indralokaṃ tathāparaḥ", "divi vāyur iti khyātas tṛtīyo 'pi mahāyaśāḥ"], "translation": "Let one range the world of Brahmā, another likewise the world of Indra; and the third, of great renown, is known in the sky as Vāyu (the Wind).", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Diti: The Maruts’ regions and Viśālā’s lineage"}
{"ref": "1.46.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 46, "verse": 6, "iast": ["catvāras tu suraśreṣṭha diśo vai tava śāsanāt", "saṃcariṣyanti bhadraṃ te devabhūtā mamātmajāḥ", "tvatkṛtenaiva nāmnā ca mārutā iti viśrutāḥ"], "translation": "And four of them, O best of gods, at your command — blessings on you — my offspring, become divine, shall range the (four) quarters; and by the very name given by you they are famed as the Māruta.", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Diti: The Maruts’ regions and Viśālā’s lineage"}
{"ref": "1.46.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 46, "verse": 7, "iast": ["tasyās tadvacanaṃ śrutvā sahasrākṣaḥ puraṃdaraḥ", "uvāca prāñjalir vākyaṃ ditiṃ balaniṣūdanaḥ"], "translation": "Hearing that speech of hers, the thousand-eyed Puraṃdara, slayer of Bala, with palms joined, spoke these words to Diti:", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Diti: The Maruts’ regions and Viśālā’s lineage"}
{"ref": "1.46.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 46, "verse": 8, "iast": ["sarvam etad yathoktaṃ te bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ", "vicariṣyanti bhadraṃ te devabhūtās tavātmajāḥ"], "translation": "“All this shall come to pass for you just as you have said, no doubt; your sons, become divine, shall range (the heavens) — blessings on you.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Diti: The Maruts’ regions and Viśālā’s lineage"}
{"ref": "1.46.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 46, "verse": 9, "iast": ["evaṃ tau niścayaṃ kṛtvā mātāputrau tapovane", "jagmatus tridivaṃ rāma kṛtārthāv iti naḥ śrutam"], "translation": "Having thus made their resolve, the mother and son in the penance-grove went to heaven, O Rāma, their purpose accomplished — so we have heard.", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Diti: The Maruts’ regions and Viśālā’s lineage"}
{"ref": "1.46.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 46, "verse": 10, "iast": ["eṣa deśaḥ sa kākutstha mahendrādhyuṣitaḥ purā", "ditiṃ yatra tapaḥ siddhām evaṃ paricacāra saḥ"], "translation": "This is that land, O Kākutstha, formerly inhabited by great Indra, where he thus waited upon Diti, perfected in her austerity.", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Diti: The Maruts’ regions and Viśālā’s lineage"}
{"ref": "1.46.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 46, "verse": 11, "iast": ["ikṣvākos tu naravyāghra putraḥ paramadhārmikaḥ", "alambuṣāyām utpanno viśāla iti viśrutaḥ"], "translation": "O tiger among men, a most righteous son of Ikṣvāku, born of Alambuṣā, was famed as Viśāla.", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Diti: The Maruts’ regions and Viśālā’s lineage"}
{"ref": "1.46.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 46, "verse": 12, "iast": ["tena cāsīd iha sthāne viśāleti purī kṛtā"], "translation": "And by him a city named Viśālā was built here on this spot.", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Diti: The Maruts’ regions and Viśālā’s lineage"}
{"ref": "1.46.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 46, "verse": 13, "iast": ["viśālasya suto rāma hemacandro mahābalaḥ", "sucandra iti vikhyāto hemacandrād anantaraḥ"], "translation": "Viśāla's son, O Rāma, was the mighty Hemacandra; next after Hemacandra was one renowned as Sucandra.", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Diti: The Maruts’ regions and Viśālā’s lineage"}
{"ref": "1.46.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 46, "verse": 14, "iast": ["sucandratanayo rāma dhūmrāśva iti viśrutaḥ", "dhūmrāśvatanayaś cāpi sṛñjayaḥ samapadyata"], "translation": "Sucandra's son, O Rāma, was famed as Dhūmrāśva; and Dhūmrāśva's son turned out to be Sṛñjaya.", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Diti: The Maruts’ regions and Viśālā’s lineage"}
{"ref": "1.46.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 46, "verse": 15, "iast": ["sṛñjayasya sutaḥ śrīmān sahadevaḥ pratāpavān", "kuśāśvaḥ sahadevasya putraḥ paramadhārmikaḥ"], "translation": "Sṛñjaya's son was the illustrious, valiant Sahadeva; Sahadeva's son was the most righteous Kuśāśva.", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Diti: The Maruts’ regions and Viśālā’s lineage"}
{"ref": "1.46.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 46, "verse": 16, "iast": ["kuśāśvasya mahātejāḥ somadattaḥ pratāpavān", "somadattasya putras tu kākutstha iti viśrutaḥ"], "translation": "Kuśāśva's son was the splendid, valiant Somadatta; and Somadatta's son was famed as Kākutstha.", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Diti: The Maruts’ regions and Viśālā’s lineage"}
{"ref": "1.46.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 46, "verse": 17, "iast": ["tasya putro mahātejāḥ saṃpraty eṣa purīm imām", "āvasaty amaraprakhyaḥ sumatir nāma durjayaḥ"], "translation": "His son, of great splendour, godlike and invincible, named Sumati, now dwells in this very city.", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Diti: The Maruts’ regions and Viśālā’s lineage"}
{"ref": "1.46.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 46, "verse": 18, "iast": ["ikṣvākos tu prasādena sarve vaiśālikā nṛpāḥ", "dīrghāyuṣo mahātmāno vīryavantaḥ sudhārmikāḥ"], "translation": "Through the grace of Ikṣvāku, all the kings of Viśālā are long-lived, great-souled, valorous, and most righteous.", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Diti: The Maruts’ regions and Viśālā’s lineage"}
{"ref": "1.46.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 46, "verse": 19, "iast": ["ihādya rajanīṃ rāma sukhaṃ vatsyāmahe vayam", "śvaḥ prabhāte naraśreṣṭha janakaṃ draṣṭum arhasi"], "translation": "Here tonight, O Rāma, we shall pass the night in comfort; and tomorrow at dawn, O best of men, you should go to see Janaka.", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Diti: The Maruts’ regions and Viśālā’s lineage"}
{"ref": "1.46.20", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 46, "verse": 20, "iast": ["sumatis tu mahātejā viśvāmitram upāgatam", "śrutvā naravaraśreṣṭhaḥ pratyudgacchan mahāyaśāḥ"], "translation": "And Sumati, of great splendour, best of the foremost of men, of great renown, hearing that Viśvāmitra had arrived, went out to meet him.", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Diti: The Maruts’ regions and Viśālā’s lineage"}
{"ref": "1.46.21", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 46, "verse": 21, "iast": ["pūjāṃ ca paramāṃ kṛtvā sopādhyāyaḥ sabāndhavaḥ", "prāñjaliḥ kuśalaṃ pṛṣṭvā viśvāmitram athābravīt"], "translation": "And, together with his priests and kinsmen, having done him supreme honour, with palms joined, he inquired after his welfare and then said to Viśvāmitra:", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Diti: The Maruts’ regions and Viśālā’s lineage"}
{"ref": "1.46.22", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 46, "verse": 22, "iast": ["dhanyo 'smy anugṛhīto 'smi yasya me viṣayaṃ mune", "saṃprāpto darśanaṃ caiva nāsti dhanyataro mama"], "translation": "“I am blessed, I am favoured, O sage, in that you have come into my realm and (granted me) the sight of you; there is none more blessed than I.", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Diti: The Maruts’ regions and Viśālā’s lineage"}
{"ref": "1.47.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 47, "verse": 1, "iast": ["pṛṣṭvā tu kuśalaṃ tatra parasparasamāgame", "kathānte sumatir vākyaṃ vyājahāra mahāmunim"], "translation": "Having inquired after (one another's) welfare there at their meeting, at the close of the talk Sumati addressed these words to the great sage:", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Ahalyā: Indra’s disguise and Gautama’s curses"}
{"ref": "1.47.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 47, "verse": 2, "iast": ["imau kumārau bhadraṃ te devatulyaparākramau", "gajasiṃhagatī vīrau śārdūlavṛṣabhopamau"], "translation": "“These two youths — blessings on you — of prowess equal to the gods, with the gait of elephant and lion, heroes like tiger and bull,", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Ahalyā: Indra’s disguise and Gautama’s curses"}
{"ref": "1.47.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 47, "verse": 3, "iast": ["padmapatraviśālākṣau khaḍgatūṇīdhanurdharau", "aśvināv iva rūpeṇa samupasthitayauvanau"], "translation": "with eyes wide as lotus-petals, bearing sword, quiver, and bow, in form like the two Aśvins, in the bloom of youth,", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Ahalyā: Indra’s disguise and Gautama’s curses"}
{"ref": "1.47.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 47, "verse": 4, "iast": ["yadṛcchayaiva gāṃ prāptau devalokād ivāmarau", "kathaṃ padbhyām iha prāptau kimarthaṃ kasya vā mune"], "translation": "come to earth as if by mere chance, like two immortals from the world of the gods — how have they come here on foot, for what purpose, and whose (sons) are they, O sage?", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Ahalyā: Indra’s disguise and Gautama’s curses"}
{"ref": "1.47.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 47, "verse": 5, "iast": ["bhūṣayantāv imaṃ deśaṃ candrasūryāv ivāmbaram", "parasparasya sadṛśau pramāṇeṅgitaceṣṭitaiḥ"], "translation": "adorning this land as the moon and sun adorn the sky, resembling each other in stature, gesture, and movement?", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Ahalyā: Indra’s disguise and Gautama’s curses"}
{"ref": "1.47.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 47, "verse": 6, "iast": ["kimarthaṃ ca naraśreṣṭhau saṃprāptau durgame pathi", "varāyudhadharau vīrau śrotum icchāmi tattvataḥ"], "translation": "And for what purpose have these two best of men, heroes bearing excellent weapons, come by this difficult path? I wish to hear the truth.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Ahalyā: Indra’s disguise and Gautama’s curses"}
{"ref": "1.47.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 47, "verse": 7, "iast": ["tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā yathāvṛtthaṃ nyavedayat", "siddhāśramanivāsaṃ ca rākṣasānāṃ vadhaṃ tathā"], "translation": "Hearing that speech of his, he (Viśvāmitra) related it just as it had happened — the sojourn at Siddhāśrama and likewise the slaying of the rākṣasas.", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Ahalyā: Indra’s disguise and Gautama’s curses"}
{"ref": "1.47.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 47, "verse": 8, "iast": ["viśvāmitravacaḥ śrutvā rājā paramaharṣitaḥ", "atithī paramau prāptau putrau daśarathasya tau", "pūjayām āsa vidhivat satkārārhau mahābalau"], "translation": "Hearing Viśvāmitra's words, the king, greatly delighted, honoured according to rule those two mighty sons of Daśaratha, come as supreme guests, worthy of hospitality.", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Ahalyā: Indra’s disguise and Gautama’s curses"}
{"ref": "1.47.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 47, "verse": 9, "iast": ["tataḥ paramasatkāraṃ sumateḥ prāpya rāghavau", "uṣya tatra niśām ekāṃ jagmatur mithilāṃ tataḥ"], "translation": "Then the two Rāghavas, having received supreme hospitality from Sumati and spent one night there, went thence to Mithilā.", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Ahalyā: Indra’s disguise and Gautama’s curses"}
{"ref": "1.47.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 47, "verse": 10, "iast": ["tāṃ dṛṣṭvā munayaḥ sarve janakasya purīṃ śubhām", "sādhu sādhv iti śaṃsanto mithilāṃ samapūjayan"], "translation": "Seeing that lovely city of Janaka, all the sages, exclaiming 'Excellent! Excellent!', extolled Mithilā.", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Ahalyā: Indra’s disguise and Gautama’s curses"}
{"ref": "1.47.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 47, "verse": 11, "iast": ["mithilopavane tatra āśramaṃ dṛśya rāghavaḥ", "purāṇaṃ nirjanaṃ ramyaṃ papraccha munipuṃgavam"], "translation": "There in a grove near Mithilā, Rāghava, seeing an ancient hermitage, deserted yet lovely, asked the bull among sages:", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Ahalyā: Indra’s disguise and Gautama’s curses"}
{"ref": "1.47.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 47, "verse": 12, "iast": ["śrīmadāśramasaṃkāśaṃ kiṃ nv idaṃ munivarjitam", "śrotum icchāmi bhagavan kasyāyaṃ pūrva āśramaḥ"], "translation": "“Resembling a glorious hermitage, yet devoid of any sage — what then is this? I wish to hear, O venerable one, whose hermitage this was of old.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Ahalyā: Indra’s disguise and Gautama’s curses"}
{"ref": "1.47.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 47, "verse": 13, "iast": ["tac chrutā rāghaveṇoktaṃ vākyaṃ vākya viśāradaḥ", "pratyuvāca mahātejā viśvamitro mahāmuniḥ"], "translation": "Hearing those words spoken by Rāghava, the mighty and eloquent great sage Viśvāmitra, skilled in speech, replied:", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Ahalyā: Indra’s disguise and Gautama’s curses"}
{"ref": "1.47.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 47, "verse": 14, "iast": ["hanta te kathayiṣyāmi śṛṇu tattvena rāghava", "yasyaitad āśramapadaṃ śaptaṃ kopān mahātmanā"], "translation": "“Come, I shall tell you; listen truly, Rāghava, to whom this hermitage-ground belonged — cursed in wrath by that great soul.", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Ahalyā: Indra’s disguise and Gautama’s curses"}
{"ref": "1.47.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 47, "verse": 15, "iast": ["gautamasya naraśreṣṭha pūrvam āsīn mahātmanaḥ", "āśramo divyasaṃkāśaḥ surair api supūjitaḥ"], "translation": "O best of men, of old this was the hermitage of the great-souled Gautama, resembling heaven, well honoured even by the gods.", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Ahalyā: Indra’s disguise and Gautama’s curses"}
{"ref": "1.47.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 47, "verse": 16, "iast": ["sa ceha tapa ātiṣṭhad ahalyāsahitaḥ purā", "varṣapūgāny anekāni rājaputra mahāyaśaḥ"], "translation": "And here of old he practised austerity, together with Ahalyā, for many a series of years, O illustrious prince.", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Ahalyā: Indra’s disguise and Gautama’s curses"}
{"ref": "1.47.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 47, "verse": 17, "iast": ["tasyāntaraṃ viditvā tu sahasrākṣaḥ śacīpatiḥ", "muniveṣadharo 'halyām idaṃ vacanam abravīt"], "translation": "Learning of his absence, the thousand-eyed lord of Śacī (Indra), in the guise of the sage, spoke these words to Ahalyā:", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Ahalyā: Indra’s disguise and Gautama’s curses"}
{"ref": "1.47.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 47, "verse": 18, "iast": ["ṛtukālaṃ pratīkṣante nārthinaḥ susamāhite", "saṃgamaṃ tv aham icchāmi tvayā saha sumadhyame"], "translation": "“Those who desire (a woman) do not wait for the fertile season, O well-composed one; and I desire union with you, O slender-waisted one.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Ahalyā: Indra’s disguise and Gautama’s curses"}
{"ref": "1.47.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 47, "verse": 19, "iast": ["muniveṣaṃ sahasrākṣaṃ vijñāya raghunandana", "matiṃ cakāra durmedhā devarājakutūhalāt"], "translation": "Recognizing the thousand-eyed one in the sage's garb, O delight of the Raghus, the foolish woman made up her mind, out of curiosity about the king of the gods.", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Ahalyā: Indra’s disguise and Gautama’s curses"}
{"ref": "1.47.20", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 47, "verse": 20, "iast": ["athābravīt suraśreṣṭhaṃ kṛtārthenāntarātmanā", "kṛtārtho 'si suraśreṣṭha gaccha śīghram itaḥ prabho", "ātmānaṃ māṃ ca deveśa sarvadā rakṣa mānadaḥ"], "translation": "Then, satisfied in her inmost heart, she said to the best of gods: “You have had your way, O best of gods; go quickly from here, O lord; O lord of gods, bestower of honour, protect yourself and me always.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Ahalyā: Indra’s disguise and Gautama’s curses"}
{"ref": "1.47.21", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 47, "verse": 21, "iast": ["indras tu prahasan vākyam ahalyām idam abravīt", "suśroṇi parituṣṭo 'smi gamiṣyāmi yathāgatam"], "translation": "But Indra, laughing, spoke these words to Ahalyā: “O fair-hipped one, I am well satisfied; I shall go as I came.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Ahalyā: Indra’s disguise and Gautama’s curses"}
{"ref": "1.47.22", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 47, "verse": 22, "iast": ["evaṃ saṃgamya tu tayā niścakrāmoṭajāt tataḥ", "sa saṃbhramāt tvaran rāma śaṅkito gautamaṃ prati"], "translation": "Having thus united with her, he then came forth from the hut; hurrying in his agitation, O Rāma, fearful of Gautama —", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Ahalyā: Indra’s disguise and Gautama’s curses"}
{"ref": "1.47.23", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 47, "verse": 23, "iast": ["gautamaṃ sa dadarśātha praviśanti mahāmunim", "devadānavadurdharṣaṃ tapobalasamanvitam", "tīrthodakapariklinnaṃ dīpyamānam ivānalam", "gṛhītasamidhaṃ tatra sakuśaṃ munipuṅgavam"], "translation": "Then he saw the great sage Gautama entering — unassailable by gods and demons, endowed with the power of austerity, wet with the water of a sacred bathing-place, blazing like fire, the bull among sages, holding firewood and kuśa-grass —", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Ahalyā: Indra’s disguise and Gautama’s curses"}
{"ref": "1.47.24", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 47, "verse": 24, "iast": ["dṛṣṭvā surapatis trasto viṣaṇṇavadano 'bhavat"], "translation": "seeing whom, the lord of the gods became terrified, his face downcast.", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Ahalyā: Indra’s disguise and Gautama’s curses"}
{"ref": "1.47.25", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 47, "verse": 25, "iast": ["atha dṛṣṭvā sahasrākṣaṃ muniveṣadharaṃ muniḥ", "durvṛttaṃ vṛttasaṃpanno roṣād vacanam abravīt"], "translation": "Then the sage, endowed with good conduct, seeing the thousand-eyed one in the sage's garb — the ill-behaved one — spoke these words in wrath:", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Ahalyā: Indra’s disguise and Gautama’s curses"}
{"ref": "1.47.26", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 47, "verse": 26, "iast": ["mama rūpaṃ samāsthāya kṛtavān asi durmate", "akartavyam idaṃ yasmād viphalas tvaṃ bhaviṣyati"], "translation": "“Having assumed my form, you have done, O evil-minded one, this that ought never to be done; therefore you shall become impotent.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Ahalyā: Indra’s disguise and Gautama’s curses"}
{"ref": "1.47.27", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 47, "verse": 27, "iast": ["gautamenaivam uktasya saroṣeṇa mahātmanā", "petatur vṛṣaṇau bhūmau sahasrākṣasya tatkṣaṇāt"], "translation": "When he had been thus addressed by the wrathful great-souled Gautama, the two testicles of the thousand-eyed one fell to the ground that very instant.", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Ahalyā: Indra’s disguise and Gautama’s curses"}
{"ref": "1.47.28", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 47, "verse": 28, "iast": ["tathā śaptvā sa vai śakraṃ bhāryām api ca śaptavān", "iha varṣasahasrāṇi bahūni tvaṃ nivatsyasi"], "translation": "Having thus cursed Śakra, he cursed his wife as well: “For many thousands of years you shall dwell here,", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Ahalyā: Indra’s disguise and Gautama’s curses"}
{"ref": "1.47.29", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 47, "verse": 29, "iast": ["vāyubhakṣā nirāhārā tapyantī bhasmaśāyinī", "adṛśyā sarvabhūtānām āśrame 'smin nivatsyasi"], "translation": "feeding on air, without food, doing penance, lying in ashes, invisible to all beings — in this hermitage you shall dwell.", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Ahalyā: Indra’s disguise and Gautama’s curses"}
{"ref": "1.47.30", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 47, "verse": 30, "iast": ["yadā caitad vanaṃ ghoraṃ rāmo daśarathātmajaḥ", "āgamiṣyati durdharṣas tadā pūtā bhaviṣyasi"], "translation": "And when Rāma, the unassailable son of Daśaratha, shall come to this terrible forest, then you shall become purified.", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Ahalyā: Indra’s disguise and Gautama’s curses"}
{"ref": "1.47.31", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 47, "verse": 31, "iast": ["tasyātithyena durvṛtte lobhamohavivarjitā", "matsakāśe mudā yuktā svaṃ vapur dhārayiṣyasi"], "translation": "By showing him hospitality, O ill-behaved one, freed from greed and delusion, and full of joy in my presence, you shall regain your own form.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Ahalyā: Indra’s disguise and Gautama’s curses"}
{"ref": "1.47.32", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 47, "verse": 32, "iast": ["evam uktvā mahātejā gautamo duṣṭacāriṇīm", "imam āśramam utsṛjya siddhacāraṇasevite", "himavacchikhare ramye tapas tepe mahātapāḥ"], "translation": "Having spoken thus to the ill-behaved woman, the mighty Gautama abandoned this hermitage and, on a lovely peak of the Himālaya frequented by Siddhas and Cāraṇas, the great ascetic performed his austerity.", "sarga_title": "Story of Indra & Ahalyā: Indra’s disguise and Gautama’s curses"}
{"ref": "1.48.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 48, "verse": 1, "iast": ["aphalas tu tataḥ śakro devān agnipurogamān", "abravīt trastavadanaḥ sarṣisaṃghān sacāraṇān"], "translation": "Then Śakra, rendered impotent, his face fearful, spoke to the gods led by Agni, together with the hosts of sages and the Cāraṇas:", "sarga_title": "Indra’s restoration; Ahalyā released by Rāma"}
{"ref": "1.48.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 48, "verse": 2, "iast": ["kurvatā tapaso vighnaṃ gautamasya mahātmanaḥ", "krodham utpādya hi mayā surakāryam idaṃ kṛtam"], "translation": "“In causing an obstruction to the austerity of the great-souled Gautama, by provoking his wrath, I have indeed accomplished this task for the gods.", "sarga_title": "Indra’s restoration; Ahalyā released by Rāma"}
{"ref": "1.48.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 48, "verse": 3, "iast": ["aphalo 'smi kṛtas tena krodhāt sā ca nirākṛtā", "śāpamokṣeṇa mahatā tapo 'syāpahṛtaṃ mayā"], "translation": "I have been made impotent by him out of wrath, and she has been cast off; but through a mighty utterance of curse, his austerity has been carried off by me.", "sarga_title": "Indra’s restoration; Ahalyā released by Rāma"}
{"ref": "1.48.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 48, "verse": 4, "iast": ["tan māṃ suravarāḥ sarve sarṣisaṃghāḥ sacāraṇāḥ", "surasāhyakaraṃ sarve saphalaṃ kartum arhatha"], "translation": "Therefore, all you best of gods, with the hosts of sages and the Cāraṇas — all of you ought to make me, the helper of the gods, potent again.”", "sarga_title": "Indra’s restoration; Ahalyā released by Rāma"}
{"ref": "1.48.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 48, "verse": 5, "iast": ["śatakrator vacaḥ śrutvā devāḥ sāgnipurogamāḥ", "pitṛdevān upetyāhuḥ saha sarvair marudgaṇaiḥ"], "translation": "Hearing the words of Śatakratu (Indra), the gods led by Agni, together with all the hosts of Maruts, approached the ancestral gods (Pitṛs) and said:", "sarga_title": "Indra’s restoration; Ahalyā released by Rāma"}
{"ref": "1.48.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 48, "verse": 6, "iast": ["ayaṃ meṣaḥ savṛṣaṇaḥ śakro hy avṛṣaṇaḥ kṛtaḥ", "meṣasya vṛṣaṇau gṛhya śakrāyāśu prayacchata"], "translation": "“This ram has testicles, while Śakra has been made testicle-less; take the ram's testicles and give them quickly to Śakra.", "sarga_title": "Indra’s restoration; Ahalyā released by Rāma"}
{"ref": "1.48.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 48, "verse": 7, "iast": ["aphalas tu kṛto meṣaḥ parāṃ tuṣṭiṃ pradāsyati", "bhavatāṃ harṣaṇārthāya ye ca dāsyanti mānavāḥ"], "translation": "And the ram made barren shall bestow the highest satisfaction; and so too the men who shall offer (such rams) for your gladdening.”", "sarga_title": "Indra’s restoration; Ahalyā released by Rāma"}
{"ref": "1.48.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 48, "verse": 8, "iast": ["agnes tu vacanaṃ śrutvā pitṛdevāḥ samāgatāḥ", "utpāṭya meṣavṛṣaṇau sahasrākṣe nyavedayan"], "translation": "Hearing Agni's words, the assembled ancestral gods tore out the ram's testicles and presented them to the thousand-eyed one.", "sarga_title": "Indra’s restoration; Ahalyā released by Rāma"}
{"ref": "1.48.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 48, "verse": 9, "iast": ["tadā prabhṛti kākutstha pitṛdevāḥ samāgatāḥ", "aphalān bhuñjate meṣān phalais teṣām ayojayan"], "translation": "From that time on, O Kākutstha, the assembled ancestral gods partake of castrated rams; and (the gods) endowed him (Indra) with their fruits (testicles).", "sarga_title": "Indra’s restoration; Ahalyā released by Rāma"}
{"ref": "1.48.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 48, "verse": 10, "iast": ["indras tu meṣavṛṣaṇas tadā prabhṛti rāghava", "gautamasya prabhāvena tapasaś ca mahātmanaḥ"], "translation": "And Indra, O Rāghava, from that time on bore a ram's testicles, through the power of the great-souled Gautama and of his austerity.", "sarga_title": "Indra’s restoration; Ahalyā released by Rāma"}
{"ref": "1.48.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 48, "verse": 11, "iast": ["tadāgaccha mahāteja āśramaṃ puṇyakarmaṇaḥ", "tārayaināṃ mahābhāgām ahalyāṃ devarūpiṇīm"], "translation": "So come, O mighty one, to the hermitage of the holy-deeded (Gautama); redeem this illustrious Ahalyā, of divine form.”", "sarga_title": "Indra’s restoration; Ahalyā released by Rāma"}
{"ref": "1.48.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 48, "verse": 12, "iast": ["viśvāmitravacaḥ śrutvā rāghavaḥ sahalakṣmaṇaḥ", "viśvāmitraṃ puraskṛtya āśramaṃ praviveśa ha"], "translation": "Hearing Viśvāmitra's words, Rāghava, together with Lakṣmaṇa, placing Viśvāmitra in front, entered the hermitage.", "sarga_title": "Indra’s restoration; Ahalyā released by Rāma"}
{"ref": "1.48.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 48, "verse": 13, "iast": ["dadarśa ca mahābhāgāṃ tapasā dyotitaprabhām", "lokair api samāgamya durnirīkṣyāṃ surāsuraiḥ"], "translation": "And he saw the illustrious one, her radiance kindled by austerity, hard to look upon even for the worlds gathered together, and for gods and demons —", "sarga_title": "Indra’s restoration; Ahalyā released by Rāma"}
{"ref": "1.48.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 48, "verse": 14, "iast": ["prayatnān nirmitāṃ dhātrā divyāṃ māyāmayīm iva", "dhūmenābhiparītāṅgīṃ pūrṇacandraprabhām iva"], "translation": "created with effort by the Creator, divine, as if wrought of illusion, her limbs enwrapped as if by smoke, like the radiance of the full moon (veiled) —", "sarga_title": "Indra’s restoration; Ahalyā released by Rāma"}
{"ref": "1.48.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 48, "verse": 15, "iast": ["satuṣārāvṛtāṃ sābhrāṃ pūrṇacandraprabhām iva", "madhye 'mbhaso durādharṣāṃ dīptāṃ sūryaprabhām iva"], "translation": "like the radiance of the full moon veiled by mist and cloud; unassailable in the midst of the waters, blazing like the light of the sun —", "sarga_title": "Indra’s restoration; Ahalyā released by Rāma"}
{"ref": "1.48.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 48, "verse": 16, "iast": ["sa hi gautamavākyena durnirīkṣyā babhūva ha", "trayāṇām api lokānāṃ yāvad rāmasya darśanam"], "translation": "For by Gautama's word she had become hard to look upon, even for the three worlds, until the coming of Rāma.", "sarga_title": "Indra’s restoration; Ahalyā released by Rāma"}
{"ref": "1.48.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 48, "verse": 17, "iast": ["rāghavau tu tatas tasyāḥ pādau jagṛhatus tadā", "smarantī gautamavacaḥ pratijagrāha sā ca tau"], "translation": "Then the two Rāghavas clasped her feet; and she, remembering Gautama's words, received the two of them.", "sarga_title": "Indra’s restoration; Ahalyā released by Rāma"}
{"ref": "1.48.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 48, "verse": 18, "iast": ["pādyam arghyaṃ tathātithyaṃ cakāra susamāhitā", "pratijagrāha kākutstho vidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā"], "translation": "With full attention she made offering of water for the feet, the guest-offering, and hospitality; and Kākutstha accepted it with the rite prescribed by injunction.", "sarga_title": "Indra’s restoration; Ahalyā released by Rāma"}
{"ref": "1.48.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 48, "verse": 19, "iast": ["puṣpavṛṣṭir mahaty āsīd devadundubhinisvanaiḥ", "gandharvāpsarasāṃ cāpi mahān āsīt samāgamaḥ"], "translation": "There was a great rain of flowers, amid the sounds of the celestial drums; and there was also a great gathering of Gandharvas and Apsarases.", "sarga_title": "Indra’s restoration; Ahalyā released by Rāma"}
{"ref": "1.48.20", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 48, "verse": 20, "iast": ["sādhu sādhv iti devās tām ahalyāṃ samapūjayan", "tapobalaviśuddhāṅgīṃ gautamasya vaśānugām"], "translation": "“Excellent! Excellent!” — thus the gods honoured Ahalyā, her body purified by the power of austerity, obedient to Gautama's will.", "sarga_title": "Indra’s restoration; Ahalyā released by Rāma"}
{"ref": "1.48.21", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 48, "verse": 21, "iast": ["gautamo 'pi mahātejā ahalyāsahitaḥ sukhī", "rāmaṃ saṃpūjya vidhivat tapas tepe mahātapāḥ"], "translation": "Gautama too, of great splendour, happy, reunited with Ahalyā, having duly honoured Rāma, the great ascetic performed his austerity.", "sarga_title": "Indra’s restoration; Ahalyā released by Rāma"}
{"ref": "1.48.22", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 48, "verse": 22, "iast": ["rāmo 'pi paramāṃ pūjāṃ gautamasya mahāmuneḥ", "sakāśād vidhivat prāpya jagāma mithilāṃ tataḥ"], "translation": "Rāma too, having duly received supreme honour from the great sage Gautama, then went on to Mithilā.", "sarga_title": "Indra’s restoration; Ahalyā released by Rāma"}
{"ref": "1.49.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 49, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tataḥ prāguttarāṃ gatvā rāmaḥ saumitriṇā saha", "viśvāmitraṃ puraskṛtya yajñavāṭam upāgamat"], "translation": "Then Rāma, going in the north-easterly direction together with Saumitri, and placing Viśvāmitra in front, arrived at the sacrificial enclosure.", "sarga_title": "Arrival in Mithilā: Janaka receives the travellers"}
{"ref": "1.49.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 49, "verse": 2, "iast": ["rāmas tu muniśārdūlam uvāca sahalakṣmaṇaḥ", "sādhvī yajñasamṛddhir hi janakasya mahātmanaḥ"], "translation": "And Rāma, together with Lakṣmaṇa, said to the tiger among sages: “Excellent indeed is the rich sacrifice of the great-souled Janaka.", "sarga_title": "Arrival in Mithilā: Janaka receives the travellers"}
{"ref": "1.49.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 49, "verse": 3, "iast": ["bahūnīha sahasrāṇi nānādeśanivāsinām", "brāhmaṇānāṃ mahābhāga vedādhyayanaśālinām"], "translation": "Here are many thousands of brahmins, O illustrious one, dwelling in various lands, distinguished in the study of the Vedas.", "sarga_title": "Arrival in Mithilā: Janaka receives the travellers"}
{"ref": "1.49.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 49, "verse": 4, "iast": ["ṛṣivāṭāś ca dṛśyante śakaṭīśatasaṃkulāḥ", "deśo vidhīyatāṃ brahman yatra vatsyāmahe vayam"], "translation": "And the sages' encampments are seen, crowded with hundreds of carts; let a place be assigned, O brahmin, where we may dwell.”", "sarga_title": "Arrival in Mithilā: Janaka receives the travellers"}
{"ref": "1.49.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 49, "verse": 5, "iast": ["rāmasya vacanaṃ śrutvā viśvāmitro mahāmuniḥ", "niveśam akarod deśe vivikte salilāyute"], "translation": "Hearing Rāma's words, the great sage Viśvāmitra made a lodging in a secluded spot supplied with water.", "sarga_title": "Arrival in Mithilā: Janaka receives the travellers"}
{"ref": "1.49.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 49, "verse": 6, "iast": ["viśvāmitraṃ muniśreṣṭhaṃ śrutvā sa nṛpatis tadā", "śatānandaṃ puraskṛtya purohitam aninditam"], "translation": "When that king then heard of Viśvāmitra, the best of sages, placing before him his blameless family-priest Śatānanda —", "sarga_title": "Arrival in Mithilā: Janaka receives the travellers"}
{"ref": "1.49.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 49, "verse": 7, "iast": ["ṛtvijo 'pi mahātmānas tv arghyam ādāya satvaram", "viśvāmitrāya dharmeṇa dadur mantrapuraskṛtam"], "translation": "the great-souled officiating priests too, quickly taking up the guest-offering, gave it duly to Viśvāmitra, prefaced with sacred formulas.", "sarga_title": "Arrival in Mithilā: Janaka receives the travellers"}
{"ref": "1.49.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 49, "verse": 8, "iast": ["pratigṛhya tu tāṃ pūjāṃ janakasya mahātmanaḥ", "papraccha kuśalaṃ rājño yajñasya ca nirāmayam"], "translation": "Having accepted that honour from the great-souled Janaka, he inquired after the king's welfare and the untroubled (progress) of the sacrifice.", "sarga_title": "Arrival in Mithilā: Janaka receives the travellers"}
{"ref": "1.49.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 49, "verse": 9, "iast": ["sa tāṃś cāpi munīn pṛṣṭvā sopādhyāya purodhasaḥ", "yathānyāyaṃ tataḥ sarvaiḥ samāgacchat prahṛṣṭavān"], "translation": "And having greeted those sages too, along with the teachers and the priests, he then, greatly delighted, met with them all as was fitting.", "sarga_title": "Arrival in Mithilā: Janaka receives the travellers"}
{"ref": "1.49.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 49, "verse": 10, "iast": ["atha rājā muniśreṣṭhaṃ kṛtāñjalir abhāṣata", "āsane bhagavān āstāṃ sahaibhir munisattamaiḥ"], "translation": "Then the king, with palms joined, addressed the best of sages: “Let the venerable one be seated, together with these best of sages.”", "sarga_title": "Arrival in Mithilā: Janaka receives the travellers"}
{"ref": "1.49.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 49, "verse": 11, "iast": ["janakasya vacaḥ śrutvā niṣasāda mahāmuniḥ", "purodhā ṛtvijaś caiva rājā ca saha mantribhiḥ"], "translation": "Hearing Janaka's words, the great sage sat down; and so did the family-priest, the officiating priests, and the king together with his ministers.", "sarga_title": "Arrival in Mithilā: Janaka receives the travellers"}
{"ref": "1.49.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 49, "verse": 12, "iast": ["āsaneṣu yathānyāyam upaviṣṭān samantataḥ", "dṛṣṭvā sa nṛpatis tatra viśvāmitram athābravīt"], "translation": "Seeing them seated all around on seats as befitting, the king there then said to Viśvāmitra:", "sarga_title": "Arrival in Mithilā: Janaka receives the travellers"}
{"ref": "1.49.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 49, "verse": 13, "iast": ["adya yajñasamṛddhir me saphalā daivataiḥ kṛtā", "adya yajñaphalaṃ prāptaṃ bhagavaddarśanān mayā"], "translation": "“Today my rich sacrifice has been made fruitful by the gods; today the fruit of the sacrifice has been attained by me through the sight of the venerable one.", "sarga_title": "Arrival in Mithilā: Janaka receives the travellers"}
{"ref": "1.49.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 49, "verse": 14, "iast": ["dhanyo 'smy anugṛhīto 'smi yasya me munipuṃgava", "yajñopasadanaṃ brahman prāpto 'si munibhiḥ saha"], "translation": "I am blessed, I am favoured, O bull among sages, in that you, O brahmin, have come to my sacrificial session together with the sages.", "sarga_title": "Arrival in Mithilā: Janaka receives the travellers"}
{"ref": "1.49.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 49, "verse": 15, "iast": ["dvādaśāhaṃ tu brahmarṣe śeṣam āhur manīṣiṇaḥ", "tato bhāgārthino devān draṣṭum arhasi kauśika"], "translation": "The wise say twelve days remain, O brahmin-seer; after that you shall be able to see the gods, who come for their shares, O Kauśika.", "sarga_title": "Arrival in Mithilā: Janaka receives the travellers"}
{"ref": "1.49.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 49, "verse": 16, "iast": ["ity uktvā muniśārdūlaṃ prahṛṣṭavadanas tadā", "punas taṃ paripapraccha prāñjaliḥ prayato nṛpaḥ"], "translation": "Having thus spoken to the tiger among sages, the king then, with joyful face, palms joined and composed, questioned him further:", "sarga_title": "Arrival in Mithilā: Janaka receives the travellers"}
{"ref": "1.49.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 49, "verse": 17, "iast": ["imau kumārau bhadraṃ te devatulyaparākramau", "gajasiṃhagatī vīrau śārdūlavṛṣabhopamau"], "translation": "“These two youths — blessings on you — of prowess equal to the gods, with the gait of elephant and lion, heroes like tiger and bull,", "sarga_title": "Arrival in Mithilā: Janaka receives the travellers"}
{"ref": "1.49.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 49, "verse": 18, "iast": ["padmapatraviśālākṣau khaḍgatūṇīdhanurdharau", "aśvināv iva rūpeṇa samupasthitayauvanau"], "translation": "with eyes wide as lotus-petals, bearing sword, quiver, and bow, in form like the two Aśvins, in the bloom of youth,", "sarga_title": "Arrival in Mithilā: Janaka receives the travellers"}
{"ref": "1.49.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 49, "verse": 19, "iast": ["yadṛcchayaiva gāṃ prāptau devalokād ivāmarau", "kathaṃ padbhyām iha prāptau kimarthaṃ kasya vā mune"], "translation": "come to earth as if by mere chance, like two immortals from the world of the gods — how have they come here on foot, for what purpose, and whose (sons) are they, O sage?", "sarga_title": "Arrival in Mithilā: Janaka receives the travellers"}
{"ref": "1.49.20", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 49, "verse": 20, "iast": ["varāyudhadharau vīrau kasya putrau mahāmune", "bhūṣayantāv imaṃ deśaṃ candrasūryāv ivāmbaram"], "translation": "Bearing excellent weapons, whose sons are these two heroes, O great sage, adorning this land as the moon and sun adorn the sky,", "sarga_title": "Arrival in Mithilā: Janaka receives the travellers"}
{"ref": "1.49.21", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 49, "verse": 21, "iast": ["parasparasya sadṛśau pramāṇeṅgitaceṣṭitaiḥ", "kākapakṣadharau vīrau śrotum icchāmi tattvataḥ"], "translation": "resembling each other in stature, gesture, and movement, heroes wearing the side-locks of youth? I wish to hear the truth.”", "sarga_title": "Arrival in Mithilā: Janaka receives the travellers"}
{"ref": "1.49.22", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 49, "verse": 22, "iast": ["tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā janakasya mahātmanaḥ", "nyavedayan mahātmānau putrau daśarathasya tau"], "translation": "Hearing that speech of the great-souled Janaka, he (Viśvāmitra) made known those two great-souled sons of Daśaratha —", "sarga_title": "Arrival in Mithilā: Janaka receives the travellers"}
{"ref": "1.49.23", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 49, "verse": 23, "iast": ["siddhāśramanivāsaṃ ca rākṣasānāṃ vadhaṃ tathā", "tac cāgamanam avyagraṃ viśālāyāś ca darśanam"], "translation": "— the sojourn at Siddhāśrama and the slaying of the rākṣasas, and their untroubled coming, and the sight of Viśālā,", "sarga_title": "Arrival in Mithilā: Janaka receives the travellers"}
{"ref": "1.49.24", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 49, "verse": 24, "iast": ["ahalyādarśanaṃ caiva gautamena samāgamam", "mahādhanuṣi jijñāsāṃ kartum āgamanaṃ tathā"], "translation": "and the seeing of Ahalyā and the meeting with Gautama, and likewise their coming to make trial of the great bow.", "sarga_title": "Arrival in Mithilā: Janaka receives the travellers"}
{"ref": "1.49.25", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 49, "verse": 25, "iast": ["etat sarvaṃ mahātejā janakāya mahātmane", "nivedya virarāmātha viśvāmitro mahāmuniḥ"], "translation": "Having related all this to the great-souled Janaka, the mighty great sage Viśvāmitra then fell silent.", "sarga_title": "Arrival in Mithilā: Janaka receives the travellers"}
{"ref": "1.50.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 50, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā viśvāmitrasya dhīmataḥ", "hṛṣṭaromā mahātejāḥ śatānando mahātapāḥ"], "translation": "Hearing that speech of the wise Viśvāmitra, the mighty great ascetic Śatānanda, his hair bristling with joy —", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śatānanda introduces the former King"}
{"ref": "1.50.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 50, "verse": 2, "iast": ["gautamasya suto jyeṣṭhas tapasā dyotitaprabhaḥ", "rāmasaṃdarśanād eva paraṃ vismayam āgataḥ"], "translation": "the eldest son of Gautama, his radiance kindled by austerity, came to the utmost astonishment at the very sight of Rāma.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śatānanda introduces the former King"}
{"ref": "1.50.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 50, "verse": 3, "iast": ["sa tau niṣaṇṇau saṃprekṣya sukhāsīnau nṛpātmajau", "śatānando muniśreṣṭhaṃ viśvāmitram athābravīt"], "translation": "Beholding those two princes seated comfortably, Śatānanda then said to the best of sages, Viśvāmitra:", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śatānanda introduces the former King"}
{"ref": "1.50.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 50, "verse": 4, "iast": ["api te muniśārdūla mama mātā yaśasvinī", "darśitā rājaputrāya tapo dīrgham upāgatā"], "translation": "“O tiger among sages, was my illustrious mother, who had undertaken long austerity, shown by you to the prince?", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śatānanda introduces the former King"}
{"ref": "1.50.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 50, "verse": 5, "iast": ["api rāme mahātejo mama mātā yaśasvinī", "vanyair upāharat pūjāṃ pūjārhe sarvadehinām"], "translation": "O mighty one, did my illustrious mother offer worship with forest-produce to Rāma, who is worthy of worship by all embodied beings?", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śatānanda introduces the former King"}
{"ref": "1.50.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 50, "verse": 6, "iast": ["api rāmāya kathitaṃ yathāvṛttaṃ purātanam", "mama mātur mahātejo devena duranuṣṭhitam"], "translation": "O mighty one, was the ancient event, just as it happened — that ill deed done to my mother by the god (Indra) — told to Rāma?", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śatānanda introduces the former King"}
{"ref": "1.50.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 50, "verse": 7, "iast": ["api kauśika bhadraṃ te guruṇā mama saṃgatā", "mātā mama muniśreṣṭha rāmasaṃdarśanād itaḥ"], "translation": "O Kauśika, blessings on you — was my mother reunited with my father, O best of sages, as a result of Rāma's appearing?", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śatānanda introduces the former King"}
{"ref": "1.50.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 50, "verse": 8, "iast": ["api me guruṇā rāmaḥ pūjitaḥ kuśikātmaja", "ihāgato mahātejāḥ pūjāṃ prāpya mahātmanaḥ"], "translation": "O son of Kuśika, was Rāma honoured by my father? Did the mighty one come here after receiving the honour of that great soul?", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śatānanda introduces the former King"}
{"ref": "1.50.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 50, "verse": 9, "iast": ["api śāntena manasā gurur me kuśikātmaja", "ihāgatena rāmeṇa prayatenābhivāditaḥ"], "translation": "O son of Kuśika, was my father reverently saluted by Rāma, who came here with a tranquil mind?”", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śatānanda introduces the former King"}
{"ref": "1.50.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 50, "verse": 10, "iast": ["tac chrutvā vacanaṃ tasya viśvāmitro mahāmuniḥ", "pratyuvāca śatānandaṃ vākyajño vākyakovidam"], "translation": "Hearing that speech of his, the great sage Viśvāmitra, knowing (the art of) speech, replied to the eloquent Śatānanda:", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śatānanda introduces the former King"}
{"ref": "1.50.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 50, "verse": 11, "iast": ["nātikrāntaṃ muniśreṣṭha yat kartavyaṃ kṛtaṃ mayā", "saṃgatā muninā patnī bhārgaveṇeva reṇukā"], "translation": "“Nothing has been omitted, O best of sages; what ought to be done has been done by me; the wife was reunited with the sage, as Reṇukā with the Bhārgava (Jamadagni).”", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śatānanda introduces the former King"}
{"ref": "1.50.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 50, "verse": 12, "iast": ["tac chrutvā vacanaṃ tasya viśvāmitrasya dhīmataḥ", "śatānando mahātejā rāmaṃ vacanam abravīt"], "translation": "Hearing that speech of the wise Viśvāmitra, the mighty Śatānanda spoke these words to Rāma:", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śatānanda introduces the former King"}
{"ref": "1.50.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 50, "verse": 13, "iast": ["svāgataṃ te naraśreṣṭha diṣṭyā prāpto 'si rāghava", "viśvāmitraṃ puraskṛtya maharṣim aparājitam"], "translation": "“Welcome to you, O best of men! By good fortune you have come, O Rāghava, placing before you the invincible great sage Viśvāmitra.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śatānanda introduces the former King"}
{"ref": "1.50.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 50, "verse": 14, "iast": ["acintyakarmā tapasā brahmarṣir amitaprabhaḥ", "viśvāmitro mahātejā vetsy enaṃ paramāṃ gatim"], "translation": "Of deeds inconceivable through austerity, a brahmin-seer of boundless splendour — this mighty Viśvāmitra you should know as the highest refuge.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śatānanda introduces the former King"}
{"ref": "1.50.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 50, "verse": 15, "iast": ["nāsti dhanyataro rāma tvatto 'nyo bhuvi kaś cana", "goptā kuśikaputras te yena taptaṃ mahat tapaḥ"], "translation": "There is none else on earth more blessed than you, O Rāma, whose protector is the son of Kuśika, by whom great austerity has been performed.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śatānanda introduces the former King"}
{"ref": "1.50.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 50, "verse": 16, "iast": ["śrūyatāṃ cābhidāsyāmi kauśikasya mahātmanaḥ", "yathābalaṃ yathāvṛttaṃ tan me nigadataḥ śṛṇu"], "translation": "And let it be heard — I shall relate the might and the deeds of the great-souled Kauśika; hear that from me as I tell it.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śatānanda introduces the former King"}
{"ref": "1.50.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 50, "verse": 17, "iast": ["rājābhūd eṣa dharmātmā dīrgha kālam ariṃdamaḥ", "dharmajñaḥ kṛtavidyaś ca prajānāṃ ca hite rataḥ"], "translation": "This one was for a long time a righteous king, a subduer of foes, a knower of dharma, accomplished in learning, and devoted to the welfare of his subjects.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śatānanda introduces the former King"}
{"ref": "1.50.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 50, "verse": 18, "iast": ["prajāpatisutas tv āsīt kuśo nāma mahīpatiḥ", "kuśasya putro balavān kuśanābhaḥ sudhārmikaḥ"], "translation": "There was a lord of the earth named Kuśa, son of Prajāpati; Kuśa's son was the mighty, most righteous Kuśanābha.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śatānanda introduces the former King"}
{"ref": "1.50.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 50, "verse": 19, "iast": ["kuśanābhasutas tv āsīd gādhir ity eva viśrutaḥ", "gādheḥ putro mahātejā viśvāmitro mahāmuniḥ"], "translation": "Kuśanābha's son was famed as Gādhi; Gādhi's son was the mighty great sage Viśvāmitra.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śatānanda introduces the former King"}
{"ref": "1.50.20", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 50, "verse": 20, "iast": ["viśvamitro mahātejāḥ pālayām āsa medinīm", "bahuvarṣasahasrāṇi rājā rājyam akārayat"], "translation": "The mighty Viśvāmitra ruled the earth; for many thousands of years the king exercised sovereignty.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śatānanda introduces the former King"}
{"ref": "1.50.21", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 50, "verse": 21, "iast": ["kadā cit tu mahātejā yojayitvā varūthinīm", "akṣauhiṇīparivṛtaḥ paricakrāma medinīm"], "translation": "Once the mighty one, having mustered an army, surrounded by an akṣauhiṇī (a full army-division), roamed about the earth.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śatānanda introduces the former King"}
{"ref": "1.50.22", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 50, "verse": 22, "iast": ["nagarāṇi ca rāṣṭrāṇi saritaś ca tathā girīn", "āśramān kramaśo rājā vicarann ājagāmaha"], "translation": "The king, wandering in turn through cities and kingdoms, rivers and likewise mountains, and hermitages, came at length —", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śatānanda introduces the former King"}
{"ref": "1.50.23", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 50, "verse": 23, "iast": ["vasiṣṭhasyāśramapadaṃ nānāpuṣpaphaladrumam", "nānāmṛgagaṇākīrṇaṃ siddhacāraṇasevitam"], "translation": "to the hermitage of Vasiṣṭha, with trees of various flowers and fruits, thronged with herds of various beasts, frequented by Siddhas and Cāraṇas,", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śatānanda introduces the former King"}
{"ref": "1.50.24", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 50, "verse": 24, "iast": ["devadānavagandharvaiḥ kiṃnarair upaśobhitam", "praśāntahariṇākīrṇaṃ dvijasaṃghaniṣevitam"], "translation": "graced by gods, demons, gandharvas, and kiṃnaras, thronged with peaceful deer, resorted to by hosts of brahmins,", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śatānanda introduces the former King"}
{"ref": "1.50.25", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 50, "verse": 25, "iast": ["brahmarṣigaṇasaṃkīrṇaṃ devarṣigaṇasevitam", "tapaścaraṇasaṃsiddhair agnikalpair mahātmabhiḥ"], "translation": "crowded with hosts of brahmin-seers, frequented by hosts of divine seers, (thronged) with great souls perfected in the practice of austerity, resembling fire,", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śatānanda introduces the former King"}
{"ref": "1.50.26", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 50, "verse": 26, "iast": ["satataṃ saṃkulaṃ śrīmad brahmakalpair mahātmabhiḥ", "abbhakṣair vāyubhakṣaiś ca śīrṇaparṇāśanais tathā"], "translation": "ever crowded and glorious with great souls resembling Brahmā, some feeding on water, some on air, and likewise on fallen leaves,", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śatānanda introduces the former King"}
{"ref": "1.50.27", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 50, "verse": 27, "iast": ["phalamūlāśanair dāntair jitaroṣair jitendriyaiḥ", "ṛṣibhir vālakhilyaiś ca japahomaparāyaṇaiḥ"], "translation": "with sages who ate fruit and root, self-controlled, having conquered anger and mastered their senses — with seers and Vālakhilyas devoted to muttered prayer and oblation,", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śatānanda introduces the former King"}
{"ref": "1.50.28", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 50, "verse": 28, "iast": ["vasiṣṭhasyāśramapadaṃ brahmalokam ivāparam", "dadarśa jayatāṃ śreṣṭha viśvāmitro mahābalaḥ"], "translation": "— the hermitage of Vasiṣṭha, like a second world of Brahmā, the mighty Viśvāmitra, O best of conquerors, beheld.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śatānanda introduces the former King"}
{"ref": "1.51.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 51, "verse": 1, "iast": ["sa dṛṣṭvā paramaprīto viśvāmitro mahābalaḥ", "praṇato vinayād vīro vasiṣṭhaṃ japatāṃ varam"], "translation": "Seeing him, the mighty hero Viśvāmitra, highly delighted, bowed out of humility to Vasiṣṭha, the best of those who mutter prayers.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Vasiṣṭha’s hospitality"}
{"ref": "1.51.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 51, "verse": 2, "iast": ["svāgataṃ tava cety ukto vasiṣṭhena mahātmanā", "āsanaṃ cāsya bhagavān vasiṣṭho vyādideśa ha"], "translation": "Addressed by the great-souled Vasiṣṭha with 'Welcome to you,' the venerable Vasiṣṭha also assigned him a seat.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Vasiṣṭha’s hospitality"}
{"ref": "1.51.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 51, "verse": 3, "iast": ["upaviṣṭāya ca tadā viśvāmitrāya dhīmate", "yathānyāyaṃ munivaraḥ phalamūlam upāharat"], "translation": "And then to the wise Viśvāmitra, who had seated himself, the best of sages duly offered fruit and roots.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Vasiṣṭha’s hospitality"}
{"ref": "1.51.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 51, "verse": 4, "iast": ["pratigṛhya ca tāṃ pūjāṃ vasiṣṭhād rājasattamaḥ", "tapo'gnihotraśiṣyeṣu kuśalaṃ paryapṛcchata"], "translation": "And having received that honour from Vasiṣṭha, the best of kings inquired after the welfare of his austerities, his fire-offering, and his pupils.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Vasiṣṭha’s hospitality"}
{"ref": "1.51.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 51, "verse": 5, "iast": ["viśvāmitro mahātejā vanaspatigaṇe tathā", "sarvatra kuśalaṃ cāha vasiṣṭho rājasattamam"], "translation": "Viśvāmitra of great splendour asked likewise about the host of forest-trees; and Vasiṣṭha told the best of kings that all was well everywhere.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Vasiṣṭha’s hospitality"}
{"ref": "1.51.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 51, "verse": 6, "iast": ["sukhopaviṣṭaṃ rājānaṃ viśvāmitraṃ mahātapāḥ", "papraccha japatāṃ śreṣṭho vasiṣṭho brahmaṇaḥ sutaḥ"], "translation": "Then Vasiṣṭha, the great ascetic, the best of those who mutter prayers, the son of Brahmā, questioned King Viśvāmitra, comfortably seated:", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Vasiṣṭha’s hospitality"}
{"ref": "1.51.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 51, "verse": 7, "iast": ["kaccit te kuśalaṃ rājan kaccid dharmeṇa rañjayan", "prajāḥ pālayase rājan rājavṛttena dhārmika"], "translation": "'Is it well with you, O king? Do you, O righteous king, protect your subjects by kingly conduct, delighting them with dharma?'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Vasiṣṭha’s hospitality"}
{"ref": "1.51.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 51, "verse": 8, "iast": ["kaccit te subhṛtā bhṛtyāḥ kaccit tiṣṭhanti śāsane", "kaccit te vijitāḥ sarve ripavo ripusūdana"], "translation": "'Are your servants well provided for? Do they abide by your command? Are all your foes conquered, O slayer of foes?'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Vasiṣṭha’s hospitality"}
{"ref": "1.51.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 51, "verse": 9, "iast": ["kaccid bale ca kośe ca mitreṣu ca paraṃtapa", "kuśalaṃ te naravyāghra putrapautre tathānagha"], "translation": "'Is all well in your army, treasury, and allies, O scorcher of foes? And with your sons and grandsons, O tiger among men, O sinless one?'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Vasiṣṭha’s hospitality"}
{"ref": "1.51.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 51, "verse": 10, "iast": ["sarvatra kuśalaṃ rājā vasiṣṭhaṃ pratyudāharat", "viśvāmitro mahātejā vasiṣṭhaṃ vinayānvitaḥ"], "translation": "King Viśvāmitra of great splendour, filled with humility, replied to Vasiṣṭha that all was well everywhere.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Vasiṣṭha’s hospitality"}
{"ref": "1.51.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 51, "verse": 11, "iast": ["kṛtvobhau suciraṃ kālaṃ dharmiṣṭhau tāḥ kathāḥ śubhāḥ", "mudā paramayā yuktau prīyetāṃ tau parasparam"], "translation": "The two most righteous ones, having carried on those auspicious conversations for a very long while, filled with supreme joy, delighted in one another.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Vasiṣṭha’s hospitality"}
{"ref": "1.51.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 51, "verse": 12, "iast": ["tato vasiṣṭho bhagavān kathānte raghunandana", "viśvāmitram idaṃ vākyam uvāca prahasann iva"], "translation": "Then, O delight of the Raghus, the venerable Vasiṣṭha, at the end of the conversation, spoke these words to Viśvāmitra, as if smiling:", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Vasiṣṭha’s hospitality"}
{"ref": "1.51.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 51, "verse": 13, "iast": ["ātithyaṃ kartum icchāmi balasyāsya mahābala", "tava caivāprameyasya yathārhaṃ saṃpratīccha me"], "translation": "'I wish to show hospitality to this army, O mighty one, and to you, the immeasurable one, as befits; accept it from me duly.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Vasiṣṭha’s hospitality"}
{"ref": "1.51.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 51, "verse": 14, "iast": ["satkriyāṃ tu bhavān etāṃ pratīcchatu mayodyatām", "rājaṃs tvam atithiśreṣṭhaḥ pūjanīyaḥ prayatnataḥ"], "translation": "'Let your honour accept this hospitable welcome prepared by me; O king, you are the most excellent of guests, to be honoured with all care.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Vasiṣṭha’s hospitality"}
{"ref": "1.51.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 51, "verse": 15, "iast": ["evam ukto vasiṣṭhena viśvāmitro mahāmatiḥ", "kṛtam ity abravīd rājā pūjāvākyena me tvayā"], "translation": "Thus addressed by Vasiṣṭha, the wise King Viśvāmitra said, 'It has already been done for me by you with these words of honour.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Vasiṣṭha’s hospitality"}
{"ref": "1.51.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 51, "verse": 16, "iast": ["phalamūlena bhagavan vidyate yat tavāśrame", "pādyenācamanīyena bhagavaddarśanena ca"], "translation": "'With the fruit and roots that are found in your hermitage, O venerable one, with water for the feet and water for sipping, and with the sight of your reverence—'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Vasiṣṭha’s hospitality"}
{"ref": "1.51.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 51, "verse": 17, "iast": ["sarvathā ca mahāprājña pūjārheṇa supūjitaḥ", "gamiṣyāmi namas te 'stu maitreṇekṣasva cakṣuṣā"], "translation": "'—in every way, O greatly wise one, I have been well honoured with what is worthy of honour; I shall now go. Salutation to you! Look upon me with a friendly eye.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Vasiṣṭha’s hospitality"}
{"ref": "1.51.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 51, "verse": 18, "iast": ["evaṃ bruvantaṃ rājānaṃ vasiṣṭhaḥ punar eva hi", "nyamantrayata dharmātmā punaḥ punar udāradhīḥ"], "translation": "To the king who spoke thus, the righteous and noble-minded Vasiṣṭha extended his invitation yet again, over and over.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Vasiṣṭha’s hospitality"}
{"ref": "1.51.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 51, "verse": 19, "iast": ["bāḍham ity eva gādheyo vasiṣṭhaṃ pratyuvāca ha", "yathā priyaṃ bhagavatas tathāstu munisattama"], "translation": "'So be it,' Gādheya (Viśvāmitra) replied to Vasiṣṭha; 'as is pleasing to your reverence, so let it be, O best of sages.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Vasiṣṭha’s hospitality"}
{"ref": "1.51.20", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 51, "verse": 20, "iast": ["evam ukto mahātejā vasiṣṭho japatāṃ varaḥ", "ājuhāva tataḥ prītaḥ kalmāṣīṃ dhūtakalmaṣaḥ"], "translation": "Thus addressed, Vasiṣṭha of great splendour, the best of those who mutter prayers, his sins shaken off, then, delighted, summoned Kalmāṣī (the dappled cow).", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Vasiṣṭha’s hospitality"}
{"ref": "1.51.21", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 51, "verse": 21, "iast": ["ehy ehi śabale kṣipraṃ śṛṇu cāpi vaco mama", "sabalasyāsya rājarṣeḥ kartuṃ vyavasito 'smy aham", "bhojanena mahārheṇa satkāraṃ saṃvidhatsva me"], "translation": "'Come, come quickly, Śabalā, and hear my word: I am resolved to make a feast for this royal seer together with his army; provide me a hospitable reception with the most costly food.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Vasiṣṭha’s hospitality"}
{"ref": "1.51.22", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 51, "verse": 22, "iast": ["yasya yasya yathākāmaṃ ṣaḍraseṣv abhipūjitam", "tat sarvaṃ kāmadhug divye abhivarṣakṛte mama"], "translation": "'Whatever each one desires, esteemed among the six flavours—all of that, O wish-yielding cow, produce for me in a divine outpouring.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Vasiṣṭha’s hospitality"}
{"ref": "1.51.23", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 51, "verse": 23, "iast": ["rasenānnena pānena lehyacoṣyeṇa saṃyutam", "annānāṃ nicayaṃ sarvaṃ sṛjasva śabale tvara"], "translation": "'Produce a whole heap of foods furnished with savoury dishes, with drink, and with what is to be licked and sucked; make haste, Śabalā!'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Vasiṣṭha’s hospitality"}
{"ref": "1.52.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 52, "verse": 1, "iast": ["evam uktā vasiṣṭhena śabalā śatrusūdana", "vidadhe kāmadhuk kāmān yasya yasya yathepsitam"], "translation": "Thus addressed by Vasiṣṭha, O slayer of foes, Śabalā the wish-yielder produced the desired objects of each and every one, according to their wish.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śabalā’s feast and the rejected purchase"}
{"ref": "1.52.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 52, "verse": 2, "iast": ["ikṣūn madhūṃs tathā lājān maireyāṃś ca varāsavān", "pānāni ca mahārhāṇi bhakṣyāṃś coccāvacāṃs tathā"], "translation": "Sugarcanes, meads, and parched grain, maireya-liquors and the finest spirits, most costly drinks, and edibles of every kind—", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śabalā’s feast and the rejected purchase"}
{"ref": "1.52.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 52, "verse": 3, "iast": ["uṣṇāḍhyasyaudanasyāpi rāśayaḥ parvatopamāḥ", "mṛṣṭānnāni ca sūpāś ca dadhikulyās tathaiva ca"], "translation": "heaps of steaming, rich boiled rice like mountains, delicate foods and broths, and streams of curds as well—", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śabalā’s feast and the rejected purchase"}
{"ref": "1.52.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 52, "verse": 4, "iast": ["nānāsvādurasānāṃ ca ṣāḍavānāṃ tathaiva ca", "bhājanāni supūrṇāni gauḍāni ca sahasraśaḥ"], "translation": "and thousands of well-filled vessels of various sweet-flavoured dishes, of ṣāḍava confections likewise, and of preparations made from raw sugar.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śabalā’s feast and the rejected purchase"}
{"ref": "1.52.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 52, "verse": 5, "iast": ["sarvam āsīt susaṃtuṣṭaṃ hṛṣṭapuṣṭajanākulam", "viśvāmitrabalaṃ rāma vasiṣṭhenābhitarpitam"], "translation": "Viśvāmitra's whole army, O Rāma, gratified by Vasiṣṭha, was thoroughly content and thronged with joyful, well-fed people.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śabalā’s feast and the rejected purchase"}
{"ref": "1.52.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 52, "verse": 6, "iast": ["viśvāmitro 'pi rājarṣir hṛṣṭapuṣṭas tadābhavat", "sāntaḥ puravaro rājā sabrāhmaṇapurohitaḥ"], "translation": "Viśvāmitra too, the royal seer, then became joyful and well-fed; the king, together with the chief ladies of his harem, with his brahmins and house-priest,", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śabalā’s feast and the rejected purchase"}
{"ref": "1.52.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 52, "verse": 7, "iast": ["sāmātyo mantrisahitaḥ sabhṛtyaḥ pūjitas tadā", "yuktaḥ pareṇa harṣeṇa vasiṣṭham idam abravīt"], "translation": "with his ministers, accompanied by his counsellors and his servants, being then honoured and filled with the highest joy, said this to Vasiṣṭha:", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śabalā’s feast and the rejected purchase"}
{"ref": "1.52.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 52, "verse": 8, "iast": ["pūjito 'haṃ tvayā brahman pūjārheṇa susatkṛtaḥ", "śrūyatām abhidhāsyāmi vākyaṃ vākyaviśārada"], "translation": "'I have been honoured by you, O brahmin, worthy of honour as you are, and well entertained; let it be heard—I shall speak a word, O you skilled in speech.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śabalā’s feast and the rejected purchase"}
{"ref": "1.52.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 52, "verse": 9, "iast": ["gavāṃ śatasahasreṇa dīyatāṃ śabalā mama", "ratnaṃ hi bhagavann etad ratnahārī ca pārthivaḥ", "tasmān me śabalāṃ dehi mamaiṣā dharmato dvija"], "translation": "'Let Śabalā be given to me for a hundred thousand cows; for this is a jewel, O venerable one, and a king is a taker of jewels; therefore give me Śabalā—by right she is mine, O brahmin.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śabalā’s feast and the rejected purchase"}
{"ref": "1.52.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 52, "verse": 10, "iast": ["evam uktas tu bhagavān vasiṣṭho munisattamaḥ", "viśvāmitreṇa dharmātmā pratyuvāca mahīpatim"], "translation": "Thus addressed by Viśvāmitra, the venerable, righteous-souled Vasiṣṭha, the best of sages, replied to the king:", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śabalā’s feast and the rejected purchase"}
{"ref": "1.52.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 52, "verse": 11, "iast": ["nāhaṃ śatasahasreṇa nāpi koṭiśatair gavām", "rājan dāsyāmi śabalāṃ rāśibhī rajatasya vā"], "translation": "'Not for a hundred thousand, nor even for hundreds of crores of cows, O king, will I give Śabalā, nor for heaps of silver.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śabalā’s feast and the rejected purchase"}
{"ref": "1.52.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 52, "verse": 12, "iast": ["na parityāgam arheyaṃ matsakāśād ariṃdama", "śāśvatī śabalā mahyaṃ kīrtir ātmavato yathā"], "translation": "'I ought not to let her be parted from my side, O tamer of foes; Śabalā is everlasting to me, as fame is to a self-possessed man.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śabalā’s feast and the rejected purchase"}
{"ref": "1.52.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 52, "verse": 13, "iast": ["asyāṃ havyaṃ ca kavyaṃ ca prāṇayātrā tathaiva ca", "āyattam agnihotraṃ ca balir homas tathaiva ca"], "translation": "'On her depend the offering to the gods and the offering to the ancestors, and likewise the sustaining of life, the fire-oblation, the bali-offering and the homa as well;'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śabalā’s feast and the rejected purchase"}
{"ref": "1.52.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 52, "verse": 14, "iast": ["svāhākāravaṣaṭkārau vidyāś ca vividhās tathā", "āyattam atra rājarṣe sarvam etan na saṃśayaḥ"], "translation": "'the utterances \"svāhā\" and \"vaṣaṭ,\" and the manifold sciences likewise—all this rests upon her here, O royal seer, without doubt.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śabalā’s feast and the rejected purchase"}
{"ref": "1.52.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 52, "verse": 15, "iast": ["sarva svam etat satyena mama tuṣṭikarī sadā", "kāraṇair bahubhī rājan na dāsye śabalāṃ tava"], "translation": "'Truly this is my whole wealth; she is always my giver of contentment. For many reasons, O king, I will not give you Śabalā.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śabalā’s feast and the rejected purchase"}
{"ref": "1.52.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 52, "verse": 16, "iast": ["vasiṣṭhenaivam uktas tu viśvāmitro 'bravīt tataḥ", "saṃrabdhataram atyarthaṃ vākyaṃ vākyaviśāradaḥ"], "translation": "Thus addressed by Vasiṣṭha, Viśvāmitra, skilled in speech, then spoke a word yet more agitated and vehement:", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śabalā’s feast and the rejected purchase"}
{"ref": "1.52.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 52, "verse": 17, "iast": ["hairaṇyakakṣyāgraiveyān suvarṇāṅkuśabhūṣitān", "dadāmi kuñjarāṇāṃ te sahasrāṇi caturdaśa"], "translation": "'I will give you fourteen thousand elephants, with golden girths and neck-chains, adorned with golden goads.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śabalā’s feast and the rejected purchase"}
{"ref": "1.52.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 52, "verse": 18, "iast": ["hairaṇyānāṃ rathānāṃ ca śvetāśvānāṃ caturyujām", "dadāmi te śatāny aṣṭau kiṅkiṇīkavibhūṣitān"], "translation": "'And I will give you eight hundred golden chariots, each yoked with four white horses and adorned with little bells.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śabalā’s feast and the rejected purchase"}
{"ref": "1.52.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 52, "verse": 19, "iast": ["hayānāṃ deśajātānāṃ kulajānāṃ mahaujasām", "sahasram ekaṃ daśa ca dadāmi tava suvrata"], "translation": "'And of horses born in fine lands, of noble breed and great vigour, I will give you eleven thousand, O you of firm vows.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śabalā’s feast and the rejected purchase"}
{"ref": "1.52.20", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 52, "verse": 20, "iast": ["nānāvarṇavibhaktānāṃ vayaḥsthānāṃ tathaiva ca", "dadāmy ekāṃ gavāṃ koṭiṃ śabalā dīyatāṃ mama"], "translation": "'And of cows distinguished by various colours and in the prime of age, I will give one crore; let Śabalā be given to me.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śabalā’s feast and the rejected purchase"}
{"ref": "1.52.21", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 52, "verse": 21, "iast": ["evam uktas tu bhagavān viśvāmitreṇa dhīmatā", "na dāsyāmīti śabalāṃ prāha rājan kathaṃ cana"], "translation": "Thus addressed by the wise Viśvāmitra, the venerable one said, 'I will not give Śabalā on any account, O king.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śabalā’s feast and the rejected purchase"}
{"ref": "1.52.22", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 52, "verse": 22, "iast": ["etad eva hi me ratnam etad eva hi me dhanam", "etad eva hi sarvasvam etad eva hi jīvitam"], "translation": "'For this alone is my jewel, this alone my wealth, this alone my everything, this alone my very life;'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śabalā’s feast and the rejected purchase"}
{"ref": "1.52.23", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 52, "verse": 23, "iast": ["darśaś ca pūrṇamāsaś ca yajñāś caivāptadakṣiṇāḥ", "etad eva hi me rājan vividhāś ca kriyās tathā"], "translation": "'the new-moon and full-moon sacrifices, and the sacrifices with their due fees, and the manifold rites—all this, O king, is (dependent) on her for me.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śabalā’s feast and the rejected purchase"}
{"ref": "1.52.24", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 52, "verse": 24, "iast": ["adomūlāḥ kriyāḥ sarvā mama rājan na saṃśayaḥ", "bahūnāṃ kiṃ pralāpena na dāsye kāmadohinīm"], "translation": "'All my rites have her as their root, O king, without doubt. What use is much prattle? I will not give up the wish-yielding cow.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śabalā’s feast and the rejected purchase"}
{"ref": "1.53.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 53, "verse": 1, "iast": ["kāmadhenuṃ vasiṣṭho 'pi yadā na tyajate muniḥ", "tadāsya śabalāṃ rāma viśvāmitro 'nvakarṣata"], "translation": "When the sage Vasiṣṭha still would not give up the wish-cow, then, O Rāma, Viśvāmitra began to drag his Śabalā away.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śabalā resists seizure"}
{"ref": "1.53.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 53, "verse": 2, "iast": ["nīyamānā tu śabalā rāma rājñā mahātmanā", "duḥkhitā cintayām āsa rudantī śokakarśitā"], "translation": "But as Śabalā was being led away by the great king, O Rāma, distressed, weeping, and wasted with grief, she reflected:", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śabalā resists seizure"}
{"ref": "1.53.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 53, "verse": 3, "iast": ["parityaktā vasiṣṭhena kim ahaṃ sumahātmanā", "yāhaṃ rājabhṛtair dīnā hriyeyaṃ bhṛśaduḥkhitā"], "translation": "'Have I then been abandoned by the exceedingly great-souled Vasiṣṭha, that I, wretched and sorely afflicted, should be carried off by the king's servants?'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śabalā resists seizure"}
{"ref": "1.53.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 53, "verse": 4, "iast": ["kiṃ mayāpakṛtaṃ tasya maharṣer bhāvitātmanaḥ", "yan mām anāgasaṃ bhaktām iṣṭāṃ tyajati dhārmikaḥ"], "translation": "'What wrong have I done to that great sage of purified soul, that the righteous one abandons me—faultless, devoted, and dear?'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śabalā resists seizure"}
{"ref": "1.53.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 53, "verse": 5, "iast": ["iti sā cintayitvā tu niḥśvasya ca punaḥ punaḥ", "jagāma vegena tadā vasiṣṭhaṃ paramaujasaṃ"], "translation": "Having reflected thus and sighing again and again, she then went with speed to Vasiṣṭha of supreme might.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śabalā resists seizure"}
{"ref": "1.53.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 53, "verse": 6, "iast": ["nirdhūya tāṃs tadā bhṛtyāñ śataśaḥ śatrusūdana", "jagāmānilavegena pādamūlaṃ mahātmanaḥ"], "translation": "Shaking off those servants by the hundreds, O slayer of foes, she then sped with the swiftness of the wind to the feet of the great-souled one.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śabalā resists seizure"}
{"ref": "1.53.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 53, "verse": 7, "iast": ["śabalā sā rudantī ca krośantī cedam abravīt", "vasiṣṭhasyāgrataḥ sthitvā meghadundubhirāviṇī"], "translation": "That Śabalā, weeping and crying out, standing before Vasiṣṭha and bellowing like a thunder-cloud and a war-drum, said this:", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śabalā resists seizure"}
{"ref": "1.53.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 53, "verse": 8, "iast": ["bhagavan kiṃ parityaktā tvayāhaṃ brahmaṇaḥ suta", "yasmād rājabhṛtā māṃ hi nayante tvatsakāśataḥ"], "translation": "'O venerable one, O son of Brahmā, why have I been abandoned by you, that the king's servants are leading me away from your presence?'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śabalā resists seizure"}
{"ref": "1.53.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 53, "verse": 9, "iast": ["evam uktas tu brahmarṣir idaṃ vacanam abravīt", "śokasaṃtaptahṛdayāṃ svasāram iva duḥkhitām"], "translation": "Thus addressed, the brahmin-seer spoke these words to her, whose heart was scorched with grief and who was distressed like his own sister:", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śabalā resists seizure"}
{"ref": "1.53.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 53, "verse": 10, "iast": ["na tvāṃ tyajāmi śabale nāpi me 'pakṛtaṃ tvayā", "eṣa tvāṃ nayate rājā balān matto mahābalaḥ"], "translation": "'I am not abandoning you, Śabalā, nor have you done any wrong to me; this mighty king is leading you away from me by force.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śabalā resists seizure"}
{"ref": "1.53.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 53, "verse": 11, "iast": ["na hi tulyaṃ balaṃ mahyaṃ rājā tv adya viśeṣataḥ", "balī rājā kṣatriyaś ca pṛthivyāḥ patir eva ca"], "translation": "'For my strength is no match (for his); and the king, moreover, is now especially (strong): the king is mighty, a warrior, and the very lord of the earth.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śabalā resists seizure"}
{"ref": "1.53.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 53, "verse": 12, "iast": ["iyam akṣauhiṇīpūrṇā savājirathasaṃkulā", "hastidhvajasamākīrṇā tenāsau balavattaraḥ"], "translation": "'This host is a full akṣauhiṇī, crowded with horses and chariots, thronged with elephants and banners; therefore he is the stronger.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śabalā resists seizure"}
{"ref": "1.53.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 53, "verse": 13, "iast": ["evam uktā vasiṣṭhena pratyuvāca vinītavat", "vacanaṃ vacanajñā sā brahmarṣim amitaprabham"], "translation": "Thus addressed by Vasiṣṭha, she who knew (the power of) speech replied humbly, with a word, to the brahmin-seer of measureless splendour:", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śabalā resists seizure"}
{"ref": "1.53.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 53, "verse": 14, "iast": ["na balaṃ kṣatriyasyāhur brāhmaṇo balavattaraḥ", "brahman brahmabalaṃ divyaṃ kṣatrāt tu balavattaram"], "translation": "'They say the strength of a kṣatriya is no (true) strength; the brahmin is the stronger. O brahmin, the power of brahman is divine, and mightier than that of the kṣatra.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śabalā resists seizure"}
{"ref": "1.53.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 53, "verse": 15, "iast": ["aprameyabalaṃ tubhyaṃ na tvayā balavattaraḥ", "viśvāmitro mahāvīryas tejas tava durāsadam"], "translation": "'Yours is immeasurable strength; Viśvāmitra of great valour is not stronger than you; your energy is hard to withstand.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śabalā resists seizure"}
{"ref": "1.53.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 53, "verse": 16, "iast": ["niyuṅkṣva māṃ mahātejas tvadbrahmabalasaṃbhṛtām", "tasya darpaṃ balaṃ yat tan nāśayāmi durātmanaḥ"], "translation": "'Set me to the task, O you of great splendour—me, sustained by the power of your brahman—and I shall destroy the pride and the strength of that evil-souled one.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śabalā resists seizure"}
{"ref": "1.53.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 53, "verse": 17, "iast": ["ity uktas tu tayā rāma vasiṣṭhaḥ sumahāyaśāḥ", "sṛjasveti tadovāca balaṃ parabalārujam"], "translation": "Thus addressed by her, O Rāma, Vasiṣṭha of very great fame then said, 'Bring forth a host that shatters the enemy's army!'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śabalā resists seizure"}
{"ref": "1.53.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 53, "verse": 18, "iast": ["tasyā humbhāravotsṛṣṭāḥ pahlavāḥ śataśo nṛpa", "nāśayanti balaṃ sarvaṃ viśvāmitrasya paśyataḥ"], "translation": "From her 'humbhā' bellow there sprang forth Pahlavas by the hundreds, O king, and they destroyed all of Viśvāmitra's army as he looked on.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śabalā resists seizure"}
{"ref": "1.53.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 53, "verse": 19, "iast": ["sa rājā paramakruddhaḥ krodhavisphāritekṣaṇaḥ", "pahlavān nāśayām āsa śastrair uccāvacair api"], "translation": "That king, exceedingly enraged, his eyes wide with wrath, destroyed the Pahlavas with weapons of every sort.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śabalā resists seizure"}
{"ref": "1.53.20", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 53, "verse": 20, "iast": ["viśvāmitrārditān dṛṣṭvā pahlavāñ śataśas tadā", "bhūya evāsṛjad ghorāñ śakān yavanamiśritān"], "translation": "Seeing the Pahlavas afflicted by Viśvāmitra by the hundreds, she then again brought forth terrible Śakas mingled with Yavanas.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śabalā resists seizure"}
{"ref": "1.53.21", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 53, "verse": 21, "iast": ["tair āsīt saṃvṛtā bhūmiḥ śakair yavanamiśritaiḥ", "prabhāvadbhir mahāvīryair hemakiñjalkasaṃnibhaiḥ"], "translation": "By those Śakas mingled with Yavanas—powerful, of great valour, gleaming like the golden filaments of a lotus—the earth was covered over.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śabalā resists seizure"}
{"ref": "1.53.22", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 53, "verse": 22, "iast": ["dīrghāsipaṭṭiśadharair hemavarṇāmbarāvṛtaiḥ", "nirdagdhaṃ tad balaṃ sarvaṃ pradīptair iva pāvakaiḥ"], "translation": "By those bearing long swords and paṭṭiśa-spears and clad in gold-coloured garments, that whole army was burnt up as if by blazing fires.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śabalā resists seizure"}
{"ref": "1.53.23", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 53, "verse": 23, "iast": ["tato 'strāṇi mahātejā viśvāmitro mumoca ha"], "translation": "Then Viśvāmitra of great splendour let loose his missiles.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śabalā resists seizure"}
{"ref": "1.54.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 54, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tatas tān ākulān dṛṣṭvā viśvāmitrāstramohitān", "vasiṣṭhaś codayām āsa kāmadhuk sṛja yogataḥ"], "translation": "Then, seeing them thrown into confusion, bewildered by Viśvāmitra's missiles, Vasiṣṭha urged: 'O wish-cow, bring forth (more) by your power!'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Defeat, Śiva’s weapons and retaliation"}
{"ref": "1.54.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 54, "verse": 2, "iast": ["tasyā humbhāravāj jātāḥ kāmbojā ravisaṃnibhāḥ", "ūdhasas tv atha saṃjātāḥ pahlavāḥ śastrapāṇayaḥ"], "translation": "From her 'humbhā' bellow were born Kāmbojas resembling the sun; and from her udder arose Pahlavas, weapons in hand;", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Defeat, Śiva’s weapons and retaliation"}
{"ref": "1.54.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 54, "verse": 3, "iast": ["yonideśāc ca yavanaḥ śakṛddeśāc chakās tathā", "romakūpeṣu mecchāś ca harītāḥ sakirātakāḥ"], "translation": "and from her womb-region Yavanas, from her dung-region Śakas likewise, and from her hair-pores Mlecchas and Harītas together with Kirātas.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Defeat, Śiva’s weapons and retaliation"}
{"ref": "1.54.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 54, "verse": 4, "iast": ["tais tan niṣūditaṃ sainyaṃ viśvamitrasya tatkṣaṇāt", "sapadātigajaṃ sāśvaṃ sarathaṃ raghunandana"], "translation": "By them Viśvāmitra's army was destroyed that very instant, O delight of the Raghus—together with its foot-soldiers, elephants, horses, and chariots.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Defeat, Śiva’s weapons and retaliation"}
{"ref": "1.54.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 54, "verse": 5, "iast": ["dṛṣṭvā niṣūditaṃ sainyaṃ vasiṣṭhena mahātmanā", "viśvāmitrasutānāṃ tu śataṃ nānāvidhāyudham"], "translation": "Seeing the army destroyed by the great-souled Vasiṣṭha, the hundred sons of Viśvāmitra, bearing weapons of various kinds,", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Defeat, Śiva’s weapons and retaliation"}
{"ref": "1.54.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 54, "verse": 6, "iast": ["abhyadhāvat susaṃkruddhaṃ vasiṣṭhaṃ japatāṃ varam", "huṃkāreṇaiva tān sarvān nirdadāha mahān ṛṣiḥ"], "translation": "rushed in great fury upon Vasiṣṭha, the best of those who mutter prayers; but the great seer burnt them all up with a mere 'hum' sound.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Defeat, Śiva’s weapons and retaliation"}
{"ref": "1.54.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 54, "verse": 7, "iast": ["te sāśvarathapādātā vasiṣṭhena mahātmanā", "bhasmīkṛtā muhūrtena viśvāmitrasutās tadā"], "translation": "Those sons of Viśvāmitra, with their horses, chariots, and foot-soldiers, were reduced to ashes in an instant by the great-souled Vasiṣṭha.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Defeat, Śiva’s weapons and retaliation"}
{"ref": "1.54.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 54, "verse": 8, "iast": ["dṛṣṭvā vināśitān putrān balaṃ ca sumahāyaśāḥ", "savrīḍaś cintayāviṣṭo viśvāmitro 'bhavat tadā"], "translation": "Seeing his sons and his army destroyed, the very illustrious Viśvāmitra then became filled with shame and sunk in thought.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Defeat, Śiva’s weapons and retaliation"}
{"ref": "1.54.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 54, "verse": 9, "iast": ["saṃdura iva nirvego bhagnadaṃṣṭra ivoragaḥ", "uparakta ivādityaḥ sadyo niṣprabhatāṃ gataḥ"], "translation": "Like a sea whose surge is stilled, like a serpent with its fangs broken, like the eclipsed sun, he instantly fell into a state of lost brilliance.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Defeat, Śiva’s weapons and retaliation"}
{"ref": "1.54.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 54, "verse": 10, "iast": ["hataputrabalo dīno lūnapakṣa iva dvijaḥ", "hatadarpo hatotsāho nirvedaṃ samapadyata"], "translation": "His sons and army slain, wretched, like a bird with its wings clipped, his pride broken and his energy gone, he sank into despair.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Defeat, Śiva’s weapons and retaliation"}
{"ref": "1.54.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 54, "verse": 11, "iast": ["sa putram ekaṃ rājyāya pālayeti niyujya ca", "pṛthivīṃ kṣatradharmeṇa vanam evānvapadyata"], "translation": "Appointing his one (remaining) son to the kingship with 'Rule the earth by the law of kṣatriyas,' he betook himself to the forest.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Defeat, Śiva’s weapons and retaliation"}
{"ref": "1.54.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 54, "verse": 12, "iast": ["sa gatvā himavatpārśvaṃ kiṃnaroragasevitam", "mahādevaprasādārthaṃ tapas tepe mahātapāḥ"], "translation": "Going to the slopes of Himavat, frequented by kiṃnaras and serpents, the great ascetic practised austerity to win the favour of Mahādeva.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Defeat, Śiva’s weapons and retaliation"}
{"ref": "1.54.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 54, "verse": 13, "iast": ["kena cit tv atha kālena deveśo vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ", "darśayām āsa varado viśvāmitraṃ mahāmunim"], "translation": "Then after some time the lord of gods, whose emblem is the bull, the giver of boons, showed himself to Viśvāmitra, the great sage.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Defeat, Śiva’s weapons and retaliation"}
{"ref": "1.54.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 54, "verse": 14, "iast": ["kimarthaṃ tapyase rājan brūhi yat te vivakṣitam", "varado 'smi varo yas te kāṅkṣitaḥ so 'bhidhīyatām"], "translation": "'For what purpose do you practise austerity, O king? Tell me what you wish to say. I am a giver of boons; let whatever boon you desire be named.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Defeat, Śiva’s weapons and retaliation"}
{"ref": "1.54.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 54, "verse": 15, "iast": ["evam uktas tu devena viśvāmitro mahātapāḥ", "praṇipatya mahādevam idaṃ vacanam abravīt"], "translation": "Thus addressed by the god, the great ascetic Viśvāmitra, bowing down to Mahādeva, spoke these words:", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Defeat, Śiva’s weapons and retaliation"}
{"ref": "1.54.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 54, "verse": 16, "iast": ["yadi tuṣṭo mahādeva dhanurvedo mamānagha", "sāṅgopāṅgopaniṣadaḥ sarahasyaḥ pradīyatām"], "translation": "'If you are pleased, O Mahādeva, O sinless one, let the science of archery be given to me—with its limbs and sub-limbs and mystic teachings, together with its secret lore.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Defeat, Śiva’s weapons and retaliation"}
{"ref": "1.54.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 54, "verse": 17, "iast": ["yāni deveṣu cāstrāṇi dānaveṣu maharṣiṣu", "gandharvayakṣarakṣaḥsu pratibhāntu mamānagha"], "translation": "'Whatever missiles exist among the gods, the dānavas, the great seers, and among the gandharvas, yakṣas, and rākṣasas—let them shine forth for me, O sinless one.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Defeat, Śiva’s weapons and retaliation"}
{"ref": "1.54.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 54, "verse": 18, "iast": ["tava prasādād bhavatu devadeva mamepsitam", "evam astv iti deveśo vākyam uktvā divaṃ gataḥ"], "translation": "'By your grace, O god of gods, let my desire be fulfilled.' 'So be it,' said the lord of gods, and having spoken, went to heaven.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Defeat, Śiva’s weapons and retaliation"}
{"ref": "1.54.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 54, "verse": 19, "iast": ["prāpya cāstrāṇi rājarṣir viśvāmitro mahābalaḥ", "darpeṇa mahatā yukto darpapūrṇo 'bhavat tadā"], "translation": "And having obtained the missiles, the royal seer Viśvāmitra of great strength, filled with great pride, then became swollen with arrogance.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Defeat, Śiva’s weapons and retaliation"}
{"ref": "1.54.20", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 54, "verse": 20, "iast": ["vivardhamāno vīryeṇa samudra iva parvaṇi", "hatam eva tadā mene vasiṣṭham ṛṣisattamam"], "translation": "Swelling with power like the sea at the full moon, he then thought Vasiṣṭha, the best of seers, as good as slain.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Defeat, Śiva’s weapons and retaliation"}
{"ref": "1.54.21", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 54, "verse": 21, "iast": ["tato gatvāśramapadaṃ mumocāstrāṇi pārthivaḥ", "yais tat tapovanaṃ sarvaṃ nirdagdhaṃ cāstratejasā"], "translation": "Then, going to the hermitage, the king let loose his missiles, by which that whole penance-grove was burnt up with the fiery power of the weapons.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Defeat, Śiva’s weapons and retaliation"}
{"ref": "1.54.22", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 54, "verse": 22, "iast": ["udīryamāṇam astraṃ tad viśvāmitrasya dhīmataḥ", "dṛṣṭvā vipradrutā bhītā munayaḥ śataśo diśaḥ"], "translation": "Seeing that missile of the wise Viśvāmitra being hurled, the sages fled in terror by the hundreds in every direction.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Defeat, Śiva’s weapons and retaliation"}
{"ref": "1.54.23", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 54, "verse": 23, "iast": ["vasiṣṭhasya ca ye śiṣyās tathaiva mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ", "vidravanti bhayād bhītā nānādigbhyaḥ sahasraśaḥ"], "translation": "And Vasiṣṭha's pupils, and likewise the beasts and birds, terrified, fled in fear by the thousands in all directions.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Defeat, Śiva’s weapons and retaliation"}
{"ref": "1.54.24", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 54, "verse": 24, "iast": ["vasiṣṭhasyāśramapadaṃ śūnyam āsīn mahātmanaḥ", "muhūrtam iva niḥśabdam āsīd īriṇasaṃnibham"], "translation": "The hermitage of the great-souled Vasiṣṭha became empty; for a moment it was silent, resembling a barren waste.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Defeat, Śiva’s weapons and retaliation"}
{"ref": "1.54.25", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 54, "verse": 25, "iast": ["vadato vai vasiṣṭhasya mā bhaiṣṭeti muhur muhuḥ", "nāśayāmy adya gādheyaṃ nīhāram iva bhāskaraḥ"], "translation": "Even as Vasiṣṭha said again and again, 'Do not fear; today I shall destroy this son of Gādhi as the sun destroys the mist'—", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Defeat, Śiva’s weapons and retaliation"}
{"ref": "1.54.26", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 54, "verse": 26, "iast": ["evam uktvā mahātejā vasiṣṭho japatāṃ varaḥ", "viśvāmitraṃ tadā vākyaṃ saroṣam idam abravīt"], "translation": "Having spoken thus, Vasiṣṭha of great splendour, the best of those who mutter prayers, then addressed this angry word to Viśvāmitra:", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Defeat, Śiva’s weapons and retaliation"}
{"ref": "1.54.27", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 54, "verse": 27, "iast": ["āśramaṃ cirasaṃvṛddhaṃ yad vināśitavān asi", "durācāro 'si yan mūḍha tasmāt tvaṃ na bhaviṣyasi"], "translation": "'Since you have destroyed a hermitage long-established, and since you are of evil conduct, O fool—therefore you shall cease to be.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Defeat, Śiva’s weapons and retaliation"}
{"ref": "1.54.28", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 54, "verse": 28, "iast": ["ity uktvā paramakruddho daṇḍam udyamya satvaraḥ", "vidhūma iva kālāgnir yamadaṇḍam ivāparam"], "translation": "Having said this, exceedingly enraged, he swiftly raised his staff, like a smokeless doomsday fire, like a second staff of Yama.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Defeat, Śiva’s weapons and retaliation"}
{"ref": "1.55.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 55, "verse": 1, "iast": ["evam ukto vasiṣṭhena viśvāmitro mahābalaḥ", "āgneyam astram utkṣipya tiṣṭha tiṣṭheti cābravīt"], "translation": "Thus addressed by Vasiṣṭha, the mighty Viśvāmitra, raising the fire-missile, said, 'Stand! Stand!'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Vasiṣṭha’s staff absorbs the weapons"}
{"ref": "1.55.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 55, "verse": 2, "iast": ["vasiṣṭho bhagavān krodhād idaṃ vacanam abravīt"], "translation": "The venerable Vasiṣṭha, out of anger, spoke these words:", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Vasiṣṭha’s staff absorbs the weapons"}
{"ref": "1.55.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 55, "verse": 3, "iast": ["kṣatrabandho sthito 'smy eṣa yad balaṃ tad vidarśaya", "nāśayāmy eṣa te darpaṃ śastrasya tava gādhija"], "translation": "'O base kṣatriya, here I stand—show what strength you have; here I destroy your pride and (the power) of your weapon, O son of Gādhi.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Vasiṣṭha’s staff absorbs the weapons"}
{"ref": "1.55.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 55, "verse": 4, "iast": ["kva ca te kṣatriyabalaṃ kva ca brahmabalaṃ mahat", "paśya brahmabalaṃ divyaṃ mama kṣatriyapāṃsana"], "translation": "'Where is your kṣatriya strength, and where the great power of brahman? Behold my divine brahman-power, O disgrace of kṣatriyas!'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Vasiṣṭha’s staff absorbs the weapons"}
{"ref": "1.55.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 55, "verse": 5, "iast": ["tasyāstraṃ gādhiputrasya ghoram āgneyam uttamam", "brahmadaṇḍena tac chāntam agner vega ivāmbhasā"], "translation": "That terrible, supreme fire-missile of the son of Gādhi was quelled by the brahman-staff, as the force of fire is quelled by water.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Vasiṣṭha’s staff absorbs the weapons"}
{"ref": "1.55.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 55, "verse": 6, "iast": ["vāruṇaṃ caiva raudraṃ ca aindraṃ pāśupataṃ tathā", "aiṣīkaṃ cāpi cikṣepa ruṣito gādhinandanaḥ"], "translation": "The son of Gādhi, enraged, hurled the missile of Varuṇa, and of Rudra, of Indra, of Paśupati, and also the reed-missile;", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Vasiṣṭha’s staff absorbs the weapons"}
{"ref": "1.55.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 55, "verse": 7, "iast": ["mānavaṃ mohanaṃ caiva gāndharvaṃ svāpanaṃ tathā", "jṛmbhaṇaṃ mohanaṃ caiva saṃtāpanavilāpane"], "translation": "the Mānava, the Mohana (deluding), the Gāndharva, and the Svāpana (sleep-inducing), the Jṛmbhaṇa (yawn-causing) and the Mohana, the Saṃtāpana (tormenting) and the Vilāpana (lament-causing)—", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Vasiṣṭha’s staff absorbs the weapons"}
{"ref": "1.55.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 55, "verse": 8, "iast": ["śoṣaṇaṃ dāraṇaṃ caiva vajram astraṃ sudurjayam", "brahmapāśaṃ kālapāśaṃ vāruṇaṃ pāśam eva ca"], "translation": "the Śoṣaṇa (drying-up) and the Dāraṇa (rending), the well-nigh invincible Vajra missile, the noose of Brahmā, the noose of Kāla, and the noose of Varuṇa;", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Vasiṣṭha’s staff absorbs the weapons"}
{"ref": "1.55.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 55, "verse": 9, "iast": ["pinākāstraṃ ca dayitaṃ śuṣkārdre aśanī tathā", "daṇḍāstram atha paiśācaṃ krauñcam astraṃ tathāiva ca"], "translation": "the beloved Pināka missile, the two thunderbolts, dry and moist, then the Daṇḍa missile, the Paiśāca (goblin) missile, and likewise the Krauñca missile;", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Vasiṣṭha’s staff absorbs the weapons"}
{"ref": "1.55.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 55, "verse": 10, "iast": ["dharmacakraṃ kālacakraṃ viṣṇucakraṃ tathaiva ca", "vāyavyaṃ mathanaṃ caiva astraṃ hayaśiras tathā"], "translation": "the discus of Dharma, the discus of Kāla, and likewise the discus of Viṣṇu, the Vāyavya (wind-missile), the Mathana (churning), and the missile Hayaśiras (horse-head);", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Vasiṣṭha’s staff absorbs the weapons"}
{"ref": "1.55.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 55, "verse": 11, "iast": ["śaktidvayaṃ ca cikṣepa kaṅkālaṃ musalaṃ tathā", "vaidyādharaṃ mahāstraṃ ca kālāstram atha dāruṇam"], "translation": "he hurled the pair of spears, the Kaṅkāla (skeleton) and the Musala (mace), the great Vaidyādhara missile, and then the terrible Kāla missile;", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Vasiṣṭha’s staff absorbs the weapons"}
{"ref": "1.55.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 55, "verse": 12, "iast": ["triśūlam astraṃ ghoraṃ ca kāpālam atha kaṅkaṇam", "etāny astrāṇi cikṣepa sarvāṇi raghunandana"], "translation": "the terrible Triśūla (trident) missile, the Kāpāla (skull) and the Kaṅkaṇa (bracelet)—all these missiles he hurled, O delight of the Raghus.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Vasiṣṭha’s staff absorbs the weapons"}
{"ref": "1.55.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 55, "verse": 13, "iast": ["vasiṣṭhe japatāṃ śreṣṭhe tad adbhutam ivābhavat", "tāni sarvāṇi daṇḍena grasate brahmaṇaḥ sutaḥ"], "translation": "Against Vasiṣṭha, the best of those who mutter prayers, it became like a marvel: the son of Brahmā devoured all of them with his staff.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Vasiṣṭha’s staff absorbs the weapons"}
{"ref": "1.55.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 55, "verse": 14, "iast": ["teṣu śānteṣu brahmāstraṃ kṣiptavān gādhinandanaḥ", "tad astram udyataṃ dṛṣṭvā devāḥ sāgnipurogamāḥ"], "translation": "When these were quelled, the son of Gādhi hurled the Brahmā-missile; seeing that missile raised, the gods, with Agni at their head,", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Vasiṣṭha’s staff absorbs the weapons"}
{"ref": "1.55.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 55, "verse": 15, "iast": ["devarṣayaś ca saṃbhrāntā gandharvāḥ samahoragāḥ", "trailokyam āsīt saṃtrastaṃ brahmāstre samudīrite"], "translation": "and the divine seers, alarmed, and the gandharvas together with the great serpents—the three worlds were terrified when the Brahmā-missile was raised.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Vasiṣṭha’s staff absorbs the weapons"}
{"ref": "1.55.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 55, "verse": 16, "iast": ["tad apy astraṃ mahāghoraṃ brāhmaṃ brāhmeṇa tejasā", "vasiṣṭho grasate sarvaṃ brahmadaṇḍena rāghava"], "translation": "But that too—the exceedingly terrible Brahmā-missile—Vasiṣṭha devoured entirely with his brahman-energy and the brahman-staff, O Rāghava.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Vasiṣṭha’s staff absorbs the weapons"}
{"ref": "1.55.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 55, "verse": 17, "iast": ["brahmāstraṃ grasamānasya vasiṣṭhasya mahātmanaḥ", "trailokyamohanaṃ raudraṃ rūpam āsīt sudāruṇam"], "translation": "As the great-souled Vasiṣṭha devoured the Brahmā-missile, his form became fierce, bewildering to the three worlds, and exceedingly dreadful.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Vasiṣṭha’s staff absorbs the weapons"}
{"ref": "1.55.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 55, "verse": 18, "iast": ["romakūpeṣu sarveṣu vasiṣṭhasya mahātmanaḥ", "marīcya iva niṣpetur agner dhūmākulārciṣaḥ"], "translation": "From all the hair-pores of the great-souled Vasiṣṭha there shot forth, like rays, the smoke-clouded flames of fire.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Vasiṣṭha’s staff absorbs the weapons"}
{"ref": "1.55.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 55, "verse": 19, "iast": ["prājvalad brahmadaṇḍaś ca vasiṣṭhasya karodyataḥ", "vidhūma iva kālāgnir yamadaṇḍa ivāparaḥ"], "translation": "And the brahman-staff, raised in Vasiṣṭha's hand, blazed like a smokeless doomsday fire, like a second staff of Yama.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Vasiṣṭha’s staff absorbs the weapons"}
{"ref": "1.55.20", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 55, "verse": 20, "iast": ["tato 'stuvan munigaṇā vasiṣṭhaṃ japatāṃ varam", "amoghaṃ te balaṃ brahmaṃs tejo dhāraya tejasā"], "translation": "Then the hosts of sages praised Vasiṣṭha, the best of those who mutter prayers: 'Your power is unfailing, O brahmin; restrain your energy with (your own) energy.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Vasiṣṭha’s staff absorbs the weapons"}
{"ref": "1.55.21", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 55, "verse": 21, "iast": ["nigṛhītas tvayā brahman viśvāmitro mahātapāḥ", "prasīda japatāṃ śreṣṭha lokāḥ santu gatavyathāḥ"], "translation": "'Viśvāmitra, the great ascetic, has been subdued by you, O brahmin; be gracious, O best of those who mutter prayers; let the worlds be freed of their distress.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Vasiṣṭha’s staff absorbs the weapons"}
{"ref": "1.55.22", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 55, "verse": 22, "iast": ["evam ukto mahātejāḥ śamaṃ cakre mahātapāḥ", "viśvāmitro 'pi nikṛto viniḥśvasyedam abravīt"], "translation": "Thus addressed, the great ascetic of great splendour grew calm; and Viśvāmitra, humbled, heaving a sigh, said this:", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Vasiṣṭha’s staff absorbs the weapons"}
{"ref": "1.55.23", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 55, "verse": 23, "iast": ["dhig balaṃ kṣatriyabalaṃ brahmatejobalaṃ balam", "ekena brahmadaṇḍena sarvāstrāṇi hatāni me"], "translation": "'Fie on strength—the strength of a kṣatriya! The power of brahman-energy is (the true) strength: with a single brahman-staff all my missiles have been destroyed.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Vasiṣṭha’s staff absorbs the weapons"}
{"ref": "1.55.24", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 55, "verse": 24, "iast": ["tad etat samavekṣyāhaṃ prasannendriyamānasaḥ", "tapo mahat samāsthāsye yad vai brahmatvakārakam"], "translation": "'Reflecting on this, I, with senses and mind made serene, shall undertake a great austerity that will make me a brahmin.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Vasiṣṭha’s staff absorbs the weapons"}
{"ref": "1.56.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 56, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tataḥ saṃtaptahṛdayaḥ smaran nigraham ātmanaḥ", "viniḥśvasya viniḥśvasya kṛtavairo mahātmanā"], "translation": "Then, his heart tormented, remembering his own defeat, sighing again and again, having conceived enmity with the great-souled one—", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: The rājarṣi rank and Triśaṅku’s request"}
{"ref": "1.56.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 56, "verse": 2, "iast": ["sa dakṣiṇāṃ diśaṃ gatvā mahiṣyā saha rāghava", "tatāpa paramaṃ ghoraṃ viśvāmitro mahātapāḥ", "phalamūlāśano dāntaś cacāra paramaṃ tapaḥ"], "translation": "he went to the southern quarter with his queen, O Rāghava; Viśvāmitra, the great ascetic, performed a most terrible austerity—eating only fruit and roots, self-controlled, he practised the highest penance.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: The rājarṣi rank and Triśaṅku’s request"}
{"ref": "1.56.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 56, "verse": 3, "iast": ["athāsya jajñire putrāḥ satyadharmaparāyaṇāḥ", "haviṣpando madhuṣpando dṛḍhanetro mahārathaḥ"], "translation": "Then to him were born sons devoted to truth and dharma: Haviṣpanda, Madhuṣpanda, Dṛḍhanetra, and Mahāratha.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: The rājarṣi rank and Triśaṅku’s request"}
{"ref": "1.56.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 56, "verse": 4, "iast": ["pūrṇe varṣasahasre tu brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ", "abravīn madhuraṃ vākyaṃ viśvāmitraṃ tapodhanam"], "translation": "When a full thousand years had passed, Brahmā, the Grandsire of the worlds, spoke sweet words to Viśvāmitra, whose wealth was austerity:", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: The rājarṣi rank and Triśaṅku’s request"}
{"ref": "1.56.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 56, "verse": 5, "iast": ["jitā rājarṣilokās te tapasā kuśikātmaja", "anena tapasā tvāṃ hi rājarṣir iti vidmahe"], "translation": "'The worlds of the royal seers have been won by you through austerity, O son of Kuśika; by this austerity we do indeed know you as a royal seer.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: The rājarṣi rank and Triśaṅku’s request"}
{"ref": "1.56.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 56, "verse": 6, "iast": ["evam uktvā mahātejā jagāma saha daivataiḥ", "triviṣṭapaṃ brahmalokaṃ lokānāṃ parameśvaraḥ"], "translation": "Having spoken thus, the one of great splendour, the supreme lord of the worlds, went with the gods to Triviṣṭapa, the world of Brahmā.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: The rājarṣi rank and Triśaṅku’s request"}
{"ref": "1.56.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 56, "verse": 7, "iast": ["viśvāmitro 'pi tac chrutvā hriyā kiṃ cid avāṅmukhaḥ", "duḥkhena mahatāviṣṭaḥ samanyur idam abravīt"], "translation": "Viśvāmitra too, hearing that, his face somewhat downcast with shame, filled with great sorrow, and full of resentment, said this:", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: The rājarṣi rank and Triśaṅku’s request"}
{"ref": "1.56.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 56, "verse": 8, "iast": ["tapaś ca sumahat taptaṃ rājarṣir iti māṃ viduḥ", "devāḥ sarṣigaṇāḥ sarve nāsti manye tapaḥphalam"], "translation": "'A very great austerity has been performed, (yet) all the gods, with the hosts of seers, know me (only) as a royal seer; I think there is no fruit of my austerity.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: The rājarṣi rank and Triśaṅku’s request"}
{"ref": "1.56.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 56, "verse": 9, "iast": ["evaṃ niścitya manasā bhūya eva mahātapāḥ", "tapaś cacāra kākutstha paramaṃ paramātmavān"], "translation": "Having thus resolved in his mind, the great ascetic, supremely self-controlled, again practised the highest austerity, O Kākutstha.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: The rājarṣi rank and Triśaṅku’s request"}
{"ref": "1.56.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 56, "verse": 10, "iast": ["etasminn eva kāle tu satyavādī jitendriyaḥ", "triśaṅkur iti vikhyāta ikṣvāku kulanandanaḥ"], "translation": "At this very time, one truthful of speech, master of his senses, renowned as Triśaṅku, a delight of the Ikṣvāku line,", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: The rājarṣi rank and Triśaṅku’s request"}
{"ref": "1.56.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 56, "verse": 11, "iast": ["tasya buddhiḥ samutpannā yajeyam iti rāghava", "gaccheyaṃ svaśarīreṇa devānāṃ paramāṃ gatim"], "translation": "to him arose the thought, O Rāghava: 'Let me perform a sacrifice, that I might go in my own body to the supreme abode of the gods.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: The rājarṣi rank and Triśaṅku’s request"}
{"ref": "1.56.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 56, "verse": 12, "iast": ["sa vasiṣṭhaṃ samāhūya kathayām āsa cintitam", "aśakyam iti cāpy ukto vasiṣṭhena mahātmanā"], "translation": "He, summoning Vasiṣṭha, told him what he had in mind; but he was told by the great-souled Vasiṣṭha, 'It is impossible.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: The rājarṣi rank and Triśaṅku’s request"}
{"ref": "1.56.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 56, "verse": 13, "iast": ["pratyākhyāto vasiṣṭhena sa yayau dakṣiṇāṃ diśam", "vasiṣṭhā dīrgha tapasas tapo yatra hi tepire"], "translation": "Rejected by Vasiṣṭha, he went to the southern quarter, where the sons of Vasiṣṭha, of long-continued austerity, were performing penance.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: The rājarṣi rank and Triśaṅku’s request"}
{"ref": "1.56.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 56, "verse": 14, "iast": ["triśaṅkuḥ sumahātejāḥ śataṃ paramabhāsvaram", "vasiṣṭhaputrān dadṛśe tapyamānān yaśasvinaḥ"], "translation": "Triśaṅku of great splendour beheld the hundred illustrious sons of Vasiṣṭha, exceedingly radiant, practising austerity.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: The rājarṣi rank and Triśaṅku’s request"}
{"ref": "1.56.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 56, "verse": 15, "iast": ["so 'bhigamya mahātmānaḥ sarvān eva guroḥ sutān", "abhivādyānupūrvyeṇa hriyā kiṃ cid avāṅmukhaḥ", "abravīt sumahātejāḥ sarvān eva kṛtāñjaliḥ"], "translation": "Approaching all those great-souled sons of his teacher and saluting them in due order, his face somewhat downcast with shame, the one of great splendour, with palms joined, spoke to them all:", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: The rājarṣi rank and Triśaṅku’s request"}
{"ref": "1.56.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 56, "verse": 16, "iast": ["śaraṇaṃ vaḥ prapadye 'haṃ śaraṇyāñ śaraṇāgataḥ", "pratyākhyāto 'smi bhadraṃ vo vasiṣṭhena mahātmanā"], "translation": "'I take refuge in you, who are worthy of giving refuge, as one come for shelter; I have been rejected by the great-souled Vasiṣṭha—blessings upon you!'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: The rājarṣi rank and Triśaṅku’s request"}
{"ref": "1.56.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 56, "verse": 17, "iast": ["yaṣṭukāmo mahāyajñaṃ tad anujñātum arthatha", "guruputrān ahaṃ sarvān namaskṛtya prasādaye"], "translation": "'Desirous of performing a great sacrifice, you ought to sanction it; saluting all the teacher's sons, I seek your favour.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: The rājarṣi rank and Triśaṅku’s request"}
{"ref": "1.56.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 56, "verse": 18, "iast": ["śirasā praṇato yāce brāhmaṇāṃs tapasi sthitān", "te māṃ bhavantaḥ siddhyarthaṃ yājayantu samāhitāḥ", "saśarīro yathāhaṃ hi devalokam avāpnuyām"], "translation": "'Bowing with my head, I entreat you, brahmins established in austerity: may you, attentive, officiate at my sacrifice for the sake of success, so that I may reach the world of the gods in my own body.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: The rājarṣi rank and Triśaṅku’s request"}
{"ref": "1.56.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 56, "verse": 19, "iast": ["pratyākhyāto vasiṣṭhena gatim anyāṃ tapodhanāḥ", "guruputrān ṛte sarvān nāhaṃ paśyāmi kāṃ cana"], "translation": "'Rejected by Vasiṣṭha, O you whose wealth is austerity, I see no other recourse whatever apart from all of you, the sons of my teacher.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: The rājarṣi rank and Triśaṅku’s request"}
{"ref": "1.56.20", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 56, "verse": 20, "iast": ["ikṣvākūṇāṃ hi sarveṣāṃ purodhāḥ paramā gatiḥ", "tasmād anantaraṃ sarve bhavanto daivataṃ mama"], "translation": "'For to all the Ikṣvākus the house-priest is the highest recourse; therefore, next after him, all of you are my deity.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: The rājarṣi rank and Triśaṅku’s request"}
{"ref": "1.57.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 57, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tatas triśaṅkor vacanaṃ śrutvā krodhasamanvitam", "ṛṣiputraśataṃ rāma rājānam idam abravīt"], "translation": "Then, having heard Triśaṅku's words, the hundred sons of the seer, filled with anger, O Rāma, said this to the king:", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s curse and appeal for refuge"}
{"ref": "1.57.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 57, "verse": 2, "iast": ["pratyākhyāto 'si durbuddhe guruṇā satyavādinā", "taṃ kathaṃ samatikramya śākhāntaram upeyivān"], "translation": "'You have been refused, O evil-minded one, by the teacher who speaks the truth; how, passing him by, have you come to another branch?'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s curse and appeal for refuge"}
{"ref": "1.57.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 57, "verse": 3, "iast": ["ikṣvākūṇāṃ hi sarveṣāṃ purodhāḥ paramā gatiḥ", "na cātikramituṃ śakyaṃ vacanaṃ satyavādinaḥ"], "translation": "'For to all the Ikṣvākus the house-priest is the highest recourse; and the word of one who speaks the truth cannot be transgressed.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s curse and appeal for refuge"}
{"ref": "1.57.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 57, "verse": 4, "iast": ["aśakyam iti covāca vasiṣṭho bhagavān ṛṣiḥ", "taṃ vayaṃ vai samāhartuṃ kratuṃ śaktāḥ kathaṃ tava"], "translation": "'The venerable seer Vasiṣṭha has said \"it is impossible\"; how then are we able to accomplish that sacrifice of yours?'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s curse and appeal for refuge"}
{"ref": "1.57.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 57, "verse": 5, "iast": ["bāliśas tvaṃ naraśreṣṭha gamyatāṃ svapuraṃ punaḥ", "yājane bhagavāñ śaktas trailokyasyāpi pārthiva"], "translation": "'You are foolish, O best of men; return again to your own city. In officiating (at sacrifice) the venerable one is capable even for the three worlds, O king.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s curse and appeal for refuge"}
{"ref": "1.57.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 57, "verse": 6, "iast": ["teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā krodhaparyākulākṣaram", "sa rājā punar evaitān idaṃ vacanam abravīt"], "translation": "Hearing that speech of theirs, its syllables confused with anger, the king once again said these words to them:", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s curse and appeal for refuge"}
{"ref": "1.57.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 57, "verse": 7, "iast": ["pratyākhyāto 'smi guruṇā guruputrais tathaiva ca", "anyāṃ gatiṃ gamiṣyāmi svasti vo 'stu tapodhanāḥ"], "translation": "'I have been rejected by the teacher, and likewise by the teacher's sons; I shall go to another recourse. Blessings be upon you, O you whose wealth is austerity.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s curse and appeal for refuge"}
{"ref": "1.57.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 57, "verse": 8, "iast": ["ṛṣiputrās tu tac chrutvā vākyaṃ ghorābhisaṃhitam", "śepuḥ paramasaṃkruddhāś caṇḍālatvaṃ gamiṣyasi", "evam uktvā mahātmāno viviśus te svam āśramam"], "translation": "But the seer's sons, hearing that speech fraught with dire import, being greatly enraged, cursed him: 'You shall become a caṇḍāla!' Having spoken thus, those great-souled ones entered their own hermitage.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s curse and appeal for refuge"}
{"ref": "1.57.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 57, "verse": 9, "iast": ["atha rātryāṃ vyatītāyāṃ rājā caṇḍālatāṃ gataḥ", "nīlavastradharo nīlaḥ paruṣo dhvastamūrdhajaḥ", "cityamālyānulepaś ca āyasābharaṇo 'bhavat"], "translation": "Then, when the night had passed, the king became a caṇḍāla: dark of hue, wearing dark garments, rough-skinned, his hair dishevelled, decked with pyre-garlands and unguents, and adorned with iron ornaments.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s curse and appeal for refuge"}
{"ref": "1.57.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 57, "verse": 10, "iast": ["taṃ dṛṣṭvā mantriṇaḥ sarve tyaktvā caṇḍālarūpiṇam", "prādravan sahitā rāma paurā ye 'syānugāminaḥ"], "translation": "Seeing him in the form of a caṇḍāla, all his ministers abandoned him and fled together, O Rāma—as did the townsfolk who were his followers.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s curse and appeal for refuge"}
{"ref": "1.57.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 57, "verse": 11, "iast": ["eko hi rājā kākutstha jagāma paramātmavān", "dahyamāno divārātraṃ viśvāmitraṃ tapodhanam"], "translation": "Alone, O Kākutstha, the supremely self-possessed king went—burning (with grief) day and night—to Viśvāmitra, whose wealth was austerity.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s curse and appeal for refuge"}
{"ref": "1.57.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 57, "verse": 12, "iast": ["viśvāmitras tu taṃ dṛṣṭvā rājānaṃ viphalīkṛtam", "caṇḍālarūpiṇaṃ rāma muniḥ kāruṇyam āgataḥ"], "translation": "But Viśvāmitra the sage, seeing that king brought to ruin, in the form of a caṇḍāla, O Rāma, was moved to compassion.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s curse and appeal for refuge"}
{"ref": "1.57.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 57, "verse": 13, "iast": ["kāruṇyāt sa mahātejā vākyaṃ parama dhārmikaḥ", "idaṃ jagāda bhadraṃ te rājānaṃ ghoradarśanam"], "translation": "Out of compassion, that supremely righteous one of great splendour spoke this word—'blessings on you'—to the king of dreadful appearance:", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s curse and appeal for refuge"}
{"ref": "1.57.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 57, "verse": 14, "iast": ["kim āgamanakāryaṃ te rājaputra mahābala", "ayodhyādhipate vīra śāpāc caṇḍālatāṃ gataḥ"], "translation": "'What is the purpose of your coming, O mighty prince, O hero, lord of Ayodhyā, now reduced to a caṇḍāla by a curse?'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s curse and appeal for refuge"}
{"ref": "1.57.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 57, "verse": 15, "iast": ["atha tad vākyam ākarṇya rājā caṇḍālatāṃ gataḥ", "abravīt prāñjalir vākyaṃ vākyajño vākyakovidam"], "translation": "Then, hearing that speech, the king now become a caṇḍāla, himself skilled in speech, with joined palms spoke a word to (Viśvāmitra,) expert in speech:", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s curse and appeal for refuge"}
{"ref": "1.57.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 57, "verse": 16, "iast": ["pratyākhyāto 'smi guruṇā guruputrais tathaiva ca", "anavāpyaiva taṃ kāmaṃ mayā prāpto viparyayaḥ"], "translation": "'I have been rejected by the teacher and likewise by the teacher's sons; without even attaining that desire, I have met with this reversal.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s curse and appeal for refuge"}
{"ref": "1.57.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 57, "verse": 17, "iast": ["saśarīro divaṃ yāyām iti me saumyadarśanam", "mayā ceṣṭaṃ kratuśataṃ tac ca nāvāpyate phalam"], "translation": "'\"May I go to heaven in my own body\"—such was my fond aspiration; a hundred sacrifices have been offered by me, yet that fruit is not attained.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s curse and appeal for refuge"}
{"ref": "1.57.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 57, "verse": 18, "iast": ["anṛtaṃ nokta pūrvaṃ me na ca vakṣye kadā cana", "kṛcchreṣv api gataḥ saumya kṣatradharmeṇa te śape"], "translation": "'No falsehood has been spoken by me before, nor shall I ever speak it; even when fallen into distress, O gentle one, I swear to you by the law of kṣatriyas.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s curse and appeal for refuge"}
{"ref": "1.57.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 57, "verse": 19, "iast": ["yajñair bahuvidhair iṣṭaṃ prajā dharmeṇa pālitāḥ", "guravaś ca mahātmānaḥ śīlavṛttena toṣitāḥ"], "translation": "'I have sacrificed with sacrifices of many kinds; my subjects have been protected with dharma; and the great-souled elders have been gratified by (my) good conduct.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s curse and appeal for refuge"}
{"ref": "1.57.20", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 57, "verse": 20, "iast": ["dharme prayatamānasya yajñaṃ cāhartum icchataḥ", "paritoṣaṃ na gacchanti guravo munipuṃgava"], "translation": "'Though I strive after dharma and wish to perform a sacrifice, the elders do not come to satisfaction (with me), O bull among sages.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s curse and appeal for refuge"}
{"ref": "1.57.21", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 57, "verse": 21, "iast": ["daivam eva paraṃ manye pauruṣaṃ tu nirarthakam", "daivenākramyate sarvaṃ daivaṃ hi paramā gatiḥ"], "translation": "'I regard fate alone as supreme, but human effort as fruitless; everything is overpowered by fate, for fate is the highest recourse.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s curse and appeal for refuge"}
{"ref": "1.57.22", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 57, "verse": 22, "iast": ["tasya me paramārtasya prasādam abhikāṅkṣataḥ", "kartum arhasi bhadraṃ te daivopahatakarmaṇaḥ"], "translation": "'To me, exceedingly afflicted and longing for your grace, whose action has been thwarted by fate, you ought to grant (favour)—blessings on you.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s curse and appeal for refuge"}
{"ref": "1.57.23", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 57, "verse": 23, "iast": ["nānyāṃ gatiṃ gamiṣyāmi nānyaḥ śaraṇam asti me", "daivaṃ puruṣakāreṇa nivartayitum arhasi"], "translation": "'I shall go to no other recourse; there is no other refuge for me. You ought, by human effort, to turn back this fate.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s curse and appeal for refuge"}
{"ref": "1.58.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 58, "verse": 1, "iast": ["uktavākyaṃ tu rājānaṃ kṛpayā kuśikātmajaḥ", "abravīn madhuraṃ vākyaṃ sākṣāc caṇḍālarūpiṇam"], "translation": "To the king who had thus spoken—there before him in the form of a caṇḍāla—the son of Kuśika, out of pity, spoke sweet words:", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s sacrifice and the priests’ refusal"}
{"ref": "1.58.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 58, "verse": 2, "iast": ["ikṣvāko svāgataṃ vatsa jānāmi tvāṃ sudhārmikam", "śaraṇaṃ te bhaviṣyāmi mā bhaiṣīr nṛpapuṃgava"], "translation": "'Welcome, O descendant of Ikṣvāku, my child; I know you to be most righteous. I shall be your refuge; do not fear, O bull among kings.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s sacrifice and the priests’ refusal"}
{"ref": "1.58.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 58, "verse": 3, "iast": ["aham āmantraye sarvān maharṣīn puṇyakarmaṇaḥ", "yajñasāhyakarān rājaṃs tato yakṣyasi nirvṛtaḥ"], "translation": "'I shall invite all the great seers of holy deeds, who will lend aid at the sacrifice, O king; then you shall sacrifice, content.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s sacrifice and the priests’ refusal"}
{"ref": "1.58.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 58, "verse": 4, "iast": ["guruśāpakṛtaṃ rūpaṃ yad idaṃ tvayi vartate", "anena saha rūpeṇa saśarīro gamiṣyasi"], "translation": "'This form, produced by the teacher's curse, which abides in you—with this very form and in your own body you shall go (to heaven).'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s sacrifice and the priests’ refusal"}
{"ref": "1.58.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 58, "verse": 5, "iast": ["hastaprāptam ahaṃ manye svargaṃ tava nareśvara", "yas tvaṃ kauśikam āgamya śaraṇyaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ"], "translation": "'I regard heaven as already in your hand, O lord of men, since you have come to Kauśika and taken refuge in one worthy of giving refuge.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s sacrifice and the priests’ refusal"}
{"ref": "1.58.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 58, "verse": 6, "iast": ["evam uktvā mahātejāḥ putrān paramadhārmikān", "vyādideśa mahāprājñān yajñasaṃbhārakāraṇāt"], "translation": "Having spoken thus, the one of great splendour instructed his supremely righteous, greatly wise sons regarding the gathering of the sacrificial materials.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s sacrifice and the priests’ refusal"}
{"ref": "1.58.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 58, "verse": 7, "iast": ["sarvāñ śiṣyān samāhūya vākyam etad uvāca ha"], "translation": "Summoning all his pupils, he spoke these words:", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s sacrifice and the priests’ refusal"}
{"ref": "1.58.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 58, "verse": 8, "iast": ["sarvān ṛṣivarān vatsā ānayadhvaṃ mamājñayā", "saśiṣyān suhṛdaś caiva sartvijaḥ subahuśrutān"], "translation": "'My children, at my command bring here all the best of seers, together with their pupils and friends, with their officiating priests, deeply learned.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s sacrifice and the priests’ refusal"}
{"ref": "1.58.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 58, "verse": 9, "iast": ["yad anyo vacanaṃ brūyān madvākyabalacoditaḥ", "tat sarvam akhilenoktaṃ mamākhyeyam anādṛtam"], "translation": "'And whatever word another might speak, prompted by the force of my message, all of it—spoken in full, disrespectful though it be—must be reported to me.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s sacrifice and the priests’ refusal"}
{"ref": "1.58.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 58, "verse": 10, "iast": ["tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā diśo jagmus tadājñayā", "ājagmur atha deśebhyaḥ sarvebhyo brahmavādinaḥ"], "translation": "Hearing that word of his, they went off to the (various) quarters at his command; and then from all regions came the expounders of the Veda.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s sacrifice and the priests’ refusal"}
{"ref": "1.58.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 58, "verse": 11, "iast": ["te ca śiṣyāḥ samāgamya muniṃ jvalitatejasaṃ", "ūcuś ca vacanaṃ sarve sarveṣāṃ brahmavādinām"], "translation": "And those pupils, having returned to the sage of blazing splendour, all reported the word of all the expounders of the Veda:", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s sacrifice and the priests’ refusal"}
{"ref": "1.58.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 58, "verse": 12, "iast": ["śrutvā te vacanaṃ sarve samāyānti dvijātayaḥ", "sarvadeśeṣu cāgacchan varjayitvā mahodayam"], "translation": "'Having heard your word, all the twice-born are assembling; from all regions they came—save Mahodaya.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s sacrifice and the priests’ refusal"}
{"ref": "1.58.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 58, "verse": 13, "iast": ["vāsiṣṭhaṃ tac chataṃ sarvaṃ krodhaparyākulākṣaram", "yad āha vacanaṃ sarvaṃ śṛṇu tvaṃ munipuṃgava"], "translation": "'And hear, O bull among sages, the whole word that Vasiṣṭha's entire hundred (of sons) spoke—its syllables all confused with anger:'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s sacrifice and the priests’ refusal"}
{"ref": "1.58.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 58, "verse": 14, "iast": ["kṣatriyo yājako yasya caṇḍālasya viśeṣataḥ", "kathaṃ sadasi bhoktāro havis tasya surarṣayaḥ"], "translation": "'The officiant is a kṣatriya, and the sacrificer especially a caṇḍāla; how, in the assembly, would the gods and seers be eaters of his oblation?'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s sacrifice and the priests’ refusal"}
{"ref": "1.58.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 58, "verse": 15, "iast": ["brāhmaṇā vā mahātmāno bhuktvā caṇḍālabhojanam", "kathaṃ svargaṃ gamiṣyanti viśvāmitreṇa pālitāḥ"], "translation": "'Or how would the great-souled brahmins, having eaten a caṇḍāla's food, go to heaven, merely protected by Viśvāmitra?'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s sacrifice and the priests’ refusal"}
{"ref": "1.58.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 58, "verse": 16, "iast": ["etad vacanaṃ naiṣṭhuryam ūcuḥ saṃraktalocanāḥ", "vāsiṣṭhā muniśārdūla sarve te samahodayāḥ"], "translation": "'This harsh word the sons of Vasiṣṭha spoke, their eyes reddened (with anger), O tiger among sages—all of them, together with Mahodaya.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s sacrifice and the priests’ refusal"}
{"ref": "1.58.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 58, "verse": 17, "iast": ["teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā sarveṣāṃ munipuṃgavaḥ", "krodhasaṃraktanayanaḥ saroṣam idam abravīt"], "translation": "Hearing that word of all of them, the bull among sages, his eyes red with anger, wrathfully said this:", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s sacrifice and the priests’ refusal"}
{"ref": "1.58.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 58, "verse": 18, "iast": ["yad dūṣayanty aduṣṭaṃ māṃ tapa ugraṃ samāsthitam", "bhasmībhūtā durātmāno bhaviṣyanti na saṃśayaḥ"], "translation": "'Since they revile me, who am blameless and engaged in fierce austerity, these evil-souled ones shall be reduced to ashes, no doubt.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s sacrifice and the priests’ refusal"}
{"ref": "1.58.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 58, "verse": 19, "iast": ["adya te kālapāśena nītā vaivasvatakṣayam", "saptajātiśatāny eva mṛtapāḥ santu sarvaśaḥ"], "translation": "'Today, dragged by the noose of Kāla to the abode of Vaivasvata (Yama), let them, one and all, become corpse-eaters for a full seven hundred births.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s sacrifice and the priests’ refusal"}
{"ref": "1.58.20", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 58, "verse": 20, "iast": ["śvamāṃsaniyatāhārā muṣṭikā nāma nirghṛṇāḥ", "vikṛtāś ca virūpāś ca lokān anucarantv imān"], "translation": "'Having dog's flesh for their fixed food, pitiless, called Muṣṭikas, deformed and misshapen, let them wander through these worlds.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s sacrifice and the priests’ refusal"}
{"ref": "1.58.21", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 58, "verse": 21, "iast": ["mahodayaś ca durbuddhir mām adūṣyaṃ hy adūṣayat", "dūṣiṭaḥ sarvalokeṣu niṣādatvaṃ gamiṣyati"], "translation": "'And the evil-minded Mahodaya, who reviled me, the unassailable one—himself defamed in all the worlds, he shall come to the state of a Niṣāda.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s sacrifice and the priests’ refusal"}
{"ref": "1.58.22", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 58, "verse": 22, "iast": ["prāṇātipātanirato niranukrośatāṃ gataḥ", "dīrghakālaṃ mama krodhād durgatiṃ vartayiṣyati"], "translation": "'Given to the taking of life, sunk in pitilessness, through my anger he shall for a long time endure a miserable existence.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s sacrifice and the priests’ refusal"}
{"ref": "1.58.23", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 58, "verse": 23, "iast": ["etāvad uktvā vacanaṃ viśvāmitro mahātapāḥ", "virarāma mahātejā ṛṣimadhye mahāmuniḥ"], "translation": "Having spoken just this word, Viśvāmitra, the great ascetic of great splendour, the great sage, fell silent in the midst of the seers.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s sacrifice and the priests’ refusal"}
{"ref": "1.59.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 59, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tapobalahatān kṛtvā vāsiṣṭhān samahodayān", "ṛṣimadhye mahātejā viśvāmitro 'bhyabhāṣata"], "translation": "Having by the power of his austerity struck down the sons of Vasiṣṭha together with Mahodaya, Viśvāmitra of great splendour spoke in the midst of the seers:", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s ascent and suspended heaven"}
{"ref": "1.59.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 59, "verse": 2, "iast": ["ayam ikṣvākudāyādas triśaṅkur iti viśrutaḥ", "dharmiṣṭhaś ca vadānyaś ca māṃ caiva śaraṇaṃ gataḥ", "svenānena śarīreṇa devalokajigīṣayā"], "translation": "'This heir of Ikṣvāku, renowned as Triśaṅku, most righteous and liberal, has come to me for refuge—in this his own body, out of a desire to win the world of the gods.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s ascent and suspended heaven"}
{"ref": "1.59.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 59, "verse": 3, "iast": ["yathāyaṃ svaśarīreṇa devalokaṃ gamiṣyati", "tathā pravartyatāṃ yajño bhavadbhiś ca mayā saha"], "translation": "'Let the sacrifice be set in motion by you together with me in such a way that he may go to the world of the gods in his own body.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s ascent and suspended heaven"}
{"ref": "1.59.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 59, "verse": 4, "iast": ["viśvāmitravacaḥ śrutvā sarva eva maharṣayaḥ", "ūcuḥ sametya sahitā dharmajñā dharmasaṃhitam"], "translation": "Having heard Viśvāmitra's words, all the great seers, knowers of dharma, having come together in a body, spoke (a word) in accord with dharma:", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s ascent and suspended heaven"}
{"ref": "1.59.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 59, "verse": 5, "iast": ["ayaṃ kuśikadāyādo muniḥ paramakopanaḥ", "yad āha vacanaṃ samyag etat kāryaṃ na saṃśayaḥ"], "translation": "'This sage, heir of Kuśika, is exceedingly prone to anger; whatever word he has spoken is right—it must be done, no doubt.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s ascent and suspended heaven"}
{"ref": "1.59.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 59, "verse": 6, "iast": ["agnikalpo hi bhagavāñ śāpaṃ dāsyati roṣitaḥ", "tasmāt pravartyatāṃ yajñaḥ saśarīro yathā divam", "gacched ikṣvākudāyādo viśvāmitrasya tejasā"], "translation": "'For the venerable one, being like fire, if angered will pronounce a curse; therefore let the sacrifice be set in motion, so that the heir of Ikṣvāku may go to heaven in his own body by the power of Viśvāmitra.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s ascent and suspended heaven"}
{"ref": "1.59.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 59, "verse": 7, "iast": ["tataḥ pravartyatāṃ yajñaḥ sarve samadhitiṣṭhate"], "translation": "'Then let the sacrifice be set in motion.' All (the priests) took up their stations.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s ascent and suspended heaven"}
{"ref": "1.59.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 59, "verse": 8, "iast": ["evam uktvā maharṣayaḥ saṃjahrus tāḥ kriyās tadā", "yājakāś ca mahātejā viśvāmitro 'bhavat kratau"], "translation": "Having spoken thus, the great seers then carried out those rites and served as officiants; and Viśvāmitra of great splendour became (chief priest) at the sacrifice.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s ascent and suspended heaven"}
{"ref": "1.59.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 59, "verse": 9, "iast": ["ṛtvijaś cānupūrvyeṇa mantravan mantrakovidāḥ", "cakruḥ sarvāṇi karmāṇi yathākalpaṃ yathāvidhi"], "translation": "And the officiating priests, skilled in the mantras, performed all the rites in due order, with the mantras, according to the ritual manual and the prescribed rule.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s ascent and suspended heaven"}
{"ref": "1.59.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 59, "verse": 10, "iast": ["tataḥ kālena mahatā viśvāmitro mahātapāḥ", "cakārāvāhanaṃ tatra bhāgārthaṃ sarvadevatāḥ"], "translation": "Then, after a long time, Viśvāmitra the great ascetic there made the invocation of all the deities to receive their share.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s ascent and suspended heaven"}
{"ref": "1.59.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 59, "verse": 11, "iast": ["nāhyāgamaṃs tadāhūtā bhāgārthaṃ sarvadevatāḥ", "tataḥ krodhasamāviṣṭo viśvamitro mahāmuniḥ"], "translation": "But all the deities, though thus invited to receive their share, did not come; then Viśvāmitra, the great sage, filled with anger,", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s ascent and suspended heaven"}
{"ref": "1.59.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 59, "verse": 12, "iast": ["sruvam udyamya sakrodhas triśaṅkum idam abravīt", "paśya me tapaso vīryaṃ svārjitasya nareśvara"], "translation": "raising the sacrificial ladle, in anger said this to Triśaṅku: 'Behold the potency of my self-earned austerity, O lord of men.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s ascent and suspended heaven"}
{"ref": "1.59.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 59, "verse": 13, "iast": ["eṣa tvāṃ svaśarīreṇa nayāmi svargam ojasā", "duṣprāpaṃ svaśarīreṇa divaṃ gaccha narādhipa"], "translation": "'Here I lead you, in your own body, to heaven by my might; go, O ruler of men, to that heaven so hard to reach in one's own body.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s ascent and suspended heaven"}
{"ref": "1.59.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 59, "verse": 14, "iast": ["svārjitaṃ kiṃ cid apy asti mayā hi tapasaḥ phalam", "rājaṃs tvaṃ tejasā tasya saśarīro divaṃ vraja"], "translation": "'If there is any fruit at all of austerity self-earned by me, then by the power of that, O king, go to heaven in your own body.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s ascent and suspended heaven"}
{"ref": "1.59.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 59, "verse": 15, "iast": ["uktavākye munau tasmin saśarīro nareśvaraḥ", "divaṃ jagāma kākutstha munīnāṃ paśyatāṃ tadā"], "translation": "When that sage had spoken, the lord of men, in his own body, went to heaven, O Kākutstha, as the sages looked on.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s ascent and suspended heaven"}
{"ref": "1.59.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 59, "verse": 16, "iast": ["devalokagataṃ dṛṣṭvā triśaṅkuṃ pākaśāsanaḥ", "saha sarvaiḥ suragaṇair idaṃ vacanam abravīt"], "translation": "Seeing Triśaṅku arrived in the world of the gods, the Chastiser of Pāka (Indra), together with all the hosts of gods, spoke these words:", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s ascent and suspended heaven"}
{"ref": "1.59.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 59, "verse": 17, "iast": ["triśaṅko gaccha bhūyas tvaṃ nāsi svargakṛtālayaḥ", "guruśāpahato mūḍha pata bhūmim avākśirāḥ"], "translation": "'Triśaṅku, go back! You are not one who has made a home in heaven; struck down by the teacher's curse, O fool, fall to the earth head downward!'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s ascent and suspended heaven"}
{"ref": "1.59.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 59, "verse": 18, "iast": ["evam ukto mahendreṇa triśaṅkur apatat punaḥ", "vikrośamānas trāhīti viśvāmitraṃ tapodhanam"], "translation": "Thus addressed by great Indra, Triśaṅku fell again, crying out 'Save me!' to Viśvāmitra, whose wealth was austerity.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s ascent and suspended heaven"}
{"ref": "1.59.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 59, "verse": 19, "iast": ["tac chrutvā vacanaṃ tasya krośamānasya kauśikaḥ", "roṣam āhārayat tīvraṃ tiṣṭha tiṣṭheti cābravīt"], "translation": "Hearing that cry of his as he wailed, Kauśika conceived fierce anger and said, 'Stay! Stay!'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s ascent and suspended heaven"}
{"ref": "1.59.20", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 59, "verse": 20, "iast": ["ṛṣimadhye sa tejasvī prajāpatir ivāparaḥ", "sṛjan dakṣiṇamārgasthān saptarṣīn aparān punaḥ"], "translation": "In the midst of the seers, that resplendent one, like a second Prajāpati, creating anew a set of Seven Seers stationed on the southern path,", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s ascent and suspended heaven"}
{"ref": "1.59.21", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 59, "verse": 21, "iast": ["nakṣatramālām aparām asṛjat krodhamūrchitaḥ", "dakṣiṇāṃ diśam āsthāya munimadhye mahāyaśāḥ"], "translation": "and, insensate with anger, created a new garland of constellations, taking his stand in the southern quarter, in the midst of the sages, that one of great fame.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s ascent and suspended heaven"}
{"ref": "1.59.22", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 59, "verse": 22, "iast": ["sṛṣṭvā nakṣatravaṃśaṃ ca krodhena kaluṣīkṛtaḥ", "anyam indraṃ kariṣyāmi loko vā syād anindrakaḥ", "daivatāny api sa krodhāt sraṣṭuṃ samupacakrame"], "translation": "Having created a lineage of constellations, and darkened by anger, (crying) 'I will make another Indra, or let the world be without an Indra!'—out of anger he set about creating even new deities.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s ascent and suspended heaven"}
{"ref": "1.59.23", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 59, "verse": 23, "iast": ["tataḥ paramasaṃbhrāntāḥ sarṣisaṃghāḥ surarṣabhāḥ", "viśvāmitraṃ mahātmānam ūcuḥ sānunayaṃ vacaḥ"], "translation": "Then, greatly alarmed, the bulls among gods, together with the hosts of seers, spoke conciliatory words to the great-souled Viśvāmitra:", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s ascent and suspended heaven"}
{"ref": "1.59.24", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 59, "verse": 24, "iast": ["ayaṃ rājā mahābhāga guruśāpaparikṣataḥ", "saśarīro divaṃ yātuṃ nārhaty eva tapodhana"], "translation": "'This king, O illustrious one, wounded by the teacher's curse, is not fit to go to heaven in his own body, O you whose wealth is austerity.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s ascent and suspended heaven"}
{"ref": "1.59.25", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 59, "verse": 25, "iast": ["teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā devānāṃ munipuṃgavaḥ", "abravīt sumahad vākyaṃ kauśikaḥ sarvadevatāḥ"], "translation": "Hearing that word of the gods, the bull among sages, Kauśika, spoke a very weighty word to all the deities:", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s ascent and suspended heaven"}
{"ref": "1.59.26", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 59, "verse": 26, "iast": ["saśarīrasya bhadraṃ vas triśaṅkor asya bhūpateḥ", "ārohaṇaṃ pratijñāya nānṛtaṃ kartum utsahe"], "translation": "'Having promised the ascent of this King Triśaṅku in his own body—blessings on you—I cannot make my word untrue.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s ascent and suspended heaven"}
{"ref": "1.59.27", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 59, "verse": 27, "iast": ["sargo 'stu saśarīrasya triśaṅkor asya śāśvataḥ", "nakṣatrāṇi ca sarvāṇi māmakāni dhruvāṇy atha"], "translation": "'Let there be for this Triśaṅku, in his own body, an everlasting station; and let all these constellations of mine be fixed and abiding.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s ascent and suspended heaven"}
{"ref": "1.59.28", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 59, "verse": 28, "iast": ["yāval lokā dhariṣyanti tiṣṭhantv etāni sarvaśaḥ", "matkṛtāni surāḥ sarve tad anujñātum arhatha"], "translation": "'As long as the worlds shall endure, let all these, made by me, remain in every way; O gods, you all ought to consent to this.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s ascent and suspended heaven"}
{"ref": "1.59.29", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 59, "verse": 29, "iast": ["evam uktāḥ surāḥ sarve pratyūcur munipuṃgavam"], "translation": "Thus addressed, all the gods replied to the bull among sages:", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s ascent and suspended heaven"}
{"ref": "1.59.30", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 59, "verse": 30, "iast": ["evaṃ bhavatu bhadraṃ te tiṣṭhantv etāni sarvaśaḥ", "gagane tāny anekāni vaiśvānarapathād bahiḥ"], "translation": "'So be it, blessings on you; let all these remain—those many (constellations) in the sky, outside the path of Vaiśvānara (the sun's course):'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s ascent and suspended heaven"}
{"ref": "1.59.31", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 59, "verse": 31, "iast": ["nakṣatrāṇi muniśreṣṭha teṣu jyotiḥṣu jājvalan", "avākśirās triśaṅkuś ca tiṣṭhatv amarasaṃnibhaḥ"], "translation": "'the constellations, O best of sages; and among those luminaries, blazing, head downward, let Triśaṅku too remain, like an immortal.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s ascent and suspended heaven"}
{"ref": "1.59.32", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 59, "verse": 32, "iast": ["viśvāmitras tu dharmātmā sarvadevair abhiṣṭutaḥ", "ṛṣibhiś ca mahātejā bāḍham ity āha devatāḥ"], "translation": "But the righteous Viśvāmitra of great splendour, honoured by all the gods and the seers, said to the deities, 'So be it.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s ascent and suspended heaven"}
{"ref": "1.59.33", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 59, "verse": 33, "iast": ["tato devā mahātmāno munayaś ca tapodhanāḥ", "jagmur yathāgataṃ sarve yajñasyānte narottama"], "translation": "Then the great-souled gods and the sages, whose wealth was austerity, all went as they had come, at the end of the sacrifice, O best of men.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s ascent and suspended heaven"}
{"ref": "1.60.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 60, "verse": 1, "iast": ["viśvāmitro mahātmātha prasthitān prekṣya tān ṛṣīn", "abravīn naraśārdūla sarvāṃs tān vanavāsinaḥ"], "translation": "Then the great-souled Viśvāmitra, O tiger among men, seeing those seers about to depart, said to all those forest-dwellers:", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śunaḥśepa is bought for sacrifice"}
{"ref": "1.60.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 60, "verse": 2, "iast": ["mahāvighnaḥ pravṛtto 'yaṃ dakṣiṇām āsthito diśam", "diśam anyāṃ prapatsyāmas tatra tapsyāmahe tapaḥ"], "translation": "'A great obstacle has arisen here, seated in the southern quarter; we shall betake ourselves to another quarter, and there practise austerity.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śunaḥśepa is bought for sacrifice"}
{"ref": "1.60.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 60, "verse": 3, "iast": ["paścimāyāṃ viśālāyāṃ puṣkareṣu mahātmanaḥ", "sukhaṃ tapaś cariṣyāmaḥ paraṃ tad dhi tapovanam"], "translation": "'In the west, in the vast region of Puṣkara, we great-souled ones shall practise austerity in comfort; for that is a supreme penance-grove.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śunaḥśepa is bought for sacrifice"}
{"ref": "1.60.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 60, "verse": 4, "iast": ["evam uktvā mahātejāḥ puṣkareṣu mahāmuniḥ", "tapa ugraṃ durādharṣaṃ tepe mūlaphalāśanaḥ"], "translation": "Having spoken thus, the great sage of great splendour, in the Puṣkaras, practised fierce, unassailable austerity, eating only roots and fruit.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śunaḥśepa is bought for sacrifice"}
{"ref": "1.60.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 60, "verse": 5, "iast": ["etasminn eva kāle tu ayodhyādhipatir nṛpaḥ", "ambarīṣa iti khyāto yaṣṭuṃ samupacakrame"], "translation": "At this very time, the king, lord of Ayodhyā, renowned as Ambarīṣa, set about performing a sacrifice.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śunaḥśepa is bought for sacrifice"}
{"ref": "1.60.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 60, "verse": 6, "iast": ["tasya vai yajamānasya paśum indro jahāra ha", "pranaṣṭe tu paśau vipro rājānam idam abravīt"], "translation": "But as he was sacrificing, Indra carried off the sacrificial victim; and when the victim was lost, the brahmin said this to the king:", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śunaḥśepa is bought for sacrifice"}
{"ref": "1.60.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 60, "verse": 7, "iast": ["paśur adya hṛto rājan pranaṣṭas tava durnayāt", "arakṣitāraṃ rājānaṃ ghnanti doṣā nareśvara"], "translation": "'The victim has today been carried off, O king, lost through your negligence; sins slay a king who fails to protect his charge, O lord of men.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śunaḥśepa is bought for sacrifice"}
{"ref": "1.60.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 60, "verse": 8, "iast": ["prāyaścittaṃ mahad dhy etan naraṃ vā puruṣarṣabha", "ānayasva paśuṃ śīghraṃ yāvat karma pravartate"], "translation": "'A great expiation is required for this, O bull among men: bring quickly either a man or a (substitute) victim, while the rite is still in progress.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śunaḥśepa is bought for sacrifice"}
{"ref": "1.60.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 60, "verse": 9, "iast": ["upādhyāya vacaḥ śrutvā sa rājā puruṣarṣabha", "anviyeṣa mahābuddhiḥ paśuṃ gobhiḥ sahasraśaḥ"], "translation": "Having heard the teacher's word, that king of great wisdom, O bull among men, sought a victim, offering cows by the thousands.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śunaḥśepa is bought for sacrifice"}
{"ref": "1.60.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 60, "verse": 10, "iast": ["deśāñ janapadāṃs tāṃs tān nagarāṇi vanāni ca", "āśramāṇi ca puṇyāni mārgamāṇo mahīpatiḥ"], "translation": "searching through region after region, provinces, cities, forests, and holy hermitages, the lord of the earth—", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śunaḥśepa is bought for sacrifice"}
{"ref": "1.60.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 60, "verse": 11, "iast": ["sa putrasahitaṃ tāta sabhāryaṃ raghunandana", "bhṛgutunde samāsīnam ṛcīkaṃ saṃdadarśa ha"], "translation": "he, my dear, O delight of the Raghus, beheld Ṛcīka seated at Bhṛgutunda, together with his sons and his wife.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śunaḥśepa is bought for sacrifice"}
{"ref": "1.60.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 60, "verse": 12, "iast": ["tam uvāca mahātejāḥ praṇamyābhiprasādya ca", "brahmarṣiṃ tapasā dīptaṃ rājarṣir amitaprabhaḥ", "pṛṣṭvā sarvatra kuśalam ṛcīkaṃ tam idaṃ vacaḥ"], "translation": "The royal seer of measureless splendour, having bowed and propitiated him, and having asked after his welfare in every respect, spoke this word to that brahmin-seer Ṛcīka, blazing with austerity:", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śunaḥśepa is bought for sacrifice"}
{"ref": "1.60.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 60, "verse": 13, "iast": ["gavāṃ śatasahasreṇa vikriṇīṣe sutaṃ yadi", "paśor arthe mahābhāga kṛtakṛtyo 'smi bhārgava"], "translation": "'If you will sell a son for a hundred thousand cows, for the sake of a sacrificial victim, O illustrious one, then I shall have accomplished my purpose, O descendant of Bhṛgu.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śunaḥśepa is bought for sacrifice"}
{"ref": "1.60.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 60, "verse": 14, "iast": ["sarve parisṛtā deśā yajñiyaṃ na labhe paśum", "dātum arhasi mūlyena sutam ekam ito mama"], "translation": "'All the regions have been traversed; I do not obtain a victim fit for sacrifice; you ought to give me, for a price, one son from here.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śunaḥśepa is bought for sacrifice"}
{"ref": "1.60.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 60, "verse": 15, "iast": ["evam ukto mahātejā ṛcīkas tv abravīd vacaḥ", "nāhaṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ naraśreṣṭhaṃ vikrīṇīyāṃ kathaṃ cana"], "translation": "Thus addressed, Ṛcīka of great splendour spoke these words: 'I would not on any account sell the eldest, O best of men.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śunaḥśepa is bought for sacrifice"}
{"ref": "1.60.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 60, "verse": 16, "iast": ["ṛcīkasya vacaḥ śrutvā teṣāṃ mātā mahātmanām", "uvāca naraśārdūlam ambarīṣaṃ tapasvinī"], "translation": "Hearing Ṛcīka's words, the ascetic mother of those great-souled sons said to Ambarīṣa, the tiger among men:", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śunaḥśepa is bought for sacrifice"}
{"ref": "1.60.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 60, "verse": 17, "iast": ["mamāpi dayitaṃ viddhi kaniṣṭhaṃ śunakaṃ nṛpa"], "translation": "'Know, O king, that the youngest, Śunaka, is dear to me too.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śunaḥśepa is bought for sacrifice"}
{"ref": "1.60.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 60, "verse": 18, "iast": ["prāyeṇa hi naraśreṣṭha jyeṣṭhāḥ pitṛṣu vallabhāḥ", "mātḥṇāṃ ca kanīyāṃsas tasmād rakṣe kanīyasaṃ"], "translation": "'For generally, O best of men, eldest sons are dear to fathers, and the youngest to mothers; therefore I would keep the youngest.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śunaḥśepa is bought for sacrifice"}
{"ref": "1.60.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 60, "verse": 19, "iast": ["uktavākye munau tasmin munipatnyāṃ tathaiva ca", "śunaḥśepaḥ svayaṃ rāma madhyamo vākyam abravīt"], "translation": "When that sage had spoken, and likewise the sage's wife, Śunaḥśepa, the middle son, himself spoke, O Rāma:", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śunaḥśepa is bought for sacrifice"}
{"ref": "1.60.20", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 60, "verse": 20, "iast": ["pitā jyeṣṭham avikreyaṃ mātā cāha kanīyasaṃ", "vikrītaṃ madhyamaṃ manye rājan putraṃ nayasva mām"], "translation": "'The father has declared the eldest not-to-be-sold, and the mother the youngest; I consider the middle son as good as sold. O king, take me away.'", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śunaḥśepa is bought for sacrifice"}
{"ref": "1.60.21", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 60, "verse": 21, "iast": ["gavāṃ śatasahasreṇa śunaḥśepaṃ nareśvaraḥ", "gṛhītvā paramaprīto jagāma raghunandana"], "translation": "For a hundred thousand cows the lord of men, having taken Śunaḥśepa, went off highly delighted, O delight of the Raghus.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śunaḥśepa is bought for sacrifice"}
{"ref": "1.60.22", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 60, "verse": 22, "iast": ["ambarīṣas tu rājarṣī ratham āropya satvaraḥ", "śunaḥśepaṃ mahātejā jagāmāśu mahāyaśāḥ"], "translation": "But Ambarīṣa, the royal seer of great splendour and great fame, having quickly placed Śunaḥśepa on his chariot, went swiftly on.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Śunaḥśepa is bought for sacrifice"}
{"ref": "1.61.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 61, "verse": 1, "iast": ["śunaḥśepaṃ naraśreṣṭha gṛhītvā tu mahāyaśāḥ", "vyaśrāmyat puṣkare rājā madhyāhne raghunandana"], "translation": "Having taken Śunaḥśepa, O best of men, the greatly glorious king rested at Puṣkara at midday, O delight of the Raghus.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Two verses save Śunaḥśepa"}
{"ref": "1.61.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 61, "verse": 2, "iast": ["tasya viśramamāṇasya śunaḥśepo mahāyaśāḥ", "puṣkaraṃ śreṣṭham āgamya viśvāmitraṃ dadarśa ha"], "translation": "While he was resting, the glorious Śunaḥśepa, coming to the excellent Puṣkara, saw Viśvāmitra.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Two verses save Śunaḥśepa"}
{"ref": "1.61.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 61, "verse": 3, "iast": ["viṣaṇṇavadano dīnas tṛṣṇayā ca śrameṇa ca", "papātāṅke mune rāma vākyaṃ cedam uvāca ha"], "translation": "With dejected face, wretched from thirst and exhaustion, he fell into the sage's lap, O Rāma, and spoke these words:", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Two verses save Śunaḥśepa"}
{"ref": "1.61.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 61, "verse": 4, "iast": ["na me 'sti mātā na pitā jñātayo bāndhavāḥ kutaḥ", "trātum arhasi māṃ saumya dharmeṇa munipuṃgava"], "translation": "“I have no mother, no father — where then kinsmen or relatives? You ought to save me by righteousness, gentle one, O bull among sages.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Two verses save Śunaḥśepa"}
{"ref": "1.61.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 61, "verse": 5, "iast": ["trātā tvaṃ hi muniśreṣṭha sarveṣāṃ tvaṃ hi bhāvanaḥ", "rājā ca kṛtakāryaḥ syād ahaṃ dīrghāyur avyayaḥ"], "translation": "For you are a protector, O best of sages; you are the fosterer of all. Let the king have his purpose accomplished, and let me be long-lived and undecaying.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Two verses save Śunaḥśepa"}
{"ref": "1.61.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 61, "verse": 6, "iast": ["svargalokam upāśnīyāṃ tapas taptvā hy anuttamam", "sa me nātho hy anāthasya bhava bhavyena cetasā", "piteva putraṃ dharmātmaṃs trātum arhasi kilbiṣāt"], "translation": "May I enjoy the world of heaven, having practiced unsurpassed austerity. Be that protector of me who am without a protector, with a gracious mind; as a father his son, O righteous one, you ought to save me from harm.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Two verses save Śunaḥśepa"}
{"ref": "1.61.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 61, "verse": 7, "iast": ["tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā viśvāmitro mahātapāḥ", "sāntvayitvā bahuvidhaṃ putrān idam uvāca ha"], "translation": "Having heard those words of his, Viśvāmitra of great austerity, having consoled (him) in many ways, spoke this to his sons:", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Two verses save Śunaḥśepa"}
{"ref": "1.61.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 61, "verse": 8, "iast": ["yatkṛte pitaraḥ putrāñ janayanti śubhārthinaḥ", "paralokahitārthāya tasya kālo 'yam āgataḥ"], "translation": "“That for the sake of which fathers, desiring good, beget sons — for the sake of welfare in the other world — that time has now come.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Two verses save Śunaḥśepa"}
{"ref": "1.61.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 61, "verse": 9, "iast": ["ayaṃ munisuto bālo mattaḥ śaraṇam icchati", "asya jīvitamātreṇa priyaṃ kuruta putrakāḥ"], "translation": "This young son of a sage seeks refuge with me. Do him a kindness merely by (granting) his life, my dear sons.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Two verses save Śunaḥśepa"}
{"ref": "1.61.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 61, "verse": 10, "iast": ["sarve sukṛtakarmāṇaḥ sarve dharmaparāyaṇāḥ", "paśubhūtā narendrasya tṛptim agneḥ prayacchata"], "translation": "All of you are doers of good deeds, all devoted to dharma; becoming the sacrificial victim for the king, provide satisfaction to the fire.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Two verses save Śunaḥśepa"}
{"ref": "1.61.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 61, "verse": 11, "iast": ["nāthavāṃś ca śunaḥśepo yajñaś cāvighnato bhavet", "devatās tarpitāś ca syur mama cāpi kṛtaṃ vacaḥ"], "translation": "Thus Śunaḥśepa will have a protector, the sacrifice will proceed without obstruction, the gods will be gratified, and my word too will be fulfilled.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Two verses save Śunaḥśepa"}
{"ref": "1.61.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 61, "verse": 12, "iast": ["munes tu vacanaṃ śrutvā madhuṣyandādayaḥ sutāḥ", "sābhimānaṃ naraśreṣṭha salīlam idam abruvan"], "translation": "But hearing the sage's words, the sons headed by Madhuṣyanda, O best of men, spoke this with arrogance and mockery:", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Two verses save Śunaḥśepa"}
{"ref": "1.61.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 61, "verse": 13, "iast": ["katham ātmasutān hitvā trāyase 'nyasutaṃ vibho", "akāryam iva paśyāmaḥ śvamāṃsam iva bhojane"], "translation": "“How is it, O lord, that abandoning your own sons you would save another's son? We regard this as a thing not to be done, like dog's flesh among foods.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Two verses save Śunaḥśepa"}
{"ref": "1.61.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 61, "verse": 14, "iast": ["teṣāṃ tad vacanaṃ śrutvā putrāṇāṃ munipuṃgavaḥ", "krodhasaṃraktanayano vyāhartum upacakrame"], "translation": "Hearing those words of his sons, the bull among sages, his eyes red with anger, began to speak:", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Two verses save Śunaḥśepa"}
{"ref": "1.61.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 61, "verse": 15, "iast": ["niḥsādhvasam idaṃ proktaṃ dharmād api vigarhitam", "atikramya tu madvākyaṃ dāruṇaṃ romaharṣaṇam"], "translation": "“This that you have shamelessly spoken, transgressing my word, is condemned even by dharma — cruel and hair-raising.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Two verses save Śunaḥśepa"}
{"ref": "1.61.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 61, "verse": 16, "iast": ["śvamāṃsabhojinaḥ sarve vāsiṣṭhā iva jātiṣu", "pūrṇaṃ varṣasahasraṃ tu pṛthivyām anuvatsyatha"], "translation": "You shall all become eaters of dog's flesh, like the sons of Vasiṣṭha among the (outcast) births, and shall dwell upon the earth for a full thousand years.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Two verses save Śunaḥśepa"}
{"ref": "1.61.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 61, "verse": 17, "iast": ["kṛtvā śāpasamāyuktān putrān munivaras tadā", "śunaḥśepam uvācārtaṃ kṛtvā rakṣāṃ nirāmayām"], "translation": "Having subjected his sons to the curse, the best of sages then, having made a flawless protective charm, spoke to the distressed Śunaḥśepa:", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Two verses save Śunaḥśepa"}
{"ref": "1.61.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 61, "verse": 18, "iast": ["pavitrapāśair āsakto raktamālyānulepanaḥ", "vaiṣṇavaṃ yūpam āsādya vāgbhir agnim udāhara"], "translation": "“Bound with sacred cords, wearing red garlands and unguents, approach the sacrificial post of Viṣṇu and invoke the fire with (these) words.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Two verses save Śunaḥśepa"}
{"ref": "1.61.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 61, "verse": 19, "iast": ["ime tu gāthe dve divye gāyethā muniputraka", "ambarīṣasya yajñe 'smiṃs tataḥ siddhim avāpsyasi"], "translation": "And sing these two divine verses at this sacrifice of Ambarīṣa, O son of a sage; then you shall attain success.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Two verses save Śunaḥśepa"}
{"ref": "1.61.20", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 61, "verse": 20, "iast": ["śunaḥśepo gṛhītvā te dve gāthe susamāhitaḥ", "tvarayā rājasiṃhaṃ tam ambarīṣam uvāca ha"], "translation": "Śunaḥśepa, having learned those two verses, well composed, quickly spoke to that lion among kings, Ambarīṣa:", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Two verses save Śunaḥśepa"}
{"ref": "1.61.21", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 61, "verse": 21, "iast": ["rājasiṃha mahāsattva śīghraṃ gacchāvahe sadaḥ", "nivartayasva rājendra dīkṣāṃ ca samupāhara"], "translation": "“O lion among kings, O greatly mighty one, let us quickly go to the sacrificial assembly; turn back thither, O king of kings, and undertake the consecration.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Two verses save Śunaḥśepa"}
{"ref": "1.61.22", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 61, "verse": 22, "iast": ["tad vākyam ṛṣiputrasya śrutvā harṣaṃ samutsukaḥ", "jagāma nṛpatiḥ śīghraṃ yajñavāṭam atandritaḥ"], "translation": "Hearing those words of the sage's son, the king, filled with joy and eager, went quickly and untiring to the sacrificial enclosure.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Two verses save Śunaḥśepa"}
{"ref": "1.61.23", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 61, "verse": 23, "iast": ["sadasyānumate rājā pavitrakṛtalakṣaṇam", "paśuṃ raktāmbaraṃ kṛtvā yūpe taṃ samabandhayat"], "translation": "With the assent of the officiating priests, the king, having made the victim marked with purificatory signs and clad in red garments, bound him to the post.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Two verses save Śunaḥśepa"}
{"ref": "1.61.24", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 61, "verse": 24, "iast": ["sa baddho vāgbhir agryābhir abhituṣṭāva vai surau", "indram indrānujaṃ caiva yathāvan muniputrakaḥ"], "translation": "Bound (there), the sage's son with excellent words duly praised the two gods, Indra and Indra's younger brother (Viṣṇu).", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Two verses save Śunaḥśepa"}
{"ref": "1.61.25", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 61, "verse": 25, "iast": ["tataḥ prītaḥ sahasrākṣo rahasyastutitarpitaḥ", "dīrgham āyus tadā prādāc chunaḥśepāya rāghava"], "translation": "Then the thousand-eyed one (Indra), pleased, gratified by the secret hymn of praise, granted long life to Śunaḥśepa, O Rāghava.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Two verses save Śunaḥśepa"}
{"ref": "1.61.26", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 61, "verse": 26, "iast": ["sa ca rājā naraśreṣṭha yajñasya ca samāptavān", "phalaṃ bahuguṇaṃ rāma sahasrākṣaprasādajam"], "translation": "And that king, O best of men, gained the completion of the sacrifice and its manifold fruit, O Rāma, born of the favor of the thousand-eyed one.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Two verses save Śunaḥśepa"}
{"ref": "1.61.27", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 61, "verse": 27, "iast": ["viśvāmitro 'pi dharmātmā bhūyas tepe mahātapāḥ", "puṣkareṣu naraśreṣṭha daśavarṣaśatāni ca"], "translation": "And Viśvāmitra too, the righteous one of great austerity, practiced austerity once more at Puṣkara for another ten hundred years, O best of men.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Two verses save Śunaḥśepa"}
{"ref": "1.62.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 62, "verse": 1, "iast": ["pūrṇe varṣasahasre tu vratasnātaṃ mahāmunim", "abhyāgacchan surāḥ sarve tapaḥphalacikīrṣavaḥ"], "translation": "When a full thousand years had passed, all the gods, wishing to grant the fruit of his austerity, approached the great sage who had completed his vows.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Menakā and the unfinished mastery of desire"}
{"ref": "1.62.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 62, "verse": 2, "iast": ["abravīt sumahātejā brahmā suruciraṃ vacaḥ", "ṛṣis tvam asi bhadraṃ te svārjitaiḥ karmabhiḥ śubhaiḥ"], "translation": "Brahmā of very great splendor spoke a most lovely word: “You are (now) a ṛṣi — blessings on you! — by reason of your well-earned holy deeds.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Menakā and the unfinished mastery of desire"}
{"ref": "1.62.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 62, "verse": 3, "iast": ["tam evam uktvā deveśas tridivaṃ punar abhyagāt", "viśvāmitro mahātejā bhūyas tepe mahat tapaḥ"], "translation": "Having thus spoken to him, the lord of the gods went back again to heaven; and Viśvāmitra of great splendor once more performed great austerity.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Menakā and the unfinished mastery of desire"}
{"ref": "1.62.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 62, "verse": 4, "iast": ["tataḥ kālena mahatā menakā paramāpsarāḥ", "puṣkareṣu naraśreṣṭha snātuṃ samupacakrame"], "translation": "Then, after a long time, Menakā, the foremost of apsarases, O best of men, set about bathing in the Puṣkara lakes.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Menakā and the unfinished mastery of desire"}
{"ref": "1.62.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 62, "verse": 5, "iast": ["tāṃ dadarśa mahātejā menakāṃ kuśikātmajaḥ", "rūpeṇāpratimāṃ tatra vidyutaṃ jalade yathā"], "translation": "The greatly resplendent son of Kuśika saw that Menakā there, unequalled in beauty, like lightning in a cloud.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Menakā and the unfinished mastery of desire"}
{"ref": "1.62.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 62, "verse": 6, "iast": ["dṛṣṭvā kandarpavaśago munis tām idam abravīt", "apsaraḥ svāgataṃ te 'stu vasa ceha mamāśrame", "anugṛhṇīṣva bhadraṃ te madanena sumohitam"], "translation": "Seeing her and falling under the sway of Kandarpa (the god of love), the sage said this to her: “O apsaras, welcome to you! Dwell here in my hermitage, and favor me — blessings on you — who am utterly bewildered by love.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Menakā and the unfinished mastery of desire"}
{"ref": "1.62.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 62, "verse": 7, "iast": ["ity uktā sā varārohā tatrāvāsam athākarot", "tapaso hi mahāvighno viśvāmitram upāgataḥ"], "translation": "Addressed thus, that fair-hipped one then made her dwelling there; and indeed a great obstacle to his austerity had come upon Viśvāmitra.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Menakā and the unfinished mastery of desire"}
{"ref": "1.62.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 62, "verse": 8, "iast": ["tasyāṃ vasantyāṃ varṣāṇi pañca pañca ca rāghava", "viśvāmitrāśrame saumya sukhena vyaticakramuḥ"], "translation": "While she dwelt (there), O Rāghava, ten years (five and five) passed happily in Viśvāmitra's hermitage, gentle one.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Menakā and the unfinished mastery of desire"}
{"ref": "1.62.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 62, "verse": 9, "iast": ["atha kāle gate tasmin viśvāmitro mahāmuniḥ", "savrīḍa iva saṃvṛttaś cintāśokaparāyaṇaḥ"], "translation": "Then, when that time had passed, the great sage Viśvāmitra became as if ashamed, given over to anxiety and grief.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Menakā and the unfinished mastery of desire"}
{"ref": "1.62.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 62, "verse": 10, "iast": ["buddhir muneḥ samutpannā sāmarṣā raghunandana", "sarvaṃ surāṇāṃ karmaitat tapo'paharaṇaṃ mahat"], "translation": "A thought, full of indignation, arose in the sage, O delight of the Raghus: “All this is the work of the gods, a great robbing of my austerity.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Menakā and the unfinished mastery of desire"}
{"ref": "1.62.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 62, "verse": 11, "iast": ["ahorātrāpadeśena gatāḥ saṃvatsarā daśa", "kāmamohābhibhūtasya vighno 'yaṃ pratyupasthitaḥ"], "translation": "Under the guise of days and nights, ten years have gone by; this obstacle has befallen me, overcome by the delusion of desire.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Menakā and the unfinished mastery of desire"}
{"ref": "1.62.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 62, "verse": 12, "iast": ["viniḥśvasan munivaraḥ paścāt tāpena duḥkhitaḥ"], "translation": "Sighing deeply, the best of sages, afterward pained by remorse...", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Menakā and the unfinished mastery of desire"}
{"ref": "1.62.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 62, "verse": 13, "iast": ["bhītām apsarasaṃ dṛṣṭvā vepantīṃ prāñjaliṃ sthitām", "menakāṃ madhurair vākyair visṛjya kuśikātmajaḥ", "uttaraṃ parvataṃ rāma viśvāmitro jagāma ha"], "translation": "Seeing the apsaras Menakā frightened, trembling, standing with palms joined, the son of Kuśika dismissed her with gentle words; and Viśvāmitra went, O Rāma, to a mountain in the north.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Menakā and the unfinished mastery of desire"}
{"ref": "1.62.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 62, "verse": 14, "iast": ["sa kṛtvā naiṣṭhikīṃ buddhiṃ jetukāmo mahāyaśāḥ", "kauśikītīram āsādya tapas tepe sudāruṇam"], "translation": "The greatly glorious one, having made a firm resolve and wishing to conquer (his senses), reached the bank of the Kauśikī and performed most terrible austerity.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Menakā and the unfinished mastery of desire"}
{"ref": "1.62.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 62, "verse": 15, "iast": ["tasya varṣasahasraṃ tu ghoraṃ tapa upāsataḥ", "uttare parvate rāma devatānām abhūd bhayam"], "translation": "As he practiced dreadful austerity for a thousand years on the northern mountain, O Rāma, fear arose among the gods.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Menakā and the unfinished mastery of desire"}
{"ref": "1.62.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 62, "verse": 16, "iast": ["amantrayan samāgamya sarve sarṣigaṇāḥ surāḥ", "maharṣiśabdaṃ labhatāṃ sādhv ayaṃ kuśikātmajaḥ"], "translation": "All the gods, together with the hosts of seers, having assembled, took counsel: “Let this son of Kuśika rightly obtain the title of maharṣi.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Menakā and the unfinished mastery of desire"}
{"ref": "1.62.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 62, "verse": 17, "iast": ["devatānāṃ vacaḥ śrutvā sarvalokapitāmahaḥ", "abravīn madhuraṃ vākyaṃ viśvāmitraṃ tapodhanam"], "translation": "Hearing the gods' word, the Grandsire of all the worlds spoke a gentle word to Viśvāmitra, rich in austerity:", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Menakā and the unfinished mastery of desire"}
{"ref": "1.62.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 62, "verse": 18, "iast": ["maharṣe svāgataṃ vatsa tapasogreṇa toṣitaḥ", "mahattvam ṛṣimukhyatvaṃ dadāmi tava kauśika"], "translation": "“Welcome, O maharṣi, my child! I am pleased by your fierce austerity; I grant you greatness and pre-eminence among seers, O Kauśika.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Menakā and the unfinished mastery of desire"}
{"ref": "1.62.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 62, "verse": 19, "iast": ["brahmaṇaḥ sa vacaḥ śrutvā viśvāmitras tapodhanaḥ", "prāñjaliḥ praṇato bhūtvā pratyuvāca pitāmaham"], "translation": "Hearing that word of Brahmā, Viśvāmitra, rich in austerity, with palms joined and bowing low, replied to the Grandsire:", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Menakā and the unfinished mastery of desire"}
{"ref": "1.62.20", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 62, "verse": 20, "iast": ["brahmarṣi śabdam atulaṃ svārjitaiḥ karmabhiḥ śubhaiḥ", "yadi me bhagavān āha tato 'haṃ vijitendriyaḥ"], "translation": "“If the venerable one declares me (to have won) the incomparable title of brahmarṣi by my well-earned holy deeds, then (may it be that) I have conquered my senses.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Menakā and the unfinished mastery of desire"}
{"ref": "1.62.21", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 62, "verse": 21, "iast": ["tam uvāca tato brahmā na tāvat tvaṃ jitendriyaḥ", "yatasva muniśārdūla ity uktvā tridivaṃ gataḥ"], "translation": "Then Brahmā said to him: “Not yet have you conquered your senses; strive on, O tiger among sages.” And having so spoken, he went to heaven.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Menakā and the unfinished mastery of desire"}
{"ref": "1.62.22", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 62, "verse": 22, "iast": ["viprasthiteṣu deveṣu viśvāmitro mahāmuniḥ", "ūrdhvabāhur nirālambo vāyubhakṣas tapaś caran"], "translation": "When the gods had departed, the great sage Viśvāmitra, with arms upraised, without support, feeding on air, practiced austerity —", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Menakā and the unfinished mastery of desire"}
{"ref": "1.62.23", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 62, "verse": 23, "iast": ["dharme pañcatapā bhūtvā varṣāsv ākāśasaṃśrayaḥ", "śiśire salilasthāyī rātryahāni tapodhanaḥ"], "translation": "In the hot season practicing the five-fire penance, in the rains exposed to the open sky, in winter standing in water day and night — that treasury of austerity (persevered).", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Menakā and the unfinished mastery of desire"}
{"ref": "1.62.24", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 62, "verse": 24, "iast": ["evaṃ varṣasahasraṃ hi tapo ghoram upāgamat", "tasmin saṃtapyamāne tu viśvāmitre mahāmunau"], "translation": "Thus for a thousand years he underwent dreadful austerity; and while the great sage Viśvāmitra was mortifying himself so,", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Menakā and the unfinished mastery of desire"}
{"ref": "1.62.25", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 62, "verse": 25, "iast": ["saṃbhramaḥ sumahān āsīt surāṇāṃ vāsavasya ca", "rambhām apsarasaṃ śakraḥ saha sarvair marudgaṇaiḥ"], "translation": "A very great alarm came upon the gods and upon Vāsava (Indra); and Śakra, together with all the hosts of Maruts, (spoke) to the apsaras Rambhā —", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Menakā and the unfinished mastery of desire"}
{"ref": "1.62.26", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 62, "verse": 26, "iast": ["uvācātmahitaṃ vākyam ahitaṃ kauśikasya ca"], "translation": "...spoke a word beneficial to himself but harmful to the son of Kuśika (Viśvāmitra).", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Menakā and the unfinished mastery of desire"}
{"ref": "1.63.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 63, "verse": 1, "iast": ["surakāryam idaṃ rambhe kartavyaṃ sumahat tvayā", "lobhanaṃ kauśikasyeha kāmamohasamanvitam"], "translation": "“This is a very great service to the gods that must be done by you, O Rambhā — the seduction of Kauśika here, joined with the delusion of desire.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Rambhā and the failure to master anger"}
{"ref": "1.63.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 63, "verse": 2, "iast": ["tathoktā sāpsarā rāma sahasrākṣeṇa dhīmatā", "vrīḍitā prāñjalir bhūtvā pratyuvāca sureśvaram"], "translation": "Addressed thus, O Rāma, by the wise thousand-eyed one, that apsaras, embarrassed, with palms joined, replied to the lord of the gods:", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Rambhā and the failure to master anger"}
{"ref": "1.63.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 63, "verse": 3, "iast": ["ayaṃ surapate ghoro viśvāmitro mahāmuniḥ", "krodham utsrakṣyate ghoraṃ mayi deva na saṃśayaḥ", "tato hi me bhayaṃ deva prasādaṃ kartum arhasi"], "translation": "“This terrible great sage Viśvāmitra, O lord of the gods, will loose his terrible wrath upon me, O god — there is no doubt. Therefore I am afraid, O god; you ought to show me your favor.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Rambhā and the failure to master anger"}
{"ref": "1.63.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 63, "verse": 4, "iast": ["tām uvāca sahasrākṣo vepamānāṃ kṛtāñjalim", "mā bhaiṣi rambhe bhadraṃ te kuruṣva mama śāsanam"], "translation": "The thousand-eyed one said to her as she trembled with palms joined: “Do not be afraid, O Rambhā — blessings on you — carry out my command.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Rambhā and the failure to master anger"}
{"ref": "1.63.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 63, "verse": 5, "iast": ["kokilo hṛdayagrāhī mādhave ruciradrume", "ahaṃ kandarpasahitaḥ sthāsyāmi tava pārśvataḥ"], "translation": "(Becoming) a heart-captivating cuckoo in the springtime, among the lovely trees, I, together with Kandarpa (the god of love), will stand at your side.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Rambhā and the failure to master anger"}
{"ref": "1.63.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 63, "verse": 6, "iast": ["tvaṃ hi rūpaṃ bahuguṇaṃ kṛtvā paramabhāsvaram", "tam ṛṣiṃ kauśikaṃ rambhe bhedayasva tapasvinam"], "translation": "You, having assumed a form of many charms and supremely radiant, break down that ascetic seer Kauśika, O Rambhā.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Rambhā and the failure to master anger"}
{"ref": "1.63.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 63, "verse": 7, "iast": ["sā śrutvā vacanaṃ tasya kṛtvā rūpam anuttamam", "lobhayām āsa lalitā viśvāmitraṃ śucismitā"], "translation": "Having heard his word, she assumed a peerless form, and the graceful one, sweetly smiling, sought to entice Viśvāmitra.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Rambhā and the failure to master anger"}
{"ref": "1.63.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 63, "verse": 8, "iast": ["kokilasya tu śuśrāva valgu vyāharataḥ svanam", "saṃprahṛṣṭena manasā tata enām udaikṣata"], "translation": "He heard the sweet note of the cuckoo singing melodiously; and with a thoroughly delighted mind he then looked up at her.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Rambhā and the failure to master anger"}
{"ref": "1.63.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 63, "verse": 9, "iast": ["atha tasya ca śabdena gītenāpratimena ca", "darśanena ca rambhāyā muniḥ saṃdeham āgataḥ"], "translation": "Then, at that sound, and at the incomparable song, and at the sight of Rambhā, the sage grew suspicious.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Rambhā and the failure to master anger"}
{"ref": "1.63.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 63, "verse": 10, "iast": ["sahasrākṣasya tat karma vijñāya munipuṃgavaḥ", "rambhāṃ krodhasamāviṣṭaḥ śaśāpa kuśikātmajaḥ"], "translation": "Recognizing this to be the work of the thousand-eyed one, the bull among sages, the son of Kuśika, filled with anger, cursed Rambhā:", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Rambhā and the failure to master anger"}
{"ref": "1.63.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 63, "verse": 11, "iast": ["yan māṃ lobhayase rambhe kāmakrodhajayaiṣiṇam", "daśavarṣasahasrāṇi śailī sthāsyasi durbhage"], "translation": "“Since you seek to tempt me, O Rambhā, who strive to conquer desire and anger, you shall stand as stone for ten thousand years, O luckless one.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Rambhā and the failure to master anger"}
{"ref": "1.63.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 63, "verse": 12, "iast": ["brāhmaṇaḥ sumahātejās tapobalasamanvitaḥ", "uddhariṣyati rambhe tvāṃ matkrodhakaluṣīkṛtām"], "translation": "A brahmin of very great splendor, endowed with the power of austerity, will deliver you, O Rambhā, defiled by my wrath.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Rambhā and the failure to master anger"}
{"ref": "1.63.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 63, "verse": 13, "iast": ["evam uktvā mahātejā viśvāmitro mahāmuniḥ", "aśaknuvan dhārayituṃ kopaṃ saṃtāpam āgataḥ"], "translation": "Having spoken thus, the greatly resplendent great sage Viśvāmitra, unable to restrain his anger, fell into remorse.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Rambhā and the failure to master anger"}
{"ref": "1.63.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 63, "verse": 14, "iast": ["tasya śāpena mahatā rambhā śailī tadābhavat", "vacaḥ śrutvā ca kandarpo maharṣeḥ sa ca nirgataḥ"], "translation": "By his mighty curse Rambhā then became stone; and hearing the great sage's word, Kandarpa too departed.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Rambhā and the failure to master anger"}
{"ref": "1.63.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 63, "verse": 15, "iast": ["kopena sa mahātejās tapo 'paharaṇe kṛte", "indriyair ajitai rāma na lebhe śāntim ātmanaḥ"], "translation": "Since his austerity had been robbed through anger, and his senses were still unconquered, O Rāma, he found no peace of mind.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Rambhā and the failure to master anger"}
{"ref": "1.64.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 64, "verse": 1, "iast": ["atha haimavatīṃ rāma diśaṃ tyaktvā mahāmuniḥ", "pūrvāṃ diśam anuprāpya tapas tepe sudāruṇam"], "translation": "Then, O Rāma, the great sage, forsaking the Himālayan region (the north), reached the eastern quarter and performed most terrible austerity.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Restraint and recognition as brahmarṣi"}
{"ref": "1.64.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 64, "verse": 2, "iast": ["maunaṃ varṣasahasrasya kṛtvā vratam anuttamam", "cakārāpratimaṃ rāma tapaḥ paramaduṣkaram"], "translation": "Making a peerless vow of silence for a thousand years, he performed, O Rāma, incomparable and exceedingly difficult austerity.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Restraint and recognition as brahmarṣi"}
{"ref": "1.64.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 64, "verse": 3, "iast": ["pūrṇe varṣasahasre tu kāṣṭhabhūtaṃ mahāmunim", "vighnair bahubhir ādhūtaṃ krodho nāntaram āviśat"], "translation": "When the thousand years were complete, though the great sage, become like a log of wood, was shaken by many obstacles, anger found no opening in him.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Restraint and recognition as brahmarṣi"}
{"ref": "1.64.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 64, "verse": 4, "iast": ["tato devāḥ sagandharvāḥ pannagāsurarākṣasāḥ", "mohitās tejasā tasya tapasā mandaraśmayaḥ", "kaśmalopahatāḥ sarve pitāmaham athābruvan"], "translation": "Then the gods together with the gandharvas, serpents, asuras, and rākṣasas, bewildered by his energy, their own radiance dimmed by his austerity, all overcome with faintness, spoke to the Grandsire:", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Restraint and recognition as brahmarṣi"}
{"ref": "1.64.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 64, "verse": 5, "iast": ["bahubhiḥ kāraṇair deva viśvāmitro mahāmuniḥ", "lobhitaḥ krodhitaś caiva tapasā cābhivardhate"], "translation": "“O god, by many means the great sage Viśvāmitra has been enticed and provoked to anger, yet he only grows greater through his austerity.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Restraint and recognition as brahmarṣi"}
{"ref": "1.64.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 64, "verse": 6, "iast": ["na hy asya vṛjinaṃ kiṃ cid dṛśyate sūkṣmam apy atha", "na dīyate yadi tv asya manasā yad abhīpsitam", "vināśayati trailokyaṃ tapasā sacarācaram", "vyākulāś ca diśaḥ sarvā na ca kiṃ cit prakāśate"], "translation": "Not the least fault, even a subtle one, is to be seen in him; but if what his heart desires is not granted him, he will destroy by his austerity the three worlds with all that moves and moves not. All the quarters are in turmoil, and nothing shines forth.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Restraint and recognition as brahmarṣi"}
{"ref": "1.64.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 64, "verse": 7, "iast": ["sāgarāḥ kṣubhitāḥ sarve viśīryante ca parvatāḥ", "prakampate ca pṛthivī vāyur vāti bhṛśākulaḥ"], "translation": "All the oceans are agitated, and the mountains crumble; the earth trembles, and the wind blows greatly disturbed.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Restraint and recognition as brahmarṣi"}
{"ref": "1.64.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 64, "verse": 8, "iast": ["buddhiṃ na kurute yāvan nāśe deva mahāmuniḥ", "tāvat prasādyo bhagavān agnirūpo mahādyutiḥ"], "translation": "Before the great sage sets his mind upon destruction, O god, the venerable one, fire-formed and of great brilliance, must be propitiated.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Restraint and recognition as brahmarṣi"}
{"ref": "1.64.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 64, "verse": 9, "iast": ["kālāgninā yathā pūrvaṃ trailokyaṃ dahyate 'khilam", "devarājye cikīrṣeta dīyatām asya yan matam"], "translation": "Lest, as of old the three worlds are burned entire by the fire of doomsday, he should seek to seize the sovereignty of the gods — let whatever is his wish be granted to him.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Restraint and recognition as brahmarṣi"}
{"ref": "1.64.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 64, "verse": 10, "iast": ["tataḥ suragaṇāḥ sarve pitāmahapurogamāḥ", "viśvāmitraṃ mahātmānaṃ vākyaṃ madhuram abruvan"], "translation": "Then all the hosts of gods, led by the Grandsire, spoke a gentle word to the great-souled Viśvāmitra:", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Restraint and recognition as brahmarṣi"}
{"ref": "1.64.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 64, "verse": 11, "iast": ["brahmarṣe svāgataṃ te 'stu tapasā sma sutoṣitāḥ", "brāhmaṇyaṃ tapasogreṇa prāptavān asi kauśika"], "translation": "“O brahmarṣi, welcome to you! We are well pleased by your austerity. By your fierce austerity you have attained brahminhood, O Kauśika.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Restraint and recognition as brahmarṣi"}
{"ref": "1.64.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 64, "verse": 12, "iast": ["dīrgham āyuś ca te brahman dadāmi samarudgaṇaḥ", "svasti prāpnuhi bhadraṃ te gaccha saumya yathāsukham"], "translation": "I, together with the hosts of Maruts, grant you long life, O brahmin; win well-being, blessings on you, go as you please, gentle one.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Restraint and recognition as brahmarṣi"}
{"ref": "1.64.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 64, "verse": 13, "iast": ["pitāmahavacaḥ śrutvā sarveṣāṃ ca divaukasām", "kṛtvā praṇāmaṃ mudito vyājahāra mahāmuniḥ"], "translation": "Having heard the word of the Grandsire and of all the dwellers of heaven, the great sage, delighted, made obeisance and said:", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Restraint and recognition as brahmarṣi"}
{"ref": "1.64.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 64, "verse": 14, "iast": ["brāhmaṇyaṃ yadi me prāptaṃ dīrgham āyus tathaiva ca", "oṃkāro 'tha vaṣaṭkāro vedāś ca varayantu mām"], "translation": "“If brahminhood has been attained by me, and long life likewise, then let the syllable Oṃ, the exclamation Vaṣaṭ, and the Vedas choose me (as their own).", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Restraint and recognition as brahmarṣi"}
{"ref": "1.64.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 64, "verse": 15, "iast": ["kṣatravedavidāṃ śreṣṭho brahmavedavidām api", "brahmaputro vasiṣṭho mām evaṃ vadatu devatāḥ", "yady ayaṃ paramaḥ kāmaḥ kṛto yāntu surarṣabhāḥ"], "translation": "Let Vasiṣṭha, son of Brahmā, best of those who know the Kṣatra-veda and of those who know the Brahma-veda, address me thus, O gods. If this, my highest wish, has been fulfilled, let the bulls among the gods depart.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Restraint and recognition as brahmarṣi"}
{"ref": "1.64.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 64, "verse": 16, "iast": ["tataḥ prasādito devair vasiṣṭho japatāṃ varaḥ", "sakhyaṃ cakāra brahmarṣir evam astv iti cābravīt"], "translation": "Then, propitiated by the gods, Vasiṣṭha, the best of those who mutter prayers, the brahmarṣi, made friendship with him and said, “So be it.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Restraint and recognition as brahmarṣi"}
{"ref": "1.64.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 64, "verse": 17, "iast": ["brahmarṣitvaṃ na saṃdehaḥ sarvaṃ saṃpatsyate tava", "ity uktvā devatāś cāpi sarvā jagmur yathāgatam"], "translation": "“The rank of brahmarṣi is yours — no doubt of it; everything shall come to pass for you.” Having said this, all the gods too departed as they had come.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Restraint and recognition as brahmarṣi"}
{"ref": "1.64.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 64, "verse": 18, "iast": ["viśvāmitro 'pi dharmātmā labdhvā brāhmaṇyam uttamam", "pūjayām āsa brahmarṣiṃ vasiṣṭhaṃ japatāṃ varam"], "translation": "And Viśvāmitra, the righteous one, having gained the highest brahminhood, honored the brahmarṣi Vasiṣṭha, the best of those who mutter prayers.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Restraint and recognition as brahmarṣi"}
{"ref": "1.64.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 64, "verse": 19, "iast": ["kṛtakāmo mahīṃ sarvāṃ cacāra tapasi sthitaḥ", "evaṃ tv anena brāhmaṇyaṃ prāptaṃ rāma mahātmanā"], "translation": "His wish fulfilled, he wandered over all the earth, established in austerity. Thus was brahminhood attained by this great-souled one, O Rāma.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Restraint and recognition as brahmarṣi"}
{"ref": "1.64.20", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 64, "verse": 20, "iast": ["eṣa rāma muniśreṣṭha eṣa vigrahavāṃs tapaḥ", "eṣa dharmaḥ paro nityaṃ vīryasyaiṣa parāyaṇam"], "translation": "This, O Rāma, is the best of sages; this is austerity embodied; this is ever the supreme dharma; this is the very abode of heroic power.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Restraint and recognition as brahmarṣi"}
{"ref": "1.64.21", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 64, "verse": 21, "iast": ["śatānandavacaḥ śrutvā rāmalakṣmaṇasaṃnidhau", "janakaḥ prāñjalir vākyam uvāca kuśikātmajam"], "translation": "Having heard Śatānanda's words in the presence of Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, Janaka, with palms joined, spoke to the son of Kuśika:", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Restraint and recognition as brahmarṣi"}
{"ref": "1.64.22", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 64, "verse": 22, "iast": ["dhanyo 'smy anugṛhīto 'smi yasya me munipuṃgava", "yajñaṃ kākutstha sahitaḥ prāptavān asi dhārmika"], "translation": "“I am blessed, I am favored, O bull among sages, in that you, righteous one, together with the Kākutstha (Rāma), have come to my sacrifice.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Restraint and recognition as brahmarṣi"}
{"ref": "1.64.23", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 64, "verse": 23, "iast": ["pāvito 'haṃ tvayā brahman darśanena mahāmune", "guṇā bahuvidhāḥ prāptās tava saṃdarśanān mayā"], "translation": "I have been purified by you, O brahmin, by your sight, O great sage; many kinds of merit have I gained from beholding you.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Restraint and recognition as brahmarṣi"}
{"ref": "1.64.24", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 64, "verse": 24, "iast": ["vistareṇa ca te brahman kīrtyamānaṃ mahat tapaḥ", "śrutaṃ mayā mahātejo rāmeṇa ca mahātmanā"], "translation": "And your great austerity, recounted at length, O brahmin, has been heard by me, O greatly resplendent one, and by the great-souled Rāma.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Restraint and recognition as brahmarṣi"}
{"ref": "1.64.25", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 64, "verse": 25, "iast": ["sadasyaiḥ prāpya ca sadaḥ śrutās te bahavo guṇāḥ"], "translation": "And having reached the assembly-hall, your many virtues were heard by the members of the assembly.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Restraint and recognition as brahmarṣi"}
{"ref": "1.64.26", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 64, "verse": 26, "iast": ["aprameyaṃ tapas tubhyam aprameyaṃ ca te balam", "aprameyā guṇāś caiva nityaṃ te kuśikātmaja"], "translation": "Immeasurable is your austerity, immeasurable your strength, and ever immeasurable your virtues too, O son of Kuśika.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Restraint and recognition as brahmarṣi"}
{"ref": "1.64.27", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 64, "verse": 27, "iast": ["tṛptir āścaryabhūtānāṃ kathānāṃ nāsti me vibho", "karmakālo muniśreṣṭha lambate ravimaṇḍalam"], "translation": "There is no satiety for me in these marvelous tales, O lord; but the time of the rite (has come), O best of sages — the orb of the sun is sinking.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Restraint and recognition as brahmarṣi"}
{"ref": "1.64.28", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 64, "verse": 28, "iast": ["śvaḥ prabhāte mahātejo draṣṭum arhasi māṃ punaḥ", "svāgataṃ tapasāṃ śreṣṭha mām anujñātum arhasi"], "translation": "Tomorrow at dawn, O greatly resplendent one, you should see me again; welcome, O best of ascetics — now you should grant me leave.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Restraint and recognition as brahmarṣi"}
{"ref": "1.64.29", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 64, "verse": 29, "iast": ["evam uktvā muniśreṣṭhaṃ vaideho mithilādhipaḥ", "pradakṣiṇaṃ cakārāśu sopādhyāyaḥ sabāndhavaḥ"], "translation": "Having thus addressed the best of sages, the Videha king, lord of Mithilā, together with his priests and kinsmen, quickly circumambulated him.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Restraint and recognition as brahmarṣi"}
{"ref": "1.64.30", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 64, "verse": 30, "iast": ["viśvāmitro 'pi dharmātmā saharāmaḥ salakṣmaṇaḥ", "svaṃ vāṭam abhicakrāma pūjyamāno maharṣibhiḥ"], "translation": "And Viśvāmitra, the righteous one, together with Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, went off to his own quarters, honored by the great seers.", "sarga_title": "Story of Viśvāmitra: Restraint and recognition as brahmarṣi"}
{"ref": "1.65.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 65, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tataḥ prabhāte vimale kṛtakarmā narādhipaḥ", "viśvāmitraṃ mahātmānam ājuhāva sarāghavam"], "translation": "Then, when the bright morning came, the king, having performed his (morning) rites, summoned the great-souled Viśvāmitra along with the Rāghavas.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sītā & Śiva’s bow: Birth, suitors and Janaka’s condition"}
{"ref": "1.65.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 65, "verse": 2, "iast": ["tam arcayitvā dharmātmā śāstradṛṣṭtena karmaṇā", "rāghavau ca mahātmānau tadā vākyam uvāca ha"], "translation": "Having honored him, and the two great-souled Rāghavas, with a rite prescribed by scripture, the righteous one then spoke:", "sarga_title": "Story of Sītā & Śiva’s bow: Birth, suitors and Janaka’s condition"}
{"ref": "1.65.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 65, "verse": 3, "iast": ["bhagavan svāgataṃ te 'stu kiṃ karomi tavānagha", "bhavān ājñāpayatu mām ājñāpyo bhavatā hy aham"], "translation": "“Venerable one, welcome to you! What may I do for you, O sinless one? Let your honor command me, for I am one to be commanded by you.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Sītā & Śiva’s bow: Birth, suitors and Janaka’s condition"}
{"ref": "1.65.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 65, "verse": 4, "iast": ["evam uktaḥ sa dharmātmā janakena mahātmanā", "pratyuvāca munir vīraṃ vākyaṃ vākyaviśāradaḥ"], "translation": "Thus addressed by the great-souled Janaka, that righteous sage, skilled in speech, replied to the hero:", "sarga_title": "Story of Sītā & Śiva’s bow: Birth, suitors and Janaka’s condition"}
{"ref": "1.65.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 65, "verse": 5, "iast": ["putrau daśarathasyemau kṣatriyau lokaviśrutau", "draṣṭukāmau dhanuḥ śreṣṭhaṃ yad etat tvayi tiṣṭhati"], "translation": "“These two are the sons of Daśaratha, warriors renowned throughout the world; they desire to see the excellent bow that is kept with you.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sītā & Śiva’s bow: Birth, suitors and Janaka’s condition"}
{"ref": "1.65.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 65, "verse": 6, "iast": ["etad darśaya bhadraṃ te kṛtakāmau nṛpātmajau", "darśanād asya dhanuṣo yatheṣṭaṃ pratiyāsyataḥ"], "translation": "Show it — blessings on you — and the two princes, their wish fulfilled, will return as they please after seeing this bow.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Sītā & Śiva’s bow: Birth, suitors and Janaka’s condition"}
{"ref": "1.65.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 65, "verse": 7, "iast": ["evam uktas tu janakaḥ pratyuvāca mahāmunim", "śrūyatām asya dhanuṣo yad artham iha tiṣṭhati"], "translation": "Thus addressed, Janaka replied to the great sage: “Let it be heard for what purpose this bow abides here.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sītā & Śiva’s bow: Birth, suitors and Janaka’s condition"}
{"ref": "1.65.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 65, "verse": 8, "iast": ["devarāta iti khyāto nimeḥ ṣaṣṭho mahīpatiḥ", "nyāso 'yaṃ tasya bhagavan haste datto mahātmanā"], "translation": "There was a king renowned as Devarāta, the sixth from Nimi; into his hand, venerable one, this (bow) was given as a trust by the great one (Śiva).", "sarga_title": "Story of Sītā & Śiva’s bow: Birth, suitors and Janaka’s condition"}
{"ref": "1.65.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 65, "verse": 9, "iast": ["dakṣayajñavadhe pūrvaṃ dhanur āyamya vīryavān", "rudras tu tridaśān roṣāt salilam idam abravīt"], "translation": "Of old, at the destruction of Dakṣa's sacrifice, the mighty Rudra, bending this bow, spoke this to the gods in anger, mockingly:", "sarga_title": "Story of Sītā & Śiva’s bow: Birth, suitors and Janaka’s condition"}
{"ref": "1.65.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 65, "verse": 10, "iast": ["yasmād bhāgārthino bhāgān nākalpayata me surāḥ", "varāṅgāni mahārhāṇi dhanuṣā śātayāmi vaḥ"], "translation": "“Since, O gods, you did not apportion me a share, though I desired a share, I will with this bow cut off your precious, choicest limbs.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Sītā & Śiva’s bow: Birth, suitors and Janaka’s condition"}
{"ref": "1.65.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 65, "verse": 11, "iast": ["tato vimanasaḥ sarve devā vai munipuṃgava", "prasādayanti deveśaṃ teṣāṃ prīto 'bhavad bhavaḥ"], "translation": "Then all the gods, dejected, O bull among sages, propitiated the lord of gods (Śiva); and Bhava (Śiva) became pleased with them.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sītā & Śiva’s bow: Birth, suitors and Janaka’s condition"}
{"ref": "1.65.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 65, "verse": 12, "iast": ["prītiyuktaḥ sa sarveṣāṃ dadau teṣāṃ mahātmanām"], "translation": "Filled with satisfaction, he gave it (the bow) to all those great-souled ones.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sītā & Śiva’s bow: Birth, suitors and Janaka’s condition"}
{"ref": "1.65.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 65, "verse": 13, "iast": ["tad etad devadevasya dhanūratnaṃ mahātmanaḥ", "nyāsabhūtaṃ tadā nyastam asmākaṃ pūrvake vibho"], "translation": "This is that jewel of a bow of the great god of gods; it was then deposited as a trust with our ancestor, O lord.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sītā & Śiva’s bow: Birth, suitors and Janaka’s condition"}
{"ref": "1.65.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 65, "verse": 14, "iast": ["atha me kṛṣataḥ kṣetraṃ lāṅgalād utthitā mama", "kṣetraṃ śodhayatā labdhvā nāmnā sīteti viśrutā"], "translation": "Now, as I was plowing the field, there arose from the plow(-furrow) — obtained by me as I was preparing the field — one renowned by the name Sītā (Furrow).", "sarga_title": "Story of Sītā & Śiva’s bow: Birth, suitors and Janaka’s condition"}
{"ref": "1.65.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 65, "verse": 15, "iast": ["bhūtalād utthitā sā tu vyavardhata mamātmajā", "vīryaśulketi me kanyā sthāpiteyam ayonijā"], "translation": "Risen from the ground, she grew up as my daughter; and this maiden of mine, not womb-born, was established with valor as her bride-price.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sītā & Śiva’s bow: Birth, suitors and Janaka’s condition"}
{"ref": "1.65.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 65, "verse": 16, "iast": ["bhūtalād utthitāṃ tāṃ tu vardhamānāṃ mamātmajām", "varayām āsur āgamya rājāno munipuṃgava"], "translation": "When my daughter, risen from the ground, was growing up, kings came and sought her hand, O bull among sages.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sītā & Śiva’s bow: Birth, suitors and Janaka’s condition"}
{"ref": "1.65.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 65, "verse": 17, "iast": ["teṣāṃ varayatāṃ kanyāṃ sarveṣāṃ pṛthivīkṣitām", "vīryaśulketi bhagavan na dadāmi sutām aham"], "translation": "To all those rulers of the earth wooing the maiden, O venerable one, I did not give my daughter, (declaring) that valor is her bride-price.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sītā & Śiva’s bow: Birth, suitors and Janaka’s condition"}
{"ref": "1.65.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 65, "verse": 18, "iast": ["tataḥ sarve nṛpatayaḥ sametya munipuṃgava", "mithilām abhyupāgamya vīryaṃ jijñāsavas tadā"], "translation": "Then all the kings, gathering together, O bull among sages, came to Mithilā, wishing then to test their strength.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sītā & Śiva’s bow: Birth, suitors and Janaka’s condition"}
{"ref": "1.65.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 65, "verse": 19, "iast": ["teṣāṃ jijñāsamānānāṃ vīryaṃ dhanur upāhṛtam", "na śekur grahaṇe tasya dhanuṣas tolane 'pi vā"], "translation": "As they sought to test their strength, the bow was brought forth; but they could not even lift that bow, let alone handle it.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sītā & Śiva’s bow: Birth, suitors and Janaka’s condition"}
{"ref": "1.65.20", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 65, "verse": 20, "iast": ["teṣāṃ vīryavatāṃ vīryam alpaṃ jñātvā mahāmune", "pratyākhyātā nṛpatayas tan nibodha tapodhana"], "translation": "Knowing the strength of those strong ones to be slight, O great sage, I rejected the kings. Understand that, O treasury of austerity.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sītā & Śiva’s bow: Birth, suitors and Janaka’s condition"}
{"ref": "1.65.21", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 65, "verse": 21, "iast": ["tataḥ paramakopena rājāno munipuṃgava", "arundhan mithilāṃ sarve vīryasaṃdeham āgatāḥ"], "translation": "Then, in extreme fury, O bull among sages, all the kings, whose valor had been called into doubt, besieged Mithilā.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sītā & Śiva’s bow: Birth, suitors and Janaka’s condition"}
{"ref": "1.65.22", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 65, "verse": 22, "iast": ["ātmānam avadhūtaṃ te vijñāya munipuṃgava", "roṣeṇa mahatāviṣṭāḥ pīḍayan mithilāṃ purīm"], "translation": "Realizing themselves to be spurned, O bull among sages, seized with great rage, they harassed the city of Mithilā.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sītā & Śiva’s bow: Birth, suitors and Janaka’s condition"}
{"ref": "1.65.23", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 65, "verse": 23, "iast": ["tataḥ saṃvatsare pūrṇe kṣayaṃ yātāni sarvaśaḥ", "sādhanāni munireṣṭha tato 'haṃ bhṛśaduḥkhitaḥ"], "translation": "Then, when a full year had passed, all my resources were entirely exhausted, O best of sages; and thereupon I was sorely distressed.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sītā & Śiva’s bow: Birth, suitors and Janaka’s condition"}
{"ref": "1.65.24", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 65, "verse": 24, "iast": ["tato devagaṇān sarvāṃs tapasāhaṃ prasādayam", "daduś ca paramaprītāś caturaṅgabalaṃ surāḥ"], "translation": "Then I propitiated all the hosts of gods by austerity, and the gods, greatly pleased, gave me a four-membered army.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sītā & Śiva’s bow: Birth, suitors and Janaka’s condition"}
{"ref": "1.65.25", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 65, "verse": 25, "iast": ["tato bhagnā nṛpatayo hanyamānā diśo yayuḥ", "avīryā vīryasaṃdigdhā sāmātyāḥ pāpakāriṇaḥ"], "translation": "Then the kings, broken and struck down, fled in all directions — the powerless ones whose valor had been doubted, evil-doers together with their ministers.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sītā & Śiva’s bow: Birth, suitors and Janaka’s condition"}
{"ref": "1.65.26", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 65, "verse": 26, "iast": ["tad etan muniśārdūla dhanuḥ paramabhāsvaram", "rāmalakṣmaṇayoś cāpi darśayiṣyāmi suvrata"], "translation": "This, O tiger among sages, is that supremely radiant bow; I will show it to Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa too, O you of good vows.", "sarga_title": "Story of Sītā & Śiva’s bow: Birth, suitors and Janaka’s condition"}
{"ref": "1.65.27", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 65, "verse": 27, "iast": ["yady asya dhanuṣo rāmaḥ kuryād āropaṇaṃ mune", "sutām ayonijāṃ sītāṃ dadyāṃ dāśarather aham"], "translation": "If Rāma should accomplish the stringing of this bow, O sage, I will give my daughter Sītā, not womb-born, to the son of Daśaratha.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Sītā & Śiva’s bow: Birth, suitors and Janaka’s condition"}
{"ref": "1.66.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 66, "verse": 1, "iast": ["janakasya vacaḥ śrutvā viśvāmitro mahāmuniḥ", "dhanur darśaya rāmāya iti hovāca pārthivam"], "translation": "Hearing Janaka's words, the great sage Viśvāmitra said to the king: “Show the bow to Rāma.”", "sarga_title": "Rāma breaks Śiva’s bow: Janaka confirms the marriage"}
{"ref": "1.66.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 66, "verse": 2, "iast": ["tataḥ sa rājā janakaḥ sacivān vyādideśa ha", "dhanur ānīyatāṃ divyaṃ gandhamālyavibhūṣitam"], "translation": "Then that king Janaka commanded his ministers: “Let the divine bow, adorned with perfumes and garlands, be brought.”", "sarga_title": "Rāma breaks Śiva’s bow: Janaka confirms the marriage"}
{"ref": "1.66.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 66, "verse": 3, "iast": ["janakena samādiṣṭhāḥ sacivāḥ prāviśan purīm", "tad dhanuḥ purataḥ kṛtvā nirjagmuḥ pārthivājñayā"], "translation": "Commanded by Janaka, the ministers entered the city; and placing that bow before them, they came out by the king's order.", "sarga_title": "Rāma breaks Śiva’s bow: Janaka confirms the marriage"}
{"ref": "1.66.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 66, "verse": 4, "iast": ["nṛpāṃ śatāni pañcāśad vyāyatānāṃ mahātmanām", "mañjūṣām aṣṭacakrāṃ tāṃ samūhas te kathaṃ cana"], "translation": "Five thousand tall and mighty men somehow drew that eight-wheeled chest.", "sarga_title": "Rāma breaks Śiva’s bow: Janaka confirms the marriage"}
{"ref": "1.66.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 66, "verse": 5, "iast": ["tām ādāya tu mañjūṣām āyatīṃ yatra tad dhanuḥ", "suropamaṃ te janakam ūcur nṛpati mantriṇaḥ"], "translation": "Bringing that great chest in which the bow lay, the ministers said to king Janaka, who was like a god:", "sarga_title": "Rāma breaks Śiva’s bow: Janaka confirms the marriage"}
{"ref": "1.66.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 66, "verse": 6, "iast": ["idaṃ dhanurvaraṃ rājan pūjitaṃ sarvarājabhiḥ", "mithilādhipa rājendra darśanīyaṃ yadīcchasi"], "translation": "“This excellent bow, O king, honored by all kings — O lord of Mithilā, O king of kings — is worth beholding, if you wish.”", "sarga_title": "Rāma breaks Śiva’s bow: Janaka confirms the marriage"}
{"ref": "1.66.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 66, "verse": 7, "iast": ["teṣāṃ nṛpo vacaḥ śrutvā kṛtāñjalir abhāṣata", "viśvāmitraṃ mahātmānaṃ tau cobhau rāmalakṣmaṇau"], "translation": "Hearing their word, the king, with palms joined, addressed the great-souled Viśvāmitra and both Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa:", "sarga_title": "Rāma breaks Śiva’s bow: Janaka confirms the marriage"}
{"ref": "1.66.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 66, "verse": 8, "iast": ["idaṃ dhanurvaraṃ brahmañ janakair abhipūjitam", "rājabhiś ca mahāvīryair aśakyaṃ pūrituṃ tadā"], "translation": "“This excellent bow, O brahmin, worshipped by the Janakas and by kings of great valor, was then impossible to draw.", "sarga_title": "Rāma breaks Śiva’s bow: Janaka confirms the marriage"}
{"ref": "1.66.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 66, "verse": 9, "iast": ["naitat suragaṇāḥ sarve nāsurā na ca rākṣasāḥ", "gandharvayakṣapravarāḥ sakiṃnaramahoragāḥ"], "translation": "This — not all the hosts of gods, nor the asuras, nor the rākṣasas, nor the foremost of gandharvas and yakṣas together with kinnaras and great serpents (could bend) —", "sarga_title": "Rāma breaks Śiva’s bow: Janaka confirms the marriage"}
{"ref": "1.66.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 66, "verse": 10, "iast": ["kva gatir mānuṣāṇāṃ ca dhanuṣo 'sya prapūraṇe", "āropaṇe samāyoge vepane tolane 'pi vā"], "translation": "How then could there be any recourse for men in the drawing of this bow — in stringing it, in fitting (an arrow), in flexing it, or even in lifting it?", "sarga_title": "Rāma breaks Śiva’s bow: Janaka confirms the marriage"}
{"ref": "1.66.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 66, "verse": 11, "iast": ["tad etad dhanuṣāṃ śreṣṭham ānītaṃ munipuṃgava", "darśayaitan mahābhāga anayo rājaputrayoḥ"], "translation": "This best of bows has been brought, O bull among sages; show it, O illustrious one, to these two princes.”", "sarga_title": "Rāma breaks Śiva’s bow: Janaka confirms the marriage"}
{"ref": "1.66.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 66, "verse": 12, "iast": ["viśvāmitras tu dharmātmā śrutvā janakabhāṣitam", "vatsa rāma dhanuḥ paśya iti rāghavam abravīt"], "translation": "The righteous Viśvāmitra, hearing Janaka's speech, said to the Rāghava: “My child Rāma, behold the bow.”", "sarga_title": "Rāma breaks Śiva’s bow: Janaka confirms the marriage"}
{"ref": "1.66.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 66, "verse": 13, "iast": ["maharṣer vacanād rāmo yatra tiṣṭhati tad dhanuḥ", "mañjūṣāṃ tām apāvṛtya dṛṣṭvā dhanur athābravīt"], "translation": "At the great sage's word, Rāma, opening the chest in which the bow lay and beholding it, then said:", "sarga_title": "Rāma breaks Śiva’s bow: Janaka confirms the marriage"}
{"ref": "1.66.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 66, "verse": 14, "iast": ["idaṃ dhanurvaraṃ brahman saṃspṛśāmīha pāṇinā", "yatnavāṃś ca bhaviṣyāmi tolane pūraṇe 'pi vā"], "translation": "“This excellent bow, O brahmin, I now touch with my hand; I will make an effort at lifting it, or even at drawing it.”", "sarga_title": "Rāma breaks Śiva’s bow: Janaka confirms the marriage"}
{"ref": "1.66.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 66, "verse": 15, "iast": ["bāḍham ity eva taṃ rājā muniś ca samabhāṣata", "līlayā sa dhanur madhye jagrāha vacanān muneḥ"], "translation": "“Very well,” said both the king and the sage to him; and at the sage's word he grasped the bow in the middle with ease.", "sarga_title": "Rāma breaks Śiva’s bow: Janaka confirms the marriage"}
{"ref": "1.66.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 66, "verse": 16, "iast": ["paśyatāṃ nṛṣahasrāṇāṃ bahūnāṃ raghunandanaḥ", "āropayat sa dharmātmā salīlam iva tad dhanuḥ"], "translation": "As many thousands of men looked on, the righteous delight of the Raghus strung that bow as if in play.", "sarga_title": "Rāma breaks Śiva’s bow: Janaka confirms the marriage"}
{"ref": "1.66.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 66, "verse": 17, "iast": ["āropayitvā maurvīṃ ca pūrayām āsa vīryavān", "tad babhañja dhanur madhye naraśreṣṭho mahāyaśāḥ"], "translation": "And having fastened the bowstring, the mighty one drew it; then that glorious best of men broke the bow in the middle.", "sarga_title": "Rāma breaks Śiva’s bow: Janaka confirms the marriage"}
{"ref": "1.66.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 66, "verse": 18, "iast": ["tasya śabdo mahān āsīn nirghātasamaniḥsvanaḥ", "bhūmikampaś ca sumahān parvatasyeva dīryataḥ"], "translation": "There was a mighty sound from it, with a noise like a thunderclap; and a very great trembling of the earth, as of a mountain being rent asunder.", "sarga_title": "Rāma breaks Śiva’s bow: Janaka confirms the marriage"}
{"ref": "1.66.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 66, "verse": 19, "iast": ["nipetuś ca narāḥ sarve tena śabdena mohitāḥ", "vrajayitvā munivaraṃ rājānaṃ tau ca rāghavau"], "translation": "And all the men fell down, stunned by that sound — save the best of sages, the king, and the two Rāghavas.", "sarga_title": "Rāma breaks Śiva’s bow: Janaka confirms the marriage"}
{"ref": "1.66.20", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 66, "verse": 20, "iast": ["pratyāśvasto jane tasmin rājā vigatasādhvasaḥ", "uvāca prāñjalir vākyaṃ vākyajño munipuṃgavam"], "translation": "When that gathering had recovered, the king, his fear gone, skilled in speech, with palms joined spoke to the bull among sages:", "sarga_title": "Rāma breaks Śiva’s bow: Janaka confirms the marriage"}
{"ref": "1.66.21", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 66, "verse": 21, "iast": ["bhagavan dṛṣṭavīryo me rāmo daśarathātmajaḥ", "atyadbhutam acintyaṃ ca atarkitam idaṃ mayā"], "translation": "“Venerable one, the valor of Rāma, son of Daśaratha, has been witnessed by me; this was utterly wondrous, unimaginable, and undreamt of by me.", "sarga_title": "Rāma breaks Śiva’s bow: Janaka confirms the marriage"}
{"ref": "1.66.22", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 66, "verse": 22, "iast": ["janakānāṃ kule kīrtim āhariṣyati me sutā", "sītā bhartāram āsādya rāmaṃ daśarathātmajam"], "translation": "My daughter Sītā, gaining as her husband Rāma, son of Daśaratha, will bring glory to the line of the Janakas.", "sarga_title": "Rāma breaks Śiva’s bow: Janaka confirms the marriage"}
{"ref": "1.66.23", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 66, "verse": 23, "iast": ["mama satyā pratijñā ca vīryaśulketi kauśika", "sītā prāṇair bahumatā deyā rāmāya me sutā"], "translation": "And my vow, O Kauśika, that valor is the bride-price, has come true; Sītā, my daughter, dearer to me than life, is to be given to Rāma.", "sarga_title": "Rāma breaks Śiva’s bow: Janaka confirms the marriage"}
{"ref": "1.66.24", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 66, "verse": 24, "iast": ["bhavato 'numate brahmañ śīghraṃ gacchantu mantriṇaḥ", "mama kauśika bhadraṃ te ayodhyāṃ tvaritā rathaiḥ"], "translation": "With your permission, O brahmin, let my ministers go quickly, O Kauśika — blessings on you — to Ayodhyā in haste by chariots,", "sarga_title": "Rāma breaks Śiva’s bow: Janaka confirms the marriage"}
{"ref": "1.66.25", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 66, "verse": 25, "iast": ["rājānaṃ praśritair vākyair ānayantu puraṃ mama", "pradānaṃ vīryaśulkāḥ kathayantu ca sarvaśaḥ"], "translation": "to bring the king (Daśaratha) to my city with courteous words, and to relate fully the giving away of her whose bride-price was valor.", "sarga_title": "Rāma breaks Śiva’s bow: Janaka confirms the marriage"}
{"ref": "1.66.26", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 66, "verse": 26, "iast": ["muniguptau ca kākutsthau kathayantu nṛpāya vai", "prīyamāṇaṃ tu rājānam ānayantu suśīghragāḥ"], "translation": "And let them tell the king that the two Kākutsthas are under the sage's protection; and, going very swiftly, let them bring the king, who will be delighted.", "sarga_title": "Rāma breaks Śiva’s bow: Janaka confirms the marriage"}
{"ref": "1.66.27", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 66, "verse": 27, "iast": ["kauśikaś ca tathety āha rājā cābhāṣya mantriṇaḥ", "ayodhyāṃ preṣayām āsa dharmātmā kṛtaśāsanāt"], "translation": "And Kauśika said, “So be it.” Then the king, that righteous one, having instructed his ministers, dispatched them to Ayodhyā by his issued command.", "sarga_title": "Rāma breaks Śiva’s bow: Janaka confirms the marriage"}
{"ref": "1.67.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 67, "verse": 1, "iast": ["janakena samādiṣṭā dūtās te klāntavāhanāḥ", "trirātram uṣitvā mārge te 'yodhyāṃ prāviśan purīm"], "translation": "The messengers commanded by Janaka, their mounts wearied, having spent three nights on the road, entered the city of Ayodhyā.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Envoys seek Daśaratha’s consent"}
{"ref": "1.67.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 67, "verse": 2, "iast": ["te rājavacanād dūtā rājaveśmapraveśitāḥ", "dadṛśur devasaṃkāśaṃ vṛddhaṃ daśarathaṃ nṛpam"], "translation": "Those messengers, admitted into the royal palace by the king's word, beheld the aged king Daśaratha, who resembled a god.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Envoys seek Daśaratha’s consent"}
{"ref": "1.67.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 67, "verse": 3, "iast": ["baddhāñjalipuṭāḥ sarve dūtā vigatasādhvasāḥ", "rājānaṃ prayatā vākyam abruvan madhurākṣaram"], "translation": "With hollowed palms joined, all the messengers, their fear gone, reverent, spoke a sweet-worded message to the king:", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Envoys seek Daśaratha’s consent"}
{"ref": "1.67.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 67, "verse": 4, "iast": ["maithilo janako rājā sāgnihotrapuraskṛtaḥ", "kuśalaṃ cāvyayaṃ caiva sopādhyāyapurohitam"], "translation": "“King Janaka of Mithilā, with the agnihotra fire before him, (asks after) your welfare and continued health, together with your teachers and priests,", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Envoys seek Daśaratha’s consent"}
{"ref": "1.67.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 67, "verse": 5, "iast": ["muhur muhur madhurayā snehasaṃyuktayā girā", "janakas tvāṃ mahārāja pṛcchate sapuraḥsaram"], "translation": "again and again, in a sweet voice full of affection, Janaka inquires after you, O great king, together with your retinue.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Envoys seek Daśaratha’s consent"}
{"ref": "1.67.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 67, "verse": 6, "iast": ["pṛṣṭvā kuśalam avyagraṃ vaideho mithilādhipaḥ", "kauśikānumate vākyaṃ bhavantam idam abravīt"], "translation": "Having calmly inquired after (your) welfare, the Videha king, lord of Mithilā, with Kauśika's assent, said this word to your honor:", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Envoys seek Daśaratha’s consent"}
{"ref": "1.67.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 67, "verse": 7, "iast": ["pūrvaṃ pratijñā viditā vīryaśulkā mamātmajā", "rājānaś ca kṛtāmarṣā nirvīryā vimukhīkṛtāḥ"], "translation": "“My vow is already known — that my daughter's bride-price is valor; and the kings, made indignant, powerless, were turned away.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Envoys seek Daśaratha’s consent"}
{"ref": "1.67.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 67, "verse": 8, "iast": ["seyaṃ mama sutā rājan viśvāmitra puraḥsaraiḥ", "yadṛcchayāgatair vīrair nirjitā tava putrakaiḥ"], "translation": "This daughter of mine, O king, has been won by your sons, heroes come here by chance, led by Viśvāmitra.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Envoys seek Daśaratha’s consent"}
{"ref": "1.67.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 67, "verse": 9, "iast": ["tac ca rājan dhanur divyaṃ madhye bhagnaṃ mahātmanā", "rāmeṇa hi mahārāja mahatyāṃ janasaṃsadi"], "translation": "And that divine bow, O king, was broken in the middle by the great-souled Rāma, O great king, in a great assembly of people.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Envoys seek Daśaratha’s consent"}
{"ref": "1.67.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 67, "verse": 10, "iast": ["asmai deyā mayā sītā vīryaśulkā mahātmane", "pratijñāṃ tartum icchāmi tad anujñātum arhasi"], "translation": "To this great-souled one, Sītā, whose bride-price was valor, is to be given by me; I wish to fulfill my vow — you should grant your consent to that.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Envoys seek Daśaratha’s consent"}
{"ref": "1.67.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 67, "verse": 11, "iast": ["sopādhyāyo mahārāja purohitapuraskṛtaḥ", "śīghram āgaccha bhadraṃ te draṣṭum arhasi rāghavau"], "translation": "Together with your teachers, O great king, and with your family priest at the head, come quickly — blessings on you — you should see the two Rāghavas.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Envoys seek Daśaratha’s consent"}
{"ref": "1.67.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 67, "verse": 12, "iast": ["prītiṃ ca mama rājendra nirvartayitum arhasi", "putrayor ubhayor eva prītiṃ tvam api lapsyase"], "translation": "And you should fulfill my joy, O king of kings; you too will gain the joy of both your sons.”", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Envoys seek Daśaratha’s consent"}
{"ref": "1.67.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 67, "verse": 13, "iast": ["evaṃ videhādhipatir madhuraṃ vākyam abravīt", "viśvāmitrābhyanujñātaḥ śatānandamate sthitaḥ"], "translation": "Thus the lord of Videha spoke his sweet message, sanctioned by Viśvāmitra and abiding by the counsel of Śatānanda.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Envoys seek Daśaratha’s consent"}
{"ref": "1.67.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 67, "verse": 14, "iast": ["dūtavākyaṃ tu tac chrutvā rājā paramaharṣitaḥ", "vasiṣṭhaṃ vāmadevaṃ ca mantriṇo 'nyāṃś ca so 'bravīt"], "translation": "Hearing that message of the envoys, the king, exceedingly delighted, said to Vasiṣṭha, Vāmadeva, and his other ministers:", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Envoys seek Daśaratha’s consent"}
{"ref": "1.67.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 67, "verse": 15, "iast": ["guptaḥ kuśikaputreṇa kausalyānandavardhanaḥ", "lakṣmaṇena saha bhrātrā videheṣu vasaty asau"], "translation": "“Guarded by the son of Kuśika, he who increases Kausalyā's joy (Rāma), together with his brother Lakṣmaṇa, is dwelling among the Videhas.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Envoys seek Daśaratha’s consent"}
{"ref": "1.67.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 67, "verse": 16, "iast": ["dṛṣṭavīryas tu kākutstho janakena mahātmanā", "saṃpradānaṃ sutāyās tu rāghave kartum icchati"], "translation": "The valor of the Kākutstha having been witnessed, the great-souled Janaka wishes to make over his daughter to the Rāghava.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Envoys seek Daśaratha’s consent"}
{"ref": "1.67.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 67, "verse": 17, "iast": ["yadi vo rocate vṛttaṃ janakasya mahātmanaḥ", "purīṃ gacchāmahe śīghraṃ mā bhūt kālasya paryayaḥ"], "translation": "If the conduct of the great-souled Janaka pleases you, let us go quickly to his city; let there be no lapse of time.”", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Envoys seek Daśaratha’s consent"}
{"ref": "1.67.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 67, "verse": 18, "iast": ["mantriṇo bāḍham ity āhuḥ saha sarvair maharṣibhiḥ", "suprītaś cābravīd rājā śvo yātreti sa mantriṇaḥ"], "translation": "The ministers, together with all the great seers, said, “Very well”; and the king, well pleased, said to his ministers, “The journey shall be tomorrow.”", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Envoys seek Daśaratha’s consent"}
{"ref": "1.67.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 67, "verse": 19, "iast": ["mantriṇas tu narendrasya rātriṃ paramasatkṛtāḥ", "ūṣuḥ pramuditāḥ sarve guṇaiḥ sarvaiḥ samanvitāḥ"], "translation": "And the king's ministers, most highly honored, all delighted and endowed with every virtue, passed the night.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Envoys seek Daśaratha’s consent"}
{"ref": "1.68.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 68, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tato rātryāṃ vyatītāyāṃ sopādhyāyaḥ sabāndhavaḥ", "rājā daśaratho hṛṣṭaḥ sumantram idam abravīt"], "translation": "Then, when the night had passed, King Daśaratha, together with his teachers and kinsmen, delighted, said this to Sumantra:", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Daśaratha arrives in Mithilā"}
{"ref": "1.68.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 68, "verse": 2, "iast": ["adya sarve dhanādhyakṣā dhanam ādāya puṣkalam", "vrajantv agre suvihitā nānāratnasamanvitāḥ"], "translation": "“Today let all the treasurers, taking abundant wealth, well-arranged and provided with various jewels, go in front.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Daśaratha arrives in Mithilā"}
{"ref": "1.68.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 68, "verse": 3, "iast": ["caturaṅgabalaṃ cāpi śīghraṃ niryātu sarvaśaḥ", "mamājñāsamakālaṃ ca yānayugyam anuttamam"], "translation": "And let the four-membered army set out quickly in full; and at the very moment of my command (let) unsurpassed conveyances and vehicles (be ready).", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Daśaratha arrives in Mithilā"}
{"ref": "1.68.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 68, "verse": 4, "iast": ["vasiṣṭho vāmadevaś ca jābālir atha kāśyapaḥ", "mārkaṇḍeyaś ca dīrghāyur ṛṣiḥ kātyāyanas tathā"], "translation": "Vasiṣṭha and Vāmadeva, Jābāli and Kāśyapa, and the long-lived Mārkaṇḍeya, and likewise the sage Kātyāyana —", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Daśaratha arrives in Mithilā"}
{"ref": "1.68.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 68, "verse": 5, "iast": ["ete dvijāḥ prayāntv agre syandanaṃ yojayasva me", "yathā kālātyayo na syād dūtā hi tvarayanti mām"], "translation": "let these brahmins go in front; yoke my chariot, so that there be no delay, for the messengers are urging me on.”", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Daśaratha arrives in Mithilā"}
{"ref": "1.68.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 68, "verse": 6, "iast": ["vacanāc ca narendrasya sā senā caturaṅgiṇī", "rājānam ṛṣibhiḥ sārdhaṃ vrajantaṃ pṛṣṭhato 'nvagāt"], "translation": "And at the king's word, that four-membered army followed behind the king as he journeyed with the sages.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Daśaratha arrives in Mithilā"}
{"ref": "1.68.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 68, "verse": 7, "iast": ["gatvā caturahaṃ mārgaṃ videhān abhyupeyivān", "rājā tu janakaḥ śrīmāñ śrutvā pūjām akalpayat"], "translation": "Having traveled a four-day journey, he reached the Videhas; and the illustrious king Janaka, hearing of it, arranged a reception.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Daśaratha arrives in Mithilā"}
{"ref": "1.68.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 68, "verse": 8, "iast": ["tato rājānam āsādya vṛddhaṃ daśarathaṃ nṛpam", "janako mudito rājā harṣaṃ ca paramaṃ yayau", "uvāca na naraśreṣṭho naraśreṣṭhaṃ mudānvitam"], "translation": "Then, approaching the aged king Daśaratha, King Janaka, delighted, attained supreme joy; and the best of men (Janaka) spoke to the best of men (Daśaratha), who was filled with joy:", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Daśaratha arrives in Mithilā"}
{"ref": "1.68.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 68, "verse": 9, "iast": ["svāgataṃ te mahārāja diṣṭyā prāpto 'si rāghava", "putrayor ubhayoḥ prītiṃ lapsyase vīryanirjitām"], "translation": "“Welcome to you, O great king; by good fortune you have arrived, O Rāghava; you will gain the joy of both your sons, won by their valor.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Daśaratha arrives in Mithilā"}
{"ref": "1.68.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 68, "verse": 10, "iast": ["diṣṭyā prāpto mahātejā vasiṣṭho bhagavān ṛṣiḥ", "saha sarvair dvijaśreṣṭhair devair iva śatakratuḥ"], "translation": "By good fortune the greatly resplendent venerable sage Vasiṣṭha has come, together with all the best of brahmins, like Śatakratu (Indra) with the gods.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Daśaratha arrives in Mithilā"}
{"ref": "1.68.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 68, "verse": 11, "iast": ["diṣṭyā me nirjitā vighnā diṣṭyā me pūjitaṃ kulam", "rāghavaiḥ saha saṃbandhād vīryaśreṣṭhair mahātmabhiḥ"], "translation": "By good fortune my obstacles are overcome; by good fortune my line is honored through alliance with the Rāghavas, the most valorous, great-souled ones.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Daśaratha arrives in Mithilā"}
{"ref": "1.68.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 68, "verse": 12, "iast": ["śvaḥ prabhāte narendrendra nirvartayitum arhasi", "yajñasyānte naraśreṣṭha vivāham ṛṣisaṃmatam"], "translation": "Tomorrow at dawn, O supreme lord of kings, you should carry out, at the conclusion of the sacrifice, the marriage approved by the sages, O best of men.”", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Daśaratha arrives in Mithilā"}
{"ref": "1.68.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 68, "verse": 13, "iast": ["tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā ṛṣimadhye narādhipaḥ", "vākyaṃ vākyavidāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ pratyuvāca mahīpatim"], "translation": "Hearing those words of his amid the sages, the king (Daśaratha), best of those skilled in speech, replied to the king (Janaka):", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Daśaratha arrives in Mithilā"}
{"ref": "1.68.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 68, "verse": 14, "iast": ["pratigraho dātṛvaśaḥ śrutam etan mayā purā", "yathā vakṣyasi dharmajña tat kariṣyāmahe vayam"], "translation": "“The receiving of a gift depends on the giver — this I have heard of old; as you shall direct, O knower of dharma, that we shall do.”", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Daśaratha arrives in Mithilā"}
{"ref": "1.68.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 68, "verse": 15, "iast": ["tad dharmiṣṭhaṃ yaśasyaṃ ca vacanaṃ satyavādinaḥ", "śrutvā videhādhipatiḥ paraṃ vismayam āgataḥ"], "translation": "Hearing that most righteous and glorious speech of the truthful one, the lord of Videha was struck with the greatest wonder.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Daśaratha arrives in Mithilā"}
{"ref": "1.68.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 68, "verse": 16, "iast": ["tataḥ sarve munigaṇāḥ parasparasamāgame", "harṣeṇa mahatā yuktās tāṃ niśām avasan sukham"], "translation": "Then all the throngs of sages, filled with great joy at their mutual meeting, passed that night happily.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Daśaratha arrives in Mithilā"}
{"ref": "1.68.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 68, "verse": 17, "iast": ["rājā ca rāghavau putrau niśāmya pariharṣitaḥ", "uvāsa paramaprīto janakena supūjitaḥ"], "translation": "And the king (Daśaratha), gazing upon his two Rāghava sons, greatly delighted, dwelt there supremely pleased, well honored by Janaka.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Daśaratha arrives in Mithilā"}
{"ref": "1.68.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 68, "verse": 18, "iast": ["janako 'pi mahātejāḥ kriyā dharmeṇa tattvavit", "yajñasya ca sutābhyāṃ ca kṛtvā rātrim uvāsa ha"], "translation": "And Janaka too, of great splendor, the knower of truth, having performed according to dharma the rites of the sacrifice and (the rites) for his two daughters, passed the night.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Daśaratha arrives in Mithilā"}
{"ref": "1.69.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 69, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tataḥ prabhāte janakaḥ kṛtakarmā maharṣibhiḥ", "uvāca vākyaṃ vākyajñaḥ śatānandaṃ purohitam"], "translation": "Then at daybreak Janaka, having performed his rites with the great sages, and skilled in speech, spoke these words to Śatānanda his priest:", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Kuśadhvaja’s arrival and the Ikṣvāku lineage"}
{"ref": "1.69.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 69, "verse": 2, "iast": ["bhrātā mama mahātejā yavīyān atidhārmikaḥ", "kuśadhvaja iti khyātaḥ purīm adhyavasac chubhām"], "translation": "My brother of great splendour, younger than me and exceedingly righteous, known as Kuśadhvaja, dwells in a lovely city.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Kuśadhvaja’s arrival and the Ikṣvāku lineage"}
{"ref": "1.69.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 69, "verse": 3, "iast": ["vāryāphalakaparyantāṃ pibann ikṣumatīṃ nadīm", "sāṃkāśyāṃ puṇyasaṃkāśāṃ vimānam iva puṣpakam"], "translation": "(That city) Sāṃkāśyā, ringed round with rows of defensive planks and drinking from (skirting) the river Ikṣumatī, holy to behold like the Puṣpaka aerial car.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Kuśadhvaja’s arrival and the Ikṣvāku lineage"}
{"ref": "1.69.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 69, "verse": 4, "iast": ["tam ahaṃ draṣṭum icchāmi yajñagoptā sa me mataḥ", "prītiṃ so 'pi mahātejā iṃmāṃ bhoktā mayā saha"], "translation": "I wish to see him; he is regarded by me as the protector of my sacrifice; and he too, of great splendour, will share this joy together with me.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Kuśadhvaja’s arrival and the Ikṣvāku lineage"}
{"ref": "1.69.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 69, "verse": 5, "iast": ["śāsanāt tu narendrasya prayayuḥ śīghravājibhiḥ", "samānetuṃ naravyāghraṃ viṣṇum indrājñayā yathā"], "translation": "At the king's command (the messengers) set out with swift horses to fetch the tiger among men, as at Indra's command (the gods go to fetch) Viṣṇu.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Kuśadhvaja’s arrival and the Ikṣvāku lineage"}
{"ref": "1.69.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 69, "verse": 6, "iast": ["ājñayā tu narendrasya ājagāma kuśadhvajaḥ", "ājagāma kuśadhvajaḥ"], "translation": "And at the king's command Kuśadhvaja came.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Kuśadhvaja’s arrival and the Ikṣvāku lineage"}
{"ref": "1.69.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 69, "verse": 7, "iast": ["sa dadarśa mahātmānaṃ janakaṃ dharmavatsalam", "so 'bhivādya śatānandaṃ rājānaṃ cāpi dhārmikam"], "translation": "He saw the great-souled Janaka, devoted to dharma; and having saluted Śatānanda and also the righteous king,", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Kuśadhvaja’s arrival and the Ikṣvāku lineage"}
{"ref": "1.69.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 69, "verse": 8, "iast": ["rājārhaṃ paramaṃ divyam āsanaṃ cādhyarohata", "upaviṣṭāv ubhau tau tu bhrātarāv amitaujasau"], "translation": "...he mounted a supreme, divine seat fit for a king; and the two brothers of immeasurable might were seated.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Kuśadhvaja’s arrival and the Ikṣvāku lineage"}
{"ref": "1.69.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 69, "verse": 9, "iast": ["preṣayām āsatur vīrau mantriśreṣṭhaṃ sudāmanam", "gaccha mantripate śīghram aikṣvākam amitaprabham", "ātmajaiḥ saha durdharṣam ānayasva samantriṇam"], "translation": "The two heroes sent the best of counsellors, Sudāman: “Go quickly, chief of counsellors, and bring the unassailable descendant of Ikṣvāku of boundless splendour, together with his sons and his counsellors.”", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Kuśadhvaja’s arrival and the Ikṣvāku lineage"}
{"ref": "1.69.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 69, "verse": 10, "iast": ["aupakāryāṃ sa gatvā tu raghūṇāṃ kulavardhanam", "dadarśa śirasā cainam abhivādyedam abravīt"], "translation": "Going to the guest-lodging, he saw the augmenter of the Raghus' line, and bowing to him with his head, he said this:", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Kuśadhvaja’s arrival and the Ikṣvāku lineage"}
{"ref": "1.69.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 69, "verse": 11, "iast": ["ayodhyādhipate vīra vaideho mithilādhipaḥ", "sa tvāṃ draṣṭuṃ vyavasitaḥ sopādhyāyapurohitam"], "translation": "“O hero, lord of Ayodhyā, the Videha king, lord of Mithilā, has resolved to see you together with your teachers and priests.”", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Kuśadhvaja’s arrival and the Ikṣvāku lineage"}
{"ref": "1.69.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 69, "verse": 12, "iast": ["mantriśreṣṭhavacaḥ śrutvā rājā sarṣigaṇas tadā", "sabandhur agamat tatra janako yatra vartate"], "translation": "Hearing the words of the chief counsellor, the king, together with the host of sages and his kinsmen, then went to where Janaka was.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Kuśadhvaja’s arrival and the Ikṣvāku lineage"}
{"ref": "1.69.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 69, "verse": 13, "iast": ["sa rājā mantrisahitaḥ sopādhyāyaḥ sabāndhavaḥ", "vākyaṃ vākyavidāṃ śreṣṭho vaideham idam abravīt"], "translation": "That king, accompanied by his counsellors, his teachers, and his kinsmen, best of those skilled in speech, spoke these words to the Videha king:", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Kuśadhvaja’s arrival and the Ikṣvāku lineage"}
{"ref": "1.69.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 69, "verse": 14, "iast": ["viditaṃ te mahārāja ikṣvākukuladaivatam", "vaktā sarveṣu kṛtyeṣu vasiṣṭho bhagavān ṛṣiḥ"], "translation": "It is known to you, great king, that the venerable seer Vasiṣṭha, the tutelary deity of the Ikṣvāku line, is our spokesman in all undertakings.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Kuśadhvaja’s arrival and the Ikṣvāku lineage"}
{"ref": "1.69.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 69, "verse": 15, "iast": ["viśvāmitrābhyanujñātaḥ saha sarvair maharṣibhiḥ", "eṣa vakṣyati dharmātmā vasiṣṭho me yathākramam"], "translation": "With Viśvāmitra's leave and together with all the great sages, this righteous Vasiṣṭha will relate my (lineage) in due order.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Kuśadhvaja’s arrival and the Ikṣvāku lineage"}
{"ref": "1.69.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 69, "verse": 16, "iast": ["tūṣṇīṃbhūte daśarathe vasiṣṭho bhagavān ṛṣiḥ", "uvāca vākyaṃ vākyajño vaidehaṃ sapurohitam"], "translation": "When Daśaratha had fallen silent, the venerable seer Vasiṣṭha, skilled in speech, spoke to the Videha king together with his priest:", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Kuśadhvaja’s arrival and the Ikṣvāku lineage"}
{"ref": "1.69.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 69, "verse": 17, "iast": ["avyaktaprabhavo brahmā śāśvato nitya avyayaḥ", "tasmān marīciḥ saṃjajñe marīceḥ kaśyapaḥ sutaḥ"], "translation": "From the Unmanifest arose Brahmā, eternal, everlasting, imperishable; from him was born Marīci; Marīci's son was Kaśyapa.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Kuśadhvaja’s arrival and the Ikṣvāku lineage"}
{"ref": "1.69.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 69, "verse": 18, "iast": ["vivasvān kaśyapāj jajñe manur vaivaivataḥ smṛtaḥ", "manuḥ prajāpatiḥ pūrvam ikṣvākus tu manoḥ sutaḥ"], "translation": "From Kaśyapa was born Vivasvān; Manu is remembered as the son of Vivasvat (Vaivasvata); Manu was formerly a Prajāpati (lord of creatures), and Ikṣvāku was Manu's son.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Kuśadhvaja’s arrival and the Ikṣvāku lineage"}
{"ref": "1.69.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 69, "verse": 19, "iast": ["tam ikṣvākum ayodhyāyāṃ rājānaṃ viddhi pūrvakam", "ikṣvākos tu sutaḥ śrīmān vikukṣir udapadyata"], "translation": "Know that Ikṣvāku to have been the first king in Ayodhyā; and Ikṣvāku's illustrious son Vikukṣi was born.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Kuśadhvaja’s arrival and the Ikṣvāku lineage"}
{"ref": "1.69.20", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 69, "verse": 20, "iast": ["vikukṣes tu mahātejā bāṇaḥ putraḥ pratāpavān", "bāṇasya tu mahātejā anaraṇyaḥ pratāpavān"], "translation": "Vikukṣi's son was the majestic, valorous Bāṇa; and Bāṇa's (son) was the majestic, valorous Anaraṇya.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Kuśadhvaja’s arrival and the Ikṣvāku lineage"}
{"ref": "1.69.21", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 69, "verse": 21, "iast": ["anaraṇyāt pṛthur jajñe triśaṅkus tu pṛthoḥ sutaḥ", "triśaṅkor abhavat putro dhundhumāro mahāyaśāḥ"], "translation": "From Anaraṇya was born Pṛthu; Triśaṅku was Pṛthu's son; and Triśaṅku's son was the greatly renowned Dhundhumāra.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Kuśadhvaja’s arrival and the Ikṣvāku lineage"}
{"ref": "1.69.22", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 69, "verse": 22, "iast": ["dhundhumārān mahātejā yuvanāśvo mahārathaḥ", "yuvanāśvasutaḥ śrīmān māndhātā pṛthivīpatiḥ"], "translation": "From Dhundhumāra (came) the majestic, great chariot-warrior Yuvanāśva; Yuvanāśva's illustrious son was Māndhātṛ, lord of the earth.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Kuśadhvaja’s arrival and the Ikṣvāku lineage"}
{"ref": "1.69.23", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 69, "verse": 23, "iast": ["māndhātus tu sutaḥ śrīmān susaṃdhir udapadyata", "susaṃdher api putrau dvau dhruvasaṃdhiḥ prasenajit"], "translation": "Māndhātṛ's illustrious son Susaṃdhi was born; and Susaṃdhi had two sons, Dhruvasaṃdhi and Prasenajit.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Kuśadhvaja’s arrival and the Ikṣvāku lineage"}
{"ref": "1.69.24", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 69, "verse": 24, "iast": ["yaśasvī dhruvasaṃdhes tu bharato nāma nāmataḥ", "bharatāt tu mahātejā asito nāma jāyata"], "translation": "Dhruvasaṃdhi's (son) was the illustrious one named Bharata; and from Bharata was born the majestic one named Asita.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Kuśadhvaja’s arrival and the Ikṣvāku lineage"}
{"ref": "1.69.25", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 69, "verse": 25, "iast": ["saha tena gareṇaiva jātaḥ sa sagaro 'bhavat", "sagarasyāsamañjas tu asamañjād athāṃśumān"], "translation": "Born together with that very poison, he became (known as) Sagara; Sagara's (son) was Asamañja, and from Asamañja (came) Aṃśumān.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Kuśadhvaja’s arrival and the Ikṣvāku lineage"}
{"ref": "1.69.26", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 69, "verse": 26, "iast": ["dilīpo 'ṃśumataḥ putro dilīpasya bhagīrathaḥ", "bhagīrathāt kakutsthaś ca kakutsthasya raghus tathā"], "translation": "Dilīpa was the son of Aṃśumat; Dilīpa's (son) was Bhagīratha; from Bhagīratha (came) Kakutstha; and Kakutstha's (son) was Raghu.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Kuśadhvaja’s arrival and the Ikṣvāku lineage"}
{"ref": "1.69.27", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 69, "verse": 27, "iast": ["raghos tu putras tejasvī pravṛddhaḥ puruṣādakaḥ", "kalmāṣapādo hy abhavat tasmāj jātas tu śaṅkhaṇaḥ"], "translation": "Raghu's energetic son Pravṛddha became a man-eater — indeed he was (the one called) Kalmāṣapāda; and from him was born Śaṅkhaṇa.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Kuśadhvaja’s arrival and the Ikṣvāku lineage"}
{"ref": "1.69.28", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 69, "verse": 28, "iast": ["sudarśanaḥ śaṅkhaṇasya agnivarṇaḥ sudarśanāt", "śīghragas tv agnivarṇasya śīghragasya maruḥ sutaḥ"], "translation": "Śaṅkhaṇa's (son) was Sudarśana; from Sudarśana (came) Agnivarṇa; Agnivarṇa's (son) was Śīghraga; and Śīghraga's son was Maru.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Kuśadhvaja’s arrival and the Ikṣvāku lineage"}
{"ref": "1.69.29", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 69, "verse": 29, "iast": ["maroḥ praśuśrukas tv āsīd ambarīṣaḥ praśuśrukāt", "ambarīṣasya putro 'bhūn nahuṣaḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ"], "translation": "Maru's (son) was Praśuśruka; from Praśuśruka (came) Ambarīṣa; Ambarīṣa's son was Nahuṣa, lord of the earth.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Kuśadhvaja’s arrival and the Ikṣvāku lineage"}
{"ref": "1.69.30", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 69, "verse": 30, "iast": ["nahuṣasya yayātis tu nābhāgas tu yayātijaḥ", "nābhāgasya bhabhūvāja ajād daśaratho 'bhavat", "tasmād daśarathāj jātau bhrātarau rāmalakṣmaṇau"], "translation": "Nahuṣa's (son) was Yayāti; Nābhāga was Yayāti's son; from Nābhāga came Aja; from Aja was born Daśaratha; and from that Daśaratha were born the two brothers Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Kuśadhvaja’s arrival and the Ikṣvāku lineage"}
{"ref": "1.69.31", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 69, "verse": 31, "iast": ["ādivaṃśaviśuddhānāṃ rājñāṃ paramadharmiṇām", "ikṣvākukulajātānāṃ vīrāṇāṃ satyavādinām"], "translation": "(Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa are descended) from kings pure in their ancient lineage, supremely righteous, born in the Ikṣvāku line, heroic and truthful.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Kuśadhvaja’s arrival and the Ikṣvāku lineage"}
{"ref": "1.69.32", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 69, "verse": 32, "iast": ["rāmalakṣmaṇayor arthe tvatsute varaye nṛpa", "sadṛśābhyāṃ naraśreṣṭha sadṛśe dātum arhasi"], "translation": "For the sake of Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa I ask for your two daughters, O king; O best of men, you ought to give the two (girls), their equals, to the two (princes) who are worthy of them.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Kuśadhvaja’s arrival and the Ikṣvāku lineage"}
{"ref": "1.70.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 70, "verse": 1, "iast": ["evaṃ bruvāṇaṃ janakaḥ pratyuvāca kṛtāñjaliḥ", "śrotum arhasi bhadraṃ te kulaṃ naḥ kīrtitaṃ param"], "translation": "To him as he spoke thus Janaka replied, his palms joined: “Be pleased to hear — blessings on you — of our lineage too, once it has been proclaimed.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: The Videha lineage and the wedding date"}
{"ref": "1.70.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 70, "verse": 2, "iast": ["pradāne hi muniśreṣṭha kulaṃ niravaśeṣataḥ", "vaktavyaṃ kulajātena tan nibodha mahāmune"], "translation": "For in giving (a daughter), O best of sages, one born of a family must declare his lineage in full; learn it, great sage.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: The Videha lineage and the wedding date"}
{"ref": "1.70.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 70, "verse": 3, "iast": ["rājābhūt triṣu lokeṣu viśrutaḥ svena karmaṇā", "nimiḥ paramadharmātmā sarvasattvavatāṃ varaḥ"], "translation": "There was a king renowned throughout the three worlds by his own deeds — Nimi, supremely righteous of soul, the best of all beings endowed with strength.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: The Videha lineage and the wedding date"}
{"ref": "1.70.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 70, "verse": 4, "iast": ["tasya putro mithir nāma janako mithi putrakaḥ", "prathamo janako nāma janakād apy udāvasuḥ"], "translation": "His son was named Mithi; Janaka was Mithi's son — the first (king) named Janaka; and from that Janaka (came) Udāvasu.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: The Videha lineage and the wedding date"}
{"ref": "1.70.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 70, "verse": 5, "iast": ["udāvasos tu dharmātmā jāto vai nandivardhanaḥ", "nandivardhana putras tu suketur nāma nāmataḥ"], "translation": "From Udāvasu was born the righteous Nandivardhana; and Nandivardhana's son was named Suketu.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: The Videha lineage and the wedding date"}
{"ref": "1.70.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 70, "verse": 6, "iast": ["suketor api dharmātmā devarāto mahābalaḥ", "devarātasya rājarṣer bṛhadratha iti śrutaḥ"], "translation": "Suketu's (son) too was the righteous Devarāta of great strength; and of the royal seer Devarāta (the son) was known as Bṛhadratha.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: The Videha lineage and the wedding date"}
{"ref": "1.70.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 70, "verse": 7, "iast": ["bṛhadrathasya śūro 'bhūn mahāvīraḥ pratāpavān", "mahāvīrasya dhṛtimān sudhṛtiḥ satyavikramaḥ"], "translation": "Bṛhadratha's (son) was the hero Mahāvīra, valorous; Mahāvīra's steadfast (son) was Sudhṛti, whose valour was true.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: The Videha lineage and the wedding date"}
{"ref": "1.70.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 70, "verse": 8, "iast": ["sudhṛter api dharmātmā dhṛṣṭaketuḥ sudhārmikaḥ", "dhṛṣṭaketos tu rājarṣer haryaśva iti viśrutaḥ"], "translation": "Sudhṛti's (son) too was the righteous Dhṛṣṭaketu, most dutiful; and of the royal seer Dhṛṣṭaketu (the son) was renowned as Haryaśva.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: The Videha lineage and the wedding date"}
{"ref": "1.70.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 70, "verse": 9, "iast": ["haryaśvasya maruḥ putro maroḥ putraḥ pratīndhakaḥ", "pratīndhakasya dharmātmā rājā kīrtirathaḥ sutaḥ"], "translation": "Haryaśva's son was Maru; Maru's son was Pratīndhaka; and Pratīndhaka's righteous son was King Kīrtiratha.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: The Videha lineage and the wedding date"}
{"ref": "1.70.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 70, "verse": 10, "iast": ["putraḥ kīrtirathasyāpi devamīḍha iti smṛtaḥ", "devamīḍhasya vibudho vibudhasya mahīdhrakaḥ"], "translation": "Kīrtiratha's son too was remembered as Devamīḍha; Devamīḍha's (son) was Vibudha; and Vibudha's (son) was Mahīdhraka.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: The Videha lineage and the wedding date"}
{"ref": "1.70.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 70, "verse": 11, "iast": ["mahīdhrakasuto rājā kīrtirāto mahābalaḥ", "kīrtirātasya rājarṣer mahāromā vyajāyata"], "translation": "Mahīdhraka's son was King Kīrtirāta of great strength; and of the royal seer Kīrtirāta was born Mahāromā.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: The Videha lineage and the wedding date"}
{"ref": "1.70.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 70, "verse": 12, "iast": ["mahāroṃṇas tu dharmātmā svarṇaromā vyajāyata", "svarṇaroṃṇas tu rājarṣer hrasvaromā vyajāyata"], "translation": "From Mahāromā was born the righteous Svarṇaromā; and from the royal seer Svarṇaromā was born Hrasvaromā.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: The Videha lineage and the wedding date"}
{"ref": "1.70.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 70, "verse": 13, "iast": ["tasya putradvayaṃ jajñe dharmajñasya mahātmanaḥ", "jyeṣṭho 'ham anujo bhrātā mama vīraḥ kuśadhvajaḥ"], "translation": "To him, that great-souled knower of dharma, were born two sons: I am the elder, and my younger brother is the hero Kuśadhvaja.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: The Videha lineage and the wedding date"}
{"ref": "1.70.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 70, "verse": 14, "iast": ["māṃ tu jyeṣṭhaṃ pitā rājye so 'bhiṣicya narādhipaḥ", "kuśadhvajaṃ samāveśya bhāraṃ mayi vanaṃ gataḥ"], "translation": "My father the king, having anointed me, the elder, to the kingship, and having placed Kuśadhvaja (in my care) and laid the burden upon me, went to the forest.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: The Videha lineage and the wedding date"}
{"ref": "1.70.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 70, "verse": 15, "iast": ["vṛddhe pitari svaryāte dharmeṇa dhuram āvaham", "bhrātaraṃ devasaṃkāśaṃ snehāt paśyan kuśadhvajam"], "translation": "When my aged father had gone to heaven, I bore the yoke (of kingship) righteously, looking with affection on my brother Kuśadhvaja, who resembled a god.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: The Videha lineage and the wedding date"}
{"ref": "1.70.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 70, "verse": 16, "iast": ["kasya cit tv atha kālasya sāṃkāśyād agamat purāt", "sudhanvā vīryavān rājā mithilām avarodhakaḥ"], "translation": "Then after some time, from the city of Sāṃkāśyā, came the valiant king Sudhanvan, laying siege to Mithilā.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: The Videha lineage and the wedding date"}
{"ref": "1.70.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 70, "verse": 17, "iast": ["sa ca me preṣayām āsa śaivaṃ dhanur anuttamam", "sītā kanyā ca padmākṣī mahyaṃ vai dīyatām iti"], "translation": "And he sent word to me: “Let Śiva's peerless bow and the lotus-eyed maiden Sītā be given to me.”", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: The Videha lineage and the wedding date"}
{"ref": "1.70.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 70, "verse": 18, "iast": ["tasyāpradānād brahmarṣe yuddham āsīn mayā saha", "sa hato 'bhimukho rājā sudhanvā tu mayā raṇe"], "translation": "Because I did not give them to him, O brahmin seer, there was war between me and him; and King Sudhanvan, facing me, was slain by me in battle.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: The Videha lineage and the wedding date"}
{"ref": "1.70.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 70, "verse": 19, "iast": ["nihatya taṃ muniśreṣṭha sudhanvānaṃ narādhipam", "sāṃkāśye bhrātaraṃ śūram abhyaṣiñcaṃ kuśadhvajam"], "translation": "Having slain that king Sudhanvan, O best of sages, I anointed my heroic brother Kuśadhvaja (as king) in Sāṃkāśyā.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: The Videha lineage and the wedding date"}
{"ref": "1.70.20", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 70, "verse": 20, "iast": ["kanīyān eṣa me bhrātā ahaṃ jyeṣṭho mahāmune", "dadāmi paramaprīto vadhvau te munipuṃgava"], "translation": "This is my younger brother, and I am the elder, O great sage; most gladly I give you two brides, O bull among sages.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: The Videha lineage and the wedding date"}
{"ref": "1.70.21", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 70, "verse": 21, "iast": ["sītāṃ rāmāya bhadraṃ te ūrmilāṃ lakṣmaṇāya ca", "vīryaśulkāṃ mama sutāṃ sītāṃ surasutopamām"], "translation": "Sītā for Rāma — blessings on you — and Ūrmilā for Lakṣmaṇa: my daughter Sītā, whose bride-price was valour, the equal of a daughter of the gods.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: The Videha lineage and the wedding date"}
{"ref": "1.70.22", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 70, "verse": 22, "iast": ["dvitīyām ūrmilāṃ caiva trir vadāmi na saṃśayaḥ", "dadāmi paramaprīto vadhvau te raghunandana"], "translation": "And Ūrmilā as the second — I say it thrice, there is no doubt; most gladly I give you two brides, O delight of the Raghus.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: The Videha lineage and the wedding date"}
{"ref": "1.70.23", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 70, "verse": 23, "iast": ["rāmalakṣmaṇayo rājan godānaṃ kārayasva ha", "pitṛkāryaṃ ca bhadraṃ te tato vaivāhikaṃ kuru"], "translation": "For Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, O king, have the cow-gift (tonsure ceremony) performed, and the rite to the ancestors — blessings on you — and then perform the wedding.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: The Videha lineage and the wedding date"}
{"ref": "1.70.24", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 70, "verse": 24, "iast": ["maghā hy adya mahābāho tṛtīye divase prabho", "phalgunyām uttare rājaṃs tasmin vaivāhikaṃ kuru", "rāmalakṣmaṇayor arthe dānaṃ kāryaṃ sukhodayam"], "translation": "For today, O mighty-armed lord, is (the lunar mansion) Maghā; on the third day, O king, under the latter Phalgunī, perform the wedding on that (day); the giving (of the brides) for Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa should be done, ushering in happiness.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: The Videha lineage and the wedding date"}
{"ref": "1.71.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 71, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tam uktavantaṃ vaidehaṃ viśvāmitro mahāmuniḥ", "uvāca vacanaṃ vīraṃ vasiṣṭhasahito nṛpam"], "translation": "To the Videha king who had thus spoken, the great sage Viśvāmitra, together with Vasiṣṭha, addressed these words — to that heroic king:", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Four matches, śrāddha and godāna"}
{"ref": "1.71.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 71, "verse": 2, "iast": ["acintyāny aprameyāni kulāni narapuṃgava", "ikṣvākūṇāṃ videhānāṃ naiṣāṃ tulyo 'sti kaś cana"], "translation": "Beyond thought and beyond measure, O bull among men, are the lineages of the Ikṣvākus and the Videhas; there is none equal to them.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Four matches, śrāddha and godāna"}
{"ref": "1.71.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 71, "verse": 3, "iast": ["sadṛśo dharmasaṃbandhaḥ sadṛśo rūpasaṃpadā", "rāmalakṣmaṇayo rājan sītā cormilayā saha"], "translation": "Fitting is this union in dharma, fitting in wealth of beauty, O king — of Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa with Sītā and Ūrmilā.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Four matches, śrāddha and godāna"}
{"ref": "1.71.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 71, "verse": 4, "iast": ["vaktavyaṃ na naraśreṣṭha śrūyatāṃ vacanaṃ mama", "śrūyatāṃ vacanaṃ mama"], "translation": "Something more must be said, O best of men; let my words be heard.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Four matches, śrāddha and godāna"}
{"ref": "1.71.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 71, "verse": 5, "iast": ["bhrātā yavīyān dharmajña eṣa rājā kuśadhvajaḥ", "asya dharmātmano rājan rūpeṇāpratimaṃ bhuvi", "sutā dvayaṃ naraśreṣṭha patnyarthaṃ varayāmahe"], "translation": "Your younger brother, this King Kuśadhvaja, knower of dharma — of this righteous one, O king, we ask, O best of men, for the two daughters, unmatched in beauty on earth, to be wives (for our princes).", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Four matches, śrāddha and godāna"}
{"ref": "1.71.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 71, "verse": 6, "iast": ["bharatasya kumārasya śatrughnasya ca dhīmataḥ", "varayema sute rājaṃs tayor arthe mahātmanoḥ"], "translation": "For the prince Bharata and for the wise Śatrughna, O king, we would ask the two daughters, for the sake of those two great-souled ones.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Four matches, śrāddha and godāna"}
{"ref": "1.71.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 71, "verse": 7, "iast": ["putrā daśarathasyeme rūpayauvanaśālinaḥ", "lokapālopamāḥ sarve devatulyaparākramāḥ"], "translation": "These sons of Daśaratha, endowed with beauty and youth, are all like the guardians of the worlds, their prowess equal to the gods'.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Four matches, śrāddha and godāna"}
{"ref": "1.71.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 71, "verse": 8, "iast": ["ubhayor api rājendra saṃbandhenānubadhyatām", "ikṣvākukulam avyagraṃ bhavataḥ puṇyakarmaṇaḥ"], "translation": "By the union of both (families), O lord of kings, let the Ikṣvāku house be bound firmly to you, whose deeds are meritorious.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Four matches, śrāddha and godāna"}
{"ref": "1.71.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 71, "verse": 9, "iast": ["viśvāmitravacaḥ śrutvā vasiṣṭhasya mate tadā", "janakaḥ prāñjalir vākyam uvāca munipuṃgavau"], "translation": "Hearing Viśvāmitra's words, then with Vasiṣṭha's approval, Janaka, his palms joined, spoke these words to the two bulls among sages:", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Four matches, śrāddha and godāna"}
{"ref": "1.71.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 71, "verse": 10, "iast": ["sadṛśaṃ kulasaṃbandhaṃ yad ājñāpayathaḥ svayam", "evaṃ bhavatu bhadraṃ vaḥ kuśadhvajasute ime", "patnyau bhajetāṃ sahitau śatrughnabharatāv ubhau"], "translation": "Since you yourselves ordain this fitting family union, so let it be — blessings on you: let these two daughters of Kuśadhvaja become the wives of the two, Śatrughna and Bharata, together.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Four matches, śrāddha and godāna"}
{"ref": "1.71.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 71, "verse": 11, "iast": ["ekāhnā rājaputrīṇāṃ catasḥṇāṃ mahāmune", "pāṇīn gṛhṇantu catvāro rājaputrā mahābalāḥ"], "translation": "On one and the same day, O great sage, let the four mighty princes take the hands of the four princesses.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Four matches, śrāddha and godāna"}
{"ref": "1.71.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 71, "verse": 12, "iast": ["uttare divase brahman phalgunībhyāṃ manīṣiṇaḥ", "vaivāhikaṃ praśaṃsanti bhago yatra prajāpatiḥ"], "translation": "On the latter day, O brahmin, under the two Phalgunīs, the wise commend (holding) the wedding, when Bhaga the Prajāpati (presides).", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Four matches, śrāddha and godāna"}
{"ref": "1.71.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 71, "verse": 13, "iast": ["evam uktvā vacaḥ saumyaṃ pratyutthāya kṛtāñjaliḥ", "ubhau munivarau rājā janako vākyam abravīt"], "translation": "Having spoken these gracious words, rising up with his palms joined, King Janaka spoke (further) words to the two excellent sages:", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Four matches, śrāddha and godāna"}
{"ref": "1.71.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 71, "verse": 14, "iast": ["paro dharmaḥ kṛto mahyaṃ śiṣyo 'smi bhavatoḥ sadā", "imāny āsanamukhyāni āsetāṃ munipuṃgavau"], "translation": "A supreme kindness has been done to me; I am ever your disciple; here are the seats of honour — be seated, O bulls among sages.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Four matches, śrāddha and godāna"}
{"ref": "1.71.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 71, "verse": 15, "iast": ["yathā daśarathasyeyaṃ tathāyodhyā purī mama", "prabhutve nāsit saṃdeho yathārhaṃ kartum arhathaḥ"], "translation": "As this city Ayodhyā is Daśaratha's, so it is mine; over its lordship let there be no doubt — you two may act in it as you see fit.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Four matches, śrāddha and godāna"}
{"ref": "1.71.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 71, "verse": 16, "iast": ["tathā bruvati vaidehe janake raghunandanaḥ", "rājā daśaratho hṛṣṭaḥ pratyuvāca mahīpatim"], "translation": "As the Videha king Janaka spoke thus, the delight of the Raghus, King Daśaratha, delighted, replied to the lord of the earth:", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Four matches, śrāddha and godāna"}
{"ref": "1.71.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 71, "verse": 17, "iast": ["yuvām asaṃkhyeya guṇau bhrātarau mithileśvarau", "ṛṣayo rājasaṃghāś ca bhavadbhyām abhipūjitāḥ"], "translation": "You two brothers, lords of Mithilā, are of incalculable virtues; by you the seers and the assemblies of kings have been fittingly honoured.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Four matches, śrāddha and godāna"}
{"ref": "1.71.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 71, "verse": 18, "iast": ["svasti prāpnuhi bhadraṃ te gamiṣyāmi svam ālayam", "śrāddhakarmāṇi sarvāṇi vidhāsya iti cābravīt"], "translation": "“May you prosper — blessings on you; I shall go to my own lodging and perform all the śrāddha rites,” he said.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Four matches, śrāddha and godāna"}
{"ref": "1.71.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 71, "verse": 19, "iast": ["tam āpṛṣṭvā narapatiṃ rājā daśarathas tadā", "munīndrau tau puraskṛtya jagāmāśu mahāyaśāḥ"], "translation": "Taking leave of that king, the greatly renowned King Daśaratha then, placing those two chief sages before him, went off at once.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Four matches, śrāddha and godāna"}
{"ref": "1.71.20", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 71, "verse": 20, "iast": ["sa gatvā nilayaṃ rājā śrāddhaṃ kṛtvā vidhānataḥ", "prabhāte kālyam utthāya cakre godānam uttamam"], "translation": "Having gone to his lodging, the king performed the śrāddha according to rule, and rising at dawn's due time, carried out the excellent cow-gift (tonsure) rite.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Four matches, śrāddha and godāna"}
{"ref": "1.71.21", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 71, "verse": 21, "iast": ["gavāṃ śatasahasrāṇi brāhmaṇebhyo narādhipaḥ", "ekaikaśo dadau rājā putrān uddhiśya dharmataḥ"], "translation": "The king gave hundreds of thousands of cows to the brahmins, one hundred thousand for each (son), dedicating them righteously on behalf of his sons.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Four matches, śrāddha and godāna"}
{"ref": "1.71.22", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 71, "verse": 22, "iast": ["suvarṇaśṛṅgāḥ saṃpannāḥ savatsāḥ kāṃsyadohanāḥ", "gavāṃ śatasahasrāṇi catvāri puruṣarṣabhaḥ"], "translation": "Golden-horned, well-favoured, each with a calf and a bronze milk-pail — four hundred thousand cows (did) that bull among men (give).", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Four matches, śrāddha and godāna"}
{"ref": "1.71.23", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 71, "verse": 23, "iast": ["vittam anyac ca subahu dvijebhyo raghunandanaḥ", "dadau godānam uddiśya putrāṇāṃ putravatsalaḥ"], "translation": "And much other wealth the delight of the Raghus, fond of his sons, gave to the twice-born, dedicating it as part of the cow-gift rite on his sons' behalf.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Four matches, śrāddha and godāna"}
{"ref": "1.71.24", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 71, "verse": 24, "iast": ["sa sutaiḥ kṛtagodānair vṛtaś ca nṛpatis tadā", "lokapālair ivābhāti vṛtaḥ saumyaḥ prajāpatiḥ"], "translation": "Surrounded by his sons for whom the cow-gift rite had been performed, that king then shone like the gentle Prajāpati surrounded by the guardians of the worlds.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Four matches, śrāddha and godāna"}
{"ref": "1.72.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 72, "verse": 1, "iast": ["yasmiṃs tu divase rājā cakre godānam uttamam", "tasmiṃs tu divase śūro yudhājit samupeyivān"], "translation": "On the very day that the king performed the excellent cow-gift rite, on that day the hero Yudhājit arrived.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Taking hands and circling the fire"}
{"ref": "1.72.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 72, "verse": 2, "iast": ["putraḥ kekayarājasya sākṣād bharatamātulaḥ", "dṛṣṭvā pṛṣṭvā ca kuśalaṃ rājānam idam abravīt"], "translation": "The son of the Kekaya king, being in person Bharata's maternal uncle, having seen the king and asked after his welfare, said this:", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Taking hands and circling the fire"}
{"ref": "1.72.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 72, "verse": 3, "iast": ["kekayādhipatī rājā snehāt kuśalam abravīt", "yeṣāṃ kuśalakāmo 'si teṣāṃ saṃpraty anāmayam"], "translation": "“The king, lord of the Kekayas, has out of affection inquired after your welfare; and of those whose welfare you desire, all are now in good health.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Taking hands and circling the fire"}
{"ref": "1.72.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 72, "verse": 4, "iast": ["svasrīyaṃ mama rājendra draṣṭukāmo mahīpate", "tadartham upayāto 'ham ayodhyāṃ raghunandana"], "translation": "Desiring to see my sister's son, O lord of kings, O ruler of the earth, for that purpose I have come to Ayodhyā, O delight of the Raghus.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Taking hands and circling the fire"}
{"ref": "1.72.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 72, "verse": 5, "iast": ["śrutvā tv ahaym ayodhyāyāṃ vivāhārthaṃ tāv ātmajān", "mithilām upayātās tu tvayā saha mahīpate"], "translation": "But having heard at Ayodhyā that those two sons of yours, for the sake of the wedding, had gone to Mithilā together with you, O ruler of the earth,", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Taking hands and circling the fire"}
{"ref": "1.72.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 72, "verse": 6, "iast": ["tvarayābhupayāto 'haṃ draṣṭukāmaḥ svasuḥ sutam", "atha rājā daśarathaḥ priyātithim upasthima"], "translation": "I came in haste, eager to see my sister's son.” Then King Daśaratha, (beholding) his dear guest present before him,", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Taking hands and circling the fire"}
{"ref": "1.72.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 72, "verse": 7, "iast": ["dṛṣṭvā paramasatkāraiḥ pūjārhaṃ samapūjayat", "tatas tām uṣito rātriṃ saha putrair mahātmabhiḥ"], "translation": "seeing him worthy of honour, paid him homage with the highest courtesies. Then, having spent that night together with his great-souled sons,", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Taking hands and circling the fire"}
{"ref": "1.72.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 72, "verse": 8, "iast": ["ṛṣīṃs tadā puraskṛtya yajñavāṭam upāgamat", "yukte muhūrte vijaye sarvābharaṇabhūṣitaiḥ", "bhrātṛbhiḥ sahito rāmaḥ kṛtakautukamaṅgalaḥ"], "translation": "placing the seers before him, he went to the sacrificial enclosure. At the auspicious hour called Vijaya, Rāma, on whom the auspicious wedding-cord had been bound, together with his brothers adorned with every ornament,", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Taking hands and circling the fire"}
{"ref": "1.72.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 72, "verse": 9, "iast": ["vasiṣṭhaṃ purataḥ kṛtvā maharṣīn aparān api", "maharṣīn aparān api"], "translation": "placing Vasiṣṭha and the other great seers in front (came forth).", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Taking hands and circling the fire"}
{"ref": "1.72.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 72, "verse": 10, "iast": ["rājā raśaratho rājan kṛtakautukamaṅgalaiḥ", "putrair naravaraśreṣṭha dātāram abhikāṅkṣate"], "translation": "“King Daśaratha, O king, together with his sons, on whom the auspicious wedding-cords have been bound, awaits the giver of the brides, O best of the foremost of men.”", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Taking hands and circling the fire"}
{"ref": "1.72.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 72, "verse": 11, "iast": ["dātṛpratigrahītṛbhyāṃ sarvārthāḥ prabhavanti hi", "svadharmaṃ pratipadyasva kṛtvā vaivāhyam uttamam"], "translation": "For between the giver and the receiver all aims prosper; fulfil your own duty by performing the excellent marriage.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Taking hands and circling the fire"}
{"ref": "1.72.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 72, "verse": 12, "iast": ["ity uktaḥ paramodāro vasiṣṭhena mahātmanā", "pratyuvāca mahātejā vākyaṃ paramadharmavit"], "translation": "Thus addressed by the great-souled Vasiṣṭha, that exceedingly noble one (Janaka), of great splendour and knower of the highest dharma, replied with these words:", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Taking hands and circling the fire"}
{"ref": "1.72.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 72, "verse": 13, "iast": ["kaḥ sthitaḥ pratihāro me kasyājñā saṃpratīkṣyate", "svagṛhe ko vicāro 'sti yathā rājyam idaṃ tava"], "translation": "“What doorkeeper stands (barring the way) for me? Whose command is being awaited? In one's own house what hesitation is there? This kingdom is as your own.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Taking hands and circling the fire"}
{"ref": "1.72.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 72, "verse": 14, "iast": ["kṛtakautukasarvasvā vedimūlam upāgatāḥ", "mama kanyā muniśreṣṭha dīptā vahner ivārciṣaḥ"], "translation": "My daughters, O best of sages, arrayed in the full bridal adornment with the auspicious cords bound on, have come to the foot of the altar, blazing like the flames of fire.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Taking hands and circling the fire"}
{"ref": "1.72.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 72, "verse": 15, "iast": ["sajjo 'haṃ tvatpratīkṣo 'smi vedyām asyāṃ pratiṣhitaḥ", "avighnaṃ kurutāṃ rājā kimarthaṃ hi vilambyate"], "translation": "I am ready, awaiting you, stationed at this altar; let the king proceed without hindrance — why indeed is there delay?”", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Taking hands and circling the fire"}
{"ref": "1.72.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 72, "verse": 16, "iast": ["tadvākyaṃ janakenoktaṃ śrutvā daśarathas tadā", "praveśayām āsa sutān sarvān ṛṣigaṇān api"], "translation": "Hearing those words spoken by Janaka, Daśaratha then had all his sons, and the hosts of seers too, enter (the enclosure).", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Taking hands and circling the fire"}
{"ref": "1.72.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 72, "verse": 17, "iast": ["abravīj janako rājā kausalyānandavardhanam", "iyaṃ sītā mama sutā sahadharmacarī tava", "pratīccha caināṃ bhadraṃ te pāṇiṃ gṛhṇīṣva pāṇinā"], "translation": "King Janaka spoke to (Rāma) the augmenter of Kausalyā's joy: “This is Sītā, my daughter, to be your partner in dharma; accept her — blessings on you — take her hand with your hand.”", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Taking hands and circling the fire"}
{"ref": "1.72.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 72, "verse": 18, "iast": ["lakṣmaṇāgaccha bhadraṃ te ūrmilām udyatāṃ mayā", "pratīccha pāṇiṃ gṛhṇīṣva mā bhūt kālasya paryayaḥ"], "translation": "“Lakṣmaṇa, come — blessings on you — accept Ūrmilā, offered by me; take her hand, let there be no passing of the (auspicious) time.”", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Taking hands and circling the fire"}
{"ref": "1.72.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 72, "verse": 19, "iast": ["tam evam uktvā janako bharataṃ cābhyabhāṣata", "gṛhāṇa pāṇiṃ māṇḍavyāḥ pāṇinā raghunandana"], "translation": "Having spoken thus to him, Janaka then addressed Bharata: “Take the hand of Māṇḍavī with your hand, O delight of the Raghus.”", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Taking hands and circling the fire"}
{"ref": "1.72.20", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 72, "verse": 20, "iast": ["śatrughnaṃ cāpi dharmātmā abravīj janakeśvaraḥ", "śrutakīrtyā mahābāho pāṇiṃ gṛhṇīṣva pāṇinā"], "translation": "And to Śatrughna too the righteous lord Janaka spoke: “O mighty-armed one, take the hand of Śrutakīrti with your hand.”", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Taking hands and circling the fire"}
{"ref": "1.72.21", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 72, "verse": 21, "iast": ["sarve bhavantaḥ saṃyāś ca sarve sucaritavratāḥ", "patnībhiḥ santu kākutsthā mā bhūt kālasya paryayaḥ"], "translation": "“May you all, gentle and all of virtuous vows, be united with your wives, O Kākutsthas; let there be no passing of the (auspicious) time.”", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Taking hands and circling the fire"}
{"ref": "1.72.22", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 72, "verse": 22, "iast": ["janakasya vacaḥ śrutvā pāṇīn pāṇibhir aspṛśan", "catvāras te catasṛṇāṃ vasiṣṭhasya mate sthitāḥ"], "translation": "Hearing Janaka's words, the four (princes) touched with their hands the hands of the four (brides), abiding by Vasiṣṭha's directions.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Taking hands and circling the fire"}
{"ref": "1.72.23", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 72, "verse": 23, "iast": ["agniṃ pradakṣiṇaṃ kṛtvā vediṃ rājānam eva ca", "ṛṣīṃś caiva mahātmānaḥ saha bhāryā raghūttamāḥ", "yathoktena tathā cakrur vivāhaṃ vidhipūrvakam"], "translation": "Circling the fire, the altar, the king, and the seers, keeping them to their right, those great-souled best of the Raghus, together with their brides, performed the marriage duly, exactly as prescribed.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Taking hands and circling the fire"}
{"ref": "1.72.24", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 72, "verse": 24, "iast": ["puṣpavṛṣṭir mahaty āsīd antarikṣāt subhāsvarā", "divyadundubhinirghoṣair gītavāditranisvanaiḥ"], "translation": "A great and radiant shower of flowers fell from the sky, amid the sounds of divine kettledrums and the strains of song and instruments.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Taking hands and circling the fire"}
{"ref": "1.72.25", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 72, "verse": 25, "iast": ["nanṛtuś cāpsaraḥsaṃghā gandharvāś ca jaguḥ kalam", "vivāhe raghumukhyānāṃ tad adbhutam ivābhavat"], "translation": "The hosts of apsarases danced and the gandharvas sang sweetly at the wedding of the foremost Raghus; it was as if a marvel had come to pass.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Taking hands and circling the fire"}
{"ref": "1.72.26", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 72, "verse": 26, "iast": ["īdṛśe vartamāne tu tūryodghuṣṭaninādite", "trir agniṃ te parikramya ūhur bhāryā mahaujasaḥ"], "translation": "While such (celebration) was going on, resounding with the blare of trumpets, those mighty ones, circling the fire thrice, led away their brides.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Taking hands and circling the fire"}
{"ref": "1.72.27", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 72, "verse": 27, "iast": ["athopakāryāṃ jagmus te sadārā raghunandanaḥ", "rājāpy anuyayau paśyan sarṣisaṃghaḥ sabāndhavaḥ"], "translation": "Then those delights of the Raghus went to the guest-lodging with their wives; and the king too, looking on, followed after, together with the hosts of seers and his kinsmen.", "sarga_title": "Vivāha: Taking hands and circling the fire"}
{"ref": "1.73.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 73, "verse": 1, "iast": ["atha rātryāṃ vyatītāyāṃ viśvāmitro mahāmuniḥ", "āpṛcchya tau ca rājānau jagāmottaraparvatam"], "translation": "Then, when the night had passed, the great sage Viśvāmitra, having taken leave of the two kings, departed to the northern mountain.", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: Omens and the encounter on the road home"}
{"ref": "1.73.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 73, "verse": 2, "iast": ["viśvāmitro gate rājā vaidehaṃ mithilādhipam", "āpṛcchyātha jagāmāśu rājā daśarathaḥ purīm"], "translation": "When Viśvāmitra had gone, King Daśaratha, having taken leave of the Videha king, lord of Mithilā, then quickly set out for his own city.", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: Omens and the encounter on the road home"}
{"ref": "1.73.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 73, "verse": 3, "iast": ["atha rājā videhānāṃ dadau kanyādhanaṃ bahu", "gavāṃ śatasahasrāṇi bahūni mithileśvaraḥ"], "translation": "Then the king of the Videhas, the lord of Mithilā, gave much bridal wealth — many hundreds of thousands of cows,", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: Omens and the encounter on the road home"}
{"ref": "1.73.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 73, "verse": 4, "iast": ["kambalānāṃ ca mukhyānāṃ kṣaumakoṭyambarāṇi ca", "hastyaśvarathapādātaṃ divyarūpaṃ svalaṃkṛtam"], "translation": "and choice woollen blankets, and tens of millions of linen garments, and elephants, horses, chariots, and foot-soldiers, of divine appearance and well adorned.", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: Omens and the encounter on the road home"}
{"ref": "1.73.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 73, "verse": 5, "iast": ["dadau kanyā pitā tāsāṃ dāsīdāsam anuttamam", "hiraṇyasya suvarṇasya muktānāṃ vidrumasya ca"], "translation": "The father of those maidens gave incomparable menservants and maidservants, and (much) of gold and wrought gold, of pearls and of coral.", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: Omens and the encounter on the road home"}
{"ref": "1.73.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 73, "verse": 6, "iast": ["dadau paramasaṃhṛṣṭaḥ kanyādhanam anuttamam", "dattvā bahudhanaṃ rājā samanujñāpya pārthivam"], "translation": "Greatly delighted, he gave incomparable bridal wealth; and having given this abundant wealth, the king (of Mithilā) took leave of the (other) king,", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: Omens and the encounter on the road home"}
{"ref": "1.73.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 73, "verse": 7, "iast": ["praviveśa svanilayaṃ mithilāṃ mithileśvaraḥ", "rājāpy ayodhyādhipatiḥ saha putrair mahātmabhiḥ"], "translation": "the lord of Mithilā entered his own abode, Mithilā; and the king, lord of Ayodhyā, too, together with his great-souled sons,", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: Omens and the encounter on the road home"}
{"ref": "1.73.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 73, "verse": 8, "iast": ["ṛṣīn sarvān puraskṛtya jagāma sabalānugaḥ", "gacchantaṃ tu naravyāghraṃ sarṣisaṃghaṃ sarāghavam"], "translation": "placing all the seers before him, set out with his army and retinue. As the tiger among men went on, with his host of seers and with the Rāghavas (his sons),", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: Omens and the encounter on the road home"}
{"ref": "1.73.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 73, "verse": 9, "iast": ["ghorāḥ sma pakṣiṇo vāco vyāharanti tatas tataḥ", "bhaumāś caiva mṛgāḥ sarve gacchanti sma pradakṣiṇam"], "translation": "terrible birds uttered cries on every side; yet all the beasts of the earth kept moving past him to the right.", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: Omens and the encounter on the road home"}
{"ref": "1.73.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 73, "verse": 10, "iast": ["tān dṛṣṭvā rājaśārdūlo vasiṣṭhaṃ paryapṛcchata", "asaumyāḥ pakṣiṇo ghorā mṛgāś cāpi pradakṣiṇāḥ", "kim idaṃ hṛdayotkampi mano mama viṣīdati"], "translation": "Seeing them, the tiger among kings questioned Vasiṣṭha: “The birds are inauspicious and terrible, yet the beasts move to the right; what is this that makes my heart tremble, so that my mind sinks?”", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: Omens and the encounter on the road home"}
{"ref": "1.73.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 73, "verse": 11, "iast": ["rājño daśarathasyaitac chrutvā vākyaṃ mahān ṛṣiḥ", "uvāca madhurāṃ vāṇīṃ śrūyatām asya yat phalam"], "translation": "Hearing this speech of King Daśaratha, the great seer spoke in a sweet voice: “Hear what the outcome of this is.", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: Omens and the encounter on the road home"}
{"ref": "1.73.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 73, "verse": 12, "iast": ["upasthitaṃ bhayaṃ ghoraṃ divyaṃ pakṣimukhāc cyutam", "mṛgāḥ praśamayanty ete saṃtāpas tyajyatām ayam"], "translation": "A terrible danger sent from heaven is at hand, issued from the mouths of the birds; but these beasts avert it — let this anguish be set aside.”", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: Omens and the encounter on the road home"}
{"ref": "1.73.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 73, "verse": 13, "iast": ["teṣāṃ saṃvadatāṃ tatra vāyuḥ prādur babhūva ha", "kampayan medinīṃ sarvāṃ pātayaṃś ca drumāṃḥ śubhān"], "translation": "As they were conversing there, a wind arose, shaking the whole earth and felling the fair trees.", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: Omens and the encounter on the road home"}
{"ref": "1.73.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 73, "verse": 14, "iast": ["tamasā saṃvṛtaḥ sūryaḥ sarvā na prababhur diśaḥ", "bhasmanā cāvṛtaṃ sarvaṃ saṃmūḍham iva tad balam"], "translation": "The sun was shrouded in darkness, none of the quarters shone; all was covered with dust, and that army was as if stupefied.", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: Omens and the encounter on the road home"}
{"ref": "1.73.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 73, "verse": 15, "iast": ["vasiṣṭha ṛṣayaś cānye rājā ca sasutas tadā", "sasaṃjñā iva tatrāsan sarvam anyad vicetanam"], "translation": "Vasiṣṭha, the other seers, and the king with his sons then alone remained conscious, as it were, while everything else was insensible.", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: Omens and the encounter on the road home"}
{"ref": "1.73.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 73, "verse": 16, "iast": ["tasmiṃs tamasi ghore tu bhasmacchanneva sā camūḥ", "dadarśa bhīmasaṃkāśaṃ jaṭāmaṇḍaladhāriṇam"], "translation": "In that terrible darkness, as the army lay covered in dust, it beheld one of fearsome aspect, bearing a mass of matted locks —", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: Omens and the encounter on the road home"}
{"ref": "1.73.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 73, "verse": 17, "iast": ["kailāsam iva durdharṣaṃ kālāgnim iva duḥsaham", "jvalantam iva tejobhir durnirīkṣyaṃ pṛthagjanaiḥ"], "translation": "unassailable as Mount Kailāsa, unbearable as the fire of doom, blazing as it were with his splendour, hard for common folk to look upon;", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: Omens and the encounter on the road home"}
{"ref": "1.73.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 73, "verse": 18, "iast": ["skandhe cāsajya paraśuṃ dhanur vidyudgaṇopamam", "pragṛhya śaramukhyaṃ ca tripuraghnaṃ yathā haram"], "translation": "an axe slung upon his shoulder, and grasping a bow like a mass of lightning together with a chief arrow — like Hara, the destroyer of the Triple City.", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: Omens and the encounter on the road home"}
{"ref": "1.73.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 73, "verse": 19, "iast": ["taṃ dṛṣṭvā bhīmasaṃkāśaṃ jvalantam iva pāvakam", "vasiṣṭhapramukhā viprā japahomaparāyaṇāḥ", "saṃgatā munayaḥ sarve saṃjajalpur atho mithaḥ"], "translation": "Seeing him of fearsome aspect, blazing like fire, the brahmins led by Vasiṣṭha, devoted to muttered prayer and oblation, all the sages, coming together, then spoke among themselves:", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: Omens and the encounter on the road home"}
{"ref": "1.73.20", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 73, "verse": 20, "iast": ["kaccit pitṛvadhāmarṣī kṣatraṃ notsādayiṣyati", "pūrvaṃ kṣatravadhaṃ kṛtvā gatamanyur gatajvaraḥ", "kṣatrasyotsādanaṃ bhūyo na khalv asya cikīrṣitam"], "translation": "“Surely, resentful at his father's slaying, he will not (again) exterminate the warrior-race? Having formerly wrought the slaughter of the kṣatriyas, his wrath spent and his fever gone, surely he does not intend once more to destroy them?”", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: Omens and the encounter on the road home"}
{"ref": "1.73.21", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 73, "verse": 21, "iast": ["evam uktvārghyam ādāya bhārgavaṃ bhīmadarśanam", "ṛṣayo rāma rāmeti madhurāṃ vācam abruvan"], "translation": "Having spoken thus, and taking up the guest-offering, the seers addressed the fearsome-looking Bhārgava in sweet words, “Rāma! Rāma!”", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: Omens and the encounter on the road home"}
{"ref": "1.73.22", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 73, "verse": 22, "iast": ["pratigṛhya tu tāṃ pūjām ṛṣidattāṃ pratāpavān", "rāmaṃ dāśarathiṃ rāmo jāmadagnyo 'bhyabhāṣata"], "translation": "Accepting that homage offered by the seers, the mighty Rāma son of Jamadagni addressed Rāma the son of Daśaratha:", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: Omens and the encounter on the road home"}
{"ref": "1.74.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 74, "verse": 1, "iast": ["rāma dāśarathe vīra vīryaṃ te śrūyate 'dhutam", "dhanuṣo bhedanaṃ caiva nikhilena mayā śrutam"], "translation": "“O heroic Rāma, son of Daśaratha, your valour is heard to be wondrous, and the breaking of the bow too I have heard of in full.", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: The two divine bows and the challenge"}
{"ref": "1.74.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 74, "verse": 2, "iast": ["tad adbhutam acintyaṃ ca bhedanaṃ dhanuṣas tvayā", "tac chrutvāham anuprāpto dhanur gṛhyāparaṃ śubham"], "translation": "That breaking of the bow by you was wondrous and inconceivable; hearing of it I have come, taking up another fine bow.", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: The two divine bows and the challenge"}
{"ref": "1.74.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 74, "verse": 3, "iast": ["tad idaṃ ghorasaṃkāśaṃ jāmadagnyaṃ mahad dhanuḥ", "pūrayasva śareṇaiva svabalaṃ darśayasva ca"], "translation": "This great bow of Jamadagni's line, of fearsome aspect — draw it to the full with an arrow, and display your strength.", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: The two divine bows and the challenge"}
{"ref": "1.74.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 74, "verse": 4, "iast": ["tad ahaṃ te balaṃ dṛṣṭvā dhanuṣo 'sya prapūraṇe", "dvandvayuddhaṃ pradāsyāmi vīryaślāghyam idaṃ tava"], "translation": "Then, having seen your strength in the drawing of this bow, I shall grant you single combat — a thing praiseworthy for your valour.", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: The two divine bows and the challenge"}
{"ref": "1.74.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 74, "verse": 5, "iast": ["tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā rājā daśarataḥs tadā", "viṣaṇṇavadano dīnaḥ prāñjalir vākyam abravīt"], "translation": "Hearing that speech of his, King Daśaratha then, his face fallen and himself wretched, with palms joined, spoke these words:", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: The two divine bows and the challenge"}
{"ref": "1.74.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 74, "verse": 6, "iast": ["kṣatraroṣāt praśāntas tvaṃ brāhmaṇasya mahāyaśāḥ", "bālānāṃ mama putrāṇām abhayaṃ dātum arhasi"], "translation": "“O greatly renowned one, you, being a brahmin, have been appeased of your wrath against the warrior-race; you ought to grant safety to my young sons.", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: The two divine bows and the challenge"}
{"ref": "1.74.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 74, "verse": 7, "iast": ["bhārgavāṇāṃ kule jātaḥ svādhyāyavrataśālinām", "sahasrākṣe pratijñāya śastraṃ nikṣiptavān asi"], "translation": "Born in the line of the Bhārgavas, devoted to Vedic study and vows, you laid down your weapons, having so promised to the thousand-eyed (Indra).", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: The two divine bows and the challenge"}
{"ref": "1.74.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 74, "verse": 8, "iast": ["sa tvaṃ dharmaparo bhūtvā kāśyapāya vasuṃdharām", "dattvā vanam upāgamya mahendrakṛtaketanaḥ"], "translation": "You, having become devoted to dharma, gave the earth to Kāśyapa, and retiring to the forest, made your dwelling on Mount Mahendra —", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: The two divine bows and the challenge"}
{"ref": "1.74.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 74, "verse": 9, "iast": ["mama sarvavināśāya saṃprāptas tvaṃ mahāmune", "na caikasmin hate rāme sarve jīvāmahe vayam"], "translation": "You have come, O great sage, for my utter destruction; and if Rāma alone be slain, not one of us shall live.", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: The two divine bows and the challenge"}
{"ref": "1.74.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 74, "verse": 10, "iast": ["bruvaty evaṃ daśarathe jāmadagnyaḥ pratāpavān", "anādṛtyaiva tad vākyaṃ rāmam evābhyabhāṣata"], "translation": "As Daśaratha spoke thus, the mighty son of Jamadagni, disregarding those words entirely, addressed Rāma alone:", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: The two divine bows and the challenge"}
{"ref": "1.74.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 74, "verse": 11, "iast": ["ime dve dhanuṣī śreṣṭhe divye lokābhiviśrute", "dṛḍhe balavatī mukhye sukṛte viśvakarmaṇā"], "translation": "These two are the finest of bows, divine and renowned throughout the worlds — firm, powerful, foremost, and well-wrought by Viśvakarman;", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: The two divine bows and the challenge"}
{"ref": "1.74.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 74, "verse": 12, "iast": ["atisṛṣṭaṃ surair ekaṃ tryambakāya yuyutsave", "tripuraghnaṃ naraśreṣṭha bhagnaṃ kākutsha yat tvayā"], "translation": "one was bestowed by the gods on Tryambaka (Śiva) eager for battle — the destroyer of the Triple City, O best of men, the very one that was broken by you, O Kākutstha;", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: The two divine bows and the challenge"}
{"ref": "1.74.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 74, "verse": 13, "iast": ["idaṃ dvitīyaṃ durdharṣaṃ viṣṇor dattaṃ surottamaiḥ", "samānasāraṃ kākutstha raudreṇa dhanuṣā tv idam"], "translation": "this second, unassailable one was given to Viṣṇu by the chief gods; and this one, O Kākutstha, is equal in power to the bow of Rudra.", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: The two divine bows and the challenge"}
{"ref": "1.74.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 74, "verse": 14, "iast": ["tadā tu devatāḥ sarvāḥ pṛcchanti sma pitāmaham", "śitikaṇṭhasya viṣṇoś ca balābalanirīkṣayā"], "translation": "Now once, all the gods asked the Grandsire (Brahmā), out of a wish to test the relative strength of the blue-throated one (Śiva) and of Viṣṇu:", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: The two divine bows and the challenge"}
{"ref": "1.74.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 74, "verse": 15, "iast": ["abhiprāyaṃ tu vijñāya devatānāṃ pitāmahaḥ", "virodhaṃ janayām āsa tayoḥ satyavatāṃ varaḥ"], "translation": "Understanding the gods' intent, the Grandsire, best of the truthful, created enmity between the two.", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: The two divine bows and the challenge"}
{"ref": "1.74.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 74, "verse": 16, "iast": ["virodhe ca mahad yuddham abhavad romaharṣaṇam", "śitikaṇṭhasya viṣṇoś ca parasparajayaiṣiṇoḥ"], "translation": "And in that enmity there took place a great, hair-raising battle between the blue-throated one and Viṣṇu, each seeking to conquer the other.", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: The two divine bows and the challenge"}
{"ref": "1.74.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 74, "verse": 17, "iast": ["tadā taj jṛmbhitaṃ śaivaṃ dhanur bhīmaparākramam", "huṃkāreṇa mahādevaḥ stambhito 'tha trilocanaḥ"], "translation": "Then that bow of Śiva, of fearsome might, was made to slacken; and by a “huṃ” (of Viṣṇu) the Great God, the three-eyed one, was thereupon rendered rigid.", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: The two divine bows and the challenge"}
{"ref": "1.74.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 74, "verse": 18, "iast": ["devais tadā samāgamya sarṣisaṃghaiḥ sacāraṇaiḥ", "yācitau praśamaṃ tatra jagmatus tau surottamau"], "translation": "Then the gods, coming together with the hosts of seers and the cāraṇas, entreated them; and there those two chief gods were brought to peace.", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: The two divine bows and the challenge"}
{"ref": "1.74.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 74, "verse": 19, "iast": ["jṛmbhitaṃ tad dhanur dṛṣṭvā śaivaṃ viṣṇuparākramaiḥ", "adhikaṃ menire viṣṇuṃ devāḥ sarṣigaṇās tadā"], "translation": "Seeing that bow of Śiva made to slacken by Viṣṇu's feats of might, the gods, with the hosts of seers, then reckoned Viṣṇu the greater.", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: The two divine bows and the challenge"}
{"ref": "1.74.20", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 74, "verse": 20, "iast": ["dhanū rudras tu saṃkruddho videheṣu mahāyaśāḥ", "devarātasya rājarṣer dadau haste sasāyakam"], "translation": "But Rudra, greatly renowned and angered, gave his bow, together with its arrow, into the hand of the royal seer Devarāta among the Videhas.", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: The two divine bows and the challenge"}
{"ref": "1.74.21", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 74, "verse": 21, "iast": ["idaṃ ca viṣṇavaṃ rāma dhanuḥ parapuraṃjayam", "ṛcīke bhārgave prādād viṣṇuḥ sa nyāsam uttamam"], "translation": "And this bow of Viṣṇu, O Rāma, conqueror of enemy cities — Viṣṇu gave it to Ṛcīka the Bhārgava as a precious deposit.", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: The two divine bows and the challenge"}
{"ref": "1.74.22", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 74, "verse": 22, "iast": ["ṛcīkas tu mahātejāḥ putrasyāpratikarmaṇaḥ", "pitur mama dadau divyaṃ jamadagner mahātmanaḥ"], "translation": "And Ṛcīka of great splendour gave that divine (bow) to his son of matchless deeds, my father, the great-souled Jamadagni.", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: The two divine bows and the challenge"}
{"ref": "1.74.23", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 74, "verse": 23, "iast": ["nyastaśastre pitari me tapobalasamanvite", "arjuno vidadhe mṛtyuṃ prākṛtāṃ buddhim āsthitaḥ"], "translation": "When my father, endowed with the power of austerity, had laid down his weapons, Arjuna (Kārtavīrya), stooping to a base mind, brought about his death.", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: The two divine bows and the challenge"}
{"ref": "1.74.24", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 74, "verse": 24, "iast": ["vadham apratirūpaṃ tu pituḥ śrutvā sudāruṇam", "kṣatram utsādayaṃ roṣāj jātaṃ jātam anekaśaḥ"], "translation": "Hearing of my father's most cruel and unparalleled slaying, in fury I exterminated the kṣatriyas as they were born, again and again.", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: The two divine bows and the challenge"}
{"ref": "1.74.25", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 74, "verse": 25, "iast": ["pṛthivīṃ cākhilāṃ prāpya kāśyapāya mahātmane", "yajñasyānte tadā rāma dakṣiṇāṃ puṇyakarmaṇe"], "translation": "And having won the entire earth, I gave it, O Rāma, at the end of a sacrifice, to the great-souled Kāśyapa of holy deeds, as his sacrificial fee —", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: The two divine bows and the challenge"}
