Полный четырёхтомник Манматхи Натха Датта, английский, Калькутта, 1891–1894. Все четыре тома конкретного перевода М. Н. Датта: Балаканда, Айодхьяканда, Араньяканда, Кишкиндхаканда, Сундараканда, Юддхаканда и Уттараканда. Полный текст выбранного четырёхтомного издания; это не собрание всех версий Рамаяны.
Все четыре тома конкретного перевода М. Н. Датта: Балаканда, Айодхьяканда, Араньяканда, Кишкиндхаканда, Сундараканда, Юддхаканда и Уттараканда. Полный текст выбранного четырёхтомного издания; это не собрание всех версий Рамаяны.
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Having thus addressed Satrughna, Rāma again and again praised him and
said:—"O foremost of men, let four thousand horses, two thousand
chariots, one hundred excellent elephants, shops with various articles
and songsters follow thee. O foremost of men, O Satrughna, do thou
proceed with _Nijuta_ gold and silver coins and necessary riches and
conveyances. Do thou so act, O hero, that soldiers might be well-fed and
delighted and be not annoyed with thee. Do thou please them with sweet
words, for the servants, when they face enemies, have not with them
friends or wives—and so they are pleased, O Rāghava when they receive
sufficient food and presents, O Satrughna, having sent before a huge and
well contented army do thou proceed afterwards to _Madhuvana_. Thou
shouldst proceed so fearlessly that Madhu’s son Lavana might not know
that thou wert going for encounter. O foremost of men, he shall not be
slain by any other expedient than that I have acquainted thyself with.
If he can perceive before, whoever that enemy might be, Lavana shall
forsooth destroy him. When rains shall set in after the expiration of
the present summer thou shouldst slay him for that is the proper time
for destroying that vicious-minded one. For he shall then fearlessly
move about leaving off his dart understanding that no one would come to
fight with him during rains. Let the soldiers only now proceed with
ascetics before them; the summer hath not as yet fully expired and this
is the time, when they shall, without any trouble, be able to cross the
Ganges. Afterwards having encamped thy army on the other side of the
Ganges thou shouldst alone proceed speedily with thy bow." Hearing those
words of Rāma and summoning his highly powerful and leading warriors
Satrughna said "Do ye all proceed and halt at those places which are
well known to you. Do not oppress any body." Having thus ordered the
powerful warriors the highly powerful Satrughna bowed unto Kauçalyā,
Sumitrā and Kaikeyi. Thereupon having circumambulated with folded hands
Rāma, Lakshmana and Bharata he reverentially saluted the feet of the
priests. And then with Rāma’s permission and having gone round him the
highly powerful Satrughna issued out. Having thus depatched before a
huge army consisting of selected elephants and horses, Satrughna, the
enhancer of the glory of Raghu’s race, took farewell from Rāma. And all
showed him proper respect.
SECTION LXXVIII.
Having thus despatched his army and waited at Ayodhyā for a month
Satrughna, the slayer of enemies, proceeded alone. Having spent two
nights on his way he arrived at the holy and picturesque hermitage of
the great ascetic Valmiki. And having bowed unto that high-souled Muni
he, with folded palms, said:—"O illustrious Sir, I wish to wait here
this day; I have come here for some business of our master Rāma.
To-morrow morning I shall proceed to the dreadful West." Hearing the
words of the high-souled Satrughna, Vālmiki, the foremost of ascetics,
replied saying:—"O thou of great renown, do thou wait here without any
hesitation. O gentle one, this hermitage belongs to the descendants of
the Raghu race. Do thou fearlessly take thy seat and water to wash thy
feet." Thereupon taking water to wash his feet and feeding upon fruits
and roots Satrughna attained to great delight. And afterwards he asked
the great ascetic Vālmiki saying:—"O great ascetic, to whom belong the
articles of sacrifice in the cast near this hermitage?" Whereto Vālmiki
replied "Satrughna, hear I shall tell thee, whose sacrificial ground was
this in the days of yore. There was a king by the name of Saudāsa—one of
thy ancestors. His son Virjashaha was a highly powerful and pious king.
The heroic Saudāsa was fond of hunting from his boyhood. Once on a time
while a-hunting, he espied two Rakshasas in the forest. He had heard
about them many times before; they were in the shape of tigers and of a
dreadful figure and were not satiated with devouring many thousand deer.
King Saudāsa saw those two Rākshasas and found the forest divested of
all creatures. And enraged in consequence thereof he slew one of them.
