Рамаяна: Том 1: Балаканда и Айодхьяканда · Часть 39
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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Then the citizens, hearing of the installation of Rama, and seeing that
the night had departed, fell to adorning the city. Standards with
pennons were beautifully reared up in the abodes of the gods resembling
a peak, enveloped with white clouds, and at the crossing, and on
high-ways; and over the chaitya tree; and edifices; and over the
warehouses of merchants abounding in goods and the goodly and prosperous
mansions of householders; and over all the council-houses; and
conspicuous trees. The multitude then heard the music, soothing unto the
ear and heart, of stage managers, dancers and singers chanting. The
people began to talk with each other anent the installation of Rama; and
the time for his installation having arrived, on terraces and houses,
and doorways boys playing in bodies, conversed with each other
concerning the installation of Rama. On the occasion of the investiture
of Rama, the goodly high-ways were adorned with garlands,and scented
with _dhupa_ incense--by the citizens. And fearing lest Rama should come
out over night (to behold the beautified capital), the inhabitants of
the city, by way of ornamentation as with the view of beholding Rama
himself, had by the road side reared up lamp-stands in the form of
(branched) trees. Eagerly expecting the investiture of Rama as the heir
apparent, all having thus ornamented the city and assembling themselves
on terraces and in council-halls, talking with each other, extolled the
lord of men, saying,--"Ah high-souled is this king--the perpetuator of
the Ikshwaku race; for, knowing himself as old, he will install Rama in
the kingdom. Obliged we have been, since good Rama capable of reading
character, will be the lord of earth, and our protector. He is of a
heart devoid of arrogance, and is learned; and righteous-souled; and
affectionate to his brothers. Raghava loveth us even as he doth bis own
brothers. May the sinless and pious king Dacaratha live long; for it is
through his grace that we shall behold Rama installed. The inhabitants
of the provinces, who having heard the tidings, had come from various
regions, heard the citizens conversing thus. Desirous of beholding the
installation of Rama, they coming into the city from various directions,
filled Rama's city. As the vast concourse entered (the city), there was
heard an uproar like unto the roaring of the heaving ocean during the
fullness of the moon. Then that city resembling the regions of Indra,
being filled on all sides with tumult raised by the dwellers of the
provinces who had come to behold (the installation), resembled the ocean
when its waters are agitated by the aquatic animals inhabiting it.
[113] The celebrated hymn to the sun, the most sacred thing in all the
Vedas.--T.
SECTION VII.
A woman, brought up with Kaikeyi, who formerly served as a maid-servant,
the family of her maternal uncle, at her own will, ascended the palace
resembling the moon. Manthara beheld from the palace the high-ways of
Ayodhya well watered all round, and strewn with lotuses, and adorned
with standards bearing gay pennons; with thoroughfares and roads leading
along undulating lands; sprinkled with sandal water, and crowded with
men who had performed their ablutions; and echoing with the accents of
regenerate ones bearing garlands and sweetmeats in their hands; and
having the doorways of the temples painted white; and resounding with
the sounds of musical instruments; and filled with many folks; and
singing with Veda chantings; and with its horses and elephants
delighted, and cows and bulls emitting roars; and with standards
displaying flags erected by the exhilarated citizens. Upon seeing
Ayodhya (in such excitement) Manthara was seized with exceeding
surprise, Manthara, seeing a nurse hard by clad in white silk, with her
eyes expanded with delight, asked her, saying,--"What for Rama's mother
although close-fisted, is cheerfully and with the greatest possible
alacrity dispensing wealth unto the people? And what for is the general
overflow of joy? And what doth the delighted monarch purpose to do?"
