Sita's Ordeal and Rama's Return to Ayodhya

Verse 1 (3.292.1)

स हत्वा रावणं क्षुद्रं राक्षसेन्द्रं सुरद्विषम् । बभूव हृष्टः ससुहृद्रामः सौमित्रिणा सह ॥

sa hatvā rāvaṇaṃ kṣudraṃ rākṣasendraṃ suradviṣam | babhūva hṛṣṭaḥ sasuhṛdrāmaḥ saumitriṇā saha

Having slain the vile Ravana, lord of the Rakshasas and enemy of the gods, Rama rejoiced together with his friends and with Saumitri (Lakshmana).

Note on the text: Corrected रावयणं → रावणं (misprint in Wikisource; stray akshara य; the critical edition reads rāvaṇaṃ) and राक्षसेनद्रं → राक्षसेन्द्रं (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct; the critical edition reads rākṣasendraṃ).

Verse 2 (3.292.2)

ततो हते दशग्रीवे देवाः सर्षिपुरोगमाः । आशीर्भिर्जययुक्ताभिरानर्चुस्तं महाभुजम् ॥

tato hate daśagrīve devāḥ sarṣipurogamāḥ | āśīrbhirjayayuktābhirānarcustaṃ mahābhujam

When ten-headed Ravana had been slain, the gods, with the seers at their head, honoured the mighty-armed hero with blessings that hailed his victory.

Verse 3 (3.292.3)

रामं कमलपत्राक्षं तुष्टुवुः सर्वदेवताः । गन्धर्वाः पुष्पवर्षैश्च वाग्भिश्च त्रिदशालयाः ॥

rāmaṃ kamalapatrākṣaṃ tuṣṭuvuḥ sarvadevatāḥ | gandharvāḥ puṣpavarṣaiśca vāgbhiśca tridaśālayāḥ

All the deities praised lotus-eyed Rama; the Gandharvas and the dwellers of heaven honoured him with showers of flowers and with words of praise.

Verse 4 (3.292.4)

पूजयित्वा रणे रामं प्रतिजग्मुर्यथागतम् । तन्महोत्सवसंकाशमासीदाकाशमच्युत ॥

pūjayitvā raṇe rāmaṃ pratijagmuryathāgatam | tanmahotsavasaṃkāśamāsīdākāśamacyuta

Having worshipped Rama on the battlefield, they went back as they had come. The sky, O imperishable one, looked as though a great festival were being held there.

Verse 5 (3.292.5)

ततो हत्वा दशग्रीवं लङ्कां रामो महायशाः । विभीषणाय प्रददौ प्रभुः परपुरंजयः ॥

tato hatvā daśagrīvaṃ laṅkāṃ rāmo mahāyaśāḥ | vibhīṣaṇāya pradadau prabhuḥ parapuraṃjayaḥ

Then, having killed Dashagriva, the illustrious Rama, the lord who conquers the cities of his foes, gave Lanka to Vibhishana.

Verse 6 (3.292.6)

ततः सीतां पुरस्कृत्य विभीषणपुरस्कृताम् । अविन्ध्यो नाम सुप्रज्ञो वृद्धामात्यो विनिर्ययौ ॥

tataḥ sītāṃ puraskṛtya vibhīṣaṇapuraskṛtām | avindhyo nāma suprajño vṛddhāmātyo viniryayau

Then a wise old minister named Avindhya came out, bringing before him Sita, who was escorted by Vibhishana.

Verse 7 (3.292.7)

उवाच च महात्मानं काकुत्स्थं दैन्यमास्थितम् । प्रतीच्छ देवीं सद्वृत्तां महात्मञ्जानकीमिति ॥

uvāca ca mahātmānaṃ kākutsthaṃ dainyamāsthitam | pratīccha devīṃ sadvṛttāṃ mahātmañjānakīmiti

He said to the great-souled Kakutstha, who sat downcast: "Great-souled one, receive the queen Janaki, whose conduct has been pure."

Verse 8 (3.292.8)

एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचस्तस्मादवतीर्य रथोत्तमात् । बाष्पेणापिहितां सीतां ददर्शेक्ष्वाकुनन्दनः ॥

etacchrutvā vacastasmādavatīrya rathottamāt | bāṣpeṇāpihitāṃ sītāṃ dadarśekṣvākunandanaḥ

Hearing these words from him, the delight of the Ikshvakus stepped down from his fine chariot and saw Sita, her face veiled with tears.

Verse 9 (3.292.9)

तां दृष्ट्वा चारुसर्वाङ्गीं यानस्थां शोककर्शिताम् । मलोपचितसर्वाङ्गीं जटिलां कृष्णवाससम् ॥

tāṃ dṛṣṭvā cārusarvāṅgīṃ yānasthāṃ śokakarśitām | malopacitasarvāṅgīṃ jaṭilāṃ kṛṣṇavāsasam

He saw her, lovely in every limb, seated in a carriage, wasted with grief, her whole body caked with grime, her hair matted, wearing a dark garment.

