Narada Tells of Rama, Son of Dasharatha

Verse 1 (7.59.1)

रामं दाशरथिं चैव मृतं सृञ्जय शुश्रुम । यं प्रजा अन्वमोदन्त पिता पुत्रमिवौरसम् । असङ्ख्येया गुणा यस्मिन्नासन्नमिततेजसि ॥

rāmaṃ dāśarathiṃ caiva mṛtaṃ sṛñjaya śuśruma | yaṃ prajā anvamodanta pitā putramivaurasam | asaṅkhyeyā guṇā yasminnāsannamitatejasi

We have heard, Srinjaya, that Rama, son of Dasharatha, also died — he in whom the people rejoiced as a father rejoices in his own son, and in whom lived boundless splendour and countless virtues.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its Appendix I No. 8 (the Shodasharajika, printed after 7.49.21), lines 0437–0439: line 1 is identical, line 2 differs, line 3 is identical. Line 2 reads पुत्रमिवौरसम् where CE 0438 has putrān ivaurasān.

Verse 2 (7.59.2)

यश्चतुर्दशवर्षाणि निदेशात्पितुरच्युतः । वने वनितया सार्धमवसल्लक्ष्मणाग्रजः ॥

yaścaturdaśavarṣāṇi nideśātpituracyutaḥ | vane vanitayā sārdhamavasallakṣmaṇāgrajaḥ

Never faltering, at his father's command that elder brother of Lakshmana lived fourteen years in the forest with his wife.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its Appendix I No. 8 (the Shodasharajika, printed after 7.49.21), lines 0440–0441: line 1 is identical, line 2 differs.

Verse 3 (7.59.3)

जघान च जनस्थाने राक्षसान्मनुजर्षभः । तपस्विनां रक्षणार्थं सहस्राणि चतुर्दश ॥

jaghāna ca janasthāne rākṣasānmanujarṣabhaḥ | tapasvināṃ rakṣaṇārthaṃ sahasrāṇi caturdaśa

In Janasthana that best of men killed fourteen thousand rakshasas, to protect the ascetics.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its Appendix I No. 8 (the Shodasharajika, printed after 7.49.21), lines 0442–0443: identical.

Verse 4 (7.59.4)

तत्रैव वसतस्तस्य रावणो नाम राक्षसः । जहार भार्यां वैदेहीं सम्मोह्यैनं सहानुजम् ॥

tatraiva vasatastasya rāvaṇo nāma rākṣasaḥ | jahāra bhāryāṃ vaidehīṃ sammohyainaṃ sahānujam

While he was living there, a rakshasa named Ravana deceived him and his younger brother and carried off his wife, the princess of Videha.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its Appendix I No. 8 (the Shodasharajika, printed after 7.49.21), lines 0444–0445: line 1 is identical, line 2 differs.

Verse 5 (7.59.5)

रामो हृतां राक्षसेन भार्यां श्रुत्वा जटायुषः । आतुरः शोकसन्तप्तो रामोऽगच्छद्धरीश्वरम् ॥

rāmo hṛtāṃ rākṣasena bhāryāṃ śrutvā jaṭāyuṣaḥ | āturaḥ śokasantapto rāmo'gacchaddharīśvaram

Hearing from Jatayu that his wife had been carried off by the rakshasa, Rama, pained and burning with grief, went to the lord of the monkeys.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it has no counterpart in the critical edition's Appendix I No. 8 (the Shodasharajika, printed after 7.49.21) or in its star passages. Found only in the vulgate (verses 5–7, bracketed by the wiki quote marks, narrate Jatayu's news, the pact with Sugriva, the bridge and the killing of the Paulastyas). Removed the wiki quote mark (opening backtick) from the text.

Verse 6 (7.59.6)

तेन रामः सुसङ्गम्य वानरैश्च महाबलैः । आजगामोदधेः पारं सेतुं कृत्वा महार्णवे ॥

tena rāmaḥ susaṅgamya vānaraiśca mahābalaiḥ | ājagāmodadheḥ pāraṃ setuṃ kṛtvā mahārṇave

Having made a pact with him and with his mighty monkeys, Rama built a bridge over the great ocean and came to its farther shore.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it has no counterpart in the critical edition's Appendix I No. 8 (the Shodasharajika, printed after 7.49.21) or in its star passages.

