For   both   the   giver   (of   the   bride)   and   the   acceptor   (of   the   bride),
all  prosperities   come   on   their   own.   For   this   reason,   may   you
perform  this superior  marriage  ritual  and  enhance  your   own   merit'   (13).  
iÏy¤³:   prmaEdaraE   v¢s¿En   mhaÏmna       .
p#Ïy¤vac   mhatEja   vaÀy|   prmDmI¢vt¯   ¡ 14¡

i¢t

thus

u³:	being spoken

prmaEdar:

that greatly magnanimous one

v¢s¿En

by Vasishta

mhaÏmna

by the highsouled

p#Ïy¤vac

replied

mhatEja:

of great resplendence

vaÀy|

words

prmDmI¢vt¯

that adept in righteous conduct

 
Spoken  to  thus  by  that  high-souled   Vasishta,   the   best   among   knowers
of   right   conduct,   the   extremely   large-hearted   and   that   one   of
great   radiance   (Janaka)   replied   in   the   following   words   (14).  
k:   ¢ÞTt:   p#¢tharaE   mE   kÞyaåOa   s|p#t£ßytE     .
Þvg¦hE   kaE   ¢vcaraE{¢Þt   yTa   raÇy¢md|   tv   ¡ 15¡

k:

who

¢ÞTt:

dare

p#¢thar:

guard

mE

my

kÞy

whose

AaåOa

order

s|p#t£ßytE

is being awaited

Þvg¦hE

in one's own house

k:

what

¢vcar:

thought

A¢Þt

is there

yTa

for

raÇy|

the kingdom

id|

this

tv

yours

 
`Who   is   there   to   stand   guard   at   my   gate   ?   As   this   is   your
own   domain,   what   is   there   to   think   about   in   one's   own house   ?     Whose   orders   are   to   be   awaited   ?   (15)

k]tkaWt¤ksvIÞva   vE¢dm¥lm¤pagta:               .
mm   kÓya   m¤¢n½E¿   d£çOa   vþE¢rva¢cIx:   ¡ 16¡

k]tkaWt¤ksvIÞva:

having completed all auspicious preliminaries

vE¢dm¥l|

near the ritualistic altar

upagta:

have come

mm

my

kÓya:

daughters

m¤¢n½E¿

O! Great sage!

d£çOa:

brilliant

vþE:	of the fire

iv

like

A¢cIx:

tongues of flame

 
O!   Best   among   sages!   All   my   daughters,   having   worn   the
bracelets   anterior   to   getting   married,   decked   in   full   and   blazing
like   the   flames   of   ifre   have   come   to   the   altar   of   marriage   (16).  
sÇjaE{h|   Ïvt¯p#t£XaE{¢Þm   vEïamÞya|   p#¢t¢¿t:   .
A¢vG"|   ¢@yta|   rajn¯   ¢kmTImvlØbsE       ¡ 17¡

sÇj:

ready

Ah|

am I

Ïvt¯

from you

p#t£X:

awaiting

A¢Þm

am

vEïa|

at the altar

AÞya|

this

p#¢t¢¿t:

staying

A¢vG"|

without impediment

¢@yta|

may be done

rajn¯

O! King!

¢kmTI|

for what reason

AvlØbsE

there is delay

 
O!   King!   I   am   awaiting   you,   fulfilled   in   my   task,   waiting near   the   altar.   Why   there   is   this   tarrying   ?   May   things   be done   without   let   or   hindrance'   (17).  
t¹aÀy|   jnkEnaE³|   ½¤Ïva   dSrTÞtda   .
p#vESyamas   s¤taÓsvaIn¦¢xgNan¢p       ¡ 18¡

tt¯

that

vaÀy|

statement

jnkEn

by Janaka

u³|

uttered

½¤Ïva

having heard

dSrT:

Dasaratha

tda

then

p#vESyamas

ushered in

s¤tan¯

sons

svaIn¯

all

§¢xgNan¯

the groups of sages

A¢p

also

 
Having   heard   those   words   spoken   by   Janaka,   then   Dasaratha ushered   in   his   sons   and   all   the   groups   of   sages   too   (18).  
ttaE   raja   ¢vdEhana|   v¢s¿¢mdmb#v£t¯           .
karyÞv   §xE   sØyg¦¢x¢B:   sh   Da¢mIkW:     ¡
ramÞy   laEkramÞy   ¢@ya|   vWva¢hk£|   p#BaE   ¡ 19¡

tt:

thereupon

raja

the king

¢vdEhana|

of Videha country

v¢s¿|

to Vasishta

id|

thus

Ab#v£t¯

spoke

karyÞv

may you be pleased to perform

§xE

O! Seer!

sØyk	as is to be done

§¢x¢B:

sages

sh	in the company of

Da¢mIkW:

steeped in right conduct

ramÞy

of Rama

laEkramÞy

the one who works for the welfare of the universe

¢@ya|

the ritual

vWva¢hk£|

connected with the marriage

p#BaE

O! Lord!

 
Then   the   king   of   Videhas   told   Vasishta   the   following   words: `O!   Lord!   May   you   perform   comprehensively,   O!   Sage!   along   with
the   righteous   persons,   the   wedding   ritual   of   Rama,   the   delighter
of   the   world   (19).  
Ïvya   n   ¢v¢dt|   ¢k¢¸°a¢Þt   b#'¢vda|   vr   .
tÞmaÏvmEv   b#'xI   ASEx|   kt¤ImhI¢s         ¡ 20¡

Ïvya

by you

n

not

¢v¢dt|

known

¢k¢¸t¯

even a little bit

n

not

A¢Þt	there exists

b#'¢vda|

of the realised

vr	most superior

tÞmat¯

hence

Ïv|

you

ev

alone

b#'xI

O! Brahminical sage!

ASEx|

comprehensively

kt¤I|

to conduct

AhI¢s

be pleased

 
O!   Best   among   the   realised   ones!   O!   Brahminical   sage!   There
is   nothing   not   known   to   you.   Therefore,   may   you   perform   all
that   is   to   be   done   completely   (20).