यदीह शरदो ऽनेकास्त्वया सार्द्धमनिन्दिते । लक्ष्मणेन च वत्स्यामि न मां शोक: प्रधक्ष्यति ।। २.९४.
If I dwell here for many autumns with you, O faultless one, and with Lakṣmaṇa, sorrow will not consume me.
बहुपुष्पफले रम्ये नानाद्विजगणायुते । विचित्रशिखरे ह्यस्मिन् रतवानस्मि भामिनि ।। २.९४.
On this charming mountain, abundant with flowers and fruits and filled with many kinds of birds, with its varied peaks, I find delight, O lovely one.
अनेन वनवासेन मया प्राप्तं फलद्वयम् । पितुश्चानृणता धर्मे भरतस्य प्रियं तथा ।। २.९४.
Through this exile in the forest, I have gained two fruits: I have fulfilled my duty to my father, and I have done what is pleasing to Bharata.
वैदेहि रमसे कच्चिच्चित्रकूटे मया सह । पश्यन्ती विविधान् भावान् मनोवाक्कायसंयतान् ।। २.९४.
Vaidehi, do you find joy here on Chitrakuta with me, as you observe the many forms of life, restrained in mind, speech, and body?
इदमेवामृतं प्राहू राज्ञि राजर्षय: परे । वनवासं भवार्थाय प्रेत्य मे प्रपितामहा: ।। २.९४.
The royal sages of old declared this alone to be immortal: my ancestors undertook exile in the forest for the sake of spiritual purpose after death.
शिला: शैलस्य शोभन्ते विशाला: शतशो ऽभित: । बहुला बहुलैर्वर्णैर्नीलपीतसितारुणै: ।। २.९४.
The broad rocks of the mountain shine all around in their hundreds, abundant with many colors—blue, yellow, white, and red.
निशि भान्त्यचलेन्द्रस्य हुताशनशिखा इव । ओषध्य: स्वप्रभालक्ष्या भ्राजमाना: सहस्रश: ।। २.९४.
At night, the herbs, radiant with their own light, shine by the thousands on the lord of mountains, like tongues of sacred fire.
केचित् क्षयनिभा देशा: केचिदुद्यानसन्निभा: । केचिदेकशिला भान्ति पर्वतस्यास्य भामिनि ।। २.९४.
Some regions of this mountain resemble dwellings, others appear like gardens, and some, O beautiful one, shine as if formed from a single rock.
भित्त्वेव वसुधां भाति चित्रकूट: समुत्थित: । चित्रकूटस्य कूटो ऽसौ दृश्यते सर्वत: शुभ: ।। २.९४.
It is as if Chitrakuta has burst forth, splitting the earth; the peak of Chitrakuta is seen everywhere, auspicious in every direction.
कुष्ठपुन्नागस्ऺथगरभूर्जपत्रोत्तरच्छदान् । कामिनां स्वास्तरान् पश्य कुशेशयदलायुतान् ।। २.९४.
See, the beds of lovers are covered with leaves of kuṣṭha, punnāga, asoka, and bhūrja trees, and adorned with lotus petals.
मृदिताश्चापविद्धाश्च दृश्यन्ते कमलस्रज: । कामिभिर्वनिते पश्य फलानि विविधानि च ।। २.९४.
See, O fair one, the garlands of lotuses, crushed and cast aside by lovers, and the various fruits scattered about.
वस्वौकसारां नलिनीमत्येतीवोत्तरान् कुरून् । पर्वतश्चित्रकूटो ऽसौ बहुमूलफलोदक: ।। २.९४.
This Chitrakuta mountain, rich in roots, fruits, and water, surpasses even the lotus-filled lakes of the northern Kurus, the abodes of the gods.
इमं तु कालं वनिते विजह्रिवांस्त्वया च सीते सह लक्ष्मणेन च । रतिं प्रपत्स्ये कुलधर्मवर्द्धनीं सतां पथि स्वैर्नियमै: परै: स्थित: ।। २.९४.
O lovely one, I will spend this time with you, Sita, and with Lakshmana, delighting in a joy that upholds the noble path, established in the highest self-restraint.
इत्यार्षे श्रीमद्रामायणे वाल्मीकीये आदिकाव्ये श्रीमदयोध्याकाण्डे चतुर्नवतितम: सर्ग:
Thus ends the ninety-fourth sarga in the glorious Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa of the ancient and illustrious Rāmāyaṇa composed by sage Vālmīki.
thumb|पञ्चनवतितमः सर्गः श्रूयताम्|center अथ शैलाद्विनिष्क्रम्य मैथिलीं कोसलेश्वर: । अदर्शयच्छुभजलां रम्यां मन्दाकिनीं नदीम् ।। २.९५.
