pari-kulkarni/itihasa-sanskrit-en-filtered huggingface dataset:
Sanskrit: ततस्तु विगते वाष्पे सूतं स्पृष्टोदकं शुचिम्। रामस्तु मधुरं वाक्यं पुनः पुनरुवाच तम्॥
English: Then when he had dried up his tears, and sanctified himself by touching the water of the Gangā, Rāma again addressed the charioteer in sweet words, saying.
Sanskrit: इक्ष्वाकूणां त्वया तुल्यं सुहृदं नोपलक्षये। यथा दशरथो राजा मां न शोचेत् तथा कुरु॥
English: I do not find any one that is a friend of the sons of Ikşvāku like to you. Do you so act that king Dasaratha may not grieve (for me.)
Sanskrit: शोकोपहतचेताश्च वृद्धश्च जगतीपतिः। कामभारावसन्नश्च तस्मादेतद् ब्रवीमि ते॥
English: The lord of earth has been deprived of his senses by grief, has grown old, and is oppressed by the weight of desires (thwarted.) Therefore it is that I tell you this.
Sanskrit: यद् यथा ज्ञापयेत् किंचित् स महात्मा महीपतिः। कैकेय्याः प्रियकामार्थं कार्यं तदविकाझ्या॥
English: Whatever that noble-minded lord of earth commands for the pleasure of Kaikeyi, should by us be done with alacrity.
Sanskrit: एतदर्थं हि राज्यानि प्रशासति नराधिपाः। यदेषां सर्वकृत्येषु मनो न प्रतिहन्यते ॥
English: It is for this that those lords of men, kings, govern, viz., that others may not thwart their purposes.)
Sanskrit: यद् यथा स महाराजो नालीकमधिगच्छति। न च ताम्यति शोकेन सुमन्त्र कुरु तत् तथा॥
English: O Sumantra, do you act so, that the mighty monarch may not come across anything unpleasant, or be attacked with chagrin through grief.
Sanskrit: अदृष्टदुःखं राजानं वृद्धमार्यं जितेन्द्रियम्। ब्रूयास्त्वमभिवाद्यैव मम हेतोरिदं वचः॥
English: Do you saluting him for me say these words to the aged monarch who has his senses under complete control, and who has never seen misfortune before.
Sanskrit: न चाहमनुशोचामि लक्ष्मणो न च शोचति। अयोध्यायाश्च्युताश्चेति वने वत्स्यामहेति वा॥
English: Neither I nor Lakşmaņa grieve for being ejected out of Ayodhyā, or that we shall have to abide in the forest.
Sanskrit: चतुर्दशसु वर्षेषु निवृत्तेषु पुनः पुनः। लक्ष्मणं मां च सीतां च द्रक्ष्यसे शीघ्रमागतान्॥
English: After these fourteen years have gone by, you will see Lakşmaņa, Sītā and myself come to you speedily.
Sanskrit: एवमुक्त्वा तु राजानं मातरं च सुमन्त्र मे। अन्याश्च देवी: सहिताः कैकेयीं च पुनः पुनः॥ आरोग्यं ब्रूहि कौसल्यामथ पादाभिवन्दनम्। सीताया मम चार्यस्य वचनाल्लक्ष्मणस्य च॥
English: Having thus, O Sumantra, in my name again and again spoken to the king, to iny mother and to Kaikeyi along with the other revered ladies, do you communicate to Kausalyā our welfare conveying to her at the same time Şītā's and Lakşmana's salutations to her feet as well those of myself who am her eldest son.
Sanskrit: ब्रूयाश्चापि महाराजं भरतं क्षिप्रमानय। आगतश्चापि भरतः स्थाप्यो नृपमते पदे॥
English: Do you also tell the king, 'Do you speedily bring Bharata; and when Bharata has come, let him be the invested with royalty.
Sanskrit: भरतं च परिष्वज्य यौवराज्येऽभिषिच्य च। अस्मत्संतापजं दुःखं न त्वामभिभविष्यति ॥
English: When you have embraced Bharata and installed him in the kingdom, you no longer be overpowered with grief on our account.'
