pari-kulkarni/itihasa-sanskrit-en-filtered huggingface dataset:
Sanskrit: गिरिशृङ्गमिदं रम्यमुत्तमं पार्थिवात्मज ॥ श्वेताभिः कृष्णताम्राभिः शिलाभिरुपशोभितम्। नानाधातुसमाकीर्णं नदीदर्दुरसंयुतम्॥ विविधैर्वृक्षषण्डैश्च चारुचित्रलतायुतम्। नानाविहगसंघुष्टं मयूरवरनादितम्॥ मालतीकुन्दगुल्मैश्च सिन्दुवारैः शिरीषकैः। कदम्बार्जुनसर्जेश्च पुष्पितैरुपशोभितम्॥
English: O son of a king, this summit of the hill is excellent and picturesque, beautified with white, black and coppery stones, filled with diverse metals and river frogs, covered with diverse trees and pleasant creepers, resounded with the musical notes of various birds and cries of peacocks and beautified with various flowery trees, such as Malati, Kundas, Sinduvara, (a) Sirsa, (b) Kadamba, Arjuna, (c) and Sarja. (d). (a) As small tree—Vitex negundo. (b) A kind of tree-Acacia Sirsa. (c)A tree-Pentaptera arjunee. (d) The Sala tree (Shorea robusta) another tree (Pentaptera Arjuna.
Sanskrit: इयं च नलिनी रम्या फुल्लपङ्कजमण्डिता। नातिदूरे गुहाया नौ भविष्यति नृपात्मज॥
English: O son of a king, this pond filled with full blown lotuses shall always be near our cave.
Sanskrit: प्रागुदक्प्रवणे देशे गुहा साधु भविष्यति। पश्चाच्चैवोन्नता सौम्य निवातेयं भविष्यति॥
English: This cave shall be worthy of our habitation, O gentle one, having its north-eastern part low and the western part high.
Sanskrit: गुहाद्वारे च सौमित्रे शिला समतला शिवा। कृष्णा चैवायता चैव भिन्नाञ्जनचयोपमा॥
English: There is, O Saumitri, at the entrance of the cave, a level beautiful, spacious stone, black like to collyrium.
Sanskrit: गिरिशृङ्गमिदं तात पश्य चोत्तरतः शुभम्। भिन्नाञ्जनचयाकारमम्भोधरमिवोदितम्॥
English: Behold O my brother, on the north, the summit of the hill, resembling collyrium and a rising cloud.
Sanskrit: दक्षिणस्यामपि दिशि स्थितं श्वेतमिवाम्बरम्। कैलासशिखरप्रख्यं नानाधातुविराजितम्॥
English: There appears on the south a beautiful white hill resembling the Kailasa filled with various metals.
Sanskrit: प्राचीनवाहिनीं चैव नदी भृशमकर्दमाम्। गुहायाः परतः पश्य त्रिकूटे जाह्नवीमिव ॥ चन्दनैस्तिलकैः सालैस्तमालैरतिमुक्तकैः। पद्मकैः सरलैश्चैव अशोकैश्चैव शोभिताम्॥ वानीरैस्तिमिदैश्चैव बकुलैः केतकैरपि। हिन्तालैस्तिनिशैनीपैतसैः कृतमालकैः॥ तीरजैः शोभिता भाति नानारूपैस्ततस्ततः। वसनाभरणोपेता प्रमदेवाभ्यलंकृता ॥
English: Behold before the cave the mudless stream, flowing towards the east like to Jānhavi (e) in the Trkūta (f) mountain. This rivulet appears like to a damsel ornamented and clothed, being filled with various trees, such as-Sandal, Tilaka, Sāla, Tamālas, Atimuktas, (g) Padmaka, Saralas, (h) Aśokas, Vāneeras, (i) Timidas, Bakulas, Ketakas, Hintālas, Tinicas, Neepas, Vetasas, Kſtamalakas growing on her banks. (e) The river Ganges-literally-the daughter of Fanhu a saint. The Ganges is called so on account of her supposed origination from the thigh of the great saint. having three peaks. (g) A tree (Dalbergia onjeimaisis)-Mountain ebony. (h) A sort of pine, (Pinis longifolia) (1) A sort of cane or ratan, (Calamas Rotany).