Verse 10 (3.292.10)

उवाच रामो वैदेहीं परामर्शविशङ्कितः । लक्षयित्वेङ्गितं सर्वं प्रियं तस्यै निवेद्य सः ॥

uvāca rāmo vaidehīṃ parāmarśaviśaṅkitaḥ | lakṣayitveṅgitaṃ sarvaṃ priyaṃ tasyai nivedya saḥ

Having observed her whole bearing and first given her the welcome news, Rama, troubled by the suspicion that she had been touched by another, spoke to Vaidehi:

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (backtick and quote mark) around the second line. Wikisource divides 3.275.10–11 differently: its first line is 3.275.10a, while its second line (marked off in Wikisource) is not in the critical edition, neither in the text nor in its apparatus at this place (it echoes 3.275.60a, Wikisource 292.62) — found only in the vulgate recension. The critical edition's 10c begins Wikisource's next verse.

Verse 11 (3.292.11)

गच्छ वैदेहि मुक्ता त्वं यत्कार्यं तन्मया कृतम् । मामासाद्यपतिं भद्रे न त्वं राक्षसवेश्मनि । जरां व्रजेथा इतिमे निहतोसौ निशाचरः ॥

gaccha vaidehi muktā tvaṃ yatkāryaṃ tanmayā kṛtam | māmāsādyapatiṃ bhadre na tvaṃ rākṣasaveśmani | jarāṃ vrajethā itime nihatosau niśācaraḥ

"Go, Vaidehi, you are free. What had to be done I have done. Having found me for your husband, good lady, you were not to grow old in a Rakshasa's house — for that reason this night-ranger has been slain."

Note on the text: Corrected तनमया → तन्मया (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct; the critical edition reads tan mayā). This three-line verse is the critical edition's 3.275.10c plus 3.275.11. Speaker: the verse is Rama's direct speech; Wikisource prints no heading and carries मार्कण्डेय on.

Verse 12 (3.292.12)

कथं ह्यस्मद्विधो जातु जानन्धर्मविनिश्चयम् । परहस्तगतां नारीं मुहूर्तमपि धारयेत् ॥

kathaṃ hyasmadvidho jātu jānandharmaviniścayam | parahastagatāṃ nārīṃ muhūrtamapi dhārayet

"How could a man like me, who knows the settled rule of dharma, keep even for a moment a woman who has passed into another's hands?"

Note on the text: Speaker: Rama's speech continues; Wikisource carries मार्कण्डेय on.

Verse 13 (3.292.13)

सुवृत्तामसुवृत्तां वाऽप्यहं त्वामद्य मैथिलि । नोत्सहे परिभोगाय श्वावलीढं हविर्यथा ॥

suvṛttāmasuvṛttāṃ vā'pyahaṃ tvāmadya maithili | notsahe paribhogāya śvāvalīḍhaṃ haviryathā

"Whether your conduct has been good or not, Maithili, I cannot now take you for my enjoyment, any more than an oblation licked by a dog."

Note on the text: Speaker: Rama's speech continues; Wikisource carries मार्कण्डेय on.

Verse 14 (3.292.14)

ततः सा सहसा बाला तच्छ्रुत्वा दारुणं वचः । पपात देवी व्यथिता निकृत्ता कदली यथा ॥

tataḥ sā sahasā bālā tacchrutvā dāruṇaṃ vacaḥ | papāta devī vyathitā nikṛttā kadalī yathā

Hearing these harsh words, the young queen suddenly fell to the ground, stricken, like a plantain tree cut down.

Verse 15 (3.292.15)

योप्यस्या हर्षसंभूतो मुखरागः पुराऽभवत् । क्षणेन सपुनर्नष्टो निःश्वासादिव दर्पणे ॥

yopyasyā harṣasaṃbhūto mukharāgaḥ purā'bhavat | kṣaṇena sapunarnaṣṭo niḥśvāsādiva darpaṇe

The glow of joy that had come to her face before vanished again in an instant, as the clearness of a mirror is lost beneath a breath.

Verse 16 (3.292.16)

ततस्ते हरयः सर्वे तच्छ्रुत्वा रामभाषितम् । गतासुकल्पा निश्चेष्टा बभूवुः सहलक्ष्मणाः ॥

tataste harayaḥ sarve tacchrutvā rāmabhāṣitam | gatāsukalpā niśceṣṭā babhūvuḥ sahalakṣmaṇāḥ

Then all the monkeys, and Lakshmana with them, hearing what Rama had said, became motionless, as though their life had left them.

Verse 17 (3.292.17)

ततो देवो विशुद्धात्मा विमानेन चतुर्मुखः । पद्मयोनिर्जगत्स्रष्टा दर्शयामास राघवम् ॥

tato devo viśuddhātmā vimānena caturmukhaḥ | padmayonirjagatsraṣṭā darśayāmāsa rāghavam

Then the pure-souled god, the four-faced one, lotus-born creator of the world, showed himself to Raghava in his aerial chariot.

