Sarga(Chapter ):27
Viswamithra teaches various divine weapons to Rama
(Viswamithra gives all the divine weapons he has got as
boon as well as what he got from his ancestors to Lord Rama.)
Then the great sage Viswamithra after staying that night in the forest, spoke the following sweet words to Rama on the next day . 27.1
“I am pleased with you, be safe oh famous prince. With great love to you I am giving
happily all the suitable arrows to you.”
27.2
“Devas, asuras, Gandharwas , serpents and men of earth have dominated unfriendly enemies in war by various divine arrows and I am going to
give all of them to you. Please be
safe.”
27.3
“Oh Raghava, I am giving you the punishing wheel, Oh
person with great strength, I am
giving you the wheel of Dharma and then I will also give you the wheel of
time( death?) and also the wheel of Lord
Vishnu and then I am giving you wheel of Indra and also his Vajrayudha( Diamond weapon) .Oh
best among men I am also giving you the blessed
trident , the arrow called Brahma crest , and the grass blade missile
and I am also giving you the incomparable
Brhamastra .”
27.4-27.5-27.6
“Oh Kakustha, oh tiger among men , oh son of the king, I
am giving you two shining maces called
Modaki(beater) and Shikari(the
hunter) 27.7
“ Oh Rama I am giving you three nooses called Dharma
pasa(Noose of Dharma), Kala Pasa(noose of death) and Varuna Pasa(The noose of
Varuna) and a unequalled Asthra called Varunasthra,
27.8
”Oh son of Raghu clan, I will also give you two
bolts called Shushka(Thin one ) and
AArdhhra(drencher) and I am also giving you One asthra by Pinaka as well
as the Narayanasthra.”
27.9
“Oh sinless Rama , I am also giving you two missiles
belonging to fire god called Shikaram(tower) and Prathamam (The first one) and that of the wind called Vayavasthra. “
27.10
“Oh Kakustha, Oh Raghava, I will give you two weapons
called Hayasira(horses head) and also
another one called Krouncha (Poison arrow) “
27.11
“I am also giving you several weapons for killing
the Rakshasas viz the horrible pounder called Kankala, the rods called
kapalam(skull) and Kinkini (bell)
“
27.12
“Oh valorous one, Oh son of the king , I am giving you the great arrow of
Vidhyadharas called Nanndanam and also I am giving you a sword whose handle
is studded by rubies.”
27.13
Oh Rama, I am
giving you the arrows which are liked by Gandarwas called Mohana (bewitcher) , Prasvapana(inducer of
sleep , and one called Prashamana
(pacifier) “.
27.14
Oh very famous one, Oh tiger among men, Oh son of a king,
please take the following missiles from me
viz Varshanam(that which rains), Santhapana(That which causes sorrow),
Vilaapana (That which makes one cry out loudly), Mohana( The bewitcher) which
is the defenseless arrow of the God of
love Manmatha, Maanava(man) which is pet missile of Gandharwas and
Paisaha(Ghostly)) which is the dear missile of devils and ghosts.
27.15-27.16
“Oh tiger among men, Oh darling son of the king, I will
also be giving you several good hearted
powerful missiles like SAmvartha(whirl wind) , Mausala(the club) , Sathya (truth) and Maya maya(Complete illusion) and Oh mighty
armed Rama I will also give you a missile of the Sun god called
Thejaprabha(whiuch reduces the power of enemy) , the arrow of the moon called
Shirhira(autumn) , the fatal arrow of
Thwashta called Sudhamana , the
dangerous missile of Bhaga called Sheethasu(that which causes cold) and Manus
arrow called Manava( Human being) .
27.17-27.20
“Oh Rama who is greatly valorous, these powerful arrows
can take any shape they like and are highly providential . Oh prince take them
immediately from me.”
27.21
Then that pure sage facing the east gave the very likable Rama gave him
the matchless chants for these arrows. 27.22
These great collections were very difficult to get even
for the devas and such arrows were given to Rama by that sage. 27.23
When the great sage
Viswamithra chanted those spells , all those arrows appeared there so
that they are available to Rama. 27.24
Those great shining arrows then told Sri Rama, “We are
now the dedicated servants to you, Rama,
and whatever you order , we would accomplish them all .
27.25
That very powerful Rama with a great pleasure told them,
after patting them with his palm, “You
may come before me as and when I need
you.” And then he bid them
farewell. 27.26-27.27
Then that very pleased Rama saluted the great sage Viswamithra
and readied himself for further journey.
27.28
This is the end of the twenty seventh chapter
Of Balakanda of the holy
Ramayana composed by Valmiki as the first epic.
Sarga(Chapter) 28. Rama gets power to exterminate and wants to know his duties to be performed.
(Sage Viswamithra further gives Rama also those weapons
which were born to his forefather.
Having come out of Thataka’s forest, Rama enquires where and they are
and his duties regarding protection of the sage’s Yagna)
Rama the descendent of the Kakustha clan, having been
purified, with a very happy face , on their way spoke to Viswamithra as follows,
28.1
“I have received the arrows from you , oh Sir, and have
become difficult to be attacked even by the devas. Along with these arrows I also need to have the
power to kill, Oh sir.”
28.2
Hearing these words of the descendent of Kakustha clan ,
the great sage Viswamithra , imparted the knowledge of extermination to the pure and resolute
Rama.
28.3
"Oh, Rama, please
receive these shining armament sons of Krishaasva from me, namely Satyavanta,
Satyakeerti, Dhristha, Rabhasa, Pratihaaratara, Paraanmuka, Avaanmukha,
Lakshya, Alakshya, Dhridhanaabha, Sunaabha, Dashaaksha, Shatavaktra,
Dashasheersha, Shatodara, Padmanaabha, Mahaanaabha, Dundunaabha, Svanaabha,
Jyotisha, Shakuna, Nairaashya, Vimala, Yungandhara, Vinidra, Daitya,
Pramadhana, Suchibaahu, Mahaabaahu, Nishkali, Virucha, Saarchirmaali,
Dhritimaali, Vrittiman, Ruchira, Pitrya, Ssaumansa, and also thus Vidhoota,
Makara, are two of them...Karaveerakara, Dhana, Dhaanya, Kaamaroopa,
Kaamaruchira, Moha, Aavarana, and thus Jrimbhaka, Sarvanaabha, Varana... and
these are the guise changing wizards ad you are the eligible one to handle
these arrows, let safety be with you." 28.4-28.10
The Rama of Kakustha clan became overjoyed in his heart and received the
arrows saying, “Gladly sire” , All of them had lustrous bodies, appealing in
their form, harbingers of pleasant life . Some of them were like fire, some
like smoke , some like the sun and the moon,
and some with folded hands and some others and some holding their
palms as if they are willing to receive,
spoke in a melodious voice said to
Rama., “Oh Rama, Oh tiger among men, we are here to obey you. Please order us as what we
should do.”
28.11-28.13
Rama the son of Raghu clan said,
“While being stored in my memory till
the time that I need you, please help me
when I need you .” 28.14
Then saying that, it would be done that way , to the son of Kakustha clan and after going
Round Rama , they went away in a similar fashion as they have come .
28.15
After learning about those arrows that can be used to exterminate from
sage Viswamithra, Rama asked him
further using sweet and soft words” .” 28.16
“What is the cloud like formation
seen not very far off above
the mountain, over which a thicket of trees is shining, with animals spreading over it in a very scenic way along with numerous type of pretty birds flying and making pleasant
sound. “ 28.17-28.18
“Oh great sage, by the very pleasant surroundings of that place , and I
understand that we have come out of the
extremely alarming forest of Thataka. And please tell me about whose pleasant hermitage we are
nearing.”
28.19-28.20
“Oh great sage , Oh worshipful sir, Where are those bad people who are
killer of BrahminS? From which place would they come and whose rituals Yagna would they destroy?
In which place should I provide protection to the Yagna? Which Rakshasas should
I kill? I would like very much to be told about this. “
28.21-28.22
This is the end of the twenty eighth chapter
Of Balakanda of the holy
Ramayana composed by Valmiki as the first epic.
Sarga(Chapter) 29:Viswamithra starts penance for Yagna in Sidhasrama.
(Sage Viswamithra then tells Rama the story of
Mahabali who did a great sacrifice in
this forest called Sidhasrama. Lord
Vishnu at the request of devas takes an
incarnation of the dwarf Vamana and stifles the pride of Mahabali . The three
worlds are given back to Indra . Sidhasrama is chosen br great sages to do
penance and Viswamithra also does penance there. Then at5 request Of Rama,
Viswamithra begins the penance to do the Yagna and Rama guards him along with Lakshmana)
When the matchless
Rama asked these questions, the highly resplendent Viswamithra
answered
29.1
“oh greatly valorous Rama , the very worshipful Lord
Vishnu and one saluted by devas, spent
several years , and hundreds of yugas in
penance and in practice of Yoga
in this place.”
29.2
“Oh Rama this was the hermitage of the great soul
Vamana and this was very well known as
Sidhasrama and only great Sidhas did their penance here.”
29.3
“At that time when Vishnu was doing his penance here, Mahabali , the son of Virochana had completely conquered all the devas which included Indra, Maruths, and he ruled all the three worlds where this
hermitage was there and was greatly renowned for his rule.” 29.4-29.5
“That very strong and very great
king of Asuras started doing a yagna.
Seeing that Bali was the conductor of the Yagna, the devas led by the fire
God approached Lord Vishnu here,.”
29.6
Oh Lord Vishnu , Bali the son of Virochana is conducting a great yagna
and we request you to fulfill our request before the Yagna is completed.”
29.7
“Wherever a person is hailing from , if they approaches him with a request, wherever it is and whatever it may be , he
fulfills all such requests.” 29.8
‘Oh Lord Vishnu , you may kindly do a well merited deed aimed at the welfare of the devas by assuming
the form of a dwarf Vamana by your great
power of illusion and approach Bali and
do us all an auspicious deed.”
29.9
“When these incidents were taking place
sage Kashyapa who has the luster like fire God along with Adithi resplendent in his great vitality , Completed divine penance for a period of one
thousand years and made the killer of madhu, Lord Vishnu happy and when the penance
ended That Lord Vishnu , the giver of boons was greatly pleased.”
29.10-29.11
“Oh great sage ,
you are full of penance , has earned the effect of penance , are the form as well as soul of penance and I am able
to see you, with the well practiced penance.”
29.12
Sage Kashyapa said
to Lord Vishnu this way, “In your body I am able to see all the worlds, Oh my
lord. You are without beginning and end,
and impossible to define and so I surrender to you.” 29.13
Lord Vishnu pleased with sage Kashyapa who had a blemish
less body told him, “It is my opinion
that you are fit to ask for a
boon, please ask one.”
29.14
Hearing those words , Kashyapa the son of Mareecha, “Oh
god who blesses, Oh God who performs penances, I feel that you should give this boon to Lady Adithi as
well as to the devas and I am begging
you to give them the boon.” 29.15
“Oh spotless one , you please become the son of me as
well as Adhithi. Oh killer of asuras , you would become the brother of Indra by
doing this. And it is fit that by doing
this you completely remove the
sorrows of all the devas who are in trouble.,” 29.16-29.17
“As I did my austerities in this hermitage , it should be
named as Sidhasrama and I request you
to become my son here.” 29.18
Then the great resplendent lord Vishnu arose from Adithi
and took the form of Dwarf Vamana and
approached Bali the son of Virochana. 20.19
Next for the good of all the world Vamana begged for three feet of Land and on receiving it, with three steps he
strode over all the three worlds, gave the earth to Indra and he also gave back
Bali his vitality and thus that Lord
Vishnu made the three worlds under control of Indra.
