pari-kulkarni/itihasa-sanskrit-en-filtered huggingface dataset:
Sanskrit: मृत्युमापादितो राजा त्वया मे पापदर्शिनि। सुखं परिहतं मोहाद् कुलेऽस्मिन् कुलपांसनि ॥
English: O you that have your gaze fixed on sin, it is through you that my sovereign has come by death; and that, O stainer of the line, this race has by your infatuation been deprived of its happiness.
Sanskrit: त्वां प्राप्य हि पिता मेऽद्य सत्यसंधो महायशाः। तीव्रदुःखाभिसंतप्तो वृत्तो दशरथो नृपः॥
English: Having got you, my illustrious sire intent upon truth, king Dasaratha, afflicted by extreme sorrow, has departed this life.
Sanskrit: विनाशितो महाराजः पिता मे धर्मवत्सलः। कस्मात् प्रवाजितो रामः कस्मादेव वनं गतः॥
English: Why has the king, my father, ever loving virtue, been deprived of life? Why has Rāma been banished; and wherefore has he gone to the woods?
Sanskrit: कौसल्या च सुमित्रा च पुत्रशोकाभिपीडिते। . दुष्करं यदि जीवेतां प्राप्य त्वां जननी मम॥
English: Afflicted with grief for their son, even if Kausalya and Sumitrā live, it will be hard for them to do so in the presence of you, my mother.
Sanskrit: नन्वार्योऽपि च धर्मात्मात्वयि वृत्तिमनुत्तमाम्। वर्तते गुरुवृत्तिज्ञो यथा मातरि वर्तते॥
English: Surely the noble and virtuous Råma, well knowing his duties towards his superiors, regards you as highly as he does his own mother.
Sanskrit: तथा ज्येष्ठा हि मे माता कौसल्या दीर्घदर्शिनी। त्वयि धर्म समास्थाय भगिन्यामिव वर्तते॥
English: In the same way, my eldest mother, the farsighted Kausalyā, doing her duties by you, bears herself like a sister.
Sanskrit: तस्याः पुत्रं महात्मानं चीरवल्कलवाससम्। प्रस्थाप्य वनवासाय कथं पापे न शोचसे॥
English: Why, O sinful one, having sent to the woods her magnanimous son, clad in bark, do you not grieve?
Sanskrit: अपापदर्शिनं शूरं कृतात्मानं यशस्विनम्। प्रव्राज्य चीरवसनं किं नु पश्यसि कारणम्॥
English: Having exiled the famous and heroic Rāma seeing no sin, clad in bark, what benefit do you perceive as yours?
Sanskrit: लुब्धाया विदिती मन्ये न तेऽहं राघवं यथा। तथा ह्यनर्थो राज्यार्थं त्वयानीतो महानयम्॥
English: I deem that you did not know how very highly I regarded Rāghava; and therefore it is that you have brought this mighty calamity.
Sanskrit: अहं हि पुरुषव्याघ्रावपश्यन् रामलक्ष्मणौ। केन शक्तिप्रभावेण राज्यं रक्षितुमुत्सहे॥
English: Not seeing those chiefs of men, Rāma and Lakşmaņa, by virtue of whose energy can I venture to rule the kingdom?
Sanskrit: तं हि नित्यं महाराजो बलवन्तं महौजसम्। उपाश्रितोऽभूद् धर्मात्मा मेरुमैरुवनं यथा ॥
English: The monarch was ever protected by that powerful one possessed of mighty energy, as Meru is protected by its forest.
Sanskrit: सोऽहं कथमिमं भारं महाधुर्यसमुद्यतम्। दम्यो धुरमिवासाद्य सहेयं केन चौजसा ॥
English: Like a calf burdened with a load capable of being borne by a mighty ox, by what energy shall I bear this burden which was borne by an exceedingly strong person?
Sanskrit: अथवा मे भवेच्छक्तिर्योगैर्बुद्धिबलेन वा। सकामां न करिष्यामि त्वामहं पुत्रगर्धिनीम्॥
English: And even if this strength be mine through yoga or vigour of intellect, I will not crown with success the hopes of you, proud of your son.