Thereupon bursting with very great delight, the nurse communicated unto
the hump-backed woman the high fortune awaiting Rama,
saying,--"To-morrow under Pushya, king Dacaratha will install the
sinless Raghava having his anger under control, as heir-apparent to the
throne." Hearing the words of the nurse, the hump-backed one, speedily
growing angry, descended from the edifice resembling a summit of the
Kailaca hill. Burning in ire, the sin-seeking Manthara addressed
Kaikeyi, lying down, saying,--"Up, ye senseless one! What for art thou
down? A great danger approacheth thee. Thou understandeth not that a
mighty grief overfloweth thee. Thou boastest of good fortune while
misfortune is thine in the shape of luck. Thy good fortune is surely
unstable like the tide of a river during summer. Thus addressed by the
sin-seeking hump-backed (hag) in exceedingly harsh language, Kaikeyi
became afflicted with great grief. And Kaikeyi said unto the hump-backed
one,--"Is any evil present, O Manthara? I do not find thee with
countenance fallen and sore distressed with grief." The hump-backed
Manthara, skilled in speech, who really sought Kaikeyi's welfare,
hearing the latter' s sweet-accented words, displaying sorrow greater
than Kaikeyi's own, lamenting, and enlisting Kaikeyi's feelings against
Rama, uttered words inflamed with anger, saying,--"O worshipful one, an
enduring and terrible destruction is imminent unto thee. King Dacaratha
will install Rama as heir-apparent. I have been sunk in a fathomless
fear; and am afflicted with grief and heaviness. And as if burning in
fire I, seeking, thy welfare, have come unto thee. For, O Kaikeyi, great
waxeth my grief on witnessing thy sorrow; and my advancement progresseth
along with thine. There is no doubt about this. Born in a race of king
thou art the queen of this lord of earth. Why dost not thou then realise
the sternness of royal morality. Thy maintainer speaketh most morally;
but is crafty for all that: he speaketh blandly, but hath a crooked
heart. Him thou takest as of blessed condition; and therefore art
gulled. Speaking unto thee soft words bare of substance, he will, his
heart on the alert, to-day compass the welfare of Kaucalya. Having sent
Bharata unto the home of thy relatives, that wicked- minded one will
establish Rama in his ancestral kingdom rid of its thorn. Thou,0 girl,
in consideration of thy welfare, hast like unto a mother taken unto thy
lap a venomous snake in the form of thy husband. Even what is done by an
enemy or a serpent left alone, is being done by Dacaratha of wicked ways
and false soothing speech, unto thee and thy own son. And, O girl,
deserving as thou art of happiness, the king having established Rama in
the kingdom; thou wilt be annihilated along with thy own. The time hath
come, O Kaikayi,--do thou on the spur enter upon that which would turn
to thy advantage. And, O thou, influenced by surprise, do thou deliver
thyself, me and Bharata also."
Hearing Manthara's words, that one of graceful countenance filled with
delight, and looking like the autumnal moon-light, rose up from her bed.
Inspired with exceeding joy, Kaikeyi, struck with surprise, made unto
the hump-backed woman a present of an excellent and elegant ornament.
And having given her the ornament, that paragon among the fair Kaikeyi
joyfully, addressed Manthara, saying,--"O Manthara! highly welcome is
the news that thou hast communicated unto me. And surely thou hast told
me what is dear unto my heart, what shall I do for thee? Difference find
I none between Rama and Bharata. Therefore delighted am I that the king
purposeth installing Rama in the kingdom. There is no other ambrosial
speech that is excellent and acceptable unto me, compared with the
installation of Rama. Therefore do thou ask of me whatever reward dost
thou want and I shall give thee."
SECTION VIII.
Manthara, making Kaikeyi the object of her wrath, threw off the noble
ornament, and spoke these words, in anger and grief,--"Thou senseless
girl, wherefore dost thou display thy joy on such an unfit occasion.
Thou dost not see that thou art in the bosom of an ocean of grief. Being
grieved at heart do I laugh at thee inwardly, O worshipful lady, because
thou having met with signal calamity, rejoicest even in what should be
lamented. I lament thee for thy perversion of sense. What sensible woman
can rejoice in the advancement of a co-wife's son, like unto death
itself? From Bharata proceeds Rama's fear concerning the kingdom to
which both have an equal claim. Thinking of this, I am pressed down with
sorrow, because fear proceeds from the person who fears much. The mighty
armed Lakshmana hath for certain in all ways taken refuge in Rama; and
Satrughna like unto Lakshmana hath taken refuge in the Kakutstha,
Bharata. With reference to gradation of birth, the probability is in
favor of Bharata's attempting the kingdom; yet by reason (of Rama's
being the elder) of the two, Bharata hath been thrown off. Anticipating
the peril that might spring unto thy son from Rama, learned and versed
in the functions of the Kshatriya, and of quick decision, I tremble.
Surely Kaucalya is of blessed fortune, for to-morrow under Pushya the
foremost of the twice- born ones will install her son as the mighty
heir-apparent unto the empire. Thou wilt, with clasped hands, serve as a
slave the illustrious Kaucalya, mistress of the world, and brimming over
with joy, with all her foes discomfitted. Thus along with us thou wilt
attend her commands, and thy son also will await the pleasure of Rama.
And Rama's wives[114] together with their hand-maids will be filled with
delight; and in consequence of Bharata's name, thy daughters in-law will
be afflicted with sorrow."
Seeing Manthara dead set against Rama, and speaking in this wise, the
noble Kaikeyi praised the virtues of Rama. "Rama is cognizant of
morality, and filled with perfections, and accomplished, and grateful,
and endowed with truth, and pure. And as he is the eldest son of the
king, he deserveth the kingdom as heir-apparent. That long-lived one
shall maintain his brothers and his retainers even like a father. Why
then, O hump-backed one, do thou grieve, hearing Rama's installation.
And for certain, that foremost of men, Bharata also, an hundred years
after Rama, will attain the kingdom bequeathed by his father and
grand-father. O Manthara, thou burnest (with grief) in this auspicious
time. Our good fortune will come (after this in the shape of Bharata's
installation); why then dost thou grieve. Surely Rama is dearer unto me
than Bharata; and he also loveth me more than he doth Kaucalya. And if
the kingdom be Rama's it will be also Bharata's at the same time. Rama
regardeth his brothers even as his own self."
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