Verse 7 (7.59.7)

तत्र हत्वा तु पौलस्त्यान्ससुहृद्गणबान्धवान् । मायाविनं महाघोरं रावणं लोककण्टकम् ॥

tatra hatvā tu paulastyānsasuhṛdgaṇabāndhavān | māyāvinaṃ mahāghoraṃ rāvaṇaṃ lokakaṇṭakam

There he destroyed the descendants of Pulastya with their friends, hosts and kinsmen — and Ravana, the dread illusionist, the thorn of the world —

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it has no counterpart in the critical edition's Appendix I No. 8 (the Shodasharajika, printed after 7.49.21) or in its star passages. Removed the wiki quote mark (closing apostrophe) from the text.

Verse 8 (7.59.8)

सुरासुरैरवध्यं तं देवब्राह्मणकण्टकम् । जघान स महाबाहुः पौलस्त्यं सगणं रणे ॥

surāsurairavadhyaṃ taṃ devabrāhmaṇakaṇṭakam | jaghāna sa mahābāhuḥ paulastyaṃ sagaṇaṃ raṇe

Ravana, whom gods and asuras could not slay, the thorn of gods and brahmins: that mighty-armed one killed the scion of Pulastya in battle, together with his host.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its Appendix I No. 8 (the Shodasharajika, printed after 7.49.21), lines 0447–0448: identical. CE line 0446 (jaghāna samare kruddhaḥ pureva tryambako 'ndhakam) precedes these lines there and is not on the Wikisource page.

Verse 9 (7.59.9)

हत्वा तत्र रिपुं सङ्ख्ये भार्यया सह सङ्गतः । स च लङ्केश्वरं चक्रे धर्मात्मानं विभीषणम् ॥

hatvā tatra ripuṃ saṅkhye bhāryayā saha saṅgataḥ | sa ca laṅkeśvaraṃ cakre dharmātmānaṃ vibhīṣaṇam

Having killed his enemy there in battle and been reunited with his wife, he made the righteous Vibhishana lord of Lanka.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it has no counterpart in the critical edition's Appendix I No. 8 (the Shodasharajika, printed after 7.49.21) or in its star passages. Found only in the vulgate (verses 9–13, from Vibhishana's installation to Rama's consecration and honouring of his brothers). Removed the wiki quote mark (opening backtick) from the text.

Verse 10 (7.59.10)

भार्यया सह संयुक्तस्ततो वानरसेनया । अयोध्यामागतो वीरः पुष्पकेण विराजता ॥

bhāryayā saha saṃyuktastato vānarasenayā | ayodhyāmāgato vīraḥ puṣpakeṇa virājatā

Then, with his wife and the army of monkeys, the hero came to Ayodhya in the shining Pushpaka.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it has no counterpart in the critical edition's Appendix I No. 8 (the Shodasharajika, printed after 7.49.21) or in its star passages.

Verse 11 (7.59.11)

तत्र राजन्प्रविष्टः सन्नयोध्यायां महायशाः । मातॄर्वयस्यान्सचिवानृत्विजः सपुरोहितान् ॥

tatra rājanpraviṣṭaḥ sannayodhyāyāṃ mahāyaśāḥ | mātṝrvayasyānsacivānṛtvijaḥ sapurohitān

Having entered Ayodhya, O king, that greatly renowned one, among his mothers, companions, ministers, officiating priests and household priests,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it has no counterpart in the critical edition's Appendix I No. 8 (the Shodasharajika, printed after 7.49.21) or in its star passages.

Verse 12 (7.59.12)

शुश्रूषमाणः सततं मन्त्रिभिश्चाभिषेचितः । विसृज्य हरिराजानं हनुमन्तं सहाङ्गदम् ॥

śuśrūṣamāṇaḥ satataṃ mantribhiścābhiṣecitaḥ | visṛjya harirājānaṃ hanumantaṃ sahāṅgadam

ever served by his ministers, was consecrated; and having dismissed the monkey-king with Hanuman and Angada,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it has no counterpart in the critical edition's Appendix I No. 8 (the Shodasharajika, printed after 7.49.21) or in its star passages.

Verse 13 (7.59.13)

भ्रातरं भरतं वीरं शत्रुघ्नं चैव लक्ष्मणम् । पूजयन्परया प्रीत्या वैदेह्या चाभिपूजितः ॥

bhrātaraṃ bharataṃ vīraṃ śatrughnaṃ caiva lakṣmaṇam | pūjayanparayā prītyā vaidehyā cābhipūjitaḥ

honouring with great affection his brothers, the hero Bharata, Shatrughna and Lakshmana, and himself honoured by Vaidehi,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it has no counterpart in the critical edition's Appendix I No. 8 (the Shodasharajika, printed after 7.49.21) or in its star passages.

