Рамаяна: Том 1: Балаканда и Айодхьяканда · Часть 89
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 those piteous words uttered by Bharata in connection with the
demise of their father, Raghava was deprived of his senses. And on that
thunder-bolt of a speech being uttered by Bharata, like unto a (real)
thunderbolt hurled in battle by the enemy of the Danavas (Indra), that
subduer of foes, Rama, stretching his arms, fell down to the earth, like
a blossoming tree that hath been hewn by an axe. Seeing that lord of the
world and mighty bowman, Rama, fallen, like a sleeping elephant fatigued
with turning up earth with its tusks, his brothers exercised with
sorrow, broke out into lamentations, and along with Videha's daughter
began to sprinkle water (on his face). Then regaining his consciousness,
Kakutstha shedding tears from his eyes, distressfully addressed himself
to speech. And hearing that lord of earth, his sire, had gone to heaven,
that righteous one said unto Bharata words fraught with virtue and
interest, "What shall I do with Ayodhya, my sire having gone the way
ordained by the gods? And who will govern her, now that she hath been
deprived of that foremost of monarchs? Of fruitless birth that I am,
what can I do for that magnanimous one? And of him that renounced his
life from grief on my account. I have not even performed the last rites.
Ah! Bharata, thou, O sinless one, art blessed, since by thee as well as
by Satrughna have been performed all the funeral rites of the king. To
Ayodhya, bereft of the monarch, having none to preside over her
destinies, and many rulers, will I not return even when the term of my
abode in the woods has been passed. My father having gone to the other
world, who, O subduer of enemies, will again counsel me when, my stay in
the forest being over, I shall have returned unto Ayodhya? And from whom
shall I hear those words grateful unto the ear, which my father
gratifying me used to speak unto me when I happend to do something
well?" Having thus addressed Bharata, Raghava burning in grief, spoke
unto his wife, with her countenance resembling the full moon, saying, "O
Sita, thy father-in-law is dead and, O Lakshmana, thou art fatherless.
Bharata has communicated unto me the sad intelligence that our father
hath ascended heaven." When Kakutstha had said this, tears began to
shower forth from the eyes of the renowned princes. Then all those
brothers pacifying as best they could Rama stricken with sorrow, said
unto him, "Do thou perform the watery rites of that lord of the earth,
our sire." Having heard that her father-in-law, the king, had gone to
the celestial regions. Sita with her eyes filled with tears, could not
see her beloved. Thereupon, pacifying the weeping daughter of Janaka,
Rama moved with grief, spoke unto the distressed Lakshmana, saying, "Do
thou bring Ingudi fruits as well as a piece of new bark. I will go to
perform the watery rites of our high-souled sire. Let Sita go first. Do
thou follow her. I shall go last. Even this is the course of those in
mourning." Then that magnanimous one, having a knowledge of the soul,
mild, graceful, capable of controlling his senses, steady in his regard
for Rama, and ever following him--Sumantra--in company with those sons
of the king, having cheered up Raghava, brought him to the auspicious
river, Mandakini. Then those illustrious ones, having in distress
arrived at the river Mandakini, having convenient descents, charming,
ever furnished with blossoming woods, and of rapid currents; and
approached its descents, goodly and void of mud, offered water unto the
monarch, uttering, "May this be so!" And the protector of the earth
(Rama), holding water with his joined hands, facing the south, said
weeping, "O foremost of monarchs, may this clear water knowing no
deterioration, reach thee, who hast gone to the world of the ancestral
manes!" Then drawing nigh unto the marge of the Mandakini, the energetic
Raghava along with his brothers, offered the _Pinda_ unto his father.
And placing the Ingudi _Pinda_ mixed with juyube on a bed of _darbha_
Rama crying in distress, said, "O mighty monarch, do thou well pleased
feed on this, which we also live upon. That which is the fare of an
individual, is also the fare of his divinities." Then that foremost of
men ascending the bank of the stream by the self-same way, got up on the
charming side of the hill. And having arrived at the gate of the cottage
of leaves, that lord of the earth held both Bharata and Lakshmana with
his hands. And there the hill reverberated at the sounds raised by the
brothers wailing along with Vaidehi, like unto lions roaring. And
perceiving the loud uproar of those mighty ones engaged in offering
water unto their sire, indulging in lamentations, the army of Bharata
became agitated. And they said, "For certain Bharata hath met with Rama;
and this mighty noise proceeds from them, as they are bitterly mourning
their deceased sire." Thereat leaving aside their vehicles, they with
one mind, rushed towards the spot wherefrom proceeded the uproar. And of
those that were tender, some went on horses, and some on elephants, and
some on ornamented chariots, while others went on foot. And eager to
behold Rama staying away for a short time, though seeming to do so for a
long period, all the men at once went to the hermitage. And desirous of
witnessing the meeting of the brothers (with Rama), they with all
despatch proceeded by means of various vehicles consisting of beasts and
cars. And the ground trodden by the wheels of innumerable cars, emitted
loud sounds, like those emitted by the sky on clouds gathering. And
frightened by the uproar, elephants accompanied by female ones,
perfuming all sides (by the fragrance of temporal juice), went to
another forest. And boars, and deer, and lions, and buffalos, and
_Srimaras_, and tigers, and _Gokarnas_, _Gayals_ and _Prishatas_ were
striken with panic. And wild with alarm, Chakravakas and swans, and
_Natyuhas_, and _Plavas_, and _Karandavas_, and male coels, and
_Kraunchas_, fled away in all directions. And the welkin was enveloped
by birds frightened by the noise, as the earth was covered by men, and
both the sky and the land then gave out great effulgence. As the people
suddenly saw that foremost of men, the sinless and illustrious Rama
seated on the ground, accusing Kaikeyi as well as the vile Manthara, the
people approached Rama, with their countenances discovering tears.
