pari-kulkarni/itihasa-sanskrit-en-filtered huggingface dataset:
Sanskrit: विचित्रकुसुमापीडा बहुमञ्जरिधारिणः। राघवं दर्शयिष्यन्ति नगा भ्रमरशालिनः॥
English: And wested with flowers of various hues and putting forth frequent shoots, trees, swarming with bees will show themselves to Rāghava.
Sanskrit: अकाले चापि मुख्यानि पुष्पाणि च फलानि च। दर्शयिष्यन्त्यनुक्रोशाद् गिरयो राममागतम्॥ प्रस्त्रविष्यन्ति तोयानि विमलानि महीधराः। विदर्शयन्तो विविधान् भूयश्चित्रांश्च निर्झरान्॥
English: And hills from regard will show to Rāma arrived there the choicest flowers and fruits even out of season and will supply him with fountains of pure water.
Sanskrit: पादपाः पर्वताग्रेषु रमयिष्यन्ति राघवम्। यत्र रामो भयं नात्र नास्ति तत्र पराभवः॥ स हि शूरो महाबाहुः पुत्रो दशरथस्य च। पुरा भवति नोऽदूरादनुगच्छाम राघवम्॥
English: And presenting him with many a charming fountain, trees will delight Rāma at the tops of mountains.* Where Rama is, there is nor fear or failure. That mighty-armed son of Dasaratha is heroic. Let us while he is yet ahead within a short distance of us, follow Rāghava. *The meaning is, Trees will please Rāghava by spreading for him a bed of leaves and flowers.
Sanskrit: पादच्छाया सुखं भर्तुस्तादृशस्य महात्मनः। स हि नाथो जनस्यास्य स गतिः स परायणम्॥
English: Even the shadow of the feet of our master, so high-souled, would bring us happiness. He is the lord of all these, he is the refuge, he is the accomplishment of our religious duties.
Sanskrit: वयं परिचरिष्यामः सीता यूयं च राघवम्। इति पौरस्त्रियो भर्तृन् दुःखार्तास्तत्तदब्रुवन् ॥
English: We and you, will serve Sītā, and Rāghava. Thus afflicted with grief, the women of the city spoke to their husbands.
Sanskrit: युष्माकं राघवोऽरण्ये योगक्षेमं विधास्यति। सीता नारीजनस्यास्य योगक्षेमं करिष्यति॥
English: In the forest Rāghava will attain for you the unattainable and protect what is attained; and Sītā being a female will do the same for these (women.)
Sanskrit: को न्वनेनाप्रतीतेन सोत्कण्ठितजनेन च। सम्प्रीयेतामनोज्ञेन वासेन हृतचेतसा॥
English: Who will take pleasure in residing in a dwelling where the heart dies within itself, which is devoid of delight, where the people are always agitated with anxiety and which is exceedingly disagreeable?
Sanskrit: कैकेय्या यदि चेद् राज्यं स्यादधर्म्यमनाथवत्। न हि नो जीवितेनार्थः कुतः पुत्रैः कुतो धनैः॥
English: If this kingdom devolves on Kaikeyi it will be divested of all virtues and will be like to one without a master. And of what avail then is our life itself, not to speak of sons and wealth.
Sanskrit: यया पुत्रश्च भर्ता च त्यक्तावैश्वर्यकारणात्। कं सा परिहरेदन्यं कैकेयी कुलपांसनी॥
English: Whom else will that stainer of her line, Kaikeyī, forsake now, who for the sake of wealth has forsaken her son and her lord?
Sanskrit: कैकेय्या न वयं राज्ये भृतका हि वसेमहि । जीवन्त्या जातु जीवन्त्यः पुत्रैरपि शपामहे ॥
English: We swear by our sons that so long as Kaikeyi is alive, we living will never stay in her kingdom, although we may be maintained by her.
Sanskrit: या पुत्रं पार्थिवेन्द्रस्य प्रवासयति निघृणा। कस्तां प्राप्य सुखं जीवेदधा दुष्टचारिणीम्॥
English: What happiness can be ours by living with that wicked and unrighteous one who lost to every sense of shame is bent upon exiling the son of the foremost of kings?