Sanskrit: न मे विकाङ्क्षा जायेत त्यक्तुं त्वां पापनिश्चयाम्। यदि रामस्य नावेक्षा त्वयि स्यान्मातृवत् सदा॥
English: Nor, had Rāma not always regarded you as his mother, would I hesitate to renounce you, whose heart has been set on sin.
Sanskrit: उत्पन्ना तु कथं बुद्धिस्तवेयं पापदर्शिनी। साधुचारित्रविभ्रष्टे पूर्वेषां नो विगर्हिता॥
English: O you that views unrighteousness, O you that have fallen off from the way of the good, how could such thoughts unworthy of our line, arise in your mind?
Sanskrit: अस्मिन् कुले हि सर्वेषां ज्येष्ठो राज्येऽभिषिच्यते। अपरे भ्रातरस्तस्मिन् प्रवर्तन्ते समाहिताः॥
English: In this race, the eldest brother of al} is installed in the kingdom: the other brothers remain under him.
Sanskrit: न हि मन्ये नृशंसे त्वं राजधर्ममवेक्षसे। गतिं वा न विजानासि राजवृत्तस्य शाश्वतीम्॥
English: O fell one, you did not, I think, know the morality of kings, or the consequence that attends its faithful observance.
Sanskrit: सततं राजपुत्रेषु ज्येष्ठो राजाभिषिच्यते। राज्ञामेतत् समं तत् स्यादिक्ष्वाकूणां विशेषतः॥
English: Of all the princes, the eldest is always installed as the king. Even this is the accepted principle of all sovereigns, specially the descendants of Ikşvāku.
Sanskrit: तेषां धर्मैकरक्षाणां कुलचारित्रशोभिनाम्। अद्य चारित्रशौटीर्यं त्वां प्राप्य विनिवर्तितम्॥
English: But to-day the pride of character of those whose virtue was their sole concern,* and who shone in the character of their line, has been humbled through they instrumentality. *Another interpretation is;, Whose virtue is their sole protector.
Sanskrit: तवापि सुमहाभागे जनेन्द्रकुलपूर्वके। बुद्धिमोहः कथमयं सम्भूतस्त्वयि गर्हितः॥
English: And how, O highly exalted lady, O you that born in a royal race, could such reprehensible fatuity take possession of your senses?
Sanskrit: न तु कामं करिष्यामि तवाहं पापनिश्चये। यया व्यसनमारब्धं जीवितान्तकरं मम॥
English: But, O you bent upon sin, I will by no means fulfil the wish of you by whom has been brought in the first instance this calamity calculated to end my existence.
Sanskrit: एष त्विदानीमेवाहमप्रियार्थं तवानघे। निवर्तयिष्यामि वनाद् भ्रातरं स्वजनप्रियम्॥
English: Further, O sinless one, I will do this at present was to displease you: I will bring from the forest my brother dear to his relatives.
Sanskrit: निवर्तयित्वा रामं च तस्याहं दीप्ततेजसः। दासभूतो भविष्यामि सुस्थितेनान्तरात्मना॥
English: And having brought back Rāma, I will in a perfectly contented spirit, became the slave of that one of flaming energy.
Sanskrit: इत्येवमुक्त्वा भरतो महात्मा प्रियेतरैर्वाक्यगणैस्तुदंस्ताम्। शोकार्दितश्चापि ननाद भूयः सिंहो यथा मन्दरकन्दरस्थः॥
English: The high-souled Bharata afflicted (his mother) with multitudes of words causing pain; and distressed with grief, emitted sounds like to a lion in the cave of Mandāra.
Sanskrit: तां तथा गर्हयित्वा तु मातरं भरतस्तदा। रोषेण महताविष्टः पुनरेवाब्रवीद् वचः॥
English: Having thus reproved his mother in great wrath, Bharata said again.