29.20-29.21
“This hermitage which was once presided over by
Vishnu is the destroyer of tiresomeness and I make use of this area greatly
by my devotion to Lord Vamana “
29.22
“To this hermitage , Rakshasas who are the creator of
obstacles would come and Oh tiger among
men, you will have to kill them at that time. “
29.23
“Oh Rama now we go to the matchless Sidhashramam
and like the fact that this hermitage belongs to me, it belongs to you
also.” 29.24
After saying this that great sage lead Rama and Lakshmana to that hermitage and
entered the hermitage and the two of them shined like moon entering the Punarvasu(Punartham) star , after dispersal of the mist.
29.25
Then seeing the sage all those who lived in
Sidhasrama got up and respected sage Viswamithra.
29.26
They did worship that was filling to the great sage
Viswamithra and also offered great
hospitality to those princes , Rama and Lakshmana.
29.27
Those sons of king who were capable of killing their
enemies took rest for a while , and saluting the tiger among sages , they told
as follows. 29.28
“Today itself you can enter in to penance for conducting
the Yagna, and let this great
Sidhasrma eradicate vice
true to its name and as per your words.”
29.29
When they told this that resplendent great sage
Viswamithra entered in to ritualistic
penance according to rules and
controlled all his senses.
29.30
The lads spent the night in well prepared vigilant guarding and in the
morning got up and completed their morning rituals and undertook meditation in a pure state
according to rules and Viswamithra who
has done the ritual of fire spoke to them thus. 29.31-29.32
This is the end of the twenty ninth chapter
Of Balakanda of the holy
Ramayana composed by Valmiki as the first epic.
Sarga (Chapter) 30 : Viswamithra’s penance and Rama’s protection of the Yagana
(The sages tell Rama that he has to give protection for
six days and nights. On the sixth day two Asuras called Mareecha and
Subahu come to create problems to the
Yagna. Rama using Manava arrow to throw out Mareecha and Agni arrow to kill
Subahu. Viswamithra completes the Yagna and appreciates Rama.)
Then those princes who were killer of their enemies, who behaved
suitably according to time and place and
who talked well according to time and
place spoke the following to sage
Viswamithra. 30.1
“Oh Lord we will like to know when the night farers(Rakshasas) will
come and which time we have to safeguard to the ritual so that we will
take care of it. “
30.2
Hearing the words of the sons of Kakustha dynasty who were making haste to combat with, Asuras and all the sages there appreciated the sons of the king. 30.3
“Oh Rama and Lakshmana , you have to guard this ritual from now for six
days and nights and sage Viswamithra who has entered in to penance , would be observing the ritual of not
speaking till then.”
30.4
Those two famous princes after
hearing those words , started guarding
the forest of penance without sleeping for
six nights and days. 30.5
Those valiant ones who were great archers and killers of their enemy with great
alertness moved around the sacrificial fire
and protested the great sage
Viswamithra .
30.6
Time passed and the sixth day arrived and Rama told Lakshmana, “Be alert
and be well prepared.”
30.7
When Rama was saying this, and quickening to fight, the fire in the fire place suddenly flared
up brightening the chief Kartha( doer)
of the Yagna and other sages surrounding
him.
30.8
The altar of the fire around which sacred grass Durba, drinking vessels
, oblation spoons , sacred wooden sticks
and heaps of flowers attended by sage
Viswamithra and other sages conducting
the yagna (rithwik) suddenly highly flared up .
30.9
When the Manthras of the Yagna were being chanted as per the ritual a sudden fearsome high noise
was heard high up in the sky.
30.10
Like in a angry cloud burst ,
clouds are suddenly seen , like wise in the surrounding sky two Rakshasa who
were experts in illusion and magic appeared there. 30.11
The monstrous Rakshasas Mareecha and Subahu along with their
assistants started to pour down blood
and pieces of animals . 30.12
Seeing the fire alter being swamped by blood and pieces of meat , Rama
with great courage ran there and
saw those Rakshasa there , 30.13
The lotus eyed Rama seeing that those dangerous people were about to
fall on the fire alter in haste
addressing Lakshmana told the
following .
30.14
“Oh Lakshmana , I am reluctant to kill
these ill behaved Rakshasas who are the eaters of raw flesh
and see their being puffed out
like a strong wind removing thick clouds
by the Manava arrows , without any
doubt whatsoever.
30.15
Saying this he set up the Manava
arrow with its great shine and
generosity with great speed and with great anger and send it towards Mareecha’s chest.
30.16-30.17
Hit by that great arrow called Manava,
Mareecha was hurled a full two
hundred miles in the billowing sea in
the tidal waters. 30.18
On seeing Mareecha being hurled by being rammed away by the cold arrow
without consciousness and thrown
out to a place where he is harmless , Rama told Lakshmana.
30.19
“See Lakshmana the effect of the cold arrow called Manava and made by Manu which took him away in an
unconscious state but did not kill him.”
30.20
“But I wish to kill these Rakshasas as they are ruthless , badly
behaved, abide in evil, destroyers of Yagna and blood drinkers.” 30.21
After saying this to Lakshmana ,
to show his swiftness and dexterity , collecting the very powerful arrow of the
fire god , send it towards the chest of Subahu
and he fell dead ,flat on
earth.
30.22
That very famous, and extremely generous Rama , in order to bring
comfort to the sages, sent the arrow of wind god so that , the remains of Rakshasas do not fall there.
30.23
That son of Raghu clan , killed the
Rakshasas who were hindering the
rituals and all those sages honoured him
like Indra was honoured after his victory. 30.24
After the end of the Yagna, the great sage Viswamithra seeing all directions and seeing no
calamities told like this to the son of
Kakustha clan.
30.25
I am indebted to you , oh
greatly valorous one for protecting Sidhasramam
as per the wishes of your Guru
and made your great fame as a true hero . After appreciating Rama like this ,
the dusk approached and they all went
to do the rituals of the dusk. 30.26
This is the end of the thirtieth chapter Of Balakanda
of the holy Ramayana composed by
Valmiki as the first epic.
Sarga(Chapter)
31: Rama along with Viswamithra
starts on a journey to Mithila
(The sages tell Rama that they
are going to Mithila to participate in a great Yagna being conducted bby
Janaka. They also tell him about the great bow of Lord Shiva, which king Janaka
was having. When the halt for night on
seeing a glowing forest Rama asks sage Viswamithra about it.)
Then the brave Rama and Lakshmana who made a great
achievement , with a very happy heart
resided there for the night.
31.1
When the night turned in to morning , they performed the
morning rituals , they both together approached sage Viswamithra and other
sages.
31.2
Those two who talk very sweetly saluted the sage Viswamithra who was shining
like fire and spoke these courteous words. 31.3
“Oh tiger among sages, we who are your attendants have
come in front of you, Oh great sage order us as to what is to be done 31.4
All the sages hearing these words , keeping Viswamithra as their leader spoke as follows:- 31.5
“Oh great men, Janaka the king who is the great follower
of Dharma is going to conduct a Yagna
and we are going there.” 31.6
“Tiger among men, if you also accompany us, you would be
able to see there, a wonderful gem of a
bow.”
31.7
“Oh great man, in earlier times it was given by the
devas at
a Yagna and it has matchless power in a horrible war and it is divinely lustrous. 31.8
“No Gandharwa, No deva, no asura and no Rakshasa can lift and tie the string
to it and what to say of men?”
31.9
“Though very many kings were inquisitive about the bow,
none of them able to tie the bow string.” 31.10
“Oh tiger among men, you can see that bow belonging to
the king of Mithila and oh son of Kakustha clan , you can also see the
wonderful Yagna which he is going to
conduct.”
31.11
“Oh tiger among men, Oh one with a strong middle,
once a king of Mithila after conducting
a Yagna, requested for a supreme
bow from
all the devas.” (Devaratha , the grandfather of Janaka was that
king) 31.12
“Oh Raghava, that bow is being regularly worshipped in
the king’s house, especially during
festival of bows with various types of sandal pastes, with various types of
scented smokes as well as with smoke of aloe.”
31.13
Saying all these those great sages started for their
journey and those groups of sages and
sons of Kakustha clan bid farewell to the gods
of the forest .
31.14
“Greetings and wishes of safety to you, for we are going
from Sidhasrama , to the northern bank of
river ganges and travel towards
the Himalaya mountains .” 31.15
Saying like this the tiger among sages Viswamithra who
had riches of penance , started their journey
towards the northern side.
31.16
Travelling along with the great sage , his very close
followers who were the knower of
Brahmam travelled in one hundred
carts 31.17
All the animals and birds as well as all those who lived
in Sidhasrama closely followed the great
saint Viswamithra , who was rich in penance
but the sage made the animals and birds to go back.
31.18
After travelling a long distance with effort , when they
saw the sun is about to set , those group of sages struck camp on the banks of
river Sona.
31.19
Those sages with unlimited luster , took bath after the
sun set and offered oblations in the fire
and all of them sat before sage
Viswamithra who had matchless
luster.
31.20
Rama as well as Lakshmana worshipped the sage and also sat
in front facing the great
Viswamithra.
31.21
Then Rama with great luster inquisitively asked Viswamithra with a wealth of penance who was the tiger
among sages . 31.22
“Oh Lord what is this place which shines with thick
forest? I would very much like to hear it from you in brief.”
31.23
Motivated by the words of Rama that sage who does great penance , started
telling about that place in the middle of other sages. 31.24
This is the end of the thirty first chapter
Of Balakanda of the holy
Ramayana composed by Valmiki as the first epic.
Sarga(Chapter)
32:The story of Kushnabha and the
curse to his one hundred daughters.
(Sage Viswamithra tells the story of the great king
Kushanabha and his hundred daughters. When the wind god proposes to them , they
reject saying that would marry only one
whom their father approves. Wind god curses them to be disfigured.)
“As ascetic of a great order called Kusa was the brain
child of Lord Brahma. He was one who
never broke the rules of Dharma , and he
worshipped all good people.”
32.1
“That noble great man begot four sons who were equal to
him in knowledge and great strength by
marrying the very eligible princess of
Vidharbha whose names were Kusamba, Kusanabha, Asurthejasa and Vasu.” 32.2
“Kusa the upholder
of Dharma and truth , spoke to those sons who had great luster ,
were greatly enthusiastic, were upholders of the Dharma of the royals , “Please
rule over with great abundance of Dharma.”
32.3-32.4
“Hearing those words of Kusa ,those four great people of the world, initiated the building of four cities. “
32.5
“The greatly lustrous Kushambha built the great town of
Kaushambi and Kusha who was the soul of
Dharma built a town called Mahodhaya.”
32.6
“Oh Rama , the very intelligent Asurtha thejasa built
a city called Dharmaranyam and King Vasu built a town called Girivraja.” 32.7
“This land of Vasu
where we are staying is called Vasumathi
and shines in between four mountains.” 32.8
“This good river called Maagadhi enters and exists from the Magadha kingdom and is shining like a garland in between five
mountains. 32.9
“ Oh Rama, This river Maagadhi which was developed by
king Vasu flows towards the east and is flowing through good fields rich in
plant wealth.” 32.10
“ Oh Rama, Kushanabha , who was a royal sage had one
hundred matchless daughters of matchless beauty
through Grithachi, a soul of Dharma.
32.11
“They were all were in their youth , pretty , well
decorated and went to a garden and moved
about like hundred streaked lightning in rainy season, singing , dancing and playing instruments and
they were all well decorated with divine ornaments
.”
32.12-32.13
“All of them who were very pretty and matchless in this
world reached the garden and looked like
stars in the sky.” 32.14
“Seeing all of them blessed with all good qualities ,
prettiness and youth, The wind God who is the soul of all spoke to them like this.” 32.15
“I love you all and so please become my wives, leaving
out the inhibitions of human beings and acquire divinity and long life.” 32.16
“The youth is temporary and goes away quickly especially in humans. Become immortal ladies
with never fading youth.” 32.17
“Hearing those words of wind god who never gets tired of
his job, Those one hundred maids replied in a jeering way.” 32.18
“Oh great God, you keep moving round within all beings.
And all of us know your power and the
reason why you are honoured.”