Verse 18 (3.292.18)

शक्रश्चाग्निश्च वायुश्चयमो वरुण एव च । यक्षाधिपश्च भगवांस्तथा सप्तर्षयोऽमलाः ॥

śakraścāgniśca vāyuścayamo varuṇa eva ca | yakṣādhipaśca bhagavāṃstathā saptarṣayo'malāḥ

So too came Shakra, Agni, Vayu, Yama and Varuna, the blessed lord of the Yakshas, and the seven spotless seers;

Verse 19 (3.292.19)

राजा दशरथश्चैव दिव्यभास्वरमूर्तिमान् । विमानेन महार्हेण हंसयुक्तेन भास्वता ॥

rājā daśarathaścaiva divyabhāsvaramūrtimān | vimānena mahārheṇa haṃsayuktena bhāsvatā

and King Dasharatha, in a divine and radiant form, in a costly, shining chariot drawn by swans.

Verse 20 (3.292.20)

ततोऽन्तरिक्षं तत्सर्वंदेवगन्धर्वसंकुलम् । शुशुभे तारकाचित्रं शरदीव नभस्तलम् ॥

tato'ntarikṣaṃ tatsarvaṃdevagandharvasaṃkulam | śuśubhe tārakācitraṃ śaradīva nabhastalam

Then the whole sky, crowded with gods and Gandharvas, shone like the autumn heavens bright with stars.

Verse 21 (3.292.21)

तत उत्थाय वैदेही तेषां मध्ये यशस्विनी । उवाच वाक्यं कल्याणी रामं पृथुलवक्षसम् ॥

tata utthāya vaidehī teṣāṃ madhye yaśasvinī | uvāca vākyaṃ kalyāṇī rāmaṃ pṛthulavakṣasam

Then glorious Vaidehi, the auspicious one, rose up in their midst and spoke to broad-chested Rama:

Note on the text: Corrected मध्ययशस्विनी → मध्ये यशस्विनी (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign of the locative; the critical edition reads madhye yaśasvinī).

Verse 22 (3.292.22)

राजपुत्र न ते कोपं करोमि विदिताहि मे । गतिः स्त्रीणां नराणां च शृणु चेदं वचो मम ॥

rājaputra na te kopaṃ karomi viditāhi me | gatiḥ strīṇāṃ narāṇāṃ ca śṛṇu cedaṃ vaco mama

"Prince, I do not blame you in anger, for I know the ways of women and of men. But hear these words of mine."

Note on the text: Corrected चदं → चेदं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign; the critical edition reads śṛṇu cedaṃ). Speaker: Sita's direct speech; Wikisource prints no heading and carries मार्कण्डेय on.

Verse 23 (3.292.23)

अन्तश्चरतिभूतानां मातरिश्वा सदागतिः । स मे विमुञ्चतु प्राणान्यदि पापं चराम्यहम् ॥

antaścaratibhūtānāṃ mātariśvā sadāgatiḥ | sa me vimuñcatu prāṇānyadi pāpaṃ carāmyaham

"The ever-moving wind, Matarishvan, moves within all beings. Let him take away my life if I have done wrong."

Note on the text: Speaker: Sita's speech continues; Wikisource carries मार्कण्डेय on.

Verse 24 (3.292.24)

अग्निरापस्तथाऽऽकाशं पृथिवी वायुरेव च । विमुञ्चन्तु मम प्राणान्यदि पापं चराम्यहम् ॥

agnirāpastathā''kāśaṃ pṛthivī vāyureva ca | vimuñcantu mama prāṇānyadi pāpaṃ carāmyaham

"Fire, water, space, earth and wind — let them take away my life if I have done wrong."

Note on the text: Speaker: Sita's speech continues; Wikisource carries मार्कण्डेय on.

Verse 25 (3.292.25)

यथाऽहं त्वदृतेवीर नान्यंस्वप्नेऽप्यचिन्तयम् । तथा मे देव निर्दिष्टस्त्वमेव हि पतिर्भव ॥

yathā'haṃ tvadṛtevīra nānyaṃsvapne'pyacintayam | tathā me deva nirdiṣṭastvameva hi patirbhava

"As I, O hero, have never thought of any man but you even in a dream, so, as ordained for me by the gods, be you alone my husband."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); its apparatus records it as the starred passage 3.275.24*1302. Speaker: Sita's speech continues; Wikisource carries मार्कण्डेय on.

Verse 26 (3.292.26)

ततोऽन्तरिक्षे वागासीत्सुभगा लोकसाक्षिणी । पुण्यासंहर्षणी तेषां वानराणां महात्मनाम् ॥

tato'ntarikṣe vāgāsītsubhagā lokasākṣiṇī | puṇyāsaṃharṣaṇī teṣāṃ vānarāṇāṃ mahātmanām

Then a voice sounded in the sky, gracious, a witness to the worlds, holy, bringing joy to those great-souled monkeys.

