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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 1 (Bālakāṇḍa) • Sarga 42

Bālakāṇḍa Sarga 42

बालकाण्डम् • सर्गः 42

Bālakāṇḍa Sarga 42 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 24 verses.

Total: 24 Verses • Citations: VR 1.42.1–24 • 175 Lexicon Terms
VR 1.42.1 अनुष्टुप्
देवदेवे गते तस्मिन्सोऽङ्गुष्ठाग्रनिपीडिताम् । कृत्वा वसुमतीं राम संवत्सरमुपासत ॥
devadeve gate tasminso'ṅguṣṭhāgranipīḍitām | kṛtvā vasumatīṃ rāma saṃvatsaramupāsata ||
English Translation
When that god of gods had gone away, Bhagiratha, O Rāma, pressing the earth with his thumb, spent a year in adoring Siva.
VR 1.42.2 अनुष्टुप्
अथ संवत्सरे पूर्णे सर्वलोकनमस्कृतः । उमापतिः पशुपती राजानमिदमब्रवीत् ॥
atha saṃvatsare pūrṇe sarvalokanamaskṛtaḥ | umāpatiḥ paśupatī rājānamidamabravīt ||
English Translation
And when the yea was complete, Uma's lord, Pasupati, worshipped of all the worlds, spoke to the king, saying,
VR 1.42.3 अनुष्टुप्
प्रीतस्तेऽहं नरश्रेष्ठ करिष्यामि तव प्रियम् । शिरसा धारयिष्यामि शैलराजसुतामहम् ॥
prītaste'haṃ naraśreṣṭha kariṣyāmi tava priyam | śirasā dhārayiṣyāmi śailarājasutāmaham ||
English Translation
O foremost of men, I am well pleased with you: I will do what will before your welfare. I will hold the Mountain's daughter on my head.
VR 1.42.4 उपजातिः
ततो हैमवती ज्येष्ठा सर्वलोकनमस्कृता । तदा सातिमहद्रूपं कृत्वा वेगं च दुःसहम् । आकाशादपतद्राम शिवे शिवशिरस्युत ॥
tato haimavatī jyeṣṭhā sarvalokanamaskṛtā | tadā sātimahadrūpaṃ kṛtvā vegaṃ ca duḥsaham | ākāśādapatadrāma śive śivaśirasyuta ||
English Translation
Then, O Rāma. that one bowed to by all creatures, the elder daughter of Himavat, assuming an exceedingly mighty shape, with irresistible impetus precipitated herself from the welkin upon Siva's gracious head.
VR 1.42.5 अनुष्टुप्
नैव सा निर्गमं लेभे जटामण्डलमोहिता । तत्रैवाबभ्रमद्देवी संवत्सरगणान्बहून् ॥
naiva sā nirgamaṃ lebhe jaṭāmaṇḍalamohitā | tatraivābabhramaddevī saṃvatsaragaṇānbahūn ||
VR 1.42.6 अनुष्टुप्
अनेन तोषितश्चासीदत्यर्थं रघुनन्दन । विससर्ज ततो गङ्गां हरो बिन्दुसरः प्रति ॥
anena toṣitaścāsīdatyarthaṃ raghunandana | visasarja tato gaṅgāṃ haro bindusaraḥ prati ||
English Translation
O Son of the Raghus (Rama) Siva was immensely pleased with the penace and thereafter released Ganga (drop by drop) forming Bindusara.
VR 1.42.7 अनुष्टुप्
गगनाच्छंकरशिरस्ततो धरणिमागता । व्यसर्पत जलं तत्र तीव्रशब्दपुरस्कृतम् ॥
gaganācchaṃkaraśirastato dharaṇimāgatā | vyasarpata jalaṃ tatra tīvraśabdapuraskṛtam ||
English Translation
From the sky on to the head of Shankara and thence Ganga resorted to the earth. There it flowed forward with a roaring sound.
VR 1.42.8 अनुष्टुप्
ततो देवर्षिगन्धर्वा यक्षाः सिद्धगणास्तथा । व्यलोकयन्त ते तत्र गगनाद्गां गतां तदा ॥
tato devarṣigandharvā yakṣāḥ siddhagaṇāstathā | vyalokayanta te tatra gaganādgāṃ gatāṃ tadā ||
English Translation
Then celestials and saints and Gandharvas and Yakşas and Siddhas mounted on excellent elephants and horses and cars resembling cities, looked on Gangă descending upon earth.
