🏛️ Ayodhya Kanda

Sarga 41

21 shlokas

AK-41-1Ayodhya Kanda 41.1

तस्मिन्स्तु पुरुषव्याघ्रे विनिर्याति कृताञ्जलौ। आर्तशब्दोऽहि सञ्जज्ञे स्त्रीणामन्त:पुरे महान्।।2.41.1।।

tasminstu puruṣavyāghre viniryāti kṛtāñjalau| ārtaśabdo'hi sañjajñe strīṇāmanta:pure mahān||2.41.1||

Translation

पुरुषव्याघ्रे tiger (foremost) among men, तस्मिन् that Rama, कृताञ्जलौ with folded palms, विनिर्याति having departed, अन्तःपुरे in the inner apartment (of the palace), स्त्रीणाम् of women, आर्तशब्दः cries of distress, संजज्ञे arose.

Meaning

When Rama, the foremost men, was departing with folded palms there arose a huge cry of distress from the inner apartment of ladies.

AK-41-2Ayodhya Kanda 41.2

अनाथस्य जनस्यास्य दुर्बलस्य तपस्विनः। यो गतिश्शरणं चासीत्स नाथः क्व नु गच्छति।।2.41.2।।

anāthasya janasyāsya durbalasya tapasvinḥ| yo gatiśśaraṇṃ cāsītsa nāthḥ kva nu gacchati||2.41.2||

Translation

अनाथस्य of the orphan, दुर्बलस्य of the weak, तपस्विनः of the miserable, अस्य जनस्य of these people, यः who, गतिः refuge, शरणं च also the protector, आसीत् was, सः नाथः such protector, क्व नु गच्छति where is he now going?

Meaning

Rama was a refuge and a protector to all the people who were defenceless, weak and miserable. Where is such a protector going now? (said the people).

AK-41-3Ayodhya Kanda 41.3

न क्रुध्यत्यभिशप्तोऽपि क्रोधनीयानि वर्जयन्। क्रुद्धान्प्रसादयन्सर्वान् समदुःखः क्व गज्छति।।2.41.3।।

na krudhyatyabhiśapto'pi krodhanīyāni varjayan| kruddhānprasādayansarvān samaduḥkhḥ kva gajchati||2.41.3||

Translation

अभिशप्तोऽपि even when denounced, न क्रुध्यति will not be angry, क्रोधनीयानि acts provoking wrath, वर्जयन् while abandoning, क्रुद्धान् those who were enraged, सर्वान् all of them, प्रसादयन् pacifies, समदुःखः sharing their sorrow, क्व where, गच्छति is going?

Meaning

Where is he who, even if reviled, never gets angry, never does acts that provoke anger, pacifies those who are enraged and shares the sorrows of others going now?

AK-41-4Ayodhya Kanda 41.4

कौशल्यायां महातेजा यथा मातरि वर्तते। तथा यो वर्ततेऽस्मासु महात्मा क्व नु गच्छति।।2.41.4।।

kauśalyāyāṃ mahātejā yathā mātari vartate| tathā yo vartate'smāsu mahātmā kva nu gacchati||2.41.4||

Translation

महातेजाः effulgent, यः Rama, मातरि with regard to his mother, कौशल्यायाम् Kausalya, यथा as, वर्तते treats, तथा in that way, अस्मासु in us, वर्तते treats, महात्मा a magnanimous one, क्व नु where, गच्छति is he going?

Meaning

Where is he, that effulgent, magnanimous one who treated us (with the same respect) as he treated his mother Kausalya, going now?

AK-41-5Ayodhya Kanda 41.5

कैकेय्या क्लिश्यमानेन राज्ञा सञ्चोदितो वनम्। परित्राता जनस्यास्य जगतः क्व नु गच्छति।।2.41.5।।

kaikeyyā kliśyamānena rājñā sañcodito vanam| paritrātā janasyāsya jagatḥ kva nu gacchati||2.41.5||

Translation

कैकेय्या by Kaikeyi, क्लिश्यमानेन by being tormented, राज्ञा by the king, वनम् to the forest, सञ्चोदितः one ordered, अस्य जनस्य of these people, जगतः of the whole world, परित्राता protector, Rama, क्व नु where, गच्छति is he going?

Meaning

Tormented by Kaikeyi, the king ordered him to go to the forest. Where is he, who happened to be the protector of the people of this world, going now?