32.19
“Oh Great deva, all of us are the daughters of king
Kushanabha and we are capable of moving you out from your position and not
doing so to protect the honour of our
penance.”
32.20
“Oh person of a bad brain, disregarding our father who is
the votary of truth , using our opinion we would never select a groom of our
own.”
32.21
“Our father is our Lord
and he is also our divine god .And unless gives us one, no one can
become our husband.”
32.22
“Hearing these words from them the wind god became very
angry and he entered in to the limbs of
all of them and disfigured them all.”
32.23
“Those maids disfigured, entered their father’s home , greatly embarrassed and greatly
fluttered and with tear drenched
eye.” 32.24
“Seeing his dear and very pretty daughters the poor give became sad and flustered and told them like this,” 32.25
“oh daughters who did like this and who insulted Dharma ? Who disfigured you
like this? Please say ? Why are you not
gesticulating or saying anything? Asking like this , the king became
silent.” 32.26
This is the end of the thirty second chapter Of Balakanda of the holy Ramayana composed by Valmiki as the first epic.
Sarga(Chapter ) 33:
Kushanabha’s hundred daughters marry king Brahma Dutta.
(When the
daughters inform this to king
Kushanabha , he searches for a suitable groom for them and gives them in
marriage to King Brahma Dutta who was
son of a sage and an apsaras. As soon
he touches their hand, they get rid of their curse.)
“After hearing the words
of great Kushanabha , those girls touched his feet with their head and told. “ 33.1
“Oh king the wind god
who is everywhere wanted to
dishonour us , by improper approach and disregarding Dharma .” 33.2
“We are dependent on our father and it would be proper,
Oh wind God , if you approach our father to know whether he is willing to
give us to you.” 33.3
“Due to his being
tied by sinful words that wind god did
not bother about our words and harmed us.”
33.4
“That greatly resplendent
king who was a great follower of Dharma on hearing their words replied like this to those matchless one
hundred daughters. “
33.5
“Oh daughters having patience and self control, you have
done your actions in great glory and due
to your unity , the prestige of my clan has also been kept up. “
33.6
“Patience is a great ornament for ladies and also for
men, and it is extremely difficult to forgive and is very rare even among
devas, asuras and human beings, and oh daughters, the patience that all of you
have is to be greatly appreciated.”
33.7
“Oh Daughters , patience is great charity , it is the
truth and the great Yagna. It is fame , it is Dharma and the entire universe is resting because of patience.”
33.8
“Oh son of Kakustha clan, after leaving his daughters
that king valorous in all three worlds and who is also an expert in thought did consultations with his
important ministers and discussed about his duty over time and distance. “
33.9-33.10
“During that time , there was a great resplendent sage
called Chuli who held his semen without
ejaculating , who followed good rituals
and who has achieved greatness in
doing penance on Brahma.”
33.11
“When this sage was doing penance , a Gandharwa maid whose name was Somadha and who was the daughter of Urmila served
him.” 33.12
“She bowed down to him and served him with righteousness and after some time that sage who was
follower of Dharma was greatly satisfied
with her service.”
33.13
“Oh son of the Raghu clan, that sage , after passage of sometime told
her, “I am happy with your service , What shall I do to please you?” 33.14
“Seeing that the sage was pleases that very happy Gandharwa lady , who was an expert in
language told that sage “ 33.15
“Oh great sage,
who has supreme knowledge of Brahman, with your penance you have become
equal to Lord Brahma , I may be blessed with a son who is the follower of
Dharma.”
33.16
“Since I am not married
to any one , I am not a wife to any one
and I have taken shelter under you and it is suitable that you give me a
son.”
33.17
“That Brahmin sage became pleased with her and That
Chuli gave has a son who became very famous with the name of Brahma Dutta. “ 33.18
“He became a king to the city named Kampilya
and was similar to Indra , the
king of heaven and ruled it with superb
grandeur “ 33.19
“ Oh son of Kakustha clan, That king Kushnabha who was
the follower of Dharma , endowed with
great intelligence made up his mind that all
his hundred daughters in marriage to king
Brahma Dutta,” 33.20
“Then that great king invited king Brahma Dutta and with great joy in his inner mind gave in marriage all his hundred daughters
to him.” 33.21
“Oh son of Raghu clan, as per the tradition the king
Brahma Dutta who was like the king of
devas took the palm of each of those girls in his hand,
in order.”
33.22
“As soon he touched their hands their desperation and hunch backed form
vanished , and each of those hundred maidens became
like Goddess Lakshmi and all of them shined brightly.” 33.23
“Seeing them getting released from the curse of wind
God, that king Kushanabha became
extremely joyful and again and
again was filled with joy to look at his daughters.” 33.24
“After completing the marriage ceremony of his daughters
to king Brahma Dutta , bid farewell to
all of them including the priests of king Brahma Dutta.”
33.25
“The Gandharwa lady
Somadha became happy with the matchless job done by his son in getting
those pretty wives and caressed again
and again her son Brahma Dutta and her daughter in laws and praised greatly the
king Kushanabha. “
33.26
This is the end of the thirty third chapter
Of Balakanda of the holy
Ramayana composed by Valmiki as the first epic.
Sarga(Chapter) 34: The story of king Gadhi , the father of Viswamithra.
(King Kushanabha then does a Puthrakameshti and gets a
son called Gadhi and a daughter called Sathyavathi. Sage Viswamithra is the son of Gadhi and his
sister became a river called Kaushiki, The place where they have reached is the
banks of river Kaushiki, where Viswamithra normally does penance)
“After the marriage ceremony and departure of Brahma
Dutta, the son less king Kushnabha performed a Puthra Kameshti Yagna.” 34.1
“ While the ritual was being conducted the very generous
Kush who was the son of Lord Brahma spoke to
the king Kushanabha “
34.2
“Oh son , you will get a
very virtuous son who is just like you, he will be called as Gadhi and
he will get fame in all the three worlds.”
34.3
“Oh Rama after saying this Kusha vanished in the sky and a son named Gadhi would be born to
Kushanabha , who was highly intellectual and follower of Dharma.”
34.4
“After some more time
the great Kushanabha got a very
virtuous son who was known as Gadhi.” 34.5
“Oh son of the clan of Kakustha, my father Gadhi was a
great follower of Dharma and since I was born in the clan of Kusa I
was called as Koushika.”
34.6
“Oh Raghava , I also had an elder sister named
Sathyavathi and she
was given in marriage to a sage called Richika.” 34.7
“ Desiring to do service to the world , mu sister
Kaushiki emerged as pious river and depended on the Himalaya mountains.
“ 34.8
“Accompanying her husband she went to the heavens with her body
and being a very generous lady she
coursed as the famous river known
as Kaushiki.”
34.9
“ Oh son of Raghu
clan, and so I am living in the
foothills of the Himalaya
mountains happily performing my
rituals and very near me flows my dear sister Kaushiki who loves me.”
34.10
“She who is Sathyavathi was a very pious one completely established in Dharma , very
virtuous , really great and one of the
chief rivers known as Kaushiki.”
34.11
“Oh Rama being bound by a vow I left her and after reaching Sidhasrama , I have
completed my vow and have come back because
of you.”
34.12
“Oh Rama , this is the story of my birth in a very famous family in the place where we are camping now and narrated by me in response to your
question.”
34.13
“Oh son of Kakustha clan, by relating this story by me
the time is now past mid night and you
please now safely sleep and let no
further hindrance happen on our way.”
34.14
“Oh son of Raghu
clan, now all trees are still and birds and animals are asleep and
to our eyes the sky is decorated by stars and starlets which are spread
densely.”
34.15
“The sky is slowly getting spread with stars
and it is shining with the
stars and planets which is making
it bright.” 34.16
“Also the cool moon is rising in the sky to end the darkness of the world and light of the moon is gladdening the
hearts of all the animals and people.”
34.17
“All those beings which move about at night including Yakshas and Rakshasas
as well as the very angry man eaters
are milling about everywhere. “
34.18
Saying this that great sage who was lustrous , paused and
all the sages appreciated that
sage by saying “well said, well
said.” 34.19
They further said , “Always the kings of Kushika dynasty
has been the protectors of Dharma , and
those great men are equal to Lord Brahma.”
34.20
“Oh greatly famous Viswamithra , you are exemplary and equal to Lord
Brahma and your dynasty is greatly
exemplified by the river Kaushiki.”
34.21
The famous son of
Kushika dynasty was greatly pleased and
then the great sage entered in to sleep like the sun going down on the western
mountains.
34.22
Rama along with Lakshmana also were greatly astonished by the story ,
praised the tiger like sage and
started serving sleep. 34.23
This is the end of the thirty fourth chapter Of Balakanda
of the holy Ramayana composed by
Valmiki as the first epic.
Sarga(Chapter) 35: The story of the three branched Ganga
(Rama along with the sages reach the banks of river
Ganges and they stay there for a night. When Rama asks about the river Ganges,
Viswamithra starts telling him about the river. He tells them she was the first
daughter of Himalayas and Mena
and as per the request of devas, she becomes a river and is taken to deva loka. Her sister Uma does
penance and marries Lord Shiva.)
After spending the night
in the banks of river Sona(Kaushiki) , when the night was about to come to an end
Viswamithra spoke. 35.1
“Oh Rama, the night is giving way to the morning , the
early dawn is going to break out., wake up , please wakeup, Safety to you , and get ready to depart.
“
35.2
Hearing those words, waking up and after performing the
morning rituals, interested in making his departure told the following. 35.3
“This clean and
not so deep waters of Sona has lot of sand dunes, and so oh Brahman, we can
easily cross it by walk.” 35.4
When Rama told like this
Sage Viswamithra told Rama, “I propose to take the same route as these
great sages are taking.” 35.5
After speaking like this the great sage Viswamithra ,
started travelling through different
forests and their environs. 35.6
After going with
difficulty for a distance for the next half a day they stay the river Ganges which
was the greatest river and which was worshipped by sages.
35.7
Seeing those blessed
waters served by swans and water fowls
, all the saints and Rama as well as Lakshmana became extremely
joyous. 35.8
They take k their
residence in the banks of the river , after taking bath and satisfying the
pithru(mane) gods by offering oblations,
after kindling the ritual fire and performing oblations, dined on the food offered to gods during
oblation and with a very happy mind ,
they take rest after surrounding the
sage Viswamithra , on the banks of Ganges river.
35.9-35.10
After sitting comfortably
there as per the justified order , Rama and Lakshmana who were with a satisfied mind spoke to sage
Viswamithra.
35.11
“Oh God like sage,
we would love to hear about River Ganga which goes in three ways and how this river is reaching out to their husband (ocean) .” 35.12
Motivated by the
words of Rama the great sage
Viswamithra started telling about how
the river Ganges was born and its
further progress.
35.13
“OH Rama, the king among mountains, the Himalayas , which
is a great treasure of minerals , has
two daughters who are matchless beauties of this world.” 35.14
“The daughter of that great mountain Meru called Mena who
is mind catching and has a slender
waist is the darling wife of the
Himalaya mountain.”
35.15
“The river Ganges is the first daughter of Mena and the
Himalayas and Oh Rama , they also have a
daughter called Uma.”
35.16
“Later all the important devas interested in the
welfare of the people , requested that king of the
mountains to allow the elder daughter Ganga to become a three branched river.”
35.17
“Thinking according to Dharma , that Himalayas allowed his daughter Ganga , who is the purifier of the world to flow according to her wish, for the sake of betterment of the three worlds.“
35.18
“Welcoming her for
the purpose of the three worlds and for doing welfare of the three worlds , they took Ganga with
them with a very satisfied mind.”
35.19
“Oh son of Raghu clan, then there was one more
maiden who was the second daughter of that great mountain, who adopted very strict penance and performed the supreme penance
and became rich with penance. “
35.20
“Coupled with that great penance, that daughter with a matchless form was given by the greatest
of mountains, to Lord Rudra who is
saluted by all the world.”
