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Ayodhya Kanda Sarga 11

अयोध्याकाण्डम् सर्गः 11

Sarga 11 of the Ayodhya Kanda.

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Ayodhya Kanda 11.1

Valmiki Ramayanam (IIT Kanpur) · Chapter Ayodhya Kanda 11 · Verse 1

तं मन्मथशरैर्विद्धमं कामवेगवशानुगम्। उवाच पृथिवीपालं कैकेयी दारुणं वचः।।

taṅ manmathaśarairviddhamaṅ kāmavēgavaśānugam. uvāca pṛthivīpālaṅ kaikēyī dāruṇaṅ vacaḥ৷৷

To the ruler of the earth (the king), struck by the darts of Kamadeva and overtaken by passion Kaikeyi spoke (these) dreadful words.

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Ayodhya Kanda 11.2

Valmiki Ramayanam (IIT Kanpur) · Chapter Ayodhya Kanda 11 · Verse 2

नास्मि विप्रकृतादेव केनचिन्नावमानिता। अभिप्रायस्तु मे कश्चित्तमिच्छामि त्वया कृतम्।।

nāsmi viprakṛtādēva kēnacinnāvamānitā. abhiprāyastu mē kaścittamicchāmi tvayā kṛtam৷৷

O king I have neither been offended nor disregarded by any one, but I have a purpose which you should fulfil.

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Ayodhya Kanda 11.3

Valmiki Ramayanam (IIT Kanpur) · Chapter Ayodhya Kanda 11 · Verse 3

प्रतिज्ञां प्रतिजानीष्व यदि त्वं कर्तुमिच्छसि। अथ तद्व्याहरिष्यामि यदभिप्रार्थितं मया।।

pratijñāṅ pratijānīṣva yadi tvaṅ kartumicchasi. atha tadvyāhariṣyāmi yadabhiprārthitaṅ mayā৷৷

If you are inclined to accomplish my desire, then promise me that you will fulfil them. Thereafter I shall reveal it to you.

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Ayodhya Kanda 11.4

Valmiki Ramayanam (IIT Kanpur) · Chapter Ayodhya Kanda 11 · Verse 4

तामुवाच महातेजाः कैकेयीमीषदुत्स्मितः। कामी हस्तेन संगृह्य मूर्धजेषु शुचिस्मिताम्।।

tāmuvāca mahātējāḥ kaikēyīmīṣadutsmitaḥ. kāmī hastēna saṅgṛhya mūrdhajēṣu śucismitām৷৷

The mighty king steeped in passion gently held Kaikeyi's hair in his hands and with a clear, bright smile said:

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Ayodhya Kanda 11.5

Valmiki Ramayanam (IIT Kanpur) · Chapter Ayodhya Kanda 11 · Verse 5

आवलिप्ते न जानासि त्वत्तः प्रियतरो मम। मनुजो मनुजव्याघ्राद्रामादन्यो न विद्यते।।

āvaliptē na jānāsi tvattaḥ priyatarō mama. manujō manujavyāghrādrāmādanyō na vidyatē৷৷

O proud lady, don't you know there exists for me no woman dearer than you and no man other than Rama who is the best among men.

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Ayodhya Kanda 11.6

Valmiki Ramayanam (IIT Kanpur) · Chapter Ayodhya Kanda 11 · Verse 6

तेनाजय्येन मुख्येन राघवेण महात्मना। शपे ते जीवनार्हेण ब्रूहि यन्मनसेच्छासि।।

tēnājayyēna mukhyēna rāghavēṇa mahātmanā. śapē tē jīvanārhēṇa brūhi yanmanasēcchāsi৷৷

I swear in the name of the scion of the Raghu dynasty, the invincible, broadminded Rama, the best among men worthy of long life. Tell me what you have in mind.

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Ayodhya Kanda 11.7

Valmiki Ramayanam (IIT Kanpur) · Chapter Ayodhya Kanda 11 · Verse 7

यं मुहूर्तमपश्यंस्तु न जीवेयमहं ध्रुवम्। तेन रामेण कैकेयि शपे ते वचनक्रियाम्।।

yaṅ muhūrtamapaśyaṅstu na jīvēyamahaṅ dhruvam. tēna rāmēṇa kaikēyi! śapē tē vacanakriyām৷৷

O Kaikeyi, in the name of Rama without seeing whom I, for sure, cannot live a momment, I swear I will fulfil your desire.

