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प्रतिबुद्धो मुहूर्तेन शोकोपहतचेतनः। अथ राजा दशरथस्सचिन्तामभ्यपद्यत।।2.63.1।।
pratibuddho muhūrtena śokopahatacetanḥ| atha rājā daśarathassacintāmabhyapadyata||2.63.1||
Translation
अथ thereafter, सः राजा that king, मूहूर्तेन in a moment, प्रतिबुद्धः was awakened, शोकोपहतचेतनः with his spirit gripped by sorrow, चिन्ताम् worry, अभ्यपद्यत obtained.
Meaning
Waking up in a moment tormented with grief, the king began to ponder once again.
रामलक्ष्मणयोश्चैव विवासा द्वासवोपमम्। आविवेशोपसर्गस्तं तम स्सूर्यमिवासुरम्।।2.63.2।।
rāmalakṣmaṇayoścaiva vivāsā dvāsavopamam| āviveśopasargastṃ tama ssūryamivāsuram||2.63.2||
Translation
रामलक्ष्मणयोः Rama and Lakshmana, विवासात् due to banishment, वासवोपमम् like Indra, तम् him, असुरम् relating to that asura, तमः darkness, सूर्यमिव like the Sun, उपसर्गः great calamity, आविवेश took possesion of.
Meaning
Indralike Dasaratha due to banishment of Rama and Lakshmana, was besieged by a great calamity like the Sun enveloped by demonic dark at the time of eclipse.
सभार्ये निर्गते रामे कौसल्यां कोशलेश्वरः। विवक्षुरसितापाङ्गां स्मृत्वा दुष्कृतमात्मनः।।2.63.3।।
sabhārye nirgate rāme kausalyāṃ kośaleśvarḥ| vivakṣurasitāpāṅgāṃ smṛtvā duṣkṛtamātmanḥ||2.63.3||
Translation
सभार्ये with his wife, रामे when Rama, निर्गते सति had departed, कोशलेश्वरः king of Kosala (Dasaratha), आत्मनः his own, दुष्कृतम् evil deed, स्मृत्वा remembering, असितापाङ्गाम् with black eye ball, कौशल्याम् to Kausalya, विवक्षुः wished to speak.
Meaning
After Rama had left along with his wife the king of Kosala (Dasaratha) recollected his former evil deed and wanted to narrate it to the darkeyed Kausalya.
स राजा रजनीं षष्ठीं रामे प्रव्राजिते वनम्। अर्धरात्रे दशरथ स्संस्मरन् दुष्कृतं कृतम्।।2.63.4।।
sa rājā rajanīṃ ṣaṣṭhīṃ rāme pravrājite vanam| ardharātre daśaratha ssṃsmaran duṣkṛtṃ kṛtam||2.63.4||
Translation
रामे Rama, वनम् to forest, प्रव्राजिते was banished, राजा king, सः दशरथः Dasaratha, षष्ठीम् sixth, रजनीम् night, अर्धरात्रे in the middle of the night, कृतम् done in the past, दुष्कृतम् evil deeds, संस्मरन् recalled.
Meaning
After the banishment of Rama the king spent the sixth night, recalling the evil deed done by him in the past.
स राजा पुत्रशोकार्तः स्मृत्वा दुष्कृतमात्मनः। कौसल्यां पुत्रशोकार्तामिदं वचनमब्रवीत्।।2.63.5।।
sa rājā putraśokārtḥ smṛtvā duṣkṛtamātmanḥ| kausalyāṃ putraśokārtāmidṃ vacanamabravīt||2.63.5||
Translation
पुत्रशोकार्तः griefstricken because of (separation from) the son, सः राजा the king, आत्मनः his own, दुष्कृतम् misdeed, स्मृत्वा having remembered, पुत्रशोकार्ताम् grieving helplessly due to the separation from his son, कौशल्याम् to Kausalya, इदम् these, वचनम् words, अब्रवीत् said
Meaning
King Dasaratha distressed by the separation from his son, pondered over his past misdeed, and said to helpless Kausalya, who was equally grieving over the separation from Rama:
यदाचरति कल्याणि शुभं वा यदि वाऽशुभम्। तदेव लभते भद्रे कर्ता कर्मजमात्मनः।।2.63.6।।
yadācarati kalyāṇi śubhṃ vā yadi vā'śubham| tadeva labhate bhadre kartā karmajamātmanḥ||2.63.6||
Translation
कल्याणि O auspicious lady, भद्रे o gentle lady, कर्ता the agent of an act, शुभं वा good or, यदि वा or if, अशुभम् evil, यत् whichever, आचरति (कुरुते) performs, आत्मनः his, कर्मजम् result of action, तदेव the same only, लभते will attain.
Meaning
O gentle auspicious lady a man has to reap the fruit of his action, good or evil.
गुरुलाघवमर्थानामारम्भे कर्मणां फलम्। दोषं वा यो न जानाति न बाल इति होच्यते।।2.63.7।।
gurulāghavamarthānāmārambhe karmaṇāṃ phalam| doṣṃ vā yo na jānāti na bāla iti hocyate||2.63.7||
Translation
यः whoever, कर्मणाम् actions, आरम्भे at the beginning, अर्थानाम् the benefits, गुरुलाघवम् relative value, फलम् fruit, दोषं वा or blemish, न जानाति does not know, सः that one, बालः इति as a boy, उच्यते ह is considered.
