THE VALMIKI RAMAYANA

BALA KANDA

ekaEnp·aS:   sgI:      Canto  49(Contd)
AhÚyaSapmaEX:      Ahalya   coming   out   of  the   curse
p¤Ýpv¦¢¾mIhÏyas£êEvÑ¤ÓÑ¤¢B¢nÞvn:   .
gÓDvaIÔsrsa|   ca¢p   mhanas£t¯   smagm:   ¡ 21¡

p¤Ýpv¦¢¾:

rain of flowers

mht£

a heavy

Aas£t¯

there occured

dEvÑ¤ÓÑ¤¢B¢nÞvn:

the sound of the celestial drums

gÓDvI

of the Gandharvas

AÔsrsa|

of the Apsaras (celestial nymphs)

and

A¢p

also

mhan¯

great

Aas£t¯

occured

smagm:

gathering

At   that   time   there   occured   a   heavy   rain   of   flowers   from the   heavens,   there   was   the   sound   of   the   divine   drums   and there   was   a   great   gathering   of   the   Gandharvas   and   the   celestial nymphs   (21).

saD¤   sa¢Òv¢t   dEvaÞtamhÚya|   smp¥jyn¯   .
tpaEbl¢vS¤Ñ¯DaÄñ£|   gaWtmÞy   vSan¤gam¯   ¡ 22¡

saD¤

well done

saD¤

well done

i¢t

thus

dEva:

the gods

ta|

that

AhÚya|

Ahalya

smp¥jyn¯

hailed

tpaEbl¢vS¤Ñ¯DaÄñ£|

her body having been purified through the power of penance

gaWtmÞy

of Gautama

vSan¤gam¯

under the control of

All   the   gods   eulogised   Ahalya,   hailing   `Well   done,   well   done,' who   was   purified   through   penance   and   was   fit   to   be   by   the   side
of   Gautama   (22).
gaWtmaE   ¢h   mhatEja   AhÚyas¢ht:   s¤K£   .
ram|   sØp¥Çy   ¢v¢DväOpÞtEpE   mhatpa:   ¡ 23¡

gaWtm:

Gautama

¢h

also

mhatEja:

of great brilliance

AhÚyas¢ht:

with Ahalya

s¤K£

happy

ram|

Rama

sØp¥Çy

having worshipped

¢v¢Dvt¯

as laid down in the scriptures

tp:

penance

tEpE

engaged in

mhatpa:

endowed with severe austerities

That   greatly   resplendent   Gautama,   engaged   in   penance, and   given   to   great   austerities   was   also   joyous   in   the   company of   Ahalya,   after   offeing   the   due   honour   to   Rama,   as   per injunctions   (23).
ramaE{¢p   prma|   p¥ja|   gaWtmÞy   mham¤nE:   .
skaSa¢¹¢Dvt¯   p#aÔy   jgam   ¢m¢Tla|   tt:   ¡ 24¡

ram:

Rama

A¢p

also

prma|

superior

p¥ja|

worship

gaWtmÞy

of Gautama

mham¤nE:

eminent sage

skaSat¯

from

¢v¢Dvt¯

in accordance with rules

p#aÔy

having received

jgam

went

¢m¢Tla|

to Mithila

tt:

thereafter

Rama   too,   having   accepted   the   honours   offered   by   the   great sage   Gautama,   as   per   the   laid   down   injunctions,   thereafter set   out   for   Mithila   (24).
iÏyaxI   ½£md#amayNE   vaÚm£k£yE   Aa¢dkaÛyE   balkaÎfE  ekaEnp·aS:  sgI:¡49¡
Thus   ends   Canto   49   of   the   Bala   Kanda   of  the   first   and   ancient   p[oetical   work  Srimad   Ramayana   of   Valmiki
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