THE VALMIKI RAMAYANA

BALA KANDA

ekaEnp·aS:   sgI:      Canto  49(Contd)
AhÚyaSapmaEX:      Ahalya   coming   out   of  the   curse
tdap#B¦¢t   kak¤t¯ÞT   ¢pt¦dEva:   smagta   .
APlan¯   B¤¸tE   mExan¯   PlWÞtExamyaEjyn¯   ¡ 11¡

tdap#B¦¢t

from then on

kak¤t¯ÞT

O! Kakutstha!

¢pt¦dEva:

the presiding deities of the manes

smagta:

joined together

APlan¯

without testicles

B¤¸tE

are eating

mExan¯

goats

PlW:

with the benefits

tExa|

their ( goats')

AyaEjyn¯

bestowing

O!   Scion   of   the   Kakutstha   class!   Thenceforth   the   presiding deities   of   the   manes,   coming   together,   consumed   the   goats,   sans their   testicles,   and   blessed   with   prosperity   those   who   offered such   goats   to   them   (11).
iÓd#Þt¤   mExv¦xNÞtdap#B¦¢t   raGv   .
gaWtmÞy   p#BavEn   tpsà   mhaÏmn:   ¡ 12¡

iÓd#:

Indra

t¤

also

mExv¦xN:

fitted with the testicles of a goat

tdap#B¦¢t

from then on

raGv

O! Raghava!

gaWtmÞy

of Gautama

p#BavEn

eminence

tps:

of the penance

and

mhaÏmn:

of the highsouled

O! Raghava! Indra also got to possess the testicles of a goat owing   to   the   power   of   the   penance   of   the   high-souled   Gautama   (12).
tdagÅC   mhatEj   Aa½m|   p¤ÎykmIN:   .
taryWna|   mhaBagamhÚya|   dEvã¢pN£m¯   ¡ 13¡

tt¯

therefore

AagÅC

come

mhatEj:

O! One of great rsplendence!

Aa½m|

to the hemitage

p¤ÎykmIN:

of the one of meritorious deeds

tary

may you liberate

ena|

this

mhaBaga|

highly fortunate

AhÚya|

Ahalya

dEvã¢pN£m¯

with beauty comparable to the gods

O!   One   of   great   resplendence!   Hence,   may   you   come   up   to this   hermitage   of   that   meritorious   sage   and   may   you   grant   release (from   the   curse)   to   this   Ahalya,   the   greatly   fortunate   one   and possessed   of   celestial   charm'   (13).
¢váa¢mæOvc:   ½¤Ïva   raGv:   shlßmN:   .
¢váa¢mæO|   p¤rÞk]Ïy   tma½mmTa¢vSt¯   ¡ 14¡

¢váa¢mæOvc:

the utterings of Viswamitra

½¤Ïva

hearing

raGv:

Raghava

shlßmN:

along with Lakshmana

¢váa¢mæO|

with Viswamitra

p¤rÞk]Ïy

in the lead

that

Aa½m|

hermitage

then

Aa¢vSt¯

entered

Raghava,   in   the   company   of   Lakshmana,   having   heard   the   words   of Viswamitra,   thereupon   entered   that   penance-grove   with   Viswamitra
in   the   lead   (14).
ddSI   c   mhaBaga|   tpsa   ïaE¢ttp#Bam¯   .
laEkWr¢p   smagØy   Ñ¤¢nIr£Xa|   s¤ras¤rW:   ¡ 15¡

ddSI

saw

and

mhaBaga|

the highly fortunate

tpsa

by penance

ïaE¢ttp#Bam¯

radiating splendour

laEkW:

by the people

A¢p

also

smagØy

together

Ñ¤¢nIr£Xa|

difficult of seeing

s¤ras¤rW:

by the gods and the demons

p#yÏna¢°¢mIta| DaæOa ¢dÛya| mayamy£¢mv .
st¤xarav¦ta| saB#a| p¥NIcÓd#p#Ba¢mv ¡16¡

p#yÏnat¯

with great effort

¢n¢mIta|

created

DaæOa

by Lord Brahma

¢dÛya|

divine

mayamy£|

full of wondrous features

st¤xarav¦ta|

covered with mist

saB#a|

covered by the clouds also

p¥NIcÓd#p#Ba|

the radiance of the full moon

D¥mEna¢p pr£taÄñ£| d£çOam¢g"¢SKa¢mv .
mÒyE{ØBsaE Ñ¤raDxaI| d£çOa| s¥yIp#Ba¢mv ¡ 17¡