35.21
“Like this both the daughters of the land of the mountain became fit to be
venerated by the world , one was Ganga , the most prominent among rivers and
the other Goddess Uma.”
35.22
“ Oh Rama who has
a walk which is most attractive ,
This is the story of how that river who goes in three steps went to heaven
which I have related to you till now. “
35.23
“That sinless river which is pretty and is the daughter
of the king of mountains went to the
heavens this way. “
35.24
This is the end of the thirty fifth chapter Of Balakanda
of the holy Ramayana composed by
Valmiki as the first epic.
Sarga(Chapter) 36 : Story of birth of Karthikeya
( Shiva and Uma lead a love life but mno children are
born to them. Worried that all the three worlds would be destroyed if a son to
both of them is born, at the request of devas, the earth recies the seed of
Shiva , who flowers in to a God within
fire. That God is Karthikeya. Uma
curses the devas as well as earth and Shiva and Uma do further penance.)
The sage completed
the narration of the story of the daughters of the mountain. Sri Rama and
Lakshmana who were both brave praised it
and they further spoke to the sage. 36.1
“Oh Brahmana , the story that is told by you is in consonance with Dharma and we request you
to tell in detail the story of the elder daughter of the king of the mountains , as you are
aware of it .”
36.2
“Why did the
purifier of the world take three forms? Why did Ganga became famous as the
three part river? What deeds did make her as the most famous river of the world?”
36.3
When the son of Kakustha clan asked that way to sage
Viswamithra who was rich with penance ,
he decided to offer the story in detail to the great sages. 36.4
“Oh Rama, that
blue necked one , who was a great sage, after seeing the Goddess Uma , began making love to her.
“ 36.5
“That great god with a blue neck spent another hundred years in making love , and Oh Rama still that God of great
penance did not get a son. “
36.6
“Then Lord Brahma before leading a delegation of devas thought about which type of being would be born to
Uma so that , they in turn would be
prepared for the required action.”
36.7
“All the devas
saluted Lord Shiva and said to him, Oh God of Gods, Oh greatest God who is there for doing good to the world,
since the devas have prayed to you, There is need to bestow your grace on them
and fulfill their request.” 36.8-36.9
“Oh greatest God, the world cannot bear to carry your
powerful lustrous offspring. As per the rules of Veda please do join with the
Goddess and for fulfilling the desires
of the world , you please retain that seed which you are going to bring out
within yourselves so that the world is protected and
not completely destroyed.”
36.10-36.11
“Hearing the words of the devas, that greatest god of the
world, said “So be it” and then further
spoke.” 36.12
“I would keep my seed within myself and so also Uma would
keep her seed herself so that the three worlds
derive great pleasure.” 36.13
“But that matchless seed of mine which has already stirred
needs to be borne by some body. Oh Good
devas, please tell me as to who will
bear it.?” 36.14
“In reply to the God who had the flag with bull , the devas said that that the
seed which has stirred out would be borne by the earth itself.”
36.15
“Thus said , the lord of Gods , the greatly powerful one
discharged his seed on the earth with its mountains, forests so that , it spreads all over.”
36.16
“Those devas again told the fire god, “you along with the
wind god enter this greatly potential seed , so that world is not completely destroyed.”
36.17
“When the fire god entered the
seed , from it a white mountain
as well as a divine forest of
reeds emerged shining like the Sun and the fire and from which emerged
Karthikeya born out of fire.”
36.18
“After this happened the devas with the sages were
extremely pleased and worshipped Shiva and Uma
in a grand manner.”
36.19
“Oh Rama, then that daughter of the mountain with great
anger and reddened eyes cursed the people of the three worlds.” 36.20
“Because of this, I
who had been desiring for the son
, have been prevented from getting intimate with my husband and so I curse all of you to become
incapable of producing children through
your wives.”
36.21
“And from now on all
your wives would not be eligible to produce any
progeny and after cursing them
like this she also cursed the earth”
36.22
“Oh earth you will have very many varied appearances and you would be wife of many people and due to my great anger , you will never
get love from your sons, and Oh evil
minded one this happens to you
because you prevented me from the love of the son.
“ 36.23-36.24
“Seeing all the
devas thus affected , the lord of the gods , went to the western side which was
ruled by the rain God. “ 36.25
“On one of those peaks
of the Himalaya mountains , that
great God along with Uma settled for
penance .” 36.26
“Oh Rama , This is the story of the daughter of the mountain in detail and
you along with Lakshmana , please hear about the power of Ganga.”
36.27
This is the end of the thirty sixth chapter Of Balakanda
of the holy Ramayana composed by
Valmiki as the first epic.
Sarga(Chapter) 37: Birth of Karthikeya
(The devas who
needed a commander to their army approached Brahma and he asked them to make the seed of Shiva which was with fire
God to be placed in the wombs of Ganga. Since she was not able to tolerate his
heat, he was slid down on the rivers and for suckling him the Krithika maidens
are appointed. He develops six faces to
drink milks from six maidens. He grows up in a day and is anointed as their commander by the devas.)
“Seeing the great God entering penance , Indra , keeping
the fire god in front of him went to
Lord Brahma , with a request for a commander
of his army.” 37.1
“Then those
devas along with Indra and lead
by the fire God saluted lord Brahma and started telling Lord
Brahma.”
37.2
“ OH God, This is
the commander who was given to us by the
God long back BUT Lord Shiva along with
Uma has entered into deep penance.”
37.3
“Since we are
interested in actions to be taken for
welfare of the world, you are our
only ultimate recourse.” 37.4
“After hearing the words of the devas, hat grandfather of
all the worlds , consoled the people of
the three worlds using sweet words and
told the following.”
37.5
“The words of the
daughter of the mountain that you would not have children with your
wives is true and cannot be questioned.”
37.6
“The fire god can make his son who is the killer of enemies be
born with the help of Ganga of the sky
and he could become the commander in chief of devas.”
37.7
“The elder daughter of the king of the mountains will
welcome his son and without any doubt
her action would please Uma in many ways.”
37.8
“Oh son of the Raghu clan, hearing those words
the devas became happy and saluted
Lord Brahma and worshipped him.” 37.9
“Oh Rama then they went to Kailasa , which was full of
minerals and they deputed the fire God , so that he can
get the son.” 37.10
“Oh greatly resplendent fire God , this is the
requirement of devas and so you make the shining seed to be born in the elder daughter of the kin of the mountains called Ganga.”
37.11
“After assuring the devas
that fire God approached Ganga
and said to her,” please bear the seed of Lord Shiva as this is liked by the devas.”
37.12
“Ganga on hearing these words took a divinely resplendent
form and seeing her greatness the fire God entered in to her.”
37.13
“ Oh son of Raghu clan, Then he drenched that Goddess
fully with the seed of Lord Shiva and
the river and all its tributaries were
drenched with that seed.”
37.14
Then the Ganga spoke the following to the devas who were
lead by the fire God, “ oh God, I am incapable of tolerating you within me and the power of the seed given by the fire
God is burning me. “
37.15
“Then the fire God along with the devas told Ganga, “ You
please leave that pregnancy of yours by the side of this snow mountain.” 37.16
“ Oh Charming prince , Hearing the words of fire God ,
Ganga ejected out the greatly shining
seed from it and its tributaries.” 37.17
“When that was ejected from her, it shined like molten
gold, and when it reached the earth it
shined like the gold of matchless shine.”
37.18
“In that process of combustion of the seed of Shiva in the fire , copper and iron were also generated and the
residues became tin and lead and thus
that seed when it reached the earth lead to the evolution of many
elements. “
37.19-37.20
“As soon as the seed was laid on Himalayas , a forest of
reeds generated on the mountain
and it became golden in colour.” 37.21
“Oh Rama , from that time it became famous with the name of “Jatha roopa” and it shined like gold and the fire God. The
plants , trees and climbers all became golden in colour.”
37.22
“Then to the boy
was from that seed , Indra as well as Maruth Ganas arranged the Kruthika maidens to suckle and
nourish that boy.” 37.23
“At the proper time when they gave milk to the boy, the
Kruthika maidens decided among themselves that he would be their son.” 37.24
“Then all the devas started calling him as
Karthikeya and said that he would become
well known in all the three worlds without any doubt.”
37.25
“Hearing the words of the devas , they gave a bath to the greatly radiant boy , who shined like
fire who slid out of the womb of Ganga” 37.26
“Then the devas called him Skanda as he slid out of the womb. Oh son of the
Kakustha clan , that Karthikeya who was a greatly valorous
shined like fire.”
37.27
“Then from the breast of the Krithika stars milk was
produced and since they were six in number , he developed six faces to drink milk from all of them together.”
37.28
“Just by drinking
milk for one day he became a very pretty lad
and by his own innate strength he
won over the Rakshasa army.” 37.29
“All the devas lead by the fire God came together and anointed him who had great luster as the commander in chief of the devas. “37.30
“Oh Rama, Now I have told you in great detail the story of Ganga and also told you about
the birth of the divine and
honored lad.” 37.31
“Oh Rama the devotees among human beings of earth of this Karthikeya would live long, have sons and grandsons and in the end would go to the world of
Skanda.”
This is the end of the thirty seventh chapter
Of Balakanda of the holy
Ramayana composed by Valmiki as the first epic.
Sarga (Chapter) 38: The story of king Sagara
(King Sagara oF Ayodhya has two wives Kesini and Sumathi.
After penance Kesini gets one son
called Asamanja and Sumathi gets sixty
thousand sons called Sagaras. ASamanja was very mischievous and is
banished from the coutry.King Sagara decided to to do Aswamedha yaga)
After relating
that story to Rama, the son of Khusika , again spoke these words to the
son of Kakustha.
38.1
“ In earlier times , There was a great valorous king
called Sagara in Ayodhya . He was a soul of Dharma and desired to have
children.” 38.2
“Oh Rama Kesini the princess of Vidarbha who was a fol,loer of truth and Dharma was his
eldest wife.”
38.3
“Sumathi , whose prettiness no one excelled in earth who
the daughter of King
Arishtanemi was his second
wife.” 38.4
“ The king accompanied by these two wives reached Brugu
prasravana of Himalayas and started doing great penance .” 38.5
“When hundred years were over, pleased with his penance ,
sage Bhrugu who has taken up truth as a penance gave him a boon. “ 38.6
“Oh king without any blemishes , you would get great
progeny and oh best among men, you would
also acquire great fame .” 38.7
“One of your wife would beget one son to perpetuate your race and the other
wife would give birth to sixty thousand sons. “ 38.8
“These words of the sage made those two queens very
happy and they said to the sage after
saluting him in a pleasing voice.” 38.9
“Oh Brahman , which was will get one son and which many
sons, we would like to know. Let your words
become the truth. 38.10
“Sage BHruygu , who was a great follower of Dharma ,
after hearing their words told, “In this
matter , you please use your free will.”
38.11
“Would you like one son who perpetuates the race or many
sons who are greatly valorous , very
famous and have great enthusiasm?” 38.12
“Oh Rama, Oh son of Raghu clan, having heard the words of that great sage ,
Kesini , in front of the king chose to have one son who will perpetuate
their clan.”
38.13
“Then the sister of Garuda named as Sumathi accepted sixty thousand
sons having great valour, fame and
enthusiasm.
38.14
“After going round the sage and bowing their head to him and
saluting him with folded hands ,
they went back to their city , Oh
Rama.” 38.15
“after passage of time Kesini the wife of Sagara
gave birth to a famous son called as
ASamanja.”
38.16
“Oh tiger among men, then Sumathi gave birth to a gourds
like egg which when Broken gave birth to sixty thousand sons.” 38.17
“The maids placed them in pots filled with ghee
(clarified butter) and made them grow.
