`O!   Rambha!   You   are   attempting   to   drag   me   to   unrighteous
ways,   when   I   have   resolved   to   win   over   desire   and   ire.   For
that   reason,   you   shall   remain   as   a   stone   for   ten   thousand
years,   you   inauspicious   one!   (11)
 
b#a'N:   s¤mhatEjaÞtpaEblsm¢Óvt:          .
uѯD¢rÝy¢t   rØBE   Ïva|   mÏ@aEDkl¤x£k]tam¯  ¡ 12¡

b#a'N:

the son of Brahma

s¤mhatEja:

famed and radiant

tpaEblsm¢Óvt:

with strength born out of intense penance

uѯD¢rÝy¢t

will redeem

rØBE	O! Rambha!

Ïva|

you

mÏ@aEDkl¤x£k]tam¯

spoilt by my anger

O!   Rambha!   You   will   be   redeemed   from   your   accursed   state
caused   by   my   ire,   by   the   son   of   Lord   Brahma,   who   has   great
effulgence,   attained   through   penance'   (12).
 
evm¤ÀÏva   mhatEja   ¢váa¢mæOaE   mham¤¢n:  .
AS;vÓDar¢yt¤|   kaEpsÓtapmaÏmn:        ¡ 13¡

ev|	in this manner

uÀÏva

pronouncing

mhatEja:

of great resplendence

¢váa¢mæO:

Visamitra

mham¤¢n:

eminent sage

AS;vn¯

was unable

Dar¢yt¤|

to restrain

kaEpsÓtap|

remorse arising out of outburst of anger

AaÏmn:

his

That   great   sage   Viwamitra   of   immense   radiance,   having   spoken
thus,   was   rendered   incapable   of   bearing   the   remorse   that   was   the
aftermath   of   his   raging   anger   (13).
 
tÞy   SapEn   mhta   rØBa   SWl£   tda{Bvt¯       .
vc:   ½¤Ïva   c   kÓdpaI   mhxI:   s   c   ¢ngIt:  ¡ 14¡

tÞy

his

SapEn

due to the curse

mhta

severe

rØBa

Rambha

SWl£	the state of a stone

tda

at once

ABvt¯

became

vc:

words

½¤Ïva

hearing

c

and

kÓdpI:

the Cupid (invoked by Indra)

mhxI:

of the sage

s:	he (Indra)

c

and

¢ngIt:

departed

Consequent   to   his   great   curse,   Rambha   was   turned   into   a   stone.
Upon   hearing   the   curse   pronounced   by   the   sage,   Indra,   who     was
invoking   the   god   of   love,   also   beat   a   retreat   (14).
 
kaEpEn   s¤mhatEjaÞtpaE{phrNE   k]tE     .
i¢Ód#yWr¢jtW   ram   n   lEBE   Sa¢ÓtmaÏmn:  ¡15¡

kaEpEn

because of anger

s¤mhatEja:

of extreme effulgence

tp:

penance

AphrNE

due to robbing of

k]tE

having

i¢Ód#yW:

of the senses

A¢jtW:

owing to lack of control

ram

O! Rama!

n

not

lEBE

obtain

Sa¢Ót|

peace

AaÏmn:

within

`O!   Rama!   Having   given   place   to   ire   due   to   lack   of   control
over   his   senses,   that   one   of   extreme   effulgence,   did   not
attain   peace   within,   owing   to   his   penance   having   been   obstructed     (15).
 
bB¥vaÞy   mn¢àÓta   tpaE{phrNE   k]tE  ¡ 16¡

bB¥v

arose

AÞy

in him

mn¢àÓta

a thought in his mind

tpaE{phrNE

robbing of the penance

k]tE

when done

Having   been   robbed   of   his   penance,   there     arose   a   thought
in   his   mind   (16).

nWv   @aED|   g¢mÝya¢m   n   c   vßyE   kT·n  .
ATva   naEÅCv¢sÝya¢m   s|vÏsrStaÓy¢p        ¡ 17¡

n

not

ev

also

@aED|

anger

g¢mÝya¢m

I shall get

n

not

c

and

vßyE	make any pronouncement

kT·n	whatever reason

ATva

moreover

n

not

uÅCv¢sÝya¢m

breath

s|vÏsrSta¢n

for several hundreds of years

A¢p

also

`May   I   not   give   room   for   ire,   may   I   not   speak   or   may   I
not   even   let   out   my   breath,   for   whatever   reason,   for   even
hundreds   of     years   (17).

Ah|   ¢vSaEx¢yÝya¢m   /aÏman|   ¢v¢jtE¢Ód#y:    .
tavïav¢Ñ¯D   mE   p#açO|   b#a'Îy|   ÞvtpaE{¢jItm¯  ¡
An¤ÅCvs°B¤¸an¢Þt¾Ey|   Saát£:   sma:        ¡ 18¡

Ah|

I

¢vSaEx¢yÝya¢m

make lean

¢h

indeed

AaÏman|

my physical body

¢v¢jtE¢Ód#y:

controlling my senses

tavt¯

till that time

yavt¯

till what time

¢h

indeed

mE

to me

p#açO|

I will achieve

b#a'Îy|

the stature of a Brahmin

ÞvtpaE{¢jItm¯

as a result of my penance

An¤ÅCvsn¯

without breathing

AB¤¸an:

without eating

¢t¿Ey|

I shall remain

Saát£:

for a very long

sma:	time (years)

 
Due   to   my   austerities   and   penance,   till   such   time   I
attain   the   stat(ur)e   of   a   Brahminical   sage,   I   shall   subdue
my   senses,   thin   my   physical   frame,   and   for   a   long   time   I   shall
remain   without   drawing   breath   or   eating   food   (18).
 
n   ¢h   mE   tÔymanÞy   Xy|   yaÞy¢Ót   m¥tIy:  ¡ 19¡

n

not

¢h

indeed

mE

my

tÔymanÞy

engaged in penance

Xy|

grow weak

yaÞy¢Ót

will become

m¥tIy:

hands, feet and other limbs

 
While engaged in penance, may  my limbs not wither'(19).
 
ev|   vxIsh*Þy   d£Xa|   s   m¤¢np¤Äñv:  .
ckarap#¢tma|   laEkE   p#¢tMa|   rG¤nÓdn   ¡ 20¡

ev|

like this

vxIsh*Þy

for a thousand years

d£Xa|

observance

s:

he

m¤¢np¤Äñv:

eminent sage

ckar

performed

Ap#¢tma|

unique

laEkE

in the world

p#¢tåOa|

resolve

rG¤nÓdn

O! Delight of the Raghu race!

In   this   manner,   that   foremost   among   sages   made   a   resolve   for
observance,   which   is   unparalleled   in   this   world,   (a   resolve)   to   be
kept  up  for  a  thousand   years,  O!  Delight   of   the   Raghu   race!   (20).
 
  iÏyaxI   ½£md#amayNE   vaÚm£k£yE   Aa¢dkaÛyE   balkaÎfE   ct¤:¢¾tm:  sgI:¡64¡
Thus   ends  Canto   64   of   the   Bala   Kanda   of  the   first   and   ancient   poetical   work  Srimad   Ramayana   of   Valmiki