Verse 14 (7.59.14)

दशवर्षसहस्राणि दशवर्षशतानि च । चतुःसागरपर्यन्तां पृथिवीमन्वशासत ॥

daśavarṣasahasrāṇi daśavarṣaśatāni ca | catuḥsāgaraparyantāṃ pṛthivīmanvaśāsata

he ruled the earth that is bounded by the four oceans for ten thousand years and ten hundred years.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its Appendix I No. 8 (the Shodasharajika, printed after 7.49.21), line 0474: line 1 is CE 0474 (identical); line 2 has no counterpart there. Line 1 repeats the first line of verse 28; line 2 is found only in the vulgate. Corrected चतुःसगारपर्यन्तां → चतुःसागरपर्यन्तां (misprint in Wikisource; सगार is not a word, the sense is 'bounded by the four oceans' (catuḥsāgara)).

Verse 15 (7.59.15)

अश्वमेधशतैरीजे क्रतुभिर्भूरिदक्षिणैः । यश्च विप्रप्रसादेन सर्वकामानवाप्य च ॥

aśvamedhaśatairīje kratubhirbhūridakṣiṇaiḥ | yaśca vipraprasādena sarvakāmānavāpya ca

He sacrificed with hundreds of horse sacrifices and rites of rich fees; and by the favour of the Brahmins he had obtained all his desires.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it has no counterpart in the critical edition's Appendix I No. 8 (the Shodasharajika, printed after 7.49.21) or in its star passages. Found only in the vulgate; the closing quote mark relates to the opening one in verse 9. The critical edition's line 0451 (nirargalaṃ sajārūthyam aśvamedhaśataṃ vibhuḥ) is the nearest passage, belonging to verse 17. Corrected अश्वमेधशतैरीजं → अश्वमेधशतैरीजे (misprint in Wikisource; ईजं is not a verb form, the perfect middle ईजे ('sacrificed') is required). Removed the wiki quote mark (closing apostrophe) from the text.

Verse 16 (7.59.16)

सम्प्राप्य विधिवद्राज्यं सर्वभूतानुकम्पनः । सर्वद्वीपानवष्टभ्य प्रजा धर्मेण पालयन् ॥

samprāpya vidhivadrājyaṃ sarvabhūtānukampanaḥ | sarvadvīpānavaṣṭabhya prajā dharmeṇa pālayan

Having rightly gained the kingdom, compassionate to all beings, ruling over all the islands, he protected his subjects with righteousness.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its Appendix I No. 8 (the Shodasharajika, printed after 7.49.21), lines 0449–0450: line 1 differs, line 2 differs. Line 1 differs from CE 0449 only in its last word (sarvabhūtānukampakaḥ there, -नः here). Line 2, between wiki quote marks, shares only its ending (prajā dharmeṇa pālayan) with CE line 0450 (ājahāra mahāyajñaṃ prajā dharmeṇa pālayan), which is also the reading the page's own note records. Removed the wiki quote marks (opening backtick and closing apostrophe) from the text.

Verse 17 (7.59.17)

स निर्गलं मुख्यतममश्वमेधशतं प्रभुः । आजहार सुरेशस्य हविषा मुदमाहरन् । अन्यैश्च विविधैर्यज्ञैरीजे बहुगुणैर्नृपः ॥

sa nirgalaṃ mukhyatamamaśvamedhaśataṃ prabhuḥ | ājahāra sureśasya haviṣā mudamāharan | anyaiśca vividhairyajñairīje bahuguṇairnṛpaḥ

That lord performed an unhindered, foremost hundred of horse sacrifices, bringing joy to the lord of the gods with the offerings; and the king sacrificed also with many other sacrifices of great merit.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its Appendix I No. 8 (the Shodasharajika, printed after 7.49.21), lines 0451–0453: line 1 differs, line 2 differs, line 3 is identical. Line 1 (स निर्गलं मुख्यतममश्वमेधशतं प्रभुः) is a recension variant of CE 0451 (nirargalaṃ sajārūthyam aśvamedhaśataṃ vibhuḥ).

Verse 18 (7.59.18)

क्षुत्पिपासेऽजयद्रामः सर्वरोगांश्च देहिनाम् । सततं गुणसम्पन्नो दीप्यमानः स्वतेजसा ॥

kṣutpipāse'jayadrāmaḥ sarvarogāṃśca dehinām | satataṃ guṇasampanno dīpyamānaḥ svatejasā

Rama conquered hunger and thirst and all the diseases of embodied beings; ever endowed with virtues, he blazed with his own splendour.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its Appendix I No. 8 (the Shodasharajika, printed after 7.49.21), lines 0454–0455: line 1 is identical, line 2 differs.

