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# Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 32

> ततः शासनमाज्ञाय भ्रातुः प्रियकरं हितम्।  
> गत्वा स प्रविवेशाशु सुयज्ञस्य निवेशनम्॥ १॥

Bowing to the delightful and salutary command of his eldest brother (the execution of which involved substantial service to deserving Brāhmaṇas) and departing, Lakṣmaṇa speedily entered the house of Suyajña. (1)

> तं विप्रमग्न्यगारस्थं वन्दित्वा लक्ष्मणोऽब्रवीत्।  
> सखेऽभ्यागच्छ पश्य त्वं वेश्म दुष्करकारिणः॥ २॥

Saluting the said Brāhmaṇa, who was present in the fire-sanctuary, he said, “O friend, visit you the palace of Śrī Rāma, who is going to do something hard to accomplish and witness his doing with your own eyes. (2)

> ततः संध्यामुपास्थाय गत्वा सौमित्रिणा सह।  
> ऋद्धं स प्राविशल्लक्ष्म्या रम्यं रामनिवेशनम्॥ ३॥

Concluding forthwith his periodical fire-worship for midday and proceeding with Lakṣmaṇa, he entered in no time the lovely palace of Śrī Rāma, overflowing with wealth of all kinds. (3)

> तमागतं वेदविदं प्राञ्जलिः सीतया सह।  
> सुयज्ञमभिचक्राम राघवोऽग्निमिवार्चितम्॥ ४॥

Seeing him arrived, Śrī Rāma, a scion of Raghu, rose from his seat with joined palms alongwith Sītā to receive Suyajña, a knower of the Vedas, even as one would welcome a flame offered worship in the form of oblations. (4)

> जातरूपमयैर्मुख्यैरङ्गदैः कुण्डलैः शुभैः।  
> सहेमसूत्रैर्मणिभिः केयूरैर्वलयैरपि॥ ५॥  
> अन्यैश्च रत्नैर्बहुभिः काकुत्स्थः प्रत्यपूजयत्।  
> सुयज्ञं स तदोवाच रामः सीताप्रचोदितः॥ ६॥

Śrī Rāma (a scion of Kakutstha) gratified Suyajña with presents of excellent Aṅgadas (armlets) and beautiful earrings of gold, gems strung on gold threads as also with Keyūras (another ornament similar in shape to an Aṅgada but worn above it near the arm-pit) and bracelets as well as with many other super-excellent ornaments. Urged by Sītā, the said Rāma then spoke to Suyajña as follows : (5-6)

> हारं च हेमसूत्रं च भार्यायै सौम्य हारय।  
> रशनां चाथ सा सीता दातुमिच्छति ते सखी॥ ७॥

“The illustrious Sītā, your wife’s friend, wishes to bestow a pearl necklace as well as a string of gold and also a girdle on your wife, O gentle sage ! Please cause them to be conveyed to her. (7)

> अङ्गदानि च चित्राणि केयूराणि शुभानि च।  
> प्रयच्छति सखी तुभ्यं भार्यायै गच्छती वनम्॥ ८॥

“Leaving for the forest this very day, Sītā, the friend of your wife, wishes to offer for her use Aṅgadas adorned with figures cut in it and beautiful Keyūras too. (8)

> पर्यङ्कमग्र्यास्तरणं नानारत्नविभूषितम्।  
> तमपीच्छति वैदेही प्रतिष्ठापयितुं त्वयि॥ ९॥

“Sītā, a princess of the Videha clan, also intends to have sent to your house as a gift a well-known couch inlaid with various jewels and provided with a first-class coverlet. (9)

> नागः शत्रुंजयो नाम मातुलोऽयं ददौ मम।  
> तं ते निष्कसहस्रेण ददामि द्विजपुङ्गव॥ १०॥

“I gift to you alongwith a thousand gold coins, the elephant, Śatruñjaya by name, which my maternal uncle gave as a present to me, O jewel among the Brāhmaṇas !” (10)

> इत्युक्तः स तु रामेण सुयज्ञः प्रतिगृह्य तत्।  
> रामलक्ष्मणसीतानां प्रयुयोजाशिषः शिवाः॥ ११॥

Accepting the gift, when requested as aforesaid by Śrī Rāma, the celebrated Suyajña for his part pronounced benign blessings on Śrī Rāma, Lakṣmaṇa and Sītā. (11)

> अथ भ्रातरमव्यग्रं प्रियं रामः प्रियंवदम्।  
> सौमित्रिं तमुवाचेदं ब्रह्मेव त्रिदशेश्वरम्॥ १२॥