Meaning
He who, at the commencement of any action, does not foresee the good or evil consequences of his action in considered a child.
कश्चिदाम्रवणं छित्त्वा पलाशां श्च निषिञ्चति। पुष्पं दृष्ट्वा फले गृध्नु स्स शोचति फलागमे।।2.63.8।।
kaścidāmravaṇṃ chittvā palāśāṃ śca niṣiñcati| puṣpṃ dṛṣṭvā phale gṛdhnu ssa śocati phalāgame||2.63.8||
Translation
कश्चित् some one, पुष्पम् flowers, दृष्ट्वा having seen, फले fruit (of that tree), गृध्नुः greed, आम्रवणम् mango trees, छित्वा having cut, पलाशाम् palasa tree, निषिञ्चति waters, सः he, फलागमे when the fruits are borne, शोचति will repent.
Meaning
If some one cuts down mango trees and plants palasa trees and waters them will repent when he sees only flowers while he expects fruit.
अविज्ञाय फलं यो हि कर्म त्वेवानुधावति। स शोचेत्फलवेलायां यथा किंशुकसेचकः।।2.63.9।।
avijñāya phalṃ yo hi karma tvevānudhāvati| sa śocetphalavelāyāṃ yathā kiṃśukasecakḥ||2.63.9||
Translation
यः whoever, फलम् fruit, आविज्ञाय not knowing, कर्म तु एव action only, अनुधावति runs after, सः he, किंशुकसेचकः इव like the one who waters kimsuka tree (palasa), फलवेलायाम् at the time of reaping the fruits of action, शोचेत् will regret.
Meaning
Without foreseeing the fruits of his action, he who runs after action only will regret at the time of fruition like the one who waters the palasa tree.
सोऽहमाम्रवणं छित्वा पलाशांश्च न्यषेचयम्। रामं फलागमे त्यक्त्वा पश्चाच्छोचामि दुर्मतिः।।2.63.10।।
so'hamāmravaṇṃ chitvā palāśāṃśca nyaṣecayam| rāmṃ phalāgame tyaktvā paścācchocāmi durmatiḥ||2.63.10||
Translation
सः अहम् such me, आम्रवणम् mango trees, छित्वा cutting, पलाशान् च palasa trees, न्यषेचयम् have watered, दुर्मतिः unwise, फलागमे at the time of bearing fruit, रामम् Rama, त्यक्त्वा leaving, पश्चात् repenting, शोचामि I am grieving.
Meaning
So I have cut the mango trees and watered palasa trees. In utter foolishness, I have banished Rama at the time of fruition and regretting later.
लब्धशब्देन कौसल्ये कुमारेण धनुष्मता। कुमारश्शब्दवेधीति मया पापमिदं कृतम्।।2.63.11।।
labdhaśabdena kausalye kumāreṇa dhanuṣmatā| kumāraśśabdavedhīti mayā pāpamidṃ kṛtam||2.63.11||
Translation
कौशल्ये O Kausalya, शब्दवेधी one who can shoot arrows aiming at the target by sound, कुमारः इति in chidhood itself, लब्धशब्देन attaining knowledge of sound, कुमारेण in my youth, धनुष्मता as an archer, मया by me, इदम् this, पापम् sin, कृतम् was done.
Meaning
O Kausalya in my youth I was a great archer who could hit the target by its sound. As such I committed this sin.
तदिदं मेऽनुसंम्प्राप्तं देवि दुःखं स्वयं कृतम्। सम्मोहादिह बालेन यथा स्याद्भक्षितं विषम्।।2.63.12।।
tadidṃ me'nusṃmprāptṃ devi duḥkhṃ svayṃ kṛtam| sammohādiha bālena yathā syādbhakṣitṃ viṣam||2.63.12||
Translation
देवि Kausalya, इह in this world, सम्मोहात् out of delusion, बालेन like a boy, भक्षितम् eats, विषम् poison, यथा as, स्यात् may be, स्वयम् one's own self, कृतम् has been done, तत् इदम् that this, दुःखम् calamity, मे to me, अनुसंप्राप्तम् has befallen.
Meaning
Just as a boy consumes poison out of delusion, O Devi, this sorrow has befallen me as a result of my own action.
यथान्यः पुरुषः कश्चित्पलाशैर्मोहितो भवेत्। एवं ममाऽप्यविज्ञातं शब्दवेध्यमयं फलम्।।2.63.13।।
yathānyḥ puruṣḥ kaścitpalāśairmohito bhavet| evṃ mamā'pyavijñātṃ śabdavedhyamayṃ phalam||2.63.13||
Translation
अन्यः other, कश्चित् some one, पुरुषः man, पलाशैः by palasa trees, यथा as, मोहितः deluded, भवेत् becomes, एवम् like that, ममापि to me, शब्दवेध्यमयम् the act of shooting the target on hearing the sound, फलम् the consequences, अविज्ञातम् was not premeditated.
Meaning
Like some one who is deluded by palasa trees I too did not realise the consequences of shooting the target following the direction of the sound.