Sanskrit: उपद्रुतमिदं सर्वमनालम्भमनायकम्। कैकेय्यास्तु कृते सर्वं विनाशमुपयास्यति॥
English: Troubled by disturbances, with all its sacrifices stopped, and having no master over it, the entire (kingdom) will meet with destruction because of Kaikeyi.
Sanskrit: नहि प्रव्रजिते रामे जीविष्यति महीपतिः। मृते दशरथे व्यक्तं विलोपस्तदनन्तरम्॥
English: On Rāma retiring to the forest, the lord of earth will surely not live; and Dasaratha dying, it is evident everything will come to naught.
Sanskrit: ते विषं पिबतालोड्य क्षीणपुण्याः सुदुःखिताः। राघवं वानुगच्छध्वमश्रुतिं वापि गच्छत॥
English: Do you, your virtue exhausted, and oppressed with grief, pounding poison, take it, or follow Rāghava, or remove to such a place that the very name of Kaikeyī may not reach your ears.
Sanskrit: मिथ्याप्रताजितो रामः सभार्यः सहलक्ष्मणः। भरते संनिबद्धाः स्मः सौनिके पशवो यथा॥
English: Rāma has been deceitfully exiled along with his wife and Lakşmaņa; and we are bound to Bharata like to a (sacrificial) beast before one that is to slaughter it.
Sanskrit: पूर्णचन्द्राननः श्यामो गूढजत्रुररिंदमः। आजानुबाहुः पद्माक्षो रामो लक्ष्मणपूर्वजः॥ पूर्वाभिभाषी मधुरः सत्यवादी महाबलः। सौम्यश्च सर्वलोकस्य चन्द्रवत् प्रियदर्शनः॥
English: Surely that mighty car warrior, with deepest collar-bones having a countenance resembling the full-moon, sable-hued, repressing his foes, with this arms reaching to his knees and lotuslike eyes, Rāma the elder brother of Laksmana, always speaking first (to a visitor,) suave, truthtelling, endowed with prowess, amiable to all men, and lovely like the moon himself, surely that foremost of men gifted with the strength of a mad elephant, will grace the forests, ranging it around.
Sanskrit: नूनं पुरुषशार्दूलो मत्तमातङ्गविक्रमः। शोभयिष्यत्यरण्यानि विचरन् स महारथः॥ तास्तथा विलपन्त्यस्तु नगरे नागरस्त्रियः। चुक्रुशुर्दुःखसंतप्ता मृत्योरिव भयागमे॥
English: Thus lamenting in the city, the females thereof burning in grief became distressed like people stricken with panic on the occasion of a plague.
Sanskrit: इत्येवं विलपन्तीनां स्त्रीणां वेश्मसु राघवम्। जगामास्तं दिनकरो रजनी चाभ्यवर्तत ॥
English: As the women were thus bewailing Rāghava in their homes, the Sun set and night came on.
Sanskrit: नष्टज्वलनसंतापा प्रशान्ताध्यायसत्कथा। तिमिरेणानुलिप्तेव तदा सा नगरी बभौ॥
English: The city became enveloped in darkness, and the light of the sacrificial fires) extinguished, and the sounds of study and edifying discourse ceased.
Sanskrit: उपशान्तवणिकपण्या नष्टहर्षा निराश्रया। अयोध्या नगरी चासीन्नष्टतारमिवाम्बरम्॥
English: The shops of the tradesmen being closed, and festive mirth having disappeared, and people becoming defenceless, the city of Ayodhyā resembled the firmament deprived of the stars.
Sanskrit: तदा स्त्रियो रामनिमित्तमातुरा यथा सुते भ्रातरि वा विवासिते। विलप्य दीना रुरुदुर्विचेतसः सुतैर्हितासापधिकोऽपि सोऽभवत्॥
English: Distressed for the sake of Rāma as if it was a was son or a brother of theirs that was banished, the women weeping forlorn, lamented with senses lost; and Rāma was to them more than a son.