Sanskrit: राज्याद् भ्रंशस्व कैकेयि नृशंसे दुष्टचारिणि। परित्यक्तासि धर्मेण मा मृतं रुदती भव॥
English: Do you bear yourself from this kingdom, O heartless and wicked Kaikeyī. Having been lost to righteousness, do not you lament me dead.
Sanskrit: किं नु तेऽदूषयद् रामो राजा वा भृशधार्मिकः। ययोर्मृत्युर्विवासश्च त्वत्कृते तुल्यमागतौ॥
English: What qualities of yours were taxed by the king or the exceedingly virtuous Rāma, that both of them simultaneously have come by death and exile respectively through your agency?
Sanskrit: भ्रूणहत्यामसि प्राप्ता कुलस्यास्य विनाशनात्। कैकेयी नरकं गच्छ मा च तातसलोकताम्॥
English: O Kaikeyī, you have been guilty of homicide in consequence of the destruction of this race. Do you go to hell, never to the world attained by my father.
Sanskrit: यत्त्वया हीदृशं पापं कृतं घोरेण कर्मणा। सर्वलोकप्रियं हित्वा ममाप्यापादितं भयम्॥
English: Since, renouncing Rāma dear to all, you have committed this sin by your grim act and brought me into fear.
Sanskrit: त्वत्कृते मे पिता वृत्तो रामश्चारण्यमाश्रितः। अयशो जीवलोके च त्वयाहं प्रतिपादितः॥
English: Through you has my father met with his end, and Rāma has taken refuge in the woods; and it is through you that I have come to ignominy among all creatures.
Sanskrit: मातृरूपे ममामित्रे नृशंसे राज्यकामुके। न तेऽहमभिभाष्योऽस्मि दुर्वृत्ते पतिघातिनि।७।।
English: O you enemy of mine in the guise of a mother! O fell one! O you that covetest the kingdom! do you not speak to me, O wicked wretch!
Sanskrit: कौसल्या च सुमित्रा च याश्चान्या मम मातरः। दुःखेन महताविष्टास्त्वां प्राप्य कुलदूषिणीम्॥
English: O slayer of your husband! it is because of you, stainer of your race, that Kausalyā, Sumiträ, and other mothers of mine have been overwhelmed with a mighty sorrow.
Sanskrit: न त्वमश्वपतेः कन्या धर्मराजस्य धीमतः। राक्षसी तत्र जातासि कुलप्रध्वंसिनी पितुः॥ यत् त्वया धार्मिको रामो नित्यं सत्यपरायणः। वनं प्रस्थापितो वीरः पितापि त्रिदिवं गतः॥ यत् प्रधानासि तत् पापं मयि पित्रा विना कृते। भ्रातृभ्यां च परित्यक्ते सर्वलोकस्य चाप्रिये॥
English: You are never the daughter of the pious and intelligent Aśvapati, you are a Rākṣasī born in that race, you that have destroyed my father's race, inasmuch as the virtuous and heroic Rāma ever observing truth has been sent to the woods and my father has ascended heaven through your agency; inasmuch as you that have perpetrated this arch offence, have laid this sin on me, who have been forsaken by my sire, renounced by my brothers, and come by universal disfavour.
Sanskrit: कौसल्यां धर्मसंयुक्तां वियुक्तां पापनिश्चये। कृत्वा कं प्राप्स्यसे ह्यद्य लोकं निरयगामिनि॥
English: O you of sinful ways, having separated the virtuous Kausalya (from her son), what world, O you that repairest to hell, shall be your portion?
Sanskrit: किं नावबुध्यसे क्रूरे नियतं बन्धुसंश्रयम्। ज्येष्ठं पितृसमं रामं कौसल्यायात्मसम्भवम्॥
English: Does you not, O tortuous one, know that that one sprung from Kucalya's, self, my eldest brother Räma, who is like a father to me, has ever been the refuge of his friends?
