THE VALMIKI RAMAYANA
BALA KANDA
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sgI:
Canto1(Contd)
kTas|XEp:
- STORY IN BRIEF
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ttaE
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pâx|
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,
Am¦ÝymaNa
sa
s£ta
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Çvln|
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.81.
Thereafter he
spoke to her harsh words,
in the presence of
the public.That chaste
Sita, unable to put up
with this treatment entered
the fire (81).
ttaE{¢g"vcnat¯
s£ta|
åOaÏva
¢vgtkÚmxam¯
,
bBaW
ram:
s|p#¶¾:
p¥¢jt:
svIdWvtW:
.82.
A¢g"vcnat¯
|
upon the words
of the fire god |
svIdWvtW:
|
by all the
celestials |
Knowing that
Sita was immaculate, as
testified by the fire-god,
Rama appeared
immensely happy and was worshipped
by all the gods (82).
kmINa
tEn
mhta
æOWlaEÀy|
scracrm¯
,
sdEv¢xIgN|
t¤¾|
raGvÞy
mhaÏmn:
.83.
æOWlaEÀy|
|
the three worlds |
scracrm¯
|
along with the
moving and nonmoving |
sdEv¢xIgN|
|
the groups of
sages along with all the
gods |
Because of
that Herculean task of that
high-souled Rama, the three
worlds consisting of the sentient,
the insentient, the sages
and the gods
grew joyous (83).
A¢B¢xÅy
c
lÄðaya|
raXsEÓd#|
¢vB£xNm¯
,
k]tk]ÏyÞtda
ramaE
¢vÇvr:
p#m¤maEd
h
.84.
raXsEÓd#|
|
the chief among
the demons |
k]tk]Ïy:
|
having discharged his
duty |
Coronating Vibhishana
as the king of the
demons in Lanka,
having accomplished
the task undertaken, Rama
was relieved
of all anxiety
and became extremely happy then.
What more
to say ! (84).
dEvta×yaE
vr|
p#aÔy
sm¤t¯TaÔy
c
vanran¯
,
AyaEÒya|
p#¢ÞTtaE
ram:
p¤ÝpkEN
s¤¶dv¦t:
.85.
sm¤t¯TaÔy
|
after bringing to life |
vanran¯
|
the monkeys (killed
in the battle) |
p¤ÝpkEN
|
in the Pushpaka
chariot |
¶dv¦t:
|
surrounded by friends |
By virtue of
the boons Rama had secured
from the gods,
he restored
to life all the monkeys
(killed in battle) and, surrounded
by friends, set out for
Ayodhya in the aerial
vehicle Pushpaka
(85).
Br¹aja½m|
gÏva
ram:
sÏypra@m:
,
BrtÞya¢Ótk|
ramaE
hn¥mÓt|
ÛysjIyt¯
.86.
Br¹aja½m|
|
the hermitage of
Bharadwaja |
That Rama of
undiminishing valour, having reached
the hermitage
of
Bharadwaja,(he) despatched Hanuman
to the presence of
Bharatha, in
advance (86).
nraÁya¢yka|
jÚpn¯
s¤g#£vs¢htÞtda
,
p¤Ýpk|
tt¯
smaâ/
n¢Ódg#am|
yyaW
tda
.87.
AaÁya¢yka|
|
about all episodes |
s¤g#£vs¢ht:
|
along with Sugriva |
p¤Ýpk|
|
the aerial chariot
(Pushpaka vimana) |
n¢Ódg#am|
|
Nandi grama (outskirts
of Ayodhya) |
Then in the
company of Sugriva, travelling
in the Pushpaka
and recounting old
episodes, he arrived at
Nandigrama (87).
n¢Ódg#amE
jza|
¢hÏva
B#at¦¢B:
s¢htaE{nG:
,
ram:
s£tamn¤p#aÔy
raÇy|
p¤nrvaçOvan¯
.88.
¢hÏva
|
abandoning (tonsuring) |
B#at¦¢B:
|
along with the (three)
brothers |
That Rama of
spotless character, having abandoned
his matted
hairs
(insignia of the monastic
order) along with his brothers,
at Nandigrama, resumed the rule
of the kingdom, with Sita
by his
side (88).
p#¶¾m¤¢dtaE
laEkÞt¤¾:
p¤¾:
s¤Da¢mIk:
,
¢nramyaE
/raEgà
Ѥ¢BIXByv¢jIt:
.89
.
p#¶¾¤m¢dt:
|
horripulated because of
pleasure |
Da¢mIk:
|
wellestablished in right
conduct |
The country
was verily at the acme
of happiness, satisfied, contented,
well-nourished, following the righteous
path, free from afflictions
of the
body and the mind and
devoid of the threat
of famine or
poverty (89).
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p¤æOmrN|
¢k¢·d#Xy¢Ót
p¤âxa:
Àv¢ct¯
,
nayIàa¢vDva
¢nÏy|
B¢vÝy¢Ót
p¢tv#ta:
.90 .
p¤æOmrN|
|
loss (death) of
children |
¢k¢·t¯
|
even in a
little measure |
People never
saw the death of sons
(or daughters) in any
place. The women
were never widowed and they
were
always chaste
(90).
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