Verse 19 (7.59.19)

अतिसर्वाणि भूतानि रामो दाशरथिर्बभौ । ऋषीणां देवतानां च मानुषाणां च सर्वशः । पृथिव्यां सह वासोऽभूद्रामे राज्यं प्रशासति ॥

atisarvāṇi bhūtāni rāmo dāśarathirbabhau | ṛṣīṇāṃ devatānāṃ ca mānuṣāṇāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ | pṛthivyāṃ saha vāso'bhūdrāme rājyaṃ praśāsati

Rama, son of Dasharatha, outshone all beings. While Rama ruled, sages, gods and men lived together everywhere on earth.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its Appendix I No. 8 (the Shodasharajika, printed after 7.49.21), lines 0456–0458: identical.

Verse 20 (7.59.20)

नाहीयत तदा प्राणः प्राणिनां न तदा व्यथा । प्राणापानौ समावास्तां रामे राज्यं प्रशासति ॥

nāhīyata tadā prāṇaḥ prāṇināṃ na tadā vyathā | prāṇāpānau samāvāstāṃ rāme rājyaṃ praśāsati

Then the vitality of living beings did not decline, nor was there distress; while Rama ruled, the in-breath and the out-breath were in balance.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its Appendix I No. 8 (the Shodasharajika, printed after 7.49.21), lines 0459–0460: line 1 differs, line 2 differs. Corrected प्रामः → प्राणः (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads prāṇaḥ and the page's own note glosses it as 'प्राणो बलम्').

Verse 21 (7.59.21)

पर्यदीप्यन्त तेजांसि तदाऽनर्थाश्च नाभवन् । दीर्घायुषः प्रजाः सर्वा युवा न म्रियते तदा ॥

paryadīpyanta tejāṃsi tadā'narthāśca nābhavan | dīrghāyuṣaḥ prajāḥ sarvā yuvā na mriyate tadā

Splendours blazed and no calamities occurred; all the people were long-lived, and no young man died.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its Appendix I No. 8 (the Shodasharajika, printed after 7.49.21), line 0461: line 1 has no counterpart there; line 2 is CE 0461 (identical). Line 1 (पर्यदीप्यन्त तेजांसि तदाऽनर्थाश्च नाभवन्) is found only in the vulgate.

Verse 22 (7.59.22)

वेदैश्चतुर्भिः सुप्रीताः प्राप्नुवन्ति दिवौकसः । हव्यं कव्यं च विविधं निष्पूर्तं हुतमेव च ॥

vedaiścaturbhiḥ suprītāḥ prāpnuvanti divaukasaḥ | havyaṃ kavyaṃ ca vividhaṃ niṣpūrtaṃ hutameva ca

The dwellers in heaven, well pleased with the four Vedas, received the offerings of many kinds — the havya and kavya, the works of charity, and what was offered in the fire.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its Appendix I No. 8 (the Shodasharajika, printed after 7.49.21), lines 0462–0463: line 1 differs, line 2 is identical.

Verse 23 (7.59.23)

अदंशमशका देशा नष्टव्यालसरीसृपाः । नाप्सु प्राणभृतां मृत्युर्नाकाले ज्वलनोऽदहत् ॥

adaṃśamaśakā deśā naṣṭavyālasarīsṛpāḥ | nāpsu prāṇabhṛtāṃ mṛtyurnākāle jvalano'dahat

The lands had no gnats or mosquitoes, and beasts of prey and reptiles vanished; no living creature died in the water, and fire did not burn out of season.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its Appendix I No. 8 (the Shodasharajika, printed after 7.49.21), lines 0464–0465: identical. Corrected नाप्यु → नाप्सु (misprint in Wikisource; the locative plural of अप् is अप्सु, as in the critical edition's nāpsu).

Verse 24 (7.59.24)

अधर्मरुचयो लुब्धा मूर्खा वा नाभवंस्तदा । शिष्टेष्टप्राज्ञकर्माणः सर्वे वर्णास्तदाऽभवन् ॥

adharmarucayo lubdhā mūrkhā vā nābhavaṃstadā | śiṣṭeṣṭaprājñakarmāṇaḥ sarve varṇāstadā'bhavan

None then took pleasure in wrong, or were greedy or foolish; people of all the classes did the deeds that the good and the wise approve.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its Appendix I No. 8 (the Shodasharajika, printed after 7.49.21), lines 0466–0467: line 1 is identical, line 2 differs.