They attained youth after a long time.” 38.19
“Oh best man, Oh
son of Raghu clan, Asamanja the son of Sagara , every day got hold of
other children, dipped them in the river Sarayu, threw them in the waters of the river and
rejoiced while they were crying. “ 38.20
“When this evil one started tormenting his citizens and
delighted in causing them hurt, this son was banished from that
town.” 38.21
“Asamanja had a valiant son called Amsuman and he was courteous in speaking and was
beloved of all the world.” 38.22
“After great passage of time , the thought of conducting
a Yagna came in the mind of Sagara and he
decided for doing it.” 38.23
“Oh Rama then king
Sagara who was expert in Vedas consulted
high priests regarding the rituals of
the Yagna and commenced performing that Yagna. “
38.24
This is the end of the thirty eighth chapter
Of Balakanda of the holy
Ramayana composed by Valmiki as the first epic.
Sarga(Chapter) :39
The search for the stolen horse
and digging of earth
(The horse is left and Amsuman, the son of Asamanja goes behind it. Indra steals the horse and
hides it. The sixty thousand sagaras are asked to dig the earth and search for
the horse. The earth and devas complain about it o Lord Brahma)
Having heard the Viswamithra , the very pleased Rama told
like this to the sage who was like a burning fire.
39.1
“Oh Brahmin , I am very desirous of listening to this story in detail oh how my ancestor arranged for the
sacrifice, please be safe.”
39.2
Sage Viswamithra with a smile addressed Rama and said, “Oh Rama , be
pleased to hear the story of the
magnanimous king in detail.” 39.3
“The father in law of Lord Shiva who was the mountain
called Himalayas and the impossible mountain Vindhya looked at each other.” 39.4
“Oh best among the men the yagna took place in the area
between these great mountains and Oh tiger among men, that area between these mountains is extremely suitable
for conducting this type of sacrifice.” 39.5
“Oh Child, of son of Kakustha dynasty, as per the wishes
of king Sagara , his son Anshuman who
was a great charioteer and having a strong bow followed the sacrificial
horse , so that he can protect it.”
39.6
“ Then on a full
moon day
, Indra assuming the form of a Rakshasa stole the sacrificial horse of king Sagara , when he was performing
the Yagna as the Yajamana(Kartha)
.”
39.7
“Oh son of Kakustha
clan , when the sacrificial horse
of the great king Sagara was stolen , all the priests conducting the sacrifice
told the king who was the doer of the
sacrifice.”
39.8
“Oh Sagara who is
a Kakustha, On this auspicious day
the sacrificial horse has been
taken away forcibly and so quickly kill the thief and bring back the horse. “
39.9
“This hole like flaw in the sacrifice will be inauspicious for all of us and so Oh king , do all that is necessary to
conduct this Yagna without any
flaw.”
39.10
“Hearing the words of the officiating priests in the hall
of the Yagna , he spoke to his
sixty thousand sons as follows.” 39.11
“Oh best among men, Oh sons, I do not see any possibility
of this done by Rakshasas as this great
Yagna is being presided by eminent priests and is protected by
Manthras.”
39.12
“Oh sons , so you
please go safely and search for the horse all over the world surrounded by the sea.”
39.13
“Oh Sons , you may
go mile after mile throughout the
earth in search of the thief of the horse ,. Excavate the earth till the horse
is found. This is my order .”
39.14
“Having entered in to the penance of performing this
Yagna , I along with my grand son and the group of priests would
stay here till the horse is
found. May you be safe.”
39.15
“When spoken to thus by their father , with happy hearts
, those very strong princes went all
over the great earth , to fulfill the orders
of their father.”
39.16
“Oh tiger among men, each of them broke one yojana(2
miles) of the entire length of the earth
by their nails as tough as diamonds.” 39.17
“Oh Rama that earth broken systematically by lances similar to thunderbolts and ploughs which were dreadful gave out dreadful sounds.”
39.18
“Oh Rama , when they were digging the earth , the sound
of serpents, asuras , Rakshasas and other
beings were heard from there.” 39.19
“Oh son of the Raghu clan , by excavating the sixty thousand Yojanas(1,20000 miles) ,
eventually they reached the
matchless Rasathala.” 39.20
“Oh tiger among men , those sons of the king digging this
way roamed all around Jambu dweepa along
with its mountains.” 39.21
“Afterwards Devas, asuras, Gandharwas and serpents , with
extremely disturbed mind went
and met Lord Brahma.” 39.22
“They who were highly agitated , with very sad faces
propitiated the magnanimous Lord
Brahma and spoke thus.”
39.23
“Oh God, the entire earth is being dug by the sons of
Sagara and many great people living the worlds below are being killed.” 39.24
“Those sons of Sagara are
pointing out to various people and saying “This one is the thief” and are killing them.” 39.25
This is the end of the thirty ninth chapter
Of Balakanda of the holy
Ramayana composed by Valmiki as the first epic.
Sarga(Chapter)40: Digging of earth till Rasathala and burning of Sagaras by sage
Kapila.
(Lord Brahma consoles them and tells that the sagaras
would be killed by sage Kapila. When they were not able to find the horse ,
they return to king Sagara who asks them to did further. After digging up to Rasathala in all four directions , they start digging in
the north east. There they see their horse near
Kapila. Enraged when they start
hurting the sage, he burns them all.)
The greatly adorable Lord Brahma having heard the devas,
saw that they had lost their strength
and deprived of their activity
and were extremely frightened, replied to them.
40.1
“This whole earth belongs to the great God Vasudeva.
Assuming the form of sage Kapila he is taking care of the world. And the sons
of Sagara would be burnt to ashes by his great anger.”
40.2
“It has been decided in primeval times that the earth
will be excavated and that the sons
of king Sagara would have a short life.” 40.3
“Hearing the words of Lord Brahma , oh killer of enemies
, the thirty three devas became exceedingly happy , and returned back by the way that they had come.”
40.4
“When the great sons were digging the earth further , they had a thunder like sound emanating from
there.”
40.5
“After digging the earth and going round it completely ,
all the sons of Sagara together
addressed their father and told.” 40.6
“We have gone round the world Devas , asuras, Rakshasas,
ghosts , serpents and Kinnaras who were mighty were killed but we were not able to the one who took
away our horse. What should we do?
Safety to you . Please think over this and tell us what we should do.” 407-40.8
“Oh son of Raghu clan, That great king who heard these
words of his sons flew in to great rage
and told these words:-“ 40.9
“Dig and excavate the
surface of the earth again and return only after you capture the one who
has stolen the horse. Safety to you.” 40.10
“They after hearing the words of their father, the great Sagara , all the
sixty thousand of them rushed towards Rasathala.” 40.11
“After digging further they saw an elephant of direction ,
named Viroopaksha who was similar to a mountain, supporting
the earth.” 40.12
“Oh son of the Raghu clan, that Viroopaksha was
holding on its head the earth , with its
forests and mountains.”
40.13
“Oh son of Kakustha clan, on certain days when the
elephant for taking rest , shakes its head, there is earth quake in the
earth.” 40.14
“They went round that great elephant honoured him and
after further digging reached Rasathalam”
40.15
“After digging the eastern direction completely , they
went to the southern direction and started digging there and there they saw a
very great elephant named Mahapadma which resembled a mighty mountain carrying the earth on its head and they were
astonished.” 40.16-40.17
“There after going
round that elephant , the great sons of Sagara
went to the west and started digging there.”
40.18
“They who were very strong saw on the western direction
also an elephant Samanasa resembling the mountain.”
40.19
“After going round him and honouring him , they went to the North and started
digging there.”
40.20
“Oh great one of Raghu clan, the northern side they saw
an elephant named Bhadra who was
as white as snow holding this earth.” 40.21
“Afterwards all those sixty thousand sons went round him touched his feet and
started digging the earth.”
40.22
“Then those sons of Sagara went towards the celebrated
north eastern corner and started digging there.”
40.23
“All those great ones who were greatly mighty and had
great speed , saw there, the sage Kapila , who was eternal and Lord Vishnu
himself and not far away from there they
saw their horse grazing and all of them
experienced unparalleled joy.” 40.24-40.25
“Once they recognized their horse their eyed turned red
due to extreme anger and armed with
spades , pickaxes, ploughs and all type of trees and stones they rushed
towards sage Kapila saying “Stay, stay.” 40.26-40.27
“Oh wicked one you have stolen our sacrificial horse and you please know that we who have come
here are the sons of Sagara.” 40.28
“Oh son of Raghu clan, hearing their words sage
Kapila enraged greatly , uttered the
sound “Hum”
40.29
“Oh son of Kakustha clan, That great Kapila who
possessed power beyond our imagination ,
reduced all the sons of Sagara in to ash.” 40.30
This is the end of the fortieth chapter
Of Balakanda of the holy
Ramayana composed by Valmiki as the first epic.
Sarga(Chapter) 41:
Anshuman gets back the horse and Yagna is completed.
(King Sagara asks Amsuman to search for the horse as well
as his fathers. He locates both of them. Realizing that he had toi perform
obsequies to the departed souls, when he
starts to do it, Garuda , the uncle of Sagaras comes there
and tells him that if he wants his
fathers to go to heaven, he has to perform the ceremonies with water of Ganges
who is in heaven. Amsuman realizing ing it is not possible goes back to Sagara with the horse and the Yagna is properly
completed.)
“Oh son of the Raghu clan, the king Sagara realizing that
his sons had gone very long back addressed Amshuman, his grandson who shined
by his own luster. “
41.1
“Oh valorous one who has acquired knowledge in all fiends
and who is equal in luster to his
ancestors, go and find out about the path taken by your fathers as well the
thief who took away the horse.”
41.2
“The beings that live below the earth are greatly valorous and mighty and so go there armed with mighty weapons and
bows.” 41.3
“You honour those who deserve to be honoured, kill those
who create obstacles and you come back after completing your objective so that
the Yagna can be completed properly.”
41.4
“After being completely instructed by the great Sagara ,
Amshuman left carrying a sword and bow in long strides.”
41.5
“Oh great man, he followed the path that his
great fathers have taken as directed by king Sagara and went in to the depths of the earth.” 41.6
“The greatly valorous Amshuman saw the Elephant of directions being
worshipped by devas, asuras Rakshasa, Ghosts, serpents “ 41.7
“After going round him and after enquiring about his welfare he enquired about the whereabouts of his fathers as well as person who has
stolen the sacrificial horse.”
41.8
“Having listened to the words of Amshuman, that elephant
of direction told , “Oh Amshuman, the son of Asamanjas, as soon as you
complete your mission , you should go
back along with the horse.” 41.9
“After listening well to the words of the elephant , Anshuman enquired from the elephant about the
positioning of other elephants of direction.”
41.10
“That honoured
guardian of the direction , who was an expert in use of words and
proficient in their usage , treated him very kindly and told him, “I am directed to say that you will go back
with the horse.” 41.11
“Hearing the words of the elephant that valorous one
started going in quick steps and reached
the place where all his fathers had been reduced to a heap of ash.”
41.12
“And that son of Asamanja
started wailing due to the
great grief and great distress
caused by their destruction.” 41.13
“Though possessed with great grief , Amshuman, the tiger
among men saw the sacrificial horse nearby .” 41.14
“Having decided to offer death rites and water oblation
to those dead souls sought for water but could not see any collection of water
anywhere.”
41.15
“Extending his intelligent sight , he would see
Garuda the king of birds , who was the
uncle of his fathers and who was as swift as wind.” 41.16
“These words were spoken by the very strong son of
Vinutha “Oh tiger among men, do not grieve for this killing was done for the sake of the welfare
of the three worlds.” 41.17
“They have been burnt by sage Kapila with unmatched power and of wise one ,
ordinary water would not be sufficient
for performing their traditional rites.”
41.18
“Oh greatly valorous one, you have to perform the death
rites of your fathers with water from Ganga who is the elder daughter of the Himalayas.”
41.19
“Ganga, the purifier
of the world will sanctify your fathers who have been reduced to this
heap of ashes. These heaps if
inundated by the waters of Ganga
who is the beloved of the world ,
will take their sixty thousand
souls to heaven. “
41.20
“Oh great one, oh best among men, take back that horse.
