THE VALMIKI RAMAYANA

BALA KANDA

A¾adS:  sgI:      Canto 18(Contd)
½£ramavtar:      INCARNATION  OF  SRI  RAMA
BrtÞya¢p   SæO¤G"aE   lßmNavrjaE   ¢ht:   .
p#aNW:   ¢p#ytraE   ¢nÏy|   tÞy   cas£äOTa   ¢p#y:   ¡31¡

BrtÞy

of Bharatha

A¢p

also

SæO¤G":

Shatrugna

lßmN

of Lakshmana

Avrj:

younger born

¢ht:

well wisher

p#aNW:

than his very life

¢p#ytr:

dearer

¢nÏy|

always

tÞy

to him

and

Aas£t¯

was

tTa

similarly

¢p#y:

affectionate

Satrughna,   the   younger   brother   of   Lakshmana   was   always   attached   to Bharatha   and   that   too,   much   more   than   for   his   own   life. He   was   ever   doing good   to   him   and   also   liked   by   him   (31).

s   ct¤¢BImIhaBagW:   p¤æOWdISrT:   ¢p#yW:   .
bB¥v   prmp#£taE   dEvW¢rv   ¢ptamh:   ¡32¡

that

ct¤¢BI:

by the quartet

mhaBagW:

highly fortunate

p¤æOW:

sons

dSrT:

Dasaratha

¢p#yW:

beloved

bB¥v

became

prm

extremely

p#£t:

pleased

dEvW:

by the gods

¢ptamh:

Lord Brahma

That   Dasaratha   appeared   like   Lord   Brahma   in   the   company   of   the   gods   with those   illustrious   and   lovable   four   sons   and   became   extremely   happy   (32).

tE   yda   MansØp°a:   svI   sm¤¢dta   g¤NW:   .
»£mÓt:   k£¢tImÓtà   svIMa   d£GId¢SIn:   ¡33¡

they

yda

when (ripe with the qualities mentioned here below)

MansØp°a:

full of wisdom

svI

all

sm¤¢dta:

possessed

g¤NW:

noble attributes

»£mÓt:

one who hates to commit an unseemly act even inadvertently

k£¢tImÓt:

famed

and

svIMa:

allknowing

d£GId¢SIn:

far-sighted

tExamEv|p#Bavana| svIxa| d£çOtEjsam¯ .
¢pta dSrTaE ¶¾aE b#'a laEka¢DpaE yTa ¡34¡

tExa|

those

ev|

like this

p#Bavana|

of capabilities

svIxa|

to all of them

d£çOtEjsam¯

blazingly radiant

¢pta

father

dSrT:

Dasaratha

¶¾:

happy

b#'a

Lord Brahma

laEka¢Dp:

lord of the worlds

yTa

All   of   them   were   full   of   knowledge,endowed   with   all   desirable   attributes, sensitive   to   doing   wrong   acts   even   inadvertently,   well-renowned,   very   well informed   and   capable   of   foreseeing
events.   The   very   moment   he   became   the father   of   all   those
of   dazzling   brilliance,   at   that   time   itself   Dasaratha became
happy   like   Lord   Brahma   the   master   of   all   the   worlds   (33-34).

tE   ca¢p   mn¤jÛyaG#a   vW¢dkaÒyynE   rta:   .
g¤âS¤½¥xNpra   Dn¤vIdE   c   ¢n¢¿ta:   ¡35¡

those

and

A¢p

moreover

mn¤jÛyaG#a:

fine men

vW¢dk

scriptural

AÒyynE

in learning

rta:

earnest

g¤â

elders and preceptors

S¤½¥xN

attending on

pra:

always keen

Dn¤vIdE

in the science of archery

and

¢n¢¿ta:

well-versed

Also   those   best   among   men   were   intent   on   studying   the   scriptural   texts, given   to   serving   elders   and   adepts   in   archery   (35).

AT   raja   dSrTÞtExa|   dar¢@ya|   p#¢t   .
¢cÓtyamas   DmaIÏma   saEpaÒyay:   sbaÓDv:   ¡36¡

AT	while being so

raja

king

dSrT:

Dasaratha

tExa|

their

dar¢@ya|

marriage

p#¢t

regarding

¢cÓtyamas

thought over

DmaIÏma

the noble minded

saEpaÒyay:

surrounded by preceptors

sbaÓDv:

in the company of relatives

While   things   were   so,that   personification   of   righteousness,   king   Dasaratha, in   the   company   of   his   preceptors   and   relatives   went
into   thought   about   the marriage   of   these   sons   (36).

tÞy   ¢cÓtymanÞy   m¢ÓæOmÒyE   mhaÏmn:   .
A×yagÅCÓmhatEja   ¢váa¢mæOaE   mham¤¢n:   ¡37¡

tÞy

his

¢cÓtymanÞy

while drowned in thought

m¢ÓæOmÒyE

amongst his ministers

mhaÏmn:

of that great soul

A×yagÅCt¯

arrived

mhatEja:

superbly resplendent

¢váa¢mæO:

Viswamitra

mham¤¢n:

great sage

While   that   high-souled   king   was   thus   in   consultation   with   his   ministers, the great sage of extreme radiance Viswamitra arrived there (37).

s   raMaE   dSInakaHX£   ¹araÒyXan¤vac   h   .
S£G#maÁyat   ma|   p#açO|   kaW¢Sk|   ga¢DnÓdnm¯   ¡38¡

raM:

of the king

dSInakaHX£

desirous of meeting

¹araÒyXan¯

to the gate-keepers

uvac

ordered

Behold!

S£G#|

immediately

AaÁyat

inform (king Dasaratha)

ma|

p#açO|

having arrived

kaW¢Sk|

Kausika

ga¢DnÓdnm¯

the delight of Gadhi

Desirous   of   seeing   the   king,   he   commanded   the   guards   at   the   gate   (of   the palace):`May   you   post-haste   inform   (the   king)   of   my   arrival, a descendant of the Kusika clan and the delight of Gadhi'   (38).

tÅC®¤Ïva   vcn|   tÞy   raMaE   vEÜm   p#Ñ¤d#v¤:   .
s|B#aÓtmns:   svI   tEn   vaÀyEn   caE¢dta:   ¡39¡

tt¯

those

½¤Ïva

hearing

vcn|

words

tÞy

his

raM:

of the king

vEÜm

towards the palace

p#Ñ¤d#v¤:

ran swiftly

s|B#aÓtmns:

in an excited frame of mind

svI

all

tEn

those

vaÀyEn

words

caE¢dta:

prompted by

All   of   them   being   thus   impelled,   having   heard   those   words,   (they)   rushed to   the   residence   of   the   king   with   minds   ruled   by   a   sense   of   hurry   (39).

tE   gÏva   rajBvn|   ¢váa¢mæOm¦¢x|   tda   .
p#açOmavEdyamas¤n¦IpayWßvakvE   tda   ¡40¡

they

gÏva

reaching

rajBvn|

the king's palace

¢váa¢mæO|

Viswamitra

§¢x|

sage

tda

then

p#açO|

having arrival

AavEdyamas¤:

announced

n¦pay

to the king

eEßvakvE

of the Ikshvaku dynasty

tda

then

They having gone to the palace of the king, then announced to the king of the Ikshvaku dynasty about sage Viswamitra having arrived (40).
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