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Ayodhya Kanda 11.8

Valmiki Ramayanam (IIT Kanpur) · Chapter Ayodhya Kanda 11 · Verse 8

आत्मना वात्मजैश्चान्यैर्वृणेयं मनुजर्षभम्। तेन रामेण कैकेयि शपे ते वचनक्रियाम्।।

ātmanā vātmajaiścānyairvṛṇēyaṅ manujarṣabham. tēna rāmēṇa kaikēyi! śapē tē vacanakriyām৷৷

O Kaikeyi I wish the best among men Rama well.Even at the expense of my life or the lives of the rest of my sons I swear in his name I shall fulfil your wish.

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Ayodhya Kanda 11.9

Valmiki Ramayanam (IIT Kanpur) · Chapter Ayodhya Kanda 11 · Verse 9

भद्रे हृदयमप्येतदनुमृशोद्धरस्व मे। एतत्समीक्ष्य कैकेयि ब्रूहि यत्साधु मन्यसे।।

bhadrē hṛdayamapyētadanumṛśōddharasva mē. ētatsamīkṣya kaikēyi! brūhi yatsādhu manyasē৷৷

O gentle lady my heart is sinking. Touch my heart and deliver me from distress. O Kaikeyi considering all this, tell me what you think is good.

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Ayodhya Kanda 11.10

Valmiki Ramayanam (IIT Kanpur) · Chapter Ayodhya Kanda 11 · Verse 10

बलमात्मनि जानन्ती न मां शङ्कितुमर्हसि। करिष्यामि तव प्रीतिं सुकृतेनापि ते शपे।।

balamātmani jānantī na māṅ śaṅkitumarhasi. kariṣyāmi tava prītiṅ sukṛtēnāpi tē śapē৷৷

You know fully the authority you wield over me. Therefore, it does not behove you to doubt me. I swear on my acquired merits that I shall do whatever pleases you.

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Ayodhya Kanda 11.11

Valmiki Ramayanam (IIT Kanpur) · Chapter Ayodhya Kanda 11 · Verse 11

सा तदर्थमना देवी तमभिप्रायमागतम्। निर्माध्यस्थ्याच्च हर्षाच्च बभाषे दुर्वचं वचः।।

sā tadarthamanā dēvī tamabhiprāyamāgatam. nirmādhyasthyācca harṣācca babhāṣē durvacaṅ vacaḥ৷৷

Bent upon her interests, the queen cheered and expressed in unutterable words her premeditated wish which had no alternative.

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Ayodhya Kanda 11.12

Valmiki Ramayanam (IIT Kanpur) · Chapter Ayodhya Kanda 11 · Verse 12

तेन वाक्येन संहृष्टा तमभिप्रायमागतम्। व्याजहार महाघोरमभ्यागतमिवान्तकम्।।

tēna vākyēna saṅhṛṣṭā tamabhiprāyamāgatam. vyājahāra mahāghōramabhyāgatamivāntakam৷৷

Delighted by the words (of the king), Kaikeyi disclosed him her highly dreadful wish which entered her mind like a sudden visitation of death:

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Ayodhya Kanda 11.13

Valmiki Ramayanam (IIT Kanpur) · Chapter Ayodhya Kanda 11 · Verse 13

यथा क्रमे शपसि वरं मम ददासि च। तच्छृण्वन्तु त्रयस्त्रिंशद्देवास्साग्निपुरोगमाः।।

yathā kramēomṇa śapasi varaṅ mama dadāsi ca. tacchṛṇvantu trayastriṅśaddēvāssāgnipurōgamāḥ৷৷

You are repeatedly swearing to grant me boons. Let the thirtythree crore gods headed by the firegod, listen.

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Ayodhya Kanda 11.14

Valmiki Ramayanam (IIT Kanpur) · Chapter Ayodhya Kanda 11 · Verse 14

चन्द्रादित्यौ नभश्चैव ग्रहा रात्र्यहनी दिशः। जगच्च पृथिवी चेयं सगन्धर्वा सराक्षसा।।

candrādityau nabhaścaiva grahā rātryahanī diśaḥ. jagacca pṛthivī cēyaṅ sagandharvā sarākṣasā৷৷

Let the Moon and the Sun, the sky, the planets, night and day, the (ten) quarters the world, gandharvas, rakshasas, this earth, the nocturnal spirits all beings, family deities of every house and all other beings listen to your words of promise.

