Narayaniyam Dashaka 34

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  • verse 1
    गीर्वाणैरर्थ्यमानो दशमुखनिधनं कोसलेष्वृश्यशृङ्गेपुत्रीयामिष्टिमिष्ट्वा ददुषि दशरथक्ष्माभृते पायसाग्र्यम्तद्भुक्त्या तत्पुरन्ध्रीष्वपि तिसृषु समं जातगर्भासु जातोरामस्त्वं लक्ष्मणेन स्वयमथ भरतेनापि शत्रुघ्ननाम्ना1

    gīrvāṇairarthyamānō daśamukhanidhanaṃ kōsalēṣvṛśyaśṛṅgēputrīyāmiṣṭimiṣṭvā daduṣi daśarathakṣmābhṛtē pāyasāgryamtadbhuktyā tatpurandhrīṣvapi tisṛṣu samaṃ jātagarbhāsu jātōrāmastvaṃ lakṣmaṇēna svayamatha bharatēnāpi śatrughnanāmnā1
    meaning

    When the gods requested you for the destruction of ten-faced Ravana, you incarnated as Rama — born of the queen Kausalya to King Dasharatha who had performed the Putrakameshti sacrifice at Rishyashringa's direction, the women of his household consuming the sacred payasa.

  • verse 2
    कोदण्डी कौशिकस्य क्रतुवरमवितुं लक्ष्मणेनानुयातोयातोऽभूस्तातवाचा मुनिकथितमनुद्वन्द्वशान्ताध्वखेदःनृणां त्राणाय बाणैर्मुनिवचनबलात्ताटकां पाटयित्वालब्ध्वास्मादस्त्रजालं मुनिवनमगमो देव सिद्धाश्रमाख्यम्2

    kōdaṇḍī kauśikasya kratuvaramavituṃ lakṣmaṇēnānuyātōyātō'bhūstātavāchā munikathitamanudvandvaśāntādhvakhēdaḥnṛṇāṃ trāṇāya bāṇairmunivachanabalāttāṭakāṃ pāṭayitvālabdhvāsmādastrajālaṃ munivanamagamō dēva siddhāśramākhyam2
    meaning

    Bearing your bow, you accompanied the sage Vishvamitra with Lakshmana to protect his sacrifice; by the sage's narration you were freed from the weariness of the difficult path; to protect humans you slew Tataka with your arrows at the sage's command.

  • verse 3
    मारीचं द्रावयित्वा मखशिरसि शरैरन्यरक्षांसि निघ्नन्कल्यां कुर्वन्नहल्यां पथि पदरजसा प्राप्य वैदेहगेहम्भिन्दानश्चान्द्रचूडं धनुरवनिसुतामिन्दिरामेव लब्ध्वाराज्यं प्रातिष्ठथास्त्वं त्रिभिरपि समं भ्रातृवीरैस्सदारैः3

    mārīchaṃ drāvayitvā makhaśirasi śarairanyarakṣāṃsi nighnankalyāṃ kurvannahalyāṃ pathi padarajasā prāpya vaidēhagēhambhindānaśchāndrachūḍaṃ dhanuravanisutāmindirāmēva labdhvārājyaṃ prātiṣṭhathāstvaṃ tribhirapi cha samaṃ bhrātṛvīraissadāraiḥ3
    meaning

    Having repelled Maricha, you slew the other demons at the sacrifice's end; purifying the fallen Ahalya with the dust of your feet on the path, you arrived at Videha's court and broke Shiva's bow, winning Sita.

  • verse 4
    आरुन्धाने रुषान्धे भृगुकुल तिलके सङ्क्रमय्य स्वतेजोयाते यातोऽस्ययोध्यां सुखमिह निवसन् कान्तया कान्तमूर्तेशत्रुघ्नेनैकदाथो गतवति भरते मातुलस्याधिवासंतातारब्धोऽभिषेकस्तव किल विहतः केकयाधीशपुत्र्या4

    ārundhānē ruṣāndhē bhṛgukula tilakē saṅkramayya svatējōyātē yātō'syayōdhyāṃ sukhamiha nivasan kāntayā kāntamūrtēśatrughnēnaikadāthō gatavati bharatē mātulasyādhivāsaṃtātārabdhō'bhiṣēkastava kila vihataḥ kēkayādhīśaputryā4
    meaning

    Having transferred your radiance to Parashurama the Bhargava when that angry one arrived in the way, then going to Ayodhya and dwelling there in delight with your lovely consort — one day Bharata departed along with Shatrughna to their maternal uncle's home.

  • verse 5
    तातोक्त्या यातुकामो वनमनुजवधूसंयुतश्चापधारःपौरानारुध्य मार्गे गुहनिलयगतस्त्वं जटाचीरधारीनावा सन्तीर्य गङ्गामधिपदवि पुनस्तं भरद्वाजमारा-न्नत्वा तद्वाक्यहेतोरतिसुखमवसश्चित्रकूटे गिरीन्द्रे5

    tātōktyā yātukāmō vanamanujavadhūsaṃyutaśchāpadhāraḥpaurānārudhya mārgē guhanilayagatastvaṃ jaṭāchīradhārīnāvā santīrya gaṅgāmadhipadavi punastaṃ bharadvājamārā-nnatvā tadvākyahētōratisukhamavasaśchitrakūṭē girīndrē5
    meaning

    Wishing to go to the forest at your father's word, accompanied by your younger brother and his wife, bearing the bow — you stopped the citizens who blocked the road; reaching Guha's abode you became a jata-matted forest-dweller; crossing the Ganga by boat, you arrived near the sage Bharadvaja.