Note on the text: Corrected वागारीत् → वागासीत् (misprint in Wikisource; र for स; the critical edition reads vāg āsīt). The rest of the first line (सुभगा लोकसाक्षिणी) is a recension variant of the critical edition's sarvā viśrāvayan diśaḥ and is kept.

Verse 27 (3.292.27)

भो भो राघव सत्यं वै वायुरस्मि सदागतिः । अपापा मैथिली राजन्संगच्छसहभार्यया ॥

bho bho rāghava satyaṃ vai vāyurasmi sadāgatiḥ | apāpā maithilī rājansaṃgacchasahabhāryayā

"Ho, Raghava! Truly I am Vayu, the ever-moving. Maithili is without sin, O king. Be united with your wife."

Note on the text: Corrected बोभो → भो भो (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads bho bho).

Verse 28 (3.292.28)

अहमन्तःशरीरस्थो भूतानां रघुनन्दन । सुसूक्ष्ममपि काकुत्स्थ मैथिलीनापराध्यति ॥

ahamantaḥśarīrastho bhūtānāṃ raghunandana | susūkṣmamapi kākutstha maithilīnāparādhyati

"I dwell within the bodies of all beings, delight of the Raghus. Maithili has not done wrong even in the slightest degree, Kakutstha."

Verse 29 (3.292.29)

रसावै मत्प्रसूता हि भूतदेहेषु राघव । अहंवै त्वां प्रब्रवीमि मैथिली प्रतिगृह्यताम् ॥

rasāvai matprasūtā hi bhūtadeheṣu rāghava | ahaṃvai tvāṃ prabravīmi maithilī pratigṛhyatām

"The fluids in the bodies of beings are born of me, Raghava. I tell you: let Maithili be taken back."

Verse 30 (3.292.30)

धर्मोऽहमस्मि काकुत्स्थ साक्षी लोकस्य कर्मणाम् । शुभाशुभानां सीतेयमपापा प्रतिगृह्यताम् ॥

dharmo'hamasmi kākutstha sākṣī lokasya karmaṇām | śubhāśubhānāṃ sīteyamapāpā pratigṛhyatām

"I am Dharma, Kakutstha, the witness of the deeds of the world, good and evil. This Sita is sinless; let her be taken back."

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (backtick and quote mark) around the verse. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); its apparatus records Yama's speech, reading dharmarājo 'smi, as the starred passage 3.275.28*1304.

Verse 31 (3.292.31)

पुत्र नैतदिहाश्चर्यं त्वयि राजर्षिधर्मणि । साधो सद्वृत्त काकुत्स्थ शृणु चेदं वचो मम ॥

putra naitadihāścaryaṃ tvayi rājarṣidharmaṇi | sādho sadvṛtta kākutstha śṛṇu cedaṃ vaco mama

"Son, this is no wonder in you, who follow the dharma of royal sages. Good and virtuous Kakutstha, hear these words of mine."

Note on the text: Speaker: Wikisource prints the heading as ब्र्हमोवाच, a misprint for ब्रह्मोवाच (the critical edition reads brahmovāca); the speaker is Brahma.

Verse 32 (3.292.32)

शत्रुरेष त्वया वीर देवगन्धर्वभोगिनाम् । यक्षाणां दानवानां च महर्षीणां च पातितः ॥

śatrureṣa tvayā vīra devagandharvabhoginām | yakṣāṇāṃ dānavānāṃ ca maharṣīṇāṃ ca pātitaḥ

"You, hero, have struck down this enemy of the gods, the Gandharvas and the Nagas, of the Yakshas, the Danavas and the great seers."

Note on the text: Corrected देवगनधर्व → देवगन्धर्व (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct; the critical edition reads devagandharva-).

Verse 33 (3.292.33)

अवध्यः सर्वभूतानां मत्प्रसादात्पुराऽभवत् । कस्माच्चित्कारणात्पापः कंचित्कालमुपेक्षितः ॥

avadhyaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ matprasādātpurā'bhavat | kasmāccitkāraṇātpāpaḥ kaṃcitkālamupekṣitaḥ

"By my grace he had once become unkillable by all beings; for a certain reason that wicked one was let be for a time."

Verse 34 (3.292.34)

वधार्थमात्मनस्तेन हृता सीता दुरात्मना । नलकूबरशापेन रक्षा चास्याः कृता मया ॥

vadhārthamātmanastena hṛtā sītā durātmanā | nalakūbaraśāpena rakṣā cāsyāḥ kṛtā mayā

"That evil-minded one carried off Sita to bring about his own death. And I had provided for her protection through the curse of Nalakubara."

Verse 35 (3.292.35)

यदि ह्यकामामासेवेत्स्त्रियमन्यामपि ध्रुवम् । शतधाऽस्य फलेन्मूर्धा इत्युक्तः सोभवत्पुरा ॥

yadi hyakāmāmāsevetstriyamanyāmapi dhruvam | śatadhā'sya phalenmūrdhā ityuktaḥ sobhavatpurā

"For he had been told long ago: 'If you force yourself on any other woman who is unwilling, your head will surely burst into a hundred pieces.'"

