यात्रादण्डविधानञ्च द्वियोनी सन्धिविग्रहौ । कच्चिदेतान् महाप्राज्ञ यथावदनुमन्यसे ।। २.१००.
Do you, O greatly wise one, properly approve of military expeditions, punishment, the two kinds of birth, alliances and hostilities?
मन्त्रिभिस्त्वं यथोद्दिष्टैश्चतुर्भिस्त्रिभिरेव वा । कच्चित् समस्तैर्व्यस्तैश्च मन्त्र मन्त्रयसे मिथ: ।। २.१००.
Do you consult on counsel with ministers, as prescribed, either with four or three, or with all together or separately?
कच्चित्ते सफला वेदा: कच्चित्ते सफला: क्रिया: । कच्चित्ते सफला दारा: कच्चित्ते सफलं श्रुतम् ।। २.१००.
Are your studies of the Vedas fruitful? Are your rituals fruitful? Are your marriages fruitful? Is your learning fruitful?
कच्चिदेषैव ते बुद्धिर्यथोक्ता मम राघव । आयुष्या च यशस्या च धर्मकामार्थसंहिता ।। २.१००.
Is your understanding, O Rāghava, as I have described—conducive to long life, fame, and the pursuit of righteousness, desire, and wealth?
यां वृत्तिं वर्त्तते तातो यां च न: प्रपितामहा: । तां वृत्तिं वर्त्तसे कच्चिद्या च सत्पथगा शुभा ।। २.१००.
Do you follow the conduct that your father and our ancestors observed, and which leads to the good and righteous path?
कच्चित् स्वादु कृतं भोज्यमेको नाश्नासि राघव । कच्चिदाशंसमानेभ्यो मित्रेभ्य: सम्प्रयच्छसि ।। २.१००.
Do you, O Rāghava, avoid eating delicious food alone, and do you share it with friends who desire it?
राजा तु धर्मेण हि पालयित्वा महामतिर्दण्डधर: प्रजानाम् । अवाप्य कृत्स्नां वसुधां यथावदितश्च्युत: स्वर्गमुपैति विद्वान् ।। २.१००.
But the wise king, having governed his people with justice and upheld the law, having rightfully attained the entire earth, departs to heaven when his time comes.
इत्यार्षे श्रीमद्रामायणे वाल्मीकीये आदिकाव्ये श्रीमदयोध्याकाण्डे शततम: सर्ग:
Thus ends the hundredth sarga in the glorious Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa of the ancient and revered Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa.
thumb|एकोत्तरशततमः सर्गः श्रूयताम्|center रामस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा भरत: प्रत्युवाच ह । किं मे धर्माद्विहीनस्य राजधर्म: करिष्यति ।। २.१०१.
Hearing Rāma’s words, Bharata replied: ‘What use is kingship to me, deprived as I am of righteousness?’
शाश्वतो ऽयं सदा धर्म्म: स्थितो ऽस्मासु नरर्षभ । ज्येष्ठपुत्रे स्थिते राजन्न कनीयान् नृपो भवेत् ।। २.१०१.
This is the eternal law among us, O best of men: when the eldest son is present, the younger cannot become king.
स समृद्धां मया सार्द्धमयोध्यां गच्छ राघव । अभिषेचय चात्मानं कुलस्यास्य भवाय न: ।। २.१०१.
Go, Rāghava, together with me to prosperous Ayodhyā, and be consecrated for the good of our lineage.
राजानं मानुषं प्राहुर्देवत्वे स मतो मम । यस्य धर्मार्थसहितं वृत्तमाहुरमानुषम् ।। २.१०१.
They call a king a mortal man, but to me he is divine, whose conduct is guided by righteousness and wealth, though he is human.
केकयस्थे च मयि तु त्वयि चारण्यमाश्रिते । दिवमार्यो गतो राजा यायजूक: सतां मत: ।। २.१०१.
While I remained in Kekaya and you had gone to the forest, our noble father, esteemed among the virtuous, ascended to heaven.
निष्क्रान्तमात्रे भवति सहसीते सलक्ष्मणे । दु:खशोकाभिभूतस्तु राजा त्रिदिवमभ्यगात् ।। २.१०१.
As soon as you and Lakṣmaṇa departed, the king, overwhelmed by grief and sorrow, reached the heavenly world.
उत्तिष्ठ पुरुषव्याघ्र क्रियतामुदकं पितु: । ऺअहं चायं च शत्रुघ्न: पूर्वमेव कृतोदकौ ।। २.१०१.
Rise up, O tiger among men, and perform the water-rite for our father; I and Śatrughna have already offered water before.