Oh valorous one you deserve to
complete the Yagna of your
grandfather.” 41.21
“Hearing the words of Garuda , the valorous and very
famous Amsuman, taking hold of the horse
reached back quickly.” 41.22
“Oh son of Raghu clan,
he having reached the king under penance for doing the Yagna, truthfully told what was told to him by Garuda.” 41.23
“Hearing the horrifying news from Amsuman , the king
completed the Yagna as per the
rules.” 41.24
“Oh auspicious one , the king having completed the Yagna
reached back his town, and could not arrive at any decision for bringing Ganga down
to earth.”
41.25
“Without taking any further decision, The king Sagara
ruled for thirty thousand long years and
then ascended to heaven.” 41.26
This is the end of the forty first chapter
Of Balakanda of the holy
Ramayana composed by Valmiki as the first epic.
Sarga(Chapter )42:Bhagiratha’s penance to Lord Brahma
(Amsuman became the king and later his son became the
king. Both were not able to take any
action regaring bringing of Ganga.
Bhageeratha was the son of
Dilipa. After he became king, he started
doing great penance addressed to Lord Brahma. Lord Brahma was pleased and told
that Ganga can come to earth omly if Lord Shiva agrees to receive her on his
heads.)
“Oh Rama, When
king Sagara did the penance of
time(death) , his subjects accepted the very virtuous Anshuman as their king.” 42.1
“ Oh son of Raghu clan, That king Amsuman was very great
, he begot the great Dilipa who was greatly famous as his son.” 42.2
“Oh son of Raghu
clan, he after vesting his kingdom on Dilipa , performed very strict penance on
the peak of Himalayas.” 42.3
“Having lived for thirty two thousand years that very
famous Amshuman , having reached the forest of penance , became one with wealth
of penance and attained the
heaven.” 42.4
“King Dilipa with great luster having heard about the killing of his grandfathers became burdened with sorrow but
in spite of great thought could
not reach to any conclusion.”
42.5
“He was always thinking as to how Ganga can be brought down and how she can be used for the ablation of his
grand fathers so that they can be helped to go to heaven , but he could not
arrive at any conclusion.”
42.6
“He being blessed with the virtue of Dharma daily
thought about it and at that time a very
virtuous son named Bhagiratha was born to him.”
42.7
‘Dilipa who had great luster was interested in performing
many Yagnas and ruled as king, for thirty thousand years.”
42.8
“Oh tiger among men, Oh Rama. That king Dilipa not able
to arrive about doing action towards the salvation of his grand fathers ,
became sick and attained his penance with time.”
42.9
“That king went to the land of Indra as a result of good
deeds done by him, after giving the kingdom to his son Bhagiratha.” 42.10
“Oh son of Raghu clan,
Bhagiratha was a royal sage ,
great follower of Dharma and a
person with great luster but as he did
not have any children, he was desirous of having one.”
42.11
“Oh son of Raghu clan,
being interested in bringing down the Ganges, Bhagiratha entrusted
his kingdom to his ministers and started, penance , with all his senses controlled , at Gokarna, with both arms held high,
surrounded on all four sides by fire and standing under the sun and taking only
food once in a month. He continued this
for a long number of years. “ 42.12
“Oh very strong one, thousands of years passed away when
he was doing this rigid austerities and God Brahma who was the lord of all men was highly
pleased by the illustrious king.”
42.13-42.14
“Then Lord Brahma came in front of him with various Devas
and spoke to the great Bhagiratha engaged in penance.” 42.15
“Oh valorous one, Oh Bhagiratha , oh lord of all people , I am very much pleased by your penance done with discipline and your great austerities. Please ask for
boons that you want.”
42.16
“That greatly lustrous one and the very strong
Bhagiratha told the grandfather of all the world, after approaching and
saluting him.” 42.17
“Oh God, if you are pleased with my penance and if they
are worthy of giving a boon, please make me do the funeral rites with ablations
of water to the sons of king Sagara.”
42.18
“Let the ashes of those auspicious grandfathers of my father, may be immersed by the waters of Ganga , so that ultimately they may go to heaven.” 42.19
“Oh god bless the clan of Ikshuvaku with
children so that the
clan is not terminated with me and this is the other boon asked by
me.” 42.20
“Hearing these
very apt words, the grandfather of all the world
gave an auspicious reply with
sweet letters and words.” 42.21
“Oh great charioteer , your wish of the mind that the
Ikshuvaku clan should continue to grow would be fulfilled. You be safe“ 42.22
“If the golden river Ganga who is the daughter of
Himalayas were to fall on earth, only Lord Shiva would be capable of receiving
her. So you may make entreaties to him.”
42.23
“The earth will not able to tolerate the fall of Ganga,
and oh king, , I am not finding anyone other than Lord
Shiva capable to receive her.” 42.24
“Having told like this , that God of the world talked
also with Ganga and went to heavens
along with the three devas and Maruth ganas.”
42.25
This is the end of the forty second chapter
Of Balakanda of the holy
Ramayana composed by Valmiki as the first epic.
Sarga(Chapter) 43. Bhagiratha brings down and does obsequies to his fathers.
(Bhagiratha does penance to lord Shiva who agrees to hold the falling Ganga on his head. Ganga
wanted to drag him along with her to Rasathala.
Lord Shiva imprisoned her in his matted hair. Bhagiratha again did
penance and Shiva left her drop by drop. She divided herself in to seven
streams. One river followed Bhagiratha to the ocean, In the way she destroyed
the Yagna of sage Jahnu , who drank her completely. As per the request of
devas, he released her through his ear. Ganga reached the ocean. Bhagiratha did
obsequies with her water. His fathers
reached heaven.)
“Oh Rama , after the god of gods has gone back, pressing
the earth with his great toe , He meditated on Lord shiva for one year.” 43.1
“After one year was over , That consort of Uma who was
saluted by all the world told the
following to the great king.” 43.2
“Oh best among men, I am pleased with you and I shall
fulfill your desire and I would hold by my head the daughter of the mountain.” 43.3
“Then the elder daughter who was golden , who was saluted
by all the worlds , took a very great form , fell down from the
sky on the auspicious head of
Lord Shiva with unbearable speed.
43.4
“That goddess extremely difficult to contain , thought
within herself , that she would seize Lord shiva and with him enter the nether
worlds.”43.5
“Knowing her intentions the three eyed God Lord Shiva
became very angry , made up his mind to send her back to heavens.” 43.6
“That sacred river fell on the head of Lord Shiva , which looked like a cave
made of his matted hair on his head which looked like Himalaya
mountain.”
43.7
“The river enveloped in the matted hair of Lord
shiva , was not able to come out
of the matted hair in spite of
all her efforts and was not able
to reach the earth.”
43.8
“Ganga went round
and round in side that matted hair and was not able to come out and Bhagiratha
adopted again austerities for several years
since he was not able to see her.”
43.9
“Oh Son of Raghu clan, Lord Parameshwara was immensely
pleased by his great penance and
released Ganga , drop by drop , they making a lake called Bindusara.”
43.10
“When Ganga was released , it formed itself in to seven streams capable of conferring
prosperity and Hladhini, Pavani, Nalini were the three holy streams of Ganga which travelled
east ward.”
43.11-43.12
“Suchakshu, Sita
and the great river called Sindhu, travelled towards the west.” 43.13
“Among them the seventh
followed king Bhagiratha and the
most brilliant royal sage Bhagiratha
travelling on a divine chariot marched
forward.”
43.14
“Falling from the sky on the head of Lord Shiva and from
there falling on earth , That water which was flowing made intense sound.” 43.15
“With fishes, turtles and other several type of
water animals , that river which had
fallen on earth shined.”
43.16
“Then the devas, sages , Gandharwas , yakshas, host of
Sidhas with great astonishment looked at
Ganga which was falling from the sky on
to the earth.”
43.17
Then the devas in the chariots as large as great cities
drawn by excellent restless horses as
well as on elephants were staying there.” 43.18
“To see the matchless
descent of Ganga, devas and beings with
great luster arrived on
earth.”
43.19
“That sky devoid of
any clouds , shined as if there
were hundred suns there ,due to the shine of ornaments of those speedily
descending devas”
43.20
“Due to sky being filled with several sea animals and
serpents which were not stable but kept
on moving , The sky appeared to be filled with streak of lightning.”
43.21
“With thousands like of splashes of water foams , it
looked as if it was filled with flocks
of swans or white autumnal clouds.” 43.22
“Ganga was at some places flowing very rapidly and in
some other places flowing in a curved fashion
and in some places the river was wide and in some places , it was going
down , rising high in some other places and in some other places flowing very
slowly.”
43.23
“In some places water was dashing with water repeatedly
and water was rising up and was coming
down .”
43.24
“The water which was thrown down from head of lord shiva
, which fell on earth, freed it from all impurities and looked splendid.” 43.25
“The devas , sages and Gandharwas as well as those who
lived on earth , touched the water which fell from the head of Shiva , as it
was sacred.”
43.26
“Those who have fallen down on earth due to curse , being
anointed with water of Ganga were freed
from their curse.”
43.27
“They with great luster due to water which cleansed their
sins , again rose to the sky and entered
their own celestial worlds.” 43.28
“People greatly rejoiced on seeing the shining water of
Ganga and got rid of their tiredness by
taking bath in her waters.” 43.29
“That royal sage Bhagiratha with a great luster mounting the divine chariot and rode
forward and the river Ganga followed
behind him.” 43.30
“Oh Rama, when Ganga was following behind the chariot
of Bhagiratha groups of saints, devas , all asuras,
Rakshasas , Kinnaras , serpents ,Foremost among
the Gandharwas and Yakshas all
Apasaras also followed the chariot of
Bhagiratha , besides water animals travelling
in the water.”
43.31-43.32
“ Ganga , the
very famous and greatest among rivers , which could destroy the sins of all beings , flowed forward in the same
direction in which Bhagiratha drove.”
43.33
“later , while flowing , it inundated the sacrificial
ground of sage Jahnu, the performer of many Yagnas “
43.34
“Oh Rama , that sage who was performing a Yagna
seeing the pride and fury of that river
, flew in to great rage and surprisingly drank all the waters of
that river.”
43.35
“Then devas and sages along with Gandharwas were greatly surprised seeing that, and
worshipped that great soul sage Jahnu and best among men, and also worshipped Ganga and requested her
to be the daughter of this sage .”
43.36-43.37
“Then the sage
Jahnu with great luster was greatly pleased , and released the waters of Ganga
through his ears and there for Ganga is also called Jahnavi.”
43.38
“Ganga, the best among
the rivers following the chariot
of Bhagiratha reached the ocean and also entered the Rasathala to fulfill the desires of Bhagiratha.” 43.39
“That great royal sage after having brought the Ganga
with his great efforts , with a great
sorrow saw the heaps of ashes of
his grandfathers.”
43.40
“Oh Rama , thereafter
that excellent waters of Ganga inundated those heaps of ashes and freed
, purged their sins and send them to heaven.”
43.41
This is the end of the forty third chapter
Of Balakanda of the holy
Ramayana composed by Valmiki as the first epic.
Sarga(Chapter) 44:
Lord Brahma blesses King Bhagiratha.
(Lord Brahma blessed Bhagiratha for doing a great job.
The entire earth was indebted to him
for bringing Ganga to earth. The Ganga was also called Bhagirathi and
Tripathaga because she flows , in heaven , earth and nether worlds)
“The king followed by Ganga reached the ocean , and then entered the
lower regions of the world where, the sons of Sagara were made in to
ashes.”
44.1
“After the ashes were inundated by the sacred waters of
Ganga , the Lord of all the worlds Brahma
addressed the king.” 44.2
“Oh tiger among
men, the sixty thousand sons of the great king Sagara , who were liberated , went to
heaven like the devas.” 44.3
“Oh king Bhagiratha , as long as the waters of the ocean
are there , for such time , the sons of
king Sagara will stay in heaven.” 44.4
“This Ganga will become like your eldest daughter and will be known in this world by your name,
Bhagirathi.”