AK-41-6Ayodhya Kanda 41.6

अहो निश्चेतनो राजा जीवलोकस्य सम्प्रियम्। धर्म्यं सत्यव्रतं रामं वनवासे प्रवत्स्यति।।2.41.6।।

aho niścetano rājā jīvalokasya sampriyam| dharmyṃ satyavratṃ rāmṃ vanavāse pravatsyati||2.41.6||

Translation

राजा king, निश्चेतनः nonsense, अहो alas, जीवलोकस्य of the world of living beings, सम्प्रियम् is dear, धर्म्यम् is righteous, सत्यव्रतम् faithful to truth, रामम् Rama, वनवासे to dwell in the forest, प्रवत्स्यति is sending away.

Meaning

Alas, the king must be devoid of any sense as he is sending away Rama, who is dear to the world, is righteous and truthful, to dwell in the forest.

AK-41-7Ayodhya Kanda 41.7

इति सर्वा महिष्यस्ता विवत्सा इव धेनवः। रुरुदुश्चैव दुःखार्ताः सस्वरं च विचुक्रुशुः।।2.41.7।।

iti sarvā mahiṣyastā vivatsā iva dhenavḥ| ruruduścaiva duḥkhārtāḥ sasvarṃ ca vicukruśuḥ||2.41.7||

Translation

इति thus, सर्वाः all, ताः महिष्यः all the wives, विवत्साः deprived of their calfs, धेनवः इव like cows, दुःखार्ताः tormented with sorrow, रुरुदुश्चैव wept, सस्वरम् loudly, विचुक्रुशुः cried.

Meaning

So wept aloud the anguished wives of the king like cows separated from their calves.

AK-41-8Ayodhya Kanda 41.8

स तमन्तः पुरे घोरमार्तशब्दं महीपतिः। पुत्रशोकाभिसन्तप्तः श्रुत्वा चासीत्सुदुःखितः।।2.41.8।।

sa tamantḥ pure ghoramārtaśabdṃ mahīpatiḥ| putraśokābhisantaptḥ śrutvā cāsītsuduḥkhitḥ||2.41.8||

Translation

पुत्रशोकाभिसन्तप्तः oppressed with sorrow caused by the departure of his son, सः महीपतिः that king, अन्तःपुरे in the inner apartment (of the palace), घोरम् horible, तम् that, आर्त शब्दम् wailings, श्रुत्वा having heard, सुदुःखितः आसीत् became increasingly distressed.

Meaning

Upon hearing the dreadful wailing from the inner apartments of the palace, the king already devasted at the separation from his son, grew even more distressed.

AK-41-9Ayodhya Kanda 41.9

नाग्निहोत्राण्यहूयन्त नापचन् गृहमेधिनः अकुर्वन्न प्रजाः कार्यं सूर्यश्चान्तरधीयत।।2.41.9।।

nāgnihotrāṇyahūyanta nāpacan gṛhamedhinḥ akurvanna prajāḥ kāryṃ sūryaścāntaradhīyata||2.41.9||

Translation

अग्निहोत्राणि (Fire) in agnihotra sacrifice, नाहूयन्त was not invoked, गृहमेधिनः householders, नापचन् did not cook, प्रजाः people, कार्यम् daily chores, न अकुर्वन् did not do, सूर्यश्च even the Sun, अन्तरधीयत also obscured.

Meaning

The sacred fire in agnihotra sacrifices was not invoked householders did not cook their food the people did not attend to their daily chores. And the Sun set.

AK-41-10Ayodhya Kanda 41.10

व्यसृजन् कबलान्नागा गावो वत्सान्न पाययन्। पुत्रं प्रथमजं लब्ध्वा जननी नाभ्यनन्दत।।2.41.10।।

vyasṛjan kabalānnāgā gāvo vatsānna pāyayan| putrṃ prathamajṃ labdhvā jananī nābhyanandata||2.41.10||

Translation

नागाः elephants, कबलान् mouthful of food, व्यसृजन् shed, गावः cows, वत्सान् calves, न पाययन् did not suckle, जननी mothers, प्रथमजम् to the firstborn, पुत्रम् son, लब्धवा having begotten, नाभ्यनन्दत were not pleased.

Meaning

Elephants dropped their morsel of food. Cows did not suckle their calves. Even the mothers were not pleased with their firstborn sons.

AK-41-11Ayodhya Kanda 41.11

त्रिशङ्कुर्लोहिताङ्गश्च बृहस्पतिबुधावपि। दारुणा स्सोममभ्येत्य ग्रहास्सर्वे व्यवस्थिताः।।2.41.11।।

triśaṅkurlohitāṅgaśca bṛhaspatibudhāvapi| dāruṇā ssomamabhyetya grahāssarve vyavasthitāḥ||2.41.11||

Translation

त्रिशङ्कु: Trishanku, लोहिताङ्गश्च Mars, बृहस्पतिबुधावपि Jupiter as also Mercury, दारुणाः fierce aspect, सर्वे all, ग्रहाः planets, सोमम् Moon, अभ्येत्य approaching, व्यवस्थिताः remained.

