👑 Uttara Kanda

Sarga 46

35 shlokas

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Uttara Kanda 46.1

ततो रजन्यां व्युष्टायां लक्ष्मणो दीनचेतनः सुमन्त्रमब्रवीद्वाक्यं मुखेन परिशुष्यता ।। 7.46.1 ।।

tato rajanyāṃ vyuṣṭāyāṃ lakṣmaṇo dīnacetanaḥ | sumantramabravīdvākyaṃ mukhena pariśuṣyatā || 7.46.1 ||

Translation

Then, when the night had passed, Lakshmana, dejected in mind and with his face grown parched, spoke these words to Sumantra.

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Uttara Kanda 46.2

सारथे तुरगाञ्छीघ्रं योजयस्व रथोत्तमे स्वास्तीर्णं राजभवनात्सीतायाश्चासनं कुरु ।। 7.46.2 ।।

sārathe turagāñchīghraṃ yojayasva rathottame | svāstīrṇaṃ rājabhavanātsītāyāścāsanaṃ kuru || 7.46.2 ||

Translation

O charioteer, swiftly yoke the horses to the finest chariot, and prepare a well-spread seat from the royal palace for Sita.

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Uttara Kanda 46.3

सीता हि राजवचनादाश्रमं पुण्यकर्मणाम् मया नेया महर्षीणां श्रीघ्रमानीयतां रथः ।। 7.46.3 ।।

sītā hi rājavacanādāśramaṃ puṇyakarmaṇām | mayā neyā maharṣīṇāṃ śrīghramānīyatāṃ rathaḥ || 7.46.3 ||

Translation

For by the king's command Sita is to be conveyed by me to the hermitage of those of holy deeds, the great sages; let the chariot be brought quickly.

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Uttara Kanda 46.4

सुमन्त्रस्तु तथेत्युक्त्वा युक्तं परमवाजिभिः रथं सुरुचिरप्रख्यं स्वास्तीर्णं सुखशय्यया ।। 7.46.4 ।।

sumantrastu tathetyuktvā yuktaṃ paramavājibhiḥ | rathaṃ suruciraprakhyaṃ svāstīrṇaṃ sukhaśayyayā || 7.46.4 ||

Translation

Sumantra, saying 'So be it,' yoked with the finest steeds the chariot of resplendent appearance, well-spread with a comfortable couch.

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Uttara Kanda 46.5

आनीयोवाच सौमित्रिं मित्राणां मानवर्धनम् रथो ऽयं समनुप्राप्तो यत्कार्यं क्रियतां प्रभो ।। 7.46.5 ।।

ānīyovāca saumitriṃ mitrāṇāṃ mānavardhanam | ratho 'yaṃ samanuprāpto yatkāryaṃ kriyatāṃ prabho || 7.46.5 ||

Translation

Having brought it, he said to Saumitri (Lakshmana), the increaser of his friends' honor: "This chariot has arrived, my lord; let that which is to be done be done."

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Uttara Kanda 46.6

एवमुक्तः सुमन्त्रेण राजवेश्मनि लक्ष्मणः प्रविश्य सीतामासाद्य व्याजहार नरर्षभः ।। 7.46.6 ।।

evamuktaḥ sumantreṇa rājaveśmani lakṣmaṇaḥ | praviśya sītāmāsādya vyājahāra nararṣabhaḥ || 7.46.6 ||

Translation

Thus addressed by Sumantra, Lakshmana, that bull among men, entered the royal palace, approached Sita, and spoke.

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Uttara Kanda 46.7

त्वया किलैष नृपतिर्वरं वै याचितः प्रभुः नृपेण प्रतिज्ञातमाज्ञप्तश्चाश्रमं प्रति ।। 7.46.7 ।।

tvayā kilaiṣa nṛpatirvaraṃ vai yācitaḥ prabhuḥ | nṛpeṇa ca pratijñātamājñaptaścāśramaṃ prati || 7.46.7 ||

Translation

"Indeed by you was this lord, the king, asked for a boon; and it was promised by the king, who has now given his command concerning the hermitage.

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Uttara Kanda 46.8

गङ्गीतीरे मया देवि ऋषीणामाश्रमाञ्छुभान् शीघ्रं गत्वा तु वैदेहि शासनात्पार्थिवस्य नः अरण्ये मुनिभिर्जुष्टे अपनेया भविष्यसि ।। 7.46.8 ।।

gaṅgītīre mayā devi ṛṣīṇāmāśramāñchubhān | śīghraṃ gatvā tu vaidehi śāsanātpārthivasya naḥ | araṇye munibhirjuṣṭe apaneyā bhaviṣyasi || 7.46.8 ||

Translation

O Devi, on the bank of the Ganga are the auspicious hermitages of the sages; going there swiftly, O Vaidehi, by the order of our king, you shall be left in the forest frequented by the sages."

