रामायणम् — अयोध्याकाण्डे चतुर्थः सर्गः | rāmāyaṇam

गतेष्वथ नृपो भूयः पौरेषु सह मन्त्रिभिः ।
मन्त्रयित्वा ततश्चक्रे निश्चयज्ञः स निश्चयम् ॥

Summary AI After the citizens departed, King Daśaratha, an expert in decision-making, consulted with his ministers again and finalized his resolve.

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श्व एव पुष्यो भविता श्वोऽभिषेच्येत मे सुतः ।
रामो राजीवताम्राक्षो यौवराज्य इति प्रभुः ॥

Summary AI The lord announced: "Tomorrow the Puṣya constellation will prevail. Tomorrow my son Rāma, whose eyes are like red lotuses, shall be consecrated as the crown prince."

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अथान्तर्गृहमाविश्य राजा दशरथस्तदा ।
सूतमाज्ञापयामास रामं पुनरिहानय ॥

Summary AI Then, King Daśaratha entered the inner chambers and commanded the charioteer to bring Rāma back to him once more.

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प्रतिगृह्य स तद्वाक्यं सूतः पुनरुपाययौ ।
रामस्य भवनं शीघ्रं राममानयितुं पुनः ॥

Summary AI Accepting the king's command, the charioteer quickly returned to Rāma's palace to fetch him again.

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द्वाःस्थैरावेदितं तस्य रामायागमनं पुनः ।
श्रुत्वैव चापि रामस्तं प्राप्तं शङ्कान्वितोऽभवत् ॥

Summary AI When the doorkeepers announced the charioteer's return, Rāma became apprehensive upon hearing that he had arrived once more.

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प्रवेश्य चैनं त्वरितं रामो वचनमब्रवीत् ।
यदागमनकृत्यं ते भूयस्तद्ब्रूह्यशेषतः ॥

Summary AI Hurriedly ushering him in, Rāma said: "Tell me fully the reason for your return here again."

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तमुवाच ततः सूतो राजा त्वां द्रष्टुमिच्छति ।
श्रुत्वा प्रमाणमत्र त्वं गमनायेतराय वा ॥

Summary AI The charioteer replied: "The King wishes to see you. Having heard this, it is for you to decide whether to go or otherwise."

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इति सूतवचः श्रुत्वा रामोऽथ त्वरयान्वितः ।
प्रययौ राजभवनं पुनर्द्रष्टुं नरेश्वरम् ॥

Summary AI Upon hearing the charioteer's words, Rāma immediately set out in haste for the royal palace to see the king once more.

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तं श्रुत्वा समनुप्राप्तं रामं दशरथो नृपः ।
प्रवेशयामास गृहं विविक्षुः प्रियमुत्तमम् ॥

Summary AI Hearing that Rāma had arrived, King Daśaratha, wishing to communicate something very dear and excellent, had him enter the palace.

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प्रविशन्नेव च श्रीमान्राघवो भवनं पितुः ।
ददर्श पितरं दूरात्प्रणिपत्य कृताञ्जलिः ॥

Summary AI Entering his father's palace, the illustrious Rāghava saw his father from a distance and prostrated himself with joined palms.

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प्रणमन्तं समुत्थाप्य तं परिष्वज्य भूमिपः ।
प्रदिश्य चास्मै रुचिरमासनं पुनरब्रवीत् ॥

Summary AI Raising the prostrating Rāma and embracing him, the king offered him a beautiful seat and spoke again.

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राम वृद्धोऽस्मि दीर्घायुर्भुक्ता भोगा मयेप्सिताः ।
अन्नवद्भिः क्रतुशतैस्तथेष्टं भूरिदक्षिणैः ॥

Summary AI "Rāma, I have grown old and lived a long life. I have enjoyed all desired pleasures and performed hundreds of sacrifices with abundant food and generous gifts."

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जातमिष्टमपत्यं मे त्वमद्यानुपमं भुवि ।
दत्तमिष्टमधीतं च मया पुरुषसत्तम ॥

Summary AI "O best of men, I have given in charity, offered sacrifices, and studied the Vedas. Today, you, my incomparable and beloved son, have been born to me on this earth."

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अनुभूतानि चेष्टानि मया वीर सुखानि च ।
देवर्षि पितृविप्राणामनृणोऽस्मि तथात्मनः ॥

Summary AI "O hero, I have experienced desired happiness. I am now free from debt to the gods, sages, ancestors, and Brāhmaṇas, as well as to myself."

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न किंचिन्मम कर्तव्यं तवान्यत्राभिषेचनात् ।
अतो यत्त्वामहं ब्रूयां तन्मे त्वं कर्तुमर्हसि ॥

Summary AI "Nothing remains for me to do except for your consecration. Therefore, you must do what I am about to tell you."