Meaning

The constellation Trishanku, the planets Mars, Jupiter, Mercury and other fierce planets took their position near the Moon.

AK-41-12Ayodhya Kanda 41.12

नक्षत्राणि गतार्चींषि ग्रहाश्च गततेजसः। विशाखास्तु सधूमाश्च नभसि प्रचकाशिरे।।2.41.12।।

nakṣatrāṇi gatārcīṃṣi grahāśca gatatejasḥ| viśākhāstu sadhūmāśca nabhasi pracakāśire||2.41.12||

Translation

नक्षत्राणि the constellation of stars, गतार्चींषि shorn of their radiance, ग्रहाश्च planets also, गततेजसः diminished their brilliance, विशाखास्तु as for Visakha stars, सधूमाः with smoke, नभसि in the sky, प्रचकाशिरे were shining.

Meaning

The stars were shorn of their radiance. The brilliance of the planets diminished. Shrouded in smoke the Visakha constellation appeared in the sky.

AK-41-13Ayodhya Kanda 41.13

कालिकानिलवेगेन महोदधिरिवोत्थितः। रामे वनं प्रव्रजिते नगरं प्रचचाल तत्।।2.41.13।।

kālikānilavegena mahodadhirivotthitḥ| rāme vanṃ pravrajite nagarṃ pracacāla tat||2.41.13||

Translation

महोदधिः great ocean, कालिकानिलवेगेन इव like windblown dark clouds, उत्थितः aroused, रामे Rama, वनम् to the forest, प्रव्रजिते having been exiled, तत् नगरम् that city (of Ayodhya), प्रचचाल was shaken.

Meaning

After Rama left for the forest, dark clouds appeared (in the sky) like the (waves of) the great ocean uplifted by the speed of the wind which shook the city.

AK-41-14Ayodhya Kanda 41.14

दिशः पर्याकुलास्सर्वा स्तिमिरेणेव संवृताः। न ग्रहो नापि नक्षत्रं प्रचकाशे नकिञ्चन।।2.41.14।।

diśḥ paryākulāssarvā stimireṇeva sṃvṛtāḥ| na graho nāpi nakṣatrṃ pracakāśe nakiñcana||2.41.14||

Translation

सर्वाः all, दिशः cardinal points, पर्याकुलाः agitated, तिमिरेण with darkness, संवृताः इव covered, ग्रहः planet, न प्रचकाशे did not shine, नक्षत्रमपि even stars, किञ्चन anything, न not shining.

Meaning

As if covered with darkness, all the cardinal points became agitated. No planet, no star nor was anything (any heavenly body) shining (in the sky).

AK-41-15Ayodhya Kanda 41.15

अकस्मान्नागरस्सर्वो जनो दैन्यमुपागमत्। आहारे वा विहारे वा न कश्चिदकरोन्मनः।।2.41.15।।

akasmānnāgarassarvo jano dainyamupāgamat| āhāre vā vihāre vā na kaścidakaronmanḥ||2.41.15||

Translation

सर्वः all, नागरः relating to the city, जनः people, अकस्मात् suddenly, दैन्यम् helplessness, उपागमत् obtained, आहारे वा either in nourishment, विहारे वा or in recreation, कश्चित् none, मनः their mind, न अकरात् not done.

Meaning

All of a sudden the people of the city became miserable. No one was interested in eating and enjoying (life).

AK-41-16Ayodhya Kanda 41.16

शोकपर्यायसन्तप्त स्सततं दीर्घमुच्छवसन्। अयोध्यायां जनस्सर्व श्शुशोच जगतीपतिम्।।2.41.16।।

śokaparyāyasantapta ssatatṃ dīrghamucchavasan| ayodhyāyāṃ janassarva śśuśoca jagatīpatim||2.41.16||

Translation

अयोध्यायाम् in Ayodhya, सर्वः all, जनः people, शोकपर्यायसन्तप्तः afflicted with a series of grief, सततम् always, दीर्घम् deeply, उच्छवसन् heaving, जगतीपतिम् the lord of the world, शुशोच bewailed.

Meaning

All the citizens of Ayodhya, afflicted with a series of grief and heaving deep sighs ceaselessly bewailed at the sight of the lord of the world (Dasaratha).