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Uttara Kanda 46.9

एवमुक्ता तु वैदेही लक्ष्मणेन महात्मना प्रहर्षमतुलं लेभे गमनं चाप्यरोचयत् ।। 7.46.9 ।।

evamuktā tu vaidehī lakṣmaṇena mahātmanā | praharṣamatulaṃ lebhe gamanaṃ cāpyarocayat || 7.46.9 ||

Translation

Thus addressed by the great-souled Lakshmana, Vaidehi (Sita) felt incomparable joy and approved of the journey.

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Uttara Kanda 46.10

वासांसि महार्हाणि रत्नानि विविधानि गृहीत्वा तानि वैदेही गमनायोपचक्रमे ।। 7.46.10 ।।

vāsāṃsi ca mahārhāṇi ratnāni vividhāni ca | gṛhītvā tāni vaidehī gamanāyopacakrame || 7.46.10 ||

Translation

Taking with her costly garments and jewels of various kinds, Vaidehi made ready to set out.

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Uttara Kanda 46.11

इमानि मुनिपत्नीनां दास्याम्याभरणान्हम् वस्त्राणि महार्हाणि धनानि विविधानि ।। 7.46.11 ।।

imāni munipatnīnāṃ dāsyāmyābharaṇānham | vastrāṇi ca mahārhāṇi dhanāni vividhāni ca || 7.46.11 ||

Translation

"These ornaments I shall give to the wives of the sages, and costly garments too, and wealth of various kinds."

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Uttara Kanda 46.12

सौमित्रिस्तु तथेत्युक्त्वा रथमारोप्य मैथिलीम् प्रययौ शीघ्रतुरगै रामस्याज्ञामनुस्मरन् ।। 7.46.12 ।।

saumitristu tathetyuktvā rathamāropya maithilīm | prayayau śīghraturagai rāmasyājñāmanusmaran || 7.46.12 ||

Translation

Saumitri (Lakshmana), saying "So be it," mounted Maithili (Sita) upon the chariot and set forth with swift horses, remembering Rama's command.

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Uttara Kanda 46.13

अब्रवीच्च तदा सीता लक्ष्मणं लक्ष्मिवर्धनम् अशुभानि बहून्येव पश्यामि रघुनन्दन ।। 7.46.13 ।।

abravīcca tadā sītā lakṣmaṇaṃ lakṣmivardhanam | aśubhāni bahūnyeva paśyāmi raghunandana || 7.46.13 ||

Translation

Then Sita said to Lakshmana, the increaser of prosperity: "I see many inauspicious omens, O delight of the Raghus.

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Uttara Kanda 46.14

नयनं मे स्फुरत्यद्य गात्रोत्कम्पश्च जायते हृदयं चैव सौमित्रे अस्वस्थमिव लक्षये ।। 7.46.14 ।।

nayanaṃ me sphuratyadya gātrotkampaśca jāyate | hṛdayaṃ caiva saumitre asvasthamiva lakṣaye || 7.46.14 ||

Translation

Today my eye throbs and a trembling arises in my limbs; and I perceive my heart, too, O Saumitri, to be as if unwell.

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Uttara Kanda 46.15

औत्सुक्यं परमं चापि अधृतिश्च परा मम शून्यामेव पश्यामि पृथिवीं पृथुलोचन ।। 7.46.15 ।।

autsukyaṃ paramaṃ cāpi adhṛtiśca parā mama | śūnyāmeva ca paśyāmi pṛthivīṃ pṛthulocana || 7.46.15 ||

Translation

And there is the deepest anxiety in me and a great restlessness; and I behold the very earth as empty, O wide-eyed one.

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Uttara Kanda 46.16

अपि स्वस्ति भवेत्तस्य भ्रातुस्ते भ्रातृवत्सल श्वश्रूणां चैव मे वीर सर्वासामविशेषतः ।। 7.46.16 ।।

api svasti bhavettasya bhrātuste bhrātṛvatsala | śvaśrūṇāṃ caiva me vīra sarvāsāmaviśeṣataḥ || 7.46.16 ||

Translation

May it be well, O you who love your brother, with that brother of yours; and with all my mothers-in-law alike, O hero.

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Uttara Kanda 46.17

पुरे जनपदे चैव कुशलं प्राणिनामपि इत्यञ्जलिकृता सीता देवता अभ्ययाचत ।। 7.46.17 ।।

pure janapade caiva kuśalaṃ prāṇināmapi | ityañjalikṛtā sītā devatā abhyayācata || 7.46.17 ||

Translation

And may there be welfare in the city and in the countryside, and among living beings as well." Thus, with folded hands, Sita prayed to the gods.

