Рамаяна: Том 1: Балаканда и Айодхьяканда · Часть 55
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.
Project Gutenberg identifies each of the four ebooks as public domain in the USA. Translator Manmatha Nath Dutt lived 1855–1912; historical editions 1891, 1891, 1893, 1894. CRLF normalized to LF, outside whitespace trimmed, complete body split at paragraph boundaries for the reader. No text within the selected body dropped. Полные сведения об издании и лицензия
Being addressed thus by Rama, Sujajna accepted all those offers, and
showered benedictions upon Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana. Thereupon Rama
spoke unto his beloved, considerate and fair-speaking brother, the son
of Sumitra the following pleasant words, like unto Brahma addressing the
Lord of celestials. "O son of Sumitra, do thou invite the excellent
Brahmanas, Agastya and Viswamitra, and adore them, O Raghava, by
conferring upon them gems, as people cherish corn with water. And O
mighty armed one, do thou worship them, O Raghava, with a thousand cows,
gold, silver, and various precious jewels. Do thou confer upon that good
Brahmana, the preceptor of the _Tittiriya_ portion of the _Vedas_, who
crowns Kaucalya with blessings every day, silk cloth, conveyances,
maid-servants, and such other things, till the twice-born one is
satisfied. Do thou propitiate the worshipful Chitraratha, who is our
charioteer and counsellor and of advanced years, with precious jewels
clothes, wealth, with all kinds of beasts and a thousand cows. Do thou
confer upon those Brahmanas, O son of Sumitra, who live under my
protection, studying the _Kata_ section of _Yayur_ Veda, with staffs in
their hands, a grant of eighty mules loaded with jewels, of a thousand
miles of pines, and of a thousand cows, for curd and clarified butter.
They are always inactive, being constantly engaged in Vedic studies, and
are greatly slothful though having a taste for delicious food, and are
always esteemed by great men; to each of all those Brahmanas, who always
come to Kaucalya, do thou, O Lakshmana,make a grant of a thousand gold
coins, and offer unto them all such gifts as may please my mother."
Thereupon Lakshmana, that best of men, distributed amongst all these
Brahmanas all the entire riches as ordered by Rama like unto the Lord of
wealth. Seeing his dependants in a wretched plight, shedding tears
continually, Rama proferred unto them various articles for their
maintenance, and said :--"Do ye occupy in turn until our return my rooms
as well as Lakshmana's." Having spoken thus unto all those dependants
who were racked with great sorrow, Rama ordered the Treasury officer to
bring his riches there. Thereat, the servants brought all his riches and
collected them in great heaps. Rama, the best of men, together with
Lakshmana, distributed them amongst the Brahmanas, boys, the old, and
the poor. There lived in that quarter a Brahmana of a tawny colour, by
name Trijata, descended from the line of Garga, earning his livelihood
by digging the earth with spades and ploughs. His young wife with her
little children, struggling with poverty, spoke thus unto the old
Brahmana. "Throwing aside thy spades and ploughs, do thou hear my words.
Go and see the virtuous-souled Rama, and thou art sure to get something
from him now." Hearing these words of his wife, Trijata, shining in
effulgence like unto Vrigu and Angira, covering his body with a torn
piece of cloth, proceeded towards Rama's abode with his wife, and going
on in a speedy and uninterrupted course, reached at last the royal abode
and spoke unto Rama thus:--"O mighty son of the king! a poor man am I,
having a number of children. I maintain my family by digging the earth;
do thou therefore look upon me mercifully. Whereupon Rama replied
laughing:--"I have not distributed as yet even one thousand of my cows.
Do thou hurl this rod, and thou art the master of all those cows
occupying the space at the extremity of which this rod shall fall." Upon
this, swiftly tightening the cloth around his waist, Trijata firmly
grasping the rod hurled it with a mighty force. The rod, hurled off his
hands, fell on the other side of the river Saraju in the midst of many
thousand bullocks. Seeing this, the virtuous-souled Rama despatched to
the hermitage of Trijata all the cows that lay extending up to the banks
of the river Saraju, and consoling him afterwards accosted him with the
following words. "Be not offended, I acted thus only as a matter of
joke. I asked thee to do this only with the object of knowing whether
thou hadst the power to hurl this rod. Do thou ask of me now any thing
thou likest. Truly do I speak that thou shouldst not hesitate. I am
ready to devote my wealth to the services of the Brahmanas. And the
wealth I have earned will conduce to my favour, if. I can apply it to
your service."
