AT   raæya|   Ûyt£taya|   ¢váa¢mæOaE   mham¤¢n:   .
Aap¦¾¯va   taW   c   rajanaW   jgamaEäOrpvItm¯     ¡
AaS£¢BI:   p¥r¢yÏva   c   k¤mara|à   sraGvan¯   ¡ 1¡

AT

then

raæya|

the night

Ûyt£taya|

had lapsed

¢váa¢mæO:

Viswamitra

mham¤¢n:

the eminent sage

Aap¦¾¯va

taking leave

taW	from those two

c

and

rajanaW

the kings

jgam

left

uäOrpvItm¯

for the mountains in the north

AaS£¢BI:

with benedictions

p¥r¢yÏva

suffusing

c

and

k¤maran¯

the princes

c

and

s:

he

raGvan¯

the Raghus

That   great   sage   Viswamitra,   with   the   night   drawing   to   a   close
(on   the   following   morn),   having   blessed   those   princes   with
benedictory   words   and   taking   leave   of   the   two   kings,   left
for   the   mountains   in   the   north   (1).
 
¢váa¢mæOE   gtE   t¢Þmn¯   raja   c   jgt£p¢t:  .
AyaEÒya¢Dp¢t:   ½£man¯   vWdEh|   ¢m¢Tla¢Dpm¯     ¡
Aap¦¾¯va{T   jgamaS¤   raja   dSrT:   p¤r£m¯    ¡ 2¡

¢váa¢mæOE

Viswamitra

gtE	on his departure

t¢Þmn¯

at that time

raja	king (Dasaratha)

c

and

jgt£p¢t:

the lord of the world

AyaEÒya¢Dp¢t:

the Lord of Ayodhya (Dasaratha)

½£man¯

the illustrious

vWdEh|

to the king of the Videha country

¢m¢Tla¢Dpm¯

the Lord of Mithila (Janaka)

Aap¦¾¯va

taking leave

AT

then

jgam

left

AaS¤

quickly

raja

king

dSrT:

Dasaratha

p¤r£m¯

(his) capital city

When   that   Viswamitra   had   departed,   that   king,   the   ruler
of   Ayodhya   and   the   illustrious   emperor   Dasaratha,   quickly
taking   leave   of   the   ruler   of   Mithila,   the   Vaideha,   set   out
for   (his)   capital   city   (2).
 
gÅCÓt|   t|   t¤   rajanmÓvgÅC°ra¢Dp:  ¡ 3¡

gÅCÓt|

the one that was leaving

t|	him (Dasaratha)

t¤

indeed

rajan|

the king (Dasaratha)

AÓvgÅCt¯

followed (a little distance)

nra¢Dp:

the king of men (Janaka)

The   king   (of   Mithila)   accompanied   that   emperor   who   was
going   (to   Ayodhya)   for   a   little   distance   (3).
 
AT   raja   ¢vdEhana|   ddaW   kÓyaDn|   bh^  ¡ 4¡

AT

then

raja

the king

¢vdEhana|

of Videha country

ddaW

gave

kÓyaDn|

bridal wealth

bh^

extensive

gva|   Stsh*a¢N   bh\¢n   ¢m¢Tla¢Dp:        .
kØblana|   c   m¤Áyana|   XaWmkaEzYØbra¢N  c  ¡ 5¡

gva|

of cows

Stsh*a¢N

a hundred thousand

bh\¢n

a large number

¢m¢Tla¢Dp:

the Lord of Mithila

kØblana|

of blankets

c

and

m¤Áyana|

of high quality

XaWmkaEzYØbra¢N

silken raiments in crores

c

and

 
The   king   of   Videhas   also   made   extensive   gifts   of   bridal
wealth.   The   ruler   of   Mithila   gifted   a   hundred   thousand
cows   as   also   superior   blankets     and   crores   of   silken   robes   (4-5).
 
hÞÏyárTpadat|   ¢dÛyãp|   ÞvlÄð¦tm¯      .
ddaW   kÓya¢pta   tasa|   das£dasmn¤äOmm¯  ¡ 6¡

hÞÏyárTpadat|

the fourdivisioned armed forces consisting of elephants, horses, chariots and soldiers on foot

