दिवसे विंशतिः सर्गा गेया मधुरया गिरा । प्रमाणैर्बहुभिस्तत्र यथोद्दिष्टा मया पुरा ।। ७.९३.
Twenty sargas should be sung each day with sweet voices, following the many measures I have previously prescribed.
लोभश्चापि न कर्तव्यः स्वल्पो ऽपि धनकाङ्क्षया । किं धनेनाश्रमस्थानां फलमूलोपजीविना ।। ७.९३.
One should not give in to greed, not even a little, out of desire for wealth; for what use is wealth to those dwelling in the hermitage, who live on fruits and roots?
यदि पृच्छेत्स काकुत्स्थो युवां कस्येति दारकौ । आवां वाल्मीकिशिष्यौ स्वो ब्रूतमेवं नराधिपम् ।। ७.९३.
If the descendant of Kakutstha asks you, 'Whose sons are you, children?', then reply to the king, 'We are disciples of Vālmīki.'
इमास्तन्त्रीः सुमधुराः स्थानं वा ऽपूर्वदर्शनम् । मूर्च्छयित्वा सुमधुरं गायतां विगतज्वरौ ।। ७.९३.
With these sweet-sounding lutes, in a place never seen before, after tuning them well, sing sweetly and without anxiety.
आदिप्रभृति गेयं स्यान्न चावज्ञाय पार्थिवम् । पिता हि सर्वभूतानां राजा भविति धर्मतः ।। ७.९३.
The song should be sung from the beginning, and do not show disrespect to the king; for by righteousness, the king is the father of all beings.
तद्युवां हृष्टमनसौ श्वः प्रभाते समास्थितौ । गायेथां मधुरं गेयं तन्त्रीलयसमन्वितम् ।। ७.९३.
Therefore, with joyful hearts, tomorrow morning, take your places and sing the melodious song, accompanied by the rhythm of the lute.
इति सन्दिश्य बहुशो मुनिः प्राचेतसस्तदा । वाल्मीकिः परमोदारस्तूष्णीमासीन्महायशाः ।। ७.९३.
Having thus instructed them many times, the sage, the son of Prachetas, Vālmīki, of great generosity and renowned fame, sat in silence.
सन्दिष्टौ मुनिना तेन तावुभौ मैथिलीसुतौ । तथैव करवावेति निर्जग्मतुररिन्दमौ ।। ७.९३.
Thus instructed by the sage, those two sons of Maithilī said, 'So shall we do,' and departed, destroyers of foes.
तामद्भुतां तौ हृदये कुमारौ निवेश्य वाणीमृषिभाषितां तदा । समुत्सुकौ तौ सममूषतुर्निशां यथा ऽश्विनौ भार्गवनीतिसंहिताम् ।। ७.९३.
Then, the two princes placed those wondrous words spoken by the sage in their hearts; eager, they passed the night together, like the Aśvins with the collection of Bhārgava's precepts.
इत्यार्षे श्रीमद्रामायणे वाल्मीकीये आदिकाव्ये श्रीमदुत्तरकाण्डे त्रिनवतितमः सर्गः
Thus ends the ninety-third sarga in the glorious Uttarakāṇḍa of the ancient and revered Rāmāyaṇa, composed by the sage Vālmīki.
तौ रजन्यां प्रभातायां स्नातौ हुतहुताशनौ । यथोक्तमृषिणा पूर्वं सर्वं तत्रोपगायताम् ।। ७.९४.
At dawn, after bathing and offering oblations into the sacred fire, the two sang everything there just as the sage had previously instructed.
तां स शुश्राव काकुत्स्थः पूर्वाचार्यविजिर्मिताम् । अपूर्वां पाठ्यजातिं च गेयेन समलङ्कृताम् ।। ७.९४.
The descendant of Kakutstha listened to that song, composed by ancient teachers, a new style of recitation, adorned with melody.
प्रमाणैर्बहुभिर्बद्धां तन्त्रीलयसमन्विताम् । बालाभ्यां राघवः श्रुत्वा कौतूहलपरो ऽभवत् ।। ७.९४.
Bound by many measures, accompanied by the rhythm of the lute, Rāghava, hearing it sung by the two boys, became filled with curiosity.
अथ कर्मान्तरे राजा समाहूय महामुनीन् । पार्थिवांश्च नरव्याघ्रः पण्डितान्नैगमांस्तथा ।। ७.९४.
Then, during another task, the king summoned the great sages, the tiger among men, as well as the kings, scholars, and also the merchants.
पौराणिकाञ्छब्दविदो ये च वृद्धा द्विजातयः । स्वराणां लक्षणज्ञांश्च उत्सुकान्द्विजसत्तमान् ।। ७.९४.
He called the reciters of ancient tales, those skilled in language, the elderly twice-born, and the foremost Brāhmaṇas who know the characteristics of musical notes, all eager to listen.