VR 1.42.9 अनुष्टुप्
विमानैर्नगराकारैर्हयैर्गजवरैस्तथा । पारिप्लवगताश्चापि देवतास्तत्र विष्ठिताः ॥
vimānairnagarākārairhayairgajavaraistathā | pāriplavagatāścāpi devatāstatra viṣṭhitāḥ ||
English Translation
Then, gods in a state of excitement in their aerial chariots as large as cities, on horses and on big elephants were stationed there (in the sky).
VR 1.42.10 अनुष्टुप्
तदद्भुततमं लोके गङ्गापतनमुत्तमम् । दिदृक्षवो देवगणाः समेयुरमितौजसः ॥
tadadbhutatamaṃ loke gaṅgāpatanamuttamam | didṛkṣavo devagaṇāḥ sameyuramitaujasaḥ ||
English Translation
And the celestials stationed on cars were struck with surprise; and all creatures marvelled at the excellent descent of Gangā.
VR 1.42.11 अनुष्टुप्
संपतद्भिः सुरगणैस्तेषां चाभरणौजसा । शतादित्यमिवाभाति गगनं गततोयदम् ॥
saṃpatadbhiḥ suragaṇaisteṣāṃ cābharaṇaujasā | śatādityamivābhāti gaganaṃ gatatoyadam ||
English Translation
And eager to witness the spectacle, celestial hosts of immeasurable energy thither and the effulgence of their ornaments, the firmament free from clouds, shone as if with an hundred suns.
VR 1.42.12 अनुष्टुप्
शिंशुमारोरगगणैर्मीनैरपि च चञ्चलैः । विद्युद्भिरिव विक्षिप्तैराकाशमभवत्तदा ॥
śiṃśumāroragagaṇairmīnairapi ca cañcalaiḥ | vidyudbhiriva vikṣiptairākāśamabhavattadā ||
English Translation
The sky strewn with lightnings appeared as if it was inhabited by seaanimals, serpents and fishes fickle.
VR 1.42.13 अनुष्टुप्
पाण्डुरैः सलिलोत्पीडैः कीर्यमाणैः सहस्रधा । शारदाभ्रैरिवाकीर्णं गगनं हंससंप्लवैः ॥
pāṇḍuraiḥ salilotpīḍaiḥ kīryamāṇaiḥ sahasradhā | śāradābhrairivākīrṇaṃ gaganaṃ haṃsasaṃplavaiḥ ||
English Translation
And the sky was graced with fast-fleeting porpoises and serpents and fishes resembling playing lightning; and the welkin scattered with pale foam-flakes by thousands, appeared as if it was scattered with autumnal clouds swarming with cranes.
VR 1.42.14 अनुष्टुप्
क्वचिद्द्रुततरं याति कुटिलं क्वचिदायतम् । विनतं क्वचिदुद्धूतं क्वचिद्याति शनैः शनैः ॥
kvaciddrutataraṃ yāti kuṭilaṃ kvacidāyatam | vinataṃ kvaciduddhūtaṃ kvacidyāti śanaiḥ śanaiḥ ||
English Translation
And the river proceeded sometimes rapidly, and sometimes awry, and sometimes in volumes and sometimes sloping, and sometimes ascending and sometimes languidly; and sometimes water clashed with water.
VR 1.42.15 अनुष्टुप्
सलिलेनैव सलिलं क्वचिदभ्याहतं पुनः । मुहुरूर्ध्वपथं गत्वा पपात वसुधां पुनः ॥
salilenaiva salilaṃ kvacidabhyāhataṃ punaḥ | muhurūrdhvapathaṃ gatvā papāta vasudhāṃ punaḥ ||
English Translation
Sometimes waves dashed against waves. They rose repeatedly upwards and fell down on the ground.
VR 1.42.16 अनुष्टुप्
तच्छंकरशिरोभ्रष्टं भ्रष्टं भूमितले पुनः । व्यरोचत तदा तोयं निर्मलं गतकल्मषम् ॥
tacchaṃkaraśirobhraṣṭaṃ bhraṣṭaṃ bhūmitale punaḥ | vyarocata tadā toyaṃ nirmalaṃ gatakalmaṣam ||
English Translation
Sometimes ascending an upland, it descended it no a dell. And the pellucid and pure water first descending upon Śankara's head, and thence on to the earth, appeared exceedingly beautiful.