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अद्य प्रकृतयः सर्वास्त्वामिच्छन्ति नराधिपम् ।
अतस्त्वां युवराजानमभिषेक्ष्यामि पुत्रक ॥

Summary AI "My son, today all the subjects desire you as their ruler. Therefore, I shall consecrate you as the crown prince."

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अपि चाद्याशुभान्राम स्वप्नान्पश्यामि दारुणान् ।
सनिर्घाता महोल्काश्च पतन्तीह महास्वनाः ॥

Summary AI "Furthermore, Rāma, I see terrible and inauspicious dreams today. Great meteors are falling with thunderous sounds and lightning strikes."

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अवष्टब्धं च मे राम नक्षत्रं दारुणैर्ग्रहैः ।
आवेदयन्ति दैवज्ञाः सूर्याङ्गारकराहुभिः ॥

Summary AI "Rāma, the astrologers report that my birth star is afflicted by cruel planets like the Sun, Mars, and Rāhu."

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प्रायेण हि निमित्तानामीदृशानां समुद्भवे ।
राजा वा मृत्युमाप्नोति घोरां वापदमृच्छति ॥

Summary AI "Indeed, when such omens appear, the king usually meets his death or encounters some terrible calamity."

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तद्यावदेव मे चेतो न विमुह्यति राघव ।
तावदेवाभिषिञ्चस्व चला हि प्राणिनां मतिः ॥

Summary AI "Therefore, Rāghava, be consecrated while my mind is still clear, for the will of living beings is fickle."

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अद्य चन्द्रोऽभ्युपगतः पुष्यात्पूर्वं पुनर्वसुम् ।
श्वः पुष्य योगं नियतं वक्ष्यन्ते दैवचिन्तकाः ॥

Summary AI Today, the moon has reached Punarvasu before Puṣya. Astrologers predict that tomorrow the moon will certainly be in conjunction with the Puṣya constellation.

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तत्र पुष्येऽभिषिञ्चस्व मनस्त्वरयतीव माम् ।
श्वस्त्वाहमभिषेक्ष्यामि यौवराज्ये परंतप ॥

Summary AI O scorcher of enemies, be consecrated during that Puṣya period; my mind seems to urge me. Tomorrow, I shall indeed crown you as the heir-apparent.

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तस्मात्त्वयाद्य व्रतिना निशेयं नियतात्मना ।
सह वध्वोपवस्तव्या दर्भप्रस्तरशायिना ॥

Summary AI Therefore, you must observe a fast today with self-restraint along with your wife, sleeping on a bed of darbha grass.

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सुहृदश्चाप्रमत्तास्त्वां रक्षन्त्वद्य समन्ततः ।
भवन्ति बहुविघ्नानि कार्याण्येवंविधानि हि ॥

Summary AI Let vigilant friends protect you today from all sides, for such auspicious undertakings often encounter many obstacles.

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विप्रोषितश्च भरतो यावदेव पुरादितः ।
तावदेवाभिषेकस्ते प्राप्तकालो मतो मम ॥

Summary AI As long as Bharata remains away from this city, I believe the time for your consecration is most opportune.

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कामं खलु सतां वृत्ते भ्राता ते भरतः स्थितः ।
ज्येष्ठानुवर्ती धर्मात्मा सानुक्रोशो जितेन्द्रियः ॥

Summary AI Indeed, your brother Bharata follows the path of the virtuous; he is righteous, follows his eldest brother, is compassionate, and has conquered his senses.

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किं तु चित्तं मनुष्याणामनित्यमिति मे मतिः ।
सतां च धर्मनित्यानां कृतशोभि च राघव ॥

Summary AI However, O Rāghava, my opinion is that the minds of humans are fickle, even for the virtuous who are devoted to righteousness and perform good deeds.

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इत्युक्तः सोऽभ्यनुज्ञातः श्वोभाविन्यभिषेचने ।
व्रजेति रामः पितरमभिवाद्याभ्ययाद्गृहम् ॥

Summary AI Thus addressed and commanded regarding the consecration to take place the next day, Rāma saluted his father and, being told to go, returned home.

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प्रविश्य चात्मनो वेश्म राज्ञोद्दिष्टेऽभिषेचने ।
तस्मिन्क्षणे विनिर्गत्य मातुरन्तःपुरं ययौ ॥

Summary AI Having entered his own residence and considering the consecration ordered by the King, he immediately left and went to his mother's inner apartments.

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तत्र तां प्रवणामेव मातरं क्षौमवासिनीम् ।
वाग्यतां देवतागारे ददर्श याचतीं श्रियम् ॥

Summary AI There, in the temple, he saw his mother clad in silk, silent and devoted, praying for prosperity.