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Uttara Kanda 46.18

लक्ष्मणो ऽर्थं ततः श्रुत्वा शिरसा वन्द्य मैथिलीम् शिवमित्यब्रवीद्धृष्टो हृदयेन विशुष्यता ।। 7.46.18 ।।

lakṣmaṇo 'rthaṃ tataḥ śrutvā śirasā vandya maithilīm | śivamityabravīddhṛṣṭo hṛdayena viśuṣyatā || 7.46.18 ||

Translation

Then Lakshmana, having heard her words and bowing his head to Maithili (Sita), said "May it be auspicious," outwardly delighted but with a heart that was withering within.

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Uttara Kanda 46.19

ततो वासमुपागम्य गोमतीतीर आश्रमे प्रभाते पुनरुत्थाय सौमित्रिः सूतमब्रवीत् ।। 7.46.19 ।।

tato vāsamupāgamya gomatītīra āśrame | prabhāte punarutthāya saumitriḥ sūtamabravīt || 7.46.19 ||

Translation

Then, having reached a lodging at a hermitage on the bank of the Gomati, and rising again at dawn, Saumitri (Lakshmana) said to the charioteer:

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Uttara Kanda 46.20

योजयस्व रथं शीघ्रमद्य भागीरथीजलम् शिरसा धारयिष्यामि त्र्यम्बकः पर्वते यथा ।। 7.46.20 ।।

yojayasva rathaṃ śīghramadya bhāgīrathījalam | śirasā dhārayiṣyāmi tryambakaḥ parvate yathā || 7.46.20 ||

Translation

"Yoke the chariot swiftly; today I shall bear upon my head the water of the Bhagirathi (Ganga), as the three-eyed one (Shiva) bears it upon the mountain."

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Uttara Kanda 46.21

सो ऽश्वान् रज्वाथ चतुरो रथे युङ्क्त्वा मनोजवान् आरोहस्वेति वैदेहीं सूतः प्राञ्जलिरब्रवीत् ।। 7.46.21 ।।

so 'śvān rajvātha caturo rathe yuṅktvā manojavān | ārohasveti vaidehīṃ sūtaḥ prāñjalirabravīt || 7.46.21 ||

Translation

Then, having yoked to the chariot four horses swift as thought with the reins, the charioteer said to Vaidehi (Sita) with folded hands, "Mount."

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Uttara Kanda 46.22

सा तु सूतस्य वचनादारुरोह रथोत्तमम् सीता सौमित्रिणा सार्धं सुमन्त्रेण धीमता ।। 7.46.22 ।।

sā tu sūtasya vacanādāruroha rathottamam | sītā saumitriṇā sārdhaṃ sumantreṇa ca dhīmatā || 7.46.22 ||

Translation

And she, at the charioteer's word, ascended that excellent chariot — Sita, together with Saumitri (Lakshmana) and with the wise Sumantra.

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Uttara Kanda 46.23

आससाद विशालाक्षी गङ्गां पापविनाशिनीम् अथार्धदिवसं गत्वा भागीरथ्या जलाशयम् ।। 7.46.23 ।।

āsasāda viśālākṣī gaṅgāṃ pāpavināśinīm | athārdhadivasaṃ gatvā bhāgīrathyā jalāśayam || 7.46.23 ||

Translation

The wide-eyed one reached the Ganga, the destroyer of sins; and then, having traveled half a day, she came to the watery expanse of the Bhagirathi.

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Uttara Kanda 46.24

निरीक्ष्य लक्ष्मणो दीनः प्ररुरोद महास्वनः ।। 7.46.24 ।।

nirīkṣya lakṣmaṇo dīnaḥ praruroda mahāsvanaḥ || 7.46.24 ||

Translation

Gazing upon it, Lakshmana, wretched with grief, wept aloud with a great cry.

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Uttara Kanda 46.25

सीता तु परमायत्ता दृष्ट्वा लक्ष्मणमातुरम् उवाच वाक्यं धर्मज्ञा किमिदं रुद्यते त्वया ।। 7.46.25 ।।

sītā tu paramāyattā dṛṣṭvā lakṣmaṇamāturam | uvāca vākyaṃ dharmajñā kimidaṃ rudyate tvayā || 7.46.25 ||

Translation

But Sita, supremely self-possessed and versed in dharma, seeing Lakshmana stricken with grief, spoke these words to him: "Why is it that you weep?

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Uttara Kanda 46.26

जाह्नवीतीरमासाद्य चिराभिलषितं मम हर्षकाले किमर्थं मां विषादयसि लक्ष्मण ।। 7.46.26 ।।

jāhnavītīramāsādya cirābhilaṣitaṃ mama | harṣakāle kimarthaṃ māṃ viṣādayasi lakṣmaṇa || 7.46.26 ||

Translation

Having reached the bank of the Ganga, which I have long desired to see, why, Lakshmana, do you grieve me at this moment of joy?