Sanskrit: शतशः पक्षिसबैश्च नानानादविनादिता। एकैकमनुरक्तैश्च चक्रवाकैरलंकृता ॥ पुलिनैरतिरम्यैश्च हंससारससेविता। प्रहसन्त्येव भात्येषा नानारत्नसमन्विता॥
English: This rivulet resounded with various notes of hundreds of various birds, filled with Cakravākas attached to each other, crowded with geese and Sārasas, having picturesque banks, and various jewels, is as it were laughing on all sides.
Sanskrit: क्वचिन्नीलोत्पलैश्छन्ना भाति रक्तोत्पलैः क्वचित्। क्वचिदाभाति शुक्लैश्च दिव्यैः कुमुदकुड्मलैः॥
English: Here it appears covered with violet lotuses, here with red lotuses and there again with celestial white water-lilies.
Sanskrit: पारिप्लवशतैर्जुष्टा बर्हिक्रौञ्चविनादिता। रमणीया नदी सौम्य मुनिसङ्घनिषेविता॥
English: This pleasant and picturesque stream is filled with various water fowls and Chakravākas and served by many a saint.
Sanskrit: पश्य चन्दनवृक्षाणां पङ्क्तीः सुरुचिरा इव। ककुभानां च दृश्यन्ते मनसैवोदिताः समम्॥
English: Behold there the rows of pleasant sandal trees and those Kukubhas which have grown up as it were like to mental emotion.
Sanskrit: अहो सुरमणीयोऽयं देशः शत्रुनिषूदन। दृढं म्स्याव सौमित्रे साध्वत्र निवसावहे॥
English: Picturesque indeed is this place, O slayer of foes, and we shall happily live here, O son of Sumitra.
Sanskrit: इतश्च नातिदूरे सा किष्किन्धां चित्रकानना। सुग्रीवस्य पुरी रम्या भविष्यति नृपात्मजा ॥
English: At no distance, O son of a king, from this place is situate the pleasant city of Sugrīva-Kiş kindha, filled with forests.
Sanskrit: गीतवादित्रनिर्घोषः श्रूयते जयतां वर। नदतां वानराणां च मृदङ्गाडम्बरैः सह ॥
English: Hear then, O best of conquerors, the sound of music, and the clatter of monkeys mingled with the sound of Mşdangas.
Sanskrit: लब्धा भायाँ कपिवरः प्राप्य राज्यं सुहृदवृतः। ध्रुवं नन्दति सुग्रीवः सम्प्राप्य महतीं श्रियम्॥
English: Forsooth is rejoicing Sugrīva—the foremost of monkeys, getting back his wife, regaining his kingdom, and attaining to regal splendour.
Sanskrit: इत्युक्त्वा न्यवसत् तत्र राघवः सहलक्ष्मणः। बहुदृश्यदरीकुले तस्मिन् प्रस्रवणे गिरौ॥
English: Having said this, Rāghava, along with Laks maņa, dwelt in that Prasravana hill abounding in caves and bowers.
Sanskrit: सुसुखे हि बहुद्रव्ये तस्मिन् हि धरणीधरे। वसतस्तस्य रामस्य रतिरल्पापि नाभवत्॥ हृतां हि भार्यां स्मरतः प्राणेभ्योऽपि गरीयसीम्।
English: He did not attain to a best felicity although he lived in that pleasant hill filled with many things.
Sanskrit: उदयाभ्युदितं दृष्ट्वा शशाङ्कं च विशेषतः॥ आविवेश न तं निद्रा निशासु शयनं गतम्।
English: Pondering over the ravishment of his spouse, dearer than his life, beholding the setting of the Sun in particular, he did not go to sleep, although he laid himself on the bed in the night.