देव्यनूढा त्वमभवो युवराजो भवाम्यहम्। ततः प्रावृडनुप्राप्ता मदकामविवर्धिनी।।2.63.14।।
devyanūḍhā tvamabhavo yuvarājo bhavāmyaham| tatḥ prāvṛḍanuprāptā madakāmavivardhinī||2.63.14||
Translation
देवि O Kausalya, त्वम् you, अनूढा not married, अभवः you were, युवराज: भवामि I was prince regent, ततः at that time, मदकामविवर्धिनी inflaming passion and pride, प्रावृट् rainy season, अनुप्राप्ता had set in.
Meaning
O Kausalya, you were not married then. I was prince regent. The rainy season that inflames passion and pride had just set in.
उपास्य च रसान्भौमां स्तप्त्वा च जगदंशुभिः। परेताचरितां भीमां रविराविशते दिशम्।।2.63.15।।
upāsya ca rasānbhaumāṃ staptvā ca jagadṃśubhiḥ| paretācaritāṃ bhīmāṃ ravirāviśate diśam||2.63.15||
Translation
रविः Sun, भौमान् relating to the earth, रसान् juices, उपास्य sucking, जगत् world, अंशुभिः by the rays, तप्त्वा च scorching, परेता चरिताम् ranged by departed souls, भीमाम् fearful, दिशम् quarter, आविशते enter sattained.
Meaning
Having sucked the waters of the earth and scorching the world with its rays, the Sun had entered the frightful southern quarter ranged by departed souls.
उष्णमन्तर्दधे सद्य स्स्निग्धा ददृशिरे घनाः। ततो जहृषिरे सर्वे भेकसारङ्गबर्हिणः।।2.63.16।।
uṣṇamantardadhe sadya ssnigdhā dadṛśire ghanāḥ| tato jahṛṣire sarve bhekasāraṅgabarhiṇḥ||2.63.16||
Translation
सद्यः instantaneously, उष्णम् heat, अन्तर्दधे vanished, स्निग्धा: glistening, घनाः clouds, ददृशिरे were seen, ततः thereafter, सर्वे all, भेकसारङ्गबर्हिणः frogs, geese and peacocks, जहृषिरे rejoiced.
Meaning
At that time the heat subsided, glistening clouds appeared. The frogs, geese and peacocks began to rejoice.
क्लिन्न पक्षोत्तरास्स्नाताः कृच्छ्रादिव पतत्रिणः। वृष्टिवातावधूताग्रान्पादपानभिपेदिरे।।2.63.17।।
klinna pakṣottarāssnātāḥ kṛcchrādiva patatriṇḥ| vṛṣṭivātāvadhūtāgrānpādapānabhipedire||2.63.17||
Translation
क्लिन्न पक्षोत्तराः with the plummage moistened, पतत्रिणः birds, स्नाताः bathed, वृष्टिवातावधूताग्रान् the tops shaken by wind and rain, पादपान् trees, कृच्छ्रात् इव as if with great difficulty, अभिपेदिरे reached.
Meaning
The birds with their plummage moistened as if they had dipped in water reached with great difficulty the tops of the trees which were shaken by the wind and rain.
पतितेनाम्भसाच्छन्नः पतमानेन चासकृत्। आबभौ मत्तसारङ्गस्तोयराशिरिवाचलः।।2.63.18।।
patitenāmbhasācchannḥ patamānena cāsakṛt| ābabhau mattasāraṅgastoyarāśirivācalḥ||2.63.18||
Translation
पतितेन dropped, असकृत् ceaselessly, पतमानेन dropping, अम्भसा with rain water, छन्नः covered, मत्तसारङ्गः intoxicated antelopes, अचलः mountain, तोयराशिरिव like a mass of water, अबभौ looked like.
Meaning
Engulfed by torrents of rain that continued to fall ceaselessly, the mountain visited by intoxicated antelopes looked like a mass of water.
पाण्डुरारुणवर्णानि स्रोतांसि विमलान्यपि। सुस्रुवुर्गिरिधातुभ्यस्सभस्मानि भुजङ्गवत्।।2.63.19।।
pāṇḍurāruṇavarṇāni srotāṃsi vimalānyapi| susruvurgiridhātubhyassabhasmāni bhujaṅgavat||2.63.19||
Translation
विमलान्यपि as though the waters were pure, स्रोतांसि the rapid flow, गिरिधातुभ्यः of mineral ores, सभस्मानि mixed with ashes, पाण्डुरारुणवर्णानि white and red in colour, भुजङ्गवत् like a serpent, सुस्रुवुः flowed.
Meaning
Although pure, the rapidly flowing water from the mountains mixed with the minerals in the soil turned white and red in colour and flowed like a serpent.
आकुलारुण तोयानि स्रोतांसि विमलान्यपि। उन्मार्गजलवाहिनी बभूवुर्जलदागमे।।2.63.20।।
ākulāruṇa toyāni srotāṃsi vimalānyapi| unmārgajalavāhinī babhūvurjaladāgame||2.63.20||
Translation
जलदागमे at the advent of the rainy season, स्रोतांसि streams, विमलान्यपि although pure, आकुलारुण तोयानि mixed up with marshy red soil, उन्मार्गजलवाहिनी by flowing in different directions, बभूवुः became.