D¥mEn

by smoke

A¢p

also

pr£taÄñ£|

surrounded

d£çOa|

dazzling

A¢g"¢SKa|

tongues of flames

iv	similar to

mÒyE

in the middle

AØBs:

water

Ñ¤raDxaI|

invincible

d£çOa|

coruscating

s¥yIp#Ba|

the dazzle of the sun

He   saw   (Ahalya)   there,   that   most   fortunate,   resplendent   because   of   severe penance,   invisible   even   for   the   gods   and   demons   joined   together, made   by   the   creator   with   great   effort,   appearing   as   the
personification   of   illusion,   celestial,   like   the   full   moon   in mist   and   concealed   by   the   clouds,   though   enveloped   with   smoke still   blazing   like   the   raging   fire   and   like   the   invincible and   briliant   Sun   beams   appearing   in   the   middle   of   water   (15-17).
sa   ¢h   gaWtmvaÀyEn   Ñ¤¢nIr£ßya   bB¥v   h   .
æOyaNam¢p   laEkana|   yavd#amÞy   dSInm¯   ¡
SapÞyaÓtm¤pagØy   tExa|   dSInmagta   ¡ 18¡

she

¢h

indeed

gaWtmvaÀyEn

owing to the power of sage Gautama's words

Ñ¤¢nIr£ßya

invisible

bB¥v

was

h	what a wonder!

æOyaNa|

the three

A¢p

also

laEkana|

worlds

yavt¯

till

ramÞy

of Rama

dSInm¯

the sight

SapÞy

of the curse

AÓt|

the end

upagØy

reached

tExa|

their

dSIn|

range of vision

Aagta

came within

She,   however,   due   to   the   power   of   the   curse   of   Gautama,   till
the   coming   of   Rama,   remained   unseen   for   (the   beings   in)   all   the
three   worlds   and   at   the   end   of   the   period   of   the   curse,   came
within   the   range   of   cognition,   what   a   wonder!   (18).
raGvaW   t¤   ttÞtÞya:   padaW   jg¦ht¤Þtda   .
ÞmrÓt£   gaWtmvc:   p#¢tjg#ah   sa   c   taW   ¡ 19¡

raGvaW

the Raghavas

t¤

also

tt:

thereafter

tÞya:

her

padaW

feet

jg¦ht¤:

held and paid respects

tda

then

ÞmrÓt£

remembering

gaWtmvc:

the words of Gautama

p#¢tjg#ah

approved

she

and

taW

those two

The   scions   of   the   Raghu   dynasty   thereupon   clasped   her   feet;   she
too   recalling   to   her   mind   the   blessings   of   Gautama,   received   both
of   them   (19).
païmrÃy|   tTa{{¢tÐy|   ckar   s¤sma¢hta   .
p#¢tjg#ah   kak¤t¯ÞTaE   ¢v¢D¾En   kmINa   ¡ 20¡

paï|

water to wash the feet

ArÃy|

water to sip

tTa

then

Aa¢tÐy|

hospitality due to

ckar

offered

s¤sma¢hta

with great care

p#¢tjg#ah

accepted

kak¤t¯ÞT:

Kakutstha

¢v¢D¾En

as mandated

kmINa

procedure

With   due   reverence   she   offered   water   to   wash   their   feet,   water
to   sip   and   the   hospitality   due   to   the   respected   guests.   The   Scion
of   Kakutstha   also   accepted   these   honours,   as   mandated   (20).
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