Sanskrit: अङ्गप्रत्यङ्गजः पुत्रो हृदयाच्चाभिजायते। तस्मात् प्रियतरो मातुः प्रिया एव तु बान्धवाः॥
English: A son born from all the limbs of his mother, comes out from her heart, and therefore it is that he is far dearer to his mother, albeit her friends are dear to her.* *Angapratyangaja: at., born from the limbs principal and minor. The commentator recounts the face, the breast, the abdomen, the hands and the feet as constituting the former; and eyes, fingers, etc., as the latter.
Sanskrit: अन्यदा किल धर्मज्ञा सुरभिः सुरसम्मता। वहमानौ ददर्शोर्त्यां पुत्रौ विगतचेतसौ॥
English: Once on a time, it is related by persons cognizant of morality, Surabhi regarded by the celestials, beheld two of her sons toiling on earth and seeming to be deprived of their senses.
Sanskrit: तावर्धदिवसं श्रान्तौ दृष्ट्वा पुत्रौ महीतले। रुरोद पुत्रशोकेन बाष्पपर्याकुलेक्षणम्॥
English: And, when the day had been half spent, seeing her sons fatigued on earth, she stricken with grief for them, began to weep with tears flooding her eyes.
Sanskrit: अधस्ताद् व्रजतस्तस्याः सुरराज्ञो महात्मनः। बिन्दवः पतिता गात्रे सूक्ष्माः सुरभिगन्धिनः॥
English: And it came to pass that as the magnanimous sovereign of the celestials was passing below, her fine and fragrant tear drops fell on his person.
Sanskrit: निरीक्षमाणस्तां शक्रो ददर्श सुरभिं स्थिताम्। आकाशे विष्टितां दीनां रुदतीं भृशदुःखिताम्॥।
English: Turning his eyes up, Śakra found Surabhi stationed in the sky, distressed and weeping in extreme anguish of spirit.
Sanskrit: तां दृष्ट्वा शोकसंतप्तां वज्रपाणिर्यशस्विनीम्। इन्द्रः प्राञ्जलिरुद्विग्नः सुरराजोऽब्रवीद् वचः॥
English: Seeing that illustrious one burning in grief, the wielder of the thunder-bolt, Indra the lord of the celestials, waxing anxious, with joined hands said.
Sanskrit: भयं कच्चिन्न चास्मासु कुतश्चिद् विद्यते महत्। कुतो निमित्तः शोकस्ते ब्रूहि सर्वहितैषिणि ॥
English: Is there any great danger in any quarter? Do you, O you that are intent on the welfare of all, say, whence is this grief of yours?
Sanskrit: एवमुक्ता तु सुरभिः सुरराजेन धीमता। प्रत्युवाच ततो धीरा वाक्यं वाक्यविशारदा॥
English: Thus addressed by the intelligent king of the celestials, that one well skilled in speech, the sedate Surabhi answered.
Sanskrit: शान्तं पापं न वः किंचित् कुतश्चिदमराधिप। अहं तु मग्नौ शौचामि स्वपुत्रौ विषमे स्थितौ॥ एतौ दृष्ट्वा कृशौ दीनौ सूर्यरश्मिप्रतापितौ। बध्यमानौ बलीवौं कर्षकेण दुरात्मना॥
English: Auspiciousness, O lord of celestials ! No sin is yours. But I mourn my sons fallen into evil plight, having seen them lean, distressed, and burnt by the rays of the sun, Balivardas afflicted by the wicked-minded ploughman.
Sanskrit: मम कायात् प्रसूतौ हि दुःखितौ भारपीडितौ। यौ दृष्ट्वा परितप्येऽहं नास्ति पुत्रसमः प्रियः॥
English: Seeing those that have been born of my body, cast down and in trouble, I grieve: there is none that is dear like to a son.
Sanskrit: यस्याः पुत्रसहस्रेस्तु कृत्स्नं व्याप्तमिदं जगत्। तां दृष्ट्वा रुदतीं शक्रो न सुतान् मन्यते परम्॥
English: Seeing her the whole earth is filled with whose sons by thousands, weeping, Indra understood that none is an object of greater affection than a son.