AK-41-17Ayodhya Kanda 41.17

बाष्पपर्याकुलमुखो राजमार्गगतो जनः। न हृष्टो लक्ष्यते कश्चित्सर्व श्शोकपरायणः।।2.41.17।।

bāṣpaparyākulamukho rājamārgagato janḥ| na hṛṣṭo lakṣyate kaścitsarva śśokaparāyaṇḥ||2.41.17||

Translation

राजमार्गगतः in the royal highway, जनः people, बाष्पपर्याकुलमुखः faces full of tears, कश्चित् any body, हृष्टः happy, न लक्ष्ययते could not be seen, सर्वः all, शोकपरायणः was plunged in sorrow.

Meaning

The faces of the people on the highway were turbid with tears. None looked happy. All were plunged in sorrow.

AK-41-18Ayodhya Kanda 41.18

न वाति पवन श्शीतो न शशी सौम्यदर्शनः। न सूर्यस्तपते लोकं सर्वं पर्याकुलं जगत्।।2.41.18।।

na vāti pavana śśīto na śaśī saumyadarśanḥ| na sūryastapate lokṃ sarvṃ paryākulṃ jagat||2.41.18||

Translation

पवनः wind, शीतः cool, न वाति does not blow, शशी Moon, सौम्यदर्शनः with pleasant appearance, न not, सूर्यः Sun, लोकम् the world, न तपते did not warm, सर्वम् entire, जगत् world, पर्याकुलम् was agitated.

Meaning

The breeze did not blow cool. No more did the Moon look pleasant. The Sun did not give warmth to the world. All the world was agitated.

AK-41-19Ayodhya Kanda 41.19

अनर्थिनस्सुताः स्त्रीणां भर्तारो भ्रातरस्तथा। सर्वे सर्वं परित्यज्य राममेवान्वचिन्तयन्।।2.41.19।।

anarthinassutāḥ strīṇāṃ bhartāro bhrātarastathā| sarve sarvṃ parityajya rāmamevānvacintayan||2.41.19||

Translation

सुताः sons, भर्तारः husbands, स्त्रीणाम् towards women, अनर्थिनः had no concern, तथा similarly, भ्रातरः brothers, अनर्थिनः had no mutual interest, सर्वे all, सर्वम् everything, परित्यज्य having deserted, राममेव about Rama only, अन्वचिन्तयन् they thought.

Meaning

Mothers stopped thinking of their sons and husbands of their wives. Brothers were no longer interested in each other. Every one deserted every one and thought only of Rama.

AK-41-20Ayodhya Kanda 41.20

ये तु रामस्य सुहृद स्सर्वे ते मूढचेतसः। शोकभारेण चाक्रान्ता श्शयनं न जहुस्तदा।।2.41.20।।

ye tu rāmasya suhṛda ssarve te mūḍhacetasḥ| śokabhāreṇa cākrāntā śśayanṃ na jahustadā||2.41.20||

Translation

तदा then, रामस्य Rama's, ये सुहृदः those friends, ते सर्वे all of them, मूढचेतसः bewildered, शोकभारेण with burden of sorrow, आक्रान्ताः afflicted, शयनम् couches, न जहुः did not leave.

Meaning

All the friends of Rama were stupefied. Afflicted with the burden of sorrow they did not leave their bed.

AK-41-21Ayodhya Kanda 41.21

ततस्त्वयोध्या रहिता महात्मना पुरन्दरेणेव मही सपर्वता। चचाल घोरं भयशोकपीडिता सनागयोधाश्वगणा ननाद च।।2.41.21।।

tatastvayodhyā rahitā mahātmanā purandareṇeva mahī saparvatā| cacāla ghorṃ bhayaśokapīḍitā sanāgayodhāśvagaṇā nanāda ca||2.41.21||

Translation

ततः thereafter, पुरन्दरेण by Indra, रहिता without, सपर्वता with mountains, महीव like earth, महात्मना magnanimous Rama, रहिता without, अयोध्या Ayodhya, भयशोकपीडिता agitated by fear and sorrow, घोरम् dreadfully, चचाल had shaken, सनागयोधाश्वगणा filled with hosts of warriors, elephants and horses, ननाद च made sounds.

Meaning

Without magnanimous Rama, Ayodhya thereafter looked like the earth along with its mountains bereft of Indra. Afflicted with fear and sorrow it started shaking dreadfully with the sounds of horses, elephants and warriors. इत्यार्षे श्रीमद्रामायणे वाल्मीकीय आदिकाव्ये अयोध्याकाण्डे एकचत्वारिंशस्सर्गः।। Thus ends the fortyfirst sarga of Ayodhyakanda of the holy Ramayana, the first epic composed by sage Valmiki.

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