Sanskrit: तत्समुत्थेन शोकेन वाष्पोपहतचेतनम्॥ तं शोचमानं काकुत्स्थं नित्यं शोकपरायणम्। तुल्यदुःखोऽब्रवीद् भ्राता लक्ष्मणोऽनुनयं वचः॥
English: His younger brother Laksmana, equally aggrieved, spoke to Kākutstha, thus bewailing being exercised with grief and almost beside himself with sorrow, consequent upon Sita's bereavement, saying.
Sanskrit: अलं वीर व्यथां गत्वा न त्वं शोचितुमर्हसि। शोचते ह्यवसीदन्ति सर्वार्था विदितं हिते॥
English: It does not behove you to lament thus, being exercised with grief—it is not unknown to you that people, thus bewailing do exhaust themselves by and by.
Sanskrit: भवान् क्रियापरो लोके भवान् देवपरायणः। आस्तिको धर्मशीलश्च व्यवसायी च राघव ॥
English: O Rāghava, you are devoted to pious actions and the services of the Deity in this world-and pious, energetic and did believe in the existence of God.
Sanskrit: न ह्यव्यवसितः शत्रु राक्षसं तं विशेषतः। समर्थस्त्वं रणे हन्तुं विक्रमे जिह्मकारिणम्॥
English: Without being persevering you shall not be able to destroy in conflict your enemy—that terrible, wily Rākşasa.
Sanskrit: समुन्मूलय शोकं त्वं व्यवसायं स्थिरीकुरु। ततः सपरिवारं तं राक्षसं हन्तुमर्हसि ॥
English: Do you renounce your grief and take recourse to energy and you shall be able to slay that Rākş asa with all his family.
Sanskrit: पृथिवीमपि काकुत्स्थ ससागरवनाचलाम्। परिवर्तयितुं शक्तः किं पुनस्तं हि रावणम्॥
English: What of the destruction of Rāvana, you are O Kākutstha. capable of uprooting the earth with oceans, forest and hills.
Sanskrit: शरत्कालं प्रतीक्षस्व प्रावृटकालोऽयमागतः। ततः सराष्ट्र सगणं रावणं तं वधिष्यसि॥
English: Rains have set in and do you wait for the autumn shall encompass the destruction of Rāvana with his kingdom and kinsmen.
Sanskrit: अहं तु खलु ते वीर्यं प्रसुप्तं प्रतिबोधये। दीप्तैराहुतिभिः काले भस्मच्छन्नमिवानलम् ॥
English: I, too, am exciting your latent energy like to fire hidden in ashes with oblations.
Sanskrit: लक्ष्मणस्य हि तद् वाक्यं प्रतिपूज्य हितं शुभम्। राघवः सुहृदं स्निग्धमिदं वचनमब्रवीत्॥
English: Welcoming the auspicious and well-meaning accents of Lakşmaņa, Raghava again spoke to him the following affectionate words. when you
Sanskrit: वाच्यं यदनुरक्तेन स्निग्धेन च हितेन च। सत्यविक्रमयुक्तेन तदुक्तं लक्ष्मण त्वया।॥
English: O Lakşmaņa, truly do your words become you, affectionate, devoted, truthful and intent in my welfare as you are.
Sanskrit: एष शोकः परित्यक्तः सर्वकार्यावसादकः। विक्रमेष्वप्रतिहतं तेजः प्रोत्साहयाम्यहम्॥
English: Renouncing this grief standing in the way of all business, I shail call forth, the more, this my energy on the occasion of displaying my prowess.
Sanskrit: शरत्कालं प्रतीक्षिष्ये स्थितोऽस्मि वचने तव। सुग्रीवस्य नदीनां च प्रसादमनुपालयन्॥
English: I shall live here, awaiting the autumn and abiding by your words and awaiting as well Sugrīva's pleasure and the clear currents of the rivers.
