THE VALMIKI RAMAYANA

BALA KANDA

æOy¢ÞæO|S:  sgI:      Canto   33(Contd)
b#'däOEn   kSnaBkÓyaE¹ah:     Brahmadatta   weds  the   daughters   of   Kusanabha
et¢Þm°Ev   kalE   t¤   c¥l£   nam   mham¤¢n:   .
UÒvIrEta:   S¤BacaraE   b#a'|   tp   upagmt¯   ¡11¡

et¢Þmn¯ ev

at the same

kalE

time

t¤

besides

c¥l£

Chooli

nam

named

mham¤¢n:

great sage

UÒvIrEta:

with unfailing control over his senses

S¤Bacar:

of auspicious practices

b#a'|

relating to the ultimate reality

tp:

penance

upagmt¯

was engaged in

At   or   about   the   same   time,   fortuitously   the   great   and   famous
sage   Chuli,   one   of   absolute   celibacy   and   given   to   excellent
conduct,   was   engaged   in   austerities   concerning   the   ultimate
reality   (11).

tÔyÓt|   tm¦¢x|   tæO   gÓDv£   py¤IpastE   .
saEmda   nam   Bd#|   tE   U¢mIlatnya   tda   ¡12¡

tÔyÓt|

so engaged in penance

that

§¢x|

sage

tæO

at that time

gÓDv£

Gandharva damsel

py¤IpastE

was tending to

saEmda

Somada

nam

named

Bd#|

auspiciousness

to you

U¢mIlatnya

the daughter of Urmila

tda

then

Thus   engaged   in   penance,   that   sage   was   having   a   Gandharva   damsel by   name   Somada,   in   attendance   at   that   time,   who   was
the   daughter of   Urmila.   (O!   Rama!)   May   you     (by   listenig   to
this   episode) attain   auspiciousness   (12).

sa   c   t|   p#Nta   B¥Ïva   S¤½¥xNprayNa   .
uvas   kalE   D¢mI¿a   tÞyaÞt¤¾aE{Bvéâ:   ¡13¡

she

and

him

p#Nta

worshipping

B¥Ïva

was

S¤½¥xNprayNa

taking great interest in looking after

uvas

lived

kalE

once upon a time

D¢mI¿a

of righteous conduct

tÞya:

with her

t¤¾:

pleased

ABvt¯

became

g¤â:

the master

She   was   extremely   reverential   to   the sage and engrossed in
serving   him,   all   the   while   staying   there   and   observing   a
righteous   way   of   life.   The   master   was,   therefore,   pleased
with   her   (13).

s   c   ta|   kalyaEgEn   p#aEvac   rG¤nÓdn   .
p¢rt¤¾aE{¢Þm   Bd#|   tE   ¢k|   kraE¢m   tv   ¢p#ym¯   ¡14¡

then

ta|

to her

kalyaEgEn

as the time was suitable

p#aEvac

said as under

rG¤nÓdn

O! Delight of the Raghu race!

p¢rt¤¾:

indeed delighted

A¢Þm

I am

Bd#|

may all prosperity

to you

¢k|

what

kraE¢m

I shall do

to you

¢p#ym¯

pleasing

O!   Delight   of   the   Raghus!   By   the   play   of   Time,   he   told   her:
`I   am   greatly   pleased   with   you,   may   you attain all auspiciousness !
Tell   me   what   is   dear   to   you,   I   shall   do   that   for   you'   (14).

p¢rt¤¾|   m¤¢n|   åOaÏva   gÓDv£   mD¤rÞvra   .
uvac   prmp#£ta   vaÀyåOa   vaÀykaE¢vdm¯   ¡15¡

p¢rt¤¾|

in a happy frame of mind

m¤¢n|

the sage

åOaÏva

noticing

gÓDv£

the Gandharva woman

mD¤rÞvra

in sweet words

uvac

said

prmp#£ta

highly joyous

vaÀyåOa

gifted with speech

vaÀykaE¢vdm¯

adept in speech (the sage)

Noticing   that   the   seer   was   in   a   happy   state   of   mind,   that
Gandharva   damsel   of   sweet   voice   and   who   knew   the   art   of   speech, spoke   in   an   extremely   happy   mood   to   that   one   who
was a   master   of   speech   (15).