Then Trijata, being pleased with the accession of cows, went away along
with his wife, showering happiness and joy. Rama of great manliness
afterwards distributed with proper respect and due welcome all his
wealth amassed by righteous means amongst the Brahmanas, friends,
servants and the poor, according to the recomendation of his friends.
SECTION XXXIII.
Having distributed much wealth to the Brahmanas, the Raghavas set out
with Sita for the purpose of seeing their father. And the two looked
beautiful with a couple of handmaids (following them), taking the
weapons that had been decked by Sita with flowery wreaths. Then crowds
of elegantly-attired citizens, mounting on the terraces of three-
storied and seven-storied houses, looked on the scene with hearts filled
with sorrow. And unable to tread the streets because of a vast
concourse, they ascending the terraces of the buildings, eyed Raghava
with woe-begone eyes. And deprived of their senses by grief, the
multitudes,[135] beholding Rama proceeding on foot in company with Sita
and his younger brother, said,--"He that used to be followed by the vast
body of the four-fold forces, proceeds now along with Sita, followed by
Lakshmana alone. Knowing every kind of enjoyment, that magnanimous one
who has tasted of every luxury, for maintaining the dignity of morality,
does not wish to falsify (his father's) word. And that Sita whom
formerly the very rangers of the sky could not see, is to-day beheld by
the passers-by. Now summer's heat and winter's cold and the rains of the
wet season will speedily stain Sita, whose person is worthy of being
dyed, and who used to daub her limbs with red sandal paste. Surely
to-day Dacaratha speaks thus, possessed by some evil spirit; for the
king ought by no means to banish his beloved son. Who ever exiles his
son, albeit he be worthless? And what is to be said concerning a son
that has fast secured all men's hearts by his behavior? Universal
benevolence, kindness, learning goodness, the restraint of the senses,
and the control of the faculties,--these six qualities adorn that best
of men, Raghava. Therefore the subjects will be afflicted in consequence
of his separation, even as aquatic animals are, when summer dries up the
waters of a tank. The entire earth is distressed on account of the
distress of this lord of the earth, even like a tree bearing blossoms
and fruits, when its roots have been severed. Surely this highly
effulgent one with virtue for his chief good, is the root of humanity,
and the latter represents its flowers, fruits, foliage, and boughs.
Therefore, accompanied by our wives and friends will we like Lakshmana
follow the departing Raghava by the same way that he takes. And leaving
aside our gardens and fields and abodes, will we, making the righteous
Rama's happiness and misery our own, follow him. Let Kaikeyi possess
herself of our deserted mansions, deprived of their buried treasures,
with their unswept courtyards robbed of kine and wealth, and shorn of
all substance, filled with dust, and abandoned by the deities, mansions
where rats will run from hole to hole, which will neither emit smoke nor
contain water, which will not be swept by broomsticks, from which
sacrifices, and the slaughter of sacrificial beasts,and the offering of
oblations and the recitation of sacred texts, and _Yapa_, will be
absent, and around which will be strewn broken earthenware, as they are
on occasions of political commotions or the occurrence of natural
calamities. Let the forest to which Raghava repairs resemble a city, and
let this city renounced by us be converted into a wilderness. Inspired
by the fear of us, serpents will leave their holes, and beasts and birds
the caves of mountain, and elephants and lions the forest. Let them
occupy the tracts left behind by us, and let them renounce such
abounding in serpents, beasts, and birds, as yield grass, meat, and
fruits. Let Kaikeyi (reign in this realm) along with her sons and
adherents; we, renouncing homes, will dwell in the forest with Raghava."
Raghava heard various words uttered thus by the populace; and having
heard them, he did not suffer his mind to be agitated. And that
righteous one of the prowess of a mad elephant, from a distance began to
make for the residence of his father resembling in brightness a summit
of the Kailaca mountain. Entering the king's mansion, he drawing nigh
found the heroic Sumantra seated in dejected mood. Seeing that
well-wisher of his thus depressed, Rama endeavouring by all means to do
his father's bidding, cheerfully went on, desirous of beholding his
sire. And with the view of meeting the aggrieved king before repairing
to the forest, the magnanimous son of the Ikshwaku race, seeing
Sumantra, stayed there,--so that that noble-minded one might inform his
father of his visit. And making up his mind to go to the woods in
accordance with the command of his father, Raghava seeing Sumantra, said
unto him; "Do you inform the king of my arrival."
[135] Another reading is,--_Beholding Rama without his umbrella and
walking afoot_.-- T.
SECTION XXXIV.
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