Note on the text: Corrected स्तरियम् → स्त्रियम् (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct; the critical edition reads striyam).

Verse 36 (3.292.36)

नात्रशङ्का त्वया कार्या प्रतीच्छेमां महामते । कृतं त्वया महत्कार्यं देवानाममितप्रभ ॥

nātraśaṅkā tvayā kāryā pratīcchemāṃ mahāmate | kṛtaṃ tvayā mahatkāryaṃ devānāmamitaprabha

"You need have no doubt about this; take her back, wise one. You have accomplished a great task for the gods, O you of boundless splendour."

Verse 37 (3.292.37)

प्रीतोस्मि वत्स भद्रं ते पिता दशरथोस्मि ते । अनुजानामि राज्यं च प्रशाधि पुरुषोत्तम ॥

prītosmi vatsa bhadraṃ te pitā daśarathosmi te | anujānāmi rājyaṃ ca praśādhi puruṣottama

"I am pleased, my son; blessings on you. I am your father Dasharatha. I give you leave: rule the kingdom, best of men."

Verse 38 (3.292.38)

अभिवादयेत्वां राजेन्द्र यदि त्वं जनको मम । गमिष्यामि पुरीं रम्यामयोध्यां शासनात्तव ॥

abhivādayetvāṃ rājendra yadi tvaṃ janako mama | gamiṣyāmi purīṃ ramyāmayodhyāṃ śāsanāttava

"I salute you, king of kings, if you are my father. At your command I shall go to the lovely city of Ayodhya."

Verse 39 (3.292.39)

तमुवाच पिता भूयः प्रहृष्टो भरतर्षभ । गच्छायोध्यां प्रशाधि त्वंराम रक्तान्तलोचन । संपूर्णानीहवर्षाणि चतुर्दश महाद्युते ॥

tamuvāca pitā bhūyaḥ prahṛṣṭo bharatarṣabha | gacchāyodhyāṃ praśādhi tvaṃrāma raktāntalocana | saṃpūrṇānīhavarṣāṇi caturdaśa mahādyute

His father, greatly delighted, spoke to him again, bull of the Bharatas: "Go to Ayodhya and rule, Rama of the red-cornered eyes. Your fourteen years here are complete, radiant one."

Note on the text: The first two lines are 3.275.37; the third line is not in the critical text — its apparatus records it as the starred passage 3.275.37*1305 (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 40 (3.292.40)

ततो देवान्नमस्कृत्य सुहृद्भिरभिनन्दितः । महेन्द्रइव पौलोम्या भार्यया स समेयिवान् ॥

tato devānnamaskṛtya suhṛdbhirabhinanditaḥ | mahendraiva paulomyā bhāryayā sa sameyivān

Then, having bowed to the gods and been greeted by his friends, he was united with his wife, as great Indra with Pauloni.

Note on the text: Corrected मुहृद्भिर् → सुहृद्भिर् (misprint in Wikisource; म for स; the critical edition reads suhṛdbhir).

Verse 41 (3.292.41)

ततो वरं ददौ तस्मै ह्यविन्ध्याय परंतपः । त्रिजटां चार्थमानाभ्यां योजयामास राक्षसीम् ॥

tato varaṃ dadau tasmai hyavindhyāya paraṃtapaḥ | trijaṭāṃ cārthamānābhyāṃ yojayāmāsa rākṣasīm

Then the scorcher of foes granted a boon to Avindhya, and he endowed the Rakshasi Trijata with wealth and honour.

Verse 42 (3.292.42)

तमुवाच ततो ब्रह्मा देवैः शक्रपुरोगमैः । कौसल्यामातरिष्टांस्ते वरानद्य ददानि कान् ॥

tamuvāca tato brahmā devaiḥ śakrapurogamaiḥ | kausalyāmātariṣṭāṃste varānadya dadāni kān

Then Brahma, with the gods led by Shakra, said to him: "Son of Kausalya, which boons that you desire shall I give you today?"

Note on the text: Corrected शक्रषुरोगमैः → शक्रपुरोगमैः (misprint in Wikisource; ष for प; cf. शक्रपुरोगमाः in verse 47; the critical edition reads śakramukhair vṛtaḥ).

Verse 43 (3.292.43)

वव्रेरामः स्थितिं धर्मे शत्रुभिश्चापराजयम् । राक्षसैर्निहतानां च वानराणां समुद्भवम् ॥

vavrerāmaḥ sthitiṃ dharme śatrubhiścāparājayam | rākṣasairnihatānāṃ ca vānarāṇāṃ samudbhavam

Rama chose steadfastness in dharma, freedom from defeat by his enemies, and the return to life of the monkeys slain by the Rakshasas.

