गजकन्या गजाश्चैव हेमकक्ष्या: पताकिन: । जीमूता इव घर्मान्ते सघोषा: सम्प्रतस्थिरे ।। २.९२.
Elephant maidens and elephants with golden trappings and banners, like clouds at the end of summer, set out with resounding noise.
विविधान्यपि यानानि महान्ति च लघूनि च । प्रययु: सुमहार्हाणि पादैरेव पदातय: ।। २.९२.
Various vehicles, both large and small, departed, and the highly esteemed foot soldiers proceeded on foot.
अथ यानप्रवेकैस्तु कौसल्याप्रमुखा: स्त्रिय: । रामदर्शनकांक्षिण्य: प्रययुर्मुदितास्तदा ।। २.९२.
Then, the women led by Kausalya, desiring to see Rama, joyfully departed in covered carriages.
चन्द्रार्कतरुणाभासां नियुक्तां शिबिकां शुभाम् । आस्थाय प्रययौ श्रीमान् भरत: सपरिच्छद: ।। २.९२.
Bharata, resplendent and surrounded by his retinue, set out in a splendid palanquin shining like the moon, sun, and dawn.
सा प्रयाता महासेना गजवाजिरथाकुला । दक्षिणां दिशमावृत्य महामेघ इवोत्थित: ।। २.९२.
That great army, filled with elephants, horses, and chariots, moved southward, spreading out like a great rising cloud.
वनानि तु व्यतिक्रम्य जुष्टानि मृगपक्षिभि: । गङ्गाया: परवेलायां गिरिष्वपि नदीषु च ।। २.९२.
Passing through forests teeming with deer and birds, they reached the far banks of the Ganga, as well as mountains and rivers.
सा सम्प्रहृष्टद्विजवाजियोधा वित्रासयन्ती मृगपक्षिसङ्घान् । महद्वनं तत्प्रतिगाहमाना रराज सेना भरतस्य तत्र ।। २.९२.
That army of Bharata, filled with delighted priests, horses, and warriors, frightening flocks of deer and birds as it advanced through the great forest, shone brilliantly there.
इत्यार्षे श्रीमद्रामायणे वाल्मीकीये आदिकाव्ये श्रीमदयोध्याकाण्डे द्विनवतितम: सर्ग:
Thus ends the ninety-second sarga of the glorious Ayodhya Kanda in the ancient and revered Ramayana composed by the sage Valmiki.
thumb|त्रिनवतितमः सर्गः श्रूयताम्|center तया महत्या यायिन्या ध्वजिन्या वनवासिन: । अर्द्दिता यूथपा मत्ता: सयूथा: सम्प्रदुद्रुवु: ।। २.९३.
As that great army, adorned with banners, advanced, the wild elephants, struck with fear, fled with their herds.
ऋक्षा: पृषतसङ्घाश्च रुरवश्च समतन्त: । दृश्यन्ते वनराजीषु गिरिष्वपि नदीषु च ।। २.९३.
Bears, herds of spotted deer, and antelopes were seen in the forest groves, as well as on the mountains and by the rivers.
स सम्प्रतस्थे धर्मात्मा प्रीतो दशरथात्मज: । वृतो महत्या नादिन्या सेनया चतुरङ्गया ।। २.९३.
The righteous son of Dasharatha, pleased, set out surrounded by his great, resounding fourfold army.
सागरौघनिभा सेना भरतस्य महात्मन: । महीं सञ्छादयामास प्रावृषि द्यामिवाम्बुद: ।। २.९३.
Bharata's mighty army, resembling a mass of ocean waves, covered the earth as a rain cloud covers the sky in the rainy season.
चिरकालमित्यनेन कदाचिल्लक्ष्यत इति गम्यते ।। २.९३.
From this, it is inferred that a long time has passed.
स यात्वा दूरमध्वानं सुपरिश्रान्तवाहन: । उवाच भरत: श्रीमान् वसिष्ठं मन्त्रिणां वरम् ।। २.९३.
Having traveled a long distance, with his vehicles thoroughly fatigued, the illustrious Bharata spoke to Vasistha, foremost among counselors.
यादृशं लक्ष्यते रूपं यथा चैव श्रुतं मया । व्यक्तं प्राप्ता: स्म तं देशं भरद्वाजो यमब्रवीत् ।। २.९३.
From the appearance and as I have heard, it is clear we have reached the place that Bharadvaja described.