As Brahmā the creator would address Indra, the ruler of gods, Śrī Rāma then spoke as follows to his celebrated and beloved brother, Lakṣmaṇa (son of Sumitrā), who was polite of speech and stood unperturbed by his side : (12)

> अगस्त्यं कौशिकं चैव तावुभौ ब्राह्मणोत्तमौ।  
> अर्चयाहूय सौमित्रे रत्नैः सस्यमिवाम्बुभिः॥ १३॥  
> तर्पयस्व महाबाहो गोसहस्रेण राघव।  
> सुवर्णरजतैश्चैव मणिभिश्च महाधनैः॥ १४॥

“Calling Agastya (a son of the sage Agastya) and Kauśika (a son of Viśwāmitra), both of whom are foremost among the Brāhmaṇas, O son of Sumitrā, honour them by offering valuable gifts to them and then satiate them with presents of a thousand cows each as well as with gold and silver pieces and costly gems even as a cloud would drench the earth with showers, O scion of Raghu ! (13-14)

> कौसल्यां च य आशीर्भिर्भक्तः पर्युपतिष्ठति।  
> आचार्यस्तैत्तिरीयाणामभिरूपश्च वेदवित्॥ १५॥  
> तस्य यानं च दासीश्च सौमित्रे सम्प्रदापय।  
> कौशेयानि च वस्त्राणि यावत् तुष्यति स द्विजः॥ १६॥

“Further see that to the Brāhmaṇa who waits upon Kausalyā with benendictions every day, devoted as he is to her, nay, who is a teacher of those studying the Taittirīya recesion of the Yajurveda, is a knower of all the Vedas and as such worthy in every way, O son of Sumitrā, are duly gifted a conveyance and servant-maids and silken robes and as much wealth as that Brāhmaṇa may feel satisfied with. (15-16)

> सूतश्चित्ररथश्चार्यः सचिवः सुचिरोषितः।  
> तोषयैनं महार्हैश्च रत्नैर्वस्त्रैर्धनैस्तथा॥ १७॥  
> पशुकाभिश्च सर्वाभिर्गवां दशशतेन च।  
> ये चेमे कठकालापा बहवो दण्डमाणवाः॥ १८॥  
> नित्यस्वाध्यायशीलत्वान्नान्यत् कुर्वन्ति किंचन।  
> अलसाः स्वादुकामाश्च महतां चापि सम्मताः॥ १९॥

“There is the venerable Citraratha, a charioteer cum minister of very long standing. Gratify him with presents of costly jewels, articles of wearing apparel and riches and even so with animals of all kinds such as female goats and buffaloes and a thousand cows. Besides, here are many religious students carrying staffs, as a distinguishing mark of celibacy, and studying the Kaṭha and Kalāpa recensions of the Vedas, who, being ever engaged in the study of the Vedas, do not practise any other austerities in the shape of fasting etc., but are nevertheless held in great esteem even by the great for their devotion to study, are inactive in the sense that they do not move out for begging alms and yet hanker for delicacies. (17—19)

> तेषामशीतियानानि रत्नपूर्णानि दापय।  
> शालिवाहसहस्रं च द्वे शते भद्रकांस्तथा॥ २०॥

“Cause them to be given eighty camels loaded with jewels, a thousand bullocks carrying loads of rice and, even so, two hundred bullocks useful for cultivation. (20)

> व्यञ्जनार्थं च सौमित्रे गोसहस्रमुपाकुरु।  
> मेखलीनां महासङ्घः कौसल्यां समुपस्थितः।  
> तेषां सहस्रं सौमित्रे प्रत्येकं सम्प्रदापय॥ २१॥

“Gift a thousand cows more to Brāhmaṇas maintaining the sacred fire for yielding milk products (curds and ghee etc., used for adding flavour to food), O Lakṣmaṇa! A large multitude of celibates, willing to marry on the impending expiry of their vow of celibacy, waits upon Kausalyā, my mother: see that they are given a thousand cows or gold coins each so as to enable them to pay the preceptor’s fee and defray the nuptial expenses, O son of Sumitrā ! (21)

> अम्बा यथा नो नन्देच्च कौसल्या मम दक्षिणाम्।  
> तथा द्विजातींस्तान् सर्वाल्लँक्ष्मणार्चय सर्वशः॥ २२॥

“Nay, honour all the aforesaid Brāhmaṇas in everyway so liberally that our mother, Kausalyā, may rejoice to see my gift to the celibates depending on her, O Lakṣmaṇa !” (22)