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Ayodhya Kanda 11.15

Valmiki Ramayanam (IIT Kanpur) · Chapter Ayodhya Kanda 11 · Verse 15

।। निशाचराणि भूतानि गृहेषु गृहदेवता। यानि चान्यानि भूतानि जानीयुर्भाषितं तव।।

৷৷ niśācarāṇi bhūtāni gṛhēṣu gṛhadēvatā!. yāni cānyāni bhūtāni jānīyurbhāṣitaṅ tava৷৷

Let the Moon and the Sun, the sky, the planets, night and day, the (ten) quarters the world, gandharvas, rakshasas, this earth, the nocturnal spirits all beings, family deities of every house and all other beings listen to your words of promise.

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Ayodhya Kanda 11.16

Valmiki Ramayanam (IIT Kanpur) · Chapter Ayodhya Kanda 11 · Verse 16

सत्यसन्धो महातेजाः धर्मज्ञः सुसमाहितः। वरं मम ददात्येष तन्मे श्रृण्वन्तु दैवताः।।

satyasandhō mahātējāḥ dharmajñaḥ susamāhitaḥ. varaṅ mama dadātyēṣa tanmē śrṛṇvantu daivatāḥ৷৷

King Dasaratha who is true to his vows, heroic and knows the ways of righteousness is granting me boons with a wellcomposed mind. Let all the gods stand witness to this (declared Kaikeyi).

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Ayodhya Kanda 11.17

Valmiki Ramayanam (IIT Kanpur) · Chapter Ayodhya Kanda 11 · Verse 17

इति देवी महेष्वासं परिगृह्याभिशस्य च। ततः परमुवाचेदं वरदं काममोहितम्।।

iti dēvī mahēṣvāsaṅ parigṛhyābhiśasya ca. tataḥ paramuvācēdaṅ varadaṅ kāmamōhitam৷৷

Clasping the great archer, the infatuated king, conferer of boons and flattering him (to the top of her bent), the queen said:

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Ayodhya Kanda 11.18

Valmiki Ramayanam (IIT Kanpur) · Chapter Ayodhya Kanda 11 · Verse 18

स्मर राजन् पुरावृत्तं तस्मिन् दैवासुरे रणे। तत्र चाच्यावयच्छत्रुस्तव जीवितमन्तरा।।

smara rājan purāvṛttaṅ tasmin daivāsurē raṇē. tatra cācyāvayacchatrustava jīvitamantarā৷৷

O king, recall the event that happened long ago in the war between gods and asuras where the enemy destroyed all your forces except your life.

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Ayodhya Kanda 11.19

Valmiki Ramayanam (IIT Kanpur) · Chapter Ayodhya Kanda 11 · Verse 19

तत्र चापि मया देव यत्त्वं समभिरक्षितः। जाग्रत्या यतमानायास्ततो मे प्राददा वरौ।।

tatra cāpi mayā dēva yattvaṅ samabhirakṣitaḥ. jāgratyā yatamānāyāstatō mē prādadā varau৷৷

O king, I rescued you there. Since I was alert to protect you, you granted me two boons.

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Ayodhya Kanda 11.20

Valmiki Ramayanam (IIT Kanpur) · Chapter Ayodhya Kanda 11 · Verse 20

तौ तु दत्तौ वरौ देव निक्षेपौ मृगयाम्यहम्। तथैव पृथिवीपाल सकाशे सत्यसङ्गर।।

tau tu dattau varau dēva nikṣēpau mṛgayāmyaham. tathaiva pṛthivīpāla sakāśē satyasaṅgara৷৷

O protector of the earth, O king, honest in keeping promises, I (now) seek those two boons which were reserved as deposits.

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Ayodhya Kanda 11.21

Valmiki Ramayanam (IIT Kanpur) · Chapter Ayodhya Kanda 11 · Verse 21

तत् प्रतिश्रुत्य धर्मेण न चेद्दास्यसि मे वरम्। अद्यैव हि प्रहास्यामि जीवितं त्वद्विमानिता।।

tat pratiśrutya dharmēṇa na cēddāsyasi mē varam. adyaiva hi prahāsyāmi jīvitaṅ tvadvimānitā৷৷

The boons you have vowed to give shall rightfully be given to me. If not, disgraced by you I shall give up my life right away.