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Uttara Kanda 46.27

नित्यं त्वं रामपार्श्वेषु वर्तसे पुरुषर्षभ कच्चिद्विनाकृतस्तेन द्विरात्रं शोकमागतः ।। 7.46.27 ।।

nityaṃ tvaṃ rāmapārśveṣu vartase puruṣarṣabha | kaccidvinākṛtastena dvirātraṃ śokamāgataḥ || 7.46.27 ||

Translation

You, O bull among men, dwell always at Rama's side; can it be that, parted from him for these two nights, you have fallen into sorrow?

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Uttara Kanda 46.28

ममापि दयितो रामो जीवितादपि लक्ष्मण चाहमेवं शोचामि मैवं त्वं बालिशो भव ।। 7.46.28 ।।

mamāpi dayito rāmo jīvitādapi lakṣmaṇa | na cāhamevaṃ śocāmi maivaṃ tvaṃ bāliśo bhava || 7.46.28 ||

Translation

To me too, Lakshmana, Rama is dearer than life itself, yet I do not grieve in this way; do not be so childish.

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Uttara Kanda 46.29

तारयस्व मां गङ्गां दर्शयस्व तापसान् ततो मुनिभ्यो दास्यामि वांसास्याभरणानि ।। 7.46.29 ।।

tārayasva ca māṃ gaṅgāṃ darśayasva ca tāpasān | tato munibhyo dāsyāmi vāṃsāsyābharaṇāni ca || 7.46.29 ||

Translation

Now carry me across the Ganga and let me see the ascetics; then I shall give the sages garments and ornaments.

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Uttara Kanda 46.30

ततः कृत्वा महर्षीणां यथार्हमभिवादनम् तत्र चैकां निशामुष्य यास्यामस्तां पुरीं पुनः ।। 7.46.30 ।।

tataḥ kṛtvā maharṣīṇāṃ yathārhamabhivādanam | tatra caikāṃ niśāmuṣya yāsyāmastāṃ purīṃ punaḥ || 7.46.30 ||

Translation

Then, having offered fitting salutation to the great sages and stayed there for a single night, we shall go back again to that city.

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Uttara Kanda 46.31

ममापि पद्मपत्राक्षं सिंहोरस्कं कृशोदरम् त्वरते हि मनो द्रष्टुं रामं रमयतां वरम् ।। 7.46.31 ।।

mamāpi padmapatrākṣaṃ siṃhoraskaṃ kṛśodaram | tvarate hi mano draṣṭuṃ rāmaṃ ramayatāṃ varam || 7.46.31 ||

Translation

For my own mind too hastens to behold Rama, the lotus-petal-eyed, with a chest like a lion's and a slender waist, the best of those who give delight."

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Uttara Kanda 46.32

तस्यास्तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा प्रमृज्य नयने शुभे नाविकानाह्वयामास लक्ष्मणः परवीरहा ।। 7.46.32 ।।

tasyāstadvacanaṃ śrutvā pramṛjya nayane śubhe | nāvikānāhvayāmāsa lakṣmaṇaḥ paravīrahā || 7.46.32 ||

Translation

Hearing those words of hers, Lakshmana, slayer of enemy heroes, wiped his beautiful eyes and called the boatmen.

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Uttara Kanda 46.33

इयं सज्जा नौश्चेति दाशाः प्राञ्जलयो ऽब्रुवन् ।। 7.46.33 ।।

iyaṃ ca sajjā nauśceti dāśāḥ prāñjalayo 'bruvan || 7.46.33 ||

Translation

"This boat too is ready," said the ferrymen, standing with hands folded in reverence.

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Uttara Kanda 46.34

तितीर्षुर्लक्ष्मणो गङ्गां शुभां नावमुपारुहत् गङ्गां सन्तारयामास लक्ष्मणस्तां समाहितः ।। 7.46.34 ।।

titīrṣurlakṣmaṇo gaṅgāṃ śubhāṃ nāvamupāruhat | gaṅgāṃ santārayāmāsa lakṣmaṇastāṃ samāhitaḥ || 7.46.34 ||

Translation

Wishing to cross the Ganga, Lakshmana boarded the fine boat, and with concentrated mind he ferried her across the Ganga.

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Uttara Kanda 46.35

इत्यार्षे श्रीमद्रामायणे वाल्मीकीये आदिकाव्ये श्रीमदुत्तरकाण्डे षट्चत्वारिंशः सर्गः ।। 46 ।।

ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīye ādikāvye śrīmaduttarakāṇḍe ṣaṭcatvāriṃśaḥ sargaḥ || 46 ||

Translation

Thus ends the forty-sixth sarga in the venerable Uttara Kanda of the holy Ramayana, the first poem, composed by the sage Valmiki.