Verse 44 (3.292.44)

ततस्ते ब्रह्मणा प्रोक्ते तथेतिवचने तदा । समुत्तस्थुर्महाराज वानरा लब्धचेतसः ॥

tataste brahmaṇā prokte tathetivacane tadā | samuttasthurmahārāja vānarā labdhacetasaḥ

When Brahma had said "So be it", the monkeys rose up at once, great king, their consciousness restored.

Verse 45 (3.292.45)

सीता चापि महाभागा वरं हनुमते ददौ । रामकीर्त्या समं पुत्र जीवितं ते भविष्यति ॥

sītā cāpi mahābhāgā varaṃ hanumate dadau | rāmakīrtyā samaṃ putra jīvitaṃ te bhaviṣyati

And the blessed Sita too gave a boon to Hanuman: "Son, your life will last as long as the fame of Rama."

Verse 46 (3.292.46)

दिव्यास्त्वामुपभोगाश्च मत्प्रसादकृताः सदा । उपस्थास्यन्ति हनुमन्निति स्म हरिलोचन ॥

divyāstvāmupabhogāśca matprasādakṛtāḥ sadā | upasthāsyanti hanumanniti sma harilocana

"And divine enjoyments, granted by my favour, will always attend you, tawny-eyed Hanuman" — so she said.

Verse 47 (3.292.47)

ततस्ते प्रेक्षमाणानां तेषामक्लिष्टकर्मणाम् । अन्तर्धानं ययुर्देवाः सर्वे शक्रपुरोगमाः ॥

tataste prekṣamāṇānāṃ teṣāmakliṣṭakarmaṇām | antardhānaṃ yayurdevāḥ sarve śakrapurogamāḥ

Then, as those heroes of tireless deeds looked on, all the gods led by Shakra vanished.

Note on the text: Corrected तेपाम् → तेषाम् (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष; the critical edition reads teṣām).

Verse 48 (3.292.48)

दृष्ट्वा रामं तु जानक्या संगतं शक्रसारथिः । उवाच परमप्रीतसुहृन्मध्य इदं वचः ॥

dṛṣṭvā rāmaṃ tu jānakyā saṃgataṃ śakrasārathiḥ | uvāca paramaprītasuhṛnmadhya idaṃ vacaḥ

Seeing Rama reunited with Janaki, Shakra's charioteer (Matali), in the midst of their overjoyed friends, spoke these words:

Verse 49 (3.292.49)

देवगन्धर्वयक्षाणां मानुषासुरभोगिनाम् । अपनीतं त्वया दुःखमिदं सत्यपराक्रम ॥

devagandharvayakṣāṇāṃ mānuṣāsurabhoginām | apanītaṃ tvayā duḥkhamidaṃ satyaparākrama

"You have taken away this sorrow of the gods, the Gandharvas and the Yakshas, of men, Asuras and Nagas, O you whose valour is true."

Note on the text: Speaker: Matali's direct speech; Wikisource prints no heading and carries मार्कण्डेय on.

Verse 50 (3.292.50)

सदेवासुरगन्धर्वा यक्षराक्षसपन्नगाः । कथयिष्यन्ति लोकास्त्वां यावद्भूमिर्धरिष्यति ॥

sadevāsuragandharvā yakṣarākṣasapannagāḥ | kathayiṣyanti lokāstvāṃ yāvadbhūmirdhariṣyati

"The worlds — gods, Asuras and Gandharvas, Yakshas, Rakshasas and serpents — will tell of you as long as the earth endures."

Note on the text: Corrected गनधर्वा → गन्धर्वा (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct; the critical edition reads sadevāsuragandharvā). Speaker: Matali's speech continues; Wikisource carries मार्कण्डेय on.

Verse 51 (3.292.51)

इत्येवमुक्त्वाऽनुज्ञाप्यरामं शस्त्रभृतांवरम् । संपूज्यापाक्रमत्तेन रथेनादित्यवर्चसा ॥

ityevamuktvā'nujñāpyarāmaṃ śastrabhṛtāṃvaram | saṃpūjyāpākramattena rathenādityavarcasā

Having spoken thus and taken leave of Rama, best of those who bear arms, he paid him honour and departed in that chariot bright as the sun.

Verse 52 (3.292.52)

ततःसीतां पुरस्कृत्य रामः सौमित्रिणा सह । सुग्रीवप्रमुखैश्चैव सहितः सर्ववानरैः ॥

tataḥsītāṃ puraskṛtya rāmaḥ saumitriṇā saha | sugrīvapramukhaiścaiva sahitaḥ sarvavānaraiḥ

Then Rama, placing Sita before him, with Saumitri and with all the monkeys led by Sugriva,

Verse 53 (3.292.53)

विधाय रक्षां लङ्कायां विभीषणपुरस्कृतः । संततार पुनस्तेन सेतुना मकरालयम् ॥

vidhāya rakṣāṃ laṅkāyāṃ vibhīṣaṇapuraskṛtaḥ | saṃtatāra punastena setunā makarālayam

having arranged for the protection of Lanka, and with Vibhishana going before him, crossed the ocean, home of the sea-monsters, once more by that same bridge,

Verse 54 (3.292.54)

पुष्पकेण विमानेन खेचरेण विराजता । कामगेन यथामुख्यैरमात्यैः संवृतो वशी ॥

puṣpakeṇa vimānena khecareṇa virājatā | kāmagena yathāmukhyairamātyaiḥ saṃvṛto vaśī

travelling in the aerial chariot Pushpaka, shining, moving through the sky at will, the self-controlled one surrounded by his chief ministers in due order.