Meaning
The streams that were pure, mixed with red soil flowed red, deviating from their natural course.
तस्मिन्नतिसुखे काले धनुष्मानिषुमान्रथी। व्यायामकृतसङ्कल्पस्सरयूमन्वगां नदीम्।।2.63.21।।
tasminnatisukhe kāle dhanuṣmāniṣumānrathī| vyāyāmakṛtasaṅkalpassarayūmanvagāṃ nadīm||2.63.21||
Translation
अतिसुखे highly delightful, तस्मिन् काले in that season, व्यायामकृतसङ्कल्पः determined to go hunting, धनुष्मान् holding bow, इषुमान् holding arrows, रथी a charioteer, सरयूनदीम् river Sarayu, अन्वगाम् went.
Meaning
In that highly delightful season, wishing to go hunting I, armed with bow and arrows, rode my chariot towards river Sarayu.
निपाने महिषं रात्रौ गजं वाऽभ्यागतं नदीम्। अन्यं वा श्वापदं कञ्चिज्जिघांसु रजितेन्द्रियः। तस्मिं स्तत्राहमेकान्ते रात्रौ विवृतकार्मुकः।।2.63.22।।
nipāne mahiṣṃ rātrau gajṃ vā'bhyāgatṃ nadīm| anyṃ vā śvāpadṃ kañcijjighāṃsu rajitendriyḥ| tasmiṃ statrāhamekānte rātrau vivṛtakārmukḥ||2.63.22||
Translation
अहम् I, अजितेन्द्रियः without any control over my senses, तस्मिन् there, निपाने in a spot for drinking water, नदीम् river, रात्रौ in the night, अभ्यागतम् having arrived, महिषम् buffalo, गजं वा or elephant, अन्यम् any other, श्वापदं वा any wild animal, जिघांसुः desirous of killing, तत्र there, रात्रौ in the night, एकान्ते in a lonely place, विवृतकार्मुकः with bow strung.
Meaning
And there, with no control over my senses, I hid in a lonely place with my bow in readiness intending to shoot a buffalo or an elephant or any other wild animal that might come to the spot for drinking water in the night.
तत्राहं संवृतं वन्यं हतवांस्तीरमागतम्। अन्यं चापि मृगं हिंस्रं शब्दं श्रुत्वाऽभ्युपागतम्।।2.63.23।।
tatrāhṃ sṃvṛtṃ vanyṃ hatavāṃstīramāgatam| anyṃ cāpi mṛgṃ hiṃsrṃ śabdṃ śrutvā'bhyupāgatam||2.63.23||
Translation
तत्र there, अहम् I, तीरम् आगतम् reached the bank of the river, वन्यम् forest, अभ्युपागतम् arrived, अन्यम् some other, ह्रिंस्रम् cruel, मृगं च also animal, शब्दम् sound, श्रुत्वा having heard, संव़ृतम् secretly, हतवान् killed.
Meaning
Hiding and waiting there, following the sounds of animals I killed two animals that had reached the bank of the river.
अथान्धकारे त्वश्रौषं जले कुम्भस्य पूर्यतः। अचक्षुर्विषये घोषं वारणस्येव नर्दतः।।2.63.24।।
athāndhakāre tvaśrauṣṃ jale kumbhasya pūryatḥ| acakṣurviṣaye ghoṣṃ vāraṇasyeva nardatḥ||2.63.24||
Translation
अथ thereafter, अन्धकारे in the darkness, अचक्षुर्विषये not within the range of sight, नर्दतः making sounds, वारणस्येव like the sound of an elephant, जले in water, पूर्यतः being filled, कुम्भस्य a pitcher, घोषम् sound, अश्रौषम् heard.
Meaning
Then at a place that was out of the range of my sight in darkness I heard the sound of a pitcher being filled with water which resembled the sound of an elephant.
ततोऽहं शरमुधृत्य दीप्तमाशीविषोपमम्। शब्दं प्रति गजप्रेप्सुरभिलक्ष्य त्वपातयम्।।2.63.25।।
tato'hṃ śaramudhṛtya dīptamāśīviṣopamam| śabdṃ prati gajaprepsurabhilakṣya tvapātayam||2.63.25||
Translation
ततः then, अहम् I, गजप्रेप्सुः wishing to get the elephant, दीप्तम् bright, आशीविषोपमम् like a venomous serpent, शरम् shaft, उधृत्य शब्दं प्रति in the direction of the sound, अभिलक्ष्य aiming at, अपातयम् released.
Meaning
Wishing to kill the elephant, I seized my arrow glowing like a venomous snake and aimed it towards the sound.
अमुञ्चं निशितं बाणमहमाशीविषोपमम्। तत्र वागुषसि व्यक्ता प्रादुरासीद्वनौकसः।।2.63.26।। हाहेति पततस्तोये बाणाभिहतमर्मणः।।2.63.27।।
amuñcṃ niśitṃ bāṇamahamāśīviṣopamam| tatra vāguṣasi vyaktā prādurāsīdvanaukasḥ||2.63.26|| hāheti patatastoye bāṇābhihatamarmaṇḥ||2.63.27||
Translation
अहम् I, आशीविषोपमम् like a venomous serpent, निशितम् sharp, बाणम् shaft, अमुञ्चम् dischrged, तत्र there, उषसि in the morning twilight, बाणाभिहतमर्मणः with the vital organ hit by the shaft, तोये in water, पततः falling, वनौकसः forestdweller, हा हा इति saying 'Alas', व्यक्ता screaming aloud, वाक् words, प्रादुरासीत् arose.
