यदि त्वभिहितं राज्ञा त्वयि तन्न विपत्स्यते। ततोऽहमभिधास्यामि न ह्येष त्वयि वक्ष्यति
If what the king has said to you will not be undone, then I will speak; for he will not say it to you himself.
एतत् तु वचनं श्रुत्वा कैकेय्या समुदाहृतम्। उवाच व्यथितो रामस्तां देवीं नृपसंनिधौ
Hearing these words spoken by Kaikeyī, Rāma, distressed, addressed that queen in the presence of the king.
अहो धिङ् नार्हसे देवि वक्तुं मामीदृशं वचः। अहं हि वचनाद् राज्ञः पतेयमपि पावके
Ah, shame! Lady, you should not speak to me in this way; for I would even throw myself into fire at the king's command.
भक्षयेयं विषं तीक्ष्णं पतेयमपि चार्णवे। नियुक्तो गुरुणा पित्रा नृपेण च हितेन च
I would drink deadly poison or leap into the ocean if ordered by my teacher, my father, the king, or one who wishes me well.
तद् ब्रूहि वचनं देवि राज्ञो यदभिकांक्षितम्। करिष्ये प्रतिजाने च रामो द्विर्नाभिभाषते
Therefore, tell me, Lady, whatever the king desires; I will do it, I promise you—Rāma does not speak twice.
तमार्जवसमायुक्तमनार्या सत्यवादिनम्। उवाच रामं कैकेयी वचनं भृशदारुणम्
To Rāma, who was endowed with straightforwardness and truthfulness, Kaikeyī, though unworthy, spoke exceedingly harsh words.
पुरा देवासुरे युद्धे पित्रा ते मम राघव। रक्षितेन वरौ दत्तौ सशल्येन महारणे
Long ago, during the war between the gods and demons, O Rāghava, your father, having been protected, was granted two boons in the great battle, even while wounded.
तत्र मे याचितो राजा भरतस्याभिषेचनम्। गमनं दण्डकारण्ये तव चाद्यैव राघव
There, I asked the king for the consecration of Bharata and for your departure today itself, O Rāghava, to the Daṇḍaka forest.
यदि सत्यप्रतिज्ञं त्वं पितरं कर्तुमिच्छसि। आत्मानं च नरश्रेष्ठ मम वाक्यमिदं शृणु
If you wish to fulfill your father's truthful promise, O best of men, and honor yourself, then listen to these words of mine.
संनिदेशे पितुस्तिष्ठ यथानेन प्रतिश्रुतम्। त्वयारण्यं प्रवेष्टव्यं नव वर्षाणि पञ्च च
Abide by your father's command, as he has promised: you must enter the forest for fourteen years.
भरतश्चाभिषिच्येत यदेतदभिषेचनम्। त्वदर्थे विहितं राज्ञा तेन सर्वेण राघव
And let Bharata be consecrated; this consecration, O Rāghava, was arranged by the king entirely for your sake.
सप्त सप्त च वर्षाणि दण्डकारण्यमाश्रितः। अभिषेकमिदं त्यक्त्वा जटाचीरधरो भव
Having renounced this consecration, dwell in the Daṇḍaka forest for two periods of seven years, wearing matted hair and bark garments.
भरतः कोसलपतेः प्रशास्तु वसुधामिमाम्। नानारत्नसमाकीर्णां सवाजिरथसंकुलाम्
Let Bharata, lord of the Kosalas, rule this earth, filled with various jewels and crowded with horses and chariots.
एतेन त्वां नरेन्द्रोऽयं कारुण्येन समाप्लुतः। शोकैः संक्लिष्टवदनो न शक्नोति निरीक्षितुम्
Because of this, the king, overwhelmed with compassion and his face distressed with grief, is unable to look upon you.
एतत् कुरु नरेन्द्रस्य वचनं रघुनन्दन। सत्येन महता राम तारयस्व नरेश्वरम्
Do this bidding of the king, O delight of the Raghus; by your great truthfulness, O Rāma, deliver the lord of men.