Sanskrit: उपकारेण वीरस्तु प्रतिकारेण युज्यते। अकृतज्ञोऽप्रतिकृतो हन्ति सत्त्ववतां मनः॥ तदेव युक्तं प्रणिधाय लक्ष्मणः कृताञ्जलिस्तत् प्रतिपूज्य भाषितम्। उवाच रामं स्वभिरामदर्शनं प्रदर्शयन् दर्शनमात्मनः शुभम्॥
English: Heroes receiving favours always return them; the ungrateful lose the friendship of the welcoming them therefore, Laksmana, with folded hands, spoke to Rāma of graceful appearance, displaying his own intelligence,
Sanskrit: यथोक्तमेतत् तव सर्वमीप्सितं नरेन्द्र कर्ता नचिरात् तु वानरः। शरत्प्रतीक्षः क्षमतामिमं भवान् जलप्रपातं रिपुनिग्रहे धृतः॥
English: O lord of men, I fully approve of all you had said. The monkey-chief shall soon engage in our service. Resolved on the destruction of your enemy, do you spend here this rainy season awaiting the autumn.
Sanskrit: नियम्य कोपं परिपाल्यतां शरत् क्षमस्व मासांश्चतुरो मया सह। वसाचलेऽस्मिन् मृगराजसेविते संवर्तयशत्रुवधे समर्थः॥
English: Subduing your wrath, and awaiting the autumn, do you with me spend these four months in this hill filled with deer, capable as you are of encompassing the destruction of your enemy.
Sanskrit: राज्यं प्राप्तं यशश्चैव कौली श्रीरभिवर्धिता।।९ मित्राणां संग्रहः शेषस्तद् भवान् कर्तुमर्हति।
English: You have attained your kingdom, fame, and your vast ancestral wealth. It now behoveth you to perform your duties by your friends.
Sanskrit: यो हि मित्रेषु कालज्ञः सततं साधु वर्तते॥ तस्य राज्यं च कीर्तिश्च प्रतापश्चापि वर्धते।
English: Truly does his kingdom, fame and prowess increase who is cognizant of the seasonableness of time and does good to his friends.
Sanskrit: यस्य कोशश्च दण्डश्च मित्राण्यात्मा च भूमिप। समान्येतानि सर्वाणि स राज्यं महदश्नुते॥
English: O king, truly does he attain to a vast kingdom, who has the same wealth, soldiery and body with his friends.
Sanskrit: तद् भवान् वृत्तसम्पन्नः स्थितः पथि निरत्यये। मित्रार्थमभिनीतार्थं यथावत् कर्तुमर्हति ॥
English: It becometh you, therefore, who are crowned with a good character, and who did wend a blameless track, to work out your friend's well being (as promised by you).
Sanskrit: संत्यज्य सर्वकर्माणि मित्रार्थे यो न वर्तते। सम्भ्रमाद् विकृतोत्साहः सोऽनर्थेनावरुद्यते॥
English: He, who does not engage in the service of his friends renouncing all business, becometh void of all energy and involved in unnecessary troubles.
Sanskrit: यो हि कालव्यतीतेषु मित्रकार्येषु वर्तते। स कृत्वा महतोऽप्यान्न मित्रार्थेन युज्यते॥
English: He, who engage in his friend's service after the proper season is over, does nothing to his well-being, though he performs a great thing.
Sanskrit: तदिदं मित्रकार्यं नः कालातीतमरिंदम। क्रियतां राघवस्यैतद् वैदेह्याः परिमार्गणम्॥
English: O slayer of foes, soon shall the time for performing your friend's service, be over; do you therefore encompass Rāghava's good, namely the searching out of Vaidehī.
Sanskrit: न च कालमतीतं ते निवेदयति कालवित्। त्वरमाणोऽपि स प्राज्ञस्तव राजन् वशानुगः॥
English: o king, Rāma, conversant with the scasonableness of time and wise as he is, is not inforining you of it, though the proper time is past; and though he is in hurry, he is waiting for you.
Sanskrit: कुलस्य हेतुः स्फीतस्य दीर्घबन्धुश्च राघवः। अप्रमेयप्रभावश्च स्वयं चाप्रतिमो गुणैः॥ कुरु वै कार्य पूर्वं तेन कृतं तव। हरीश्वर कपिश्रेष्ठानाज्ञापयितुमर्हसि ॥
English: Rāghava, as well as Lakşmaņa, who are the instruments of your attaining to this vast kingdom, and your friends for so long a time, are persons of incomparable prowess by virtue of their unequalled accomplishments. He has already performed your service, and it behoveth you now, O lord of monkeys, to command the foremost of monkeys to engage in his service.