Sanskrit: प्रशान्तगीतोत्सवनृत्यवादना विभ्रष्टहर्षा पिहितापणोदया। तदा ह्ययोध्या नगरी बभूव सा महार्णवः संक्षपितोदको यथा॥
English: And the voice of song and festal glee and dance and sounds of instruments having died away, and mirth having disappeared, and the shops not displaying their wares, Ayodhyā then resembled the mighty ocean emptied of its waters.
Sanskrit: रामोऽपि रात्रिशेषेण तेनैव महदन्तरम्। जगाम पुरुषव्याघ्रः पितुराज्ञामनुस्मरन्॥
English: That best of men, Rāma, remembering his father's commanded cleared a large tract of country before the night terminated.
Sanskrit: तथैव गच्छतस्तस्य व्यपायाद् रजनी शिवा। उपास्य तु शिवां संध्यां विषयानत्यगाहत॥
English: And as he went on, the auspicious night was spent. And then having offered up his devotions to the beneficent Sandhyā, Rāma entered into another country.
Sanskrit: ग्रामान् विकृष्टसीमान्तान् पुष्पितानि वनानि च। पश्यन्नतिययौ शीघ्रं शनैरिव हयोत्तमैः॥
English: And seeing villages having ploughed fields on their skirts, and powering woods, he by means of those excellent horses, proceeded very fast although seeming to go slowly.
Sanskrit: शृण्वन् वाचो मनुष्याणां ग्रामसंवासवासिनाम्। राजानं धिग् दशरथं कामस्य वशमास्थितम्।।४
English: And as Rāma proceeded,* he heard the villagers speaking to each other, saying, Fie on king Dasaratha, who has yielded himself up to lust! *The N.W.P. text has an additional couplet:, How will that exalted lady, Janaka's daughter, ever engaged in enjoyment, bear misery?
Sanskrit: हा नृशंसाद्य कैकेयी पापा पापानुबन्धिनि । तीक्ष्णा सम्भिन्नमर्यादा तीक्ष्णकर्मणि वर्तते॥ या पुत्रमीदृशं राज्ञः प्रवासयति धार्मिकम्। वनवासे महाप्राज्ञं सानुक्रोशं जितेन्द्रियम्॥
English: Ah! the rebutless, fell and sinful Kaikeyi intent upon impiety, having put by her honour, has resolved upon an exceedingly atrocious deed, she that exiles into the woods such a virtuous son of the monarch, endowed with high wisdom, kind, and having his senses under control.* *The N.W.P. text has an additional line: And of the reprehensible Kaikeyi intent upon cruel deeds.
Sanskrit: कथं नाम महाभागा सीता जनकनन्दिनी। सदा सुखेष्वभिरता दुःखान्यनुभविष्यति ॥ अहो दशरथो राजा निःस्नेहः स्वसुतं प्रति। प्रजानामनघं रामं परित्यक्तुमिहेच्छति॥
English: Alas! king Daſaratha has no affection for his own son, since wishes to dismiss from hence Rāma sinless and dear to the subjects.
Sanskrit: एता वाचो मनुष्याणां ग्रामसंवासवासिनाम्। शृण्वन्नतिययौ वीरः कोसलान् कोसलेश्वरः॥ ततो वेदश्रुतिं नाम शिववारिवहां नदीम्। उत्तीर्याभिमुखः प्रायादगस्त्याध्युषितां दिशम्॥
English: Hearing these words of the villagers, that hero, the lord of Kosala, left Kosala behind him. Then crossing the river Vedaśruti of sacred waters, Rāma went in the direction of the quarter in which Agastya resided. (South)
Sanskrit: गत्वा तु सुचिरं कालं ततः शीतवहां नदीम्। गोमती गोयुतानूपामतरत् सागरङ्गमाम्॥
English: Then proceeding for a good while, he crossed the cool flowing stream Gomati running in the direction of the ocean, with its banks filled with kine and inundating its edge.