Then, having descended from the mountain, the lord of Kosala showed Maithili the beautiful Mandakini river, with its pure waters.
अब्रवीच्च वरारोहां चारुचन्द्रनिभाननाम् । विदेहराजस्य सुतां रामो राजीवलोचन: ।। २.९५.
Rama, lotus-eyed, spoke to the noble princess, daughter of the king of Videha, whose face was lovely as the moon.
विचित्रपुलिनां रम्यां हंससारससेविताम् । कमलैरुपसम्पन्नां पश्य मन्दाकिनीं नदीम् ।। २.९५.
Behold the Mandakini river, charming with its varied sandbanks, frequented by swans and cranes, and adorned with lotuses.
नानाविधैस्तीररुहैर्वृतां पुष्पफलद्रुमै: । राजन्तीं राजराजस्य नलिनीमिव सर्वत: ।। २.९५.
See how she is encircled on all sides by many kinds of trees bearing flowers and fruits, shining like a lotus pond of a king of kings.
मृगयूथनिपीतानि कलुषाम्भांसि साम्प्रतम् । तीर्थानि रमणीयानि रतिं सञ्जनयन्ति मे ।। २.९५.
Now, the waters at the fords, muddied by herds of deer, are delightful to me and awaken my joy.
जटाजिनधरा: काले वल्कलोत्तरवासस: । ऋषयस्त्ववगाहन्ते नदीं मन्दाकिनीं प्रिये ।। २.९५.
At the proper time, the sages, wearing matted locks and deer skins, and clad in bark garments, enter the Mandakini river, beloved.
आदित्यमुपतिष्ठन्ते नियमादूर्द्ध्वबाहव: । एते परे विशालाक्षि मुनय: संशितव्रता: ।। २.९५.
O wide-eyed one, these great sages, steadfast in their vows, stand with arms raised in discipline, worshipping the sun.
मारुतोद्धूतशिखरै: प्रनृत्त इव पर्वत: । पादपै: पत्ऺत्रपुष्पाणि सृजद्भिरभितो नदीम् ।। २.९५.
See how the mountain, with its peaks shaken by the wind, seems to dance, while the trees all around shed their leaves and flowers into the river.
क्वचिन्मणिनिकाशोदां क्वचित्पुलिनशालिनीम् । क्वचित्सिद्धजनाकीर्णां पश्य मन्दाकिनीं नदीम् ।। २.९५.
Behold the Mandakini river: here she shines like a string of jewels, there she is lined with sandy banks, and in some places she is crowded with perfected beings.
निर्द्धूतान् वायुना पश्य विततान् पुष्पसञ्चयान् । पोप्लूयमानानपरान् पश्य त्वं जलमध्यगान् ।। २.९५.
See the heaps of flowers scattered and spread out by the wind, and look at the various creatures swimming in the midst of the water.
तांश्चातिवल्गुवचसो रथाङ्गाह्वयना द्विजा: । अधिरोहन्ति कल्याणि विकूजन्त: शुभा गिर: ।। २.९५.
O auspicious one, those twice-born sages called 'Rathanga-invokers', whose words are exceedingly sweet, ascend her banks, singing beautiful hymns.
दर्शनं चित्र कूटस्य मन्दाकिन्याश्च शोभने । अधिकं पुरवासाच्च मन्ये च तव दर्शनात् ।। २.९५.
O lovely one, the sight of Chitrakuta and the Mandakini is, I think, even more delightful than the city, because I see them with you.
विधूतकलुषै: सिद्धैस्तपोदमशमान्वितै: । नित्यविक्षोभितजलां विगाहस्व मया सह ।। २.९५.
Let us, together, enter these ever-stirred waters, purified by perfected beings who are free from impurity and endowed with austerity, self-restraint, and tranquility.
सखीवच्च विगाहस्व सीते मन्दाकिनीं नदीम् । कमलान्यवमज्जन्ती पुष्कराणि च भामिनि ।। २.९५.
O Sita, enter the Mandakini river as you would with a friend, submerging the lotuses and water-lilies, O beautiful one.
त्वं पौरजनवद्व्यालानयोध्यामिव पर्वतम् । मन्यस्व वनिते नित्यं सरयूवदिमां नदीम् ।। २.९५.
O lady, always think of this mountain as Ayodhya, and this river as the Sarayu, just as the people of the city do.
लक्ष्मणश्चापि धर्मात्मा मन्निदेशे व्यवस्थित: । त्वं चानुकूला वैदेहि प्रीतिं जनयथो मम ।। २.९५.
Righteous Lakshmana, too, abides by my command, and you, Vaidehi, are supportive; you both bring me joy.