Sanskrit: नहि तावद् भवेत् कालो व्यतीतश्चोदनादृते। चोदितस्य हि कार्यस्य भवेत् कालव्यतिक्रमः॥ तस्य त्वं
English: T To engage, out of season, in a service, uncalled for, is not blameable; but to defer the performance of an action in proper time after promising is indeed an object of censure.
Sanskrit: अकर्तुरपि कार्यस्य भवान् कर्ता हरीश्वर। किं पुनः प्रतिकर्तुस्ते राज्येन च वधेन च॥
English: O lord of monkeys, you did engage even in the service of one who does you no good, then why shall you not engage in the benefit of Rāma who has favoured you by encompassing the destruction (of Vāli) and securing for you your kingdom.
Sanskrit: शक्तिमानतिविक्रान्तो वानरसंगणेश्वर। कर्तुं दाशरथे: प्रीतिमाज्ञायां किं नु सज्जसे॥
English: O lord of monkeys and bears, truly you are gifted with prowess and strength, why did you not prepare yourself for satisfying Dāśarathee's commands?
Sanskrit: कामं खलु शरैः शक्तः सुरासुरमहोरगान्। वशे दाशरथिः कर्तुं त्वत्प्रतिज्ञामवेक्षते॥
English: Dāśarathee himself is capable of subduing the celestials, Asuras and great serpents-he is simply awaiting the fulfilment of your promise.
Sanskrit: प्राणत्यागविशङ्केन कृतं तेन महत् प्रियम्। तस्य मार्गाम वैदेहीं पृथिव्यामपि चाम्बरे॥
English: He has performed a great service at the risk of his life-we shall therefore find out Vaidehī whether she is in this earth or in the welkin,
Sanskrit: देवदानवगन्धर्वा असुराः समरुद्गणाः। न च यक्षा भयं तस्य कुर्युः किमिव राक्षसाः॥
English: Even the celestials, Dānavas, Gandharabas, Asuras, Mārutas, Yakşas are afraid of him in the battle-field-what of the insignificant Raksasas.
Sanskrit: तदेवं शक्तियुक्तस्य पूर्वं प्रतिकृतस्तथा। रामस्यार्हसि पिङ्गेश कर्तुं सर्वात्मना प्रियम्॥
English: O lord of monkeys, it therefore behoveth you to do good by all means to the powerful Rāma, who benefited you before.
Sanskrit: नाधस्तादवनौ नाप्सु गतिर्नोपरि चाम्बरे। कस्यचित् सज्जतेऽस्माकं कपीश्वर तवाज्ञया॥
English: O lord of monkeys, who is there among us, who shall not at your command proceed to : water, sky or the region under the earth?
Sanskrit: तदाज्ञापय कः किं ते कुतो वापि व्यवस्यतु। हरयो ह्यप्रधृष्यास्ते सन्ति कोट्यग्रतोऽनघ ॥
English: O blameless one, there are more than one koți of invincible monkeys under you, do you command, who shall proceed and to what quarter?
Sanskrit: तस्य तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा काले साधु निरूपितम्। सुग्रीवः सत्त्वसम्पन्नश्चकार मतिमुत्तमाम्॥
English: Hearing these words of Hanumān, said on a very proper occasion, the intelligent Sugrīva, made up his mind for a worthy end.
Sanskrit: संदिदेशातिमतिमान् नीलं नित्यकृतोद्यमम्। दिक्षु सर्वासु सर्वेषां सैन्यानामुपसंग्रहे॥ यथा सेना समग्रा मे यूथपालाश्च सर्वशः। समागच्छन्त्यसङ्गेन सेनाग्र्येण तथा कुरु॥
English: Thereupon the highly intelligent Sugrīva ordered the ever active Neela, to collect soldiers from various quarters. Do you so arrange as all my hosts and soldiers with their commanders soon come here.