{"ref": "1.74.26", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 74, "verse": 26, "iast": ["dattvā mahendranilayas tapobalasamanvitaḥ", "śrutavān dhanuṣo bhedaṃ tato 'haṃ drutam āgataḥ"], "translation": "having given it away, dwelling on Mahendra and endowed with the power of austerity, I heard of the breaking of the bow, and thereupon came here swiftly.", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: The two divine bows and the challenge"}
{"ref": "1.74.27", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 74, "verse": 27, "iast": ["tad idaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ rāma pitṛpaitāmahaṃ mahat", "kṣatradharmaṃ puraskṛtya gṛhṇīṣva dhanuruttamam"], "translation": "So take up this great bow of Viṣṇu, O Rāma, handed down from my father and forefathers; setting the warrior's duty foremost, grasp this excellent bow.", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: The two divine bows and the challenge"}
{"ref": "1.74.28", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 74, "verse": 28, "iast": ["yojayasva dhanuḥ śreṣṭhe śaraṃ parapuraṃjayam", "yadi śaknoṣi kākutstha dvandvaṃ dāsyāmi te tataḥ"], "translation": "Fit to this excellent bow the enemy-conquering arrow; if you are able, O Kākutstha, I shall then grant you single combat.", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: The two divine bows and the challenge"}
{"ref": "1.75.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 75, "verse": 1, "iast": ["śrutvā taj jāmadagnyasya vākyaṃ dāśarathis tadā", "gauravād yantritakathaḥ pitū rāmam athābravīt"], "translation": "Hearing that speech of the son of Jamadagni, the son of Daśaratha then, his words held in check out of respect for his father, spoke to Rāma (Paraśurāma):", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: Defeat and the surrender of heavenly worlds"}
{"ref": "1.75.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 75, "verse": 2, "iast": ["śrutavān asmi yat karma kṛtavān asi bhārgava", "anurundhyāmahe brahman pitur ānṛṇyam āsthitaḥ"], "translation": "“I have heard of the deed which you performed, O Bhārgava; we honour it, O brahmin, seeing that you undertook the discharge of your debt to your father.", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: Defeat and the surrender of heavenly worlds"}
{"ref": "1.75.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 75, "verse": 3, "iast": ["vīryahīnam ivāśaktaṃ kṣatradharmeṇa bhārgava", "avajānāmi me tejaḥ paśya me 'dya parākramam"], "translation": "You slight my might, O Bhārgava, as though I were devoid of valour and incapable in the warrior's dharma; behold my energy — see my prowess this day.”", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: Defeat and the surrender of heavenly worlds"}
{"ref": "1.75.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 75, "verse": 4, "iast": ["ity uktvā rāghavaḥ kruddho bhārgavasya varāyudham", "śaraṃ ca pratisaṃgṛhya hastāl laghuparākramaḥ"], "translation": "Having spoken thus, the angered Rāghava, of nimble prowess, took the excellent weapon of the Bhārgava, and the arrow, from his hand;", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: Defeat and the surrender of heavenly worlds"}
{"ref": "1.75.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 75, "verse": 5, "iast": ["āropya sa dhanū rāmaḥ śaraṃ sajyaṃ cakāra ha", "jāmadagnyaṃ tato rāmaṃ rāmaḥ kruddho 'bravīd vacaḥ"], "translation": "Rāma strung that bow and set the arrow to it; then the angered Rāma spoke these words to Rāma the son of Jamadagni:", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: Defeat and the surrender of heavenly worlds"}
{"ref": "1.75.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 75, "verse": 6, "iast": ["brāhmaṇo 'sīti pūjyo me viśvāmitrakṛtena ca", "tasmāc chakto na te rāma moktuṃ prāṇaharaṃ śaram"], "translation": "“Since you are a brahmin, you are worthy of my honour, and for Viśvāmitra's sake; therefore, O Rāma, I am not able to loose against you the life-taking arrow.", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: Defeat and the surrender of heavenly worlds"}
{"ref": "1.75.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 75, "verse": 7, "iast": ["imāṃ vā tvadgatiṃ rāma tapobalasamārjitān", "lokān apratimān vāpi haniṣyāmi yad icchasi"], "translation": "Either this power of movement of yours, O Rāma, or else the incomparable worlds you have won by the power of your austerity — one of these I shall destroy, whichever you wish.", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: Defeat and the surrender of heavenly worlds"}
{"ref": "1.75.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 75, "verse": 8, "iast": ["na hy ayaṃ vaiṣṇavo divyaḥ śaraḥ parapuraṃjayaḥ", "moghaḥ patati vīryeṇa baladarpavināśanaḥ"], "translation": "For this divine arrow of Viṣṇu, conqueror of enemy cities, destroyer of might and pride, does not, by reason of its power, fall in vain.", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: Defeat and the surrender of heavenly worlds"}
{"ref": "1.75.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 75, "verse": 9, "iast": ["varāyudhadharaṃ rāma draṣṭuṃ sarṣigaṇāḥ surāḥ", "pitāmahaṃ puraskṛtya sametās tatra saṃghaśaḥ"], "translation": "To behold Rāma bearing the excellent weapon, the gods with the hosts of seers, placing the Grandsire (Brahmā) before them, assembled there in throngs;", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: Defeat and the surrender of heavenly worlds"}
{"ref": "1.75.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 75, "verse": 10, "iast": ["gandharvāpsarasaś caiva siddhacāraṇakiṃnarāḥ", "yakṣarākṣasanāgāś ca tad draṣṭuṃ mahad adbhutam"], "translation": "gandharvas and apsarases, siddhas, cāraṇas and kiṃnaras, and yakṣas, rākṣasas and nāgas — (all came) to behold that great marvel.", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: Defeat and the surrender of heavenly worlds"}
{"ref": "1.75.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 75, "verse": 11, "iast": ["jaḍīkṛte tadā loke rāme varadhanurdhare", "nirvīryo jāmadagnyo 'sau ramo rāmam udaikṣata"], "translation": "When the world had been struck motionless, as Rāma bore the excellent bow, that son of Jamadagni, robbed of his valour, gazed up at Rāma.", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: Defeat and the surrender of heavenly worlds"}
{"ref": "1.75.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 75, "verse": 12, "iast": ["tejobhir hatavīryatvāj jāmadagnyo jaḍīkṛtaḥ", "rāmaṃ kamala patrākṣaṃ mandaṃ mandam uvāca ha"], "translation": "His valour struck down by (Rāma's) splendour, the son of Jamadagni, made motionless, spoke very softly to the lotus-petal-eyed Rāma:", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: Defeat and the surrender of heavenly worlds"}
{"ref": "1.75.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 75, "verse": 13, "iast": ["kāśyapāya mayā dattā yadā pūrvaṃ vasuṃdharā", "viṣaye me na vastavyam iti māṃ kāśyapo 'bravīt"], "translation": "“When formerly the earth was given by me to Kāśyapa, Kāśyapa said to me: ‘Within my domain you must not dwell.’", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: Defeat and the surrender of heavenly worlds"}
{"ref": "1.75.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 75, "verse": 14, "iast": ["so 'haṃ guruvacaḥ kurvan pṛthivyāṃ na vase niśām", "iti pratijñā kākutstha kṛtā vai kāśyapasya ha"], "translation": "So I, carrying out my guru's word, do not dwell a single night upon the earth; such a vow, O Kākutstha, was indeed made to Kāśyapa.", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: Defeat and the surrender of heavenly worlds"}
{"ref": "1.75.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 75, "verse": 15, "iast": ["tad imāṃ tvaṃ gatiṃ vīra hantuṃ nārhasi rāghava", "manojavaṃ gamiṣyāmi mahendraṃ parvatottamam"], "translation": "Therefore, O hero, O Rāghava, you ought not to destroy this power of movement of mine; I shall go, swift as thought, to Mahendra, the best of mountains.", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: Defeat and the surrender of heavenly worlds"}
{"ref": "1.75.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 75, "verse": 16, "iast": ["lokās tv apratimā rāma nirjitās tapasā mayā", "jahi tāñ śaramukhyena mā bhūt kālasya paryayaḥ"], "translation": "But the incomparable worlds, O Rāma, which I have won by my austerity — destroy those with your chief arrow; let there be no passing of the (right) time.", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: Defeat and the surrender of heavenly worlds"}
{"ref": "1.75.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 75, "verse": 17, "iast": ["akṣayyaṃ madhuhantāraṃ jānāmi tvāṃ sureśvaram", "dhanuṣo 'sya parāmarśāt svasti te 'stu paraṃtapa"], "translation": "I know you to be the imperishable slayer of Madhu, the lord of the gods — I know it from your very handling of this bow. May it be well with you, O scorcher of foes.", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: Defeat and the surrender of heavenly worlds"}
{"ref": "1.75.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 75, "verse": 18, "iast": ["ete suragaṇāḥ sarve nirīkṣante samāgatāḥ", "tvām apratimakarmāṇam apratidvandvam āhave"], "translation": "All these hosts of gods, assembled here, are gazing upon you, whose deeds are without equal and who has no rival in battle.", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: Defeat and the surrender of heavenly worlds"}
{"ref": "1.75.19", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 75, "verse": 19, "iast": ["na ceyaṃ mama kākutstha vrīḍā bhavitum arhati", "tvayā trailokyanāthena yad ahaṃ vimukhīkṛtaḥ"], "translation": "Nor, O Kākutstha, ought this to be any shame for me — that I have been turned back by you, the lord of the three worlds.", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: Defeat and the surrender of heavenly worlds"}
{"ref": "1.75.20", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 75, "verse": 20, "iast": ["śaram apratimaṃ rāma moktum arhasi suvrata", "śaramokṣe gamiṣyāmi mahendraṃ parvatottamam"], "translation": "You may loose that incomparable arrow, O Rāma of good vows; when the arrow is released, I shall go to Mahendra, the best of mountains.”", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: Defeat and the surrender of heavenly worlds"}
{"ref": "1.75.21", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 75, "verse": 21, "iast": ["tathā bruvati rāme tu jāmadagnye pratāpavān", "rāmo dāśarathiḥ śrīmāṃś cikṣepa śaram uttamam"], "translation": "As Rāma the son of Jamadagni spoke thus, the mighty and illustrious Rāma son of Daśaratha loosed that excellent arrow.", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: Defeat and the surrender of heavenly worlds"}
{"ref": "1.75.22", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 75, "verse": 22, "iast": ["tato vitimirāḥ sarvā diśā copadiśas tathā", "surāḥ sarṣigaṇā rāmaṃ praśaśaṃsur udāyudham"], "translation": "Then all the quarters and the intermediate quarters likewise became free of darkness; and the gods with the hosts of seers praised Rāma, his weapon raised.", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: Defeat and the surrender of heavenly worlds"}
{"ref": "1.75.23", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 75, "verse": 23, "iast": ["rāmaṃ dāśarathiṃ rāmo jāmadagnyaḥ praśasya ca", "tataḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya jagāmātmagatiṃ prabhuḥ"], "translation": "And Rāma the son of Jamadagni, having praised Rāma the son of Daśaratha, then circumambulated him to the right, and the lord went his own way.", "sarga_title": "Paraśurāma: Defeat and the surrender of heavenly worlds"}
{"ref": "1.76.1", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 76, "verse": 1, "iast": ["gate rāme praśāntātmā rāmo dāśarathir dhanuḥ", "varuṇāyāprameyāya dadau haste sasāyakam"], "translation": "When (Paraśu)rāma had gone, Rāma the son of Daśaratha, his mind grown calm, gave the bow, together with its arrow, into the hand of the immeasurable Varuṇa.", "sarga_title": "Return to Ayodhyā: The couples’ reception and married life"}
{"ref": "1.76.2", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 76, "verse": 2, "iast": ["abhivādya tato rāmo vasiṣṭha pramukhān ṛṣīn", "pitaraṃ vihvalaṃ dṛṣṭvā provāca raghunandanaḥ"], "translation": "Then Rāma, having saluted the seers led by Vasiṣṭha, and seeing his father distraught, spoke — that delight of the Raghus:", "sarga_title": "Return to Ayodhyā: The couples’ reception and married life"}
{"ref": "1.76.3", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 76, "verse": 3, "iast": ["jāmadagnyo gato rāmaḥ prayātu caturaṅgiṇī", "ayodhyābhimukhī senā tvayā nāthena pālitā"], "translation": "“Rāma the son of Jamadagni has gone; let the fourfold army, guarded by you its protector, set out, facing toward Ayodhyā.”", "sarga_title": "Return to Ayodhyā: The couples’ reception and married life"}
{"ref": "1.76.4", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 76, "verse": 4, "iast": ["rāmasya vacanaṃ śrutvā rājā daśarathaḥ sutam", "bāhubhyāṃ saṃpariṣvajya mūrdhni cāghrāya rāghavam"], "translation": "Hearing Rāma's words, King Daśaratha embraced his son Rāghava with both arms and kissed him on the head.", "sarga_title": "Return to Ayodhyā: The couples’ reception and married life"}
{"ref": "1.76.5", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 76, "verse": 5, "iast": ["gato rāma iti śrutvā hṛṣṭaḥ pramudito nṛpaḥ", "codayām āsa tāṃ senāṃ jagāmāśu tataḥ purīm"], "translation": "Hearing that Rāma (Paraśurāma) had gone, the king, delighted and rejoicing, urged on the army and then swiftly proceeded to the city.", "sarga_title": "Return to Ayodhyā: The couples’ reception and married life"}
{"ref": "1.76.6", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 76, "verse": 6, "iast": ["patākādhvajinīṃ ramyāṃ tūryodghuṣṭanināditām", "siktarājapathāṃ ramyāṃ prakīrṇakusumotkarām"], "translation": "(He entered) the lovely city, decked with banners and flags, resounding with the blare of trumpets, its royal roads sprinkled with water, lovely, strewn with heaps of scattered flowers,", "sarga_title": "Return to Ayodhyā: The couples’ reception and married life"}
{"ref": "1.76.7", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 76, "verse": 7, "iast": ["rājapraveśasumukhaiḥ paurair maṅgalavādibhiḥ", "saṃpūrṇāṃ prāviśad rājā janaughaiḥ samalaṃkṛtām"], "translation": "the king entered (the city) thronged with townsfolk glad-faced at their king's entry and uttering auspicious words, filled and adorned with multitudes of people.", "sarga_title": "Return to Ayodhyā: The couples’ reception and married life"}
{"ref": "1.76.8", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 76, "verse": 8, "iast": ["kausalyā ca sumitrā ca kaikeyī ca sumadhyamā", "vadhūpratigrahe yuktā yāś cānyā rājayoṣitaḥ"], "translation": "Kausalyā, Sumitrā, and the fair-waisted Kaikeyī, and whatever other royal ladies there were, busied themselves with the reception of the brides.", "sarga_title": "Return to Ayodhyā: The couples’ reception and married life"}
{"ref": "1.76.9", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 76, "verse": 9, "iast": ["tataḥ sītāṃ mahābhāgām ūrmilāṃ ca yaśasvinīm", "kuśadhvajasute cobhe jagṛhur nṛpapatnayaḥ"], "translation": "Then the king's wives received the illustrious Sītā, the glorious Ūrmilā, and both daughters of Kuśadhvaja.", "sarga_title": "Return to Ayodhyā: The couples’ reception and married life"}
{"ref": "1.76.10", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 76, "verse": 10, "iast": ["maṅgalālāpanaiś caiva śobhitāḥ kṣaumavāsasaḥ", "devatāyatanāny āśu sarvās tāḥ pratyapūjayan"], "translation": "Resplendent in linen garments, amid auspicious utterances, all those (brides) at once paid worship at the temples of the gods.", "sarga_title": "Return to Ayodhyā: The couples’ reception and married life"}
{"ref": "1.76.11", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 76, "verse": 11, "iast": ["abhivādyābhivādyāṃś ca sarvā rājasutās tadā", "remire muditāḥ sarvā bhartṛbhiḥ sahitā rahaḥ"], "translation": "And having saluted those worthy of salutation, all the princesses then, delighted, sported in private, united with their husbands.", "sarga_title": "Return to Ayodhyā: The couples’ reception and married life"}
{"ref": "1.76.12", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 76, "verse": 12, "iast": ["kṛtadārāḥ kṛtāstrāś ca sadhanāḥ sasuhṛjjanāḥ", "śuśrūṣamāṇāḥ pitaraṃ vartayanti nararṣabhāḥ"], "translation": "Having taken wives and mastered weapons, possessed of wealth and of friends, those bulls among men lived on, attending upon their father.", "sarga_title": "Return to Ayodhyā: The couples’ reception and married life"}
{"ref": "1.76.13", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 76, "verse": 13, "iast": ["teṣām atiyaśā loke rāmaḥ satyaparākramaḥ", "svayambhūr iva bhūtānāṃ babhūva guṇavattaraḥ"], "translation": "Among them, Rāma, of exceeding fame in the world and of true prowess, was the most richly endowed with virtues, as the Self-existent (Brahmā) is among all beings.", "sarga_title": "Return to Ayodhyā: The couples’ reception and married life"}
{"ref": "1.76.14", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 76, "verse": 14, "iast": ["rāmas tu sītayā sārdhaṃ vijahāra bahūn ṛtūn", "manasvī tadgatas tasyā nityaṃ hṛdi samarpitaḥ"], "translation": "And spirited Rāma sported with Sītā for many seasons, his heart set on her, ever enshrined in her heart.", "sarga_title": "Return to Ayodhyā: The couples’ reception and married life"}
{"ref": "1.76.15", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 76, "verse": 15, "iast": ["priyā tu sītā rāmasya dārāḥ pitṛkṛtā iti", "guṇād rūpaguṇāc cāpi prītir bhūyo vyavardhata"], "translation": "Sītā was dear to Rāma, both because she was the wife given by his father and because of her virtue and the excellence of her beauty; and his love for her grew ever greater.", "sarga_title": "Return to Ayodhyā: The couples’ reception and married life"}
{"ref": "1.76.16", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 76, "verse": 16, "iast": ["tasyāś ca bhartā dviguṇaṃ hṛdaye parivartate", "antarjātam api vyaktam ākhyāti hṛdayaṃ hṛdā"], "translation": "And her husband dwelt doubly in her heart; and though her feeling arose within, her heart openly declared it, heart to heart.", "sarga_title": "Return to Ayodhyā: The couples’ reception and married life"}
{"ref": "1.76.17", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 76, "verse": 17, "iast": ["tasya bhūyo viśeṣeṇa maithilī janakātmajā", "devatābhiḥ samā rūpe sītā śrīr iva rūpiṇī"], "translation": "To him, the Maithilī, Janaka's daughter Sītā — equal to the goddesses in beauty, like Śrī incarnate — was dear all the more, above all others.", "sarga_title": "Return to Ayodhyā: The couples’ reception and married life"}
{"ref": "1.76.18", "kanda": 1, "sarga": 76, "verse": 18, "iast": ["tayā sa rājarṣisuto 'bhirāmayā sameyivān uttamarājakanyayā", "atīva rāmaḥ śuśubhe 'tikāmayā vibhuḥ śriyā viṣṇur ivāmareśvaraḥ"], "translation": "United with that delightful and exceedingly loving one, the most excellent of princesses, Rāma, the son of a royal seer, the mighty lord, shone forth surpassingly — as Viṣṇu, lord of the immortals, shines with Śrī.", "sarga_title": "Return to Ayodhyā: The couples’ reception and married life"}
{"ref": "2.1.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 1, "verse": 1, "iast": ["kasya cit tv atha kālasya rājā daśarathaḥ sutam", "bharataṃ kekayīputram abravīd raghunandanaḥ"], "translation": "Then, after some time had passed, King Daśaratha, the delight of the Raghus, spoke to his son Bharata, the son of Kaikeyī:", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha proposes Rāma as heir"}
{"ref": "2.1.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 1, "verse": 2, "iast": ["ayaṃ kekayarājasya putro vasati putraka", "tvāṃ netum āgato vīra yudhājin mātulas tava"], "translation": "“Here, my dear boy, dwells the son of the Kekaya king; O hero, your maternal uncle Yudhājit has come to take you (with him).”", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha proposes Rāma as heir"}
{"ref": "2.1.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 1, "verse": 3, "iast": ["śrutvā daśarathasyaitad bharataḥ kekayīsutaḥ", "gamanāyābhicakrāma śatrughnasahitas tadā"], "translation": "Hearing this from Daśaratha, Bharata, the son of Kaikeyī, then made ready to go, together with Śatrughna.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha proposes Rāma as heir"}
{"ref": "2.1.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 1, "verse": 4, "iast": ["āpṛcchya pitaraṃ śūro rāmaṃ cākliṣṭakāriṇam", "mātṝṃś cāpi naraśreṣṭhaḥ śatrughnasahito yayau"], "translation": "Having taken leave of his father, and of Rāma the tireless doer of deeds, and of his mothers as well, that best of men, the hero, set off together with Śatrughna.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha proposes Rāma as heir"}
{"ref": "2.1.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 1, "verse": 5, "iast": ["yudhājit prāpya bharataṃ saśatrughnaṃ praharṣitaḥ", "svapuraṃ prāviśad vīraḥ pitā tasya tutoṣa ha"], "translation": "Yudhājit, having gained Bharata along with Śatrughna, greatly delighted, entered his own city, the hero; and his (Bharata's) father was pleased.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha proposes Rāma as heir"}
{"ref": "2.1.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 1, "verse": 6, "iast": ["sa tatra nyavasad bhrātrā saha satkārasatkṛtaḥ", "mātulenāśvapatinā putrasnehena lālitaḥ"], "translation": "There he dwelt with his brother, honoured with hospitality, cherished by his uncle Aśvapati with fatherly affection.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha proposes Rāma as heir"}
{"ref": "2.1.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 1, "verse": 7, "iast": ["tatrāpi nivasantau tau tarpyamāṇau ca kāmataḥ", "bhrātarau smaratāṃ vīrau vṛddhaṃ daśarathaṃ nṛpam"], "translation": "Even while dwelling there, gratified to their heart's content, the two heroic brothers kept remembering their aged father, King Daśaratha.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha proposes Rāma as heir"}
{"ref": "2.1.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 1, "verse": 8, "iast": ["rājāpi tau mahātejāḥ sasmāra proṣitau sutau", "ubhau bharataśatrughnau mahendravaruṇopamau"], "translation": "The king too, of great splendour, remembered his two absent sons, both Bharata and Śatrughna, who were like great Indra and Varuṇa.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha proposes Rāma as heir"}
{"ref": "2.1.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 1, "verse": 9, "iast": ["sarva eva tu tasyeṣṭāś catvāraḥ puruṣarṣabhāḥ", "svaśarīrād vinirvṛttāś catvāra iva bāhavaḥ"], "translation": "All four of those bulls among men were indeed dear to him, like four arms sprung from his own body.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha proposes Rāma as heir"}
{"ref": "2.1.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 1, "verse": 10, "iast": ["teṣām api mahātejā rāmo ratikaraḥ pituḥ", "svayambhūr iva bhūtānāṃ babhūva guṇavattaraḥ"], "translation": "Among them too, Rāma of great splendour, giver of joy to his father, was, like the Self-existent among beings, the most richly endowed with virtues.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha proposes Rāma as heir"}
{"ref": "2.1.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 1, "verse": 11, "iast": ["gate ca bharate rāmo lakṣmaṇaś ca mahābalaḥ", "pitaraṃ devasaṃkāśaṃ pūjayām āsatus tadā"], "translation": "And when Bharata had gone, Rāma and the mighty Lakṣmaṇa then honoured their father, who resembled a god.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha proposes Rāma as heir"}
{"ref": "2.1.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 1, "verse": 12, "iast": ["pitur ājñāṃ puraskṛtya paurakāryāṇi sarvaśaḥ", "cakāra rāmo dharmātmā priyāṇi ca hitāni ca"], "translation": "Placing his father's command foremost, righteous Rāma performed all the affairs of the townsfolk in every way, doing what was both pleasing and beneficial.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha proposes Rāma as heir"}
{"ref": "2.1.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 1, "verse": 13, "iast": ["mātṛbhyo mātṛkāryāṇi kṛtvā paramayantritaḥ", "gurūṇāṃ gurukāryāṇi kāle kāle 'nvavaikṣata"], "translation": "Performing for his mothers the duties owed to mothers, supremely self-controlled, he looked after the duties owed to his elders time after time.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha proposes Rāma as heir"}
{"ref": "2.1.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 1, "verse": 14, "iast": ["evaṃ daśarathaḥ prīto brāhmaṇā naigamās tathā", "rāmasya śīlavṛttena sarve viṣayavāsinaḥ"], "translation": "Thus Daśaratha was pleased, and so too the brahmins, the townspeople, and all who dwelt in the realm, on account of Rāma's character and conduct.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha proposes Rāma as heir"}
{"ref": "2.1.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 1, "verse": 15, "iast": ["sa hi nityaṃ praśāntātmā mṛdupūrvaṃ ca bhāṣate", "ucyamāno 'pi paruṣaṃ nottaraṃ pratipadyate"], "translation": "For he, ever serene of soul, spoke gently and courteously; and even when addressed harshly, he would return no (harsh) reply.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha proposes Rāma as heir"}
{"ref": "2.1.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 1, "verse": 16, "iast": ["kathaṃ cid upakāreṇa kṛtenaikena tuṣyati", "na smaraty apakārāṇāṃ śatam apy ātmavattayā"], "translation": "He is content with a single good turn done him somehow or other, and through his self-possession does not hold in mind even a hundred injuries.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha proposes Rāma as heir"}
{"ref": "2.1.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 1, "verse": 17, "iast": ["śīlavṛddhair jñānavṛddhair vayovṛddhaiś ca sajjanaiḥ", "kathayann āsta vai nityam astrayogyāntareṣv api"], "translation": "Even in the intervals of his weapons-practice, he would ever pass the time conversing with good men — elders in character, elders in wisdom, and elders in age.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha proposes Rāma as heir"}
{"ref": "2.1.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 1, "verse": 18, "iast": ["kalyāṇābhijanaḥ sādhur adīnaḥ satyavāg ṛjuḥ", "vṛddhair abhivinītaś ca dvijair dharmārthadarśibhiḥ"], "translation": "Of noble birth, virtuous, undismayed, truthful of speech, upright, he was well-trained by aged brahmins who perceived dharma and artha.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha proposes Rāma as heir"}
{"ref": "2.1.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 1, "verse": 19, "iast": ["dharmārthakāmatattvajñaḥ smṛtimān pratibhāvanān", "laukike samayācare kṛtakalpo viśāradaḥ"], "translation": "A knower of the true nature of dharma, artha, and kāma, of retentive memory and quick wit, he was accomplished and expert in worldly custom and usage.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha proposes Rāma as heir"}
{"ref": "2.1.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 1, "verse": 20, "iast": ["śāstrajñaś ca kṛtajñaś ca puruṣāntarakovidaḥ", "yaḥ pragrahānugrahayor yathānyāyaṃ vicakṣaṇaḥ"], "translation": "Learned in the scriptures, mindful of favours done, and skilled in reading the characters of men, he was discerning, according to what was just, in matters of restraint and of favour.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha proposes Rāma as heir"}
{"ref": "2.1.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 1, "verse": 21, "iast": ["āyakarmaṇy upāyajñaḥ saṃdṛṣṭavyayakarmavit", "śraiṣṭhyaṃ śāstrasamūheṣu prāpto vyāmiśrakeṣv api"], "translation": "Skilled in the means of raising revenue, versed in the proper regulation of expenditure, he had attained pre-eminence in the whole body of the sciences, even in the mixed (combined) ones.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha proposes Rāma as heir"}
{"ref": "2.1.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 1, "verse": 22, "iast": ["arthadharmau ca saṃgṛhya sukhatantro na cālasaḥ", "vaihārikāṇāṃ śilpānāṃ vijñātārthavibhāgavit"], "translation": "Grasping both artha and dharma, devoted to enjoyment yet not slothful, he understood the classification and value of the arts that give pleasure.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha proposes Rāma as heir"}
{"ref": "2.1.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 1, "verse": 23, "iast": ["ārohe vinaye caiva yukto vāraṇavājinām", "dhanurvedavidāṃ śreṣṭho loke 'tirathasaṃmataḥ"], "translation": "Skilled in the mounting and training of elephants and horses, he was the best among those versed in archery, and in the world was reckoned an atiratha (a foremost chariot-warrior).", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha proposes Rāma as heir"}
{"ref": "2.1.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 1, "verse": 24, "iast": ["abhiyātā prahartā ca senānayaviśāradaḥ", "apradhṛṣyaś ca saṃgrāme kruddhair api surāsuraiḥ"], "translation": "A skilled attacker and striker, expert in the conduct of armies, he was unassailable in battle even by enraged gods and demons.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha proposes Rāma as heir"}
{"ref": "2.1.25", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 1, "verse": 25, "iast": ["anasūyo jitakrodho na dṛpto na ca matsarī", "na cāvamantā bhūtānāṃ na ca kālavaśānugaḥ"], "translation": "Free of envy, having conquered anger, neither arrogant nor spiteful, he neither despised any creatures nor yielded to the sway of passing moods.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha proposes Rāma as heir"}
{"ref": "2.1.26", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 1, "verse": 26, "iast": ["evaṃ śraiṣṭhair guṇair yuktaḥ prajānāṃ pārthivātmajaḥ", "saṃmatas triṣu lokeṣu vasudhāyāḥ kṣamāguṇaiḥ", "buddhyā bṛhaspates tulyo vīryeṇāpi śacīpateḥ"], "translation": "Thus endowed with the finest virtues, the prince was esteemed among the people in all three worlds; with his qualities of forbearance he was the equal of the Earth, in intellect the equal of Bṛhaspati, and in valour the equal even of Śacī's lord (Indra).", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha proposes Rāma as heir"}
{"ref": "2.1.27", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 1, "verse": 27, "iast": ["tathā sarvaprajākāntaiḥ prītisaṃjananaiḥ pituḥ", "guṇair viruruce rāmo dīptaḥ sūrya ivāṃśubhiḥ"], "translation": "Likewise Rāma shone with virtues that endeared him to all the people and gladdened his father, as the blazing sun shines with its rays.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha proposes Rāma as heir"}
{"ref": "2.1.28", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 1, "verse": 28, "iast": ["tam evaṃvṛttasaṃpannam apradhṛṣya parākramam", "lokapālopamaṃ nātham akāmayata medinī"], "translation": "Him, thus perfect in conduct and of unassailable prowess, a protector like the guardians of the worlds, the Earth desired for her lord.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha proposes Rāma as heir"}
{"ref": "2.1.29", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 1, "verse": 29, "iast": ["etais tu bahubhir yuktaṃ guṇair anupamaiḥ sutam", "dṛṣṭvā daśaratho rājā cakre cintāṃ paraṃtapaḥ"], "translation": "Seeing his son endowed with these many peerless virtues, King Daśaratha, scorcher of foes, fell to pondering.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha proposes Rāma as heir"}
{"ref": "2.1.30", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 1, "verse": 30, "iast": ["eṣā hy asya parā prītir hṛdi saṃparivartate", "kadā nāma sutaṃ drakṣyāmy abhiṣiktam ahaṃ priyam"], "translation": "For this supreme longing kept revolving in his heart: “When indeed shall I see my beloved son consecrated (as heir-apparent)?”", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha proposes Rāma as heir"}
{"ref": "2.1.31", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 1, "verse": 31, "iast": ["vṛddhikāmo hi lokasya sarvabhūtānukampanaḥ", "mattaḥ priyataro loke parjanya iva vṛṣṭimān"], "translation": "“For he desires the prosperity of the world and is compassionate to all beings; he is dearer to the world than I am, like the rain-laden cloud (that all welcome).", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha proposes Rāma as heir"}
{"ref": "2.1.32", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 1, "verse": 32, "iast": ["yamaśakrasamo vīrye bṛhaspatisamo matau", "mahīdharasamo dhṛtyāṃ mattaś ca guṇavattaraḥ"], "translation": "In valour equal to Yama and Śakra (Indra), in wisdom equal to Bṛhaspati, in steadfastness equal to a mountain, and richer in virtues than I am.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha proposes Rāma as heir"}
{"ref": "2.1.33", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 1, "verse": 33, "iast": ["mahīm aham imāṃ kṛtsnām adhitiṣṭhantam ātmajam", "anena vayasā dṛṣṭvā yathā svargam avāpnuyām"], "translation": "Having seen my son, at this (my present) age, ruling over this whole earth, may I thereby attain heaven.”", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha proposes Rāma as heir"}
{"ref": "2.1.34", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 1, "verse": 34, "iast": ["taṃ samīkṣya mahārājo yuktaṃ samuditair guṇaiḥ", "niścitya sacivaiḥ sārdhaṃ yuvarājam amanyata"], "translation": "Beholding him endowed with these assembled virtues, the great king, after deliberating together with his counsellors, resolved upon (making him) heir-apparent.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha proposes Rāma as heir"}
{"ref": "2.1.35", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 1, "verse": 35, "iast": ["nānānagaravāstavyān pṛthagjānapadān api", "samānināya medinyāḥ pradhānān pṛthivīpatiḥ"], "translation": "The lord of the earth summoned together the chief men of the land — residents of the various cities and, separately, those of the country districts.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha proposes Rāma as heir"}
{"ref": "2.1.36", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 1, "verse": 36, "iast": ["atha rājavitīrṇeṣu vividheṣv āsaneṣu ca", "rājānam evābhimukhā niṣedur niyatā nṛpāḥ"], "translation": "Then, upon the various seats bestowed by the king, the (assembled) rulers, composed, took their places facing the king.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha proposes Rāma as heir"}
{"ref": "2.1.37", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 1, "verse": 37, "iast": ["sa labdhamānair vinayānvitair nṛpaiḥ purālayair jānapadaiś ca mānavaiḥ", "upopaviṣṭair nṛpatir vṛto babhau sahasracakṣur bhagavān ivāmaraiḥ", "upopaviṣṭair nṛpatir vṛto babhau", "sahasracakṣur bhagavān ivāmaraiḥ"], "translation": "Surrounded by those honoured and courteous rulers, and by the townsmen and country-folk seated close about him, the sovereign shone like the thousand-eyed lord (Indra) surrounded by the immortals.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha proposes Rāma as heir"}
{"ref": "2.2.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 2, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tataḥ pariṣadaṃ sarvām āmantrya vasudhādhipaḥ", "hitam uddharṣaṇaṃ cedam uvācāpratimaṃ vacaḥ"], "translation": "Then the lord of the earth, addressing the whole assembly, spoke these incomparable words, beneficial and gladdening:", "sarga_title": "The assembly endorses Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.2.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 2, "verse": 2, "iast": ["dundubhisvanakalpena gambhīreṇānunādinā", "svareṇa mahatā rājā jīgmūta iva nādayan"], "translation": "With a great voice, deep and resonant, like the sound of a kettledrum, the king spoke, making (the hall) echo as a thundercloud does.", "sarga_title": "The assembly endorses Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.2.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 2, "verse": 3, "iast": ["so 'ham ikṣvākubhiḥ pūrvair narendraiḥ paripālitam", "śreyasā yoktukāmo 'smi sukhārham akhilaṃ jagat"], "translation": "“I, who am here, wish to endow with well-being this entire realm — deserving of happiness and guarded by the former Ikṣvāku kings.", "sarga_title": "The assembly endorses Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.2.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 2, "verse": 4, "iast": ["mayāpy ācaritaṃ pūrvaiḥ panthānam anugacchatā", "prajā nityam atandreṇa yathāśakty abhirakṣatā"], "translation": "By me too, following the path trodden by my forebears, the subjects have ever been guarded to the best of my ability, tirelessly.", "sarga_title": "The assembly endorses Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.2.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 2, "verse": 5, "iast": ["idaṃ śarīraṃ kṛtsnasya lokasya caratā hitam", "pāṇḍur asyātapatrasyac chāyāyāṃ jaritaṃ mayā"], "translation": "This body of mine has grown old while I laboured for the good of the whole world, in the shade of this white parasol.", "sarga_title": "The assembly endorses Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.2.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 2, "verse": 6, "iast": ["prāpya varṣasahasrāṇi bahūny āyūṃṣi jīvitaḥ", "jīrṇasyāsya śarīrasya viśrāntim abhirocaye"], "translation": "Having attained many thousands of years and lived out long spans of life, I now desire rest for this worn-out body.", "sarga_title": "The assembly endorses Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.2.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 2, "verse": 7, "iast": ["rājaprabhāvajuṣṭāṃ hi durvahām ajitendriyaiḥ", "pariśrānto 'smi lokasya gurvīṃ dharmadhuraṃ vahan"], "translation": "For I am worn out with bearing the heavy yoke of dharma for the world — a yoke laden with royal power, hard to carry for those who have not conquered their senses.", "sarga_title": "The assembly endorses Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.2.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 2, "verse": 8, "iast": ["so 'haṃ viśramam icchāmi putraṃ kṛtvā prajāhite", "saṃnikṛṣṭān imān sarvān anumānya dvijarṣabhān"], "translation": "Therefore I desire rest, having set my son over the welfare of the people, once I have gained the consent of all these bulls among brahmins gathered near me.", "sarga_title": "The assembly endorses Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.2.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 2, "verse": 9, "iast": ["anujāto hi me sarvair guṇair jyeṣṭho mamātmajaḥ", "puraṃdarasamo vīrye rāmaḥ parapuraṃjayaḥ"], "translation": "For my eldest son Rāma, who takes after me in all my virtues, the equal of Indra in valour, is a conqueror of enemy cities.", "sarga_title": "The assembly endorses Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.2.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 2, "verse": 10, "iast": ["taṃ candram iva puṣyeṇa yuktaṃ dharmabhṛtāṃ varam", "yauvarājyena yoktāsmi prītaḥ puruṣapuṃgavam"], "translation": "That best of the upholders of dharma, that bull among men, joined (with auspicious virtues) as the moon with the Puṣya asterism — him, with joy, I shall invest with the office of heir-apparent.", "sarga_title": "The assembly endorses Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.2.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 2, "verse": 11, "iast": ["anurūpaḥ sa vo nātho lakṣmīvāṃl lakṣmaṇāgrajaḥ", "trailokyam api nāthena yena syān nāthavattaram"], "translation": "That elder brother of Lakṣmaṇa, prosperous and worthy, will be a fit lord for you — a lord by whom even the three worlds would be the better protected.", "sarga_title": "The assembly endorses Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.2.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 2, "verse": 12, "iast": ["anena śreyasā sadyaḥ saṃyojyāham imāṃ mahīm", "gatakleśo bhaviṣyāmi sute tasmin niveśya vai"], "translation": "Endowing this earth at once with such a blessing, I shall be freed of care, having settled (the burden) upon that son.", "sarga_title": "The assembly endorses Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.2.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 2, "verse": 13, "iast": ["iti bruvantaṃ muditāḥ pratyanandan nṛpā nṛpam", "vṛṣṭimantaṃ mahāmeghaṃ nardantam iva barhiṇaḥ"], "translation": "As he spoke thus, the delighted rulers hailed the king in return, as peacocks greet a great rain-laden thundering cloud.", "sarga_title": "The assembly endorses Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.2.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 2, "verse": 14, "iast": ["tasya dharmārthaviduṣo bhāvam ājñāya sarvaśaḥ", "ūcuś ca manasā jñātvā vṛddhaṃ daśarathaṃ nṛpam"], "translation": "Fully understanding the intention of that knower of dharma and artha, and having grasped it in their minds, they spoke to the aged King Daśaratha:", "sarga_title": "The assembly endorses Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.2.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 2, "verse": 15, "iast": ["anekavarṣasāhasro vṛddhas tvam asi pārthiva", "sa rāmaṃ yuvarājānam abhiṣiñcasva pārthivam"], "translation": "“You are aged, O king, having lived many thousands of years; therefore consecrate Rāma as heir-apparent and ruler.", "sarga_title": "The assembly endorses Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.2.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 2, "verse": 16, "iast": ["iti tadvacanaṃ śrutvā rājā teṣāṃ manaḥpriyam", "ajānann iva jijñāsur idaṃ vacanam abravīt"], "translation": "Hearing that speech of theirs, so dear to their hearts, the king, as if unaware and seeking to test them, spoke these words:", "sarga_title": "The assembly endorses Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.2.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 2, "verse": 17, "iast": ["kathaṃ nu mayi dharmeṇa pṛthivīm anuśāsati", "bhavanto draṣṭum icchanti yuvarājaṃ mamātmajam"], "translation": "“How is it that, while I rule the earth in accordance with dharma, you wish to see my son as heir-apparent?”", "sarga_title": "The assembly endorses Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.2.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 2, "verse": 18, "iast": ["te tam ūcur mahātmānaṃ paurajānapadaiḥ saha", "bahavo nṛpa kalyāṇā guṇāḥ putrasya santi te"], "translation": "Together with the townsmen and country-folk, they said to that great-souled king: “Many, O king, are the auspicious virtues of your son.", "sarga_title": "The assembly endorses Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.2.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 2, "verse": 19, "iast": ["divyair guṇaiḥ śakrasamo rāmaḥ satyaparākramaḥ", "ikṣvākubhyo hi sarvebhyo 'py atirakto viśāmpate"], "translation": "By his divine virtues Rāma is equal to Śakra (Indra), a man of true valour; and indeed, O lord of the people, he outshines all the Ikṣvākus.", "sarga_title": "The assembly endorses Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.2.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 2, "verse": 20, "iast": ["rāmaḥ satpuruṣo loke satyadharmaparāyaṇaḥ", "dharmajñaḥ satyasaṃdhaś ca śīlavān anasūyakaḥ"], "translation": "Rāma is a good man in the world, devoted to truth and dharma, a knower of dharma, true to his word, of noble character, and free of envy.", "sarga_title": "The assembly endorses Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.2.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 2, "verse": 21, "iast": ["kṣāntaḥ sāntvayitā ślakṣṇaḥ kṛtajño vijitendriyaḥ", "mṛduś ca sthiracittaś ca sadā bhavyo 'nasūyakaḥ"], "translation": "Forbearing, conciliatory, gentle of speech, grateful, master of his senses, mild yet firm of mind, ever gracious and free of envy;", "sarga_title": "The assembly endorses Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.2.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 2, "verse": 22, "iast": ["priyavādī ca bhūtānāṃ satyavādī ca rāghavaḥ", "bahuśrutānāṃ vṛddhānāṃ brāhmaṇānām upāsitā"], "translation": "Rāghava speaks kindly to (all) beings and speaks the truth; he is a devoted attendant upon the learned, aged brahmins.", "sarga_title": "The assembly endorses Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.2.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 2, "verse": 23, "iast": ["tenāsyehātulā kīrtir yaśas tejaś ca vardhate", "devāsuramanuṣyāṇāṃ sarvāstreṣu viśāradaḥ"], "translation": "Thereby his matchless renown, fame, and splendour grow here; and he is skilled in all the weapons of gods, demons, and men.", "sarga_title": "The assembly endorses Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.2.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 2, "verse": 24, "iast": ["yadā vrajati saṃgrāmaṃ grāmārthe nagarasya vā", "gatvā saumitrisahito nāvijitya nivartate"], "translation": "When he goes to battle for the sake of a village or a city, once he has gone, accompanied by Saumitri (Lakṣmaṇa), he does not turn back without conquering.", "sarga_title": "The assembly endorses Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.2.25", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 2, "verse": 25, "iast": ["saṃgrāmāt punar āgamya kuñjareṇa rathena vā", "paurān svajanavan nityaṃ kuśalaṃ paripṛcchati"], "translation": "Returning from battle on an elephant or a chariot, he always inquires after the townsfolk's welfare as though after his own kin.", "sarga_title": "The assembly endorses Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.2.26", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 2, "verse": 26, "iast": ["putreṣv agniṣu dāreṣu preṣyaśiṣyagaṇeṣu ca", "nikhilenānupūrvyā ca pitā putrān ivaurasān"], "translation": "About their sons, their sacred fires, their wives, and the throng of their servants and pupils — completely and in due order — (he inquires), like a father after his own-begotten sons:", "sarga_title": "The assembly endorses Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.2.27", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 2, "verse": 27, "iast": ["śuśrūṣante ca vaḥ śiṣyāḥ kaccit karmasu daṃśitāḥ", "iti naḥ puruṣavyāghraḥ sadā rāmo 'bhibhāṣate"], "translation": "‘Do your pupils serve you well? Are they resolute, girded up in their tasks?’ — thus does Rāma, that tiger among men, always speak to us.", "sarga_title": "The assembly endorses Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.2.28", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 2, "verse": 28, "iast": ["vyasaneṣu manuṣyāṇāṃ bhṛśaṃ bhavati duḥkhitaḥ", "utsaveṣu ca sarveṣu piteva parituṣyati"], "translation": "In men's misfortunes he becomes deeply grieved, and in all their festivities he rejoices like a father.", "sarga_title": "The assembly endorses Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.2.29", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 2, "verse": 29, "iast": ["satyavādī maheṣvāso vṛddhasevī jitendriyaḥ", "vatsaḥ śreyasi jātas te diṣṭyāsau tava rāghavaḥ", "diṣṭyā putraguṇair yukto mārīca iva kaśyapaḥ"], "translation": "Truthful, a great archer, a server of elders, master of his senses — this dear son of yours, Rāghava, is by good fortune born to (your) prosperity; by good fortune he is endowed with a son's virtues, like Kaśyapa the son of Marīci.", "sarga_title": "The assembly endorses Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.2.30", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 2, "verse": 30, "iast": ["balam ārogyam āyuś ca rāmasya viditātmanaḥ", "āśaṃsate janaḥ sarvo rāṣṭre puravare tathā"], "translation": "All the people, in the realm and likewise in the finest city, pray for the strength, health, and long life of Rāma, whose true nature is well known.", "sarga_title": "The assembly endorses Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.2.31", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 2, "verse": 31, "iast": ["abhyantaraś ca bāhyaś ca paurajānapado janaḥ", "striyo vṛddhās taruṇyaś ca sāyaṃprātaḥ samāhitāḥ"], "translation": "The townsfolk and country-folk, both within and without (the city), and the women — the aged and the young — evening and morning, with concentrated minds,", "sarga_title": "The assembly endorses Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.2.32", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 2, "verse": 32, "iast": ["sarvān devān namasyanti rāmasyārthe yaśasvinaḥ", "teṣām āyācitaṃ deva tvatprasādāt samṛdhyatām"], "translation": "bow to all the gods for the sake of the illustrious Rāma; may their prayer, O king, be fulfilled by your grace.", "sarga_title": "The assembly endorses Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.2.33", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 2, "verse": 33, "iast": ["rāmam indīvaraśyāmaṃ sarvaśatrunibarhaṇam", "paśyāmo yauvarājyasthaṃ tava rājottamātmajam"], "translation": "May we behold Rāma — dark as a blue lotus, crusher of all foes, your son, O best of kings — installed in the office of heir-apparent.", "sarga_title": "The assembly endorses Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.2.34", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 2, "verse": 34, "iast": ["taṃ devadevopamam ātmajaṃ te sarvasya lokasya hite niviṣṭam", "hitāya naḥ kṣipram udārajuṣṭaṃ mudābhiṣektuṃ varada tvam arhasi", "hitāya naḥ kṣipram udārajuṣṭaṃ", "mudābhiṣektuṃ varada tvam arhasi"], "translation": "That son of yours, like the God of gods, devoted to the welfare of all the world, endowed with nobility — him, O giver of boons, you ought gladly and speedily to consecrate, for our welfare.", "sarga_title": "The assembly endorses Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.3.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 3, "verse": 1, "iast": ["teṣām ajñalipadmāni pragṛhītāni sarvaśaḥ", "pratigṛhyābravīd rājā tebhyaḥ priyahitaṃ vacaḥ"], "translation": "Accepting the lotus-like joined palms that they all held out, the king spoke to them words both kind and beneficial:", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s abhiṣeka announced"}
{"ref": "2.3.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 3, "verse": 2, "iast": ["aho 'smi paramaprītaḥ prabhāvaś cātulo mama", "yan me jyeṣṭhaṃ priyaṃ putraṃ yauvarājyastham icchatha"], "translation": "“Ah, I am supremely delighted, and matchless is my power, in that you wish my beloved eldest son to be installed as heir-apparent.”", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s abhiṣeka announced"}
{"ref": "2.3.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 3, "verse": 3, "iast": ["iti pratyarcya tān rājā brāhmaṇān idam abravīt", "vasiṣṭhaṃ vāmadevaṃ ca teṣām evopaśṛṇvatām"], "translation": "Having thus honoured those brahmins in return, the king said this to Vasiṣṭha and Vāmadeva, while the others were listening:", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s abhiṣeka announced"}
{"ref": "2.3.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 3, "verse": 4, "iast": ["caitraḥ śrīmān ayaṃ māsaḥ puṇyaḥ puṣpitakānanaḥ", "yauvarājyāya rāmasya sarvam evopakalpyatām"], "translation": "“This lovely, holy month of Caitra, when the woodlands are in flower, is at hand; let everything be made ready for Rāma's installation as heir-apparent.”", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s abhiṣeka announced"}
{"ref": "2.3.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 3, "verse": 5, "iast": ["kṛtam ity eva cābrūtām abhigamya jagatpatim", "yathoktavacanaṃ prītau harṣayuktau dvijarṣabhau"], "translation": "“It is as good as done” — so said the two bulls among brahmins, delighted and filled with joy, approaching the lord of the world in accordance with his words.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s abhiṣeka announced"}
{"ref": "2.3.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 3, "verse": 6, "iast": ["tataḥ sumantraṃ dyutimān rājā vacanam abravīt", "rāmaḥ kṛtātmā bhavatā śīghram ānīiyatām iti"], "translation": "Then the resplendent king said these words to Sumantra: “Let the noble-souled Rāma be brought here by you at once.”", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s abhiṣeka announced"}
{"ref": "2.3.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 3, "verse": 7, "iast": ["sa tatheti pratijñāya sumantro rājaśāsanāt", "rāmaṃ tatrānayāṃ cakre rathena rathināṃ varam"], "translation": "Assenting with “So be it,” Sumantra, at the king's command, brought Rāma there by chariot — that best of chariot-warriors.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s abhiṣeka announced"}
{"ref": "2.3.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 3, "verse": 8, "iast": ["atha tatra samāsīnās tadā daśarathaṃ nṛpam", "prācyodīcyāḥ pratīcyāś ca dākṣiṇātyāś ca bhūmipāḥ"], "translation": "Then, seated there about King Daśaratha, were rulers of the East, the North, the West, and the South,", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s abhiṣeka announced"}
{"ref": "2.3.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 3, "verse": 9, "iast": ["mlecchāś cāryāś ca ye cānye vanaśailāntavāsinaḥ", "upāsāṃ cakrire sarve taṃ devā iva vāsavam"], "translation": "barbarians and Aryans, and whatever others dwelt at the edges of forests and mountains — all of them waited upon him, as the gods upon Vāsava (Indra).", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s abhiṣeka announced"}
{"ref": "2.3.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 3, "verse": 10, "iast": ["teṣāṃ madhye sa rājarṣir marutām iva vāsavaḥ", "prāsādastho rathagataṃ dadarśāyāntam ātmajam"], "translation": "In their midst, that royal sage, like Vāsava among the Maruts, standing on his palace, saw his son coming, borne in the chariot.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s abhiṣeka announced"}
{"ref": "2.3.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 3, "verse": 11, "iast": ["gandharvarājapratimaṃ loke vikhyātapauruṣam", "dīrghabāhuṃ mahāsattvaṃ mattamātaṅgagāminam"], "translation": "(He saw him) like the king of the gandharvas, of manhood renowned in the world, long-armed, of great strength, moving with the gait of a rutting elephant,", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s abhiṣeka announced"}
{"ref": "2.3.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 3, "verse": 12, "iast": ["candrakāntānanaṃ rāmam atīva priyadarśanam", "rūpaudāryaguṇaiḥ puṃsāṃ dṛṣṭicittāpahāriṇam"], "translation": "Rāma, his face lovely as the moon, exceedingly pleasing to behold, who by the qualities of his beauty and nobility stole away the eyes and hearts of men.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s abhiṣeka announced"}
{"ref": "2.3.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 3, "verse": 13, "iast": ["gharmābhitaptāḥ parjanyaṃ hlādayantam iva prajāḥ", "na tatarpa samāyāntaṃ paśyamāno narādhipaḥ"], "translation": "As the people, scorched by heat, are refreshed by a rain-cloud, so the king, gazing on his approaching son, could not be sated with the sight.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s abhiṣeka announced"}
{"ref": "2.3.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 3, "verse": 14, "iast": ["avatārya sumantras taṃ rāghavaṃ syandanottamāt", "pituḥ samīpaṃ gacchantaṃ prāñjaliḥ pṛṣṭhato 'nvagāt"], "translation": "Having helped that Rāghava down from the excellent chariot, Sumantra, with palms joined, followed behind him as he went into his father's presence.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s abhiṣeka announced"}
{"ref": "2.3.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 3, "verse": 15, "iast": ["sa taṃ kailāsaśṛṅgābhaṃ prāsādaṃ narapuṃgavaḥ", "āruroha nṛpaṃ draṣṭuṃ saha sūtena rāghavaḥ"], "translation": "That bull among men, Rāghava, together with the charioteer, ascended the palace, radiant as a peak of Kailāsa, to see the king.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s abhiṣeka announced"}
{"ref": "2.3.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 3, "verse": 16, "iast": ["sa prāñjalir abhipretya praṇataḥ pitur antike", "nāma svaṃ śrāvayan rāmo vavande caraṇau pituḥ"], "translation": "With palms joined and bowing low in his father's presence, Rāma, announcing his own name, saluted his father's feet.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s abhiṣeka announced"}
{"ref": "2.3.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 3, "verse": 17, "iast": ["taṃ dṛṣṭvā praṇataṃ pārśve kṛtāñjalipuṭaṃ nṛpaḥ", "gṛhyāñjalau samākṛṣya sasvaje priyam ātmajam"], "translation": "Seeing him bowed at his side with hollowed palms joined, the king, taking him by the joined hands and drawing him near, embraced his beloved son.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s abhiṣeka announced"}
{"ref": "2.3.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 3, "verse": 18, "iast": ["tasmai cābhyudyataṃ śrīmān maṇikāñcanabhūṣitam", "dideśa rājā ruciraṃ rāmāya paramāsanam"], "translation": "And the glorious king assigned to him — to Rāma — a splendid, lofty seat, adorned with jewels and gold, an excellent throne.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s abhiṣeka announced"}
{"ref": "2.3.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 3, "verse": 19, "iast": ["tad āsanavaraṃ prāpya vyadīpayata rāghavaḥ", "svayeva prabhayā merum udaye vimalo raviḥ"], "translation": "Taking that excellent seat, Rāghava lit it up, as the spotless rising sun lights up Mount Meru with its own radiance.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s abhiṣeka announced"}
{"ref": "2.3.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 3, "verse": 20, "iast": ["tena vibhrājitā tatra sā sabhābhivyarocata", "vimalagrahanakṣatrā śāradī dyaur ivendunā"], "translation": "Made radiant by him, that assembly shone there like an autumn sky, with its clear planets and stars, lit by the moon.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s abhiṣeka announced"}
{"ref": "2.3.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 3, "verse": 21, "iast": ["taṃ paśyamāno nṛpatis tutoṣa priyam ātmajam", "alaṃkṛtam ivātmānam ādarśatalasaṃsthitam"], "translation": "Gazing on his beloved son, the king rejoiced, (seeing him) as though it were his own adorned self set within the surface of a mirror.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s abhiṣeka announced"}
{"ref": "2.3.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 3, "verse": 22, "iast": ["sa taṃ sasmitam ābhāṣya putraṃ putravatāṃ varaḥ", "uvācedaṃ vaco rājā devendram iva kaśyapaḥ"], "translation": "That best among fathers, the king, addressing his son with a smile, spoke these words, as Kaśyapa (spoke) to Indra, king of the gods:", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s abhiṣeka announced"}
{"ref": "2.3.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 3, "verse": 23, "iast": ["jyeṣṭhāyām asi me patnyāṃ sadṛśyāṃ sadṛśaḥ sutaḥ", "utpannas tvaṃ guṇaśreṣṭho mama rāmātmajaḥ priyaḥ"], "translation": "“You are a son worthy of me, born of my eldest and worthy queen; you, Rāma, best in virtues, are my beloved son.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s abhiṣeka announced"}
{"ref": "2.3.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 3, "verse": 24, "iast": ["tvayā yataḥ prajāś cemāḥ svaguṇair anurañjitāḥ", "tasmāt tvaṃ puṣyayogena yauvarājyam avāpnuhi"], "translation": "Since these subjects have been won over by your own virtues, therefore, at the conjunction with (the constellation) Puṣya, receive the office of heir-apparent.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s abhiṣeka announced"}
{"ref": "2.3.25", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 3, "verse": 25, "iast": ["kāmatas tvaṃ prakṛtyaiva vinīto guṇavān asi", "guṇavaty api tu snehāt putra vakṣyāmi te hitam"], "translation": "By nature and of your own accord you are indeed disciplined and virtuous; yet, though you are virtuous, out of affection, my son, I shall tell you what is good for you.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s abhiṣeka announced"}
{"ref": "2.3.26", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 3, "verse": 26, "iast": ["bhūyo vinayam āsthāya bhava nityaṃ jitendriyaḥ", "kāmakrodhasamutthāni tyajethā vyasanāni ca"], "translation": "Cultivating humility still more, be ever master of your senses; and shun the vices that spring from desire and anger.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s abhiṣeka announced"}
{"ref": "2.3.27", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 3, "verse": 27, "iast": ["parokṣayā vartamāno vṛttyā pratyakṣayā tathā", "amātyaprabhṛtīḥ sarvāḥ prakṛtīś cānurañjaya"], "translation": "Conducting yourself both by indirect means (through agents) and directly, win over all the elements of state, beginning with the ministers.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s abhiṣeka announced"}
{"ref": "2.3.28", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 3, "verse": 28, "iast": ["tuṣṭānuraktaprakṛtir yaḥ pālayati medinīm", "tasya nandanti mitrāṇi labdhvāmṛtam ivāmarāḥ", "tasmāt putra tvam ātmānaṃ niyamyaiva samācara"], "translation": "The friends of one who rules the earth with his subjects contented and devoted rejoice, as the immortals do on obtaining the nectar; therefore, my son, conduct yourself keeping yourself ever restrained.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s abhiṣeka announced"}
{"ref": "2.3.29", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 3, "verse": 29, "iast": ["tac chrutvā suhṛdas tasya rāmasya priyakāriṇaḥ", "tvaritāḥ śīghram abhyetya kausalyāyai nyavedayan"], "translation": "Hearing that, the well-wishers of Rāma, eager to do him a kindness, hastened swiftly to Kausalyā and reported it.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s abhiṣeka announced"}
{"ref": "2.3.30", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 3, "verse": 30, "iast": ["sā hiraṇyaṃ ca gāś caiva ratnāni vividhāni ca", "vyādideśa priyākhyebhyaḥ kausalyā pramadottamā"], "translation": "That best of women, Kausalyā, ordered gold, cattle, and jewels of every kind (to be given) to those who brought the glad news.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s abhiṣeka announced"}
{"ref": "2.3.31", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 3, "verse": 31, "iast": ["athābhivādya rājānaṃ ratham āruhya rāghavaḥ", "yayau svaṃ dyutimad veśma janaughaiḥ pratipūjitaḥ"], "translation": "Then, having saluted the king and mounted his chariot, Rāghava went to his own splendid dwelling, honoured by the crowds of people.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s abhiṣeka announced"}
{"ref": "2.3.32", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 3, "verse": 32, "iast": ["te cāpi paurā nṛpater vacas tac chrutvā tadā lābham iveṣṭam āpya", "narendram āmantya gṛhāṇi gatvā devān samānarcur atīva hṛṣṭāḥ", "narendram āmantya gṛhāṇi gatvā", "devān samānarcur atīva hṛṣṭāḥ"], "translation": "And those townsfolk too, on hearing that speech of the king, as if they had gained a wished-for prize, took leave of the king, went to their homes, and, greatly delighted, worshipped the gods.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s abhiṣeka announced"}
{"ref": "2.4.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 4, "verse": 1, "iast": ["gateṣv atha nṛpo bhūyaḥ paureṣu saha mantribhiḥ", "mantrayitvā tataś cakre niścayajñaḥ sa niścayam"], "translation": "When the townsfolk had departed, the king, a knower of decisions, deliberated once more with his ministers and then made his decision:", "sarga_title": "Omens hasten the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.4.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 4, "verse": 2, "iast": ["śva eva puṣyo bhavitā śvo 'bhiṣecyeta me sutaḥ", "rāmo rājīvatāmrākṣo yauvarājya iti prabhuḥ"], "translation": "“Tomorrow the (constellation) Puṣya will be present; tomorrow let my son Rāma, whose eyes are coppery like a lotus, be consecrated to the heir-apparency” — so (thought) the lord.", "sarga_title": "Omens hasten the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.4.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 4, "verse": 3, "iast": ["athāntargṛham āviśya rājā daśarathas tadā", "sūtam ājñāpayām āsa rāmaṃ punar ihānaya"], "translation": "Then, entering his inner apartments, King Daśaratha thereupon commanded the charioteer: “Bring Rāma here once again.”", "sarga_title": "Omens hasten the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.4.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 4, "verse": 4, "iast": ["pratigṛhya sa tadvākyaṃ sūtaḥ punar upāyayau", "rāmasya bhavanaṃ śīghraṃ rāmam ānayituṃ punaḥ"], "translation": "Accepting that command, the charioteer went once more, quickly, to Rāma's dwelling, to fetch Rāma again.", "sarga_title": "Omens hasten the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.4.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 4, "verse": 5, "iast": ["dvāḥsthair āveditaṃ tasya rāmāyāgamanaṃ punaḥ", "śrutvaiva cāpi rāmas taṃ prāptaṃ śaṅkānvito 'bhavat"], "translation": "The (charioteer's) coming again was announced to Rāma by the door-keepers; and just on hearing that he had arrived, Rāma became filled with misgiving.", "sarga_title": "Omens hasten the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.4.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 4, "verse": 6, "iast": ["praveśya cainaṃ tvaritaṃ rāmo vacanam abravīt", "yad āgamanakṛtyaṃ te bhūyas tad brūhy aśeṣataḥ"], "translation": "Having quickly ushered him in, Rāma spoke these words: “Whatever be the purpose of your coming again, tell it to me in full.”", "sarga_title": "Omens hasten the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.4.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 4, "verse": 7, "iast": ["tam uvāca tataḥ sūto rājā tvāṃ draṣṭum icchati", "śrutvā pramāṇam atra tvaṃ gamanāyetarāya vā"], "translation": "Then the charioteer said to him: “The king wishes to see you; having heard this, you must decide about going or otherwise.”", "sarga_title": "Omens hasten the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.4.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 4, "verse": 8, "iast": ["iti sūtavacaḥ śrutvā rāmo 'tha tvarayānvitaḥ", "prayayau rājabhavanaṃ punar draṣṭuṃ nareśvaram"], "translation": "Hearing these words of the charioteer, Rāma, filled with haste, set out again for the royal palace to see the lord of men.", "sarga_title": "Omens hasten the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.4.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 4, "verse": 9, "iast": ["taṃ śrutvā samanuprāptaṃ rāmaṃ daśaratho nṛpaḥ", "praveśayām āsa gṛhaṃ vivikṣuḥ priyam uttamam"], "translation": "Hearing that Rāma had arrived, King Daśaratha, wishing to speak (with him) about the highest and dearest matter, had him ushered into the (inner) chamber.", "sarga_title": "Omens hasten the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.4.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 4, "verse": 10, "iast": ["praviśann eva ca śrīmān rāghavo bhavanaṃ pituḥ", "dadarśa pitaraṃ dūrāt praṇipatya kṛtāñjaliḥ"], "translation": "As the glorious Rāghava entered his father's dwelling, he saw his father from afar, and, bowing down, joined his palms.", "sarga_title": "Omens hasten the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.4.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 4, "verse": 11, "iast": ["praṇamantaṃ samutthāpya taṃ pariṣvajya bhūmipaḥ", "pradiśya cāsmai ruciram āsanaṃ punar abravīt"], "translation": "Raising him up as he bowed, and embracing him, the lord of the earth pointed out to him a splendid seat, and then spoke again:", "sarga_title": "Omens hasten the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.4.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 4, "verse": 12, "iast": ["rāma vṛddho 'smi dīrghāyur bhuktā bhogā mayepsitāḥ", "annavadbhiḥ kratuśatais tatheṣṭaṃ bhūridakṣiṇaiḥ"], "translation": "“Rāma, I am old and long-lived; the pleasures I desired have been enjoyed by me; and I have likewise sacrificed with hundreds of rites, abounding in food and rich in sacrificial fees.", "sarga_title": "Omens hasten the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.4.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 4, "verse": 13, "iast": ["jātam iṣṭam apatyaṃ me tvam adyānupamaṃ bhuvi", "dattam iṣṭam adhītaṃ ca mayā puruṣasattama"], "translation": "The offspring I desired has been born to me — you, today, peerless upon the earth; and I have given, sacrificed, and studied (the Veda), O best of men.", "sarga_title": "Omens hasten the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.4.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 4, "verse": 14, "iast": ["anubhūtāni ceṣṭāni mayā vīra sukhāni ca", "devarṣi pitṛviprāṇām anṛṇo 'smi tathātmanaḥ"], "translation": "The desired pleasures too have been experienced by me, O hero; and I am free of debt to the gods, the sages, the ancestors, and the brahmins, and likewise to myself.", "sarga_title": "Omens hasten the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.4.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 4, "verse": 15, "iast": ["na kiṃ cin mama kartavyaṃ tavānyatrābhiṣecanāt", "ato yat tvām ahaṃ brūyāṃ tan me tvaṃ kartum arhasi"], "translation": "There is nothing left for me to do except your consecration; therefore, whatever I tell you, that you ought to do for me.", "sarga_title": "Omens hasten the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.4.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 4, "verse": 16, "iast": ["adya prakṛtayaḥ sarvās tvām icchanti narādhipam", "atas tvāṃ yuvarājānam abhiṣekṣyāmi putraka"], "translation": "Today all the subjects wish for you as their king; therefore I shall consecrate you as heir-apparent, my dear boy.", "sarga_title": "Omens hasten the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.4.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 4, "verse": 17, "iast": ["api cādyāśubhān rāma svapnān paśyāmi dāruṇān", "sanirghātā maholkāś ca patantīha mahāsvanāḥ"], "translation": "Moreover, of late, Rāma, I have been seeing terrible, inauspicious dreams; and great meteors, with thunderclaps, fall here with a mighty crash.", "sarga_title": "Omens hasten the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.4.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 4, "verse": 18, "iast": ["avaṣṭabdhaṃ ca me rāma nakṣatraṃ dāruṇair grahaiḥ", "āvedayanti daivajñāḥ sūryāṅgārakarāhubhiḥ"], "translation": "And my birth-star, Rāma, is beset by fearsome planets — by the Sun, Mars, and Rāhu — so the astrologers inform me.", "sarga_title": "Omens hasten the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.4.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 4, "verse": 19, "iast": ["prāyeṇa hi nimittānām īdṛśānāṃ samudbhave", "rājā vā mṛtyum āpnoti ghorāṃ vāpadam ṛcchati"], "translation": "For generally, when such omens arise, a king either meets his death or falls into some dreadful calamity.", "sarga_title": "Omens hasten the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.4.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 4, "verse": 20, "iast": ["tad yāvad eva me ceto na vimuhyati rāghava", "tāvad evābhiṣiñcasva calā hi prāṇināṃ matiḥ"], "translation": "So then, Rāghava, while my mind is not yet deranged, be consecrated at once; for the minds of living beings are fickle.", "sarga_title": "Omens hasten the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.4.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 4, "verse": 21, "iast": ["adya candro 'bhyupagataḥ puṣyāt pūrvaṃ punar vasum", "śvaḥ puṣya yogaṃ niyataṃ vakṣyante daivacintakāḥ"], "translation": "Today the moon has reached Punarvasu, which precedes Puṣya; tomorrow, the astrologers declare, its conjunction with Puṣya is assured.", "sarga_title": "Omens hasten the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.4.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 4, "verse": 22, "iast": ["tatra puṣye 'bhiṣiñcasva manas tvarayatīva mām", "śvas tvāham abhiṣekṣyāmi yauvarājye paraṃtapa"], "translation": "Then, at (the conjunction with) Puṣya, be consecrated; my mind, as it were, urges me on. Tomorrow I shall consecrate you to the heir-apparency, O scorcher of foes.", "sarga_title": "Omens hasten the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.4.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 4, "verse": 23, "iast": ["tasmāt tvayādya vratinā niśeyaṃ niyatātmanā", "saha vadhvopavastavyā darbhaprastaraśāyinā"], "translation": "Therefore this night must be passed by you under a vow, self-controlled, sleeping on a bed of darbha-grass together with your wife.", "sarga_title": "Omens hasten the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.4.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 4, "verse": 24, "iast": ["suhṛdaś cāpramattās tvāṃ rakṣantv adya samantataḥ", "bhavanti bahuvighnāni kāryāṇy evaṃvidhāni hi"], "translation": "And let your well-wishers, vigilant, guard you today on every side; for undertakings of this kind are beset with many obstacles.", "sarga_title": "Omens hasten the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.4.25", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 4, "verse": 25, "iast": ["viproṣitaś ca bharato yāvad eva purād itaḥ", "tāvad evābhiṣekas te prāptakālo mato mama"], "translation": "And just while Bharata is away, absent from this city, so long — that is, this very time — is, in my view, the fitting time for your consecration.", "sarga_title": "Omens hasten the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.4.26", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 4, "verse": 26, "iast": ["kāmaṃ khalu satāṃ vṛtte bhrātā te bharataḥ sthitaḥ", "jyeṣṭhānuvartī dharmātmā sānukrośo jitendriyaḥ"], "translation": "To be sure, your brother Bharata stands firm in the conduct of the good — deferential to his elder, righteous, compassionate, master of his senses;", "sarga_title": "Omens hasten the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.4.27", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 4, "verse": 27, "iast": ["kiṃ tu cittaṃ manuṣyāṇām anityam iti me matiḥ", "satāṃ ca dharmanityānāṃ kṛtaśobhi ca rāghava"], "translation": "yet the mind of men is unsteady — such is my conviction — even among the good who are ever devoted to dharma; and (a thing done in season) shines by being done, O Rāghava.", "sarga_title": "Omens hasten the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.4.28", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 4, "verse": 28, "iast": ["ity uktaḥ so 'bhyanujñātaḥ śvobhāviny abhiṣecane", "vrajeti rāmaḥ pitaram abhivādyābhyayād gṛham"], "translation": "Addressed thus, Rāma, dismissed with “Go” regarding the consecration that was to take place the next day, saluted his father and went to his house.", "sarga_title": "Omens hasten the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.4.29", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 4, "verse": 29, "iast": ["praviśya cātmano veśma rājñoddiṣṭe 'bhiṣecane", "tasmin kṣaṇe vinirgatya mātur antaḥpuraṃ yayau"], "translation": "Having entered his own dwelling — the consecration having been ordained by the king — he went out again in that same moment and made his way to his mother's inner apartments.", "sarga_title": "Omens hasten the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.4.30", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 4, "verse": 30, "iast": ["tatra tāṃ pravaṇām eva mātaraṃ kṣaumavāsinīm", "vāgyatāṃ devatāgāre dadarśa yācatīṃ śriyam"], "translation": "There he saw his mother, clad in silk, wholly absorbed (in devotion), silent, in the shrine, praying for (his) prosperity.", "sarga_title": "Omens hasten the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.4.31", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 4, "verse": 31, "iast": ["prāg eva cāgatā tatra sumitrā lakṣmaṇas tathā", "sītā cānāyitā śrutvā priyaṃ rāmābhiṣecanam"], "translation": "Sumitrā had already come there before, and Lakṣmaṇa likewise; and Sītā too had been sent for, on hearing the glad news of Rāma's consecration.", "sarga_title": "Omens hasten the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.4.32", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 4, "verse": 32, "iast": ["tasmin kāle hi kausalyā tasthāv āmīlitekṣaṇā", "sumitrayānvāsyamānā sītayā lakṣmaṇena ca"], "translation": "At that time Kausalyā stood with her eyes half-closed, attended by Sumitrā, by Sītā, and by Lakṣmaṇa,", "sarga_title": "Omens hasten the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.4.33", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 4, "verse": 33, "iast": ["śrutvā puṣyeṇa putrasya yauvarājyābhiṣecanam", "prāṇāyāmena puruṣaṃ dhyāyamānā janārdanam"], "translation": "having heard of her son's consecration to the heir-apparency at (the conjunction with) Puṣya, and, through breath-control, meditating on the Person, Janārdana (Viṣṇu).", "sarga_title": "Omens hasten the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.4.34", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 4, "verse": 34, "iast": ["tathā saniyamām eva so 'bhigamyābhivādya ca", "uvāca vacanaṃ rāmo harṣayaṃs tām idaṃ tadā"], "translation": "Approaching her thus observing her vow, and saluting her, Rāma then spoke these words, gladdening her:", "sarga_title": "Omens hasten the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.4.35", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 4, "verse": 35, "iast": ["amba pitrā niyukto 'smi prajāpālanakarmaṇi", "bhavitā śvo 'bhiṣeko me yathā me śāsanaṃ pituḥ"], "translation": "“Mother, I have been appointed by my father to the task of protecting the people; tomorrow my consecration will take place, according to my father's command.", "sarga_title": "Omens hasten the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.4.36", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 4, "verse": 36, "iast": ["sītayāpy upavastavyā rajanīyaṃ mayā saha", "evam ṛtvigupādhyāyaiḥ saha mām uktavān pitā"], "translation": "This night is to be spent by Sītā as well, together with me (in fasting and vow); thus my father, together with the priests and preceptors, told me.", "sarga_title": "Omens hasten the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.4.37", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 4, "verse": 37, "iast": ["yāni yāny atra yogyāni śvobhāviny abhiṣecane", "tāni me maṅgalāny adya vaidehyāś caiva kāraya"], "translation": "Whatever things are suitable for the consecration that is to take place tomorrow — those auspicious rites have performed today for me and for Vaidehī (Sītā).”", "sarga_title": "Omens hasten the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.4.38", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 4, "verse": 38, "iast": ["etac chrutvā tu kausalyā cirakālābhikāṅkṣitam", "harṣabāṣpakalaṃ vākyam idaṃ rāmam abhāṣata"], "translation": "Hearing this, long yearned-for, Kausalyā spoke to Rāma these words, faltering with tears of joy:", "sarga_title": "Omens hasten the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.4.39", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 4, "verse": 39, "iast": ["vatsa rāma ciraṃ jīva hatās te paripanthinaḥ", "jñātīn me tvaṃ śriyā yuktaḥ sumitrāyāś ca nandaya"], "translation": "“Dear Rāma, may you live long; slain be your adversaries! You, endowed with royal fortune, gladden my kinsmen and Sumitrā's as well.", "sarga_title": "Omens hasten the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.4.40", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 4, "verse": 40, "iast": ["kalyāṇe bata nakṣatre mayi jāto 'si putraka", "yena tvayā daśaratho guṇair ārādhitaḥ pitā"], "translation": "Under an auspicious star, indeed, were you born of me, my dear boy — you by whom, through your virtues, your father Daśaratha has been won over.", "sarga_title": "Omens hasten the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.4.41", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 4, "verse": 41, "iast": ["amoghaṃ bata me kṣāntaṃ puruṣe puṣkarekṣaṇe", "yeyam ikṣvākurājyaśrīḥ putra tvāṃ saṃśrayiṣyati"], "translation": "Not in vain, indeed, has my devotion to the lotus-eyed Person (Viṣṇu) been endured, since this royal fortune of the Ikṣvākus, my son, will now rest upon you.", "sarga_title": "Omens hasten the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.4.42", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 4, "verse": 42, "iast": ["ity evam ukto mātredaṃ rāmo bhāratam abravīt", "prāñjaliṃ prahvam āsīnam abhivīkṣya smayann iva"], "translation": "Thus addressed by his mother, Rāma said this to the brother (Lakṣmaṇa), looking at him seated with palms joined and bowed low, and, as it were, smiling:", "sarga_title": "Omens hasten the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.4.43", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 4, "verse": 43, "iast": ["lakṣmaṇemāṃ mayā sārdhaṃ praśādhi tvaṃ vasuṃdharām", "dvitīyaṃ me 'ntarātmānaṃ tvām iyaṃ śrīr upasthitā"], "translation": "“Lakṣmaṇa, rule you this earth together with me; this royal fortune has come to you, who are my second self.", "sarga_title": "Omens hasten the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.4.44", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 4, "verse": 44, "iast": ["saumitre bhuṅkṣva bhogāṃs tvam iṣṭān rājyaphalāni ca", "jīvitaṃ ca hi rājyaṃ ca tvadartham abhikāmaye"], "translation": "Saumitri, enjoy you the desired pleasures and the fruits of sovereignty; for it is for your sake that I long for both life and kingship.”", "sarga_title": "Omens hasten the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.4.45", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 4, "verse": 45, "iast": ["ity uktvā lakṣmaṇaṃ rāmo mātarāv abhivādya ca", "abhyanujñāpya sītāṃ ca jagāma svaṃ niveśanam"], "translation": "Having spoken thus to Lakṣmaṇa, and having saluted his (two) mothers and taken leave of Sītā, Rāma went to his own dwelling.", "sarga_title": "Omens hasten the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.5.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 5, "verse": 1, "iast": ["saṃdiśya rāmaṃ nṛpatiḥ śvobhāviny abhiṣecane", "purohitaṃ samāhūya vasiṣṭham idam abravīt"], "translation": "Having given instructions to Rāma concerning the consecration to take place on the morrow, the king summoned the family priest Vasiṣṭha and said this:", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha prepares the upavāsa"}
{"ref": "2.5.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 5, "verse": 2, "iast": ["gacchopavāsaṃ kākutsthaṃ kārayādya tapodhana", "śrīyaśorājyalābhāya vadhvā saha yatavratam"], "translation": "“Go, O you whose wealth is austerity, and have Kākutstha today observe a fast with strict vows, together with his bride, for the gaining of fortune, glory, and kingship.", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha prepares the upavāsa"}
{"ref": "2.5.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 5, "verse": 3, "iast": ["tatheti ca sa rājānam uktvā vedavidāṃ varaḥ", "svayaṃ vasiṣṭho bhagavān yayau rāmaniveśanam"], "translation": "“So be it,” said the blessed Vasiṣṭha, best of those who know the Vedas, to the king, and he himself went to Rāma's dwelling.", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha prepares the upavāsa"}
{"ref": "2.5.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 5, "verse": 4, "iast": ["sa rāmabhavanaṃ prāpya pāṇḍurābhraghanaprabham", "tisraḥ kakṣyā rathenaiva viveśa munisattamaḥ"], "translation": "Reaching Rāma's palace, which shone like a mass of white cloud, that best of sages passed through three courtyards by chariot itself.", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha prepares the upavāsa"}
{"ref": "2.5.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 5, "verse": 5, "iast": ["tam āgatam ṛṣiṃ rāmas tvarann iva sasaṃbhramaḥ", "mānayiṣyan sa mānārhaṃ niścakrāma niveśanāt"], "translation": "As if hastening, in eager haste, Rāma came out from his dwelling to honour that seer who had come and who deserved honour.", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha prepares the upavāsa"}
{"ref": "2.5.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 5, "verse": 6, "iast": ["abhyetya tvaramāṇaś ca rathābhyāśaṃ manīṣiṇaḥ", "tato 'vatārayām āsa parigṛhya rathāt svayam"], "translation": "Hurrying up close to the chariot of the wise one, he then himself took hold of him and helped him down from the chariot.", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha prepares the upavāsa"}
{"ref": "2.5.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 5, "verse": 7, "iast": ["sa cainaṃ praśritaṃ dṛṣṭvā saṃbhāṣyābhiprasādya ca", "priyārhaṃ harṣayan rāmam ity uvāca purohitaḥ"], "translation": "And the family priest, seeing him so modest, addressing and graciously pleasing him, gladdening Rāma who deserved kindness, spoke thus:", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha prepares the upavāsa"}
{"ref": "2.5.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 5, "verse": 8, "iast": ["prasannas te pitā rāma yauvarājyam avāpsyasi", "upavāsaṃ bhavān adya karotu saha sītayā"], "translation": "“Your father is pleased, Rāma; you will obtain the office of heir-apparent. Let your honour today observe a fast together with Sītā.", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha prepares the upavāsa"}
{"ref": "2.5.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 5, "verse": 9, "iast": ["prātas tvām abhiṣektā hi yauvarājye narādhipaḥ", "pitā daśarathaḥ prītyā yayātiṃ nahuṣo yathā"], "translation": "For at dawn your father, King Daśaratha, the lord of men, will with affection consecrate you into the office of heir-apparent, as Nahuṣa did Yayāti.", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha prepares the upavāsa"}
{"ref": "2.5.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 5, "verse": 10, "iast": ["ity uktvā sa tadā rāmam upavāsaṃ yatavratam", "mantravat kārayām āsa vaidehyā sahitaṃ muniḥ"], "translation": "Having said this, the sage then had Rāma, together with Vaidehī, observe the fast with strict vows in accordance with the sacred formulas.", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha prepares the upavāsa"}
{"ref": "2.5.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 5, "verse": 11, "iast": ["tato yathāvad rāmeṇa sa rājño gurur arcitaḥ", "abhyanujñāpya kākutsthaṃ yayau rāmaniveśanāt"], "translation": "Then that preceptor of the king, duly honoured by Rāma, took his leave of Kākutstha and went from Rāma's dwelling.", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha prepares the upavāsa"}
{"ref": "2.5.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 5, "verse": 12, "iast": ["suhṛdbhis tatra rāmo 'pi tān anujñāpya sarvaśaḥ", "sabhājito viveśātha tān anujñāpya sarvaśaḥ"], "translation": "Rāma too, there honoured by his friends and having taken leave of them all, then, having taken leave of them all completely, went in.", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha prepares the upavāsa"}
{"ref": "2.5.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 5, "verse": 13, "iast": ["hṛṣṭanārī narayutaṃ rāmaveśma tadā babhau", "yathā mattadvijagaṇaṃ praphullanalinaṃ saraḥ"], "translation": "Rāma's house then, filled with joyful women and with men, shone like a lake of full-blown lotuses filled with flocks of exultant birds.", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha prepares the upavāsa"}
{"ref": "2.5.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 5, "verse": 14, "iast": ["sa rājabhavanaprakhyāt tasmād rāmaniveśanāt", "nirgatya dadṛśe mārgaṃ vasiṣṭho janasaṃvṛtam"], "translation": "Going out from that dwelling of Rāma, which resembled a royal palace, Vasiṣṭha saw the road thronged with people.", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha prepares the upavāsa"}
{"ref": "2.5.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 5, "verse": 15, "iast": ["vṛndavṛndair ayodhyāyāṃ rājamārgāḥ samantataḥ", "babhūvur abhisaṃbādhāḥ kutūhalajanair vṛtāḥ"], "translation": "In Ayodhyā the royal roads on every side became thronged, crowded with masses upon masses of curious people.", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha prepares the upavāsa"}
{"ref": "2.5.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 5, "verse": 16, "iast": ["janavṛndormisaṃgharṣaharṣasvanavatas tadā", "babhūva rājamārgasya sāgarasyeva nisvanaḥ"], "translation": "Then the sound of the royal road, resounding with the joyous roar of the clashing waves of crowds of people, became like that of the ocean.", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha prepares the upavāsa"}
{"ref": "2.5.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 5, "verse": 17, "iast": ["siktasaṃmṛṣṭarathyā hi tad ahar vanamālinī", "āsīd ayodhyā nagarī samucchritagṛhadhvajā"], "translation": "For on that day the city of Ayodhyā, its streets sprinkled and swept, garlanded with woodland flowers, its house-flags raised high, was thus adorned.", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha prepares the upavāsa"}
{"ref": "2.5.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 5, "verse": 18, "iast": ["tadā hy ayodhyā nilayaḥ sastrībālābalo janaḥ", "rāmābhiṣekam ākāṅkṣann ākāṅkṣann udayaṃ raveḥ"], "translation": "On that day the people whose home was Ayodhyā, together with the women, children, and the aged, longing for Rāma's consecration, longed also for the rising of the sun.", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha prepares the upavāsa"}
{"ref": "2.5.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 5, "verse": 19, "iast": ["prajālaṃkārabhūtaṃ ca janasyānandavardhanam", "utsuko 'bhūj jano draṣṭuṃ tam ayodhyā mahotsavam"], "translation": "The people were eager to behold that great festival of Ayodhyā, which was the ornament of the subjects and the increaser of the people's joy.", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha prepares the upavāsa"}
{"ref": "2.5.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 5, "verse": 20, "iast": ["evaṃ taṃ janasaṃbādhaṃ rājamārgaṃ purohitaḥ", "vyūhann iva janaughaṃ taṃ śanai rāja kulaṃ yayau"], "translation": "Thus the family priest, as if parting that flood of people, slowly made his way along that royal road thronged with people, to the royal palace.", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha prepares the upavāsa"}
{"ref": "2.5.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 5, "verse": 21, "iast": ["sitābhraśikharaprakhyaṃ prāsadam adhiruhya saḥ", "samiyāya narendreṇa śakreṇeva bṛhaspatiḥ"], "translation": "Ascending the palace that resembled the peak of a white cloud, he met with the king, as Bṛhaspati meets with Śakra (Indra).", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha prepares the upavāsa"}
{"ref": "2.5.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 5, "verse": 22, "iast": ["tam āgatam abhiprekṣya hitvā rājāsanaṃ nṛpaḥ", "papraccha sa ca tasmai tat kṛtam ity abhyavedayat"], "translation": "Seeing him arrived, the king rose from his royal seat and asked him; and he reported to the king, “It is done.”", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha prepares the upavāsa"}
{"ref": "2.5.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 5, "verse": 23, "iast": ["guruṇā tv abhyanujñāto manujaughaṃ visṛjya tam", "viveśāntaḥpuraṃ rājā siṃho giriguhām iva"], "translation": "Given leave by his preceptor, the king dismissed that throng of men and entered the inner apartments, like a lion entering a mountain cave.", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha prepares the upavāsa"}
{"ref": "2.5.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 5, "verse": 24, "iast": ["tad agryaveṣapramadājanākulaṃ mahendraveśmapratimaṃ niveśanam", "vyadīpayaṃś cāru viveśa pārthivaḥ śaśīva tārāgaṇasaṃkulaṃ nabhaḥ"], "translation": "The king, beautifully illuminating that dwelling — crowded with a host of women in splendid attire and resembling the abode of great Indra — entered it, like the moon entering the sky thronged with the host of stars.", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha prepares the upavāsa"}
{"ref": "2.6.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 6, "verse": 1, "iast": ["gate purohite rāmaḥ snāto niyatamānasaḥ", "saha patnyā viśālākṣyā nārāyaṇam upāgamat"], "translation": "When the family priest had gone, Rāma, bathed and with mind controlled, together with his large-eyed wife approached Nārāyaṇa.", "sarga_title": "Worship before the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.6.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 6, "verse": 2, "iast": ["pragṛhya śirasā pātrīṃ haviṣo vidhivat tadā", "mahate daivatāyājyaṃ juhāva jvalite 'nale"], "translation": "Taking up on his head the vessel of oblation according to rule, he then offered the clarified butter to the great deity in the blazing fire.", "sarga_title": "Worship before the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.6.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 6, "verse": 3, "iast": ["śeṣaṃ ca haviṣas tasya prāśyāśāsyātmanaḥ priyam", "dhyāyan nārāyaṇaṃ devaṃ svāstīrṇe kuśasaṃstare"], "translation": "And having eaten the remainder of that oblation and prayed for what was dear to himself, meditating on the god Nārāyaṇa, on a well-spread bed of kuśa grass,", "sarga_title": "Worship before the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.6.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 6, "verse": 4, "iast": ["vāgyataḥ saha vaidehyā bhūtvā niyatamānasaḥ", "śrīmaty āyatane viṣṇoḥ śiśye naravarātmajaḥ"], "translation": "with speech restrained, together with Vaidehī, and with mind controlled, the son of the best of men lay down in the splendid shrine of Viṣṇu.", "sarga_title": "Worship before the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.6.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 6, "verse": 5, "iast": ["ekayāmāvaśiṣṭāyāṃ rātryāṃ prativibudhya saḥ", "alaṃkāravidhiṃ kṛtsnaṃ kārayām āsa veśmanaḥ"], "translation": "When but one watch of the night remained, he woke and had the entire decoration of the house carried out.", "sarga_title": "Worship before the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.6.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 6, "verse": 6, "iast": ["tatra śṛṇvan sukhā vācaḥ sūtamāgadhabandinām", "pūrvāṃ saṃdhyām upāsīno jajāpa yatamānasaḥ"], "translation": "There, listening to the pleasant voices of the bards, panegyrists, and minstrels, and worshipping at the morning twilight, with mind controlled he prayed silently.", "sarga_title": "Worship before the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.6.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 6, "verse": 7, "iast": ["tuṣṭāva praṇataś caiva śirasā madhusūdanam", "vimalakṣaumasaṃvīto vācayām āsa ca dvijān"], "translation": "Bowing his head, he praised Madhusūdana; and clad in spotless silk, he had the brahmins recite benedictions.", "sarga_title": "Worship before the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.6.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 6, "verse": 8, "iast": ["teṣāṃ puṇyāhaghoṣo 'tha gambhīramadhuras tadā", "ayodhyāṃ pūrayām āsa tūryaghoṣānunāditaḥ"], "translation": "Then the sound of their auspicious-day benediction, deep and sweet, resounding with the sound of musical instruments, filled Ayodhyā.", "sarga_title": "Worship before the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.6.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 6, "verse": 9, "iast": ["kṛtopavāsaṃ tu tadā vaidehyā saha rāghavam", "ayodhyā nilayaḥ śrutvā sarvaḥ pramudito janaḥ"], "translation": "Then, hearing that Rāghava together with Vaidehī had observed the fast, all the people whose home was Ayodhyā were delighted.", "sarga_title": "Worship before the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.6.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 6, "verse": 10, "iast": ["tataḥ paurajanaḥ sarvaḥ śrutvā rāmābhiṣecanam", "prabhātāṃ rajanīṃ dṛṣṭvā cakre śobhāṃ parāṃ punaḥ"], "translation": "Then all the townsfolk, hearing of Rāma's consecration and seeing that the night had brightened into dawn, again made supreme adornment.", "sarga_title": "Worship before the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.6.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 6, "verse": 11, "iast": ["sitābhraśikharābheṣu devatāyataneṣu ca", "catuṣpatheṣu rathyāsu caityeṣv aṭṭālakeṣu ca"], "translation": "On the temples of the gods that resembled peaks of white cloud, at the crossroads, in the streets, on the sacred shrines and the watchtowers,", "sarga_title": "Worship before the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.6.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 6, "verse": 12, "iast": ["nānāpaṇyasamṛddheṣu vaṇijām āpaṇeṣu ca", "kuṭumbināṃ samṛddheṣu śrīmatsu bhavaneṣu ca"], "translation": "and in the markets of merchants, rich with various wares, and in the prosperous, splendid houses of householders,", "sarga_title": "Worship before the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.6.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 6, "verse": 13, "iast": ["sabhāsu caiva sarvāsu vṛkṣeṣv ālakṣiteṣu ca", "dhvajāḥ samucchritāś citrāḥ patākāś cābhavaṃs tadā"], "translation": "and in all the assembly halls and on conspicuous trees, bright banners were raised high, and flags too, at that time.", "sarga_title": "Worship before the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.6.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 6, "verse": 14, "iast": ["naṭanartakasaṃghānāṃ gāyakānāṃ ca gāyatām", "manaḥkarṇasukhā vācaḥ śuśruvuś ca tatas tataḥ"], "translation": "And here and there people heard the voices of troupes of actors and dancers and of singers as they sang, voices pleasing to the mind and the ear.", "sarga_title": "Worship before the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.6.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 6, "verse": 15, "iast": ["rāmābhiṣekayuktāś ca kathāś cakrur mitho janāḥ", "rāmābhiṣeke saṃprāpte catvareṣu gṛheṣu ca"], "translation": "And when Rāma's consecration had arrived, the people held conversations with one another about Rāma's consecration, in the squares and in the houses.", "sarga_title": "Worship before the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.6.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 6, "verse": 16, "iast": ["bālā api krīḍamānā gṛhadvāreṣu saṃghaśaḥ", "rāmābhiṣekasaṃyuktāś cakrur eva mithaḥ kathāḥ"], "translation": "Even the children, playing in groups at the house-doors, held conversations with one another about Rāma's consecration.", "sarga_title": "Worship before the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.6.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 6, "verse": 17, "iast": ["kṛtapuṣpopahāraś ca dhūpagandhādhivāsitaḥ", "rājamārgaḥ kṛtaḥ śrīmān paurai rāmābhiṣecane"], "translation": "And at Rāma's consecration the splendid royal road was made by the townsfolk, strewn with offerings of flowers and perfumed with the fragrance of incense.", "sarga_title": "Worship before the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.6.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 6, "verse": 18, "iast": ["prakāśīkaraṇārthaṃ ca niśāgamanaśaṅkayā", "dīpavṛkṣāṃs tathā cakrur anu rathyāsu sarvaśaḥ"], "translation": "And for the purpose of illumination, fearing the coming of night, they likewise set up lamp-trees everywhere along the streets.", "sarga_title": "Worship before the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.6.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 6, "verse": 19, "iast": ["alaṃkāraṃ purasyaivaṃ kṛtvā tat puravāsinaḥ", "ākāṅkṣamāṇā rāmasya yauvarājyābhiṣecanam"], "translation": "Having thus made that adornment of the city, the city-dwellers, longing for Rāma's consecration as heir-apparent,", "sarga_title": "Worship before the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.6.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 6, "verse": 20, "iast": ["sametya saṃghaśaḥ sarve catvareṣu sabhāsu ca", "kathayanto mithas tatra praśaśaṃsur janādhipam"], "translation": "all coming together in groups in the squares and assembly halls, conversing with one another there, praised the king.", "sarga_title": "Worship before the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.6.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 6, "verse": 21, "iast": ["aho mahātmā rājāyam ikṣvākukulanandanaḥ", "jñātvā yo vṛddham ātmānaṃ rāmaṃ rājye 'hbiṣekṣyati"], "translation": "“Ah, this king, the delight of the Ikṣvāku line, is great-souled, in that, knowing himself to be aged, he will consecrate Rāma in the kingdom!”", "sarga_title": "Worship before the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.6.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 6, "verse": 22, "iast": ["sarve hy anugṛhītāḥ sma yan no rāmo mahīpatiḥ", "cirāya bhavitā goptā dṛṣṭalokaparāvaraḥ"], "translation": "“For we are all favoured, in that Rāma, the lord of the earth, who has seen the higher and lower of the world, will be our protector for a long time.", "sarga_title": "Worship before the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.6.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 6, "verse": 23, "iast": ["anuddhatamanā vidvān dharmātmā bhrātṛvatsalaḥ", "yathā ca bhrātṛṣu snigdhas tathāsmāsv api rāghavaḥ"], "translation": "“Unarrogant of mind, learned, righteous, affectionate to his brothers — and as Rāghava is tender toward his brothers, so is he toward us also.", "sarga_title": "Worship before the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.6.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 6, "verse": 24, "iast": ["ciraṃ jīvatu dharmātmā rājā daśaratho 'naghaḥ", "yatprasādenābhiṣiktaṃ rāmaṃ drakṣyāmahe vayam"], "translation": "“Long may the righteous, sinless King Daśaratha live, by whose grace we shall behold Rāma consecrated!”", "sarga_title": "Worship before the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.6.25", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 6, "verse": 25, "iast": ["evaṃvidhaṃ kathayatāṃ paurāṇāṃ śuśruvus tadā", "digbhyo 'pi śrutavṛttāntāḥ prāptā jānapadā janāḥ"], "translation": "The country-folk, who had come having heard the news even from (all) the quarters, then listened to the townspeople speaking in this manner.", "sarga_title": "Worship before the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.6.26", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 6, "verse": 26, "iast": ["te tu digbhyaḥ purīṃ prāptā draṣṭuṃ rāmābhiṣecanam", "rāmasya pūrayām āsuḥ purīṃ jānapadā janāḥ"], "translation": "And those country-folk, having come to the city from the quarters to behold Rāma's consecration, filled Rāma's city.", "sarga_title": "Worship before the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.6.27", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 6, "verse": 27, "iast": ["janaughais tair visarpadbhiḥ śuśruve tatra nisvanaḥ", "parvasūdīrṇavegasya sāgarasyeva nisvanaḥ"], "translation": "From those spreading floods of people a sound was heard there, like the sound of the ocean whose surge has swelled high at the full-moon days.", "sarga_title": "Worship before the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.6.28", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 6, "verse": 28, "iast": ["tatas tad indrakṣayasaṃnibhaṃ puraṃ didṛkṣubhir jānapadair upāgataiḥ", "samantataḥ sasvanam ākulaṃ babhau samudrayādobhir ivārṇavodakam"], "translation": "Then that city, resembling the abode of Indra, thronged and full of noise on every side with the country-folk who had come desiring to see, shone like the waters of the ocean crowded with sea-monsters.", "sarga_title": "Worship before the abhiṣeka"}
{"ref": "2.7.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 7, "verse": 1, "iast": ["jñātidāsī yato jātā kaikeyyās tu sahoṣitā", "prāsādaṃ candrasaṃkāśam āruroha yadṛcchayā"], "translation": "The family bondmaid who, ever since her birth, had lived together with Kaikeyī, climbed by chance onto the palace, bright as the moon.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s alarm, Kaikeyī’s joy"}
{"ref": "2.7.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 7, "verse": 2, "iast": ["siktarājapathāṃ kṛtsnāṃ prakīrṇakamalotpalām", "ayodhyāṃ mantharā tasmāt prāsādād anvavaikṣata"], "translation": "From that palace Mantharā gazed down on all Ayodhyā, its royal roads sprinkled with water and strewn with lotuses and water-lilies.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s alarm, Kaikeyī’s joy"}
{"ref": "2.7.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 7, "verse": 3, "iast": ["patākābhir varārhābhir dhvajaiś ca samalaṃkṛtām", "siktāṃ candanatoyaiś ca śiraḥsnātajanair vṛtām"], "translation": "(She saw it) adorned with most precious pennants and banners, sprinkled with sandal-water, and thronged with people who had bathed their heads.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s alarm, Kaikeyī’s joy"}
{"ref": "2.7.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 7, "verse": 4, "iast": ["avidūre sthitāṃ dṛṣṭvā dhātrīṃ papraccha mantharā", "uttamenābhisaṃyuktā harṣeṇārthaparā satī"], "translation": "Seeing a nurse standing not far off, Mantharā, filled with the highest joy and being intent on the matter, asked her:", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s alarm, Kaikeyī’s joy"}
{"ref": "2.7.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 7, "verse": 5, "iast": ["rāmamātā dhanaṃ kiṃ nu janebhyaḥ saṃprayacchati", "atimātraṃ praharṣo 'yaṃ kiṃ janasya ca śaṃsa me", "kārayiṣyati kiṃ vāpi saṃprahṛṣṭo mahīpatiḥ"], "translation": "“Why on earth is Rāma's mother giving away wealth to the people? Tell me, what is this excessive joy of the people? And what does the greatly delighted king mean to have done?”", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s alarm, Kaikeyī’s joy"}
{"ref": "2.7.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 7, "verse": 6, "iast": ["vidīryamāṇā harṣeṇa dhātrī paramayā mudā", "ācacakṣe 'tha kubjāyai bhūyasīṃ rāghave śriyam"], "translation": "The nurse, bursting with joy, then with the greatest delight told the hunchback of the abundant good fortune coming to Rāghava:", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s alarm, Kaikeyī’s joy"}
{"ref": "2.7.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 7, "verse": 7, "iast": ["śvaḥ puṣyeṇa jitakrodhaṃ yauvarājyena rāghavam", "rājā daśaratho rāmam abhiṣecayitānagham"], "translation": "“Tomorrow, under (the asterism) Puṣya, King Daśaratha will consecrate as heir-apparent Rāghava — the conqueror of anger, the sinless Rāma.”", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s alarm, Kaikeyī’s joy"}
{"ref": "2.7.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 7, "verse": 8, "iast": ["dhātryās tu vacanaṃ śrutvā kubjā kṣipram amarṣitā", "kailāsa śikharākārāt prāsādād avarohata"], "translation": "Hearing the nurse's words, the hunchback, quickly filled with indignation, came down from the palace shaped like the peak of Kailāsa.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s alarm, Kaikeyī’s joy"}
{"ref": "2.7.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 7, "verse": 9, "iast": ["sā dahyamānā kopena mantharā pāpadarśinī", "śayānām etya kaikeyīm idaṃ vacanam abravīt"], "translation": "That Mantharā, of malicious mind, burning with anger, came to Kaikeyī who was lying down and spoke these words:", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s alarm, Kaikeyī’s joy"}
{"ref": "2.7.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 7, "verse": 10, "iast": ["uttiṣṭha mūḍhe kiṃ śeṣe bhayaṃ tvām abhivartate", "upaplutamahaughena kim ātmānaṃ na budhyase"], "translation": "“Get up, you fool! Why do you lie there? Danger is coming upon you. Why do you not realize that you are overwhelmed by a great flood?", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s alarm, Kaikeyī’s joy"}
{"ref": "2.7.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 7, "verse": 11, "iast": ["aniṣṭe subhagākāre saubhāgyena vikatthase", "calaṃ hi tava saubhāgyaṃ nadyaḥ srota ivoṣṇage"], "translation": "“O ill-fated one with the look of a favoured woman, you boast of your good fortune; but your good fortune is fleeting, like the current of a river in the hot season.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s alarm, Kaikeyī’s joy"}
{"ref": "2.7.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 7, "verse": 12, "iast": ["evam uktā tu kaikeyī ruṣṭayā paruṣaṃ vacaḥ", "kubjayā pāpadarśinyā viṣādam agamat param"], "translation": "Thus addressed harshly by the angry hunchback of malicious mind, Kaikeyī fell into deep dejection.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s alarm, Kaikeyī’s joy"}
{"ref": "2.7.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 7, "verse": 13, "iast": ["kaikeyī tv abravīt kubjāṃ kaccit kṣemaṃ na manthare", "viṣaṇṇavadanāṃ hi tvāṃ lakṣaye bhṛśaduḥkhitām"], "translation": "But Kaikeyī said to the hunchback: “Is all not well, Mantharā? For I see you with dejected face and greatly distressed.”", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s alarm, Kaikeyī’s joy"}
{"ref": "2.7.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 7, "verse": 14, "iast": ["mantharā tu vacaḥ śrutvā kaikeyyā madhurākṣaram", "uvāca krodhasaṃyuktā vākyaṃ vākyaviśāradā"], "translation": "Mantharā, hearing Kaikeyī's sweet-worded speech, being skilled in speech and filled with anger, spoke these words:", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s alarm, Kaikeyī’s joy"}
{"ref": "2.7.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 7, "verse": 15, "iast": ["sā viṣaṇṇatarā bhūtvā kubjā tasyā hitaiṣiṇī", "viṣādayantī provāca bhedayantī ca rāghavam"], "translation": "That hunchback, becoming still more dejected and (claiming to be) her well-wisher, spoke, casting her down and setting her against Rāghava:", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s alarm, Kaikeyī’s joy"}
{"ref": "2.7.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 7, "verse": 16, "iast": ["akṣemaṃ sumahad devi pravṛttaṃ tvadvināśanam", "rāmaṃ daśaratho rājā yauvarājye 'bhiṣekṣyati"], "translation": "“A very great calamity has arisen, O queen, one that spells your ruin: King Daśaratha will consecrate Rāma as heir-apparent.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s alarm, Kaikeyī’s joy"}
{"ref": "2.7.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 7, "verse": 17, "iast": ["sāsmy agādhe bhaye magnā duḥkhaśokasamanvitā", "dahyamānānaleneva tvaddhitārtham ihāgatā"], "translation": "“I am sunk in bottomless fear, filled with sorrow and grief, as if burning in fire; I have come here for your welfare.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s alarm, Kaikeyī’s joy"}
{"ref": "2.7.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 7, "verse": 18, "iast": ["tava duḥkhena kaikeyi mama duḥkhaṃ mahad bhavet", "tvadvṛddhau mama vṛddhiś ca bhaved atra na saṃśayaḥ"], "translation": "“By your sorrow, Kaikeyī, great sorrow would come to me; and in your prosperity would lie my prosperity — of this there is no doubt.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s alarm, Kaikeyī’s joy"}
{"ref": "2.7.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 7, "verse": 19, "iast": ["narādhipakule jātā mahiṣī tvaṃ mahīpateḥ", "ugratvaṃ rājadharmāṇāṃ kathaṃ devi na budhyase"], "translation": "“Born in a royal family, you are the chief queen of the lord of the earth; how, O queen, do you not grasp the sternness of the duties of kings?", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s alarm, Kaikeyī’s joy"}
{"ref": "2.7.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 7, "verse": 20, "iast": ["dharmavādī śaṭho bhartā ślakṣṇavādī ca dāruṇaḥ", "śuddhabhāve na jānīṣe tenaivam atisaṃdhitā"], "translation": "“Your husband, who talks of dharma, is a cheat; who speaks smoothly, is cruel. Being of pure heart, you do not perceive it, and so have been deceived by him.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s alarm, Kaikeyī’s joy"}
{"ref": "2.7.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 7, "verse": 21, "iast": ["upasthitaṃ payuñjānas tvayi sāntvam anarthakam", "arthenaivādya te bhartā kausalyāṃ yojayiṣyati"], "translation": "“Employing toward you, while present before you, empty conciliation, your husband this very day will unite Kausalyā with the real advantage.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s alarm, Kaikeyī’s joy"}
{"ref": "2.7.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 7, "verse": 22, "iast": ["apavāhya sa duṣṭātmā bharataṃ tava bandhuṣu", "kālyaṃ sthāpayitā rāmaṃ rājye nihatakaṇṭake"], "translation": "“That evil-souled one, having sent Bharata away among your kinsfolk, will tomorrow morning establish Rāma in the kingdom, its thorns removed.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s alarm, Kaikeyī’s joy"}
{"ref": "2.7.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 7, "verse": 23, "iast": ["śatruḥ patipravādena mātreva hitakāmyayā", "āśīviṣa ivāṅkena bāle paridhṛtas tvayā"], "translation": "“An enemy under the guise of a husband, O child, has been cherished by you in your lap, out of desire for his good, as by a mother — like a venomous snake.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s alarm, Kaikeyī’s joy"}
{"ref": "2.7.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 7, "verse": 24, "iast": ["yathā hi kuryāt sarpo vā śatrur vā pratyupekṣitaḥ", "rājñā daśarathenādya saputrā tvaṃ tathā kṛtā"], "translation": "“For just as a snake or an enemy, if disregarded, would do harm, so today King Daśaratha has dealt with you, together with your son.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s alarm, Kaikeyī’s joy"}
{"ref": "2.7.25", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 7, "verse": 25, "iast": ["pāpenānṛtasantvena bāle nityaṃ sukhocite", "rāmaṃ sthāpayatā rājye sānubandhā hatā hy asi"], "translation": "“O child ever accustomed to comfort, by that wicked one with his false conciliation, in setting Rāma in the kingdom, you along with your kin have indeed been ruined.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s alarm, Kaikeyī’s joy"}
{"ref": "2.7.26", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 7, "verse": 26, "iast": ["sā prāptakālaṃ kaikeyi kṣipraṃ kuru hitaṃ tava", "trāyasva putram ātmānaṃ māṃ ca vismayadarśane"], "translation": "“So, Kaikeyī, quickly do what is timely and good for you; save your son, yourself, and me, O you of wondering looks.”", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s alarm, Kaikeyī’s joy"}
{"ref": "2.7.27", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 7, "verse": 27, "iast": ["mantharāyā vacaḥ śrutvā śayanāt sa śubhānanā", "evam ābharaṇaṃ tasyai kubjāyai pradadau śubham"], "translation": "Hearing Mantharā's words, that fair-faced woman, rising from her couch, thus gave the hunchback a fine ornament.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s alarm, Kaikeyī’s joy"}
{"ref": "2.7.28", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 7, "verse": 28, "iast": ["dattvā tv ābharaṇaṃ tasyai kubjāyai pramadottamā", "kaikeyī mantharāṃ hṛṣṭā punar evābravīd idam"], "translation": "Having given the ornament to the hunchback, Kaikeyī, that best of women, delighted, again said this to Mantharā:", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s alarm, Kaikeyī’s joy"}
{"ref": "2.7.29", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 7, "verse": 29, "iast": ["idaṃ tu manthare mahyam ākhyāsi paramaṃ priyam", "etan me priyam ākhyātuḥ kiṃ vā bhūyaḥ karomi te"], "translation": "“Mantharā, you tell me this most delightful news; what more can I do for you, who have told me this that is so dear to me?", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s alarm, Kaikeyī’s joy"}
{"ref": "2.7.30", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 7, "verse": 30, "iast": ["rāme vā bharate vāhaṃ viśeṣaṃ nopalakṣaye", "tasmāt tuṣṭāsmi yad rājā rāmaṃ rājye 'bhiṣekṣyati"], "translation": "“I see no difference between Rāma and Bharata; therefore I am pleased that the king will consecrate Rāma in the kingdom.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s alarm, Kaikeyī’s joy"}
{"ref": "2.7.31", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 7, "verse": 31, "iast": ["na me paraṃ kiṃ cid itas tvayā punaḥ priyaṃ priyārhe suvacaṃ vaco varam", "tathā hy avocas tvam ataḥ priyottaraṃ varaṃ paraṃ te pradadāmi taṃ vṛṇu"], "translation": "“There is nothing more dear to me than this boon-like, well-spoken word now uttered by you, O you who deserve kindness; since you have spoken thus, therefore, in return for something even more pleasing, I grant you a supreme boon — choose it!”", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s alarm, Kaikeyī’s joy"}
{"ref": "2.8.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 8, "verse": 1, "iast": ["mantharā tv abhyasūyyainām utsṛjyābharaṇaṃ ca tat", "uvācedaṃ tato vākyaṃ kopaduḥkhasamanvitā"], "translation": "But Mantharā, resentful of her, cast off that ornament and then, filled with anger and grief, spoke these words:", "sarga_title": "Mantharā turns Kaikeyī’s mind"}
{"ref": "2.8.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 8, "verse": 2, "iast": ["harṣaṃ kim idam asthāne kṛtavaty asi bāliśe", "śokasāgaramadhyastham ātmānaṃ nāvabudhyase"], "translation": "“Why have you shown this joy at so wrong a moment, you fool? You do not perceive that you yourself stand in the very midst of an ocean of grief.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā turns Kaikeyī’s mind"}
{"ref": "2.8.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 8, "verse": 3, "iast": ["subhagā khalu kausalyā yasyāḥ putro 'bhiṣekṣyate", "yauvarājyena mahatā śvaḥ puṣyeṇa dvijottamaiḥ"], "translation": "Fortunate indeed is Kausalyā, whose son is to be consecrated tomorrow, under the Puṣya star, by the foremost of brahmins, to the great office of heir-apparent.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā turns Kaikeyī’s mind"}
{"ref": "2.8.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 8, "verse": 4, "iast": ["prāptāṃ sumahatīṃ prītiṃ pratītāṃ tāṃ hatadviṣam", "upasthāsyasi kausalyāṃ dāsīva tvaṃ kṛtāñjaliḥ"], "translation": "You will wait upon that Kausalyā — who has won very great joy, exultant, and rid of her rivals — like a serving-maid, your palms joined in homage.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā turns Kaikeyī’s mind"}
{"ref": "2.8.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 8, "verse": 5, "iast": ["hṛṣṭāḥ khalu bhaviṣyanti rāmasya paramāḥ striyaḥ", "aprahṛṣṭā bhaviṣyanti snuṣās te bharatakṣaye"], "translation": "Rāma's chief women will surely be delighted, while your daughters-in-law will be joyless at Bharata's downfall.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā turns Kaikeyī’s mind"}
{"ref": "2.8.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 8, "verse": 6, "iast": ["tāṃ dṛṣṭvā paramaprītāṃ bruvantīṃ mantharāṃ tataḥ", "rāmasyaiva guṇān devī kaikeyī praśaśaṃsa ha"], "translation": "Seeing Mantharā speaking thus, greatly aggrieved, Queen Kaikeyī then extolled the very virtues of Rāma:", "sarga_title": "Mantharā turns Kaikeyī’s mind"}
{"ref": "2.8.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 8, "verse": 7, "iast": ["dharmajño gurubhir dāntaḥ kṛtajñaḥ satyavāk śuciḥ", "rāmo rājñaḥ suto jyeṣṭho yauvarājyam ato 'rhati"], "translation": "“Rāma knows dharma, is disciplined by his elders, grateful, truthful of speech, and pure; being the king's eldest son, he therefore deserves the heir-apparency.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā turns Kaikeyī’s mind"}
{"ref": "2.8.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 8, "verse": 8, "iast": ["bhrātṝn bhṛtyāṃś ca dīrghāyuḥ pitṛvat pālayiṣyati", "saṃtapyase kathaṃ kubje śrutvā rāmābhiṣecanam"], "translation": "Long-lived, he will protect his brothers and dependents like a father. Why do you burn with grief, O hunchback, on hearing of Rāma's consecration?”", "sarga_title": "Mantharā turns Kaikeyī’s mind"}
{"ref": "2.8.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 8, "verse": 9, "iast": ["bharataś cāpi rāmasya dhruvaṃ varṣaśatāt param", "pitṛpaitāmahaṃ rājyam avāpsyati nararṣabhaḥ"], "translation": "And Bharata too, that bull among men, will surely obtain the ancestral kingdom after Rāma, once a hundred years have passed.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā turns Kaikeyī’s mind"}
{"ref": "2.8.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 8, "verse": 10, "iast": ["sā tvam abhyudaye prāpte vartamāne ca manthare", "bhaviṣyati ca kalyāṇe kimarthaṃ paritapyase", "kausalyāto 'tiriktaṃ ca sa tu śuśrūṣate hi mām"], "translation": "When such prosperity has arrived and is at hand, O Mantharā, and good fortune is yet to come, why do you torment yourself? Indeed, he attends upon me even more than upon Kausalyā.”", "sarga_title": "Mantharā turns Kaikeyī’s mind"}
{"ref": "2.8.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 8, "verse": 11, "iast": ["kaikeyyā vacanaṃ śrutvā mantharā bhṛśaduḥkhitā", "dīrgham uṣṇaṃ viniḥśvasya kaikeyīm idam abravīt"], "translation": "Hearing Kaikeyī's words, Mantharā, deeply distressed, drawing a long, hot sigh, spoke this to Kaikeyī:", "sarga_title": "Mantharā turns Kaikeyī’s mind"}
{"ref": "2.8.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 8, "verse": 12, "iast": ["anarthadarśinī maurkhyān nātmānam avabudhyase", "śokavyasanavistīrṇe majjantī duḥkhasāgare"], "translation": "“Blind to the disaster ahead, out of folly you do not perceive yourself sinking in an ocean of sorrow spread wide with grief and calamity.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā turns Kaikeyī’s mind"}
{"ref": "2.8.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 8, "verse": 13, "iast": ["bhavitā rāghavo rājā rāghavasya ca yaḥ sutaḥ", "rājavaṃśāt tu bharataḥ kaikeyi parihāsyate"], "translation": "Rāghava will become king, and after him whoever is Rāghava's son; but Bharata, O Kaikeyī, will be shut out from the royal succession.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā turns Kaikeyī’s mind"}
{"ref": "2.8.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 8, "verse": 14, "iast": ["na hi rājñaḥ sutāḥ sarve rājye tiṣṭhanti bhāmini", "sthāpyamāneṣu sarveṣu sumahān anayo bhavet"], "translation": "For not all a king's sons succeed to the throne, O proud lady; were they all to be installed, a very great disorder would arise.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā turns Kaikeyī’s mind"}
{"ref": "2.8.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 8, "verse": 15, "iast": ["tasmāj jyeṣṭhe hi kaikeyi rājyatantrāṇi pārthivāḥ", "sthāpayanty anavadyāṅgi guṇavatsv itareṣv api"], "translation": "Therefore, O Kaikeyī, kings place the reins of the realm upon the eldest, O faultless-limbed one, even when the other sons are endowed with virtues.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā turns Kaikeyī’s mind"}
{"ref": "2.8.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 8, "verse": 16, "iast": ["asāv atyantanirbhagnas tava putro bhaviṣyati", "anāthavat sukhebhyaś ca rājavaṃśāc ca vatsale"], "translation": "That son of yours will be utterly cast down, O tender one, shut off like a helpless orphan from all comforts and from the royal line.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā turns Kaikeyī’s mind"}
{"ref": "2.8.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 8, "verse": 17, "iast": ["sāhaṃ tvadarthe saṃprāptā tvaṃ tu māṃ nāvabudhyase", "sapatnivṛddhau yā me tvaṃ pradeyaṃ dātum icchasi"], "translation": "I have come here for your very sake, yet you do not understand me — you who would give me a reward at a moment that spells your rival's triumph.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā turns Kaikeyī’s mind"}
{"ref": "2.8.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 8, "verse": 18, "iast": ["dhruvaṃ tu bharataṃ rāmaḥ prāpya rājyam akaṇṭakam", "deśāntaraṃ nāyayitvā lokāntaram athāpi vā"], "translation": "Surely, once Rāma has secured the kingdom free of rivals, he will have Bharata sent off to some far country, or else to another world.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā turns Kaikeyī’s mind"}
{"ref": "2.8.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 8, "verse": 19, "iast": ["bāla eva hi mātulyaṃ bharato nāyitas tvayā", "saṃnikarṣāc ca sauhārdaṃ jāyate sthāvareṣv api"], "translation": "For while still a child Bharata was sent by you to his uncle's home; and affection is born of nearness, even among unfeeling things.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā turns Kaikeyī’s mind"}
{"ref": "2.8.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 8, "verse": 20, "iast": ["goptā hi rāmaṃ saumitrir lakṣmaṇaṃ cāpi rāghavaḥ", "aśvinor iva saubhrātraṃ tayor lokeṣu viśrutam"], "translation": "Saumitri is the protector of Rāma, and Rāghava likewise of Lakṣmaṇa; the brotherhood of those two is famed throughout the worlds, like that of the Aśvins.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā turns Kaikeyī’s mind"}
{"ref": "2.8.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 8, "verse": 21, "iast": ["tasmān na lakṣmaṇe rāmaḥ pāpaṃ kiṃ cit kariṣyati", "rāmas tu bharate pāpaṃ kuryād iti na saṃśayaḥ"], "translation": "Therefore Rāma will do no harm whatever to Lakṣmaṇa; but that Rāma would do harm to Bharata — of this there is no doubt.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā turns Kaikeyī’s mind"}
{"ref": "2.8.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 8, "verse": 22, "iast": ["tasmād rājagṛhād eva vanaṃ gacchatu te sutaḥ", "etad dhi rocate mahyaṃ bhṛśaṃ cāpi hitaṃ tava"], "translation": "Therefore let your son depart to the forest, straight from the royal palace; for this pleases me, and it is exceedingly to your good.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā turns Kaikeyī’s mind"}
{"ref": "2.8.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 8, "verse": 23, "iast": ["evaṃ te jñātipakṣasya śreyaś caiva bhaviṣyati", "yadi ced bharato dharmāt pitryaṃ rājyam avāpsyati"], "translation": "Thus there will be welfare for your kinsmen's party, if only Bharata should rightfully obtain the ancestral kingdom.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā turns Kaikeyī’s mind"}
{"ref": "2.8.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 8, "verse": 24, "iast": ["sa te sukhocito bālo rāmasya sahajo ripuḥ", "samṛdhārthasya naṣṭārtho jīviṣyati kathaṃ vaśe"], "translation": "That comfort-bred boy of yours, a born rival of Rāma — his own fortunes lost, how will he live under the sway of a prospering Rāma?", "sarga_title": "Mantharā turns Kaikeyī’s mind"}
{"ref": "2.8.25", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 8, "verse": 25, "iast": ["abhidrutam ivāraṇye siṃhena gajayūthapam", "pracchādyamānaṃ rāmeṇa bharataṃ trātum arhasi"], "translation": "You ought to save Bharata, who is being overpowered by Rāma as a lord of the elephant-herd is assailed by a lion in the forest.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā turns Kaikeyī’s mind"}
{"ref": "2.8.26", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 8, "verse": 26, "iast": ["darpān nirākṛtā pūrvaṃ tvayā saubhāgyavattayā", "rāmamātā sapatnī te kathaṃ vairaṃ na yātayet"], "translation": "Rāma's mother, your rival, whom you once spurned out of pride in your good fortune — how should she not repay that enmity?", "sarga_title": "Mantharā turns Kaikeyī’s mind"}
{"ref": "2.8.27", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 8, "verse": 27, "iast": ["yadā hi rāmaḥ pṛthivīm avāpsyati dhruvaṃ pranaṣṭo bharato bhaviṣyati", "ato hi saṃcintaya rājyam ātmaje parasya cādyaiva vivāsa kāraṇam"], "translation": "For when Rāma gains the earth, Bharata will surely be lost; therefore contrive the kingdom for your son, and this very day devise the means to banish the other.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā turns Kaikeyī’s mind"}
{"ref": "2.9.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 9, "verse": 1, "iast": ["evam uktā tu kaikeyī krodhena jvalitānanā", "dīrgham uṣṇaṃ viniḥśvasya mantharām idam abravīt"], "translation": "Addressed thus, Kaikeyī, her face aflame with anger, drew a long, hot sigh and spoke this to Mantharā:", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s plan for the boons"}
{"ref": "2.9.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 9, "verse": 2, "iast": ["adya rāmam itaḥ kṣipraṃ vanaṃ prasthāpayāmy aham", "yauvarājyena bharataṃ kṣipram evābhiṣecaye"], "translation": "“Today I shall swiftly send Rāma away from here to the forest, and consecrate Bharata to the heir-apparency at once.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s plan for the boons"}
{"ref": "2.9.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 9, "verse": 3, "iast": ["idaṃ tv idānīṃ saṃpaśya kenopāyena manthare", "bharataḥ prāpnuyād rājyaṃ na tu rāmaḥ kathaṃ cana"], "translation": "But consider this now, O Mantharā: by what means might Bharata gain the kingdom, and Rāma by no means at all?”", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s plan for the boons"}
{"ref": "2.9.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 9, "verse": 4, "iast": ["evam uktā tayā devyā mantharā pāpadarśinī", "rāmārtham upahiṃsantī kaikeyīm idam abravīt"], "translation": "Thus addressed by the queen, Mantharā of evil vision, working to injure Rāma's cause, spoke this to Kaikeyī:", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s plan for the boons"}
{"ref": "2.9.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 9, "verse": 5, "iast": ["hantedānīṃ pravakṣyāmi kaikeyi śrūyatāṃ ca me", "yathā te bharato rājyaṃ putraḥ prāpsyati kevalam"], "translation": "“Come now, O Kaikeyī, I shall speak; hear me — how your son Bharata will gain the kingdom for himself alone.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s plan for the boons"}
{"ref": "2.9.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 9, "verse": 6, "iast": ["śrutvaivaṃ vacanaṃ tasyā mantharāyās tu kaikayī", "kiṃ cid utthāya śayanāt svāstīrṇād idam abravīt"], "translation": "Hearing these words of Mantharā, Kaikeyī, rising up a little from her well-spread couch, spoke this:", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s plan for the boons"}
{"ref": "2.9.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 9, "verse": 7, "iast": ["kathaya tvaṃ mamopāyaṃ kenopāyena manthare", "bharataḥ prāpnuyād rājyaṃ na tu rāmaḥ kathaṃ cana"], "translation": "“Tell me the means, O Mantharā — by what means Bharata might gain the kingdom, and Rāma by no means at all.”", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s plan for the boons"}
{"ref": "2.9.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 9, "verse": 8, "iast": ["evam uktā tayā devyā mantharā pāpadarśinī", "rāmārtham upahiṃsantī kubjā vacanam abravīt"], "translation": "Thus addressed by the queen, Mantharā of evil vision, working to injure Rāma, the hunchback spoke these words:", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s plan for the boons"}
{"ref": "2.9.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 9, "verse": 9, "iast": ["tava devāsure yuddhe saha rājarṣibhiḥ patiḥ", "agacchat tvām upādāya devarājasya sāhyakṛt"], "translation": "In the war of gods and asuras, your husband, taking you with him, went as an ally of the king of the gods, together with royal seers.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s plan for the boons"}
{"ref": "2.9.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 9, "verse": 10, "iast": ["diśam āsthāya kaikeyi dakṣiṇāṃ daṇḍakān prati", "vaijayantam iti khyātaṃ puraṃ yatra timidhvajaḥ"], "translation": "Betaking himself, O Kaikeyī, to the southern quarter, toward the Daṇḍaka regions, to the city known as Vaijayanta, where Timidhvaja dwelt —", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s plan for the boons"}
{"ref": "2.9.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 9, "verse": 11, "iast": ["sa śambara iti khyātaḥ śatamāyo mahāsuraḥ", "dadau śakrasya saṃgrāmaṃ devasaṃghair anirjitaḥ"], "translation": "That great asura, known as Śambara, master of a hundred wiles, unvanquished by the hosts of gods, gave battle to Śakra.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s plan for the boons"}
{"ref": "2.9.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 9, "verse": 12, "iast": ["tasmin mahati saṃgrāme rājā daśarathas tadā", "apavāhya tvayā devi saṃgrāmān naṣṭacetanaḥ"], "translation": "In that great battle, O queen, King Daśaratha, his consciousness lost, was then carried by you away from the fight;", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s plan for the boons"}
{"ref": "2.9.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 9, "verse": 13, "iast": ["tatrāpi vikṣataḥ śastraiḥ patis te rakṣitas tvayā", "tuṣṭena tena dattau te dvau varau śubhadarśane"], "translation": "There too your husband, wounded by weapons, was protected by you; and he, well pleased, granted you two boons, O lovely one.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s plan for the boons"}
{"ref": "2.9.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 9, "verse": 14, "iast": ["sa tvayoktaḥ patir devi yadeccheyaṃ tadā varau", "gṛhṇīyām iti tat tena tathety uktaṃ mahātmanā", "anabhijñā hy ahaṃ devi tvayaiva kathitaṃ purā"], "translation": "That husband of yours was told by you, ‘When I wish it, I shall then take the two boons’; and to that the great-souled one said, ‘So be it.’ I myself was unaware of this, O queen — you told me of it long ago.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s plan for the boons"}
{"ref": "2.9.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 9, "verse": 15, "iast": ["tau varau yāca bhartāraṃ bharatasyābhiṣecanam", "pravrājanaṃ ca rāmasya tvaṃ varṣāṇi caturdaśa"], "translation": "Ask your husband for those two boons: the consecration of Bharata, and the banishment of Rāma for fourteen years.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s plan for the boons"}
{"ref": "2.9.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 9, "verse": 16, "iast": ["krodhāgāraṃ praviśyādya kruddhevāśvapateḥ sute", "śeṣvānantarhitāyāṃ tvaṃ bhūmau malinavāsinī", "mā smainaṃ pratyudīkṣethā mā cainam abhibhāṣathāḥ"], "translation": "Enter the anger-chamber today, O daughter of Aśvapati, as though enraged; lie upon the bare ground in soiled garments, and neither look up at him nor speak to him.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s plan for the boons"}
{"ref": "2.9.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 9, "verse": 17, "iast": ["dayitā tvaṃ sadā bhartur atra me nāsti saṃśayaḥ", "tvatkṛte ca mahārājo viśed api hutāśanam"], "translation": "You are ever beloved of your husband — of this I have no doubt; for your sake the great king would even enter the fire.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s plan for the boons"}
{"ref": "2.9.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 9, "verse": 18, "iast": ["na tvāṃ krodhayituṃ śakto na kruddhāṃ pratyudīkṣitum", "tava priyārthaṃ rājā hi prāṇān api parityajet"], "translation": "He cannot bear to anger you, nor to meet your gaze when you are angry; for your pleasure the king would even lay down his life.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s plan for the boons"}
{"ref": "2.9.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 9, "verse": 19, "iast": ["na hy atikramituṃ śaktas tava vākyaṃ mahīpatiḥ", "mandasvabhāve budhyasva saubhāgyabalam ātmanaḥ"], "translation": "For the lord of the earth cannot cross your word; O simple-natured one, recognize the power of your own good fortune.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s plan for the boons"}
{"ref": "2.9.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 9, "verse": 20, "iast": ["maṇimuktāsuvarṇāni ratnāni vividhāni ca", "dadyād daśaratho rājā mā sma teṣu manaḥ kṛthāḥ"], "translation": "King Daśaratha may offer gems, pearls, gold, and jewels of every kind — do not set your heart on them.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s plan for the boons"}
{"ref": "2.9.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 9, "verse": 21, "iast": ["yau tau devāsure yuddhe varau daśaratho 'dadāt", "tau smāraya mahābhāge so 'rtho mā tvām atikramet"], "translation": "Those two boons that Daśaratha granted in the war of gods and asuras — remind him of them, O fortunate one; let that purpose not slip past you.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s plan for the boons"}
{"ref": "2.9.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 9, "verse": 22, "iast": ["yadā tu te varaṃ dadyāt svayam utthāpya rāghavaḥ", "vyavasthāpya mahārājaṃ tvam imaṃ vṛṇuyā varam"], "translation": "And when Rāghava (Daśaratha), raising you up himself, offers you a boon, then, having bound the great king to his word, you should choose this boon:", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s plan for the boons"}
{"ref": "2.9.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 9, "verse": 23, "iast": ["rāmaṃ pravrājayāraṇye nava varṣāṇi pañca ca", "bharataḥ kriyatāṃ rājā pṛthivyāṃ pārthivarṣabhaḥ"], "translation": "‘Banish Rāma to the forest for fourteen years, and let Bharata, a bull among kings, be made ruler of the earth.’", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s plan for the boons"}
{"ref": "2.9.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 9, "verse": 24, "iast": ["evaṃ pravrājitaś caiva rāmo 'rāmo bhaviṣyati", "bharataś ca hatāmitras tava rājā bhaviṣyati"], "translation": "Thus banished, Rāma will be Rāma no longer; and Bharata, his rivals destroyed, will become your king.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s plan for the boons"}
{"ref": "2.9.25", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 9, "verse": 25, "iast": ["yena kālena rāmaś ca vanāt pratyāgamiṣyati", "tena kālena putras te kṛtamūlo bhaviṣyati", "saṃgṛhītamanuṣyaś ca suhṛdbhiḥ sārdham ātmavān"], "translation": "By the time Rāma returns from the forest, your son will have struck root, having won the people to himself, and, self-possessed, secure among his friends.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s plan for the boons"}
{"ref": "2.9.26", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 9, "verse": 26, "iast": ["prāptakālaṃ tu te manye rājānaṃ vītasādhvasā", "rāmābhiṣekasaṃkalpān nigṛhya vinivartaya"], "translation": "I think the moment has come for you; free of all fear, hold the king back and turn him away from his resolve to consecrate Rāma.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s plan for the boons"}
{"ref": "2.9.27", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 9, "verse": 27, "iast": ["anartham artharūpeṇa grāhitā sā tatas tayā", "hṛṣṭā pratītā kaikeyī mantharām idam abravīt"], "translation": "Thus led by her to embrace ruin in the guise of good, Kaikeyī, delighted and reassured, spoke this to Mantharā:", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s plan for the boons"}
{"ref": "2.9.28", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 9, "verse": 28, "iast": ["kubje tvāṃ nābhijānāmi śreṣṭhāṃ śreṣṭhābhidhāyinīm", "pṛthivyām asi kubjānām uttamā buddhiniścaye"], "translation": "“O hunchback, I did not know you for the excellent one you are, who speaks the best of counsel; on earth you are the foremost of hunchbacks in firmness of judgment.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s plan for the boons"}
{"ref": "2.9.29", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 9, "verse": 29, "iast": ["tvam eva tu mamārtheṣu nityayuktā hitaiṣiṇī", "nāhaṃ samavabudhyeyaṃ kubje rājñaś cikīrṣitam"], "translation": "You alone, in my affairs, are ever devoted and wish me well; without you, O hunchback, I would never have grasped the king's design.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s plan for the boons"}
{"ref": "2.9.30", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 9, "verse": 30, "iast": ["santi duḥsaṃsthitāḥ kubjā vakrāḥ paramapāpikāḥ", "tvaṃ padmam iva vātena saṃnatā priyadarśanā"], "translation": "There are other hunchbacks, misshapen, crooked, and utterly wicked; but you are bent like a lotus swayed by the wind, lovely to behold.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s plan for the boons"}
{"ref": "2.9.31", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 9, "verse": 31, "iast": ["uras te 'bhiniviṣṭaṃ vai yāvat skandhāt samunnatam", "adhastāc codaraṃ śāntaṃ sunābham iva lajjitam"], "translation": "Your bosom rises drawn in, as high as the shoulders, and below, your slender waist seems modest, graced with a lovely navel.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s plan for the boons"}
{"ref": "2.9.32", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 9, "verse": 32, "iast": ["jaghanaṃ tava nirghuṣṭaṃ raśanādāmaśobhitam", "jaṅghe bhṛśam upanyaste pādau cāpy āyatāv ubhau"], "translation": "Your hips, sounding with a girdle-cord and graced by it, your two shanks firmly set, and both your feet long and shapely —", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s plan for the boons"}
{"ref": "2.9.33", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 9, "verse": 33, "iast": ["tvam āyatābhyāṃ sakthibhyāṃ manthare kṣaumavāsini", "agrato mama gacchantī rājahaṃsīva rājase"], "translation": "With your long thighs, O Mantharā clad in linen, walking before me you shine like a royal swan.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s plan for the boons"}
{"ref": "2.9.34", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 9, "verse": 34, "iast": ["tavedaṃ sthagu yad dīrghaṃ rathaghoṇam ivāyatam", "matayaḥ kṣatravidyāś ca māyāś cātra vasanti te"], "translation": "This long hump of yours, jutting out like the front-beam of a chariot — in it dwell your counsels, your statecraft, and your stratagems.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s plan for the boons"}
{"ref": "2.9.35", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 9, "verse": 35, "iast": ["atra te pratimokṣyāmi mālāṃ kubje hiraṇmayīm", "abhiṣikte ca bharate rāghave ca vanaṃ gate"], "translation": "Upon this hump, O hunchback, I shall hang a golden garland, once Bharata is consecrated and Rāghava has gone to the forest.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s plan for the boons"}
{"ref": "2.9.36", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 9, "verse": 36, "iast": ["jātyena ca suvarṇena suniṣṭaptena sundari", "labdhārthā ca pratītā ca lepayiṣyāmi te sthagu"], "translation": "And with pure, well-refined gold, O lovely one, my aim achieved and well pleased, I shall gild your hump.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s plan for the boons"}
{"ref": "2.9.37", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 9, "verse": 37, "iast": ["mukhe ca tilakaṃ citraṃ jātarūpamayaṃ śubham", "kārayiṣyāmi te kubje śubhāny ābharaṇāni ca"], "translation": "And on your face I shall have set a bright, ornate mark of gold, O hunchback, and fair ornaments for you as well.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s plan for the boons"}
{"ref": "2.9.38", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 9, "verse": 38, "iast": ["paridhāya śubhe vastre devadeva cariṣyasi", "candram āhvayamānena mukhenāpratimānanā", "gamiṣyasi gatiṃ mukhyāṃ garvayantī dviṣajjanam"], "translation": "Clad in fair garments, you shall move about like a very goddess; with a face that challenges the moon, of matchless countenance, you shall walk with a queenly gait, filling your foes with chagrin.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s plan for the boons"}
{"ref": "2.9.39", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 9, "verse": 39, "iast": ["tavāpi kubjāḥ kubjāyāḥ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitāḥ", "pādau paricariṣyanti yathaiva tvaṃ sadā mama"], "translation": "Other hunchbacks, decked in every ornament, will wait upon your feet, O hunchback, just as you always attend upon mine.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s plan for the boons"}
{"ref": "2.9.40", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 9, "verse": 40, "iast": ["iti praśasyamānā sā kaikeyīm idam abravīt", "śayānāṃ śayane śubhre vedyām agniśikhām iva"], "translation": "Praised thus, she spoke this to Kaikeyī, who lay upon the bright couch like a tongue of flame upon an altar:", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s plan for the boons"}
{"ref": "2.9.41", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 9, "verse": 41, "iast": ["gatodake setubandho na kalyāṇi vidhīyate", "uttiṣṭha kuru kalyāṇaṃ rājānam anudarśaya"], "translation": "One does not build a dam once the water has run off, O blessed lady; arise, secure your good, and present yourself before the king.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s plan for the boons"}
{"ref": "2.9.42", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 9, "verse": 42, "iast": ["tathā protsāhitā devī gatvā mantharayā saha", "krodhāgāraṃ viśālākṣī saubhāgyamadagarvitā"], "translation": "Thus urged on, the large-eyed queen, proud with the intoxication of her good fortune, went with Mantharā to the anger-chamber,", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s plan for the boons"}
{"ref": "2.9.43", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 9, "verse": 43, "iast": ["anekaśatasāhasraṃ muktāhāraṃ varāṅganā", "avamucya varārhāṇi śubhāny ābharaṇāni ca"], "translation": "and the fair-limbed woman cast off a pearl necklace worth many hundreds of thousands, and other precious, beautiful ornaments;", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s plan for the boons"}
{"ref": "2.9.44", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 9, "verse": 44, "iast": ["tato hemopamā tatra kubjā vākyaṃ vaśaṃ gatā", "saṃviśya bhūmau kaikeyī mantharām idam abravīt"], "translation": "Then Kaikeyī, golden-hued, having fallen under the sway of the hunchback's words, lay down upon the ground and spoke this to Mantharā:", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s plan for the boons"}
{"ref": "2.9.45", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 9, "verse": 45, "iast": ["iha vā māṃ mṛtāṃ kubje nṛpāyāvedayiṣyasi", "vanaṃ tu rāghave prāpte bharataḥ prāpsyati kṣitim"], "translation": "“Either you shall report me here as dead, O hunchback, or else, once Rāghava has reached the forest, Bharata shall gain the earth.”", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s plan for the boons"}
{"ref": "2.9.46", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 9, "verse": 46, "iast": ["athaitad uktvā vacanaṃ sudāruṇaṃ nidhāya sarvābharaṇāni bhāminī", "asaṃvṛtām āstaraṇena medinīṃ tadādhiśiśye patiteva kinnarī"], "translation": "Then, having spoken these most cruel words and laid aside all her ornaments, the passionate woman lay down upon the bare, uncarpeted ground like a fallen kinnarī.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s plan for the boons"}
{"ref": "2.9.47", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 9, "verse": 47, "iast": ["udīrṇasaṃrambhatamovṛtānanā tathāvamuktottamamālyabhūṣaṇā", "narendrapatnī vimanā babhūva sā tamovṛtā dyaur iva magnatārakā"], "translation": "Her face shrouded in the darkness of surging fury, her costly garlands and ornaments cast aside, the king's wife became dejected, like the sky veiled in gloom with its stars sunk from sight.", "sarga_title": "Mantharā’s plan for the boons"}
{"ref": "2.10.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 10, "verse": 1, "iast": ["ājñāpya tu mahārājo rāghavasyābhiṣecanam", "priyārhāṃ priyam ākhyātuṃ viveśāntaḥpuraṃ vaśī"], "translation": "Having ordered the consecration of Rāghava, the great king, self-controlled, entered the inner apartments to tell the good news to her who deserved it.", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī claims the two boons"}
{"ref": "2.10.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 10, "verse": 2, "iast": ["tāṃ tatra patitāṃ bhūmau śayānām atathocitām", "pratapta iva duḥkhena so 'paśyaj jagatīpatiḥ"], "translation": "There the lord of the earth saw her fallen on the ground, lying in a way unbefitting her, and he was as if scorched with grief.", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī claims the two boons"}
{"ref": "2.10.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 10, "verse": 3, "iast": ["sa vṛddhas taruṇīṃ bhāryāṃ prāṇebhyo 'pi garīyasīm", "apāpaḥ pāpasaṃkalpāṃ dadarśa dharaṇītale"], "translation": "That aged, sinless king beheld on the ground his young wife, dearer to him than his own life, yet harbouring sinful intent.", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī claims the two boons"}
{"ref": "2.10.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 10, "verse": 4, "iast": ["kareṇum iva digdhena viddhāṃ mṛgayuṇā vane", "mahāgaja ivāraṇye snehāt parimamarśa tām"], "translation": "As a great elephant in the forest lovingly caresses a she-elephant pierced by a hunter's poisoned dart, so with affection he stroked her.", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī claims the two boons"}
{"ref": "2.10.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 10, "verse": 5, "iast": ["parimṛśya ca pāṇibhyām abhisaṃtrastacetanaḥ", "kāmī kamalapatrākṣīm uvāca vanitām idam"], "translation": "Having stroked her with both hands, his mind stricken with alarm, the enamoured king spoke this to the lotus-petal-eyed woman:", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī claims the two boons"}
{"ref": "2.10.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 10, "verse": 6, "iast": ["na te 'ham abhijānāmi krodham ātmani saṃśritam", "devi kenābhiyuktāsi kena vāsi vimānitā"], "translation": "I cannot fathom this anger of yours lodged in your heart. O queen, by whom have you been assailed, or by whom slighted?", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī claims the two boons"}
{"ref": "2.10.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 10, "verse": 7, "iast": ["yad idaṃ mama duḥkhāya śeṣe kalyāṇi pāṃsuṣu", "bhūmau śeṣe kimarthaṃ tvaṃ mayi kalyāṇa cetasi", "bhūtopahatacitteva mama cittapramāthinī"], "translation": "O lovely one, that you lie here in the dust to my sorrow — why do you lie on the ground when my heart is kindly toward you, as though your mind were possessed by a spirit, you who churn my heart?", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī claims the two boons"}
{"ref": "2.10.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 10, "verse": 8, "iast": ["santi me kuśalā vaidyā abhituṣṭāś ca sarvaśaḥ", "sukhitāṃ tvāṃ kariṣyanti vyādhim ācakṣva bhāmini"], "translation": "I have skilled physicians, well-rewarded in every way; they will make you well. Tell me your ailment, O passionate one.", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī claims the two boons"}
{"ref": "2.10.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 10, "verse": 9, "iast": ["kasya vā te priyaṃ kāryaṃ kena vā vipriyaṃ kṛtam", "kaḥ priyaṃ labhatām adya ko vā sumahad apriyam"], "translation": "Whose kindness must be done for you, or by whom has an unkindness been done? Who shall receive good today, and who a very great ill?", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī claims the two boons"}
{"ref": "2.10.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 10, "verse": 10, "iast": ["avadhyo vadhyatāṃ ko vā vadhyaḥ ko vā vimucyatām", "daridraḥ ko bhavatv āḍhyo dravyavān vāpy akiṃcanaḥ"], "translation": "Who, though not to be slain, should be slain, or who, deserving death, should be freed? Who, though poor, should be made rich, or who, though wealthy, be made penniless?", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī claims the two boons"}
{"ref": "2.10.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 10, "verse": 11, "iast": ["ahaṃ caiva madīyāś ca sarve tava vaśānugāḥ", "na te kaṃ cid abhiprāyaṃ vyāhantum aham utsahe"], "translation": "I myself and all who are mine are obedient to your will; I would not dare to thwart any intention of yours.", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī claims the two boons"}
{"ref": "2.10.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 10, "verse": 12, "iast": ["ātmano jīvitenāpi brūhi yan manasecchasi", "yāvad āvartate cakraṃ tāvatī me vasuṃdharā"], "translation": "Speak what you wish in your heart, even at the cost of my own life; as far as the (sun's) wheel turns, so far extends my earth.", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī claims the two boons"}
{"ref": "2.10.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 10, "verse": 13, "iast": ["tathoktā sā samāśvastā vaktukāmā tad apriyam", "paripīḍayituṃ bhūyo bhartāram upacakrame"], "translation": "Thus addressed and reassured, wishing to speak that unwelcome thing, she set about tormenting her husband still further.", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī claims the two boons"}
{"ref": "2.10.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 10, "verse": 14, "iast": ["nāsmi viprakṛtā deva kena cin na vimānitā", "abhiprāyas tu me kaś cit tam icchāmi tvayā kṛtam"], "translation": "I have not been wronged, O king, nor slighted by anyone; but I have a certain wish, and I desire it to be fulfilled by you.", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī claims the two boons"}
{"ref": "2.10.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 10, "verse": 15, "iast": ["pratijñāṃ pratijānīṣva yadi tvaṃ kartum icchasi", "atha tad vyāhariṣyāmi yad abhiprārthitaṃ mayā"], "translation": "Make me a promise, if you wish to do it; then I shall declare what I have desired.", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī claims the two boons"}
{"ref": "2.10.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 10, "verse": 16, "iast": ["evam uktas tayā rājā priyayā strīvaśaṃ gataḥ", "tām uvāca mahātejāḥ kaikeyīm īṣadutsmitaḥ"], "translation": "Thus addressed by his beloved, the mighty king, fallen under the woman's sway, spoke to Kaikeyī, smiling slightly:", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī claims the two boons"}
{"ref": "2.10.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 10, "verse": 17, "iast": ["avalipte na jānāsi tvattaḥ priyataro mama", "manujo manujavyāghrād rāmād anyo na vidyate"], "translation": "O proud one, do you not know? No man dearer to me than you exists — none other than Rāma, that tiger among men.", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī claims the two boons"}
{"ref": "2.10.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 10, "verse": 18, "iast": ["bhadre hṛdayam apy etad anumṛśśyoddharasva me", "etat samīkṣya kaikeyi brūhi yat sādhu manyase"], "translation": "Good lady, search this very heart of mine and draw forth (your wish); considering it, Kaikeyī, tell me what you think is good.", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī claims the two boons"}
{"ref": "2.10.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 10, "verse": 19, "iast": ["balam ātmani paśyantī na māṃ śaṅkitum arhasi", "kariṣyāmi tava prītiṃ sukṛtenāpi te śape"], "translation": "Seeing the power you hold over me, you ought not to doubt me; I will do your pleasure — I swear it to you even by my good deeds.", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī claims the two boons"}
{"ref": "2.10.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 10, "verse": 20, "iast": ["tena vākyena saṃhṛṣṭā tam abhiprāyam ātmanaḥ", "vyājahāra mahāghoram abhyāgatam ivāntakam"], "translation": "Delighted by that speech, she gave voice to her own most terrible intention, like Death itself come near.", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī claims the two boons"}
{"ref": "2.10.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 10, "verse": 21, "iast": ["yathākrameṇa śapasi varaṃ mama dadāsi ca", "tac chṛṇvantu trayastriṃśad devāḥ sendrapurogamāḥ"], "translation": "As you swear in due order and grant me a boon, let the thirty-three gods, with Indra at their head, hear it.", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī claims the two boons"}
{"ref": "2.10.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 10, "verse": 22, "iast": ["candrādityau nabhaś caiva grahā rātryahanī diśaḥ", "jagac ca pṛthivī caiva sagandharvā sarākṣasā"], "translation": "The Moon and Sun, the sky, the planets, night and day, the quarters, the world and the earth, with its gandharvas and rākṣasas,", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī claims the two boons"}
{"ref": "2.10.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 10, "verse": 23, "iast": ["niśācarāṇi bhūtāni gṛheṣu gṛhadevatāḥ", "yāni cānyāni bhūtāni jānīyur bhāṣitaṃ tava"], "translation": "the beings that roam by night, the household deities in the homes, and whatever other beings there are — let them know what you have said.", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī claims the two boons"}
{"ref": "2.10.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 10, "verse": 24, "iast": ["satyasaṃdho mahātejā dharmajñaḥ susamāhitaḥ", "varaṃ mama dadāty eṣa tan me śṛṇvantu devatāḥ"], "translation": "True to his word, of great splendour, knower of dharma, fully composed — this king grants me a boon: let the deities hear that.", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī claims the two boons"}
{"ref": "2.10.25", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 10, "verse": 25, "iast": ["iti devī maheṣvāsaṃ parigṛhyābhiśasya ca", "tataḥ param uvācedaṃ varadaṃ kāmamohitam"], "translation": "Thus having bound and adjured the great archer, the queen then spoke this further to the boon-granting king, who was deluded by desire:", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī claims the two boons"}
{"ref": "2.10.26", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 10, "verse": 26, "iast": ["varau yau me tvayā deva tadā dattau mahīpate", "tau tāvad aham adyaiva vakṣyāmi śṛṇu me vacaḥ"], "translation": "The two boons that you granted me then, O king, O lord of the earth — those very two I shall now name this very day; hear my words.", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī claims the two boons"}
{"ref": "2.10.27", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 10, "verse": 27, "iast": ["abhiṣeka samārambho rāghavasyopakalpitaḥ", "anenaivābhiṣekeṇa bharato me 'bhiṣicyatām"], "translation": "The preparation begun for Rāghava's consecration — with this very consecration let my Bharata be consecrated instead.", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī claims the two boons"}
{"ref": "2.10.28", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 10, "verse": 28, "iast": ["nava pañca ca varṣāṇi daṇḍakāraṇyam āśritaḥ", "cīrājinajaṭādhārī rāmo bhavatu tāpasaḥ"], "translation": "For fourteen years let Rāma dwell in the Daṇḍaka forest and become an ascetic, wearing bark garments, deerskin, and matted locks.", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī claims the two boons"}
{"ref": "2.10.29", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 10, "verse": 29, "iast": ["bharato bhajatām adya yauvarājyam akaṇṭakam", "adya caiva hi paśyeyaṃ prayāntaṃ rāghavaṃ vane"], "translation": "Let Bharata today enjoy the unopposed heir-apparency, and this very day let me see Rāghava setting out for the forest.", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī claims the two boons"}
{"ref": "2.10.30", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 10, "verse": 30, "iast": ["tataḥ śrutvā mahārāja kaikeyyā dāruṇaṃ vacaḥ", "vyathito vilavaś caiva vyāghrīṃ dṛṣṭvā yathā mṛgaḥ"], "translation": "Then, O great king, hearing Kaikeyī's cruel words, he was shaken and distraught, like a deer that has seen a tigress.", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī claims the two boons"}
{"ref": "2.10.31", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 10, "verse": 31, "iast": ["asaṃvṛtāyām āsīno jagatyāṃ dīrgham ucchvasan", "aho dhig iti sāmarṣo vācam uktvā narādhipaḥ", "moham āpedivān bhūyaḥ śokopahatacetanaḥ"], "translation": "Seated on the bare ground, sighing deeply, the king cried out in indignation, 'Alas! Shame!' and, his mind stricken with grief, once more fell into a swoon.", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī claims the two boons"}
{"ref": "2.10.32", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 10, "verse": 32, "iast": ["cireṇa tu nṛpaḥ saṃjñāṃ pratilabhya suduḥkhitaḥ", "kaikeyīm abravīt kruddhaḥ pradahann iva cakṣuṣā"], "translation": "After a long while the king, regaining consciousness, deeply grieved and enraged, spoke to Kaikeyī as if burning her with his gaze:", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī claims the two boons"}
{"ref": "2.10.33", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 10, "verse": 33, "iast": ["nṛśaṃse duṣṭacāritre kulasyāsya vināśini", "kiṃ kṛtaṃ tava rāmeṇa pāpe pāpaṃ mayāpi vā"], "translation": "O cruel one of wicked conduct, destroyer of this family! What wrong has Rāma done you, O sinful woman, or what wrong have I done?", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī claims the two boons"}
{"ref": "2.10.34", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 10, "verse": 34, "iast": ["sadā te jananī tulyāṃ vṛttiṃ vahati rāghavaḥ", "tasyaiva tvam anarthāya kiṃnimittam ihodyatā"], "translation": "Rāghava has always treated you with conduct equal to that toward his own mother; for what reason are you now bent upon his ruin?", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī claims the two boons"}
{"ref": "2.10.35", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 10, "verse": 35, "iast": ["tvaṃ mayātmavināśāya bhavanaṃ svaṃ praveśitā", "avijñānān nṛpasutā vyālī tīkṣṇaviṣā yathā"], "translation": "To my own destruction did I bring you, a king's daughter, into my house, unknowingly, as one might a fierce, sharp-venomed serpent.", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī claims the two boons"}
{"ref": "2.10.36", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 10, "verse": 36, "iast": ["jīvaloko yadā sarvo rāmasyeha guṇastavam", "aparādhaṃ kam uddiśya tyakṣyāmīṣṭam ahaṃ sutam"], "translation": "When the whole world of the living here sings the praise of Rāma's virtues, for what offence shall I abandon my beloved son?", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī claims the two boons"}
{"ref": "2.10.37", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 10, "verse": 37, "iast": ["kausalyāṃ vā sumitrāṃ vā tyajeyam api vā śriyam", "jīvitaṃ vātmano rāmaṃ na tv eva pitṛvatsalam"], "translation": "I could give up Kausalyā, or Sumitrā, or even sovereignty, or my own life — but never Rāma, who is devoted to his father.", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī claims the two boons"}
{"ref": "2.10.38", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 10, "verse": 38, "iast": ["parā bhavati me prītir dṛṣṭvā tanayam agrajam", "apaśyatas tu me rāmaṃ naṣṭā bhavati cetanā"], "translation": "The highest joy comes to me when I behold my first-born son; but when I do not see Rāma, my very consciousness fails.", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī claims the two boons"}
{"ref": "2.10.39", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 10, "verse": 39, "iast": ["tiṣṭhel loko vinā sūryaṃ sasyaṃ vā salilaṃ vinā", "na tu rāmaṃ vinā dehe tiṣṭhet tu mama jīvitam"], "translation": "The world might endure without the sun, or the crops without water, but without Rāma my life would not remain in my body.", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī claims the two boons"}
{"ref": "2.10.40", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 10, "verse": 40, "iast": ["tad alaṃ tyajyatām eṣa niścayaḥ pāpaniścaye", "api te caraṇau mūrdhnā spṛśāmy eṣa prasīda me"], "translation": "So enough! Let this resolve be abandoned, O you of sinful resolve. See, I even touch your feet with my head — be gracious to me!", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī claims the two boons"}
{"ref": "2.10.41", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 10, "verse": 41, "iast": ["sa bhūmipālo vilapann anāthavat striyā gṛhīto dṛhaye 'timātratā", "papāta devyāś caraṇau prasāritāv ubhāv asaṃspṛśya yathāturas tathā"], "translation": "That protector of the earth, wailing helplessly, seized past all measure in his heart by the woman, fell down — yet without quite touching the queen's two outstretched feet, like a sick man.", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī claims the two boons"}
{"ref": "2.11.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 11, "verse": 1, "iast": ["atadarhaṃ mahārājaṃ śayānam atathocitam", "yayātim iva puṇyānte devalokāt paricyutam"], "translation": "She looked upon the great king, who did not deserve this, lying in a manner unbefitting him, like Yayāti fallen from the world of the gods at the exhaustion of his merit.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s pleas fail to move Kaikeyī"}
{"ref": "2.11.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 11, "verse": 2, "iast": ["anartharūpā siddhārthā abhītā bhayadarśinī", "punar ākārayām āsa tam eva varam aṅganā"], "translation": "That woman, ruin embodied, her purpose accomplished, unafraid though a sight to inspire fear, once more called for that very boon.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s pleas fail to move Kaikeyī"}
{"ref": "2.11.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 11, "verse": 3, "iast": ["tvaṃ katthase mahārāja satyavādī dṛḍhavrataḥ", "mama cemaṃ varaṃ kasmād vidhārayitum icchasi"], "translation": "You boast, O great king, that you speak the truth and are firm in your vows; why then do you wish to withhold this boon from me?", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s pleas fail to move Kaikeyī"}
{"ref": "2.11.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 11, "verse": 4, "iast": ["evam uktas tu kaikeyyā rājā daśarathas tadā", "pratyuvāca tataḥ kruddho muhūrtaṃ vihvalann iva"], "translation": "Thus addressed by Kaikeyī, King Daśaratha then, enraged, after being for a moment as if reeling, replied:", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s pleas fail to move Kaikeyī"}
{"ref": "2.11.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 11, "verse": 5, "iast": ["mṛte mayi gate rāme vanaṃ manujapuṃgave", "hantānārye mamāmitre rāmaḥ pravrājito vanam"], "translation": "When I am dead and Rāma, that bull among men, has gone to the forest — alas, O ignoble one, my enemy! — (then) Rāma will have been banished to the forest.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s pleas fail to move Kaikeyī"}
{"ref": "2.11.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 11, "verse": 6, "iast": ["yadi satyaṃ bravīmy etat tad asatyaṃ bhaviṣyati", "akīrtir atulā loke dhruvaṃ paribhavaś ca me"], "translation": "If I do speak this as truth, it will (yet) turn to falsehood; and surely there will be for me measureless infamy in the world, and disgrace.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s pleas fail to move Kaikeyī"}
{"ref": "2.11.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 11, "verse": 7, "iast": ["tathā vilapatas tasya paribhramitacetasaḥ", "astam abhyagamat sūryo rajanī cābhyavartata"], "translation": "As he lamented thus, his mind whirling, the sun went to its setting and night came on.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s pleas fail to move Kaikeyī"}
{"ref": "2.11.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 11, "verse": 8, "iast": ["sa triyāmā tathārtasya candramaṇḍalamaṇḍitā", "rājño vilapamānasya na vyabhāsata śarvarī"], "translation": "That night of three watches, adorned with the disc of the moon, did not shine for the king so afflicted, as he lamented.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s pleas fail to move Kaikeyī"}
{"ref": "2.11.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 11, "verse": 9, "iast": ["tathaivoṣṇaṃ viniḥśvasya vṛddho daśaratho nṛpaḥ", "vilalāpārtavad duḥkhaṃ gaganāsaktalocanaḥ"], "translation": "Sighing hot breaths likewise, the aged King Daśaratha, his eyes fixed on the sky, lamented his sorrow like one in anguish.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s pleas fail to move Kaikeyī"}
{"ref": "2.11.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 11, "verse": 10, "iast": ["na prabhātaṃ tvayecchāmi mayāyaṃ racito 'ñjaliḥ", "atha vā gamyatāṃ śīghraṃ nāham icchāmi nirghṛṇām", "nṛśaṃsāṃ kaikeyīṃ draṣṭuṃ yatkṛte vyasanaṃ mahat"], "translation": "O night, I do not wish you to bring on the dawn; this reverent gesture I make to you (to hold it back); or rather, pass quickly! I do not wish to look upon the pitiless, cruel Kaikeyī, on whose account this great calamity has come.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s pleas fail to move Kaikeyī"}
{"ref": "2.11.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 11, "verse": 11, "iast": ["evam uktvā tato rājā kaikeyīṃ saṃyatāñjaliḥ", "prasādayām āsa punaḥ kaikeyīṃ cedam abravīt"], "translation": "Having spoken thus, the king then, with hands joined in supplication, sought to appease Kaikeyī, and said this to her once more:", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s pleas fail to move Kaikeyī"}
{"ref": "2.11.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 11, "verse": 12, "iast": ["sādhuvṛttasya dīnasya tvadgatasya gatāyuṣaḥ", "prasādaḥ kriyatāṃ devi bhadre rājño viśeṣataḥ"], "translation": "Grant your favour, O queen, O gracious lady, and above all to the king — a man of virtuous conduct, wretched, devoted to you, his life ebbing away.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s pleas fail to move Kaikeyī"}
{"ref": "2.11.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 11, "verse": 13, "iast": ["śūnyena khalu suśroṇi mayedaṃ samudāhṛtam", "kuru sādhu prasādaṃ me bāle sahṛdayā hy asi"], "translation": "Surely, O fair-hipped one, it was by a witless man that this was said; grant me your gracious favour, O girl, for you are kind-hearted.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s pleas fail to move Kaikeyī"}
{"ref": "2.11.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 11, "verse": 14, "iast": ["viśuddhabhāvasya hi duṣṭabhāvā tāmrekṣaṇasyāśrukalasya rājñaḥ", "śrutvā vicitraṃ karuṇaṃ vilāpaṃ bhartur nṛśaṃsā na cakāra vākyam"], "translation": "But the evil-natured woman, hearing the strange and piteous lament of the pure-hearted king — his eyes red, his voice choked with tears — cruel as she was, did not heed her husband's plea.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s pleas fail to move Kaikeyī"}
{"ref": "2.11.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 11, "verse": 15, "iast": ["tataḥ sa rājā punar eva mūrchitaḥ priyām atuṣṭāṃ pratikūlabhāṣiṇīm", "samīkṣya putrasya vivāsanaṃ prati kṣitau visaṃjño nipapāta duḥkhitaḥ"], "translation": "Then the king, swooning once again, having looked upon his beloved — unappeased and speaking against him about his son's banishment — fell senseless to the ground, stricken with grief.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s pleas fail to move Kaikeyī"}
{"ref": "2.12.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 12, "verse": 1, "iast": ["putraśokārditaṃ pāpā visaṃjñaṃ patitaṃ bhuvi", "viveṣṭamānam udīkṣya saikṣvākam idam abravīt"], "translation": "Gazing at the Ikṣvāku king—tormented by grief for his son, senseless, fallen to the ground and writhing—the wicked woman said this:", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha summons Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.12.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 12, "verse": 2, "iast": ["pāpaṃ kṛtveva kim idaṃ mama saṃśrutya saṃśravam", "śeṣe kṣititale sannaḥ sthityāṃ sthātuṃ tvam arhasi"], "translation": "“What is this—as though you had done some evil deed? Having pledged me your promise, you lie sunk upon the ground; you ought rather to stand firm in your commitment.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha summons Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.12.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 12, "verse": 3, "iast": ["āhuḥ satyaṃ hi paramaṃ dharmaṃ dharmavido janāḥ", "satyam āśritya hi mayā tvaṃ ca dharmaṃ pracoditaḥ"], "translation": "For those who know dharma declare truth to be the highest dharma; and it was by taking my stand on truth that I urged you to your duty.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha summons Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.12.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 12, "verse": 4, "iast": ["saṃśrutya śaibyaḥ śyenāya svāṃ tanuṃ jagatīpatiḥ", "pradāya pakṣiṇo rājañ jagāma gatim uttamām"], "translation": "Having made his promise to the hawk, King Śaibya, lord of the earth, gave over his own body to the bird, O king, and attained the highest state.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha summons Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.12.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 12, "verse": 5, "iast": ["tatha hy alarkas tejasvī brāhmaṇe vedapārage", "yācamāne svake netre uddhṛtyāvimanā dadau"], "translation": "So too the splendid Alarka, when a brahmin who had mastered the Vedas begged of him, plucked out his own eyes and gave them, undismayed.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha summons Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.12.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 12, "verse": 6, "iast": ["saritāṃ tu patiḥ svalpāṃ maryādāṃ satyam anvitaḥ", "satyānurodhāt samaye velāṃ khāṃ nātivartate"], "translation": "And the ocean, lord of the rivers, endowed with truth, out of regard for truth does not at the appointed time overpass its slender bound, the shore-line.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha summons Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.12.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 12, "verse": 7, "iast": ["samayaṃ ca mamāryemaṃ yadi tvaṃ na kariṣyasi", "agratas te parityaktā parityakṣyāmi jīvitam"], "translation": "And if you will not keep this compact of mine, O noble one, then, cast off by you, before your very eyes I shall give up my life.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha summons Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.12.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 12, "verse": 8, "iast": ["evaṃ pracodito rājā kaikeyyā nirviśaṅkayā", "nāśakat pāśam unmoktuṃ balir indrakṛtaṃ yathā"], "translation": "Thus urged on by the unhesitating Kaikeyī, the king could no more loose the noose than Bali could loose the bond made by Indra.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha summons Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.12.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 12, "verse": 9, "iast": ["udbhrāntahṛdayaś cāpi vivarṇavanado 'bhavat", "sa dhuryo vai parispandan yugacakrāntaraṃ yathā"], "translation": "His heart grew distracted and his face turned pale; he was like a yoke-ox trembling between the yoke and the wheel.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha summons Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.12.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 12, "verse": 10, "iast": ["vihvalābhyāṃ ca netrābhyām apaśyann iva bhūmipaḥ", "kṛcchrād dhairyeṇa saṃstabhya kaikeyīm idam abravīt"], "translation": "With his two eyes reeling, the lord of the earth, as though he could not see, steadying himself with difficulty by his fortitude, said this to Kaikeyī:", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha summons Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.12.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 12, "verse": 11, "iast": ["yas te mantrakṛtaḥ pāṇir agnau pāpe mayā dhṛtaḥ", "taṃ tyajāmi svajaṃ caiva tava putraṃ saha tvayā"], "translation": "That hand of yours which, with sacred formulas, I clasped in the presence of the fire—that, O wicked one, I renounce, and your son born of me as well, together with you.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha summons Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.12.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 12, "verse": 12, "iast": ["tataḥ pāpasamācārā kaikeyī pārthivaṃ punaḥ", "uvāca paruṣaṃ vākyaṃ vākyajñā roṣamūrchitā"], "translation": "Then Kaikeyī, of wicked conduct, skilled in words and stupefied with rage, spoke to the king once more this harsh speech:", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha summons Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.12.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 12, "verse": 13, "iast": ["kim idaṃ bhāṣase rājan vākyaṃ gararujopamam", "ānāyayitum akliṣṭaṃ putraṃ rāmam ihārhasi"], "translation": "“Why do you speak this word, O king, like the torment of poison? You ought to have the untroubled Rāma, your son, brought here.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha summons Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.12.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 12, "verse": 14, "iast": ["sthāpya rājye mama sutaṃ kṛtvā rāmaṃ vanecaram", "niḥsapatnāṃ ca māṃ kṛtvā kṛtakṛtyo bhaviṣyasi"], "translation": "Having set my son upon the throne, having made Rāma a forest-dweller, and having made me free of rivals, you will have accomplished your purpose.”", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha summons Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.12.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 12, "verse": 15, "iast": ["sa nunna iva tīkṣeṇa pratodena hayottamaḥ", "rājā pradocito 'bhīkṣṇaṃ kaikeyīm idam abravīt"], "translation": "Like an excellent horse goaded by a sharp whip, the king, spurred on again and again, said this to Kaikeyī:", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha summons Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.12.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 12, "verse": 16, "iast": ["dharmabandhena baddho 'smi naṣṭā ca mama cetanā", "jyeṣṭhaṃ putraṃ priyaṃ rāmaṃ draṣṭum icchāmi dhārmikam"], "translation": "“I am bound by the bond of dharma and my senses are gone; I wish to see my dear, righteous, eldest son Rāma.”", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha summons Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.12.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 12, "verse": 17, "iast": ["iti rājño vacaḥ śrutvā kaikeyī tadanantaram", "svayam evābravīt sūtaṃ gaccha tvaṃ rāmam ānaya"], "translation": "Hearing the king's words thus, Kaikeyī thereupon said herself to the charioteer: “Go, bring Rāma.”", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha summons Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.12.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 12, "verse": 18, "iast": ["tataḥ sa rājā taṃ sūtaṃ sannaharṣaḥ sutaṃ prati", "śokāraktekṣaṇaḥ śrīmān udvīkṣyovāca dhārmikaḥ"], "translation": "Then that king, his joy sunken with regard to his son, glorious and righteous, his eyes reddened with grief, looked up and said to the charioteer:", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha summons Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.12.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 12, "verse": 19, "iast": ["sumantraḥ karuṇaṃ śrutvā dṛṣṭvā dīnaṃ ca pārthivam", "pragṛhītāñjaliḥ kiṃ cit tasmād deśād apākraman"], "translation": "Sumantra, hearing the piteous words and seeing the king dejected, with joined palms drew back a little from that place.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha summons Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.12.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 12, "verse": 20, "iast": ["yadā vaktuṃ svayaṃ dainyān na śaśāka mahīpatiḥ", "tadā sumantraṃ mantrajñā kaikeyī pratyuvāca ha"], "translation": "When the lord of the earth himself, out of his misery, was unable to speak, then the counsel-wise Kaikeyī answered Sumantra:", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha summons Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.12.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 12, "verse": 21, "iast": ["sumantra rāmaṃ drakṣyāmi śīghram ānaya sundaram", "sa manyamānaḥ kalyāṇaṃ hṛdayena nananda ca"], "translation": "“Sumantra, I shall see Rāma; bring the handsome one quickly.” And he, supposing it to be something auspicious, rejoiced in his heart.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha summons Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.12.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 12, "verse": 22, "iast": ["sumantraś cintayām āsa tvaritaṃ coditas tayā", "vyaktaṃ rāmo 'bhiṣekārtham ihāyāsyati dharmavit"], "translation": "Sumantra, hurriedly urged on by her, reflected: “Clearly the righteous Rāma will come here for his consecration.”", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha summons Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.12.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 12, "verse": 23, "iast": ["iti sūto matiṃ kṛtvā harṣeṇa mahatā punaḥ", "nirjagāma mahātejā rāghavasya didṛkṣayā"], "translation": "So the charioteer, having made up his mind, again with great joy, the mighty one set out with a desire to see the Rāghava.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha summons Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.12.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 12, "verse": 24, "iast": ["tataḥ purastāt sahasā vinirgato mahīpatīn dvāragatān vilokayan", "dadarśa paurān vividhān mahādhanān upasthitān dvāram upetya viṣṭhitān"], "translation": "Then, having suddenly come forth in front, gazing at the kings who stood at the gate, he saw the many wealthy townsfolk who had approached and, having come up to the gate, were waiting there.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha summons Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.13.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 13, "verse": 1, "iast": ["te tu tāṃ rajanīm uṣya brāhmaṇā vedapāragāḥ", "upatasthur upasthānaṃ saharājapurohitāḥ"], "translation": "Having passed that night, those brahmins, masters of the Vedas, together with the royal chaplains, came to the assembly-hall.", "sarga_title": "The abhiṣeka awaits Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.13.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 13, "verse": 2, "iast": ["amātyā balamukhyāś ca mukhyā ye nigamasya ca", "rāghavasyābhiṣekārthe prīyamāṇās tu saṃgatāḥ"], "translation": "The ministers, the chief army-commanders, and those who were foremost of the town gathered together, rejoicing, for the sake of Rāghava's consecration.", "sarga_title": "The abhiṣeka awaits Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.13.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 13, "verse": 3, "iast": ["udite vimale sūrye puṣye cābhyāgate 'hani", "abhiṣekāya rāmasya dvijendrair upakalpitam"], "translation": "When the spotless sun had risen and the day had come with the moon in Puṣya, everything was prepared by the chief brahmins for Rāma's consecration:", "sarga_title": "The abhiṣeka awaits Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.13.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 13, "verse": 4, "iast": ["kāñcanā jalakumbhāś ca bhadrapīṭhaṃ svalaṃkṛtam", "rāmaś ca samyagāstīrṇo bhāsvarā vyāghracarmaṇā"], "translation": "golden water-jars, and a well-adorned auspicious throne, delightful and well spread over with a gleaming tiger-skin;", "sarga_title": "The abhiṣeka awaits Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.13.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 13, "verse": 5, "iast": ["gaṅgāyamunayoḥ puṇyāt saṃgamād āhṛtaṃ jalam", "yāś cānyāḥ saritaḥ puṇyā hradāḥ kūpāḥ sarāṃsi ca"], "translation": "water brought from the holy confluence of the Gaṅgā and the Yamunā, and whatever other holy rivers there were, and lakes, wells, and ponds—", "sarga_title": "The abhiṣeka awaits Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.13.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 13, "verse": 6, "iast": ["prāgvāhāś cordhvavāhāś ca tiryagvāhāḥ samāhitāḥ", "tābhyaś caivāhṛtaṃ toyaṃ samudrebhyaś ca sarvaśaḥ"], "translation": "those flowing eastward, those flowing upward, and those flowing crosswise, duly gathered—from these, and from the oceans on every side, water too was brought.", "sarga_title": "The abhiṣeka awaits Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.13.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 13, "verse": 7, "iast": ["kṣaudraṃ dadhighṛtaṃ lājā dharbhāḥ sumanasaḥ payaḥ", "salājāḥ kṣīribhiś channā ghaṭāḥ kāñcanarājatāḥ", "padmotpalayutā bhānti pūrṇāḥ paramavāriṇā"], "translation": "Honey, curds and ghee, parched grain, darbha grass, flowers, milk; and gold and silver jars, holding parched grain and covered over with branches of milk-trees, furnished with lotuses and water-lilies and brimming with the finest water, gleamed.", "sarga_title": "The abhiṣeka awaits Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.13.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 13, "verse": 8, "iast": ["candrāṃśuvikacaprakhyaṃ pāṇḍuraṃ ratnabhūṣitam", "sajjaṃ tiṣṭhati rāmasya vālavyajanam uttamam"], "translation": "An excellent yak-tail fan, white and adorned with gems, gleaming like the opened rays of the moon, stands ready for Rāma.", "sarga_title": "The abhiṣeka awaits Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.13.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 13, "verse": 9, "iast": ["candramaṇḍalasaṃkāśam ātapatraṃ ca pāṇḍuram", "sajjaṃ dyutikaraṃ śrīmad abhiṣekapuraskṛtam"], "translation": "And a white parasol, resembling the disc of the moon, radiant and splendid, stands ready, set foremost for the consecration.", "sarga_title": "The abhiṣeka awaits Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.13.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 13, "verse": 10, "iast": ["pāṇḍuraś ca vṛṣaḥ sajjaḥ pāṇḍurāśvaś ca susthitaḥ", "prasrutaś ca gajaḥ śrīmān aupavāhyaḥ pratīkṣate"], "translation": "A white bull stands ready, and a white horse stands firmly in place; and a splendid rutting elephant, fit to be ridden, waits in attendance.", "sarga_title": "The abhiṣeka awaits Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.13.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 13, "verse": 11, "iast": ["aṣṭau kanyāś ca maṅgalyāḥ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitāḥ", "vāditrāṇi ca sarvāṇi bandinaś ca tathāpare"], "translation": "And eight auspicious maidens, adorned with every ornament, and all the musical instruments, and likewise the other bards (were ready).", "sarga_title": "The abhiṣeka awaits Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.13.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 13, "verse": 12, "iast": ["ikṣvākūṇāṃ yathā rājye saṃbhriyetābhiṣecanam", "tathā jātīyām ādāya rājaputrābhiṣecanam"], "translation": "Just as, in the kingdom of the Ikṣvākus, a consecration is customarily furnished, so, taking up (materials) of that same kind, the prince's consecration was made ready.", "sarga_title": "The abhiṣeka awaits Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.13.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 13, "verse": 13, "iast": ["te rājavacanāt tatra samavetā mahīpatim", "apaśyanto 'bruvan ko nu rājño naḥ prativedayet"], "translation": "Assembled there at the king's command and not seeing him, they said: “Who now will announce us to the king?”", "sarga_title": "The abhiṣeka awaits Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.13.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 13, "verse": 14, "iast": ["na paśyāmaś ca rājānam uditaś ca divākaraḥ", "yauvarājyābhiṣekaś ca sajjo rāmasya dhīmataḥ"], "translation": "“We do not see the king, and the sun has risen, and the consecration of wise Rāma to the heir-apparency is all ready.”", "sarga_title": "The abhiṣeka awaits Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.13.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 13, "verse": 15, "iast": ["iti teṣu bruvāṇeṣu sārvabhaumān mahīpatīn", "abravīt tān idaṃ sarvān sumantro rājasatkṛtaḥ"], "translation": "While they were speaking thus, Sumantra, honored by the king, said this to all those sovereign lords of the earth:", "sarga_title": "The abhiṣeka awaits Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.13.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 13, "verse": 16, "iast": ["ayaṃ pṛcchāmi vacanāt sukham āyuṣmatām aham", "rājñaḥ saṃpratibuddhasya yac cāgamanakāraṇam"], "translation": "“At (your) word, I here go to ask the now-awakened king after the welfare of you long-lived ones, and what the reason of your coming is.”", "sarga_title": "The abhiṣeka awaits Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.13.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 13, "verse": 17, "iast": ["ity uktvāntaḥpuradvāram ājagāma purāṇavit", "āśīrbhir guṇayuktābhir abhituṣṭāva rāghavam"], "translation": "Having spoken thus, the knower of ancient lore came to the door of the inner apartments and extolled the Rāghava (king) with fitting benedictions.", "sarga_title": "The abhiṣeka awaits Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.13.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 13, "verse": 18, "iast": ["gatā bhagavatī rātrirahaḥ śivam upasthitam", "budhyasva nṛpaśārdūla kuru kāryam anantaram"], "translation": "“The blessed night has passed, the auspicious day has come; awake, O tiger among kings, and do next what must be done.", "sarga_title": "The abhiṣeka awaits Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.13.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 13, "verse": 19, "iast": ["brāhmaṇā balamukhyāś ca naigamāś cāgatā nṛpa", "darśanaṃ pratikāṅkṣante pratibudhyasva rāghava"], "translation": "The brahmins, the chief commanders, and the townsmen have come, O king; they await an audience—awake, O Rāghava.”", "sarga_title": "The abhiṣeka awaits Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.13.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 13, "verse": 20, "iast": ["stuvantaṃ taṃ tadā sūtaṃ sumantraṃ mantrakovidam", "pratibudhya tato rājā idaṃ vacanam abravīt"], "translation": "Then the king, awaking, spoke these words to that charioteer Sumantra, skilled in counsel, as he was extolling him:", "sarga_title": "The abhiṣeka awaits Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.13.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 13, "verse": 21, "iast": ["na caiva saṃprasuto 'ham ānayed āśu rāghavam", "iti rājā daśarathaḥ sūtaṃ tatrānvaśāt punaḥ"], "translation": "“I am not asleep at all; let one quickly bring the Rāghava (Rāma)”—thus King Daśaratha again commanded the charioteer there.", "sarga_title": "The abhiṣeka awaits Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.13.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 13, "verse": 22, "iast": ["sa rājavacanaṃ śrutvā śirasā pratipūjya tam", "nirjagāma nṛpāvāsān manyamānaḥ priyaṃ mahat"], "translation": "Hearing the king's command and honoring him with a bow of his head, he went forth from the king's dwelling, deeming it a great favor.", "sarga_title": "The abhiṣeka awaits Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.13.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 13, "verse": 23, "iast": ["prapanno rājamārgaṃ ca patākā dhvajaśobhitam", "sa sūtas tatra śuśrāva rāmādhikaraṇāḥ kathāḥ"], "translation": "Reaching the royal highway, adorned with pennants and banners, the charioteer there heard talk that had Rāma for its subject.", "sarga_title": "The abhiṣeka awaits Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.13.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 13, "verse": 24, "iast": ["tato dadarśa ruciraṃ kailāsasadṛśaprabham", "rāmaveśma sumantras tu śakraveśmasamaprabham"], "translation": "Then Sumantra beheld Rāma's lovely mansion, whose splendor was like Kailāsa's, radiant as the palace of Indra:", "sarga_title": "The abhiṣeka awaits Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.13.25", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 13, "verse": 25, "iast": ["mahākapāṭapihitaṃ vitardiśataśobhitam", "kāñcanapratimaikāgraṃ maṇividrumatoraṇam"], "translation": "closed with great door-panels, adorned with hundreds of raised terraces, its foremost points crowned with golden images, its archways of gems and coral,", "sarga_title": "The abhiṣeka awaits Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.13.26", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 13, "verse": 26, "iast": ["śāradābhraghanaprakhyaṃ dīptaṃ meruguhopamam", "dāmabhir varamālyānāṃ sumahadbhir alaṃkṛtam"], "translation": "resembling a dense autumn cloud, gleaming, like a cavern of Mount Meru, adorned with very great festoons of the finest garlands.", "sarga_title": "The abhiṣeka awaits Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.13.27", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 13, "verse": 27, "iast": ["sa vājiyuktena rathena sārathir narākulaṃ rājakulaṃ vilokayan", "tataḥ samāsādya mahādhanaṃ mahat prahṛṣṭaromā sa babhūva sārathiḥ"], "translation": "That charioteer, in his horse-yoked chariot, gazing at the royal palace thronged with people, then reaching that great and richly furnished mansion, became thrilled, his body-hair bristling with joy.", "sarga_title": "The abhiṣeka awaits Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.13.28", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 13, "verse": 28, "iast": ["tad adrikūṭācalameghasaṃnibhaṃ mahāvimānottamaveśmasaṃghavat", "avāryamāṇaḥ praviveśa sārathiḥ prabhūtaratnaṃ makaro yathārṇavam"], "translation": "The charioteer entered, unhindered, that mansion—resembling a mountain-peak or a motionless cloud, holding a cluster of great and splendid palatial buildings and abounding in gems—as a sea-monster enters the gem-filled ocean.", "sarga_title": "The abhiṣeka awaits Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.14.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 14, "verse": 1, "iast": ["sa tad antaḥpuradvāraṃ samatītya janākulam", "praviviktāṃ tataḥ kakṣyām āsasāda purāṇavit"], "translation": "Passing that gate of the inner palace, thronged with people, the knower of ancient lore then reached a secluded courtyard.", "sarga_title": "Rāma answers the summons"}
{"ref": "2.14.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 14, "verse": 2, "iast": ["prāsakārmukabibhradbhir yuvabhir mṛṣṭakuṇḍalaiḥ", "apramādibhir ekāgraiḥ svanuraktair adhiṣṭhitām"], "translation": "(a courtyard) guarded by young men bearing javelins and bows, with polished earrings, vigilant, single-minded, and well-devoted.", "sarga_title": "Rāma answers the summons"}
{"ref": "2.14.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 14, "verse": 3, "iast": ["tatra kāṣāyiṇo vṛddhān vetrapāṇīn svalaṃkṛtān", "dadarśa viṣṭhitān dvāri stryadhyakṣān susamāhitān"], "translation": "There he saw, stationed at the door, aged men in ochre robes, staves in hand, well-adorned, overseers of the women's quarters, fully composed.", "sarga_title": "Rāma answers the summons"}
{"ref": "2.14.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 14, "verse": 4, "iast": ["te samīkṣya samāyāntaṃ rāmapriyacikīrṣavaḥ", "sahabhāryāya rāmāya kṣipram evācacakṣire"], "translation": "Seeing him approaching, they, wishing to do Rāma a kindness, quickly announced him to Rāma, who was with his wife.", "sarga_title": "Rāma answers the summons"}
{"ref": "2.14.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 14, "verse": 5, "iast": ["prativeditam ājñāya sūtam abhyantaraṃ pituḥ", "tatraivānāyayām āsa rāghavaḥ priyakāmyayā"], "translation": "Learning that it had been announced, Rāghava, wishing to please, had the charioteer — his father's intimate — brought right there.", "sarga_title": "Rāma answers the summons"}
{"ref": "2.14.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 14, "verse": 6, "iast": ["taṃ vaiśravaṇasaṃkāśam upaviṣṭaṃ svalaṃkṛtam", "dādarśa sūtaḥ paryaṅke sauvaṇo sottaracchade"], "translation": "The charioteer beheld him — resembling Vaiśravaṇa, seated, well-adorned, upon a golden couch spread with a fine coverlet.", "sarga_title": "Rāma answers the summons"}
{"ref": "2.14.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 14, "verse": 7, "iast": ["varāharudhirābheṇa śucinā ca sugandhinā", "anuliptaṃ parārdhyena candanena paraṃtapam"], "translation": "(He beheld) that scorcher of foes anointed with priceless sandal-paste — pure, fragrant, and of the hue of boar's blood.", "sarga_title": "Rāma answers the summons"}
{"ref": "2.14.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 14, "verse": 8, "iast": ["sthitayā pārśvataś cāpi vālavyajanahastayā", "upetaṃ sītayā bhūyaś citrayā śaśinaṃ yathā"], "translation": "and attended too by Sītā standing at his side, a yak-tail fan in her hand — like the moon accompanied by the star Citrā.", "sarga_title": "Rāma answers the summons"}
{"ref": "2.14.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 14, "verse": 9, "iast": ["taṃ tapantam ivādityam upapannaṃ svatejasā", "vavande varadaṃ bandī niyamajño vinītavat"], "translation": "The bard, knowing his office, humbly saluted that boon-giver, endowed with his own splendour and blazing like the sun.", "sarga_title": "Rāma answers the summons"}
{"ref": "2.14.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 14, "verse": 10, "iast": ["prāñjalis tu sukhaṃ pṛṣṭvā vihāraśayanāsane", "rājaputram uvācedaṃ sumantro rājasatkṛtaḥ"], "translation": "With hands joined, having asked after his ease in his pleasures, his bed and his seat, Sumantra, honoured by the king, said this to the prince:", "sarga_title": "Rāma answers the summons"}
{"ref": "2.14.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 14, "verse": 11, "iast": ["kausalyā suprabhā deva pitā tvaṃ draṣṭum icchati", "mahiṣyā saha kaikeyyā gamyatāṃ tatra māciram"], "translation": "O lord, fair glory of Kausalyā! Your father wishes to see you, together with Queen Kaikeyī; go there, and do not delay.", "sarga_title": "Rāma answers the summons"}
{"ref": "2.14.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 14, "verse": 12, "iast": ["evam uktas tu saṃhṛṣṭo narasiṃho mahādyutiḥ", "tataḥ saṃmānayām āsa sītām idam uvāca ha"], "translation": "Thus addressed, that lion among men of great lustre, delighted, then took leave of Sītā and spoke this:", "sarga_title": "Rāma answers the summons"}
{"ref": "2.14.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 14, "verse": 13, "iast": ["devi devaś ca devī ca samāgamya madantare", "mantreyete dhruvaṃ kiṃ cid abhiṣecanasaṃhitam"], "translation": "O queen, the king and the queen (Kaikeyī), having met, are surely deliberating together over something concerning my consecration.", "sarga_title": "Rāma answers the summons"}
{"ref": "2.14.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 14, "verse": 14, "iast": ["lakṣayitvā hy abhiprāyaṃ priyakāmā sudakṣiṇā", "saṃcodayati rājānaṃ madarthaṃ madirekṣaṇā"], "translation": "For, having discerned his intention, the very gracious queen, wishing to please, with her intoxicating eyes, is urging on the king for my sake.", "sarga_title": "Rāma answers the summons"}
{"ref": "2.14.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 14, "verse": 15, "iast": ["yādṛśī pariṣat tatra tādṛśo dūta āgataḥ", "dhruvam adyaiva māṃ rājā yauvarājye 'bhiṣekṣyati"], "translation": "Such is the assembly there, and such the messenger who has come; surely this very day the king will consecrate me to the heir-apparency.", "sarga_title": "Rāma answers the summons"}
{"ref": "2.14.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 14, "verse": 16, "iast": ["hanta śīghram ito gatvā drakṣyāmi ca mahīpatiḥ", "saha tvaṃ parivāreṇa sukham āssva ramasya ca"], "translation": "Come! Going quickly hence, I shall see the lord of the earth; do you meanwhile, with your attendants, remain at ease and take your pleasure.", "sarga_title": "Rāma answers the summons"}
{"ref": "2.14.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 14, "verse": 17, "iast": ["patisaṃmānitā sītā bhartāram asitekṣaṇā", "ādvāram anuvavrāja maṅgalāny abhidadhyuṣī"], "translation": "Honoured by her husband, dark-eyed Sītā followed her lord to the door, uttering words of blessing.", "sarga_title": "Rāma answers the summons"}
{"ref": "2.14.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 14, "verse": 18, "iast": ["sa sarvān arthino dṛṣṭvā sametya pratinandya ca", "tataḥ pāvakasaṃkāśam āruroha rathottamam"], "translation": "Seeing all the petitioners, meeting them and greeting them in return, he then mounted his excellent chariot, resplendent as fire.", "sarga_title": "Rāma answers the summons"}
{"ref": "2.14.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 14, "verse": 19, "iast": ["muṣṇantam iva cakṣūṃṣi prabhayā hemavarcasaṃ", "kareṇuśiśukalpaiś ca yuktaṃ paramavājibhiḥ"], "translation": "(the chariot,) golden-hued, as if stealing the eyes with its radiance, yoked with the finest horses resembling young elephants,", "sarga_title": "Rāma answers the summons"}
{"ref": "2.14.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 14, "verse": 20, "iast": ["hariyuktaṃ sahasrākṣo ratham indra ivāśugam", "prayayau tūrṇam āsthāya rāghavo jvalitaḥ śriyā"], "translation": "Mounting that swift, horse-yoked chariot, Rāghava, blazing with splendour, drove swiftly forth, like the thousand-eyed Indra his own.", "sarga_title": "Rāma answers the summons"}
{"ref": "2.14.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 14, "verse": 21, "iast": ["sa parjanya ivākāśe svanavān abhinādayan", "niketān niryayau śrīmān mahābhrād iva candramāḥ"], "translation": "Resounding like a thundercloud in the sky, making all echo, the illustrious one went forth from his dwelling, like the moon from a great cloud.", "sarga_title": "Rāma answers the summons"}
{"ref": "2.14.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 14, "verse": 22, "iast": ["chatracāmarapāṇis tu lakṣmaṇo rāghavānujaḥ", "jugopa bhrātaraṃ bhrātā ratham āsthāya pṛṣṭhataḥ"], "translation": "Lakṣmaṇa, Rāghava's younger brother, parasol and yak-tail fan in hand, guarded his brother, mounting the chariot behind him.", "sarga_title": "Rāma answers the summons"}
{"ref": "2.14.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 14, "verse": 23, "iast": ["tato halahalāśabdas tumulaḥ samajāyata", "tasya niṣkramamāṇasya janaughasya samantataḥ"], "translation": "Then, as he went forth, a tumultuous clamour of cheering arose on every side from the throng of people.", "sarga_title": "Rāma answers the summons"}
{"ref": "2.14.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 14, "verse": 24, "iast": ["sa rāghavas tatra kathāpralāpaṃ śuśrāva lokasya samāgatasya", "ātmādhikārā vividhāś ca vācaḥ prahṛṣṭarūpasya pure janasya"], "translation": "There Rāghava heard the buzz of talk of the assembled folk, and the various words, concerning himself, of the delighted people of the city.", "sarga_title": "Rāma answers the summons"}
{"ref": "2.14.25", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 14, "verse": 25, "iast": ["eṣa śriyaṃ gacchati rāghavo 'dya rājaprasādād vipulāṃ gamiṣyan", "ete vayaṃ sarvasamṛddhakāmā yeṣām ayaṃ no bhavitā praśāstā", "lābho janasyāsya yad eṣa sarvaṃ prapatsyate rāṣṭram idaṃ cirāya"], "translation": "'Here goes Rāghava today, about to attain, by the king's grace, vast fortune. We here have all our desires fulfilled, we whose ruler this man shall be. It is a boon for these people that he shall take charge of this whole realm for a long time to come.'", "sarga_title": "Rāma answers the summons"}
{"ref": "2.14.26", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 14, "verse": 26, "iast": ["sa ghoṣavadbhiś ca hayaiḥ sanāgaiḥ puraḥsaraiḥ svastikasūtamāgadhaiḥ", "mahīyamānaḥ pravaraiś ca vādakair abhiṣṭuto vaiśravaṇo yathā yayau"], "translation": "Amid neighing horses and elephants, with heralds, benediction-singers, bards, and panegyrists going before, exalted and eulogized by excellent musicians, he went forth like Vaiśravaṇa.", "sarga_title": "Rāma answers the summons"}
{"ref": "2.14.27", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 14, "verse": 27, "iast": ["kareṇumātaṅgarathāśvasaṃkulaṃ mahājanaughaiḥ paripūrṇacatvaram", "prabhūtaratnaṃ bahupaṇyasaṃcayaṃ dadarśa rāmo ruciraṃ mahāpatham"], "translation": "Rāma beheld the lovely high road, crowded with she-elephants, tuskers, chariots, and horses, its squares filled with great throngs of people, abounding in jewels and heaped with many wares.", "sarga_title": "Rāma answers the summons"}
{"ref": "2.15.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 15, "verse": 1, "iast": ["sa rāmo ratham āsthāya saṃprahṛṣṭasuhṛjjanaḥ", "apaśyan nagaraṃ śrīmān nānājanasamākulam"], "translation": "That illustrious Rāma, mounting the chariot, his friends thoroughly delighted, beheld the city thronged with people of every kind.", "sarga_title": "Rāma enters the palace"}
{"ref": "2.15.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 15, "verse": 2, "iast": ["sa gṛhair abhrasaṃkāśaiḥ pāṇḍurair upaśobhitam", "rājamārgaṃ yayau rāmo madhyenāgarudhūpitam"], "translation": "Rāma proceeded down the middle of the royal highway, adorned with white houses that resembled clouds and perfumed with the smoke of aloe-wood.", "sarga_title": "Rāma enters the palace"}
{"ref": "2.15.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 15, "verse": 3, "iast": ["śobhamānam asaṃbādhaṃ taṃ rājapatham uttamam", "saṃvṛtaṃ vividhaiḥ paṇyair bhakṣyair uccāvacair api"], "translation": "He passed along that splendid, unobstructed, excellent royal road, filled with wares of every kind and with foods high and low.", "sarga_title": "Rāma enters the palace"}
{"ref": "2.15.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 15, "verse": 4, "iast": ["āśīrvādān bahūñ śṛṇvan suhṛdbhiḥ samudīritān", "yathārhaṃ cāpi saṃpūjya sarvān eva narān yayau"], "translation": "Hearing the many blessings uttered by his friends, and honouring all the people each as was fitting, he went on.", "sarga_title": "Rāma enters the palace"}
{"ref": "2.15.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 15, "verse": 5, "iast": ["pitāmahair ācaritaṃ tathaiva prapitāmahaiḥ", "adyopādāya taṃ mārgam abhiṣikto 'nupālaya"], "translation": "“That path followed by your grandfathers and likewise your great-grandfathers—taking it up this very day, once consecrated, uphold it!”", "sarga_title": "Rāma enters the palace"}
{"ref": "2.15.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 15, "verse": 6, "iast": ["yathā sma lālitāḥ pitrā yathā pūrvaiḥ pitāmahaiḥ", "tataḥ sukhataraṃ sarve rāme vatsyāma rājani"], "translation": "“Just as we were cherished by our father and by our forefathers the grandsires, even more happily than that shall we all live when Rāma is king.”", "sarga_title": "Rāma enters the palace"}
{"ref": "2.15.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 15, "verse": 7, "iast": ["alam adya hi bhuktena paramārthair alaṃ ca naḥ", "yathā paśyāma niryāntaṃ rāmaṃ rājye pratiṣṭhitam"], "translation": "“Enough now of eating, and enough too for us of the greatest possessions, if only we may see Rāma go forth established in the kingship.”", "sarga_title": "Rāma enters the palace"}
{"ref": "2.15.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 15, "verse": 8, "iast": ["ato hi na priyataraṃ nānyat kiṃ cid bhaviṣyati", "yathābhiṣeko rāmasya rājyenāmitatejasaḥ"], "translation": "For nothing else whatever will be dearer to them than this—the consecration to the kingship of Rāma of boundless splendour.", "sarga_title": "Rāma enters the palace"}
{"ref": "2.15.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 15, "verse": 9, "iast": ["etāś cānyāś ca suhṛdām udāsīnaḥ kathāḥ śubhāḥ", "ātmasaṃpūjanīḥ śṛṇvan yayau rāmo mahāpatham"], "translation": "Detached, hearing these and other auspicious words of his friends, words full of praise of himself, Rāma proceeded along the great highway.", "sarga_title": "Rāma enters the palace"}
{"ref": "2.15.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 15, "verse": 10, "iast": ["na hi tasmān manaḥ kaś cic cakṣuṣī vā narottamāt", "naraḥ śaknoty apākraṣṭum atikrānte 'pi rāghave"], "translation": "For no man could draw away his mind or his eyes from that best of men, even after Rāghava had passed by.", "sarga_title": "Rāma enters the palace"}
{"ref": "2.15.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 15, "verse": 11, "iast": ["sarveṣāṃ sa hi dharmātmā varṇānāṃ kurute dayām", "caturṇāṃ hi vayaḥsthānāṃ tena te tam anuvratāḥ"], "translation": "For that righteous one shows compassion to all four classes and to those of every stage of life; therefore they are devoted to him.", "sarga_title": "Rāma enters the palace"}
{"ref": "2.15.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 15, "verse": 12, "iast": ["sa rājakulam āsādya mahendrabhavanopamam", "rājaputraḥ pitur veśma praviveśa śriyā jvalan"], "translation": "Reaching the royal palace, which resembled the abode of great Indra, the prince, blazing with majesty, entered his father's dwelling.", "sarga_title": "Rāma enters the palace"}
{"ref": "2.15.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 15, "verse": 13, "iast": ["sa sarvāḥ samatikramya kakṣyā daśarathātmajaḥ", "saṃnivartya janaṃ sarvaṃ śuddhāntaḥpuram abhyagāt"], "translation": "The son of Daśaratha, passing through all the enclosures and sending back the whole crowd, went into the pure inner apartments.", "sarga_title": "Rāma enters the palace"}
{"ref": "2.15.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 15, "verse": 14, "iast": ["tataḥ praviṣṭe pitur antikaṃ tadā janaḥ sa sarvo mudito nṛpātmaje", "pratīkṣate tasya punaḥ sma nirgamaṃ yathodayaṃ candramasaḥ saritpatiḥ"], "translation": "Then, when he had entered his father's presence, all those people, delighted in the prince, awaited his coming forth again, as the ocean, lord of rivers, awaits the rising of the moon.", "sarga_title": "Rāma enters the palace"}
{"ref": "2.16.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 16, "verse": 1, "iast": ["sa dadarśāsane rāmo niṣaṇṇaṃ pitaraṃ śubhe", "kaikeyīsahitaṃ dīnaṃ mukhena pariśuṣyatā"], "translation": "Rāma saw his father seated on a fair couch together with Kaikeyī, dejected, his face wan and shrunken.", "sarga_title": "Rāma accepts fourteen years of exile"}
{"ref": "2.16.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 16, "verse": 2, "iast": ["sa pituś caraṇau pūrvam abhivādya vinītavat", "tato vavande caraṇau kaikeyyāḥ susamāhitaḥ"], "translation": "First reverently saluting his father's feet, then, well-composed, he bowed to the feet of Kaikeyī.", "sarga_title": "Rāma accepts fourteen years of exile"}
{"ref": "2.16.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 16, "verse": 3, "iast": ["rāmety uktvā ca vacanaṃ vāṣpaparyākulekṣaṇaḥ", "śaśāka nṛpatir dīno nekṣituṃ nābhibhāṣitum"], "translation": "Having spoken only the word 'Rāma,' his eyes brimming with tears, the wretched king could neither look at him nor speak.", "sarga_title": "Rāma accepts fourteen years of exile"}
{"ref": "2.16.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 16, "verse": 4, "iast": ["tad apūrvaṃ narapater dṛṣṭvā rūpaṃ bhayāvaham", "rāmo 'pi bhayam āpannaḥ padā spṛṣṭveva pannagam"], "translation": "Seeing that unprecedented, fearsome look of the king, Rāma too was seized with fear, like one who has touched a snake with his foot.", "sarga_title": "Rāma accepts fourteen years of exile"}
{"ref": "2.16.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 16, "verse": 5, "iast": ["indriyair aprahṛṣṭais taṃ śokasaṃtāpakarśitam", "niḥśvasantaṃ mahārājaṃ vyathitākulacetasaṃ"], "translation": "Him, with joyless senses, wasted by grief and anguish, the great king sighing, his mind agitated and distraught—", "sarga_title": "Rāma accepts fourteen years of exile"}
{"ref": "2.16.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 16, "verse": 6, "iast": ["ūrmi mālinam akṣobhyaṃ kṣubhyantam iva sāgaram", "upaplutam ivādityam uktānṛtam ṛṣiṃ yathā"], "translation": "—like the imperturbable ocean, wreathed with waves, grown turbulent; like the sun in eclipse; like a seer who has uttered a falsehood—", "sarga_title": "Rāma accepts fourteen years of exile"}
{"ref": "2.16.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 16, "verse": 7, "iast": ["acintyakalpaṃ hi pitus taṃ śokam upadhārayan", "babhūva saṃrabdhataraḥ samudra iva parvaṇi"], "translation": "—perceiving that almost inconceivable grief of his father, he grew more agitated, like the sea at the turn of the moon.", "sarga_title": "Rāma accepts fourteen years of exile"}
{"ref": "2.16.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 16, "verse": 8, "iast": ["cintayām āsa ca tadā rāmaḥ pitṛhite rataḥ", "kiṃsvid adyaiva nṛpatir na māṃ pratyabhinandati"], "translation": "And Rāma, intent on his father's welfare, then wondered: “Why is it that the king does not greet me this day?”", "sarga_title": "Rāma accepts fourteen years of exile"}
{"ref": "2.16.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 16, "verse": 9, "iast": ["anyadā māṃ pitā dṛṣṭvā kupito 'pi prasīdati", "tasya mām adya saṃprekṣya kimāyāsaḥ pravartate"], "translation": "“At other times my father, even when angry, grows calm on seeing me; why then today does distress arise in him at the sight of me?”", "sarga_title": "Rāma accepts fourteen years of exile"}
{"ref": "2.16.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 16, "verse": 10, "iast": ["sa dīna iva śokārto viṣaṇṇavadanadyutiḥ", "kaikeyīm abhivādyaiva rāmo vacanam abravīt"], "translation": "Wretched, as it were, and stricken with grief, the light of his face dimmed, Rāma, saluting Kaikeyī, spoke these words:", "sarga_title": "Rāma accepts fourteen years of exile"}
{"ref": "2.16.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 16, "verse": 11, "iast": ["kaccin mayā nāparādham ajñānād yena me pitā", "kupitas tan mamācakṣva tvaṃ caivainaṃ prasādaya"], "translation": "“I hope I have not, in ignorance, committed some offence for which my father is angry; tell me of it, and do you appease him.”", "sarga_title": "Rāma accepts fourteen years of exile"}
{"ref": "2.16.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 16, "verse": 12, "iast": ["vivarṇavadano dīno na hi mām abhibhāṣate", "śārīro mānaso vāpi kaccid enaṃ na bādhate", "saṃtāpo vābhitāpo vā durlabhaṃ hi sadā sukham"], "translation": "“With face discoloured and dejected, he does not speak to me. I hope no affliction, of body or of mind—no torment, no fever—distresses him, for happiness is ever hard to keep.”", "sarga_title": "Rāma accepts fourteen years of exile"}
{"ref": "2.16.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 16, "verse": 13, "iast": ["kaccin na kiṃ cid bharate kumāre priyadarśane", "śatrughne vā mahāsattve mātṝṇāṃ vā mamāśubham"], "translation": "“I hope no misfortune of mine has befallen prince Bharata, fair to behold, or the mighty Śatrughna, or any of my mothers.”", "sarga_title": "Rāma accepts fourteen years of exile"}
{"ref": "2.16.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 16, "verse": 14, "iast": ["atoṣayan mahārājam akurvan vā pitur vacaḥ", "muhūrtam api neccheyaṃ jīvituṃ kupite nṛpe"], "translation": "“Failing to please the great king, or failing to do my father's bidding, I would not wish to live even a moment while the king is angry.”", "sarga_title": "Rāma accepts fourteen years of exile"}
{"ref": "2.16.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 16, "verse": 15, "iast": ["yatomūlaṃ naraḥ paśyet prādurbhāvam ihātmanaḥ", "kathaṃ tasmin na varteta pratyakṣe sati daivate"], "translation": "“A man who sees in him the very source of his own coming into being—how could he fail to serve that visible deity present before him?”", "sarga_title": "Rāma accepts fourteen years of exile"}
{"ref": "2.16.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 16, "verse": 16, "iast": ["kaccit te paruṣaṃ kiṃ cid abhimānāt pitā mama", "ukto bhavatyā kopena yatrāsya lulitaṃ manaḥ"], "translation": "“Surely my father was not, out of pride and anger, addressed by you with some harsh word, whereby his mind has been so shaken?”", "sarga_title": "Rāma accepts fourteen years of exile"}
{"ref": "2.16.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 16, "verse": 17, "iast": ["etad ācakṣva me devi tattvena paripṛcchataḥ", "kiṃnimittam apūrvo 'yaṃ vikāro manujādhipe"], "translation": "“Tell me this truly, O queen, for I ask you: what is the cause of this unprecedented change in the lord of men?”", "sarga_title": "Rāma accepts fourteen years of exile"}
{"ref": "2.16.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 16, "verse": 18, "iast": ["ahaṃ hi vacanād rājñaḥ pateyam api pāvake", "bhakṣayeyaṃ viṣaṃ tīkṣṇaṃ majjeyam api cārṇave", "niyukto guruṇā pitrā nṛpeṇa ca hitena ca"], "translation": "“At the king's word I would leap even into fire, would swallow sharp poison, would drown myself in the ocean, if so directed by my father—my guru, my king, and my well-wisher.”", "sarga_title": "Rāma accepts fourteen years of exile"}
{"ref": "2.16.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 16, "verse": 19, "iast": ["tad brūhi vacanaṃ devi rājño yad abhikāṅkṣitam", "kariṣye pratijāne ca rāmo dvir nābhibhāṣate"], "translation": "“So tell me the word, O queen—whatever the king desires; I shall do it, I promise: Rāma does not speak twice.”", "sarga_title": "Rāma accepts fourteen years of exile"}
{"ref": "2.16.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 16, "verse": 20, "iast": ["tam ārjavasamāyuktam anāryā satyavādinam", "uvāca rāmaṃ kaikeyī vacanaṃ bhṛśadāruṇam"], "translation": "To that Rāma, upright and truthful, the ignoble Kaikeyī spoke a most cruel word:", "sarga_title": "Rāma accepts fourteen years of exile"}
{"ref": "2.16.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 16, "verse": 21, "iast": ["purā devāsure yuddhe pitrā te mama rāghava", "rakṣitena varau dattau saśalyena mahāraṇe"], "translation": "“Long ago, Rāghava, in the war of gods and demons, your father, guarded by me though wounded with darts in that great battle, granted me two boons.", "sarga_title": "Rāma accepts fourteen years of exile"}
{"ref": "2.16.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 16, "verse": 22, "iast": ["tatra me yācito rājā bharatasyābhiṣecanam", "gamanaṃ daṇḍakāraṇye tava cādyaiva rāghava"], "translation": "“Thereupon the king was asked by me for the consecration of Bharata, and for your departure this very day to the Daṇḍaka forest, O Rāghava.", "sarga_title": "Rāma accepts fourteen years of exile"}
{"ref": "2.16.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 16, "verse": 23, "iast": ["yadi satyapratijñaṃ tvaṃ pitaraṃ kartum icchasi", "ātmānaṃ ca narareṣṭha mama vākyam idaṃ śṛṇu"], "translation": "“If you wish to make your father true to his promise, and yourself too, O best of men, then hear this word of mine.", "sarga_title": "Rāma accepts fourteen years of exile"}
{"ref": "2.16.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 16, "verse": 24, "iast": ["sa nideśe pitus tiṣṭha yathā tena pratiśrutam", "tvayāraṇyaṃ praveṣṭavyaṃ nava varṣāṇi pañca ca"], "translation": "“Abide by your father's command, as was promised by him: the forest must be entered by you for nine years and five,", "sarga_title": "Rāma accepts fourteen years of exile"}
{"ref": "2.16.25", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 16, "verse": 25, "iast": ["sapta sapta ca varṣāṇi daṇḍakāraṇyam āśritaḥ", "abhiṣekam imaṃ tyaktvā jaṭācīradharo vasa"], "translation": "“for seven and seven years dwelling in the Daṇḍaka forest; renouncing this consecration, live wearing matted hair and bark.", "sarga_title": "Rāma accepts fourteen years of exile"}
{"ref": "2.16.26", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 16, "verse": 26, "iast": ["bharataḥ kosalapure praśāstu vasudhām imām", "nānāratnasamākīrṇaṃ savājirathakuñjarām"], "translation": "“Let Bharata in the Kosala city rule this earth, strewn with jewels of every kind, with its horses, chariots, and elephants.", "sarga_title": "Rāma accepts fourteen years of exile"}
{"ref": "2.16.27", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 16, "verse": 27, "iast": ["tad apriyam amitraghno vacanaṃ maraṇopamam", "śrutvā na vivyathe rāmaḥ kaikeyīṃ cedam abravīt"], "translation": "Hearing that unwelcome speech, like unto death, Rāma the slayer of foes was not shaken, and said this to Kaikeyī:", "sarga_title": "Rāma accepts fourteen years of exile"}
{"ref": "2.16.28", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 16, "verse": 28, "iast": ["evam astu gamiṣyāmi vanaṃ vastum ahaṃ tv ataḥ", "jaṭācīradharo rājñaḥ pratijñām anupālayan"], "translation": "“So be it; I shall go hence to dwell in the forest, wearing matted hair and bark, upholding the king's promise.", "sarga_title": "Rāma accepts fourteen years of exile"}
{"ref": "2.16.29", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 16, "verse": 29, "iast": ["idaṃ tu jñātum icchāmi kimarthaṃ māṃ mahīpatiḥ", "nābhinandati durdharṣo yathāpuram ariṃdamaḥ"], "translation": "“But this I wish to know: why does the lord of earth, unassailable, tamer of foes, not greet me as before?”", "sarga_title": "Rāma accepts fourteen years of exile"}
{"ref": "2.16.30", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 16, "verse": 30, "iast": ["manyur na ca tvayā kāryo devi brūhi tavāgrataḥ", "yāsyāmi bhava suprītā vanaṃ cīrajaṭādharaḥ"], "translation": "“You need feel no anger, O queen; declare it in your presence: I shall go—be well pleased—to the forest, wearing bark and matted hair.”", "sarga_title": "Rāma accepts fourteen years of exile"}
{"ref": "2.16.31", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 16, "verse": 31, "iast": ["hitena guruṇā pitrā kṛtajñena nṛpeṇa ca", "niyujyamāno viśrabdhaṃ kiṃ na kuryād ahaṃ priyam"], "translation": "“Being commanded, without misgiving, by my well-wisher, my guru, my father, a grateful king—what pleasing thing would I not do?”", "sarga_title": "Rāma accepts fourteen years of exile"}
{"ref": "2.16.32", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 16, "verse": 32, "iast": ["alīkaṃ mānasaṃ tv ekaṃ hṛdayaṃ dahatīva me", "svayaṃ yan nāha māṃ rājā bharatasyābhiṣecanam"], "translation": "“Yet one grief in my mind burns my heart, as it were: that the king did not himself tell me of Bharata's consecration.”", "sarga_title": "Rāma accepts fourteen years of exile"}
{"ref": "2.16.33", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 16, "verse": 33, "iast": ["ahaṃ hi sītāṃ rājyaṃ ca prāṇān iṣṭān dhanāni ca", "hṛṣṭo bhrātre svayaṃ dadyāṃ bharatāyāpracoditaḥ"], "translation": "“For gladly, and unprompted, would I of my own accord give to my brother Bharata—Sītā, the kingdom, my cherished life, and my wealth.", "sarga_title": "Rāma accepts fourteen years of exile"}
{"ref": "2.16.34", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 16, "verse": 34, "iast": ["kiṃ punar manujendreṇa svayaṃ pitrā pracoditaḥ", "tava ca priyakāmārthaṃ pratijñām anupālayan"], "translation": "“How much more, then, when prompted by the lord of men, my father himself, and to fulfil your dear wish, upholding his promise!”", "sarga_title": "Rāma accepts fourteen years of exile"}
{"ref": "2.16.35", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 16, "verse": 35, "iast": ["tad āśvāsaya hīmaṃ tvaṃ kiṃ nv idaṃ yan mahīpatiḥ", "vasudhāsaktanayano mandam aśrūṇi muñcati"], "translation": "“So do you comfort him; why is it that the lord of earth, his eyes fixed on the ground, gently sheds tears?”", "sarga_title": "Rāma accepts fourteen years of exile"}
{"ref": "2.16.36", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 16, "verse": 36, "iast": ["gacchantu caivānayituṃ dūtāḥ śīghrajavair hayaiḥ", "bharataṃ mātulakulād adyaiva nṛpaśāsanāt"], "translation": "“And let messengers go on swift-paced horses to bring Bharata this very day from his uncle's house, by the king's command.”", "sarga_title": "Rāma accepts fourteen years of exile"}
{"ref": "2.16.37", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 16, "verse": 37, "iast": ["daṇḍakāraṇyam eṣo 'ham ito gacchāmi satvaraḥ", "avicārya pitur vākyaṃ samāvastuṃ caturdaśa"], "translation": "“Here I go hence in haste to the Daṇḍaka forest, to dwell there fourteen years, without questioning my father's word.”", "sarga_title": "Rāma accepts fourteen years of exile"}
{"ref": "2.16.38", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 16, "verse": 38, "iast": ["sā hṛṣṭā tasya tadvākyaṃ śrutvā rāmasya kaikayī", "prasthānaṃ śraddadhānā hi tvarayām āsa rāghavam"], "translation": "Kaikeyī, delighted to hear those words of Rāma, and trusting in his departure, urged Rāghava on.", "sarga_title": "Rāma accepts fourteen years of exile"}
{"ref": "2.16.39", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 16, "verse": 39, "iast": ["evaṃ bhavatu yāsyanti dūtāḥ śīghrajavair hayaiḥ", "bharataṃ mātulakulād upāvartayituṃ narāḥ"], "translation": "“So be it; men shall go as messengers on swift-paced horses to bring Bharata back from his uncle's house.”", "sarga_title": "Rāma accepts fourteen years of exile"}
{"ref": "2.16.40", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 16, "verse": 40, "iast": ["tava tv ahaṃ kṣamaṃ manye notsukasya vilambanam", "rāma tasmād itaḥ śīghraṃ vanaṃ tvaṃ gantum arhasi"], "translation": "“But for you, eager as you are, I think delay unfitting; therefore, Rāma, you should go swiftly hence to the forest.”", "sarga_title": "Rāma accepts fourteen years of exile"}
{"ref": "2.16.41", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 16, "verse": 41, "iast": ["vrīḍānvitaḥ svayaṃ yac ca nṛpas tvāṃ nābhibhāṣate", "naitat kiṃ cin naraśreṣṭha manyur eṣo 'panīyatām"], "translation": "“And that the king himself, filled with shame, does not speak to you—this is nothing, O best of men; let this vexation be dispelled.”", "sarga_title": "Rāma accepts fourteen years of exile"}
{"ref": "2.16.42", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 16, "verse": 42, "iast": ["yāvat tvaṃ na vanaṃ yātaḥ purād asmād abhitvaran", "pitā tāvan na te rāma snāsyate bhokṣyate 'pi vā"], "translation": "“Until you, hastening, have gone to the forest from this city, your father, O Rāma, will neither bathe nor eat.”", "sarga_title": "Rāma accepts fourteen years of exile"}
{"ref": "2.16.43", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 16, "verse": 43, "iast": ["dhik kaṣṭam iti niḥśvasya rājā śokapariplutaḥ", "mūrchito nyapatat tasmin paryaṅke hemabhūṣite"], "translation": "“Alas! Woe!” Sighing thus, the king, overwhelmed with grief and swooning, fell upon that gold-adorned couch.", "sarga_title": "Rāma accepts fourteen years of exile"}
{"ref": "2.16.44", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 16, "verse": 44, "iast": ["rāmo 'py utthāpya rājānaṃ kaikeyyābhipracoditaḥ", "kaśayevāhato vājī vanaṃ gantuṃ kṛtatvaraḥ"], "translation": "Rāma too, raising up the king and urged on by Kaikeyī, made haste to go to the forest, like a horse struck by the whip.", "sarga_title": "Rāma accepts fourteen years of exile"}
{"ref": "2.16.45", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 16, "verse": 45, "iast": ["tad apriyam anāryāyā vacanaṃ dāruṇodaram", "śrutvā gatavyatho rāmaḥ kaikeyīṃ vākyam abravīt"], "translation": "Hearing that unwelcome speech of the ignoble woman, cruel at its core, Rāma, unperturbed, said to Kaikeyī:", "sarga_title": "Rāma accepts fourteen years of exile"}
{"ref": "2.16.46", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 16, "verse": 46, "iast": ["nāham arthaparo devi lokam āvastum utsahe", "viddhi mām ṛṣibhis tulyaṃ kevalaṃ dharmam āsthitam"], "translation": "“I am not devoted to gain, O queen, that I should care to live for the world; know me to be, like the seers, wholly devoted to dharma.", "sarga_title": "Rāma accepts fourteen years of exile"}
{"ref": "2.16.47", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 16, "verse": 47, "iast": ["yad atrabhavataḥ kiṃ cic chakyaṃ kartuṃ priyaṃ mayā", "prāṇān api parityajya sarvathā kṛtam eva tat"], "translation": "“Whatever pleasing thing can be done by me for his honoured self—that, even at the cost of my life, is by all means as good as done.", "sarga_title": "Rāma accepts fourteen years of exile"}
{"ref": "2.16.48", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 16, "verse": 48, "iast": ["na hy ato dharmacaraṇaṃ kiṃ cid asti mahattaram", "yathā pitari śuśrūṣā tasya vā vacanakriyā"], "translation": "“For there is no practice of dharma greater than this—service to one's father, or the carrying out of his word.", "sarga_title": "Rāma accepts fourteen years of exile"}
{"ref": "2.16.49", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 16, "verse": 49, "iast": ["anukto 'py atrabhavatā bhavatyā vacanād aham", "vane vatsyāmi vijane varṣāṇīha caturdaśa"], "translation": "“Even unbidden by his honoured self, at your word, madam, I shall dwell in the lonely forest here for fourteen years.”", "sarga_title": "Rāma accepts fourteen years of exile"}
{"ref": "2.16.50", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 16, "verse": 50, "iast": ["na nūnaṃ mayi kaikeyi kiṃ cid āśaṃsase guṇam", "yad rājānam avocas tvaṃ mameśvaratarā satī"], "translation": "“Surely, Kaikeyī, you expect no merit in me at all, since, being more my mistress than the king, you spoke to him directly.", "sarga_title": "Rāma accepts fourteen years of exile"}
{"ref": "2.16.51", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 16, "verse": 51, "iast": ["yāvan mātaram āpṛcche sītāṃ cānunayāmy aham", "tato 'dyaiva gamiṣyāmi daṇḍakānāṃ mahad vanam"], "translation": "“As soon as I have taken leave of my mother and reconciled Sītā, I shall this very day go to the great forest of the Daṇḍakas.”", "sarga_title": "Rāma accepts fourteen years of exile"}
{"ref": "2.16.52", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 16, "verse": 52, "iast": ["bharataḥ pālayed rājyaṃ śuśrūṣec ca pitur yathā", "tahā bhavatyā kartavyaṃ sa hi dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ"], "translation": "“You must see to it, madam, that Bharata rules the kingdom and serves our father, for that is the eternal law.”", "sarga_title": "Rāma accepts fourteen years of exile"}
{"ref": "2.16.53", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 16, "verse": 53, "iast": ["sa rāmasya vacaḥ śrutvā bhṛśaṃ duḥkhahataḥ pitā", "śokād aśaknuvan bāṣpaṃ praruroda mahāsvanam"], "translation": "Hearing Rāma's words, the father, stricken with grief and unable to hold back his tears for sorrow, wept aloud with a great cry.", "sarga_title": "Rāma accepts fourteen years of exile"}
{"ref": "2.16.54", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 16, "verse": 54, "iast": ["vanditvā caraṇau rāmo visaṃjñasya pitus tadā", "kaikeyyāś cāpy anāryāyā niṣpapāta mahādyutiḥ"], "translation": "Having bowed to the feet of his swooning father, and of the ignoble Kaikeyī too, Rāma of great splendour then went forth.", "sarga_title": "Rāma accepts fourteen years of exile"}
{"ref": "2.16.55", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 16, "verse": 55, "iast": ["sa rāmaḥ pitaraṃ kṛtvā kaikeyīṃ ca pradakṣiṇam", "niṣkramyāntaḥpurāt tasmāt svaṃ dadarśa suhṛjjanam"], "translation": "Rāma, having circled his father and Kaikeyī to the right, came out from those inner apartments and saw his own group of friends.", "sarga_title": "Rāma accepts fourteen years of exile"}
{"ref": "2.16.56", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 16, "verse": 56, "iast": ["taṃ bāṣpaparipūrṇākṣaḥ pṛṣṭhato 'nujagāma ha", "lakṣmaṇaḥ paramakruddhaḥ sumitrānandavardhanaḥ"], "translation": "Lakṣmaṇa, his eyes filled with tears, exceedingly angry, the increaser of Sumitrā's joy, followed him from behind.", "sarga_title": "Rāma accepts fourteen years of exile"}
{"ref": "2.16.57", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 16, "verse": 57, "iast": ["ābhiṣecanikaṃ bhāṇḍaṃ kṛtvā rāmaḥ pradakṣiṇam", "śanair jagāma sāpekṣo dṛṣṭiṃ tatrāvicālayan"], "translation": "Having reverently circled the vessels prepared for the consecration, Rāma went slowly away, still regarding them, not withdrawing his gaze from there.", "sarga_title": "Rāma accepts fourteen years of exile"}
{"ref": "2.16.58", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 16, "verse": 58, "iast": ["na cāsya mahatīṃ lakṣmīṃ rājyanāśo 'pakarṣati", "lokakāntasya kāntatvaṃ śītaraśmer iva kṣapā"], "translation": "The loss of the kingdom did not diminish his great splendour, any more than the night diminishes the loveliness of the cool-rayed moon, beloved of the world.", "sarga_title": "Rāma accepts fourteen years of exile"}
{"ref": "2.16.59", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 16, "verse": 59, "iast": ["na vanaṃ gantukāmasya tyajataś ca vasuṃdharām", "sarvalokātigasyeva lakṣyate cittavikriyā"], "translation": "In him, willing to go to the forest and forsaking the earth, no alteration of mind could be seen, as though he had passed beyond all worldly things.", "sarga_title": "Rāma accepts fourteen years of exile"}
{"ref": "2.16.60", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 16, "verse": 60, "iast": ["dhārayan manasā duḥkham indriyāṇi nigṛhya ca", "praviveśātmavān veśma māturapriyaśaṃsivān"], "translation": "Bearing his sorrow with his mind and restraining his senses, the self-possessed one entered his mother's dwelling, to tell her the unwelcome news.", "sarga_title": "Rāma accepts fourteen years of exile"}
{"ref": "2.16.61", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 16, "verse": 61, "iast": ["praviśya veśmātibhṛśaṃ mudānvitaṃ samīkṣya tāṃ cārthavipattim āgatām", "na caiva rāmo 'tra jagāma vikriyāṃ suhṛjjanasyātmavipattiśaṅkayā"], "translation": "Entering the dwelling filled with exceeding joy, and beholding the calamity that had befallen, Rāma yet betrayed no change there, for fear of bringing ruin upon his friends.", "sarga_title": "Rāma accepts fourteen years of exile"}
{"ref": "2.17.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 17, "verse": 1, "iast": ["rāmas tu bhṛśam āyasto niḥśvasann iva kuñjaraḥ", "jagāma sahito bhrātrā mātur antaḥpuraṃ vaśī"], "translation": "But Rāma, deeply distressed, sighing like an elephant, self-controlled, went with his brother to his mother's apartments.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā learns of Rāma’s exile"}
{"ref": "2.17.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 17, "verse": 2, "iast": ["so 'paśyat puruṣaṃ tatra vṛddhaṃ paramapūjitam", "upaviṣṭaṃ gṛhadvāri tiṣṭhataś cāparān bahūn"], "translation": "There he saw an aged, highly honoured man seated at the house-door, and many others standing about.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā learns of Rāma’s exile"}
{"ref": "2.17.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 17, "verse": 3, "iast": ["praviśya prathamāṃ kakṣyāṃ dvitīyāyāṃ dadarśa saḥ", "brāhmaṇān vedasaṃpannān vṛddhān rājñābhisatkṛtān"], "translation": "Passing through the first courtyard, in the second he saw brahmins versed in the Vedas, aged, honoured by the king.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā learns of Rāma’s exile"}
{"ref": "2.17.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 17, "verse": 4, "iast": ["praṇamya rāmas tān vṛddhāṃs tṛtīyāyāṃ dadarśa saḥ", "striyo vṛddhāś ca bālāś ca dvārarakṣaṇatatparāḥ"], "translation": "Having bowed to those elders, Rāma in the third courtyard saw women, old and young, intent on guarding the door.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā learns of Rāma’s exile"}
{"ref": "2.17.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 17, "verse": 5, "iast": ["vardhayitvā prahṛṣṭās tāḥ praviśya ca gṛhaṃ striyaḥ", "nyavedayanta tvaritā rāma mātuḥ priyaṃ tadā"], "translation": "Those women, delighted, hailing him with blessings, hurried in, entered the house, and quickly announced the glad news to Rāma's mother.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā learns of Rāma’s exile"}
{"ref": "2.17.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 17, "verse": 6, "iast": ["kausalyāpi tadā devī rātriṃ sthitvā samāhitā", "prabhāte tv akarot pūjāṃ viṣṇoḥ putrahitaiṣiṇī"], "translation": "Queen Kausalyā too, having spent the night in concentration, at dawn performed the worship of Viṣṇu, desiring her son's welfare.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā learns of Rāma’s exile"}
{"ref": "2.17.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 17, "verse": 7, "iast": ["sā kṣaumavasanā hṛṣṭā nityaṃ vrataparāyaṇā", "agniṃ juhoti sma tadā mantravat kṛtamaṅgalā"], "translation": "Clad in linen, joyful, ever devoted to her vows, having performed the auspicious rites, she was then offering oblations to the fire with mantras.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā learns of Rāma’s exile"}
{"ref": "2.17.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 17, "verse": 8, "iast": ["praviśya ca tadā rāmo mātur antaḥpuraṃ śubham", "dadarśa mātaraṃ tatra hāvayantīṃ hutāśanam"], "translation": "Entering then his mother's fair apartments, Rāma saw his mother there making the fire-offering.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā learns of Rāma’s exile"}
{"ref": "2.17.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 17, "verse": 9, "iast": ["sā cirasyātmajaṃ dṛṣṭvā mātṛnandanam āgatam", "abhicakrāma saṃhṛṣṭā kiśoraṃ vaḍavā yathā"], "translation": "Seeing after so long her son come — the delight of his mother — she rushed forward, overjoyed, as a mare toward her colt.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā learns of Rāma’s exile"}
{"ref": "2.17.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 17, "verse": 10, "iast": ["tam uvāca durādharṣaṃ rāghavaṃ sutam ātmanaḥ", "kausalyā putravātsalyād idaṃ priyahitaṃ vacaḥ"], "translation": "To that unassailable Rāghava, her own son, Kausalyā, out of maternal love, spoke these kind and salutary words:", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā learns of Rāma’s exile"}
{"ref": "2.17.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 17, "verse": 11, "iast": ["vṛddhānāṃ dharmaśīlānāṃ rājarṣīṇāṃ mahātmanām", "prāpnuhy āyuś ca kīrtiṃ ca dharmaṃ copahitaṃ kule"], "translation": "May you attain the long life, the fame, and the dharma laid up in the family of the aged, righteous, great-souled royal seers.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā learns of Rāma’s exile"}
{"ref": "2.17.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 17, "verse": 12, "iast": ["satyapratijñaṃ pitaraṃ rājānaṃ paśya rāghava", "adyaiva hi tvāṃ dharmātmā yauvarājye 'bhiṣekṣyati"], "translation": "Behold your father the king, true to his promise, O Rāghava; for this very day the righteous one will consecrate you to the heir-apparency.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā learns of Rāma’s exile"}
{"ref": "2.17.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 17, "verse": 13, "iast": ["mātaraṃ rāghavaḥ kiṃ cit prasāryāñjalim abravīt", "sa svabhāvavinītaś ca gauravāc ca tadānataḥ"], "translation": "Rāghava, extending his joined hands a little, spoke to his mother; naturally modest, and bowed then out of reverence, he said:", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā learns of Rāma’s exile"}
{"ref": "2.17.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 17, "verse": 14, "iast": ["devi nūnaṃ na jānīṣe mahad bhayam upasthitam", "idaṃ tava ca duḥkhāya vaidehyā lakṣmaṇasya ca"], "translation": "O queen, surely you do not know that a great danger has arisen; this will bring sorrow to you, and to Vaidehī, and to Lakṣmaṇa.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā learns of Rāma’s exile"}
{"ref": "2.17.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 17, "verse": 15, "iast": ["caturdaśa hi varṣāṇi vatsyāmi vijane vane", "madhumūlaphalair jīvan hitvā munivad āmiṣam"], "translation": "For fourteen years I shall dwell in a lonely forest, living on honey, roots, and fruits, giving up meat like a sage.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā learns of Rāma’s exile"}
{"ref": "2.17.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 17, "verse": 16, "iast": ["bharatāya mahārājo yauvarājyaṃ prayacchati", "māṃ punar daṇḍakāraṇyaṃ vivāsayati tāpasaṃ"], "translation": "The great king gives the heir-apparency to Bharata, and banishes me, as an ascetic, to the Daṇḍaka forest.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā learns of Rāma’s exile"}
{"ref": "2.17.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 17, "verse": 17, "iast": ["tām aduḥkhocitāṃ dṛṣṭvā patitāṃ kadalīm iva", "rāmas tūtthāpayām āsa mātaraṃ gatacetasaṃ"], "translation": "Seeing her, unused to sorrow, fallen like a plantain tree and swooning, Rāma raised his mother up.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā learns of Rāma’s exile"}
{"ref": "2.17.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 17, "verse": 18, "iast": ["upāvṛtyotthitāṃ dīnāṃ vaḍavām iva vāhitām", "pāṃśuguṇṭhitasarvāgnīṃ vimamarśa ca pāṇinā"], "translation": "Turning to her as she rose, wretched, like an overworked mare, her whole body covered with dust, he stroked her with his hand.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā learns of Rāma’s exile"}
{"ref": "2.17.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 17, "verse": 19, "iast": ["sā rāghavam upāsīnam asukhārtā sukhocitā", "uvāca puruṣavyāghram upaśṛṇvati lakṣmaṇe"], "translation": "She, afflicted with grief though accustomed to comfort, spoke to that tiger among men, Rāghava, seated near, while Lakṣmaṇa listened.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā learns of Rāma’s exile"}
{"ref": "2.17.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 17, "verse": 20, "iast": ["yadi putra na jāyethā mama śokāya rāghava", "na sma duḥkham ato bhūyaḥ paśyeyam aham aprajā"], "translation": "If, my son Rāghava, you had not been born to my sorrow, I, though childless, would not have seen a grief greater than this.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā learns of Rāma’s exile"}
{"ref": "2.17.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 17, "verse": 21, "iast": ["eka eva hi vandhyāyāḥ śoko bhavati mānavaḥ", "aprajāsmīti saṃtāpo na hy anyaḥ putra vidyate"], "translation": "For a barren woman there is but one human grief — the anguish, 'I am childless'; no other, my son, exists.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā learns of Rāma’s exile"}
{"ref": "2.17.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 17, "verse": 22, "iast": ["na dṛṣṭapūrvaṃ kalyāṇaṃ sukhaṃ vā patipauruṣe", "api putre vipaśyeyam iti rāmāsthitaṃ mayā"], "translation": "I had never before seen any welfare or happiness in my husband's manly power; 'yet in my son I might see it' — so, O Rāma, I had trusted.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā learns of Rāma’s exile"}
{"ref": "2.17.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 17, "verse": 23, "iast": ["sā bahūny amanojñāni vākyāni hṛdayacchidām", "ahaṃ śroṣye sapatnīnām avarāṇāṃ varā satī", "ato duḥkhataraṃ kiṃ nu pramadānāṃ bhaviṣyati"], "translation": "I, though the foremost of the queens, shall now hear many unpleasant, heart-piercing words from co-wives who are my inferiors; what greater sorrow than this can there be for women?", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā learns of Rāma’s exile"}
{"ref": "2.17.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 17, "verse": 24, "iast": ["tvayi saṃnihite 'py evam aham āsaṃ nirākṛtā", "kiṃ punaḥ proṣite tāta dhruvaṃ maraṇam eva me"], "translation": "Even while you were near, I was thus slighted; how much more when you are gone away, my child? Surely death alone awaits me.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā learns of Rāma’s exile"}
{"ref": "2.17.25", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 17, "verse": 25, "iast": ["yo hi māṃ sevate kaś cid atha vāpy anuvartate", "kaikeyyāḥ putram anvīkṣya sa jano nābhibhāṣate"], "translation": "For whoever attends on me, or even shows me deference, that person, having regard for Kaikeyī's son, does not so much as speak to me.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā learns of Rāma’s exile"}
{"ref": "2.17.26", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 17, "verse": 26, "iast": ["daśa sapta ca varṣāṇi tava jātasya rāghava", "atītāni prakāṅkṣantyā mayā duḥkhaparikṣayam"], "translation": "Seventeen years have passed since your birth, O Rāghava, as I longed for an end to my sorrow.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā learns of Rāma’s exile"}
{"ref": "2.17.27", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 17, "verse": 27, "iast": ["upavāsaiś ca yogaiś ca bahubhiś ca pariśramaiḥ", "duḥkhaṃ saṃvardhito moghaṃ tvaṃ hi durgatayā mayā"], "translation": "For with fasts and disciplines and many toils, painfully and in vain, were you reared by me, ill-fated as I am.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā learns of Rāma’s exile"}
{"ref": "2.17.28", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 17, "verse": 28, "iast": ["sthiraṃ tu hṛdayaṃ manye mamedaṃ yan na dīryate", "prāvṛṣīva mahānadyāḥ spṛṣṭaṃ kūlaṃ navāmbhasā"], "translation": "I think this heart of mine must be hard, since it does not burst — like the bank of a great river in the rains touched by fresh waters.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā learns of Rāma’s exile"}
{"ref": "2.17.29", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 17, "verse": 29, "iast": ["mamaiva nūnaṃ maraṇaṃ na vidyate na cāvakāśo 'sti yamakṣaye mama", "yad antako 'dyaiva na māṃ jihīrṣati prasahya siṃho rudatīṃ mṛgīm iva"], "translation": "Surely for me alone there is no death, nor is there any place for me in Yama's realm, since Death does not this very day carry me off by force, as a lion drags off a wailing doe.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā learns of Rāma’s exile"}
{"ref": "2.17.30", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 17, "verse": 30, "iast": ["sthiraṃ hi nūnaṃ hṛdayaṃ mamāyasaṃ na bhidyate yad bhuvi nāvadīryate", "anena duḥkhena ca deham arpitaṃ dhruvaṃ hy akāle maraṇaṃ na vidyate"], "translation": "Surely my heart must be firm, made of iron, since it does not break nor fall shattered to the ground; and though my body is given over to this grief, surely there is no dying before one's time.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā learns of Rāma’s exile"}
{"ref": "2.17.31", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 17, "verse": 31, "iast": ["idaṃ tu duḥkhaṃ yad anarthakāni me vratāni dānāni ca saṃyamāś ca hi", "tapaś ca taptaṃ yad apatyakāraṇāt suniṣphalaṃ bījam ivoptam ūṣare"], "translation": "But this is my grief: that my vows, my gifts, and my restraints have been fruitless, and that the austerity I performed for the sake of offspring is utterly barren, like seed sown in salt soil.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā learns of Rāma’s exile"}
{"ref": "2.17.32", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 17, "verse": 32, "iast": ["yadi hy akāle maraṇaṃ svayecchayā labheta kaś cid guru duḥkha karśitaḥ", "gatāham adyaiva pareta saṃsadaṃ vinā tvayā dhenur ivātmajena vai"], "translation": "If anyone worn down by heavy sorrow could obtain death untimely at their own will, then this very day, bereft of you as a cow of her calf, I would have gone to the assembly of the dead.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā learns of Rāma’s exile"}
{"ref": "2.17.33", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 17, "verse": 33, "iast": ["bhṛśam asukham amarṣitā tadā bahu vilalāpa samīkṣya rāghavam", "vyasanam upaniśāmya sā mahat sutam iva baddham avekṣya kiṃnarī"], "translation": "Then, deeply pained and grief-stricken, gazing upon Rāghava and perceiving the great calamity, she lamented long — like a kiṃnarī looking upon her captured son.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā learns of Rāma’s exile"}
{"ref": "2.18.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 18, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tathā tu vilapantīṃ tāṃ kausalyāṃ rāmamātaram", "uvāca lakṣmaṇo dīnas tat kālasadṛśaṃ vacaḥ"], "translation": "As Kausalyā, Rāma's mother, was lamenting thus, the dejected Lakṣmaṇa spoke to her these words befitting the moment.", "sarga_title": "Resistance or obedience"}
{"ref": "2.18.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 18, "verse": 2, "iast": ["na rocate mamāpy etad ārye yad rāghavo vanam", "tyaktvā rājyaśriyaṃ gacchet striyā vākyavaśaṃ gataḥ"], "translation": "\"This does not please me either, noble lady—that Rāghava, fallen under the sway of a woman's word, should abandon the royal fortune and go to the forest.", "sarga_title": "Resistance or obedience"}
{"ref": "2.18.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 18, "verse": 3, "iast": ["viparītaś ca vṛddhaś ca viṣayaiś ca pradharṣitaḥ", "nṛpaḥ kim iva na brūyāc codyamānaḥ samanmathaḥ"], "translation": "Perverse and aged and overcome by the objects of sense, what indeed would the king not say, being urged on and full of passion?", "sarga_title": "Resistance or obedience"}
{"ref": "2.18.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 18, "verse": 4, "iast": ["nāsyāparādhaṃ paśyāmi nāpi doṣaṃ tathā vidham", "yena nirvāsyate rāṣṭrād vanavāsāya rāghavaḥ"], "translation": "I see no offence of his, nor any fault of such a kind, for which Rāghava should be banished from the realm to dwell in the forest.", "sarga_title": "Resistance or obedience"}
{"ref": "2.18.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 18, "verse": 5, "iast": ["na taṃ paśyāmy ahaṃ loke parokṣam api yo naraḥ", "amitro 'pi nirasto 'pi yo 'sya doṣam udāharet"], "translation": "I do not see in this world the man—even in secret, even an enemy, even one who is cast out—who could cite a single fault of his.", "sarga_title": "Resistance or obedience"}
{"ref": "2.18.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 18, "verse": 6, "iast": ["devakalpam ṛjuṃ dāntaṃ ripūṇām api vatsalam", "avekṣamāṇaḥ ko dharmaṃ tyajet putram akāraṇāt"], "translation": "Who, having regard for dharma, would abandon without cause a son godlike, upright, self-controlled, and tender even to his foes?", "sarga_title": "Resistance or obedience"}
{"ref": "2.18.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 18, "verse": 7, "iast": ["tad idaṃ vacanaṃ rājñaḥ punar bālyam upeyuṣaḥ", "putraḥ ko hṛdaye kuryād rājavṛttam anusmaran"], "translation": "What son, remembering the conduct proper to kings, would take to heart this command of a king who has fallen back into childishness?", "sarga_title": "Resistance or obedience"}
{"ref": "2.18.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 18, "verse": 8, "iast": ["yāvad eva na jānāti kaś cid artham imaṃ naraḥ", "tāvad eva mayā sādham ātmasthaṃ kuru śāsanam"], "translation": "While not a single man yet knows of this matter, this very moment, with me at your side, take the sovereignty firmly into your own hands.", "sarga_title": "Resistance or obedience"}
{"ref": "2.18.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 18, "verse": 9, "iast": ["mayā pārśve sadhanuṣā tava guptasya rāghava", "kaḥ samartho 'dhikaṃ kartuṃ kṛtāntasyeva tiṣṭhataḥ"], "translation": "With me armed with my bow guarding you at your side, Rāghava, who is able to do anything against you, who stand as if you were Death himself?", "sarga_title": "Resistance or obedience"}
{"ref": "2.18.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 18, "verse": 10, "iast": ["nirmanuṣyām imāṃ sarvām ayodhyāṃ manujarṣabha", "kariṣyāmi śarais tīkṣṇair yadi sthāsyati vipriye"], "translation": "This whole city of Ayodhyā, O bull among men, I shall make empty of men with my sharp arrows, if it takes its stand in hostility.", "sarga_title": "Resistance or obedience"}
{"ref": "2.18.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 18, "verse": 11, "iast": ["bharatasyātha pakṣyo vā yo vāsya hitam icchati", "sarvān etān vadhiṣyāmi mṛdur hi paribhūyate"], "translation": "Whether a partisan of Bharata, or whoever wishes his welfare—all of these I shall slay; for the gentle man is despised.", "sarga_title": "Resistance or obedience"}
{"ref": "2.18.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 18, "verse": 12, "iast": ["tvayā caiva mayā caiva kṛtvā vairam anuttamam", "kasya śaktiḥ śriyaṃ dātuṃ bharatāyāriśāsana"], "translation": "Once you and I have set up a matchless enmity, who has the power to give the sovereignty to Bharata, O chastiser of foes?", "sarga_title": "Resistance or obedience"}
{"ref": "2.18.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 18, "verse": 13, "iast": ["anurakto 'smi bhāvena bhrātaraṃ devi tattvataḥ", "satyena dhanuṣā caiva datteneṣṭena te śape"], "translation": "I am devoted to my brother in my very being, in truth, O queen; by my truth, by my bow, by my gifts and sacrifices I swear it to you.", "sarga_title": "Resistance or obedience"}
{"ref": "2.18.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 18, "verse": 14, "iast": ["dīptam agnim araṇyaṃ vā yadi rāmaḥ pravekṣyate", "praviṣṭaṃ tatra māṃ devi tvaṃ pūrvam avadhāraya"], "translation": "If Rāma is to enter blazing fire or the wilderness, know for certain, O queen, that I have entered there before him.", "sarga_title": "Resistance or obedience"}
{"ref": "2.18.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 18, "verse": 15, "iast": ["harāmi vīryād duḥkhaṃ te tamaḥ sūrya ivoditaḥ", "devī paśyatu me vīryaṃ rāghavaś caiva paśyatu"], "translation": "By my valour I shall take away your sorrow, as the risen sun dispels darkness; let the queen behold my prowess, and let Rāghava behold it too.", "sarga_title": "Resistance or obedience"}
{"ref": "2.18.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 18, "verse": 16, "iast": ["etat tu vacanaṃ śrutvā lakṣmaṇasya mahātmanaḥ", "uvāca rāmaṃ kausalyā rudantī śokalālasā"], "translation": "But having heard this speech of the great-souled Lakṣmaṇa, Kausalyā, weeping and languishing with grief, said to Rāma:", "sarga_title": "Resistance or obedience"}
{"ref": "2.18.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 18, "verse": 17, "iast": ["bhrātus te vadataḥ putra lakṣmaṇasya śrutaṃ tvayā", "yad atrānantaraṃ tat tvaṃ kuruṣva yadi rocate"], "translation": "\"You have heard, my son, your brother Lakṣmaṇa speaking; do now what follows from this, if it pleases you.", "sarga_title": "Resistance or obedience"}
{"ref": "2.18.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 18, "verse": 18, "iast": ["na cādharmyaṃ vacaḥ śrutvā sapatnyā mama bhāṣitam", "vihāya śokasaṃtaptāṃ gantum arhasi mām itaḥ"], "translation": "And having heard the unrighteous word spoken by my co-wife, you ought not to leave me here, scorched with grief, and go away.", "sarga_title": "Resistance or obedience"}
{"ref": "2.18.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 18, "verse": 19, "iast": ["dharmajña yadi dharmiṣṭho dharmaṃ caritum icchasi", "śuśrūṣa mām ihasthas tvaṃ cara dharmam anuttamam"], "translation": "O knower of dharma, if being most righteous you wish to practise dharma, then stay here and serve me, and so practise the highest dharma.", "sarga_title": "Resistance or obedience"}
{"ref": "2.18.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 18, "verse": 20, "iast": ["śuśrūṣur jananīṃ putra svagṛhe niyato vasan", "pareṇa tapasā yuktaḥ kāśyapas tridivaṃ gataḥ"], "translation": "Serving his mother, my son, dwelling self-restrained in his own home, endowed with supreme austerity, Kāśyapa went to heaven.", "sarga_title": "Resistance or obedience"}
{"ref": "2.18.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 18, "verse": 21, "iast": ["yathaiva rājā pūjyas te gauraveṇa tathā hy aham", "tvāṃ nāham anujānāmi na gantavyam ito vanam"], "translation": "Just as the king is to be honoured by you with reverence, so too am I; I do not give you leave—you must not go from here to the forest.", "sarga_title": "Resistance or obedience"}
{"ref": "2.18.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 18, "verse": 22, "iast": ["tvadviyogān na me kāryaṃ jīvitena sukhena vā", "tvayā saha mama śreyas tṛṇānām api bhakṣaṇam"], "translation": "Through separation from you I have no use for life or comfort; better for me even to eat grass together with you.", "sarga_title": "Resistance or obedience"}
{"ref": "2.18.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 18, "verse": 23, "iast": ["yadi tvaṃ yāsyasi vanaṃ tyaktvā māṃ śokalālasām", "ahaṃ prāyam ihāsiṣye na hi śakṣyāmi jīvitum"], "translation": "If you shall go to the forest, abandoning me who languish in grief, I shall sit here fasting unto death, for I shall not be able to live.", "sarga_title": "Resistance or obedience"}
{"ref": "2.18.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 18, "verse": 24, "iast": ["tatas tvaṃ prāpsyase putra nirayaṃ lokaviśrutam", "brahmahatyām ivādharmāt samudraḥ saritāṃ patiḥ"], "translation": "Then you, my son, will attain a world-famed hell through that unrighteousness, as the ocean, lord of rivers, incurred the guilt of brahmin-slaying.", "sarga_title": "Resistance or obedience"}
{"ref": "2.18.25", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 18, "verse": 25, "iast": ["vilapantīṃ tathā dīnāṃ kausalyāṃ jananīṃ tataḥ", "uvāca rāmo dharmātmā vacanaṃ dharmasaṃhitam"], "translation": "Then to his mother Kausalyā, lamenting thus in her misery, righteous Rāma spoke words in keeping with dharma:", "sarga_title": "Resistance or obedience"}
{"ref": "2.18.26", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 18, "verse": 26, "iast": ["nāsti śaktiḥ pitur vākyaṃ samatikramituṃ mama", "prasādaye tvāṃ śirasā gantum icchāmy ahaṃ vanam"], "translation": "\"I have no power to transgress my father's word; bowing my head I entreat you—I wish to go to the forest.", "sarga_title": "Resistance or obedience"}
{"ref": "2.18.27", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 18, "verse": 27, "iast": ["ṛṣiṇā ca pitur vākyaṃ kurvatā vratacāriṇā", "gaur hatā jānatā dharmaṃ kaṇḍunāpi vipaścitā"], "translation": "Even the sage Kaṇḍu, a vow-keeper and learned, who knew dharma, slew a cow in carrying out his father's word.", "sarga_title": "Resistance or obedience"}
{"ref": "2.18.28", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 18, "verse": 28, "iast": ["asmākaṃ ca kule pūrvaṃ sagarasyājñayā pituḥ", "khanadbhiḥ sāgarair bhūtim avāptaḥ sumahān vadhaḥ"], "translation": "And in our own line long ago, at the command of their father Sagara, the sons of Sagara, digging for treasure, met a very great destruction.", "sarga_title": "Resistance or obedience"}
{"ref": "2.18.29", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 18, "verse": 29, "iast": ["jāmadagnyena rāmeṇa reṇukā jananī svayam", "kṛttā paraśunāraṇye pitur vacanakāriṇā"], "translation": "Rāma the son of Jamadagni, doing his father's word, himself cut down his mother Reṇukā with an axe in the forest.", "sarga_title": "Resistance or obedience"}
{"ref": "2.18.30", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 18, "verse": 30, "iast": ["na khalv etan mayaikena kriyate pitṛśāsanam", "pūrvair ayam abhipreto gato mārgo 'nugamyate"], "translation": "Truly this carrying out of a father's command is not done by me alone; this is the path desired and trodden by my forebears, and I follow it.", "sarga_title": "Resistance or obedience"}
{"ref": "2.18.31", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 18, "verse": 31, "iast": ["tad etat tu mayā kāryaṃ kriyate bhuvi nānyathā", "pitur hi vacanaṃ kurvan na kaś cin nāma hīyate"], "translation": "So this duty is done by me, and not otherwise, upon the earth; for by doing his father's word no one, indeed, is ever ruined.", "sarga_title": "Resistance or obedience"}
{"ref": "2.18.32", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 18, "verse": 32, "iast": ["tām evam uktvā jananīṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ punar abravīt", "tava lakṣmaṇa jānāmi mayi sneham anuttamam", "abhiprāyam avijñāya satyasya ca śamasya ca"], "translation": "Having spoken thus to his mother, he said again to Lakṣmaṇa: \"I know, Lakṣmaṇa, your matchless love for me—but without understanding the true intent of truth and of self-restraint.", "sarga_title": "Resistance or obedience"}
{"ref": "2.18.33", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 18, "verse": 33, "iast": ["dharmo hi paramo loke dharme satyaṃ pratiṣṭhitam", "dharmasaṃśritam etac ca pitur vacanam uttamam"], "translation": "For dharma is supreme in the world, and in dharma is truth established; and this excellent word of my father rests upon dharma.", "sarga_title": "Resistance or obedience"}
{"ref": "2.18.34", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 18, "verse": 34, "iast": ["saṃśrutya ca pitur vākyaṃ mātur vā brāhmaṇasya vā", "na kartavyaṃ vṛthā vīra dharmam āśritya tiṣṭhatā"], "translation": "And having promised to obey the word of a father, or a mother, or a brahmin, it must not be made void, O hero, by one who stands firm in dharma.", "sarga_title": "Resistance or obedience"}
{"ref": "2.18.35", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 18, "verse": 35, "iast": ["so 'haṃ na śakṣyāmi pitur niyogam ativartitum", "pitur hi vacanād vīra kaikeyyāhaṃ pracoditaḥ"], "translation": "So I shall not be able to overstep my father's injunction; for by my father's word, O hero, I have been urged on by Kaikeyī.", "sarga_title": "Resistance or obedience"}
{"ref": "2.18.36", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 18, "verse": 36, "iast": ["tad enāṃ visṛjānāryāṃ kṣatradharmāśritāṃ matim", "dharmam āśraya mā taikṣṇyaṃ madbuddhir anugamyatām"], "translation": "So give up this ignoble intent that rests on the warrior's code; take to dharma, not to harshness—let my resolve be the one you follow.", "sarga_title": "Resistance or obedience"}
{"ref": "2.18.37", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 18, "verse": 37, "iast": ["tam evam uktvā sauhārdād bhrātaraṃ lakṣmaṇāgrajaḥ", "uvāca bhūyaḥ kausalyāṃ prāñjaliḥ śirasānataḥ"], "translation": "Having thus spoken to his brother out of affection, Rāma, the elder of Lakṣmaṇa, spoke again to Kausalyā with joined palms and bowed head:", "sarga_title": "Resistance or obedience"}
{"ref": "2.18.38", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 18, "verse": 38, "iast": ["anumanyasva māṃ devi gamiṣyantam ito vanam", "śāpitāsi mama prāṇaiḥ kuru svastyayanāni me", "tīrṇapratijñaś ca vanāt punar eṣyāmy ahaṃ purīm"], "translation": "\"Give me your leave, O queen, as I set out from here to the forest; I adjure you by my life—perform rites of blessing for me; and, my vow fulfilled, I shall return again from the forest to the city.", "sarga_title": "Resistance or obedience"}
{"ref": "2.18.39", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 18, "verse": 39, "iast": ["yaśo hy ahaṃ kevalarājyakāraṇān na pṛṣṭhataḥ kartum alaṃ mahodayam", "adīrghakāle na tu devi jīvite vṛṇe 'varām adya mahīm adharmataḥ"], "translation": "For I am not able, merely for the sake of a kingdom, to cast behind me a glory of great fruit; and since life, O queen, is short, I would not choose today a lowly earth won by unrighteousness.", "sarga_title": "Resistance or obedience"}
{"ref": "2.18.40", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 18, "verse": 40, "iast": ["prasādayan naravṛṣabhaḥ sa mātaraṃ parākramāj jigamiṣur eva daṇḍakān", "athānujaṃ bhṛśam anuśāsya darśanaṃ cakāra tāṃ hṛdi jananīṃ pradakṣiṇam"], "translation": "That bull among men, propitiating his mother while resolved by his own resolve to set out for the Daṇḍaka forest, then, having earnestly instructed his younger brother, fixed the sight of his mother in his heart and reverently circled her.", "sarga_title": "Resistance or obedience"}
{"ref": "2.19.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 19, "verse": 1, "iast": ["atha taṃ vyathayā dīnaṃ saviśeṣam amarṣitam", "śvasantam iva nāgendraṃ roṣavisphāritekṣaṇam"], "translation": "Then to him—wretched with distress, exceedingly indignant, hissing like a lordly serpent, his eyes flung wide with rage—", "sarga_title": "Rāma attributes the reversal to fate"}
{"ref": "2.19.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 19, "verse": 2, "iast": ["āsādya rāmaḥ saumitriṃ suhṛdaṃ bhrātaraṃ priyam", "uvācedaṃ sa dhairyeṇa dhārayan sattvam ātmavān"], "translation": "—Rāma, approaching Saumitri, his dear brother and friend, self-possessed, holding his firmness steady with resolve, said this:", "sarga_title": "Rāma attributes the reversal to fate"}
{"ref": "2.19.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 19, "verse": 3, "iast": ["saumitre yo 'bhiṣekārthe mama saṃbhārasaṃbhramaḥ", "abhiṣekanivṛttyarthe so 'stu saṃbhārasaṃbhramaḥ"], "translation": "\"Saumitri, whatever bustle of preparation there was for the sake of my consecration, let that same bustle of preparation now serve for calling the consecration off.", "sarga_title": "Rāma attributes the reversal to fate"}
{"ref": "2.19.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 19, "verse": 4, "iast": ["yasyā madabhiṣekārthaṃ mānasaṃ paritapyate", "mātā naḥ sā yathā na syāt saviśaṅkā tathā kuru"], "translation": "She whose mind is tormented over my consecration—that mother of ours—act so that she may not remain in anxiety.", "sarga_title": "Rāma attributes the reversal to fate"}
{"ref": "2.19.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 19, "verse": 5, "iast": ["tasyāḥ śaṅkāmayaṃ duḥkhaṃ muhūrtam api notsahe", "manasi pratisaṃjātaṃ saumitre 'ham upekṣitum"], "translation": "I cannot bear, Saumitri, to disregard even for a moment the sorrow born of anxiety that has arisen in her mind.", "sarga_title": "Rāma attributes the reversal to fate"}
{"ref": "2.19.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 19, "verse": 6, "iast": ["na buddhipūrvaṃ nābuddhaṃ smarāmīha kadā cana", "mātṝṇāṃ vā pitur vāhaṃ kṛtam alpaṃ ca vipriyam"], "translation": "I do not recall having ever, deliberately or unwittingly, done here even the least displeasure to my mothers or to my father.", "sarga_title": "Rāma attributes the reversal to fate"}
{"ref": "2.19.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 19, "verse": 7, "iast": ["satyaḥ satyābhisaṃdhaś ca nityaṃ satyaparākramaḥ", "paralokabhayād bhīto nirbhayo 'stu pitā mama"], "translation": "Truthful, faithful to his word, ever of truthful valour, and afraid through fear of the world beyond—may my father be free of all fear.", "sarga_title": "Rāma attributes the reversal to fate"}
{"ref": "2.19.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 19, "verse": 8, "iast": ["tasyāpi hi bhaved asmin karmaṇy apratisaṃhṛte", "satyaṃ neti manas tāpas tasya tāpas tapec ca mām"], "translation": "For if this undertaking were not called off, there would arise in his mind the torment 'my truth is undone'; and his torment would torment me too.", "sarga_title": "Rāma attributes the reversal to fate"}
{"ref": "2.19.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 19, "verse": 9, "iast": ["abhiṣekavidhānaṃ tu tasmāt saṃhṛtya lakṣmaṇa", "anvag evāham icchāmi vanaṃ gantum itaḥ punaḥ"], "translation": "Therefore, Lakṣmaṇa, having called off the arrangement for the consecration, I wish to go straight from here to the forest without delay.", "sarga_title": "Rāma attributes the reversal to fate"}
{"ref": "2.19.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 19, "verse": 10, "iast": ["mama pravrājanād adya kṛtakṛtyā nṛpātmajā", "sutaṃ bharatam avyagram abhiṣecayitā tataḥ"], "translation": "Having achieved her aim today by my banishment, the king's consort will then have her son Bharata consecrated without hindrance.", "sarga_title": "Rāma attributes the reversal to fate"}
{"ref": "2.19.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 19, "verse": 11, "iast": ["mayi cīrājinadhare jaṭāmaṇḍaladhāriṇi", "gate 'raṇyaṃ ca kaikeyyā bhaviṣyati manaḥsukham"], "translation": "When I, clad in bark and deerskin and wearing a mass of matted locks, have gone to the forest, there will be contentment of mind for Kaikeyī.", "sarga_title": "Rāma attributes the reversal to fate"}
{"ref": "2.19.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 19, "verse": 12, "iast": ["buddhiḥ praṇītā yeneyaṃ manaś ca susamāhitam", "tat tu nārhāmi saṃkleṣṭuṃ pravrajiṣyāmi māciram"], "translation": "This mind by which such a resolve has been formed, and which is well composed—that I ought not to trouble; I shall go forth to the forest, and without delay.", "sarga_title": "Rāma attributes the reversal to fate"}
{"ref": "2.19.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 19, "verse": 13, "iast": ["kṛtāntas tv eva saumitre draṣṭavyo matpravāsane", "rājyasya ca vitīrṇasya punar eva nivartane"], "translation": "It is fate alone, Saumitri, that must be seen in my banishment and in the taking back of a kingdom that had already been granted.", "sarga_title": "Rāma attributes the reversal to fate"}
{"ref": "2.19.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 19, "verse": 14, "iast": ["kaikeyyāḥ pratipattir hi kathaṃ syān mama pīḍane", "yadi bhāvo na daivo 'yaṃ kṛtāntavihito bhavet"], "translation": "For how could Kaikeyī have conceived this design for my affliction, were this disposition not something divine, ordained by fate?", "sarga_title": "Rāma attributes the reversal to fate"}
{"ref": "2.19.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 19, "verse": 15, "iast": ["jānāsi hi yathā saumya na mātṛṣu mamāntaram", "bhūtapūrvaṃ viśeṣo vā tasyā mayi sute 'pi vā"], "translation": "For you know, gentle one, that there has never before been any difference in my regard among my mothers, nor on her part any distinction between me and her own son.", "sarga_title": "Rāma attributes the reversal to fate"}
{"ref": "2.19.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 19, "verse": 16, "iast": ["so 'bhiṣekanivṛttyarthaiḥ pravāsārthaiś ca durvacaiḥ", "ugrair vākyair ahaṃ tasyā nānyad daivāt samarthaye"], "translation": "For those harsh, cruel words of hers, aimed at stopping the consecration and at my exile, I can account for by nothing other than fate.", "sarga_title": "Rāma attributes the reversal to fate"}
{"ref": "2.19.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 19, "verse": 17, "iast": ["kathaṃ prakṛtisaṃpannā rājaputrī tathāguṇā", "brūyāt sā prākṛteva strī matpīḍāṃ bhartṛsaṃnidhau"], "translation": "How else could a princess so endowed by nature and of such virtue speak of my affliction, in her husband's very presence, like some common woman?", "sarga_title": "Rāma attributes the reversal to fate"}
{"ref": "2.19.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 19, "verse": 18, "iast": ["yad acintyaṃ tu tad daivaṃ bhūteṣv api na hanyate", "vyaktaṃ mayi ca tasyāṃ ca patito hi viparyayaḥ"], "translation": "That fate which is beyond thought cannot be thwarted even among living beings; plainly a reversal has fallen upon me and upon her.", "sarga_title": "Rāma attributes the reversal to fate"}
{"ref": "2.19.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 19, "verse": 19, "iast": ["kaś cid daivena saumitre yoddhum utsahate pumān", "yasya na grahaṇaṃ kiṃ cit karmaṇo 'nyatra dṛśyate"], "translation": "What man, Saumitri, could dare to fight against fate, of whose working no grasp whatever can be seen except in the effect?", "sarga_title": "Rāma attributes the reversal to fate"}
{"ref": "2.19.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 19, "verse": 20, "iast": ["sukhaduḥkhe bhayakrodhau lābhālābhau bhavābhavau", "yasya kiṃ cit tathā bhūtaṃ nanu daivasya karma tat"], "translation": "Pleasure and pain, fear and anger, gain and loss, being and non-being—whatever befalls anyone in such a way, surely that is the work of fate.", "sarga_title": "Rāma attributes the reversal to fate"}
{"ref": "2.19.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 19, "verse": 21, "iast": ["vyāhate 'py abhiṣeke me paritāpo na vidyate", "tasmād aparitāpaḥ saṃs tvam apy anuvidhāya mām", "pratisaṃhāraya kṣipram ābhiṣecanikīṃ kriyām"], "translation": "Even though my consecration has been thwarted, no anguish is found in me; therefore, being free of anguish yourself and conforming to me, quickly call off the rite of consecration.", "sarga_title": "Rāma attributes the reversal to fate"}
{"ref": "2.19.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 19, "verse": 22, "iast": ["na lakṣmaṇāsmin mama rājyavighne mātā yavīyasy atiśaṅkanīyā", "daivābhipannā hi vadanty aniṣṭaṃ jānāsi daivaṃ ca tathā prabhāvam"], "translation": "In this obstruction of my kingship, Lakṣmaṇa, my younger mother is not to be too greatly suspected; for those seized by fate speak what is unwished-for—and you know, too, the power of fate.", "sarga_title": "Rāma attributes the reversal to fate"}
{"ref": "2.20.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 20, "verse": 1, "iast": ["iti bruvati rāme tu lakṣmaṇo 'dhaḥśirā muhuḥ", "śrutvā madhyaṃ jagāmeva manasā duḥkhaharṣayoḥ"], "translation": "As Rāma was speaking thus, Lakṣmaṇa, his head repeatedly hanging down, having listened, seemed in his mind to hold the middle ground between grief and joy.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa opposes fate with effort"}
{"ref": "2.20.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 20, "verse": 2, "iast": ["tadā tu baddhvā bhrukuṭīṃ bhruvor madhye nararṣabha", "niśaśvāsa mahāsarpo bilastha iva roṣitaḥ"], "translation": "Then, knitting a frown between his brows, that bull among men breathed hard, like a great serpent enraged within its hole.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa opposes fate with effort"}
{"ref": "2.20.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 20, "verse": 3, "iast": ["tasya duṣprativīkṣyaṃ tad bhrukuṭīsahitaṃ tadā", "babhau kruddhasya siṃhasya mukhasya sadṛśaṃ mukham"], "translation": "His face then, hard to look upon, contorted with a frown, shone like the face of an angry lion.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa opposes fate with effort"}
{"ref": "2.20.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 20, "verse": 4, "iast": ["agrahas taṃ vidhunvaṃs tu hastī hastam ivātmanaḥ", "tiryag ūrdhvaṃ śarīre ca pātayitvā śirodharām"], "translation": "Tossing his forearm as an elephant tosses its own trunk, and throwing his neck aslant and upward upon his body,", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa opposes fate with effort"}
{"ref": "2.20.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 20, "verse": 5, "iast": ["agrākṣṇā vīkṣamāṇas tu tiryag bhrātaram abravīt", "asthāne saṃbhramo yasya jāto vai sumahān ayam"], "translation": "—looking askance at his brother with the corner of his eye, he said: \"This exceedingly great agitation of yours has arisen out of season.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa opposes fate with effort"}
{"ref": "2.20.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 20, "verse": 6, "iast": ["dharmadoṣaprasaṅgena lokasyānatiśaṅkayā", "kathaṃ hy etad asaṃbhrāntas tvadvidho vaktum arhati"], "translation": "For how could one like you, unagitated, be right to speak this way—out of a scruple about a fault in dharma and out of over-deference to the world?", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa opposes fate with effort"}
{"ref": "2.20.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 20, "verse": 7, "iast": ["yathā daivam aśauṇḍīraṃ śauṇḍīraḥ kṣatriyarṣabhaḥ", "kiṃ nāma kṛpaṇaṃ daivam aśaktam abhiśaṃsasi"], "translation": "Being a valiant bull among warriors, how is it that you extol impotent fate—that wretched, powerless fate?", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa opposes fate with effort"}
{"ref": "2.20.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 20, "verse": 8, "iast": ["pāpayos tu kathaṃ nāma tayoḥ śaṅkā na vidyate", "santi dharmopadhāḥ ślakṣṇā dharmātman kiṃ na budhyase"], "translation": "How is it, then, that no suspicion of those two wicked ones arises in you? There are smooth frauds dressed up as dharma—O righteous one, why do you not perceive it?", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa opposes fate with effort"}
{"ref": "2.20.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 20, "verse": 9, "iast": ["lokavidviṣṭam ārabdhaṃ tvadanyasyābhiṣecanam", "yeneyam āgatā dvaidhaṃ tava buddhir mahīpate", "sa hi dharmo mama dveṣyaḥ prasaṅgād yasya muhyasi"], "translation": "The consecration of another than you, hated by the world, has been set afoot—by which your mind, O lord of earth, has fallen into this division; that dharma indeed, by whose entanglement you are deluded, is hateful to me.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa opposes fate with effort"}
{"ref": "2.20.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 20, "verse": 10, "iast": ["yady api pratipattis te daivī cāpi tayor matam", "tathāpy upekṣaṇīyaṃ te na me tad api rocate"], "translation": "Even if your conviction is that this is fated and is the intent of those two, still it is a thing you should disregard; that too does not please me.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa opposes fate with effort"}
{"ref": "2.20.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 20, "verse": 11, "iast": ["viklavo vīryahīno yaḥ sa daivam anuvartate", "vīrāḥ saṃbhāvitātmāno na daivaṃ paryupāsate"], "translation": "It is the faint-hearted man, void of valour, who submits to fate; heroes of self-respecting souls do not wait upon fate.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa opposes fate with effort"}
{"ref": "2.20.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 20, "verse": 12, "iast": ["daivaṃ puruṣakāreṇa yaḥ samarthaḥ prabādhitum", "na daivena vipannārthaḥ puruṣaḥ so 'vasīdati"], "translation": "The man who is able to beat back fate by manly effort—he, his purpose foiled by fate, does not sink down.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa opposes fate with effort"}
{"ref": "2.20.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 20, "verse": 13, "iast": ["drakṣyanti tv adya daivasya pauruṣaṃ puruṣasya ca", "daivamānuṣayor adya vyaktā vyaktir bhaviṣyati"], "translation": "Today men shall see the manly might of fate and of man; today the distinction between the divine and the human will become plain.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa opposes fate with effort"}
{"ref": "2.20.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 20, "verse": 14, "iast": ["adya matpauruṣahataṃ daivaṃ drakṣyanti vai janāḥ", "yad daivād āhataṃ te 'dya dṛṣṭaṃ rājyābhiṣecanam"], "translation": "Today people shall surely see fate struck down by my manhood—the fate through which your royal consecration was, as we saw today, dashed away.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa opposes fate with effort"}
{"ref": "2.20.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 20, "verse": 15, "iast": ["atyaṅkuśam ivoddāmaṃ gajaṃ madabaloddhatam", "pradhāvitam ahaṃ daivaṃ pauruṣeṇa nivartaye"], "translation": "As one turns back a rampaging elephant, unbridled and beyond the goad, made wild by the strength of its rut, so I turn back onrushing fate by manly effort.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa opposes fate with effort"}
{"ref": "2.20.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 20, "verse": 16, "iast": ["lokapālāḥ samastās te nādya rāmābhiṣecanam", "na ca kṛtsnās trayo lokā vihanyuḥ kiṃ punaḥ pitā"], "translation": "Not all the guardians of the world together, nor the entire three worlds, could thwart Rāma's consecration today—how much less your father!", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa opposes fate with effort"}
{"ref": "2.20.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 20, "verse": 17, "iast": ["yair vivāsas tavāraṇye mitho rājan samarthitaḥ", "araṇye te vivatsyanti caturdaśa samās tathā"], "translation": "Those by whom your banishment to the forest was contrived in secret, O king—they shall themselves dwell in the forest fourteen years instead.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa opposes fate with effort"}
{"ref": "2.20.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 20, "verse": 18, "iast": ["ahaṃ tadāśāṃ chetsyāmi pitus tasyāś ca yā tava", "abhiṣekavighātena putrarājyāya vartate"], "translation": "I shall cut off that hope of your father's and of hers which, by the thwarting of your consecration, works toward the kingship for her son.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa opposes fate with effort"}
{"ref": "2.20.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 20, "verse": 19, "iast": ["madbalena viruddhāya na syād daivabalaṃ tathā", "prabhaviṣyati duḥkhāya yathograṃ pauruṣaṃ mama"], "translation": "Against him whom my strength opposes, the power of fate would not so avail to bring suffering as my fierce manhood shall avail.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa opposes fate with effort"}
{"ref": "2.20.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 20, "verse": 20, "iast": ["ūrdhvaṃ varṣasahasrānte prajāpālyam anantaram", "āryaputrāḥ kariṣyanti vanavāsaṃ gate tvayi"], "translation": "After a thousand years and more, the guardianship of the people [duly passed on], your noble sons shall in their turn take up the forest-dwelling, once you yourself have gone.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa opposes fate with effort"}
{"ref": "2.20.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 20, "verse": 21, "iast": ["pūrvarājarṣivṛttyā hi vanavāso vidhīyate", "prajā nikṣipya putreṣu putravat paripālane"], "translation": "For by the practice of the royal seers of old, forest-dwelling is enjoined only after entrusting the subjects to one's sons, to be cherished as one cherishes a son.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa opposes fate with effort"}
{"ref": "2.20.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 20, "verse": 22, "iast": ["sa ced rājany anekāgre rājyavibhramaśaṅkayā", "naivam icchasi dharmātman rājyaṃ rāma tvam ātmani"], "translation": "If, O righteous Rāma, from fear of upheaval in a realm of many rival chiefs you thus do not desire the kingship for yourself,", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa opposes fate with effort"}
{"ref": "2.20.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 20, "verse": 23, "iast": ["pratijāne ca te vīra mā bhūvaṃ vīralokabhāk", "rājyaṃ ca tava rakṣeyam ahaṃ veleva sāgaram"], "translation": "I vow to you, hero—may I lose my share in the heroes' world if I fail—that I would guard your kingship as the shore guards the sea.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa opposes fate with effort"}
{"ref": "2.20.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 20, "verse": 24, "iast": ["maṅgalair abhiṣiñcasva tatra tvaṃ vyāpṛto bhava", "aham eko mahīpālān alaṃ vārayituṃ balāt"], "translation": "Have yourself consecrated with the auspicious rites; busy yourself with that; I alone am enough to ward off the kings of earth by force.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa opposes fate with effort"}
{"ref": "2.20.25", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 20, "verse": 25, "iast": ["na śobhārthāv imau bāhū na dhanur bhūṣaṇāya me", "nāsirābandhanārthāya na śarāḥ stambhahetavaḥ"], "translation": "These two arms of mine are not for show, nor is my bow for ornament, nor is my sword merely for wearing bound at the waist, nor are my arrows meant to stand idle as props.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa opposes fate with effort"}
{"ref": "2.20.26", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 20, "verse": 26, "iast": ["amitradamanārthaṃ me sarvam etac catuṣṭayam", "na cāhaṃ kāmaye 'tyarthaṃ yaḥ syāc chatrur mato mama"], "translation": "All this fourfold gear of mine is for the taming of foes; and I have no wish at all to spare whoever is reckoned my enemy.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa opposes fate with effort"}
{"ref": "2.20.27", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 20, "verse": 27, "iast": ["asinā tīkṣṇadhāreṇa vidyuccalitavarcasā", "pragṛhītena vai śatruṃ vajriṇaṃ vā na kalpaye"], "translation": "With my keen-edged sword grasped in hand, its splendor flashing like lightning, I would take no account of an enemy, were he even the thunderbolt-wielding Indra.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa opposes fate with effort"}
{"ref": "2.20.28", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 20, "verse": 28, "iast": ["khaḍganiṣpeṣaniṣpiṣṭair gahanā duścarā ca me", "hastyaśvanarahastoruśirobhir bhavitā mahī"], "translation": "Through me the earth will become dense and hard to cross with the trunks, thighs, and heads of elephants, horses, and men, crushed by the smiting of my sword.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa opposes fate with effort"}
{"ref": "2.20.29", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 20, "verse": 29, "iast": ["khaḍgadhārā hatā me 'dya dīpyamānā ivādrayaḥ", "patiṣyanti dvipā bhūmau meghā iva savidyutaḥ"], "translation": "Smitten today by the edge of my sword, elephants gleaming like mountains will fall to the ground like clouds charged with lightning.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa opposes fate with effort"}
{"ref": "2.20.30", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 20, "verse": 30, "iast": ["baddhagodhāṅgulitrāṇe pragṛhītaśarāsane", "kathaṃ puruṣamānī syāt puruṣāṇāṃ mayi sthite"], "translation": "When I stand with my leather arm-guard and finger-guards bound on and my bow grasped, how could any of men account himself a man?", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa opposes fate with effort"}
{"ref": "2.20.31", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 20, "verse": 31, "iast": ["bahubhiś caikam atyasyann ekena ca bahūñ janān", "viniyokṣyāmy ahaṃ bāṇān nṛvājigajamarmasu"], "translation": "Overwhelming a single man with many arrows and many men with a single one, I shall loose my shafts into the vital parts of men, horses, and elephants.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa opposes fate with effort"}
{"ref": "2.20.32", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 20, "verse": 32, "iast": ["adya me 'straprabhāvasya prabhāvaḥ prabhaviṣyati", "rājñaś cāprabhutāṃ kartuṃ prabhutvaṃ ca tava prabho"], "translation": "Today the might of me, whose might lies in my weapons, shall prevail—to make the king powerless and you, my lord, sovereign.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa opposes fate with effort"}
{"ref": "2.20.33", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 20, "verse": 33, "iast": ["adya candanasārasya keyūrāmokṣaṇasya ca", "vasūnāṃ ca vimokṣasya suhṛdāṃ pālanasya ca"], "translation": "Today, fit for [applying] the essence of sandal, for the clasping-on of armlets, for the bestowing of wealth and for the protecting of friends—", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa opposes fate with effort"}
{"ref": "2.20.34", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 20, "verse": 34, "iast": ["anurūpāv imau bāhū rāma karma kariṣyataḥ", "abhiṣecanavighnasya kartṝṇāṃ te nivāraṇe"], "translation": "—these two arms, so worthy, O Rāma, shall do their fitting work: the warding off of those who would make obstruction to your consecration.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa opposes fate with effort"}
{"ref": "2.20.35", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 20, "verse": 35, "iast": ["bravīhi ko 'dyaiva mayā viyujyatāṃ tavāsuhṛt prāṇayaśaḥ suhṛjjanaiḥ", "yathā taveyaṃ vasudhā vaśe bhavet tathaiva māṃ śādhi tavāsmi kiṃkaraḥ"], "translation": "Tell me: which enemy of yours shall this very day be parted by me from his life, his fame, and his friends? Command me in whatever way this earth may come under your sway—I am your servant.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa opposes fate with effort"}
{"ref": "2.20.36", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 20, "verse": 36, "iast": ["vimṛjya bāṣpaṃ parisāntvya cāsakṛt sa lakṣmaṇaṃ rāghavavaṃśavardhanaḥ", "uvāca pitrye vacane vyavasthitaṃ nibodha mām eṣa hi saumya satpathaḥ"], "translation": "Wiping away his tears and soothing Lakṣmaṇa again and again, Rāma, augmenter of the Rāghava line, said: \"Know me to be firmly set upon our father's word; for this, gentle one, is the path of the good.\"", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa opposes fate with effort"}
{"ref": "2.21.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 21, "verse": 1, "iast": ["taṃ samīkṣya tv avahitaṃ pitur nirdeśapālane", "kausalyā bāṣpasaṃruddhā vaco dharmiṣṭham abravīt"], "translation": "Observing him intent on carrying out his father's command, Kausalyā, choked with tears, spoke these most righteous words.", "sarga_title": "Rāma asks Kausalyā to remain with Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.21.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 21, "verse": 2, "iast": ["adṛṣṭaduḥkho dharmātmā sarvabhūtapriyaṃvadaḥ", "mayi jāto daśarathāt katham uñchena vartayet"], "translation": "He who has never known sorrow, righteous of soul, speaking kindly to all beings, born of me by Daśaratha — how shall he subsist by gleaning grain?", "sarga_title": "Rāma asks Kausalyā to remain with Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.21.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 21, "verse": 3, "iast": ["yasya bhṛtyāś ca dāsāś ca mṛṣṭāny annāni bhuñjate", "kathaṃ sa bhokṣyate nātho vane mūlaphalāny ayam"], "translation": "He whose servants and dependents eat dainty foods — how shall this lord eat roots and fruits in the forest?", "sarga_title": "Rāma asks Kausalyā to remain with Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.21.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 21, "verse": 4, "iast": ["ka etac chraddadhec chrutvā kasya vā na bhaved bhayam", "guṇavān dayito rājño rāghavo yad vivāsyate"], "translation": "Who, hearing this, would believe it? In whom would fear not arise—that Rāghava, virtuous and dear to the king, is being driven into exile?", "sarga_title": "Rāma asks Kausalyā to remain with Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.21.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 21, "verse": 5, "iast": ["tvayā vihīnām iha māṃ śokāgnir atulo mahān", "pradhakṣyati yathā kakṣaṃ citrabhānur himātyaye"], "translation": "Bereft of you here, me the great and matchless fire of grief will burn up, as fire consumes dry brushwood at winter's end.", "sarga_title": "Rāma asks Kausalyā to remain with Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.21.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 21, "verse": 6, "iast": ["kathaṃ hi dhenuḥ svaṃ vatsaṃ gacchantaṃ nānugacchati", "ahaṃ tvānugamiṣyāmi yatra putra gamiṣyasi"], "translation": "How indeed can a cow fail to follow her own calf as it goes away? I will follow you, my son, wherever you go.", "sarga_title": "Rāma asks Kausalyā to remain with Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.21.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 21, "verse": 7, "iast": ["tathā nigaditaṃ mātrā tad vākyaṃ puruṣarṣabhaḥ", "śrutvā rāmo 'bravīd vākyaṃ mātaraṃ bhṛśaduḥkhitām"], "translation": "Having heard that speech thus uttered by his mother, Rāma, a bull among men, spoke these words to his sorely grieving mother:", "sarga_title": "Rāma asks Kausalyā to remain with Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.21.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 21, "verse": 8, "iast": ["kaikeyyā vañcito rājā mayi cāraṇyam āśrite", "bhavatyā ca parityakto na nūnaṃ vartayiṣyati"], "translation": "The king, deceived by Kaikeyī, when I have gone to the forest and been forsaken by you as well, will surely not survive.", "sarga_title": "Rāma asks Kausalyā to remain with Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.21.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 21, "verse": 9, "iast": ["bhartuḥ kila parityāgo nṛśaṃsaḥ kevalaṃ striyāḥ", "sa bhavatyā na kartavyo manasāpi vigarhitaḥ"], "translation": "The abandonment of a husband by a woman is indeed utterly cruel and blameworthy; that must not be done by you, not even in thought.", "sarga_title": "Rāma asks Kausalyā to remain with Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.21.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 21, "verse": 10, "iast": ["yāvaj jīvati kākutsthaḥ pitā me jagatīpatiḥ", "śuśrūṣā kriyatāṃ tāvat sa hi dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ"], "translation": "As long as Kākutstha, my father, lord of the earth, lives, so long let service be rendered him; that indeed is the eternal law.", "sarga_title": "Rāma asks Kausalyā to remain with Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.21.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 21, "verse": 11, "iast": ["evam uktā tu rāmeṇa kausalyā śubha darśanā", "tathety uvāca suprītā rāmam akliṣṭakāriṇam"], "translation": "Thus addressed by Rāma, the fair-faced Kausalyā, well pleased, said 'So be it' to Rāma, the tireless doer of deeds.", "sarga_title": "Rāma asks Kausalyā to remain with Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.21.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 21, "verse": 12, "iast": ["evam uktas tu vacanaṃ rāmo dharmabhṛtāṃ varaḥ", "bhūyas tām abravīd vākyaṃ mātaraṃ bhṛśaduḥkhitām"], "translation": "Thus addressed with these words, Rāma, the best of dharma-upholders, again spoke to his sorely grieving mother:", "sarga_title": "Rāma asks Kausalyā to remain with Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.21.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 21, "verse": 13, "iast": ["mayā caiva bhavatyā ca kartavyaṃ vacanaṃ pituḥ", "rājā bhartā guruḥ śreṣṭhaḥ sarveṣām īśvaraḥ prabhuḥ"], "translation": "The father's command must be obeyed both by me and by you; the king is our supporter, our elder, the highest—the lord and master of all.", "sarga_title": "Rāma asks Kausalyā to remain with Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.21.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 21, "verse": 14, "iast": ["imāni tu mahāraṇye vihṛtya nava pañca ca", "varṣāṇi paramaprītaḥ sthāsyāmi vacane tava"], "translation": "And having passed these fourteen years in the great forest, I shall abide, most gladly, by your word.", "sarga_title": "Rāma asks Kausalyā to remain with Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.21.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 21, "verse": 15, "iast": ["evam uktā priyaṃ putraṃ bāṣpapūrṇānanā tadā", "uvāca paramārtā tu kausalyā putravatsalā"], "translation": "Having thus spoken to her dear son, Kausalyā then, her face bathed in tears, deeply distressed and full of love for her son, said:", "sarga_title": "Rāma asks Kausalyā to remain with Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.21.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 21, "verse": 16, "iast": ["āsāṃ rāma sapatnīnāṃ vastuṃ madhye na me kṣamam", "naya mām api kākutstha vanaṃ vanyaṃ mṛgīṃ yathā", "yadi te gamane buddhiḥ kṛtā pitur apekṣayā"], "translation": "O Rāma, to dwell in the midst of these co-wives is not bearable for me; lead me too to the forest, O Kākutstha, like a wild doe, if your mind is set on going out of regard for your father.", "sarga_title": "Rāma asks Kausalyā to remain with Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.21.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 21, "verse": 17, "iast": ["tāṃ tathā rudatīṃ rāmo rudan vacanam abravīt", "jīvantyā hi striyā bhartā daivataṃ prabhur eva ca", "bhavatyā mama caivādya rājā prabhavati prabhuḥ"], "translation": "To her weeping thus, Rāma, weeping himself, spoke these words: 'For a woman while she lives the husband is her god and her lord; and today, over you and over me, the king holds sway as master.'", "sarga_title": "Rāma asks Kausalyā to remain with Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.21.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 21, "verse": 18, "iast": ["bharataś cāpi dharmātmā sarvabhūtapriyaṃvadaḥ", "bhavatīm anuvarteta sa hi dharmarataḥ sadā"], "translation": "And Bharata too, righteous of soul, speaking kindly to all beings, will attend upon you, for he is ever devoted to dharma.", "sarga_title": "Rāma asks Kausalyā to remain with Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.21.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 21, "verse": 19, "iast": ["yathā mayi tu niṣkrānte putraśokena pārthivaḥ", "śramaṃ nāvāpnuyāt kiṃ cid apramattā tathā kuru"], "translation": "Act so heedfully that, once I have departed, the king may suffer no distress at all through grief for his son.", "sarga_title": "Rāma asks Kausalyā to remain with Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.21.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 21, "verse": 20, "iast": ["vratopavāsaniratā yā nārī paramottamā", "bhartāraṃ nānuvarteta sā ca pāpagatir bhavet"], "translation": "Even a most excellent woman, devoted to vows and fasting, if she does not attend upon her husband, comes to an evil end.", "sarga_title": "Rāma asks Kausalyā to remain with Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.21.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 21, "verse": 21, "iast": ["śuśrūṣam eva kurvīta bhartuḥ priyahite ratā", "eṣa dharmaḥ purā dṛṣṭo loke vede śrutaḥ smṛtaḥ"], "translation": "Devoted to her husband's welfare and pleasure, she should render him service; this law was seen of old in the world, and is heard in the Veda and recorded in tradition.", "sarga_title": "Rāma asks Kausalyā to remain with Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.21.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 21, "verse": 22, "iast": ["pūjyās te matkṛte devi brāhmaṇāś caiva suvratāḥ", "evaṃ kālaṃ pratīkṣasva mamāgamanakāṅkṣiṇī"], "translation": "For my sake, O queen, the brahmins firm in their vows are to be honored by you; thus await the time, longing for my return.", "sarga_title": "Rāma asks Kausalyā to remain with Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.21.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 21, "verse": 23, "iast": ["prāpsyase paramaṃ kāmaṃ mayi pratyāgate sati", "yadi dharmabhṛtāṃ śreṣṭho dhārayiṣyati jīvitam"], "translation": "You will attain your highest wish when I have returned, if the best of dharma-upholders still holds onto his life.", "sarga_title": "Rāma asks Kausalyā to remain with Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.21.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 21, "verse": 24, "iast": ["evam uktā tu rāmeṇa bāṣpaparyākulekṣaṇā", "kausalyā putraśokārtā rāmaṃ vacanam abravīt", "gaccha putra tvam ekāgro bhadraṃ te 'stu sadā vibho"], "translation": "Thus addressed by Rāma, Kausalyā, her eyes clouded with tears and stricken with grief for her son, spoke to Rāma: 'Go, my son, single-minded; may it be ever well with you, O mighty one.'", "sarga_title": "Rāma asks Kausalyā to remain with Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.21.25", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 21, "verse": 25, "iast": ["tathā hi rāmaṃ vanavāsaniścitaṃ samīkṣya devī parameṇa cetasā", "uvāca rāmaṃ śubhalakṣaṇaṃ vaco babhūva ca svastyayanābhikāṅkṣiṇī"], "translation": "So, beholding with utmost concentration of mind that Rāma was resolved on dwelling in the forest, the queen spoke auspicious words to Rāma, and became eager to pronounce a blessing for his safe journey.", "sarga_title": "Rāma asks Kausalyā to remain with Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.22.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 22, "verse": 1, "iast": ["sāpanīya tam āyāsam upaspṛśya jalaṃ śuci", "cakāra mātā rāmasya maṅgalāni manasvinī"], "translation": "Having dispelled that weariness and sipped pure water, the spirited mother of Rāma performed the auspicious rites.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā’s blessing and amulet"}
{"ref": "2.22.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 22, "verse": 2, "iast": ["svasti sādhyāś ca viśve ca marutaś ca maharṣayaḥ", "svasti dhātā vidhātā ca svasti pūṣā bhago 'ryamā"], "translation": "Blessing! May the Sādhyas, the Viśvedevas, the Maruts, and the great seers keep you well; blessing from Dhātṛ and Vidhātṛ, blessing from Pūṣan, Bhaga, and Aryaman.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā’s blessing and amulet"}
{"ref": "2.22.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 22, "verse": 3, "iast": ["ṛtavaś caiva pakṣāś ca māsāḥ saṃvatsarāḥ kṣapāḥ", "dināni ca muhūrtāś ca svasti kurvantu te sadā"], "translation": "May the seasons, the fortnights, the months, the years, the nights, the days, and the hours ever grant you welfare.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā’s blessing and amulet"}
{"ref": "2.22.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 22, "verse": 4, "iast": ["smṛtir dhṛtiś ca dharmaś ca pāntu tvāṃ putra sarvataḥ", "skandaś ca bhagavān devaḥ somaś ca sabṛhaspatiḥ"], "translation": "May memory, steadfastness, and dharma protect you on every side, my son; and the divine lord Skanda, and Soma together with Bṛhaspati.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā’s blessing and amulet"}
{"ref": "2.22.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 22, "verse": 5, "iast": ["saptarṣayo nāradaś ca te tvāṃ rakṣantu sarvataḥ", "nakṣatrāṇi ca sarvāṇi grahāś ca sahadevatāḥ", "mahāvanāni carato muniveṣasya dhīmataḥ"], "translation": "May the seven seers and Nārada guard you on every side; and all the constellations and the planets together with their deities, as you, wise and in an ascetic's garb, roam the great forests.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā’s blessing and amulet"}
{"ref": "2.22.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 22, "verse": 6, "iast": ["plavagā vṛścikā daṃśā maśakāś caiva kānane", "sarīsṛpāś ca kīṭāś ca mā bhūvan gahane tava"], "translation": "May the monkeys, scorpions, gadflies, and mosquitoes in the woodland, and the serpents and insects in the thicket, be no harm to you.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā’s blessing and amulet"}
{"ref": "2.22.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 22, "verse": 7, "iast": ["mahādvipāś ca siṃhāś ca vyāghrā ṛkṣāś ca daṃṣṭriṇaḥ", "mahiṣāḥ śṛṅgiṇo raudrā na te druhyantu putraka"], "translation": "May the great elephants, lions, tigers, and fanged bears, and the fierce horned buffaloes, do you no harm, dear son.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā’s blessing and amulet"}
{"ref": "2.22.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 22, "verse": 8, "iast": ["nṛmāṃsabhojanā raudrā ye cānye sattvajātayaḥ", "mā ca tvāṃ hiṃsiṣuḥ putra mayā saṃpūjitās tv iha"], "translation": "And the fierce eaters of human flesh, and whatever other kinds of creatures there are—may they not injure you, my son, now that they have been duly worshipped by me here.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā’s blessing and amulet"}
{"ref": "2.22.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 22, "verse": 9, "iast": ["āgamās te śivāḥ santu sidhyantu ca parākramāḥ", "sarvasaṃpattayo rāma svastimān gaccha putraka"], "translation": "May your ventures be auspicious, and may your feats of valor succeed; may all prosperity be yours, Rāma; go safe and well, dear son.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā’s blessing and amulet"}
{"ref": "2.22.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 22, "verse": 10, "iast": ["svasti te 'stv āntarikṣebhyaḥ pārthivebhyaḥ punaḥ punaḥ", "sarvebhyaś caiva devebhyo ye ca te paripanthinaḥ"], "translation": "Again and again, may there be welfare for you from the beings of the sky, from those of the earth, and from all the gods, and from any who would be your adversaries.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā’s blessing and amulet"}
{"ref": "2.22.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 22, "verse": 11, "iast": ["sarvalokaprabhur brahmā bhūtabhartā tatharṣayaḥ", "ye ca śeṣāḥ surās te tvāṃ rakṣantu vanavāsinam"], "translation": "May Brahmā, lord of all worlds, the sustainer of beings, and likewise the seers, and whatever other gods remain, protect you as you dwell in the forest.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā’s blessing and amulet"}
{"ref": "2.22.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 22, "verse": 12, "iast": ["iti mālyaiḥ suragaṇān gandhaiś cāpi yaśasvinī", "stutibhiś cānurūpābhir ānarcāyatalocanā"], "translation": "So the illustrious, wide-eyed woman worshipped the hosts of gods with garlands, with perfumes, and with fitting hymns of praise.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā’s blessing and amulet"}
{"ref": "2.22.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 22, "verse": 13, "iast": ["yan maṅgalaṃ sahasrākṣe sarvadevanamaskṛte", "vṛtranāśe samabhavat tat te bhavatu maṅgalam"], "translation": "That blessing which arose for the thousand-eyed Indra, honored by all the gods, at the slaying of Vṛtra—may that blessing be yours.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā’s blessing and amulet"}
{"ref": "2.22.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 22, "verse": 14, "iast": ["yan maṅgalaṃ suparṇasya vinatākalpayat purā", "amṛtaṃ prārthayānasya tat te bhavatu maṅgalam"], "translation": "That blessing which Vinatā once prepared for Suparṇa (Garuḍa) as he sought the nectar of immortality—may that blessing be yours.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā’s blessing and amulet"}
{"ref": "2.22.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 22, "verse": 15, "iast": ["oṣadhīṃ cāpi siddhārthāṃ viśalyakaraṇīṃ śubhām", "cakāra rakṣāṃ kausalyā mantrair abhijajāpa ca"], "translation": "And Kausalyā made a protective amulet with the efficacious, auspicious herb that draws out darts, and consecrated it with sacred mantras.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā’s blessing and amulet"}
