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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Hearing the words of Rāma of unwearied actions, the ascetic, with his
face downwards, said:—"O highly illustrious Rāma, I am born in the race
of Sudras; and with a view to reach the region of the celestials with my
body I am going through these austere penances. O Kākuthstha, I shall
never utter a falsehood since I am willing to conquer the the region of
gods. I am a Sudra and my name is Sambuka." The Sudra ascetic having
said this, Rāma took out of scabbard a beautiful sharp sword and chopped
off his head therewith. And that Sudra being slain, Indra, Agni and
other celestials praised him again and again and showered flowers. And
being greatly delighted, the celestials said to Rāma, having truth for
his prowess:—"O thou of a great mind, thou hast nicely performed this
god-like work. O slayer of foes, do thou now crave a boon. O descendant
of Raghu, being slain by thee this Sudra hath been able to attain to the
abode of the celestials." Hearing the words of the deities, Rāma, having
truth for his prowess, said with folded hands to Purandara, of a
thousand eyes:—"If the celestials are pleased, I beg for this boon that
the son of the twice-born one may be restored to life. Do ye confer upon
me this boon; this is my wished-for object. It is for my iniquitous
conduct that this only son of the Brahman hath met with untimely death.
Do ye restore him to life. I have promised before that leading
twice-born one that I would restore his son to life—do ye therefore,
make not me a liar." Hearing the words of Rāma the leading celestials
delightedly said:—"Do thou return, O Kākutstha. The Brahmin boy shall
immediately gain back his life and be united with his father, mother and
friends. O Rāghava, with the death of the Sudra the boy has regained his
life. Be thou at ease; may good betide thee. O foremost of men, we, too,
return with delighted hearts. O Rāghava, we desire to behold the
hermitage of the great saint Agastya. Having been initiated, that highly
effulgent Brahman saint hath lived within waters for twelve years; his
vow hath now terminated. O Kākuthstha, we shall now go to welcome that
Muni. Do thou also follow us to see that saint." Saying "So be it!" to
the words of the celestials that descendant of Raghu ascended his golden
car Pushpaka. And having ascended spacious cars the celestials proceeded
to the hermitage of Agastya born of a _Kumbha_. Rāma too also followed
them. Thereupon beholding the celestials present the virtuous-souled
Agastya, the jewel of asceticism, welcomed them particularly. Having
accepted his worship and adored in return that great Muni, the
immortals, delighted, proceeded to their abodes with their followers.
The celestials having departed Rāma descended from Pushpaka and saluted
that effulgent and foremost of Rishis Agastya. And having received due
hospitality he sat there. Thereupon the highly effulgent and leading
ascetic Kumbhajoni said:—"O Rāghava, I have been greatly delighted with
thy coming. By my good fortune I have seen thee to-day. O Rāma, I love
thee because thou art gifted with many qualities. O king, thou art my
worshipful guest. I was thinking of thee. The celestials informed me
that thou wert coming having slain the Sudra ascetic. Thou hast observed
piety and hast given back life unto the dead child of the Brahman. Do
thou spend this night with me, O Rāghava. Thou art the graceful
Nārāyana. In thee the whole universe is established. Thou art the lord
of all creatures and the eternal Purusha. Thou shalt go to thy city next
morning in thy Pushpaka car. This ornament, O gentle one, hath been made
by the architect of the celestials; its make is very beautiful and it is
dazzling by its own lustre. By accepting this, O Kākutstha, do thou
satisfy my desire. It is said that one attains to best fruits if he
makes present unto his deity, of best articles he gets from another.