Sanskrit: भरतश्चापि वक्तव्यो यथा राजनि वर्तसे। तथा मातृषु वर्तेथाः सर्वास्वेवाविशेषतः॥ यथा च तव कैकेयी सुमित्रा चाविशेषतः। तथैव देवी कौसल्या मम माता विशेषतः॥
English: And tell Bharata, “As you bear yourself to the king so it behoves you to bear yourself to all your mothers, without making any distinction at hall. As Kaikeyi is unto you, so without distinction is Sumitrā.'
Sanskrit: तातस्य प्रियकामेन यौवराज्यमवेक्षता। लोकयोरुभयोः शक्यं नित्यदा सुखमेधितुम्॥
English: Governing the kingdom as the heir-apparent with the view of compassing the pleasure of our father, he will be able to secure happiness both in this world and the next.
Sanskrit: निवर्त्यमानो रामेण सुमन्त्रः प्रतिबोधितः। तत्सर्वं वचनं श्रुत्वा स्नेहात् काकुत्स्थमब्रवीत्॥
English: Told by Rāma to go back and instructed in this wise, Sumantra having heard everything, addressed Kākutstha from affection, saying.
Sanskrit: यदहं नोपचारेण ब्रूयां स्नेहादविक्लवम्। भक्तिमानिति तत् तावद् वाक्यं त्वं क्षन्तुमर्हसि ॥ कथं हि त्वविहीनोऽहं प्रतियास्यामि तां पुरीम्। तव तात वियोगेन पुत्रशोकातुरामिव ॥
English: It behoves you to forgive what I say plainly from affection, without letting myself by overwhelmed with emotion, and with due reverence for you. How can I, O child, without you return to that city, which seems as it afflicted with the grief incident to the loss of a son?
Sanskrit: सराममपि तावन्मे रथं दृष्ट्वा तदा जनः। विना रामं रथं दृष्ट्वा विदीर्येतापि सा पुरी॥ दैन्यं हि नगरी गच्छेद् दृष्ट्वा शून्यमिमं रथम्। सूतावशेषं स्वं सैन्यं हतवीरमिवाहवे।४१॥
English: Having then seen my car with Rāma on it, the hearts of the people and the palace will in all likelihood burst when they shall see it without Rāma. Surely the city will be distressed on beholding this empty car, like a host seeing car with its ro slain and the charioteer alone left in the field.
Sanskrit: दूरेऽपि निवसन्तं त्वां मानसेनाग्रतः स्थितम्। चिन्तयन्तोऽद्य नूनं त्वां निराहाराः कृताः प्रजाः॥
English: Thinking in their minds that you although actually at a great distance from them, are before them, the subjects (not finding you) will renounce food (and thus destroy themselves.)
Sanskrit: दृष्टं तद् वै त्वया राम यादृशं त्वत्प्रवासने। प्रजानां संकुलं वृत्तं त्वच्छोकक्लान्तचेतसाम्॥
English: You yourself witnessed how the subjects overwhelmed with grief on your account, conducted themselves when you were being banished to the woods.
Sanskrit: आर्तनादो हि यः पौरैरुन्मुक्तस्त्वत्प्रवासने। सरथं मां निशाम्यैव कुर्युः शतगुणं ततः॥
English: They will on seeing me with the car, burst out into lamentations exceeding a hundred times in bitterness those in which they indulged when you set out for the forest.
Sanskrit: अहं किं चापि वक्ष्यामि देवीं तव सुतो मया। नीतोऽसौ मातुलकुलं संतापं मा कृथा इति॥ असत्यमपि नैवाहं ब्रूयां वचनमीदृशम्। कथमप्रियमेवाहं ब्रूयां सत्यमिदं वचः॥
English: Shall I say to the worshipful one, 'I have conveyed your son to the home of his maternal uncle. Do you not grieve.' I will never tell such a lie. Yet how can I speak this truth which is so very unpleasant?
Sanskrit: मम तावन्नियोगस्थास्त्वबन्धुजनवाहिनः। कथं रथं त्वया हीनं प्रवाह्यन्ति हयोत्तमाः॥
English: And ever abiding by my command and used to carry your friends, how can these excellent horses bear this car without you?
