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title: "Uttara Kanda, Sarga 37"
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# Uttara Kanda, Sarga 37

> अभिषिक्ते तु काकुत्स्थे धर्मेण विदितात्मनि।  
> व्यतीता या निशा पूर्वा पौराणां हर्षवर्धिनी॥ १॥

Śrī Rāma (a scion of Kakutstha), who understood the nature of the soul, having been consecrated on the throne of Ayodhyā in accordance with the prescribed rule, the first night, which enhanced the delight of the citizens of Ayodhyā, passed. (1)

> तस्यां रजन्यां व्युष्टायां प्रातर्नृपतिबोधकाः।  
> वन्दिनः समुपातिष्ठन् सौम्या नृपतिवेश्मनि॥ २॥

The said night having ended, the following morning the gentle bards who were charged with the duty of waking the king assembled at the royal palace. (2)

> ते रक्तकण्ठिनः सर्वे किन्नरा इव शिक्षिताः।  
> तुष्टुवुर्नृपतिं वीरं यथावत् सम्प्रहर्षिणः॥ ३॥

Sweet-voiced as they were and trained in the art of singing like the Kinnaras (celestial minstrels), they all, full of excessive joy, began duly to extol the heroic king as follows: (3)

> वीर सौम्य प्रबुध्यस्व कौसल्याप्रीतिवर्धन।  
> जगद्धि सर्वं स्वपिति त्वयि सुप्ते नराधिप॥ ४॥

“Awake, O gentle hero, the enhancer of the delight of mother Kausalyā! Indeed the whole world remains buried in sleep while you are asleep, O suzerain lord of men! (4)

> विक्रमस्ते यथा विष्णो रूपं चैवाश्विनोरिव।  
> बुद्ध्या बृहस्पतेस्तुल्यः प्रजापतिसमो ह्यसि॥ ५॥

“Your prowess is like that of Lord Viṣṇu, and your comeliness is like that of the twin-born Aświns, the physicians of gods. You are a compeer of Sage Bṛhaspati (the preceptor of gods) in intelligence, and in ruling over the people you are the equal to Brahmā, the lord of creation. (5)

> क्षमा ते पृथिवीतुल्या तेजसा भास्करोपमः।  
> वेगस्ते वायुना तुल्यो गाम्भीर्यमुदधेरिव॥ ६॥

“Your forbearance is unshaken like the earth; in glory you are a compeer of the sun. Your onrush vies with the wind, while your profundity is like that of the deep ocean. (6)

> अप्रकम्प्यो यथा स्थाणुश्चन्द्रे सौम्यत्वमीदृशम्।  
> नेदृशाः पार्थिवाः पूर्वं भवितारो नराधिप॥ ७॥

“You are unshakable in conflict like Lord Śiva such delightfulness as exists in you is found in the moon. Kings such as you, never existed in the past nor will they be hereafter, O suzerain lord of human beings! (7)

> यथा त्वमसि दुर्धर्षो धर्मनित्यः प्रजाहितः।  
> न त्वां जहाति कीर्तिश्च लक्ष्मीश्च पुरुषर्षभ॥ ८॥

“You are difficult to overpower in the true sense of the term, constant as you are in virtue and friendly to the people. Nay, glory does not forsake you, much less fortune, O jewel among men! (8)

> श्रीश्च धर्मश्च काकुत्स्थ त्वयि नित्यं प्रतिष्ठितौ।  
> एताश्चान्याश्च मधुरा वन्दिभिः परिकीर्तिताः॥ ९॥

“Fortune and piety are constantly established in you, O Rāma (a scion of Kakutstha)!” These and other sweet encomia too were chanted by the bards. (9)

> सूताश्च संस्तवैर्दिव्यैर्बोधयन्ति स्म राघवम्।  
> स्तुतिभिः स्तूयमानाभिः प्रत्यबुध्यत राघवः॥ १०॥

Panegyrists too woke up Śrī Rāma (a scion of Raghu) by means of wonderful panegyrics. Śrī Rāma awoke while praises were being sung. (10)

> स तद्विहाय शयनं पाण्डुराच्छादनास्तृतम्।  
> उत्तस्थौ नागशयनाद्धरिर्नारायणो यथा॥ ११॥

Quitting his well-known couch overspread with a bed covered by a white sheet, he got up as would Lord Nārāyaṇa, the Destroyer of sins, from His couch consisting of a serpent (Śeṣa). (11)