लक्षणज्ञांश्च गान्धर्वान्नैगमांश्च विशेषतः । पादाक्षरसमासज्ञांश्छन्दःसु परिनिष्ठितान् ।। ७.९४.
He especially summoned those skilled in the characteristics of music, the experts in the art of Gandharvas, the merchants, those who know the arrangement of syllables and feet, and those accomplished in metres.
कलामात्राविशेषज्ञाञ्ज्योतिषे च परं गतान् । क्रियाकल्पविदश्चैव तथा कार्यविदो जनान् ।। ७.९४.
He called those who know the distinctions of time and measure, those advanced in astrology, those skilled in ritual procedures, and those knowledgeable in various duties.
भाषाज्ञानिङ्गितज्ञांश्च नैगमांश्चाप्यशेषतः । हेतूपचारकुशलान् वचने चापि हैतुकान् ।। ७.९४.
He summoned those who know languages and gestures, all the merchants, those skilled in reasoning and application, and those adept in logical discourse.
छन्दोविदः पुराणज्ञान्वैदिकान्द्विजसत्तमान् । चित्रज्ञान्वृत्तसूत्रज्ञान्गीतनृत्यविशारदान् ।। ७.९४.
He called the experts in metres, the knowers of ancient lore, the foremost twice-born versed in the Vedas, those skilled in painting, in the rules of poetic composition, and those accomplished in singing and dance.
शास्त्रज्ञान्नीतिनिपुणान्वेदान्तार्थप्रबोधकान् । एतान्सर्वान्समानीय गातारौ समवेशयत् ।। ७.९४.
He gathered together all those who were learned in the scriptures, skilled in policy, and awakened to the meaning of Vedānta, and had the two singers seated among them.
दृष्ट्वा मुनिगणाः सर्वे पार्थिवाश्च महौजसः । पिबन्त इव चक्षुर्भ्यां राजानं गायकौ च तौ ।। ७.९४.
Seeing them, all the groups of sages and the mighty kings gazed upon the king and those two singers as if drinking them in with their eyes.
ऊचुः परस्परं चेदं सर्व एव समन्ततः । उभौ रामस्य सदृशौ बिम्बाद्बिम्बमिवोत्थितौ ।। ७.९४.
All of them, everywhere, said to one another: 'Both are just like Rāma, as if an image had arisen from an image.'
जटिलौ यदि न स्यातां न वल्कलधरौ यदि । विशेषं नाधिगच्छामो गायतो राघवस्य च ।। ७.९४.
If they were not matted-haired and did not wear bark garments, we would find no distinction between them and the singer of Rāghava's deeds.
तेषां संवदतामेवं श्रोतऽणां हर्षवर्धनम् । गेयं प्रचक्रतुस्तत्र तावुभौ मुनिदारकौ ।। ७.९४.
As they conversed in this way, increasing the joy of the listeners, those two young ascetics began to sing there.
ततः प्रवृत्तं मधुरं गान्धर्वमतिमानुषम् । न च तृप्तिं ययुः सर्वे श्रोतारो गानसम्पदा ।। ७.९४.
Then began a sweet, celestial, superhuman song, and all the listeners did not grow satiated with the excellence of the singing.
प्रवृत्तमादितः पूर्वसर्गं नारददर्शितम् । ततः प्रभृति सर्गांश्च यावद्विंशत्यगायताम् ।। ७.९४.
They began from the first, singing the earliest section as revealed by Nārada, and from there continued to sing up to the twentieth section.
ततो ऽपराह्णसमये राघवः समभाषत । श्रुत्वा विंशतिसर्गांस्तान्भ्रातरं भ्रातृवत्सलः ।। ७.९४.
Then, in the afternoon, Rāghava, who cherished his brother, spoke after hearing those twenty sections.
अष्टादशसहस्राणि सुवर्णस्य महात्मनोः । प्रयच्छ शीघ्रं काकुत्स्थ यदन्यदभिकाङ्क्षितम् । ददौ शीघ्रं स काकुत्स्थो बालयोर्वै पृथक्पृथक् ।। ७.९४.
Give at once eighteen thousand pieces of gold to these two great souls, O descendant of Kakutstha, and whatever else they desire; and Kakutstha promptly gave separately to each of the boys.
दीयमानं सुवर्णं तु नागृह्णीतां कुशीलवौ । ऊचतुश्च महात्मानौ किमनेनेति विस्मितौ ।। ७.९४.
But the two, Kuśa and Lava, did not accept the gold being offered; those great souls, astonished, said, 'What is the use of this?'
वन्येन फलमूलेन निरतौ वनवासिनौ । सुवर्णेन हिरण्येन किं करिष्यावहे वने ।। ७.९४.
Dwelling in the forest, devoted to fruits and roots, what would we do with gold or treasure in the woods?