Sarga 77

ततो दशाहेऽतिगते कृतशौचो नृपात्मजः। द्वादशेऽहनि सम्प्राप्ते श्राद्धकर्माण्यकारयत्।।2.77.1।।

Having observed the tenday mourning period, Bharata purified himself on the twelfth day and got the ...

ब्राह्मणेभ्यो ददौ रत्नं धनमन्नं च पुष्कलम्। वासांसि च महार्हाणि रत्नानि विविधानि च।।2.77.2।।

During the shraddha ceremony (obsequies) Bharata bestowed on brahmins precious stones, wealth, large...

बास्तिकं बहु शुक्लं च गाश्चापि शतशस्तथा। दासीदासं च यानं च वेश्मानि सुमहान्ति च।।2.77.3।। ब्राह्मणेभ...

At the time of performing the rites pertaining to the other world, Bharata bestowed on brahmins herd...

ततः प्रभातसमये दिवसेऽथ त्रयोदशे।।2.77.4।। विललाप महाबाहुर्भरत श्शोकमूर्छितः। शब्दापिहितकण्ठस्तु शोधन...

Thereafter at the hour of dawn on the thirteenth day mightyarmed Bharata visited the cemetery to per...

ततः प्रभातसमये दिवसेऽथ त्रयोदशे।।2.77.4।। विललाप महाबाहुर्भरत श्शोकमूर्छितः। शब्दापिहितकण्ठस्तु शोधन...

Thereafter at the hour of dawn on the thirteenth day mightyarmed Bharata visited the cemetery to per...

तात यस्मिन्निसृष्टोऽहं त्वया भ्रातरि राघवे।।2.77.6।। तस्मिन्वनं प्रव्रजिते शून्ये त्यक्तोऽस्म्यहं त्...

O dear father, my brother Rama to whom you have entrusted me has been sent to the forest now and I a...

यस्या गतिरनाथायाः पुत्रः प्रवाजितो वनम्। तामम्बां तात कौसल्यां त्यक्त्वा त्वं क्व गतो नृप।।2.77.7।।

Where have you gone, my king my father, forsaking mother Kausalya who is without a protector and who...

दृष्ट्वा भस्मारुणं तच्च दग्धास्थि स्थानमण्डलम्।।2.77.8।। पितु श्शरीरनिर्वाणं निष्टनन्विषसाद सः।

Having seen the circular place, looking reddishbrown with burnt bones and ashes, where his father's ...

स तु दृष्ट्वा रुदन् दीनः पपात धरणीतले।।2.77.9।। उत्थाप्यमानश्शक्रस्य यन्त्रध्वज इव च्युतः।

On seeing the cremation ground desolate Bharata collapsed sobbing on the ground like a fastened flag...

अभिपेतुस्ततस्सर्वे तस्यामात्याश्शुचिव्रतम्।।2.77.10।। अन्तकाले निपतितं ययातिमृषयो यथा।

Immediately all his counsellors ran towards him like the ascetics who raised Yayati, a man of pious ...

शत्रुघ्न श्चापि भरतं दृष्ट्वा शोकम् परिप्लुतः।।2.77.11।। विसंज्ञो न्यपतद्भूमौ भूमिपालमनुस्मरन्।

Beholding Bharata, Satrughna also plunged in grief remembering the king, and fell unconscious on the...

उन्मत्त इव निश्चेता विललाप सुदुःखितः।।2.77.12।। स्मृत्वा पितुर्गुणाङ्गानि तानि तानि तथा तथा।

Recollecting the many virtues of his father again and again, like a madman, Satrughna, mentally unst...

मन्थराप्रभवस्तीव्रः कैकेयीग्राहसङ्कुलः।।2.77.13।। वरदानमयोऽक्षोभ्योऽमञ्जयच्छोकसागरः।

With Manthara as the source, Kaikeyi as a crocodile, this terrible sea of sorrow which has submerged...

सुकुमारं च बालं च सततं लालितं त्वया।।2.77.14।। क्व तात भरतं हित्वा विलपन्तं गतो भवान्।

Where have you gone dear father, leaving the lamenting Bharata, so young and tender, who was always ...

ननु भोज्येषु पानेषु वस्त्रेष्वाभरणेषु च।।2.77.15।। प्रवारयसि नस्सर्वान् तन्नः कोऽन्यः करिष्यति।

You used to make all of us choose delicious food, drinks, garments and ornaments. Who else will do t...

अवदारणकाले तु पृथिवी नावदीर्यते।।2.77.16।। या विहीना त्वया राज्ञा धर्मज्ञेन महात्मना।

You are a righteous and mighty king and without you, this earth would have been broken into pieces. ...

पितरि स्वर्गमापन्ने रामे चारण्यमाश्रिते।।2.77.17।। किं मे जीवितसामर्थ्यं प्रवेक्ष्यामि हुताशनम्।

With my father ascended to heaven and Rama gone to the forest, where is the strength in me to live? ...

हीनो भ्रात्रा च पित्रा च शून्यामिक्ष्वाकुपालिताम्।।2.77.18।। अयोध्यां न प्रवेक्ष्यामि प्रवेक्ष्यामि ...

Devoid of my father and brother, I will not return to empty Ayodhya that was once ruled by the Ikshv...

तयोर्विलपितं श्रुत्वा व्यसनं चान्ववेक्ष्य तत्।।2.77.19।। भृशमार्ततरा भूयस्सर्वएवानुगामिनः।

Having heard the lamentataions of both the brothers and reflecting the calamity befallen on them, th...

ततो विषण्णौ श्रान्तौ च शत्रुघ्नभरतावुभौ।।2.77.20।। धरण्यां संव्यवेष्टेतां भग्नशृङ्गाविवर्षभौ।

Thereafter, both Satrughna and Bharata, dejected and exhausted, lay writhing on the floor like two ...

ततः प्रकृतिमान्वैद्यः पितुरेषां पुरोहितः।।2.77.21।। वसिष्ठो भरतं वाक्यमुत्थाप्य तमुवाच ह।

Then his father's family priest Vasistha of composed mind and versed in the Vedas raised Bharata an...

त्रयोदशोऽयं दिवसः पितुर्वृत्तस्य ते विभो।।2.77.22।। सावशेषास्थिनिचये किमिह त्वं विलम्भसे।

O lord, this is the thirteenth day since the death of your father. The heap of bones and ashes still...

त्रीणि द्वन्द्वानि भूतेषु प्रवृत्तान्यविशेषतः।।2.77.23।। तेषु चापरिहार्येषु नैवं भवितुमर्हसि।

There are three dualities (hunger and thirst, pain and pleasure, birth and death), which are applic...

सुमन्त्रश्चापि शत्रुघ्नमुत्थाप्याभिप्रसाद्य च।।2.77.24।। श्रावयामास तत्त्वज्ञ स्सर्वभूतभवाभवम्।

The knower of reality Sumantra helped Satrughna to rise, after having consoled him, imparted him the...

उत्थितौ च नरव्याघ्रौ प्रकाशेते यशस्विनौ।।2.77.25।। वर्षातपपरिक्लिनौ पृथगिन्द्रध्वजाविव।

Having risen from the earth both the illustrious tigers among men, Bharata and Satrughna looked fad...

अश्रूणि परिमृद्नन्तौ रक्ताक्षौ दीनभाषिणौ। अमात्यास्त्वरयन्ति स्म तनयौ चापराः क्रियाः।।2.77.26।।

The counsellors hastened up both the sons, who were wiping away the tears and speaking with blodshot...