THE VALMIKI RAMAYANA

BALA KANDA

ekadS:  sgI:     Canto 11(Contd)
dSrTEn   §Üy½¦HgÞyanynm¯   Fetching   Rishyasrunga   by   Dasaratha
ev|   s   dEvp#vr:   p¥vI|   k¢Ttvan¯   kTam¯   .
snÏkmaraE   Bgvan¯   p¤ra   dEvy¤gE   p#B¤:   ¡11¡

ev|

like this

that

dEvp#vr:

foremost among devas

p¥vI|

in the past

k¢Ttvan¯

said

kTam¯

the history

snÏkmar:

Sanathkumara

Bgvan¯

lord

p¤ra

ancient

dEvy¤gE

in the Krita aeon

p#B¤:

lord

In   the   days   of   yore,   in   the   Krita   yuga,   thus   did   that best among   gods,   that great and excellent Sanatkumara,   speak   about   this episode (11).

s   Ïv|   p¤âxSaÑ¥Il   tmany   s¤sÏk]tm¯   .
ÞvymEv   mharaj   gÏva   sblvahn:   ¡12¡

that

Ïv|

you

p¤âxSaÑ¥Il

tiger among men!

him

Aany

fetch

s¤sÏk]tm¯

after offering due worship

Þvy|

personally

verily

mharaj

O! Great king!

gÏva

having gone

sblvahn:

accompanied by the army and vehicles

`O!   Tiger   among   men!   O!   Great   king!   May   you,   accompanied
by   your   army and   vehicles,   going   there   personally,   fetch   him   (here),   after   offering due   worship'   (12).

An¤maÓy   v¢s¿|   c   s¥tvaÀy|   ¢nSØy   c   .
saÓt:p¤r:   shamaÏy:   p#yyaW   yæO   s   ¢¹j:   ¡13¡

An¤maÓy

taking the blessings of

v¢s¿|

Vasishta

and

s¥tvaÀy|

the words of the charioteer

¢nSØy

on hearing

and

saÓt:p¤r:

along with his wives

shamaÏy:

accompanied by the ministers

p#yyaW

went

yæO

where

that

¢¹j:

twice-born (was)

Upon   listening   to   the   words   of   the   charioteer,   having   taken   the   blessings of   Vasishta,   with   his   counsellors   and   queens   (he)   went
to   that   place,   where that   brahmin   Rishyasrunga   was   (13).

vna¢n   s¢rtàWv   Ûy¢t@Øy   SnW:   SnW:   .
A¢Bc@am   t|   dES|   yæO   vW   m¤¢np¤Äñv:   ¡14¡

vna¢n

forests

s¢rt:

rivers

and

also

Ûy¢t@Øy

crossing

SnW:

steadily

SnW:

slowly

A¢Bc@am

reached

that

dES|

country

yæO

where

verily

m¤¢np¤Äñv:

the foremost among sages (was)

Progressively getting past forests and rivers, (he) reached that place where that best among seers was (14).

Aasaï   t|   ¢¹j½E¿|   raEmpadsm£pgm¯   .
§¢xp¤æO|   ddSaIdaW   d£Ôyman¢mvanlm¯   ¡15¡
Aasaï      on reaching

t|      that

¢¹j½E¿|      noble twice-born

raEmpadsm£pgm¯      coming close to Ramapada

§¢xp¤æO|      son of the sage

ddSI      saw

AadaW      first

d£Ôyman|      blazing

iv      like

Anlm¯      the fire

Going   to   the   presence   of   Romapada,   he   (Dasaratha)   saw   first
that   son   of the   seer   who   was   best   among   brahmins   and   scintillating   like   the   blazing fire   (15).
ttaE   raja   yTaÓyay|   p¥ja|   c@E   ¢vSExt:   .
s¢KÏvaäOÞy   vW   raM:   p#¶¾EnaÓtraÏmna   ¡16¡
tt:      then

raja      the king (Dasaratha)

yTaÓyay|      according to injunctions

p¥ja|      honour

c@E      offered

¢vSExt:      specially

s¢KÏvat¯      as (the king Dasaratha was) a friend (king Romapada)

tÞy      that

vW      verily

raM:      of the king

p#¶¾En      very happy frame of

AÓtraÏmna      mind

Then,   the   king   (Dasaratha)   growing   delighted   in   mind   due   to
his   friendship with   that   king   (Romapada),   offered   special
reverential   worship   (to   the sage)   (16).

raEmpadEn   caÁyatm¦¢xp¤æOayD£mtE   .
sÁy|   s|bÓDk|   cWv   tda   t|   p#Ïyp¥jyt¯   ¡17¡
raEmpadEn        by Romapada

c      and

AaÁyat|      was told

§¢xp¤æOay      to the son of the sage (Rishyasrunga)

D£mtE      the wise

sÁy|      friendship

s|bÓDk|      relationship

c      and

ev      at once

tda      then

t|      he

p#Ïyp¥jyt¯      well looked after

Romapada   then   introduced   (Dasaratha)   to   the   wise   son   of   the   sage   and narrated   to   him   the   relationship   (between   them).   And,
at   the   same   time, (Dasaratha)   hailed   him   too   (17).

ev|   s¤sÏk]tÞtEn   shaE¢xÏva   nrxIB:   .
sçOa¾¢dvsan¯   raja   rajan¢mdmb#v£t¯   ¡18¡
ev|      like this

s¤sÏk]t:      highly honoured

tEn      with him (Romapada)

sh      with

u¢xÏva      having stayed

nrxIB:      the best among men

sçOa¾¢dvsan¯      seven, or eight days

raja      the king (Dasaratha)

rajan|      to the king (Romapada)

id|      like this

Ab#v£t¯      said

Residing   there   with   him   for   seven   or   eight   days,   thus   being   honoured,   that king   (Dasaratha)-bull   among   men-addressed   that
king   (Romapada)   thus:   (18).

SaÓta   tv   s¤ta   rajn¯   sh   BræOa   ¢vSa|   ptE   .
md£y|   ngr|   yat¤   kayI|   ¢h   mhÑ¤ïtm¯   ¡19¡
SaÓta      Shantha

tv      your

s¤ta      daughter

rajn¯      O! king!

sh      along with

BræOa      husband

¢vSa|      to the people

ptE      lord

md£y|      my

ngr|      city

yat¤      reach

kayI|      a venture

¢h      indeed!

mht¯      major

uïtm¯      begun

`O!   Lord   of men! King! May your daughter   Shantha, along with her   husband come   to my capital. A great mission   has   been started' (19).

tTE¢t   raja   s|½¤Ïy   gmn|   tÞy   D£mt:   .
uvac   vcn|   ¢vp#|   gÅC   Ïv|   sh   BayIya   ¡20¡
tTa      `so be it'

i¢t      thus

raja      king

s|½¤Ïy      having said

gmn|      going

tÞy      his

D£mt:      wise

uvac      said

vcn|      words

¢vp#|      to the brahmin

gÅC      may go

Ïv|      you

sh      along

BayIya      with wife

The   king   (Romapada)   then   consented   to   that   wise   one's   departure   (to Ayodhya),   saying   `so   be   it'   and   told   that   Brahmin:   `you   may   go   (there) with   your   wife'   (20).

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