Sanskrit: ये त्वन्तपालाः प्लवगाः शीघ्रगा व्यवसायिनः। समानयन्तु ते शीघ्रं त्वरिताः शासनान्मम। स्वयं चानन्तरं कार्ये भवानेवानुपश्यतु ॥
English: Do you soon bring here at my behest all the energetic and quick-coursing monkeys and commanders spreading their conquests to the end of the earth.
Sanskrit: त्रिपञ्चरात्रादूर्ध्वं यः प्राप्नुयादिह वानरः। तस्य प्राणान्तिको दण्डो नात्र कार्याविचारणा॥
English: (After their arrival) do you yourself inspect and count all those monkeys. He who shall not reach here within fifteen days shall be punished with the loss of his life.
Sanskrit: हरीश्च वृद्धानुपयातु साङ्गदो भवान् ममाज्ञामधिकृत्य निश्चितम्। इति व्यवस्थां हरिपुंगवेश्वरो विधाय वेश्म प्रविवेश वीर्यवान्॥
English: There is no need of scrutinizing my orders. Abiding by my order, do you see along with Angada all the elderly monkeys. having thus arranged, that best of monkeys entered the inner apartment.
Sanskrit: गृहं प्रविष्टे सुग्रीवे विमुक्ते गगने घनैः। वर्षरात्रे स्थितो रामः कामशोकाभिपीडितः॥ पाण्डुरं गगनं दृष्ट्वा विमलं चन्द्रमण्डलम्। शारदी रजनी चैव दृष्ट्वा ज्योत्स्नानुलेपनाम्॥ कामवृत्तं च सुग्रीवं नष्टां च जनकात्मजाम्। दृष्ट्वा कालमतीतं च मुमोह परमातुरः॥
English: Sugrīva having entered his palace, and the sky being cleared of the clouds, Rāma, racked with grief, passing the rainy season and beholding the yellow welkin, the clear disc of the Moon, the autumnal right sprinkled with the rays of the Moon, the amour-stricken lord of monkeys, the ravishment of the daughter of Janaka, and the season well-nigh expired, became overwhelmed with sorrow and senseless.
Sanskrit: स तु संज्ञामुपागम्य मुहूर्तान्मतिमान् नृपः। मनास्थामपि वैदेहीं चिन्तयामास राघवः॥
English: And regaining his sense after sometime, the highly intelligent king-Räghava began to think of Vaidehĩ although always present in his mind.
Sanskrit: दृष्ट्वा च विमलं व्योम गतविद्युबलाहकम्। सारसारावसंघुष्टं विललापातया गिरा॥ आसीनः पर्वतस्याग्रे हेमधातुविभूषिते। शारदं गगनं दृष्ट्वा जगाम मनसा प्रियाम्॥
English: And beholding the clear sky void of lightnings and clouds and filled with the noise of Sārasas, Rāghava began to lament piteously, stationing himself on the summit of the hill ornamented with metals of golden hue. And beholding the autumnal sky he engaged in the meditation of his beloved spouse.
Sanskrit: सारसारावसंनादैः सारसारावनादिनी। याऽऽश्रमे रमते बाला साद्य मे रमते कथम्॥
English: How shall that Sarasa-voiced damsel be pleased to-day, who, while sporting in the hermitage, used to warble like Sārasas, to invite them.
Sanskrit: पुष्पितांश्चासनान् दृष्ट्वा काञ्चनानिव निर्मलान्। कथं सा रमते वाला पश्यन्ती मामपश्यती॥
English: Beholding Asana trees, as if covered with golden flowers and not beholding me how shall that damsel be pleased?
Sanskrit: या पुरा कलहंसानां कलेन कलभाषिणी। बुध्यते चारुसर्वाङ्गी साद्य मे रमते कथम्॥
English: How that exquisitely fine damsel having a sweet voice shall be pleased to-day, who used formerly to awake at the sounds of the drakes.?
Sanskrit: निःस्वनं चक्रवाकानां निशम्य सहचारिणाम्। पुण्डरीकविशालाक्षी कथमेषा भविष्यति॥
English: Hearing the noise of her companionsCakravākas, how shali that one, of expansive eyes resembling lotuses, live?