{"ref": "2.22.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 22, "verse": 16, "iast": ["ānamya mūrdhni cāghrāya pariṣvajya yaśasvinī", "avadat putra siddhārtho gaccha rāma yathāsukham"], "translation": "Drawing him down, kissing him on the head, and embracing him, the illustrious woman said: 'Go, my son Rāma, at your ease, your purpose accomplished.'", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā’s blessing and amulet"}
{"ref": "2.22.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 22, "verse": 17, "iast": ["arogaṃ sarvasiddhārtham ayodhyāṃ punar āgatam", "paśyāmi tvāṃ sukhaṃ vatsa susthitaṃ rājaveśmani"], "translation": "May I see you, my child, free of illness, all your aims fulfilled, come back again to Ayodhyā, faring happily, well-established in the royal palace.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā’s blessing and amulet"}
{"ref": "2.22.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 22, "verse": 18, "iast": ["mayārcitā devagaṇāḥ śivādayo maharṣayo bhūtamahāsuroragāḥ", "maharṣayo bhūtamahāsuroragāḥ", "abhiprayātasya vanaṃ cirāya te hitāni kāṅkṣantu diśaś ca rāghava", "hitāni kāṅkṣantu diśaś ca rāghava"], "translation": "The hosts of gods led by Śiva, whom I have worshipped, the great seers, the spirits, the mighty Asuras and serpents, and the quarters of the sky—may they long wish well to you, O Rāghava, as you set out for the forest.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā’s blessing and amulet"}
{"ref": "2.22.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 22, "verse": 19, "iast": ["itīva cāśrupratipūrṇalocanā samāpya ca svastyayanaṃ yathāvidhi", "samāpya ca svastyayanaṃ yathāvidhi", "pradakṣiṇaṃ caiva cakāra rāghavaṃ punaḥ punaś cāpi nipīḍya sasvaje", "punaḥ punaś cāpi nipīḍya sasvaje"], "translation": "So speaking, her eyes brimming with tears, and having completed the benediction according to rule, she circumambulated Rāghava reverently, and pressing him close again and again, embraced him.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā’s blessing and amulet"}
{"ref": "2.22.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 22, "verse": 20, "iast": ["tathā tu devyā sa kṛtapradakṣiṇo nipīḍya mātuś caraṇau punaḥ punaḥ", "nipīḍya mātuś caraṇau punaḥ punaḥ", "jagāma sītānilayaṃ mahāyaśāḥ sa rāghavaḥ prajvalitaḥ svayā śriyā", "sa rāghavaḥ prajvalitaḥ svayā śriyā"], "translation": "Thus circumambulated by the queen, that greatly glorious Rāghava, having pressed his mother's feet again and again, went to Sītā's dwelling, ablaze with his own splendor.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā’s blessing and amulet"}
{"ref": "2.23.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 23, "verse": 1, "iast": ["abhivādya tu kausalyāṃ rāmaḥ saṃprasthito vanam", "kṛtasvastyayano mātrā dharmiṣṭhe vartmani sthitaḥ"], "translation": "Having saluted Kausalyā, Rāma set out for the forest; the benediction performed for him by his mother, he stood firm on the most righteous path.", "sarga_title": "Rāma asks Sītā to remain in Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.23.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 23, "verse": 2, "iast": ["virājayan rājasuto rājamārgaṃ narair vṛtam", "hṛdayāny āmamantheva janasya guṇavattayā"], "translation": "The prince, gracing the royal highway thronged with people, seemed to churn the hearts of the folk by his abundance of virtues.", "sarga_title": "Rāma asks Sītā to remain in Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.23.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 23, "verse": 3, "iast": ["vaidehī cāpi tat sarvaṃ na śuśrāva tapasvinī", "tad eva hṛdi tasyāś ca yauvarājyābhiṣecanam"], "translation": "But the poor princess of Videha had heard nothing of all this; only that consecration to the heir-apparency was in her heart.", "sarga_title": "Rāma asks Sītā to remain in Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.23.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 23, "verse": 4, "iast": ["devakāryaṃ sma sā kṛtvā kṛtajñā hṛṣṭacetanā", "abhijñā rājadharmāṇāṃ rājaputraṃ pratīkṣate"], "translation": "Having done her worship of the gods, the grateful, glad-hearted woman, well versed in the duties of royalty, awaited the prince.", "sarga_title": "Rāma asks Sītā to remain in Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.23.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 23, "verse": 5, "iast": ["praviveśātha rāmas tu svaveśma suvibhūṣitam", "prahṛṣṭajanasaṃpūrṇaṃ hriyā kiṃ cid avāṅmukhaḥ"], "translation": "Then Rāma entered his own well-adorned dwelling, filled with rejoicing folk, his face a little downcast out of modesty.", "sarga_title": "Rāma asks Sītā to remain in Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.23.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 23, "verse": 6, "iast": ["atha sītā samutpatya vepamānā ca taṃ patim", "apaśyac chokasaṃtaptaṃ cintāvyākulilendriyam"], "translation": "Then Sītā, springing up and trembling, saw her husband scorched with grief, his senses agitated with anxiety.", "sarga_title": "Rāma asks Sītā to remain in Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.23.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 23, "verse": 7, "iast": ["vivarṇavadanaṃ dṛṣṭvā taṃ prasvinnam amarṣaṇam", "āha duḥkhābhisaṃtaptā kim idānīm idaṃ prabho"], "translation": "Seeing him with face gone pale, sweating and troubled, she, herself burning with grief, said: 'What is this now, my lord?'", "sarga_title": "Rāma asks Sītā to remain in Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.23.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 23, "verse": 8, "iast": ["adya bārhaspataḥ śrīmān yuktaḥ puṣyo na rāghava", "procyate brāhmaṇaiḥ prājñaiḥ kena tvam asi durmanāḥ"], "translation": "Rāghava, is not today the glorious Puṣya, ruled by Bṛhaspati, declared present by the learned brahmins? Why then are you downcast?", "sarga_title": "Rāma asks Sītā to remain in Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.23.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 23, "verse": 9, "iast": ["na te śataśalākena jalaphenanibhena ca", "āvṛtaṃ vadanaṃ valgu chatreṇābhivirājate"], "translation": "Your lovely face is not shining, sheltered by the hundred-ribbed parasol white as water-foam.", "sarga_title": "Rāma asks Sītā to remain in Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.23.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 23, "verse": 10, "iast": ["vyajanābhyāṃ ca mukhyābhyāṃ śatapatranibhekṣaṇam", "candrahaṃsaprakāśābhyāṃ vījyate na tavānanam"], "translation": "Nor is your face, with eyes like lotus-petals, being fanned by the two splendid fans, bright as the moon and swans.", "sarga_title": "Rāma asks Sītā to remain in Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.23.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 23, "verse": 11, "iast": ["vāgmino bandinaś cāpi prahṛṣṭās tvaṃ nararṣabha", "stuvanto nādya dṛśyante maṅgalaiḥ sūtamāgadhāḥ"], "translation": "O bull among men, the eloquent panegyrists and the bards, the sūtas and māgadhas, are not seen today joyfully praising you with auspicious songs.", "sarga_title": "Rāma asks Sītā to remain in Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.23.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 23, "verse": 12, "iast": ["na te kṣaudraṃ ca dadhi ca brāhmaṇā vedapāragāḥ", "mūrdhni mūrdhāvasiktasya dadhati sma vidhānataḥ"], "translation": "The brahmins versed to the far shore of the Vedas are not, as prescribed, placing honey and curds upon your head, you the anointed one.", "sarga_title": "Rāma asks Sītā to remain in Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.23.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 23, "verse": 13, "iast": ["na tvāṃ prakṛtayaḥ sarvā śreṇīmukhyāś ca bhūṣitāḥ", "anuvrajitum icchanti paurajāpapadās tathā"], "translation": "All the subjects, and the adorned guild-chiefs, and likewise the townsfolk and country-folk, do not wish to escort you.", "sarga_title": "Rāma asks Sītā to remain in Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.23.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 23, "verse": 14, "iast": ["caturbhir vegasaṃpannair hayaiḥ kāñcanabhūṣaṇaiḥ", "mukhyaḥ puṣyaratho yuktaḥ kiṃ na gacchati te 'grataḥ"], "translation": "Why does the chief festal chariot, yoked to four swift horses with golden trappings, not go before you?", "sarga_title": "Rāma asks Sītā to remain in Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.23.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 23, "verse": 15, "iast": ["na hastī cāgrataḥ śrīmāṃs tava lakṣaṇapūjitaḥ", "prayāṇe lakṣyate vīra kṛṣṇameghagiri prabhaḥ"], "translation": "O hero, no glorious elephant, prized for its auspicious marks and shining like a dark cloud or mountain, is seen before you on your march.", "sarga_title": "Rāma asks Sītā to remain in Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.23.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 23, "verse": 16, "iast": ["na ca kāñcanacitraṃ te paśyāmi priyadarśana", "bhadrāsanaṃ puraskṛtya yāntaṃ vīrapuraḥsaram"], "translation": "O you of lovely aspect, nor do I see your throne bright with gold set before you, nor you going forth with heroes at the head.", "sarga_title": "Rāma asks Sītā to remain in Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.23.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 23, "verse": 17, "iast": ["abhiṣeko yadā sajjaḥ kim idānīm idaṃ tava", "apūrvo mukhavarṇaś ca na praharṣaś ca lakṣyate"], "translation": "When the consecration is all prepared, what is this now with you? An unwonted hue is on your face, and no gladness is to be seen.", "sarga_title": "Rāma asks Sītā to remain in Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.23.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 23, "verse": 18, "iast": ["itīva vilapantīṃ tāṃ provāca raghunandanaḥ", "sīte tatrabhavāṃs tāta pravrājayati māṃ vanam"], "translation": "As she lamented thus, the delight of the Raghus said to her: 'Sītā, my revered father is sending me away to the forest.'", "sarga_title": "Rāma asks Sītā to remain in Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.23.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 23, "verse": 19, "iast": ["kule mahati saṃbhūte dharmajñe dharmacāriṇi", "śṛṇu jānaki yenedaṃ krameṇābhyāgataṃ mama"], "translation": "O Jānakī, born in a great family, knower of dharma and practicer of dharma, hear by what course this has come upon me.", "sarga_title": "Rāma asks Sītā to remain in Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.23.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 23, "verse": 20, "iast": ["rājñā satyapratijñena pitrā daśarathena me", "kaikeyyai prītamanasā purā dattau mahāvarau"], "translation": "By my father King Daśaratha, true to his word, two great boons were formerly given to Kaikeyī, his heart well pleased.", "sarga_title": "Rāma asks Sītā to remain in Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.23.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 23, "verse": 21, "iast": ["tayādya mama sajje 'sminn abhiṣeke nṛpodyate", "pracoditaḥ sa samayo dharmeṇa pratinirjitaḥ"], "translation": "Now, when this consecration of mine was prepared and set going by the king, she pressed for that compact, and my father, bound by dharma, was overmastered.", "sarga_title": "Rāma asks Sītā to remain in Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.23.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 23, "verse": 22, "iast": ["caturdaśa hi varṣāṇi vastavyaṃ daṇḍake mayā", "pitrā me bharataś cāpi yauvarājye niyojitaḥ", "so 'haṃ tvām āgato draṣṭuṃ prasthito vijanaṃ vanam"], "translation": "For fourteen years I must dwell in the Daṇḍaka forest; and my father has appointed Bharata to the heir-apparency. So I have come to see you, as I set out for the lonely forest.", "sarga_title": "Rāma asks Sītā to remain in Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.23.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 23, "verse": 23, "iast": ["bharatasya samīpe te nāhaṃ kathyaḥ kadā cana", "ṛddhiyuktā hi puruṣā na sahante parastavam", "tasmān na te guṇāḥ kathyā bharatasyāgrato mama"], "translation": "In Bharata's presence I must never be spoken of by you, for men in prosperity cannot endure the praise of another; therefore my virtues should not be told by you before Bharata.", "sarga_title": "Rāma asks Sītā to remain in Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.23.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 23, "verse": 24, "iast": ["nāpi tvaṃ tena bhartavyā viśeṣeṇa kadā cana", "anukūlatayā śakyaṃ samīpe tasya vartitum"], "translation": "Nor will you ever be specially maintained by him; only by compliance is it possible to live near him.", "sarga_title": "Rāma asks Sītā to remain in Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.23.25", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 23, "verse": 25, "iast": ["ahaṃ cāpi pratijñāṃ tāṃ guroḥ samanupālayan", "vanam adyaiva yāsyāmi sthirā bhava manasvini"], "translation": "And I too, keeping that promise of my father, will go to the forest this very day; be steadfast, O noble-minded one.", "sarga_title": "Rāma asks Sītā to remain in Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.23.26", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 23, "verse": 26, "iast": ["yāte ca mayi kalyāṇi vanaṃ muniniṣevitam", "vratopavāsaratayā bhavitavyaṃ tvayānaghe"], "translation": "And when I have gone, dear one, to the forest frequented by sages, you, O sinless one, must give yourself to vows and fasting.", "sarga_title": "Rāma asks Sītā to remain in Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.23.27", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 23, "verse": 27, "iast": ["kālyam utthāya devānāṃ kṛtvā pūjāṃ yathāvidhi", "vanditavyo daśarathaḥ pitā mama nareśvaraḥ"], "translation": "Rising at dawn and duly performing worship of the gods, you must pay homage to Daśaratha, my father, the lord of men.", "sarga_title": "Rāma asks Sītā to remain in Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.23.28", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 23, "verse": 28, "iast": ["mātā ca mama kausalyā vṛddhā saṃtāpakarśitā", "dharmam evāgrataḥ kṛtvā tvattaḥ saṃmānam arhati"], "translation": "And my mother Kausalyā, aged and wasted with grief, deserves honor from you, with dharma placed foremost.", "sarga_title": "Rāma asks Sītā to remain in Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.23.29", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 23, "verse": 29, "iast": ["vanditavyāś ca te nityaṃ yāḥ śeṣā mama mātaraḥ", "snehapraṇayasaṃbhogaiḥ samā hi mama mātaraḥ"], "translation": "And you must always salute those who are my other mothers; for in affection, love, and companionship all my mothers are equal.", "sarga_title": "Rāma asks Sītā to remain in Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.23.30", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 23, "verse": 30, "iast": ["bhrātṛputrasamau cāpi draṣṭavyau ca viśeṣataḥ", "tvayā lakṣmaṇaśatrughnau prāṇaiḥ priyatarau mama"], "translation": "And Lakṣmaṇa and Śatrughna, dearer to me than my own breath, should be regarded by you especially as a brother and a son.", "sarga_title": "Rāma asks Sītā to remain in Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.23.31", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 23, "verse": 31, "iast": ["vipriyaṃ na ca kartavyaṃ bharatasya kadā cana", "sa hi rājā prabhuś caiva deśasya ca kulasya ca"], "translation": "And nothing displeasing to Bharata should ever be done; for he is the king, and the lord both of the country and of the family.", "sarga_title": "Rāma asks Sītā to remain in Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.23.32", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 23, "verse": 32, "iast": ["ārādhitā hi śīlena prayatnaiś copasevitāḥ", "rājānaḥ saṃprasīdanti prakupyanti viparyaye"], "translation": "For kings, propitiated by good conduct and attended with diligence, grow gracious; but in the contrary case they grow wroth.", "sarga_title": "Rāma asks Sītā to remain in Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.23.33", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 23, "verse": 33, "iast": ["aurasān api putrān hi tyajanty ahitakāriṇaḥ", "samarthān saṃpragṛhṇanti janān api narādhipāḥ"], "translation": "Rulers of men forsake even their own-begotten sons if they act against their interest, and take to themselves able persons though unrelated.", "sarga_title": "Rāma asks Sītā to remain in Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.23.34", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 23, "verse": 34, "iast": ["ahaṃ gamiṣyāmi mahāvanaṃ priye tvayā hi vastavyam ihaiva bhāmini", "tvayā hi vastavyam ihaiva bhāmini", "yathā vyalīkaṃ kuruṣe na kasya cit tathā tvayā kāryam idaṃ vaco mama", "tathā tvayā kāryam idaṃ vaco mama"], "translation": "I shall go to the great forest, my dear; but you, my lovely one, must remain right here. Act upon this word of mine so that you give offense to no one.", "sarga_title": "Rāma asks Sītā to remain in Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.24.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 24, "verse": 1, "iast": ["evam uktā tu vaidehī priyārhā priyavādinī", "praṇayād eva saṃkruddhā bhartāram idam abravīt"], "translation": "Thus addressed, the princess of Videha, worthy of love and sweet of speech, angered out of very love, said this to her husband:", "sarga_title": "Sītā claims a share in the exile"}
{"ref": "2.24.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 24, "verse": 2, "iast": ["āryaputra pitā mātā bhrātā putras tathā snuṣā", "svāni puṇyāni bhuñjānāḥ svaṃ svaṃ bhāgyam upāsate"], "translation": "Noble husband, father, mother, brother, son, and daughter-in-law—each enjoying their own merits—partake of their own several portion of fortune.", "sarga_title": "Sītā claims a share in the exile"}
{"ref": "2.24.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 24, "verse": 3, "iast": ["bhartur bhāgyaṃ tu bhāryaikā prāpnoti puruṣarṣabha", "ataś caivāham ādiṣṭā vane vastavyam ity api"], "translation": "But the wife alone obtains the fortune of her husband, O bull among men; and therefore I too am enjoined that I must dwell in the forest.", "sarga_title": "Sītā claims a share in the exile"}
{"ref": "2.24.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 24, "verse": 4, "iast": ["na pitā nātmajo nātmā na mātā na sakhījanaḥ", "iha pretya ca nārīṇāṃ patir eko gatiḥ sadā"], "translation": "Not father, not son, not oneself, not mother, not friends—for women, here and in the hereafter, the husband alone is ever the refuge.", "sarga_title": "Sītā claims a share in the exile"}
{"ref": "2.24.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 24, "verse": 5, "iast": ["yadi tvaṃ prasthito durgaṃ vanam adyaiva rāghava", "agratas te gamiṣyāmi mṛdnantī kuśakaṇṭakān"], "translation": "If you set out this very day for the impassable forest, Rāghava, I shall go before you, crushing the kuśa-grass and thorns.", "sarga_title": "Sītā claims a share in the exile"}
{"ref": "2.24.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 24, "verse": 6, "iast": ["īrṣyā roṣau bahiṣkṛtya bhuktaśeṣam ivodakam", "naya māṃ vīra viśrabdhaḥ pāpaṃ mayi na vidyate"], "translation": "Casting out jealousy and anger like water left over after drinking, lead me, O hero, with confidence; there is no fault in me.", "sarga_title": "Sītā claims a share in the exile"}
{"ref": "2.24.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 24, "verse": 7, "iast": ["prāsādāgrair vimānair vā vaihāyasagatena vā", "sarvāvasthāgatā bhartuḥ pādacchāyā viśiṣyate"], "translation": "Better than palace-terraces, aerial cars, or flight through the sky, is the shade of a husband's feet, which attends one in every condition.", "sarga_title": "Sītā claims a share in the exile"}
{"ref": "2.24.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 24, "verse": 8, "iast": ["anuśiṣṭāsmi mātrā ca pitrā ca vividhāśrayam", "nāsmi saṃprati vaktavyā vartitavyaṃ yathā mayā"], "translation": "I have been instructed by my mother and my father in various matters; I need not now be told how I ought to conduct myself.", "sarga_title": "Sītā claims a share in the exile"}
{"ref": "2.24.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 24, "verse": 9, "iast": ["sukhaṃ vane nivatsyāmi yathaiva bhavane pituḥ", "acintayantī trīṃl lokāṃś cintayantī pativratam"], "translation": "I shall dwell happily in the forest, just as in my father's house, giving no thought to the three worlds, thinking only of devotion to my husband.", "sarga_title": "Sītā claims a share in the exile"}
{"ref": "2.24.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 24, "verse": 10, "iast": ["śuśrūṣamāṇā te nityaṃ niyatā brahmacāriṇī", "saha raṃsye tvayā vīra vaneṣu madhugandhiṣu"], "translation": "Ever serving you, restrained and living chastely, I shall take delight with you, O hero, in the forests fragrant with honey.", "sarga_title": "Sītā claims a share in the exile"}
{"ref": "2.24.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 24, "verse": 11, "iast": ["tvaṃ hi kartuṃ vane śakto rāma saṃparipālanam", "anyasya pai janasyeha kiṃ punar mama mānada"], "translation": "For you, Rāma, are able in the forest to protect even another person here—how much more me, O bestower of honor?", "sarga_title": "Sītā claims a share in the exile"}
{"ref": "2.24.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 24, "verse": 12, "iast": ["phalamūlāśanā nityaṃ bhaviṣyāmi na saṃśayaḥ", "na te duḥkhaṃ kariṣyāmi nivasantī saha tvayā"], "translation": "I shall always live on fruits and roots—no doubt of it; I shall cause you no trouble while dwelling with you.", "sarga_title": "Sītā claims a share in the exile"}
{"ref": "2.24.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 24, "verse": 13, "iast": ["icchāmi saritaḥ śailān palvalāni vanāni ca", "draṣṭuṃ sarvatra nirbhītā tvayā nāthena dhīmatā"], "translation": "I wish to see the rivers, the mountains, the pools, and the forests, fearless everywhere with you, my wise protector.", "sarga_title": "Sītā claims a share in the exile"}
{"ref": "2.24.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 24, "verse": 14, "iast": ["haṃsakāraṇḍavākīrṇāḥ padminīḥ sādhupuṣpitāḥ", "iccheyaṃ sukhinī draṣṭuṃ tvayā vīreṇa saṃgatā"], "translation": "Happy and in company with you, my hero, I would wish to see the lotus-ponds strewn with swans and kāraṇḍava-ducks, in fair bloom.", "sarga_title": "Sītā claims a share in the exile"}
{"ref": "2.24.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 24, "verse": 15, "iast": ["saha tvayā viśālākṣa raṃsye paramanandinī", "evaṃ varṣasahasrāṇāṃ śataṃ vāhaṃ tvayā saha"], "translation": "With you, O large-eyed one, I shall delight, supremely joyful; thus would I live with you even a hundred thousand years.", "sarga_title": "Sītā claims a share in the exile"}
{"ref": "2.24.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 24, "verse": 16, "iast": ["svarge 'pi ca vinā vāso bhavitā yadi rāghava", "tvayā mama naravyāghra nāhaṃ tam api rocaye"], "translation": "And even if a dwelling in heaven itself should fall to me without you, Rāghava, O tiger among men, I would not care even for that.", "sarga_title": "Sītā claims a share in the exile"}
{"ref": "2.24.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 24, "verse": 17, "iast": ["ahaṃ gamiṣyāmi vanaṃ sudurgamaṃ mṛgāyutaṃ vānaravāraṇair yutam", "mṛgāyutaṃ vānaravāraṇair yutam", "vane nivatsyāmi yathā pitur gṛhe tavaiva pādāv upagṛhya saṃmatā", "tavaiva pādāv upagṛhya saṃmatā"], "translation": "I shall go to the forest so hard to traverse, full of deer and thronged with monkeys and elephants; I shall dwell in the forest as in my father's house, clasping your very feet, devoted to you alone.", "sarga_title": "Sītā claims a share in the exile"}
{"ref": "2.24.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 24, "verse": 18, "iast": ["ananyabhāvām anuraktacetasaṃ tvayā viyuktāṃ maraṇāya niścitām", "tvayā viyuktāṃ maraṇāya niścitām", "nayasva māṃ sādhu kuruṣva yācanāṃ na te mayāto gurutā bhaviṣyati", "na te mayāto gurutā bhaviṣyati"], "translation": "Lead me, whose heart is fixed on none but you and full of love, resolved on death if parted from you; graciously grant my entreaty—through me no burden will ever be yours.", "sarga_title": "Sītā claims a share in the exile"}
{"ref": "2.24.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 24, "verse": 19, "iast": ["tathā bruvāṇām api dharmavatsalo na ca sma sītāṃ nṛvaro ninīṣati", "na ca sma sītāṃ nṛvaro ninīṣati", "uvāca caināṃ bahu saṃnivartane vane nivāsasya ca duḥkhitāṃ prati", "vane nivāsasya ca duḥkhitāṃ prati"], "translation": "Though she spoke thus, that best of men, devoted to dharma, did not wish to take Sītā along; and he said much to her, grieved as she was, urging her to turn back and about the hardships of dwelling in the forest.", "sarga_title": "Sītā claims a share in the exile"}
{"ref": "2.25.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 25, "verse": 1, "iast": ["sa evaṃ bruvatīṃ sītāṃ dharmajño dharmavatsalaḥ", "nivartanārthe dharmātmā vākyam etad uvāca ha"], "translation": "To Sītā, speaking thus, that righteous soul, the knower and lover of dharma, in order to turn her back, spoke these words:", "sarga_title": "Rāma describes the hardships of forest life"}
{"ref": "2.25.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 25, "verse": 2, "iast": ["sīte mahākulīnāsi dharme ca niratā sadā", "ihācara svadharmaṃ tvaṃ mā yathā manasaḥ sukham"], "translation": "Sītā, you are of noble family and ever devoted to dharma; practice here your own duty, as brings happiness to the mind.", "sarga_title": "Rāma describes the hardships of forest life"}
{"ref": "2.25.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 25, "verse": 3, "iast": ["sīte yathā tvāṃ vakṣyāmi tathā kāryaṃ tvayābale", "vane doṣā hi bahavo vadatas tān nibodha me"], "translation": "Sītā, as I shall tell you, so must you act, weak one; for there are many hardships in the forest—learn them from me as I speak.", "sarga_title": "Rāma describes the hardships of forest life"}
{"ref": "2.25.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 25, "verse": 4, "iast": ["sīte vimucyatām eṣā vanavāsakṛtā matiḥ", "bahudoṣaṃ hi kāntāraṃ vanam ity abhidhīyate"], "translation": "Sītā, let this resolve to dwell in the forest be given up; for the forest is spoken of as a wilderness full of dangers.", "sarga_title": "Rāma describes the hardships of forest life"}
{"ref": "2.25.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 25, "verse": 5, "iast": ["hitabuddhyā khalu vaco mayaitad abhidhīyate", "sadā sukhaṃ na jānāmi duḥkham eva sadā vanam"], "translation": "It is indeed with a mind for your welfare that this word is spoken by me: I have never known the forest to be a pleasure, but always a sorrow.", "sarga_title": "Rāma describes the hardships of forest life"}
{"ref": "2.25.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 25, "verse": 6, "iast": ["girinirjharasaṃbhūtā girikandaravāsinām", "siṃhānāṃ ninadā duḥkhāḥ śrotuṃ duḥkham ato vanam"], "translation": "The roars of the lions dwelling in mountain caves, rising up by the mountain torrents, are painful to hear; hence the forest is sorrow.", "sarga_title": "Rāma describes the hardships of forest life"}
{"ref": "2.25.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 25, "verse": 7, "iast": ["supyate parṇaśayyāsu svayaṃ bhagnāsu bhūtale", "rātriṣu śramakhinnena tasmād duḥkhataraṃ vanam"], "translation": "One must sleep at night, worn out with toil, on beds of leaves broken off by oneself, upon the bare ground; therefore the forest is more painful still.", "sarga_title": "Rāma describes the hardships of forest life"}
{"ref": "2.25.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 25, "verse": 8, "iast": ["upavāsaś ca kartavyā yathāprāṇena maithili", "jaṭābhāraś ca kartavyo valkalāmbaradhāriṇā"], "translation": "And fasting must be undertaken according to one's strength, Maithilī; and a burden of matted locks must be borne by one who wears garments of bark.", "sarga_title": "Rāma describes the hardships of forest life"}
{"ref": "2.25.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 25, "verse": 9, "iast": ["atīva vātas timiraṃ bubhukṣā cātra nityaśaḥ", "bhayāni ca mahānty atra tato duḥkhataraṃ vanam"], "translation": "Excessive wind, darkness, and constant hunger are here, and great terrors here too; hence the forest is more painful still.", "sarga_title": "Rāma describes the hardships of forest life"}
{"ref": "2.25.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 25, "verse": 10, "iast": ["sarīsṛpāś ca bahavo bahurūpāś ca bhāmini", "caranti pṛthivīṃ darpād ato dukhataraṃ vanam"], "translation": "And many serpents of many shapes, O lovely one, roam the earth in their insolence; hence the forest is more painful still.", "sarga_title": "Rāma describes the hardships of forest life"}
{"ref": "2.25.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 25, "verse": 11, "iast": ["nadīnilayanāḥ sarpā nadīkuṭilagāminaḥ", "tiṣṭhanty āvṛtya panthānam ato duḥkhataraṃ vanam"], "translation": "Serpents that make their homes in rivers, gliding in windings like a river, lie blocking the path; hence the forest is more painful still.", "sarga_title": "Rāma describes the hardships of forest life"}
{"ref": "2.25.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 25, "verse": 12, "iast": ["pataṃgā vṛścikāḥ kīṭā daṃśāś ca maśakaiḥ saha", "bādhante nityam abale sarvaṃ duḥkham ato vanam"], "translation": "Locusts, scorpions, insects, and gadflies together with mosquitoes constantly torment one, weak lady; all is sorrow, hence the forest.", "sarga_title": "Rāma describes the hardships of forest life"}
{"ref": "2.25.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 25, "verse": 13, "iast": ["drumāḥ kaṇṭakinaś caiva kuśakāśāś ca bhāmini", "vane vyākulaśākhāgrās tena duḥkhataraṃ vanam"], "translation": "Thorny trees, and kuśa and kāśa grasses, O lovely one, with branch-tips all entangled in the forest—by that the forest is more painful still.", "sarga_title": "Rāma describes the hardships of forest life"}
{"ref": "2.25.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 25, "verse": 14, "iast": ["tad alaṃ te vanaṃ gatvā kṣamaṃ na hi vanaṃ tava", "vimṛśann iha paśyāmi bahudoṣataraṃ vanam"], "translation": "So enough of your going to the forest; the forest is not fit for you. Reflecting here, I see the forest as fraught with even greater dangers.", "sarga_title": "Rāma describes the hardships of forest life"}
{"ref": "2.25.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 25, "verse": 15, "iast": ["vanaṃ tu netuṃ na kṛtā matis tadā babhūva rāmeṇa yadā mahātmanā", "babhūva rāmeṇa yadā mahātmanā", "na tasya sītā vacanaṃ cakāra tat tato 'bravīd rāmam idaṃ suduḥkhitā", "tato 'bravīd rāmam idaṃ suduḥkhitā"], "translation": "But when the great-souled Rāma had formed no resolve to take her to the forest, Sītā did not act on that word of his; then, deeply grieved, she said this to Rāma.", "sarga_title": "Rāma describes the hardships of forest life"}
{"ref": "2.26.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 26, "verse": 1, "iast": ["etat tu vacanaṃ śrutvā sītā rāmasya duḥkhitā", "prasaktāśrumukhī mandam idaṃ vacanam abravīt"], "translation": "But hearing this speech of Rāma, Sītā, grieved, her face streaming with unceasing tears, softly spoke these words:", "sarga_title": "Sītā’s foretold forest life"}
{"ref": "2.26.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 26, "verse": 2, "iast": ["ye tvayā kīrtitā doṣā vane vastavyatāṃ prati", "guṇān ity eva tān viddhi tava snehapuraskṛtān"], "translation": "The faults you have named concerning a dwelling in the forest—know them, made so by my love for you, to be virtues instead.", "sarga_title": "Sītā’s foretold forest life"}
{"ref": "2.26.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 26, "verse": 3, "iast": ["tvayā ca saha gantavyaṃ mayā gurujanājñayā", "tvadviyogena me rāma tyaktavyam iha jīvitam"], "translation": "I must go along with you, by the command of my elders; parted from you, Rāma, I must give up my life here.", "sarga_title": "Sītā’s foretold forest life"}
{"ref": "2.26.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 26, "verse": 4, "iast": ["na ca māṃ tvatsamīpastham api śaknoti rāghava", "surāṇām īśvaraḥ śakraḥ pradharṣayitum ojasā"], "translation": "And when I am at your side, Rāghava, not even Śakra, lord of the gods, could assail me by his might.", "sarga_title": "Sītā’s foretold forest life"}
{"ref": "2.26.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 26, "verse": 5, "iast": ["patihīnā tu yā nārī na sā śakṣyati jīvitum", "kāmam evaṃvidhaṃ rāma tvayā mama vidarśitam"], "translation": "A woman bereft of her husband will not be able to live; assuredly, Rāma, a matter of just this kind you yourself have shown me.", "sarga_title": "Sītā’s foretold forest life"}
{"ref": "2.26.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 26, "verse": 6, "iast": ["atha cāpi mahāprājña brāhmaṇānāṃ mayā śrutam", "purā pitṛgṛhe satyaṃ vastavyaṃ kila me vane"], "translation": "And moreover, O most wise one, in truth I heard from brahmins long ago, in my father's house, that I would surely have to dwell in a forest.", "sarga_title": "Sītā’s foretold forest life"}
{"ref": "2.26.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 26, "verse": 7, "iast": ["lakṣaṇibhyo dvijātibhyaḥ śrutvāhaṃ vacanaṃ gṛhe", "vanavāsakṛtotsāhā nityam eva mahābala"], "translation": "O mighty one, having heard in my home the word of brahmins skilled in reading marks, I have always been eager for a life in the forest.", "sarga_title": "Sītā’s foretold forest life"}
{"ref": "2.26.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 26, "verse": 8, "iast": ["ādeśo vanavāsasya prāptavyaḥ sa mayā kila", "sā tvayā saha tatrāhaṃ yāsyāmi priya nānyathā"], "translation": "That predicted forest-dwelling was, it is said, to be fulfilled by me; so I shall go there with you, my love, and not otherwise.", "sarga_title": "Sītā’s foretold forest life"}
{"ref": "2.26.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 26, "verse": 9, "iast": ["kṛtādeśā bhaviṣyāmi gamiṣyāmi saha tvayā", "kālaś cāyaṃ samutpannaḥ satyavāg bhavatu dvijaḥ"], "translation": "I shall have fulfilled the prediction; I shall go with you. This time has now come—let the brahmin prove a speaker of truth.", "sarga_title": "Sītā’s foretold forest life"}
{"ref": "2.26.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 26, "verse": 10, "iast": ["vanavāse hi jānāmi duḥkhāni bahudhā kila", "prāpyante niyataṃ vīra puruṣair akṛtātmabhiḥ"], "translation": "For I know that in forest-dwelling many sorrows are indeed met with, O hero—but surely by men of undisciplined self.", "sarga_title": "Sītā’s foretold forest life"}
{"ref": "2.26.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 26, "verse": 11, "iast": ["kanyayā ca pitur gehe vanavāsaḥ śruto mayā", "bhikṣiṇyāḥ sādhuvṛttāyā mama mātur ihāgrataḥ"], "translation": "And as a maiden in my father's house I heard of the forest-dwelling from a mendicant woman of virtuous conduct, in the very presence of my mother.", "sarga_title": "Sītā’s foretold forest life"}
{"ref": "2.26.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 26, "verse": 12, "iast": ["prasāditaś ca vai pūrvaṃ tvaṃ vai bahuvidhaṃ prabho", "gamanaṃ vanavāsasya kāṅkṣitaṃ hi saha tvayā"], "translation": "And you were entreated by me before in many ways, my lord; for a journey to a forest-dwelling with you is what I have longed for.", "sarga_title": "Sītā’s foretold forest life"}
{"ref": "2.26.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 26, "verse": 13, "iast": ["kṛtakṣaṇāhaṃ bhadraṃ te gamanaṃ prati rāghava", "vanavāsasya śūrasya caryā hi mama rocate"], "translation": "I have long awaited the moment for the journey, Rāghava—blessings on you; for the forest-life of a brave man pleases me.", "sarga_title": "Sītā’s foretold forest life"}
{"ref": "2.26.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 26, "verse": 14, "iast": ["śuddhātman premabhāvād dhi bhaviṣyāmi vikalmaṣā", "bhartāram anugacchantī bhartā hi mama daivatam"], "translation": "O pure-souled one, out of the feeling of love I shall become free of all taint, following my husband; for my husband is my deity.", "sarga_title": "Sītā’s foretold forest life"}
{"ref": "2.26.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 26, "verse": 15, "iast": ["pretyabhāve 'pi kalyāṇaḥ saṃgamo me saha tvayā", "śrutir hi śrūyate puṇyā brāhmaṇānāṃ yaśasvinām"], "translation": "Even in the life after death, blessed will be my union with you; for a holy tradition is handed down from illustrious brahmins.", "sarga_title": "Sītā’s foretold forest life"}
{"ref": "2.26.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 26, "verse": 16, "iast": ["iha loke ca pitṛbhir yā strī yasya mahāmate", "adbhir dattā svadharmeṇa pretyabhāve 'pi tasya sā"], "translation": "O most wise one, the woman who in this world is given by her parents to a man, with a libation of water, according to sacred law, is his even in the world beyond.", "sarga_title": "Sītā’s foretold forest life"}
{"ref": "2.26.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 26, "verse": 17, "iast": ["evam asmāt svakāṃ nārīṃ suvṛttāṃ hi pativratām", "nābhirocayase netuṃ tvaṃ māṃ keneha hetunā"], "translation": "So then, for what reason are you unwilling to take me—your own woman, of good conduct and devoted to her husband?", "sarga_title": "Sītā’s foretold forest life"}
{"ref": "2.26.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 26, "verse": 18, "iast": ["bhaktāṃ pativratāṃ dīnāṃ māṃ samāṃ sukhaduḥkhayoḥ", "netum arhasi kākutstha samānasukhaduḥkhinīm"], "translation": "You ought to take me, Kākutstha—devoted, faithful to my husband, forlorn, alike in joys and sorrows, sharing your happiness and grief in equal measure.", "sarga_title": "Sītā’s foretold forest life"}
{"ref": "2.26.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 26, "verse": 19, "iast": ["yadi māṃ duḥkhitām evaṃ vanaṃ netuṃ na cecchasi", "viṣam agniṃ jalaṃ vāham āsthāsye mṛtyukāraṇāt"], "translation": "If you will not take me, grieved as I am, to the forest, then I shall resort to poison, fire, or water, to bring about my death.", "sarga_title": "Sītā’s foretold forest life"}
{"ref": "2.26.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 26, "verse": 20, "iast": ["evaṃ bahuvidhaṃ taṃ sā yācate gamanaṃ prati", "nānumene mahābāhus tāṃ netuṃ vijanaṃ vanam"], "translation": "Thus in many ways she implored him about the journey; yet the mighty-armed one did not consent to take her to the lonely forest.", "sarga_title": "Sītā’s foretold forest life"}
{"ref": "2.26.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 26, "verse": 21, "iast": ["evam uktā tu sā cintāṃ maithilī samupāgatā", "snāpayantīva gām uṣṇair aśrubhir nayanacyutaiḥ"], "translation": "Thus addressed, Maithilī fell into anxious brooding, as though bathing the earth with hot tears falling from her eyes.", "sarga_title": "Sītā’s foretold forest life"}
{"ref": "2.26.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 26, "verse": 22, "iast": ["cintayantīṃ tathā tāṃ tu nivartayitum ātmavān", "krodhāviṣṭāṃ tu vaidehīṃ kākutstho bahv asāntvayat"], "translation": "As she brooded thus, the self-possessed Kākutstha, to dissuade the princess of Videha, who was overcome with vehemence, comforted her much.", "sarga_title": "Sītā’s foretold forest life"}
{"ref": "2.27.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 27, "verse": 1, "iast": ["sāntvyamānā tu rāmeṇa maithilī janakātmajā", "vanavāsanimittāya bhartāram idam abravīt"], "translation": "But Sītā, princess of Mithilā, daughter of Janaka, though consoled by Rāma, said this to her husband concerning his dwelling in the forest:", "sarga_title": "Rāma agrees that Sītā will accompany him"}
{"ref": "2.27.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 27, "verse": 2, "iast": ["sā tam uttamasaṃvignā sītā vipulavakṣasaṃ", "praṇayāc cābhimānāc ca paricikṣepa rāghavam"], "translation": "Deeply agitated, Sītā, out of love and out of injured pride, reproached that broad-chested Rāghava:", "sarga_title": "Rāma agrees that Sītā will accompany him"}
{"ref": "2.27.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 27, "verse": 3, "iast": ["kiṃ tvāmanyata vaidehaḥ pitā me mithilādhipaḥ", "rāma jāmātaraṃ prāpya striyaṃ puruṣavigraham"], "translation": "What, O Rāma, did my father Vaideha, the lord of Mithilā, take you for, when he got as a son-in-law a woman in the guise of a man?", "sarga_title": "Rāma agrees that Sītā will accompany him"}
{"ref": "2.27.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 27, "verse": 4, "iast": ["anṛtaṃ balaloko 'yam ajñānād yad dhi vakṣyati", "tejo nāsti paraṃ rāme tapatīva divākare"], "translation": "This ignorant world would be speaking a falsehood, out of ignorance, if it said there is no splendor surpassing that in Rāma—Rāma who blazes as the sun blazes.", "sarga_title": "Rāma agrees that Sītā will accompany him"}
{"ref": "2.27.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 27, "verse": 5, "iast": ["kiṃ hi kṛtvā viṣaṇṇas tvaṃ kuto vā bhayam asti te", "yat parityaktukāmas tvaṃ mām ananyaparāyaṇām"], "translation": "What have you done to be so dejected, or from what quarter comes your fear, that you wish to abandon me, who am devoted to none but you?", "sarga_title": "Rāma agrees that Sītā will accompany him"}
{"ref": "2.27.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 27, "verse": 6, "iast": ["dyumatsenasutaṃ vīra satyavantam anuvratām", "sāvitrīm iva māṃ viddhi tvam ātmavaśavartinīm"], "translation": "Know me, O hero, to be like Sāvitrī, devoted to Satyavān the son of Dyumatsena—wholly obedient and true to you.", "sarga_title": "Rāma agrees that Sītā will accompany him"}
{"ref": "2.27.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 27, "verse": 7, "iast": ["na tv ahaṃ manasāpy anyaṃ draṣṭāsmi tvadṛte 'nagha", "tvayā rāghava gaccheyaṃ yathānyā kulapāṃsanī"], "translation": "Never, O sinless one, shall I look upon another man even in thought, save you; I shall go with you, Rāghava—not like some woman who brings shame upon her family.", "sarga_title": "Rāma agrees that Sītā will accompany him"}
{"ref": "2.27.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 27, "verse": 8, "iast": ["svayaṃ tu bhāryāṃ kaumārīṃ ciram adhyuṣitāṃ satīm", "śailūṣa iva māṃ rāma parebhyo dātum icchasi"], "translation": "Yet you yourself, O Rāma, wish to hand me over to others—me, your faithful wife wedded in maidenhood and long dwelling with you—like a player hiring out his own.", "sarga_title": "Rāma agrees that Sītā will accompany him"}
{"ref": "2.27.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 27, "verse": 9, "iast": ["sa mām anādāya vanaṃ na tvaṃ prasthātum arhasi", "tapo vā yadi vāraṇyaṃ svargo vā syāt saha tvayā"], "translation": "You ought not to set out for the forest without taking me; whether it be penance, or the wild woodland, or heaven—let it be shared with you.", "sarga_title": "Rāma agrees that Sītā will accompany him"}
{"ref": "2.27.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 27, "verse": 10, "iast": ["na ca me bhavitā tatra kaś cit pathi pariśramaḥ", "pṛṣṭhatas tava gacchantyā vihāraśayaneṣv api"], "translation": "Nor shall there be for me any weariness on the road as I walk behind you—it will be no more tiring than pleasure-walks and couches.", "sarga_title": "Rāma agrees that Sītā will accompany him"}
{"ref": "2.27.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 27, "verse": 11, "iast": ["kuśakāśaśareṣīkā ye ca kaṇṭakino drumāḥ", "tūlājinasamasparśā mārge mama saha tvayā"], "translation": "The kuśa, kāśa, and śara reeds, the iṣīkā grass, and the thorny bushes on the path—all these, with you beside me, will feel to me as soft to the touch as cotton or a deerskin.", "sarga_title": "Rāma agrees that Sītā will accompany him"}
{"ref": "2.27.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 27, "verse": 12, "iast": ["mahāvāta samuddhūtaṃ yan mām avakariṣyati", "rajo ramaṇa tan manye parārdhyam iva candanam"], "translation": "The dust that a great wind whirls up and scatters over me, that too, my beloved, I shall regard as the most precious sandal-paste.", "sarga_title": "Rāma agrees that Sītā will accompany him"}
{"ref": "2.27.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 27, "verse": 13, "iast": ["śādvaleṣu yad āsiṣye vanānte vanagoracā", "kuthāstaraṇatalpeṣu kiṃ syāt sukhataraṃ tataḥ"], "translation": "When, dwelling in the forest, I lie upon the grassy lawns at the woodland's edge, what could be more delightful than that, more than couches spread with woolen rugs?", "sarga_title": "Rāma agrees that Sītā will accompany him"}
{"ref": "2.27.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 27, "verse": 14, "iast": ["patraṃ mūlaṃ phalaṃ yat tvam alpaṃ vā yadi vā bahu", "dāsyasi svayam āhṛtya tan me 'mṛtarasopamam"], "translation": "Whatever leaf, root, or fruit—be it little or much—you gather with your own hand and give me, that will be to me like the taste of nectar.", "sarga_title": "Rāma agrees that Sītā will accompany him"}
{"ref": "2.27.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 27, "verse": 15, "iast": ["na mātur na pitus tatra smariṣyāmi na veśmanaḥ", "ārtavāny upabhuñjānā puṣpāṇi ca phalāni ca"], "translation": "There, enjoying the flowers and fruits of every season, I shall not think of my mother, nor my father, nor my home.", "sarga_title": "Rāma agrees that Sītā will accompany him"}
{"ref": "2.27.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 27, "verse": 16, "iast": ["na ca tatra gataḥ kiṃ cid draṣṭum arhasi vipriyam", "matkṛte na ca te śoko na bhaviṣyāmi durbharā"], "translation": "Once there, you shall see nothing displeasing on my account; nor shall there be any grief to you because of me, and I shall be no heavy burden.", "sarga_title": "Rāma agrees that Sītā will accompany him"}
{"ref": "2.27.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 27, "verse": 17, "iast": ["yas tvayā saha sa svargo nirayo yas tvayā vinā", "iti jānan parāṃ prītiṃ gaccha rāma mayā saha"], "translation": "Life with you is heaven, life without you is hell; knowing this to be my supreme joy, O Rāma, go with me.", "sarga_title": "Rāma agrees that Sītā will accompany him"}
{"ref": "2.27.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 27, "verse": 18, "iast": ["atha mām evam avyagrāṃ vanaṃ naiva nayiṣyasi", "viṣam adyaiva pāsyāmi mā viśaṃ dviṣatāṃ vaśam"], "translation": "But if you will not lead me, resolved as I am, to the forest, then this very day I shall drink poison—lest I fall into the power of those who hate me.", "sarga_title": "Rāma agrees that Sītā will accompany him"}
{"ref": "2.27.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 27, "verse": 19, "iast": ["paścād api hi duḥkhena mama naivāsti jīvitam", "ujjhitāyās tvayā nātha tadaiva maraṇaṃ varam"], "translation": "Even afterward there would be no life for me in such sorrow; if I am forsaken by you, O lord, better then at once is death.", "sarga_title": "Rāma agrees that Sītā will accompany him"}
{"ref": "2.27.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 27, "verse": 20, "iast": ["idaṃ hi sahituṃ śokaṃ muhūrtam api notsahe", "kiṃ punar daśavarṣāṇi trīṇi caikaṃ ca duḥkhitā"], "translation": "This grief I cannot bear even for a moment—how much less, in misery, for fourteen years!", "sarga_title": "Rāma agrees that Sītā will accompany him"}
{"ref": "2.27.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 27, "verse": 21, "iast": ["iti sā śokasaṃtaptā vilapya karuṇaṃ bahu", "cukrośa patim āyastā bhṛśam āliṅgya sasvaram"], "translation": "Thus, tormented by grief, having lamented long and piteously, distraught she embraced her husband tightly and wailed aloud.", "sarga_title": "Rāma agrees that Sītā will accompany him"}
{"ref": "2.27.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 27, "verse": 22, "iast": ["sā viddhā bahubhir vākyair digdhair iva gajāṅganā", "cira saṃniyataṃ bāṣpaṃ mumocāgnim ivāraṇiḥ"], "translation": "Pierced by his many words as by poisoned shafts, that lady, like a cow-elephant, let flow the tears she had long held back, as the fire-drill lets forth fire.", "sarga_title": "Rāma agrees that Sītā will accompany him"}
{"ref": "2.27.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 27, "verse": 23, "iast": ["tasyāḥ sphaṭikasaṃkāśaṃ vāri saṃtāpasaṃbhavam", "netrābhyāṃ parisusrāva paṅkajābhyām ivodakam"], "translation": "The crystal-clear water born of her anguish streamed from her eyes, as water drips from a pair of lotuses.", "sarga_title": "Rāma agrees that Sītā will accompany him"}
{"ref": "2.27.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 27, "verse": 24, "iast": ["tāṃ pariṣvajya bāhubhyāṃ visaṃjñām iva duḥkhitām", "uvāca vacanaṃ rāmaḥ pariviśvāsayaṃs tadā"], "translation": "Embracing with his arms that grieving woman, who seemed to swoon, Rāma then spoke these words to reassure her:", "sarga_title": "Rāma agrees that Sītā will accompany him"}
{"ref": "2.27.25", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 27, "verse": 25, "iast": ["na devi tava duḥkhena svargam apy abhirocaye", "na hi me 'sti bhayaṃ kiṃ cit svayambhor iva sarvataḥ"], "translation": "I would not desire even heaven at the price of your grief, O lady; for I have no fear from any quarter, like the Self-existent (Brahmā).", "sarga_title": "Rāma agrees that Sītā will accompany him"}
{"ref": "2.27.26", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 27, "verse": 26, "iast": ["tava sarvam abhiprāyam avijñāya śubhānane", "vāsaṃ na rocaye 'raṇye śaktimān api rakṣaṇe"], "translation": "Not knowing your whole mind, O fair-faced one, I did not favor your dwelling in the forest, though I am able to protect you.", "sarga_title": "Rāma agrees that Sītā will accompany him"}
{"ref": "2.27.27", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 27, "verse": 27, "iast": ["yat sṛṣṭāsi mayā sārdhaṃ vanavāsāya maithili", "na vihātuṃ mayā śakyā kīrtir ātmavatā yathā"], "translation": "Since you were destined, O Maithilī, to dwell in the forest along with me, I can no more forsake you than a self-possessed man his good name.", "sarga_title": "Rāma agrees that Sītā will accompany him"}
{"ref": "2.27.28", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 27, "verse": 28, "iast": ["dharmas tu gajanāsoru sadbhir ācaritaḥ purā", "taṃ cāham anuvarte 'dya yathā sūryaṃ suvarcalā"], "translation": "This dharma, O you with thighs like an elephant's trunk, was practiced by the good of old; and I today follow it, as Suvarcalā follows the Sun.", "sarga_title": "Rāma agrees that Sītā will accompany him"}
{"ref": "2.27.29", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 27, "verse": 29, "iast": ["eṣa dharmas tu suśroṇi pitur mātuś ca vaśyatā", "ataś cājñāṃ vyatikramya nāhaṃ jīvitum utsahe"], "translation": "This too is dharma, O fair-hipped one—obedience to father and mother; and so, having transgressed their command, I could not bear to live.", "sarga_title": "Rāma agrees that Sītā will accompany him"}
{"ref": "2.27.30", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 27, "verse": 30, "iast": ["sa māṃ pitā yathā śāsti satyadharmapathe sthitaḥ", "tathā vartitum icchāmi sa hi dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ", "anugacchasva māṃ bhīru sahadharmacarī bhava"], "translation": "As my father, standing on the path of truth and dharma, commands me, so I wish to act; for that is the eternal law. Follow me, O timid one, and be my companion in dharma.", "sarga_title": "Rāma agrees that Sītā will accompany him"}
{"ref": "2.27.31", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 27, "verse": 31, "iast": ["brāhmaṇebhyaś ca ratnāni bhikṣukebhyaś ca bhojanam", "dehi cāśaṃsamānebhyaḥ saṃtvarasva ca māciram"], "translation": "Give jewels to the brahmins and food to the mendicants and to all who look for it; make haste, and delay not.", "sarga_title": "Rāma agrees that Sītā will accompany him"}
{"ref": "2.27.32", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 27, "verse": 32, "iast": ["anukūlaṃ tu sā bhartur jñātvā gamanam ātmanaḥ", "kṣipraṃ pramuditā devī dātum evopacakrame"], "translation": "Learning that her husband now favored her own going, the lady, greatly delighted, quickly set about the giving of gifts.", "sarga_title": "Rāma agrees that Sītā will accompany him"}
{"ref": "2.27.33", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 27, "verse": 33, "iast": ["tataḥ prahṛṣṭā paripūrṇamānasā yaśasvinī bhartur avekṣya bhāṣitam", "dhanāni ratnāni ca dātum aṅganā pracakrame dharmabhṛtāṃ manasvinī"], "translation": "Then, overjoyed and content at heart, the illustrious lady, heeding her husband's words—that high-minded woman among the upholders of dharma—began to give away wealth and jewels.", "sarga_title": "Rāma agrees that Sītā will accompany him"}
{"ref": "2.28.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 28, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tato 'bravīn mahātejā rāmo lakṣmaṇam agrataḥ", "sthitaṃ prāggāminaṃ vīraṃ yācamānaṃ kṛtāñjalim"], "translation": "Then the mighty Rāma spoke to Lakṣmaṇa, who stood before him, the hero eager to go ahead, entreating him with palms joined.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa joins the exile"}
{"ref": "2.28.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 28, "verse": 2, "iast": ["mayādya saha saumitre tvayi gacchati tad vanam", "ko bhariṣyati kausalyāṃ sumitrāṃ vā yaśasvinīm"], "translation": "“O Saumitri, if today you too go to that forest along with me, who will support Kausalyā, or the illustrious Sumitrā?", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa joins the exile"}
{"ref": "2.28.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 28, "verse": 3, "iast": ["abhivarṣati kāmair yaḥ parjanyaḥ pṛthivīm iva", "sa kāmapāśaparyasto mahātejā mahīpatiḥ"], "translation": "The mighty lord of the earth, who showers his people with all they desire as the rain-cloud showers the earth, is now caught fast in the noose of love.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa joins the exile"}
{"ref": "2.28.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 28, "verse": 4, "iast": ["sā hi rājyam idaṃ prāpya nṛpasyāśvapateḥ sutā", "duḥkhitānāṃ sapatnīnāṃ na kariṣyati śobhanam"], "translation": "For she, the daughter of King Aśvapati, having gained this kingdom, will do nothing kind for her grieving co-wives.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa joins the exile"}
{"ref": "2.28.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 28, "verse": 5, "iast": ["evam uktas tu rāmeṇa lakṣmaṇaḥ ślakṣṇayā girā", "pratyuvāca tadā rāmaṃ vākyajño vākyakovidam"], "translation": "Thus addressed by Rāma with gentle words, Lakṣmaṇa, skilled in speech, then replied to Rāma, who was himself expert in speech:", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa joins the exile"}
{"ref": "2.28.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 28, "verse": 6, "iast": ["tavaiva tejasā vīra bharataḥ pūjayiṣyati", "kausalyāṃ ca sumitrāṃ ca prayato nātra saṃśayaḥ"], "translation": "“By your very majesty, O hero, Bharata, being dutiful, will honour Kausalyā and Sumitrā; of this there is no doubt.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa joins the exile"}
{"ref": "2.28.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 28, "verse": 7, "iast": ["kausalyā bibhṛyād āryā sahasram api madvidhān", "yasyāḥ sahasraṃ grāmāṇāṃ saṃprāptam upajīvanam"], "translation": "The noble Kausalyā could support even a thousand men such as me, she to whom a thousand villages have come as her means of livelihood.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa joins the exile"}
{"ref": "2.28.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 28, "verse": 8, "iast": ["dhanur ādāya saśaraṃ khanitrapiṭakādharaḥ", "agratas te gamiṣyāmi panthānam anudarśayan"], "translation": "Taking up my bow with arrows, bearing a spade and a basket, I shall walk ahead of you, showing the path.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa joins the exile"}
{"ref": "2.28.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 28, "verse": 9, "iast": ["āhariṣyāmi te nityaṃ mūlāni ca phalāni ca", "vanyāni yāni cānyāni svāhārāṇi tapasvinām"], "translation": "I shall always fetch for you roots and fruits, and whatever other wild things are the fitting food of ascetics.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa joins the exile"}
{"ref": "2.28.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 28, "verse": 10, "iast": ["bhavāṃs tu saha vaidehyā girisānuṣu raṃsyate", "ahaṃ sarvaṃ kariṣyāmi jāgrataḥ svapataś ca te"], "translation": "You, together with Vaidehī, will take your ease on the mountain slopes; I shall do everything, whether you wake or sleep.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa joins the exile"}
{"ref": "2.28.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 28, "verse": 11, "iast": ["rāmas tv anena vākyena suprītaḥ pratyuvāca tam", "vrajāpṛcchasva saumitre sarvam eva suhṛjjanam"], "translation": "Rāma, well pleased by this speech, replied to him: “Go, Saumitri, and take leave of all the circle of friends.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa joins the exile"}
{"ref": "2.28.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 28, "verse": 12, "iast": ["ye ca rājño dadau divye mahātmā varuṇaḥ svayam", "janakasya mahāyajñe dhanuṣī raudradarśane"], "translation": "And take too the two divine bows, terrible to behold, which the great-souled Varuṇa himself gave to the king at Janaka's great sacrifice,", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa joins the exile"}
{"ref": "2.28.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 28, "verse": 13, "iast": ["abhedyakavace divye tūṇī cākṣayasāyakau", "ādityavimalau cobhau khaḍgau hemapariṣkṛtau"], "translation": "and the two divine impenetrable coats of mail, and two quivers with inexhaustible arrows, and both swords bright as the sun and adorned with gold.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa joins the exile"}
{"ref": "2.28.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 28, "verse": 14, "iast": ["satkṛtya nihitaṃ sarvam etad ācāryasadmani", "sa tvam āyudham ādāya kṣipram āvraja lakṣmaṇa"], "translation": "All this, reverently deposited, rests in the house of our preceptor; so you, taking up the weapons, come back quickly, Lakṣmaṇa.”", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa joins the exile"}
{"ref": "2.28.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 28, "verse": 15, "iast": ["sa suhṛjjanam āmantrya vanavāsāya niścitaḥ", "ikṣvākugurum āmantrya jagrāhāyudham uttamam"], "translation": "He, resolved on dwelling in the forest, took leave of the circle of friends, and taking leave of the preceptor of the Ikṣvākus, took up the excellent weapons.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa joins the exile"}
{"ref": "2.28.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 28, "verse": 16, "iast": ["tad divyaṃ rājaśārdūlaḥ satkṛtaṃ mālyabhūṣitam", "rāmāya darśayām āsa saumitriḥ sarvam āyudham"], "translation": "That divine array of weapons, honoured and adorned with garlands, Saumitri, a tiger among princes, showed in full to Rāma.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa joins the exile"}
{"ref": "2.28.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 28, "verse": 17, "iast": ["tam uvācātmavān rāmaḥ prītyā lakṣmaṇam āgatam", "kāle tvam āgataḥ saumya kāṅkṣite mama lakṣmaṇa"], "translation": "Self-possessed Rāma said with affection to Lakṣmaṇa, who had come: “You have arrived at the very time I longed for, gentle Lakṣmaṇa.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa joins the exile"}
{"ref": "2.28.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 28, "verse": 18, "iast": ["ahaṃ pradātum icchāmi yad idaṃ māmakaṃ dhanam", "brāhmaṇebhyas tapasvibhyas tvayā saha paraṃtapa"], "translation": "Together with you, O scorcher of foes, I wish to give away all this wealth of mine to the brahmins and the ascetics —", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa joins the exile"}
{"ref": "2.28.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 28, "verse": 19, "iast": ["vasantīha dṛḍhaṃ bhaktyā guruṣu dvijasattamāḥ", "teṣām api ca me bhūyaḥ sarveṣāṃ copajīvinām"], "translation": "the finest of brahmins who dwell here with firm devotion to their teachers — to all of them, and further to all my dependents.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa joins the exile"}
{"ref": "2.28.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 28, "verse": 20, "iast": ["vasiṣṭhaputraṃ tu suyajñam āryaṃ tvam ānayāśu pravaraṃ dvijānām", "abhiprayāsyāmi vanaṃ samastān abhyarcya śiṣṭān aparān dvijātīn"], "translation": "But bring quickly the noble Suyajña, son of Vasiṣṭha, foremost of the brahmins; and after honouring all the other worthy twice-born, I shall set out for the forest.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa joins the exile"}
{"ref": "2.29.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 29, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tataḥ śāsanam ājñāya bhrātuḥ śubhataraṃ priyam", "gatvā sa praviveśāśu suyajñasya niveśanam"], "translation": "Then, having understood the very auspicious and pleasing command of his brother, he (Lakṣmaṇa) quickly went and entered the dwelling of Suyajña.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s gifts and Trijaṭa’s staff"}
{"ref": "2.29.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 29, "verse": 2, "iast": ["taṃ vipram agnyagārasthaṃ vanditvā lakṣmaṇo 'bravīt", "sakhe 'bhyāgaccha paśya tvaṃ veśma duṣkarakāriṇaḥ"], "translation": "Having saluted that brahmin who was in the fire-sanctuary, Lakṣmaṇa said: “Friend, come and see the house of him who does hard deeds (Rāma).”", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s gifts and Trijaṭa’s staff"}
{"ref": "2.29.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 29, "verse": 3, "iast": ["tataḥ saṃdhyām upāsyāśu gatvā saumitriṇā saha", "juṣṭaṃ tat prāviśal lakṣmyā ramyaṃ rāmaniveśanam"], "translation": "Then, having quickly worshipped the twilight and gone together with Saumitri, he (Suyajña) entered that lovely dwelling of Rāma, graced with splendour.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s gifts and Trijaṭa’s staff"}
{"ref": "2.29.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 29, "verse": 4, "iast": ["tam āgataṃ vedavidaṃ prāñjaliḥ sītayā saha", "suyajñam abhicakrāma rāghavo 'gnim ivārcitam"], "translation": "Rāghava, with palms joined and together with Sītā, approached that Suyajña, the knower of the Vedas who had come, honoured like the sacred fire.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s gifts and Trijaṭa’s staff"}
{"ref": "2.29.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 29, "verse": 5, "iast": ["jātarūpamayair mukhyair aṅgadaiḥ kuṇḍalaiḥ śubhaiḥ", "sahema sūtrair maṇibhiḥ keyūrair valayair api"], "translation": "With excellent armlets of gold, with beautiful earrings, with gems together with golden cords, with bracelets and bangles too,", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s gifts and Trijaṭa’s staff"}
{"ref": "2.29.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 29, "verse": 6, "iast": ["anyaiś ca ratnair bahubhiḥ kākutsthaḥ pratyapūjayat", "suyajñaṃ sa tadovāca rāmaḥ sītāpracoditaḥ"], "translation": "and with many other jewels, Kākutstha honoured Suyajña; then Rāma, urged by Sītā, said to him:", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s gifts and Trijaṭa’s staff"}
{"ref": "2.29.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 29, "verse": 7, "iast": ["hāraṃ ca hemasūtraṃ ca bhāryāyai saumya hāraya", "raśanāṃ cādhunā sītā dātum icchati te sakhe"], "translation": "“O gentle one, take a necklace and a golden cord for your wife; and now, friend, Sītā wishes to give a girdle to you (for her).", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s gifts and Trijaṭa’s staff"}
{"ref": "2.29.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 29, "verse": 8, "iast": ["paryaṅkam agryāstaraṇaṃ nānāratnavibhūṣitam", "tam apīcchati vaidehī pratiṣṭhāpayituṃ tvayi"], "translation": "Vaidehī also wishes to bestow upon you a couch with an excellent covering, adorned with various jewels.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s gifts and Trijaṭa’s staff"}
{"ref": "2.29.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 29, "verse": 9, "iast": ["nāgaḥ śatruṃ jayo nāma mātulo yaṃ dadau mama", "taṃ te gajasahasreṇa dadāmi dvijapuṃgava"], "translation": "There is an elephant named Śatruñjaya (conqueror of foes), whom my maternal uncle gave to me; that one I give to you, along with a thousand elephants, O bull among the twice-born.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s gifts and Trijaṭa’s staff"}
{"ref": "2.29.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 29, "verse": 10, "iast": ["ity uktaḥ sa hi rāmeṇa suyajñaḥ pratigṛhya tat", "rāmalakṣmaṇasītānāṃ prayuyojāśiṣaḥ śivāḥ"], "translation": "Thus addressed by Rāma, Suyajña, having accepted that, pronounced auspicious blessings upon Rāma, Lakṣmaṇa, and Sītā.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s gifts and Trijaṭa’s staff"}
{"ref": "2.29.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 29, "verse": 11, "iast": ["atha bhrātaram avyagraṃ priyaṃ rāmaḥ priyaṃvadaḥ", "saumitriṃ tam uvācedaṃ brahmeva tridaśeśvaram"], "translation": "Then Rāma, sweet of speech, said this to his dear, composed brother Saumitri, as Brahmā (would speak) to the lord of the gods.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s gifts and Trijaṭa’s staff"}
{"ref": "2.29.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 29, "verse": 12, "iast": ["agastyaṃ kauśikaṃ caiva tāv ubhau brāhmaṇottamau", "arcayāhūya saumitre ratnaiḥ sasyam ivāmbubhiḥ"], "translation": "“O Saumitri, summon and honour those two, Agastya and Kauśika, both best of brahmins, with jewels, as one nourishes crops with water.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s gifts and Trijaṭa’s staff"}
{"ref": "2.29.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 29, "verse": 13, "iast": ["kausalyāṃ ca ya āśīrbhir bhaktaḥ paryupatiṣṭhati", "ācāryas taittirīyāṇām abhirūpaś ca vedavit"], "translation": "And (honour) the teacher of the Taittirīyas, handsome and Veda-knowing, who devotedly attends upon Kausalyā with blessings —", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s gifts and Trijaṭa’s staff"}
{"ref": "2.29.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 29, "verse": 14, "iast": ["tasya yānaṃ ca dāsīś ca saumitre saṃpradāpaya", "kauśeyāni ca vastrāṇi yāvat tuṣyati sa dvijaḥ"], "translation": "O Saumitri, have a carriage and maidservants and silk garments given to him, until that brahmin is satisfied.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s gifts and Trijaṭa’s staff"}
{"ref": "2.29.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 29, "verse": 15, "iast": ["sūtaś citrarathaś cāryaḥ sacivaḥ suciroṣitaḥ", "toṣayainaṃ mahārhaiś ca ratnair vastrair dhanais tathā"], "translation": "The charioteer Citraratha, the noble counsellor who has long dwelt with us — satisfy him too with precious jewels, garments, and wealth.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s gifts and Trijaṭa’s staff"}
{"ref": "2.29.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 29, "verse": 16, "iast": ["śālivāhasahasraṃ ca dve śate bhadrakāṃs tathā", "vyañjanārthaṃ ca saumitre gosahasram upākuru"], "translation": "And provide, O Saumitri, a thousand plough-oxen, two hundred good bulls, and a thousand cows to supply meals with milk.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s gifts and Trijaṭa’s staff"}
{"ref": "2.29.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 29, "verse": 17, "iast": ["tataḥ sa puruṣavyāghras tad dhanaṃ lakṣmaṇaḥ svayam", "yathoktaṃ brāhmaṇendrāṇām adadād dhanado yathā"], "translation": "Then that tiger among men, Lakṣmaṇa, himself gave that wealth to the chief brahmins as directed, like Kubera the bestower of riches.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s gifts and Trijaṭa’s staff"}
{"ref": "2.29.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 29, "verse": 18, "iast": ["athābravīd bāṣpakalāṃs tiṣṭhataś copajīvinaḥ", "saṃpradāya bahu dravyam ekaikasyopajīvinaḥ"], "translation": "Then, having given much wealth to each one of the dependants, he spoke to the dependants who stood there with tear-choked voices:", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s gifts and Trijaṭa’s staff"}
{"ref": "2.29.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 29, "verse": 19, "iast": ["lakṣmaṇasya ca yad veśma gṛhaṃ ca yad idaṃ mama", "aśūnyaṃ kāryam ekaikaṃ yāvadāgamanaṃ mama"], "translation": "“The house that is Lakṣmaṇa's, and this dwelling that is mine — each one must be kept not empty until my return.”", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s gifts and Trijaṭa’s staff"}
{"ref": "2.29.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 29, "verse": 20, "iast": ["ity uktvā duḥkhitaṃ sarvaṃ janaṃ tam upajīvinam", "uvācedaṃ dhanadhyakṣaṃ dhanam ānīyatām iti", "tato 'sya dhanam ājahruḥ sarvam evopajīvinaḥ"], "translation": "Having said this to all those grieving dependant people, he said this to the treasurer: “Let the wealth be brought.” Then all the dependants brought his wealth.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s gifts and Trijaṭa’s staff"}
{"ref": "2.29.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 29, "verse": 21, "iast": ["tataḥ sa puruṣavyāghras tad dhanaṃ sahalakṣmaṇaḥ", "dvijebhyo bālavṛddhebhyaḥ kṛpaṇebhyo 'bhyadāpayat"], "translation": "Then that tiger among men, together with Lakṣmaṇa, had that wealth given out to the brahmins, to the young and old, and to the wretched.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s gifts and Trijaṭa’s staff"}
{"ref": "2.29.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 29, "verse": 22, "iast": ["tatrāsīt piṅgalo gārgyas trijaṭo nāma vai dvijaḥ", "ā pañcamāyāḥ kakṣyāyā nainaṃ kaś cid avārayat"], "translation": "There was a tawny-eyed brahmin of the Gārgya line named Trijaṭa; up to the fifth court no one stopped him.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s gifts and Trijaṭa’s staff"}
{"ref": "2.29.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 29, "verse": 23, "iast": ["sa rājaputram āsādya trijaṭo vākyam abravīt", "nirdhano bahuputro 'smi rājaputra mahāyaśaḥ", "uñchavṛttir vane nityaṃ pratyavekṣasva mām iti"], "translation": "That Trijaṭa, approaching the prince, spoke these words: “O illustrious prince, I am penniless and have many sons; I live always in the forest by gleaning. Look upon me!”", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s gifts and Trijaṭa’s staff"}
{"ref": "2.29.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 29, "verse": 24, "iast": ["tam uvāca tato rāmaḥ parihāsasamanvitam", "gavāṃ sahasram apy ekaṃ na tu viśrāṇitaṃ mayā", "parikṣipasi daṇḍena yāvat tāvad avāpsyasi"], "translation": "Then Rāma said to him playfully: “Even one herd of a thousand cows has not yet been given away by me; as far as you can hurl your staff, so much shall you obtain.”", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s gifts and Trijaṭa’s staff"}
{"ref": "2.29.25", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 29, "verse": 25, "iast": ["sa śāṭīṃ tvaritaḥ kaṭyāṃ saṃbhrāntaḥ pariveṣṭya tām", "āvidhya daṇḍaṃ cikṣepa sarvaprāṇena vegitaḥ"], "translation": "Hurriedly and in great excitement girding that loincloth about his waist, he whirled the staff and hurled it with all his strength, impelled with full force.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s gifts and Trijaṭa’s staff"}
{"ref": "2.29.26", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 29, "verse": 26, "iast": ["uvāca ca tato rāmas taṃ gārgyam abhisāntvayan", "manyur na khalu kartavyaḥ parihāso hy ayaṃ mama"], "translation": "And then Rāma, consoling that Gārgya, said: “No anger should be felt; this is only a jest of mine.”", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s gifts and Trijaṭa’s staff"}
{"ref": "2.29.27", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 29, "verse": 27, "iast": ["tataḥ sabhāryas trijaṭo mahāmunir gavām anīkaṃ pratigṛhya moditaḥ", "yaśobalaprītisukhopabṛṃhiṇīs tad āśiṣaḥ pratyavadan mahātmanaḥ"], "translation": "Then the great sage Trijaṭa, with his wife, having joyfully received the herd of cows, uttered in return, upon that great soul, blessings that swell his fame, strength, love, and happiness.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s gifts and Trijaṭa’s staff"}
{"ref": "2.30.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 30, "verse": 1, "iast": ["dattvā tu saha vaidehyā brāhmaṇebhyo dhanaṃ bahu", "jagmatuḥ pitaraṃ draṣṭuṃ sītayā saha rāghavau"], "translation": "Having, together with Vaidehī, given much wealth to the brahmins, the two Rāghavas, along with Sītā, went to see their father.", "sarga_title": "The walk to Daśaratha’s palace"}
{"ref": "2.30.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 30, "verse": 2, "iast": ["tato gṛhīte duṣprekṣye aśobhetāṃ tadāyudhe", "mālādāmabhir āsakte sītayā samalaṃkṛte"], "translation": "Then the two bows, grasped and dazzling to behold, shone forth — hung with garlands and wreaths, and decorated by Sītā.", "sarga_title": "The walk to Daśaratha’s palace"}
{"ref": "2.30.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 30, "verse": 3, "iast": ["tataḥ prāsādaharmyāṇi vimānaśikharāṇi ca", "adhiruhya janaḥ śrīmān udāsīno vyalokayat"], "translation": "Then the prosperous folk, climbing up to the palace-mansions and the tops of the lofty houses, looked on listlessly.", "sarga_title": "The walk to Daśaratha’s palace"}
{"ref": "2.30.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 30, "verse": 4, "iast": ["na hi rathyāḥ sma śakyante gantuṃ bahujanākulāḥ", "āruhya tasmāt prāsādān dīnāḥ paśyanti rāghavam"], "translation": "For the streets, thronged with a multitude of people, could not be walked upon; so, climbing the palaces, the dejected folk gazed upon Rāghava.", "sarga_title": "The walk to Daśaratha’s palace"}
{"ref": "2.30.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 30, "verse": 5, "iast": ["padātiṃ varjitacchatraṃ rāmaṃ dṛṣṭvā tadā janāḥ", "ūcur bahuvidhā vācaḥ śokopahatacetasaḥ"], "translation": "Seeing Rāma on foot and deprived of the royal parasol, the people then, their minds stricken with grief, uttered manifold words:", "sarga_title": "The walk to Daśaratha’s palace"}
{"ref": "2.30.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 30, "verse": 6, "iast": ["yaṃ yāntam anuyāti sma caturaṅgabalaṃ mahat", "tam ekaṃ sītayā sārdham anuyāti sma lakṣmaṇaḥ"], "translation": "He whom, as he went, a great army of four divisions used to follow — him now, alone, only Lakṣmaṇa follows, along with Sītā.", "sarga_title": "The walk to Daśaratha’s palace"}
{"ref": "2.30.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 30, "verse": 7, "iast": ["aiśvaryasya rasajñaḥ san kāmināṃ caiva kāmadaḥ", "necchaty evānṛtaṃ kartuṃ pitaraṃ dharmagauravāt"], "translation": "Though he has tasted the sweetness of sovereignty and is the granter of wishes to those who desire, he will not make his father's word false, out of reverence for dharma.", "sarga_title": "The walk to Daśaratha’s palace"}
{"ref": "2.30.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 30, "verse": 8, "iast": ["yā na śakyā purā draṣṭuṃ bhūtair ākāśagair api", "tām adya sītāṃ paśyanti rājamārgagatā janāḥ"], "translation": "She whom formerly not even the sky-going beings could see — that Sītā the people now behold as she walks upon the royal highway.", "sarga_title": "The walk to Daśaratha’s palace"}
{"ref": "2.30.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 30, "verse": 9, "iast": ["aṅgarāgocitāṃ sītāṃ raktacandana sevinīm", "varṣam uṣṇaṃ ca śītaṃ ca neṣyaty āśu vivarṇatām"], "translation": "Sītā, accustomed to fragrant unguents and wont to use red sandal-paste — the rain, the heat and the cold will soon bring to pallor.", "sarga_title": "The walk to Daśaratha’s palace"}
{"ref": "2.30.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 30, "verse": 10, "iast": ["adya nūnaṃ daśarathaḥ sattvam āviśya bhāṣate", "na hi rājā priyaṃ putraṃ vivāsayitum arhati"], "translation": "Surely today Daśaratha speaks as though some spirit had entered him; for a king ought not to banish his beloved son.", "sarga_title": "The walk to Daśaratha’s palace"}
{"ref": "2.30.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 30, "verse": 11, "iast": ["nirguṇasyāpi putrasyā kāthaṃ syād vipravāsanam", "kiṃ punar yasya loko 'yaṃ jito vṛttena kevalam"], "translation": "Even for a son devoid of merit, how could there be banishment? — how much less for one by whom this whole world has been won by conduct alone.", "sarga_title": "The walk to Daśaratha’s palace"}
{"ref": "2.30.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 30, "verse": 12, "iast": ["ānṛśaṃsyam anukrośaḥ śrutaṃ śīlaṃ damaḥ śamaḥ", "rāghavaṃ śobhayanty ete ṣaḍguṇāḥ puruṣottamam"], "translation": "Kindness, compassion, sacred learning, good character, self-control and tranquillity — these six virtues adorn Rāghava, the best of men.", "sarga_title": "The walk to Daśaratha’s palace"}
{"ref": "2.30.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 30, "verse": 13, "iast": ["tasmāt tasyopaghātena prajāḥ paramapīḍitāḥ", "audakānīva sattvāni grīṣme salilasaṃkṣayāt"], "translation": "Therefore, by the injury done to him, the subjects are supremely afflicted, like water-creatures in summer from the drying-up of the water.", "sarga_title": "The walk to Daśaratha’s palace"}
{"ref": "2.30.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 30, "verse": 14, "iast": ["pīḍayā pīḍitaṃ sarvaṃ jagad asya jagatpateḥ", "mūlasyevopaghātena vṛkṣaḥ puṣpaphalopagaḥ"], "translation": "By his affliction the whole world of this lord of the world is afflicted, as a tree bearing flowers and fruit is harmed by injury to its root.", "sarga_title": "The walk to Daśaratha’s palace"}
{"ref": "2.30.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 30, "verse": 15, "iast": ["te lakṣmaṇa iva kṣipraṃ sapatnyaḥ sahabāndhavāḥ", "gacchantam anugacchāmo yena gacchati rāghavaḥ"], "translation": "Let us, like Lakṣmaṇa, quickly follow him with our wives and kinsmen as he goes, by whatever way Rāghava goes.", "sarga_title": "The walk to Daśaratha’s palace"}
{"ref": "2.30.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 30, "verse": 16, "iast": ["udyānāni parityajya kṣetrāṇi ca gṛhāṇi ca", "ekaduḥkhasukhā rāmam anugacchāma dhārmikam"], "translation": "Abandoning gardens, fields and houses, sharing one and the same grief and joy with him, let us follow the righteous Rāma.", "sarga_title": "The walk to Daśaratha’s palace"}
{"ref": "2.30.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 30, "verse": 17, "iast": ["samuddhṛtanidhānāni paridhvastājirāṇi ca", "upāttadhanadhānyāni hṛtasārāṇi sarvaśaḥ"], "translation": "With their buried treasures dug up, their courtyards laid waste, their wealth and grain removed, their valuables carried off entirely,", "sarga_title": "The walk to Daśaratha’s palace"}
{"ref": "2.30.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 30, "verse": 18, "iast": ["rajasābhyavakīrṇāni parityaktāni daivataiḥ", "asmattyaktāni veśmāni kaikeyī pratipadyatām"], "translation": "strewn over with dust and abandoned by the household deities — let Kaikeyī take possession of our houses, forsaken by us.", "sarga_title": "The walk to Daśaratha’s palace"}
{"ref": "2.30.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 30, "verse": 19, "iast": ["vanaṃ nagaram evāstu yena gacchati rāghavaḥ", "asmābhiś ca parityaktaṃ puraṃ saṃpadyatāṃ vanam"], "translation": "Let the forest itself be the city, wherever Rāghava goes; and let the city, forsaken by us, become a forest.", "sarga_title": "The walk to Daśaratha’s palace"}
{"ref": "2.30.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 30, "verse": 20, "iast": ["bilāni daṃṣṭriṇaḥ sarve sānūni mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ", "asmattyaktaṃ prapadyantāṃ sevyamānaṃ tyajantu ca"], "translation": "Let all the fanged creatures take to (our) dens, and the beasts and birds to the hilltops; let them resort to what we have abandoned, and abandon what they had been frequenting.", "sarga_title": "The walk to Daśaratha’s palace"}
{"ref": "2.30.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 30, "verse": 21, "iast": ["ity evaṃ vividhā vāco nānājanasamīritāḥ", "śuśrāva rāmaḥ śrutvā ca na vicakre 'sya mānasaṃ"], "translation": "Such manifold words, uttered by all manner of people, Rāma heard; and having heard them, his mind did not waver.", "sarga_title": "The walk to Daśaratha’s palace"}
{"ref": "2.30.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 30, "verse": 22, "iast": ["pratīkṣamāṇo 'bhijanaṃ tadārtam anārtarūpaḥ prahasann ivātha", "jagāma rāmaḥ pitaraṃ didṛkṣuḥ pitur nideśaṃ vidhivac cikīrṣuḥ"], "translation": "Regarding his stricken kinsfolk yet himself showing no distress, almost smiling, Rāma then went on, longing to see his father and eager to carry out his father's command duly.", "sarga_title": "The walk to Daśaratha’s palace"}
{"ref": "2.30.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 30, "verse": 23, "iast": ["tat pūrvam aikṣvākasuto mahātmā rāmo gamiṣyan vanam ārtarūpam", "vyatiṣṭhata prekṣya tadā sumantraṃ pitur mahātmā pratihāraṇārtham"], "translation": "First of all, the great-souled Rāma, son of the Ikṣvāku line, about to go to the sorrowful forest, then halted, looking at Sumantra, so that he might be announced to his father.", "sarga_title": "The walk to Daśaratha’s palace"}
{"ref": "2.30.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 30, "verse": 24, "iast": ["pitur nideśena tu dharmavatsalo vanapraveśe kṛtabuddhiniścayaḥ", "sa rāghavaḥ prekṣya sumantram abravīn nivedayasvāgamanaṃ nṛpāya me"], "translation": "But that Rāghava, devoted to dharma, having firmly resolved by his father's command upon entering the forest, looked at Sumantra and said: “Announce my coming to the king.”", "sarga_title": "The walk to Daśaratha’s palace"}
{"ref": "2.31.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 31, "verse": 1, "iast": ["sa rāmapreṣitaḥ kṣipraṃ saṃtāpakaluṣendriyaḥ", "praviśya nṛpatiṃ sūto niḥśvasantaṃ dadarśa ha"], "translation": "That charioteer, sent by Rāma, his senses clouded with anguish, quickly entered and saw the king sighing.", "sarga_title": "A throne or one more night"}
{"ref": "2.31.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 31, "verse": 2, "iast": ["ālokya tu mahāprājñaḥ paramākula cetasaṃ", "rāmam evānuśocantaṃ sūtaḥ prāñjalir āsadat"], "translation": "But the very wise charioteer, beholding the king with mind supremely agitated, grieving for Rāma alone, approached him with joined palms.", "sarga_title": "A throne or one more night"}
{"ref": "2.31.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 31, "verse": 3, "iast": ["ayaṃ sa puruṣavyāghra dvāri tiṣṭhati te sutaḥ", "brāhmaṇebhyo dhanaṃ dattvā sarvaṃ caivopajīvinām"], "translation": "“O tiger among men, here your son stands at the door, having given away all his wealth to the brahmins and to the dependants.", "sarga_title": "A throne or one more night"}
{"ref": "2.31.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 31, "verse": 4, "iast": ["sa tvā paśyatu bhadraṃ te rāmaḥ satyaparākramaḥ", "sarvān suhṛda āpṛcchya tvām idānīṃ didṛkṣate"], "translation": "May that Rāma of true valour look upon you — blessings on you! Having taken leave of all his friends, he now wishes to see you.", "sarga_title": "A throne or one more night"}
{"ref": "2.31.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 31, "verse": 5, "iast": ["gamiṣyati mahāraṇyaṃ taṃ paśya jagatīpate", "vṛtaṃ rājaguṇaiḥ sarvair ādityam iva raśmibhiḥ"], "translation": "He will go to the great forest; behold him, O lord of the world, endowed with all kingly virtues as the sun with its rays.”", "sarga_title": "A throne or one more night"}
{"ref": "2.31.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 31, "verse": 6, "iast": ["sa satyavādī dharmātmā gāmbhīryāt sāgaropamaḥ", "ākāśa iva niṣpaṅko narendraḥ pratyuvāca tam"], "translation": "That truthful, righteous king, deep as the ocean in gravity, spotless as the sky, replied to him:", "sarga_title": "A throne or one more night"}
{"ref": "2.31.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 31, "verse": 7, "iast": ["sumantrānaya me dārān ye ke cid iha māmakāḥ", "dāraiḥ parivṛtaḥ sarvair draṣṭum icchāmi rāghavam"], "translation": "“Sumantra, bring to me my wives, whoever here are mine; surrounded by all my wives I wish to see Rāghava.”", "sarga_title": "A throne or one more night"}
{"ref": "2.31.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 31, "verse": 8, "iast": ["so 'ntaḥpuram atītyaiva striyas tā vākyam abravīt", "āryo hvayati vo rājā gamyatāṃ tatra māciram"], "translation": "Having entered the inner apartments, he spoke these words to those women: “The noble king summons you; go there without delay.”", "sarga_title": "A throne or one more night"}
{"ref": "2.31.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 31, "verse": 9, "iast": ["evam uktāḥ striyaḥ sarvāḥ sumantreṇa nṛpājñayā", "pracakramus tad bhavanaṃ bhartur ājñāya śāsanam"], "translation": "All the women, thus addressed by Sumantra at the king's order, understanding their lord's command, proceeded to that palace.", "sarga_title": "A throne or one more night"}
{"ref": "2.31.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 31, "verse": 10, "iast": ["ardhasaptaśatās tās tu pramadās tāmralocanāḥ", "kausalyāṃ parivāryātha śanair jagmur dhṛtavratāḥ"], "translation": "Those six hundred and fifty women with copper-red eyes, surrounding Kausalyā, then went slowly, steadfast in their vows.", "sarga_title": "A throne or one more night"}
{"ref": "2.31.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 31, "verse": 11, "iast": ["āgateṣu ca dāreṣu samavekṣya mahīpatiḥ", "uvāca rājā taṃ sūtaṃ sumantrānaya me sutam"], "translation": "And when his wives had come, the king, having looked at them, said to that charioteer: “Sumantra, bring me my son.”", "sarga_title": "A throne or one more night"}
{"ref": "2.31.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 31, "verse": 12, "iast": ["sa sūto rāmam ādāya lakṣmaṇaṃ maithilīṃ tadā", "jagāmābhimukhas tūrṇaṃ sakāśaṃ jagatīpateḥ"], "translation": "That charioteer, taking Rāma, Lakṣmaṇa and the Maithilī, then went swiftly straight to the presence of the lord of the world.", "sarga_title": "A throne or one more night"}
{"ref": "2.31.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 31, "verse": 13, "iast": ["sa rājā putram āyāntaṃ dṛṣṭvā dūrāt kṛtāñjalim", "utpapātāsanāt tūrṇam ārtaḥ strījanasaṃvṛtaḥ"], "translation": "That king, seeing his son approaching from afar with joined palms, sprang up quickly from his seat, distressed, surrounded by the throng of women.", "sarga_title": "A throne or one more night"}
{"ref": "2.31.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 31, "verse": 14, "iast": ["so 'bhidudrāva vegena rāmaṃ dṛṣṭvā viśāṃ patiḥ", "tam asaṃprāpya duḥkhārtaḥ papāta bhuvi mūrchitaḥ"], "translation": "That lord of the people, seeing Rāma, rushed toward him with speed; but not reaching him, stricken with grief, he fell swooning to the ground.", "sarga_title": "A throne or one more night"}
{"ref": "2.31.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 31, "verse": 15, "iast": ["taṃ rāmo 'bhyapātat kṣipraṃ lakṣmaṇaś ca mahārathaḥ", "visaṃjñam iva duḥkhena saśokaṃ nṛpatiṃ tadā"], "translation": "Rāma quickly hastened toward him, as did Lakṣmaṇa the great warrior — toward the sorrowing king who was as if senseless with grief.", "sarga_title": "A throne or one more night"}
{"ref": "2.31.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 31, "verse": 16, "iast": ["strīsahasraninādaś ca saṃjajñe rājaveśmani", "hāhā rāmeti sahasā bhūṣaṇadhvanimūrchitaḥ"], "translation": "And a clamour of a thousand women arose suddenly in the royal palace — “Alas, alas, Rāma!” — mingled with the jingling of ornaments.", "sarga_title": "A throne or one more night"}
{"ref": "2.31.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 31, "verse": 17, "iast": ["taṃ pariṣvajya bāhubhyāṃ tāv ubhau rāmalakṣmaṇau", "paryaṅke sītayā sārdhaṃ rudantaḥ samaveśayan"], "translation": "Those two, Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, embracing him with their arms, together with Sītā, weeping, laid him upon the couch.", "sarga_title": "A throne or one more night"}
{"ref": "2.31.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 31, "verse": 18, "iast": ["atha rāmo muhūrtena labdhasaṃjñaṃ mahīpatim", "uvāca prāñjalir bhūtvā śokārṇavapariplutam"], "translation": "Then Rāma, with joined palms, addressed the king, who after a moment had regained consciousness but was plunged in a sea of grief:", "sarga_title": "A throne or one more night"}
{"ref": "2.31.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 31, "verse": 19, "iast": ["āpṛcche tvāṃ mahārāja sarveṣām īśvaro 'si naḥ", "prasthitaṃ daṇḍakāraṇyaṃ paśya tvaṃ kuśalena mām"], "translation": "“I take my leave of you, great king; you are the lord of us all. Look with favour upon me as I set out for the Daṇḍaka forest.", "sarga_title": "A throne or one more night"}
{"ref": "2.31.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 31, "verse": 20, "iast": ["lakṣmaṇaṃ cānujānīhi sītā cānveti māṃ vanam", "kāraṇair bahubhis tathyair vāryamāṇau na cecchataḥ"], "translation": "And give leave to Lakṣmaṇa; and Sītā too follows me to the forest. Though dissuaded by many true reasons, the two will not consent (to stay).", "sarga_title": "A throne or one more night"}
{"ref": "2.31.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 31, "verse": 21, "iast": ["anujānīhi sarvān naḥ śokam utsṛjya mānada", "lakṣmaṇaṃ māṃ ca sītāṃ ca prajāpatir iva prajāḥ"], "translation": "Give leave to all of us, casting off your grief, O bestower of honour — to Lakṣmaṇa, to me, and to Sītā, as Prajāpati (dismisses) his creatures.”", "sarga_title": "A throne or one more night"}
{"ref": "2.31.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 31, "verse": 22, "iast": ["pratīkṣamāṇam avyagram anujñāṃ jagatīpateḥ", "uvāca rarjā saṃprekṣya vanavāsāya rāghavam"], "translation": "To Rāghava, who calmly awaited the leave of the lord of the world, the king, gazing at him, spoke concerning the forest-dwelling:", "sarga_title": "A throne or one more night"}
{"ref": "2.31.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 31, "verse": 23, "iast": ["ahaṃ rāghava kaikeyyā varadānena mohitaḥ", "ayodhyāyās tvam evādya bhava rājā nigṛhya mām"], "translation": "“O Rāghava, I have been deluded by the granting of boons to Kaikeyī; today, overruling me, do you yourself become king of Ayodhyā.”", "sarga_title": "A throne or one more night"}
{"ref": "2.31.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 31, "verse": 24, "iast": ["evam ukto nṛpatinā rāmo dharmabhṛtāṃ varaḥ", "pratyuvācāñjaliṃ kṛtvā pitaraṃ vākyakovidaḥ"], "translation": "Thus addressed by the king, Rāma, best of the upholders of dharma and skilled in speech, having joined his palms, replied to his father:", "sarga_title": "A throne or one more night"}
{"ref": "2.31.25", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 31, "verse": 25, "iast": ["bhavān varṣasahasrāya pṛthivyā nṛpate patiḥ", "ahaṃ tv araṇye vatsyāmi na me kāryaṃ tvayānṛtam"], "translation": "“You, O king, are lord of the earth for a thousand years; but I shall dwell in the forest. I have no wish that you be made false.", "sarga_title": "A throne or one more night"}
{"ref": "2.31.26", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 31, "verse": 26, "iast": ["śreyase vṛddhaye tāta punarāgamanāya ca", "gacchasvāriṣṭam avyagraḥ panthānam akutobhayam"], "translation": "“For your welfare, my son, for your prosperity and for your safe return, go untroubled upon an unharmed road, free from fear on every side.", "sarga_title": "A throne or one more night"}
{"ref": "2.31.27", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 31, "verse": 27, "iast": ["adya tv idānīṃ rajanīṃ putra mā gaccha sarvathā", "mātaraṃ māṃ ca saṃpaśyan vasemām adya śarvarīm", "tarpitaḥ sarvakāmais tvaṃ śvaḥkāle sādhayiṣyasi"], "translation": "But today, right now, my son, do not go at all for this night; looking upon your mother and me, dwell here this night; gratified with all pleasures, you shall set forth at dawn tomorrow.”", "sarga_title": "A throne or one more night"}
{"ref": "2.31.28", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 31, "verse": 28, "iast": ["atha rāmas tathā śrutvā pitur ārtasya bhāṣitam", "lakṣmaṇena saha bhrātrā dīno vacanam abravīt"], "translation": "Then Rāma, having thus heard the words of his afflicted father, dejected, together with his brother Lakṣmaṇa, spoke these words:", "sarga_title": "A throne or one more night"}
{"ref": "2.31.29", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 31, "verse": 29, "iast": ["prāpsyāmi yān adya guṇān ko me śvastān pradāsyati", "apakramaṇam evātaḥ sarvakāmair ahaṃ vṛṇe"], "translation": "“Whatever advantages I would gain today, who will grant me those tomorrow? Therefore, above all pleasures, I choose only departure.", "sarga_title": "A throne or one more night"}
{"ref": "2.31.30", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 31, "verse": 30, "iast": ["iyaṃ sarāṣṭrā sajanā dhanadhānyasamākulā", "mayā visṛṣṭā vasudhā bharatāya pradīyatām"], "translation": "Let this earth, with its kingdom and its people, abounding in wealth and grain, be relinquished by me and bestowed upon Bharata.", "sarga_title": "A throne or one more night"}
{"ref": "2.31.31", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 31, "verse": 31, "iast": ["apagacchatu te duḥkhaṃ mā bhūr bāṣpapariplutaḥ", "na hi kṣubhyati durdharṣaḥ samudraḥ saritāṃ patiḥ"], "translation": "Let your grief depart; do not be flooded with tears. For the unassailable ocean, lord of rivers, is never agitated.", "sarga_title": "A throne or one more night"}
{"ref": "2.31.32", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 31, "verse": 32, "iast": ["naivāhaṃ rājyam icchāmi na sukhaṃ na ca maithilīm", "tvām ahaṃ satyam icchāmi nānṛtaṃ puruṣarṣabha"], "translation": "I desire neither the kingdom, nor pleasure, nor even the Maithilī; I wish you to be true, not false, O bull among men.", "sarga_title": "A throne or one more night"}
{"ref": "2.31.33", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 31, "verse": 33, "iast": ["puraṃ ca rāṣṭraṃ ca mahī ca kevalā mayā nisṛṣṭā bharatāya dīyatām", "ahaṃ nideśaṃ bhavato 'nupālayan vanaṃ gamiṣyāmi cirāya sevitum"], "translation": "Let the city and the kingdom and the whole earth, relinquished by me, be given to Bharata; and I, obeying your command, shall go to the forest to dwell there long.", "sarga_title": "A throne or one more night"}
{"ref": "2.31.34", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 31, "verse": 34, "iast": ["mayā nisṛṣṭāṃ bharato mahīm imāṃ saśailakhaṇḍāṃ sapurāṃ sakānanām", "śivāṃ susīmām anuśāstu kevalaṃ tvayā yad uktaṃ nṛpate yathāstu tat"], "translation": "Let Bharata rule this whole earth relinquished by me — with its mountain-tracts, its cities and its forests, auspicious and well-bounded; and let what you have declared, O king, so be.", "sarga_title": "A throne or one more night"}
{"ref": "2.31.35", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 31, "verse": 35, "iast": ["na me tathā pārthiva dhīyate mano mahatsu kāmeṣu na cātmanaḥ priye", "yathā nideśe tava śiṣṭasaṃmate vyapaitu duḥkhaṃ tava matkṛte 'nagha"], "translation": "My mind is not so set, O king, upon great pleasures nor upon what is dear to myself, as it is upon your command, approved by the wise; let your grief on my account depart, O sinless one.", "sarga_title": "A throne or one more night"}
{"ref": "2.31.36", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 31, "verse": 36, "iast": ["tad adya naivānagha rājyam avyayaṃ na sarvakāmān na sukhaṃ na maithilīm", "na jīvitaṃ tvām anṛtena yojayan vṛṇīya satyaṃ vratam astu te tathā"], "translation": "Therefore today, O sinless one, by involving you in falsehood I would choose neither the imperishable kingdom, nor all pleasures, nor happiness, nor the Maithilī, nor even life; let your vow of truth so stand.", "sarga_title": "A throne or one more night"}
{"ref": "2.31.37", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 31, "verse": 37, "iast": ["phalāni mūlāni ca bhakṣayan vane girīṃś ca paśyan saritaḥ sarāṃsi ca", "vanaṃ praviśyaiva vicitrapādapaṃ sukhī bhaviṣyāmi tavāstu nirvṛtiḥ"], "translation": "Eating fruits and roots in the forest, and beholding the mountains, the rivers and the lakes, entering a forest of wondrous trees, I shall be happy; let there be contentment for you.”", "sarga_title": "A throne or one more night"}
{"ref": "2.32.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 32, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tataḥ sumantram aikṣvākaḥ pīḍito 'tra pratijñayā", "sabāṣpam atiniḥśvasya jagādedaṃ punaḥ punaḥ"], "translation": "Then the descendant of Ikṣvāku, tormented here by his promise, sighing deeply and in tears, said this to Sumantra again and again:", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī opposes Rāma’s escort"}
{"ref": "2.32.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 32, "verse": 2, "iast": ["sūta ratnasusaṃpūrṇā caturvidhabalā camūḥ", "rāgavasyānuyātrārthaṃ kṣipraṃ pratividhīyatām"], "translation": "“Charioteer, let an army well filled with treasures and of fourfold strength be swiftly made ready to escort Rāghava.", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī opposes Rāma’s escort"}
{"ref": "2.32.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 32, "verse": 3, "iast": ["rūpājīvā ca śālinyo vaṇijaś ca mahādhanāḥ", "śobhayantu kumārasya vāhinīṃ suprasāritāḥ"], "translation": "Let courtesans who live by their beauty, and richly adorned women, and merchants of great wealth, well arrayed, grace the prince's marching train.", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī opposes Rāma’s escort"}
{"ref": "2.32.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 32, "verse": 4, "iast": ["ye cainam upajīvanti ramate yaiś ca vīryataḥ", "teṣāṃ bahuvidhaṃ dattvā tān apy atra niyojaya"], "translation": "And those who live in his service, and those in whose company he delights for their valour—having given them manifold gifts, appoint them too to this retinue.", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī opposes Rāma’s escort"}
{"ref": "2.32.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 32, "verse": 5, "iast": ["nighnan mṛgān kuñjarāṃś ca pibaṃś cāraṇyakaṃ madhu", "nadīś ca vividhāḥ paśyan na rājyaṃ saṃsmariṣyati"], "translation": "Slaying deer and elephants, drinking wild forest honey, and gazing on rivers of many kinds, he will not remember the kingdom.", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī opposes Rāma’s escort"}
{"ref": "2.32.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 32, "verse": 6, "iast": ["dhānyakośaś ca yaḥ kaś cid dhanakośaś ca māmakaḥ", "tau rāmam anugacchetāṃ vasantaṃ nirjane vane"], "translation": "Whatever granary and whatever treasury of mine there is—let those two follow Rāma as he dwells in the desolate forest.", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī opposes Rāma’s escort"}
{"ref": "2.32.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 32, "verse": 7, "iast": ["yajan puṇyeṣu deśeṣu visṛjaṃś cāptadakṣiṇāḥ", "ṛṣibhiś ca samāgamya pravatsyati sukhaṃ vane"], "translation": "Sacrificing in holy places, bestowing ample sacrificial fees, and consorting with the sages, he will dwell happily in the forest.", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī opposes Rāma’s escort"}
{"ref": "2.32.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 32, "verse": 8, "iast": ["bharataś ca mahābāhur ayodhyāṃ pālayiṣyati", "sarvakāmaiḥ punaḥ śrīmān rāmaḥ saṃsādhyatām iti"], "translation": "And mighty-armed Bharata will govern Ayodhyā; furthermore, let the illustrious Rāma be furnished with every object of desire.”", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī opposes Rāma’s escort"}
{"ref": "2.32.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 32, "verse": 9, "iast": ["evaṃ bruvati kākutsthe kaikeyyā bhayam āgatam", "mukhaṃ cāpy agamāc cheṣaṃ svaraś cāpi nyarudhyata"], "translation": "As Kākutstha spoke thus, fear came upon Kaikeyī; her face too lost its colour, and her voice was choked.", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī opposes Rāma’s escort"}
{"ref": "2.32.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 32, "verse": 10, "iast": ["sā viṣaṇṇā ca saṃtrastā kaikeyī vākyam abravīt", "rājyaṃ gatajanaṃ sādho pītamaṇḍāṃ surām iva", "nirāsvādyatamaṃ śūnyaṃ bharato nābhipatsyate"], "translation": "Dejected and alarmed, Kaikeyī said: “A realm emptied of its people, O good sir—like liquor whose froth has been drained off, utterly savourless and hollow—Bharata will not accept.”", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī opposes Rāma’s escort"}
{"ref": "2.32.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 32, "verse": 11, "iast": ["kaikeyyāṃ muktalajjāyāṃ vadantyām atidāruṇam", "rājā daśaratho vākyam uvācāyatalocanām", "vahantaṃ kiṃ tudasi māṃ niyujya dhuri māhite"], "translation": "While shameless Kaikeyī was speaking these most cruel words, King Daśaratha said to the wide-eyed woman: “Why, O malevolent one, having yoked me to the burden, do you goad me who already bear it?”", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī opposes Rāma’s escort"}
{"ref": "2.32.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 32, "verse": 12, "iast": ["kaikeyī dviguṇaṃ kruddhā rājānam idam abravīt", "tavaiva vaṃśe sagaro jyeṣṭhaṃ putram upārudhat", "asamañja iti khyātaṃ tathāyaṃ gantum arhati"], "translation": "Doubly enraged, Kaikeyī said this to the king: “In your own very line Sagara drove out his eldest son, the one known as Asamañja; just so, this one too ought to go.”", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī opposes Rāma’s escort"}
{"ref": "2.32.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 32, "verse": 13, "iast": ["evam ukto dhig ity eva rājā daśaratho 'bravīt", "vrīḍitaś ca janaḥ sarvaḥ sā ca tan nāvabudhyata"], "translation": "So addressed, King Daśaratha said only “Shame!”; all the people were abashed, but she took no heed of it.", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī opposes Rāma’s escort"}
{"ref": "2.32.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 32, "verse": 14, "iast": ["tatra vṛddho mahāmātraḥ siddhārtho nāma nāmataḥ", "śucir bahumato rājñaḥ kaikeyīm idam abravīt"], "translation": "There an aged minister, Siddhārtha by name, pure and highly esteemed by the king, said this to Kaikeyī:", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī opposes Rāma’s escort"}
{"ref": "2.32.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 32, "verse": 15, "iast": ["asamañjo gṛhītvā tu krīḍitaḥ pathi dārakān", "sarayvāḥ prakṣipann apsu ramate tena durmatiḥ"], "translation": "Asamañja, in his wanton sport, would seize children on the road and fling them into the waters of the Sarayū, and that evil-minded one delighted in it.", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī opposes Rāma’s escort"}
{"ref": "2.32.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 32, "verse": 16, "iast": ["taṃ dṛṣṭvā nāgaraḥ sarve kruddhā rājānam abruvan", "asamañjaṃ vṛṣīṇvaikam asmān vā rāṣṭravardhana"], "translation": "Seeing him, all the citizens, enraged, said to the king: “Choose either Asamañja alone, or us, O enlarger of the realm!”", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī opposes Rāma’s escort"}
{"ref": "2.32.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 32, "verse": 17, "iast": ["tān uvāca tato rājā kiṃnimittam idaṃ bhayam", "tāś cāpi rājñā saṃpṛṣṭā vākyaṃ prakṛtayo 'bruvan"], "translation": "Then the king said to them: “From what cause is this alarm?” And the subjects, thus questioned by the king, spoke these words:", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī opposes Rāma’s escort"}
{"ref": "2.32.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 32, "verse": 18, "iast": ["krīḍitas tv eṣa naḥ putrān bālān udbhrāntacetanaḥ", "sarayvāṃ prakṣipan maurkhyād atulāṃ prītim aśnute"], "translation": "“This man, his mind deranged, in wanton sport flings our young sons into the Sarayū, and out of sheer folly derives from it a matchless delight.”", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī opposes Rāma’s escort"}
{"ref": "2.32.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 32, "verse": 19, "iast": ["sa tāsāṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā prakṛtīnāṃ narādhipa", "taṃ tatyājāhitaṃ putraṃ tāsāṃ priyacikīrṣayā"], "translation": "Having heard the words of his subjects, O lord of men, he cast out that pernicious son, wishing to do them a kindness.", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī opposes Rāma’s escort"}
{"ref": "2.32.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 32, "verse": 20, "iast": ["ity evam atyajad rājā sagaro vai sudhārmikaḥ", "rāmaḥ kim akarot pāpaṃ yenaivam uparudhyate"], "translation": "“Thus did the righteous King Sagara cast him out. But what sin has Rāma done, that he should be banished in this way?”", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī opposes Rāma’s escort"}
{"ref": "2.32.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 32, "verse": 21, "iast": ["śrutvā tu siddhārthavaco rājā śrāntatarasvanaḥ", "śokopahatayā vācā kaikeyīm idam abravīt"], "translation": "But hearing Siddhārtha's words, the king, his voice grown utterly faint, said this to Kaikeyī with grief-stricken speech:", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī opposes Rāma’s escort"}
{"ref": "2.32.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 32, "verse": 22, "iast": ["anuvrajiṣyāmy aham adya rāmaṃ rājyaṃ parityajya sukhaṃ dhanaṃ ca", "sahaiva rājñā bharatena ca tvaṃ yathā sukhaṃ bhuṅkṣva cirāya rājyam"], "translation": "“This very day I shall follow Rāma, renouncing kingdom, comfort, and wealth. You, together with King Bharata, enjoy the kingdom at your pleasure for long years to come.”", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī opposes Rāma’s escort"}
{"ref": "2.33.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 33, "verse": 1, "iast": ["mahāmātravacaḥ śrutvā rāmo daśarathaṃ tadā", "anvabhāṣata vākyaṃ tu vinayajño vinītavat"], "translation": "Having heard the minister's words, Rāma, versed in propriety, then addressed these words to Daśaratha humbly:", "sarga_title": "Bark garments over Sītā’s silk"}
{"ref": "2.33.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 33, "verse": 2, "iast": ["tyaktabhogasya me rājan vane vanyena jīvataḥ", "kiṃ kāryam anuyātreṇa tyaktasaṅgasya sarvataḥ"], "translation": "For me, O king, who have renounced all enjoyments, who shall live in the forest on wild fare, having wholly given up attachment—what use is an escort?", "sarga_title": "Bark garments over Sītā’s silk"}
{"ref": "2.33.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 33, "verse": 3, "iast": ["yo hi dattvā dvipaśreṣṭhaṃ kakṣyāyāṃ kurute manaḥ", "rajjusnehena kiṃ tasya tyajataḥ kuñjarottamam"], "translation": "For the man who, having given away his finest elephant, then sets his heart upon its girth-rope—what use has he, who parts with the noblest elephant, for fondness over a rope?", "sarga_title": "Bark garments over Sītā’s silk"}
{"ref": "2.33.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 33, "verse": 4, "iast": ["tathā mama satāṃ śreṣṭha kiṃ dhvajinyā jagatpate", "sarvāṇy evānujānāmi cīrāṇy evānayantu me"], "translation": "So too, O best of the virtuous, what use have I for an army, O lord of the world? I dismiss them all; let them bring me only bark-garments.", "sarga_title": "Bark garments over Sītā’s silk"}
{"ref": "2.33.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 33, "verse": 5, "iast": ["khanitrapiṭake cobhe mamānayata gacchataḥ", "caturdaśa vane vāsaṃ varṣāṇi vasato mama"], "translation": "Bring me both a spade and a basket, for me as I set out to dwell in the forest for fourteen years.", "sarga_title": "Bark garments over Sītā’s silk"}
{"ref": "2.33.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 33, "verse": 6, "iast": ["atha cīrāṇi kaikeyī svayam āhṛtya rāghavam", "uvāca paridhatsveti janaughe nirapatrapā"], "translation": "Then Kaikeyī, fetching the bark-garments herself and shameless before the throng, said to Rāghava: “Put these on.”", "sarga_title": "Bark garments over Sītā’s silk"}
{"ref": "2.33.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 33, "verse": 7, "iast": ["sa cīre puruṣavyāghraḥ kaikeyyāḥ pratigṛhya te", "sūkṣmavastram avakṣipya munivastrāṇy avasta ha"], "translation": "That tiger among men, accepting those two bark-garments from Kaikeyī and casting off his fine raiment, put on the garments of an ascetic.", "sarga_title": "Bark garments over Sītā’s silk"}
{"ref": "2.33.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 33, "verse": 8, "iast": ["lakṣmaṇaś cāpi tatraiva vihāya vasane śubhe", "tāpasāc chādane caiva jagrāha pitur agrataḥ"], "translation": "And Lakṣmaṇa too, laying aside right there his splendid garments, took up ascetic's robes in his father's presence.", "sarga_title": "Bark garments over Sītā’s silk"}
{"ref": "2.33.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 33, "verse": 9, "iast": ["athātmaparidhānārthaṃ sītā kauśeyavāsinī", "samīkṣya cīraṃ saṃtrastā pṛṣatī vāgurām iva"], "translation": "Then Sītā, clad in silk, gazing at the bark-garment meant for her own wearing, was struck with terror, like a spotted doe at the sight of a snare.", "sarga_title": "Bark garments over Sītā’s silk"}
{"ref": "2.33.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 33, "verse": 10, "iast": ["sā vyapatrapamāṇeva pratigṛhya ca durmanāḥ", "gandharvarājapratimaṃ bhartāram idam abravīt", "kathaṃ nu cīraṃ badhnanti munayo vanavāsinaḥ"], "translation": "As if abashed and downcast at heart, she took it and said to her husband, who was like the king of the gandharvas: “How, pray, do the forest-dwelling sages fasten on the bark-garment?”", "sarga_title": "Bark garments over Sītā’s silk"}
{"ref": "2.33.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 33, "verse": 11, "iast": ["kṛtvā kaṇṭhe ca sā cīram ekam ādāya pāṇinā", "tasthau hy akuṣalā tatra vrīḍitā janakātmaja"], "translation": "Hanging one bark-garment at her neck and holding the other in her hand, Janaka's daughter stood there abashed and helpless, not knowing how.", "sarga_title": "Bark garments over Sītā’s silk"}
{"ref": "2.33.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 33, "verse": 12, "iast": ["tasyās tat kṣipram āgamya rāmo dharmabhṛtāṃ varaḥ", "cīraṃ babandha sītāyāḥ kauśeyasyopari svayam"], "translation": "Rāma, best of those who uphold dharma, quickly coming to her, himself fastened the bark-garment over Sītā's silk.", "sarga_title": "Bark garments over Sītā’s silk"}
{"ref": "2.33.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 33, "verse": 13, "iast": ["tasyāṃ cīraṃ vasānāyāṃ nāthavatyām anāthavat", "pracukrośa janaḥ sarvo dhik tvāṃ daśarathaṃ tv iti"], "translation": "As she, though she had a protector, put on the bark-garment like one forlorn, all the people cried aloud: “Shame on you, Daśaratha!”", "sarga_title": "Bark garments over Sītā’s silk"}
{"ref": "2.33.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 33, "verse": 14, "iast": ["sa niḥśvasyoṣṇam aikṣvākas tāṃ bhāryām idam abravīt", "kaikeyi kuśacīreṇa na sītā gantum arhati"], "translation": "Sighing hotly, the descendant of Ikṣvāku said this to that wife of his: “Kaikeyī, Sītā ought not to go clad in a garment of bark.", "sarga_title": "Bark garments over Sītā’s silk"}
{"ref": "2.33.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 33, "verse": 15, "iast": ["nanu paryāptam etat te pāpe rāmavivāsanam", "kim ebhiḥ kṛpaṇair bhūyaḥ pātakair api te kṛtaiḥ"], "translation": "Surely this banishment of Rāma is enough for you, O wicked woman! What need of these further wretched crimes committed by you?”", "sarga_title": "Bark garments over Sītā’s silk"}
{"ref": "2.33.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 33, "verse": 16, "iast": ["evaṃ bruvantaṃ pitaraṃ rāmaḥ saṃprasthito vanam", "avākśirasam āsīnam idaṃ vacanam abravīt"], "translation": "To his father, who spoke thus and sat with his head bowed low, Rāma, now setting out for the forest, said these words:", "sarga_title": "Bark garments over Sītā’s silk"}
{"ref": "2.33.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 33, "verse": 17, "iast": ["iyaṃ dhārmika kausalyā mama mātā yaśasvinī", "vṛddhā cākṣudraśīlā ca na ca tvāṃ devagarhite"], "translation": "This illustrious Kausalyā, O righteous one, is my mother, aged and of noble, ungrudging character; and she never reproaches you, O lord.", "sarga_title": "Bark garments over Sītā’s silk"}
{"ref": "2.33.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 33, "verse": 18, "iast": ["mayā vihīnāṃ varada prapannāṃ śokasāgaram", "adṛṣṭapūrvavyasanāṃ bhūyaḥ saṃmantum arhasi"], "translation": "Bereft of me, O granter of boons, plunged into an ocean of grief and having never known calamity before—her you ought all the more to console.", "sarga_title": "Bark garments over Sītā’s silk"}
{"ref": "2.33.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 33, "verse": 19, "iast": ["imāṃ mahendropamajātagarbhiṇīṃ tathā vidhātuṃ janamīṃ mamārhasi", "yathā vanasthe mayi śokakarśitā na jīvitaṃ nyasya yamakṣayaṃ vrajet"], "translation": "You ought so to care for this my mother, who bore a son like great Indra, that, worn away by grief while I dwell in the forest, she may not lay down her life and pass to the realm of Yama.", "sarga_title": "Bark garments over Sītā’s silk"}
{"ref": "2.34.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 34, "verse": 1, "iast": ["rāmasya tu vacaḥ śrutvā muniveṣadharaṃ ca tam", "samīkṣya saha bhāryābhī rājā vigatacetanaḥ"], "translation": "But hearing Rāma's words and seeing him wearing an ascetic's garb, the king, together with his wives, lost consciousness.", "sarga_title": "Farewell to the Queens"}
{"ref": "2.34.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 34, "verse": 2, "iast": ["nainaṃ duḥkhena saṃtaptaḥ pratyavaikṣata rāghavam", "na cainam abhisaṃprekṣya pratyabhāṣata durmanāḥ"], "translation": "Consumed by grief, he did not look back at Rāghava; nor, when he did behold him, did the despondent king say anything to him.", "sarga_title": "Farewell to the Queens"}
{"ref": "2.34.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 34, "verse": 3, "iast": ["sa muhūrtam ivāsaṃjño duḥkhitaś ca mahīpatiḥ", "vilalāpa mahābāhū rāmam evānucintayan"], "translation": "That mighty-armed lord of the earth, for a moment as if senseless and stricken with grief, lamented, thinking only of Rāma.", "sarga_title": "Farewell to the Queens"}
{"ref": "2.34.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 34, "verse": 4, "iast": ["manye khalu mayā pūrvaṃ vivatsā bahavaḥ kṛtāḥ", "prāṇino hiṃsitā vāpi tasmād idam upasthitam"], "translation": "“I think that surely in the past I made many cows bereft of their calves, or injured living beings; therefore this has befallen me.", "sarga_title": "Farewell to the Queens"}
{"ref": "2.34.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 34, "verse": 5, "iast": ["na tv evānāgate kāle dehāc cyavati jīvitam", "kaikeyyā kliśyamānasya mṛtyur mama na vidyate"], "translation": "But when the appointed time has not come, life does not depart from the body; for me, tormented by Kaikeyī, death is not to be found.", "sarga_title": "Farewell to the Queens"}
{"ref": "2.34.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 34, "verse": 6, "iast": ["yo 'haṃ pāvakasaṃkāśaṃ paśyāmi purataḥ sthitam", "vihāya vasane sūkṣme tāpasācchādam ātmajam"], "translation": "— I, who behold my own son, radiant as fire, standing before me, having cast off his fine garments and wrapped in an ascetic's covering.", "sarga_title": "Farewell to the Queens"}
{"ref": "2.34.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 34, "verse": 7, "iast": ["ekasyāḥ khalu kaikeyyāḥ kṛte 'yaṃ kliśyate janaḥ", "svārthe prayatamānāyāḥ saṃśritya nikṛtiṃ tv imām"], "translation": "Truly, for the sake of Kaikeyī alone, striving for her own ends and resorting to this trickery, all these people suffer.”", "sarga_title": "Farewell to the Queens"}
{"ref": "2.34.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 34, "verse": 8, "iast": ["evam uktvā tu vacanaṃ bāṣpeṇa pihitekṣṇaha", "rāmeti sakṛd evoktvā vyāhartuṃ na śaśāka ha"], "translation": "Having spoken these words, his eyes veiled by tears, he uttered only “Rāma!” once, and could say nothing more.", "sarga_title": "Farewell to the Queens"}
{"ref": "2.34.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 34, "verse": 9, "iast": ["saṃjñāṃ tu pratilabhyaiva muhūrtāt sa mahīpatiḥ", "netrābhyām aśrupūrṇābhyāṃ sumantram idam abravīt"], "translation": "But regaining his senses after a moment, that lord of the earth, with eyes brimming with tears, said this to Sumantra:", "sarga_title": "Farewell to the Queens"}
{"ref": "2.34.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 34, "verse": 10, "iast": ["aupavāhyaṃ rathaṃ yuktvā tvam āyāhi hayottamaiḥ", "prāpayainaṃ mahābhāgam ito janapadāt param"], "translation": "“Yoke the royal chariot with the finest horses and come; convey this greatly fortunate one beyond this realm.", "sarga_title": "Farewell to the Queens"}
{"ref": "2.34.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 34, "verse": 11, "iast": ["evaṃ manye guṇavatāṃ guṇānāṃ phalam ucyate", "pitrā mātrā ca yat sādhur vīro nirvāsyate vanam"], "translation": "Thus, I think, is declared the fruit of the virtues of the virtuous: that a good and heroic man is banished to the forest by his father and mother.", "sarga_title": "Farewell to the Queens"}
{"ref": "2.34.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 34, "verse": 12, "iast": ["rājño vacanam ājñāya sumantraḥ śīghravikramaḥ", "yojayitvāyayau tatra ratham aśvair alaṃkṛtam"], "translation": "Understanding the king's command, Sumantra of swift stride, having yoked the chariot adorned with horses, came there.", "sarga_title": "Farewell to the Queens"}
{"ref": "2.34.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 34, "verse": 13, "iast": ["taṃ rathaṃ rājaputrāya sūtaḥ kanakabhūṣitam", "ācacakṣe 'ñjaliṃ kṛtvā yuktaṃ paramavājibhiḥ"], "translation": "That gold-adorned chariot, yoked with the finest steeds, the charioteer, with palms joined, announced to the prince.", "sarga_title": "Farewell to the Queens"}
{"ref": "2.34.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 34, "verse": 14, "iast": ["rājā satvaram āhūya vyāpṛtaṃ vittasaṃcaye", "uvāca deśakālajño niścitaṃ sarvataḥ śuci"], "translation": "The king, knower of place and time, quickly summoning the officer engaged in the treasury — a man resolute and wholly trustworthy — spoke:", "sarga_title": "Farewell to the Queens"}
{"ref": "2.34.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 34, "verse": 15, "iast": ["vāsāṃsi ca mahārhāṇi bhūṣaṇāni varāṇi ca", "varṣāṇy etāni saṃkhyāya vaidehyāḥ kṣipram ānaya"], "translation": "“Reckoning these (fourteen) years, quickly bring for Vaidehī costly garments and the finest ornaments.”", "sarga_title": "Farewell to the Queens"}
{"ref": "2.34.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 34, "verse": 16, "iast": ["narendreṇaivam uktas tu gatvā kośagṛhaṃ tataḥ", "prāyacchat sarvam āhṛtya sītāyai kṣipram eva tat"], "translation": "Thus addressed by the king, he went to the treasure-house and, bringing all of it out, quickly handed it over to Sītā.", "sarga_title": "Farewell to the Queens"}
{"ref": "2.34.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 34, "verse": 17, "iast": ["sā sujātā sujātāni vaidehī prasthitā vanam", "bhūṣayām āsa gātrāṇi tair vicitrair vibhūṣaṇaiḥ"], "translation": "That nobly-born Vaidehī, setting out for the forest, adorned her fair limbs with those varied ornaments.", "sarga_title": "Farewell to the Queens"}
{"ref": "2.34.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 34, "verse": 18, "iast": ["vyarājayata vaidehī veśma tat suvibhūṣitā", "udyato 'ṃśumataḥ kāle khaṃ prabheva vivasvataḥ"], "translation": "Vaidehī, richly adorned, lit up that dwelling, as at dawn the radiance of the risen sun lights up the sky.", "sarga_title": "Farewell to the Queens"}
{"ref": "2.34.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 34, "verse": 19, "iast": ["tāṃ bhujābhyāṃ pariṣvajya śvaśrūr vacanam abravīt", "anācarantīṃ kṛpaṇaṃ mūdhny upāghrāya maithilīm"], "translation": "Embracing her with both arms and kissing the head of Maithilī, who bore herself without any wretchedness, her mother-in-law spoke these words:", "sarga_title": "Farewell to the Queens"}
{"ref": "2.34.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 34, "verse": 20, "iast": ["asatyaḥ sarvaloke 'smin satataṃ satkṛtāḥ priyaiḥ", "bhartāraṃ nānumanyante vinipātagataṃ striyaḥ"], "translation": "In all this world, false women, though ever honoured by their dear ones, do not stand by a husband fallen upon ruin.", "sarga_title": "Farewell to the Queens"}
{"ref": "2.34.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 34, "verse": 21, "iast": ["sa tvayā nāvamantavyaḥ putraḥ pravrājito mama", "tava daivatam astv eṣa nirdhanaḥ sadhano 'pi vā"], "translation": "My son, now sent into exile, must not be slighted by you; whether he be without wealth or with wealth, let him be your god.", "sarga_title": "Farewell to the Queens"}
{"ref": "2.34.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 34, "verse": 22, "iast": ["vijñāya vacanaṃ sītā tasyā dharmārthasaṃhitam", "kṛtāñjalir uvācedaṃ śvaśrūm abhimukhe sthitā"], "translation": "Understanding those words of hers, full of righteousness and good sense, Sītā, standing before her mother-in-law with palms joined, said this:", "sarga_title": "Farewell to the Queens"}
{"ref": "2.34.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 34, "verse": 23, "iast": ["kariṣye sarvam evāham āryā yad anuśāsti mām", "abhijñāsmi yathā bhartur vartitavyaṃ śrutaṃ ca me"], "translation": "“I shall do everything that the noble lady instructs me; I know how one must conduct oneself toward a husband, and it has been taught to me.", "sarga_title": "Farewell to the Queens"}
{"ref": "2.34.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 34, "verse": 24, "iast": ["na mām asajjanenāryā samānayitum arhati", "dharmād vicalituṃ nāham alaṃ candrād iva prabhā"], "translation": "The noble lady should not put me on a level with wicked people; I am no more able to swerve from dharma than radiance is to depart from the moon.", "sarga_title": "Farewell to the Queens"}
{"ref": "2.34.25", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 34, "verse": 25, "iast": ["nātantrī vādyate vīṇā nācakro vartate rathaḥ", "nāpatiḥ sukham edhate yā syād api śatātmajā"], "translation": "A lute without strings cannot be played, a chariot without wheels cannot run; and a woman without a husband cannot thrive in happiness, even were she the mother of a hundred sons.", "sarga_title": "Farewell to the Queens"}
{"ref": "2.34.26", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 34, "verse": 26, "iast": ["mitaṃ dadāti hi pitā mitaṃ mātā mitaṃ sutaḥ", "amitasya hi dātāraṃ bhartāraṃ kā na pūjayet"], "translation": "For a father gives but a measured amount, a mother a measured amount, a son a measured amount; what woman would not honour a husband, the giver of the boundless?", "sarga_title": "Farewell to the Queens"}
{"ref": "2.34.27", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 34, "verse": 27, "iast": ["sāham evaṃgatā śreṣṭhā śrutadharmaparāvarā", "ārye kim avamanyeyaṃ strīṇāṃ bhartā hi daivatam"], "translation": "So I, being of such a nature, excellent, and versed in dharma both high and low — O noble lady, how could I slight him? For to women the husband is a god.”", "sarga_title": "Farewell to the Queens"}
{"ref": "2.34.28", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 34, "verse": 28, "iast": ["sītāyā vacanaṃ śrutvā kausalyā hṛdayaṃgamam", "śuddhasattvā mumocāśru sahasā duḥkhaharṣajam"], "translation": "Hearing Sītā's heart-touching words, Kausalyā, pure in spirit, suddenly shed tears born of both grief and joy.", "sarga_title": "Farewell to the Queens"}
{"ref": "2.34.29", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 34, "verse": 29, "iast": ["tāṃ prāñjalir abhikramya mātṛmadhye 'tisatkṛtām", "rāmaḥ paramadharmajño mātaraṃ vākyam abravīt"], "translation": "Approaching with palms joined his mother, greatly honoured amid the other mothers, Rāma, supreme knower of dharma, spoke these words to her:", "sarga_title": "Farewell to the Queens"}
{"ref": "2.34.30", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 34, "verse": 30, "iast": ["amba mā duḥkhitā bhūs tvaṃ paśya tvaṃ pitaraṃ mama", "kṣayo hi vanavāsasya kṣipram eva bhaviṣyati"], "translation": "“Mother, do not be grieved; do you watch over my father. The end of my forest-dwelling will surely come very soon.", "sarga_title": "Farewell to the Queens"}
{"ref": "2.34.31", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 34, "verse": 31, "iast": ["suptāyās te gamiṣyanti navavarṣāṇi pañca ca", "sā samagram iha prāptaṃ māṃ drakṣyasi suhṛdvṛtam"], "translation": "Fourteen years will pass while you sleep; and you will see me, come back here safe and whole, surrounded by my friends.", "sarga_title": "Farewell to the Queens"}
{"ref": "2.34.32", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 34, "verse": 32, "iast": ["etāvad abhinītārtham uktvā sa jananīṃ vacaḥ", "trayaḥ śataśatārdhā hi dadarśāvekṣya mātaraḥ"], "translation": "Having spoken to his mother this much, so aptly worded, he then looked and beheld the three hundred and fifty mothers.", "sarga_title": "Farewell to the Queens"}
{"ref": "2.34.33", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 34, "verse": 33, "iast": ["tāś cāpi sa tathaivārtā mātṝr daśarathātmajaḥ", "dharmayuktam idaṃ vākyaṃ nijagāda kṛtāñjaliḥ"], "translation": "And to those mothers too, likewise stricken with grief, the son of Daśaratha, with palms joined, spoke these words in keeping with dharma:", "sarga_title": "Farewell to the Queens"}
{"ref": "2.34.34", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 34, "verse": 34, "iast": ["saṃvāsāt paruṣaṃ kiṃ cid ajñānād vāpi yat kṛtam", "tan me samanujānīta sarvāś cāmantrayāmi vaḥ"], "translation": "“Whatever harsh thing I may have done, from our living together or out of ignorance — pardon me for that; and I take leave of you all.”", "sarga_title": "Farewell to the Queens"}
{"ref": "2.34.35", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 34, "verse": 35, "iast": ["jajñe 'tha tāsāṃ saṃnādaḥ krauñcīnām iva niḥsvanaḥ", "mānavendrasya bhāryāṇām evaṃ vadati rāghave"], "translation": "As Rāghava spoke thus, there arose from those wives of the lord of men an outcry like the cry of female krauñca birds.", "sarga_title": "Farewell to the Queens"}
{"ref": "2.34.36", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 34, "verse": 36, "iast": ["murajapaṇavameghaghoṣavad daśarathaveśma babhūva yat purā", "vilapita paridevanākulaṃ vyasanagataṃ tad abhūt suduḥkhitam"], "translation": "The palace of Daśaratha, which once had rung like the thunder of drums, tabors, and clouds, now became fallen into calamity, filled with wailing and lamentation, and sunk in deepest grief.", "sarga_title": "Farewell to the Queens"}
{"ref": "2.35.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 35, "verse": 1, "iast": ["atha rāmaś ca sītā ca lakṣmaṇaś ca kṛtāñjaliḥ", "upasaṃgṛhya rājānaṃ cakrur dīnāḥ pradakṣiṇam"], "translation": "Then Rāma, Sītā and Lakṣmaṇa, with palms joined, clasped the king's feet and, sorrowful, walked round him in reverence.", "sarga_title": "The chariot departs"}
{"ref": "2.35.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 35, "verse": 2, "iast": ["taṃ cāpi samanujñāpya dharmajñaḥ sītayā saha", "rāghavaḥ śokasaṃmūḍho jananīm abhyavādayat"], "translation": "Having taken leave of him too, the righteous Rāghava, bewildered with grief, together with Sītā saluted his mother.", "sarga_title": "The chariot departs"}
{"ref": "2.35.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 35, "verse": 3, "iast": ["anvakṣaṃ lakṣmaṇo bhrātuḥ kausalyām abhyavādayat", "atha mātuḥ sumitrāyā jagrāha caraṇau punaḥ"], "translation": "Right after his brother, Lakṣmaṇa saluted Kausalyā, and then again clasped the feet of his own mother Sumitrā.", "sarga_title": "The chariot departs"}
{"ref": "2.35.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 35, "verse": 4, "iast": ["taṃ vandamānaṃ rudatī mātā saumitrim abravīt", "hitakāmā mahābāhuṃ mūrdhny upāghrāya lakṣmaṇam"], "translation": "As he bowed, his weeping mother, wishing his welfare, having kissed the mighty-armed Lakṣmaṇa on the head, spoke to Saumitri:", "sarga_title": "The chariot departs"}
{"ref": "2.35.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 35, "verse": 5, "iast": ["sṛṣṭas tvaṃ vanavāsāya svanuraktaḥ suhṛjjane", "rāme pramādaṃ mā kārṣīḥ putra bhrātari gacchati"], "translation": "You are appointed for dwelling in the forest, deeply devoted to your kinsman; my son, when your brother Rāma goes, make no negligence toward him.", "sarga_title": "The chariot departs"}
{"ref": "2.35.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 35, "verse": 6, "iast": ["vyasanī vā samṛddho vā gatir eṣa tavānagha", "eṣa loke satāṃ dharmo yaj jyeṣṭhavaśago bhavet"], "translation": "Whether in distress or in prosperity, he is your refuge, O blameless one; this is the law of the good in the world, that one should be obedient to his elder.", "sarga_title": "The chariot departs"}
{"ref": "2.35.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 35, "verse": 7, "iast": ["idaṃ hi vṛttam ucitaṃ kulasyāsya sanātanam", "dānaṃ dīkṣā ca yajñeṣu tanutyāgo mṛdheṣu ca"], "translation": "For this is the fitting, age-old conduct of this family: giving, consecration in sacrifices, and the giving up of the body in battles.", "sarga_title": "The chariot departs"}
{"ref": "2.35.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 35, "verse": 8, "iast": ["rāmaṃ daśarathaṃ viddhi māṃ viddhi janakātmajām", "ayodhyām aṭavīṃ viddhi gaccha tāta yathāsukham"], "translation": "Know Rāma to be Daśaratha, know me to be Janaka's daughter (Sītā), know the forest to be Ayodhyā; go, dear son, as you please.", "sarga_title": "The chariot departs"}
{"ref": "2.35.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 35, "verse": 9, "iast": ["tataḥ sumantraḥ kākutsthaṃ prāñjalir vākyam abravīt", "vinīto vinayajñaś ca mātalir vāsavaṃ yathā"], "translation": "Then Sumantra, humble and versed in courtesy, with joined palms spoke a word to Kākutstha, as Mātali would to Vāsava (Indra):", "sarga_title": "The chariot departs"}
{"ref": "2.35.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 35, "verse": 10, "iast": ["ratham āroha bhadraṃ te rājaputra mahāyaśaḥ", "kṣipraṃ tvāṃ prāpayiṣyāmi yatra māṃ rāma vakṣyasi"], "translation": "Mount the chariot, blessings on you, O prince of great fame; swiftly I shall carry you wherever you tell me, Rāma.", "sarga_title": "The chariot departs"}
{"ref": "2.35.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 35, "verse": 11, "iast": ["caturdaśa hi varṣāṇi vastavyāni vane tvayā", "tāny upakramitavyāni yāni devyāsi coditaḥ"], "translation": "For fourteen years must be dwelt in the forest by you; those years, for which you were charged by the queen, must be begun.", "sarga_title": "The chariot departs"}
{"ref": "2.35.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 35, "verse": 12, "iast": ["taṃ rathaṃ sūryasaṃkāśaṃ sītā hṛṣṭena cetasā", "āruroha varārohā kṛtvālaṃkāram ātmanaḥ"], "translation": "That chariot bright as the sun, the fair-hipped Sītā, having adorned herself, mounted with a joyful heart.", "sarga_title": "The chariot departs"}
{"ref": "2.35.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 35, "verse": 13, "iast": ["tathaivāyudhajātāni bhrātṛbhyāṃ kavacāni ca", "rathopasthe pratinyasya sacarmakaṭhinaṃ ca tat"], "translation": "Likewise the various weapons and armour belonging to the two brothers, together with the leather (basket) and its hard implements, they set upon the chariot-seat.", "sarga_title": "The chariot departs"}
{"ref": "2.35.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 35, "verse": 14, "iast": ["sītātṛtīyān ārūḍhān dṛṣṭvā dhṛṣṭam acodayat", "sumantraḥ saṃmatān aśvān vāyuvegasamāñ jave"], "translation": "Seeing them mounted, with Sītā as third, Sumantra boldly urged on the approved horses, equal to the wind's speed in swiftness.", "sarga_title": "The chariot departs"}
{"ref": "2.35.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 35, "verse": 15, "iast": ["prayāte tu mahāraṇyaṃ cirarātrāya rāghave", "babhūva nagare mūrcchā balamūrcchā janasya ca"], "translation": "When Rāghava had set out for the great forest for a long time, there arose in the city a faintness, a swooning of the people's strength.", "sarga_title": "The chariot departs"}
{"ref": "2.35.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 35, "verse": 16, "iast": ["tat samākulasaṃbhrāntaṃ mattasaṃkupita dvipam", "hayaśiñjitanirghoṣaṃ puram āsīn mahāsvanam"], "translation": "That city, thrown into confusion and turmoil, with its rutting and enraged elephants and the jangling din of its horses, became one great uproar.", "sarga_title": "The chariot departs"}
{"ref": "2.35.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 35, "verse": 17, "iast": ["tataḥ sabālavṛddhā sā purī paramapīḍitā", "rāmam evābhidudrāva gharmārtaḥ salilaṃ yathā"], "translation": "Then that city, with its children and old folk, sorely afflicted, rushed toward Rāma, as one tormented by heat rushes to water.", "sarga_title": "The chariot departs"}
{"ref": "2.35.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 35, "verse": 18, "iast": ["pārśvataḥ pṛṣṭhataś cāpi lambamānās tadunmukhāḥ", "bāṣpapūrṇamukhāḥ sarve tam ūcur bhṛśaduḥkhitāḥ"], "translation": "Clinging at his sides and behind, faces upturned toward him and full of tears, all of them, deeply grieved, said to him:", "sarga_title": "The chariot departs"}
{"ref": "2.35.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 35, "verse": 19, "iast": ["saṃyaccha vājināṃ raśmīn sūta yāhi śanaiḥ śanaiḥ", "mukhaṃ drakṣyāmi rāmasya durdarśaṃ no bhaviṣyati"], "translation": "Rein in the horses, O charioteer, go slowly, slowly; we would look on Rāma's face, which will become hard for us to see.", "sarga_title": "The chariot departs"}
{"ref": "2.35.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 35, "verse": 20, "iast": ["āyasaṃ hṛdayaṃ nūnaṃ rāmamātur asaṃśayam", "yad devagarbhapratime vanaṃ yāti na bhidyate"], "translation": "Surely Rāma's mother's heart is made of iron, without doubt, since it does not break when he, like a child of the gods, goes to the forest.", "sarga_title": "The chariot departs"}
{"ref": "2.35.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 35, "verse": 21, "iast": ["kṛtakṛtyā hi vaidehī chāyevānugatā patim", "na jahāti ratā dharme merum arkaprabhā yathā"], "translation": "For Vaidehī has fulfilled her duty, following her husband like a shadow; devoted to righteousness she does not forsake him, as the sun's light does not forsake Meru.", "sarga_title": "The chariot departs"}
{"ref": "2.35.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 35, "verse": 22, "iast": ["aho lakṣmaṇa siddhārthaḥ satatāṃ priyavādinam", "bhrātaraṃ devasaṃkāśaṃ yas tvaṃ paricariṣyasi"], "translation": "Ah, Lakṣmaṇa, you have gained your object, in that you will always wait upon your brother, ever kind of speech and godlike.", "sarga_title": "The chariot departs"}
{"ref": "2.35.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 35, "verse": 23, "iast": ["mahaty eṣā hi te siddhir eṣa cābhyudayo mahān", "eṣa svargasya mārgaś ca yad enam anugacchasi", "evaṃ vadantas te soḍhuṃ na śekur bāṣpam āgatam"], "translation": "Great indeed is this attainment of yours, and this a great advancement, and this the very road to heaven, that you follow him — so speaking, they could not hold back the welling tears.", "sarga_title": "The chariot departs"}
{"ref": "2.35.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 35, "verse": 24, "iast": ["atha rājā vṛtaḥ strībhir dīnābhir dīnacetanaḥ", "nirjagāma priyaṃ putraṃ drakṣyāmīti bruvan gṛhāt"], "translation": "Then the king, surrounded by his sorrowful women and himself dejected in mind, went forth from the palace, saying 'I shall see my dear son.'", "sarga_title": "The chariot departs"}
{"ref": "2.35.25", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 35, "verse": 25, "iast": ["śuśruve cāgrataḥ strīṇāṃ rudantīnāṃ mahāsvanaḥ", "yathā nādaḥ kareṇūnāṃ baddhe mahati kuñjare"], "translation": "And ahead there was heard the loud sound of the weeping women, like the trumpeting of she-elephants when a great tusker is bound.", "sarga_title": "The chariot departs"}
{"ref": "2.35.26", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 35, "verse": 26, "iast": ["pitā ca rājā kākutsthaḥ śrīmān sannas tadā babhau", "paripūrṇaḥ śaśī kāle graheṇopapluto yathā"], "translation": "And the father, the illustrious king Kākutstha (Daśaratha), then, sunken in grief, looked like the full moon at the time it is overtaken by the eclipse-demon.", "sarga_title": "The chariot departs"}
{"ref": "2.35.27", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 35, "verse": 27, "iast": ["tato halahalāśabdo jajñe rāmasya pṛṣṭhataḥ", "narāṇāṃ prekṣya rājānaṃ sīdantaṃ bhṛśaduḥkhitam"], "translation": "Then a tumultuous clamour of the people arose behind Rāma, as they beheld the king sinking down, deeply grieved.", "sarga_title": "The chariot departs"}
{"ref": "2.35.28", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 35, "verse": 28, "iast": ["hā rāmeti janāḥ ke cid rāmamāteti cāpare", "antaḥpuraṃ samṛddhaṃ ca krośantaṃ paryadevayan"], "translation": "'Alas, Rāma!' cried some people, and others 'Alas, Rāma's mother!'; and they lamented over the flourishing inner apartments now crying aloud.", "sarga_title": "The chariot departs"}
{"ref": "2.35.29", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 35, "verse": 29, "iast": ["anvīkṣamāṇo rāmas tu viṣaṇṇaṃ bhrāntacetasaṃ", "rājānaṃ mātaraṃ caiva dadarśānugatau pathi", "dharmapāśena saṃkṣiptaḥ prakāśaṃ nābhyudaikṣata"], "translation": "But Rāma, looking back, saw the king dejected and confused in mind and his mother too, both following on the road; bound fast by the noose of duty, he did not look at them openly.", "sarga_title": "The chariot departs"}
{"ref": "2.35.30", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 35, "verse": 30, "iast": ["padātinau ca yānārhāv aduḥkhārhau sukhocitau", "dṛṣṭvā saṃcodayām āsa śīghraṃ yāhīti sārathim"], "translation": "Seeing the two on foot who deserved a carriage, who deserved no sorrow and were used to comfort, he urged the charioteer, 'Go quickly!'", "sarga_title": "The chariot departs"}
{"ref": "2.35.31", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 35, "verse": 31, "iast": ["na hi tat puruṣavyāghro duḥkhadaṃ darśanaṃ pituḥ", "mātuś ca sahituṃ śaktas totrārdita iva dvipaḥ"], "translation": "For that tiger among men could no more bear the grief-giving sight of his father and mother than an elephant tormented by the goad.", "sarga_title": "The chariot departs"}
{"ref": "2.35.32", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 35, "verse": 32, "iast": ["tathā rudantīṃ kausalyāṃ rathaṃ tam anudhāvatīm", "krośantīṃ rāma rāmeti hā sīte lakṣmaṇeti ca", "asakṛt praikṣata tadā nṛtyantīm iva mātaram"], "translation": "So too he watched again and again his mother Kausalyā, weeping, running after the chariot, crying 'Rāma, Rāma! alas Sītā! Lakṣmaṇa!' — as though she were dancing.", "sarga_title": "The chariot departs"}
{"ref": "2.35.33", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 35, "verse": 33, "iast": ["tiṣṭheti rājā cukroṣa yāhi yāhīti rāghavaḥ", "sumantrasya babhūvātmā cakrayor iva cāntarā"], "translation": "'Stop!' cried the king, while Rāghava said 'Go on, go on!'; and Sumantra's mind became as though caught between two wheels.", "sarga_title": "The chariot departs"}
{"ref": "2.35.34", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 35, "verse": 34, "iast": ["nāśrauṣam iti rājānam upālabdho 'pi vakṣyasi", "ciraṃ duḥkhasya pāpiṣṭham iti rāmas tam abravīt"], "translation": "'Even if reproached by the king you will say, I did not hear'; for prolonging the grief is most grievous — thus Rāma said to him.", "sarga_title": "The chariot departs"}
{"ref": "2.35.35", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 35, "verse": 35, "iast": ["rāmasya sa vacaḥ kurvann anujñāpya ca taṃ janam", "vrajato 'pi hayāñ śīghraṃ codayām āsa sārathiḥ"], "translation": "Carrying out Rāma's word and taking leave of those people, the charioteer swiftly urged on the horses, though they were already moving.", "sarga_title": "The chariot departs"}
{"ref": "2.35.36", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 35, "verse": 36, "iast": ["nyavartata jano rājño rāmaṃ kṛtvā pradakṣiṇam", "manasāpy aśruvegaiś ca na nyavartata mānuṣam"], "translation": "The king's people turned back, having walked round Rāma in reverence; yet in their hearts and in their streaming tears the human throng did not turn back.", "sarga_title": "The chariot departs"}
{"ref": "2.35.37", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 35, "verse": 37, "iast": ["yam icchet punar āyāntaṃ nainaṃ dūram anuvrajet", "ity amātyā mahārājam ūcur daśarathaṃ vacaḥ"], "translation": "'One should not follow far after him whom one wishes to see come back again' — thus the ministers spoke this word to the great king Daśaratha.", "sarga_title": "The chariot departs"}
{"ref": "2.35.38", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 35, "verse": 38, "iast": ["teṣāṃ vacaḥ sarvaguṇopapannaṃ prasvinnagātraḥ praviṣaṇṇarūpaḥ", "niśamya rājā kṛpaṇaḥ sabhāryo vyavasthitas taṃ sutam īkṣamāṇaḥ"], "translation": "Having heard their word, endowed with every virtue, the wretched king, his body drenched with sweat and his form utterly dejected, stood there with his wives, gazing after that son.", "sarga_title": "The chariot departs"}
{"ref": "2.36.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 36, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tasmiṃs tu puruṣavyāghre niṣkrāmati kṛtāñjalau", "ārtaśabdo hi saṃjajñe strīṇām antaḥpure mahān"], "translation": "As that tiger among men went forth with palms joined, a great cry of distress arose among the women in the inner apartments.", "sarga_title": "Ayodhyā falls into mourning"}
{"ref": "2.36.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 36, "verse": 2, "iast": ["anāthasya janasyāsya durbalasya tapasvinaḥ", "yo gatiṃ śaraṇaṃ cāsīt sa nāthaḥ kva nu gacchati"], "translation": "Of this defenceless, weak and wretched people, he who was their resort and refuge — where indeed does that protector go?", "sarga_title": "Ayodhyā falls into mourning"}
{"ref": "2.36.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 36, "verse": 3, "iast": ["na krudhyaty abhiśasto 'pi krodhanīyāni varjayan", "kruddhān prasādayan sarvān samaduḥkhaḥ kva gacchati"], "translation": "He does not grow angry even when reviled, shunning all that provokes anger, conciliating all who are angered, and sharing their sorrows — where does he go?", "sarga_title": "Ayodhyā falls into mourning"}
{"ref": "2.36.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 36, "verse": 4, "iast": ["kausalyāyāṃ mahātejā yathā mātari vartate", "tathā yo vartate 'smāsu mahātmā kva nu gacchati"], "translation": "The mighty and great-souled one who behaves toward us just as he behaves toward his mother Kausalyā — where indeed does he go?", "sarga_title": "Ayodhyā falls into mourning"}
{"ref": "2.36.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 36, "verse": 5, "iast": ["kaikeyyā kliśyamānena rājñā saṃcodito vanam", "paritrātā janasyāsya jagataḥ kva nu gacchati"], "translation": "Driven to the forest by the king who is tormented by Kaikeyī, the deliverer of this people, of this world — where indeed does he go?", "sarga_title": "Ayodhyā falls into mourning"}
{"ref": "2.36.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 36, "verse": 6, "iast": ["aho niścetano rājā jīvalokasya saṃpriyam", "dharmyaṃ satyavrataṃ rāmaṃ vanavāso pravatsyati"], "translation": "Alas, the king is senseless, that Rāma — beloved of the world of the living, righteous, true to his vows — shall dwell in the forest!", "sarga_title": "Ayodhyā falls into mourning"}
{"ref": "2.36.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 36, "verse": 7, "iast": ["iti sarvā mahiṣyas tā vivatsā iva dhenavaḥ", "ruruduś caiva duḥkhārtāḥ sasvaraṃ ca vicukruśuḥ"], "translation": "Thus all those queens, like cows bereft of their calves, wept and, stricken with grief, cried aloud with one voice.", "sarga_title": "Ayodhyā falls into mourning"}
{"ref": "2.36.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 36, "verse": 8, "iast": ["sa tam antaḥpure ghoram ārtaśabdaṃ mahīpatiḥ", "putraśokābhisaṃtaptaḥ śrutvā cāsīt suduḥkhitaḥ"], "translation": "And that lord of the earth, hearing that terrible cry of distress in the inner apartments, burning with grief for his son, became sorely afflicted.", "sarga_title": "Ayodhyā falls into mourning"}
{"ref": "2.36.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 36, "verse": 9, "iast": ["nāgnihotrāṇy ahūyanta sūryaś cāntaradhīyata", "vyasṛjan kavalān nāgā gāvo vatsān na pāyayan"], "translation": "The fire-oblations were not offered, and the sun was hidden away; the elephants let fall their mouthfuls, and the cows did not suckle their calves.", "sarga_title": "Ayodhyā falls into mourning"}
{"ref": "2.36.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 36, "verse": 10, "iast": ["triśaṅkur lohitāṅgaś ca bṛhaspatibudhāv api", "dāruṇāḥ somam abhyetya grahāḥ sarve vyavasthitāḥ"], "translation": "Triśaṅku (a constellation), Mars, and Jupiter and Mercury too — all the planets, grown baleful, came near the moon and stood there.", "sarga_title": "Ayodhyā falls into mourning"}
{"ref": "2.36.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 36, "verse": 11, "iast": ["nakṣatrāṇi gatārcīṃṣi grahāś ca gatatejasaḥ", "viśākhāś ca sadhūmāś ca nabhasi pracakāśire"], "translation": "The lunar mansions with their rays gone dim, and the planets robbed of their brilliance, and the Viśākhā stars veiled in smoke, showed themselves in the sky.", "sarga_title": "Ayodhyā falls into mourning"}
{"ref": "2.36.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 36, "verse": 12, "iast": ["akasmān nāgaraḥ sarvo jano dainyam upāgamat", "āhāre vā vihāre vā na kaś cid akaron manaḥ"], "translation": "All at once every townsman fell into wretchedness, and no one set his mind on food or on pleasure.", "sarga_title": "Ayodhyā falls into mourning"}
{"ref": "2.36.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 36, "verse": 13, "iast": ["bāṣpaparyākulamukho rājamārgagato janaḥ", "na hṛṣṭo lakṣyate kaś cit sarvaḥ śokaparāyaṇaḥ"], "translation": "With faces bewildered by tears, the people thronging the royal highway — not one is seen glad; all are given over to grief.", "sarga_title": "Ayodhyā falls into mourning"}
{"ref": "2.36.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 36, "verse": 14, "iast": ["na vāti pavanaḥ śīto na śaśī saumyadarśanaḥ", "na sūryas tapate lokaṃ sarvaṃ paryākulaṃ jagat"], "translation": "The cool wind does not blow, the moon is not pleasant to look upon, the sun does not warm the world; the whole world is in turmoil.", "sarga_title": "Ayodhyā falls into mourning"}
{"ref": "2.36.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 36, "verse": 15, "iast": ["anarthinaḥ sutāḥ strīṇāṃ bhartāro bhrātaras tathā", "sarve sarvaṃ parityajya rāmam evānvacintayan"], "translation": "The women's sons had no wants, and so their husbands and brothers; all of them, abandoning everything, thought only of Rāma.", "sarga_title": "Ayodhyā falls into mourning"}
{"ref": "2.36.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 36, "verse": 16, "iast": ["ye tu rāmasya suhṛdaḥ sarve te mūḍhacetasaḥ", "śokabhāreṇa cākrāntāḥ śayanaṃ na juhus tadā"], "translation": "But those who were Rāma's friends, all of them, dazed in mind and overwhelmed by the weight of grief, did not forsake their beds that day.", "sarga_title": "Ayodhyā falls into mourning"}
{"ref": "2.36.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 36, "verse": 17, "iast": ["tatas tv ayodhyā rahitā mahātmanā puraṃdareṇeva mahī saparvatā", "cacāla ghoraṃ bhayabhārapīḍitā sanāgayodhāśvagaṇā nanāda ca"], "translation": "Then Ayodhyā, bereft of the great-souled one, like the earth with its mountains bereft of Indra, trembled dreadfully, oppressed by a burden of fear, and its hosts of elephants, warriors and horses cried aloud.", "sarga_title": "Ayodhyā falls into mourning"}
{"ref": "2.37.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 37, "verse": 1, "iast": ["yāvat tu niryatas tasya rajorūpam adṛśyata", "naivekṣvākuvaras tāvat saṃjahārātmacakṣuṣī"], "translation": "As long as the dust-cloud of his departing was still seen, so long did the best of the Ikṣvākus not withdraw his eyes.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha loses sight of Rāma and rejects Kaikeyī"}
{"ref": "2.37.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 37, "verse": 2, "iast": ["yāvad rājā priyaṃ putraṃ paśyaty atyantadhārmikam", "tāvad vyavardhatevāsya dharaṇyāṃ putradarśane"], "translation": "As long as the king could see his dear and utterly righteous son, so long did his longing for the sight of his son seem to grow ever greater upon the earth.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha loses sight of Rāma and rejects Kaikeyī"}
{"ref": "2.37.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 37, "verse": 3, "iast": ["na paśyati rajo 'py asya yadā rāmasya bhūmipaḥ", "tadārtaś ca viṣaṇṇaś ca papāta dharaṇītale"], "translation": "When the lord of the earth could no longer see even the dust of Rāma, then, afflicted and dejected, he fell to the ground.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha loses sight of Rāma and rejects Kaikeyī"}
{"ref": "2.37.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 37, "verse": 4, "iast": ["tasya dakṣiṇam anvagāt kausalyā bāhum aṅganā", "vāmaṃ cāsyānvagāt pārśvaṃ kaikeyī bharatapriyā"], "translation": "The lady Kausalyā went to his right arm, and Kaikeyī, fond of Bharata, went to his left side.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha loses sight of Rāma and rejects Kaikeyī"}
{"ref": "2.37.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 37, "verse": 5, "iast": ["tāṃ nayena ca saṃpanno dharmeṇa nivayena ca", "uvāca rājā kaikeyīṃ samīkṣya vyathitendriyaḥ"], "translation": "The king, endowed with statecraft, righteousness and modesty, looking at her with his senses shaken, said to Kaikeyī:", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha loses sight of Rāma and rejects Kaikeyī"}
{"ref": "2.37.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 37, "verse": 6, "iast": ["kaikeyi mā mamāṅgāni sprākṣīs tvaṃ duṣṭacāriṇī", "na hi tvāṃ draṣṭum icchāmi na bhāryā na ca bāndhavī"], "translation": "Kaikeyī, do not touch my limbs, you of wicked conduct; for I do not wish to see you — you are no wife of mine, nor kinswoman.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha loses sight of Rāma and rejects Kaikeyī"}
{"ref": "2.37.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 37, "verse": 7, "iast": ["ye ca tvām upajīvanti nāhaṃ teṣāṃ na te mama", "kevalārthaparāṃ hi tvāṃ tyaktadharmāṃ tyajāmy aham"], "translation": "And those who live off you — I am not theirs, nor are they mine; for I renounce you, intent only on your own ends, having cast off all righteousness.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha loses sight of Rāma and rejects Kaikeyī"}
{"ref": "2.37.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 37, "verse": 8, "iast": ["agṛhṇāṃ yac ca te pāṇim agniṃ paryaṇayaṃ ca yat", "anujānāmi tat sarvam asmiṃl loke paratra ca"], "translation": "That I took your hand and that I led you round the fire — all that I disavow, both in this world and in the next.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha loses sight of Rāma and rejects Kaikeyī"}
{"ref": "2.37.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 37, "verse": 9, "iast": ["bharataś cet pratītaḥ syād rājyaṃ prāpyedam avyayam", "yan me sa dadyāt pitrarthaṃ mā mā tad dattam āgamat"], "translation": "If Bharata should be well pleased on gaining this imperishable kingdom, then whatever he might give me as a father's due — let that gift never reach me.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha loses sight of Rāma and rejects Kaikeyī"}
{"ref": "2.37.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 37, "verse": 10, "iast": ["atha reṇusamudhvastaṃ tam utthāpya narādhipam", "nyavartata tadā devī kausalyā śokakarśitā"], "translation": "Then, having raised up that lord of men who was covered with dust, the queen Kausalyā, wasted with grief, turned back.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha loses sight of Rāma and rejects Kaikeyī"}
{"ref": "2.37.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 37, "verse": 11, "iast": ["hatveva brāhmaṇaṃ kāmāt spṛṣṭvāgnim iva pāṇinā", "anvatapyata dharmātmā putraṃ saṃcintya tāpasaṃ"], "translation": "Like one who has wantonly slain a brahmin, like one who has touched fire with his hand, the righteous king burned with remorse, brooding on his son turned ascetic.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha loses sight of Rāma and rejects Kaikeyī"}
{"ref": "2.37.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 37, "verse": 12, "iast": ["nivṛtyaiva nivṛtyaiva sīdato rathavartmasu", "rājño nātibabhau rūpaṃ grastasyāṃśumato yathā"], "translation": "Turning back again and again, sinking down upon the chariot-tracks, the king's appearance shone but dimly, like that of the eclipsed sun.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha loses sight of Rāma and rejects Kaikeyī"}
{"ref": "2.37.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 37, "verse": 13, "iast": ["vilalāpa ca duḥkhārtaḥ priyaṃ putram anusmaran", "nagarāntam anuprāptaṃ buddhvā putram athābravīt"], "translation": "And, stricken with grief, he lamented, remembering his dear son; realizing that his son had reached the city's edge, he then said:", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha loses sight of Rāma and rejects Kaikeyī"}
{"ref": "2.37.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 37, "verse": 14, "iast": ["vāhanānāṃ ca mukhyānāṃ vahatāṃ taṃ mamātmajam", "padāni pathi dṛśyante sa mahātmā na dṛśyate"], "translation": "The hoofprints of the finest steeds that bore that son of mine are seen upon the road, but that great one is seen no more.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha loses sight of Rāma and rejects Kaikeyī"}
{"ref": "2.37.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 37, "verse": 15, "iast": ["sa nūnaṃ kva cid evādya vṛkṣamūlam upāśritaḥ", "kāṣṭhaṃ vā yadi vāśmānam upadhāya śayiṣyate"], "translation": "Surely today, somewhere or other, taking shelter at the foot of a tree, laying his head on a log or a stone, he will lie down to sleep.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha loses sight of Rāma and rejects Kaikeyī"}
{"ref": "2.37.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 37, "verse": 16, "iast": ["utthāsyati ca medinyāḥ kṛpaṇaḥ pāṃśuguṇṭhitaḥ", "viniḥśvasan prasravaṇāt kareṇūnām ivarṣabhaḥ"], "translation": "And piteously he will rise up from the earth, smeared with dust, sighing, like a bull of the she-elephants rising from a mountain-spring.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha loses sight of Rāma and rejects Kaikeyī"}
{"ref": "2.37.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 37, "verse": 17, "iast": ["drakṣyanti nūnaṃ puruṣā dīrghabāhuṃ vanecarāḥ", "rāmam utthāya gacchantaṃ lokanātham anāthavat"], "translation": "Surely the men who roam the forest will behold the long-armed Rāma, lord of the world, rising and going his way like one who is himself forlorn.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha loses sight of Rāma and rejects Kaikeyī"}
{"ref": "2.37.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 37, "verse": 18, "iast": ["sakāmā bhava kaikeyi vidhavā rājyam āvasa", "na hi taṃ puruṣavyāghraṃ vinā jīvitum utsahe"], "translation": "Have your wish, Kaikeyī; as a widow, rule the kingdom; for without that tiger among men I have no strength to live.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha loses sight of Rāma and rejects Kaikeyī"}
{"ref": "2.37.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 37, "verse": 19, "iast": ["ity evaṃ vilapan rājā janaughenābhisaṃvṛtaḥ", "apasnāta ivāriṣṭaṃ praviveśa purottamam"], "translation": "Lamenting thus, the king, surrounded by a throng of people, entered the best of cities like one who has performed the ablution after a death.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha loses sight of Rāma and rejects Kaikeyī"}
{"ref": "2.37.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 37, "verse": 20, "iast": ["śūnyacatvaraveśmāntāṃ saṃvṛtāpaṇadevatām", "klāntadurbaladuḥkhārtāṃ nātyākīrṇamahāpathām"], "translation": "Its squares and dwelling-quarters empty, its shops and temples shut up, its people worn, faint and grief-stricken, its great roads no longer thronged —", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha loses sight of Rāma and rejects Kaikeyī"}
{"ref": "2.37.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 37, "verse": 21, "iast": ["tām avekṣya purīṃ sarvāṃ rāmam evānucintayan", "vilapan prāviśad rājā gṛhaṃ sūrya ivāmbudam"], "translation": "Gazing on that whole city, brooding on Rāma alone, lamenting, the king entered his palace as the sun enters a raincloud.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha loses sight of Rāma and rejects Kaikeyī"}
{"ref": "2.37.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 37, "verse": 22, "iast": ["mahāhradam ivākṣobhyaṃ suparṇena hṛtoragam", "rāmeṇa rahitaṃ veśma vaidehyā lakṣmaṇena ca"], "translation": "The palace bereft of Rāma, of Vaidehī and of Lakṣmaṇa was like a great, unshakable lake whose serpents had been carried off by Garuḍa.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha loses sight of Rāma and rejects Kaikeyī"}
{"ref": "2.37.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 37, "verse": 23, "iast": ["kausalyāyā gṛhaṃ śīghraṃ rāma mātur nayantu mām", "iti bruvantaṃ rājānam anayan dvāradarśitaḥ"], "translation": "'Take me quickly to the house of Kausalyā, Rāma's mother!' — as the king spoke thus, those shown the way by the doorkeepers led him there.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha loses sight of Rāma and rejects Kaikeyī"}
{"ref": "2.37.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 37, "verse": 24, "iast": ["tatas tatra praviṣṭasya kausalyāyā niveśanam", "adhiruhyāpi śayanaṃ babhūva lulitaṃ manaḥ"], "translation": "Then, when he had entered there, into Kausalyā's abode, even as he climbed onto the couch his mind became distraught.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha loses sight of Rāma and rejects Kaikeyī"}
{"ref": "2.37.25", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 37, "verse": 25, "iast": ["tac ca dṛṣṭvā mahārājo bhujam udyamya vīryavān", "uccaiḥ svareṇa cukrośa hā rāghava jahāsi mām"], "translation": "And seeing that, the valiant great king, raising his arm, cried out in a loud voice, 'Ah, Rāghava, you forsake me!'", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha loses sight of Rāma and rejects Kaikeyī"}
{"ref": "2.37.26", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 37, "verse": 26, "iast": ["sukhitā bata taṃ kālaṃ jīviṣyanti narottamāḥ", "pariṣvajanto ye rāmaṃ drakṣyanti punar āgatam"], "translation": "Happy indeed will those best of men be, who shall live to that time when, embracing Rāma, they behold him come again.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha loses sight of Rāma and rejects Kaikeyī"}
{"ref": "2.37.27", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 37, "verse": 27, "iast": ["na tvāṃ paśyāmi kausalye sādhu māṃ pāṇinā spṛśa", "rāmaṃ me 'nugatā dṛṣṭir adyāpi na nivartate"], "translation": "I cannot see you, Kausalyā; pray touch me with your hand. My sight, gone after Rāma, does not return even now.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha loses sight of Rāma and rejects Kaikeyī"}
{"ref": "2.37.28", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 37, "verse": 28, "iast": ["taṃ rāmam evānuvicintayantaṃ samīkṣya devī śayane narendram", "upopaviśyādhikam ārtarūpā viniḥśvasantī vilalāpa kṛcchraṃ"], "translation": "Seeing that lord of men brooding on nothing but Rāma, the queen, herself the very image of distress, sat down close beside him on the couch and, sighing, lamented piteously.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha loses sight of Rāma and rejects Kaikeyī"}
{"ref": "2.38.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 38, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tataḥ samīkṣya śayane sannaṃ śokena pārthivam", "kausalyā putraśokārtā tam uvāca mahīpatim"], "translation": "Then, seeing the king sunk upon the couch with grief, Kausalyā, herself stricken with sorrow for her son, said to that lord of the earth:", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā imagines Rāma’s return"}
{"ref": "2.38.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 38, "verse": 2, "iast": ["rāghavo naraśārdūla viṣam uptvā dvijihvavat", "vicariṣyati kaikeyī nirmukteva hi pannagī"], "translation": "Having spilled her poison upon Rāghava, O tiger among men, like a forked-tongued serpent, Kaikeyī will now roam free like a snake that has cast its slough.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā imagines Rāma’s return"}
{"ref": "2.38.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 38, "verse": 3, "iast": ["vivāsya rāmaṃ subhagā labdhakāmā samāhitā", "trāsayiṣyati māṃ bhūyo duṣṭāhir iva veśmani"], "translation": "Having driven Rāma into exile, the favoured one, her wish gained and her mind set at ease, will terrify me still more, like a wicked snake in the house.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā imagines Rāma’s return"}
{"ref": "2.38.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 38, "verse": 4, "iast": ["atha sma nagare rāmaś caran bhaikṣaṃ gṛhe vaset", "kāmakāro varaṃ dātum api dāsaṃ mamātmajam"], "translation": "Far better that Rāma should dwell here in the city, going from house to house for alms; but Kaikeyī's willfulness has power even to make my son a slave by her boon.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā imagines Rāma’s return"}
{"ref": "2.38.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 38, "verse": 5, "iast": ["pātayitvā tu kaikeyyā rāmaṃ sthānād yatheṣṭataḥ", "pradiṣṭo rakṣasāṃ bhāgaḥ parvaṇīvāhitāgninā"], "translation": "By Kaikeyī, having cast Rāma down from his station just as she pleased, a portion has been assigned to the demons, as at the new moon by one whose fire is kindled.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā imagines Rāma’s return"}
{"ref": "2.38.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 38, "verse": 6, "iast": ["gajarājagatir vīro mahābāhur dhanurdharaḥ", "vanam āviśate nūnaṃ sabhāryaḥ sahalakṣmaṇaḥ"], "translation": "That hero, with the gait of a lordly elephant, mighty-armed, wielder of the bow, surely now enters the forest with his wife and with Lakṣmaṇa.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā imagines Rāma’s return"}
{"ref": "2.38.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 38, "verse": 7, "iast": ["vane tv adṛṣṭaduḥkhānāṃ kaikeyyānumate tvayā", "tyaktānāṃ vanavāsāya kā nv avasthā bhaviṣyati"], "translation": "For those who have never known sorrow, cast out by you at Kaikeyī's bidding to dwell in the forest — what state, pray, will befall them there?", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā imagines Rāma’s return"}
{"ref": "2.38.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 38, "verse": 8, "iast": ["te ratnahīnās taruṇāḥ phalakāle vivāsitāḥ", "kathaṃ vatsyanti kṛpaṇāḥ phalamūlaiḥ kṛtāśanāḥ"], "translation": "Deprived of their jewels, young, banished at the very time of their reward, how will they dwell, poor souls, making their meal of fruits and roots?", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā imagines Rāma’s return"}
{"ref": "2.38.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 38, "verse": 9, "iast": ["apīdānīṃ sa kālaḥ syān mama śokakṣayaḥ śivaḥ", "sabhāryaṃ yat saha bhrātrā paśyeyam iha rāghavam"], "translation": "Oh that even now that blessed time might come, the ending of my grief, when I should see Rāghava here with his wife and with his brother!", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā imagines Rāma’s return"}
{"ref": "2.38.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 38, "verse": 10, "iast": ["śrutvaivopasthitau vīrau kadāyodhyā bhaviṣyati", "yaśasvinī hṛṣṭajanā sūcchritadhvajamālinī"], "translation": "When, on merely hearing that the two heroes have arrived, shall Ayodhyā become glorious, its people joyful, garlanded with high-raised banners?", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā imagines Rāma’s return"}
{"ref": "2.38.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 38, "verse": 11, "iast": ["kadā prekṣya naravyāghrāv araṇyāt punarāgatau", "nandiṣyati purī hṛṣṭā samudra iva parvaṇi"], "translation": "When, beholding those two tigers among men come back again from the forest, shall the city rejoice and swell with gladness like the sea at the full moon?", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā imagines Rāma’s return"}
{"ref": "2.38.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 38, "verse": 12, "iast": ["kadāyodhyāṃ mahābāhuḥ purīṃ vīraḥ pravekṣyati", "puraskṛtya rathe sītāṃ vṛṣabho govadhūm iva"], "translation": "When shall the mighty-armed hero enter the city of Ayodhyā, having set Sītā before him on the chariot, like a bull with his cow?", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā imagines Rāma’s return"}
{"ref": "2.38.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 38, "verse": 13, "iast": ["kadā prāṇisahasrāṇi rājamārge mamātmajau", "lājair avakariṣyanti praviśantāv ariṃdamau"], "translation": "When shall thousands of beings scatter parched grain over my two sons, tamers of foes, as they enter along the royal road?", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā imagines Rāma’s return"}
{"ref": "2.38.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 38, "verse": 14, "iast": ["kadā sumanasaḥ kanyā dvijātīnāṃ phalāni ca", "pradiśantyaḥ purīṃ hṛṣṭāḥ kariṣyanti pradakṣiṇam"], "translation": "When shall the maidens, offering flowers and fruits to the twice-born, joyfully circumambulate the city in his honour?", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā imagines Rāma’s return"}
{"ref": "2.38.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 38, "verse": 15, "iast": ["kadā pariṇato buddhyā vayasā cāmaraprabhaḥ", "abhyupaiṣyati dharmajñas trivarṣa iva māṃ lalan"], "translation": "When shall the righteous one, matured in understanding and in years, and radiant as an immortal, come to me caressing me like a three-year-old child?", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā imagines Rāma’s return"}
{"ref": "2.38.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 38, "verse": 16, "iast": ["niḥsaṃśayaṃ mayā manye purā vīra kadaryayā", "pātu kāmeṣu vatseṣu mātṝṇāṃ śātitāḥ stanāḥ"], "translation": "Without doubt, O hero, I think that in a former life I, being cruel, cut off the udders of mother-cows while their calves longed to drink.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā imagines Rāma’s return"}
{"ref": "2.38.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 38, "verse": 17, "iast": ["sāhaṃ gaur iva siṃhena vivatsā vatsalā kṛtā", "kaikeyyā puruṣavyāghra bālavatseva gaur balāt"], "translation": "So I, O tiger among men, loving as I am, have been robbed of my calf by Kaikeyī, like a cow by a lion, like a cow forcibly bereft of her young calf.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā imagines Rāma’s return"}
{"ref": "2.38.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 38, "verse": 18, "iast": ["na hi tāvad guṇair juṣṭaṃ sarvaśāstraviśāradam", "ekaputrā vinā putram ahaṃ jīvitum utsahe"], "translation": "For, having but one son, I cannot bear to live without that son, endowed with every virtue and skilled in all the scriptures.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā imagines Rāma’s return"}
{"ref": "2.38.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 38, "verse": 19, "iast": ["na hi me jīvite kiṃ cit sāmartham iha kalpyate", "apaśyantyāḥ priyaṃ putraṃ mahābāhuṃ mahābalam"], "translation": "For no power at all to live is left in me here, seeing that I no longer behold my dear son, mighty-armed and mighty in strength.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā imagines Rāma’s return"}
{"ref": "2.38.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 38, "verse": 20, "iast": ["ayaṃ hi māṃ dīpayate samutthitas tanūjaśokaprabhavo hutāśanaḥ", "mahīm imāṃ raśmibhir uttamaprabho yathā nidāghe bhagavān divākaraḥ"], "translation": "For this fire of grief, arisen and born of sorrow for my son, scorches me, as in the hot season the blessed sun of supreme radiance scorches this earth with its rays.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā imagines Rāma’s return"}
{"ref": "2.39.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 39, "verse": 1, "iast": ["vilapantīṃ tathā tāṃ tu kausalyāṃ pramadottamām", "idaṃ dharme sthitā dharmyaṃ sumitrā vākyam abravīt"], "translation": "As Kausalyā, that best of women, lamented thus, Sumitrā, established in righteousness, spoke to her this righteous word:", "sarga_title": "Sumitrā comforts Kausalyā"}
{"ref": "2.39.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 39, "verse": 2, "iast": ["tavārye sadguṇair yuktaḥ putraḥ sa puruṣottamaḥ", "kiṃ te vilapitenaivaṃ kṛpaṇaṃ ruditena vā"], "translation": "Noble lady, that son of yours, best of men, is endowed with every good quality; what use to you is this piteous wailing or weeping?", "sarga_title": "Sumitrā comforts Kausalyā"}
{"ref": "2.39.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 39, "verse": 3, "iast": ["yas tavārye gataḥ putras tyaktvā rājyaṃ mahābalaḥ", "sādhu kurvan mahātmānaṃ pitaraṃ satyavādinām"], "translation": "That mighty son of yours, noble lady, who has gone away renouncing the kingdom, thereby makes good his great-souled, truth-speaking father.", "sarga_title": "Sumitrā comforts Kausalyā"}
{"ref": "2.39.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 39, "verse": 4, "iast": ["śiṣṭair ācarite samyak śaśvat pretya phalodaye", "rāmo dharme sthitaḥ śreṣṭho na sa śocyaḥ kadā cana"], "translation": "Firmly set in the righteousness rightly practised by the virtuous, ever yielding its fruit in the hereafter, Rāma is the best; he is never to be mourned.", "sarga_title": "Sumitrā comforts Kausalyā"}
{"ref": "2.39.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 39, "verse": 5, "iast": ["vartate cottamāṃ vṛttiṃ lakṣmaṇo 'smin sadānaghaḥ", "dayāvān sarvabhūteṣu lābhas tasya mahātmanaḥ"], "translation": "And the ever-blameless Lakṣmaṇa, compassionate to all beings, keeps up the highest conduct toward him; this is the great-souled one's own gain.", "sarga_title": "Sumitrā comforts Kausalyā"}
{"ref": "2.39.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 39, "verse": 6, "iast": ["araṇyavāse yad duḥkhaṃ jānatī vai sukhocitā", "anugacchati vaidehī dharmātmānaṃ tavātmajam"], "translation": "Well aware of the hardship of forest life, though accustomed to comfort, Vaidehī yet follows your righteous son.", "sarga_title": "Sumitrā comforts Kausalyā"}
{"ref": "2.39.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 39, "verse": 7, "iast": ["kīrtibhūtāṃ patākāṃ yo loke bhrāmayati prabhuḥ", "damasatyavrataparaḥ kiṃ na prāptas tavātmajaḥ"], "translation": "The lord who waves aloft in the world a banner that is his very fame, devoted to self-restraint and to the vow of truth — what has your son not attained?", "sarga_title": "Sumitrā comforts Kausalyā"}
{"ref": "2.39.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 39, "verse": 8, "iast": ["vyaktaṃ rāmasya vijñāya śaucaṃ māhātmyam uttamam", "na gātram aṃśubhiḥ sūryaḥ saṃtāpayitum arhati"], "translation": "Plainly recognizing Rāma's purity and supreme greatness of soul, the sun will not presume to scorch his body with its rays.", "sarga_title": "Sumitrā comforts Kausalyā"}
{"ref": "2.39.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 39, "verse": 9, "iast": ["śivaḥ sarveṣu kāleṣu kānanebhyo viniḥsṛtaḥ", "rāghavaṃ yuktaśītoṣṇaḥ seviṣyati sukho 'nilaḥ"], "translation": "A kindly, pleasant breeze, issuing from the woods at all seasons, its warmth and coolness duly tempered, will wait upon Rāghava.", "sarga_title": "Sumitrā comforts Kausalyā"}
{"ref": "2.39.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 39, "verse": 10, "iast": ["śayānam anaghaṃ rātrau pitevābhipariṣvajan", "raśmibhiḥ saṃspṛśañ śītaiś candramā hlādayiṣyati"], "translation": "As the blameless one lies asleep at night, the moon, embracing him like a father and touching him with its cool rays, will gladden him.", "sarga_title": "Sumitrā comforts Kausalyā"}
{"ref": "2.39.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 39, "verse": 11, "iast": ["dadau cāstrāṇi divyāni yasmai brahmā mahaujase", "dānavendraṃ hataṃ dṛṣṭvā timidhvajasutaṃ raṇe"], "translation": "To him, the greatly vigorous one, Brahmā gave celestial weapons, on beholding the lord of the Dānavas, the son of Timidhvaja, slain in battle.", "sarga_title": "Sumitrā comforts Kausalyā"}
{"ref": "2.39.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 39, "verse": 12, "iast": ["pṛthivyā saha vaidehyā śriyā ca puruṣarṣabhaḥ", "kṣipraṃ tisṛbhir etābhiḥ saha rāmo 'bhiṣekṣyate"], "translation": "That bull among men, Rāma, will soon be consecrated together with these three — the earth, Vaidehī, and Royal Fortune.", "sarga_title": "Sumitrā comforts Kausalyā"}
{"ref": "2.39.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 39, "verse": 13, "iast": ["duḥkhajaṃ visṛjanty asraṃ niṣkrāmantam udīkṣya yam", "samutsrakṣyasi netrābhyāṃ kṣipram ānandajaṃ payaḥ"], "translation": "Shedding tears born of sorrow as you watched him depart, you will soon, seeing him again, pour from your eyes tears born of joy instead.", "sarga_title": "Sumitrā comforts Kausalyā"}
{"ref": "2.39.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 39, "verse": 14, "iast": ["abhivādayamānaṃ taṃ dṛṣṭvā sasuhṛdaṃ sutam", "mudāśru mokṣyase kṣipraṃ meghalekeva vārṣikī"], "translation": "Seeing your son with his companions bowing before you, you will soon shed tears of gladness, like a line of rain-clouds in the wet season.", "sarga_title": "Sumitrā comforts Kausalyā"}
{"ref": "2.39.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 39, "verse": 15, "iast": ["putras te varadaḥ kṣipram ayodhyāṃ punar āgataḥ", "karābhyāṃ mṛdupīnābhyāṃ caraṇau pīḍayiṣyati"], "translation": "Your boon-granting son, soon returned again to Ayodhyā, will press your feet with his soft, plump hands.", "sarga_title": "Sumitrā comforts Kausalyā"}
{"ref": "2.39.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 39, "verse": 16, "iast": ["niśamya tal lakṣmaṇamātṛvākyaṃ rāmasya mātur naradevapatnyāḥ", "sadyaḥ śarīre vinanāśa śokaḥ śaradgato megha ivālpatoyaḥ"], "translation": "Hearing that word of Lakṣmaṇa's mother, the grief in the body of Rāma's mother, the wife of the god-among-men, at once vanished, like an autumn cloud with little water.", "sarga_title": "Sumitrā comforts Kausalyā"}
{"ref": "2.40.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 40, "verse": 1, "iast": ["anuraktā mahātmānaṃ rāmaṃ satyaparakramam", "anujagmuḥ prayāntaṃ taṃ vanavāsāya mānavāḥ"], "translation": "Devoted to the great-souled Rāma of true valour, the people followed him as he set out to dwell in the forest.", "sarga_title": "The citizens follow to the Tamasā"}
{"ref": "2.40.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 40, "verse": 2, "iast": ["nivartite 'pi ca balāt suhṛdvarge ca rājini", "naiva te saṃnyavartanta rāmasyānugatā ratham"], "translation": "Even though the king and the crowd of friends were turned back by force, those people, having followed Rāma's chariot, would not turn back at all.", "sarga_title": "The citizens follow to the Tamasā"}
{"ref": "2.40.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 40, "verse": 3, "iast": ["ayodhyānilayānāṃ hi puruṣāṇāṃ mahāyaśāḥ", "babhūva guṇasaṃpannaḥ pūrṇacandra iva priyaḥ"], "translation": "For to the people whose home was Ayodhyā, the greatly renowned one, rich in virtues, was dear as the full moon.", "sarga_title": "The citizens follow to the Tamasā"}
{"ref": "2.40.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 40, "verse": 4, "iast": ["sa yācyamānaḥ kākutsthaḥ svābhiḥ prakṛtibhis tadā", "kurvāṇaḥ pitaraṃ satyaṃ vanam evānvapadyata"], "translation": "Though entreated by his own subjects, Kākutstha then, making his father's word come true, went on toward the forest all the same.", "sarga_title": "The citizens follow to the Tamasā"}
{"ref": "2.40.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 40, "verse": 5, "iast": ["avekṣamāṇaḥ sasnehaṃ cakṣuṣā prapibann iva", "uvāca rāmaḥ snehena tāḥ prajāḥ svāḥ prajā iva"], "translation": "Gazing on them fondly, as though drinking them in with his eyes, Rāma spoke lovingly to those subjects as if they were his own children:", "sarga_title": "The citizens follow to the Tamasā"}
{"ref": "2.40.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 40, "verse": 6, "iast": ["yā prītir bahumānaś ca mayy ayodhyānivāsinām", "matpriyārthaṃ viśeṣeṇa bharate sā niveśyatām"], "translation": "Whatever love and high regard the dwellers of Ayodhyā have for me, that, especially for my sake, let it be bestowed upon Bharata.", "sarga_title": "The citizens follow to the Tamasā"}
{"ref": "2.40.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 40, "verse": 7, "iast": ["sa hi kalyāṇa cāritraḥ kaikeyyānandavardhanaḥ", "kariṣyati yathāvad vaḥ priyāṇi ca hitāni ca"], "translation": "For he of auspicious conduct, the increaser of Kaikeyī's joy, will duly do what is dear and beneficial for you.", "sarga_title": "The citizens follow to the Tamasā"}
{"ref": "2.40.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 40, "verse": 8, "iast": ["jñānavṛddho vayobālo mṛdur vīryaguṇānvitaḥ", "anurūpaḥ sa vo bhartā bhaviṣyati bhayāpahaḥ"], "translation": "Mature in wisdom though young in years, gentle and endowed with heroic virtues, he will prove a fitting lord for you, a dispeller of fear.", "sarga_title": "The citizens follow to the Tamasā"}
{"ref": "2.40.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 40, "verse": 9, "iast": ["sa hi rājaguṇair yukto yuvarājaḥ samīkṣitaḥ", "api cāpi mayā śiṣṭaiḥ kāryaṃ vo bhartṛśāsanam"], "translation": "For he, endowed with royal virtues, has been marked out as crown prince; and moreover, since you have been instructed by me, the command of your lord must be obeyed by you.", "sarga_title": "The citizens follow to the Tamasā"}
{"ref": "2.40.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 40, "verse": 10, "iast": ["na ca tapyed yathā cāsau vanavāsaṃ gate mayi", "mahārājas tathā kāryo mama priyacikīrṣayā"], "translation": "And you should act, out of a wish to please me, in such a way that the great king may not grieve now that I have gone to dwell in the forest.", "sarga_title": "The citizens follow to the Tamasā"}
{"ref": "2.40.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 40, "verse": 11, "iast": ["yathā yathā dāśarathir dharmam evāsthito 'bhavat", "tathā tathā prakṛtayo rāmaṃ patim akāmayan"], "translation": "The more the son of Daśaratha stood firm in righteousness, the more the subjects longed for Rāma as their lord.", "sarga_title": "The citizens follow to the Tamasā"}
{"ref": "2.40.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 40, "verse": 12, "iast": ["bāṣpeṇa pihitaṃ dīnaṃ rāmaḥ saumitriṇā saha", "cakarṣeva guṇair baddhvā janaṃ punar ivāsanam"], "translation": "Rāma, together with Saumitri, as it were bound with cords of virtue and drew back the wretched people, veiled in tears, as one draws back to a seat.", "sarga_title": "The citizens follow to the Tamasā"}
{"ref": "2.40.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 40, "verse": 13, "iast": ["te dvijās trividhaṃ vṛddhā jñānena vayasaujasā", "vayaḥprakampaśiraso dūrād ūcur idaṃ vacaḥ"], "translation": "Those brahmins, aged in three ways — in wisdom, in years, and in vigour — their heads trembling with age, from afar spoke these words:", "sarga_title": "The citizens follow to the Tamasā"}
{"ref": "2.40.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 40, "verse": 14, "iast": ["vahanto javanā rāmaṃ bho bho jātyās turaṃgamāḥ", "nivartadhvaṃ na gantavyaṃ hitā bhavata bhartari", "upavāhyas tu vo bhartā nāpavāhyaḥ purād vanam"], "translation": "'O you swift and well-bred horses that bear Rāma along, turn back! you must not go on; be kindly toward your master. Your lord is to be borne back, not carried away from the city to the forest.'", "sarga_title": "The citizens follow to the Tamasā"}
{"ref": "2.40.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 40, "verse": 15, "iast": ["evam ārtapralāpāṃs tān vṛddhān pralapato dvijān", "avekṣya sahasā rāmo rathād avatatāra ha"], "translation": "Seeing those aged brahmins uttering such piteous cries, Rāma suddenly stepped down from the chariot.", "sarga_title": "The citizens follow to the Tamasā"}
{"ref": "2.40.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 40, "verse": 16, "iast": ["padbhyām eva jagāmātha sasītaḥ sahalakṣmaṇaḥ", "saṃnikṛṣṭapadanyāso rāmo vanaparāyaṇaḥ"], "translation": "Then, with Sītā and with Lakṣmaṇa, Rāma, bound for the forest, went on foot, setting his steps close together.", "sarga_title": "The citizens follow to the Tamasā"}
{"ref": "2.40.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 40, "verse": 17, "iast": ["dvijātīṃs tu padātīṃs tān rāmaś cāritravatsalaḥ", "na śaśāka ghṛṇācakṣuḥ parimoktuṃ rathena saḥ"], "translation": "But Rāma, tender toward good conduct, of compassionate eye, could not bring himself to leave those brahmins behind on foot by driving on in the chariot.", "sarga_title": "The citizens follow to the Tamasā"}
{"ref": "2.40.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 40, "verse": 18, "iast": ["gacchantam eva taṃ dṛṣṭvā rāmaṃ saṃbhrāntamānasāḥ", "ūcuḥ paramasaṃtaptā rāmaṃ vākyam idaṃ dvijāḥ"], "translation": "Seeing Rāma still walking on, the brahmins, their minds distraught and sorely tormented, spoke to Rāma these words:", "sarga_title": "The citizens follow to the Tamasā"}
{"ref": "2.40.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 40, "verse": 19, "iast": ["brāhmaṇyaṃ kṛtsnam etat tvāṃ brahmaṇyam anugacchati", "dvijaskandhādhirūḍhās tvām agnayo 'py anuyānty amī"], "translation": "This whole body of brahmins follows you, the friend of brahmins; and these sacred fires too, borne upon the shoulders of the twice-born, come after you.", "sarga_title": "The citizens follow to the Tamasā"}
{"ref": "2.40.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 40, "verse": 20, "iast": ["vājapeyasamutthāni chatrāṇy etāni paśya naḥ", "pṛṣṭhato 'nuprayātāni haṃsān iva jalātyaye"], "translation": "Look at these parasols of ours, gained from our Vājapeya sacrifices, following behind you like wild geese at the passing of the rains.", "sarga_title": "The citizens follow to the Tamasā"}
{"ref": "2.40.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 40, "verse": 21, "iast": ["anavāptātapatrasya raśmisaṃtāpitasya te", "ebhiś chāyāṃ kariṣyāmaḥ svaiś chatrair vājapeyikaiḥ"], "translation": "For you, who have no royal umbrella and are scorched by the sun's rays, we shall make shade with these, our own Vājapeya parasols.", "sarga_title": "The citizens follow to the Tamasā"}
{"ref": "2.40.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 40, "verse": 22, "iast": ["yā hi naḥ satataṃ buddhir vedamantrānusāriṇī", "tvatkṛte sā kṛtā vatsa vanavāsānusāriṇī"], "translation": "That mind of ours which ever followed the mantras of the Veda has, for your sake, dear child, been made to follow you into forest-dwelling.", "sarga_title": "The citizens follow to the Tamasā"}
{"ref": "2.40.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 40, "verse": 23, "iast": ["hṛdayeṣv avatiṣṭhante vedā ye naḥ paraṃ dhanam", "vatsyanty api gṛheṣv eva dārāś cāritrarakṣitāḥ"], "translation": "The Vedas, which are our highest wealth, abide in our hearts; and our wives, guarded by their own virtue, will surely remain at home.", "sarga_title": "The citizens follow to the Tamasā"}
{"ref": "2.40.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 40, "verse": 24, "iast": ["na punar niścayaḥ kāryas tvadgatau sukṛtā matiḥ", "tvayi dharmavyapekṣe tu kiṃ syād dharmam avekṣitum"], "translation": "No further resolve need be made; our mind is firmly set on following you; and since you have regard for righteousness, what further need is there to consider what righteousness is?", "sarga_title": "The citizens follow to the Tamasā"}
{"ref": "2.40.25", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 40, "verse": 25, "iast": ["yācito no nivartasva haṃsaśuklaśiroruhaiḥ", "śirobhir nibhṛtācāra mahīpatanapāṃśulaiḥ"], "translation": "Entreated by us with our heads, their hair white as swans and grimed with dust from bowing to the ground, turn back, O you of restrained conduct!", "sarga_title": "The citizens follow to the Tamasā"}
{"ref": "2.40.26", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 40, "verse": 26, "iast": ["bahūnāṃ vitatā yajñā dvijānāṃ ya ihāgatāḥ", "teṣāṃ samāptir āyattā tava vatsa nivartane"], "translation": "The sacrifices of many brahmins who have come here are begun and spread out; their completion, dear child, depends upon your turning back.", "sarga_title": "The citizens follow to the Tamasā"}
{"ref": "2.40.27", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 40, "verse": 27, "iast": ["bhaktimanti hi bhūtāni jaṃgamājaṃgamāni ca", "yācamāneṣu teṣu tvaṃ bhaktiṃ bhakteṣu darśaya"], "translation": "For all beings, moving and unmoving, are devoted to you; while they entreat you, do you show devotion in return to the devoted.", "sarga_title": "The citizens follow to the Tamasā"}
{"ref": "2.40.28", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 40, "verse": 28, "iast": ["anugaṃtum aśaktās tvāṃ mūlair uddhṛtavegibhiḥ", "unnatā vāyuvegena vikrośantīva pādapāḥ"], "translation": "Unable to follow you, the tall trees, tossed up by the wind's force with roots that would tear themselves free, seem to cry aloud after you.", "sarga_title": "The citizens follow to the Tamasā"}
{"ref": "2.40.29", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 40, "verse": 29, "iast": ["niśceṣṭāhārasaṃcārā vṛkṣaikasthānaviṣṭhitāḥ", "pakṣiṇo 'pi prayācante sarvabhūtānukampinam"], "translation": "Ceasing to stir for food or to move about, staying fixed each on his single tree, even the birds entreat you, the compassionate friend of all beings.", "sarga_title": "The citizens follow to the Tamasā"}
{"ref": "2.40.30", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 40, "verse": 30, "iast": ["evaṃ vikrośatāṃ teṣāṃ dvijātīnāṃ nivartane", "dadṛśe tamasā tatra vārayantīva rāghavam"], "translation": "As those brahmins were thus crying out for his return, there appeared the Tamasā river, as though holding Rāghava back.", "sarga_title": "The citizens follow to the Tamasā"}
{"ref": "2.41.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 41, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tatas tu tamasā tīraṃ ramyam āśritya rāghavaḥ", "sītām udvīkṣya saumitrim idaṃ vacanam abravīt"], "translation": "Then, having reached the lovely bank of the Tamasā, Rāghava, gazing at Sītā, spoke these words to Saumitri.", "sarga_title": "Rāma leaves the sleeping citizens"}
{"ref": "2.41.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 41, "verse": 2, "iast": ["iyam adya niśā pūrvā saumitre prasthitā vanam", "vanavāsasya bhadraṃ te sa notkaṇṭhitum arhasi"], "translation": "This is the first night, Saumitri, since we set out for the forest; blessings on you—you must not grieve over our forest life.", "sarga_title": "Rāma leaves the sleeping citizens"}
{"ref": "2.41.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 41, "verse": 3, "iast": ["paśya śūnyāny araṇyāni rudantīva samantataḥ", "yathānilayam āyadbhir nilīnāni mṛgadvijaiḥ"], "translation": "See the empty forests that seem to weep on every side, now settled into stillness as their beasts and birds withdraw each to its own lair.", "sarga_title": "Rāma leaves the sleeping citizens"}
{"ref": "2.41.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 41, "verse": 4, "iast": ["adyāyodhyā tu nagarī rājadhānī pitur mama", "sastrīpuṃsā gatān asmāñ śociṣyati na saṃśayaḥ"], "translation": "Today the city of Ayodhyā, my father's capital, with its women and men, will surely grieve for us who have departed—there is no doubt.", "sarga_title": "Rāma leaves the sleeping citizens"}
{"ref": "2.41.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 41, "verse": 5, "iast": ["bharataḥ khalu dharmātmā pitaraṃ mātaraṃ ca me", "dharmārthakāmasahitair vākyair āśvāsayiṣyati"], "translation": "Bharata, righteous of soul, will surely comfort my father and my mother with words attended by dharma, artha, and kāma.", "sarga_title": "Rāma leaves the sleeping citizens"}
{"ref": "2.41.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 41, "verse": 6, "iast": ["bharatasyānṛśaṃsatvaṃ saṃcintyāhaṃ punaḥ punaḥ", "nānuśocāmi pitaraṃ mātaraṃ cāpi lakṣmaṇa"], "translation": "Reflecting again and again on Bharata's gentleness, I do not grieve for my father, nor even for my mother, Lakṣmaṇa.", "sarga_title": "Rāma leaves the sleeping citizens"}
{"ref": "2.41.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 41, "verse": 7, "iast": ["tvayā kāryaṃ naravyāghra mām anuvrajatā kṛtam", "anveṣṭavyā hi vaidehyā rakṣaṇārthe sahāyatā"], "translation": "By you, tiger among men, in following me, a needed service has been done; for a helper had to be found to protect Vaidehī.", "sarga_title": "Rāma leaves the sleeping citizens"}
{"ref": "2.41.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 41, "verse": 8, "iast": ["adbhir eva tu saumitre vatsyāmy adya niśām imām", "etad dhi rocate mahyaṃ vanye 'pi vividhe sati"], "translation": "With water alone, Saumitri, will I pass this night today; this indeed pleases me, though various forest-fare be at hand.", "sarga_title": "Rāma leaves the sleeping citizens"}
{"ref": "2.41.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 41, "verse": 9, "iast": ["evam uktvā tu saumitraṃ sumantram api rāghavaḥ", "apramattas tvam aśveṣu bhava saumyety uvāca ha"], "translation": "Having thus spoken to Saumitri, Rāghava said also to Sumantra: 'Be watchful over the horses, gentle one.'", "sarga_title": "Rāma leaves the sleeping citizens"}
{"ref": "2.41.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 41, "verse": 10, "iast": ["so 'śvān sumantraḥ saṃyamya sūrye 'staṃ samupāgate", "prabhūtayavasān kṛtvā babhūva pratyanantaraḥ"], "translation": "Sumantra, tethering the horses as the sun had gone to its setting and providing them abundant fodder, remained close at hand.", "sarga_title": "Rāma leaves the sleeping citizens"}
{"ref": "2.41.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 41, "verse": 11, "iast": ["upāsyatu śivāṃ saṃdhyāṃ dṛṣṭvā rātrim upasthitām", "rāmasya śayanaṃ cakre sūtaḥ saumitriṇā saha"], "translation": "Having worshipped the auspicious twilight and seen that night had come, the charioteer, together with Saumitri, made Rāma's bed.", "sarga_title": "Rāma leaves the sleeping citizens"}
{"ref": "2.41.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 41, "verse": 12, "iast": ["tāṃ śayyāṃ tamasātīre vīkṣya vṛkṣadalaiḥ kṛtām", "rāmaḥ saumitriṇāṃ sārdhaṃ sabhāryaḥ saṃviveśa ha"], "translation": "Gazing at that bed made of tree-leaves on the bank of the Tamasā, Rāma, with his wife and together with Saumitri, lay down.", "sarga_title": "Rāma leaves the sleeping citizens"}
{"ref": "2.41.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 41, "verse": 13, "iast": ["sabhāryaṃ saṃprasuptaṃ taṃ bhrātaraṃ vīkṣya lakṣmaṇaḥ", "kathayām āsa sūtāya rāmasya vividhān guṇān"], "translation": "Seeing his brother fast asleep with his wife, Lakṣmaṇa recounted to the charioteer Rāma's manifold virtues.", "sarga_title": "Rāma leaves the sleeping citizens"}
{"ref": "2.41.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 41, "verse": 14, "iast": ["jāgrato hy eva tāṃ rātriṃ saumitrer udito raviḥ", "sūtasya tamasātīre rāmasya bruvato guṇān"], "translation": "As Saumitri kept awake that whole night telling the charioteer of Rāma's virtues on the bank of the Tamasā, the sun rose upon them.", "sarga_title": "Rāma leaves the sleeping citizens"}
{"ref": "2.41.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 41, "verse": 15, "iast": ["gokulākulatīrāyās tamasāyā vidūrataḥ", "avasat tatra tāṃ rātriṃ rāmaḥ prakṛtibhiḥ saha"], "translation": "At some distance from the Tamasā, whose banks were thronged with herds of cattle, Rāma passed that night there together with the citizens.", "sarga_title": "Rāma leaves the sleeping citizens"}
{"ref": "2.41.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 41, "verse": 16, "iast": ["utthāya tu mahātejāḥ prakṛtīs tā niśāmya ca", "abravīd bhrātaraṃ rāmo lakṣmaṇaṃ puṇyalakṣaṇam"], "translation": "Rising, the greatly resplendent Rāma, and beholding those citizens, spoke to his brother Lakṣmaṇa, marked with auspicious signs.", "sarga_title": "Rāma leaves the sleeping citizens"}
{"ref": "2.41.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 41, "verse": 17, "iast": ["asmadvyapekṣān saumitre nirapekṣān gṛheṣv api", "vṛkṣamūleṣu saṃsuptān paśya lakṣmaṇa sāmpratam"], "translation": "Behold now, Lakṣmaṇa Saumitri, these people intent upon us, heedless even of their own homes, sleeping at the feet of trees.", "sarga_title": "Rāma leaves the sleeping citizens"}
{"ref": "2.41.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 41, "verse": 18, "iast": ["yathaite niyamaṃ paurāḥ kurvanty asmannivartane", "api prāṇān asiṣyanti na tu tyakṣyanti niścayam"], "translation": "Seeing how these townsfolk make it their vow to turn us back, they would sooner cast off their very lives than abandon their resolve.", "sarga_title": "Rāma leaves the sleeping citizens"}
{"ref": "2.41.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 41, "verse": 19, "iast": ["yāvad eva tu saṃsuptās tāvad eva vayaṃ laghu", "ratham āruhya gacchāmaḥ panthānam akutobhayam"], "translation": "While they are still fast asleep, let us at once mount the chariot and set off along a road free of danger from any quarter.", "sarga_title": "Rāma leaves the sleeping citizens"}
{"ref": "2.41.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 41, "verse": 20, "iast": ["ato bhūyo 'pi nedānīm ikṣvākupuravāsinaḥ", "svapeyur anuraktā māṃ vṛkṣamūlāni saṃśritāḥ"], "translation": "So that these devoted dwellers of the Ikṣvāku city may not now once more sleep clinging to the roots of trees out of love for me.", "sarga_title": "Rāma leaves the sleeping citizens"}
{"ref": "2.41.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 41, "verse": 21, "iast": ["paurā hy ātmakṛtād duḥkhād vipramocyā nṛpātmajaiḥ", "na tu khalv ātmanā yojyā duḥkhena puravāsinaḥ"], "translation": "For princes ought to free the townsfolk from self-incurred sorrow, and surely never themselves burden the city-dwellers with grief.", "sarga_title": "Rāma leaves the sleeping citizens"}
{"ref": "2.41.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 41, "verse": 22, "iast": ["abravīl lakṣmaṇo rāmaṃ sākṣād dharmam iva sthitam", "rocate me mahāprājña kṣipram āruhyatām iti"], "translation": "Lakṣmaṇa said to Rāma, who stood there like Dharma made visible: 'It pleases me, greatly wise one; let us mount at once.'", "sarga_title": "Rāma leaves the sleeping citizens"}
{"ref": "2.41.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 41, "verse": 23, "iast": ["sūtas tataḥ saṃtvaritaḥ syandanaṃ tair hayottamaiḥ", "yojayitvātha rāmāya prāñjaliḥ pratyavedayat"], "translation": "Then the charioteer, in haste, having yoked the chariot with those excellent horses, announced it to Rāma with palms joined.", "sarga_title": "Rāma leaves the sleeping citizens"}
{"ref": "2.41.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 41, "verse": 24, "iast": ["mohanārthaṃ tu paurāṇāṃ sūtaṃ rāmo 'bravīd vacaḥ", "udaṅmukhaḥ prayāhi tvaṃ ratham āsthāya sārathe"], "translation": "To mislead the townsfolk, Rāma spoke this word to the charioteer: 'Mount the chariot and drive off facing north, O charioteer.'", "sarga_title": "Rāma leaves the sleeping citizens"}
{"ref": "2.41.25", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 41, "verse": 25, "iast": ["muhūrtaṃ tvaritaṃ gatvā nirgataya rathaṃ punaḥ", "yathā na vidyuḥ paurā māṃ tathā kuru samāhitaḥ"], "translation": "Having driven swiftly for a while, turn the chariot back again; act with care, so that the townsfolk may not find out where I am.", "sarga_title": "Rāma leaves the sleeping citizens"}
{"ref": "2.41.26", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 41, "verse": 26, "iast": ["rāmasya vacanaṃ śrutvā tathā cakre sa sārathiḥ", "pratyāgamya ca rāmasya syandanaṃ pratyavedayat"], "translation": "Hearing Rāma's word, the charioteer did so, and returning, announced to Rāma that the chariot was ready.", "sarga_title": "Rāma leaves the sleeping citizens"}
{"ref": "2.41.27", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 41, "verse": 27, "iast": ["taṃ syandanam adhiṣṭhāya rāghavaḥ saparicchadaḥ", "śīghragām ākulāvartāṃ tamasām ataran nadīm"], "translation": "Mounting that chariot, Rāghava with his retinue crossed the swift-flowing Tamasā river with its swirling eddies.", "sarga_title": "Rāma leaves the sleeping citizens"}
{"ref": "2.41.28", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 41, "verse": 28, "iast": ["sa saṃtīrya mahābāhuḥ śrīmāñ śivam akaṇṭakam", "prāpadyata mahāmārgam abhayaṃ bhayadarśinām"], "translation": "Having crossed over, the mighty-armed and glorious Rāma reached a great highway, auspicious and thornless, safe even for those who see danger everywhere.", "sarga_title": "Rāma leaves the sleeping citizens"}
{"ref": "2.41.29", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 41, "verse": 29, "iast": ["prabhātāyāṃ tu śarvaryāṃ paurās te rāghavo vinā", "śokopahataniśceṣṭā babhūvur hatacetasaḥ"], "translation": "When night had brightened into dawn, those townsfolk, left without Rāghava, became motionless, struck down by grief, their wits shattered.", "sarga_title": "Rāma leaves the sleeping citizens"}
{"ref": "2.41.30", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 41, "verse": 30, "iast": ["śokajāśruparidyūnā vīkṣamāṇās tatas tataḥ", "ālokam api rāmasya na paśyanti sma duḥkhitāḥ"], "translation": "Worn down by tears born of grief, looking about here and there, the sorrowful ones could not catch even a glimpse of Rāma.", "sarga_title": "Rāma leaves the sleeping citizens"}
{"ref": "2.41.31", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 41, "verse": 31, "iast": ["tato mārgānusāreṇa gatvā kiṃ cit kṣaṇaṃ punaḥ", "mārganāśād viṣādena mahatā samabhiplutaḥ"], "translation": "Then, following the track for a little while, again, when the trail was lost, they were overwhelmed by great despair.", "sarga_title": "Rāma leaves the sleeping citizens"}
{"ref": "2.41.32", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 41, "verse": 32, "iast": ["rathasya mārganāśena nyavartanta manasvinaḥ", "kim idaṃ kiṃ kariṣyāmo daivenopahatā iti"], "translation": "At the loss of the chariot's track the noble-minded ones turned back, crying, 'What is this? What shall we do, stricken by fate?'", "sarga_title": "Rāma leaves the sleeping citizens"}
{"ref": "2.41.33", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 41, "verse": 33, "iast": ["tato yathāgatenaiva mārgeṇa klāntacetasaḥ", "ayodhyām agaman sarve purīṃ vyathitasajjanām"], "translation": "Then, by the very road by which they had come, with weary hearts, they all went back to Ayodhyā, the city whose good folk were stricken with grief.", "sarga_title": "Rāma leaves the sleeping citizens"}
{"ref": "2.42.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 42, "verse": 1, "iast": ["anugamya nivṛttānāṃ rāmaṃ nagaravāsinām", "udgatānīva sattvāni babhūvur amanasvinām"], "translation": "Of the city-dwellers who had followed Rāma and turned back, disheartened, the very life-spirits seemed to have gone out.", "sarga_title": "The citizens return to Ayodhyā without Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.42.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 42, "verse": 2, "iast": ["svaṃ svaṃ nilayam āgamya putradāraiḥ samāvṛtāḥ", "aśrūṇi mumucuḥ sarve bāṣpeṇa pihitānanāḥ"], "translation": "Coming each to his own home, surrounded by children and wives, they all shed tears, their faces veiled with weeping.", "sarga_title": "The citizens return to Ayodhyā without Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.42.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 42, "verse": 3, "iast": ["na cāhṛṣyan na cāmodan vaṇijo na prasārayan", "na cāśobhanta paṇyāni nāpacan gṛhamedhinaḥ"], "translation": "They neither rejoiced nor took delight; the merchants did not display their wares; the goods gave no luster; the householders did not cook.", "sarga_title": "The citizens return to Ayodhyā without Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.42.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 42, "verse": 4, "iast": ["naṣṭaṃ dṛṣṭvā nābhyanandan vipulaṃ vā dhanāgamam", "putraṃ prathamajaṃ labdhvā jananī nābhyanandata"], "translation": "Seeing wealth lost they did not grieve, nor did they rejoice at an abundant gain of wealth; a mother who had borne her firstborn son did not rejoice.", "sarga_title": "The citizens return to Ayodhyā without Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.42.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 42, "verse": 5, "iast": ["gṛhe gṛhe rudantyaś ca bhartāraṃ gṛham āgatam", "vyagarhayanto duḥkhārtā vāgbhis totrair iva dvipān"], "translation": "In house after house the women wept and, stricken with grief, reproached their husbands returned home with words, as men goad elephants with prods.", "sarga_title": "The citizens return to Ayodhyā without Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.42.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 42, "verse": 6, "iast": ["kiṃ nu teṣāṃ gṛhaiḥ kāryaṃ kiṃ dāraiḥ kiṃ dhanena vā", "putrair vā kiṃ sukhair vāpi ye na paśyanti rāghavam"], "translation": "What use to them are homes, what use wives, or wealth, or sons, or even pleasures—to those who do not see Rāghava?", "sarga_title": "The citizens return to Ayodhyā without Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.42.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 42, "verse": 7, "iast": ["ekaḥ satpuruṣo loke lakṣmaṇaḥ saha sītayā", "yo 'nugacchati kākutsthaṃ rāmaṃ paricaran vane"], "translation": "The one true man in the world is Lakṣmaṇa, together with Sītā, who follows Rāma Kākutstha, serving him in the forest.", "sarga_title": "The citizens return to Ayodhyā without Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.42.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 42, "verse": 8, "iast": ["āpagāḥ kṛtapuṇyās tāḥ padminyaś ca sarāṃsi ca", "yeṣu snāsyati kākutstho vigāhya salilaṃ śuci"], "translation": "Blessed are those rivers, lotus-ponds, and lakes in which Kākutstha will bathe, plunging into their pure water.", "sarga_title": "The citizens return to Ayodhyā without Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.42.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 42, "verse": 9, "iast": ["śobhayiṣyanti kākutstham aṭavyo ramyakānanāḥ", "āpagāś ca mahānūpāḥ sānumantaś ca parvatāḥ"], "translation": "The forests with their lovely groves will grace Kākutstha, and the rivers with their broad marshy banks, and the mountains with their peaks.", "sarga_title": "The citizens return to Ayodhyā without Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.42.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 42, "verse": 10, "iast": ["kānanaṃ vāpi śailaṃ vā yaṃ rāmo 'bhigamiṣyati", "priyātithim iva prāptaṃ nainaṃ śakṣyanty anarcitum"], "translation": "Whatever grove or mountain Rāma shall approach will be unable to leave him unhonored, as though a dear guest had arrived.", "sarga_title": "The citizens return to Ayodhyā without Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.42.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 42, "verse": 11, "iast": ["vicitrakusumāpīḍā bahumañjaridhāriṇaḥ", "akāle cāpi mukhyāni puṣpāṇi ca phalāni ca", "darśayiṣyanty anukrośād girayo rāmam āgatam"], "translation": "Crowned with wondrous blossoms and laden with many clusters, the mountains, out of compassion, will show even out of season their finest flowers and fruits to Rāma who has come.", "sarga_title": "The citizens return to Ayodhyā without Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.42.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 42, "verse": 12, "iast": ["vidarśayanto vividhān bhūyaś citrāṃś ca nirjharān", "pādapāḥ parvatāgreṣu ramayiṣyanti rāghavam"], "translation": "The trees on the mountain-peaks, revealing manifold and wondrous cascades, will delight Rāghava.", "sarga_title": "The citizens return to Ayodhyā without Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.42.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 42, "verse": 13, "iast": ["yatra rāmo bhayaṃ nātra nāsti tatra parābhavaḥ", "sa hi śūro mahābāhuḥ putro daśarathasya ca"], "translation": "Where Rāma is, there is no fear; there is no defeat there; for he is a hero, mighty-armed, and the son of Daśaratha.", "sarga_title": "The citizens return to Ayodhyā without Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.42.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 42, "verse": 14, "iast": ["purā bhavati no dūrād anugacchāma rāghavam", "pādacchāyā sukhā bhartus tādṛśasya mahātmanaḥ", "sa hi nātho janasyāsya sa gatiḥ sa parāyaṇam"], "translation": "Before he goes far from us, let us follow Rāghava; sweet is the shade at the feet of such a great-souled master; for he is the protector of this people, he their recourse, he their final refuge.", "sarga_title": "The citizens return to Ayodhyā without Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.42.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 42, "verse": 15, "iast": ["vayaṃ paricariṣyāmaḥ sītāṃ yūyaṃ tu rāghavam", "iti paurastriyo bhartṝn duḥkhārtās tat tad abruvan"], "translation": "'We shall wait upon Sītā, and you upon Rāghava'—thus the townswomen, stricken with grief, said this and that to their husbands.", "sarga_title": "The citizens return to Ayodhyā without Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.42.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 42, "verse": 16, "iast": ["yuṣmākaṃ rāghavo 'raṇye yogakṣemaṃ vidhāsyati", "sītā nārījanasyāsya yogakṣemaṃ kariṣyati"], "translation": "Rāghava will provide for your welfare in the wilderness, and Sītā will see to the welfare of this company of women.", "sarga_title": "The citizens return to Ayodhyā without Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.42.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 42, "verse": 17, "iast": ["ko nv anenāpratītena sotkaṇṭhitajanena ca", "saṃprīyetāmanojñena vāsena hṛtacetasā"], "translation": "Who could take joy in this cheerless dwelling, with its longing people, unlovely, that steals away the heart?", "sarga_title": "The citizens return to Ayodhyā without Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.42.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 42, "verse": 18, "iast": ["kaikeyyā yadi ced rājyaṃ syād adharmyam anāthavat", "na hi no jīvitenārthaḥ kutaḥ putraiḥ kuto dhanaiḥ"], "translation": "If the kingdom should fall to Kaikeyī, lawless and as if masterless, then we have no use for life—whence sons, whence wealth?", "sarga_title": "The citizens return to Ayodhyā without Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.42.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 42, "verse": 19, "iast": ["yayā putraś ca bhartā ca tyaktāv aiśvaryakāraṇāt", "kaṃ sā parihared anyaṃ kaikeyī kulapāṃsanī"], "translation": "She who abandoned both son and husband for the sake of sovereignty—whom else would that Kaikeyī, disgrace of her line, spare?", "sarga_title": "The citizens return to Ayodhyā without Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.42.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 42, "verse": 20, "iast": ["kaikeyyā na vayaṃ rājye bhṛtakā nivasemahi", "jīvantyā jātu jīvantyaḥ putrair api śapāmahe"], "translation": "We would never, while she lives, dwell as hirelings in Kaikeyī's kingdom; we who wish to live swear it even by our sons.", "sarga_title": "The citizens return to Ayodhyā without Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.42.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 42, "verse": 21, "iast": ["yā putraṃ pārthivendrasya pravāsayati nirghṛṇā", "kas tāṃ prāpya sukhaṃ jīved adharmyāṃ duṣṭacāriṇīm"], "translation": "She who, without pity, drives the son of the lord of kings into exile—who could live at ease under her, lawless and evil in her ways?", "sarga_title": "The citizens return to Ayodhyā without Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.42.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 42, "verse": 22, "iast": ["na hi pravrajite rāme jīviṣyati mahīpatiḥ", "mṛte daśarathe vyaktaṃ vilopas tadanantaram"], "translation": "For once Rāma has gone into exile the king will not live, and when Daśaratha is dead, ruin will plainly follow thereafter.", "sarga_title": "The citizens return to Ayodhyā without Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.42.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 42, "verse": 23, "iast": ["te viṣaṃ pibatāloḍya kṣīṇapuṇyāḥ sudurgatāḥ", "rāghavaṃ vānugacchadhvam aśrutiṃ vāpi gacchata"], "translation": "So drink poison stirred and mixed, O you whose merit is spent, you wretched ones—or else follow Rāghava, or go where no report of this shall reach you.", "sarga_title": "The citizens return to Ayodhyā without Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.42.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 42, "verse": 24, "iast": ["mithyā pravrājito rāmaḥ sabhāryaḥ sahalakṣmaṇaḥ", "bharate saṃniṣṛṣṭāḥ smaḥ saunike paśavo yathā"], "translation": "Wrongfully has Rāma been banished, with his wife and with Lakṣmaṇa; we have been handed over to Bharata like beasts to a butcher.", "sarga_title": "The citizens return to Ayodhyā without Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.42.25", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 42, "verse": 25, "iast": ["tās tathā vilapantyas tu nagare nāgarastriyaḥ", "cukruśur bhṛśasaṃtaptā mṛtyor iva bhayāgame"], "translation": "Thus lamenting in the city, the townswomen cried aloud, sorely tormented, as if at the onset of the terror of death.", "sarga_title": "The citizens return to Ayodhyā without Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.42.26", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 42, "verse": 26, "iast": ["tathā striyo rāmanimittam āturā yathā sute bhrātari vā vivāsite", "vilapya dīnā rurudur vicetasaḥ sutair hi tāsām adhiko hi so 'bhavat"], "translation": "So distressed were the women on Rāma's account—as though a son or a brother had been sent into exile—that, wretched and beside themselves, they lamented and wept aloud; for to them he was dearer even than their own sons.", "sarga_title": "The citizens return to Ayodhyā without Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.43.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 43, "verse": 1, "iast": ["rāmo 'pi rātriśeṣeṇa tenaiva mahad antaram", "jagāma puruṣavyāghraḥ pitur ājñām anusmaran"], "translation": "Rāma too, the tiger among men, in just that remainder of the night traversed a great distance, mindful of his father's command.", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses Kosala’s rivers"}
{"ref": "2.43.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 43, "verse": 2, "iast": ["tathaiva gacchatas tasya vyapāyād rajanī śivā", "upāsya sa śivāṃ saṃdhyāṃ viṣayāntaṃ vyagāhata"], "translation": "As he journeyed on in the same way, the auspicious night wore away; and having worshipped the holy twilight, he plunged into the far border of the kingdom.", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses Kosala’s rivers"}
{"ref": "2.43.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 43, "verse": 3, "iast": ["grāmān vikṛṣṭasīmāṃs tān puṣpitāni vanāni ca", "paśyann atiyayau śīghraṃ śarair iva hayottamaiḥ"], "translation": "Gazing on those villages with their far-flung boundaries and the flowering forests, he swept swiftly past, as if borne on arrows, by his excellent horses.", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses Kosala’s rivers"}
{"ref": "2.43.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 43, "verse": 4, "iast": ["śṛṇvan vāco manuṣyāṇāṃ grāmasaṃvāsavāsinām", "rājānaṃ dhig daśarathaṃ kāmasya vaśam āgatam"], "translation": "hearing the words of the people who dwelt together in the villages: 'A curse on King Daśaratha, fallen under the sway of desire —", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses Kosala’s rivers"}
{"ref": "2.43.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 43, "verse": 5, "iast": ["hā nṛśaṃsādya kaikeyī pāpā pāpānubandhinī", "tīkṣṇā saṃbhinnamaryādā tīkṣṇe karmaṇi vartate"], "translation": "Alas, cruel this day is Kaikeyī, wicked and pursuing wickedness, harsh, having shattered all bounds of propriety, she engages in a harsh deed —", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses Kosala’s rivers"}
{"ref": "2.43.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 43, "verse": 6, "iast": ["yā putram īdṛśaṃ rājñaḥ pravāsayati dhārmikam", "vana vāse mahāprājñaṃ sānukrośam atandritam"], "translation": "she who drives into exile such a son of the king — righteous, greatly wise, compassionate and unwearied — to dwell in the forest!'", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses Kosala’s rivers"}
{"ref": "2.43.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 43, "verse": 7, "iast": ["etā vāco manuṣyāṇāṃ grāmasaṃvāsavāsinām", "śṛṇvann atiyayau vīraḥ kosalān kosaleśvaraḥ"], "translation": "Hearing these words of the people who dwelt together in the villages, the hero, lord of the Kosalas, passed on beyond the Kosala lands.", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses Kosala’s rivers"}
{"ref": "2.43.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 43, "verse": 8, "iast": ["tato vedaśrutiṃ nāma śivavārivahāṃ nadīm", "uttīryābhimukhaḥ prāyād agastyādhyuṣitāṃ diśam"], "translation": "Then, crossing the river named Vedaśruti, which bore auspicious waters, he went on facing the region inhabited by Agastya.", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses Kosala’s rivers"}
{"ref": "2.43.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 43, "verse": 9, "iast": ["gatvā tu suciraṃ kālaṃ tataḥ śītajalāṃ nadīm", "gomatīṃ goyutānūpām atarat sāgaraṃgamām"], "translation": "After journeying a very long while, he then crossed the cool-watered river Gomatī, whose meadow-banks teemed with cattle, flowing on to the sea.", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses Kosala’s rivers"}
{"ref": "2.43.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 43, "verse": 10, "iast": ["gomatīṃ cāpy atikramya rāghavaḥ śīghragair hayaiḥ", "mayūrahaṃsābhirutāṃ tatāra syandikāṃ nadīm"], "translation": "And crossing the Gomatī too, Rāghava, with his swift-going horses, forded the river Syandikā, loud with the cries of peacocks and geese.", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses Kosala’s rivers"}
{"ref": "2.43.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 43, "verse": 11, "iast": ["sa mahīṃ manunā rājñā dattām ikṣvākave purā", "sphītāṃ rāṣṭrāvṛtāṃ rāmo vaidehīm anvadarśayat"], "translation": "Rāma pointed out to Vaidehī the land that King Manu had given of old to Ikṣvāku, prosperous and covered with realms.", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses Kosala’s rivers"}
{"ref": "2.43.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 43, "verse": 12, "iast": ["sūta ity eva cābhāṣya sārathiṃ tam abhīkṣṇaśaḥ", "haṃsamattasvaraḥ śrīmān uvāca puruṣarṣabhaḥ"], "translation": "And addressing that charioteer again and again with 'O charioteer,' the illustrious bull among men, his voice like an exultant swan's, spoke:", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses Kosala’s rivers"}
{"ref": "2.43.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 43, "verse": 13, "iast": ["kadāhaṃ punar āgamya sarayvāḥ puṣpite vane", "mṛgayāṃ paryāṭaṣyāmi mātrā pitrā ca saṃgataḥ"], "translation": "'When shall I come back again and roam in the chase in the flowering forest of the Sarayū, reunited with my mother and father?'", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses Kosala’s rivers"}
{"ref": "2.43.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 43, "verse": 14, "iast": ["nātyartham abhikāṅkṣāmi mṛgayāṃ sarayūvane", "ratir hy eṣātulā loke rājarṣigaṇasaṃmatā"], "translation": "'Not overmuch do I long for the hunt in the Sarayū forest — yet this is a peerless delight in the world, esteemed by the whole host of royal seers.'", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses Kosala’s rivers"}
{"ref": "2.43.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 43, "verse": 15, "iast": ["sa tam adhvānam aikṣvākaḥ sūtaṃ madhurayā girā", "taṃ tam artham abhipretya yayauvākyam udīrayan"], "translation": "Uttering to the charioteer, in sweet speech, words aimed now at this matter and now at that, the scion of Ikṣvāku traversed that road.", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses Kosala’s rivers"}
{"ref": "2.44.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 44, "verse": 1, "iast": ["viśālān kosalān ramyān yātvā lakṣmaṇapūrvajaḥ", "āsasāda mahābāhuḥ śṛṅgaverapuraṃ prati"], "translation": "Having passed through the broad and lovely Kosala lands, the mighty-armed elder brother of Lakṣmaṇa arrived near Śṛṅgaverapura.", "sarga_title": "Guha welcomes Rāma at the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.44.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 44, "verse": 2, "iast": ["tatra tripathagāṃ divyāṃ śivatoyām aśaivalām", "dadarśa rāghavo gaṅgāṃ puṇyām ṛṣinisevitām"], "translation": "There Rāghava beheld the divine, sacred Gaṅgā, flowing in three streams, with holy waters free of weeds, frequented by seers.", "sarga_title": "Guha welcomes Rāma at the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.44.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 44, "verse": 3, "iast": ["haṃsasārasasaṃghuṣṭāṃ cakravākopakūjitām", "śiṃśumaraiś ca nakraiś ca bhujaṃgaiś ca niṣevitām"], "translation": "resounding with geese and cranes, cooed over by cakravāka birds, and frequented by dolphins, crocodiles, and serpents,", "sarga_title": "Guha welcomes Rāma at the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.44.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 44, "verse": 4, "iast": ["tām ūrmikalilāvartām anvavekṣya mahārathaḥ", "sumantram abravīt sūtam ihaivādya vasāmahe"], "translation": "Beholding her, her whirlpools thick with waves, the great chariot-warrior said to Sumantra the charioteer: 'Right here this very day let us halt.'", "sarga_title": "Guha welcomes Rāma at the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.44.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 44, "verse": 5, "iast": ["avidūrād ayaṃ nadyā bahupuṣpapravālavān", "sumahān iṅgudīvṛkṣo vasāmo 'traiva sārathe"], "translation": "'Not far from the river stands this very great iṅgudī tree, rich in flowers and shoots; let us dwell right here, O charioteer.'", "sarga_title": "Guha welcomes Rāma at the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.44.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 44, "verse": 6, "iast": ["lakṣaṇaś ca sumantraś ca bāḍham ity eva rāghavam", "uktvā tam iṅgudīvṛkṣaṃ tadopayayatur hayaiḥ"], "translation": "Both Lakṣmaṇa and Sumantra, saying 'Very well' to Rāghava, then drove up with the horses to that iṅgudī tree.", "sarga_title": "Guha welcomes Rāma at the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.44.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 44, "verse": 7, "iast": ["rāmo 'bhiyāya taṃ ramyaṃ vṛkṣam ikṣvākunandanaḥ", "rathād avātarat tasmāt sabhāryaḥ sahalakṣmaṇaḥ"], "translation": "Rāma, delight of the Ikṣvākus, approaching that lovely tree, descended from the chariot together with his wife and with Lakṣmaṇa.", "sarga_title": "Guha welcomes Rāma at the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.44.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 44, "verse": 8, "iast": ["sumantro 'py avatīryaiva mocayitvā hayottamān", "vṛkṣamūlagataṃ rāmam upatasthe kṛtāñjaliḥ"], "translation": "Sumantra too, dismounting and unyoking the excellent horses, stood with joined palms before Rāma, who had gone to the foot of the tree.", "sarga_title": "Guha welcomes Rāma at the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.44.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 44, "verse": 9, "iast": ["tatra rājā guho nāma rāmasyātmasamaḥ sakhā", "niṣādajātyo balavān sthapatiś ceti viśrutaḥ"], "translation": "There was a king named Guha, a friend as dear to Rāma as his own self, of the Niṣāda caste, powerful, and renowned as a chieftain.", "sarga_title": "Guha welcomes Rāma at the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.44.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 44, "verse": 10, "iast": ["sa śrutvā puruṣavyāghraṃ rāmaṃ viṣayam āgatam", "vṛddhaiḥ parivṛto 'mātyair jñātibhiś cāpy upāgataḥ"], "translation": "He, hearing that Rāma the tiger among men had come into his domain, drew near, surrounded by his aged ministers and by his kinsmen too.", "sarga_title": "Guha welcomes Rāma at the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.44.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 44, "verse": 11, "iast": ["tato niṣādādhipatiṃ dṛṣṭvā dūrād avasthitam", "saha saumitriṇā rāmaḥ samāgacchad guhena saḥ"], "translation": "Then, seeing the lord of the Niṣādas standing at a distance, Rāma, together with Saumitri, went forward to meet Guha.", "sarga_title": "Guha welcomes Rāma at the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.44.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 44, "verse": 12, "iast": ["tam ārtaḥ saṃpariṣvajya guho rāghavam abravīt", "yathāyodhyā tathedaṃ te rāma kiṃ karavāṇi te"], "translation": "Guha, deeply moved, embracing that Rāghava, said: 'As Ayodhyā, so is this place yours, Rāma. What may I do for you?'", "sarga_title": "Guha welcomes Rāma at the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.44.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 44, "verse": 13, "iast": ["tato guṇavadannādyam upādāya pṛthagvidham", "arghyaṃ copānayat kṣipraṃ vākyaṃ cedam uvāca ha"], "translation": "Then, taking up excellent food of various kinds, he quickly brought forward a guest-offering as well, and spoke these words:", "sarga_title": "Guha welcomes Rāma at the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.44.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 44, "verse": 14, "iast": ["svāgataṃ te mahābāho taveyam akhilā mahī", "vayaṃ preṣyā bhavān bhartā sādhu rājyaṃ praśādhi naḥ"], "translation": "'Welcome to you, mighty-armed one! This whole land is yours; we are your servants, you our lord — rule our kingdom well.'", "sarga_title": "Guha welcomes Rāma at the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.44.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 44, "verse": 15, "iast": ["bhakṣyaṃ bhojyaṃ ca peyaṃ ca lehyaṃ cedam upasthitam", "śayanāni ca mukhyāni vājināṃ khādanaṃ ca te"], "translation": "'Here is set before you food to chew, food to eat, drink, and things to lick, and fine beds, and fodder for your horses.'", "sarga_title": "Guha welcomes Rāma at the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.44.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 44, "verse": 16, "iast": ["guham eva bruvāṇaṃ taṃ rāghavaḥ pratyuvāca ha", "arcitāś caiva hṛṣṭāś ca bhavatā sarvathā vayam"], "translation": "To Guha as he was thus speaking Rāghava replied: 'In every way we are honoured and gladdened by you,", "sarga_title": "Guha welcomes Rāma at the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.44.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 44, "verse": 17, "iast": ["padbhyām abhigamāc caiva snehasaṃdarśanena ca", "bhujābhyāṃ sādhuvṛttābhyāṃ pīḍayan vākyam abravīt"], "translation": "by your coming on foot and by your show of affection'; and, pressing him with his two shapely arms, he spoke these words:", "sarga_title": "Guha welcomes Rāma at the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.44.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 44, "verse": 18, "iast": ["diṣṭyā tvāṃ guha paśyāmi arogaṃ saha bāndhavaiḥ", "api te kūśalaṃ rāṣṭre mitreṣu ca dhaneṣu ca"], "translation": "'By good fortune I see you, Guha, in good health together with your kinsmen. Is all well with you in your realm, among your friends, and in your wealth?'", "sarga_title": "Guha welcomes Rāma at the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.44.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 44, "verse": 19, "iast": ["yat tv idaṃ bhavatā kiṃ cit prītyā samupakalpitam", "sarvaṃ tad anujānāmi na hi varte pratigrahe"], "translation": "'But whatever has been provided here by you out of affection — all of that I gratefully decline, for I may not accept gifts.'", "sarga_title": "Guha welcomes Rāma at the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.44.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 44, "verse": 20, "iast": ["kuśacīrājinadharaṃ phalamūlāśanaṃ ca mām", "viddhi praṇihitaṃ dharme tāpasaṃ vanagocaram"], "translation": "'Know me as one clad in kuśa grass, bark, and hide, feeding on fruits and roots, intent upon dharma, an ascetic who ranges the forest.'", "sarga_title": "Guha welcomes Rāma at the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.44.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 44, "verse": 21, "iast": ["aśvānāṃ khādanenāham arthī nānyena kena cit", "etāvatātrabhavatā bhaviṣyāmi supūjitaḥ"], "translation": "'I have need only of fodder for the horses, of nothing else; by just this much from your honoured self I shall be well honoured.'", "sarga_title": "Guha welcomes Rāma at the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.44.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 44, "verse": 22, "iast": ["ete hi dayitā rājñaḥ pitur daśarathasya me", "etaiḥ suvihitair aśvair bhaviṣyāmy aham arcitaḥ"], "translation": "'For these horses are dear to the king, my father Daśaratha; when these horses are well tended, I shall be honoured.'", "sarga_title": "Guha welcomes Rāma at the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.44.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 44, "verse": 23, "iast": ["aśvānāṃ pratipānaṃ ca khādanaṃ caiva so 'nvaśāt", "guhas tatraiva puruṣāṃs tvaritaṃ dīyatām iti"], "translation": "And Guha there commanded his men: 'Let drink and fodder for the horses be given quickly.'", "sarga_title": "Guha welcomes Rāma at the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.44.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 44, "verse": 24, "iast": ["tataś cīrottarāsaṅgaḥ saṃdhyām anvāsya paścimām", "jalam evādade bhojyaṃ lakṣmaṇenāhṛtaṃ svayam"], "translation": "Then, wearing an upper garment of bark and having attended the evening twilight, he himself took only the water brought by Lakṣmaṇa as his food.", "sarga_title": "Guha welcomes Rāma at the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.44.25", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 44, "verse": 25, "iast": ["tasya bhūmau śayānasya pādau prakṣālya lakṣmaṇaḥ", "sabhāryasya tato 'bhyetya tasthau vṛkṣam upāśritaḥ"], "translation": "Then Lakṣmaṇa, having washed the feet of him as he lay on the ground with his wife, withdrew and stood leaning against the tree.", "sarga_title": "Guha welcomes Rāma at the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.44.26", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 44, "verse": 26, "iast": ["guho 'pi saha sūtena saumitrim anubhāṣayan", "anvajāgrat tato rāmam apramatto dhanurdharaḥ"], "translation": "Guha too, along with the charioteer, conversing with Saumitri, kept watch over Rāma, vigilant and bearing his bow.", "sarga_title": "Guha welcomes Rāma at the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.44.27", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 44, "verse": 27, "iast": ["tathā śayānasya tato 'sya dhīmato yaśasvino dāśarather mahātmanaḥ", "adṛṣṭaduḥkhasya sukhocitasya sā tadā vyatīyāya cireṇa śarvarī"], "translation": "And so, as that wise, illustrious, great-souled son of Daśaratha lay there — he who had never known sorrow and was fit only for comfort — that night for him wore slowly away.", "sarga_title": "Guha welcomes Rāma at the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.45.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 45, "verse": 1, "iast": ["taṃ jāgratam adambhena bhrātur arthāya lakṣmaṇam", "guhaḥ saṃtāpasaṃtapto rāghavaṃ vākyam abravīt"], "translation": "To Lakṣmaṇa, scion of Raghu, who was keeping watch sincerely for his brother's sake, Guha, burning with grief, spoke these words:", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa keeps watch beside the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.45.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 45, "verse": 2, "iast": ["iyaṃ tāta sukhā śayyā tvadartham upakalpitā", "pratyāśvasihi sādhv asyāṃ rājaputra yathāsukham"], "translation": "'Here, dear one, is a comfortable bed prepared for you; rest well upon it, O prince, at your ease.'", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa keeps watch beside the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.45.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 45, "verse": 3, "iast": ["ucito 'yaṃ janaḥ sarvaḥ kleśānāṃ tvaṃ sukhocitaḥ", "guptyarthaṃ jāgariṣyāmaḥ kākutsthasya vayaṃ niśām"], "translation": "'All these people are inured to hardships, but you are used to comfort; for the sake of guarding Kākutstha we shall keep watch through the night.'", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa keeps watch beside the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.45.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 45, "verse": 4, "iast": ["na hi rāmāt priyataro mamāsti bhuvi kaś cana", "bravīmy etad ahaṃ satyaṃ satyenaiva ca te śape"], "translation": "'For there is no one on earth dearer to me than Rāma; this I speak truly, and by that very truth I swear it to you.'", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa keeps watch beside the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.45.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 45, "verse": 5, "iast": ["asya prasādād āśaṃse loke 'smin sumahad yaśaḥ", "dharmāvāptiṃ ca vipulām arthāvāptiṃ ca kevalām"], "translation": "'By his favor I hope for great fame in this world, and an abundant attainment of dharma, and a complete attainment of wealth.'", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa keeps watch beside the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.45.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 45, "verse": 6, "iast": ["so 'haṃ priyasakhaṃ rāmaṃ śayānaṃ saha sītayā", "rakṣiṣyāmi dhanuṣpāṇiḥ sarvato jñātibhiḥ saha"], "translation": "'So I, bow in hand and together with my kinsmen, will guard on every side my dear friend Rāma as he lies asleep with Sītā.'", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa keeps watch beside the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.45.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 45, "verse": 7, "iast": ["na hi me 'viditaṃ kiṃ cid vane 'smiṃś carataḥ sadā", "caturaṅgaṃ hy api balaṃ sumahat prasahemahi"], "translation": "'For nothing in this forest is unknown to me, ranging it as I always do; indeed we could withstand even a very great four-fold army.'", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa keeps watch beside the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.45.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 45, "verse": 8, "iast": ["lakṣmaṇas taṃ tadovāca rakṣyamāṇās tvayānagha", "nātra bhītā vayaṃ sarve dharmam evānupaśyatā"], "translation": "Lakṣmaṇa then said to him: 'Guarded by you, O blameless one, who look only to dharma, none of us here are afraid.'", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa keeps watch beside the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.45.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 45, "verse": 9, "iast": ["kathaṃ dāśarathau bhūmau śayāne saha sītayā", "śakyā nidrā mayā labdhuṃ jīvitaṃ vā sukhāni vā"], "translation": "'When the son of Daśaratha lies on the bare ground with Sītā, how can sleep be won by me, or life itself, or any comforts?'", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa keeps watch beside the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.45.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 45, "verse": 10, "iast": ["yo na devāsuraiḥ sarvaiḥ śakyaḥ prasahituṃ yudhi", "taṃ paśya sukhasaṃviṣṭaṃ tṛṇeṣu saha sītayā"], "translation": "'He whom all the gods and asuras together cannot overpower in battle — behold him lying comfortably on the grass with Sītā!'", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa keeps watch beside the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.45.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 45, "verse": 11, "iast": ["yo mantra tapasā labdho vividhaiś ca pariśramaiḥ", "eko daśarathasyaiṣa putraḥ sadṛśalakṣaṇaḥ"], "translation": "'He who was won through sacred mantra and austerity and through manifold labors — this is the one son of Daśaratha who bears marks worthy of his father.'", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa keeps watch beside the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.45.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 45, "verse": 12, "iast": ["asmin pravrajito rājā na ciraṃ vartayiṣyati", "vidhavā medinī nūnaṃ kṣipram eva bhaviṣyati"], "translation": "'With this one gone into exile, the king will not live long; surely the earth will very soon become a widow.'", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa keeps watch beside the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.45.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 45, "verse": 13, "iast": ["vinadya sumahānādaṃ śrameṇoparatāḥ striyaḥ", "nirghoṣoparataṃ tāta manye rājaniveśanam"], "translation": "'The women, having wailed a very loud cry, are now silent from exhaustion; the royal palace, dear one, I think, has fallen still of all its clamor.'", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa keeps watch beside the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.45.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 45, "verse": 14, "iast": ["kausalyā caiva rājā ca tathaiva jananī mama", "nāśaṃse yadi jīvanti sarve te śarvarīm imām"], "translation": "'Kausalyā, and the king, and likewise my own mother — I do not expect that all of them will outlive this night.'", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa keeps watch beside the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.45.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 45, "verse": 15, "iast": ["jīved api hi me mātā śatrughnasyānvavekṣayā", "tad duḥkhaṃ yat tu kausalyā vīrasūr vinaśiṣyati"], "translation": "'My mother might indeed live on out of regard for Śatrughna; but this is the grief — that Kausalyā, mother of a hero, will perish.'", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa keeps watch beside the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.45.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 45, "verse": 16, "iast": ["anuraktajanākīrṇā sukhālokapriyāvahā", "rājavyasanasaṃsṛṣṭā sā purī vinaśiṣyati"], "translation": "'That city, thronged with devoted people, bringing the joy of a pleasant sight, now stricken by the king's calamity, will be undone.'", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa keeps watch beside the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.45.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 45, "verse": 17, "iast": ["atikrāntam atikrāntam anavāpya manoratham", "rājye rāmam anikṣipya pitā me vinaśiṣyati"], "translation": "'It is all over, all over! Without attaining his heart's desire, without installing Rāma in the kingdom, my father will perish.'", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa keeps watch beside the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.45.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 45, "verse": 18, "iast": ["siddhārthāḥ pitaraṃ vṛttaṃ tasmin kāle hy upasthite", "pretakāryeṣu sarveṣu saṃskariṣyanti bhūmipam"], "translation": "'When that time has come, their own ends gained, they will perform all the funeral rites for the dead father, the king.'", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa keeps watch beside the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.45.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 45, "verse": 19, "iast": ["ramyacatvarasaṃsthānāṃ suvibhaktamahāpathām", "harmyaprāsādasaṃpannāṃ gaṇikāvaraśobhitām"], "translation": "— with its lovely layout of squares, its well-divided great avenues, furnished with mansions and palaces, adorned by the finest of courtesans,", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa keeps watch beside the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.45.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 45, "verse": 20, "iast": ["rathāśvagajasaṃbādhāṃ tūryanādavināditām", "sarvakalyāṇasaṃpūrṇāṃ hṛṣṭapuṣṭajanākulām"], "translation": "crowded with chariots, horses, and elephants, resounding with the sound of trumpets, replete with every prosperity, thronged with glad and well-fed people,", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa keeps watch beside the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.45.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 45, "verse": 21, "iast": ["ārāmodyānasaṃpannāṃ samājotsavaśālinīm", "sukhitā vicariṣyanti rājadhānīṃ pitur mama"], "translation": "rich in pleasure-groves and gardens, splendid with assemblies and festivals — happily will they roam through this capital of my father.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa keeps watch beside the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.45.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 45, "verse": 22, "iast": ["api satyapratijñena sārdhaṃ kuśalinā vayam", "nivṛtte vanavāse 'sminn ayodhyāṃ praviśemahi"], "translation": "Would that we, together with him true to his vow and safe and sound, might enter Ayodhyā once more when this forest-dwelling is over!", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa keeps watch beside the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.45.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 45, "verse": 23, "iast": ["paridevayamānasya duḥkhārtasya mahātmanaḥ", "tiṣṭhato rājaputrasya śarvarī sātyavartata"], "translation": "As the great-souled prince stood there lamenting and stricken with grief, that night wore away.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa keeps watch beside the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.45.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 45, "verse": 24, "iast": ["tathā hi satyaṃ bruvati prajāhite narendraputre gurusauhṛdād guhaḥ", "mumoca bāṣpaṃ vyasanābhipīḍito jvarāturo nāga iva vyathāturaḥ"], "translation": "As the prince, devoted to the people's welfare, spoke truth in this way, Guha, out of his deep affection, shed tears, tormented by grief, in anguish like an elephant afflicted with fever.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa keeps watch beside the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 1, "iast": ["prabhātāyāṃ tu śarvaryāṃ pṛthu vṛkṣā mahāyaśāḥ", "uvāca rāmaḥ saumitriṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ śubhalakṣaṇam"], "translation": "When the night had brightened into dawn, the broad-chested, greatly renowned Rāma said to Saumitri, to Lakṣmaṇa of auspicious marks:", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 2, "iast": ["bhāskarodayakālo 'yaṃ gatā bhagavatī niśā", "asau sukṛṣṇo vihagaḥ kokilas tāta kūjati"], "translation": "'This is the hour of the sun's rising; the venerable night has passed; yonder, dear one, the deep-black bird, the cuckoo, is calling.'", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 3, "iast": ["barhiṇānāṃ ca nirghoṣaḥ śrūyate nadatāṃ vane", "tarāma jāhnavīṃ saumya śīghragāṃ sāgaraṃgamām"], "translation": "'And the cry of the peacocks calling in the forest is heard; let us cross the swift-flowing Jāhnavī, gentle one, that runs to the sea.'", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 4, "iast": ["vijñāya rāmasya vacaḥ saumitrir mitranandanaḥ", "guham āmantrya sūtaṃ ca so 'tiṣṭhad bhrātur agrataḥ"], "translation": "Understanding Rāma's word, Saumitri, the delight of his friends, having taken leave of Guha and the charioteer, stood before his brother.", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 5, "iast": ["tataḥ kalāpān saṃnahya khaḍgau baddhvā ca dhanvinau", "jagmatur yena tau gaṅgāṃ sītayā saha rāghavau"], "translation": "Then, strapping on their quivers and girding on their two swords, the two bow-bearing Rāghavas, together with Sītā, went to where the Gaṅgā lay.", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 6, "iast": ["rāmam eva tu dharmajñam upagamya vinītavat", "kim ahaṃ karavāṇīti sūtaḥ prāñjalir abravīt"], "translation": "Approaching Rāma, the knower of dharma, humbly, the charioteer, palms joined, said, 'What am I to do?'", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 7, "iast": ["nivartasvety uvācainam etāvad dhi kṛtaṃ mama", "yānaṃ vihāya padbhyāṃ tu gamiṣyāmo mahāvanam"], "translation": "'Turn back,' he said to him; 'this much has been done for me. Leaving the chariot, we shall go on foot into the great forest.'", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 8, "iast": ["ātmānaṃ tv abhyanujñātam avekṣyārtaḥ sa sārathiḥ", "sumantraḥ puruṣavyāghram aikṣvākam idam abravīt"], "translation": "But seeing himself thus dismissed, the charioteer Sumantra, distressed, said this to the tiger among men, the scion of Ikṣvāku:", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 9, "iast": ["nātikrāntam idaṃ loke puruṣeṇeha kena cit", "tava sabhrātṛbhāryasya vāsaḥ prākṛtavad vane"], "translation": "'Never in the world has this been undergone by any man — such a dwelling in the forest, like a common man's, as yours, with your brother and your wife.'", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 10, "iast": ["na manye brahmacarye 'sti svadhīte vā phalodayaḥ", "mārdavārjavayor vāpi tvāṃ ced vyasanam āgatam"], "translation": "'I do not think there is any fruit in chastity, or in good study, or even in gentleness and uprightness, if calamity has come upon you.'", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 11, "iast": ["saha rāghava vaidehyā bhrātrā caiva vane vasan", "tvaṃ gatiṃ prāpsyase vīra trīṃl lokāṃs tu jayann iva"], "translation": "'Yet dwelling in the forest with Vaidehī and with your brother, O Rāghava, you will attain glory, O hero, as though conquering the three worlds.'", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 12, "iast": ["vayaṃ khalu hatā rāma ye tayāpy upavañcitāḥ", "kaikeyyā vaśam eṣyāmaḥ pāpāyā duḥkhabhāginaḥ"], "translation": "'But we indeed are ruined, Rāma — we who, cheated by her, shall fall under the sway of the wicked Kaikeyī, we, doomed to sorrow.'", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 13, "iast": ["iti bruvann ātma samaṃ sumantraḥ sārathis tadā", "dṛṣṭvā dura gataṃ rāmaṃ duḥkhārto rurude ciram"], "translation": "Speaking thus, the charioteer Sumantra then, seeing Rāma — dear to him as his own self — gone far off, wept a long while, stricken with grief.", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 14, "iast": ["tatas tu vigate bāṣpe sūtaṃ spṛṣṭodakaṃ śucim", "rāmas tu madhuraṃ vākyaṃ punaḥ punar uvāca tam"], "translation": "Then, when the charioteer's tears had passed and he had touched water and grown pure, Rāma spoke to him sweet words again and again:", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 15, "iast": ["ikṣvākūṇāṃ tvayā tulyaṃ suhṛdaṃ nopalakṣaye", "yathā daśaratho rājā māṃ na śocet tathā kuru"], "translation": "'I know no friend of the Ikṣvākus equal to you; act so that King Daśaratha may not grieve for me.'", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 16, "iast": ["śokopahata cetāś ca vṛddhaś ca jagatīpatiḥ", "kāma bhārāvasannaś ca tasmād etad bravīmi te"], "translation": "'The lord of the earth is old, his mind stricken by grief, and sinking beneath the burden of desire; that is why I say this to you.'", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 17, "iast": ["yad yad ājñāpayet kiṃ cit sa mahātmā mahīpatiḥ", "kaikeyyāḥ priyakāmārthaṃ kāryaṃ tad avikāṅkṣayā"], "translation": "'Whatever that great-souled lord of the earth may command, to please the wishes of Kaikeyī, that must be carried out without demur.'", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 18, "iast": ["etadarthaṃ hi rājyāni praśāsati nareśvarāḥ", "yad eṣāṃ sarvakṛtyeṣu mano na pratihanyate"], "translation": "'For to this end do lords of men govern kingdoms — that in none of their undertakings should their will be thwarted.'", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 19, "iast": ["tad yathā sa mahārājo nālīkam adhigacchati", "na ca tāmyati duḥkhena sumantra kuru tat tathā"], "translation": "'So act, Sumantra, in such a way that the great king does not fall into (thoughts of) deceit, nor languish with grief.'", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 20, "iast": ["adṛṣṭaduḥkhaṃ rājānaṃ vṛddham āryaṃ jitendriyam", "brūyās tvam abhivādyaiva mama hetor idaṃ vacaḥ"], "translation": "'Saluting the king — who has never known sorrow, aged, noble, master of his senses — you should on my behalf speak this word:'", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 21, "iast": ["naivāham anuśocāmi lakṣmaṇo na ca maithilī", "ayodhyāyāś cyutāś ceti vane vatsyāmaheti vā"], "translation": "'Neither do I grieve at all, nor Lakṣmaṇa, nor the princess of Mithilā, whether at being fallen from Ayodhyā, or (thinking) \"we shall dwell in the forest.\"'", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 22, "iast": ["caturdaśasu varṣeṣu nivṛtteṣu punaḥ punaḥ", "lakṣmaṇaṃ māṃ ca sītāṃ ca drakṣyasi kṣipram āgatān"], "translation": "'When the fourteen years are over, you will soon see Lakṣmaṇa, and me, and Sītā come back once more.'", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 23, "iast": ["evam uktvā tu rājānaṃ mātaraṃ ca sumantra me", "anyāś ca devīḥ sahitāḥ kaikeyīṃ ca punaḥ punaḥ"], "translation": "'Having thus addressed the king, and my mother, Sumantra, and all the other queens together, and Kaikeyī, again and again,'", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 24, "iast": ["ārogyaṃ brūhi kausalyām atha pādābhivandanam", "sītāyā mama cāryasya vacanāl lakṣmaṇasya ca"], "translation": "'convey to Kausalyā a wish for her health, and then a salutation at her feet — in the words of Sītā, of me, and of noble Lakṣmaṇa.'", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.25", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 25, "iast": ["brūyāś ca hi mahārājaṃ bharataṃ kṣipram ānaya", "āgataś cāpi bharataḥ sthāpyo nṛpamate pade"], "translation": "'And you should say to the great king: \"Bring Bharata quickly; and Bharata, once he has come, should be installed in the royal office.\"'", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.26", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 26, "iast": ["bharataṃ ca pariṣvajya yauvarājye 'bhiṣicya ca", "asmatsaṃtāpajaṃ duḥkhaṃ na tvām abhibhaviṣyati"], "translation": "'And once you have embraced Bharata and consecrated him as heir-apparent, the grief born of sorrow for us will not overwhelm you.'", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.27", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 27, "iast": ["bharataś cāpi vaktavyo yathā rājani vartase", "tathā mātṛṣu vartethāḥ sarvāsv evāviśeṣataḥ"], "translation": "'And Bharata too should be told: \"As you bear yourself toward the king, so you should bear yourself toward all the mothers, without distinction.\"'", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.28", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 28, "iast": ["yathā ca tava kaikeyī sumitrā cāviśeṣataḥ", "tathaiva devī kausalyā mama mātā viśeṣataḥ"], "translation": "'And as Kaikeyī and Sumitrā are to you without distinction, just so is Queen Kausalyā, my mother, especially (to be honored).'", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.29", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 29, "iast": ["nivartyamāno rāmeṇa sumantraḥ śokakarśitaḥ", "tat sarvaṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā snehāt kākutstham abravīt"], "translation": "Sumantra, being sent back by Rāma, worn thin with grief, having heard all that speech, said to Kākutstha out of affection:", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.30", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 30, "iast": ["yad ahaṃ nopacāreṇa brūyāṃ snehād aviklavaḥ", "bhaktimān iti tat tāvad vākyaṃ tvaṃ kṣantum arhasi"], "translation": "'If, out of affection and not by mere courtesy, I — steadfast and devoted — should say something, that speech, at least, you ought to forgive.'", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.31", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 31, "iast": ["kathaṃ hi tvadvihīno 'haṃ pratiyāsyāmi tāṃ purīm", "tava tāta viyogena putraśokākulām iva"], "translation": "'For how shall I, bereft of you, return to that city, which through separation from you, dear one, is as though distraught with grief for a son?'", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.32", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 32, "iast": ["sarāmam api tāvan me rathaṃ dṛṣṭvā tadā janaḥ", "vinā rāmaṃ rathaṃ dṛṣṭvā vidīryetāpi sā purī"], "translation": "'The people grieved even at seeing my chariot with Rāma in it as it left; how much more, seeing the chariot without Rāma, would that city burst asunder!'", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.33", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 33, "iast": ["dainyaṃ hi nagarī gacched dṛṣṭvā śūnyam imaṃ ratham", "sūtāvaśeṣaṃ svaṃ sainyaṃ hatavīram ivāhave"], "translation": "'For seeing this empty chariot, with only the driver left, the city would sink into wretchedness, like an army in battle whose hero has been slain.'", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.34", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 34, "iast": ["dūre 'pi nivasantaṃ tvāṃ mānasenāgrataḥ sthitam", "cintayantyo 'dya nūnaṃ tvāṃ nirāhārāḥ kṛtāḥ prajāḥ"], "translation": "'Though you dwell far away, the people, picturing you standing before them in their minds, thinking of you today, are surely rendered unable to eat.'", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.35", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 35, "iast": ["ārtanādo hi yaḥ paurair muktas tadvipravāsane", "rathasthaṃ māṃ niśāmyaiva kuryuḥ śataguṇaṃ tataḥ"], "translation": "'The cry of anguish that the citizens raised at his going into exile — seeing me back in the chariot, they would then make it a hundredfold greater.'", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.36", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 36, "iast": ["ahaṃ kiṃ cāpi vakṣyāmi devīṃ tava suto mayā", "nīto 'sau mātulakulaṃ saṃtāpaṃ mā kṛthā iti"], "translation": "'And what shall I say to the queen, your mother? \"Your son was taken by me to his maternal uncle's house; do not grieve\"?'", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.37", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 37, "iast": ["asatyam api naivāhaṃ brūyāṃ vacanam īdṛśam", "katham apriyam evāhaṃ brūyāṃ satyam idaṃ vacaḥ"], "translation": "'I could not utter such a false statement; yet how am I to speak this true but unwelcome word?'", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.38", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 38, "iast": ["mama tāvan niyogasthās tvadbandhujanavāhinaḥ", "kathaṃ rathaṃ tvayā hīnaṃ pravakṣyanti hayottamāḥ"], "translation": "'How shall these excellent horses of mine, obedient to command and used to bearing your kinsmen, draw the chariot bereft of you?'", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.39", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 39, "iast": ["yadi me yācamānasya tyāgam eva kariṣyasi", "saratho 'gniṃ pravekṣyāmi tyakta mātra iha tvayā"], "translation": "'If, though I plead with you, you will nonetheless forsake me, then, together with the chariot, I shall enter the fire the very moment I am abandoned by you here.'", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.40", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 40, "iast": ["bhaviṣyanti vane yāni tapovighnakarāṇi te", "rathena pratibādhiṣye tāni sattvāni rāghava"], "translation": "'Whatever creatures there will be in the forest that hinder your austerities, those, O Rāghava, I shall drive off with the chariot.'", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.41", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 41, "iast": ["tat kṛtena mayā prāptaṃ ratha caryā kṛtaṃ sukham", "āśaṃse tvatkṛtenāhaṃ vanavāsakṛtaṃ sukham"], "translation": "'The happiness that comes of driving the chariot I have gained through this service of mine; through your grace I hope, too, for the happiness that comes of dwelling in the forest.'", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.42", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 42, "iast": ["prasīdecchāmi te 'raṇye bhavituṃ pratyanantaraḥ", "prītyābhihitam icchāmi bhava me patyanantaraḥ"], "translation": "'Be gracious! I wish to be your close attendant in the forest; grant what is asked in love, I beg — be near at hand to me.'", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.43", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 43, "iast": ["tava śuśrūṣaṇaṃ mūrdhnā kariṣyāmi vane vasan", "ayodhyāṃ devalokaṃ vā sarvathā prajahāmy aham"], "translation": "'Dwelling in the forest, I shall render you service with my head bowed; Ayodhyā, or even the world of the gods, I wholly renounce.'", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.44", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 44, "iast": ["na hi śakyā praveṣṭuṃ sā mayāyodhyā tvayā vinā", "rājadhānī mahendrasya yathā duṣkṛtakarmaṇā"], "translation": "'For that Ayodhyā cannot be entered by me without you, any more than the capital of great Indra can be entered by an evildoer.'", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.45", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 45, "iast": ["ime cāpi hayā vīra yadi te vanavāsinaḥ", "paricaryāṃ kariṣyanti prāpsyanti paramāṃ gatim"], "translation": "'And these horses too, O hero, if they render service to you, the forest-dweller, will attain the highest state.'", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.46", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 46, "iast": ["vanavāse kṣayaṃ prāpte mamaiṣa hi manorathaḥ", "yad anena rathenaiva tvāṃ vaheyaṃ purīṃ punaḥ"], "translation": "'When the forest-dwelling has reached its end, this is my heart's desire: that with this very chariot I may carry you back to the city again.'", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.47", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 47, "iast": ["caturdaśa hi varṣāṇi sahitasya tvayā vane", "kṣaṇabhūtāni yāsyanti śataśas tu tato 'nyathā"], "translation": "'For the fourteen years spent with you in the forest will pass as though a single moment; but otherwise, they would seem a hundred times as long.'", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.48", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 48, "iast": ["bhṛtyavatsala tiṣṭhantaṃ bhartṛputragate pathi", "bhaktaṃ bhṛtyaṃ sthitaṃ sthityāṃ tvaṃ na māṃ hātum arhasi"], "translation": "'O lover of your servants, you ought not to abandon me — a devoted servant, standing firm in his duty, keeping to the road along which my master's son has gone.'", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.49", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 49, "iast": ["evaṃ bahuvidhaṃ dīnaṃ yācamānaṃ punaḥ punaḥ", "rāmo bhṛtyānukampī tu sumantram idam abravīt"], "translation": "To Sumantra, thus begging piteously in many ways again and again, Rāma, compassionate to his servants, said this:", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.50", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 50, "iast": ["jānāmi paramāṃ bhaktiṃ mayi te bhartṛvatsala", "śṛṇu cāpi yadarthaṃ tvāṃ preṣayāmi purīm itaḥ"], "translation": "'I know your supreme devotion to me, O loyal one; but hear also for what purpose I am sending you back to the city from here.'", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.51", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 51, "iast": ["nagarīṃ tvāṃ gataṃ dṛṣṭvā jananī me yavīyasī", "kaikeyī pratyayaṃ gacched iti rāmo vanaṃ gataḥ"], "translation": "'Seeing you returned to the city, my younger mother Kaikeyī may gain assurance that \"Rāma has truly gone to the forest.\"'", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.52", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 52, "iast": ["parituṣṭā hi sā devi vanavāsaṃ gate mayi", "rājānaṃ nātiśaṅketa mithyāvādīti dhārmikam"], "translation": "'For that queen, well satisfied that I have gone to dwell in the forest, will not suspect the righteous king of being a liar.'", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.53", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 53, "iast": ["eṣa me prathamaḥ kalpo yad ambā me yavīyasī", "bharatārakṣitaṃ sphītaṃ putrarājyam avāpnuyāt"], "translation": "'This is my foremost design — that my younger mother may obtain a flourishing kingdom for her son, guarded by Bharata.'", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.54", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 54, "iast": ["mama priyārthaṃ rājñaś ca sarathas tvaṃ purīṃ vraja", "saṃdiṣṭaś cāsi yānarthāṃs tāṃs tān brūyās tathātathā"], "translation": "'For my sake and the king's, go with the chariot to the city; and the messages with which you are charged, deliver them, each just so.'", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.55", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 55, "iast": ["ity uktvā vacanaṃ sūtaṃ sāntvayitvā punaḥ punaḥ", "guhaṃ vacanam aklībaṃ rāmo hetumad abravīt", "jaṭāḥ kṛtvā gamiṣyāmi nyagrodhakṣīram ānaya"], "translation": "Having said this and consoled the charioteer again and again, Rāma spoke to Guha a manly, well-reasoned word: 'I shall go having made matted locks; bring the milky sap of the banyan.'", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.56", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 56, "iast": ["tat kṣīraṃ rājaputrāya guhaḥ kṣipram upāharat", "lakṣmaṇasyātmanaś caiva rāmas tenākaroj jaṭāḥ"], "translation": "Guha quickly brought that sap to the prince; and with it Rāma fashioned matted locks for Lakṣmaṇa and for himself.", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.57", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 57, "iast": ["tau tadā cīravasanau jaṭāmaṇḍaladhāriṇau", "aśobhetām ṛṣisamau bhrātarau rāmalakṣmaṇau"], "translation": "Then the two brothers, Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, clad in bark garments and wearing masses of matted hair, shone forth like two seers.", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.58", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 58, "iast": ["tato vaikhānasaṃ mārgam āsthitaḥ sahalakṣmaṇaḥ", "vratam ādiṣṭavān rāmaḥ sahāyaṃ guham abravīt"], "translation": "Then Rāma, together with Lakṣmaṇa, having taken up the way of the forest anchorites and undertaken the vow, said to his companion Guha:", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.59", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 59, "iast": ["apramatto bale kośe durge janapade tathā", "bhavethā guha rājyaṃ hi durārakṣatamaṃ matam"], "translation": "'Be vigilant, Guha, over your army, treasury, fortresses, and countryside; for a kingdom is held the hardest of all things to guard.'", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.60", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 60, "iast": ["tatas taṃ samanujñāya guham ikṣvākunandanaḥ", "jagāma tūrṇam avyagraḥ sabhāryaḥ sahalakṣmaṇaḥ"], "translation": "Then, taking leave of that Guha, the delight of the Ikṣvākus went on swiftly and composed, with his wife and with Lakṣmaṇa.", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.61", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 61, "iast": ["sa tu dṛṣṭvā nadītīre nāvam ikṣvākunandanaḥ", "titīrṣuḥ śīghragāṃ gaṅgām idaṃ lakṣmaṇam abravīt"], "translation": "Seeing a boat on the river-bank, the delight of the Ikṣvākus, wishing to cross the swift Gaṅgā, said this to Lakṣmaṇa:", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.62", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 62, "iast": ["āroha tvaṃ nara vyāghra sthitāṃ nāvam imāṃ śanaiḥ", "sītāṃ cāropayānvakṣaṃ parigṛhya manasvinīm"], "translation": "'Board gently this boat that lies at rest, O tiger among men; and lift the high-spirited Sītā aboard right after, holding her carefully.'", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.63", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 63, "iast": ["sa bhrātuḥ śāsanaṃ śrutvā sarvam apratikūlayan", "āropya maithilīṃ pūrvam ārurohātmavāṃs tataḥ"], "translation": "Hearing his brother's command and in nothing opposing it, the self-possessed one first helped the Maithilī aboard and then mounted himself.", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.64", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 64, "iast": ["athāruroha tejasvī svayaṃ lakṣmaṇapūrvajaḥ", "tato niṣādādhipatir guho jñātīn acodayat"], "translation": "Then the majestic elder brother of Lakṣmaṇa himself mounted; thereupon Guha, lord of the Niṣādas, urged on his kinsmen.", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.65", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 65, "iast": ["anujñāya sumantraṃ ca sabalaṃ caiva taṃ guham", "āsthāya nāvaṃ rāmas tu codayām āsa nāvikān"], "translation": "And taking leave of Sumantra and of Guha with his troop, Rāma, boarding the boat, urged on the boatmen.", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.66", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 66, "iast": ["tatas taiś coditā sā nauḥ karṇadhārasamāhitā", "śubhasphyavegābhihatā śīghraṃ salilam atyagāt"], "translation": "Then that boat, urged on by them, steadied by the helmsman, driven by the force of the fine oars, swiftly sped across the water.", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.67", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 67, "iast": ["madhyaṃ tu samanuprāpya bhāgīrathyās tv aninditā", "vaidehī prāñjalir bhūtvā tāṃ nadīm idam abravīt"], "translation": "On reaching the middle of the Bhāgīrathī, the blameless Vaidehī, joining her palms, spoke thus to that river:", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.68", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 68, "iast": ["putro daśarathasyāyaṃ mahārājasya dhīmataḥ", "nideśaṃ pālayatv enaṃ gaṅge tvadabhirakṣitaḥ"], "translation": "'This is the son of the wise great king Daśaratha; may he, protected by you, O Gaṅgā, fulfill this his charge.'", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.69", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 69, "iast": ["caturdaśa hi varṣāṇi samagrāṇy uṣya kānane", "bhrātrā saha mayā caiva punaḥ pratyāgamiṣyati"], "translation": "'For, having dwelt fourteen full years in the forest, he will return again, together with his brother and with me.'", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.70", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 70, "iast": ["tatas tvāṃ devi subhage kṣemeṇa punar āgatā", "yakṣye pramuditā gaṅge sarvakāmasamṛddhaye"], "translation": "'Then, O blessed goddess Gaṅgā, having safely returned, I shall worship you with joy, for the fulfillment of all my desires.'", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.71", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 71, "iast": ["tvaṃ hi tripathagā devi brahma lokaṃ samīkṣase", "bhāryā codadhirājasya loke 'smin saṃpradṛśyase"], "translation": "'For you, O goddess, flowing in three paths, look upon the world of Brahmā; and as the wife of the ocean-king, you are seen here in this world.'", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.72", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 72, "iast": ["sā tvāṃ devi namasyāmi praśaṃsāmi ca śobhane", "prāpta rājye naravyāghra śivena punar āgate"], "translation": "'So I bow to you, O goddess, and praise you, O lovely one; (I shall worship you) when the tiger among men, having regained his kingdom, has auspiciously come back again.'", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.73", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 73, "iast": ["gavāṃ śatasahasrāṇi vastrāṇy annaṃ ca peśalam", "brāhmaṇebhyaḥ pradāsyāmi tava priyacikīrṣayā"], "translation": "'I shall give to the brahmins hundreds of thousands of cows, garments, and fine food, out of a wish to please you.'", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.74", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 74, "iast": ["tathā saṃbhāṣamāṇā sā sītā gaṅgām aninditā", "dakṣiṇā dakṣiṇaṃ tīraṃ kṣipram evābhyupāgamat"], "translation": "Speaking thus to the Gaṅgā, the blameless, gracious Sītā quickly reached the southern bank.", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.75", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 75, "iast": ["tīraṃ tu samanuprāpya nāvaṃ hitvā nararṣabhaḥ", "prātiṣṭhata saha bhrātrā vaidehyā ca paraṃtapaḥ"], "translation": "Reaching the bank and leaving the boat, the bull among men, scorcher of foes, set out together with his brother and Vaidehī.", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.76", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 76, "iast": ["athābravīn mahābāhuḥ sumitrānandavardhanam", "agrato gaccha saumitre sītā tvām anugacchatu"], "translation": "Then the mighty-armed one said to Saumitri, the increaser of Sumitrā's joy: 'Go in front, Saumitri; let Sītā follow you.'", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.77", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 77, "iast": ["pṛṣṭhato 'haṃ gamiṣyāmi tvāṃ ca sītāṃ ca pālayan", "adya duḥkhaṃ tu vaidehī vanavāsasya vetsyati"], "translation": "'I shall go behind, guarding both you and Sītā; today, though, Vaidehī will come to know the hardship of forest-dwelling.'", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.78", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 78, "iast": ["gataṃ tu gaṅgāparapāram āśu rāmaṃ sumantraḥ pratataṃ nirīkṣya", "adhvaprakarṣād vinivṛttadṛṣṭir mumoca bāṣpaṃ vyathitas tapasvī"], "translation": "Gazing long after Rāma, who had swiftly gone to the far shore of the Gaṅgā, until his sight was cut off by the great length of the road, the wretched Sumantra, sore troubled, shed tears.", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.46.79", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 46, "verse": 79, "iast": ["tau tatra hatvā caturo mahāmṛgān varāham ṛśyaṃ pṛṣataṃ mahārurum", "ādāya medhyaṃ tvaritaṃ bubhukṣitau vāsāya kāle yayatur vanaspatim"], "translation": "There the two, having killed four great beasts — a boar, an ṛśya antelope, a spotted deer, and a great ruru deer — and, being hungry, swiftly taking the pure meat, went at the proper time to a forest tree to lodge.", "sarga_title": "Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.47.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 47, "verse": 1, "iast": ["sa taṃ vṛkṣaṃ samāsādya saṃdhyām anvāsya paścimām", "rāmo ramayatāṃ śreṣṭha iti hovāca lakṣmaṇam"], "translation": "Reaching that tree and performing the evening twilight worship, Rāma, best of those who bring delight, spoke thus to Lakṣmaṇa:", "sarga_title": "Rāma grieves and asks Lakṣmaṇa to return"}
{"ref": "2.47.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 47, "verse": 2, "iast": ["adyeyaṃ prathamā rātrir yātā janapadād bahiḥ", "yā sumantreṇa rahitā tāṃ notkaṇṭhitum arhasi"], "translation": "“Today this first night has passed outside our realm, a night bereft of Sumantra; you should not grieve over it.", "sarga_title": "Rāma grieves and asks Lakṣmaṇa to return"}
{"ref": "2.47.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 47, "verse": 3, "iast": ["jāgartavyam atandribhyām adya prabhṛti rātriṣu", "yogakṣemo hi sītāyā vartate lakṣmaṇāvayoḥ"], "translation": "From this day on we two must keep watch unwearied through the nights; for the safety and welfare of Sītā, Lakṣmaṇa, rests upon us both.", "sarga_title": "Rāma grieves and asks Lakṣmaṇa to return"}
{"ref": "2.47.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 47, "verse": 4, "iast": ["rātriṃ kathaṃ cid evemāṃ saumitre vartayāmahe", "upāvartāmahe bhūmāv āstīrya svayam ārjitaiḥ"], "translation": "Let us somehow pass this very night, Saumitri; let us lie down upon the ground, having spread out things gathered with our own hands.", "sarga_title": "Rāma grieves and asks Lakṣmaṇa to return"}
{"ref": "2.47.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 47, "verse": 5, "iast": ["sa tu saṃviśya medinyāṃ mahārhaśayanocitaḥ", "imāḥ saumitraye rāmo vyājahāra kathāḥ śubhāḥ"], "translation": "So Rāma, accustomed to a most costly couch, having lain down upon the earth, spoke these fair words to Saumitri:", "sarga_title": "Rāma grieves and asks Lakṣmaṇa to return"}
{"ref": "2.47.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 47, "verse": 6, "iast": ["dhruvam adya mahārājo duḥkhaṃ svapiti lakṣmaṇa", "kṛtakāmā tu kaikeyī tuṣṭā bhavitum arhati"], "translation": "“Surely tonight the great king sleeps in sorrow, Lakṣmaṇa; but Kaikeyī, her desire fulfilled, may well be content.", "sarga_title": "Rāma grieves and asks Lakṣmaṇa to return"}
{"ref": "2.47.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 47, "verse": 7, "iast": ["sā hi devī mahārājaṃ kaikeyī rājyakāraṇāt", "api na cyāvayet prāṇān dṛṣṭvā bharatam āgatam"], "translation": "For that queen Kaikeyī, for the sake of the kingdom, might even, on seeing Bharata come, drive the life-breath from the great king.", "sarga_title": "Rāma grieves and asks Lakṣmaṇa to return"}
{"ref": "2.47.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 47, "verse": 8, "iast": ["anāthaś caiva vṛddhaś ca mayā caiva vinākṛtaḥ", "kiṃ kariṣyati kāmātmā kaikeyyā vaśam āgataḥ"], "translation": "Helpless and old, and deprived of me as well, what will he do — that man ruled by desire, fallen under Kaikeyī's power?", "sarga_title": "Rāma grieves and asks Lakṣmaṇa to return"}
{"ref": "2.47.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 47, "verse": 9, "iast": ["idaṃ vyasanam ālokya rājñaś ca mativibhramam", "kāma evārdhadharmābhyāṃ garīyān iti me matiḥ"], "translation": "Seeing this calamity and the king's confusion of mind, my conviction is that desire is weightier than both wealth and dharma.", "sarga_title": "Rāma grieves and asks Lakṣmaṇa to return"}
{"ref": "2.47.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 47, "verse": 10, "iast": ["ko hy avidvān api pumān pramadāyāḥ kṛte tyajet", "chandānuvartinaṃ putraṃ tāto mām iva lakṣmaṇa"], "translation": "For what man, even a fool, would for the sake of a woman cast off an obedient son — as my father has cast me off, Lakṣmaṇa?", "sarga_title": "Rāma grieves and asks Lakṣmaṇa to return"}
{"ref": "2.47.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 47, "verse": 11, "iast": ["sukhī bata sabhāryaś ca bharataḥ kekayīsutaḥ", "muditān kosalān eko yo bhokṣyaty adhirājavat"], "translation": "Happy indeed, together with his wife, is Bharata, the Kekaya princess's son, who alone will enjoy the flourishing Kosalas like a sovereign king.", "sarga_title": "Rāma grieves and asks Lakṣmaṇa to return"}
{"ref": "2.47.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 47, "verse": 12, "iast": ["sa hi sarvasya rājyasya mukham ekaṃ bhaviṣyati", "tāte ca vayasātīte mayi cāraṇyam āśrite"], "translation": "For he will become the sole head of the entire kingdom, now that our father is advanced in years and I have taken to the forest.", "sarga_title": "Rāma grieves and asks Lakṣmaṇa to return"}
{"ref": "2.47.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 47, "verse": 13, "iast": ["arthadharmau parityajya yaḥ kāmam anuvartate", "evam āpadyate kṣipraṃ rājā daśaratho yathā"], "translation": "He who, forsaking wealth and dharma, follows after desire, swiftly comes to grief — as King Daśaratha has.", "sarga_title": "Rāma grieves and asks Lakṣmaṇa to return"}
{"ref": "2.47.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 47, "verse": 14, "iast": ["manye daśarathāntāya mama pravrājanāya ca", "kaikeyī saumya saṃprāptā rājyāya bharatasya ca"], "translation": "I think, gentle one, that Kaikeyī has come into our house for Daśaratha's end, for my banishment, and for the kingship of Bharata.", "sarga_title": "Rāma grieves and asks Lakṣmaṇa to return"}
{"ref": "2.47.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 47, "verse": 15, "iast": ["apīdānīṃ na kaikeyī saubhāgyamadamohitā", "kausalyāṃ ca sumitrāṃ ca saṃprabādheta matkṛte"], "translation": "I only hope that Kaikeyī, now deluded by the intoxication of good fortune, may not persecute Kausalyā and Sumitrā on my account.", "sarga_title": "Rāma grieves and asks Lakṣmaṇa to return"}
{"ref": "2.47.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 47, "verse": 16, "iast": ["mā sma matkāraṇād devī sumitrā duḥkham āvaset", "ayodhyām ita eva tvaṃ kāle praviśa lakṣmaṇa"], "translation": "Let not queen Sumitrā dwell in sorrow on my account; you, Lakṣmaṇa, go back to Ayodhyā from here in good time.", "sarga_title": "Rāma grieves and asks Lakṣmaṇa to return"}
{"ref": "2.47.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 47, "verse": 17, "iast": ["aham eko gamiṣyāmi sītayā saha daṇḍakān", "anāthāyā hi nāthas tvaṃ kausalyāyā bhaviṣyasi"], "translation": "I shall go alone with Sītā to the Daṇḍaka forests; for you will be the protector of the helpless Kausalyā.", "sarga_title": "Rāma grieves and asks Lakṣmaṇa to return"}
{"ref": "2.47.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 47, "verse": 18, "iast": ["kṣudrakarmā hi kaikeyī dveṣād anyāyyam ācaret", "paridadyā hi dharmajñe bharate mama mātaram"], "translation": "For Kaikeyī, of base deeds, might out of malice act unjustly toward her; so entrust my mother to the dharma-knowing Bharata.", "sarga_title": "Rāma grieves and asks Lakṣmaṇa to return"}
{"ref": "2.47.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 47, "verse": 19, "iast": ["nūnaṃ jātyantare kasmiṃḥ striyaḥ putrair viyojitāḥ", "jananyā mama saumitre tad apy etad upasthitam"], "translation": "Surely in some former birth women were parted from their sons by my mother, Saumitri; and now that too has come home to her.", "sarga_title": "Rāma grieves and asks Lakṣmaṇa to return"}
{"ref": "2.47.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 47, "verse": 20, "iast": ["mayā hi cirapuṣṭena duḥkhasaṃvardhitena ca", "viprāyujyata kausalyā phalakāle dhig astu mām"], "translation": "For Kausalyā has been parted, just at the time of harvest, from me whom she nourished so long and reared through hardship — a curse upon me!", "sarga_title": "Rāma grieves and asks Lakṣmaṇa to return"}
{"ref": "2.47.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 47, "verse": 21, "iast": ["mā sma sīmantinī kā cij janayet putram īdṛśam", "saumitre yo 'ham ambāyā dadmi śokam anantakam"], "translation": "Let no woman ever bear such a son as I, Saumitri, who give my mother grief without end.", "sarga_title": "Rāma grieves and asks Lakṣmaṇa to return"}
{"ref": "2.47.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 47, "verse": 22, "iast": ["manye prītiviśiṣṭā sā matto lakṣmaṇasārikā", "yasyās tac chrūyate vākyaṃ śuka pādam arer daśa"], "translation": "I think that mynah bird is now more favoured than I am, Lakṣmaṇa — the one whose speech is heard: 'Parrot, bite the enemy's foot!'", "sarga_title": "Rāma grieves and asks Lakṣmaṇa to return"}
{"ref": "2.47.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 47, "verse": 23, "iast": ["śocantyāś cālpabhāgyāyā na kiṃ cid upakurvatā", "purtreṇa kim aputrāyā mayā kāryam ariṃdama"], "translation": "Of what use, O tamer of foes, is a son like me — who does nothing to help — to my grieving, ill-fated mother, who is as good as sonless?", "sarga_title": "Rāma grieves and asks Lakṣmaṇa to return"}
{"ref": "2.47.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 47, "verse": 24, "iast": ["alpabhāgyā hi me mātā kausalyā rahitā mayā", "śete paramaduḥkhārtā patitā śokasāgare"], "translation": "For my mother Kausalyā, of little fortune and bereft of me, lies stricken with utmost grief, fallen into an ocean of sorrow.", "sarga_title": "Rāma grieves and asks Lakṣmaṇa to return"}
{"ref": "2.47.25", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 47, "verse": 25, "iast": ["eko hy aham ayodhyāṃ ca pṛthivīṃ cāpi lakṣmaṇa", "tareyam iṣubhiḥ kruddho nanu vīryam akāraṇam"], "translation": "For I alone, Lakṣmaṇa, if enraged, could master Ayodhyā and the whole earth too with my arrows; yet valor without cause is surely wrong.", "sarga_title": "Rāma grieves and asks Lakṣmaṇa to return"}
{"ref": "2.47.26", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 47, "verse": 26, "iast": ["adharmabhaya bhītaś ca paralokasya cānagha", "tena lakṣmaṇa nādyāham ātmānam abhiṣecaye"], "translation": "But fearing unrighteousness and the loss of the world beyond, O sinless one — for that reason, Lakṣmaṇa, I do not today consecrate myself as king.", "sarga_title": "Rāma grieves and asks Lakṣmaṇa to return"}
{"ref": "2.47.27", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 47, "verse": 27, "iast": ["etad anyac ca karuṇaṃ vilapya vijane bahu", "aśrupūrṇamukho rāmo niśi tūṣṇīm upāviśat"], "translation": "Having lamented this and much else piteously in that lonely place, Rāma, his face bathed in tears, sat silent in the night.", "sarga_title": "Rāma grieves and asks Lakṣmaṇa to return"}
{"ref": "2.47.28", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 47, "verse": 28, "iast": ["vilapyoparataṃ rāmaṃ gatārciṣam ivānalam", "samudram iva nirvegam āśvāsayata lakṣmaṇaḥ"], "translation": "Lakṣmaṇa consoled Rāma, who had ceased his lament — like a fire whose flames had died, like an ocean grown calm.", "sarga_title": "Rāma grieves and asks Lakṣmaṇa to return"}
{"ref": "2.47.29", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 47, "verse": 29, "iast": ["dhruvam adya purī rāma ayodhyā yudhināṃ vara", "niṣprabhā tvayi niṣkrānte gatacandreva śarvarī"], "translation": "“Surely today, O Rāma, best of warriors, now that you have departed, the city of Ayodhyā is without splendour, like a night whose moon has set.", "sarga_title": "Rāma grieves and asks Lakṣmaṇa to return"}
{"ref": "2.47.30", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 47, "verse": 30, "iast": ["naitad aupayikaṃ rāma yad idaṃ paritapyase", "viṣādayasi sītāṃ ca māṃ caiva puruṣarṣabha"], "translation": "This is not fitting, Rāma, that you should grieve so; you drive Sītā and me too into despair, O bull among men.", "sarga_title": "Rāma grieves and asks Lakṣmaṇa to return"}
{"ref": "2.47.31", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 47, "verse": 31, "iast": ["na ca sītā tvayā hīnā na cāham api rāghava", "muhūrtam api jīvāvo jalān matsyāv ivoddhṛtau"], "translation": "Neither Sītā without you, nor I either, O Rāghava, could live even a moment — like two fish taken out of the water.", "sarga_title": "Rāma grieves and asks Lakṣmaṇa to return"}
{"ref": "2.47.32", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 47, "verse": 32, "iast": ["na hi tātaṃ na śatrughnaṃ na sumitrāṃ paraṃtapa", "draṣṭum iccheyam adyāhaṃ svargaṃ vāpi tvayā vinā"], "translation": "Without you, O scorcher of foes, I would not wish today to see my father, nor Śatrughna, nor Sumitrā, nor even heaven.", "sarga_title": "Rāma grieves and asks Lakṣmaṇa to return"}
{"ref": "2.47.33", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 47, "verse": 33, "iast": ["sa lakṣmaṇasyottama puṣkalaṃ vaco niśamya caivaṃ vanavāsam ādarāt", "samāḥ samastā vidadhe paraṃtapaḥ prapadya dharmaṃ sucirāya rāghavaḥ"], "translation": "Having attentively heard this excellent and copious speech of Lakṣmaṇa, that scorcher of foes, Rāghava, embracing dharma, resolved on dwelling in the forest for all those years to come.", "sarga_title": "Rāma grieves and asks Lakṣmaṇa to return"}
{"ref": "2.48.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 48, "verse": 1, "iast": ["te tu tasmin mahāvṛkṣa uṣitvā rajanīṃ śivām", "vimale 'bhyudite sūrye tasmād deśāt pratasthire"], "translation": "Having passed a comfortable night beneath that great tree, when the sun had risen clear they set out from that spot.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Rāma to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.48.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 48, "verse": 2, "iast": ["yatra bhāgīrathī gaṅgā yamunām abhivartate", "jagmus taṃ deśam uddiśya vigāhya sumahad vanam"], "translation": "Making for that spot where the Bhāgīrathī Gaṅgā flows toward the Yamunā, they went on, plunging through a very great forest.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Rāma to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.48.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 48, "verse": 3, "iast": ["te bhūmim āgān vividhān deśāṃś cāpi manoramān", "adṛṣṭapūrvān paśyantas tatra tatra yaśasvinaḥ"], "translation": "Those illustrious ones came upon land and various delightful regions never seen before, gazing at them here and there.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Rāma to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.48.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 48, "verse": 4, "iast": ["yathākṣemeṇa gacchan sa paśyaṃś ca vividhān drumān", "nivṛttamātre divase rāmaḥ saumitrim abravīt"], "translation": "Going along safely and gazing at trees of many kinds, when the day had just turned to its close Rāma said to the son of Sumitrā:", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Rāma to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.48.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 48, "verse": 5, "iast": ["prayāgam abhitaḥ paśya saumitre dhūmam unnatam", "agner bhagavataḥ ketuṃ manye saṃnihito muniḥ"], "translation": "“Look, son of Sumitrā, at the smoke rising high all about Prayāga—I take it for the banner of the blessed fire-god; the sage must be near at hand.”", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Rāma to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.48.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 48, "verse": 6, "iast": ["nūnaṃ prāptāḥ sma saṃbhedaṃ gaṅgāyamunayor vayam", "tathā hi śrūyate śambdo vāriṇā vārighaṭṭitaḥ"], "translation": "“Surely we have reached the meeting of the Gaṅgā and the Yamunā, for so is heard the sound of water dashed against water.”", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Rāma to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.48.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 48, "verse": 7, "iast": ["dārūṇi paribhinnāni vanajair upajīvibhiḥ", "bharadvājāśrame caite dṛśyante vividhā drumāḥ"], "translation": "“Here are logs cut up by those who live off the forest, and at Bharadvāja's āśrama these trees of many kinds are seen.”", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Rāma to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.48.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 48, "verse": 8, "iast": ["dhanvinau tau sukhaṃ gatvā lambamāne divākare", "gaṅgāyamunayoḥ saṃdhau prāpatur nilayaṃ muneḥ"], "translation": "The two bowmen, travelling easily, as the sun was sinking, arrived at the sage's dwelling at the junction of the Gaṅgā and Yamunā.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Rāma to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.48.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 48, "verse": 9, "iast": ["rāmas tv āśramam āsādya trāsayan mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ", "gatvā muhūrtam adhvānaṃ bharadvājam upāgamat"], "translation": "Rāma, reaching the āśrama and startling the beasts and birds, after going a little way came up to Bharadvāja.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Rāma to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.48.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 48, "verse": 10, "iast": ["tatas tv āśramam āsādya muner darśanakāṅkṣiṇau", "sītayānugatau vīrau dūrād evāvatasthatuḥ"], "translation": "Then, having reached the āśrama and longing for a sight of the sage, the two heroes, followed by Sītā, halted while still at a distance.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Rāma to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.48.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 48, "verse": 11, "iast": ["hutāgnihotraṃ dṛṣṭvaiva mahābhāgaṃ kṛtāñjaliḥ", "rāmaḥ saumitriṇā sārdhaṃ sītayā cābhyavādayat"], "translation": "The moment he saw the greatly blessed one who had offered the fire-oblation, Rāma, with folded hands, together with the son of Sumitrā and with Sītā, made obeisance.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Rāma to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.48.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 48, "verse": 12, "iast": ["nyavedayata cātmānaṃ tasmai lakṣmaṇapūrvajaḥ", "putrau daśarathasyāvāṃ bhagavan rāmalakṣmaṇau"], "translation": "And the elder brother of Lakṣmaṇa announced himself to him: “We two, revered one, are Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, the sons of Daśaratha.”", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Rāma to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.48.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 48, "verse": 13, "iast": ["bhāryā mameyaṃ vaidehī kalyāṇī janakātmajā", "māṃ cānuyātā vijanaṃ tapovanam aninditā"], "translation": "“This is my wife, the Videhan princess, the auspicious daughter of Janaka, and, blameless, she has followed me to the solitary penance-grove.”", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Rāma to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.48.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 48, "verse": 14, "iast": ["pitrā pravrājyamānaṃ māṃ saumitrir anujaḥ priyaḥ", "ayam anvagamad bhrātā vanam eva dṛḍhavrataḥ"], "translation": "“As I was being sent into exile by my father, this my dear younger brother, the son of Sumitrā, firm in his vow, followed me into the very forest.”", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Rāma to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.48.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 48, "verse": 15, "iast": ["pitrā niyuktā bhagavan praveṣyāmas tapovanam", "dharmam evācariṣyāmas tatra mūlaphalāśanāḥ"], "translation": "“Enjoined by my father, revered one, we shall enter the penance-grove; there, living on roots and fruits, we shall practise dharma alone.”", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Rāma to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.48.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 48, "verse": 16, "iast": ["tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā rājaputrasya dhīmataḥ", "upānayata dharmātmā gām arghyam udakaṃ tataḥ"], "translation": "Hearing that speech of the wise prince, the righteous one then brought forward a cow, the arghya-offering and water.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Rāma to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.48.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 48, "verse": 17, "iast": ["mṛgapakṣibhir āsīno munibhiś ca samantataḥ", "rāmam āgatam abhyarcya svāgatenāha taṃ muniḥ"], "translation": "Seated amid beasts and birds and sages on every side, the sage, having honoured the arriving Rāma, addressed him with a word of welcome.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Rāma to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.48.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 48, "verse": 18, "iast": ["pratigṛhya ca tām arcām upaviṣṭaṃ sarāghavam", "bharadvājo 'bravīd vākyaṃ dharmayuktam idaṃ tadā"], "translation": "And when Rāma, having received that honour, was seated together with the Rāghava (Lakṣmaṇa), Bharadvāja then spoke this speech in accord with dharma:", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Rāma to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.48.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 48, "verse": 19, "iast": ["cirasya khalu kākutstha paśyāmi tvām ihāgatam", "śrutaṃ tava mayā cedaṃ vivāsanam akāraṇam"], "translation": "“After a long time indeed, O Kākutstha, I see you come here; and I have heard this of your banishment, which was without cause.”", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Rāma to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.48.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 48, "verse": 20, "iast": ["avakāśo vivikto 'yaṃ mahānadyoḥ samāgame", "puṇyaś ca ramaṇīyaś ca vasatv iha bhagān sukham"], "translation": "“This is a secluded open spot at the meeting of the great rivers, holy and delightful; let your Honour dwell here in comfort.”", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Rāma to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.48.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 48, "verse": 21, "iast": ["evam uktas tu vacanaṃ bharadvājena rāghavaḥ", "pratyuvāca śubhaṃ vākyaṃ rāmaḥ sarvahite rataḥ"], "translation": "Thus addressed by Bharadvāja with that speech, the Rāghava Rāma, devoted to the good of all, replied with an auspicious word:", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Rāma to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.48.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 48, "verse": 22, "iast": ["bhagavann ita āsannaḥ paurajānapado janaḥ", "āgamiṣyati vaidehīṃ māṃ cāpi prekṣako janaḥ", "anena kāraṇenāham iha vāsaṃ na rocaye"], "translation": "“Revered one, from here the townsfolk and country-folk are near; people come as onlookers to see the Videhan lady and myself—for this reason I do not favour dwelling here.”", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Rāma to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.48.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 48, "verse": 23, "iast": ["ekānte paśya bhagavann āśramasthānam uttamam", "ramate yatra vaidehī sukhārhā janakātmajā"], "translation": "“Look out, revered one, in a solitary place for an excellent site for a hermitage, where the Videhan princess, daughter of Janaka, who deserves comfort, may find delight.”", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Rāma to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.48.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 48, "verse": 24, "iast": ["etac chrutvā śubhaṃ vākyaṃ bharadvājo mahāmuniḥ", "rāghavasya tato vākyam artha grāhakam abravīt"], "translation": "Hearing this auspicious speech of the Rāghava, the great sage Bharadvāja then spoke words full of meaning:", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Rāma to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.48.25", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 48, "verse": 25, "iast": ["daśakrośa itas tāta girir yasmin nivatsyasi", "maharṣisevitaḥ puṇyaḥ sarvataḥ sukha darśanaḥ"], "translation": "“Ten krośas from here, my child, is a mountain on which you shall dwell, frequented by great seers, holy, on every side fair to look upon.”", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Rāma to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.48.26", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 48, "verse": 26, "iast": ["golāṅgūlānucarito vānararkṣaniṣevitaḥ", "citrakūṭa iti khyāto gandhamādanasaṃnibhaḥ"], "translation": "“Roamed by langurs and haunted by monkeys and bears, it is renowned as Citrakūṭa, resembling Gandhamādana.”", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Rāma to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.48.27", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 48, "verse": 27, "iast": ["yāvatā citra kūṭasya naraḥ śṛṅgāṇy avekṣate", "kalyāṇāni samādhatte na pāpe kurute manaḥ"], "translation": "“As long as a man beholds the peaks of Citrakūṭa, he accomplishes auspicious deeds and sets not his mind on evil.”", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Rāma to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.48.28", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 48, "verse": 28, "iast": ["ṛṣayas tatra bahavo vihṛtya śaradāṃ śatam", "tapasā divam ārūḍhāḥ kapālaśirasā saha"], "translation": "“Many seers there, having sported for a hundred autumns, mounted to heaven through their austerity, together with Kapālaśiras.”", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Rāma to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.48.29", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 48, "verse": 29, "iast": ["praviviktam ahaṃ manye taṃ vāsaṃ bhavataḥ sukham", "iha vā vanavāsāya vasa rāma mayā saha"], "translation": "“I hold that dwelling there to be secluded and comfortable for you; or else, Rāma, dwell here with me for your forest life.”", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Rāma to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.48.30", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 48, "verse": 30, "iast": ["sa rāmaṃ sarvakāmais taṃ bharadvājaḥ priyātithim", "sabhāryaṃ saha ca bhrātrā pratijagrāha dharmavit"], "translation": "That Bharadvāja, knower of dharma, received Rāma, his welcome guest, with all objects of desire, together with his wife and his brother.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Rāma to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.48.31", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 48, "verse": 31, "iast": ["tasya prayāge rāmasya taṃ maharṣim upeyuṣaḥ", "prapannā rajanī puṇyā citrāḥ kathayataḥ kathāḥ"], "translation": "For Rāma, who at Prayāga had come to that great seer and was telling wondrous tales, the holy night set in.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Rāma to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.48.32", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 48, "verse": 32, "iast": ["prabhātāyāṃ rajanyāṃ tu bharadvājam upāgamat", "uvāca naraśārdūlo muniṃ jvalitatejasaṃ"], "translation": "When the night had brightened into dawn, that tiger among men went up to Bharadvāja and spoke to the sage of blazing splendour:", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Rāma to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.48.33", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 48, "verse": 33, "iast": ["śarvarīṃ bhavanann adya satyaśīla tavāśrame", "uṣitāḥ smeha vasatim anujānātu no bhavān"], "translation": "“O you of truthful conduct, having spent the night today in your āśrama, we have lodged here; let your Honour give us leave.”", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Rāma to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.48.34", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 48, "verse": 34, "iast": ["rātryāṃ tu tasyāṃ vyuṣṭāyāṃ bharadvājo 'bravīd idam", "madhumūlaphalopetaṃ citrakūṭaṃ vrajeti ha"], "translation": "When that night had passed, Bharadvāja said this: “Go to Citrakūṭa, well-supplied with honey, roots and fruits.”", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Rāma to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.48.35", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 48, "verse": 35, "iast": ["tatra kuñjarayūthāni mṛgayūthāni cābhitaḥ", "vicaranti vanānteṣu tāni drakṣyasi rāghava"], "translation": "“There herds of elephants and herds of deer roam about on every side within the forest tracts; those you shall see, O Rāghava.”", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Rāma to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.48.36", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 48, "verse": 36, "iast": ["prahṛṣṭakoyaṣṭikakokilasvanair vināditaṃ taṃ vasudhādharaṃ śivam", "mṛgaiś ca mattair bahubhiś ca kuñjaraiḥ suramyam āsādya samāvasāśramam", "mṛgaiś ca mattair bahubhiś ca kuñjaraiḥ", "suramyam āsādya samāvasāśramam"], "translation": "Reaching that auspicious, most lovely mountain, resounding with the cries of joyous lapwings and cuckoos and with the many rutting deer and elephants, take up your dwelling in a hermitage there.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Rāma to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.49.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 49, "verse": 1, "iast": ["uṣitvā rajanīṃ tatra rājaputrāv ariṃdamau", "maharṣim abhivādyātha jagmatus taṃ giriṃ prati"], "translation": "Having spent the night there, the two princes, tamers of foes, then saluted the great sage and set out toward that mountain.", "sarga_title": "The raft across the Yamunā"}
{"ref": "2.49.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 49, "verse": 2, "iast": ["prasthitāṃś caiva tān prekṣya pitā putrān ivānvagāt", "tataḥ pracakrame vaktuṃ vacanaṃ sa mahāmuniḥ"], "translation": "Watching them as they set out, he followed them as a father follows his sons; then that great sage began to speak these words.", "sarga_title": "The raft across the Yamunā"}
{"ref": "2.49.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 49, "verse": 3, "iast": ["athāsādya tu kālindīṃ śīghrasrotasamāpagām", "tatra yūyaṃ plavaṃ kṛtvā taratāṃśumatīṃ nadīm"], "translation": "'Now, once you have reached the Kālindī, a river of swift current, there make a raft and cross the Aṃśumatī river.'", "sarga_title": "The raft across the Yamunā"}
{"ref": "2.49.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 49, "verse": 4, "iast": ["tato nyagrodham āsādya mahāntaṃ haritacchadam", "vivṛddhaṃ bahubhir vṛkṣaiḥ śyāmaṃ siddhopasevitam"], "translation": "'Then you will reach a great banyan tree with green foliage, grown tall, dark, ringed by many trees and frequented by the perfected ones.'", "sarga_title": "The raft across the Yamunā"}
{"ref": "2.49.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 49, "verse": 5, "iast": ["krośamātraṃ tato gatvā nīlaṃ drakṣyatha kānanam", "palāśabadarīmiśraṃ rāma vaṃśaiś ca yāmunaiḥ"], "translation": "'Going just a krośa beyond it, you will see a dark-blue forest, O Rāma, mingled with palāśa and jujube trees and with Yamunā bamboos.'", "sarga_title": "The raft across the Yamunā"}
{"ref": "2.49.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 49, "verse": 6, "iast": ["sa panthāś citrakūṭasya gataḥ subahuśo mayā", "ramyo mārdavayuktaś ca vanadāvair vivarjitaḥ", "iti panthānam āvedya maharṣiḥ sa nyavartata"], "translation": "'That is the road to Citrakūṭa, traveled by me very many times, delightful and easy, free of forest-fires.' Having thus pointed out the path, the great sage turned back.", "sarga_title": "The raft across the Yamunā"}
{"ref": "2.49.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 49, "verse": 7, "iast": ["upāvṛtte munau tasmin rāmo lakṣmaṇam abravīt", "kṛtapuṇyāḥ sma saumitre munir yan no 'nukampate"], "translation": "When that sage had turned back, Rāma said to Lakṣmaṇa: 'We have surely earned merit, O Saumitri, in that the sage shows us such compassion.'", "sarga_title": "The raft across the Yamunā"}
{"ref": "2.49.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 49, "verse": 8, "iast": ["iti tau puruṣavyāghrau mantrayitvā manasvinau", "sītām evāgrataḥ kṛtvā kālindīṃ jagmatur nadīm"], "translation": "Having thus taken counsel, those two wise tigers among men, placing Sītā in front, went on to the river Kālindī.", "sarga_title": "The raft across the Yamunā"}
{"ref": "2.49.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 49, "verse": 9, "iast": ["tau kāṣṭhasaṃghāṭam atho cakratuḥ sumahāplavam", "cakāra lakṣmaṇaś chittvā sītāyāḥ sukhamānasaṃ"], "translation": "The two then fashioned a raft of logs, a very large float; and Lakṣmaṇa, cutting the wood, made it comfortable to Sītā's heart.", "sarga_title": "The raft across the Yamunā"}
{"ref": "2.49.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 49, "verse": 10, "iast": ["tatra śriyam ivācintyāṃ rāmo dāśarathiḥ priyām", "īṣatsaṃlajjamānāṃ tām adhyāropayata plavam"], "translation": "There Rāma, son of Daśaratha, helped his beloved—slightly bashful, like inconceivable Śrī herself—up onto the raft.", "sarga_title": "The raft across the Yamunā"}
{"ref": "2.49.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 49, "verse": 11, "iast": ["tataḥ plavenāṃśumatīṃ śīghragām ūrmimālinīm", "tīrajair bahubhir vṛkṣaiḥ saṃterur yamunāṃ nadīm"], "translation": "Then by the raft they crossed the Aṃśumatī, swift-flowing and wreathed with waves, fringed by the many trees growing along its banks—the river Yamunā.", "sarga_title": "The raft across the Yamunā"}
{"ref": "2.49.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 49, "verse": 12, "iast": ["te tīrṇāḥ plavam utsṛjya prasthāya yamunāvanāt", "śyāmaṃ nyagrodham āseduḥ śītalaṃ haritacchadam"], "translation": "Having crossed over, they abandoned the raft and, setting out from the Yamunā's woods, reached the dark banyan, cool and green-leaved.", "sarga_title": "The raft across the Yamunā"}
{"ref": "2.49.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 49, "verse": 13, "iast": ["kausalyāṃ caiva paśyeyaṃ sumitrāṃ ca yaśasvinīm", "iti sītāñjaliṃ kṛtvā paryagachad vanaspatim"], "translation": "'May I see Kausalyā again, and the illustrious Sumitrā'—so saying, Sītā made an añjali and circumambulated the great tree.", "sarga_title": "The raft across the Yamunā"}
{"ref": "2.49.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 49, "verse": 14, "iast": ["krośamātraṃ tato gatvā bhrātarau rāmalakṣmaṇau", "bahūn medhyān mṛgān hatvā ceratur yamunāvane"], "translation": "Then, having gone a krośa farther, the two brothers Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa killed many deer fit for sacrifice and roamed about in the Yamunā's forest.", "sarga_title": "The raft across the Yamunā"}
{"ref": "2.49.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 49, "verse": 15, "iast": ["vihṛtya te barhiṇapūganādite śubhe vane vāraṇavānarāyute", "samaṃ nadīvapram upetya saṃmataṃ nivāsam ājagmur adīnadarśanaḥ"], "translation": "Having roamed in that lovely wood, resounding with flocks of peacocks and alive with elephants and monkeys, they of undaunted mien came to a level river-bank and reached an agreeable dwelling-place.", "sarga_title": "The raft across the Yamunā"}
{"ref": "2.50.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 50, "verse": 1, "iast": ["atha rātryāṃ vyatītāyām avasuptam anantaram", "prabodhayām āsa śanair lakṣmaṇaṃ raghunandanaḥ"], "translation": "When the night had passed, the delight of the Raghus gently awakened Lakṣmaṇa, who was sleeping right beside him.", "sarga_title": "The Citrakūṭa hut and its rites"}
{"ref": "2.50.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 50, "verse": 2, "iast": ["saumitre śṛṇu vanyānāṃ valgu vyāharatāṃ svanam", "saṃpratiṣṭhāmahe kālaḥ prasthānasya paraṃtapa"], "translation": "'Saumitri, hear the sweet sound of the forest creatures as they call; let us set forth—it is time to depart, O scorcher of foes.'", "sarga_title": "The Citrakūṭa hut and its rites"}
{"ref": "2.50.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 50, "verse": 3, "iast": ["sa suptaḥ samaye bhrātrā lakṣmaṇaḥ pratibodhitaḥ", "jahau nidrāṃ ca tandrīṃ ca prasaktaṃ ca pathi śramam"], "translation": "Lakṣmaṇa, asleep, was roused at that moment by his brother, and cast off sleep, drowsiness, and the fatigue that clung to him from the journey.", "sarga_title": "The Citrakūṭa hut and its rites"}
{"ref": "2.50.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 50, "verse": 4, "iast": ["tata utthāya te sarve spṛṣṭvā nadyāḥ śivaṃ jalam", "panthānam ṛṣiṇoddiṣṭaṃ citrakūṭasya taṃ yayuḥ"], "translation": "Then they all rose, touched the auspicious water of the river, and took that path to Citrakūṭa which the sage had pointed out.", "sarga_title": "The Citrakūṭa hut and its rites"}