Sanskrit: गोमती चाप्यतिक्रम्य राघवः शीघ्रगैर्हयैः। मयूरहंसाभिरुतां ततार स्यन्दिकां नदीम्॥
English: Having passed the Gomatī, Rāghava by means of fleet-coursing horses next crossed over the river Sandika resounding with the cries of cranes and peacocks.
Sanskrit: स महीं मनुना राज्ञा दत्तामिक्ष्वाकवे पुरा । स्फीतां राष्ट्रवृतां रामो वैदेहीमन्वदर्शयत्॥
English: Here Rāma showed to Vaidehi those flourishing regions that had formerly been conferred by king Manu on Ikşvāku, and which teemed with populous tracts.
Sanskrit: सूत इत्येव चाभाष्य सारथिं तमभीक्ष्णशः। हंसमत्तस्वरः श्रीमानुवाच पुरुषोत्तमः॥
English: Then frequently addressing the charioteer, saying, "O Suta", that best of men furnished with grace and endowed with a voice like that of a mad swan, spoke.
Sanskrit: कदाहं पुनरागम्य सरय्वाः पुष्पिते वने। मृगयां पर्यटिष्यामि मात्रा पित्रा च संगतः॥
English: When shall I coming back, range a hunting the blossoming groves of the Sarayū, along with my father and mother?
Sanskrit: नात्यर्थमभिकाङ्क्षामि मृगयां सरयूवने। रतिद्देषातुला लोके राजर्षिगणसम्मता॥
English: I do not so much long for hunting in the woods of the Sarayū; but a relish (for the pastime) is considered as beyond compare being held in esteem by the Rājarşis.
Sanskrit: राजर्षीणां हि लोकेऽस्मिन् रत्यर्थ मृगया वने। काले कृतां तां मनुजैर्धन्विनामभिकासिताम्॥
English: Hunting in the forest was introduced for the recreation of Rāghavas. Yet do I not take beyond measure to the chase which has been followed in season by the descendants of Manu and which is ever coveted by bowmen.
Sanskrit: स तमध्वानमैक्ष्वाकः सूतं मधुरया गिरा। तं तमर्थमभिप्रेत्य ययौ वाक्यमुदीरयन्॥
English: Taking this subject, the descendant of Ikşvāku passed the way, addressing sweet words to the charioteer.
Sanskrit: विशालान् कोसलान् रम्यान् यात्वा लक्ष्मणपूर्वजः। अयोध्यामुन्मुखो धीमान् प्राञ्जलिर्वाक्यमब्रवीत्॥
English: Having passed the extensive and romantic Kosala, the intelligent elder brother of Lakşmaņa facing Ayodhyā said with joined hands.
Sanskrit: आपृच्छे त्वां पुरिश्रेष्ठे काकुत्स्थपरिपालिते। दैवतानि च यानि त्वां पालयन्त्यावसन्ति च ॥
English: O best of cities, governed by Kākutstha, I address you as well as the deities that inhabit and guard you.
Sanskrit: निवृत्तवनवासस्त्वामनृणो जगतीपतेः। पुनर्द्रक्ष्यामि मात्रा च पित्रा च सह संगतः॥
English: Returning from my abode in the woods, I will, freed from my debt to the lord of earth, behold you again along with my father and mother.
Sanskrit: ततो रुचिरताम्राक्षो भुजमुद्यम्य दक्षिणम्। अश्रुपूर्णमुखो दीनोऽब्रवीज्जानपदं जनम्॥
English: Then he furnished with graceful coppery eyes raising his right hand, with tears in his eyes and in forlorn guise addressed the people of the provinces, saying.
Sanskrit: अनुक्रोशो दया चैव यथार्ह मयि वः कृतः। चिरं दुःखस्य पापीयो गम्यतामर्थसिद्धये॥
English: You have shown due compassion and regret for me. To grieve long is not fit. do you therefore repair to look after your interests.
Sanskrit: तेऽभिवाद्य महात्मानं कृत्वा चापि प्रदक्षिणम्। विलपन्तो नरा घोरं व्यतिष्ठंश्च क्वचित् क्वचित्॥
English: Thereupon saluting that high-souled one and going round him, bewailing all the while in heaviness of heart, they at times stopped on their way.