Sanskrit: सरांसि सरितो वापीः काननानि वनानि च। तां विना मृगशावाक्षीं चरनाद्य सुखं लभे॥
English: Without her having the eyes of a fawn, I do not attain to felicity to-day, ranging at large by ponds, streams, pools and in forests and woods.
Sanskrit: अपि तां मद्वियोगाच्च सौकुमार्याच्च भामिनीम्। सूदूरं पीडयेत् कामः शरद्गुणनिरन्तरः॥
English: Forsooth shall Cupid excited by the approach of the autumn, distress her the more on account of my separation and her personal charms.
Sanskrit: एवमादि नरश्रेष्ठो विललाप नृपात्मजः। विहङ्ग इव सारङ्गः सलिलं त्रिदशेश्वरात्॥
English: Thus bewailed that best son of a king like to the bird Sāranga soliciting water from the lord of celestials.
Sanskrit: ततश्चर्य रम्येषु फलार्थी गिरिसानुषु। ददर्श पर्युपावृत्तो लक्ष्मीवाल्लँक्ष्मणोऽग्रजम् ॥
English: And the graceful Lakşmaņa, returning from the picturesque mountain-summits where he had sojourned in quest of fruits, beheld his elder brother.
Sanskrit: स चिन्तया दुस्सहया परीतं विसंज्ञमेकं विजने मनस्वी। भ्रातुर्विषादात् त्वरितोऽतिदीन: समीक्ष्य सौमित्रिरुवाच दीनम्॥
English: And beholding in that lonely forest his brother, racked with anxious thoughts hard to bear and almost beside himself (with grief) the high-minded Saumitri, prompted by his brother's grief, spoke to him very poorly, saying.
Sanskrit: किमार्य कामस्य वशंगतेन किमात्मपौरुष्यपराभवेन। अयं ह्विया संह्वियते समाधिः किमत्र योगेन निवर्तते न॥
English: O worshipful one, what have you perpetrated by placing yourself under the control of passions and defeating your manliness? Your deep and devout meditation has been purloined by your grief; and it is by religious contemplation that your grief shall be terminated now.
Sanskrit: क्रियाभियोगं मनसः प्रसाद समाधियोगानुगतं च कालम्। सहायसामर्थ्यमदीनसत्वः स्वकर्महेतुं च कुरुष्व तात॥
English: O brother, after going through the ceremonies of bathing and so forth, and acquiring peace, do you bring all your time under your control by virtue of the concentration of soul; and being of unmitigated strength do you resort to power and help, the key-notes for the accomplishment of your great object.
Sanskrit: न जानकी मानववंशनाथ त्वया सनाथा सुलभा परेण। न चाग्निजूडां ज्वलितामुपेत्य न दह्यते वीर वराह कश्चित्॥
English: O lord of men, Jānakī, husbanded by you, is not capable of being easily possessed by others. O hero who getting at a flame of fire, does not burn himself?
Sanskrit: सलक्षणं लक्ष्मणमप्रधृष्यं स्वभावजं वाक्यमुवाच रामः। हितं च पथ्यं च नयप्रसक्तं ससामधर्मार्थसमाहितं च ॥ निस्संशयं कार्यमवेक्षितव्यं क्रियाविशेषोऽप्यनुवर्तितव्यः। न तु प्रवृद्धस्य दुरासदस्य कुमार वीर्यस्य फलं च चिन्त्यम्॥
English: Thereupon Rāma spoke to Lakşmaņa, gifted with royal marks, addressing him with natural and resolute words and saying:—What you had said, is sound, well-meaning, sanctioned by polity and speaks of piety, wealth and forgiveness. It should therefore, without the least doubt, be performed by me. It behoveth me to engage in contemplation about the eternal truth regarding the Deity and in ascetic observances. Oh else O Prince, it is not proper to think of the fruits of a difficult, highly developed and energetic action.