Having slain him and been at ease, Saudāsa, the foremost of men, began
to eye that Rākshasa. His mate, greatly aggrieved, said to him:—’O
vicious one, thou hast, without any fault, slain my companion—I shall
therefore mete out becoming punishment unto thee.’ Having said this the
Rākshasa vanished therefrom. Thereupon in time the prince Virjashaha
became king. Saudāsa engaged in celebrating a mighty horse-sacrifice in
the vicinity of this hermitage. Vasishtha officiated as a priest at that
sacrifice. It continued for many Ayuta years. For immense riches the
sacrifice appeared like one performed by the celestials. Thereupon when
the sacrifice was about to be finished the aforesaid Rākshasa,
remembering his former enmity, assumed the shape of Vasishtha and said
to the king Saudāsa:—’O king, to-day the sacrifice shall end; do
therefore, without any delay, feed me with meat.’ Hearing the words of
the Rākshasa in the guise of a Brahman, the king ordered his expert
cooks, saying:—’Do ye soon prepare such dishes of meat as may satisfy my
preceptor Vasishtha.’ Having been ordered by the king the cooks
reverentially went away and the Rākshasa assuming their shape brought
before the king dishes. The king and queen offered those dishes unto the
ascetic Vasishtha, who, after being treated to them, perceived that they
were of human flesh and, terribly enraged, said:—’O king, let this be
thy food which thou hast offered me; this shall not prove otherwise.’
Being enraged on hearing it the king Saudāsa took water in his palms and
was about to imprecate Vasishtha, when his queen, preventing him
said:—’O king, the illustrious great ascetic Vasishtha is our preceptor
and priest and so thou shouldst not imprecate him.’ Hearing those words
of his queen, the king Saudāsa, threw off that powerful water on his own
feet which at once became dark. From that time the illustrious king
Saudāsa became also known by the name of Kalasmpāda. Thereupon the king
with his spouse again and again bowed unto Vasishtha’s feet and informed
him of what the Rākshasa had done under the guise of a Brāhmana. Hearing
the words of the king and being apprised that this vile act had been
done by the Rākshasa, Vasishtha said, ’O king, even what I have said
angrily shall not prove futile. However I confer upon thee this boon
that after twelve years thou shalt be freed from this curse, and by my
favour thou shalt cherish no recollection of thy condition extending
over those twelve years.’ Having thus suffered the consequences of the
curse, Saudāsa, the slayer of enemies, again obtained his kingdom and
governed his subjects. O descendant of Rāghu, the sacrificial ground of
which thou hast asked me, belongs to the king Saudasa." Having thus
heard the dreadful story of the king Saudāsa and saluted the ascetic
Vālmiki, Satrughna entered a thatched cottage.
SECTION LXXIX.
On the same night Satrughna housed himself in a thatched cottage Sitā
gave birth to twin sons. In the midnight the Muni boys came to Vālmiki
and communicated unto him this auspicious intelligence, saying "O
illustrious Sir, the beloved spouse of Rāma hath given birth to two
sons; do thou so protect them that evil spirits might not injure them."
Hearing those words the highly effulgent Vālmiki went there and attained
to great delight on beholding those two highly effulgent sons,
resembling the newly risen sun and the celestials. Thereupon he made
arrangements against the oppression of ghosts and goblins. Thereupon
taking Kusa (the upper part of the grass) and Lava (the lower part) the
great ascetic Vālmiki made those arrangements. And giving Kusa
sanctified by Mantras unto the hands of elderly women he said, "Do ye
rub the person of the elder boy with these," and giving them Lava he
said "Do ye rub the person of the younger brother with this. And
according to this I shall name the first Son Kusa and the second Lava;
and by those names they shall be celebrated on earth." Thereupon
reverentially taking from the hands of Vālmiki and Kusa Lava, the means
of protection, the elderly ladies engaged in guarding them. Hearing that
Sitā without any trouble had given birth to two sons and elderly female
ascetics had been engaged in protecting them and hearing the chanting of
Rāma’s glories in the midnight, Satrughna thought within himself.
"Blessed it is that Sitā hath given birth to two sons." And with this
joy the live long night of Srābana passed away in no time. Having
performed the morning rites after the expiration of the night and taken
farewell from the ascetic Vālmiki, Lakshmana proceeded towards the west.
And having spent seven nights he at last arrived at the hermitage of the
pious Rishis living on the banks of the Yamunā. Taking shelter there he
engaged in pleasant conversation with Chābanya and other ascetics.
Having remained there for the night and talked with those ascetics the
high-souled, heroic Raghu prince Satrughna was greatly delighted.
SECTION LXXX.
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