¢dÛyãp|

extremely good looking

ÞvlÄð¦tm¯

tastefully decked

ddaW

gave

kÓya¢pta

the father of the maidens (Janaka and Kusadhvaja)

tasa|

their

das£das|

men and womenin-waiting

An¤äOmm¯

without parallel

That   father   of   the   brides,   then   gifted   to   them,   well-decked
and   good-looking   elephants,   horses,   chariots   and   soldiers   and
the   best   of   female   attendants   and   servants   (6).
 
¢hrÎyÞy   s¤vNIÞy   m¤³ana|   ¢vd#mÞy   c  .
ddaW   prms|¶¾:   kÓyaDnmn¤äOmm¯            ¡ 7¡

¢hrÎyÞy

made of silver

s¤vNIÞy

made of gold

m¤³ana|

of pearls

¢vd#mÞy

of corals

c

and

ddaW

gifted

prms|¶¾:

extremely satisfied

kÓyaDn|

bridal wealth

An¤äOmm¯

inestimable

 
He   gifted   as   brides-wealth   invaluable   gold,   silver,   pearls
and   corals,   with   a   heart   filled   with   joy   (7).
 
dÏva   bh^Dn|   raja   smn¤åOaÔy   pa¢TIvm¯    .
s|p¥Çy   mÄñlaS£¢BI:   kmaran¯   rG¤nÓdnan¯   ¡
p#¢vvES   Þv¢nly|   ¢m¢Tla|   ¢m¢TlEár:      ¡ 8¡

dÏva	having gifted

bh^Dn|

extensive (bridal) wealth

raja	the king (Janaka)

smn¤åOaÔy

taking leave

pa¢TIvm¯

from the emperor (Dasaratha)

s|p¥Çy

having worshipped

mÄñlaS£¢BI:

with auspicious benedictions

kmaran¯

the lads (princes)

rG¤nÓdnan¯

the delights of the Raghu race

p#¢vvES

entered

Þv¢nly|

his own abode

¢m¢Tla|

in Mithila

¢m¢TlEár:

the ruler of Mithila

 
That   king,   the   ruler   of   Mithila,   having   gifted   extensive
wealth   and   taking   leave   of   the   emperor   (Dasaratha)   and
blessing   the   children,   the   delights   of   the   Raghu   race   with
auspicious   benedictions,   came   back   to   Mithila,   his
headquarters   (8).
 
t¢Þmn¯   p#¢v¾E   ngr|   jnkE   jgt£p¢t:  .
rajaÔyyaEÒya¢Dp¢t:   sh   p¤æOWmIhaÏm¢B:    ¡
§x£ÓsvaIÓp¤rÞk]Ïy   jgam   sblan¤g:     ¡ 9¡

t¢Þmn¯

upon

p#¢v¾E

having entered

ngr|

city

jnkE

by Janaka

jgt£p¢t:

the emperor of the world (Dasaratha)

raja	king (Dasaratha)

A¢p

also

AyaEÒya¢Dp¢t:

the Lord of Ayodhya

sh	along with

p¤æOW:

his sons

mhaÏm¢B:

exalted

§x£n¯

sages

svaIn¯

all

p¤rÞk]Ïy

keeping in the lead

jgam

left

sblan¤g:

followed by his army

 
When   that   Janaka   had   left   for   his   city,   the   emperor   and   king
of   Ayodhya,   accompanied   by   his   army,   along   with   his   high-souled
sons,   set   out   (for   his   city)   with   all   the   sages   in   the   lead   (9).
 
va¢hn£|   mht£|   kxIn¯   k£¢tIma|à   yyaW   tda   ¡ 10¡

va¢hn£|

the army

mht£|

great

kxIn¯

leading

k£¢tIman¯

that illustrious one

c

and

yyaW

went

tda

then

That   highly   famed   one   (Dasaratha)   was,   going   at   that   time,
commanding   that   huge   army   (10).