{"ref": "2.50.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 50, "verse": 5, "iast": ["tataḥ saṃprasthitaḥ kāle rāmaḥ saumitriṇā saha", "sītāṃ kamalapatrākṣīm idaṃ vacanam abravīt"], "translation": "Then Rāma, having set out at the right time together with Saumitri, spoke these words to Sītā, whose eyes were like lotus petals:", "sarga_title": "The Citrakūṭa hut and its rites"}
{"ref": "2.50.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 50, "verse": 6, "iast": ["ādīptān iva vaidehi sarvataḥ puṣpitān nagān", "svaiḥ puṣpaiḥ kiṃśukān paśya mālinaḥ śiśirātyaye"], "translation": "'O Vaidehī, behold the kiṃśuka trees, blossoming on every side as if ablaze, garlanded with their own flowers now that the cold season is ending.'", "sarga_title": "The Citrakūṭa hut and its rites"}
{"ref": "2.50.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 50, "verse": 7, "iast": ["paśya bhallātakān phullān narair anupasevitān", "phalapatrair avanatān nūnaṃ śakṣyāmi jīvitum"], "translation": "'Behold the bhallātaka trees in full bloom, untended by men, bowed low with fruit and leaves; surely I shall be able to live here.'", "sarga_title": "The Citrakūṭa hut and its rites"}
{"ref": "2.50.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 50, "verse": 8, "iast": ["paśya droṇapramāṇāni lambamānāni lakṣmaṇa", "madhūni madhukārībhiḥ saṃbhṛtāni nage nage"], "translation": "'Look, Lakṣmaṇa, at the honeycombs the size of a droṇa, hanging on tree after tree, gathered by the honey-making bees.'", "sarga_title": "The Citrakūṭa hut and its rites"}
{"ref": "2.50.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 50, "verse": 9, "iast": ["eṣa krośati natyūhas taṃ śikhī pratikūjati", "ramaṇīye vanoddeśe puṣpasaṃstarasaṃkaṭe"], "translation": "'Here a gallinule cries out, and the peacock calls back to it, in this delightful stretch of forest thick with a carpet of flowers.'", "sarga_title": "The Citrakūṭa hut and its rites"}
{"ref": "2.50.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 50, "verse": 10, "iast": ["mātaṃgayūthānusṛtaṃ pakṣisaṃghānunāditam", "citrakūṭam imaṃ paśya pravṛddhaśikharaṃ girim"], "translation": "'Behold this mountain Citrakūṭa, its peaks towering high, roamed by herds of elephants and resounding with flocks of birds.'", "sarga_title": "The Citrakūṭa hut and its rites"}
{"ref": "2.50.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 50, "verse": 11, "iast": ["tatas tau pādacāreṇa gacchantau saha sītayā", "ramyam āsedatuḥ śailaṃ citrakūṭaṃ manoramam"], "translation": "Then the two, going on foot together with Sītā, reached the lovely, delightful mountain Citrakūṭa.", "sarga_title": "The Citrakūṭa hut and its rites"}
{"ref": "2.50.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 50, "verse": 12, "iast": ["taṃ tu parvatam āsādya nānāpakṣigaṇāyutam", "ayaṃ vāso bhavet tāvad atra saumya ramemahi"], "translation": "Reaching that mountain teeming with flocks of various birds, (Rāma said): 'Let this be our dwelling for now; here, gentle one, let us take our delight.'", "sarga_title": "The Citrakūṭa hut and its rites"}
{"ref": "2.50.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 50, "verse": 13, "iast": ["lakṣmaṇānaya dārūṇi dṛḍhāni ca varāṇi ca", "kuruṣvāvasathaṃ saumya vāse me 'bhirataṃ manaḥ"], "translation": "'Lakṣmaṇa, bring stout and choice pieces of wood and build a dwelling, gentle one; my mind is set on living here.'", "sarga_title": "The Citrakūṭa hut and its rites"}
{"ref": "2.50.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 50, "verse": 14, "iast": ["tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā saumitrir vividhān drumān", "ājahāra tataś cakre parṇa śālām ariṃ dama"], "translation": "Hearing that word of his, Saumitri fetched various trees and then built a leaf-hut, O tamer of foes.", "sarga_title": "The Citrakūṭa hut and its rites"}
{"ref": "2.50.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 50, "verse": 15, "iast": ["śuśrūṣamāṇam ekāgram idaṃ vacanam abravīt", "aiṇeyaṃ māṃsam āhṛtya śālāṃ yakṣyāmahe vayam"], "translation": "To (Lakṣmaṇa), attentive and single-minded, he spoke these words: 'Let us fetch antelope-flesh and consecrate the hut.'", "sarga_title": "The Citrakūṭa hut and its rites"}
{"ref": "2.50.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 50, "verse": 16, "iast": ["sa lakṣmaṇaḥ kṛṣṇamṛgaṃ hatvā medhyaṃ patāpavān", "atha cikṣepa saumitriḥ samiddhe jātavedasi"], "translation": "That mighty Lakṣmaṇa, having killed a pure black antelope, then—Saumitri—cast it onto the blazing fire.", "sarga_title": "The Citrakūṭa hut and its rites"}
{"ref": "2.50.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 50, "verse": 17, "iast": ["taṃ tu pakvaṃ samājñāya niṣṭaptaṃ chinnaśoṇitam", "lakṣmaṇaḥ puruṣavyāghram atha rāghavam abravīt"], "translation": "When he perceived it cooked through, thoroughly roasted, its blood drained away, Lakṣmaṇa then said to Rāghava, the tiger among men:", "sarga_title": "The Citrakūṭa hut and its rites"}
{"ref": "2.50.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 50, "verse": 18, "iast": ["ayaṃ kṛṣṇaḥ samāptāṅgaḥ śṛtaḥ kṛṣṇa mṛgo yathā", "devatā devasaṃkāśa yajasva kuśalo hy asi"], "translation": "'This black antelope, with its limbs entire, is cooked just as a black buck should be; O god-like one, worship the deities, for you are skilled in this.'", "sarga_title": "The Citrakūṭa hut and its rites"}
{"ref": "2.50.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 50, "verse": 19, "iast": ["rāmaḥ snātvā tu niyato guṇavāñ japyakovidaḥ", "pāpasaṃśamanaṃ rāmaś cakāra balim uttamam"], "translation": "Rāma—virtuous, self-restrained, and skilled in muttered prayer—having bathed, performed an excellent offering to allay all evil.", "sarga_title": "The Citrakūṭa hut and its rites"}
{"ref": "2.50.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 50, "verse": 20, "iast": ["tāṃ vṛkṣaparṇac chadanāṃ manojñāṃ yathāpradeśaṃ sukṛtāṃ nivātām", "vāsāya sarve viviśuḥ sametāḥ sabhāṃ yathā deva gaṇāḥ sudharmām"], "translation": "That charming hut, thatched with tree-leaves, well-built to plan and sheltered from the wind—all of them together entered it to dwell, as the hosts of gods enter the hall Sudharmā.", "sarga_title": "The Citrakūṭa hut and its rites"}
{"ref": "2.50.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 50, "verse": 21, "iast": ["anekanānāmṛgapakṣisaṃkule vicitrapuṣpastabalair drumair yute", "vanottame vyālamṛgānunādite tathā vijahruḥ susukhaṃ jitendriyāḥ"], "translation": "In that finest of forests—crowded with many and various beasts and birds, set with trees bearing variegated flower-clusters, and echoing with beasts of prey—they too, their senses subdued, sported in great comfort.", "sarga_title": "The Citrakūṭa hut and its rites"}
{"ref": "2.50.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 50, "verse": 22, "iast": ["suramyam āsādya tu citrakūṭaṃ nadīṃ ca tāṃ mālyavatīṃ sutīrthām", "nananda hṛṣṭo mṛgapakṣijuṣṭāṃ jahau ca duḥkhaṃ puravipravāsāt"], "translation": "Having reached the delightful Citrakūṭa and that river Mālyavatī with its fair fords, haunted by beasts and birds, Rāma rejoiced with a glad heart and cast off the sorrow of his exile from the city.", "sarga_title": "The Citrakūṭa hut and its rites"}
{"ref": "2.51.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 51, "verse": 1, "iast": ["kathayitvā suduḥkhārtaḥ sumantreṇa ciraṃ saha", "rāme dakṣiṇa kūlasthe jagāma svagṛhaṃ guhaḥ"], "translation": "Having conversed long with Sumantra, sorely stricken with grief, Guha—while Rāma was on the southern bank—went off to his own home.", "sarga_title": "Sumantra returns to Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.51.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 51, "verse": 2, "iast": ["anujñātaḥ sumantro 'tha yojayitvā hayottamān", "ayodhyām eva nagarīṃ prayayau gāḍhadurmanāḥ"], "translation": "Given leave, Sumantra then yoked his excellent horses and set out for the very city of Ayodhyā, deeply dejected.", "sarga_title": "Sumantra returns to Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.51.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 51, "verse": 3, "iast": ["sa vanāni sugandhīni saritaś ca sarāṃsi ca", "paśyann atiyayau śīghraṃ grāmāṇi nagarāṇi ca"], "translation": "Gazing at fragrant woods, rivers, and lakes, he swiftly passed by villages and towns.", "sarga_title": "Sumantra returns to Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.51.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 51, "verse": 4, "iast": ["tataḥ sāyāhnasamaye tṛtīye 'hani sārathiḥ", "ayodhyāṃ samanuprāpya nirānandāṃ dadarśa ha"], "translation": "Then, at eventide on the third day, the charioteer reached Ayodhyā and beheld it joyless.", "sarga_title": "Sumantra returns to Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.51.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 51, "verse": 5, "iast": ["sa śūnyām iva niḥśabdāṃ dṛṣṭvā paramadurmanāḥ", "sumantraś cintayām āsa śokavegasamāhataḥ"], "translation": "Seeing it silent, as though empty, Sumantra, deeply dejected and struck by a surge of grief, fell to brooding:", "sarga_title": "Sumantra returns to Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.51.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 51, "verse": 6, "iast": ["kaccin na sagajā sāśvā sajanā sajanādhipā", "rāma saṃtāpaduḥkhena dagdhā śokāgninā purī", "iti cintāparaḥ sūtas tvaritaḥ praviveśa ha"], "translation": "'Surely the city, with its elephants and horses, its people and their lord, has not been burnt down by the fire of grief, by the anguish of sorrow for Rāma?' Thus absorbed in thought, the charioteer entered in haste.", "sarga_title": "Sumantra returns to Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.51.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 51, "verse": 7, "iast": ["sumantram abhiyāntaṃ taṃ śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ", "kva rāma iti pṛcchantaḥ sūtam abhyadravan narāḥ"], "translation": "As Sumantra drove up, men by the hundreds and thousands ran to the charioteer, asking, 'Where is Rāma?'", "sarga_title": "Sumantra returns to Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.51.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 51, "verse": 8, "iast": ["teṣāṃ śaśaṃsa gaṅgāyām aham āpṛcchya rāghavam", "anujñāto nivṛtto 'smi dhārmikeṇa mahātmanā"], "translation": "He told them: 'At the Gaṅgā, having taken leave of Rāghava and been granted permission by that righteous, great-souled one, I have returned.'", "sarga_title": "Sumantra returns to Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.51.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 51, "verse": 9, "iast": ["te tīrṇā iti vijñāya bāṣpapūrṇamukhā janāḥ", "aho dhig iti niḥśvasya hā rāmeti ca cukruśuḥ"], "translation": "Learning that they had crossed over, the people, their faces bathed in tears, sighed 'Alas, shame!' and cried out, 'Ah, Rāma!'", "sarga_title": "Sumantra returns to Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.51.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 51, "verse": 10, "iast": ["śuśrāva ca vacas teṣāṃ vṛndaṃ vṛndaṃ ca tiṣṭhatām", "hatāḥ sma khalu ye neha paśyāma iti rāghavam"], "translation": "And he heard the words of those standing crowd upon crowd: 'We are surely undone, we who no longer see Rāghava here.'", "sarga_title": "Sumantra returns to Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.51.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 51, "verse": 11, "iast": ["dānayajñavivāheṣu samājeṣu mahatsu ca", "na drakṣyāmaḥ punar jātu dhārmikaṃ rāmam antarā"], "translation": "'At gift-givings, sacrifices, and weddings, and at great gatherings, never again shall we see the righteous Rāma in our midst.'", "sarga_title": "Sumantra returns to Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.51.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 51, "verse": 12, "iast": ["kiṃ samarthaṃ janasyāsya kiṃ priyaṃ kiṃ sukhāvaham", "iti rāmeṇa nagaraṃ pitṛvat paripālitam"], "translation": "'What is fitting for these people, what is dear to them, what brings them ease?'—so mindful, Rāma guarded the city like a father.", "sarga_title": "Sumantra returns to Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.51.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 51, "verse": 13, "iast": ["vātāyanagatānāṃ ca strīṇām anvantarāpaṇam", "rāmaśokābhitaptānāṃ śuśrāva paridevanam"], "translation": "And along the row of shops he heard the lamentation of the women at their windows, scorched with grief for Rāma.", "sarga_title": "Sumantra returns to Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.51.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 51, "verse": 14, "iast": ["sa rājamārgamadhyena sumantraḥ pihitānanaḥ", "yatra rājā daśarathas tad evopayayau gṛham"], "translation": "Sumantra, his face covered, went by the middle of the royal highway straight to that palace where King Daśaratha was.", "sarga_title": "Sumantra returns to Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.51.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 51, "verse": 15, "iast": ["so 'vatīrya rathāc chīghraṃ rājaveśma praviśya ca", "kakṣyāḥ saptābhicakrāma mahājanasamākulāḥ"], "translation": "Descending quickly from the chariot and entering the royal residence, he passed through the seven courtyards thronged with a great multitude.", "sarga_title": "Sumantra returns to Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.51.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 51, "verse": 16, "iast": ["tato daśarathastrīṇāṃ prāsādebhyas tatas tataḥ", "rāmaśokābhitaptānāṃ mandaṃ śuśrāva jalpitam"], "translation": "Then from the palaces here and there he heard the faint murmuring of Daśaratha's women, scorched with grief for Rāma.", "sarga_title": "Sumantra returns to Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.51.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 51, "verse": 17, "iast": ["saha rāmeṇa niryāto vinā rāmam ihāgataḥ", "sūtaḥ kiṃ nāma kausalyāṃ śocantīṃ prativakṣyati"], "translation": "'The charioteer who set out with Rāma has come back here without Rāma—what on earth will he say to the grieving Kausalyā?'", "sarga_title": "Sumantra returns to Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.51.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 51, "verse": 18, "iast": ["yathā ca manye durjīvam evaṃ na sukaraṃ dhruvam", "ācchidya putre niryāte kausalyā yatra jīvati"], "translation": "'As I think, living on is surely a hard thing and no easy matter—seeing that Kausalyā still lives, though her son was torn from her and is gone.'", "sarga_title": "Sumantra returns to Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.51.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 51, "verse": 19, "iast": ["satya rūpaṃ tu tadvākyaṃ rājñaḥ strīṇāṃ niśāmayan", "pradīptam iva śokena viveśa sahasā gṛham"], "translation": "Hearing that truthful speech of the king's women, he, as if ablaze with grief, suddenly entered the palace.", "sarga_title": "Sumantra returns to Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.51.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 51, "verse": 20, "iast": ["sa praviśyāṣṭamīṃ kakṣyāṃ rājānaṃ dīnam ātulam", "putraśokaparidyūnam apaśyat pāṇḍare gṛhe"], "translation": "Entering the eighth courtyard, he saw the king—wretched and without peer—worn out with grief for his son, in the white palace.", "sarga_title": "Sumantra returns to Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.51.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 51, "verse": 21, "iast": ["abhigamya tam āsīnaṃ narendram abhivādya ca", "sumantro rāmavacanaṃ yathoktaṃ pratyavedayat"], "translation": "Approaching that seated king and saluting him, Sumantra reported Rāma's message just as it had been spoken.", "sarga_title": "Sumantra returns to Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.51.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 51, "verse": 22, "iast": ["sa tūṣṇīm eva tac chrutvā rājā vibhrānta cetanaḥ", "mūrchito nyapatad bhūmau rāmaśokābhipīḍitaḥ"], "translation": "Hearing that, the king, silent, his mind reeling, swooned and fell to the ground, tormented by grief for Rāma.", "sarga_title": "Sumantra returns to Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.51.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 51, "verse": 23, "iast": ["tato 'ntaḥpuram āviddhaṃ mūrchite pṛthivīpatau", "uddhṛtya bāhū cukrośa nṛpatau patite kṣitau"], "translation": "Then, when the lord of the earth swooned, the inner apartments were thrown into confusion; and as the king lay fallen on the ground, they wailed with arms upraised.", "sarga_title": "Sumantra returns to Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.51.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 51, "verse": 24, "iast": ["sumitrayā tu sahitā kausalyā patitaṃ patim", "utthāpayām āsa tadā vacanaṃ cedam abravīt"], "translation": "Then Kausalyā, together with Sumitrā, raised up her fallen husband and spoke these words:", "sarga_title": "Sumantra returns to Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.51.25", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 51, "verse": 25, "iast": ["imaṃ tasya mahābhāga dūtaṃ duṣkarakāriṇaḥ", "vanavāsād anuprāptaṃ kasmān na pratibhāṣase"], "translation": "'O illustrious one, why do you not answer this messenger, come from the forest-exile of him who does such hard deeds?'", "sarga_title": "Sumantra returns to Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.51.26", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 51, "verse": 26, "iast": ["adyemam anayaṃ kṛtvā vyapatrapasi rāghava", "uttiṣṭha sukṛtaṃ te 'stu śoke na syāt sahāyatā"], "translation": "'Now that you have done this wrong, Rāghava, are you ashamed? Rise up! May good come to you; grief will bring you no help.'", "sarga_title": "Sumantra returns to Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.51.27", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 51, "verse": 27, "iast": ["deva yasyā bhayād rāmaṃ nānupṛcchasi sārathim", "neha tiṣṭhati kaikeyī viśrabdhaṃ pratibhāṣyatām"], "translation": "'O king, Kaikeyī, for fear of whom you do not ask the charioteer about Rāma, is not here; let him be questioned freely.'", "sarga_title": "Sumantra returns to Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.51.28", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 51, "verse": 28, "iast": ["sā tathoktvā mahārājaṃ kausalyā śokalālasā", "dharaṇyāṃ nipapātāśu bāṣpaviplutabhāṣiṇī"], "translation": "Having spoken thus to the great king, Kausalyā, faint with longing in her grief, her speech drowned in tears, fell straightway to the ground.", "sarga_title": "Sumantra returns to Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.51.29", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 51, "verse": 29, "iast": ["evaṃ vilapatīṃ dṛṣṭvā kausalyāṃ patitāṃ bhuvi", "patiṃ cāvekṣya tāḥ sarvāḥ sasvaraṃ ruruduḥ striyaḥ"], "translation": "Seeing Kausalyā thus lamenting, fallen on the ground, and looking on the king, all those women wept aloud.", "sarga_title": "Sumantra returns to Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.51.30", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 51, "verse": 30, "iast": ["tatas tam antaḥpuranādam utthitaṃ samīkṣya vṛddhās taruṇāś ca mānavāḥ", "striyaś ca sarvā ruruduḥ samantataḥ puraṃ tadāsīt punar eva saṃkulam"], "translation": "Then, perceiving that clamour risen up from the inner apartments, the old folk and the young, and all the women, wept on every side; and the city was once again thrown into turmoil.", "sarga_title": "Sumantra returns to Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.52.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 52, "verse": 1, "iast": ["pratyāśvasto yadā rājā mohāt pratyāgataḥ punaḥ", "athājuhāva taṃ sūtaṃ rāmavṛttāntakāraṇāt"], "translation": "When the king had regained his breath and come back once more from his swoon, he summoned that charioteer to learn the tidings of Rāma.", "sarga_title": "Sumantra reports the farewells"}
{"ref": "2.52.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 52, "verse": 2, "iast": ["vṛddhaṃ paramasaṃtaptaṃ navagraham iva dvipam", "viniḥśvasantaṃ dhyāyantam asvastham iva kuñjaram"], "translation": "(He summoned the charioteer,) aged and sorely tormented, like a newly captured elephant, sighing deeply and brooding, like an elephant that is unwell.", "sarga_title": "Sumantra reports the farewells"}
{"ref": "2.52.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 52, "verse": 3, "iast": ["rājā tu rajasā sūtaṃ dhvastāṅgaṃ samupasthitam", "aśru pūrṇamukhaṃ dīnam uvāca paramārtavat"], "translation": "To the charioteer who had come, his limbs grimed with dust, his face full of tears, and wretched, the king spoke, himself in the utmost anguish:", "sarga_title": "Sumantra reports the farewells"}
{"ref": "2.52.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 52, "verse": 4, "iast": ["kva nu vatsyati dharmātmā vṛkṣamūlam upāśritaḥ", "so 'tyantasukhitaḥ sūta kim aśiṣyati rāghavaḥ", "bhūmipālātmajo bhūmau śete katham anāthavat"], "translation": "'Where will the righteous one dwell, sheltering at the foot of a tree? That Rāghava, so utterly used to comfort—what, charioteer, will he eat? How does the son of the earth's guardian lie upon the bare ground like one forlorn?'", "sarga_title": "Sumantra reports the farewells"}
{"ref": "2.52.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 52, "verse": 5, "iast": ["yaṃ yāntam anuyānti sma padāti rathakuñjarāḥ", "sa vatsyati kathaṃ rāmo vijanaṃ vanam āśritaḥ"], "translation": "'He whom, as he went, foot-soldiers, chariots, and elephants used to follow—how will that Rāma dwell, taking to a lonely forest?'", "sarga_title": "Sumantra reports the farewells"}
{"ref": "2.52.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 52, "verse": 6, "iast": ["vyālair mṛgair ācaritaṃ kṛṣṇasarpaniṣevitam", "kathaṃ kumārau vaidehyā sārdhaṃ vanam upasthitau"], "translation": "'Ranged by beasts of prey and wild animals, haunted by black serpents—how have the two princes, together with Vaidehī, come to such a forest?'", "sarga_title": "Sumantra reports the farewells"}
{"ref": "2.52.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 52, "verse": 7, "iast": ["sukumāryā tapasvinyā sumantra saha sītayā", "rājaputrau kathaṃ pādair avaruhya rathād gatau"], "translation": "'How, Sumantra, did the two princes, together with tender, hapless Sītā, descend from the chariot and go on foot?'", "sarga_title": "Sumantra reports the farewells"}
{"ref": "2.52.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 52, "verse": 8, "iast": ["siddhārthaḥ khalu sūta tvaṃ yena dṛṣṭau mamātmajau", "vanāntaṃ praviśantau tāv aśvināv iva mandaram"], "translation": "'Your purpose is surely fulfilled, charioteer, in that you saw my two sons entering the forest's edge, like the two Aśvins entering Mandara.'", "sarga_title": "Sumantra reports the farewells"}
{"ref": "2.52.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 52, "verse": 9, "iast": ["kim uvāca vaco rāmaḥ kim uvāca ca lakṣmaṇaḥ", "sumantra vanam āsādya kim uvāca ca maithilī", "āsitaṃ śayitaṃ bhuktaṃ sūta rāmasya kīrtaya"], "translation": "'What word did Rāma speak, and what did Lakṣmaṇa say, and, Sumantra, once she reached the forest, what did the Maithilī say? Tell me, charioteer, of Rāma's sitting, his lying down, and his eating.'", "sarga_title": "Sumantra reports the farewells"}
{"ref": "2.52.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 52, "verse": 10, "iast": ["iti sūto narendreṇa coditaḥ sajjamānayā", "uvāca vācā rājānaṃ sabāṣpaparirabdhayā"], "translation": "Thus urged on by the king, the charioteer answered the king in a voice that faltered and was choked with tears.", "sarga_title": "Sumantra reports the farewells"}
{"ref": "2.52.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 52, "verse": 11, "iast": ["abravīn māṃ mahārāja dharmam evānupālayan", "añjaliṃ rāghavaḥ kṛtvā śirasābhipraṇamya ca"], "translation": "'Upholding dharma, O great king, Rāghava, having made an añjali and bowed his head, said to me:'", "sarga_title": "Sumantra reports the farewells"}
{"ref": "2.52.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 52, "verse": 12, "iast": ["sūta madvacanāt tasya tātasya viditātmanaḥ", "śirasā vandanīyasya vandyau pādau mahātmanaḥ"], "translation": "'Charioteer, in my name the two feet of that father of mine—the wise-souled, great-souled one, worthy to be revered with the head—are to be worshipped.'", "sarga_title": "Sumantra reports the farewells"}
{"ref": "2.52.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 52, "verse": 13, "iast": ["sarvam antaḥpuraṃ vācyaṃ sūta mad vacanāt tvayā", "ārogyam aviśeṣeṇa yathārhaṃ cābhivādanam"], "translation": "'The whole harem, charioteer, is to be addressed by you in my name: (wish them all) health without distinction, and salutation each as is due.'", "sarga_title": "Sumantra reports the farewells"}
{"ref": "2.52.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 52, "verse": 14, "iast": ["mātā ca mama kausalyā kuśalaṃ cābhivādanam", "devi devasya pādau ca devavat paripālaya"], "translation": "'And to my mother Kausalyā, wishes for her well-being and salutation, and (this word): \"Lady, tend the feet of the king as you would a god's.\"'", "sarga_title": "Sumantra reports the farewells"}
{"ref": "2.52.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 52, "verse": 15, "iast": ["bharataḥ kuśalaṃ vācyo vācyo madvacanena ca", "sarvāsv eva yathānyāyaṃ vṛttiṃ vartasva mātṛṣu"], "translation": "'Bharata is to be greeted with wishes for his welfare and told in my name: \"Toward all the mothers alike conduct yourself justly.\"'", "sarga_title": "Sumantra reports the farewells"}
{"ref": "2.52.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 52, "verse": 16, "iast": ["vaktavyaś ca mahābāhur ikṣvākukulanandanaḥ", "pitaraṃ yauvarājyastho rājyastham anupālaya"], "translation": "'And the mighty-armed delight of the Ikṣvāku line is to be told: \"Set up as heir-apparent, cherish your father, seated on the throne.\"'", "sarga_title": "Sumantra reports the farewells"}
{"ref": "2.52.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 52, "verse": 17, "iast": ["ity evaṃ māṃ mahārāja bruvann eva mahāyaśāḥ", "rāmo rājīvatāmrākṣo bhṛśam aśrūṇy avartayat"], "translation": "Even as he spoke thus to me, O great king, the greatly glorious Rāma, whose eyes were coppery-red like lotuses, shed abundant tears.", "sarga_title": "Sumantra reports the farewells"}
{"ref": "2.52.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 52, "verse": 18, "iast": ["lakṣmaṇas tu susaṃkruddho niḥśvasan vākyam abravīt", "kenāyam aparādhena rājaputro vivāsitaḥ"], "translation": "But Lakṣmaṇa, greatly enraged, said with a sigh: 'For what offense has the prince been banished?'", "sarga_title": "Sumantra reports the farewells"}
{"ref": "2.52.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 52, "verse": 19, "iast": ["yadi pravrājito rāmo lobhakāraṇakāritam", "varadānanimittaṃ vā sarvathā duṣkṛtaṃ kṛtam", "rāmasya tu parityāge na hetum upalakṣaye"], "translation": "'If Rāma has been sent into exile, it was done from motives of greed, or on account of the granting of boons—in any case an evil deed has been done; yet in the abandonment of Rāma I can perceive no reason.'", "sarga_title": "Sumantra reports the farewells"}
{"ref": "2.52.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 52, "verse": 20, "iast": ["asamīkṣya samārabdhaṃ viruddhaṃ buddhilāghavāt", "janayiṣyati saṃkrośaṃ rāghavasya vivāsanam"], "translation": "'Undertaken without reflection, contrary to right, out of levity of judgment—the banishment of Rāghava will provoke an outcry.'", "sarga_title": "Sumantra reports the farewells"}
{"ref": "2.52.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 52, "verse": 21, "iast": ["ahaṃ tāvan mahārāje pitṛtvaṃ nopalakṣaye", "bhrātā bhartā ca bandhuś ca pitā ca mama rāghavaḥ"], "translation": "'For my part, I no longer recognize any fatherhood in the great king; to me Rāghava is brother, master, kinsman, and father.'", "sarga_title": "Sumantra reports the farewells"}
{"ref": "2.52.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 52, "verse": 22, "iast": ["sarvalokapriyaṃ tyaktvā sarvalokahite ratam", "sarvaloko 'nurajyeta kathaṃ tvānena karmaṇā"], "translation": "'Having cast off one dear to all the world and devoted to the welfare of all the world—how could the whole world hold you dear for this deed?'", "sarga_title": "Sumantra reports the farewells"}
{"ref": "2.52.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 52, "verse": 23, "iast": ["jānakī tu mahārāja niḥśvasantī tapasvinī", "bhūtopahatacitteva viṣṭhitā vṛṣmṛtā sthitā"], "translation": "But Jānakī, O great king, poor lady, sighing, stood transfixed, as though her mind were possessed by a spirit, dazed and forgetful of herself.", "sarga_title": "Sumantra reports the farewells"}
{"ref": "2.52.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 52, "verse": 24, "iast": ["adṛṣṭapūrvavyasanā rājaputrī yaśasvinī", "tena duḥkhena rudatī naiva māṃ kiṃ cid abravīt"], "translation": "The illustrious princess, who had never before known misfortune, weeping with that grief, did not say a single word to me.", "sarga_title": "Sumantra reports the farewells"}
{"ref": "2.52.25", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 52, "verse": 25, "iast": ["udvīkṣamāṇā bhartāraṃ mukhena pariśuṣyatā", "mumoca sahasā bāṣpaṃ māṃ prayāntam udīkṣya sā"], "translation": "Gazing up at her husband, her face growing parched, she, on seeing me depart, suddenly burst into tears.", "sarga_title": "Sumantra reports the farewells"}
{"ref": "2.52.26", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 52, "verse": 26, "iast": ["tathaiva rāmo 'śrumukhaḥ kṛtāñjaliḥ sthito 'bhaval lakṣmaṇabāhupālitaḥ", "tathaiva sītā rudatī tapasvinī nirīkṣate rājarathaṃ tathaiva mām"], "translation": "Even so Rāma, his face wet with tears, his palms joined, stood there guarded by Lakṣmaṇa's arm; and even so poor weeping Sītā gazed after the royal chariot, and after me too.", "sarga_title": "Sumantra reports the farewells"}
{"ref": "2.53.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 53, "verse": 1, "iast": ["mama tv aśvā nivṛttasya na prāvartanta vartmani", "uṣṇam aśru vimuñcanto rāme saṃprasthite vanam"], "translation": "'But as I turned back, my horses would not go forward on the road, shedding hot tears now that Rāma had set out for the forest.'", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s remorse"}
{"ref": "2.53.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 53, "verse": 2, "iast": ["ubhābhyāṃ rājaputrābhyām atha kṛtvāham ajñalim", "prasthito ratham āsthāya tad duḥkham api dhārayan"], "translation": "'Then, having made an añjali to the two princes, I mounted the chariot and set out, bearing that grief as best I could.'", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s remorse"}
{"ref": "2.53.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 53, "verse": 3, "iast": ["guheva sārdhaṃ tatraiva sthito 'smi divasān bahūn", "āśayā yadi māṃ rāmaḥ punaḥ śabdāpayed iti"], "translation": "'Together with Guha I remained right there for many days, in the hope that Rāma might summon me back again.'", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s remorse"}
{"ref": "2.53.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 53, "verse": 4, "iast": ["viṣaye te mahārāja rāmavyasanakarśitāḥ", "api vṛkṣāḥ parimlānaḥ sapuṣpāṅkurakorakāḥ"], "translation": "'In your realm, O great king, even the trees, wasted by grief at Rāma's calamity, have wilted, along with their flowers, shoots, and buds.'", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s remorse"}
{"ref": "2.53.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 53, "verse": 5, "iast": ["na ca sarpanti sattvāni vyālā na prasaranti ca", "rāmaśokābhibhūtaṃ tan niṣkūjam abhavad vanam"], "translation": "'The creatures do not creep about, and the beasts of prey do not roam; overwhelmed with grief for Rāma, that forest fell silent.'", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s remorse"}
{"ref": "2.53.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 53, "verse": 6, "iast": ["līnapuṣkarapatrāś ca narendra kaluṣodakāḥ", "saṃtaptapadmāḥ padminyo līnamīnavihaṃgamāḥ"], "translation": "'And the lotus-ponds, O king, have their lotus-leaves shrunk and their water turbid, their lotuses scorched, their fish and birds gone into hiding.'", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s remorse"}
{"ref": "2.53.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 53, "verse": 7, "iast": ["jalajāni ca puṣpāṇi mālyāni sthalajāni ca", "nādya bhānty alpagandhīni phalāni ca yathā puram"], "translation": "'The water-born flowers and the garlands of land-flowers, and the fruits, do not shine today as they did before, and are poor in fragrance.'", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s remorse"}
{"ref": "2.53.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 53, "verse": 8, "iast": ["praviśantam ayodhyāṃ māṃ na kaś cid abhinandati", "narā rāmam apaśyanto niḥśvasanti muhur muhuḥ"], "translation": "'As I entered Ayodhyā, no one welcomed me with joy; the people, not seeing Rāma, sighed again and again.'", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s remorse"}
{"ref": "2.53.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 53, "verse": 9, "iast": ["harmyair vimānaiḥ prāsādair avekṣya ratham āgatam", "hāhākārakṛtā nāryo rāmādarśanakarśitāḥ"], "translation": "'From mansions, towers, and palaces, seeing the chariot arrive, the women raised cries of woe, wasted from not seeing Rāma.'", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s remorse"}
{"ref": "2.53.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 53, "verse": 10, "iast": ["āyatair vimalair netrair aśruvegapariplutaiḥ", "anyonyam abhivīkṣante vyaktam ārtatarāḥ striyaḥ"], "translation": "'With long, clear eyes flooded by a rush of tears, the women, plainly in deeper distress, gazed at one another.'", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s remorse"}
{"ref": "2.53.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 53, "verse": 11, "iast": ["nāmitrāṇāṃ na mitrāṇām udāsīnajanasya ca", "aham ārtatayā kaṃ cid viśeṣaṃ nopalakṣaye"], "translation": "'Among foes, among friends, and among neutral folk, in their distress I could perceive no difference at all.'", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s remorse"}
{"ref": "2.53.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 53, "verse": 12, "iast": ["aprahṛṣṭamanuṣyā ca dīnanāgaturaṃgamā", "ārtasvaraparimlānā viniḥśvasitaniḥsvanā"], "translation": "'Its people joyless, its elephants and horses wretched, wilted with cries of distress, resounding with sighs—'", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s remorse"}
{"ref": "2.53.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 53, "verse": 13, "iast": ["nirānandā mahārāja rāmapravrājanātulā", "kausalyā putra hīneva ayodhyā pratibhāti mā"], "translation": "'Joyless, O great king, and afflicted beyond compare by Rāma's banishment, Ayodhyā appears to me like Kausalyā bereft of her son.'", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s remorse"}
{"ref": "2.53.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 53, "verse": 14, "iast": ["sūtasya vacanaṃ śrutvā vācā paramadīnayā", "bāṣpopahatayā rājā taṃ sūtam idam abravīt"], "translation": "Hearing the charioteer's words, the king, in a voice most wretched and broken with tears, said this to the charioteer:", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s remorse"}
{"ref": "2.53.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 53, "verse": 15, "iast": ["kaikeyyā viniyuktena pāpābhijanabhāvayā", "mayā na mantrakuśalair vṛddhaiḥ saha samarthitam"], "translation": "'Set on by Kaikeyī, of wicked family and nature, I did not deliberate the matter with the elders skilled in counsel.'", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s remorse"}
{"ref": "2.53.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 53, "verse": 16, "iast": ["na suhṛdbhir na cāmātyair mantrayitvā na naigamaiḥ", "mayāyam arthaḥ saṃmohāt strīhetoḥ sahasā kṛtaḥ"], "translation": "'Not consulting with friends, nor with ministers, nor with townsmen, I did this thing rashly, out of delusion, for a woman's sake.'", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s remorse"}
{"ref": "2.53.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 53, "verse": 17, "iast": ["bhavitavyatayā nūnam idaṃ vā vyasanaṃ mahat", "kulasyāsya vināśāya prāptaṃ sūta yadṛcchayā"], "translation": "'Surely, by destiny, this great calamity has come, charioteer, by chance, for the destruction of this line.'", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s remorse"}
{"ref": "2.53.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 53, "verse": 18, "iast": ["sūta yady asti te kiṃ cin mayāpi sukṛtaṃ kṛtam", "tvaṃ prāpayāśu māṃ rāmaṃ prāṇāḥ saṃtvarayanti mām"], "translation": "'Charioteer, if ever I have done you any kindness, take me swiftly to Rāma; my life-breaths are hurrying me on.'", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s remorse"}
{"ref": "2.53.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 53, "verse": 19, "iast": ["yad yad yāpi mamaivājñā nivartayatu rāghavam", "na śakṣyāmi vinā rāma muhūrtam api jīvitum"], "translation": "'If even now my command still holds, let it turn Rāghava back; I shall not be able to live even a moment without Rāma.'", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s remorse"}
{"ref": "2.53.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 53, "verse": 20, "iast": ["atha vāpi mahābāhur gato dūraṃ bhaviṣyati", "mām eva ratham āropya śīghraṃ rāmāya darśaya"], "translation": "'Or else, if the mighty-armed one shall have gone far away, set me upon the chariot and show me swiftly to Rāma.'", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s remorse"}
{"ref": "2.53.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 53, "verse": 21, "iast": ["vṛttadaṃṣṭro maheṣvāsaḥ kvāsau lakṣmaṇapūrvajaḥ", "yadi jīvāmi sādhv enaṃ paśyeyaṃ saha sītayā"], "translation": "'Where is he of rounded tusk-like teeth, the great archer, the elder brother of Lakṣmaṇa? If I live, may I look well upon him, together with Sītā.'", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s remorse"}
{"ref": "2.53.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 53, "verse": 22, "iast": ["lohitākṣaṃ mahābāhum āmuktamaṇikuṇḍalam", "rāmaṃ yadi na paśyāmi gamiṣyāmi yamakṣayam"], "translation": "'If I do not see Rāma—red-eyed, mighty-armed, wearing his jeweled earrings—I shall go to the abode of Yama.'", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s remorse"}
{"ref": "2.53.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 53, "verse": 23, "iast": ["ato nu kiṃ duḥkhataraṃ yo 'ham ikṣvākunandanam", "imām avasthām āpanno neha paśyāmi rāghavam"], "translation": "'What could be more grievous than this—that I, come to such a state, do not see here Rāghava, delight of the Ikṣvākus?'", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s remorse"}
{"ref": "2.53.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 53, "verse": 24, "iast": ["hā rāma rāmānuja hā hā vaidehi tapasvinī", "na māṃ jānīta duḥkhena mriyamāṇam anāthavat", "dustaro jīvatā devi mayāyaṃ śokasāgaraḥ"], "translation": "'Alas, Rāma! Alas, brother of Rāma! Alas, alas, hapless Vaidehī! You do not know that I am dying of grief, like one forlorn. Hard to cross, O queen, is this ocean of sorrow for me while I live.'", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s remorse"}
{"ref": "2.53.25", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 53, "verse": 25, "iast": ["aśobhanaṃ yo 'ham ihādya rāghavaṃ didṛkṣamāṇo na labhe salakṣmaṇam", "itīva rājā vilapan mahāyaśāḥ papāta tūrṇaṃ śayane sa mūrchitaḥ"], "translation": "'Ill-fated am I, that today, longing to see Rāghava here with Lakṣmaṇa, I do not obtain that sight.' Lamenting thus, the greatly glorious king suddenly fell upon his bed in a swoon.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s remorse"}
{"ref": "2.53.26", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 53, "verse": 26, "iast": ["iti vilapati pārthive pranaṣṭe karuṇataraṃ dviguṇaṃ ca rāmahetoḥ", "vacanam anuniśamya tasya devī bhayam agamat punar eva rāmamātā"], "translation": "As the king, sinking away, lamented thus—all the more piteously and doubly for Rāma's sake—hearing his words the queen, Rāma's mother, was again seized with fear.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s remorse"}
{"ref": "2.54.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 54, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tato bhūtopasṛṣṭeva vepamānā punaḥ punaḥ", "dharaṇyāṃ gatasattveva kausalyā sūtam abravīt"], "translation": "Then, trembling again and again as if possessed by a spirit, as if her strength had drained away onto the ground, Kausalyā said to the charioteer:", "sarga_title": "Sumantra comforts Kausalyā"}
{"ref": "2.54.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 54, "verse": 2, "iast": ["naya māṃ yatra kākutsthaḥ sītā yatra ca lakṣmaṇaḥ", "tān vinā kṣaṇam apy atra jīvituṃ notsahe hy aham"], "translation": "“Lead me to where Kākutstha is, and where Sītā and Lakṣmaṇa are; for without them I cannot bear to live here even for a moment.”", "sarga_title": "Sumantra comforts Kausalyā"}
{"ref": "2.54.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 54, "verse": 3, "iast": ["nivartaya rathaṃ śīghraṃ daṇḍakān naya mām api", "atha tān nānugacchāmi gamiṣyāmi yamakṣayam"], "translation": "“Turn the chariot back quickly and take me too to the Daṇḍaka forest; if I do not follow after them, I shall go to the abode of Yama.”", "sarga_title": "Sumantra comforts Kausalyā"}
{"ref": "2.54.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 54, "verse": 4, "iast": ["bāṣpavegaupahatayā sa vācā sajjamānayā", "idam āśvāsayan devīṃ sūtaḥ prāñjalir abravīt"], "translation": "With a voice choked and faltering, overwhelmed by the rush of his tears, the charioteer, comforting the queen with folded hands, said this:", "sarga_title": "Sumantra comforts Kausalyā"}
{"ref": "2.54.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 54, "verse": 5, "iast": ["tyaja śokaṃ ca mohaṃ ca saṃbhramaṃ duḥkhajaṃ tathā", "vyavadhūya ca saṃtāpaṃ vane vatsyati rāghavaḥ"], "translation": "“Cast off grief and delusion and the agitation born of sorrow; shaking off all distress, the Rāghava will dwell in the forest.”", "sarga_title": "Sumantra comforts Kausalyā"}
{"ref": "2.54.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 54, "verse": 6, "iast": ["lakṣmaṇaś cāpi rāmasya pādau paricaran vane", "ārādhayati dharmajñaḥ paralokaṃ jitendriyaḥ"], "translation": "“And Lakṣmaṇa too, tending Rāma's feet in the forest, knower of dharma and master of his senses, wins the world beyond.”", "sarga_title": "Sumantra comforts Kausalyā"}
{"ref": "2.54.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 54, "verse": 7, "iast": ["vijane 'pi vane sītā vāsaṃ prāpya gṛheṣv iva", "visrambhaṃ labhate 'bhītā rāme saṃnyasta mānasā"], "translation": "“Even in the lonely forest, Sītā, finding her dwelling as though at home, feels at ease and unafraid, her heart resting wholly on Rāma.”", "sarga_title": "Sumantra comforts Kausalyā"}
{"ref": "2.54.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 54, "verse": 8, "iast": ["nāsyā dainyaṃ kṛtaṃ kiṃ cit susūkṣmam api lakṣaye", "uciteva pravāsānāṃ vaidehī pratibhāti mā"], "translation": "“I mark in her no trace of dejection, not the least; the Videhan lady appears to me as if well used to travels abroad.”", "sarga_title": "Sumantra comforts Kausalyā"}
{"ref": "2.54.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 54, "verse": 9, "iast": ["nagaropavanaṃ gatvā yathā sma ramate purā", "tathaiva ramate sītā nirjaneṣu vaneṣv api"], "translation": "“Just as of old she used to delight when she went to the city's pleasure-groves, so exactly does Sītā delight even in the desolate forests.”", "sarga_title": "Sumantra comforts Kausalyā"}
{"ref": "2.54.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 54, "verse": 10, "iast": ["bāleva ramate sītā bālacandranibhānanā", "rāmā rāme hy adīnātmā vijane 'pi vane satī"], "translation": "“Sītā, her face like the young moon, delights like a girl; the lovely one, undaunted in spirit, is content in Rāma even in the lonely forest.”", "sarga_title": "Sumantra comforts Kausalyā"}
{"ref": "2.54.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 54, "verse": 11, "iast": ["tadgataṃ hṛdayaṃ hy asyās tad adhīnaṃ ca jīvitam", "ayodhyāpi bhavet tasyā rāma hīnā tathā vanam"], "translation": "“For her heart is fixed on him, and her very life depends on him; without Rāma even Ayodhyā would be to her but a forest.”", "sarga_title": "Sumantra comforts Kausalyā"}
{"ref": "2.54.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 54, "verse": 12, "iast": ["pathi pṛcchati vaidehī grāmāṃś ca nagarāṇi ca", "gatiṃ dṛṣṭvā nadīnāṃ ca pādapān vividhān api"], "translation": "“Along the way the Videhan lady would ask about villages and cities, gazing at the course of the rivers and at trees of many kinds.”", "sarga_title": "Sumantra comforts Kausalyā"}
{"ref": "2.54.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 54, "verse": 13, "iast": ["adhvanā vāta vegena saṃbhrameṇātapena ca", "na hi gacchati vaidehyāś candrāṃśusadṛśī prabhā"], "translation": "“Through the journey, the force of the wind, the flurry and the sun's heat, the moonbeam-like radiance of the Videhan lady does not fade.”", "sarga_title": "Sumantra comforts Kausalyā"}
{"ref": "2.54.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 54, "verse": 14, "iast": ["sadṛśaṃ śatapatrasya pūrṇacandropamaprabham", "vadanaṃ tadvadānyāyā vaidehyā na vikampate"], "translation": "“The face of that generous Videhan lady, like a lotus of a hundred petals and shining like the full moon, does not quiver.”", "sarga_title": "Sumantra comforts Kausalyā"}
{"ref": "2.54.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 54, "verse": 15, "iast": ["alaktarasaraktābhāv alaktarasavarjitau", "adyāpi caraṇau tasyāḥ padmakośasamaprabhau"], "translation": "“Even now her two feet, ruddy as if reddened with lac-dye though bare of any lac, shine bright as the calyx of a lotus.”", "sarga_title": "Sumantra comforts Kausalyā"}
{"ref": "2.54.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 54, "verse": 16, "iast": ["nūpurodghuṣṭaheleva khelaṃ gacchati bhāminī", "idānīm api vaidehī tadrāgā nyastabhūṣaṇā"], "translation": "“The lovely woman moves playfully, as though with the tinkling sport of anklets; even now the Videhan lady, though she has laid aside her ornaments, keeps that same charm.”", "sarga_title": "Sumantra comforts Kausalyā"}
{"ref": "2.54.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 54, "verse": 17, "iast": ["gajaṃ vā vīkṣya siṃhaṃ vā vyāghraṃ vā vanam āśritā", "nāhārayati saṃtrāsaṃ bāhū rāmasya saṃśritā"], "translation": "“Dwelling in the forest, even on catching sight of an elephant or a lion or a tiger, she feels no terror, sheltered in Rāma's arms.”", "sarga_title": "Sumantra comforts Kausalyā"}
{"ref": "2.54.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 54, "verse": 18, "iast": ["na śocyās te na cātmā te śocyo nāpi janādhipaḥ", "idaṃ hi caritaṃ loke pratiṣṭhāsyati śāśvatam"], "translation": "“They are not to be mourned, nor are you yourself to be mourned, nor even the king; for this deed of theirs will stand fast in the world for ever.”", "sarga_title": "Sumantra comforts Kausalyā"}
{"ref": "2.54.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 54, "verse": 19, "iast": ["vidhūya śokaṃ parihṛṣṭamānasā maharṣiyāte pathi suvyavasthitāḥ", "vane ratā vanyaphalāśanāḥ pituḥ śubhāṃ pratijñāṃ paripālayanti te", "vane ratā vanyaphalāśanāḥ pituḥ", "śubhāṃ pratijñāṃ paripālayanti te"], "translation": "Having shaken off grief, glad at heart, well-established on the path trodden by great seers, delighting in the forest and living on its wild fruits, they are fulfilling their father's noble pledge.", "sarga_title": "Sumantra comforts Kausalyā"}
{"ref": "2.54.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 54, "verse": 20, "iast": ["tathāpi sūtena suyuktavādinā nivāryamāṇā sutaśokakarśitā", "na caiva devī virarāma kūjitāt priyeti putreti ca rāghaveti ca", "na caiva devī virarāma kūjitāt", "priyeti putreti ca rāghaveti ca"], "translation": "Yet, though restrained by the charioteer who spoke so aptly, the queen, wasted with grief for her son, did not cease from her wailing—“my dear! my son! O Rāghava!”", "sarga_title": "Sumantra comforts Kausalyā"}
{"ref": "2.55.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 55, "verse": 1, "iast": ["vanaṃ gate dharmapare rāme ramayatāṃ vare", "kausalyā rudatī svārtā bhartāram idam abravīt"], "translation": "When Rāma, devoted to dharma and best of those who give delight, had gone to the forest, Kausalyā, weeping and sore distressed, said this to her husband:", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā reproaches Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.55.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 55, "verse": 2, "iast": ["yady apitriṣu lokeṣu prathitaṃ te mayad yaśaḥ", "sānukrośo vadānyaś ca priyavādī ca rāghavaḥ"], "translation": "“Though your great fame is renowned in the three worlds—that the Rāghava is compassionate, generous and kindly of speech—", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā reproaches Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.55.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 55, "verse": 3, "iast": ["kathaṃ naravaraśreṣṭha putrau tau saha sītayā", "duḥkhitau sukhasaṃvṛddhau vane duḥkhaṃ sahiṣyataḥ"], "translation": "“how, O best of the foremost of men, will those two sons, reared in comfort but now afflicted, together with Sītā, endure hardship in the forest?", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā reproaches Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.55.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 55, "verse": 4, "iast": ["sā nūnaṃ taruṇī śyāmā sukumārī sukhocitā", "katham uṣṇaṃ ca śītaṃ ca maithilī prasahiṣyate"], "translation": "“That young, dark-hued, delicate lady, used to comfort—how will the Maithilī endure both heat and cold?", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā reproaches Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.55.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 55, "verse": 5, "iast": ["bhuktvāśanaṃ viśālākṣī sūpadaṃśānvitaṃ śubham", "vanyaṃ naivāram āhāraṃ kathaṃ sītopabhokṣyate"], "translation": "“The wide-eyed one, used to eating fine food furnished with broths and relishes—how will Sītā feed on wild wild-rice fare?", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā reproaches Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.55.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 55, "verse": 6, "iast": ["gītavāditranirghoṣaṃ śrutvā śubham aninditā", "kathaṃ kravyādasiṃhānāṃ śabdaṃ śroṣyaty aśobhanam"], "translation": "“That blameless one, used to hearing the sweet sound of song and instruments—how will she hear the ill-boding roar of flesh-eating lions?", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā reproaches Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.55.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 55, "verse": 7, "iast": ["mahendradhvajasaṃkāśaḥ kva nu śete mahābhujaḥ", "bhujaṃ parighasaṃkāśam upadhāya mahābalaḥ"], "translation": "“Where now does he lie, the mighty-armed one like great Indra's banner, the man of great strength, pillowing his head on an arm resembling an iron bar?", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā reproaches Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.55.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 55, "verse": 8, "iast": ["padmavarṇaṃ sukeśāntaṃ padmaniḥśvāsam uttamam", "kadā drakṣyāmi rāmasya vadanaṃ puṣkarekṣaṇam"], "translation": "“When shall I behold Rāma's peerless face, lotus-hued, with lovely hair-ends, lotus-fragrant of breath, and lotus-eyed?", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā reproaches Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.55.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 55, "verse": 9, "iast": ["vajrasāramayaṃ nūnaṃ hṛdayaṃ me na saṃśayaḥ", "apaśyantyā na taṃ yad vai phalatīdaṃ sahasradhā"], "translation": "“Surely my heart is made of the very stuff of adamant—no doubt of it—since, not seeing him, it does not burst here into a thousand pieces.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā reproaches Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.55.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 55, "verse": 10, "iast": ["yadi pañcadaśe varṣe rāghavaḥ punar eṣyati", "jahyād rājyaṃ ca kośaṃ ca bharatenopabhokṣyate"], "translation": "“If in the fifteenth year the Rāghava should return, it seems he would (still) renounce the kingdom and the treasury—it will (by then) be enjoyed by Bharata.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā reproaches Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.55.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 55, "verse": 11, "iast": ["evaṃ kanīyasā bhrātrā bhuktaṃ rājyaṃ viśāṃ pate", "bhrātā jyeṣṭhā variṣṭhāś ca kimarthaṃ nāvamaṃsyate"], "translation": "“The kingdom being thus enjoyed by the younger brother, O lord of the people, why would the elder and worthier brother not scorn it?", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā reproaches Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.55.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 55, "verse": 12, "iast": ["na pareṇāhṛtaṃ bhakṣyaṃ vyāghraḥ khāditum icchati", "evam eva naravyāghraḥ paralīḍhaṃ na maṃsyate"], "translation": "“A tiger does not care to eat food brought down by another; just so the tiger among men will not think of what another has tasted before him.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā reproaches Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.55.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 55, "verse": 13, "iast": ["havir ājyaṃ puroḍāśāḥ kuśā yūpāś ca khādirāḥ", "naitāni yātayāmāni kurvanti punar adhvare"], "translation": "“The oblation, the clarified butter, the sacrificial cakes, the kuśa-grass and the posts of khadira-wood—these, once used, they do not employ again at a sacrifice.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā reproaches Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.55.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 55, "verse": 14, "iast": ["tathā hy āttam idaṃ rājyaṃ hṛtasārāṃ surām iva", "nābhimantum alaṃ rāmo naṣṭasomam ivādhvaram"], "translation": "“So too Rāma will not deign to hanker after this kingdom, once taken by another, like liquor whose strength is drained, or a sacrifice whose soma is lost.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā reproaches Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.55.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 55, "verse": 15, "iast": ["naivaṃvidham asatkāraṃ rāghavo marṣayiṣyati", "balavān iva śārdūlo bāladher abhimarśanam"], "translation": "“The Rāghava will not brook such a slight, any more than a strong tiger would brook the touch of its tail.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā reproaches Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.55.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 55, "verse": 16, "iast": ["sa tādṛśaḥ siṃhabalo vṛṣabhākṣo nararṣabhaḥ", "svayam eva hataḥ pitrā jalajenātmajo yathā"], "translation": "“Such a one, strong as a lion, bull-eyed, a bull among men, has been struck down by his own father—as a fish is (destroyed) by its own offspring.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā reproaches Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.55.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 55, "verse": 17, "iast": ["dvijāti carito dharmaḥ śāstradṛṣṭaḥ sanātanaḥ", "yadi te dharmanirate tvayā putre vivāsite"], "translation": "“There is an eternal dharma, practised by the twice-born and taught in the scriptures—(what of it now,) when your two sons, devoted to dharma, have been driven into exile by you?", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā reproaches Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.55.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 55, "verse": 18, "iast": ["gatir evāk patir nāryā dvitīyā gatir ātmajaḥ", "tṛtīyā jñātayo rājaṃś caturthī neha vidyate"], "translation": "“The husband is a woman's very refuge; the son is her second refuge; the kinsmen the third, O king; a fourth there is none here.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā reproaches Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.55.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 55, "verse": 19, "iast": ["tatra tvaṃ caiva me nāsti rāmaś ca vanam āśritaḥ", "na vanaṃ gantum icchāmi sarvathā hi hatā tvayā"], "translation": "“Of these, you yourself are lost to me, and Rāma has betaken himself to the forest; I do not wish to go to the forest—in every way I have been destroyed by you.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā reproaches Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.55.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 55, "verse": 20, "iast": ["hataṃ tvayā rājyam idaṃ sarāṣṭraṃ hatas tathātmā saha mantribhiś ca", "hatā saputrāsmi hatāś ca paurāḥ sutaś ca bhāryā ca tava prahṛṣṭau", "hatā saputrāsmi hatāś ca paurāḥ", "sutaś ca bhāryā ca tava prahṛṣṭau"], "translation": "“By you this kingdom together with its realm is ruined; yourself, too, is ruined along with your ministers; I with my son am ruined, and the townsfolk are ruined—while your (other) son and his wife rejoice.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā reproaches Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.55.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 55, "verse": 21, "iast": ["imāṃ giraṃ dāruṇaśabdasaṃśritāṃ niśamya rājāpi mumoha duḥkhitaḥ", "tataḥ sa śokaṃ praviveśa pārthivaḥ svaduṣkṛtaṃ cāpi punas tadāsmarat", "tataḥ sa śokaṃ praviveśa pārthivaḥ", "svaduṣkṛtaṃ cāpi punas tadāsmarat"], "translation": "Hearing this speech couched in harsh words, the king too, grief-stricken, swooned away; then the sovereign sank into sorrow, and once more he called to mind his own past misdeed.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā reproaches Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.56.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 56, "verse": 1, "iast": ["evaṃ tu kruddhayā rājā rāmamātrā saśokayā", "śrāvitaḥ paruṣaṃ vākyaṃ cintayām āsa duḥkhitaḥ"], "translation": "Thus made to hear harsh words by Rāma's angry, grief-stricken mother, the king, distressed, fell to brooding.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā & Daśaratha reconcile"}
{"ref": "2.56.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 56, "verse": 2, "iast": ["tasya cintayamānasya pratyabhāt karma duṣkṛtam", "yad anena kṛtaṃ pūrvam ajñānāc chabdavedhinā"], "translation": "As he brooded, there rose before his mind an evil deed that he had done long ago in ignorance, shooting at a mere sound.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā & Daśaratha reconcile"}
{"ref": "2.56.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 56, "verse": 3, "iast": ["amanās tena śokena rāmaśokena ca prabhuḥ", "dahyamānas tu śokābhyāṃ kausalyām āha bhūpatiḥ"], "translation": "Out of his senses with that grief and with grief for Rāma, the lord, burning with both sorrows, the king spoke to Kausalyā:", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā & Daśaratha reconcile"}
{"ref": "2.56.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 56, "verse": 4, "iast": ["prasādaye tvāṃ kausalye racito 'yaṃ mayāñjaliḥ", "vatsalā cānṛśaṃsā ca tvaṃ hi nityaṃ pareṣv api"], "translation": "I beg your favour, Kausalyā; this suppliant gesture is offered by me; for you are ever tender and free of cruelty, even toward strangers.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā & Daśaratha reconcile"}
{"ref": "2.56.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 56, "verse": 5, "iast": ["bhartā tu khalu nārīṇāṃ guṇavān nirguṇo 'pi vā", "dharmaṃ vimṛśamānānāṃ pratyakṣaṃ devi daivatam"], "translation": "For a husband, O queen, whether he has virtues or none, is truly for women who ponder dharma their visible deity.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā & Daśaratha reconcile"}
{"ref": "2.56.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 56, "verse": 6, "iast": ["sā tvaṃ dharmaparā nityaṃ dṛṣṭalokaparāvara", "nārhase vipriyaṃ vaktuṃ duḥkhitāpi suduḥkhitam"], "translation": "You, ever devoted to dharma, who have seen the higher and lower worlds, ought not, even in your own grief, to speak what is unwelcome to one so deeply grieved.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā & Daśaratha reconcile"}
{"ref": "2.56.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 56, "verse": 7, "iast": ["tad vākyaṃ karuṇaṃ rājñaḥ śrutvā dīnasya bhāṣitam", "kausalyā vyasṛjad bāṣpaṃ praṇālīva navodakam"], "translation": "Hearing that piteous speech uttered by the wretched king, Kausalyā let her tears flow, like a channel [releasing] fresh water.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā & Daśaratha reconcile"}
{"ref": "2.56.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 56, "verse": 8, "iast": ["sa mūdrhṇi baddhvā rudatī rājñaḥ padmam ivāñjalim", "saṃbhramād abravīt trastā tvaramāṇākṣaraṃ vacaḥ"], "translation": "Weeping, holding to her head the king's suppliant hands like a lotus, in agitation and fright she spoke words whose syllables came in haste:", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā & Daśaratha reconcile"}
{"ref": "2.56.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 56, "verse": 9, "iast": ["prasīda śirasā yāce bhūmau nitatitāsmi te", "yācitāsmi hatā deva hantavyāhaṃ na hi tvayā"], "translation": "Be gracious! With bowed head I entreat you; I have fallen to the ground before you. I beg you—undone am I, O king; yet I am not one to be slain by you.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā & Daśaratha reconcile"}
{"ref": "2.56.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 56, "verse": 10, "iast": ["naiṣā hi sā strī bhavati ślāghanīyena dhīmatā", "ubhayor lokayor vīra patyā yā saṃprasādyate"], "translation": "For that woman, O hero, who must be conciliated by a praiseworthy, wise husband, does not fare well in either world.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā & Daśaratha reconcile"}
{"ref": "2.56.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 56, "verse": 11, "iast": ["jānāmi dharmaṃ dharmajña tvāṃ jāne satyavādinam", "putraśokārtayā tat tu mayā kim api bhāṣitam"], "translation": "I know dharma, O knower of dharma; I know you to be a speaker of truth. But that unbecoming word was uttered by me, stricken as I am with grief for my son.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā & Daśaratha reconcile"}
{"ref": "2.56.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 56, "verse": 12, "iast": ["śoko nāśayate dhairyaṃ śoko nāśayate śrutam", "śoko nāśayate sarvaṃ nāsti śokasamo ripuḥ"], "translation": "Grief destroys firmness; grief destroys learning; grief destroys everything—there is no enemy like grief.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā & Daśaratha reconcile"}
{"ref": "2.56.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 56, "verse": 13, "iast": ["śayam āpatitaḥ soḍhuṃ praharo ripuhastataḥ", "soḍhum āpatitaḥ śokaḥ susūkṣmo 'pi na śakyate"], "translation": "A blow fallen from an enemy's hand may be borne; but grief once come, even the very subtlest, cannot be endured.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā & Daśaratha reconcile"}
{"ref": "2.56.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 56, "verse": 14, "iast": ["vanavāsāya rāmasya pañcarātro 'dya gaṇyate", "yaḥ śokahataharṣāyāḥ pañcavarṣopamo mama"], "translation": "Today the fifth night is reckoned since Rāma's going to dwell in the forest—a night which, to me whose joy is slain by grief, is like five years.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā & Daśaratha reconcile"}
{"ref": "2.56.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 56, "verse": 15, "iast": ["taṃ hi cintayamānāyāḥ śoko 'yaṃ hṛdi vardhate", "adīnām iva vegena samudrasalilaṃ mahat"], "translation": "As I brood upon him, this grief swells in my heart, as the great ocean-water swells with the force of the rivers.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā & Daśaratha reconcile"}
{"ref": "2.56.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 56, "verse": 16, "iast": ["evaṃ hi kathayantyās tu kausalyāyāḥ śubhaṃ vacaḥ", "mandaraśmir abhūt suryo rajanī cābhyavartata"], "translation": "As Kausalyā was thus uttering her gracious words, the sun grew dim of ray and the night came on.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā & Daśaratha reconcile"}
{"ref": "2.56.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 56, "verse": 17, "iast": ["atha prahlādito vākyair devyā kausalyayā nṛpaḥ", "śokena ca samākrānto nidrāyā vaśam eyivān"], "translation": "Then, gladdened by the words of Queen Kausalyā yet overwhelmed by grief, the king passed under the sway of sleep.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā & Daśaratha reconcile"}
{"ref": "2.57.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 57, "verse": 1, "iast": ["pratibuddho muhur tena śokopahatacetanaḥ", "atha rājā daśarathaḥ sa cintām abhyapadyata"], "translation": "Awakened again and again by that grief, his mind stricken by sorrow, King Daśaratha then fell to brooding.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s arrow aimed at a sound"}
{"ref": "2.57.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 57, "verse": 2, "iast": ["rāmalakṣmaṇayoś caiva vivāsād vāsavopamam", "āviveśopasargas taṃ tamaḥ sūryam ivāsuram"], "translation": "Because of the exile of Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, an affliction entered him who was the equal of Indra, as the demonic darkness (Rāhu) overtakes the sun.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s arrow aimed at a sound"}
{"ref": "2.57.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 57, "verse": 3, "iast": ["sa rājā rajanīṃ ṣaṣṭhīṃ rāme pravrajite vanam", "ardharātre daśarathaḥ saṃsmaran duṣkṛtaṃ kṛtam", "kausalyāṃ putraśokārtām idaṃ vacanam abravīt"], "translation": "On the sixth night after Rāma had gone forth to the forest, at midnight, King Daśaratha, recalling the evil deed he had done, spoke these words to Kausalyā, who was stricken with grief for her son:", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s arrow aimed at a sound"}
{"ref": "2.57.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 57, "verse": 4, "iast": ["yad ācarati kalyāṇi śubhaṃ vā yadi vāśubham", "tad eva labhate bhadre kartā karmajam ātmanaḥ"], "translation": "Whatever one does, good lady, whether good or evil, that very thing, O gracious one, the doer reaps, born of his own deed.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s arrow aimed at a sound"}
{"ref": "2.57.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 57, "verse": 5, "iast": ["guru lāghavam arthānām ārambhe karmaṇāṃ phalam", "doṣaṃ vā yo na jānāti sa bāla iti hocyate"], "translation": "He who does not know, at the outset of his undertakings, the weight or the lightness of aims, the fruit of actions, or their flaw — he is called a fool.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s arrow aimed at a sound"}
{"ref": "2.57.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 57, "verse": 6, "iast": ["kaś cid āmravaṇaṃ chittvā palāśāṃś ca niṣiñcati", "puṣpaṃ dṛṣṭvā phale gṛdhnuḥ sa śocati phalāgame"], "translation": "Someone, having cut down a mango grove, waters palāśa trees; greedy for fruit at the sight of blossom, he grieves when the fruiting time comes.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s arrow aimed at a sound"}
{"ref": "2.57.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 57, "verse": 7, "iast": ["so 'ham āmravaṇaṃ chittvā palāśāṃś ca nyaṣecayam", "rāmaṃ phalāgame tyaktvā paścāc chocāmi durmatiḥ"], "translation": "So I, having cut down a mango grove and watered palāśas, cast off Rāma at the very time of fruiting; now, fool that I am, I grieve afterward.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s arrow aimed at a sound"}
{"ref": "2.57.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 57, "verse": 8, "iast": ["labdhaśabdena kausalye kumāreṇa dhanuṣmatā", "kumāraḥ śabdavedhīti mayā pāpam idaṃ kṛtam", "tad idaṃ me 'nusaṃprāptaṃ devi duḥkhaṃ svayaṃ kṛtam"], "translation": "O Kausalyā, by me — a prince, a bow-bearing archer who had won renown, thinking 'the prince strikes by sound alone' — this sin was committed; and so this self-wrought sorrow, O queen, has now come upon me.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s arrow aimed at a sound"}
{"ref": "2.57.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 57, "verse": 9, "iast": ["saṃmohād iha bālena yathā syād bhakṣitaṃ viṣam", "evaṃ mamāpy avijñātaṃ śabdavedhyamayaṃ phalam"], "translation": "Just as poison might be eaten by a child through delusion, so too the fruit made of my shooting-by-sound was reaped by me unawares.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s arrow aimed at a sound"}
{"ref": "2.57.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 57, "verse": 10, "iast": ["devy anūḍhā tvam abhavo yuvarājo bhavāmy aham", "tataḥ prāvṛḍ anuprāptā madakāmavivardhinī"], "translation": "O queen, you were as yet unwed and I was the crown prince; then came the rainy season, that heightens ardour and desire.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s arrow aimed at a sound"}
{"ref": "2.57.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 57, "verse": 11, "iast": ["upāsyahi rasān bhaumāṃs taptvā ca jagad aṃśubhiḥ", "paretācaritāṃ bhīmāṃ ravir āviśate diśam"], "translation": "For after drawing up the earth's moisture and scorching the world with his rays, the sun then enters the dread southern quarter, haunted by the departed spirits.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s arrow aimed at a sound"}
{"ref": "2.57.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 57, "verse": 12, "iast": ["uṣṇam antardadhe sadyaḥ snigdhā dadṛśire ghanāḥ", "tato jahṛṣire sarve bhekasāraṅgabarhiṇaḥ"], "translation": "The heat at once disappeared, and glossy clouds came into view; then all the frogs, cātaka birds, and peacocks rejoiced.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s arrow aimed at a sound"}
{"ref": "2.57.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 57, "verse": 13, "iast": ["patitenāmbhasā channaḥ patamānena cāsakṛt", "ābabhau mattasāraṅgas toyarāśir ivācalaḥ"], "translation": "Drenched by the water that had fallen and that kept falling again and again, the mountain, its cātaka birds maddened with joy, shone like a mass of water.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s arrow aimed at a sound"}
{"ref": "2.57.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 57, "verse": 14, "iast": ["tasminn atisukhe kāle dhanuṣmān iṣumān rathī", "vyāyāma kṛtasaṃkalpaḥ sarayūm anvagāṃ nadīm"], "translation": "In that most pleasant season, bearing bow and arrows and mounted in a chariot, bent on sport, I went along the river Sarayū.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s arrow aimed at a sound"}
{"ref": "2.57.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 57, "verse": 15, "iast": ["nipāne mahiṣaṃ rātrau gajaṃ vābhyāgataṃ nadīm", "anyaṃ vā śvāpadaṃ kaṃ cij jighāṃsur ajitendriyaḥ"], "translation": "Wishing to kill, at a watering-place by night, a buffalo or an elephant come to the river, or some other beast of prey — I, my senses unmastered —", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s arrow aimed at a sound"}
{"ref": "2.57.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 57, "verse": 16, "iast": ["athāndhakāre tv aśrauṣaṃ jale kumbhasya paryataḥ", "acakṣur viṣaye ghoṣaṃ vāraṇasyeva nardataḥ"], "translation": "Then in the darkness I heard in the water the gurgle of a pitcher being filled — a sound beyond my sight, like that of a trumpeting elephant.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s arrow aimed at a sound"}
{"ref": "2.57.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 57, "verse": 17, "iast": ["tato 'haṃ śaram uddhṛtya dīptam āśīviṣopamam", "amuñcaṃ niśitaṃ bāṇam aham āśīviṣopamam"], "translation": "Then, drawing forth a blazing arrow like a venomous serpent, I loosed the sharp shaft — I, myself like a venomous serpent.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s arrow aimed at a sound"}
{"ref": "2.57.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 57, "verse": 18, "iast": ["tatra vāg uṣasi vyaktā prādurāsīd vanaukasaḥ", "hā heti patatas toye vāg abhūt tatra mānuṣī", "katham asmadvidhe śastraṃ nipatet tu tapasvini"], "translation": "Thereupon a clear voice of a forest-dweller broke forth; as he fell into the water crying 'Alas, alas!', a human voice arose there: 'How could a weapon strike an ascetic such as I?'", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s arrow aimed at a sound"}
{"ref": "2.57.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 57, "verse": 19, "iast": ["praviviktāṃ nadīṃ rātrāv udāhāro 'ham āgataḥ", "iṣuṇābhihataḥ kena kasya vā kiṃ kṛtaṃ mayā"], "translation": "'I came to this lonely river by night to fetch water; by whom have I been struck with an arrow, and to whom have I done any wrong?'", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s arrow aimed at a sound"}
{"ref": "2.57.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 57, "verse": 20, "iast": ["ṛṣer hi nyasta daṇḍasya vane vanyena jīvataḥ", "kathaṃ nu śastreṇa vadho madvidhasya vidhīyate"], "translation": "'For a seer who has laid down the rod of violence, living in the forest on forest fare — how can slaying by a weapon be ordained for one like me?'", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s arrow aimed at a sound"}
{"ref": "2.57.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 57, "verse": 21, "iast": ["jaṭābhāradharasyaiva valkalājinavāsasaḥ", "ko vadhena mamārthī syāt kiṃ vāsyāpakṛtaṃ mayā"], "translation": "'To one who bears a load of matted locks and wears bark and deerskin — who would seek my death, and what wrong have I done to him?'", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s arrow aimed at a sound"}
{"ref": "2.57.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 57, "verse": 22, "iast": ["evaṃ niṣphalam ārabdhaṃ kevalānarthasaṃhitam", "na kaś cit sādhu manyeta yathaiva gurutalpagam"], "translation": "'Such a deed, undertaken to no purpose and fraught with sheer calamity, no one would deem right, just as none approves defiling the teacher's bed.'", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s arrow aimed at a sound"}
{"ref": "2.57.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 57, "verse": 23, "iast": ["nemaṃ tathānuśocāmi jīvitakṣayam ātmanaḥ", "mātaraṃ pitaraṃ cobhāv anuśocāmi madvidhe"], "translation": "'I do not so much grieve for this loss of my own life; I grieve rather for my mother and my father, both of them, at the death of one like me.'", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s arrow aimed at a sound"}
{"ref": "2.57.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 57, "verse": 24, "iast": ["tad etān mithunaṃ vṛddhaṃ cirakālabhṛtaṃ mayā", "mayi pañcatvam āpanne kāṃ vṛttiṃ vartayiṣyati"], "translation": "'That aged pair, so long supported by me — when I have met my death, by what livelihood will they sustain themselves?'", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s arrow aimed at a sound"}
{"ref": "2.57.25", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 57, "verse": 25, "iast": ["vṛddhau ca mātāpitarāv ahaṃ caikeṣuṇā hataḥ", "kena sma nihatāḥ sarve subālenākṛtātmanā"], "translation": "'My aged mother and father, and I, slain by a single arrow — by whom have we all been struck down, by some mere boy of unformed mind?'", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s arrow aimed at a sound"}
{"ref": "2.57.26", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 57, "verse": 26, "iast": ["taṃ giraṃ karuṇāṃ śrutvā mama dharmānukāṅkṣiṇaḥ", "karābhyāṃ saśaraṃ cāpaṃ vyathitasyāpatad bhuvi"], "translation": "Hearing that piteous cry, from my hands — I who long for righteousness and was shaken with grief — the bow together with its arrow fell to the ground.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s arrow aimed at a sound"}
{"ref": "2.57.27", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 57, "verse": 27, "iast": ["taṃ deśam aham āgamya dīnasattvaḥ sudurmanāḥ", "apaśyam iṣuṇā tīre sarayvās tāpasaṃ hatam"], "translation": "Coming to that spot, wretched in spirit and utterly disheartened, I saw on the bank of the Sarayū the ascetic slain by my arrow.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s arrow aimed at a sound"}
{"ref": "2.57.28", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 57, "verse": 28, "iast": ["sa mām udvīkṣya netrābhyāṃ trastam asvasthacetasaṃ", "ity uvāca vacaḥ krūraṃ didhakṣann iva tejasā"], "translation": "Gazing up at me with his eyes — me, terrified and sick at heart — he spoke these harsh words, as if to burn me with his fiery power:", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s arrow aimed at a sound"}
{"ref": "2.57.29", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 57, "verse": 29, "iast": ["kiṃ tavāpakṛtaṃ rājan vane nivasatā mayā", "jihīrṣiur ambho gurvarthaṃ yad ahaṃ tāḍitas tvayā"], "translation": "'What wrong have I, dwelling in the forest, done to you, O king, that I, seeking to fetch water for my elders, have been struck down by you?'", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s arrow aimed at a sound"}
{"ref": "2.57.30", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 57, "verse": 30, "iast": ["ekena khalu bāṇena marmaṇy abhihate mayi", "dvāv andhau nihatau vṛddhau mātā janayitā ca me"], "translation": "'Indeed, when I have been struck in a vital spot by a single arrow, two aged blind ones are slain — my mother and my father who begot me.'", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s arrow aimed at a sound"}
{"ref": "2.57.31", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 57, "verse": 31, "iast": ["tau nūnaṃ durbalāv andhau matpratīkṣau pipāsitau", "ciram āśākṛtāṃ tṛṣṇāṃ kaṣṭāṃ saṃdhārayiṣyataḥ"], "translation": "'Those two feeble blind ones, awaiting me and parched, will long endure their grievous thirst, sustained only by hope.'", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s arrow aimed at a sound"}
{"ref": "2.57.32", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 57, "verse": 32, "iast": ["na nūnaṃ tapaso vāsti phalayogaḥ śrutasya vā", "pitā yan māṃ na jānāti śayānaṃ patitaṃ bhuvi"], "translation": "'Surely there is no reward of austerity or of sacred learning, since my father does not know that I lie fallen on the ground.'", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s arrow aimed at a sound"}
{"ref": "2.57.33", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 57, "verse": 33, "iast": ["jānann api ca kiṃ kuryād aśaktir aparikramaḥ", "bhidyamānam ivāśaktas trātum anyo nago nagam"], "translation": "'And even if he knew, what could he do, powerless and unable to move — as one tree, itself helpless, cannot save another that is being cut down?'", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s arrow aimed at a sound"}
{"ref": "2.57.34", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 57, "verse": 34, "iast": ["pitus tvam eva me gatvā śīghram ācakṣva rāghava", "na tvām anudahet kruddho vanaṃ vahnir ivaidhitaḥ"], "translation": "'Go quickly yourself, O Rāghava, and tell this to my father, lest, enraged, he consume you as a kindled fire consumes a forest.'", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s arrow aimed at a sound"}
{"ref": "2.57.35", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 57, "verse": 35, "iast": ["iyam ekapadī rājan yato me pitur āśramaḥ", "taṃ prasādaya gatvā tvaṃ na tvāṃ sa kupitaḥ śapet"], "translation": "'This is the footpath, O king, along which lies my father's hermitage; go and appease him, so that, angered, he may not curse you.'", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s arrow aimed at a sound"}
{"ref": "2.57.36", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 57, "verse": 36, "iast": ["viśalyaṃ kuru māṃ rājan marma me niśitaḥ śaraḥ", "ruṇaddhi mṛdu sotsedhaṃ tīram amburayo yathā"], "translation": "'Draw the dart out of me, O king; the sharp arrow chokes my vital spot, as a river's current presses upon a soft, high bank.'", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s arrow aimed at a sound"}
{"ref": "2.57.37", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 57, "verse": 37, "iast": ["na dvijātir ahaṃ rājan mā bhūt te manaso vyathā", "śūdrāyām asmi vaiśyena jāto janapadādhipa"], "translation": "'I am not a twice-born, O king — let there be no anguish in your mind; I was begotten of a Vaiśya upon a Śūdra woman, O ruler of the land.'", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s arrow aimed at a sound"}
{"ref": "2.57.38", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 57, "verse": 38, "iast": ["itīva vadataḥ kṛcchrād bāṇābhihatamarmaṇaḥ", "tasya tv ānamyamānasya taṃ bāṇam aham uddharam"], "translation": "As he was speaking thus with difficulty, his vital spot pierced by the arrow, and as he writhed, I drew that arrow out of him.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s arrow aimed at a sound"}
{"ref": "2.57.39", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 57, "verse": 39, "iast": ["jalārdragātraṃ tu vilapya kṛcchān marmavraṇaṃ saṃtatam ucchasantam", "tataḥ sarayvāṃ tam ahaṃ śayānaṃ samīkṣya bhadre subhṛśaṃ viṣaṇṇaḥ"], "translation": "Seeing him lying there in the Sarayū, O gracious lady, his body wet, lamenting piteously, his mortal wound heaving as he gasped without ceasing, I was utterly overcome with despair.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s arrow aimed at a sound"}
{"ref": "2.58.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 58, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tad ajñānān mahat pāpaṃ kṛtvā saṃkulitendriyaḥ", "ekas tv acintayaṃ buddhyā kathaṃ nu sukṛtaṃ bhavet"], "translation": "Having done that great sin out of ignorance, my senses confounded, I alone pondered in my mind: how might this be set right?", "sarga_title": "The curse and Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.58.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 58, "verse": 2, "iast": ["tatas taṃ ghaṭam ādaya pūrṇaṃ paramavāriṇā", "āśramaṃ tam ahaṃ prāpya yathākhyātapathaṃ gataḥ"], "translation": "Then, taking up that pot filled with excellent water, and reaching that hermitage, I went by the path that had been described.", "sarga_title": "The curse and Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.58.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 58, "verse": 3, "iast": ["tatrāhaṃ durbalāv andhau vṛddhāv apariṇāyakau", "apaśyaṃ tasya pitarau lūnapakṣāv iva dvijau"], "translation": "There I saw his parents, feeble, blind, aged, and without a guide, like two birds with their wings clipped.", "sarga_title": "The curse and Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.58.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 58, "verse": 4, "iast": ["tannimittābhir āsīnau kathābhir aparikramau", "tām āśāṃ matkṛte hīnāv udāsīnāv anāthavat"], "translation": "The two of them seated, unable to stir, engaged in talk occasioned by him, deprived on my account of that hope, listless like helpless folk.", "sarga_title": "The curse and Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.58.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 58, "verse": 5, "iast": ["padaśabdaṃ tu me śrutvā munir vākyam abhāṣata", "kiṃ cirāyasi me putra pānīyaṃ kṣipram ānaya"], "translation": "Hearing the sound of my footsteps, the sage spoke: 'Why do you delay, my son? Bring the water quickly.'", "sarga_title": "The curse and Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.58.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 58, "verse": 6, "iast": ["yannimittam idaṃ tāta salile krīḍitaṃ tvayā", "utkaṇṭhitā te māteyaṃ praviśa kṣipram āśramam"], "translation": "For whatever reason you have played in the water, my child — this mother of yours is anxious; enter the hermitage quickly.", "sarga_title": "The curse and Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.58.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 58, "verse": 7, "iast": ["yad vyalīkaṃ kṛtaṃ putra mātrā te yadi vā mayā", "na tan manasi kartavyaṃ tvayā tāta tapasvinā"], "translation": "Whatever offense has been done to you, my son, by your mother or by me, you, an ascetic, should not take it to heart, my child.", "sarga_title": "The curse and Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.58.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 58, "verse": 8, "iast": ["tvaṃ gatis tv agatīnāṃ ca cakṣus tvaṃ hīnacakṣuṣām", "samāsaktās tvayi prāṇāḥ kiṃ cin nau nābhibhāṣase"], "translation": "You are the refuge of us who have no refuge, you are the eye of us who lack eyes; our lives are bound up in you. Why do you not speak to us at all?", "sarga_title": "The curse and Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.58.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 58, "verse": 9, "iast": ["munim avyaktayā vācā tam ahaṃ sajjamānayā", "hīnavyañjanayā prekṣya bhīto bhīta ivābruvam"], "translation": "Looking upon that sage, I, frightened, spoke to him in an indistinct, faltering voice with its consonants failing, as one afraid.", "sarga_title": "The curse and Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.58.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 58, "verse": 10, "iast": ["manasaḥ karma ceṣṭābhir abhisaṃstabhya vāgbalam", "ācacakṣe tv ahaṃ tasmai putravyasanajaṃ bhayam"], "translation": "Steadying the power of my speech by the effort and action of my mind, I told him of the danger arising from the calamity to his son.", "sarga_title": "The curse and Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.58.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 58, "verse": 11, "iast": ["kṣatriyo 'haṃ daśaratho nāhaṃ putro mahātmanaḥ", "sajjanāvamataṃ duḥkham idaṃ prāptaṃ svakarmajam"], "translation": "'I am a kshatriya, Daśaratha; I am not the son of the great-souled one. This grief, scorned by the good, has come upon me, born of my own deed.'", "sarga_title": "The curse and Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.58.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 58, "verse": 12, "iast": ["bhagavaṃś cāpahasto 'haṃ sarayūtīram āgataḥ", "jighāṃsuḥ śvāpadaṃ kiṃ cin nipāne vāgataṃ gajam"], "translation": "'Venerable one, bow in hand, I came to the bank of the Sarayū, wishing to kill some beast of prey, or an elephant come to the watering-place.'", "sarga_title": "The curse and Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.58.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 58, "verse": 13, "iast": ["tatra śruto mayā śabdo jale kumbhasya pūryataḥ", "dvipo 'yam iti matvā hi bāṇenābhihato mayā"], "translation": "'There I heard the sound of a pitcher being filled in the water; thinking \"this is an elephant,\" I struck at it with an arrow.'", "sarga_title": "The curse and Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.58.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 58, "verse": 14, "iast": ["gatvā nadyās tatas tīram apaśyam iṣuṇā hṛdi", "vinirbhinnaṃ gataprāṇaṃ śayānaṃ bhuvi tāpasaṃ"], "translation": "'Then, going to the bank of the river, I saw an ascetic pierced in the heart by the arrow, his life gone, lying on the ground.'", "sarga_title": "The curse and Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.58.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 58, "verse": 15, "iast": ["bhagavañ śabdam ālakṣya mayā gajajighāṃsunā", "visṛṣṭo 'mbhasi nārācas tena te nihataḥ sutaḥ"], "translation": "'Venerable one, marking the sound, I, wishing to kill an elephant, loosed an iron arrow into the water; by it your son was slain.'", "sarga_title": "The curse and Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.58.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 58, "verse": 16, "iast": ["sa coddhṛtena bāṇena tatraiva svargam āsthitaḥ", "bhagavantāv ubhau śocann andhāv iti vilapya ca"], "translation": "'And when the arrow was drawn out, he attained heaven right there, grieving and wailing, \"Alas, both my venerable parents are blind.\"'", "sarga_title": "The curse and Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.58.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 58, "verse": 17, "iast": ["ajñānād bhavataḥ putraḥ sahasābhihato mayā", "śeṣam evaṃgate yat syāt tat prasīdatu me muniḥ"], "translation": "'Out of ignorance your son was suddenly struck down by me; whatever remains to be done in such a case, in that let the sage be gracious to me.'", "sarga_title": "The curse and Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.58.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 58, "verse": 18, "iast": ["sa tac chrutvā vacaḥ krūraṃ niḥśvasañ śokakarśitaḥ", "mām uvāca mahātejāḥ kṛtāñjalim upasthitam"], "translation": "Hearing that cruel speech, sighing and worn with grief, the greatly-glorious one spoke to me as I stood by with joined palms.", "sarga_title": "The curse and Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.58.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 58, "verse": 19, "iast": ["yady etad aśubhaṃ karma na sma me kathayeḥ svayam", "phalen mūrdhā sma te rājan sadyaḥ śatasahasradhā"], "translation": "'If you had not told me yourself of this evil deed, then your head, O king, would at once have burst into a hundred thousand pieces.'", "sarga_title": "The curse and Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.58.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 58, "verse": 20, "iast": ["kṣatriyeṇa vadho rājan vānaprasthe viśeṣataḥ", "jñānapūrvaṃ kṛtaḥ sthānāc cyāvayed api vajriṇam"], "translation": "'A slaying committed knowingly by a kshatriya, O king, and especially of a forest-hermit, would cast down even the Thunderer (Indra) from his place.'", "sarga_title": "The curse and Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.58.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 58, "verse": 21, "iast": ["ajñānād dhi kṛtaṃ yasmād idaṃ tenaiva jīvasi", "api hy adya kulaṃ nasyād rāghavāṇāṃ kuto bhavān"], "translation": "'But since this was done out of ignorance, for that very reason you live; else today the line of the Rāghavas would perish — how much more you!'", "sarga_title": "The curse and Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.58.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 58, "verse": 22, "iast": ["naya nau nṛpa taṃ deśam iti māṃ cābhyabhāṣata", "adya taṃ draṣṭum icchāvaḥ putraṃ paścimadarśanam"], "translation": "'Lead us two to that place, O king,' he said to me, 'today we wish to see our son, for the last time.'", "sarga_title": "The curse and Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.58.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 58, "verse": 23, "iast": ["rudhireṇāvasitāṅgaṃ prakīrṇājinavāsasaṃ", "śayānaṃ bhuvi niḥsaṃjñaṃ dharmarājavaśaṃ gatam"], "translation": "(our son) his limbs wet with blood, his deerskin garment in disarray, lying senseless on the ground, gone into the power of the King of Death.", "sarga_title": "The curse and Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.58.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 58, "verse": 24, "iast": ["athāham ekas taṃ deśaṃ nītvā tau bhṛśaduḥkhitau", "asparśayam ahaṃ putraṃ taṃ muniṃ saha bhāryayā"], "translation": "Then I alone, leading those two greatly-grieved ones to that place, made the sage, together with his wife, touch their son.", "sarga_title": "The curse and Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.58.25", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 58, "verse": 25, "iast": ["tau putram ātmanaḥ spṛṣṭvā tam āsādya tapasvinau", "nipetatuḥ śarīre 'sya pitā cāsyedam abravīt"], "translation": "Those two ascetics, touching their own son and reaching him, fell upon his body; and his father spoke this:", "sarga_title": "The curse and Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.58.26", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 58, "verse": 26, "iast": ["na nv ahaṃ te priyaḥ putra mātaraṃ paśya dhārmika", "kiṃ nu nāliṅgase putra sukumāra vaco vada"], "translation": "'Am I not dear to you, my son? Look at your mother, righteous one. Why do you not embrace me, my son, so tender? Speak a word.'", "sarga_title": "The curse and Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.58.27", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 58, "verse": 27, "iast": ["kasya vāpararātre 'haṃ śroṣyāmi hṛdayaṃgamam", "adhīyānasya madhuraṃ śāstraṃ vānyad viśeṣataḥ"], "translation": "'Whose sweet, heart-winning recitation of scripture, or of something else besides, shall I hear in the last watch of the night?'", "sarga_title": "The curse and Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.58.28", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 58, "verse": 28, "iast": ["ko māṃ saṃdhyām upāsyaiva snātvā hutahutāśanaḥ", "ślāghayiṣyaty upāsīnaḥ putraśokabhayārditam"], "translation": "'Who, having worshipped at twilight, bathed, and offered oblation to the fire, will sit beside me and comfort me, tormented by grief and fear for my son?'", "sarga_title": "The curse and Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.58.29", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 58, "verse": 29, "iast": ["kandamūlaphalaṃ hṛtvā ko māṃ priyam ivātithim", "bhojayiṣyaty akarmaṇyam apragraham anāyakam"], "translation": "'Who, bringing roots, bulbs, and fruit, will feed me — like a beloved guest — unfit for work, without support, without a guide?'", "sarga_title": "The curse and Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.58.30", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 58, "verse": 30, "iast": ["imām andhāṃ ca vṛddhāṃ ca mātaraṃ te tapasvinīm", "kathaṃ putra bhariṣyāmi kṛpaṇāṃ putragardhinīm"], "translation": "'How, my son, shall I support this blind and aged mother of yours, poor ascetic woman, wretched, longing for her son?'", "sarga_title": "The curse and Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.58.31", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 58, "verse": 31, "iast": ["tiṣṭha mā mā gamaḥ putra yamasya sadanaṃ prati", "śvo mayā saha gantāsi jananyā ca samedhitaḥ"], "translation": "'Stay! Do not, do not go, my son, to the abode of Yama. Tomorrow you shall go, together with me and your mother, all of us together.'", "sarga_title": "The curse and Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.58.32", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 58, "verse": 32, "iast": ["ubhāv api ca śokārtāv anāthau kṛpaṇau vane", "kṣipram eva gamiṣyāvas tvayā hīnau yamakṣayam"], "translation": "'And we both, stricken with grief, helpless and wretched in the forest, bereft of you, shall very soon go to the abode of Yama.'", "sarga_title": "The curse and Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.58.33", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 58, "verse": 33, "iast": ["tato vaivasvataṃ dṛṣṭvā taṃ pravakṣyāmi bhāratīm", "kṣamatāṃ dharmarājo me bibhṛyāt pitarāv ayam"], "translation": "'Then, seeing Vaivasvata (Yama), I shall address this word to him: \"Let the King of Dharma pardon me; let him sustain these two parents.\"'", "sarga_title": "The curse and Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.58.34", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 58, "verse": 34, "iast": ["apāpo 'si yathā putra nihataḥ pāpakarmaṇā", "tena satyena gacchāśu ye lokāḥ śastrayodhinām"], "translation": "'As you, my son, though sinless, were slain by an evil-doer — by that truth, go quickly to those worlds which belong to warriors who fight with weapons,'", "sarga_title": "The curse and Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.58.35", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 58, "verse": 35, "iast": ["yānti śūrā gatiṃ yāṃ ca saṃgrāmeṣv anivartinaḥ", "hatās tv abhimukhāḥ putra gatiṃ tāṃ paramāṃ vraja"], "translation": "'and to whatever goal heroes go who do not turn back in battles, slain facing the foe — to that supreme goal, my son, proceed.'", "sarga_title": "The curse and Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.58.36", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 58, "verse": 36, "iast": ["yāṃ gatiṃ sagaraḥ śaibyo dilīpo janamejayaḥ", "nahuṣo dhundhumāraś ca prāptās tāṃ gaccha putraka"], "translation": "'To that goal which Sagara, Śaibya, Dilīpa, Janamejaya, Nahuṣa, and Dhundhumāra attained — to that go, dear son.'", "sarga_title": "The curse and Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.58.37", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 58, "verse": 37, "iast": ["yā gatiḥ sarvasādhūnāṃ svādhyāyāt patasaś ca yā", "bhūmidasyāhitāgneś ca ekapatnīvratasya ca"], "translation": "'The goal that belongs to all the virtuous, and that which comes from Vedic study and austerity, and that of the giver of land, of him who keeps the sacred fire, and of him vowed to a single wife;'", "sarga_title": "The curse and Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.58.38", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 58, "verse": 38, "iast": ["gosahasrapradātṝṇāṃ yā yā gurubhṛtām api", "dehanyāsakṛtāṃ yā ca tāṃ gatiṃ gaccha putraka", "na hi tv asmin kule jāto gacchaty akuśalāṃ gatim"], "translation": "'and the goal of those who give a thousand cows, and of those who cherish their teachers, and of those who lay down their bodies — to that goal go, dear son; for none born in this family goes to an inauspicious goal.'", "sarga_title": "The curse and Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.58.39", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 58, "verse": 39, "iast": ["evaṃ sa kṛpaṇaṃ tatra paryadevayatāsakṛt", "tato 'smai kartum udakaṃ pravṛttaḥ saha bhāryayā"], "translation": "Thus he lamented piteously there again and again; then, together with his wife, he set about making the water-offering for him.", "sarga_title": "The curse and Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.58.40", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 58, "verse": 40, "iast": ["sa tu divyena rūpeṇa muniputraḥ svakarmabhiḥ", "āśvāsya ca muhūrtaṃ tu pitarau vākyam abravīt"], "translation": "But that sage's son, in a divine form won by his own deeds, having comforted his parents a moment, spoke these words:", "sarga_title": "The curse and Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.58.41", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 58, "verse": 41, "iast": ["sthānam asmi mahat prāpto bhavatoḥ paricāraṇāt", "bhavantāv api ca kṣipraṃ mama mūlam upaiṣyataḥ"], "translation": "'I have attained a great station through service to you two; and you both shall soon come to where I am.'", "sarga_title": "The curse and Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.58.42", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 58, "verse": 42, "iast": ["evam uktvā tu divyena vimānena vapuṣmatā", "āruroha divaṃ kṣipraṃ muniputro jitendriyaḥ"], "translation": "Having spoken thus, the sage's son, master of his senses, swiftly ascended to heaven in a splendid celestial chariot.", "sarga_title": "The curse and Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.58.43", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 58, "verse": 43, "iast": ["sa kṛtvā tūdakaṃ tūrṇaṃ tāpasaḥ saha bhāryayā", "mām uvāca mahātejāḥ kṛtāñjalim upasthitam"], "translation": "That ascetic, having quickly made the water-offering together with his wife, the greatly-glorious one spoke to me as I stood by with joined palms:", "sarga_title": "The curse and Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.58.44", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 58, "verse": 44, "iast": ["adyaiva jahi māṃ rājan maraṇe nāsti me vyathā", "yac chareṇaikaputraṃ māṃ tvam akārṣīr aputrakam"], "translation": "'Kill me this very day, O king; I have no dread of death, since with an arrow you have made me, who had a single son, sonless.'", "sarga_title": "The curse and Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.58.45", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 58, "verse": 45, "iast": ["tvayā tu yad avijñānān nihato me sutaḥ śuciḥ", "tena tvām abhiśapsyāmi suduḥkham atidāruṇam"], "translation": "'Since my pure son was slain by you out of ignorance, for that I shall curse you with a most grievous, exceedingly cruel curse.'", "sarga_title": "The curse and Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.58.46", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 58, "verse": 46, "iast": ["putravyasanajaṃ duḥkhaṃ yad etan mama sāmpratam", "evaṃ tvaṃ putraśokena rājan kālaṃ kariṣyasi"], "translation": "'This grief born of the calamity to my son that is now mine — even so, through grief for a son, O king, you shall meet your end.'", "sarga_title": "The curse and Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.58.47", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 58, "verse": 47, "iast": ["tasmān mām āgataṃ bhadre tasyodārasya tadvacaḥ", "yad ahaṃ putraśokena saṃtyakṣyāmy adya jīvitam"], "translation": "So, dear lady, that word of that noble one has come upon me — that today, through grief for a son, I shall give up my life.", "sarga_title": "The curse and Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.58.48", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 58, "verse": 48, "iast": ["yadi māṃ saṃspṛśed rāmaḥ sakṛd adyālabheta vā", "na tan me sadṛśaṃ devi yan mayā rāghave kṛtam"], "translation": "If only Rāma would touch me once today, or lay his hand upon me — yet that is not my due, O queen, considering what I did to Rāghava.", "sarga_title": "The curse and Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.58.49", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 58, "verse": 49, "iast": ["cakṣuṣā tvāṃ na paśyāmi smṛtir mama vilupyate", "dūtā vaivasvatasyaite kausalye tvarayanti mām"], "translation": "With my eyes I cannot see you; my memory is being torn away. These messengers of Vaivasvata (Yama), O Kausalyā, are hurrying me on.", "sarga_title": "The curse and Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.58.50", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 58, "verse": 50, "iast": ["atas tu kiṃ duḥkhataraṃ yad ahaṃ jīvitakṣaye", "na hi paśyāmi dharmajñaṃ rāmaṃ satyaparākyamam"], "translation": "And what is more painful than this — that at the ending of my life I do not see Rāma, the knower of dharma, of true valor?", "sarga_title": "The curse and Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.58.51", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 58, "verse": 51, "iast": ["na te manuṣyā devās te ye cāruśubhakuṇḍalam", "mukhaṃ drakṣyanti rāmasya varṣe pañcadaśe punaḥ"], "translation": "They are not men but gods, who will look again on Rāma's face, with its lovely, beautiful earrings, in the fifteenth year.", "sarga_title": "The curse and Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.58.52", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 58, "verse": 52, "iast": ["padmapatrekṣaṇaṃ subhru sudaṃṣṭraṃ cārunāsikam", "dhanyā drakṣyanti rāmasya tārādhipanibhaṃ mukham"], "translation": "Fortunate are they who will behold Rāma's face — lotus-petal-eyed, fair-browed, with fine teeth and a lovely nose, resembling the lord of stars (the moon).", "sarga_title": "The curse and Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.58.53", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 58, "verse": 53, "iast": ["sadṛśaṃ śāradasyendoḥ phullasya kamalasya ca", "sugandhi mama nāthasya dhanyā drakṣyanti tanmukham"], "translation": "Fortunate are they who will behold that face of my lord — like the autumn moon and a blooming lotus, and fragrant.", "sarga_title": "The curse and Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.58.54", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 58, "verse": 54, "iast": ["nivṛttavanavāsaṃ tam ayodhyāṃ punar āgatam", "drakṣyanti sukhino rāmaṃ śukraṃ mārgagataṃ yathā"], "translation": "Happy are they who will see Rāma, his forest-dwelling ended, come back again to Ayodhyā, like Venus (Śukra) returned to its course.", "sarga_title": "The curse and Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.58.55", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 58, "verse": 55, "iast": ["ayam ātmabhavaḥ śoko mām anātham acetanam", "saṃsādayati vegena yathā kūlaṃ nadīrayaḥ"], "translation": "This self-born grief overwhelms me, helpless and senseless, with its rush, as the current of a river wears away its bank.", "sarga_title": "The curse and Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.58.56", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 58, "verse": 56, "iast": ["hā rāghava mahābāho hā mamāyāsa nāśana", "rājā daśarathaḥ śocañ jīvitāntam upāgamat"], "translation": "'Alas, Rāghava, mighty-armed! Alas, dispeller of my toil!' — thus grieving, King Daśaratha came to the end of his life.", "sarga_title": "The curse and Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.58.57", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 58, "verse": 57, "iast": ["tathā tu dīnaṃ kathayan narādhipaḥ priyasya putrasya vivāsanāturaḥ", "gate 'rdharātre bhṛśaduḥkhapīḍitas tadā jahau prāṇam udāradarśanaḥ"], "translation": "Thus lamenting piteously, the lord of men, distressed at the banishment of his beloved son, when the night was half spent, grievously afflicted with pain, the noble-visaged one then gave up his life.", "sarga_title": "The curse and Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.59.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 59, "verse": 1, "iast": ["atha rātryāṃ vyatītāyāṃ prātar evāpare 'hani", "bandinaḥ paryupātiṣṭhaṃs tat pārthivaniveśanam"], "translation": "Now, when the night had passed, at dawn on the following day, the bards attended upon that royal dwelling.", "sarga_title": "Discovery of Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.59.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 59, "verse": 2, "iast": ["tataḥ śucisamācārāḥ paryupasthāna kovidaḥ", "strīvarṣavarabhūyiṣṭhā upatasthur yathāpuram"], "translation": "Then those of pure conduct, skilled in attendance, consisting mostly of women and chamberlains, drew near as on other days.", "sarga_title": "Discovery of Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.59.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 59, "verse": 3, "iast": ["haricandanasaṃpṛktam udakaṃ kāñcanair ghaṭaiḥ", "āninyuḥ snānaśikṣājñā yathākālaṃ yathāvidhi"], "translation": "Water blended with yellow sandal they brought in golden pitchers, those versed in the art of the bath, in due time and due form.", "sarga_title": "Discovery of Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.59.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 59, "verse": 4, "iast": ["maṅgalālambhanīyāni prāśanīyān upaskarān", "upaninyus tathāpy anyāḥ kumārī bahulāḥ striyaḥ"], "translation": "And still other women, mostly maidens, brought auspicious things to be touched, foods, and utensils.", "sarga_title": "Discovery of Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.59.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 59, "verse": 5, "iast": ["atha yāḥ kosalendrasya śayanaṃ pratyanantarāḥ", "tāḥ striyas tu samāgamya bhartāraṃ pratyabodhayan"], "translation": "Now those women who were closest to the bed of the Kosala king, gathering together, sought to waken their lord.", "sarga_title": "Discovery of Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.59.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 59, "verse": 6, "iast": ["tā vepathuparītāś ca rājñaḥ prāṇeṣu śaṅkitāḥ", "pratisrotas tṛṇāgrāṇāṃ sadṛśaṃ saṃcakampire"], "translation": "Seized with trembling and fearful for the king's life, they shook like the tips of grasses in the current of a stream.", "sarga_title": "Discovery of Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.59.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 59, "verse": 7, "iast": ["atha saṃvepamanānāṃ strīṇāṃ dṛṣṭvā ca pārthivam", "yat tad āśaṅkitaṃ pāpaṃ tasya jajñe viniścayaḥ"], "translation": "Then, seeing the king, there arose among the trembling women the certain knowledge of that dreaded calamity.", "sarga_title": "Discovery of Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.59.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 59, "verse": 8, "iast": ["tataḥ pracukruśur dīnāḥ sasvaraṃ tā varāṅganāḥ", "kareṇava ivāraṇye sthānapracyutayūthapāḥ"], "translation": "Then those lovely women wailed aloud, piteously, like she-elephants in the forest whose herd-leader has been struck from his place.", "sarga_title": "Discovery of Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.59.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 59, "verse": 9, "iast": ["tāsām ākranda śabdena sahasodgatacetane", "kausalyā ca sumitrāca tyaktanidre babhūvatuḥ"], "translation": "At the sound of their wailing, their senses starting up all at once, Kausalyā and Sumitrā were roused from sleep.", "sarga_title": "Discovery of Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.59.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 59, "verse": 10, "iast": ["kausalyā ca sumitrā ca dṛṣṭvā spṛṣṭvā ca pārthivam", "hā nātheti parikruśya petatur dharaṇītale"], "translation": "Kausalyā and Sumitrā, seeing and touching the king, cried out 'Alas, my lord!' and fell to the ground.", "sarga_title": "Discovery of Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.59.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 59, "verse": 11, "iast": ["sā kosalendraduhitā veṣṭamānā mahītale", "na babhrāja rajodhvastā tāreva gaganacyutā"], "translation": "That daughter of the Kosala king (Kausalyā), writhing on the ground, dust-covered, shone no more, like a star fallen from the sky.", "sarga_title": "Discovery of Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.59.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 59, "verse": 12, "iast": ["tat samuttrastasaṃbhrāntaṃ paryutsukajanākulam", "sarvatas tumulākrandaṃ paritāpārtabāndhavam"], "translation": "That (palace) — terrified and bewildered, thronged with anxious folk, filled everywhere with tumultuous wailing, its kinsfolk stricken with grief,", "sarga_title": "Discovery of Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.59.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 59, "verse": 13, "iast": ["sadyo nipatitānandaṃ dīnaviklavadarśanam", "babhūva naradevasya sadma diṣṭāntam īyuṣaḥ"], "translation": "suddenly became joyless and of piteous, distraught aspect — the dwelling of that king, who had met his destined end.", "sarga_title": "Discovery of Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.59.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 59, "verse": 14, "iast": ["atītam ājñāya tu pārthivarṣabhaṃ yaśasvinaṃ saṃparivārya patnayaḥ", "bhṛśaṃ rudantyaḥ karuṇaṃ suduḥkhitāḥ pragṛhya bāhū vyalapann anāthavat"], "translation": "Realizing that the bull among kings, the illustrious one, had passed away, his wives surrounded him and, weeping bitterly and piteously, deeply grieved, flung up their arms and lamented like helpless creatures.", "sarga_title": "Discovery of Daśaratha’s death"}
{"ref": "2.60.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 60, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tam agnim iva saṃśāntam ambuhīnam ivārṇavam", "hataprabham ivādityaṃ svargathaṃ prekṣya bhūmipam"], "translation": "Beholding the lord of the earth gone to heaven — like a fire burnt out, like an ocean drained of water, like the sun robbed of its splendor —", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s body preserved in oil"}
{"ref": "2.60.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 60, "verse": 2, "iast": ["kausalyā bāṣpapūrṇākṣī vividhaṃ śokakarśitā", "upagṛhya śiro rājñaḥ kaikeyīṃ pratyabhāṣata"], "translation": "Kausalyā, her eyes brimming with tears, wasted by manifold grief, clasping the king's head, addressed Kaikeyī:", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s body preserved in oil"}
{"ref": "2.60.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 60, "verse": 3, "iast": ["sakāmā bhava kaikeyi bhuṅkṣva rājyam akaṇṭakam", "tyaktvā rājānam ekāgrā nṛśaṃse duṣṭacāriṇi"], "translation": "“Have your wish fulfilled, Kaikeyī; enjoy the kingdom free of rivals, having cast off the king and left him alone — you cruel woman of wicked conduct!", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s body preserved in oil"}
{"ref": "2.60.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 60, "verse": 4, "iast": ["vihāya māṃ gato rāmo bhartā ca svargato mama", "vipathe sārthahīneva nāhaṃ jīvitum utsahe"], "translation": "Rāma has gone, forsaking me, and my husband has gone to heaven; like a woman left without her caravan on a trackless road, I have no will to live.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s body preserved in oil"}
{"ref": "2.60.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 60, "verse": 5, "iast": ["bhartāraṃ taṃ parityajya kā strī daivatam ātmanaḥ", "icchej jīvitum anyatra kaikeyyās tyaktadharmaṇaḥ"], "translation": "What woman, having forsaken that husband who is her very deity, would wish to live — save Kaikeyī, who has cast off all dharma?", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s body preserved in oil"}
{"ref": "2.60.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 60, "verse": 6, "iast": ["na lubdho budhyate doṣān kiṃ pākam iva bhakṣayan", "kubjānimittaṃ kaikeyyā rāghavāṇān kulaṃ hatam"], "translation": "A greedy person does not perceive the evils, like one eating the kiṃpāka fruit; because of the hunchback, by Kaikeyī the lineage of the Rāghavas has been destroyed.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s body preserved in oil"}
{"ref": "2.60.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 60, "verse": 7, "iast": ["aniyoge niyuktena rājñā rāmaṃ vivāsitam", "sabhāryaṃ janakaḥ śrutvā patitapsyaty ahaṃ yathā"], "translation": "When Janaka hears that Rāma has been banished with his wife by the king who was bound to an improper task, he too will burn with grief, just as I do.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s body preserved in oil"}
{"ref": "2.60.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 60, "verse": 8, "iast": ["rāmaḥ kamalapatrākṣo jīvanāśam ito gataḥ", "videharājasya sutā tahā sītā tapasvinī", "duḥkhasyānucitā duḥkhaṃ vane paryudvijiṣyati"], "translation": "Lotus-eyed Rāma has gone from here to the ruin of his living; and likewise the daughter of Videha's king, poor Sītā, unused to sorrow, will be sorely distressed by misery in the forest.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s body preserved in oil"}
{"ref": "2.60.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 60, "verse": 9, "iast": ["nadatāṃ bhīmaghoṣāṇāṃ niśāsu mṛgapakṣiṇām", "niśamya nūnaṃ saṃstrastā rāghavaṃ saṃśrayiṣyati"], "translation": "Hearing at night the beasts and birds that cry with dreadful voices, surely, terrified, she will cling to Rāghava.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s body preserved in oil"}
{"ref": "2.60.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 60, "verse": 10, "iast": ["vṛddhaś caivālpaputraś ca vaidehīm anicintayan", "so 'pi śokasamāviṣṭo nanu tyakṣyati jīvitam"], "translation": "And Janaka, aged and with few sons, brooding over Vaidehī, overcome by grief, will surely give up his life too.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s body preserved in oil"}
{"ref": "2.60.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 60, "verse": 11, "iast": ["tāṃ tataḥ saṃpariṣvajya vilapantīṃ tapasvinīm", "vyapaninyuḥ suduḥkhārtāṃ kausalyāṃ vyāvahārikāḥ"], "translation": "Then the household attendants, embracing the wretched, lamenting Kausalyā, sorely stricken with grief, led her away.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s body preserved in oil"}
{"ref": "2.60.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 60, "verse": 12, "iast": ["tailadroṇyām athāmātyāḥ saṃveśya jagatīpatim", "rājñaḥ sarvāṇy athādiṣṭāś cakruḥ karmāṇy anantaram"], "translation": "Then the ministers, laying the lord of the earth in a trough of oil, and duly directed, thereafter performed all the king's rites in order.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s body preserved in oil"}
{"ref": "2.60.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 60, "verse": 13, "iast": ["na tu saṃkalanaṃ rājño vinā putreṇa mantriṇaḥ", "sarvajñāḥ kartum īṣus te tato rakṣanti bhūmipam"], "translation": "But the wise ministers did not wish to carry out the king's cremation without his son; and so they kept guarding the king's body.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s body preserved in oil"}
{"ref": "2.60.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 60, "verse": 14, "iast": ["tailadroṇyāṃ tu sacivaiḥ śāyitaṃ taṃ narādhipam", "hā mṛto 'yam iti jñātvā striyas tāḥ paryadevayan"], "translation": "And realizing 'Alas, he is dead!' — the lord of men laid by the ministers in the oil-trough — those women wailed aloud.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s body preserved in oil"}
{"ref": "2.60.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 60, "verse": 15, "iast": ["bāhūn udyamya kṛpaṇā netraprasravaṇair mukhaiḥ", "rudantyaḥ śokasaṃtaptāḥ kṛpaṇaṃ paryadevayan"], "translation": "Raising their arms, the wretched women, weeping with faces streaming tears from their eyes, tormented by grief, lamented piteously.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s body preserved in oil"}
{"ref": "2.60.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 60, "verse": 16, "iast": ["niśānakṣatrahīneva strīva bhartṛvivarjitā", "purī nārājatāyodhyā hīnā rājñā mahātmanā"], "translation": "Like a night bereft of stars, like a woman deprived of her husband, the city of Ayodhyā, robbed of its great-souled king, gave no radiance.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s body preserved in oil"}
{"ref": "2.60.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 60, "verse": 17, "iast": ["bāṣpaparyākulajanā hāhābhūtakulāṅganā", "śūnyacatvaraveśmāntā na babhrāja yathāpuram"], "translation": "Its people bewildered with tears, its noble women crying 'Alas!', its squares and houses left desolate, the city no longer shone as before.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s body preserved in oil"}
{"ref": "2.60.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 60, "verse": 18, "iast": ["gataprabhā dyaur iva bhāskaraṃ vinā vyapetanakṣatragaṇeva śarvarī", "purī babhāse rahitā mahātmanā na cāsrakaṇṭhākulamārgacatvarā"], "translation": "Like the sky whose brightness is gone without the sun, like a night from which the host of stars has departed, the city appeared, forsaken by its great-souled king, its roads and squares no longer thronged, its throats choked with tears.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s body preserved in oil"}
{"ref": "2.60.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 60, "verse": 19, "iast": ["narāś ca nāryaś ca sametya saṃghaśo vigarhamāṇā bharatasya mātaram", "tadā nagaryāṃ naradevasaṃkṣaye babhūvur ārtā na ca śarma lebhire"], "translation": "And the men and women, gathering in throngs and reviling Bharata's mother, were then, at the death of the king, stricken with grief throughout the city, and found no comfort.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s body preserved in oil"}
{"ref": "2.61.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 61, "verse": 1, "iast": ["vyatītāyāṃ tu śarvaryām ādityasyodaye tataḥ", "sametya rājakartāraḥ sabhām īyur dvijātayaḥ"], "translation": "When the night had passed, then at the rising of the sun the twice-born king-makers came together and went into the assembly hall.", "sarga_title": "Ayodhyā without a King"}
{"ref": "2.61.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 61, "verse": 2, "iast": ["mārkaṇḍeyo 'tha maudgalyo vāmadevaś ca kāśyapaḥ", "kātyayano gautamaś ca jābāliś ca mahāyaśāḥ"], "translation": "Mārkaṇḍeya, then Maudgalya, Vāmadeva and Kāśyapa, Kātyāyana and Gautama, and the greatly renowned Jābāli;", "sarga_title": "Ayodhyā without a King"}
{"ref": "2.61.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 61, "verse": 3, "iast": ["ete dvijāḥ sahāmātyaiḥ pṛthag vācam udīrayan", "vasiṣṭham evābhimukhāḥ śreṣṭho rājapurohitam"], "translation": "these brahmins, together with the ministers, each raised his voice, facing directly toward Vasiṣṭha, the foremost royal chaplain.", "sarga_title": "Ayodhyā without a King"}
{"ref": "2.61.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 61, "verse": 4, "iast": ["atītā śarvarī duḥkhaṃ yā no varṣaśatopamā", "asmin pañcatvam āpanne putraśokena pārthive"], "translation": "“Painfully has the night passed for us, a night that seemed like a hundred years, now that this king has met his death through grief for his son.", "sarga_title": "Ayodhyā without a King"}
{"ref": "2.61.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 61, "verse": 5, "iast": ["svargataś ca mahārājo rāmaś cāraṇyam āśritaḥ", "lakṣmaṇaś cāpi tejasvī rāmeṇaiva gataḥ saha"], "translation": "The great king has gone to heaven, and Rāma has resorted to the forest; the resplendent Lakṣmaṇa too has gone away together with Rāma.", "sarga_title": "Ayodhyā without a King"}
{"ref": "2.61.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 61, "verse": 6, "iast": ["ubhau bharataśatrughnau kkekayeṣu paraṃtapau", "pure rājagṛhe ramye mātāmahaniveśane"], "translation": "Both scorchers of foes, Bharata and Śatrughna, are among the Kekayas, in the lovely city of Rājagṛha, in the dwelling of their maternal grandfather.", "sarga_title": "Ayodhyā without a King"}
{"ref": "2.61.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 61, "verse": 7, "iast": ["ikṣvākūṇām ihādyaiva kaś cid rājā vidhīyatām", "arājakaṃ hi no rāṣṭraṃ na vināśam avāpnuyāt"], "translation": "Let some king of the Ikṣvākus be appointed here this very day, so that our realm, being kingless, may not fall into ruin.", "sarga_title": "Ayodhyā without a King"}
{"ref": "2.61.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 61, "verse": 8, "iast": ["nārājale janapade vidyunmālī mahāsvanaḥ", "abhivarṣati parjanyo mahīṃ divyena vāriṇā"], "translation": "In a land without a king, the lightning-wreathed, loud-thundering cloud does not pour heavenly water down upon the earth.", "sarga_title": "Ayodhyā without a King"}
{"ref": "2.61.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 61, "verse": 9, "iast": ["nārājake janapade bījamuṣṭiḥ prakīryate", "nārākake pituḥ putro bhāryā vā vartate vaśe"], "translation": "In a kingless land no handful of seed is sown; in a kingless land neither does a son stay in his father's control, nor a wife under her husband's.", "sarga_title": "Ayodhyā without a King"}
{"ref": "2.61.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 61, "verse": 10, "iast": ["arājake dhanaṃ nāsti nāsti bhāryāpy arājake", "idam atyāhitaṃ cānyat kutaḥ satyam arājake"], "translation": "In a kingless state there is no wealth, nor even a wife; and there is this further, grave calamity — whence could truth exist in a kingless state?", "sarga_title": "Ayodhyā without a King"}
{"ref": "2.61.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 61, "verse": 11, "iast": ["nārājake janapade kārayanti sabhāṃ narāḥ", "udyānāni ca ramyāṇi hṛṣṭāḥ puṇyagṛhāṇi ca"], "translation": "In a kingless land men do not, in gladness, have assembly halls built, nor lovely gardens and sacred houses.", "sarga_title": "Ayodhyā without a King"}
{"ref": "2.61.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 61, "verse": 12, "iast": ["nārājake janapade yajñaśīlā dvijātayaḥ", "satrāṇy anvāsate dāntā brāhmaṇāḥ saṃśitavratāḥ"], "translation": "In a kingless land the self-controlled twice-born, devoted to sacrifice, brahmins of rigorous vows, do not sit through the sacrificial sessions.", "sarga_title": "Ayodhyā without a King"}
{"ref": "2.61.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 61, "verse": 13, "iast": ["nārājake janapade prabhūtanaṭanartakāḥ", "utsavāś ca samājāś ca vardhante rāṣṭravardhanāḥ"], "translation": "In a kingless land the festivals and gatherings, abounding in actors and dancers, that enrich the realm, do not flourish.", "sarga_title": "Ayodhyā without a King"}
{"ref": "2.61.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 61, "verse": 14, "iast": ["nārajake janapade siddhārthā vyavahāriṇaḥ", "kathābhir anurajyante kathāśīlāḥ kathāpriyaiḥ"], "translation": "In a kingless land men of affairs, successful in their aims and fond of stories, do not take delight in tales shared with fellow lovers of tales.", "sarga_title": "Ayodhyā without a King"}
{"ref": "2.61.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 61, "verse": 15, "iast": ["nārājake janapade vāhanaiḥ śīghragāmibhiḥ", "narā niryānty araṇyāni nārībhiḥ saha kāminaḥ"], "translation": "In a kingless land amorous men do not ride out to the forests with their women in swift-moving vehicles.", "sarga_title": "Ayodhyā without a King"}
{"ref": "2.61.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 61, "verse": 16, "iast": ["nārākaje janapade dhanavantaḥ surakṣitāḥ", "śerate vivṛta dvārāḥ kṛṣigorakṣajīvinaḥ"], "translation": "In a kingless land the wealthy, though well-guarded, who live by tilling and cattle-keeping, do not sleep with their doors left open.", "sarga_title": "Ayodhyā without a King"}
{"ref": "2.61.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 61, "verse": 17, "iast": ["nārājake janapade vaṇijo dūragāminaḥ", "gacchanti kṣemam adhvānaṃ bahupuṇyasamācitāḥ"], "translation": "In a kingless land far-faring merchants, richly laden with their wares, do not travel a safe road.", "sarga_title": "Ayodhyā without a King"}
{"ref": "2.61.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 61, "verse": 18, "iast": ["nārājake janapade caraty ekacaro vaśī", "bhāvayann ātmanātmānaṃ yatrasāyaṃgṛho muniḥ"], "translation": "In a kingless land the self-controlled sage, a solitary wanderer contemplating the Self by the self and making his home wherever evening finds him, does not roam free.", "sarga_title": "Ayodhyā without a King"}
{"ref": "2.61.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 61, "verse": 19, "iast": ["nārājake janapade yogakṣemaṃ pravartate", "na cāpy arājake senā śatrūn viṣahate yudhi"], "translation": "In a kingless land welfare does not prosper, and in kinglessness the army cannot withstand the enemy in battle.", "sarga_title": "Ayodhyā without a King"}
{"ref": "2.61.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 61, "verse": 20, "iast": ["yathā hy anudakā nadyo yathā vāpy atṛṇaṃ vanam", "agopālā yathā gāvas tathā rāṣṭram arājakam"], "translation": "For as rivers without water, or a forest without grass, or cattle without a herdsman — so is a realm without a king.", "sarga_title": "Ayodhyā without a King"}
{"ref": "2.61.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 61, "verse": 21, "iast": ["nārājake janapade svakaṃ bhavati kasya cit", "matsyā iva narā nityaṃ bhakṣayanti parasparam"], "translation": "In a kingless land nothing belongs to anyone; like fishes, men constantly devour one another.", "sarga_title": "Ayodhyā without a King"}
{"ref": "2.61.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 61, "verse": 22, "iast": ["yehi saṃbhinnamaryādā nāstikāś chinnasaṃśayāḥ", "te 'pi bhāvāya kalpante rājadaṇḍanipīḍitāḥ"], "translation": "Even those who break through all bounds, unbelievers who have cast off every scruple — even they are made to conduce to order when curbed by the king's rod.", "sarga_title": "Ayodhyā without a King"}
{"ref": "2.61.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 61, "verse": 23, "iast": ["aho tama ivedaṃ syān na prajñāyeta kiṃ cana", "rājā cen na bhaveṃl loke vibhajan sādhvasādhunī"], "translation": "Ah, all this would be as darkness, and nothing could be discerned, were there no king in the world to distinguish right from wrong.", "sarga_title": "Ayodhyā without a King"}
{"ref": "2.61.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 61, "verse": 24, "iast": ["jīvaty api mahārāje tavaiva vacanaṃ vayam", "nātikramāmahe sarve velāṃ prāpyeva sāgaraḥ"], "translation": "Even while the great king lived, all of us never transgressed your very word, just as the ocean does not overpass its shore.", "sarga_title": "Ayodhyā without a King"}
{"ref": "2.61.25", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 61, "verse": 25, "iast": ["sa naḥ samīkṣya dvijavaryavṛttaṃ nṛpaṃ vinā rājyam araṇyabhūtam", "kumāram ikṣvākusutaṃ vadānyaṃ tvam eva rājānam ihābhiṣiñcaya"], "translation": "Therefore you, having regarded the plight of us foremost brahmins and this kingdom become a wilderness without a king, consecrate here as king a generous prince of Ikṣvāku's line.", "sarga_title": "Ayodhyā without a King"}
{"ref": "2.62.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 62, "verse": 1, "iast": ["teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā vasiṣṭhaḥ pratyuvāca ha", "mitrāmātyagaṇān sarvān brāhmaṇāṃs tān idaṃ vacaḥ"], "translation": "Having heard that speech of theirs, Vasiṣṭha replied to all that gathering of friends and ministers, and to those brahmins, this word:", "sarga_title": "Summoning Bharata"}
{"ref": "2.62.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 62, "verse": 2, "iast": ["yad asau mātulakule pure rājagṛhe sukhī", "bharato vasati bhrātrā śatrughnena samanvitaḥ"], "translation": "“Since that Bharata is dwelling happily in his maternal uncle's house, in the city of Rājagṛha, in the company of his brother Śatrughna,", "sarga_title": "Summoning Bharata"}
{"ref": "2.62.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 62, "verse": 3, "iast": ["tac chīghraṃ javanā dūtā gacchantu tvaritair hayaiḥ", "ānetuṃ bhrātarau vīrau kiṃ samīkṣāmahe vayam"], "translation": "therefore let swift messengers go quickly with speedy horses to bring back the two heroic brothers — why should we tarry?”", "sarga_title": "Summoning Bharata"}
{"ref": "2.62.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 62, "verse": 4, "iast": ["gacchantv iti tataḥ sarve vasiṣṭhaṃ vākyam abruvan", "teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā vasiṣṭho vākyam abravīt"], "translation": "“Let them go,” they all then said to Vasiṣṭha; and hearing that speech of theirs, Vasiṣṭha spoke:", "sarga_title": "Summoning Bharata"}
{"ref": "2.62.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 62, "verse": 5, "iast": ["ehi siddhārtha vijaya jayantāśokanandana", "śrūyatām itikartavyaṃ sarvān eva bravīmi vaḥ"], "translation": "“Come, Siddhārtha, Vijaya, Jayanta, Aśoka, Nandana — let what must be done be heard; I tell it to you all.", "sarga_title": "Summoning Bharata"}
{"ref": "2.62.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 62, "verse": 6, "iast": ["puraṃ rājagṛhaṃ gatvā śīghraṃ śīghrajavair hayaiḥ", "tyaktaśokair idaṃ vācyaḥ śāsanād bharato mama"], "translation": "Going quickly to the city of Rājagṛha with swift-speeding horses, you, putting sorrow aside, are to say this to Bharata by my command:", "sarga_title": "Summoning Bharata"}
{"ref": "2.62.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 62, "verse": 7, "iast": ["purohitas tvāṃ kuśalaṃ prāha sarve ca mantriṇaḥ", "tvaramāṇaś ca niryāhi kṛtyam ātyayikaṃ tvayā"], "translation": "‘The chaplain and all the ministers ask after your welfare; set out in haste, for there is an urgent matter to be attended to by you.’", "sarga_title": "Summoning Bharata"}
{"ref": "2.62.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 62, "verse": 8, "iast": ["mā cāsmai proṣitaṃ rāmaṃ mā cāsmai pitaraṃ mṛtam", "bhavantaḥ śaṃsiṣur gatvā rāghavāṇām imaṃ kṣayam"], "translation": "And when you have gone, do not, sirs, tell him that Rāma is in exile, nor that his father is dead, nor of this ruin of the Rāghavas.", "sarga_title": "Summoning Bharata"}
{"ref": "2.62.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 62, "verse": 9, "iast": ["kauśeyāni ca vastrāṇi bhūṣaṇāni varāṇi ca", "kṣipram ādāya rājñaś ca bharatasya ca gacchata", "vasiṣṭhenābhyanujñātā dūtāḥ saṃtvaritā yayuḥ"], "translation": "‘And taking quickly silken garments and choice ornaments for the king and for Bharata, go.’ Thus permitted by Vasiṣṭha, the messengers set out in great haste.", "sarga_title": "Summoning Bharata"}
{"ref": "2.62.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 62, "verse": 10, "iast": ["te hastina pure gaṅgāṃ tīrtvā pratyaṅmukhā yayuḥ", "pāñcāladeśam āsādya madhyena kurujāṅgalam"], "translation": "Crossing the Ganges at Hastināpura, they went facing westward, and reaching the Pāñcāla country passed through the midst of Kurujāṅgala.", "sarga_title": "Summoning Bharata"}
{"ref": "2.62.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 62, "verse": 11, "iast": ["te prasannodakāṃ divyāṃ nānāvihagasevitām", "upātijagmur vegena śaradaṇḍāṃ janākulām"], "translation": "With speed they crossed the lovely Śaradaṇḍā of clear water, frequented by many birds and thronged with people.", "sarga_title": "Summoning Bharata"}
{"ref": "2.62.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 62, "verse": 12, "iast": ["nikūlavṛkṣam āsādya divyaṃ satyopayācanam", "abhigamyābhivādyaṃ taṃ kuliṅgāṃ prāviśan purīm"], "translation": "Reaching the divine bank-tree that grants true wishes, and having approached and saluted it, they entered the city of Kuliṅgā.", "sarga_title": "Summoning Bharata"}
{"ref": "2.62.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 62, "verse": 13, "iast": ["abhikālaṃ tataḥ prāpya tejo'bhibhavanāc cyutāḥ", "yayur madhyena bāhlīkān sudāmānaṃ ca parvatam", "viṣṇoḥ padaṃ prekṣamāṇā vipāśāṃ cāpi śālmalīm"], "translation": "Then reaching Abhikāla and passing beyond the oppression of the heat, they went through the midst of the Bāhlīkas and Mount Sudāman, gazing on Viṣṇu's Step, and on the Vipāśā and the Śālmalī rivers as well.", "sarga_title": "Summoning Bharata"}
{"ref": "2.62.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 62, "verse": 14, "iast": ["te śrāntavāhanā dūtā vikṛṣṭena satā pathā", "giri vrajaṃ pura varaṃ śīghram āsedur añjasā"], "translation": "Their mounts wearied, the messengers, by a long and extended road, quickly and straightway reached Girivraja, the finest of cities.", "sarga_title": "Summoning Bharata"}
{"ref": "2.62.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 62, "verse": 15, "iast": ["bhartuḥ priyārthaṃ kularakṣaṇārthaṃ bhartuś ca vaṃśasya parigrahārtham", "aheḍamānās tvarayā sma dūtā rātryāṃ tu te tat puram eva yātāḥ"], "translation": "For their master's pleasure, for the protection of the royal house, and for the upholding of their master's lineage, the tireless messengers in their haste reached that very city by night.", "sarga_title": "Summoning Bharata"}
{"ref": "2.63.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 63, "verse": 1, "iast": ["yām eva rātriṃ te dūtāḥ praviśanti sma tāṃ purīm", "bharatenāpi tāṃ rātriṃ svapno dṛṣṭo 'yam apriyaḥ"], "translation": "On the very night that those messengers entered that city, Bharata too on that night saw this unpleasant dream.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s ominous dream"}
{"ref": "2.63.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 63, "verse": 2, "iast": ["vyuṣṭām eva tu tāṃ rātriṃ dṛṣṭvā taṃ svapnam apriyam", "putro rājādhirājasya subhṛśaṃ paryatapyata"], "translation": "As soon as that night had dawned, the son of the king of kings, having seen that unpleasant dream, grieved exceedingly.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s ominous dream"}
{"ref": "2.63.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 63, "verse": 3, "iast": ["tapyamānaṃ samājñāya vayasyāḥ priyavādinaḥ", "āyāsaṃ hi vineṣyantaḥ sabhāyāṃ cakrire kathāḥ"], "translation": "Perceiving him tormented, his kindly-speaking companions, wishing to dispel his distress, carried on talk in the assembly hall.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s ominous dream"}
{"ref": "2.63.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 63, "verse": 4, "iast": ["vādayanti tathā śāntiṃ lāsayanty api cāpare", "nāṭakāny apare prāhur hāsyāni vividhāni ca"], "translation": "Some played soothing music, others set dancers to dance, and still others recited dramas and jests of many kinds.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s ominous dream"}
{"ref": "2.63.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 63, "verse": 5, "iast": ["sa tair mahātmā bharataḥ sakhibhiḥ priya vādibhiḥ", "goṣṭhīhāsyāni kurvadbhir na prāhṛṣyata rāghavaḥ"], "translation": "But the great-souled Bharata, the Rāghava, was not cheered by those kindly-speaking companions who made the jests of good company.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s ominous dream"}
{"ref": "2.63.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 63, "verse": 6, "iast": ["tam abravīt priyasakho bharataṃ sakhibhir vṛtam", "suhṛdbhiḥ paryupāsīnaḥ kiṃ sakhe nānumodase"], "translation": "A dear friend, seated attending him among the well-wishers, said to Bharata, who was surrounded by companions: “Why, friend, do you not join in the merriment?”", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s ominous dream"}
{"ref": "2.63.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 63, "verse": 7, "iast": ["evaṃ bruvāṇaṃ suhṛdaṃ bharataḥ pratyuvāca ha", "śṛṇu tvaṃ yan nimittaṃme dainyam etad upāgatam"], "translation": "To the friend who spoke thus, Bharata replied: “Hear from what cause this dejection has come upon me.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s ominous dream"}
{"ref": "2.63.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 63, "verse": 8, "iast": ["svapne pitaram adrākṣaṃ malinaṃ muktamūrdhajam", "patantam adriśikharāt kaluṣe gomaye hrade"], "translation": "In a dream I saw my father, grimy and with disheveled hair, falling from a mountain peak into a foul pool of cow-dung.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s ominous dream"}
{"ref": "2.63.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 63, "verse": 9, "iast": ["plavamānaś ca me dṛṣṭaḥ sa tasmin gomayahrade", "pibann añjalinā tailaṃ hasann iva muhur muhuḥ"], "translation": "And I saw him floating in that pool of cow-dung, drinking oil from his cupped hands, laughing as it were again and again.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s ominous dream"}
{"ref": "2.63.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 63, "verse": 10, "iast": ["tatas tilodanaṃ bhuktvā punaḥ punar adhaḥśirāḥ", "tailenābhyaktasarvāṅgas tailam evāvagāhata"], "translation": "Then, having eaten sesame-rice again and again with his head hanging down, all his limbs smeared with oil, he plunged into the very oil.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s ominous dream"}
{"ref": "2.63.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 63, "verse": 11, "iast": ["svapne 'pi sāgaraṃ śuṣkaṃ candraṃ ca patitaṃ bhuvi", "sahasā cāpi saṃśantaṃ jvalitaṃ jātavedasaṃ"], "translation": "In the dream too I saw the ocean dried up, the moon fallen to the earth, and the blazing fire suddenly going out;", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s ominous dream"}
{"ref": "2.63.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 63, "verse": 12, "iast": ["avadīrṇāṃ ca pṛthivīṃ śuṣkāṃś ca vividhān drumān", "ahaṃ paśyāmi vidhvastān sadhūmāṃś caiva pārvatān"], "translation": "and I see the earth split open, sundry trees withered, and the mountains blasted and smoking.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s ominous dream"}
{"ref": "2.63.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 63, "verse": 13, "iast": ["pīṭhe kārṣṇāyase cainaṃ niṣaṇṇaṃ kṛṣṇavāsasaṃ", "prahasanti sma rājānaṃ pramadāḥ kṛṣṇapiṅgalāḥ"], "translation": "And women, black and tawny, kept mocking that king as he sat clad in black upon a seat of black iron.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s ominous dream"}
{"ref": "2.63.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 63, "verse": 14, "iast": ["tvaramāṇaś ca dharmātmā raktamālyānulepanaḥ", "rathena kharayuktena prayāto dakṣiṇāmukhaḥ"], "translation": "And the righteous king, in haste, wearing red garlands and unguents, set forth facing south on a chariot yoked with donkeys.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s ominous dream"}
{"ref": "2.63.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 63, "verse": 15, "iast": ["evam etan mayā dṛṣṭam imāṃ rātriṃ bhayāvahām", "ahaṃ rāmo 'tha vā rājā lakṣmaṇo vā mariṣyati"], "translation": "Thus did I see this on this fearful night; either I, or Rāma, or the king, or Lakṣmaṇa is going to die.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s ominous dream"}
{"ref": "2.63.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 63, "verse": 16, "iast": ["naro yānena yaḥ svapne kharayuktena yāti hi", "acirāt tasya dhūmāgraṃ citāyāṃ saṃpradṛśyate", "etannimittaṃ dīno 'haṃ tan na vaḥ pratipūjaye"], "translation": "For the man who in a dream rides in a donkey-yoked conveyance, before long the crest of smoke from his pyre is seen; for this reason I am cast down, and so I take no delight in your entertainments.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s ominous dream"}
{"ref": "2.63.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 63, "verse": 17, "iast": ["śuṣyatīva ca me kaṇṭho na svastham iva me manaḥ", "jugupsann iva cātmānaṃ na ca paśyāmi kāraṇam"], "translation": "My throat seems to go dry, and my mind is not at ease; as though I loathed my very self — yet I can see no reason for it.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s ominous dream"}
{"ref": "2.63.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 63, "verse": 18, "iast": ["imāṃ hi duḥsvapnagatiṃ niśāmya tām anekarūpām avitarkitāṃ purā", "bhayaṃ mahat tad dhṛdayān na yāti me vicintya rājānam acintyadarśanam"], "translation": "For having beheld this course of ill dreams, manifold and never imagined before, and pondering the king whose aspect I cannot conceive, that great fear will not depart from my heart.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s ominous dream"}
{"ref": "2.64.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 64, "verse": 1, "iast": ["bharate bruvati svapnaṃ dūtās te klāntavāhanāḥ", "praviśyāsahyaparikhaṃ ramyaṃ rājagṛhaṃ puram"], "translation": "While Bharata was recounting his dream, those messengers, their mounts worn out, entered the lovely city of Rājagṛha with its unassailable moat.", "sarga_title": "Bharata leaves Kekaya"}
{"ref": "2.64.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 64, "verse": 2, "iast": ["samāgamya tu rājñā ca rājaputreṇa cārcitāḥ", "rājñaḥ pādau gṛhītvā tu tam ūcur bharataṃ vacaḥ"], "translation": "Having met with and been honoured by the king and the prince, and clasping the king's feet, they spoke these words to Bharata.", "sarga_title": "Bharata leaves Kekaya"}
{"ref": "2.64.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 64, "verse": 3, "iast": ["purohitas tvā kuśalaṃ prāha sarve ca mantriṇaḥ", "tvaramāṇaś ca niryāhi kṛtyam ātyayikaṃ tvayā"], "translation": "“The house-priest asks after your welfare, and so do all the ministers; set out with haste, for there is an urgent task for you to do.", "sarga_title": "Bharata leaves Kekaya"}
{"ref": "2.64.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 64, "verse": 4, "iast": ["atra viṃśatikoṭyas tu nṛpater mātulasya te", "daśakoṭyas tu saṃpūrṇās tathaiva ca nṛpātmaja"], "translation": "Here, O prince, are twenty crores from the king your maternal uncle, and a full ten crores as well.", "sarga_title": "Bharata leaves Kekaya"}
{"ref": "2.64.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 64, "verse": 5, "iast": ["pratigṛhya ca tat sarvaṃ svanuraktaḥ suhṛjjane", "dūtān uvāca bharataḥ kāmaiḥ saṃpratipūjya tān"], "translation": "Accepting all that, Bharata, well-devoted to his circle of friends, honoured the messengers with what they wished and spoke to them.", "sarga_title": "Bharata leaves Kekaya"}
{"ref": "2.64.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 64, "verse": 6, "iast": ["kaccit sukuśalī rājā pitā daśaratho mama", "kaccic cārāgatā rāme lakṣmaṇe vā mahātmani"], "translation": "“Is my father King Daśaratha quite well? And is all going well with regard to Rāma or the great-souled Lakṣmaṇa?", "sarga_title": "Bharata leaves Kekaya"}
{"ref": "2.64.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 64, "verse": 7, "iast": ["āryā ca dharmaniratā dharmajñā dharmadarśinī", "arogā cāpi kausalyā mātā rāmasya dhīmataḥ"], "translation": "And is the noble Kausalyā, devoted to dharma, a knower of dharma, a seer of dharma, the mother of wise Rāma, free from illness too?", "sarga_title": "Bharata leaves Kekaya"}
{"ref": "2.64.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 64, "verse": 8, "iast": ["kaccit sumitrā dharmajñā jananī lakṣmaṇasya yā", "śatrughnasya ca vīrasya sārogā cāpi madhyamā"], "translation": "Is the middle mother Sumitrā, knower of dharma, who is the mother of Lakṣmaṇa and of heroic Śatrughna, also free from illness?", "sarga_title": "Bharata leaves Kekaya"}
{"ref": "2.64.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 64, "verse": 9, "iast": ["ātmakāmā sadā caṇḍī krodhanā prājñamāninī", "arogā cāpi kaikeyī mātā me kim uvāca ha"], "translation": "And is Kaikeyī — ever self-seeking, fierce, prone to anger, and fancying herself wise — free from illness; and what did my mother say?”", "sarga_title": "Bharata leaves Kekaya"}
{"ref": "2.64.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 64, "verse": 10, "iast": ["evam uktās tu te dūtā bharatena mahātmanā", "ūcuḥ saṃpraśritaṃ vākyam idaṃ taṃ bharataṃ tadā", "kuśalās te naravyāghra yeṣāṃ kuśalam icchasi"], "translation": "Thus addressed by great-souled Bharata, those messengers then spoke this very deferential word to Bharata: “They whose welfare you desire, O tiger among men, are well.”", "sarga_title": "Bharata leaves Kekaya"}
{"ref": "2.64.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 64, "verse": 11, "iast": ["bharataś cāpi tān dūtān evam ukto 'bhyabhāṣata", "āpṛcche 'haṃ mahārājaṃ dūtāḥ saṃtvarayanti mām"], "translation": "And Bharata, thus addressed, said to those messengers: “I shall take leave of the great king, for the messengers are urging me on.”", "sarga_title": "Bharata leaves Kekaya"}
{"ref": "2.64.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 64, "verse": 12, "iast": ["evam uktvā tu tān dūtān bharataḥ pārthivātmajaḥ", "dūtaiḥ saṃcodito vākyaṃ mātāmaham uvāca ha"], "translation": "Having so spoken to the messengers, Bharata the prince, urged on by them, addressed these words to his maternal grandfather.", "sarga_title": "Bharata leaves Kekaya"}
{"ref": "2.64.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 64, "verse": 13, "iast": ["rājan pitur gamiṣyāmi sakāśaṃ dūtacoditaḥ", "punar apy aham eṣyāmi yadā me tvaṃ smariṣyasi"], "translation": "“O king, urged by the messengers I shall go to my father's presence; I shall come again whenever you remember me.”", "sarga_title": "Bharata leaves Kekaya"}
{"ref": "2.64.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 64, "verse": 14, "iast": ["bharatenaivam uktas tu nṛpo mātāmahas tadā", "tam uvāca śubhaṃ vākyaṃ śirasy āghrāya rāghavam"], "translation": "Thus addressed by Bharata, the king his maternal grandfather then, kissing the Rāghava on the head, spoke to him this gracious word:", "sarga_title": "Bharata leaves Kekaya"}
{"ref": "2.64.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 64, "verse": 15, "iast": ["gaccha tātānujāne tvāṃ kaikeyī suprajās tvayā", "mātaraṃ kuśalaṃ brūyāḥ pitaraṃ ca paraṃtapa"], "translation": "“Go, my child, I give you leave; Kaikeyī is blessed with a fine son in you; convey my good wishes to your mother and your father, O scorcher of foes,", "sarga_title": "Bharata leaves Kekaya"}
{"ref": "2.64.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 64, "verse": 16, "iast": ["purohitaṃ ca kuśalaṃ ye cānye dvijasattamāḥ", "tau ca tāta maheṣvāsau bhrātaru rāmalakṣmaṇau"], "translation": "and good wishes to the house-priest and the other most excellent brahmins, and to those two, my child, the great archers, your brothers Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa.”", "sarga_title": "Bharata leaves Kekaya"}
{"ref": "2.64.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 64, "verse": 17, "iast": ["tasmai hastyuttamāṃś citrān kambalān ajināni ca", "abhisatkṛtya kaikeyo bharatāya dhanaṃ dadau"], "translation": "Honouring him, the Kekaya king gave to Bharata as wealth excellent elephants, variegated woollen blankets, and deerskins.", "sarga_title": "Bharata leaves Kekaya"}
{"ref": "2.64.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 64, "verse": 18, "iast": ["rukma niṣkasahasre dve ṣoḍaśāśvaśatāni ca", "satkṛtya kaikeyī putraṃ kekayo dhanam ādiśat"], "translation": "Two thousand gold niṣkas and sixteen hundred horses — having honoured Kaikeyī's son, the Kekaya king bestowed this wealth.", "sarga_title": "Bharata leaves Kekaya"}
{"ref": "2.64.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 64, "verse": 19, "iast": ["tathāmātyān abhipretān viśvāsyāṃś ca guṇānvitān", "dadāv aśvapatiḥ śīghraṃ bharatāyānuyāyinaḥ"], "translation": "Likewise Aśvapati quickly gave to Bharata, to be his attendants, agreeable and trustworthy ministers endowed with virtues.", "sarga_title": "Bharata leaves Kekaya"}
{"ref": "2.64.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 64, "verse": 20, "iast": ["airāvatān aindraśirān nāgān vai priyadarśanān", "kharāñ śīghrān susaṃyuktān mātulo 'smai dhanaṃ dadau"], "translation": "The maternal uncle gave him as wealth elephants of Airāvata's line, crested like Indra's, of pleasing aspect, and swift, well-harnessed mules.", "sarga_title": "Bharata leaves Kekaya"}
{"ref": "2.64.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 64, "verse": 21, "iast": ["antaḥpure 'tisaṃvṛddhān vyāghravīryabalānvitān", "daṃṣṭrāyudhān mahākāyāñ śunaś copāyanaṃ dadau"], "translation": "And he gave as a present dogs reared within the inner apartments, endowed with the strength and valour of tigers, armed with fangs and of huge body.", "sarga_title": "Bharata leaves Kekaya"}
{"ref": "2.64.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 64, "verse": 22, "iast": ["sa mātāmaham āpṛcchya mātulaṃ ca yudhājitam", "ratham āruhya bharataḥ śatrughnasahito yayau"], "translation": "Taking leave of his maternal grandfather and of his uncle Yudhājit, Bharata mounted his chariot and set out, accompanied by Śatrughna.", "sarga_title": "Bharata leaves Kekaya"}
{"ref": "2.64.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 64, "verse": 23, "iast": ["rathān maṇḍalacakrāṃś ca yojayitvā paraḥśatam", "uṣṭrago'śvakharair bhṛtyā bharataṃ yāntam anvayuḥ"], "translation": "Having harnessed more than a hundred chariots with circular wheels, the servants with camels, oxen, horses, and mules followed Bharata as he went.", "sarga_title": "Bharata leaves Kekaya"}
{"ref": "2.64.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 64, "verse": 24, "iast": ["balena gupto bharato mahātmā sahāryakasyātmasamair amātyaiḥ", "ādāya śatrughnam apetaśatrur gṛhād yayau siddha ivendralokāt"], "translation": "Guarded by an army, and by his grandfather's ministers who were his own equals, the great-souled Bharata, free of foes, taking Śatrughna, set out from the house like a Siddha from Indra's world.", "sarga_title": "Bharata leaves Kekaya"}
{"ref": "2.65.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 65, "verse": 1, "iast": ["sa prāṅmukho rājagṛhād abhiniryāya vīryavān", "hrādinīṃ dūrapārāṃ ca pratyaksrotas taraṅgiṇīm", "śatadrūm atarac chrīmān nadīm ikṣvākunandanaḥ"], "translation": "Setting out eastward from Rājagṛha, the valorous and illustrious delight of the Ikṣvākus crossed the river Śatadru — roaring, hard to cross to its far shore, its waves running westward.", "sarga_title": "Bharata reaches Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.65.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 65, "verse": 2, "iast": ["eladhāne nadīṃ tīrtvā prāpya cāparaparpaṭān", "śilām ākurvatīṃ tīrtvā āgneyaṃ śalyakartanam"], "translation": "Crossing the river at Eladhāna and reaching the western Parpaṭas, and crossing the Śilā and the Ākurvatī, (he came to) Śalyakartana in the south-east.", "sarga_title": "Bharata reaches Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.65.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 65, "verse": 3, "iast": ["satyasaṃdhaḥ śuciḥ śrīmān prekṣamāṇaḥ śilāvahām", "atyayāt sa mahāśailān vanaṃ caitrarathaṃ prati"], "translation": "True to his word, pure and illustrious, gazing upon the Śilāvahā, he passed over the great mountains toward the Caitraratha forest.", "sarga_title": "Bharata reaches Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.65.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 65, "verse": 4, "iast": ["veginīṃ ca kuliṅgākhyāṃ hrādinīṃ parvatāvṛtām", "yamunāṃ prāpya saṃtīrṇo balam āśvāsayat tadā"], "translation": "Coming to the swift, roaring, mountain-girt river called Kuliṅgā, and reaching the Yamunā, once across he then let his army rest.", "sarga_title": "Bharata reaches Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.65.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 65, "verse": 5, "iast": ["śītīkṛtya tu gātrāṇi klāntān āśvāsya vājinaḥ", "tatra snātvā ca pītvā ca prāyād ādāya codakam"], "translation": "Cooling their bodies and reviving the weary horses, and having there bathed and drunk, he set off, taking water with him.", "sarga_title": "Bharata reaches Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.65.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 65, "verse": 6, "iast": ["rājaputro mahāraṇyam anabhīkṣṇopasevitam", "bhadro bhadreṇa yānena mārutaḥ kham ivātyayāt"], "translation": "The gracious prince passed through the great wilderness, seldom frequented, in his fine vehicle, as the wind traverses the sky.", "sarga_title": "Bharata reaches Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.65.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 65, "verse": 7, "iast": ["toraṇaṃ dakṣiṇārdhena jambūprastham upāgamat", "varūthaṃ ca yayau ramyaṃ grāmaṃ daśarathātmajaḥ"], "translation": "By the southern side he came to Toraṇa and Jambūprastha, and the son of Daśaratha went on to the lovely village of Varūtha.", "sarga_title": "Bharata reaches Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.65.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 65, "verse": 8, "iast": ["tatra ramye vane vāsaṃ kṛtvāsau prāṅmukho yayau", "udyānam ujjihānāyāḥ priyakā yatra pādapāḥ"], "translation": "Having made his halt there in the lovely forest, he went on eastward to the garden of Ujjihānā, where there are priyaka trees.", "sarga_title": "Bharata reaches Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.65.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 65, "verse": 9, "iast": ["sālāṃs tu priyakān prāpya śīghrān āsthāya vājinaḥ", "anujñāpyātha bharato vāhinīṃ tvarito yayau"], "translation": "Reaching the sāla and priyaka trees, Bharata mounted swift horses and, after dismissing his army, hurried on.", "sarga_title": "Bharata reaches Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.65.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 65, "verse": 10, "iast": ["vāsaṃ kṛtvā sarvatīrthe tīrtvā cottānakāṃ nadīm", "anyā nadīś ca vividhāḥ pārvatīyais turaṃgamaiḥ"], "translation": "Halting at Sarvatīrtha, and crossing the river Uttānakā and various other rivers on mountain-bred horses,", "sarga_title": "Bharata reaches Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.65.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 65, "verse": 11, "iast": ["hastipṛṣṭhakam āsādya kuṭikām atyavartata", "tatāra ca naravyāghro lauhitye sa kapīvatīm", "ekasāle sthāṇumatīṃ vinate gomatīṃ nadīm"], "translation": "Reaching Hastipṛṣṭhaka, he passed beyond Kuṭikā; and the tiger among men crossed the Kapīvatī at Lauhitya, the Sthāṇumatī at Ekasāla, and the river Gomatī at Vinata.", "sarga_title": "Bharata reaches Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.65.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 65, "verse": 12, "iast": ["kaliṅga nagare cāpi prāpya sālavanaṃ tadā", "bharataḥ kṣipram āgacchat supariśrāntavāhanaḥ"], "translation": "And reaching a sāla forest near the city of Kaliṅga, Bharata then came on swiftly, though his mounts were quite worn out.", "sarga_title": "Bharata reaches Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.65.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 65, "verse": 13, "iast": ["vanaṃ ca samatītyāśu śarvaryām aruṇodaye", "ayodhyāṃ manunā rājñā nirmitāṃ sa dadarśa ha"], "translation": "And swiftly passing beyond the forest, at the reddening dawn of night he beheld Ayodhyā, built by King Manu.", "sarga_title": "Bharata reaches Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.65.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 65, "verse": 14, "iast": ["tāṃ purīṃ puruṣavyāghraḥ saptarātroṣiṭaḥ pathi", "ayodhyām agrato dṛṣṭvā rathe sārathim abravīt"], "translation": "Having lodged seven nights on the road, that tiger among men, seeing the city Ayodhyā before him, spoke from his chariot to the charioteer:", "sarga_title": "Bharata reaches Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.65.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 65, "verse": 15, "iast": ["eṣā nātipratītā me puṇyodyānā yaśasvinī", "ayodhyā dṛśyate dūrāt sārathe pāṇḍumṛttikā"], "translation": "“This glorious Ayodhyā with its holy gardens does not gladden me as before; seen from afar, O charioteer, its soil looks pale.", "sarga_title": "Bharata reaches Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.65.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 65, "verse": 16, "iast": ["yajvabhir guṇasaṃpannair brāhmaṇair vedapāragaiḥ", "bhūyiṣṭham ṛṣhair ākīrṇā rājarṣivarapālitā"], "translation": "usually thronged with sacrificers, with virtuous brahmins versed in the Vedas, and with seers, and guarded by the best of royal sages —", "sarga_title": "Bharata reaches Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.65.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 65, "verse": 17, "iast": ["ayodhyāyāṃ purāśabdaḥ śrūyate tumulo mahān", "samantān naranārīṇāṃ tam adya na śṛṇomy aham"], "translation": "In Ayodhyā a great tumultuous din of men and women used to be heard on all sides; today I do not hear it.", "sarga_title": "Bharata reaches Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.65.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 65, "verse": 18, "iast": ["udyānāni hi sāyāhne krīḍitvoparatair naraiḥ", "samantād vipradhāvadbhiḥ prakāśante mamānyadā"], "translation": "For at eventide the gardens used to shine for me, thronged with men hurrying about on all sides after they had ceased their play.", "sarga_title": "Bharata reaches Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.65.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 65, "verse": 19, "iast": ["tāny adyānurudantīva parityaktāni kāmibhiḥ", "araṇyabhūteva purī sārathe pratibhāti me"], "translation": "Today those (gardens), forsaken by the pleasure-seekers, seem as if to weep; the city appears to me, O charioteer, as though turned to wilderness.", "sarga_title": "Bharata reaches Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.65.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 65, "verse": 20, "iast": ["na hy atra yānair dṛśyante na gajair na ca vājibhiḥ", "niryānto vābhiyānto vā naramukhyā yathāpuram"], "translation": "For here no chief men are seen going out or coming in with vehicles, elephants, or horses, as they used to in the city.", "sarga_title": "Bharata reaches Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.65.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 65, "verse": 21, "iast": ["aniṣṭāni ca pāpāni paśyāmi vividhāni ca", "nimittāny amanojñāni tena sīdati te manaḥ"], "translation": "And I see manifold inauspicious, evil, and disagreeable omens; because of that your mind is sinking.", "sarga_title": "Bharata reaches Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.65.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 65, "verse": 22, "iast": ["dvāreṇa vaijayantena prāviśac chrāntavāhanaḥ", "dvāḥsthair utthāya vijayaṃ pṛṣṭas taiḥ sahito yayau"], "translation": "With his mounts worn out he entered by the Vaijayanta gate; the gatekeepers rose and asked after his welfare, and he went on together with them.", "sarga_title": "Bharata reaches Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.65.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 65, "verse": 23, "iast": ["sa tv anekāgrahṛdayo dvāḥsthaṃ pratyarcya taṃ janam", "sūtam aśvapateḥ klāntam abravīt tatra rāghavaḥ"], "translation": "But he, his heart distracted, having returned the greeting of the gate-people, there said to the weary charioteer of Aśvapati:", "sarga_title": "Bharata reaches Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.65.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 65, "verse": 24, "iast": ["śrutā no yādṛśāḥ pūrvaṃ nṛpatīnāṃ vināśane", "ākārās tān ahaṃ sarvān iha paśyāmi sārathe"], "translation": "“Such signs as we have formerly heard of at the destruction of kings — all those I see here, O charioteer.", "sarga_title": "Bharata reaches Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.65.25", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 65, "verse": 25, "iast": ["malinaṃ cāśrupūrṇākṣaṃ dīnaṃ dhyānaparaṃ kṛśam", "sastrī puṃsaṃ ca paśyāmi janam utkaṇṭhitaṃ pure"], "translation": "I see the people in the city, women and men alike, dirty, their eyes brimming with tears, wretched, lost in brooding, gaunt, and full of anxious longing.", "sarga_title": "Bharata reaches Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.65.26", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 65, "verse": 26, "iast": ["ity evam uktvā bharataḥ sūtaṃ taṃ dīnamānasaḥ", "tāny aniṣṭāny ayodhyāyāṃ prekṣya rājagṛhaṃ yayau"], "translation": "Having spoken thus to the charioteer, Bharata, dejected at heart, observing those ill omens in Ayodhyā, went on to the royal residence.", "sarga_title": "Bharata reaches Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.65.27", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 65, "verse": 27, "iast": ["tāṃ śūnyaśṛṅgāṭakaveśmarathyāṃ rajo'ruṇadvārakapāṭayantrām", "dṛṣṭvā purīm indrapurī prakāśāṃ duḥkhena saṃpūrṇataro babhūva"], "translation": "Seeing that city — once bright as Indra's city, now with its crossroads, houses, and streets deserted, its gate-panels and bolts reddened with dust — he grew filled with grief all the more.", "sarga_title": "Bharata reaches Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.65.28", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 65, "verse": 28, "iast": ["bahūni paśyan manaso 'priyāṇi yāny annyadā nāsya pure babhūvuḥ", "avākśirā dīnamanā nahṛṣṭaḥ pitur mahātmā praviveśa veśma"], "translation": "Seeing many things unwelcome to his heart, such as had never been in this city before, the great-souled one, head bowed, dejected in mind and joyless, entered his father's dwelling.", "sarga_title": "Bharata reaches Ayodhyā"}
{"ref": "2.66.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 66, "verse": 1, "iast": ["apaśyaṃs tu tatas tatra pitaraṃ pitur ālaye", "jagāma bharato draṣṭuṃ mātaraṃ mātur ālaye"], "translation": "Not seeing his father there in his father's dwelling, Bharata went to see his mother in his mother's dwelling.", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī’s disclosure"}
{"ref": "2.66.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 66, "verse": 2, "iast": ["anuprāptaṃ tu taṃ dṛṣṭvā kaikeyī proṣitaṃ sutam", "utpapāta tadā hṛṣṭā tyaktvā sauvarṇamānasaṃ"], "translation": "Seeing her son arrived, come back from abroad, Kaikeyī then, delighted, sprang up, abandoning her golden seat.", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī’s disclosure"}
{"ref": "2.66.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 66, "verse": 3, "iast": ["sa praviśyaiva dharmātmā svagṛhaṃ śrīvivarjitam", "bharataḥ prekṣya jagrāha jananyāś caraṇau śubhau"], "translation": "That righteous Bharata, the moment he entered his own house bereft of its splendour, on seeing her clasped the two auspicious feet of his mother.", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī’s disclosure"}
{"ref": "2.66.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 66, "verse": 4, "iast": ["taṃ mūrdhni samupāghrāya pariṣvajya yaśasvinam", "aṅke bharatam āropya praṣṭuṃ samupacakrame"], "translation": "Having smelled him upon the head and embraced the illustrious one, and set Bharata on her lap, she began to question him.", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī’s disclosure"}
{"ref": "2.66.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 66, "verse": 5, "iast": ["adya te kati cid rātryaś cyutasyāryakaveśmanaḥ", "api nādhvaśramaḥ śīghraṃ rathenāpatatas tava"], "translation": "“How many nights is it now since you left your grandfather's house? And is there no fatigue of the road for you, speeding hither swiftly by chariot?”", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī’s disclosure"}
{"ref": "2.66.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 66, "verse": 6, "iast": ["āryakas te sukuśalo yudhājin mātulas tava", "pravāsāc ca sukhaṃ putra sarvaṃ me vaktum arhasi"], "translation": "“Is your grandfather quite well, and your uncle Yudhājit? And of your comfortable sojourn abroad, my son, you must tell me everything.”", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī’s disclosure"}
{"ref": "2.66.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 66, "verse": 7, "iast": ["evaṃ pṛṣṭhas tu kaikeyyā priyaṃ pārthivanandanaḥ", "ācaṣṭa bharataḥ sarvaṃ mātre rājīvalocanaḥ"], "translation": "Thus questioned kindly by Kaikeyī, the lotus-eyed Bharata, delight of the king, related everything to his mother.", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī’s disclosure"}
{"ref": "2.66.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 66, "verse": 8, "iast": ["adya me saptamī rātriś cyutasyāryakaveśmanaḥ", "ambāyāḥ kuśalī tāto yudhājin mātulaś ca me"], "translation": "“This is now my seventh night since I left grandfather's house; well is my mother's father, and my uncle Yudhājit.”", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī’s disclosure"}
{"ref": "2.66.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 66, "verse": 9, "iast": ["yan me dhanaṃ ca ratnaṃ ca dadau rājā paraṃtapaḥ", "pariśrāntaṃ pathy abhavat tato 'haṃ pūrvam āgataḥ"], "translation": "“The wealth and jewels that the king, scorcher of foes, gave me grew wearied on the road, so I came on ahead.”", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī’s disclosure"}
{"ref": "2.66.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 66, "verse": 10, "iast": ["rājavākyaharair dūtais tvaryamāṇo 'ham āgataḥ", "yad ahaṃ praṣṭum icchāmi tad ambā vaktum arhasi"], "translation": "“Urged on by the messengers who bore the king's word, I have come; what I wish to ask, that, mother, you must tell me.”", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī’s disclosure"}
{"ref": "2.66.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 66, "verse": 11, "iast": ["śūnyo 'yaṃ śayanīyas te paryaṅko hemabhūṣitaḥ", "na cāyam ikṣvākujanaḥ prahṛṣṭaḥ pratibhāti me"], "translation": "“Empty is this couch of yours, this gold-adorned bedstead; and these people of the Ikṣvākus do not appear to me glad.”", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī’s disclosure"}
{"ref": "2.66.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 66, "verse": 12, "iast": ["rājā bhavati bhūyiṣṭhgam ihāmbāyā niveśane", "tam ahaṃ nādya paśyāmi draṣṭum icchann ihāgataḥ"], "translation": "“The king is most often here in my mother's chambers; yet I do not see him today, though I have come here wishing to see him.”", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī’s disclosure"}
{"ref": "2.66.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 66, "verse": 13, "iast": ["pitur grahīṣye caraṇau taṃ mamākhyāhi pṛcchataḥ", "āhosvid amba jyeṣṭhāyāḥ kausalyāyā niveśane"], "translation": "“I would clasp my father's feet — point him out to me who ask; or is he, mother, in the chambers of the eldest, Kausalyā?”", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī’s disclosure"}
{"ref": "2.66.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 66, "verse": 14, "iast": ["taṃ pratyuvāca kaikeyī priyavad ghoram apriyam", "ajānantaṃ prajānantī rājyalobhena mohitā", "yā gatiḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ tāṃ gatiṃ te pitā gataḥ"], "translation": "To him Kaikeyī, deluded by greed for the kingdom — she knowing, he unknowing — spoke as if kindly a dreadful, unwelcome thing: “The path that is the destiny of all beings, by that path has your father gone.”", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī’s disclosure"}
{"ref": "2.66.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 66, "verse": 15, "iast": ["tac chrutvā bharato vākyaṃ dharmābhijanavāñ śuciḥ", "papāta sahasā bhūmau pitṛśokabalārditaḥ"], "translation": "Hearing that speech, Bharata — of righteous lineage, pure — suddenly fell to the ground, tormented by the force of grief for his father.", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī’s disclosure"}
{"ref": "2.66.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 66, "verse": 16, "iast": ["tataḥ śokena saṃvītaḥ pitur maraṇaduḥkhitaḥ", "vilalāpa mahātejā bhrāntākulitacetanaḥ"], "translation": "Then, wrapped in grief and pained by his father's death, the greatly-splendid one lamented, his mind reeling and distraught.", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī’s disclosure"}
{"ref": "2.66.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 66, "verse": 17, "iast": ["etat suruciraṃ bhāti pitur me śayanaṃ purā", "tad idaṃ na vibhāty adya vihīnaṃ tena dhīmatā"], "translation": "“This bed of my father shone most lovely before; but now this same one, bereft of that wise man, gleams no longer.”", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī’s disclosure"}
{"ref": "2.66.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 66, "verse": 18, "iast": ["tam ārtaṃ devasaṃkāśaṃ samīkṣya patitaṃ bhuvi", "utthāpayitvā śokārtaṃ vacanaṃ cedam abravīt"], "translation": "Seeing him, godlike, stricken and fallen upon the ground, she raised the grief-stricken one up and spoke these words:", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī’s disclosure"}
{"ref": "2.66.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 66, "verse": 19, "iast": ["uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha kiṃ śeṣe rājaputra mahāyaśaḥ", "tvadvidhā na hi śocanti santaḥ sadasi saṃmatāḥ"], "translation": "“Rise up, rise up! Why do you lie there, O prince of great renown? Men like you, the virtuous, honoured in the assembly, do not grieve.”", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī’s disclosure"}
{"ref": "2.66.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 66, "verse": 20, "iast": ["sa rudatyā ciraṃ kālaṃ bhūmau viparivṛtya ca", "jananīṃ pratyuvācedaṃ śokair bahubhir āvṛtaḥ"], "translation": "Weeping and rolling on the ground a long while, he, overwhelmed by many griefs, answered his mother thus:", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī’s disclosure"}
{"ref": "2.66.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 66, "verse": 21, "iast": ["abhiṣekṣyati rāmaṃ tu rājā yajñaṃ nu yakṣyati", "ity ahaṃ kṛtasaṃkalpo hṛṣṭo yātrām ayāsiṣam"], "translation": "“'The king will consecrate Rāma, or perform a sacrifice' — thinking thus, resolved and glad, I made my journey.”", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī’s disclosure"}
{"ref": "2.66.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 66, "verse": 22, "iast": ["tad idaṃ hy anyathā bhūtaṃ vyavadīrṇaṃ mano mama", "pitaraṃ yo na paśyāmi nityaṃ priyahite ratam"], "translation": "“But now this has turned out otherwise, and my heart is torn asunder, since I do not see my father, ever devoted to my welfare and delight.”", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī’s disclosure"}
{"ref": "2.66.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 66, "verse": 23, "iast": ["amba kenātyagād rājā vyādhinā mayy anāgate", "dhanyā rāmādayaḥ sarve yaiḥ pitā saṃskṛtaḥ svayam"], "translation": "“Mother, by what disease did the king pass away while I was not come? Fortunate are Rāma and all the others, by whom our father was himself given the last rites.”", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī’s disclosure"}
{"ref": "2.66.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 66, "verse": 24, "iast": ["na nūnaṃ māṃ mahārājaḥ prāptaṃ jānāti kīrtimān", "upajighred dhi māṃ mūrdhni tātaḥ saṃnamya satvaram"], "translation": "“Surely the illustrious great king does not know that I have arrived; else my father would quickly have bent down and smelled my head.”", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī’s disclosure"}
{"ref": "2.66.25", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 66, "verse": 25, "iast": ["kva sa pāṇiḥ sukhasparśas tātasyākliṣṭakarmaṇaḥ", "yena māṃ rajasā dhvastam abhīkṣṇaṃ parimārjati"], "translation": "“Where is that hand, sweet to the touch, of my father of untiring deeds, with which he would ever wipe me clean when I was covered with dust?”", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī’s disclosure"}
{"ref": "2.66.26", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 66, "verse": 26, "iast": ["yo me bhrātā pitā bandhur yasya dāso 'smi dhīmataḥ", "tasya māṃ śīghram ākhyāhi rāmasyākliṣṭa karmaṇaḥ"], "translation": "“Quickly tell me of him who is my brother, father, and kinsman, that wise one whose servant I am — of Rāma of untiring deeds.”", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī’s disclosure"}
{"ref": "2.66.27", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 66, "verse": 27, "iast": ["pitā hi bhavati jyeṣṭho dharmam āryasya jānataḥ", "tasya pādau grahīṣyāmi sa hīdānīṃ gatir mama"], "translation": "“For to a noble man who knows the dharma, the eldest brother becomes a father; I shall clasp his feet, for he is now my refuge.”", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī’s disclosure"}
{"ref": "2.66.28", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 66, "verse": 28, "iast": ["ārye kim abravīd rājā pitā me satyavikramaḥ", "paścimaṃ sādhusaṃdeśam icchāmi śrotum ātmanaḥ"], "translation": "“Noble lady, what did the king, my father of true valour, say? I wish to hear his last good message to me.”", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī’s disclosure"}
{"ref": "2.66.29", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 66, "verse": 29, "iast": ["iti pṛṣṭā yathātattvaṃ kaikeyī vākyam abravīt", "rāmeti rājā vilapan hā sīte lakṣmaṇeti ca", "sa mahātmā paraṃ lokaṃ gato gatimatāṃ varaḥ"], "translation": "Thus questioned, Kaikeyī spoke the truth in words: “The king, wailing 'Rāma! Ah Sītā! Lakṣmaṇa!', that great soul, best of those who fare well, went to the highest world.”", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī’s disclosure"}
{"ref": "2.66.30", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 66, "verse": 30, "iast": ["imāṃ tu paścimāṃ vācaṃ vyājahāra pitā tava", "kāla dharmaparikṣiptaḥ pāśair iva mahāgajaḥ"], "translation": "“This last word your father uttered, encompassed by the law of Time as a great elephant is caught by snares:”", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī’s disclosure"}
{"ref": "2.66.31", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 66, "verse": 31, "iast": ["siddhārthās tu narā rāmam āgataṃ sītayā saha", "lakṣmaṇaṃ ca mahābāhuṃ drakṣyanti punar āgatam"], "translation": "“'Those men whose ends are attained shall behold Rāma come back together with Sītā, and the mighty-armed Lakṣmaṇa returned.'”", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī’s disclosure"}
{"ref": "2.66.32", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 66, "verse": 32, "iast": ["tac chrutvā viṣasādaiva dvitīyā priyaśaṃsanāt", "viṣaṇṇavadano bhūtvā bhūyaḥ papraccha mātaram"], "translation": "Hearing that, he sank down in despair at the second welcome-sounding announcement, and with a dejected face questioned his mother again.", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī’s disclosure"}
{"ref": "2.66.33", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 66, "verse": 33, "iast": ["kva cedānīṃ sa dharmātmā kausalyānandavardhanaḥ", "lakṣmaṇena saha bhrātrā sītayā ca samaṃ gataḥ"], "translation": "“And where now is that righteous one, the increaser of Kausalyā's joy, gone away together with his brother Lakṣmaṇa and with Sītā?”", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī’s disclosure"}
{"ref": "2.66.34", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 66, "verse": 34, "iast": ["tathā pṛṣṭā yathātattvam ākhyātum upacakrame", "mātāsya yugapad vākyaṃ vipriyaṃ priyaśaṅkayā"], "translation": "Questioned thus, his mother began to tell him the truth all at once — an unwelcome speech, in the belief that it was welcome.", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī’s disclosure"}
{"ref": "2.66.35", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 66, "verse": 35, "iast": ["sa hi rājasutaḥ putra cīravāsā mahāvanam", "daṇḍakān saha vaidehyā lakṣmaṇānucaro gataḥ"], "translation": "“That prince, my son, clad in bark-cloth, has gone to the great forest, to the Daṇḍakas, together with Vaidehī and with Lakṣmaṇa for his follower.”", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī’s disclosure"}
{"ref": "2.66.36", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 66, "verse": 36, "iast": ["tac chrutvā bharatas trasto bhrātuś cāritraśaṅkayā", "svasya vaṃśasya māhātmyāt praṣṭuṃ samupacakrame"], "translation": "Hearing that, Bharata, alarmed by a doubt about his brother's conduct, out of the greatness of his own lineage began to ask:", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī’s disclosure"}
{"ref": "2.66.37", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 66, "verse": 37, "iast": ["kaccin na brāhmaṇavadhaṃ hṛtaṃ rāmeṇa kasya cit", "kaccin nāḍhyo daridro vā tenāpāpo vihiṃsitaḥ"], "translation": "“Surely Rāma has not incurred the slaying of anyone's brahmin? Surely no sinless man, rich or poor, has been harmed by him?”", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī’s disclosure"}
{"ref": "2.66.38", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 66, "verse": 38, "iast": ["kaccin na paradārān vā rājaputro 'bhimanyate", "kasmāt sa daṇḍakāraṇye bhrūṇaheva vivāsitaḥ"], "translation": "“Surely the prince has not coveted another man's wife? Why has he been banished to the Daṇḍaka forest like the slayer of an embryo?”", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī’s disclosure"}
{"ref": "2.66.39", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 66, "verse": 39, "iast": ["athāsya capalā mātā tat svakarma yathātatham", "tenaiva strīsvabhāvena vyāhartum upacakrame"], "translation": "Then his fickle mother, by that very womanish nature, set about relating her own deed exactly as it was.", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī’s disclosure"}
{"ref": "2.66.40", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 66, "verse": 40, "iast": ["na brāhmaṇa dhanaṃ kiṃcid dhṛtaṃ rāmeṇa kasya cit", "kaś cin nāḍhyo daridro vā tenāpāpo vihiṃsitaḥ", "na rāmaḥ paradārāṃś ca cakṣurbhyām api paśyati"], "translation": "“No brahmin's wealth of any kind was taken by Rāma; no sinless man, rich or poor, was harmed by him; nor does Rāma so much as look with his eyes upon another's wife.”", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī’s disclosure"}
{"ref": "2.66.41", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 66, "verse": 41, "iast": ["mayā tu putra śrutvaiva rāmasyaivābhiṣecanam", "yācitas te pitā rājyaṃ rāmasya ca vivāsanam"], "translation": "“But I, my son, the moment I heard of Rāma's consecration, begged your father for the kingdom and for Rāma's banishment.”", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī’s disclosure"}
{"ref": "2.66.42", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 66, "verse": 42, "iast": ["sa svavṛttiṃ samāsthāya pitā te tat tathākarot", "rāmaś ca sahasaumitriḥ preṣitaḥ saha sītayā"], "translation": "“Holding to his own course of conduct, your father did just that; and Rāma, together with Saumitri, was sent away along with Sītā.”", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī’s disclosure"}
{"ref": "2.66.43", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 66, "verse": 43, "iast": ["tam apaśyan priyaṃ putraṃ mahīpālo mahāyaśāḥ", "putraśokaparidyūnaḥ pañcatvam upapedivān"], "translation": "“Not seeing his dear son, the great and glorious lord of the earth, worn down by grief for his son, attained dissolution into the five elements.”", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī’s disclosure"}
{"ref": "2.66.44", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 66, "verse": 44, "iast": ["tvayā tv idānīṃ dharmajña rājatvam avalambyatām", "tvatkṛte hi mayā sarvam idam evaṃvidhaṃ kṛtam"], "translation": "“Now, O knower of dharma, let the kingship be taken up by you; for it was for your sake that I did all this of such a kind.”", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī’s disclosure"}
{"ref": "2.66.45", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 66, "verse": 45, "iast": ["tat putra śīghraṃ vidhinā vidhijñair vasiṣṭhamukhyaiḥ sahito dvijendraiḥ", "saṃkālya rājānam adīnasattvam ātmānam urvyām abhiṣecayasva"], "translation": "“Therefore, my son, quickly and in due form, together with the foremost twice-born led by Vasiṣṭha who know the rites, perform the funeral of the king of undaunted spirit, and consecrate yourself upon the earth.”", "sarga_title": "Kaikeyī’s disclosure"}
{"ref": "2.67.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 67, "verse": 1, "iast": ["śrutvā tu pitaraṃ vṛttaṃ bhrātaru ca vivāsitau", "bharato duḥkhasaṃtapta idaṃ vacanam abravīt"], "translation": "Having heard that his father had passed away and that his two brothers had been sent into exile, Bharata, tormented with grief, spoke these words:", "sarga_title": "Bharata rejects Kaikeyī’s scheme"}
{"ref": "2.67.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 67, "verse": 2, "iast": ["kiṃ nuṇkāryaṃ hatasyeha mama rājyena śocataḥ", "vihīnasyātha pitrā ca bhrātrā pitṛsamena ca"], "translation": "What use now is a kingdom to me here — ruined and grieving, bereft of my father and of my brother who was like a father to me?", "sarga_title": "Bharata rejects Kaikeyī’s scheme"}
{"ref": "2.67.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 67, "verse": 3, "iast": ["duḥkhe me duḥkham akaror vraṇe kṣāram ivādadhāḥ", "rājānaṃ pretabhāvasthaṃ kṛtvā rāmaṃ ca tāpasaṃ"], "translation": "You have heaped grief upon my grief, as though laying caustic on a wound, having reduced the king to the state of the dead and made Rāma an ascetic.", "sarga_title": "Bharata rejects Kaikeyī’s scheme"}
{"ref": "2.67.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 67, "verse": 4, "iast": ["kulasya tvam abhāvāya kālarātrir ivāgatā", "aṅgāram upagūhya sma pitā me nāvabuddhavān"], "translation": "You have come like the Night of Doom for the destruction of the family; my father embraced a live coal and did not perceive it.", "sarga_title": "Bharata rejects Kaikeyī’s scheme"}
{"ref": "2.67.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 67, "verse": 5, "iast": ["kausalyā ca sumitrā ca putraśokābhipīḍite", "duṣkaraṃ yadi jīvetāṃ prāpya tvāṃ jananīṃ mama"], "translation": "It will be hard for Kausalyā and Sumitrā, tormented by grief for their sons, to go on living, now that they have got you for my mother.", "sarga_title": "Bharata rejects Kaikeyī’s scheme"}
{"ref": "2.67.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 67, "verse": 6, "iast": ["nanu tv āryo 'pi dharmātmā tvayi vṛttim anuttamām", "vartate guruvṛttijño yathā mātari vartate"], "translation": "Surely even the noble and righteous one, who knows the conduct due to elders, behaves toward you with the utmost regard, just as one behaves toward a mother.", "sarga_title": "Bharata rejects Kaikeyī’s scheme"}
{"ref": "2.67.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 67, "verse": 7, "iast": ["tathā jyeṣṭhā hi me mātā kausalyā dīrghadarśinī", "tvayi dharmaṃ samāsthāya bhaginyām iva vartate"], "translation": "And likewise my eldest mother, the far-sighted Kausalyā, holding firm to dharma, behaves toward you as toward a sister.", "sarga_title": "Bharata rejects Kaikeyī’s scheme"}
{"ref": "2.67.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 67, "verse": 8, "iast": ["tasyāḥ putraṃ kṛtātmānaṃ cīravalkalavāsasaṃ", "prasthāpya vanavāsāya kathaṃ pāpe na śocasi"], "translation": "Having sent off her disciplined son, clad in bark and tree-rind, to dwell in the forest, how do you feel no grief, O wicked woman?", "sarga_title": "Bharata rejects Kaikeyī’s scheme"}
{"ref": "2.67.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 67, "verse": 9, "iast": ["apāpadarśinaṃ śūraṃ kṛtātmānaṃ yaśasvinam", "pravrājya cīravasanaṃ kiṃ nu paśyasi kāraṇam"], "translation": "Having driven into exile the heroic, disciplined, illustrious one who looks upon no evil, clad in bark garments — what reason, then, do you see?", "sarga_title": "Bharata rejects Kaikeyī’s scheme"}
{"ref": "2.67.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 67, "verse": 10, "iast": ["lubdhāyā vidito manye na te 'haṃ rāghavaṃ prati", "tathā hy anartho rājyārthaṃ tvayā nīto mahān ayam"], "translation": "Greedy as you are, my feeling toward Rāghava was not, I think, known to you; for such a great calamity has been brought on by you for the sake of the kingdom.", "sarga_title": "Bharata rejects Kaikeyī’s scheme"}
{"ref": "2.67.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 67, "verse": 11, "iast": ["ahaṃ hi puruṣavyāghrāv apaśyan rāmalakṣmaṇau", "kena śaktiprabhāvena rājyaṃ rakṣitum utsahe"], "translation": "For, not seeing those two tigers among men, Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, by what power and might could I venture to guard the kingdom?", "sarga_title": "Bharata rejects Kaikeyī’s scheme"}
{"ref": "2.67.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 67, "verse": 12, "iast": ["taṃ hi nityaṃ mahārājo balavantaṃ mahābalaḥ", "apāśrito 'bhūd dharmātmā merur meruvanaṃ yathā"], "translation": "For the mighty great king, righteous of soul, ever leaned upon that powerful one, as Mount Meru rests upon the Meru forest.", "sarga_title": "Bharata rejects Kaikeyī’s scheme"}
{"ref": "2.67.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 67, "verse": 13, "iast": ["so 'haṃ katham imaṃ bhāraṃ mahādhuryasamudyatam", "damyo dhuram ivāsādya saheyaṃ kena caujasā"], "translation": "How then could I, taking up this burden fit only for a mighty draught-ox, bear it — like an untamed bullock set to the yoke — and by what strength?", "sarga_title": "Bharata rejects Kaikeyī’s scheme"}
{"ref": "2.67.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 67, "verse": 14, "iast": ["atha vā me bhavec chaktir yogair buddhibalena vā", "sakāmāṃ na kariṣyāmi tvām ahaṃ putragardhinīm", "nivartayiṣyāmi vanād bhrātaraṃ svajanapriyam"], "translation": "But even were I to have the power, whether through stratagems or force of intellect, I will not grant you your wish, you who crave the throne for your son; I shall bring my brother, dear to his kinsfolk, back from the forest.", "sarga_title": "Bharata rejects Kaikeyī’s scheme"}
{"ref": "2.67.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 67, "verse": 15, "iast": ["ity evam uktvā bharato mahātmā priyetarair vākyagaṇais tudaṃs tām", "śokāturaś cāpi nanāda bhūyaḥ siṃho yathā parvatagahvarasthaḥ"], "translation": "Having spoken thus, the great-souled Bharata, wounding her with volleys of unwelcome words and himself stricken with grief, roared out once more, like a lion within a mountain cave.", "sarga_title": "Bharata rejects Kaikeyī’s scheme"}
{"ref": "2.68.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 68, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tāṃ tathā garhayitvā tu mātaraṃ bharatas tadā", "roṣeṇa mahatāviṣṭaḥ punar evābravīd vacaḥ"], "translation": "Having thus reproached his mother, Bharata, seized with great fury, then spoke yet again these words:", "sarga_title": "Surabhi’s tears and Bharata’s vow"}
{"ref": "2.68.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 68, "verse": 2, "iast": ["rājyād bhraṃśasva kaikeyi nṛśaṃse duṣṭacāriṇi", "parityaktā ca dharmeṇa mā mṛtaṃ rudatī bhava"], "translation": "Fall from royalty, Kaikeyī, cruel woman of wicked conduct; forsaken by dharma, do not become one who weeps over the dead.", "sarga_title": "Surabhi’s tears and Bharata’s vow"}
{"ref": "2.68.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 68, "verse": 3, "iast": ["kiṃ nu te 'dūṣayad rājā rāmo vā bhṛśadhārmikaḥ", "yayor mṛtyur vivāsaś ca tvatkṛte tulyam āgatau"], "translation": "How did the king wrong you, or Rāma so exceedingly righteous — the two for whom death and exile have alike come about because of you?", "sarga_title": "Surabhi’s tears and Bharata’s vow"}
{"ref": "2.68.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 68, "verse": 4, "iast": ["bhrūṇahatyām asi prāptā kulasyāsya vināśanāt", "kaikeyi narakaṃ gaccha mā ca bhartuḥ salokatām"], "translation": "You have incurred the guilt of slaying an embryo through the destruction of this family; go to hell, Kaikeyī, and not to your husband's world.", "sarga_title": "Surabhi’s tears and Bharata’s vow"}
{"ref": "2.68.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 68, "verse": 5, "iast": ["yat tvayā hīdṛśaṃ pāpaṃ kṛtaṃ ghoreṇa karmaṇā", "sarvalokapriyaṃ hitvā mamāpy āpāditaṃ bhayam"], "translation": "Since such a sin has been committed by you through a dreadful deed, casting out one dear to all the world, fear has been brought upon me too.", "sarga_title": "Surabhi’s tears and Bharata’s vow"}
{"ref": "2.68.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 68, "verse": 6, "iast": ["tvatkṛte me pitā vṛtto rāmaś cāraṇyam āśritaḥ", "ayaśo jīvaloke ca tvayāhaṃ pratipāditaḥ"], "translation": "Because of you my father has died and Rāma has taken to the forest, and by you I have been brought to disgrace in the world of the living.", "sarga_title": "Surabhi’s tears and Bharata’s vow"}
{"ref": "2.68.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 68, "verse": 7, "iast": ["mātṛrūpe mamāmitre nṛśaṃse rājyakāmuke", "na te 'ham abhibhāṣyo 'smi durvṛtte patighātini"], "translation": "O enemy of mine in a mother's guise, cruel and craving the kingdom, I am not one to be addressed by you, ill-conducted slayer of your husband.", "sarga_title": "Surabhi’s tears and Bharata’s vow"}
{"ref": "2.68.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 68, "verse": 8, "iast": ["kausalyā ca sumitrā ca yāś cānyā mama mātaraḥ", "duḥkhena mahatāviṣṭās tvāṃ prāpya kuladūṣiṇīm"], "translation": "Kausalyā and Sumitrā, and whatever other mothers I have, are seized with great grief at having got you, the defiler of the family.", "sarga_title": "Surabhi’s tears and Bharata’s vow"}
{"ref": "2.68.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 68, "verse": 9, "iast": ["na tvam aśvapateḥ kanyā dharmarājasya dhīmataḥ", "rākṣasī tatra jātāsi kulapradhvaṃsinī pituḥ"], "translation": "You are no daughter of the wise Aśvapati, that king of righteousness; a demoness were you born in his house, a destroyer of your father's line.", "sarga_title": "Surabhi’s tears and Bharata’s vow"}
{"ref": "2.68.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 68, "verse": 10, "iast": ["yat tvayā dhārmiko rāmo nityaṃ satyaparāyaṇaḥ", "vanaṃ prasthāpito duḥkhāt pitā ca tridivaṃ gataḥ"], "translation": "—since by you the righteous Rāma, ever devoted to truth, was sent off to the forest, and my father, out of grief, went to heaven.", "sarga_title": "Surabhi’s tears and Bharata’s vow"}
{"ref": "2.68.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 68, "verse": 11, "iast": ["yat pradhānāsi tat pāpaṃ mayi pitrā vinākṛte", "bhrātṛbhyāṃ ca parityakte sarvalokasya cāpriye"], "translation": "Whatever sin you are the chief author of, that falls upon me — bereft of my father, forsaken by my two brothers, and become hateful to all the world.", "sarga_title": "Surabhi’s tears and Bharata’s vow"}
{"ref": "2.68.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 68, "verse": 12, "iast": ["kausalyāṃ dharmasaṃyuktāṃ viyuktāṃ pāpaniścaye", "kṛtvā kaṃ prāpsyase tv adya lokaṃ nirayagāminī"], "translation": "Having sundered the virtuous Kausalyā from her son, O you set on evil, what world will you now win, bound as you are for hell?", "sarga_title": "Surabhi’s tears and Bharata’s vow"}
{"ref": "2.68.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 68, "verse": 13, "iast": ["kiṃ nāvabudhyase krūre niyataṃ bandhusaṃśrayam", "jyeṣṭhaṃ pitṛsamaṃ rāmaṃ kausalyāyātmasaṃbhavam"], "translation": "How do you fail to recognize, cruel one, that Rāma — the eldest, the constant refuge of his kin, like a father, sprung from Kausalyā herself?", "sarga_title": "Surabhi’s tears and Bharata’s vow"}
{"ref": "2.68.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 68, "verse": 14, "iast": ["aṅgapratyaṅgajaḥ putro hṛdayāc cāpi jāyate", "tasmāt priyataro mātuḥ priyatvān na tu bāndhavaḥ"], "translation": "A son is born from every limb and member, and from the heart as well; therefore he is dearer to a mother than any kinsman, by the very nature of that love.", "sarga_title": "Surabhi’s tears and Bharata’s vow"}
{"ref": "2.68.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 68, "verse": 15, "iast": ["anyadā kila dharmajñā surabhiḥ surasaṃmatā", "vahamānau dadarśorvyāṃ putrau vigatacetasau"], "translation": "Once, they say, the righteous Surabhi, honoured by the gods, saw two of her sons upon the earth, hauling a plough, their senses failing.", "sarga_title": "Surabhi’s tears and Bharata’s vow"}
{"ref": "2.68.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 68, "verse": 16, "iast": ["tāv ardhadivase śrāntau dṛṣṭvā putrau mahītale", "ruroda putra śokena bāṣpaparyākulekṣaṇā"], "translation": "Seeing those two sons of hers wearied at midday upon the ground, she wept with grief for her sons, her eyes brimming and troubled with tears.", "sarga_title": "Surabhi’s tears and Bharata’s vow"}
{"ref": "2.68.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 68, "verse": 17, "iast": ["adhastād vrajatas tasyāḥ surarājño mahātmanaḥ", "bindavaḥ patitā gātre sūkṣmāḥ surabhigandhinaḥ"], "translation": "Upon the body of the great-souled king of the gods, as he passed below her, there fell from her tiny drops, fragrant with a sweet scent.", "sarga_title": "Surabhi’s tears and Bharata’s vow"}
{"ref": "2.68.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 68, "verse": 18, "iast": ["tāṃ dṛṣṭvā śokasaṃtaptāṃ vajrapāṇir yaśasvinīm", "indraḥ prāñjalir udvignaḥ surarājo 'bravīd vacaḥ"], "translation": "Seeing that illustrious one scorched with grief, Indra the thunderbolt-bearer, king of the gods, distressed and with palms joined, spoke these words:", "sarga_title": "Surabhi’s tears and Bharata’s vow"}
{"ref": "2.68.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 68, "verse": 19, "iast": ["bhayaṃ kaccin na cāsmāsu kutaś cid vidyate mahat", "kuto nimittaḥ śokas te brūhi sarvahitaiṣiṇi"], "translation": "Surely no great danger threatens us from any quarter? Tell me, O you who wish the welfare of all, from what cause comes your grief?", "sarga_title": "Surabhi’s tears and Bharata’s vow"}
{"ref": "2.68.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 68, "verse": 20, "iast": ["evam uktā tu surabhiḥ surarājena dhīmatā", "patyuvāca tato dhīrā vākyaṃ vākyaviśāradā"], "translation": "Addressed thus by the wise king of the gods, the steadfast Surabhi, skilled in speech, then answered him:", "sarga_title": "Surabhi’s tears and Bharata’s vow"}
{"ref": "2.68.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 68, "verse": 21, "iast": ["śāntaṃ pātaṃ na vaḥ kiṃ cit kutaś cid amarādhipa", "ahaṃ tu magnau śocāmi svaputrau viṣame sthitau"], "translation": "May all calamity be averted — none at all threatens you from any quarter, O lord of the immortals; but I grieve for my two sunken sons, set in a hard plight.", "sarga_title": "Surabhi’s tears and Bharata’s vow"}
{"ref": "2.68.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 68, "verse": 22, "iast": ["etau dṛṣṭvā kṛṣau dīnau sūryaraśmipratāpinau", "vadhyamānau balīvardau karṣakeṇa surādhipa"], "translation": "Seeing these two oxen, gaunt and wretched, scorched by the sun's rays and beaten by the ploughman, O lord of the gods —", "sarga_title": "Surabhi’s tears and Bharata’s vow"}
{"ref": "2.68.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 68, "verse": 23, "iast": ["mama kāyāt prasūtau hi duḥkhitau bhāra pīḍitau", "yau dṛṣṭvā paritapye 'haṃ nāsti putrasamaḥ priyaḥ"], "translation": "For they were born of my own body, and now, distressed and crushed by their load — seeing them I burn with grief; there is none so dear as a son.", "sarga_title": "Surabhi’s tears and Bharata’s vow"}
{"ref": "2.68.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 68, "verse": 24, "iast": ["yasyāḥ putra sahasrāṇi sāpi śocati kāmadhuk", "kiṃ punar yā vinā rāmaṃ kausalyā vartayiṣyati"], "translation": "Even the wish-yielding cow, who has thousands of sons, grieves thus; how much more, then, will Kausalyā, who must live on without Rāma?", "sarga_title": "Surabhi’s tears and Bharata’s vow"}
{"ref": "2.68.25", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 68, "verse": 25, "iast": ["ekaputrā ca sādhvī ca vivatseyaṃ tvayā kṛtā", "tasmāt tvaṃ satataṃ duḥkhaṃ pretya ceha ca lapsyase"], "translation": "She had but one son and is virtuous, yet by you she has been made bereft of her child; therefore you will reap unending sorrow, both hereafter and here.", "sarga_title": "Surabhi’s tears and Bharata’s vow"}
{"ref": "2.68.26", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 68, "verse": 26, "iast": ["ahaṃ hy apacitiṃ bhrātuḥ pituś ca sakalām imām", "vardhanaṃ yaśasaś cāpi kariṣyāmi na saṃśayaḥ"], "translation": "For I will render this whole honour due to my brother and my father, and increase their glory besides — of that there is no doubt.", "sarga_title": "Surabhi’s tears and Bharata’s vow"}
{"ref": "2.68.27", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 68, "verse": 27, "iast": ["ānāyayitvā tanayaṃ kausalyāyā mahādyutim", "svayam eva pravekṣyāmi vanaṃ muniniṣevitam"], "translation": "Having had Kausalyā's son of great splendour brought back, I shall myself enter the forest frequented by sages.", "sarga_title": "Surabhi’s tears and Bharata’s vow"}
{"ref": "2.68.28", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 68, "verse": 28, "iast": ["iti nāga ivāraṇye tomarāṅkuśacoditaḥ", "papāta bhuvi saṃkruddho niḥśvasann iva pannagaḥ"], "translation": "So saying, like a forest elephant goaded by lance and hook, he fell to the ground in fury, hissing like a serpent.", "sarga_title": "Surabhi’s tears and Bharata’s vow"}
{"ref": "2.68.29", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 68, "verse": 29, "iast": ["saṃraktanetraḥ śithilāmbaras tadā vidhūtasarvābharaṇaḥ paraṃtapaḥ", "babhūva bhūmau patito nṛpātmajaḥ śacīpateḥ ketur ivotsavakṣaye"], "translation": "His eyes bloodshot, his robe loosened, all his ornaments cast off, that scorcher of foes, the prince, lay fallen upon the ground, like Indra's banner when the festival is over.", "sarga_title": "Surabhi’s tears and Bharata’s vow"}
{"ref": "2.69.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 69, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tathaiva krośatas tasya bharatasya mahātmanaḥ", "kausalyā śabdam ājñāya sumitrām idam abravīt"], "translation": "Just so, recognizing the cry of that great-souled Bharata as he wept, Kausalyā spoke this to Sumitrā.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā accepts Bharata’s innocence"}
{"ref": "2.69.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 69, "verse": 2, "iast": ["āgataḥ krūrakāryāyāḥ kaikeyyā bharataḥ sutaḥ", "tam ahaṃ draṣṭum icchāmi bharataṃ dīrghadarśinam"], "translation": "Bharata, son of Kaikeyī of cruel deeds, has come; I wish to see him, far-sighted Bharata.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā accepts Bharata’s innocence"}
{"ref": "2.69.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 69, "verse": 3, "iast": ["evam uktvā sumitrāṃ sā vivarṇā malināmbarā", "pratasthe bharato yatra vepamānā vicetanā"], "translation": "Having spoken thus to Sumitrā, she—pale, in soiled garments, trembling and bereft of her senses—set out for where Bharata was.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā accepts Bharata’s innocence"}
{"ref": "2.69.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 69, "verse": 4, "iast": ["sa tu rāmānujaś cāpi śatrughnasahitas tadā", "pratasthe bharato yatra kausalyāyā niveśanam"], "translation": "And that Bharata too, the younger brother of Rāma, accompanied by Śatrughna, then set out for where Kausalyā's dwelling was.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā accepts Bharata’s innocence"}
{"ref": "2.69.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 69, "verse": 5, "iast": ["tataḥ śatrughna bharatau kausalyāṃ prekṣya duḥkhitau", "paryaṣvajetāṃ duḥkhārtāṃ patitāṃ naṣṭacetanām"], "translation": "Then Śatrughna and Bharata, grieving as they beheld Kausalyā—afflicted with sorrow, fallen, her consciousness lost—embraced her.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā accepts Bharata’s innocence"}
{"ref": "2.69.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 69, "verse": 6, "iast": ["bharataṃ pratyuvācedaṃ kausalyā bhṛśaduḥkhitā", "idaṃ te rājyakāmasya rājyaṃ prāptam akaṇṭakam", "saṃprāptaṃ bata kaikeyyā śīghraṃ krūreṇa karmaṇā"], "translation": "Kausalyā, deeply grieved, answered Bharata thus: “This thornless kingdom has come to you who longed for the kingdom; alas, it was swiftly secured by Kaikeyī through a cruel deed.”", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā accepts Bharata’s innocence"}
{"ref": "2.69.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 69, "verse": 7, "iast": ["prasthāpya cīravasanaṃ putraṃ me vanavāsinam", "kaikeyī kaṃ guṇaṃ tatra paśyati krūradarśinī"], "translation": "Having sent my son off clad in bark to dwell in the forest, what merit does cruel-eyed Kaikeyī see in that?", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā accepts Bharata’s innocence"}
{"ref": "2.69.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 69, "verse": 8, "iast": ["kṣipraṃ mām api kaikeyī prasthāpayitum arhati", "hiraṇyanābho yatrāste suto me sumahāyaśāḥ"], "translation": "Kaikeyī ought quickly to send me off too, to where my son of great renown, Hiraṇyanābha, abides.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā accepts Bharata’s innocence"}
{"ref": "2.69.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 69, "verse": 9, "iast": ["atha vā svayam evāhaṃ sumitrānucarā sukham", "agnihotraṃ puraskṛtya prasthāsye yatra rāghavaḥ"], "translation": "Or else I myself, gladly, with Sumitrā as my companion, placing the sacred fire before me, will set out for where Rāghava is.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā accepts Bharata’s innocence"}
{"ref": "2.69.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 69, "verse": 10, "iast": ["kāmaṃ vā svayam evādya tatra māṃ netum arhasi", "yatrāsau puruṣavyāghras tapyate me tapaḥ sutaḥ"], "translation": "Or indeed you yourself ought this very day to lead me there, to where that tiger among men, my son, performs his austerities.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā accepts Bharata’s innocence"}
{"ref": "2.69.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 69, "verse": 11, "iast": ["idaṃ hi tava vistīrṇaṃ dhanadhānyasamācitam", "hastyaśvarathasaṃpūrṇaṃ rājyaṃ niryātitaṃ tayā"], "translation": "For this vast kingdom, heaped with wealth and grain and full of elephants, horses and chariots, has been handed over to you by her.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā accepts Bharata’s innocence"}
{"ref": "2.69.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 69, "verse": 12, "iast": ["evaṃ vilapamānāṃ tāṃ bharataḥ prāñjalis tadā", "kausalyāṃ pratyuvācedaṃ śokair bahubhir āvṛtām"], "translation": "To Kausalyā thus lamenting, enveloped in many griefs, Bharata then, with joined palms, answered this:", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā accepts Bharata’s innocence"}
{"ref": "2.69.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 69, "verse": 13, "iast": ["ārye kasmād ajānantaṃ garhase mām akilbiṣam", "vipulāṃ ca mama prītiṃ sthirāṃ jānāsi rāghave"], "translation": "O noble lady, why do you reproach me—guiltless and unknowing—when you know my abundant and steadfast love for Rāghava?", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā accepts Bharata’s innocence"}
{"ref": "2.69.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 69, "verse": 14, "iast": ["kṛtā śāstrānugā buddhir mā bhūt tasya kadā cana", "satyasaṃdhaḥ satāṃ śreṣṭho yasyāryo 'numate gataḥ"], "translation": "May the mind schooled in scripture never be his—he at whose consent the noble one, true to his word, the best of the good, went forth.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā accepts Bharata’s innocence"}
{"ref": "2.69.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 69, "verse": 15, "iast": ["praiṣyaṃ pāpīyasāṃ yātu sūryaṃ ca prati mehatu", "hantu pādena gāṃ suptāṃ yasyāryo 'numate gataḥ"], "translation": "May he sink to the servitude of the vilest, and pass water facing the sun, and kick a sleeping cow with his foot—he at whose consent the noble one went forth.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā accepts Bharata’s innocence"}
{"ref": "2.69.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 69, "verse": 16, "iast": ["kārayitvā mahat karma bhartā bhṛtyam anarthakam", "adharmo yo 'sya so 'syās tu yasyāryo 'numate gataḥ"], "translation": "May the sin of a master who, having had a servant perform a great task, then leaves him unrewarded be his—he at whose consent the noble one went forth.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā accepts Bharata’s innocence"}
{"ref": "2.69.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 69, "verse": 17, "iast": ["paripālayamānasya rājño bhūtāni putravat", "tatas tu druhyatāṃ pāpaṃ yasyāryo 'numate gataḥ"], "translation": "May the sin of those who then work harm against a king who guards his creatures like his own children be his—he at whose consent the noble one went forth.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā accepts Bharata’s innocence"}
{"ref": "2.69.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 69, "verse": 18, "iast": ["baliṣaḍbhāgam uddhṛtya nṛpasyārakṣataḥ prajāḥ", "adharmo yo 'sya so 'syāstu yasyāryo 'numate gataḥ"], "translation": "May the sin of a king who exacts the sixth part as tribute yet fails to protect his subjects be his—he at whose consent the noble one went forth.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā accepts Bharata’s innocence"}
{"ref": "2.69.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 69, "verse": 19, "iast": ["saṃśrutya ca tapasvibhyaḥ satre vai yajñadakṣiṇām", "tāṃ vipralapatāṃ pāpaṃ yasyāryo 'numate gataḥ"], "translation": "May the sin of those who, having promised the sacrificial fee to ascetics at a sacrifice, then deny it be his—he at whose consent the noble one went forth.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā accepts Bharata’s innocence"}
{"ref": "2.69.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 69, "verse": 20, "iast": ["hastyaśvarathasaṃbādhe yuddhe śastrasamākule", "mā sma kārṣīt satāṃ dharmaṃ yasyāryo 'numate gataḥ"], "translation": "In a battle thronged with elephants, horses and chariots and teeming with weapons, may he never do the duty of the brave—he at whose consent the noble one went forth.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā accepts Bharata’s innocence"}
{"ref": "2.69.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 69, "verse": 21, "iast": ["upadiṣṭaṃ susūkṣmārthaṃ śāstraṃ yatnena dhīmatā", "sa nāśayatu duṣṭātmā yasyāryo 'numate gataḥ"], "translation": "May that evil-souled one squander the teaching of most subtle import imparted with care by a wise man—he at whose consent the noble one went forth.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā accepts Bharata’s innocence"}
{"ref": "2.69.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 69, "verse": 22, "iast": ["pāyasaṃ kṛsaraṃ chāgaṃ vṛthā so 'śnātu nirghṛṇaḥ", "gurūṃś cāpy avajānātu yasyāryo 'numate gataḥ"], "translation": "May that pitiless one eat milk-rice, sesame-rice and goat's flesh in vain, offering none, and scorn his elders—he at whose consent the noble one went forth.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā accepts Bharata’s innocence"}
{"ref": "2.69.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 69, "verse": 23, "iast": ["putrair dāraiś ca bhṛtyaiś ca svagṛhe parivāritaḥ", "sa eko mṛṣṭam aśnātu yasyāryo 'numate gataḥ"], "translation": "Surrounded in his own house by sons, wife and servants, may he alone eat the dainty fare—he at whose consent the noble one went forth.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā accepts Bharata’s innocence"}
{"ref": "2.69.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 69, "verse": 24, "iast": ["rājastrībālavṛddhānāṃ vadhe yat pāpam ucyate", "bhṛtyatyāge ca yat pāpaṃ tat pāpaṃ pratipadyatām"], "translation": "Whatever sin is declared in the slaying of kings, women, children and the aged, and whatever sin lies in forsaking a dependent—may he incur that sin.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā accepts Bharata’s innocence"}
{"ref": "2.69.25", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 69, "verse": 25, "iast": ["ubhe saṃdhye śayānasya yat pāpaṃ parikalpyate", "tac ca pāpaṃ bhavet tasya yasyāryo 'numate gataḥ"], "translation": "Whatever sin is reckoned for one who sleeps through both twilights—may that sin too be his—he at whose consent the noble one went forth.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā accepts Bharata’s innocence"}
{"ref": "2.69.26", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 69, "verse": 26, "iast": ["yad agnidāyake pāpaṃ yat pāpaṃ gurutalpage", "mitradrohe ca yat pāpaṃ tat pāpaṃ pratipadyatām"], "translation": "Whatever sin attaches to an arsonist, whatever sin to one who defiles his teacher's bed, and whatever sin to the betrayal of a friend—may he incur that sin.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā accepts Bharata’s innocence"}
{"ref": "2.69.27", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 69, "verse": 27, "iast": ["devatānāṃ pitṝṇāṃ ca mātā pitros tathaiva ca", "mā sma kārṣīt sa śuśrūṣāṃ yasyāryo 'numate gataḥ"], "translation": "May he never render service to the gods, to the ancestors, and likewise to mother and father—he at whose consent the noble one went forth.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā accepts Bharata’s innocence"}
{"ref": "2.69.28", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 69, "verse": 28, "iast": ["satāṃ lokāt satāṃ kīrtyāḥ sajjuṣṭāt karmaṇas tathā", "bhraśyatu kṣipram adyaiva yasyāryo 'numate gataḥ"], "translation": "May he fall this very instant from the world of the good, from the good's renown, and likewise from the conduct the good approve—he at whose consent the noble one went forth.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā accepts Bharata’s innocence"}
{"ref": "2.69.29", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 69, "verse": 29, "iast": ["vihīnāṃ patiputrābhyāṃ kausalyāṃ pārthivātmajaḥ", "evam āśvasayann eva duḥkhārto nipapāta ha"], "translation": "Even as he thus consoled Kausalyā, bereft of husband and son, the king's son, himself stricken with grief, fell down.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā accepts Bharata’s innocence"}
{"ref": "2.69.30", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 69, "verse": 30, "iast": ["tathā tu śapathaiḥ kaṣṭaiḥ śapamānam acetanam", "bharataṃ śokasaṃtaptaṃ kausalyā vākyam abravīt"], "translation": "To Bharata, swearing such grievous oaths, senseless and consumed with grief, Kausalyā spoke these words:", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā accepts Bharata’s innocence"}
{"ref": "2.69.31", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 69, "verse": 31, "iast": ["mama duḥkham idaṃ putra bhūyaḥ samupajāyate", "śapathaiḥ śapamāno hi prāṇān uparuṇatsi me"], "translation": "This grief of mine, my son, grows all the greater, for by swearing these oaths you choke off my very life-breaths.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā accepts Bharata’s innocence"}
{"ref": "2.69.32", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 69, "verse": 32, "iast": ["diṣṭyā na calito dharmād ātmā te sahalakṣmaṇaḥ", "vatsa satyapratijño me satāṃ lokān avāpsyasi"], "translation": "Thank heaven your heart, together with Lakṣmaṇa's, has not swerved from dharma; my child, true to your vow, you shall win the worlds of the good.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā accepts Bharata’s innocence"}
{"ref": "2.69.33", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 69, "verse": 33, "iast": ["evaṃ vilapamānasya duḥkhārtasya mahātmanaḥ", "mohāc ca śokasaṃrodhād babhūva lulitaṃ manaḥ"], "translation": "As the great-souled one lamented thus, stricken with grief, his mind became distraught from bewilderment and the stifling of sorrow.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā accepts Bharata’s innocence"}
{"ref": "2.69.34", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 69, "verse": 34, "iast": ["lālapyamānasya vicetanasya pranaṣṭabuddheḥ patitasya bhūmau", "muhur muhur niḥśvasataś ca dīrghaṃ sā tasya śokena jagāma rātriḥ"], "translation": "For him wailing, out of his senses, his wits utterly lost, fallen upon the ground and sighing deep again and again, that night passed away in grief.", "sarga_title": "Kausalyā accepts Bharata’s innocence"}
{"ref": "2.70.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 70, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tam evaṃ śokasaṃtaptaṃ bharataṃ kekayīsutam", "uvāca vadatāṃ śreṣṭho vasiṣṭhaḥ śreṣṭhavāg ṛṣiḥ"], "translation": "To that Bharata, son of Kekayī, thus consumed with grief, Vasiṣṭha—best of speakers, the sage of most excellent speech—spoke.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s cremation"}
{"ref": "2.70.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 70, "verse": 2, "iast": ["alaṃ śokena bhadraṃ te rājaputra mahāyaśaḥ", "prāptakālaṃ narapateḥ kuru saṃyānam uttaram"], "translation": "“Enough of grief—blessings on you, O illustrious prince; perform now the timely final rites of the lord of men.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s cremation"}
{"ref": "2.70.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 70, "verse": 3, "iast": ["vasiṣṭhasya vacaḥ śrutvā bharato dhāraṇāṃ gataḥ", "pretakāryāṇi sarvāṇi kārayām āsa dharmavit"], "translation": "Hearing Vasiṣṭha's words, Bharata regained his composure and, knower of dharma, had all the funeral rites performed.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s cremation"}
{"ref": "2.70.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 70, "verse": 4, "iast": ["uddhṛtaṃ tailasaṃkledāt sa tu bhūmau niveśitam", "āpītavarṇavadanaṃ prasuptam iva bhūmipam"], "translation": "The king—raised from the oil in which he had been steeped and laid upon the ground, his face pale of hue, as though fast asleep—", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s cremation"}
{"ref": "2.70.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 70, "verse": 5, "iast": ["niveśya śayane cāgrye nānāratnapariṣkṛte", "tato daśarathaṃ putro vilalāpa suduḥkhitaḥ"], "translation": "having laid Daśaratha on a splendid couch adorned with all manner of jewels, the son, sorely stricken, then lamented over him:", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s cremation"}
{"ref": "2.70.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 70, "verse": 6, "iast": ["kiṃ te vyavasitaṃ rājan proṣite mayy anāgate", "vivāsya rāmaṃ dharmajñaṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ ca mahābalam"], "translation": "“What did you resolve, O king, while I was abroad and had not yet come back—banishing righteous Rāma and mighty Lakṣmaṇa?", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s cremation"}
{"ref": "2.70.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 70, "verse": 7, "iast": ["kva yāsyasi mahārāja hitvemaṃ duḥkhitaṃ janam", "hīnaṃ puruṣasiṃhena rāmeṇākliṣṭakarmaṇā"], "translation": "Where will you go, O great king, forsaking these grieving folk, bereft of Rāma, the lion among men, of untiring deeds?", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s cremation"}
{"ref": "2.70.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 70, "verse": 8, "iast": ["yogakṣemaṃ tu te rājan ko 'smin kalpayitā pure", "tvayi prayāte svas tāta rāme ca vanam āśrite"], "translation": "Who now, O king, will provide for welfare and safety in this city, once you have departed to heaven, father, and Rāma has taken to the forest?", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s cremation"}
{"ref": "2.70.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 70, "verse": 9, "iast": ["vidhavā pṛthivī rājaṃs tvayā hīnā na rājate", "hīnacandreva rajanī nagarī pratibhāti mām"], "translation": "Widowed and bereft of you, O king, the earth shines no more; the city appears to me like a night without its moon.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s cremation"}
{"ref": "2.70.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 70, "verse": 10, "iast": ["evaṃ vilapamānaṃ taṃ bharataṃ dīnamānasaṃ", "abravīd vacanaṃ bhūyo vasiṣṭhas tu mahān ṛṣiḥ"], "translation": "To that Bharata thus lamenting, downcast in mind, the great sage Vasiṣṭha spoke once again these words:", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s cremation"}
{"ref": "2.70.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 70, "verse": 11, "iast": ["pretakāryāṇi yāny asya kartavyāni viśāmpateḥ", "tāny avyagraṃ mahābāho kriyatām avicāritam"], "translation": "“The funeral rites that must be done for this lord of the people—let them be carried out, O mighty-armed one, calmly and without hesitation.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s cremation"}
{"ref": "2.70.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 70, "verse": 12, "iast": ["tatheti bharato vākyaṃ vasiṣṭhasyābhipūjya tat", "ṛtvikpurohitācāryāṃs tvarayām āsa sarvaśaḥ"], "translation": "Saying “So be it,” Bharata honored that word of Vasiṣṭha and urged on the ritual priests, house-priests and preceptors on every side.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s cremation"}
{"ref": "2.70.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 70, "verse": 13, "iast": ["ye tv agrato narendrasya agny agārād bahiṣkṛtāḥ", "ṛtvigbhir yājakaiś caiva te hriyante yathāvidhi"], "translation": "And the sacred fires, brought out from the fire-house in front of the king, were carried by the ritual priests and the officiants according to rule.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s cremation"}
{"ref": "2.70.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 70, "verse": 14, "iast": ["śibilāyām athāropya rājānaṃ gatacetanam", "bāṣpakaṇṭhā vimanasas tam ūhuḥ paricārakāḥ"], "translation": "Then, having lifted the lifeless king onto a bier, the attendants, their throats choked with tears and downcast, bore him.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s cremation"}
{"ref": "2.70.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 70, "verse": 15, "iast": ["hiraṇyaṃ ca suvarṇaṃ ca vāsāṃsi vividhāni ca", "prakiranto janā mārgaṃ nṛpater agrato yayuḥ"], "translation": "Scattering silver and gold and garments of many kinds along the road, the people went ahead of the king.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s cremation"}
{"ref": "2.70.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 70, "verse": 16, "iast": ["candanāguruniryāsān saralaṃ padmakaṃ tathā", "devadārūṇi cāhṛtya citāṃ cakrus tathāpare"], "translation": "And others, fetching resins of sandal and aloe, pine, padmaka-wood, and deodar logs, built the pyre.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s cremation"}
{"ref": "2.70.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 70, "verse": 17, "iast": ["gandhān uccāvacāṃś cānyāṃs tatra dattvātha bhūmipam", "tataḥ saṃveśayām āsuś citāmadhye tam ṛtvijaḥ"], "translation": "Having placed there fragrant substances of high and low sorts and other things, the ritual priests then laid the king in the midst of the pyre.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s cremation"}
{"ref": "2.70.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 70, "verse": 18, "iast": ["tathā hutāśanaṃ hutvā jepus tasya tadartvijaḥ", "jaguś ca te yathāśāstraṃ tatra sāmāni sāmagāḥ"], "translation": "Then, having offered oblation into the fire, his ritual priests murmured their prayers for him, and the Sāman-singers chanted the Sāman-verses there according to scripture.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s cremation"}
{"ref": "2.70.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 70, "verse": 19, "iast": ["śibikābhiś ca yānaiś ca yathārhaṃ tasya yoṣitaḥ", "nagarān niryayus tatra vṛddhaiḥ parivṛtās tadā"], "translation": "And his women, in palanquins and carriages according to their rank, then went forth from the city, surrounded by elders.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s cremation"}
{"ref": "2.70.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 70, "verse": 20, "iast": ["prasavyaṃ cāpi taṃ cakrur ṛtvijo 'gnicitaṃ nṛpam", "striyaś ca śokasaṃtaptāḥ kausalyā pramukhās tadā"], "translation": "And the ritual priests circled the king, now laid upon the fire, keeping him to their left, as did the women consumed with grief, led by Kausalyā.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s cremation"}
{"ref": "2.70.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 70, "verse": 21, "iast": ["krauñcīnām iva nārīṇāṃ ninādas tatra śuśruve", "ārtānāṃ karuṇaṃ kāle krośantīnāṃ sahasraśaḥ"], "translation": "There was heard the outcry of the women, like that of female krauñca birds—afflicted, wailing piteously by the thousands at that hour.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s cremation"}
{"ref": "2.70.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 70, "verse": 22, "iast": ["tato rudantyo vivaśā vilapya ca punaḥ punaḥ", "yānebhyaḥ sarayūtīram avaterur varāṅganāḥ"], "translation": "Then those lovely women, weeping helplessly and lamenting again and again, descended from their carriages to the bank of the Sarayū.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s cremation"}
{"ref": "2.70.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 70, "verse": 23, "iast": ["kṛtodakaṃ te bharatena sārdhaṃ nṛpāṅganā mantripurohitāś ca", "puraṃ praviśyāśruparītanetrā bhūmau daśāhaṃ vyanayanta duḥkham"], "translation": "Having made the water-offering together with Bharata, the king's women and the ministers and house-priests entered the city, their eyes brimming with tears, and passed ten days of grief upon the bare ground.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s cremation"}
{"ref": "2.71.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 71, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tato daśāhe 'tigate kṛtaśauco nṛpātmajaḥ", "dvādaśe 'hani saṃprāpte śrāddhakarmāṇy akārayat"], "translation": "Then, when the ten days had passed, the king's son, having performed the purification, when the twelfth day arrived, had the śrāddha rites performed.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s remaining rites"}
{"ref": "2.71.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 71, "verse": 2, "iast": ["brāhmaṇebhyo dadau ratnaṃ dhanam annaṃ ca puṣkalam", "bāstikaṃ bahuśuklaṃ ca gāś cāpi śataśas tathā"], "translation": "He gave to the brahmins jewels, wealth, and abundant food, goods of goat's-hair and much silver, and cows too by the hundreds.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s remaining rites"}
{"ref": "2.71.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 71, "verse": 3, "iast": ["dāsīdāsaṃ ca yānaṃ ca veśmāni sumahānti ca", "brāhmaṇebhyo dadau putro rājñas tasyaurdhvadaihikam"], "translation": "Female and male slaves, carriages, and very great houses — these the son gave to the brahmins as the funerary offering for the king.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s remaining rites"}
{"ref": "2.71.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 71, "verse": 4, "iast": ["tataḥ prabhātasamaye divase 'tha trayodaśe", "vilalāpa mahābāhur bharataḥ śokamūrchitaḥ"], "translation": "Then at daybreak, on the thirteenth day, the mighty-armed Bharata, stupefied with grief, lamented.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s remaining rites"}
{"ref": "2.71.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 71, "verse": 5, "iast": ["śabdāpihitakaṇṭhaś ca śodhanārtham upāgataḥ", "citāmūle pitur vākyam idam āha suduḥkhitaḥ"], "translation": "His throat choked by his sobbing, having come for the purification, deeply grieved, at the foot of the pyre he spoke these words concerning his father:", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s remaining rites"}
{"ref": "2.71.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 71, "verse": 6, "iast": ["tāta yasmin niṣṛṣṭo 'haṃ tvayā bhrātari rāghave", "tasmin vanaṃ pravrajite śūnye tyakto 'smy ahaṃ tvayā"], "translation": "Father, the brother Rāghava in whose charge I was placed by you — now that he has gone forth to the forest, I am left abandoned by you in this desolation.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s remaining rites"}
{"ref": "2.71.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 71, "verse": 7, "iast": ["yathāgatir anāthāyāḥ putraḥ pravrājito vanam", "tām ambāṃ tāta kausalyāṃ tyaktvā tvaṃ kva gato nṛpa"], "translation": "That mother Kausalyā, now helpless, whose only recourse — her son — has been banished to the forest: having forsaken her, O father, O king, where have you gone?", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s remaining rites"}
{"ref": "2.71.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 71, "verse": 8, "iast": ["dṛṣṭvā bhasmāruṇaṃ tac ca dagdhāsthisthānamaṇḍalam", "pituḥ śarīra nirvāṇaṃ niṣṭanan viṣasāda ha"], "translation": "And seeing that circle of ground grey-red with ashes and strewn with burnt bones — the extinction of his father's body — he groaned and sank down in despair.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s remaining rites"}
{"ref": "2.71.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 71, "verse": 9, "iast": ["sa tu dṛṣṭvā rudan dīnaḥ papāta dharaṇītale", "utthāpyamānaḥ śakrasya yantra dhvaja iva cyutaḥ"], "translation": "And seeing it, weeping and wretched, he fell to the ground; though being raised up, he collapsed like Śakra's mechanical banner-pole let fall.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s remaining rites"}
{"ref": "2.71.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 71, "verse": 10, "iast": ["abhipetus tataḥ sarve tasyāmātyāḥ śucivratam", "antakāle nipatitaṃ yayātim ṛṣayo yathā"], "translation": "Then all his ministers rushed up to him of pure vows as he lay fallen, just as the seers came to Yayāti fallen at his life's end.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s remaining rites"}
{"ref": "2.71.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 71, "verse": 11, "iast": ["śatrughnaś cāpi bharataṃ dṛṣṭvā śokapariplutam", "visaṃjño nyapatad bhūmau bhūmipālam anusmaran"], "translation": "And Śatrughna too, seeing Bharata drowned in grief, fell senseless to the ground, remembering the king their father.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s remaining rites"}
{"ref": "2.71.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 71, "verse": 12, "iast": ["unmatta iva niścetā vilalāpa suduḥkhitaḥ", "smṛtvā pitur guṇāṅgāni tāni tāni tadā tadā"], "translation": "Like one gone mad and out of his senses, deeply grieved, he lamented, recalling again and again those many virtues of his father.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s remaining rites"}
{"ref": "2.71.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 71, "verse": 13, "iast": ["mantharā prabhavas tīvraḥ kaikeyīgrāhasaṃkulaḥ", "varadānamayo 'kṣobhyo 'majjayac chokasāgaraḥ"], "translation": "The ocean of grief — originating from Mantharā, fierce, teeming with the crocodile Kaikeyī, made up of the granting of the boon, unfathomable — has drowned us.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s remaining rites"}
{"ref": "2.71.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 71, "verse": 14, "iast": ["sukumāraṃ ca bālaṃ ca satataṃ lālitaṃ tvayā", "kva tāta bharataṃ hitvā vilapantaṃ gato bhavān"], "translation": "Forsaking Bharata — so tender and young, ever cherished by you — now lamenting, where, O father, have you gone?", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s remaining rites"}
{"ref": "2.71.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 71, "verse": 15, "iast": ["nanu bhojyeṣu pāneṣu vastreṣv ābharaṇeṣu ca", "pravārayasi naḥ sarvāṃs tan naḥ ko 'dya kariṣyati"], "translation": "Surely in food, drink, garments and ornaments you used to indulge us all — who now will do that for us?", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s remaining rites"}
{"ref": "2.71.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 71, "verse": 16, "iast": ["avadāraṇa kāle tu pṛthivī nāvadīryate", "vihīnā yā tvayā rājñā dharmajñena mahātmanā"], "translation": "Though the time for splitting has come, the earth does not split open — she who has been bereft of you, the king, knower of dharma, great of soul.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s remaining rites"}
{"ref": "2.71.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 71, "verse": 17, "iast": ["pitari svargam āpanne rāme cāraṇyam āśrite", "kiṃ me jīvita sāmarthyaṃ pravekṣyāmi hutāśanam"], "translation": "With my father gone to heaven and Rāma taken to the forest, what power to live have I? I shall enter the fire.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s remaining rites"}
{"ref": "2.71.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 71, "verse": 18, "iast": ["hīno bhrātrā ca pitrā ca śūnyām ikṣvākupālitām", "ayodhyāṃ na pravekṣyāmi pravekṣyāmi tapovanam"], "translation": "Deprived of both brother and father, I will not enter empty Ayodhyā, guarded once by the Ikṣvākus; I will enter the forest of penance.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s remaining rites"}
{"ref": "2.71.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 71, "verse": 19, "iast": ["tayor vilapitaṃ śrutvā vyasanaṃ cānvavekṣya tat", "bhṛśam ārtatarā bhūyaḥ sarva evānugāminaḥ"], "translation": "Hearing the lament of the two and beholding that calamity, all the attendants became yet more grievously afflicted.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s remaining rites"}
{"ref": "2.71.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 71, "verse": 20, "iast": ["tato viṣaṇṇau śrāntau ca śatrughna bharatāv ubhau", "dharaṇyāṃ saṃvyaceṣṭetāṃ bhagnaśṛṅgāv ivarṣabhau"], "translation": "Then both Śatrughna and Bharata, dejected and exhausted, writhed on the ground like two bulls with broken horns.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s remaining rites"}
{"ref": "2.71.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 71, "verse": 21, "iast": ["tataḥ prakṛtimān vaidyaḥ pitur eṣāṃ purohitaḥ", "vasiṣṭho bharataṃ vākyam utthāpya tam uvāca ha"], "translation": "Then Vasiṣṭha, self-possessed and learned, the family priest of their father, having raised Bharata up, spoke these words to him:", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s remaining rites"}
{"ref": "2.71.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 71, "verse": 22, "iast": ["trīṇi dvandvāni bhūteṣu pravṛttāny aviśeṣataḥ", "teṣu cāparihāryeṣu naivaṃ bhavitum arhati"], "translation": "Three pairs of opposites operate among all beings without distinction; and since these are unavoidable, one ought not to behave thus.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s remaining rites"}
{"ref": "2.71.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 71, "verse": 23, "iast": ["sumantraś cāpi śatrughnam utthāpyābhiprasādya ca", "śrāvayām āsa tattvajñaḥ sarvabhūtabhavābhavau"], "translation": "And Sumantra too, raising Śatrughna up and consoling him, that knower of truth, made him hear of the coming-to-be and passing-away of all creatures.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s remaining rites"}
{"ref": "2.71.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 71, "verse": 24, "iast": ["utthitau tau naravyāghrau prakāśete yaśasvinau", "varṣātapapariklinnau pṛthag indradhvajāv iva"], "translation": "Risen up, those two tigers among men, illustrious, shone like two separate banners of Indra drenched by rain and sun.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s remaining rites"}
{"ref": "2.71.25", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 71, "verse": 25, "iast": ["aśrūṇi parimṛdnantau raktākṣau dīnabhāṣiṇau", "amātyās tvarayanti sma tanayau cāparāḥ kriyāḥ"], "translation": "The two princes, wiping away their tears, red-eyed, speaking piteously — the ministers urged them on, and the remaining rites as well.", "sarga_title": "Daśaratha’s remaining rites"}
{"ref": "2.72.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 72, "verse": 1, "iast": ["atra yātrāṃ samīhantaṃ śatrughno lakṣmaṇānujaḥ", "bharataṃ śokasaṃtaptam idaṃ vacanam abravīt"], "translation": "At this point Śatrughna, the younger brother of Lakṣmaṇa, spoke these words to Bharata, tormented by grief and preparing to set out:", "sarga_title": "Bharata stops Mantharā’s punishment"}
{"ref": "2.72.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 72, "verse": 2, "iast": ["gatir yaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ duḥkhe kiṃ punar ātmanaḥ", "sa rāmaḥ sattva saṃpannaḥ striyā pravrājito vanam"], "translation": "He who is the refuge of all beings in distress — how much more of his own kin — that Rāma, endowed with goodness, has been banished to the forest by a woman.", "sarga_title": "Bharata stops Mantharā’s punishment"}
{"ref": "2.72.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 72, "verse": 3, "iast": ["balavān vīrya saṃpanno lakṣmaṇo nāma yo 'py asau", "kiṃ na mocayate rāmaṃ kṛtvāpi pitṛnigraham"], "translation": "And that mighty one named Lakṣmaṇa, endowed with valour — why does he not set Rāma free, even by restraining their father?", "sarga_title": "Bharata stops Mantharā’s punishment"}
{"ref": "2.72.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 72, "verse": 4, "iast": ["pūrvam eva tu nigrāhyaḥ samavekṣya nayānayau", "utpathaṃ yaḥ samārūḍho nāryā rājā vaśaṃ gataḥ"], "translation": "Rather, considering right policy and wrong, the king ought to have been restrained beforehand — he who took the wrong path and fell under a woman's power.", "sarga_title": "Bharata stops Mantharā’s punishment"}
{"ref": "2.72.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 72, "verse": 5, "iast": ["iti saṃbhāṣamāṇe tu śatrughne lakṣmaṇānuje", "prāgdvāre 'bhūt tadā kubjā sarvābharaṇabhūṣitā"], "translation": "As Śatrughna, Lakṣmaṇa's younger brother, was speaking thus, the hunchbacked woman then appeared at the eastern gate, adorned with all her ornaments,", "sarga_title": "Bharata stops Mantharā’s punishment"}
{"ref": "2.72.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 72, "verse": 6, "iast": ["liptā candanasāreṇa rājavastrāṇi bibhratī", "mekhalā dāmabhiś citrai rajjubaddheva vānarī"], "translation": "smeared with the finest sandal-paste, wearing royal garments, girdles and diverse cords — like a she-monkey bound with a rope.", "sarga_title": "Bharata stops Mantharā’s punishment"}
{"ref": "2.72.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 72, "verse": 7, "iast": ["tāṃ samīkṣya tadā dvāḥstho bhṛśaṃ pāpasya kāriṇīm", "gṛhītvākaruṇaṃ kubjāṃ śatrughnāya nyavedayat"], "translation": "Seeing her then — the doer of such great evil — the doorkeeper mercilessly seized the hunchback and reported her to Śatrughna:", "sarga_title": "Bharata stops Mantharā’s punishment"}
{"ref": "2.72.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 72, "verse": 8, "iast": ["yasyāḥ kṛte vane rāmo nyastadehaś ca vaḥ pitā", "seyaṃ pāpā nṛśaṃsā ca tasyāḥ kuru yathāmati"], "translation": "She for whose sake Rāma is in the forest and your father laid down his body — this is that woman, wicked and cruel; do with her as you see fit.", "sarga_title": "Bharata stops Mantharā’s punishment"}
{"ref": "2.72.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 72, "verse": 9, "iast": ["śatrughnaś ca tad ājñāya vacanaṃ bhṛśaduḥkhitaḥ", "antaḥpuracarān sarvān ity uvāca dhṛtavrataḥ"], "translation": "And Śatrughna, understanding that speech, deeply grieved and firm in his vow, said this to all the attendants of the inner apartments:", "sarga_title": "Bharata stops Mantharā’s punishment"}
{"ref": "2.72.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 72, "verse": 10, "iast": ["tīvram utpāditaṃ duḥkhaṃ bhrātṝṇāṃ me tathā pituḥ", "yayā seyaṃ nṛśaṃsasya karmaṇaḥ phalam aśnutām"], "translation": "The fierce grief that this woman has caused to my brothers and to my father — let her now reap the fruit of that cruel deed.", "sarga_title": "Bharata stops Mantharā’s punishment"}
{"ref": "2.72.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 72, "verse": 11, "iast": ["evam uktā ca tenāśu sakhī janasamāvṛtā", "gṛhītā balavat kubjā sā tadgṛham anādayat"], "translation": "Thus addressed by him, the hunchback, surrounded by her circle of companions, was forcibly seized, and she made that house resound with her cries.", "sarga_title": "Bharata stops Mantharā’s punishment"}
{"ref": "2.72.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 72, "verse": 12, "iast": ["tataḥ subhṛśa saṃtaptas tasyāḥ sarvaḥ sakhījanaḥ", "kruddham ājñāya śatrughnaṃ vyapalāyata sarvaśaḥ"], "translation": "Then all her circle of companions, greatly distressed, knowing Śatrughna to be enraged, fled away in every direction.", "sarga_title": "Bharata stops Mantharā’s punishment"}
{"ref": "2.72.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 72, "verse": 13, "iast": ["amantrayata kṛtsnaś ca tasyāḥ sarvasakhījanaḥ", "yathāyaṃ samupakrānto niḥśeṣaṃ naḥ kariṣyati"], "translation": "And her whole circle of companions took counsel: 'The way he has set about this, he will make an utter end of us.'", "sarga_title": "Bharata stops Mantharā’s punishment"}
{"ref": "2.72.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 72, "verse": 14, "iast": ["sānukrośāṃ vadānyāṃ ca dharmajñāṃ ca yaśasvinīm", "kausalyāṃ śaraṇaṃ yāmaḥ sā hi no 'stu dhruvā gatiḥ"], "translation": "Let us go for refuge to Kausalyā — compassionate, generous, knowing dharma, and illustrious; may she be our sure recourse.", "sarga_title": "Bharata stops Mantharā’s punishment"}
{"ref": "2.72.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 72, "verse": 15, "iast": ["sa ca roṣeṇa tāmrākṣaḥ śatrughnaḥ śatrutāpanaḥ", "vicakarṣa tadā kubjāṃ krośantīṃ pṛthivītale"], "translation": "And Śatrughna, tormentor of foes, his eyes red with rage, then dragged the screaming hunchback along the ground.", "sarga_title": "Bharata stops Mantharā’s punishment"}
{"ref": "2.72.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 72, "verse": 16, "iast": ["tasyā hy ākṛṣyamāṇāyā mantharāyās tatas tataḥ", "citraṃ bahuvidhaṃ bhāṇḍaṃ pṛthivyāṃ tad vyaśīryata"], "translation": "As Mantharā was dragged this way and that, her manifold, gaily-decorated trappings scattered upon the ground.", "sarga_title": "Bharata stops Mantharā’s punishment"}
{"ref": "2.72.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 72, "verse": 17, "iast": ["tena bhāṇḍena saṃkīrṇaṃ śrīmadrājaniveśanam", "aśobhata tadā bhūyaḥ śāradaṃ gaganaṃ yathā"], "translation": "Strewn with those ornaments, the splendid royal palace then shone all the more, like the autumn sky studded with stars.", "sarga_title": "Bharata stops Mantharā’s punishment"}
{"ref": "2.72.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 72, "verse": 18, "iast": ["sa balī balavat krodhād gṛhītvā puruṣarṣabhaḥ", "kaikeyīm abhinirbhartsya babhāṣe paruṣaṃ vacaḥ"], "translation": "That mighty bull among men, having seized her fiercely in his wrath, sternly rebuked Kaikeyī and spoke harsh words.", "sarga_title": "Bharata stops Mantharā’s punishment"}
{"ref": "2.72.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 72, "verse": 19, "iast": ["tair vākyaiḥ paruṣair duḥkhaiḥ kaikeyī bhṛśaduḥkhitā", "śatrughna bhayasaṃtrastā putraṃ śaraṇam āgatā"], "translation": "By those harsh, grievous words Kaikeyī, deeply distressed and terrified with fear of Śatrughna, came to her son Bharata for refuge.", "sarga_title": "Bharata stops Mantharā’s punishment"}
{"ref": "2.72.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 72, "verse": 20, "iast": ["tāṃ prekṣya bharataḥ kruddhaṃ śatrughnam idam abravīt", "avadhyāḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ pramadāḥ kṣamyatām iti"], "translation": "Looking at her, Bharata said this to the enraged Śatrughna: 'Women are not to be slain by any beings; let her be pardoned.'", "sarga_title": "Bharata stops Mantharā’s punishment"}
{"ref": "2.72.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 72, "verse": 21, "iast": ["hanyām aham imāṃ pāpāṃ kaikeyīṃ duṣṭacāriṇīm", "yadi māṃ dhārmiko rāmo nāsūyen mātṛghātakam"], "translation": "I would kill this wicked, evil-doing Kaikeyī, were it not that the righteous Rāma would reproach me as a matricide.", "sarga_title": "Bharata stops Mantharā’s punishment"}
{"ref": "2.72.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 72, "verse": 22, "iast": ["imām api hatāṃ kubjāṃ yadi jānāti rāghavaḥ", "tvāṃ ca māṃ caiva dharmātmā nābhibhāṣiṣyate dhruvam"], "translation": "If Rāghava should learn that even this hunchback had been slain, the righteous one would surely never speak again to you or to me.", "sarga_title": "Bharata stops Mantharā’s punishment"}
{"ref": "2.72.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 72, "verse": 23, "iast": ["bharatasya vacaḥ śrutvā śatrughno lakṣmaṇānujaḥ", "nyavartata tato roṣāt tāṃ mumoca ca mantharām"], "translation": "Hearing Bharata's words, Śatrughna, Lakṣmaṇa's younger brother, then desisted from his anger and released Mantharā.", "sarga_title": "Bharata stops Mantharā’s punishment"}
{"ref": "2.72.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 72, "verse": 24, "iast": ["sā pādamūle kaikeyyā mantharā nipapāta ha", "niḥśvasantī suduḥkhārtā kṛpaṇaṃ vilalāpa ca"], "translation": "Mantharā fell down at Kaikeyī's feet, sighing, sorely afflicted, and wailed piteously.", "sarga_title": "Bharata stops Mantharā’s punishment"}
{"ref": "2.72.25", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 72, "verse": 25, "iast": ["śatrughnavikṣepavimūḍhasaṃjñāṃ samīkṣya kubjāṃ bharatasya mātā", "śanaiḥ samāśvāsayad ārtarūpāṃ krauñcīṃ vilagnām iva vīkṣamāṇām"], "translation": "Bharata's mother, looking upon the hunchback — her senses dazed by Śatrughna's rough handling, piteous in appearance, staring about like a female krauñca caught in a snare — gently consoled her.", "sarga_title": "Bharata stops Mantharā’s punishment"}
{"ref": "2.73.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 73, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tataḥ prabhātasamaye divase 'tha caturdaśe", "sametya rājakartāro bharataṃ vākyam abruvan"], "translation": "Then at daybreak, on the fourteenth day, the king-makers assembled and spoke these words to Bharata:", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s plan to restore Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.73.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 73, "verse": 2, "iast": ["gato daśarathaḥ svargaṃ yo no gurutaro guruḥ", "rāmaṃ pravrājya vai jyeṣṭhaṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ ca mahābalam"], "translation": "Daśaratha, who was the most venerable elder to us, has gone to heaven, having exiled his eldest son Rāma and the mighty Lakṣmaṇa.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s plan to restore Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.73.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 73, "verse": 3, "iast": ["tvam adya bhava no rājā rājaputra mahāyaśaḥ", "saṃgatyā nāparādhnoti rājyam etad anāyakam"], "translation": "Become our king this day, O illustrious prince; by your timely accession this leaderless kingdom will not fall into ruin.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s plan to restore Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.73.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 73, "verse": 4, "iast": ["ābhiṣecanikaṃ sarvam idam ādāya rāghava", "pratīkṣate tvāṃ svajanaḥ śreṇayaś ca nṛpātmaja"], "translation": "Taking up all these consecration materials, O Rāghava, your own people and the guilds await you, O prince.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s plan to restore Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.73.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 73, "verse": 5, "iast": ["rājyaṃ gṛhāṇa bharata pitṛpaitāmahaṃ mahat", "abhiṣecaya cātmānaṃ pāhi cāsmān nararṣabha"], "translation": "Take up the great kingdom of your fathers and forefathers, Bharata; consecrate yourself and protect us, O bull among men.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s plan to restore Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.73.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 73, "verse": 6, "iast": ["ābhiṣecanikaṃ bhāṇḍaṃ kṛtvā sarvaṃ pradakṣiṇam", "bharatas taṃ janaṃ sarvaṃ pratyuvāca dhṛtavrataḥ"], "translation": "Having made reverent circumambulation of all the consecration vessels, Bharata, firm in his vow, replied to all those people:", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s plan to restore Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.73.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 73, "verse": 7, "iast": ["jyeṣṭhasya rājatā nityam ucitā hi kulasya naḥ", "naivaṃ bhavanto māṃ vaktum arhanti kuśalā janāḥ"], "translation": "Kingship is always the right of the eldest in our family; so you good people ought not to speak to me thus.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s plan to restore Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.73.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 73, "verse": 8, "iast": ["rāmaḥ pūrvo hi no bhrātā bhaviṣyati mahīpatiḥ", "ahaṃ tv araṇye vatsyāmi varṣāṇi nava pañca ca"], "translation": "For Rāma, our elder brother, shall be lord of the earth; and I will dwell in the forest for fourteen years.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s plan to restore Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.73.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 73, "verse": 9, "iast": ["yujyatāṃ mahatī senā caturaṅgamahābalā", "ānayiṣyāmy ahaṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ bhrātaraṃ rāghavaṃ vanāt"], "translation": "Let a great army be equipped, mighty with its four divisions; I will bring back my eldest brother Rāghava from the forest.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s plan to restore Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.73.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 73, "verse": 10, "iast": ["ābhiṣecanikaṃ caiva sarvam etad upaskṛtam", "puraskṛtya gamiṣyāmi rāmahetor vanaṃ prati"], "translation": "And placing at the fore all these consecration materials made ready, I will go toward the forest for Rāma's sake.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s plan to restore Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.73.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 73, "verse": 11, "iast": ["tatraiva taṃ naravyāghram abhiṣicya puraskṛtam", "āneṣyāmi tu vai rāmaṃ havyavāham ivādhvarāt"], "translation": "There indeed I will consecrate that tiger among men, and, honouring him, bring Rāma back, like the sacrificial fire from the sacrifice.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s plan to restore Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.73.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 73, "verse": 12, "iast": ["na sakāmā kariṣyāmi svam imāṃ mātṛgandhinīm", "vane vatsyāmy ahaṃ durge rāmo rājā bhaviṣyati"], "translation": "I will not fulfill the desire of this one who is my mother in name only; I will dwell in the harsh forest, and Rāma shall be king.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s plan to restore Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.73.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 73, "verse": 13, "iast": ["kriyatāṃ śilpibhiḥ panthāḥ samāni viṣamāṇi ca", "rakṣiṇaś cānusaṃyāntu pathi durgavicārakāḥ"], "translation": "Let the road be made by the artisans, both the level stretches and the rough; and let guards, scouts of difficult terrain, go along the way.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s plan to restore Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.73.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 73, "verse": 14, "iast": ["evaṃ saṃbhāṣamāṇaṃ taṃ rāmahetor nṛpātmajam", "pratyuvāca janaḥ sarvaḥ śrīmadvākyam anuttamam"], "translation": "To the prince as he spoke thus for Rāma's sake, all the people replied with these splendid, matchless words:", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s plan to restore Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.73.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 73, "verse": 15, "iast": ["evaṃ te bhāṣamāṇasya padmā śrīr upatiṣṭhatām", "yas tvaṃ jyeṣṭhe nṛpasute pṛthivīṃ dātum icchasi"], "translation": "As you speak thus — you who wish to give the earth to the eldest prince — may the lotus-throned goddess Śrī attend upon you.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s plan to restore Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.73.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 73, "verse": 16, "iast": ["anuttamaṃ tad vacanaṃ nṛpātmaja prabhāṣitaṃ saṃśravaṇe niśamya ca", "praharṣajās taṃ prati bāṣpabindavo nipetur āryānananetrasaṃbhavāḥ"], "translation": "Hearing within earshot that matchless speech uttered by the prince, tears born of great joy, springing from the eyes in the noble ones' faces, fell down toward him.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s plan to restore Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.73.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 73, "verse": 17, "iast": ["ūcus te vacanam idaṃ niśamya hṛṣṭāḥ sāmātyāḥ sapariṣado viyātaśokāḥ", "panthānaṃ naravarabhaktimāñ janaś ca vyādiṣṭas tava vacanāc ca śilpivargaḥ"], "translation": "Delighted, their grief gone, together with the ministers and the assembly, they spoke this word when they heard it; and the people devoted to the best of men, and the body of artisans, were, at your command, assigned to the road.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s plan to restore Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.74.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 74, "verse": 1, "iast": ["atha bhūmipradeśajñāḥ sūtrakarmaviśāradāḥ", "svakarmābhiratāḥ śūrāḥ khanakā yantrakās tathā"], "translation": "Then those who knew the lay of the land, skilled in surveying with the measuring-line, devoted to their tasks and stout of heart, and diggers and machinists as well,", "sarga_title": "Construction of Bharata’s route"}
{"ref": "2.74.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 74, "verse": 2, "iast": ["karmāntikāḥ sthapatayaḥ puruṣā yantrakovidāḥ", "tathā vardhakayaś caiva mārgiṇo vṛkṣatakṣakāḥ"], "translation": "labourers, master-builders, men expert with machines, and likewise carpenters, road-makers, and tree-cutters,", "sarga_title": "Construction of Bharata’s route"}
{"ref": "2.74.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 74, "verse": 3, "iast": ["kūpakārāḥ sudhākārā vaṃśakarmakṛtas tathā", "samarthā ye ca draṣṭāraḥ puratas te pratasthire"], "translation": "well-diggers, plasterers, and workers in bamboo, and those capable ones who serve as overseers — they set out in front.", "sarga_title": "Construction of Bharata’s route"}
{"ref": "2.74.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 74, "verse": 4, "iast": ["sa tu harṣāt tam uddeśaṃ janaugho vipulaḥ prayān", "aśobhata mahāvegaḥ sāgarasyeva parvaṇi"], "translation": "That vast crowd of people, advancing in joy toward that region, shone with great momentum, like the surge of the sea at the full moon.", "sarga_title": "Construction of Bharata’s route"}
{"ref": "2.74.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 74, "verse": 5, "iast": ["te svavāraṃ samāsthāya vartmakarmāṇi kovidāḥ", "karaṇair vividhopetaiḥ purastāt saṃpratasthire"], "translation": "Taking up each his own station, those skilled in road-work set out in front, equipped with various implements.", "sarga_title": "Construction of Bharata’s route"}
{"ref": "2.74.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 74, "verse": 6, "iast": ["latāvallīś ca gulmāṃś ca sthāṇūn aśmana eva ca", "janās te cakrire mārgaṃ chindanto vividhān drumān"], "translation": "Cutting down creepers and vines and shrubs, stumps and stones, and trees of many kinds, those men made the road.", "sarga_title": "Construction of Bharata’s route"}
{"ref": "2.74.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 74, "verse": 7, "iast": ["avṛkṣeṣu ca deśeṣu ke cid vṛkṣān aropayan", "ke cit kuṭhāraiṣ ṭaṅkaiś ca dātraiś chindan kva cit kva cit"], "translation": "In treeless places some planted trees, while some cut here and there with axes, chisels, and sickles.", "sarga_title": "Construction of Bharata’s route"}
{"ref": "2.74.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 74, "verse": 8, "iast": ["apare vīraṇastambān balino balavattarāḥ", "vidhamanti sma durgāṇi sthalāni ca tatas tataḥ"], "translation": "Others, strong and stronger still, tore up clumps of vīraṇa-grass and cleared away rough ground and high spots here and there.", "sarga_title": "Construction of Bharata’s route"}
{"ref": "2.74.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 74, "verse": 9, "iast": ["apare 'pūrayan kūpān pāṃsubhiḥ śvabhram āyatam", "nimnabhāgāṃs tathā ke cit samāṃś cakruḥ samantataḥ"], "translation": "Others filled up the wells and a long chasm with earth; and some made the low-lying parts level all around.", "sarga_title": "Construction of Bharata’s route"}
{"ref": "2.74.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 74, "verse": 10, "iast": ["babandhur bandhanīyāṃś ca kṣodyān saṃcukṣudus tadā", "bibhidur bhedanīyāṃś ca tāṃs tān deśān narās tadā"], "translation": "Then the men bound up what was to be bound, pounded flat what was to be crushed, and broke up what was to be broken — those various places.", "sarga_title": "Construction of Bharata’s route"}
{"ref": "2.74.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 74, "verse": 11, "iast": ["acireṇaiva kālena parivāhān bahūdakān", "cakrur bahuvidhākārān sāgarapratimān bahūn", "udapānān bahuvidhān vedikā parimaṇḍitān"], "translation": "In no long time they made many overflowing channels full of water, of manifold form and resembling seas, and many kinds of wells adorned with railed platforms.", "sarga_title": "Construction of Bharata’s route"}
{"ref": "2.74.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 74, "verse": 12, "iast": ["sasudhākuṭṭimatalaḥ prapuṣpitamahīruhaḥ", "mattodghuṣṭadvijagaṇaḥ patākābhir alaṃkṛtaḥ"], "translation": "With its ground paved smooth with plaster, its trees in full bloom, its flocks of birds crying out in rapture, and decked with banners,", "sarga_title": "Construction of Bharata’s route"}
{"ref": "2.74.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 74, "verse": 13, "iast": ["candanodakasaṃsikto nānākusumabhūṣitaḥ", "bahv aśobhata senāyāḥ panthāḥ svargapathopamaḥ"], "translation": "sprinkled with sandal-scented water and decorated with all sorts of flowers, the army's road shone greatly, like a path to heaven.", "sarga_title": "Construction of Bharata’s route"}
{"ref": "2.74.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 74, "verse": 14, "iast": ["ājñāpyātha yathājñapti yuktās te 'dhikṛtā narāḥ", "ramaṇīyeṣu deśeṣu bahusvāduphaleṣu ca"], "translation": "Then, being commanded, the appointed men, diligent, according to the order, in lovely regions abounding in sweet fruits,", "sarga_title": "Construction of Bharata’s route"}
{"ref": "2.74.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 74, "verse": 15, "iast": ["yo niveśas tv abhipreto bharatasya mahātmanaḥ", "bhūyas taṃ śobhayām āsur bhūṣābhir bhūṣaṇopamam"], "translation": "whatever encampment was desired by the great-souled Bharata, that they made all the more beautiful with adornments, so it was like an ornament itself.", "sarga_title": "Construction of Bharata’s route"}
{"ref": "2.74.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 74, "verse": 16, "iast": ["nakṣatreṣu praśasteṣu muhūrteṣu ca tadvidaḥ", "niveśaṃ sthāpayām āsur bharatasya mahātmanaḥ"], "translation": "Under auspicious constellations and at favourable moments, those who knew such matters set up the encampment of the great-souled Bharata.", "sarga_title": "Construction of Bharata’s route"}
{"ref": "2.74.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 74, "verse": 17, "iast": ["bahupāṃsucayāś cāpi parikhāparivāritāḥ", "tatrendrakīlapratimāḥ pratolīvaraśobhitāḥ"], "translation": "with high ramparts of heaped earth and surrounded by moats, resembling Indra's peaks there, graced with fine broad streets,", "sarga_title": "Construction of Bharata’s route"}
{"ref": "2.74.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 74, "verse": 18, "iast": ["prāsādamālāsaṃyuktāḥ saudhaprākārasaṃvṛtāḥ", "patākā śobhitāḥ sarve sunirmitamahāpathāḥ"], "translation": "furnished with rows of palaces, enclosed by white-plastered ramparts, all graced with banners and with well-made great roads —", "sarga_title": "Construction of Bharata’s route"}
{"ref": "2.74.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 74, "verse": 19, "iast": ["visarpatbhir ivākāśe viṭaṅkāgravimānakaiḥ", "samucchritair niveśās te babhuḥ śakrapuropamāḥ"], "translation": "With their lofty turret-topped mansions seeming to glide through the sky, those encampments looked like the city of Śakra.", "sarga_title": "Construction of Bharata’s route"}
{"ref": "2.74.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 74, "verse": 20, "iast": ["jāhnavīṃ tu samāsādya vividhadruma kānanām", "śītalāmalapānīyāṃ mahāmīnasamākulām"], "translation": "And reaching the Jāhnavī, with its forests of many kinds of trees, its cool clear waters, and teeming with great fish —", "sarga_title": "Construction of Bharata’s route"}
{"ref": "2.74.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 74, "verse": 21, "iast": ["sacandratārāgaṇamaṇḍitaṃ yathā nabhaḥkṣapāyām amalaṃ virājate", "narendramārgaḥ sa tathā vyarājata krameṇa ramyaḥ śubhaśilpinirmitaḥ"], "translation": "Just as the spotless sky, adorned with the moon and hosts of stars, shines by night, so did that king's highway shine — delightful in every stretch, wrought by skilled artisans.", "sarga_title": "Construction of Bharata’s route"}
{"ref": "2.75.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 75, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tato nāndīmukhīṃ rātriṃ bharataṃ sūtamāgadhāḥ", "tuṣṭuvur vāgviśeṣajñāḥ stavair maṅgalasaṃhitaiḥ"], "translation": "Then, through the night that ushers in a joyful dawn, the bards and panegyrists, masters of choice speech, praised Bharata with hymns filled with auspicious words.", "sarga_title": "Bharata refuses royal honours"}
{"ref": "2.75.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 75, "verse": 2, "iast": ["suvarṇakoṇābhihataḥ prāṇadad yāmadundubhiḥ", "dadhmuḥ śaṅkhāṃś ca śataśo vādyāṃś coccāvacasvarān"], "translation": "The watch-drum, struck with a golden stick, resounded; and they blew conches by the hundreds and sounded instruments of high and low notes.", "sarga_title": "Bharata refuses royal honours"}
{"ref": "2.75.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 75, "verse": 3, "iast": ["sa tūrya ghoṣaḥ sumahān divam āpūrayann iva", "bharataṃ śokasaṃtaptaṃ bhūyaḥ śokair arandhrayat"], "translation": "That very great clamor of instruments, as if filling the sky, pierced Bharata — already tormented with grief — yet again with fresh sorrows.", "sarga_title": "Bharata refuses royal honours"}
{"ref": "2.75.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 75, "verse": 4, "iast": ["tato prabuddho bharatas taṃ ghoṣaṃ saṃnivartya ca", "nāhaṃ rājeti cāpy uktvā śatrughnam idam abravīt"], "translation": "Then Bharata, roused, had that clamor stopped, and saying 'I am no king,' spoke thus to Śatrughna:", "sarga_title": "Bharata refuses royal honours"}
{"ref": "2.75.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 75, "verse": 5, "iast": ["paśya śatrughna kaikeyyā lokasyāpakṛtaṃ mahat", "visṛjya mayi duḥkhāni rājā daśaratho gataḥ"], "translation": "Behold, Śatrughna, the great harm Kaikeyī has done to the world: having laid these sorrows upon me, King Daśaratha has departed.", "sarga_title": "Bharata refuses royal honours"}
{"ref": "2.75.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 75, "verse": 6, "iast": ["tasyaiṣā dharmarājasya dharmamūlā mahātmanaḥ", "paribhramati rājaśrīr naur ivākarṇikā jale"], "translation": "The royal fortune of that great-souled king of righteousness, rooted in dharma, now drifts about like a rudderless boat upon the water.", "sarga_title": "Bharata refuses royal honours"}
{"ref": "2.75.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 75, "verse": 7, "iast": ["ity evaṃ bharataṃ prekṣya vilapantaṃ vicetanam", "kṛpaṇaṃ ruruduḥ sarvāḥ sasvaraṃ yoṣitas tadā"], "translation": "Seeing Bharata thus lamenting and beside himself, all the women then wept aloud, piteously.", "sarga_title": "Bharata refuses royal honours"}
{"ref": "2.75.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 75, "verse": 8, "iast": ["tathā tasmin vilapati vasiṣṭho rājadharmavit", "sabhām ikṣvākunāthasya praviveśa mahāyaśāḥ"], "translation": "While he was lamenting thus, the greatly renowned Vasiṣṭha, knower of royal dharma, entered the assembly-hall of the lord of the Ikṣvākus.", "sarga_title": "Bharata refuses royal honours"}
{"ref": "2.75.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 75, "verse": 9, "iast": ["śāta kumbhamayīṃ ramyāṃ maṇiratnasamākulām", "sudharmām iva dharmātmā sagaṇaḥ pratyapadyata"], "translation": "The righteous one, with his retinue, entered that lovely hall of gold, thronged with gems and jewels, as though entering the Sudharmā (the assembly-hall of the gods).", "sarga_title": "Bharata refuses royal honours"}
{"ref": "2.75.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 75, "verse": 10, "iast": ["sa kāñcanamayaṃ pīṭhaṃ parārdhyāstaraṇāvṛtam", "adhyāsta sarvavedajño dūtān anuśaśāsa ca"], "translation": "He, the knower of all the Vedas, sat upon a golden seat covered with a priceless spread, and gave orders to the messengers:", "sarga_title": "Bharata refuses royal honours"}
{"ref": "2.75.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 75, "verse": 11, "iast": ["brāhmaṇān kṣatriyān yodhān amātyān gaṇaballabhān", "kṣipram ānayatāvyagrāḥ kṛtyam ātyayikaṃ hi naḥ"], "translation": "'Bring quickly, without confusion, the brahmins, the kshatriyas, the warriors, the ministers, and the leaders dear to the guilds; for our business is urgent.'", "sarga_title": "Bharata refuses royal honours"}
{"ref": "2.75.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 75, "verse": 12, "iast": ["tato halahalāśabdo mahān samudapadyata", "rathair aśvair gajaiś cāpi janānām upagacchatām"], "translation": "Then a great tumultuous din arose from the people approaching with chariots, horses, and elephants.", "sarga_title": "Bharata refuses royal honours"}
{"ref": "2.75.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 75, "verse": 13, "iast": ["tato bharatam āyāntaṃ śatakratum ivāmarāḥ", "pratyanandan prakṛtayo yathā daśarathaṃ tathā"], "translation": "Then the subjects welcomed Bharata as he came, just as the immortals welcome Indra (Śatakratu), and just as they had welcomed Daśaratha.", "sarga_title": "Bharata refuses royal honours"}
{"ref": "2.75.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 75, "verse": 14, "iast": ["hrada iva timināgasaṃvṛtaḥ stimitajalo maṇiśaṅkhaśarkaraḥ", "daśarathasutaśobhitā sabhā sadaśaratheva babhau yathā purā"], "translation": "Adorned by Daśaratha's son, the assembly-hall shone as of old, as if Daśaratha himself were present — like a lake with still waters, strewn with gems, conches, and pebbles, and filled with timi-fish and water-serpents.", "sarga_title": "Bharata refuses royal honours"}
{"ref": "2.76.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 76, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tām āryagaṇasaṃpūrṇāṃ bharataḥ pragrahāṃ sabhām", "dadarśa buddhisaṃpannaḥ pūrṇacandrāṃ niśām iva"], "translation": "Bharata, endowed with wisdom, gazed upon that eminent assembly-hall filled with the host of noble men, like a night graced by the full moon.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s declaration to the assembly"}
{"ref": "2.76.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 76, "verse": 2, "iast": ["āsanāni yathānyāyam āryāṇāṃ viśatāṃ tadā", "adṛśyata ghanāpāye pūrṇacandreva śarvarī"], "translation": "As the noble ones entered and took their seats in due order, the hall then appeared like the night lit by the full moon when the clouds have passed.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s declaration to the assembly"}
{"ref": "2.76.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 76, "verse": 3, "iast": ["rājñas tu prakṛtīḥ sarvāḥ samagrāḥ prekṣya dharmavit", "idaṃ purohito vākyaṃ bharataṃ mṛdu cābravīt"], "translation": "Seeing all the king's subjects fully assembled, the family priest, knower of dharma, gently spoke these words to Bharata:", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s declaration to the assembly"}
{"ref": "2.76.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 76, "verse": 4, "iast": ["tāta rājā daśarathaḥ svargato dharmam ācaran", "dhana dhānyavatīṃ sphītāṃ pradāya pṛthivīṃ tava"], "translation": "My child, King Daśaratha, practising dharma, has gone to heaven, having bestowed upon you this prosperous earth rich in wealth and grain.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s declaration to the assembly"}
{"ref": "2.76.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 76, "verse": 5, "iast": ["rāmas tathā satyadhṛtiḥ satāṃ dharmam anusmaran", "nājahāt pitur ādeśaṃ śaśī jyotsnām ivoditaḥ"], "translation": "Likewise Rāma, firm in truth, mindful of the dharma of the good, did not forsake his father's command, as the risen moon does not forsake its light.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s declaration to the assembly"}
{"ref": "2.76.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 76, "verse": 6, "iast": ["pitrā bhrātrā ca te dattaṃ rājyaṃ nihatakaṇṭakam", "tad bhuṅkṣva muditāmātyaḥ kṣipram evābhiṣecaya"], "translation": "The kingdom, its thorns removed, has been given to you by your father and your brother; enjoy it, your ministers rejoicing, and be consecrated at once.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s declaration to the assembly"}
{"ref": "2.76.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 76, "verse": 7, "iast": ["udīcyāś ca pratīcyāś ca dākṣiṇātyāś ca kevalāḥ", "koṭyāparāntāḥ sāmudrā ratnāny abhiharantu te"], "translation": "Let the northern, western, and southern peoples entire, those of the far coasts, and the sea-dwellers bring you their treasures.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s declaration to the assembly"}
{"ref": "2.76.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 76, "verse": 8, "iast": ["tac chrutvā bharato vākyaṃ śokenābhipariplutaḥ", "jagāma manasā rāmaṃ dharmajño dharmakāṅkṣayā"], "translation": "Hearing that speech, Bharata, overwhelmed with grief — that knower of dharma — went in his mind to Rāma, out of longing for righteousness.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s declaration to the assembly"}
{"ref": "2.76.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 76, "verse": 9, "iast": ["sa bāṣpakalayā vācā kalahaṃsasvaro yuvā", "vilalāpa sabhāmadhye jagarhe ca purohitam"], "translation": "He, the young man whose voice was like a wild goose's, lamented in the midst of the assembly in a voice faltering with tears, and reproached the family priest:", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s declaration to the assembly"}
{"ref": "2.76.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 76, "verse": 10, "iast": ["caritabrahmacaryasya vidyā snātasya dhīmataḥ", "dharme prayatamānasya ko rājyaṃ madvidho haret"], "translation": "Who, being of my kind, would seize the kingdom from a man who has fulfilled his vow of studentship, is graduate in learning, wise, and striving in dharma?", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s declaration to the assembly"}
{"ref": "2.76.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 76, "verse": 11, "iast": ["kathaṃ daśarathāj jāto bhaved rājyāpahārakaḥ", "rājyaṃ cāhaṃ ca rāmasya dharmaṃ vaktum ihārhasi"], "translation": "How could one born of Daśaratha become a usurper of the kingdom? Both the kingdom and I belong to Rāma; you ought here to declare what is right.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s declaration to the assembly"}
{"ref": "2.76.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 76, "verse": 12, "iast": ["jyeṣṭhaḥ śreṣṭhaś ca dharmātmā dilīpanahuṣopamaḥ", "labdhum arhati kākutstho rājyaṃ daśaratho yathā"], "translation": "The Kākutstha (Rāma) — eldest and best, righteous of soul, the peer of Dilīpa and Nahuṣa — deserves to obtain the kingdom, just as Daśaratha did.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s declaration to the assembly"}
{"ref": "2.76.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 76, "verse": 13, "iast": ["anāryajuṣṭam asvargyaṃ kuryāṃ pāpam ahaṃ yadi", "ikṣvākūṇām ahaṃ loke bhaveyaṃ kulapāṃsanaḥ"], "translation": "If I were to commit this sin — resorted to only by the ignoble and barring one from heaven — I would become in the world a disgrace to the Ikṣvākus.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s declaration to the assembly"}
{"ref": "2.76.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 76, "verse": 14, "iast": ["yad dhi mātrā kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ nāhaṃ tad abhirocaye", "ihastho vanadurgasthaṃ namasyāmi kṛtāñjaliḥ"], "translation": "For the sin my mother has done, I do not approve of it; standing here, with palms joined I salute him who dwells in the forest wilderness.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s declaration to the assembly"}
{"ref": "2.76.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 76, "verse": 15, "iast": ["rāmam evānugacchāmi sa rājā dvipadāṃ varaḥ", "trayāṇām api lokānāṃ rāghavo rājyam arhati"], "translation": "It is Rāma alone whom I will follow; he is the king, the best of men; Rāghava deserves the kingship even of the three worlds.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s declaration to the assembly"}
{"ref": "2.76.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 76, "verse": 16, "iast": ["tad vākyaṃ dharmasaṃyuktaṃ śrutvā sarve sabhāsadaḥ", "harṣān mumucur aśrūṇi rāme nihitacetasaḥ"], "translation": "Hearing that righteous speech, all the members of the assembly, their hearts set on Rāma, shed tears of joy.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s declaration to the assembly"}
{"ref": "2.76.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 76, "verse": 17, "iast": ["yadi tv āryaṃ na śakṣyāmi vinivartayituṃ vanāt", "vane tatraiva vatsyāmi yathāryo lakṣmaṇas tathā"], "translation": "But if I cannot turn the noble one back from the forest, then I too will dwell there in that very forest, just as the noble Lakṣmaṇa does.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s declaration to the assembly"}
{"ref": "2.76.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 76, "verse": 18, "iast": ["sarvopāyaṃ tu vartiṣye vinivartayituṃ balāt", "samakṣam ārya miśrāṇāṃ sādhūnāṃ guṇavartinām"], "translation": "By every means I will strive to bring him back, even by force, in the presence of the venerable, good men who live by virtue.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s declaration to the assembly"}
{"ref": "2.76.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 76, "verse": 19, "iast": ["evam uktvā tu dharmātmā bharato bhrātṛvatsalaḥ", "samīpastham uvācedaṃ sumantraṃ mantrakovidam"], "translation": "Having spoken thus, the righteous Bharata, fond of his brother, said this to Sumantra, skilled in counsel, who stood nearby:", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s declaration to the assembly"}
{"ref": "2.76.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 76, "verse": 20, "iast": ["tūrṇam utthāya gaccha tvaṃ sumantra mama śāsanāt", "yātrām ājñāpaya kṣipraṃ balaṃ caiva samānaya"], "translation": "Rise quickly and go, Sumantra, at my command; order the march at once and muster the army.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s declaration to the assembly"}
{"ref": "2.76.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 76, "verse": 21, "iast": ["evam uktaḥ sumantras tu bharatena mahātmanā", "prahṛṣṭaḥ so 'diśat sarvaṃ yathā saṃdiṣṭam iṣṭavat"], "translation": "Thus addressed by the great-souled Bharata, Sumantra, delighted, ordered everything exactly as instructed, and gladly.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s declaration to the assembly"}
{"ref": "2.76.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 76, "verse": 22, "iast": ["tāḥ prahṛṣṭāḥ prakṛtayo balādhyakṣā balasya ca", "śrutvā yātrāṃ samājñaptāṃ rāghavasya nivartane"], "translation": "Those subjects, and the commanders of the army, were delighted on hearing that a march had been ordered for the return of Rāghava.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s declaration to the assembly"}
{"ref": "2.76.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 76, "verse": 23, "iast": ["tato yodhāṅganāḥ sarvā bhartṝn sarvān gṛhegṛhe", "yātrā gamanam ājñāya tvarayanti sma harṣitāḥ"], "translation": "Then all the warriors' wives, in house after house, learning of the departure for the march, joyfully urged on all their husbands.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s declaration to the assembly"}
{"ref": "2.76.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 76, "verse": 24, "iast": ["te hayair gorathaiḥ śīghraiḥ syandanaiś ca manojavaiḥ", "saha yodhair balādhyakṣā balaṃ sarvam acodayan"], "translation": "The army-commanders, together with the warriors, set the whole army in motion with horses, swift ox-carts, and chariots swift as thought.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s declaration to the assembly"}
{"ref": "2.76.25", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 76, "verse": 25, "iast": ["sajjaṃ tu tad balaṃ dṛṣṭvā bharato gurusaṃnidhau", "rathaṃ me tvarayasveti sumantraṃ pārśvato 'bravīt"], "translation": "Seeing that army made ready, Bharata, in the presence of his elder, said to Sumantra at his side, 'Make ready my chariot with speed.'", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s declaration to the assembly"}
{"ref": "2.76.26", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 76, "verse": 26, "iast": ["bharatasya tu tasyājñāṃ pratigṛhya praharṣitaḥ", "rathaṃ gṛhītvā prayayau yuktaṃ paramavājibhiḥ"], "translation": "Receiving that command of Bharata's, Sumantra, delighted, took the chariot yoked with excellent horses and drove up.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s declaration to the assembly"}
{"ref": "2.76.27", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 76, "verse": 27, "iast": ["sa rāghavaḥ satyadhṛtiḥ pratāpavān bruvan suyuktaṃ dṛḍhasatyavikramaḥ", "guruṃ mahāraṇyagataṃ yaśasvinaṃ prasādayiṣyan bharato 'bravīt tadā"], "translation": "Then Bharata — that Rāghava, firm in truth, majestic, of steadfast truth and prowess — speaking what was fitting and wishing to win over his illustrious elder who had gone to the great forest, said:", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s declaration to the assembly"}
{"ref": "2.76.28", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 76, "verse": 28, "iast": ["tūṇa samutthāya sumantra gaccha balasya yogāya balapradhānān", "ānetum icchāmi hi taṃ vanasthaṃ prasādya rāmaṃ jagato hitāya"], "translation": "'Rise quickly, Sumantra, and go; for the equipping of the army summon its chief officers. For I wish to bring back him who dwells in the forest — to win over Rāma, for the good of the world.'", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s declaration to the assembly"}
{"ref": "2.76.29", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 76, "verse": 29, "iast": ["sa sūtaputro bharatena samyag ājñāpitaḥ saṃparipūrṇakāmaḥ", "śaśāsa sarvān prakṛtipradhānān balasya mukhyāṃś ca suhṛjjanaṃ ca"], "translation": "That son of the charioteer, duly commanded by Bharata, his wishes wholly fulfilled, gave orders to all the chief ministers, to the leaders of the army, and to the company of friends.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s declaration to the assembly"}
{"ref": "2.76.30", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 76, "verse": 30, "iast": ["tataḥ samutthāya kule kule te rājanyavaiśyā vṛṣalāś ca viprāḥ", "ayūyujann uṣṭrarathān kharāṃś ca nāgān hayāṃś caiva kulaprasūtān"], "translation": "Then, rising up in family after family, kshatriyas, vaishyas, shudras, and brahmins yoked camel-carts and donkeys, and elephants and horses of good breed.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s declaration to the assembly"}
{"ref": "2.77.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 77, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tataḥ samutthitaḥ kālyam āsthāya syandanottamam", "prayayau bharataḥ śīghraṃ rāmadarśanakāṅkṣayā"], "translation": "Then, having risen at dawn and mounted an excellent chariot, Bharata set out swiftly, longing to see Rāma.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s march to the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.77.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 77, "verse": 2, "iast": ["agrataḥ prayayus tasya sarve mantripurodhasaḥ", "adhiruhya hayair yuktān rathān sūryarathopamān"], "translation": "In front of him went all the ministers and priests, mounted upon chariots yoked with horses and resembling the chariot of the sun.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s march to the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.77.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 77, "verse": 3, "iast": ["navanāgasahasrāṇi kalpitāni yathāvidhi", "anvayur bharataṃ yāntam ikṣvāku kulanandanam"], "translation": "Nine thousand elephants, duly caparisoned, followed Bharata, delight of the Ikṣvāku line, as he went.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s march to the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.77.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 77, "verse": 4, "iast": ["ṣaṣṭhī rathasahasrāṇi dhanvino vividhāyudhāḥ", "anvayur bharataṃ yāntaṃ rājaputraṃ yaśasvinam"], "translation": "Sixty thousand chariots, with archers bearing weapons of various kinds, followed the illustrious prince Bharata as he went.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s march to the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.77.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 77, "verse": 5, "iast": ["śataṃ sahasrāṇy aśvānāṃ samārūḍhāni rāghavam", "anvayur bharataṃ yāntaṃ rājaputraṃ yaśasvinam"], "translation": "A hundred thousand horses, all mounted by their riders, followed Rāghava — the illustrious prince Bharata — as he went.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s march to the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.77.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 77, "verse": 6, "iast": ["kaikeyī ca sumitrā ca kausalyā ca yaśasvinī", "rāmānayanasaṃhṛṣṭā yayur yānena bhāsvatā"], "translation": "Kaikeyī, Sumitrā, and the illustrious Kausalyā, delighted at the prospect of bringing Rāma back, rode in a resplendent carriage.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s march to the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.77.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 77, "verse": 7, "iast": ["prayātāś cāryasaṃghātā rāmaṃ draṣṭuṃ salakṣmaṇam", "tasyaiva ca kathāś citrāḥ kurvāṇā hṛṣṭamānasāḥ"], "translation": "And throngs of noble people set out to see Rāma together with Lakṣmaṇa, telling wondrous tales about him, their minds delighted:", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s march to the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.77.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 77, "verse": 8, "iast": ["meghaśyāmaṃ mahābāhuṃ sthirasattvaṃ dṛḍhavratam", "kadā drakṣyāmahe rāmaṃ jagataḥ śokanāśanam"], "translation": "'When shall we behold Rāma — dark as a raincloud, mighty-armed, of firm resolve and steadfast vows, destroyer of the world's grief?'", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s march to the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.77.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 77, "verse": 9, "iast": ["dṛṣṭa eva hi naḥ śokam apaneṣyati rāghavaḥ", "tamaḥ sarvasya lokasya samudyann iva bhāskaraḥ"], "translation": "'The moment he is seen, Rāghava will dispel our grief, as the rising sun dispels the darkness of the whole world.'", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s march to the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.77.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 77, "verse": 10, "iast": ["ity evaṃ kathayantas te saṃprahṛṣṭāḥ kathāḥ śubhāḥ", "pariṣvajānāś cānyonyaṃ yayur nāgarikās tadā"], "translation": "Telling such auspicious tales, greatly delighted, and embracing one another, the townsfolk then went along.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s march to the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.77.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 77, "verse": 11, "iast": ["ye ca tatrāpare sarve saṃmatā ye ca naigamāḥ", "rāmaṃ prati yayur hṛṣṭāḥ sarvāḥ prakṛtayas tadā"], "translation": "And all the other respected persons there, and the merchants — all the subjects — then went joyfully toward Rāma.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s march to the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.77.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 77, "verse": 12, "iast": ["maṇi kārāś ca ye ke cit kumbhakārāś ca śobhanāḥ", "sūtrakarmakṛtaś caiva ye ca śastropajīvinaḥ"], "translation": "Whatever jewelers there were, and the skilled potters, and the workers in thread, and those who live by weapons —", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s march to the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.77.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 77, "verse": 13, "iast": ["māyūrakāḥ krākacikā rocakā vedhakās tathā", "dantakārāḥ sudhākārās tathā gandhopajīvinaḥ"], "translation": "peacock-feather workers, sawyers, burnishers, and borers, ivory-carvers, plasterers, and those who live by perfumery,", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s march to the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.77.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 77, "verse": 14, "iast": ["suvarṇakārāḥ prakhyātās tathā kambaladhāvakāḥ", "snāpakācchādakā vaidyā dhūpakāḥ śauṇḍikās tathā"], "translation": "renowned goldsmiths, washers of woolen blankets, bath-attendants and clothiers, physicians, incense-makers, and vintners,", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s march to the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.77.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 77, "verse": 15, "iast": ["rajakās tunnavāyāś ca grāmaghoṣamahattarāḥ", "śailūṣāś ca saha strībhir yānti kaivartakās tathā"], "translation": "washermen and tailors, the elders of villages and herdsmen's settlements, and actors with their women, and fishermen — all went along.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s march to the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.77.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 77, "verse": 16, "iast": ["samāhitā vedavido brāhmaṇā vṛttasaṃmatāḥ", "gorathair bharataṃ yāntam anujagmuḥ sahasraśaḥ"], "translation": "Composed brahmins, knowers of the Veda, esteemed for their conduct, followed Bharata by the thousands in ox-carts as he went.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s march to the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.77.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 77, "verse": 17, "iast": ["suveṣāḥ śuddhavasanās tāmramṛṣṭānulepanāḥ", "sarve te vividhair yānaiḥ śanair bharatam anvayuḥ"], "translation": "Well-attired, in clean garments, anointed with burnished reddish unguents, all of them followed Bharata slowly in various vehicles.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s march to the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.77.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 77, "verse": 18, "iast": ["prahṛṣṭamuditā senā sānvayāt kaikayīsutam", "vyavatiṣṭhata sā senā bharatasyānuyāyinī"], "translation": "The army, thrilled and rejoicing, followed the son of Kaikeyī; and that army, marching in Bharata's train, arrayed itself.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s march to the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.77.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 77, "verse": 19, "iast": ["nirīkṣyānugatāṃ senāṃ tāṃ ca gaṅgāṃ śivodakām", "bharataḥ sacivān sarvān abravīd vākyakovidaḥ"], "translation": "Beholding the army that followed and the Gaṅgā with her auspicious waters, Bharata, skilled in speech, said to all his counsellors:", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s march to the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.77.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 77, "verse": 20, "iast": ["niveśayata me sainyam abhiprāyeṇa sarvaśaḥ", "viśrāntaḥ pratariṣyāmaḥ śva idānīṃ mahānadīm"], "translation": "'Encamp my whole army as is fitting; having rested, we shall cross the great river tomorrow.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s march to the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.77.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 77, "verse": 21, "iast": ["dātuṃ ca tāvad icchāmi svar gatasya mahīpateḥ", "aurdhvadeha nimittārtham avatīryodakaṃ nadīm"], "translation": "And meanwhile I wish, for the sake of the funeral rite of the king who has gone to heaven, to go down into the river and offer the water-libation.'", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s march to the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.77.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 77, "verse": 22, "iast": ["tasyaivaṃ bruvato 'mātyās tathety uktvā samāhitāḥ", "nyaveśayaṃs tāṃś chandena svena svena pṛthakpṛthak"], "translation": "As he spoke thus, the attentive ministers, saying 'So be it,' encamped the troops each apart, according to their own dispositions.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s march to the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.77.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 77, "verse": 23, "iast": ["niveśya gaṅgām anu tāṃ mahānadīṃ camūṃ vidhānaiḥ paribarha śobhinīm", "uvāsa rāmasya tadā mahātmano vicintayāno bharato nivartanam"], "translation": "Having encamped along that great river Gaṅgā the army — drawn up in due order and resplendent with its trappings — Bharata then dwelt there, pondering the return of the great-souled Rāma.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s march to the Gaṅgā"}
{"ref": "2.78.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 78, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tato niviṣṭāṃ dhvajinīṃ gaṅgām anvāśritāṃ nadīm", "niṣādarājo dṛṣṭvaiva jñātīn saṃtvarito 'bravīt"], "translation": "Then the Niṣāda king, seeing the army encamped along the river Gaṅgā, hurriedly said to his kinsmen:", "sarga_title": "Guha prepares to resist Bharata"}
{"ref": "2.78.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 78, "verse": 2, "iast": ["mahatīyam ataḥ senā sāgarābhā pradṛśyate", "nāsyāntam avagacchāmi manasāpi vicintayan"], "translation": "This great army, looking like the ocean, appears before us; even pondering it in my mind, I cannot make out its end.", "sarga_title": "Guha prepares to resist Bharata"}
{"ref": "2.78.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 78, "verse": 3, "iast": ["sa eṣa hi mahākāyaḥ kovidāradhvajo rathe", "bandhayiṣyati vā dāśān atha vāsmān vadhiṣyati"], "translation": "This very man of huge frame, with the kovidāra tree for his banner on his chariot, will either put us fishermen in chains or else slay us.", "sarga_title": "Guha prepares to resist Bharata"}
{"ref": "2.78.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 78, "verse": 4, "iast": ["atha dāśarathiṃ rāmaṃ pitrā rājyād vivāsitam", "bharataḥ kaikeyīputro hantuṃ samadhigacchati"], "translation": "Or else Bharata, son of Kaikeyī, is coming to kill Rāma, Daśaratha's son, banished from the kingdom by his father.", "sarga_title": "Guha prepares to resist Bharata"}
{"ref": "2.78.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 78, "verse": 5, "iast": ["bhartā caiva sakhā caiva rāmo dāśarathir mama", "tasyārthakāmāḥ saṃnaddhā gaṅgānūpe 'tra tiṣṭhata"], "translation": "Rāma, son of Daśaratha, is both my lord and my friend; desiring his welfare, stand here armed on the bank of the Gaṅgā.", "sarga_title": "Guha prepares to resist Bharata"}
{"ref": "2.78.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 78, "verse": 6, "iast": ["tiṣṭhantu sarvadāśāś ca gaṅgām anvāśritā nadīm", "balayuktā nadīrakṣā māṃsamūlaphalāśanāḥ"], "translation": "Let all the fishermen, stationed along the river Gaṅgā, provided with a force and living on meat, roots, and fruit, stand as guardians of the river.", "sarga_title": "Guha prepares to resist Bharata"}
{"ref": "2.78.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 78, "verse": 7, "iast": ["nāvāṃ śatānāṃ pañcānāṃ kaivartānāṃ śataṃ śatam", "saṃnaddhānāṃ tathā yūnāṃ tiṣṭhantv atyabhyacodayat"], "translation": "'Let a hundred fishermen man each of five hundred boats — young men girded for battle — and stand ready,' he urged insistently.", "sarga_title": "Guha prepares to resist Bharata"}
{"ref": "2.78.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 78, "verse": 8, "iast": ["yadā tuṣṭas tu bharato rāmasyeha bhaviṣyati", "seyaṃ svastimayī senā gaṅgām adya tariṣyati"], "translation": "But when Bharata's intent toward Rāma proves benign, then this army, wishing no harm, may cross the Gaṅgā today.", "sarga_title": "Guha prepares to resist Bharata"}
{"ref": "2.78.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 78, "verse": 9, "iast": ["ity uktvopāyanaṃ gṛhya matsyamāṃsamadhūni ca", "abhicakrāma bharataṃ niṣādādhipatir guhaḥ"], "translation": "Having spoken thus and taken a gift — fish, meat, and honey — Guha, the lord of the Niṣādas, approached Bharata.", "sarga_title": "Guha prepares to resist Bharata"}
{"ref": "2.78.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 78, "verse": 10, "iast": ["tam āyāntaṃ tu saṃprekṣya sūtaputraḥ pratāpavān", "bharatāyācacakṣe 'tha vinayajño vinītavat"], "translation": "Seeing him approach, the mighty son of the charioteer (Sumantra), knowing propriety, then respectfully announced to Bharata:", "sarga_title": "Guha prepares to resist Bharata"}
{"ref": "2.78.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 78, "verse": 11, "iast": ["eṣa jñātisahasreṇa sthapatiḥ parivāritaḥ", "kuśalo daṇḍakāraṇye vṛddho bhrātuś ca te sakhā"], "translation": "This chieftain, surrounded by a thousand kinsmen, well-acquainted with the Daṇḍaka forest, an elder, is the friend of your brother.", "sarga_title": "Guha prepares to resist Bharata"}
{"ref": "2.78.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 78, "verse": 12, "iast": ["tasmāt paśyatu kākutstha tvāṃ niṣādādhipo guhaḥ", "asaṃśayaṃ vijānīte yatra tau rāmalakṣmaṇau"], "translation": "Therefore, O Kākutstha, let Guha, the lord of the Niṣādas, have audience with you; without doubt he knows where Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa are.", "sarga_title": "Guha prepares to resist Bharata"}
{"ref": "2.78.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 78, "verse": 13, "iast": ["etat tu vacanaṃ śrutvā sumantrād bharataḥ śubham", "uvāca vacanaṃ śīghraṃ guhaḥ paśyatu mām iti"], "translation": "Hearing these good words from Sumantra, Bharata quickly said, 'Let Guha come to see me.'", "sarga_title": "Guha prepares to resist Bharata"}
{"ref": "2.78.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 78, "verse": 14, "iast": ["labdhvābhyanujñāṃ saṃhṛṣṭo jñātibhiḥ parivāritaḥ", "āgamya bharataṃ prahvo guho vacanam abravīit"], "translation": "Having obtained leave, delighted and surrounded by his kinsmen, Guha came to Bharata and, bowing low, spoke these words:", "sarga_title": "Guha prepares to resist Bharata"}
{"ref": "2.78.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 78, "verse": 15, "iast": ["niṣkuṭaś caiva deśo 'yaṃ vañcitāś cāpi te vayam", "nivedayāmas te sarve svake dāśakule vasa"], "translation": "This region is your own pleasure-grove, and we too are yours to command; we all offer ourselves to you — dwell here in our fishermen's home.", "sarga_title": "Guha prepares to resist Bharata"}
{"ref": "2.78.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 78, "verse": 16, "iast": ["asti mūlaṃ phalaṃ caiva niṣādaiḥ samupāhṛtam", "ārdraṃ ca māṃsaṃ śuṣkaṃ ca vanyaṃ coccāvacaṃ mahat"], "translation": "There are roots and fruit, gathered by the Niṣādas, and meat both fresh and dried, and abundant forest fare of every kind.", "sarga_title": "Guha prepares to resist Bharata"}
{"ref": "2.78.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 78, "verse": 17, "iast": ["āśaṃse svāśitā senā vatsyatīmāṃ vibhāvarīm", "arcito vividhaiḥ kāmaiḥ śvaḥ sasainyo gamiṣyasi"], "translation": "I trust the army, well-fed, will pass this night here; honored with all manner of comforts, you will proceed tomorrow with your army.", "sarga_title": "Guha prepares to resist Bharata"}
{"ref": "2.79.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 79, "verse": 1, "iast": ["evam uktas tu bharato niṣādādhipatiṃ guham", "pratyuvāca mahāprājño vākyaṃ hetvarthasaṃhitam"], "translation": "Thus addressed, the greatly wise Bharata replied to Guha, the lord of the Niṣādas, with words full of reason and meaning:", "sarga_title": "Guha accepts Bharata’s purpose"}
{"ref": "2.79.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 79, "verse": 2, "iast": ["ūrjitaḥ khalu te kāmaḥ kṛto mama guroḥ sakhe", "yo me tvam īdṛśīṃ senām eko 'bhyarcitum icchasi"], "translation": "A great favour, indeed, have you done me, O friend of my father, in that you alone wish to entertain such an army of mine.", "sarga_title": "Guha accepts Bharata’s purpose"}
{"ref": "2.79.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 79, "verse": 3, "iast": ["ity uktvā tu mahātejā guhaṃ vacanam uttamam", "abravīd bharataḥ śrīmān niṣādādhipatiṃ punaḥ"], "translation": "Having spoken thus, the illustrious Bharata of great splendour again addressed excellent words to Guha, the lord of the Niṣādas:", "sarga_title": "Guha accepts Bharata’s purpose"}
{"ref": "2.79.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 79, "verse": 4, "iast": ["katareṇa gamiṣyāmi bharadvājāśramaṃ guha", "gahano 'yaṃ bhṛśaṃ deśo gaṅgānūpo duratyayaḥ"], "translation": "By which road shall I go to Bharadvāja's hermitage, O Guha? This region is exceedingly dense, and the Gaṅgā's marshy bank hard to cross.", "sarga_title": "Guha accepts Bharata’s purpose"}
{"ref": "2.79.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 79, "verse": 5, "iast": ["tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā rājaputrasya dhīmataḥ", "abravīt prāñjalir vākyaṃ guho gahanagocaraḥ"], "translation": "Hearing that speech of the wise prince, Guha, a ranger of the wilds, spoke with joined palms:", "sarga_title": "Guha accepts Bharata’s purpose"}
{"ref": "2.79.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 79, "verse": 6, "iast": ["dāśās tv anugamiṣyanti dhanvinaḥ susamāhitāḥ", "ahaṃ cānugamiṣyāmi rājaputra mahāyaśaḥ"], "translation": "The fishermen, archers well-arrayed, will accompany you, and I too will follow, O illustrious prince.", "sarga_title": "Guha accepts Bharata’s purpose"}
{"ref": "2.79.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 79, "verse": 7, "iast": ["kaccin na duṣṭo vrajasi rāmasyākliṣṭakarmaṇaḥ", "iyaṃ te mahatī senā śaṅkāṃ janayatīva me"], "translation": "Surely you do not march with ill intent against Rāma of untiring deeds? This great army of yours rouses, as it were, a misgiving in me.", "sarga_title": "Guha accepts Bharata’s purpose"}
{"ref": "2.79.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 79, "verse": 8, "iast": ["tam evam abhibhāṣantam ākāśa iva nirmalaḥ", "bharataḥ ślakṣṇayā vācā guhaṃ vacanam abravīt"], "translation": "To him who spoke thus, Bharata, pure as the cloudless sky, replied to Guha in a gentle voice:", "sarga_title": "Guha accepts Bharata’s purpose"}
{"ref": "2.79.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 79, "verse": 9, "iast": ["mā bhūt sa kālo yat kaṣṭaṃ na māṃ śaṅkitum arhasi", "rāghavaḥ sa hi me bhrātā jyeṣṭhaḥ pitṛsamo mama"], "translation": "May that dreadful time never come; you ought not to suspect me. For that Rāghava is my elder brother, like a father to me.", "sarga_title": "Guha accepts Bharata’s purpose"}
{"ref": "2.79.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 79, "verse": 10, "iast": ["taṃ nivartayituṃ yāmi kākutsthaṃ vanavāsinam", "buddhir anyā na te kāryā guha satyaṃ bravīmi te"], "translation": "I go to bring back Kākutstha, who dwells in the forest; you must form no other notion, Guha — I tell you the truth.", "sarga_title": "Guha accepts Bharata’s purpose"}
{"ref": "2.79.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 79, "verse": 11, "iast": ["sa tu saṃhṛṣṭavadanaḥ śrutvā bharatabhāṣitam", "punar evābravīd vākyaṃ bharataṃ prati harṣitaḥ"], "translation": "He, his face lit with delight on hearing Bharata's words, again, joyfully, addressed Bharata:", "sarga_title": "Guha accepts Bharata’s purpose"}
{"ref": "2.79.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 79, "verse": 12, "iast": ["dhanyas tvaṃ na tvayā tulyaṃ paśyāmi jagatītale", "ayatnād āgataṃ rājyaṃ yas tvaṃ tyaktum ihecchasi"], "translation": "Blessed are you; I see none equal to you on the face of the earth — you who wish to renounce a kingdom that has come to you without effort.", "sarga_title": "Guha accepts Bharata’s purpose"}
{"ref": "2.79.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 79, "verse": 13, "iast": ["śāśvatī khalu te kīrtir lokān anucariṣyati", "yas tvaṃ kṛcchragataṃ rāmaṃ pratyānayitum icchasi"], "translation": "Everlasting, surely, will be your fame, ranging through the worlds — you who wish to bring back Rāma, fallen into hardship.", "sarga_title": "Guha accepts Bharata’s purpose"}
{"ref": "2.79.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 79, "verse": 14, "iast": ["evaṃ saṃbhāṣamāṇasya guhasya bharataṃ tadā", "babhau naṣṭaprabhaḥ sūryo rajanī cābhyavartata"], "translation": "As Guha was conversing thus with Bharata, the sun grew dim and set, and night came on.", "sarga_title": "Guha accepts Bharata’s purpose"}
{"ref": "2.79.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 79, "verse": 15, "iast": ["saṃniveśya sa tāṃ senāṃ guhena paritoṣitaḥ", "śatrughnena saha śrīmāñ śayanaṃ punar āgamat"], "translation": "Having settled that army to rest, and gratified by Guha, the illustrious Bharata, together with Śatrughna, went again to his couch.", "sarga_title": "Guha accepts Bharata’s purpose"}
{"ref": "2.79.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 79, "verse": 16, "iast": ["rāmacintāmayaḥ śoko bharatasya mahātmanaḥ", "upasthito hy anarhasya dharmaprekṣasya tādṛśaḥ"], "translation": "Such a grief, made of anxious thought for Rāma, befell the great-souled Bharata, who looked ever to dharma and did not deserve it.", "sarga_title": "Guha accepts Bharata’s purpose"}
{"ref": "2.79.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 79, "verse": 17, "iast": ["antardāhena dahanaḥ saṃtāpayati rāghavam", "vanadāhābhisaṃtaptaṃ gūḍho 'gnir iva pādapam"], "translation": "That burning grief, with its inner fire, tormented Bharata, as a hidden fire torments a tree already scorched by a forest-blaze.", "sarga_title": "Guha accepts Bharata’s purpose"}
{"ref": "2.79.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 79, "verse": 18, "iast": ["prasrutaḥ sarvagātrebhyaḥ svedaḥ śokāgnisaṃbhavaḥ", "yathā sūryāṃśusaṃtapto himavān prasruto himam"], "translation": "Sweat, born of the fire of grief, streamed from all his limbs, as Himavat, heated by the sun's rays, streams down its melting snow.", "sarga_title": "Guha accepts Bharata’s purpose"}
{"ref": "2.79.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 79, "verse": 19, "iast": ["dhyānanirdaraśailena viniḥśvasitadhātunā", "dainyapādapasaṃghena śokāyāsādhiśṛṅgiṇā"], "translation": "By a mountain whose caverns were his brooding, whose ores were his deep sighs, whose clustering trees were his despondency, and whose lofty peaks were his grief and weariness —", "sarga_title": "Guha accepts Bharata’s purpose"}
{"ref": "2.79.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 79, "verse": 20, "iast": ["pramohānantasattvena saṃtāpauṣadhiveṇunā", "ākrānto duḥkhaśailena mahatā kaikayīsutaḥ"], "translation": "its numberless beasts his spells of delusion, its herbs and bamboos his torments: by this great mountain of sorrow was the son of Kaikeyī overwhelmed.", "sarga_title": "Guha accepts Bharata’s purpose"}
{"ref": "2.79.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 79, "verse": 21, "iast": ["guhena sārdhaṃ bharataḥ samāgato mahānubhāvaḥ sajanaḥ samāhitaḥ", "sudurmanās taṃ bharataṃ tadā punar guhaḥ samāśvāsayad agrajaṃ prati"], "translation": "The noble-minded Bharata, composed and attended by his people, had met with Guha; yet, seeing him utterly disconsolate, Guha then once more consoled that Bharata concerning his elder brother.", "sarga_title": "Guha accepts Bharata’s purpose"}
{"ref": "2.80.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 80, "verse": 1, "iast": ["ācacakṣe 'tha sadbhāvaṃ lakṣmaṇasya mahātmanaḥ", "bharatāyāprameyāya guho gahanagocaraḥ"], "translation": "Then Guha, dweller in the wilderness, recounted to the immeasurable Bharata the true devotion of the great-souled Lakṣmaṇa:", "sarga_title": "Guha recounts Lakṣmaṇa’s vigil"}
{"ref": "2.80.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 80, "verse": 2, "iast": ["taṃ jāgrataṃ guṇair yuktaṃ varacāpeṣudhāriṇam", "bhrātṛ guptyartham atyantam ahaṃ lakṣmaṇam abravam"], "translation": "Him — awake, endowed with virtues, bearing his fine bow and quiver, ceaselessly on guard for his brother — I, that Lakṣmaṇa, addressed:", "sarga_title": "Guha recounts Lakṣmaṇa’s vigil"}
{"ref": "2.80.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 80, "verse": 3, "iast": ["iyaṃ tāta sukhā śayyā tvadartham upakalpitā", "pratyāśvasihi śeṣvāsyāṃ sukhaṃ rāghavanandana"], "translation": "‘This comfortable bed, dear sir, has been made ready for you; take your rest, lie upon it in ease, O delight of the Rāghavas.’", "sarga_title": "Guha recounts Lakṣmaṇa’s vigil"}
{"ref": "2.80.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 80, "verse": 4, "iast": ["ucito 'yaṃ janaḥ sarve duḥkhānāṃ tvaṃ sukhocitaḥ", "dharmātmaṃs tasya guptyarthaṃ jāgariṣyāmahe vayam"], "translation": "‘All this folk is inured to hardships, but you are accustomed to comfort; O righteous one, we shall keep watch for his protection.’", "sarga_title": "Guha recounts Lakṣmaṇa’s vigil"}
{"ref": "2.80.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 80, "verse": 5, "iast": ["na hi rāmāt priyataro mamāsti bhuvi kaś cana", "motsuko bhūr bravīmy etad apy asatyaṃ tavāgrataḥ"], "translation": "‘For there is no one on earth dearer to me than Rāma; do not be anxious — I tell you this, nor would I speak even a falsehood before you.’", "sarga_title": "Guha recounts Lakṣmaṇa’s vigil"}
{"ref": "2.80.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 80, "verse": 6, "iast": ["asya prasādād āśaṃse loke 'smin sumahad yaśaḥ", "dharmāvāptiṃ ca vipulām arthāvāptiṃ ca kevalām"], "translation": "‘By his grace I hope for very great fame in this world, and abundant attainment of dharma, and unqualified attainment of wealth.’", "sarga_title": "Guha recounts Lakṣmaṇa’s vigil"}