Sanskrit: तन्न शक्ष्याम्यहं गन्तुमयोध्यां त्वदृतेऽनघ। वनवासानुयानाय मामनुज्ञातुमर्हसि॥
English: Therefore, O şinless one, I shall not be able to go to Ayodhyā without you; and it behoves you to permit me to follow you to the forest.
Sanskrit: यदि मे याचमानस्य त्यागमेव करिष्यसि। सरथोऽग्नि प्रवेक्ष्यामि त्यक्तमात्र इह त्वया॥
English: But if you forsake me who beseech you, I will as soon as left by you, enter into fire along with the car.
Sanskrit: भविष्यन्ति वने यानि तपोविघ्नकराणि ते। रथेन प्रतिबाधिष्ये तानि सर्वाणि राघव॥
English: I shall, O Rāghava, by means of this car, withstand all those impediments that shall present themselves against your ascetic austerities in the forest.
Sanskrit: त्वत्कृतेन मया प्राप्तं रथचर्याकृतं सुखम्। आशंसे त्वत्कृतेनाहं वनवासकृतं सुखम्॥
English: I have through your favour experienced the pleasure of driving the car. I expect at your hands the pleasure of living in the woods.
Sanskrit: प्रसीदेच्छामि तेऽरण्ये भवितुं प्रत्यनन्तरः। प्रीत्याभिहितमिच्छामि भव मे प्रत्यनन्तरः॥
English: Be you propitious. It is my wish to remain in the forest with you, and do you say, affectionately, 'Do you remain by my side.'
Sanskrit: इमेऽपि च हया वीर यदि ते वनवासिनः। परिचर्यां करिष्यन्ति प्राप्स्यन्ति परमां गतिम्॥
English: And these horses, O hero, will attain to a supreme state if your serve you during your abode in the forest.
Sanskrit: तव शुश्रूषणं मूर्धा करिष्यामि वने वसन्। अयोध्यां देवलोकं वा सर्वथा प्रजहाम्यहम्॥
English: Living in the forest, I will serve you with the crown of my head; and I will entirely renounce Ayodhyā or the celestial regions themselves.
Sanskrit: नहि शक्या प्रवेष्टुं सा मयायोध्या त्वया विना। राजधानी महेन्द्रस्य यथा दुष्कृतकर्मणा॥
English: Even as a doer of evil deeds cannot enter the metropolis of the mighty Indra, I am incapable of entering Ayodhyā without you.
Sanskrit: वनवासे क्षयं प्राप्ते ममैष हि मनोरथः। यदनेन रथेनैव त्वां वहेयं पुरी पुनः॥
English: This is my desire that the term of exile over, I may carry you back to the palace on this very car.
Sanskrit: चतुर्दश हि वर्षाणि सहितस्य त्वया वने। क्षणभूतानि यास्यन्ति शतसंख्यानि चान्यथा॥
English: Remaining with you in the forest the fourteen years will pass away dwindled into a moment, but without you, they shall the proportions of an hundred years. assume
Sanskrit: भृत्यवत्सल तिष्ठन्तं भर्तृपुत्रगते पथि। भक्तं भृत्यं स्थितं स्थित्या न मा त्वं हातुमर्हसि ॥
English: O you bearing affection towards your servants, it does not behove you to forsake your servant having regard for you, ever abiding by the way that is wended by the son of his master, and observing the duties of his position.
Sanskrit: एवं बहुविधं दीनं याचमानं पुनः पुनः। रामो भृत्यानुकम्पी तु सुमन्त्रमिदमब्रवीत्॥ जानामि परमां भक्तिमहं ते भर्तृवत्सल। शृणु चापि यदर्थं त्वां प्रेषयामि पुरीमितः॥
English: Thereupon Rāma kind towards servants, said these words to Sumantra as he besought him thus humbly in various ways, O you that bear attachment to your master, I know that you regard me highly. But do you listen as to why I send you to the city from hence.