Sanskrit: इन्द्रो ह्यश्रुनिपातं तं स्वगात्रे पुण्यगन्धिनम्। सुरभिं मन्यते दृष्ट्वा भूयसी तामिहेश्वरः॥
English: And that lord, Indra, also considered Surabhi of a person breathing a sacred odour, whose tears had dropped on his body, as the foremost being on earth.
Sanskrit: समाप्रतिमवृत्ताया लोकधारणकाम्यया। श्रीमत्या गुणमुख्यायाः स्वभावपरिचेष्टया॥ यस्याः पुत्रसहस्राणि सापि शोचति कामधुक् । किं पुनर्या विना रामं कौसल्या वर्तयिष्यति॥
English: Even that one yielding whatever is asked, auspicious, crowned with the choicest virtues,। although having all natural functions, showing equal kindness to all, and of unequalled character, who maintain all creatures, she who has a thousand sons, grieves (for her sons). How can then Kausalyā carry on existence without Rāma?
Sanskrit: एकपुत्रा च साध्वी च विवत्सेयं त्वया कृता। तस्मात् त्वं सततं दुःखं प्रेत्य चेह च लप्स्यसे ॥
English: Chaste and having an only son, that lady has through you been separated from her son, (like a cow separated from her calf). For this, you will always have to suffer misery alike in this world and the next.
Sanskrit: अहं त्वपचितिं भ्रातुः पितुश्च सकलामिमाम्। वर्धनं यशसश्चापि करिष्यामि न संशयः॥
English: I shall for my part completely minister to my brother and father, and shall without doubt, increase my fame.
Sanskrit: आनाय्य च महाबाहुं कोसलेन्द्रं महाबलम्। स्वयमेव प्रवेक्ष्यामि वनं मुनिनिषेचितम्॥
English: Bringing hither the mighty-armed lord of Kosala endowed with immense strength, I myself will repair to the forest inhabited by ascetics.
Sanskrit: नाहं पापसंकल्पे पापे पापं त्वया कृतम्। शक्तो धारयितुं पौरैर श्रुकण्ठैर्निरीक्षितः॥
English: O you that have delivered yourself over to iniquity, I, looked at by the citizens with their throats oppressed with the vapour grief, cannot bear this (burden of) sin heaped on my by you.
Sanskrit: सात्वमग्नि प्रविश वा स्वयं वा विश दण्डकान्। रज्जु बद्ध्वाथवा कण्ठे नहि तेऽन्यत् परायणम्॥
English: Do you enter fire, or dive into Dandaka, or wound a cord round your neck: other desirable way there is none for you.
Sanskrit: अहमप्यवनों प्राप्ते रामे सत्यपराक्रमे। कृतकृत्यो भविष्यामि विप्रवासितकल्मषः॥
English: On Rāma having truth for prowess, obtaining the earth, I, my disgrace removed, shall be blest.
Sanskrit: इति नाग इवारण्ये तोमराङ्कुशतोदितः। पपात भुवि संक्रुद्धो निःश्वसन्निव पन्नगः॥
English: Grieving thus, Bharata, like an elephant in the forest afflicted with a tomara or ankusa,* fell to the earth sighing like an enraged snake. *Names of instruments.
Sanskrit: संरक्तनेत्रः शिथिलाम्बरस्तथा विधूतसर्वाभरणः परंतपः। बभूव भूमौ पतितो नृपात्मजः। शचीपतेः केतुरिवोत्सवक्षये॥
English: With his eyes reddened, and his cloth falling off, and his ornaments cast away, that subduer of foes, the king's son fallen on the earth, resembled a banner of Sakra after the festival is over.