{"ref": "2.80.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 80, "verse": 7, "iast": ["so 'haṃ priyasakhaṃ rāmaṃ śayānaṃ saha sītayā", "rakṣiṣyāmi dhanuṣpāṇiḥ sarvaiḥ svair jñātibhiḥ saha"], "translation": "‘So I, bow in hand, together with all my own kinsmen, shall guard my dear friend Rāma as he sleeps with Sītā.’", "sarga_title": "Guha recounts Lakṣmaṇa’s vigil"}
{"ref": "2.80.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 80, "verse": 8, "iast": ["na hi me 'viditaṃ kiṃ cid vane 'smiṃś carataḥ sadā", "caturaṅgaṃ hy api balaṃ prasahema vayaṃ yudhi"], "translation": "‘For nothing here is unknown to me, who roam this forest constantly; indeed we could withstand even a fourfold army in battle.’", "sarga_title": "Guha recounts Lakṣmaṇa’s vigil"}
{"ref": "2.80.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 80, "verse": 9, "iast": ["evam asmābhir uktena lakṣmaṇena mahātmanā", "anunītā vayaṃ sarve dharmam evānupaśyatā"], "translation": "Thus addressed by the great-souled Lakṣmaṇa, who looked only to dharma, all of us were won over.", "sarga_title": "Guha recounts Lakṣmaṇa’s vigil"}
{"ref": "2.80.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 80, "verse": 10, "iast": ["kathaṃ dāśarathau bhūmau śayāne saha sītayā", "śakyā nidrāmayā labdhuṃ jīvitaṃ vā sukhāni vā"], "translation": "‘How, while the son of Daśaratha lies upon the ground with Sītā, could sleep be won by me, or life, or comforts?’", "sarga_title": "Guha recounts Lakṣmaṇa’s vigil"}
{"ref": "2.80.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 80, "verse": 11, "iast": ["yo na devāsuraiḥ sarvaiḥ śakyaḥ prasahituṃ yudhi", "taṃ paśya guha saṃviṣṭaṃ tṛṇeṣu saha sītayā"], "translation": "‘He whom not all the gods and demons together could overpower in battle — behold him, Guha, lying on the grass with Sītā!’", "sarga_title": "Guha recounts Lakṣmaṇa’s vigil"}
{"ref": "2.80.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 80, "verse": 12, "iast": ["mahatā tapasā labdho vividhaiś ca pariśramaiḥ", "eko daśarathasyaiṣa putraḥ sadṛśalakṣaṇaḥ"], "translation": "‘Won by great austerity and by manifold toils, this is the one son of Daśaratha who bears marks worthy of him.’", "sarga_title": "Guha recounts Lakṣmaṇa’s vigil"}
{"ref": "2.80.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 80, "verse": 13, "iast": ["asmin pravrājite rājā na ciraṃ vartayiṣyati", "vidhavā medinī nūnaṃ kṣipram eva bhaviṣyati"], "translation": "‘Now that he is exiled, the king will not live long; and the earth will surely, very soon, become a widow.’", "sarga_title": "Guha recounts Lakṣmaṇa’s vigil"}
{"ref": "2.80.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 80, "verse": 14, "iast": ["vinadya sumahānādaṃ śrameṇoparatāḥ striyaḥ", "nirghoṣoparataṃ nūnam adya rājaniveśanam"], "translation": "‘Having wailed one great cry, the women have fallen silent from exhaustion; surely by now the king's palace has grown still, its clamor hushed.’", "sarga_title": "Guha recounts Lakṣmaṇa’s vigil"}
{"ref": "2.80.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 80, "verse": 15, "iast": ["kausalyā caiva rājā ca tathaiva jananī mama", "nāśaṃse yadi te sarve jīveyuḥ śarvarīm imām"], "translation": "‘Kausalyā, and the king, and likewise my own mother — I do not think they will all live through this very night.’", "sarga_title": "Guha recounts Lakṣmaṇa’s vigil"}
{"ref": "2.80.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 80, "verse": 16, "iast": ["jīved api hi me mātā śatrughnasyānvavekṣayā", "duḥkhitā yā tu kausalyā vīrasūr vinaśiṣyati"], "translation": "‘My mother may yet live, out of regard for Śatrughna; but sorrowing Kausalyā, the mother of a hero, will perish.’", "sarga_title": "Guha recounts Lakṣmaṇa’s vigil"}
{"ref": "2.80.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 80, "verse": 17, "iast": ["atikrāntam atikrāntam anavāpya manoratham", "rājye rāmam anikṣipya pitā me vinaśiṣyati"], "translation": "‘All is undone, all is undone! Having failed to attain his heart's desire, and without installing Rāma in the kingship, my father will perish.’", "sarga_title": "Guha recounts Lakṣmaṇa’s vigil"}
{"ref": "2.80.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 80, "verse": 18, "iast": ["siddhārthāḥ pitaraṃ vṛttaṃ tasmin kāle hy upasthite", "pretakāryeṣu sarveṣu saṃskariṣyanti bhūmipam"], "translation": "‘When that time comes, those who have gained their ends will perform all the funeral rites for my deceased father, the king.’", "sarga_title": "Guha recounts Lakṣmaṇa’s vigil"}
{"ref": "2.80.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 80, "verse": 19, "iast": ["ramyacatvarasaṃsthānāṃ suvibhaktamahāpathām", "harmyaprāsādasaṃpannāṃ sarvaratnavibhūṣitām"], "translation": "‘That city with its lovely arrangement of squares, its well-laid-out highways, rich in mansions and palaces, adorned with every jewel;", "sarga_title": "Guha recounts Lakṣmaṇa’s vigil"}
{"ref": "2.80.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 80, "verse": 20, "iast": ["gajāśvarathasaṃbādhāṃ tūryanādavināditām", "sarvakalyāṇasaṃpūrṇāṃ hṛṣṭapuṣṭajanākulām"], "translation": "thronged with elephants, horses, and chariots, resounding with the blare of trumpets, full of every blessing, crowded with joyous, well-fed people;", "sarga_title": "Guha recounts Lakṣmaṇa’s vigil"}
{"ref": "2.80.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 80, "verse": 21, "iast": ["ārāmodyānasaṃpūrṇāṃ samājotsavaśālinīm", "sukhitā vicariṣyanti rājadhānīṃ pitur mama"], "translation": "full of pleasure-groves and gardens, graced with assemblies and festivals — through my father's royal capital they will happily wander (once more).’", "sarga_title": "Guha recounts Lakṣmaṇa’s vigil"}
{"ref": "2.80.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 80, "verse": 22, "iast": ["api satyapratijñena sārdhaṃ kuśalinā vayam", "nivṛtte samaye hy asmin sukhitāḥ praviśemahi"], "translation": "‘Would that, when this term of exile has run out, we might happily enter the city together with the one true to his word, safe and well!’", "sarga_title": "Guha recounts Lakṣmaṇa’s vigil"}
{"ref": "2.80.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 80, "verse": 23, "iast": ["paridevayamānasya tasyaivaṃ sumahātmanaḥ", "tiṣṭhato rājaputrasya śarvarī sātyavartata"], "translation": "As that very great-souled prince stood thus lamenting, the night wore away.", "sarga_title": "Guha recounts Lakṣmaṇa’s vigil"}
{"ref": "2.80.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 80, "verse": 24, "iast": ["prabhāte vimale sūrye kārayitvā jaṭā ubhau", "asmin bhāgīrathī tīre sukhaṃ saṃtāritau mayā"], "translation": "When the sun rose bright and clear at dawn, I had the two of them make their hair into matted locks, and here at the bank of the Bhāgīrathī I ferried them safely across.", "sarga_title": "Guha recounts Lakṣmaṇa’s vigil"}
{"ref": "2.80.25", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 80, "verse": 25, "iast": ["jaṭādharau tau drumacīravāsasau mahābalau kuñjarayūthapopamau", "vareṣucāpāsidharau paraṃtapau vyavekṣamāṇau saha sītayā gatau"], "translation": "Those two, wearing matted locks, clad in bark garments, mighty as the leaders of elephant herds, bearing fine bows, arrows, and swords, scorchers of the foe, gazing about them, departed together with Sītā.", "sarga_title": "Guha recounts Lakṣmaṇa’s vigil"}
{"ref": "2.81.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 81, "verse": 1, "iast": ["guhasya vacanaṃ śrutvā bharato bhṛśam apriyam", "dhyānaṃ jagāma tatraiva yatra tac chrutam apriyam"], "translation": "Hearing Guha's exceedingly painful words, Bharata sank into brooding, right there where that unwelcome news had been told.", "sarga_title": "Rāma and Sītā’s grass bed"}
{"ref": "2.81.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 81, "verse": 2, "iast": ["sukumāro mahāsattvaḥ siṃhaskandho mahābhujaḥ", "puṇḍarīka viśālākṣas taruṇaḥ priyadarśanaḥ"], "translation": "Tender, great of spirit, lion-shouldered, mighty-armed, his eyes broad as lotus petals, young, and fair to look upon —", "sarga_title": "Rāma and Sītā’s grass bed"}
{"ref": "2.81.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 81, "verse": 3, "iast": ["pratyāśvasya muhūrtaṃ tu kālaṃ paramadurmanāḥ", "papāta sahasā totrair hṛdi viddha iva dvipaḥ"], "translation": "Regaining himself for a brief while, then, utterly disheartened, he fell down all at once, like an elephant pierced in the heart by goads.", "sarga_title": "Rāma and Sītā’s grass bed"}
{"ref": "2.81.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 81, "verse": 4, "iast": ["tadavasthaṃ tu bharataṃ śatrughno 'nantara sthitaḥ", "pariṣvajya rurodoccair visaṃjñaḥ śokakarśitaḥ"], "translation": "Śatrughna, standing close by, embraced Bharata in that state and wept aloud, senseless and wasted with grief.", "sarga_title": "Rāma and Sītā’s grass bed"}
{"ref": "2.81.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 81, "verse": 5, "iast": ["tataḥ sarvāḥ samāpetur mātaro bharatasya tāḥ", "upavāsa kṛśā dīnā bhartṛvyasanakarśitāḥ"], "translation": "Then all those mothers of Bharata came running — gaunt from fasting, wretched, worn by the calamity that had befallen their husband.", "sarga_title": "Rāma and Sītā’s grass bed"}
{"ref": "2.81.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 81, "verse": 6, "iast": ["tāś ca taṃ patitaṃ bhūmau rudantyaḥ paryavārayan", "kausalyā tv anusṛtyainaṃ durmanāḥ pariṣasvaje"], "translation": "And they, weeping, surrounded him where he had fallen to the ground; but Kausalyā, coming up to him in her grief, embraced him.", "sarga_title": "Rāma and Sītā’s grass bed"}
{"ref": "2.81.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 81, "verse": 7, "iast": ["vatsalā svaṃ yathā vatsam upagūhya tapasvinī", "paripapraccha bharataṃ rudantī śokalālasā"], "translation": "As a loving cow embraces her own calf, the poor woman clasped him and, weeping, distraught with grief, questioned Bharata:", "sarga_title": "Rāma and Sītā’s grass bed"}
{"ref": "2.81.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 81, "verse": 8, "iast": ["putravyādhir na te kaccic charīraṃ paribādhate", "adya rājakulasyāsya tvadadhīnaṃ hi jīvitam"], "translation": "Surely no illness afflicts your body, my son? For today the very life of this royal house depends upon you.", "sarga_title": "Rāma and Sītā’s grass bed"}
{"ref": "2.81.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 81, "verse": 9, "iast": ["tvāṃ dṛṣṭvā putra jīvāmi rāme sabhrātṛke gate", "vṛtte daśarathe rājñi nātha ekas tvam adya naḥ"], "translation": "Seeing you, my son, I live on; with Rāma gone away together with his brother, and King Daśaratha dead, you alone are now our protector.", "sarga_title": "Rāma and Sītā’s grass bed"}
{"ref": "2.81.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 81, "verse": 10, "iast": ["kaccin na lakṣmaṇe putra śrutaṃ te kiṃ cid apriyam", "putra vā hy ekaputrāyāḥ sahabhārye vanaṃ gate"], "translation": "Have you heard, my son, no ill news of Lakṣmaṇa, or of the one son of his mother, gone with his wife to the forest?", "sarga_title": "Rāma and Sītā’s grass bed"}
{"ref": "2.81.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 81, "verse": 11, "iast": ["sa muhūrtaṃ samāśvasya rudann eva mahāyaśāḥ", "kausalyāṃ parisāntvyedaṃ guhaṃ vacanam abravīt"], "translation": "Recovering himself for a moment, still weeping, the illustrious one consoled Kausalyā and spoke these words to Guha:", "sarga_title": "Rāma and Sītā’s grass bed"}
{"ref": "2.81.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 81, "verse": 12, "iast": ["bhrātā me kvāvasad rātriṃ kva sītā kva ca lakṣmaṇaḥ", "asvapac chayane kasmin kiṃ bhuktvā guha śaṃsa me"], "translation": "Where did my brother spend the night, and where Sītā, and where Lakṣmaṇa? On what bed did he sleep, and having eaten what? Tell me, Guha.", "sarga_title": "Rāma and Sītā’s grass bed"}
{"ref": "2.81.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 81, "verse": 13, "iast": ["so 'bravīd bharataṃ pṛṣṭo niṣādādhipatir guhaḥ", "yad vidhaṃ pratipede ca rāme priyahite 'tithau"], "translation": "Being asked, Guha, lord of the Niṣādas, told Bharata what manner of hospitality he had rendered to Rāma, his dear and cherished guest:", "sarga_title": "Rāma and Sītā’s grass bed"}
{"ref": "2.81.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 81, "verse": 14, "iast": ["annam uccāvacaṃ bhakṣyāḥ phalāni vividhāni ca", "rāmāyābhyavahārārthaṃ bahucopahṛtaṃ mayā"], "translation": "Food of every kind, delicacies, and fruits of many sorts were offered by me in abundance to Rāma for his eating;", "sarga_title": "Rāma and Sītā’s grass bed"}
{"ref": "2.81.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 81, "verse": 15, "iast": ["tat sarvaṃ pratyanujñāsīd rāmaḥ satyaparākramaḥ", "na hi tat pratyagṛhṇāt sa kṣatradharmam anusmaran"], "translation": "But Rāma of true valor courteously declined it all; recalling the warrior's code, he would not accept it,", "sarga_title": "Rāma and Sītā’s grass bed"}
{"ref": "2.81.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 81, "verse": 16, "iast": ["na hy asmābhiḥ pratigrāhyaṃ sakhe deyaṃ tu sarvadā", "iti tena vayaṃ rājann anunītā mahātmanā"], "translation": "‘We must never accept, friend, but must ever give’ — with these words, O king, we were won over by that great-souled one.", "sarga_title": "Rāma and Sītā’s grass bed"}
{"ref": "2.81.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 81, "verse": 17, "iast": ["lakṣmaṇena samānītaṃ pītvā vāri mahāyaśāḥ", "aupavāsyaṃ tadākārṣīd rāghavaḥ saha sītayā"], "translation": "The illustrious Rāghava, drinking the water Lakṣmaṇa brought, then kept a fast together with Sītā.", "sarga_title": "Rāma and Sītā’s grass bed"}
{"ref": "2.81.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 81, "verse": 18, "iast": ["tatas tu jalaśeṣeṇa lakṣmaṇo 'py akarot tadā", "vāg yatās te trayaḥ saṃdhyām upāsata samāhitāḥ"], "translation": "Then Lakṣmaṇa too, with the water that remained, did the same; and the three of them, keeping silence and composed, performed the twilight worship.", "sarga_title": "Rāma and Sītā’s grass bed"}
{"ref": "2.81.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 81, "verse": 19, "iast": ["saumitris tu tataḥ paścād akarot svāstaraṃ śubham", "svayam ānīya barhīṃṣi kṣipraṃ rāghava kāraṇāt"], "translation": "Then Saumitri, quickly bringing kuśa grass himself, made a comfortable bed for Rāghava's sake.", "sarga_title": "Rāma and Sītā’s grass bed"}
{"ref": "2.81.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 81, "verse": 20, "iast": ["tasmin samāviśad rāmaḥ svāstare saha sītayā", "prakṣālya ca tayoḥ pādāv apacakrāma lakṣmaṇaḥ"], "translation": "On that comfortable bed Rāma lay down with Sītā; and Lakṣmaṇa, having washed the feet of them both, withdrew.", "sarga_title": "Rāma and Sītā’s grass bed"}
{"ref": "2.81.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 81, "verse": 21, "iast": ["etat tad iṅgudīmūlam idam eva ca tat tṛṇam", "yasmin rāmaś ca sītā ca rātriṃ tāṃ śayitāv ubhau"], "translation": "This here is that very foot of the iṅgudī tree, and this the grass upon which both Rāma and Sītā lay that night.", "sarga_title": "Rāma and Sītā’s grass bed"}
{"ref": "2.81.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 81, "verse": 22, "iast": ["niyamya pṛṣṭhe tu talāṅgulitravāñ śaraiḥ supūrṇāv iṣudhī paraṃtapaḥ", "mahad dhanuḥ sajyam upohya lakṣmaṇo niśām atiṣṭhat parito 'sya kevalam"], "translation": "Wearing his hand- and finger-guards, having fastened upon his back the two quivers well-filled with arrows, and taking up the great strung bow, Lakṣmaṇa, that scorcher of foes, stood watch through the whole night entirely around him.", "sarga_title": "Rāma and Sītā’s grass bed"}
{"ref": "2.81.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 81, "verse": 23, "iast": ["tatas tv ahaṃ cottamabāṇacāpadhṛk sthito 'bhavaṃ tatra sa yatra lakṣmaṇaḥ", "atandribhir jñātibhir āttakārmukair mahendrakalpaṃ paripālayaṃs tadā"], "translation": "And then I too, bearing my finest bow and arrows, kept my station there where Lakṣmaṇa stood, guarding, with my tireless kinsmen bows in hand, that hero who was the equal of great Indra.", "sarga_title": "Rāma and Sītā’s grass bed"}
{"ref": "2.82.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 82, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tac chrutvā nipuṇaṃ sarvaṃ bharataḥ saha mantribhiḥ", "iṅgudīmūlam āgamya rāmaśayyām avekṣya tām"], "translation": "Having heard all this attentively, Bharata, together with his ministers, came to the foot of the iṅgudī tree and, gazing upon that bed of Rāma's,", "sarga_title": "Bharata examines the grass bed"}
{"ref": "2.82.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 82, "verse": 2, "iast": ["abravīj jananīḥ sarvā iha tena mahātmanā", "śarvarī śayitā bhūmāv idam asya vimarditam"], "translation": "said to all the mothers: “Here the night was passed lying on the ground by that great soul; this is the grass he crushed down.", "sarga_title": "Bharata examines the grass bed"}
{"ref": "2.82.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 82, "verse": 3, "iast": ["mahābhāgakulīnena mahābhāgena dhīmatā", "jāto daśarathenorvyāṃ na rāmaḥ svaptum arhati"], "translation": "Born on this earth of Daśaratha — of illustrious lineage, greatly blessed, and wise — Rāma does not deserve to sleep thus.", "sarga_title": "Bharata examines the grass bed"}
{"ref": "2.82.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 82, "verse": 4, "iast": ["ajinottarasaṃstīrṇe varāstaraṇasaṃcaye", "śayitvā puruṣavyāghraḥ kathaṃ śete mahītale"], "translation": "Accustomed to lying upon a heap of the finest coverlets spread over with deerskin, how does this tiger among men lie upon the bare earth?", "sarga_title": "Bharata examines the grass bed"}
{"ref": "2.82.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 82, "verse": 5, "iast": ["prāsādāgra vimāneṣu valabhīṣu ca sarvadā", "haimarājatabhaumeṣu varāstaraṇaśāliṣu"], "translation": "Always in the tops of palaces and in lofty mansions and upon turrets, on floors of gold and silver, splendid with excellent spreads,", "sarga_title": "Bharata examines the grass bed"}
{"ref": "2.82.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 82, "verse": 6, "iast": ["puṣpasaṃcayacitreṣu candanāgarugandhiṣu", "pāṇḍurābhraprakāśeṣu śukasaṃgharuteṣu ca"], "translation": "variegated with masses of flowers, fragrant with sandal and aloe, gleaming white as clouds, and resounding with flocks of parrots,", "sarga_title": "Bharata examines the grass bed"}
{"ref": "2.82.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 82, "verse": 7, "iast": ["gītavāditranirghoṣair varābharaṇaniḥsvanaiḥ", "mṛdaṅgavaraśabdaiś ca satataṃ pratibodhitaḥ"], "translation": "constantly awakened by the strains of song and instruments, by the tinkling of fine ornaments, and by the noble beat of the mṛdaṅga drum,", "sarga_title": "Bharata examines the grass bed"}
{"ref": "2.82.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 82, "verse": 8, "iast": ["bandibhir vanditaḥ kāle bahubhiḥ sūtamāgadhaiḥ", "gāthābhir anurūpābhiḥ stutibhiś ca paraṃtapaḥ"], "translation": "and praised at the proper time by bards, by many sūtas and māgadhas, with fitting songs and eulogies — that scorcher of foes —", "sarga_title": "Bharata examines the grass bed"}
{"ref": "2.82.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 82, "verse": 9, "iast": ["aśraddheyam idaṃ loke na satyaṃ pratibhāti mā", "muhyate khalu me bhāvaḥ svapno 'yam iti me matiḥ"], "translation": "This is incredible in the world; it does not appear true to me; surely my mind is bewildered — my thought is that this is a dream.", "sarga_title": "Bharata examines the grass bed"}
{"ref": "2.82.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 82, "verse": 10, "iast": ["na nūnaṃ daivataṃ kiṃ cit kālena balavattaram", "yatra dāśarathī rāmo bhūmāv evaṃ śayīta saḥ"], "translation": "Surely there is no deity mightier than Time, since Rāma, the son of Daśaratha, should lie thus upon the ground.", "sarga_title": "Bharata examines the grass bed"}
{"ref": "2.82.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 82, "verse": 11, "iast": ["videharājasya sutā sītā ca priyadarśanā", "dayitā śayitā bhūmau snuṣā daśarathasya ca"], "translation": "And Sītā, the daughter of the king of Videha, lovely to behold, the beloved wife and daughter-in-law of Daśaratha, has lain upon the ground.", "sarga_title": "Bharata examines the grass bed"}
{"ref": "2.82.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 82, "verse": 12, "iast": ["iyaṃ śayyā mama bhrātur idaṃ hi parivartitam", "sthaṇḍile kaṭhine sarvaṃ gātrair vimṛditaṃ tṛṇam"], "translation": "This is my brother's bed; here indeed he tossed and turned; upon the hard bare ground all the grass has been crushed by his limbs.", "sarga_title": "Bharata examines the grass bed"}
{"ref": "2.82.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 82, "verse": 13, "iast": ["manye sābharaṇā suptā sītāsmiñ śayane tadā", "tatra tatra hi dṛśyante saktāḥ kanakabindavaḥ"], "translation": "I think Sītā slept upon this couch then still wearing her ornaments, for here and there are seen clinging specks of gold.", "sarga_title": "Bharata examines the grass bed"}
{"ref": "2.82.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 82, "verse": 14, "iast": ["uttarīyam ihāsaktaṃ suvyaktaṃ sītayā tadā", "tathā hy ete prakāśante saktāḥ kauśeyatantavaḥ"], "translation": "Clearly Sītā's upper garment caught here at that time, for thus these clinging silken threads shine forth.", "sarga_title": "Bharata examines the grass bed"}
{"ref": "2.82.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 82, "verse": 15, "iast": ["manye bhartuḥ sukhā śayyā yena bālā tapasvinī", "sukumārī satī duḥkhaṃ na vijānāti maithilī"], "translation": "I think a wife finds her husband's bed pleasant, for by this the young, ascetic Maithilī, delicate though she is, knows no hardship.", "sarga_title": "Bharata examines the grass bed"}
{"ref": "2.82.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 82, "verse": 16, "iast": ["sārvabhauma kule jātaḥ sarvalokasukhāvahaḥ", "sarvalokapriyas tyaktvā rājyaṃ priyam anuttamam"], "translation": "Born in a line of universal emperors, a bringer of happiness to all the world and dear to all the world — having abandoned the pleasant, unsurpassed kingdom —", "sarga_title": "Bharata examines the grass bed"}
{"ref": "2.82.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 82, "verse": 17, "iast": ["katham indīvaraśyāmo raktākṣaḥ priyadarśanaḥ", "sukhabhāgī ca duḥkhārhaḥ śayito bhuvi rāghavaḥ"], "translation": "how is it that Rāghava — dark as a blue lotus, red-eyed, lovely to behold, entitled to comfort and deserving no sorrow — lies upon the ground?", "sarga_title": "Bharata examines the grass bed"}
{"ref": "2.82.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 82, "verse": 18, "iast": ["siddhārthā khalu vaidehī patiṃ yānugatā vanam", "vayaṃ saṃśayitāḥ sarve hīnās tena mahātmanā"], "translation": "Vaidehī has indeed attained her purpose, since she has followed her husband to the forest; but we are all in peril, bereft of that great soul.", "sarga_title": "Bharata examines the grass bed"}
{"ref": "2.82.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 82, "verse": 19, "iast": ["akarṇadhārā pṛthivī śūnyeva pratibhāti mā", "gate daśarathe svarge rāme cāraṇyam āśrite"], "translation": "With Daśaratha gone to heaven and Rāma withdrawn to the forest, the earth, left without a helmsman, appears to me as if empty.", "sarga_title": "Bharata examines the grass bed"}
{"ref": "2.82.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 82, "verse": 20, "iast": ["na ca prārthayate kaś cin manasāpi vasuṃdharām", "vane 'pi vasatas tasya bāhuvīryābhirakṣitām"], "translation": "And no one covets the earth, even in thought, for it is guarded by the might of his arms though he dwells in the forest.", "sarga_title": "Bharata examines the grass bed"}
{"ref": "2.82.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 82, "verse": 21, "iast": ["śūnyasaṃvaraṇārakṣām ayantritahayadvipām", "apāvṛtapuradvārāṃ rājadhānīm arakṣitām"], "translation": "The royal capital lies unguarded — its ramparts and watch left empty, its horses and elephants unchecked, its city gates thrown open —", "sarga_title": "Bharata examines the grass bed"}
{"ref": "2.82.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 82, "verse": 22, "iast": ["aprahṛṣṭabalāṃ nyūnāṃ viṣamasthām anāvṛtām", "śatravo nābhimanyante bhakṣyān viṣakṛtān iva"], "translation": "— its army dispirited, depleted, in disarray, and exposed — yet enemies do not venture to attack it, as men will not touch food that has been poisoned.", "sarga_title": "Bharata examines the grass bed"}
{"ref": "2.82.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 82, "verse": 23, "iast": ["adya prabhṛti bhūmau tu śayiṣye 'haṃ tṛṇeṣu vā", "phalamūlāśano nityaṃ jaṭācīrāṇi dhārayan"], "translation": "From this day forward I too will sleep on the ground or on grass, ever eating fruits and roots, wearing matted locks and bark garments.", "sarga_title": "Bharata examines the grass bed"}
{"ref": "2.82.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 82, "verse": 24, "iast": ["tasyārtham uttaraṃ kālaṃ nivatsyāmi sukhaṃ vane", "taṃ pratiśravam āmucya nāsya mithyā bhaviṣyati"], "translation": "For his sake I shall dwell happily in the forest for the time to come; by taking upon myself that pledge of his, it shall not be rendered false.", "sarga_title": "Bharata examines the grass bed"}
{"ref": "2.82.25", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 82, "verse": 25, "iast": ["vasantaṃ bhrātur arthāya śatrughno mānuvatsyati", "lakṣmaṇena saha tv āryo ayodhyāṃ pālayiṣyati"], "translation": "Śatrughna will dwell along with me as I abide in the forest for our brother's sake, while the noble Rāma, together with Lakṣmaṇa, shall rule Ayodhyā.", "sarga_title": "Bharata examines the grass bed"}
{"ref": "2.82.26", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 82, "verse": 26, "iast": ["abhiṣekṣyanti kākutstham ayodhyāyāṃ dvijātayaḥ", "api me devatāḥ kuryur imaṃ satyaṃ manoratham"], "translation": "The brahmins shall consecrate Kākutstha in Ayodhyā; may the gods make this heart's desire of mine come true.", "sarga_title": "Bharata examines the grass bed"}
{"ref": "2.82.27", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 82, "verse": 27, "iast": ["prasādyamānaḥ śirasā mayā svayaṃ bahuprakāraṃ yadi na prapatsyate", "tato 'nuvatsyāmi cirāya rāghavaṃ vane vasan nārhati mām upekṣitum"], "translation": "If, though entreated in person by me with bowed head in every manner, he will not consent, then I shall follow Rāghava into the forest for a long time; dwelling there, he cannot rightly disregard me.", "sarga_title": "Bharata examines the grass bed"}
{"ref": "2.83.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 83, "verse": 1, "iast": ["vyuṣya rātriṃ tu tatraiva gaṅgākūle sa rāghavaḥ", "bharataḥ kālyam utthāya śatrughnam idam abravīt"], "translation": "Having passed the night right there on the bank of the Ganges, that scion of Raghu, Bharata, rose at dawn and said this to Śatrughna:", "sarga_title": "Guha ferries Bharata’s company"}
{"ref": "2.83.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 83, "verse": 2, "iast": ["śatrughottiṣṭha kiṃ śeṣe niṣādādhipatiṃ guham", "śīghram ānaya bhadraṃ te tārayiṣyati vāhinīm"], "translation": "“Śatrughna, arise! Why do you lie sleeping? Quickly bring Guha, the lord of the Niṣādas — bless you — he will ferry the army across.", "sarga_title": "Guha ferries Bharata’s company"}
{"ref": "2.83.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 83, "verse": 3, "iast": ["jāgarmi nāhaṃ svapimi tathaivāryaṃ vicintayan", "ity evam abravīd bhrātrā śatrughno 'pi pracoditaḥ"], "translation": "“I am awake, I am not sleeping — I too am thinking all the while of the noble one” — thus spoke Śatrughna, likewise urged on by his brother.", "sarga_title": "Guha ferries Bharata’s company"}
{"ref": "2.83.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 83, "verse": 4, "iast": ["iti saṃvadator evam anyonyaṃ narasiṃhayoḥ", "āgamya prāñjaliḥ kāle guho bharatam abravīt"], "translation": "As the two lions among men were thus conversing with each other, Guha came at that moment and, with joined palms, said to Bharata:", "sarga_title": "Guha ferries Bharata’s company"}
{"ref": "2.83.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 83, "verse": 5, "iast": ["kaccit sukhaṃ nadītīre 'vātsīḥ kākutstha śarvarīm", "kaccic ca saha sainyasya tava sarvam anāmayam"], "translation": "“I trust you passed the night in comfort on the river bank, Kākutstha, and that all is well with you together with your army?”", "sarga_title": "Guha ferries Bharata’s company"}
{"ref": "2.83.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 83, "verse": 6, "iast": ["guhasya tat tu vacanaṃ śrutvā snehād udīritam", "rāmasyānuvaśo vākyaṃ bharato 'pīdam abravīt"], "translation": "Hearing that speech of Guha's, uttered out of affection, Bharata, obedient to Rāma, also spoke these words:", "sarga_title": "Guha ferries Bharata’s company"}
{"ref": "2.83.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 83, "verse": 7, "iast": ["sukhā naḥ śarvarī rājan pūjitāś cāpi te vayam", "gaṅgāṃ tu naubhir bahvībhir dāśāḥ saṃtārayantu naḥ"], "translation": "“Our night was pleasant, O king, and we too were honored by you; now let the ferrymen take us across the Ganges in their many boats.”", "sarga_title": "Guha ferries Bharata’s company"}
{"ref": "2.83.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 83, "verse": 8, "iast": ["tato guhaḥ saṃtvaritaḥ śrutvā bharataśāsanam", "pratipraviśya nagaraṃ taṃ jñātijanam abravīt"], "translation": "Then Guha, hearing Bharata's command, made haste, entered his town, and said to his kinsfolk there:", "sarga_title": "Guha ferries Bharata’s company"}
{"ref": "2.83.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 83, "verse": 9, "iast": ["uttiṣṭhata prabudhyadhvaṃ bhadram astu hi vaḥ sadā", "nāvaḥ samanukarṣadhvaṃ tārayiṣyāma vāhinīm"], "translation": "“Arise, awake! May it always be well with you! Draw up the boats — we shall ferry the army across.”", "sarga_title": "Guha ferries Bharata’s company"}
{"ref": "2.83.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 83, "verse": 10, "iast": ["te tathoktāḥ samutthāya tvaritā rājaśāsanāt", "pañca nāvāṃ śatāny eva samāninyuḥ samantataḥ"], "translation": "Thus addressed, they arose and, hurrying at their chief's command, brought together fully five hundred boats from every side.", "sarga_title": "Guha ferries Bharata’s company"}
{"ref": "2.83.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 83, "verse": 11, "iast": ["anyāḥ svastikavijñeyā mahāghaṇḍā dharā varāḥ", "śobhamānāḥ patākinyo yuktavātāḥ susaṃhatāḥ"], "translation": "Others were distinguished by their svastika-emblems, hung with great bells, capacious and excellent, gleaming with their pennants, catching a fair wind, and stoutly built.", "sarga_title": "Guha ferries Bharata’s company"}
{"ref": "2.83.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 83, "verse": 12, "iast": ["tataḥ svastikavijñeyāṃ pāṇḍukambalasaṃvṛtām", "sanandighoṣāṃ kalyāṇīṃ guho nāvam upāharat"], "translation": "Then Guha brought up an auspicious, fine boat, marked with a svastika-emblem, spread with a white woolen blanket, and resounding with joyous din.", "sarga_title": "Guha ferries Bharata’s company"}
{"ref": "2.83.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 83, "verse": 13, "iast": ["tām āruroha bharataḥ śatrughnaś ca mahābalaḥ", "kausalyā ca sumitrā ca yāś cānyā rājayoṣitaḥ"], "translation": "Onto it climbed Bharata and the mighty Śatrughna, and Kausalyā and Sumitrā and the other royal women.", "sarga_title": "Guha ferries Bharata’s company"}
{"ref": "2.83.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 83, "verse": 14, "iast": ["purohitaś ca tat pūrvaṃ gurave brāhmaṇāś ca ye", "anantaraṃ rājadārās tathaiva śakaṭāpaṇāḥ"], "translation": "The family priest went first of all, in order of seniority, together with the brahmins who were there; next the king's wives, and likewise the carts and their wares.", "sarga_title": "Guha ferries Bharata’s company"}
{"ref": "2.83.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 83, "verse": 15, "iast": ["āvāsam ādīpayatāṃ tīrthaṃ cāpy avagāhatām", "bhāṇḍāni cādadānānāṃ ghoṣas tridivam aspṛśat"], "translation": "The clamor of those setting the camp ablaze, of those plunging into the crossing-place, and of those taking up the baggage rose to touch the very heavens.", "sarga_title": "Guha ferries Bharata’s company"}
{"ref": "2.83.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 83, "verse": 16, "iast": ["patākinyas tu tā nāvaḥ svayaṃ dāśair adhiṣṭhitāḥ", "vahantyo janam ārūḍhaṃ tadā saṃpetur āśugāḥ"], "translation": "And those pennant-bearing boats, steered by the ferrymen themselves, bearing the people who had boarded, then sped swiftly across.", "sarga_title": "Guha ferries Bharata’s company"}
{"ref": "2.83.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 83, "verse": 17, "iast": ["nārīṇām abhipūrṇās tu kāś cit kāś cit tu vājinām", "kaś cit tatra vahanti sma yānayugyaṃ mahādhanam"], "translation": "Some boats were filled with women, some with horses, and some there carried the vehicles, the draught-teams, and much wealth.", "sarga_title": "Guha ferries Bharata’s company"}
{"ref": "2.83.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 83, "verse": 18, "iast": ["tāḥ sma gatvā paraṃ tīram avaropya ca taṃ janam", "nivṛttāḥ kāṇḍacitrāṇi kriyante dāśabandhubhiḥ"], "translation": "Having reached the far shore and set down their passengers, the boats returned, and playful, zig-zag manoeuvres were performed with them by the ferrymen's kinsmen.", "sarga_title": "Guha ferries Bharata’s company"}
{"ref": "2.83.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 83, "verse": 19, "iast": ["savaijayantās tu gajā gajārohaiḥ pracoditāḥ", "tarantaḥ sma prakāśante sadhvajā iva parvatāḥ"], "translation": "The elephants, bearing their banners and urged on by their drivers, as they swam across gleamed like mountains crowned with flags.", "sarga_title": "Guha ferries Bharata’s company"}
{"ref": "2.83.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 83, "verse": 20, "iast": ["nāvaś cāruruhus tv anye plavais terus tathāpare", "anye kumbhaghaṭais terur anye teruś ca bāhubhiḥ"], "translation": "Some boarded the boats, others crossed on rafts, some crossed by means of pots and jars, and still others crossed by their own arms.", "sarga_title": "Guha ferries Bharata’s company"}
{"ref": "2.83.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 83, "verse": 21, "iast": ["sā puṇyā dhvajinī gaṅgāṃ dāśaiḥ saṃtāritā svayam", "maitre muhūrte prayayau prayāgavanam uttamam"], "translation": "That holy, bannered host, ferried across the Ganges by the ferrymen themselves, set out at the auspicious Maitra hour for the excellent forest of Prayāga.", "sarga_title": "Guha ferries Bharata’s company"}
{"ref": "2.83.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 83, "verse": 22, "iast": ["āśvāsayitvā ca camūṃ mahātmā niveśayitvā ca yathopajoṣam", "draṣṭuṃ bharadvājam ṛṣipravaryam ṛtvig vṛtaḥ san bharataḥ pratasthe"], "translation": "And the great-souled Bharata, having reassured his army and settled it at its ease, set out, attended by his officiating priest, to see Bharadvāja, the foremost of sages.", "sarga_title": "Guha ferries Bharata’s company"}
{"ref": "2.84.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 84, "verse": 1, "iast": ["bharadvājāśramaṃ dṛṣṭvā krośād eva nararṣabhaḥ", "balaṃ sarvam avasthāpya jagāma saha mantribhiḥ"], "translation": "Sighting Bharadvāja's hermitage from a krośa away, that bull among men halted his whole army and went forward with his ministers.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja questions Bharata"}
{"ref": "2.84.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 84, "verse": 2, "iast": ["padbhyām eva hi dharmajño nyastaśastraparicchadaḥ", "vasāno vāsasī kṣaume purodhāya purohitam"], "translation": "On foot indeed, that knower of dharma, having laid aside his weapons and trappings, wearing a pair of linen garments and placing his family priest before him,", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja questions Bharata"}
{"ref": "2.84.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 84, "verse": 3, "iast": ["tataḥ saṃdarśane tasya bharadvājasya rāghavaḥ", "mantriṇas tān avasthāpya jagāmānu purohitam"], "translation": "then, within sight of that Bharadvāja, Rāghava left his ministers behind and went on behind the priest.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja questions Bharata"}
{"ref": "2.84.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 84, "verse": 4, "iast": ["vasiṣṭham atha dṛṣṭvaiva bharadvājo mahātapāḥ", "saṃcacālāsanāt tūrṇaṃ śiṣyān arghyam iti bruvan"], "translation": "Now Bharadvāja of great austerity, the moment he saw Vasiṣṭha, rose quickly from his seat, telling his disciples, “The guest-offering!”", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja questions Bharata"}
{"ref": "2.84.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 84, "verse": 5, "iast": ["samāgamya vasiṣṭhena bharatenābhivāditaḥ", "abudhyata mahātejāḥ sutaṃ daśarathasya tam"], "translation": "Having met with Vasiṣṭha and been saluted by Bharata, the greatly effulgent sage recognized him as that son of Daśaratha.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja questions Bharata"}
{"ref": "2.84.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 84, "verse": 6, "iast": ["tābhyām arghyaṃ ca pādyaṃ ca dattvā paścāt phalāni ca", "ānupūrvyāc ca dharmajñaḥ papraccha kuśalaṃ kule"], "translation": "Having offered the two of them guest-water and water for the feet, and afterward fruits, that knower of dharma asked in due order after the welfare of the family.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja questions Bharata"}
{"ref": "2.84.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 84, "verse": 7, "iast": ["ayodhyāyāṃ bale kośe mitreṣv api ca mantriṣu", "jānan daśarathaṃ vṛttaṃ na rājānam udāharat"], "translation": "He asked about Ayodhyā, the army, the treasury, and about allies and ministers as well; but knowing that Daśaratha had passed away, he did not mention the king.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja questions Bharata"}
{"ref": "2.84.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 84, "verse": 8, "iast": ["vasiṣṭho bharataś cainaṃ papracchatur anāmayam", "śarīre 'gniṣu vṛkṣeṣu śiṣyeṣu mṛgapakṣiṣu"], "translation": "Vasiṣṭha and Bharata in turn inquired after his well-being — as to his body, his sacred fires, the trees, the disciples, and the beasts and birds.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja questions Bharata"}
{"ref": "2.84.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 84, "verse": 9, "iast": ["tatheti ca pratijñāya bharadvājo mahātapāḥ", "bharataṃ pratyuvācedaṃ rāghavasnehabandhanāt"], "translation": "And Bharadvāja of great austerity, affirming “So it is [well],” answered Bharata as follows, out of the bond of his affection for Rāghava:", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja questions Bharata"}
{"ref": "2.84.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 84, "verse": 10, "iast": ["kim ihāgamane kāryaṃ tava rājyaṃ praśāsataḥ", "etad ācakṣva me sarvaṃ na hi me śudhyate manaḥ"], "translation": "“What purpose have you in coming here, you who govern the kingdom? Tell me all of this, for my mind is not at ease.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja questions Bharata"}
{"ref": "2.84.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 84, "verse": 11, "iast": ["suṣuve yama mitraghnaṃ kausalyānandavardhanam", "bhrātrā saha sabhāryo yaś ciraṃ pravrājito vanam"], "translation": "He whom Kausalyā bore, the slayer of foes, the increaser of Kausalyā's joy — who, together with his brother and his wife, was banished for long to the forest,", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja questions Bharata"}
{"ref": "2.84.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 84, "verse": 12, "iast": ["niyuktaḥ strīniyuktena pitrā yo 'sau mahāyaśāḥ", "vanavāsī bhavetīha samāḥ kila caturdaśa"], "translation": "that greatly renowned one who was commanded by his father — himself directed by a woman — ‘Be a forest-dweller here for fourteen years’—", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja questions Bharata"}
{"ref": "2.84.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 84, "verse": 13, "iast": ["kaccin na tasyāpāpasya pāpaṃ kartum ihecchasi", "akaṇṭakaṃ bhoktumanā rājyaṃ tasyānujasya ca"], "translation": "surely you do not wish here to do harm to that sinless one, minded to enjoy, free of all rivals, the kingdom of him and of his younger brother?", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja questions Bharata"}
{"ref": "2.84.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 84, "verse": 14, "iast": ["evam ukto bharadvājaṃ bharataḥ pratyuvāca ha", "paryaśru nayano duḥkhād vācā saṃsajjamānayā"], "translation": "So addressed, Bharata answered Bharadvāja, his eyes brimming with tears from grief, in a voice that faltered:", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja questions Bharata"}
{"ref": "2.84.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 84, "verse": 15, "iast": ["hato 'smi yadi mām evaṃ bhagavān api manyate", "matto na doṣam āśaṅker naivaṃ mām anuśādhi hi"], "translation": "“I am undone if even the venerable one thinks thus of me! You need suspect no fault in me — so do not admonish me in this way.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja questions Bharata"}
{"ref": "2.84.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 84, "verse": 16, "iast": ["aṃś caitad iṣṭaṃ mātā me yad avocan madantare", "nāham etena tuṣṭaś ca na tad vacanam ādade"], "translation": "Nor is that pleasing to me which my mother spoke on my behalf; I am not satisfied with it, and I do not accept that speech.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja questions Bharata"}
{"ref": "2.84.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 84, "verse": 17, "iast": ["ahaṃ tu taṃ naravyāghram upayātaḥ prasādakaḥ", "pratinetum ayodhyāṃ ca pādau tasyābhivanditum"], "translation": "But I have come to that tiger among men as a suppliant, to lead him back to Ayodhyā and to reverence his feet.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja questions Bharata"}
{"ref": "2.84.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 84, "verse": 18, "iast": ["tvaṃ mām evaṃ gataṃ matvā prasādaṃ kartum arhasi", "śaṃsa me bhagavan rāmaḥ kva saṃprati mahīpatiḥ"], "translation": "Knowing me to be in this state, you should show me grace; tell me, venerable one — where is Rāma, the lord of the earth, now?”", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja questions Bharata"}
{"ref": "2.84.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 84, "verse": 19, "iast": ["uvāca taṃ bharadvājaḥ prasādād bharataṃ vacaḥ", "tvayy etat puruṣavyāghraṃ yuktaṃ rāghavavaṃśaje", "guruvṛttir damaś caiva sādhūnāṃ cānuyāyitā"], "translation": "Bharadvāja graciously spoke these words to Bharata: “This is fitting in you, tiger among men, born in the line of Raghu — dutiful service to elders, self-restraint, and the following of the good.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja questions Bharata"}
{"ref": "2.84.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 84, "verse": 20, "iast": ["jāne caitan manaḥsthaṃ te dṛḍhīkaraṇam astv iti", "apṛcchaṃ tvāṃ tavātyarthaṃ kīrtiṃ samabhivardhayan"], "translation": "And I know this that is in your mind; let it be but a confirmation — I questioned you only to make your glory grow the greater.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja questions Bharata"}
{"ref": "2.84.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 84, "verse": 21, "iast": ["asau vasati te bhrātā citrakūṭe mahāgirau", "śvas tu gantāsi taṃ deśaṃ vasādya saha mantribhiḥ", "etaṃ me kuru suprājña kāmaṃ kāmārthakovida"], "translation": "That brother of yours dwells on the great mountain Citrakūṭa; you will go to that place tomorrow — stay here today with your ministers. Grant me this wish, O wise one, skilled in matters of desire and gain.”", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja questions Bharata"}
{"ref": "2.84.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 84, "verse": 22, "iast": ["tatas tathety evam udāradarśanaḥ pratītarūpo bharato 'bravīd vacaḥ", "cakāra buddhiṃ ca tadā mahāśrame niśānivāsāya narādhipātmajaḥ"], "translation": "Then the noble-looking Bharata, with a pleased face, said “So be it,” and the prince resolved to lodge for the night there in that great hermitage.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja questions Bharata"}
{"ref": "2.85.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 1, "iast": ["kṛtabuddhiṃ nivāsāya tathaiva sa munis tadā", "bharataṃ kaikayī putram ātithyena nyamantrayat"], "translation": "When Bharata, son of Kaikeyī, had made up his mind to stay, the sage then invited him with hospitality.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 2, "iast": ["abravīd bharatas tv enaṃ nanv idaṃ bhavatā kṛtam", "pādyam arghyaṃ tathātithyaṃ vane yad ūpapadyate"], "translation": "But Bharata said to him: “Surely all this has been done by you — water for the feet, the guest-offering, and such hospitality as is possible in the forest.”", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 3, "iast": ["athovāca bharadvājo bharataṃ prahasann iva", "jāne tvāṃ prīti saṃyuktaṃ tuṣyes tvaṃ yena kena cit"], "translation": "Then Bharadvāja said to Bharata, smiling as it were: “I know you to be full of affection; you would be content with anything whatever.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 4, "iast": ["senāyās tu tavaitasyāḥ kartum icchāmi bhojanam", "mama pritir yathā rūpā tvam arho manujarṣabha"], "translation": "But I wish to prepare a feast for this army of yours; you deserve it, O bull among men, such is my affection.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 5, "iast": ["kimarthaṃ cāpi nikṣipya dūre balam ihāgataḥ", "kasmān nehopayāto 'si sabalaḥ puruṣarṣabha"], "translation": "And why have you come here having left your army far away? Why have you not come here with your army, O bull among men?", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 6, "iast": ["bharataḥ pratyuvācedaṃ prāñjalis taṃ tapodhanam", "sasainyo nopayāto 'smi bhagavan bhagavad bhayāt"], "translation": "Bharata, with joined palms, answered this to that one rich in penance: “I have not come with my army, O venerable one, out of reverence for you.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 7, "iast": ["vāji mukhyā manuṣyāś ca mattāś ca vara vāraṇāḥ", "pracchādya mahatīṃ bhūmiṃ bhagavann anuyānti mām"], "translation": "Chief horses and men, and rutting excellent elephants, covering a great expanse of ground, follow me, O venerable one.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 8, "iast": ["te vṛkṣān udakaṃ bhūmim āśrameṣūṭajāṃs tathā", "na hiṃsyur iti tenāham eka evāgatas tataḥ"], "translation": "Lest they harm the trees, the water, the ground, and the leaf-huts in the hermitages, I have therefore come here alone.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 9, "iast": ["ānīyatām itaḥ senety ājñaptaḥ paramarṣiṇā", "tathā tu cakre bharataḥ senāyāḥ samupāgamam"], "translation": "“Let the army be brought here” — commanded thus by the great sage, Bharata accordingly brought about the approach of the army.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 10, "iast": ["agniśālāṃ praviśyātha pītvāpaḥ parimṛjya ca", "ātithyasya kriyāhetor viśvakarmāṇam āhvayat"], "translation": "Then, entering the fire-hall, sipping water and wiping his mouth, for the sake of performing the hospitality he summoned Viśvakarman.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 11, "iast": ["āhvaye viśvakarmāṇam ahaṃ tvaṣṭāram eva ca", "ātithyaṃ kartum icchāmi tatra me saṃvidhīyatām"], "translation": "“I summon Viśvakarman and Tvaṣṭṛ as well; I wish to perform hospitality — let arrangements for it be made for me.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 12, "iast": ["prāk srotasaś ca yā nadyaḥ pratyak srotasa eva ca", "pṛthivyām antarikṣe ca samāyāntv adya sarvaśaḥ"], "translation": "The rivers flowing eastward and those flowing westward, on the earth and in the sky — let them all come here today from every direction.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 13, "iast": ["anyāḥ sravantu maireyaṃ surām anyāḥ suniṣṭhitām", "aparāś codakaṃ śītam ikṣukāṇḍarasopamam"], "translation": "Let some flow with maireya wine, others with well-refined surā liquor, and yet others with cool water like the juice of sugarcane stalks.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 14, "iast": ["āhvaye devagandharvān viśvāvasuhahāhuhūn", "tathaivāpsaraso devīr gandharvīś cāpi sarvaśaḥ"], "translation": "I summon the divine gandharvas — Viśvāvasu, Hāhā, and Hūhū — and likewise the divine apsarases and the gandharva women too, all of them.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 15, "iast": ["ghṛtācīm atha viśvācīṃ miśrakeśīm alambusām", "śakraṃ yāś copatiṣṭhanti brahmāṇaṃ yāś ca bhāminīḥ", "sarvās tumburuṇā sārdham āhvaye saparicchadāḥ"], "translation": "Ghṛtācī, Viśvācī, Miśrakeśī and Alambusā, and the lovely women who attend upon Śakra and those upon Brahmā — all of them, together with Tumburu, I summon with their retinues.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 16, "iast": ["vanaṃ kuruṣu yad divyaṃ vāso bhūṣaṇapatravat", "divyanārīphalaṃ śaśvat tat kauberam ihaiva tu"], "translation": "That divine forest of Kubera among the Kurus, which has garments and ornaments for leaves and ever heavenly women for its fruit — let it be right here.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 17, "iast": ["iha me bhagavān somo vidhattām annam uttamam", "bhakṣyaṃ bhojyaṃ ca coṣyaṃ ca lehyaṃ ca vividhaṃ bahu"], "translation": "Here let the divine Soma provide me excellent food — to chew, to eat, to suck, and to lick — of many kinds and abundant.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 18, "iast": ["vicitrāṇi ca mālyāni pādapapracyutāni ca", "surādīni ca peyāni māṃsāni vividhāni ca"], "translation": "And varied garlands, and flowers fallen from the trees, and drinks beginning with surā, and various meats too.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 19, "iast": ["evaṃ samādhinā yuktas tejasāpratimena ca", "śikṣāsvarasamāyuktaṃ tapasā cābravīn muniḥ"], "translation": "Thus endowed with concentration and with matchless splendour, the sage, through his ascetic power, uttered his invocation furnished with the accents of correct recitation.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 20, "iast": ["manasā dhyāyatas tasya prāṅmukhasya kṛtāñjaleḥ", "ājagmus tāni sarvāṇi daivatāni pṛthakpṛthak"], "translation": "As he meditated in his mind, facing east with joined palms, all those deities came, each separately.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 21, "iast": ["malayaṃ durduraṃ caiva tataḥ svedanudo 'nilaḥ", "upaspṛśya vavau yuktyā supriyātmā sukhaḥ śivaḥ"], "translation": "Then a sweat-dispelling breeze, having touched the Malaya and Dardura mountains, blew fittingly — most agreeable, pleasant, and gentle.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 22, "iast": ["tato 'bhyavartanta ghanā divyāḥ kusumavṛṣṭayaḥ", "devadundubhighoṣaś ca dikṣu sarvāsu śuśruve"], "translation": "Then divine clouds came forth in showers of flowers, and the sound of the gods' kettledrums was heard in all directions.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 23, "iast": ["pravavuś cottamā vātā nanṛtuś cāpsarogaṇāḥ", "prajagur devagandharvā vīṇā pramumucuḥ svarān"], "translation": "Excellent breezes blew, the throngs of apsarases danced, the divine gandharvas sang, and lutes gave forth their notes.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 24, "iast": ["sa śabdo dyāṃ ca bhūmiṃ ca prāṇināṃ śravaṇāni ca", "viveśoccāritaḥ ślakṣṇaḥ samo layaguṇānvitaḥ"], "translation": "That sound, uttered smoothly, even and endowed with the quality of rhythm, entered the heaven, the earth, and the ears of living beings.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.25", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 25, "iast": ["tasminn uparate śabde divye śrotrasukhe nṛṇām", "dadarśa bhārataṃ sainyaṃ vidhānaṃ viśvakarmaṇaḥ"], "translation": "When that divine sound, pleasing to the ears of men, had ceased, Bharata's army beheld the handiwork of Viśvakarman.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.26", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 26, "iast": ["babhūva hi samā bhūmiḥ samantāt pañcayojanam", "śādvalair bahubhiś channā nīlavaidūryasaṃnibhaiḥ"], "translation": "For the ground became level for five yojanas all around, covered with many grassy lawns resembling blue lapis lazuli.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.27", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 27, "iast": ["tasmin bilvāḥ kapitthāś ca panasā bījapūrakāḥ", "āmalakyo babhūvuś ca cūtāś ca phalabhūṣaṇāḥ"], "translation": "On it grew bilva, kapittha, panasa and citron trees, myrobalans, and mango trees adorned with fruit.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.28", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 28, "iast": ["uttarebhyaḥ kurubhyaś ca vanaṃ divyopabhogavat", "ājagāma nadī divyā tīrajair bahubhir vṛtā"], "translation": "And from the Uttarakurus came a forest full of divine enjoyments, and a divine river surrounded by many trees growing on its banks.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.29", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 29, "iast": ["catuḥśālāni śubhrāṇi śālāś ca gajavājinām", "harmyaprāsādasaṃghātās toraṇāni śubhāni ca"], "translation": "Bright quadrangular buildings, stables for elephants and horses, clusters of mansions and palaces, and beautiful archways appeared.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.30", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 30, "iast": ["sitameghanibhaṃ cāpi rājaveśma sutoraṇam", "śuklamālyakṛtākāraṃ divyagandhasamukṣitam"], "translation": "And a royal palace resembling a white cloud, with fine archways, adorned with white garlands and sprinkled with divine perfume,", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.31", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 31, "iast": ["caturasram asaṃbādhaṃ śayanāsanayānavat", "divyaiḥ sarvarasair yuktaṃ divyabhojanavastravat"], "translation": "square, spacious, provided with beds, seats and conveyances, furnished with all divine flavours, and with divine food and garments,", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.32", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 32, "iast": ["upakalpita sarvānnaṃ dhautanirmalabhājanam", "kḷptasarvāsanaṃ śrīmat svāstīrṇaśayanottamam"], "translation": "with all kinds of food prepared, with clean and spotless vessels, with all seats arranged, splendid, and with excellent well-spread beds.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.33", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 33, "iast": ["praviveśa mahābāhur anujñāto maharṣiṇā", "veśma tad ratnasaṃpūrṇaṃ bharataḥ kaikayīsutaḥ"], "translation": "The mighty-armed Bharata, son of Kaikeyī, permitted by the great sage, entered that house filled with jewels.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.34", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 34, "iast": ["anujagmuś ca taṃ sarve mantriṇaḥ sapurohitāḥ", "babhūvuś ca mudā yuktā taṃ dṛṣṭvā veśma saṃvidhim"], "translation": "And all the ministers together with the priests followed him, and they were filled with joy at seeing the arrangement of that house.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.35", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 35, "iast": ["tatra rājāsanaṃ divyaṃ vyajanaṃ chatram eva ca", "bharato mantribhiḥ sārdham abhyavartata rājavat"], "translation": "There stood a divine royal throne, a fan, and a parasol; and Bharata, together with his ministers, approached it like a king.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.36", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 36, "iast": ["āsanaṃ pūjayām āsa rāmāyābhipraṇamya ca", "vālavyajanam ādāya nyaṣīdat sacivāsane"], "translation": "He honoured the throne and bowed toward it for Rāma's sake, and taking up a whisk-fan he sat down on a minister's seat.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.37", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 37, "iast": ["ānupūrvyān niṣeduś ca sarve mantrapurohitāḥ", "tataḥ senāpatiḥ paścāt praśāstā ca niṣedatuḥ"], "translation": "And all the ministers and priests sat down in due order; then afterwards the army-commander and the chief steward sat down.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.38", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 38, "iast": ["tatas tatra muhūrtena nadyaḥ pāyasakardamāḥ", "upātiṣṭhanta bharataṃ bharadvājasya śāsanat"], "translation": "Then within a moment, rivers with milk-porridge for mud attended upon Bharata, by the command of Bharadvāja.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.39", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 39, "iast": ["tāsām ubhayataḥ kūlaṃ pāṇḍumṛttikalepanāḥ", "ramyāś cāvasathā divyā brahmaṇas tu prasādajāḥ"], "translation": "On both banks of these rivers were lovely divine dwellings plastered with white clay, arisen through the grace of Brahmā.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.40", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 40, "iast": ["tenaiva ca muhūrtena divyābharaṇabhūṣitāḥ", "āgur viṃśatisāhasrā brāhmaṇā prahitāḥ striyaḥ"], "translation": "And within that same moment twenty thousand women, adorned with divine ornaments, sent by Brahmā, arrived.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.41", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 41, "iast": ["suvarṇamaṇimuktena pravālena ca śobhitāḥ", "āgur viṃśatisāhasrāḥ kuberaprahitāḥ striyaḥ"], "translation": "Twenty thousand women, sent by Kubera, adorned with gold, gems, pearls and coral, arrived.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.42", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 42, "iast": ["yābhir gṛhītaḥ puruṣaḥ sonmāda iva lakṣyate", "āgur viṃśatisāhasrā nandanād apsarogaṇāḥ"], "translation": "Twenty thousand throngs of apsarases, by whom a man once seized appears as though maddened, came from the Nandana grove.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.43", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 43, "iast": ["nāradas tumburur gopaḥ parvataḥ sūryavarcasaḥ", "ete gandharvarājāno bharatasyāgrato jaguḥ"], "translation": "Nārada, Tumburu, Gopa, Parvata, and Sūryavarcas — these kings of the gandharvas sang before Bharata.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.44", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 44, "iast": ["alambusā miśrakeśī puṇḍarīkātha vāmanā", "upānṛtyaṃs tu bharataṃ bharadvājasya śāsanāt"], "translation": "Alambusā, Miśrakeśī, Puṇḍarīkā, and Vāmanā danced before Bharata, by the command of Bharadvāja.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.45", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 45, "iast": ["yāni mālyāni deveṣu yāni caitrarathe vane", "prayāge tāny adṛśyanta bharadvājasya śāsanāt"], "translation": "Whatever garlands there are among the gods and in the Caitraratha grove, those appeared at Prayāga by the command of Bharadvāja.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.46", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 46, "iast": ["bilvā mārdaṅgikā āsañ śamyā grāhā bibhītakāḥ", "aśvatthā nartakāś cāsan bharadvājasya tejasā"], "translation": "By the power of Bharadvāja, bilva trees became drummers, bibhītaka trees became cymbal-players, and aśvattha trees became dancers.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.47", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 47, "iast": ["tataḥ saralatālāś ca tilakā naktamālakāḥ", "prahṛṣṭās tatra saṃpetuḥ kubjābhūtātha vāmanāḥ"], "translation": "Then sarala and tāla trees, tilaka and naktamāla trees, delighted, came together there, having become hunchbacks and dwarfs.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.48", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 48, "iast": ["śiṃśapāmalakī jambūr yāś cānyāḥ kānane latāḥ", "pramadā vigrahaṃ kṛtvā bharadvājāśrame 'vasan"], "translation": "Śiṃśapā, āmalakī, jambū, and whatever other creepers there are in the forest, taking on the form of women, dwelt in Bharadvāja's hermitage.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.49", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 49, "iast": ["surāṃ surāpāḥ pibata pāyasaṃ ca bubhukśitāḥ", "māṃsani ca sumedhyāni bhakṣyantāṃ yāvad icchatha"], "translation": "“You who drink liquor, drink the surā; you who are hungry, eat the milk-rice; and let the pure meats be eaten as much as you wish.”", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.50", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 50, "iast": ["utsādya snāpayanti sma nadītīreṣu valguṣu", "apy ekam ekaṃ puruṣaṃ pramadāḥ satpa cāṣṭa ca"], "translation": "On the lovely river-banks, seven and eight women rubbed down and bathed each single man.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.51", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 51, "iast": ["saṃvahantyaḥ samāpetur nāryo ruciralocanāḥ", "parimṛjya tathā nyāyaṃ pāyayanti varāṅganāḥ"], "translation": "Bright-eyed women came, massaging them; and having wiped them properly, the lovely women gave them to drink.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.52", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 52, "iast": ["hayān gajān kharān uṣṭrāṃs tathaiva surabheḥ sutān", "ikṣūṃś ca madhujālāṃś ca bhojayanti sma vāhanān", "ikṣvākuvarayodhānāṃ codayanto mahābalāḥ"], "translation": "The mighty ones, urging them on, fed the mounts of the excellent warriors of the Ikṣvākus — horses, elephants, donkeys and camels, and likewise the offspring of Surabhi — with sugarcane and honeycombs.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.53", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 53, "iast": ["nāśvabandho 'śvam ājānān na gajaṃ kuñjaragrahaḥ", "mattapramattamuditā camūḥ sā tatra saṃbabhau"], "translation": "No groom recognized his horse, nor did the elephant-keeper his elephant; that army stood there drunk, heedless, and merry.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.54", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 54, "iast": ["tarpitā sarvakāmais te raktacandanarūṣitāḥ", "apsarogaṇasaṃyuktāḥ sainyā vācam udairayan"], "translation": "Gratified with all their desires, smeared with red sandal, joined with throngs of apsarases, the soldiers raised their voices:", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.55", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 55, "iast": ["naivāyodhyāṃ gamiṣyāmo na gamiṣyāma daṇḍakān", "kuśalaṃ bharatasyāstu rāmasyāstu tathā sukham"], "translation": "“We will not go to Ayodhyā, nor will we go to the Daṇḍaka forest! May it be well with Bharata, and may there be happiness for Rāma too!”", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.56", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 56, "iast": ["iti pādātayodhāś ca hastyaśvārohabandhakāḥ", "anāthās taṃ vidhiṃ labdhvā vācam etām udairayan"], "translation": "Thus the foot-soldiers and the elephant- and horse-riders and their grooms, who were masterless, having obtained that royal treatment, raised this cry.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.57", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 57, "iast": ["saṃprahṛṣṭā vinedus te narās tatra sahasraśaḥ", "bharatasyānuyātāraḥ svarge 'yam iti cābruvan"], "translation": "Greatly delighted, those men there cried out by the thousands; the followers of Bharata said, “This is heaven!”", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.58", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 58, "iast": ["tato bhuktavatāṃ teṣāṃ tad annam amṛtopamam", "divyān udvīkṣya bhakṣyāṃs tān abhavad bhakṣaṇe matiḥ"], "translation": "Then, when they had eaten that food like ambrosia, on seeing those divine delicacies their mind again turned to eating.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.59", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 59, "iast": ["preṣyāś ceṭyaś ca vadhvaś ca balasthāś cāpi sarvaśaḥ", "babhūvus te bhṛśaṃ tṛptāḥ sarve cāhatavāsasaḥ"], "translation": "Male servants, maidservants, wives, and soldiers too — all of them became exceedingly satisfied and clad in fresh garments.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.60", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 60, "iast": ["kuñjarāś ca kharoṣṭraś ca go'śvāś ca mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ", "babhūvuḥ subhṛtās tatra nānyo hy anyam akalpayat"], "translation": "Elephants, donkeys and camels, cattle and horses, beasts and birds — all became well-fed there, and no one troubled another.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.61", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 61, "iast": ["nāśuklavāsās tatrāsīt kṣudhito malino 'pi vā", "rajasā dhvastakeśo vā naraḥ kaś cid adṛśyata"], "translation": "There was no man to be seen there without white clothes, or hungry, or dirty, or with hair soiled by dust.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.62", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 62, "iast": ["ājaiś cāpi ca vārāhair niṣṭhānavarasaṃcayaiḥ", "phalaniryūhasaṃsiddhaiḥ sūpair gandharasānvitaiḥ"], "translation": "And with heaps of the finest cooked dishes of goat and boar, with soups prepared from fruit-broths and full of fragrance and flavour,", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.63", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 63, "iast": ["puṣpadhvajavatīḥ pūrṇāḥ śuklasyānnasya cābhitaḥ", "dadṛśur vismitās tatra narā lauhīḥ sahasraśaḥ"], "translation": "the amazed men saw there, by the thousands, iron vessels adorned with flower-banners and filled all around with white rice.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.64", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 64, "iast": ["babhūvur vanapārśveṣu kūpāḥ pāyasakardamāḥ", "tāś ca kāmadughā gāvo drumāś cāsan madhuścyutaḥ"], "translation": "On the sides of the forest there were wells with milk-rice for mud; and there were wish-yielding cows and trees dripping honey.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.65", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 65, "iast": ["vāpyo maireya pūrṇāś ca mṛṣṭamāṃsacayair vṛtāḥ", "pratapta piṭharaiś cāpi mārgamāyūrakaukkuṭaiḥ"], "translation": "There were pools full of maireya wine, surrounded by heaps of dressed meat, and with heated pots of the flesh of deer, peacock and cock,", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.66", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 66, "iast": ["pātrīṇāṃ ca sahasrāṇi śātakumbhamayāni ca", "sthālyaḥ kumbhyaḥ karambhyaś ca dadhipūrṇāḥ susaṃskṛtāḥ", "yauvanasthasya gaurasya kapitthasya sugandhinaḥ"], "translation": "and thousands of golden dishes, and cooking-pots, jars, and gruel-vessels full of well-prepared curds, and (heaps) of fresh, fair, fragrant kapittha fruit.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.67", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 67, "iast": ["hradāḥ pūrṇā rasālasya dadhnaḥ śvetasya cāpare", "babhūvuḥ pāyasasyānte śarkarāyāś ca saṃcayāḥ"], "translation": "There were lakes full of sweetened curd, and others of white curd; and beside the milk-rice were heaps of sugar.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.68", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 68, "iast": ["kalkāṃś cūrṇakaṣāyāṃś ca snānāni vividhāni ca", "dadṛśur bhājanasthāni tīrtheṣu saritāṃ narāḥ"], "translation": "At the bathing-places of the rivers, men saw, set in vessels, pastes, scented powders and astringents, and various bathing-materials.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.69", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 69, "iast": ["śuklān aṃśumataś cāpi dantadhāvanasaṃcayān", "śuklāṃś candanakalkāṃś ca samudgeṣv avatiṣṭhataḥ"], "translation": "and white, fibrous heaps of tooth-cleaning twigs, and white sandal-pastes standing ready in caskets;", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.70", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 70, "iast": ["darpaṇān parimṛṣṭāṃś ca vāsasāṃ cāpi saṃcayān", "pādukopānahāṃ caiva yugmān yatra sahasraśaḥ"], "translation": "and polished mirrors, and heaps of garments, and thousands of pairs of sandals and shoes there;", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.71", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 71, "iast": ["āñjanīḥ kaṅkatān kūrcāṃś chatrāṇi ca dhanūṃṣi ca", "marmatrāṇāni citrāṇi śayanāny āsanāni ca"], "translation": "collyrium-boxes, combs, brushes, parasols and bows, wonderful pieces of armour, beds and seats;", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.72", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 72, "iast": ["pratipānahradān pūrṇān kharoṣṭragajavājinām", "avagāhya sutīrthāṃś ca hradān sotpala puṣkarān"], "translation": "full watering-ponds for donkeys, camels, elephants and horses, and having plunged into pools with good fords, covered with lotuses and water-lilies,", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.73", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 73, "iast": ["nīlavaidūryavarṇāṃś ca mṛdūn yavasasaṃcayān", "nirvāpārthaṃ paśūnāṃ te dadṛśus tatra sarvaśaḥ"], "translation": "and soft heaps of grass the colour of blue lapis, for the feeding of the animals — all this they saw there on every side.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.74", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 74, "iast": ["vyasmayanta manuṣyās te svapnakalpaṃ tad adbhutam", "dṛṣṭvātithyaṃ kṛtaṃ tādṛg bharatasya maharṣiṇā"], "translation": "Those men marvelled at that wonder, like a dream, seeing such hospitality done for Bharata by the great sage.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.75", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 75, "iast": ["ity evaṃ ramamāṇānāṃ devānām iva nandane", "bharadvājāśrame ramye sā rātrir vyatyavartata"], "translation": "Thus, as they reveled like the gods in Nandana, that night passed by in the lovely hermitage of Bharadvāja.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.76", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 76, "iast": ["pratijagmuś ca tā nadyo gandharvāś ca yathāgatam", "bharadvājam anujñāpya tāś ca sarvā varāṅganāḥ"], "translation": "And those rivers and the gandharvas went back as they had come, and all those lovely women too, having taken leave of Bharadvāja.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.85.77", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 85, "verse": 77, "iast": ["tathaiva mattā madirotkaṭā narās tathaiva divyāgurucandanokṣitāḥ", "tathaiva divyā vividhāḥ sraguttamāḥ pṛthakprakīrṇā manujaiḥ pramarditāḥ"], "translation": "Even so the men remained drunk and flushed with liquor, even so anointed with divine aloe-wood and sandal; even so the various excellent divine garlands lay scattered here and there, crushed by the men.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja’s divine feast"}
{"ref": "2.86.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 86, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tatas tāṃ rajanīm uṣya bharataḥ saparicchadaḥ", "kṛtātithyo bharadvājaṃ kāmād abhijagāma ha"], "translation": "Then, having passed that night, Bharata with his retinue, his hospitality accomplished, went eagerly to Bharadvāja.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Bharata to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.86.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 86, "verse": 2, "iast": ["tam ṛṣiḥ puruṣavyāghraṃ prekṣya prāñjalim āgatam", "hutāgnihotro bharataṃ bharadvājo 'bhyabhāṣata"], "translation": "Seeing that tiger among men, Bharata, come to him with joined palms, the sage Bharadvāja, having offered the fire-oblation, addressed him.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Bharata to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.86.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 86, "verse": 3, "iast": ["kaccid atra sukhā rātris tavāsmadviṣaye gatā", "samagras te janaḥ kaccid ātithye śaṃsa me 'nagha"], "translation": "“Was the night passed happily by you here in our domain? And was your whole company (content) with the hospitality? Tell me, O sinless one.”", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Bharata to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.86.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 86, "verse": 4, "iast": ["tam uvācāñjaliṃ kṛtvā bharato 'bhipraṇamya ca", "āśramād abhiniṣkrantam ṛṣim uttama tejasaṃ"], "translation": "Joining his palms and bowing, Bharata said to that sage of surpassing splendour, who had come out of the hermitage:", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Bharata to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.86.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 86, "verse": 5, "iast": ["sukhoṣito 'smi bhagavan samagrabalavāhanaḥ", "tarpitaḥ sarvakāmaiś ca sāmātyo balavat tvayā"], "translation": "“I have passed the night in comfort, O venerable one, together with my whole army and its mounts; and I, with my ministers, have been abundantly gratified by you with all delights.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Bharata to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.86.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 86, "verse": 6, "iast": ["apetaklamasaṃtāpāḥ subhakṣyāḥ supratiśrayāḥ", "api preṣyān upādāya sarve sma susukhoṣitāḥ"], "translation": "Freed from fatigue and distress, with good food and good shelter, all of us — even including the servants — have dwelt in great comfort.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Bharata to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.86.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 86, "verse": 7, "iast": ["āmantraye 'haṃ bhagavan kāmaṃ tvām ṛṣisattama", "samīpaṃ prasthitaṃ bhrātur maireṇekṣasva cakṣuṣā"], "translation": "I take my leave of you now, O venerable best of sages; as I set out toward my brother, look upon me with a kindly eye.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Bharata to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.86.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 86, "verse": 8, "iast": ["āśramaṃ tasya dharmajña dhārmikasya mahātmanaḥ", "ācakṣva katamo mārgaḥ kiyān iti ca śaṃsa me"], "translation": "O knower of dharma, point out the hermitage of that righteous, great-souled one; tell me which is the road, and how far it is.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Bharata to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.86.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 86, "verse": 9, "iast": ["iti pṛṣṭas tu bharataṃ bhrātṛdarśanalālasaṃ", "pratyuvāca mahātejā bharadvājo mahātapāḥ"], "translation": "Thus questioned, the greatly splendid Bharadvāja of great penance answered Bharata, who longed to see his brother.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Bharata to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.86.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 86, "verse": 10, "iast": ["bharatārdhatṛtīyeṣu yojaneṣv ajane vane", "citrakūṭo giris tatra ramyanirdarakānanaḥ"], "translation": "“O Bharata, two and a half yojanas away, in an uninhabited forest, is the mountain Citrakūṭa, with lovely glens and woods.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Bharata to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.86.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 86, "verse": 11, "iast": ["uttaraṃ pārśvam āsādya tasya mandākinī nadī", "puṣpitadrumasaṃchannā ramyapuṣpitakānanā"], "translation": "Reaching its northern side, one comes to the river Mandākinī, covered with flowering trees, with lovely blossoming woods.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Bharata to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.86.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 86, "verse": 12, "iast": ["anantaraṃ tat saritaś citrakūṭaś ca parvataḥ", "tato parṇakuṭī tāta tatra tau vasato dhruvam"], "translation": "Just beyond that river is the mountain Citrakūṭa, and beyond that a leaf-hut, my dear; there the two surely dwell.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Bharata to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.86.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 86, "verse": 13, "iast": ["dakṣiṇenaiva mārgeṇa savyadakṣiṇam eva ca", "gajavājirathākīrṇāṃ vāhinīṃ vāhinīpate", "vāhayasva mahābhāga tato drakṣyasi rāghavam"], "translation": "By the southern road, keeping it to your right, O lord of the army, lead your host thronged with elephants, horses and chariots, O illustrious one; then you shall behold Rāghava.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Bharata to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.86.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 86, "verse": 14, "iast": ["prayāṇam iti ca śrutvā rājarājasya yoṣitaḥ", "hitvā yānāni yānārhā brāhmaṇaṃ paryavārayan"], "translation": "And hearing “the march!”, the women of the king of kings, though worthy of vehicles, left their conveyances and gathered round the brahmin.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Bharata to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.86.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 86, "verse": 15, "iast": ["vepamānā kṛśā dīnā saha devyā sumantriyā", "kausalyā tatra jagrāha karābhyāṃ caraṇau muneḥ"], "translation": "Trembling, emaciated, and wretched, Kausalyā there, together with Queen Sumitrā, grasped the sage's feet with both her hands.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Bharata to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.86.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 86, "verse": 16, "iast": ["asamṛddhena kāmena sarvalokasya garhitā", "kaikeyī tasya jagrāha caraṇau savyapatrapā"], "translation": "Kaikeyī, censured by all the world, her desire unfulfilled and ashamed, grasped his feet as well.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Bharata to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.86.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 86, "verse": 17, "iast": ["taṃ pradakṣiṇam āgamya bhagavantaṃ mahāmunim", "adūrād bharatasyaiva tasthau dīnamanās tadā"], "translation": "Having circumambulated that venerable great sage, she then stood, downcast, not far from Bharata.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Bharata to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.86.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 86, "verse": 18, "iast": ["tataḥ papraccha bharataṃ bharadvājo dṛḍhavrataḥ", "viśeṣaṃ jñātum icchāmi mātṝṇāṃ tava rāghava"], "translation": "Then Bharadvāja, of firm vows, asked Bharata: “I wish to know the particulars of your mothers, O Rāghava.”", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Bharata to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.86.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 86, "verse": 19, "iast": ["evam uktas tu bharato bharadvājena dhārmikaḥ", "uvāca prāñjalir bhūtvā vākyaṃ vacanakovidaḥ"], "translation": "Thus addressed by Bharadvāja, the righteous Bharata, skilled in speech, joined his palms and spoke these words:", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Bharata to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.86.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 86, "verse": 20, "iast": ["yām imāṃ bhagavan dīnāṃ śokān aśanakarśitām", "pitur hi mahiṣīṃ devīṃ devatām iva paśyasi"], "translation": "“This wretched lady whom you see, O venerable one, wasted by grief and fasting — she is my father's chief queen, like a very goddess —", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Bharata to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.86.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 86, "verse": 21, "iast": ["eṣā taṃ puruṣavyāghraṃ siṃhavikrāntagāminam", "kausalyā suṣuve rāmaṃ dhātāram aditir yathā"], "translation": "this is Kausalyā, who bore that tiger among men, Rāma, whose gait is a lion's stride, just as Aditi bore Dhātṛ.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Bharata to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.86.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 86, "verse": 22, "iast": ["asyā vāmabhujaṃ śliṣṭā yaiṣā tiṣṭhati durmanāḥ", "karṇikārasya śākheva śīrṇapuṣpā vanāntare"], "translation": "And she who stands here downcast, clinging to her left arm, is like a branch of the karṇikāra with its flowers withered, in the depths of the forest.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Bharata to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.86.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 86, "verse": 23, "iast": ["etasyās tau sutau devyāḥ kumārau devavarṇinau", "ubhau lakṣmaṇaśatrughnau vīrau satyaparākramau"], "translation": "The two sons of this queen are the youths of godlike hue, both Lakṣmaṇa and Śatrughna, heroes of true valour.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Bharata to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.86.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 86, "verse": 24, "iast": ["yasyāḥ kṛte narayāghrau jīvanāśam ito gatau", "rājā putravihīnaś ca svargaṃ daśaratho gataḥ"], "translation": "she for whose sake the two tigers among men came to loss of their life here, and for whose sake King Daśaratha, bereft of his sons, went to heaven —", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Bharata to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.86.25", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 86, "verse": 25, "iast": ["aiśvaryakāmāṃ kaikeyīm anāryām āryarūpiṇīm", "mamaitāṃ mātaraṃ viddhi nṛśaṃsāṃ pāpaniścayām", "yatomūlaṃ hi paśyāmi vyasanaṃ mahad ātmanaḥ"], "translation": "Know this Kaikeyī — greedy for power, ignoble though noble in appearance, cruel and of wicked resolve — to be my mother, in whom I see the very root of this great calamity of mine.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Bharata to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.86.26", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 86, "verse": 26, "iast": ["ity uktvā naraśārdūlo bāṣpagadgadayā girā", "sa niśaśvāsa tāmrākṣo kruddho nāga ivāsakṛt"], "translation": "Having spoken thus in a voice choked with tears, that tiger among men, his eyes coppery-red, sighed again and again like an angry serpent.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Bharata to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.86.27", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 86, "verse": 27, "iast": ["bharadvājo maharṣis taṃ bruvantaṃ bharataṃ tadā", "pratyuvāca mahābuddhir idaṃ vacanam arthavat"], "translation": "To Bharata as he spoke thus, the great sage Bharadvāja of great wisdom then made this meaningful reply:", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Bharata to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.86.28", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 86, "verse": 28, "iast": ["na doṣeṇāvagantavyā kaikeyī bharata tvayā", "rāmapravrājanaṃ hy etat sukhodarkaṃ bhaviṣyati"], "translation": "“Kaikeyī should not be regarded by you as at fault, Bharata; for this banishing of Rāma will prove to have a happy outcome.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Bharata to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.86.29", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 86, "verse": 29, "iast": ["abhivādya tu saṃsiddhaḥ kṛtvā cainaṃ pradakṣiṇam", "āmantrya bharataḥ sainyaṃ yujyatām ity acodayat"], "translation": "Having saluted and circumambulated him, Bharata, resolved, took his leave and urged on the army: “Let it be made ready!”", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Bharata to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.86.30", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 86, "verse": 30, "iast": ["tato vājirathān yuktvā divyān hemapariṣkritān", "adhyārohat prayāṇārthī bahūn bahuvidho janaḥ"], "translation": "Then, harnessing the divine horse-chariots adorned with gold, the manifold host, eager to set out, mounted the many vehicles.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Bharata to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.86.31", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 86, "verse": 31, "iast": ["gajakanyāgajāś caiva hemakakṣyāḥ patākinaḥ", "jīmūtā iva gharmānte saghoṣāḥ saṃpratasthire"], "translation": "And the she-elephants and bull-elephants, with golden girths and banners, set forth resounding like thunderclouds at the end of the hot season.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Bharata to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.86.32", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 86, "verse": 32, "iast": ["vividhāny api yānāni mahāni ca laghūni ca", "prayayuḥ sumahārhāṇi pādair eva padātayaḥ"], "translation": "Various vehicles too, both great and small, most costly, went forward; and the foot-soldiers went on foot.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Bharata to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.86.33", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 86, "verse": 33, "iast": ["atha yānapravekais tu kausalyāpramukhāḥ striyaḥ", "rāmadarśanakāṅkṣiṇyaḥ prayayur muditās tadā"], "translation": "Then the women, headed by Kausalyā, longing to see Rāma, went forth joyfully in the finest vehicles.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Bharata to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.86.34", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 86, "verse": 34, "iast": ["sa cārkataruṇābhāsāṃ niyuktāṃ śibikāṃ śubhām", "āsthāya prayayau śrīmān bharataḥ saparicchadaḥ"], "translation": "And the illustrious Bharata, with his retinue, mounting a splendid palanquin harnessed to bearers and shining like the young sun, set forth.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Bharata to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.86.35", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 86, "verse": 35, "iast": ["sā prayātā mahāsenā gajavājirathākulā", "dakṣiṇāṃ diśam āvṛtya mahāmegha ivotthitaḥ", "vanāni tu vyatikramya juṣṭāni mṛgapakṣibhiḥ"], "translation": "That great army, thronged with elephants, horses and chariots, set out, turning toward the southern quarter like a great cloud risen up, and passing through forests frequented by beasts and birds.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Bharata to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.86.36", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 86, "verse": 36, "iast": ["sā saṃprahṛṣṭadvipavājiyodhā vitrāsayantī mṛgapakṣisaṃghān", "mahad vanaṃ tat pravigāhamānā rarāja senā bharatasya tatra"], "translation": "That army of Bharata, with its exultant elephants, horses and warriors, terrifying the flocks of beasts and birds, plunging into that great forest, shone resplendent there.", "sarga_title": "Bharadvāja directs Bharata to Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.87.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 87, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tayā mahatyā yāyinyā dhvajinyā vanavāsinaḥ", "arditā yūthapā mattāḥ sayūthāḥ saṃpradudruvuḥ"], "translation": "Tormented by that great marching banner-host, the forest-dwelling herd-leaders, the rutting elephants, fled away together with their herds.", "sarga_title": "Bharata locates Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.87.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 87, "verse": 2, "iast": ["ṛkṣāḥ pṛṣatasaṃghāś ca ruravaś ca samantataḥ", "dṛśyante vanarājīṣu giriṣv api nadīṣu ca"], "translation": "Bears and herds of spotted deer and ruru-deer are seen on all sides, among the rows of forest trees, on the mountains, and by the rivers.", "sarga_title": "Bharata locates Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.87.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 87, "verse": 3, "iast": ["sa saṃpratasthe dharmātmā prīto daśarathātmajaḥ", "vṛto mahatyā nādinyā senayā caturaṅgayā"], "translation": "The righteous son of Daśaratha (Bharata), well-pleased, set out, surrounded by a great, roaring, four-membered army.", "sarga_title": "Bharata locates Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.87.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 87, "verse": 4, "iast": ["sāgaraughanibhā senā bharatasya mahātmanaḥ", "mahīṃ saṃchādayām āsa prāvṛṣi dyām ivāmbudaḥ"], "translation": "The army of great-souled Bharata, resembling the flood of the ocean, covered the earth, as a rain-cloud covers the sky in the rainy season.", "sarga_title": "Bharata locates Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.87.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 87, "verse": 5, "iast": ["turaṃgaughair avatatā vāraṇaiś ca mahājavaiḥ", "anālakṣyā ciraṃ kālaṃ tasmin kāle babhūva bhūḥ"], "translation": "Overspread with floods of horses and with swift elephants, the earth at that time was invisible for a long while.", "sarga_title": "Bharata locates Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.87.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 87, "verse": 6, "iast": ["sa yātvā dūram adhvānaṃ supariśrānta vāhanaḥ", "uvāca bharataḥ śrīmān vasiṣṭhaṃ mantriṇāṃ varam"], "translation": "Having travelled a long stretch of road, his mounts greatly wearied, the illustrious Bharata said to Vasiṣṭha, the best of counsellors:", "sarga_title": "Bharata locates Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.87.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 87, "verse": 7, "iast": ["yādṛśaṃ lakṣyate rūpaṃ yathā caiva śrutaṃ mayā", "vyaktaṃ prāptāḥ sma taṃ deśaṃ bharadvājo yam abravīt"], "translation": "From the sort of appearance that is seen, and just as I have heard, we have clearly reached that region of which Bharadvāja spoke.", "sarga_title": "Bharata locates Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.87.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 87, "verse": 8, "iast": ["ayaṃ giriś citrakūṭas tathā mandākinī nadī", "etat prakāśate dūrān nīlameghanibhaṃ vanam"], "translation": "This is Mount Citrakūṭa, and there the river Mandākinī; this forest, resembling a dark cloud, shines forth from afar.", "sarga_title": "Bharata locates Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.87.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 87, "verse": 9, "iast": ["gireḥ sānūni ramyāṇi citrakūṭasya saṃprati", "vāraṇair avamṛdyante māmakaiḥ parvatopamaiḥ"], "translation": "The lovely tablelands of Mount Citrakūṭa are now being trampled by my mountain-like elephants.", "sarga_title": "Bharata locates Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.87.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 87, "verse": 10, "iast": ["muñcanti kusumāny ete nagāḥ parvatasānuṣu", "nīlā ivātapāpāye toyaṃ toyadharā ghanāḥ"], "translation": "These trees on the mountain slopes shed their blossoms, as dark, thick rain-clouds release their water at the fading of the heat.", "sarga_title": "Bharata locates Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.87.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 87, "verse": 11, "iast": ["kinnarācaritoddeśaṃ paśya śatrughna parvatam", "hayaiḥ samantād ākīrṇaṃ makarair iva sāgaram"], "translation": "Behold, Śatrughna, the mountain whose reaches are frequented by kinnaras, strewn on every side with horses as the ocean is with sea-monsters.", "sarga_title": "Bharata locates Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.87.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 87, "verse": 12, "iast": ["ete mṛgagaṇā bhānti śīghravegāḥ pracoditāḥ", "vāyupraviddhāḥ śaradi megharājya ivāmbare"], "translation": "These herds of deer, driven on, swift of pace, gleam like ranges of cloud tossed by the wind in the autumn sky.", "sarga_title": "Bharata locates Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.87.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 87, "verse": 13, "iast": ["kurvanti kusumāpīḍāñ śiraḥsu surabhīn amī", "meghaprakāśaiḥ phalakair dākṣiṇātyā yathā narāḥ"], "translation": "These trees bear fragrant crests of blossoms upon their crowns, as southern men bear their cloud-bright shields.", "sarga_title": "Bharata locates Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.87.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 87, "verse": 14, "iast": ["niṣkūjam iva bhūtvedaṃ vanaṃ ghorapradarśanam", "ayodhyeva janākīrṇā saṃprati pratibhāti mā"], "translation": "This forest of dreadful aspect, having fallen silent of birdsong, now appears to me like Ayodhyā thronged with people.", "sarga_title": "Bharata locates Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.87.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 87, "verse": 15, "iast": ["khurair udīrito reṇur divaṃ pracchādya tiṣṭhati", "taṃ vahaty anilaḥ śīghraṃ kurvann iva mama priyam"], "translation": "The dust stirred up by the hooves stands covering the sky; the wind swiftly bears it away, as though doing me a kindness.", "sarga_title": "Bharata locates Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.87.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 87, "verse": 16, "iast": ["syandanāṃs turagopetān sūtamukhyair adhiṣṭhitān", "etān saṃpatataḥ śīghraṃ paśya śatrughna kānane"], "translation": "Behold, Śatrughna, these chariots yoked with horses and driven by chief charioteers, speeding swiftly through the forest.", "sarga_title": "Bharata locates Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.87.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 87, "verse": 17, "iast": ["etān vitrāsitān paśya barhiṇaḥ priyadarśanān", "etam āviśataḥ śailam adhivāsaṃ patatriṇām"], "translation": "Behold these frightened peacocks, lovely to look upon, entering this mountain, the dwelling-place of birds.", "sarga_title": "Bharata locates Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.87.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 87, "verse": 18, "iast": ["atimātram ayaṃ deśo manojñaḥ pratibhāti mā", "tāpasānāṃ nivāso 'yaṃ vyaktaṃ svargapatho yathā"], "translation": "This region appears to me exceedingly delightful; this is surely the abode of ascetics, like the very path to heaven.", "sarga_title": "Bharata locates Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.87.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 87, "verse": 19, "iast": ["mṛgā mṛgībhiḥ sahitā bahavaḥ pṛṣatā vane", "manojña rūpā lakṣyante kusumair iva citritaḥ"], "translation": "Many spotted deer together with their does are seen in the forest, of pleasing form, as if painted over with flowers.", "sarga_title": "Bharata locates Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.87.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 87, "verse": 20, "iast": ["sādhu sainyāḥ pratiṣṭhantāṃ vicinvantu ca kānanam", "yathā tau puruṣavyāghrau dṛśyete rāmalakṣmaṇau"], "translation": "Good — let the troops advance and search the forest, so that those two tigers among men, Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, may be found.", "sarga_title": "Bharata locates Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.87.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 87, "verse": 21, "iast": ["bharatasya vacaḥ śrutvā puruṣāḥ śastrapāṇayaḥ", "viviśus tad vanaṃ śūrā dhūmaṃ ca dadṛśus tataḥ"], "translation": "Hearing Bharata's words, the brave men, weapons in hand, entered that forest, and then they saw smoke.", "sarga_title": "Bharata locates Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.87.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 87, "verse": 22, "iast": ["te samālokya dhūmāgram ūcur bharatam āgatāḥ", "nāmanuṣye bhavaty agnir vyaktam atraiva rāghavau"], "translation": "Having observed the column of smoke, they came and said to Bharata: “Fire does not arise where there are no men; clearly the two Rāghavas are right here.”", "sarga_title": "Bharata locates Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.87.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 87, "verse": 23, "iast": ["atha nātra naravyāghrau rājaputrau paraṃtapau", "anye rāmopamāḥ santi vyaktam atra tapasvinaḥ"], "translation": "Or, if the two tigers among men, the princes, scorchers of foes, are not here, then surely there are other ascetics here, resembling Rāma.", "sarga_title": "Bharata locates Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.87.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 87, "verse": 24, "iast": ["tac chrutvā bharatas teṣāṃ vacanaṃ sādhu saṃmatam", "sainyān uvāca sarvāṃs tān amitrabalamardanaḥ"], "translation": "Hearing that well-approved speech of theirs, Bharata, crusher of enemy hosts, said to all those soldiers:", "sarga_title": "Bharata locates Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.87.25", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 87, "verse": 25, "iast": ["yat tā bhavantas tiṣṭhantu neto gantavyam agrataḥ", "aham eva gamiṣyāmi sumantro gurur eva ca"], "translation": "Let your honours here remain ready; from here one must not go on ahead. I alone shall go, together with Sumantra and the preceptor.", "sarga_title": "Bharata locates Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.87.26", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 87, "verse": 26, "iast": ["evam uktās tataḥ sarve tatra tasthuḥ samantataḥ", "bharato yatra dhūmāgraṃ tatra dṛṣṭiṃ samādadhat"], "translation": "Thus addressed, all then halted there on every side; and Bharata fixed his gaze there, where the column of smoke was.", "sarga_title": "Bharata locates Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.87.27", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 87, "verse": 27, "iast": ["vyavasthitā yā bharatena sā camūr nirīkṣamāṇāpi ca dhūmam agrataḥ", "babhūva hṛṣṭā nacireṇa jānatī priyasya rāmasya samāgamaṃ tadā"], "translation": "That army which had been halted by Bharata, gazing at the smoke ahead, soon grew joyful, knowing then the coming reunion with beloved Rāma.", "sarga_title": "Bharata locates Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.88.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 88, "verse": 1, "iast": ["dīrghakāloṣitas tasmin girau girivanapriyaḥ", "videhyāḥ priyamākāṅkṣan svaṃ ca cittaṃ vilobhayan"], "translation": "Having dwelt a long while on that mountain, fond of mountains and forests, wishing to please Vaidehī and to gladden his own heart,", "sarga_title": "Rāma shows Sītā Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.88.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 88, "verse": 2, "iast": ["atha dāśarathiś citraṃ citrakūṭam adarśayat", "bhāryām amarasaṃkāśaḥ śacīm iva puraṃdaraḥ"], "translation": "then the son of Daśaratha, resembling a god, showed the wondrous Citrakūṭa to his wife, as Indra, the sacker of cities, once showed it to Śacī.", "sarga_title": "Rāma shows Sītā Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.88.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 88, "verse": 3, "iast": ["na rājyād bhraṃśanaṃ bhadre na suhṛdbhir vinābhavaḥ", "mano me bādhate dṛṣṭvā ramaṇīyam imaṃ girim"], "translation": "“Neither the fall from the kingdom, my dear, nor separation from friends afflicts my mind, when I behold this delightful mountain.", "sarga_title": "Rāma shows Sītā Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.88.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 88, "verse": 4, "iast": ["paśyemam acalaṃ bhadre nānādvijagaṇāyutam", "śikharaiḥ kham ivodviddhair dhātumadbhir vibhūṣitam"], "translation": "Behold this mountain, my dear, teeming with flocks of many kinds of birds, adorned with mineral-rich peaks that tower as if piercing the sky.", "sarga_title": "Rāma shows Sītā Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.88.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 88, "verse": 5, "iast": ["ke cid rajatasaṃkāśāḥ ke cit kṣatajasaṃnibhāḥ", "pītamāñjiṣṭhavarṇāś ca ke cin maṇivaraprabhāḥ"], "translation": "Some tracts resemble silver, some are blood-red, some are of yellow and madder hue, and some shine like the finest gems.", "sarga_title": "Rāma shows Sītā Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.88.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 88, "verse": 6, "iast": ["puṣyārkaketukābhāś ca ke cij jyotī rasaprabhāḥ", "virājante 'calendrasya deśā dhātuvibhūṣitāḥ"], "translation": "And some gleam with the sheen of the Puṣya star, the sun, and crystal, some with the luster of light and quicksilver — the mineral-decked regions of this lord of mountains shine resplendent.", "sarga_title": "Rāma shows Sītā Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.88.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 88, "verse": 7, "iast": ["nānāmṛgagaṇadvīpitarakṣvṛkṣagaṇair vṛtaḥ", "aduṣṭair bhāty ayaṃ śailo bahupakṣisamākulaḥ"], "translation": "Encircled by troops of various deer, leopards, hyenas, and bears — all harmless — this mountain gleams, thronged with many birds.", "sarga_title": "Rāma shows Sītā Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.88.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 88, "verse": 8, "iast": ["āmrajambvasanair lodhraiḥ priyālaiḥ panasair dhavaiḥ", "aṅkolair bhavyatiniśair bilvatindukaveṇubhiḥ"], "translation": "With mango, rose-apple, and asana trees, with lodhra, priyāla, jackfruit, and dhava, with aṅkola, bhavya, and tiniśa, with bilva, tinduka, and bamboo,", "sarga_title": "Rāma shows Sītā Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.88.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 88, "verse": 9, "iast": ["kāśmaryariṣṭavaraṇair madhūkais tilakais tathā", "badaryāmalakair nīpair vetradhanvanabījakaiḥ"], "translation": "with kāśmarī, riṣṭa, and varaṇa, with madhūka and tilaka too, with jujube, myrobalan, and nīpa, with cane, dhanvana, and bījaka —", "sarga_title": "Rāma shows Sītā Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.88.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 88, "verse": 10, "iast": ["puṣpavadbhiḥ phalopetaiś chāyāvadbhir manoramaiḥ", "evamādibhir ākīrṇaḥ śriyaṃ puṣyaty ayaṃ giriḥ"], "translation": "with trees full of blossom, laden with fruit, shady and delightful, and others like them — strewn with all these, this mountain abounds in beauty.", "sarga_title": "Rāma shows Sītā Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.88.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 88, "verse": 11, "iast": ["śailaprastheṣu ramyeṣu paśyemān kāmaharṣaṇān", "kinnarān dvaṃdvaśo bhadre ramamāṇān manasvinaḥ"], "translation": "On the lovely mountain tablelands, my dear, behold these high-spirited kinnaras, exciting to love, sporting in pairs.", "sarga_title": "Rāma shows Sītā Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.88.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 88, "verse": 12, "iast": ["śākhāvasaktān khaḍgāṃś ca pravarāṇy ambarāṇi ca", "paśya vidyādharastrīṇāṃ krīḍed deśān manoramān"], "translation": "See the swords and fine garments of the Vidyādhara women hung upon the branches, and the delightful spots where they play.", "sarga_title": "Rāma shows Sītā Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.88.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 88, "verse": 13, "iast": ["jalaprapātair udbhedair niṣyandaiś ca kva cit kva cit", "sravadbhir bhāty ayaṃ śailaḥ sravan mada iva dvipaḥ"], "translation": "With waterfalls, springs, and streams trickling here and there, this mountain gleams like an elephant streaming with rut.", "sarga_title": "Rāma shows Sītā Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.88.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 88, "verse": 14, "iast": ["guhāsamīraṇo gandhān nānāpuṣpabhavān vahan", "ghrāṇatarpaṇam abhyetya kaṃ naraṃ na praharṣayet"], "translation": "The breeze from the caves, bearing fragrances born of many kinds of flowers, coming to gratify the nose — what man would it not delight?", "sarga_title": "Rāma shows Sītā Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.88.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 88, "verse": 15, "iast": ["yadīha śarado 'nekās tvayā sārdham anindite", "lakṣmaṇena ca vatsyāmi na māṃ śokaḥ pradhakṣyati"], "translation": "If here, O blameless one, I dwell many years together with you and with Lakṣmaṇa, no grief will consume me.", "sarga_title": "Rāma shows Sītā Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.88.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 88, "verse": 16, "iast": ["bahupuṣpaphale ramye nānādvijagaṇāyute", "vicitraśikhare hy asmin ratavān asmi bhāmini"], "translation": "On this mountain, rich in flowers and fruit, lovely, teeming with flocks of various birds, with its wondrous peaks, I have found delight, O lovely lady.", "sarga_title": "Rāma shows Sītā Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.88.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 88, "verse": 17, "iast": ["anena vanavāsena mayā prāptaṃ phaladvayam", "pituś cānṛṇatā dharme bharatasya priyaṃ tathā"], "translation": "By this dwelling in the forest a twofold fruit has been won by me: freedom from debt to my father in dharma, and likewise the pleasing of Bharata.", "sarga_title": "Rāma shows Sītā Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.88.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 88, "verse": 18, "iast": ["vaidehi ramase kaccic citrakūṭe mayā saha", "paśyantī vividhān bhāvān manovākkāyasaṃyatān"], "translation": "Vaidehī, do you take delight here on Citrakūṭa with me, beholding the manifold creatures, restrained in mind, speech, and body?", "sarga_title": "Rāma shows Sītā Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.88.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 88, "verse": 19, "iast": ["idam evāmṛtaṃ prāhū rājñāṃ rājarṣayaḥ pare", "vanavāsaṃ bhavārthāya pretya me prapitāmahāḥ"], "translation": "This very forest-dwelling the supreme royal seers, my forefathers now departed, declared to be the nectar of kings, for the sake of the life hereafter.", "sarga_title": "Rāma shows Sītā Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.88.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 88, "verse": 20, "iast": ["śilāḥ śailasya śobhante viśālāḥ śataśo 'bhitaḥ", "bahulā bahulair varṇair nīlapītasitāruṇaiḥ"], "translation": "The broad rocks of the mountain, in their hundreds on every side, gleam manifold with their many hues — dark, yellow, white, and red.", "sarga_title": "Rāma shows Sītā Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.88.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 88, "verse": 21, "iast": ["niśi bhānty acalendrasya hutāśanaśikhā iva", "oṣadhyaḥ svaprabhā lakṣmyā bhrājamānāḥ sahasraśaḥ"], "translation": "By night the herbs of the mountain-lord shine like tongues of fire, glowing by the thousand with their own radiance and splendor.", "sarga_title": "Rāma shows Sītā Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.88.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 88, "verse": 22, "iast": ["ke cit kṣayanibhā deśāḥ ke cid udyānasaṃnibhāḥ", "ke cid ekaśilā bhānti parvatasyāsya bhāmini"], "translation": "Some regions of this mountain look like dwellings, some like pleasure-gardens, and some appear as a single slab of rock, O lovely one.", "sarga_title": "Rāma shows Sītā Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.88.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 88, "verse": 23, "iast": ["bhittveva vasudhāṃ bhāti citrakūṭaḥ samutthitaḥ", "citrakūṭasya kūṭo 'sau dṛśyate sarvataḥ śivaḥ"], "translation": "Citrakūṭa, risen up as though it had cloven the earth, shines forth; that peak of Citrakūṭa is seen to be auspicious on every side.", "sarga_title": "Rāma shows Sītā Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.88.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 88, "verse": 24, "iast": ["kuṣṭhapuṃnāgatagarabhūrjapatrottaracchadān", "kāmināṃ svāstarān paśya kuśeśayadalāyutān"], "translation": "Behold the comfortable couches of the lovers, spread over with the leaves of kuṣṭha, punnāga, tagara, and birch, and strewn with lotus-petals.", "sarga_title": "Rāma shows Sītā Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.88.25", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 88, "verse": 25, "iast": ["mṛditāś cāpaviddhāś ca dṛśyante kamalasrajaḥ", "kāmibhir vanite paśya phalāni vividhāni ca"], "translation": "Lotus-garlands are seen, crushed and cast aside by the lovers, O woman; and behold, too, the fruits of many kinds.", "sarga_title": "Rāma shows Sītā Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.88.26", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 88, "verse": 26, "iast": ["vasvaukasārāṃ nalinīm atyetīvottarān kurūn", "parvataś citrakūṭo 'sau bahumūlaphalodakaḥ"], "translation": "This Mount Citrakūṭa, rich in roots, fruit, and water, surpasses, as it were, Vasvaukasārā, the pool Nalinī, and the northern Kurus.", "sarga_title": "Rāma shows Sītā Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.88.27", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 88, "verse": 27, "iast": ["imaṃ tu kālaṃ vanite vijahrivāṃs tvayā ca sīte saha lakṣmaṇena ca", "ratiṃ prapatsye kuladharmavardhinīṃ satāṃ pathi svair niyamaiḥ paraiḥ sthitaḥ"], "translation": "Passing this time here, O woman, O Sītā, with you and with Lakṣmaṇa, and abiding by my own highest vows on the path of the good, I shall attain a joy that augments the dharma of my lineage.", "sarga_title": "Rāma shows Sītā Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.89.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 89, "verse": 1, "iast": ["atha śailād viniṣkramya maithilīṃ kosaleśvaraḥ", "adarśayac chubhajalāṃ ramyāṃ mandākinīṃ nadīm"], "translation": "Then, descending from the mountain, the lord of Kosala (Rāma) showed the Maithilī (Sītā) the lovely river Mandākinī with its pure waters.", "sarga_title": "Rāma invites Sītā into the Mandākinī"}
{"ref": "2.89.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 89, "verse": 2, "iast": ["abravīc ca varārohāṃ cārucandranibhānanām", "videharājasya sutāṃ rāmo rājīvalocanaḥ"], "translation": "And lotus-eyed Rāma spoke to the fair-hipped daughter of the king of Videha, whose face was like the lovely moon:", "sarga_title": "Rāma invites Sītā into the Mandākinī"}
{"ref": "2.89.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 89, "verse": 3, "iast": ["vicitrapulināṃ ramyāṃ haṃsasārasasevitām", "kusumair upasaṃpannāṃ paśya mandākinīṃ nadīm"], "translation": "“Behold the river Mandākinī, with its lovely, wondrous sandbanks, frequented by swans and cranes, and rich with flowers,", "sarga_title": "Rāma invites Sītā into the Mandākinī"}
{"ref": "2.89.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 89, "verse": 4, "iast": ["nānāvidhais tīraruhair vṛtāṃ puṣpaphaladrumaiḥ", "rājantīṃ rājarājasya nalinīm iva sarvataḥ"], "translation": "encircled on every side by manifold bank-growing trees bearing flowers and fruit, resplendent like the lotus-pool of the king of kings (Kubera).", "sarga_title": "Rāma invites Sītā into the Mandākinī"}
{"ref": "2.89.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 89, "verse": 5, "iast": ["mṛgayūthanipītāni kaluṣāmbhāṃsi sāmpratam", "tīrthāni ramaṇīyāni ratiṃ saṃjanayanti me"], "translation": "The lovely bathing-places, their waters drunk from by herds of deer and now grown turbid, awaken delight in me.", "sarga_title": "Rāma invites Sītā into the Mandākinī"}
{"ref": "2.89.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 89, "verse": 6, "iast": ["jaṭājinadharāḥ kāle valkalottaravāsasaḥ", "ṛṣayas tv avagāhante nadīṃ mandākinīṃ priye"], "translation": "Wearing matted locks and antelope-skins, clad in bark upper-garments, the seers, my dear, bathe at the proper time in the river Mandākinī.", "sarga_title": "Rāma invites Sītā into the Mandākinī"}
{"ref": "2.89.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 89, "verse": 7, "iast": ["ādityam upatiṣṭhante niyamād ūrdhvabāhavaḥ", "ete 'pare viśālākṣi munayaḥ saṃśitavratāḥ"], "translation": "These other sages, O wide-eyed one, of strict vows, with their arms upraised, worship the Sun as their observance requires.", "sarga_title": "Rāma invites Sītā into the Mandākinī"}
{"ref": "2.89.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 89, "verse": 8, "iast": ["mārutoddhūta śikharaiḥ pranṛtta iva parvataḥ", "pādapaiḥ patrapuṣpāṇi sṛjadbhir abhito nadīm"], "translation": "With its treetops tossed by the wind, its trees scattering leaves and flowers all around the river, the mountain seems to be dancing.", "sarga_title": "Rāma invites Sītā into the Mandākinī"}
{"ref": "2.89.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 89, "verse": 9, "iast": ["kaccin maṇinikāśodāṃ kaccit pulinaśālinīm", "kaccit siddhajanākīrṇāṃ paśya mandākinīṃ nadīm"], "translation": "Behold the river Mandākinī — here with waters bright as jewels, there graced with sandbanks, and elsewhere thronged with Siddhas.", "sarga_title": "Rāma invites Sītā into the Mandākinī"}
{"ref": "2.89.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 89, "verse": 10, "iast": ["nirdhūtān vāyunā paśya vitatān puṣpasaṃcayān", "poplūyamānān aparān paśya tvaṃ jalamadhyagān"], "translation": "See the masses of flowers shaken down by the wind and spread over the water; and see others floating about in the midst of the stream.", "sarga_title": "Rāma invites Sītā into the Mandākinī"}
{"ref": "2.89.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 89, "verse": 11, "iast": ["tāṃś cātivalgu vacaso rathāṅgāhvayanā dvijāḥ", "adhirohanti kalyāṇi niṣkūjantaḥ śubhā giraḥ"], "translation": "And the birds called cakravāka, of most sweet voice, rise up over those (flowers), O fair one, uttering their lovely cries.", "sarga_title": "Rāma invites Sītā into the Mandākinī"}
{"ref": "2.89.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 89, "verse": 12, "iast": ["darśanaṃ citrakūṭasya mandākinyāś ca śobhane", "adhikaṃ puravāsāc ca manye ca tava darśanāt"], "translation": "The sight of Citrakūṭa and of the Mandākinī, O lovely one — made the finer by the sight of you — I deem far better than dwelling in the city.", "sarga_title": "Rāma invites Sītā into the Mandākinī"}
{"ref": "2.89.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 89, "verse": 13, "iast": ["vidhūtakaluṣaiḥ siddhais tapodamaśamānvitaiḥ", "nityavikṣobhita jalāṃ vihāhasva mayā saha"], "translation": "Bathe with me in this river, whose waters are ever stirred by the Siddhas — men purged of impurity, endowed with austerity, self-restraint, and calm.", "sarga_title": "Rāma invites Sītā into the Mandākinī"}
{"ref": "2.89.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 89, "verse": 14, "iast": ["sakhīvac ca vigāhasva sīte mandakinīm imām", "kamalāny avamajjantī puṣkarāṇi ca bhāmini"], "translation": "And plunge into this Mandākinī as into a friend, O Sītā, submerging the lotuses and water-lilies, O lovely one.", "sarga_title": "Rāma invites Sītā into the Mandākinī"}
{"ref": "2.89.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 89, "verse": 15, "iast": ["tvaṃ paurajanavad vyālān ayodhyām iva parvatam", "manyasva vanite nityaṃ sarayūvad imāṃ nadīm"], "translation": "Ever regard the wild beasts as the townsfolk, the mountain as Ayodhyā, and this river as the Sarayū, O woman.", "sarga_title": "Rāma invites Sītā into the Mandākinī"}
{"ref": "2.89.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 89, "verse": 16, "iast": ["lakṣmaṇaś caiva dharmātmā mannideśe vyavasthitaḥ", "tvaṃ cānukūlā vaidehi prītiṃ janayatho mama"], "translation": "And righteous Lakṣmaṇa, ever set upon my command, and you, agreeable, O Vaidehī — you two give me joy.", "sarga_title": "Rāma invites Sītā into the Mandākinī"}
{"ref": "2.89.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 89, "verse": 17, "iast": ["upaspṛśaṃs triṣavaṇaṃ madhumūlaphalāśanaḥ", "nāyodhyāyai na rājyāya spṛhaye 'dya tvayā saha"], "translation": "Performing my ablutions thrice a day, feeding on honey, roots, and fruit, together with you I long today neither for Ayodhyā nor for the kingdom.", "sarga_title": "Rāma invites Sītā into the Mandākinī"}
{"ref": "2.89.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 89, "verse": 18, "iast": ["imāṃ hi ramyāṃ gajayūthalolitāṃ nipītatoyāṃ gajasiṃhavānaraiḥ", "supuṣpitaiḥ puṣpadharair alaṃkṛtāṃ na so 'sti yaḥ syān na gatakramaḥ sukhī"], "translation": "Beholding this lovely river, stirred by herds of elephants, its water drunk by elephants, lions, and monkeys, adorned by well-blossomed flowering trees — there is none who, on coming to it, would not be made happy.", "sarga_title": "Rāma invites Sītā into the Mandākinī"}
{"ref": "2.89.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 89, "verse": 19, "iast": ["itīva rāmo bahusaṃgataṃ vacaḥ priyā sahāyaḥ saritaṃ prati bruvan", "cacāra ramyaṃ nayanāñjanaprabhaṃ sa citrakūṭaṃ raghuvaṃśavardhanaḥ"], "translation": "Thus speaking such well-fitting words to the river, Rāma, with his beloved as companion — that increaser of the Raghu line — roamed the lovely Citrakūṭa, dark-bright as the collyrium of the eyes.", "sarga_title": "Rāma invites Sītā into the Mandākinī"}
{"ref": "2.90.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 90, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tathā tatrāsatas tasya bharatasyopayāyinaḥ", "sainya reṇuś ca śabdaś ca prādurāstāṃ nabhaḥ spṛśau"], "translation": "As Bharata thus tarried there and advanced, the dust and the din of the army arose, touching the sky.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa suspects Bharata’s army"}
{"ref": "2.90.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 90, "verse": 2, "iast": ["etasminn antare trastāḥ śabdena mahatā tataḥ", "arditā yūthapā mattāḥ sayūthā dudruvur diśaḥ"], "translation": "At that moment, terrified by the great noise, the rutting herd-leaders, tormented, fled with their herds in all directions.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa suspects Bharata’s army"}
{"ref": "2.90.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 90, "verse": 3, "iast": ["sa taṃ sainyasamudbhūtaṃ śabdaṃ śuśrava rāghavaḥ", "tāṃś ca vipradrutān sarvān yūthapān anvavaikṣata"], "translation": "Rāghava heard that noise raised by the army, and gazed upon all those herd-leaders fleeing away.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa suspects Bharata’s army"}
{"ref": "2.90.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 90, "verse": 4, "iast": ["tāṃś ca vidravato dṛṣṭvā taṃ ca śrutvā sa niḥsvanam", "uvāca rāmaḥ saumitriṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ dīptatejasaṃ"], "translation": "Seeing them fleeing and hearing that din, Rāma said to Saumitri — Lakṣmaṇa of blazing splendor:", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa suspects Bharata’s army"}
{"ref": "2.90.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 90, "verse": 5, "iast": ["hanta lakṣmaṇa paśyeha sumitrā suprajās tvayā", "bhīmastanitagambhīras tumulaḥ śrūyate svanaḥ"], "translation": "“Ah, Lakṣmaṇa, look here — in you Sumitrā has a noble son! A tumultuous sound is heard, deep as terrible thunder.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa suspects Bharata’s army"}
{"ref": "2.90.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 90, "verse": 6, "iast": ["rājā vā rājamātro vā mṛgayām aṭate vane", "anyad vā śvāpadaṃ kiṃ cit saumitre jñātum arhasi", "sarvam etad yathātattvam acirāj jñātum arhasi"], "translation": "Either a king, or one of royal rank, roams the forest in the hunt — or perhaps it is some other wild beast, Saumitri; you should find out. You should soon learn all this exactly as it is.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa suspects Bharata’s army"}
{"ref": "2.90.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 90, "verse": 7, "iast": ["sa lakṣmaṇaḥ saṃtvaritaḥ sālam āruhya puṣpitam", "prekṣamāṇo diśaḥ sarvāḥ pūrvāṃ diśam avaikṣata"], "translation": "That Lakṣmaṇa, in haste, climbed a flowering sāla tree and, surveying all directions, looked toward the east.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa suspects Bharata’s army"}
{"ref": "2.90.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 90, "verse": 8, "iast": ["udaṅmukhaḥ prekṣamāṇo dadarśa mahatīṃ camūm", "rathāśvagajasaṃbādhāṃ yattair yuktāṃ padātibhiḥ"], "translation": "Turning to face north and looking, he saw a great army, dense with chariots, horses, and elephants, and furnished with alert foot-soldiers.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa suspects Bharata’s army"}
{"ref": "2.90.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 90, "verse": 9, "iast": ["tām aśvagajasaṃpūrṇāṃ rathadhvajavibhūṣitām", "śaśaṃsa senāṃ rāmāya vacanaṃ cedam abravīt"], "translation": "He announced to Rāma that army, full of horses and elephants, adorned with chariots and banners, and spoke these words:", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa suspects Bharata’s army"}
{"ref": "2.90.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 90, "verse": 10, "iast": ["agniṃ saṃśamayatv āryaḥ sītā ca bhajatāṃ guhām", "sajyaṃ kuruṣva cāpaṃ ca śarāṃś ca kavacaṃ tathā"], "translation": "“Let the noble one put out the fire, and let Sītā take to a cave; string your bow, and make ready your arrows and your armor.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa suspects Bharata’s army"}
{"ref": "2.90.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 90, "verse": 11, "iast": ["taṃ rāmaḥ puruṣavyāghro lakṣmaṇaṃ pratyuvāca ha", "aṅgāvekṣasva saumitre kasyaitāṃ manyase camūm"], "translation": "To him Rāma, tiger among men, replied: “Just consider, Saumitri — whose army do you take this to be?”", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa suspects Bharata’s army"}
{"ref": "2.90.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 90, "verse": 12, "iast": ["evam ukktas tu rāmeṇa lakṣmāṇo vākyam abravīt", "didhakṣann iva tāṃ senāṃ ruṣitaḥ pāvako yathā"], "translation": "Thus addressed by Rāma, Lakṣmaṇa spoke these words, as if to burn up that army, enraged like fire:", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa suspects Bharata’s army"}
{"ref": "2.90.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 90, "verse": 13, "iast": ["saṃpannaṃ rājyam icchaṃs tu vyaktaṃ prāpyābhiṣecanam", "āvāṃ hantuṃ samabhyeti kaikeyyā bharataḥ sutaḥ"], "translation": "Clearly, wishing to secure the kingdom, having obtained the consecration, Bharata, Kaikeyī's son, comes to kill the two of us.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa suspects Bharata’s army"}
{"ref": "2.90.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 90, "verse": 14, "iast": ["eṣa vai sumahāñ śrīmān viṭapī saṃprakāśate", "virājaty udgataskandhaḥ kovidāra dhvajo rathe"], "translation": "There indeed shines forth that great, splendid, spreading tree; the kovidāra banner, its top upraised, gleams upon the chariot.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa suspects Bharata’s army"}
{"ref": "2.90.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 90, "verse": 15, "iast": ["bhajanty ete yathākāmam aśvān āruhya śīghragān", "ete bhrājanti saṃhṛṣṭā jagān āruhya sādinaḥ"], "translation": "These men, mounting swift horses, range about at will; these gladdened riders shine as they mount their steeds.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa suspects Bharata’s army"}
{"ref": "2.90.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 90, "verse": 16, "iast": ["gṛhītadhanuṣau cāvāṃ giriṃ vīra śrayāvahe", "api nau vaśam āgacchet kovidāradhvajo raṇe"], "translation": "With our bows taken up, O hero, let us two take to the mountain; perhaps the kovidāra-bannered one will fall into our power in battle.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa suspects Bharata’s army"}
{"ref": "2.90.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 90, "verse": 17, "iast": ["api drakṣyāmi bharataṃ yatkṛte vyasanaṃ mahat", "tvayā rāghava saṃprāptaṃ sītayā ca mayā tathā"], "translation": "Shall I indeed see Bharata, for whose sake this great calamity has befallen you, Rāghava, and Sītā, and me alike?", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa suspects Bharata’s army"}
{"ref": "2.90.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 90, "verse": 18, "iast": ["yannimittaṃ bhavān rājyāc cyuto rāghava śāśvatīm", "saṃprāpto 'yam arir vīra bharato vadhya eva me"], "translation": "He on whose account you, Rāghava, have fallen from the everlasting kingship — this enemy Bharata has come, O hero; he is surely to be slain by me.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa suspects Bharata’s army"}
{"ref": "2.90.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 90, "verse": 19, "iast": ["bharatasya vadhe doṣaṃ nāhaṃ paśyāmi rāghava", "pūrvāpakariṇāṃ tyāge na hy adharmo vidhīyate", "etasminn nihate kṛtsnām anuśādhi vasuṃdharām"], "translation": "I see no fault in slaying Bharata, Rāghava; for in doing away with those who have first done wrong no unrighteousness is ordained. With him slain, rule the whole earth.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa suspects Bharata’s army"}
{"ref": "2.90.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 90, "verse": 20, "iast": ["adya putraṃ hataṃ saṃkhye kaikeyī rājyakāmukā", "mayā paśyet suduḥkhārtā hastibhagnam iva drumam"], "translation": "Today let Kaikeyī, greedy for the kingdom, sore-stricken with grief, behold her son slain by me in battle, like a tree broken by an elephant.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa suspects Bharata’s army"}
{"ref": "2.90.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 90, "verse": 21, "iast": ["kaikeyīṃ ca vadhiṣyāmi sānubandhāṃ sabāndhavām", "kaluṣeṇādya mahatā medinī parimucyatām"], "translation": "And I shall slay Kaikeyī, with her adherents and kinsmen; let the earth today be rid of a great defilement.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa suspects Bharata’s army"}
{"ref": "2.90.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 90, "verse": 22, "iast": ["adyemaṃ saṃyataṃ krodham asatkāraṃ ca mānada", "mokṣyāmi śatrusainyeṣu kakṣeṣv iva hutāśanam"], "translation": "Today, O giver of honor, I shall loose this pent-up anger and (avenge) the insult upon the enemy hosts, as fire set loose in dry brushwood.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa suspects Bharata’s army"}
{"ref": "2.90.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 90, "verse": 23, "iast": ["adyaitac citrakūṭasya kānanaṃ niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ", "bhindañ śatruśarīrāṇi kariṣye śoṇitokṣitam"], "translation": "Today, piercing the enemies' bodies with sharp arrows, I shall make this forest of Citrakūṭa drenched with blood.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa suspects Bharata’s army"}
{"ref": "2.90.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 90, "verse": 24, "iast": ["śarair nirbhinnahṛdayān kuñjarāṃs turagāṃs tathā", "śvāpadāḥ parikarṣantu narāś ca nihatān mayā"], "translation": "Let the wild beasts drag off the elephants and horses, their hearts pierced through by my arrows, and the men slain by me.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa suspects Bharata’s army"}
{"ref": "2.90.25", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 90, "verse": 25, "iast": ["śarāṇāṃ dhanuṣaś cāham anṛṇo 'smi mahāvane", "sasainyaṃ bharataṃ hatvā bhaviṣyāmi na saṃśayaḥ"], "translation": "By slaying Bharata together with his army in this great forest, I shall, beyond doubt, become free of my debt to my arrows and my bow.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa suspects Bharata’s army"}
{"ref": "2.91.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 91, "verse": 1, "iast": ["susaṃrabdhaṃ tu saumitriṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ krodhamūrchitam", "rāmas tu parisāntvyātha vacanaṃ cedam abravīt"], "translation": "But Rāma, soothing the greatly agitated Saumitri, Lakṣmaṇa, who was beside himself with anger, spoke these words:", "sarga_title": "Rāma restrains Lakṣmaṇa"}
{"ref": "2.91.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 91, "verse": 2, "iast": ["kim atra dhanuṣā kāryam asinā vā sacarmaṇā", "maheṣvāse mahāprājñe bharate svayam āgate"], "translation": "“What need is there here of a bow, or of a sword with its shield, when the great archer, the deeply wise Bharata, has come in person?", "sarga_title": "Rāma restrains Lakṣmaṇa"}
{"ref": "2.91.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 91, "verse": 3, "iast": ["prāptakālaṃ yad eṣo 'smān bharato draṣṭum icchati", "asmāsu manasāpy eṣa nāhitaṃ kiṃ cid ācaret"], "translation": "That Bharata wishes to see us is timely; not even in thought would he do us any harm.", "sarga_title": "Rāma restrains Lakṣmaṇa"}
{"ref": "2.91.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 91, "verse": 4, "iast": ["vipriyaṃ kṛtapūrvaṃ te bharatena kadā na kim", "īdṛśaṃ vā bhayaṃ te 'dya bharataṃ yo 'tra śaṅkase"], "translation": "When has Bharata ever before done anything displeasing to you? Or what such fear of Bharata is yours today, that you here suspect him?", "sarga_title": "Rāma restrains Lakṣmaṇa"}
{"ref": "2.91.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 91, "verse": 5, "iast": ["na hi te niṣṭhuraṃ vācyo bharato nāpriyaṃ vacaḥ", "ahaṃ hy apriyam uktaḥ syāṃ bharatasyāpriye kṛte"], "translation": "You must speak nothing harsh to Bharata, no unkind word; for if a wrong were done to Bharata, it is I who would be wronged.", "sarga_title": "Rāma restrains Lakṣmaṇa"}
{"ref": "2.91.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 91, "verse": 6, "iast": ["kathaṃ nu putrāḥ pitaraṃ hanyuḥ kasyāṃ cid āpadi", "bhrātā vā bhrātaraṃ hanyāt saumitre prāṇam ātmanaḥ"], "translation": "How indeed could sons slay their father in any calamity, or a brother slay a brother, Saumitri, who is his own very life?", "sarga_title": "Rāma restrains Lakṣmaṇa"}
{"ref": "2.91.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 91, "verse": 7, "iast": ["yadi rājyasya hetos tvam imāṃ vācaṃ prabhāṣase", "vakṣyāmi bharataṃ dṛṣṭvā rājyam asmai pradīyatām"], "translation": "If for the sake of the kingdom you speak these words, then, on seeing Bharata, I shall say: ‘Let the kingdom be given to him.’", "sarga_title": "Rāma restrains Lakṣmaṇa"}
{"ref": "2.91.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 91, "verse": 8, "iast": ["ucyamāno hi bharato mayā lakṣmaṇa tattvataḥ", "rājyam asmai prayaccheti bāḍham ity eva vakṣyati"], "translation": "For when Bharata is told by me truly, Lakṣmaṇa, ‘Give over the kingdom to him,’ he will answer only, ‘So be it.’", "sarga_title": "Rāma restrains Lakṣmaṇa"}
{"ref": "2.91.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 91, "verse": 9, "iast": ["tathokto dharmaśīlena bhrātrā tasya hite rataḥ", "lakṣmaṇaḥ praviveśeva svāni gātrāṇi lajjayā"], "translation": "So addressed by his brother of righteous nature, Lakṣmaṇa, devoted to Rāma's welfare, seemed to shrink into his own limbs from shame.", "sarga_title": "Rāma restrains Lakṣmaṇa"}
{"ref": "2.91.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 91, "verse": 10, "iast": ["vrīḍitaṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā rāghavaḥ pratyuvāca ha", "eṣa manye mahābāhur ihāsmān draṣṭum āgataḥ"], "translation": "Seeing Lakṣmaṇa abashed, Rāghava replied: “I think this mighty-armed one has come here to see us.", "sarga_title": "Rāma restrains Lakṣmaṇa"}
{"ref": "2.91.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 91, "verse": 11, "iast": ["vanavāsam anudhyāya gṛhāya pratineṣyati", "imāṃ vāpy eśa vaidehīm atyantasukhasevinīm"], "translation": "Reflecting on the hardship of the forest life, he will lead us back home — or at least this Vaidehī, who is used to constant comfort.", "sarga_title": "Rāma restrains Lakṣmaṇa"}
{"ref": "2.91.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 91, "verse": 12, "iast": ["etau tau saṃprakāśete gotravantau manoramau", "vāyuvegasamau vīra javanau turagottamau"], "translation": "There, O hero, gleam those two splendid horses of noble stock, delightful, swift, matching the speed of the wind — the best of steeds.", "sarga_title": "Rāma restrains Lakṣmaṇa"}
{"ref": "2.91.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 91, "verse": 13, "iast": ["sa eṣa sumahākāyaḥ kampate vāhinīmukhe", "nāgaḥ śatruṃjayo nāma vṛddhas tātasya dhīmataḥ"], "translation": "There, at the head of the army, sways that huge-bodied elephant named Śatruṃjaya, the aged mount of my wise father.", "sarga_title": "Rāma restrains Lakṣmaṇa"}
{"ref": "2.91.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 91, "verse": 14, "iast": ["avatīrya tu sālāgrāt tasmāt sa samitiṃjayaḥ", "lakṣmaṇaḥ prāñjalir bhūtvā tasthau rāmasya pārśvataḥ"], "translation": "Descending from the top of that sāla tree, Lakṣmaṇa, victorious in battle, joined his palms and took his stand at Rāma's side.", "sarga_title": "Rāma restrains Lakṣmaṇa"}
{"ref": "2.91.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 91, "verse": 15, "iast": ["bharatenātha saṃdiṣṭā saṃmardo na bhaved iti", "samantāt tasya śailasya senāvāsam akalpayat"], "translation": "Then, at Bharata's order that there should be no crowding, the army was directed, and its encampment was arranged all around that mountain.", "sarga_title": "Rāma restrains Lakṣmaṇa"}
{"ref": "2.91.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 91, "verse": 16, "iast": ["adhyardham ikṣvākucamūr yojanaṃ parvatasya sā", "pārśve nyaviśad āvṛtya gajavājirathākulā"], "translation": "That army of the Ikṣvākus, teeming with elephants, horses, and chariots, spreading over a yojana and a half, encamped upon the mountain's flank, enveloping it.", "sarga_title": "Rāma restrains Lakṣmaṇa"}
{"ref": "2.91.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 91, "verse": 17, "iast": ["sā citrakūṭe bharatena senā dharmaṃ puraskṛtya vidhūya darpam", "prasādanārthaṃ raghunandanasya virocate nītimatā praṇītā"], "translation": "That army, led onto Citrakūṭa by Bharata — who, putting dharma foremost and casting off all pride, sought to conciliate the delight of the Raghus — shone resplendent, marshalled by that master of statecraft.", "sarga_title": "Rāma restrains Lakṣmaṇa"}
{"ref": "2.92.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 92, "verse": 1, "iast": ["niveśya senāṃ tu vibhuḥ padbhyāṃ pādavatāṃ varaḥ", "abhigantuṃ sa kākutstham iyeṣa guruvartakam"], "translation": "Having encamped the army, the mighty lord, best of those who go on foot, desired to approach Kākutstha on foot, devoted as he was to his elders.", "sarga_title": "Bharata searches for Rāma’s hut"}
{"ref": "2.92.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 92, "verse": 2, "iast": ["niviṣṭa mātre sainye tu yathoddeśaṃ vinītavat", "bharato bhrātaraṃ vākyaṃ śatrughnam idam abravīt"], "translation": "As soon as the army had encamped in orderly fashion, each in its assigned place, Bharata spoke these words to his brother Śatrughna.", "sarga_title": "Bharata searches for Rāma’s hut"}
{"ref": "2.92.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 92, "verse": 3, "iast": ["kṣipraṃ vanam idaṃ saumya narasaṃghaiḥ samantataḥ", "lubdhaiś ca sahitair ebhis tvam anveṣitum arhasi"], "translation": "“Quickly, gentle one, you should search this forest all around with these bands of men, together with these hunters.", "sarga_title": "Bharata searches for Rāma’s hut"}
{"ref": "2.92.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 92, "verse": 4, "iast": ["yāvan na rāmaṃ drakṣyāmi lakṣmaṇaṃ vā mahābalam", "vaidehīṃ vā mahābhāgāṃ na me śāntir bhaviṣyati"], "translation": "Until I see Rāma, or the mighty Lakṣmaṇa, or the illustrious Vaidehī, there will be no peace for me.", "sarga_title": "Bharata searches for Rāma’s hut"}
{"ref": "2.92.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 92, "verse": 5, "iast": ["yāvan na candrasaṃkāśaṃ drakṣyāmi śubham ānanam", "bhrātuḥ padmapalāśākṣaṃ na me śāntir bhaviṣyati"], "translation": "Until I see my brother's auspicious, moon-like face with eyes like lotus-petals, there will be no peace for me.", "sarga_title": "Bharata searches for Rāma’s hut"}
{"ref": "2.92.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 92, "verse": 6, "iast": ["yāvan na caraṇau bhrātuḥ pārthiva vyañjanānvitau", "śirasā dhārayiṣyāmi na me śāntir bhaviṣyati"], "translation": "Until I bear upon my head my brother's feet, marked with the signs of royalty, there will be no peace for me.", "sarga_title": "Bharata searches for Rāma’s hut"}
{"ref": "2.92.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 92, "verse": 7, "iast": ["yāvan na rājye rājyārhaḥ pitṛpaitāmahe sthitaḥ", "abhiṣekajalaklinno na me śāntir bhaviṣyati"], "translation": "Until he who is worthy of the kingdom, established in the realm of his fathers and forefathers, is wet with the water of consecration, there will be no peace for me.", "sarga_title": "Bharata searches for Rāma’s hut"}
{"ref": "2.92.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 92, "verse": 8, "iast": ["kṛtakṛtyā mahābhāgā vaidehī janakātmajā", "bhartāraṃ sāgarāntāyāḥ pṛthivyā yānugacchati"], "translation": "The illustrious Vaidehī, daughter of Janaka, has fulfilled her purpose, in that she follows her husband, the lord of the sea-girt earth.", "sarga_title": "Bharata searches for Rāma’s hut"}
{"ref": "2.92.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 92, "verse": 9, "iast": ["subhagaś citrakūṭo 'sau girirājopamo giriḥ", "yasmin vasati kākutsthaḥ kubera ivanandane"], "translation": "Fortunate is that mountain Citrakūṭa, like the king of mountains, on which Kākutstha dwells as Kubera dwells in Nandana.", "sarga_title": "Bharata searches for Rāma’s hut"}
{"ref": "2.92.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 92, "verse": 10, "iast": ["kṛtakāryam idaṃ durgaṃ vanaṃ vyālaniṣevitam", "yad adhyāste mahātejā rāmaḥ śastrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ"], "translation": "This impassable forest, haunted by beasts of prey, has fulfilled its purpose, since the greatly splendid Rāma, best of those who bear weapons, dwells in it.", "sarga_title": "Bharata searches for Rāma’s hut"}
{"ref": "2.92.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 92, "verse": 11, "iast": ["evam uktvā mahātejā bharataḥ puruṣarṣabhaḥ", "padbhyām eva mahātejāḥ praviveśa mahad vanam"], "translation": "Having spoken thus, the greatly splendid Bharata, bull among men, of great splendour, entered the great forest on foot.", "sarga_title": "Bharata searches for Rāma’s hut"}
{"ref": "2.92.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 92, "verse": 12, "iast": ["sa tāni drumajālāni jātāni girisānuṣu", "puṣpitāgrāṇi madhyena jagāma vadatāṃ varaḥ"], "translation": "The best of speakers went through the midst of those thickets of trees grown on the mountain-ridges, their crowns in blossom.", "sarga_title": "Bharata searches for Rāma’s hut"}
{"ref": "2.92.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 92, "verse": 13, "iast": ["sa gireś citrakūṭasya sālam āsādya puṣpitam", "rāmāśramagatasyāgner dadarśa dhvajam ucchritam"], "translation": "Reaching a flowering sāla tree of Mount Citrakūṭa, he saw the upraised banner of smoke from the fire in Rāma's hermitage.", "sarga_title": "Bharata searches for Rāma’s hut"}
{"ref": "2.92.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 92, "verse": 14, "iast": ["taṃ dṛṣṭvā bharataḥ śrīmān mumoda sahabāndhavaḥ", "atra rāma iti jñātvā gataḥ pāram ivāmbhasaḥ"], "translation": "Seeing it, the illustrious Bharata, together with his kinsmen, rejoiced — knowing “Rāma is here” — like one who has reached the far shore of a flood.", "sarga_title": "Bharata searches for Rāma’s hut"}
{"ref": "2.92.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 92, "verse": 15, "iast": ["sa citrakūṭe tu girau niśāmya rāmāśramaṃ puṇyajanopapannam", "guhena sārdhaṃ tvarito jagāma punar niveśyaiva camūṃ mahātmā"], "translation": "Having beheld on Mount Citrakūṭa Rāma's hermitage, filled with holy folk, the great-souled one, encamping his army once more, went in haste together with Guha.", "sarga_title": "Bharata searches for Rāma’s hut"}
{"ref": "2.93.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 93, "verse": 1, "iast": ["niviṣṭāyāṃ tu senāyām utsuko bharatas tadā", "jagāma bhrātaraṃ draṣṭuṃ śatrughnam anudarśayan"], "translation": "When the army had encamped, then eager Bharata set out to see his brother, pointing out the way to Śatrughna.", "sarga_title": "Bharata finds Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.93.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 93, "verse": 2, "iast": ["ṛṣiṃ vasiṣṭhaṃ saṃdiśya mātṝr me śīghram ānaya", "iti taritam agre sa jāgama guruvatsalaḥ"], "translation": "Having instructed the sage Vasiṣṭha, “Bring my mothers here quickly,” he, devoted to his elders, went on ahead in haste.", "sarga_title": "Bharata finds Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.93.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 93, "verse": 3, "iast": ["sumantras tv api śatughnam adūrād anvapadyata", "rāmadārśanajas tarṣo bharatasyeva tasya ca"], "translation": "And Sumantra too followed Śatrughna from not far off, for the longing born of the sight of Rāma was his as it was Bharata's.", "sarga_title": "Bharata finds Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.93.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 93, "verse": 4, "iast": ["gacchann evātha bharatas tāpasālayasaṃsthitām", "bhrātuḥ parṇakuṭīṃ śrīmān uṭajaṃ ca dadarśa ha"], "translation": "As he went on, the glorious Bharata beheld his brother's leaf-hut set within the ascetics' settlement, and the hermitage.", "sarga_title": "Bharata finds Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.93.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 93, "verse": 5, "iast": ["śālāyās tv agratas tasyā dadarśa bharatas tadā", "kāṣṭāni cāvabhagnāni puṣpāṇy avacitāni ca"], "translation": "In front of that hut Bharata then saw pieces of firewood that had been broken and flowers that had been gathered.", "sarga_title": "Bharata finds Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.93.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 93, "verse": 6, "iast": ["dadarśa ca vane tasmin mahataḥ saṃcayān kṛtān", "mṛgāṇāṃ mahiṣāṇāṃ ca karīṣaiḥ śītakāraṇāt"], "translation": "And in that forest he saw great heaps piled up from the dung of deer and buffalo, gathered against the cold.", "sarga_title": "Bharata finds Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.93.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 93, "verse": 7, "iast": ["gacchan eva mahābāhur dyutimān bharatas tadā", "śatrughnaṃ cābravīd dhṛṣṭas tān amātyāṃś ca sarvaśaḥ"], "translation": "As he went on, the mighty-armed, splendid Bharata then, delighted, spoke to Śatrughna and to all those ministers.", "sarga_title": "Bharata finds Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.93.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 93, "verse": 8, "iast": ["manye prāptāḥ sma taṃ deśaṃ bharadvājo yam abravīt", "nātidūre hi manye 'haṃ nadīṃ mandākinīm itaḥ"], "translation": "I think we have reached that region of which Bharadvāja spoke; for I think the river Mandākinī is not far from here.", "sarga_title": "Bharata finds Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.93.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 93, "verse": 9, "iast": ["uccair baddhāni cīrāṇi lakṣmaṇena bhaved ayam", "abhijñānakṛtaḥ panthā vikāle gantum icchatā"], "translation": "The bark-garments are tied up high — this must be a path made as a marker by Lakṣmaṇa, who wished to travel it at an odd hour.", "sarga_title": "Bharata finds Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.93.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 93, "verse": 10, "iast": ["idaṃ codāttadantānāṃ kuñjarāṇāṃ tarasvinām", "śailapārśve parikrāntam anyonyam abhigarjatām"], "translation": "And this, on the mountainside, is where powerful elephants with lofty tusks have roamed about, trumpeting at one another.", "sarga_title": "Bharata finds Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.93.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 93, "verse": 11, "iast": ["yam evādhātum icchanti tāpasāḥ satataṃ vane", "tasyāsau dṛśyate dhūmaḥ saṃkulaḥ kṛṣṭavartmanaḥ"], "translation": "The smoke of that fire which the ascetics ever wish to keep kindled in the forest is seen yonder, dense, rising along the beaten track.", "sarga_title": "Bharata finds Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.93.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 93, "verse": 12, "iast": ["atrāhaṃ puruṣavyāghraṃ gurusatkārakāriṇam", "āryaṃ drakṣyāmi saṃhṛṣṭo maharṣim iva rāghavam"], "translation": "Here, overjoyed, I shall behold the tiger among men, the noble Rāghava who honors his elders, as one beholds a great sage.", "sarga_title": "Bharata finds Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.93.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 93, "verse": 13, "iast": ["atha gatvā muhūrtaṃ tu citrakūṭaṃ sa rāghavaḥ", "mandākinīm anuprāptas taṃ janaṃ cedam abravīt"], "translation": "Then, having gone on a while, that scion of Raghu reached the Mandākinī at Citrakūṭa and said this to those people:", "sarga_title": "Bharata finds Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.93.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 93, "verse": 14, "iast": ["jagatyāṃ puruṣavyāghra āste vīrāsane rataḥ", "janendro nirjanaṃ prāpya dhin me janma sajīvitam"], "translation": "The tiger among men, the lord of men, having withdrawn to a lonely place, sits on the bare ground intent on the hero's posture — fie on my birth and my life!", "sarga_title": "Bharata finds Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.93.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 93, "verse": 15, "iast": ["matkṛte vyasanaṃ prāpto lokanātho mahādyutiḥ", "sarān kāmān parityajya vane vasati rāghavaḥ"], "translation": "For my sake the lord of the world, of great splendor, has fallen into calamity; giving up all pleasures, Rāghava dwells in the forest.", "sarga_title": "Bharata finds Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.93.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 93, "verse": 16, "iast": ["iti lokasamākruṣṭaḥ pādeṣv adya prasādayan", "rāmasya nipatiṣyāmi sītāyāś ca punaḥ punaḥ"], "translation": "So reviled by the world, seeking to appease him, today I shall fall again and again at the feet of Rāma and of Sītā.", "sarga_title": "Bharata finds Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.93.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 93, "verse": 17, "iast": ["evaṃ sa vilapaṃs tasmin vane daśarathātmajaḥ", "dadarśa mahatīṃ puṇyāṃ parṇaśālāṃ manoramām"], "translation": "Thus lamenting in that forest, the son of Daśaratha caught sight of a great, holy, and delightful leaf-hall.", "sarga_title": "Bharata finds Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.93.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 93, "verse": 18, "iast": ["sālatālāśvakarṇānāṃ parṇair bahubhir āvṛtām", "viśālāṃ mṛdubhis tīrṇāṃ kuśair vedim ivādhvare"], "translation": "Covered over with many leaves of sāla, tāla, and aśvakarṇa trees, spacious, strewn with soft kuśa grass, like a sacrificial altar at a rite.", "sarga_title": "Bharata finds Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.93.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 93, "verse": 19, "iast": ["śakrāyudha nikāśaiś ca kārmukair bhārasādhanaiḥ", "rukmapṛṣṭhair mahāsāraiḥ śobhitāṃ śatrubādhakaiḥ"], "translation": "And adorned with bows like Indra's rainbow, able to bear great strain, gold-backed, of mighty force, tormentors of foes.", "sarga_title": "Bharata finds Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.93.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 93, "verse": 20, "iast": ["arkaraśmipratīkāśair ghorais tūṇīgataiḥ śaraiḥ", "śobhitāṃ dīptavadanaiḥ sarpair bhogavatīm iva"], "translation": "Adorned with dreadful arrows like the sun's rays lying in the quiver, as Bhogavatī is adorned with flame-mouthed serpents.", "sarga_title": "Bharata finds Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.93.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 93, "verse": 21, "iast": ["mahārajatavāsobhyām asibhyāṃ ca virājitām", "rukmabinduvicitrābhyāṃ carmabhyāṃ cāpi śobhitām"], "translation": "Made resplendent by two swords in golden sheaths, and adorned also with two shields spangled with golden dots.", "sarga_title": "Bharata finds Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.93.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 93, "verse": 22, "iast": ["godhāṅgulitrair āsāktaiś citraiḥ kāñcanabhūṣitaiḥ", "arisaṃghair anādhṛṣyāṃ mṛgaiḥ siṃhaguhām iva"], "translation": "With bright leather finger-guards hung up, decked with gold; unassailable by hosts of foes, as a lion's cave is unassailable by [lesser] beasts.", "sarga_title": "Bharata finds Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.93.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 93, "verse": 23, "iast": ["prāgudaksravaṇāṃ vediṃ viśālāṃ dīptapāvakām", "dadarśa bharatas tatra puṇyāṃ rāmaniveśane"], "translation": "There in Rāma's dwelling Bharata saw a holy, spacious altar, sloping toward the east and the north, with blazing fire upon it.", "sarga_title": "Bharata finds Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.93.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 93, "verse": 24, "iast": ["nirīkṣya sa muhūrtaṃ tu dadarśa bharato gurum", "uṭaje rāmam āsīnāṃ jaṭāmaṇḍaladhāriṇam"], "translation": "After gazing a while, Bharata beheld his venerable elder, Rāma, seated in the hut, wearing a great mass of matted locks.", "sarga_title": "Bharata finds Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.93.25", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 93, "verse": 25, "iast": ["taṃ tu kṛṣṇājinadharaṃ cīravalkalavāsasaṃ", "dadarśa rāmam āsīnam abhitaḥ pāvakopamam"], "translation": "He saw that Rāma seated, clad in a black antelope-skin and in garments of bark, resembling fire on every side.", "sarga_title": "Bharata finds Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.93.26", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 93, "verse": 26, "iast": ["siṃhaskandhaṃ mahābāhuṃ puṇḍarīkanibhekṣaṇam", "pṛthivyāḥ sagarāntāyā bhartāraṃ dharmacāriṇam"], "translation": "Lion-shouldered, mighty-armed, with eyes like white lotuses, the righteous lord of the earth bounded by the sea, a follower of dharma.", "sarga_title": "Bharata finds Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.93.27", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 93, "verse": 27, "iast": ["upaviṣṭaṃ mahābāhuṃ brahmāṇam iva śāśvatam", "sthaṇḍile darbhasasmtīrṇe sītayā lakṣmaṇena ca"], "translation": "The mighty-armed one seated like the eternal Brahmā upon a patch of ground strewn with darbha grass, together with Sītā and Lakṣmaṇa.", "sarga_title": "Bharata finds Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.93.28", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 93, "verse": 28, "iast": ["taṃ dṛṣṭvā bharataḥ śrīmān duḥkhamohapariplutaḥ", "abhyadhāvata dharmātmā bharataḥ kaikayīsutaḥ"], "translation": "Seeing him, the glorious, righteous Bharata, son of Kaikeyī, overwhelmed with grief and bewilderment, ran forward.", "sarga_title": "Bharata finds Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.93.29", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 93, "verse": 29, "iast": ["dṛṣṭvā ca vilalāpārto bāṣpasaṃdigdhayā girā", "aśaknuvan dhārayituṃ dhairyād vacanam abravīt"], "translation": "And seeing him, stricken, he lamented in a voice choked with tears; unable to restrain himself, he spoke these words with an effort at composure.", "sarga_title": "Bharata finds Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.93.30", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 93, "verse": 30, "iast": ["yaḥ saṃsadi prakṛtibhir bhaved yukta upāsitum", "vanyair mṛgair upāsīnaḥ so 'yam āste mamāgrajaḥ"], "translation": "He who was fit to be waited upon by his subjects in the assembly — that same elder brother of mine now sits attended by wild beasts.", "sarga_title": "Bharata finds Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.93.31", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 93, "verse": 31, "iast": ["vāsobhir bahusāhasrair yo mahātmā purocitaḥ", "mṛgājine so 'yam iha pravaste dharmam ācaran"], "translation": "That great soul who was once used to garments by the many thousands now clothes himself here in a deerskin, practicing dharma.", "sarga_title": "Bharata finds Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.93.32", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 93, "verse": 32, "iast": ["adhārayad yo vividhāś citrāḥ sumanasas tadā", "so 'yaṃ jaṭābhāram imaṃ sahate rāghavaḥ katham"], "translation": "He who once used to wear garlands of many kinds of bright flowers — how does that same Rāghava now endure this weight of matted hair?", "sarga_title": "Bharata finds Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.93.33", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 93, "verse": 33, "iast": ["yasya yajñair yathādiṣṭair yukto dharmasya saṃcayaḥ", "śarīra kleśasaṃbhūtaṃ sa dharmaṃ parimārgate"], "translation": "He for whom a store of merit was to be won by sacrifices duly enjoined now seeks after that same merit, born of bodily hardship.", "sarga_title": "Bharata finds Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.93.34", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 93, "verse": 34, "iast": ["candanena mahārheṇa yasyāṅgam upasevitam", "malena tasyāṅgam idaṃ katham āryasya sevyate"], "translation": "He whose body was once anointed with costly sandal-paste — how is this body of that noble one now covered with grime?", "sarga_title": "Bharata finds Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.93.35", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 93, "verse": 35, "iast": ["mannimittam idaṃ duḥkhaṃ prāpto rāmaḥ sukhocitaḥ", "dhig jīvitaṃ nṛśaṃsasya mama lokavigarhitam"], "translation": "On my account has Rāma, who deserves only comfort, met with this misery; fie on the life of a cruel wretch like me, condemned by the world!", "sarga_title": "Bharata finds Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.93.36", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 93, "verse": 36, "iast": ["ity evaṃ vilapan dīnaḥ prasvinnamukhapaṅkajaḥ", "pādāv aprāpya rāmasya papāta bharato rudan"], "translation": "Thus lamenting, wretched, his lotus-face bathed in sweat, Bharata, weeping, fell down before he could even reach Rāma's feet.", "sarga_title": "Bharata finds Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.93.37", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 93, "verse": 37, "iast": ["duḥkhābhitapto bharato rājaputro mahābalaḥ", "uktvāryeti sakṛd dīnaṃ punar novāca kiṃ cana"], "translation": "Tormented by grief, Bharata, the mighty prince, having piteously cried out but once “Noble one!”, could say nothing further.", "sarga_title": "Bharata finds Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.93.38", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 93, "verse": 38, "iast": ["bāṣpāpihita kaṇṭhaś ca prekṣya rāmaṃ yaśasvinam", "āryety evābhisaṃkruśya vyāhartuṃ nāśakat tataḥ"], "translation": "His throat stopped with tears, gazing upon the illustrious Rāma, having cried out only “Noble one!”, he could then say no more.", "sarga_title": "Bharata finds Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.93.39", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 93, "verse": 39, "iast": ["śatrughnaś cāpi rāmasya vavande caraṇau rudan", "tāv ubhau sa samāliṅgya rāmo 'py aśrūṇy avartayat"], "translation": "Śatrughna too, weeping, bowed to Rāma's feet; and Rāma, embracing them both, likewise let his tears flow.", "sarga_title": "Bharata finds Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.93.40", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 93, "verse": 40, "iast": ["tataḥ sumantreṇa guhena caiva samīyatū rājasutāv araṇye", "divākaraś caiva niśākaraś ca yathāmbare śukrabṛhaspatibhyām", "divākaraś caiva niśākaraś ca", "yathāmbare śukrabṛhaspatibhyām"], "translation": "Then the two princes met in the forest, together with Sumantra and with Guha, as the sun and the moon [come together] in the sky with Venus and Jupiter.", "sarga_title": "Bharata finds Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.93.41", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 93, "verse": 41, "iast": ["tān pārthivān vāraṇayūthapābhān samāgatāṃs tatra mahaty araṇye", "vanaukasas te 'pi samīkṣya sarve 'py aśrūṇy amuñcan pravihāya harṣam", "vanaukasas te 'pi samīkṣya sarve 'py", "aśrūṇy amuñcan pravihāya harṣam"], "translation": "Beholding those princes, who looked like lordly leaders of elephant herds, gathered together there in the great forest, even all those forest-dwellers gave up their joy and shed tears.", "sarga_title": "Bharata finds Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.94.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 94, "verse": 1, "iast": ["āghrāya rāmas taṃ mūrdhni pariṣvajya ca rāghavaḥ", "aṅke bharatam āropya paryapṛcchat samāhitaḥ"], "translation": "Having kissed Bharata upon his head and embraced him, Rāghava Rāma set him upon his lap and, composed, questioned him.", "sarga_title": "Rāma questions Bharata’s governance"}
{"ref": "2.94.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 94, "verse": 2, "iast": ["kva nu te 'bhūt pitā tāta yad araṇyaṃ tvam āgataḥ", "na hi tvaṃ jīvatas tasya vanam āgantum arhasi"], "translation": "“Where indeed was your father, dear one, that you have come to the forest? For while he lives you ought not to come to the woods.", "sarga_title": "Rāma questions Bharata’s governance"}
{"ref": "2.94.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 94, "verse": 3, "iast": ["cirasya bata paśyāmi dūrād bharatam āgatam", "duṣpratīkam araṇye 'smin kiṃ tāta vanam āgataḥ"], "translation": "After a long while, alas, I behold Bharata come from afar, sad of aspect, into this forest — why, dear one, have you come to the woods?", "sarga_title": "Rāma questions Bharata’s governance"}
{"ref": "2.94.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 94, "verse": 4, "iast": ["kaccid daśaratho rājā kuśalī satyasaṃgaraḥ", "rājasūyāśvamedhānām āhartā dharmaniścayaḥ"], "translation": "Is King Daśaratha well — he true to his word, performer of the rājasūya and aśvamedha sacrifices, firm in dharma?", "sarga_title": "Rāma questions Bharata’s governance"}
{"ref": "2.94.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 94, "verse": 5, "iast": ["sa kaccid brāhmaṇo vidvān dharmanityo mahādyutiḥ", "ikṣvākūṇām upādhyāyo yathāvat tāta pūjyate"], "translation": "Is that learned brāhmaṇa — ever devoted to dharma, of great splendor, the preceptor of the Ikṣvākus — duly honored, dear one?", "sarga_title": "Rāma questions Bharata’s governance"}
{"ref": "2.94.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 94, "verse": 6, "iast": ["tāta kaccic ca kausalyā sumitrā ca prajāvatī", "sukhinī kaccid āryā ca devī nandati kaikayī"], "translation": "And, dear one, are Kausalyā and Sumitrā, blessed with offspring, happy? And does the noble queen Kaikeyī rejoice?", "sarga_title": "Rāma questions Bharata’s governance"}
{"ref": "2.94.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 94, "verse": 7, "iast": ["kaccid vinaya saṃpannaḥ kulaputro bahuśrutaḥ", "anasūyur anudraṣṭā satkṛtas te purohitaḥ"], "translation": "Is your family priest — endowed with good conduct, of noble birth, deeply learned, free from envy, and discerning — duly honored?", "sarga_title": "Rāma questions Bharata’s governance"}
{"ref": "2.94.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 94, "verse": 8, "iast": ["kaccid agniṣu te yukto vidhijño matimān ṛjuḥ", "hutaṃ ca hoṣyamāṇaṃ ca kāle vedayate sadā"], "translation": "Is the one set over your sacred fires — knowing the rites, wise, upright — always informing you in time of what has been offered and what is yet to be offered?", "sarga_title": "Rāma questions Bharata’s governance"}
{"ref": "2.94.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 94, "verse": 9, "iast": ["iṣvastravarasaṃpannam arthaśāstraviśāradam", "sudhanvānam upādhyāyaṃ kaccit tvaṃ tāta manyase"], "translation": "Do you, dear one, esteem your preceptor Sudhanvan, master of the finest archery and weaponry, and skilled in the science of statecraft?", "sarga_title": "Rāma questions Bharata’s governance"}
{"ref": "2.94.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 94, "verse": 10, "iast": ["kaccid ātma samāḥ śūrāḥ śrutavanto jitendriyāḥ", "kulīnāś ceṅgitajñāś ca kṛtās te tāta mantriṇaḥ"], "translation": "Are your ministers made men like yourself — brave, learned, self-controlled, of noble birth, and skilled in reading gestures, dear one?", "sarga_title": "Rāma questions Bharata’s governance"}
{"ref": "2.94.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 94, "verse": 11, "iast": ["mantro vijayamūlaṃ hi rājñāṃ bhavati rāghava", "susaṃvṛto mantradharair amātyaiḥ śāstrakovidaiḥ"], "translation": "For counsel, well guarded by counsel-keeping ministers versed in the śāstras, becomes the root of victory for kings, O Rāghava.", "sarga_title": "Rāma questions Bharata’s governance"}
{"ref": "2.94.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 94, "verse": 12, "iast": ["kaccin nidrāvaśaṃ naiṣi kaccit kāle vibudhyase", "kac ciṃś cāpararātriṣu cintayasy arthanaipuṇam"], "translation": "Do you not fall under the sway of sleep? Do you wake at the proper hour? And in the last watches of the night do you ponder what is expedient in affairs?", "sarga_title": "Rāma questions Bharata’s governance"}
{"ref": "2.94.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 94, "verse": 13, "iast": ["kaccin mantrayase naikaḥ kaccin na bahubhiḥ saha", "kaccit te mantrito mantro rāṣṭraṃ na paridhāvati"], "translation": "Do you not deliberate alone, nor yet with too many? Does the counsel you have resolved not leak out over the kingdom?", "sarga_title": "Rāma questions Bharata’s governance"}
{"ref": "2.94.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 94, "verse": 14, "iast": ["kaccid arthaṃ viniścitya laghumūlaṃ mahodayam", "kṣipram ārabhase kartuṃ na dīrghayasi rāghava"], "translation": "Having settled on an undertaking of small outlay and great result, do you set about it quickly and not drag it out, O Rāghava?", "sarga_title": "Rāma questions Bharata’s governance"}
{"ref": "2.94.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 94, "verse": 15, "iast": ["kaccit tu sukṛtāny eva kṛtarūpāṇi vā punaḥ", "vidus te sarvakāryāṇi na kartavyāni pārthivāḥ"], "translation": "Do rival kings come to know your undertakings only when they are already well accomplished, or at least as good as done — and never while still to be done?", "sarga_title": "Rāma questions Bharata’s governance"}
{"ref": "2.94.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 94, "verse": 16, "iast": ["kaccin na tarkair yuktvā vā ye cāpy aparikīrtitāḥ", "tvayā vā tava vāmātyair budhyate tāta mantritam"], "translation": "Is your resolved counsel never found out by others through mere conjecture, nor through matters left unproclaimed by you or by your ministers, dear one?", "sarga_title": "Rāma questions Bharata’s governance"}
{"ref": "2.94.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 94, "verse": 17, "iast": ["kaccit sahasrān mūrkhāṇām ekam icchasi paṇḍitam", "paṇḍito hy arthakṛcchreṣu kuryān niḥśreyasaṃ mahat"], "translation": "Do you prefer one learned man to a thousand fools? For in times of dire need a learned man can accomplish great good.", "sarga_title": "Rāma questions Bharata’s governance"}
{"ref": "2.94.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 94, "verse": 18, "iast": ["sahasrāṇy api mūrkhāṇāṃ yady upāste mahīpatiḥ", "atha vāpy ayutāny eva nāsti teṣu sahāyatā"], "translation": "Even if a king should retain thousands of fools, or even tens of thousands, there is no help to be had in them.", "sarga_title": "Rāma questions Bharata’s governance"}
{"ref": "2.94.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 94, "verse": 19, "iast": ["eko 'py amātyo medhāvī śūro dakṣo vicakṣaṇaḥ", "rājānaṃ rājamātraṃ vā prāpayen mahatīṃ śriyam"], "translation": "Even a single minister who is wise, brave, capable, and discerning can bring a king, or a king's deputy, to great fortune.", "sarga_title": "Rāma questions Bharata’s governance"}
{"ref": "2.94.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 94, "verse": 20, "iast": ["kaccin mukhyā mahatsv eva madhyameṣu ca madhyamāḥ", "jaghanyāś ca jaghanyeṣu bhṛtyāḥ karmasu yojitāḥ"], "translation": "Are your servants set to their tasks by rank — the highest in high offices, the middling in middling ones, and the lowest in lowly ones?", "sarga_title": "Rāma questions Bharata’s governance"}
{"ref": "2.94.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 94, "verse": 21, "iast": ["amātyān upadhātītān pitṛpaitāmahāñ śucīn", "śreṣṭhāñ śreṣṭheṣu kaccit tvaṃ niyojayasi karmasu"], "translation": "Do you appoint to the highest offices ministers who have passed the tests of integrity, inherited from your fathers and grandfathers, pure, and the best in the best of tasks?", "sarga_title": "Rāma questions Bharata’s governance"}
{"ref": "2.94.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 94, "verse": 22, "iast": ["kaccit tvāṃ nāvajānanti yājakāḥ patitaṃ yathā", "ugrapratigrahītāraṃ kāmayānam iva striyaḥ"], "translation": "Do your people not despise you, as officiating priests despise a fallen man, or as women despise a fierce, rapacious lecher?", "sarga_title": "Rāma questions Bharata’s governance"}
{"ref": "2.94.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 94, "verse": 23, "iast": ["upāyakuśalaṃ vaidyaṃ bhṛtyasaṃdūṣaṇe ratam", "śūram aiśvaryakāmaṃ ca yo na hanti sa vadhyate"], "translation": "Whoever fails to strike down a physician cunning in stratagems who is bent on corrupting his servants, and a bold man greedy for power, is himself struck down.", "sarga_title": "Rāma questions Bharata’s governance"}
{"ref": "2.94.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 94, "verse": 24, "iast": ["kaccid dhṛṣṭaś ca śūraś ca dhṛtimān matimāñ śuciḥ", "kulīnaś cānuraktaś ca dakṣaḥ senāpatiḥ kṛtaḥ"], "translation": "Is your commander-in-chief a man made bold and brave, steadfast, wise, pure, of noble birth, devoted, and capable?", "sarga_title": "Rāma questions Bharata’s governance"}
{"ref": "2.94.25", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 94, "verse": 25, "iast": ["balavantaś ca kaccit te mukhyā yuddhaviśāradāḥ", "dṛṣṭāpadānā vikrāntās tvayā satkṛtya mānitāḥ"], "translation": "And are your chief warriors — strong, skilled in battle, of proven exploits and valorous — duly honored and respected by you?", "sarga_title": "Rāma questions Bharata’s governance"}
{"ref": "2.94.26", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 94, "verse": 26, "iast": ["ka cid balasya bhaktaṃ ca vetanaṃ ca yathocitam", "saṃprāptakālaṃ dātavyaṃ dadāsi na vilambase"], "translation": "Do you give the army its due rations and pay, as befitting, when the time for it has come, and not delay?", "sarga_title": "Rāma questions Bharata’s governance"}
{"ref": "2.94.27", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 94, "verse": 27, "iast": ["kālātikramaṇe hy eva bhakta vetanayor bhṛtāḥ", "bhartuḥ kupyanti duṣyanti so 'narthaḥ sumahān smṛtaḥ"], "translation": "For when the time for their rations and pay is overstepped, hired men grow enraged with their master and turn disloyal; that is reckoned a very great calamity.", "sarga_title": "Rāma questions Bharata’s governance"}
{"ref": "2.94.28", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 94, "verse": 28, "iast": ["kaccit sarve 'nuraktās tvāṃ kulaputrāḥ pradhānataḥ", "kaccit prāṇāṃs tavārtheṣu saṃtyajanti samāhitāḥ"], "translation": "Are all the noble-born chiefly devoted to you? Do they, resolute, lay down their very lives in your cause?", "sarga_title": "Rāma questions Bharata’s governance"}
{"ref": "2.94.29", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 94, "verse": 29, "iast": ["kaccij jānapado vidvān dakṣiṇaḥ pratibhānavān", "yathoktavādī dūtas te kṛto bharata paṇḍitaḥ"], "translation": "Is your envoy made a man of the realm, learned, dexterous, quick-witted, reporting exactly as instructed, and wise, O Bharata?", "sarga_title": "Rāma questions Bharata’s governance"}
{"ref": "2.94.30", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 94, "verse": 30, "iast": ["kaccid aṣṭādaśāny eṣu svapakṣe daśa pañca ca", "tribhis tribhir avijñātair vetsi tīrthāni cārakaiḥ"], "translation": "Do you keep watch, through three unknown spies for each, on the eighteen high officials of the foe and the fifteen on your own side?", "sarga_title": "Rāma questions Bharata’s governance"}
{"ref": "2.94.31", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 94, "verse": 31, "iast": ["kaccid vyapāstān ahitān pratiyātāṃś ca sarvadā", "durbalān anavajñāya vartase ripusūdana"], "translation": "O slayer of foes, do you always deal with your driven-off enemies who have returned without underestimating them, weak though they be?", "sarga_title": "Rāma questions Bharata’s governance"}
{"ref": "2.94.32", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 94, "verse": 32, "iast": ["kaccin na lokāyatikān brāhmaṇāṃs tāta sevase", "anartha kuśalā hy ete bālāḥ paṇḍitamāninaḥ"], "translation": "Do you not, dear one, resort to brāhmaṇas of the materialist school? For these are adept only at mischief — mere fools who fancy themselves learned.", "sarga_title": "Rāma questions Bharata’s governance"}
{"ref": "2.94.33", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 94, "verse": 33, "iast": ["dharmaśāstreṣu mukhyeṣu vidyamāneṣu durbudhāḥ", "buddhimān vīkṣikīṃ prāpya nirarthaṃ pravadanti te"], "translation": "Though the principal treatises on dharma are at hand, those dull-witted men — each fancying himself wise — resort to bare logic and prate to no purpose.", "sarga_title": "Rāma questions Bharata’s governance"}
{"ref": "2.94.34", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 94, "verse": 34, "iast": ["vīrair adhyuṣitāṃ pūrvam asmākaṃ tāta pūrvakaiḥ", "satyanāmāṃ dṛḍhadvārāṃ hastyaśvarathasaṃkulām"], "translation": "Do you well protect Ayodhyā — inhabited of old by our heroic forebears, dear one, true to its name, with sturdy gates, thronged with elephants, horses, and chariots,", "sarga_title": "Rāma questions Bharata’s governance"}
{"ref": "2.94.35", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 94, "verse": 35, "iast": ["brāhmaṇaiḥ kṣatriyair vaiśyaiḥ svakarmanirataiḥ sadā", "jitendriyair mahotsāhair vṛtāmātyaiḥ sahasraśaḥ"], "translation": "filled with brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas, and vaiśyas ever devoted to their own duties, self-controlled and of great energy, and thronged by ministers in their thousands,", "sarga_title": "Rāma questions Bharata’s governance"}
{"ref": "2.94.36", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 94, "verse": 36, "iast": ["prāsādair vividhākārair vṛtāṃ vaidyajanākulām", "kaccit samuditāṃ sphītām ayodhyāṃ parirakṣasi"], "translation": "girt with palaces of every kind and thronged with learned folk — do you protect Ayodhyā well, prosperous and flourishing?", "sarga_title": "Rāma questions Bharata’s governance"}
{"ref": "2.94.37", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 94, "verse": 37, "iast": ["kaccic caityaśatair juṣṭaḥ suniviṣṭajanākulaḥ", "devasthānaiḥ prapābhiś ca taḍāgaiś copaśobhitaḥ"], "translation": "Is the realm graced with hundreds of shrines, crowded with well-settled folk, and adorned with temples, water-halls, and tanks,", "sarga_title": "Rāma questions Bharata’s governance"}
{"ref": "2.94.38", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 94, "verse": 38, "iast": ["prahṛṣṭanaranārīkaḥ samājotsavaśobhitaḥ", "sukṛṣṭasīmā paśumān hiṃsābhir abhivarjitaḥ"], "translation": "with its men and women full of joy, resplendent with assemblies and festivals, its fields well tilled, rich in cattle, free from acts of violence,", "sarga_title": "Rāma questions Bharata’s governance"}
{"ref": "2.94.39", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 94, "verse": 39, "iast": ["adevamātṛko ramyaḥ śvāpadaiḥ parivarjitaḥ", "kaccij janapadaḥ sphītaḥ sukhaṃ vasati rāghava"], "translation": "not dependent on rain alone, delightful, and free of beasts of prey — does your thriving realm, O Rāghava, dwell in happiness?", "sarga_title": "Rāma questions Bharata’s governance"}
{"ref": "2.94.40", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 94, "verse": 40, "iast": ["kaccit te dayitāḥ sarve kṛṣigorakṣajīvinaḥ", "vārtāyāṃ saṃśritas tāta loko hi sukham edhate"], "translation": "Are all those who live by farming and cattle-keeping dear to you? For the people who depend on husbandry, dear one, thrive in happiness.", "sarga_title": "Rāma questions Bharata’s governance"}
{"ref": "2.94.41", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 94, "verse": 41, "iast": ["teṣāṃ guptiparīhāraiḥ kaccit te bharaṇaṃ kṛtam", "rakṣyā hi rājñā dharmeṇa sarve viṣayavāsinaḥ"], "translation": "Do you provide for their upkeep by protection and the redress of grievances? For all who dwell in the realm must be protected by the king according to dharma.", "sarga_title": "Rāma questions Bharata’s governance"}
{"ref": "2.94.42", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 94, "verse": 42, "iast": ["kaccit striyaḥ sāntvayasi kaccit tāś ca surakṣitāḥ", "kaccin na śraddadhāsyāsāṃ kaccid guhyaṃ na bhāṣase"], "translation": "Do you comfort the women of your household? Are they well protected? Do you not put excessive trust in them, nor tell them a secret?", "sarga_title": "Rāma questions Bharata’s governance"}
{"ref": "2.94.43", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 94, "verse": 43, "iast": ["kaccin nāga vanaṃ guptaṃ kuñjarāṇaṃ ca tṛpyasi", "kaccid darśayase nityaṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ vibhūṣitam", "utthāyotthāya pūrvāhṇe rājaputro mahāpathe"], "translation": "Is the elephant-forest well guarded, and are you satisfied with your supply of elephants? Do you, a prince, constantly show yourself adorned to the people upon the great highway, rising early each morning?", "sarga_title": "Rāma questions Bharata’s governance"}
{"ref": "2.94.44", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 94, "verse": 44, "iast": ["kaccit sarvāṇi durgāṇi dhanadhānyāyudhodakaiḥ", "yantraiś ca paripūrṇāni tathā śilpidhanurdharaiḥ"], "translation": "Are all your fortresses well stocked with money, grain, weapons, and water, with engines of war, and likewise with artisans and archers?", "sarga_title": "Rāma questions Bharata’s governance"}
{"ref": "2.94.45", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 94, "verse": 45, "iast": ["āyas te vipulaḥ kaccit kaccid alpataro vyayaḥ", "apātreṣu na te kaccit kośo gacchati rāghava"], "translation": "Is your income ample and your expenditure the smaller? Does your treasure not go, O Rāghava, to unworthy recipients?", "sarga_title": "Rāma questions Bharata’s governance"}
{"ref": "2.94.46", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 94, "verse": 46, "iast": ["devatārthe ca pitrarthe brāhmaṇābhyāgateṣu ca", "yodheṣu mitravargeṣu kaccid gacchati te vyayaḥ"], "translation": "Does your expenditure go toward the gods and the ancestors, toward brāhmaṇas and arriving guests, toward your warriors and the circle of your friends?", "sarga_title": "Rāma questions Bharata’s governance"}
{"ref": "2.94.47", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 94, "verse": 47, "iast": ["kaccid āryo viśuddhātmā kṣāritaś corakarmaṇā", "apṛṣṭaḥ śāstrakuśalair na lobhād badhyate śuciḥ"], "translation": "When a noble man of pure soul is falsely charged with an act of theft, is he — being innocent — not condemned unexamined, out of greed, by those skilled in the law?", "sarga_title": "Rāma questions Bharata’s governance"}
{"ref": "2.94.48", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 94, "verse": 48, "iast": ["gṛhītaś caiva pṛṣṭaś ca kāle dṛṣṭaḥ sakāraṇaḥ", "kaccin na mucyate coro dhanalobhān nararṣabha"], "translation": "And when a thief has been seized, interrogated, and duly found guilty with cause proven, is he not, O bull among men, released for greed of money?", "sarga_title": "Rāma questions Bharata’s governance"}
{"ref": "2.94.49", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 94, "verse": 49, "iast": ["vyasane kaccid āḍhyasya dugatasya ca rāghava", "arthaṃ virāgāḥ paśyanti tavāmātyā bahuśrutāḥ"], "translation": "When a dispute arises between a rich man and a poor man, O Rāghava, do your learned ministers judge the matter free of bias?", "sarga_title": "Rāma questions Bharata’s governance"}
{"ref": "2.94.50", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 94, "verse": 50, "iast": ["yāni mithyābhiśastānāṃ patanty asrāṇi rāghava", "tāni putrapaśūn ghnanti prītyartham anuśāsataḥ"], "translation": "The tears that fall from those falsely accused, O Rāghava, destroy the sons and cattle of a ruler who governs only for his own pleasure.", "sarga_title": "Rāma questions Bharata’s governance"}
{"ref": "2.94.51", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 94, "verse": 51, "iast": ["kaccid vṛdhāṃś ca bālāṃś ca vaidyamukhyāṃś ca rāghava", "dānena manasā vācā tribhir etair bubhūṣase"], "translation": "Do you seek to sustain the aged, the young, and the chief physicians, O Rāghava, by these three — gift, thought, and word?", "sarga_title": "Rāma questions Bharata’s governance"}
{"ref": "2.94.52", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 94, "verse": 52, "iast": ["kaccid gurūṃś ca vṛddhāṃś ca tāpasān devatātithīn", "caityāṃś ca sarvān siddhārthān brāhmaṇāṃś ca namasyasi"], "translation": "Do you pay homage to elders and the aged, to ascetics, to gods and guests, to all wish-fulfilling shrines, and to brāhmaṇas?", "sarga_title": "Rāma questions Bharata’s governance"}
{"ref": "2.94.53", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 94, "verse": 53, "iast": ["kaccid arthena vā dharmaṃ dharmaṃ dharmeṇa vā punaḥ", "ubhau vā prītilobhena kāmena na vibādhase"], "translation": "Do you never injure dharma by wealth, nor dharma again by (misapplied) dharma, nor both by pleasure prompted by fond greed?", "sarga_title": "Rāma questions Bharata’s governance"}
{"ref": "2.94.54", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 94, "verse": 54, "iast": ["kaccid arthaṃ ca dharmaṃ ca kāmaṃ ca jayatāṃ vara", "vibhajya kāle kālajña sarvān bharata sevase"], "translation": "O best of conquerors, O knower of the season, apportioning them each to their proper time, do you attend to all three — wealth, dharma, and pleasure — O Bharata?", "sarga_title": "Rāma questions Bharata’s governance"}
{"ref": "2.94.55", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 94, "verse": 55, "iast": ["kaccit te brāhmaṇāḥ śarma sarvaśāstrārthakovidaḥ", "āśaṃsante mahāprājña paurajānapadaiḥ saha"], "translation": "O deeply wise one, do the brāhmaṇas, versed in the meaning of all the śāstras, together with townsfolk and country-folk, wish you well-being?", "sarga_title": "Rāma questions Bharata’s governance"}
{"ref": "2.94.56", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 94, "verse": 56, "iast": ["nāstikyam anṛtaṃ krodhaṃ pramādaṃ dīrghasūtratām", "adarśanaṃ jñānavatām ālasyaṃ pañcavṛttitām"], "translation": "Godlessness, falsehood, anger, heedlessness, procrastination, failure to consult the wise, sloth, and enslavement to the five senses;", "sarga_title": "Rāma questions Bharata’s governance"}
{"ref": "2.94.57", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 94, "verse": 57, "iast": ["ekacintanam arthānām anarthajñaiś ca mantraṇam", "niścitānām anārambhaṃ mantrasyāparilakṣaṇam"], "translation": "deliberating alone on affairs, taking counsel with men ignorant of them, failure to launch what has been decided, and the failure to keep counsel secret;", "sarga_title": "Rāma questions Bharata’s governance"}
{"ref": "2.94.58", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 94, "verse": 58, "iast": ["maṅgalasyāprayogaṃ ca pratyutthānaṃ ca sarvaśaḥ", "kaccit tvaṃ varjayasy etān rājadoṣāṃś caturdaśa"], "translation": "the neglect of auspicious observances, and rising up in war against all indiscriminately — do you shun these fourteen faults of a king?", "sarga_title": "Rāma questions Bharata’s governance"}
{"ref": "2.94.59", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 94, "verse": 59, "iast": ["kaccit svādukṛtaṃ bhojyam eko nāśnāsi rāghava", "kaccid āśaṃsamānebhyo mitrebhyaḥ saṃprayacchasi"], "translation": "Do you not eat delicious food alone, O Rāghava? Do you share it with friends who look to you in hope?", "sarga_title": "Rāma questions Bharata’s governance"}
{"ref": "2.95.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 95, "verse": 1, "iast": ["rāmasya vacanaṃ śrutvā bharataḥ pratyuvāca ha", "kiṃ me dharmād vihīnasya rājadharmaḥ kariṣyati"], "translation": "Having heard Rāma's words, Bharata replied: “What will the royal duty avail me, who am bereft of righteousness?", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s offerings for Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.95.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 95, "verse": 2, "iast": ["śāśvato 'yaṃ sadā dharmaḥ sthito 'smāsu nararṣabha", "jyeṣṭha putre sthite rājan na kanīyān bhaven nṛpaḥ"], "translation": "This is the eternal law, ever established among us, O bull among men: while the eldest son lives, O king, the younger should not become king.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s offerings for Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.95.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 95, "verse": 3, "iast": ["sa samṛddhāṃ mayā sārdham ayodhyāṃ gaccha rāghava", "abhiṣecaya cātmānaṃ kulasyāsya bhavāya naḥ"], "translation": "Come with me, O Rāghava, to prosperous Ayodhyā, and consecrate yourself for the welfare of this our house.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s offerings for Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.95.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 95, "verse": 4, "iast": ["rājānaṃ mānuṣaṃ prāhur devatve saṃmato mama", "yasya dharmārthasahitaṃ vṛttam āhur amānuṣam"], "translation": "Men call a king a mere human, yet in my view he is held to be of divine nature — he whose conduct, joined with duty and profit, they declare superhuman.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s offerings for Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.95.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 95, "verse": 5, "iast": ["kekayasthe ca mayi tu tvayi cāraṇyam āśrite", "divam ārya gato rājā yāyajūkaḥ satāṃ mataḥ"], "translation": "While I was staying in Kekaya and you, O noble one, had resorted to the forest, the king — a constant sacrificer, esteemed by the good — went to heaven.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s offerings for Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.95.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 95, "verse": 6, "iast": ["uttiṣṭha puruṣavyāghra kriyatām udakaṃ pituḥ", "ahaṃ cāyaṃ ca śatrughnaḥ pūrvam eva kṛtodakau"], "translation": "Rise, O tiger among men; let the water-offering be made for our father. This Śatrughna and I have already performed the water-offering.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s offerings for Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.95.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 95, "verse": 7, "iast": ["priyeṇa kila dattaṃ hi pitṛlokeṣu rāghava", "akṣayyaṃ bhavatīty āhur bhavāṃś caiva pituḥ priyaḥ"], "translation": "For what is given by a loved one, O Rāghava, they say becomes imperishable in the worlds of the fathers; and you indeed were dear to our father.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s offerings for Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.95.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 95, "verse": 8, "iast": ["tāṃ śrutvā karuṇāṃ vācaṃ pitur maraṇasaṃhitām", "rāghavo bharatenoktāṃ babhūva gatacetanaḥ"], "translation": "Having heard that piteous speech, concerning his father's death, spoken by Bharata, Rāghava lost consciousness.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s offerings for Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.95.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 95, "verse": 9, "iast": ["vāgvajraṃ bharatenoktam amanojñaṃ paraṃtapaḥ", "pragṛhya bāhū rāmo vai puṣpitāgro yathā drumaḥ", "vane paraśunā kṛttas tathā bhuvi papāta ha"], "translation": "Receiving that unwelcome word-thunderbolt uttered by Bharata, the scorcher of foes Rāma threw up his arms and fell to the ground, like a tree in full flower cut down by an axe in the forest.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s offerings for Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.95.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 95, "verse": 10, "iast": ["tathā hi patitaṃ rāmaṃ jagatyāṃ jagatīpatim", "kūlaghātapariśrāntaṃ prasuptam iva kuñjaram"], "translation": "Rāma, lord of the earth, thus fallen upon the ground like an elephant asleep, worn out from battering a riverbank,", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s offerings for Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.95.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 95, "verse": 11, "iast": ["bhrātaras te maheṣvāsaṃ sarvataḥ śokakarśitam", "rudantaḥ saha vaidehyā siṣicuḥ salilena vai"], "translation": "his brothers, weeping together with Vaidehī, sprinkled with water on every side that great archer emaciated by grief.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s offerings for Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.95.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 95, "verse": 12, "iast": ["sa tu saṃjñāṃ punar labdhvā netrābhyām āsram utsṛjan", "upākrāmata kākutsthaḥ kṛpaṇaṃ bahubhāṣitum"], "translation": "But regaining consciousness, shedding tears from both eyes, Kākutstha began to lament piteously at length.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s offerings for Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.95.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 95, "verse": 13, "iast": ["kiṃ nu tasya mayā kāryaṃ durjātena mahātmanā", "yo mṛto mama śokena na mayā cāpi saṃskṛtaḥ"], "translation": "What now can be done by me, ill-fated as I am, for that great-souled father, who died of grief for me and was not even given the funeral rites by me?", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s offerings for Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.95.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 95, "verse": 14, "iast": ["aho bharata siddhārtho yena rājā tvayānagha", "śatrugheṇa ca sarveṣu pretakṛtyeṣu satkṛtaḥ"], "translation": "Ah, Bharata, you have accomplished your purpose, O sinless one, in that by you and by Śatrughna the king was duly honoured in all the funeral rites.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s offerings for Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.95.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 95, "verse": 15, "iast": ["niṣpradhānām anekāgraṃ narendreṇa vinākṛtām", "nivṛttavanavāso 'pi nāyodhyāṃ gantum utsahe"], "translation": "Even though my forest-dwelling is over, I cannot bring myself to go to Ayodhyā — leaderless, in disarray, deprived of its king.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s offerings for Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.95.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 95, "verse": 16, "iast": ["samāptavanavāsaṃ mām ayodhyāyāṃ paraṃtapa", "ko nu śāsiṣyati punas tāte lokāntaraṃ gate"], "translation": "Now that our father has gone to the other world, O scorcher of foes, who will guide me, my forest-exile completed, in Ayodhyā?", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s offerings for Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.95.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 95, "verse": 17, "iast": ["purā prekṣya suvṛttaṃ māṃ pitā yāny āha sāntvayan", "vākyāni tāni śroṣyāmi kutaḥ karṇasukhāny aham"], "translation": "Those words which my father, seeing me of old well-conducted, spoke to console me — where shall I ever hear those words that were sweet to the ear?", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s offerings for Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.95.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 95, "verse": 18, "iast": ["evam uktvā sa bharataṃ bhāryām abhyetya rāghavaḥ", "uvāca śokasaṃtaptaḥ pūrṇacandranibhānanām"], "translation": "Having spoken thus to Bharata, Rāghava, tormented by grief, went up to his wife, whose face was like the full moon, and said:", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s offerings for Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.95.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 95, "verse": 19, "iast": ["sīte mṛtas te śvaśuraḥ pitrā hīno 'si lakṣmaṇa", "bharato duḥkham ācaṣṭe svargataṃ pṛthivīpatim"], "translation": "“Sītā, your father-in-law is dead; Lakṣmaṇa, you are bereft of a father. Bharata reports the sorrowful news that the lord of the earth has gone to heaven.”", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s offerings for Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.95.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 95, "verse": 20, "iast": ["sāntvayitvā tu tāṃ rāmo rudantīṃ janakātmajām", "uvāca lakṣmaṇaṃ tatra duḥkhito duḥkhitaṃ vacaḥ"], "translation": "Then, having consoled the weeping daughter of Janaka, Rāma, himself grieving, there spoke these words to the grieving Lakṣmaṇa:", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s offerings for Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.95.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 95, "verse": 21, "iast": ["ānayeṅgudipiṇyākaṃ cīram āhara cottaram", "jalakriyārthaṃ tātasya gamiṣyāmi mahātmanaḥ"], "translation": "“Bring the ingudi-paste and fetch an upper bark-garment; I shall go to perform the water-rite for our great-souled father.”", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s offerings for Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.95.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 95, "verse": 22, "iast": ["sītā purastād vrajatu tvam enām abhito vraja", "ahaṃ paścād gamiṣyāmi gatir hy eṣā sudāruṇā"], "translation": "“Let Sītā walk in front; you walk on either side of her; I shall go behind — for this is a most grievous path.”", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s offerings for Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.95.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 95, "verse": 23, "iast": ["tato nityānugas teṣāṃ viditātmā mahāmatiḥ", "mṛdur dāntaś ca śāntaś ca rāme ca dṛḍha bhaktimān"], "translation": "Then their constant attendant, of disciplined self and great wisdom, gentle, self-controlled and serene, and firmly devoted to Rāma —", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s offerings for Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.95.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 95, "verse": 24, "iast": ["sumantras tair nṛpasutaiḥ sārdham āśvāsya rāghavam", "avātārayad ālambya nadīṃ mandākinīṃ śivām"], "translation": "— Sumantra, together with those princes, having comforted Rāghava, supported him and brought him down to the auspicious river Mandākinī.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s offerings for Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.95.25", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 95, "verse": 25, "iast": ["te sutīrthāṃ tataḥ kṛcchrād upāgamya yaśasvinaḥ", "nadīṃ mandākinīṃ ramyāṃ sadā puṣpitakānanām"], "translation": "Then those illustrious ones, having with difficulty reached the lovely Mandākinī river with its fair fords and ever-flowering groves,", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s offerings for Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.95.26", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 95, "verse": 26, "iast": ["śīghrasrotasam āsādya tīrthaṃ śivam akardamam", "siṣicus tūdakaṃ rājñe tata etad bhavatv iti"], "translation": "— reaching its swift current at an auspicious, mud-free ford, poured out the water for the king, saying, “Let this reach him.”", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s offerings for Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.95.27", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 95, "verse": 27, "iast": ["pragṛhya ca mahīpālo jalapūritam añjalim", "diśaṃ yāmyām abhimukho rudan vacanam abravīt"], "translation": "And the ruler of the earth, taking up a cupped handful filled with water, facing the southern quarter, wept and spoke these words:", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s offerings for Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.95.28", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 95, "verse": 28, "iast": ["etat te rājaśārdūla vimalaṃ toyam akṣayam", "pitṛlokagatasyādya maddattam upatiṣṭhatu"], "translation": "“O tiger among kings, may this pure, imperishable water, given by me, reach you today, now gone to the world of the fathers.”", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s offerings for Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.95.29", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 95, "verse": 29, "iast": ["tato mandākinī tīrāt pratyuttīrya sa rāghavaḥ", "pituś cakāra tejasvī nivāpaṃ bhrātṛbhiḥ saha"], "translation": "Then, coming up from the bank of the Mandākinī, the illustrious Rāghava, together with his brothers, made the funeral offering for his father.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s offerings for Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.95.30", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 95, "verse": 30, "iast": ["aiṅgudaṃ badarīmiśraṃ piṇyākaṃ darbhasaṃstare", "nyasya rāmaḥ suduḥkhārto rudan vacanam abravīt"], "translation": "Placing on a spread of darbha grass the ingudi-paste mixed with jujube, Rāma, sorely afflicted, wept and spoke these words:", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s offerings for Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.95.31", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 95, "verse": 31, "iast": ["idaṃ bhuṅkṣva mahārājaprīto yad aśanā vayam", "yadannaḥ puruṣo bhavati tadannās tasya devatāḥ"], "translation": "“Eat this, O great king, well pleased — the very food on which we ourselves feed. For whatever food a man eats, on that same food do his deities feed.”", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s offerings for Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.95.32", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 95, "verse": 32, "iast": ["tatas tenaiva mārgeṇa pratyuttīrya nadītaṭāt", "āruroha naravyāghro ramyasānuṃ mahīdharam"], "translation": "Then, coming up from the riverbank by that same path, the tiger among men climbed the mountain with its lovely ridges.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s offerings for Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.95.33", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 95, "verse": 33, "iast": ["tataḥ parṇakuṭīdvāram āsādya jagatīpatiḥ", "parijagrāha pāṇibhyām ubhau bharatalakṣmaṇau"], "translation": "Then, reaching the door of his leaf-hut, the lord of the earth clasped with both hands both Bharata and Lakṣmaṇa.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s offerings for Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.95.34", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 95, "verse": 34, "iast": ["teṣāṃ tu rudatāṃ śabdāt pratiśrutkābhavad girau", "bhrātṝṇāṃ saha vaidehyā siṃhānāṃ nardatām iva"], "translation": "From the sound of those brothers weeping together with Vaidehī, an echo arose on the mountain, as of lions roaring.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s offerings for Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.95.35", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 95, "verse": 35, "iast": ["vijñāya tumulaṃ śabdaṃ trastā bharatasainikāḥ", "abruvaṃś cāpi rāmeṇa bharataḥ saṃgato dhruvam", "teṣām eva mahāñ śabdaḥ śocatāṃ pitaraṃ mṛtam"], "translation": "Hearing the tumultuous sound, Bharata's soldiers took fright and said: “Surely Bharata has met with Rāma; this great cry is theirs alone, as they mourn their dead father.”", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s offerings for Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.95.36", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 95, "verse": 36, "iast": ["atha vāsān parityajya taṃ sarve 'bhimukhāḥ svanam", "apy eka manaso jagmur yathāsthānaṃ pradhāvitāḥ"], "translation": "Then, abandoning their dwellings, all of one mind, facing that sound, they rushed forth from their several stations and went toward it.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s offerings for Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.95.37", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 95, "verse": 37, "iast": ["hayair anye gajair anye rathair anye svalaṃkṛtaiḥ", "sukumārās tathaivānye padbhir eva narā yayuḥ"], "translation": "Some went by horses, some by elephants, some by well-adorned chariots; and yet other delicate men went on foot alone.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s offerings for Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.95.38", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 95, "verse": 38, "iast": ["aciraproṣitaṃ rāmaṃ ciraviproṣitaṃ yathā", "draṣṭukāmo janaḥ sarvo jagāma sahasāśramam"], "translation": "Longing to see Rāma, gone away but a short while, as though he had been absent long, all the people went at once to the hermitage.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s offerings for Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.95.39", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 95, "verse": 39, "iast": ["bhrātṝṇāṃ tvaritās te tu draṣṭukāmāḥ samāgamam", "yayur bahuvidhair yānaiḥ khuranemisamākulaiḥ"], "translation": "Eager to see the meeting of the brothers, they went in haste, in vehicles of many kinds, thronged with hooves and wheel-rims.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s offerings for Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.95.40", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 95, "verse": 40, "iast": ["sā bhūmir bahubhir yānaiḥ khuranemisamāhatā", "mumoca tumulaṃ śabdaṃ dyaur ivābhrasamāgame"], "translation": "That ground, struck by many vehicles with their hooves and wheel-rims, gave forth a tumultuous sound, like the sky at the gathering of clouds.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s offerings for Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.95.41", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 95, "verse": 41, "iast": ["tena vitrāsitā nāgāḥ kareṇuparivāritāḥ", "āvāsayanto gandhena jagmur anyad vanaṃ tataḥ"], "translation": "Frightened by it, the elephants, surrounded by their she-elephants, filling the air with their scent, then went off to another forest.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s offerings for Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.95.42", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 95, "verse": 42, "iast": ["varāhamṛgasiṃhāś ca mahiṣāḥ sarkṣavānarāḥ", "vyāghra gokarṇagavayā vitreṣuḥ pṛṣataiḥ saha"], "translation": "Boars, deer and lions, buffaloes, along with bears and monkeys, tigers, gokarṇa antelopes and gavayas, took fright together with the spotted deer.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s offerings for Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.95.43", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 95, "verse": 43, "iast": ["rathāṅgasāhvā natyūhā haṃsāḥ kāraṇḍavāḥ plavāḥ", "tathā puṃskokilāḥ krauñcā visaṃjñā bhejire diśaḥ"], "translation": "Ruddy geese, gallinules, swans, kāraṇḍava ducks and coots, and likewise male cuckoos and curlews, bewildered, scattered to the quarters.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s offerings for Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.95.44", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 95, "verse": 44, "iast": ["tena śabdena vitrastair ākāśaṃ pakṣibhir vṛtam", "manuṣyair āvṛtā bhūmir ubhayaṃ prababhau tadā"], "translation": "The sky was filled with birds frightened by that noise, and the earth was covered with men; both then shone resplendent.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s offerings for Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.95.45", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 95, "verse": 45, "iast": ["tān narān bāṣpapūrṇākṣān samīkṣyātha suduḥkhitān", "paryaṣvajata dharmajñaḥ pitṛvan mātṛvac ca saḥ"], "translation": "Then, seeing those men with eyes full of tears and deeply distressed, the knower of dharma embraced them like a father and like a mother.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s offerings for Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.95.46", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 95, "verse": 46, "iast": ["sa tatra kāṃś cit pariṣasvaje narān narāś ca ke cit tu tam abhyavādayan", "cakāra sarvān savayasyabāndhavān yathārham āsādya tadā nṛpātmajaḥ"], "translation": "There he embraced some of the men, and some of the men saluted him; and the prince, approaching each as befitted, then treated them all as his friends and kinsmen.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s offerings for Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.95.47", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 95, "verse": 47, "iast": ["tataḥ sa teṣāṃ rudatāṃ mahātmanāṃ bhuvaṃ ca khaṃ cānuvinādayan svanaḥ", "guhā girīṇāṃ ca diśaś ca saṃtataṃ mṛdaṅgaghoṣapratimo viśuśruve"], "translation": "Then the sound of those great-souled men weeping, making earth and sky resound like the beat of a mṛdaṅga drum, was heard continuously through the mountain-caves and the quarters.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s offerings for Daśaratha"}
{"ref": "2.96.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 96, "verse": 1, "iast": ["vasiṣṭhaḥ purataḥ kṛtvā dārān daśarathasya ca", "abhicakrāma taṃ deśaṃ rāmadarśanatarṣitaḥ"], "translation": "Vasiṣṭha, setting the wives of Daśaratha in front, advanced toward that place, thirsting for the sight of Rāma.", "sarga_title": "The mothers reach Rāma’s hut"}
{"ref": "2.96.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 96, "verse": 2, "iast": ["rājapatnyaś ca gacchantyo mandaṃ mandākinīṃ prati", "dadṛśus tatra tat tīrthaṃ rāmalakṣmaṇasevitam"], "translation": "And the king's wives, going slowly toward the Mandākinī, saw there that landing-place frequented by Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa.", "sarga_title": "The mothers reach Rāma’s hut"}
{"ref": "2.96.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 96, "verse": 3, "iast": ["kausalyā bāṣpapūrṇena mukhena pariśuṣyatā", "sumitrām abravīd dīnā yāś cānyā rājayoṣitaḥ"], "translation": "Kausalyā, wretched, with a face brimming with tears and drawn with grief, spoke to Sumitrā and to the other royal women:", "sarga_title": "The mothers reach Rāma’s hut"}
{"ref": "2.96.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 96, "verse": 4, "iast": ["idaṃ teṣām anāthānāṃ kliṣṭam akliṣṭa karmaṇām", "vane prāk kevalaṃ tīrthaṃ ye te nirviṣayī kṛtāḥ"], "translation": "This wretched bathing-place is now in the forest the sole resort of those masterless ones of untiring deeds, who have been deprived of their realm.", "sarga_title": "The mothers reach Rāma’s hut"}
{"ref": "2.96.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 96, "verse": 5, "iast": ["itaḥ sumitre putras te sadā jalam atandritaḥ", "svayaṃ harati saumitrir mama putrasya kāraṇāt"], "translation": "From here, Sumitrā, your son Saumitri, never slack, ever fetches water himself for the sake of my son.", "sarga_title": "The mothers reach Rāma’s hut"}
{"ref": "2.96.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 96, "verse": 6, "iast": ["dakṣiṇāgreṣu darbheṣu sā dadarśa mahītale", "pitur iṅgudipiṇyākaṃ nyastam āyatalocanā"], "translation": "The large-eyed queen saw upon the ground, on darbha grasses with their tips turned southward, the iṅgudī-cake laid out for [Rāma's] father.", "sarga_title": "The mothers reach Rāma’s hut"}
{"ref": "2.96.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 96, "verse": 7, "iast": ["taṃ bhūmau pitur ārtena nyastaṃ rāmeṇa vīkṣya sā", "uvāca devī kausalyā sarvā daśarathastriyaḥ"], "translation": "Beholding that offering, laid on the ground for his father by grieving Rāma, Queen Kausalyā spoke to all the wives of Daśaratha:", "sarga_title": "The mothers reach Rāma’s hut"}
{"ref": "2.96.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 96, "verse": 8, "iast": ["idam ikṣvākunāthasya rāghavasya mahātmanaḥ", "rāghaveṇa pitur dattaṃ paśyataitad yathāvidhi"], "translation": "Behold this offering, made according to the rite by Rāghava for his father, the great-souled scion of Raghu, lord of the Ikṣvākus!", "sarga_title": "The mothers reach Rāma’s hut"}
{"ref": "2.96.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 96, "verse": 9, "iast": ["tasya devasamānasya pārthivasya mahātmanaḥ", "naitad aupayikaṃ manye bhuktabhogasya bhojanam"], "translation": "For that great-souled king, godlike, who once enjoyed every delight, I do not think this food is fitting.", "sarga_title": "The mothers reach Rāma’s hut"}
{"ref": "2.96.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 96, "verse": 10, "iast": ["caturantāṃ mahīṃ bhuktvā mahendra sadṛśo bhuvi", "katham iṅgudipiṇyākaṃ sa bhuṅkte vasudhādhipaḥ"], "translation": "Having enjoyed the earth bounded on all four sides, like great Indra upon the world—how does that lord of the earth now partake of an iṅgudī-cake?", "sarga_title": "The mothers reach Rāma’s hut"}
{"ref": "2.96.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 96, "verse": 11, "iast": ["ato duḥkhataraṃ loke na kiṃ cit pratibhāti mā", "yatra rāmaḥ pitur dadyād iṅgudīkṣodam ṛddhimān"], "translation": "Nothing in the world appears to me more grievous than this—that prosperous Rāma should offer his father a mash of iṅgudī.", "sarga_title": "The mothers reach Rāma’s hut"}
{"ref": "2.96.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 96, "verse": 12, "iast": ["rāmeṇeṅgudipiṇyākaṃ pitur dattaṃ samīkṣya me", "kathaṃ duḥkhena hṛdayaṃ na sphoṭati sahasradhā"], "translation": "Seeing the iṅgudī-cake offered by Rāma to his father, how does my heart not burst asunder into a thousand pieces from grief?", "sarga_title": "The mothers reach Rāma’s hut"}
{"ref": "2.96.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 96, "verse": 13, "iast": ["evam ārtāṃ sapatnyas tā jagmur āśvāsya tāṃ tadā", "dadṛśuś cāśrame rāmaṃ svargāc cyutam ivāmaram"], "translation": "Then the co-wives, having consoled her thus grief-stricken, went on, and saw Rāma in the hermitage, like an immortal fallen from heaven.", "sarga_title": "The mothers reach Rāma’s hut"}
{"ref": "2.96.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 96, "verse": 14, "iast": ["sarvabhogaiḥ parityaktaṃ rāma saṃprekṣya mātaraḥ", "ārtā mumucur aśrūṇi sasvaraṃ śokakarśitāḥ"], "translation": "Beholding Rāma bereft of every comfort, the mothers, stricken and wasted with grief, shed tears aloud.", "sarga_title": "The mothers reach Rāma’s hut"}
{"ref": "2.96.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 96, "verse": 15, "iast": ["tāsāṃ rāmaḥ samutthāya jagrāha caraṇāñ śubhān", "mātṝṇāṃ manujavyāghraḥ sarvāsāṃ satyasaṃgaraḥ"], "translation": "Rising up, Rāma, the tiger among men, true to his word, clasped the auspicious feet of all those mothers.", "sarga_title": "The mothers reach Rāma’s hut"}
{"ref": "2.96.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 96, "verse": 16, "iast": ["tāḥ pāṇibhiḥ sukhasparśair mṛdvaṅgulitalaiḥ śubhaiḥ", "pramamārjū rajaḥ pṛṣṭhād rāmasyāyatalocanāḥ"], "translation": "Those large-eyed women, with their hands soft to the touch, with tender fingers and palms, wiped the dust from Rāma's back.", "sarga_title": "The mothers reach Rāma’s hut"}
{"ref": "2.96.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 96, "verse": 17, "iast": ["saumitrir api tāḥ sarvā mātṝh saṃprekṣya duḥkhitaḥ", "abhyavādayatāsaktaṃ śanai rāmād anantaram"], "translation": "Saumitri too, grieved, beholding all those mothers, saluted them without pause, gently, right after Rāma had done so.", "sarga_title": "The mothers reach Rāma’s hut"}
{"ref": "2.96.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 96, "verse": 18, "iast": ["yathā rāme tathā tasmin sarvā vavṛtire striyaḥ", "vṛttiṃ daśarathāj jāte lakṣmaṇe śubhalakṣaṇe"], "translation": "All those women behaved toward Lakṣmaṇa of auspicious marks, born of Daśaratha, with the very conduct they showed toward Rāma.", "sarga_title": "The mothers reach Rāma’s hut"}
{"ref": "2.96.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 96, "verse": 19, "iast": ["sītāpi caraṇāṃs tāsām upasaṃgṛhya duḥkhitā", "śvaśrūṇām aśrupūrṇākṣī sā babhūvāgrataḥ sthitā"], "translation": "Sītā too, grieved, having clasped the feet of those mothers-in-law, her eyes brimming with tears, stood before them.", "sarga_title": "The mothers reach Rāma’s hut"}
{"ref": "2.96.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 96, "verse": 20, "iast": ["tāṃ pariṣvajya duḥkhārtāṃ mātā duhitaraṃ yathā", "vanavāsakṛśāṃ dīnāṃ kausalyā vākyam abravīt"], "translation": "Embracing her—pained with grief, wretched, and worn thin by forest life—as a mother embraces a daughter, Kausalyā spoke these words:", "sarga_title": "The mothers reach Rāma’s hut"}
{"ref": "2.96.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 96, "verse": 21, "iast": ["videharājasya sutā snuṣā daśarathasya ca", "rāmapatnī kathaṃ duḥkhaṃ saṃprāptā nirjane vane"], "translation": "How has the daughter of the king of Videha, the daughter-in-law of Daśaratha, the wife of Rāma, come to such misery in a desolate forest?", "sarga_title": "The mothers reach Rāma’s hut"}
{"ref": "2.96.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 96, "verse": 22, "iast": ["padmam ātapasaṃtaptaṃ parikliṣṭam ivotpalam", "kāñcanaṃ rajasā dhvastaṃ kliṣṭaṃ candram ivāmbudaiḥ"], "translation": "Like a lotus scorched by heat, like a wilted water-lily, like gold dimmed by dust, like the moon obscured by clouds—", "sarga_title": "The mothers reach Rāma’s hut"}
{"ref": "2.96.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 96, "verse": 23, "iast": ["mukhaṃ te prekṣya māṃ śoko dahaty agnir ivāśrayam", "bhṛśaṃ manasi vaidehi vyasanāraṇisaṃbhavaḥ"], "translation": "Beholding your face, O Vaidehī, grief—kindled as from the fire-stick of calamity—burns me sorely in my heart, as fire consumes its own vessel.", "sarga_title": "The mothers reach Rāma’s hut"}
{"ref": "2.96.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 96, "verse": 24, "iast": ["bruvantyām evam ārtāyāṃ jananyāṃ bharatāgrajaḥ", "pādāv āsādya jagrāha vasiṣṭhasya sa rāghavaḥ"], "translation": "While his grief-stricken mother was speaking thus, that Rāghava, the elder brother of Bharata, approached and clasped Vasiṣṭha's feet.", "sarga_title": "The mothers reach Rāma’s hut"}
{"ref": "2.96.25", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 96, "verse": 25, "iast": ["purohitasyāgnisamasya tasya vai bṛhaspater indra ivāmarādhipaḥ", "pragṛhya pādau susamṛddhatejasaḥ sahaiva tenopaviveśa rāghavaḥ", "pragṛhya pādau susamṛddhatejasaḥ", "sahaiva tenopaviveśa rāghavaḥ"], "translation": "Clasping the feet of that family priest, equal to fire and of abundant splendor—as the lord of the immortals clasps the feet of Bṛhaspati—Rāghava sat down together with him.", "sarga_title": "The mothers reach Rāma’s hut"}
{"ref": "2.96.26", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 96, "verse": 26, "iast": ["tato jaghanyaṃ sahitaiḥ sa mantribhiḥ purapradhānaiś ca sahaiva sainikaiḥ", "janena dharmajñatamena dharmavān upopaviṣṭo bharatas tadāgrajam", "janena dharmajñatamena dharmavān", "upopaviṣṭo bharatas tadāgrajam"], "translation": "Then the righteous Bharata, together with the ministers and the city elders and the soldiers, and with people most versed in dharma, sat down behind, close to his elder brother.", "sarga_title": "The mothers reach Rāma’s hut"}
{"ref": "2.96.27", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 96, "verse": 27, "iast": ["upopaviṣṭas tu tadā sa vīryavāṃs tapasviveṣeṇa samīkṣya rāghavam", "śriyā jvalantaṃ bharataḥ kṛtāñjalir yathā mahendraḥ prayataḥ prajāpatim", "śriyā jvalantaṃ bharataḥ kṛtāñjalir", "yathā mahendraḥ prayataḥ prajāpatim"], "translation": "Then the valiant Bharata, having sat down and gazed upon Rāghava—who blazed with majesty even in ascetic's garb—saluted him with joined palms, as reverent Indra salutes Prajāpati.", "sarga_title": "The mothers reach Rāma’s hut"}
{"ref": "2.96.28", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 96, "verse": 28, "iast": ["kim eṣa vākyaṃ bharato 'dya rāghavaṃ praṇamya satkṛtya ca sādhu vakṣyati", "itīva tasyāryajanasya tattvato babhūva kautūhalam uttamaṃ tadā", "itīva tasyāryajanasya tattvato", "babhūva kautūhalam uttamaṃ tadā"], "translation": "“What will this Bharata, bowing to Rāghava and honoring him, now fittingly say?”—such indeed was then the intense curiosity of that assembly of noble folk.", "sarga_title": "The mothers reach Rāma’s hut"}
{"ref": "2.96.29", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 96, "verse": 29, "iast": ["sa rāghavaḥ satyadhṛtiś ca lakṣmaṇo mahānubhāvo bharataś ca dhārmikaḥ", "vṛtāḥ suhṛdbhiś ca virejur adhvare yathā sadasyaiḥ sahitās trayo 'gnayaḥ", "vṛtāḥ suhṛdbhiś ca virejur adhvare", "yathā sadasyaiḥ sahitās trayo 'gnayaḥ"], "translation": "That Rāghava, and Lakṣmaṇa of true resolve, and the noble, righteous Bharata, surrounded by their kinsmen, shone forth like the three sacred fires attended by the officiants at a sacrifice.", "sarga_title": "The mothers reach Rāma’s hut"}
{"ref": "2.97.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 97, "verse": 1, "iast": ["taṃ tu rāmaḥ samāśvāsya bhrātaraṃ guruvatsalam", "lakṣmaṇena saha bhrātrā praṣṭuṃ samupacakrame"], "translation": "But Rāma, having comforted that brother of his who was devoted to their elders, together with his brother Lakṣmaṇa set about to question him.", "sarga_title": "Bharata offers Rāma the Kingdom"}
{"ref": "2.97.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 97, "verse": 2, "iast": ["kim etad iccheyam ahaṃ śrotuṃ pravyāhṛtaṃ tvayā", "yasmāt tvam āgato deśam imaṃ cīrajaṭājinī"], "translation": "“What is this? I would wish to hear it spoken by you — the reason why you have come to this region clad in bark, matted hair, and hides.", "sarga_title": "Bharata offers Rāma the Kingdom"}
{"ref": "2.97.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 97, "verse": 3, "iast": ["yannimittam imaṃ deśaṃ kṛṣṇājinajaṭādharaḥ", "hitvā rājyaṃ praviṣṭas tvaṃ tat sarvaṃ vaktum arhasi"], "translation": "For what reason you, wearing a black antelope-hide and matted hair, having abandoned the kingdom, have entered this region — all that you should tell.", "sarga_title": "Bharata offers Rāma the Kingdom"}
{"ref": "2.97.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 97, "verse": 4, "iast": ["ity uktaḥ kekayīputraḥ kākutsthena mahātmanā", "pragṛhya balavad bhūyaḥ prāñjalir vākyam abravīt"], "translation": "Addressed thus by the great-souled Kākutstha, the son of Kaikeyī, controlling himself firmly, again with joined palms spoke these words:", "sarga_title": "Bharata offers Rāma the Kingdom"}
{"ref": "2.97.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 97, "verse": 5, "iast": ["āryaṃ tātaḥ parityajya kṛtvā karma suduṣkaram", "gataḥ svargaṃ mahābāhuḥ putraśokābhipīḍitaḥ"], "translation": "“Father, having forsaken the noble one and done a most difficult deed, the mighty-armed one, tormented by grief for his son, has gone to heaven.", "sarga_title": "Bharata offers Rāma the Kingdom"}
{"ref": "2.97.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 97, "verse": 6, "iast": ["striyā niyuktaḥ kaikeyyā mama mātrā paraṃtapa", "cakāra sumahat pāpam idam ātmayaśoharam"], "translation": "Impelled by a woman, my mother Kaikeyī, O scorcher of foes, he committed this very great sin that robbed him of his own fame.", "sarga_title": "Bharata offers Rāma the Kingdom"}
{"ref": "2.97.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 97, "verse": 7, "iast": ["sā rājyaphalam aprāpya vidhavā śokakarśitā", "patiṣyati mahāghore niraye jananī mama"], "translation": "She, having failed to obtain the fruit of the kingdom — a widow, wasted by grief, my mother — will fall into a most terrible hell.", "sarga_title": "Bharata offers Rāma the Kingdom"}
{"ref": "2.97.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 97, "verse": 8, "iast": ["tasya me dāsabhūtasya prasādaṃ kartum arhasi", "abhiṣiñcasva cādyaiva rājyena maghavān iva"], "translation": "To me who have become your servant you should show grace; consecrate yourself this very day with the kingdom, like Maghavat.", "sarga_title": "Bharata offers Rāma the Kingdom"}
{"ref": "2.97.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 97, "verse": 9, "iast": ["imāḥ prakṛtayaḥ sarvā vidhavā māturaś ca yāḥ", "tvat sakāśam anuprāptāḥ prasādaṃ kartum arhasi"], "translation": "All these subjects, and the widowed queen-mothers who have come into your presence — to them you should show grace.", "sarga_title": "Bharata offers Rāma the Kingdom"}
{"ref": "2.97.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 97, "verse": 10, "iast": ["tadānupūrvyā yuktaṃ ca yuktaṃ cātmani mānada", "rājyaṃ prāpnuhi dharmeṇa sakāmān suhṛdaḥ kuru"], "translation": "Therefore, O bestower of honour, obtain by dharma the kingdom, which is fitting by succession and fitting for yourself, and make your friends' wishes fulfilled.", "sarga_title": "Bharata offers Rāma the Kingdom"}
{"ref": "2.97.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 97, "verse": 11, "iast": ["bhavatv avidhavā bhūmiḥ samagrā patinā tvayā", "śaśinā vimaleneva śāradī rajanī yathā"], "translation": "Let the whole earth become un-widowed through you as her lord, as an autumn night is made radiant by the spotless moon.", "sarga_title": "Bharata offers Rāma the Kingdom"}
{"ref": "2.97.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 97, "verse": 12, "iast": ["ebhiś ca sacivaiḥ sārdhaṃ śirasā yācito mayā", "bhrātuḥ śiṣyasya dāsasya prasādaṃ kartum arhasi"], "translation": "Entreated by me with bowed head, together with these ministers, you should show grace to your brother, your disciple, your servant.", "sarga_title": "Bharata offers Rāma the Kingdom"}
{"ref": "2.97.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 97, "verse": 13, "iast": ["tad idaṃ śāśvataṃ pitryaṃ sarvaṃ sacivamaṇḍalam", "pūjitaṃ puruṣavyāghra nātikramitum utsahe"], "translation": "O tiger among men, this whole hereditary, ancestral, honoured circle of ministers — I cannot bring myself to overstep it.", "sarga_title": "Bharata offers Rāma the Kingdom"}
{"ref": "2.97.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 97, "verse": 14, "iast": ["evam uktvā mahābāhuḥ sabāṣpaḥ kekayīsutaḥ", "rāmasya śirasā pādau jagrāha bharataḥ punaḥ"], "translation": "Having spoken thus, the mighty-armed Bharata, son of Kaikeyī, in tears, again clasped Rāma's feet with his head.", "sarga_title": "Bharata offers Rāma the Kingdom"}
{"ref": "2.97.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 97, "verse": 15, "iast": ["taṃ mattam iva mātaṅgaṃ niḥśvasantaṃ punaḥ punaḥ", "bhrātaraṃ bharataṃ rāmaḥ pariṣvajyedam abravīt"], "translation": "Embracing his brother Bharata, who was sighing again and again like a rutting elephant, Rāma spoke this:", "sarga_title": "Bharata offers Rāma the Kingdom"}
{"ref": "2.97.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 97, "verse": 16, "iast": ["kulīnaḥ sattvasaṃpannas tejasvī caritavrataḥ", "rājyahetoḥ kathaṃ pāpam ācaret tvadvidho janaḥ"], "translation": "“How could a person like you — well-born, endowed with goodness, splendid, and true to his vows — commit sin for the sake of a kingdom?", "sarga_title": "Bharata offers Rāma the Kingdom"}
{"ref": "2.97.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 97, "verse": 17, "iast": ["na doṣaṃ tvayi paśyāmi sūkṣmam apy ari sūdana", "na cāpi jananīṃ bālyāt tvaṃ vigarhitum arhasi"], "translation": "I see no fault in you, not even a subtle one, O slayer of foes; nor should you out of childishness censure our mother.", "sarga_title": "Bharata offers Rāma the Kingdom"}
{"ref": "2.97.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 97, "verse": 18, "iast": ["yāvat pitari dharmajña gauravaṃ lokasatkṛte", "tāvad dharmabhṛtāṃ śreṣṭha jananyām api gauravam"], "translation": "As great as the reverence due to a father honoured by the world, O knower of dharma, so great, O best of the dharma-bearers, is the reverence due also to a mother.", "sarga_title": "Bharata offers Rāma the Kingdom"}
{"ref": "2.97.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 97, "verse": 19, "iast": ["etābhyāṃ dharmaśīlābhyāṃ vanaṃ gaccheti rāghava", "mātā pitṛbhyām ukto 'haṃ katham anyat samācare"], "translation": "By these two of righteous conduct, mother and father, I was told, 'Go to the forest,' O Rāghava; how could I do otherwise?", "sarga_title": "Bharata offers Rāma the Kingdom"}
{"ref": "2.97.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 97, "verse": 20, "iast": ["tvayā rājyam ayodhyāyāṃ prāptavyaṃ lokasatkṛtam", "vastavyaṃ daṇḍakāraṇye mayā valkalavāsasā"], "translation": "By you the world-honoured kingdom in Ayodhyā is to be obtained; by me, clad in bark garments, the Daṇḍaka forest is to be dwelt in.", "sarga_title": "Bharata offers Rāma the Kingdom"}
{"ref": "2.97.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 97, "verse": 21, "iast": ["evaṃ kṛtvā mahārājo vibhāgaṃ lokasaṃnidhau", "vyādiśya ca mahātejā divaṃ daśaratho gataḥ"], "translation": "Having thus made the division in the presence of the world, and having so ordained, the great king Daśaratha of great splendour went to heaven.", "sarga_title": "Bharata offers Rāma the Kingdom"}
{"ref": "2.97.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 97, "verse": 22, "iast": ["sa ca pramāṇaṃ dharmātmā rājā lokagurus tava", "pitrā dattaṃ yathābhāgam upabhoktuṃ tvam arhasi"], "translation": "And that righteous king, the elder of the world, is your authority; you should enjoy the share given by your father accordingly.", "sarga_title": "Bharata offers Rāma the Kingdom"}
{"ref": "2.97.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 97, "verse": 23, "iast": ["caturdaśa samāḥ saumya daṇḍakāraṇyam āśritaḥ", "upabhokṣye tv ahaṃ dattaṃ bhāgaṃ pitrā mahātmanā"], "translation": "For fourteen years, gentle one, dwelling in the Daṇḍaka forest, I shall enjoy the share given by my great-souled father.", "sarga_title": "Bharata offers Rāma the Kingdom"}
{"ref": "2.97.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 97, "verse": 24, "iast": ["yad abravīn māṃ naralokasatkṛtaḥ pitā mahātmā vibudhādhipopamaḥ", "tad eva manye paramātmano hitaṃ na sarvalokeśvarabhāvam avyayam"], "translation": "What my great-souled father — honoured in the world of men and like the lord of the gods — told me, that alone I regard as the highest good for myself, not the imperishable sovereignty over all the worlds.”", "sarga_title": "Bharata offers Rāma the Kingdom"}
{"ref": "2.98.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tataḥ puruṣasiṃhānāṃ vṛtānāṃ taiḥ suhṛdgaṇaiḥ", "śocatām eva rajanī duḥkhena vyatyavartata"], "translation": "Then, for those lions among men, surrounded by their companies of friends, the night passed painfully as they went on grieving.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 2, "iast": ["rajanyāṃ suprabhātāyāṃ bhrātaras te suhṛdvṛtāḥ", "mandākinyāṃ hutaṃ japyaṃ kṛtvā rāmam upāgaman"], "translation": "When the night had brightened into fair dawn, those brothers, surrounded by their friends, having made oblation and muttered prayers on the Mandākinī, approached Rāma.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 3, "iast": ["tūṣṇīṃ te samupāsīnā na kaś cit kiṃ cid abravīt", "bharatas tu suhṛnmadhye rāmavacanam abravīt"], "translation": "They sat down together in silence; no one said anything. But Bharata, in the midst of the friends, spoke words to Rāma.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 4, "iast": ["sāntvitā māmikā mātā dattaṃ rājyam idaṃ mama", "tad dadāmi tavaivāhaṃ bhuṅkṣva rājyam akaṇṭakam"], "translation": "“My mother has been appeased; this kingdom has been given to me. That very kingdom I give to you alone—enjoy it, free of all opposition.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 5, "iast": ["mahatevāmbuvegena bhinnaḥ setur jalāgame", "durāvāraṃ tvadanyena rājyakhaṇḍam idaṃ mahat"], "translation": "Like a dyke breached by a mighty rush of water at the coming of the flood, this vast portion of a realm is hard for anyone but you to hold in check.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 6, "iast": ["gatiṃ khara ivāśvasya tārkṣyasyeva patatriṇaḥ", "anugantuṃ na śaktir me gatiṃ tava mahīpate"], "translation": "As a donkey cannot match the pace of a horse, or a common bird the flight of Tārkṣya (Garuḍa), so I have no power to follow your course, O lord of the earth.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 7, "iast": ["sujīvaṃ nityaśas tasya yaḥ parair upajīvyate", "rāma tena tu durjīvaṃ yaḥ parān upajīvati"], "translation": "Life is always easy for the man on whom others depend; but for him, Rāma, who must depend upon others, life is hard.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 8, "iast": ["yathā tu ropito vṛkṣaḥ puruṣeṇa vivardhitaḥ", "hrasvakena durāroho rūḍhaskandho mahādrumaḥ"], "translation": "Just as a tree planted and nurtured by a short man becomes a great tree, with grown trunk, hard for him to climb—", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 9, "iast": ["sa yadā puṣpito bhūtvā phalāni na vidarśayet", "sa tāṃ nānubhavet prītiṃ yasya hetoḥ prabhāvitaḥ"], "translation": "—and when, having come into flower, it should yet show no fruit, the man would not enjoy that reward for the sake of which it was made to grow;", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 10, "iast": ["eṣopamā mahābāho tvam arthaṃ vettum arhasi", "yadi tvam asmān ṛṣabho bhartā bhṛtyān na śādhi hi"], "translation": "This is a simile, O mighty-armed one; you ought to grasp its meaning: if you, our bull and lord, do not rule us your dependents [you are like that fruitless tree].", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 11, "iast": ["śreṇayas tvāṃ mahārāja paśyantv agryāś ca sarvaśaḥ", "pratapantam ivādityaṃ rājye sthitam ariṃdamam"], "translation": "Let the guilds and the foremost citizens on every side behold you, O great king, established in the kingdom, blazing like the sun, O tamer of foes.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 12, "iast": ["tavānuyāne kākutṣṭha mattā nardantu kuñjarāḥ", "antaḥpura gatā nāryo nandantu susamāhitāḥ"], "translation": "As you ride in procession, Kākutstha, let the rutting elephants trumpet, and let the women in the inner chambers rejoice, filled with contentment.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 13, "iast": ["tasya sādhv ity amanyanta nāgarā vividhā janāḥ", "bharatasya vacaḥ śrutvā rāmaṃ pratyanuyācataḥ"], "translation": "“Good!” thought the townsfolk, the various people, on hearing the speech of Bharata as he entreated Rāma in return.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 14, "iast": ["tam evaṃ duḥkhitaṃ prekṣya vilapantaṃ yaśasvinam", "rāmaḥ kṛtātmā bharataṃ samāśvāsayad ātmavān"], "translation": "Seeing the illustrious Bharata thus grieved and lamenting, the self-possessed Rāma, disciplined of soul, consoled him.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 15, "iast": ["nātmanaḥ kāmakāro 'sti puruṣo 'yam anīśvaraḥ", "itaś cetarataś cainaṃ kṛtāntaḥ parikarṣati"], "translation": "A man has no power to act as he wills over himself; he is not his own master. Fate drags him this way and that.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 16, "iast": ["sarve kṣayāntā nicayāḥ patanāntāḥ samucchrayāḥ", "saṃyogā viprayogāntā maraṇāntaṃ ca jīvitam"], "translation": "All accumulations end in depletion, all risings end in falls; all unions end in separation, and life ends in death.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 17, "iast": ["yathā phalānaṃ pakvānāṃ nānyatra patanād bhayam", "evaṃ narasya jātasya nānyatra maraṇād bhayam"], "translation": "Just as for ripe fruits there is no peril but falling, so for a man once born there is no peril but death.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 18, "iast": ["yathāgāraṃ dṛḍhasthūṇaṃ jīrṇaṃ bhūtvāvasīdati", "tathāvasīdanti narā jarāmṛtyuvaśaṃ gatāḥ"], "translation": "Just as a house with sturdy pillars, having grown old, sinks into ruin, so men sink down, fallen under the sway of old age and death.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 19, "iast": ["ahorātrāṇi gacchanti sarveṣāṃ prāṇinām iha", "āyūṃṣi kṣapayanty āśu grīṣme jalam ivāṃśavaḥ"], "translation": "The days and nights pass by, swiftly wasting away the life-spans of all living beings here, as the sun's rays dry up water in the summer.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 20, "iast": ["ātmānam anuśoca tvaṃ kim anyam anuśocasi", "āyus te hīyate yasya sthitasya ca gatasya ca"], "translation": "Grieve for yourself; why do you grieve for another? Your own life-span dwindles, whether you stay still or go about.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 21, "iast": ["sahaiva mṛtyur vrajati saha mṛtyur niṣīdati", "gatvā sudīrgham adhvānaṃ saha mṛtyur nivartate"], "translation": "Death walks along with a man, death sits beside him; and when he has gone a very long road, death returns along with him.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 22, "iast": ["gātreṣu valayaḥ prāptāḥ śvetāś caiva śiroruhāḥ", "jarayā puruṣo jīrṇaḥ kiṃ hi kṛtvā prabhāvayet"], "translation": "Wrinkles have settled upon the limbs and the hair has turned white; when a man is worn out by old age, by what means could he restore his vigor?", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 23, "iast": ["nandanty udita āditye nandanty astam ite ravau", "ātmano nāvabudhyante manuṣyā jīvitakṣayam"], "translation": "Men rejoice when the sun has risen, they rejoice when the sun has set; yet they do not perceive the wasting-away of their own life.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 24, "iast": ["hṛṣyanty ṛtumukhaṃ dṛṣṭvā navaṃ navam ihāgatam", "ṛtūnāṃ parivartena prāṇināṃ prāṇasaṃkṣayaḥ"], "translation": "They delight to see the onset of a season, ever new, come round again; yet by the turning of the seasons comes the wasting-away of creatures' lives.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.25", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 25, "iast": ["yathā kāṣṭhaṃ ca kāṣṭhaṃ ca sameyātāṃ mahārṇave", "sametya ca vyapeyātāṃ kālam āsādya kaṃ cana"], "translation": "Just as one log and another log may meet on the great ocean, and having met, drift apart again after some length of time—", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.26", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 26, "iast": ["evaṃ bhāryāś ca putrāś ca jñātayaś ca vasūni ca", "sametya vyavadhāvanti dhruvo hy eṣāṃ vinābhavaḥ"], "translation": "—so wives and sons and kinsmen and riches, having come together, run apart; for their separation is certain.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.27", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 27, "iast": ["nātra kaś cid yathā bhāvaṃ prāṇī samabhivartate", "tena tasmin na sāmarthyaṃ pretasyāsty anuśocataḥ"], "translation": "Here no living creature can make things unfold according to its own will; therefore a mourner has no power over the departed.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.28", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 28, "iast": ["yathā hi sārthaṃ gacchantaṃ brūyāt kaś cit pathi sthitaḥ", "aham apy āgamiṣyāmi pṛṣṭhato bhavatām iti"], "translation": "For just as someone standing on the road might say to a passing caravan, “I too shall come along behind you”—", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.29", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 29, "iast": ["evaṃ pūrvair gato mārgaḥ pitṛpaitāmaho dhruvaḥ", "tam āpannaḥ kathaṃ śoced yasya nāsti vyatikramaḥ"], "translation": "—so is the road our forefathers travelled, the sure road of fathers and grandfathers; having entered upon it, how should one grieve, when from it there is no escape?", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.30", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 30, "iast": ["vayasaḥ patamānasya srotaso vānivartinaḥ", "ātmā sukhe niyoktavyaḥ sukhabhājaḥ prajāḥ smṛtāḥ"], "translation": "As one's lifetime slips away like a stream that never turns back, the self should be set upon happiness; for creatures are ordained to have their share of joy.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.31", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 31, "iast": ["dharmātmā sa śubhaiḥ kṛtsnaiḥ kratubhiś cāptadakṣiṇaiḥ", "dhūtapāpo gataḥ svargaṃ pitā naḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ"], "translation": "That righteous soul, our father the lord of the earth, by all his auspicious sacrifices with their fees duly bestowed, has shaken off all sin and gone to heaven.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.32", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 32, "iast": ["bhṛtyānāṃ bharaṇāt samyak prajānāṃ paripālanāt", "arthādānāc ca dhārmeṇa pitā nas tridivaṃ gataḥ"], "translation": "By duly maintaining his dependents, by protecting his subjects, and by acquiring wealth righteously, our father has gone to the third heaven.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.33", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 33, "iast": ["iṣṭvā bahuvidhair yajñair bhogāṃś cāvāpya puṣkalān", "uttamaṃ cāyur āsādya svar gataḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ"], "translation": "Having sacrificed with manifold sacrifices, having won abundant enjoyments, and having attained the fullest span of life, the lord of the earth has gone to heaven.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.34", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 34, "iast": ["sa jīrṇaṃ mānuṣaṃ dehaṃ parityajya pitā hi naḥ", "daivīm ṛddhim anuprāpto brahmalokavihāriṇīm"], "translation": "For our father, casting off his worn-out human body, has attained the divine prosperity that ranges in the world of Brahmā.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.35", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 35, "iast": ["taṃ tu naivaṃ vidhaḥ kaś cit prājñaḥ śocitum arhati", "tvadvidho yadvidhaś cāpi śrutavān buddhimattaraḥ"], "translation": "No wise man of such a kind ought to grieve for him—one like you, or such a one, learned and of superior intellect.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.36", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 36, "iast": ["ete bahuvidhāḥ śokā vilāpa rudite tathā", "varjanīyā hi dhīreṇa sarvāvasthāsu dhīmatā"], "translation": "These manifold griefs, and likewise lamentation and weeping, are to be shunned by a steadfast, wise man in all circumstances.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.37", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 37, "iast": ["sa svastho bhava mā śoco yātvā cāvasa tāṃ purīm", "tathā pitrā niyukto 'si vaśinā vadatāmv vara"], "translation": "So be composed, do not grieve; go and dwell in that city. For so were you commanded by our self-controlled father, O best of speakers.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.38", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 38, "iast": ["yatrāham api tenaiva niyuktaḥ puṇyakarmaṇā", "tatraivāhaṃ kariṣyāmi pitur āryasya śāsanam"], "translation": "In that very duty to which I too was appointed by him of holy deeds, there I shall carry out the command of my noble father.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.39", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 39, "iast": ["na mayā śāsanaṃ tasya tyaktuṃ nyāyyam ariṃdama", "tat tvayāpi sadā mānyaṃ sa vai bandhuḥ sa naḥ pitā"], "translation": "It is not right for me to abandon his command, O tamer of foes; and by you too it must ever be honored—he is indeed our kinsman, he our father.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.40", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 40, "iast": ["evam uktvā tu virate rāme vacanam arthavat", "uvāca bharataś citraṃ dhārmiko dhārmikaṃ vacaḥ"], "translation": "When Rāma, having spoken thus, had ceased his meaningful words, the righteous Bharata spoke a remarkable and righteous speech.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.41", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 41, "iast": ["ko hi syād īdṛśo loke yādṛśas tvam ariṃdama", "na tvāṃ pravyathayed duḥkhaṃ prītir vā na praharṣayet"], "translation": "Who in the world could be such as you, O tamer of foes? No sorrow could shake you, no joy could elate you.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.42", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 42, "iast": ["saṃmataś cāsi vṛddhānāṃ tāṃś ca pṛcchasi saṃśayān", "yathā mṛtas tathā jīvan yathāsati tathā sati"], "translation": "You are esteemed by the elders, and you consult them upon your doubts; to you the dead is as the living, non-being as being.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.43", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 43, "iast": ["yasyaiṣa buddhilābhaḥ syāt paritapyeta kena saḥ", "sa evaṃ vyasanaṃ prāpya na viṣīditum arhati"], "translation": "For one who has attained such wisdom—by what could he be tormented? Such a man, meeting with calamity, ought not to despair.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.44", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 44, "iast": ["amaropamasattvas tvaṃ mahātmā satyasaṃgaraḥ", "sarvajñaḥ sarvadarśī ca buddhimāṃś cāsi rāghava"], "translation": "You are of a nature like the immortals, great-souled, true to your word; you are all-knowing, all-seeing, and wise, O Rāghava.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.45", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 45, "iast": ["na tvām evaṃ guṇair yuktaṃ prabhavābhavakovidam", "aviṣahyatamaṃ duḥkham āsādayitum arhati"], "translation": "Endowed with such virtues, skilled in origination and dissolution, you should not be overtaken by even the most unbearable sorrow.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.46", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 46, "iast": ["proṣite mayi yat pāpaṃ mātrā matkāraṇāt kṛtam", "kṣudrayā tad aniṣṭaṃ me prasīdatu bhavān mama"], "translation": "Whatever wicked deed my base mother did for my sake while I was away—that is hateful to me; may you be gracious to me.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.47", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 47, "iast": ["dharmabandhena baddho 'smi tenemāṃ neha mātaram", "hanmi tīvreṇa daṇḍena daṇḍārhāṃ pāpakāriṇīm"], "translation": "I am bound by the bond of dharma; therefore I do not here slay this mother of mine with harsh punishment, evil-doer though she be and deserving of it.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.48", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 48, "iast": ["kathaṃ daśarathāj jātaḥ śuddhābhijanakarmaṇaḥ", "jānan dharmam adharmiṣṭhaṃ kuryāṃ karma jugupsitam"], "translation": "How could I, born of Daśaratha of pure lineage and deeds, and knowing dharma, do a most unrighteous, contemptible act?", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.49", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 49, "iast": ["guruḥ kriyāvān vṛddhaś ca rājā pretaḥ piteti ca", "tātaṃ na parigarheyaṃ daivataṃ ceti saṃsadi"], "translation": "He was my elder, a doer of rites, aged, a king, now dead, and my father—and a very deity: for these reasons I would not reproach my father in an assembly.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.50", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 50, "iast": ["ko hi dharmārthayor hīnam īdṛśaṃ karma kilbiṣam", "striyāḥ priyacikīrṣuḥ san kuryād dharmajña dharmavit"], "translation": "For what man who knows dharma, O knower of dharma, would—wishing to please a woman—do such a sinful deed, devoid of both dharma and profit?", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.51", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 51, "iast": ["antakāle hi bhūtāni muhyantīti purāśrutiḥ", "rājñaivaṃ kurvatā loke pratyakṣā sā śrutiḥ kṛtā"], "translation": "“At the hour of their end, beings become deluded”—so runs the ancient saying; and the king, by acting thus, has made that saying manifest before the world.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.52", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 52, "iast": ["sādhv artham abhisaṃdhāya krodhān mohāc ca sāhasāt", "tātasya yad atikrāntaṃ pratyāharatu tad bhavān"], "translation": "Wisely fixing your aim on what is right, may you undo that transgression of our father's which sprang from anger, delusion, and rashness.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.53", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 53, "iast": ["pitur hi samatikrāntaṃ putro yaḥ sādhu manyate", "tad apatyaṃ mataṃ loke viparītam ato 'nyathā"], "translation": "The son who deems his father's transgression proper is reckoned mere offspring in the world; the son of the opposite mind is quite otherwise [the worthy one].", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.54", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 54, "iast": ["tad apatyaṃ bhavān astu mā bhavān duṣkṛtaṃ pituḥ", "abhipat tat kṛtaṃ karma loke dhīravigarhitam"], "translation": "Be you that [worthy] offspring; do not, sir, take upon yourself your father's misdeed—that deed done which is censured by the steadfast in the world.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.55", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 55, "iast": ["kaikeyīṃ māṃ ca tātaṃ ca suhṛdo bāndhavāṃś ca naḥ", "paurajānapadān sarvāṃs trātu sarvam idaṃ bhavān"], "translation": "May you save Kaikeyī, and me, and our father, our friends and our kinsmen, and all the town- and country-folk—all this, may you preserve.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.56", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 56, "iast": ["kva cāraṇyaṃ kva ca kṣātraṃ kva jaṭāḥ kva ca pālanam", "īdṛśaṃ vyāhataṃ karma na bhavān kartum arhati"], "translation": "Where is forest life, and where the warrior's calling? Where the matted locks, and where the ruling of a realm? Such a self-contradictory course you ought not to follow.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.57", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 57, "iast": ["atha kleśajam eva tvaṃ dharmaṃ caritum icchasi", "dharmeṇa caturo varṇān pālayan kleśam āpnuhi"], "translation": "But if you wish to practise a dharma born of hardship, then win your hardship by righteously protecting the four varṇas!", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.58", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 58, "iast": ["caturṇām āśramāṇāṃ hi gārhasthyaṃ śreṣṭham āśramam", "āhur dharmajña dharmajñās taṃ kathaṃ tyaktum arhasi"], "translation": "Of the four stages of life the knowers of dharma call householdership the best, O knower of dharma; how then can you forsake it?", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.59", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 59, "iast": ["śrutena bālaḥ sthānena janmanā bhavato hy aham", "sa kathaṃ pālayiṣyāmi bhūmiṃ bhavati tiṣṭhati"], "translation": "In learning, in rank, and in birth I am but a child beside you; how then, such as I am, shall I govern the earth while you yet live?", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.60", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 60, "iast": ["hīnabuddhiguṇo bālo hīnaḥ sthānena cāpy aham", "bhavatā ca vinā bhūto na vartayitum utsahe"], "translation": "Deficient in intellect and virtue, a mere boy, and inferior too in station, and bereft of you, I am not able to carry on.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.61", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 61, "iast": ["idaṃ nikhilam avyagraṃ pitryaṃ rājyam akaṇṭakam", "anuśādhi svadharmeṇa dharmajña saha bāndhavaiḥ"], "translation": "This entire ancestral kingdom, undisturbed and free of thorns, rule by your own dharma, O knower of dharma, together with our kinsmen.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.62", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 62, "iast": ["ihaiva tvābhiṣiñcantu dharmajña saha bāndhavaiḥ", "ṛtvijaḥ savasiṣṭhāś ca mantravan mantrakovidāḥ"], "translation": "Right here, O knower of dharma, let the priests skilled in the sacred formulas, together with Vasiṣṭha and with our kinsmen, consecrate you with the mantras.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.63", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 63, "iast": ["abhiṣiktas tvam asmābhir ayodhyāṃ pālane vraja", "vijitya tarasā lokān marudbhir iva vāsavaḥ"], "translation": "Once consecrated by us, go to rule Ayodhyā, having swiftly conquered the worlds as Vāsava (Indra) conquered them with the Maruts.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.64", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 64, "iast": ["ṛṇāni trīṇy apākurvan durhṛdaḥ sādhu nirdahan", "suhṛdas tarpayan kāmais tvam evātrānuśādhi mām"], "translation": "Discharging the three debts, utterly burning up your enemies, and gratifying your friends with the fulfilment of their desires—rule me here yourself.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.65", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 65, "iast": ["adyārya muditāḥ santu suhṛdas te 'bhiṣecane", "adya bhītāḥ pālayantāṃ durhṛdas te diśo daśa"], "translation": "Today, noble one, let your friends rejoice at your consecration; today let your enemies, in fear, take to the ten directions.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.66", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 66, "iast": ["ākrośaṃ mama mātuś ca pramṛjya puruṣarṣabha", "adya tatra bhavantaṃ ca pitaraṃ rakṣa kilbiṣāt"], "translation": "Wiping away the reproach upon me and upon my mother, O bull among men, save today too our revered father from sin.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.67", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 67, "iast": ["śirasā tvābhiyāce 'haṃ kuruṣva karuṇāṃ mayi", "bāndhaveṣu ca sarveṣu bhūteṣv iva maheśvaraḥ"], "translation": "With my head bowed I implore you: show compassion upon me and upon all our kinsmen, as the Great Lord (Śiva) does upon all beings.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.68", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 68, "iast": ["atha vā pṛṣṭhataḥ kṛtvā vanam eva bhavān itaḥ", "gamiṣyati gamiṣyāmi bhavatā sārdham apy aham"], "translation": "Or else, if you, turning your back on the city, will go from here to the forest, then I too will go along with you.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.69", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 69, "iast": ["tathāpi rāmo bharatena tāmyata prasādyamānaḥ śirasā mahīpatiḥ", "na caiva cakre gamanāya sattvavān matiṃ pitus tadvacane pratiṣṭhitaḥ"], "translation": "Even so, though the anguished Bharata entreated him with bowed head, Rāma, lord of the earth and full of resolve, did not set his mind upon returning, fixed as he was upon that command of his father.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.70", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 70, "iast": ["tad adbhutaṃ sthairyam avekṣya rāghave samaṃ jano harṣam avāpa duḥkhitaḥ", "na yāty ayodhyām iti duḥkhito 'bhavat sthirapratijñatvam avekṣya harṣitaḥ"], "translation": "Beholding that wondrous steadfastness in Rāghava, the sorrowing people felt at once both grief and joy—grieved that he would not go to Ayodhyā, yet gladdened to behold his firmness of resolve.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.98.71", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 98, "verse": 71, "iast": ["tam ṛtvijo naigamayūthavallabhās tathā visaṃjñāśrukalāś ca mātaraḥ", "tathā bruvāṇaṃ bharataṃ pratuṣṭuvuḥ praṇamya rāmaṃ ca yayācire saha"], "translation": "The priests, the leaders dear to the throngs of townsfolk, and likewise the mothers, swooning and choked with tears, extolled Bharata as he spoke thus; and bowing to Rāma, they entreated him together with him.", "sarga_title": "Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer"}
{"ref": "2.99.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 99, "verse": 1, "iast": ["punar evaṃ bruvāṇaṃ tu bharataṃ lakṣmaṇāgrajaḥ", "pratyuvaca tataḥ śrīmāñ jñātimadhye 'tisatkṛtaḥ"], "translation": "Then the glorious elder brother of Lakṣmaṇa (Rāma), highly honoured in the midst of his kinsmen, replied to Bharata, who was speaking thus once more:", "sarga_title": "Rāma explains Daśaratha’s obligations"}
{"ref": "2.99.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 99, "verse": 2, "iast": ["upapannam idaṃ vākyaṃ yat tvam evam abhāṣathāḥ", "jātaḥ putro daśarathāt kaikeyyāṃ rājasattamāt"], "translation": "Fitting is this speech that you have spoken thus, born as you are the son of Daśaratha, best of kings, in the womb of Kaikeyī.", "sarga_title": "Rāma explains Daśaratha’s obligations"}
{"ref": "2.99.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 99, "verse": 3, "iast": ["purā bhrātaḥ pitā naḥ sa mātaraṃ te samudvahan", "mātāmahe samāśrauṣīd rājyaśulkam anuttamam"], "translation": "Long ago, O brother, when our father took your mother in marriage, he promised to her father (your maternal grandfather) the kingdom as an unsurpassed bride-price.", "sarga_title": "Rāma explains Daśaratha’s obligations"}
{"ref": "2.99.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 99, "verse": 4, "iast": ["devāsure ca saṃgrāme jananyai tava pārthivaḥ", "saṃprahṛṣṭo dadau rājā varam ārādhitaḥ prabhuḥ"], "translation": "And in the war between gods and asuras, the king, the lord, well pleased and gratified, granted a boon to your mother.", "sarga_title": "Rāma explains Daśaratha’s obligations"}
{"ref": "2.99.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 99, "verse": 5, "iast": ["tataḥ sā saṃpratiśrāvya tava mātā yaśasvinī", "ayācata naraśreṣṭhaṃ dvau varau varavarṇinī"], "translation": "Then your illustrious mother, of lovely complexion, having secured his pledge, asked the best of men for two boons.", "sarga_title": "Rāma explains Daśaratha’s obligations"}
{"ref": "2.99.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 99, "verse": 6, "iast": ["tava rājyaṃ naravyāghra mama pravrājanaṃ tathā", "tac ca rājā tathā tasyai niyuktaḥ pradadau varam"], "translation": "The kingdom for you, O tiger among men, and my banishment — and the king, bound by his word, granted her that boon accordingly.", "sarga_title": "Rāma explains Daśaratha’s obligations"}
{"ref": "2.99.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 99, "verse": 7, "iast": ["tena pitrāham apy atra niyuktaḥ puruṣarṣabha", "caturdaśa vane vāsaṃ varṣāṇi varadānikam"], "translation": "By that father I too, O bull among men, was accordingly directed to a dwelling in the forest for fourteen years, as the fulfilment of the boon.", "sarga_title": "Rāma explains Daśaratha’s obligations"}
{"ref": "2.99.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 99, "verse": 8, "iast": ["so 'haṃ vanam idaṃ prāpto nirjanaṃ lakṣmaṇānvitaḥ", "śītayā cāpratidvandvaḥ satyavāde sthitaḥ pituḥ"], "translation": "So I, peerless, have come to this desolate forest, accompanied by Lakṣmaṇa and Sītā, standing firm in my father's truthfulness.", "sarga_title": "Rāma explains Daśaratha’s obligations"}
{"ref": "2.99.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 99, "verse": 9, "iast": ["bhavān api tathety eva pitaraṃ satyavādinam", "kartum arhati rājendraṃ kṣipram evābhiṣecanāt"], "translation": "You too, by your 'so be it,' ought to make our father, the lord of kings, a keeper of his word, by promptly accepting the consecration.", "sarga_title": "Rāma explains Daśaratha’s obligations"}
{"ref": "2.99.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 99, "verse": 10, "iast": ["ṛṇān mocaya rājānaṃ matkṛte bharata prabhum", "pitaraṃ trāhi dharmajña mātaraṃ cābhinandaya"], "translation": "For my sake, Bharata, free the king, the lord, from his debt; save our father, O knower of dharma, and gladden your mother.", "sarga_title": "Rāma explains Daśaratha’s obligations"}
{"ref": "2.99.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 99, "verse": 11, "iast": ["śrūyate hi purā tāta śrutir gītā yaśasvinī", "gayena yajamānena gayeṣv eva pitṝn prati"], "translation": "For it is heard, dear one, that long ago a glorious sacred verse was sung by Gaya while performing sacrifice at Gayā, concerning the ancestors:", "sarga_title": "Rāma explains Daśaratha’s obligations"}
{"ref": "2.99.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 99, "verse": 12, "iast": ["puṃ nāmnā narakād yasmāt pitaraṃ trāyate sutaḥ", "tasmāt putra iti proktaḥ pitṝn yat pāti vā sutaḥ"], "translation": "“Because a son saves his father from the hell named 'Put,' he is therefore called 'putra' (son) — or so called because a son protects his ancestors.”", "sarga_title": "Rāma explains Daśaratha’s obligations"}
{"ref": "2.99.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 99, "verse": 13, "iast": ["eṣṭavyā bahavaḥ putrā guṇavanto bahuśrutāḥ", "teṣāṃ vai samavetānām api kaś cid gayāṃ vrajet"], "translation": "Many sons should be desired, virtuous and deeply learned; for out of them, assembled together, at least one might go to Gayā (to perform the rites).", "sarga_title": "Rāma explains Daśaratha’s obligations"}
{"ref": "2.99.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 99, "verse": 14, "iast": ["evaṃ rājarṣayaḥ sarve pratītā rājanandana", "tasmāt trāhi naraśreṣṭha pitaraṃ narakāt prabho"], "translation": "Thus all the royal seers are firmly convinced, O delight of kings; therefore, O best of men, save our father from hell, O lord.", "sarga_title": "Rāma explains Daśaratha’s obligations"}
{"ref": "2.99.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 99, "verse": 15, "iast": ["ayodhyāṃ gaccha bharata prakṛtīr anurañjaya", "śatrughna sahito vīra saha sarvair dvijātibhiḥ"], "translation": "Go to Ayodhyā, Bharata, and win the affection of the subjects, accompanied by Śatrughna, O hero, together with all the twice-born.", "sarga_title": "Rāma explains Daśaratha’s obligations"}
{"ref": "2.99.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 99, "verse": 16, "iast": ["pravekṣye daṇḍakāraṇyam aham apy avilambayan", "ābhyāṃ tu sahito rājan vaidehyā lakṣmaṇena ca"], "translation": "I too, without delay, shall enter the Daṇḍaka forest, accompanied by these two, O king — by Vaidehī and by Lakṣmaṇa.", "sarga_title": "Rāma explains Daśaratha’s obligations"}
{"ref": "2.99.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 99, "verse": 17, "iast": ["tvaṃ rājā bhava bharata svayaṃ narāṇāṃ vanyānām aham api rājarāṇ mṛgāṇām", "gaccha tvaṃ puravaram adya saṃprahṛṣṭaḥ saṃhṛṣṭas tv aham api daṇḍakān pravekṣye"], "translation": "You, Bharata, be king of men yourself; and I too shall be king of the wild beasts. Go today, well pleased, to the best of cities; and I too, delighted, shall enter the Daṇḍakas.", "sarga_title": "Rāma explains Daśaratha’s obligations"}
{"ref": "2.99.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 99, "verse": 18, "iast": ["chāyāṃ te dinakarabhāḥ prabādhamānaṃ varṣatraṃ bharata karotu mūrdhni śītām", "eteṣām aham api kānanadrumāṇāṃ chāyāṃ tām atiśayinīṃ sukhaṃ śrayiṣye"], "translation": "Let the parasol, warding off the sun's rays, cast cool shade upon your head, Bharata; while I too shall happily resort to that surpassing shade of these forest trees.", "sarga_title": "Rāma explains Daśaratha’s obligations"}
{"ref": "2.99.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 99, "verse": 19, "iast": ["śatrughnaḥ kuśalamatis tu te sahāyaḥ saumitrir mama viditaḥ pradhānamitram", "catvāras tanayavarā vayaṃ narendraṃ satyasthaṃ bharata carāma mā viṣādam"], "translation": "Skilful-minded Śatrughna is your helper, and Saumitri (Lakṣmaṇa) is known as my chief friend; we four, the finest of sons, shall keep the king true to his word — grieve not, Bharata.", "sarga_title": "Rāma explains Daśaratha’s obligations"}
{"ref": "2.100.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 100, "verse": 1, "iast": ["āśvāsayantaṃ bharataṃ jābālir brāhmaṇottamaḥ", "uvāca rāmaṃ dharmajñaṃ dharmāpetam idaṃ vacaḥ"], "translation": "As Rāma was consoling Bharata, Jābāli, the foremost of brahmins, spoke to that knower of dharma these words devoid of dharma:", "sarga_title": "Jābāli challenges the exile"}
{"ref": "2.100.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 100, "verse": 2, "iast": ["sādhu rāghava mā bhūt te buddhir evaṃ nirarthakā", "prākṛtasya narasyeva ārya buddhes tapasvinaḥ"], "translation": "Come now, Rāghava — let not such a futile notion possess you, a noble-minded ascetic, O noble one, as it would some common man.", "sarga_title": "Jābāli challenges the exile"}
{"ref": "2.100.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 100, "verse": 3, "iast": ["kaḥ kasya puruṣo bandhuḥ kim āpyaṃ kasya kena cit", "yad eko jāyate jantur eka eva vinaśyati"], "translation": "What man is kinsman to whom? What is there to be gained by anyone from anyone? For each creature is born alone, and alone it perishes.", "sarga_title": "Jābāli challenges the exile"}
{"ref": "2.100.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 100, "verse": 4, "iast": ["tasmān mātā pitā ceti rāma sajjeta yo naraḥ", "unmatta iva sa jñeyo nāsti kācid dhi kasya cit"], "translation": "Therefore, Rāma, the man who clings, saying 'this is my mother, this my father,' should be regarded as a madman; for no tie exists for anyone.", "sarga_title": "Jābāli challenges the exile"}
{"ref": "2.100.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 100, "verse": 5, "iast": ["yathā grāmāntaraṃ gacchan naraḥ kaś cit kva cid vaset", "utsṛjya ca tam āvāsaṃ pratiṣṭhetāpare 'hani"], "translation": "Just as a man travelling to another village might lodge somewhere, and then, quitting that lodging, set out again the next day —", "sarga_title": "Jābāli challenges the exile"}
{"ref": "2.100.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 100, "verse": 6, "iast": ["evam eva manuṣyāṇāṃ pitā mātā gṛhaṃ vasu", "āvāsamātraṃ kākutstha sajjante nātra sajjanāḥ"], "translation": "just so, O Kākutstha, for men their father, mother, home and wealth are but a lodging-place; the wise do not become attached to these.", "sarga_title": "Jābāli challenges the exile"}
{"ref": "2.100.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 100, "verse": 7, "iast": ["pitryaṃ rājyaṃ samutsṛjya sa nārhati narottama", "āsthātuṃ kāpathaṃ duḥkhaṃ viṣamaṃ bahukaṇṭakam"], "translation": "You ought not, O best of men, to give up the ancestral kingdom and set foot on an evil road, painful, rough, and beset with thorns.", "sarga_title": "Jābāli challenges the exile"}
{"ref": "2.100.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 100, "verse": 8, "iast": ["samṛddhāyām ayodhyāyām ātmānam abhiṣecaya", "ekaveṇīdharā hi tvāṃ nagarī saṃpratīkṣate"], "translation": "Consecrate yourself in prosperous Ayodhyā; for the city, wearing her single braid like a grieving wife, awaits you.", "sarga_title": "Jābāli challenges the exile"}
{"ref": "2.100.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 100, "verse": 9, "iast": ["rājabhogān anubhavan mahārhān pārthivātmaja", "vihara tvam ayodhyāyāṃ yathā śakras triviṣṭape"], "translation": "Enjoying the precious pleasures of a king, O son of a king, disport yourself in Ayodhyā as Śakra (Indra) does in heaven.", "sarga_title": "Jābāli challenges the exile"}
{"ref": "2.100.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 100, "verse": 10, "iast": ["na te kaś cid daśarataḥs tvaṃ ca tasya na kaś cana", "anyo rājā tvam anyaś ca tasmāt kuru yad ucyate"], "translation": "Daśaratha was nothing to you, and you were nothing to him; the king was one person and you are another — therefore do as you are told.", "sarga_title": "Jābāli challenges the exile"}
{"ref": "2.100.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 100, "verse": 11, "iast": ["gataḥ sa nṛpatis tatra gantavyaṃ yatra tena vai", "pravṛttir eṣā martyānāṃ tvaṃ tu mithyā vihanyase"], "translation": "That king has gone there, whither he was bound to go; this is the natural course of mortals — but you afflict yourself in vain.", "sarga_title": "Jābāli challenges the exile"}
{"ref": "2.100.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 100, "verse": 12, "iast": ["arthadharmaparā ye ye tāṃs tāñ śocāmi netarān", "te hi duḥkham iha prāpya vināśaṃ pretya bhejire"], "translation": "Those men, whoever they are, who set dharma above worldly gain — them alone I grieve for, not the others; for having reaped only sorrow here, they meet with annihilation after death.", "sarga_title": "Jābāli challenges the exile"}
{"ref": "2.100.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 100, "verse": 13, "iast": ["aṣṭakā pitṛdaivatyam ity ayaṃ prasṛto janaḥ", "annasyopadravaṃ paśya mṛto hi kim aśiṣyati"], "translation": "'The Aṣṭakā rite is dedicated to the ancestors' — so these folk busy themselves. Behold the waste of food! For what will a dead man eat?", "sarga_title": "Jābāli challenges the exile"}
{"ref": "2.100.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 100, "verse": 14, "iast": ["yadi bhuktam ihānyena deham anyasya gacchati", "dadyāt pravasataḥ śrāddhaṃ na tat pathy aśanaṃ bhavet"], "translation": "If food eaten here by one could pass into the body of another, then one might offer a śrāddha for someone gone abroad, and it would serve him as food for the road (so he need carry none).", "sarga_title": "Jābāli challenges the exile"}
{"ref": "2.100.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 100, "verse": 15, "iast": ["dānasaṃvananā hy ete granthā medhāvibhiḥ kṛtāḥ", "yajasva dehi dīkṣasva tapas tapyasva saṃtyaja"], "translation": "These scriptures — 'sacrifice, give, be consecrated, practise austerity, renounce' — were composed by clever men merely to coax gifts out of people.", "sarga_title": "Jābāli challenges the exile"}
{"ref": "2.100.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 100, "verse": 16, "iast": ["sa nāsti param ity eva kuru buddhiṃ mahāmate", "pratyakṣaṃ yat tad ātiṣṭha parokṣaṃ pṛṣṭhataḥ kuru"], "translation": "Make up your mind, O wise one, to the very conviction that 'there is nothing beyond'; hold to what is evident, and put the unseen behind you.", "sarga_title": "Jābāli challenges the exile"}
{"ref": "2.100.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 100, "verse": 17, "iast": ["satāṃ buddhiṃ puraskṛtya sarvalokanidarśinīm", "rājyaṃ tvaṃ pratigṛhṇīṣva bharatena prasāditaḥ"], "translation": "Deferring to the counsel of the wise, which shows the way to all the world, accept the kingdom, entreated as you are by Bharata.", "sarga_title": "Jābāli challenges the exile"}
{"ref": "2.101.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 101, "verse": 1, "iast": ["jābāles tu vacaḥ śrutvā rāmaḥ satyātmanāṃ varaḥ", "uvāca parayā yuktyā svabuddhyā cāvipannayā"], "translation": "Having heard Jābāli's words, Rāma, the best of the truthful-souled, replied with cogent reasoning and with his own unerring judgement:", "sarga_title": "Rāma rejects Jābāli’s advice"}
{"ref": "2.101.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 101, "verse": 2, "iast": ["bhavān me priyakāmārthaṃ vacanaṃ yad ihoktavān", "akāryaṃ kāryasaṃkāśam apathyaṃ pathyasaṃmitam"], "translation": "The words you have here spoken out of a wish for my good are things not to be done though they wear the look of things to be done, unwholesome though they pass for wholesome.", "sarga_title": "Rāma rejects Jābāli’s advice"}
{"ref": "2.101.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 101, "verse": 3, "iast": ["nirmaryādas tu puruṣaḥ pāpācārasamanvitaḥ", "mānaṃ na labhate satsu bhinnacāritradarśanaḥ"], "translation": "A man without restraint, given over to evil conduct, seen to have broken the bounds of good conduct, wins no honour among the good.", "sarga_title": "Rāma rejects Jābāli’s advice"}
{"ref": "2.101.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 101, "verse": 4, "iast": ["kulīnam akulīnaṃ vā vīraṃ puruṣamāninam", "cāritram eva vyākhyāti śuciṃ vā yadi vāśucim"], "translation": "Whether a man be high-born or low-born, a hero or merely self-important, pure or impure — it is his conduct alone that declares him.", "sarga_title": "Rāma rejects Jābāli’s advice"}
{"ref": "2.101.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 101, "verse": 5, "iast": ["anārays tv ārya saṃkāśaḥ śaucād dhīnas tathā śuciḥ", "lakṣaṇyavad alakṣaṇyo duḥśīlaḥ śīlavān iva"], "translation": "An ignoble man may look like a noble one, one bereft of purity may seem pure, one without auspicious marks may appear to bear them, and a man of bad character may seem virtuous.", "sarga_title": "Rāma rejects Jābāli’s advice"}
{"ref": "2.101.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 101, "verse": 6, "iast": ["adharmaṃ dharmaveṣeṇa yadīmaṃ lokasaṃkaram", "abhipatsye śubhaṃ hitvā kriyāvidhivivarjitam"], "translation": "If, forsaking the good, I were to embrace this unrighteousness in the guise of dharma — this confounding of the world, void of prescribed rites and rules —", "sarga_title": "Rāma rejects Jābāli’s advice"}
{"ref": "2.101.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 101, "verse": 7, "iast": ["kaś cetayānaḥ puruṣaḥ kāryākāryavicakṣaṇaḥ", "bahu maṃsyati māṃ loke durvṛttaṃ lokadūṣaṇam"], "translation": "what sensible man, skilled in telling right action from wrong, would think highly of me in the world — of me, ill-conducted, a defiler of the world?", "sarga_title": "Rāma rejects Jābāli’s advice"}
{"ref": "2.101.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 101, "verse": 8, "iast": ["kasya yāsyāmy ahaṃ vṛttaṃ kena vā svargam āpnuyām", "anayā vartamāno 'haṃ vṛttyā hīnapratijñayā"], "translation": "Whose good conduct should I then be following, and by what means could I win heaven, if I lived by this way of conduct that had abandoned its pledge?", "sarga_title": "Rāma rejects Jābāli’s advice"}
{"ref": "2.101.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 101, "verse": 9, "iast": ["kāmavṛttas tv ayaṃ lokaḥ kṛtsnaḥ samupavartate", "yadvṛttāḥ santi rājānas tadvṛttāḥ santi hi prajāḥ"], "translation": "This entire world orders its conduct after the example (of its rulers); for of whatever conduct the kings are, of just that conduct are the subjects.", "sarga_title": "Rāma rejects Jābāli’s advice"}
{"ref": "2.101.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 101, "verse": 10, "iast": ["satyam evānṛśaṃsyaṃ ca rājavṛttaṃ sanātanam", "tasmāt satyātmakaṃ rājyaṃ satye lokaḥ pratiṣṭhitaḥ"], "translation": "Truth and mercy are the eternal duty of a king; therefore the kingdom has truth for its very essence, and upon truth the world is founded.", "sarga_title": "Rāma rejects Jābāli’s advice"}
{"ref": "2.101.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 101, "verse": 11, "iast": ["ṛṣayaś caiva devāś ca satyam eva hi menire", "satyavādī hi loke 'smin paramaṃ gacchati kṣayam"], "translation": "Both seers and gods have esteemed truth alone; and the truthful man in this world attains the supreme abode.", "sarga_title": "Rāma rejects Jābāli’s advice"}
{"ref": "2.101.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 101, "verse": 12, "iast": ["udvijante yathā sarpān narād anṛtavādinaḥ", "dharmaḥ satyaṃ paro loke mūlaṃ svargasya cocyate"], "translation": "People shrink from a man who speaks falsehood as from serpents; truth is the highest dharma in the world, and is called the root of heaven.", "sarga_title": "Rāma rejects Jābāli’s advice"}
{"ref": "2.101.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 101, "verse": 13, "iast": ["satyam eveśvaro loke satyaṃ padmā samāśritā", "satyamūlāni sarvāṇi satyān nāsti paraṃ padam"], "translation": "Truth alone is sovereign in the world; on truth the goddess Padmā (Śrī) rests; all things are rooted in truth, and there is no state higher than truth.", "sarga_title": "Rāma rejects Jābāli’s advice"}
{"ref": "2.101.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 101, "verse": 14, "iast": ["dattam iṣṭaṃ hutaṃ caiva taptāni ca tapāṃsi ca", "vedāḥ satyapratiṣṭhānās tasmāt satyaparo bhavet"], "translation": "Gifts bestowed, sacrifices offered, oblations poured, austerities undergone, and the Vedas themselves — all rest upon truth; therefore one should hold truth supreme.", "sarga_title": "Rāma rejects Jābāli’s advice"}
{"ref": "2.101.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 101, "verse": 15, "iast": ["ekaḥ pālayate lokam ekaḥ pālayate kulam", "majjaty eko hi niraya ekaḥ svarge mahīyate"], "translation": "Alone a man upholds the world, alone he upholds his family; alone he sinks into hell, and alone he is exalted in heaven.", "sarga_title": "Rāma rejects Jābāli’s advice"}
{"ref": "2.101.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 101, "verse": 16, "iast": ["so 'haṃ pitur nideśaṃ tu kimarthaṃ nānupālaye", "satyapratiśravaḥ satyaṃ satyena samayīkṛtaḥ"], "translation": "Why then should I not carry out my father's command — I who have made a true promise, and am truly bound by a covenant of truth?", "sarga_title": "Rāma rejects Jābāli’s advice"}
{"ref": "2.101.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 101, "verse": 17, "iast": ["naiva lobhān na mohād vā na cājñānāt tamo'nvitaḥ", "setuṃ satyasya bhetsyāmi guroḥ satyapratiśravaḥ"], "translation": "Neither from greed, nor from delusion, nor from ignorance shrouded in darkness, shall I breach the dyke of the truth (I gave) to my father — I who am bound by my true pledge.", "sarga_title": "Rāma rejects Jābāli’s advice"}
{"ref": "2.101.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 101, "verse": 18, "iast": ["asatyasaṃdhasya sataś calasyāsthiracetasaḥ", "naiva devā na pitaraḥ pratīcchantīti naḥ śrutam"], "translation": "Of a man false to his word, fickle and unsteady of mind, neither the gods nor the ancestors accept the offerings — so we have heard.", "sarga_title": "Rāma rejects Jābāli’s advice"}
{"ref": "2.101.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 101, "verse": 19, "iast": ["pratyagātmam imaṃ dharmaṃ satyaṃ paśyāmy ahaṃ svayam", "bhāraḥ satpuruṣācīrṇas tad artham abhinandyate"], "translation": "This dharma of truth I myself perceive as bound up with my inmost soul; the burden that good men take up is welcomed for that very (truth's) sake.", "sarga_title": "Rāma rejects Jābāli’s advice"}
{"ref": "2.101.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 101, "verse": 20, "iast": ["kṣātraṃ dharmam ahaṃ tyakṣye hy adharmaṃ dharmasaṃhitam", "kṣudraur nṛśaṃsair lubdhaiś ca sevitaṃ pāpakarmabhiḥ"], "translation": "For (to obey you) I should be casting off the kṣatriya's dharma and taking on an unrighteousness cloaked as righteousness — a thing pursued by the base, the cruel, the greedy, and the doers of evil deeds.", "sarga_title": "Rāma rejects Jābāli’s advice"}
{"ref": "2.101.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 101, "verse": 21, "iast": ["kāyena kurute pāpaṃ manasā saṃpradhārya ca", "anṛtaṃ jihvayā cāha trividhaṃ karma pātakam"], "translation": "One does the sinful deed with the body, having resolved upon it with the mind, and speaks falsehood with the tongue — sinful action is thus of three kinds.", "sarga_title": "Rāma rejects Jābāli’s advice"}
{"ref": "2.101.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 101, "verse": 22, "iast": ["bhūmiḥ kīrtir yaśo lakṣmīḥ puruṣaṃ prārthayanti hi", "svargasthaṃ cānubadhnanti satyam eva bhajeta tat"], "translation": "Land, renown, glory, and fortune court a man, and attend him even when he is in heaven — (they wait upon) truth alone; therefore let one cleave to it.", "sarga_title": "Rāma rejects Jābāli’s advice"}
{"ref": "2.101.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 101, "verse": 23, "iast": ["śreṣṭhaṃ hy anāryam eva syād yad bhavān avadhārya mām", "āha yuktikarair vākyair idaṃ bhadraṃ kuruṣva ha"], "translation": "For that counsel which you, having taken my measure, pressed upon me with seemingly cogent words — 'do this, it is for your good!' — however excellent it may look, would in truth be ignoble.", "sarga_title": "Rāma rejects Jābāli’s advice"}
{"ref": "2.101.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 101, "verse": 24, "iast": ["kathaṃ hy ahaṃ pratijñāya vanavāsam imaṃ guroḥ", "bharatasya kariṣyāmi vaco hitvā guror vacaḥ"], "translation": "How, having promised my father this dwelling in the forest, could I do Bharata's bidding and cast aside my father's word?", "sarga_title": "Rāma rejects Jābāli’s advice"}
{"ref": "2.101.25", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 101, "verse": 25, "iast": ["sthirā mayā pratijñātā pratijñā gurusaṃnidhau", "prahṛṣṭamānasā devī kaikeyī cābhavat tadā"], "translation": "A firm vow was pledged by me in my father's presence, and thereupon Queen Kaikeyī became glad at heart.", "sarga_title": "Rāma rejects Jābāli’s advice"}
{"ref": "2.101.26", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 101, "verse": 26, "iast": ["vanavāsaṃ vasann evaṃ śucir niyatabhojanaḥ", "mūlaiḥ puṣpaiḥ phalaiḥ puṇyaiḥ pitṝn devāṃś ca tarpayan"], "translation": "Dwelling thus in forest exile, pure and of restrained diet, gratifying the ancestors and gods with roots, flowers, and holy fruits,", "sarga_title": "Rāma rejects Jābāli’s advice"}
{"ref": "2.101.27", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 101, "verse": 27, "iast": ["saṃtuṣṭapañcavargo 'haṃ lokayātrāṃ pravartaye", "akuhaḥ śraddadhānaḥ san kāryākāryavicakṣaṇaḥ"], "translation": "with my five senses contented, guileless, faithful, and discerning between what should and should not be done, I shall carry on the business of life.", "sarga_title": "Rāma rejects Jābāli’s advice"}
{"ref": "2.101.28", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 101, "verse": 28, "iast": ["karmabhūmim imāṃ prāpya kartavyaṃ karma yac chubham", "agnir vāyuś ca somaś ca karmaṇāṃ phalabhāginaḥ"], "translation": "Having attained this land of (ritual) action, one should perform whatever deed is auspicious; Agni, Vāyu, and Soma partake of the fruits of men's rites.", "sarga_title": "Rāma rejects Jābāli’s advice"}
{"ref": "2.101.29", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 101, "verse": 29, "iast": ["śataṃ kratūnām āhṛtya devarāṭ tridivaṃ gataḥ", "tapāṃsy ugrāṇi cāsthāya divaṃ yātā maharṣayaḥ"], "translation": "Having performed a hundred sacrifices, the king of the gods (Indra) attained heaven; and by undertaking fierce austerities the great seers went to heaven.", "sarga_title": "Rāma rejects Jābāli’s advice"}
{"ref": "2.101.30", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 101, "verse": 30, "iast": ["satyaṃ ca dharmaṃ ca parākramaṃ ca bhūtānukampāṃ priyavāditāṃ ca", "dvijātidevātithipūjanaṃ ca panthānam āhus tridivasya santaḥ"], "translation": "Truth, righteousness, and valour; compassion for living beings and kindly speech; and the honouring of brahmins, gods, and guests — these the good declare to be the path to heaven.", "sarga_title": "Rāma rejects Jābāli’s advice"}
{"ref": "2.101.31", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 101, "verse": 31, "iast": ["dharme ratāḥ satpuruṣaiḥ sametās tejasvino dānaguṇapradhānāḥ", "ahiṃsakā vītamalāś ca loke bhavanti pūjyā munayaḥ pradhānāḥ"], "translation": "Devoted to dharma, keeping company with the good, full of splendour, preeminent in the virtue of giving, harmless and free of all impurity — such foremost sages become worthy of worship in the world.", "sarga_title": "Rāma rejects Jābāli’s advice"}
{"ref": "2.102.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 102, "verse": 1, "iast": ["kruddham ājñāya rāma tu vasiṣṭhaḥ pratyuvāca ha", "jābālir api jānīte lokasyāsya gatāgatim", "nivartayitu kāmas tu tvām etad vākyam abravīt"], "translation": "But Vasiṣṭha, perceiving that Rāma was angry, replied: “Jābāli too knows the coming and going of this world; it was from a wish to turn you back that he spoke these words.”", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha recounts the royal lineage"}
{"ref": "2.102.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 102, "verse": 2, "iast": ["imāṃ lokasamutpattiṃ lokanātha nibodha me", "sarvaṃ salilam evāsīt pṛthivī yatra nirmitā", "tataḥ samabhavad brahmā svayambhūr daivataiḥ saha"], "translation": "Learn from me this origin of the world, O lord of the world: all was water alone, wherein the earth was fashioned; then arose Brahmā the self-existent, together with the gods.", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha recounts the royal lineage"}
{"ref": "2.102.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 102, "verse": 3, "iast": ["sa varāhas tato bhūtvā projjahāra vasuṃdharām", "asṛjac ca jagat sarvaṃ saha putraiḥ kṛtātmabhiḥ"], "translation": "He, then becoming a boar, raised up the earth, and created the whole world together with his sons of perfected souls.", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha recounts the royal lineage"}
{"ref": "2.102.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 102, "verse": 4, "iast": ["ākāśaprabhavo brahmā śāśvato nitya avyayaḥ", "tasmān marīciḥ saṃjajñe marīceḥ kaśyapaḥ sutaḥ"], "translation": "Brahmā, sprung from the ether, eternal, everlasting, imperishable; from him Marīci was born, and Marīci's son was Kaśyapa.", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha recounts the royal lineage"}
{"ref": "2.102.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 102, "verse": 5, "iast": ["vivasvān kaśyapāj jajñe manur vaivastavaḥ smṛtaḥ", "sa tu prajāpatiḥ pūrvam ikṣvākus tu manoḥ sutaḥ"], "translation": "From Kaśyapa was born Vivasvān; Manu is known as Vaivasvata. He was formerly the Prajāpati, and Ikṣvāku was the son of Manu.", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha recounts the royal lineage"}
{"ref": "2.102.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 102, "verse": 6, "iast": ["yasyeyaṃ prathamaṃ dattā samṛddhā manunā mahī", "tam ikṣvākum ayodhyāyāṃ rājānaṃ viddhi pūrvakam"], "translation": "To whom this prosperous earth was first given by Manu—know that Ikṣvāku as the first king in Ayodhyā.", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha recounts the royal lineage"}
{"ref": "2.102.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 102, "verse": 7, "iast": ["ikṣvākos tu sutaḥ śrīmān kukṣir eveti viśrutaḥ", "kukṣer athātmajo vīro vikukṣir udapadyata"], "translation": "Ikṣvāku's illustrious son was renowned as Kukṣi; and from Kukṣi was born a valiant son, Vikukṣi.", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha recounts the royal lineage"}
{"ref": "2.102.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 102, "verse": 8, "iast": ["vikukṣes tu mahātejā bāṇaḥ putraḥ pratāpavān", "bāṇasya tu mahābāhur anaraṇyo mahāyaśāḥ"], "translation": "Vikukṣi's son was the mighty, valorous Bāṇa; and Bāṇa's son was the great-armed, illustrious Anaraṇya.", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha recounts the royal lineage"}
{"ref": "2.102.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 102, "verse": 9, "iast": ["nānā vṛṣṭir babhūvāsmin na durbhikṣaṃ satāṃ vare", "anaraṇye mahārāje taskaro vāpi kaś cana"], "translation": "Under this best of the good there was no failure of rain, no famine, nor any thief at all—under Anaraṇya, the great king.", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha recounts the royal lineage"}
{"ref": "2.102.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 102, "verse": 10, "iast": ["anaraṇyān mahābāhuḥ pṛthū rājā babhūva ha", "tasmāt pṛthor mahārājas triśaṅkur udapadyata", "sa satyavacanād vīraḥ saśarīro divaṃ gataḥ"], "translation": "From Anaraṇya came the great-armed King Pṛthu; from that Pṛthu, the great king, was born Triśaṅku, who by his truthfulness, the hero, went to heaven in his own body.", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha recounts the royal lineage"}
{"ref": "2.102.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 102, "verse": 11, "iast": ["triśaṅkor abhavat sūnur dhundhumāro mahāyaśāḥ", "dhundhumārān mahātejā yuvanāśvo vyajāyata"], "translation": "Triśaṅku's son was the illustrious Dhundhumāra; from Dhundhumāra was born the mighty Yuvanāśva.", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha recounts the royal lineage"}
{"ref": "2.102.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 102, "verse": 12, "iast": ["yuvanāśva sutaḥ śrīmān māndhātā samapadyata", "māndhātus tu mahātejāḥ susaṃdhir udapadyata"], "translation": "Yuvanāśva's illustrious son was Māndhātṛ; and from Māndhātṛ, of great splendour, was born Susaṃdhi.", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha recounts the royal lineage"}
{"ref": "2.102.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 102, "verse": 13, "iast": ["susaṃdher api putrau dvau dhruvasaṃdhiḥ prasenajit", "yaśasvī dhruvasaṃdhes tu bharato ripusūdanaḥ"], "translation": "Susaṃdhi had two sons, Dhruvasaṃdhi and Prasenajit; and the illustrious Dhruvasaṃdhi's son was Bharata, slayer of foes.", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha recounts the royal lineage"}
{"ref": "2.102.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 102, "verse": 14, "iast": ["bharatāt tu mahābāhor asito nāma jāyata", "yasyaite pratirājāna udapadyanta śatravaḥ", "haihayās tālajaṅghāś ca śūrāś ca śaśabindavaḥ"], "translation": "From the great-armed Bharata was born one named Asita, against whom these rival kings arose as enemies: the Haihayas, the Tālajaṅghas, and the valiant Śaśabindus.", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha recounts the royal lineage"}
{"ref": "2.102.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 102, "verse": 15, "iast": ["tāṃs tu sarvān prativyūhya yuddhe rājā pravāsitaḥ", "sa ca śailavare ramye babhūvābhirato muniḥ", "dve cāsya bhārye garbhiṇyau babhūvatur iti śrutiḥ"], "translation": "Having marshalled his forces against them all in battle, the king was driven into exile; and he became a contented sage on a lovely mountain. And his two wives were with child—so runs the tradition.", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha recounts the royal lineage"}
{"ref": "2.102.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 102, "verse": 16, "iast": ["bhārgavaś cyavano nāma himavantam upāśritaḥ", "tam ṛṣiṃ samupāgamya kālindī tv abhyavādayat"], "translation": "A descendant of Bhṛgu named Cyavana dwelt upon the Himālaya; approaching that sage, Kālindī saluted him.", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha recounts the royal lineage"}
{"ref": "2.102.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 102, "verse": 17, "iast": ["sa tām abhyavadad vipro varepsuṃ putrajanmani", "tataḥ sā gṛham āgamya devī putraṃ vyajāyata"], "translation": "The brahmin greeted her in return as she sought a boon for the birth of a son; then that lady, returning home, gave birth to a son.", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha recounts the royal lineage"}
{"ref": "2.102.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 102, "verse": 18, "iast": ["sapatnyā tu garas tasyai datto garbhajighāṃsayā", "gareṇa saha tenaiva jātaḥ sa sagaro 'bhavat"], "translation": "But poison was given to her by her co-wife, out of a wish to destroy the embryo; born together with that very poison, he became Sagara.", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha recounts the royal lineage"}
{"ref": "2.102.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 102, "verse": 19, "iast": ["sa rājā sagaro nāma yaḥ samudram akhānayat", "iṣṭvā parvaṇi vegena trāsayantam imāḥ prajāḥ"], "translation": "It was that king named Sagara who, having sacrificed, had the ocean-bed dug out with force at the sacred juncture, so terrifying these creatures.", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha recounts the royal lineage"}
{"ref": "2.102.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 102, "verse": 20, "iast": ["asamañjas tu putro 'bhūt sagarasyeti naḥ śrutam", "jīvann eva sa pitrā tu nirastaḥ pāpakarmakṛt"], "translation": "Asamañja was Sagara's son, so we have heard; a doer of evil deeds, he was cast out by his father while yet alive.", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha recounts the royal lineage"}
{"ref": "2.102.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 102, "verse": 21, "iast": ["aṃśumān iti putro 'bhūd asamañjasya vīryavān", "dilīpo 'ṃśumataḥ putro dilīpasya bhagīrathaḥ"], "translation": "Asamañja's valiant son was named Aṃśumān; Aṃśumān's son was Dilīpa, and Dilīpa's son was Bhagīratha.", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha recounts the royal lineage"}
{"ref": "2.102.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 102, "verse": 22, "iast": ["bhagīrathāt kakutsthas tu kākutsthā yena tu smṛtāḥ", "kakutsthasya tu putro 'bhūd raghur yena tu rāghavaḥ"], "translation": "From Bhagīratha came Kakutstha, from whom they are called Kākutsthas; and Kakutstha's son was Raghu, from whom [comes the name] Rāghava.", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha recounts the royal lineage"}
{"ref": "2.102.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 102, "verse": 23, "iast": ["raghos tu putras tejasvī pravṛddhaḥ puruṣādakaḥ", "kalmāṣapādaḥ saudāsa ity evaṃ prathito bhuvi"], "translation": "Raghu's splendid son was Pravṛddha, an eater of men, renowned on earth as Kalmāṣapāda Saudāsa.", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha recounts the royal lineage"}
{"ref": "2.102.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 102, "verse": 24, "iast": ["kalmāṣapādaputro 'bhūc chaṅkhaṇas tv iti viśrutaḥ", "yas tu tad vīryam āsādya sahaseno vyanīnaśat"], "translation": "Kalmāṣapāda's son was renowned as Śaṅkhaṇa, who, gaining that valour, destroyed his foes together with their army.", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha recounts the royal lineage"}
{"ref": "2.102.25", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 102, "verse": 25, "iast": ["śaṅkhaṇasya tu putro 'bhūc chūraḥ śrīmān sudarśanaḥ", "sudarśanasyāgnivarṇa agnivarṣasya śīghragaḥ"], "translation": "Śaṅkhaṇa's son was the valiant, illustrious Sudarśana; Sudarśana's son was Agnivarṇa, and Agnivarṇa's son Śīghraga.", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha recounts the royal lineage"}
{"ref": "2.102.26", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 102, "verse": 26, "iast": ["śīghragasya maruḥ putro maroḥ putraḥ praśuśrukaḥ", "praśuśrukasya putro 'bhūd ambarīṣo mahādyutiḥ"], "translation": "Śīghraga's son was Maru, Maru's son Praśuśruka; and Praśuśruka's son was Ambarīṣa of great splendour.", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha recounts the royal lineage"}
{"ref": "2.102.27", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 102, "verse": 27, "iast": ["ambarīṣasya putro 'bhūn nahuṣaḥ satyavikramaḥ", "nahuṣasya ca nābhāgaḥ putraḥ paramadhārmikaḥ"], "translation": "Ambarīṣa's son was Nahuṣa of true valour; and Nahuṣa's son was Nābhāga, supremely righteous.", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha recounts the royal lineage"}
{"ref": "2.102.28", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 102, "verse": 28, "iast": ["ajaś ca suvrataś caiva nābhāgasya sutāv ubhau", "ajasya caiva dharmātmā rājā daśarathaḥ sutaḥ"], "translation": "Aja and Suvrata were both the sons of Nābhāga; and Aja's son was the righteous King Daśaratha.", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha recounts the royal lineage"}
{"ref": "2.102.29", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 102, "verse": 29, "iast": ["tasya jyeṣṭho 'si dāyādo rāma ity abhiviśrutaḥ", "tad gṛhāṇa svakaṃ rājyam avekṣasva jagan nṛpa"], "translation": "You are his eldest heir, renowned as Rāma; therefore take your own kingdom, and watch over the world, O king.", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha recounts the royal lineage"}
{"ref": "2.102.30", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 102, "verse": 30, "iast": ["ikṣvākūṇāṃ hi sarveṣāṃ rājā bhavati pūrvajaḥ", "pūrvajenāvaraḥ putro jyeṣṭho rājye 'bhiṣicyate"], "translation": "For among all the Ikṣvākus the firstborn becomes king; a younger son is not [anointed] over the elder—the eldest is consecrated to the kingship.", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha recounts the royal lineage"}
{"ref": "2.102.31", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 102, "verse": 31, "iast": ["sa rāghavāṇāṃ kuladharmam ātmanaḥ sanātanaṃ nādya vihātum arhasi", "prabhūtaratnām anuśādhi medinīṃ prabhūtarāṣṭrāṃ pitṛvan mahāyaśāḥ"], "translation": "You ought not now to abandon this your own eternal family-law of the Rāghavas; rule, O illustrious one, the earth rich in jewels and abounding in realms, as your fathers did.", "sarga_title": "Vasiṣṭha recounts the royal lineage"}
{"ref": "2.103.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 103, "verse": 1, "iast": ["vasiṣṭhas tu tadā rāmam uktvā rājapurohitaḥ", "abravīd dharmasaṃyuktaṃ punar evāparaṃ vacaḥ"], "translation": "Then Vasiṣṭha, the royal chaplain, having spoken to Rāma, uttered yet another word full of dharma:", "sarga_title": "Bharata attempts a fast"}
{"ref": "2.103.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 103, "verse": 2, "iast": ["puruṣasyeha jātasya bhavanti guravas trayaḥ", "ācāryaś caiva kākutstha pitā mātā ca rāghava"], "translation": "For a man born into this world there are three venerable elders: the teacher, and the father, and the mother, O Kākutstha, O Rāghava.", "sarga_title": "Bharata attempts a fast"}
{"ref": "2.103.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 103, "verse": 3, "iast": ["pitā hy enaṃ janayati puruṣaṃ puruṣarṣabha", "prajñāṃ dadāti cācāryas tasmāt sa gurur ucyate"], "translation": "For the father begets this man, O bull among men, and the teacher bestows wisdom — therefore he too is called a guru.", "sarga_title": "Bharata attempts a fast"}
{"ref": "2.103.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 103, "verse": 4, "iast": ["sa te 'haṃ pitur ācāryas tava caiva paraṃtapa", "mama tvaṃ vacanaṃ kurvan nātivarteḥ satāṃ gatim"], "translation": "I am that teacher of your father, and of you as well, O scorcher of foes; by doing my bidding you would not stray from the path of the good.", "sarga_title": "Bharata attempts a fast"}
{"ref": "2.103.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 103, "verse": 5, "iast": ["imā hi te pariṣadaḥ śreṇayaś ca samāgatāḥ", "eṣu tāta caran dharmaṃ nātivarteḥ satāṃ gatim"], "translation": "Here indeed are your assemblies and the guilds gathered together; practicing dharma among these, dear son, you would not stray from the path of the good.", "sarga_title": "Bharata attempts a fast"}
{"ref": "2.103.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 103, "verse": 6, "iast": ["vṛddhāyā dharmaśīlāyā mātur nārhasy avartitum", "asyās tu vacanaṃ kurvan nātivarteḥ satāṃ gatim"], "translation": "You ought not to turn away from your aged, righteous-natured mother; by doing her word you would not stray from the path of the good.", "sarga_title": "Bharata attempts a fast"}
{"ref": "2.103.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 103, "verse": 7, "iast": ["bharatasya vacaḥ kurvan yācamānasya rāghava", "ātmānaṃ nātivartes tvaṃ satyadharmaparākrama"], "translation": "By doing the word of Bharata, who entreats you, O Rāghava, you would not fail your own self, O you whose valor is truth and dharma.", "sarga_title": "Bharata attempts a fast"}
{"ref": "2.103.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 103, "verse": 8, "iast": ["evaṃ madhuram uktas tu guruṇā rāghavaḥ svayam", "pratyuvāca samāsīnaṃ vasiṣṭhaṃ puruṣarṣabhaḥ"], "translation": "Thus sweetly addressed by his teacher, Rāghava, that bull among men, himself replied to Vasiṣṭha seated near:", "sarga_title": "Bharata attempts a fast"}
{"ref": "2.103.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 103, "verse": 9, "iast": ["yan mātāpitarau vṛttaṃ tanaye kurutaḥ sadā", "na supratikaraṃ tat tu mātrā pitrā ca yat kṛtam"], "translation": "The service that mother and father always render to a child — that which is done by mother and father is not easily repaid.", "sarga_title": "Bharata attempts a fast"}
{"ref": "2.103.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 103, "verse": 10, "iast": ["yathāśakti pradānena snāpanāc chādanena ca", "nityaṃ ca priyavādena tathā saṃvardhanena ca"], "translation": "— by giving to the best of their ability, by bathing and clothing, by constant kind words, and likewise by nurturing.", "sarga_title": "Bharata attempts a fast"}
{"ref": "2.103.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 103, "verse": 11, "iast": ["sa hi rājā janayitā pitā daśaratho mama", "ājñātaṃ yan mayā tasya na tan mithyā bhaviṣyati"], "translation": "For that King Daśaratha is my father who begot me; what has been commanded by him and accepted by me shall not be made false.", "sarga_title": "Bharata attempts a fast"}
{"ref": "2.103.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 103, "verse": 12, "iast": ["evam uktas tu rāmeṇa bharataḥ pratyanantaram", "uvāca paramodāraḥ sūtaṃ paramadurmanāḥ"], "translation": "Thus addressed by Rāma, Bharata, exceedingly noble yet utterly disheartened, thereupon said to the charioteer:", "sarga_title": "Bharata attempts a fast"}
{"ref": "2.103.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 103, "verse": 13, "iast": ["iha me sthaṇḍile śīghraṃ kuśān āstara sārathe", "āryaṃ pratyupavekṣyāmi yāvan me na prasīdati"], "translation": "Here on the bare ground quickly spread kuśa grass for me, O charioteer; I shall sit fasting before the noble one until he relents toward me.", "sarga_title": "Bharata attempts a fast"}
{"ref": "2.103.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 103, "verse": 14, "iast": ["anāhāro nirāloko dhanahīno yathā dvijaḥ", "śeṣye purastāc chālāyā yāvan na pratiyāsyati"], "translation": "Without food, seeing no one, like a penniless brahmin, I shall lie before his hut until he consents to return.", "sarga_title": "Bharata attempts a fast"}
{"ref": "2.103.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 103, "verse": 15, "iast": ["sa tu rāmam avekṣantaṃ sumantraṃ prekṣya durmanāḥ", "kuśottaram upasthāpya bhūmāv evāstarat svayam"], "translation": "But he, disheartened, seeing Sumantra look toward Rāma, fetched kuśa-tipped grass and spread it himself upon the ground.", "sarga_title": "Bharata attempts a fast"}
{"ref": "2.103.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 103, "verse": 16, "iast": ["tam uvāca mahātejā rāmo rājarṣisattamāḥ", "kiṃ māṃ bharata kurvāṇaṃ tāta pratyupavekṣyasi"], "translation": "To him spoke Rāma of great splendor, best of royal sages: “For what deed of mine, dear Bharata, will you sit fasting against me?", "sarga_title": "Bharata attempts a fast"}
{"ref": "2.103.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 103, "verse": 17, "iast": ["brāhmaṇo hy ekapārśvena narān roddhum ihārhati", "na tu mūrdhāvasiktānāṃ vidhiḥ pratyupaveśane"], "translation": "For a brahmin, by lying fasting on one side, may here constrain men; but for the consecrated (kshatriyas) there is no ordinance for sitting in protest.", "sarga_title": "Bharata attempts a fast"}
{"ref": "2.103.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 103, "verse": 18, "iast": ["uttiṣṭha naraśārdūla hitvaitad dāruṇaṃ vratam", "puravaryām itaḥ kṣipram ayodhyāṃ yāhi rāghava"], "translation": "Rise, O tiger among men, abandoning this cruel vow; go quickly from here to Ayodhyā, the finest of cities, O Rāghava.", "sarga_title": "Bharata attempts a fast"}
{"ref": "2.103.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 103, "verse": 19, "iast": ["āsīnas tv eva bharataḥ paurajānapadaṃ janam", "uvāca sarvataḥ prekṣya kim āryaṃ nānuśāsatha"], "translation": "But Bharata, still seated, looking all around at the town and country folk, said: “Why do you not urge the noble one?”", "sarga_title": "Bharata attempts a fast"}
{"ref": "2.103.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 103, "verse": 20, "iast": ["te tam ūcur mahātmānaṃ paurajānapadā janāḥ", "kākutstham abhijānīmaḥ samyag vadati rāghavaḥ"], "translation": "The town and country folk said to that great-souled one: “We acknowledge Kākutstha's stand — Rāghava speaks rightly.", "sarga_title": "Bharata attempts a fast"}
{"ref": "2.103.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 103, "verse": 21, "iast": ["eṣo 'pi hi mahābhāgaḥ pitur vacasi tiṣṭhati", "ata eva na śaktāḥ smo vyāvartayitum añjasā"], "translation": "For this greatly fortunate one too abides by his father's word; for that very reason we are unable to turn him back readily.", "sarga_title": "Bharata attempts a fast"}
{"ref": "2.103.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 103, "verse": 22, "iast": ["teṣām ājñāya vacanaṃ rāmo vacanam abravīt", "evaṃ nibodha vacanaṃ suhṛdāṃ dharmacakṣuṣām"], "translation": "Having grasped their words, Rāma spoke: “Thus, hear the word of well-wishers who see with the eye of dharma.", "sarga_title": "Bharata attempts a fast"}
{"ref": "2.103.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 103, "verse": 23, "iast": ["etac caivobhayaṃ śrutvā samyak saṃpaśya rāghava", "uttiṣṭha tvaṃ mahābāho māṃ ca spṛśa tathodakam"], "translation": "Having heard both these, consider well, O Rāghava; rise, mighty-armed one, and touch me and likewise the water.", "sarga_title": "Bharata attempts a fast"}
{"ref": "2.103.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 103, "verse": 24, "iast": ["athotthāya jalaṃ spṛṣṭvā bharato vākyam abravīt", "śṛṇvantu me pariṣado mantriṇaḥ śreṇayas tathā"], "translation": "Then, rising and touching the water, Bharata spoke: “Let my assemblies, the ministers, and likewise the guilds hear me.", "sarga_title": "Bharata attempts a fast"}
{"ref": "2.103.25", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 103, "verse": 25, "iast": ["na yāce pitaraṃ rājyaṃ nānuśāsāmi mātaram", "āryaṃ paramadharmajñam abhijānāmi rāghavam"], "translation": "I did not beg the kingdom of my father, nor did I direct my mother; I acknowledge the noble Rāghava, supreme knower of dharma.", "sarga_title": "Bharata attempts a fast"}
{"ref": "2.103.26", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 103, "verse": 26, "iast": ["yadi tv avaśyaṃ vastavyaṃ kartavyaṃ ca pitur vacaḥ", "aham eva nivatsyāmi caturdaśa vane samāḥ"], "translation": "But if there must necessarily be a forest-dwelling, and the father's word must be fulfilled, then I myself shall dwell in the forest for fourteen years.", "sarga_title": "Bharata attempts a fast"}
{"ref": "2.103.27", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 103, "verse": 27, "iast": ["dharmātmā tasya tathyena bhrātur vākyena vismitaḥ", "uvāca rāmaḥ saṃprekṣya paurajānapadaṃ janam"], "translation": "The righteous Rāma, amazed by the truthful word of his brother, gazing at the town and country folk, said:", "sarga_title": "Bharata attempts a fast"}
{"ref": "2.103.28", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 103, "verse": 28, "iast": ["vikrītam āhitaṃ krītaṃ yat pitrā jīvatā mama", "na tal lopayituṃ śakyaṃ mayā vā bharatena vā"], "translation": "Whatever was sold, pledged, or bought by my father while he lived — that can be annulled neither by me nor by Bharata.", "sarga_title": "Bharata attempts a fast"}
{"ref": "2.103.29", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 103, "verse": 29, "iast": ["upadhir na mayā kāryo vanavāse jugupsitaḥ", "yuktam uktaṃ ca kaikeyyā pitrā me sukṛtaṃ kṛtam"], "translation": "No blameworthy evasion is to be practiced by me in this forest-dwelling; what Kaikeyī said was fitting, and my father did well.", "sarga_title": "Bharata attempts a fast"}
{"ref": "2.103.30", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 103, "verse": 30, "iast": ["jānāmi bharataṃ kṣāntaṃ gurusatkārakāriṇam", "sarvam evātra kalyāṇaṃ satyasaṃdhe mahātmani"], "translation": "I know Bharata to be forbearing, a doer of honor to his elders; everything in this great-souled one, true to his word, is wholly auspicious.", "sarga_title": "Bharata attempts a fast"}
{"ref": "2.103.31", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 103, "verse": 31, "iast": ["anena dharmaśīlena vanāt pratyāgataḥ punaḥ", "bhrātrā saha bhaviṣyāmi pṛthivyāḥ patir uttamaḥ"], "translation": "Returned again from the forest, together with this righteous-natured brother, I shall become the supreme lord of the earth.", "sarga_title": "Bharata attempts a fast"}
{"ref": "2.103.32", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 103, "verse": 32, "iast": ["vṛto rājā hi kaikeyyā mayā tad vacanaṃ kṛtam", "anṛtān mocayānena pitaraṃ taṃ mahīpatim"], "translation": "The king was solicited by Kaikeyī, and I have fulfilled that word of his; by this deed free our father, that lord of the earth, from untruth.", "sarga_title": "Bharata attempts a fast"}
{"ref": "2.104.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 104, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tam apratimatejobhyāṃ bhrātṛbhyāṃ romaharṣaṇam", "vismitāḥ saṃgamaṃ prekṣya samavetā maharṣayaḥ"], "translation": "The great sages assembled there, amazed, beholding that hair-thrilling meeting of the two brothers of incomparable splendor —", "sarga_title": "Bharata receives Rāma’s sandals"}
{"ref": "2.104.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 104, "verse": 2, "iast": ["antarhitās tv ṛṣigaṇāḥ siddhāś ca paramarṣayaḥ", "tau bhrātarau mahātmānau kākutsthau praśaśaṃsire"], "translation": "— the invisible hosts of ṛṣis, the siddhas, and the supreme sages praised those two great-souled brothers, the Kākutsthas.", "sarga_title": "Bharata receives Rāma’s sandals"}
{"ref": "2.104.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 104, "verse": 3, "iast": ["sa dhanyo yasya putrau dvau dharmajñau dharmavikramau", "śrutvā vayaṃ hi saṃbhāṣām ubhayoḥ spṛhayāmahe"], "translation": "“Blessed is he whose two sons are knowers of dharma and valiant in dharma; for having heard the converse of the two, we ourselves are filled with longing.”", "sarga_title": "Bharata receives Rāma’s sandals"}
{"ref": "2.104.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 104, "verse": 4, "iast": ["tatas tv ṛṣigaṇāḥ kṣipraṃ daśagrīvavadhaiṣiṇaḥ", "bharataṃ rājaśārdūlam ity ūcuḥ saṃgatā vacaḥ"], "translation": "Then the hosts of ṛṣis, desiring the slaying of the ten-necked Rāvaṇa, assembled and quickly spoke these words to Bharata, tiger among kings:", "sarga_title": "Bharata receives Rāma’s sandals"}
{"ref": "2.104.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 104, "verse": 5, "iast": ["kule jāta mahāprājña mahāvṛtta mahāyaśaḥ", "grāhyaṃ rāmasya vākyaṃ te pitaraṃ yady avekṣase"], "translation": "“O nobly born, greatly wise, of great conduct and great fame — Rāma's word should be accepted by you, if you have regard for your father.", "sarga_title": "Bharata receives Rāma’s sandals"}
{"ref": "2.104.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 104, "verse": 6, "iast": ["sadānṛṇam imaṃ rāmaṃ vayam icchāmahe pituḥ", "anṛṇatvāc ca kaikeyyāḥ svargaṃ daśaratho gataḥ"], "translation": "We wish this Rāma to be ever free of debt to his father; and by discharging the debt to Kaikeyī, Daśaratha has gone to heaven.", "sarga_title": "Bharata receives Rāma’s sandals"}
{"ref": "2.104.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 104, "verse": 7, "iast": ["etāvad uktvā vacanaṃ gandharvāḥ samaharṣayaḥ", "rājarṣayaś caiva tathā sarve svāṃ svāṃ gatiṃ gatāḥ"], "translation": "Having spoken thus much, the gandharvas together with the great sages, and likewise the royal sages, all went each to his own abode.", "sarga_title": "Bharata receives Rāma’s sandals"}
{"ref": "2.104.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 104, "verse": 8, "iast": ["hlāditas tena vākyena śubhena śubhadarśanaḥ", "rāmaḥ saṃhṛṣṭavadanas tān ṛṣīn abhyapūjayat"], "translation": "Gladdened by that auspicious word, the fair-featured Rāma, his face thrilled with joy, honored those sages.", "sarga_title": "Bharata receives Rāma’s sandals"}
{"ref": "2.104.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 104, "verse": 9, "iast": ["srastagātras tu bharataḥ sa vācā sajjamānayā", "kṛtāñjalir idaṃ vākyaṃ rāghavaṃ punar abravīt"], "translation": "But Bharata, his limbs drooping, with faltering voice and joined palms, again spoke this word to Rāghava:", "sarga_title": "Bharata receives Rāma’s sandals"}
{"ref": "2.104.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 104, "verse": 10, "iast": ["rājadharmam anuprekṣya kuladharmānusaṃtatim", "kartum arhasi kākutstha mama mātuś ca yācanām"], "translation": "Considering the duty of a king and the unbroken continuity of family dharma, you ought, O Kākutstha, to grant the entreaty of me and of my mother.", "sarga_title": "Bharata receives Rāma’s sandals"}