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Ayodhya Kanda 11.22

Valmiki Ramayanam (IIT Kanpur) · Chapter Ayodhya Kanda 11 · Verse 22

वाङ्मात्रेण तदा राजा कैकेय्या स्ववशे कृतः। प्रचस्कन्द विनाशाय पाशं मृग इवात्मनः।।

vāṅmātrēṇa tadā rājā kaikēyyā svavaśē kṛtaḥ. pracaskanda vināśāya pāśaṅ mṛga ivātmanaḥ৷৷

The king now came under the control of Kaikeyi by his own words like a deer that jumps into the trap for its own destruction.

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Ayodhya Kanda 11.23

Valmiki Ramayanam (IIT Kanpur) · Chapter Ayodhya Kanda 11 · Verse 23

ततः परमुवाचेदं वरदं काममोहितम्। वरौ यौ मे त्वया देव तदा दत्तौ महीपते।।

tataḥ paramuvācēdaṅ varadaṅ kāmamōhitam. varau yau mē tvayā dēva! tadā dattau mahīpatē৷৷

Thereafter, she said to the infatuated king who had promised to confer her boons, O lord of the earth, O king, right now I shall speak to you about the two boons granted by you. Listen to my words.

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Ayodhya Kanda 11.24

Valmiki Ramayanam (IIT Kanpur) · Chapter Ayodhya Kanda 11 · Verse 24

अभिषेकसमारम्भो राघवस्योपकल्पितः।।

abhiṣēkasamārambhō rāghavasyōpakalpitaḥ৷৷

Preparations for Rama's consecration have been made. With these very materials for installation, my son Bharata should be consecrated.

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Ayodhya Kanda 11.25

Valmiki Ramayanam (IIT Kanpur) · Chapter Ayodhya Kanda 11 · Verse 25

यो द्वितीयो वरो देव दत्तः प्रीतेन मे त्वया।।

yō dvitīyō varō dēva dattaḥ prītēna mē tvayā৷৷

Then in the war between gods and asuras, O lord, pleased with me you have promised a second boon and the time has come to grant it.

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Ayodhya Kanda 11.26

Valmiki Ramayanam (IIT Kanpur) · Chapter Ayodhya Kanda 11 · Verse 26

नव प़ञ्च च वर्षाणि दण्डकारण्यमाश्रितः।।

nava pañca ca varṣāṇi daṇḍakāraṇyamāśritaḥ৷৷

Consigned to the Dandaka forest for fourteen years, clad in bark and deer skin and wearing matted hair, Rama shall live like an ascetic.

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Ayodhya Kanda 11.27

Valmiki Ramayanam (IIT Kanpur) · Chapter Ayodhya Kanda 11 · Verse 27

भरतो भजतामद्य यौवराज्यमकण्टकम्।।

bharatō bhajatāmadya yauvarājyamakaṇṭakam৷৷

Let Bharata be princeregent without any rivals. This is my great desire. I am asking for an already granted boon. Let me see Rama's departure to the forest today itself.

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Ayodhya Kanda 11.28

Valmiki Ramayanam (IIT Kanpur) · Chapter Ayodhya Kanda 11 · Verse 28

।। एष मे परमः कामो दत्तमेव वरं वृणे। अद्य चैव हि पश्येयं प्रयान्तं राघवं वनम्।।

৷৷ ēṣa mē paramaḥ kāmō dattamēva varaṅ vṛṇē. adya caiva hi paśyēyaṅ prayāntaṅ rāghavaṅ vanam৷৷

Let Bharata be princeregent without any rivals. This is my great desire. I am asking for an already granted boon. Let me see Rama's departure to the forest today itself.

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Ayodhya Kanda 11.29

Valmiki Ramayanam (IIT Kanpur) · Chapter Ayodhya Kanda 11 · Verse 29

स राजराजः भव सत्यसङ्गरः कुलं च शीलं च हि रक्ष जन्म च। परत्रवासे हि वदन्त्यनुत्तमं तपोधनास्सत्यवचो हितं नृणाम्।।

sa rājarājaḥ bhava satyasaṅgaraḥ kulaṅ ca śīlaṅ ca hi rakṣa janma ca. paratravāsē hi vadantyanuttamaṅ tapōdhanāssatyavacō hitaṅ nṛṇām৷৷

O king of kings, by being true to your vow, protect your race, character and lineage. Those sages whose ascetism is their wealth maintain that there is no merit superior to truthfulness which can confer man a place in the other world. इत्यार्षे श्रीमद्रामायणे वाल्मीकीय आदिकाव्ये अयोध्याकाण्डे एकादशस्सर्गः।। Thus ends the eleventh sarga of Ayodhyakanda of the holy Ramayana, the first epic composed by sage Valmiki.

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