Sanskrit: दीर्घकालात् समुत्थाय संज्ञां लब्ध्वा स वीर्यवान्। नेत्राभ्यामश्रुपूर्णाभ्यां दीनामुद्वीक्ष्य मातरम्॥ सोऽमात्यमध्ये भरतो जननीमभ्यकुत्सयत्। राज्यं न कामये जातु मन्त्रये नापि मातरम्॥ अभिषेकं न जानामि योऽभूद् राज्ञा समीक्षितः। विप्रकृष्टे ह्यहं देशे शत्रुघ्नसहितोऽभवम्॥
English: Arising after a long while he had regained his consciousness, Bharata endowed with prowess, regarding his distressed mother with eyes filled with tears, began to tax her in the midst of the courtiers: “I had never desired the kingdom. I had never consulted my mother. Nor did I know the installation that had been thought of by the monarch. I was then living in a far country in company with Satrughna."
Sanskrit: वनवासं न जानामि रामस्याहं महात्मनः। विवासनं च सौमित्रेः सीतायाश्च यथाभवत्॥
English: I did not know the banishment of the magnanimous Rāma to the woods, or the exile of Sumitra's son; nor did I know how Sītā came to be banished.
Sanskrit: तथैव क्रोशतस्तस्य भरतस्य महात्मनः। कौसल्या शब्दमाज्ञाय सुमित्रां चेदमब्रवीत्॥
English: As the high-souled Bharata was thus wailing, Kausalyā recognizing his voice spoke to Sumitra.
Sanskrit: आगतः क्रूरकार्यायाः कैकेय्या भरतः सुतः। तमहं द्रष्टुमिच्छामि भरतं दीर्घदर्शिनम्॥
English: Come is Bharata, the son of that one of crooked ways. I am desirous of seeing the farsighted Bharata.
Sanskrit: एवमुक्त्वा सुमित्रां तां विवर्णवदना कृशा। प्रतस्थे भरतो यत्र वेपमाना विचेतना॥ स तु राजात्मजश्चापि शत्रुघ्नसहितस्तदा। प्रतस्थे भरतो येन कौसल्याया निवेशनम्॥
English: Having said this to Sumitrā, that one emaciated and with a pallid countenance, trembling and almost deprived of sensation, went to where Bharata, was. And it came to pass that the king's son, Bharata, along with Śatrughna had just then by the way that led to the same, been proceeding to Kausalyā's quarter.
Sanskrit: ततः शत्रुघ्नभरतौ कौसल्या प्रेक्ष्य दुःखितौ। पर्यष्वजेतां दुःखार्ती पतितां नष्टचेतनाम्॥ रुदन्तौ रुदती दुःखात् समेत्यार्या मनस्विनी। भरतं प्रत्युवाचेदं कौसल्या भृशदुःखिता॥
English: Then Śatrughna and Bharata seeing the aggrieved Kausalyā, embraced the stricken and fallen lady wellnigh deprived of her senses. Thereupon, weeping from grief, the noble and intelligent Kausalyà exceedingly afflicted, embracing them as they indulged in sorrow, said to Bharata.
Sanskrit: इदं ते राज्यकामस्य राज्यं प्राप्तमकण्टकम्। सम्प्राप्तं बत कैकेय्या शीघ्रं क्रूरेण कर्मणा॥
English: Thus have you, that had desired the kingdom, received it rid of its thorn. Alas! it has been speedily obtained through the crooked act of Kaikeyi.
Sanskrit: प्रस्थाप्य चीरवसनं पुत्रं मे वनवासिनम्। कैकेयी के गुणं तत्र पश्यति क्रूरदर्शिनी॥
English: What is the good that is perceived by Kaikeyi of tortuous sight in sending away my son clad in bark to the woods?
Sanskrit: क्षिप्रं मामपि कैकेयी प्रस्थापयितुमर्हति। हिरण्यनाभो यत्रास्ते सुतो मे सुमहायशाः॥
English: It behoves Kaikeyi to send me also speedily to where is staying my illustrious son furnished with a gold-gleaming navel.
Sanskrit: अथवा स्वयमेवाहं सुमित्रानुचरा सुखम्। अग्निहोत्रं पुरस्कृत्य प्रस्थास्ये यत्र राघवः॥
English: Or first performing the fire-sacrifice, I followed by Sumitrā, will myself happily seek the way by which Rāghava (has gone to the woods).