Sanskrit: नगरीं त्वां गतं दृष्ट्वा जननी मे यवीयसी। कैकेयी प्रत्ययं गच्छेदिति रामो वनं गतः॥
English: Seeing you returned to the city, my youngest mother Kaikeyi will believe that Rāma has gone to the woods.
Sanskrit: विपरीते तुष्टिहीना वनवासं गते मयि। राजानं नातिशङ्केत मिथ्यावादीति धार्मिकम् ॥
English: Then well pleased on my having repaired to the woods, she will not entertain any apprehension anent the righteous monarch, thinking that he is intruthful.
Sanskrit: एष मे प्रथमः कल्पो यदम्बा मे यवीयसी। भरतारक्षितं वृत्तं पुत्रराज्यमवाप्स्यते॥
English: This is my first wish that my youngest mother may obtain her son's kingdom, prosperous and well protected by Bharata.
Sanskrit: मम प्रियार्थं राज्ञश्च सुमन्त्र त्वं पुरीं व्रज। संदिष्टश्चापि यानास्तांस्तान् ब्रूयास्तथा तथा॥
English: Do you, O Sumantra, bear yourself to the palace to compass the end of both the king and myself, and do you communicate in the desired way what I have said to the respective parties.
Sanskrit: इत्युक्त्वा वचनं सूतं सान्त्वयित्वा पुनः पुनः। गुहं वचनमक्लीबो रामो हेतुमदब्रवीत्॥
English: Having said this to the charioteer and consoled him again and again, the energetic Rāma spoke to Guha the following words fraught with reason.
Sanskrit: नेदानी गुह योग्योऽयं वासो मे सजने वने। अवश्यमाश्रमे वासः कर्तव्यस्तद्गतो विधिः॥
English: O Guha, I should not now reside in a forest inhabited by men. I should certainly now abide in an asylum in proper guise.
Sanskrit: सोऽहं गृहीत्वा नियमं तपस्विजनभूषणम्। हितकामः पितुर्भूयः सीताया लक्ष्मणस्य च॥ जटाः कृत्वा गमिष्यामि न्यग्रोधक्षीरमानय। तत्क्षीरं राजपुत्राय गुहः क्षिप्रमुपाहरत्॥
English: In harmony with the wishes of Sītā and Laks maņa, I, imposing on myself in the interests of my father self-denial and wearing that ornament of ascetics, a head of matted hair, will go (to the forest). Do you therefore bring me starch from the banian.” Thereupon Guha speedily brought the starch for the prince. And prepared matted locks for himself, Rāma and Laksmana.
Sanskrit: लक्ष्मणस्यात्मनश्चैव रामस्तेनाकरोज्जटाः। दीर्घबाहुर्नरव्याघ्रो जटिलत्वमधारयत्॥ तौ तदा चीरसम्पन्नौ जटामण्डलधारिणौ। अशोभेतामृषिसमौ भ्रातरौ रामलक्ष्मणौ॥
English: And that mighty-armed chief of men wore matted locks. And those brothers Rāma and Lakş maņa dressed as mendicants, and wearing heads of matted hair, appeared like saints.
Sanskrit: ततो वैखानसं मार्गमास्थितः सहलक्ष्मणः। व्रतमादिष्टवान् रामः सहायं गुहमब्रवीत्॥
English: Then entering upon the Vānaprastha mode of life, Rāma along with Lakşmaņa assuming the vow of that life, observed to that adherent of his, Guha.
Sanskrit: अप्रमतो बले कोशे दुर्गे जनपदे तथा। भवेथा गुह राज्यं हि दुरारक्षतमं मतम् ॥
English: Do you, my friend, vigilantly protect the army, the exchequer, the fort and the provinces; for a kingdom demands all the exertions (of the king thereof).
Sanskrit: स भ्रातुः ततस्तं समनुज्ञाप्य गुहमिक्ष्वाकुनन्दनः। जगाम तूर्णमव्यग्रः सभार्यः सहलक्ष्मणः॥
English: Then taking the permission of Guha, the descendant of Ikşvāku, holding his soul in calmness, set out with his wife and Lakşmaņa.