VR 1.42.17 अनुष्टुप्
तत्रर्षिगणगन्धर्वा वसुधातलवासिनः । भवाङ्गपतितं तोयं पवित्रमिति पस्पृशुः ॥
tatrarṣigaṇagandharvā vasudhātalavāsinaḥ | bhavāṅgapatitaṃ toyaṃ pavitramiti paspṛśuḥ ||
English Translation
And there the saints and the Gandharvas, as well as the inhabitants of the earth, touched the sacred water flowing from Bhava's body.
VR 1.42.18 अनुष्टुप्
शापात्प्रपतिता ये च गगनाद्वसुधातलम् । कृत्वा तत्राभिषेकं ते बभूवुर्गतकल्मषाः ॥
śāpātprapatitā ye ca gaganādvasudhātalam | kṛtvā tatrābhiṣekaṃ te babhūvurgatakalmaṣāḥ ||
English Translation
And those that had fallen from the sky to the earth in consequence of some curse of other, having bathed there, and thereby having their sins washed an removed by that sanctifying water, again ascended the sky and entered the celestial regions.
VR 1.42.19 अनुष्टुप्
धूपपापाः पुनस्तेन तोयेनाथ सुभास्वता । पुनराकाशमाविश्य स्वाँल्लोकान्प्रतिपेदिरे ॥
dhūpapāpāḥ punastena toyenātha subhāsvatā | punarākāśamāviśya svām̐llokānpratipedire ||
English Translation
And those that had fallen from the sky to the earth in consequence of some curse of other, having bathed there, and thereby having their sins washed an removed by that sanctifying water, again ascended the sky and entered the celestial regions.
VR 1.42.20 अनुष्टुप्
मुमुदे मुदितो लोकस्तेन तोयेन भास्वता । कृताभिषेको गङ्गायां बभूव विगतक्लमः ॥
mumude mudito lokastena toyena bhāsvatā | kṛtābhiṣeko gaṅgāyāṃ babhūva vigataklamaḥ ||
English Translation
And through the agency of that shining water, all beings, feeling delight, rejoiced, and having bathed in Gangā, became cleansed from sin.
VR 1.42.21 अनुष्टुप्
भगीरथोऽपि राजर्षिर्दिव्यं स्यन्दनमास्थितः । प्रायादग्रे महातेजास्तं गङ्गा पृष्ठतोऽन्वगात् ॥
bhagīratho'pi rājarṣirdivyaṃ syandanamāsthitaḥ | prāyādagre mahātejāstaṃ gaṅgā pṛṣṭhato'nvagāt ||
English Translation
And stationed on an excellent car that mighty king, the royal saint Bhagiratha, went first, and Gangā went at his back.
VR 1.42.22 अनुष्टुप्
देवाः सर्षिगणाः सर्वे दैत्यदानवराक्षसाः । गन्धर्वयक्षप्रवराः सकिंनरमहोरगाः ॥
devāḥ sarṣigaṇāḥ sarve daityadānavarākṣasāḥ | gandharvayakṣapravarāḥ sakiṃnaramahoragāḥ ||
English Translation
The gods, and the saints, and the Daityas, and the Dānavas, and the Rākşasas, and the foremost of Gandharvas and Yaksas, and the Kinnaras, and the mighty Uragas, and the Serpents, and the Apsaras, O Rāma, and the acquatic animals in a body following Bhagirahta's car, with glad hearts went in the wake of Gangā.
VR 1.42.23 अनुष्टुप्
सर्वाश्चाप्सरसो राम भगीरथरथानुगाः । गङ्गामन्वगमन्प्रीताः सर्वे जलचराश्च ये ॥
sarvāścāpsaraso rāma bhagīratharathānugāḥ | gaṅgāmanvagamanprītāḥ sarve jalacarāśca ye ||
English Translation
The gods, and the saints, and the Daityas, and the Dānavas, and the Rākşasas, and the foremost of Gandharvas and Yaksas, and the Kinnaras, and the mighty Uragas, and the Serpents, and the Apsaras, O Rāma, and the acquatic animals in a body following Bhagirahta's car, with glad hearts went in the wake of Gangā.
VR 1.42.24 अनुष्टुप्
यतो भगीरथो राजा ततो गङ्गा यशस्विनी । जगाम सरितां श्रेष्ठा सर्वपापविनाशिनी ॥
yato bhagīratho rājā tato gaṅgā yaśasvinī | jagāma saritāṃ śreṣṭhā sarvapāpavināśinī ||
English Translation
Whither soever king Bhagiratha went, the famous Gangā, foremost of streams, capable of destroying all sins, went.
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