Meaning
Then I discharged a sharp shaft like a venomous serpent. In the morning twilight I saw that the shaft had hit the vital part of the body of a forest dweller and his cry of 'Alas', was clearly heard as he fell in the water.
तस्मिन्निपतिते बाणे वागभूत्तत्र मानुषी। कथमस्मद्विधे शस्त्रं निपतेत्तु तपस्विनि।।2.63.28।।
tasminnipatite bāṇe vāgabhūttatra mānuṣī| kathamasmadvidhe śastrṃ nipatettu tapasvini||2.63.28||
Translation
तस्मिन् when that, बाणे arrow, निपतिते fell, तत्र there, मानुषी man's, वाक् voice, अभूत् came, अस्मद्विधे with people like me, तपस्विनि at a sage, शस्त्रम् arrow, कथम् how, निपतेत्तु can be discharged?
Meaning
When the arrow hit him, a man's voice was heard saying, 'How can an arrow be discharged at a person like me who is an ascetic?'
प्रविविक्तां नदीं रात्रावुदाहाऽरोहमागतः। इषुणाऽभिहतः केन कस्य वा किं कृतं मया।।2.63.29।।
praviviktāṃ nadīṃ rātrāvudāhā'rohamāgatḥ| iṣuṇā'bhihatḥ kena kasya vā kiṃ kṛtṃ mayā||2.63.29||
Translation
अहम् I, उदाहारः in order to take water, रात्रौ at night, प्रविविक्ताम् lonely, नदीम् river, आगतः have come, इषुणा by an arrow, केन by whom, अभिहतः hit, मया by me, कस्य to any, किम् what offence, कृतम् done.
Meaning
'I have come to this lonely spot of the river to take water. Who has hit me with this arrow? What (harm) have I done to any one?'
ऋषेर्हिन्यस्तदण्डस्य वने वन्येन जीवतः। कथं नु शस्रेण वधो मद्विधस्य विधीयते।।2.63.30।।
ṛṣerhinyastadaṇḍasya vane vanyena jīvatḥ| kathṃ nu śasreṇa vadho madvidhasya vidhīyate||2.63.30||
Translation
न्यस्तदण्डस्य renouncing violence, वने in the forest, वन्येन forest produce जीवतःsubsisting, मद्विधस्य men like me, ऋषेः for an ascetic, शस्त्रेण with weapon, वधः killing, कथं नु in what way?, विधीयते is perpetrated.
Meaning
'Renouncing violence I live the life of an ascetic on forest produce. Why should any one kill me with a weapon?
जटाभारधरस्यैव वल्कलाजिनवाससः। को वधेन ममर्थी स्यात्किंवाऽस्यापकृतं मया।।2.63.31।।
jaṭābhāradharasyaiva valkalājinavāsasḥ| ko vadhena mamarthī syātkiṃvā'syāpakṛtṃ mayā||2.63.31||
Translation
जटाभारधरस्यैव with matted hair, वल्कलाजिनवाससः wearing bark and skin of an antelope, मम my, वधेन by killing, अर्थी interested, कः who?, स्यात् मया could be?, अस्य to him, किं वा what, अपकृतम् harm?
Meaning
'Who wants to kill me who lives like an ascetic with matted hair and wearing bark or the skin of an antelope? What harm have I done to him?
एवं निष्फलमारब्धं केवलानर्थसंहितम्। न कश्चित्साधु मन्येत यथैव गुरुतल्पगम्।।2.63.32।।
evṃ niṣphalamārabdhṃ kevalānarthasṃhitam| na kaścitsādhu manyeta yathaiva gurutalpagam||2.63.32||
Translation
एवम् in this way, केवलानर्थसंहितम् only for mischief, निष्फलम् fruitless, आरब्धम् effort, कश्चित् some one, गुरुतल्पगं यथैव like one who occupies the teacher's bed, साधु मन्येत will consider this proper.
Meaning
'Whoever it is, he has committed only a mischievous and senseless act. This sin like a disciple sleeping on the bed of his preceptor none will approve of.
नाहं तथाऽनु शोचामि जीवितक्षयमात्मनः। मातरं पितरं चोभावनुशोचामि मद्वधे।।2.63.33।।
nāhṃ tathā'nu śocāmi jīvitakṣayamātmanḥ| mātarṃ pitarṃ cobhāvanuśocāmi madvadhe||2.63.33||
Translation
अहम् I, आत्मनः my own, जीवितक्षयम् loss of life, तथा not so much, नानुशोचामि do not regret, मद्वधे after my killing, मातरम् mother, पितरं च and father, उभौ both, अनुशोचामि I am grieving.
Meaning
'I do not regret so much about the loss of my own life as about my mother and father after I am dead.