> ततः पुरुषशार्दूलस्तद् धनं लक्ष्मणः स्वयम्।  
> यथोक्तं ब्राह्मणेन्द्राणामददाद् धनदो यथा॥ २३॥

Like Kubera, the bestower of riches, Lakṣmaṇa, a veritable tiger among men, thereupon distributed that wealth of Śrī Rāma among the foremost of the Brāhmaṇas as instructed by him. (23)

> अथाब्रवीद् बाष्पगलांस्तिष्ठतश्चोपजीविनः।  
> स प्रदाय बहुद्रव्यमेकैकस्योपजीवनम्॥ २४॥

Having bestowed abundant wealth, enough to sustain each one of them for the entire period of his impending exile into the forest, Śrī Rāma then spoke as follows to his dependants standing with tears blocking their throat : (24)

> लक्ष्मणस्य च यद् वेश्म गृहं च यदिदं मम।  
> अशून्यं कार्यमेकैकं यावदागमनं मम॥ २५॥

“Till my return from the forest the house which belongs to Lakṣmaṇa and also this house which is now occupied by me should always be guarded by each one of you by turn.” (25)

> इत्युक्त्वा दुःखितं सर्वं जनं तमुपजीविनम्।  
> उवाचेदं धनाध्यक्षं धनमानीयतां मम॥ २६॥

Having instructed thus all his dependants, distressed as they were at the thought of his exile, Śrī Rāma spoke as follows to his treasurer, “Let my wealth be brought here.” (26)

> ततोऽस्य धनमाजह्रुः सर्व एवोपजीविनः।  
> स राशिः सुमहांस्तत्र दर्शनीयो ह्यदृश्यत॥ २७॥

All his dependants thereupon brought his wealth before him. That huge heap of wealth collected there really presented a splendid spectacle. (27)

> ततः स पुरुषव्याघ्रस्तद् धनं सहलक्ष्मणः।  
> द्विजेभ्यो बालवृद्धेभ्यः कृपणेभ्यो ह्यदापयत्॥ २८॥

With the help of Lakṣmaṇa that tiger among men then actually caused that wealth to be distributed among Brāhmaṇas, who were yet mere boys or aged, and to the afflicted. (28)

> तत्रासीत् पिङ्गलो गार्ग्यस्त्रिजटो नाम वै द्विजः।  
> क्षतवृत्तिर्वने नित्यं फालकुद्दाललाङ्गली॥ २९॥

“They say there lived in those days in the forest near about Ayodhyā, a Brāhmaṇa, Trijaṭa by name, born in the line of Garga, who looked pale due to privations and, all his means of subsistence having failed, always carried an axe, a spade and a ploughshare living as he did by digging the soil in order to get roots and bulbs etc. (29)

> तं वृद्धं तरुणी भार्या बालानादाय दारकान्।  
> अब्रवीद् ब्राह्मणं वाक्यं स्त्रीणां भर्ता हि देवता॥ ३०॥  
> अपास्य फालं कुद्दालं कुरुष्व वचनं मम।  
> रामं दर्शय धर्मज्ञं यदि किंचिदवाप्स्यसि॥ ३१॥

“Taking her young children with her, his wife, who was still young, approached and spoke to the said Brāhmaṇa, who had grown old, as follows : “Although the husband is a veritable god to the weaker sex, does not deserve to be commanded by his wife, pray, follow my instructions, discarding the hatchet and the spade. Seek the presence of Śrī Rāma, who knows his duty by the Brāhmaṇas and you are sure to get something at least.” (30-31)

> स भार्याया वचः श्रुत्वा शाटीमाच्छाद्य दुश्छदाम्।  
> स प्रातिष्ठत पन्थानं यत्र रामनिवेशनम्॥ ३२॥

Hearing the request of his wife and wrapping about his lower limbs a loin-cloth, that could hardly cover his body, tattered as it was, he set out on the track which led to Śrī Rāma’s palace. (32)

> भृग्वङ्गिरःसमं दीप्त्या त्रिजटं जनसंसदि।  
> आपञ्चमायाः कक्ष्याया नैतं कश्चिदवारयत्॥ ३३॥

Up to the fifth gate none in the large concourse of men, collected at the gates of the palace, stopped this Trijaṭa, who vied with the sages Bhṛgu and Angirā in spiritual glow befitting a Brāhmaṇa. (33)

> स राममासाद्य तदा त्रिजटो वाक्यमब्रवीत्।  
> निर्धनो बहुपुत्रोऽस्मि राजपुत्र महाबल॥ ३४॥

Approaching Śrī Rāma, the said Trijaṭa then spoke as follows : “I have many children, though destitute, O prince of extraordinary might ! (34)