Sanskrit: तथा विलपतां तेषामतृप्तानां च राघवः। अचक्षुर्विषयं प्रायाद् यथार्कः क्षणदामुखे।७।।
English: And as they kept lamenting, unsatiated in beholding him, Rāghava went beyond the range of their sight, like the Sun disappearing at nightfall.
Sanskrit: ततो धान्यधनोपेतान् दानशीलजनाञ्छिवान्। अकुतश्चिद्भयान् रम्यांश्चैत्ययूपसमावृतान्॥ उद्यानाम्रवणोपेतान् सम्पन्नसलिलाशयान्। तुष्टपुष्टजनाकीर्णान् गोकुलाकुलसेवितान्॥ रक्षणीयान् नरेन्द्राणां ब्रह्मघोषाभिनादितान्। रथेन पुरुषव्याघ्रः कोसलानत्यवर्तत॥
English: Then that powerful one mounted on his car left behind him Kosala abounding in wealth and kine, inhabited by charitable people, auspicious, free from every kind of fear, charming, containing altars and stakes, with gardens and mango groves, furnished with tanks, teeming with burly and contented people, filled with kine, worthy of being protected by monarchs, and resounding with the sounds of Vedic recitations.
Sanskrit: मध्येन मुदितं स्फीतं रम्योद्यानसमाकुलम्। राज्यं भोज्यं नरेन्द्राणां ययौ धृतिमतां वरः॥
English: Proceeding at a middling pace, that best of those endowed with fortitude, passed through lands smiling cheerfully, prosperous, and crowded with elegant villas, realms worthy of being covered by the foremost of kings.
Sanskrit: तामूर्मिकलिलावर्तामन्ववेक्ष्य महारथः। सुमन्त्रमब्रवीत् सूतमिहैवाद्य वसामहे ॥
English: And beholding (the river) with her surging eddies, that mighty car-warrior said to the charioteer, Sumantra, We will rest here to day.
Sanskrit: अविदूरादयं नद्या बहुपुष्पप्रवालवान्। सुमहानिङ्गुदीवृक्षो वसामोऽत्रैव सारथे॥
English: There is hard by the river a gigantic Ingudī tree, bearing a profusion of flowers and fresh leaves. Here, O charioteer, will we stay to-day.
Sanskrit: प्रेक्षामि सरितां श्रेष्ठां सम्मान्यसलिलां शिवाम्। देवमानवगन्धर्वमृगपन्नगपक्षिणाम् ॥
English: I see (before me) the foremost of streams, whose waters are honoured (by all) and which is sacred to celestials and men and Gandharvas and beasts and serpents and fowls.
Sanskrit: लक्ष्मणश्च सुमन्त्रश्च बाढमित्येव राघवम्। उक्त्वा तमिङ्गुदीवृक्षं तदोपययतुर्हयैः॥
English: Thereupon saying to Rāghava, “Very well,” Lakşinana and Sumantra with the horses went to the Ingudi tree.
Sanskrit: रामोऽभियाय तं रम्यं वृक्षमिक्ष्वाकुनन्दनः। रथादवतरत् तस्मात् सभार्यः सहलक्ष्मणः॥
English: And reaching the tree, that descendant of Ikşvāku alighted from the car along with his wife and Lakşmaņa.
Sanskrit: सुमन्त्रोऽप्यवतीर्याथ मोचयित्वा हयोत्तमान्। वृक्षमूलगतं राममुपतस्थे कृताञ्जलिः॥
English: Then descending, Sumantra relieved those excellent horses, and with joined hands stood before Rāma seated at the foot of the tree.
Sanskrit: तत्र राजा गुहो नाम रामस्यात्मसमः सखा। निषादजात्यो बलवान् स्थपतिश्चेति विश्रुतः॥
English: There lived at the place a king named Guha, a friend to Răma, dear as his own self, a Nişāda by birth, powerful and famed as the lord of the Nişādas.