Thou art the only worthy person to use this ornament. Thou art alone
capable of conferring best fruits. Thou dost protect Indra and other
celestials. Therefore I do duly present thee with this ornament. O king,
do thou accept it." Thereupon meditating upon the duties of the
Kshatryas, the heroic Rāma, the foremost of the intelligent, said:—"O
illustrious Sir, the Brāhmanas only can accept presents—how can the
Kshatryas do? To take gifts is the function of the Brāhmanas—for
Kshatryas it is a source of censure. Besides, to receive presents from a
Brāhmana, is highly culpable. Do thou therefore tell me, how I may
accept this ornament." Hearing the words of Rāma, the great saint
Agastya replied saying:—"O Rāma, O son of Daçaratha, at the beginning of
the golden age, people had no king; but Vāsava was the ruler of the
celestials. Therefore to obtain a king, men approached Brahmā, the god
of gods and said ’O deity thou hast placed Indra as ruler over the
celestials; therefore, O lord of creatures, do thou also confer upon us
a king who shall be foremost among men; by worshipping him we shall be
freed from all sins. We shall not live without the king—even this is our
firm resolution.’ Thereupon the Patriarch Brahmā sent for Indra and
other deities and said:—’Do ye all give a portion of your respective
energies.’ Thereupon the deities gave each a portion of their own
energies. Thereupon Brahma made a _Khshupa_ or sound and therefrom
originated a king under the name of _Khshupa_. And in his person Brahmā
placed in equal proportions the energies of the deities. Thereafter he
made _Khshupa_ the foremost king of men. By virtue of the portion of
Indra’s energy the king _Khshupa_ brought the earth under his control;
by that of Varuna’s energy he fostered his own body; by Kuvera’s portion
he conferred riches upon his subjects; and by that of Yama he governed
them. Therefore, O Rāma, by virtue of Indra’s portion, do thou accept
this ornament and confer upon me the salvation." Hearing the words of
the Muni, Rāma took from him that brilliant celestial ornament burning
like the rays of the Sun. And having taken that excellent ornament,
Dāçarathi asked the great saint Kumbhayoni, saying:—"Whence hast thou
obtained this celestial ornament of a wondrous make? Who hast given thee
this? Brahman, I do accost thee thus out of curiosity. Thou art the mine
of many wonders." Whereto Agastya replied, saying "Hearken, O Rāma, how
I did obtain this ornament in the Tretā age."
SECTION XC.
"O Rāma, in Tretā age, there was a huge forest extending over a hundred
Yojanas divested of animals and men. In that forest I used to perform my
austere penances. Once on a time I began to roam all over the forest
being willing to see well every nook and corner of it. And I saw that it
was impossible to ascertain how very pleasant that forest was. In every
place there were trees with profuse sweet fruits and roots. In the
middle I espied a pond extending over a Yojana. There was no moss in
that deep, calm, clear and sweet water; there were lotuses and lilies
and swans, Kārandāvas, Chakravakas and many other water fowls were
playing in the waters. O lord of creatures, at no distance from that
pond I saw an old, holy hermitage but there was no creature or animal
around it. It was summer and I spent that night in that hermitage. Next
morning leaving my bed I arrived at the banks of the pond and saw a
plump dead body in the waters. None of its limbs was pale and its beauty
was not spoiled. Beholding it and standing on the banks I began to
meditate upon it. And thought I ’What is this?’ In a moment I espied a
beautiful car, swift-coursing like the mind and drawn by ganders. And I
saw in that chariot a celestial person. He was being attended by
Apasaras adorned with celestial ornaments and having lotus-eyes. Some of
them were singing, some dancing and some playing on Mridanga, Vina and
other musical instruments and some were fanning his lotus-like
countenance with valuable, golden chowries, dazzling like the rays of
the moon. O Rāma, the foremost of Raghu’s race, like unto the moon
renouncing the summit of the Sumeru mount that celestial wight got down
from his seat in the car and engaged in devouring the dead body. And
having taken enough flesh he got down into waters and duly performed
ablution. And thereafter that heavenly being again addressed himself for
ascending the car. O foremost of men, beholding that heavenly being
about to get up I accosted him, saying ‘Who art thou? I see, thou hast a
celestial form, then why hast thou taken such an abominable food? O thou
adored of the immortals, persons like thee should not take such meals. O
gentle one, I have been striken with great curiosity and wish to hear
all. Thine living upon dead body doth not appear agreeable unto me.’ O
king, plainly and out of curiosity I put to him these questions. And
hearing them, the celestial being related everything unto me."
SECTION CXI.
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