THE VALMIKI RAMAYANA

BALA KANDA

eksçO¢ttm:   sgI:      Canto  71
kÓyap#danp#¢tåOa      Janaka's  promise   of   giving   the   girls  in   marriage
ev|   b#¤vaN|   jnk:   p#Ïy¤vac   k]ta¸¢l:        .
½aEt¤mhI¢s   Bd#|   tE   k¤l|   n:   p¢rk£¢tItm¯   ¡ 1¡

ev|

like this

b#¤vaN|

saying

jnk:

Janaka

p#Ïy¤vac

replied

k]ta¸¢l:

with hands folded in reverence

½aEt¤|

to listen

AhI¢s

be pleased

Bd#|

all be well

with you

k¤l|

lineage

ours

p¢rk£¢tItm¯

being narrated

Janaka,   with   folded   palms   replied   to   him,   who   was   speaking   in
this   strain:   May   all   be   well   with   you,   may   you   hear   about   our
lineage   also   which   will   be   detailed'   (1).

p#danE   ¢h   m¤¢n½E¿   k¤l|   ¢nrvSExt:    .
v³Ûy|   k¤ljatEn   t¢°baED   mham¤nE   ¡ 2¡

p#danE

at the time of gifting (a daughter)

¢h

inded

m¤¢n½E¿

O! Foremost among sages!

k¤l|

lineage

¢nrvSExt:

completely

v³Ûy|

is to be narrated

k¤ljatEn

by one born in a cultured family

tt¯

that (narration)

¢nbaED

may you listen

mham¤nE

O! Great sage!

O!   Great   sage!   At   the   time   of   giving   away   his   daughter   in
marriage,   by   one   who   is   born   of   a   good   family,   his   lineage
should   be   narrated   without   any   omission.   Hence,   may   you   listen
to   that   from   me,O!   Great   sage!   (2).
raja{B¥¢ÏæOx¤   laEkEx¤   ¢v½¤t:   ÞvEn   kmINa   .
¢n¢m:   prmDmaIÏma   svIst¯Ïvvta|   vr:        ¡ 3¡

raja

a king

AB¥t¯

was

¢æOx¤

in the three

laEkEx¤

worlds

¢v½¤t:

renowned

ÞvEn

his own

kmINa

deeds

¢n¢m:

Nimi

prmDmaIÏma

extremely righteous in nature

svIst¯Ïvvta|

of the best people

vr:

superior

Famous   due   to   his   own   acts,   there   was   a   king   of   all   the three   worlds   known   as   Nimi,   who   was   an   extremely   righteous soul   and   best   among   the   best   (3).
tÞy   p¤æOaE   ¢m¢TnaIm   ¢m¢Tla   yEn   ¢n¢mIta   .
p#TmaE   jnkaE   nam   jnkadÔy¤davs¤:        ¡ 4¡

tÞy

his

p¤æO:

son

¢m¢T:

Miti

nam

by name

¢m¢Tla

Mithila

yEn

by whom

¢n¢mIta

set up

p#Tm:

the first

jnk:

Janaka

nam

by name

jnkat¯

from Janaka

A¢p

also

udavs¤:

Udavasu

His   son   was   Mithi,   by   whom   was   the   city   Mithila   built.   He was   Janaka,   the   first   and   from   him   was   born   Udavasu   (4).
udavsaEÞt¤   DmaIÏma   raja   vW   n¢ÓdvDIn:   .
n¢ÓdvDInp¤æOÞt¤   s¤kEt¤naIm   namt:           ¡ 5¡

udavsaE:

of Udavasu

t¤

indeed

DmaIÏma

the righteous one

raja

king

verily

n¢ÓdvDIn:

Nandivardhana

n¢ÓdvDInp¤æO:

the son of Nandivardhana

t¤

was

s¤kEt¤:

Suketu

nam

by name

namt:

named

To Udavasu was born the soul   of   righteousness   and   king Nandivardhana.   The   son   of   Nandivardhana   was   known   as Suketu   by   name   (5).
s¤kEtaEr¢p   DmaIÏma   dEvrataE   mhabl:    .
dEvratÞy   rajxEIb¦Ihd#T   i¢t   Þm¦t:    ¡ 6¡

s¤kEtaE:

of Suketu

A¢p

also

DmaIÏma

the righteous one

dEvrat:

Devarata

mhabl:

of great might

dEvratÞy

of Devarata

rajxEI:

of the royal sage

b¦hd#T:

Brihadratha

i¢t

thus

Þm¦t:

known

The   son   of   Suketu   was   that   extremely   mighty   Devarata,   a   soul
of   righteousness   and   to   that   royal   sage   Devarata   was   born (a   son)   known   as   Brihadratha   (6).
b¦hd#TÞy   S¥raE{B¥Ómhav£r:   p#tapvan¯       .
mhav£rÞy   D¦¢tmaÓs¤D¦¢t:   sÏy¢v@m:   ¡ 7¡

b¦hd#TÞy

of Brihadratha

S¥r:

valiant

AB¥t¯

was born

mhav£r:

Mahavira

p#tapvan¯

of great repute

mhav£rÞy

of Mahavira

D¦¢tman¯

the courageous

s¤D¦¢t:

Sudhriti

sÏy¢v@m:

of true valour

The   son   of   Brihadvrata   was   the   reputed   and   valorous   Mahavira and   to Mahavira was born Sudhriti, who was courageous and of true   valour   (7).
s¤D¦tEr¢p   DmaIÏma   è¾kEt¤:   s¤Da¢mIk:   .
è¾kEtaEÞt¤   rajxEIhIyIá   i¢t   ¢v½¤t:   ¡ 8¡

s¤D¦tE:

of Sudhriti

A¢p

also

DmaIÏma

righteous one

è¾kEt¤:

Drishtaketu

s¤Da¢mIk:

extremely righteous

&grave;¾kEtaE:

of Drishtaketu

t¤

indeed

rajxEI:

of the royal sage

hyIá:

Haryasva

i¢t

thus

¢v½¤t:

famous

Of   the   soul   of   righteousness   Sudhriti   was   born   the   extremely
righteous   Dristaketu.   To   the   royal   sage   Dristaketu   was   born
the   famous   Haryasva   (8).
hyIáÞy   mâ:   p¤æOaE   mraE:   p¤æO:   p#¢tÓDk:     .
p#¢tÓDkÞy   DmaIÏma   raja   k£¢tIrT:   s¤t:   ¡ 9¡

hyIáÞy

of Haryasva

mâ:

Maru

p¤æO:

(was the) son

mraE:

of Maru

p¤æO:

son

p#¢tÓDk:

Pratindhaka

p#¢tÓDkÞy

of Pratindhaka

DmaIÏma

the righteous

raja

king

k£¢tIrT:

Kirtiratha

s¤t:

son

The   son   of   Haryasva   was   Maru   and   the   son   of   Maru   was
Pratindhaka.The   son   to   Pratindhaka   was   the   soul   of righteousness,   the   king   Kirtirata   (9).
p¤æO:   k£¢tIrTÞyaT   dEvm£F   i¢t   Þm¦t:   .
dEvm£FÞy   ¢vb¤DaE   ¢vb¤DÞy   mh£D#k:   ¡ 10¡

p¤æO:

son

k£¢tIrTÞy

of Kirtiratha

then

dEvm£F:

Devamidha

i¢t

thus

Þm¦t:

known

dEvm£FÞy

of Devamidha

¢vb¤D:

Vibudha

¢vb¤DÞy

of Vibudha

mh£D#k:

Mahidhraka

The son of Kirtiratha was then Devamidha, as he was known. To Devamidha was born Vibudha and to Vibudha, Mahidhraka (10).
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