इतीव तस्यां परुषं वदन्त्यां न चैव रामः प्रविवेश शोकम्। प्रविव्यथे चापि महानुभावो राजा च पुत्रव्यसनाभितप्तः
Thus, even as she spoke these harsh words, Rāma did not fall into sorrow; but the great-souled one was troubled, and the king was tormented by grief for his son.
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Hear now the nineteenth sarga in the glorious Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa.
तदप्रियममित्रघ्नो वचनं मरणोपमम्। श्रुत्वा न विव्यथे रामः कैकेयीं चेदमब्रवीत्
Hearing that unpleasant, death-like command, the destroyer of foes, Rāma, was not shaken and spoke thus to Kaikeyī:
एवमस्तु गमिष्यामि वनं वस्तुमहं त्वितः। जटाचीरधरो राज्ञः प्रतिज्ञामनुपालयन्
"So be it; I will go to the forest from here and dwell there, wearing matted hair and bark, upholding the king's promise."
इदं तु ज्ञातुमिच्छामि किमर्थं मां महीपतिः। नाभिनन्दति दुर्धर्षो यथापूर्वमरिंदमः
"But this I wish to know: for what reason does the mighty king, the subduer of enemies, not greet me as before?"
मन्युर्न च त्वया कार्यो देवि ब्रूमि तवाग्रतः। यास्यामि भव सुप्रीता वनं चीरजटाधरः
"Do not take offense, O queen; I say this before you: I will go, be well pleased, to the forest, wearing bark and matted hair."
हितेन गुरुणा पित्रा कृतज्ञेन नृपेण च। नियुज्यमानो विस्रब्धः किं न कुर्यामहं प्रियम्
"When commanded by a beneficent elder, a grateful king and father, why should I not, with confidence, do what is dear to them?"
अलीकं मानसं त्वेकं हृदयं दहते मम। स्वयं यन्नाह मां राजा भरतस्याभिषेचनम्
"Only one thing, a baseless thought, burns my heart: that the king himself did not tell me of Bharata's consecration."
अहं हि सीतां राज्यं च प्राणानिष्टान् धनानि च। हृष्टो भ्रात्रे स्वयं दद्यां भरतायाप्रचोदितः
"For I would gladly give Sītā, the kingdom, my life, beloved riches, all to my brother Bharata, even unasked."
किं पुनर्मनुजेन्द्रेण स्वयं पित्रा प्रचोदितः। तव च प्रियकामार्थं प्रतिज्ञामनुपालयन्
What then, when the king himself, urged by his father, is upholding his promise for the sake of your dearest wish?
तथाश्वासय ह्रीमन्तं किं त्विदं यन्महीपतिः। वसुधासक्तनयनो मन्दमश्रूणि मुञ्चति
So comfort this modest one; but why does the lord of the land, his gaze fixed on the earth, slowly shed tears?
गच्छन्तु चैवानयितुं दूताः शीघ्रजवैर्हयैः। भरतं मातुलकुलादद्यैव नृपशासनात्
Let messengers, with swift horses, go at once to bring Bharata from his maternal uncle’s house today, by the king’s command.
दण्डकारण्यमेषोऽहं गच्छाम्येव हि सत्वरः। अविचार्य पितुर्वाक्यं समा वस्तुं चतुर्दश
I will go quickly to the Dandaka forest, without hesitation, to dwell there for fourteen years, just as my father has commanded.
सा हृष्टा तस्य तद् वाक्यं श्रुत्वा रामस्य कैकयी। प्रस्थानं श्रद्दधाना सा त्वरयामास राघवम्
Hearing those words of Rama, Kaikeyi became glad; believing in his departure, she urged Raghava to hasten.
एवं भवतु यास्यन्ति दूताः शीघ्रजवैर्हयैः। भरतं मातुलकुलादिहावर्तयितुं नराः
So be it—let messengers with swift horses go, to bring Bharata back here from his maternal uncle’s house.