तदेतन्मिथुनं वृद्धं चिरकालभृतं मया। मयि पञ्चत्वमापन्ने कां वृत्तिं वर्तयिष्यति।।2.63.34।।
tadetanmithunṃ vṛddhṃ cirakālabhṛtṃ mayā| mayi pañcatvamāpanne kāṃ vṛttiṃ vartayiṣyati||2.63.34||
Translation
मयि when I, पञ्चत्वम् with five elements, आपन्ने reduced to, मया by me, चिरकालभृतम् supported for a long time, वृद्धम् in old age, एतत् this, मिथुनम् couple, काम् what, वृत्तिम् life, वर्तयिष्यति will live in future.
Meaning
'So long I have been supporting this aged couple. After I am dead, how will they live?
वृद्धै च मतापितरावहं चैकेषुणा हता। केन स्मनिहता स्सर्वे सुबालेनाकृतात्मना।।2.63.35।।
vṛddhai ca matāpitarāvahṃ caikeṣuṇā hatā| kena smanihatā ssarve subālenākṛtātmanā||2.63.35||
Translation
वृद्धौ aged, मातापितरौ my parents, अहं च me also, एकेषुणा with one single arrow, हताः killed, अकृतात्मना one with malicious intention, सुबालेन by a good boy, केन by whom, सर्वे निहताः स्म all of us are killed.
Meaning
'My aged parents along with me are killed by a single arrow. Who is that malicious knave who has slain us?
तां गिरं करुणां श्रुत्वा मम धर्मानुकाङ्क्षिणः। कराभ्यां सशरं चापं व्यथितस्यापतद्भुवि।।2.63.36।।
tāṃ girṃ karuṇāṃ śrutvā mama dharmānukāṅkṣiṇḥ| karābhyāṃ saśarṃ cāpṃ vyathitasyāpatadbhuvi||2.63.36||
Translation
करुणाम् piteous, तां गिरम् words, श्रुत्वा on hearing, धर्मानुकाङ्क्षिणं keen on following the righteous path (fearing that an unrighteous act has been performed), व्यथितस्य worrying, मम my, कराभ्याम् from my hands, सशरम् along with the arrow, चापम् bow भुवि on the land, अपतत् fell down.
Meaning
On hearing the piteous voice the bow and arrow dropped from my (trembling) hands since I was keen on following the righteous path.
तस्याहं करुणं श्रुत्वा निशि लालवतो बहु। सम्भ्रान्त श्शोकवेगेन भृशमासं विचेतनः।।2.63.37।।
tasyāhṃ karuṇṃ śrutvā niśi lālavato bahu| sambhrānta śśokavegena bhṛśamāsṃ vicetanḥ||2.63.37||
Translation
अहम् I, निशि at night, बहु highly, लालवतः lamenting, तस्य his, करुणम् pathetic words, श्रुत्वा having heard, शोकवेगेन through excess of grief, सम्भ्रान्तः frightened, भृशम् extremely, विचेतनः unable to think, आसम् I remained.
Meaning
Having heard his pathetic lamentations at night, I was extremely frightened by the force of grief and stood bewildered.
तं देशमहमागम्य दीनसत्त्वस्सुदुर्मनाः। अपश्यमिषुणा तीरे सरय्वास्तापसं हतम्।।2.63.38।। अवकीर्ण जटाभारं प्रविद्धकलशोदकम्। पांसुशोणितदिग्धाङ्गं शयानं शल्यपीडितम्।।2.63.39।।
tṃ deśamahamāgamya dīnasattvassudurmanāḥ| apaśyamiṣuṇā tīre sarayvāstāpasṃ hatam||2.63.38|| avakīrṇa jaṭābhārṃ praviddhakalaśodakam| pāṃsuśoṇitadigdhāṅgṃ śayānṃ śalyapīḍitam||2.63.39||
Translation
अहम् I, दीनसत्त्वः in a dissipated state, सुदुर्मनाः with troubled mind, तं देशम् that place, आगम्य having reached, सरय्वाः Sarayu, तीरे on the bank, इषुणा by the arrow, हतम् struck, अवकीर्णजटाभारम् with scattered locks of hair, प्रविद्धकलशोदकम् with water pitcher thrown away, पांसुशोणितदिग्धाङ्गम् body smeared with blood and dust, शयानम् lying, शल्यपीडितम् pierced by the arrow, तापसम् the sage, अपश्यम् I saw.
Meaning
With dissipated energy and intensely troubled mind, I reached the bank of river Sarayu and there I saw the ascetic lying struck by the arrow and with scattered locks of hair. The water pitcher was thrown away and his body smeared with blood and dust as he lay on the ground.
स मामुद्वीक्ष्य नेत्राभ्यां त्रस्तमस्वस्थचेतसम्। इत्युवाच ततः क्रूरं दिधक्षन्निव तेजसा।।2.63.40।।
sa māmudvīkṣya netrābhyāṃ trastamasvasthacetasam| ityuvāca tatḥ krūrṃ didhakṣanniva tejasā||2.63.40||
Translation
सः he, त्रस्तम् frightened, अस्वस्थचेतसम् shaken up mentally, माम् me, तेजसा with his energy, दिधक्षन्निव as if burning, नेत्राभ्याम् with both eyes, उवदीक्ष्य looked up, ततः then, क्रूरम् cruel, इति thus, उवाच said.