Sanskrit: स तु दृष्ट्वा नदीतीरे नावमिक्ष्वाकुनन्दनः। तितीर्घः शीघ्रगां गङ्गामिदं वचनमब्रवीत्॥
English: Seeing a boat at the river-side, that son of Ikşvāku desirous of crossing the swift-coursing Garigā, spoke these words.
Sanskrit: आरोह त्वं नरव्याघ्र स्थितां नावमिमां शनैः। सीतां चारोपयान्वक्षं परिगृह्य मनस्विनीम्॥
English: Do you ascend, gently, O foremost of men, the boat that stay here, after the making the virtuous Sītā ascend by taking her by the hand.
Sanskrit: शासनं श्रुत्वा सर्वमप्रतिकूलयन्। आरोप्य मैथिली पूर्वमारुरोहात्मवांस्ततः॥
English: Hearing his brother's command, that strongwilled one, furthering everything, having made Mithila's daughter ascend, ascended himself.
Sanskrit: अथारुरोह तेजस्वी स्वयं लक्ष्मणपूर्वजः। ततो निषादाधिपतिर्णहो ज्ञातीनचोदयत्॥
English: That energetic elder brother of Lakşmaņa next ascended himself. Then the lord of the Nişadas, Guha, incited his kinsfolk.
Sanskrit: राघवोऽपि महातेजा नावमारुह्य तां ततः। ब्रह्मवत्क्षत्रवच्चैव जजाप हितमात्मनः॥
English: Having got on board the boat, the exceedingly puissant Rāghava for securing his welfare, recited mantras fit to be recited by Kștriyas and Brahmanas.
Sanskrit: आचम्य च यथाशास्त्रं नदी तां सह सीतया। प्रणमत्प्रीतिसंतुष्टो लक्ष्मणश्च महारथः।७९।।
English: Then that mighty car-warrior, Laksmana, sipping water from the river as laid down in the scriptures, bowed down to it along with Sītā in gladness of heart.
Sanskrit: अनुज्ञाय सुमन्त्रं च सबलं चैव तं गुहम्। आस्थाय नावं रामस्तु चोदयामास नाविकान्॥
English: Then telling Sumantra, Guha, and the forces, Rāma ascending the boat, ordered the boatmen (to proceed).
Sanskrit: ततस्तैश्चालिता नौका कर्णधारसमाहिता। शुभस्फ्यवेगाभिहता शीघ्रं सलिलमत्यगात्॥
English: Then the boat decked out by the heimsman, moved by them, and urged on by the pulls of the goodly roars, proceeded apace in the water.
Sanskrit: मध्यं तु समनुप्राप्य भागीरथ्यास्त्वनिन्दिता। वैदेही प्राञ्जलिर्भूत्वा तां नदीमिदमब्रवीत्॥
English: Having arrived at the middle of the Bhagirathi, that blameless one, Vaidehi, with joined hands, addressed the river, saying.
Sanskrit: पुत्रो दशरथस्यायं महाराजस्य धीमतः। निदेशं पालयत्वेनं गङ्गे त्वदभिरक्षितः॥
English: O Ganga, protected by you, may the son of the intelligent and mighty monarch, Dasaratha, execute the mandate (of the latter.)
Sanskrit: चतुर्दश हि वर्षाणि समग्राण्युष्य कानने। भ्रात्रा सह मया चैव पुनः प्रत्यागमिष्यति ॥
English: Having spent complete fourteen years in the forest, he will return in company with his brother and myself.
Sanskrit: ततस्त्वां देवि सुभगे क्षेमेण पुनरागता। यक्ष्ये प्रमुदिता गङ्गे सर्वकामसमृद्धिनी॥
English: Then, O worshipful one, O you of auspicious fortune, having returned safely, I will, O Gangā, worship you, you that crown every desire.
Sanskrit: त्वं हि त्रिपथगे देवि ब्रह्मलोकं समक्षसे। भार्या चोदधिराजस्य लोकेऽस्मिन् सम्प्रदृश्यसे॥
English: O you that wend in three ways, O revered one, you envelope the regions of Brahma. You appear in this world as the spouse of the Ocean-king.