> क्षतवृत्तिर्वने नित्यं प्रत्यवेक्षस्व मामिति।  
> तमुवाच ततो रामः परिहाससमन्वितम्॥ ३५॥

“All my means of subsistence having failed, I perpetually dwell in the forest. Pray, look to me.” Śrī Rāma thereupon replied jestingly to him as follows: (35)

> गवां सहस्रमप्येकं न च विश्राणितं मया।  
> परिक्षिपसि दण्डेन यावत्तावदवाप्स्यसे॥ ३६॥

“Not even one thousand of my cows have been given away by me so far. You will get as many of them as you will cover by throwing your staff across them.” (36)

> स शाटीं परितः कट्यां सम्भ्रान्तः परिवेष्ट्य ताम्।  
> आविध्य दण्डं चिक्षेप सर्वप्राणेन वेगतः॥ ३७॥

Tightening his aforesaid loin-cloth round his waist and twirling his staff he violently threw it with all his might, excited as he was. (37)

> स तीर्त्वा सरयूपारं दण्डस्तस्य कराच्च्युतः।  
> गोव्रजे बहुसाहस्रे पपातोक्षणसंनिधौ॥ ३८॥

Released from his hand and flying across the Sarayū, that staff fell close to a bull in the midst of the multitude of cows numbering many thousand, grazing there. (38)

> तं परिष्वज्य धर्मात्मा आ तस्मात् सरयूतटात्।  
> आनयामास ता गावस्त्रिजटस्याश्रमं प्रति॥ ३९॥

Embracing him, Śrī Rāma of devout mind, caused to be driven to Trijaṭa’s hermitage all the cows from the spot where the staff fell right up to that bank of the Sarayū beyond which the cows stood grazing. (39)

> उवाच च तदा रामस्तं गार्ग्यमभिसान्त्वयन्।  
> मन्युर्न खलु कर्तव्यः परिहासो ह्ययं मम॥ ४०॥

Nay, consoling the said scion of Garga in everyway, Śrī Rāma then said to him, “No offence should be taken by you, since this was only a jest indulged in by me. (40)

> इदं हि तेजस्तव यद् दुरत्ययं  
> तदेव जिज्ञासितुमिच्छता मया।  
> इमं भवानर्थमभिप्रचोदितो  
> वृणीष्व किंचेदपरं व्यवस्यसि॥ ४१॥

“You were requested by me to undergo this trial wishing, as I did, precisely to test this remarkable strength of yours, which is really hard to excel. If you desire anything else, please ask for it. (41)

> ब्रवीमि सत्येन न ते स्म यन्त्रणां  
> धनं हि यद्यन्मम विप्रकारणात्।  
> भवत्सु सम्यक्प्रतिपादनेन  
> मयार्जितं चैव यशस्करं भवेत्॥ ४२॥

“I tell you the truth: let there be no hesitation on your part; for whatever wealth belongs to me has been earned by me for the sake of Brāhmaṇas alone. Nay, through bestowal on you (Brāhmaṇas) according to the scriptural ordinance it will bring me renown.” (42)

> ततः सभार्यस्त्रिजटो महामुनि-  
> र्गवामनीकं प्रतिगृह्य मोदितः।  
> यशोबलप्रीतिसुखोपबृंहिणी-  
> स्तदाशिषः प्रत्यवदन्महात्मनः॥ ४३॥

Taking the herd of cows bestowed upon him by Śrī Rāma the great ascetic, Trijaṭa, who felt rejoiced with his wife, thereupon pronounced on Śrī Rāma (the magnanimous prince) at that time blessings calculated to enhance his reputation, strength, delight and happiness. (43)

> स चापि रामः प्रतिपूर्णपौरुषो  
> महाधनं धर्मबलैरुपार्जितम्।  
> नियोजयामास सुहृज्जने चिराद्  
> यथार्हसम्मानवचः प्रचोदितः॥ ४४॥

Encouraged by words expressive of highest regard befitting his rank, the illustrious Śrī Rāma too, who was endowed with perfect valour, portioned out to his near and dear ones in no time his enormous wealth earned through righteous might. (44)

> द्विजः सुहृद् भृत्यजनोऽथवा तदा  
> दरिद्रभिक्षाचरणश्च यो भवेत्।  
> न तत्र कश्चिन्न बभूव तर्पितो  
> यथार्हसम्माननदानसम्भ्रमैः ॥ ४५॥

At that time in Ayodhyā there was no Brāhmaṇa, relation, dependant or pauper who was living on alms, who was not gratified with honour, gifts and attentions conformable to his deserts. (45)

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