Meaning
I was mentally stricken and frightened. He looked up as if buring me with the energy of his eyes. Then he uttered the words 'A cruel act'
किं तवापकृतं राजन्वने निवसता मया। जिहीर्षुरम्भो गुर्वुर्थं यदहं ताडितस्त्वया।।2.63.41।।
kiṃ tavāpakṛtṃ rājanvane nivasatā mayā| jihīrṣurambho gurvurthṃ yadahṃ tāḍitastvayā||2.63.41||
Translation
राजन् O king, गुर्वर्थम् for the sake of my parents, अम्भ: water, जिहीर्षुः wishing to take, अहम् I, त्वया you, ताडितः have been struck, वने in the forest, निवसता residing, मया by me, तव your, किम् what, अपकृतम् harm.
Meaning
'O king you have struck me when I was trying to carry water to my parents. I am a forestdweller. What harm have I done to you?
एकेन खलु बाणेन मर्मण्यभिहते मयि। द्वावन्धौ निहतौ वृद्धौ माता जनयिता च मे।।2.63.42।।
ekena khalu bāṇena marmaṇyabhihate mayi| dvāvandhau nihatau vṛddhau mātā janayitā ca me||2.63.42||
Translation
एकेन by one, बाणेन arrow, मयि at me, मर्मणि vital part, अभिहते when struck, मे my, माता mother, जनयिता च father, अन्धौ blind, द्वौ both, वृद्धौ old ones, निहतौ खलु are killed indeed.
Meaning
'By striking at the vital part of my body with one arrow, you have killed both my aged and blind mother and father too.
तौ कथं दुर्बलावन्धौ मत्प्रतीक्षौ पिपासितौ। चिरमाशाकृतां तृष्णां कष्टां सन्धारयिष्यतः।।2.63.43।।
tau kathṃ durbalāvandhau matpratīkṣau pipāsitau| ciramāśākṛtāṃ tṛṣṇāṃ kaṣṭāṃ sandhārayiṣyatḥ||2.63.43||
Translation
दुर्बलौ weak ones, अन्धौ blind, पिपासितौ thirsty, तौ both of them, कष्टाम् difficult, आशाकृताम् due to expectation, तृष्णाम् thirst, चिरम् for a long time, कथम् how, सन्धारयिष्यतः will control.
Meaning
'How will the two who are frail, thirsty and blind wait for me for long controlling their thirst with great difficulty with the expectation (that I would fetch them water)?
न नूनं तपसो वास्ति फलयोगश्श्रुतस्य वा। पिता यन्मां न जानाति शयानं पतितं भुवि।।2.63.44।।
na nūnṃ tapaso vāsti phalayogaśśrutasya vā| pitā yanmāṃ na jānāti śayānṃ patitṃ bhuvi||2.63.44||
Translation
नूनम् surely, तपसो वा either for asceticism, श्रुतस्य वा or for scriptural knowledge, फलयोगः attainment of fruit, नास्ति not there, यत् since, पिता my father, भुवि on this earth, पतितम् fallen, शयानम् lying, माम् me, न जानाति not know.
Meaning
'My father does not know that I am lying on the ground. It is true that there is no reward either for asceticism or for scriptural knowledge.
जानन्नपि च किं कुर्यादशक्तिरपरिक्रमः। भिद्यमानमिवाशक्त स्त्रतुमन्यो नगो नगम्।।2.63.45।।
jānannapi ca kiṃ kuryādaśaktiraparikramḥ| bhidyamānamivāśakta stratumanyo nago nagam||2.63.45||
Translation
अशक्ति: without energy, अपरिक्रमः who cannot walk, भिद्यमानम् being severed, नगम् tree, त्रातुम् to protect, अशक्तः is incapable, अन्यः other, नगः tree, इव like, जानन्नपि knowing also, किम् what, कुर्यात् can it do?
Meaning
'What can my weak father who has no strength to walk do, even if he knows about it? Like a tree which cannot protect another which is being severed, he is helpless.
पितुस्त्वमेव मे गत्वा शीघ्रमाचक्ष्य राघव। न त्वामनुदहेत्क्रुद्धो वनं वह्निरिवैधितः।।2.63.46।।
pitustvameva me gatvā śīghramācakṣya rāghava| na tvāmanudahetkruddho vanṃ vahnirivaidhitḥ||2.63.46||
Translation
राघव O scion of the Raghus (Dasaratha), त्वमेव you yourself, शीघ्रम् quickly, गत्वा having gone, मे पितुः to my father, आचक्ष्व inform, क्रुद्ध in wrath, एधितः ignited, वह्निः fire, वनमिव like a forest, त्वाम् you, नानुदहेत् will not be burnt.
Meaning
O scion of the Raghus (Dasaratha) Go at once and inform my father, lest in anger he should burn you like ignited fire consuming the forest.
इयमेकपदी राजन्यतो मे पितुराश्रमः। तं प्रसादय गत्वा त्वं न त्वां स कुपितश्शपेत्।।2.63.47।।
iyamekapadī rājanyato me piturāśramḥ| tṃ prasādaya gatvā tvṃ na tvāṃ sa kupitaśśapet||2.63.47||
Translation
राजन् O king, यतः from whichever side, मे पितुः my father's, आश्रमः hermitage, इयम् this, एकपदी footpath, त्वम् you, गत्वा having gone, तम् him, प्रसादय beg his forgiveness, सः he, कुपितः in wrath, त्वाम् you, न शपेत् may not curse.