Sanskrit: स श्रुत्वा पुरुषव्याघ्रं रामं विषयमागतम्। वृद्धैः परिवृतोऽमात्यैातिभिश्चाप्युपागतः॥
English: Hearing that thai foremost of men, Răma, had arrived at the place, he (Guha) surrounded by his aged counsellors and kindred came to him.
Sanskrit: ततो निषादाधिपतिं दृष्ट्वा दूरादुपस्थितम्। सह सौमित्रिणा रामः समागच्छद्गुहेन सः॥
English: Seeing the lord of the Nişādhas at a distance, Rāma came up to him in company with Sumitra's son.
Sanskrit: तमार्तः सम्परिष्वज्य गुहो राघवमब्रवीत्। यथायोध्या तथेदं ते राम किं करवाणि ते॥
English: Thereat touched, Guha embracing Rāghava said to him, "O Rāma, as Ayodhyā this kingdom is to you. What shall I do for you?"
Sanskrit: ईदृशं हि महाबाहो कः प्राप्स्यत्यतिथिं प्रियम्। ततो गुणवदनाद्यमुपादाय पृथग्विधम्॥ अy चोपानयच्छीघ्रं वाक्यं चेदमुवाच ह। स्वागतं ते महाबाहो तवेयमखिला मही॥ वयं प्रेष्या भवान् भर्ता साधु राज्यं प्रशाधि नः। भक्ष्यं भोज्यं च पेयं च लेह्यं चैतदुपस्थितम्। शयनानि च मुख्यानि वाजिनां खादनं च ते॥
English: Who, O mighty-armed one, receives such a welcome guest? Then speedily bringing various kinds of sapid rice and Arghyas, he said, “O mighty-armed one, has your journey been a pleasant one? This entire earth is yours. We are your servants, you are our master. Do you rule here, accepting the eatables and drinkables and those that are to be sucked and excellent beds and fodder."
Sanskrit: गुहमेवं ब्रुवाणं तु राघवः प्रत्युवाच ह। अर्चिताश्चैव हृष्टाश्च भवता सर्वदा वयम्॥ पद्भ्यामभिगमाच्चैव स्नेहसंदर्शनेन च।
English: When Guha had said this, Rāghava answered him, saying, “We have been well received by you and are well pleased with you, since coming here on foot you have shown us affection."
Sanskrit: भुजाभ्यां साधुवृत्ताभ्यां पीडयन् वाक्यमब्रवीत्॥ दिष्ट्या त्वां गुह पश्यामि ह्यरोगं सह बान्धवैः। अपि ते कुशलं राष्ट्रे मित्रेषु च वनेषु च ॥
English: Then pressing Guha hard with his arms, Rāma said, O Guha, it is by good luck that I see you whole along with your friends. Is your kingdom in peace both as regards your friends and the forest?
Sanskrit: यत् त्विदं भवता किंचित् प्रीत्या समुपकल्पितम्। सर्वं तदनुजानामि नहि वर्ते प्रतिग्रहे ॥
English: The things that you have presented me with out of love I accept but can not enjoy.
Sanskrit: कुशचीराजिनधरं फलमूलाशनं च माम्। विद्धि प्रणिहितं धर्मे तापसं वनगोचरम्॥
English: Do you know me as assuming an ascetic mode of life in the woods, in which I am to wear Kusa and bark and live upon fruits and roots.
Sanskrit: अश्वानां खादनेनाहमर्थी नान्येन केनचित्। एतावतात्र भवता भविष्यामि सुपूजितः॥
English: So, with the single exception of the food for the horses, things require I none; and these horses being well kept, I shall consider myself as entertained by you.
Sanskrit: एते हि दयिता राज्ञः पितुर्दशरथस्य मे। एतैः सुविहितैरश्वैर्भविष्याम्यहमर्चितः॥
English: These are the favourites of my father, Dasaratha, and on these horses being well provided for, I shall be well received.
Sanskrit: अश्वानां प्रतिपानं च खादनं चैव सोऽन्वशात्। गुहस्तत्रैव पुरुषांस्त्वरितं दीयतामिति॥
English: Thereupon Guha on the spot commanded the men, saying, Let the horses have without delay meats and drinks.