Sanskrit: सा त्वां देवि समस्यामि प्रशंसामि च शोभने। प्राप्तराज्ये नरव्याघ्र शिवेन पुनरागते॥ गवां शतसहस्रं च वस्त्राण्यन्नं च पेशलम्। ब्राह्मणेभ्यः प्रदास्यामि तव प्रियचिकीर्षया॥
English: I will, O respected one, bow down to you, O beauteous one, I will hymn you, when, with good fortune returned, the foremost of men has obtained the kingdom, I will to please you give away to Brāhmaṇas hundreds and thousands of kine, cloths, sapid rice, and vessels of wine by thousands, and pillaos.
Sanskrit: सुराघटसहस्रेण मांसभूतौदनेन च। यक्ष्ये त्वां प्रीयतां देवि पुरीं पुनरुपागता॥ यानि त्वत्तीरवासीनि दैवतानि च सन्ति हि। तानि सर्वाणि यक्ष्यामि तीर्थान्यायतनानि च॥ पुनरेव महाबाहुर्मया भ्रात्रा च संगतः। अयोध्यां वनवासात् तु प्रविशत्वनघोऽनघे॥
English: O worshipful one, I will worship you on Rāma having returned to the city. And I will worship all the gods that dwell on your banks, as well as the holy spots and fanes, as soon as, O sinless one, that mighty-armed one without sin will, coming back from his abode in the forest, enter Ayodhyā in company with his brother and myself.
Sanskrit: तथा सम्भाषमाणा सा सीता गङ्गामनिन्दिता। दक्षिणा दक्षिणं तीरं क्षिप्रमेवाभ्युपागमत् ॥
English: Having thus addressed the Gangā, that blameless one ever obedient to her husband, swiftly went to the south bank (of the river).
Sanskrit: तीरं तु समनुप्राप्य नावं हित्वा नरर्षभः। प्रातिष्ठत सह भ्रात्रा वैदेह्या च परंतपः॥
English: Going to the (other) bank of the stream, that best of men, and subduer of foes stood along with his brother and Vaidehī.
Sanskrit: अथाब्रवीन्महाबाहुः सुमित्रानन्दवर्धनम्। भव संरक्षणार्थाय सजने विजनेऽपि वा॥ अवश्यं रक्षणं कार्यं मद्विधैर्विजने वने। अग्रतो गच्छ सौमित्रे सीता त्वामनुगच्छतु॥ पृष्ठतोऽनुगमिष्यामि सीतां त्वां चानुपालयन्। अन्योन्यस्य हि नो रक्षा कर्तव्या पुरुषर्षभ॥
English: Then that long-armed one spoke to the enhancer of Sumitra's delight, saying, Be you, whether in society or solitude, intent upon protecting Sītā. Of course it behoves us to protect her in lone places. Do you, O son of Sumitrā, go ahead; and let Sītā follow you. I myself will go in your wake, protecting both yourself and Sītā. Surely, O foremost of men, we should now protect each other.
Sanskrit: न हि तावदतिक्रान्ताऽसुकरा काचन क्रिया। अद्य दुःखं तु वैदेही वनवासस्य वेत्स्यति॥
English: We have not yet performed any of the arduous tasks. To day Vaidehi will know the grief of a life in the woods.
Sanskrit: प्रणष्टजनसम्बाधं क्षेत्रारामविवर्जितम्। विषमं च प्रपातं च वनमद्य प्रवेक्ष्यति॥
English: And to day she will enter the forest destitute of the concourse of men, devoid of fields and gardens, uneven, and containing pits, etc.
Sanskrit: श्रुत्वा रामस्य वचनं प्रतस्थे लक्ष्मणोऽग्रतः। अनन्तरं च सीताया राघवो रघुनन्दनः॥
English: Hearing Rama's words, Laksmana went ahead; that descendant of Raghu, Rāma, followed Sita.