अयं गिरिश्चित्रकूट इयं मन्दाकिनी नदी । एतत् प्रकाशते दूरान्नीलमेघनिभं वनम् ।। २.९३.
Here is Mount Chitrakuta, here is the Mandakini river, and from afar that forest appears, dark as a rain cloud.
गिरे: सानूनि रम्याणि चित्रकूटस्य सम्प्रति । वारणैरवमृद्यन्ते मामकै: पर्वतोपमै: ।। २.९३.
The delightful slopes of Chitrakuta mountain are now being trampled by my elephants, who are themselves as mighty as mountains.
मुञ्चन्ति कुसुमान्येते नगा: पर्वतसानुषु । नीला इवातपापाये तोयं तोयधरा घना: ।। २.९३.
These trees on the mountain slopes are shedding their blossoms, just as rain clouds release water when the heat subsides.
किन्नराचरितं देशं पश्य शत्रुघ्न पर्वतम् । मृगै: समन्तादाकीर्णं मकरैरिव सागरम् ।। २.९३.
Look, Shatrughna, at this mountain region frequented by Kinnaras, surrounded everywhere by deer, like the ocean is by makaras.
एते मृगगणा भान्ति शीघ्रवेगा: प्रचोदिता: । वायुप्रविद्धा शरदि मेघराजिरिवाम्बरे ।। २.९३.
These herds of deer, swift and urged onward, shine like rows of clouds scattered across the autumn sky by the wind.
कुर्वन्ति कुसुमापीडान् शिरस्सु सुरभीनमी । मेघप्रकाशै: फलकैर्दाक्षिणात्या यथा नरा: ।। २.९३.
They make fragrant garlands of flowers upon their heads, just as people in the south adorn themselves with shining fruit resembling clouds.
निष्कूजमिव भूत्वेदं वनं घोरप्रदर्शनम् । अयोध्येव जनाकीर्णा सम्प्रति प्रतिभाति मा ।। २.९३.
This forest, once silent and fearsome in appearance, now seems to me as crowded as Ayodhya.
खुरैरुदीरितो रेणुर्दिवं प्रच्छाद्य तिष्ठति । तं वहत्यनिल: शीघ्रं कुर्वन्निव मम प्रियम् ।। २.९३.
Dust stirred up by hooves rises and covers the sky, and the wind swiftly carries it, as if doing me a favor.
स्यन्दनांस्तुरगोपेतान् सूतमुख्यैरधिष्ठितान् । एतान् सम्पतत: शीघ्रं पश्य शत्रुघ्न कानने ।। २.९३.
See, Shatrughna, these chariots drawn by horses and driven by skilled charioteers, speeding through the forest.
एतान् वित्रासितान् पश्य बर्हिण: प्रियदर्शनान् । एतमाविशत: शीघ्रमधिवासं पतत्ऺित्रण: ।। २.९३.
See these frightened, beautiful peacocks quickly entering their shelter among the trees.
अतिमात्रमयं देशो मनोज्ञ: प्रतिभाति मा । तापसानां निवासो ऽयं व्यक्तं स्वर्गपथो यथा ।। २.९३.
This place appears to me exceedingly charming; it is clearly the dwelling of ascetics, like the path to heaven.
मृगा मृगीभि: सहिता बहव: पृषता वने । मनोज्ञरूपा लक्ष्यन्ते कुसुमैरिव चित्रिता: ।। २.९३.
Many deer, together with their mates, are seen in the forest, beautiful in form and adorned as if with flowers.
साधुसैन्या: प्रतिष्ठन्तां विचिन्वन्तु च कानने । यथा तौ पुरुषव्याघ्रौ दृश्येते रामलक्ष्मणौ ।। २.९३.
Let the noble troops proceed and search the forest, so that those two tiger-like men, Rama and Lakshmana, may be found.
भरतस्य वच: श्रुत्वा पुरुषा: शस्त्रपाणय: । विविशुस्तद्वनं शूरा धूमं च ददृशुस्तत: ।। २.९३.
Hearing Bharata's words, the warriors, weapons in hand, entered that forest and saw smoke rising there.
ते समालोक्य धूमाग्रमूचुर्भरतमागता: । नामनुष्ये भवत्याग्निर्व्यक्तमत्रैव राघवौ ।। २.९३.
Seeing the column of smoke, they said to Bharata, 'Fire does not occur where there are no people; surely the Raghavas are here.'