> तमुत्थितं महात्मानं प्रह्वाः प्राञ्जलयो नराः।  
> सलिलं भाजनैः शुभ्रैरुपतस्थुः सहस्रशः॥ १२॥

Attendants in thousands bowing with joined palms brought water in shining ewers for the use of the high-souled monarch who had just risen. (12)

> कृतोदकः शुचिर्भूत्वा काले हुतहुताशनः।  
> देवागारं जगामाशु पुण्यमिक्ष्वाकुसेवितम्॥ १३॥

Having bathed and getting thus purified and having propitiated the sacred fire through oblations in time, he repaired with quick steps to the holy temple of the Ikṣwākus. (13)

> तत्र देवान् पितॄन् विप्रानर्चयित्वा यथाविधि।  
> बाह्यकक्षान्तरं रामो निर्जगाम जनैर्वृतः॥ १४॥

Having duly worshipped there the gods, the manes and the Brāhmaṇas, Śrī Rāma, surrounded by men, sought the interior of the outer chamber. (14)

> उपतस्थुर्महात्मानो मन्त्रिणः सपुरोहिताः।  
> वसिष्ठप्रमुखाः सर्वे दीप्यमाना इवाग्नयः॥ १५॥

Like blazing fires, all the high-souled counsellors including priests, Vasiṣṭha being the foremost among them, presented themselves. (15)

> क्षत्रियाश्च महात्मानो नानाजनपदेश्वराः।  
> रामस्योपाविशन् पार्श्वे शक्रस्येव यथामराः॥ १६॥

Magnanimous Kṣatriyas, rulers of various parts of the country, sat at the side of Śrī Rāma even as gods would by Indra. (16)

> भरतो लक्ष्मणश्चात्र शत्रुघ्नश्च महायशाः।  
> उपासांचक्रिरे हृष्टा वेदास्त्रय इवाध्वरम्॥ १७॥

Like the three Vedas (Ṛgveda, Yajurveda and Sāmaveda) waiting upon a sacrificial performance, Bharata, Lakṣmaṇa as also Śatrughna of great renown waited, full of joy, on Śrī Rāma. (17)

> याताः प्राञ्जलयो भूत्वा किंकरा मुदिताननाः।  
> मुदिता नाम पार्श्वस्था बहवः समुपाविशन्॥ १८॥

With joined palms and a cheerful countenance many a servant known by the class name of Muditas walked and sat comfortably at his side. (18)

> वानराश्च महावीर्या विंशतिः कामरूपिणः।  
> सुग्रीवप्रमुखा राममुपासन्ते महौजसः॥ १९॥

Nay, endowed with great prowess and extraordinary strength the twenty monkeys*, Sugrīva being the foremost among them, who were able to change their form at will, sat at the side of Śrī Rāma. (19)

> विभीषणश्च रक्षोभिश्चतुर्भिः परिवारितः।  
> उपासते महात्मानं धनेशमिव गुह्यकः॥ २०॥

Like a Yakṣa attending on Kubera (the god of riches), Vibhīṣaṇa, surrounded by four ogres (his ministers), waited on the high-souled Śrī Rāma. (20)

> तथा निगमवृद्धाश्च कुलीना ये च मानवाः।  
> शिरसा वन्द्य राजानमुपासन्ते विचक्षणाः॥ २१॥

Bowing with their heads bent low, sagacious human beings too, who were superior in the knowledge of the Vedas and of noble descent also, likewise sat at his side. (21)

> तथा परिवृतो राजा श्रीमद्भिर्ऋषिभिर्वरैः।  
> राजभिश्च महावीर्यैर्वानरैश्च सराक्षसैः॥ २२॥

The king was similarly surrounded by glorious and eminent Ṛṣis (seers of Vedic Mantras) as well as by kings endowed with extraordinary prowess and the aforesaid monkeys alongwith the ogres. (22)

> यथा देवेश्वरो नित्यमृषिभिः समुपास्यते।  
> अधिकस्तेन रूपेण सहस्राक्षाद् विरोचते॥ २३॥

Just as Indra, the ruler of gods, is duly waited upon by Ṛṣis everyday, Śrī Rāma shone brightly even more than Indra (the thousand-eyed god) in that seemingly human form. (23)

> तेषां समुपविष्टानां तास्ताः सुमधुराः कथाः।  
> कथ्यन्ते धर्मसंयुक्ताः पुराणज्ञैर्महात्मभिः॥ २४॥

In their presence when they were all comfortably seated, different stories, exceedingly sweet and full of piety, were recited by high-souled persons well-versed in the Purāṇas.* (24)

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