lX¯Øya   sm¤¢dtaE   b#a'ya   b#'B¥taE   mhatpa:   .
b#a'EN   tpsa   y¤³|   p¤æO¢mÅCa¢m   Da¢mIkm¯   ¡16¡

lX¯Øya

the splendour

sm¤¢dt:

ennobled by

b#a'ya

related to Brahman

b#'B¥t:

rivalling Lord Brahma

mhatpa:

of great penance

b#a'EN

concerning the Supreme Brahmam

tpsa

the power of penance

y¤³|

endowed with

p¤æO|

a son

iÅCa¢m

(I) desire

Da¢mIkm¯

rooted in righteous conduct

'I   desire   to   have   a   son   who   will   be   dazzling   on   account   of
radiance   associated   with   the   knowledge   of   Brahman,   whowill   be   equal   to   Lord   Brahma,   a   great   one   at   penance,   always engaged
in   austerities   connected   with   the   ultimate   Realityand   one   given
to   righteousness'   (16).

Ap¢tàa¢Þm     Bd#|   tE   BayaI   ca¢Þm   n   kÞy   ¢ct¯   .
b#a'NaEpgtayaà   dat¤mhI¢s   mE   s¤tm¯   ¡17¡

Ap¢t: c

without a husband

A¢Þm

am (I)

Bd#|

pleased may you be

your

BayaI

wife

also

A¢Þm

not

kÞy¢ct¯

of none

b#a'NaEpgtaya:

taken refuge in a Brahmin

dat¤|

to give

AhI¢s

deserve

to me

s¤tm¯

son

I   am   one   without   a   husband   and   am   not   the   wife   of   anyone.
Having   taken   refuge   in   (you)   a   realised   soul-   may   you   be
pleased   to   bestow   a   son   on   me'   (17).

tÞya:   p#s°aE   b#'¢xIdIdaW   p¤æOmn¤äOmm¯   .
b#'däO¢m¢t   Áyat|   mans|   c¥¢ln:   s¤tm¯   ¡18¡

tÞya:

to her

p#s°:

pleased

b#'¢xI:

the brahminical sage

ddaW

gave

p¤æO|

son

An¤äOmm¯

unparalleled

b#'däO|

Brahmadatta

i¢t

named

Áyat|

of great fame

mans|

born out of his mind

c¥¢ln:

of Chooli

s¤tm¯

son

Being   pleased   with   her,   that   Brahminical   sage   Chuli,   out   of
his   mental   resolve,   bestowed   an   unparalleled   son,   named
and   famed   as   Brahmadatta   on   her   (18).

s   raja   saEmdEyÞt¤   p¤rmÒyavsäOda   .
ka|¢pÚya|   prya   lX¯Øya   dEvrajaE   yTa   ¢dvm¯   ¡19¡

raja

king

saEmdEy:

Somadeya (the son of Somada)

t¤	even though

p¤r|

the city

AÒyavst¯

was ruling

tda

then

ka|¢pÚya|

known as Kampili

prya

with immense

lX¯Øya

illustriously

dEvraj:

Lord Indra

yTa

¢dvm¯

the Devaloka

Even   so,   that   son   of   Somada   became   a   king   in   the   city
of   Kampili   and   ruled   over   it   illustriously   andexcellently   like
the   Lord   of   the   Gods   ruling   over the   celestial   regions   (19).

s   b¤¢ÑG|   k]tvaÓraja   kSnaB:   s¤Da¢mIk:   .
b#'däOay   kakt¯ÞT   dat¤|   kÓyaSt|   tda   ¡20¡

that

b¤¢ÑG|

the decision

k]tvan¯

took

raja

the king

kSnaB:

Kusanabha

s¤Da¢mIk:

of unsullied conduct

b#'däOay

to Brahmadatta

kakt¯ÞT

O! Kakutstha!

dat¤|

to give in marriage

kÓyaSt|

the hundred maidens

tda

at that time

O!   Scion   of   Kakutstha   clan!   At   that   time,   that   extremely
righteous   king   Kusanabha   decided   to   offer   in   marriage
his   hundred   daughters   to   Brahmadatta   (20).

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