{"ref": "2.104.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 104, "verse": 11, "iast": ["rakṣituṃ sumahad rājyam aham ekas tu notsahe", "paurajānapadāṃś cāpi raktān rañjayituṃ tathā"], "translation": "But I alone am not able to guard so vast a kingdom, nor likewise to keep contented the devoted town and country folk.", "sarga_title": "Bharata receives Rāma’s sandals"}
{"ref": "2.104.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 104, "verse": 12, "iast": ["jñātayaś ca hi yodhāś ca mitrāṇi suhṛdaś ca naḥ", "tvām eva pratikāṅkṣante parjanyam iva karṣakāḥ"], "translation": "For our kinsmen and warriors, friends and well-wishers, all look to you alone, as farmers look to the rain-cloud.", "sarga_title": "Bharata receives Rāma’s sandals"}
{"ref": "2.104.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 104, "verse": 13, "iast": ["idaṃ rājyaṃ mahāprājña sthāpaya pratipadya hi", "śaktimān asi kākutstha lokasya paripālane"], "translation": "Take up and establish this kingdom, O greatly wise one; you are capable, O Kākutstha, of protecting the world.", "sarga_title": "Bharata receives Rāma’s sandals"}
{"ref": "2.104.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 104, "verse": 14, "iast": ["ity uktvā nyapatad bhrātuḥ pādayor bharatas tadā", "bhṛśaṃ saṃprārthayām āsa rāmam evaṃ priyaṃ vadaḥ"], "translation": "Having said this, Bharata then fell at his brother's feet and, speaking thus fondly, earnestly implored Rāma.", "sarga_title": "Bharata receives Rāma’s sandals"}
{"ref": "2.104.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 104, "verse": 15, "iast": ["tam aṅke bhrātaraṃ kṛtvā rāmo vacanam abravīt", "śyāmaṃ nalinapatrākṣaṃ mattahaṃsasvaraḥ svayam"], "translation": "Taking that brother — dark-hued, with eyes like lotus-petals — onto his lap, Rāma himself, with the voice of an exultant goose, spoke:", "sarga_title": "Bharata receives Rāma’s sandals"}
{"ref": "2.104.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 104, "verse": 16, "iast": ["āgatā tvām iyaṃ buddhiḥ svajā vainayikī ca yā", "bhṛśam utsahase tāta rakṣituṃ pṛthivīm api"], "translation": "This wisdom that has come to you — both inborn and won by discipline — by which, dear one, you are well able even to protect the whole earth:", "sarga_title": "Bharata receives Rāma’s sandals"}
{"ref": "2.104.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 104, "verse": 17, "iast": ["amātyaiś ca suhṛdbhiś ca buddhimadbhiś ca mantribhiḥ", "sarvakāryāṇi saṃmantrya sumahānty api kāraya"], "translation": "Taking counsel on all matters with ministers, friends, and wise counselors, have even the very greatest affairs carried out.", "sarga_title": "Bharata receives Rāma’s sandals"}
{"ref": "2.104.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 104, "verse": 18, "iast": ["lakṣmīś candrād apeyād vā himavān vā himaṃ tyajet", "atīyāt sāgaro velāṃ na pratijñām ahaṃ pituḥ"], "translation": "Sooner might radiance depart from the moon, or the Himālaya forsake its snow, or the ocean overpass its shore, than I my father's promise.", "sarga_title": "Bharata receives Rāma’s sandals"}
{"ref": "2.104.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 104, "verse": 19, "iast": ["kāmād vā tāta lobhād vā mātrā tubhyam idaṃ kṛtam", "na tan manasi kartavyaṃ vartitavyaṃ ca mātṛvat"], "translation": "Whether from desire or from greed, dear one, your mother did this for you — it must not be taken to heart, and she must be treated as a mother.", "sarga_title": "Bharata receives Rāma’s sandals"}
{"ref": "2.104.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 104, "verse": 20, "iast": ["evaṃ bruvāṇaṃ bharataḥ kausalyāsutam abravīt", "tejasādityasaṃkāśaṃ pratipaccandradarśanam"], "translation": "To the son of Kausalyā speaking thus — resembling the sun in splendor, with the aspect of the first-day moon — Bharata said:", "sarga_title": "Bharata receives Rāma’s sandals"}
{"ref": "2.104.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 104, "verse": 21, "iast": ["adhirohārya pādābhyāṃ pāduke hemabhūṣite", "ete hi sarvalokasya yogakṣemaṃ vidhāsyataḥ"], "translation": "“Mount with your feet, O noble one, these sandals adorned with gold; for these shall secure the welfare and safety of the whole world.”", "sarga_title": "Bharata receives Rāma’s sandals"}
{"ref": "2.104.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 104, "verse": 22, "iast": ["so 'dhiruhya naravyāghraḥ pāduke hy avaruhya ca", "prāyacchat sumahātejā bharatāya mahātmane"], "translation": "That tiger among men, of very great splendor, having mounted the sandals and then stepped down, gave them to the great-souled Bharata.", "sarga_title": "Bharata receives Rāma’s sandals"}
{"ref": "2.104.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 104, "verse": 23, "iast": ["sa pāduke te bharataḥ pratāpavān svalaṃkṛte saṃparigṛhya dharmavit", "pradakṣiṇaṃ caiva cakāra rāghavaṃ cakāra caivottamanāgamūrdhani"], "translation": "That valiant, dharma-knowing Bharata, taking up those two well-adorned sandals, circumambulated Rāghava and set them upon the head of a splendid elephant.", "sarga_title": "Bharata receives Rāma’s sandals"}
{"ref": "2.104.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 104, "verse": 24, "iast": ["athānupūrvyāt pratipūjya taṃ janaṃ gurūṃś ca mantriprakṛtīs tathānujau", "vyasarjayad rāghavavaṃśavardhanaḥ sthitaḥ svadharme himavān ivācalaḥ"], "translation": "Then, honoring in due order that assembly of people, the elders, the ministers and officials, and likewise his two younger brothers, Rāma, augmenter of the Raghu line, dismissed them, standing firm in his own dharma, unshaken like the Himālaya.", "sarga_title": "Bharata receives Rāma’s sandals"}
{"ref": "2.104.25", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 104, "verse": 25, "iast": ["taṃ mātaro bāṣpagṛhītakaṇṭho duḥkhena nāmantrayituṃ hi śekuḥ", "sa tv eva mātṝr abhivādya sarvā rudan kuṭīṃ svāṃ praviveśa rāmaḥ"], "translation": "His mothers, their throats choked with tears, could not for grief even bid him farewell; but Rāma, having saluted all the mothers, entered his own hut, weeping.", "sarga_title": "Bharata receives Rāma’s sandals"}
{"ref": "2.105.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 105, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tataḥ śirasi kṛtvā tu pāduke bharatas tadā", "āruroha rathaṃ hṛṣṭaḥ śatrughnena samanvitaḥ"], "translation": "Then, having set the sandals upon his head, Bharata, delighted, mounted the chariot, accompanied by Śatrughna.", "sarga_title": "Bharata carries the sandals home"}
{"ref": "2.105.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 105, "verse": 2, "iast": ["vasiṣṭho vāmadevaś ca jābāliś ca dṛḍhavrataḥ", "agrataḥ prayayuḥ sarve mantriṇo mantrapūjitāḥ"], "translation": "Vasiṣṭha, Vāmadeva, and Jābāli of firm vows, and all the counselors honored for their counsel, went on ahead.", "sarga_title": "Bharata carries the sandals home"}
{"ref": "2.105.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 105, "verse": 3, "iast": ["mandākinīṃ nadīṃ ramyāṃ prāṅmukhās te yayus tadā", "pradakṣiṇaṃ ca kurvāṇāś citrakūṭaṃ mahāgirim"], "translation": "Then, facing east, they proceeded along the lovely river Mandākinī, making a rightward circuit of the great mountain Citrakūṭa.", "sarga_title": "Bharata carries the sandals home"}
{"ref": "2.105.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 105, "verse": 4, "iast": ["paśyan dhātusahasrāṇi ramyāṇi vividhāni ca", "prayayau tasya pārśvena sasainyo bharatas tadā"], "translation": "Gazing at thousands of lovely and varied mineral-veins, Bharata then journeyed along its flank with his army.", "sarga_title": "Bharata carries the sandals home"}
{"ref": "2.105.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 105, "verse": 5, "iast": ["adūrāc citrakūṭasya dadarśa bharatas tadā", "āśramaṃ yatra sa munir bharadvājaḥ kṛtālayaḥ"], "translation": "Not far from Citrakūṭa, Bharata then saw the hermitage where the sage Bharadvāja had made his abode.", "sarga_title": "Bharata carries the sandals home"}
{"ref": "2.105.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 105, "verse": 6, "iast": ["sa tam āśramam āgamya bharadvājasya buddhimān", "avatīrya rathāt pādau vavande kulanandanaḥ"], "translation": "That wise delight of his line, having come to Bharadvāja's hermitage and descended from the chariot, saluted his feet.", "sarga_title": "Bharata carries the sandals home"}
{"ref": "2.105.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 105, "verse": 7, "iast": ["tato hṛṣṭo bharadvājo bharataṃ vākyam abravīt", "api kṛtyaṃ kṛtaṃ tāta rāmeṇa ca samāgatam"], "translation": "Then the delighted Bharadvāja said to Bharata: “Has your task been accomplished, my son, and did the meeting with Rāma take place?”", "sarga_title": "Bharata carries the sandals home"}
{"ref": "2.105.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 105, "verse": 8, "iast": ["evam uktas tu bharato bharadvājena dhīmatā", "pratyuvāca bharadvājaṃ bharato dharmavatsalaḥ"], "translation": "Thus addressed by the sagacious Bharadvāja, Bharata, cherishing dharma, replied to Bharadvāja:", "sarga_title": "Bharata carries the sandals home"}
{"ref": "2.105.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 105, "verse": 9, "iast": ["sa yācyamāno guruṇā mayā ca dṛḍhavikramaḥ", "rāghavaḥ paramaprīto vasiṣṭhaṃ vākyam abravīt"], "translation": "“Though entreated by our preceptor and by me, that Rāghava of steadfast valor, greatly pleased, spoke these words to Vasiṣṭha:", "sarga_title": "Bharata carries the sandals home"}
{"ref": "2.105.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 105, "verse": 10, "iast": ["pituḥ pratijñāṃ tām eva pālayiṣyāmi tattvataḥ", "caturdaśa hi varṣāṇi ya pratijñā pitur mama"], "translation": "‘That very promise of my father I shall keep faithfully; for fourteen years is my father's pledge.’", "sarga_title": "Bharata carries the sandals home"}
{"ref": "2.105.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 105, "verse": 11, "iast": ["evam ukto mahāprājño vasiṣṭhaḥ pratyuvāca ha", "vākyajño vākyakuśalaṃ rāghavaṃ vacanaṃ mahat"], "translation": "So addressed, the greatly wise Vasiṣṭha, a knower of speech, replied to the eloquent Rāghava this weighty word:", "sarga_title": "Bharata carries the sandals home"}
{"ref": "2.105.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 105, "verse": 12, "iast": ["ete prayaccha saṃhṛṣṭaḥ pāduke hemabhūṣite", "ayodhyāyāṃ mahāprājña yogakṣemakare tava"], "translation": "‘Gladly hand over these two gold-adorned sandals, O greatly wise one, which will secure your welfare and safety in Ayodhyā.’", "sarga_title": "Bharata carries the sandals home"}
{"ref": "2.105.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 105, "verse": 13, "iast": ["evam ukto vasiṣṭhena rāghavaḥ prāṅmukhaḥ sthitaḥ", "pāduke hemavikṛte mama rājyāya te dadau"], "translation": "Thus addressed by Vasiṣṭha, Rāghava, standing and facing east, gave over to me, for the kingship, those two sandals wrought with gold.", "sarga_title": "Bharata carries the sandals home"}
{"ref": "2.105.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 105, "verse": 14, "iast": ["nivṛtto 'ham anujñāto rāmeṇa sumahātmanā", "ayodhyām eva gacchāmi gṛhītvā pāduke śubhe"], "translation": "Permitted by the greatly noble Rāma, I have turned back, and, taking the auspicious sandals, I am going to Ayodhyā itself.”", "sarga_title": "Bharata carries the sandals home"}
{"ref": "2.105.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 105, "verse": 15, "iast": ["etac chrutvā śubhaṃ vākyaṃ bharatasya mahātmanaḥ", "bharadvājaḥ śubhataraṃ munir vākyam udāharat"], "translation": "Having heard this auspicious speech of the great-souled Bharata, the sage Bharadvāja uttered a still more auspicious word:", "sarga_title": "Bharata carries the sandals home"}
{"ref": "2.105.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 105, "verse": 16, "iast": ["naitac citraṃ naravyāghra śīlavṛttavatāṃ vara", "yad āryaṃ tvayi tiṣṭhet tu nimne vṛṣṭim ivodakam"], "translation": "“This is no wonder, O tiger among men, O best of those endowed with good conduct, that nobility should dwell in you, as rainwater settles in a hollow.", "sarga_title": "Bharata carries the sandals home"}
{"ref": "2.105.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 105, "verse": 17, "iast": ["amṛtaḥ sa mahābāhuḥ pitā daśarathas tava", "yasya tvam īdṛśaḥ putro dharmātmā dharmavatsalaḥ"], "translation": "Undying is that mighty-armed father of yours, Daśaratha, of whom you are such a son — righteous-souled and cherishing dharma.”", "sarga_title": "Bharata carries the sandals home"}
{"ref": "2.105.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 105, "verse": 18, "iast": ["tam ṛṣiṃ tu mahātmānam uktavākyaṃ kṛtāñjaliḥ", "āmantrayitum ārebhe caraṇāv upagṛhya ca"], "translation": "With joined palms, and clasping his feet, he began to take leave of that great-souled sage who had thus spoken.", "sarga_title": "Bharata carries the sandals home"}
{"ref": "2.105.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 105, "verse": 19, "iast": ["tataḥ pradakṣiṇaṃ kṛtvā bharadvājaṃ punaḥ punaḥ", "bharatas tu yayau śrīmān ayodhyāṃ saha mantribhiḥ"], "translation": "Then, having circled Bharadvāja to the right again and again, the illustrious Bharata set out for Ayodhyā with his counselors.", "sarga_title": "Bharata carries the sandals home"}
{"ref": "2.105.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 105, "verse": 20, "iast": ["yānaiś ca śakaṭaiś caiva hayaiś nāgaiś ca sā camūḥ", "punar nivṛttā vistīrṇā bharatasyānuyāyinī"], "translation": "That vast army following Bharata, with its carriages, carts, horses, and elephants, turned back again.", "sarga_title": "Bharata carries the sandals home"}
{"ref": "2.105.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 105, "verse": 21, "iast": ["tatas te yamunāṃ divyāṃ nadīṃ tīrtvormimālinīm", "dadṛśus tāṃ punaḥ sarve gaṅgāṃ śivajalāṃ nadīm"], "translation": "Then, having crossed the divine river Yamunā garlanded with waves, they all again beheld the river Ganges with its wholesome waters.", "sarga_title": "Bharata carries the sandals home"}
{"ref": "2.105.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 105, "verse": 22, "iast": ["tāṃ ramyajalasaṃpūrṇāṃ saṃtīrya saha bāndhavaḥ", "śṛṅgaverapuraṃ ramyaṃ praviveśa sasainikaḥ"], "translation": "Having crossed that river brimming with lovely waters, together with his kinsmen and army he entered the pleasant city of Śṛṅgaverapura.", "sarga_title": "Bharata carries the sandals home"}
{"ref": "2.105.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 105, "verse": 23, "iast": ["śṛṅgaverapurād bhūya ayodhyāṃ saṃdadarśa ha", "bharato duḥkhasaṃtaptaḥ sārathiṃ cedam abravīt"], "translation": "From Śṛṅgaverapura, Bharata, tormented by grief, again looked upon Ayodhyā and said this to the charioteer:", "sarga_title": "Bharata carries the sandals home"}
{"ref": "2.105.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 105, "verse": 24, "iast": ["sārathe paśya vidhvastā ayodhyā na prakāśate", "nirākārā nirānandā dīnā pratihatasvanā"], "translation": "“Charioteer, look — Ayodhyā, laid waste, shines no more; formless, joyless, forlorn, its sounds all stilled.”", "sarga_title": "Bharata carries the sandals home"}
{"ref": "2.106.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 106, "verse": 1, "iast": ["snigdhagambhīraghoṣeṇa syandanenopayān prabhuḥ", "ayodhyāṃ bharataḥ kṣipraṃ praviveśa mahāyaśāḥ"], "translation": "Approaching in a chariot of smooth, deep rumble, the mighty and greatly renowned Bharata swiftly entered Ayodhyā —", "sarga_title": "Bharata returns without Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.106.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 106, "verse": 2, "iast": ["biḍālolūkacaritām ālīnanaravāraṇām", "timirābhyāhatāṃ kālīm aprakāśāṃ niśām iva"], "translation": "— (a city) roamed by cats and owls, its men and elephants withdrawn indoors, overwhelmed by gloom, black and lightless like the night;", "sarga_title": "Bharata returns without Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.106.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 106, "verse": 3, "iast": ["rāhuśatroḥ priyāṃ patnīṃ śriyā prajvalitaprabhām", "graheṇābhyutthitenaikāṃ rohiṇīm iva pīḍitām"], "translation": "like Rohiṇī, the beloved wife of the Moon (foe of Rāhu), blazing with radiant beauty yet, all alone, afflicted by an assailing planet;", "sarga_title": "Bharata returns without Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.106.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 106, "verse": 4, "iast": ["alpoṣṇakṣubdhasalilāṃ gharmottaptavihaṃgamām", "līnamīnajhaṣagrāhāṃ kṛśāṃ girinadīm iva"], "translation": "like a shrunken mountain-stream, its scant water warm and troubled, its birds scorched by heat, its minnows, fish, and crocodiles lurking hidden;", "sarga_title": "Bharata returns without Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.106.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 106, "verse": 5, "iast": ["vidhūmām iva hemābhām adhvarāgnisamutthitām", "havirabhyukṣitāṃ paścāc chikhāṃ vipralayaṃ gatām"], "translation": "like a smokeless, gold-hued flame risen from the sacrificial fire, then, sprinkled over with oblation, sunk to extinction;", "sarga_title": "Bharata returns without Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.106.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 106, "verse": 6, "iast": ["vidhvastakavacāṃ rugṇagajavājirathadhvajām", "hatapravīrām āpannāṃ camūm iva mahāhave"], "translation": "like an army in a great battle, its armor shattered, its elephants, horses, chariots, and banners broken, its champions slain, brought to ruin;", "sarga_title": "Bharata returns without Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.106.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 106, "verse": 7, "iast": ["saphenāṃ sasvanāṃ bhūtvā sāgarasya samutthitām", "praśāntamārutoddhūtāṃ jalormim iva niḥsvanām"], "translation": "like an ocean-wave that, having risen foaming and roaring, once the wind that raised it was stilled, fell silent;", "sarga_title": "Bharata returns without Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.106.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 106, "verse": 8, "iast": ["tyaktāṃ yajñāyudhaiḥ sarvair abhirūpaiś ca yājakaiḥ", "sutyākāle vinirvṛtte vediṃ gataravām iva"], "translation": "like an altar deserted, when the soma-pressing hour is over, by all its sacred implements and its comely priests, its clamor gone;", "sarga_title": "Bharata returns without Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.106.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 106, "verse": 9, "iast": ["goṣṭhamadhye sthitām ārtām acarantīṃ navaṃ tṛṇam", "govṛṣeṇa parityaktāṃ gavāṃ patnīm ivotsukām"], "translation": "like a cow, mate of the herd, standing distressed in the midst of the pen, not grazing the fresh grass, forsaken by the bull and full of longing;", "sarga_title": "Bharata returns without Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.106.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 106, "verse": 10, "iast": ["prabhākarālaiḥ susnigdhaiḥ prajvaladbhir ivottamaiḥ", "viyuktāṃ maṇibhir jātyair navāṃ muktāvalīm iva"], "translation": "like a new pearl-strand robbed of its finest genuine gems — dazzling with light, well-polished, as if ablaze;", "sarga_title": "Bharata returns without Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.106.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 106, "verse": 11, "iast": ["sahasā calitāṃ sthānān mahīṃ puṇyakṣayād gatām", "saṃhṛtadyutivistārāṃ tārām iva divaś cyutām"], "translation": "like a star fallen from the sky, suddenly dislodged from its station, come down to earth at the exhaustion of its merit, its spread of radiance drawn in;", "sarga_title": "Bharata returns without Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.106.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 106, "verse": 12, "iast": ["puṣpanaddhāṃ vasantānte mattabhramaraśālinīm", "drutadāvāgnivipluṣṭāṃ klāntāṃ vanalatām iva"], "translation": "like a forest-creeper at spring's close, decked with blossoms and graced by drunken bees, scorched by a rushing wildfire and withered;", "sarga_title": "Bharata returns without Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.106.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 106, "verse": 13, "iast": ["saṃmūḍhanigamāṃ sarvāṃ saṃkṣiptavipaṇāpaṇām", "pracchannaśaśinakṣatrāṃ dyām ivāmbudharair vṛtām"], "translation": "the whole city with its trade-roads bewildered and its markets and shops shut up, like the sky veiled by rain-clouds, its moon and stars concealed;", "sarga_title": "Bharata returns without Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.106.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 106, "verse": 14, "iast": ["kṣīṇapānottamair bhinnaiḥ śarāvair abhisaṃvṛtām", "hataśauṇḍām ivākāśe pānabhūmim asaṃskṛtām"], "translation": "strewn with broken cups drained of their finest drink, like an untended tavern-ground in the open, its topers struck down;", "sarga_title": "Bharata returns without Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.106.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 106, "verse": 15, "iast": ["vṛkṇabhūmitalāṃ nimnāṃ vṛkṇapātraiḥ samāvṛtām", "upayuktodakāṃ bhagnāṃ prapāṃ nipatitām iva"], "translation": "like a fallen, broken watering-shed, its floor torn up and sunken, littered with shattered vessels, its water all used up;", "sarga_title": "Bharata returns without Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.106.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 106, "verse": 16, "iast": ["vipulāṃ vitatāṃ caiva yuktapāśāṃ tarasvinām", "bhūmau bāṇair viniṣkṛttāṃ patitāṃ jyām ivāyudhāt"], "translation": "broad and outstretched, like the bowstring of mighty men — its loop made fast — severed by arrows and fallen from the bow to the ground;", "sarga_title": "Bharata returns without Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.106.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 106, "verse": 17, "iast": ["sahasā yuddhaśauṇḍena hayāroheṇa vāhitām", "nikṣiptabhāṇḍām utsṛṣṭāṃ kiśorīm iva durbalām"], "translation": "like a weak young mare ridden hard all at once by a battle-avid horseman, then, its trappings cast off, turned loose;", "sarga_title": "Bharata returns without Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.106.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 106, "verse": 18, "iast": ["prāvṛṣi pravigāḍhāyāṃ praviṣṭasyābhra maṇḍalam", "pracchannāṃ nīlajīmūtair bhāskarasya prabhām iva"], "translation": "like the radiance of the sun that, when the rains are at their height, has entered the mass of clouds and is hidden by dark thunderheads.", "sarga_title": "Bharata returns without Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.106.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 106, "verse": 19, "iast": ["bharatas tu rathasthaḥ sañ śrīmān daśarathātmajaḥ", "vāhayantaṃ rathaśreṣṭhaṃ sārathiṃ vākyam abravīt"], "translation": "But the illustrious Bharata, Daśaratha's son, seated in his chariot, spoke these words to the charioteer who was driving that finest of cars:", "sarga_title": "Bharata returns without Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.106.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 106, "verse": 20, "iast": ["kiṃ nu khalv adya gambhīro mūrchito na niśamyate", "yathāpuram ayodhyāyāṃ gītavāditraniḥsvanaḥ"], "translation": "“Why is it that today the deep, swelling sound of song and instruments is not heard in Ayodhyā, as it used to be?", "sarga_title": "Bharata returns without Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.106.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 106, "verse": 21, "iast": ["vāruṇīmadagandhāś ca mālyagandhaś ca mūrchitaḥ", "dhūpitāgarugandhaś ca na pravāti samantataḥ"], "translation": "The heady scents of wine, the pervading fragrance of garlands, and the smoky perfume of burning aloe-wood no longer waft on every side.", "sarga_title": "Bharata returns without Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.106.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 106, "verse": 22, "iast": ["yānapravaraghoṣaś ca snigdhaś ca hayaniḥsvanaḥ", "pramattagajanādaś ca mahāṃś ca rathaniḥsvanaḥ", "nedānīṃ śrūyate puryām asyāṃ rāme vivāsite"], "translation": "The rumble of fine carriages, the gentle neighing of horses, the trumpeting of rutting elephants, and the great din of chariots — none of it is heard now in this city, with Rāma sent into exile.", "sarga_title": "Bharata returns without Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.106.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 106, "verse": 23, "iast": ["taruṇaiś cāru veṣaiś ca narair unnatagāmibhiḥ", "saṃpatadbhir ayodhyāyāṃ na vibhānti mahāpathāḥ"], "translation": "No longer do the great avenues of Ayodhyā shine, once thronged by young men, handsomely attired and stately in their gait.", "sarga_title": "Bharata returns without Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.106.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 106, "verse": 24, "iast": ["evaṃ bahuvidhaṃ jalpan viveśa vasatiṃ pituḥ", "tena hīnāṃ narendreṇa siṃhahīnāṃ guhām iva"], "translation": "Lamenting thus in many ways, he entered his father's dwelling, bereft of that lord of men — like a cave bereft of its lion.", "sarga_title": "Bharata returns without Rāma"}
{"ref": "2.107.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 107, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tato nikṣipya mātṝh sa ayodhyāyāṃ dṛḍhavrataḥ", "bharataḥ śokasaṃtapto gurūn idam athābravīt"], "translation": "Then, having settled his mothers in Ayodhyā, the firm-vowed Bharata, tormented by grief, spoke thus to his elders:", "sarga_title": "Bharata establishes rule at Nandigrāma"}
{"ref": "2.107.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 107, "verse": 2, "iast": ["nandigrāmaṃ gamiṣyāmi sarvān āmantraye 'dya vaḥ", "tatra duḥkham idaṃ sarvaṃ sahiṣye rāghavaṃ vinā"], "translation": "“I shall go to Nandigrāma; today I take leave of you all. There, without Rāghava, I shall endure all this sorrow.", "sarga_title": "Bharata establishes rule at Nandigrāma"}
{"ref": "2.107.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 107, "verse": 3, "iast": ["gataś ca hi divaṃ rājā vanasthaś ca gurur mama", "rāmaṃ pratīkṣe rājyāya sa hi rājā mahāyaśāḥ"], "translation": "For the king has gone to heaven, and my elder dwells in the forest; I await Rāma for the kingship, for he of great renown is the (true) king.”", "sarga_title": "Bharata establishes rule at Nandigrāma"}
{"ref": "2.107.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 107, "verse": 4, "iast": ["etac chrutvā śubhaṃ vākyaṃ bharatasya mahātmanaḥ", "abruvan mantriṇaḥ sarve vasiṣṭhaś ca purohitaḥ"], "translation": "Having heard this noble speech of the great-souled Bharata, all the counselors and Vasiṣṭha the family priest spoke:", "sarga_title": "Bharata establishes rule at Nandigrāma"}
{"ref": "2.107.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 107, "verse": 5, "iast": ["sadṛśaṃ ślāghanīyaṃ ca yad uktaṃ bharata tvayā", "vacanaṃ bhrātṛvātsalyād anurūpaṃ tavaiva tat"], "translation": "“Fitting and praiseworthy is the word you have spoken, Bharata, out of love for your brother; that speech well befits none but you.", "sarga_title": "Bharata establishes rule at Nandigrāma"}
{"ref": "2.107.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 107, "verse": 6, "iast": ["nityaṃ te bandhulubdhasya tiṣṭhato bhrātṛsauhṛde", "āryamārgaṃ prapannasya nānumanyeta kaḥ pumān"], "translation": "What man would not approve of you — ever devoted to your kin, steadfast in brotherly love, and walking the noble path?”", "sarga_title": "Bharata establishes rule at Nandigrāma"}
{"ref": "2.107.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 107, "verse": 7, "iast": ["mantriṇāṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā yathābhilaṣitaṃ priyam", "abravīt sārathiṃ vākyaṃ ratho me yujyatām iti"], "translation": "Hearing the counselors' words, welcome and just as he wished, he said to the charioteer: “Let my chariot be yoked.”", "sarga_title": "Bharata establishes rule at Nandigrāma"}
{"ref": "2.107.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 107, "verse": 8, "iast": ["prahṛṣṭavadanaḥ sarvā mātṝh samabhivādya saḥ", "āruroha rathaṃ śrīmāñ śatrughnena samanvitaḥ"], "translation": "With a joyful face, having saluted all his mothers, the illustrious one mounted the chariot, accompanied by Śatrughna.", "sarga_title": "Bharata establishes rule at Nandigrāma"}
{"ref": "2.107.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 107, "verse": 9, "iast": ["āruhya tu rathaṃ śīghraṃ śatrughnabharatāv ubhau", "yayatuḥ paramaprītau vṛtau mantripurohitaiḥ"], "translation": "Having quickly mounted the chariot, Śatrughna and Bharata both, greatly pleased and surrounded by the counselors and priests, set out.", "sarga_title": "Bharata establishes rule at Nandigrāma"}
{"ref": "2.107.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 107, "verse": 10, "iast": ["agrato puravas tatra vasiṣṭha pramukhā dvijāḥ", "prayayuḥ prāṅmukhāḥ sarve nandigrāmo yato 'bhavat"], "translation": "There in front the townsmen, and the brahmins headed by Vasiṣṭha, all went facing east, toward where Nandigrāma lay.", "sarga_title": "Bharata establishes rule at Nandigrāma"}
{"ref": "2.107.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 107, "verse": 11, "iast": ["balaṃ ca tad anāhūtaṃ gajāśvarathasaṃkulam", "prayayau bharate yāte sarve ca puravāsinaḥ"], "translation": "And that army, unbidden, thronged with elephants, horses, and chariots, set out when Bharata departed, and so did all the townsfolk.", "sarga_title": "Bharata establishes rule at Nandigrāma"}
{"ref": "2.107.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 107, "verse": 12, "iast": ["rathasthaḥ sa tu dharmātmā bharato bhrātṛvatsalaḥ", "nandigrāmaṃ yayau tūrṇaṃ śirasy ādhāya pāduke"], "translation": "That righteous Bharata, loving his brother, seated in his chariot, went swiftly to Nandigrāma, having placed the sandals upon his head.", "sarga_title": "Bharata establishes rule at Nandigrāma"}
{"ref": "2.107.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 107, "verse": 13, "iast": ["tatas tu bharataḥ kṣipraṃ nandigrāmaṃ praviśya saḥ", "avatīrya rathāt tūrṇaṃ gurūn idam uvāca ha"], "translation": "Then Bharata, quickly entering Nandigrāma and swiftly descending from the chariot, said this to his elders:", "sarga_title": "Bharata establishes rule at Nandigrāma"}
{"ref": "2.107.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 107, "verse": 14, "iast": ["etad rājyaṃ mama bhrātrā dattaṃ saṃnyāsavat svayam", "yogakṣemavahe ceme pāduke hemabhūṣite", "tam imaṃ pālayiṣyāmi rāghavāgamanaṃ prati"], "translation": "“This kingdom was given to me by my brother himself, as a trust, and these gold-adorned sandals bear its welfare and safety; this very trust I shall guard until Rāghava's return.", "sarga_title": "Bharata establishes rule at Nandigrāma"}
{"ref": "2.107.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 107, "verse": 15, "iast": ["kṣipraṃ saṃyojayitvā tu rāghavasya punaḥ svayam", "caraṇau tau tu rāmasya drakṣyāmi sahapādukau"], "translation": "Having quickly made over (the kingdom) to Rāghava again myself, I shall behold those very feet of Rāma, together with their sandals.", "sarga_title": "Bharata establishes rule at Nandigrāma"}
{"ref": "2.107.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 107, "verse": 16, "iast": ["tato nikṣiptabhāro 'haṃ rāghaveṇa samāgataḥ", "nivedya gurave rājyaṃ bhajiṣye guruvṛttitām"], "translation": "Then, my burden laid down and reunited with Rāghava, having handed the kingdom over to my elder, I shall take up the service of my elder.", "sarga_title": "Bharata establishes rule at Nandigrāma"}
{"ref": "2.107.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 107, "verse": 17, "iast": ["rāghavāya ca saṃnyāsaṃ dattveme varapāduke", "rājyaṃ cedam ayodhyāṃ ca dhūtapāpo bhavāmi ca"], "translation": "And having given over to Rāghava the trust — these excellent sandals, this kingdom, and Ayodhyā — I become cleansed of sin.”", "sarga_title": "Bharata establishes rule at Nandigrāma"}
{"ref": "2.107.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 107, "verse": 18, "iast": ["abhiṣikte tu kākutsthe prahṛṣṭamudite jane", "prītir mama yaśaś caiva bhaved rājyāc caturguṇam"], "translation": "When Kākutstha is consecrated and the people rejoice in delight, my joy and fame would be fourfold that of the kingship.", "sarga_title": "Bharata establishes rule at Nandigrāma"}
{"ref": "2.107.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 107, "verse": 19, "iast": ["evaṃ tu vilapan dīno bharataḥ sa mahāyaśāḥ", "nandigrāme 'karod rājyaṃ duḥkhito mantribhiḥ saha"], "translation": "Thus lamenting, forlorn, the greatly renowned Bharata, sorrowful, carried on the rule at Nandigrāma together with the counselors.", "sarga_title": "Bharata establishes rule at Nandigrāma"}
{"ref": "2.107.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 107, "verse": 20, "iast": ["sa valkalajaṭādhārī muniveṣadharaḥ prabhuḥ", "nandigrāme 'vasad vīraḥ sasainyo bharatas tadā"], "translation": "Wearing bark garments and matted locks, clad in the garb of a sage, the mighty hero Bharata then dwelt at Nandigrāma with his army.", "sarga_title": "Bharata establishes rule at Nandigrāma"}
{"ref": "2.107.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 107, "verse": 21, "iast": ["rāmāgamanam ākāṅkṣan bharato bhrātṛvatsalaḥ", "bhrātur vacanakārī ca pratijñāpāragas tadā"], "translation": "Bharata, loving his brother, awaiting Rāma's return, obedient to his brother's word, and then carrying his vow through to the end —", "sarga_title": "Bharata establishes rule at Nandigrāma"}
{"ref": "2.107.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 107, "verse": 22, "iast": ["pāduke tv abhiṣicyātha nandigrāme 'vasat tadā", "bharataḥ śāsanaṃ sarvaṃ pādukābhyāṃ nyavedayat"], "translation": "— having consecrated the sandals upon the throne, he then dwelt at Nandigrāma; Bharata submitted every command to the two sandals.", "sarga_title": "Bharata establishes rule at Nandigrāma"}
{"ref": "2.108.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 108, "verse": 1, "iast": ["pratiprayāte bharate vasan rāmas tapovane", "lakṣayām āsa sodvegam athautsukyaṃ tapasvinām"], "translation": "When Bharata had gone back, Rāma, dwelling in the penance-grove, noticed the agitation and, moreover, the anxiety of the ascetics.", "sarga_title": "The ṛṣis leave Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.108.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 108, "verse": 2, "iast": ["ye tatra citrakūṭasya purastāt tāpasāśrame", "rāmam āśritya niratās tān alakṣayad utsukān"], "translation": "Those who were there in the ascetics' hermitage before Citrakūṭa, content in their reliance on Rāma — them he observed to be anxious.", "sarga_title": "The ṛṣis leave Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.108.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 108, "verse": 3, "iast": ["nayanair bhṛkuṭībhiś ca rāmaṃ nirdiśya śaṅkitāḥ", "anyonyam upajalpantaḥ śanaiś cakrur mithaḥ kathāḥ"], "translation": "Pointing at Rāma with their eyes and their frowns, apprehensive, whispering to one another, they softly held mutual conversation.", "sarga_title": "The ṛṣis leave Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.108.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 108, "verse": 4, "iast": ["teṣām autsukyam ālakṣya rāmas tv ātmani śaṅkitaḥ", "kṛtāñjalir uvācedam ṛṣiṃ kulapatiṃ tataḥ"], "translation": "Observing their anxiety, Rāma, apprehensive within himself, then with joined palms spoke this to the sage, the head of the community:", "sarga_title": "The ṛṣis leave Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.108.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 108, "verse": 5, "iast": ["na kaccid bhagavan kiṃ cit pūrvavṛttam idaṃ mayi", "dṛśyate vikṛtaṃ yena vikriyante tapasvinaḥ"], "translation": "Surely, revered one, nothing amiss of former conduct is seen in me, by which the ascetics are being troubled?", "sarga_title": "The ṛṣis leave Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.108.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 108, "verse": 6, "iast": ["pramādāc caritaṃ kaccit kiṃ cin nāvarajasya me", "lakṣmaṇasyarṣibhir dṛṣṭaṃ nānurūpam ivātmanaḥ"], "translation": "Nothing, I hope, has been done carelessly by my younger brother Lakṣmaṇa that the sages have seen to be unbecoming of him?", "sarga_title": "The ṛṣis leave Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.108.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 108, "verse": 7, "iast": ["kaccic chuśrūṣamāṇā vaḥ śuśrūṣaṇaparā mayi", "pramadābhyucitāṃ vṛttiṃ sītā yuktaṃ na vartate"], "translation": "I trust that Sītā, who attends upon you and is devoted to serving me, does not fall short of the conduct befitting a woman?", "sarga_title": "The ṛṣis leave Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.108.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 108, "verse": 8, "iast": ["atharṣir jarayā vṛddhas tapasā ca jarāṃ gataḥ", "vepamāna ivovāca rāmaṃ bhūtadayāparam"], "translation": "Then the sage, aged with years and grown decrepit through penance as well, as if trembling, spoke to Rāma, who was ever devoted to compassion for all beings:", "sarga_title": "The ṛṣis leave Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.108.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 108, "verse": 9, "iast": ["kutaḥ kalyāṇasattvāyāḥ kalyāṇābhirates tathā", "calanaṃ tāta vaidehyās tapasviṣu viśeṣataḥ"], "translation": "Whence, my son, could there be any wavering on the part of Vaidehī, who is of auspicious nature and delights in the good — especially toward ascetics?", "sarga_title": "The ṛṣis leave Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.108.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 108, "verse": 10, "iast": ["tvannimittam idaṃ tāvat tāpasān prati vartate", "rakṣobhyas tena saṃvignāḥ kathayanti mithaḥ kathāḥ"], "translation": "This much that befalls the ascetics is on your account; alarmed by the rākṣasas because of it, they talk among themselves.", "sarga_title": "The ṛṣis leave Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.108.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 108, "verse": 11, "iast": ["rāvaṇāvarajaḥ kaś cit kharo nāmeha rākṣasaḥ", "utpāṭya tāpasān sarvāñ janasthānaniketanān"], "translation": "A certain rākṣasa here named Khara, a younger brother of Rāvaṇa, having uprooted all the ascetics who dwell in Janasthāna —", "sarga_title": "The ṛṣis leave Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.108.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 108, "verse": 12, "iast": ["dhṛṣṭaś ca jitakāśī ca nṛśaṃsaḥ puruṣādakaḥ", "avaliptaś ca pāpaś ca tvāṃ ca tāta na mṛṣyate"], "translation": "— insolent and flaunting his conquests, cruel, a man-eater, arrogant and wicked, he cannot endure even you, my son.", "sarga_title": "The ṛṣis leave Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.108.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 108, "verse": 13, "iast": ["tvaṃ yadā prabhṛti hy asminn āśrame tāta vartase", "tadā prabhṛti rakṣāṃsi viprakurvanti tāpasān"], "translation": "For from the very time, my son, that you have dwelt in this hermitage, from that time on the rākṣasas have been harassing the ascetics.", "sarga_title": "The ṛṣis leave Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.108.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 108, "verse": 14, "iast": ["darśayanti hi bībhatsaiḥ krūrair bhīṣaṇakair api", "nānā rūpair virūpaiś ca rūpair asukhadarśanaiḥ"], "translation": "For they display themselves in disgusting, cruel, and terrifying guises — in manifold shapes, misshapen, in forms unpleasant to behold.", "sarga_title": "The ṛṣis leave Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.108.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 108, "verse": 15, "iast": ["apraśastair aśucibhiḥ saṃprayojya ca tāpasān", "pratighnanty aparān kṣipram anāryāḥ purataḥ sthitaḥ"], "translation": "And having brought the ascetics into contact with vile, impure things, these ignoble ones, standing before them, swiftly strike down still others.", "sarga_title": "The ṛṣis leave Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.108.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 108, "verse": 16, "iast": ["teṣu teṣv āśramasthāneṣv abuddham avalīya ca", "ramante tāpasāṃs tatra nāśayanto 'lpacetasaḥ"], "translation": "Lurking unnoticed in this or that hermitage-spot, those dull-witted ones take delight there in destroying the ascetics.", "sarga_title": "The ṛṣis leave Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.108.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 108, "verse": 17, "iast": ["apakṣipanti srugbhāṇḍān agnīn siñcanti vāriṇā", "kalaśāṃś ca pramṛdnanti havane samupasthite"], "translation": "They fling away the sacrificial ladles and vessels, douse the fires with water, and smash the pots when the oblation is at hand.", "sarga_title": "The ṛṣis leave Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.108.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 108, "verse": 18, "iast": ["tair durātmabhir āviṣṭān āśramān prajihāsavaḥ", "gamanāyānyadeśasya codayanty ṛṣayo 'dya mām"], "translation": "Wishing to abandon their hermitages now beset by those evil ones, the sages are urging me today toward departure for another region.", "sarga_title": "The ṛṣis leave Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.108.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 108, "verse": 19, "iast": ["tat purā rāma śārīrām upahiṃsāṃ tapasviṣu", "darśayati hi duṣṭās te tyakṣyāma imam āśramam"], "translation": "Therefore, Rāma, before those wicked ones inflict bodily injury upon the ascetics, we shall abandon this hermitage.", "sarga_title": "The ṛṣis leave Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.108.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 108, "verse": 20, "iast": ["bahumūlaphalaṃ citram avidūrād ito vanam", "purāṇāśramam evāhaṃ śrayiṣye sagaṇaḥ punaḥ"], "translation": "Not far from here is a lovely forest rich in roots and fruits; there in an ancient hermitage I, with my company, shall take refuge once more.", "sarga_title": "The ṛṣis leave Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.108.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 108, "verse": 21, "iast": ["kharas tvayy api cāyuktaṃ purā tāta pravartate", "sahāsmābhir ito gaccha yadi buddhiḥ pravartate"], "translation": "Before Khara begins to act improperly against you too, my son, come away from here along with us, if your mind is so inclined.", "sarga_title": "The ṛṣis leave Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.108.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 108, "verse": 22, "iast": ["sakalatrasya saṃdeho nityaṃ yat tasya rāghava", "samarthasyāpi hi sato vāso duḥkha ihādya te"], "translation": "Since for you, who have your wife with you, there is constant peril here, O Rāghava, dwelling in this place is now painful for you, capable though you are.", "sarga_title": "The ṛṣis leave Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.108.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 108, "verse": 23, "iast": ["ity uktavantaṃ rāmas taṃ rājaputras tapasvinam", "na śaśākottarair vākyair avaroddhuṃ samutsukam"], "translation": "Rāma the prince could not, with any words of reply, hold back that ascetic who, having spoken thus, was so eager to depart.", "sarga_title": "The ṛṣis leave Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.108.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 108, "verse": 24, "iast": ["abhinandya samāpṛcchya samādhāya ca rāghavam", "sa jagāmāśramaṃ tyaktvā kulaiḥ kulapatiḥ saha"], "translation": "Having greeted, taken leave of, and reassured Rāghava, the head of the community abandoned the hermitage and departed together with his families.", "sarga_title": "The ṛṣis leave Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.108.25", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 108, "verse": 25, "iast": ["rāmaḥ saṃsādhya tv ṛṣigaṇam anugamanād deśāt tasmāccit kulapatim abhivādyarṣim", "samyakprītais tair anumata upadiṣṭārthaḥ puṇyaṃ vāsāya svanilayam upasaṃpede"], "translation": "Rāma, having escorted the host of sages a little way from that region and saluted the sage who was the community's head, being permitted by them who were thoroughly pleased and instructed in his course, betook himself to his own holy abode to dwell.", "sarga_title": "The ṛṣis leave Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.108.26", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 108, "verse": 26, "iast": ["āśramaṃ tv ṛṣivirahitaṃ prabhuḥ kṣaṇam api na jahau sa rāghavaḥ", "rāghavaṃ hi satatam anugatās tāpasāś carṣicaritadhṛtaguṇāḥ"], "translation": "But the lord Rāghava did not forsake even for a moment the hermitage now bereft of its sages; for ascetics who held fast to the virtues drawn from the seers' way of life followed Rāghava constantly.", "sarga_title": "The ṛṣis leave Citrakūṭa"}
{"ref": "2.109.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 109, "verse": 1, "iast": ["rāghavas tv apayāteṣu tapasviṣu vicintayan", "na tatrārocayad vāsaṃ kāraṇair bahubhis tadā"], "translation": "But when the ascetics had departed, Rāghava, reflecting, did not then favor dwelling there, for many reasons.", "sarga_title": "Rāma leaves Citrakūṭa for Atri"}
{"ref": "2.109.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 109, "verse": 2, "iast": ["iha me bharato dṛṣṭo mātaraś ca sanāgarāḥ", "sā ca me smṛtir anveti tān nityam anuśocataḥ"], "translation": "“Here Bharata was seen by me, and my mothers along with the townsfolk; and that memory pursues me as I grieve for them constantly.", "sarga_title": "Rāma leaves Citrakūṭa for Atri"}
{"ref": "2.109.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 109, "verse": 3, "iast": ["skandhāvāraniveśena tena tasya mahātmanaḥ", "hayahastikarīṣaiś ca upamardaḥ kṛto bhṛśam"], "translation": "By the pitching of that great one's army-camp, and by the dung of the horses and elephants, a severe fouling has been done here.", "sarga_title": "Rāma leaves Citrakūṭa for Atri"}
{"ref": "2.109.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 109, "verse": 4, "iast": ["tasmād anyatra gacchāma iti saṃcintya rāghavaḥ", "prātiṣṭhata sa vaidehyā lakṣmaṇena ca saṃgataḥ"], "translation": "‘Therefore let us go elsewhere’ — so resolving, Rāghava, together with Vaidehī and Lakṣmaṇa, set out.", "sarga_title": "Rāma leaves Citrakūṭa for Atri"}
{"ref": "2.109.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 109, "verse": 5, "iast": ["so 'trer āśramam āsādya taṃ vavande mahāyaśāḥ", "taṃ cāpi bhagavān atriḥ putravat pratyapadyata"], "translation": "He of great fame, reaching Atri's hermitage, saluted him; and the venerable Atri too received him like a son.", "sarga_title": "Rāma leaves Citrakūṭa for Atri"}
{"ref": "2.109.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 109, "verse": 6, "iast": ["svayam ātithyam ādiśya sarvam asya susatkṛtam", "saumitriṃ ca mahābhāgāṃ sītāṃ ca samasāntvayat"], "translation": "Personally directing that hospitality be well shown to him in every way, he also comforted Saumitri and the illustrious Sītā.", "sarga_title": "Rāma leaves Citrakūṭa for Atri"}
{"ref": "2.109.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 109, "verse": 7, "iast": ["patnīṃ ca tam anuprāptāṃ vṛddhām āmantrya satkṛtām", "sāntvayām āsa dharmajñaḥ sarvabhūtahite rataḥ"], "translation": "And summoning his aged, honored wife who had come up to him, the righteous one, devoted to the welfare of all beings, spoke gently to her.", "sarga_title": "Rāma leaves Citrakūṭa for Atri"}
{"ref": "2.109.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 109, "verse": 8, "iast": ["anasūyāṃ mahābhāgāṃ tāpasīṃ dharmacāriṇīm", "pratigṛhṇīṣva vaidehīm abravīd ṛṣisattamaḥ"], "translation": "The best of sages said to Anasūyā, the illustrious ascetic woman who walked in dharma: “Receive Vaidehī.”", "sarga_title": "Rāma leaves Citrakūṭa for Atri"}
{"ref": "2.109.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 109, "verse": 9, "iast": ["rāmāya cācacakṣe tāṃ tāpasīṃ dharmacāriṇīm", "daśa varṣāṇy anāvṛṣṭyā dagdhe loke nirantaram"], "translation": "And to Rāma he described that ascetic woman who walked in dharma: when for ten years the world was scorched without respite by drought,", "sarga_title": "Rāma leaves Citrakūṭa for Atri"}
{"ref": "2.109.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 109, "verse": 10, "iast": ["yayā mūlaphale sṛṣṭe jāhnavī ca pravartitā", "ugreṇa tapasā yuktā niyamaiś cāpy alaṃkṛtā"], "translation": "by whom roots and fruits were brought forth and the Jāhnavī made to flow, she who was endowed with fierce penance and adorned with observances,", "sarga_title": "Rāma leaves Citrakūṭa for Atri"}
{"ref": "2.109.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 109, "verse": 11, "iast": ["daśavarṣasahasrāṇi yayā taptaṃ mahat tapaḥ", "anasūyāvratais tāta pratyūhāś ca nibarhitāḥ"], "translation": "by whom great penance was practiced for ten thousand years, and by whose envy-free observances, my son, obstacles were dispelled,", "sarga_title": "Rāma leaves Citrakūṭa for Atri"}
{"ref": "2.109.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 109, "verse": 12, "iast": ["devakāryanimittaṃ ca yayā saṃtvaramāṇayā", "daśarātraṃ kṛtvā rātriḥ seyaṃ māteva te 'nagha"], "translation": "and by whom, hasting for the sake of a divine task, ten nights were compressed into a single night — that very lady, sinless one, is like a mother to you.", "sarga_title": "Rāma leaves Citrakūṭa for Atri"}
{"ref": "2.109.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 109, "verse": 13, "iast": ["tām imāṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ namaskāryāṃ yaśasvinīm", "abhigacchatu vaidehī vṛddhām akrodhanāṃ sadā"], "translation": "Let Vaidehī approach this glorious lady, worthy of homage from all beings, aged and ever free from anger.", "sarga_title": "Rāma leaves Citrakūṭa for Atri"}
{"ref": "2.109.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 109, "verse": 14, "iast": ["evaṃ bruvāṇaṃ tam ṛṣiṃ tathety uktvā sa rāghavaḥ", "sītām uvāca dharmajñām idaṃ vacanam uttamam"], "translation": "Saying “So be it” to the sage who spoke thus, Rāghava then addressed Sītā, who knew dharma, with these excellent words:", "sarga_title": "Rāma leaves Citrakūṭa for Atri"}
{"ref": "2.109.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 109, "verse": 15, "iast": ["rājaputri śrutaṃ tv etan muner asya samīritam", "śreyo 'rtham ātmanaḥ śīghram abhigaccha tapasvinīm"], "translation": "“O princess, you have heard what this sage has enjoined; for your own good, go quickly to the ascetic woman.", "sarga_title": "Rāma leaves Citrakūṭa for Atri"}
{"ref": "2.109.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 109, "verse": 16, "iast": ["anasūyeti yā loke karmabhiḥ kyātim āgatā", "tāṃ śīghram abhigaccha tvam abhigamyāṃ tapasvinīm"], "translation": "Go quickly, you, to that ascetic woman, worthy to be approached, who in the world has won renown by her deeds as ‘Anasūyā.’”", "sarga_title": "Rāma leaves Citrakūṭa for Atri"}
{"ref": "2.109.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 109, "verse": 17, "iast": ["sītā tv etad vacaḥ śrutvā rāghavasya hitaiṣiṇī", "tām atripatnīṃ dharmajñām abhicakrāma maithilī"], "translation": "But Sītā of Mithilā, well-wisher of Rāghava, hearing these words, went up to that wife of Atri, the knower of dharma.", "sarga_title": "Rāma leaves Citrakūṭa for Atri"}
{"ref": "2.109.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 109, "verse": 18, "iast": ["śithilāṃ valitāṃ vṛddhāṃ jarāpāṇḍuramūrdhajām", "satataṃ vepamānāṅgīṃ pravāte kadalī yathā"], "translation": "— slack-limbed, wrinkled, aged, her hair grown gray with age, her limbs ever trembling like a plantain tree in the wind —", "sarga_title": "Rāma leaves Citrakūṭa for Atri"}
{"ref": "2.109.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 109, "verse": 19, "iast": ["tāṃ tu sītā mahābhāgām anasūyāṃ pativratām", "abhyavādayad avyagrā svaṃ nāma samudāharat"], "translation": "But Sītā, composed, saluted that illustrious Anasūyā, devoted to her husband, and announced her own name.", "sarga_title": "Rāma leaves Citrakūṭa for Atri"}
{"ref": "2.109.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 109, "verse": 20, "iast": ["abhivādya ca vaidehī tāpasīṃ tām aninditām", "baddhāñjalipuṭā hṛṣṭā paryapṛcchad anāmayam"], "translation": "And having saluted that blameless ascetic woman, Vaidehī, her palms folded in reverence and full of joy, inquired after her well-being.", "sarga_title": "Rāma leaves Citrakūṭa for Atri"}
{"ref": "2.109.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 109, "verse": 21, "iast": ["tataḥ sītāṃ mahābhāgāṃ dṛṣṭvā tāṃ dharmacāriṇīm", "sāntvayanty abravīd dhṛṣṭā diṣṭyā dharmam avekṣase"], "translation": "Then, seeing that illustrious, dharma-observing Sītā, she, delighted, spoke soothingly: “By good fortune you have regard for dharma!", "sarga_title": "Rāma leaves Citrakūṭa for Atri"}
{"ref": "2.109.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 109, "verse": 22, "iast": ["tyaktvā jñātijanaṃ sīte mānam ṛddhiṃ ca mānini", "avaruddhaṃ vane rāmaṃ diṣṭyā tvam anugacchasi"], "translation": "Having forsaken your kinsfolk, Sītā, and honor and prosperity, O proud lady, by good fortune you follow Rāma into the forest, banished as he is.", "sarga_title": "Rāma leaves Citrakūṭa for Atri"}
{"ref": "2.109.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 109, "verse": 23, "iast": ["nagarastho vanastho vā pāpo vā yadi vāśubhaḥ", "yāsāṃ strīṇāṃ priyo bhartā tāsāṃ lokā mahodayāḥ"], "translation": "Those women to whom their husband is dear — whether he dwell in the city or the forest, whether wicked or ill-fated — theirs are the worlds of great felicity.", "sarga_title": "Rāma leaves Citrakūṭa for Atri"}
{"ref": "2.109.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 109, "verse": 24, "iast": ["duḥśīlaḥ kāmavṛtto vā dhanair vā parivarjitaḥ", "strīṇām ārya svabhāvānāṃ paramaṃ daivataṃ patiḥ"], "translation": "Ill-natured, or given to lust, or destitute of wealth — the husband is nonetheless the supreme deity for women of noble nature.", "sarga_title": "Rāma leaves Citrakūṭa for Atri"}
{"ref": "2.109.25", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 109, "verse": 25, "iast": ["nāto viśiṣṭaṃ paśyāmi bāndhavaṃ vimṛśanty aham", "sarvatra yogyaṃ vaidehi tapaḥ kṛtam ivāvyayam"], "translation": "Reflecting, I see no kinsman more distinguished than he; in every case, Vaidehī, such devotion is fitting, like imperishable penance performed.", "sarga_title": "Rāma leaves Citrakūṭa for Atri"}
{"ref": "2.109.26", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 109, "verse": 26, "iast": ["na tv evam avagacchanti guṇa doṣam asat striyaḥ", "kāmavaktavyahṛdayā bhartṛnāthāś caranti yāḥ"], "translation": "But base women do not thus perceive the merit and the fault — those who, with hearts to be swayed by desire, behave loosely though having a husband as their protector.", "sarga_title": "Rāma leaves Citrakūṭa for Atri"}
{"ref": "2.109.27", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 109, "verse": 27, "iast": ["prāpnuvanty ayaśaś caiva dharmabhraṃśaṃ ca maithili", "akārya vaśam āpannāḥ striyo yāḥ khalu tad vidhāḥ"], "translation": "Such women, O Maithilī, who fall under the sway of what ought not to be done, reap both infamy and a fall from dharma.", "sarga_title": "Rāma leaves Citrakūṭa for Atri"}
{"ref": "2.109.28", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 109, "verse": 28, "iast": ["tvadvidhās tu guṇair yuktā dṛṣṭalokaparāvarāḥ", "striyaḥ svarge cariṣyanti yathā puṇyakṛtas tathā"], "translation": "But women like you, endowed with virtues, who have perceived the higher and lower worlds, will roam in heaven just as those who have done meritorious deeds.", "sarga_title": "Rāma leaves Citrakūṭa for Atri"}
{"ref": "2.110.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 110, "verse": 1, "iast": ["sā tv evam uktā vaidehī anasūyān asūyayā", "pratipūjya vaco mandaṃ pravaktum upacakrame"], "translation": "But Vaidehī, thus addressed by Anasūyā who is free from all envy, honored her words and gently began to speak.", "sarga_title": "Anasūyā’s gifts and Sītā’s story"}
{"ref": "2.110.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 110, "verse": 2, "iast": ["naitad āścaryam āryāyā yan māṃ tvam anubhāṣase", "viditaṃ tu mamāpy etad yathā nāryāḥ patir guruḥ"], "translation": "“This that you, noble lady, say to me is no wonder; for I too know this — that for a woman the husband is her guru.", "sarga_title": "Anasūyā’s gifts and Sītā’s story"}
{"ref": "2.110.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 110, "verse": 3, "iast": ["yady apy eṣa bhaved bhartā mamārye vṛttavarjitaḥ", "advaidham upavartavyas tathāpy eṣa mayā bhavet"], "translation": "Even if, noble lady, this husband of mine were devoid of good conduct, still he would have to be served by me without duplicity.", "sarga_title": "Anasūyā’s gifts and Sītā’s story"}
{"ref": "2.110.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 110, "verse": 4, "iast": ["kiṃ punar yo guṇaślāghyaḥ sānukrośo jitendriyaḥ", "sthirānurāgo dharmātmā mātṛvartī pitṛ priyaḥ"], "translation": "How much more one who is praiseworthy for his virtues, compassionate, master of his senses, steadfast in love, righteous of soul, dutiful toward his mother and dear to his father!", "sarga_title": "Anasūyā’s gifts and Sītā’s story"}
{"ref": "2.110.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 110, "verse": 5, "iast": ["yāṃ vṛttiṃ vartate rāmaḥ kausalyāyāṃ mahābalaḥ", "tām eva nṛpanārīṇām anyāsām api vartate"], "translation": "The very conduct that the mighty Rāma shows toward Kausalyā, that same he shows toward the king's other women as well.", "sarga_title": "Anasūyā’s gifts and Sītā’s story"}
{"ref": "2.110.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 110, "verse": 6, "iast": ["sakṛd dṛṣṭāsv api strīṣu nṛpeṇa nṛpavatsalaḥ", "mātṛvad vartate vīro mānam utsṛjya dharmavit"], "translation": "Even toward women seen but once by the king, the hero — affectionate to the king and knowing dharma — behaves as toward a mother, laying aside all pride.", "sarga_title": "Anasūyā’s gifts and Sītā’s story"}
{"ref": "2.110.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 110, "verse": 7, "iast": ["āgacchantyāś ca vijanaṃ vanam evaṃ bhayāvaham", "samāhitaṃ hi me śvaśrvā hṛdaye yat sthitaṃ mama"], "translation": "And as I was coming to this desolate and so fearsome forest, the counsel my mother-in-law impressed upon me has stayed firm-set in my heart.", "sarga_title": "Anasūyā’s gifts and Sītā’s story"}
{"ref": "2.110.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 110, "verse": 8, "iast": ["prāṇipradānakāle ca yat purā tv agnisaṃnidhau", "anuśiṣṭā jananyāsmi vākyaṃ tad api me dhṛtam"], "translation": "And the words with which my mother instructed me long ago at the giving of the hand, there in the presence of the sacred fire — those too I have kept.", "sarga_title": "Anasūyā’s gifts and Sītā’s story"}
{"ref": "2.110.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 110, "verse": 9, "iast": ["navīkṛtaṃ tu tat sarvaṃ vākyais te dharmacāriṇi", "patiśuśrūṣaṇān nāryās tapo nānyad vidhīyate"], "translation": "All of that has now been renewed by your words, O righteous one; for a woman no austerity is ordained other than obedient service to her husband.", "sarga_title": "Anasūyā’s gifts and Sītā’s story"}
{"ref": "2.110.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 110, "verse": 10, "iast": ["sāvitrī patiśuśrūṣāṃ kṛtvā svarge mahīyate", "tathā vṛttiś ca yātā tvaṃ patiśuśrūṣayā divam"], "translation": "Sāvitrī, having rendered service to her husband, is exalted in heaven; and by adopting such conduct you too, through service to your husband, will reach heaven.", "sarga_title": "Anasūyā’s gifts and Sītā’s story"}
{"ref": "2.110.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 110, "verse": 11, "iast": ["variṣṭhā sarvanārīṇām eṣā ca divi devatā", "rohiṇī ca vinā candraṃ muhūrtam api dṛśyate"], "translation": "Best of all women, she is a goddess in heaven; and Rohiṇī is never seen apart from the Moon even for a moment.", "sarga_title": "Anasūyā’s gifts and Sītā’s story"}
{"ref": "2.110.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 110, "verse": 12, "iast": ["evaṃvidhāś ca pravarāḥ striyo bhartṛdṛḍhavratāḥ", "devaloke mahīyante puṇyena svena karmaṇā"], "translation": "And such excellent women, firm in their vows to their husbands, are exalted in the world of the gods by their own meritorious deeds.”", "sarga_title": "Anasūyā’s gifts and Sītā’s story"}
{"ref": "2.110.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 110, "verse": 13, "iast": ["tato 'nasūyā saṃhṛṣṭā śrutvoktaṃ sītayā vacaḥ", "śirasy āghrāya covāca maithilīṃ harṣayanty uta"], "translation": "Then Anasūyā, delighted to hear the words spoken by Sītā, kissed her on the head and, gladdening the Maithilī, said:", "sarga_title": "Anasūyā’s gifts and Sītā’s story"}
{"ref": "2.110.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 110, "verse": 14, "iast": ["niyamair vividhair āptaṃ tapo hi mahad asti me", "tat saṃśritya balaṃ sīte chandaye tvāṃ śucivrate"], "translation": "“Great austerity, gained through manifold observances, is indeed mine; relying on that power, O Sītā of pure vows, I offer you a wish of your choosing.", "sarga_title": "Anasūyā’s gifts and Sītā’s story"}
{"ref": "2.110.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 110, "verse": 15, "iast": ["upapannaṃ ca yuktaṃ ca vacanaṃ tava maithili", "prītā cāsmy ucitaṃ kiṃ te karavāṇi bravīhi me", "kṛtam ity abravīt sītā tapobalasamanvitām"], "translation": "“Fitting and proper is your speech, O Maithilī, and I am pleased. Tell me — what suitable thing shall I do for you?” But Sītā answered the one endowed with the power of austerity, “It is already accomplished.”", "sarga_title": "Anasūyā’s gifts and Sītā’s story"}
{"ref": "2.110.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 110, "verse": 16, "iast": ["sā tv evam uktā dharmajñā tayā prītatarābhavat", "saphalaṃ ca praharṣaṃ te hanta sīte karomy aham"], "translation": "But she, the knower of dharma, thus addressed by her, became even more pleased: “Ah, Sītā, I shall make your joy bear fruit!", "sarga_title": "Anasūyā’s gifts and Sītā’s story"}
{"ref": "2.110.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 110, "verse": 17, "iast": ["idaṃ divyaṃ varaṃ mālyaṃ vastram ābharaṇāni ca", "aṅgarāgaṃ ca vaidehi mahārham anulepanam"], "translation": "This heavenly, choice garland, this raiment and these ornaments, and a body-cosmetic, O Vaidehī, and a precious unguent —", "sarga_title": "Anasūyā’s gifts and Sītā’s story"}
{"ref": "2.110.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 110, "verse": 18, "iast": ["mayā dattam idaṃ sīte tava gātrāṇi śobhayet", "anurūpam asaṃkliṣṭaṃ nityam eva bhaviṣyati"], "translation": "this, given by me, O Sītā, will beautify your limbs; suited to you and unfading, it will remain so forever.", "sarga_title": "Anasūyā’s gifts and Sītā’s story"}
{"ref": "2.110.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 110, "verse": 19, "iast": ["aṅgarāgeṇa divyena liptāṅgī janakātmaje", "śobhayiṣyāmi bhartāraṃ yathā śrīr viṣṇum avyayam"], "translation": "O daughter of Janaka, with your limbs anointed by this divine cosmetic I shall make you grace your husband, as Śrī graces the imperishable Viṣṇu.", "sarga_title": "Anasūyā’s gifts and Sītā’s story"}
{"ref": "2.110.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 110, "verse": 20, "iast": ["sā vastram aṅgarāgaṃ ca bhūṣaṇāni srajas tathā", "maithilī pratijagrāha prītidānam anuttamam"], "translation": "That Maithilī accepted the raiment, the cosmetic, the ornaments, and the garlands too — that unsurpassed gift of love.", "sarga_title": "Anasūyā’s gifts and Sītā’s story"}
{"ref": "2.110.21", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 110, "verse": 21, "iast": ["pratigṛhya ca tat sītā prītidānaṃ yaśasvinī", "śliṣṭāñjalipuṭā dhīrā samupāsta tapodhanām"], "translation": "And having received that gift of love, the illustrious, steadfast Sītā, with hollowed palms joined in reverence, sat attending upon the ascetic woman.", "sarga_title": "Anasūyā’s gifts and Sītā’s story"}
{"ref": "2.110.22", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 110, "verse": 22, "iast": ["tathā sītām upāsīnām anasūyā dṛḍhavratā", "vacanaṃ praṣṭum ārebhe kathāṃ kāṃ cid anupriyām"], "translation": "Then Anasūyā of firm vows began to ask Sītā, who sat attending her, for some agreeable tale.", "sarga_title": "Anasūyā’s gifts and Sītā’s story"}
{"ref": "2.110.23", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 110, "verse": 23, "iast": ["svayaṃvare kila prāptā tvam anena yaśasvinā", "rāghaveṇeti me sīte kathā śrutim upāgatā"], "translation": "“It has reached my ears, O Sītā — the tale that you were won at a self-choice ceremony by this illustrious Rāghava.", "sarga_title": "Anasūyā’s gifts and Sītā’s story"}
{"ref": "2.110.24", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 110, "verse": 24, "iast": ["tāṃ kathāṃ śrotum icchāmi vistareṇa ca maithili", "yathānubhūtaṃ kārtsnyena tan me tvaṃ vaktum arhasi"], "translation": "I wish to hear that story in full, O Maithilī; you ought to tell it to me entirely, just as it happened.”", "sarga_title": "Anasūyā’s gifts and Sītā’s story"}
{"ref": "2.110.25", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 110, "verse": 25, "iast": ["evam uktā tu sā sītā tāṃ tato dharmacāriṇīm", "śrūyatām iti coktvā vai kathayām āsa tāṃ kathām"], "translation": "Thus addressed, Sītā then said to that righteous woman, “Let it be heard,” and began to tell her the tale.", "sarga_title": "Anasūyā’s gifts and Sītā’s story"}
{"ref": "2.110.26", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 110, "verse": 26, "iast": ["mithilādhipatir vīro janako nāma dharmavit", "kṣatradharmaṇy abhirato nyāyataḥ śāsti medinīm"], "translation": "“The heroic lord of Mithilā, Janaka by name, a knower of dharma, devoted to the duty of the warrior, rules the earth by justice.", "sarga_title": "Anasūyā’s gifts and Sītā’s story"}
{"ref": "2.110.27", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 110, "verse": 27, "iast": ["tasya lāṅgalahastasya karṣataḥ kṣetramaṇḍalam", "ahaṃ kilotthitā bhittvā jagatīṃ nṛpateḥ sutā"], "translation": "As he, plough in hand, was tilling the round of the field, I — the king's daughter — so it is said, rose up cleaving the earth.", "sarga_title": "Anasūyā’s gifts and Sītā’s story"}
{"ref": "2.110.28", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 110, "verse": 28, "iast": ["sa māṃ dṛṣṭvā narapatir muṣṭivikṣepatatparaḥ", "pāṃśu guṇṭhita sarvāṅgīṃ vismito janako 'bhavat"], "translation": "That lord of men, Janaka, intent on casting seed-grain from his fist, was astonished on seeing me, all my limbs covered with dust.", "sarga_title": "Anasūyā’s gifts and Sītā’s story"}
{"ref": "2.110.29", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 110, "verse": 29, "iast": ["anapatyena ca snehād aṅkam āropya ca svayam", "mameyaṃ tanayety uktvā sneho mayi nipātitaḥ"], "translation": "And he, being childless, out of affection lifted me himself onto his lap, and saying, ‘This is my daughter,’ bestowed his love upon me.", "sarga_title": "Anasūyā’s gifts and Sītā’s story"}
{"ref": "2.110.30", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 110, "verse": 30, "iast": ["antarikṣe ca vāg uktāpratimā mānuṣī kila", "evam etan narapate dharmeṇa tanayā tava"], "translation": "And in the sky a voice, peerless and human-like, was uttered, it is said: ‘So it is, O king; by dharma she is your daughter.’", "sarga_title": "Anasūyā’s gifts and Sītā’s story"}
{"ref": "2.110.31", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 110, "verse": 31, "iast": ["tataḥ prahṛṣṭo dharmātmā pitā me mithilādhipaḥ", "avāpto vipulām ṛddhiṃ mām avāpya narādhipaḥ"], "translation": "Then my father, the righteous lord of Mithilā, rejoiced greatly; and that king, having gained me, attained abundant prosperity.", "sarga_title": "Anasūyā’s gifts and Sītā’s story"}
{"ref": "2.110.32", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 110, "verse": 32, "iast": ["dattvā cāsmīṣṭavad devyai jyeṣṭhāyai puṇyakarmaṇā", "tayā saṃbhāvitā cāsmi snigdhayā mātṛsauhṛdāt"], "translation": "And by him of holy deeds I was given over, like a beloved child, to his eldest queen; and by her, full of tenderness, I was cherished with a mother's affection.", "sarga_title": "Anasūyā’s gifts and Sītā’s story"}
{"ref": "2.110.33", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 110, "verse": 33, "iast": ["patisaṃyogasulabhaṃ vayo dṛṣṭvā tu me pitā", "cintām abhyagamad dīno vittanāśād ivādhanaḥ"], "translation": "But when my father saw that I had reached the age fit for union with a husband, he fell into distress, like a poor man stricken at the loss of his wealth.", "sarga_title": "Anasūyā’s gifts and Sītā’s story"}
{"ref": "2.110.34", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 110, "verse": 34, "iast": ["sadṛśāc cāpakṛṣṭāc ca loke kanyāpitā janāt", "pradharṣaṇām avāpnoti śakreṇāpi samo bhuvi"], "translation": "In this world the father of a daughter, though he be the equal of Indra on earth, suffers humiliation from people whether equal or inferior to him.", "sarga_title": "Anasūyā’s gifts and Sītā’s story"}
{"ref": "2.110.35", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 110, "verse": 35, "iast": ["tāṃ dharṣaṇām adūrasthāṃ saṃdṛśyātmani pārthivaḥ", "cinntārṇavagataḥ pāraṃ nāsasādāplavo yatha"], "translation": "Seeing that humiliation looming near upon himself, the king, plunged into a sea of anxiety, could not reach its farther shore, like one without a raft.", "sarga_title": "Anasūyā’s gifts and Sītā’s story"}
{"ref": "2.110.36", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 110, "verse": 36, "iast": ["ayonijāṃ hi māṃ jñātvā nādhyagacchat sa cintayan", "sadṛśaṃ cānurūpaṃ ca mahīpālaḥ patiṃ mama"], "translation": "For knowing me to be not born of a womb, that guardian of the earth, though he pondered, could not find for me a husband equal and suited to me.", "sarga_title": "Anasūyā’s gifts and Sītā’s story"}
{"ref": "2.110.37", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 110, "verse": 37, "iast": ["tasya buddhir iyaṃ jātā cintayānasya saṃtatam", "svayaṃ varaṃ tanūjāyāḥ kariṣyāmīti dhīmataḥ"], "translation": "As he pondered continually, this resolve arose in the wise one's mind: ‘I shall hold a self-choice ceremony for my daughter.’", "sarga_title": "Anasūyā’s gifts and Sītā’s story"}
{"ref": "2.110.38", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 110, "verse": 38, "iast": ["mahāyajñe tadā tasya varuṇena mahātmanā", "dattaṃ dhanurvaraṃ prītyā tūṇī cākṣayya sāyakau"], "translation": "At a great sacrifice long ago, the exalted Varuṇa had given him, out of affection, an excellent bow and two quivers with inexhaustible arrows.", "sarga_title": "Anasūyā’s gifts and Sītā’s story"}
{"ref": "2.110.39", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 110, "verse": 39, "iast": ["asaṃcālyaṃ manuṣyaiś ca yatnenāpi ca gauravāt", "tan na śaktā namayituṃ svapneṣv api narādhipāḥ"], "translation": "Unmovable by men even with effort, on account of its great weight — that bow the kings were not able to bend even in their dreams.", "sarga_title": "Anasūyā’s gifts and Sītā’s story"}
{"ref": "2.110.40", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 110, "verse": 40, "iast": ["tad dhanuḥ prāpya me pitrā vyāhṛtaṃ satyavādinā", "samavāye narendrāṇāṃ pūrvam āmantrya pārthivān"], "translation": "Taking up that bow, my truth-speaking father, having first summoned the princes, declared in the assembly of kings:", "sarga_title": "Anasūyā’s gifts and Sītā’s story"}
{"ref": "2.110.41", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 110, "verse": 41, "iast": ["idaṃ ca dhanur udyamya sajyaṃ yaḥ kurute naraḥ", "tasya me duhitā bhāryā bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ"], "translation": "‘Whatever man, lifting up this bow, can string it, to him my daughter shall become a wife — of this there is no doubt.’", "sarga_title": "Anasūyā’s gifts and Sītā’s story"}
{"ref": "2.110.42", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 110, "verse": 42, "iast": ["tac ca dṛṣṭvā dhanuḥśreṣṭhaṃ gauravād girisaṃnibham", "abhivādya nṛpā jagmur aśaktās tasya tolane"], "translation": "And beholding that best of bows, like a mountain in its weight, the kings, unable to lift it, saluted it and departed.", "sarga_title": "Anasūyā’s gifts and Sītā’s story"}
{"ref": "2.110.43", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 110, "verse": 43, "iast": ["sudīrghasya tu kālasya rāghavo 'yaṃ mahādyutiḥ", "viśvāmitreṇa sahito yajñaṃ draṣṭuṃ samāgataḥ"], "translation": "After a very long time, this Rāghava of great splendor, together with Viśvāmitra, came to witness the sacrifice.", "sarga_title": "Anasūyā’s gifts and Sītā’s story"}
{"ref": "2.110.44", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 110, "verse": 44, "iast": ["lakṣmaṇena saha bhrātrā rāmaḥ satyaparākramaḥ", "viśvāmitras tu dharmātmā mama pitrā supūjitaḥ"], "translation": "Rāma of unfailing valor came with his brother Lakṣmaṇa; and the righteous Viśvāmitra was warmly honored by my father.", "sarga_title": "Anasūyā’s gifts and Sītā’s story"}
{"ref": "2.110.45", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 110, "verse": 45, "iast": ["provāca pitaraṃ tatra rāghavo rāmalakṣmaṇau", "sutau daśarathasyemau dhanurdarśanakāṅkṣiṇau", "ity uktas tena vipreṇa tad dhanuḥ samupānayat"], "translation": "There the sage spoke to my father of the two Rāghavas, Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa: ‘These two are sons of Daśaratha, eager to see the bow.’ Thus urged by that brahmin, my father had the bow brought forth.", "sarga_title": "Anasūyā’s gifts and Sītā’s story"}
{"ref": "2.110.46", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 110, "verse": 46, "iast": ["nimeṣāntaramātreṇa tad ānamya sa vīryavān", "jyāṃ samāropya jhaṭiti pūrayām āsa vīryavān"], "translation": "In the mere space of a blink, that mighty one bent the bow, swiftly fastened the string, and drew it to the full.", "sarga_title": "Anasūyā’s gifts and Sītā’s story"}
{"ref": "2.110.47", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 110, "verse": 47, "iast": ["tena pūrayatā vegān madhye bhagnaṃ dvidhā dhanuḥ", "tasya śabdo 'bhavad bhīmaḥ patitasyāśaner iva"], "translation": "As he drew it forcefully, the bow snapped in two in the middle; and its sound was terrible, like that of a falling thunderbolt.", "sarga_title": "Anasūyā’s gifts and Sītā’s story"}
{"ref": "2.110.48", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 110, "verse": 48, "iast": ["tato 'haṃ tatra rāmāya pitrā satyābhisaṃdhinā", "udyatā dātum udyamya jalabhājanam uttamam"], "translation": "Then, there, my father, true to his word, raising up an excellent vessel of water, made ready to give me to Rāma.", "sarga_title": "Anasūyā’s gifts and Sītā’s story"}
{"ref": "2.110.49", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 110, "verse": 49, "iast": ["dīyamānāṃ na tu tadā pratijagrāha rāghavaḥ", "avijñāya pituś chandam ayodhyādhipateḥ prabhoḥ"], "translation": "But Rāghava did not then accept me, though I was being given, without first knowing the will of his father, the sovereign lord of Ayodhyā.", "sarga_title": "Anasūyā’s gifts and Sītā’s story"}
{"ref": "2.110.50", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 110, "verse": 50, "iast": ["tataḥ śvaśuram āmantrya vṛddhaṃ daśarathaṃ nṛpam", "mama pitrā ahaṃ dattā rāmāya viditātmane"], "translation": "Then, having summoned my father-in-law, the aged king Daśaratha, my father gave me to Rāma, whose nature was well known.", "sarga_title": "Anasūyā’s gifts and Sītā’s story"}
{"ref": "2.110.51", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 110, "verse": 51, "iast": ["mama caivānujā sādhvī ūrmilā priyadarśanā", "bhāryārthe lakṣmaṇasyāpi dattā pitrā mama svayam"], "translation": "And my younger sister too, the virtuous, fair-to-look-upon Ūrmilā, was given by my father himself to be the wife of Lakṣmaṇa.", "sarga_title": "Anasūyā’s gifts and Sītā’s story"}
{"ref": "2.110.52", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 110, "verse": 52, "iast": ["evaṃ dattāsmi rāmāya tadā tasmin svayaṃ vare", "anuraktā ca dharmeṇa patiṃ vīryavatāṃ varam"], "translation": "Thus was I given to Rāma then at that self-choice, and by dharma I am devoted to my husband, the best of the mighty.”", "sarga_title": "Anasūyā’s gifts and Sītā’s story"}
{"ref": "2.111.1", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 111, "verse": 1, "iast": ["anasūyā tu dharmajñā śrutvā tāṃ mahatīṃ kathām", "paryaṣvajata bāhubhyāṃ śirasy āghrāya maithilīm"], "translation": "But Anasūyā, knower of dharma, having heard that great tale, embraced Maithilī with both arms and kissed her upon the head.", "sarga_title": "Departure from Atri’s hermitage"}
{"ref": "2.111.2", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 111, "verse": 2, "iast": ["vyaktākṣarapadaṃ citraṃ bhāṣitaṃ madhuraṃ tvayā", "yathā svayaṃvaraṃ vṛttaṃ tat sarvaṃ hi śrutaṃ mayā"], "translation": "“With clear syllables and words, wonderfully and sweetly, you have told it; and all of how the self-choice took place has indeed been heard by me.", "sarga_title": "Departure from Atri’s hermitage"}
{"ref": "2.111.3", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 111, "verse": 3, "iast": ["rame 'haṃ kathayā te tu dṛṣḍhaṃ madhurabhāṣiṇi", "ravir astaṃ gataḥ śrīmān upohya rajanīṃ śivām"], "translation": "I take great delight in your tale, O sweet-speaker; the glorious sun has gone to its setting, ushering in the auspicious night.", "sarga_title": "Departure from Atri’s hermitage"}
{"ref": "2.111.4", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 111, "verse": 4, "iast": ["divasaṃ prati kīrṇānām āhārārthaṃ patatriṇām", "saṃdhyākāle nilīnānāṃ nidrārthaṃ śrūyate dhvaniḥ"], "translation": "At twilight is heard the noise of the birds that had scattered abroad all day in search of food and are now settling down to sleep.", "sarga_title": "Departure from Atri’s hermitage"}
{"ref": "2.111.5", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 111, "verse": 5, "iast": ["ete cāpy abhiṣekārdrā munayaḥ phalaśodhanāḥ", "sahitā upavartante salilāplutavalkalāḥ"], "translation": "And here these sages, wet from their ablutions and having cleansed their fruit, return together, their bark-garments drenched with water.", "sarga_title": "Departure from Atri’s hermitage"}
{"ref": "2.111.6", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 111, "verse": 6, "iast": ["ṛṣīṇām agnihotreṣu huteṣu vidhipurvakam", "kapotāṅgāruṇo dhūmo dṛśyate pavanoddhataḥ"], "translation": "Now that the sages' fire-oblations have been offered according to rule, smoke grey as a pigeon's body is seen, driven upward by the wind.", "sarga_title": "Departure from Atri’s hermitage"}
{"ref": "2.111.7", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 111, "verse": 7, "iast": ["alpaparṇā hi taravo ghanībhūtāḥ samantataḥ", "viprakṛṣṭe 'pi ye deśe na prakāśanti vai diśaḥ"], "translation": "The trees, though sparse of leaf, have grown so dense on every side that even in an open stretch of country the quarters do not shine forth.", "sarga_title": "Departure from Atri’s hermitage"}
{"ref": "2.111.8", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 111, "verse": 8, "iast": ["rajanī rasasattvāni pracaranti samantataḥ", "tapovanamṛgā hy ete veditīrtheṣu śerate"], "translation": "The night-roaming creatures move about on every side; while these deer of the ascetic grove lie asleep at the altar-fords.", "sarga_title": "Departure from Atri’s hermitage"}
{"ref": "2.111.9", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 111, "verse": 9, "iast": ["saṃpravṛttā niśā sīte nakṣatrasamalaṃkṛtā", "jyotsnā prāvaraṇaś candro dṛśyate 'bhyudito 'mbare"], "translation": "The night has fully come on, Sītā, adorned with stars; and the moon, mantled in its own moonlight, is seen risen in the sky.", "sarga_title": "Departure from Atri’s hermitage"}
{"ref": "2.111.10", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 111, "verse": 10, "iast": ["gamyatām anujānāmi rāmasyānucarī bhava", "kathayantyā hi madhuraṃ tvayāhaṃ paritoṣitā"], "translation": "Go now — I give you leave; be your Rāma's companion. For by you, telling your tale so sweetly, I have been well contented.", "sarga_title": "Departure from Atri’s hermitage"}
{"ref": "2.111.11", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 111, "verse": 11, "iast": ["alaṃkuru ca tāvat tvaṃ pratyakṣaṃ mama maithili", "prītiṃ janaya me vatsa divyālaṃkāraśobhinī"], "translation": "And now adorn yourself before my very eyes, Maithilī; give me joy, my child, shining with these divine ornaments.", "sarga_title": "Departure from Atri’s hermitage"}
{"ref": "2.111.12", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 111, "verse": 12, "iast": ["sā tadā samalaṃkṛtya sītā surasutopamā", "praṇamya śirasā tasyai rāmaṃ tv abhimukhī yayau"], "translation": "Then Sītā, having adorned herself, like a daughter of the gods, bowed her head to her and went to face Rāma.", "sarga_title": "Departure from Atri’s hermitage"}
{"ref": "2.111.13", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 111, "verse": 13, "iast": ["tathā tu bhūṣitāṃ sītāṃ dadarśa vadatāṃ varaḥ", "rāghavaḥ prītidānena tapasvinyā jaharṣa ca"], "translation": "And Rāghava, best of speakers, beheld Sītā thus adorned, and rejoiced at the loving gift of the ascetic-woman.", "sarga_title": "Departure from Atri’s hermitage"}
{"ref": "2.111.14", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 111, "verse": 14, "iast": ["nyavedayat tataḥ sarvaṃ sītā rāmāya maithilī", "prītidānaṃ tapasvinyā vasanābharaṇasrajām"], "translation": "Then Sītā Maithilī reported it all to Rāma — the ascetic-woman's loving gift of garments, ornaments, and garlands.", "sarga_title": "Departure from Atri’s hermitage"}
{"ref": "2.111.15", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 111, "verse": 15, "iast": ["prahṛṣṭas tv abhavad rāmo lakṣmaṇaś ca mahārathaḥ", "maithilyāḥ satkriyāṃ dṛṣṭvā mānuṣeṣu sudurlabhām"], "translation": "Rāma was overjoyed, and so was Lakṣmaṇa the great chariot-warrior, at seeing Maithilī so honored with a hospitality scarcely to be won among mortals.", "sarga_title": "Departure from Atri’s hermitage"}
{"ref": "2.111.16", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 111, "verse": 16, "iast": ["tatas tāṃ sarvarīṃ prītaḥ puṇyāṃ śaśinibhānanaḥ", "arcitas tāpasaiḥ siddhair uvāsa raghunandanaḥ"], "translation": "Then that delight of the Raghus, his face like the moon, gladdened and honored by the perfected ascetics, passed that holy night.", "sarga_title": "Departure from Atri’s hermitage"}
{"ref": "2.111.17", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 111, "verse": 17, "iast": ["tasyāṃ rātryāṃ vyatītāyām abhiṣicya hutāgnikān", "āpṛcchetāṃ naravyāghrau tāpasān vanagocarān"], "translation": "When that night had passed, the two tigers among men, having bathed, took their leave of the forest-ranging ascetics who had duly offered their fire-oblations.", "sarga_title": "Departure from Atri’s hermitage"}
{"ref": "2.111.18", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 111, "verse": 18, "iast": ["tāv ūcus te vanacarās tāpasā dharmacāriṇaḥ", "vanasya tasya saṃcāraṃ rākṣasaiḥ samabhiplutam"], "translation": "To those two, those forest-dwelling ascetics, followers of dharma, told of that forest's tract, overrun with rākṣasas.", "sarga_title": "Departure from Atri’s hermitage"}
{"ref": "2.111.19", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 111, "verse": 19, "iast": ["eṣa panthā maharṣīṇāṃ phalāny āharatāṃ vane", "anena tu vanaṃ durgaṃ gantuṃ rāghava te kṣamam"], "translation": "“This is the path of the great sages who gather fruits in the forest; by it, Rāghava, it will be fitting for you to traverse the trackless wood.”", "sarga_title": "Departure from Atri’s hermitage"}
{"ref": "2.111.20", "kanda": 2, "sarga": 111, "verse": 20, "iast": ["itīva taiḥ prāñjalibhis tapasvibhir dvijaiḥ kṛtasvastyayanaḥ paraṃtapaḥ", "vanaṃ sabhāryaḥ praviveśa rāghavaḥ salakṣmaṇaḥ sūrya ivābhramaṇḍalam"], "translation": "So blessed with rites of well-being by those twice-born ascetics standing with joined palms, Rāghava, scorcher of foes, together with his wife and with Lakṣmaṇa, entered the forest as the sun enters a bank of clouds.", "sarga_title": "Departure from Atri’s hermitage"}
{"ref": "3.1.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 1, "verse": 1, "iast": ["praviśya tu mahāraṇyaṃ daṇḍakāraṇyam ātmavān", "dadarśa rāmo durdharṣas tāpasāśramamaṇḍalam"], "translation": "Entering the great forest, the Daṇḍaka wilderness, the self-possessed and unassailable Rāma beheld a cluster of ascetics' hermitages.", "sarga_title": "Daṇḍaka’s tapasvins seek protection"}
{"ref": "3.1.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 1, "verse": 2, "iast": ["kuśacīraparikṣiptaṃ brāhmyā lakṣmyā samāvṛtam", "yathā pradīptaṃ durdharśaṃ gagane sūryamaṇḍalam"], "translation": "It was strewn about with kuśa grass and bark garments and pervaded by the radiance of Brahman, like the blazing, dazzling orb of the sun in the sky.", "sarga_title": "Daṇḍaka’s tapasvins seek protection"}
{"ref": "3.1.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 1, "verse": 3, "iast": ["śaraṇyaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ susamṛṣṭājiraṃ sadā", "pūjitaṃ copanṛttaṃ ca nityam apsarasāṃ gaṇaiḥ"], "translation": "It was a refuge for all beings, its courtyards ever well-swept, always honoured and danced upon by throngs of apsarases.", "sarga_title": "Daṇḍaka’s tapasvins seek protection"}
{"ref": "3.1.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 1, "verse": 4, "iast": ["viśālair agniśaraṇaiḥ srugbhāṇḍair ajinaiḥ kuśaiḥ", "samidbhis toyakalaśaiḥ phalamūlaiś ca śobhitam"], "translation": "It was adorned with spacious fire-sanctuaries, with sacrificial ladles and vessels, with hides and kuśa grass, with kindling-sticks and water-pots, and with fruits and roots.", "sarga_title": "Daṇḍaka’s tapasvins seek protection"}
{"ref": "3.1.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 1, "verse": 5, "iast": ["āraṇyaiś ca mahāvṛkṣaiḥ puṇyaiḥ svāduphalair vṛtam", "balihomārcitaṃ puṇyaṃ brahmaghoṣanināditam"], "translation": "It was surrounded by great forest trees, holy and bearing sweet fruit; holy, worshipped with offerings and oblations, and resounding with the murmur of Vedic recitation.", "sarga_title": "Daṇḍaka’s tapasvins seek protection"}
{"ref": "3.1.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 1, "verse": 6, "iast": ["puṣpair vanyaiḥ parikṣiptaṃ padminyā ca sapadmayā", "phalamūlāśanair dāntaiś cīrakṛṣṇājināmbaraiḥ"], "translation": "It was strewn with wild blossoms and set about with a lotus-pond full of lotuses, and peopled by self-controlled men who ate fruit and roots and were clad in bark and black antelope-hides.", "sarga_title": "Daṇḍaka’s tapasvins seek protection"}
{"ref": "3.1.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 1, "verse": 7, "iast": ["sūryavaiśvānarābhaiś ca purāṇair munibhir vṛtam", "puṇyaiś a niyatāhāraiḥ śobhitaṃ paramarṣibhiḥ"], "translation": "It was thronged with ancient sages splendid as the sun and the fire, and made beautiful by holy supreme seers of restrained diet.", "sarga_title": "Daṇḍaka’s tapasvins seek protection"}
{"ref": "3.1.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 1, "verse": 8, "iast": ["tad brahmabhavanaprakhyaṃ brahmaghoṣanināditam", "brahmavidbhir mahābhāgair brāhmaṇair upaśobhitam"], "translation": "That hermitage, resembling the abode of Brahmā and resounding with the murmur of Vedic recitation, was graced by illustrious brahmins who knew the sacred lore.", "sarga_title": "Daṇḍaka’s tapasvins seek protection"}
{"ref": "3.1.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 1, "verse": 9, "iast": ["tad dṛṣṭvā rāghavaḥ śrīmāṃs tāpasāśramamaṇḍalam", "abhyagacchan mahātejā vijyaṃ kṛtvā mahad dhanuḥ"], "translation": "Seeing that cluster of ascetics' hermitages, the illustrious Rāghava of great splendour unstrung his great bow and approached it.", "sarga_title": "Daṇḍaka’s tapasvins seek protection"}
{"ref": "3.1.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 1, "verse": 10, "iast": ["divyajñānopapannās te rāmaṃ dṛṣṭvā maharṣayaḥ", "abhyagacchaṃs tadā prītā vaidehīṃ ca yaśasvinīm"], "translation": "Those great seers, endowed with divine knowledge, on seeing Rāma then came forward with delight, and to the illustrious Vaidehī (Sītā) too.", "sarga_title": "Daṇḍaka’s tapasvins seek protection"}
{"ref": "3.1.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 1, "verse": 11, "iast": ["te taṃ somam ivodyantaṃ dṛṣṭvā vai dharmacāriṇaḥ", "maṅgalāni prayuñjānāḥ pratyagṛhṇan dṛḍhavratāḥ"], "translation": "Seeing him like the rising moon, those righteous men of firm vows, pronouncing auspicious blessings, welcomed him.", "sarga_title": "Daṇḍaka’s tapasvins seek protection"}
{"ref": "3.1.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 1, "verse": 12, "iast": ["rūpasaṃhananaṃ lakṣmīṃ saukumāryaṃ suveṣatām", "dadṛśur vismitākārā rāmasya vanavāsinaḥ"], "translation": "The forest-dwellers, their expressions full of wonder, gazed upon Rāma's beauty of form, his splendour, his delicacy, and his fine attire.", "sarga_title": "Daṇḍaka’s tapasvins seek protection"}
{"ref": "3.1.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 1, "verse": 13, "iast": ["vaidehīṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ rāmaṃ netrair animiṣair iva", "āścaryabhūtān dadṛśuḥ sarve te vanacāriṇaḥ"], "translation": "With unblinking eyes, as it were, all those forest-rangers gazed upon Vaidehī, Lakṣmaṇa, and Rāma, who had become objects of marvel.", "sarga_title": "Daṇḍaka’s tapasvins seek protection"}
{"ref": "3.1.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 1, "verse": 14, "iast": ["atrainaṃ hi mahābhāgāḥ sarvabhūtahite ratāḥ", "atithiṃ parṇaśālāyāṃ rāghavaṃ saṃnyaveśayan"], "translation": "Then those illustrious ones, devoted to the welfare of all beings, installed Rāghava as their guest in a leaf-hut.", "sarga_title": "Daṇḍaka’s tapasvins seek protection"}
{"ref": "3.1.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 1, "verse": 15, "iast": ["tato rāmasya satkṛtya vidhinā pāvakopamāḥ", "ājahrus te mahābhāgāḥ salilaṃ dharmacāriṇaḥ"], "translation": "Then those illustrious, righteous men, radiant as fire, having duly honoured Rāma, brought him water.", "sarga_title": "Daṇḍaka’s tapasvins seek protection"}
{"ref": "3.1.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 1, "verse": 16, "iast": ["mūlaṃ puṣpaṃ phalaṃ vanyam āśramaṃ ca mahātmanaḥ", "nivedayītvā dharmajñās tataḥ prāñjalayo 'bruvan"], "translation": "Having presented to the great-souled one roots, flowers, wild fruit, and their hermitage, those knowers of dharma then spoke with joined palms:", "sarga_title": "Daṇḍaka’s tapasvins seek protection"}
{"ref": "3.1.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 1, "verse": 17, "iast": ["dharmapālo janasyāsya śaraṇyaś ca mahāyaśāḥ", "pūjanīyaś ca mānyaś ca rājā daṇḍadharo guruḥ"], "translation": "The king, guardian of dharma, is the protector of these people and their refuge, of great renown, to be worshipped and honoured; wielder of the rod of justice, he is their elder.", "sarga_title": "Daṇḍaka’s tapasvins seek protection"}
{"ref": "3.1.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 1, "verse": 18, "iast": ["indrasyaiva caturbhāgaḥ prajā rakṣati rāghava", "rājā tasmād vanān bhogān bhuṅkte lokanamaskṛtaḥ"], "translation": "A very quarter-portion of Indra, the king protects his subjects, O Rāghava; therefore, honoured by the world, he enjoys choice pleasures.", "sarga_title": "Daṇḍaka’s tapasvins seek protection"}
{"ref": "3.1.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 1, "verse": 19, "iast": ["te vayaṃ bhavatā rakṣyā bhavadviṣayavāsinaḥ", "nagarastho vanastho vā tvaṃ no rājā janeśvaraḥ"], "translation": "We, dwellers in your realm, are to be protected by you; whether in the city or in the forest, you are our king, the lord of the people.", "sarga_title": "Daṇḍaka’s tapasvins seek protection"}
{"ref": "3.1.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 1, "verse": 20, "iast": ["nyastadaṇḍā vayaṃ rājañ jitakrodhā jitendriyāḥ", "rakṣitavyās tvayā śaśvad garbhabhūtās tapodhanāḥ"], "translation": "We have laid down the rod of force, O king, having conquered anger and mastered our senses; we, whose wealth is austerity and who are as though unborn children, must ever be protected by you.", "sarga_title": "Daṇḍaka’s tapasvins seek protection"}
{"ref": "3.1.21", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 1, "verse": 21, "iast": ["evam uktvā phalair mūlaiḥ puṣpair vanyaiś ca rāghavam", "anyaiś ca vividhāhāraiḥ salakṣmaṇam apūjayan"], "translation": "Having spoken thus, they honoured Rāghava together with Lakṣmaṇa with fruits, roots, wild flowers, and other foods of many kinds.", "sarga_title": "Daṇḍaka’s tapasvins seek protection"}
{"ref": "3.1.22", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 1, "verse": 22, "iast": ["tathānye tāpasāḥ siddhā rāmaṃ vaiśvānaropamāḥ", "nyāyavṛttā yathānyāyaṃ tarpayām āsur īśvaram"], "translation": "Likewise other perfected ascetics, resembling fire, of righteous conduct, gratified the lord Rāma as was fitting.", "sarga_title": "Daṇḍaka’s tapasvins seek protection"}
{"ref": "3.2.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 2, "verse": 1, "iast": ["kṛtātithyo 'tha rāmas tu sūryasyodayanaṃ prati", "āmantrya sa munīn sarvān vanam evānvagāhata"], "translation": "Then Rāma, having received hospitality, took leave of all the sages at sunrise and plunged into the forest itself.", "sarga_title": "Virādha’s attack"}
{"ref": "3.2.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 2, "verse": 2, "iast": ["nānāmṛgagaṇākīrṇaṃ śārdūlavṛkasevitam", "dhvastavṛkṣalatāgulmaṃ durdarśa salilāśayam"], "translation": "It was crowded with herds of various beasts, haunted by tigers and wolves, its trees, creepers, and shrubs shattered, its pools of water hard to find.", "sarga_title": "Virādha’s attack"}
{"ref": "3.2.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 2, "verse": 3, "iast": ["niṣkūjanānāśakuni jhillikā gaṇanāditam", "lakṣmaṇānugato rāmo vanamadhyaṃ dadarśa ha"], "translation": "Ringing with the shrill din of swarms of crickets and the cries of various birds, that heart of the forest Rāma, followed by Lakṣmaṇa, beheld.", "sarga_title": "Virādha’s attack"}
{"ref": "3.2.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 2, "verse": 4, "iast": ["vanamadhye tu kākutsthas tasmin ghoramṛgāyute", "dadarśa giriśṛṅgābhaṃ puruṣādaṃ mahāsvanam"], "translation": "In the middle of that forest teeming with dreadful beasts, Kākutstha (Rāma) saw a man-eater, huge as a mountain peak and loud-voiced.", "sarga_title": "Virādha’s attack"}
{"ref": "3.2.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 2, "verse": 5, "iast": ["gabhīrākṣaṃ mahāvaktraṃ vikaṭaṃ viṣamodaram", "bībhatsaṃ viṣamaṃ dīrghaṃ vikṛtaṃ ghoradarśanam"], "translation": "He was deep-eyed and huge-mouthed, monstrous, with a misshapen belly; loathsome, ill-formed, tall, deformed, and dreadful to look upon.", "sarga_title": "Virādha’s attack"}
{"ref": "3.2.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 2, "verse": 6, "iast": ["vasānaṃ carmavaiyāghraṃ vasārdraṃ rudhirokṣitam", "trāsanaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ vyāditāsyam ivāntakam"], "translation": "He was clad in a tiger's skin, wet with fat and sprinkled with blood, a terror to all beings, like Death with gaping mouth.", "sarga_title": "Virādha’s attack"}
{"ref": "3.2.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 2, "verse": 7, "iast": ["trīn siṃhāṃś caturo vyāghrān dvau vṛkau pṛṣatān daśa", "saviṣāṇaṃ vasādigdhaṃ gajasya ca śiro mahat"], "translation": "Three lions, four tigers, two wolves, ten spotted deer, and a great tusked elephant's head smeared with fat —", "sarga_title": "Virādha’s attack"}
{"ref": "3.2.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 2, "verse": 8, "iast": ["avasajyāyase śūle vinadantaṃ mahāsvanam", "sa rāmo lakṣmaṇaṃ caiva sītāṃ dṛṣṭvā ca maithilīm"], "translation": "— all impaled upon an iron spike, as he bellowed loudly; and that Rāma, seeing Lakṣmaṇa and Sītā of Mithilā,", "sarga_title": "Virādha’s attack"}
{"ref": "3.2.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 2, "verse": 9, "iast": ["abhyadhāvat susaṃkruddhaḥ prajāḥ kāla ivāntakaḥ", "sa kṛtvā bhairavaṃ nādaṃ cālayann iva medinīm"], "translation": "— that rākṣasa, greatly enraged, rushed at them like all-destroying Time at living creatures; and, uttering a terrifying roar as though shaking the earth,", "sarga_title": "Virādha’s attack"}
{"ref": "3.2.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 2, "verse": 10, "iast": ["aṅgenādāya vaidehīm apakramya tato 'bravīt", "yuvāṃ jaṭācīradharau sabhāryau kṣīṇajīvitau"], "translation": "having taken up Vaidehī against his body and withdrawn a little, he then said: \"You two, wearing matted locks and bark, with a wife, your lives now spent —", "sarga_title": "Virādha’s attack"}
{"ref": "3.2.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 2, "verse": 11, "iast": ["praviṣṭau daṇḍakāraṇyaṃ śaracāpāsidhāriṇau", "kathaṃ tāpasayor vāṃ ca vāsaḥ pramadayā saha"], "translation": "— you have entered the Daṇḍaka forest bearing arrows, bows, and swords. How, being ascetics, do you two dwell here together with a woman?", "sarga_title": "Virādha’s attack"}
{"ref": "3.2.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 2, "verse": 12, "iast": ["adharmacāriṇau pāpau kau yuvāṃ munidūṣakau", "ahaṃ vanam idaṃ durgaṃ virāgho nāma rākṣasaḥ"], "translation": "Doers of unrighteousness, evildoers, defilers of sages — who are you two? I am a rākṣasa named Virādha, who haunts this impassable forest,", "sarga_title": "Virādha’s attack"}
{"ref": "3.2.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 2, "verse": 13, "iast": ["carāmi sāyudho nityam ṛṣimāṃsāni bhakṣayan", "iyaṃ nārī varārohā mama bharyā bhaviṣyati", "yuvayoḥ pāpayoś cāhaṃ pāsyāmi rudhiraṃ mṛdhe"], "translation": "roaming ever armed, feeding on the flesh of sages. This fair-hipped woman shall become my wife, and I shall drink the blood of you two evildoers in battle.\"", "sarga_title": "Virādha’s attack"}
{"ref": "3.2.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 2, "verse": 14, "iast": ["tasyaivaṃ bruvato dhṛṣṭaṃ virādhasya durātmanaḥ", "śrutvā sagarvitaṃ vākyaṃ saṃbhrāntā janakātmajā", "sītā prāvepatodvegāt pravāte kadalī yathā"], "translation": "Hearing the insolent, arrogant speech thus spoken by the evil-souled Virādha, the daughter of Janaka was terrified; Sītā trembled with agitation like a plantain in the wind.", "sarga_title": "Virādha’s attack"}
{"ref": "3.2.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 2, "verse": 15, "iast": ["tāṃ dṛṣṭvā rāghavaḥ sītāṃ virādhāṅkagatāṃ śubhām", "abravīl lakṣmaṇaṃ vākyaṃ mukhena pariśuṣyatā"], "translation": "Seeing that lovely Sītā held in Virādha's grasp, Rāghava spoke to Lakṣmaṇa, his face going dry with grief:", "sarga_title": "Virādha’s attack"}
{"ref": "3.2.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 2, "verse": 16, "iast": ["paśya saumya narendrasya janakasyātmasaṃbhavām", "mama bhāryāṃ śubhācārāṃ virādhāṅke praveśitām", "atyanta sukhasaṃvṛddhāṃ rājaputrīṃ yaśasvinīm"], "translation": "\"Look, gentle brother, at the daughter of King Janaka, my wife of pure conduct, borne into Virādha's grasp — a princess reared in utmost comfort, an illustrious one.", "sarga_title": "Virādha’s attack"}
{"ref": "3.2.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 2, "verse": 17, "iast": ["yad abhipretam asmāsu priyaṃ vara vṛtaṃ ca yat", "kaikeyyās tu susaṃvṛttaṃ kṣipram adyaiva lakṣmaṇa"], "translation": "That dear boon Kaikeyī longed for regarding us, and the wish she craved — that, O Lakṣmaṇa, has now this very day at once been fully accomplished.", "sarga_title": "Virādha’s attack"}
{"ref": "3.2.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 2, "verse": 18, "iast": ["yā na tuṣyati rājyena putrārthe dīrghadarśinī", "yayāhaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ hitaḥ prasthāpito vanam", "adyedānīṃ sakāmā sā yā mātā mama madhyamā"], "translation": "She, far-sighted, who was not content with the kingdom for her son's sake, by whom I, dear to all beings, was sent forth to the forest — she, my middle mother, has now this day had her wish fulfilled.", "sarga_title": "Virādha’s attack"}
{"ref": "3.2.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 2, "verse": 19, "iast": ["parasparśāt tu vaidehyā na duḥkhataram asti me", "pitur vināśāt saumitre svarājyaharaṇāt tathā"], "translation": "There is nothing more painful to me, Saumitri, than the touch of Vaidehī by a stranger — worse even than the death of our father or the seizure of my own kingdom.", "sarga_title": "Virādha’s attack"}
{"ref": "3.2.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 2, "verse": 20, "iast": ["iti bruvati kākutsthe bāṣpaśokapariplute", "abravīl lakṣmaṇaḥ kruddho ruddho nāga iva śvasan"], "translation": "As Kākutstha (Rāma), overcome with tears and grief, was speaking thus, Lakṣmaṇa, enraged, spoke, hissing like a cornered serpent:", "sarga_title": "Virādha’s attack"}
{"ref": "3.2.21", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 2, "verse": 21, "iast": ["anātha iva bhūtānāṃ nāthas tvaṃ vāsavopamaḥ", "mayā preṣyeṇa kākutstha kimarthaṃ paritapsyase"], "translation": "You, the lord of beings, the equal of Vāsava (Indra), grieve as though helpless! With me as your servant, Kākutstha, why do you torment yourself?", "sarga_title": "Virādha’s attack"}
{"ref": "3.2.22", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 2, "verse": 22, "iast": ["śareṇa nihatasyādya mayā kruddhena rakṣasaḥ", "virādhasya gatāsor hi mahī pāsyati śoṇitam"], "translation": "Today the earth shall drink the blood of the rākṣasa Virādha, struck down and lifeless by an arrow of mine loosed in anger.", "sarga_title": "Virādha’s attack"}
{"ref": "3.2.23", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 2, "verse": 23, "iast": ["rājyakāme mama krodho bharate yo babhūva ha", "taṃ virādhe vimokṣyāmi vajrī vajram ivācale"], "translation": "The anger that arose in me against Bharata, who coveted the kingdom, that I shall now release upon Virādha, as the wielder of the thunderbolt hurls it at a mountain.", "sarga_title": "Virādha’s attack"}
{"ref": "3.2.24", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 2, "verse": 24, "iast": ["mama bhujabalavegavegitaḥ patatu śaro 'sya mahān mahorasi", "vyapanayatu tanoś ca jīvitaṃ patatu tataś ca mahīṃ vighūrṇitaḥ"], "translation": "Sped by the force of my arm's might, let my great arrow fall upon his broad chest, let it drive the life from his body, and then let him, reeling, fall to the ground.", "sarga_title": "Virādha’s attack"}
{"ref": "3.3.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 3, "verse": 1, "iast": ["athovāca punar vākyaṃ virādhaḥ pūrayan vanam", "ātmānaṃ pṛcchate brūtaṃ kau yuvāṃ kva gamiṣyathaḥ"], "translation": "Then Virādha spoke again, filling the forest with his voice: \"Tell me, who are you two, and where are you going? You ask about myself — declare yourselves!\"", "sarga_title": "Virādha’s defeat and release"}
{"ref": "3.3.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 3, "verse": 2, "iast": ["tam uvāca tato rāmo rākṣasaṃ jvalitānanam", "pṛcchantaṃ sumahātejā ikṣvākukulam ātmanaḥ"], "translation": "Then Rāma of mighty splendour, to that fiery-faced rākṣasa who asked, told of his own lineage of Ikṣvāku:", "sarga_title": "Virādha’s defeat and release"}
{"ref": "3.3.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 3, "verse": 3, "iast": ["kṣatriyo vṛttasaṃpannau viddhi nau vanagocarau", "tvāṃ tu veditum icchāvaḥ kas tvaṃ carasi daṇḍakān"], "translation": "\"Know us two to be kṣatriyas of good conduct, roaming the forest; but we wish to learn of you — who are you that ranges the Daṇḍaka forests?\"", "sarga_title": "Virādha’s defeat and release"}
{"ref": "3.3.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 3, "verse": 4, "iast": ["tam uvāca virādhas tu rāmaṃ satyaparākramam", "hanta vakṣyāmi te rājan nibodha mama rāghava"], "translation": "Then Virādha said to Rāma, whose valour was true: \"Come then, I shall tell you, O king; hear about me, O Rāghava.", "sarga_title": "Virādha’s defeat and release"}
{"ref": "3.3.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 3, "verse": 5, "iast": ["putraḥ kila jayasyāhaṃ mātā mama śatahradā", "virādha iti mām āhuḥ pṛthivyāṃ sarvarākṣasāḥ"], "translation": "I am, it is said, the son of Jaya, and my mother is Śatahradā; all the rākṣasas on earth call me Virādha.", "sarga_title": "Virādha’s defeat and release"}
{"ref": "3.3.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 3, "verse": 6, "iast": ["tapasā cāpi me prāptā brahmaṇo hi prasādajā", "śastreṇāvadhyatā loke 'cchedyābhedyatvam eva ca"], "translation": "By austerity, and born of Brahmā's grace, I have gained in this world invulnerability to weapons, and the state of being neither cut nor pierced.", "sarga_title": "Virādha’s defeat and release"}
{"ref": "3.3.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 3, "verse": 7, "iast": ["utsṛjya pramadām enām anapekṣau yathāgatam", "tvaramāṇau pālayethāṃ na vāṃ jīvitam ādade"], "translation": "Give up this woman, and heedless of her, flee in haste the way you came, save yourselves, and I shall not take your lives.", "sarga_title": "Virādha’s defeat and release"}
{"ref": "3.3.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 3, "verse": 8, "iast": ["taṃ rāmaḥ pratyuvācedaṃ kopasaṃraktalocanaḥ", "rākṣasaṃ vikṛtākāraṃ virādhaṃ pāpacetasaṃ"], "translation": "To him Rāma, his eyes red with anger, replied — to that misshapen, evil-minded rākṣasa Virādha:", "sarga_title": "Virādha’s defeat and release"}
{"ref": "3.3.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 3, "verse": 9, "iast": ["kṣudra dhik tvāṃ tu hīnārthaṃ mṛtyum anveṣase dhruvam", "raṇe saṃprāpsyase tiṣṭha na me jīvan gamiṣyasi"], "translation": "\"Base wretch, shame on you, vile of purpose! You surely seek your death; in battle you shall meet it. Stand your ground — you shall not escape me alive.\"", "sarga_title": "Virādha’s defeat and release"}
{"ref": "3.3.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 3, "verse": 10, "iast": ["tataḥ sajyaṃ dhanuḥ kṛtvā rāmaḥ suniśitāñ śarān", "suśīghram abhisaṃdhāya rākṣasaṃ nijaghāna ha"], "translation": "Then Rāma, having strung his bow and very swiftly fitting sharp arrows to it, struck at the rākṣasa.", "sarga_title": "Virādha’s defeat and release"}
{"ref": "3.3.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 3, "verse": 11, "iast": ["dhanuṣā jyāguṇavatā saptabāṇān mumoca ha", "rukmapuṅkhān mahāvegān suparṇānilatulyagān"], "translation": "From his bow with its taut string he loosed seven arrows, gold-feathered, of great speed, flying swift as Garuḍa and the wind.", "sarga_title": "Virādha’s defeat and release"}
{"ref": "3.3.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 3, "verse": 12, "iast": ["te śarīraṃ virādhasya bhittvā barhiṇavāsasaḥ", "nipetuḥ śoṇitādigdhā dharaṇyāṃ pāvakopamāḥ"], "translation": "Those arrows, feathered with peacock plumes, having pierced Virādha's body, fell to the ground smeared with blood, like tongues of fire.", "sarga_title": "Virādha’s defeat and release"}
{"ref": "3.3.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 3, "verse": 13, "iast": ["sa vinadya mahānādaṃ śūlaṃ śakradhvajopamam", "pragṛhyāśobhata tadā vyāttānana ivāntakaḥ"], "translation": "Roaring a mighty roar, he seized his spike like Indra's banner-staff, and then shone forth like Death with gaping mouth.", "sarga_title": "Virādha’s defeat and release"}
{"ref": "3.3.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 3, "verse": 14, "iast": ["tac chūlaṃ vajrasaṃkāśaṃ gagane jvalanopamam", "dvābhyāṃ śarābhyāṃ ciccheda rāmaḥ śastrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ"], "translation": "That spike, like the thunderbolt, blazing like fire in the sky, Rāma, best of weapon-bearers, cut apart with two arrows.", "sarga_title": "Virādha’s defeat and release"}
{"ref": "3.3.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 3, "verse": 15, "iast": ["tasya raudrasya saumitrir bāhuṃ savyaṃ babhañja ha", "rāmas tu dakṣiṇaṃ bāhuṃ tarasā tasya rakṣasaḥ"], "translation": "Saumitri (Lakṣmaṇa) broke the left arm of that fearsome one, while Rāma with force broke the right arm of that rākṣasa.", "sarga_title": "Virādha’s defeat and release"}
{"ref": "3.3.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 3, "verse": 16, "iast": ["sa bhagnabāhuḥ saṃvigno nipapātāśu rākṣasaḥ", "dharaṇyāṃ meghasaṃkāśo vajrabhinna ivācalaḥ", "idaṃ provāca kākutsthaṃ virādhaḥ puruṣarṣabham"], "translation": "His arms broken and himself distraught, the rākṣasa, huge as a cloud, swiftly fell to the ground like a mountain shattered by the thunderbolt; and Virādha said this to Kākutstha, the bull among men:", "sarga_title": "Virādha’s defeat and release"}
{"ref": "3.3.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 3, "verse": 17, "iast": ["kausalyā suprajās tāta rāmas tvaṃ vidito mayā", "vaidehī ca mahābhāgā lakṣmaṇaś ca mahāyaśāḥ"], "translation": "\"Kausalyā has a noble son in you, dear one; I have recognized you as Rāma — and illustrious Vaidehī, and Lakṣmaṇa of great renown.", "sarga_title": "Virādha’s defeat and release"}
{"ref": "3.3.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 3, "verse": 18, "iast": ["abhiśāpād ahaṃ ghorāṃ praviṣṭo rākṣasīṃ tanum", "tumburur nāma gandharvaḥ śapto vaiśvaraṇena hi"], "translation": "Through a curse I entered this dreadful rākṣasa body; I am a gandharva named Tumburu, cursed by Vaiśravaṇa (Kubera).", "sarga_title": "Virādha’s defeat and release"}
{"ref": "3.3.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 3, "verse": 19, "iast": ["prasādyamānaś ca mayā so 'bravīn māṃ mahāyaśāḥ", "yadā dāśarathī rāmas tvāṃ vadhiṣyati saṃyuge"], "translation": "When I sought to appease him, that renowned one said to me: 'When Rāma, son of Daśaratha, shall slay you in battle,", "sarga_title": "Virādha’s defeat and release"}
{"ref": "3.3.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 3, "verse": 20, "iast": ["tadā prakṛtim āpanno bhavān svargaṃ gamiṣyati", "iti vaiśravaṇo rājā rambhāsaktam uvāca ha"], "translation": "then, having regained your own nature, you shall go to heaven.' Thus King Vaiśravaṇa spoke to me, attached as I was to Rambhā.", "sarga_title": "Virādha’s defeat and release"}
{"ref": "3.3.21", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 3, "verse": 21, "iast": ["anupasthīyamāno māṃ saṃkruddho vyajahāra ha", "tava prasādān mukto 'ham abhiśāpāt sudāruṇāt", "bhavanaṃ svaṃ gamiṣyāmi svasti vo 'stu paraṃtapa"], "translation": "Not being attended upon, he in his rage cursed me thus. Now by your grace I am freed from that most terrible curse; I shall go to my own abode. May all be well with you, O scorcher of foes!", "sarga_title": "Virādha’s defeat and release"}
{"ref": "3.3.22", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 3, "verse": 22, "iast": ["ito vasati dharmātmā śarabhaṅgaḥ pratāpavān", "adhyardhayojane tāta maharṣiḥ sūryasaṃnibhaḥ"], "translation": "A league and a half from here, dear one, dwells the righteous, majestic great seer Śarabhaṅga, resplendent as the sun.", "sarga_title": "Virādha’s defeat and release"}
{"ref": "3.3.23", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 3, "verse": 23, "iast": ["taṃ kṣipram abhigaccha tvaṃ sa te śreyo vidhāsyati", "avaṭe cāpi māṃ rāma nikṣipya kuśalī vraja"], "translation": "Go to him quickly; he will bring about your welfare. And having laid me in a pit, O Rāma, go your way in safety.", "sarga_title": "Virādha’s defeat and release"}
{"ref": "3.3.24", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 3, "verse": 24, "iast": ["rakṣasāṃ gatasattvānām eṣa dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ", "avaṭe ye nidhīyante teṣāṃ lokāḥ sanātanāḥ"], "translation": "For rākṣasas whose life has departed this is the eternal law: those who are laid in a pit win everlasting worlds.", "sarga_title": "Virādha’s defeat and release"}
{"ref": "3.3.25", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 3, "verse": 25, "iast": ["evam uktvā tu kākutsthaṃ virādhaḥ śarapīḍitaḥ", "babhūva svargasaṃprāpto nyastadeho mahābalaḥ"], "translation": "Having spoken thus to Kākutstha, Virādha, tormented by the arrows, the mighty one, casting off his body, attained heaven.", "sarga_title": "Virādha’s defeat and release"}
{"ref": "3.3.26", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 3, "verse": 26, "iast": ["taṃ muktakaṇṭham utkṣipya śaṅkukarṇaṃ mahāsvanam", "virādhaṃ prākṣipac chvabhre nadantaṃ bhairavasvanam"], "translation": "Lifting him up — Virādha of the spike-like ears, roaring with unloosed throat in a terrifying voice — Rāma cast him, still bellowing, into the pit.", "sarga_title": "Virādha’s defeat and release"}
{"ref": "3.3.27", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 3, "verse": 27, "iast": ["tatas tu tau kāñcanacitrakārmukau nihatya rakṣaḥ parigṛhya maithilīm", "vijahratus tau muditau mahāvane divi sthitau candradivākarāv iva"], "translation": "Then those two, with their bows bright with gold, having slain the rākṣasa and taken Sītā back, roamed the great forest in delight, like the moon and sun set in the sky.", "sarga_title": "Virādha’s defeat and release"}
{"ref": "3.4.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 4, "verse": 1, "iast": ["hatvā tu taṃ bhīmabalaṃ virādhaṃ rākṣasaṃ vane", "tataḥ sītāṃ pariṣvajya samāśvāsya ca vīryavān", "abravīl lakṣmaṇāṃ rāmo bhrātaraṃ dīptatejasaṃ"], "translation": "Having slain in the forest that rākṣasa Virādha of fearsome strength, the valiant Rāma then embraced Sītā and comforted her, and spoke to his brother Lakṣmaṇa of blazing energy:", "sarga_title": "Śarabhaṅga’s ascent through fire"}
{"ref": "3.4.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 4, "verse": 2, "iast": ["kaṣṭaṃ vanam idaṃ durgaṃ na ca smo vanagocarāḥ", "abhigacchāmahe śīghraṃ śarabhaṅgaṃ tapodhanam"], "translation": "“This forest is harsh and hard to traverse, and we are not used to dwelling in the wild; let us quickly go to Śarabhaṅga, rich in austerity.", "sarga_title": "Śarabhaṅga’s ascent through fire"}
{"ref": "3.4.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 4, "verse": 3, "iast": ["āśramaṃ śarabhaṅgasya rāghavo 'bhijagāma ha"], "translation": "Rāghava went to the hermitage of Śarabhaṅga.", "sarga_title": "Śarabhaṅga’s ascent through fire"}
{"ref": "3.4.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 4, "verse": 4, "iast": ["tasya devaprabhāvasya tapasā bhāvitātmanaḥ", "samīpe śarabhaṅgasya dadarśa mahad adbhutam"], "translation": "Near that Śarabhaṅga, who had the might of a god and whose soul was purified by austerity, he saw a great marvel.", "sarga_title": "Śarabhaṅga’s ascent through fire"}
{"ref": "3.4.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 4, "verse": 5, "iast": ["vibhrājamānaṃ vapuṣā sūryavaiśvānaropamam", "asaṃspṛśantaṃ vasudhāṃ dadarśa vibudheśvaram"], "translation": "He saw the lord of the gods, radiant in body, like the sun and fire, not touching the earth.", "sarga_title": "Śarabhaṅga’s ascent through fire"}
{"ref": "3.4.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 4, "verse": 6, "iast": ["suprabhābharaṇaṃ devaṃ virajo 'mbaradhāriṇam", "tadvidhair eva bahubhiḥ pūjyamānaṃ mahātmabhiḥ"], "translation": "the god with brilliant ornaments, wearing spotless garments, being worshipped by many great-souled ones of like kind;", "sarga_title": "Śarabhaṅga’s ascent through fire"}
{"ref": "3.4.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 4, "verse": 7, "iast": ["haribhir vājibhir yuktam antarikṣagataṃ ratham", "dadarśādūratas tasya taruṇādityasaṃnibham"], "translation": "Not far from him he saw a chariot moving in the sky, yoked with tawny steeds, resembling the young rising sun.", "sarga_title": "Śarabhaṅga’s ascent through fire"}
{"ref": "3.4.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 4, "verse": 8, "iast": ["pāṇḍurābhraghanaprakhyaṃ candramaṇḍalasaṃnibham", "apaśyad vimalaṃ chatraṃ citramālyopaśobhitam"], "translation": "He beheld a spotless parasol, resembling a mass of white cloud, like the disc of the moon, adorned with bright garlands;", "sarga_title": "Śarabhaṅga’s ascent through fire"}
{"ref": "3.4.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 4, "verse": 9, "iast": ["cāmaravyajane cāgrye rukmadaṇḍe mahādhane", "gṛhīte vananārībhyāṃ dhūyamāne ca mūrdhani"], "translation": "and two excellent chowrie-fans with golden handles, of great worth, held by two forest-women, were being waved above his head.", "sarga_title": "Śarabhaṅga’s ascent through fire"}
{"ref": "3.4.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 4, "verse": 10, "iast": ["gandharvāmarasiddhāś ca bahavaḥ paramarṣayaḥ", "antarikṣagataṃ devaṃ vāgbhir agryābhir īḍire"], "translation": "And gandharvas, immortals, siddhas, and many supreme seers praised with excellent words the god who moved in the sky.", "sarga_title": "Śarabhaṅga’s ascent through fire"}
{"ref": "3.4.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 4, "verse": 11, "iast": ["dṛṣṭvā śatakratuṃ tatra rāmo lakṣmaṇam abravīt", "ye hayāḥ puruhūtasya purā śakrasya naḥ śrutāḥ", "antarikṣagatā divyās ta ime harayo dhruvam"], "translation": "Seeing Śatakratu (Indra) there, Rāma said to Lakṣmaṇa: “The horses of Puruhūta Śakra of which we have heard long ago — these divine ones moving in the sky are surely they.", "sarga_title": "Śarabhaṅga’s ascent through fire"}
{"ref": "3.4.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 4, "verse": 12, "iast": ["ime ca puruṣavyāghra ye tiṣṭhanty abhito ratham", "śataṃ śataṃ kuṇḍalino yuvānaḥ khaḍgapāṇayaḥ"], "translation": "And these, O tiger among men, who stand around the chariot in their hundreds, are youths wearing earrings, with swords in hand.", "sarga_title": "Śarabhaṅga’s ascent through fire"}
{"ref": "3.4.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 4, "verse": 13, "iast": ["urodeśeṣu sarveṣāṃ hārā jvalanasaṃnibhāḥ", "rūpaṃ bibhrati saumitre pañcaviṃśativārṣikam"], "translation": "On the chests of all of them are necklaces resembling fire; they bear, O Saumitri, the appearance of twenty-five-year-olds.", "sarga_title": "Śarabhaṅga’s ascent through fire"}
{"ref": "3.4.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 4, "verse": 14, "iast": ["etad dhi kila devānāṃ vayo bhavati nityadā", "yatheme puruṣavyāghrā dṛśyante priyadarśanāḥ"], "translation": "For this, they say, is ever the age of the gods, since these tigers among men appear so pleasing to behold.", "sarga_title": "Śarabhaṅga’s ascent through fire"}
{"ref": "3.4.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 4, "verse": 15, "iast": ["ihaiva saha vaidehyā muhūrtaṃ tiṣṭha lakṣmaṇa", "yāvaj janāmy ahaṃ vyaktaṃ ka eṣa dyutimān rathe"], "translation": "Stay right here with Vaidehī for a moment, Lakṣmaṇa, while I clearly learn who this radiant one on the chariot is.”", "sarga_title": "Śarabhaṅga’s ascent through fire"}
{"ref": "3.4.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 4, "verse": 16, "iast": ["tam evam uktvā saumitrim ihaiva sthīyatām iti", "abhicakrāma kākutsthaḥ śarabhaṅgāśramaṃ prati"], "translation": "Having said thus to Saumitri, “Stay right here,” Kākutstha walked toward the hermitage of Śarabhaṅga.", "sarga_title": "Śarabhaṅga’s ascent through fire"}
{"ref": "3.4.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 4, "verse": 17, "iast": ["tataḥ samabhigacchantaṃ prekṣya rāmaṃ śacīpatiḥ", "śarabhaṅgam anujñāpya vibudhān idam abravīt"], "translation": "Then, seeing Rāma approaching, the lord of Śacī (Indra), taking leave of Śarabhaṅga, said this to the gods:", "sarga_title": "Śarabhaṅga’s ascent through fire"}
{"ref": "3.4.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 4, "verse": 18, "iast": ["ihopayāty asau rāmo yāvan māṃ nābhibhāṣate", "niṣṭhāṃ nayata tāvat tu tato māṃ draṣṭum arhati"], "translation": "“That Rāma is approaching here; before he addresses me, bring my business to completion; only then is he fit to see me.", "sarga_title": "Śarabhaṅga’s ascent through fire"}
{"ref": "3.4.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 4, "verse": 19, "iast": ["jitavantaṃ kṛtārthaṃ ca draṣṭāham acirād imam", "karma hy anena kartavyaṃ mahad anyaiḥ suduṣkaram"], "translation": "I shall soon see him victorious and his purpose accomplished; for a great deed, one very hard for others to do, must be done by him.”", "sarga_title": "Śarabhaṅga’s ascent through fire"}
{"ref": "3.4.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 4, "verse": 20, "iast": ["iti vajrī tam āmantrya mānayitvā ca tāpasaṃ", "rathena hariyuktena yayau divam ariṃdamaḥ"], "translation": "So speaking, the wielder of the thunderbolt took leave of him and honoured the ascetic, and the subduer of foes went off to heaven in his horse-yoked chariot.", "sarga_title": "Śarabhaṅga’s ascent through fire"}
{"ref": "3.4.21", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 4, "verse": 21, "iast": ["prayāte tu sahasrākṣe rāghavaḥ saparicchadaḥ", "agnihotram upāsīnaṃ śarabhaṅgam upāgamat"], "translation": "When the thousand-eyed one had departed, Rāghava with his retinue approached Śarabhaṅga, who was tending the sacred fire.", "sarga_title": "Śarabhaṅga’s ascent through fire"}
{"ref": "3.4.22", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 4, "verse": 22, "iast": ["tasya pādau ca saṃgṛhya rāmaḥ sītā ca lakṣmaṇaḥ", "niṣedus tadanujñātā labdhavāsā nimantritāḥ"], "translation": "Clasping his feet, Rāma, Sītā, and Lakṣmaṇa sat down, permitted by him, granted lodging and invited.", "sarga_title": "Śarabhaṅga’s ascent through fire"}
{"ref": "3.4.23", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 4, "verse": 23, "iast": ["tataḥ śakropayānaṃ tu paryapṛcchat sa rāghavaḥ", "śarabhaṅgaś ca tat sarvaṃ rāghavāya nyavedayat"], "translation": "Then Rāghava asked about the visit of Śakra, and Śarabhaṅga related all of it to Rāghava.", "sarga_title": "Śarabhaṅga’s ascent through fire"}
{"ref": "3.4.24", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 4, "verse": 24, "iast": ["mām eṣa varado rāma brahmalokaṃ ninīṣati", "jitam ugreṇa tapasā duṣprāpam akṛtātmabhiḥ"], "translation": "“This boon-giver (Brahmā), O Rāma, wishes to lead me to the world of Brahmā — won by fierce austerity, hard to attain for those of unperfected souls.", "sarga_title": "Śarabhaṅga’s ascent through fire"}
{"ref": "3.4.25", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 4, "verse": 25, "iast": ["ahaṃ jñātvā naravyāghra vartamānam adūrataḥ", "brahmalokaṃ na gacchāmi tvām adṛṣṭvā priyātithim"], "translation": "Knowing you to be present not far off, O tiger among men, I do not go to the world of Brahmā without seeing you, my welcome guest.", "sarga_title": "Śarabhaṅga’s ascent through fire"}
{"ref": "3.4.26", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 4, "verse": 26, "iast": ["samāgamya gamiṣyāmi tridivaṃ devasevitam", "akṣayā naraśārdūla jitā lokā mayā śubhāḥ", "brāhmyāś ca nākapṛṣṭhyāś ca pratigṛhṇīṣva māmakān"], "translation": "Having met you I shall go to the triple heaven frequented by the gods; imperishable and auspicious worlds have been won by me, O tiger among men — both those of Brahmā and those on the vault of heaven; receive these that are mine.", "sarga_title": "Śarabhaṅga’s ascent through fire"}
{"ref": "3.4.27", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 4, "verse": 27, "iast": ["evam ukto naravyāghraḥ sarvaśāstraviśāradaḥ", "ṛṣiṇā śarabhaṅgena rāghavo vākyam abravīt"], "translation": "Addressed thus by the seer Śarabhaṅga, that tiger among men, versed in all the sciences, Rāghava spoke these words:", "sarga_title": "Śarabhaṅga’s ascent through fire"}
{"ref": "3.4.28", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 4, "verse": 28, "iast": ["aham evāhariṣyāmi sarvāṃl lokān mahāmune", "āvāsaṃ tv aham icchāmi pradiṣṭam iha kānane"], "translation": "“I myself shall win all those worlds, great sage; but I wish for a dwelling here in this forest, one pointed out to me.”", "sarga_title": "Śarabhaṅga’s ascent through fire"}
{"ref": "3.4.29", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 4, "verse": 29, "iast": ["rāghaveṇaivam uktas tu śakratulyabalena vai", "śarabhaṅgo mahāprājñaḥ punar evābravīd vacaḥ"], "translation": "Thus addressed by Rāghava, whose strength equalled Śakra's, the greatly wise Śarabhaṅga again spoke these words:", "sarga_title": "Śarabhaṅga’s ascent through fire"}
{"ref": "3.4.30", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 4, "verse": 30, "iast": ["sutīkṣṇam abhigaccha tvaṃ śucau deśe tapasvinam", "ramaṇīye vanoddeśe sa te vāsaṃ vidhāsyati"], "translation": "“Go to Sutīkṣṇa, the ascetic, in a pure place, in a lovely tract of the forest; he will provide a dwelling for you.", "sarga_title": "Śarabhaṅga’s ascent through fire"}
{"ref": "3.4.31", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 4, "verse": 31, "iast": ["eṣa panthā naravyāghra muhūrtaṃ paśya tāta mām", "yāvaj jahāmi gātrāṇi jīrṇaṃ tvacam ivoragaḥ"], "translation": "This is the path, O tiger among men; look upon me a moment, my son, while I cast off my limbs as a serpent casts off its worn-out skin.”", "sarga_title": "Śarabhaṅga’s ascent through fire"}
{"ref": "3.4.32", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 4, "verse": 32, "iast": ["tato 'gniṃ sa samādhāya hutvā cājyena mantravit", "śarabhaṅgo mahātejāḥ praviveśa hutāśanam"], "translation": "Then, kindling the fire and offering an oblation with ghee, the knower of sacred formulas, Śarabhaṅga of great splendour, entered the fire.", "sarga_title": "Śarabhaṅga’s ascent through fire"}
{"ref": "3.4.33", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 4, "verse": 33, "iast": ["tasya romāṇi keśāṃś ca dadāhāgnir mahātmanaḥ", "jīrṇaṃ tvacaṃ tathāsthīni yac ca māṃsaṃ ca śoṇitam"], "translation": "The fire burned the body-hair and the head-hair of that great-souled one, and his worn-out skin, his bones, and whatever flesh and blood there was.", "sarga_title": "Śarabhaṅga’s ascent through fire"}
{"ref": "3.4.34", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 4, "verse": 34, "iast": ["sa ca pāvakasaṃkāśaḥ kumāraḥ samapadyata", "utthāyāgnicayāt tasmāc charabhaṅgo vyarocata"], "translation": "And he became a youth resembling fire; rising up from that heap of fire, Śarabhaṅga shone forth.", "sarga_title": "Śarabhaṅga’s ascent through fire"}
{"ref": "3.4.35", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 4, "verse": 35, "iast": ["sa lokān āhitāgnīnām ṛṣīṇāṃ ca mahātmanām", "devānāṃ ca vyatikramya brahmalokaṃ vyarohata"], "translation": "Passing beyond the worlds of the fire-tending seers, of the great-souled ones, and of the gods, he ascended to the world of Brahmā.", "sarga_title": "Śarabhaṅga’s ascent through fire"}
{"ref": "3.4.36", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 4, "verse": 36, "iast": ["sa puṇyakarmā bhuvane dvijarṣabhaḥ pitāmahaṃ sānucaraṃ dadarśa ha", "pitāmahaś cāpi samīkṣya taṃ dvijaṃ nananda susvāgatam ity uvāca ha"], "translation": "That bull among the twice-born, of holy deeds, beheld in the world the Grandsire (Brahmā) with his attendants; and the Grandsire too, gazing upon that twice-born one, rejoiced and said, “Well come!”", "sarga_title": "Śarabhaṅga’s ascent through fire"}
{"ref": "3.5.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 5, "verse": 1, "iast": ["śarabhaṅge divaṃ prāpte munisaṃghāḥ samāgatāḥ", "abhyagacchanta kākutsthaṃ rāmaṃ jvalitatejasaṃ"], "translation": "When Śarabhaṅga had gone to heaven, throngs of sages assembled and came to Kākutstha Rāma of blazing splendour:", "sarga_title": "The ṛṣis appeal for protection"}
{"ref": "3.5.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 5, "verse": 2, "iast": ["vaikhānasā vālakhilyāḥ saṃprakṣālā marīcipāḥ", "aśmakuṭṭāś ca bahavaḥ patrāhārāś ca tāpasāḥ"], "translation": "Vaikhānasas, Vālakhilyas, Saṃprakṣālas, drinkers of light-rays, many stone-pounders, leaf-eaters and ascetics;", "sarga_title": "The ṛṣis appeal for protection"}
{"ref": "3.5.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 5, "verse": 3, "iast": ["dantolūkhalinaś caiva tathaivonmajjakāḥ pare", "munayaḥ salilāhārā vāyubhakṣās tathāpare"], "translation": "those who use their teeth as a mortar, and likewise the 'up-plungers,' others still — sages who feed on water, and others again who feed on air;", "sarga_title": "The ṛṣis appeal for protection"}
{"ref": "3.5.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 5, "verse": 4, "iast": ["ākāśanilayāś caiva tathā sthaṇḍilaśāyinaḥ", "tathordhvavāsino dāntās tathārdrapaṭavāsasaḥ"], "translation": "and those who dwell in the open sky, and likewise those who lie on the bare ground, and dwellers on high, self-controlled, and those who wear wet garments;", "sarga_title": "The ṛṣis appeal for protection"}
{"ref": "3.5.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 5, "verse": 5, "iast": ["sajapāś ca taponityās tathā pañcatapo'nvitāḥ", "sarve brāhmyā śriyā juṣṭā dṛḍhayogasamāhitāḥ", "śarabhaṅgāśrame rāmam abhijagmuś ca tāpasāḥ"], "translation": "and those given to muttered prayer, ever devoted to austerity, and those practising the five-fire penance — all endowed with the splendour of Brahman and steadied in firm yoga: these ascetics came to Rāma in Śarabhaṅga's hermitage.", "sarga_title": "The ṛṣis appeal for protection"}
{"ref": "3.5.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 5, "verse": 6, "iast": ["abhigamya ca dharmajñā rāmaṃ dharmabhṛtāṃ varam", "ūcuḥ paramadharmajñam ṛṣisaṃghāḥ samāhitāḥ"], "translation": "And having approached Rāma, the best of the upholders of dharma, the throngs of seers, knowers of dharma and composed, said to that supreme knower of dharma:", "sarga_title": "The ṛṣis appeal for protection"}
{"ref": "3.5.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 5, "verse": 7, "iast": ["tvam ikṣvākukulasyāsya pṛthivyāś ca mahārathaḥ", "pradhānaś cāsi nāthaś ca devānāṃ maghavān iva"], "translation": "“You are the great warrior of this house of Ikṣvāku and of the earth; you are its chief and its lord, like Maghavat (Indra) among the gods.", "sarga_title": "The ṛṣis appeal for protection"}
{"ref": "3.5.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 5, "verse": 8, "iast": ["viśrutas triṣu lokeṣu yaśasā vikrameṇa ca", "pitṛvratatvaṃ satyaṃ ca tvayi dharmaś ca puṣkalaḥ"], "translation": "You are renowned in the three worlds for your fame and your valour; devotion to your father, truthfulness, and abundant dharma dwell in you.", "sarga_title": "The ṛṣis appeal for protection"}
{"ref": "3.5.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 5, "verse": 9, "iast": ["tvām āsādya mahātmānaṃ dharmajñaṃ dharmavatsalam", "arthitvān nātha vakṣyāmas tac ca naḥ kṣantum arhasi"], "translation": "Having come to you, the great-souled one, knower of dharma and devoted to dharma, we shall speak out of our need, O lord; and you should forgive us that.", "sarga_title": "The ṛṣis appeal for protection"}
{"ref": "3.5.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 5, "verse": 10, "iast": ["adhārmas tu mahāṃs tāta bhavet tasya mahīpateḥ", "yo hared baliṣaḍbhāgaṃ na ca rakṣati putravat"], "translation": "Great, dear one, would be the unrighteousness of that lord of the earth who takes the sixth part as tribute yet does not protect his people like his own children.", "sarga_title": "The ṛṣis appeal for protection"}
{"ref": "3.5.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 5, "verse": 11, "iast": ["yuñjānaḥ svān iva prāṇān prāṇair iṣṭān sutān iva", "nityayuktaḥ sadā rakṣan sarvān viṣayavāsinaḥ"], "translation": "But (the king) who, ever diligent, cherishing them with his own life-breaths as though they were his own life, dear as sons, always guards all the dwellers of his realm —", "sarga_title": "The ṛṣis appeal for protection"}
{"ref": "3.5.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 5, "verse": 12, "iast": ["prāpnoti śāśvatīṃ rāma kīrtiṃ sa bahuvārṣikīm", "brahmaṇaḥ sthānam āsādya tatra cāpi mahīyate"], "translation": "he, O Rāma, wins everlasting fame lasting many years, and, attaining the abode of Brahman, is there magnified.", "sarga_title": "The ṛṣis appeal for protection"}
{"ref": "3.5.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 5, "verse": 13, "iast": ["yat karoti paraṃ dharmaṃ munir mūlaphalāśanaḥ", "tatra rājñaś caturbhāgaḥ prajā dharmeṇa rakṣataḥ"], "translation": "Of the supreme merit that a sage living on roots and fruit acquires, a fourth part belongs to the king who protects his subjects by dharma.", "sarga_title": "The ṛṣis appeal for protection"}
{"ref": "3.5.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 5, "verse": 14, "iast": ["so 'yaṃ brāhmaṇabhūyiṣṭho vānaprasthagaṇo mahān", "tvan nātho 'nāthavad rāma rākṣasair vadhyate bhṛśam"], "translation": "This great company of forest-hermits, mostly brahmins, though it has you for its lord, is being grievously slain by the rākṣasas as if it were lordless, O Rāma.", "sarga_title": "The ṛṣis appeal for protection"}
{"ref": "3.5.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 5, "verse": 15, "iast": ["ehi paśya śarīrāṇi munīnāṃ bhāvitātmanām", "hatānāṃ rākṣasair ghorair bahūnāṃ bahudhā vane"], "translation": "Come, look at the bodies of the sages of purified souls, many of them, slain in various ways in the forest by the dreadful rākṣasas.", "sarga_title": "The ṛṣis appeal for protection"}
{"ref": "3.5.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 5, "verse": 16, "iast": ["pampānadīnivāsānām anumandākinīm api", "citrakūṭālayānāṃ ca kriyate kadanaṃ mahat"], "translation": "Great slaughter is being wrought upon those who dwell by the Pampā river, along the Mandākinī, and upon those who make their abode on Citrakūṭa.", "sarga_title": "The ṛṣis appeal for protection"}
{"ref": "3.5.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 5, "verse": 17, "iast": ["evaṃ vayaṃ na mṛṣyāmo viprakāraṃ tapasvinam", "kriyamāṇaṃ vane ghoraṃ rakṣobhir bhīmakarmabhiḥ"], "translation": "Thus we cannot endure the dreadful outrage being done to the ascetics in the forest by the rākṣasas of terrible deeds.", "sarga_title": "The ṛṣis appeal for protection"}
{"ref": "3.5.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 5, "verse": 18, "iast": ["tatas tvāṃ śaraṇārthaṃ ca śaraṇyaṃ samupasthitāḥ", "paripālaya no rāma vadhyamānān niśācaraiḥ"], "translation": "Therefore we have come to you, our refuge, seeking protection; protect us, O Rāma, who are being slain by the night-rangers.", "sarga_title": "The ṛṣis appeal for protection"}
{"ref": "3.5.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 5, "verse": 19, "iast": ["etac chrutvā tu kākutsthas tāpasānāṃ tapasvinām", "idaṃ provāca dharmātmā sarvān eva tapasvinaḥ", "naivam arhatha māṃ vaktum ājñāpyo 'haṃ tapasvinam"], "translation": "Hearing this from the ascetic hermits, the righteous Kākutstha said this to all the ascetics: “You ought not to speak to me thus; I am one to be commanded at the ascetics' bidding.", "sarga_title": "The ṛṣis appeal for protection"}
{"ref": "3.5.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 5, "verse": 20, "iast": ["bhavatām arthasiddhyartham āgato 'haṃ yadṛcchayā", "tasya me 'yaṃ vane vāso bhaviṣyati mahāphalaḥ", "tapasvināṃ raṇe śatrūn hantum icchāmi rākṣasān"], "translation": "It was for the accomplishing of your purpose that I came, as it happened; this dwelling of mine in the forest shall bear great fruit — I wish to slay in battle the rākṣasa foes of the ascetics.”", "sarga_title": "The ṛṣis appeal for protection"}
{"ref": "3.5.21", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 5, "verse": 21, "iast": ["dattvā varaṃ cāpi tapodhanānāṃ dharme dhṛtātmā sahalakṣmaṇena", "tapodhanaiś cāpi sahārya vṛttaḥ sutīṣkṇam evābhijagāma vīraḥ"], "translation": "And having granted a boon to the ascetics rich in austerity, the hero, his soul fixed on dharma, together with Lakṣmaṇa and behaving with noble conduct toward the ascetics, went straight on to Sutīkṣṇa.", "sarga_title": "The ṛṣis appeal for protection"}
{"ref": "3.6.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 6, "verse": 1, "iast": ["rāmas tu sahito bhrātrā sītayā ca paraṃtapaḥ", "sutīkṣṇasyāśramapadaṃ jagāma saha tair dvijaiḥ"], "translation": "And Rāma, scorcher of foes, together with his brother and with Sītā, went to the hermitage of Sutīkṣṇa along with those brahmins.", "sarga_title": "Sutīkṣṇa’s hospitality"}
{"ref": "3.6.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 6, "verse": 2, "iast": ["sa gatvā dūram adhvānaṃ nadīs tīrtva bahūdakāḥ", "dadarśa vipulaṃ śailaṃ mahāmegham ivonnatam"], "translation": "Having gone a long way and crossed rivers with abundant water, he saw a broad mountain, lofty as a great cloud.", "sarga_title": "Sutīkṣṇa’s hospitality"}
{"ref": "3.6.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 6, "verse": 3, "iast": ["tatas tad ikṣvākuvarau satataṃ vividhair drumaiḥ", "kānanaṃ tau viviśatuḥ sītayā saha rāghavau"], "translation": "Then the two best of the Ikṣvākus, the two Rāghavas, with Sītā, entered that forest densely (thick) with all kinds of trees.", "sarga_title": "Sutīkṣṇa’s hospitality"}
{"ref": "3.6.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 6, "verse": 4, "iast": ["praviṣṭas tu vanaṃ ghoraṃ bahupuṣpaphaladrumam", "dadarśāśramam ekānte cīramālāpariṣkṛtam"], "translation": "Having entered the dread forest, with its trees of many flowers and fruits, he saw in a secluded spot a hermitage adorned with strings of bark-garments.", "sarga_title": "Sutīkṣṇa’s hospitality"}
{"ref": "3.6.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 6, "verse": 5, "iast": ["tatra tāpasam āsīnaṃ malapaṅkajaṭādharam", "rāmaḥ sutīkṣṇaṃ vidhivat tapovṛddham abhāṣata"], "translation": "There Rāma duly addressed the ascetic Sutīkṣṇa, who sat wearing matted locks caked with dirt and mud, aged in austerity:", "sarga_title": "Sutīkṣṇa’s hospitality"}
{"ref": "3.6.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 6, "verse": 6, "iast": ["rāmo 'ham asmi bhagavan bhavantaṃ draṣṭum āgataḥ", "tan mābhivada dharmajña maharṣe satyavikrama"], "translation": "“I am Rāma, venerable one; I have come to see you. So speak to me, O knower of dharma, great seer of true valour.”", "sarga_title": "Sutīkṣṇa’s hospitality"}
{"ref": "3.6.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 6, "verse": 7, "iast": ["sa nirīkṣya tato vīraṃ rāmaṃ dharmabhṛtāṃ varam", "samāśliṣya ca bāhubhyām idaṃ vacanam abravīt"], "translation": "Then, gazing upon the hero Rāma, the best of the upholders of dharma, and embracing him with both arms, he spoke these words:", "sarga_title": "Sutīkṣṇa’s hospitality"}
{"ref": "3.6.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 6, "verse": 8, "iast": ["svāgataṃ khalu te vīra rāma dharmabhṛtāṃ vara", "āśramo 'yaṃ tvayākrāntaḥ sanātha iva sāmpratam"], "translation": "“Welcome indeed to you, O hero Rāma, best of the upholders of dharma! This hermitage, now trodden by you, is as if it had found a protector.", "sarga_title": "Sutīkṣṇa’s hospitality"}
{"ref": "3.6.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 6, "verse": 9, "iast": ["pratīkṣamāṇas tvām eva nārohe 'haṃ mahāyaśaḥ", "devalokam ito vīra dehaṃ tyaktvā mahītale"], "translation": "Awaiting you alone, O greatly glorious one, I have not ascended from here to the world of the gods, O hero, by casting off my body upon the earth.", "sarga_title": "Sutīkṣṇa’s hospitality"}
{"ref": "3.6.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 6, "verse": 10, "iast": ["citrakūṭam upādāya rājyabhraṣṭo 'si me śrutaḥ", "ihopayātaḥ kākutstho devarājaḥ śatakratuḥ", "sarvāṃl lokāñ jitān āha mama puṇyena karmaṇā"], "translation": "I have heard that, having settled at Citrakūṭa, you were deprived of your kingdom, O Kākutstha now arrived here; the king of the gods, Śatakratu, declared that all the worlds had been won by my meritorious deed.", "sarga_title": "Sutīkṣṇa’s hospitality"}
{"ref": "3.6.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 6, "verse": 11, "iast": ["teṣu devarṣijuṣṭeṣu jiteṣu tapasā mayā", "matprasādāt sabhāryas tvaṃ viharasva salakṣmaṇaḥ"], "translation": "Those worlds, frequented by gods and seers, having been won by me through austerity — by my grace, roam them, you with your wife and with Lakṣmaṇa.", "sarga_title": "Sutīkṣṇa’s hospitality"}
{"ref": "3.6.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 6, "verse": 12, "iast": ["tam ugratapasaṃ dīptaṃ maharṣiṃ satyavādinam", "pratyuvācātmavān rāmo brahmāṇam iva vāsavaḥ"], "translation": "To that great seer of fierce austerity, resplendent and truth-speaking, the self-possessed Rāma replied, as Vāsava (Indra) to Brahmā:", "sarga_title": "Sutīkṣṇa’s hospitality"}
{"ref": "3.6.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 6, "verse": 13, "iast": ["aham evāhariṣyāmi svayaṃ lokān mahāmune", "āvāsaṃ tv aham icchāmi pradiṣṭam iha kānane"], "translation": "“I myself shall win the worlds for myself, great sage; but I wish for a dwelling here in this forest, one pointed out to me.", "sarga_title": "Sutīkṣṇa’s hospitality"}
{"ref": "3.6.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 6, "verse": 14, "iast": ["bhavān sarvatra kuśalaḥ sarvabhūtahite rataḥ", "ākhyātaḥ śarabhaṅgena gautamena mahātmanā"], "translation": "You, skilled in everything and devoted to the welfare of all beings, were described to me by the great-souled Śarabhaṅga Gautama.”", "sarga_title": "Sutīkṣṇa’s hospitality"}
{"ref": "3.6.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 6, "verse": 15, "iast": ["evam uktas tu rāmeṇa maharṣir lokaviśrutaḥ", "abravīn madhuraṃ vākyaṃ harṣeṇa mahatāplutaḥ"], "translation": "Thus addressed by Rāma, the great seer, renowned in the world, flooded with great joy, spoke sweet words:", "sarga_title": "Sutīkṣṇa’s hospitality"}
{"ref": "3.6.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 6, "verse": 16, "iast": ["ayam evāśramo rāma guṇavān ramyatām iha", "ṛṣisaṃghānucaritaḥ sadā mūlaphalair yutaḥ"], "translation": "“This very hermitage, O Rāma, is excellent; take your delight here — frequented by throngs of seers, ever furnished with roots and fruits.", "sarga_title": "Sutīkṣṇa’s hospitality"}
{"ref": "3.6.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 6, "verse": 17, "iast": ["imam āśramam āgamya mṛgasaṃghā mahāyaśāḥ", "aṭitvā pratigacchanti lobhayitvākutobhayāḥ"], "translation": "Coming to this hermitage, O greatly glorious one, herds of deer roam about, tempt (us with their charm), and then go back, free from fear from any quarter.", "sarga_title": "Sutīkṣṇa’s hospitality"}
{"ref": "3.6.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 6, "verse": 18, "iast": ["tac chrutvā vacanaṃ tasya maharṣer lakṣmaṇāgrajaḥ", "uvāca vacanaṃ dhīro vikṛṣya saśaraṃ dhanuḥ"], "translation": "Hearing that speech of the great seer, the elder brother of Lakṣmaṇa (Rāma), steadfast, drawing his bow with an arrow, spoke these words:", "sarga_title": "Sutīkṣṇa’s hospitality"}
{"ref": "3.6.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 6, "verse": 19, "iast": ["tān ahaṃ sumahābhāga mṛgasaṃghān samāgatān", "hanyāṃ niśitadhāreṇa śareṇāśanivarcasā"], "translation": "O most fortunate one, I would slay those herds of deer as they gather, with a sharp-edged arrow blazing like the thunderbolt.", "sarga_title": "Sutīkṣṇa’s hospitality"}
{"ref": "3.6.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 6, "verse": 20, "iast": ["bhavāṃs tatrābhiṣajyeta kiṃ syāt kṛcchrataraṃ tataḥ", "etasminn āśrame vāsaṃ ciraṃ tu na samarthaye"], "translation": "But you might be pained by that — what could be more grievous than that? Therefore I do not think it right to dwell long in this hermitage.", "sarga_title": "Sutīkṣṇa’s hospitality"}
{"ref": "3.6.21", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 6, "verse": 21, "iast": ["tam evam uktvā varadaṃ rāmaḥ saṃdhyām upāgamat", "anvāsya paścimāṃ saṃdhyāṃ tatra vāsam akalpayat"], "translation": "Having spoken thus to that boon-giver, Rāma went to the twilight (worship); and having attended to the evening twilight, he arranged for a stay there.", "sarga_title": "Sutīkṣṇa’s hospitality"}
{"ref": "3.6.22", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 6, "verse": 22, "iast": ["tataḥ śubhaṃ tāpasabhojyam annaṃ svayaṃ sutīkṣṇaḥ puruṣarṣabhābhyām", "tābhyāṃ susatkṛtya dadau mahātmā saṃdhyānivṛttau rajanīṃ samīkṣya"], "translation": "Then the great-souled Sutīkṣṇa himself, having warmly honoured those two bulls among men, gave them fine food fit for ascetics, when the twilight had passed and he saw that night had come.", "sarga_title": "Sutīkṣṇa’s hospitality"}
{"ref": "3.7.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 7, "verse": 1, "iast": ["rāmas tu sahasaumitriḥ sutīkṣṇenābhipūjitaḥ", "pariṇamya niśāṃ tatra prabhāte pratyabudhyata"], "translation": "Rāma, together with Saumitri, honoured by Sutīkṣṇa, having passed the night there, awoke at dawn.", "sarga_title": "Departure from Sutīkṣṇa"}
{"ref": "3.7.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 7, "verse": 2, "iast": ["utthāya tu yathākālaṃ rāghavaḥ saha sītayā", "upāspṛśat suśītena jalenotpalagandhinā"], "translation": "Rising at the proper time, Rāghava together with Sītā sipped and rinsed with cool water fragrant of lotuses.", "sarga_title": "Departure from Sutīkṣṇa"}
{"ref": "3.7.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 7, "verse": 3, "iast": ["atha te 'gniṃ surāṃś caiva vaidehī rāmalakṣmaṇau", "kālyaṃ vidhivad abhyarcya tapasviśaraṇe vane"], "translation": "Then Vaidehī and Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, in that forest that is the refuge of ascetics, duly worshipped the fire and the gods at dawn.", "sarga_title": "Departure from Sutīkṣṇa"}
{"ref": "3.7.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 7, "verse": 4, "iast": ["udayanntaṃ dinakaraṃ dṛṣṭvā vigatakalmaṣāḥ", "sutīkṣṇam abhigamyedaṃ ślakṣṇaṃ vacanam abruvan"], "translation": "Seeing the sun rising, free of all impurity, they approached Sutīkṣṇa and spoke these gentle words:", "sarga_title": "Departure from Sutīkṣṇa"}
{"ref": "3.7.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 7, "verse": 5, "iast": ["sukhoṣitāḥ sma bhagavaṃs tvayā pūjyena pūjitāḥ", "āpṛcchāmaḥ prayāsyāmo munayas tvarayanti naḥ"], "translation": "“We have dwelt happily, O lord, honoured by you who are worthy of worship; we take our leave and shall depart—the sages are urging us on.", "sarga_title": "Departure from Sutīkṣṇa"}
{"ref": "3.7.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 7, "verse": 6, "iast": ["tvarāmahe vayaṃ draṣṭuṃ kṛtsnam āśramamaṇḍalam", "ṛṣīṇāṃ puṇyaśīlānāṃ daṇḍakāraṇyavāsinām"], "translation": "We are eager to see the whole circle of hermitages of the sages of holy conduct who dwell in the Daṇḍaka forest.", "sarga_title": "Departure from Sutīkṣṇa"}
{"ref": "3.7.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 7, "verse": 7, "iast": ["abhyanujñātum icchāmaḥ sahaibhir munipuṅgavaiḥ", "dharmanityais tapodāntair viśikhair iva pāvakaiḥ"], "translation": "We wish to be given leave, together with these bulls among sages—constant in dharma, subdued by austerity, like smokeless fires.", "sarga_title": "Departure from Sutīkṣṇa"}
{"ref": "3.7.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 7, "verse": 8, "iast": ["aviṣahyātapo yāvat sūryo nātivirājite", "amārgeṇāgatāṃ lakṣmīṃ prāpyevānvayavarjitaḥ"], "translation": "While the sun, whose heat is unbearable, does not yet blaze too fiercely—like fortune gained by wrong means by a man devoid of good lineage—", "sarga_title": "Departure from Sutīkṣṇa"}
{"ref": "3.7.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 7, "verse": 9, "iast": ["tāvad icchāmahe gantum ity uktvā caraṇau muneḥ", "vavande sahasaumitriḥ sītayā saha rāghavaḥ"], "translation": "so long do we wish to travel.” Having said this, Rāghava together with Saumitri and with Sītā saluted the feet of the sage.", "sarga_title": "Departure from Sutīkṣṇa"}
{"ref": "3.7.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 7, "verse": 10, "iast": ["tau saṃspṛśantau caraṇāv utthāpya munipuṃgavaḥ", "gāḍham āliṅgya sasneham idaṃ vacanam abravīt"], "translation": "As the two touched his feet, the bull among sages raised them up, embraced them warmly and affectionately, and spoke these words:", "sarga_title": "Departure from Sutīkṣṇa"}
{"ref": "3.7.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 7, "verse": 11, "iast": ["ariṣṭaṃ gaccha panthānaṃ rāma saumitriṇā saha", "sītayā cānayā sārdhaṃ chāyayevānuvṛttayā"], "translation": "“Travel a safe road, O Rāma, together with Saumitri and with this Sītā, who follows you like your shadow.", "sarga_title": "Departure from Sutīkṣṇa"}
{"ref": "3.7.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 7, "verse": 12, "iast": ["paśyāśramapadaṃ ramyaṃ daṇḍakāraṇyavāsinām", "eṣāṃ tapasvināṃ vīra tapasā bhāvitātmanām"], "translation": "Behold, O hero, the lovely hermitage-region of these ascetics who dwell in the Daṇḍaka forest, their souls purified by austerity.", "sarga_title": "Departure from Sutīkṣṇa"}
{"ref": "3.7.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 7, "verse": 13, "iast": ["suprājyaphalamūlāni puṣpitāni vanāni ca", "praśāntamṛgayūthāni śāntapakṣigaṇāni ca"], "translation": "You will see forests rich in fruits and roots and in bloom, with peaceful herds of deer and calm flocks of birds,", "sarga_title": "Departure from Sutīkṣṇa"}
{"ref": "3.7.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 7, "verse": 14, "iast": ["phullapaṅkajaṣaḍāni prasannasalilāni ca", "kāraṇḍavavikīrṇāni taṭākāni sarāṃsi ca"], "translation": "and ponds and lakes with clusters of blooming lotuses and clear water, strewn with kāraṇḍava ducks,", "sarga_title": "Departure from Sutīkṣṇa"}
{"ref": "3.7.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 7, "verse": 15, "iast": ["drakṣyase dṛṣṭiramyāṇi giriprasravaṇāni ca", "ramaṇīyāny araṇyāni mayūrābhirutāni ca"], "translation": "mountain cascades pleasing to the eye, and delightful forests resounding with peacocks.", "sarga_title": "Departure from Sutīkṣṇa"}
{"ref": "3.7.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 7, "verse": 16, "iast": ["gamyatāṃ vatsa saumitre bhavān api ca gacchatu", "āgantavyaṃ ca te dṛṣṭvā punar evāśramaṃ mama"], "translation": "Let us go, dear Saumitri; and let your honour go too. Having seen it, you must return again to this hermitage of mine.”", "sarga_title": "Departure from Sutīkṣṇa"}
{"ref": "3.7.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 7, "verse": 17, "iast": ["evam uktas tathety uktvā kākutsthaḥ sahalakṣmaṇaḥ", "pradakṣiṇaṃ muniṃ kṛtā prasthātum upacakrame"], "translation": "Addressed thus, Kākutstha with Lakṣmaṇa said “So be it,” and having circumambulated the sage, set about departing.", "sarga_title": "Departure from Sutīkṣṇa"}
{"ref": "3.7.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 7, "verse": 18, "iast": ["tataḥ śubhatare tūṇī dhanuṣī cāyatekṣaṇā", "dadau sītā tayor bhrātroḥ khaḍgau ca vimalau tataḥ"], "translation": "Then the long-eyed Sītā gave to the two brothers the two fine quivers and the two bows, and then the two spotless swords.", "sarga_title": "Departure from Sutīkṣṇa"}
{"ref": "3.7.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 7, "verse": 19, "iast": ["ābadhya ca śubhe tūṇī cāpe cādāya sasvane", "niṣkrāntāv āśramād gantum ubhau tau rāmalakṣmaṇau"], "translation": "Having fastened on the two fine quivers and taken up the twanging bows, both Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa set out from the hermitage to travel.", "sarga_title": "Departure from Sutīkṣṇa"}
{"ref": "3.8.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 8, "verse": 1, "iast": ["sutīkṣṇenābhyanujñātaṃ prasthitaṃ raghunandanam", "vaidehī snigdhayā vācā bhartāram idam abravīt"], "translation": "As the delight of the Raghus, dismissed by Sutīkṣṇa, set out, Vaidehī addressed her husband with tender words:", "sarga_title": "Story of the tapasvin’s sword"}
{"ref": "3.8.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 8, "verse": 2, "iast": ["ayaṃ dharmaḥ susūkṣmeṇa vidhinā prāpyate mahān", "nivṛttena ca śakyo 'yaṃ vyasanāt kāmajād iha"], "translation": "This great dharma is attained by a very subtle discipline; and it can be won here by one who has turned away from the vices born of desire.", "sarga_title": "Story of the tapasvin’s sword"}
{"ref": "3.8.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 8, "verse": 3, "iast": ["trīṇy eva vyasanāny atra kāmajāni bhavanty uta", "mithyā vākyaṃ paramakaṃ tasmād gurutarāv ubhau", "paradārābhigamanaṃ vinā vairaṃ ca raudratā"], "translation": "Now there are just three vices here born of desire: false speech is the foremost, and graver than that are the other two—approaching another's wife, and cruelty without enmity.", "sarga_title": "Story of the tapasvin’s sword"}
{"ref": "3.8.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 8, "verse": 4, "iast": ["mithyāvākyaṃ na te bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati rāghava", "kuto 'bhilaṣaṇaṃ strīṇāṃ pareṣāṃ dharmanāśanam"], "translation": "False speech, O Rāghava, has never been yours and never will be; whence then would come the desiring of other men's wives, which destroys dharma?", "sarga_title": "Story of the tapasvin’s sword"}
{"ref": "3.8.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 8, "verse": 5, "iast": ["tac ca sarvaṃ mahābāho śakyaṃ voḍhuṃ jitendriyaiḥ", "tava vaśyendriyatvaṃ ca jānāmi śubhadarśana"], "translation": "All that, O mighty-armed one, can be mastered by those who have conquered their senses; and I know your mastery of the senses, O fair-visaged one.", "sarga_title": "Story of the tapasvin’s sword"}
{"ref": "3.8.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 8, "verse": 6, "iast": ["tṛtīyaṃ yad idaṃ raudraṃ paraprāṇābhihiṃsanam", "nirvairaṃ kriyate mohāt tac ca te samupasthitam"], "translation": "The third, this cruel thing—the slaying of others' lives, done without enmity, out of delusion—that too has now presented itself to you.", "sarga_title": "Story of the tapasvin’s sword"}
{"ref": "3.8.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 8, "verse": 7, "iast": ["pratijñātas tvayā vīra daṇḍakāraṇyavāsinām", "ṛṣīṇāṃ rakṣaṇārthāya vadhaḥ saṃyati rakṣasām"], "translation": "You have vowed, O hero, for the sake of protecting the sages who dwell in the Daṇḍaka forest, the slaying of the rākṣasas in battle.", "sarga_title": "Story of the tapasvin’s sword"}
{"ref": "3.8.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 8, "verse": 8, "iast": ["etannimittaṃ ca vanaṃ daṇḍakā iti viśrutam", "prasthitas tvaṃ saha bhrātrā dhṛtabāṇaśarāsanaḥ"], "translation": "And for this purpose you have set out with your brother, bow and arrows in hand, to the forest famed as Daṇḍaka.", "sarga_title": "Story of the tapasvin’s sword"}
{"ref": "3.8.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 8, "verse": 9, "iast": ["tatas tvāṃ prasthitaṃ dṛṣṭvā mama cintākulaṃ manaḥ", "tvad vṛttaṃ cintayantyā vai bhaven niḥśreyasaṃ hitam"], "translation": "Seeing you thus set out, my mind is troubled with anxiety; brooding on your conduct, I would wish for what is best and most beneficial for you.", "sarga_title": "Story of the tapasvin’s sword"}
{"ref": "3.8.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 8, "verse": 10, "iast": ["na hi me rocate vīra gamanaṃ daṇḍakān prati", "kāraṇaṃ tatra vakṣyāmi vadantyāḥ śrūyatāṃ mama"], "translation": "For your going to the Daṇḍaka forest does not please me, O hero; I shall tell you the reason—let it be heard from me as I speak.", "sarga_title": "Story of the tapasvin’s sword"}
{"ref": "3.8.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 8, "verse": 11, "iast": ["tvaṃ hi bāṇadhanuṣpāṇir bhrātrā saha vanaṃ gataḥ", "dṛṣṭvā vanacarān sarvān kaccit kuryāḥ śaravyayam"], "translation": "For you, with bow and arrows in hand, gone to the forest with your brother—on seeing all the forest-dwellers, might you not loose your arrows?", "sarga_title": "Story of the tapasvin’s sword"}
{"ref": "3.8.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 8, "verse": 12, "iast": ["kṣatriyāṇām iha dhanur hutāśasyendhanāni ca", "samīpataḥ sthitaṃ tejobalam ucchrayate bhṛśam"], "translation": "The bow is to warriors here as fuel is to the fire: standing close by, it makes their fiery strength blaze up mightily.", "sarga_title": "Story of the tapasvin’s sword"}
{"ref": "3.8.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 8, "verse": 13, "iast": ["purā kila mahābāho tapasvī satyavāk śuciḥ", "kasmiṃś cid abhavat puṇye vane ratamṛgadvije"], "translation": "In olden days, O mighty-armed one, so it is told, there was an ascetic, truthful in speech and pure, in a certain holy forest full of happy deer and birds.", "sarga_title": "Story of the tapasvin’s sword"}
{"ref": "3.8.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 8, "verse": 14, "iast": ["tasyaiva tapaso vighnaṃ kartum indraḥ śacīpatiḥ", "khaḍgapāṇir athāgacchad āśramaṃ bhaṭa rūpadhṛk"], "translation": "To make an obstacle to his very austerity, Indra, the lord of Śacī, then came to the hermitage, sword in hand, wearing the guise of a soldier.", "sarga_title": "Story of the tapasvin’s sword"}
{"ref": "3.8.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 8, "verse": 15, "iast": ["tasmiṃs tad āśramapade nihitaḥ khaḍga uttamaḥ", "sa nyāsavidhinā dattaḥ puṇye tapasi tiṣṭhataḥ"], "translation": "In that hermitage he deposited his excellent sword, giving it in the manner of a trust to the ascetic abiding in holy penance.", "sarga_title": "Story of the tapasvin’s sword"}
{"ref": "3.8.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 8, "verse": 16, "iast": ["sa tac chastram anuprāpya nyāsarakṣaṇatatparaḥ", "vane tu vicaraty eva rakṣan pratyayam ātmanaḥ"], "translation": "Having received that weapon, intent on guarding the trust, he wandered about in the forest, keeping faith with himself.", "sarga_title": "Story of the tapasvin’s sword"}
{"ref": "3.8.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 8, "verse": 17, "iast": ["yatra gacchaty upādātuṃ mūlāni ca phalāni ca", "na vinā yāti taṃ khaḍgaṃ nyāsarakṣaṇatatparaḥ"], "translation": "Wherever he went to gather roots and fruits, intent on guarding the trust, he never went without that sword.", "sarga_title": "Story of the tapasvin’s sword"}
{"ref": "3.8.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 8, "verse": 18, "iast": ["nityaṃ śastraṃ parivahan krameṇa sa tapodhanaḥ", "cakāra raudrīṃ svāṃ buddhiṃ tyaktvā tapasi niścayam"], "translation": "Ever carrying the weapon about, that ascetic rich in penance gradually made his own mind cruel, abandoning his resolve in austerity.", "sarga_title": "Story of the tapasvin’s sword"}
{"ref": "3.8.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 8, "verse": 19, "iast": ["tataḥ sa raudrābhirataḥ pramatto 'dharmakarṣitaḥ", "tasya śastrasya saṃvāsāj jagāma narakaṃ muniḥ"], "translation": "Then that sage, taking delight in cruelty, grown heedless and dragged down by unrighteousness, through his keeping company with that weapon, went to hell.", "sarga_title": "Story of the tapasvin’s sword"}
{"ref": "3.8.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 8, "verse": 20, "iast": ["snehāc ca bahumānāc ca smāraye tvāṃ na śikṣaye", "na kathaṃ cana sā kāryā hṛhītadhanuṣā tvayā"], "translation": "Out of affection and out of deep regard I remind you—I do not instruct you: never should this (cruelty) be done by you when you hold the bow.", "sarga_title": "Story of the tapasvin’s sword"}
{"ref": "3.8.21", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 8, "verse": 21, "iast": ["buddhir vairaṃ vinā hantuṃ rākṣasān daṇḍakāśritān", "aparādhaṃ vinā hantuṃ lokān vīra na kāmaye"], "translation": "The intent to slay the rākṣasas who dwell in Daṇḍaka without any enmity—to kill creatures without offense, O hero, I do not wish it.", "sarga_title": "Story of the tapasvin’s sword"}
{"ref": "3.8.22", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 8, "verse": 22, "iast": ["kṣatriyāṇāṃ tu vīrāṇāṃ vaneṣu niyatātmanām", "dhanuṣā kāryam etāvad ārtānām abhirakṣaṇam"], "translation": "For heroic warriors of disciplined soul in the forests, this alone is the work of the bow: the protection of those in distress.", "sarga_title": "Story of the tapasvin’s sword"}
{"ref": "3.8.23", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 8, "verse": 23, "iast": ["kva ca śastraṃ kva ca vanaṃ kva ca kṣātraṃ tapaḥ kva ca", "vyāviddham idam asmābhir deśadharmas tu pūjyatām"], "translation": "What has the weapon to do with the forest, and what has the warrior's calling to do with penance? These are at odds; yet let the custom of the place be honoured.", "sarga_title": "Story of the tapasvin’s sword"}
{"ref": "3.8.24", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 8, "verse": 24, "iast": ["tad āryakaluṣā buddhir jāyate śastrasevanāt", "punar gatvā tv ayodhyāyāṃ kṣatradharmaṃ cariṣyasi"], "translation": "So an ignoble, sullied mind arises from the handling of weapons; but when you have gone back to Ayodhyā, you will practise the warrior's dharma.", "sarga_title": "Story of the tapasvin’s sword"}
{"ref": "3.8.25", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 8, "verse": 25, "iast": ["akṣayā tu bhavet prītiḥ śvaśrū śvaśurayor mama", "yadi rājyaṃ hi saṃnyasya bhaves tvaṃ nirato muniḥ"], "translation": "Undying would be the joy of my mother-in-law and father-in-law, if, renouncing the kingdom, you were to become a devoted sage.", "sarga_title": "Story of the tapasvin’s sword"}
{"ref": "3.8.26", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 8, "verse": 26, "iast": ["dharmād arthaḥ prabhavati dharmāt prabhavate sukham", "dharmeṇa labhate sarvaṃ dharmasāram idaṃ jagat"], "translation": "From dharma springs wealth, from dharma springs happiness; by dharma one gains everything—this world has dharma for its essence.", "sarga_title": "Story of the tapasvin’s sword"}
{"ref": "3.8.27", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 8, "verse": 27, "iast": ["ātmānaṃ niyamais tais taiḥ karṣayitvā prayatnataḥ", "prāpyate nipuṇair dharmo na sukhāl labhyate sukham"], "translation": "Wearing down the self by this and that restraint, with effort, dharma is attained by the skilful; happiness is not won from ease.", "sarga_title": "Story of the tapasvin’s sword"}
{"ref": "3.8.28", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 8, "verse": 28, "iast": ["nityaṃ śucimatiḥ saumya cara dharmaṃ tapovane", "sarvaṃ hi viditaṃ tubhyaṃ trailokyam api tattvataḥ"], "translation": "Ever pure of mind, gentle one, practise dharma in the penance-grove; for the whole of the three worlds is known to you truly.", "sarga_title": "Story of the tapasvin’s sword"}
{"ref": "3.8.29", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 8, "verse": 29, "iast": ["strīcāpalād etad udāhṛtaṃ me dharmaṃ ca vaktuṃ tava kaḥ samarthaḥ", "vicārya buddhyā tu sahānujena yad rocate tat kuru mācireṇa"], "translation": "This has been uttered by me out of a woman's fickleness—for who is competent to teach dharma to you? Having pondered it with your intellect together with your brother, do without delay whatever pleases you.", "sarga_title": "Story of the tapasvin’s sword"}
{"ref": "3.9.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 9, "verse": 1, "iast": ["vākyam etat tu vaidehyā vyāhṛtaṃ bhartṛbhaktayā", "śrutvā dharme sthito rāmaḥ pratyuvācātha maithilīm"], "translation": "Having heard this speech uttered by Vaidehī, devoted to her husband, Rāma, steadfast in dharma, then replied to the princess of Mithilā:", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s promise to the ṛṣis"}
{"ref": "3.9.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 9, "verse": 2, "iast": ["hitam uktaṃ tvayā devi snigdhayā sadṛśaṃ vacaḥ", "kulaṃ vyapadiśantyā ca dharmajñe janakātmaje"], "translation": "A beneficial word has been spoken by you, O queen, tenderly and fittingly, invoking our lineage, O knower of dharma, O daughter of Janaka.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s promise to the ṛṣis"}
{"ref": "3.9.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 9, "verse": 3, "iast": ["kiṃ tu vakṣyāmy ahaṃ devi tvayaivoktam idaṃ vacaḥ", "kṣatriyair dhāryate cāpo nārtaśabdo bhaved iti"], "translation": "But what shall I say, O queen? This very word has been spoken by you yourself: 'The bow is borne by warriors so that no cry of distress may arise.'", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s promise to the ṛṣis"}
{"ref": "3.9.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 9, "verse": 4, "iast": ["te cārtā daṇḍakāraṇye munayaḥ saṃśitavratāḥ", "māṃ sīte svayam āgamya śaraṇyāḥ śaraṇaṃ gatāḥ"], "translation": "And those distressed sages of rigorous vows in the Daṇḍaka forest, O Sītā, though themselves worthy of giving refuge, have come to me of their own accord and taken refuge.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s promise to the ṛṣis"}
{"ref": "3.9.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 9, "verse": 5, "iast": ["vasanto dharmaniratā vane mūlaphalāśanāḥ", "na labhante sukhaṃ bhītā rākṣasaiḥ krūrakarmabhiḥ"], "translation": "Dwelling in the forest, devoted to dharma, living on roots and fruits, they find no ease, terrified by the rākṣasas of cruel deeds.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s promise to the ṛṣis"}
{"ref": "3.9.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 9, "verse": 6, "iast": ["kāle kāle ca niratā niyamair vividhair vane", "bhakṣyante rākṣasair bhīmair naramāṃsopajīvibhiḥ"], "translation": "Time and again, intent on their various observances in the forest, they are devoured by the fearsome rākṣasas who live on human flesh.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s promise to the ṛṣis"}
{"ref": "3.9.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 9, "verse": 7, "iast": ["te bhakṣyamāṇā munayo daṇḍakāraṇyavāsinaḥ", "asmān abhyavapadyeti mām ūcur dvijasattamāḥ"], "translation": "Those sages dwelling in the Daṇḍaka forest, being devoured, said to me, those best of brahmins: 'Save us!'", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s promise to the ṛṣis"}
{"ref": "3.9.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 9, "verse": 8, "iast": ["mayā tu vacanaṃ śrutvā teṣām evaṃ mukhāc cyutam", "kṛtvā caraṇaśuśrūṣāṃ vākyam etad udāhṛtam"], "translation": "But I, having heard this word fallen thus from their lips, and having rendered service at their feet, uttered this speech:", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s promise to the ṛṣis"}
{"ref": "3.9.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 9, "verse": 9, "iast": ["prasīdantu bhavanto me hrīr eṣā hi mamātulā", "yadīdṛśair ahaṃ viprair upastheyair upasthitaḥ", "kiṃ karomīti ca mayā vyāhṛtaṃ dvijasaṃnidhau"], "translation": "'May you be gracious to me—this is a matchless shame for me, that I, who ought myself to be attending upon such brahmins, am instead approached by them. What am I to do?' Thus was it spoken by me in the presence of the twice-born.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s promise to the ṛṣis"}
{"ref": "3.9.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 9, "verse": 10, "iast": ["sarvair eva samāgamya vāg iyaṃ samudāhṛtā", "rākṣasair daṇḍakāraṇye bahubhiḥ kāmarūpibhiḥ", "arditāḥ sma bhṛśaṃ rāma bhavān nas trātum arhati"], "translation": "By all of them, gathering together, this word was uttered: 'By the many rākṣasas in the Daṇḍaka forest who take any form at will, we are grievously afflicted, O Rāma; you ought to save us.'", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s promise to the ṛṣis"}
{"ref": "3.9.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 9, "verse": 11, "iast": ["homakāle tu saṃprāpte parvakāleṣu cānagha", "dharṣayanti sma durdharṣā rākṣasāḥ piśitāśanāḥ"], "translation": "'When the time of oblation has come, and on the days of the moon's changes, O sinless one, the invincible flesh-eating rākṣasas assail us.'", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s promise to the ṛṣis"}
{"ref": "3.9.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 9, "verse": 12, "iast": ["rākṣasair dharṣitānāṃ ca tāpasānāṃ tapasvinām", "gatiṃ mṛgayamāṇānāṃ bhavān naḥ paramā gatiḥ"], "translation": "'For us ascetics and penitents, assailed by the rākṣasas and seeking a refuge, you are our supreme refuge.'", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s promise to the ṛṣis"}
{"ref": "3.9.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 9, "verse": 13, "iast": ["kāmaṃ tapaḥ prabhāvena śaktā hantuṃ niśācarān", "cirārjitaṃ tu necchāmas tapaḥ khaṇḍayituṃ vayam"], "translation": "'Granted, by the power of our penance we are able to slay the night-rovers; yet we do not wish to break the penance we have long amassed.'", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s promise to the ṛṣis"}
{"ref": "3.9.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 9, "verse": 14, "iast": ["bahuvighnaṃ taponityaṃ duścaraṃ caiva rāghava", "tena śāpaṃ na muñcāmo bhakṣyamāṇāś ca rākṣasaiḥ"], "translation": "'Penance is beset by many obstacles, must be kept up constantly, and is hard to practise, O Rāghava; therefore, though being devoured by the rākṣasas, we do not release a curse (upon them).'", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s promise to the ṛṣis"}
{"ref": "3.9.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 9, "verse": 15, "iast": ["tad ardyamānān rakṣobhir daṇḍakāraṇyavāsibhiḥ", "rakṣanas tvaṃ saha bhrātrā tvannāthā hi vayaṃ vane"], "translation": "'So, tormented by the rākṣasas who dwell in the Daṇḍaka forest, protect us with your brother, for we have you as our lord in the forest.'", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s promise to the ṛṣis"}
{"ref": "3.9.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 9, "verse": 16, "iast": ["mayā caitad vacaḥ śrutvā kārtsnyena paripālanam", "ṛṣīṇāṃ daṇḍakāraṇye saṃśrutaṃ janakātmaje"], "translation": "And I, having heard this word, promised the sages in the Daṇḍaka forest their full protection, O daughter of Janaka.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s promise to the ṛṣis"}
{"ref": "3.9.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 9, "verse": 17, "iast": ["saṃśrutya ca na śakṣyāmi jīvamānaḥ pratiśravam", "munīnām anyathā kartuṃ satyam iṣṭaṃ hi me sadā"], "translation": "And having so promised, I shall not, while I live, be able to make my pledge to the sages otherwise; for truth is ever dear to me.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s promise to the ṛṣis"}
{"ref": "3.9.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 9, "verse": 18, "iast": ["apy ahaṃ jīvitaṃ jahyāṃ tvāṃ vā sīte salakṣmaṇām", "na tu pratijñāṃ saṃśrutya brāhmaṇebhyo viśeṣataḥ"], "translation": "I would sooner give up my life, or even you, O Sītā, along with Lakṣmaṇa, than break a promise, once made—especially one made to brahmins.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s promise to the ṛṣis"}
{"ref": "3.9.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 9, "verse": 19, "iast": ["tad avaśyaṃ mayā kāryam ṛṣīṇāṃ paripālanam", "anuktenāpi vaidehi pratijñāya tu kiṃ punaḥ"], "translation": "So the protection of the sages must without fail be done by me even unasked, O Vaidehī—how much more when I have promised it!", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s promise to the ṛṣis"}
{"ref": "3.9.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 9, "verse": 20, "iast": ["mama snehāc ca sauhārdād idam uktaṃ tvayā vacaḥ", "parituṣṭo 'smy ahaṃ sīte na hy aniṣṭo 'nuśiṣyate", "sadṛśaṃ cānurūpaṃ ca kulasya tava śobhane"], "translation": "This word has been spoken by you out of love for me and out of goodwill; I am well pleased, O Sītā—for one who is not dear is not counselled thus—and it is fitting and worthy of your family, O lovely one.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s promise to the ṛṣis"}
{"ref": "3.9.21", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 9, "verse": 21, "iast": ["ity evam uktvā vacanaṃ mahātmā sītāṃ priyāṃ maithila rājaputrīm", "rāmo dhanuṣmān sahalakṣmaṇena jagāma ramyāṇi tapovanāni"], "translation": "Having spoken these words to Sītā, his beloved, the princess of the Mithila king, the great-souled Rāma, bow in hand, together with Lakṣmaṇa, went on to the lovely penance-groves.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s promise to the ṛṣis"}
{"ref": "3.10.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 1, "iast": ["agrataḥ prayayau rāmaḥ sītā madhye sumadhyamā", "pṛṣṭhatas tu dhanuṣpāṇir lakṣmaṇo 'nujagāma ha"], "translation": "Rāma went in front, fair-waisted Sītā in the middle, and behind, bow in hand, Lakṣmaṇa followed after.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 2, "iast": ["tau paśyamānau vividhāñ śailaprasthān vanāni ca", "nadīś ca vividhā ramyā jagmatuḥ saha sītayā"], "translation": "The two, gazing at manifold mountain-slopes and forests, and various lovely rivers, went along together with Sītā.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 3, "iast": ["sārasāṃś cakravākāṃś ca nadīpulinacāriṇaḥ", "sarāṃsi ca sapadmāni yutāni jalajaiḥ khagaiḥ"], "translation": "They saw sāras cranes and cakravāka geese roaming the sandbanks of the rivers, and lakes full of lotuses, thronged with water-born birds.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 4, "iast": ["yūthabaddhāṃś ca pṛṣatān madonmattān viṣāṇinaḥ", "mahiṣāṃś ca varāhāṃś ca gajāṃś ca drumavairiṇaḥ"], "translation": "And spotted deer herded in droves, and horned beasts mad with rut, and buffaloes and boars, and elephants that are foes of the trees.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 5, "iast": ["te gatvā dūram adhvānaṃ lambamāne divākare", "dadṛśuḥ sahitā ramyaṃ taṭākaṃ yojanāyatam"], "translation": "Having gone a long way along the road, when the sun was sinking low, the three together beheld a lovely lake a yojana in extent.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 6, "iast": ["padmapuṣkarasaṃbādhaṃ gajayūthair alaṃkṛtam", "sārasair haṃsakādambaiḥ saṃkulaṃ jalacāribhiḥ"], "translation": "It was crowded with lotuses and blue lotuses, adorned by herds of elephants, and thronged with sāras cranes, swans, and kādamba geese moving on the water.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 7, "iast": ["prasannasalile ramyatasmin sarasi śuśruve", "gītavāditranirghoṣo na tu kaś cana dṛśyate"], "translation": "On that lovely lake of clear water there was heard the sound of song and instruments, yet no one at all could be seen.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 8, "iast": ["tataḥ kautūhalād rāmo lakṣmaṇaś ca mahārathaḥ", "muniṃ dharmabhṛtaṃ nāma praṣṭuṃ samupacakrame"], "translation": "Then Rāma, and Lakṣmaṇa the great chariot-warrior, out of curiosity set about questioning the sage named Dharmabhṛt.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 9, "iast": ["idam atyadbhutaṃ śrutvā sarveṣāṃ no mahāmune", "kautūhalaṃ mahaj jātaṃ kim idaṃ sādhu kathyatām"], "translation": "“Hearing this most marvellous thing, O great sage, great curiosity has arisen in us all; pray tell us plainly, what is this?”", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 10, "iast": ["tenaivam ukto dharmātmā rāghaveṇa munis tadā", "prabhāvaṃ sarasaḥ kṛtsnam ākhyātum upacakrame"], "translation": "Thus addressed by Rāghava, the righteous sage then set about relating the whole power and origin of the lake.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 11, "iast": ["idaṃ pañcāpsaro nāma taṭākaṃ sārvakālikam", "nirmitaṃ tapasā rāma muninā māṇḍakarṇinā"], "translation": "“This lake, called Pañcāpsaras, holds water in every season, Rāma; it was made by the austerity of the sage Māṇḍakarṇi.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 12, "iast": ["sa hi tepe tapas tīvraṃ māṇḍakarṇir mahāmuniḥ", "daśavarṣasahasrāṇi vāyubhakṣo jalāśraya"], "translation": "For that great sage Māṇḍakarṇi practised fierce austerity for ten thousand years, feeding on air and dwelling in the water.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 13, "iast": ["tataḥ pravyathitāḥ sarve devāḥ sāgnipurogamāḥ", "abruvan vacanaṃ sarve paraspara samāgatāḥ", "asmakaṃ kasya cit sthānam eṣa prārthayate muniḥ"], "translation": "Then all the gods, greatly alarmed, led by Agni, having gathered together, said to one another: “This sage is aspiring to the place of one or other of us.”", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 14, "iast": ["tataḥ kartuṃ tapovighnaṃ sarvair devair niyojitāḥ", "pradhānāpsarasaḥ pañcavidyuccalitavarcasaḥ"], "translation": "Then five chief apsarases, whose radiance flickered like lightning, were appointed by all the gods to make an obstacle to his austerity.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 15, "iast": ["apsarobhis tatas tābhir munir dṛṣṭaparāvaraḥ", "nīto madanavaśyatvaṃ surāṇāṃ kāryasiddhaye"], "translation": "Then by those apsarases the sage, who saw far and near, was brought under the sway of love, for the accomplishment of the gods' purpose.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 16, "iast": ["tāś caivāpsarasaḥ pañcamuneḥ patnītvam āgatāḥ", "taṭāke nirmitaṃ tāsām asminn antarhitaṃ gṛham"], "translation": "And those five apsarases became the wives of the sage; in this lake a hidden dwelling was made for them.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 17, "iast": ["tatraivāpsarasaḥ pañcanivasantyo yathāsukham", "ramayanti tapoyogān muniṃ yauvanam āsthitam"], "translation": "Right there the five apsarases, dwelling at their ease, delight the sage — who by his yoga of austerity has assumed youth.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 18, "iast": ["tāsāṃ saṃkrīḍamānānām eṣa vāditraniḥsvanaḥ", "śrūyate bhūṣaṇonmiśro gītaśabdo manoharaḥ"], "translation": "As they sport together, this sound of instruments, mingled with the chime of their ornaments, is heard, and the enchanting sound of their song.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 19, "iast": ["āścaryam iti tasyaitad vacanaṃ bhāvitātmanaḥ", "rāghavaḥ pratijagrāha saha bhrātrā mahāyaśāḥ"], "translation": "“A wonder!” — thus the greatly renowned Rāghava, together with his brother, received this speech of the sage of purified soul.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 20, "iast": ["evaṃ kathayamānasya dadarśāśramamaṇḍalam", "kuśacīraparikṣiptaṃ nānāvṛkṣasamāvṛtam"], "translation": "As he was speaking thus, Rāma beheld a cluster of hermitages, hedged about with kuśa grass and bark garments, and surrounded by various trees.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.21", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 21, "iast": ["praviśya saha vaidehyā lakṣmaṇena ca rāghavaḥ", "tadā tasmin sa kākutsthaḥ śrīmaty āśramamaṇḍale"], "translation": "Rāghava, that scion of Kakutstha, entering together with Vaidehī and Lakṣmaṇa, then, in that glorious cluster of hermitages,", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.22", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 22, "iast": ["uṣitvā susukhaṃ tatra pūrjyamāno maharṣibhiḥ", "jagāma cāśramāṃs teṣāṃ paryāyeṇa tapasvinām"], "translation": "having dwelt there most happily, honoured by the great seers, went in turn to the hermitages of those ascetics.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.23", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 23, "iast": ["yeṣām uṣitavān pūrvaṃ sakāśe sa mahāstravit", "kva cit paridaśān māsān ekaṃ saṃvatsaraṃ kva cit"], "translation": "In whose presence that master of great weapons had dwelt before — in one place fully ten months, in another a whole year,", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.24", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 24, "iast": ["kva cic ca caturo māsān pañcaṣaṭ cāparān kva cit", "aparatrādhikān māsān adhyardham adhikaṃ kva cit"], "translation": "and somewhere four months, and elsewhere five or six others, in yet another place more months, and somewhere a year and a half or more —", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.25", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 25, "iast": ["trīn māsān aṣṭamāsāṃś ca rāghavo nyavasat sukham", "tathā saṃvasatas tasya munīnām āśrameṣu vai", "ramataś cānukulyena yayuḥ saṃvatsarā daśa"], "translation": "and three months and eight months — thus Rāghava dwelt in comfort; and as he abode agreeably in the hermitages of the sages, ten years passed.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.26", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 26, "iast": ["parisṛtya ca dharmajño rāghavaḥ saha sītayā", "sutīkṣṇasyāśramaṃ śrīmān punar evājagāma ha"], "translation": "And having wandered about, the glorious, dharma-knowing Rāghava, together with Sītā, came once again to the hermitage of Sutīkṣṇa.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.27", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 27, "iast": ["sa tam āśramam āgamya munibhiḥ pratipūjitaḥ", "tatrāpi nyavasad rāmaḥ kaṃ cit kālam ariṃdamaḥ"], "translation": "Reaching that hermitage and honoured by the sages, Rāma, the tamer of foes, dwelt there too for some time.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.28", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 28, "iast": ["athāśramastho vinayāt kadā cit taṃ mahāmunim", "upāsīnaḥ sa kākutsthaḥ sutīkṣṇam idam abravīt"], "translation": "Then one day, abiding in the hermitage, that scion of Kakutstha, humbly attending upon the great sage Sutīkṣṇa, said this to him:", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.29", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 29, "iast": ["asminn araṇye bhagavann agastyo munisattamaḥ", "vasatīti mayā nityaṃ kathāḥ kathayatāṃ śrutam"], "translation": "“In this forest, O venerable one, Agastya, the best of sages, dwells — so I have constantly heard from those who tell the tales.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.30", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 30, "iast": ["na tu jānāmi taṃ deśaṃ vanasyāsya mahattayā", "kutrāśramapadaṃ puṇyaṃ maharṣes tasya dhīmataḥ"], "translation": "But because of the vastness of this forest I do not know the region — where the holy hermitage of that wise great seer may be.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.31", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 31, "iast": ["prasādāt tatra bhavataḥ sānujaḥ saha sītayā", "agastyam abhigaccheyam abhivādayituṃ munim"], "translation": "By your grace I would go there, with my brother and with Sītā, to Agastya, to salute the sage.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.32", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 32, "iast": ["manoratho mahān eṣa hṛdi saṃparivartate", "yad ahaṃ taṃ munivaraṃ śuśrūṣeyam api svayam"], "translation": "This great wish keeps turning in my heart: that I might myself wait in service upon that best of sages.”", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.33", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 33, "iast": ["iti rāmasya sa muniḥ śrutvā dharmātmano vacaḥ", "sutīkṣṇaḥ pratyuvācedaṃ prīto daśarathātmajam"], "translation": "Hearing this speech of the righteous Rāma, the sage Sutīkṣṇa, pleased, replied thus to the son of Daśaratha:", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.34", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 34, "iast": ["aham apy etad eva tvāṃ vaktukāmaḥ salakṣmaṇam", "agastyam abhigaccheti sītayā saha rāghava"], "translation": "“I too, Rāghava, was wishing to say this very thing to you and Lakṣmaṇa: ‘Go to Agastya, together with Sītā.’", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.35", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 35, "iast": ["diṣṭyā tv idānīm arthe 'smin svayam eva bravīṣi mām", "aham ākhyāsi te vatsa yatrāgastyo mahāmuniḥ"], "translation": "By good fortune you now speak to me of this matter of your own accord; I will tell you, dear child, where the great sage Agastya is.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.36", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 36, "iast": ["yojanāny āśramāt tāta yāhi catvāri vai tataḥ", "dakṣiṇena mahāñ śrīmān agastyabhrātur āśramaḥ"], "translation": "Go, my child, four yojanas from this hermitage; then to the south lies the great and glorious hermitage of Agastya's brother.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.37", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 37, "iast": ["sthalaprāye vanoddeśe pippalīvanaśobhite", "bahupuṣpaphale ramye nānāśakuninādite"], "translation": "on a mostly level tract of the forest, graced with groves of long-pepper, lovely with abundant flowers and fruit, and loud with the cries of many birds.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.38", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 38, "iast": ["padminyo vividhās tatra prasannasalilāḥ śivāḥ", "haṃsakāraṇḍavākīrṇāś cakravākopaśobhitāḥ"], "translation": "There are various lotus-ponds of clear, wholesome water, strewn with swans and kāraṇḍava ducks, and graced with cakravāka geese.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.39", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 39, "iast": ["tatraikāṃ rajanīm uṣya prabhāte rāma gamyatām", "dakṣiṇāṃ diśam āsthāya vanakhaṇḍasya pārśvataḥ"], "translation": "Having passed a single night there, in the morning, Rāma, you should proceed, holding to the southern direction, along the side of the woodland tract.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.40", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 40, "iast": ["tatrāgastyāśramapadaṃ gatvā yojanam antaram", "ramaṇīye vanoddeśe bahupādapa saṃvṛte", "raṃsyate tatra vaidehī lakṣmaṇaś ca tvayā saha"], "translation": "Going on a yojana further, you will reach the hermitage of Agastya; in that delightful forest tract, thick with many trees, Vaidehī and Lakṣmaṇa will take pleasure there, together with you.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.41", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 41, "iast": ["sa hi ramyo vanoddeśo bahupādapasaṃkulaḥ", "yadi buddhiḥ kṛtā draṣṭum agastyaṃ taṃ mahāmunim", "adyaiva gamane buddhiṃ rocayasva mahāyaśaḥ"], "translation": "For that forest tract is lovely, crowded with many trees; if your mind is made up to see that great sage Agastya, then, O illustrious one, resolve to set out this very day.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.42", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 42, "iast": ["iti rāmo muneḥ śrutvā saha bhrātrābhivādya ca", "pratasthe 'gastyam uddiśya sānujaḥ saha sītayā"], "translation": "Having heard this from the sage, Rāma, together with his brother, took his leave and, with Lakṣmaṇa and Sītā, set out making for Agastya.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.43", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 43, "iast": ["paśyan vanāni citrāṇi parvapāṃś cābhrasaṃnibhān", "sarāṃsi saritaś caiva pathi mārgavaśānugāḥ"], "translation": "Gazing at the varied forests and the mountains like clouds, and at the lakes and rivers lying along the road as the path led,", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.44", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 44, "iast": ["sutīkṣṇenopadiṣṭena gatvā tena pathā sukham", "idaṃ paramasaṃhṛṣṭo vākyaṃ lakṣmaṇam abravīt"], "translation": "Having gone pleasantly by that road pointed out by Sutīkṣṇa, greatly delighted, he spoke these words to Lakṣmaṇa:", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.45", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 45, "iast": ["etad evāśramapadaṃ nūnaṃ tasya mahātmanaḥ", "agastyasya muner bhrātur dṛśyate puṇyakarmaṇaḥ"], "translation": "“Surely this that is seen is the very hermitage of that great-souled brother of the sage Agastya, of holy deeds.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.46", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 46, "iast": ["yathā hīme vanasyāsya jñātāḥ pathi sahasraśaḥ", "saṃnatāḥ phalabhareṇa puṣpabhāreṇa ca drumāḥ"], "translation": "For the trees of this forest are known by the thousand along the path, bent down with the weight of their fruit and the burden of their blossoms.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.47", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 47, "iast": ["pippalīnāṃ ca pakvānāṃ vanād asmād upāgataḥ", "gandho 'yaṃ pavanotkṣiptaḥ sahasā kaṭukodayaḥ"], "translation": "And this pungent-smelling scent of ripe long-peppers, wafted up by the wind, has suddenly come from this forest.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.48", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 48, "iast": ["tatra tatra ca dṛśyante saṃkṣiptāḥ kāṣṭhasaṃcayāḥ", "lūnāś ca pathi dṛśyante darbhā vaidūryavarcasaḥ"], "translation": "Here and there are seen gathered heaps of firewood, and cut darbha grass, gleaming like beryl, is seen along the path.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.49", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 49, "iast": ["etac ca vanamadhyasthaṃ kṛṣṇābhraśikharopamam", "pāvakasyāśramasthasya dhūmāgraṃ saṃpradṛśyate"], "translation": "And this, standing in the midst of the forest, like the crest of a dark cloud, is seen — the top of the smoke of the sacred fire that abides in the hermitage.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.50", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 50, "iast": ["vivikteṣu ca tīrtheṣu kṛtasnānā dvijātayaḥ", "puṣpopahāraṃ kurvanti kusumaiḥ svayam ārjitaiḥ"], "translation": "And at the secluded bathing-places the twice-born, having bathed, make offerings of flowers with blossoms gathered by their own hands.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.51", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 51, "iast": ["tat sutīkṣṇasya vacanaṃ yathā saumya mayā śrutam", "agastyasyāśramo bhrātur nūnam eṣa bhaviṣyati"], "translation": "According as I heard the words of Sutīkṣṇa, gentle brother, this must surely be the hermitage of Agastya's brother.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.52", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 52, "iast": ["nigṛhya tarasā mṛtyuṃ lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā", "yasya bhrātrā kṛteyaṃ dik śaraṇyā puṇyakarmaṇā"], "translation": "— by whose brother, of holy deeds, forcibly restraining death, out of desire for the good of the worlds, this quarter was made a refuge.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.53", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 53, "iast": ["ihaikadā kila krūro vātāpir api celvalaḥ", "bhrātarau sahitāv āstāṃ brāhmaṇaghnau mahāsurau"], "translation": "Here once, they say, the cruel Vātāpi and Ilvala too, two brothers, great asuras and slayers of brahmins, dwelt together.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.54", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 54, "iast": ["dhārayan brāhmaṇaṃ rūpam ilvalaḥ saṃskṛtaṃ vadan", "āmantrayati viprān sa śrāddham uddiśya nirghṛṇaḥ"], "translation": "Assuming the form of a brahmin and speaking refined Sanskrit, the pitiless Ilvala would invite brahmins on the pretext of a śrāddha rite.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.55", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 55, "iast": ["bhrātaraṃ saṃskṛtaṃ bhrātā tatas taṃ meṣarūpiṇam", "tān dvijān bhojayām āsa śrāddhadṛṣṭena karmaṇā"], "translation": "Then the brother, having cooked his brother, who had taken the form of a ram, fed those brahmins with it by the rite prescribed for a śrāddha.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.56", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 56, "iast": ["tato bhuktavatāṃ teṣāṃ viprāṇām ilvalo 'bravīt", "vātāpe niṣkramasveti svareṇa mahatā vadan"], "translation": "Then, when those brahmins had eaten, Ilvala called out in a loud voice, saying: “Vātāpi, come forth!”", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.57", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 57, "iast": ["tato bhrātur vacaḥ śrutvā vātāpir meṣavan nadan", "bhittvā bhitvā śarīrāṇi brāhmaṇānāṃ viniṣpatat"], "translation": "Then, hearing his brother's words, Vātāpi, bleating like a ram, would burst forth, tearing apart the bodies of the brahmins.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.58", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 58, "iast": ["brāhmaṇānāṃ sahasrāṇi tair evaṃ kāmarūpibhiḥ", "vināśitāni saṃhatya nityaśaḥ piśitāśanaiḥ"], "translation": "Thousands of brahmins were thus destroyed by those two, who could take any form at will, joining together — those constant flesh-eaters.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.59", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 59, "iast": ["agastyena tadā devaiḥ prārthitena maharṣiṇā", "anubhūya kila śrāddhe bhakṣitaḥ sa mahāsuraḥ"], "translation": "Then by the great seer Agastya, entreated by the gods, that great asura was, they say, consumed and digested at the śrāddha.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.60", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 60, "iast": ["tataḥ saṃpannam ity uktvā dattvā hastāvasecanam", "bhrātaraṃ niṣkramasveti ilvalaḥ so 'bhyabhāṣata"], "translation": "Then, saying “It is finished,” and giving water for rinsing the hands, that Ilvala called to his brother, “Come forth!”", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.61", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 61, "iast": ["taṃ tathā bhāṣamāṇaṃ tu bhrātaraṃ vipraghātinam", "abravīt prahasan dhīmān agastyo munisattamaḥ"], "translation": "But to that brother, the brahmin-slayer, speaking thus, the wise Agastya, best of sages, said with a smile:", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.62", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 62, "iast": ["kuto niṣkramituṃ śaktir mayā jīrṇasya rakṣasaḥ", "bhrātus te meṣa rūpasya gatasya yamasādanam"], "translation": "“Whence should there be power to come forth for the rakṣasa I have digested — your ram-shaped brother, gone to the abode of Yama?”", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.63", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 63, "iast": ["atha tasya vacaḥ śrutvā bhrātur nidhanasaṃśritam", "pradharṣayitum ārebhe muniṃ krodhān niśācaraḥ"], "translation": "Then, hearing his words that told of his brother's death, the night-ranger, out of wrath, set about to assault the sage.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.64", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 64, "iast": ["so 'bhyadravad dvijendraṃ taṃ muninā dīptatejasā", "cakṣuṣānalakalpena nirdagdho nidhanaṃ gataḥ"], "translation": "He rushed at that lord of the twice-born, but, burnt up by the sage of blazing splendour with a glance like fire, he met his death.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.65", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 65, "iast": ["tasyāyam āśramo bhrātus taṭākavanaśobhitaḥ", "viprānukampayā yena karmedaṃ duṣkaraṃ kṛtam"], "translation": "This is the hermitage of that brother of his, graced with lakes and woods — the one by whom, out of compassion for the brahmins, this hard deed was done.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.66", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 66, "iast": ["evaṃ kathayamānasya tasya saumitriṇā saha", "rāmasyāstaṃ gataḥ sūryaḥ saṃdhyākālo 'bhyavartata"], "translation": "As Rāma was speaking thus together with Saumitri, the sun went to its setting, and the twilight hour came on.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.67", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 67, "iast": ["upāsya paścimāṃ saṃdhyāṃ saha bhrātrā yathāvidhi", "praviveśāśramapadaṃ tam ṛṣiṃ cābhyavādayan"], "translation": "Having with his brother worshipped the evening twilight according to rule, he entered the hermitage and saluted that seer.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.68", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 68, "iast": ["samyak pratigṛhītas tu muninā tena rāghavaḥ", "nyavasat tāṃ niśām ekāṃ prāśya mūlaphalāni ca"], "translation": "Received well by that sage, Rāghava spent that one night, having eaten roots and fruits.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.69", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 69, "iast": ["tasyāṃ rātryāṃ vyatītāyāṃ vimale sūryamaṇḍale", "bhrātaraṃ tam agastyasya āmantrayata rāghavaḥ"], "translation": "When that night had passed and the orb of the sun was bright, Rāghava took leave of that brother of Agastya.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.70", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 70, "iast": ["abhivādaye tvā bhagavan sukham adhyuṣito niśām", "āmantraye tvāṃ gacchāmi guruṃ te draṣṭum agrajam"], "translation": "“I salute you, venerable one; I have passed the night in comfort. I take my leave of you; I go to see your elder brother, my venerable master.”", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.71", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 71, "iast": ["gamyatām iti tenokto jagāma raghunandanaḥ", "yathoddiṣṭena mārgeṇa vanaṃ tac cāvalokayan"], "translation": "Told by him, “Go,” the delight of the Raghus set off by the road as directed, gazing upon that forest.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.72", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 72, "iast": ["nīvārān panasāṃs tālāṃs timiśān vañjulān dhavān", "ciribilvān madhūkāṃś ca bilvān api ca tindukān"], "translation": "wild rice, jackfruit and palm trees, timiśa, vañjula and dhava trees, ciribilva and madhūka trees, and bilva trees too, and tinduka trees —", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.73", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 73, "iast": ["puṣpitān puṣpitāgrābhir latābhir anuveṣṭitān", "dadarśa rāmaḥ śataśas tatra kāntārapādapān"], "translation": "Rāma saw there in their hundreds the forest trees in blossom, entwined with flowering-tipped creepers.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.74", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 74, "iast": ["hastihastair vimṛditān vānarair upaśobhitān", "mattaiḥ śakunisaṃghaiś ca śataśaḥ pratināditān"], "translation": "trees crushed by the trunks of elephants, graced with monkeys, and made to resound on every side by hundreds of flocks of exultant birds.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.75", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 75, "iast": ["tato 'bravīt samīpasthaṃ rāmo rājīvalocanaḥ", "pṛṣṭhato 'nugataṃ vīraṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ lakṣmivardhanam"], "translation": "Then lotus-eyed Rāma spoke to the hero Lakṣmaṇa, the increaser of fortune, who stood near, following behind him:", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.76", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 76, "iast": ["snigdhapatrā yathā vṛkṣā yathā kṣāntā mṛgadvijāḥ", "āśramo nātidūrastho maharṣer bhāvitātmanaḥ"], "translation": "Since the trees have glossy leaves, and the beasts and birds are tame, the hermitage of the great seer of purified soul is not far off.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.77", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 77, "iast": ["agastya iti vikhyāto loke svenaiva karmaṇā", "āśramo dṛśyate tasya pariśrānta śramāpahaḥ"], "translation": "Renowned in the world by his own deed as ‘Agastya’ — his hermitage is seen, taking away the fatigue of the weary.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.78", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 78, "iast": ["prājyadhūmākulavanaś cīramālāpariṣkṛtaḥ", "praśāntamṛgayūthaś ca nānāśakunināditaḥ"], "translation": "Its woods are thick with abundant smoke, it is adorned with rows of bark garments, its herds of deer are at peace, and it resounds with many birds.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.79", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 79, "iast": ["nigṛhya tarasā mṛtyuṃ lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā", "dakṣiṇā dik kṛtā yena śaraṇyā puṇyakarmaṇā"], "translation": "By whom, of holy deeds, forcibly restraining death out of desire for the good of the worlds, the southern quarter was made a refuge —", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.80", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 80, "iast": ["tasyedam āśramapadaṃ prabhāvād yasya rākṣasaiḥ", "dig iyaṃ dakṣiṇā trāsād dṛśyate nopabhujyate"], "translation": "This is the hermitage of him by whose power this southern quarter, out of dread, is (only) looked upon by the rākṣasas and not enjoyed.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.81", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 81, "iast": ["yadā prabhṛti cākrāntā dig iyaṃ puṇyakarmaṇā", "tadā prabhṛti nirvairāḥ praśāntā rajanīcarāḥ"], "translation": "From the time this quarter was taken possession of by the man of holy deeds, from that time the night-rangers have been free of enmity and at peace.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.82", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 82, "iast": ["nāmnā ceyaṃ bhagavato dakṣiṇā dik pradakṣiṇā", "prathitā triṣu lokeṣu durdharṣā krūrakarmabhiḥ"], "translation": "And by the name of the venerable one this southern quarter is renowned in the three worlds as ‘auspicious,’ unassailable by the doers of cruel deeds.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.83", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 83, "iast": ["mārgaṃ niroddhuṃ satataṃ bhāskarasyācalottamaḥ", "saṃdeśaṃ pālayaṃs tasya vindhyaśaulo na vardhate"], "translation": "Keeping his command, the Vindhya, best of mountains, does not grow, so as forever to block the path of the sun.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.84", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 84, "iast": ["ayaṃ dīrghāyuṣas tasya loke viśrutakarmaṇaḥ", "agastyasyāśramaḥ śrīmān vinītamṛgasevitaḥ"], "translation": "This is the glorious hermitage of that long-lived Agastya, whose deeds are famed in the world, frequented by tame deer.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.85", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 85, "iast": ["eṣa lokārcitaḥ sādhur hite nityaṃ rataḥ satām", "asmān adhigatān eṣa śreyasā yojayiṣyati"], "translation": "This holy man, honoured by the world, ever devoted to the welfare of the good, will unite us who have come to him with blessing.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.86", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 86, "iast": ["ārādhayiṣyāmy atrāham agastyaṃ taṃ mahāmunim", "śeṣaṃ ca vanavāsasya saumya vatsyāmy ahaṃ prabho"], "translation": "Here I shall propitiate that great sage Agastya, and the remainder of our forest-dwelling, gentle brother, I shall pass here, my dear one.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.87", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 87, "iast": ["atra devāḥ sagandharvāḥ siddhāś ca paramarṣayaḥ", "agastyaṃ niyatāhāraṃ satataṃ paryupāsate"], "translation": "Here the gods together with the gandharvas, and the siddhas and the supreme seers, constantly wait upon Agastya of restrained diet.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.88", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 88, "iast": ["nātra jīven mṛṣāvādī krūro vā yadi vā śaṭhaḥ", "nṛśaṃsaḥ kāma vṛtto vā munir eṣa tathāvidhaḥ"], "translation": "Here no liar could live, nor a cruel man, nor a rogue, nor a savage, nor one given to lust — such is this sage.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.89", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 89, "iast": ["atra devāś ca yakṣāś ca nāgāś ca patagaiḥ saha", "vasanti niyatāhāro dharmam ārādhayiṣṇavaḥ"], "translation": "Here gods and yakṣas and nāgas together with the birds dwell, of restrained diet, eager to serve dharma.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.90", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 90, "iast": ["atra siddhā mahātmāno vimānaiḥ sūryasaṃnibhaiḥ", "tyaktvā dehān navair dehaiḥ svaryātāḥ paramarṣayaḥ"], "translation": "Here great-souled siddhas and supreme seers, casting off their bodies, have gone to heaven in new bodies, in celestial cars bright as the sun.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.91", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 91, "iast": ["yakṣatvam amaratvaṃ ca rājyāni vividhāni ca", "atra devāḥ prayacchanti bhūtair ārādhitāḥ śubhaiḥ"], "translation": "The state of a yakṣa, immortality, and kingdoms of many kinds — here the gods bestow, when worshipped by auspicious beings.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.10.92", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 10, "verse": 92, "iast": ["āgatāḥ smāśramapadaṃ saumitre praviśāgrataḥ", "nivedayeha māṃ prāptam ṛṣaye saha sītayā"], "translation": "We have reached the hermitage, Saumitri; go in ahead, and here announce me, arrived with Sītā, to the seer.", "sarga_title": "Ten years among the hermitages"}
{"ref": "3.11.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 11, "verse": 1, "iast": ["sa praviśyāśramapadaṃ lakṣmaṇo rāghavānujaḥ", "agastyaśiṣyam āsādya vākyam etad uvāca ha"], "translation": "Lakṣmaṇa, the younger brother of Rāghava, having entered the hermitage grounds and approached a disciple of Agastya, spoke these words:", "sarga_title": "Agastya’s gifts of weapons"}
{"ref": "3.11.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 11, "verse": 2, "iast": ["rājā daśaratho nāma jyeṣṭhas tasya suto balī", "rāmaḥ prāpto muniṃ draṣṭuṃ bhāryayā saha sītayā"], "translation": "“There is a king named Daśaratha; his eldest son, mighty Rāma, has come with his wife Sītā to see the sage.", "sarga_title": "Agastya’s gifts of weapons"}
{"ref": "3.11.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 11, "verse": 3, "iast": ["lakṣmaṇo nāma tasyāhaṃ bhrātā tv avarajo hitaḥ", "anukūlaś ca bhaktaś ca yadi te śrotram āgataḥ"], "translation": "I am named Lakṣmaṇa, his younger brother, devoted to his welfare, obedient and loyal — if that has ever reached your ear.", "sarga_title": "Agastya’s gifts of weapons"}
{"ref": "3.11.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 11, "verse": 4, "iast": ["te vayaṃ vanam atyugraṃ praviṣṭāḥ pitṛśāsanāt", "draṣṭum icchāmahe sarve bhagavantaṃ nivedyatām"], "translation": "We, having entered this most terrible forest at our father’s command, all wish to see the venerable one; let it be announced.”", "sarga_title": "Agastya’s gifts of weapons"}
{"ref": "3.11.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 11, "verse": 5, "iast": ["tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā lakṣmaṇasya tapodhanaḥ", "tathety uktvāgniśaraṇaṃ praviveśa niveditum"], "translation": "Hearing that speech of Lakṣmaṇa, the ascetic, saying “So be it,” entered the fire-sanctuary to announce it.", "sarga_title": "Agastya’s gifts of weapons"}
{"ref": "3.11.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 11, "verse": 6, "iast": ["sa praviśya muni śreṣṭhaṃ tapasā duṣpradharṣaṇam", "kṛtāñjalir uvācedaṃ rāmāgamanam añjasā"], "translation": "Having entered, with palms joined he spoke this to the best of sages, unassailable through his austerity, announcing Rāma’s arrival directly:", "sarga_title": "Agastya’s gifts of weapons"}
{"ref": "3.11.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 11, "verse": 7, "iast": ["putrau daśarathasyemau rāmo lakṣmaṇa eva ca", "praviṣṭāv āśramapadaṃ sītayā saha bhāryayā"], "translation": "“These two sons of Daśaratha, Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, have entered the hermitage grounds together with his wife Sītā.", "sarga_title": "Agastya’s gifts of weapons"}
{"ref": "3.11.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 11, "verse": 8, "iast": ["draṣṭuṃ bhavantam āyātau śuśrūṣārtham ariṃdamau", "yad atrānantaraṃ tattvam ājñāpayitum arhasi"], "translation": "Those two tamers of foes have come to see you and to render service; be pleased to command truly what should follow next in this matter.”", "sarga_title": "Agastya’s gifts of weapons"}
{"ref": "3.11.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 11, "verse": 9, "iast": ["tataḥ śiṣyād upaśrutya prāptaṃ rāmaṃ salakṣmaṇam", "vaidehīṃ ca mahābhāgām idaṃ vacanam abravīt"], "translation": "Then, hearing from the disciple that Rāma with Lakṣmaṇa and the illustrious Vaidehī had come, he spoke these words:", "sarga_title": "Agastya’s gifts of weapons"}
{"ref": "3.11.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 11, "verse": 10, "iast": ["diṣṭyā rāmaś cirasyādya draṣṭuṃ māṃ samupāgataḥ", "manasā kāṅkṣitaṃ hy asya mayāpy āgamanaṃ prati"], "translation": "“By good fortune Rāma has come today, after so long, to see me; indeed I too had longed in my heart for his coming.", "sarga_title": "Agastya’s gifts of weapons"}
{"ref": "3.11.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 11, "verse": 11, "iast": ["gamyatāṃ satkṛto rāmaḥ sabhāryaḥ sahalakṣmaṇaḥ", "praveśyatāṃ samīpaṃ me kiṃ cāsau na praveśitaḥ"], "translation": "Let one go, and let Rāma be honoured and brought into my presence with his wife and with Lakṣmaṇa; why has he not already been shown in?”", "sarga_title": "Agastya’s gifts of weapons"}
{"ref": "3.11.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 11, "verse": 12, "iast": ["evam uktas tu muninā dharmajñena mahātmanā", "abhivādyābravīc chiṣyas tatheti niyatāñjaliḥ"], "translation": "Addressed thus by the great-souled sage who knew dharma, the disciple, saluting with palms reverently joined, said, “So be it.”", "sarga_title": "Agastya’s gifts of weapons"}
{"ref": "3.11.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 11, "verse": 13, "iast": ["tato niṣkramya saṃbhrāntaḥ śiṣyo lakṣmaṇam abravīt", "kvāsau rāmo muniṃ draṣṭum etu praviśatu svayam"], "translation": "Then, coming out in a hurry, the disciple said to Lakṣmaṇa: “Where is Rāma? Let him come to see the sage; let him enter in person.”", "sarga_title": "Agastya’s gifts of weapons"}
{"ref": "3.11.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 11, "verse": 14, "iast": ["tato gatvāśramapadaṃ śiṣyeṇa sahalakṣmaṇaḥ", "darśayām āsa kākutsthaṃ sītāṃ ca janakātmajām"], "translation": "Then Lakṣmaṇa, going with the disciple to the hermitage grounds, pointed out Kākutstha (Rāma) and Sītā, the daughter of Janaka.", "sarga_title": "Agastya’s gifts of weapons"}
{"ref": "3.11.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 11, "verse": 15, "iast": ["taṃ śiṣyaḥ praśritaṃ vākyam agastyavacanaṃ bruvan", "prāveśayad yathānyāyaṃ satkārārthaṃ susatkṛtam"], "translation": "The disciple, uttering the courteous message of Agastya, ushered him in duly, well honoured, for the sake of hospitality.", "sarga_title": "Agastya’s gifts of weapons"}
{"ref": "3.11.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 11, "verse": 16, "iast": ["praviveśa tato rāmaḥ sītayā sahalakṣmaṇaḥ", "praśāntahariṇākīrṇam āśramaṃ hy avalokayan"], "translation": "Then Rāma entered with Sītā and with Lakṣmaṇa, gazing at the hermitage thronged with peaceful deer.", "sarga_title": "Agastya’s gifts of weapons"}
{"ref": "3.11.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 11, "verse": 17, "iast": ["sa tatra brahmaṇaḥ sthānam agneḥ sthānaṃ tathaiva ca", "viṣṇoḥ sthānaṃ mahendrasya sthānaṃ caiva vivasvataḥ"], "translation": "There he saw the shrine of Brahmā, and likewise the shrine of Agni, the shrine of Viṣṇu, the shrine of great Indra, and also that of Vivasvat (the Sun),", "sarga_title": "Agastya’s gifts of weapons"}
{"ref": "3.11.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 11, "verse": 18, "iast": ["somasthānaṃ bhagasthānaṃ sthānaṃ kauberam eva ca", "dhātur vidhātuḥ sthānaṃ ca vāyoḥ sthānaṃ tathaiva ca"], "translation": "the shrine of Soma, the shrine of Bhaga, and also the shrine of Kubera, the shrine of Dhātṛ and Vidhātṛ, and likewise the shrine of Vāyu,", "sarga_title": "Agastya’s gifts of weapons"}
{"ref": "3.11.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 11, "verse": 19, "iast": ["tataḥ śiṣyaiḥ parivṛto munir apy abhiniṣpatat", "taṃ dadarśāgrato rāmo munīnāṃ dīptatejasaṃ", "abravīd vacanaṃ vīro lakṣmaṇaṃ lakṣmivardhanam"], "translation": "Then the sage too, surrounded by his disciples, came forth; and Rāma, seeing before him that sage of blazing splendour, the heroic one spoke these words to Lakṣmaṇa, increaser of good fortune:", "sarga_title": "Agastya’s gifts of weapons"}
{"ref": "3.11.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 11, "verse": 20, "iast": ["eṣa lakṣmaṇa niṣkrāmaty agastyo bhagavān ṛṣiḥ", "audāryeṇāvagacchāmi nidhānaṃ tapasām imam"], "translation": "“Here, Lakṣmaṇa, comes forth the venerable seer Agastya; by his nobility I recognize him as this very treasury of austerities.”", "sarga_title": "Agastya’s gifts of weapons"}
{"ref": "3.11.21", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 11, "verse": 21, "iast": ["evam uktvā mahābāhur agastyaṃ sūryavarcasaṃ", "jagrāha paramaprītas tasya pādau paraṃtapaḥ"], "translation": "Having spoken thus, the mighty-armed scorcher of foes, greatly delighted, clasped the feet of Agastya, who had the splendour of the sun.", "sarga_title": "Agastya’s gifts of weapons"}
{"ref": "3.11.22", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 11, "verse": 22, "iast": ["abhivādya tu dharmātmā tasthau rāmaḥ kṛtāñjaliḥ", "sītayā saha vaidehyā tadā rāma salakṣmaṇaḥ"], "translation": "Having saluted, righteous Rāma stood with palms joined, together with Vaidehī Sītā and with Lakṣmaṇa.", "sarga_title": "Agastya’s gifts of weapons"}
{"ref": "3.11.23", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 11, "verse": 23, "iast": ["pratigṛhya ca kākutstham arcayitvāsanodakaiḥ", "kuśalapraśnam uktvā ca āsyatām iti so 'bravīt"], "translation": "Receiving Kākutstha and honouring him with a seat and water, and asking after his welfare, he said, “Please be seated.”", "sarga_title": "Agastya’s gifts of weapons"}
{"ref": "3.11.24", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 11, "verse": 24, "iast": ["agniṃ hutvā pradāyārghyam atithiṃ pratipūjya ca", "vānaprasthena dharmeṇa sa teṣāṃ bhojanaṃ dadau"], "translation": "Having offered oblation to the fire, presented the guest-offering, and honoured his guest, he gave them food according to the way of the forest-dweller.", "sarga_title": "Agastya’s gifts of weapons"}
{"ref": "3.11.25", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 11, "verse": 25, "iast": ["prathamaṃ copaviśyātha dharmajño munipuṃgavaḥ", "uvāca rāmam āsīnaṃ prāñjaliṃ dharmakovidam"], "translation": "And first sitting down, the bull among sages, the knower of dharma, then spoke to Rāma, seated with palms joined, well-versed in dharma:", "sarga_title": "Agastya’s gifts of weapons"}
{"ref": "3.11.26", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 11, "verse": 26, "iast": ["anyathā khalu kākutstha tapasvī samudācaran", "duḥsākṣīva pare loke svāni māṃsāni bhakṣayet"], "translation": "“Truly, Kākutstha, an ascetic who acts otherwise (than by the rules of hospitality) would, like a false witness, devour his own flesh in the next world.", "sarga_title": "Agastya’s gifts of weapons"}
{"ref": "3.11.27", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 11, "verse": 27, "iast": ["rājā sarvasya lokasya dharmacārī mahārathaḥ", "pūjanīyaś ca mānyaś ca bhavān prāptaḥ priyātithiḥ"], "translation": "You are the king of all the world, a follower of dharma, a great warrior, worthy of worship and honour; you have come as a welcome guest.”", "sarga_title": "Agastya’s gifts of weapons"}
{"ref": "3.11.28", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 11, "verse": 28, "iast": ["evam uktvā phalair mūlaiḥ puṣpaiś cānyaiś ca rāghavam", "pūjayitvā yathākāmaṃ punar eva tato 'bravīt"], "translation": "Having spoken thus and honoured Rāghava to his heart’s content with fruits, roots, flowers and other things, he then spoke again:", "sarga_title": "Agastya’s gifts of weapons"}
{"ref": "3.11.29", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 11, "verse": 29, "iast": ["idaṃ divyaṃ mahac cāpaṃ hemavajravibhūṣitam", "vaiṣṇavaṃ puruṣavyāghra nirmitaṃ viśvakarmaṇā"], "translation": "“This is the great divine bow of Viṣṇu, adorned with gold and diamonds, O tiger among men, fashioned by Viśvakarman.", "sarga_title": "Agastya’s gifts of weapons"}
{"ref": "3.11.30", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 11, "verse": 30, "iast": ["amoghaḥ sūryasaṃkāśo brahmadattaḥ śarottamaḥ", "datto mama mahendreṇa tūṇī cākṣayasāyakau"], "translation": "This is the unerring, sun-like supreme arrow given by Brahmā; and two quivers with inexhaustible shafts were given to me by great Indra.", "sarga_title": "Agastya’s gifts of weapons"}
{"ref": "3.11.31", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 11, "verse": 31, "iast": ["saṃpūrṇau niśitair bāṇair jvaladbhir iva pāvakaiḥ", "mahārājata kośo 'yam asir hemavibhūṣitaḥ"], "translation": "The two are filled with sharp arrows like blazing fires; and here is this sword with a great silver sheath, adorned with gold.", "sarga_title": "Agastya’s gifts of weapons"}
{"ref": "3.11.32", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 11, "verse": 32, "iast": ["anena dhanuṣā rāma hatvā saṃkhye mahāsurān", "ājahāra śriyaṃ dīptāṃ purā viṣṇur divaukasām"], "translation": "With this bow, Rāma, Viṣṇu long ago slew the great asuras in battle and won back the shining sovereignty for the dwellers in heaven.", "sarga_title": "Agastya’s gifts of weapons"}
{"ref": "3.11.33", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 11, "verse": 33, "iast": ["tad dhanus tau ca tūṇīrau śaraṃ khaḍgaṃ ca mānada", "jayāya pratigṛhṇīṣva vajraṃ vajradharo yathā"], "translation": "That bow, those two quivers, the arrow and the sword, O bestower of honour, take up for victory, as the wielder of the thunderbolt takes his vajra.”", "sarga_title": "Agastya’s gifts of weapons"}
{"ref": "3.11.34", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 11, "verse": 34, "iast": ["evam uktvā mahātejāḥ samastaṃ tad varāyudham", "dattvā rāmāya bhagavān agastyaḥ punar abravīt"], "translation": "Having spoken thus and given all that excellent weaponry to Rāma, the venerable, mightily splendid Agastya spoke again:", "sarga_title": "Agastya’s gifts of weapons"}
{"ref": "3.12.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 12, "verse": 1, "iast": ["rāma prīto 'smi bhadraṃ te parituṣṭo 'smi lakṣmaṇa", "abhivādayituṃ yan māṃ prāptau sthaḥ saha sītayā"], "translation": "“Rāma, I am pleased — blessings on you — and I am well satisfied, Lakṣmaṇa, in that you two have come with Sītā to salute me.", "sarga_title": "Agastya’s directions"}
{"ref": "3.12.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 12, "verse": 2, "iast": ["adhvaśrameṇa vāṃ khedo bādhate pracuraśramaḥ", "vyaktam utkaṇṭhate cāpi maithilī janakātmajā"], "translation": "Weariness with much fatigue from the toil of the road afflicts you both; and clearly Maithilī, the daughter of Janaka, is also longing (for rest).", "sarga_title": "Agastya’s directions"}
{"ref": "3.12.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 12, "verse": 3, "iast": ["eṣā hi sukumārī ca duḥkhaiś ca na vimānitā", "prājyadoṣaṃ vanaṃ praptā bhartṛsnehapracoditā"], "translation": "For this delicate one, who has never been humbled by hardships, has come to the forest full of dangers, impelled by love for her husband.", "sarga_title": "Agastya’s directions"}
{"ref": "3.12.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 12, "verse": 4, "iast": ["yathaiṣā ramate rāma iha sītā tathā kuru", "duṣkaraṃ kṛtavaty eṣā vane tvām anugacchatī"], "translation": "Act, Rāma, so that Sītā may find joy here; she has done a hard thing in following you into the forest.", "sarga_title": "Agastya’s directions"}
{"ref": "3.12.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 12, "verse": 5, "iast": ["eṣā hi prakṛtiḥ strīṇām āsṛṣṭe raghunandana", "samastham anurajyante viṣamasthaṃ tyajanti ca"], "translation": "For this has been the nature of women since creation, O joy of the Raghus: they cling to a man in prosperity and desert him when he is in adversity.", "sarga_title": "Agastya’s directions"}
{"ref": "3.12.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 12, "verse": 6, "iast": ["śatahradānāṃ lolatvaṃ śastrāṇāṃ tīkṣṇatāṃ tathā", "garuḍānilayoḥ śaighryam anugacchanti yoṣitaḥ"], "translation": "Women match the flickering of lightning-bolts, the keenness of weapons, and the swiftness of Garuḍa and the wind.", "sarga_title": "Agastya’s directions"}
{"ref": "3.12.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 12, "verse": 7, "iast": ["iyaṃ tu bhavato bhāryā doṣair etair vivarjitāḥ", "ślāghyā ca vyapadeśyā ca yathā devī hy arundhatī"], "translation": "But this wife of yours is free of these faults; she is praiseworthy and to be held up as an example, like the goddess Arundhatī.", "sarga_title": "Agastya’s directions"}
{"ref": "3.12.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 12, "verse": 8, "iast": ["alaṃkṛto 'yaṃ deśaś ca yatra saumitriṇā saha", "vaidehyā cānayā rāma vatsyasi tvam ariṃdama"], "translation": "And this region is graced, O tamer of foes, where you, Rāma, will dwell together with Saumitri and with this Vaidehī.”", "sarga_title": "Agastya’s directions"}
{"ref": "3.12.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 12, "verse": 9, "iast": ["evam uktas tu muninā rāghavaḥ saṃyatāñjaliḥ", "uvāca praśritaṃ vākyam ṛṣiṃ dīptam ivānalam"], "translation": "Addressed thus by the sage, Rāghava, with palms reverently joined, spoke a courteous word to the seer, who blazed like fire:", "sarga_title": "Agastya’s directions"}
{"ref": "3.12.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 12, "verse": 10, "iast": ["dhanyo 'smy anugṛhīto 'smi yasya me munipuṃgavaḥ", "guṇaiḥ sabhrātṛbhāryasya varadaḥ parituṣyati"], "translation": "“I am blessed, I am favoured, in that the bull among sages, the bestower of boons, is pleased with the virtues of me together with my brother and my wife.", "sarga_title": "Agastya’s directions"}
{"ref": "3.12.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 12, "verse": 11, "iast": ["kiṃ tu vyādiśa me deśaṃ sodakaṃ bahukānanam", "yatrāśramapadaṃ kṛtvā vaseyaṃ nirataḥ sukham"], "translation": "But point out to me a place with water and abundant woodland, where, making a hermitage, I may dwell content and at ease.”", "sarga_title": "Agastya’s directions"}
{"ref": "3.12.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 12, "verse": 12, "iast": ["tato 'bravīn muni śreṣṭhaḥ śrutvā rāmasya bhāṣitam", "dhyātvā muhūrtaṃ dharmātmā dhīro dhīrataraṃ vacaḥ"], "translation": "Then the best of sages, having heard Rāma’s words, the steadfast and righteous one, after reflecting a moment, spoke a still more measured speech:", "sarga_title": "Agastya’s directions"}
{"ref": "3.12.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 12, "verse": 13, "iast": ["ito dviyojane tāta bahumūlaphalodakaḥ", "deśo bahumṛgaḥ śrīmān pañcavaṭy abhiviśrutaḥ"], "translation": "“Two yojanas from here, my dear, is a fair region with abundant roots, fruit and water, and much game, well known as Pañcavaṭī.", "sarga_title": "Agastya’s directions"}
{"ref": "3.12.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 12, "verse": 14, "iast": ["tatra gatvāśramapadaṃ kṛtvā saumitriṇā saha", "ramasva tvaṃ pitur vākyaṃ yathoktam anupālayan"], "translation": "Go there, and having made a hermitage with Saumitri, dwell happily, keeping your father’s word just as it was spoken.", "sarga_title": "Agastya’s directions"}
{"ref": "3.12.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 12, "verse": 15, "iast": ["vidito hy eṣa vṛttānto mama sarvas tavānagha", "tapasaś ca prabhāvena snehād daśarathasya ca"], "translation": "For this whole story of yours is known to me, O sinless one, by the power of my austerity and through my affection for Daśaratha.", "sarga_title": "Agastya’s directions"}
{"ref": "3.12.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 12, "verse": 16, "iast": ["hṛdayasthaś ca te chando vijñātas tapasā mayā", "iha vāsaṃ pratijñāya mayā saha tapovane"], "translation": "And the wish that is in your heart I have discerned through my austerity, when you promised residence here with me in the penance-grove.", "sarga_title": "Agastya’s directions"}
{"ref": "3.12.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 12, "verse": 17, "iast": ["ataś ca tvām ahaṃ brūmi gaccha pañcavaṭīm iti", "sa hi ramyo vanoddeśo maithilī tatra raṃsyate"], "translation": "And for this reason I tell you, ‘Go to Pañcavaṭī’; for that is a delightful stretch of forest, and Maithilī will find joy there.", "sarga_title": "Agastya’s directions"}
{"ref": "3.12.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 12, "verse": 18, "iast": ["sa deśaḥ ślāghanīyaś ca nātidūre ca rāghava", "godāvaryāḥ samīpe ca maithilī tatra raṃsyate"], "translation": "That region is praiseworthy and not too far, O Rāghava, and it lies near the Godāvarī; Maithilī will find joy there.", "sarga_title": "Agastya’s directions"}
{"ref": "3.12.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 12, "verse": 19, "iast": ["prājyamūlaphalaiś caiva nānādvija gaṇair yutaḥ", "viviktaś ca mahābāho puṇyo ramyas tathaiva ca"], "translation": "It is furnished with abundant roots and fruit and with flocks of various birds, and it is secluded, holy and delightful too, O mighty-armed one.", "sarga_title": "Agastya’s directions"}
{"ref": "3.12.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 12, "verse": 20, "iast": ["bhavān api sadāraś ca śaktaś ca parirakṣaṇe", "api cātra vasan rāmas tāpasān pālayiṣyasi"], "translation": "You too, with your wife, are able to protect (the region); and moreover, dwelling there, Rāma, you will guard the ascetics.", "sarga_title": "Agastya’s directions"}
{"ref": "3.12.21", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 12, "verse": 21, "iast": ["etad ālakṣyate vīra madhukānāṃ mahad vanam", "uttareṇāsya gantavyaṃ nyagrodham abhigacchatā"], "translation": "There, hero, is seen this great grove of madhūka trees; going past it on the north, you should make for a banyan tree.", "sarga_title": "Agastya’s directions"}
{"ref": "3.12.22", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 12, "verse": 22, "iast": ["tataḥ sthalam upāruhya parvatasyāvidūrataḥ", "khyātaḥ pañcavaṭīty eva nityapuṣpitakānanaḥ"], "translation": "Then, climbing a tableland not far from a mountain, one reaches the place renowned as Pañcavaṭī, with its ever-flowering woods.", "sarga_title": "Agastya’s directions"}
{"ref": "3.12.23", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 12, "verse": 23, "iast": ["agastyenaivam uktas tu rāmaḥ saumitriṇā saha", "sātkṛtyāmantrayām āsa tam ṛṣiṃ satyavādinam"], "translation": "Thus addressed by Agastya, Rāma, together with Saumitri, honoured and took leave of that truth-speaking seer.", "sarga_title": "Agastya’s directions"}
{"ref": "3.12.24", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 12, "verse": 24, "iast": ["tau tu tenābhyanujñātau kṛtapādābhivandanau", "tadāśramāt pañcavaṭīṃ jagmatuḥ saha sītayā"], "translation": "And the two, granted leave by him and having made obeisance at his feet, went from that hermitage to Pañcavaṭī together with Sītā.", "sarga_title": "Agastya’s directions"}
{"ref": "3.12.25", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 12, "verse": 25, "iast": ["gṛhītacāpau tu narādhipātmajau viṣaktatūṇī samareṣv akātarau", "yathopadiṣṭena pathā maharṣiṇā prajagmatuḥ pañcavaṭīṃ samāhitau"], "translation": "The two sons of the king, their bows in hand and quivers slung, undaunted in battles, went intently to Pañcavaṭī by the path pointed out by the great sage.", "sarga_title": "Agastya’s directions"}
{"ref": "3.13.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 13, "verse": 1, "iast": ["atha pañcavaṭīṃ gacchann antarā raghunandanaḥ", "āsasāda mahākāyaṃ gṛdhraṃ bhīmaparākramam"], "translation": "Then, as he was going toward Pañcavaṭī, Rāghava, the delight of Raghu, came upon along the way a huge-bodied vulture of terrible prowess.", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s offer"}
{"ref": "3.13.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 13, "verse": 2, "iast": ["taṃ dṛṣṭvā tau mahābhāgau vanasthaṃ rāmalakṣmaṇau", "menāte rākṣasaṃ pakṣiṃ bruvāṇau ko bhavān iti"], "translation": "Seeing him seated in the forest, those two illustrious ones, Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, took the bird for a rākṣasa and said, “Who are you?”", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s offer"}
{"ref": "3.13.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 13, "verse": 3, "iast": ["sa tau madhurayā vācā saumyayā prīṇayann iva", "uvāca vatsa māṃ viddhi vayasyaṃ pitur ātmanaḥ"], "translation": "He, as if gladdening the two with sweet and gentle speech, said: “My child, know me to be a friend of your own father.”", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s offer"}
{"ref": "3.13.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 13, "verse": 4, "iast": ["sa taṃ pitṛsakhaṃ buddhvā pūjayām āsa rāghavaḥ", "sa tasya kulam avyagram atha papraccha nāma ca"], "translation": "Recognizing him to be his father's friend, Rāghava honored him; and then he calmly asked his lineage and his name.", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s offer"}
{"ref": "3.13.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 13, "verse": 5, "iast": ["rāmasya vacanaṃ śrutvā kulam ātmānam eva ca", "ācacakṣe dvijas tasmai sarvabhūtasamudbhavam"], "translation": "Hearing Rāma's words, the bird declared to him his lineage and himself, and the origin of all beings.", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s offer"}
{"ref": "3.13.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 13, "verse": 6, "iast": ["pūrvakāle mahābāho ye prajāpatayo 'bhavan", "tān me nigadataḥ sarvān āditaḥ śṛṇu rāghava"], "translation": "“In the ancient time, O mighty-armed one, those who were the lords of creatures — hear of them all from me as I relate them from the beginning, O Rāghava.", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s offer"}
{"ref": "3.13.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 13, "verse": 7, "iast": ["kardamaḥ prathamas teṣāṃ vikṛtas tadanantaram", "śeṣaś ca saṃśrayaś caiva bahuputraś ca vīryavān"], "translation": "Kardama was the first of them, Vikṛta next after that, and Śeṣa, and Saṃśraya, and the valiant Bahuputra;", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s offer"}
{"ref": "3.13.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 13, "verse": 8, "iast": ["sthāṇur marīcir atriś ca kratuś caiva mahābalaḥ", "pulastyaś cāṅgirāś caiva pracetāḥ pulahas tathā"], "translation": "Sthāṇu, Marīci, and Atri, and the mighty Kratu, and Pulastya, and Aṅgiras, Pracetas, and Pulaha likewise;", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s offer"}
{"ref": "3.13.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 13, "verse": 9, "iast": ["dakṣo vivasvān aparo 'riṣṭanemiś ca rāghava", "kaśyapaś ca mahātejās teṣām āsīc ca paścimaḥ"], "translation": "Dakṣa, then another, Vivasvat, and Ariṣṭanemi, O Rāghava, and the greatly splendid Kaśyapa was the last of them.", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s offer"}
{"ref": "3.13.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 13, "verse": 10, "iast": ["prajāpates tu dakṣasya babhūvur iti naḥ śrutam", "ṣaṣṭir duhitaro rāma yaśasvinyo mahāyaśaḥ"], "translation": "Now to Dakṣa, lord of creatures, there were born — thus we have heard — sixty daughters, illustrious ones, O Rāma of great renown.", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s offer"}
{"ref": "3.13.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 13, "verse": 11, "iast": ["kaśyapaḥ pratijagrāha tāsām aṣṭau sumadhyamāḥ", "aditiṃ ca ditiṃ caiva danūm api ca kālakām"], "translation": "Of these, Kaśyapa took in marriage eight fair-waisted ones: Aditi, and Diti, and Danu, and also Kālakā,", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s offer"}
{"ref": "3.13.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 13, "verse": 12, "iast": ["tāmrāṃ krodhavaśāṃ caiva manuṃ cāpy analām api", "tās tu kanyās tataḥ prītaḥ kaśyapaḥ punar abravīt"], "translation": "Tāmrā, and Krodhavaśā, and Manu, and also Analā; then Kaśyapa, pleased, spoke again to those maidens:", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s offer"}
{"ref": "3.13.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 13, "verse": 13, "iast": ["putrāṃs trailokyabhartṝn vai janayiṣyatha mat samān", "aditis tan manā rāma ditiś ca danur eva ca"], "translation": "“You shall bring forth sons, sustainers of the three worlds, equal to me.” Aditi was intent on that, O Rāma, and Diti, and Danu as well,", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s offer"}
{"ref": "3.13.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 13, "verse": 14, "iast": ["kālakā ca mahābāho śeṣās tv amanaso 'bhavan", "adityāṃ jajñire devās trayastriṃśad ariṃdama"], "translation": "and Kālakā, O mighty-armed one; but the rest were unwilling. From Aditi were born the gods, thirty-three of them, O subduer of foes:", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s offer"}
{"ref": "3.13.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 13, "verse": 15, "iast": ["ādityā vasavo rudrā aśvinau ca paraṃtapa", "ditis tv ajanayat putrān daityāṃs tāta yaśasvinaḥ"], "translation": "the Ādityas, the Vasus, the Rudras, and the two Aśvins, O scorcher of foes; but Diti brought forth sons, the illustrious Daityas, my child.", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s offer"}
{"ref": "3.13.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 13, "verse": 16, "iast": ["teṣām iyaṃ vasumatī purāsīt savanārṇavā", "danus tv ajanayat putram aśvagrīvam ariṃdama"], "translation": "Theirs was this earth of old, with its forests and oceans; but Danu brought forth a son, Aśvagrīva, O subduer of foes.", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s offer"}
{"ref": "3.13.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 13, "verse": 17, "iast": ["narakaṃ kālakaṃ caiva kālakāpi vyajāyata", "krauñcīṃ bhāsīṃ tathā śyenīṃ dhṛtarāṣṭrīṃ tathā śukīm"], "translation": "And Kālakā too gave birth to Naraka and Kālaka; and Tāmrā to Krauñcī, Bhāsī, and Śyenī, Dhṛtarāṣṭrī, and Śukī.", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s offer"}
{"ref": "3.13.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 13, "verse": 18, "iast": ["tāmrāpi suṣuve kanyāḥ pañcaitā lokaviśrutāḥ", "ulūkāñ janayat krauñcī bhāsī bhāsān vyajāyata"], "translation": "Tāmrā too bore these five daughters, renowned throughout the world. Krauñcī gave birth to owls, Bhāsī brought forth the bhāsa birds,", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s offer"}
{"ref": "3.13.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 13, "verse": 19, "iast": ["śyenī śyenāṃś ca gṛdhrāṃś ca vyajāyata sutejasaḥ", "dhṛtarāṣṭrī tu haṃsāṃś ca kalahaṃsāṃś ca sarvaśaḥ"], "translation": "and Śyenī brought forth hawks and vultures of great vigor; and Dhṛtarāṣṭrī bore geese and all the kalahaṃsa waterfowl,", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s offer"}
{"ref": "3.13.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 13, "verse": 20, "iast": ["cakravākāṃś ca bhadraṃ te vijajñe sāpi bhāminī", "śukī natāṃ vijajñe tu natāyā vinatā sutā"], "translation": "and cakravāka geese too — blessings on you! — that lovely one also bore; and Śukī gave birth to Natā, and Natā's daughter was Vinatā.", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s offer"}
{"ref": "3.13.21", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 13, "verse": 21, "iast": ["daśakrodhavaśā rāma vijajñe 'py ātmasaṃbhavāḥ", "mṛgīṃ ca mṛgamandāṃ ca harīṃ bhadramadām api"], "translation": "And Krodhavaśā, O Rāma, bore ten daughters sprung from herself: Mṛgī, and Mṛgamandā, and Harī, and Bhadramadā,", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s offer"}
{"ref": "3.13.22", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 13, "verse": 22, "iast": ["mātaṅgīm atha śārdūlīṃ śvetāṃ ca surabhīṃ tathā", "sarvalakṣaṇasaṃpannāṃ surasāṃ kadrukām api"], "translation": "then Mātaṅgī, and Śārdūlī, and Śvetā, and Surabhī likewise, and Surasā endowed with every auspicious mark, and Kadrū also.", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s offer"}
{"ref": "3.13.23", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 13, "verse": 23, "iast": ["apatyaṃ tu mṛgāḥ sarve mṛgyā naravarottama", "ṛṣkāś ca mṛgamandāyāḥ sṛmarāś camarās tathā"], "translation": "The offspring of Mṛgī were all the deer, O best of the best of men, and of Mṛgamandā the bears, and the sṛmaras and the camara-deer likewise.", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s offer"}
{"ref": "3.13.24", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 13, "verse": 24, "iast": ["tatas tv irāvatīṃ nāma jajñe bhadramadā sutām", "tasyās tv airāvataḥ putro lokanātho mahāgajaḥ"], "translation": "Then Bhadramadā bore a daughter named Irāvatī, and her son was Airāvata, the great elephant, guardian of the world.", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s offer"}
{"ref": "3.13.25", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 13, "verse": 25, "iast": ["haryāś ca harayo 'patyaṃ vānarāś ca tapasvinaḥ", "golāṅgūlāṃś ca śārdūlī vyāghrāṃś cājanayat sutān"], "translation": "The offspring of Harī were the tawny lions and the monkeys, ascetics; and Śārdūlī bore for sons the langurs and the tigers.", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s offer"}
{"ref": "3.13.26", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 13, "verse": 26, "iast": ["mātaṅgyās tv atha mātaṅgā apatyaṃ manujarṣabha", "diśāgajaṃ tu śvetākṣaṃ śvetā vyajanayat sutam"], "translation": "The offspring of Mātaṅgī were the elephants, O bull among men; and Śvetā brought forth for a son the white-eyed elephant of the quarter, guardian of a direction.", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s offer"}
{"ref": "3.13.27", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 13, "verse": 27, "iast": ["tato duhitarau rāma surabhir devy ajāyata", "rohiṇīṃ nāma bhadraṃ te gandharvīṃ ca yaśasvinīm"], "translation": "Then, O Rāma, the goddess Surabhī gave birth to two daughters — blessings on you! — one named Rohiṇī and the illustrious Gandharvī.", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s offer"}
{"ref": "3.13.28", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 13, "verse": 28, "iast": ["rohiṇy ajanayad gā vai gandharvī vājinaḥ sutān", "surasājanayan nāgān rāma kadrūś ca pannagān"], "translation": "Rohiṇī brought forth the cattle, and Gandharvī brought forth for sons the horses; Surasā gave birth to the nāgas, O Rāma, and Kadrū to the serpents.", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s offer"}
{"ref": "3.13.29", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 13, "verse": 29, "iast": ["manur manuṣyāñ janayat kaśyapasya mahātmanaḥ", "brāhmaṇān kṣatriyān vaiśyāñ śūdrāṃś ca manujarṣabha"], "translation": "Manu, wife of the great-souled Kaśyapa, brought forth the human beings — brahmins, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas, and śūdras, O bull among men.", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s offer"}
{"ref": "3.13.30", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 13, "verse": 30, "iast": ["mukhato brāhmaṇā jātā urasaḥ kṣatriyās tathā", "ūrubhyāṃ jajñire vaiśyāḥ padbhyāṃ śūdrā iti śrutiḥ"], "translation": "From the mouth the brahmins were born, from the chest likewise the kṣatriyas, from the thighs the vaiśyas came forth, and from the feet the śūdras — so says the sacred tradition.", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s offer"}
{"ref": "3.13.31", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 13, "verse": 31, "iast": ["sarvān puṇyaphalān vṛkṣān analāpi vyajāyata", "vinatā ca śukī pautrī kadrūś ca surasā svasā"], "translation": "Analā too brought forth all the trees bearing holy fruit. Vinatā and Śukī were granddaughters, and Kadrū and Surasā were sisters.", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s offer"}
{"ref": "3.13.32", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 13, "verse": 32, "iast": ["kadrūr nāgasahaskraṃ tu vijajñe dharaṇīdharam", "dvau putrau vinatāyās tu garuḍo 'ruṇa eva ca"], "translation": "Kadrū brought forth a thousand serpents that bear up the earth; but Vinatā had two sons, Garuḍa and Aruṇa.", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s offer"}
{"ref": "3.13.33", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 13, "verse": 33, "iast": ["tasmāj jāto 'ham aruṇāt saṃpātiś ca mamāgrajaḥ", "jaṭāyur iti māṃ viddhi śyenīputram ariṃdama"], "translation": "From that Aruṇa I was born, and Saṃpāti my elder brother. Know me as Jaṭāyu, son of Śyenī, O subduer of foes.", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s offer"}
{"ref": "3.13.34", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 13, "verse": 34, "iast": ["so 'haṃ vāsasahāyas te bhaviṣyāmi yadīcchasi", "sītāṃ ca tāta rakṣiṣye tvayi yāte salakṣmaṇe"], "translation": "So I shall become a companion in your dwelling, if you wish it; and I will guard Sītā, dear one, when you go off with Lakṣmaṇa.", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s offer"}
{"ref": "3.13.35", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 13, "verse": 35, "iast": ["jaṭāyuṣaṃ tu pratipūjya rāghavo mudā pariṣvajya ca saṃnato 'bhavat", "pitur hi śuśrāva sakhitvam ātmavāñ jaṭāyuṣā saṃkathitaṃ punaḥ punaḥ"], "translation": "Then Rāghava, honoring Jaṭāyu and embracing him with joy, bowed low; for the self-possessed one heard of his father's friendship, told again and again by Jaṭāyu.", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s offer"}
{"ref": "3.13.36", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 13, "verse": 36, "iast": ["sa tatra sītāṃ paridāya maithilīṃ sahaiva tenātibalena pakṣiṇā", "jagāma tāṃ pañcavaṭīṃ salakṣmaṇo ripūn didhakṣañ śalabhān ivānalaḥ"], "translation": "There, entrusting Sītā of Mithilā to that mighty bird, he went, together with Lakṣmaṇa, toward that Pañcavaṭī, eager to burn up his foes as fire burns up locusts.", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s offer"}
{"ref": "3.14.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 14, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tataḥ pañcavaṭīṃ gatvā nānāvyālamṛgāyutām", "uvāca bhrātaraṃ rāmo lakṣmaṇaṃ dīptatejasaṃ"], "translation": "Then, having reached Pañcavaṭī, thronged with beasts of prey and wild deer of many kinds, Rāma spoke to his brother Lakṣmaṇa of blazing splendor.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa builds the Pañcavaṭī hut"}
{"ref": "3.14.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 14, "verse": 2, "iast": ["āgatāḥ sma yathoddiṣṭam amuṃ deśaṃ maharṣiṇā", "ayaṃ pañcavaṭī deśaḥ saumya puṣpitakānanaḥ"], "translation": "“We have come to this region as directed by the great sage; this is the region of Pañcavaṭī, gentle one, with its forests in bloom.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa builds the Pañcavaṭī hut"}
{"ref": "3.14.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 14, "verse": 3, "iast": ["sarvataś cāryatāṃ dṛṣṭiḥ kānane nipuṇo hy asi", "āśramaḥ katarasmin no deśe bhavati saṃmataḥ"], "translation": "Let your gaze range on every side, for you are skilled in woodcraft; in which spot should our hermitage rightly be?", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa builds the Pañcavaṭī hut"}
{"ref": "3.14.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 14, "verse": 4, "iast": ["ramate yatra vaidehī tvam ahaṃ caiva lakṣmaṇa", "tādṛśo dṛśyatāṃ deśaḥ saṃnikṛṣṭajalāśayaḥ"], "translation": "Let such a place be found, Lakṣmaṇa, where Vaidehī may delight, and you and I as well — one close to a body of water.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa builds the Pañcavaṭī hut"}
{"ref": "3.14.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 14, "verse": 5, "iast": ["vanarāmaṇyakaṃ yatra jalarāmaṇyakaṃ tathā", "saṃnikṛṣṭaṃ ca yatra syāt samitpuṣpakuśodakam"], "translation": "one where there is the loveliness of forest and the loveliness of water too, and where firewood, flowers, kuśa grass, and water are close at hand.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa builds the Pañcavaṭī hut"}
{"ref": "3.14.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 14, "verse": 6, "iast": ["evam uktas tu rāmeṇa lakmaṇaḥ saṃyatāñjaliḥ", "sītā samakṣaṃ kākutstham idaṃ vacanam abravīt"], "translation": "Addressed thus by Rāma, Lakṣmaṇa, with palms reverently joined, spoke these words to Kākutstha in Sītā's presence:", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa builds the Pañcavaṭī hut"}
{"ref": "3.14.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 14, "verse": 7, "iast": ["paravān asmi kākutstha tvayi varṣaśataṃ sthite", "svayaṃ tu rucire deśe kriyatām iti māṃ vada"], "translation": "“I am dependent on you, Kākutstha, though you should stand a hundred years; you yourself must tell me, ‘Let it be made in this pleasant place.’", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa builds the Pañcavaṭī hut"}
{"ref": "3.14.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 14, "verse": 8, "iast": ["suprītas tena vākyena lakṣmaṇasya mahādyutiḥ", "vimṛśan rocayām āsa deśaṃ sarvaguṇānvitam"], "translation": "Well pleased by that speech of Lakṣmaṇa, the greatly radiant one, after reflecting, chose a place endowed with every good quality.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa builds the Pañcavaṭī hut"}
{"ref": "3.14.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 14, "verse": 9, "iast": ["sa taṃ ruciram ākramya deśam āśramakarmaṇi", "haste gṛhītvā hastena rāmaḥ saumitrim abravīt"], "translation": "Having stepped onto that pleasant place for the work of the hermitage, Rāma, taking Saumitri by the hand with his own hand, said to him:", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa builds the Pañcavaṭī hut"}
{"ref": "3.14.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 14, "verse": 10, "iast": ["ayaṃ deśaḥ samaḥ śrīmān puṣpitair tarubhir vṛtaḥ", "ihāśramapadaṃ saumya yathāvat kartum arhasi"], "translation": "“This place is level and lovely, surrounded by flowering trees; here, gentle one, you should duly make our hermitage-site.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa builds the Pañcavaṭī hut"}
{"ref": "3.14.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 14, "verse": 11, "iast": ["iyam ādityasaṃkāśaiḥ padmaiḥ surabhigandhibhiḥ", "adūre dṛśyate ramyā padminī padmaśobhitā"], "translation": "Not far off is seen this lovely lotus-pond, adorned with lotuses, with blossoms bright as the sun and of fragrant scent.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa builds the Pañcavaṭī hut"}
{"ref": "3.14.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 14, "verse": 12, "iast": ["yathākhyātam agastyena muninā bhāvitātmanā", "iyaṃ godāvarī ramyā puṣpitais tarubhir vṛtā"], "translation": "Just as it was described by the sage Agastya, whose soul is purified, here is the lovely Godāvarī, surrounded by flowering trees.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa builds the Pañcavaṭī hut"}
{"ref": "3.14.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 14, "verse": 13, "iast": ["haṃsakāraṇḍavākīrṇā cakravākopaśobhitā", "nātidūre na cāsanne mṛgayūthanipīḍitā"], "translation": "It is strewn with geese and kāraṇḍava ducks and graced by cakravāka birds; neither too far nor too near, it is thronged by herds of deer.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa builds the Pañcavaṭī hut"}
{"ref": "3.14.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 14, "verse": 14, "iast": ["mayūranāditā ramyāḥ prāṃśavo bahukandarāḥ", "dṛśyante girayaḥ saumya phullais tarubhir āvṛtāḥ"], "translation": "Lovely, resounding with peacocks, tall and full of caverns, the mountains are seen, gentle one, covered with trees in full bloom.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa builds the Pañcavaṭī hut"}
{"ref": "3.14.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 14, "verse": 15, "iast": ["sauvarṇe rājatais tāmrair deśe deśe ca dhātubhiḥ", "gavākṣitā ivābhānti gajāḥ paramabhaktibhiḥ"], "translation": "With their golden, silver, and copper minerals here and there, they shine as if latticed with windows, like elephants marked with the finest ornamental streaks.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa builds the Pañcavaṭī hut"}
{"ref": "3.14.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 14, "verse": 16, "iast": ["sālais tālais tamālaiś ca kharjūraiḥ panasāmrakaiḥ", "nīvārais timiśaiś caiva puṃnāgaiś copaśobhitāḥ"], "translation": "They are graced with sāla, tāla, and tamāla trees, with date-palms, jackfruit and mango, with nīvāra rice, timiśa creepers, and puṃnāga trees;", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa builds the Pañcavaṭī hut"}
{"ref": "3.14.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 14, "verse": 17, "iast": ["cūtair aśokais tilakaiś campakaiḥ ketakair api", "puṣpagulmalatopetais tais tais tarubhir āvṛtāḥ"], "translation": "with mango, aśoka, tilaka, campaka, and ketaka trees too, covered all about with these and those trees, with their flowering shrubs and vines.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa builds the Pañcavaṭī hut"}
{"ref": "3.14.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 14, "verse": 18, "iast": ["candanaiḥ syandanair nīpaiḥ panasair lakucair api", "dhavāśvakarṇakhadiraiḥ śamīkiṃśukapāṭalaiḥ"], "translation": "with sandalwood, syandana, nīpa, jackfruit, and lakuca trees too, with dhava, aśvakarṇa, and khadira, with śamī, kiṃśuka, and pāṭala.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa builds the Pañcavaṭī hut"}
{"ref": "3.14.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 14, "verse": 19, "iast": ["idaṃ puṇyam idaṃ medhyam idaṃ bahumṛgadvijam", "iha vatsyāma saumitre sārdham etena pakṣiṇā"], "translation": "This place is holy, this is pure, this abounds in deer and birds; here let us dwell, Saumitri, together with this bird.”", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa builds the Pañcavaṭī hut"}
{"ref": "3.14.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 14, "verse": 20, "iast": ["evam uktas tu rāmeṇa lakṣmaṇaḥ paravīrahā", "acireṇāśramaṃ bhrātuś cakāra sumahābalaḥ"], "translation": "Addressed thus by Rāma, Lakṣmaṇa, slayer of enemy heroes and of great strength, in a short while built a hermitage for his brother.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa builds the Pañcavaṭī hut"}
{"ref": "3.14.21", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 14, "verse": 21, "iast": ["parṇaśālāṃ suvipulāṃ tatra saṃghātamṛttikām", "sustambhāṃ maskarair dīrghaiḥ kṛtavaṃśāṃ suśobhanām"], "translation": "There a very spacious leaf-hut with packed-clay walls, well-pillared, its rafters made of long bamboo poles, most beautiful;", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa builds the Pañcavaṭī hut"}
{"ref": "3.14.22", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 14, "verse": 22, "iast": ["sa gatvā lakṣmaṇaḥ śrīmān nadīṃ godāvarīṃ tadā", "snātvā padmāni cādāya saphalaḥ punar āgataḥ"], "translation": "Then the illustrious Lakṣmaṇa, having gone to the Godāvarī river and bathed, and having gathered lotuses, came back again, his errand accomplished.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa builds the Pañcavaṭī hut"}
{"ref": "3.14.23", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 14, "verse": 23, "iast": ["tataḥ puṣpabaliṃ kṛtvā śāntiṃ ca sa yathāvidhi", "darśayām āsa rāmāya tad āśramapadaṃ kṛtam"], "translation": "Then, having made a flower-offering and a rite of appeasement according to rule, he showed Rāma that hermitage-site he had built.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa builds the Pañcavaṭī hut"}
{"ref": "3.14.24", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 14, "verse": 24, "iast": ["sa taṃ dṛṣṭvā kṛtaṃ saumyam āśramaṃ saha sītayā", "rāghavaḥ parṇaśālāyāṃ harṣam āhārayat param"], "translation": "Seeing that lovely hermitage that had been built, Rāghava, together with Sītā, felt supreme joy in the leaf-hut.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa builds the Pañcavaṭī hut"}
{"ref": "3.14.25", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 14, "verse": 25, "iast": ["susaṃhṛṣṭaḥ pariṣvajya bāhubhyāṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ tadā", "atisnigdhaṃ ca gāḍhaṃ ca vacanaṃ cedam abravīt"], "translation": "Greatly delighted, embracing Lakṣmaṇa then with both arms, he spoke this most affectionate and heartfelt word:", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa builds the Pañcavaṭī hut"}
{"ref": "3.14.26", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 14, "verse": 26, "iast": ["prīto 'smi te mahat karma tvayā kṛtam idaṃ prabho", "pradeyo yannimittaṃ te pariṣvaṅgo mayā kṛtaḥ"], "translation": "“I am pleased with you: this great deed has been done by you, O capable one; for the sake of which an embrace, a thing worth giving, has been bestowed on you by me.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa builds the Pañcavaṭī hut"}
{"ref": "3.14.27", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 14, "verse": 27, "iast": ["bhāvajñena kṛtajñena dharmajñena ca lakṣmaṇa", "tvayā putreṇa dharmātmā na saṃvṛttaḥ pitā mama"], "translation": "By you, Lakṣmaṇa — a son who knows my mind, who is grateful, and who knows dharma — my righteous father lives on and is not gone.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa builds the Pañcavaṭī hut"}
{"ref": "3.14.28", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 14, "verse": 28, "iast": ["evaṃ lakṣmaṇam uktvā tu rāghavo lakṣmivardhanaḥ", "tasmin deśe bahuphale nyavasat sa sukhaṃ vaśī"], "translation": "Having spoken thus to Lakṣmaṇa, Rāghava, the increaser of prosperity, dwelt happily in that fruitful place, self-controlled.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa builds the Pañcavaṭī hut"}
{"ref": "3.14.29", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 14, "verse": 29, "iast": ["kaṃ cit kālaṃ sa dharmātmā sītayā lakṣmaṇena ca", "anvāsyamāno nyavasat svargaloke yathāmaraḥ"], "translation": "For some time that righteous one dwelt there, attended by Sītā and Lakṣmaṇa, like an immortal in the world of heaven.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa builds the Pañcavaṭī hut"}
{"ref": "3.15.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 15, "verse": 1, "iast": ["vasatas tasya tu mukhaṃ rāghavasya mahātmanaḥ", "śaradvyapāye hemanta ṛtur iṣṭaḥ pravartate"], "translation": "As the great-souled Rāghava was dwelling there, at the close of autumn the pleasant season of early winter set in — its very onset.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s winter bath in the Godāvarī"}
{"ref": "3.15.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 15, "verse": 2, "iast": ["sa kadā cit prabhātāyāṃ śarvaryāṃ raghunandanaḥ", "prayayāv abhiṣekārthaṃ ramyaṃ godāvarīṃ nadīm"], "translation": "Once, when the night had brightened into dawn, that delight of the Raghus set out to bathe in the lovely Godāvarī river.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s winter bath in the Godāvarī"}
{"ref": "3.15.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 15, "verse": 3, "iast": ["prahvaḥ kalaśahastas taṃ sītayā saha vīryavān", "pṛṣṭhato 'nuvrajan bhrātā saumitrir idam abravīt"], "translation": "Bowing respectfully, water-pot in hand, the valiant brother Saumitri, walking behind him along with Sītā, spoke these words to him:", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s winter bath in the Godāvarī"}
{"ref": "3.15.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 15, "verse": 4, "iast": ["ayaṃ sa kālaḥ saṃprāptaḥ priyo yas te priyaṃvada", "alaṃkṛta ivābhāti yena saṃvatsaraḥ śubhaḥ"], "translation": "“O sweet-spoken one, this dear season has now arrived — the one you love — by which the auspicious year shines as though adorned.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s winter bath in the Godāvarī"}
{"ref": "3.15.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 15, "verse": 5, "iast": ["nīhāraparuṣo lokaḥ pṛṣhivī sasyamālinī", "jalāny anupabhogyāni subhago havyavāhanaḥ"], "translation": "The world is rough with frost, the earth is garlanded with crops, the waters are no longer fit to enjoy, and fire has become a welcome delight.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s winter bath in the Godāvarī"}
{"ref": "3.15.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 15, "verse": 6, "iast": ["navāgrayaṇa pūjābhir abhyarcya pitṛdevatāḥ", "kṛtāgrayaṇakāḥ kāle santo vigatakalmaṣāḥ"], "translation": "Having worshipped the ancestral deities with offerings of the new first-fruits, the virtuous, at the proper time, having performed the first-fruits rite, are freed of sin.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s winter bath in the Godāvarī"}
{"ref": "3.15.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 15, "verse": 7, "iast": ["prājyakāmā janapadāḥ saṃpannataragorasāḥ", "vicaranti mahīpālā yātrārthaṃ vijigīṣavaḥ"], "translation": "The country districts are rich in their desires, abounding in fine milk-products; and the kings, eager for conquest, march out on campaign.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s winter bath in the Godāvarī"}
{"ref": "3.15.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 15, "verse": 8, "iast": ["sevamāne dṛḍhaṃ sūrye diśam antakasevitām", "vihīnatilakeva strī nottarā dik prakāśate"], "translation": "As the sun steadfastly resorts to the quarter frequented by Death (the south), the northern quarter, like a woman bereft of her forehead-mark, does not shine.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s winter bath in the Godāvarī"}
{"ref": "3.15.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 15, "verse": 9, "iast": ["prakṛtyā himakośāḍhyo dūrasūryaś ca sāmpratam", "yathārthanāmā suvyaktaṃ himavān himavān giriḥ"], "translation": "By nature rich in stores of snow, and now with the sun far off, the Himavat mountain — 'snow-possessing' — is very plainly true to its name.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s winter bath in the Godāvarī"}
{"ref": "3.15.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 15, "verse": 10, "iast": ["atyantasukhasaṃcārā madhyāhne sparśataḥ sukhāḥ", "divasāḥ subhagādityāś chāyāsaliladurbhagāḥ"], "translation": "The days, exceedingly pleasant to move about in, agreeable to the touch at noon, with a delightful sun, make shade and water disagreeable.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s winter bath in the Godāvarī"}
{"ref": "3.15.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 15, "verse": 11, "iast": ["mṛdusūryāḥ sanīhārāḥ paṭuśītāḥ samārutāḥ", "śūnyāraṇyā himadhvastā divasā bhānti sāmpratam"], "translation": "With their mild sun, their mist, their sharp cold and their winds, their empty forests overwhelmed by frost, the days now gleam.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s winter bath in the Godāvarī"}
{"ref": "3.15.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 15, "verse": 12, "iast": ["nivṛttākāśaśayanāḥ puṣyanītā himāruṇāḥ", "śītā vṛddhatarāyāmās triyāmā yānti sāmpratam"], "translation": "The nights, on which sleeping in the open has ceased, led on by the Puṣya constellation, reddened by frost, cold, and grown longer, now pass by.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s winter bath in the Godāvarī"}
{"ref": "3.15.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 15, "verse": 13, "iast": ["ravisaṃkrāntasaubhābyas tuṣārāruṇamaṇḍalaḥ", "niḥśvāsāndha ivādarśaś candramā na prakāśate"], "translation": "Its splendour passed over to the sun, its orb ruddy with frost, the moon does not shine — like a mirror dimmed by breath.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s winter bath in the Godāvarī"}
{"ref": "3.15.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 15, "verse": 14, "iast": ["jyotsnā tuṣāramalinā paurṇamāsyāṃ na rājate", "sīteva cātapa śyāmā lakṣyate na tu śobhate"], "translation": "The moonlight, sullied by frost, does not shine on the full-moon night; darkened even in the sunshine like Sītā, it is seen but does not gleam.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s winter bath in the Godāvarī"}
{"ref": "3.15.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 15, "verse": 15, "iast": ["prakṛtyā śītalasparśo himaviddhaś ca sāmpratam", "pravāti paścimo vāyuḥ kāle dviguṇaśītalaḥ"], "translation": "By nature cold to the touch and now pierced through with frost, the west wind blows at this season doubly cold.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s winter bath in the Godāvarī"}
{"ref": "3.15.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 15, "verse": 16, "iast": ["bāṣpacchannān araṇyāni yavagodhūmavanti ca", "śobhante 'bhyudite sūrye nadadbhiḥ krauñcasārasaiḥ"], "translation": "The forests, veiled in mist and rich in barley and wheat, are beautiful when the sun has risen, with the cries of krauñcas and sāras cranes.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s winter bath in the Godāvarī"}
{"ref": "3.15.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 15, "verse": 17, "iast": ["kharjūrapuṣpākṛtibhiḥ śirobhiḥ pūrṇataṇḍulaiḥ", "śobhante kiṃ cidālambāḥ śālayaḥ kanakaprabhāḥ"], "translation": "With their heads shaped like date-palm blossoms and full of grain, the rice-plants, slightly bending, gleam gold-hued.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s winter bath in the Godāvarī"}
{"ref": "3.15.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 15, "verse": 18, "iast": ["mayūkhair upasarpadbhir himanīhārasaṃvṛtaiḥ", "dūram abhyuditaḥ sūryaḥ śaśāṅka iva lakṣyate"], "translation": "With its rays creeping forth, wrapped in frost and mist, the sun, risen far up, looks like the moon.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s winter bath in the Godāvarī"}
{"ref": "3.15.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 15, "verse": 19, "iast": ["agrāhyavīryaḥ pūrvāhṇe madhyāhne sparśataḥ sukhaḥ", "saṃraktaḥ kiṃ cid āpāṇḍur ātapaḥ śobhate kṣitau"], "translation": "Its power imperceptible in the forenoon, pleasant to the touch at midday, somewhat reddened and pale-white, the sunshine is beautiful upon the earth.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s winter bath in the Godāvarī"}
{"ref": "3.15.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 15, "verse": 20, "iast": ["avaśyāyanipātena kiṃ cit praklinnaśādvalā", "vanānāṃ śobhate bhūmir niviṣṭataruṇātapā"], "translation": "Its turf somewhat moistened by the falling of dew, and the young sunlight settled upon it, the ground of the forests is beautiful.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s winter bath in the Godāvarī"}
{"ref": "3.15.21", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 15, "verse": 21, "iast": ["avaśyāyatamonaddhā nīhāratamasāvṛtāḥ", "prasuptā iva lakṣyante vipuṣpā vanarājayaḥ"], "translation": "Bound up in the darkness of dew and enveloped in the gloom of mist, the flowerless rows of forest trees look as though fast asleep.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s winter bath in the Godāvarī"}
{"ref": "3.15.22", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 15, "verse": 22, "iast": ["bāṣpasaṃchannasalilā rutavijñeyasārasāḥ", "himārdravālukais tīraiḥ sarito bhānti sāmpratam"], "translation": "With their waters shrouded in mist, their sāras cranes known only by their cries, and their banks of frost-wet sand, the rivers now gleam.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s winter bath in the Godāvarī"}
{"ref": "3.15.23", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 15, "verse": 23, "iast": ["tuṣārapatanāc caiva mṛdutvād bhāskarasya ca", "śaityād agāgrastham api prāyeṇa rasavaj jalam"], "translation": "Because of the falling of frost and the mildness of the sun, and because of the cold, even the water resting on treetops is for the most part savoury.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s winter bath in the Godāvarī"}
{"ref": "3.15.24", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 15, "verse": 24, "iast": ["jarājarjaritaiḥ parṇaiḥ śīrṇakesarakarṇikaiḥ", "nālaśeṣā himadhvastā na bhānti kamalākarāḥ"], "translation": "With their leaves worn out by age, their filaments and seed-cups fallen, only their stalks remaining, shattered by frost, the lotus-ponds no longer shine.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s winter bath in the Godāvarī"}
{"ref": "3.15.25", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 15, "verse": 25, "iast": ["asmiṃs tu puruṣavyāghra kāle duḥkhasamanvitaḥ", "tapaś carati dharmātmā tvadbhaktyā bharataḥ pure"], "translation": "But at this season, O tiger among men, the righteous Bharata, filled with sorrow, out of devotion to you practises austerities in the city.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s winter bath in the Godāvarī"}
{"ref": "3.15.26", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 15, "verse": 26, "iast": ["tyaktvā rājyaṃ ca mānaṃ ca bhogāṃś ca vividhān bahūn", "tapasvī niyatāhāraḥ śete śīte mahītale"], "translation": "Renouncing kingship and honour and manifold pleasures, that ascetic, restrained in his food, sleeps on the cold ground.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s winter bath in the Godāvarī"}
{"ref": "3.15.27", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 15, "verse": 27, "iast": ["so 'pi velām imāṃ nūnam abhiṣekārtham udyataḥ", "vṛtaḥ prakṛtibhir nityaṃ prayāti sarayūṃ nadīm"], "translation": "He too, surely, ready at this very hour to bathe, ever surrounded by his ministers, goes forth to the Sarayū river.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s winter bath in the Godāvarī"}
{"ref": "3.15.28", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 15, "verse": 28, "iast": ["atyantasukhasaṃvṛddhaḥ sukumāro himārditaḥ", "kathaṃ tv apararātreṣu sarayūm avagāhate"], "translation": "Raised in the utmost comfort, delicate, and tormented by the cold — how then, in the last watches of the night, does he plunge into the Sarayū?", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s winter bath in the Godāvarī"}
{"ref": "3.15.29", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 15, "verse": 29, "iast": ["padmapatrekṣaṇaḥ śyāmaḥ śrīmān nirudaro mahān", "dharmajñaḥ satyavādī ca hrī niṣedho jitendriyaḥ"], "translation": "Lotus-petal-eyed, dark-hued, glorious, slender-waisted and lofty, a knower of dharma, truthful, restrained by modesty, master of his senses,", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s winter bath in the Godāvarī"}
{"ref": "3.15.30", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 15, "verse": 30, "iast": ["priyābhibhāṣī madhuro dīrghabāhur ariṃdamaḥ", "saṃtyajya vividhān saukhyān āryaṃ sarvātmanāśritaḥ"], "translation": "kindly in speech, gentle, long-armed, a subduer of foes — having abandoned pleasures of every kind, he has with his whole heart taken to the noble (way of his brother).", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s winter bath in the Godāvarī"}
{"ref": "3.15.31", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 15, "verse": 31, "iast": ["jitaḥ svargas tava bhrātrā bharatena mahātmanā", "vanastham api tāpasye yas tvām anuvidhīyate"], "translation": "Heaven has been won by your great-souled brother Bharata, who, though you dwell in the forest, conforms himself to you in the ascetic's life.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s winter bath in the Godāvarī"}
{"ref": "3.15.32", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 15, "verse": 32, "iast": ["na pitryam anuvarntante mātṛkaṃ dvipadā iti", "khyāto lokapravādo 'yaṃ bharatenānyathākṛtaḥ"], "translation": "'Bipeds do not follow the father's nature, but the mother's' — this well-known popular saying has been proved otherwise by Bharata.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s winter bath in the Godāvarī"}
{"ref": "3.15.33", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 15, "verse": 33, "iast": ["bhartā daśaratho yasyāḥ sādhuś ca bharataḥ sutaḥ", "kathaṃ nu sāmbā kaikeyī tādṛśī krūradarśinī"], "translation": "She whose husband was Daśaratha and whose son is the good Bharata — how could that mother Kaikeyī be so cruel of intent?", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s winter bath in the Godāvarī"}
{"ref": "3.15.34", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 15, "verse": 34, "iast": ["ity evaṃ lakṣmaṇe vākyaṃ snehād bruvati dharmike", "parivādaṃ jananyās tam asahan rāghavo 'bravīt"], "translation": "When the righteous Lakṣmaṇa was speaking these words thus out of affection, Rāghava, unable to bear that censure of his mother, said:", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s winter bath in the Godāvarī"}
{"ref": "3.15.35", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 15, "verse": 35, "iast": ["na te 'mbā madhyamā tāta garhitavyā kathaṃ cana", "tām evekṣvākunāthasya bharatasya kathāṃ kuru"], "translation": "“Our middle mother, dear brother, is in no way to be blamed by you; speak only that story of Bharata, lord of the Ikṣvākus.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s winter bath in the Godāvarī"}
{"ref": "3.15.36", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 15, "verse": 36, "iast": ["niścitāpi hi me buddhir vanavāse dṛḍhavratā", "bharatasnehasaṃtaptā bāliśī kriyate punaḥ"], "translation": "For though my mind is firmly resolved, steadfast in its vow of forest-dwelling, when scorched by affection for Bharata it is made childish again.”", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s winter bath in the Godāvarī"}
{"ref": "3.15.37", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 15, "verse": 37, "iast": ["ity evaṃ vilapaṃs tatra prāpya godāvarīṃ nadīm", "cakre 'bhiṣekaṃ kākutsthaḥ sānujaḥ saha sītayā"], "translation": "Lamenting thus there, and having reached the Godāvarī river, Kākutstha, with his younger brother and with Sītā, performed his ablution.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s winter bath in the Godāvarī"}
{"ref": "3.15.38", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 15, "verse": 38, "iast": ["tarpayitvātha salilais te pitṝn daivatāni ca", "stuvanti smoditaṃ sūryaṃ devatāś ca samāhitāḥ"], "translation": "Then, having satisfied the ancestors and the gods with water-offerings, they, composed in mind, praised the risen sun and the deities.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s winter bath in the Godāvarī"}
{"ref": "3.15.39", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 15, "verse": 39, "iast": ["kṛtābhiṣekaḥ sa rarāja rāmaḥ sītādvitīyaḥ saha lakṣmaṇena", "kṛtābhiṣekas tv agarājaputryā rudraḥ sanandir bhagavān iveśaḥ"], "translation": "Having bathed, Rāma shone forth with Sītā as his second and together with Lakṣmaṇa, like the lord Rudra, the blessed god, after bathing, with the daughter of the mountain-king and with Nandin.", "sarga_title": "Rāma’s winter bath in the Godāvarī"}
{"ref": "3.16.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 16, "verse": 1, "iast": ["kṛtābhiṣeko rāmas tu sītā saumitrir eva ca", "tasmād godāvarītīrāt tato jagmuḥ svam āśramam"], "translation": "Rāma, having bathed, together with Sītā and Saumitri (Lakṣmaṇa), then went from that bank of the Godāvarī back to their own hermitage.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā’s proposal"}
{"ref": "3.16.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 16, "verse": 2, "iast": ["āśramaṃ tam upāgamya rāghavaḥ sahalakṣmaṇaḥ", "kṛtvā paurvāhṇikaṃ karma parṇaśālām upāgamat"], "translation": "Reaching that hermitage, Rāghava together with Lakṣmaṇa, having performed the morning rites, went into the leaf-hut.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā’s proposal"}
{"ref": "3.16.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 16, "verse": 3, "iast": ["sa rāmaḥ parṇaśālāyām āsīnaḥ saha sītayā", "virarāja mahābāhuś citrayā candramā iva", "lakṣmaṇena saha bhrātrā cakāra vividhāḥ kathāḥ"], "translation": "That mighty-armed Rāma, seated in the leaf-hut with Sītā, shone like the moon with the star Citrā; and with his brother Lakṣmaṇa he carried on various conversations.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā’s proposal"}
{"ref": "3.16.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 16, "verse": 4, "iast": ["tadāsīnasya rāmasya kathāsaṃsaktacetasaḥ", "taṃ deśaṃ rākṣasī kā cid ājagāma yadṛcchayā"], "translation": "While Rāma sat thus, his mind absorbed in conversation, a certain rākṣasī came to that place by chance.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā’s proposal"}
{"ref": "3.16.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 16, "verse": 5, "iast": ["sā tu śūrpaṇakhā nāma daśagrīvasya rakṣasaḥ", "bhaginī rāmam āsādya dadarśa tridaśopamam"], "translation": "She, named Śūrpaṇakhā, sister of the demon Daśagrīva (Rāvaṇa), approaching Rāma, beheld him, godlike in form.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā’s proposal"}
{"ref": "3.16.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 16, "verse": 6, "iast": ["siṃhoraskaṃ mahābāhuṃ padmapatranibhekṣaṇam", "sukumāraṃ mahāsattvaṃ pārthivavyañjanānvitam"], "translation": "(She saw him) lion-chested, mighty-armed, his eyes like lotus-petals, delicate, of great strength, endowed with the marks of a king,", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā’s proposal"}
{"ref": "3.16.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 16, "verse": 7, "iast": ["rāmam indīvaraśyāmaṃ kandarpasadṛśaprabham", "babhūvendropamaṃ dṛṣṭvā rākṣasī kāmamohitā"], "translation": "Seeing Rāma, dark as a blue lotus, of splendour like Kandarpa (the god of love) and resembling Indra, the rākṣasī became bewildered with desire.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā’s proposal"}
{"ref": "3.16.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 16, "verse": 8, "iast": ["sumukhaṃ durmukhī rāmaṃ vṛttamadhyaṃ mahodarī", "viśālākṣaṃ virūpākṣī sukeśaṃ tāmramūrdhajā"], "translation": "She, ugly-faced, (looked upon) fair-faced Rāma; she, big-bellied, on him slender-waisted; she, deformed-eyed, on him large-eyed; she, copper-haired, on him fair-haired;", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā’s proposal"}
{"ref": "3.16.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 16, "verse": 9, "iast": ["priyarūpaṃ virūpā sā susvaraṃ bhairavasnavā", "taruṇaṃ dāruṇā vṛddhā dakṣiṇaṃ vāmabhāṣiṇī"], "translation": "she, deformed, (gazed at) him of lovely form; she, of frightful voice, at him sweet-voiced; she, harsh and old, at him young; she, crooked-tongued, at him straightforward;", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā’s proposal"}
{"ref": "3.16.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 16, "verse": 10, "iast": ["nyāyavṛttaṃ sudurvṛttā priyam apriyadarśanā", "śarīrajasamāviṣṭā rākṣasī rāmam abravīt"], "translation": "she, of very wicked conduct, (looked on) him of righteous conduct; she, of unpleasant appearance, on him agreeable — and the rākṣasī, possessed by the body-born (god of love), spoke to Rāma:", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā’s proposal"}
{"ref": "3.16.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 16, "verse": 11, "iast": ["jaṭī tāpasarūpeṇa sabhāryaḥ śaracāpadhṛk", "āgatas tvam imaṃ deśaṃ kathaṃ rākṣasasevitam"], "translation": "“Wearing matted locks, in the guise of an ascetic, with a wife, and bearing arrows and a bow — how have you come to this region frequented by rākṣasas?", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā’s proposal"}
{"ref": "3.16.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 16, "verse": 12, "iast": ["evam uktas tu rākṣasyā śūrpaṇakhyā paraṃtapaḥ", "ṛjubuddhitayā sarvam ākhyātum upacakrame"], "translation": "Thus addressed by the rākṣasī Śūrpaṇakhā, that scorcher of foes, out of his straightforwardness, began to tell everything:", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā’s proposal"}
{"ref": "3.16.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 16, "verse": 13, "iast": ["āsīd daśaratho nāma rājā tridaśavikramaḥ", "tasyāham agrajaḥ putro rāmo nāma janaiḥ śrutaḥ"], "translation": "“There was a king named Daśaratha, of valour like the gods. I am his eldest son, known among people by the name Rāma.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā’s proposal"}
{"ref": "3.16.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 16, "verse": 14, "iast": ["bhrātāyaṃ lakṣmaṇo nāma yavīyān mām anuvrataḥ", "iyaṃ bhāryā ca vaidehī mama sīteti viśrutā"], "translation": "This is my younger brother named Lakṣmaṇa, devoted to me; and this is my wife Vaidehī, renowned as Sītā.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā’s proposal"}
{"ref": "3.16.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 16, "verse": 15, "iast": ["niyogāt tu narendrasya pitur mātuś ca yantritaḥ", "dharmārthaṃ dharmakāṅkṣī ca vanaṃ vastum ihāgataḥ"], "translation": "By the command of the king my father and of my mother, bound (by their order), for the sake of dharma and desiring dharma, I have come here to dwell in the forest.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā’s proposal"}
{"ref": "3.16.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 16, "verse": 16, "iast": ["tvāṃ tu veditum icchāmi kathyatāṃ kāsi kasya vā", "iha vā kiṃnimittaṃ tvam āgatā brūhi tattvataḥ"], "translation": "But I wish to know you; let it be told — who are you, and whose (are you)? And for what purpose have you come here? Tell me truly.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā’s proposal"}
{"ref": "3.16.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 16, "verse": 17, "iast": ["sābravīd vacanaṃ śrutvā rākṣasī madanārditā", "śrūyatāṃ rāma vakṣyāmi tattvārthaṃ vacanaṃ mama"], "translation": "Having heard his speech, the rākṣasī, tormented by love, spoke: “Listen, Rāma, I shall tell you; my words are truthful.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā’s proposal"}
{"ref": "3.16.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 16, "verse": 18, "iast": ["ahaṃ śūrpaṇakhā nāma rākṣasī kāmarūpiṇī", "araṇyaṃ vicarāmīdam ekā sarvabhayaṃkarā"], "translation": "I am a rākṣasī named Śūrpaṇakhā, able to take any form at will; I roam this forest alone, terrifying to all.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā’s proposal"}
{"ref": "3.16.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 16, "verse": 19, "iast": ["rāvaṇo nāma me bhrātā rākṣaso rākṣaseśvaraḥ", "pravṛddhanidraś ca sadā kumbhakarṇo mahābalaḥ"], "translation": "My brother is the rākṣasa named Rāvaṇa, lord of the rākṣasas; and mighty Kumbhakarṇa, ever sunk in deep sleep;", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā’s proposal"}
{"ref": "3.16.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 16, "verse": 20, "iast": ["vibhīṣaṇas tu dharmātmā na tu rākṣasaceṣṭitaḥ", "prakhyātavīryau ca raṇe bhrātarau kharadūṣaṇau"], "translation": "But Vibhīṣaṇa is righteous of soul, not behaving like a rākṣasa; and the two brothers Khara and Dūṣaṇa, famed for their valour in battle.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā’s proposal"}
{"ref": "3.16.21", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 16, "verse": 21, "iast": ["tān ahaṃ samatikrāntā rāma tvāpūrvadarśanāt", "samupetāsmi bhāvena bhartāraṃ puruṣottamam", "cirāya bhava bhartā me sītayā kiṃ kariṣyasi"], "translation": "But I have surpassed them all, Rāma; on account of this unprecedented sight (of you) I have come with love to (you,) the best of men, as a husband. Be my husband for a long time — what will you do with Sītā?", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā’s proposal"}
{"ref": "3.16.22", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 16, "verse": 22, "iast": ["vikṛtā ca virūpā ca na seyaṃ sadṛśī tava", "aham evānurūpā te bhāryā rūpeṇa paśya mām"], "translation": "Deformed and ugly, this one (Sītā) is no match for you; I alone am a fitting wife for you in beauty — look at me!", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā’s proposal"}
{"ref": "3.16.23", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 16, "verse": 23, "iast": ["imāṃ virūpām asatīṃ karālāṃ nirṇatodarīm", "anena saha te bhrātrā bhakṣayiṣyāmi mānuṣīm"], "translation": "This ugly, unchaste, dreadful, hollow-bellied human woman — her, together with this brother of yours, I shall devour!", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā’s proposal"}
{"ref": "3.16.24", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 16, "verse": 24, "iast": ["tataḥ parvataśṛṅgāṇi vanāni vividhāni ca", "paśyan saha mayā kānta daṇḍakān vicariṣyasi"], "translation": "Then, O beloved, beholding the mountain-peaks and the various forests, you shall roam the Daṇḍaka wilds with me.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā’s proposal"}
{"ref": "3.16.25", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 16, "verse": 25, "iast": ["ity evam uktaḥ kākutsthaḥ prahasya madirekṣaṇām", "idaṃ vacanam ārebhe vaktuṃ vākyaviśāradaḥ"], "translation": "Thus addressed, Kākutstha (Rāma), skilled in speech, smiling at the wanton-eyed one, began to speak these words.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā’s proposal"}
{"ref": "3.17.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 17, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tāṃ tu śūrpaṇakhāṃ rāmaḥ kāmapāśāvapāśitām", "svecchayā ślakṣṇayā vācā smitapūrvam athābravīt"], "translation": "Then Rāma addressed that Śūrpaṇakhā, bound fast in the noose of desire, of his own accord, with a smile, in gentle words:", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā attacks Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.17.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 17, "verse": 2, "iast": ["kṛtadāro 'smi bhavati bhāryeyaṃ dayitā mama", "tvadvidhānāṃ tu nārīṇāṃ suduḥkhā sasapatnatā"], "translation": "“I am married, lady; this is my beloved wife. For women like you, to have a co-wife would be most painful.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā attacks Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.17.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 17, "verse": 3, "iast": ["anujas tv eṣa me bhrātā śīlavān priyadarśanaḥ", "śrīmān akṛtadāraś ca lakṣmaṇo nāma vīryavān"], "translation": "But here is my younger brother, of good character, handsome, glorious, unmarried, and valiant, named Lakṣmaṇa.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā attacks Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.17.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 17, "verse": 4, "iast": ["apūrvī bhāryayā cārthī taruṇaḥ priyadarśanaḥ", "anurūpaś ca te bhartā rūpasyāsya bhaviṣyati"], "translation": "He has had no wife before and is in need of one; young and handsome, he will make a husband suited to this beauty of yours.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā attacks Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.17.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 17, "verse": 5, "iast": ["enaṃ bhaja viśālākṣi bhartāraṃ bhrātaraṃ mama", "asapatnā varārohe merum arkaprabhā yathā"], "translation": "Take him, O large-eyed one, my brother, as a husband — free of any rival, O fair-hipped one, as the sun's radiance clings to Mount Meru.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā attacks Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.17.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 17, "verse": 6, "iast": ["iti rāmeṇa sā proktā rākṣasī kāmamohitā", "visṛjya rāmaṃ sahasā tato lakṣmaṇam abravīt"], "translation": "Thus addressed by Rāma, the rākṣasī, bewildered by desire, at once left Rāma and then spoke to Lakṣmaṇa:", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā attacks Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.17.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 17, "verse": 7, "iast": ["asya rūpasya te yuktā bhāryāhaṃ varavarṇinī", "mayā saha sukhaṃ sarvān daṇḍakān vicariṣyasi"], "translation": "“I, of lovely complexion, am a fit wife for this beauty of yours; with me you shall roam happily through all the Daṇḍaka wilds.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā attacks Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.17.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 17, "verse": 8, "iast": ["evam uktas tu saumitrī rākṣasyā vākyakovidaḥ", "tataḥ śūrpaṇakhīṃ smitvā lakṣmaṇo yuktam abravīt"], "translation": "Thus addressed by the rākṣasī, Saumitri (Lakṣmaṇa), skilled in speech, then smiling, spoke aptly to Śūrpaṇakhā:", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā attacks Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.17.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 17, "verse": 9, "iast": ["kathaṃ dāsasya me dāsī bhāryā bhavitum icchasi", "so 'ham āryeṇa paravān bhātrā kamalavarṇinī"], "translation": "“How do you wish to become the wife of me, a servant, and yourself a servant's wife? O lotus-hued one, I am dependent, subject to my noble brother.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā attacks Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.17.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 17, "verse": 10, "iast": ["samṛddhārthasya siddhārthā muditāmalavarṇinī", "āryasya tvaṃ viśālākṣi bhāryā bhava yavīyasī"], "translation": "Become instead the younger wife of the noble one (Rāma), of abundant fortune, O large-eyed one — then, with your aim achieved, delighted and of spotless complexion.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā attacks Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.17.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 17, "verse": 11, "iast": ["etāṃ virūpām asatīṃ karālāṃ nirṇatodarīm", "bhāryāṃ vṛddhāṃ parityajya tvām evaiṣa bhajiṣyati"], "translation": "Abandoning this ugly, unchaste, dreadful, hollow-bellied old wife, he will surely take to you.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā attacks Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.17.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 17, "verse": 12, "iast": ["ko hi rūpam idaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ saṃtyajya varavarṇini", "mānuṣeṣu varārohe kuryād bhāvaṃ vicakṣaṇaḥ"], "translation": "For what discerning man, O lovely-complexioned, fair-hipped one, having renounced this surpassing beauty, would set his heart on human women?”", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā attacks Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.17.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 17, "verse": 13, "iast": ["iti sā lakṣmaṇenoktā karālā nirṇatodarī", "manyate tad vacaḥ satyaṃ parihāsāvicakṣaṇā"], "translation": "Thus addressed by Lakṣmaṇa, the dreadful, hollow-bellied one, unable to see the jest, took those words to be true.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā attacks Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.17.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 17, "verse": 14, "iast": ["sā rāmaṃ parṇaśālāyām upaviṣṭaṃ paraṃtapam", "sītayā saha durdharṣam abravīt kāmamohitā"], "translation": "Bewildered by desire, she spoke to Rāma — that scorcher of foes, unassailable, seated in the leaf-hut with Sītā:", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā attacks Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.17.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 17, "verse": 15, "iast": ["imāṃ virūpām asatīṃ karālāṃ nirṇatodarīm", "vṛddhāṃ bhāryām avaṣṭabhya na māṃ tvaṃ bahu manyase"], "translation": "“Clinging to this ugly, unchaste, dreadful, hollow-bellied, old wife, you set no store by me.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā attacks Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.17.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 17, "verse": 16, "iast": ["adyemāṃ bhakṣayiṣyāmi paśyatas tava mānuṣīm", "tvayā saha cariṣyāmi niḥsapatnā yathāsukham"], "translation": "Today I shall devour this human woman before your very eyes; then, rid of my rival, I shall roam with you at my pleasure.”", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā attacks Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.17.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 17, "verse": 17, "iast": ["ity uktvā mṛgaśāvākṣīm alātasadṛśekṣaṇā", "abhyadhāvat susaṃkruddhā maholkā rohiṇīm iva"], "translation": "Having spoken thus, the one with eyes like fire-brands, greatly enraged, rushed at the fawn-eyed one (Sītā), like a great meteor bearing down on (the star) Rohiṇī.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā attacks Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.17.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 17, "verse": 18, "iast": ["tāṃ mṛtyupāśapratimām āpatantīṃ mahābalaḥ", "nigṛhya rāmaḥ kupitas tato lakṣmaṇam abravīt"], "translation": "Mighty Rāma, seizing her as she rushed on like the noose of death, then, enraged, spoke to Lakṣmaṇa:", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā attacks Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.17.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 17, "verse": 19, "iast": ["krūrair anāryaiḥ saumitre parihāsaḥ kathaṃ cana", "na kāryaḥ paśya vaidehīṃ kathaṃ cit saumya jīvatīm"], "translation": "“With cruel, ignoble beings, Saumitri, jesting should by no means be done; look, gentle one, at Vaidehī, barely alive!", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā attacks Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.17.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 17, "verse": 20, "iast": ["imāṃ virūpām asatīm atimattāṃ mahodarīm", "rākṣasīṃ puruṣavyāghra virūpayitum arhasi"], "translation": "This ugly, unchaste, over-insolent, big-bellied rākṣasī, O tiger among men, you ought to disfigure.”", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā attacks Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.17.21", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 17, "verse": 21, "iast": ["ity ukto lakṣmaṇas tasyāḥ kruddho rāmasya paśyataḥ", "uddhṛtya khaḍgaṃ ciccheda karṇanāsaṃ mahābalaḥ"], "translation": "Thus addressed, mighty Lakṣmaṇa, enraged, as Rāma looked on, drew his sword and cut off her ears and nose.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā attacks Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.17.22", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 17, "verse": 22, "iast": ["nikṛttakarṇanāsā tu visvaraṃ sā vinadya ca", "yathāgataṃ pradudrāva ghorā śūrpaṇakhā vanam"], "translation": "With her ears and nose cut off, the dreadful Śūrpaṇakhā, shrieking a discordant cry, fled the way she had come, into the forest.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā attacks Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.17.23", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 17, "verse": 23, "iast": ["sā virūpā mahāghorā rākṣasī śoṇitokṣitā", "nanāda vividhān nādān yathā prāvṛṣi toyadaḥ"], "translation": "That deformed, most dreadful rākṣasī, drenched in blood, roared forth manifold cries, like a rain-cloud in the monsoon.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā attacks Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.17.24", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 17, "verse": 24, "iast": ["sā vikṣarantī rudhiraṃ bahudhā ghoradarśanā", "pragṛhya bāhū garjantī praviveśa mahāvanam"], "translation": "Dreadful to behold, streaming blood on every side, throwing up her arms and roaring, she entered the great forest.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā attacks Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.17.25", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 17, "verse": 25, "iast": ["tatas tu sā rākṣasasaṃgha saṃvṛtaṃ kharaṃ janasthānagataṃ virūpitā", "upetya taṃ bhrātaram ugratejasaṃ papāta bhūmau gaganād yathāśaniḥ"], "translation": "Then that disfigured (rākṣasī), approaching her brother Khara — of fierce energy, dwelling in Janasthāna, surrounded by a host of rākṣasas — fell to the ground like a thunderbolt from the sky.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā attacks Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.17.26", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 17, "verse": 26, "iast": ["tataḥ sabhāryaṃ bhayamohamūrchitā salakṣmaṇaṃ rāghavam āgataṃ vanam", "virūpaṇaṃ cātmani śoṇitokṣitā śaśaṃsa sarvaṃ bhaginī kharasya sā"], "translation": "Then that sister of Khara, fainting with fear and confusion, drenched in blood, told everything — of Rāghava come to the forest with his wife and Lakṣmaṇa, and of her own disfigurement.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā attacks Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.18.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 18, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tāṃ tathā patitāṃ dṛṣṭvā virūpāṃ śoṇitokṣitām", "bhaginīṃ krodhasaṃtaptaḥ kharaḥ papraccha rākṣasaḥ"], "translation": "Seeing his sister thus fallen, disfigured, and drenched in blood, the rākṣasa Khara, burning with rage, questioned her:", "sarga_title": "Khara sends fourteen rākṣasas"}
{"ref": "3.18.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 18, "verse": 2, "iast": ["balavikramasaṃpannā kāmagā kāmarūpiṇī", "imām avasthāṃ nītā tvaṃ kenāntakasamā gatā"], "translation": "“You, endowed with strength and valour, able to go where you will and to take any form at will, and a very match for Death — by whom have you been brought to this state?", "sarga_title": "Khara sends fourteen rākṣasas"}
{"ref": "3.18.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 18, "verse": 3, "iast": ["devagandharvabhūtānām ṛṣīṇāṃ ca mahātmanām", "ko 'yam evaṃ mahāvīryas tvāṃ virūpāṃ cakāra ha"], "translation": "Among gods, gandharvas, and beings, and among the great-souled seers — who is this one of such great might that he has disfigured you?", "sarga_title": "Khara sends fourteen rākṣasas"}
{"ref": "3.18.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 18, "verse": 4, "iast": ["na hi paśyāmy ahaṃ loke yaḥ kuryān mama vipriyam", "antarena sahasrākṣaṃ mahendraṃ pākaśāsanam"], "translation": "For I see no one in the world who could do me such injury — save the thousand-eyed great Indra, chastiser of Pāka.", "sarga_title": "Khara sends fourteen rākṣasas"}
{"ref": "3.18.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 18, "verse": 5, "iast": ["adyāhaṃ mārgaṇaiḥ prāṇān ādāsye jīvitāntakaiḥ", "salile kṣīram āsaktaṃ niṣpibann iva sārasaḥ"], "translation": "Today I shall take his life-breaths with my life-ending arrows, as a sārasa crane drinks off the milk mixed in water.", "sarga_title": "Khara sends fourteen rākṣasas"}
{"ref": "3.18.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 18, "verse": 6, "iast": ["nihatasya mayā saṃkhye śarasaṃkṛttamarmaṇaḥ", "saphenaṃ rudhiraṃ raktaṃ medinī kasya pāsyati"], "translation": "Whose red, foaming blood — his vital parts pierced by my arrows, slain by me in battle — shall the earth drink up?", "sarga_title": "Khara sends fourteen rākṣasas"}
{"ref": "3.18.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 18, "verse": 7, "iast": ["kasya patrarathāḥ kāyān māṃsam utkṛtya saṃgatāḥ", "prahṛṣṭā bhakṣayiṣyanti nihatasya mayā raṇe"], "translation": "Of whom slain by me in battle shall the birds, gathering, tear the flesh from his body and joyfully devour it?", "sarga_title": "Khara sends fourteen rākṣasas"}
{"ref": "3.18.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 18, "verse": 8, "iast": ["taṃ na devā na gandharvā na piśācā na rākṣasāḥ", "mayāpakṛṣṭaṃ kṛpaṇaṃ śaktās trātuṃ mahāhave"], "translation": "That wretch, once dragged down by me in the great battle — neither gods, nor gandharvas, nor piśācas, nor rākṣasas are able to save him.", "sarga_title": "Khara sends fourteen rākṣasas"}
{"ref": "3.18.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 18, "verse": 9, "iast": ["upalabhya śanaiḥ saṃjñāṃ taṃ me śaṃsitum arhasi", "yena tvaṃ durvinītena vane vikramya nirjitā"], "translation": "Regaining your senses gradually, you ought to tell me who that ill-mannered one is, by whom you were assailed and vanquished in the forest.", "sarga_title": "Khara sends fourteen rākṣasas"}
{"ref": "3.18.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 18, "verse": 10, "iast": ["iti bhrātur vacaḥ śrutvā kruddhasya ca viśeṣataḥ", "tataḥ śūrpaṇakhā vākyaṃ sabāṣpam idam abravīt"], "translation": "Hearing these words of her brother, who was especially enraged, Śūrpaṇakhā then spoke this speech in tears:", "sarga_title": "Khara sends fourteen rākṣasas"}
{"ref": "3.18.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 18, "verse": 11, "iast": ["taruṇau rūpasaṃpannau sukūmārau mahābalau", "puṇḍarīkaviśālākṣau cīrakṛṣṇājināmbarau"], "translation": "“(There are) two young men, endowed with beauty, delicate, of great strength, with eyes broad as white lotuses, clad in bark and black antelope-skin garments,", "sarga_title": "Khara sends fourteen rākṣasas"}
{"ref": "3.18.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 18, "verse": 12, "iast": ["gandharvarājapratimau pārthivavyañjanānvitau", "devau vā mānuṣau vā tau na tarkayitum utsahe"], "translation": "resembling the king of the gandharvas, endowed with royal marks; whether those two are gods or men, I cannot make out.", "sarga_title": "Khara sends fourteen rākṣasas"}
{"ref": "3.18.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 18, "verse": 13, "iast": ["taruṇī rūpasaṃpannā sarvābharaṇabhūṣitā", "dṛṣṭā tatra mayā nārī tayor madhye sumadhyamā"], "translation": "A young woman, endowed with beauty, adorned with every ornament, slender-waisted, was seen by me there between those two.", "sarga_title": "Khara sends fourteen rākṣasas"}
{"ref": "3.18.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 18, "verse": 14, "iast": ["tābhyām ubhābhyāṃ saṃbhūya pramadām adhikṛtya tām", "imām avasthāṃ nītāhaṃ yathānāthāsatī tathā"], "translation": "The two of them together, on account of that woman, brought me to this state, as though I were some unprotected, worthless creature.", "sarga_title": "Khara sends fourteen rākṣasas"}
{"ref": "3.18.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 18, "verse": 15, "iast": ["tasyāś cānṛjuvṛttāyās tayoś ca hatayor aham", "saphenaṃ pātum icchāmi rudhiraṃ raṇamūrdhani"], "translation": "I wish to drink, on the front of battle, the foaming blood of that crooked-natured woman and of those two, once they are slain.", "sarga_title": "Khara sends fourteen rākṣasas"}
{"ref": "3.18.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 18, "verse": 16, "iast": ["eṣa me prathamaḥ kāmaḥ kṛtas tāta tvayā bhavet", "tasyās tayoś ca rudhiraṃ pibeyam aham āhave"], "translation": "This is my foremost wish; may it be granted by you, brother — that I may drink the blood of her and of those two in battle.”", "sarga_title": "Khara sends fourteen rākṣasas"}
{"ref": "3.18.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 18, "verse": 17, "iast": ["iti tasyāṃ bruvāṇāyāṃ caturdaśa mahābalān", "vyādideśa kharaḥ kruddho rākṣasān antakopamān"], "translation": "As she spoke thus, the enraged Khara dispatched fourteen mighty rākṣasas, like unto Death:", "sarga_title": "Khara sends fourteen rākṣasas"}
{"ref": "3.18.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 18, "verse": 18, "iast": ["mānuṣau śastrasaṃpannau cīrakṛṣṇājināmbarau", "praviṣṭau daṇḍakāraṇyaṃ ghoraṃ pramadayā saha"], "translation": "“Two men armed with weapons, clad in bark and black antelope-skins, have entered the fearsome Daṇḍaka forest with a woman.", "sarga_title": "Khara sends fourteen rākṣasas"}
{"ref": "3.18.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 18, "verse": 19, "iast": ["tau hatvā tāṃ ca durvṛttām upāvartitum arhatha", "iyaṃ ca rudhiraṃ teṣāṃ bhaginī mama pāsyati"], "translation": "Having slain those two and that ill-conducted woman, you should return; and this my sister will drink their blood.", "sarga_title": "Khara sends fourteen rākṣasas"}
{"ref": "3.18.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 18, "verse": 20, "iast": ["manoratho 'yam iṣṭo 'syā bhaginyā mama rākṣasāḥ", "śīghraṃ saṃpadyatāṃ gatvā tau pramathya svatejasā"], "translation": "This is the cherished desire of my sister, O rākṣasas; let it swiftly be accomplished — go and crush those two by your own might.”", "sarga_title": "Khara sends fourteen rākṣasas"}
{"ref": "3.18.21", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 18, "verse": 21, "iast": ["iti pratisamādiṣṭā rākṣasās te caturdaśa", "tatra jagmus tayā sārdhaṃ ghanā vāteritā yathā"], "translation": "Thus commanded, those fourteen rākṣasas went there together with her, like clouds driven by the wind.", "sarga_title": "Khara sends fourteen rākṣasas"}
{"ref": "3.19.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 19, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tataḥ śūrpaṇakhā ghorā rāghavāśramam āgatā", "rakṣasām ācacakṣe tau bhrātarau saha sītayā"], "translation": "Then the dreadful Śūrpaṇakhā, having come to Rāghava's hermitage, pointed out to the rākṣasas those two brothers together with Sītā.", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills the fourteen"}
{"ref": "3.19.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 19, "verse": 2, "iast": ["te rāmaṃ parṇaśālāyām upaviṣṭaṃ mahābalam", "dadṛśuḥ sītayā sārdhaṃ vaidehyā lakṣmaṇena ca"], "translation": "They saw the mighty Rāma seated in the leaf-hut, together with Sītā (Vaidehī) and Lakṣmaṇa.", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills the fourteen"}
{"ref": "3.19.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 19, "verse": 3, "iast": ["tān dṛṣṭvā rāghavaḥ śrīmān āgatāṃ tāṃ ca rākṣasīm", "abravīd bhrātaraṃ rāmo lakṣmaṇaṃ dīptatejasaṃ"], "translation": "Seeing them, and that rākṣasī who had come, the glorious Rāma spoke to his brother Lakṣmaṇa of blazing splendour:", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills the fourteen"}
{"ref": "3.19.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 19, "verse": 4, "iast": ["muhūrtaṃ bhava saumitre sītāyāḥ pratyanantaraḥ", "imān asyā vadhiṣyāmi padavīm āgatān iha"], "translation": "“For a moment, Saumitri, stay close beside Sītā; I shall slay these who have come here along her track.", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills the fourteen"}
{"ref": "3.19.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 19, "verse": 5, "iast": ["vākyam etat tataḥ śrutvā rāmasya viditātmanaḥ", "tatheti lakṣmaṇo vākyaṃ rāmasya pratyapūjayat"], "translation": "Then, hearing this speech of the wise Rāma, Lakṣmaṇa honoured Rāma's word with a “So be it.”", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills the fourteen"}
{"ref": "3.19.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 19, "verse": 6, "iast": ["rāghavo 'pi mahac cāpaṃ cāmīkaravibhūṣitam", "cakāra sajyaṃ dharmātmā tāni rakṣāṃsi cābravīt"], "translation": "And the righteous Rāghava strung his great bow adorned with gold, and spoke to those rākṣasas:", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills the fourteen"}
{"ref": "3.19.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 19, "verse": 7, "iast": ["putrau daśarathasyāvāṃ bhrātarau rāmalakṣmaṇau", "praviṣṭau sītayā sārdhaṃ duścaraṃ daṇḍakāvanam"], "translation": "“We two are sons of Daśaratha, the brothers Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, entered with Sītā into the impassable Daṇḍaka forest.", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills the fourteen"}
{"ref": "3.19.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 19, "verse": 8, "iast": ["phalamūlāśanau dāntau tāpasau dharmacāriṇau", "vasantau daṇḍakāraṇye kimartham upahiṃsatha"], "translation": "Living on fruits and roots, self-controlled, ascetics practising dharma, dwelling in the Daṇḍaka wilderness — why do you seek to harm us?", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills the fourteen"}
{"ref": "3.19.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 19, "verse": 9, "iast": ["yuṣmān pāpātmakān hantuṃ viprakārān mahāvane", "ṛṣīṇāṃ tu niyogena prāpto 'haṃ saśarāsanaḥ"], "translation": "By the command of the seers I have come, bow in hand, to slay you evil-souled doers of outrage in the great forest.", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills the fourteen"}
{"ref": "3.19.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 19, "verse": 10, "iast": ["tiṣṭhataivātra saṃtuṣṭā nopasarpitum arhatha", "yadi prāṇair ihārtho vo nivartadhvaṃ niśācarāḥ"], "translation": "Stay right there, content; you should not draw near. If you have any care for your lives, turn back, O night-roamers!", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills the fourteen"}
{"ref": "3.19.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 19, "verse": 11, "iast": ["tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā rākṣasās te caturdaśa", "ūcur vācaṃ susaṃkruddhā brahmaghnaḥ śūlapāṇayaḥ"], "translation": "Hearing those words of his, those fourteen rākṣasas, greatly enraged, slayers of brahmins, spears in hand, spoke (these) words —", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills the fourteen"}
{"ref": "3.19.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 19, "verse": 12, "iast": ["saṃraktanayanā ghorā rāmaṃ raktāntalocanam", "paruṣā madhurābhāṣaṃ hṛṣṭādṛṣṭaparākramam"], "translation": "their eyes bloodshot, dreadful and harsh — (they addressed) Rāma, whose eyes were red at the corners, sweet in speech, delighted, his prowess (as yet) unseen:", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills the fourteen"}