44.5
“Ok king the divine
Ganga will be known as Tripathaga as well as Bhagirathi , flowing and
purifying all the three worlds .” 44.6
“”Oh lord of men, oh king, you perform your rituals to
ancestors with this water and fulfill
your vows.”
44.7
“Oh king, even by
your ancestor who was highly
renowned , who was the follower of
Dharma and who was the greatest among
your clan
, this desire was not fulfilled.”
44.8
“Oh Son, similarly
even Anshuman having matchless
power in this world , the vow to bring
Ganga was not completed.” 44.9
“Oh sinless one ,
oh blessed one , even your father
king Dilipa , who was a royal saint,
who was greatly virtuous, who has the luster of a sage , who is equal to
me in austerities and who abided
strictly by the tenets of dharma of a king , was not able to request Ganga and bring her to this earth.”
44.10-44.11
“Oh best among men, the vow has been
fulfilled by you and you have obtained special fame in this world
and would be highly revered.”
44.12
“Oh destroyer of enemies , by your act of bringing
the Ganga to this earth, you have secured
the greatest place in Dharma.”
44.13
“Oh best among men, Oh tiger among men, it is befitting
that you purify yourself by taking
bath in these sacred waters, and acquire the result for your blessed deed.” 44.14
“Oh king perform ablations to all your forefathers with
this water ,I wish you safety. I am going back, you also please go back to your
place. “
44.15
“The highly renowned God , the lord of all devas and
the grandfather of all the world , lord Brahma after speaking
like this went back to the world of gods
, by the same way that has come.” 44.16
“ Oh Rama, The highly famous royal saint Bhagiratha , as
per the normal way and as per the principles of justice, performed the highest ablations with water
to the sons of Sagara , became purified
and entered his own city after fulfilling his desire and ruled over
it. “
44.17-44.18
“Oh Rama , the world became happy in getting
Bhagiratha as their king and after fulfilling
his desire was freed from all
worries and got all his sorrows
mitigated.”
44.19
“Oh Rama , this story of Ganga has been told by me to you in great detail . The evening
time is nearing and you would attain
prosperity.” 44.20
“This sacred story of bringing Ganga from heaven would confer prosperity, fame longevity and
progeny , to those Brahmins, Kshatriyas and others who recite it .Their
forefathers would also be extremely pleased. “
44.21
“Oh son of the
Kakustha clan, this sacred story relating to the descent of Ganga , if
heard with concentration by someone, he
will get all his sins destroyed and his fame and longevity will increase.” 44.22-44.23
This is the end of the forty fourth chapter
Of Balakanda of the holy
Ramayana composed by Valmiki as the first epic.
Sarga(Chapter) 45. Reaching of town of Vaishali and story of the churning of ocean of milk.
(Rama and
Lakshmana cross Ganges and reach the
town of Vaishali , There Viswamithra
tells the story of Churning of the ocean
by sons of Dithi and Adithi. He tells
the story in great detail.)
Rama and Lakshmana after hearing the story were greatly
surprised and Rama told to Viswamithra.
45.1
“ Oh Godly sage, The blessed and divine story of the
descent of Ganga and her filling up of the
sea is extremely wonderful “ 45.2
That night along with Lakshmana , they kept on
thinking about the story narrated by
Viswamithra , and the night came to an end. 45.3
Rama who is
destroyer of the enemies in the clear
morning after completing the rituals of the morning told sage Viswamithra . 45.4
“Oh sage of great penance, having heard the great story,
fit to be listened to , the glorious
night has passed. Thinking and rethinking over
the complete story, both of us
felt as if the night was just a very short time.”
45.5
“Let us all cross this sacred river Ganga which is
the best among rivers and which flows in all the three worlds . The
boat which is furnished well would come
quickly here , hearing that we all have come and the sages can easily cross the river by
that.”
45.6-45.7
Hearing the words of the great Rama , arrangements were
made to cross the river for Rama and Lakshmana along with the sages. 45.8
After reaching the northern bank of the river , the sages paid homage to river Ganga and camped there. From there ,
they were able to see the city of
Vaishali.
45.9
Then the great sage along with Rama went speedily in to
the city which was broad, pretty and heaven like. 45.10
Then the greatly knowledgeable Rama with folded hands
asked the great saint about the city of
Vaishali.
45.11
“Oh great sage ,may you be safe, I have great desire and curiosity to know which king’s clan is ruling over
this very broad city of Vaishali.” 45.12
That great sage after hearing the words of Rama started
telling about the old city of Vaishali
.
45.13
“Oh Rama, please hear the auspicious story of Indra , which I am going to tell you. I
will also tell you about what happened
to this city.” 45.14
“Oh great Rama ,
in the earlier Krutha Yuga , the sons of Dithi were strong and those of Adithi
were valorous followers of Dharma.”
45.15
“Oh great man, a thought came in their mind as to how ,
they all could get rid of old age
as well as death and
disease.”
45.16
“Oh Rama, When they were
thinking about this matter , a thought stuck to the minds of some
of the
great among them that, “we can obtain the nectar for immortality by churning the ocean of milk.”
45.17
“Then those people with great luster after deciding to churn the ocean of
milk , made Mandhara mountain as the
churning rod and the snake Vasuki as the churning rope and started churning the ocean of milk.”
45.18
“After one thousand years of churning Vasuki the serpent
rope started biting stones and its hood
spit out poison.” 45.19
“That Halahala poison which was resembling fire , which
was produced by the snake started burning
the entire world consisting of devas
, asuras and human beings.” 45.20
“Then the devas went and surrendered themselves to the
great God Sankara , The lord of all being and requested him, “Please save us,
save us.”
45.21
“ There upon Lord Vishnu who was the God of Gods , to whom they have spoken and entreated appeared there holding the conch and the discuss .”
45.22
“God Hari with a smile approached the God who was holding the trident and spoke, “Oh chief of the devas, since you were born the earliest
among devas , The first thing that is produced by the churning of the ocean, by right becomes yours. We
consider this venom as the offering
that we received and so kindly take it.”
45.23-45.24
“After saying this
Lord Vishnu, the deva noble vanished from there . Lord Shiva seeing the
fear of the devas and having heard the
words of Lord Vishnu received that
Halahala poison as if it is nectar.”
45.25
“Then Shiva , the Lord of Devas went back to his home and
the devas and asuras resumed the churning.”
45.26
“Oh blemish less one, the Mandhara mountain which was
used as the churning rod sank in to the Patala
and there upon the devas and
Gandharwas praised Vishnu, the killer of Madhu .”
45.27
“Oh great one you are the only support to all beings
especially the devas so protect us and lift this mountain which has sunk.” 45.28
“That Hari who is the great Hrishikesa having heard these
words assumed the form of a tortoise ,
went inside the ocean and supported the Mandhara mountain on his back.”
45.29
“The soul of the world, the greatest Purusha , that
Kesava standing aloft , with his hand started churning the mountain
also.” 45.30
“After another thousand years , first an Apsara called
Dhanvanthari holding a staff and
water pot came out of the ocean.” 45.31
“Oh great human being ,
a great lady came out of the
ocean which was being churned and because of that she was called Apsara.” 45.32
“Like this sixty crores of such Apsaras were produced and
they had countless attendants.”
45.33
“None of the devas and asuras accepted them in marriage ,
and as they were unmarried, all of them were regarded as belonging to
all.” 45.34
“Oh Rama, the son of Raghu clan, Vaaruni the daughter of
Varuna came out searching for a consort.” 45.35
“Oh Rama that daughter of Varuna was not accepted by the
sons of Dithi and that blemish less one
was accepted by the sons of Adithi.”
45.36
“Because of that the sons of Dithi became asuras (One
without Sura, which was produced by Varuni)
and the sons of Adithi because they accepted Varuni became Suras and Varuni became happy.”
45.37
“Oh great human being, Uchaisravas, the best of horses , Kausthubha the best among jewels and the very beneficial Amrutha(nectar ) then
arose from there.”
45.38
“Oh Rama there after the great war for destroying the
clans took place and sons of Adithi
killed the sons of Dithi(daithyas) .” 45.39
“Oh valorous one , all the Rakshasas joined along with
the asuras on one side and a
dreadful war took place , putting all
the three worlds in to confusion.” 45.40
“When everything was about to perish , endowed with great
power, Lord Vishnu took the form of a
charming woman called Mohini (enchantress)
using his power of illusion and
stole the pot of nectar.”
45.41
“That deathless great Purusha Vishnu started war
with those in front of him and they were all crushed by the capable Vishnu.” 45.42
“ In the great battle between the sons of Dithi and the
sons of Adithi , the later killed the former.”
45.43
“Then Indra got the celestial kindom after killing the
sons of Dithi and happily ruled the
world with the sages and the
charanas.” 45.44
This is the end of the forty fifth chapter
Of Balakanda of the holy
Ramayana composed by Valmiki as the first epic.
Sarga(Chapter)46 . Dithi wants a son to kill Indra and
Indra cuts that son into seven pieces.
(Dithi seeing her sons were defeated requests her husband Kashyapa to bless her
with a son who will kill Indra. He requests her to lead a life of
penance. When she is almost about
to complete her penance , Indra enters her womb and cuts that foetus to seven
pieces.)
“When all her sons were killed Dithi became very sad and
spoke these words to her husband Kashyapa, the son of Maricha,” 46.1
“Oh God like person my sons were all killed by your other
very strong sons and therefore I desire to have a mighty son, capable of killing Indra ,
by great penance.”
46.2
“ I will practice great penance and it is only proper for you to give me a son who is capable of killing
Indra .Give me your consent and give me an embryo to fulfill my purpose.” 46.3
“Then the greatly lustrous Kashyapa who was the son of
Maricha , having heard the words of Dithi , who was very sad replied.” 46.4
“Oh lady with wealth of penance “let it happen that way,
may you become prosperous and pure and
you will give birth to a son who will kill Indra in battle.” 46.5
“If you remain
pure and clean, after one thousand years you will give birth to a son
through me , who will be the lord of three worlds.” 46.6
“Sage Kashyapa with great
luster , after speaking like this
touched her body with his palm and gently patted it and saying , “May God be with you” went away to do his penances.”
46.7
“Oh great man, after he had gone, Dithi who was greatly
joyous reached a sacred spot called
Kushaplavanam and started practicing mortifying penances.”
46.8
“oh great man Rama, When she was doing her penances, the
thousand eyed Indra started doing service to her with great reverence. “ 46.9
“Devendra provided her
fire. Kusha grass, sticks for lighting up fire, fruits , roots and all things that she wanted as per her needs.” 46.10
“”Devendra massaged her stiff limbs and all times attended on her so that her
tiredness is removed.”
46.11
“Oh son of Raghu clan, nine hundred and ninety years passed this way and Dithi
was greatly pleased with Indra and told him.” 46.12
“Oh great deva, as per my desire your great father granted a boon of a son to me
after one thousand years.”
46.13
“If I do strict penance for ten more years which are remaining, you will see a brother
of yours. You please be safe.”
46.14
“I shall give him
the pleasure of victory over you and later unite him with you , so that you can achieve victory over the three worlds
along with him and relieved of your
sorrow, you would enjoy this life.”
46.15
“That lady Dithi after having spoken like this to Indra
was overpowered by sleep that noon and slept with her feet on the place where
her head should be.”
46.16
“Indra seeing her bad posture of feet where her head
should be and also with aher untied hair falling on all sides became happy and
laughed.”
46.17
“OH Rama , that Indra entered in to her womb and severed her valorous embryo in to seven
pieces.”
46.18
“The embryo being severed by the hundred edged
Vajrayudha cried loudly and Dithi woke
up due to that.” 46.19
“Indra telling the embryo “do not cry”, “do not cry
“ and that highly powerful one was
cutting it even though it was crying.” 46.20
“Dithi shouted “It
should not be killed”, “It should not be
killed” and Indra obeying the words of his mother came out.” 46.21
“Armed with Vajrayudha and with folded hands Indra told
Dithi, “ You had slept with your hair falling over your feet and have become impure.”