Sanskrit: अथ पद्मपलाशाक्षीं मैथिलीमनु चिन्तयन्। उवाच लक्ष्मणं रामो मुखेन परिशुष्यता॥
English: Thereupon thinking of Maithelee, having eyes resembling lotus-petals, Rāma spoke to Laks mana with dried countenance.
Sanskrit: तर्पयित्वा सहस्राक्षः सलिलेन वसुंधराम्। निर्वर्तयित्वा सस्यानि कृतकर्मा व्यवस्थितः॥
English: Having satisfied the earth with a profuse discharge of water, produced crops and thus finished his work, the thousand eyed Deity is sitting silent.
Sanskrit: दीर्घगम्भीरनिर्घोषाः शैलदुमपुरोगमाः। विसृज्य सलिलं मेघाः परिशान्ता नृपात्मज ॥
English: O son of a king, the clouds, muttering a long and deep sound and approaching the hills and frees, are calmed having discharged their liquid contents.
Sanskrit: नीलोत्पलदलश्यामाः श्यामीकृत्वा दिशो दश। विमदा इव मातङ्गा शान्तवेगाः पयोधराः॥
English: Having made the ten quarters dark blue, the clouds, resembling blue lotuses, have become calm, like to elephants without temporal juice.
Sanskrit: जलगर्भा महावेगाः कुटजार्जुनगन्धिनः। चरित्वा विरताः सौम्य वृष्टिवातः समुद्यताः॥
English: O gentle one, high gales accompanied with rains, big with water and fragrant with Kutaja and Arjuna flowers being driven before hither and thither, have now become silent.
Sanskrit: घनानां वारणानां च मयूराणां च लक्ष्मण। नादः प्रस्रवणानां च प्रशान्तः सहसानघ॥
English: O innocent Laksmana, the sounds of clouds, elephants, peacocks, and fountains, have been all stopped.
Sanskrit: अभिवृष्टा महामेधैर्निमलाश्चित्रसानवः। अनुलिप्ता इवाभान्ति गिरयश्चन्द्ररश्मिभिः॥
English: Hills, having variegated summits, being washed by dense clouds and thus free from dirt and impurities, do appear elegant being sprinkled by the rays of the Moon.
Sanskrit: शाखासु सप्तच्छदपादपानां प्रभासु तारार्कनिशाकराणाम्। लीलासु चैवोत्तमवारणानां श्रियं विभज्याद्य शरत्प्रवृत्ता॥
English: Forsooth has the autumn set in, dividing its grace in the branches of Saptacada trees, in the rays of the Sun and Moon with stars and in the gaits of the excellent elephants.
Sanskrit: सम्प्रत्यनेकाश्रयचित्रशोभा लक्ष्मीः शरत्कालगुणोपपन्ना। सूर्याग्रहस्तप्रतिबोधितेषु पद्माकरेष्वभ्यधिकं विभाति॥
English: Surely has the autumnal grace resorted to many things. And it has appeared more profusely in the lotuses blossomed by the first rays of the Sun.
Sanskrit: सप्तच्छदानां कुसुमोपगन्धी षट्पादवृन्दैरनुगीयमानः। मत्तद्विपानां पवनानुसारी दर्प विनेष्यन्नधिकं विभाति॥
English: Scented sweet with the flower of Saptacada trees, borrowing the musical notes of bees, following the wind and subduing the pride of infuriated elephants, the autumn is appearing very elegant.
Sanskrit: अभ्यागतैश्चारुविशालपक्षैः स्मरप्रियैः पद्मरजोऽवकीणैः। महानदीनां पुलिनोपयातैः क्रीडन्ति हंसाः सह चक्रवाकैः॥
English: The swans are playing with Cakravākas having splendidly spacious wings, fond of cupid, crusted with the filaments of lotuses, and arriving at the banks of the rivers.
Sanskrit: मदप्रगल्भेषु च वारणेषु गवां समूहेषु च दर्पितेषु। प्रसन्नतोयासु च निम्नगासु विभाति लक्ष्मीबहुधा विभक्ता ॥
English: The antumnal grace is appearing more elegant being divided in infuriated elephants, in proud kine, and in streams of clear currents.