रथाङ्गसाह्वा नत्यूहा: हंसा: कारण्डवा: प्लवा: । तथा पुंस्कोकिला: क्रौञ्चा विसंज्ञा भेजिरे दिश: ।। २.१०२.
The birds called Rathāṅgas, Natyūhās, Hamsas, Kāraṇḍavas, Plavas, male Kokilas, and Krauñcas, all scattered in confusion to different directions.
तेन शब्देन वित्रस्तैराकाशं पक्षिभिर्वृतम् । मनुष्यैरावृता भूमिरुभयं प्रबभौ तदा ।। २.१०२.
Frightened by that sound, the sky was filled with birds, and the earth was crowded with people; both appeared resplendent at that moment.
ततस्तं पुरुषव्याघ्रं यशस्विनमरिन्दमम् । आसीनं स्थण्डिले रामं ददर्श सहसा जन: ।। २.१०२.
Then, suddenly, the people saw Rama, the tiger among men, illustrious and unconquered by enemies, seated on the bare ground.
विगर्हमाण: कैकेयीं सहितो मन्थरामपि । अभिगम्य जनो रामं बाष्पपूर्णमुखो ऽभवत् ।। २.१०२.
Approaching Rama, the people, condemning Kaikeyi along with Manthara, stood before him with faces filled with tears.
तान्नरान् बाष्पपूर्णाक्षान् समीक्ष्याथ सुदु:खितान् । पर्य्यष्वजत धर्मज्ञ: पितृवन्मातृवच्च स: ।। २.१०२.
Seeing those men, their eyes brimming with tears and overwhelmed by sorrow, the righteous one embraced them as a father would his sons, or a mother her children.
स तत्र कांच्चित् परिषस्वजे नरान्नराश्च केचित्तु तमभ्यवादयन् । चकार सर्वान् सवयस्य बान्धवान् यथार्हमासाद्य तदा नृपात्मज: ।। २.१०२.
There, he embraced some of the men, while others greeted him; the prince, meeting all his peers and relatives, honored each appropriately.
स तत्र तेषां रुदतां महात्मनां भुवं च खं चानुनिनादयन् स्वन: । गुहा गिरीणां च दिशश्च सन्ततं मृदङ्गघोषप्रतिम: प्रशुश्रुवे ।। २.१०२.
There, the sound of those great souls weeping, echoing across the earth and sky, continually resounded through caves, mountains, and all directions, like the deep roll of drums.
इत्यार्षे श्रीमद्रामायणे वाल्मीकीये आदिकाव्ये श्रीमदयोध्याकाण्डे द्व्युत्तरशततम:सर्ग:
Thus ends the one hundred and second sarga of the glorious Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa in the ancient and revered Rāmāyaṇa composed by Vālmīki.
thumb|त्र्यधिकशततमः सर्गः श्रूयताम्|center वसिष्ठ: पुरत: कृत्वा दारान् दशरथस्य च । अभिचक्राम तं देशं रामदर्शनतर्षित: ।। २.१०३.
Vasiṣṭha, placing the wives of Daśaratha in front, proceeded to that place, eager to see Rama.
राजपत्न्यश्च गच्छन्त्यो मन्दं मन्दाकिनीं प्रति । ददृशुस्तत्र तत्तीर्थं रामलक्ष्मणसेवितम् ।। २.१०३.
As the royal wives slowly walked toward the Mandākinī river, they saw there the sacred spot frequented by Rama and Lakṣmaṇa.
कौसल्या बाष्पपूर्णेन मुखेन परिशुष्यता । सुमित्रामब्रवीद्दीना याश्ऺचान्या राजयोषित: ।। २.१०३.
Kausalyā, her face dried and filled with tears, spoke sorrowfully to Sumitrā and the other royal women.
इदं तेषामनाथानां क्लिष्टमक्लिष्टकर्मणाम् । वने प्राक्केवलं तीर्थं ये ते निर्विषयीकृता: ।। २.१०३.
This is the sacred place of those who, though blameless in action, are now deprived and afflicted, having been cast out from their kingdom to the forest.
इत: सुमित्रे पुत्रस्ते सदा जलमतन्द्रित: । स्वयं हरति सौमित्रिर्मम पुत्रस्य कारणात् ।। २.१०३.
From here, Sumitrā, your son always fetches water tirelessly for the sake of my son.
जघन्यमपि ते पुत्र: कृतवान्न तु गर्हित: । भ्रातुर्यदर्थसहितं सर्वं तद्विहितं गुणै: ।। २.१०३.
Even your youngest son has done nothing blameworthy; all that he does, he does with virtue for the sake of his brother.
अद्यायमपि ते पुत्र: क्लेशानामतथोचित: । नीचानर्थसमाचारं सज्जं कर्म प्रमुञ्चतु ।। २.१०३.