46.22
“I used this opportunity
and severed him who would have killed Indra in to seven pieces in a war.
Oh Devi, I merit a pardon from you.”
46.23
This is the end of the forty sixth chapter
Of Balakanda of the holy
Ramayana composed by Valmiki as the first epic.
Sarga(Chapter)47: Dithis sons are made Maruths and the story of Vishala
( Dithi requests
Indra to make the seven parts in to seven Maruths who would be given a honoured
place.Viswamithra tells Rama that Dithi
did her penance in this place . Then he lists all the great kings who ruled
over Visala. The King Sumathi who was
ruling at that time came and honoured
Viswamithra as well as Rama and Lakshmana.)
“Once she knew that what she had conceived has been cut
in to seven pieces, Dithi became very sad,
and she told the thousand eyed on
these affectionate words to her which
were invincible.” 47.1
“Oh slayer of Balasura, Oh Indra, due to my fault this
embryo has been cut in to seven pieces and made useless and in this and in this matter you have not committed any
fault.”
47.2
“Though the embryo had this misfortune I wanted to do
something good for them from you. Let
these seven pieces become the guardians
of the seven wind regions. “
47.3
“Oh son , let these seven of my sons poses celestial beauty and become presiding
deities of regions of the wind and let they may be named as Maruths and wander
in the sky.”
47.4
“Let one of them move about in Brahma Loka, another in Indra Loka and another to
become famous as Vayu move about in this
earth.” 47.5
“Oh greatest deva, let the remaining four of my sons,
become celestial beings under your command and move about in four directions.
Let them all bear the name Maruth derived from what you have told them in my
womb(Ma rudha) 47.6
“The thousand eyed one, the slayer Of Bala that Indra
hearing her words , with folded arms told her.”
47.7
“All this will happen as per your wish and your sons
shall wander about as devas. May you be safe.”
47.8
”Oh Rama, it is
heard that , that mother and sons having arrived at this agreement in this
forest of meditation ascended to heaven”
47.9
“Oh son of Kakustha clan, this was the country inhabited
by Indra where he attended to the
comforts of Dithi who succeeded to
become a great ascetic.” 47.10
“Oh tiger among men, the king Ikshuvaku got a famous
son named Vishala , who was a great follower of Dharma was born
in Alambusha in this place and he built
this town of Vishala.”
47.11-47.12
“The son of Vishala was the very strong Hemachandra and his successor was the famous Suchandra.”
47.13
“Dhoomraswa was the famous son of Suchandra and his son
was known as Sanjaya .” 47.14
“Prosperous and Powerful Sahadeva was the son of
Sanjaya and his son was Kusaswa who was
a great follower of dharma.” 47.15
“The very famous and lustrous Somadatha was born as son
of Kuswaswa and it is well known that
Kakustha was the son of Somadatha.”
47.16
“And his son
Sumathi who has great luster and
is equal to Gods is ruling this
city.” 47.17
“By the blessing of Ikshuvaku , all the kings of Vaisali were great , long lived , valorous and
followers of Dharma.” 47.18
“Oh Rama we would stay here happily for this night..Oh
great man, do you think it is all right that we see Janaka tomorrow.” 47.19
The most brilliant , great man , Sumathi who was very
famous having heard of the arrival of Viswamithra went forward to receive him. 47.20
After doing proper worship along with his relatives as
well as priests, he enquired about welfare of Viswamithra and spoke to him. 47.21
“Oh sage, I
consider myself blessed that you visited me and my country and blessed
us and I consider that no one is more
blessed than me.”
47.22
This is the end of the forty sixth chapter
Of Balakanda of the holy
Ramayana composed by Valmiki as the first epic.
Sarga(chapter) 48:
The Story of Ahalya,
(After leaving Vishala when they are about to reach Mithila , they a deserted hermitage ,
When Rama asks about it Viswamithra
tells the story of Ahalya and her
husband Gauthama. Indra falling in love wth Ahalya takes the form of sage Gauthama and enters
the hermitage when he is not there.
Ahalya recognized him and they make illicit love. Gauthama catches them
and curses both of them. Indra loses
his testicles and Ahalya is cursed to become invisible and do penance without food and sleep. She will regain her
form when Rama , the son of Dasaratha sees her.)
After the mutual meeting
and after Sumathi enquired about their welfare , at the end, Sumathi asked thus to the great
sage. 48.1
“Oh sage Viswamithra be safe. Who are these two youths,
who are as valorous as devas, who have the gait of an elephant or a lion, appearing similar to the tiger or bull, who
have broad eyes like the lotus petal, who armed with sword and quiver full of
arrows , who have the prettiness of Aswini Kumaras, who have just attained the
youth and who seem to have come to earth by their own free will from the land of devas? Whose sons are they? Have they come on foot to this place? And for
what purpose have they come here?
48.2-48.4
“Oh great saint , they resemble each other in their personality , expression
and movements. They are decorating this country like moon and sun decorates the
sky. Holding blessed weapons these heroes have come through a path that is
difficult to walk. I would like to know why they have come here?
48.5-48.6
Having listened to
his words , the sage told him about their stay in Sidhasarama and how they
killed the Rakshasas.
48.7
King Sumathi after listening to Viswamithra became extremely happy and extended great hospitality to the higly valorous sons of King Dasaratha according to tradition.
48.8
After Rama and Lakshmana enjoyed the great
hospitality from king Sumathi , stayed
there for one night and departed to Mithila after that. 48.9
All sages after seeing the auspicious city of Janaka , they admired it saying ,
“Great , great” and worshipped it.
48.10
After Rama saw an old,
uninhabited and pretty grove near the
city of Mithila , saw there a deserted
hermitage and asked Viswamithra. 48.11
“Oh God like sage, What is this divine place which looks like a hermitage deserted by ascetics ? It belonged to whom earlier? I am interested in knowing it? “
48.12
That expert in language , listened to words of Rama
carefully and that great sage Viswamithra replied.
48.13
“Oh Rama, please listen. I shall tell you truthfully , how a great one cursed this hermitage,”
48.14
“Oh great man, this great hermitage, looking like a
holiday home of devas , belonged once
to the great sage Gauthama , who was honoured by the devas.” 48.15
“Oh famous prince , for several years he practiced
penance here in the company of Ahalya here.”
48.16
“Indra , the husband of sachi , having found an
opportunity, assumed the guise of that sage Gauthama addressed Ahalya saying.” 48.17
“Oh well made up one , the passionate seekers do not wait
for the menstruation to end. Oh lady with the thin middle , I desire to make
love to you.”
48.18
“Oh son of Raghu clan, The evil intentioned Ahalya who knew that it was Indra in sage’s
guise , inclined towards the king of devas consented.”
48.19
“Oh great man, after having been satisfied right in to her inner soul, she told, “Oh
chief of devas ,I am completely
satisfied quickly go away from here . Oh king of Devas yourselves and also me
from sage Gauthama.”
48.20-48.21
Indra laughed and spoke the following words to Ahalya ,
“Oh lade with pretty lips, I am greatly satisfied and I shall
go back by the way that I have
come.”
48.22
“Oh Rama, having made love to her , out of great fear for
the sage Gauthama , he came out of that
leaf thatched hut.” 48.23
“Then Indra saw The great saint, who is blessed by the
power of penance , who cannot be opposed by Devas and asuras, who was drenched in the sacred waters
and who shined like the flaming fire , carrying sticks for the homa and
the kusa grass, entering the hermitage covered with leaves .” 48.24-48.25
“Seeing the shivering king of devas with a pale face , that sage who was greatly
cultured spoke with a very angry
tone , to the very much ill behaved
thousand eyed one.”
48.26
“Oh bad brained one, assuming my form you have done a
forbidden act .For that reason , you will become without a scrotum.” 48.27
“Due to the
wrathful words , which were uttered by the great Gauthama , the testicles of
Indra fell down on earth
immediately.” 48.28
“Having cursed Indra in this manner, he also cursed Ahalya this way, “You would be living
in this place only eating air but without any food , lying on the ashes and
doing penance , invisible to the people of the hermitage.”
48.29-48.30
“When Rama , the son of Dasaratha who cannot be opposed
enters this dreadful forest , you would
be purified.”
48.31
“Oh lady with a bad behaviour, by offering a joyful
hospitality without miserliness and without
passion, you will regain your body and live with me in my
proximity.”
48.32
“That Gauthama who had great luster and wealth of penance
after speaking this way to the lady with bad behaviour , left this
hermitage and went to the peak of
Himalayas and did penance there served by Sidhas and Charanas.”
48.33-48.34
This is the end of the forty eighth chapter
Of Balakanda of the holy
Ramayana composed by Valmiki as the first epic.
Sarga(Chapter) 49: Ahalya gets free of her curse
(Indra requesting Piuthrudevathas fixes rthe testicles of
a ram on him. Rama enters the place where Ahalya is there.
She gets freedom from the curse. Sage Gauthama comes and joins his wife.)
“After that Indra who was deprived of his testicles ,
with a frightened face addressed a group of sages, charanas and devas lead by agni(the fire God) . “ 49.1
“I created obstacles to penance of sage Gauthama, while I
was doing the work of devas and generated
his great anger.” 49.2
“Due to his anger I have been deprived of my
testicles and she was deserted by him
and due to this course all the power that he had earned has been destroyed. “
49.3
“Because of the fact that I have done my action for your
benefit, Oh groups of sages, charanas and excellent devas, it is your duty to restore my testicles.”
49.4
“Hearing the words of Indra, the performer of hundred
fire sacrifice , the devas along with
Maruths and lead by the fire God approached
the Pithrudevathas and
said.”
49.5
“This sacrificial ram has testicles and Indra has
been rendered without testicles, and so you please take the testicle of
this Ram and immediately graft it to Indra.”
49.6
“This Ram which will be made without testicles would
offer you great joy
and those men who offer such rams to you will get great merits.” 49.7
“The assembled Pithru devathas after hearing the words of
Agni , extracted the testicle of the Ram
and grafted it on Indra.” 49.8
“Oh son of
Kakustha clan, from then onwards, The pithrudevathas accept the Rams without testicles as offering , as they
have fitted it to Indra.”
49.9
“Oh Rama by the great power of the penance of the sage Gauthama, then onwards Indra had
only the testicle of a ram.” 49.10
“Oh person of great luster , therefore enter the
hermitage of the pious one and liberate Ahalya with a divine look
.”
49.11
Hearing the words of sage Viswamithra, Rama and Lakshmana
, keeping Viswamithra ahead of them, entered that hermitage. 49.12
There Rama saw that great lady shining
with the power of her penance though she
was not visible to all men including devas and Asuras.It appeared as if
Lord Brahma struggled to create her form of illusion. Though she was like the
moon covered by mist and clouds , to Rama
saw her with the shine of a Sun.
49.13-49.14
Due to the curse of Gauthama , she was not visible to any one of three worlds till Rama sees her. 49.15
When the end of the curse approached , she was
visible and Rama and Lakshmana touched her feet.
49.16
She who recalled the words of sage Gauthama showered them
with hospitality with a concentrated
mind , offered them water to wash their feet as also water for drinking and treated them as guests as per tradition and son of Kakustha accepted all that. 49.17-49.18
With the accompaniment of the playing of divine
drums, there was a rain of flowers and a great assembly took place in which
Gandharwas and Apsaras participated .
49.19
Devas saying “Great , great”, worshipped her , whose body
has been got purified by penance and who was under the control of Gauthama.”
49.20
The great Gauthama who has done great penance and who was extremely happy accompanied by
Ahalya , worshipped Rama as per tradition and also performed austerities.
49.21
Rama after receiving the worship of the sage Gauthama according to tradition , started
towards Mithila.” 49.22
This is the end of the forty ninth chapter
Of Balakanda of the holy
Ramayana composed by Valmiki as the first epic.
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