{"ref": "3.19.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 19, "verse": 13, "iast": ["krodham utpādya no bhartuḥ kharasya sumahātmanaḥ", "tvam eva hāsyase prāṇān adyāsmābhir hato yudhi"], "translation": "“Having provoked the wrath of our lord, the great-souled Khara, you alone shall lose your life, slain by us today in battle.", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills the fourteen"}
{"ref": "3.19.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 19, "verse": 14, "iast": ["kā hi te śaktir ekasya bahūnāṃ raṇamūrdhani", "asmākam agrataḥ sthātuṃ kiṃ punar yoddhum āhave"], "translation": "What power have you, a single one, even to stand before us many on the front of battle — let alone to fight in combat?", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills the fourteen"}
{"ref": "3.19.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 19, "verse": 15, "iast": ["ebhir bāhuprayuktair naḥ parighaiḥ śūlapaṭṭiśaiḥ", "prāṇāṃs tyakṣyasi vīryaṃ ca dhanuś ca karapīḍitam"], "translation": "By these clubs, spears, and paṭṭiśas wielded by our arms, you shall give up your life, your valour, and the bow gripped in your hand.”", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills the fourteen"}
{"ref": "3.19.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 19, "verse": 16, "iast": ["ity evam uktvā saṃrabdhā rākṣasās te caturdaśa", "udyatāyudhanistriṃśā rāmam evābhidudruvuḥ", "cikṣipus tāni śūlāni rāghavaṃ prati durjayam"], "translation": "Having spoken thus, those fourteen furious rākṣasas, their weapons and swords upraised, rushed straight at Rāma, and hurled those spears at the invincible Rāghava.", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills the fourteen"}
{"ref": "3.19.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 19, "verse": 17, "iast": ["tāni śūlāni kākutsthaḥ samastāni caturdaśa", "tāvadbhir eva ciccheda śaraiḥ kāñcanabhūṣaṇaiḥ"], "translation": "Kākutstha (Rāma) cut down all those fourteen spears together with just as many gold-adorned arrows.", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills the fourteen"}
{"ref": "3.19.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 19, "verse": 18, "iast": ["tataḥ paścān mahātejā nārācān sūryasaṃnibhān", "jagrāha paramakruddhaś caturdaśa śilāśitān"], "translation": "Then, afterwards, the greatly resplendent one, in utmost fury, took up fourteen iron arrows, bright as the sun, whetted on stone.", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills the fourteen"}
{"ref": "3.19.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 19, "verse": 19, "iast": ["gṛhītvā dhanur āyamya lakṣyān uddiśya rākṣasān", "mumoca rāghavo bāṇān vajrān iva śatakratuḥ"], "translation": "Taking his bow and drawing it, aiming at the rākṣasas as his targets, Rāghava loosed his arrows, as Śatakratu (Indra) his thunderbolts.", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills the fourteen"}
{"ref": "3.19.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 19, "verse": 20, "iast": ["rukmapuṅkhāś ca viśikhāḥ pradīptā hemabhūṣaṇāḥ", "antarikṣe maholkānāṃ babhūvus tulyavarcasaḥ"], "translation": "And the arrows, gold-shafted, blazing, adorned with gold, became in the sky equal in brilliance to great meteors.", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills the fourteen"}
{"ref": "3.19.21", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 19, "verse": 21, "iast": ["te bhittvā rakṣasāṃ vegād vakṣāṃsi rudhirāplutāḥ", "viniṣpetus tadā bhūmau nyamajjantāśanisvanāḥ"], "translation": "Piercing the breasts of the rākṣasas with force and drenched in blood, they then sprang out and sank into the ground with the sound of thunderbolts.", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills the fourteen"}
{"ref": "3.19.22", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 19, "verse": 22, "iast": ["te bhinnahṛdayā bhūmau chinnamūlā iva drumāḥ", "nipetuḥ śoṇitārdrāṅgā vikṛtā vigatāsavaḥ"], "translation": "Their hearts pierced, they fell to the ground like trees with severed roots, their bodies wet with blood, mangled, their life-breaths gone.", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills the fourteen"}
{"ref": "3.19.23", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 19, "verse": 23, "iast": ["tān bhūmau patitān dṛṣṭvā rākṣasī krodhamūrchitā", "paritrastā punas tatra vyasṛjad bhairavaṃ ravam"], "translation": "Seeing them fallen on the ground, the rākṣasī, senseless with rage and terrified, once again let out a dreadful cry there.", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills the fourteen"}
{"ref": "3.19.24", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 19, "verse": 24, "iast": ["sā nadantī mahānādaṃ javāc chūrpaṇakhā punaḥ", "upagamya kharaṃ sā tu kiṃ cit saṃśuṣka śoṇitā", "papāta punar evārtā saniryāseva vallarī"], "translation": "Uttering a great roar, Śūrpaṇakhā swiftly approached Khara once more and, her blood now somewhat dried, fell down again in anguish, like a creeper oozing sap.", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills the fourteen"}
{"ref": "3.19.25", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 19, "verse": 25, "iast": ["nipātitān prekṣya raṇe tu rākṣasān pradhāvitā śūrpaṇakhā punas tataḥ", "vadhaṃ ca teṣāṃ nikhilena rakṣasāṃ śaśaṃsa sarvaṃ bhaginī kharasya sā"], "translation": "Seeing the rākṣasas struck down in battle, Śūrpaṇakhā then sped off again; and that sister of Khara related everything in full — the slaughter of all those rākṣasas.", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills the fourteen"}
{"ref": "3.20.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 20, "verse": 1, "iast": ["sa punaḥ patitāṃ dṛṣṭvā krodhāc chūrpaṇakhāṃ kharaḥ", "uvāca vyaktatā vācā tām anarthārtham āgatām"], "translation": "Seeing Śūrpaṇakhā fallen once more, Khara, in anger, spoke in distinct words to her, who had come bent on mischief:", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā challenges Khara"}
{"ref": "3.20.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 20, "verse": 2, "iast": ["mayā tv idānīṃ śūrās te rākṣasā rudhirāśanāḥ", "tvatpriyārthaṃ vinirdiṣṭāḥ kimarthaṃ rudyate punaḥ"], "translation": "“Those brave, blood-eating rākṣasas were just now dispatched by me for your sake; why do you weep again?", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā challenges Khara"}
{"ref": "3.20.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 20, "verse": 3, "iast": ["bhaktāś caivānuraktāś ca hitāś ca mama nityaśaḥ", "ghnanto 'pi na nihantavyā na na kuryur vaco mama"], "translation": "Devoted, loyal, and ever well-disposed to me, they were not ones to be slain even while slaying (their foes); nor would they ever fail to do my bidding.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā challenges Khara"}
{"ref": "3.20.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 20, "verse": 4, "iast": ["kim etac chrotum icchāmi kāraṇaṃ yatkṛte punaḥ", "hā nātheti vinardantī sarpavad veṣṭase kṣitau"], "translation": "I wish to hear what this reason is, for which, crying ‘Alas, my lord!’, you writhe on the ground like a serpent.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā challenges Khara"}
{"ref": "3.20.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 20, "verse": 5, "iast": ["anāthavad vilapasi kiṃ nu nāthe mayi sthite", "uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha mā bhaiṣīr vaiklavyaṃ tyajyatām iha"], "translation": "Why do you lament like one without a protector, when I, your protector, stand here? Rise up, rise up, do not fear; let this faint-heartedness be cast off.”", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā challenges Khara"}
{"ref": "3.20.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 20, "verse": 6, "iast": ["ity evam uktā durdharṣā khareṇa parisāntvitā", "vimṛjya nayane sāsre kharaṃ bhrātaram abravīt"], "translation": "Thus addressed and consoled by Khara, the redoubtable one, wiping her tear-filled eyes, said to her brother Khara:", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā challenges Khara"}
{"ref": "3.20.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 20, "verse": 7, "iast": ["preṣitāś ca tvayā śūrā rākṣasās te caturdaśa", "nihantuṃ rāghavaṃ ghorā matpriyārthaṃ salakṣmaṇam"], "translation": "“Those fourteen brave, dreadful rākṣasas were sent by you, for my sake, to slay Rāghava together with Lakṣmaṇa;", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā challenges Khara"}
{"ref": "3.20.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 20, "verse": 8, "iast": ["te tu rāmeṇa sāmarṣāḥ śūlapaṭṭiśapāṇayaḥ", "samare nihatāḥ sarve sāyakair marmabhedibhiḥ"], "translation": "but all those wrathful ones, spears and paṭṭiśas in hand, were slain in battle by Rāma with arrows that pierce the vitals.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā challenges Khara"}
{"ref": "3.20.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 20, "verse": 9, "iast": ["tān bhūmau patitān dṛṣṭvā kṣaṇenaiva mahābalān", "rāmasya ca mahat karma mahāṃs trāso 'bhavan mama"], "translation": "Seeing those mighty ones fallen to the ground in but a moment, and this great feat of Rāma, a great terror came over me.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā challenges Khara"}
{"ref": "3.20.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 20, "verse": 10, "iast": ["sāsmi bhītā samudvignā viṣaṇṇā ca niśācara", "śaraṇaṃ tvāṃ punaḥ prāptā sarvato bhayadarśinī"], "translation": "So I am frightened, agitated, and dejected, O night-roamer; seeing danger on every side, I have come to you once more for refuge.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā challenges Khara"}
{"ref": "3.20.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 20, "verse": 11, "iast": ["viṣādanakrādhyuṣite paritrāsormimālini", "kiṃ māṃ na trāyase magnāṃ vipule śokasāgare"], "translation": "Why do you not rescue me, sunk in a vast ocean of grief, infested with the crocodiles of despair and garlanded with waves of terror?", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā challenges Khara"}
{"ref": "3.20.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 20, "verse": 12, "iast": ["ete ca nihatā bhūmau rāmeṇa niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ", "ye ca me padavīṃ prāptā rākṣasāḥ piśitāśanāḥ"], "translation": "And these flesh-eating rākṣasas who had come along my track lie slain on the ground by Rāma with his sharp arrows.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā challenges Khara"}
{"ref": "3.20.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 20, "verse": 13, "iast": ["mayi te yady anukrośo yadi rakṣaḥsu teṣu ca", "rāmeṇa yadi śaktis te tejo vāsti niśācara", "daṇḍakāraṇyanilayaṃ jahi rākṣasakaṇṭakam"], "translation": "If you have compassion for me and for those rākṣasas, if you have the strength or the might against Rāma, O night-roamer, then slay him who dwells in the Daṇḍaka forest, that thorn in the side of the rākṣasas.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā challenges Khara"}
{"ref": "3.20.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 20, "verse": 14, "iast": ["yadi rāmaṃ mamāmitram adya tvaṃ na vadhiṣyasi", "tava caivāgrataḥ prāṇāṃs tyakṣyāmi nirapatrapā"], "translation": "If today you will not slay Rāma, my enemy, then I, past all shame, shall give up my life-breaths before your very eyes.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā challenges Khara"}
{"ref": "3.20.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 20, "verse": 15, "iast": ["buddhyāham anupaśyāmi na tvaṃ rāmasya saṃyuge", "sthātuṃ pratimukhe śaktaḥ sacāpasya mahāraṇe"], "translation": "By my judgement I foresee that you are not able to stand face to face with Rāma, bow in hand, in the great battle.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā challenges Khara"}
{"ref": "3.20.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 20, "verse": 16, "iast": ["śūramānī na śūras tvaṃ mithyāropitavikramaḥ", "mānuṣau yan na śaknoṣi hantuṃ tau rāmalakṣmaṇau"], "translation": "You fancy yourself a hero but are no hero; your valour is falsely claimed — since you cannot slay those two men, Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā challenges Khara"}
{"ref": "3.20.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 20, "verse": 17, "iast": ["apayāhi janasthānāt tvaritaḥ sahabāndhavaḥ", "niḥsattvasyālpavīryasya vāsas te kīdṛśas tv iha"], "translation": "Depart quickly from Janasthāna together with your kinsmen; for one so feeble and of little valour, what sort of dwelling is there for you here?", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā challenges Khara"}
{"ref": "3.20.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 20, "verse": 18, "iast": ["rāmatejo'bhibhūto hi tvaṃ kṣipraṃ vinaśiṣyasi", "sa hi tejaḥsamāyukto rāmo daśarathātmajaḥ", "bhrātā cāsya mahāvīryo yena cāsmi virūpitā"], "translation": "For, overwhelmed by Rāma's splendour, you will swiftly perish; for that Rāma, son of Daśaratha, is endowed with great might, as is his brother of great valour, by whom I was disfigured.”", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā challenges Khara"}
{"ref": "3.21.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 21, "verse": 1, "iast": ["evam ādharṣitaḥ śūraḥ śūrpaṇakhyā kharas tadā", "uvāca rakṣasāṃ madhye kharaḥ kharataraṃ vacaḥ"], "translation": "Thus provoked by Śūrpaṇakhā, the brave Khara then spoke, in the midst of the rākṣasas, words harsher than harsh:", "sarga_title": "Khara’s army mobilizes"}
{"ref": "3.21.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 21, "verse": 2, "iast": ["tavāpamānaprabhavaḥ krodho 'yam atulo mama", "na śakyate dhārayituṃ lavaṇāmbha ivotthitam"], "translation": "“This unequalled anger of mine, arisen from the insult to you, cannot be held back, like the risen tide of the salt sea.", "sarga_title": "Khara’s army mobilizes"}
{"ref": "3.21.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 21, "verse": 3, "iast": ["na rāmaṃ gaṇaye vīryān mānuṣaṃ kṣīṇajīvitam", "ātmā duścaritaiḥ prāṇān hato yo 'dya vimokṣyati"], "translation": "I reckon Rāma as nothing for his valour — a mere mortal, his life at its end, who, as good as slain by his own misdeeds, will today give up his life-breaths.", "sarga_title": "Khara’s army mobilizes"}
{"ref": "3.21.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 21, "verse": 4, "iast": ["bāṣpaḥ saṃhriyatām eṣa saṃbhramaś ca vimucyatām", "ahaṃ rāmaḥ saha bhrātrā nayāmi yamasādanam"], "translation": "Let these tears be checked, and let your agitation be dismissed; I shall send Rāma, together with his brother, to the abode of Yama.", "sarga_title": "Khara’s army mobilizes"}
{"ref": "3.21.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 21, "verse": 5, "iast": ["paraśvadhahatasyādya mandaprāṇasya bhūtale", "rāmasya rudhiraṃ raktam uṣṇaṃ pāsyasi rākṣasi"], "translation": "Today, O rākṣasī, you shall drink the warm red blood of Rāma, struck down by my battle-axe, his life ebbing, upon the ground.", "sarga_title": "Khara’s army mobilizes"}
{"ref": "3.21.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 21, "verse": 6, "iast": ["sā prahṛṣṭvā vacaḥ śrutvā kharasya vadanāc cyutam", "praśaśaṃsa punar maurkhyād bhrātaraṃ rakṣasāṃ varam"], "translation": "Delighted at hearing the words that fell from Khara's mouth, she, in her folly, once again praised her brother, the best of rākṣasas.", "sarga_title": "Khara’s army mobilizes"}
{"ref": "3.21.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 21, "verse": 7, "iast": ["tayā paruṣitaḥ pūrvaṃ punar eva praśaṃsitaḥ", "abravīd dūṣaṇaṃ nāma kharaḥ senāpatiṃ tadā"], "translation": "Reviled by her before and now praised again, Khara then spoke to his commander named Dūṣaṇa:", "sarga_title": "Khara’s army mobilizes"}
{"ref": "3.21.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 21, "verse": 8, "iast": ["caturdaśa sahasrāṇi mama cittānuvartinām", "rakṣasīṃ bhīmavegānāṃ samareṣv anivartinām"], "translation": "“Fourteen thousand rākṣasas obedient to my will, of terrible speed, never retreating in battles,", "sarga_title": "Khara’s army mobilizes"}
{"ref": "3.21.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 21, "verse": 9, "iast": ["nīlajīmūtavarṇānāṃ ghorāṇāṃ krūrakarmaṇām", "lokasiṃhāvihārāṇāṃ balinām ugratejasām"], "translation": "dark as blue storm-clouds, dreadful, of cruel deeds, roaming fearless like lions in the world, strong, of fierce might —", "sarga_title": "Khara’s army mobilizes"}
{"ref": "3.21.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 21, "verse": 10, "iast": ["teṣāṃ śārdūladarpāṇāṃ mahāsyānāaṃ mahaujasām", "sarvodyogam udīrṇānāṃ rakṣasāṃ saumya kāraya"], "translation": "of those rākṣasas, proud as tigers, huge-mouthed, of great vigour, aroused (for war) — bring about, gentle one, their full mobilization.", "sarga_title": "Khara’s army mobilizes"}
{"ref": "3.21.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 21, "verse": 11, "iast": ["upasthāpaya me kṣipraṃ rathaṃ saumya dhanūṃṣi ca", "śarāṃś ca citrān khaḍgāṃś ca śaktīś ca vividhāḥ śitāḥ"], "translation": "Bring up swiftly for me, gentle one, my chariot and bows, and gleaming arrows, and swords, and various sharp lances.", "sarga_title": "Khara’s army mobilizes"}
{"ref": "3.21.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 21, "verse": 12, "iast": ["agre niryātum icchāmi paulastyānāṃ mahātmanām", "vadhārthaṃ durvinītasya rāmasya raṇakovidaḥ"], "translation": "Skilled in battle, I wish to march at the head of the great-souled descendants of Pulastya, for the slaying of the ill-mannered Rāma.", "sarga_title": "Khara’s army mobilizes"}
{"ref": "3.21.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 21, "verse": 13, "iast": ["iti tasya bruvāṇasya sūryavarṇaṃ mahāratham", "sadaśvaiḥ śabalair yuktam ācacakṣe 'tha dūṣaṇaḥ"], "translation": "As he spoke thus, Dūṣaṇa then presented the great chariot, sun-coloured, yoked with fine dappled horses.", "sarga_title": "Khara’s army mobilizes"}
{"ref": "3.21.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 21, "verse": 14, "iast": ["taṃ meruśikharākāraṃ taptakāñcanabhūṣaṇam", "hemacakram asaṃbādhaṃ vaidūryamaya kūbaram"], "translation": "That chariot, shaped like the peak of Meru, adorned with refined gold, with golden wheels, roomy, its pole made of beryl,", "sarga_title": "Khara’s army mobilizes"}
{"ref": "3.21.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 21, "verse": 15, "iast": ["matsyaiḥ puṣpair drumaiḥ śailaiś candrasūryaiś ca kāñcanaiḥ", "māṅgalyaiḥ pakṣisaṃghaiś ca tārābhiś ca samāvṛtam"], "translation": "overspread with figures of fish, flowers, trees, mountains, and golden moons and suns, auspicious emblems, flocks of birds, and stars,", "sarga_title": "Khara’s army mobilizes"}
{"ref": "3.21.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 21, "verse": 16, "iast": ["dhvajanistriṃśasaṃpannaṃ kiṅkiṇīkavibhūṣitam", "sadaśvayuktaṃ so 'marṣād āruroha rathaṃ kharaḥ"], "translation": "furnished with banner and sword, adorned with little bells, and yoked with fine horses — that chariot Khara mounted in fury.", "sarga_title": "Khara’s army mobilizes"}
{"ref": "3.21.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 21, "verse": 17, "iast": ["niśāmya taṃ rathagataṃ rāakṣasā bhīmavikramāḥ", "tasthuḥ saṃparivāryainaṃ dūṣaṇaṃ ca mahābalam"], "translation": "Seeing him mounted on the chariot, the rākṣasas of terrible valour stood surrounding him and the mighty Dūṣaṇa.", "sarga_title": "Khara’s army mobilizes"}
{"ref": "3.21.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 21, "verse": 18, "iast": ["kharas tu tān maheṣvāsān ghoracarmāyudhadhvajān", "niryātety abravīd dṛṣṭvā rathasthaḥ sarvarākṣasān"], "translation": "And Khara, standing on his chariot, seeing all those rākṣasas — great archers with dreadful shields, weapons, and banners — said, “March forth!”", "sarga_title": "Khara’s army mobilizes"}
{"ref": "3.21.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 21, "verse": 19, "iast": ["tatas tad rākṣasaṃ sainyaṃ ghoracarmāyudhadhvajam", "nirjagāma janasthānān mahānādaṃ mahājavam"], "translation": "Then that rākṣasa army, with dreadful shields, weapons, and banners, of mighty roar and great speed, marched forth from Janasthāna.", "sarga_title": "Khara’s army mobilizes"}
{"ref": "3.21.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 21, "verse": 20, "iast": ["mudgaraiḥ paṭṭiśaiḥ śūlaiḥ sutīkṣṇaiś ca paraśvadhaiḥ", "khaḍgaiś cakraiś ca hastasthair bhrājamānaiś ca tomaraiḥ"], "translation": "with mallets, paṭṭiśas, spears, and very sharp battle-axes, with swords and discuses and gleaming lances held in their hands,", "sarga_title": "Khara’s army mobilizes"}
{"ref": "3.21.21", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 21, "verse": 21, "iast": ["śaktibhiḥ patighair ghorair atimātraiś ca kārmukaiḥ", "gadāsimusalair vajrair gṛhītair bhīmadarśanaiḥ"], "translation": "with lances, dreadful iron clubs, and huge bows, and with maces, swords, pestles, and thunderbolts grasped (in hand), fearful to behold —", "sarga_title": "Khara’s army mobilizes"}
{"ref": "3.21.22", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 21, "verse": 22, "iast": ["rākṣasānāṃ sughorāṇāṃ sahasrāṇi caturdaśa", "niryātāni janasthānāt kharacittānuvartinām"], "translation": "Fourteen thousand most dreadful rākṣasas, obedient to Khara's will, marched forth from Janasthāna.", "sarga_title": "Khara’s army mobilizes"}
{"ref": "3.21.23", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 21, "verse": 23, "iast": ["tāṃs tv abhidravato dṛṣṭvā rākṣasān bhīmavikramān", "kharasyāpi rathaḥ kiṃ cij jagāma tadanantaram"], "translation": "And seeing those rākṣasas of terrible valour rushing forward, Khara's chariot too then moved on somewhat after them.", "sarga_title": "Khara’s army mobilizes"}
{"ref": "3.21.24", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 21, "verse": 24, "iast": ["tatas tāñ śabalān aśvāṃs taptakāñcanabhūṣitān", "kharasya matam ājñāya sārathiḥ samacodayat"], "translation": "Then the charioteer, understanding Khara's mind, urged on those dappled horses adorned with refined gold.", "sarga_title": "Khara’s army mobilizes"}
{"ref": "3.21.25", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 21, "verse": 25, "iast": ["sa codito rathaḥ śīghraṃ kharasya ripughātinaḥ", "śabdenāpūrayām āsa diśaś ca pratiśas tathā"], "translation": "That chariot of Khara, slayer of foes, being driven swiftly, filled with its noise the quarters and every direction likewise.", "sarga_title": "Khara’s army mobilizes"}
{"ref": "3.21.26", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 21, "verse": 26, "iast": ["pravṛddhamanyus tu kharaḥ kharasvano ripor vadhārthaṃ tvarito yathāntakaḥ", "acūcudat sārathim unnadan punar mahābalo megha ivāśmavarṣavān"], "translation": "His wrath swollen, Khara of harsh voice, hastening like Death to slay his foe, roaring aloud once more, that mighty one, like a cloud raining down stones, urged on his charioteer.", "sarga_title": "Khara’s army mobilizes"}
{"ref": "3.22.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 22, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tat prayātaṃ balaṃ ghoram aśivaṃ śoṇitodakam", "abhyavarṣan mahāmeghas tumulo gardabhāruṇaḥ"], "translation": "Upon that dreadful army as it marched, a great tumultuous cloud, ashen as a donkey, rained down inauspicious blood-water.", "sarga_title": "Omens on Khara’s march"}
{"ref": "3.22.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 22, "verse": 2, "iast": ["nipetus turagās tasya rathayuktā mahājavāḥ", "same puṣpacite deśe rājamārge yadṛcchayā"], "translation": "His swift horses, yoked to the chariot, stumbled and fell, as if by chance, on the level, flower-strewn ground of the royal road.", "sarga_title": "Omens on Khara’s march"}
{"ref": "3.22.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 22, "verse": 3, "iast": ["śyāmaṃ rudhiraparyantaṃ babhūva pariveṣaṇam", "alātacakrapratimaṃ pratigṛhya divākaram"], "translation": "A dark halo, rimmed with blood-red, like a whirling firebrand, formed, encircling the sun.", "sarga_title": "Omens on Khara’s march"}
{"ref": "3.22.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 22, "verse": 4, "iast": ["tato dhvajam upāgamya hemadaṇḍaṃ samucchritam", "samākramya mahākāyas tasthau gṛdhraḥ sudāruṇaḥ"], "translation": "Then a huge, most fearful vulture, coming to the banner raised on its golden staff, alighted on it and perched there.", "sarga_title": "Omens on Khara’s march"}
{"ref": "3.22.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 22, "verse": 5, "iast": ["janasthānasamīpe ca samākramya kharasvanāḥ", "visvarān vividhāṃś cakrur māṃsādā mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ"], "translation": "And near Janasthāna, harsh-voiced flesh-eating beasts and birds, gathering, made various discordant cries.", "sarga_title": "Omens on Khara’s march"}
{"ref": "3.22.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 22, "verse": 6, "iast": ["vyājahruś ca padīptāyāṃ diśi vai bhairavasvanam", "aśivā yātu dāhānāṃ śivā ghorā mahāsvanāḥ"], "translation": "And in the blazing (southern) quarter, dreadful, loud-voiced jackals, inauspicious to the yātudhānas (demons), howled forth a frightful cry.", "sarga_title": "Omens on Khara’s march"}
{"ref": "3.22.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 22, "verse": 7, "iast": ["prabhinnagirisaṃkāśās toyaśoṣitadhāriṇaḥ", "ākāśaṃ tad anākāśaṃ cakrur bhīmā balāhakāḥ"], "translation": "Fearsome clouds, resembling riven mountains, bearing waters now dried up, made that sky no-sky, blotting it out.", "sarga_title": "Omens on Khara’s march"}
{"ref": "3.22.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 22, "verse": 8, "iast": ["babhūva timiraṃ ghoram uddhataṃ romaharṣaṇam", "diśo vā vidiśo vāpi suvyaktaṃ na cakāśire"], "translation": "A dreadful, thick darkness arose, hair-raising; neither the quarters nor the intermediate quarters shone forth distinctly.", "sarga_title": "Omens on Khara’s march"}
{"ref": "3.22.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 22, "verse": 9, "iast": ["kṣatajārdrasavarṇābhā saṃdhyākālaṃ vinā babhau", "kharasyābhimukhaṃ nedus tadā ghorā mṛgāḥ khagāḥ"], "translation": "Though it was not twilight, (the sky) shone with a hue like that of moist blood; and then dreadful beasts and birds cried out facing Khara.", "sarga_title": "Omens on Khara’s march"}
{"ref": "3.22.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 22, "verse": 10, "iast": ["nityāśivakarā yuddhe śivā ghoranidarśanāḥ", "nedur balasyābhimukhaṃ jvālodgāribhir ānanaiḥ"], "translation": "Jackals, ever bringers of ill fortune in battle, dreadful in aspect, howled facing the army, with flames pouring from their mouths.", "sarga_title": "Omens on Khara’s march"}
{"ref": "3.22.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 22, "verse": 11, "iast": ["kabandhaḥ parighābhāso dṛśyate bhāskarāntike", "jagrāha sūryaṃ svarbhānur aparvaṇi mahāgrahaḥ"], "translation": "A headless-trunk shape, like an iron bar, was seen near the sun; and Svarbhānu (Rāhu), the great planet, seized the sun though it was not the eclipse juncture.", "sarga_title": "Omens on Khara’s march"}
{"ref": "3.22.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 22, "verse": 12, "iast": ["pravāti mārutaḥ śīghraṃ niṣprabho 'bhūd divākaraḥ", "utpetuś ca vinā rātriṃ tārāḥ khadyotasaprabhāḥ"], "translation": "A wind blew swiftly, the sun grew lustreless, and the stars rose up though it was not night, shining faint as fireflies.", "sarga_title": "Omens on Khara’s march"}
{"ref": "3.22.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 22, "verse": 13, "iast": ["saṃlīnamīnavihagā nalinyaḥ puṣpapaṅkajāḥ", "tasmin kṣaṇe babhūvuś ca vinā puṣpaphalair drumāḥ"], "translation": "The lotus-ponds, their fish and birds hidden away and their lotus-blossoms (closed); and at that moment the trees became bereft of flowers and fruit.", "sarga_title": "Omens on Khara’s march"}
{"ref": "3.22.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 22, "verse": 14, "iast": ["uddhūtaś ca vinā vātaṃ reṇur jaladharāruṇaḥ", "vīcīkūcīti vāśyanto babhūvus tatra sārikāḥ"], "translation": "And without any wind, dust rose up, grey as a rain-cloud; and there the mynah-birds went on screeching “vīcīkūcī.”", "sarga_title": "Omens on Khara’s march"}
{"ref": "3.22.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 22, "verse": 15, "iast": ["ulkāś cāpi sanirghoṣā nipetur ghoradarśanāḥ", "pracacāla mahī cāpi saśailavanakānanā"], "translation": "And meteors, with a crash, dreadful to see, fell down; and the earth too shook, with its mountains, woods, and forests.", "sarga_title": "Omens on Khara’s march"}
{"ref": "3.22.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 22, "verse": 16, "iast": ["kharasya ca rathasthasya nardamānasya dhīmataḥ", "prākampata bhujaḥ savyaḥ kharaś cāsyāvasajjata"], "translation": "And as the crafty Khara stood roaring on his chariot, his left arm trembled and his voice grew hoarse and faltering.", "sarga_title": "Omens on Khara’s march"}
{"ref": "3.22.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 22, "verse": 17, "iast": ["sāsrā saṃpadyate dṛṣṭiḥ paśyamānasya sarvataḥ", "lalāṭe ca rujā jātā na ca mohān nyavartata"], "translation": "As he looked about on every side, his sight became tearful, and a pain arose in his forehead; yet out of infatuation he did not turn back.", "sarga_title": "Omens on Khara’s march"}
{"ref": "3.22.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 22, "verse": 18, "iast": ["tān samīkṣya mahotpātān utthitān romaharṣaṇān", "abravīd rākṣasān sarvān prahasan sa kharas tadā"], "translation": "Beholding those great portents that had arisen, hair-raising, Khara then, laughing, spoke to all the rākṣasas:", "sarga_title": "Omens on Khara’s march"}
{"ref": "3.22.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 22, "verse": 19, "iast": ["mahotpātān imān sarvān utthitān ghoradarśanān", "na cintayāmy ahaṃ vīryād balavān durbalān iva"], "translation": "“All these great portents that have arisen, dreadful to behold, I heed not, in my strength — as a strong man heeds not the weak.", "sarga_title": "Omens on Khara’s march"}
{"ref": "3.22.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 22, "verse": 20, "iast": ["tārā api śarais tīkṣṇaiḥ pātayeyaṃ nabhastalāt", "mṛtyuṃ maraṇadharmeṇa saṃkruddho yojayāmy aham"], "translation": "Even the stars I could bring down from the vault of heaven with my sharp arrows; enraged, I would subject Death itself to the law of dying.", "sarga_title": "Omens on Khara’s march"}
{"ref": "3.22.21", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 22, "verse": 21, "iast": ["rāghavaṃ taṃ balotsiktaṃ bhrātaraṃ cāpi lakṣmaṇam", "ahatvā sāyakais tīkṣṇair nopāvartitum utsahe"], "translation": "Without slaying with my sharp arrows that Rāghava, puffed up with strength, and his brother Lakṣmaṇa too, I cannot bring myself to turn back.", "sarga_title": "Omens on Khara’s march"}
{"ref": "3.22.22", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 22, "verse": 22, "iast": ["sakāmā bhaginī me 'stu pītvā tu rudhiraṃ tayoḥ", "yannimittaṃ tu rāmasya lakṣmaṇasya viparyayaḥ"], "translation": "Let my sister have her wish fulfilled, drinking the blood of those two, on whose account comes the undoing of Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa.", "sarga_title": "Omens on Khara’s march"}
{"ref": "3.22.23", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 22, "verse": 23, "iast": ["na kva cit prāptapūrvo me saṃyugeṣu parājayaḥ", "yuṣmākam etat pratyakṣaṃ nānṛtaṃ kathayāmy aham"], "translation": "Never before have I met with defeat in battles; this is plain before your eyes — I speak no falsehood.", "sarga_title": "Omens on Khara’s march"}
{"ref": "3.22.24", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 22, "verse": 24, "iast": ["devarājam api kruddho mattairāvatayāyinam", "vajrahastaṃ raṇe hanyāṃ kiṃ punas tau ca mānuṣau"], "translation": "Enraged, I could slay in battle even the king of the gods, riding his rutting Airāvata, thunderbolt in hand — how much more those two mortals?", "sarga_title": "Omens on Khara’s march"}
{"ref": "3.22.25", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 22, "verse": 25, "iast": ["sā tasya garjitaṃ śrutvā rākṣasasya mahācamūḥ", "praharṣam atulaṃ lebhe mṛtyupāśāvapāśitā"], "translation": "Hearing that roar of the rākṣasa Khara, his great army, though bound in the noose of death, felt an unequalled joy.", "sarga_title": "Omens on Khara’s march"}
{"ref": "3.22.26", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 22, "verse": 26, "iast": ["sameyuś ca mahātmāno yuddhadarśanakāṅkṣiṇaḥ", "ṛṣayo devagandharvāḥ siddhāś ca saha cāraṇaiḥ"], "translation": "And there gathered the great-souled seers, gods, gandharvas, and siddhas, together with the cāraṇas, eager to witness the battle.", "sarga_title": "Omens on Khara’s march"}
{"ref": "3.22.27", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 22, "verse": 27, "iast": ["sametya coruḥ sahitās te 'nyāyaṃ puṇyakarmaṇaḥ", "svasti gobrāhmaṇebhyo 'stu lokānāṃ ye ca saṃmatāḥ"], "translation": "Having assembled, those of holy deeds spoke together of the injustice (of it): “May it be well with cows and brahmins, and with those esteemed among the worlds!", "sarga_title": "Omens on Khara’s march"}
{"ref": "3.22.28", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 22, "verse": 28, "iast": ["jayatāṃ rāghavo yuddhe paulastyān rajanīcarān", "cakrā hasto yathā yuddhe sarvān asurapuṃgavān"], "translation": "May Rāghava conquer in battle the night-roaming descendants of Pulastya, as the discus-handed (Viṣṇu) conquered in battle all the bulls among asuras.”", "sarga_title": "Omens on Khara’s march"}
{"ref": "3.22.29", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 22, "verse": 29, "iast": ["etac cānyac ca bahuśo bruvāṇāḥ paramarṣayaḥ", "dadṛśur vāhinīṃ teṣāṃ rākṣasānāṃ gatāyuṣām"], "translation": "Speaking this and much else besides, the supreme seers watched the host of those rākṣasas, whose lives were already forfeit.", "sarga_title": "Omens on Khara’s march"}
{"ref": "3.22.30", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 22, "verse": 30, "iast": ["rathena tu kharo vegāt sainyasyāgrād viniḥsṛtaḥ", "taṃ dṛṣṭvā rākṣasaṃ bhūyo rākṣasāś ca viniḥsṛtāḥ"], "translation": "And Khara, on his chariot, sped swiftly forth from the front of the army; seeing that rākṣasa, the other rākṣasas too pressed forward again.", "sarga_title": "Omens on Khara’s march"}
{"ref": "3.22.31", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 22, "verse": 31, "iast": ["śyena gāmī pṛthugrīvo yajñaśatrur vihaṃgamaḥ", "durjayaḥ karavīrākṣaḥ paruṣaḥ kālakārmukaḥ"], "translation": "Śyenagāmin, Pṛthugrīva, Yajñaśatru, Vihaṃgama, Durjaya, Karavīrākṣa, Paruṣa, Kālakārmuka,", "sarga_title": "Omens on Khara’s march"}
{"ref": "3.22.32", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 22, "verse": 32, "iast": ["meghamālī mahāmālī sarpāsyo rudhirāśanaḥ", "dvādaśaite mahāvīryāḥ pratasthur abhitaḥ kharam"], "translation": "Meghamālin, Mahāmālin, Sarpāsya, and Rudhirāśana — these twelve of great valour marched on either side of Khara.", "sarga_title": "Omens on Khara’s march"}
{"ref": "3.22.33", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 22, "verse": 33, "iast": ["mahākapālaḥ sthūlākṣaḥ pramāthī triśirās tathā", "catvāra ete senāgryā dūṣaṇaṃ pṛṣṭhato 'nvayuḥ"], "translation": "Mahākapāla, Sthūlākṣa, Pramāthin, and likewise Triśiras — these four, foremost of the army, followed behind Dūṣaṇa.", "sarga_title": "Omens on Khara’s march"}
{"ref": "3.22.34", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 22, "verse": 34, "iast": ["sā bhīmavegā samarābhikāmā sudāruṇā rākṣasavīra senā", "tau rājaputrau sahasābhyupetā mālāgrahāṇām iva candrasūryau"], "translation": "That army of rākṣasa heroes, of terrible speed, eager for battle, most fearsome, suddenly fell upon those two princes, as grasping planets in a train fall upon the moon and the sun.", "sarga_title": "Omens on Khara’s march"}
{"ref": "3.23.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 23, "verse": 1, "iast": ["āśramaṃ prati yāte tu khare kharaparākrame", "tān evautpātikān rāmaḥ saha bhrātrā dadarśa ha"], "translation": "As Khara, of harsh valour, was marching toward the hermitage, Rāma, together with his brother, beheld those very portents.", "sarga_title": "Rāma prepares to fight alone"}
{"ref": "3.23.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 23, "verse": 2, "iast": ["tān utpātān mahāghorān utthitān romaharṣaṇān", "prajānām ahitān dṛṣṭvā vākyaṃ lakṣmaṇam abravīt"], "translation": "Seeing those most dreadful, hair-raising portents that had arisen, boding ill to creatures, he spoke these words to Lakṣmaṇa:", "sarga_title": "Rāma prepares to fight alone"}
{"ref": "3.23.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 23, "verse": 3, "iast": ["imān paśya mahābāho sarvabhūtāpahāriṇaḥ", "samutthitān mahotpātān saṃhartuṃ sarvarākṣasān"], "translation": "“Behold, mighty-armed one, these great portents that have arisen, carrying off all beings — (arisen) to destroy all the rākṣasas.", "sarga_title": "Rāma prepares to fight alone"}
{"ref": "3.23.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 23, "verse": 4, "iast": ["amī rudhiradhārās tu visṛjantaḥ kharasvanān", "vyomni meghā vivartante paruṣā gardabhāruṇāḥ"], "translation": "Yonder harsh, donkey-grey clouds roll about in the sky, pouring down streams of blood with harsh cries.", "sarga_title": "Rāma prepares to fight alone"}
{"ref": "3.23.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 23, "verse": 5, "iast": ["sadhūmāś ca śarāḥ sarve mama yuddhābhinandinaḥ", "rukmapṛṣṭhāni cāpāni viveṣṭante ca lakṣmaṇa"], "translation": "And all my arrows, rejoicing in the coming battle, are smoking, and my gold-backed bows quiver, Lakṣmaṇa.", "sarga_title": "Rāma prepares to fight alone"}
{"ref": "3.23.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 23, "verse": 6, "iast": ["yādṛśā iha kūjanti pakṣiṇo vanacāriṇaḥ", "agrato no bhayaṃ prāptaṃ saṃśayo jīvitasya ca"], "translation": "From the manner in which the forest-roaming birds here cry, danger has come upon us, and a peril to our life lies ahead.", "sarga_title": "Rāma prepares to fight alone"}
{"ref": "3.23.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 23, "verse": 7, "iast": ["saṃprahāras tu sumahān bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ", "ayam ākhyāti me bāhuḥ sphuramāṇo muhur muhuḥ"], "translation": "A very great battle will take place, no doubt; this arm of mine, throbbing again and again, foretells it.", "sarga_title": "Rāma prepares to fight alone"}
{"ref": "3.23.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 23, "verse": 8, "iast": ["saṃnikarṣe tu naḥ śūra jayaṃ śatroḥ parājayam", "suprabhaṃ ca prasannaṃ ca tava vaktraṃ hi lakṣyate"], "translation": "It is close at hand, O brave one — our victory and the enemy's defeat; for your face is seen bright and serene.", "sarga_title": "Rāma prepares to fight alone"}
{"ref": "3.23.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 23, "verse": 9, "iast": ["udyatānāṃ hi yuddhārthaṃ yeṣāṃ bhavati lakṣmaṇaḥ", "niṣprabhaṃ vadanaṃ teṣāṃ bhavaty āyuḥ parikṣayaḥ"], "translation": "For those who, roused for battle, have a lustreless face, O Lakṣmaṇa — for them comes the end of life.", "sarga_title": "Rāma prepares to fight alone"}
{"ref": "3.23.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 23, "verse": 10, "iast": ["anāgatavidhānaṃ tu kartavyaṃ śubham icchatā", "āpadaṃ śaṅkamānena puruṣeṇa vipaścitā"], "translation": "Provision against what has not yet come should be made by a wise man who wishes good and who apprehends danger.", "sarga_title": "Rāma prepares to fight alone"}
{"ref": "3.23.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 23, "verse": 11, "iast": ["tasmād gṛhītvā vaidehīṃ śarapāṇir dhanurdharaḥ", "guhām āśrayaśailasya durgāṃ pādapasaṃkulām"], "translation": "Therefore, taking Vaidehī, with arrows in hand and bow in grip, (go to) a cave of the sheltering mountain, hard of access, thick with trees.", "sarga_title": "Rāma prepares to fight alone"}
{"ref": "3.23.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 23, "verse": 12, "iast": ["pratikūlitum icchāmi na hi vākyam idaṃ tvayā", "śāpito mama pādābhyāṃ gamyatāṃ vatsa māciram"], "translation": "I do not wish this word of mine to be opposed by you; you are adjured by my very feet — go, dear one, without delay.", "sarga_title": "Rāma prepares to fight alone"}
{"ref": "3.23.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 23, "verse": 13, "iast": ["evam uktas tu rāmeṇa lakṣmaṇaḥ saha sītayā", "śarān ādāya cāpaṃ ca guhāṃ durgāṃ samāśrayat"], "translation": "Thus addressed by Rāma, Lakṣmaṇa, taking his arrows and bow, betook himself with Sītā to a cave hard of access.", "sarga_title": "Rāma prepares to fight alone"}
{"ref": "3.23.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 23, "verse": 14, "iast": ["tasmin praviṣṭe tu guhāṃ lakṣmaṇe saha sītayā", "hanta niryuktam ity uktvā rāmaḥ kavacam āviśat"], "translation": "When Lakṣmaṇa, with Sītā, had entered the cave, Rāma, saying, “Well, it is settled!”, donned his armour.", "sarga_title": "Rāma prepares to fight alone"}
{"ref": "3.23.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 23, "verse": 15, "iast": ["sā tenāgninikāśena kavacena vibhūṣitaḥ", "babhūva rāmas timire vidhūmo 'gnir ivotthitaḥ"], "translation": "Adorned with that fire-like armour, Rāma became, in the darkness, like a smokeless fire blazing up.", "sarga_title": "Rāma prepares to fight alone"}
{"ref": "3.23.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 23, "verse": 16, "iast": ["sa cāpam udyamya mahac charān ādāya vīryavān", "babhūvāvasthitas tatra jyāsvanaiḥ pūrayan diśaḥ"], "translation": "Raising his great bow and taking his arrows, the valiant one stood there, filling the quarters with the twang of his bowstring.", "sarga_title": "Rāma prepares to fight alone"}
{"ref": "3.23.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 23, "verse": 17, "iast": ["tato devāḥ sagandharvāḥ siddhāś ca saha cāraṇaiḥ", "ūcuḥ paramasaṃtrastā guhyakāś ca parasparam"], "translation": "Then the gods with the gandharvas, and the siddhas together with the cāraṇas, and the guhyakas, greatly alarmed, said to one another:", "sarga_title": "Rāma prepares to fight alone"}
{"ref": "3.23.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 23, "verse": 18, "iast": ["caturdaśa sahasrāṇi rakṣasāṃ bhīmakarmaṇām", "ekaś ca rāmo dharmātmā kathaṃ yuddhaṃ bhaviṣyati"], "translation": "“Fourteen thousand rākṣasas of dreadful deeds, and the righteous Rāma but one — how will the battle be?”", "sarga_title": "Rāma prepares to fight alone"}
{"ref": "3.23.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 23, "verse": 19, "iast": ["tato gambhīranirhrādaṃ ghoravarmāyudhadhvajam", "anīkaṃ yātudhānānāṃ samantāt pratyadṛśyata"], "translation": "Then the army of the yātudhānas (demons), of deep roar, with dreadful armour, weapons, and banners, appeared on every side.", "sarga_title": "Rāma prepares to fight alone"}
{"ref": "3.23.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 23, "verse": 20, "iast": ["siṃhanādaṃ visṛjatām anyonyam abhigarjatām", "cāpāni vispharayatāṃ jṛmbhatāṃ cāpy abhīkṣṇaśaḥ"], "translation": "Of (those rākṣasas) uttering lion-roars, bellowing at one another, twanging their bows, and stretching their limbs again and again —", "sarga_title": "Rāma prepares to fight alone"}
{"ref": "3.23.21", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 23, "verse": 21, "iast": ["vipraghuṣṭasvanānāṃ ca dundubhīṃś cāpi nighnatām", "teṣāṃ sutumulaḥ śabdaḥ pūrayām āsa tad vanam"], "translation": "and (of those) shouting loud and beating kettle-drums — the tumultuous noise of them filled that forest.", "sarga_title": "Rāma prepares to fight alone"}
{"ref": "3.23.22", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 23, "verse": 22, "iast": ["tena śabdena vitrastāḥ śvāpadā vanacāriṇaḥ", "dudruvur yatra niḥśabdaṃ pṛṣṭhato nāvalokayan"], "translation": "Terrified by that noise, the forest-roaming beasts of prey fled to wherever it was quiet, without looking back.", "sarga_title": "Rāma prepares to fight alone"}
{"ref": "3.23.23", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 23, "verse": 23, "iast": ["tat tv anīkaṃ mahāvegaṃ rāmaṃ samupasarpata", "ghṛtanānāpraharaṇaṃ gambhīraṃ sāgaropamam"], "translation": "And that army, of great speed, bearing various weapons taken up, deep like the ocean, drew near to Rāma.", "sarga_title": "Rāma prepares to fight alone"}
{"ref": "3.23.24", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 23, "verse": 24, "iast": ["rāmo 'pi cārayaṃś cakṣuḥ sarvato raṇapaṇḍitaḥ", "dadarśa kharasainyaṃ tad yuddhābhimukham udyatam"], "translation": "And Rāma too, skilled in war, casting his glance all around, beheld that army of Khara, arrayed and facing him for battle.", "sarga_title": "Rāma prepares to fight alone"}
{"ref": "3.23.25", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 23, "verse": 25, "iast": ["vitatya ca dhanur bhīmaṃ tūṇyāś coddhṛtya sāyakān", "krodham āhārayat tīvraṃ vadhārthaṃ sarvarakṣasām"], "translation": "And drawing his fearsome bow and taking arrows from his quiver, he summoned up a fierce wrath for the slaying of all the rākṣasas.", "sarga_title": "Rāma prepares to fight alone"}
{"ref": "3.23.26", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 23, "verse": 26, "iast": ["duṣprekṣyaḥ so 'bhavat kruddho yugāntāgnir iva jvalan", "taṃ dṛṣṭvā tejasāviṣṭaṃ prāvyathan vanadevatāḥ"], "translation": "Enraged, he became hard to look upon, blazing like the fire at the end of an age; seeing him filled with fiery energy, the forest-deities trembled.", "sarga_title": "Rāma prepares to fight alone"}
{"ref": "3.23.27", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 23, "verse": 27, "iast": ["tasya kruddhasya rūpaṃ tu rāmasya dadṛśe tadā", "dakṣasyeva kratuṃ hantum udyatasya pinākinaḥ"], "translation": "Then the aspect of the enraged Rāma appeared like that of the trident-bearing Śiva when he rose up to destroy the sacrifice of Dakṣa.", "sarga_title": "Rāma prepares to fight alone"}
{"ref": "3.24.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 24, "verse": 1, "iast": ["avaṣṭabdhadhanuṃ rāmaṃ kruddhaṃ ca ripughātinam", "dadarśāśramam āgamya kharaḥ saha puraḥsaraiḥ"], "translation": "Coming to the hermitage, Khara, together with his vanguard, saw Rāma — his bow braced, enraged, the slayer of foes.", "sarga_title": "Battle at Janasthāna"}
{"ref": "3.24.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 24, "verse": 2, "iast": ["taṃ dṛṣṭvā saguṇaṃ cāpam udyamya kharaniḥsvanam", "rāmasyābhimukhaṃ sūtaṃ codyatām ity acodayat"], "translation": "Seeing him, Khara raised his strung bow of harsh twang and urged his charioteer, “Drive on toward Rāma!”", "sarga_title": "Battle at Janasthāna"}
{"ref": "3.24.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 24, "verse": 3, "iast": ["sa kharasyājñayā sūtas turagān samacodayat", "yatra rāmo mahābāhur eko dhunvan dhanuḥ sthitaḥ"], "translation": "At Khara's command, the charioteer urged on the horses to where the mighty-armed Rāma stood alone, brandishing his bow.", "sarga_title": "Battle at Janasthāna"}
{"ref": "3.24.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 24, "verse": 4, "iast": ["taṃ tu niṣpatitaṃ dṛṣṭvā sarve te rajanīcarāḥ", "nardamānā mahānādaṃ sacivāḥ paryavārayan"], "translation": "Seeing him (Khara) sallying forth, all those night-roaming ministers, roaring a mighty roar, closed in around (Rāma).", "sarga_title": "Battle at Janasthāna"}
{"ref": "3.24.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 24, "verse": 5, "iast": ["sa teṣāṃ yātudhānānāṃ madhye rato gataḥ kharaḥ", "babhūva madhye tārāṇāṃ lohitāṅga ivoditaḥ"], "translation": "Khara, gone into the midst of those yātudhānas and taking his stand there, appeared like Mars (the red-bodied one) risen amid the stars.", "sarga_title": "Battle at Janasthāna"}
{"ref": "3.24.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 24, "verse": 6, "iast": ["tatas taṃ bhīmadhanvānaṃ kruddhāḥ sarve niśācarāḥ", "rāmaṃ nānāvidhaiḥ śastrair abhyavarṣanta durjayam"], "translation": "Then all the night-roamers, enraged, showered Rāma — of fearsome bow, invincible — with weapons of every kind.", "sarga_title": "Battle at Janasthāna"}
{"ref": "3.24.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 24, "verse": 7, "iast": ["mudgarair āyasaiḥ śūlaiḥ prāsaiḥ khaḍgaiḥ paraśvadhaiḥ", "rākṣasāḥ samare rāmaṃ nijaghnū roṣatatparāḥ"], "translation": "With iron mallets, spears, javelins, swords, and battle-axes, the rākṣasas, bent on fury, smote Rāma in the battle.", "sarga_title": "Battle at Janasthāna"}
{"ref": "3.24.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 24, "verse": 8, "iast": ["te balāhakasaṃkāśā mahānādā mahābalāḥ", "abhyadhāvanta kākutsthaṃ rāmaṃ yuddhe jighāṃsavaḥ"], "translation": "Those mighty ones, like storm-clouds, of loud roar, rushed upon Kākutstha Rāma, seeking to slay him in the battle.", "sarga_title": "Battle at Janasthāna"}
{"ref": "3.24.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 24, "verse": 9, "iast": ["te rāme śaravarṣāṇi vyasṛjan rakṣasāṃ guṇāḥ", "śailendram iva dhārābhir varṣamāṇā mahādhanāḥ"], "translation": "The foremost of the rākṣasas, mighty archers, loosed showers of arrows upon Rāma, as clouds pour streams of rain upon the king of mountains.", "sarga_title": "Battle at Janasthāna"}
{"ref": "3.24.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 24, "verse": 10, "iast": ["sa taiḥ parivṛto ghorai rāghavo rakṣasāṃ gaṇaiḥ", "tithiṣv iva mahādevo vṛtaḥ pāriṣadāṃ gaṇaiḥ"], "translation": "Rāghava, surrounded by those dreadful hosts of rākṣasas, was like Mahādeva (Śiva) on the festival days, encircled by troops of his attendants.", "sarga_title": "Battle at Janasthāna"}
{"ref": "3.24.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 24, "verse": 11, "iast": ["tāni muktāni śastrāṇi yātudhānaiḥ sa rāghavaḥ", "pratijagrāha viśikhair nadyoghān iva sāgaraḥ"], "translation": "Rāghava received with his arrows those weapons loosed by the yātudhānas, as the ocean receives the floods of the rivers.", "sarga_title": "Battle at Janasthāna"}
{"ref": "3.24.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 24, "verse": 12, "iast": ["sa taiḥ praharaṇair ghorair bhinnagātro na vivyathe", "rāmaḥ pradīptair bahubhir vajrair iva mahācalaḥ"], "translation": "Though his limbs were wounded by those dreadful weapons, Rāma did not falter — like a great mountain unshaken by many blazing thunderbolts.", "sarga_title": "Battle at Janasthāna"}
{"ref": "3.24.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 24, "verse": 13, "iast": ["sa viddhaḥ kṣatajādigdhaḥ sarvagātreṣu rāghavaḥ", "babhūva rāmaḥ saṃdhyābhrair divākara ivāvṛtaḥ"], "translation": "Rāghava, pierced and smeared with blood over all his limbs, became like the sun veiled by the twilight clouds.", "sarga_title": "Battle at Janasthāna"}
{"ref": "3.24.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 24, "verse": 14, "iast": ["viṣedur devagandharvāḥ siddhāś ca paramarṣayaḥ", "ekaṃ sahastrair bahubhis tadā dṛṣṭvā samāvṛtam"], "translation": "The gods, gandharvas, siddhas, and supreme seers grew despondent, seeing one man then beset by many thousands.", "sarga_title": "Battle at Janasthāna"}
{"ref": "3.24.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 24, "verse": 15, "iast": ["tato rāmaḥ susaṃkruddho maṇḍalīkṛtakārmukaḥ", "sasarja niśitān bāṇāñ śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ"], "translation": "Then Rāma, greatly enraged, his bow bent into a circle, loosed sharp arrows by the hundreds and thousands.", "sarga_title": "Battle at Janasthāna"}
{"ref": "3.24.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 24, "verse": 16, "iast": ["durāvārān durviṣahān kālapāśopamān raṇe", "mumoca līlayā rāmaḥ kaṅkapatrān ajihmagān"], "translation": "Irresistible, unbearable, like the noose of Death in battle, feathered with heron-plumes and flying straight — such arrows Rāma loosed with ease.", "sarga_title": "Battle at Janasthāna"}
{"ref": "3.24.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 24, "verse": 17, "iast": ["te śarāḥ śatrusainyeṣu muktā rāmeṇa līlayā", "ādadū rakṣasāṃ prāṇān pāśāḥ kālakṛtā iva"], "translation": "Those arrows, loosed with ease by Rāma into the enemy hosts, took away the lives of the rākṣasas like nooses fashioned by Death.", "sarga_title": "Battle at Janasthāna"}
{"ref": "3.24.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 24, "verse": 18, "iast": ["bhittvā rākṣasadehāṃs tāṃs te śarā rudhirāplutāḥ", "antarikṣagatā rejur dīptāgnisamatejasaḥ"], "translation": "Piercing those rākṣasa bodies, those arrows, drenched in blood, gleamed in the air, bright as blazing fire.", "sarga_title": "Battle at Janasthāna"}
{"ref": "3.24.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 24, "verse": 19, "iast": ["asaṃkhyeyās tu rāmasya sāyakāś cāpamaṇḍalāt", "viniṣpetur atīvogrā rakṣaḥ prāṇāpahāriṇaḥ"], "translation": "Countless arrows of Rāma, exceedingly fierce, sped forth from the circle of his bow, carrying off the lives of the rākṣasas.", "sarga_title": "Battle at Janasthāna"}
{"ref": "3.24.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 24, "verse": 20, "iast": ["tair dhanūṃṣi dhvajāgrāṇi varmāṇi ca śirāṃsi ca", "bahūn sahastābharaṇān ūrūn karikaropamān"], "translation": "With those (arrows he cut through) bows, banner-tops, and armour, and heads, and many thighs thick as elephants' trunks, with the hands and their ornaments —", "sarga_title": "Battle at Janasthāna"}
{"ref": "3.24.21", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 24, "verse": 21, "iast": ["tato nālīkanārācais tīkṣṇāgraiś ca vikarṇibhiḥ", "bhīmam ārtasvaraṃ cakrur bhidyamānā niśācarāḥ"], "translation": "Then, pierced by nālīka and iron shafts, sharp-tipped and barbed, the night-roamers raised a fearful cry of anguish.", "sarga_title": "Battle at Janasthāna"}
{"ref": "3.24.22", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 24, "verse": 22, "iast": ["tat sainyaṃ niśitair bāṇair arditaṃ marmabhedibhiḥ", "rāmeṇa na sukhaṃ lebhe śuṣkaṃ vanam ivāgninā"], "translation": "That army, tormented by Rāma's sharp, vital-piercing arrows, found no ease — like a dry forest set upon by fire.", "sarga_title": "Battle at Janasthāna"}
{"ref": "3.24.23", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 24, "verse": 23, "iast": ["ke cid bhīmabalāḥ śūrāḥ śūlān khaḍgān paraśvadhān", "cikṣipuḥ paramakruddhā rāmāya rajanīcarāḥ"], "translation": "Some brave night-roamers of terrible strength, in utmost fury, hurled spears, swords, and battle-axes at Rāma.", "sarga_title": "Battle at Janasthāna"}
{"ref": "3.24.24", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 24, "verse": 24, "iast": ["tāni bāṇair mahābāhuḥ śastrāṇy āvārya rāghavaḥ", "jahāra samare prāṇāṃś ciccheda ca śirodharān"], "translation": "Warding off those weapons with his arrows, the mighty-armed Rāghava took their lives in the battle and cut off their necks.", "sarga_title": "Battle at Janasthāna"}
{"ref": "3.24.25", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 24, "verse": 25, "iast": ["avaśiṣṭāś ca ye tatra viṣaṇṇāś ca niśācarāḥ", "kharam evābhyadhāvanta śaraṇārthaṃ śarārditāḥ"], "translation": "And those night-roamers who remained there, dejected and stricken by his arrows, ran to Khara alone for refuge.", "sarga_title": "Battle at Janasthāna"}
{"ref": "3.24.26", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 24, "verse": 26, "iast": ["tān sarvān punar ādāya samāśvāsya ca dūṣaṇaḥ", "abhyadhāvata kākutsthaṃ kruddho rudram ivāntakaḥ"], "translation": "Rallying all of them again and reassuring them, Dūṣaṇa rushed upon Kākutstha, enraged, like Death (Antaka) upon Rudra.", "sarga_title": "Battle at Janasthāna"}
{"ref": "3.24.27", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 24, "verse": 27, "iast": ["nivṛttās tu punaḥ sarve dūṣaṇāśrayanirbhayāḥ", "rāmam evābhyadhāvanta sālatālaśilāyudhāḥ"], "translation": "All of them, turning back once more, made fearless by Dūṣaṇa's protection, rushed at Rāma, armed with sāl trees, palmyras, and rocks.", "sarga_title": "Battle at Janasthāna"}
{"ref": "3.24.28", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 24, "verse": 28, "iast": ["tad babhūvādbhutaṃ yuddhaṃ tumulaṃ romaharṣaṇam", "rāmasyāsya mahāghoraṃ punas teṣāṃ ca rakṣasām"], "translation": "Then there was a marvellous, tumultuous, hair-raising, most dreadful battle between this Rāma on the one side and those rākṣasas on the other.", "sarga_title": "Battle at Janasthāna"}
{"ref": "3.25.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 25, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tad drumāṇāṃ śilānāṃ ca varṣaṃ prāṇaharaṃ mahat", "pratijagrāha dharmātmā rāghavas tīkṣṇasāyakaiḥ"], "translation": "That great, life-destroying rain of trees and rocks the righteous Rāghava met with his sharp arrows.", "sarga_title": "Dūṣaṇa’s death"}
{"ref": "3.25.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 25, "verse": 2, "iast": ["pratigṛhya ca tad varaṃ nimīlita ivarṣabhaḥ", "rāmaḥ krodhaṃ paraṃ bheje vadhārthaṃ sarvarakṣasām"], "translation": "Having borne that shower, like a bull that shuts its eyes before a downpour, Rāma gave way to supreme wrath for the slaying of all the rākṣasas.", "sarga_title": "Dūṣaṇa’s death"}
{"ref": "3.25.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 25, "verse": 3, "iast": ["tataḥ krodhasamāviṣṭaḥ pradīpta iva tejasā", "śarair abhyakirat sainyaṃ sarvataḥ sahadūṣaṇam"], "translation": "Then, seized with wrath, blazing as if with his own splendour, he covered the army, along with Dūṣaṇa, with arrows on every side.", "sarga_title": "Dūṣaṇa’s death"}
{"ref": "3.25.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 25, "verse": 4, "iast": ["tataḥ senāpatiḥ kruddho dūṣaṇaḥ śatrudūṣaṇaḥ", "jagrāha giriśṛṅgābhaṃ parighaṃ romaharṣaṇam"], "translation": "Then the enraged general Dūṣaṇa, tormentor of foes, seized an iron club, hair-raising, like a mountain-peak,", "sarga_title": "Dūṣaṇa’s death"}
{"ref": "3.25.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 25, "verse": 5, "iast": ["veṣṭitaṃ kāñcanaiḥ paṭṭair devasainyābhimardanam", "āyasaiḥ śaṅkubhis tīkṣṇaiḥ kīrṇaṃ paravasokṣitām"], "translation": "wound about with golden bands, a crusher of the armies of the gods, studded with sharp iron spikes, wet with the fat of foes,", "sarga_title": "Dūṣaṇa’s death"}
{"ref": "3.25.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 25, "verse": 6, "iast": ["vajrāśanisamasparśaṃ paragopuradāraṇam", "taṃ mahoragasaṃkāśaṃ pragṛhya parighaṃ raṇe", "dūṣaṇo 'bhyapatad rāmaṃ krūrakarmā niśācaraḥ"], "translation": "of touch like thunderbolt and lightning, a shatterer of the enemy's gate-towers — seizing in the battle that iron club, like a great serpent, Dūṣaṇa, the night-roamer of cruel deeds, fell upon Rāma.", "sarga_title": "Dūṣaṇa’s death"}
{"ref": "3.25.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 25, "verse": 7, "iast": ["tasyābhipatamānasya dūṣaṇasya sa rāghavaḥ", "dvābhyāṃ śarābhyāṃ ciccheda sahastābharaṇau bhujau"], "translation": "As Dūṣaṇa rushed on, Rāghava, with two arrows, cut off his two arms, hands and ornaments and all.", "sarga_title": "Dūṣaṇa’s death"}
{"ref": "3.25.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 25, "verse": 8, "iast": ["bhraṣṭas tasya mahākāyaḥ papāta raṇamūrdhani", "parighaś chinnahastasya śakradhvaja ivāgrataḥ"], "translation": "The huge club, slipping from him whose hands were severed, dropped down before him on the field of battle, like Indra's banner lowered.", "sarga_title": "Dūṣaṇa’s death"}
{"ref": "3.25.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 25, "verse": 9, "iast": ["sa karābhyāṃ vikīrṇābhyāṃ papāta bhuvi dūṣaṇaḥ", "viṣāṇābhyāṃ viśīrṇābhyāṃ manasvīva mahāgajaḥ"], "translation": "With his two arms cut away, Dūṣaṇa fell to the ground, like a proud great elephant with its two tusks broken off.", "sarga_title": "Dūṣaṇa’s death"}
{"ref": "3.25.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 25, "verse": 10, "iast": ["dṛṣṭvā taṃ patitaṃ bhūmau dūṣaṇaṃ nihataṃ raṇe", "sādhu sādhv iti kākutsthaṃ sarvabhūtāny apūjayan"], "translation": "Seeing Dūṣaṇa fallen on the ground, slain in the battle, all beings honoured Kākutstha with cries of “Well done! Well done!”", "sarga_title": "Dūṣaṇa’s death"}
{"ref": "3.25.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 25, "verse": 11, "iast": ["etasminn antare kruddhās trayaḥ senāgrayāyinaḥ", "saṃhatyābhyadravan rāmaṃ mṛtyupāśāvapāśitāḥ", "mahākapālaḥ sthūlākṣaḥ pramāthī ca mahābalaḥ"], "translation": "Meanwhile, three enraged leaders of the army, joining forces, rushed at Rāma, already bound in the noose of death — Mahākapāla, Sthūlākṣa, and the mighty Pramāthin.", "sarga_title": "Dūṣaṇa’s death"}
{"ref": "3.25.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 25, "verse": 12, "iast": ["mahākapālo vipulaṃ śūlam udyamya rākṣasaḥ", "sthūlākṣaḥ paṭṭiśaṃ gṛhya pramāthī ca paraśvadham"], "translation": "The rākṣasa Mahākapāla raising a huge spear, Sthūlākṣa grasping a paṭṭiśa, and Pramāthin a battle-axe —", "sarga_title": "Dūṣaṇa’s death"}
{"ref": "3.25.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 25, "verse": 13, "iast": ["dṛṣṭvaivāpatatas tāṃs tu rāghavaḥ sāyakaiḥ śitaiḥ", "tīkṣṇāgraiḥ pratijagrāha saṃprāptān atithīn iva"], "translation": "As soon as he saw them rushing on, Rāghava received them with sharp, keen-tipped arrows, as one receives guests arrived at the door.", "sarga_title": "Dūṣaṇa’s death"}
{"ref": "3.25.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 25, "verse": 14, "iast": ["mahākapālasya śiraś ciccheda raghunaṅganaḥ", "asaṃkhyeyais tu bāṇaughaiḥ pramamātha pramāthinam"], "translation": "The delight of the Raghus cut off Mahākapāla's head, and with countless floods of arrows crushed Pramāthin.", "sarga_title": "Dūṣaṇa’s death"}
{"ref": "3.25.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 25, "verse": 15, "iast": ["sthūlākṣasyākṣiṇī tīkṣṇaiḥ pūrayām āsa sāyakaiḥ", "sa papāta hato bhūmau viṭapīva mahādrumaḥ"], "translation": "He filled the eyes of Sthūlākṣa with sharp arrows; slain, he fell to the ground like a great branching tree.", "sarga_title": "Dūṣaṇa’s death"}
{"ref": "3.25.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 25, "verse": 16, "iast": ["tataḥ pāvakasaṃkāśair hemavajravibhūṣitaiḥ", "jaghanaśeṣaṃ tejasvī tasya sainyasya sāyakaiḥ"], "translation": "Then, with arrows like fire, adorned with gold and diamond, the resplendent one slew the remnant of that army.", "sarga_title": "Dūṣaṇa’s death"}
{"ref": "3.25.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 25, "verse": 17, "iast": ["te rukmapuṅkhā viśikhāḥ sadhūmā iva pāvakāḥ", "nijaghnus tāni rakṣāṃsi vajrā iva mahādrumān"], "translation": "Those gold-shafted arrows, like smoking fires, struck down those rākṣasas as thunderbolts shatter great trees.", "sarga_title": "Dūṣaṇa’s death"}
{"ref": "3.25.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 25, "verse": 18, "iast": ["rakṣasāṃ tu śataṃ rāmaḥ śatenaikena karṇinā", "sahasraṃ ca sahasreṇa jaghāna raṇamūrdhani"], "translation": "On the front of battle Rāma slew a hundred of the rākṣasas with a single hundred of barbed arrows, and a thousand with a thousand.", "sarga_title": "Dūṣaṇa’s death"}
{"ref": "3.25.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 25, "verse": 19, "iast": ["tair bhinnavarmābharaṇāś chinnabhinnaśarāsanāḥ", "nipetuḥ śoṇitādigdhā dharaṇyāṃ rajanīcarāḥ"], "translation": "Their armour and ornaments shattered, their bows cut and broken, the night-roamers, smeared with blood, fell to the ground.", "sarga_title": "Dūṣaṇa’s death"}
{"ref": "3.25.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 25, "verse": 20, "iast": ["tair muktakeśaiḥ samare patitaiḥ śoṇitokṣitaiḥ", "āstīrṇā vasudhā kṛtsnā mahāvediḥ kuśair iva"], "translation": "With them, their hair loosened, drenched in blood, fallen in the battle, the whole earth was strewn, as a great altar is strewn with kuśa grass.", "sarga_title": "Dūṣaṇa’s death"}
{"ref": "3.25.21", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 25, "verse": 21, "iast": ["kṣaṇena tu mahāghoraṃ vanaṃ nihatarākṣasaṃ", "babhūva niraya prakhyaṃ māṃsaśoṇitakardamam"], "translation": "In a moment the great, dreadful forest, its rākṣasas slain, became like a hell, a mire of flesh and blood.", "sarga_title": "Dūṣaṇa’s death"}
{"ref": "3.25.22", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 25, "verse": 22, "iast": ["caturdaśa sahasrāṇi rakṣasāṃ bhīmakarmaṇām", "hatāny ekena rāmeṇa mānuṣeṇa padātinā"], "translation": "Fourteen thousand rākṣasas of dreadful deeds were slain by Rāma alone, a man, on foot.", "sarga_title": "Dūṣaṇa’s death"}
{"ref": "3.25.23", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 25, "verse": 23, "iast": ["tasya sainyasya sarvasya kharaḥ śeṣo mahārathaḥ", "rākṣasas triśirāś caiva rāmaś ca ripusūdanaḥ"], "translation": "Of all that army, Khara the great warrior was left, and the rākṣasa Triśiras — and Rāma, the slayer of foes.", "sarga_title": "Dūṣaṇa’s death"}
{"ref": "3.25.24", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 25, "verse": 24, "iast": ["tatas tu tad bhīmabalaṃ mahāhave samīkṣya rāmeṇa hataṃ balīyasā", "rathena rāmaṃ mahatā kharas tataḥ samāsasādendra ivodyatāśaniḥ"], "translation": "Then, seeing that dreadful host slain by the mighty Rāma in the great battle, Khara thereupon, on his great chariot, bore down upon Rāma, like Indra with upraised thunderbolt.", "sarga_title": "Dūṣaṇa’s death"}
{"ref": "3.26.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 26, "verse": 1, "iast": ["kharaṃ tu rāmābhimukhaṃ prayāntaṃ vāhinīpatiḥ", "rākṣasas triśirā nāma saṃnipatyedam abravīt"], "translation": "As Khara was advancing toward Rāma, an army-commander, a rākṣasa named Triśiras, coming up to him, said this:", "sarga_title": "Triśiras loses his three heads"}
{"ref": "3.26.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 26, "verse": 2, "iast": ["māṃ niyojaya vikrānta saṃnivartasva sāhasāt", "paśya rāmaṃ mahābāhuṃ saṃyuge vinipātitam"], "translation": "“Appoint me to the task, O valiant one; desist from this rash venture; behold the mighty-armed Rāma struck down in battle.", "sarga_title": "Triśiras loses his three heads"}
{"ref": "3.26.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 26, "verse": 3, "iast": ["pratijānāmi te satyam āyudhaṃ cāham ālabhe", "yathā rāmaṃ vadhiṣyāmi vadhārhaṃ sarvarakṣasām"], "translation": "I promise you truly, and I lay my hand on my weapon in oath, that I shall slay Rāma, who deserves death for the sake of all the rākṣasas.", "sarga_title": "Triśiras loses his three heads"}
{"ref": "3.26.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 26, "verse": 4, "iast": ["ahaṃ vāsya raṇe mṛtyur eṣa vā samare mama", "vinivartya raṇotsāhaṃ muhūrtaṃ prāśniko bhava"], "translation": "Either I shall be his death in the fray, or he mine in battle; restraining your zeal for battle a moment, be the judge.", "sarga_title": "Triśiras loses his three heads"}
{"ref": "3.26.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 26, "verse": 5, "iast": ["prahṛṣṭo vā hate rāme janasthānaṃ prayāsyasi", "mayi vā nihate rāmaṃ saṃyugāyopayāsyasi"], "translation": "Either, delighted at Rāma's death, you will go back to Janasthāna; or, should I be slain, you will go against Rāma for battle.", "sarga_title": "Triśiras loses his three heads"}
{"ref": "3.26.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 26, "verse": 6, "iast": ["kharas triśirasā tena mṛtyulobhāt prasāditaḥ", "gaccha yudhyety anujñāto rāghavābhimukho yayau"], "translation": "Khara, won over by that Triśiras out of the latter's craving for death, gave leave with “Go, fight!”; and (Triśiras,) so permitted, went to face Rāghava.", "sarga_title": "Triśiras loses his three heads"}
{"ref": "3.26.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 26, "verse": 7, "iast": ["triśirāś ca rathenaiva vājiyuktena bhāsvatā", "abhyadravad raṇe rāmaṃ triśṛṅga iva parvataḥ"], "translation": "And Triśiras, on his gleaming chariot yoked with horses, rushed at Rāma in the battle, like a three-peaked mountain.", "sarga_title": "Triśiras loses his three heads"}
{"ref": "3.26.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 26, "verse": 8, "iast": ["śaradhārā samūhān sa mahāmegha ivotsṛjan", "vyasṛjat sadṛśaṃ nādaṃ jalārdrasyeva dundubheḥ"], "translation": "Pouring forth masses of arrow-streams like a great cloud, he uttered a roar like that of a rain-soaked kettle-drum.", "sarga_title": "Triśiras loses his three heads"}
{"ref": "3.26.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 26, "verse": 9, "iast": ["āgacchantaṃ triśirasaṃ rākṣasaṃ prekṣya rāghavaḥ", "dhanuṣā pratijagrāha vidhunvan sāyakāñ śitān"], "translation": "Seeing the rākṣasa Triśiras coming on, Rāghava received him with his bow, brandishing sharp arrows.", "sarga_title": "Triśiras loses his three heads"}
{"ref": "3.26.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 26, "verse": 10, "iast": ["sa saṃprahāras tumulo rāma triśirasor mahān", "babhūvātīva balinoḥ siṃhakuñjarayor iva"], "translation": "That tumultuous, mighty clash between Rāma and Triśiras grew exceedingly fierce, like a fight between a lion and an elephant, both strong.", "sarga_title": "Triśiras loses his three heads"}
{"ref": "3.26.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 26, "verse": 11, "iast": ["tatas triśirasā bāṇair lalāṭe tāḍitas tribhiḥ", "amarṣī kupito rāmaḥ saṃrabdham idam abravīt"], "translation": "Then, struck on the forehead by Triśiras with three arrows, the indignant Rāma, enraged, said this in fury:", "sarga_title": "Triśiras loses his three heads"}
{"ref": "3.26.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 26, "verse": 12, "iast": ["aho vikramaśūrasya rākṣasasyedṛśaṃ balam", "puṣpair iva śarair yasya lalāṭe 'smi parikṣataḥ", "mamāpi pratigṛhṇīṣva śarāṃś cāpaguṇacyutān"], "translation": "“Ah, such is the strength of this rākṣasa, valiant in prowess, by whose arrows — as if with flowers — I have been wounded on the forehead! Now receive my arrows too, sped from my bowstring.", "sarga_title": "Triśiras loses his three heads"}
{"ref": "3.26.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 26, "verse": 13, "iast": ["evam uktvā tu saṃrabdhaḥ śarān āśīviṣopamān", "triśiro vakṣasi kruddho nijaghāna caturdaśa"], "translation": "So saying, the furious one, enraged, struck fourteen arrows, like venomous serpents, into the breast of Triśiras.", "sarga_title": "Triśiras loses his three heads"}
{"ref": "3.26.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 26, "verse": 14, "iast": ["caturbhis turagān asya śaraiḥ saṃnataparvabhiḥ", "nyapātayata tejasvī caturas tasya vājinaḥ"], "translation": "With four smooth-jointed arrows the resplendent one brought down his four horses.", "sarga_title": "Triśiras loses his three heads"}
{"ref": "3.26.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 26, "verse": 15, "iast": ["aṣṭabhiḥ sāyakaiḥ sūtaṃ rathopasthe nyapātayat", "rāmaś ciccheda bāṇena dhvajaṃ cāsya samucchritam"], "translation": "With eight arrows Rāma felled the charioteer from the chariot-seat, and with an arrow cut down his banner raised aloft.", "sarga_title": "Triśiras loses his three heads"}
{"ref": "3.26.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 26, "verse": 16, "iast": ["tato hatarathāt tasmād utpatantaṃ niśācaram", "bibheda rāmas taṃ bāṇair hṛdaye so 'bhavaj jaḍaḥ"], "translation": "Then, as the night-roamer leapt out from that ruined chariot, Rāma pierced him in the heart with arrows, and he became senseless.", "sarga_title": "Triśiras loses his three heads"}
{"ref": "3.26.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 26, "verse": 17, "iast": ["sāyakaiś cāprameyātmā sāmarṣas tasya rakṣasaḥ", "śirāṃsy apātayat trīṇi vegavadbhis tribhiḥ śataiḥ"], "translation": "And the one of immeasurable spirit, indignant, with three swift arrows brought down the three heads of that rākṣasa.", "sarga_title": "Triśiras loses his three heads"}
{"ref": "3.26.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 26, "verse": 18, "iast": ["sa bhūmau śoṇitodgārī rāmabāṇābhipīḍitaḥ", "nyapatat patitaiḥ pūrvaṃ svaśirobhir niśācaraḥ"], "translation": "Spewing blood, tormented by Rāma's arrows, the night-roamer fell to the ground, his own heads having fallen first.", "sarga_title": "Triśiras loses his three heads"}
{"ref": "3.26.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 26, "verse": 19, "iast": ["hataśeṣās tato bhagnā rākṣasāḥ kharasaṃśrayāḥ", "dravanti sma na tiṣṭhanti vyāghratrastā mṛgā iva"], "translation": "Then the rākṣasas who survived, routed, who had taken refuge with Khara, fled and did not stand their ground, like deer terrified by a tiger.", "sarga_title": "Triśiras loses his three heads"}
{"ref": "3.26.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 26, "verse": 20, "iast": ["tān kharo dravato dṛṣṭvā nivartya ruṣitaḥ svayam", "rāmam evābhidudrāva rāhuś candramasaṃ yathā"], "translation": "Seeing them fleeing, Khara, enraged, turned them back himself and rushed straight at Rāma, as Rāhu at the moon.", "sarga_title": "Triśiras loses his three heads"}
{"ref": "3.27.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 27, "verse": 1, "iast": ["nihataṃ dūṣaṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā raṇe triśirasā saha", "kharasyāpy abhavat trāso dṛṣṭvā rāmasya vikramam"], "translation": "Seeing Dūṣaṇa slain in battle along with Triśiras, and seeing Rāma's prowess, terror came even upon Khara.", "sarga_title": "Rāma takes up Viṣṇu’s bow"}
{"ref": "3.27.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 27, "verse": 2, "iast": ["sa dṛṣṭvā rākṣasaṃ sainyam aviṣahyaṃ mahābalam", "hatam ekena rāmeṇa dūṣaṇas triśirā api"], "translation": "Seeing the rākṣasa army, irresistible and mighty, slain by Rāma alone — and Dūṣaṇa and Triśiras too —", "sarga_title": "Rāma takes up Viṣṇu’s bow"}
{"ref": "3.27.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 27, "verse": 3, "iast": ["tad balaṃ hatabhūyiṣṭhaṃ vimanāḥ prekṣya rākṣasaḥ", "āsasāda kharo rāmaṃ namucir vāsavaṃ yathā"], "translation": "Seeing that host for the most part slain, the rākṣasa Khara, dejected, bore down on Rāma, as Namuci upon Vāsava (Indra).", "sarga_title": "Rāma takes up Viṣṇu’s bow"}
{"ref": "3.27.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 27, "verse": 4, "iast": ["vikṛṣya balavac cāpaṃ nārācān raktabhojanān", "kharaś cikṣepa rāmāya kruddhān āśīviṣān iva"], "translation": "Drawing his bow mightily, Khara hurled at Rāma blood-drinking iron arrows, like angry venomous serpents.", "sarga_title": "Rāma takes up Viṣṇu’s bow"}
{"ref": "3.27.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 27, "verse": 5, "iast": ["jyāṃ vidhunvan subahuśaḥ śikṣayāstrāṇi darśayan", "cacāra samare mārgāñ śarai rathagataḥ kharaḥ"], "translation": "Twanging his bowstring again and again, displaying his weapons with skill, Khara, mounted on his chariot, ranged over the courses of battle with his arrows.", "sarga_title": "Rāma takes up Viṣṇu’s bow"}
{"ref": "3.27.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 27, "verse": 6, "iast": ["sa sarvāś ca diśo bāṇaiḥ pradiśaś ca mahārathaḥ", "pūrayām āsa taṃ dṛṣṭvā rāmo 'pi sumahad dhanuḥ"], "translation": "That great warrior filled all the quarters and the intermediate quarters with arrows; seeing him, Rāma too (raised) his very great bow.", "sarga_title": "Rāma takes up Viṣṇu’s bow"}
{"ref": "3.27.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 27, "verse": 7, "iast": ["sa sāyakair durviṣahaiḥ sasphuliṅgair ivāgnibhiḥ", "nabhaś cakārāvivaraṃ parjanya iva vṛṣṭibhiḥ"], "translation": "With his unbearable arrows, like fires spitting sparks, he made the sky gapless, as the rain-god fills it with showers.", "sarga_title": "Rāma takes up Viṣṇu’s bow"}
{"ref": "3.27.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 27, "verse": 8, "iast": ["tad babhūva śitair bāṇaiḥ khararāmavisarjitaiḥ", "paryākāśam anākāśaṃ sarvataḥ śarasaṃkulam"], "translation": "With the sharp arrows loosed by Khara and Rāma, the surrounding sky became no-sky, choked on every side with arrows.", "sarga_title": "Rāma takes up Viṣṇu’s bow"}
{"ref": "3.27.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 27, "verse": 9, "iast": ["śarajālāvṛtaḥ sūryo na tadā sma prakāśate", "anyonyavadhasaṃrambhād ubhayoḥ saṃprayudhyatoḥ"], "translation": "Veiled in a net of arrows, the sun then did not shine, so furious for each other's death were the two as they fought.", "sarga_title": "Rāma takes up Viṣṇu’s bow"}
{"ref": "3.27.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 27, "verse": 10, "iast": ["tato nālīkanārācais tīkṣṇāgraiś ca vikarṇibhiḥ", "ājaghāna raṇe rāmaṃ totrair iva mahādvipam"], "translation": "Then with nālīka and iron arrows, sharp-tipped and barbed, he struck Rāma in the battle, as a driver goads a great elephant.", "sarga_title": "Rāma takes up Viṣṇu’s bow"}
{"ref": "3.27.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 27, "verse": 11, "iast": ["taṃ rathasthaṃ dhanuṣpāṇiṃ rākṣasaṃ paryavasthitam", "dadṛśuḥ sarvabhūtāni pāśahastam ivāntakam"], "translation": "All beings saw that rākṣasa, standing on his chariot, bow in hand, poised for combat, like Death with noose in hand.", "sarga_title": "Rāma takes up Viṣṇu’s bow"}
{"ref": "3.27.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 27, "verse": 12, "iast": ["taṃ siṃham iva vikrāntaṃ siṃhavikrāntagāminam", "dṛṣṭvā nodvijate rāmaḥ siṃhaḥ kṣudramṛgaṃ yathā"], "translation": "Seeing him, valiant as a lion, moving with a lion's stride, Rāma was no more dismayed than a lion at a small deer.", "sarga_title": "Rāma takes up Viṣṇu’s bow"}
{"ref": "3.27.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 27, "verse": 13, "iast": ["tataḥ sūryanikāśena rathena mahatā kharaḥ", "āsasāda raṇe rāmaṃ pataṅga iva pāvakam"], "translation": "Then Khara, on his great sun-like chariot, bore down on Rāma in the battle, like a moth upon a flame.", "sarga_title": "Rāma takes up Viṣṇu’s bow"}
{"ref": "3.27.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 27, "verse": 14, "iast": ["tato 'sya saśaraṃ cāpaṃ muṣṭideśe mahātmanaḥ", "kharaś ciccheda rāmasya darśayan pāṇilāghavam"], "translation": "Then Khara, displaying his dexterity of hand, cut the great-souled Rāma's bow, arrow and all, at the grip.", "sarga_title": "Rāma takes up Viṣṇu’s bow"}
{"ref": "3.27.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 27, "verse": 15, "iast": ["sa punas tv aparān sapta śarān ādāya varmaṇi", "nijaghāna raṇe kruddhaḥ śakrāśanisamaprabhān"], "translation": "He (Khara), enraged, taking up seven more arrows, bright as Indra's thunderbolt, struck (Rāma) on the armour in the battle.", "sarga_title": "Rāma takes up Viṣṇu’s bow"}
{"ref": "3.27.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 27, "verse": 16, "iast": ["tatas tat prahataṃ bāṇaiḥ kharamuktaiḥ suparvabhiḥ", "papāta kavacaṃ bhūmau rāmasyādityavarcasaḥ"], "translation": "Then, struck by the well-jointed arrows loosed by Khara, the armour of Rāma, splendid as the sun, fell to the ground.", "sarga_title": "Rāma takes up Viṣṇu’s bow"}
{"ref": "3.27.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 27, "verse": 17, "iast": ["sa śarair arpitaḥ kruddhaḥ sarvagātreṣu rāghavaḥ", "rarāja samare rāmo vidhūmo 'gnir iva jvalan"], "translation": "Rāghava, struck with arrows over all his limbs, enraged, blazed in the battle like a smokeless fire flaming up.", "sarga_title": "Rāma takes up Viṣṇu’s bow"}
{"ref": "3.27.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 27, "verse": 18, "iast": ["tato gambhīranirhrādaṃ rāmaḥ śatrunibarhaṇaḥ", "cakārāntāya sa ripoḥ sajyam anyan mahad dhanuḥ"], "translation": "Then Rāma, crusher of foes, strung another great bow of deep-thundering twang for the destruction of his enemy.", "sarga_title": "Rāma takes up Viṣṇu’s bow"}
{"ref": "3.27.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 27, "verse": 19, "iast": ["sumahad vaiṣṇavaṃ yat tad atisṛṣṭaṃ maharṣiṇā", "varaṃ tad dhanur udyamya kharaṃ samabhidhāvata"], "translation": "Raising that mighty, excellent bow of Viṣṇu, which had been bestowed on him by the great sage, he rushed upon Khara.", "sarga_title": "Rāma takes up Viṣṇu’s bow"}
{"ref": "3.27.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 27, "verse": 20, "iast": ["tataḥ kanakapuṅkhais tu śaraiḥ saṃnataparvabhiḥ", "ciccheda rāmaḥ saṃkruddhaḥ kharasya samare dhvajam"], "translation": "Then Rāma, greatly enraged, with gold-shafted, smooth-jointed arrows, cut down Khara's banner in the battle.", "sarga_title": "Rāma takes up Viṣṇu’s bow"}
{"ref": "3.27.21", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 27, "verse": 21, "iast": ["sa darśanīyo bahudhā vicchinnaḥ kāñcano dhvajaḥ", "jagāma dharaṇīṃ sūryo devatānām ivājñayā"], "translation": "That splendid golden banner, cut into many pieces, fell to the earth, like the sun brought down by the command of the gods.", "sarga_title": "Rāma takes up Viṣṇu’s bow"}
{"ref": "3.27.22", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 27, "verse": 22, "iast": ["taṃ caturbhiḥ kharaḥ kruddho rāmaṃ gātreṣu mārgaṇaiḥ", "vivyādha hṛdi marmajño mātaṅgam iva tomaraiḥ"], "translation": "Khara, enraged and knowing the vital spots, pierced Rāma in the limbs and in the heart with four arrows, as a driver pierces an elephant with lances.", "sarga_title": "Rāma takes up Viṣṇu’s bow"}
{"ref": "3.27.23", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 27, "verse": 23, "iast": ["sa rāmo bahubhir bāṇaiḥ kharakārmukaniḥsṛtaiḥ", "viddho rudhirasiktāṅgo babhūva ruṣito bhṛśam"], "translation": "Rāma, pierced by many arrows sped from Khara's bow, his limbs bathed in blood, grew exceedingly enraged.", "sarga_title": "Rāma takes up Viṣṇu’s bow"}
{"ref": "3.27.24", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 27, "verse": 24, "iast": ["sa dhanur dhanvināṃ śreṣṭhaḥ pragṛhya paramāhave", "mumoca parameṣvāsaḥ ṣaṭ śarān abhilakṣitān"], "translation": "That best of bowmen, the supreme archer, grasping his bow in the great combat, loosed six well-aimed arrows.", "sarga_title": "Rāma takes up Viṣṇu’s bow"}
{"ref": "3.27.25", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 27, "verse": 25, "iast": ["śirasy ekena bāṇena dvābhyāṃ bāhvor athārpayat", "tribhiś candrārdhavaktraiś ca vakṣasy abhijaghāna ha"], "translation": "With one arrow he struck (Khara) on the head, with two on the arms, and with three crescent-headed arrows he smote him on the breast.", "sarga_title": "Rāma takes up Viṣṇu’s bow"}
{"ref": "3.27.26", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 27, "verse": 26, "iast": ["tataḥ paścān mahātejā nārācān bhāskaropamān", "jighāṃsū rākṣasaṃ kruddhas trayodaśa śilāśitān"], "translation": "Then afterwards the greatly resplendent one, enraged, seeking to slay the rākṣasa, (took up) thirteen iron arrows bright as the sun, whetted on stone.", "sarga_title": "Rāma takes up Viṣṇu’s bow"}
{"ref": "3.27.27", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 27, "verse": 27, "iast": ["tato 'sya yugam ekena caturbhiś caturo hayān", "ṣaṣṭhena ca śiraḥ saṃkhye ciccheda kharasāratheḥ"], "translation": "Then with one arrow he cut his yoke, with four the four horses, and with the sixth he cut off, in battle, the head of Khara's charioteer.", "sarga_title": "Rāma takes up Viṣṇu’s bow"}
{"ref": "3.27.28", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 27, "verse": 28, "iast": ["tribhis triveṇuṃ balavān dvābhyām akṣaṃ mahābalaḥ", "dvādaśena tu bāṇena kharasya saśaraṃ dhanuḥ", "chittvā vajranikāśena rāghavaḥ prahasann iva", "trayodaśenendrasamo bibheda samare kharam"], "translation": "With three arrows the mighty one cut the chariot's triple pole, with two the axle, and with a twelfth arrow like a thunderbolt he cut Khara's bow, arrow and all; then Rāghava, the equal of Indra, as if smiling, pierced Khara with the thirteenth in the battle.", "sarga_title": "Rāma takes up Viṣṇu’s bow"}
{"ref": "3.27.29", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 27, "verse": 29, "iast": ["prabhagnadhanvā viratho hatāśvo hatasārathiḥ", "gadāpāṇir avaplutya tasthau bhūmau kharas tadā"], "translation": "His bow shattered, his chariot gone, his horses slain, his charioteer killed, Khara then, mace in hand, leapt down and stood upon the ground.", "sarga_title": "Rāma takes up Viṣṇu’s bow"}
{"ref": "3.27.30", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 27, "verse": 30, "iast": ["tat karma rāmasya mahārathasya sametya devāś ca maharṣayaś ca", "apūjayan prāñjalayaḥ prahṛṣṭās tadā vimānāgragatāḥ sametāḥ"], "translation": "That deed of Rāma, the great warrior, the gods and great seers, coming together, applauded — delighted, with palms joined, then assembled at the fronts of their celestial cars.", "sarga_title": "Rāma takes up Viṣṇu’s bow"}
{"ref": "3.28.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 28, "verse": 1, "iast": ["kharaṃ tu virathaṃ rāmo gadāpāṇim avasthitam", "mṛdupūrvaṃ mahātejāḥ paruṣaṃ vākyam abravīt"], "translation": "To Khara, chariotless, standing mace in hand, the greatly resplendent Rāma spoke harsh words, though mildly prefaced:", "sarga_title": "Khara’s mace destroyed"}
{"ref": "3.28.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 28, "verse": 2, "iast": ["gajāśvarathasaṃbādhe bale mahati tiṣṭhatā", "kṛtaṃ sudāruṇaṃ karma sarvalokajugupsitam"], "translation": "“Standing amid a great army thronging with elephants, horses, and chariots, you have done a most cruel deed, abhorred by all the world.", "sarga_title": "Khara’s mace destroyed"}
{"ref": "3.28.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 28, "verse": 3, "iast": ["udvejanīyo bhūtānāṃ nṛśaṃsaḥ pāpakarmakṛt", "trayāṇām api lokānām īśvaro 'pi na tiṣṭhati"], "translation": "One who is a terror to creatures, cruel, a doer of evil deeds, cannot survive, even were he the lord of all three worlds.", "sarga_title": "Khara’s mace destroyed"}
{"ref": "3.28.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 28, "verse": 4, "iast": ["karma lokaviruddhaṃ tu kurvāṇaṃ kṣaṇadācara", "tīkṣṇaṃ sarvajano hanti sarpaṃ duṣṭam ivāgatam"], "translation": "One who does a deed against the world, O night-roamer, all people, fierce as they are, kill, as they kill a venomous serpent that has come near.", "sarga_title": "Khara’s mace destroyed"}
{"ref": "3.28.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 28, "verse": 5, "iast": ["lobhāt pāpāni kurvāṇaḥ kāmād vā yo na budhyate", "bhraṣṭaḥ paśyati tasyāntaṃ brāhmaṇī karakād iva"], "translation": "He who, doing evil out of greed or lust, does not come to his senses, being fallen, sees his own end — as a brahmin woman is ruined by a karaka. [simile obscure]", "sarga_title": "Khara’s mace destroyed"}
{"ref": "3.28.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 28, "verse": 6, "iast": ["vasato daṇḍakāraṇye tāpasān dharmacāriṇaḥ", "kiṃ nu hatvā mahābhāgān phalaṃ prāpsyasi rākṣasa"], "translation": "By slaying the illustrious ascetics who dwell in the Daṇḍaka forest, practising dharma, what fruit will you gain, rākṣasa?", "sarga_title": "Khara’s mace destroyed"}
{"ref": "3.28.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 28, "verse": 7, "iast": ["na ciraṃ pāpakarmāṇaḥ krūrā lokajugupsitāḥ", "aiśvaryaṃ prāpya tiṣṭhanti śīrṇamūlā iva drumāḥ"], "translation": "Doers of evil, cruel, abhorred by the world, do not stand long after gaining power, like trees whose roots have rotted.", "sarga_title": "Khara’s mace destroyed"}
{"ref": "3.28.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 28, "verse": 8, "iast": ["avaśyaṃ labhate kartā phalaṃ pāpasya karmaṇaḥ", "ghoraṃ paryāgate kāle drumaḥ puṣpam ivārtavam"], "translation": "The doer inevitably reaps the dreadful fruit of an evil deed when the time comes round, as a tree bears its seasonal blossom.", "sarga_title": "Khara’s mace destroyed"}
{"ref": "3.28.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 28, "verse": 9, "iast": ["nacirāt prāpyate loke pāpānāṃ karmaṇāṃ phalam", "saviṣāṇām ivānnānāṃ bhuktānāṃ kṣaṇadācara"], "translation": "Before long, in this world, the fruit of evil deeds is reaped, O night-roamer, as the effect of poisoned foods that have been eaten.", "sarga_title": "Khara’s mace destroyed"}
{"ref": "3.28.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 28, "verse": 10, "iast": ["pāpam āccaratāṃ ghoraṃ lokasyāpriyam icchatām", "aham āsādito rājā prāṇān hantuṃ niśācara"], "translation": "For those committing dreadful evil and wishing harm to the world, I, the king, have come to take their lives, O night-roamer.", "sarga_title": "Khara’s mace destroyed"}
{"ref": "3.28.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 28, "verse": 11, "iast": ["adya hi tvāṃ mayā muktāḥ śarāḥ kāñcanabhūṣaṇāḥ", "vidārya nipatiṣyanti valmīkam iva pannagāḥ"], "translation": "For today the gold-adorned arrows loosed by me shall tear you and plunge in, as serpents enter an anthill.", "sarga_title": "Khara’s mace destroyed"}
{"ref": "3.28.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 28, "verse": 12, "iast": ["ye tvayā daṇḍakāraṇye bhakṣitā dharmacāriṇaḥ", "tān adya nihataḥ saṃkhye sasainyo 'nugamiṣyasi"], "translation": "Those practisers of dharma whom you devoured in the Daṇḍaka forest — them, slain in battle today with your army, you shall follow.", "sarga_title": "Khara’s mace destroyed"}
{"ref": "3.28.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 28, "verse": 13, "iast": ["adya tvāṃ nihataṃ bāṇaiḥ paśyantu paramarṣayaḥ", "nirayasthaṃ vimānasthā ye tvayā hiṃsitāḥ purā"], "translation": "Let those supreme seers whom you formerly harmed, now stationed in celestial cars, behold you today, slain by my arrows and cast into hell.", "sarga_title": "Khara’s mace destroyed"}
{"ref": "3.28.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 28, "verse": 14, "iast": ["prahara tvaṃ yathākāmaṃ kuru yatnaṃ kulādhama", "adya te pātayiṣyāmi śiras tālaphalaṃ yathā"], "translation": "Strike as you please, make your effort, basest of your race; today I shall bring down your head like a palmyra fruit.”", "sarga_title": "Khara’s mace destroyed"}
{"ref": "3.28.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 28, "verse": 15, "iast": ["evam uktas tu rāmeṇa kruddhaḥ saṃraktalocanaḥ", "pratyuvāca tato rāmaṃ prahasan krodhamūrchitaḥ"], "translation": "Thus addressed by Rāma, Khara, enraged, his eyes bloodshot, senseless with rage, then replied to Rāma, laughing:", "sarga_title": "Khara’s mace destroyed"}
{"ref": "3.28.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 28, "verse": 16, "iast": ["prākṛtān rākṣasān hatvā yuddhe daśarathātmaja", "ātmanā katham ātmānam apraśasyaṃ praśaṃsasi"], "translation": "“Having slain only common rākṣasas in battle, son of Daśaratha, why do you yourself praise yourself, though unworthy of praise?", "sarga_title": "Khara’s mace destroyed"}
{"ref": "3.28.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 28, "verse": 17, "iast": ["vikrāntā balavanto vā ye bhavanti nararṣabhāḥ", "kathayanti na te kiṃ cit tejasā svena garvitāḥ"], "translation": "Those bulls among men who are valiant and strong say nothing in boast, though proud in their own might.", "sarga_title": "Khara’s mace destroyed"}
{"ref": "3.28.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 28, "verse": 18, "iast": ["prākṛtās tv akṛtātmāno loke kṣatriyapāṃsanāḥ", "nirarthakaṃ vikatthante yathā rāma vikatthase"], "translation": "But base men of undisciplined soul, disgraces to the kṣatriya order in the world, boast to no purpose, just as you boast, Rāma.", "sarga_title": "Khara’s mace destroyed"}
{"ref": "3.28.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 28, "verse": 19, "iast": ["kulaṃ vyapadiśan vīraḥ samare ko 'bhidhāsyati", "mṛtyukāle hi saṃprāpte svayam aprastave stavam"], "translation": "What hero, in battle, would proclaim his lineage and utter self-praise, unprompted, when the hour of death has arrived?", "sarga_title": "Khara’s mace destroyed"}
{"ref": "3.28.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 28, "verse": 20, "iast": ["sarvathā tu laghutvaṃ te katthanena vidarśitam", "suvarṇapratirūpeṇa tapteneva kuśāgninā"], "translation": "In every way your pettiness has been revealed by your boasting, as base metal counterfeiting gold is exposed by fire kindled with kuśa-straw.", "sarga_title": "Khara’s mace destroyed"}
{"ref": "3.28.21", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 28, "verse": 21, "iast": ["na tu mām iha tiṣṭhantaṃ paśyasi tvaṃ gadādharam", "dharādharam ivākampyaṃ parvataṃ dhātubhiś citam"], "translation": "But you do not see me standing here, mace in hand, unshakable like an earth-supporting mountain heaped with minerals.", "sarga_title": "Khara’s mace destroyed"}
{"ref": "3.28.22", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 28, "verse": 22, "iast": ["paryāpto 'haṃ gadāpāṇir hantuṃ prāṇān raṇe tava", "trayāṇām api lokānāṃ pāśahasta ivāntakaḥ"], "translation": "I, mace in hand, am able to take your life in battle — as able as Death, noose in hand, to take the lives of all three worlds.", "sarga_title": "Khara’s mace destroyed"}
{"ref": "3.28.23", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 28, "verse": 23, "iast": ["kāmaṃ bahv api vaktavyaṃ tvayi vakṣyāmi na tv aham", "astaṃ gacched dhi savitā yuddhavighras tato bhavet"], "translation": "Though much might well be said to you, I shall say no more; for the sun would else set, and then there would be a hindrance to the fight.", "sarga_title": "Khara’s mace destroyed"}
{"ref": "3.28.24", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 28, "verse": 24, "iast": ["caturdaśa sahasrāṇi rākṣasānāṃ hatāni te", "tvadvināśāt karomy adya teṣām aśrupramārjanam"], "translation": "Fourteen thousand rākṣasas have been slain by you; by your destruction today I shall wipe away the tears shed for them.", "sarga_title": "Khara’s mace destroyed"}
{"ref": "3.28.25", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 28, "verse": 25, "iast": ["ity uktvā paramakruddhas tāṃ gadāṃ paramāṅgadām", "kharaś cikṣepa rāmāya pradīptām aśaniṃ yathā"], "translation": "Having said this, Khara, in utmost fury, hurled at Rāma that richly ornamented mace, blazing like a thunderbolt.", "sarga_title": "Khara’s mace destroyed"}
{"ref": "3.28.26", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 28, "verse": 26, "iast": ["kharabāhupramuktā sā pradīptā mahatī gadā", "bhasmavṛkṣāṃś ca gulmāṃś ca kṛtvāgāt tatsamīpataḥ"], "translation": "That great, blazing mace, loosed from Khara's arm, reducing trees and bushes to ashes, came near to him (Rāma).", "sarga_title": "Khara’s mace destroyed"}
{"ref": "3.28.27", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 28, "verse": 27, "iast": ["tām āpatantīṃ jvalitāṃ mṛtyupāśopamāṃ gadā", "antarikṣagatāṃ rāmaś ciccheda bahudhā śaraiḥ"], "translation": "That blazing mace, hurtling on like the noose of death while still in mid-air, Rāma cut into many pieces with his arrows.", "sarga_title": "Khara’s mace destroyed"}
{"ref": "3.28.28", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 28, "verse": 28, "iast": ["sā viśīrṇā śarair bhinnā papāta dharaṇītale", "gadāmantrauṣadhibalair vyālīva vinipātitā"], "translation": "Shattered and split by the arrows, it fell to the surface of the earth, like a she-serpent brought down by the power of anti-venom charms, spells, and herbs.", "sarga_title": "Khara’s mace destroyed"}
{"ref": "3.29.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 29, "verse": 1, "iast": ["bhittvā tu tāṃ gadāṃ bāṇai rāghavo dharmavatsalaḥ", "smayamānaḥ kharaṃ vākyaṃ saṃrabdham idam abravīt"], "translation": "Having shattered that mace with his arrows, Rāghava, devoted to dharma, smiling, spoke to Khara these vehement words:", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills Khara with Indra’s arrow"}
{"ref": "3.29.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 29, "verse": 2, "iast": ["etat te balasarvasvaṃ darśitaṃ rākṣasādhama", "śaktihīnataro matto vṛthā tvam upagarjitam"], "translation": "This whole sum of your strength has now been displayed, O basest of rākṣasas; weaker than I, you have roared in vain.", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills Khara with Indra’s arrow"}
{"ref": "3.29.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 29, "verse": 3, "iast": ["eṣā bāṇavinirbhinnā gadā bhūmitalaṃ gatā", "abhidhānapragalbhasya tava pratyayaghātinī"], "translation": "This mace, split apart by my arrows, has fallen to the ground, destroying the self-assurance of you who are so bold in speech.", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills Khara with Indra’s arrow"}
{"ref": "3.29.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 29, "verse": 4, "iast": ["yat tvayoktaṃ vinaṣṭānām idam aśrupramārjanam", "rākṣasānāṃ karomīti mithyā tad api te vacaḥ"], "translation": "And what you said — 'I shall perform this wiping-away of the tears shed for the slain rākṣasas' — that word of yours too is false.", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills Khara with Indra’s arrow"}
{"ref": "3.29.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 29, "verse": 5, "iast": ["nīcasya kṣudraśīlasya mithyāvṛttasya rakṣasaḥ", "prāṇān apahariṣyāmi garutmān amṛtaṃ yathā"], "translation": "I shall carry off the life of you, a base rākṣasa of mean character and false conduct, as Garuḍa carried off the nectar.", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills Khara with Indra’s arrow"}
{"ref": "3.29.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 29, "verse": 6, "iast": ["adya te bhinnakaṇṭhasya phenabudbudabhūṣitam", "vidāritasya madbāṇair mahī pāsyati śoṇitam"], "translation": "Today the earth shall drink the blood — adorned with foam and bubbles — of you whose throat is cut and body torn open by my arrows.", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills Khara with Indra’s arrow"}
{"ref": "3.29.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 29, "verse": 7, "iast": ["pāṃsurūṣitasarvāṅgaḥ srastanyastabhujadvayaḥ", "svapsyase gāṃ samāśliṣya durlabhāṃ pramadām iva"], "translation": "With all your limbs smeared with dust and both arms flung down limp, you shall sleep clasping the earth as one clasps a hard-won mistress.", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills Khara with Indra’s arrow"}
{"ref": "3.29.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 29, "verse": 8, "iast": ["pravṛddhanidre śayite tvayi rākṣasapāṃsane", "bhaviṣyanty aśaraṇyānāṃ śaraṇyā daṇḍakā ime"], "translation": "When you, disgrace of the rākṣasas, lie in deep sleep, these Daṇḍaka forests shall become a refuge for those who had none.", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills Khara with Indra’s arrow"}
{"ref": "3.29.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 29, "verse": 9, "iast": ["janasthāne hatasthāne tava rākṣasamaccharaiḥ", "nirbhayā vicariṣyanti sarvato munayo vane"], "translation": "With your seat at Janasthāna destroyed by my arrows, O rākṣasa, the sages will roam everywhere in the forest without fear.", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills Khara with Indra’s arrow"}
{"ref": "3.29.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 29, "verse": 10, "iast": ["adya viprasariṣyanti rākṣasyo hatabāndhavāḥ", "bāṣpārdravadanā dīnā bhayād anyabhayāvahāḥ"], "translation": "Today the rākṣasa women, their kinsmen slain, faces wet with tears and wretched — they who once brought terror to others — shall flee in fear.", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills Khara with Indra’s arrow"}
{"ref": "3.29.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 29, "verse": 11, "iast": ["adya śokarasajñās tā bhaviṣyanti niśācara", "anurūpakulāḥ patnyo yāsāṃ tvaṃ patir īdṛśaḥ"], "translation": "Today, O night-roamer, those wives of befitting family, whose husband is one such as you, shall come to know the taste of grief.", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills Khara with Indra’s arrow"}
{"ref": "3.29.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 29, "verse": 12, "iast": ["nṛśaṃsaśīla kṣudrātman nityaṃ brāhmaṇakaṇṭaka", "tvatkṛte śaṅkitair agnau munibhiḥ pātyate haviḥ"], "translation": "O cruel-natured, mean-souled one, ever a thorn in the brahmins' side — because of you the sages, in dread, cast their oblation into the fire.", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills Khara with Indra’s arrow"}
{"ref": "3.29.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 29, "verse": 13, "iast": ["tam evam abhisaṃrabdhaṃ bruvāṇaṃ rāghavaṃ raṇe", "kharo nirbhartsayām āsa roṣāt kharatara svanaḥ"], "translation": "As Rāghava spoke thus, deeply roused, in the battle, Khara — his voice grown harsher out of rage — reviled him.", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills Khara with Indra’s arrow"}
{"ref": "3.29.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 29, "verse": 14, "iast": ["dṛḍhaṃ khalv avalipto 'si bhayeṣv api ca nirbhayaḥ", "vācyāvācyaṃ tato hi tvaṃ mṛtyuvaśyo na budhyase"], "translation": "Truly you are exceedingly arrogant, fearless even amid perils; therefore, in death's grip, you do not discern what should and should not be said.", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills Khara with Indra’s arrow"}
{"ref": "3.29.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 29, "verse": 15, "iast": ["kālapāśaparikṣiptā bhavanti puruṣā hi ye", "kāryākāryaṃ na jānanti te nirastaṣaḍindriyāḥ"], "translation": "For those men who are caught in the noose of Time do not know what should and should not be done, their six senses undone.", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills Khara with Indra’s arrow"}
{"ref": "3.29.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 29, "verse": 16, "iast": ["evam uktvā tato rāmaṃ saṃrudhya bhṛkuṭiṃ tataḥ", "sa dadarśa mahāsālam avidūre niśācaraḥ"], "translation": "Having spoken thus to Rāma, and knitting his brow, the night-roamer then caught sight of a great sāla tree not far off.", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills Khara with Indra’s arrow"}
{"ref": "3.29.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 29, "verse": 17, "iast": ["raṇe praharaṇasyārthe sarvato hy avalokayan", "sa tam utpāṭayām āsa saṃdṛśya daśanacchadam"], "translation": "Looking all around for a weapon in the fight, he uprooted it, biting his lip. [saṃdṛśya: source reading; sense as saṃdaśya, 'biting'.]", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills Khara with Indra’s arrow"}
{"ref": "3.29.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 29, "verse": 18, "iast": ["taṃ samutkṣipya bāhubhyāṃ vinarditvā mahābalaḥ", "rāmam uddiśya cikṣepa hatas tvam iti cābravīt"], "translation": "Lifting it up with both arms and roaring, the mighty one hurled it at Rāma and cried, 'You are slain!'", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills Khara with Indra’s arrow"}
{"ref": "3.29.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 29, "verse": 19, "iast": ["tam āpatantaṃ bāṇaughaiś chittvā rāmaḥ pratāpavān", "roṣam āhārayat tīvraṃ nihantuṃ samare kharam"], "translation": "Cutting it apart with floods of arrows as it flew at him, the mighty Rāma worked up fierce anger to slay Khara in battle.", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills Khara with Indra’s arrow"}
{"ref": "3.29.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 29, "verse": 20, "iast": ["jātasvedas tato rāmo roṣād raktāntalocanaḥ", "nirbibheda sahasreṇa bāṇānāṃ samare kharam"], "translation": "Then Rāma, breaking into sweat, the corners of his eyes reddened with rage, pierced Khara in battle with a thousand arrows.", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills Khara with Indra’s arrow"}
{"ref": "3.29.21", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 29, "verse": 21, "iast": ["tasya bāṇāntarād raktaṃ bahu susrāva phenilam", "gireḥ prasravaṇasyeva toyadhārāparisravaḥ"], "translation": "From between his arrow-wounds much foaming blood streamed forth, like a gushing torrent of water from a mountain spring.", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills Khara with Indra’s arrow"}
{"ref": "3.29.22", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 29, "verse": 22, "iast": ["vihvalaḥ sa kṛto bāṇaiḥ kharo rāmeṇa saṃyuge", "matto rudhiragandhena tam evābhyadravad drutam"], "translation": "Made faint by Rāma's arrows in the encounter, Khara, maddened by the smell of blood, rushed swiftly straight at him.", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills Khara with Indra’s arrow"}
{"ref": "3.29.23", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 29, "verse": 23, "iast": ["tam āpatantaṃ saṃrabdhaṃ kṛtāstro rudhirāplutam", "apasarpat pratipadaṃ kiṃ cit tvaritavikramaḥ"], "translation": "As he rushed on furiously, drenched in blood, the master of weapons, swift in valor, drew back just a step.", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills Khara with Indra’s arrow"}
{"ref": "3.29.24", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 29, "verse": 24, "iast": ["tataḥ pāvakasaṃkāśaṃ badhāya samare śaram", "kharasya rāmo jagrāha brahmadaṇḍam ivāparam"], "translation": "Then, to slay Khara in battle, Rāma took up an arrow bright as fire, like a second staff of Brahmā.", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills Khara with Indra’s arrow"}
{"ref": "3.29.25", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 29, "verse": 25, "iast": ["sa tad dattaṃ maghavatā surarājena dhīmatā", "saṃdadhe ca sa dharmātmā mumoca ca kharaṃ prati"], "translation": "That (arrow), given by the wise Maghavan, king of the gods — the righteous one fitted it to his bow and loosed it at Khara.", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills Khara with Indra’s arrow"}
{"ref": "3.29.26", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 29, "verse": 26, "iast": ["sa vimukto mahābāṇo nirghātasamaniḥsvanaḥ", "rāmeṇa dhanur udyamya kharasyorasi cāpatat"], "translation": "That great arrow, loosed by Rāma who raised his bow, with a sound like a thunderclap, fell upon Khara's chest.", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills Khara with Indra’s arrow"}
{"ref": "3.29.27", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 29, "verse": 27, "iast": ["sa papāta kharo bhūmau dahyamānaḥ śarāgninā", "rudreṇaiva vinirdagdhaḥ śvetāraṇye yathāndhakaḥ"], "translation": "Khara fell to the ground, burning in the fire of the arrow, like Andhaka consumed by Rudra himself in the Śveta forest.", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills Khara with Indra’s arrow"}
{"ref": "3.29.28", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 29, "verse": 28, "iast": ["sa vṛtra iva vajreṇa phenena namucir yathāa", "balo vendrāśanihato nipapāta hataḥ kharaḥ"], "translation": "As Vṛtra by the thunderbolt, as Namuci by the foam, or as Bala struck by Indra's bolt — so Khara, slain, fell down. [yathāa: source spelling for yathā.]", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills Khara with Indra’s arrow"}
{"ref": "3.29.29", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 29, "verse": 29, "iast": ["tato rājarṣayaḥ sarve saṃgatāḥ paramarṣayaḥ", "sabhājya muditā rāmam idaṃ vacanam abruvan"], "translation": "Then all the royal seers and the great seers, gathered together, joyfully honored Rāma and spoke these words:", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills Khara with Indra’s arrow"}
{"ref": "3.29.30", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 29, "verse": 30, "iast": ["etadarthaṃ mahātejā mahendraḥ pākaśāsanaḥ", "śarabhaṅgāśramaṃ puṇyam ājagāma puraṃdaraḥ"], "translation": "It was for this very purpose that the mighty Mahendra, chastiser of Pāka, the sacker of citadels, came to the holy hermitage of Śarabhaṅga.", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills Khara with Indra’s arrow"}
{"ref": "3.29.31", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 29, "verse": 31, "iast": ["ānītas tvam imaṃ deśam upāyena maharṣibhiḥ", "eṣāṃ vadhārthaṃ krūrāṇāṃ rakṣasāṃ pāpakarmaṇām"], "translation": "You were brought to this region by a device of the great seers, for the slaying of these cruel rākṣasas of evil deeds.", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills Khara with Indra’s arrow"}
{"ref": "3.29.32", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 29, "verse": 32, "iast": ["tad idaṃ naḥ kṛtaṃ kāryaṃ tvayā daśarathātmaja", "sukhaṃ dharmaṃ cariṣyanti daṇḍakeṣu maharṣayaḥ"], "translation": "This task of ours has been accomplished by you, O son of Daśaratha; now the great seers will practice dharma at ease in the Daṇḍaka forests.", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills Khara with Indra’s arrow"}
{"ref": "3.29.33", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 29, "verse": 33, "iast": ["etasminn antare vīro lakṣmaṇaḥ saha sītayā", "giridurgād viniṣkramya saṃviveśāśramaṃ sukhī"], "translation": "Meanwhile the hero Lakṣmaṇa, together with Sītā, came out from the mountain stronghold and, contented, entered the hermitage.", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills Khara with Indra’s arrow"}
{"ref": "3.29.34", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 29, "verse": 34, "iast": ["tato rāmas tu vijayī pūjyamāno maharṣibhiḥ", "praviveśāśramaṃ vīro lakṣmaṇenābhivāditaḥ"], "translation": "Then victorious Rāma, honored by the great seers and greeted by Lakṣmaṇa, the hero, entered the hermitage.", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills Khara with Indra’s arrow"}
{"ref": "3.29.35", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 29, "verse": 35, "iast": ["taṃ dṛṣṭvā śatruhantāraṃ maharṣīṇāṃ sukhāvaham", "babhūva hṛṣṭā vaidehī bhartāraṃ pariṣasvaje"], "translation": "Seeing him, the slayer of foes who brought comfort to the great seers, Vaidehī grew joyful and embraced her husband.", "sarga_title": "Rāma kills Khara with Indra’s arrow"}
{"ref": "3.30.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 30, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tataḥ śūrpaṇakhā dṛṣṭvā sahasrāṇi caturdaśa", "hatāny ekena rāmeṇa rakṣasāṃ bhīmakarmaṇām"], "translation": "Then Śūrpaṇakhā, seeing that fourteen thousand rākṣasas of dreadful deeds had been slain by Rāma single-handed,", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā reaches Rāvaṇa’s court"}
{"ref": "3.30.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 30, "verse": 2, "iast": ["dūṣaṇaṃ ca kharaṃ caiva hataṃ triśirasaṃ raṇe", "dṛṣṭvā punar mahānādaṃ nanāda jaladopamā"], "translation": "and seeing Dūṣaṇa and Khara and Triśiras too slain in battle, she, like a raincloud, once more let out a great roar.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā reaches Rāvaṇa’s court"}
{"ref": "3.30.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 30, "verse": 3, "iast": ["sā dṛṣṭvā karma rāmasya kṛtam anyaiḥ suduṣkaram", "jagāma paramaudvignā laṅkāṃ rāvaṇapālitām"], "translation": "Seeing this deed of Rāma, one hard for others to accomplish, she went, deeply agitated, to Laṅkā, guarded by Rāvaṇa.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā reaches Rāvaṇa’s court"}
{"ref": "3.30.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 30, "verse": 4, "iast": ["sa dadarśa vimānāgre rāvaṇaṃ dīptatejasaṃ", "upopaviṣṭaṃ sacivair marudbhir iva vāsavam"], "translation": "She saw, atop the palace, Rāvaṇa of blazing splendour, seated among his ministers like Vāsava (Indra) among the Maruts.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā reaches Rāvaṇa’s court"}
{"ref": "3.30.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 30, "verse": 5, "iast": ["āsīnaṃ sūryasaṃkāśe kāñcane paramāsane", "rukmavedigataṃ prājyaṃ jvalantam iva pāvakam"], "translation": "seated on a golden, excellent throne bright as the sun, mighty, set upon a golden dais, blazing like fire;", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā reaches Rāvaṇa’s court"}
{"ref": "3.30.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 30, "verse": 6, "iast": ["devagandharvabhūtānām ṛṣīṇāṃ ca mahātmanām", "ajeyaṃ samare śūraṃ vyāttānanam ivāntakam"], "translation": "unconquerable in battle by gods, gandharvas, spirits, and the great seers — a hero, like Death with gaping mouth;", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā reaches Rāvaṇa’s court"}
{"ref": "3.30.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 30, "verse": 7, "iast": ["devāsuravimardeṣu vajrāśanikṛtavraṇam", "airāvataviṣāṇāgrair utkṛṣṭakiṇavakṣasaṃ"], "translation": "his body scarred by the thunderbolt in the clashes of gods and asuras, his chest ridged with calluses gouged by the tusk-tips of Airāvata;", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā reaches Rāvaṇa’s court"}
{"ref": "3.30.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 30, "verse": 8, "iast": ["viṃśadbhujaṃ daśagrīvaṃ darśanīyaparicchadam", "viśālavakṣasaṃ vīraṃ rājalakṣmaṇalakṣitam"], "translation": "twenty-armed, ten-necked, with splendid attire, broad-chested, a hero marked with the signs of royalty;", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā reaches Rāvaṇa’s court"}
{"ref": "3.30.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 30, "verse": 9, "iast": ["snigdhavaidūryasaṃkāśaṃ taptakāñcanakuṇḍalam", "subhujaṃ śukladaśanaṃ mahāsyaṃ parvatopamam"], "translation": "resembling glossy cat's-eye gem, with earrings of refined gold, fine-armed, white-toothed, large-mouthed, like a mountain;", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā reaches Rāvaṇa’s court"}
{"ref": "3.30.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 30, "verse": 10, "iast": ["viṣṇucakranipātaiś ca śataśo devasaṃyuge", "āhatāṅgaṃ samastaiś ca devapraharaṇais tathā"], "translation": "his body struck a hundredfold in battles with the gods by the falling of Viṣṇu's discus, and by all the weapons of the gods as well;", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā reaches Rāvaṇa’s court"}
{"ref": "3.30.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 30, "verse": 11, "iast": ["akṣobhyāṇāṃ samudrāṇāṃ kṣobhaṇaṃ kṣiprakāriṇam", "kṣeptāraṃ parvatāgrāṇāṃ surāṇāṃ ca pramardanam"], "translation": "a disturber of the unshakable oceans, swift in action, a hurler of mountain-peaks, and a crusher of the gods;", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā reaches Rāvaṇa’s court"}
{"ref": "3.30.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 30, "verse": 12, "iast": ["ucchettāraṃ ca dharmāṇāṃ paradārābhimarśanam", "sarvadivyāstrayoktāraṃ yajñavighnakaraṃ sadā"], "translation": "a destroyer of the sacred laws, a molester of others' wives, a wielder of all divine weapons, ever a maker of obstacles to sacrifices;", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā reaches Rāvaṇa’s court"}
{"ref": "3.30.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 30, "verse": 13, "iast": ["purīṃ bhogavatīṃ gatvā parājitya ca vāsukim", "takṣakasya priyāṃ bhāryāṃ parājitya jahāra yaḥ"], "translation": "who, going to the city Bhogavatī and defeating Vāsuki, and defeating Takṣaka, carried off Takṣaka's beloved wife;", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā reaches Rāvaṇa’s court"}
{"ref": "3.30.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 30, "verse": 14, "iast": ["kailāsaṃ parvataṃ gatvā vijitya naravāhanam", "vimānaṃ puṣpakaṃ tasya kāmagaṃ vai jahāra yaḥ"], "translation": "who, going to Mount Kailāsa and conquering Kubera (whose bearers are men), carried off his Puṣpaka car that goes at will;", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā reaches Rāvaṇa’s court"}
{"ref": "3.30.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 30, "verse": 15, "iast": ["vanaṃ caitrarathaṃ divyaṃ nalinīṃ nandanaṃ vanam", "vināśayati yaḥ krodhād devodyānāni vīryavān"], "translation": "who in his might, out of wrath, lays waste the divine Caitraratha grove, the lotus-pool, the Nandana grove, and the gardens of the gods;", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā reaches Rāvaṇa’s court"}
{"ref": "3.30.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 30, "verse": 16, "iast": ["candrasūryau mahābhāgāv uttiṣṭhantau paraṃtapau", "nivārayati bāhubhyāṃ yaḥ śailaśikharopamaḥ"], "translation": "who, resembling a mountain-peak, with his arms holds back the illustrious, foe-scorching Moon and Sun as they rise;", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā reaches Rāvaṇa’s court"}
{"ref": "3.30.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 30, "verse": 17, "iast": ["daśavarṣasahasrāṇi tapas taptvā mahāvane", "purā svayambhuve dhīraḥ śirāṃsy upajahāra yaḥ"], "translation": "who of old, steadfast, having performed austerities for ten thousand years in the great forest, offered up his own heads to the Self-existent (Brahmā);", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā reaches Rāvaṇa’s court"}
{"ref": "3.30.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 30, "verse": 18, "iast": ["devadānavagandharvapiśācapatagoragaiḥ", "abhayaṃ yasya saṃgrāme mṛtyuto mānuṣād ṛte"], "translation": "who has, in battle, no fear of death from gods, dānavas, gandharvas, piśācas, birds, or serpents — save only from a human;", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā reaches Rāvaṇa’s court"}
{"ref": "3.30.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 30, "verse": 19, "iast": ["mantrar abhituṣṭaṃ puṇyam adhvareṣu dvijātibhiḥ", "havirdhāneṣu yaḥ somam upahanti mahābalaḥ"], "translation": "who, mighty, snatches from the soma-vessels the holy Soma, propitiated with mantras by the twice-born at sacrifices; [mantrar: source spelling for mantrair, 'with mantras'.]", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā reaches Rāvaṇa’s court"}
{"ref": "3.30.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 30, "verse": 20, "iast": ["āptayajñaharaṃ krūraṃ brahmaghnaṃ duṣṭacāriṇam", "karkaśaṃ niranukrośaṃ prajānām ahite ratam", "rāvaṇaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ sarvalokabhayāvaham"], "translation": "cruel Rāvaṇa, seizer of completed sacrifices, slayer of brahmins, evil in conduct, harsh, pitiless, bent on the harm of creatures — a terror to all beings and to all the worlds:", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā reaches Rāvaṇa’s court"}
{"ref": "3.30.21", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 30, "verse": 21, "iast": ["rākṣasī bhrātaraṃ krūraṃ sā dadarśa mahābalam", "taṃ divyavastrābharaṇaṃ divyamālyopaśobhitam", "rākṣasendraṃ mahābhāgaṃ paulastya kulanandanam"], "translation": "The rākṣasī beheld her cruel, mighty brother — clad in divine garments and ornaments, adorned with divine garlands, lord of the rākṣasas, illustrious, the delight of Pulastya's line.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā reaches Rāvaṇa’s court"}
{"ref": "3.30.22", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 30, "verse": 22, "iast": ["tam abravīd dīptaviśālalocanaṃ pradarśayitvā bhayamohamūrchitā", "sudāruṇaṃ vākyam abhītacāriṇī mahātmanā śūrpaṇakhā virūpitā"], "translation": "Śūrpaṇakhā — she who moves about fearlessly, yet now stupefied with fear and confusion, disfigured by the great one (Lakṣmaṇa) — displaying herself, spoke a most dreadful word to him of the blazing, wide eyes.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā reaches Rāvaṇa’s court"}
{"ref": "3.31.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 31, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tataḥ śūrpaṇakhā dīnā rāvaṇaṃ lokarāvaṇam", "amātyamadhye saṃkruddhā paruṣaṃ vākyam abravīt"], "translation": "Then the wretched Śūrpaṇakhā, enraged, in the midst of the ministers spoke harsh words to Rāvaṇa, the tormentor of the world.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā rebukes Rāvaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.31.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 31, "verse": 2, "iast": ["pramattaḥ kāmabhogeṣu svairavṛtto niraṅkuśaḥ", "samutpannaṃ bhayaṃ ghoraṃ boddhavyaṃ nāvabudhyase"], "translation": "Heedless amid the enjoyments of desire, wilful and unrestrained, you fail to grasp the terrible danger that has arisen, which ought to be understood.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā rebukes Rāvaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.31.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 31, "verse": 3, "iast": ["saktaṃ grāmyeṣu bhogeṣu kāmavṛttaṃ mahīpatim", "lubdhaṃ na bahu manyante śmaśānāgnim iva prajāḥ"], "translation": "A king attached to vulgar pleasures, acting on his whims and greedy, the people esteem no more than a fire in a cremation-ground.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā rebukes Rāvaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.31.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 31, "verse": 4, "iast": ["svayaṃ kāryāṇi yaḥ kāle nānutiṣṭhati pārthivaḥ", "sa tu vai saha rājyena taiś ca kāryair vinaśyati"], "translation": "The king who does not himself attend to his tasks in due time perishes, along with his kingdom and those very tasks.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā rebukes Rāvaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.31.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 31, "verse": 5, "iast": ["ayuktacāraṃ durdarśam asvādhīnaṃ narādhipam", "varjayanti narā dūrān nadīpaṅkam iva dvipāḥ"], "translation": "A king whose espionage is ill-managed, who is hard to approach and not his own master, men shun from afar, as elephants avoid the mud of a river.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā rebukes Rāvaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.31.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 31, "verse": 6, "iast": ["ye na rakṣanti viṣayam asvādhīnā narādhipaḥ", "te na vṛddhyā prakāśante girayaḥ sāgare yathā"], "translation": "Kings who, not being their own masters, do not guard their realm do not shine forth in prosperity, like mountains sunk in the sea.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā rebukes Rāvaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.31.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 31, "verse": 7, "iast": ["ātmavadbhir vigṛhya tvaṃ devagandharvadānavaiḥ", "ayuktacāraś capalaḥ kathaṃ rājā bhaviṣyasi"], "translation": "Having made war with self-possessed gods, gandharvas, and dānavas, while your espionage is ill-managed and you are fickle, how will you remain a king?", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā rebukes Rāvaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.31.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 31, "verse": 8, "iast": ["yeṣāṃ cāraś ca kośaś ca nayaś ca jayatāṃ vara", "asvādhīnā narendrāṇāṃ prākṛtais te janaiḥ samāḥ"], "translation": "O best of conquerors, those kings whose espionage, treasury, and policy are not under their own control are the equal of common men.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā rebukes Rāvaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.31.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 31, "verse": 9, "iast": ["yasmāt paśyanti dūrasthān sarvān arthān narādhipāḥ", "cāreṇa tasmād ucyante rājāno dīrghacakṣuṣaḥ"], "translation": "Because kings behold all matters, even distant ones, by means of spies, they are therefore called 'the far-sighted.'", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā rebukes Rāvaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.31.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 31, "verse": 10, "iast": ["ayuktacāraṃ manye tvāṃ prākṛtaiḥ sacivair vṛtam", "svajanaṃ ca janasthānaṃ hataṃ yo nāvabudhyase"], "translation": "I consider your espionage ill-managed and you surrounded by common ministers, since you did not even perceive that your own people and Janasthāna had been destroyed.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā rebukes Rāvaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.31.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 31, "verse": 11, "iast": ["caturdaśa sahasrāṇi rakṣasāṃ bhīmakarmaṇām", "hatāny ekena rāmeṇa kharaś ca sahadūṣaṇaḥ"], "translation": "Fourteen thousand rākṣasas of terrible deeds were slain by Rāma alone, and Khara too, together with Dūṣaṇa.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā rebukes Rāvaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.31.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 31, "verse": 12, "iast": ["ṛṣīṇām abhayaṃ dattaṃ kṛtakṣemāś ca daṇḍakāḥ", "dharṣitaṃ ca janasthānaṃ rāmeṇākliṣṭakarmaṇā"], "translation": "Safety was granted to the sages, the Daṇḍaka regions were made secure, and Janasthāna was assailed by Rāma of untiring deeds.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā rebukes Rāvaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.31.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 31, "verse": 13, "iast": ["tvaṃ tu lubdhaḥ pramattaś ca parādhīnaś ca rāvaṇa", "viṣaye sve samutpannaṃ bhayaṃ yo nāvabudhyase"], "translation": "But you, Rāvaṇa, are greedy, heedless, and dependent on others, you who do not perceive the danger arisen in your own domain.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā rebukes Rāvaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.31.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 31, "verse": 14, "iast": ["tīkṣṇam alpapradātāraṃ pramattaṃ garvitaṃ śaṭham", "vyasane sarvabhūtāni nābhidhāvanti pārthivam"], "translation": "A king who is harsh, a niggardly giver, heedless, arrogant, and deceitful, no creatures rush to help in his hour of calamity.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā rebukes Rāvaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.31.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 31, "verse": 15, "iast": ["atimāninam agrāhyam ātmasaṃbhāvitaṃ naram", "krodhanaṃ vyasane hanti svajano 'pi narādhipam"], "translation": "A king who is overweening, unapproachable, self-conceited, and wrathful, even his own people destroy in his hour of calamity.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā rebukes Rāvaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.31.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 31, "verse": 16, "iast": ["nānutiṣṭhati kāryāṇi bhayeṣu na bibheti ca", "kṣipraṃ rājyāc cyuto dīnas tṛṇais tulyo bhaviṣyati"], "translation": "He who does not carry out his tasks, and does not take fright amid dangers, is quickly cast down from his kingdom and, wretched, becomes no better than grass.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā rebukes Rāvaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.31.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 31, "verse": 17, "iast": ["śuṣkakāṣṭhair bhavet kāryaṃ loṣṭair api ca pāṃsubhiḥ", "na tu sthānāt paribhraṣṭaiḥ kāryaṃ syād vasudhādhipaiḥ"], "translation": "Some use may be had of dry sticks, and even of clods and dust, but no use at all can be had of kings fallen from their station.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā rebukes Rāvaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.31.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 31, "verse": 18, "iast": ["upabhuktaṃ yathā vāsaḥ srajo vā mṛditā yathā", "evaṃ rājyāt paribhraṣṭaḥ samartho 'pi nirarthakaḥ"], "translation": "Like a garment already worn out, or like a garland crushed, so a man fallen from his kingship, though capable, is useless.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā rebukes Rāvaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.31.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 31, "verse": 19, "iast": ["apramattaś ca yo rājā sarvajño vijitendriyaḥ", "kṛtajño dharmaśīlaś ca sa rājā tiṣṭhate ciram"], "translation": "The king who is vigilant, all-knowing, master of his senses, grateful, and of righteous conduct, that king endures long.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā rebukes Rāvaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.31.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 31, "verse": 20, "iast": ["nayanābhyāṃ prasupto 'pi jāgarti nayacakṣuṣā", "vyaktakrodhaprasādaś ca sa rājā pūjyate janaiḥ"], "translation": "Even when asleep with his two eyes, he keeps awake through the eye of policy; and the king whose wrath and favour are plainly shown is honoured by the people.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā rebukes Rāvaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.31.21", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 31, "verse": 21, "iast": ["tvaṃ tu rāvaṇadurbuddhir guṇair etair vivarjitaḥ", "yasya te 'viditaś cārai rakṣasāṃ sumahān vadhaḥ"], "translation": "But you, Rāvaṇa of evil mind, are bereft of these virtues, you by whom, through your spies, the very great slaughter of the rākṣasas went unknown.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā rebukes Rāvaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.31.22", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 31, "verse": 22, "iast": ["parāvamantā viṣayeṣu saṃgato nadeśa kālapravibhāga tattvavit", "ayuktabuddhir guṇadoṣaniścaye vipannarājyo na cirād vipatsyate"], "translation": "A despiser of others, sunk in sensual pleasures, ignorant of the true division of place and time, wrong-headed in discerning merit and fault, his kingdom ruined, will before long come to grief.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā rebukes Rāvaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.31.23", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 31, "verse": 23, "iast": ["iti svadoṣān parikīrtitāṃs tayā samīkṣya buddhyā kṣaṇadācareśvaraḥ", "dhanena darpeṇa balena cānvito vicintayām āsa ciraṃ sa rāvaṇaḥ"], "translation": "Thus, having with his mind weighed the faults she had recounted, that lord of the night-rangers, endowed with wealth, pride, and power, Rāvaṇa reflected long.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā rebukes Rāvaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.32.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 32, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tataḥ śūrpaṇakhāṃ kruddhāṃ bruvatīṃ paruṣaṃ vacaḥ", "amātyamadhye saṃkruddhaḥ paripapraccha rāvaṇaḥ"], "translation": "Then Rāvaṇa, himself enraged, questioned Śūrpaṇakhā—angry and speaking harsh words—in the midst of his ministers.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā describes Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.32.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 32, "verse": 2, "iast": ["kaś ca rāmaḥ kathaṃ vīryaḥ kiṃ rūpaḥ kiṃ parākramaḥ", "kimarthaṃ daṇḍakāraṇyaṃ praviṣṭaś ca suduścaram"], "translation": "Who is this Rāma, what is his valour, what his form, what his prowess? And why has he entered the Daṇḍaka forest, so very hard to traverse?", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā describes Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.32.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 32, "verse": 3, "iast": ["āyudhaṃ kiṃ ca rāmasya nihatā yena rākṣasāḥ", "kharaś ca nihataṃ saṃkhye dūṣaṇas triśirās tathā"], "translation": "And what is Rāma's weapon, by which the rākṣasas were slain, and Khara slain in battle, and Dūṣaṇa, and Triśiras as well?", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā describes Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.32.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 32, "verse": 4, "iast": ["ity uktā rākṣasendreṇa rākṣasī krodhamūrchitā", "tato rāmaṃ yathānyāyam ākhyātum upacakrame"], "translation": "Thus addressed by the lord of rākṣasas, the rākṣasī, beside herself with anger, then set about describing Rāma exactly as he was.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā describes Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.32.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 32, "verse": 5, "iast": ["dīrghabāhur viśālākṣaś cīrakṛṣṇājināmbaraḥ", "kandarpasamarūpaś ca rāmo daśarathātmajaḥ"], "translation": "Long-armed, wide-eyed, clad in bark-cloth and black antelope-skin, and equal in beauty to Kandarpa, is Rāma, the son of Daśaratha.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā describes Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.32.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 32, "verse": 6, "iast": ["śakracāpanibhaṃ cāpaṃ vikṛṣya kanakāṅgadam", "dīptān kṣipati nārācān sarpān iva mahāviṣān"], "translation": "Drawing his bow, which resembles Indra's, and wearing golden armlets, he looses blazing iron arrows like great venomous serpents.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā describes Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.32.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 32, "verse": 7, "iast": ["nādadānaṃ śarān ghorān na muñcantaṃ mahābalam", "na kārmukaṃ vikarṣantaṃ rāmaṃ paśyāmi saṃyuge"], "translation": "So swift was he that I could not see mighty Rāma in the fray take up his dread arrows, or loose them, or draw his bow.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā describes Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.32.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 32, "verse": 8, "iast": ["hanyamānaṃ tu tat sainyaṃ paśyāmi śaravṛṣṭibhiḥ", "indreṇaivottamaṃ sasyam āhataṃ tv aśmavṛṣṭibhiḥ"], "translation": "I saw only that army being cut down by his showers of arrows, as fine crops are beaten down by Indra with showers of hail.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā describes Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.32.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 32, "verse": 9, "iast": ["rakṣasāṃ bhīmavīryāṇāṃ sahasrāṇi caturdaśa", "nihatāni śarais tīkṣṇais tenaikena padātinā"], "translation": "Fourteen thousand rākṣasas of dreadful might were slain with sharp arrows by him alone, and on foot.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā describes Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.32.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 32, "verse": 10, "iast": ["ardhādhikamuhūrtena kharaś ca sahadūṣaṇaḥ", "ṛṣīṇām abhayaṃ dattaṃ kṛtakṣemāś ca daṇḍakāḥ"], "translation": "In a little over half a muhūrta, Khara together with Dūṣaṇa was destroyed; safety was granted to the sages, and the Daṇḍaka regions were made secure.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā describes Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.32.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 32, "verse": 11, "iast": ["ekā kathaṃ cin muktāhaṃ paribhūya mahātmanā", "strīvadhaṃ śaṅkamānena rāmeṇa viditātmanā"], "translation": "I alone was somehow let go, spurned, by the great-souled Rāma of enlightened spirit, who shrank from the slaying of a woman.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā describes Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.32.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 32, "verse": 12, "iast": ["bhrātā cāsya mahātejā guṇatas tulyavikramaḥ", "anuraktaś ca bhaktaś ca lakṣmaṇo nāma vīryavān"], "translation": "And his brother, of great splendour, equal to him in valour by his virtues, devoted and loyal, is the valiant one named Lakṣmaṇa.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā describes Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.32.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 32, "verse": 13, "iast": ["amarṣī durjayo jetā vikrānto buddhimān balī", "rāmasya dakṣiṇe bāhur nityaṃ prāṇo bahiṣcaraḥ"], "translation": "Impetuous, invincible, a conqueror, valiant, wise, and strong, he is Rāma's right arm, ever his life-breath moving outside his body.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā describes Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.32.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 32, "verse": 14, "iast": ["rāmasya tu viśālākṣī dharmapatnī yaśasvinī", "sītā nāma varārohā vaidehī tanumadhyamā"], "translation": "And Rāma's wide-eyed, lawful, illustrious wife is named Sītā, the Vaidehī, fair-hipped and slender-waisted.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā describes Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.32.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 32, "verse": 15, "iast": ["naiva devī na gandharvā na yakṣī na ca kiṃnarī", "tathārūpā mayā nārī dṛṣṭapūrvā mahītale"], "translation": "No goddess, no gandharva woman, no yakṣī, no kinnarī—no woman of such beauty have I ever before seen upon the earth.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā describes Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.32.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 32, "verse": 16, "iast": ["yasya sītā bhaved bhāryā yaṃ ca hṛṣṭā pariṣvajet", "atijīvet sa sarveṣu lokeṣv api puraṃdarāt"], "translation": "He whose wife Sītā might be, and whom, delighted, she might embrace, would outlive even Indra, sacker of cities, in all the worlds.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā describes Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.32.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 32, "verse": 17, "iast": ["sā suśīlā vapuḥślāghyā rūpeṇāpratimā bhuvi", "tavānurūpā bhāryā sā tvaṃ ca tasyās tathā patiḥ"], "translation": "She of good character, of praiseworthy body, unmatched in beauty on earth, is a fitting wife for you; and you, likewise, are a fitting husband for her.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā describes Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.32.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 32, "verse": 18, "iast": ["tāṃ tu vistīrṇajaghanāṃ pīnottuṅgapayodharām", "bhāryārthe tu tavānetum udyatāhaṃ varānanām"], "translation": "I was ready to bring her here for you as your wife—broad-hipped, with full high breasts, and a lovely face.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā describes Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.32.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 32, "verse": 19, "iast": ["tāṃ tu dṛṣṭvādya vaidehīṃ pūrṇacandranibhānanām", "manmathasya śarāṇāṃ ca tvaṃ vidheyo bhaviṣyasi"], "translation": "But once you have seen that Vaidehī, whose face is like the full moon, you will become subject to the arrows of Manmatha, the god of love.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā describes Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.32.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 32, "verse": 20, "iast": ["yadi tasyām abhiprāyo bhāryārthe tava jāyate", "śīghram uddhriyatāṃ pādo jayārtham iha dakṣiṇaḥ"], "translation": "If a desire for her as your wife arises in you, then let your right foot be lifted at once, here, for the sake of victory.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā describes Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.32.21", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 32, "verse": 21, "iast": ["kuru priyaṃ tathā teṣāṃ rakṣasāṃ rākṣaseśvara", "vadhāt tasya nṛśaṃsasya rāmasyāśramavāsinaḥ"], "translation": "So do a kindness to those rākṣasas, O lord of rākṣasas, by slaying that cruel Rāma who dwells in the hermitage.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā describes Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.32.22", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 32, "verse": 22, "iast": ["taṃ śarair niśitair hatvā lakṣmaṇaṃ ca mahāratham", "hatanāthāṃ sukhaṃ sītāṃ yathāvad upabhokṣyase"], "translation": "Having slain with sharp arrows both him and the great chariot-warrior Lakṣmaṇa, you will freely enjoy Sītā, her protector slain, as you please.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā describes Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.32.23", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 32, "verse": 23, "iast": ["rocate yadi te vākyaṃ mamaitad rākṣaseśvara", "kriyatāṃ nirviśaṅkena vacanaṃ mama rāghava"], "translation": "If this speech of mine pleases you, O lord of rākṣasas, then let my word be carried out without hesitation.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā describes Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.32.24", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 32, "verse": 24, "iast": ["niśamya rāmeṇa śarair ajihmagair hatāñ janasthānagatān niśācarān", "kharaṃ ca buddhvā nihataṃ ca dūṣaṇaṃ tvam adya kṛtyaṃ pratipattum arhasi"], "translation": "Having heard how the night-rangers dwelling in Janasthāna were slain by Rāma with his straight-flying arrows, and learning that Khara and Dūṣaṇa were killed, you ought now to determine your course of action.", "sarga_title": "Śūrpaṇakhā describes Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.33.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 33, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tataḥ śūrpaṇakhā vākyaṃ tac chrutvā romaharṣaṇam", "sacivān abhyanujñāya kāryaṃ buddhvā jagāma ha"], "translation": "Then, having heard that hair-raising speech of Śūrpaṇakhā, and dismissing his ministers, having resolved on his course, he set out.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s flight and Garuḍa’s story"}
{"ref": "3.33.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 33, "verse": 2, "iast": ["tat kāryam anugamyātha yathāvad upalabhya ca", "doṣāṇāṃ ca guṇānāṃ ca saṃpradhārya balābalam"], "translation": "Then, having pursued that matter and duly grasped it, and having weighed the strength and weakness of its faults and merits,", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s flight and Garuḍa’s story"}
{"ref": "3.33.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 33, "verse": 3, "iast": ["iti kartavyam ity eva kṛtvā niścayam ātmanaḥ", "sthirabuddhis tato ramyāṃ yānaśālāṃ jagāma ha"], "translation": "and having made his own firm decision, 'Thus it must be done,' then, steady of mind, he went to the lovely chariot-hall.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s flight and Garuḍa’s story"}
{"ref": "3.33.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 33, "verse": 4, "iast": ["yānaśālāṃ tato gatvā pracchannaṃ rākṣasādhipaḥ", "sūtaṃ saṃcodayām āsa rathaḥ saṃyujyatām iti"], "translation": "Then, going secretly to the chariot-hall, the lord of rākṣasas urged his charioteer: 'Let the chariot be yoked.'", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s flight and Garuḍa’s story"}
{"ref": "3.33.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 33, "verse": 5, "iast": ["evam uktaḥ kṣaṇenaiva sārathir laghuvikramaḥ", "rathaṃ saṃyojayām āsa tasyābhimatam uttamam"], "translation": "So addressed, the charioteer, nimble in action, in a moment yoked for him that excellent chariot to his liking.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s flight and Garuḍa’s story"}
{"ref": "3.33.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 33, "verse": 6, "iast": ["kāñcanaṃ ratham āsthāya kāmagaṃ ratnabhūṣitam", "piśācavadanair yuktaṃ kharaiḥ kanakabhūṣaṇaiḥ"], "translation": "Mounting that golden chariot that goes at will, adorned with gems, yoked with goblin-faced mules decked in gold,", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s flight and Garuḍa’s story"}
{"ref": "3.33.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 33, "verse": 7, "iast": ["meghapratimanādena sa tena dhanadānujaḥ", "rākṣasādhipatiḥ śrīmān yayau nadanadīpatim"], "translation": "with that chariot roaring like a thundercloud, the glorious younger brother of Kubera, lord of the rākṣasas, went to the lord of streams and rivers, the ocean.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s flight and Garuḍa’s story"}
{"ref": "3.33.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 33, "verse": 8, "iast": ["sa śvetabālavyasanaḥ śvetacchatro daśānanaḥ", "snigdhavaidūryasaṃkāśas taptakāñcanabhūṣaṇaḥ"], "translation": "He, the ten-faced one, with white yak-tail fans and a white parasol, gleaming like polished lapis lazuli, adorned with refined gold,", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s flight and Garuḍa’s story"}
{"ref": "3.33.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 33, "verse": 9, "iast": ["daśāsyo viṃśatibhujo darśanīya paricchadaḥ", "tridaśārir munīndraghno daśaśīrṣa ivādrirāṭ"], "translation": "ten-mouthed, twenty-armed, with splendid trappings, foe of the gods, slayer of chief sages—he was like the ten-peaked king of mountains.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s flight and Garuḍa’s story"}
{"ref": "3.33.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 33, "verse": 10, "iast": ["kāmagaṃ ratham āsthāya śuśubhe rākṣasādhipaḥ", "vidyunmaṇḍalavān meghaḥ sabalāka ivāmbare"], "translation": "Mounted on his chariot that goes at will, the lord of rākṣasas shone like a cloud in the sky, girt with a garland of lightning and accompanied by cranes.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s flight and Garuḍa’s story"}
{"ref": "3.33.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 33, "verse": 11, "iast": ["saśailaṃ sāgarānūpaṃ vīryavān avalokayan", "nānāpuṣpaphalair vṛkṣair anukīrṇaṃ sahasraśaḥ"], "translation": "The valiant one gazed upon the ocean-shore with its mountains, strewn by the thousand with trees of manifold flowers and fruits,", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s flight and Garuḍa’s story"}
{"ref": "3.33.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 33, "verse": 12, "iast": ["śītamaṅgalatoyābhiḥ padminībhiḥ samantataḥ", "viśālair āśramapadair vedimadbhiḥ samāvṛtam"], "translation": "surrounded on every side by lotus-ponds of cool, auspicious water, and by spacious hermitage-grounds furnished with altars,", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s flight and Garuḍa’s story"}
{"ref": "3.33.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 33, "verse": 13, "iast": ["kadaly āḍhakisaṃbādhaṃ nālikeropaśobhitam", "sālais tālais tamālaiś ca tarubhiś ca supuṣpitaiḥ"], "translation": "dense with plantains and āḍhakī, graced with coconut palms, and with sāla, palmyra, tamāla, and other well-blossomed trees,", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s flight and Garuḍa’s story"}
{"ref": "3.33.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 33, "verse": 14, "iast": ["atyantaniyatāhāraiḥ śobhitaṃ paramarṣibhiḥ", "nāgaiḥ suparṇair gandharvaiḥ kiṃnaraiś ca sahasraśaḥ"], "translation": "graced by supreme sages of most abstemious diet, and by nāgas, suparṇas, gandharvas, and kinnaras in their thousands,", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s flight and Garuḍa’s story"}
{"ref": "3.33.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 33, "verse": 15, "iast": ["jitakāmaiś ca siddhaiś ca cāmaṇaiś copaśobhitam", "ājair vaikhānasair māṣair vālakhilyair marīcipaiḥ"], "translation": "and adorned by those who had conquered desire, by siddhas, and by wandering ascetics; by Ajas, Vaikhānasas, Māṣas, Vālakhilyas, and Marīcipas,", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s flight and Garuḍa’s story"}
{"ref": "3.33.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 33, "verse": 16, "iast": ["divyābharaṇamālyābhir divyarūpābhir āvṛtam", "krīḍā ratividhijñābhir apsarobhiḥ sahasraśaḥ"], "translation": "thronged by thousands of apsarases of divine form, adorned with heavenly ornaments and garlands, versed in the arts of play and love,", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s flight and Garuḍa’s story"}
{"ref": "3.33.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 33, "verse": 17, "iast": ["sevitaṃ devapatnībhiḥ śrīmatībhiḥ śriyā vṛtam", "devadānavasaṃghaiś ca caritaṃ tv amṛtāśibhiḥ"], "translation": "frequented by the glorious wives of the gods, filled with splendour, and traversed by hosts of gods and dānavas, the drinkers of nectar,", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s flight and Garuḍa’s story"}
{"ref": "3.33.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 33, "verse": 18, "iast": ["haṃsakrauñcaplavākīrṇaṃ sārasaiḥ saṃpraṇāditam", "vaidūryaprastaraṃ ramyaṃ snigdhaṃ sāgaratejasā"], "translation": "strewn with swans, curlews, and waterfowl, resounding with cranes, lovely with its floor of lapis lazuli, glossy with the radiance of the sea—", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s flight and Garuḍa’s story"}
{"ref": "3.33.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 33, "verse": 19, "iast": ["pāṇḍurāṇi viśālāni divyamālyayutāni ca", "tūryagītābhijuṣṭāni vimānāni samantataḥ"], "translation": "and on every side aerial cars, white and spacious, hung with divine garlands and filled with instrumental music and song,", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s flight and Garuḍa’s story"}
{"ref": "3.33.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 33, "verse": 20, "iast": ["tapasā jitalokānāṃ kāmagāny abhisaṃpatan", "gandharvāpsarasaś caiva dadarśa dhanadānujaḥ"], "translation": "coursing past those wish-moving cars of the ones who by austerity had won the worlds, the younger brother of Kubera beheld gandharvas and apsarases too.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s flight and Garuḍa’s story"}
{"ref": "3.33.21", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 33, "verse": 21, "iast": ["niryāsarasamūlānāṃ candanānāṃ sahasraśaḥ", "vanāni paśyan saumyāni ghrāṇatṛptikarāṇi ca"], "translation": "gazing by the thousand on pleasant forests of sandal trees—fragrant in their exudation, sap, and roots—that gratify the sense of smell,", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s flight and Garuḍa’s story"}
{"ref": "3.33.22", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 33, "verse": 22, "iast": ["agarūṇāṃ ca mukhyānāṃ vanāny upavanāni ca", "takkolānāṃ ca jātyānāṃ phalānāṃ ca sugandhinām"], "translation": "and forests and groves of choice aloe-wood trees, and of takkola and fragrant fruits of fine kind,", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s flight and Garuḍa’s story"}
{"ref": "3.33.23", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 33, "verse": 23, "iast": ["puṣpāṇi ca tamālasya gulmāni maricasya ca", "muktānāṃ ca samūhāni śuṣyamāṇāni tīrataḥ"], "translation": "and the blossoms of the tamāla, and the bushes of pepper, and heaps of pearls drying upon the shore,", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s flight and Garuḍa’s story"}
{"ref": "3.33.24", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 33, "verse": 24, "iast": ["śaṅkhānāṃ prastaraṃ caiva pravālanicayaṃ tathā", "kāñcanāni ca śailāni rājatāni ca sarvaśaḥ"], "translation": "and a bed of conch-shells, and likewise a mass of coral, and mountains of gold and silver everywhere,", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s flight and Garuḍa’s story"}
{"ref": "3.33.25", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 33, "verse": 25, "iast": ["prasravāṇi manojñāni prasannāni hradāni ca", "dhanadhānyopapannāni strīratnair āvṛtāni ca"], "translation": "and charming springs and clear pools, and (cities) endowed with wealth and grain and thronged with jewel-like women,", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s flight and Garuḍa’s story"}
{"ref": "3.33.26", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 33, "verse": 26, "iast": ["hastyaśvarathagāḍhāni nagarāṇy avalokayan", "taṃ samaṃ sarvataḥ snigdhaṃ mṛdusaṃsparśamārutam"], "translation": "gazing on cities dense with elephants, horses, and chariots—and (he saw) that region, level and glossy on every side, its breeze soft to the touch,", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s flight and Garuḍa’s story"}
{"ref": "3.33.27", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 33, "verse": 27, "iast": ["anūpaṃ sindhurājasya dadarśa tridivopamam", "tatrāpaśyat sa meghābhaṃ nyagrodham ṛṣibhir vṛtam"], "translation": "he beheld the shore of the ocean-king, resembling heaven; and there he saw a banyan tree, cloud-like, encircled by sages,", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s flight and Garuḍa’s story"}
{"ref": "3.33.28", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 33, "verse": 28, "iast": ["samantād yasya tāḥ śākhāḥ śatayojanam āyatāḥ", "yasya hastinam ādāya mahākāyaṃ ca kaccapam", "bhakṣārthaṃ garuḍaḥ śākhām ājagāma mahābalaḥ"], "translation": "whose branches stretched a hundred yojanas all around, and to a branch of which the mighty Garuḍa once came, seizing an elephant and a huge tortoise for his food.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s flight and Garuḍa’s story"}
{"ref": "3.33.29", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 33, "verse": 29, "iast": ["tasya tāṃ sahasā śākhāṃ bhāreṇa patagottamaḥ", "suparṇaḥ parṇabahulāṃ babhañjātha mahābalaḥ"], "translation": "That best of birds, mighty Suparṇa, then suddenly broke off by his weight that leaf-laden branch of the tree.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s flight and Garuḍa’s story"}
{"ref": "3.33.30", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 33, "verse": 30, "iast": ["tatra vaikhānasā māṣā vālakhilyā marīcipāḥ", "ajā babhūvur dhūmrāś ca saṃgatāḥ paramarṣayaḥ"], "translation": "There were gathered supreme sages—Vaikhānasas, Māṣas, Vālakhilyas, Marīcipas, Ajas, and Dhūmras.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s flight and Garuḍa’s story"}
{"ref": "3.33.31", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 33, "verse": 31, "iast": ["teṣāṃ dayārthaṃ garuḍas tāṃ śākhāṃ śatayojanām", "jagāmādāya vegena tau cobhau gajakacchapau"], "translation": "Out of compassion for them, Garuḍa flew off swiftly, bearing that hundred-yojana branch and both the elephant and the tortoise.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s flight and Garuḍa’s story"}
{"ref": "3.33.32", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 33, "verse": 32, "iast": ["ekapādena dharmātmā bhakṣayitvā tad āmiṣam", "niṣādaviṣayaṃ hatvā śākhayā patagottamaḥ", "praharṣam atulaṃ lebhe mokṣayitvā mahāmunīn"], "translation": "That righteous best of birds, eating that flesh with one foot, and destroying with the branch a territory of the Niṣādas, attained matchless joy, having freed the great sages.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s flight and Garuḍa’s story"}
{"ref": "3.33.33", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 33, "verse": 33, "iast": ["sa tenaiva praharṣeṇa dviguṇīkṛtavikramaḥ", "amṛtānayanārthaṃ vai cakāra matimān matim"], "translation": "By that very joy his valour was redoubled, and the wise one resolved to fetch the nectar of immortality.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s flight and Garuḍa’s story"}
{"ref": "3.33.34", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 33, "verse": 34, "iast": ["ayojālāni nirmathya bhittvā ratnagṛhaṃ varam", "mahendrabhavanād guptam ājahārāmṛtaṃ tataḥ"], "translation": "Shattering the iron nettings and breaking open the excellent jewel-chamber, he then carried off the well-guarded nectar from the palace of great Indra.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s flight and Garuḍa’s story"}
{"ref": "3.33.35", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 33, "verse": 35, "iast": ["taṃ maharṣigaṇair juṣṭaṃ suparṇakṛtalakṣaṇam", "nāmnā subhadraṃ nyagrodhaṃ dadarśa dhanadānujaḥ"], "translation": "The younger brother of Kubera beheld that banyan, frequented by throngs of great sages, marked by Suparṇa's deed, named Subhadra.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s flight and Garuḍa’s story"}
{"ref": "3.33.36", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 33, "verse": 36, "iast": ["taṃ tu gatvā paraṃ pāraṃ samudrasya nadīpateḥ", "dadarśāśramam ekānte puṇye ramye vanāntare"], "translation": "Passing beyond it to the far shore of the ocean, lord of rivers, he saw a hermitage in a secluded, holy, and lovely part of the forest.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s flight and Garuḍa’s story"}
{"ref": "3.33.37", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 33, "verse": 37, "iast": ["tatra kṛṣṇājinadharaṃ jaṭāvalkaladhāriṇam", "dadarśa niyatāhāraṃ mārīcaṃ nāma rākṣasaṃ"], "translation": "There he saw a rākṣasa named Mārīca, wearing a black antelope-skin, bearing matted locks and bark-cloth, of restrained diet.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s flight and Garuḍa’s story"}
{"ref": "3.33.38", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 33, "verse": 38, "iast": ["sa rāvaṇaḥ samāgamya vidhivat tena rakṣasā", "tataḥ paścād idaṃ vākyam abravīd vākyakovidaḥ"], "translation": "That Rāvaṇa, having duly met with that rākṣasa, then, skilled in speech, spoke these words:", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s flight and Garuḍa’s story"}
{"ref": "3.34.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 34, "verse": 1, "iast": ["mārīca śrūyatāṃ tāta vacanaṃ mama bhāṣataḥ", "ārto 'smi mama cārtasya bhavān hi paramā gatiḥ"], "translation": "Mārīca, my dear, let my words be heard as I speak; I am in distress, and for me in my distress you are the supreme resort.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s abduction plan"}
{"ref": "3.34.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 34, "verse": 2, "iast": ["jānīṣe tvaṃ janasthānaṃ bhrātā yatra kharo mama", "dūṣaṇaś ca mahābāhuḥ svasā śūrpaṇakhā ca me"], "translation": "You know Janasthāna, where my brother Khara lived, and mighty-armed Dūṣaṇa, and my sister Śūrpaṇakhā,", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s abduction plan"}
{"ref": "3.34.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 34, "verse": 3, "iast": ["triśirāś ca mahātejā rākṣasaḥ piśitāśanaḥ", "anye ca bahavaḥ śūrā labdhalakṣā niśācarāḥ"], "translation": "and Triśiras of great splendour, a flesh-eating rākṣasa, and many other heroic night-rangers, sure of their aim,", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s abduction plan"}
{"ref": "3.34.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 34, "verse": 4, "iast": ["vasanti manniyogena adhivāsaṃ ca rākṣasaḥ", "bādhamānā mahāraṇye munīn ye dharmacāriṇaḥ"], "translation": "By my command those rākṣasas dwell there, holding their abode in the great forest and harassing the sages who walk in the way of dharma.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s abduction plan"}
{"ref": "3.34.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 34, "verse": 5, "iast": ["caturdaśa sahasrāṇi rakṣasāṃ bhīmakarmaṇām", "śūrāṇāṃ labdhalakṣāṇāṃ kharacittānuvartinām"], "translation": "Fourteen thousand rākṣasas of terrible deeds—heroes, sure of aim, following the will of Khara—", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s abduction plan"}
{"ref": "3.34.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 34, "verse": 6, "iast": ["te tv idānīṃ janasthāne vasamānā mahābalāḥ", "saṃgatāḥ param āyattā rāmeṇa saha saṃyuge"], "translation": "those mighty ones, now dwelling in Janasthāna, joined battle with Rāma, fully bent (on the fight).", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s abduction plan"}
{"ref": "3.34.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 34, "verse": 7, "iast": ["tena saṃjātaroṣeṇa rāmeṇa raṇamūrdhani", "anuktvā paruṣaṃ kiṃ cic charair vyāpāritaṃ dhanuḥ"], "translation": "By that Rāma, roused to fury at the head of the battle, without uttering a single harsh word, the bow was set to work with arrows.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s abduction plan"}
{"ref": "3.34.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 34, "verse": 8, "iast": ["caturdaśa sahasrāṇi rakṣasāṃ bhīmakarmaṇām", "nihatāni śarais tīkṣṇair mānuṣeṇa padātinā"], "translation": "Fourteen thousand rākṣasas of terrible deeds were slain with sharp arrows by a single man on foot.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s abduction plan"}
{"ref": "3.34.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 34, "verse": 9, "iast": ["kharaś ca nihataḥ saṃkhye dūṣaṇaś ca nipātitaḥ", "hatvā triśirasaṃ cāpi nirbhayā daṇḍakāḥ kṛtāḥ"], "translation": "And Khara was slain in battle and Dūṣaṇa struck down; and having killed Triśiras too, he made the Daṇḍaka forests free from fear.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s abduction plan"}
{"ref": "3.34.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 34, "verse": 10, "iast": ["pitrā nirastaḥ kruddhena sabhāryaḥ kṣīṇajīvitaḥ", "sa hantā tasya sainyasya rāmaḥ kṣatriyapāṃsanaḥ"], "translation": "Banished by his angry father, together with his wife, his fortunes ruined—that Rāma, a disgrace to the kṣatriyas, is the slayer of that army.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s abduction plan"}
{"ref": "3.34.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 34, "verse": 11, "iast": ["aśīlaḥ karkaśas tīkṣṇo mūrkho lubdho 'jitendriyaḥ", "tyaktadharmas tv adharmātmā bhūtānām ahite rataḥ"], "translation": "Ill-natured, harsh, cruel, foolish, greedy, with senses unsubdued, having abandoned dharma, unrighteous of soul, delighting in the harm of creatures—", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s abduction plan"}
{"ref": "3.34.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 34, "verse": 12, "iast": ["yena vairaṃ vināraṇye sattvam āśritya kevalam", "karṇanāsāpahāreṇa bhaginī me virūpitā"], "translation": "by whom, without cause for enmity, in the forest, relying merely on brute force, my sister was disfigured by the cutting off of her ears and nose.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s abduction plan"}
{"ref": "3.34.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 34, "verse": 13, "iast": ["tasya bhāryāṃ janasthānāt sītāṃ surasutopamām", "ānayiṣyāmi vikramya sahāyas tatra me bhava"], "translation": "I shall carry off by force his wife Sītā, like a daughter of the gods, from Janasthāna—be my helper in this.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s abduction plan"}
{"ref": "3.34.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 34, "verse": 14, "iast": ["tvayā hy ahaṃ sahāyena pārśvasthena mahābala", "bhrātṛbhiś ca surān yuddhe samagrān nābhicintaye"], "translation": "For with you as my helper at my side, O mighty one, and with my brothers, I would give no thought to all the gods together in battle.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s abduction plan"}
{"ref": "3.34.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 34, "verse": 15, "iast": ["tat sahāyo bhava tvaṃ me samartho hy asi rākṣasa", "vīrye yuddhe ca darpe ca na hy asti sadṛśas tava"], "translation": "So be my helper, for you are able, O rākṣasa; in valour, in battle, and in pride there is none equal to you.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s abduction plan"}
{"ref": "3.34.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 34, "verse": 16, "iast": ["etadartham ahaṃ prāptas tvatsamīpaṃ niśācara", "śṛṇu tat karma sāhāyye yat kāryaṃ vacanān mama"], "translation": "For this purpose I have come to you, O night-ranger; hear what deed of assistance is to be done at my word.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s abduction plan"}
{"ref": "3.34.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 34, "verse": 17, "iast": ["sauvarṇas tvaṃ mṛgo bhūtvā citro rajatabindubhiḥ", "āśrame tasya rāmasya sītāyāḥ pramukhe cara"], "translation": "Becoming a golden deer, dappled with silver spots, roam within the sight of Sītā at the hermitage of that Rāma.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s abduction plan"}
{"ref": "3.34.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 34, "verse": 18, "iast": ["tvāṃ tu niḥsaṃśayaṃ sītā dṛṣṭvā tu mṛgarūpiṇam", "gṛhyatām iti bhartāraṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ cābhidhāsyati"], "translation": "Without doubt, on seeing you in the form of a deer, Sītā will say to her husband and to Lakṣmaṇa, 'Let it be caught!'", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s abduction plan"}
{"ref": "3.34.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 34, "verse": 19, "iast": ["tatas tayor apāye tu śūnye sītāṃ yathāsukham", "nirābādho hariṣyāmi rāhuś candraprabhām iva"], "translation": "Then, in the absence of those two, when the place is empty, I shall carry off Sītā at my ease, unhindered, as Rāhu seizes the radiance of the moon.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s abduction plan"}
{"ref": "3.34.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 34, "verse": 20, "iast": ["tataḥ paścāt sukhaṃ rāme bhāryāharaṇakarśite", "visrabdhaṃ prahariṣyāmi kṛtārthenāntarātmanā"], "translation": "Then afterwards, when Rāma is worn down by the carrying-off of his wife, I shall strike him at ease and with confidence, my inmost self content.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s abduction plan"}
{"ref": "3.34.21", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 34, "verse": 21, "iast": ["tasya rāmakathāṃ śrutvā mārīcasya mahātmanaḥ", "śuṣkaṃ samabhavad vaktraṃ paritrasto babhūva ca"], "translation": "On hearing that talk about Rāma, the mouth of the great-souled Mārīca went dry, and he was seized with terror.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s abduction plan"}
{"ref": "3.34.22", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 34, "verse": 22, "iast": ["sa rāvaṇaṃ trastaviṣaṇṇacetā mahāvane rāmaparākramajñaḥ", "kṛtāñjalis tattvam uvāca vākyaṃ hitaṃ ca tasmai hitam ātmanaś ca"], "translation": "He, his mind stricken with fear and dejection, knowing Rāma's prowess in the great forest, with palms joined spoke to Rāvaṇa true words—words salutary both to Rāvaṇa and to himself.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s abduction plan"}
{"ref": "3.35.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 35, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tac chrutvā rākṣasendrasya vākyaṃ vākyaviśāradaḥ", "pratyuvāca mahāprājño mārīco rākṣaseśvaram"], "translation": "Having heard that speech of the lord of rākṣasas, the greatly wise Mārīca, skilled in speech, replied to the lord of rākṣasas:", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s warning"}
{"ref": "3.35.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 35, "verse": 2, "iast": ["sulabhāḥ puruṣā rājan satataṃ priyavādinaḥ", "apriyasya ca pathyasya vaktā śrotā ca durlabhaḥ"], "translation": "Easily found, O king, are men who always speak what is pleasant; but rare is one who speaks—or one who hears—what is unpleasant yet wholesome.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s warning"}
{"ref": "3.35.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 35, "verse": 3, "iast": ["na nūnaṃ budhyase rāmaṃ mahāvīryaṃ guṇonnatam", "ayuktacāraś capalo mahendravaruṇopamam"], "translation": "Surely you do not know Rāma—of great valour, exalted in virtues, a match for great Indra and Varuṇa—you whose espionage is ill-managed and who are fickle.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s warning"}
{"ref": "3.35.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 35, "verse": 4, "iast": ["api svasti bhavet tāta sarveṣāṃ bhuvi rakṣasām", "api rāmo na saṃkruddhaḥ kuryāl lokam arākṣasaṃ"], "translation": "Will there be well-being, my dear, for all the rākṣasas on earth? May Rāma, enraged, not make the world empty of rākṣasas!", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s warning"}
{"ref": "3.35.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 35, "verse": 5, "iast": ["api te jīvitāntāya notpannā janakātmajā", "api sītā nimittaṃ ca na bhaved vyasanaṃ mahat"], "translation": "Has not Janaka's daughter been born to bring about your death? May not Sītā prove the cause of a great calamity?", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s warning"}
{"ref": "3.35.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 35, "verse": 6, "iast": ["api tvām īśvaraṃ prāpya kāmavṛttaṃ niraṅkuśam", "na vinaśyet purī laṅkā tvayā saha sarākṣasā"], "translation": "Having got you—self-willed and unrestrained—as its lord, may the city of Laṅkā not perish, together with you and its rākṣasas!", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s warning"}
{"ref": "3.35.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 35, "verse": 7, "iast": ["tvadvidhaḥ kāmavṛtto hi duḥśīlaḥ pāpamantritaḥ", "ātmānaṃ svajanaṃ rāṣṭraṃ sa rājā hanti durmatiḥ"], "translation": "For a king like you—self-willed, of evil conduct, ill-counselled, and wrong-minded—destroys himself, his own people, and his kingdom.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s warning"}
{"ref": "3.35.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 35, "verse": 8, "iast": ["na ca pitrā parityakto nāmaryādaḥ kathaṃ cana", "na lubdho na ca duḥśīlo na ca kṣatriyapāṃsanaḥ"], "translation": "Rāma was not abandoned by his father, nor is he in any way lacking in propriety; he is not greedy, nor of bad character, nor a disgrace to the kṣatriyas.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s warning"}
{"ref": "3.35.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 35, "verse": 9, "iast": ["na ca dharmaguṇair hīnaiḥ kausalyānandavardhanaḥ", "na ca tīkṣṇo hi bhūtānāṃ sarveṣāṃ ca hite rataḥ"], "translation": "Nor is the joy-increaser of Kausalyā deficient in the qualities of dharma; he is not cruel, and he delights in the welfare of all creatures.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s warning"}
{"ref": "3.35.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 35, "verse": 10, "iast": ["vañcitaṃ pitaraṃ dṛṣṭvā kaikeyyā satyavādinam", "kariṣyāmīti dharmātmā tataḥ pravrajito vanam"], "translation": "Seeing his truthful father deceived by Kaikeyī, the righteous one said, 'I shall do as promised,' and thereupon went forth to the forest.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s warning"}
{"ref": "3.35.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 35, "verse": 11, "iast": ["kaikeyyāḥ priyakāmārthaṃ pitur daśarathasya ca", "hitvā rājyaṃ ca bhogāṃś ca praviṣṭo daṇḍakāvanam"], "translation": "To fulfil a dear wish of Kaikeyī and of his father Daśaratha, forsaking kingship and enjoyments, he entered the Daṇḍaka forest.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s warning"}
{"ref": "3.35.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 35, "verse": 12, "iast": ["na rāmaḥ karkaśas tāta nāvidvān nājitendriyaḥ", "anṛtaṃ na śrutaṃ caiva naiva tvaṃ vaktum arhasi"], "translation": "Rāma is not harsh, my dear, nor ignorant, nor unmastered in his senses; no falsehood of his has ever been heard—you must not speak so.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s warning"}
{"ref": "3.35.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 35, "verse": 13, "iast": ["rāmo vigrahavān dharmaḥ sādhuḥ satyaparākramaḥ", "rājā sarvasya lokasya devānām iva vāsavaḥ"], "translation": "Rāma is dharma itself embodied, a virtuous man of true valour; he is king of the whole world, as Vāsava (Indra) is king of the gods.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s warning"}
{"ref": "3.35.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 35, "verse": 14, "iast": ["kathaṃ tvaṃ tasya vaidehīṃ rakṣitāṃ svena tejasā", "icchasi prasabhaṃ hartuṃ prabhām iva vivasvataḥ"], "translation": "How do you wish to carry off by force his Vaidehī, guarded by his own splendour, as though (one could seize) the radiance of the sun?", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s warning"}
{"ref": "3.35.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 35, "verse": 15, "iast": ["śarārciṣam anādhṛṣyaṃ cāpakhaḍgendhanaṃ raṇe", "rāmāgniṃ sahasā dīptaṃ na praveṣṭuṃ tvam arhasi"], "translation": "You must not rush headlong into the fire that is Rāma—blazing in battle, with arrows for flames, unassailable, fed by bow and sword for fuel.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s warning"}
{"ref": "3.35.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 35, "verse": 16, "iast": ["dhanurvyāditadīptāsyaṃ śarārciṣam amarṣaṇam", "cāpabāṇadharaṃ vīraṃ śatrusenāpahāriṇam"], "translation": "(That fire is) the hero—his blazing mouth gaping wide as a drawn bow, with arrows for flames, unforbearing, wielding bow and arrow, sweeper-away of enemy armies—", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s warning"}
{"ref": "3.35.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 35, "verse": 17, "iast": ["rājyaṃ sukhaṃ ca saṃtyajya jīvitaṃ ceṣṭam ātmanaḥ", "nātyāsādayituṃ tāta rāmāntakam ihārhasi"], "translation": "Do not, my dear, forsaking kingship and happiness and your own dear life, go here to assail Rāma, who is Death himself.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s warning"}
{"ref": "3.35.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 35, "verse": 18, "iast": ["aprameyaṃ hi tat tejo yasya sā janakātmajā", "na tvaṃ samarthas tāṃ hartuṃ rāmacāpāśrayāṃ vane"], "translation": "Immeasurable indeed is the might of him whose wife is that daughter of Janaka; you are not able to carry her off in the forest, sheltered as she is by Rāma's bow.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s warning"}
{"ref": "3.35.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 35, "verse": 19, "iast": ["prāṇebhyo 'pi priyatarā bhāryā nityam anuvratā", "dīptasyeva hutāśasya śikhā sītā sumadhyamā"], "translation": "Dearer to him even than his life, ever devoted, his wife—slender-waisted Sītā—is like the flame of a blazing fire.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s warning"}
{"ref": "3.35.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 35, "verse": 20, "iast": ["kim udyamaṃ vyartham imaṃ kṛtvā te rākṣasādhipa", "dṛṣṭaś cet tvaṃ raṇe tena tad antaṃ tava jīvitam", "jīvitaṃ ca sukhaṃ caiva rājyaṃ caiva sudurlabham"], "translation": "What use is this futile effort of yours, O lord of rākṣasas? If you are seen by him in battle, that is the end of your life; and life, happiness, and kingship, once lost, are very hard to regain.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s warning"}
{"ref": "3.35.21", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 35, "verse": 21, "iast": ["sa sarvaiḥ sacivaiḥ sārdhaṃ vibhīṣaṇapuraskṛtaiḥ", "mantrayitvā tu dharmiṣṭhaiḥ kṛtvā niścayam ātmanaḥ"], "translation": "Having taken counsel with all your ministers—most righteous men led by Vibhīṣaṇa—and having made your own decision,", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s warning"}
{"ref": "3.35.22", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 35, "verse": 22, "iast": ["doṣāṇāṃ ca guṇānāṃ ca saṃpradhārya balābalam", "ātmanaś ca balaṃ jñātvā rāghavasya ca tattvataḥ", "hitaṃ hi tava niścitya kṣamaṃ tvaṃ kartum arhasi"], "translation": "and having weighed the strength and weakness of the faults and merits, and truly known your own strength and Rāghava's, and ascertained what is good for you, you ought to do what is fitting.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s warning"}
{"ref": "3.35.23", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 35, "verse": 23, "iast": ["ahaṃ tu manye tava na kṣamaṃ raṇe samāgamaṃ kosalarājasūnunā", "idaṃ hi bhūyaḥ śṛṇu vākyam uttamaṃ kṣamaṃ ca yuktaṃ ca niśācarādhipa"], "translation": "But I think that an encounter in battle with the son of the Kosala king is not good for you; so hear this further excellent counsel of mine, fitting and proper, O lord of the night-rangers.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s warning"}
{"ref": "3.36.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 36, "verse": 1, "iast": ["kadā cid apy ahaṃ vīryāt paryaṭan pṛthivīm imām", "balaṃ nāgasahasrasya dhārayan parvatopamaḥ"], "translation": "Once, in my might, roaming this earth, bearing the strength of a thousand elephants, like a mountain,", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s story of his first defeat"}
{"ref": "3.36.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 36, "verse": 2, "iast": ["nīlajīmūtasaṃkāśas taptakāñcanakuṇḍalaḥ", "bhayaṃ lokasya janayan kirīṭī parighāyudhaḥ", "vyacaraṃ daṇḍakāraṇyam ṛṣimāṃsāni bhakṣayan"], "translation": "resembling a dark thundercloud, with earrings of refined gold, crowned and armed with an iron bludgeon, striking terror into the world, I roamed the Daṇḍaka forest, devouring the flesh of sages.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s story of his first defeat"}
{"ref": "3.36.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 36, "verse": 3, "iast": ["viśvāmitro 'tha dharmātmā madvitrasto mahāmuniḥ", "svayaṃ gatvā daśarathaṃ narendram idam abravīt"], "translation": "Then the righteous great sage Viśvāmitra, terrified of me, went in person to King Daśaratha and said this:", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s story of his first defeat"}
{"ref": "3.36.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 36, "verse": 4, "iast": ["ayaṃ rakṣatu māṃ rāmaḥ parvakāle samāhitaḥ", "mārīcān me bhayaṃ ghoraṃ samutpannaṃ nareśvara"], "translation": "'Let this Rāma, attentive, protect me at the time of the sacrifice; a terrible fear of Mārīca has arisen in me, O lord of men.'", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s story of his first defeat"}
{"ref": "3.36.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 36, "verse": 5, "iast": ["ity evam ukto dharmātmā rājā daśarathas tadā", "pratyuvāca mahābhāgaṃ viśvāmitraṃ mahāmunim"], "translation": "Thus addressed, the righteous King Daśaratha then replied to the greatly blessed great sage Viśvāmitra:", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s story of his first defeat"}
{"ref": "3.36.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 36, "verse": 6, "iast": ["ūna ṣoḍaśa varṣo 'yam akṛtāstraś ca rāghavaḥ", "kāmaṃ tu mama yat sainyaṃ mayā saha gamiṣyati", "badhiṣyāmi muniśreṣṭha śatruṃ tava yathepsitam"], "translation": "'This Rāghava is not yet sixteen years old and untrained in arms; but if you wish, the army that is mine shall go with me, and I will slay your enemy as you desire, O best of sages.'", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s story of his first defeat"}
{"ref": "3.36.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 36, "verse": 7, "iast": ["ity evam uktaḥ sa munī rājānaṃ punar abravīt", "rāmān nānyad balaṃ loke paryāptaṃ tasya rakṣasaḥ"], "translation": "Thus addressed, the sage spoke to the king again: 'No power in the world other than Rāma is a match for that rākṣasa.'", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s story of his first defeat"}
{"ref": "3.36.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 36, "verse": 8, "iast": ["bālo 'py eṣa mahātejāḥ samarthas tasya nigrahe", "gamiṣye rāmam ādāya svasti te 'stu paraṃtapaḥ"], "translation": "'Though a boy, this one of great splendour is able to subdue him; I shall go, taking Rāma. May it be well with you, O scorcher of foes.'", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s story of his first defeat"}
{"ref": "3.36.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 36, "verse": 9, "iast": ["ity evam uktvā sa munis tam ādāya nṛpātmajam", "jagāma paramaprīto viśvāmitraḥ svam āśramam"], "translation": "Having spoken thus, the sage Viśvāmitra, greatly pleased, took that king's son and went to his own hermitage.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s story of his first defeat"}
{"ref": "3.36.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 36, "verse": 10, "iast": ["taṃ tadā daṇḍakāraṇye yajñam uddiśya dīkṣitam", "babhūvāvasthito rāmaś citraṃ visphārayan dhanuḥ"], "translation": "Then, in the Daṇḍaka forest, Rāma stood guard over him (the sage) consecrated for the sacrifice, twanging his wondrous bow.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s story of his first defeat"}
{"ref": "3.36.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 36, "verse": 11, "iast": ["ajātavyañjanaḥ śrīmān bālaḥ śyāmaḥ śubhekṣaṇaḥ", "ekavastradharo dhanvī śikhī kanakamālayā"], "translation": "Glorious, still beardless, a boy, dark-hued, with lovely eyes, wearing a single garment, an archer, with a topknot and a golden chain,", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s story of his first defeat"}
{"ref": "3.36.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 36, "verse": 12, "iast": ["śobhayan daṇḍakāraṇyaṃ dīptena svena tejasā", "adṛśyata tadā rāmo bālacandra ivoditaḥ"], "translation": "illumining the Daṇḍaka forest with his own blazing splendour, Rāma then appeared like the risen young moon.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s story of his first defeat"}
{"ref": "3.36.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 36, "verse": 13, "iast": ["tato 'haṃ meghasaṃkāśas taptakāñcanakuṇḍalaḥ", "balī dattavaro darpād ājagāma tadāśramam"], "translation": "Then I, resembling a cloud, with earrings of refined gold, mighty and granted a boon, came in my arrogance to that hermitage.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s story of his first defeat"}
{"ref": "3.36.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 36, "verse": 14, "iast": ["tena dṛṣṭaḥ praviṣṭo 'haṃ sahasaivodyatāyudhaḥ", "māṃ tu dṛṣṭvā dhanuḥ sajyam asaṃbhrāntaś cakāra ha"], "translation": "Seen by him as I entered, suddenly with weapon upraised—but on seeing me, unshaken, he strung his bow.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s story of his first defeat"}
{"ref": "3.36.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 36, "verse": 15, "iast": ["avajānann ahaṃ mohād bālo 'yam iti rāghavam", "viśvāmitrasya tāṃ vedim adhyadhāvaṃ kṛtatvaraḥ"], "translation": "Despising Rāghava out of folly, thinking 'This is a mere boy,' I rushed in haste towards that altar of Viśvāmitra.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s story of his first defeat"}
{"ref": "3.36.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 36, "verse": 16, "iast": ["tena muktas tato bāṇaḥ śitaḥ śatrunibarhaṇaḥ", "tenāhaṃ tāḍitaḥ kṣiptaḥ samudre śatayojane"], "translation": "Then a sharp, foe-crushing arrow was loosed by him; struck by it, I was flung into the sea, a hundred yojanas away.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s story of his first defeat"}
{"ref": "3.36.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 36, "verse": 17, "iast": ["rāmasya śaravegena nirasto bhrāntacetanaḥ", "pātito 'haṃ tadā tena gambhīre sāgarāmbhasi", "prāpya saṃjñāṃ cirāt tāta laṅkāṃ prati gataḥ purīm"], "translation": "Cast away by the force of Rāma's arrow, my senses reeling, I was then hurled by him into the deep waters of the ocean; regaining consciousness after a long time, my dear, I made my way to the city of Laṅkā.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s story of his first defeat"}
{"ref": "3.36.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 36, "verse": 18, "iast": ["evam asmi tadā muktaḥ sahāyās te nipātitāḥ", "akṛtāstreṇa rāmeṇa bālenākliṣṭakarmaṇā"], "translation": "Thus was I then let off; but your companions were struck down by Rāma—a boy, untrained in arms, of untiring deeds.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s story of his first defeat"}
{"ref": "3.36.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 36, "verse": 19, "iast": ["tan mayā vāryamāṇas tvaṃ yadi rāmeṇa vigraham", "kariṣyasy āpadaṃ ghorāṃ kṣipraṃ prāpya naśiṣyasi"], "translation": "Therefore, though restrained by me, if you make war with Rāma, you will swiftly meet with terrible calamity and perish.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s story of his first defeat"}
{"ref": "3.36.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 36, "verse": 20, "iast": ["krīḍā ratividhijñānāṃ samājotsavaśālinām", "rakṣasāṃ caiva saṃtāpam anarthaṃ cāhariṣyasi"], "translation": "And you will bring grief and ruin upon the rākṣasas—those versed in the ways of sport and love, who delight in assemblies and festivals.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s story of his first defeat"}
{"ref": "3.36.21", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 36, "verse": 21, "iast": ["harmyaprāsādasaṃbādhāṃ nānāratnavibhūuṣitām", "drakṣyasi tvaṃ purīṃ laṅkāṃ vinaṣṭāṃ maithilīkṛte"], "translation": "You will see the city of Laṅkā—crowded with mansions and palaces, adorned with jewels of every kind—brought to ruin for the sake of Maithilī.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s story of his first defeat"}
{"ref": "3.36.22", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 36, "verse": 22, "iast": ["akurvanto 'pi pāpāni śucayaḥ pāpasaṃśrayāt", "parapāpair vinaśyanti matsyā nāgahrade yathā"], "translation": "Even the innocent, who do no wrong, perish through consorting with the wicked, by the sins of others—like the fish in the serpent's pool.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s story of his first defeat"}
{"ref": "3.36.23", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 36, "verse": 23, "iast": ["divyacandanadigdhāṅgān divyābharaṇabhūṣitān", "drakṣyasy abhihatān bhūmau tava doṣāt tu rākṣasān"], "translation": "You will see the rākṣasas—their limbs smeared with divine sandal-paste, adorned with heavenly ornaments—struck down upon the ground through your fault.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s story of his first defeat"}
{"ref": "3.36.24", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 36, "verse": 24, "iast": ["hṛtadārān sadārāṃś ca daśavidravato diśaḥ", "hataśeṣān aśaraṇān drakṣyasi tvaṃ niśācarān"], "translation": "You will see the night-rangers—some robbed of their wives, some with their wives—fleeing in all ten directions, the survivors of the slaughter, helpless.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s story of his first defeat"}
{"ref": "3.36.25", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 36, "verse": 25, "iast": ["śarajālaparikṣiptām agnijvālāsamāvṛtām", "pradagdhabhavanāṃ laṅkāṃ drakṣyasi tvam asaṃśayam"], "translation": "Without doubt you will see Laṅkā encircled by a net of arrows, wrapped in flames of fire, its houses burnt down.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s story of his first defeat"}
{"ref": "3.36.26", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 36, "verse": 26, "iast": ["pramadānāṃ sahasrāṇi tava rājan parigrahaḥ", "bhava svadāranirataḥ svakulaṃ rakṣarākṣasa"], "translation": "Thousands of women, O king, are your possession; be content with your own wives, and protect your own house, O rākṣasa.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s story of his first defeat"}
{"ref": "3.36.27", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 36, "verse": 27, "iast": ["mānaṃ vṛddhiṃ ca rājyaṃ ca jīvitaṃ ceṣṭam iātmanaḥ", "yadīcchasi ciraṃ bhoktuṃ mā kṛthā rāma vipriyam"], "translation": "If you wish long to enjoy honour, prosperity, kingship, and your own dear life, do not do what is displeasing to Rāma.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s story of his first defeat"}
{"ref": "3.36.28", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 36, "verse": 28, "iast": ["nivāryamāṇaḥ suhṛdā mayā bhṛśaṃ prasahya sītāṃ yadi dharṣayiṣyasi", "gamiṣyasi kṣīṇabalaḥ sabāndhavo yamakṣayaṃ rāmaśarāttajīvitaḥ"], "translation": "Though earnestly restrained by me, your well-wisher, if you violently assault Sītā, you will go—your strength drained, with your kinsmen—to the abode of Yama, your life seized by Rāma's arrows.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s story of his first defeat"}
{"ref": "3.37.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 37, "verse": 1, "iast": ["evam asmi tadā muktaḥ kathaṃ cit tena saṃyuge", "idānīm api yad vṛttaṃ tac chṛṇuṣva yad uttaram"], "translation": "Thus was I somehow let off by him then in the battle; now hear also what happened afterwards.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s second defeat and terror"}
{"ref": "3.37.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 37, "verse": 2, "iast": ["rākṣasābhyām ahaṃ dvābhyām anirviṇṇas tathā kṛtaḥ", "sahito mṛgarūpābhyāṃ praviṣṭo daṇḍakāvanam"], "translation": "Undeterred, though so treated, I entered the Daṇḍaka forest together with two rākṣasas in the form of deer.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s second defeat and terror"}
{"ref": "3.37.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 37, "verse": 3, "iast": ["dīptajihvo mahākāyas tīkṣṇaśṛṇgo mahābalaḥ", "vyacaran daṇḍakāraṇyaṃ māṃsabhakṣo mahāmṛgaḥ"], "translation": "With flaming tongue, huge body, sharp horns, and great strength, a great deer feeding on flesh, I roamed the Daṇḍaka forest,", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s second defeat and terror"}
{"ref": "3.37.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 37, "verse": 4, "iast": ["agnihotreṣu tīrtheṣu caityavṛkṣeṣu rāvaṇa", "atyantaghoro vyacaraṃs tāpasāṃs tān pradharṣayan"], "translation": "exceedingly fearsome, O Rāvaṇa, I roamed among the sacrificial fires, the holy fords, and the sanctuary-trees, harassing those ascetics.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s second defeat and terror"}
{"ref": "3.37.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 37, "verse": 5, "iast": ["nihatya daṇḍakāraṇye tāpasān dharmacāriṇaḥ", "rudhirāṇi pibaṃs teṣāṃ tathā māṃsāni bhakṣayan"], "translation": "Killing in the Daṇḍaka forest the ascetics who practised dharma, drinking their blood and likewise eating their flesh,", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s second defeat and terror"}
{"ref": "3.37.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 37, "verse": 6, "iast": ["ṛṣimāṃsāśanaḥ krūras trāsayan vanagocarān", "tadā rudhiramatto 'haṃ vyacaraṃ daṇḍakāvanam"], "translation": "a cruel eater of the flesh of sages, terrifying the forest-dwellers, then, drunk with blood, I roamed the Daṇḍaka forest.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s second defeat and terror"}
{"ref": "3.37.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 37, "verse": 7, "iast": ["tadāhaṃ daṇḍakāraṇye vicaran dharmadūṣakaḥ", "āsādayaṃ tadā rāmaṃ tāpasaṃ dharmam āśritam"], "translation": "Then, wandering in the Daṇḍaka forest, a defiler of dharma, I came upon Rāma, living as an ascetic, devoted to dharma,", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s second defeat and terror"}
{"ref": "3.37.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 37, "verse": 8, "iast": ["vaidehīṃ ca mahābhāgāṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ ca mahāratham", "tāpasaṃ niyatāhāraṃ sarvabhūtahite ratam"], "translation": "and the greatly blessed Vaidehī, and Lakṣmaṇa the great chariot-warrior—an ascetic of restrained diet, devoted to the welfare of all creatures.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s second defeat and terror"}
{"ref": "3.37.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 37, "verse": 9, "iast": ["so 'haṃ vanagataṃ rāmaṃ paribhūya mahābalam", "tāpaso 'yam iti jñātvā pūrvavairam anusmaran"], "translation": "So I, holding in contempt the mighty Rāma who had gone to the forest, thinking 'This is (only) an ascetic,' and recalling my former enmity,", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s second defeat and terror"}
{"ref": "3.37.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 37, "verse": 10, "iast": ["abhyadhāvaṃ susaṃkruddhas tīkṣṇaśṛṅgo mṛgākṛtiḥ", "jighāṃsur akṛtaprajñas taṃ prahāram anusmaran"], "translation": "rushed at him in great fury, sharp-horned, in the form of a deer, senseless, bent on killing, remembering that (earlier) blow.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s second defeat and terror"}
{"ref": "3.37.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 37, "verse": 11, "iast": ["tena muktās trayo bāṇāḥ śitāḥ śatrunibarhaṇāḥ", "vikṛṣya balavac cāpaṃ suparṇānilatulyagāḥ"], "translation": "Drawing his bow with force, he loosed three sharp, foe-crushing arrows, flying swift as Garuḍa and the wind,", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s second defeat and terror"}
{"ref": "3.37.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 37, "verse": 12, "iast": ["te bāṇā vajrasaṃkāśāḥ sughorā raktabhojanāḥ", "ājagmuḥ sahitāḥ sarve trayaḥ saṃnataparvaṇaḥ"], "translation": "those arrows, like thunderbolts, most terrible, blood-drinking, all three came together, with well-jointed shafts.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s second defeat and terror"}
{"ref": "3.37.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 37, "verse": 13, "iast": ["parākramajño rāmasya śaṭho dṛṣṭabhayaḥ purā", "samutkrāntas tato muktas tāv ubhau rākṣasau hatau"], "translation": "Knowing Rāma's prowess, crafty, and having tasted his terror before, I sprang away and thus escaped; but those two rākṣasas were slain.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s second defeat and terror"}
{"ref": "3.37.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 37, "verse": 14, "iast": ["śareṇa mukto rāmasya kathaṃ cit prāpya jīvitam", "iha pravrājito yuktas tāpaso 'haṃ samāhitaḥ"], "translation": "Spared from Rāma's arrow, somehow keeping my life, retired here, disciplined, I have become an ascetic, composed of mind.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s second defeat and terror"}
{"ref": "3.37.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 37, "verse": 15, "iast": ["vṛkṣe vṛkṣe hi paśyāmi cīrakṛṣṇājināmbaram", "gṛhītadhanuṣaṃ rāmaṃ pāśahastam ivāntakam"], "translation": "For at every tree I see Rāma, clad in bark-cloth and black antelope-skin, bow in hand, like Death (Antaka) with his noose.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s second defeat and terror"}
{"ref": "3.37.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 37, "verse": 16, "iast": ["api rāmasahasrāṇi bhītaḥ paśyāmi rāvaṇa", "rāmabhūtam idaṃ sarvam araṇyaṃ pratibhāti me"], "translation": "In my fear I see thousands of Rāmas, O Rāvaṇa; this whole forest appears to me to have become Rāma.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s second defeat and terror"}
{"ref": "3.37.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 37, "verse": 17, "iast": ["rāmam eva hi paśyāmi rahite rākṣaseśvara", "dṛṣṭvā svapnagataṃ rāmam udbhramāmi vicetanaḥ"], "translation": "In a lonely place I see Rāma and nothing else, O lord of rākṣasas; seeing Rāma come in a dream, I start up, out of my senses.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s second defeat and terror"}
{"ref": "3.37.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 37, "verse": 18, "iast": ["rakārādīni nāmāni rāmatrastasya rāvaṇa", "ratnāni ca rathāś caiva trāsaṃ saṃjanayanti me"], "translation": "Names beginning with the syllable 'ra,' O Rāvaṇa, terrify me who dread Rāma—even 'ratna' (jewel) and 'ratha' (chariot) fill me with fright.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s second defeat and terror"}
{"ref": "3.37.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 37, "verse": 19, "iast": ["ahaṃ tasya prabhāvajño na yuddhaṃ tena te kṣamam", "raṇe rāmeṇa yudhyasva kṣamāṃ vā kuru rākṣasa", "na te rāmakathā kāryā yadi māṃ draṣṭum icchasi"], "translation": "I know his power; war with him is not fitting for you. Either fight Rāma in battle, or make peace, O rākṣasa; but you must not talk to me of Rāma, if you wish to see me (alive).", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s second defeat and terror"}
{"ref": "3.37.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 37, "verse": 20, "iast": ["idaṃ vaco bandhuhitārthinā mayā yathocyamānaṃ yadi nābhipatsyase", "sabāndhavas tyakṣyasi jīvitaṃ raṇe hato 'dya rāmeṇa śarair ajihmagaiḥ"], "translation": "If you will not heed this counsel, spoken by me who seek the good of my kin, then, with your kinsmen, you will lose your life in battle, slain today by Rāma with his straight-flying arrows.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s second defeat and terror"}
{"ref": "3.38.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 38, "verse": 1, "iast": ["mārīcena tu tad vākyaṃ kṣamaṃ yuktaṃ ca rāvaṇaḥ", "ukto na pratijagrāha martukāma ivauṣadham"], "translation": "Though addressed by Mārīca with those words, fitting and proper, Rāvaṇa did not accept them, like a man wishing to die (refusing) his medicine.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa compels Mārīca"}
{"ref": "3.38.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 38, "verse": 2, "iast": ["taṃ pathyahitavaktāraṃ mārīcaṃ rākṣasādhipaḥ", "abravīt paruṣaṃ vākyam ayuktaṃ kālacoditaḥ"], "translation": "To that Mārīca, who spoke what was wholesome and beneficial, the lord of rākṣasas, driven by fate, spoke harsh and unfitting words:", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa compels Mārīca"}
{"ref": "3.38.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 38, "verse": 3, "iast": ["yat kilaitad ayuktārthaṃ mārīca mayi kathyate", "vākyaṃ niṣphalam atyarthaṃ bījam uptam ivoṣare"], "translation": "This unreasonable thing that is being said to me, Mārīca, is utterly fruitless talk, like seed sown in barren soil.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa compels Mārīca"}
{"ref": "3.38.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 38, "verse": 4, "iast": ["tvadvākyair na tu māṃ śakyaṃ bhettuṃ rāmasya saṃyuge", "pāpaśīlasya mūrkhasya mānuṣasya viśeṣataḥ"], "translation": "By your words I cannot be turned aside from battle with Rāma—least of all from a man of evil character, a mere fool.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa compels Mārīca"}
{"ref": "3.38.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 38, "verse": 5, "iast": ["yas tyaktvā suhṛdo rājyaṃ mātaraṃ pitaraṃ tathā", "strīvākyaṃ prākṛtaṃ śrutvā vanam ekapade gataḥ"], "translation": "who, forsaking friends, kingdom, mother, and father, on hearing the vulgar word of a woman, went off to the forest in a single step.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa compels Mārīca"}
{"ref": "3.38.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 38, "verse": 6, "iast": ["avaśyaṃ tu mayā tasya saṃyuge kharaghātinaḥ", "prāṇaiḥ priyatarā sītā hartavyā tava saṃnidhau"], "translation": "But I must surely, in your presence, carry off Sītā, who is dearer than life to that slayer of Khara in battle.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa compels Mārīca"}
{"ref": "3.38.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 38, "verse": 7, "iast": ["evaṃ me niścitā buddhir hṛdi mārīca vartate", "na vyāvartayituṃ śakyā sendrair api surāsuraiḥ"], "translation": "Such is the resolve fixed in my heart, Mārīca; it cannot be turned aside even by the gods and asuras together with Indra.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa compels Mārīca"}
{"ref": "3.38.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 38, "verse": 8, "iast": ["doṣaṃ guṇaṃ vā saṃpṛṣṭas tvam evaṃ vaktum arhasi", "apāyaṃ vāpy upāyaṃ vā kāryasyāsya viniścane"], "translation": "When consulted about the fault or the merit, you ought to speak fittingly—about the drawback or the means in deciding this undertaking.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa compels Mārīca"}
{"ref": "3.38.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 38, "verse": 9, "iast": ["saṃpṛṣṭena tu vaktavyaṃ sacivena vipaścitā", "udyatāñjalinā rājño ya icched bhūtim ātmanaḥ"], "translation": "A wise minister, when consulted, must speak to the king with palms raised in salutation, if he desires his own welfare.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa compels Mārīca"}
{"ref": "3.38.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 38, "verse": 10, "iast": ["vākyam apratikūlaṃ tu mṛdupūrvaṃ śubhaṃ hitam", "upacāreṇa yuktaṃ ca vaktavyo vasudhādhipaḥ"], "translation": "The lord of the earth must be addressed with words that are not disagreeable, gentle, auspicious, beneficial, and coupled with courtesy.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa compels Mārīca"}
{"ref": "3.38.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 38, "verse": 11, "iast": ["sāvamardaṃ tu yad vākyaṃ mārīca hitam ucyate", "nābhinandati tad rājā mānārho mānavarjitam"], "translation": "But a word that, however beneficial, Mārīca, is spoken with a slight—that a king worthy of honour, being thus stripped of honour, does not welcome.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa compels Mārīca"}
{"ref": "3.38.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 38, "verse": 12, "iast": ["pañcarūpāṇi rājāno dhārayanty amitaujasaḥ", "agner indrasya somasya yamasya varuṇasya ca", "auṣṇyaṃ tathā vikramaṃ ca saumyaṃ daṇḍaṃ prasannatām"], "translation": "Kings of boundless energy bear five forms—of Agni, Indra, Soma, Yama, and Varuṇa: heat, valour, mildness, punishment, and graciousness.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa compels Mārīca"}
{"ref": "3.38.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 38, "verse": 13, "iast": ["tasmāt sarvāsv avasthāsu mānyāḥ pūjyāś ca pārthivāḥ", "tvaṃ tu dharmam avijñāya kevalaṃ moham āsthitaḥ"], "translation": "Therefore in all conditions kings are to be revered and honoured; but you, not understanding the law, are wholly given over to delusion.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa compels Mārīca"}
{"ref": "3.38.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 38, "verse": 14, "iast": ["abhyāgataṃ māṃ daurātmyāt paruṣaṃ vadasīdṛśam", "guṇadoṣau na pṛcchāmi kṣamaṃ cātmani rākṣasa", "asmiṃs tu sa bhavān kṛtye sāhāryyaṃ kartum arhasi"], "translation": "Out of malice you speak such harsh words to me, who have come to you (as a guest); I ask you neither about merits and faults nor about what is fitting for me, O rākṣasa; but your honour must render assistance in this task.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa compels Mārīca"}
{"ref": "3.38.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 38, "verse": 15, "iast": ["sauvarṇas tvaṃ mṛgo bhūtvā citro rajatabindubhiḥ", "pralobhayitvā vaidehīṃ yatheṣṭaṃ gantum arhasi"], "translation": "Becoming a golden deer, dappled with silver spots, and having enticed Vaidehī, you may then go where you please.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa compels Mārīca"}
{"ref": "3.38.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 38, "verse": 16, "iast": ["tvāṃ tu māyā mṛgaṃ dṛṣṭvā kāñcanaṃ jātavismayā", "ānayainam iti kṣipraṃ rāmaṃ vakṣyati maithilī"], "translation": "Seeing you as a golden illusion-deer, Maithilī, filled with wonder, will quickly say to Rāma, 'Fetch this one!'", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa compels Mārīca"}
{"ref": "3.38.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 38, "verse": 17, "iast": ["apakrānte ca kākutsthe lakṣmaṇe ca yathāsukham", "ānayiṣyāmi vaidehīṃ sahasrākṣaḥ śacīm iva"], "translation": "And when Kākutstha and Lakṣmaṇa have gone away, I shall carry off Vaidehī at my ease, as the thousand-eyed one carried off Śacī.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa compels Mārīca"}
{"ref": "3.38.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 38, "verse": 18, "iast": ["evaṃ kṛtvā tv idaṃ kāryaṃ yatheṣṭaṃ gaccha rākṣasa", "rājyasyārdhaṃ pradāsyāmi mārīca tava suvrata"], "translation": "Having thus done this deed, go where you please, O rākṣasa; I will give you half my kingdom, Mārīca, O man of good vows.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa compels Mārīca"}
{"ref": "3.38.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 38, "verse": 19, "iast": ["gaccha saumya śivaṃ mārgaṃ kāryasyāsya vivṛddhaye", "prāpya sītām ayuddhena vañcayitvā tu rāghavam", "laṅkāṃ prati gamiṣyāmi kṛtakāryaḥ saha tvayā"], "translation": "Go, gentle one, by an auspicious road, for the furtherance of this task; having won Sītā without a fight, deceiving Rāghava, I shall return to Laṅkā, my object accomplished, together with you.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa compels Mārīca"}
{"ref": "3.38.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 38, "verse": 20, "iast": ["etat kāryam avaśyaṃ me balād api kariṣyasi", "rājño hi pratikūlastho na jātu sukham edhate"], "translation": "This task of mine you shall do, even by force if need be; for one who stands opposed to a king never prospers in ease.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa compels Mārīca"}
{"ref": "3.38.21", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 38, "verse": 21, "iast": ["āsādyā taṃ jīvitasaṃśayas te mṛtyur dhruvo hy adya mayā virudhya", "etad yathāvat parigṛhya buddhyā yad atra pathyaṃ kuru tat tathā tvam"], "translation": "On encountering him, your life would be at risk; but by opposing me, your death today is certain. Grasping this rightly with your mind, do here whatever is best.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa compels Mārīca"}
{"ref": "3.39.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 39, "verse": 1, "iast": ["ājñapto rājavad vākyaṃ pratikūlaṃ niśācaraḥ", "abravīt paruṣaṃ vākyaṃ mārīco rākṣasādhipam"], "translation": "Commanded in kingly fashion with those adverse words, the night-ranger Mārīca spoke harsh words to the lord of rākṣasas:", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s final warning"}
{"ref": "3.39.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 39, "verse": 2, "iast": ["kenāyam upadiṣṭas te vināśaḥ pāpakarmaṇā", "saputrasya sarāṣṭrasya sāmātyasya niśācara"], "translation": "By what evil-doer was this destruction of you counselled—of you together with your sons, your kingdom, and your ministers, O night-ranger?", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s final warning"}
{"ref": "3.39.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 39, "verse": 3, "iast": ["kas tvayā sukhinā rājan nābhinandati pāpakṛt", "kenedam upadiṣṭaṃ te mṛtyudvāram upāyataḥ"], "translation": "Which evil-doer, O king, does not rejoice at your (ruin, while you rest) content? By whom has this gateway to death been craftily pointed out to you?", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s final warning"}
{"ref": "3.39.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 39, "verse": 4, "iast": ["śatravas tava suvyaktaṃ hīnavīryā niśācara", "icchanti tvāṃ vinaśyantam uparuddhaṃ balīyasā"], "translation": "Clearly, O night-ranger, your enemies of feeble strength wish you to perish, checked (as you will be) by one mightier than you.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s final warning"}
{"ref": "3.39.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 39, "verse": 5, "iast": ["kenedam upadiṣṭaṃ te kṣudreṇāhitavādinā", "yas tvām icchati naśyantaṃ svakṛtena niśācara"], "translation": "By what mean, ill-speaking one was this counselled to you—one who wishes you to perish by your own deed, O night-ranger?", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s final warning"}
{"ref": "3.39.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 39, "verse": 6, "iast": ["vadhyāḥ khalu na hanyante sacivās tava rāvaṇa", "ye tvām utpatham ārūḍhaṃ na nigṛhṇanti sarvaśaḥ"], "translation": "Truly your ministers deserve death yet go unpunished, Rāvaṇa—those who do not by every means restrain you when you have taken to the wrong path.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s final warning"}
{"ref": "3.39.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 39, "verse": 7, "iast": ["amātyaiḥ kāmavṛtto hi rājā kāpatham āśritaḥ", "nigrāhyaḥ sarvathā sadbhir na nigrāhyo nigṛhyase"], "translation": "For a self-willed king who has taken to an evil road ought by all means to be restrained by good ministers; but you, though deserving restraint, go unrestrained.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s final warning"}
{"ref": "3.39.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 39, "verse": 8, "iast": ["dharmam arthaṃ ca kāmaṃ ca yaśaś ca jayatāṃ vara", "svāmiprasādāt sacivāḥ prāpnuvanti niśācara"], "translation": "Righteousness, wealth, pleasure, and fame, O best of conquerors, ministers obtain through the favour of their master, O night-ranger.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s final warning"}
{"ref": "3.39.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 39, "verse": 9, "iast": ["viparyaye tu tat sarvaṃ vyarthaṃ bhavati rāvaṇa", "vyasanaṃ svāmivaiguṇyāt prāpnuvantītare janāḥ"], "translation": "But in the reverse case all that becomes vain, Rāvaṇa; through the master's fault other people meet with disaster.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s final warning"}
{"ref": "3.39.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 39, "verse": 10, "iast": ["rājamūlo hi dharmaś ca jayaś ca jayatāṃ vara", "tasmāt sarvāsv avasthāsu rakṣitavyo narādhipaḥ"], "translation": "For both dharma and victory have the king as their root, O best of conquerors; therefore in all conditions the king must be protected.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s final warning"}
{"ref": "3.39.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 39, "verse": 11, "iast": ["rājyaṃ pālayituṃ śakyaṃ na tīkṣṇena niśācara", "na cāpi pratikūlena nāvinītena rākṣasa"], "translation": "A kingdom cannot be governed by a harsh (king), O night-ranger, nor by a perverse one, nor by an undisciplined one, O rākṣasa.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s final warning"}
{"ref": "3.39.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 39, "verse": 12, "iast": ["ye tīkṣṇamantrāḥ sacivā bhajyante saha tena vai", "viṣameṣu rathāḥ śīghraṃ mandasārathayo yathā"], "translation": "Ministers of harsh counsel are broken along with him (the king), just as chariots with poor charioteers are swiftly wrecked on rough ground.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s final warning"}
{"ref": "3.39.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 39, "verse": 13, "iast": ["bahavaḥ sādhavo loke yuktadharmam anuṣṭhitāḥ", "pareṣām aparādhena vinaṣṭāḥ saparicchadāḥ"], "translation": "Many virtuous men in the world, who followed the prescribed dharma, have perished with all their belongings through the offence of others.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s final warning"}
{"ref": "3.39.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 39, "verse": 14, "iast": ["svāminā pratikūlena prajās tīkṣṇena rāvaṇa", "rakṣyamāṇā na vardhante meṣā gomāyunā yathā"], "translation": "Guarded by a perverse and harsh master, Rāvaṇa, subjects do not thrive, like sheep guarded by a jackal.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s final warning"}
{"ref": "3.39.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 39, "verse": 15, "iast": ["avaśyaṃ vinaśiṣyanti sarve rāvaṇarākṣasāḥ", "yeṣāṃ tvaṃ karkaśo rājā durbuddhir ajitendriyaḥ"], "translation": "Assuredly all the rākṣasas of Rāvaṇa will perish—those whose king you are, harsh, of evil mind, and with unsubdued senses.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s final warning"}
{"ref": "3.39.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 39, "verse": 16, "iast": ["tad idaṃ kākatālīyaṃ ghoram āsāditaṃ tvayā", "atra kiṃ śobhanaṃ yat tvaṃ sasainyo vinaśiṣyasi"], "translation": "This terrible disaster, come by mere chance, you have brought upon yourself; what good is there in this—that you, together with your army, shall perish?", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s final warning"}
{"ref": "3.39.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 39, "verse": 17, "iast": ["māṃ nihatya tu rāmo 'sau nacirāt tvāṃ vadhiṣyati", "anena kṛtakṛtyo 'smi mriye yad ariṇā hataḥ"], "translation": "When that Rāma has slain me, he will before long slay you too; by this at least I am fulfilled—that I die slain by an enemy.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s final warning"}
{"ref": "3.39.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 39, "verse": 18, "iast": ["darśanād eva rāmasya hataṃ mām upadhāraya", "ātmānaṃ ca hataṃ viddhi hṛtvā sītāṃ sabāndhavam"], "translation": "Regard me as slain at the very sight of Rāma; and once you have carried off Sītā, know yourself, with your kinsmen, as slain.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s final warning"}
{"ref": "3.39.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 39, "verse": 19, "iast": ["ānayiṣyāmi cet sītām āśramāt sahito mayā", "naiva tvam asi naivāhaṃ naiva laṅkā na rākṣasāḥ"], "translation": "If I shall bring Sītā from the hermitage together with you, then neither will you exist, nor I, nor Laṅkā, nor the rākṣasas.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s final warning"}
{"ref": "3.39.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 39, "verse": 20, "iast": ["nivāryamāṇas tu mayā hitaiṣiṇā na mṛṣyase vākyam idaṃ niśācara", "paretakalpā hi gatāyuṣo narā hitaṃ na gṛhṇanti suhṛdbhir īritam"], "translation": "Though restrained by me who wish you well, you will not brook this word, O night-ranger; for men whose life is spent, all but dead, do not heed the good counsel urged by their friends.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s final warning"}
{"ref": "3.40.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 40, "verse": 1, "iast": ["evam uktvā tu paruṣaṃ mārīco rāvaṇo tataḥ", "gacchāvety abravīd dīno bhayād rātriṃcaraprabhoḥ"], "translation": "Having thus spoken harshly, Mārīca, wretched with fear of the lord of the night-rangers, then said to Rāvaṇa, 'Let us go.'", "sarga_title": "The golden deer appears"}
{"ref": "3.40.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 40, "verse": 2, "iast": ["dṛṣṭāś cāhaṃ punas tena śaracāpāsidhāriṇā", "madvidhodyataśastreṇa vinaṣṭaṃ jīvitaṃ ca me"], "translation": "If I am seen again by him—wielder of arrow, bow, and sword, who raises his weapon against ones like me—then my life is lost.", "sarga_title": "The golden deer appears"}
{"ref": "3.40.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 40, "verse": 3, "iast": ["kiṃ tu kartuṃ mayā śakyam evaṃ tvayi durātmani", "eṣa gacchāmy ahaṃ tāta svasti te 'stu niśācaraḥ"], "translation": "But what can I do, when you are so wicked? Here I, the night-ranger, go, my dear; may it be well with you.", "sarga_title": "The golden deer appears"}
{"ref": "3.40.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 40, "verse": 4, "iast": ["prahṛṣṭas tv abhavat tena vacanena sa rākṣasaḥ", "pariṣvajya susaṃśliṣṭam idaṃ vacanam abravīt"], "translation": "At these words that rākṣasa (Rāvaṇa) was delighted, and clasping (Mārīca) in a close embrace, spoke thus:", "sarga_title": "The golden deer appears"}
{"ref": "3.40.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 40, "verse": 5, "iast": ["etac chauṇḍīryayuktaṃ te macchabdād iva bhāṣitam", "idānīm asi mārīcaḥ pūrvam anyo niśācaraḥ"], "translation": "This valorous speech of yours is spoken as though at my very word; now you are (the true) Mārīca—before, you were some other night-ranger.", "sarga_title": "The golden deer appears"}
{"ref": "3.40.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 40, "verse": 6, "iast": ["āruhyatām ayaṃ śīghraṃ khago ratnavibhūṣitaḥ", "mayā saha ratho yuktaḥ piśācavadanaiḥ kharaiḥ"], "translation": "Let this sky-going chariot, adorned with gems, yoked with goblin-faced mules, be mounted quickly along with me.", "sarga_title": "The golden deer appears"}
{"ref": "3.40.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 40, "verse": 7, "iast": ["tato rāvaṇamārīcau vimānam iva taṃ ratham", "āruhya yayatuḥ śīghraṃ tasmād āśramamaṇḍalāt"], "translation": "Then Rāvaṇa and Mārīca, mounting that chariot, which was like a celestial car, went swiftly from that circle of hermitages,", "sarga_title": "The golden deer appears"}
{"ref": "3.40.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 40, "verse": 8, "iast": ["tathaiva tatra paśyantau pattanāni vanāni ca", "girīṃś ca saritaḥ sarvā rāṣṭrāṇi nagarāṇi ca"], "translation": "gazing, as they went, upon cities and forests, and mountains and all the rivers, kingdoms and towns,", "sarga_title": "The golden deer appears"}
{"ref": "3.40.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 40, "verse": 9, "iast": ["sametya daṇḍakāraṇyaṃ rāghavasyāśramaṃ tataḥ", "dadarśa sahamarīco rāvaṇo rākṣasādhipaḥ"], "translation": "Reaching the Daṇḍaka forest, Rāvaṇa, lord of rākṣasas, together with Mārīca, then beheld the hermitage of Rāghava.", "sarga_title": "The golden deer appears"}
{"ref": "3.40.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 40, "verse": 10, "iast": ["avatīrya rathāt tasmāt tataḥ kāñcanabhūṣaṇāt", "haste gṛhītvā mārīcaṃ rāvaṇo vākyam abravīt"], "translation": "Descending from that gold-adorned chariot, then, taking Mārīca by the hand, Rāvaṇa spoke these words:", "sarga_title": "The golden deer appears"}
{"ref": "3.40.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 40, "verse": 11, "iast": ["etad rāmāśramapadaṃ dṛśyate kadalīvṛtam", "kriyatāṃ tat sakhe śīghraṃ yadarthaṃ vayam āgatāḥ"], "translation": "'This hermitage-ground of Rāma is seen, encircled by plantains; do quickly, my friend, that for which we have come.'", "sarga_title": "The golden deer appears"}
{"ref": "3.40.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 40, "verse": 12, "iast": ["sa rāvaṇavacaḥ śrutvā mārīco rākṣasas tadā", "mṛgo bhūtvāśramadvāri rāmasya vicacāra ha"], "translation": "Hearing Rāvaṇa's words, the rākṣasa Mārīca then, becoming a deer, roamed at the door of Rāma's hermitage.", "sarga_title": "The golden deer appears"}
{"ref": "3.40.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 40, "verse": 13, "iast": ["maṇipravaraśṛṅgāgraḥ sitāsitamukhākṛtiḥ", "raktapadmotpalamukha indranīlotpalaśravāḥ"], "translation": "with horn-tips of the choicest gems, his face marked black and white, his mouth like a red lotus and lily, his ears like sapphire-blue lilies,", "sarga_title": "The golden deer appears"}
{"ref": "3.40.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 40, "verse": 14, "iast": ["kiṃ cid abhyunnata grīva indranīlanibhodaraḥ", "madhūkanibhapārśvaś ca kañjakiñjalkasaṃnibhaḥ"], "translation": "his neck slightly raised, his belly gleaming like sapphire, his flanks like the madhūka flower, glowing like the filament of a lotus,", "sarga_title": "The golden deer appears"}
{"ref": "3.40.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 40, "verse": 15, "iast": ["vaidūryasaṃkāśakhuras tanujaṅghaḥ susaṃhataḥ", "indrāyudhasavarṇena pucchenordhvaṃ virājitaḥ"], "translation": "his hooves like lapis lazuli, his shanks slender, his body well-knit, made resplendent by an upraised tail coloured like the rainbow,", "sarga_title": "The golden deer appears"}
{"ref": "3.40.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 40, "verse": 16, "iast": ["manoharasnigdhavarṇo ratnair nānāvidhair vṛtaḥ", "kṣaṇena rākṣaso jāto mṛgaḥ paramaśobhanaḥ"], "translation": "of a lovely, glossy hue, covered with jewels of many kinds—in a moment the rākṣasa became a most beautiful deer.", "sarga_title": "The golden deer appears"}
{"ref": "3.40.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 40, "verse": 17, "iast": ["vanaṃ prajvalayan ramyaṃ rāmāśramapadaṃ ca tat", "manoharaṃ darśanīyaṃ rūpaṃ kṛtvā sa rākṣasaḥ"], "translation": "Lighting up the lovely forest and that hermitage-ground of Rāma, that rākṣasa, having taken on a form charming and fair to behold,", "sarga_title": "The golden deer appears"}
{"ref": "3.40.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 40, "verse": 18, "iast": ["pralobhanārthaṃ vaidehyā nānādhātuvicitritam", "vicaran gacchate samyak śādvalāni samantataḥ"], "translation": "in order to entice Vaidehī, variegated with minerals of every kind, roaming, moved gracefully over the grassy patches on every side.", "sarga_title": "The golden deer appears"}
{"ref": "3.40.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 40, "verse": 19, "iast": ["rūpyabinduśataiś citro bhūtvā ca priyadarśanaḥ", "viṭapīnāṃ kisalayān bhaṅktvādan vicacāra ha"], "translation": "Dappled with hundreds of silver spots and lovely to behold, breaking off the tender shoots of the trees and eating them, he roamed about.", "sarga_title": "The golden deer appears"}
{"ref": "3.40.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 40, "verse": 20, "iast": ["kadalīgṛhakaṃ gatvā karṇikārān itas tataḥ", "samāśrayan mandagatiḥ sītāsaṃdarśanaṃ tadā"], "translation": "Going to a plantain-bower and resorting here and there to the karṇikāra trees, with slow gait, he then came within Sītā's sight.", "sarga_title": "The golden deer appears"}
{"ref": "3.40.21", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 40, "verse": 21, "iast": ["rājīvacitrapṛṣṭhaḥ sa virarāja mahāmṛgaḥ", "rāmāśramapadābhyāśe vicacāra yathāsukham"], "translation": "That great deer, with a back dappled like a blue lotus, shone forth, and roamed at his ease near Rāma's hermitage.", "sarga_title": "The golden deer appears"}
{"ref": "3.40.22", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 40, "verse": 22, "iast": ["punar gatvā nivṛttaś ca vicacāra mṛgottamaḥ", "gatvā muhūrtaṃ tvarayā punaḥ pratinivartate"], "translation": "Going away and returning again, that best of deer roamed about; going off in haste for a moment, he would come back again.", "sarga_title": "The golden deer appears"}
{"ref": "3.40.23", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 40, "verse": 23, "iast": ["vikrīḍaṃś ca punar bhūmau punar eva niṣīdati", "āśramadvāram āgamya mṛgayūthāni gacchati"], "translation": "Frolicking on the ground, again and again he would sit down; coming to the hermitage door, he would go off to the herds of deer.", "sarga_title": "The golden deer appears"}
{"ref": "3.40.24", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 40, "verse": 24, "iast": ["mṛgayūthair anugataḥ punar eva nivartate", "sītādarśanam ākāṅkṣan rākṣaso mṛgatāṃ gataḥ"], "translation": "Followed by herds of deer, he would come back again—the rākṣasa in deer-form, longing for the sight of Sītā.", "sarga_title": "The golden deer appears"}
{"ref": "3.40.25", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 40, "verse": 25, "iast": ["paribhramati citrāṇi maṇḍalāni viniṣpatan", "samudvīkṣya ca sarve taṃ mṛgā ye 'nye vanecarāḥ"], "translation": "He wandered about, bounding off in brilliant circles; and all the other deer, forest-rangers, catching sight of him,", "sarga_title": "The golden deer appears"}
{"ref": "3.40.26", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 40, "verse": 26, "iast": ["upagamya samāghrāya vidravanti diśo daśa", "rākṣasaḥ so 'pi tān vanyān mṛgān mṛgavadhe rataḥ"], "translation": "approaching and smelling him, fled in the ten directions. And that rākṣasa too, though delighting in the slaughter of deer,", "sarga_title": "The golden deer appears"}
{"ref": "3.40.27", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 40, "verse": 27, "iast": ["pracchādanārthaṃ bhāvasya na bhakṣayati saṃspṛśan", "tasminn eva tataḥ kāle vaidehī śubhalocanā"], "translation": "in order to conceal his true nature, only touched them and did not eat. At that very time, then, Vaidehī of lovely eyes,", "sarga_title": "The golden deer appears"}
{"ref": "3.40.28", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 40, "verse": 28, "iast": ["kusumāpacaye vyagrā pādapān atyavartata", "karṇikārān aśokāṃś ca cūṭāṃś ca madirekṣaṇā"], "translation": "intent on gathering flowers, passed among the trees—karṇikāras, aśokas, and mango trees—she of intoxicating eyes,", "sarga_title": "The golden deer appears"}
{"ref": "3.40.29", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 40, "verse": 29, "iast": ["kusumāny apacinvantī cacāra rucirānanā", "anarhāraṇyavāsasya sā taṃ ratnamayaṃ mṛgam", "muktāmaṇivicitrāṅgaṃ dadarśa paramāṅganā"], "translation": "Gathering flowers, the fair-faced one wandered about; she, that peerless woman, wife of one who ill deserved to dwell in the forest, beheld that jewelled deer, its body variegated with pearls and gems.", "sarga_title": "The golden deer appears"}
{"ref": "3.40.30", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 40, "verse": 30, "iast": ["taṃ vai ruciradaṇtauṣṭhaṃ rūpyadhātutanūruham", "vismayotphullanayanā sasnehaṃ samudaikṣata"], "translation": "With eyes wide open in wonder, she gazed with fondness upon him—with lovely teeth and lips, his body-hair like silver ore.", "sarga_title": "The golden deer appears"}
{"ref": "3.40.31", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 40, "verse": 31, "iast": ["sa ca tāṃ rāma dayitāṃ paśyan māyāmayo mṛgaḥ", "vicacāra tatas tatra dīpayann iva tad vanam"], "translation": "And that illusory deer, seeing her, the beloved of Rāma, roamed there this way and that, as though setting the forest ablaze.", "sarga_title": "The golden deer appears"}
{"ref": "3.40.32", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 40, "verse": 32, "iast": ["adṛṣṭapūrvaṃ dṛṣṭvā taṃ nānāratnamayaṃ mṛgam", "vismayaṃ paramaṃ sītā jagāma janakātmajā"], "translation": "Seeing that deer, made of many jewels, never seen before, Sītā, the daughter of Janaka, fell into the utmost wonder.", "sarga_title": "The golden deer appears"}
{"ref": "3.41.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 41, "verse": 1, "iast": ["sā taṃ saṃprekṣya suśroṇī kusumāni vicinvatī", "hemarājata varṇābhyāṃ pārśvābhyām upaśobhitam"], "translation": "Beholding him—graced with two flanks of gold and silver hue—she, the fair-hipped one, while gathering flowers,", "sarga_title": "Rāma pursues the deer"}
{"ref": "3.41.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 41, "verse": 2, "iast": ["prahṛṣṭā cānavadyāṅgī mṛṣṭahāṭakavarṇinī", "bhartāram api cākrandal lakṣmaṇaṃ caiva sāyudham"], "translation": "delighted, she of flawless limbs, of the hue of polished gold, called out to her husband and to Lakṣmaṇa, who bore his weapons.", "sarga_title": "Rāma pursues the deer"}
{"ref": "3.41.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 41, "verse": 3, "iast": ["tayāhūtau naravyāghrau vaidehyā rāmalakṣmaṇau", "vīkṣamāṇau tu taṃ deśaṃ tadā dadṛśatur mṛgam"], "translation": "Called by Vaidehī, those two tigers among men, Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, looking over that spot, then saw the deer.", "sarga_title": "Rāma pursues the deer"}
{"ref": "3.41.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 41, "verse": 4, "iast": ["śaṅkamānas tu taṃ dṛṣṭvā lakṣmaṇo rāmam abravīt", "tam evainam ahaṃ manye mārīcaṃ rākṣasaṃ mṛgam"], "translation": "But Lakṣmaṇa, seeing it, grew suspicious and said to Rāma: 'This very one I take to be that rākṣasa Mārīca in deer-form.'", "sarga_title": "Rāma pursues the deer"}
{"ref": "3.41.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 41, "verse": 5, "iast": ["caranto mṛgayāṃ hṛṣṭāḥ pāpenopādhinā vane", "anena nihatā rāma rājānaḥ kāmarūpiṇā"], "translation": "By this one, who takes forms at will, through his wicked wiles, kings roaming the chase in delight in the forest have been slain, Rāma.", "sarga_title": "Rāma pursues the deer"}
{"ref": "3.41.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 41, "verse": 6, "iast": ["asya māyāvido māyā mṛgarūpam idaṃ kṛtam", "bhānumatpuruṣavyāghra gandharvapurasaṃnibham"], "translation": "This deer-form is the magic of this master of illusion, O radiant tiger among men—resembling a city of the gandharvas.", "sarga_title": "Rāma pursues the deer"}
{"ref": "3.41.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 41, "verse": 7, "iast": ["mṛgo hy evaṃvidho ratnavicitro nāsti rāghava", "jagatyāṃ jagatīnātha māyaiṣā hi na saṃśayaḥ"], "translation": "For such a deer, dappled with jewels, does not exist on earth, Rāghava; O lord of the earth, this is surely magic, no doubt.", "sarga_title": "Rāma pursues the deer"}
{"ref": "3.41.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 41, "verse": 8, "iast": ["evaṃ bruvāṇaṃ kākutsthaṃ prativārya śucismitā", "uvāca sītā saṃhṛṣṭā chadmanā hṛtacetanā"], "translation": "Checking the Kākutstha (Lakṣmaṇa) as he spoke thus, Sītā of the bright smile, greatly delighted, her wits stolen by the trick, said:", "sarga_title": "Rāma pursues the deer"}
{"ref": "3.41.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 41, "verse": 9, "iast": ["āryaputrābhirāmo 'sau mṛgo harati me manaḥ", "ānayainaṃ mahābāho krīḍārthaṃ no bhaviṣyati"], "translation": "'Noble husband, that lovely deer steals my heart; fetch it, O mighty-armed one—it shall be for our amusement.'", "sarga_title": "Rāma pursues the deer"}
{"ref": "3.41.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 41, "verse": 10, "iast": ["ihāśramapade 'smākaṃ bahavaḥ puṇyadarśanāḥ", "mṛgāś caranti sahitāś camarāḥ sṛmarās tathā"], "translation": "Here at our hermitage-ground many deer of auspicious appearance roam together—camaras and sṛmaras likewise,", "sarga_title": "Rāma pursues the deer"}
{"ref": "3.41.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 41, "verse": 11, "iast": ["ṛkṣāḥ pṛṣatasaṃghāś ca vānarāḥ kinarās tathā", "vicaranti mahābāho rūpaśreṣṭhā mahābalāḥ"], "translation": "bears, and herds of spotted deer, and monkeys, and kinnaras too, wander about, O mighty-armed one—of surpassing beauty and great strength;", "sarga_title": "Rāma pursues the deer"}
{"ref": "3.41.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 41, "verse": 12, "iast": ["na cāsya sadṛśo rājan dṛṣṭapūrvo mṛgaḥ purā", "tejasā kṣamayā dīptyā yathāyaṃ mṛgasattamaḥ"], "translation": "but never before, O prince, has a deer like this been seen—in splendour, gentleness, and radiance such as this best of deer.", "sarga_title": "Rāma pursues the deer"}
{"ref": "3.41.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 41, "verse": 13, "iast": ["nānāvarṇavicitrāṅgo ratnabindusamācitaḥ", "dyotayan vanam avyagraṃ śobhate śaśisaṃnibhaḥ"], "translation": "With his body variegated in many colours, studded with jewel-like spots, calmly lighting up the forest, he shines like the moon.", "sarga_title": "Rāma pursues the deer"}
{"ref": "3.41.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 41, "verse": 14, "iast": ["aho rūpam aho lakṣmīḥ svarasaṃpac ca śobhanā", "mṛgo 'dbhuto vicitro 'sau hṛdayaṃ haratīva me"], "translation": "Ah, what beauty! Ah, what grace, and what a lovely richness of voice! That wondrous, dappled deer fairly steals my heart.", "sarga_title": "Rāma pursues the deer"}
{"ref": "3.41.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 41, "verse": 15, "iast": ["yadi grahaṇam abhyeti jīvann eva mṛgas tava", "āścaryabhūtaṃ bhavati vismayaṃ janayiṣyati"], "translation": "If the deer comes into your capture alive, it will be a marvel and will excite wonder.", "sarga_title": "Rāma pursues the deer"}
{"ref": "3.41.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 41, "verse": 16, "iast": ["samāptavanavāsānāṃ rājyasthānāṃ ca naḥ punaḥ", "antaḥpuravibhūṣārtho mṛga eṣa bhaviṣyati"], "translation": "When our forest-dwelling is over and we are again established in the kingdom, this deer will serve to adorn the inner apartments.", "sarga_title": "Rāma pursues the deer"}
{"ref": "3.41.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 41, "verse": 17, "iast": ["bharatasyāryaputrasya śvaśrūṇāṃ mama ca prabho", "mṛgarūpam idaṃ divyaṃ vismayaṃ janayiṣyati"], "translation": "For Bharata, for the noble prince (you), for my mothers-in-law, and for me, O lord, this divine deer-form will produce wonder.", "sarga_title": "Rāma pursues the deer"}
{"ref": "3.41.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 41, "verse": 18, "iast": ["jīvan na yadi te 'bhyeti grahaṇaṃ mṛgasattamaḥ", "ajinaṃ naraśārdūla ruciraṃ me bhaviṣyati"], "translation": "If the best of deer does not come alive into your capture, then, O tiger among men, its lovely hide will be mine.", "sarga_title": "Rāma pursues the deer"}
{"ref": "3.41.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 41, "verse": 19, "iast": ["nihatasyāsya sattvasya jāmbūnadamayatvaci", "śaṣpabṛsyāṃ vinītāyām icchāmy aham upāsitum"], "translation": "When this creature is slain, I wish to sit upon its golden hide, spread over a couch of tender grass.", "sarga_title": "Rāma pursues the deer"}
{"ref": "3.41.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 41, "verse": 20, "iast": ["kāmavṛttam idaṃ raudraṃ strīṇām asadṛśaṃ matam", "vapuṣā tv asya sattvasya vismayo janito mama"], "translation": "This self-willed and savage (wish) is deemed unbecoming for women; yet by the beauty of this creature wonder has been stirred in me.", "sarga_title": "Rāma pursues the deer"}
{"ref": "3.41.21", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 41, "verse": 21, "iast": ["tena kāñcanaroṃṇā tu maṇipravaraśṛṅgiṇā", "taruṇādityavarṇena nakṣatrapathavarcasā", "babhūva rāghavasyāpi mano vismayam āgatam"], "translation": "And by that deer—golden-haired, with horns of choicest gems, of the colour of the young sun, radiant as the starry sky—even Rāghava's mind was filled with wonder.", "sarga_title": "Rāma pursues the deer"}
{"ref": "3.41.22", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 41, "verse": 22, "iast": ["evaṃ sītāvacaḥ śrutvā dṛṣṭvā ca mṛgam adbhutam", "uvāca rāghavo hṛṣṭo bhrātaraṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ vacaḥ"], "translation": "Thus hearing Sītā's words and seeing the wondrous deer, Rāghava, delighted, spoke these words to his brother Lakṣmaṇa:", "sarga_title": "Rāma pursues the deer"}
{"ref": "3.41.23", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 41, "verse": 23, "iast": ["paśya lakṣmaṇa vaidehyāḥ spṛhāṃ mṛgagatām imām", "rūpaśreṣṭhatayā hy eṣa mṛgo 'dya na bhaviṣyati"], "translation": "See, Lakṣmaṇa, this longing of Vaidehī's, fixed upon the deer; by reason of its surpassing beauty, this deer shall not live out this day.", "sarga_title": "Rāma pursues the deer"}
{"ref": "3.41.24", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 41, "verse": 24, "iast": ["na vane nandanoddeśe na caitrarathasaṃśraye", "kutaḥ pṛthivyāṃ saumitre yo 'sya kaś cit samo mṛgaḥ"], "translation": "Not in the Nandana grove, nor in the Caitraratha wood, how much less on earth, Saumitri, is there any deer that is the equal of this one.", "sarga_title": "Rāma pursues the deer"}
{"ref": "3.41.25", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 41, "verse": 25, "iast": ["pratilomānulomāś ca rucirā romarājayaḥ", "śobhante mṛgam āśritya citrāḥ kanakabindubhiḥ"], "translation": "Lovely lines of hair, running against and with the grain, dappled with golden spots, adorn the deer's body.", "sarga_title": "Rāma pursues the deer"}
{"ref": "3.41.26", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 41, "verse": 26, "iast": ["paśyāsya jṛmbhamāṇasya dīptām agniśikhopamām", "jihvāṃ mukhān niḥsarantīṃ meghād iva śatahradām"], "translation": "Look, as he yawns, at his tongue coming forth from his mouth, blazing like a flame of fire, like lightning from a cloud.", "sarga_title": "Rāma pursues the deer"}
{"ref": "3.41.27", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 41, "verse": 27, "iast": ["masāragalvarkamukhaḥ śaṅkhamuktānibhodaraḥ", "kasya nāmānirūpyo 'sau na mano lobhayen mṛgaḥ"], "translation": "With a mouth like a cat's-eye gem, a belly like conch and pearl—whose mind would that indescribable deer not allure?", "sarga_title": "Rāma pursues the deer"}
{"ref": "3.41.28", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 41, "verse": 28, "iast": ["kasya rūpam idaṃ dṛṣṭvā jāmbūnadamaya prabham", "nānāratnamayaṃ divyaṃ na mano vismayaṃ vrajet"], "translation": "Seeing this form, gleaming like gold, made of many jewels, divine—whose mind would not fall into wonder?", "sarga_title": "Rāma pursues the deer"}
{"ref": "3.41.29", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 41, "verse": 29, "iast": ["māṃsahetor api mṛgān vihārārthaṃ ca dhanvinaḥ", "ghnanti lakṣmaṇa rājāno mṛgayāyāṃ mahāvane"], "translation": "For the sake of flesh, and also for sport, archer-kings kill deer in the hunt in the great forest, Lakṣmaṇa.", "sarga_title": "Rāma pursues the deer"}
{"ref": "3.41.30", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 41, "verse": 30, "iast": ["dhanāni vyavasāyena vicīyante mahāvane", "dhātavo vividhāś cāpi maṇiratnasuvarṇinaḥ"], "translation": "By exertion, riches are gathered in the great forest—minerals too of various kinds, rich in gems, jewels, and gold.", "sarga_title": "Rāma pursues the deer"}
{"ref": "3.41.31", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 41, "verse": 31, "iast": ["tat sāram akhilaṃ nṝṇāṃ dhanaṃ nicayavardhanam", "manasā cintitaṃ sarvaṃ yathā śukrasya lakṣmaṇa"], "translation": "That is the whole essence of men's wealth, augmenting their store—all that is conceived in the mind, as it is for Śukra, Lakṣmaṇa.", "sarga_title": "Rāma pursues the deer"}
{"ref": "3.41.32", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 41, "verse": 32, "iast": ["arthī yenārthakṛtyena saṃvrajaty avicārayan", "tam artham arthaśāstrajñaḥ prāhur arthyāś ca lakṣmaṇa"], "translation": "That gain, toward which a man of purpose proceeds unhesitatingly in pursuit of his aim—that, Lakṣmaṇa, those versed in the science of wealth and men of substance call 'artha.'", "sarga_title": "Rāma pursues the deer"}
{"ref": "3.41.33", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 41, "verse": 33, "iast": ["etasya mṛgaratnasya parārdhye kāñcanatvaci", "upavekṣyati vaidehī mayā saha sumadhyamā"], "translation": "Upon the priceless golden hide of this jewel of a deer, slender-waisted Vaidehī shall sit together with me.", "sarga_title": "Rāma pursues the deer"}
{"ref": "3.41.34", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 41, "verse": 34, "iast": ["na kādalī na priyakī na praveṇī na cāvikī", "bhaved etasya sadṛśī sparśaneneti me matiḥ"], "translation": "Neither a kādalī-deerskin, nor a priyaka-skin, nor a woven rug, nor a woollen fleece would equal this to the touch—such is my thought.", "sarga_title": "Rāma pursues the deer"}
{"ref": "3.41.35", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 41, "verse": 35, "iast": ["eṣa caiva mṛgaḥ śrīmān yaś ca divyo nabhaścaraḥ", "ubhāv etau mṛgau divyau tārāmṛgamahīmṛgau"], "translation": "This glorious deer, and that divine one that courses the sky—both these are celestial deer: the star-deer of the sky and the earth-deer.", "sarga_title": "Rāma pursues the deer"}
{"ref": "3.41.36", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 41, "verse": 36, "iast": ["yadi vāyaṃ tathā yan māṃ bhaved vadasi lakṣmaṇa", "māyaiṣā rākṣasasyeti kartavyo 'sya vadho mayā"], "translation": "Or if this one be indeed as you tell me, Lakṣmaṇa—that this is the magic of a rākṣasa—then its slaying must be done by me.", "sarga_title": "Rāma pursues the deer"}
{"ref": "3.41.37", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 41, "verse": 37, "iast": ["etena hi nṛśaṃsena mārīcenākṛtātmanā", "vane vicaratā pūrvaṃ hiṃsitā munipuṃgavāḥ"], "translation": "For by this cruel, evil-natured Mārīca, ranging the forest, bulls among sages were formerly harmed;", "sarga_title": "Rāma pursues the deer"}
{"ref": "3.41.38", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 41, "verse": 38, "iast": ["utthāya bahavo yena mṛgayāyāṃ janādhipāḥ", "nihatāḥ parameṣvāsās tasmād vadhyas tv ayaṃ mṛgaḥ"], "translation": "by whom many kings, mighty archers, setting out on the hunt, were slain; therefore this deer deserves to die.", "sarga_title": "Rāma pursues the deer"}
{"ref": "3.41.39", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 41, "verse": 39, "iast": ["purastād iha vātāpiḥ paribhūya tapasvinaḥ", "udarastho dvijān hanti svagarbho 'śvatarīm iva"], "translation": "In olden days here Vātāpi, scorning ascetics, would kill the brahmins from within their bellies, as an unborn foal kills a she-mule.", "sarga_title": "Rāma pursues the deer"}
{"ref": "3.41.40", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 41, "verse": 40, "iast": ["sa kadā cic cirāl loke āsasāda mahāmunim", "agastyaṃ tejasā yuktaṃ bhakṣyas tasya babhūva ha"], "translation": "Once, after a long while, he came upon the great sage Agastya, full of power, in the world, and became his food.", "sarga_title": "Rāma pursues the deer"}
{"ref": "3.41.41", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 41, "verse": 41, "iast": ["samutthāne ca tad rūpaṃ kartukāmaṃ samīkṣya tam", "utsmayitvā tu bhagavān vātāpim idam abravīt"], "translation": "And seeing him wishing to resume that (Vātāpi) form as he rose (from the meal), the venerable one smiled and said this to Vātāpi:", "sarga_title": "Rāma pursues the deer"}
{"ref": "3.41.42", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 41, "verse": 42, "iast": ["tvayāvigaṇya vātāpe paribhūtāś ca tejasā", "jīvaloke dvijaśreṣṭhās tasmād asi jarāṃ gataḥ"], "translation": "'By you, Vātāpi, disregarding and scorning them by your power, the best of brahmins in the world of the living were destroyed; therefore you are digested (brought to your end).'", "sarga_title": "Rāma pursues the deer"}
{"ref": "3.41.43", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 41, "verse": 43, "iast": ["evaṃ tan na bhaved rakṣo vātāpir iva lakṣmaṇa", "madvidhaṃ yo 'timanyeta dharmanityaṃ jitendriyam"], "translation": "So this rākṣasa, who would slight one like me—ever devoted to dharma and master of his senses—shall not survive, but perish like Vātāpi, Lakṣmaṇa.", "sarga_title": "Rāma pursues the deer"}
{"ref": "3.41.44", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 41, "verse": 44, "iast": ["bhaved dhato 'yaṃ vātāpir agastyeneva mā gatiḥ", "iha tvaṃ bhava saṃnaddho yantrito rakṣa maithilīm"], "translation": "This one would be slain as Vātāpi was by Agastya—let there be no escape for it. Here you, girded and alert, guard Maithilī.", "sarga_title": "Rāma pursues the deer"}
{"ref": "3.41.45", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 41, "verse": 45, "iast": ["asyām āyattam asmākaṃ yat kṛtyaṃ raghunandana", "aham enaṃ vadhiṣyāmi grahīṣyāmy atha vā mṛgam"], "translation": "On her rests all that is our concern, O joy of the Raghus; I shall either slay this deer or capture it.", "sarga_title": "Rāma pursues the deer"}
{"ref": "3.41.46", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 41, "verse": 46, "iast": ["yāvad gacchāmi saumitre mṛgam ānayituṃ drutam", "paśya lakṣmaṇa vaidehīṃ mṛgatvaci gataspṛhām"], "translation": "While I go, Saumitri, to fetch the deer quickly, watch over Vaidehī, Lakṣmaṇa, whose longing is set on the deer's hide.", "sarga_title": "Rāma pursues the deer"}
{"ref": "3.41.47", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 41, "verse": 47, "iast": ["tvacā pradhānayā hy eṣa mṛgo 'dya na bhaviṣyati", "apramattena te bhāvyam āśramasthena sītayā"], "translation": "For with its excellent hide, this deer shall not live out this day; you must remain vigilant, staying at the hermitage with Sītā.", "sarga_title": "Rāma pursues the deer"}
{"ref": "3.41.48", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 41, "verse": 48, "iast": ["yāvat pṛṣatam ekena sāyakena nihanmy aham", "hatvaitac carma ādāya śīghram eṣyāmi lakṣmaṇa"], "translation": "As soon as I bring down the spotted deer with a single arrow, having slain it and taken its skin, I shall return quickly, Lakṣmaṇa.", "sarga_title": "Rāma pursues the deer"}
{"ref": "3.41.49", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 41, "verse": 49, "iast": ["pradakṣiṇenātibalena pakṣiṇā jaṭāyuṣā buddhimatā ca lakṣmaṇa", "bhavāpramattaḥ pratigṛhya maithilīṃ pratikṣaṇaṃ sarvata eva śaṅkitaḥ"], "translation": "With the auspicious, mighty, and wise bird Jaṭāyus at hand, Lakṣmaṇa, stay vigilant, keeping Maithilī close, wary on every side at every moment.", "sarga_title": "Rāma pursues the deer"}
{"ref": "3.42.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 42, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tathā tu taṃ samādiśya bhrātaraṃ raghunandanaḥ", "babandhāsiṃ mahātejā jāmbūnadamayatsarum"], "translation": "Having thus instructed his brother, the joy of the Raghus, of great splendour, girded on his sword with a hilt of gold.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s false cry"}
{"ref": "3.42.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 42, "verse": 2, "iast": ["tatas triviṇataṃ cāpam ādāyātmavibhūṣaṇam", "ābadhya ca kalāpau dvau jagāmodagravikramaḥ"], "translation": "Then, taking up his three-curved bow, his own adornment, and fastening on his two quivers, he set out with lofty stride.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s false cry"}
{"ref": "3.42.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 42, "verse": 3, "iast": ["taṃ vañcayāno rājendram āpatantaṃ nirīkṣya vai", "babhūvāntarhitas trāsāt punaḥ saṃdarśane 'bhavat"], "translation": "Deceiving that lord of kings and seeing him coming on, the deer, out of (pretended) fright, would vanish, and then come into view again.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s false cry"}
{"ref": "3.42.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 42, "verse": 4, "iast": ["baddhāsir dhanur ādāya pradudrāva yato mṛgaḥ", "taṃ sa paśyati rūpeṇa dyotamānam ivāgrataḥ"], "translation": "With his sword girded, taking his bow, he ran off in the direction the deer went; he saw it shining, as it were, in beauty before him.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s false cry"}
{"ref": "3.42.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 42, "verse": 5, "iast": ["avekṣyāvekṣya dhāvantaṃ dhanuṣpāṇir mahāvane", "ativṛttam iṣoḥ pātāl lobhayānaṃ kadā cana"], "translation": "Looking again and again at it running in the great forest, bow in hand—it, having passed beyond the range of the arrow, luring him on now and then—", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s false cry"}
{"ref": "3.42.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 42, "verse": 6, "iast": ["śaṅkitaṃ tu samudbhrāntam utpatantam ivāmbare", "daśyamānam adṛśyaṃ ca navoddeśeṣu keṣu cit"], "translation": "now wary and startled, as if springing up into the sky, now seen and now unseen in some fresh spots—", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s false cry"}
{"ref": "3.42.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 42, "verse": 7, "iast": ["chinnābhrair iva saṃvītaṃ śāradaṃ candramaṇḍalam", "muhūrtād eva dadṛśe muhur dūrāt prakāśate"], "translation": "like the autumn moon-disc veiled by scattered clouds, it was seen only for a moment, and again shone forth from afar.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s false cry"}
{"ref": "3.42.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 42, "verse": 8, "iast": ["darśanādarśanenaiva so 'pākarṣata rāghavam", "āsīt kruddhas tu kākutstho vivaśas tena mohitaḥ"], "translation": "By this appearing and disappearing, it drew Rāghava on; and Kākutstha grew angry, helpless, bewildered by it.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s false cry"}
{"ref": "3.42.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 42, "verse": 9, "iast": ["athāvatasthe suśrāntaś chāyām āśritya śādvale", "mṛgaiḥ parivṛto vanyair adūrāt pratyadṛśyata"], "translation": "Then it halted, much wearied, taking shade on a grassy patch, and surrounded by wild deer, appeared not far off.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s false cry"}
{"ref": "3.42.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 42, "verse": 10, "iast": ["dṛṣṭvā rāmo mahātejās taṃ hantuṃ kṛtaniścayaḥ", "saṃdhāya sudṛḍhe cāpe vikṛṣya balavad balī"], "translation": "Seeing it, Rāma of great splendour, resolved to kill it, fitted (an arrow) to his very firm bow, and, mighty, drew it with force,", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s false cry"}
{"ref": "3.42.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 42, "verse": 11, "iast": ["tam eva mṛgam uddiśya jvalantam iva pannagam", "mumoca jvalitaṃ dīptam astrabrahmavinirmitam"], "translation": "and aiming at that very deer, he loosed a blazing, flaming (arrow), like a fiery serpent, fashioned by Brahmā's weapon-craft.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s false cry"}
{"ref": "3.42.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 42, "verse": 12, "iast": ["sa bhṛśaṃ mṛgarūpasya vinirbhidya śarottamaḥ", "mārīcasyaiva hṛdayaṃ vibhedāśanisaṃnibhaḥ"], "translation": "That best of arrows, like a thunderbolt, piercing deep into the deer-form, cleft the very heart of Mārīca.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s false cry"}
{"ref": "3.42.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 42, "verse": 13, "iast": ["tālamātram athotpatya nyapatat sa śarāturaḥ", "vyanadad bhairavaṃ nādaṃ dharaṇyām alpajīvitaḥ", "mriyamāṇas tu mārīco jahau tāṃ kṛtrimāṃ tanum"], "translation": "Springing up the height of a palm-tree, tormented by the arrow, he fell; with little life left, he uttered a fearful cry upon the ground; and dying, Mārīca cast off that false body.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s false cry"}
{"ref": "3.42.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 42, "verse": 14, "iast": ["saṃprāptakālam ājñāya cakāra ca tataḥ svaram", "sadṛśaṃ rāghavasyaiva hā sīte lakṣmaṇeti ca"], "translation": "Knowing that the fitting moment had come, he then uttered a cry just like Rāghava's: 'Ah Sītā! Ah Lakṣmaṇa!'", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s false cry"}
{"ref": "3.42.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 42, "verse": 15, "iast": ["tena marmaṇi nirviddhaḥ śareṇānupamena hi", "mṛgarūpaṃ tu tat tyaktvā rākṣasaṃ rūpam ātmanaḥ", "cakre sa sumahākāyo mārīco jīvitaṃ tyajan"], "translation": "Pierced to the vitals by that matchless arrow, casting off that deer-form, Mārīca of huge body assumed his own rākṣasa form, as he gave up his life.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s false cry"}
{"ref": "3.42.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 42, "verse": 16, "iast": ["tato vicitrakeyūraḥ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitaḥ", "hemamālī mahādaṃṣṭro rākṣaso 'bhūc charāhataḥ"], "translation": "Then, wearing splendid armlets, decked with all his ornaments, garlanded with gold, with great tusks, the rākṣasa (lay), struck by the arrow.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s false cry"}
{"ref": "3.42.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 42, "verse": 17, "iast": ["taṃ dṛṣṭvā patitaṃ bhūmau rākṣasaṃ ghoradarśanam", "jagāma manasā sītāṃ lakṣmaṇasya vacaḥ smaran"], "translation": "Seeing that rākṣasa, fearsome to look upon, fallen to the ground, he (Rāma) went in mind to Sītā, recalling Lakṣmaṇa's words.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s false cry"}
{"ref": "3.42.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 42, "verse": 18, "iast": ["hā sīte lakṣmaṇety evam ākruśya tu mahāsvaram", "mamāra rākṣasaḥ so 'yaṃ śrutvā sītā kathaṃ bhavet"], "translation": "'This rākṣasa died crying loudly, \"Ah Sītā! Ah Lakṣmaṇa!\"—hearing it, how will Sītā fare?", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s false cry"}
{"ref": "3.42.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 42, "verse": 19, "iast": ["lakṣmaṇaś ca mahābāhuḥ kām avasthāṃ gamiṣyati", "iti saṃcintya dharmātmā rāmo hṛṣṭatanūruhaḥ"], "translation": "and mighty-armed Lakṣmaṇa, to what state will he come?'—thus reflecting, the righteous Rāma, the hair of his body bristling,", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s false cry"}
{"ref": "3.42.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 42, "verse": 20, "iast": ["tatra rāmaṃ bhayaṃ tīvram āviveśa viṣādajam", "rākṣasaṃ mṛgarūpaṃ taṃ hatvā śrutvā ca tat svaram"], "translation": "There, having slain that rākṣasa in deer-form and heard that cry, a sharp fear born of dismay entered Rāma.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s false cry"}
{"ref": "3.42.21", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 42, "verse": 21, "iast": ["nihatya pṛṣataṃ cānyaṃ māṃsam ādāya rāghavaḥ", "tvaramāṇo janasthānaṃ sasārābhimukhas tadā"], "translation": "Having killed another spotted deer and taken its flesh, Rāghava then, in haste, set off toward Janasthāna.", "sarga_title": "Mārīca’s false cry"}
{"ref": "3.43.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 43, "verse": 1, "iast": ["ārtasvaraṃ tu taṃ bhartur vijñāya sadṛśaṃ vane", "uvāca lakṣmaṇaṃ sītā gaccha jānīhi rāghavam"], "translation": "Recognizing that cry of distress in the forest as like her husband's, Sītā said to Lakṣmaṇa, 'Go, find out about Rāghava.'", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa leaves Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.43.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 43, "verse": 2, "iast": ["na hi me jīvitaṃ sthāne hṛdayaṃ vāvatiṣṭhate", "krośataḥ paramārtasya śrutaḥ śabdo mayā bhṛśam"], "translation": "For neither my life nor my heart holds steady in its place; I have plainly heard the cry of one in utmost distress, calling out.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa leaves Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.43.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 43, "verse": 3, "iast": ["ākrandamānaṃ tu vane bhrātaraṃ trātum arhasi", "taṃ kṣipram abhidhāva tvaṃ bhrātaraṃ śaraṇaiṣiṇam"], "translation": "You must save your brother, crying out in the forest; run quickly to that brother who seeks refuge,", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa leaves Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.43.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 43, "verse": 4, "iast": ["rakṣasāṃ vaśam āpannaṃ siṃhānām iva govṛṣam", "na jagāma tathoktas tu bhrātur ājñāya śāsanam"], "translation": "fallen into the power of the rākṣasas like a bull into the power of lions. But though thus told, he did not go, mindful of his brother's command.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa leaves Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.43.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 43, "verse": 5, "iast": ["tam uvāca tatas tatra kupitā janakātmajā", "saumitre mitrarūpeṇa bhrātus tvam asi śatruvat"], "translation": "Then, angered, Janaka's daughter said to him there, 'Saumitri, in the guise of a friend you are like an enemy to your brother,", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa leaves Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.43.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 43, "verse": 6, "iast": ["yas tvam asyām avasthāyāṃ bhrātaraṃ nābhipadyase", "icchasi tvaṃ vinaśyantaṃ rāmaṃ lakṣmaṇa matkṛte"], "translation": "you who in this plight do not go to your brother; you wish, Lakṣmaṇa, that Rāma should perish, on my account.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa leaves Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.43.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 43, "verse": 7, "iast": ["vyasanaṃ te priyaṃ manye sneho bhrātari nāsti te", "tena tiṣṭhasi visrabdhas tam apaśyan mahādyutim"], "translation": "I think calamity is dear to you; you have no love for your brother; that is why you stand unconcerned, not looking for him of great splendour.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa leaves Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.43.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 43, "verse": 8, "iast": ["kiṃ hi saṃśayam āpanne tasminn iha mayā bhavet", "kartavyam iha tiṣṭhantyā yat pradhānas tvam āgataḥ"], "translation": "For what should I do, remaining here, when he has fallen into peril — you being the very one who came here chiefly (to protect him)? [c: elliptical; sense uncertain.]", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa leaves Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.43.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 43, "verse": 9, "iast": ["iti bruvāṇaṃ vaidehīṃ bāṣpaśokapariplutām", "abravīl lakṣmaṇas trastāṃ sītāṃ mṛgavadhūm iva"], "translation": "To Vaidehī, speaking thus, flooded with tears and grief, trembling like a doe, Lakṣmaṇa spoke:", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa leaves Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.43.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 43, "verse": 10, "iast": ["devi devamanuṣyeṣu gandharveṣu patatriṣu", "rākṣaseṣu piśāceṣu kiṃnareṣu mṛgeṣu ca"], "translation": "'Lady, among gods and men, gandharvas, birds, rākṣasas, piśācas, kiṃnaras, and beasts,", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa leaves Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.43.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 43, "verse": 11, "iast": ["dānaveṣu ca ghoreṣu na sa vidyeta śobhane", "yo rāmaṃ pratiyudhyeta samare vāsavopamam"], "translation": "and among the fearsome dānavas, O fair one, there could be found no one who might fight against Rāma, the equal of Vāsava, in battle.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa leaves Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.43.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 43, "verse": 12, "iast": ["avadhyaḥ samare rāmo naivaṃ tvaṃ vaktum arhasi", "na tvām asmin vane hātum utsahe rāghavaṃ vinā"], "translation": "Rāma cannot be slain in battle; you ought not to speak thus. I cannot bring myself to leave you in this forest without Rāghava.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa leaves Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.43.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 43, "verse": 13, "iast": ["anivāryaṃ balaṃ tasya balair balavatām api", "tribhir lokaiḥ samudyuktaiḥ seśvaraiḥ sāmarair api"], "translation": "His strength is irresistible, even by the forces of the mighty — even by the three worlds united, with their lords and their gods.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa leaves Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.43.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 43, "verse": 14, "iast": ["hṛdayaṃ nirvṛtaṃ te 'stu saṃtāpas tyajyatām ayam", "āgamiṣyati te bhartā śīghraṃ hatvā mṛgottamam"], "translation": "Let your heart be at ease; let this anguish be cast off. Your husband will return soon, having slain that finest of deer.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa leaves Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.43.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 43, "verse": 15, "iast": ["na sa tasya svaro vyaktaṃ na kaś cid api daivataḥ", "gandharvanagaraprakhyā māyā sā tasya rakṣasaḥ"], "translation": "That was clearly not his voice, nor was it any voice of a god; it was an illusion of that rākṣasa, like a phantom gandharva-city.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa leaves Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.43.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 43, "verse": 16, "iast": ["nyāsabhūtāsi vaidehi nyastā mayi mahātmanā", "rāmeṇa tvaṃ varārohe na tvāṃ tyaktum ihotsahe"], "translation": "You are a trust, Vaidehī, placed in my keeping by the great-souled Rāma; O lovely one, I cannot bring myself to abandon you here.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa leaves Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.43.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 43, "verse": 17, "iast": ["kṛtavairāś ca kalyāṇi vayam etair niśācaraiḥ", "kharasya nidhane devi janasthānavadhaṃ prati"], "translation": "And, O blessed one, we have made enemies of these night-roamers, O lady, over the slaying of Khara and the destruction at Janasthāna.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa leaves Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.43.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 43, "verse": 18, "iast": ["rākṣasā vidhinā vāco visṛjanti mahāvane", "hiṃsāvihārā vaidehi na cintayitum arhasi"], "translation": "The rākṣasas, who delight in violence, purposely let loose such cries in the great forest; O Vaidehī, you should not be troubled.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa leaves Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.43.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 43, "verse": 19, "iast": ["lakṣmaṇenaivam uktā tu kruddhā saṃraktalocanā", "abravīt paruṣaṃ vākyaṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ satyavādinam"], "translation": "Thus addressed by Lakṣmaṇa, angered, her eyes reddened, she spoke harsh words to Lakṣmaṇa, the truth-speaker:", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa leaves Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.43.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 43, "verse": 20, "iast": ["anārya karuṇārambha nṛśaṃsa kulapāṃsana", "ahaṃ tava priyaṃ manye tenaitāni prabhāṣase"], "translation": "'O ignoble one, whose show of pity is a pretense, cruel disgrace of your line! I think this is what pleases you, and so you speak these things. [karuṇārambha: sense uncertain.]", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa leaves Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.43.21", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 43, "verse": 21, "iast": ["naitac citraṃ sapatneṣu pāpaṃ lakṣmaṇa yad bhavet", "tvadvidheṣu nṛśaṃseṣu nityaṃ pracchannacāriṣu"], "translation": "It is no wonder, Lakṣmaṇa, that evil should be found among rivals such as you — cruel men, ever moving about in secret.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa leaves Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.43.22", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 43, "verse": 22, "iast": ["suduṣṭas tvaṃ vane rāmam ekam eko 'nugacchasi", "mama hetoḥ praticchannaḥ prayukto bharatena vā"], "translation": "You are utterly wicked: alone, you follow the lone Rāma into the forest — for my sake, in disguise, or perhaps set on by Bharata.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa leaves Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.43.23", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 43, "verse": 23, "iast": ["katham indīvaraśyāmaṃ rāmaṃ padmanibhekṣaṇam", "upasaṃśritya bhartāraṃ kāmayeyaṃ pṛthag janam"], "translation": "How, having taken Rāma as my husband — dark as a blue lotus, his eyes like lotuses — could I ever desire a common man?", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa leaves Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.43.24", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 43, "verse": 24, "iast": ["samakṣaṃ tava saumitre prāṇāṃs tyakṣye na saṃśayaḥ", "rāmaṃ vinā kṣaṇam api na hi jīvāmi bhūtale"], "translation": "Before your very eyes, Saumitri, I shall give up my life, without doubt; for without Rāma I will not live even a moment upon this earth.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa leaves Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.43.25", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 43, "verse": 25, "iast": ["ity uktaḥ paruṣaṃ vākyaṃ sītayā somaharṣaṇam", "abravīl lakṣmaṇaḥ sītāṃ prāñjalir vijitendriyaḥ"], "translation": "Thus addressed with harsh, hair-raising words by Sītā, Lakṣmaṇa, palms joined, his senses mastered, said to Sītā: [somaharṣaṇam: source spelling for romaharṣaṇam, 'hair-raising'.]", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa leaves Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.43.26", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 43, "verse": 26, "iast": ["uttaraṃ notsahe vaktuṃ daivataṃ bhavatī mama", "vākyam apratirūpaṃ tu na citraṃ strīṣu maithili"], "translation": "'I dare not make reply — your ladyship is a deity to me; but an unseemly word is nothing strange in women, Maithilī.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa leaves Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.43.27", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 43, "verse": 27, "iast": ["svabhāvas tv eṣa nārīṇām eṣu lokeṣu dṛśyate", "vimuktadharmāś capalās tīkṣṇā bhedakarāḥ striyaḥ"], "translation": "This is indeed the nature of women, as is seen in these worlds: women are loose in conduct, fickle, harsh, and sowers of discord.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa leaves Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.43.28", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 43, "verse": 28, "iast": ["upaśṛṇvantu me sarve sākṣibhūtā vanecarāḥ", "nyāyavādī yathā vākyam ukto 'haṃ paruṣaṃ tvayā"], "translation": "Let all the forest-dwellers who stand as witnesses hear me: though I speak justly, I have been addressed harshly by you.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa leaves Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.43.29", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 43, "verse": 29, "iast": ["dhik tvām adya praṇaśya tvaṃ yan mām evaṃ viśaṅkase", "strītvād duṣṭasvabhāvena guruvākye vyavasthitam"], "translation": "Shame on you! May you perish now, in that you suspect me thus — me who abide by my elder's command — through that evil nature which springs from womanhood.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa leaves Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.43.30", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 43, "verse": 30, "iast": ["gamiṣye yatra kākutsthaḥ svasti te 'stu varānane", "rakṣantu tvāṃ viśālākṣi samagrā vanadevatāḥ"], "translation": "I shall go where Kākutstha is; may it be well with you, fair-faced one; may all the forest-deities protect you, O wide-eyed one.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa leaves Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.43.31", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 43, "verse": 31, "iast": ["nimittāni hi ghorāṇi yāni prādurbhavanti me", "api tvāṃ saha rāmeṇa paśyeyaṃ punar āgataḥ"], "translation": "For dreadful omens are appearing to me; may I, on returning, see you again together with Rāma.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa leaves Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.43.32", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 43, "verse": 32, "iast": ["lakṣmaṇenaivam uktā tu rudatī janakātmajā", "pratyuvāca tato vākyaṃ tīvraṃ bāṣpapariplutā"], "translation": "Thus addressed by Lakṣmaṇa, Janaka's daughter, weeping, flooded with tears, then replied with fierce words:", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa leaves Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.43.33", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 43, "verse": 33, "iast": ["godāvarīṃ pravekṣyāmi vinā rāmeṇa lakṣmaṇa", "ābandhiṣye 'thavā tyakṣye viṣame deham ātmanaḥ"], "translation": "'Without Rāma, Lakṣmaṇa, I shall plunge into the Godāvarī, or hang myself, or cast my own body down from a precipice;", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa leaves Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.43.34", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 43, "verse": 34, "iast": ["pibāmi vā viṣaṃ tīkṣṇaṃ pravekṣyāmi hutāśanam", "na tv ahaṃ rāghavād anyaṃ padāpi puruṣaṃ spṛśe"], "translation": "or I shall drink virulent poison, or enter the fire; but I will not touch any man other than Rāghava, not even with my foot.'", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa leaves Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.43.35", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 43, "verse": 35, "iast": ["iti lakṣmaṇam ākruśya sītā duḥkhasamanvitā", "pāṇibhyāṃ rudatī duḥkhād udaraṃ prajaghāna ha"], "translation": "Thus reviling Lakṣmaṇa, Sītā, filled with sorrow, weeping, in her grief beat her belly with her hands.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa leaves Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.43.36", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 43, "verse": 36, "iast": ["tām ārtarūpāṃ vimanā rudantīṃ saumitrir ālokya viśālanetrām", "āśvāsayām āsa na caiva bhartus taṃ bhrātaraṃ kiṃ cid uvāca sītā"], "translation": "Seeing her, wide-eyed, weeping, and stricken in appearance, the dejected Saumitri tried to console her; yet Sītā said not a word to that brother of her husband.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa leaves Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.43.37", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 43, "verse": 37, "iast": ["tatas tu sītām abhivādya lakṣmaṇaḥ kṛtāñjaliḥ kiṃ cid abhipraṇamya", "avekṣamāṇo bahuśaś ca maithilīṃ jagāma rāmasya samīpam ātmavān"], "translation": "Then Lakṣmaṇa, saluting Sītā, palms joined, and bowing slightly, and looking back at Maithilī again and again, the self-possessed one went to Rāma's side.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa leaves Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.44.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 44, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tayā paruṣam uktas tu kupito rāghavānujaḥ", "sa vikāṅkṣan bhṛśaṃ rāmaṃ pratasthe nacirād iva"], "translation": "Harshly addressed by her, the younger brother of Rāghava, angered, longing greatly for Rāma, set off, as if to reach him in but a short while.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s parivrājaka disguise"}
{"ref": "3.44.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 44, "verse": 2, "iast": ["tadāsādya daśagrīvaḥ kṣipram antaram āsthitaḥ", "abhicakrāma vaidehīṃ parivrājakarūpadhṛk"], "translation": "Then the Ten-necked one, seizing that moment quickly, taking on a wandering mendicant's form, approached Vaidehī.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s parivrājaka disguise"}
{"ref": "3.44.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 44, "verse": 3, "iast": ["ślakṣṇakāṣāyasaṃvītaḥ śikhī chatrī upānahī", "vāme cāṃse 'vasajyātha śubhe yaṣṭikamaṇḍalū", "parivrājakarūpeṇa vaidehīṃ samupāgamat"], "translation": "Wrapped in a soft ochre robe, wearing a tuft of hair, bearing a parasol and sandals, and having slung upon his left shoulder the auspicious staff and water-pot, in the guise of a wandering mendicant he came up to Vaidehī.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s parivrājaka disguise"}
{"ref": "3.44.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 44, "verse": 4, "iast": ["tām āsasādātibalo bhrātṛbhyāṃ rahitāṃ vane", "rahitāṃ sūryacandrābhyāṃ saṃdhyām iva mahattamaḥ"], "translation": "The exceedingly mighty one came upon her, bereft of the two brothers in the forest, as deep darkness comes upon the twilight bereft of sun and moon.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s parivrājaka disguise"}
{"ref": "3.44.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 44, "verse": 5, "iast": ["tām apaśyat tato bālāṃ rājaputrīṃ yaśasvinīm", "rohiṇīṃ śaśinā hīnāṃ grahavad bhṛśadāruṇaḥ"], "translation": "Then, terrible as a malignant planet, he beheld that young and glorious princess — like the star Rohiṇī bereft of the moon.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s parivrājaka disguise"}
{"ref": "3.44.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 44, "verse": 6, "iast": ["tam ugraṃ pāpakarmāṇaṃ janasthānaruhā drumāḥ", "samīkṣya na prakampante na pravāti ca mārutaḥ"], "translation": "Beholding him, that fierce doer of evil deeds, the trees growing in Janasthāna did not stir, and the wind did not blow.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s parivrājaka disguise"}
{"ref": "3.44.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 44, "verse": 7, "iast": ["śīghrasrotāś ca taṃ dṛṣṭvā vīkṣantaṃ raktalocanam", "stimitaṃ gantum ārebhe bhayād godāvarī nadī"], "translation": "And seeing him, red-eyed, gazing (at Sītā), the swift-flowing Godāvarī river, out of fear, began to flow still and silent.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s parivrājaka disguise"}
{"ref": "3.44.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 44, "verse": 8, "iast": ["rāmasya tv antaraṃ prepsur daśagrīvas tadantare", "upatasthe ca vaidehīṃ bhikṣurūpeṇa rāvaṇaḥ"], "translation": "But the Ten-necked one, seeking an opening against Rāma, in that interval — Rāvaṇa — approached Vaidehī in the guise of a beggar.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s parivrājaka disguise"}
{"ref": "3.44.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 44, "verse": 9, "iast": ["abhavyo bhavyarūpeṇa bhartāram anuśocatīm", "abhyavartata vaidehīṃ citrām iva śanaiścaraḥ"], "translation": "The inauspicious one, in an auspicious guise, approached Vaidehī as she grieved for her husband, as Saturn approaches the star Citrā.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s parivrājaka disguise"}
{"ref": "3.44.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 44, "verse": 10, "iast": ["sa pāpo bhavyarūpeṇa tṛṇaiḥ kūpa ivāvṛtaḥ", "atiṣṭhat prekṣya vaidehīṃ rāmapatnīṃ yaśasvinīm"], "translation": "That evil one, in an auspicious guise like a well covered over with grass, stood gazing at Vaidehī, the glorious wife of Rāma —", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s parivrājaka disguise"}
{"ref": "3.44.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 44, "verse": 11, "iast": ["śubhāṃ ruciradantauṣṭhīṃ pūrṇacandranibhānanām", "āsīnāṃ parṇaśālāyāṃ bāṣpaśokābhipīḍitām"], "translation": "lovely, with beautiful teeth and lips, her face like the full moon, seated in the leaf-hut, tormented by tears and grief.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s parivrājaka disguise"}
{"ref": "3.44.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 44, "verse": 12, "iast": ["sa tāṃ padmapalāśākṣīṃ pītakauśeyavāsinīm", "abhyagacchata vaidehīṃ duṣṭacetā niśācaraḥ"], "translation": "That night-roamer of wicked mind approached her — Vaidehī, lotus-petal-eyed, clad in yellow silk.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s parivrājaka disguise"}
{"ref": "3.44.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 44, "verse": 13, "iast": ["sa manmathaśarāviṣṭo brahmaghoṣam udīrayan", "abravīt praśritaṃ vākyaṃ rahite rākṣasādhipaḥ"], "translation": "Pierced by the arrows of love, uttering Vedic recitation, the lord of rākṣasas spoke humble words to her in that lonely spot.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s parivrājaka disguise"}
{"ref": "3.44.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 44, "verse": 14, "iast": ["tām uttamāṃ trilokānāṃ padmahīnām iva śriyam", "vibhrājamānāṃ vapuṣā rāvaṇaḥ praśaśaṃsa ha"], "translation": "Rāvaṇa praised her, the finest in the three worlds, radiant in form, like Śrī (Lakṣmī) without her lotus:", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s parivrājaka disguise"}
{"ref": "3.44.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 44, "verse": 15, "iast": ["kā tvaṃ kāñcanavarṇābhe pītakauśeyavāsini", "kamalānāṃ śubhāṃ mālāṃ padminīva ca bibhratī"], "translation": "'Who are you, golden-hued one, clad in yellow silk, bearing a lovely garland of lotuses like a lotus-pool?", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s parivrājaka disguise"}
{"ref": "3.44.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 44, "verse": 16, "iast": ["hrīḥ śrīḥ kīrtiḥ śubhā lakṣmīr apsarā vā śubhānane", "bhūtir vā tvaṃ varārohe ratir vā svairacāriṇī"], "translation": "Are you Modesty, or Prosperity, or Fame, or lovely Lakṣmī, or an apsaras, O fair-faced one? Or Fortune, O lovely one, or Rati wandering at will?", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s parivrājaka disguise"}
{"ref": "3.44.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 44, "verse": 17, "iast": ["samāḥ śikhariṇaḥ snigdhāḥ pāṇḍurā daśanās tava", "viśāle vimale netre raktānte kṛṣṇatārake"], "translation": "Your teeth are even, pointed, glossy, and white; your two eyes are wide and clear, red at the corners, with dark pupils.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s parivrājaka disguise"}
{"ref": "3.44.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 44, "verse": 18, "iast": ["viśālaṃ jaghanaṃ pīnam ūrū karikaropamau", "etāv upacitau vṛttau sahitau saṃpragalbhitau"], "translation": "Broad and full are your loins; your thighs are like an elephant's trunk; these two (breasts) are plump, round, close-set, and swelling.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s parivrājaka disguise"}
{"ref": "3.44.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 44, "verse": 19, "iast": ["pīnonnatamukhau kāntau snigdhatālaphalopamau", "maṇipravekābharaṇau rucirau te payodharau"], "translation": "Your breasts, lovely, with full, uplifted tips, glossy like ripe palmyra fruits, adorned with the choicest jewels, are beautiful.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s parivrājaka disguise"}
{"ref": "3.44.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 44, "verse": 20, "iast": ["cārusmite cārudati cārunetre vilāsini", "mano harasi me rāme nadīkūlam ivāmbhasā"], "translation": "O you of lovely smile, lovely teeth, and lovely eyes, O charming one — you steal my heart, beautiful woman, as a river's water steals away its bank.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s parivrājaka disguise"}
{"ref": "3.44.21", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 44, "verse": 21, "iast": ["karāntamitamadhyāsi sukeśī saṃhatastanī", "naiva devī na gandharvī na yakṣī na ca kiṃnarī"], "translation": "Your waist can be spanned by a hand, your hair is beautiful, your breasts firm-set; you are no goddess, no gandharva-woman, no yakṣī, nor kiṃnarī.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s parivrājaka disguise"}
{"ref": "3.44.22", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 44, "verse": 22, "iast": ["naivaṃrūpā mayā nārī dṛṣṭapūrvā mahītale", "iha vāsaś ca kāntāre cittam unmāthayanti me"], "translation": "Never before have I seen on earth a woman of such beauty; and this — your dwelling here in the wilderness — troubles my mind.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s parivrājaka disguise"}
{"ref": "3.44.23", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 44, "verse": 23, "iast": ["sā pratikrāma bhadraṃ te na tvaṃ vastum ihārhasi", "rākṣasānām ayaṃ vāso ghorāṇāṃ kāmarūpiṇām"], "translation": "So turn back — blessings on you! You ought not to dwell here; this is the abode of fearsome rākṣasas who take any form at will.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s parivrājaka disguise"}
{"ref": "3.44.24", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 44, "verse": 24, "iast": ["prāsādāgryāṇi ramyāṇi nagaropavanāni ca", "saṃpannāni sugandhīni yuktāny ācarituṃ tvayā"], "translation": "Splendid palace-terraces and lovely city-groves, well-appointed and fragrant, are fit for you to frequent.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s parivrājaka disguise"}
{"ref": "3.44.25", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 44, "verse": 25, "iast": ["varaṃ mālyaṃ varaṃ pānaṃ varaṃ vastraṃ ca śobhane", "bhartāraṃ ca varaṃ manye tvadyuktam asitekṣaṇe"], "translation": "The finest garland, the finest drink, the finest garment, O fair one — and a fine husband too, I think, is fit for you, O dark-eyed one.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s parivrājaka disguise"}
{"ref": "3.44.26", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 44, "verse": 26, "iast": ["kā tvaṃ bhavasi rudrāṇāṃ marutāṃ vā śucismite", "vasūnāṃ vā varārohe devatā pratibhāsi me"], "translation": "Who are you? Of the Rudras, or of the Maruts, O bright-smiling one, or of the Vasus, O lovely one? You seem to me a deity.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s parivrājaka disguise"}
{"ref": "3.44.27", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 44, "verse": 27, "iast": ["neha gacchantī gandharvā na devā na ca kiṃnarāḥ", "rākṣasānām ayaṃ vāsaḥ kathaṃ nu tvam ihāgatā"], "translation": "No gandharvas come here, no gods, nor kiṃnaras; this is the abode of rākṣasas — how then have you come here? [gacchantī: source form; sense as gacchanti, '(they) come'.]", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s parivrājaka disguise"}
{"ref": "3.44.28", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 44, "verse": 28, "iast": ["iha śākhāmṛgāḥ siṃhā dvīpivyāghramṛgās tathā", "ṛkṣās tarakṣavaḥ kaṅkāḥ kathaṃ tebhyo na bibhyase"], "translation": "Here are monkeys, lions, leopards, tigers, and (other) beasts, and bears, hyenas, and herons — how do you not fear them?", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s parivrājaka disguise"}
{"ref": "3.44.29", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 44, "verse": 29, "iast": ["madānvitānāṃ ghorāṇāṃ kuñjarāṇāṃ tarasvinām", "katham ekā mahāraṇye na bibheṣi vanānane"], "translation": "How, alone in the great forest, do you not fear the fearsome, powerful elephants in rut, O fair, forest-dwelling one? [vanānane: perh. for varānane, 'fair-faced'.]", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s parivrājaka disguise"}
{"ref": "3.44.30", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 44, "verse": 30, "iast": ["kāsi kasya kutaś ca tvaṃ kiṃnimittaṃ ca daṇḍakān", "ekā carasi kalyāṇi ghorān rākṣasasevitān"], "translation": "Who are you, whose are you, and whence? And for what reason do you wander alone, O blessed one, through the dreadful Daṇḍaka forests, haunted by rākṣasas?", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s parivrājaka disguise"}
{"ref": "3.44.31", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 44, "verse": 31, "iast": ["iti praśastā vaidehī rāvaṇena durātmanā", "dvijātiveṣeṇa hi taṃ dṛṣṭvā rāvaṇam āgatam", "sarvair atithisatkāraiḥ pūjayām āsa maithilī"], "translation": "Thus praised by the wicked Rāvaṇa — and seeing him, Rāvaṇa, come in the guise of a brahmin — Maithilī honored him with all the courtesies due a guest.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s parivrājaka disguise"}
{"ref": "3.44.32", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 44, "verse": 32, "iast": ["upānīyāsanaṃ pūrvaṃ pādyenābhinimantrya ca", "abravīt siddham ity eva tadā taṃ saumyadarśanam"], "translation": "First bringing him a seat and inviting him with water for the feet, she then said to him, of gentle appearance, 'The food is ready.'", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s parivrājaka disguise"}
{"ref": "3.44.33", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 44, "verse": 33, "iast": ["dvijātiveṣeṇa samīkṣya maithilī tam āgataṃ pātrakusumbhadhāriṇam", "aśakyam uddveṣṭum upāyadarśanān nyamantrayad brāhmaṇavad yathāgatam"], "translation": "Seeing him come in the guise of a brahmin, bearing his begging-bowl and ochre garb, Maithilī — since decorum made it impossible to turn him away — invited him as befits a brahmin who has come.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s parivrājaka disguise"}
{"ref": "3.44.34", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 44, "verse": 34, "iast": ["iyaṃ bṛsī brāhmaṇa kāmam āsyatām idaṃ ca pādyaṃ pratigṛhyatām iti", "idaṃ ca siddhaṃ vanajātam uttamaṃ tvadartham avyagram ihopabhujyatām"], "translation": "'Here is a grass mat, brahmin — please be seated; and accept this water for the feet; and this excellent food, grown wild in the forest and made ready for you — eat it here at your ease.'", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s parivrājaka disguise"}
{"ref": "3.44.35", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 44, "verse": 35, "iast": ["nimantryamāṇaḥ pratipūrṇabhāṣiṇīṃ narendrapatnīṃ prasamīkṣya maithilīm", "prahasya tasyā haraṇe dhṛtaṃ manaḥ samarpayām āsa vadhāya rāvaṇaḥ"], "translation": "Being thus invited, gazing upon Maithilī, the king's wife, gracious in her speech, Rāvaṇa smiled and, his mind set upon carrying her off, thereby delivered himself up to his own destruction.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s parivrājaka disguise"}
{"ref": "3.44.36", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 44, "verse": 36, "iast": ["tataḥ suveṣaṃ mṛgayā gataṃ patiṃ pratīkṣamāṇā sahalakṣmaṇaṃ tadā", "nirīkṣamāṇā haritaṃ dadarśa tan mahad vanaṃ naiva tu rāmalakṣmaṇau"], "translation": "Then, awaiting her handsome husband gone hunting together with Lakṣmaṇa, and gazing about over the greenery, she looked upon that great forest — but saw neither Rāma nor Lakṣmaṇa.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s parivrājaka disguise"}
{"ref": "3.45.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 45, "verse": 1, "iast": ["rāvaṇena tu vaidehī tadā pṛṣṭā jihīrṣuṇā", "parivrājakarūpeṇa śaśaṃsātmānam ātmanā"], "translation": "Then, questioned by Rāvaṇa — who longed to carry her off — in the guise of a wandering mendicant, Vaidehī of her own accord declared who she was.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa reveals his identity"}
{"ref": "3.45.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 45, "verse": 2, "iast": ["brāhmaṇaś cātithiś caiṣa anukto hi śapeta mām", "iti dhyātvā muhūrtaṃ tu sītā vacanam abravīt"], "translation": "'This one is a Brahmin and a guest; if left unanswered, he might well curse me' — so reflecting for a moment, Sītā spoke these words.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa reveals his identity"}
{"ref": "3.45.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 45, "verse": 3, "iast": ["duhitā janakasyāhaṃ maithilasya mahātmanaḥ", "sītā nāmnāsmi bhadraṃ te rāmabhāryā dvijottama"], "translation": "'I am the daughter of the great-souled Janaka, king of Mithilā; Sītā by name am I — blessings on you — the wife of Rāma, O best of Brahmins.'", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa reveals his identity"}
{"ref": "3.45.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 45, "verse": 4, "iast": ["saṃvatsaraṃ cādhyuṣitā rāghavasya niveśane", "bhuñjānā mānuṣān bhogān sarvakāmasamṛddhinī"], "translation": "'For a year I dwelt in Rāghava's home, enjoying human pleasures, blessed with the fulfillment of every desire.'", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa reveals his identity"}
{"ref": "3.45.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 45, "verse": 5, "iast": ["tataḥ saṃvatsarād ūrdhvaṃ samamanyata me patim", "abhiṣecayituṃ rāmaṃ sameto rājamantribhiḥ"], "translation": "'Then, after a year, the king, together with his royal counselors, resolved to consecrate my husband Rāma.'", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa reveals his identity"}
{"ref": "3.45.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 45, "verse": 6, "iast": ["tasmin saṃbhriyamāṇe tu rāghavasyābhiṣecane", "kaikeyī nāma bhartāraṃ mamāryā yācate varam"], "translation": "'But while that consecration of Rāghava was being prepared, my noble mother-in-law named Kaikeyī begged a boon of her husband.'", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa reveals his identity"}
{"ref": "3.45.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 45, "verse": 7, "iast": ["pratigṛhya tu kaikeyī śvaśuraṃ sukṛtena me", "mama pravrājanaṃ bhartur bharatasyābhiṣecanam", "dvāv ayācata bhartāraṃ satyasaṃdhaṃ nṛpottamam"], "translation": "'Having bound my father-in-law by a past favor, Kaikeyī begged two things of her husband, that best of kings, true to his word: the banishment of my husband and the consecration of Bharata.'", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa reveals his identity"}
{"ref": "3.45.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 45, "verse": 8, "iast": ["nādya bhokṣye na ca svapsye na pāsye 'haṃ kadā cana", "eṣa me jīvitasyānto rāmo yady abhiṣicyate"], "translation": "'I shall not eat today, nor ever sleep or drink again; this will be the end of my life, if Rāma is consecrated.'", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa reveals his identity"}
{"ref": "3.45.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 45, "verse": 9, "iast": ["iti bruvāṇāṃ kaikeyīṃ śvaśuro me sa mānadaḥ", "ayācatārthair anvarthair na ca yācñāṃ cakāra sā"], "translation": "'My honor-giving father-in-law implored Kaikeyī, who spoke thus, with offers of fitting riches, yet she would not heed his entreaty.'", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa reveals his identity"}
{"ref": "3.45.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 45, "verse": 10, "iast": ["mama bhartā mahātejā vayasā pañcaviṃśakaḥ", "rāmeti prathito loke guṇavān satyavāk śuciḥ", "viśālākṣo mahābāhuḥ sarvabhūtahite rataḥ"], "translation": "'My husband, of great splendor, twenty-five years of age, renowned in the world as \"Rāma,\" is virtuous, truthful, pure, large-eyed, mighty-armed, and devoted to the welfare of all beings.'", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa reveals his identity"}
{"ref": "3.45.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 45, "verse": 11, "iast": ["abhiṣekāya tu pituḥ samīpaṃ rāmam āgatam", "kaikeyī mama bhartāram ity uvāca drutaṃ vacaḥ"], "translation": "'But when Rāma came into his father's presence for the consecration, Kaikeyī swiftly spoke these words to my husband:'", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa reveals his identity"}
{"ref": "3.45.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 45, "verse": 12, "iast": ["tava pitrā samājñaptaṃ mamedaṃ śṛṇu rāghava", "bharatāya pradātavyam idaṃ rājyam akaṇṭakam"], "translation": "'Hear, Rāghava, what your father has enjoined upon me: this unrivaled kingdom is to be given to Bharata,'", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa reveals his identity"}
{"ref": "3.45.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 45, "verse": 13, "iast": ["tvayā tu khalu vastavyaṃ nava varṣāṇi pañca ca", "vane pravraja kākutstha pitaraṃ mocayānṛtāt"], "translation": "'and you indeed must dwell for fourteen years in the forest; go forth, Kākutstha, and free your father from untruth.'", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa reveals his identity"}
{"ref": "3.45.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 45, "verse": 14, "iast": ["tathety uvāca tāṃ rāmaḥ kaikeyīm akutobhayaḥ", "cakāra tadvacas tasyā mama bhartā dṛḍhavrataḥ"], "translation": "'So be it,' fearless Rāma said to her, to Kaikeyī; and my husband, steadfast in his vow, carried out her word.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa reveals his identity"}
{"ref": "3.45.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 45, "verse": 15, "iast": ["dadyān na pratigṛhṇīyāt satyabrūyān na cānṛtam", "etad brāhmaṇa rāmasya vrataṃ dhruvam anuttamam"], "translation": "'He would give but never take, would speak the truth and never a lie: such, O Brahmin, is Rāma's firm and unexcelled vow.'", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa reveals his identity"}
{"ref": "3.45.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 45, "verse": 16, "iast": ["tasya bhrātā tu vaimātro lakṣmaṇo nāma vīryavān", "rāmasya puruṣavyāghraḥ sahāyaḥ samare 'rihā"], "translation": "'His half-brother, born of another mother, valiant Lakṣmaṇa by name — a tiger among men — is Rāma's companion, a slayer of foes in battle.'", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa reveals his identity"}
{"ref": "3.45.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 45, "verse": 17, "iast": ["sa bhrātā lakṣmaṇo nāma dharmacārī dṛḍhavrataḥ", "anvagacchad dhanuṣpāṇiḥ pravrajantaṃ mayā saha"], "translation": "'That brother, Lakṣmaṇa by name, righteous and steadfast in vow, bow in hand, followed Rāma into exile, along with me.'", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa reveals his identity"}
{"ref": "3.45.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 45, "verse": 18, "iast": ["te vayaṃ pracyutā rājyāt kaileyyās tu kṛte trayaḥ", "vicarāma dvijaśreṣṭha vanaṃ gambhīram ojasā"], "translation": "'Cast out from the kingdom for Kaikeyī's sake, we three, O best of Brahmins, now roam this deep forest by our own strength.'", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa reveals his identity"}
{"ref": "3.45.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 45, "verse": 19, "iast": ["samāśvasa muhūrtaṃ tu śakyaṃ vastum iha tvayā", "āgamiṣyati me bhartā vanyam ādāya puṣkalam"], "translation": "'Rest a while; you may stay here. My husband will soon return, bringing an abundance of forest fare.'", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa reveals his identity"}
{"ref": "3.45.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 45, "verse": 20, "iast": ["sa tvaṃ nāma ca gotraṃ ca kulam ācakṣva tattvataḥ", "ekaś ca daṇḍakāraṇye kimarthaṃ carasi dvija"], "translation": "'Now you — tell me truly your name, your gotra, and your family; and why, O Brahmin, do you wander alone in the Daṇḍaka forest?'", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa reveals his identity"}
{"ref": "3.45.21", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 45, "verse": 21, "iast": ["evaṃ bruvatyāṃ sītāyāṃ rāmapatnyāṃ mahābalaḥ", "pratyuvācottaraṃ tīvraṃ rāvaṇo rākṣasādhipaḥ"], "translation": "As Sītā, Rāma's wife, spoke thus, the mighty Rāvaṇa, lord of the rākṣasas, gave a harsh reply:", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa reveals his identity"}
{"ref": "3.45.22", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 45, "verse": 22, "iast": ["yena vitrāsitā lokāḥ sadevāsurapannagāḥ", "ahaṃ sa rāvaṇo nāma sīte rakṣogaṇeśvaraḥ"], "translation": "'I am that very Rāvaṇa by name, O Sītā, lord of the hordes of rākṣasas, by whom the worlds — with their gods, asuras, and serpents — have been terrified.'", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa reveals his identity"}
{"ref": "3.45.23", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 45, "verse": 23, "iast": ["tvāṃ tu kāñcanavarṇābhāṃ dṛṣṭvā kauśeyavāsinīm", "ratiṃ svakeṣu dāreṣu nādhigacchāmy anindite"], "translation": "'But since I beheld you, golden-hued and clad in silk, O blameless one, I find no delight in my own wives.'", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa reveals his identity"}
{"ref": "3.45.24", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 45, "verse": 24, "iast": ["bahvīnām uttamastrīṇām āhṛtānām itas tataḥ", "sarvāsām eva bhadraṃ te mamāgramahiṣī bhava"], "translation": "'Of the many lovely women I have carried off from here and there — of them all, indeed — become my chief queen; blessings on you!'", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa reveals his identity"}
{"ref": "3.45.25", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 45, "verse": 25, "iast": ["laṅkā nāma samudrasya madhye mama mahāpurī", "sāgareṇa parikṣiptā niviṣṭā girimūrdhani"], "translation": "'In the midst of the ocean stands my great city named Laṅkā, girded by the sea and set upon a mountain summit.'", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa reveals his identity"}
{"ref": "3.45.26", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 45, "verse": 26, "iast": ["tatra sīte mayā sārdhaṃ vaneṣu vicariṣyasi", "na cāsyāraṇyavāsasya spṛhayiṣyasi bhāmini"], "translation": "'There, O Sītā, you shall roam the groves with me, and you will no longer yearn for this life in the wilderness, O lovely one.'", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa reveals his identity"}
{"ref": "3.45.27", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 45, "verse": 27, "iast": ["pañcadāsyaḥ sahasrāṇi sarvābharaṇabhūṣitāḥ", "sīte paricariṣyanti bhāryā bhavasi me yadi"], "translation": "'Five thousand maidservants, adorned with every ornament, will wait upon you, O Sītā, if you become my wife.'", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa reveals his identity"}
{"ref": "3.45.28", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 45, "verse": 28, "iast": ["rāvaṇenaivam uktā tu kupitā janakātmajā", "pratyuvācānavadyāṅgī tam anādṛtya rākṣasaṃ"], "translation": "But thus addressed by Rāvaṇa, the daughter of Janaka, flawless of limb, grew angry and, scorning that rākṣasa, replied:", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa reveals his identity"}
{"ref": "3.45.29", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 45, "verse": 29, "iast": ["mahāgirim ivākampyaṃ mahendrasadṛśaṃ patim", "mahodadhim ivākṣobhyam ahaṃ rāmam anuvratā"], "translation": "'Unshakable as a great mountain, my husband is the peer of mighty Indra, imperturbable as the vast ocean — to that Rāma I am devoted.'", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa reveals his identity"}
{"ref": "3.45.30", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 45, "verse": 30, "iast": ["mahābāhuṃ mahoraskaṃ siṃhavikrāntagāminam", "nṛsiṃhaṃ siṃhasaṃkāśam ahaṃ rāmam anuvratā"], "translation": "'Mighty-armed, broad-chested, striding with a lion's gait, a lion among men and lion-like in form — to that Rāma I am devoted.'", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa reveals his identity"}
{"ref": "3.45.31", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 45, "verse": 31, "iast": ["pūrṇacandrānanaṃ vīraṃ rājavatsaṃ jitendriyam", "pṛthukīrtiṃ mahābāhum ahaṃ rāmam anuvratā"], "translation": "'Full-moon-faced, heroic, a cherished prince, master of his senses, of wide renown, and mighty-armed — to that Rāma I am devoted.'", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa reveals his identity"}
{"ref": "3.45.32", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 45, "verse": 32, "iast": ["tvaṃ punar jambukaḥ siṃhīṃ mām ihecchasi durlabhām", "nāhaṃ śakyā tvayā spraṣṭum ādityasya prabhā yathā"], "translation": "'You, a mere jackal, desire me here — a lioness, beyond your reach. You could no more touch me than lay hold of the radiance of the sun.'", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa reveals his identity"}
{"ref": "3.45.33", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 45, "verse": 33, "iast": ["pādapān kāñcanān nūnaṃ bahūn paśyasi mandabhāk", "rāghavasya priyāṃ bhāryāṃ yas tvam icchasi rāvaṇa"], "translation": "'Surely, ill-fated one, you are seeing many golden trees — you, Rāvaṇa, who covet the beloved wife of Rāghava!'", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa reveals his identity"}
{"ref": "3.45.34", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 45, "verse": 34, "iast": ["kṣudhitasya ca siṃhasya mṛgaśatros tarasvinaḥ", "āśīviṣasya vadanād daṃṣṭrām ādātum icchasi"], "translation": "'You wish to pluck the fang from the mouth of a venomous serpent — or of a hungry, swift lion, the slayer of beasts.'", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa reveals his identity"}
{"ref": "3.45.35", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 45, "verse": 35, "iast": ["mandaraṃ parvataśreṣṭhaṃ pāṇinā hartum icchasi", "kālakūṭaṃ viṣaṃ pītvā svastimān gantum icchasi"], "translation": "'You wish to carry off Mount Mandara, best of mountains, in your bare hand; you wish, having drunk the Kālakūṭa poison, to walk away unharmed.'", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa reveals his identity"}
{"ref": "3.45.36", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 45, "verse": 36, "iast": ["akṣisūcyā pramṛjasi jihvayā leḍhi ca kṣuram", "rāghavasya priyāṃ bhāryām adhigantuṃ tvam icchasi"], "translation": "'You would rub your eye with a needle and lick a razor with your tongue — you who wish to win the beloved wife of Rāghava!'", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa reveals his identity"}
{"ref": "3.45.37", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 45, "verse": 37, "iast": ["avasajya śilāṃ kaṇṭhe samudraṃ tartum icchasi", "sūryā candramasau cobhau prāṇibhyāṃ hartum icchasi", "yo rāmasya priyāṃ bhāryāṃ pradharṣayitum icchasi"], "translation": "'With a stone tied around your neck you wish to cross the ocean; you wish to snatch up both the sun and the moon with your two hands — you who would violate the beloved wife of Rāma!'", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa reveals his identity"}
{"ref": "3.45.38", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 45, "verse": 38, "iast": ["agniṃ prajvalitaṃ dṛṣṭvā vastreṇāhartum icchasi", "kalyāṇa vṛttāṃ rāmasya yo bhāryāṃ hartum icchasi"], "translation": "'Seeing a blazing fire, you wish to carry it off in your garment — you who would abduct the virtuous wife of Rāma!'", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa reveals his identity"}
{"ref": "3.45.39", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 45, "verse": 39, "iast": ["ayomukhānāṃ śūlānām agre caritum icchasi", "rāmasya sadṛśīṃ bhāryāṃ yo 'dhigantuṃ tvam icchasi"], "translation": "'You wish to tread upon the tips of iron-pointed spikes — you who would win the wife worthy of Rāma!'", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa reveals his identity"}
{"ref": "3.45.40", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 45, "verse": 40, "iast": ["yad antaraṃ siṃhaśṛgālayor vane yad antaraṃ syandanikāsamudrayoḥ", "surāgryasauvīrakayor yad antaraṃ tad antaraṃ dāśarathes tavaiva ca"], "translation": "'The difference between a lion and a jackal in the forest, between a rivulet and the sea, between fine nectar and sour gruel — such is the difference between the son of Daśaratha and you.'", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa reveals his identity"}
{"ref": "3.45.41", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 45, "verse": 41, "iast": ["yad antaraṃ kāñcanasīsalohayor yad antaraṃ candanavāripaṅkayoḥ", "yad antaraṃ hastibiḍālayor vane tad antaraṃ daśarathes tavaiva ca"], "translation": "'The difference between gold and lead, between sandal-water and mire, between an elephant and a cat in the wood — such is the difference between Daśaratha's son and you.'", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa reveals his identity"}
{"ref": "3.45.42", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 45, "verse": 42, "iast": ["yad antaraṃ vāyasavainateyayor yad antaraṃ madgumayūrayor api", "yad antaraṃ sārasagṛdhrayor vane tad antaraṃ dāśarathes tavaiva ca"], "translation": "'The difference between a crow and Garuḍa, between a cormorant and a peacock, between a crane and a vulture in the wood — such is the difference between the son of Daśaratha and you.'", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa reveals his identity"}
{"ref": "3.45.43", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 45, "verse": 43, "iast": ["tasmin sahasrākṣasamaprabhāve rāme sthite kārmukabāṇapāṇau", "hṛtāpi te 'haṃ na jarāṃ gamiṣye vajraṃ yathā makṣikayāvagīrṇam"], "translation": "'While that Rāma stands, mighty as the thousand-eyed god, with bow and arrow in hand — even if carried off by you, I shall never be consumed by you, any more than a fly can digest a swallowed diamond.'", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa reveals his identity"}
{"ref": "3.45.44", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 45, "verse": 44, "iast": ["itīva tad vākyam aduṣṭabhāvā sudṛṣṭam uktvā rajanīcaraṃ tam", "gātraprakampād vyathitā babhūva vātoddhatā sā kadalīva tanvī"], "translation": "Having spoken such words firmly to that night-roamer, she of faultless nature — slender-formed — fell to trembling in every limb and grew distressed, like a plantain tree tossed by the wind.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa reveals his identity"}
{"ref": "3.45.45", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 45, "verse": 45, "iast": ["tāṃ vepamānām upalakṣya sītāṃ sa rāvaṇo mṛtyusamaprabhāvaḥ", "kulaṃ balaṃ nāma ca karma cātmanaḥ samācacakṣe bhayakāraṇārtham"], "translation": "Seeing Sītā trembling thus, Rāvaṇa, whose might was like Death itself, recounted his lineage, his strength, his name, and his deeds, so as to strike terror in her.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa reveals his identity"}
{"ref": "3.46.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 46, "verse": 1, "iast": ["evaṃ bruvatyāṃ sītāyāṃ saṃrabdhaḥ paruṣākṣaram", "lalāṭe bhrukuṭīṃ kṛtvā rāvaṇaḥ pratyuvāca ha"], "translation": "While Sītā was speaking thus, Rāvaṇa, enraged, knitting his brows into a frown upon his forehead, replied in harsh words:", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa boasts of his power"}
{"ref": "3.46.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 46, "verse": 2, "iast": ["bhrātā vaiśravaṇasyāhaṃ sāpatnyo varavarṇini", "rāvaṇo nāma bhadraṃ te daśagrīvaḥ pratāpavān"], "translation": "“I am the half-brother of Vaiśravaṇa, O lovely-hued one — Rāvaṇa by name, the majestic ten-necked one; blessings upon you.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa boasts of his power"}
{"ref": "3.46.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 46, "verse": 3, "iast": ["yasya devāḥ sagandharvāḥ piśācapatagoragāḥ", "vidravanti bhayād bhītā mṛtyor iva sadā prajāḥ"], "translation": "from whom the gods together with the gandharvas, the piśācas, the birds and the serpents flee in terror, as living beings ever flee from death.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa boasts of his power"}
{"ref": "3.46.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 46, "verse": 4, "iast": ["yena vaiśravaṇo bhrātā vaimātraḥ kāraṇāntare", "dvandvam āsāditaḥ krodhād raṇe vikramya nirjitaḥ"], "translation": "by whom his half-brother Vaiśravaṇa, on some occasion, was in anger engaged in single combat and, by sheer valour, defeated in battle;", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa boasts of his power"}
{"ref": "3.46.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 46, "verse": 5, "iast": ["madbhayārtaḥ parityajya svam adhiṣṭhānam ṛddhimat", "kailāsaṃ parvataśreṣṭham adhyāste naravāhanaḥ"], "translation": "for, tormented by fear of me, having forsaken his own prosperous abode, the man-borne one (Kubera) now dwells on Kailāsa, best of mountains.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa boasts of his power"}
{"ref": "3.46.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 46, "verse": 6, "iast": ["yasya tat puṣpakaṃ nāma vimānaṃ kāmagaṃ śubham", "vīryād āvarjitaṃ bhadre yena yāmi vihāyasaṃ"], "translation": "whose splendid aerial car named Puṣpaka, going wherever one wills, I seized by my might, O gracious one, and in which I travel through the sky.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa boasts of his power"}
{"ref": "3.46.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 46, "verse": 7, "iast": ["mama saṃjātaroṣasya mukhaṃ dṛṣṭvaiva maithili", "vidravanti paritrastāḥ surāḥ śakrapurogamāḥ"], "translation": "At the mere sight of my face, when wrath has arisen in me, O Maithilī, the gods led by Śakra flee away utterly terrified.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa boasts of his power"}
{"ref": "3.46.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 46, "verse": 8, "iast": ["yatra tiṣṭhāmy ahaṃ tatra māruto vāti śaṅkitaḥ", "tīvrāṃśuḥ śiśirāṃśuś ca bhayāt saṃpadyate raviḥ"], "translation": "Wherever I stand, there the wind blows warily, and the sun, whose rays are fierce, becomes cool-rayed out of fear.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa boasts of his power"}
{"ref": "3.46.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 46, "verse": 9, "iast": ["niṣkampapatrās taravo nadyaś ca stimitodakāḥ", "bhavanti yatra yatrāhaṃ tiṣṭhāmi ca carāmi ca"], "translation": "Wherever I stand and wherever I move, the trees become still-leaved and the rivers hold their waters motionless.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa boasts of his power"}
{"ref": "3.46.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 46, "verse": 10, "iast": ["mama pāre samudrasya laṅkā nāma purī śubhā", "saṃpūrṇā rākṣasair ghorair yathendrasyāmarāvatī"], "translation": "On the far shore of the ocean lies my splendid city named Laṅkā, filled with fearsome rākṣasas, like Indra's Amarāvatī.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa boasts of his power"}