Sanskrit: गतं तु गङ्गापरपारमाशु रामं सुमन्त्रः सततं निरीक्ष्य। मुमोच बाष्पं व्यथितस्तपस्वी॥
English: On Rāma having speedily crossed the Gangā, the distressed Sumantra who had been gazing at him steadfastly, being no longer able to discern him, turned away his eyes and, overcome with grief, shed tears.
Sanskrit: स लोकपालप्रतिमप्रभावस्तीर्त्वा महात्मा वरदो महानदीम्। ततः समृद्धाञ्छुभसस्यमालिनः क्षणेन वत्सान् मुदितानुपागमत्॥
English: And having crossed that mighty river, that high-souled one, that bestower of boons, resembling in prowess a Lokapăla, without delay entered the flourishing and smiling Vatsas crowned with goodly crops.
Sanskrit: तौ तत्र हत्वा चतुरो महामृगान् वराहमृश्यं पृषतं महारुरुम्। आदाय मेध्यं त्वरितं बुभुक्षितौ वासाय काले ययतुर्वनस्पतिम्॥
English: And then the two (brothers) having slain the four kinds of beasts, viz., boars, rsyas, prsatas and maharurus,* and taking their flesh, in the evening took refuge under a mighty tree, feeling the demands of appetite. *Varieties of deer.
Sanskrit: स तं वृक्षं समासाद्य संध्यामन्वास्य पश्चिमाम्। रामो रमयतां श्रेष्ठ इति होवाच लक्ष्मणम्॥
English: Having taken refuge under the tree and performed his evening devotions, that foremost of those capable of charming others. Rāma, addressed Laksmana, saying.
Sanskrit: अद्येयं प्रथमा रात्रिर्याता जनपदाद् बहिः। या सुमन्त्रेण रहिता तां नोत्कण्ठितुमर्हसि ॥
English: To day is the first night (which we must spend) outside the inhabited tracts without the company of Sumantra.. You ought not to suffer your mind to be uneasy on that score.
Sanskrit: जागर्तव्यमतन्द्रिभ्यामद्यप्रभृति रात्रिषु। योगक्षेमौ हि सीताया वर्तेते लक्ष्मणावयोः॥
English: From to night forth, we shall have to guard her vigilantly, for, O Laksmana, the preservation of what she has as well as the securing to her of what she has not, rests with us.
Sanskrit: रात्रिं कथंचिदेवेमां सौमित्रे वर्तयामहे। अपवर्तामहे भूमावास्तीर्य स्वयमर्जितैः॥
English: We will, O son of Sumitrā, anyhow pass the night; let us ourselves procuring (leaves) and spreading them on the ground, anyhow lie down on it.
Sanskrit: स तु संविश्य मेदिन्यां महार्हशयनोचितः। इमाः सौमित्रये रामो व्याजहार कथाः शुभाः॥
English: Saying this, Rāma lying down on the ground although worthy of a costly bed, spoke these excellent words to Sumitrā's son.
Sanskrit: ध्रुवमद्य महाराजो दुःखं स्वपिति लक्ष्मण। कृतकामा तु कैकेयी तुष्टा भवितुमर्हति॥
English: O Lakşmaņa, surely the king sleeps uneasily to day, and Kaikeyi having attained her end ought to be satisfied.
Sanskrit: सा हि देवी महाराज कैकेयी राज्यकारणात्। अपि न च्यावयेत् प्राणान् दृष्ट्वा भरतमागतम्॥
English: Will not that revered lady, for the purpose of having Bharata established in the kingdom, take the king's life, when she shall see Bharata arrived?
Sanskrit: अनाथश्च हि वृद्धश्च मया चैव विना कृतः। किं करिष्यति कामात्मा कैकेय्या वशमागतः।।।।।
English: Forlorn and old and deprived of me. I do not know what he will do, his soul possessed by desire, and having come under the influence of Kaikeyi.
Sanskrit: इदं व्यसनमालोक्य राज्ञश्च मतिविभ्रमम्। काम एवार्थधर्माभ्यां गरीयानिति मे मतिः॥
English: Viewing this calamity that has overtaken us) and the disorder that has taken place in the senses of the monarch, I deem even lust as more potent than either virtue or interest.