Note on the text: Corrected विसानन → विमानेन (misprint in Wikisource; स for म and dropped vowel sign; the critical edition reads vimānena) and वसी → वशी (misprint in Wikisource; स for श; the critical edition reads vaśī).

Verse 55 (3.292.55)

ततस्तीरे समुद्रस्य यत्रशिश्ये स पार्थिवः । तत्रैवोवास धर्मात्मा सहितः सर्ववानरैः ॥

tatastīre samudrasya yatraśiśye sa pārthivaḥ | tatraivovāsa dharmātmā sahitaḥ sarvavānaraiḥ

Then that righteous king stayed with all the monkeys on the shore of the ocean, at the very spot where he had once lain.

Note on the text: Corrected समुद्रस्यं → समुद्रस्य (misprint in Wikisource; stray anusvara; the critical edition reads samudrasya) and शिश्य → शिश्ये (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign; the critical edition reads yatra śiśye, and the Wikisource commentary glosses शिश्ये).

Verse 56 (3.292.56)

अथैनान्राघवः काले समानीयाभिपूज्य च । विसर्जयामास तदा रत्नैः संतोष्य सर्वशः ॥

athainānrāghavaḥ kāle samānīyābhipūjya ca | visarjayāmāsa tadā ratnaiḥ saṃtoṣya sarvaśaḥ

Then in due time Raghava gathered them, honoured them, and sent them away, having satisfied them fully with gems.

Verse 57 (3.292.57)

गतेषु वानरेन्द्रेषु गोपुच्छर्क्षेषु तेषु च । सुग्रीवसहितो रामः किष्किन्धां पुनरागमत् ॥

gateṣu vānarendreṣu gopuccharkṣeṣu teṣu ca | sugrīvasahito rāmaḥ kiṣkindhāṃ punarāgamat

When those monkey chiefs, the Gopuccha monkeys and the bears had gone, Rama returned to Kishkindha with Sugriva,

Note on the text: Corrected किष्किन्दां → किष्किन्धां (misprint in Wikisource; द for ध; cf. verse 59; the critical edition reads kiṣkindhāṃ).

Verse 58 (3.292.58)

विभीषणेनानुगतः सुग्रीवसहितस्तदा । पुष्पकेण विमानेन वैदेह्या दर्शयन्वनम् ॥

vibhīṣaṇenānugataḥ sugrīvasahitastadā | puṣpakeṇa vimānena vaidehyā darśayanvanam

followed by Vibhishana and accompanied by Sugriva, showing the forest to Vaidehi from the aerial chariot Pushpaka.

Verse 59 (3.292.59)

किष्किन्धां तु समासाद्यरामः प्रहरतांवरः । अङ्गदं कृतकर्माणं यौवराज्येऽभ्यषेचयत् ॥

kiṣkindhāṃ tu samāsādyarāmaḥ praharatāṃvaraḥ | aṅgadaṃ kṛtakarmāṇaṃ yauvarājye'bhyaṣecayat

Having reached Kishkindha, Rama, best of warriors, consecrated Angada, who had done his part well, as crown prince.

Verse 60 (3.292.60)

ततस्तैरेव सहितो रामः सौमित्रिणा सह । यथागतेन मार्गेण प्रययौ स्वपुरं प्रति ॥

tatastaireva sahito rāmaḥ saumitriṇā saha | yathāgatena mārgeṇa prayayau svapuraṃ prati

Then Rama, with those same companions and with Saumitri, set out for his own city by the way he had come.

Verse 61 (3.292.61)

अयोध्यां स समासाद्यपुरीं राष्ट्रपतिस्ततः । भरताय हनूमन्तं दूतं प्रास्थापयद्द्रुतम् ॥

ayodhyāṃ sa samāsādyapurīṃ rāṣṭrapatistataḥ | bharatāya hanūmantaṃ dūtaṃ prāsthāpayaddrutam

Having come to the city of Ayodhya, the lord of the realm then swiftly sent Hanuman to Bharata as his messenger.

Verse 62 (3.292.62)

लक्षयित्वेङ्गितं सर्वंप्रियं तस्मै निवेद्य वै । वायुपुत्रे पुनः प्राप्ते नन्दिग्राममुपाविशत् ॥

lakṣayitveṅgitaṃ sarvaṃpriyaṃ tasmai nivedya vai | vāyuputre punaḥ prāpte nandigrāmamupāviśat

When the son of the Wind had read every sign of Bharata's mind, given him the joyful news and come back, Rama went on to Nandigrama.