{"ref": "3.46.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 46, "verse": 11, "iast": ["prākāreṇa parikṣiptā pāṇḍureṇa virājitā", "hemakakṣyā purī ramyā vaidūryamaya toraṇā"], "translation": "encircled by a white rampart and resplendent, a lovely city with golden courtyards and gateways made of beryl,", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa boasts of his power"}
{"ref": "3.46.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 46, "verse": 12, "iast": ["hastyaśvarathasaṃbhādhā tūryanādavināditā", "sarvakāmaphalair vṛkṣaiḥ saṃkulodyānaśobhitā"], "translation": "thronged with elephants, horses and chariots, resounding with the blare of instruments, and graced with gardens crowded with trees that bear every desirable fruit.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa boasts of his power"}
{"ref": "3.46.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 46, "verse": 13, "iast": ["tatra tvaṃ vasatī sīte rājaputri mayā saha", "na sramiṣyasi nārīṇāṃ mānuṣīṇāṃ manasvini"], "translation": "Dwelling there with me, O Sītā, O princess, O spirited one, you will feel no longing for human women.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa boasts of his power"}
{"ref": "3.46.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 46, "verse": 14, "iast": ["bhuñjānā mānuṣān bhogān divyāṃś ca varavarṇini", "na smariṣyasi rāmasya mānuṣasya gatāyuṣaḥ"], "translation": "Enjoying pleasures both human and divine, O lovely-hued one, you will not remember Rāma, a mortal whose life is already spent.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa boasts of his power"}
{"ref": "3.46.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 46, "verse": 15, "iast": ["sthāpayitvā priyaṃ putraṃ rājñā daśarathena yaḥ", "mandavīryaḥ suto jyeṣṭhas tataḥ prasthāpito vanam"], "translation": "he whom — the eldest son but feeble in valour — King Daśaratha, having installed his favourite son as heir, thereupon dispatched to the forest.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa boasts of his power"}
{"ref": "3.46.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 46, "verse": 16, "iast": ["tena kiṃ bhraṣṭarājyena rāmeṇa gatacetasā", "kariṣyasi viśālākṣi tāpasena tapasvinā"], "translation": "What will you do, O wide-eyed one, with that Rāma — fallen from his kingdom, out of his wits, a wretched ascetic?", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa boasts of his power"}
{"ref": "3.46.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 46, "verse": 17, "iast": ["sarvarākṣasabhartāraṃ kāmāt svayam ihāgatam", "na manmathaśarāviṣṭaṃ pratyākhyātuṃ tvam arhasi"], "translation": "You ought not to reject me — the lord of all rākṣasas, who has come here of my own accord out of desire, pierced by the arrows of Manmatha.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa boasts of his power"}
{"ref": "3.46.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 46, "verse": 18, "iast": ["pratyākhyāya hi māṃ bhīru paritāpaṃ gamiṣyasi", "caraṇenābhihatyeva purūravasam urvaśī"], "translation": "For if you reject me, O timid one, you will fall into remorse, as Urvaśī did after spurning Purūravas, as it were, with her foot.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa boasts of his power"}
{"ref": "3.46.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 46, "verse": 19, "iast": ["evam uktā tu vaidehī kruddhā saṃraktalocanā", "abravīt paruṣaṃ vākyaṃ rahite rākṣasādhipam"], "translation": "Addressed thus, Vaidehī, angered and her eyes turned red, spoke harsh words to the lord of rākṣasas in that lonely place.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa boasts of his power"}
{"ref": "3.46.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 46, "verse": 20, "iast": ["kathaṃ vaiśravaṇaṃ devaṃ sarvabhūtanamaskṛtam", "bhrātaraṃ vyapadiśya tvam aśubhaṃ kartum icchasi"], "translation": "“How is it that, citing as your brother the god Vaiśravaṇa, who is honoured by all beings, you wish to do so wicked a deed?", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa boasts of his power"}
{"ref": "3.46.21", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 46, "verse": 21, "iast": ["avaśyaṃ vinaśiṣyanti sarve rāvaṇa rākṣasāḥ", "yeṣāṃ tvaṃ karkaśo rājā durbuddhir ajitendriyaḥ"], "translation": "Inevitably, O Rāvaṇa, all the rākṣasas will perish — they whose king you are, cruel, evil-minded, and with senses unconquered.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa boasts of his power"}
{"ref": "3.46.22", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 46, "verse": 22, "iast": ["apahṛtya śacīṃ bhāryāṃ śakyam indrasya jīvitum", "na tu rāmasya bhāryāṃ mām apanīyāsti jīvitam"], "translation": "Having carried off Śacī, the wife of Indra, one might yet survive; but having borne away me, the wife of Rāma, there is no living.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa boasts of his power"}
{"ref": "3.46.23", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 46, "verse": 23, "iast": ["jīvec ciraṃ vajradharasya hastāc chacīṃ pradhṛṣyāpratirūparūpām", "na mādṛśīṃ rākṣasadharṣayitvā pītāmṛtasyāpi tavāsti mokṣaḥ"], "translation": "One might live long even after violating Śacī of matchless beauty from the very hand of the wielder of the thunderbolt; but having assaulted one like me, O rākṣasa, there is no escape for you, even had you drunk the nectar of immortality.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa boasts of his power"}
{"ref": "3.47.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 47, "verse": 1, "iast": ["sītāyā vacanaṃ śrutvā daśagrīvaḥ pratāpavān", "haste hastaṃ samāhatya cakāra sumahad vapuḥ"], "translation": "Hearing Sītā's words, the mighty ten-necked Rāvaṇa, striking hand against hand, assumed a colossal form.", "sarga_title": "Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.47.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 47, "verse": 2, "iast": ["sa maithilīṃ punar vākyaṃ babhāṣe ca tato bhṛśam", "nonmattayā śrutau manye mama vīryaparākramau"], "translation": "He spoke to Maithilī once more, and then vehemently: 'It seems this foolish woman has not heard of my valor and prowess.'", "sarga_title": "Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.47.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 47, "verse": 3, "iast": ["udvaheyaṃ bhujābhyāṃ tu medinīm ambare sthitaḥ", "āpibeyaṃ samudraṃ ca mṛtyuṃ hanyāṃ raṇe sthitaḥ"], "translation": "'Standing in the sky, I could lift the earth with my arms, drink up the ocean, and, taking my stand in battle, slay Death himself.'", "sarga_title": "Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.47.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 47, "verse": 4, "iast": ["arkaṃ rundhyāṃ śarais tīkṣṇair vibhindyāṃ hi mahītalam", "kāmarūpiṇam unmatte paśya māṃ kāmadaṃ patim"], "translation": "'With sharp arrows I could halt the sun and cleave open the surface of the earth. Behold me, foolish woman — a lord who changes shape at will and grants every wish, a fit husband!'", "sarga_title": "Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.47.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 47, "verse": 5, "iast": ["evam uktavatas tasya rāvaṇasya śikhiprabhe", "kruddhasya hariparyante rakte netre babhūvatuḥ"], "translation": "As Rāvaṇa spoke thus in his fury, his two eyes, glowing like fire and tawny at the corners, turned red.", "sarga_title": "Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.47.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 47, "verse": 6, "iast": ["sadyaḥ saumyaṃ parityajya bhikṣurūpaṃ sa rāvaṇaḥ", "svaṃ rūpaṃ kālarūpābhaṃ bheje vaiśravaṇānujaḥ"], "translation": "At once casting off that gentle mendicant guise, Rāvaṇa, the younger brother of Vaiśravaṇa, assumed his own form, terrible as Death itself.", "sarga_title": "Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.47.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 47, "verse": 7, "iast": ["saṃraktanayanaḥ śrīmāṃs taptakāñcanakuṇḍalaḥ", "daśāsyaḥ kārmukī bāṇī babhūva kṣaṇadācaraḥ"], "translation": "Red-eyed, majestic, with earrings of burnished gold, ten-faced, bearing bow and arrows, the night-roamer stood revealed.", "sarga_title": "Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.47.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 47, "verse": 8, "iast": ["sa parivrājakacchadma mahākāyo vihāya tat", "pratipede svakaṃ rūpaṃ rāvaṇo rākṣasādhipaḥ"], "translation": "Casting off that disguise of a wandering mendicant, the huge-bodied Rāvaṇa, lord of the rākṣasas, resumed his own form.", "sarga_title": "Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.47.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 47, "verse": 9, "iast": ["saṃraktanayanaḥ krodhāj jīmūtanicayaprabhaḥ", "raktāmbaradharas tasthau strīratnaṃ prekṣya maithilīm"], "translation": "With eyes reddened by rage, glowing like a bank of thunderclouds, clad in red garments, he stood gazing upon Maithilī, that jewel among women.", "sarga_title": "Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.47.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 47, "verse": 10, "iast": ["sa tām asitakeśāntāṃ bhāskarasya prabhām iva", "vasanābharaṇopetāṃ maithilīṃ rāvaṇo 'bravīt"], "translation": "To her — dark-tressed and radiant as the sun's own light, adorned with garments and jewels, to Maithilī — Rāvaṇa spoke:", "sarga_title": "Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.47.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 47, "verse": 11, "iast": ["triṣu lokeṣu vikhyātaṃ yadi bhartāram icchasi", "mām āśraya varārohe tavāhaṃ sadṛśaḥ patiḥ"], "translation": "'If you want a husband renowned throughout the three worlds, turn to me, O fair-hipped one; I am a husband worthy of you.'", "sarga_title": "Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.47.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 47, "verse": 12, "iast": ["māṃ bhajasva cirāya tvam ahaṃ ślāghyas tava priyaḥ", "naiva cāhaṃ kva cid bhadre kariṣye tava vipriyam", "tyajyatāṃ mānuṣo bhāvo mayi bhāvaḥ praṇīyatām"], "translation": "'Love me long, and I shall be your praiseworthy beloved; never, gentle lady, will I do anything to displease you. Give up this attachment to a mortal, and let your affection be set on me.'", "sarga_title": "Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.47.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 47, "verse": 13, "iast": ["rājyāc cyutam asiddhārthaṃ rāmaṃ parimitāyuṣam", "kair guṇair anuraktāsi mūḍhe paṇḍitamānini"], "translation": "'By what virtues are you so enamored of Rāma — fallen from his kingdom, his ends unachieved, his lifespan brief — O foolish woman who fancies herself wise?'", "sarga_title": "Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.47.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 47, "verse": 14, "iast": ["yaḥ striyā vacanād rājyaṃ vihāya sasuhṛjjanam", "asmin vyālānucarite vane vasati durmatiḥ"], "translation": "'—that fool who, at a woman's word, forsook his kingdom and his kinsfolk and now dwells in this forest haunted by wild beasts!'", "sarga_title": "Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.47.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 47, "verse": 15, "iast": ["ity uktvā maithilīṃ vākyaṃ priyārhāṃ priyavādinīm", "jagrāha rāvaṇaḥ sītāṃ budhaḥ khe rohiṇīm iva"], "translation": "Having spoken these words to Maithilī — she who deserved only kindness and spoke only kindly — Rāvaṇa seized Sītā, as the planet Budha might seize the star Rohiṇī in the sky.", "sarga_title": "Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.47.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 47, "verse": 16, "iast": ["vāmena sītāṃ padmākṣīṃ mūrdhajeṣu kareṇa saḥ", "ūrvos tu dakṣiṇenaiva parijagrāha pāṇinā"], "translation": "With his left hand he seized the lotus-eyed Sītā by the hair, and with his right he grasped her about the thighs.", "sarga_title": "Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.47.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 47, "verse": 17, "iast": ["taṃ dṛṣṭvā giriśṛṅgābhaṃ tīkṣṇadaṃṣṭraṃ mahābhujam", "prādravan mṛtyusaṃkāśaṃ bhayārtā vanadevatāḥ"], "translation": "Seeing him — huge as a mountain peak, sharp-fanged, mighty-armed, and terrible as Death — the forest deities fled in terror.", "sarga_title": "Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.47.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 47, "verse": 18, "iast": ["sa ca māyāmayo divyaḥ kharayuktaḥ kharasvanaḥ", "pratyadṛśyata hemāṅgo rāvaṇasya mahārathaḥ"], "translation": "Then Rāvaṇa's great chariot appeared — magical and divine, drawn by donkeys, harsh-braying, its body all of gold.", "sarga_title": "Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.47.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 47, "verse": 19, "iast": ["tatas tāṃ paruṣair vākyair abhitarjya mahāsvanaḥ", "aṅkenādāya vaidehīṃ ratham āropayat tadā"], "translation": "Then, threatening her with harsh words, the loud-voiced Rāvaṇa took Vaidehī up in his arms and set her upon the chariot.", "sarga_title": "Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.47.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 47, "verse": 20, "iast": ["sā gṛhītāticukrośa rāvaṇena yaśasvinī", "rāmeti sītā duḥkhārtā rāmaṃ dūragataṃ vane"], "translation": "Seized by Rāvaṇa, the illustrious Sītā, tormented with grief, cried out aloud, 'Rāma!' — to Rāma who had gone far off in the forest.", "sarga_title": "Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.47.21", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 47, "verse": 21, "iast": ["tām akāmāṃ sa kāmārtaḥ pannagendravadhūm iva", "viveṣṭamānām ādāya utpapāthātha rāvaṇaḥ"], "translation": "Then, seizing her — unwilling and writhing like the consort of the serpent-king — the lust-stricken Rāvaṇa sprang up into the air.", "sarga_title": "Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.47.22", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 47, "verse": 22, "iast": ["tataḥ sā rākṣasendreṇa hriyamāṇā vihāyasā", "bhṛśaṃ cukrośa matteva bhrāntacittā yathāturā"], "translation": "Then, borne off through the sky by the lord of the rākṣasas, she cried out loudly, like a woman frenzied, her mind distraught, as one in torment.", "sarga_title": "Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.47.23", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 47, "verse": 23, "iast": ["hā lakṣmaṇa mahābāho gurucittaprasādaka", "hriyamāṇāṃ na jānīṣe rakṣasā kāmarūpiṇā"], "translation": "'Alas, Lakṣmaṇa, mighty-armed one, gladdener of your elders' hearts! You do not know that I am being carried off by a rākṣasa who changes shape at will!'", "sarga_title": "Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.47.24", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 47, "verse": 24, "iast": ["jīvitaṃ sukham arthāṃś ca dharmahetoḥ parityajan", "hriyamāṇām adharmeṇa māṃ rāghava na paśyasi"], "translation": "'You who would give up life, comfort, and wealth for the sake of dharma — O Rāghava, you do not see me being carried off in violation of all dharma!'", "sarga_title": "Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.47.25", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 47, "verse": 25, "iast": ["nanu nāmāvinītānāṃ vinetāsi paraṃtapa", "katham evaṃvidhaṃ pāpaṃ na tvaṃ śādhi hi rāvaṇam"], "translation": "'Surely you are the chastiser of the unruly, O scorcher of foes; why, then, do you not punish so wicked a one as Rāvaṇa?'", "sarga_title": "Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.47.26", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 47, "verse": 26, "iast": ["nanu sadyo 'vinītasya dṛśyate karmaṇaḥ phalam", "kālo 'py aṅgī bhavaty atra sasyānām iva paktaye"], "translation": "'Surely the fruit of a misdeed shows itself in due course; here, too, time plays its part, just as it does in the ripening of crops.'", "sarga_title": "Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.47.27", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 47, "verse": 27, "iast": ["sa karma kṛtavān etat kālopahatacetanaḥ", "jīvitāntakaraṃ ghoraṃ rāmād vyasanam āpnuhi"], "translation": "'You have done this deed, your wits undone by doom; now reap from Rāma a dreadful calamity that will end your life!'", "sarga_title": "Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.47.28", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 47, "verse": 28, "iast": ["hantedānīṃ sakāmā tu kaikeyī bāndhavaiḥ saha", "hriyeyaṃ dharmakāmasya dharmapatnī yaśasvinaḥ"], "translation": "'Ah, now Kaikeyī and her kinsmen have their wish — I, the lawful wife of the illustrious, dharma-loving Rāma, am being carried away!'", "sarga_title": "Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.47.29", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 47, "verse": 29, "iast": ["āmantraye janasthānaṃ karṇikārāṃś ca puṣpitān", "kṣipraṃ rāmāya śaṃsadhvaṃ sītāṃ harati rāvaṇaḥ"], "translation": "'I take my leave of Janasthāna and the flowering Karṇikāra trees; tell Rāma quickly — Rāvaṇa is carrying Sītā away!'", "sarga_title": "Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.47.30", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 47, "verse": 30, "iast": ["mālyavantaṃ śikhariṇaṃ vande prasravaṇaṃ girim", "kṣipraṃ rāmāya śaṃsadhvaṃ sītāṃ harati rāvaṇaḥ"], "translation": "'I salute the peaked mountain Mālyavat and Mount Prasravaṇa; tell Rāma quickly — Rāvaṇa is carrying Sītā away!'", "sarga_title": "Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.47.31", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 47, "verse": 31, "iast": ["haṃsasārasasaṃghuṣṭāṃ vande godāvarīṃ nadīm", "kṣipraṃ rāmāya śaṃsadhvaṃ sītāṃ harati rāvaṇaḥ"], "translation": "'I salute the river Godāvarī, loud with geese and cranes; tell Rāma quickly — Rāvaṇa is carrying Sītā away!'", "sarga_title": "Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.47.32", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 47, "verse": 32, "iast": ["daivatāni ca yānty asmin vane vividhapādape", "namaskaromy ahaṃ tebhyo bhartuḥ śaṃsata māṃ hṛtām"], "translation": "'And the deities who dwell in this forest of many trees — to them I bow; tell my husband that I have been carried off!'", "sarga_title": "Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.47.33", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 47, "verse": 33, "iast": ["yāni kāni cid apy atra sattvāni nivasanty uta", "sarvāṇi śaraṇaṃ yāmi mṛgapakṣigaṇān api"], "translation": "'Whatever creatures dwell here, to them all I go for refuge — even to the flocks of beasts and birds.'", "sarga_title": "Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.47.34", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 47, "verse": 34, "iast": ["hriyamāṇāṃ priyāṃ bhartuḥ prāṇebhyo 'pi garīyasīm", "vivaśāpahṛtā sītā rāvaṇeneti śaṃsata"], "translation": "'Tell him this: that Sītā, her husband's beloved, dearer to him than his own life, has been borne off helpless — carried away by Rāvaṇa!'", "sarga_title": "Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.47.35", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 47, "verse": 35, "iast": ["viditvā māṃ mahābāhur amutrāpi mahābalaḥ", "āneṣyati parākramya vaivasvatahṛtām api"], "translation": "'Once he learns of me, the mighty-armed, mighty Rāma will bring me back by force, even from the other world — even had Yama himself carried me off.'", "sarga_title": "Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.47.36", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 47, "verse": 36, "iast": ["rāmāya tu yathātattvaṃ jaṭāyo haraṇaṃ mama", "lakṣmaṇāya ca tat sarvam ākhyātavyam aśeṣataḥ"], "translation": "'O Jaṭāyus, my abduction must be told, just as it happened, to Rāma and to Lakṣmaṇa — the whole of it, leaving nothing out.'", "sarga_title": "Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.48.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 48, "verse": 1, "iast": ["taṃ śabdam avasuptasya jaṭāyur atha śuśruve", "niraikṣad rāvaṇaṃ kṣipraṃ vaidehīṃ ca dadarśa saḥ"], "translation": "Then Jaṭāyus, roused from sleep, heard that cry; at once he looked upon Rāvaṇa and saw Vaidehī.", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu confronts Rāvaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.48.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 48, "verse": 2, "iast": ["tataḥ parvatakūṭābhas tīkṣṇatuṇḍaḥ khagottamaḥ", "vanaspatigataḥ śrīmān vyājahāra śubhāṃ giram"], "translation": "Then that glorious best of birds, huge as a mountain peak and sharp of beak, perched upon a great tree, uttered these noble words:", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu confronts Rāvaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.48.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 48, "verse": 3, "iast": ["daśagrīvasthito dharme purāṇe satyasaṃśrayaḥ", "jaṭāyur nāma nāmnāhaṃ gṛdhrarājo mahābalaḥ"], "translation": "'O ten-necked one, I stand firm in the ancient dharma, a refuge of truth; Jaṭāyus by name am I, the mighty king of vultures.'", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu confronts Rāvaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.48.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 48, "verse": 4, "iast": ["rājā sarvasya lokasya mahendravaruṇopamaḥ", "lokānāṃ ca hite yukto rāmo daśarathātmajaḥ"], "translation": "'Rāma, the son of Daśaratha, is king of all the world, the equal of great Indra and Varuṇa, ever devoted to the welfare of all people.'", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu confronts Rāvaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.48.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 48, "verse": 5, "iast": ["tasyaiṣā lokanāthasya dharmapatnī yaśasvinī", "sītā nāma varārohā yāṃ tvaṃ hartum ihecchasi"], "translation": "'This is the illustrious lawful wife of that lord of the world — Sītā by name, the fair-hipped one, whom you here seek to carry off.'", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu confronts Rāvaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.48.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 48, "verse": 6, "iast": ["kathaṃ rājā sthito dharme paradārān parāmṛśet", "rakṣaṇīyā viśeṣeṇa rājadārā mahābalaḥ", "nivartaya matiṃ nīcāṃ paradārābhimarśanam"], "translation": "'How could a king established in dharma lay hands on another man's wife? A king's wife above all must be protected, O mighty one. Turn back your base intent to touch another's wife.'", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu confronts Rāvaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.48.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 48, "verse": 7, "iast": ["na tat samācared dhīro yat paro 'sya vigarhayet", "yathātmanas tathānyeṣāṃ dārā rakṣyā vimarśanāt"], "translation": "'A wise man would not do what another might condemn in him; as one guards one's own wife, so must the wives of others be guarded from violation.'", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu confronts Rāvaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.48.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 48, "verse": 8, "iast": ["arthaṃ vā yadi vā kāmaṃ śiṣṭāḥ śāstreṣv anāgatam", "vyavasyanty anu rājānaṃ dharmaṃ paurastyanandana"], "translation": "'In matters of profit or of pleasure not laid down in the scriptures, O scion of Pulastya, the wise determine what is right by following the king's example.'", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu confronts Rāvaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.48.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 48, "verse": 9, "iast": ["rājā dharmaś ca kāmaś ca dravyāṇāṃ cottamo nidhiḥ", "dharmaḥ śubhaṃ vā pāpaṃ vā rājamūlaṃ pravartate"], "translation": "'The king is dharma, he is desire, and he is the supreme repository of wealth; dharma itself, and whatever good or evil arises, has its root in the king.'", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu confronts Rāvaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.48.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 48, "verse": 10, "iast": ["pāpasvabhāvaś capalaḥ kathaṃ tvaṃ rakṣasāṃ vara", "aiśvaryam abhisaṃprāpto vimānam iva duṣkṛtī"], "translation": "'O best of rākṣasas, evil-natured and fickle as you are, how have you come by such sovereignty — like some sinner who has gained a celestial car he never earned?'", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu confronts Rāvaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.48.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 48, "verse": 11, "iast": ["kāmasvabhāvo yo yasya na sa śakyaḥ pramārjitum", "na hi duṣṭātmanām ārya mā vasaty ālaye ciram"], "translation": "'A man's inborn disposition cannot be wiped away. Yet mark this, noble sir: Fortune does not abide for long in the house of the wicked.'", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu confronts Rāvaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.48.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 48, "verse": 12, "iast": ["viṣaye vā pure vā te yadā rāmo mahābalaḥ", "nāparādhyati dharmātmā kathaṃ tasyāparādhyasi"], "translation": "'When the mighty, righteous Rāma does no wrong to your realm or your city, why do you wrong him?'", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu confronts Rāvaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.48.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 48, "verse": 13, "iast": ["yadi śūrpaṇakhāhetor janasthānagataḥ kharaḥ", "ativṛtto hataḥ pūrvaṃ rāmeṇākliṣṭakarmaṇā"], "translation": "'If Khara, stationed at Janasthāna, overstepped all bounds for Śūrpaṇakhā's sake and was earlier slain by Rāma of tireless deeds—'", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu confronts Rāvaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.48.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 48, "verse": 14, "iast": ["atra brūhi yathāsatyaṃ ko rāmasya vyatikramaḥ", "yasya tvaṃ lokanāthasya hṛtvā bhāryāṃ gamiṣyasi"], "translation": "'—then tell me truly: what wrong has Rāma done, that you should carry off the wife of this lord of the world and make away with her?'", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu confronts Rāvaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.48.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 48, "verse": 15, "iast": ["kṣipraṃ visṛja vaidehīṃ mā tvā ghoreṇa cakṣuṣā", "dahed dahana bhūtena vṛtram indrāśanir yathā"], "translation": "'Release Vaidehī at once, lest with his terrible, fire-become gaze he burn you up, as Indra's thunderbolt burned Vṛtra.'", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu confronts Rāvaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.48.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 48, "verse": 16, "iast": ["sarpam āśīviṣaṃ baddhvā vastrānte nāvabudhyase", "grīvāyāṃ pratimuktaṃ ca kālapāśaṃ na paśyasi"], "translation": "'You have tied a venomous serpent to the hem of your robe and do not know it; you do not see the noose of Death already fastened round your neck.'", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu confronts Rāvaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.48.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 48, "verse": 17, "iast": ["sa bhāraḥ saumya bhartavyo yo naraṃ nāvasādayet", "tad annam upabhoktavyaṃ jīryate yad anāmayam"], "translation": "'That burden alone should be borne, gentle one, which does not crush a man; that food alone should be eaten which digests without harm.'", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu confronts Rāvaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.48.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 48, "verse": 18, "iast": ["yat kṛtvā na bhaved dharmo na kīrtir na yaśo bhuvi", "śarīrasya bhavet khedaḥ kas tat karma samācaret"], "translation": "'A deed by which no merit, no fame, no glory on earth is won, but only weariness of body results — who would ever undertake such a deed?'", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu confronts Rāvaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.48.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 48, "verse": 19, "iast": ["ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi mama jātasya rāvaṇa", "pitṛpaitāmahaṃ rājyaṃ yathāvad anutiṣṭhataḥ"], "translation": "'Sixty thousand years have passed since my birth, O Rāvaṇa, while I have duly ruled the kingdom of my fathers and forefathers.'", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu confronts Rāvaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.48.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 48, "verse": 20, "iast": ["vṛddho 'haṃ tvaṃ yuvā dhanvī sarathaḥ kavacī śarī", "tathāpy ādāya vaidehīṃ kuśalī na gamiṣyasi"], "translation": "'I am old, and you are young, armed with bow, chariot, armor, and arrows; yet even so, you shall not carry Vaidehī off and go your way unscathed.'", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu confronts Rāvaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.48.21", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 48, "verse": 21, "iast": ["na śaktas tvaṃ balād dhartuṃ vaidehīṃ mama paśyataḥ", "hetubhir nyāyasaṃyuktair dhruvāṃ vedaśrutīm iva"], "translation": "'You cannot carry Vaidehī off by force while I look on — no more than one could overturn the firm truth of Vedic revelation with well-reasoned arguments.'", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu confronts Rāvaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.48.22", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 48, "verse": 22, "iast": ["yudhyasva yadi śūro 'si muhūrtaṃ tiṣṭha rāvaṇa", "śayiṣyase hato bhūmau yathāpūrvaṃ kharas tathā"], "translation": "'Fight, if you are a hero! Halt a moment, Rāvaṇa. You will lie slain upon the earth, just as Khara did before you.'", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu confronts Rāvaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.48.23", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 48, "verse": 23, "iast": ["asakṛt saṃyuge yena nihatā daityadānavāḥ", "nacirāc cīravāsās tvāṃ rāmo yudhi vadhiṣyati"], "translation": "'Rāma, by whom the Daityas and Dānavas have been struck down again and again in battle, will before long slay you in combat, though he wears but bark garments.'", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu confronts Rāvaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.48.24", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 48, "verse": 24, "iast": ["kiṃ nu śakyaṃ mayā kartuṃ gatau dūraṃ nṛpātmajau", "kṣipraṃ tvaṃ naśyase nīca tayor bhīto na saṃśayaḥ"], "translation": "'Yet what can I do, now that the two princes have gone far away? You slink off in haste, base creature, in fear of them both — of that there is no doubt.'", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu confronts Rāvaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.48.25", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 48, "verse": 25, "iast": ["na hi me jīvamānasya nayiṣyasi śubhām imām", "sītāṃ kamalapatrākṣīṃ rāmasya mahaṣīṃ priyām"], "translation": "'For while I yet live, you shall not lead away this lovely Sītā, the lotus-eyed, beloved queen of Rāma.'", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu confronts Rāvaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.48.26", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 48, "verse": 26, "iast": ["avaśyaṃ tu mayā kāryaṃ priyaṃ tasya mahātmanaḥ", "jīvitenāpi rāmasya tathā daśarathasya ca"], "translation": "'Come what may, I must do a service to that great-souled Rāma — and to Daśaratha too — even at the cost of my life.'", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu confronts Rāvaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.48.27", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 48, "verse": 27, "iast": ["tiṣṭha tiṣṭha daśagrīva muhūrtaṃ paśya rāvaṇa", "yuddhātithyaṃ pradāsyāmi yathāprāṇaṃ niśācara", "vṛntād iva phalaṃ tvāṃ tu pātayeyaṃ rathottamāt"], "translation": "'Halt, halt, O ten-necked Rāvaṇa! Wait but a moment and look. I shall offer you the hospitality of battle with all my strength, night-roamer, and cast you down from your splendid chariot like a ripe fruit from its stalk.'", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu confronts Rāvaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.49.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 49, "verse": 1, "iast": ["ity uktasya yathānyāyaṃ rāvaṇasya jaṭāyuṣā", "kruddhasyāgninibhāḥ sarvā rejur viṃśatidṛṣṭayaḥ"], "translation": "When Rāvaṇa had been thus fittingly rebuked by Jaṭāyus, all twenty eyes of the enraged demon blazed like fire.", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s battle and fall"}
{"ref": "3.49.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 49, "verse": 2, "iast": ["saṃraktanayanaḥ kopāt taptakāñcanakuṇḍalaḥ", "rākṣasendro 'bhidudrāva patagendram amarṣaṇaḥ"], "translation": "Red-eyed with rage, his earrings of burnished gold, the furious lord of the rākṣasas rushed upon the lord of birds.", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s battle and fall"}
{"ref": "3.49.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 49, "verse": 3, "iast": ["sa saṃprahāras tumulas tayos tasmin mahāvane", "babhūva vātoddhatayor meghayor gagane yathā"], "translation": "A tumultuous clash broke out between the two in that great forest, like the collision of two storm-driven clouds in the sky.", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s battle and fall"}
{"ref": "3.49.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 49, "verse": 4, "iast": ["tad babhūvādbhutaṃ yuddhaṃ gṛdhrarākṣasayos tadā", "sapakṣayor mālyavator mahāparvatayor iva"], "translation": "Then a marvelous battle took place between the vulture and the rākṣasa, like a clash of two great winged mountains wreathed in garlands of cloud.", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s battle and fall"}
{"ref": "3.49.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 49, "verse": 5, "iast": ["tato nālīkanārācais tīkṣṇāgraiś ca vikarṇibhiḥ", "abhyavarṣan mahāghorair gṛdhrarājaṃ mahābalaḥ"], "translation": "Then the mighty Rāvaṇa rained upon the king of vultures a shower of nālīka and nārāca shafts — sharp-pointed, barbed, and most terrible.", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s battle and fall"}
{"ref": "3.49.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 49, "verse": 6, "iast": ["sa tāni śarajālāni gṛdhraḥ patraratheśvaraḥ", "jaṭāyuḥ pratijagrāha rāvaṇāstrāṇi saṃyuge"], "translation": "But the vulture Jaṭāyus, lord of birds, withstood those volleys of arrows, Rāvaṇa's missiles, in the fight.", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s battle and fall"}
{"ref": "3.49.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 49, "verse": 7, "iast": ["tasya tīkṣṇanakhābhyāṃ tu caraṇābhyāṃ mahābalaḥ", "cakāra bahudhā gātre vraṇān patagasattamaḥ"], "translation": "With his two feet and their sharp talons, the mighty Jaṭāyus, best of birds, tore many wounds in Rāvaṇa's body.", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s battle and fall"}
{"ref": "3.49.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 49, "verse": 8, "iast": ["atha krodhād daśagrīvo jagrāha daśamārgaṇān", "mṛtyudaṇḍanibhān ghorāñ śatrumardanakāṅkṣayā"], "translation": "Then, in his fury, the ten-necked one, eager to crush his foe, seized ten dreadful arrows resembling the rod of Death.", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s battle and fall"}
{"ref": "3.49.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 49, "verse": 9, "iast": ["sa tair bāṇair mahāvīryaḥ pūrṇamuktair ajihmagaiḥ", "bibheda niśitais tīkṣṇair gṛdhraṃ ghoraiḥ śilīmukhaiḥ"], "translation": "With those arrows — loosed at full draw and flying straight, keen, sharp, and terrible shafts — the mighty Rāvaṇa pierced the vulture.", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s battle and fall"}
{"ref": "3.49.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 49, "verse": 10, "iast": ["sa rākṣasarathe paśyañ jānakīṃ bāṣpalocanām", "acintayitvā bāṇāṃs tān rākṣasaṃ samabhidravat"], "translation": "Seeing Jānakī, her eyes brimming with tears, upon the rākṣasa's chariot, Jaṭāyus paid no heed to those arrows and charged at the rākṣasa.", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s battle and fall"}
{"ref": "3.49.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 49, "verse": 11, "iast": ["tato 'sya saśaraṃ cāpaṃ muktāmaṇivibhūṣitam", "caraṇābhyāṃ mahātejā babhañja patageśvaraḥ"], "translation": "Then the resplendent lord of birds, with his talons, shattered Rāvaṇa's bow — arrow and all — adorned though it was with pearls and gems.", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s battle and fall"}
{"ref": "3.49.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 49, "verse": 12, "iast": ["tac cāgnisadṛśaṃ dīptaṃ rāvaṇasya śarāvaram", "pakṣābhyāṃ ca mahātejā vyadhunot patageśvaraḥ"], "translation": "And with his wings, the resplendent lord of birds tore away Rāvaṇa's blazing, fire-like armor.", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s battle and fall"}
{"ref": "3.49.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 49, "verse": 13, "iast": ["kāñcanoraśchadān divyān piśācavadanān kharān", "tāṃś cāsya javasaṃpannāñ jaghāna samare balī"], "translation": "And the mighty Jaṭāyus slew in battle those swift, divine, goblin-faced donkeys of his, decked with golden chest-trappings.", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s battle and fall"}
{"ref": "3.49.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 49, "verse": 14, "iast": ["varaṃ triveṇusaṃpannaṃ kāmagaṃ pāvakārciṣam", "maṇihemavicitrāṅgaṃ babhañja ca mahāratham", "pūrṇacandrapratīkāśaṃ chatraṃ ca vyajanaiḥ saha"], "translation": "And he shattered that splendid great chariot — fitted with three poles, moving at will, bright as fire, its frame all agleam with gems and gold — together with the parasol, round as the full moon, and the fans.", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s battle and fall"}
{"ref": "3.49.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 49, "verse": 15, "iast": ["sa bhagnadhanvā viratho hatāśvo hatasārathiḥ", "aṅkenādāya vaidehīṃ papāta bhuvi rāvaṇaḥ"], "translation": "His bow broken, his chariot wrecked, his mounts and driver slain, Rāvaṇa fell to the ground, still clutching Vaidehī in his arms.", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s battle and fall"}
{"ref": "3.49.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 49, "verse": 16, "iast": ["dṛṣṭvā nipatitaṃ bhūmau rāvaṇaṃ bhagnavāhanam", "sādhu sādhv iti bhūtāni gṛdhrarājam apūjayan"], "translation": "Seeing Rāvaṇa fallen to the earth, his vehicle wrecked, all creatures cried 'Well done! Well done!' and honored the king of vultures.", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s battle and fall"}
{"ref": "3.49.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 49, "verse": 17, "iast": ["pariśrāntaṃ tu taṃ dṛṣṭvā jarayā pakṣiyūthapam", "utpapāta punar hṛṣṭo maithilīṃ gṛhya rāvaṇaḥ"], "translation": "But seeing that leader of birds worn out with age, Rāvaṇa, elated, seized Maithilī and sprang up into the air once more.", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s battle and fall"}
{"ref": "3.49.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 49, "verse": 18, "iast": ["taṃ prahṛṣṭaṃ nidhāyāṅke gacchantaṃ janakātmajām", "gṛdhrarājaḥ samutpatya jaṭāyur idam abravīt"], "translation": "As the exultant Rāvaṇa went off with Janaka's daughter set upon his lap, Jaṭāyus, the vulture king, flew up and spoke these words:", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s battle and fall"}
{"ref": "3.49.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 49, "verse": 19, "iast": ["vajrasaṃsparśabāṇasya bhāryāṃ rāmasya rāvaṇa", "alpabuddhe harasy enāṃ vadhāya khalu rakṣasām"], "translation": "O feeble-minded Rāvaṇa, you carry off the wife of Rāma, whose arrows strike like the thunderbolt — and it will surely mean the destruction of the rākṣasas!", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s battle and fall"}
{"ref": "3.49.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 49, "verse": 20, "iast": ["samitrabandhuḥ sāmātyaḥ sabalaḥ saparicchadaḥ", "viṣapānaṃ pibasy etat pipāsita ivodakam"], "translation": "Along with your friends, kinsmen, ministers, army, and retinue, you are drinking this draught of poison as a thirsty man drinks water.", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s battle and fall"}
{"ref": "3.49.21", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 49, "verse": 21, "iast": ["anubandham ajānantaḥ karmaṇām avicakṣaṇāḥ", "śīghram eva vinaśyanti yathā tvaṃ vinaśiṣyasi"], "translation": "The imprudent, who do not perceive the consequences of their deeds, swiftly perish — as you shall perish.", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s battle and fall"}
{"ref": "3.49.22", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 49, "verse": 22, "iast": ["baddhas tvaṃ kālapāśena kva gatas tasya mokṣyase", "vadhāya baḍiśaṃ gṛhya sāmiṣaṃ jalajo yathā"], "translation": "Bound in the noose of Death, wherever you go, how will you escape it — like a fish that has swallowed the baited hook to its own doom?", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s battle and fall"}
{"ref": "3.49.23", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 49, "verse": 23, "iast": ["na hi jātu durādharṣau kākutsthau tava rāvaṇa", "dharṣaṇaṃ cāśramasyāsya kṣamiṣyete tu rāghavau"], "translation": "For never, Rāvaṇa, will those two unassailable Kākutsthas, the Rāghavas, forgive you this outrage against their hermitage.", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s battle and fall"}
{"ref": "3.49.24", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 49, "verse": 24, "iast": ["yathā tvayā kṛtaṃ karma bhīruṇā lokagarhitam", "taskarācarito mārgo naiṣa vīraniṣevitaḥ"], "translation": "The deed you have done, coward, is condemned by all the world; this is the path trodden by thieves, not one followed by heroes.", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s battle and fall"}
{"ref": "3.49.25", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 49, "verse": 25, "iast": ["yudhyasva yadi śūro 'si muhūrtaṃ tiṣṭha rāvaṇa", "śayiṣyase hato bhūmau yathā bhrātā kharas tathā"], "translation": "Fight, if you are a hero! Halt a moment, Rāvaṇa. You will lie slain upon the earth, just as your brother Khara did.", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s battle and fall"}
{"ref": "3.49.26", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 49, "verse": 26, "iast": ["paretakāle puruṣo yat karma pratipadyate", "vināśāyātmano 'dharmyaṃ pratipanno 'si karma tat"], "translation": "The unrighteous deed that a man takes up at his death-hour, to his own destruction — that very deed you have now undertaken.", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s battle and fall"}
{"ref": "3.49.27", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 49, "verse": 27, "iast": ["pāpānubandho vai yasya karmaṇaḥ ko nu tat pumān", "kurvīta lokādhipatiḥ svayambhūr bhagavān api"], "translation": "A deed whose sequel is only evil — what man would ever do it, even were he lord of the world, even the self-existent, blessed Brahmā himself?", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s battle and fall"}
{"ref": "3.49.28", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 49, "verse": 28, "iast": ["evam uktvā śubhaṃ vākyaṃ jaṭāyus tasya rakṣasaḥ", "nipapāta bhṛśaṃ pṛṣṭhe daśagrīvasya vīryavān"], "translation": "Having spoken these noble words, valiant Jaṭāyus swooped down hard upon the back of that rākṣasa, the ten-necked Rāvaṇa.", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s battle and fall"}
{"ref": "3.49.29", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 49, "verse": 29, "iast": ["taṃ gṛhītvā nakhais tīkṣṇair virarāda samantataḥ", "adhirūḍho gajārohi yathā syād duṣṭavāraṇam"], "translation": "Seizing him, he clawed him all over with his sharp talons, as a mounted mahout might scratch a rogue elephant he rides.", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s battle and fall"}
{"ref": "3.49.30", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 49, "verse": 30, "iast": ["virarāda nakhair asya tuṇḍaṃ pṛṣṭhe samarpayan", "keśāṃś cotpāṭayām āsa nakhapakṣamukhāyudhaḥ"], "translation": "He clawed him and, driving his beak into his back, tore out his hair — that bird whose weapons were his talons, wings, and beak.", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s battle and fall"}
{"ref": "3.49.31", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 49, "verse": 31, "iast": ["sa tathā gṛdhrarājena kliśyamāno muhur muhuḥ", "amarṣasphuritauṣṭhaḥ san prākampata sa rākṣasaḥ"], "translation": "Tormented thus again and again by the king of vultures, that rākṣasa, his lips quivering with rage, began to shake with fury.", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s battle and fall"}
{"ref": "3.49.32", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 49, "verse": 32, "iast": ["saṃpariṣvajya vaidehīṃ vāmenāṅkena rāvaṇaḥ", "talenābhijaghānārto jaṭāyuṃ krodhamūrchitaḥ"], "translation": "Clasping Vaidehī to his left side, the distraught Rāvaṇa, beside himself with rage, struck Jaṭāyus with the flat of his hand.", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s battle and fall"}
{"ref": "3.49.33", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 49, "verse": 33, "iast": ["jaṭāyus tam atikramya tuṇḍenāsya kharādhipaḥ", "vāmabāhūn daśa tadā vyapāharad ariṃdamaḥ"], "translation": "Jaṭāyus, that subduer of foes, closing in on him, then tore off with his beak the ten left arms of that lord of the ass-drawn car.", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s battle and fall"}
{"ref": "3.49.34", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 49, "verse": 34, "iast": ["tataḥ kruddho daśakrīvaḥ sītām utsṛjya vīryavān", "muṣṭibhyāṃ caraṇābhyāṃ ca gṛdhrarājam apothayat"], "translation": "Then the enraged, mighty ten-necked one set Sītā down and battered the king of vultures with his fists and his feet.", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s battle and fall"}
{"ref": "3.49.35", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 49, "verse": 35, "iast": ["tato muhūrtaṃ saṃgrāmo babhūvātulavīryayoḥ", "rākṣasānāṃ ca mukhyasya pakṣiṇāṃ pravarasya ca"], "translation": "Then for a while a battle raged between those two of matchless valor — the chief of the rākṣasas and the foremost of birds.", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s battle and fall"}
{"ref": "3.49.36", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 49, "verse": 36, "iast": ["tasya vyāyacchamānasya rāmasyārthe 'tha rāvaṇaḥ", "pakṣau pādau ca pārśvau ca khaḍgam uddhṛtya so 'cchinat"], "translation": "As Jaṭāyus fought on for Rāma's sake, Rāvaṇa drew his sword and cut off the bird's wings, feet, and flanks.", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s battle and fall"}
{"ref": "3.49.37", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 49, "verse": 37, "iast": ["sa chinnapakṣaḥ sahasā rakṣasā raudrakarmaṇā", "nipapāta hato gṛdhro dharaṇyām alpajīvitaḥ"], "translation": "His wings severed, the vulture, struck down by the rākṣasa of savage deeds, suddenly fell to the earth, barely alive.", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s battle and fall"}
{"ref": "3.49.38", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 49, "verse": 38, "iast": ["taṃ dṛṣṭvā patitaṃ bhūmau kṣatajārdraṃ jaṭāyuṣam", "abhyadhāvata vaidehī svabandhum iva duḥkhitā"], "translation": "Seeing Jaṭāyus fallen to the ground, drenched in blood, Vaidehī ran to him in her grief, as though to her own kinsman.", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s battle and fall"}
{"ref": "3.49.39", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 49, "verse": 39, "iast": ["taṃ nīlajīmūtanikāśakalpaṃ supāṇḍuroraskam udāravīryam", "dadarśa laṅkādhipatiḥ pṛthivyāṃ jaṭāyuṣaṃ śāntam ivāgnidāvam"], "translation": "The lord of Laṅkā gazed upon Jaṭāyus lying on the earth — dark as a rain-cloud, his breast gleaming pale, of noble valor — like a forest fire burned out.", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s battle and fall"}
{"ref": "3.49.40", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 49, "verse": 40, "iast": ["tatas tu taṃ patrarathaṃ mahītale nipātitaṃ rāvaṇavegamarditam", "punaḥ pariṣvajya śaśiprabhānanā ruroda sītā janakātmajā tadā"], "translation": "Then Sītā, Janaka's daughter, her face bright as the moon, embracing once more that bird struck down upon the earth, crushed by Rāvaṇa's onslaught, broke into weeping.", "sarga_title": "Jaṭāyu’s battle and fall"}
{"ref": "3.50.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 50, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tam alpajīvitaṃ bhūmau sphurantaṃ rākṣasādhipaḥ", "dadarśa gṛdhraṃ patitaṃ samīpe rāghavāśramāt"], "translation": "The lord of the rākṣasas saw the vulture, its life nearly spent, quivering as it lay fallen on the ground near Rāghava's hermitage.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa seizes Sītā again"}
{"ref": "3.50.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 50, "verse": 2, "iast": ["sā tu tārādhipamukhī rāvaṇena samīkṣya tam", "gṛdhrarājaṃ vinihataṃ vilalāpa suduḥkhitā"], "translation": "But she of the moon-like face, seeing the vulture-king struck down by Rāvaṇa, lamented in deep grief.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa seizes Sītā again"}
{"ref": "3.50.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 50, "verse": 3, "iast": ["nimittaṃ lakṣaṇajñānaṃ śakunisvaradarśanam", "avaśyaṃ sukhaduḥkheṣu narāṇāṃ pratidṛśyate"], "translation": "An omen — the reading of signs, the observing of birds' cries — is surely perceived by men in times of joy and sorrow.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa seizes Sītā again"}
{"ref": "3.50.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 50, "verse": 4, "iast": ["na nūnaṃ rāma jānāsi mahad vyasanam ātmajaḥ", "dhāvanti nūnaṃ kākutstha madarthaṃ mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ"], "translation": "'Surely, Rāma, you do not know the great calamity; surely, Kākutstha, the beasts and birds are running about for my sake.'", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa seizes Sītā again"}
{"ref": "3.50.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 50, "verse": 5, "iast": ["trāhi mām adya kākutstha lakṣmaṇeti varāṅganā", "susaṃtrastā samākrandac chṛṇvatāṃ tu yathāntike"], "translation": "'Save me now, Kākutstha! Lakṣmaṇa!' — so the lovely woman, terrified, cried out, as if within earshot of those who could hear.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa seizes Sītā again"}
{"ref": "3.50.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 50, "verse": 6, "iast": ["tāṃ kliṣṭamālyābharaṇāṃ vilapantīm anāthavat", "abhyadhāvata vaidehīṃ rāvaṇo rākṣasādhipaḥ"], "translation": "Rāvaṇa, the lord of rākṣasas, rushed upon Vaidehī, her garlands and ornaments disordered, wailing like one bereft of protector.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa seizes Sītā again"}
{"ref": "3.50.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 50, "verse": 7, "iast": ["tāṃ latām iva veṣṭantīm āliṅgantīṃ mahādrumān", "muñca muñceti bahuśaḥ pravadan rākṣasādhipaḥ"], "translation": "As she twined like a creeper and embraced the great trees, the lord of rākṣasas cried again and again, 'Let go, let go!'", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa seizes Sītā again"}
{"ref": "3.50.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 50, "verse": 8, "iast": ["krośantīṃ rāma rāmeti rāmeṇa rahitāṃ vane", "jīvitāntāya keśeṣu jagrāhāntakasaṃnibhaḥ"], "translation": "As she cried 'Rāma, Rāma!', bereft of Rāma in the forest, he—resembling Death himself—seized her by the hair to end her life.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa seizes Sītā again"}
{"ref": "3.50.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 50, "verse": 9, "iast": ["pradharṣitāyāṃ vaidehyāṃ babhūva sacarācaram", "jagat sarvam amaryādaṃ tamasāndhena saṃvṛtam"], "translation": "When Vaidehī was assaulted, the whole world with all that moves and is unmoving fell into disorder, wrapped in blinding darkness.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa seizes Sītā again"}
{"ref": "3.50.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 50, "verse": 10, "iast": ["dṛṣṭvā sītāṃ parāmṛṣṭāṃ dīnāṃ divyena cakṣuṣā", "kṛtaṃ kāryam iti śrīmān vyājahāra pitāmahaḥ"], "translation": "Seeing Sītā seized and wretched with his divine eye, the glorious Grandsire declared, 'The task is accomplished.'", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa seizes Sītā again"}
{"ref": "3.50.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 50, "verse": 11, "iast": ["prahṛṣṭā vyathitāś cāsan sarve te paramarṣayaḥ", "dṛṣṭvā sītāṃ parāmṛṣṭāṃ daṇḍakāraṇyavāsinaḥ"], "translation": "All those great seers dwelling in the Daṇḍaka forest were at once gladdened and troubled at seeing Sītā seized.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa seizes Sītā again"}
{"ref": "3.50.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 50, "verse": 12, "iast": ["sa tu tāṃ rāma rāmeti rudantīṃ lakṣmaṇeti ca", "jagāmākāśam ādāya rāvaṇo rākṣasādhipaḥ"], "translation": "But Rāvaṇa, the lord of rākṣasas, taking up her who wept 'Rāma, Rāma!' and 'Lakṣmaṇa!', rose into the sky.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa seizes Sītā again"}
{"ref": "3.50.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 50, "verse": 13, "iast": ["taptābharaṇasarvāṅgī pītakauśeyavāsanī", "rarāja rājaputrī tu vidyut saudāmanī yathā"], "translation": "Her every limb graced with gold-refined ornaments, clad in yellow silk, the princess shone like the lightning of the storm-clouds.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa seizes Sītā again"}
{"ref": "3.50.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 50, "verse": 14, "iast": ["uddhūtena ca vastreṇa tasyāḥ pītena rāvaṇaḥ", "adhikaṃ paribabhrāja girir dīpa ivāgninā"], "translation": "By her fluttering yellow garment Rāvaṇa shone the more, like a mountain aglow as a lamp is by fire.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa seizes Sītā again"}
{"ref": "3.50.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 50, "verse": 15, "iast": ["tasyāḥ paramakalyāṇyās tāmrāṇi surabhīṇi ca", "padmapatrāṇi vaidehyā abhyakīryanta rāvaṇam"], "translation": "The coppery, fragrant lotus-petals of that most auspicious Vaidehī were scattered down over Rāvaṇa.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa seizes Sītā again"}
{"ref": "3.50.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 50, "verse": 16, "iast": ["tasyāḥ kauśeyam uddhūtam ākāśe kanakaprabham", "babhau cādityarāgeṇa tāmram abhram ivātape"], "translation": "Her yellow silk, tossed up in the sky, golden-hued, glowed with the sun's redness like a copper-colored cloud in the sunlight.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa seizes Sītā again"}
{"ref": "3.50.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 50, "verse": 17, "iast": ["tasyās tad vimalaṃ vaktram ākāśe rāvaṇāṅkagam", "na rarāja vinā rāmaṃ vinālam iva paṅkajam"], "translation": "That spotless face of hers, up in the sky and resting on Rāvaṇa's lap, did not shine without Rāma, like a lotus without its stalk.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa seizes Sītā again"}
{"ref": "3.50.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 50, "verse": 18, "iast": ["babhūva jaladaṃ nīlaṃ bhittvā candra ivoditaḥ", "sulalāṭaṃ sukeśāntaṃ padmagarbhābham avraṇam", "śuklaiḥ suvimalair dantaiḥ prabhāvadbhir alaṃkṛtam"], "translation": "Her face became like the moon risen after piercing a dark cloud—fair of brow, fair of hair, glowing like a lotus's heart, flawless, adorned with white, spotless, gleaming teeth.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa seizes Sītā again"}
{"ref": "3.50.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 50, "verse": 19, "iast": ["ruditaṃ vyapamṛṣṭāstraṃ candravat priyadarśanam", "sunāsaṃ cārutāmrauṣṭham ākāṣe hāṭakaprabham"], "translation": "Her tear-streaked, weeping face, moon-like and lovely to behold, with fair nose and fair coppery lips, gleamed gold-bright in the sky.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa seizes Sītā again"}
{"ref": "3.50.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 50, "verse": 20, "iast": ["rākṣasendrasamādhūtaṃ tasyās tad vacanaṃ śubham", "śuśubhe na vinā rāmaṃ divā candra ivoditaḥ"], "translation": "That fair face of hers, shaken by the lord of rākṣasas, did not shine without Rāma, like the moon risen in daytime.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa seizes Sītā again"}
{"ref": "3.50.21", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 50, "verse": 21, "iast": ["sā hemavarṇā nīlāṅgaṃ maithilī rākṣasādhipam", "śuśubhe kāñcanī kāñcī nīlaṃ maṇim ivāśritā"], "translation": "Golden-hued Maithilī upon the dark-limbed lord of rākṣasas shone like a golden girdle resting on a sapphire gem.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa seizes Sītā again"}
{"ref": "3.50.22", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 50, "verse": 22, "iast": ["sā padmagaurī hemābhā rāvaṇaṃ janakātmajā", "vidyudghanam ivāviśya śuśubhe taptabhūṣaṇā"], "translation": "Lotus-fair, golden-gleaming Janaka's daughter, having settled upon Rāvaṇa, shone like lightning entering a cloud, adorned with refined-gold ornaments.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa seizes Sītā again"}
{"ref": "3.50.23", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 50, "verse": 23, "iast": ["tasyā bhūṣaṇaghoṣeṇa vaidehyā rākṣasādhipaḥ", "babhūva vimalo nīlaḥ saghoṣa iva toyadaḥ"], "translation": "By the jingling of Vaidehī's ornaments the dark, gleaming lord of rākṣasas became like a thundering rain-cloud.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa seizes Sītā again"}
{"ref": "3.50.24", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 50, "verse": 24, "iast": ["uttamāṅgacyutā tasyāḥ puṣpavṛṣṭiḥ samantataḥ", "sītāyā hriyamāṇāyāḥ papāta dharaṇītale"], "translation": "A shower of flowers fallen from Sītā's head scattered on every side and dropped to the ground as she was carried off.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa seizes Sītā again"}
{"ref": "3.50.25", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 50, "verse": 25, "iast": ["sā tu rāvaṇavegena puṣpavṛṣṭiḥ samantataḥ", "samādhūtā daśagrīvaṃ punar evābhyavartata"], "translation": "But that shower of flowers, stirred up on every side by Rāvaṇa's speed, turned back once more upon the ten-necked one.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa seizes Sītā again"}
{"ref": "3.50.26", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 50, "verse": 26, "iast": ["abhyavartata puṣpāṇāṃ dhārā vaiśravaṇānujam", "nakṣatramālāvimalā meruṃ nagam ivottamam"], "translation": "The stream of flowers, spotless as a garland of stars, fell upon Kubera's younger brother as upon Meru, the best of mountains.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa seizes Sītā again"}
{"ref": "3.50.27", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 50, "verse": 27, "iast": ["caraṇān nūpuraṃ bhraṣṭaṃ vaidehyā ratnabhūṣitam", "vidyunmaṇḍalasaṃkāśaṃ papāta madhurasvanam"], "translation": "An anklet, jewel-adorned, slipped from Vaidehī's foot, resembling a ring of lightning, fell down with a sweet sound.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa seizes Sītā again"}
{"ref": "3.50.28", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 50, "verse": 28, "iast": ["tarupravālaraktā sā nīlāṅgaṃ rākṣaseśvaram", "prāśobhayata vaidehī gajaṃ kaṣyeva kāñcanī"], "translation": "Vaidehī, red as tender tree-shoots, graced the dark-limbed lord of rākṣasas as a golden girth-band graces an elephant.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa seizes Sītā again"}
{"ref": "3.50.29", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 50, "verse": 29, "iast": ["tāṃ maholkām ivākāśe dīpyamānāṃ svatejasā", "jahārākāśam āviśya sītāṃ vaiśravaṇānujaḥ"], "translation": "Kubera's younger brother, rising into the sky, bore off Sītā, blazing with her own splendour like a great meteor in the heavens.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa seizes Sītā again"}
{"ref": "3.50.30", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 50, "verse": 30, "iast": ["tasyās tāny agnivarṇāni bhūṣaṇāni mahītale", "saghoṣāṇy avakīryanta kṣīṇās tārā ivāmbarāt"], "translation": "Those fire-colored ornaments of hers scattered upon the ground with a jingling sound, like fading stars from the sky.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa seizes Sītā again"}
{"ref": "3.50.31", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 50, "verse": 31, "iast": ["tasyāḥ stanāntarād bhraṣṭo hāras tārādhipadyutiḥ", "vaidehyā nipatan bhāti gaṅgeva gaganāc cyutā"], "translation": "A necklace bright as the moon, slipping from between Vaidehī's breasts, gleamed as it fell like the Gaṅgā fallen from the sky.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa seizes Sītā again"}
{"ref": "3.50.32", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 50, "verse": 32, "iast": ["utpāta vātābhihatā nānādvija gaṇāyutāḥ", "mā bhair iti vidhūtāgrā vyājahrur iva pādapāḥ"], "translation": "Struck by tempest-winds, filled with flocks of many birds, the trees with their tops tossing seemed to cry, 'Do not fear!'", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa seizes Sītā again"}
{"ref": "3.50.33", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 50, "verse": 33, "iast": ["nalinyo dhvastakamalās trastamīnajale carāḥ", "sakhīm iva gatotsāhāṃ śocantīva sma maithilīm"], "translation": "The lotus-ponds, their lotuses destroyed, their fish and water-creatures frightened, seemed to grieve for Maithilī as for a friend bereft of spirit.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa seizes Sītā again"}
{"ref": "3.50.34", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 50, "verse": 34, "iast": ["samantād abhisaṃpatya siṃhavyāghramṛgadvijāḥ", "anvadhāvaṃs tadā roṣāt sītācchāyānugāminaḥ"], "translation": "Rushing together from all sides, lions, tigers, beasts, and birds then ran after in fury, following Sītā's shadow.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa seizes Sītā again"}
{"ref": "3.50.35", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 50, "verse": 35, "iast": ["jalaprapātāsramukhāḥ śṛṅgair ucchritabāhavaḥ", "sītāyāṃ hriyamāṇāyāṃ vikrośantīva parvatāḥ"], "translation": "With waterfalls for tear-streaked faces and peaks upraised like arms, the mountains seemed to cry out as Sītā was carried away.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa seizes Sītā again"}
{"ref": "3.50.36", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 50, "verse": 36, "iast": ["hriyamāṇāṃ tu vaidehīṃ dṛṣṭvā dīno divākaraḥ", "pravidhvastaprabhaḥ śrīmān āsīt pāṇḍuramaṇḍalaḥ"], "translation": "Seeing Vaidehī carried off, the sun grew dejected; his radiance shattered, the glorious one became a pale disk.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa seizes Sītā again"}
{"ref": "3.50.37", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 50, "verse": 37, "iast": ["nāsti dharmaḥ kutaḥ satyaṃ nārjavaṃ nānṛśaṃsatā", "yatra rāmasya vaidehīṃ bhāryāṃ harati rāvaṇaḥ"], "translation": "'There is no dharma; whence then truth? no uprightness, no mercy—when Rāvaṇa carries off Vaidehī, the wife of Rāma!'", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa seizes Sītā again"}
{"ref": "3.50.38", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 50, "verse": 38, "iast": ["iti sarvāṇi bhūtāni gaṇaśaḥ paryadevayan", "vitrastakā dīnamukhā rurudur mṛgapotakāḥ"], "translation": "Thus all beings lamented in throngs; terrified and woeful-faced, the young fawns wept.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa seizes Sītā again"}
{"ref": "3.50.39", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 50, "verse": 39, "iast": ["udvīkṣyodvīkṣya nayanair āsrapātāvilekṣaṇāḥ", "supravepitagātrāś ca babhūvur vanadevatāḥ"], "translation": "Gazing up again and again with their eyes, their glances blurred by falling tears and their bodies trembling, so became the forest deities.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa seizes Sītā again"}
{"ref": "3.50.40", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 50, "verse": 40, "iast": ["vikrośantīṃ dṛḍhaṃ sītāṃ dṛṣṭvā duḥkhaṃ tathā gatām", "tāṃ tu lakṣmaṇa rāmeti krośantīṃ madhurasvarām"], "translation": "Seeing Sītā crying out loudly, fallen into such misery, as she cried 'Lakṣmaṇa! Rāma!' in a sweet voice—", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa seizes Sītā again"}
{"ref": "3.50.41", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 50, "verse": 41, "iast": ["avekṣamāṇāṃ bahuṣo vaidehīṃ dharaṇītalam", "sa tām ākulakeśāntāṃ vipramṛṣṭaviśeṣakām", "jahārātmavināśāya daśagrīvo manasvinām"], "translation": "As Vaidehī gazed again and again toward the ground, the ten-necked one bore off that spirited woman, her hair-locks disheveled and her brow-mark smeared away, to his own destruction.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa seizes Sītā again"}
{"ref": "3.50.42", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 50, "verse": 42, "iast": ["tatas tu sā cārudatī śucismitā vinākṛtā bandhujanena maithilī", "apaśyatī rāghavalakṣmaṇāv ubhau vivarṇavaktrā bhayabhārapīḍitā"], "translation": "Then Maithilī, with lovely teeth and a pure smile, severed from her kinfolk and seeing neither Rāghava nor Lakṣmaṇa, grew pale of face, crushed by the weight of fear.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa seizes Sītā again"}
{"ref": "3.51.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 51, "verse": 1, "iast": ["kham utpatantaṃ taṃ dṛṣṭvā maithilī janakātmajā", "duḥkhitā paramodvignā bhaye mahati vartinī"], "translation": "Seeing him flying up into the sky, Maithilī, Janaka's daughter, grieved and utterly distraught, in the grip of great fear,", "sarga_title": "Sītā condemns the deception"}
{"ref": "3.51.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 51, "verse": 2, "iast": ["roṣarodanatāmrākṣī bhīmākṣaṃ rākṣasādhipam", "rudatī karuṇaṃ sītā hriyamāṇedam abravīt"], "translation": "her eyes coppery-red with angry weeping, Sītā, weeping piteously as she was carried off, spoke this to the fearsome-eyed lord of rākṣasas:", "sarga_title": "Sītā condemns the deception"}
{"ref": "3.51.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 51, "verse": 3, "iast": ["na vyapatrapase nīca karmaṇānena rāvaṇa", "jñātvā virahitāṃ yo māṃ corayitvā palāyase"], "translation": "'Are you not ashamed of this deed, base Rāvaṇa—you who, knowing me forsaken, steal me away and flee?", "sarga_title": "Sītā condemns the deception"}
{"ref": "3.51.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 51, "verse": 4, "iast": ["tvayaiva nūnaṃ duṣṭātman bhīruṇā hartum icchatā", "mamāpavāhito bhartā mṛgarūpeṇa māyayā", "yo hi mām udyatas trātuṃ so 'py ayaṃ vinipātitaḥ"], "translation": "Surely by you alone, evil-souled coward wishing to abduct me, was my husband lured away by magic in the guise of a deer; and even he who rose to save me has been struck down.", "sarga_title": "Sītā condemns the deception"}
{"ref": "3.51.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 51, "verse": 5, "iast": ["paramaṃ khalu te vīryaṃ dṛśyate rākṣasādhama", "viśrāvya nāmadheyaṃ hi yuddhe nāsti jitā tvayā"], "translation": "Truly a supreme valour of yours is on display, vilest of rākṣasas!—for, though you proclaim your name aloud, in fair battle you have won nothing.", "sarga_title": "Sītā condemns the deception"}
{"ref": "3.51.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 51, "verse": 6, "iast": ["īdṛśaṃ garhitaṃ karma kathaṃ kṛtvā na lajjase", "striyāś ca haraṇaṃ nīca rahite ca parasya ca"], "translation": "Having done such a contemptible deed, how are you not ashamed—the carrying off of a woman, base one, in a lonely place, and the wife of another at that!", "sarga_title": "Sītā condemns the deception"}
{"ref": "3.51.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 51, "verse": 7, "iast": ["kathayiṣyanti lokeṣu puruṣāḥ karma kutsitam", "sunṛśaṃsam adharmiṣṭhaṃ tava śauṇḍīryamāninaḥ"], "translation": "Men throughout the worlds will tell of the contemptible deed—most cruel, most unrighteous—of you who fancy yourself valiant.", "sarga_title": "Sītā condemns the deception"}
{"ref": "3.51.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 51, "verse": 8, "iast": ["dhik te śauryaṃ ca sattvaṃ ca yat tvayā kathitaṃ tadā", "kulākrośakaraṃ loke dhik te cāritram īdṛśam"], "translation": "Shame on your heroism and courage of which you boasted then! Shame on such conduct of yours, that brings reproach upon your line in the world.", "sarga_title": "Sītā condemns the deception"}
{"ref": "3.51.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 51, "verse": 9, "iast": ["kiṃ śakyaṃ kartum evaṃ hi yaj javenaiva dhāvasi", "muhūrtam api tiṣṭhasva na jīvan pratiyāsyasi"], "translation": "What can be done, since you flee at such speed? Stand still even for a moment—you will not go back alive!", "sarga_title": "Sītā condemns the deception"}
{"ref": "3.51.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 51, "verse": 10, "iast": ["na hi cakṣuḥpathaṃ prāpya tayoḥ pārthivaputrayoḥ", "sasainyo 'pi samartaḥs tvaṃ muhūrtam api jīvitum"], "translation": "For once you come within the sight of those two princes, you, even with an army, would not be able to live even a moment.", "sarga_title": "Sītā condemns the deception"}
{"ref": "3.51.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 51, "verse": 11, "iast": ["na tvaṃ tayoḥ śarasparśaṃ soḍhuṃ śaktaḥ kathaṃ cana", "vane prajvalitasyeva sparśam agner vihaṃgamaḥ"], "translation": "You will in no way be able to endure the touch of their arrows, as a bird cannot endure the touch of blazing fire in the forest.", "sarga_title": "Sītā condemns the deception"}
{"ref": "3.51.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 51, "verse": 12, "iast": ["sādhu kṛtvātmanaḥ pathyaṃ sādhu māṃ muñca rāvaṇa", "matpradharṣaṇaruṣṭo hi bhrātrā saha patir mama", "vidhāsyati vināśāya tvaṃ māṃ yadi na muñcasi"], "translation": "Do rightly by your own welfare; kindly release me, Rāvaṇa. For my husband, enraged at my molestation, together with his brother will contrive your destruction if you do not let me go.", "sarga_title": "Sītā condemns the deception"}
{"ref": "3.51.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 51, "verse": 13, "iast": ["yena tvaṃ vyavasāyena balān māṃ hartum icchasi", "vyavasāyaḥ sa te nīca bhaviṣyati nirarthakaḥ"], "translation": "The resolve with which you seek to carry me off by force—that resolve of yours, base one, will come to nothing.", "sarga_title": "Sītā condemns the deception"}
{"ref": "3.51.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 51, "verse": 14, "iast": ["na hy ahaṃ tam apaśyantī bhartāraṃ vibudhopamam", "utsahe śatruvaśagā prāṇān dhārayituṃ ciram"], "translation": "For not seeing that husband of mine, who is like a god, and fallen into the enemy's power, I cannot bear to keep hold of my life for long.", "sarga_title": "Sītā condemns the deception"}
{"ref": "3.51.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 51, "verse": 15, "iast": ["na nūnaṃ cātmanaḥ śreyaḥ pathyaṃ vā samavekṣase", "mṛtyukāle yathā martyo viparītāni sevate"], "translation": "Surely you regard neither your own good nor your welfare—just as a mortal at the hour of death takes to perverse things.", "sarga_title": "Sītā condemns the deception"}
{"ref": "3.51.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 51, "verse": 16, "iast": ["mumūrṣūṇāṃ hi sarveṣāṃ yat pathyaṃ tan na rocate", "paśyāmīva hi kaṇṭhe tvāṃ kālapāśāvapāśitam"], "translation": "For to all who are about to die, what is wholesome gives no pleasure; and I seem to see you with the noose of Death fastened round your throat.", "sarga_title": "Sītā condemns the deception"}
{"ref": "3.51.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 51, "verse": 17, "iast": ["yathā cāsmin bhayasthāne na bibheṣe daśānana", "vyaktaṃ hiraṇmayān hi tvaṃ saṃpaśyasi mahīruhān"], "translation": "And since in this place of peril you feel no fear, ten-faced one, plainly you are seeing the trees as if made of gold.", "sarga_title": "Sītā condemns the deception"}
{"ref": "3.51.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 51, "verse": 18, "iast": ["nadīṃ vairataṇīṃ ghorāṃ rudhiraughanivāhinīm", "khaḍgapatravanaṃ caiva bhīmaṃ paśyasi rāvaṇa"], "translation": "You behold the dread river Vaitaraṇī flowing with a flood of blood, and the fearsome forest of sword-leaves, Rāvaṇa.", "sarga_title": "Sītā condemns the deception"}
{"ref": "3.51.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 51, "verse": 19, "iast": ["taptakāñcanapuṣpāṃ ca vaidūryapravaracchadām", "drakṣyase śālmalīṃ tīkṣṇām āyasaiḥ kaṇṭakaiś citām"], "translation": "And you shall behold the cruel śālmalī tree, its flowers of molten gold and its leaves of choice beryl, thickly set with iron thorns.", "sarga_title": "Sītā condemns the deception"}
{"ref": "3.51.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 51, "verse": 20, "iast": ["na hi tvam īdṛśaṃ kṛtvā tasyālīkaṃ mahātmanaḥ", "dhārituṃ śakṣyasi ciraṃ viṣaṃ pītveva nirghṛṇaḥ"], "translation": "For having done such a wrong to that great-souled one, you will not be able to survive long, pitiless one, as though you had drunk poison.", "sarga_title": "Sītā condemns the deception"}
{"ref": "3.51.21", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 51, "verse": 21, "iast": ["baddhas tvaṃ kālapāśena durnivāreṇa rāvaṇa", "kva gato lapsyase śarma bhartur mama mahātmanaḥ"], "translation": "Bound by the inescapable noose of Death, Rāvaṇa, where can you go to find refuge from my great-souled husband?", "sarga_title": "Sītā condemns the deception"}
{"ref": "3.51.22", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 51, "verse": 22, "iast": ["nimeṣāntaramātreṇa vinā bhrātaram āhave", "rākṣasā nihatā yena sahasrāṇi caturdaśa"], "translation": "By whom, in but the space of a wink, without his brother, fourteen thousand rākṣasas were slain in battle—", "sarga_title": "Sītā condemns the deception"}
{"ref": "3.51.23", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 51, "verse": 23, "iast": ["sa kathaṃ rāghavo vīraḥ sarvāstrakuśalo balī", "na tvāṃ hanyāc charais tīkṣṇair iṣṭabhāryāpahāriṇam"], "translation": "how should that heroic Rāghava, skilled in all weapons and mighty, not slay you with his sharp arrows—you who abduct his beloved wife?", "sarga_title": "Sītā condemns the deception"}
{"ref": "3.51.24", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 51, "verse": 24, "iast": ["etac cānyac ca paruṣaṃ vaidehī rāvaṇāṅkagā", "bhayaśokasamāviṣṭā karuṇaṃ vilalāpa ha"], "translation": "This and much else harsh Vaidehī, upon Rāvaṇa's lap, filled with fear and grief, piteously lamented.", "sarga_title": "Sītā condemns the deception"}
{"ref": "3.51.25", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 51, "verse": 25, "iast": ["tathā bhṛśārtāṃ bahu caiva bhāṣiṇīṃ vilalāpa pūrvaṃ karuṇaṃ ca bhāminīm", "jahāra pāpas taruṇīṃ viveṣṭatīṃ nṛpātmajām āgatagātravepathum"], "translation": "So the sinful one bore off that beautiful young woman—sorely afflicted, speaking much, who had lamented piteously before, the king's daughter, writhing and twisting, her limbs seized with trembling.", "sarga_title": "Sītā condemns the deception"}
{"ref": "3.52.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 52, "verse": 1, "iast": ["hriyamāṇā tu vaidehī kaṃ cin nātham apaśyatī", "dadarśa giriśṛṅgasthān pañcavānarapuṃgavān"], "translation": "But Vaidehī, being carried off and seeing no protector, beheld five bull-monkeys perched on a mountain peak.", "sarga_title": "Sītā drops her ornaments"}
{"ref": "3.52.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 52, "verse": 2, "iast": ["teṣāṃ madhye viśālākṣī kauśeyaṃ kanakaprabham", "uttarīyaṃ varārohā śubhāny ābharaṇāni ca", "mumoca yadi rāmāya śaṃseyur iti maithilī"], "translation": "In their midst the wide-eyed, fair-hipped Maithilī let fall her golden-hued silk upper-garment and her lovely ornaments, thinking, 'Perhaps they will tell Rāma.'", "sarga_title": "Sītā drops her ornaments"}
{"ref": "3.52.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 52, "verse": 3, "iast": ["vastram utsṛjya tan madhye vinikṣiptaṃ sabhūṣaṇam", "saṃbhramāt tu daśagrīvas tat karma na ca buddhivān"], "translation": "She let fall the garment, cast down there with the ornaments; but the ten-necked one, clever though he was, in his haste did not notice that act.", "sarga_title": "Sītā drops her ornaments"}
{"ref": "3.52.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 52, "verse": 4, "iast": ["piṅgākṣās tāṃ viśālākṣīṃ netrair animiṣair iva", "vikrośantīṃ tadā sītāṃ dadṛśur vānararṣabhāḥ"], "translation": "The tawny-eyed bull-monkeys then gazed with well-nigh unblinking eyes at that wide-eyed Sītā as she cried out.", "sarga_title": "Sītā drops her ornaments"}
{"ref": "3.52.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 52, "verse": 5, "iast": ["sa ca pampām atikramya laṅkām abhimukhaḥ purīm", "jagāma rudatīṃ gṛhya maithilīṃ rākṣaseśvaraḥ"], "translation": "And crossing the Pampā, the lord of rākṣasas, facing toward the city of Laṅkā, went on, holding the weeping Maithilī.", "sarga_title": "Sītā drops her ornaments"}
{"ref": "3.52.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 52, "verse": 6, "iast": ["tāṃ jahāra susaṃhṛṣṭo rāvaṇo mṛtyum ātmanaḥ", "utsaṅgenaiva bhujagīṃ tīkṣṇadaṃṣṭrāṃ mahāviṣām"], "translation": "Greatly delighted, Rāvaṇa bore her off—his own death—as one might carry in his lap a sharp-fanged, deadly-venomed she-serpent.", "sarga_title": "Sītā drops her ornaments"}
{"ref": "3.52.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 52, "verse": 7, "iast": ["vanāni saritaḥ śailān sarāṃsi ca vihāyasā", "sa kṣipraṃ samatīyāya śaraś cāpād iva cyutaḥ"], "translation": "Through the sky he swiftly passed over forests, rivers, mountains, and lakes, like an arrow shot from a bow.", "sarga_title": "Sītā drops her ornaments"}
{"ref": "3.52.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 52, "verse": 8, "iast": ["timinakraniketaṃ tu varuṇālayam akṣayam", "saritāṃ śaraṇaṃ gatvā samatīyāya sāgaram"], "translation": "Reaching the imperishable abode of Varuṇa—home of the timi-fish and crocodiles, the refuge of rivers—he passed over the ocean.", "sarga_title": "Sītā drops her ornaments"}
{"ref": "3.52.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 52, "verse": 9, "iast": ["saṃbhramāt parivṛttormī ruddhamīnamahoragaḥ", "vaidehyāṃ hriyamāṇāyāṃ babhūva varuṇālayaḥ"], "translation": "As Vaidehī was being carried off, the ocean, abode of Varuṇa, in agitation turned back its waves, its fish and great serpents held motionless.", "sarga_title": "Sītā drops her ornaments"}
{"ref": "3.52.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 52, "verse": 10, "iast": ["antarikṣagatā vācaḥ sasṛjuś cāraṇās tadā", "etad anto daśagrīva iti siddhās tadābruvan"], "translation": "Then the Cāraṇas, moving in the sky, sent forth words, and the Siddhas said, 'This is your end, ten-necked one!'", "sarga_title": "Sītā drops her ornaments"}
{"ref": "3.52.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 52, "verse": 11, "iast": ["sa tu sītāṃ viveṣṭantīm aṅkenādāya rāvaṇaḥ", "praviveśa purīṃ laṅkāṃ rūpiṇīṃ mṛtyum ātmanaḥ"], "translation": "But Rāvaṇa, taking on his lap the writhing Sītā—his own death embodied—entered the city of Laṅkā.", "sarga_title": "Sītā drops her ornaments"}
{"ref": "3.52.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 52, "verse": 12, "iast": ["so 'bhigamya purīṃ laṅkāṃ suvibhaktamahāpathām", "saṃrūḍhakakṣyā bahulaṃ svam antaḥpuram āviśat"], "translation": "Having reached the city of Laṅkā with its well-laid great avenues, he entered his own inner apartments with their many dense enclosures.", "sarga_title": "Sītā drops her ornaments"}
{"ref": "3.52.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 52, "verse": 13, "iast": ["tatra tām asitāpāṅgīṃ śokamohaparāyaṇām", "nidadhe rāvaṇaḥ sītāṃ mayo māyām ivāsurīm"], "translation": "There Rāvaṇa set down that dark-cornered-eyed Sītā, sunk in grief and bewilderment, as the demon Maya once hid away his demonic magic.", "sarga_title": "Sītā drops her ornaments"}
{"ref": "3.52.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 52, "verse": 14, "iast": ["abravīc ca daśagrīvaḥ piśācīr ghoradarśanāḥ", "yathā naināṃ pumān strī vā sītāṃ paśyaty asaṃmataḥ"], "translation": "And the ten-necked one told the fearsome-looking piśāca-women: 'See to it that no man or woman look upon this Sītā without my leave.'", "sarga_title": "Sītā drops her ornaments"}
{"ref": "3.52.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 52, "verse": 15, "iast": ["muktāmaṇisuvarṇāni vastrāṇy ābharaṇāni ca", "yad yad icchet tad evāsyā deyaṃ macchandato yathā"], "translation": "'Pearls, gems, and gold, garments and ornaments—whatever she desires, just that must be given to her, according to my will.'", "sarga_title": "Sītā drops her ornaments"}
{"ref": "3.52.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 52, "verse": 16, "iast": ["yā ca vakṣyati vaidehīṃ vacanaṃ kiṃ cid apriyam", "ajñānād yadi vā jñānān na tasyā jīvitaṃ priyam"], "translation": "'And whoever speaks any unkind word to Vaidehī, whether from ignorance or knowingly—her life is forfeit.'", "sarga_title": "Sītā drops her ornaments"}
{"ref": "3.52.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 52, "verse": 17, "iast": ["tathoktvā rākṣasīs tās tu rākṣasendraḥ pratāpavān", "niṣkramyāntaḥpurāt tasmāt kiṃ kṛtyam iti cintayan", "dadarśāṣṭau mahāvīryān rākṣasān piśitāśanān"], "translation": "Having thus addressed those rākṣasa-women, the mighty lord of rākṣasas went out from that inner apartment and, pondering 'What is to be done?', beheld eight flesh-eating rākṣasas of great valour.", "sarga_title": "Sītā drops her ornaments"}
{"ref": "3.52.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 52, "verse": 18, "iast": ["sa tān dṛṣṭvā mahāvīryo varadānena mohitaḥ", "uvācaitān idaṃ vākyaṃ praśasya balavīryataḥ"], "translation": "Seeing them, the greatly valiant one, deluded by the boon he had won, praised them for their strength and valour and spoke to them these words:", "sarga_title": "Sītā drops her ornaments"}
{"ref": "3.52.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 52, "verse": 19, "iast": ["nānāpraharaṇāḥ kṣipram ito gacchata satvarāḥ", "janasthānaṃ hatasthānaṃ bhūtapūrvaṃ kharālayam"], "translation": "'Armed with various weapons, go swiftly and in haste from here to Janasthāna, the ruined place, formerly the abode of Khara.'", "sarga_title": "Sītā drops her ornaments"}
{"ref": "3.52.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 52, "verse": 20, "iast": ["tatroṣyatāṃ janasthāne śūnye nihatarākṣase", "pauruṣaṃ balam āśritya trāsam utsṛjya dūrataḥ"], "translation": "'Dwell there in Janasthāna, now empty with its rākṣasas slain, relying on your manly strength and casting fear far away.'", "sarga_title": "Sītā drops her ornaments"}
{"ref": "3.52.21", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 52, "verse": 21, "iast": ["balaṃ hi sumahad yan me janasthāne niveśitam", "sadūṣaṇakharaṃ yuddhe hataṃ tad rāmasāyakaiḥ"], "translation": "'For that great force of mine which was stationed in Janasthāna, together with Dūṣaṇa and Khara, was slain in battle by Rāma's arrows.'", "sarga_title": "Sītā drops her ornaments"}
{"ref": "3.52.22", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 52, "verse": 22, "iast": ["tataḥ krodho mamāpūrvo dhairyasyopari vardhate", "vairaṃ ca sumahaj jātaṃ rāmaṃ prati sudāruṇam"], "translation": "'Therefore an unprecedented wrath rises in me, overriding my composure; and a very great, dreadful enmity toward Rāma has arisen.'", "sarga_title": "Sītā drops her ornaments"}
{"ref": "3.52.23", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 52, "verse": 23, "iast": ["niryātayitum icchāmi tac ca vairam ahaṃ ripoḥ", "na hi lapsyāmy ahaṃ nidrām ahatvā saṃyuge ripum"], "translation": "'I wish to repay that enmity toward my foe; for I shall get no sleep until I have slain my enemy in battle.'", "sarga_title": "Sītā drops her ornaments"}
{"ref": "3.52.24", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 52, "verse": 24, "iast": ["taṃ tv idānīm ahaṃ hatvā kharadūṣaṇaghātinam", "rāmaṃ śarmopalapsyāmi dhanaṃ labdhveva nirdhanaḥ"], "translation": "'Now, once I have slain that Rāma, the slayer of Khara and Dūṣaṇa, I shall find relief, as a pauper who has gained wealth.'", "sarga_title": "Sītā drops her ornaments"}
{"ref": "3.52.25", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 52, "verse": 25, "iast": ["janasthāne vasadbhis tu bhavadbhī rāmam āśritā", "pravṛttir upanetavyā kiṃ karotīti tattvataḥ"], "translation": "'And you, dwelling in Janasthāna, must bring me true intelligence concerning Rāma—what he is doing.'", "sarga_title": "Sītā drops her ornaments"}
{"ref": "3.52.26", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 52, "verse": 26, "iast": ["apramādāc ca gantavyaṃ sarvair eva niśācaraiḥ", "kartavyaś ca sadā yatno rāghavasya vadhaṃ prati"], "translation": "'And all you night-rangers must go heedfully, and effort must ever be made toward the slaying of Rāghava.'", "sarga_title": "Sītā drops her ornaments"}
{"ref": "3.52.27", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 52, "verse": 27, "iast": ["yuṣmākaṃ hi balajño 'haṃ bahuśo raṇamūrdhani", "ataś cāsmiñ janasthāne mayā yūyaṃ niyojitāḥ"], "translation": "'For I know your strength, from many a time at the front of battle; therefore I have appointed you here in Janasthāna.'", "sarga_title": "Sītā drops her ornaments"}
{"ref": "3.52.28", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 52, "verse": 28, "iast": ["tataḥ priyaṃ vākyam upetya rākṣasā mahārtham aṣṭāv abhivādya rāvaṇam", "vihāya laṅkāṃ sahitāḥ pratasthire yato janasthānam alakṣyadarśanāḥ"], "translation": "Then the eight rākṣasas, having received the pleasing, weighty command and saluted Rāvaṇa, left Laṅkā together and set out for Janasthāna, unseen by any eye.", "sarga_title": "Sītā drops her ornaments"}
{"ref": "3.52.29", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 52, "verse": 29, "iast": ["tatas tu sītām upalabhya rāvaṇaḥ susaṃprahṛṣṭaḥ parigṛhya maithilīm", "prasajya rāmeṇa ca vairam uttamaṃ babhūva mohān muditaḥ sa rākṣasaḥ"], "translation": "Then Rāvaṇa, having got Sītā and seized Maithilī, greatly delighted, and having entered into a supreme enmity with Rāma, that rākṣasa grew joyful out of his delusion.", "sarga_title": "Sītā drops her ornaments"}
{"ref": "3.53.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 53, "verse": 1, "iast": ["saṃdiśya rākṣasān ghorān rāvaṇo 'ṣṭau mahābalān", "ātmānaṃ buddhivaiklavyāt kṛtakṛtyam amanyata"], "translation": "Having dispatched the eight terrible, mighty rākṣasas, Rāvaṇa, in his confusion of mind, thought himself to have accomplished his aim.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s offer to Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.53.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 53, "verse": 2, "iast": ["sa cintayāno vaidehīṃ kāmabāṇasamarpitaḥ", "praviveśa gṛhaṃ ramyaṃ sītāṃ draṣṭum abhitvaran"], "translation": "Brooding on Vaidehī, pierced by the arrow of love, he entered his lovely house, hastening to see Sītā.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s offer to Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.53.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 53, "verse": 3, "iast": ["sa praviśya tu tadveśma rāvaṇo rākṣasādhipaḥ", "apaśyad rākṣasīmadhye sītāṃ śokaparāyaṇam"], "translation": "Entering that dwelling, Rāvaṇa, the lord of rākṣasas, saw Sītā, given over to grief, in the midst of the rākṣasa-women.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s offer to Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.53.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 53, "verse": 4, "iast": ["aśrupūrṇamukhīṃ dīnāṃ śokabhārāvapīḍitām", "vāyuvegair ivākrāntāṃ majjantīṃ nāvam arṇave"], "translation": "her face brimming with tears, wretched, crushed under the weight of grief, like a boat overwhelmed by gusts of wind and sinking in the sea;", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s offer to Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.53.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 53, "verse": 5, "iast": ["mṛgayūthaparibhraṣṭāṃ mṛgīṃ śvabhir ivāvṛtām", "adhomukhamukhīṃ dīnām abhyetya ca niśācaraḥ"], "translation": "like a doe strayed from the herd and hemmed in by hounds, her face downcast and wretched—and the night-ranger, approaching her,", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s offer to Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.53.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 53, "verse": 6, "iast": ["tāṃ tu śokavaśāṃ dīnām avaśāṃ rākṣasādhipaḥ", "sa balād darśayām āsa gṛhaṃ devagṛhopamam"], "translation": "that wretched, helpless woman, in the grip of grief, the lord of rākṣasas forcibly led about to show her his house, like the house of a god:", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s offer to Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.53.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 53, "verse": 7, "iast": ["harmyaprāsādasaṃbadhaṃ strīsahasraniṣevitam", "nānāpakṣigaṇair juṣṭaṃ nānāratnasamanvitam"], "translation": "crowded with mansions and palaces, thronged by thousands of women, frequented by flocks of many birds, and furnished with jewels of every kind;", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s offer to Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.53.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 53, "verse": 8, "iast": ["kāñcanais tāpanīyaiś ca sphāṭikai rājatais tathā", "vajravaidūryacitraiś ca stambhair dṛṣṭimanoharaiḥ"], "translation": "with pillars of gold and refined gold, of crystal and of silver, inlaid with diamond and beryl, ravishing to the eye;", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s offer to Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.53.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 53, "verse": 9, "iast": ["divyadundubhinirhrādaṃ taptakāñcanatoraṇam", "sopānaṃ kāñcanaṃ citram āruroha tayā saha"], "translation": "resounding with divine drums, its archway of refined gold; and he ascended the wondrous golden staircase along with her.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s offer to Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.53.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 53, "verse": 10, "iast": ["dāntakā rājatāś caiva gavākṣāḥ priyadarśanāḥ", "hemajālāvṛtāś cāsaṃs tatra prāsādapaṅktayaḥ"], "translation": "There the rows of palaces had lovely lattice-windows of ivory and of silver, veiled with golden network.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s offer to Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.53.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 53, "verse": 11, "iast": ["sudhāmaṇivicitrāṇi bhūmibhāgāni sarvaśaḥ", "daśagrīvaḥ svabhavane prādarśayata maithilīm"], "translation": "The ten-necked one showed Maithilī, in his own palace, the floor-spaces on every side, variegated with stucco and gems.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s offer to Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.53.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 53, "verse": 12, "iast": ["dīrghikāḥ puṣkariṇyaś ca nānāpuṣpasamāvṛtāḥ", "rāvaṇo darśayām āsa sītāṃ śokaparāyaṇām"], "translation": "Rāvaṇa showed grief-stricken Sītā the oblong ponds and lotus-pools covered with flowers of every kind.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s offer to Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.53.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 53, "verse": 13, "iast": ["darśayitvā tu vaidehīṃ kṛtsnaṃ tad bhavanottamam", "uvāca vākyaṃ pāpātmā rāvaṇo janakātmajām"], "translation": "Having shown Vaidehī that whole excellent mansion, the evil-souled Rāvaṇa spoke these words to Janaka's daughter:", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s offer to Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.53.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 53, "verse": 14, "iast": ["daśarākṣasakoṭyaś ca dvāviṃśatir athāparāḥ", "varjayitvā jarā vṛddhān bālāṃś ca rajanīcarān"], "translation": "'Ten crore of rākṣasas, and twenty-two more, excluding those infirm with age and the young among the night-rangers—", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s offer to Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.53.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 53, "verse": 15, "iast": ["teṣāṃ prabhur ahaṃ sīte sarveṣāṃ bhīmakarmaṇām", "sahasram ekam ekasya mama kāryapuraḥsaram"], "translation": "of all those of dreadful deeds I am the lord, Sītā; for me a thousand attend upon each single one, going before in my service.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s offer to Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.53.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 53, "verse": 16, "iast": ["yad idaṃ rājyatantraṃ me tvayi sarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitam", "jīvitaṃ ca viśālākṣi tvaṃ me prāṇair garīyasī"], "translation": "This whole machinery of my kingdom rests upon you; and my life too, wide-eyed one—you are dearer to me than my very breaths.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s offer to Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.53.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 53, "verse": 17, "iast": ["bahūnāṃ strīsahasrāṇāṃ mama yo 'sau parigrahaḥ", "tāsāṃ tvam īśvarī sīte mama bhāryā bhava priye"], "translation": "Of the many thousands of women who are my consorts, you shall be the mistress, Sītā; become my wife, beloved.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s offer to Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.53.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 53, "verse": 18, "iast": ["sādhu kiṃ te 'nyayā buddhyā rocayasva vaco mama", "bhajasva mābhitaptasya prasādaṃ kartum arhasi"], "translation": "Come, what use to you is any other thought? Delight in my words. Love me; you ought to be gracious to one so tormented (with love).", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s offer to Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.53.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 53, "verse": 19, "iast": ["parikṣiptā samudreṇa laṅkeyaṃ śatayojanā", "neyaṃ dharṣayituṃ śakyā sendrair api surāsuraiḥ"], "translation": "This Laṅkā, a hundred yojanas wide, is girdled by the ocean; it cannot be assailed even by the gods and asuras together with Indra.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s offer to Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.53.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 53, "verse": 20, "iast": ["na deveṣu na yakṣeṣu na gandharveṣu narṣiṣu", "ahaṃ paśyāmi lokeṣu yo me vīryasamo bhavet"], "translation": "Neither among gods, nor yakṣas, nor gandharvas, nor seers do I see anyone in the worlds who could be my equal in valour.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s offer to Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.53.21", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 53, "verse": 21, "iast": ["rājyabhraṣṭena dīnena tāpasena gatāyuṣā", "kiṃ kariṣyasi rāmeṇa mānuṣeṇālpatejasā"], "translation": "What will you do with Rāma—fallen from his kingdom, wretched, an ascetic whose days are spent, a mere man of scant power?", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s offer to Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.53.22", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 53, "verse": 22, "iast": ["bhajasva sīte mām eva bhartāhaṃ sadṛśas tava", "yauvanaṃ hy adhruvaṃ bhīru ramasveha mayā saha"], "translation": "Love me alone, Sītā; I am a husband befitting you. Youth is fleeting, timid one—take your pleasure here with me.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s offer to Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.53.23", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 53, "verse": 23, "iast": ["darśane mā kṛthā buddhiṃ rāghavasya varānane", "kāsya śaktir ihāgantum api sīte manorathaiḥ"], "translation": "Set not your mind on seeing Rāghava, fair-faced one; what power has he to come here, Sītā, even in his fancies?", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s offer to Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.53.24", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 53, "verse": 24, "iast": ["na śakyo vāyur ākāśe pāśair baddhaṃ mahājavaḥ", "dīpyamānasya vāpy agner grahītuṃ vimalāṃ śikhām"], "translation": "The mighty-swift wind in the sky cannot be bound with nooses, nor can the bright flame of blazing fire be seized.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s offer to Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.53.25", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 53, "verse": 25, "iast": ["trayāṇām api lokānāṃ na taṃ paśyāmi śobhane", "vikrameṇa nayed yas tvāṃ madbāhuparipālitām"], "translation": "In all the three worlds, lovely one, I do not see him who could by valour carry you off, guarded as you are by my arms.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s offer to Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.53.26", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 53, "verse": 26, "iast": ["laṅkāyāṃ sumahad rājyam idaṃ tvam anupālaya", "abhiṣekodakaklinnā tuṣṭā ca ramayasva mām"], "translation": "Rule over this great kingdom in Laṅkā; anointed with the water of consecration and content, delight me.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s offer to Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.53.27", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 53, "verse": 27, "iast": ["duṣkṛtaṃ yat purā karma vanavāsena tad gatam", "yaś ca te sukṛto dharmas tasyeha phalam āpnuhi"], "translation": "Whatever evil deed you did before is wiped away by your forest-dwelling; and reap here the fruit of the good, righteous merit that is yours.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s offer to Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.53.28", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 53, "verse": 28, "iast": ["iha sarvāṇi mālyāni divyagandhāni maithili", "bhūṣaṇāni ca mukhyāni tāni seva mayā saha"], "translation": "Here, Maithilī, are all garlands of divine fragrance and choicest ornaments—enjoy them together with me.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s offer to Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.53.29", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 53, "verse": 29, "iast": ["puṣpakaṃ nāma suśroṇi bhrātur vaiśravaṇasya me", "vimānaṃ ramaṇīyaṃ ca tad vimānaṃ manojavam"], "translation": "There is a car named Puṣpaka, fair-hipped one, belonging to my brother Vaiśravaṇa—a lovely aerial car, and that car is swift as thought.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s offer to Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.53.30", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 53, "verse": 30, "iast": ["tatra sīte mayā sārdhaṃ viharasva yathāsukham", "vadanaṃ padmasaṃkāśaṃ vimalaṃ cārudarśanam"], "translation": "There, Sītā, disport with me at your pleasure. Your face, resembling a lotus, spotless and lovely to behold,", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s offer to Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.53.31", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 53, "verse": 31, "iast": ["śokārtaṃ tu varārohe na bhrājati varānane", "alaṃ vrīḍena vaidehi dharmalopa kṛtena te"], "translation": "stricken with grief, fair-hipped one, does not shine, O fair-faced. Enough, Vaidehī, of the shame that arises in you from (fear of) a lapse of dharma!", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s offer to Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.53.32", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 53, "verse": 32, "iast": ["ārṣo 'yaṃ daivaniṣyando yas tvām abhigamiṣyati", "etau pādau mayā snigdhau śirobhiḥ paripīḍitau"], "translation": "This that comes to you is a sanctioned course, a working of fate. These two tender feet of yours are pressed by me with my heads (in homage).", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s offer to Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.53.33", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 53, "verse": 33, "iast": ["prasādaṃ kuru me kṣipraṃ vaśyo dāso 'ham asmi te", "nemāḥ śūnyā mayā vācaḥ śuṣyamāṇena bhāṣitāḥ"], "translation": "Show me your favour quickly; I am your obedient slave. These words, spoken by me as I pine away, are not empty.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s offer to Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.53.34", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 53, "verse": 34, "iast": ["na cāpi rāvaṇaḥ kāṃ cin mūrdhnā strīṃ praṇameta ha", "evam uktvā daśagrīvo maithilīṃ janakātmajām"], "translation": "'And never has Rāvaṇa bowed his head to any woman!' Having thus spoken to Maithilī, Janaka's daughter, the ten-necked one,", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s offer to Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.53.35", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 53, "verse": 35, "iast": ["kṛtāntavaśam āpanno mameyam iti manyate"], "translation": "fallen under the sway of Death, thought, 'She is mine.'", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s offer to Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.54.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 54, "verse": 1, "iast": ["sā tathoktā tu vaidehī nirbhayā śokakarṣitā", "tṛṇam antarataḥ kṛtvā rāvaṇaṃ pratyabhāṣata"], "translation": "Vaidehī, thus addressed, fearless though worn with grief, placing a blade of grass between them, replied to Rāvaṇa:", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s deadline and threat"}
{"ref": "3.54.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 54, "verse": 2, "iast": ["rājā daśaratho nāma dharmasetur ivācalaḥ", "satyasandhaḥ parijñāto yasya putraḥ sa rāghavaḥ"], "translation": "There was a king named Daśaratha, unshakable as a dyke of dharma, true to his word and renowned—whose son is that Rāghava.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s deadline and threat"}
{"ref": "3.54.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 54, "verse": 3, "iast": ["rāmo nāma sa dharmātmā triṣu lokeṣu viśrutaḥ", "dīrghabāhur viśālākṣo daivataṃ sa patir mama"], "translation": "Rāma by name, righteous of soul, renowned in the three worlds, long-armed and wide-eyed—that husband of mine is to me a god.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s deadline and threat"}
{"ref": "3.54.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 54, "verse": 4, "iast": ["ikṣvākūṇāṃ kule jātaḥ siṃhaskandho mahādyutiḥ", "lakṣmaṇena saha bhrātrā yas te prāṇāṃ hariṣyati"], "translation": "Born in the line of the Ikṣvākus, lion-shouldered, of great splendour—he, together with his brother Lakṣmaṇa, will take your life.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s deadline and threat"}
{"ref": "3.54.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 54, "verse": 5, "iast": ["pratyakṣaṃ yady ahaṃ tasya tvayā syāṃ dharṣitā balāt", "śayitā tvaṃ hataḥ saṃkhye janasthāne yathā kharaḥ"], "translation": "Had I been assaulted by you by force before his very eyes, you would lie slain in battle, as Khara was slain in Janasthāna.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s deadline and threat"}
{"ref": "3.54.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 54, "verse": 6, "iast": ["ya ete rākṣasāḥ proktā ghorarūpā mahābalāḥ", "rāghave nirviṣāḥ sarve suparṇe pannagā yathā"], "translation": "These rākṣasas you have named, of terrible form and great strength—before Rāghava they are all venomless, as serpents before Garuḍa.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s deadline and threat"}
{"ref": "3.54.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 54, "verse": 7, "iast": ["tasya jyāvipramuktās te śarāḥ kāñcanabhūṣaṇāḥ", "śarīraṃ vidhamiṣyanti gaṅgākūlam ivormayaḥ"], "translation": "His arrows, gold-adorned, loosed from the bowstring, will tear your body apart as waves tear the bank of the Gaṅgā.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s deadline and threat"}
{"ref": "3.54.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 54, "verse": 8, "iast": ["asurair vā surair vā tvaṃ yady avadho 'si rāvaṇa", "utpādya sumahad vairaṃ jīvaṃs tasya na mokṣyase"], "translation": "Even if you are unslayable by asuras or gods, Rāvaṇa, having stirred up so great an enmity, you will not escape him alive.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s deadline and threat"}
{"ref": "3.54.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 54, "verse": 9, "iast": ["sa te jīvitaśeṣasya rāghavo 'ntakaro balī", "paśor yūpagatasyeva jīvitaṃ tava durlabham"], "translation": "That mighty Rāghava will make an end of what remains of your life; your life is hard to keep, like that of a beast bound to the sacrificial post.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s deadline and threat"}
{"ref": "3.54.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 54, "verse": 10, "iast": ["yadi paśyet sa rāmas tvāṃ roṣadīptena cakṣuṣā", "rakṣas tvam adya nirdagdho gaccheḥ sadyaḥ parābhavam"], "translation": "If that Rāma should look at you with an eye blazing with rage, O demon, you would be burnt to ashes this day and go at once to ruin.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s deadline and threat"}
{"ref": "3.54.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 54, "verse": 11, "iast": ["yaś candraṃ nabhaso bhūmau pātayen nāśayeta vā", "sāgaraṃ śoṣayed vāpi sa sītāṃ mocayed iha"], "translation": "He who could cast the moon from the sky to the earth, or destroy it, or dry up the ocean—he might set Sītā free here.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s deadline and threat"}
{"ref": "3.54.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 54, "verse": 12, "iast": ["gatāyus tvaṃ gataśrīko gatasattvo gatendriyaḥ", "laṅkā vaidhavyasaṃyuktā tvatkṛtena bhaviṣyati"], "translation": "Your life is spent, your fortune gone, your strength gone, your senses gone; through your doing, Laṅkā will be made a widow.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s deadline and threat"}
{"ref": "3.54.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 54, "verse": 13, "iast": ["na te pāpam idaṃ karma sukhodarkaṃ bhaviṣyati", "yāhaṃ nītā vinā bhāvaṃ patipārśvāt tvayā vanāt"], "translation": "This evil deed of yours will not end in happiness—I who have been carried off by you against my will from my husband's side, from the forest.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s deadline and threat"}
{"ref": "3.54.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 54, "verse": 14, "iast": ["sa hi daivatasaṃyukto mama bhartā mahādyutiḥ", "nirbhayo vīryam āśritya śūnye vasati daṇḍake"], "translation": "For that husband of mine, of great splendour, endowed with divine power, relying on his valour, dwells fearless in the empty Daṇḍaka.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s deadline and threat"}
{"ref": "3.54.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 54, "verse": 15, "iast": ["sa te darpaṃ balaṃ vīryam utsekaṃ ca tathāvidham", "apaneṣyati gātrebhyaḥ śaravarṣeṇa saṃyuge"], "translation": "He will strip from your limbs, with a rain of arrows in battle, your pride, your strength, your valour, and such arrogance as this.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s deadline and threat"}
{"ref": "3.54.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 54, "verse": 16, "iast": ["yadā vināśo bhūtānāṃ dṛśyate kālacoditaḥ", "tadā kārye pramādyanti narāḥ kālavaśaṃ gatāḥ"], "translation": "When the destruction of creatures, driven by Time, draws near, then men fallen under Time's sway grow heedless in their duty.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s deadline and threat"}
{"ref": "3.54.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 54, "verse": 17, "iast": ["māṃ pradhṛṣya sa te kālaḥ prāpto 'yaṃ rakṣasādhama", "ātmano rākṣasānāṃ ca vadhāyāntaḥpurasya ca"], "translation": "By assaulting me, this your death-hour has arrived, vilest of demons—for the destruction of yourself, of the rākṣasas, and of your harem.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s deadline and threat"}
{"ref": "3.54.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 54, "verse": 18, "iast": ["na śakyā yajñamadhyasthā vediḥ srugbhāṇḍa maṇḍitā", "dvijātimantrasaṃpūtā caṇḍālenāvamarditum"], "translation": "An altar standing in the midst of a sacrifice, adorned with the ladle and vessels and hallowed by the mantras of the twice-born, cannot be defiled by a caṇḍāla.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s deadline and threat"}
{"ref": "3.54.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 54, "verse": 19, "iast": ["idaṃ śarīraṃ niḥsaṃjñaṃ bandha vā ghātayasva vā", "nedaṃ śarīraṃ rakṣyaṃ me jīvitaṃ vāpi rākṣasa", "na hi śakṣyāmy upakrośaṃ pṛthivyāṃ dātum ātmanaḥ"], "translation": "This body of mine is beyond feeling—bind it or slay it as you will. I need guard neither this body nor my life, rākṣasa; for I could never bring reproach upon myself in this world.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s deadline and threat"}
{"ref": "3.54.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 54, "verse": 20, "iast": ["evam uktvā tu vaidehī kroddhāt suparuṣaṃ vacaḥ", "rāvaṇaṃ maithilī tatra punar novāca kiṃ cana"], "translation": "Having thus spoken, in anger, these very harsh words to Rāvaṇa, Vaidehī, Maithilī, then said nothing further.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s deadline and threat"}
{"ref": "3.54.21", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 54, "verse": 21, "iast": ["sītāyā vacanaṃ śrutvā paruṣaṃ romaharṣaṇam", "pratyuvāca tataḥ sītāṃ bhayasaṃdarśanaṃ vacaḥ"], "translation": "Hearing Sītā's harsh, hair-raising speech, he then answered Sītā with words that showed forth a threat:", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s deadline and threat"}
{"ref": "3.54.22", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 54, "verse": 22, "iast": ["śṛṇu maithili madvākyaṃ māsān dvādaśa bhāmini", "kālenānena nābhyeṣi yadi māṃ cāruhāsini", "tatas tvāṃ prātarāśārthaṃ sūdāś chetsyanti leśaśaḥ"], "translation": "'Hear my word, Maithilī: twelve months (I grant you), proud lady. If within this time you do not come to me, sweet-smiling one, then the cooks shall cut you up piecemeal for my morning meal.'", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s deadline and threat"}
{"ref": "3.54.23", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 54, "verse": 23, "iast": ["ity uktvā paruṣaṃ vākyaṃ rāvaṇaḥ śatrurāvaṇaḥ", "rākṣasīś ca tataḥ kruddha idaṃ vacanam abravīt"], "translation": "Having thus spoken harsh words, Rāvaṇa, the tormentor of foes, then in anger said this to the rākṣasa-women:", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s deadline and threat"}
{"ref": "3.54.24", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 54, "verse": 24, "iast": ["śīghram evaṃ hi rākṣasyo vikṛtā ghoradarśanāḥ", "darpam asyā vineṣyantu māṃsaśoṇitabhojanāḥ"], "translation": "'Quickly, you rākṣasa-women, misshapen and dreadful to behold, feeders on flesh and blood—rid her of her pride!'", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s deadline and threat"}
{"ref": "3.54.25", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 54, "verse": 25, "iast": ["vacanād eva tās tasya vikṛtā ghoradarśanāḥ", "kṛtaprāñjalayo bhūtvā maithilīṃ paryavārayan"], "translation": "At his very word, those misshapen, dreadful-looking women, making the gesture of joined palms, surrounded Maithilī.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s deadline and threat"}
{"ref": "3.54.26", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 54, "verse": 26, "iast": ["sa tāḥ provāca rājā tu rāvaṇo ghoradarśanaḥ", "pracālya caraṇotkarṣair dārayann iva medinīm"], "translation": "And the king Rāvaṇa, dreadful to behold, said to them, stamping so with the pounding of his feet as if to split the earth:", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s deadline and threat"}
{"ref": "3.54.27", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 54, "verse": 27, "iast": ["aśokavanikāmadhye maithilī nīyatām iti", "tatreyaṃ rakṣyatāṃ gūḍham uṣmābhiḥ parivāritā"], "translation": "'Let Maithilī be taken into the midst of the aśoka grove; there let her be kept closely guarded, surrounded by you.'", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s deadline and threat"}
{"ref": "3.54.28", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 54, "verse": 28, "iast": ["tatraināṃ tarjanair ghoraiḥ punaḥ sāntvaiś ca maithilīm", "ānayadhvaṃ vaśaṃ sarvā vanyāṃ gajavadhūm iva"], "translation": "'There, by dread threats and again by soothing words, all of you bring Maithilī under control, as one tames a wild cow-elephant.'", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s deadline and threat"}
{"ref": "3.54.29", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 54, "verse": 29, "iast": ["iti pratisamādiṣṭā rākṣasyo rāvaṇena tāḥ", "aśokavanikāṃ jagmur maithilīṃ parigṛhya tām"], "translation": "Thus commanded by Rāvaṇa, those rākṣasa-women, taking hold of Maithilī, went to the aśoka grove,", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s deadline and threat"}
{"ref": "3.54.30", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 54, "verse": 30, "iast": ["sarvakāmaphalair vṛkṣair nānāpuṣpaphalair vṛtām", "sarvakālamadaiś cāpi dvijaiḥ samupasevitām"], "translation": "a grove filled with trees bearing every desired fruit and manifold flowers and fruits, and frequented by birds intoxicated in every season.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s deadline and threat"}
{"ref": "3.54.31", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 54, "verse": 31, "iast": ["sā tu śokaparītāṅgī maithilī janakātmajā", "rākṣasī vaśam āpannā vyāghrīṇāṃ hariṇī yathā"], "translation": "But Maithilī, Janaka's daughter, her limbs overwhelmed with grief, fell into the power of the rākṣasa-women like a doe among tigresses.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s deadline and threat"}
{"ref": "3.54.32", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 54, "verse": 32, "iast": ["na vindate tatra tu śarma maithilī virūpanetrābhir atīva tarjitā", "patiṃ smarantī dayitaṃ ca devaraṃ vicetanābhūd bhayaśokapīḍitā"], "translation": "There Maithilī found no comfort, sorely threatened by the deformed-eyed demonesses; remembering her beloved husband and her brother-in-law, she swooned, tormented by fear and grief.", "sarga_title": "Rāvaṇa’s deadline and threat"}
{"ref": "3.55.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 55, "verse": 1, "iast": ["rākṣasaṃ mṛgarūpeṇa carantaṃ kāmarūpiṇam", "nihatya rāmo mārīcaṃ tūrṇaṃ pathi nyavartata"], "translation": "Having slain the rākṣasa Mārīca, who could take any form at will and roamed about in the guise of a deer, Rāma turned back swiftly onto the path.", "sarga_title": "Rāma meets Lakṣmaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.55.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 55, "verse": 2, "iast": ["tasya saṃtvaramāṇasya draṣṭukāmasya maithilīm", "krūrasvaro 'tha gomāyur vinanādāsya pṛṣṭhataḥ"], "translation": "As he hurried on, eager to see Maithilī, a jackal with a cruel voice then howled behind him.", "sarga_title": "Rāma meets Lakṣmaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.55.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 55, "verse": 3, "iast": ["sa tasya svaram ājñāya dāruṇaṃ romaharṣaṇam", "cintayām āsa gomāyoḥ svareṇa pariśaṅkitaḥ"], "translation": "Recognizing that dreadful, hair-raising cry of the creature, he fell to brooding, alarmed by the jackal's voice.", "sarga_title": "Rāma meets Lakṣmaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.55.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 55, "verse": 4, "iast": ["aśubhaṃ bata manye 'haṃ gomāyur vāśyate yathā", "svasti syād api vaidehyā rākṣasair bhakṣaṇaṃ vinā"], "translation": "\"Alas, I think it bodes ill, the way the jackal howls; may it be well with Vaidehī, spared from being devoured by the rākṣasas.\"", "sarga_title": "Rāma meets Lakṣmaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.55.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 55, "verse": 5, "iast": ["mārīcena tu vijñāya svaram ālakṣya māmakam", "vikruṣṭaṃ mṛgarūpeṇa lakṣmaṇaḥ śṛṇuyād yadi"], "translation": "\"If Lakṣmaṇa should hear the cry that Mārīca, mimicking and marking my voice, uttered in the deer's form—\"", "sarga_title": "Rāma meets Lakṣmaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.55.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 55, "verse": 6, "iast": ["sa saumitriḥ svaraṃ śrutvā tāṃ ca hitvātha maithilīm", "tayaiva prahitaḥ kṣipraṃ matsakāśam ihaiṣyati"], "translation": "\"—then that son of Sumitrā, hearing the cry and abandoning Maithilī, sent by her very self, will come here quickly to my side.\"", "sarga_title": "Rāma meets Lakṣmaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.55.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 55, "verse": 7, "iast": ["rākṣasaiḥ sahitair nūnaṃ sītāyā īpsito vadhaḥ", "kāñcanaś ca mṛgo bhūtvā vyapanīyāśramāt tu mām"], "translation": "\"Surely the rākṣasas, banded together, desired Sītā's death; and this one, becoming a golden deer, lured me away from the hermitage.\"", "sarga_title": "Rāma meets Lakṣmaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.55.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 55, "verse": 8, "iast": ["dūraṃ nītvā tu mārīco rākṣaso 'bhūc charāhataḥ", "hā lakṣmaṇa hato 'smīti yad vākyaṃ vyajahāra ha"], "translation": "\"Having led me far off, Mārīca the rākṣasa, struck by my arrow, uttered the words, 'Alas, Lakṣmaṇa, I am slain!'\"", "sarga_title": "Rāma meets Lakṣmaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.55.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 55, "verse": 9, "iast": ["api svasti bhaved dvābhyāṃ rahitābhyāṃ mayā vane", "janasthānanimittaṃ hi kṛtavairo 'smi rākṣasaiḥ", "nimittāni ca ghorāṇi dṛśyante 'dya bahūni ca"], "translation": "\"May it be well with those two left without me in the forest; for on account of Janasthāna I have made enmity with the rākṣasas, and today many dreadful portents are seen.\"", "sarga_title": "Rāma meets Lakṣmaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.55.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 55, "verse": 10, "iast": ["ity evaṃ cintayan rāmaḥ śrutvā gomāyuniḥsvanam", "ātmanaś cāpanayanaṃ mṛgarūpeṇa rakṣasā", "ājagāma janasthānaṃ rāghavaḥ pariśaṅkitaḥ"], "translation": "Brooding thus, having heard the jackal's cry and knowing his own being led away by the rākṣasa in the deer's form, Rāghava came to Janasthāna, filled with foreboding.", "sarga_title": "Rāma meets Lakṣmaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.55.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 55, "verse": 11, "iast": ["taṃ dīnamānasaṃ dīnam āsedur mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ", "savyaṃ kṛtvā mahātmānaṃ ghorāṃś ca sasṛjuḥ svarān"], "translation": "Beasts and birds came up to him, downcast and low in spirit, and keeping the great one on their left, they let loose dreadful cries.", "sarga_title": "Rāma meets Lakṣmaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.55.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 55, "verse": 12, "iast": ["tāni dṛṣṭvā nimittāni mahāghorāṇi rāghavaḥ", "tato lakṣaṇam āyāntaṃ dadarśa vigataprabham"], "translation": "Seeing those exceedingly dreadful portents, Rāghava then beheld Lakṣmaṇa coming toward him, his radiance gone.", "sarga_title": "Rāma meets Lakṣmaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.55.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 55, "verse": 13, "iast": ["tato 'vidūre rāmeṇa samīyāya sa lakṣmaṇaḥ", "viṣaṇṇaḥ sa viṣaṇṇena duḥkhito duḥkhabhāginā"], "translation": "Then, not far off, that Lakṣmaṇa met with Rāma—the one dejected meeting the dejected, the one grieved meeting him who shared his grief.", "sarga_title": "Rāma meets Lakṣmaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.55.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 55, "verse": 14, "iast": ["saṃjagarhe 'tha taṃ bhrātā jeṣṭho lakṣmaṇam āgatam", "vihāya sītāṃ vijane vane rākṣasasevite"], "translation": "Then the elder brother reproached that Lakṣmaṇa who had come, having left Sītā in the lonely forest haunted by rākṣasas.", "sarga_title": "Rāma meets Lakṣmaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.55.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 55, "verse": 15, "iast": ["gṛhītvā ca karaṃ savyaṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ raghunandanaḥ", "uvāca madhurodarkam idaṃ paruṣam ārtavat"], "translation": "And grasping Lakṣmaṇa's left hand, the delight of the Raghus spoke these words—harsh yet sweet in their outcome, as one in distress:", "sarga_title": "Rāma meets Lakṣmaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.55.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 55, "verse": 16, "iast": ["aho lakṣmaṇa garhyaṃ te kṛtaṃ yat tvaṃ vihāya tām", "sītām ihāgataḥ saumya kaccit svasti bhaved iti"], "translation": "\"Ah, Lakṣmaṇa, blameworthy is this deed of yours, that you have left Sītā and come here, gentle one—can it be that all is well?\"", "sarga_title": "Rāma meets Lakṣmaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.55.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 55, "verse": 17, "iast": ["na me 'sti saṃśayo vīra sarvathā janakātmajā", "vinaṣṭā bhakṣitā vāpa rākṣasair vanacāribhiḥ"], "translation": "\"I have no doubt, hero, that in every way the daughter of Janaka is lost, or devoured by the forest-roaming rākṣasas.\"", "sarga_title": "Rāma meets Lakṣmaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.55.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 55, "verse": 18, "iast": ["aśubhāny eva bhūyiṣṭhaṃ yathā prādurbhavanti me", "api lakṣmaṇa sītāyāḥ sāmagryaṃ prāpnuyāvahe"], "translation": "\"Since inauspicious signs mostly keep appearing to me—O Lakṣmaṇa, may we yet regain Sītā safe and whole!\"", "sarga_title": "Rāma meets Lakṣmaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.55.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 55, "verse": 19, "iast": ["idaṃ hi rakṣomṛgasaṃnikāśaṃ pralobhya māṃ dūram anuprayātam", "hataṃ kathaṃ cin mahatā śrameṇa sa rākṣaso 'bhūn mriyamāṇa eva"], "translation": "\"For this creature, in the semblance of a rākṣasa-deer, lured me and made me follow it far; slain only with great effort, it turned into a rākṣasa in the very act of dying.\"", "sarga_title": "Rāma meets Lakṣmaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.55.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 55, "verse": 20, "iast": ["manaś ca me dīnam ihāprahṛṣṭaṃ cakṣuś ca savyaṃ kurute vikāram", "asaṃśayaṃ lakṣmaṇa nāsti sītā hṛtā mṛtā vā pathi vartate vā"], "translation": "\"And my mind here is downcast and cheerless, and my left eye is twitching; without a doubt, Lakṣmaṇa, Sītā is no more—she has been carried off, or killed, or is lost somewhere on the way.\"", "sarga_title": "Rāma meets Lakṣmaṇa"}
{"ref": "3.56.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 56, "verse": 1, "iast": ["sa dṛṣṭvā lakṣmaṇaṃ dīnaṃ śūnye daśarathātmajaḥ", "paryapṛcchata dharmātmā vaidehīm āgataṃ vinā"], "translation": "Seeing Lakṣmaṇa dejected and alone, that righteous son of Daśaratha questioned him, come without Vaidehī:", "sarga_title": "Return to the empty hut"}
{"ref": "3.56.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 56, "verse": 2, "iast": ["prasthitaṃ daṇḍakāraṇyaṃ yā mām anujagāma ha", "kva sā lakṣmaṇa vaidehī yāṃ hitvā tvam ihāgataḥ"], "translation": "She who followed me as I set out for the Daṇḍaka forest—where is she, Lakṣmaṇa, that Vaidehī, whom you have left to come here?", "sarga_title": "Return to the empty hut"}
{"ref": "3.56.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 56, "verse": 3, "iast": ["rājyabhraṣṭasya dīnasya daṇḍakān paridhāvataḥ", "kva sā duḥkhasahāyā me vaidehī tanumadhyamā"], "translation": "Where is she, my companion in sorrow, slender-waisted Vaidehī—companion to me, fallen from kingship, wretched, roaming the Daṇḍaka wilds?", "sarga_title": "Return to the empty hut"}
{"ref": "3.56.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 56, "verse": 4, "iast": ["yāṃ vinā notsahe vīra muhūrtam api jīvitum", "kva sā prāṇasahāyā me sītā surasutopamā"], "translation": "Without whom I cannot bear to live even a moment, O hero—where is she, my life's companion, Sītā, like a daughter of the gods?", "sarga_title": "Return to the empty hut"}
{"ref": "3.56.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 56, "verse": 5, "iast": ["patitvam amarāṇāṃ vā pṛthivyāś cāpi lakṣmaṇa", "vinā tāṃ tapanīyābhāṃ neccheyaṃ janakātmajām"], "translation": "Even lordship over the immortals or over the earth, Lakṣmaṇa, I would not want without her, the gold-hued daughter of Janaka.", "sarga_title": "Return to the empty hut"}
{"ref": "3.56.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 56, "verse": 6, "iast": ["kaccij jīvati vaidehī prāṇaiḥ priyatarā mama", "kaccit pravrājanaṃ saumya na me mithyā bhaviṣyati"], "translation": "Is Vaidehī, dearer to me than my own life, still alive? Gentle one, will my exile not prove to have been in vain?", "sarga_title": "Return to the empty hut"}
{"ref": "3.56.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 56, "verse": 7, "iast": ["sītānimittaṃ saumitre mṛte mayi gate tvayi", "kaccit sakāmā sukhitā kaikeyī sā bhaviṣyati"], "translation": "O son of Sumitrā, if I die on account of Sītā and you too are gone, will that Kaikeyī have her wish fulfilled and be happy?", "sarga_title": "Return to the empty hut"}
{"ref": "3.56.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 56, "verse": 8, "iast": ["saputrarājyāṃ siddhārthāṃ mṛtaputrā tapasvinī", "upasthāsyati kausalyā kaccin saumya na kaikayīm"], "translation": "Will not the wretched Kausalyā, her son dead, have to wait upon Kaikeyī, whose son now holds the kingdom and whose aims are accomplished, gentle one?", "sarga_title": "Return to the empty hut"}
{"ref": "3.56.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 56, "verse": 9, "iast": ["yadi jīvati vaidehī gamiṣyāmy āśramaṃ punaḥ", "suvṛttā yadi vṛttā sā prāṇāṃs tyakṣyāmi lakṣmaṇa"], "translation": "If Vaidehī is alive I will go back to the hermitage; but if that virtuous woman has perished, I too will give up my life, Lakṣmaṇa.", "sarga_title": "Return to the empty hut"}
{"ref": "3.56.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 56, "verse": 10, "iast": ["yadi mām āśramagataṃ vaidehī nābhibhāṣate", "punaḥ prahasitā sītā vinaśiṣyāmi lakṣmaṇa"], "translation": "If, when I reach the hermitage, Vaidehī with her sweet smile does not speak to me again, I shall perish, Lakṣmaṇa.", "sarga_title": "Return to the empty hut"}
{"ref": "3.56.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 56, "verse": 11, "iast": ["brūhi lakṣmaṇa vaidehī yadi jīvati vā na vā", "tvayi pramatte rakṣobhir bhakṣitā vā tapasvinī"], "translation": "Tell me, Lakṣmaṇa, whether Vaidehī is alive or not, or whether the poor woman was devoured by the rākṣasas while you were off your guard.", "sarga_title": "Return to the empty hut"}
{"ref": "3.56.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 56, "verse": 12, "iast": ["sukumārī ca bālā ca nityaṃ cāduḥkhadarśinī", "madviyogena vaidehī vyaktaṃ śocati durmanāḥ"], "translation": "Delicate and young and never having known sorrow, Vaidehī surely grieves, downcast, at being parted from me.", "sarga_title": "Return to the empty hut"}
{"ref": "3.56.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 56, "verse": 13, "iast": ["sarvathā rakṣasā tena jihmena sudurātmanā", "vadatā lakṣmaṇety uccais tavāpi janitaṃ bhayam"], "translation": "Assuredly, by that crooked and utterly evil-souled rākṣasa crying out 'Lakṣmaṇa!' aloud, fear was stirred up even in you.", "sarga_title": "Return to the empty hut"}
{"ref": "3.56.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 56, "verse": 14, "iast": ["śrutaś ca śaṅke vaidehyā sa svaraḥ sadṛśo mama", "trastayā preṣitas tvaṃ ca draṣṭuṃ māṃ śīghram āgataḥ"], "translation": "That voice, so like mine, was heard by Vaidehī, I suspect; and, terrified, she sent you, and you came quickly to see me.", "sarga_title": "Return to the empty hut"}
{"ref": "3.56.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 56, "verse": 15, "iast": ["sarvathā tu kṛtaṃ kaṣṭaṃ sītām utsṛjatā vane", "pratikartuṃ nṛśaṃsānāṃ rakṣasāṃ dattam antaram"], "translation": "In every way a grievous wrong has been done by abandoning Sītā in the forest; an opening has been given to the cruel rākṣasas to strike back.", "sarga_title": "Return to the empty hut"}
{"ref": "3.56.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 56, "verse": 16, "iast": ["duḥkhitāḥ kharaghātena rākṣasāḥ piśitāśanāḥ", "taiḥ sītā nihatā ghorair bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ"], "translation": "The flesh-eating rākṣasas, aggrieved by the slaying of Khara—by those dreadful ones Sītā will have been slain, there is no doubt.", "sarga_title": "Return to the empty hut"}
{"ref": "3.56.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 56, "verse": 17, "iast": ["aho 'smi vyasane magnaḥ sarvathā ripunāśana", "kiṃ tv idānīṃ kariṣyāmi śaṅke prāptavyam īdṛśam"], "translation": "Ah, I am utterly sunk in calamity, O destroyer of foes! But what shall I do now? I fear such was the fate destined to befall me.", "sarga_title": "Return to the empty hut"}
{"ref": "3.56.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 56, "verse": 18, "iast": ["iti sītāṃ varārohāṃ cintayann eva rāghavaḥ", "ājagāma janasthānaṃ tvarayā sahalakṣmaṇaḥ"], "translation": "Thus brooding on the shapely Sītā, Rāghava, together with Lakṣmaṇa, came in haste to Janasthāna.", "sarga_title": "Return to the empty hut"}
{"ref": "3.56.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 56, "verse": 19, "iast": ["vigarhamāṇo 'nujam ārtarūpaṃ kṣudhā śramāc caiva pipāsayā ca", "viniḥśvasañ śuṣkamukho viṣaṇṇaḥ pratiśrayaṃ prāpya samīkṣya śūnyam"], "translation": "Reproaching his younger brother, who looked distressed, sighing from hunger, weariness, and thirst, dry-mouthed and dejected, he reached the dwelling and beheld it empty.", "sarga_title": "Return to the empty hut"}
{"ref": "3.56.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 56, "verse": 20, "iast": ["svam āśramaṃ saṃpravigāhya vīro vihāradeśān anusṛtya kāṃś cit", "etat tad ity eva nivāsabhūmau prahṛṣṭaromā vyathito babhūva"], "translation": "Entering his own hermitage and retracing some of their old haunts—'here it is, that very spot'—on the ground where they had dwelt, his hair bristling, the hero became stricken with grief.", "sarga_title": "Return to the empty hut"}
{"ref": "3.57.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 57, "verse": 1, "iast": ["athāśramād upāvṛttam antarā raghunandanaḥ", "paripapraccha saumitriṃ rāmo duḥkhārditaḥ punaḥ"], "translation": "Then Rāma, the delight of Raghu, afflicted with grief, on the way questioned Saumitri again, who had turned back from the hermitage.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa explains his departure"}
{"ref": "3.57.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 57, "verse": 2, "iast": ["tam uvāca kimarthaṃ tvam āgato 'pāsya maithilīm", "yadā sā tava viśvāsād vane viharitā mayā"], "translation": "He said to him: For what reason have you come, abandoning Maithilī, when she was left by me in the forest through trust in you?", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa explains his departure"}
{"ref": "3.57.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 57, "verse": 3, "iast": ["dṛṣṭvaivābhyāgataṃ tvāṃ me maithilīṃ tyajya lakṣmaṇa", "śaṅkamānaṃ mahat pāpaṃ yat satyaṃ vyathitaṃ manaḥ"], "translation": "O Lakṣmaṇa, the moment I saw you come to me having left Maithilī, my mind, suspecting some great calamity, was truly agitated.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa explains his departure"}
{"ref": "3.57.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 57, "verse": 4, "iast": ["sphurate nayanaṃ savyaṃ bāhuś ca hṛdayaṃ ca me", "dṛṣṭvā lakṣmaṇa dūre tvāṃ sītāvirahitaṃ pathi"], "translation": "My left eye throbs, and my arm and my heart, O Lakṣmaṇa, on seeing you at a distance on the path, bereft of Sītā.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa explains his departure"}
{"ref": "3.57.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 57, "verse": 5, "iast": ["evam uktas tu saumitrir lakṣmaṇaḥ śubhalakṣaṇaḥ", "bhūyo duḥkhasamāviṣṭo duḥkhitaṃ rāmam abravīt"], "translation": "Thus addressed, Saumitri Lakṣmaṇa of auspicious marks, again overcome with grief, spoke to the grieving Rāma.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa explains his departure"}
{"ref": "3.57.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 57, "verse": 6, "iast": ["na svayaṃ kāmakāreṇa tāṃ tyaktvāham ihāgataḥ", "pracoditas tayaivograis tvatsakāśam ihāgataḥ"], "translation": "Not of my own free will did I abandon her and come here; urged on by her with fierce words, I came here to your presence.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa explains his departure"}
{"ref": "3.57.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 57, "verse": 7, "iast": ["āryeṇeva parikruṣṭaṃ hā sīte lakṣmaṇeti ca", "paritrāhīti yad vākyaṃ maithilyās tac chrutiṃ gatam"], "translation": "The cry that seemed uttered by the noble one—'Ah Sītā! O Lakṣmaṇa! Save me!'—that utterance reached Maithilī's hearing.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa explains his departure"}
{"ref": "3.57.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 57, "verse": 8, "iast": ["sā tam ārtasvaraṃ śrutvā tava snehena maithilī", "gaccha gaccheti mām āha rudantī bhayavihvalā"], "translation": "Hearing that anguished cry, Maithilī, out of love for you, weeping and overcome with fear, said to me, 'Go, go!'", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa explains his departure"}
{"ref": "3.57.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 57, "verse": 9, "iast": ["pracodyamānena mayā gaccheti bahuśas tayā", "pratyuktā maithilī vākyam idaṃ tvatpratyayānvitam"], "translation": "Being urged repeatedly by her with 'go,' Maithilī was answered by me with this word, full of trust in you:", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa explains his departure"}
{"ref": "3.57.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 57, "verse": 10, "iast": ["na tat paśyāmy ahaṃ rakṣo yad asya bhayam āvahet", "nirvṛtā bhava nāsty etat kenāpy evam udāhṛtam"], "translation": "I see no rākṣasa here that could bring him danger; be at ease—there is nothing to it; this was uttered thus by some (deceiver).", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa explains his departure"}
{"ref": "3.57.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 57, "verse": 11, "iast": ["vigarhitaṃ ca nīcaṃ ca katham āryo 'bhidhāsyati", "trāhīti vacanaṃ sīte yas trāyet tridaśān api"], "translation": "O Sītā, how would the noble one—he who could rescue even the gods—utter so despicable and base a word as 'save me!'?", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa explains his departure"}
{"ref": "3.57.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 57, "verse": 12, "iast": ["kiṃnimittaṃ tu kenāpi bhrātur ālambya me svaram", "visvaraṃ vyāhṛtaṃ vākyaṃ lakṣmaṇa trāhi mām iti", "na bhavatyā vyathā kāryā kunārījanasevitā"], "translation": "For what reason, and by whom, taking on my brother's voice, was this word uttered in a distorted tone—'Lakṣmaṇa, save me!'? You should not indulge the distress that base women resort to.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa explains his departure"}
{"ref": "3.57.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 57, "verse": 13, "iast": ["alaṃ vaiklavyam ālambya svasthā bhava nirutsukā", "na cāsti triṣu lokeṣu pumān yo rāghavaṃ raṇe", "jāto vā jāyamāno vā saṃyuge yaḥ parājayet"], "translation": "Enough of giving way to agitation—be composed and free of anxiety; there is no man in the three worlds, born or yet to be born, who could defeat Rāghava in battle.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa explains his departure"}
{"ref": "3.57.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 57, "verse": 14, "iast": ["evam uktā tu vaidehī parimohitacetanā", "uvācāśrūṇi muñcantī dāruṇaṃ mām idaṃ vacaḥ"], "translation": "Thus addressed, Vaidehī, her mind utterly bewildered, shedding tears, spoke to me this harsh word.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa explains his departure"}
{"ref": "3.57.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 57, "verse": 15, "iast": ["bhāvo mayi tavātyarthaṃ pāpa eva niveśitaḥ", "vinaṣṭe bhrātari prāpte na ca tvaṃ mām avāpsyasi"], "translation": "Your feeling toward me has been set exceedingly wicked; even when your brother is dead and gone, you shall not obtain me.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa explains his departure"}
{"ref": "3.57.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 57, "verse": 16, "iast": ["saṃketād bharatena tvaṃ rāmaṃ samanugacchasi", "krośantaṃ hi yathātyarthaṃ nainam abhyavapadyase"], "translation": "By a secret pact with Bharata you follow Rāma; for though he cries out so exceedingly, you do not go to his aid.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa explains his departure"}
{"ref": "3.57.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 57, "verse": 17, "iast": ["ripuḥ pracchannacārī tvaṃ madartham anugacchasi", "rāghavasyāntaraprepsus tathainaṃ nābhipadyase"], "translation": "You are an enemy moving in disguise, following us for my sake; seeking a chance against Rāghava, you thus do not go to his aid.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa explains his departure"}
{"ref": "3.57.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 57, "verse": 18, "iast": ["evam ukto hi vaidehyā saṃrabdho raktalocanaḥ", "krodhāt prasphuramāṇauṣṭha āśramād abhinirgataḥ"], "translation": "Thus addressed by Vaidehī, enraged and red-eyed, my lips quivering with anger, I went forth from the hermitage.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa explains his departure"}
{"ref": "3.57.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 57, "verse": 19, "iast": ["evaṃ bruvāṇaṃ saumitriṃ rāmaḥ saṃtāpamohitaḥ", "abravīd duṣkṛtaṃ saumya tāṃ vinā yat tvam āgataḥ"], "translation": "To Saumitri speaking thus, Rāma, bewildered by anguish, said: 'You have done wrong, gentle one, in that you came without her.'", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa explains his departure"}
{"ref": "3.57.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 57, "verse": 20, "iast": ["jānann api samarthaṃ māṃ rakṣasāṃ vinivāraṇe", "anena krodhavākyena maithilyā niḥsṛto bhavān"], "translation": "Though you knew me capable of warding off the rākṣasas, you set out on account of this angry speech of Maithilī.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa explains his departure"}
{"ref": "3.57.21", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 57, "verse": 21, "iast": ["na hi te parituṣyāmi tyaktvā yad yāsi maithilīm", "kruddhāyāḥ paruṣaṃ śrutvā striyā yat tvam ihāgataḥ"], "translation": "I am by no means pleased with you, in that you left Maithilī and came, in that you came here on hearing an angry woman's harsh words.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa explains his departure"}
{"ref": "3.57.22", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 57, "verse": 22, "iast": ["sarvathā tv apanītaṃ te sītayā yat pracoditaḥ", "krodhasya vaśam āgamya nākaroḥ śāsanaṃ mama"], "translation": "In every way you have done amiss, in that, urged on by Sītā and falling under the sway of anger, you did not carry out my command.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa explains his departure"}
{"ref": "3.57.23", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 57, "verse": 23, "iast": ["asau hi rākṣasaḥ śete śareṇābhihato mayā", "mṛgarūpeṇa yenāham āśramād apavāditaḥ"], "translation": "For that rākṣasa lies dead, struck down by my arrow—he by whom, in the form of a deer, I was lured away from the hermitage.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa explains his departure"}
{"ref": "3.57.24", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 57, "verse": 24, "iast": ["vikṛṣya cāpaṃ paridhāya sāyakaṃ salīla bāṇena ca tāḍito mayā", "mārgīṃ tanuṃ tyajya ca viklavasvaro babhūva keyūradharaḥ sa rākṣasaḥ"], "translation": "Having drawn my bow and fitted an arrow, and struck by me effortlessly with a shaft, that rākṣasa, casting off his deer-body and crying in a faltering voice, became a wearer of armlets (his true demon form).", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa explains his departure"}
{"ref": "3.57.25", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 57, "verse": 25, "iast": ["śarāhatenaiva tadārtayā girā svaraṃ mamālambya sudūrasaṃśravam", "udāhṛtaṃ tad vacanaṃ sudāruṇaṃ tvam āgato yena vihāya maithilīm"], "translation": "Struck by the arrow, in an anguished voice, taking on my voice so as to be heard far off, he uttered that most terrible cry—on account of which you came, leaving Maithilī behind.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa explains his departure"}
{"ref": "3.58.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 58, "verse": 1, "iast": ["bhṛśam āvrajamānasya tasyādhovāmalocanam", "prāsphurac cāskhalad rāmo vepathuś cāsya jāyate"], "translation": "As he came hurrying on, the lower left eye of Rāma throbbed and twitched, and a trembling came over him.", "sarga_title": "Rāma searches for Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.58.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 58, "verse": 2, "iast": ["upālakṣya nimittāni so 'śubhāni muhur muhuḥ", "api kṣemaṃ tu sītāyā iti vai vyājahāra ha"], "translation": "Observing these inauspicious omens again and again, he said, 'Is it well, indeed, with Sītā?'", "sarga_title": "Rāma searches for Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.58.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 58, "verse": 3, "iast": ["tvaramāṇo jagāmātha sītādarśanalālasaḥ", "śūnyam āvasathaṃ dṛṣṭvā babhūvodvignamānasaḥ"], "translation": "Hastening, longing to behold Sītā, he pressed on; but seeing the dwelling empty, his mind grew distraught.", "sarga_title": "Rāma searches for Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.58.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 58, "verse": 4, "iast": ["udbhramann iva vegena vikṣipan raghunandanaḥ", "tatra tatroṭajasthānam abhivīkṣya samantataḥ"], "translation": "Whirling about as if in frenzy, casting his gaze this way and that, Raghu's delight looked around the site of the hut on every side.", "sarga_title": "Rāma searches for Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.58.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 58, "verse": 5, "iast": ["dadarśa parṇaśālāṃ ca rahitāṃ sītayā tadā", "śriyā virahitāṃ dhvastāṃ hemante padminīm iva"], "translation": "Then he beheld the leaf-hut bereft of Sītā, robbed of its beauty and ravaged, like a lotus-pond in winter.", "sarga_title": "Rāma searches for Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.58.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 58, "verse": 6, "iast": ["rudantam iva vṛkṣaiś ca mlānapuṣpamṛgadvijam", "śriyā vihīnaṃ vidhvastaṃ saṃtyaktavanadaivatam"], "translation": "(the place) as if weeping through its trees, its flowers withered and its beasts and birds drooping, stripped of splendour, shattered, forsaken by the forest deities;", "sarga_title": "Rāma searches for Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.58.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 58, "verse": 7, "iast": ["viprakīrṇājinakuśaṃ vipraviddhabṛsīkaṭam", "dṛṣṭvā śūnyoṭajasthānaṃ vilalāpa punaḥ punaḥ"], "translation": "seeing the hut-site deserted, its deer-skins and kuśa grass scattered, its grass-cushion and mat flung about, he lamented again and again.", "sarga_title": "Rāma searches for Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.58.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 58, "verse": 8, "iast": ["hṛtā mṛtā vā naṣṭā vā bhakṣitā vā bhaviṣyati", "nilīnāpy atha vā bhīrur atha vā vanam āśritā"], "translation": "She has been carried off, or has died, or is lost, or perhaps devoured; or else the timid one has hidden herself, or gone into the forest.", "sarga_title": "Rāma searches for Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.58.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 58, "verse": 9, "iast": ["gatā vicetuṃ puṣpāṇi phalāny api ca vā punaḥ", "atha vā padminīṃ yātā jalārthaṃ vā nadīṃ gatā"], "translation": "Or perhaps she has gone again to gather flowers or fruits, or has gone to the lotus-pond, or to the river for water.", "sarga_title": "Rāma searches for Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.58.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 58, "verse": 10, "iast": ["yatnān mṛgayamāṇas tu nāsasāda vane priyām", "śokaraktekṣaṇaḥ śokād unmatta iva lakṣyate"], "translation": "But though he searched with effort, he did not find his beloved in the forest; his eyes red with grief, he seemed as if maddened by sorrow.", "sarga_title": "Rāma searches for Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.58.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 58, "verse": 11, "iast": ["vṛkṣād vṛkṣaṃ pradhāvan sa girīṃś cāpi nadīn nadīm", "babhūva vilapan rāmaḥ śokapaṅkārṇavaplutaḥ"], "translation": "Running from tree to tree, and over the mountains, and from river to river, Rāma fell to lamenting, sunk in a slough-ocean of grief.", "sarga_title": "Rāma searches for Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.58.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 58, "verse": 12, "iast": ["asti kaccit tvayā dṛṣṭā sā kadambapriyā priyā", "kadamba yadi jānīṣe śaṃsa sītāṃ śubhānanām"], "translation": "Has my beloved, who loved the kadamba, perhaps been seen by you? O kadamba, if you know, tell me of Sītā of the lovely face.", "sarga_title": "Rāma searches for Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.58.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 58, "verse": 13, "iast": ["snigdhapallavasaṃkāśāṃ pītakauśeyavāsinīm", "śaṃsasva yadi vā dṛṣṭā bilva bilvopamastanī"], "translation": "O bilva, if she—like a glossy tender shoot, clad in yellow silk, her breasts like bilva-fruits—has been seen by you, tell me.", "sarga_title": "Rāma searches for Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.58.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 58, "verse": 14, "iast": ["atha vārjuna śaṃsa tvaṃ priyāṃ tām arjunapriyām", "janakasya sutā bhīrur yadi jīvati vā na vā"], "translation": "Or else, O arjuna, tell me of that beloved who loved the arjuna—whether Janaka's timid daughter yet lives or not.", "sarga_title": "Rāma searches for Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.58.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 58, "verse": 15, "iast": ["kakubhaḥ kakubhoruṃ tāṃ vyaktaṃ jānāti maithilīm", "latāpallavapuṣpāḍhyo bhāti hy eṣa vanaspatiḥ"], "translation": "The kakubha surely knows the Maithilī, whose thighs are like the kakubha; for this lord of the woods stands radiant, rich with creepers, shoots and blossoms.", "sarga_title": "Rāma searches for Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.58.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 58, "verse": 16, "iast": ["bhramarair upagītaś ca yathā drumavaro hy ayam", "eṣa vyaktaṃ vijānāti tilakas tilakapriyām"], "translation": "And just as this best of trees is hummed over by bees, so surely this tilaka knows her who loved the tilaka.", "sarga_title": "Rāma searches for Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.58.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 58, "verse": 17, "iast": ["aśokaśokāpanuda śokopahatacetasaṃ", "tvannāmānaṃ kuru kṣipraṃ priyāsaṃdarśanena mām"], "translation": "O aśoka, dispeller of sorrow, quickly make me—whose mind is stricken with grief—true to your name by the sight of my beloved.", "sarga_title": "Rāma searches for Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.58.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 58, "verse": 18, "iast": ["yadi tāla tvayā dṛṣṭā pakvatālaphalastanī", "kathayasva varārohāṃ kāruṣyaṃ yadi te mayi"], "translation": "O palm, if you have seen her whose breasts are like ripe palm-fruits, tell me of that fair-hipped one, if you have any compassion for me.", "sarga_title": "Rāma searches for Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.58.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 58, "verse": 19, "iast": ["yadi dṛṣṭā tvayā sītā jambujāmbūnadaprabhā", "priyāṃ yadi vijānīṣe niḥśaṅkaṃ kathayasva me"], "translation": "O jambu, if Sītā, radiant as gold, has been seen by you—if you know my beloved—tell me without hesitation.", "sarga_title": "Rāma searches for Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.58.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 58, "verse": 20, "iast": ["atha vā mṛgaśāvākṣīṃ mṛga jānāsi maithilīm", "mṛgaviprekṣaṇī kāntā mṛgībhiḥ sahitā bhavet"], "translation": "Or else, O deer, do you know the fawn-eyed Maithilī? My love, of fawn-like gaze, might well be among the does.", "sarga_title": "Rāma searches for Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.58.21", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 58, "verse": 21, "iast": ["gaja sā gajanāsorur yadi dṛṣṭā tvayā bhavet", "tāṃ manye viditāṃ tubhyam ākhyāhi varavāraṇa"], "translation": "O elephant, if she whose thighs are like an elephant's trunk has been seen by you—I think she must be known to you—tell me, O best of elephants.", "sarga_title": "Rāma searches for Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.58.22", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 58, "verse": 22, "iast": ["śārdūla yadi sā dṛṣṭā priyā candranibhānanā", "maithilī mama visrabdhaḥ kathayasva na te bhayam"], "translation": "O tiger, if my beloved Maithilī, her face like the moon, has been seen by you, tell me with confidence—you have nothing to fear.", "sarga_title": "Rāma searches for Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.58.23", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 58, "verse": 23, "iast": ["kiṃ dhāvasi priye nūnaṃ dṛṣṭāsi kamalekṣaṇe", "vṛkṣeṇācchādya cātmānaṃ kiṃ māṃ na pratibhāṣase"], "translation": "Why do you flee, beloved? Surely I have seen you, O lotus-eyed one! Hiding yourself behind a tree, why do you not answer me?", "sarga_title": "Rāma searches for Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.58.24", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 58, "verse": 24, "iast": ["tiṣṭha tiṣṭha varārohe na te 'sti karuṇā mayi", "nātyarthaṃ hāsyaśīlāsi kimarthaṃ mām upekṣase"], "translation": "Stay, stay, O fair-hipped one! Have you no pity for me? You were never one so given to jesting—why do you neglect me?", "sarga_title": "Rāma searches for Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.58.25", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 58, "verse": 25, "iast": ["pītakauśeyakenāsi sūcitā varavarṇini", "dhāvanty api mayā dṛṣṭā tiṣṭha yady asti sauhṛdam"], "translation": "You are betrayed by your yellow silk, O lovely-hued one; even as you flee you are seen by me. Stop, if you have any affection.", "sarga_title": "Rāma searches for Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.58.26", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 58, "verse": 26, "iast": ["naiva sā nūnam atha vā hiṃsitā cāruhāsinī", "kṛcchraṃ prāptaṃ hi māṃ nūnaṃ yathopekṣitum arhati"], "translation": "Surely she is not here—or else the sweet-smiling one has been slain; for otherwise she would never so neglect me who am fallen into such distress.", "sarga_title": "Rāma searches for Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.58.27", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 58, "verse": 27, "iast": ["vyaktaṃ sā bhakṣitā bālā rākṣasaiḥ piśitāśanaiḥ", "vibhajyāṅgāni sarvāṇi mayā virahitā priyā"], "translation": "Clearly the young girl has been devoured by the flesh-eating rākṣasas, who tore apart all her limbs—my beloved, now torn from me.", "sarga_title": "Rāma searches for Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.58.28", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 58, "verse": 28, "iast": ["nūnaṃ tac chubhadantauṣṭhaṃ mukhaṃ niṣprabhatāṃ gatam", "sā hi campakavarṇābhā grīvā graiveya śobhitā"], "translation": "Surely that face, with its fair teeth and lips, has lost its lustre; that neck, glowing like the campaka blossom, once graced with a necklace—", "sarga_title": "Rāma searches for Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.58.29", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 58, "verse": 29, "iast": ["komalā vilapantyās tu kāntāyā bhakṣitā śubhā", "nūnaṃ vikṣipyamāṇau tau bāhū pallavakomalau"], "translation": "the tender, fair neck of my lamenting beloved has been devoured; and surely those two arms, soft as tender shoots, flung about—", "sarga_title": "Rāma searches for Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.58.30", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 58, "verse": 30, "iast": ["bhakṣitau vepamānāgrau sahastābharaṇāṅgadau", "mayā virahitā bālā rakṣasāṃ bhakṣaṇāya vai"], "translation": "those two arms, their tips still quivering, with their bracelets and armlets, have been devoured—the young girl, parted from me, given over to be the rākṣasas' meal.", "sarga_title": "Rāma searches for Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.58.31", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 58, "verse": 31, "iast": ["sārtheneva parityaktā bhakṣitā bahubāndhavā", "hā lakṣmaṇa mahābāho paśyasi tvaṃ priyāṃ kva cit"], "translation": "Like one abandoned by her caravan, she of many kinsmen has been forsaken and devoured. Alas, mighty-armed Lakṣmaṇa, do you see my beloved anywhere?", "sarga_title": "Rāma searches for Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.58.32", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 58, "verse": 32, "iast": ["hā priye kva gatā bhadre hā sīteti punaḥ punaḥ", "ity evaṃ vilapan rāmaḥ paridhāvan vanād vanam"], "translation": "'Alas, my love, where have you gone, gentle one? Alas, Sītā!'—thus, again and again, lamenting, Rāma ran from wood to wood.", "sarga_title": "Rāma searches for Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.58.33", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 58, "verse": 33, "iast": ["kva cid udbhramate vegāt kva cid vibhramate balāt", "kva cin matta ivābhāti kāntān veṣaṇatatparaḥ"], "translation": "Now he whirls up with speed, now he reels as though by force, now he seems like one drunk—bent wholly on the search for his beloved.", "sarga_title": "Rāma searches for Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.58.34", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 58, "verse": 34, "iast": ["sa vanāni nadīḥ śailān giriprasravaṇāni ca", "kānanāni ca vegena bhramaty aparisaṃsthitaḥ"], "translation": "Restless and never halting, he roamed swiftly over forests, rivers, mountains, mountain-cascades and groves.", "sarga_title": "Rāma searches for Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.58.35", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 58, "verse": 35, "iast": ["tathā sa gatvā vipulaṃ mahad vanaṃ parītya sarvaṃ tv atha maithilīṃ prati", "aniṣṭhitāśaḥ sa cakāra mārgaṇe punaḥ priyāyāḥ paramaṃ pariśramam"], "translation": "So, having ranged that vast great forest and roamed it all in search of the Maithilī, his hopes still unfulfilled, he yet again exerted himself to the utmost in seeking his beloved.", "sarga_title": "Rāma searches for Sītā"}
{"ref": "3.59.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 59, "verse": 1, "iast": ["dṛṣṭāśramapadaṃ śūnyaṃ rāmo daśarathātmajaḥ", "rahitāṃ parṇaśālāṃ ca vidhvastāny āsanāni ca"], "translation": "Rāma, son of Daśaratha, having seen the hermitage-ground empty, the leaf-hut deserted, and the seats overturned—", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa renews the search"}
{"ref": "3.59.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 59, "verse": 2, "iast": ["adṛṣṭvā tatra vaidehīṃ saṃnirīkṣya ca sarvaśaḥ", "uvāca rāmaḥ prākruśya pragṛhya rucirau bhujau"], "translation": "Not seeing Vaidehī there, and looking about in every direction, Rāma cried out and, raising his lovely arms, spoke:", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa renews the search"}
{"ref": "3.59.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 59, "verse": 3, "iast": ["kva nu lakṣmaṇa vaidehī kaṃ vā deśam ito gatā", "kenāhṛtā vā saumitre bhakṣitā kena vā priyā"], "translation": "Where, pray, is Vaidehī, Lakṣmaṇa, or to what region has she gone from here? By whom has my beloved been carried off, Saumitri, or by whom devoured?", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa renews the search"}
{"ref": "3.59.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 59, "verse": 4, "iast": ["vṛṣkeṇāvārya yadi māṃ sīte hasitum icchasi", "alaṃ te hasitenādya māṃ bhajasva suduḥkhitam"], "translation": "If, screening yourself behind a tree, Sītā, you wish to laugh at me—enough of your laughter now; come to me, who am so sorely grieved.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa renews the search"}
{"ref": "3.59.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 59, "verse": 5, "iast": ["yaiḥ saha krīḍase sīte viśvastair mṛgapotakaiḥ", "ete hīnās tvayā saumye dhyāyanty asrāvilekṣaṇāḥ"], "translation": "The trusting fawns with which you used to play, Sītā—these, deprived of you, O gentle one, stand brooding with eyes clouded by tears.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa renews the search"}
{"ref": "3.59.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 59, "verse": 6, "iast": ["mṛtaṃ śokena mahatā sītāharaṇajena mām", "paraloke mahārājo nūnaṃ drakṣyati me pitā"], "translation": "My father, the great king, will surely see me in the other world, dead from the great grief born of Sītā's abduction.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa renews the search"}
{"ref": "3.59.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 59, "verse": 7, "iast": ["kathaṃ pratijñāṃ saṃśrutya mayā tvam abhiyojitaḥ", "apūrayitvā taṃ kālaṃ matsakāśam ihāgataḥ"], "translation": "How is it that, having agreed to the promise to which you were charged by me, without completing that period you have come here into my presence?", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa renews the search"}
{"ref": "3.59.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 59, "verse": 8, "iast": ["kāmavṛttam anāryaṃ māṃ mṛṣāvādinam eva ca", "dhik tvām iti pare loke vyaktaṃ vakṣyati me pitā"], "translation": "'Shame on you!'—so, plainly, will my father say to me in the other world, calling me self-willed, ignoble, and a speaker of falsehood.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa renews the search"}
{"ref": "3.59.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 59, "verse": 9, "iast": ["vivaśaṃ śokasaṃtaptaṃ dīnaṃ bhagnamanoratham", "mām ihotsṛjya karuṇaṃ kīrtir naram ivānṛjum"], "translation": "(You have left) me here helpless, scorched with grief, wretched, my hopes shattered, and pitiable—as glory forsakes a crooked man.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa renews the search"}
{"ref": "3.59.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 59, "verse": 10, "iast": ["kva gacchasi varārohe mām utsṛjya sumadhyame", "tvayā virahitaś cāhaṃ mokṣye jīvitam ātmanaḥ"], "translation": "Where are you going, fair-hipped one, abandoning me, O slender-waisted one? Parted from you, I shall give up my own life.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa renews the search"}
{"ref": "3.59.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 59, "verse": 11, "iast": ["itīva vilapan rāmaḥ sītādarśanalālasaḥ", "na dadarśa suduḥkhārto rāghavo janakātmajām"], "translation": "Thus lamenting, Rāma, longing for the sight of Sītā and sorely afflicted, that Rāghava did not see Janaka's daughter.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa renews the search"}
{"ref": "3.59.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 59, "verse": 12, "iast": ["anāsādayamānaṃ taṃ sītāṃ daśarathātmajam", "paṅkam āsādya vipulaṃ sīdantam iva kuñjaram", "lakṣmaṇo rāmam atyartham uvāca hitakāmyayā"], "translation": "To that son of Daśaratha, who was failing to find Sītā and sinking like an elephant that has floundered into a vast mire, Lakṣmaṇa, desiring his welfare, spoke earnestly:", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa renews the search"}
{"ref": "3.59.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 59, "verse": 13, "iast": ["mā viṣādaṃ mahābāho kuru yatnaṃ mayā saha", "idaṃ ca hi vanaṃ śūra bahukandaraśobhitam"], "translation": "Do not despair, mighty-armed one; make effort together with me. For this forest, O hero, is adorned with many caverns.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa renews the search"}
{"ref": "3.59.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 59, "verse": 14, "iast": ["priyakānanasaṃcārā vanonmattā ca maithilī", "sā vanaṃ vā praviṣṭā syān nalinīṃ vā supuṣpitām"], "translation": "Maithilī loves to roam the woods and is enraptured by the forest; she may have entered the forest, or a lotus-pond in full bloom.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa renews the search"}
{"ref": "3.59.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 59, "verse": 15, "iast": ["saritaṃ vāpi saṃprāptā mīnavañjurasevitām", "vitrāsayitukāmā vā līnā syāt kānane kva cit", "jijñāsamānā vaidehī tvāṃ māṃ ca puruṣarṣabha"], "translation": "Or she may have reached a river frequented by fish and vañju-birds, or, wishing to startle us, she may be hiding somewhere in the wood—Vaidehī putting you and me to the test, O bull among men.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa renews the search"}
{"ref": "3.59.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 59, "verse": 16, "iast": ["tasyā hy anveṣaṇe śrīman kṣipram eva yatāvahe", "vanaṃ sarvaṃ vicinuvo yatra sā janakātmajā", "manyase yadi kākutstha mā sma śoke manaḥ kṛthāḥ"], "translation": "Illustrious one, let us two swiftly exert ourselves in searching for her; let us scour the whole forest, wherever Janaka's daughter may be. If you agree, Kākutstha, do not set your mind on grief.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa renews the search"}
{"ref": "3.59.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 59, "verse": 17, "iast": ["evam uktas tu sauhārdāl lakṣmaṇena samāhitaḥ", "saha saumitriṇā rāmo vicetum upacakrame", "tau vanāni girīṃś caiva saritaś ca sarāṃsi ca"], "translation": "Thus addressed out of affection by Lakṣmaṇa and steadied, Rāma, together with Saumitri, set about searching; the two (searched) forests and mountains and rivers and lakes.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa renews the search"}
{"ref": "3.59.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 59, "verse": 18, "iast": ["nikhilena vicinvantau sītāṃ daśarathātmajau", "tasya śailasya sānūni guhāś ca śikharāṇi ca"], "translation": "The two sons of Daśaratha, searching thoroughly for Sītā—the ridges of that mountain and its caves and peaks—", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa renews the search"}
{"ref": "3.59.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 59, "verse": 19, "iast": ["nikhilena vicinvantau naiva tām abhijagmatuḥ", "vicitya sarvataḥ śailaṃ rāmo lakṣmaṇam abravīt"], "translation": "—searching them thoroughly, the two did not find her at all. Having searched the mountain on every side, Rāma said to Lakṣmaṇa:", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa renews the search"}
{"ref": "3.59.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 59, "verse": 20, "iast": ["neha paśyāmi saumitre vaidehīṃ parvate śubhe", "tato duḥkhābhisaṃtapto lakṣmaṇo vākyam abravīt"], "translation": "'I do not see Vaidehī here on this fair mountain, Saumitri.' Then Lakṣmaṇa, scorched with grief, spoke these words:", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa renews the search"}
{"ref": "3.59.21", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 59, "verse": 21, "iast": ["vicaran daṇḍakāraṇyaṃ bhrātaraṃ dīptatejasaṃ", "prāpsyasi tvaṃ mahāprājña maithilīṃ janakātmajām"], "translation": "Roaming the Daṇḍaka forest, O most wise one of blazing splendour, you will find Maithilī, Janaka's daughter—", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa renews the search"}
{"ref": "3.59.22", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 59, "verse": 22, "iast": ["yathā viṣṇur mahābāhur baliṃ baddhvā mahīm imām", "evam uktas tu vīreṇa lakṣmaṇena sa rāghavaḥ"], "translation": "just as the mighty-armed Viṣṇu (won back) this earth by binding Bali. Thus addressed by the heroic Lakṣmaṇa, that Rāghava", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa renews the search"}
{"ref": "3.59.23", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 59, "verse": 23, "iast": ["uvāca dīnayā vācā duḥkhābhihatacetanaḥ", "vanaṃ sarvaṃ suvicitaṃ padminyaḥ phullapaṅkajāḥ"], "translation": "spoke in a piteous voice, his mind stricken with grief: 'The whole forest has been thoroughly searched, and the lotus-ponds with their blossoming lotuses,'", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa renews the search"}
{"ref": "3.59.24", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 59, "verse": 24, "iast": ["giriś cāyaṃ mahāprājña bahukandaranirjharaḥ", "na hi paśyāmi vaidehīṃ prāṇebhyo 'pi garīyasīm"], "translation": "'and this mountain too, O most wise one, with its many caverns and cascades; yet I do not see Vaidehī, dearer to me than my very life.'", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa renews the search"}
{"ref": "3.59.25", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 59, "verse": 25, "iast": ["evaṃ sa vilapan rāmaḥ sītāharaṇakarśitaḥ", "dīnaḥ śokasamāviṣṭo muhūrtaṃ vihvalo 'bhavat"], "translation": "Thus lamenting, Rāma, wasted by the abduction of Sītā, wretched and overwhelmed with grief, became distraught for a while.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa renews the search"}
{"ref": "3.59.26", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 59, "verse": 26, "iast": ["sa vihvalitasarvāṅgo gatabuddhir vicetanaḥ", "viṣasādāturo dīno niḥśvasyāśītam āyatam"], "translation": "With all his limbs trembling, his wits gone and senseless, he sank down afflicted and wretched, sighing a hot, long breath.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa renews the search"}
{"ref": "3.59.27", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 59, "verse": 27, "iast": ["bahuśaḥ sa tu niḥśvasya rāmo rājīvalocanaḥ", "hā priyeti vicukrośa bahuśo bāṣpagadgadaḥ"], "translation": "Sighing again and again, the lotus-eyed Rāma cried out over and over, 'Ah, beloved!', choked with tears.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa renews the search"}
{"ref": "3.59.28", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 59, "verse": 28, "iast": ["taṃ sāntvayām āsa tato lakṣmaṇaḥ priyabāndhavaḥ", "bahuprakāraṃ dharmajñaḥ praśritaḥ praśritāñjaliḥ"], "translation": "Then Lakṣmaṇa, his dear kinsman and knower of dharma, humble and with palms joined in reverence, comforted him in many ways.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa renews the search"}
{"ref": "3.59.29", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 59, "verse": 29, "iast": ["anādṛtya tu tad vākyaṃ lakṣmaṇauṣṭhapuṭacyutam", "apaśyaṃs tāṃ priyāṃ sītāṃ prākrośat sa punaḥ punaḥ"], "translation": "But disregarding that speech fallen from the lips of Lakṣmaṇa, and not seeing his beloved Sītā, he cried out again and again.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa renews the search"}
{"ref": "3.60.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 60, "verse": 1, "iast": ["sa dīno dīnayā vācā lakṣmaṇaṃ vākyam abravīt", "śīghraṃ lakṣmaṇa jānīhi gatvā godāvarīṃ nadīm", "api godāvarīṃ sītā padmāny ānayituṃ gatā"], "translation": "Wretched, in a wretched voice he spoke this word to Lakṣmaṇa: “Quickly, Lakṣmaṇa, go to the Godāvarī river and find out whether perhaps Sītā has gone to the Godāvarī to fetch lotuses.”", "sarga_title": "Traces of Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.60.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 60, "verse": 2, "iast": ["evam uktas tu rāmeṇa lakṣmaṇaḥ punar eva hi", "nadīṃ godāvarīṃ ramyāṃ jagāma laghuvikramaḥ"], "translation": "Thus addressed by Rāma, Lakṣmaṇa, swift of stride, once more went to the lovely Godāvarī river.", "sarga_title": "Traces of Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.60.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 60, "verse": 3, "iast": ["tāṃ lakṣmaṇas tīrthavatīṃ vicitvā rāmam abravīt", "naināṃ paśyāmi tīrtheṣu krośato na śṛṇoti me"], "translation": "Having searched that river with its bathing-fords, Lakṣmaṇa said to Rāma: “I do not see her at the fords, and she does not hear me though I cry out.”", "sarga_title": "Traces of Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.60.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 60, "verse": 4, "iast": ["kaṃ nu sā deśam āpannā vaidehī kleśanāśinī", "na hi taṃ vedmi vai rāma yatra sā tanumadhyamā"], "translation": "“To what region has that Vaidehī, dispeller of distress, come? For I do not know, Rāma, where she of the slender waist may be.”", "sarga_title": "Traces of Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.60.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 60, "verse": 5, "iast": ["lakṣmaṇasya vacaḥ śrutvā dīnaḥ saṃtāpa mohitaḥ", "rāmaḥ samabhicakrāma svayaṃ godāvarīṃ nadīm"], "translation": "Hearing Lakṣmaṇa's words, Rāma, wretched and bewildered by anguish, himself went up to the Godāvarī river.", "sarga_title": "Traces of Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.60.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 60, "verse": 6, "iast": ["sa tām upasthito rāmaḥ kva sītety evam abravīt"], "translation": "Rāma, having reached it, said thus: “Where is Sītā?”", "sarga_title": "Traces of Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.60.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 60, "verse": 7, "iast": ["bhūtāni rākṣasendreṇa vadhārheṇa hṛtām api", "na tāṃ śaśaṃsū rāmāya tathā godāvarī nadī"], "translation": "Though she had been carried off by the lord of the rākṣasas who deserved to be slain, the spirits did not reveal her to Rāma, nor did the Godāvarī river.", "sarga_title": "Traces of Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.60.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 60, "verse": 8, "iast": ["tataḥ pracoditā bhūtaiḥ śaṃsāsmai tāṃ priyām iti", "na ca sābhyavadat sītāṃ pṛṣṭā rāmeṇa śocitā"], "translation": "Then, urged by the spirits, “Tell him of that beloved one!” — yet, though questioned by Rāma, the grieving river did not speak of Sītā.", "sarga_title": "Traces of Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.60.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 60, "verse": 9, "iast": ["rāvaṇasya ca tad rūpaṃ karmāṇi ca durātmanaḥ", "dhyātvā bhayāt tu vaidehīṃ sā nadī na śaśaṃsa tām"], "translation": "For, calling to mind the form of Rāvaṇa and the deeds of that evil-souled one, the river, out of fear, did not disclose Vaidehī.", "sarga_title": "Traces of Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.60.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 60, "verse": 10, "iast": ["nirāśas tu tayā nadyā sītāyā darśane kṛtaḥ", "uvāca rāmaḥ saumitriṃ sītādarśanakarśitaḥ"], "translation": "Made hopeless by that river of seeing Sītā, Rāma, wasted with longing to behold Sītā, spoke to Saumitri:", "sarga_title": "Traces of Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.60.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 60, "verse": 11, "iast": ["kiṃ nu lakṣmaṇa vakṣyāmi sametya janakaṃ vacaḥ", "mātaraṃ caiva vaidehyā vinā tām aham apriyam"], "translation": "“What word shall I say, Lakṣmaṇa, when I meet Janaka and the mother of Vaidehī — an unwelcome word, since I am without her?”", "sarga_title": "Traces of Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.60.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 60, "verse": 12, "iast": ["yā me rājyavihīnasya vane vanyena jīvataḥ", "sarvaṃ vyapanayac chokaṃ vaidehī kva nu sā gatā"], "translation": "She who took away all my grief while I, bereft of kingdom, lived in the forest on forest fare — where indeed has that Vaidehī gone?", "sarga_title": "Traces of Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.60.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 60, "verse": 13, "iast": ["jñātipakṣavihīnasya rājaputrīm apaśyataḥ", "manye dīrghā bhaviṣyanti rātrayo mama jāgrataḥ"], "translation": "For me, deprived of the company of kinsmen and not seeing the princess, I think the nights will be long as I lie awake.", "sarga_title": "Traces of Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.60.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 60, "verse": 14, "iast": ["godāvarīṃ janasthānam imaṃ prasravaṇaṃ girim", "sarvāṇy anucariṣyāmi yadi sītā hi dṛśyate"], "translation": "The Godāvarī, Janasthāna, this Prasravaṇa mountain — all of these I shall roam through, if only Sītā may be seen.", "sarga_title": "Traces of Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.60.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 60, "verse": 15, "iast": ["evaṃ saṃbhāṣamāṇau tāv anyonyaṃ bhrātarāv ubhau", "vasuṃdharāyāṃ patitaṃ puṣpamārgam apaśyatām"], "translation": "As the two brothers were thus conversing with one another, they saw a trail of flowers fallen upon the earth.", "sarga_title": "Traces of Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.60.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 60, "verse": 16, "iast": ["tāṃ puṣpavṛṣṭiṃ patitāṃ dṛṣṭvā rāmo mahītale", "uvāca lakṣmaṇaṃ vīro duḥkhito duḥkhitaṃ vacaḥ"], "translation": "Seeing that shower of flowers fallen upon the ground, the hero Rāma, himself sorrowing, spoke sorrowful words to Lakṣmaṇa:", "sarga_title": "Traces of Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.60.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 60, "verse": 17, "iast": ["abhijānāmi puṣpāṇi tānīmāmīha lakṣmaṇa", "apinaddhāni vaidehyā mayā dattāni kānane"], "translation": "“I recognize these flowers here, Lakṣmaṇa — those which I gave Vaidehī in the forest, and which she bound up in her hair.”", "sarga_title": "Traces of Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.60.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 60, "verse": 18, "iast": ["evam uktvā mahābāhur lakṣmaṇaṃ puruṣarṣabham", "kruddho 'bravīd giriṃ tatra siṃhaḥ kṣudramṛgaṃ yathā"], "translation": "Having spoken thus to Lakṣmaṇa, the bull among men, the mighty-armed one, enraged, addressed the mountain there, as a lion might a small beast:", "sarga_title": "Traces of Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.60.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 60, "verse": 19, "iast": ["tāṃ hemavarṇāṃ hemābhāṃ sītāṃ darśaya parvata", "yāvat sānūni sarvāṇi na te vidhvaṃsayāmy aham"], "translation": "“Show me Sītā, gold-hued and golden-gleaming, O mountain — before I shatter all your peaks!”", "sarga_title": "Traces of Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.60.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 60, "verse": 20, "iast": ["mama bāṇāgninirdagdho bhasmībhūto bhaviṣyasi", "asevyaḥ satataṃ caiva nistṛṇadrumapallavaḥ"], "translation": "“Scorched by the fire of my arrows, you shall be reduced to ashes, forever unfit to dwell upon, stripped of grass, trees, and shoots.”", "sarga_title": "Traces of Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.60.21", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 60, "verse": 21, "iast": ["imāṃ vā saritaṃ cādya śoṣayiṣyāmi lakṣmaṇa", "yadi nākhyāti me sītām adya candranibhānanām"], "translation": "“Or else this river I shall dry up today, Lakṣmaṇa, if it does not tell me now of Sītā, whose face is like the moon.”", "sarga_title": "Traces of Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.60.22", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 60, "verse": 22, "iast": ["evaṃ sa ruṣito rāmo didhakṣann iva cakṣuṣā", "dadarśa bhūmau niṣkrāntaṃ rākṣasasya padaṃ mahat"], "translation": "Thus enraged, Rāma, as if about to burn it up with his gaze, saw upon the ground the great footprint of a rākṣasa, deeply impressed.", "sarga_title": "Traces of Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.60.23", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 60, "verse": 23, "iast": ["sa samīkṣya parikrāntaṃ sītāyā rākṣasasya ca", "saṃbhrāntahṛdayo rāmaḥ śaśaṃsa bhrātaraṃ priyam"], "translation": "Observing the trampled tracks of Sītā and of the rākṣasa, Rāma, his heart in turmoil, spoke to his dear brother:", "sarga_title": "Traces of Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.60.24", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 60, "verse": 24, "iast": ["paśya lakṣmaṇa vaidehyāḥ śīrṇāḥ kanakabindavaḥ", "bhūṣaṇānāṃ hi saumitre mālyāni vividhāni ca"], "translation": "“Look, Lakṣmaṇa — Vaidehī's scattered flakes of gold, and, Saumitri, the various garlands from her ornaments.”", "sarga_title": "Traces of Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.60.25", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 60, "verse": 25, "iast": ["taptabindunikāśaiś ca citraiḥ kṣatajabindubhiḥ", "āvṛtaṃ paśya saumitre sarvato dharaṇītalam"], "translation": "“See, Saumitri, the surface of the earth covered all over with bright drops of blood, gleaming like molten gold.”", "sarga_title": "Traces of Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.60.26", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 60, "verse": 26, "iast": ["manye lakṣmaṇa vaidehī rākṣasaiḥ kāmarūpibhiḥ", "bhittvā bhittvā vibhaktā vā bhakṣitā vā bhaviṣyati"], "translation": "“I fear, Lakṣmaṇa, that Vaidehī has been torn apart again and again by rākṣasas who take shapes at will, and either divided among them or devoured.”", "sarga_title": "Traces of Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.60.27", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 60, "verse": 27, "iast": ["tasya nimittaṃ vaidehyā dvayor vivadamānayoḥ", "babhūva yuddhaṃ saumitre ghoraṃ rākṣasayor iha"], "translation": "“On her account, Saumitri, a fearsome battle took place here between two rākṣasas as they contended over Vaidehī.”", "sarga_title": "Traces of Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.60.28", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 60, "verse": 28, "iast": ["muktāmaṇicitaṃ cedaṃ tapanīyavibhūṣitam", "dharaṇyāṃ patitaṃ saumya kasya bhagnaṃ mahad dhanuḥ"], "translation": "“And this great bow, inlaid with pearls and gems and adorned with gold, fallen broken upon the ground — whose is it, gentle one?”", "sarga_title": "Traces of Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.60.29", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 60, "verse": 29, "iast": ["taruṇādityasaṃkāśaṃ vaidūryagulikācitam", "viśīrṇaṃ patitaṃ bhūmau kavacaṃ kasya kāñcanam"], "translation": "“Bright as the rising sun, studded with beads of beryl, shattered and fallen on the ground — whose is this golden armour?”", "sarga_title": "Traces of Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.60.30", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 60, "verse": 30, "iast": ["chatraṃ śataśalākaṃ ca divyamālyopaśobhitam", "bhagnadaṇḍam idaṃ kasya bhūmau saumya nipātitam"], "translation": "“This parasol with a hundred ribs, graced with a heavenly garland, its staff broken and cast down upon the ground — whose is it, gentle one?”", "sarga_title": "Traces of Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.60.31", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 60, "verse": 31, "iast": ["kāñcanoraśchadāś ceme piśācavadanāḥ kharāḥ", "bhīmarūpā mahākāyāḥ kasya vā nihatā raṇe"], "translation": "“And these mules with golden breast-armour, goblin-faced, of dreadful form and huge body — whose are they, slain in battle?”", "sarga_title": "Traces of Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.60.32", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 60, "verse": 32, "iast": ["dīptapāvakasaṃkāśo dyutimān samaradhvajaḥ", "apaviddhaś ca bhagnaś ca kasya sāṃgrāmiko rathaḥ"], "translation": "“Resembling blazing fire, radiant, with its battle-standard — flung down and broken — whose war-chariot is this?”", "sarga_title": "Traces of Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.60.33", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 60, "verse": 33, "iast": ["rathākṣamātrā viśikhās tapanīyavibhūṣaṇāḥ", "kasyeme 'bhihatā bāṇāḥ prakīrṇā ghorakarmaṇaḥ"], "translation": "“These arrows the size of a chariot-axle, adorned with gold — cast about and spent — whose are they, belonging to some doer of dreadful deeds?”", "sarga_title": "Traces of Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.60.34", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 60, "verse": 34, "iast": ["vairaṃ śataguṇaṃ paśya mamedaṃ jīvitāntakam", "sughorahṛdayaiḥ saumya rākṣasaiḥ kāmarūpibhiḥ"], "translation": "“See this hundredfold enmity of mine, that ends my very life, wrought by fell-hearted rākṣasas who take shapes at will, gentle one!”", "sarga_title": "Traces of Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.60.35", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 60, "verse": 35, "iast": ["hṛtā mṛtā vā sītā hi bhakṣitā vā tapasvinī", "na dharmas trāyate sītāṃ hriyamāṇāṃ mahāvane"], "translation": "“Poor Sītā has surely been carried off, or slain, or devoured; dharma did not protect Sītā as she was being borne away in the great forest.”", "sarga_title": "Traces of Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.60.36", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 60, "verse": 36, "iast": ["bhakṣitāyāṃ hi vaidehyāṃ hṛtāyām api lakṣmaṇa", "ke hi loke priyaṃ kartuṃ śaktāḥ saumya mameśvarāḥ"], "translation": "“For if Vaidehī has been devoured or carried off, Lakṣmaṇa, what lords in the world, gentle one, are able to do me a kindness?”", "sarga_title": "Traces of Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.60.37", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 60, "verse": 37, "iast": ["kartāram api lokānāṃ śūraṃ karuṇavedinam", "ajñānād avamanyeran sarvabhūtāni lakṣmaṇa"], "translation": "“Even the maker of the worlds, though valiant and full of compassion, all beings would slight out of ignorance, Lakṣmaṇa.", "sarga_title": "Traces of Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.60.38", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 60, "verse": 38, "iast": ["mṛduṃ lokahite yuktaṃ dāntaṃ karuṇavedinam", "nirvīrya iti manyante nūnaṃ māṃ tridaśeśvarāḥ"], "translation": "“Because I am gentle, devoted to the good of the world, self-controlled and compassionate, the lords of the gods surely think me devoid of valour.", "sarga_title": "Traces of Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.60.39", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 60, "verse": 39, "iast": ["māṃ prāpya hi guṇo doṣaḥ saṃvṛttaḥ paśya lakṣmaṇa", "adyaiva sarvabhūtānāṃ rakṣasām abhavāya ca", "saṃhṛtyaiva śaśijyotsnāṃ mahān sūrya ivoditaḥ"], "translation": "“See, Lakṣmaṇa, how in me virtue has turned into a fault; this very day, for the destruction of all beings and of the rākṣasas, I rise like the mighty sun that first draws in the moonlight.", "sarga_title": "Traces of Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.60.40", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 60, "verse": 40, "iast": ["naiva yakṣā na gandharvā na piśācā na rākṣasāḥ", "kiṃnarā vā manuṣyā vā sukhaṃ prāpsyanti lakṣmaṇa"], "translation": "“Neither yakṣas nor gandharvas, neither piśācas nor rākṣasas, neither kiṃnaras nor men shall find any ease, Lakṣmaṇa.", "sarga_title": "Traces of Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.60.41", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 60, "verse": 41, "iast": ["mamāstrabāṇasaṃpūrṇam ākāśaṃ paśya lakṣmaṇa", "niḥsaṃpātaṃ kariṣyāmi hy adya trailokyacāriṇām"], "translation": "“See the sky filled with my missiles and arrows, Lakṣmaṇa; this very day I shall leave no passage for those who roam the three worlds.", "sarga_title": "Traces of Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.60.42", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 60, "verse": 42, "iast": ["saṃniruddhagrahagaṇam āvāritaniśākaram", "vipranaṣṭānalamarudbhāskaradyutisaṃvṛtam"], "translation": "“(A sky) with the host of planets checked, the moon shut off, and the light of fire, wind, and sun made to vanish and be obscured —", "sarga_title": "Traces of Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.60.43", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 60, "verse": 43, "iast": ["vinirmathitaśailāgraṃ śuṣyamāṇajalāśayam", "dhvastadrumalatāgulmaṃ vipraṇāśitasāgaram"], "translation": "“with the mountain-peaks crushed, the reservoirs dried up, the trees, creepers, and thickets destroyed, and the ocean made to vanish —", "sarga_title": "Traces of Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.60.44", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 60, "verse": 44, "iast": ["na tāṃ kuśalinīṃ sītāṃ pradāsyanti mameśvarāḥ", "asmin muhūrte saumitre mama drakṣyanti vikramam"], "translation": "“If the lords will not restore that Sītā to me safe and well, at this very moment, Saumitri, they shall behold my prowess.", "sarga_title": "Traces of Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.60.45", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 60, "verse": 45, "iast": ["nākāśam utpatiṣyanti sarvabhūtāni lakṣmaṇa", "mama cāpaguṇān muktair bāṇajālair nirantaram"], "translation": "“No creatures shall fly up into the sky, Lakṣmaṇa, for the nets of arrows loosed from my bowstring will leave no gap.", "sarga_title": "Traces of Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.60.46", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 60, "verse": 46, "iast": ["arditaṃ mama nārācair dhvastabhrāntamṛgadvijam", "samākulam amaryādaṃ jagat paśyādya lakṣmaṇa"], "translation": "“Behold today, Lakṣmaṇa, the world tormented by my iron shafts, its beasts and birds struck down and driven in panic, thrown into confusion and bereft of all bounds.", "sarga_title": "Traces of Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.60.47", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 60, "verse": 47, "iast": ["ākarṇapūrṇair iṣubhir jīvalokaṃ durāvaraiḥ", "kariṣye maithilīhetor apiśācam arākṣasaṃ"], "translation": "“With arrows drawn back to the ear, irresistible, for Maithilī's sake I shall make the world of the living free of piśācas and of rākṣasas.", "sarga_title": "Traces of Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.60.48", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 60, "verse": 48, "iast": ["mama roṣaprayuktānāṃ sāyakānāṃ balaṃ surāḥ", "drakṣyanty adya vimuktānām amarṣād dūragāminām"], "translation": "“This very day the gods shall see the force of my arrows, sped by fury, loosed in wrath and flying far.", "sarga_title": "Traces of Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.60.49", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 60, "verse": 49, "iast": ["naiva devā na daiteyā na piśācā na rākṣasāḥ", "bhaviṣyanti mama krodhāt trailokye vipraṇāśite"], "translation": "“When the three worlds are utterly destroyed by my wrath, neither gods nor daityas, neither piśācas nor rākṣasas shall remain.", "sarga_title": "Traces of Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.60.50", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 60, "verse": 50, "iast": ["devadānavayakṣāṇāṃ lokā ye rakṣasām api", "bahudhā nipatiṣyanti bāṇaughaiḥ śakulīkṛtāḥ", "nirmaryādān imāṃl lokān kariṣyāmy adya sāyakaiḥ"], "translation": "“The worlds of gods, dānavas, and yakṣas, and of the rākṣasas too, torn to shreds by floods of my arrows, shall fall asunder in many pieces; this very day with my shafts I shall strip these worlds of all their bounds.", "sarga_title": "Traces of Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.60.51", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 60, "verse": 51, "iast": ["yathā jarā yathā mṛtyur yathākālo yathāvidhiḥ", "nityaṃ na pratihanyante sarvabhūteṣu lakṣmaṇa", "tathāhaṃ krodhasaṃyukto na nivāryo 'smy asaṃśayam"], "translation": "“As old age, as death, as time, and as ordinance are never turned back among all beings, Lakṣmaṇa, so I, joined with wrath, am not to be checked — of that there is no doubt.", "sarga_title": "Traces of Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.60.52", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 60, "verse": 52, "iast": ["pureva me cārudatīm aninditāṃ diśanti sītāṃ yadi nādya maithilīm", "sadevagandharvamanuṣya pannagaṃ jagat saśailaṃ parivartayāmy aham"], "translation": "“If they do not restore to me today, as before, Sītā of lovely teeth and blameless — Maithilī — then I shall overturn the whole world with its gods, gandharvas, men, serpents, and mountains.”", "sarga_title": "Traces of Sītā’s abduction"}
{"ref": "3.61.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 61, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tapyamānaṃ tathā rāmaṃ sītāharaṇakarśitam", "lokānām abhave yuktaṃ sāmvartakam ivānalam"], "translation": "Rāma, tormented thus and wasted by the abduction of Sītā, fit to bring about the destruction of the worlds like the fire of universal dissolution—", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa restrains Rāma’s anger"}
{"ref": "3.61.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 61, "verse": 2, "iast": ["vīkṣamāṇaṃ dhanuḥ sajyaṃ niḥśvasantaṃ muhur muhuḥ", "hantukāmaṃ paśuṃ rudraṃ kruddhaṃ dakṣakratau yathā"], "translation": "gazing at his strung bow, sighing again and again, like the angry Rudra bent on slaying the sacrificial victim at Dakṣa's sacrifice—", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa restrains Rāma’s anger"}
{"ref": "3.61.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 61, "verse": 3, "iast": ["adṛṣṭapūrvaṃ saṃkruddhaṃ dṛṣṭvā rāmaṃ sa lakṣmaṇaḥ", "abravīt prāñjalir vākyaṃ mukhena pariśuṣyatā"], "translation": "seeing Rāma enraged as never before, Lakṣmaṇa, with palms joined, spoke these words with a face gone dry:", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa restrains Rāma’s anger"}
{"ref": "3.61.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 61, "verse": 4, "iast": ["purā bhūtvā mṛdur dāntaḥ sarvabhūtahite rataḥ", "na krodhavaśam āpannaḥ prakṛtiṃ hātum arhasi"], "translation": "Having formerly been gentle, self-controlled, and devoted to the welfare of all beings, you ought not, fallen under the sway of anger, to forsake your true nature.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa restrains Rāma’s anger"}
{"ref": "3.61.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 61, "verse": 5, "iast": ["candre lakṣṇīḥ prabhā sūrye gatir vāyau bhuvi kṣamā", "etac ca niyataṃ sarvaṃ tvayi cānuttamaṃ yaśaḥ"], "translation": "In the moon is beauty, in the sun radiance, in the wind motion, in the earth forbearance; all this is fixed—and in you is unsurpassed glory.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa restrains Rāma’s anger"}
{"ref": "3.61.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 61, "verse": 6, "iast": ["na tu jānāmi kasyāyaṃ bhagnaḥ sāṃgrāmiko rathaḥ", "kena vā kasya vā hetoḥ sāyudhaḥ saparicchadaḥ"], "translation": "But I do not know whose is this shattered war-chariot, nor by whom or for what reason it was broken, with its weapons and its trappings.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa restrains Rāma’s anger"}
{"ref": "3.61.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 61, "verse": 7, "iast": ["khuranemikṣataś cāyaṃ sikto rudhirabindubhiḥ", "deśo nivṛttasaṃgrāmaḥ sughoraḥ pārthivātmaja"], "translation": "And this ground, torn by hooves and wheel-rims and sprinkled with drops of blood—O prince, a most dreadful place where a battle has just ended.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa restrains Rāma’s anger"}
{"ref": "3.61.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 61, "verse": 8, "iast": ["ekasya tu vimardo 'yaṃ na dvayor vadatāṃ vara", "na hi vṛttaṃ hi paśyāmi balasya mahataḥ padam"], "translation": "This was the struggle of one alone, not of two, O best of speakers; for I see no sign, no footprint of a great host.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa restrains Rāma’s anger"}
{"ref": "3.61.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 61, "verse": 9, "iast": ["naikasya tu kṛte lokān vināśayitum arhasi", "yuktadaṇḍā hi mṛdavaḥ praśāntā vasudhādhipāḥ"], "translation": "You ought not to destroy the worlds for the sake of one alone; for kings who wield the rod justly are gentle and tranquil.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa restrains Rāma’s anger"}
{"ref": "3.61.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 61, "verse": 10, "iast": ["sadā tvaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ śaraṇyaḥ paramā gatiḥ", "ko nu dārapraṇāśaṃ te sādhu manyeta rāghava"], "translation": "You are ever the refuge of all beings, their supreme resort; who, O Rāghava, would deem the loss of your wife a light matter?", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa restrains Rāma’s anger"}
{"ref": "3.61.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 61, "verse": 11, "iast": ["saritaḥ sāgarāḥ śailā devagandharvadānavāḥ", "nālaṃ te vipriyaṃ kartuṃ dīkṣitasyeva sādhavaḥ"], "translation": "Rivers, oceans, mountains, gods, gandharvas and dānavas are unable to do you harm, as good men cannot harm one consecrated for a sacrifice.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa restrains Rāma’s anger"}
{"ref": "3.61.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 61, "verse": 12, "iast": ["yena rājan hṛtā sītā tam anveṣitum arhasi", "maddvitīyo dhanuṣpāṇiḥ sahāyaiḥ paramarṣibhiḥ"], "translation": "Him by whom Sītā was carried off you ought to seek out, O king—with me as your companion, bow in hand, and with the great seers as helpers.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa restrains Rāma’s anger"}
{"ref": "3.61.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 61, "verse": 13, "iast": ["samudraṃ ca viceṣyāmaḥ parvatāṃś ca vanāni ca", "guhāś ca vividhā ghorā nalinīḥ pārvatīś ca ha"], "translation": "We shall search the ocean, the mountains and the forests, the caves manifold and dreadful, the lotus-ponds, and the mountain streams.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa restrains Rāma’s anger"}
{"ref": "3.61.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 61, "verse": 14, "iast": ["devagandharvalokāṃś ca viceṣyāmaḥ samāhitāḥ", "yāvan nādhigamiṣyāmas tava bhāryāpahāriṇam"], "translation": "With minds intent we shall search even the worlds of the gods and gandharvas, until we track down the one who abducted your wife.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa restrains Rāma’s anger"}
{"ref": "3.61.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 61, "verse": 15, "iast": ["na cet sāmnā pradāsyanti patnīṃ te tridaśeśvarāḥ", "kosalendra tataḥ paścāt prāptakālaṃ kariṣyasi"], "translation": "If the lords of the gods will not restore your wife by conciliation, then afterwards, O lord of Kosala, you shall do what the hour demands.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa restrains Rāma’s anger"}
{"ref": "3.61.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 61, "verse": 16, "iast": ["śīlena sāmnā vinayena sītāṃ nayena na prāpsyasi cen narendra", "tataḥ samutsādaya hemapuṅkhair mahendravajrapratimaiḥ śaraughaiḥ"], "translation": "If by good conduct, conciliation, courtesy, and diplomacy you do not recover Sītā, O king of men, then root them out with floods of gold-feathered arrows that match the thunderbolt of mighty Indra.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa restrains Rāma’s anger"}
{"ref": "3.62.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 62, "verse": 1, "iast": ["taṃ tathā śokasaṃtaptaṃ vilapantam anāthavat", "mohena mahatāviṣṭaṃ paridyūnam acetanam"], "translation": "Him, thus tormented with grief, lamenting like one forlorn, overcome by a great swoon, utterly dejected and senseless —", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa recalls Rāma’s own teaching"}
{"ref": "3.62.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 62, "verse": 2, "iast": ["tataḥ saumitrir āśvāsya muhūrtād iva lakṣmaṇaḥ", "rāmaṃ saṃbodhayām āsa caraṇau cābhipīḍayan"], "translation": "Then Saumitri Lakṣmaṇa, comforting him, after a moment brought Rāma to his senses, pressing his feet the while.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa recalls Rāma’s own teaching"}
{"ref": "3.62.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 62, "verse": 3, "iast": ["mahatā tapasā rāma mahatā cāpi karmaṇā", "rājñā daśarathenāsīl labdho 'mṛtam ivāmaraiḥ"], "translation": "“By great austerity, Rāma, and by great deeds too, you were won by King Daśaratha, as the nectar was won by the immortals.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa recalls Rāma’s own teaching"}
{"ref": "3.62.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 62, "verse": 4, "iast": ["tava caiva guṇair baddhas tvadviyogān mahīpatiḥ", "rājā devatvam āpanno bharatasya yathā śrutam"], "translation": "“Bound by your virtues, the lord of earth — the king — through separation from you attained godhood, as Bharata has heard.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa recalls Rāma’s own teaching"}
{"ref": "3.62.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 62, "verse": 5, "iast": ["yadi duḥkham idaṃ prāptaṃ kākutstha na sahiṣyase", "prākṛtaś cālpasattvaś ca itaraḥ kaḥ sahiṣyati"], "translation": "“If you, O Kākutstha, will not endure this grief that has come upon you, what other man, being common and of small spirit, could endure it?", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa recalls Rāma’s own teaching"}
{"ref": "3.62.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 62, "verse": 6, "iast": ["duḥkhito hi bhavāṃl lokāṃs tejasā yadi dhakṣyate", "ārtāḥ prajā naravyāghra kva nu yāsyanti nirvṛtim"], "translation": "“For if you, sorrowing, should burn up the worlds with your fiery power, where, O tiger among men, will the afflicted creatures go for peace?", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa recalls Rāma’s own teaching"}
{"ref": "3.62.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 62, "verse": 7, "iast": ["lokasvabhāva evaiṣa yayātir nahuṣātmajaḥ", "gataḥ śakreṇa sālokyam anayas taṃ samaspṛśat"], "translation": "“This is the very nature of the world: Yayāti, son of Nahuṣa, having attained a shared abode with Indra, was yet touched by ruin.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa recalls Rāma’s own teaching"}
{"ref": "3.62.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 62, "verse": 8, "iast": ["maharṣayo vasiṣṭhas tu yaḥ pitur naḥ purohitaḥ", "ahnā putraśataṃ jajñe tathaivāsya punar hatam"], "translation": "“And the great seer Vasiṣṭha, who is the family priest of our father — in a single day a hundred sons were born to him, and likewise again they were slain.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa recalls Rāma’s own teaching"}
{"ref": "3.62.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 62, "verse": 9, "iast": ["yā ceyaṃ jagato mātā devī lokanamaskṛtā", "asyāś ca calanaṃ bhūmer dṛśyate satyasaṃśrava"], "translation": "“And this goddess who is the mother of the world, revered by all peoples — even of this Earth a quaking is seen, O you of true resolve.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa recalls Rāma’s own teaching"}
{"ref": "3.62.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 62, "verse": 10, "iast": ["yau cemau jagatāṃ netre yatra sarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitam", "ādityacandrau grahaṇam abhyupetau mahābalau"], "translation": "“And those two mighty eyes of the worlds, on which all rests — the sun and the moon — undergo eclipse.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa recalls Rāma’s own teaching"}
{"ref": "3.62.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 62, "verse": 11, "iast": ["sumahānty api bhūtāni devāś ca puruṣarṣabha", "na daivasya pramuñcanti sarvabhūtāni dehinaḥ"], "translation": "“Even the mightiest beings and the gods, O bull among men — all embodied beings do not escape from fate.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa recalls Rāma’s own teaching"}
{"ref": "3.62.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 62, "verse": 12, "iast": ["śakrādiṣv api deveṣu vartamānau nayānayau", "śrūyete naraśārdūla na tvaṃ vyathitum arhasi"], "translation": "“Good fortune and ill are heard to prevail even among the gods, Indra foremost, O tiger among men; you ought not to be shaken.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa recalls Rāma’s own teaching"}
{"ref": "3.62.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 62, "verse": 13, "iast": ["naṣṭāyām api vaidehyāṃ hṛtāyām api cānagha", "śocituṃ nārhase vīra yathānyaḥ prākṛtas tathā"], "translation": "“Though Vaidehī be lost, though she be carried off, O blameless one, you ought not to grieve, hero, as another common man would.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa recalls Rāma’s own teaching"}
{"ref": "3.62.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 62, "verse": 14, "iast": ["tvadvidhā hi na śocanti satataṃ satyadarśinaḥ", "sumahatsv api kṛcchreṣu rāmānirviṇṇadarśaṇāḥ"], "translation": "“For men like you, ever seers of truth, do not grieve even in the greatest hardships, Rāma, keeping their outlook undespairing.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa recalls Rāma’s own teaching"}
{"ref": "3.62.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 62, "verse": 15, "iast": ["tattvato hi naraśreṣṭha buddhyā samanucintaya", "buddhyā yuktā mahāprājñā vijānanti śubhāśubhe"], "translation": "“Reflect well upon the truth, O best of men, with your reason; for the greatly wise, endowed with reason, discern good and evil.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa recalls Rāma’s own teaching"}
{"ref": "3.62.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 62, "verse": 16, "iast": ["adṛṣṭaguṇadoṣāṇām adhṛtānāṃ ca karmaṇām", "nāntareṇa kriyāṃ teṣāṃ phalam iṣṭaṃ pravartate"], "translation": "“Of deeds whose merits and faults are unseen and which are not firmly settled, the desired fruit does not come about without action.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa recalls Rāma’s own teaching"}
{"ref": "3.62.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 62, "verse": 17, "iast": ["mām eva hi purā vīra tvam eva bahuṣo 'nvaśāḥ", "anuśiṣyād dhi ko nu tvām api sākṣād bṛhaspatiḥ"], "translation": "“For it was you, hero, who formerly instructed me many times; who indeed could instruct you — even Bṛhaspati himself?", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa recalls Rāma’s own teaching"}
{"ref": "3.62.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 62, "verse": 18, "iast": ["buddhiś ca te mahāprājña devair api duranvayā", "śokenābhiprasuptaṃ te jñānaṃ saṃbodhayāmy aham"], "translation": "“Your wisdom, O greatly wise one, is hard even for the gods to fathom; I but rouse the knowledge in you that has fallen asleep through grief.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa recalls Rāma’s own teaching"}
{"ref": "3.62.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 62, "verse": 19, "iast": ["divyaṃ ca mānuṣaṃ caivam ātmanaś ca parākramam", "ikṣvākuvṛṣabhāvekṣya yatasva dviṣatāṃ badhe"], "translation": "“Considering your prowess, both divine and human, O bull of the Ikṣvākus, exert yourself in the slaying of your foes.", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa recalls Rāma’s own teaching"}
{"ref": "3.62.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 62, "verse": 20, "iast": ["kiṃ te sarvavināśena kṛtena puruṣarṣabha", "tam eva tu ripuṃ pāpaṃ vijñāyoddhartum arhasi"], "translation": "“What need have you of wreaking universal destruction, O bull among men? Rather, having found out that very wicked enemy, you should root him out.”", "sarga_title": "Lakṣmaṇa recalls Rāma’s own teaching"}
{"ref": "3.63.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 63, "verse": 1, "iast": ["pūrvajo 'py uktamātras tu lakṣmaṇena subhāṣitam", "sāragrāhī mahāsāraṃ pratijagrāha rāghavaḥ"], "translation": "As soon as it was spoken by Lakṣmaṇa, the elder brother Rāghava, who grasps the essence, accepted the well-spoken counsel of great substance.", "sarga_title": "Discovery of the wounded Jaṭāyu"}
{"ref": "3.63.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 63, "verse": 2, "iast": ["saṃnigṛhya mahābāhuḥ pravṛddhaṃ kopam ātmanaḥ", "avaṣṭabhya dhanuś citraṃ rāmo lakṣmaṇam abravīt"], "translation": "Restraining the swollen anger within him, the mighty-armed Rāma, leaning on his gleaming bow, said to Lakṣmaṇa:", "sarga_title": "Discovery of the wounded Jaṭāyu"}
{"ref": "3.63.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 63, "verse": 3, "iast": ["kiṃ kariṣyāvahe vatsa kva vā gacchāva lakṣmaṇa", "kenopāyena paśyeyaṃ sītām iti vicintaya"], "translation": "“What shall we two do, dear one, and whither shall we go, Lakṣmaṇa? Consider by what means I might see Sītā.”", "sarga_title": "Discovery of the wounded Jaṭāyu"}
{"ref": "3.63.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 63, "verse": 4, "iast": ["taṃ tathā paritāpārtaṃ lakṣmaṇo rāmam abravīt", "idam eva janasthānaṃ tvam anveṣitum arhasi"], "translation": "To Rāma, thus stricken with anguish, Lakṣmaṇa said: “This very Janasthāna you ought to search.”", "sarga_title": "Discovery of the wounded Jaṭāyu"}
{"ref": "3.63.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 63, "verse": 5, "iast": ["rākṣasair bahubhiḥ kīrṇaṃ nānādrumalatāyutam", "santīha giridurgāṇi nirdarāḥ kandarāṇi ca"], "translation": "“It is thronged with many rākṣasas and furnished with all manner of trees and creepers; here are mountain-fastnesses, ravines, and caverns,", "sarga_title": "Discovery of the wounded Jaṭāyu"}
{"ref": "3.63.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 63, "verse": 6, "iast": ["guhāś ca vividhā ghorā nānāmṛgagaṇākulāḥ", "āvāsāḥ kiṃnarāṇāṃ ca gandharvabhavanāni ca"], "translation": "“and manifold dreadful caves crowded with troops of various beasts, and dwellings of kiṃnaras and abodes of gandharvas.", "sarga_title": "Discovery of the wounded Jaṭāyu"}
{"ref": "3.63.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 63, "verse": 7, "iast": ["tāni yukto mayā sārdhaṃ tvam anveṣitum arhasi", "tvadvidho buddhisaṃpannā māhātmāno nararṣabha"], "translation": "“Those places, joined with me, you ought to search; men of your kind are endowed with wisdom and great of soul, O bull among men.", "sarga_title": "Discovery of the wounded Jaṭāyu"}
{"ref": "3.63.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 63, "verse": 8, "iast": ["āpatsu na prakampante vāyuvegair ivācalāḥ", "ity uktas tad vanaṃ sarvaṃ vicacāra salakṣmaṇaḥ"], "translation": "“In calamities they do not tremble, like mountains before the gusts of wind.” Thus addressed, Rāma with Lakṣmaṇa roamed through all that forest.", "sarga_title": "Discovery of the wounded Jaṭāyu"}
{"ref": "3.63.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 63, "verse": 9, "iast": ["kruddho rāmaḥ śaraṃ ghoraṃ saṃdhāya dhanuṣi kṣuram", "tataḥ parvatakūṭābhaṃ mahābhāgaṃ dvijottamam"], "translation": "Enraged, Rāma fitted to his bow a dreadful razor-tipped arrow; then, the illustrious best of birds, resembling a mountain-peak—", "sarga_title": "Discovery of the wounded Jaṭāyu"}
{"ref": "3.63.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 63, "verse": 10, "iast": ["dadarśa patitaṃ bhūmau kṣatajārdraṃ jaṭāyuṣam", "taṃ dṛṣṭvā giriśṛṅgābhaṃ rāmo lakṣmaṇam abravīt", "anena sītā vaidehī bhakṣitā nātra saṃśayaḥ"], "translation": "—Jaṭāyu, wet with blood, fallen upon the ground, he beheld. Seeing him, like a mountain-crest, Rāma said to Lakṣmaṇa: “By this creature has Sītā Vaidehī been devoured — there is no doubt of it.", "sarga_title": "Discovery of the wounded Jaṭāyu"}
{"ref": "3.63.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 63, "verse": 11, "iast": ["gṛdhrarūpam idaṃ vyaktaṃ rakṣo bhramati kānanam", "bhakṣayitvā viśālākṣīm āste sītāṃ yathāsukham", "enaṃ vadhiṣye dīptāgrair ghorair bāṇair ajihmagaiḥ"], "translation": "“Clearly this is a rākṣasa in the form of a vulture that roams the forest; having devoured wide-eyed Sītā, it now rests at its ease. I shall slay it with dreadful, flame-tipped, straight-flying arrows.”", "sarga_title": "Discovery of the wounded Jaṭāyu"}
{"ref": "3.63.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 63, "verse": 12, "iast": ["ity uktvābhyapatad gṛdhraṃ saṃdhāya dhanuṣi kṣuram", "kruddho rāmaḥ samudrāntāṃ cālayann iva medinīm"], "translation": "Having spoken thus, fitting a razor-arrow to his bow, the enraged Rāma rushed upon the vulture, as if setting the sea-girt earth aquake.", "sarga_title": "Discovery of the wounded Jaṭāyu"}
{"ref": "3.63.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 63, "verse": 13, "iast": ["taṃ dīnadīnayā vācā saphenaṃ rudhiraṃ vaman", "abhyabhāṣata pakṣī tu rāmaṃ daśarathātmajam"], "translation": "But the bird, vomiting frothy blood, in a most piteous voice addressed him, Rāma, son of Daśaratha:", "sarga_title": "Discovery of the wounded Jaṭāyu"}
{"ref": "3.63.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 63, "verse": 14, "iast": ["yām oṣadhim ivāyuṣmann anveṣasi mahāvane", "sā devī mama ca prāṇā rāvaṇenobhayaṃ hṛtam"], "translation": "“She whom, O long-lived one, you seek in the great forest as though a life-giving herb — that lady and my life-breaths, both, have been carried off by Rāvaṇa.", "sarga_title": "Discovery of the wounded Jaṭāyu"}
{"ref": "3.63.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 63, "verse": 15, "iast": ["tvayā virahitā devī lakṣmaṇena ca rāghava", "hriyamāṇā mayā dṛṣṭā rāvaṇena balīyasā"], "translation": "“Bereft of you and of Lakṣmaṇa, O Rāghava, the lady was seen by me being carried off by the mighty Rāvaṇa.", "sarga_title": "Discovery of the wounded Jaṭāyu"}
{"ref": "3.63.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 63, "verse": 16, "iast": ["sītām abhyavapan no 'haṃ rāvaṇaś ca raṇe mayā", "vidhvaṃsitarathacchatraḥ pātito dharaṇītale"], "translation": "“I came to Sītā's rescue, and Rāvaṇa, his chariot and parasol shattered by me in battle, was cast down upon the earth.", "sarga_title": "Discovery of the wounded Jaṭāyu"}
{"ref": "3.63.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 63, "verse": 17, "iast": ["etad asya dhanur bhagnam etad asya śarāvaram", "ayam asya raṇe rāma bhagnaḥ sāṃgrāmiko rathaḥ"], "translation": "“This here is his broken bow, this his quiver; this, Rāma, is his war-chariot, broken in the battle.", "sarga_title": "Discovery of the wounded Jaṭāyu"}
{"ref": "3.63.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 63, "verse": 18, "iast": ["pariśrāntasya me pakṣau chittvā khaḍgena rāvaṇaḥ", "sītām ādāya vaidehīm utpapāta vihāyasaṃ", "rakṣasā nihataṃ pūrvma na māṃ hantuṃ tvam arhasi"], "translation": "“When I was spent, Rāvaṇa, cutting off my wings with his sword, took Sītā Vaidehī and flew up into the sky; already struck down by the rākṣasa before, I do not deserve to be slain by you.”", "sarga_title": "Discovery of the wounded Jaṭāyu"}
{"ref": "3.63.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 63, "verse": 19, "iast": ["rāmas tasya tu vijñāya sītāsaktāṃ priyāṃ kathām", "gṛdhrarājaṃ pariṣvajya ruroda sahalakṣmaṇaḥ"], "translation": "But Rāma, learning from him the welcome tidings that touched upon Sītā, embraced the king of vultures and wept, together with Lakṣmaṇa.", "sarga_title": "Discovery of the wounded Jaṭāyu"}
{"ref": "3.63.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 63, "verse": 20, "iast": ["ekam ekāyane durge niḥśvasantaṃ kathaṃ cana", "samīkṣya duḥkhito rāmaḥ saumitrim idam abravīt"], "translation": "Beholding him, alone in that inaccessible, out-of-the-way spot, barely breathing, the sorrowing Rāma said this to Saumitri:", "sarga_title": "Discovery of the wounded Jaṭāyu"}
{"ref": "3.63.21", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 63, "verse": 21, "iast": ["rājyād bhraṃśo vane vāsaḥ sītā naṣṭā hato dvijaḥ", "īdṛśīyaṃ mamālakṣmīr nirdahed api pāvakam"], "translation": "“Fall from the kingdom, dwelling in the forest, Sītā lost, the bird slain — such is this ill fortune of mine, that could burn up even fire itself.", "sarga_title": "Discovery of the wounded Jaṭāyu"}
{"ref": "3.63.22", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 63, "verse": 22, "iast": ["saṃpūrṇam api ced adya pratareyaṃ mahodadhim", "so 'pi nūnaṃ mamālakṣmyā viśuṣyet saritāṃ patiḥ"], "translation": "“Were I today to cross even the brimming great ocean, that lord of rivers too would surely be dried up by my ill fortune.", "sarga_title": "Discovery of the wounded Jaṭāyu"}
{"ref": "3.63.23", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 63, "verse": 23, "iast": ["nāsty abhāgyataro loke matto 'smin sacarācare", "yeneyaṃ mahatī prāptā mayā vyasanavāgurā"], "translation": "“There is none more luckless than I in this world of moving and unmoving things, I by whom this great snare of calamity has been caught.", "sarga_title": "Discovery of the wounded Jaṭāyu"}
{"ref": "3.63.24", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 63, "verse": 24, "iast": ["ayaṃ pitṛvayasyo me gṛdhrarājo jarānvitaḥ", "śete vinihato bhūmau mama bhāgyaviparyayāt"], "translation": "“This king of vultures, a friend of my father's age, worn with old age, lies struck down upon the ground through the reversal of my fortune.", "sarga_title": "Discovery of the wounded Jaṭāyu"}
{"ref": "3.63.25", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 63, "verse": 25, "iast": ["ity evam uktvā bahuśo rāghavaḥ sahalakṣmaṇaḥ", "jaṭāyuṣaṃ ca pasparśa pitṛsnehaṃ nidarśayan"], "translation": "Having spoken thus many times, Rāghava with Lakṣmaṇa caressed Jaṭāyu, showing him a father's affection.", "sarga_title": "Discovery of the wounded Jaṭāyu"}
{"ref": "3.63.26", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 63, "verse": 26, "iast": ["nikṛttapakṣaṃ rudhirāvasiktaṃ taṃ gṛdhrarājaṃ parirabhya rāmaḥ", "kva maithili prāṇasamā mameti vimucya vācaṃ nipapāta bhūmau"], "translation": "Embracing that king of vultures, his wings shorn off and drenched in blood, and crying out “Where are you, Maithilī, dear to me as my own life?”, Rāma let fall his voice and sank to the ground.", "sarga_title": "Discovery of the wounded Jaṭāyu"}
{"ref": "3.64.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 64, "verse": 1, "iast": ["rāmaḥ prekṣya tu taṃ gṛdhraṃ bhuvi raudreṇa pātitam", "saumitriṃ mitrasaṃpannam idaṃ vacanam abravīt"], "translation": "Beholding that vulture felled to the ground by the cruel one, Rāma spoke these words to Saumitri, who was rich in friendship.", "sarga_title": "Rāma performs Jaṭāyu’s funeral"}
{"ref": "3.64.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 64, "verse": 2, "iast": ["mamāyaṃ nūnam artheṣu yatamāno vihaṃgamaḥ", "rākṣasena hataḥ saṃkhye prāṇāṃs tyajati dustyajān"], "translation": "Surely this bird, striving in my cause, struck down in battle by the rākṣasa, is giving up his life-breaths so hard to give up.", "sarga_title": "Rāma performs Jaṭāyu’s funeral"}
{"ref": "3.64.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 64, "verse": 3, "iast": ["ayam asya śarīre 'smin prāṇo lakṣmaṇa vidyate", "tathā svaravihīno 'yaṃ viklavaṃ samudīkṣate"], "translation": "In this his body, Lakṣmaṇa, the breath of life still remains; yet, deprived of voice, he gazes about bewildered.", "sarga_title": "Rāma performs Jaṭāyu’s funeral"}
{"ref": "3.64.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 64, "verse": 4, "iast": ["jaṭāyo yadi śaknoṣi vākyaṃ vyāharituṃ punaḥ", "sītām ākhyāhi bhadraṃ te vadham ākhyāhi cātmanaḥ"], "translation": "Jaṭāyu, if you are able to utter a word once more, tell me of Sītā — blessings on you — and tell of your own slaying.", "sarga_title": "Rāma performs Jaṭāyu’s funeral"}
{"ref": "3.64.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 64, "verse": 5, "iast": ["kiṃnimitto 'harat sītāṃ rāvaṇas tasya kiṃ mayā", "aparāddhaṃ tu yaṃ dṛṣṭvā rāvaṇena hṛtā priyā"], "translation": "For what reason did Rāvaṇa carry off Sītā? What wrong was done by me to him, seeing which my beloved was seized by Rāvaṇa?", "sarga_title": "Rāma performs Jaṭāyu’s funeral"}
{"ref": "3.64.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 64, "verse": 6, "iast": ["kathaṃ tac candrasaṃkāśaṃ mukham āsīn manoharam", "sītayā kāni coktāni tasmin kāle dvijottama"], "translation": "How was that moon-like, enchanting face of hers, and what did Sītā say at that time, O best of the twice-born?", "sarga_title": "Rāma performs Jaṭāyu’s funeral"}
{"ref": "3.64.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 64, "verse": 7, "iast": ["kathaṃvīryaḥ kathaṃrūpaḥ kiṃkarmā sa ca rākṣasaḥ", "kva cāsya bhavanaṃ tāta brūhi me paripṛcchataḥ"], "translation": "Of what prowess, what form, what deeds was that rākṣasa, and where is his dwelling, dear friend? Tell me, who am asking you.", "sarga_title": "Rāma performs Jaṭāyu’s funeral"}
{"ref": "3.64.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 64, "verse": 8, "iast": ["tam udvīkṣyātha dīnātmā vilapantam anantaram", "vācātisannayā rāmaṃ jaṭāyur idam abravīt"], "translation": "Then, gazing up at Rāma who was lamenting close by, the sorrowing Jaṭāyu, in a very failing voice, spoke this to him.", "sarga_title": "Rāma performs Jaṭāyu’s funeral"}
{"ref": "3.64.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 64, "verse": 9, "iast": ["sā hṛtā rākṣasendreṇa rāvaṇena vihāyasā", "māyām āsthāya vipulāṃ vātadurdinasaṃkulām"], "translation": "She was carried off through the sky by the lord of rākṣasas, Rāvaṇa, who resorted to a vast magic, thick with wind and storm.", "sarga_title": "Rāma performs Jaṭāyu’s funeral"}
{"ref": "3.64.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 64, "verse": 10, "iast": ["pariśrāntasya me tāta pakṣau chittvā niśācaraḥ", "sītām ādāya vaidehīṃ prayāto dakṣiṇā mukhaḥ"], "translation": "When I was exhausted, dear one, the night-roamer cut off my two wings and, taking Vaidehī Sītā, went off facing southward.", "sarga_title": "Rāma performs Jaṭāyu’s funeral"}
{"ref": "3.64.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 64, "verse": 11, "iast": ["uparudhyanti me prāṇā dṛṣṭir bhramati rāghava", "paśyāmi vṛkṣān sauvarṇān uśīrakṛtamūrdhajān"], "translation": "My life-breaths are failing, my sight reels, O Rāghava; I see golden trees with their tops made of uśīra grass.", "sarga_title": "Rāma performs Jaṭāyu’s funeral"}
{"ref": "3.64.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 64, "verse": 12, "iast": ["yena yāti muhūrtena sītām ādāya rāvaṇaḥ", "vipranaṣṭaṃ dhanaṃ kṣipraṃ tat svāmipratipadyate"], "translation": "In whatever muhūrta Rāvaṇa goes off taking Sītā — the property that has been lost quickly returns to its owner.", "sarga_title": "Rāma performs Jaṭāyu’s funeral"}
{"ref": "3.64.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 64, "verse": 13, "iast": ["vindo nāma muhūrto 'sau sa ca kākutstha nābudhat", "jhaṣavad baḍiśaṃ gṛhya kṣipram eva vinaśyati"], "translation": "That muhūrta is named Vinda, and he, O Kākutstha, did not perceive it; like a fish that has swallowed the hook, he shall quickly perish.", "sarga_title": "Rāma performs Jaṭāyu’s funeral"}
{"ref": "3.64.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 64, "verse": 14, "iast": ["na ca tvayā vyathā kāryā janakasya sutāṃ prati", "vaidehyā raṃsyase kṣipraṃ hatvā taṃ rākṣasaṃ raṇe"], "translation": "You should feel no distress over Janaka's daughter; you will soon delight with Vaidehī, having slain that rākṣasa in battle.", "sarga_title": "Rāma performs Jaṭāyu’s funeral"}
{"ref": "3.64.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 64, "verse": 15, "iast": ["asaṃmūḍhasya gṛdhrasya rāmaṃ pratyanubhāṣataḥ", "āsyāt susrāva rudhiraṃ mriyamāṇasya sāmiṣam"], "translation": "From the mouth of the vulture, unbewildered, answering Rāma even as he lay dying, blood flowed forth mingled with bits of flesh.", "sarga_title": "Rāma performs Jaṭāyu’s funeral"}
{"ref": "3.64.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 64, "verse": 16, "iast": ["putro viśravasaḥ sākṣād bhrātā vaiśravaṇasya ca", "ity uktvā durlabhān prāṇān mumoca patageśvaraḥ"], "translation": "“He is the very son of Viśravas and brother of Vaiśravaṇa (Kubera)” — having said this, the lord of birds released his life-breaths so hard to keep.", "sarga_title": "Rāma performs Jaṭāyu’s funeral"}
{"ref": "3.64.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 64, "verse": 17, "iast": ["brūhi brūhīti rāmasya bruvāṇasya kṛtāñjaleḥ", "tyaktvā śarīraṃ gṛdhrasya jagmuḥ prāṇā vihāyasaṃ"], "translation": "As Rāma, his palms joined, kept saying “Speak, speak!”, the life-breaths of the vulture, forsaking his body, went off into the sky.", "sarga_title": "Rāma performs Jaṭāyu’s funeral"}
{"ref": "3.64.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 64, "verse": 18, "iast": ["sa nikṣipya śiro bhūmau prasārya caraṇau tadā", "vikṣipya ca śarīraṃ svaṃ papāta dharaṇītale"], "translation": "Laying his head upon the ground and stretching out his feet, then flinging out his own body, he fell upon the earth's surface.", "sarga_title": "Rāma performs Jaṭāyu’s funeral"}
{"ref": "3.64.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 64, "verse": 19, "iast": ["taṃ gṛdhraṃ prekṣya tāmrākṣaṃ gatāsum acalopamam", "rāmaḥ subahubhir duḥkhair dīnaḥ saumitrim abravīt"], "translation": "Beholding that copper-eyed vulture, lifeless and like a mountain, Rāma, wretched with very many sorrows, spoke to Saumitri.", "sarga_title": "Rāma performs Jaṭāyu’s funeral"}
{"ref": "3.64.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 64, "verse": 20, "iast": ["bahūni rakṣasāṃ vāse varṣāṇi vasatā sukham", "anena daṇḍakāraṇye vicīrṇam iha pakṣiṇā"], "translation": "For many years, dwelling happily in the abode of the rākṣasas, this bird has roamed here in the Daṇḍaka forest.", "sarga_title": "Rāma performs Jaṭāyu’s funeral"}
{"ref": "3.64.21", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 64, "verse": 21, "iast": ["anekavārṣiko yas tu cirakālaṃ samutthitaḥ", "so 'yam adya hataḥ śete kālo hi duratikramaḥ"], "translation": "He who lived many years and had endured for a long time — that very one lies slain today; for death is hard to overcome.", "sarga_title": "Rāma performs Jaṭāyu’s funeral"}
{"ref": "3.64.22", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 64, "verse": 22, "iast": ["paśya lakṣmaṇa gṛdhro 'yam upakārī hataś ca me", "sītām abhyavapan no vai rāvaṇena balīyasā"], "translation": "See, Lakṣmaṇa, this vulture, my benefactor, has been slain — while protecting Sītā for us, indeed, by the mightier Rāvaṇa.", "sarga_title": "Rāma performs Jaṭāyu’s funeral"}
{"ref": "3.64.23", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 64, "verse": 23, "iast": ["gṛdhrarājyaṃ parityajya pitṛpaitāmahaṃ mahat", "mama hetor ayaṃ prāṇān mumoca patageśvaraḥ"], "translation": "Forsaking his great vulture-kingdom, inherited from father and forefathers, this lord of birds gave up his life-breaths for my sake.", "sarga_title": "Rāma performs Jaṭāyu’s funeral"}
{"ref": "3.64.24", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 64, "verse": 24, "iast": ["sarvatra khalu dṛśyante sādhavo dharmacāriṇaḥ", "śūrāḥ śaraṇyāḥ saumitre tiryagyonigateṣv api"], "translation": "Truly everywhere are seen the good, the practisers of dharma — brave and affording refuge, Saumitri — even among those born in the animal kingdom.", "sarga_title": "Rāma performs Jaṭāyu’s funeral"}
{"ref": "3.64.25", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 64, "verse": 25, "iast": ["sītāharaṇajaṃ duḥkhaṃ na me saumya tathāgatam", "yathā vināśo gṛdhrasya matkṛte ca paraṃtapa"], "translation": "The grief born of Sītā's abduction does not so afflict me, gentle one, as the destruction of the vulture on my account, O scorcher of foes.", "sarga_title": "Rāma performs Jaṭāyu’s funeral"}
{"ref": "3.64.26", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 64, "verse": 26, "iast": ["rājā daśarathaḥ śrīmān yathā mama mayā yaśāḥ", "pūjanīyaś ca mānyaś ca tathāyaṃ patageśvaraḥ"], "translation": "As the glorious, illustrious king Daśaratha was to me, to be honoured and revered by me, so too is this lord of birds.", "sarga_title": "Rāma performs Jaṭāyu’s funeral"}
{"ref": "3.64.27", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 64, "verse": 27, "iast": ["saumitre hara kāṣṭhāni nirmathiṣyāmi pāvakam", "gṛdhrarājaṃ didhakṣāmi matkṛte nidhanaṃ gatam"], "translation": "Saumitri, fetch pieces of wood; I shall kindle fire by friction. I wish to cremate the vulture-king, who met his death on my account.", "sarga_title": "Rāma performs Jaṭāyu’s funeral"}
{"ref": "3.64.28", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 64, "verse": 28, "iast": ["nāthaṃ patagalokasya citām āropayāmy aham", "imaṃ dhakṣyāmi saumitre hataṃ raudreṇa rakṣasā"], "translation": "This lord of the bird-world I place upon the pyre; I shall burn him, Saumitri, slain by the cruel rākṣasa.", "sarga_title": "Rāma performs Jaṭāyu’s funeral"}
{"ref": "3.64.29", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 64, "verse": 29, "iast": ["yā gatir yajñaśīlānām āhitāgneś ca yā gatiḥ", "aparāvartināṃ yā ca yā ca bhūmipradāyinām"], "translation": "The goal that belongs to those devoted to sacrifice, and the goal of one who maintains the sacred fires, and that of those who never turn back (in battle), and that of the givers of land —", "sarga_title": "Rāma performs Jaṭāyu’s funeral"}
{"ref": "3.64.30", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 64, "verse": 30, "iast": ["mayā tvaṃ samanujñāto gaccha lokān anuttamān", "gṛdhrarāja mahāsattva saṃskṛtaś ca mayā vraja"], "translation": "Granted leave by me, go to the most excellent worlds; O vulture-king of great being, consecrated by me, depart.", "sarga_title": "Rāma performs Jaṭāyu’s funeral"}
{"ref": "3.64.31", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 64, "verse": 31, "iast": ["evam uktvā citāṃ dīptām āropya patageśvaram", "dadāha rāmo dharmātmā svabandhum iva duḥkhitaḥ"], "translation": "Having spoken thus and placed the lord of birds upon the blazing pyre, the righteous Rāma, grief-stricken, burned him as though he were his own kinsman.", "sarga_title": "Rāma performs Jaṭāyu’s funeral"}
{"ref": "3.64.32", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 64, "verse": 32, "iast": ["rāmo 'tha sahasaumitrir vanaṃ yātvā sa vīryavān", "sthūlān hatvā mahārohīn anu tastāra taṃ dvijam"], "translation": "Then valiant Rāma, together with Saumitri, went into the forest, and having killed large mahārohi deer, spread out (offerings) over that bird.", "sarga_title": "Rāma performs Jaṭāyu’s funeral"}
{"ref": "3.64.33", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 64, "verse": 33, "iast": ["rohimāṃsāni coddhṛtya peśīkṛtvā mahāyaśāḥ", "śakunāya dadau rāmo ramye haritaśādvale"], "translation": "And having taken out the flesh of the rohi deer and made it into portions, the greatly glorious Rāma gave it to the bird on a lovely green lawn.", "sarga_title": "Rāma performs Jaṭāyu’s funeral"}
{"ref": "3.64.34", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 64, "verse": 34, "iast": ["yat tat pretasya martyasya kathayanti dvijātayaḥ", "tat svargagamanaṃ tasya kṣipraṃ rāmo jajāpa ha"], "translation": "That which the twice-born declare for a deceased mortal, that (rite) for his going to heaven, Rāma quickly muttered for him.", "sarga_title": "Rāma performs Jaṭāyu’s funeral"}
{"ref": "3.64.35", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 64, "verse": 35, "iast": ["tato godāvarīṃ gatvā nadīṃ naravarātmajau", "udakaṃ cakratus tasmai gṛdhrarājāya tāv ubhau"], "translation": "Then, having gone to the river Godāvarī, the two sons of the best of men, the two of them, made the water-offering for that vulture-king.", "sarga_title": "Rāma performs Jaṭāyu’s funeral"}
{"ref": "3.64.36", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 64, "verse": 36, "iast": ["sa gṛdhrarājaḥ kṛtavān yaśaskaraṃ suduṣkaraṃ karma raṇe nipātitaḥ", "maharṣikalpena ca saṃskṛtas tadā jagāma puṇyāṃ gatim ātmanaḥ śubhām"], "translation": "That vulture-king, felled in battle, had done a glory-bringing, exceedingly difficult deed; and consecrated then like a great sage, he went to his own holy, auspicious goal.", "sarga_title": "Rāma performs Jaṭāyu’s funeral"}
{"ref": "3.65.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 65, "verse": 1, "iast": ["kṛtvaivam udakaṃ tasmai prasthitau rāghavau tadā", "avekṣantau vane sītāṃ paścimāṃ jagmatur diśam"], "translation": "Having thus made the water-offering for him, the two Rāghavas then set out, and, looking for Sītā in the forest, went toward the western quarter.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s grasp"}
{"ref": "3.65.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 65, "verse": 2, "iast": ["tāṃ diśaṃ dakṣiṇāṃ gatvā śaracāpāsidhāriṇau", "aviprahatam aikṣvākau panthānaṃ pratipedatuḥ"], "translation": "Going toward that southern quarter, bearing arrows, bows and swords, the two Aikṣvākas took a little-trodden path.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s grasp"}
{"ref": "3.65.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 65, "verse": 3, "iast": ["gulmair vṛkṣaiś ca bahubhir latābhiś ca praveṣṭitam", "āvṛtaṃ sarvato durgaṃ gahanaṃ ghoradarśanam"], "translation": "It was encircled by thickets, many trees and creepers, covered on every side, impassable, dense, terrible to behold.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s grasp"}
{"ref": "3.65.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 65, "verse": 4, "iast": ["vyatikramya tu vegena gṛhītvā dakṣiṇāṃ diśam", "subhīmaṃ tan mahāraṇyaṃ vyatiyātau mahābalau"], "translation": "Pressing through it swiftly and keeping to the southern quarter, the two mighty ones traversed that most fearsome great forest.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s grasp"}
{"ref": "3.65.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 65, "verse": 5, "iast": ["tataḥ paraṃ janasthānāt trikrośaṃ gamya rāghavau", "krauñcāraṇyaṃ viviśatur gahanaṃ tau mahaujasau"], "translation": "Then, going three krośas beyond Janasthāna, the two Rāghavas of great vigour entered the dense Krauñca forest.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s grasp"}
{"ref": "3.65.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 65, "verse": 6, "iast": ["nānāmeghaghanaprakhyaṃ prahṛṣṭam iva sarvataḥ", "nānāvarṇaiḥ śubhaiḥ puṣpair mṛgapakṣigaṇair yutam"], "translation": "(A forest) resembling a mass of many clouds, as though joyful on every side, furnished with lovely flowers of various hues and with flocks of beasts and birds.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s grasp"}
{"ref": "3.65.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 65, "verse": 7, "iast": ["didṛkṣamāṇau vaidehīṃ tad vanaṃ tau vicikyatuḥ", "tatra tatrāvatiṣṭhantau sītāharaṇakarśitau"], "translation": "Longing to see Vaidehī, the two searched that forest, halting here and there, worn down by Sītā's abduction.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s grasp"}
{"ref": "3.65.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 65, "verse": 8, "iast": ["lakṣmaṇas tu mahātejāḥ sattvavāñ śīlavāñ śuciḥ", "abravīt prāñjalir vākyaṃ bhrātaraṃ dīptatejasaṃ"], "translation": "But Lakṣmaṇa, of great splendour, courageous, of good conduct and pure, joining his palms, spoke a word to his brother of blazing splendour.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s grasp"}
{"ref": "3.65.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 65, "verse": 9, "iast": ["spandate me dṛḍhaṃ bāhur udvignam iva me manaḥ", "prāyaśaś cāpy aniṣṭāni nimittāny upalakṣaye"], "translation": "My arm throbs hard, and my mind is as if agitated; and for the most part I observe unfavourable omens.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s grasp"}
{"ref": "3.65.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 65, "verse": 10, "iast": ["tasmāt sajjībhavārya tvaṃ kuruṣva vacanaṃ hitam", "mamaiva hi nimittāni sadyaḥ śaṃsanti saṃbhramam"], "translation": "Therefore, noble one, ready yourself and heed my beneficial word; for these omens of mine forebode immediate peril.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s grasp"}
{"ref": "3.65.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 65, "verse": 11, "iast": ["eṣa vañculako nāma pakṣī paramadāruṇaḥ", "āvayor vijayaṃ yuddhe śaṃsann iva vinardati"], "translation": "This bird named vañculaka, most dreadful, cries out as though foretelling victory for the two of us in battle.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s grasp"}
{"ref": "3.65.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 65, "verse": 12, "iast": ["tayor anveṣator evaṃ sarvaṃ tad vanam ojasā", "saṃjajñe vipulaḥ śabdaḥ prabhañjann iva tad vanam"], "translation": "As the two thus searched the whole of that forest, a mighty sound arose with force, as though shattering that woodland.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s grasp"}
{"ref": "3.65.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 65, "verse": 13, "iast": ["saṃveṣṭitam ivātyarthaṃ gahanaṃ mātariśvanā", "vanasya tasya śabdo 'bhūd divam āpūrayann iva"], "translation": "The thicket seemed exceedingly whirled about by the wind; the sound of that forest arose as though filling the sky.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s grasp"}
{"ref": "3.65.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 65, "verse": 14, "iast": ["taṃ śabdaṃ kāṅkṣamāṇas tu rāmaḥ kakṣe sahānujaḥ", "dadarśa sumahākāyaṃ rākṣasaṃ vipulorasaṃ"], "translation": "Seeking out that sound, Rāma, together with his younger brother, saw in the thicket a rākṣasa of enormous body and broad chest.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s grasp"}
{"ref": "3.65.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 65, "verse": 15, "iast": ["āsedatus tatas tatra tāv ubhau pramukhe sthitam", "vivṛddham aśirogrīvaṃ kabandham udare mukham"], "translation": "Then the two of them approached, standing there before them, that huge, headless and neckless Kabandha with a mouth in his belly.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s grasp"}
{"ref": "3.65.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 65, "verse": 16, "iast": ["romabhir nicitais tīkṣṇair mahāgirim ivocchritam", "nīlameghanibhaṃ raudraṃ meghastanitaniḥsvanam"], "translation": "Covered with dense, sharp bristles, towering like a great mountain, dark as a black cloud, fearsome, with a voice like the thunder of clouds;", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s grasp"}
{"ref": "3.65.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 65, "verse": 17, "iast": ["mahāpakṣmeṇa piṅgena vipulenāyatena ca", "ekenorasi ghoreṇa nayanenāśudarśinā"], "translation": "With a single terrible eye upon his chest — large-lashed, tawny, broad and elongated, keen of sight;", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s grasp"}
{"ref": "3.65.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 65, "verse": 18, "iast": ["mahādaṃṣṭropapannaṃ taṃ lelihānaṃ mahāmukham", "bhakṣayantaṃ mahāghorān ṛkṣasiṃhamṛgadvipān"], "translation": "Him furnished with great fangs, licking his huge mouth, devouring most fearsome bears, lions, deer and elephants;", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s grasp"}
{"ref": "3.65.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 65, "verse": 19, "iast": ["ghorau bhujau vikurvāṇam ubhau yojanam āyatau", "karābhyāṃ vividhān gṛhya ṛṣkān pakṣigaṇān mṛgān"], "translation": "Flailing his two terrible arms, both a yojana long, seizing with his hands various bears, flocks of birds and beasts,", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s grasp"}
{"ref": "3.65.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 65, "verse": 20, "iast": ["ākarṣantaṃ vikarṣantam anekān mṛgayūthapān", "sthitam āvṛtya panthānaṃ tayor bhrātroḥ prapannayoḥ"], "translation": "Dragging them near and tearing them apart, many leaders of the deer-herds — him standing there, barring the path of the two brothers who had come upon it.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s grasp"}
{"ref": "3.65.21", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 65, "verse": 21, "iast": ["atha tau samatikramya krośamātre dadarśatuḥ", "mahāntaṃ dāruṇaṃ bhīmaṃ kabandhaṃ bhujasaṃvṛtam"], "translation": "Then, having gone forward about a krośa, the two saw the huge, dreadful, fearsome Kabandha, hemmed about by his own arms.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s grasp"}
{"ref": "3.65.22", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 65, "verse": 22, "iast": ["sa mahābāhur atyarthaṃ prasārya vipulau bhujau", "jagrāha sahitāv eva rāghavau pīḍayan balāt"], "translation": "That mighty-armed one, stretching out his two vast arms exceedingly far, seized both the Rāghavas together, crushing them by force.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s grasp"}
{"ref": "3.65.23", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 65, "verse": 23, "iast": ["khaḍginau dṛḍhadhanvānau tigmatejau mahābhujau", "bhrātarau vivaśaṃ prāptau kṛṣyamāṇau mahābalau"], "translation": "The two brothers, sword-bearing, firm-bowed, of fierce splendour, great-armed and mighty, were reduced to helplessness as they were dragged along.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s grasp"}
{"ref": "3.65.24", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 65, "verse": 24, "iast": ["tāv uvāca mahābāhuḥ kabandho dānavottamaḥ", "kau yuvāṃ vṛṣabhaskandhau mahākhaḍgadhanurdharau"], "translation": "The mighty-armed Kabandha, chief of Dānavas, said to the two: “Who are you two, bull-shouldered, bearing great swords and bows,", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s grasp"}
{"ref": "3.65.25", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 65, "verse": 25, "iast": ["ghoraṃ deśam imaṃ prāptau mama bhakṣāv upasthitau", "vadataṃ kāryam iha vāṃ kimarthaṃ cāgatau yuvām"], "translation": "who, having reached this dreadful region, have come as my food? Tell what your errand here is, and for what purpose you two have come.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s grasp"}
{"ref": "3.65.26", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 65, "verse": 26, "iast": ["imaṃ deśam anuprāptau kṣudhārtasyeha tiṣṭhataḥ", "sabāṇacāpakhaḍgau ca tīkṣṇaśṛṅgāv ivarṣabhau", "mamāsyam anusaṃprāptau durlabhaṃ jīvitaṃ punaḥ"], "translation": "Having reached this region of me who stand here tormented with hunger, and with your arrows, bows and swords, like two bulls with sharp horns, you have come into my mouth — hard now for you to keep your lives.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s grasp"}
{"ref": "3.65.27", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 65, "verse": 27, "iast": ["tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā kabandhasya durātmanaḥ", "uvāca lakṣmaṇaṃ rāmo mukhena pariśuṣyatā"], "translation": "Hearing that speech of the evil-souled Kabandha, Rāma, with a face going dry, said to Lakṣmaṇa:", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s grasp"}
{"ref": "3.65.28", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 65, "verse": 28, "iast": ["kṛcchrāt kṛcchrataraṃ prāpya dāruṇaṃ satyavikrama", "vyasanaṃ jīvitāntāya prāptam aprāpya tāṃ priyām"], "translation": "“Having met, O truly valiant one, a hardship more grievous than the last, a dreadful calamity has come, threatening our very lives, before we have regained that beloved.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s grasp"}
{"ref": "3.65.29", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 65, "verse": 29, "iast": ["kālasya sumahad vīryaṃ sarvabhūteṣu lakṣmaṇa", "tvāṃ ca māṃ ca naravyāghra vyasanaiḥ paśya mohitau", "nātibhāro 'sti daivasya sarvabhuteṣu lakṣmaṇa"], "translation": "Very great is the power of Time over all beings, Lakṣmaṇa; see how both you and I, O tiger among men, are bewildered by calamities — no burden is too heavy for fate among all creatures, Lakṣmaṇa.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s grasp"}
{"ref": "3.65.30", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 65, "verse": 30, "iast": ["śūrāś ca balavantaś ca kṛtāstrāś ca raṇājire", "kālābhipannāḥ sīdanti yathā vālukasetavaḥ"], "translation": "Even the brave and the strong and the skilled in arms, when overtaken by Time, collapse on the field of battle like dams of sand.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s grasp"}
{"ref": "3.65.31", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 65, "verse": 31, "iast": ["iti bruvāṇo dṛḍhasatyavikramo mahāyaśā dāśarathiḥ pratāpavān", "avekṣya saumitrim udagravikramaṃ sthirāṃ tadā svāṃ matim ātmanākarot"], "translation": "Speaking thus, the son of Daśaratha, of firm and true valour, greatly glorious and mighty, glancing at Saumitri of lofty prowess, then made his own resolve firm within himself.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s grasp"}
{"ref": "3.66.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 66, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tau tu tatra sthitau dṛṣṭvā bhrātarau rāmalakṣmaṇau", "bāhupāśaparikṣiptau kabandho vākyam abravīt"], "translation": "Seeing the two brothers, Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, standing there caught in the snare of his arms, Kabandha spoke these words:", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s arms severed"}
{"ref": "3.66.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 66, "verse": 2, "iast": ["tiṣṭhataḥ kiṃ nu māṃ dṛṣṭvā kṣudhārtaṃ kṣatriyarṣabhau", "āhārārthaṃ tu saṃdiṣṭau daivena gatacetasau"], "translation": "“Why do you two stand, O bulls among kṣatriyas, seeing me tormented by hunger? Assigned by fate to be my food, you have lost your wits.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s arms severed"}
{"ref": "3.66.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 66, "verse": 3, "iast": ["tac chrutvā lakṣmaṇo vākyaṃ prāptakālaṃ hitaṃ tadā", "uvācārtisamāpanno vikrame kṛtaniścayaḥ"], "translation": "Hearing that, Lakṣmaṇa then, fallen into distress but resolved on bold action, spoke timely and salutary words:", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s arms severed"}
{"ref": "3.66.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 66, "verse": 4, "iast": ["tvāṃ ca māṃ ca purā tūrṇam ādatte rākṣasādhamaḥ", "tasmād asibhyām asyāśu bāhū chindāvahe gurū"], "translation": "“Before this vilest of rākṣasas quickly seizes you and me, let us two swiftly cut off his massive arms with our swords.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s arms severed"}
{"ref": "3.66.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 66, "verse": 5, "iast": ["tatas tau deśakālajñau khaḍgābhyām eva rāghavau", "acchindatāṃ susaṃhṛṣṭau bāhū tasyāṃsadeśayoḥ"], "translation": "Then the two Rāghavas, knowing time and place, most eager, cut off his two arms at the shoulder-joints with their swords.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s arms severed"}
{"ref": "3.66.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 66, "verse": 6, "iast": ["dakṣiṇo dakṣiṇaṃ bāhum asaktam asinā tataḥ", "ciccheda rāmo vegena savyaṃ vīras tu lakṣmaṇaḥ"], "translation": "Then Rāma, on the right, cut off the right arm cleanly with his sword by force, and the hero Lakṣmaṇa the left.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s arms severed"}
{"ref": "3.66.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 66, "verse": 7, "iast": ["sa papāta mahābāhuś chinnabāhur mahāsvanaḥ", "khaṃ ca gāṃ ca diśaś caiva nādayañ jalado yathā"], "translation": "He, the mighty-armed one, his arms severed, fell with a great crash, making sky, earth, and the quarters resound like a thundercloud.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s arms severed"}
{"ref": "3.66.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 66, "verse": 8, "iast": ["sa nikṛttau bhujau dṛṣṭvā śoṇitaughapariplutaḥ", "dīnaḥ papraccha tau vīrau kau yuvām iti dānavaḥ"], "translation": "Seeing his two arms severed, drenched in a flood of blood, the dānava, wretched, asked the two heroes, “Who are you two?”", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s arms severed"}
{"ref": "3.66.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 66, "verse": 9, "iast": ["iti tasya bruvāṇasya lakṣmaṇaḥ śubhalakṣaṇaḥ", "śaśaṃsa tasya kākutsthaṃ kabandhasya mahābalaḥ"], "translation": "As he spoke thus, Lakṣmaṇa of auspicious marks, of great might, told him, Kabandha, about Kākutstha (Rāma):", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s arms severed"}
{"ref": "3.66.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 66, "verse": 10, "iast": ["ayam ikṣvākudāyādo rāmo nāma janaiḥ śrutaḥ", "asyaivāvarajaṃ viddhi bhrātaraṃ māṃ ca lakṣmaṇam"], "translation": "“This is the heir of the Ikṣvākus, known among people by the name of Rāma; and know me to be his younger brother, Lakṣmaṇa.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s arms severed"}
{"ref": "3.66.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 66, "verse": 11, "iast": ["asya devaprabhāvasya vasato vijane vane", "rakṣasāpahṛtā bhāryā yām icchantāv ihāgatau"], "translation": "“As he, of divine power, was dwelling in a lonely forest, his wife was carried off by a rākṣasa; seeking her, we two have come here.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s arms severed"}
{"ref": "3.66.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 66, "verse": 12, "iast": ["tvaṃ tu ko vā kimarthaṃ vā kabandha sadṛśo vane", "āsyenorasi dīptena bhagnajaṅgho viceṣṭase"], "translation": "“But who are you, or for what purpose, resembling a headless trunk in the forest, writhing with a blazing mouth in your chest and your legs broken?”", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s arms severed"}
{"ref": "3.66.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 66, "verse": 13, "iast": ["evam uktaḥ kabandhas tu lakṣmaṇenottaraṃ vacaḥ", "uvāca paramaprītas tad indravacanaṃ smaran"], "translation": "Addressed thus by Lakṣmaṇa, Kabandha, greatly delighted and recalling those words of Indra, spoke this reply:", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s arms severed"}
{"ref": "3.66.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 66, "verse": 14, "iast": ["svāgataṃ vāṃ naravyāghrau diṣṭyā paśyāmi cāpy aham", "diṣṭyā cemau nikṛttau me yuvābhyāṃ bāhubandhanau"], "translation": "“Welcome to you two, O tigers among men; and by good fortune I behold you; and by good fortune these two fettering arms of mine have been severed by you both.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s arms severed"}
{"ref": "3.66.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 66, "verse": 15, "iast": ["virūpaṃ yac ca me rūpaṃ prāptaṃ hy avinayād yathā", "tan me śṛṇu naravyāghra tattvataḥ śaṃsatas tava"], "translation": "“And how this misshapen form of mine was acquired through misconduct — hear that from me, O tiger among men, as I truly relate it to you.”", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s arms severed"}
{"ref": "3.67.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 67, "verse": 1, "iast": ["purā rāma mahābāho mahābalaparākrama", "rūpam āsīn mamācintyaṃ triṣu lokeṣu viśrutam", "yathā somasya śakrasya sūryasya ca yathā vapuḥ"], "translation": "“Once, O mighty-armed Rāma, of great strength and prowess, I had a form unimaginable, renowned throughout the three worlds — a beauty like that of the moon, of Indra, and like the body of the sun.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kabandha"}
{"ref": "3.67.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 67, "verse": 2, "iast": ["so 'haṃ rūpam idaṃ kṛtvā lokavitrāsanaṃ mahat", "ṛṣīn vanagatān rāma trāsayāmi tatas tataḥ"], "translation": "“Taking on this great form, a terror to the world, I would frighten the seers who dwelt in the forest, here and there, O Rāma.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kabandha"}
{"ref": "3.67.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 67, "verse": 3, "iast": ["tataḥ sthūlaśirā nāma maharṣiḥ kopito mayā", "saṃcinvan vividhaṃ vanyaṃ rūpeṇānena dharṣitaḥ"], "translation": "“Then a great seer named Sthūlaśiras was angered by me, being assailed with this form of mine as he was gathering various forest-produce.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kabandha"}
{"ref": "3.67.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 67, "verse": 4, "iast": ["tenāham uktaḥ prekṣyaivaṃ ghoraśāpābhidhāyinā", "etad eva nṛśaṃsaṃ te rūpam astu vigarhitam"], "translation": "“By him, seeing me thus and pronouncing a terrible curse, I was told: ‘Let this very cruel form of yours become loathsome!’", "sarga_title": "Story of Kabandha"}
{"ref": "3.67.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 67, "verse": 5, "iast": ["sa mayā yācitaḥ kruddhaḥ śāpasyānto bhaved iti", "abhiśāpakṛtasyeti tenedaṃ bhāṣitaṃ vacaḥ"], "translation": "“Entreated by me — though he was angry — that there might be an end to the curse he had laid on me, he spoke these words:", "sarga_title": "Story of Kabandha"}
{"ref": "3.67.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 67, "verse": 6, "iast": ["yadā chittvā bhujau rāmas tvāṃ dahed vijane vane", "tadā tvaṃ prāpsyase rūpaṃ svam eva vipulaṃ śubham"], "translation": "“‘When Rāma, cutting off your arms, shall burn you in a lonely forest, then you shall regain your own great and lovely form.’", "sarga_title": "Story of Kabandha"}
{"ref": "3.67.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 67, "verse": 7, "iast": ["śriyā virājitaṃ putraṃ danos tvaṃ viddhi lakṣmaṇa", "indrakopād idaṃ rūpaṃ prāptam evaṃ raṇājire"], "translation": "“Know me, Lakṣmaṇa, as the son of Danu, resplendent with glory; through Indra's wrath I came by this form thus, on the field of battle.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kabandha"}
{"ref": "3.67.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 67, "verse": 8, "iast": ["ahaṃ hi tapasogreṇa pitāmaham atoṣayam", "dīrgham āyuḥ sa me prādāt tato māṃ vibhramo 'spṛśat"], "translation": "“For by fierce austerity I gratified the Grandsire (Brahmā); he granted me long life, and thereupon arrogance took hold of me.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kabandha"}
{"ref": "3.67.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 67, "verse": 9, "iast": ["dīrgham āyur mayā prāptaṃ kiṃ me śakraḥ kariṣyati", "ity evaṃ buddhim āsthāya raṇe śakram adharṣayam"], "translation": "“‘Long life has been won by me — what can Indra do to me?’ — settling on such a resolve, I assailed Indra in battle.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kabandha"}
{"ref": "3.67.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 67, "verse": 10, "iast": ["tasya bāhupramuktena vajreṇa śataparvaṇā", "sakthinī ca śiraś caiva śarīre saṃpraveśitam"], "translation": "“By the hundred-jointed thunderbolt loosed from his arm, both my thighs and my head were driven into my body.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kabandha"}
{"ref": "3.67.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 67, "verse": 11, "iast": ["sa mayā yācyamānaḥ sann ānayad yamasādanam", "pitāmahavacaḥ satyaṃ tad astv iti mamābravīt"], "translation": "“Being entreated by me, he yet did not send me to the abode of Yama; ‘Let the Grandsire's word hold true,’ he said to me. [uncertain: pāda a has no explicit negative; sense supplied from context]", "sarga_title": "Story of Kabandha"}
{"ref": "3.67.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 67, "verse": 12, "iast": ["anāhāraḥ kathaṃ śakto bhagnasakthiśiromukhaḥ", "vajreṇābhihataḥ kālaṃ sudīrgham api jīvitum"], "translation": "“‘How, without food, my thighs, head and face crushed, struck by the thunderbolt, could I be able to live for a very long time?’ (I asked).", "sarga_title": "Story of Kabandha"}
{"ref": "3.67.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 67, "verse": 13, "iast": ["evam uktas tu me śakro bāhū yojanam āyatau", "prādād āsyaṃ ca me kukṣau tīkṣṇadaṃṣṭram akalpayat"], "translation": "“Thus addressed by me, Indra granted me two arms a yojana long, and fashioned in my belly a mouth with sharp fangs.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kabandha"}
{"ref": "3.67.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 67, "verse": 14, "iast": ["so 'haṃ bhujābhyāṃ dīrghābhyāṃ samākṛṣya vanecarān", "siṃhadvipamṛgavyāghrān bhakṣayāmi samantataḥ"], "translation": "“So I, drawing forest-rangers to me with my two long arms — lions, elephants, deer and tigers — devour them from all around.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kabandha"}
{"ref": "3.67.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 67, "verse": 15, "iast": ["sa tu mām abravīd indro yadā rāmaḥ salakṣmaṇaḥ", "chetsyate samare bāhū tadā svargaṃ gamiṣyasi"], "translation": "“And that Indra said to me: ‘When Rāma, with Lakṣmaṇa, shall cut off your two arms in battle, then you shall go to heaven.’", "sarga_title": "Story of Kabandha"}
{"ref": "3.67.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 67, "verse": 16, "iast": ["sa tvaṃ rāmo 'si bhadraṃ te nāham anyena rāghava", "śakyo hantuṃ yathātattvam evam uktaṃ maharṣiṇā"], "translation": "“You are that Rāma — blessings on you! I cannot in truth be slain by any other, O Rāghava; so it was foretold by the great seer.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kabandha"}
{"ref": "3.67.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 67, "verse": 17, "iast": ["ahaṃ hi matisācivyaṃ kariṣyāmi nararṣabha", "mitraṃ caivopadekṣyāmi yuvābhyāṃ saṃskṛto 'gninā"], "translation": "“For I, once purified by fire (cremation), will render you counsel, O bull among men, and will point out an ally to you two.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kabandha"}
{"ref": "3.67.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 67, "verse": 18, "iast": ["evam uktas tu dharmātmā danunā tena rāghavaḥ", "idaṃ jagāda vacanaṃ lakṣmaṇasyopaśṛṇvataḥ"], "translation": "Thus addressed by that Danu, the righteous Rāghava spoke these words, as Lakṣmaṇa listened:", "sarga_title": "Story of Kabandha"}
{"ref": "3.67.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 67, "verse": 19, "iast": ["rāvaṇena hṛtā sītā mama bhāryā yaśasvinī", "niṣkrāntasya janasthānāt saha bhrātrā yathāsukham"], "translation": "“Sītā, my illustrious wife, was carried off by Rāvaṇa while I, with my brother, had gone out from Janasthāna at my ease.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kabandha"}
{"ref": "3.67.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 67, "verse": 20, "iast": ["nāmamātraṃ tu jānāmi na rūpaṃ tasya rakṣasaḥ", "nivāsaṃ vā prabhāvaṃ vā vayaṃ tasya na vidmahe"], "translation": "“I know only the name of that rākṣasa, not his form; and neither his dwelling nor his power do we know.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kabandha"}
{"ref": "3.67.21", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 67, "verse": 21, "iast": ["śokārtānām anāthānām evaṃ viparidhāvatām", "kāruṇyaṃ sadṛśaṃ kartum upakāre ca vartatām"], "translation": "“It is fitting to show compassion on us, who, grief-stricken and forlorn, thus run about (in search), and who stand ready to requite the kindness.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kabandha"}
{"ref": "3.67.22", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 67, "verse": 22, "iast": ["kāṣṭhāny ānīya śuṣkāṇi kāle bhagnāni kuñjaraiḥ", "bhakṣyāmas tvāṃ vayaṃ vīra śvabhre mahati kalpite"], "translation": "“Bringing dry logs, broken in due time by elephants, we shall burn you, O hero, in a great pit prepared for the purpose.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kabandha"}
{"ref": "3.67.23", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 67, "verse": 23, "iast": ["sa tvaṃ sītāṃ samācakṣva yena vā yatra vā hṛtā", "kuru kalyāṇam atyarthaṃ yadi jānāsi tattvataḥ"], "translation": "“Do you then tell of Sītā — by whom or whither she was carried off; do us this exceeding kindness, if you truly know.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Kabandha"}
{"ref": "3.67.24", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 67, "verse": 24, "iast": ["evam uktas tu rāmeṇa vākyaṃ danur anuttamam", "provāca kuśalo vaktuṃ vaktāram api rāghavam"], "translation": "Thus addressed by Rāma, Danu, skilled in speaking, spoke a peerless word to Rāghava, himself an eloquent speaker:", "sarga_title": "Story of Kabandha"}
{"ref": "3.67.25", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 67, "verse": 25, "iast": ["divyam asti na me jñānaṃ nābhijānāmi maithilīm", "yas tāṃ jñāsyati taṃ vakṣye dagdhaḥ svaṃ rūpam āsthitaḥ"], "translation": "“I have no divine knowledge, and I do not know of Maithilī; but once burned and restored to my own form, I shall tell you of one who will know her.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kabandha"}
{"ref": "3.67.26", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 67, "verse": 26, "iast": ["adagdhasya hi vijñātuṃ śaktir asti na me prabho", "rākṣasaṃ taṃ mahāvīryaṃ sītā yena hṛtā tava"], "translation": "“For, unburned, I have not the power to know that rākṣasa of great might by whom your Sītā was carried off, O lord.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kabandha"}
{"ref": "3.67.27", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 67, "verse": 27, "iast": ["vijñānaṃ hi mahad bhraṣṭaṃ śāpadoṣeṇa rāghava", "svakṛtena mayā prāptaṃ rūpaṃ lokavigarhitam"], "translation": "“For my great faculty of discernment has been lost through the fault of the curse, O Rāghava; through my own doing I have come by a form abhorred by the world.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kabandha"}
{"ref": "3.67.28", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 67, "verse": 28, "iast": ["kiṃ tu yāvan na yāty astaṃ savitā śrāntavāhanaḥ", "tāvan mām avaṭe kṣiptvā daha rāma yathāvidhi"], "translation": "“But before the sun, its horses wearied, goes to its setting, cast me into a pit and burn me, Rāma, according to rule.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kabandha"}
{"ref": "3.67.29", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 67, "verse": 29, "iast": ["dagdhas tvayāham avaṭe nyāyena raghunandana", "vakṣyāmi tam ahaṃ vīra yas taṃ jñāsyati rākṣasaṃ"], "translation": "“When I have been burned by you in the pit in due manner, O joy of the Raghus, I shall tell you, hero, of him who will know that rākṣasa.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kabandha"}
{"ref": "3.67.30", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 67, "verse": 30, "iast": ["tena sakhyaṃ ca kartavyaṃ nyāyyavṛttena rāghava", "kalpayiṣyati te prītaḥ sāhāyyaṃ laghuvikramaḥ"], "translation": "“And friendship should be made with him, one of upright conduct, O Rāghava; pleased, that swift-striding one will arrange help for you.", "sarga_title": "Story of Kabandha"}
{"ref": "3.67.31", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 67, "verse": 31, "iast": ["na hi tasyāsty avijñātaṃ triṣu lokeṣu rāghava", "sarvān parisṛto lokān purā vai kāraṇāntare"], "translation": "“For there is nothing unknown to him in the three worlds, O Rāghava; in olden days, on another occasion, he ranged over all the worlds.”", "sarga_title": "Story of Kabandha"}
{"ref": "3.68.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 68, "verse": 1, "iast": ["evam uktau tu tau vīrau kabandhena nareśvarau", "giripradaram āsādya pāvakaṃ visasarjatuḥ"], "translation": "Thus addressed by Kabandha, the two heroic lords of men, reaching a mountain-cleft, set a fire ablaze.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha advises friendship with Sugrīva"}
{"ref": "3.68.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 68, "verse": 2, "iast": ["lakṣmaṇas tu maholkābhir jvalitābhiḥ samantataḥ", "citām ādīpayām āsa sā prajajvāla sarvataḥ"], "translation": "And Lakṣmaṇa, with great blazing firebrands, kindled the pyre all around; it blazed up on every side.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha advises friendship with Sugrīva"}
{"ref": "3.68.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 68, "verse": 3, "iast": ["tac charīraṃ kabandhasya ghṛtapiṇḍopamaṃ mahat", "medasā pacyamānasya mandaṃ dahati pāvaka"], "translation": "That great body of Kabandha, resembling a lump of ghee, being cooked in its fat, the fire burned slowly.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha advises friendship with Sugrīva"}
{"ref": "3.68.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 68, "verse": 4, "iast": ["sa vidhūya citām āśu vidhūmo 'gnir ivotthitaḥ", "araje vāsasī vibhran mālāṃ divyāṃ mahābalaḥ"], "translation": "Shaking off the pyre swiftly, the mighty one rose up like a smokeless flame, wearing a pair of dustless garments and a divine garland.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha advises friendship with Sugrīva"}
{"ref": "3.68.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 68, "verse": 5, "iast": ["tataś citāyā vegena bhāsvaro virajāmbaraḥ", "utpapātāśu saṃhṛṣṭaḥ sarvapratyaṅgabhūṣaṇaḥ"], "translation": "Then from the pyre, with speed, radiant, clad in spotless raiment, adorned on every limb, he sprang up swiftly, full of joy.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha advises friendship with Sugrīva"}
{"ref": "3.68.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 68, "verse": 6, "iast": ["vimāne bhāsvare tiṣṭhan haṃsayukte yaśaskare", "prabhayā ca mahātejā diśo daśa virājayan"], "translation": "Standing in a radiant, glory-conferring aerial car yoked with swans, of great splendor, illuminating the ten directions with his radiance,", "sarga_title": "Kabandha advises friendship with Sugrīva"}
{"ref": "3.68.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 68, "verse": 7, "iast": ["so 'ntarikṣagato rāmaṃ kabandho vākyam abravīt", "śṛṇu rāghava tattvena yathā sīmām avāpsyasi"], "translation": "Kabandha, moving through the sky, spoke these words to Rāma: “Listen truly, Rāghava, how you will reach your goal.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha advises friendship with Sugrīva"}
{"ref": "3.68.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 68, "verse": 8, "iast": ["rāma ṣaḍ yuktayo loke yābhiḥ sarvaṃ vimṛśyate", "parimṛṣṭo daśāntena daśābhāgena sevyate"], "translation": "“Rāma, there are six expedients in the world by which everything is weighed; one worn down to the end of his plight is attended by (even) a tenth part of relief.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha advises friendship with Sugrīva"}
{"ref": "3.68.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 68, "verse": 9, "iast": ["daśābhāgagato hīnas tvaṃ rāma sahalakṣmaṇaḥ", "yat kṛte vyasanaṃ prāptaṃ tvayā dārapradharṣaṇam"], "translation": "“Reduced to a tenth part and brought low are you, Rāma, together with Lakṣmaṇa — you on whose account calamity has come, the violation of your wife.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha advises friendship with Sugrīva"}
{"ref": "3.68.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 68, "verse": 10, "iast": ["tad avaśyaṃ tvayā kāryaḥ sa suhṛt suhṛdāṃ vara", "akṛtvā na hi te siddhim ahaṃ paśyāmi cintayan"], "translation": "“Therefore you must without fail make him your friend, O best of friends; for, reflecting, I do not see success for you without doing this.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha advises friendship with Sugrīva"}
{"ref": "3.68.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 68, "verse": 11, "iast": ["śrūyatāṃ rāma vakṣyāmi sugrīvo nāma vānaraḥ", "bhrātrā nirastaḥ kruddhena vālinā śakrasūnunā"], "translation": "“Listen, Rāma, I will tell you: there is a monkey named Sugrīva, cast out by his angry brother Vālin, the son of Śakra.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha advises friendship with Sugrīva"}
{"ref": "3.68.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 68, "verse": 12, "iast": ["ṛṣyamūke girivare pampāparyantaśobhite", "nivasaty ātmavān vīraś caturbhiḥ saha vānaraiḥ"], "translation": "“On the excellent mountain Ṛṣyamūka, made beautiful by the borders of Pampā, the self-possessed hero dwells with four monkeys.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha advises friendship with Sugrīva"}
{"ref": "3.68.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 68, "verse": 13, "iast": ["vayasyaṃ taṃ kuru kṣipram ito gatvādya rāghava", "adrohāya samāgamya dīpyamāne vibhāvasau"], "translation": "“Go there quickly today from here, O Rāghava, and make him your friend, meeting him before the blazing fire as a pledge of good faith.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha advises friendship with Sugrīva"}
{"ref": "3.68.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 68, "verse": 14, "iast": ["na ca te so 'vamantavyaḥ sugrīvo vānarādhipaḥ", "kṛtajñaḥ kāmarūpī ca sahāyārthī ca vīryavān"], "translation": "“And that Sugrīva, lord of monkeys, is not to be despised by you — grateful, able to take any form at will, seeking an ally, and valorous.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha advises friendship with Sugrīva"}
{"ref": "3.68.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 68, "verse": 15, "iast": ["śaktau hy adya yuvāṃ kartuṃ kāryaṃ tasya cikīrṣitam", "kṛtārtho vākṛtārtho vā kṛtyaṃ tava kariṣyati"], "translation": "“For you two are able today to accomplish the task he wishes done; whether his own aim be achieved or not, he will do your work.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha advises friendship with Sugrīva"}
{"ref": "3.68.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 68, "verse": 16, "iast": ["sa ṛkṣarajasaḥ putraḥ pampām aṭati śaṅkitaḥ", "bhāskarasyaurasaḥ putro vālinā kṛtakilbiṣaḥ"], "translation": "“He, the son of Ṛkṣarajas, roams about Pampā in fear — the true-born son of the Sun, wronged by Vālin.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha advises friendship with Sugrīva"}
{"ref": "3.68.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 68, "verse": 17, "iast": ["saṃnidhāyāyudhaṃ kṣipram ṛṣyamūkālayaṃ kapim", "kuru rāghava satyena vayasyaṃ vanacāriṇam"], "translation": "“Laying down your weapon at once, O Rāghava, make the monkey whose home is Ṛṣyamūka, that forest-ranger, your friend in good faith.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha advises friendship with Sugrīva"}
{"ref": "3.68.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 68, "verse": 18, "iast": ["sa hi sthānāni sarvāṇi kārtsnyena kapikuñjaraḥ", "naramāṃsāśināṃ loke naipuṇyād adhigacchati"], "translation": "“For that elephant among monkeys, through his skill, knows thoroughly all the haunts in the world of the eaters of human flesh.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha advises friendship with Sugrīva"}
{"ref": "3.68.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 68, "verse": 19, "iast": ["na tasyāviditaṃ loke kiṃ cid asti hi rāghava", "yāvat sūryaḥ pratapati sahasrāṃśur ariṃdama"], "translation": "“There is nothing at all in the world unknown to him, O Rāghava, as far as the thousand-rayed Sun shines, O tamer of foes.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha advises friendship with Sugrīva"}
{"ref": "3.68.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 68, "verse": 20, "iast": ["sa nadīr vipulāñ śailān giridurgāṇi kandarān", "anviṣya vānaraiḥ sārdhaṃ patnīṃ te 'dhigamiṣyati"], "translation": "“Searching rivers, vast mountains, mountain-fastnesses, and caverns together with his monkeys, he will find your wife.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha advises friendship with Sugrīva"}
{"ref": "3.68.21", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 68, "verse": 21, "iast": ["vānarāṃś ca mahākāyān preṣayiṣyati rāghava", "diśo vicetuṃ tāṃ sītāṃ tvadviyogena śocatīm"], "translation": "“And he will send forth monkeys of huge body, O Rāghava, to search the quarters for that Sītā, who grieves at separation from you.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha advises friendship with Sugrīva"}
{"ref": "3.68.22", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 68, "verse": 22, "iast": ["sa meruśṛṅgāgragatām aninditāṃ praviśya pātālatale 'pi vāśritām", "plavaṃgamānāṃ pravaras tava priyāṃ nihatya rakṣāṃsi punaḥ pradāsyati"], "translation": "That foremost of monkeys — even should your blameless beloved have gone to the summit of Mount Meru, or entered and taken refuge in the depths of the underworld — will slay the rākṣasas and restore her to you.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha advises friendship with Sugrīva"}
{"ref": "3.69.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 69, "verse": 1, "iast": ["nidarśayitvā rāmāya sītāyāḥ pratipādane", "vākyam anvartham arthajñaḥ kabandhaḥ punar abravīt"], "translation": "Having pointed out to Rāma the means for recovering Sītā, Kabandha, knower of what things mean, again spoke apt words.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s directions to Pampā"}
{"ref": "3.69.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 69, "verse": 2, "iast": ["eṣa rāma śivaḥ panthā yatraite puṣpitā drumāḥ", "pratīcīṃ diśam āśritya prakāśante manoramāḥ"], "translation": "This, Rāma, is the auspicious path where these flowering trees, delightful, shine, keeping to the western quarter.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s directions to Pampā"}
{"ref": "3.69.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 69, "verse": 3, "iast": ["jambūpriyālapanasāḥ plakṣanyagrodhatindukāḥ", "aśvatthāḥ karṇikārāś ca cūtāś cānye ca pādapāḥ"], "translation": "Rose-apple, priyāla and jackfruit trees, plakṣa, banyan and tinduka trees, aśvatthas and karṇikāras, mangoes and yet other trees —", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s directions to Pampā"}
{"ref": "3.69.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 69, "verse": 4, "iast": ["tān āruhyāthavā bhūmau pātayitvā ca tān balāt", "phalāny amṛtakalpāni bhakṣayantau gamiṣyathaḥ"], "translation": "Climbing them, or else forcibly bringing them down to the ground, you two will go on eating fruits like nectar.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s directions to Pampā"}
{"ref": "3.69.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 69, "verse": 5, "iast": ["caṅkramantau varān deśāñ śailāc chailaṃ vanād vanam", "tataḥ puṣkariṇīṃ vīrau pampāṃ nāma gamiṣyathaḥ"], "translation": "Roaming through fine regions, from mountain to mountain, from forest to forest, you two heroes will then come to a lotus-pond named Pampā.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s directions to Pampā"}
{"ref": "3.69.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 69, "verse": 6, "iast": ["aśarkarām avibhraṃśāṃ samatīrtham aśaivalām", "rāma saṃjātavālūkāṃ kamalotpalaśobhitām"], "translation": "Free of gravel, without crumbling banks, with even fords, free of moss, O Rāma, with fine sand formed, adorned with lotuses and lilies —", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s directions to Pampā"}
{"ref": "3.69.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 69, "verse": 7, "iast": ["tatra haṃsāḥ plavāḥ krauñcāḥ kurarāś caiva rāghava", "valgusvarā nikūjanti pampāsalilagocarāḥ"], "translation": "There, O Rāghava, swans, waterfowl, krauñcas and ospreys, sweet-voiced, call out, dwelling in the waters of Pampā.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s directions to Pampā"}
{"ref": "3.69.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 69, "verse": 8, "iast": ["nodvijante narān dṛṣṭvā vadhasyākovidāḥ śubhāḥ", "ghṛtapiṇḍopamān sthūlāṃs tān dvijān bhakṣayiṣyathaḥ"], "translation": "They take no fright on seeing men, unacquainted with slaughter, those lovely birds; those plump birds, like lumps of ghee, you two will eat.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s directions to Pampā"}
{"ref": "3.69.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 69, "verse": 9, "iast": ["rohitān vakratuṇḍāṃś ca nalamīnāṃś ca rāghava", "pampāyām iṣubhir matsyāṃs tatra rāma varān hatān"], "translation": "Rohita fish and crook-mouthed fish and nala-fish, O Rāghava — the fine fish there in Pampā struck down with arrows, O Rāma —", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s directions to Pampā"}
{"ref": "3.69.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 69, "verse": 10, "iast": ["nistvakpakṣān ayastaptān akṛśān ekakaṇṭakān", "tava bhaktyā samāyukto lakṣmaṇaḥ saṃpradāsyati"], "translation": "Skinned and finless, roasted on iron, not lean, single-boned — Lakṣmaṇa, devoted to you, will serve them up.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s directions to Pampā"}
{"ref": "3.69.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 69, "verse": 11, "iast": ["bhṛśaṃ te khādato matsyān pampāyāḥ puṣpasaṃcaye", "padmagandhi śivaṃ vāri sukhaśītam anāmayam"], "translation": "As you heartily eat the fish amid the heaped flowers of Pampā, (he will bring) water fragrant with lotus, auspicious, pleasantly cool and wholesome.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s directions to Pampā"}
{"ref": "3.69.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 69, "verse": 12, "iast": ["uddhṛtya sa tadākliṣṭaṃ rūpyasphaṭikasaṃnibham", "atha puṣkaraparṇena lakṣmaṇaḥ pāyayiṣyati"], "translation": "Drawing up that untroubled water, resembling silver and crystal, then in a lotus-leaf Lakṣmaṇa will give you to drink.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s directions to Pampā"}
{"ref": "3.69.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 69, "verse": 13, "iast": ["sthūlān giriguhāśayyān varāhān vanacāriṇaḥ", "apāṃ lobhād upāvṛttān vṛṣabhān iva nardataḥ", "rūpānvitāṃś ca pampāyāṃ drakṣyasi tvaṃ narottama"], "translation": "Fat boars, bedding in mountain-caves, roaming the forest, come out from craving for water, bellowing like bulls, and full of beauty — these you will see at Pampā, O best of men.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s directions to Pampā"}
{"ref": "3.69.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 69, "verse": 14, "iast": ["sāyāhne vicaran rāma viṭapī mālyadhāriṇaḥ", "śītodakaṃ ca pampāyāṃ dṛṣṭvā śokaṃ vihāsyasi"], "translation": "Wandering at evening, O Rāma, and seeing the garland-bearing trees and the cool water at Pampā, you will cast off your grief.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s directions to Pampā"}
{"ref": "3.69.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 69, "verse": 15, "iast": ["sumanobhiś citāṃs tatra tilakān naktamālakān", "utpalāni ca phullāni paṅkajāni ca rāghava"], "translation": "There tilaka and naktamāla trees heaped with blossoms, and blooming water-lilies and lotuses, O Rāghava —", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s directions to Pampā"}
{"ref": "3.69.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 69, "verse": 16, "iast": ["na tāni kaś cin mālyāni tatrāropayitā naraḥ", "mataṅgaśiṣyās tatrāsann ṛṣayaḥ susamāhitaḥ"], "translation": "No man is the one who strung those garlands there; the sages there were disciples of Mataṅga, well-composed.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s directions to Pampā"}
{"ref": "3.69.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 69, "verse": 17, "iast": ["teṣāṃ bhārābhitaptānāṃ vanyam āharatāṃ guroḥ", "ye prapetur mahīṃ tūrṇaṃ śarīrāt svedabindavaḥ"], "translation": "Of those disciples, worn by their burden as they fetched forest-produce for their teacher, the drops of sweat that fell swiftly to the earth from their bodies —", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s directions to Pampā"}
{"ref": "3.69.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 69, "verse": 18, "iast": ["tāni mālyāni jātāni munīnāṃ tapasā tadā", "svedabindusamutthāni na vinaśyanti rāghava"], "translation": "Those garlands, then born of the sages' austerity, springing from drops of sweat, do not wither, O Rāghava.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s directions to Pampā"}
{"ref": "3.69.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 69, "verse": 19, "iast": ["teṣām adyāpi tatraiva dṛśyate paricāriṇī", "śramaṇī śabarī nāma kākutstha cirajīvinī"], "translation": "Of them, even now there is seen right there an attendant, an ascetic woman named Śabarī, O Kākutstha, long of life.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s directions to Pampā"}
{"ref": "3.69.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 69, "verse": 20, "iast": ["tvāṃ tu dharme sthitā nityaṃ sarvabhūtanamaskṛtam", "dṛṣṭvā devopamaṃ rāma svargalokaṃ gamiṣyati"], "translation": "She, ever established in dharma, on beholding you — honored by all beings and godlike, O Rāma — will go to the world of heaven.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s directions to Pampā"}
{"ref": "3.69.21", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 69, "verse": 21, "iast": ["tatas tad rāma pampāyās tīram āśritya paścimam", "āśramasthānam atulaṃ guhyaṃ kākutstha paśyasi"], "translation": "Then, O Rāma, resorting to that western shore of Pampā, you will behold the incomparable, secret hermitage-site, O Kākutstha.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s directions to Pampā"}
{"ref": "3.69.22", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 69, "verse": 22, "iast": ["na tatrākramituṃ nāgāḥ śaknuvanti tam āśramam", "ṛṣes tasya mataṅgasya vidhānāt tac ca kānanam"], "translation": "There the elephants cannot trample that hermitage, nor that grove, by the ordinance of the sage Mataṅga.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s directions to Pampā"}
{"ref": "3.69.23", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 69, "verse": 23, "iast": ["tasmin nandanasaṃkāśe devāraṇyopame vane", "nānāvihagasaṃkīrṇe raṃsyase rāma nirvṛtaḥ"], "translation": "In that forest, like the Nandana garden, resembling the woods of the gods, thronged with birds of many kinds, you will take your delight, O Rāma, at peace.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s directions to Pampā"}
{"ref": "3.69.24", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 69, "verse": 24, "iast": ["ṛṣyamūkas tu pampāyāḥ purastāt puṣpitadrumaḥ", "suduḥkhārohaṇo nāma śiśunāgābhirakṣitaḥ", "udāro brahmaṇā caiva pūrvakāle vinirmitaḥ"], "translation": "And Ṛṣyamūka, east of Pampā, with flowering trees, called 'hard to climb,' guarded by young elephants, lofty, was fashioned by Brahmā in ancient times.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s directions to Pampā"}
{"ref": "3.69.25", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 69, "verse": 25, "iast": ["śayānaḥ puruṣo rāma tasya śailasya mūrdhani", "yat svapne labhate vittaṃ tat prabuddho 'dhigacchati"], "translation": "A man sleeping on the summit of that mountain, O Rāma — whatever wealth he obtains in a dream, that he finds when he awakes.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s directions to Pampā"}
{"ref": "3.69.26", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 69, "verse": 26, "iast": ["na tv enaṃ viṣamācāraḥ pāpakarmādhirohati", "tatraiva praharanty enaṃ suptam ādāya rākṣasāḥ"], "translation": "But no man of crooked conduct and evil deeds climbs it; the rākṣasas, seizing him as he sleeps, strike him down right there.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s directions to Pampā"}
{"ref": "3.69.27", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 69, "verse": 27, "iast": ["tato 'pi śiśunāgānām ākrandaḥ śrūyate mahān", "krīḍatāṃ rāma pampāyāṃ mataṅgāraṇyavāsinām"], "translation": "From there too is heard the great trumpeting of the young elephants sporting at Pampā, dwellers in Mataṅga's forest, O Rāma.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s directions to Pampā"}
{"ref": "3.69.28", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 69, "verse": 28, "iast": ["siktā rudhiradhārābhiḥ saṃhatya paramadvipāḥ", "pracaranti pṛthak kīrṇā meghavarṇās tarasvinaḥ"], "translation": "Sprinkled with streams of blood, the mighty elephants, having clashed together, roam apart, scattered, cloud-colored and swift.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s directions to Pampā"}
{"ref": "3.69.29", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 69, "verse": 29, "iast": ["te tatra pītvā pānīyaṃ vimalaṃ śītam avyayam", "nivṛttāḥ saṃvigāhante vanāni vanagocarāḥ"], "translation": "They, having drunk there the pure, cool, unfailing water, turn back and plunge into the woods, those forest-dwellers.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s directions to Pampā"}
{"ref": "3.69.30", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 69, "verse": 30, "iast": ["rāma tasya tu śailasya mahatī śobhate guhā", "śilāpidhānā kākutstha duḥkhaṃ cāsyāḥ praveśanam"], "translation": "O Rāma, a great cave shines on that mountain, closed by a stone slab, O Kākutstha, and entrance into it is hard.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s directions to Pampā"}
{"ref": "3.69.31", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 69, "verse": 31, "iast": ["tasyā guhāyāḥ prāgdvāre mahāñ śītodako hradaḥ", "bahumūlaphalo ramyo nānānagasamāvṛtaḥ"], "translation": "At the eastern door of that cave is a great pool of cool water, rich in roots and fruits, delightful, encircled by trees of many kinds.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s directions to Pampā"}
{"ref": "3.69.32", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 69, "verse": 32, "iast": ["tasyāṃ vasati sugrīvaś caturbhiḥ saha vānaraiḥ", "kadā cic chikhare tasya parvatasyāvatiṣṭhate"], "translation": "In it dwells Sugrīva with four monkeys; sometimes he takes his stand upon the peak of that mountain.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s directions to Pampā"}
{"ref": "3.69.33", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 69, "verse": 33, "iast": ["kabandhas tv anuśāsyaivaṃ tāv ubhau rāmalakṣmaṇau", "sragvī bhāskaravarṇābhaḥ khe vyarocata vīryavān"], "translation": "Kabandha, having thus counseled both Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, garlanded, radiant with the color of the sun, shone in the sky, mighty.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s directions to Pampā"}
{"ref": "3.69.34", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 69, "verse": 34, "iast": ["taṃ tu khasthaṃ mahābhāgaṃ kabandhaṃ rāmalakṣmaṇau", "prasthitau tvaṃ vrajasveti vākyam ūcatur antikāt"], "translation": "To that illustrious Kabandha standing in the sky, Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, as they set out, spoke from close by the words, 'Now go your way.'", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s directions to Pampā"}
{"ref": "3.69.35", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 69, "verse": 35, "iast": ["gamyatāṃ kāryasiddhyartham iti tāv abravīc ca saḥ", "suprītau tāv anujñāpya kabandhaḥ prasthitas tadā"], "translation": "'Go, for the accomplishment of your task,' he said to the two; and taking leave of the two well-pleased ones, Kabandha then set out.", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s directions to Pampā"}
{"ref": "3.69.36", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 69, "verse": 36, "iast": ["sa tat kabandhaḥ pratipadya rūpaṃ vṛtaḥ śriyā bhāskaratulyadehaḥ", "nidarśayan rāmam avekṣya khasthaḥ sakhyaṃ kuruṣveti tadābhyuvāca"], "translation": "That Kabandha, having regained his form, invested with splendor, his body like the sun, pointing the way and looking upon Rāma from the sky, then said, 'Make a friendship.'", "sarga_title": "Kabandha’s directions to Pampā"}
{"ref": "3.70.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 70, "verse": 1, "iast": ["tau kabandhena taṃ mārgaṃ pampāyā darśitaṃ vane", "ātasthatur diśaṃ gṛhya pratīcīṃ nṛvarātmajau"], "translation": "Those two sons of the best of men, taking the western direction, set out along that path to Pampā shown by Kabandha in the forest.", "sarga_title": "Śabarī’s welcome and ascent"}
{"ref": "3.70.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 70, "verse": 2, "iast": ["tau śaileṣv ācitānekān kṣaudrakalpaphaladrumān", "vīkṣantau jagmatur draṣṭuṃ sugrīvaṃ rāmalakṣmaṇau"], "translation": "Gazing at the many trees on the mountains laden with fruit sweet as honey, those two, Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, went on to see Sugrīva.", "sarga_title": "Śabarī’s welcome and ascent"}
{"ref": "3.70.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 70, "verse": 3, "iast": ["kṛtvā ca śailapṛṣṭhe tu tau vāsaṃ raghunandanau", "pampāyāḥ paścimaṃ tīraṃ rāghavāv upatasthatuḥ"], "translation": "And having made their lodging on the mountain-ridge, those two joys of the Raghus, the two Rāghavas, came to the western shore of Pampā.", "sarga_title": "Śabarī’s welcome and ascent"}
{"ref": "3.70.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 70, "verse": 4, "iast": ["tau puṣkariṇyāḥ pampāyās tīram āsādya paścimam", "apaśyatāṃ tatas tatra śabaryā ramyam āśramam"], "translation": "The two, reaching the western shore of the lotus-pond Pampā, then saw there the lovely hermitage of Śabarī.", "sarga_title": "Śabarī’s welcome and ascent"}
{"ref": "3.70.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 70, "verse": 5, "iast": ["tau tam āśramam āsādya drumair bahubhir āvṛtam", "suramyam abhivīkṣantau śabarīm abhyupeyatuḥ"], "translation": "Reaching that hermitage, ringed by many trees and most lovely, and gazing upon it, the two approached Śabarī.", "sarga_title": "Śabarī’s welcome and ascent"}
{"ref": "3.70.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 70, "verse": 6, "iast": ["tau tu dṛṣṭvā tadā siddhā samutthāya kṛtāñjaliḥ", "pādau jagrāha rāmasya lakṣmaṇasya ca dhīmataḥ"], "translation": "Then that perfected woman, seeing the two, rose up with palms joined and clasped the feet of Rāma and of wise Lakṣmaṇa.", "sarga_title": "Śabarī’s welcome and ascent"}
{"ref": "3.70.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 70, "verse": 7, "iast": ["tām uvāca tato rāmaḥ śramaṇīṃ saṃśitavratām", "kaccit te nirjitā vighnāḥ kaccit te vardhate tapaḥ"], "translation": "Then Rāma said to that ascetic woman of firm vows: 'Have your obstacles been overcome? Does your austerity flourish?'", "sarga_title": "Śabarī’s welcome and ascent"}
{"ref": "3.70.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 70, "verse": 8, "iast": ["kaccit te niyataḥ kopa āhāraś ca tapodhane", "kaccit te niyamāḥ prāptāḥ kaccit te manasaḥ sukham", "kaccit te guruśuśrūṣā saphalā cārubhāṣiṇi"], "translation": "Are your anger and your food held in check, O rich in austerity? Have your observances been fulfilled, and has your mind found happiness? Has your service to your teachers borne fruit, O sweet-spoken one?", "sarga_title": "Śabarī’s welcome and ascent"}
{"ref": "3.70.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 70, "verse": 9, "iast": ["rāmeṇa tāpasī pṛṣṭhā sā siddhā siddhasaṃmatā", "śaśaṃsa śabarī vṛddhā rāmāya pratyupasthitā"], "translation": "Questioned by Rāma, that ascetic, perfected and esteemed by the perfected ones, old Śabarī, standing before him, made reply to Rāma.", "sarga_title": "Śabarī’s welcome and ascent"}
{"ref": "3.70.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 70, "verse": 10, "iast": ["citrakūṭaṃ tvayi prāpte vimānair atulaprabhaiḥ", "itas te divam ārūḍhā yān ahaṃ paryacāriṣam"], "translation": "When you had reached Citrakūṭa, those whom I served rose from here to heaven in celestial cars of matchless splendor.", "sarga_title": "Śabarī’s welcome and ascent"}
{"ref": "3.70.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 70, "verse": 11, "iast": ["taiś cāham uktā dharmajñair mahābhāgair maharṣibhiḥ", "āgamiṣyati te rāmaḥ supuṇyam imam āśramam"], "translation": "And I was told by those righteous, illustrious great sages: 'Rāma will come to this most holy hermitage of yours.", "sarga_title": "Śabarī’s welcome and ascent"}
{"ref": "3.70.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 70, "verse": 12, "iast": ["sa te pratigrahītavyaḥ saumitrisahito 'tithiḥ", "taṃ ca dṛṣṭvā varāṃl lokān akṣayāṃs tvaṃ gamiṣyasi"], "translation": "He, accompanied by Saumitri, is to be received by you as a guest; and having beheld him, you will go to the excellent, imperishable worlds.'", "sarga_title": "Śabarī’s welcome and ascent"}
{"ref": "3.70.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 70, "verse": 13, "iast": ["mayā tu vividhaṃ vanyaṃ saṃcitaṃ puruṣarṣabha", "tavārthe puruṣavyāghra pampāyās tīrasaṃbhavam"], "translation": "Various forest-fare has been gathered by me, O bull among men, for your sake, O tiger among men — produce grown on the shore of Pampā.", "sarga_title": "Śabarī’s welcome and ascent"}
{"ref": "3.70.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 70, "verse": 14, "iast": ["evam uktaḥ sa dharmātmā śabaryā śabarīm idam", "rāghavaḥ prāha vijñāne tāṃ nityam abahiṣkṛtām"], "translation": "Thus addressed by Śabarī, that righteous Rāghava said this to Śabarī, who was never shut out from (spiritual) knowledge:", "sarga_title": "Śabarī’s welcome and ascent"}
{"ref": "3.70.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 70, "verse": 15, "iast": ["danoḥ sakāśāt tattvena prabhāvaṃ te mahātmanaḥ", "śrutaṃ pratyakṣam icchāmi saṃdraṣṭuṃ yadi manyase"], "translation": "From Danu I have truly heard of the power of you great ones; I wish to behold it with my own eyes, if you think fit.", "sarga_title": "Śabarī’s welcome and ascent"}
{"ref": "3.70.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 70, "verse": 16, "iast": ["etat tu vacanaṃ śrutvā rāmavaktrād viniḥsṛtam", "śabarī darśayām āsa tāv ubhau tad vanaṃ mahat"], "translation": "Hearing this speech issuing from Rāma's mouth, Śabarī showed both of them that great forest.", "sarga_title": "Śabarī’s welcome and ascent"}
{"ref": "3.70.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 70, "verse": 17, "iast": ["paśya meghaghanaprakhyaṃ mṛgapakṣisamākulam", "mataṅgavanam ity eva viśrutaṃ raghunandana"], "translation": "'Behold this forest, dark as a mass of clouds, teeming with beasts and birds, renowned by the very name of Mataṅga's Wood, O joy of the Raghus.", "sarga_title": "Śabarī’s welcome and ascent"}
{"ref": "3.70.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 70, "verse": 18, "iast": ["iha te bhāvitātmāno guravo me mahādyute", "juhavāṃś cakrire tīrthaṃ mantravan mantrapūjitam"], "translation": "Here, O greatly radiant one, those my teachers of disciplined souls, offering oblations, consecrated the sacred ford with mantras, worshipped with mantras.", "sarga_title": "Śabarī’s welcome and ascent"}
{"ref": "3.70.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 70, "verse": 19, "iast": ["iyaṃ pratyak sthalī vedī yatra te me susatkṛtāḥ", "puṣpopahāraṃ kurvanti śramād udvepibhiḥ karaiḥ"], "translation": "This, to the west, is the raised altar-ground where those, well honored by me, make their flower-offering with hands trembling from toil.", "sarga_title": "Śabarī’s welcome and ascent"}
{"ref": "3.70.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 70, "verse": 20, "iast": ["teṣāṃ tapaḥ prabhāvena paśyādyāpi raghūttama", "dyotayanti diśaḥ sarvāḥ śriyā vedyo 'tulaprabhāḥ"], "translation": "By the power of their austerity, behold — even today, O best of the Raghus — the altars of matchless radiance illumine all the quarters with their splendor.", "sarga_title": "Śabarī’s welcome and ascent"}
{"ref": "3.70.21", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 70, "verse": 21, "iast": ["aśaknuvadbhis tair gantum upavāsaśramālasaiḥ", "cintite 'bhyāgatān paśya sametān sapta sāgarān"], "translation": "When those sages, unable to go, languid from the toil of fasting, but wished it, behold — the seven seas that came and gathered here together.", "sarga_title": "Śabarī’s welcome and ascent"}
{"ref": "3.70.22", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 70, "verse": 22, "iast": ["kṛtābhiṣekais tair nyastā valkalāḥ pādapeṣv iha", "adyāpi na viśuṣyanti pradeśe raghunandana"], "translation": "The bark-garments laid on the trees here by them when they had bathed do not dry out even now, in this spot, O joy of the Raghus.", "sarga_title": "Śabarī’s welcome and ascent"}
{"ref": "3.70.23", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 70, "verse": 23, "iast": ["kṛtsnaṃ vanam idaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ śrotavyaṃ ca śrutaṃ tvayā", "tad icchāmy abhyanujñātā tyaktum etat kalevaram"], "translation": "This whole forest has been seen by you, and what was to be heard has been heard; so, with your leave, I wish to give up this body.", "sarga_title": "Śabarī’s welcome and ascent"}
{"ref": "3.70.24", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 70, "verse": 24, "iast": ["teṣām icchāmy ahaṃ gantuṃ samīpaṃ bhāvitātmanām", "munīnām āśraṃmo yeṣām ahaṃ ca paricāriṇī"], "translation": "I wish to go to the presence of those sages of purified souls, whose hermitage this is and whose attendant I am.", "sarga_title": "Śabarī’s welcome and ascent"}
{"ref": "3.70.25", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 70, "verse": 25, "iast": ["dharmiṣṭhaṃ tu vacaḥ śrutvā rāghavaḥ sahalakṣmaṇaḥ", "anujānāmi gaccheti prahṛṣṭavadano 'bravīt"], "translation": "Hearing that most righteous speech, Rāghava, together with Lakṣmaṇa, with gladdened face said: 'I give you leave; go.'", "sarga_title": "Śabarī’s welcome and ascent"}
{"ref": "3.70.26", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 70, "verse": 26, "iast": ["anujñātā tu rāmeṇa hutvātmānaṃ hutāśane", "jvalatpāvakasaṃkāśā svargam eva jagāma sā"], "translation": "Granted leave by Rāma, offering herself into the sacrificial fire, blazing like kindled flame, she went straight to heaven.", "sarga_title": "Śabarī’s welcome and ascent"}
{"ref": "3.70.27", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 70, "verse": 27, "iast": ["yatra te sukṛtātmāno viharanti maharṣayaḥ", "tat puṇyaṃ śabarīsthānaṃ jagāmātmasamādhinā"], "translation": "To that holy place of Śabarī, where those great sages of virtuous souls dwell, she went by the concentration of her spirit.", "sarga_title": "Śabarī’s welcome and ascent"}
{"ref": "3.71.1", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 71, "verse": 1, "iast": ["divaṃ tu tasyāṃ yātāyāṃ śabaryāṃ svena karmaṇā", "lakṣmaṇena saha bhrātrā cintayām āsa rāghavaḥ"], "translation": "When Śabarī had gone to heaven by her own deed, Rāghava, together with his brother Lakṣmaṇa, fell to pondering.", "sarga_title": "Rāma enters Pampā’s waters"}
{"ref": "3.71.2", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 71, "verse": 2, "iast": ["cintayitvā tu dharmātmā prabhāvaṃ taṃ mahātmanām", "hitakāriṇam ekāgraṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ rāghavo 'bravīt"], "translation": "And having reflected on the power of those great souls, the righteous Rāghava said to Lakṣmaṇa, his devoted and single-minded helper:", "sarga_title": "Rāma enters Pampā’s waters"}
{"ref": "3.71.3", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 71, "verse": 3, "iast": ["dṛṣṭo 'yam āśramaḥ saumya bahvāścaryaḥ kṛtātmanām", "viśvastamṛgaśārdūlo nānāvihagasevitaḥ"], "translation": "This hermitage of the disciplined ones, full of many wonders, has been seen, gentle one — where deer and tigers are trusting, and birds of many kinds resort.", "sarga_title": "Rāma enters Pampā’s waters"}
{"ref": "3.71.4", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 71, "verse": 4, "iast": ["saptānāṃ ca samudrāṇām eṣu tīrtheṣu lakṣmaṇa", "upaspṛṣṭaṃ ca vidhivat pitaraś cāpi tarpitāḥ"], "translation": "And at these fords of the seven seas, Lakṣmaṇa, we have duly sipped the water, and the ancestors too have been gratified.", "sarga_title": "Rāma enters Pampā’s waters"}
{"ref": "3.71.5", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 71, "verse": 5, "iast": ["pranaṣṭam aśubhaṃ yat tat kalyāṇaṃ samupasthitam", "tena tv etat prahṛṣṭaṃ me mano lakṣmaṇa saṃprati"], "translation": "Whatever was inauspicious has vanished, and what is auspicious has drawn near; because of that, this mind of mine is now delighted, Lakṣmaṇa.", "sarga_title": "Rāma enters Pampā’s waters"}
{"ref": "3.71.6", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 71, "verse": 6, "iast": ["hṛdaye hi naravyāghra śubham āvirbhaviṣyati", "tad āgaccha gamiṣyāvaḥ pampāṃ tāṃ priyadarśanām"], "translation": "For, O tiger among men, good will show itself in my heart; so come, let us two go to that Pampā, lovely to behold.", "sarga_title": "Rāma enters Pampā’s waters"}
{"ref": "3.71.7", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 71, "verse": 7, "iast": ["ṛśyamūko girir yatra nātidūre prakāśate", "yasmin vasati dharmātmā sugrīvo 'ṃśumataḥ sutaḥ", "nityaṃ vālibhayāt trastaś caturbhiḥ saha vānaraiḥ"], "translation": "Where, not far off, gleams the mountain Ṛśyamūka, on which dwells the righteous Sugrīva, son of Aṃśumat, ever cowering in fear of Vālin together with four monkeys.", "sarga_title": "Rāma enters Pampā’s waters"}
{"ref": "3.71.8", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 71, "verse": 8, "iast": ["abhitvare ca taṃ draṣṭuṃ sugrīvaṃ vānararṣabham", "tadadhīnaṃ hi me saumya sītāyāḥ parimārgaṇam"], "translation": "And I am in haste to see that Sugrīva, bull among monkeys; for on him depends, gentle one, my search for Sītā.", "sarga_title": "Rāma enters Pampā’s waters"}
{"ref": "3.71.9", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 71, "verse": 9, "iast": ["iti bruvāṇaṃ taṃ rāmaṃ saumitrir idam abravīt", "gacchāvas tvaritaṃ tatra mamāpi tvarate manaḥ"], "translation": "To that Rāma speaking thus, Saumitri said this: 'Let us two go there quickly; my mind too is in haste.'", "sarga_title": "Rāma enters Pampā’s waters"}
{"ref": "3.71.10", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 71, "verse": 10, "iast": ["āśramāt tu tatas tasmān niṣkramya sa viśāṃ patiḥ", "ājagāma tataḥ pampāṃ lakṣmaṇena sahābhibhūḥ"], "translation": "Then, going forth from that hermitage, that lord of the people, the mighty one, came thereafter to Pampā together with Lakṣmaṇa.", "sarga_title": "Rāma enters Pampā’s waters"}
{"ref": "3.71.11", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 71, "verse": 11, "iast": ["samīkṣamāṇaḥ puṣpāḍhyaṃ sarvato vipuladrumam", "koyaṣṭibhiś cārjunakaiḥ śatapatraiś ca kīcakaiḥ", "etaiś cānyaiś ca vividhair nāditaṃ tad vanaṃ mahat"], "translation": "Gazing at that great forest, rich in flowers, everywhere thick with tall trees, resounding with lapwings and arjunaka birds, woodpeckers and whistling bamboos, and with these and various others —", "sarga_title": "Rāma enters Pampā’s waters"}
{"ref": "3.71.12", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 71, "verse": 12, "iast": ["sa rāmo vidhivān vṛkṣān sarāṃsi vividhāni ca", "paśyan kāmābhisaṃtapto jagāma paramaṃ hradam"], "translation": "That Rāma, orderly of conduct, gazing at the trees and the various lakes, tormented by longing, went to a supreme pool.", "sarga_title": "Rāma enters Pampā’s waters"}
{"ref": "3.71.13", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 71, "verse": 13, "iast": ["sa tām āsādya vai rāmo dūrād udakavāhinīm", "mataṅgasarasaṃ nāma hradaṃ samavagāhata"], "translation": "Reaching from afar that water-bearing stream, Rāma plunged into the pool named Mataṅga's Lake.", "sarga_title": "Rāma enters Pampā’s waters"}
{"ref": "3.71.14", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 71, "verse": 14, "iast": ["sa tu śokasamāviṣṭo rāmo daśarathātmajaḥ", "viveśa nalinīṃ pampāṃ paṅkajaiś ca samāvṛtām"], "translation": "And that Rāma, son of Daśaratha, filled with grief, entered the lotus-pond Pampā, covered over with lotuses.", "sarga_title": "Rāma enters Pampā’s waters"}
{"ref": "3.71.15", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 71, "verse": 15, "iast": ["tilakāśokapuṃnāgabakuloddāla kāśinīm", "ramyopavanasaṃbādhāṃ padmasaṃpīḍitodakām"], "translation": "(Pampā) made brilliant with tilaka, aśoka, puṃnāga, bakula and uddāla trees, dense with lovely groves, its water pressed thick with lotuses;", "sarga_title": "Rāma enters Pampā’s waters"}
{"ref": "3.71.16", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 71, "verse": 16, "iast": ["sphaṭikopamatoyāḍhyāṃ ślakṣṇavālukasaṃtatām", "matsyakacchapasaṃbādhāṃ tīrasthadrumaśobhitām"], "translation": "rich with water like crystal, spread over with smooth sand, teeming with fish and turtles, adorned with trees standing on its banks;", "sarga_title": "Rāma enters Pampā’s waters"}
{"ref": "3.71.17", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 71, "verse": 17, "iast": ["sakhībhir iva yuktābhir latābhir anuveṣṭitām", "kiṃnaroragagandharvayakṣarākṣasasevitām", "nānādrumalatākīrṇāṃ śītavārinidhiṃ śubhām"], "translation": "entwined with creepers as though joined by her companions, frequented by kinnaras, serpents, gandharvas, yakṣas and rākṣasas, strewn with trees and vines of many kinds, an auspicious store of cool water;", "sarga_title": "Rāma enters Pampā’s waters"}
{"ref": "3.71.18", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 71, "verse": 18, "iast": ["padmaiḥ saugandhikais tāmrāṃ śuklāṃ kumudamaṇḍalaiḥ", "nīlāṃ kuvalayoddhātair bahuvarṇāṃ kuthām iva"], "translation": "coppery with fragrant lotuses, white with clusters of white lily, dark with masses of blue water-lily — many-colored, like a variegated carpet;", "sarga_title": "Rāma enters Pampā’s waters"}
{"ref": "3.71.19", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 71, "verse": 19, "iast": ["aravindotpalavatīṃ padmasaugandhikāyutām", "puṣpitāmravaṇopetāṃ barhiṇodghuṣṭanāditām"], "translation": "abounding in day-lotuses and blue lilies, joined with fragrant lotuses, set about with groves of blossoming mango, ringing with the cries of peacocks;", "sarga_title": "Rāma enters Pampā’s waters"}
{"ref": "3.71.20", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 71, "verse": 20, "iast": ["sa tāṃ dṛṣṭvā tataḥ pampāṃ rāmaḥ saumitriṇā saha", "vilalāpa ca tejasvī kāmād daśarathātmajaḥ"], "translation": "Then, having beheld that Pampā, the splendid Rāma, son of Daśaratha, together with Saumitri, lamented out of longing.", "sarga_title": "Rāma enters Pampā’s waters"}
{"ref": "3.71.21", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 71, "verse": 21, "iast": ["tilakair bījapūraiś ca vaṭaiḥ śukladrumais tathā", "puṣpitaiḥ karavīraiś ca puṃnāgaiś ca supuṣpitaiḥ"], "translation": "With tilakas and citron trees, and banyans and white-barked trees, and blossoming oleanders, and puṃnāgas in full flower —", "sarga_title": "Rāma enters Pampā’s waters"}
{"ref": "3.71.22", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 71, "verse": 22, "iast": ["mālatīkundagulmaiś ca bhaṇḍīrair niculais tathā", "aśokaiḥ saptaparṇaiś ca ketakair atimuktakaiḥ", "anyaiś ca vividhair vṛkṣaiḥ pramadevopaśobhitām"], "translation": "with jasmine and kunda thickets, and bhaṇḍīra and nicula trees, aśokas and saptaparṇas, ketakas and atimuktas, and various other trees — (Pampā) adorned like a lovely woman.", "sarga_title": "Rāma enters Pampā’s waters"}
{"ref": "3.71.23", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 71, "verse": 23, "iast": ["asyās tīre tu pūrvoktaḥ parvato dhātumaṇḍitaḥ", "ṛśyamūka iti khyātaś citrapuṣpitakānanaḥ"], "translation": "On its bank stands the aforementioned mountain, adorned with minerals, renowned as Ṛśyamūka, its groves in brilliant blossom.", "sarga_title": "Rāma enters Pampā’s waters"}
{"ref": "3.71.24", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 71, "verse": 24, "iast": ["harir ṛkṣarajo nāmnaḥ putras tasya mahātmanaḥ", "adhyāste taṃ mahāvīryaḥ sugrīva iti viśrutaḥ"], "translation": "A monkey, son of that great one named Ṛkṣarajas, of great valor, renowned as Sugrīva, dwells upon it.", "sarga_title": "Rāma enters Pampā’s waters"}
{"ref": "3.71.25", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 71, "verse": 25, "iast": ["sugrīvam abhigaccha tvaṃ vānarendraṃ nararṣabha", "ity uvāca punar vākyaṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ satyavikramam"], "translation": "'Go to Sugrīva, lord of monkeys, O bull among men' — thus again he spoke these words to Lakṣmaṇa of true valor.", "sarga_title": "Rāma enters Pampā’s waters"}
{"ref": "3.71.26", "kanda": 3, "sarga": 71, "verse": 26, "iast": ["tato mahad vartma ca dūrasaṃkramaṃ krameṇa gatvā pravilokayan vanam", "dadarśa pampāṃ śubhadarśa kānanām anekanānāvidhapakṣisaṃkulām"], "translation": "Then, having gradually traversed the great, far-stretching road while gazing at the forest, he beheld Pampā with its fair-looking woods, thronged with many birds of various kinds.", "sarga_title": "Rāma enters Pampā’s waters"}