Sanskrit: कामं वा स्वयमेवाद्य तत्र मां नेतुमर्हसि। यत्रासौ पुरुषव्याघ्रस्तप्यते मे सुतस्तपः॥
English: Or it behoves you to yourself bring me to the place where that foremost of men, my son, is performing austerities.
Sanskrit: इदं हि तव विस्तीर्णं धनधान्यसमाचितम्। हस्त्यश्वरथसम्पूर्ण राज्यं निर्यातितं तया॥
English: This spacious kingdom abounding in corn and wealth, and filled with elephants, horses, and cars, is yours, having been conferred on you (by Kaikeyi).
Sanskrit: इत्यादिबहुभिर्वाक्यैः क्रूरैः सम्भर्त्तितोऽनघः। विव्यथे भरतोऽतीव व्रणे तुद्येव सूचिना॥
English: Thus reproached by many a harsh word, the sinless Bharata felt exceeding pain like to that produced by pricking a sore with a needle.
Sanskrit: पपात चरणौ तस्यास्तदा सम्भ्रान्तचेतनः। विलप्य बहुधासंज्ञो लब्धसंज्ञस्तदाभवत्॥ एवं विलपमानां तां प्राञ्जलिर्भरतस्तदा। कौसल्या प्रत्युवाचेदं शोकैर्बहुभिरावृताम् ॥
English: Exceedingly agitated, he fell at Kausalya's feet, lamenting much, and well nigh deprived of his Bharata then regained his consciousness, and with joined hands answered Kausalya lamenting thus and overcome with excess of sorrow, saying.
Sanskrit: आर्ये कस्मादजानन्तं गर्हसे मामकल्मषम्। विपुलां च मम प्रीति स्थितां जानासि राघवे॥
English: O noble lady, what for do you censure me who am without sin and who know nothing of this? You know that profuse is my delight in Rāghava.
Sanskrit: कृतशास्त्रानुगा बुद्धिर्मा भूत् तस्य कदाचन। सत्यसंधः सतां श्रेष्ठो यस्यार्योऽनुमते गतः॥
English: May the sense of him never follow scripture, that had approved the exile into the woods of that foremost of the good, the noble Rāma intent senses. on truth!
Sanskrit: प्रेष्यं पापीयसां यातु सूर्यं च प्रति मेहतु। हन्तु पादेन गाः सुप्ता यस्यार्योऽनुमते गतः॥
English: May such a person as had approved the exile to the woods of the noble one undergo servitude at the hands of the sinful, answer the calls of nature facing the Sun, and kick a sleeping cow with his feet!
Sanskrit: कारयित्वा महत् कर्म भर्ता भृत्यमनर्थकम्। अधर्मो योऽस्य सोऽस्यास्तु यस्यार्योऽनुमते गतः॥
English: May he that had approved the exile of the noble one into the woods come by the sin that is reaped by a master who withholds salary from servants after the ceremony is over!
Sanskrit: परिपालयमानस्य राज्ञो भूतानि पुत्रवत्। ततस्तु दुह्यतां पापं यस्यार्योऽनुमते गतः॥
English: May that one that had approved the exile of the noble Rāma to the woods, be guilty of the sin that is his that injures a sovereign engaged in ruling his subjects like sons!
Sanskrit: बलिषड्भागमुद्धत्य नृपस्यारक्षितुः प्रजाः। अधर्मो योऽस्य सोऽस्यास्तु यस्यार्योऽनुमते गतः॥
English: May the person that had approved the exile of the noble one to the woods, reap the sin of his that having taken a sixth pare of their incomes, does not protect his subjects!
Sanskrit: संश्रुत्य च तपस्विभ्यः सत्रे वै यज्ञदक्षिणाम्। तां चापलतां पापं यस्यार्योऽनुमते गतः॥
English: May he that had approved the exile of the noble one to the woods, come by the demerit that is his that denies Dakșiņās to ascetics in a sacrifice, after having promised them the same!