  • verse 6
    श्रुत्वा पुत्रार्तिखिन्नं खलु भरतमुखात् स्वर्गयातं स्वतातंतप्तो दत्वाऽम्बु तस्मै निदधिथ भरते पादुकां मेदिनीं अत्रिं नत्वाऽथ गत्वा वनमतिविपुलं दण्डकं चण्डकायंहत्वा दैत्यं विराधं सुगतिमकलयश्चारु भोः शारभङ्गीम्6

    śrutvā putrārtikhinnaṃ khalu bharatamukhāt svargayātaṃ svatātaṃtaptō datvā'mbu tasmai nidadhitha bharatē pādukāṃ mēdinīṃ chaatriṃ natvā'tha gatvā vanamativipulaṃ daṇḍakaṃ chaṇḍakāyaṃhatvā daityaṃ virādhaṃ sugatimakalayaśchāru bhōḥ śārabhaṅgīm6
    meaning

    Hearing of your father's death from grief over his son and of his going to heaven from Bharata's own mouth, you were pained; having offered water to him, you gave Bharata your sandals to govern the earth; bowing to the sage Atri, then going to the forest — exceedingly difficult to enter.

  • verse 7
    नत्वाऽगस्त्यं समस्ताशरनिकरसपत्राकृतिं तापसेभ्यःप्रत्यश्रौषीः प्रियैषी तदनु मुनिना वैष्णवे दिव्यचापेब्रह्मास्त्रे चापि दत्ते पथि पितृसुहृदं वीक्ष्य भूयो जटायुंमोदात् गोदातटान्ते परिरमसि पुरा पञ्चवट्यां वधूट्या7

    natvā'gastyaṃ samastāśaranikarasapatrākṛtiṃ tāpasēbhyaḥpratyaśrauṣīḥ priyaiṣī tadanu cha muninā vaiṣṇavē divyachāpēbrahmāstrē chāpi dattē pathi pitṛsuhṛdaṃ vīkṣya bhūyō jaṭāyuṃmōdāt gōdātaṭāntē pariramasi purā pañchavaṭyāṃ vadhūṭyā7
    meaning

    Bowing to Agastya, who had fashioned the entire collection of arrows with tips like the feathers of herons, you received them from the sage; then the divine bow given by Vishnu and the Brahmastra were also given; you heard the pleas of the hermits against the demons on the path.

  • verse 8
    प्राप्तायाः शूर्पणख्या मदनचलधृतेरर्थनैर्निस्सहात्मातां सौमित्रौ विसृज्य प्रबलतमरुषा तेन निर्लूननासाम्दृष्ट्वैनां रुष्टचित्तं खरमभिपतितं दूषणं त्रिमूर्धंव्याहिंसीराशरानप्ययुतसमधिकांस्तत्क्षणादक्षतोष्मा8

    prāptāyāḥ śūrpaṇakhyā madanachaladhṛtērarthanairnissahātmātāṃ saumitrau visṛjya prabalatamaruṣā tēna nirlūnanāsāmdṛṣṭvaināṃ ruṣṭachittaṃ kharamabhipatitaṃ dūṣaṇaṃ cha trimūrdhaṃvyāhiṃsīrāśarānapyayutasamadhikāṃstatkṣaṇādakṣatōṣmā8
    meaning

    When Shurpanakha, who had assumed an alluring form of beauty through Kama, arrived full of desire but with no shame, you sent her to Saumitri; when he cut off her nose in anger, Khara attacked and came upon you.

  • verse 9
    सोदर्याप्रोक्तवार्ताविवशदशमुखादिष्टमारीचमाया-सारङ्ग सारसाक्ष्या स्पृहितमनुगतः प्रावधीर्बाणघातम्तन्मायाक्रन्दनिर्यापितभवदनुजां रावणस्तामहार्षी-त्तेनार्तोऽपि त्वमन्तः किमपि मुदमधास्तद्वधोपायलाभात्9

    sōdaryāprōktavārtāvivaśadaśamukhādiṣṭamārīchamāyā-sāraṅga sārasākṣyā spṛhitamanugataḥ prāvadhīrbāṇaghātamtanmāyākrandaniryāpitabhavadanujāṃ rāvaṇastāmahārṣī-ttēnārtō'pi tvamantaḥ kimapi mudamadhāstadvadhōpāyalābhāt9
    meaning

    Pursuing the illusory golden deer desired by the lovely wide-eyed Sita, you slew it with your arrow; while Ravana, sent by the maya-cry of that deer, abducted her — your younger brother was dispatched by that deceptive cry.

  • verse 10
    भूयस्तन्वीं विचिन्वन्नहृत दशमुखस्त्वद्वधूं मद्वधेने-त्युक्त्वा याते जटायौ दिवमथ सुहृदः प्रातनोः प्रेतकार्यम्गृह्णानं तं कबन्धं जघनिथ शबरीं प्रेक्ष्य पम्पातटे त्वंसम्प्राप्तो वातसूनुं भृशमुदितमनाः पाहि वातालयेश10

    bhūyastanvīṃ vichinvannahṛta daśamukhastvadvadhūṃ madvadhēnē-tyuktvā yātē jaṭāyau divamatha suhṛdaḥ prātanōḥ prētakāryamgṛhṇānaṃ taṃ kabandhaṃ jaghanitha śabarīṃ prēkṣya pampātaṭē tvaṃsamprāptō vātasūnuṃ bhṛśamuditamanāḥ pāhi vātālayēśa10
    meaning

    While you searched for her, the ten-faced one had departed carrying your consort — saying 'by my death I shall repay you'; when Jatayu the vulture king went to heaven, you performed the funeral rites for that friend; then you struck down the rakshasa Kabandha.

Primary text from vignanam.org