Meaning
'O king, this footpath leads to my father's hermitage. Go and beg his forgiveness so that he may not curse you out of anger.
विशल्यं कुरु मां राजन्मर्म मे निशितश्शरः। रुणद्धि मृदुसोत्सेधं तीरमम्बुरयो यथा।।2.63.48।।
viśalyṃ kuru māṃ rājanmarma me niśitaśśarḥ| ruṇaddhi mṛdusotsedhṃ tīramamburayo yathā||2.63.48||
Translation
राजन् O king, माम् me, विशल्यम् with weapon taken out, कुरु make, निशितः sharp, शरः arrow, मे मर्म my vital part of the body, मृदु gently, सोत्सेधम् elevated, तीरम् bank, अम्बुरयः like the flow of water, यथा in the same manner, रुणद्धि is preventing.
Meaning
'Gently remove the arrow from my body, O king the sharp arrow is piercing deep into my vital just like the current of the river hits its elevated bank'.
सशल्यः क्लिश्यते प्राणैर्विशल्यो विनशिष्यति। इति मामविशच्चिन्ता तस्य शल्यापकर्षणे।।2.63.49।।
saśalyḥ kliśyate prāṇairviśalyo vinaśiṣyati| iti māmaviśaccintā tasya śalyāpakarṣaṇe||2.63.49||
Translation
सशल्यः one with a weapon piercing the body, प्राणैः life, क्लिश्यते is pained, विशल्यः if the arrow is removed, विनशिष्यति he will die, इति चिन्ता with this thought, तस्य his, शपकर्षणे in removing the arrow, माम् me, अविशत् has entered.
Meaning
The thought of removing the arrow kept me pondering. If not removed, it will be painful, and if removed, he will die.
दुःखितस्य च दीनस्य मम शोकातुरस्य च। लक्षयामास हृदये चिन्तां मुनिसुतस्तदा।।2.63.50।।
duḥkhitasya ca dīnasya mama śokāturasya ca| lakṣayāmāsa hṛdaye cintāṃ munisutastadā||2.63.50||
Translation
तदा then, मुनिसुतः son of the ascetic, दुःखितस्य of a distressed man, दीनस्य wretched, शोकातुरस्य च full of grief, मम my, हृदये in the heart, चिन्ताम् anguish, लक्षयामास perceived.
Meaning
The son of the ascetic noticed my anguish and seeing me thus distressed, wretched and afflicted with sorrow, said:
ताम्यमानस्स मां कृच्छ्रादुवाच परमार्तवत्। सीदमानो विवृत्ताङ्गो वेष्टमानो गतः क्षयम्।।2.63.51।।
tāmyamānassa māṃ kṛcchrāduvāca paramārtavat| sīdamāno vivṛttāṅgo veṣṭamāno gatḥ kṣayam||2.63.51||
Translation
ताम्यमानः tormented, सीदमानः plunging into death, विवृत्ताङ्गः with twisted limbs, वेष्टमानः writhing, क्षयम् destruction, गतः having reached, सः he, परमार्तवत् intensely grieved, कृच्छ्रात् with difficulty, माम् me, उवाच said.
Meaning
Suffering from excruciating pain, sinking with his limbs twisting and writhing and plunging into death and destruction, with intense agony he uttered the following words with great difficulty:
संस्तभ्य शोकं धैर्येण स्थिरचित्तो भवाम्यहम्। ब्रह्महत्याकृतं पापं हृदयादपनीयताम्।।2.63.52।।
sṃstabhya śokṃ dhairyeṇa sthiracitto bhavāmyaham| brahmahatyākṛtṃ pāpṃ hṛdayādapanīyatām||2.63.52||
Translation
अहम् I, धैर्येण patiently, शोकम् sorrow, संस्तभ्य restraining, स्थिरचित्तः with a firm mind, भवामि I am, ब्रह्महत्याकृतम् killed a brahmin, पापम् sin, हृदयात् from your mind, अपनीयताम् may be removed.
Meaning
'I am now calm. I bear my pain with patience. Remove the fear from your mind that you have committed a sin by slaying a brahmin.
न द्विजातिरहं राजन्मा भूत्ते मनसो व्यथा। शूद्रायामस्मि वैश्येन जातो जनपदाधिप।।2.63.53।।
na dvijātirahṃ rājanmā bhūtte manaso vyathā| śūdrāyāmasmi vaiśyena jāto janapadādhipa||2.63.53||
Translation
जनपदाधिप O Lord of the land (Dasaratha), राजन् king, न not, अहम् I am, द्विजातिः a brahmin, न not, ते your, मनसः to mind, व्यथा fear, माभूत् may not happen, वैश्येन by a vaisya, शूद्रायाम् to a sudra woman, जातः born, अस्मि I am.
Meaning
'O king Dasaratha, lord of the land, I am not a brahmin. Feel no sense of guilt in your mind. I was born of a sudra mother and a vaisya father.