Sanskrit: ततश्चीरोत्तासङ्गः सन्ध्यामन्वास्य पश्चिमाम्। जलमेवाददे भोज्यं लक्ष्मणेनाहृतं स्वयम्॥
English: Then putting his sheet over his person, he (Rāma) performed his evening devotions. Having done this, he took as his sustenance the water that had been procured by Lakşmaņa himself.
Sanskrit: तस्य भूमौ शयानस्य पादौ प्रक्षाल्य लक्ष्मणः। सभार्यस्य ततोऽभ्येत्य तस्थौ वृक्षमुपाश्रितः॥
English: On Rāma having lain down on the ground along with his wife, Lakşmaņa washed their feet, and then remained stationed under the tree.
Sanskrit: गुहोऽपि सह सूतेन सौमित्रिमनुभाषयन्। अन्वजाग्रत् ततो राममप्रमत्तो धनुर्धरः॥
English: Then bow in hand and with his wits about him, conversing with Sumitra's son along with the charioteer, Guha remained awake, watching Rama.
Sanskrit: तथा शयानस्य ततो यशस्विनो मनस्विनो दाशरथेर्महात्मनः। अदृष्टदुःखस्य सुखोचितस्य सा तदा व्यतीता सुचिरेण शर्वरी॥
English: Thus the livelong night passed away with that illustrious, intelligent and high-souled son of Daśaratha, unacquainted with troubles and worthy of happiness.
Sanskrit: प्रभातायां तु शर्वर्या पृथुवक्षा महायशाः। उवाच रामः सौमित्रिं लक्ष्मणं शुभलक्षणम्॥
English: When the morning broke, that illustrious one having a spacious chest, Rāma, addressed Sumitrā's son, Laksmana, graced with auspicious marks.
Sanskrit: भास्करोदयकालोऽसौ गता भगवती निशा। असौ सुकृष्णो विहगः कोकिलस्तात कूजति॥ बर्हिणानां च निर्घोषः श्रूयते नदतां वने। तराम जाह्नवीं सौम्य शीघ्रगां सागरङ्गमाम्॥
English: This is the time of sunrise: the reverend Night has departed. O child, this gracefully sable-hued bird, the Coel, has began to warble, and I hear the cries of peacocks uttering notes in the woods. O amiable one, we will cross the Jāhnavī, fast rushing to the ocean.
Sanskrit: विज्ञाय रामस्य वचः सौमित्रिमित्रनन्दनः। गुहमामन्त्र्य सूतं च सोऽतिष्ठद् भ्रातुरग्रतः॥
English: Hearing Rāma's words, that enhancer of the delight of friends, Sumitra's son, conveyed them to Guha and the charioteer; and then stood before his brother.
Sanskrit: स तु रामस्य वचनं निशम्य प्रतिगृह्य च। स्थपतिस्तूर्णमाहूय सचिवानिदमब्रवीत्॥
English: Hearing of Rāma's speech and accepting it, that lord of the Nişādas speedily summoning his counsellors spoke to them saying.
Sanskrit: अस्य वाहनसंयुक्तां कर्णग्राहवती शुभाम्। सुप्रतारां दृढां तीर्थे शीघ्रं नावमुपाहर ॥
English: Do you without delay bring to this bathingplace a strong and elegant boat furnished with a rudder and steered by a helmsman, such as is capable of ferrying (people) comfortably.
Sanskrit: तं निशम्य गुहादेशं गुहामात्यो गतो महान्। उपोह्य रुचिरां गवं गुहाय प्रत्यवेदयत्।७।। ततः स प्राञ्जलिर्भूत्वा गुहो राघवमब्रवीत्। उपस्थितेयं नौर्देव भूयः किं करवाणि ते॥
English: Hearing this mandate of Guha, his potent counsellors procuring goodly boat, informed him of it. Then with joined hands, Guha spoke to Rāghava, saying, The boat is ready, worshipful one. What more shall I do in your behalf?