प्रियेण खलु दत्तं हि पितृलोकेषु राघव । अक्षय्यं भवतीत्याहुर्भवांश्चैव पितु: प्रिय: ।। २.१०१.
Indeed, it is said that water offered with love to the ancestors becomes imperishable in their world; and you, Rāghava, are dear to our father.
त्वामेव शोचंस्तव दर्शनेप्सुस्त्वय्येव सक्तामनिवर्त्य बुद्धिम् । त्वया विहीनस्तव शोकरुग्णस्त्वां संस्मरन्नस्तमित: पिता ते ।। २.१०१.
He grieved only for you, longing to see you, his mind fixed on you alone; deprived of you, sick with sorrow for you, remembering you, your father passed away.
इत्यार्षे श्रीमद्रामायणे वाल्मीकीये आदिकाव्ये श्रीमदयोध्याकाण्डे एकोत्तरशततम:सर्ग:
Thus ends the one hundred and first sarga in the glorious Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa of the ancient and revered Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa.
thumb|द्व्यधिकशततमः सर्गः श्रूयताम्|center तां श्रुत्वा करुणां वाचं पितुर्मरणसंहिताम् । राघवो भरतेनोक्तां बभूव गतचेतन: ।। २.१०२.
Hearing that sorrowful speech from Bharata, which told of his father’s death, Rāghava lost consciousness.
तं तु वज्रमिवोत्सृष्टमाहवे दानवारिणा । वाग्वज्रं भरतेनोक्तममनोज्ञं परन्तप: ।। २.१०२.
That word of Bharata, as harsh as a thunderbolt hurled by the foe of the Dānavas in battle, struck down the mighty Rāma.
प्रगृह्य बाहू रामो वै पुष्पिताग्रो यथा द्रुम: । वने परशुना कृत्तस्तथा भुवि पपात ह ।। २.१०२.
Grasping his arms, Rāma fell to the ground like a tree with blossoming branches cut down in the forest by an axe.
तथा निपतितं रामं जगत्यां जगतीपतिम् । कूलघातपरिश्रान्तं प्रसुप्तमिव कुञ्जरम् ।। २.१०२.
Thus fallen to the earth, the lord of the world lay like a great elephant, exhausted on the riverbank, fast asleep.
भ्रातरस्ते महेष्वासं सर्वत: शोककर्शितम् । रुदन्त: सह वैदेह्या सिषिचु: सलिलेन वै ।। २.१०२.
His brothers, great archers all, worn down by grief, wept with Sītā and sprinkled him with water.
स तु संज्ञां पुनर्लब्ध्वा नेत्राभ्यामास्रमुत्सृजन् । उपाक्रामत काकुत्स्थ: कृपणं बहु भाषितुम् ।। २.१०२.
Regaining consciousness, tears streaming from his eyes, the son of Kakutstha began to speak many pitiful words.
स राम: स्वर्गतं श्रुत्वा पितरं पृथिवीपतिम् । उवाच भरतं वाक्यं धर्मात्मा धर्मसंहितम् ।। २.१०२.
When Rama heard that his father, the lord of the earth, had passed away, that righteous one spoke words in accordance with dharma to Bharata.
किं करिष्याम्ययोध्यायां ताते दिष्टां गतिं गते । कस्तां राजवराद्धीनामयोध्यां पालयिष्यति ।। २.१०२.
Now that my father has gone to the destined path, what shall I do in Ayodhya? Who will govern Ayodhya, which depended on that foremost of kings?
किं नु तस्य मया कार्य्यं दुर्जातेन महात्मन: । यो मृतो मम शोकेन मया चापि न संस्कृत: ।। २.१०२.
What duty remains for me, who am of difficult birth, toward that great-souled one who died from grief over me and whom I could not even perform the funeral rites for?
अहो भरत सिद्धार्थो येन राजा त्वया ऽनघ । शत्रुघ्नेन च सर्वेषु प्रेतकृत्येषु सत्कृत: ।। २.१०२.
Ah, Bharata, you are truly fortunate, for the king was duly honored in all the funeral rites by you, blameless one, and by Shatrughna.
निष्प्रधानामनेकाग्रां नरेन्द्रेण विना कृताम् । निवृत्तवनवासोपि नायोध्यां गन्तुमुत्सहे ।। २.१०२.
Even after completing my forest exile, I do not have the heart to return to Ayodhya, which, deprived of its sovereign, has become leaderless and distracted.
समाप्तवनवासं मामयोध्यायां परन्तप । को नु शासिष्यति पुनस्ताते लोकान्तरं गते ।। २.१०२.
O subduer of foes, even if I complete my exile, who will rule Ayodhya again now that my father has departed to the other world?