Sanskrit: हस्त्यश्वरथसम्बाधे युद्धे शस्त्रसमाकुले। मास्म कार्षीत् सतां धर्म यस्यार्योऽनुमते गतः॥
English: May he that had approved the exile into the woods of the noble one, never discharge the duty of the good in the field thronged with elephants and horses and cars, and bristling with arms!
Sanskrit: उपदिष्टं सुसूक्ष्मार्थं शास्त्रं यत्नेन धीमता। स नाशयतु दुष्टात्मा यस्यार्योऽनुमते गतः॥
English: May the wicked wight that had approved the exile of the noble one to the woods bring to naught the subtle scriptural knowledge which has been carefully taught him by his intelligent preceptor!
Sanskrit: मा च तं व्यूढबाह्वसं चन्द्रभास्करतेजसम्। द्राक्षीद् राज्यस्थमासीनं यस्यार्योऽनुमते गतः॥
English: May that one that had approved the exile of the noble (Rāma) to the woods never behold the long-armed and broad-shouldered (Rāghava) resembling the Sun and the Moon in energy (on the throne)!
Sanskrit: पायसं कृसरं छागं वृथा सोऽश्नातु निघृणः। गुरुंश्चाप्यवजानातु यस्यार्योऽनुमते गतः॥
English: May that one void of aversion, that had approved of the exile of the noble one to the woods feed on Payasa, Krsara, and goat's flesh, which have not been offered in sacrifice; and may he insult his spiritual precept.
Sanskrit: गवां स्पृशतु पादेन गुरून् परिवदेत च। मित्रे दुह्येत सोऽत्यर्थं यस्यार्योऽनुमते गतः॥
English: Or! May he that had approved the exile of the noble one to the woods touch a cow with his feet, revile his superiors, and injure his friends!
Sanskrit: विश्वासात् कथितं किंचित् परिवादं मिथः क्वचित्। विवृणोतु स दुष्टात्मा यस्यार्योऽनुमते गतः॥
English: May that one of wicked soul that had approved of the exile of the noble one into the woods divulge any defects (of another's character) that have been communicated to him in strict confidence!
Sanskrit: अकर्ता चाकृतज्ञश्च त्यक्तश्च निरपत्रपः। लोके भवतु विद्विष्टो यस्यार्योऽनुमते गतः॥
English: May he that had approved the exile of Rāma to the woods, never repay any good act, be ungrateful, abandoned by all, the object of universal execration.
Sanskrit: पुत्रैर्दासैश्च भृत्यैश्च स्वगृहे परिवारितः। स एको मृष्टमश्नातु यस्यार्योऽनुमते गतः॥
English: May he that had approved of the exile into the woods of the noble one, eat alone in his home, although surrounded by sons and wives and servitors!
Sanskrit: अप्राप्य सदृशान् दाराननपत्यः प्रमीयताम्। अनवाप्य क्रियां धर्त्यां यस्यार्योऽनुमते गतः॥
English: May he that haå approved of the exile of the noble one, die without obtaining wives worthy of him, without sons, without any good works performed!
Sanskrit: मात्मनः संततिं द्राक्षीत् स्वेषु दारेषु दुःखितः। आयुःसमग्रमप्राप्य यस्यार्योऽनुमते गतः॥
English: May he that had approved the exile of the noble one into the woods, never see his own offspring, and not attaining ripe age, may he mourn his wives!
Sanskrit: राजस्त्रीबालवृद्धानां वधे यत् पापमुच्यते। भृत्यत्यागे च यत्पापं तत्पापं प्रतिपद्यताम्॥
English: And may he come by the sin that is reaped by slaying a king, a woman, a boy, or an old man, or by renouncing those who have claims on his maintenance!
Sanskrit: लाक्षया मधुमांसेन लोहेन च विषेण च। सदैव बिभृयाद् भृत्यान् यस्यार्योऽनुमते गतः॥
English: May he that had approved the exile of the noble one into the woods always feed his family with lac, honey, meat, iron, and poison!