Verse 63 (3.292.63)

सतत्रमलदिग्धाङ्गं भरतं चीरवाससम् । नन्दिग्रामगतंरामः सशत्रुघ्नं सराघवः । अग्रतःपादुके कृत्वा ददर्शासीनमासने ॥

satatramaladigdhāṅgaṃ bharataṃ cīravāsasam | nandigrāmagataṃrāmaḥ saśatrughnaṃ sarāghavaḥ | agrataḥpāduke kṛtvā dadarśāsīnamāsane

There, having come to Nandigrama, Raghava saw Bharata with Shatrughna — his body smeared with dirt, clad in bark, seated on a seat with the sandals placed before him.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (backtick and quote mark) around the middle line. The first and last lines are 3.275.61a and 61c; the middle line is not in the critical text — its apparatus records it as the starred passage 3.275.61*1306 (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 64 (3.292.64)

समेत्यभरतेनाथ शत्रुघ्नेन च वीर्यवान् । राघवः सहसौमित्रिर्मुमुदे भरतर्षभ ॥

sametyabharatenātha śatrughnena ca vīryavān | rāghavaḥ sahasaumitrirmumude bharatarṣabha

The valiant Raghava, together with Saumitri, met Bharata and Shatrughna and rejoiced, bull of the Bharatas.

Verse 65 (3.292.65)

ततो भरतशत्रुघ्नौ समेतौ गुरुणा तदा । वैदेह्या दर्शनेनोभौ प्रहर्षं समवापतुः ॥

tato bharataśatrughnau sametau guruṇā tadā | vaidehyā darśanenobhau praharṣaṃ samavāpatuḥ

Then Bharata and Shatrughna, reunited with their elder brother, both felt great joy at the sight of Vaidehi.

Verse 66 (3.292.66)

तस्मै तद्भरतो राज्यमागतायातिसत्कृतम् । न्यासं निर्यातयामास युक्तः परमया मुदा ॥

tasmai tadbharato rājyamāgatāyātisatkṛtam | nyāsaṃ niryātayāmāsa yuktaḥ paramayā mudā

Filled with the greatest joy, Bharata handed back to him on his return the kingdom, which he had held in trust and kept in high honour.

Verse 67 (3.292.67)

ततस्तं वैष्णवे शूरं नक्षत्रेऽभिजितेऽहनि । वसिष्ठो वामदेवश्च सहितावभ्यषिञ्चताम् ॥

tatastaṃ vaiṣṇave śūraṃ nakṣatre'bhijite'hani | vasiṣṭho vāmadevaśca sahitāvabhyaṣiñcatām

Then, on a day under Vishnu's asterism, at the Abhijit conjunction, Vasishtha and Vamadeva together consecrated the hero as king.

Verse 68 (3.292.68)

सोभिषिक्तः कपिश्रेष्ठं सुग्रीवं ससुहृज्जनम् । विभीषणं च पौलस्त्यमन्वजानाद्गृहान्प्रति ॥

sobhiṣiktaḥ kapiśreṣṭhaṃ sugrīvaṃ sasuhṛjjanam | vibhīṣaṇaṃ ca paulastyamanvajānādgṛhānprati

Once consecrated, he gave leave to go home to Sugriva, best of monkeys, with his friends and kin, and to Vibhishana of Pulastya's line.

Verse 69 (3.292.69)

अभ्यर्च्य विविधै रत्नैः प्रीतियुक्तौ मुदा युतौ । समाधायेतिकर्तव्यं दुःखेन विससर्ज ह ॥

abhyarcya vividhai ratnaiḥ prītiyuktau mudā yutau | samādhāyetikartavyaṃ duḥkhena visasarja ha

He honoured the two of them, full of affection and joy, with many kinds of gems, settled what was to be done, and sent them off with sorrow.

Verse 70 (3.292.70)

पुष्पकं च विमानं तत्पूजयित्वा स राघवः । प्रादाद्वैश्रवणायैव प्रीत्या स रघुनन्दनः ॥

puṣpakaṃ ca vimānaṃ tatpūjayitvā sa rāghavaḥ | prādādvaiśravaṇāyaiva prītyā sa raghunandanaḥ

And Raghava, delight of the Raghus, honoured the aerial chariot Pushpaka and gave it back with affection to Vaishravana (Kubera).

Verse 71 (3.292.71)

ततो देवर्षिसहितः सरितं गोमतीमनु । शताश्वमेधानाजह्रे जारूथ्यान्स निरर्गलान् ॥

tato devarṣisahitaḥ saritaṃ gomatīmanu | śatāśvamedhānājahre jārūthyānsa nirargalān

Then, accompanied by the divine seers, he performed along the river Gomati a hundred horse sacrifices, with threefold fees and free of all hindrance.