Sanskrit: तवामरसुतप्रख्य तर्तुं सागरगामिनीम्। नौरियं पुरुषव्याघ्र शीघ्रमारोह सुव्रत॥
English: O you that resembles the son of a celestial, here is the boat for you, O foremost of men, to cross over the river that goes after the ocean. O you of excellent vows, do you ascend it.
Sanskrit: अथोवाच महातेजा रामो गुहमिदं वचः। कृतकामोऽस्मि भवता शीघ्रमारोप्यतामिति॥
English: Thereupon the highly energetic Rāma said to Guha the following words, “I have attained my end through you. Do you at once get on board the baggage." son
Sanskrit: ततः कलापान् संनह्य खङ्गौ बध्वा च धन्विनौ। जग्मतुर्येन तां गङ्गां सीतया सह राघवौ॥
English: Then donning on their mail and equipped with their bows, quivers and swords, the Rāghavas along with Sītā descended to the Gangā.
Sanskrit: राममेवं तु धर्मज्ञमुपागत्य विनीतवत्। किमहं करवाणीति सूतः प्राञ्जलिरब्रवीत्॥
English: Then coming forward in humble guise before Rāma cognizant of virtue, the charioteer said with joined hands, "What shall I do (now)?"
Sanskrit: ततोऽब्रवीद् दाशरथिः सुमन्त्रं स्पृशन् करेणोत्तमदक्षिणेन। सुमन्त्र शीघ्रं पुनरेव याहि राज्ञः सकाशे भव चाप्रमत्तः॥
English: Thereupon Dasaratha's touching Sumantra by his goodly right hand, said, “O Sumantra, do you again repair to the monarch, but let your senses be unclouded.”
Sanskrit: निवर्तस्वेत्युवाचैनमेतावद्धि कृतं मम। रथं विहाय पद्भ्यां तु गमिष्यामो महावनम् ॥
English: “Do you” said he to the charioteer, "turn back, So far I have come (in obedience to the order of the monarch.) Now, renouncing the car, will I repair to the mighty forest on foot."
Sanskrit: आत्मानं त्वभ्यनुज्ञातमवेक्ष्यार्तः स सारथिः। सुमन्त्रः पुरुषयाघ्रमैक्ष्वाकमिदमब्रवीत्॥
English: Finding himself thus commanded, the charioteer, Sumantra grieved at heart spoke to that best of men, the descendant of Ikşvāku.
Sanskrit: नातिक्रान्तमिदं लोके पुरुषेणेह केनचित्। तव सभ्रातृभार्यस्य वासः प्राकृतवद् वने॥
English: That Destiny owing to which you will have to pass your days in the forest like a low person, along with your brother and wife, has in this world been withstood by none.
Sanskrit: न मन्ये ब्रह्मचर्ये वा स्वधीते वा फलोदयः। मार्दवार्जवयोर्वापि त्वां चेद् व्यसनमागतम्॥
English: I deem the Brahmacarya mode of life, or study, or meekness or sincerity as attended with no fruit, since you have come by calamity.
Sanskrit: सह राघव वैदेह्या भ्रात्रा चैव वने वसन्। त्वं गतिं प्राप्स्यसे वीर त्रींल्लोकांस्तु जयन्निव॥
English: O Rāghava, living in the forest with Vaidehi and your brother, you, O Lord, attain a state (of supreme excellence), having, as it were, conquered the three worlds.
Sanskrit: वयं खलु हता राम यत् त्वया ह्युपवञ्चिताः। कैकेय्या वशमेष्यामः पापाया दुःखभागिनः॥
English: O Rāma, it is we, wretched that we are, that are undone, as we, deprived of your company, shall come under the sinful Kaikeyi expressing great misery.
Sanskrit: इति ब्रुवन्नात्मसमं सुमन्त्रः सारथिस्तदा। दृष्ट्वा दूरगतं रामं दुःखार्तो रुरुदे चिरम्॥
English: Having said this, the charioteer, Sumantra, seeing Rāma intent upon going to a distant land, wept for a long while in heaviness of heart.