Sanskrit: को ह्यविद्वानपि पुमान् प्रमदायाः कृते त्यजेत्। छन्दानुवर्तिनं पुत्रं तातो मामिव लक्ष्मण ॥
English: O Lakşmana, what man is there ignorant though he be, who for the sake of a female forsake as my father has done me, his son following his foot-steps?
Sanskrit: सुखी बत सुभार्यश्च भरतः केकयीसुतः। मुदितान् कोसलानेको यो भोक्ष्यत्यधिराजवत्॥
English: Ah! Kaikeyi's son Bharata with his wife is really happy, he that enjoys the sole sovereignty of the delighted Kosalas.
Sanskrit: स हि राज्यस्य सर्वस्य सुखमेकं भविष्यति। ताते तु वयसातीते मयि चारण्यमाश्रिते॥
English: Now that our father has grown old and I have taken refuge in the forest, he will alone experience the supreme felicity in the kingdom.
Sanskrit: अर्थधर्मों परित्यज्य यः काममनुवर्तते। एवमापद्यते क्षिप्रं राजा दशरथो यथा॥
English: He that renouncing interest and virtue, follows lust, speedily gets himself involved in troubles even like king Dasaratha.
Sanskrit: मन्ये दशरथान्ताय मम प्रव्राजनाय च। कैकेयी सौम्य सम्प्राप्ता राज्याय भरतस्य च॥
English: O amiable one, I think that Kaikeyi has been born for making an end of Dasaratha, sending me into exile, and conferring the kingdom on Bharata.
Sanskrit: अपीदानीं तु कैकेयी सौभाग्यमदमोहिता। कौसल्यां च सुमित्रां च सा प्रबाधेत मत्कृते॥
English: At present for impareing me pain, Kaikeyi intoxicated by the tide of good fortune, will afflict Kausalya and Sumitrā.
Sanskrit: मातास्मत्कारणाद् देवी सुमित्रा दुःखमावसेत्। अयोध्यामित एव त्वं काले प्रविश लक्ष्मण॥
English: Your mother, the reversed Sumitrā, will be smitten with grief on our account. Do you, Laks maņa, tomorrow morning repair to Ayodhyā:
Sanskrit: अहमेको गमिष्यामि सीतया सह दण्डकान्। अनाथाया हि नाथस्त्वं कौसल्याया भविष्यसि ॥
English: I alone will go to Dandaka along with Sītā. You will be the protector of the helpless Kausalya.
Sanskrit: क्षुद्रकर्मा हि कैकेयी द्वेषादन्यायमाचरेत्। परिदद्याद्धि धर्मज्ञ गरं ते मम मातरम्॥
English: Kaikeyi is surely mean-minded, she perpetrates wrongs from malice. O you cognizant of virtue, she may administer poison to my mother.
Sanskrit: नूनं जात्यन्तरे तात स्त्रियः पुत्रैर्वियोजिताः। जनन्या मम सौमित्रे तदद्यैतदुपस्थितम्॥
English: Surely, O child, in a former birth, women were bereft of their sons by my mother, O son of Sumitrā; and it is for this that this misfortune has befallen her.
Sanskrit: मया हि चिरपुष्टेन दुःखसंवर्धितेन च। विप्रयुज्यत कौसल्या फलकाले धिगस्तु माम्॥
English: Having been brought up and reared with great pains by Kausalyä, I have left her at the time when her labours ought to have borne fruit, Fie on me.
Sanskrit: मा स्म सीमन्तिनी काचिज्जनयेत् पुत्रमीदृशम्। सौमित्रे योऽहमम्बाया दद्मि शोकमनन्तकम्॥
English: Let on woman, O son of Sumitrā, gibe birth to a son like me who have imparted such infinite pain to my mother.
Sanskrit: मन्ये प्रीतिविशिष्टा सा मत्तोलक्ष्मण सारिका। यत्तस्याः श्रूयते वाक्यं शुक पादमरेर्दश॥
English: O Laksmana, I consider my mother's female parrot as more sharing her affection, since she is heard to say, 'O Śuka, do you bite the foot of the foe?