THE VALMIKI RAMAYANA

BALA KANDA

ekaEnsçO¢ttm:   sgI:      Canto   69
¢m¢Tlagmnm¯      Arrival  at   Mithila
ttaE   raæya|   Ûyt£taya|   saEpaÒyay:   sbaÓDv: .
raja   dSrTaE   ¶¾:   s¤mÓæO¢mdmb#v£t¯        ¡ 1¡

tt:

thereafter

raæya|

the night

Ûyt£taya|

having lapsed

saEpaÒyay:

along with the family priest

sbaÓDv:

in the company of his relations

raja

the king

dSrT:

Dasaratha

¶¾:

cheerfully

s¤mÓæO|

to Sumantra

id|

like this

Ab#v£t¯

spoke

With   the   night   drawing   to   a   close,   king   Dasaratha,   who   was
with   his   preceptors   and   relatives,   in   a   cheerful   state of   mind,   spoke   thus   to   Sumantra   (1).

Aï   svEI   DnaÒyXa   Dnmaday   p¤Ýklm¯   .
v#jÓÏvg#E   s¤¢v¢hta   nanarÏnsm¢Óvta:      ¡ 2¡

Aï

at once

svEI

all

DnaÒyXa:

officers of the exchequer

Dn|

wealth of all descriptions

Aaday

taking

p¤Ýklm¯

in great quantities

v#jÓt¤

set out

Ag#E

in front

s¤¢v¢hta:

carrying out their own tasks

nanarÏnsm¢Óvta:

with various types of precious gems and stones

`All   the   treasury   officers   may   at   once   start   at   the   head   (of   our
retinue)   carrying   with   them   plenty   of   various   precious   stones and   huge   amounts   of   money,   having   taken   up   their   respective duties (2).
ct¤rÄñbl|   ca¢p   S£G#|   ¢nyaIt¤   svIS:   .
mmaåOasmkal|   c   yany¤Âymn¤äOmm¯   ¡ 3¡

ct¤rÄñbl|

the four-divisioned army

and

A¢p

also

S£G#|

at once

¢nyaIt¤

march

svIS:

totally

on my

AaåOasmkal|

simultaneous with command

and

yany¤Ây|

with palanquins and chariots

An¤äOmm¯

of incomparable nature

The   entire   four-fold   armed   forces   may   start   forthwith, simultaneous   with   my   instructions,   along   with   the   twofold vehicles   of   unparalleled   quality,   i.e.   the   chariots   and the   palanquins   (3).
v¢s¿aE   vamdEvà   jaba¢lrT   kaÜyp:        .
makIÎfEy:   s¤d£GaIy¤§I¢x:   kaÏyaynÞtTa   ¡ 4¡

v¢s¿:

Vasishta

vamdEv:

Vamadeva

and

jaba¢l:

Jabali

also

kaÜyp:

Kasyapa

makIÎfEy:

Markandeya

s¤d£GaIy¤:

the one who has lived long (Markandeya)

§¢x:

sage

kaÏyayn:

Katyayana

tTa

in the same way

etE ¢¹ja: p#yaÓÏvg#E ÞyÓdn| yaEjyÞv mE .
yTa kalaÏyyaE n Þyaê¥ta ¢h Ïvry¢Ót mam¯ ¡ 5¡

etE

these

¢¹ja:

learned Brahmins

p#yaÓt¤

set out

Ag#E

in front

ÞyÓdn|

chariot

yaEjyÞv

be readied

for me

yTa

in that manner

kalaÏyy:

delay

will not

Þyat¯

occur

Ñ¥ta:

the messengers (of king Janaka)

¢h

indeed

Ïvry¢Ót

hurrying

mam¯

These   learned   ones   Vasishta,   Vamadeva,   Jabali,   the   son of Kasyapa,   Markandeya   of   long   life   and   sage   Katyayana   may lead   us   from   the   front   and   let   my   chariot   be   kept   ready. The   messengers   are   hurrying   me   and   hence,   may   we   depart in   the   manner   that   will   not   cause   delay'   (4-5).
iÏy¤ÀÏva   s   mhatEja   raja   dSrTaE   rTm¯   .
AaâraEh   yTa   Ban¤BIgvaÓrG¤nÓdn:          ¡ 6¡

i¢t

uÀÏva

saying

mhatEja:

of great resplendence

raja

king

dSrT:

Dasaratha

rTm¯

the chariot

AaâraEh

boarded

yTa

in that manner

Ban¤:

the Sun

Bgvan¯

Lord

rG¤nÓdn:

the delight of the Raghu race

Having   said   so,   that   king   Dasaratha,   extremely   resplendent like   the   solar orb, and the delight of   the   Raghu   race boarded   his   chariot   (6).
vcnaäO¤   nrEÓd#Þy   sa   sEna   ct¤r¢ÄñN£       .
rajanm¦¢x¢B:   saDI|   v#jÓt|   p¦¿taE{Óvgat¯   ¡ 7¡

vcnat¯

on the command of

t¤

verily

nrEÓd#Þy

of the lord of men

that

sEna

army

ct¤r¢ÄñN£

of four-fold divisions

rajan|

the king

§¢x¢B:

along with the sages

saDI|

together

v#jÓt|

moving forward

p¦¾t:

from behind

AÓvgat¯

followed

Upon   the   instructions   of   the   monarch,   that   four-fold   army (of   the   king)   followed   behind   that   king,   who   was   proceeding along   with   the   sages   (7).
gÏva   ct¤rh|   magI|   ¢vdEhan×y¤pE¢yvan¯                .
raja   t¤   jnk:   ½£man¯   ½¤Ïva   p¥jamkÚpyt¯   ¡ 8¡

gÏva

having travelled

ct¤rh|

four days

magI|

journey

¢vdEhan¯

the country of the Videhas

A×y¤pE¢yvan¯

reached

raja

king

t¤

verily

jnk:

Janaka

½£man¯

the illustrious

½¤Ïva

having heard (the arrival of king Dasaratha and his retinue)

p¥ja|

worship

AkÚpyt¯

arranged

Traversing the distance in   four   days,   (that   king)   reached the   Videha   country   and   learning   about   this,   king   Janaka made   all   arrangements   for   honouring     the   guests.   (8).
ttaE   rajanmasaï   v¦Ñ¯D|   dSrT|   n¦pm¯        .
jnkaE   m¤¢dtaE   raja   hxI|   c   prm|   yyaW   ¡
uvac   c   nr½E¿aE   nr½E¿|   m¤da{¢Óvtm¯   ¡ 9¡

tt:

thereupon

rajan|

to the king

Aasaï

having neared

v¦Ñ¯D|

the elderly

dSrT|

Dasaratha

n¦pm¯

king

jnk:

Janaka

m¤¢dt:

highly pleased

raja

king

hxI|

joy

and

prm|

the pinnacle

yyaW

attained

uvac

said

and

nr½E¿:

the foremost among men

nr½E¿|

the best among men

m¤da

with happiness

A¢Óvtm¯

accompanying

At   that   time,   king   Janaka,   who   was   joyous,   approaching   the aged   king   Dasaratha,   became   extremely   happy.   Thereafter,   this   best among   men   addressed   that   best   among   men,   with   a   cheerful
frame   of   mind   (9).
Þvagt|   tE   mharaj   ¢d¾Ya   p#açOaE{¢s   raGv   .
p¤æOyaEâByaE:   p#£¢t|   lp¯ÞysE  v£yI¢n¢jItam¯     ¡ 10¡

Þvagt|

welcome

to you

mharaj

O! Emperor!

¢d¾Ya

fortunately

p#açO:

come here

A¢s

you are

raGv

_ O! Scion of the Raghu race!

p¤æOyaE:

of your sons

uByaE:

both

p#£¢t|

pleasure

lp¯ÞysE

you will gain

v£yI¢n¢jItam¯

having succeeded through valour

`Welcome   to   you   ,   O!   Emperor!   O!   Scion   of   the   Raghu   race!
You   have   arrived   here   due   to   my   good   fortune.   You   will   be   the
recipient   of   the   love   and   affection   of   these   two   sons,   who   have
achieved   success   through   valour   (10).
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