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प्रागेव चागता तत्र सुमित्रा लक्ष्मणस्तथा ।
सीता चानायिता श्रुत्वा प्रियं रामाभिषेचनम् ॥

Summary AI Sumitrā and Lakṣmaṇa had already arrived there. Sītā too had been brought there after hearing the pleasant news of Rāma’s consecration.

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तस्मिन्काले हि कौसल्या तस्थावामीलितेक्षणा ।
सुमित्रयान्वास्यमाना सीतया लक्ष्मणेन च ॥

Summary AI At that time, Kausalyā stood with her eyes half-closed, attended by Sumitrā, Sītā, and Lakṣmaṇa.

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श्रुत्वा पुष्येण पुत्रस्य यौवराज्याभिषेचनम् ।
प्राणायामेन पुरुषं ध्यायमाना जनार्दनम् ॥

Summary AI Having heard of her son's consecration as heir-apparent during the Puṣya constellation, she was meditating on Lord Janārdana through breath control (prāṇāyāma).

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तथा सनियमामेव सोऽभिगम्याभिवाद्य च ।
उवाच वचनं रामो हर्षयंस्तामिदं तदा ॥

Summary AI Approaching his mother who was thus observing vows, Rāma saluted her and then spoke these words, bringing her joy.

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अम्ब पित्रा नियुक्तोऽस्मि प्रजापालनकर्मणि ।
भविता श्वोऽभिषेको मे यथा मे शासनं पितुः ॥

Summary AI Mother, I have been appointed by Father to the task of protecting the subjects. According to my father's command, my consecration will take place tomorrow.

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सीतयाप्युपवस्तव्या रजनीयं मया सह ।
एवमृत्विगुपाध्यायैः सह मामुक्तवान्पिता ॥

Summary AI This night must be spent in fasting by Sītā along with me. Father, together with the priests and preceptors, has told me so.

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यानि यान्यत्र योग्यानि श्वोभाविन्यभिषेचने ।
तानि मे मङ्गलान्यद्य वैदेह्याश्चैव कारय ॥

Summary AI Please arrange for whatever auspicious rites are suitable for tomorrow's consecration for me and for Vaidehī today.

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एतच्छ्रुत्वा तु कौसल्या चिरकालाभिकाङ्क्षितम् ।
हर्षबाष्पकलं वाक्यमिदं राममभाषत ॥

Summary AI Upon hearing this long-desired news, Kausalyā spoke these words to Rāma, her voice faltering with tears of joy.

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वत्स राम चिरं जीव हतास्ते परिपन्थिनः ।
ज्ञातीन्मे त्वं श्रिया युक्तः सुमित्रायाश्च नन्दय ॥

Summary AI Dear child Rāma, live long! Your enemies are destroyed. Endowed with prosperity, may you gladden my kinsmen and those of Sumitrā.

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कल्याणे बत नक्षत्रे मयि जातोऽसि पुत्रक ।
येन त्वया दशरथो गुणैराराधितः पिता ॥

Summary AI Oh my son, you were surely born to me under an auspicious star, for your father Daśaratha has been gratified by your virtues.

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अमोघं बत मे क्षान्तं पुरुषे पुष्करेक्षणे ।
येयमिक्ष्वाकुराज्यश्रीः पुत्र त्वां संश्रयिष्यति ॥

Summary AI O son! My long-held patience regarding that lotus-eyed Person has proven fruitful, as this royal fortune of the Ikṣvāku dynasty is now about to rest upon you.

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इत्येवमुक्तो मात्रेदं रामो भारतमब्रवीत् ।
प्राञ्जलिं प्रह्वमासीनमभिवीक्ष्य स्मयन्निव ॥

Summary AI Having been addressed thus by his mother, Rāma, looking at Lakṣmaṇa who was sitting nearby with folded hands and a bowed head, spoke these words while appearing to smile.

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लक्ष्मणेमां मया सार्धं प्रशाधि त्वं वसुंधराम् ।
द्वितीयं मेऽन्तरात्मानं त्वामियं श्रीरुपस्थिता ॥

Summary AI O Lakṣmaṇa! Rule this earth along with me. This royal fortune has arrived for you, who are my very own second inner self.

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सौमित्रे भुङ्क्ष्व भोगांस्त्वमिष्टान्राज्यफलानि च ।
जीवितं च हि राज्यं च त्वदर्थमभिकामये ॥

Summary AI O Saumitri! Enjoy the desired pleasures and the fruits of kingship. Indeed, I desire both my life and the kingdom only for your sake.

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इत्युक्त्वा लक्ष्मणं रामो मातरावभिवाद्य च ।
अभ्यनुज्ञाप्य सीतां च जगाम स्वं निवेशनम् ॥

Summary AI Having spoken thus to Lakṣmaṇa, saluted his mothers, and taken leave of Sītā, Rāma went to his own residence.