Verse 25 (7.59.25)

स्वधां पूजां च रक्षोभिर्जनस्थाने प्रणाशिताम् । प्रादान्निहत्य रक्षांसि पितृदेवेभ्य ईश्वरः ॥

svadhāṃ pūjāṃ ca rakṣobhirjanasthāne praṇāśitām | prādānnihatya rakṣāṃsi pitṛdevebhya īśvaraḥ

The lord killed the rakshasas and restored to the ancestors and the gods the offerings and worship that the rakshasas had destroyed in Janasthana.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its Appendix I No. 8 (the Shodasharajika, printed after 7.49.21), lines 0468–0469: line 1 differs, line 2 is identical.

Verse 26 (7.59.26)

सहस्रपुत्राः पुरुषा दशवर्षशतायुषः । न च ज्येष्ठाः कनिष्ठेभ्यस्तदा श्राद्धानि कुर्वते ॥

sahasraputrāḥ puruṣā daśavarṣaśatāyuṣaḥ | na ca jyeṣṭhāḥ kaniṣṭhebhyastadā śrāddhāni kurvate

Men had a thousand sons each and lived ten hundred years; and the elder brothers then did not have to perform the funeral rites for the younger.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its Appendix I No. 8 (the Shodasharajika, printed after 7.49.21), lines 0470–0471: line 1 is identical, line 2 differs.

Verse 27 (7.59.27)

श्यामो युवा लोहिताक्षो मत्तमातङ्गविक्रमः । आजानुबाहुः सुभुजः सिंहस्कन्धो महाबलः ॥

śyāmo yuvā lohitākṣo mattamātaṅgavikramaḥ | ājānubāhuḥ subhujaḥ siṃhaskandho mahābalaḥ

Dark of hue and young, red-eyed, with the stride of a maddened elephant, arms reaching to his knees, handsome arms, a lion's shoulders and great strength —

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its Appendix I No. 8 (the Shodasharajika, printed after 7.49.21), lines 0472–0473: identical.

Verse 28 (7.59.28)

दशवर्षसहस्राणि दशवर्षशतानि च । सर्वभूतमनःकान्तो रामो राज्यमकारयत् ॥

daśavarṣasahasrāṇi daśavarṣaśatāni ca | sarvabhūtamanaḥkānto rāmo rājyamakārayat

for ten thousand years and ten hundred years Rama, beloved in the hearts of all beings, ruled the kingdom.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its Appendix I No. 8 (the Shodasharajika, printed after 7.49.21), lines 0474–0475: identical. The first line is repeated in verse 14.

Verse 29 (7.59.29)

रामो रामो राम इति प्रजानामभवत्कथा । रामभूतं जगदभूद्रामे राज्यं प्रशासति ॥

rāmo rāmo rāma iti prajānāmabhavatkathā | rāmabhūtaṃ jagadabhūdrāme rājyaṃ praśāsati

"Rama, Rama, Rama" was the talk of the people; the world became full of Rama while Rama ruled.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its Appendix I No. 8 (the Shodasharajika, printed after 7.49.21), lines 0476–0477: line 1 is identical, line 2 differs.

Verse 30 (7.59.30)

चतुर्विधाः प्रजा रामः स्वर्गं नीत्वा दिवं गतः । आत्मेच्छया प्रतिष्ठाप्य राजवंशमिहाष्टधा ॥

caturvidhāḥ prajā rāmaḥ svargaṃ nītvā divaṃ gataḥ | ātmecchayā pratiṣṭhāpya rājavaṃśamihāṣṭadhā

Rama took the four kinds of creatures to heaven, and went to heaven himself, having by his own will established his royal line here in eight branches.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its Appendix I No. 8 (the Shodasharajika, printed after 7.49.21), lines 0478–0479: line 1 is identical, line 2 differs.

Verse 31 (7.59.31)

स चेन्ममार सृञ्जय चतुर्भद्रतरस्त्वया । पुत्रात्पुण्यतरस्तुभ्यं मा पुत्रमनुतप्यथाः । अयज्वानमदक्षिण्यमभि श्वैत्येत्युदाहरत् ॥

sa cenmamāra sṛñjaya caturbhadratarastvayā | putrātpuṇyatarastubhyaṃ mā putramanutapyathāḥ | ayajvānamadakṣiṇyamabhi śvaityetyudāharat

If even he died, Srinjaya — he who was more blessed than you in four ways and more meritorious than your son — then do not grieve for your son, who neither sacrificed nor gave fees. So Narada addressed Shvaitya.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its Appendix I No. 8 (the Shodasharajika, printed after 7.49.21), lines 0480–0482: line 1 is identical, line 2 is identical, line 3 differs. The refrain; the critical edition prints a fresh 'nārada uvāca' before its third line (0482).