THE VALMIKI RAMAYANA
BALA KANDA
sçO¢ttm:
sgI: Canto 70(Contd)
dSrTv|SvNInm¯
Description of Dasaratha's lineage
AÛy³p#BvaE
b#'a SaátaE ¢nÏy AÛyy:
.
tÞmaÓmr£¢c:
s|jåOE mr£cE: kaÜyp:
s¤t: ¡ 20¡
AÛy³p#Bv:
|
of unknowable origin |
kaÜyp:
|
(was born) Kasyapa |
`Lord Brahma
is eternal, immutable, master
of his actions and having
the indescribable Supreme Being
as the source. From Him
was born Marichi. The son
of Marichi was Kashyapa (20).
¢vvÞvaÓkaÜypaÇjME
mn¤vWIvÞvt: Þm¦t:
.
mn¤:
p#jap¢t: p¥vI¢mßvakÞt¤
mnaE: s¤t: ¡ 21¡
¢vvÞvan¯
|
Vivaswan (the Sun) |
p#jap¢t:
|
the forbear of humanity |
The Sun god
was born of Kasyapa and
Manu is known as the
son of the Sun. Manu is
the first father of the
human race and
his son was
Ikshvaku (21).
t¢mßvak¤myaEÒyaya|
rajan| ¢v¢Ñ¯D p¥vIkm¯
.
ißvakaEÞt¤
s¤t: ½£maÓk¤¢X¢rÏyEv
¢v½¤t: ¡ 22¡
May you know
that Ikshvaku to be the
first king of Ayodhya
and the son
of Ikshvaku is the famous
and illustrious Kukshi (22)
k¤XErTaÏmj:
½£ma¢Óvk¤¢Xâdpït
.
¢vk¤XEÞt¤
mhatEja baN: p¤æO: p#tapvan¯
¡ 23¡
mhatEja:
|
of extreme radiance |
Then,the son
of Kukshi was born the
illustrious Vikukshi .
The son of
Vikukshi is Bana of great
effulgence and glory (23).
baNÞy
t¤ mhatEja AnrÎy: p#tapvan¯
.
AnrÎyat¯
p¦T¤jIME ¢æOSÄð¤Þt¤
p¦TaE: s¤t: ¡ 24¡
mhatEja:
|
of immense radiance |
The son of
Bana was the greatly radiant
and glorious Anaranya .
From Anaranya
was born Prithu and Trisanku
was the son of Prithu
(24).
¢æOSÄðaErBvt¯
p¤æOaE D¤ÓD¤maraE
mhaySa: .
D¤ÓD¤maraÓmhatEja
y¤vnaáaE mharT:
¡
y¤vnaás¤t:
½£man¯ maÓData p¦¢Tv£p¢t:
¡ 25¡
mhaySa:
|
exceedingly famous |
D¤ÓD¤marat¯
|
of Dhundhumara |
mhatEja:
|
of great radiance |
mharT:
|
who could engage simultaneously ten thousand
charioteers |
y¤vnaás¤t:
|
the son of Yuvanashva |
p¦¢Tv£p¢t:
|
lord of the earth |
To Trisanku
was born the son Dhundumara
of great fame . From Dhundhumara
was born Yuvanashva of great
radiance, who was a "maharatha"
(who could fight ten thousand
chariots in battle, single handed
and at the same time)
.The son of Yuvanashva was
the illustrious king Mandhata
(25).
maÓDat¤Þt¤
s¤t: ½£man¯ s¤s¢ÓDâdpït
.
s¤sÓDEr¢p
p¤æOaW ¹aW D#¤vs¢ÓD:
p#sEn¢jt¯ ¡ 26¡
The son of
Mandhata was born the illustrious
Susandhi . There were born
two sons to Susandhi(named)
Dhruvasandhi and Prasenajit (26).
ySÞv£
D#¤vsÓDEÞt¤ BrtaE nam
namt: .
BrtaäO¤
mhatEja A¢staE nam jatvan¯
¡ 27¡
D#¤vsÓDE:
|
of Dhruvasandhi |
mhatEja:
|
of great radiance |
Of the reputed
Dhrurasandhi was born the
son by name Bharata
and from Bharata,was
born Asita of great radiance
(27).
yÞyWtE
p#¢trajan: udpïÓt SæOv:
.
hWhyaÞtaljH¯Gaà
S¥raà S¢S¢bÓdv: ¡
28¡
taljH¯Ga:
|
the Talajanghas |
ta|Þt¤
s|p#¢ty¤Òyn¯ ¢h y¤Ñ¯DE
raja p#va¢st: ¡29¡
s|p#¢ty¤Òyn¯
|
fighting back |
This king Asita
opposed in battle the valiant
Haihayas, Talajanghas, Sasibindus
and other kings who rose
as enemies to cause him
harm but he was defeated
and driven away from
his kingdom
(28-29).
¢hmvÓtm¤pagØy
BayaI×ya| s¢htaE{vst¯
.
A¢staE{ÚpblaE
raja kalDmIm¤pE¢yvan¯ ¡ 30¡
¢hmvÓt|
|
the valley of the Himalayas |
kalDmI|
|
the way of the world (death) |
The weak
king Asita, along with his
two wives,going to the
Himalayan valley,settled
there and later died (30).
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