Seeing those men oppressed with grief with their eyes filled with tears,
that one cognizant of virtue like fathers and mothers, embraced those
that deserved it And he embraced some persons; and some offered him
salutations. And the king's son, as each deserved, properly received
them along with their friends and equals in age. And the sounds,
produced by those high souled persons lamenting, resounding the earth
and the sky, and the mountain-caverns, and all the cardinal points, were
heard like peals of _Mridangas_.
SECTION CIV.
Desirous of seeing Rama, Vasishtha, taking before him the wives of
Dacaratha, proceeded towards the hermitage. And as the wives of the king
were going slowly by the Mandakini, they discovered the landing-place
which was used by Rama and Lakshmana. Thereupon Kaucalya, with her eyes
filled with tears and her countenance rendered pale, observed unto the
forlorn Sumitra as well as the other wives of the king, "Sacred like
unto a first wife, in this forest this is the landing-place of those
unfortunate ones of untiring energy, who had been deprived of the
kingdom. From here, O Sumitra, doth thy son, Saumitri, ever vigilant,
personally procure water for my son. Although thy son performeth a
servile office, yet he is not to blame: (the performance of) that alone
which serves no purpose of his brother possessed of many perfections,
could bring blame upon him. To day let thy son, who doth not deserve
such toilsome work, cease to perform that office which is fraught with
hardships fit only for the base." That lady of expansive eyes happened
to see on the earth the _Ingudi pinda_, which had been placed by Rama
for his sire on the _darbha_ with their tops pointing southwards. Seeing
this, which had been placed on the ground by Rama disconsolate for his
sire, the noble Kaucalya addressed all the wives of Dacaratha, saying,
"Do ye behold this that hath been duly offered to the high-souled
descendant of Raghu--lord of the Ikshvaku race--by Raghava. I do not
deem this as fit fare for that magnanimous monarch resembling a
celestial, who had enjoyed every luxury (in life). Having enjoyed this
earth bounded by the four seas, how can that lord of the world,
resembling on earth the mighty Indra, feed on this _Ingudi pinda_?
Nothing appeareth to me more deplorable in this world than this that the
auspicious Rama hath offered an _Ingudi_ cake unto his father. Seeing
the _Ingudi pinda_ offered by Rama unto his father, why doth not my
heart break into a thousand shivers? Now the tradition in vogue among
men, appearth to be true, viz., that "the fare that is partaken by a
person, is also partaken by his deity." Then those that were co-wives
with her, consoled the distressed Kaucalya; and, (entering the asylum),
beheld Rama like an immortal dropped from the celestial regions. Seeing
Rama, who had been deprived of every comfort, his mothers, overwhehhed
with grief and distress, began to shed tears, lamenting. Raising his
mothers, that foremost of men, Rama, true to his promise, took hold of
those lotus feet of theirs. And those ones furnished with expansive
eyes, (on their turn) by means of their fair hands of delicious feel
furnished with soft fingers and palms, fell to rubbing the dust off
Rama's back. After Rama had done, Sumitra's son also, seeing all his
mothers, with sorrow gently paid his reverence unto them with affection.
Thereat, as they had treated Rama, all the ladies treated that one
sprung from Dacaratha, Lakshmana, graced with auspicious marks. Sita
also with her eyes filled with tears, having taken hold of the feet of
her mothers-in- law, stood before them in distressful guise. Embracing
that woeful one in banishment, even as a mother doth her daughter,
Kaucalya, smitten with grief, said, "The daughter of Videha's King, and
the daughter-in-law of Dacaratha, and the wife of Rama himself--why doth
such a lady undergo misery in the lone forest? O Vaidehi, beholding thy
face like unto a lotus heated under the sun, or a lily that hath been
crushed, or like unto gold covered with dust, or the moon enveloped by
clouds, grief begot of this vortex of disaster that is in my mind,
fiercely burneth me, as fire consumeth a structure." As his wretched
mother was thus speaking, Bharata's elder brother, Raghava, approaching,
took the feet of Vasishtha. Having taken hold of the feet of the priest
resembling a flame, and of accumulated energy,--like unto that lord of
the immortals, Indra, taking the feet of Vrihaspati, Raghava sat down
with him. Then behind them (Rama and Vasishtha), along with his own
counsellors, and principal citizens, and generals, and persons of
eminent piety,--sat the virtuous Bharata in the presence of his elder
brother. Seeing Raghava in the guise of an ascetic, flaming in grace,
the exceedingly powerful Bharata with joined palms sat down in company
with his brother, like the great Indra of controlled faculties in
presence of Prajapati. "What will Bharata, having bowed unto Raghava and
paid him homage, will say to him?" --this intense curiosity arose in
(the minds of) all the noble persons present there. And Raghava having
truth and forbearance, and Laksmana endowed with magnanimity, and
Bharata possessed of righteousness, surrounded by their friends,
appeared (there) like unto the three fires surrounded by Sadasyas.
SECTION CV.
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