Even today, your son, though unaccustomed to hardship, should abandon any act that is base or unworthy, which brings suffering.
दक्षिणाग्रेषु दर्भेषु सा ददर्श महीतले । पितुरिङ्गुदिपिण्याकं न्यस्तमायतलोचना ।। २.१०३.
There on the southern-pointed blades of darbha grass, she saw on the ground the ingudi seed cake left by her husband, with her wide eyes.
तं भूमौ पितुरार्तेन न्यस्तं रामेण वीक्ष्य सा । उवाच देवी कौसल्या सर्वा दशरथस्त्रिय: ।। २.१०३.
Seeing on the ground that which Rama, in his grief for his father, had placed, Queen Kausalyā spoke to all the wives of Daśaratha.
इदमिक्ष्वाकुनाथस्य राघवस्य महात्मन: । राघवेण पितुर्दत्तं पश्यतैतद्यथाविधि ।। २.१०३.
Behold this, offered by Rāghava to his great father, the lord of the Ikṣvāku line; see how it was given by Rāghava according to proper rites.
तस्य देवसमानस्य पार्थिवस्य महात्मन: । नैतदौपयिकं मन्ये भुक्तभोगस्य भोजनम् ।। २.१०३.
For that king, whose greatness is like the gods, I do not think this food is fitting, after he has enjoyed all pleasures.
चतुरन्तां महीं भुक्त्वा महेन्द्रसदृशो विभु: । कथमिङ्गुदिपिण्याकं स भुङ्क्ते वसुधाधिप: ।। २.१०३.
Having ruled the earth to its four ends, lordly as Mahendra, how does the ruler of the world now eat only ingudi fruit and pressed cakes?
अतो दु:खतरं लोके न किञ्चित् प्रतिभाति मा । यत्र राम: पितुर्दद्यादिङ्गुदीक्षोदमृद्धिमान् ।। २.१०३.
Nothing in this world appears to me more painful than this: that Rama, so prosperous, should offer his father only ingudi fruit and honey.
रामेणेङ्गुदिपिण्याकं पितुर्दत्तं समीक्ष्य मे । कथं दु:खेन हृदयं न स्फोटति सहस्रधा ।। २.१०३.
Seeing Rama give his father ingudi cakes, how does my heart not shatter into a thousand pieces from grief?
श्रुतिस्तु खल्वियं सत्या लौकिकी प्रतिभाति मा । यदन्न: पुरुषो भवति तदन्नास्तस्य देवता: ।। २.१०३.
Indeed, this worldly saying seems true to me: as is a person's food, so are the deities who preside over him.
एवमार्त्तां सपत्न्यस्ता जग्मुराश्वास्य तां तदा । ददृशुश्चाश्रमे रामं स्वर्गच्युतमिवामरम् ।। २.१०३.
Then, those co-wives, seeing her so afflicted, comforted her, and in the hermitage they beheld Rama, like a god fallen from heaven.
सर्वभोगै: परित्यक्तं रामं सम्प्रेक्ष्य मातर: । आर्त्ता मुमुचुरश्रूणि सस्वरं शोककर्शिता: ।। २.१०३.
Beholding Rama, who had renounced all enjoyments, the mothers, tormented by grief, shed tears aloud.
तासां राम: समुत्थाय जग्राह चरणान् शुभान् । मातऽणां मनुजव्याघ्र: सर्वासां सत्यसङ्गर: ।। २.१०३.
Rama, tiger among men and true to his word, rose and touched the blessed feet of all his mothers.
ता: पाणिभि: सुखस्पर्शैर्मृद्वङ्गुलितलै: शुभै: । प्रममार्जू रज: पृष्ठाद्रामस्यायतलोचना: ।। २.१०३.
With their soft, tender fingers, those women with wide eyes gently wiped the dust from Rama's back.
सौमित्रिरपि ता: सर्वा: मातऽ: सम्प्रेक्ष्य दु:खित: । अभ्यवादयतासक्तं शनै रामादनन्तरम् ।। २.१०३.
Saumitri too, seeing all the mothers distressed, respectfully greeted them in turn, after Rama, with deep feeling.
यथा रामे तथा तस्मिन् सर्वा ववृतिरे स्त्रिय: । वृत्तिं दशरथाज्जाते लक्ष्मणे शुभलक्षणे ।। २.१०३.
All the women showed the same affection for Lakshmana, born of Dasharatha and marked by auspicious signs, as they did for Rama.
सीतापि चरणांस्तासामुपसंगृह्य दु:खिता । श्वश्रूणामश्रुपूर्णाक्षी सा बभूवाग्रत: स्थिता ।। २.१०३.
Sita too, sorrowful, touched the feet of those women, her mothers-in-law, and stood before them, her eyes filled with tears.