तदानुपूर्व्या युक्तं च युक्तं चात्मनि मानद । राज्यं प्राप्नुहि धर्मेण सकामान् सुहृद: कुरु ।। २.१०४.
Therefore, O bestower of honor, accept the kingdom in due order and in accordance with righteousness, and make your friends happy.
भवत्वविधवा भूमि: समग्रा पतिना त्वया । शशिना विमलेनेव शारदी रजनी यथा ।। २.१०४.
Let the earth, with you as her lord, no longer be widowed, just as the autumn night is brightened by the spotless moon.
एभिश्च सचिवै: सार्द्धं शिरसा याचितो मया । भ्रातु: शिष्यस्य दासस्य प्रसादं कर्त्तुमर्हसि ।। २.१०४.
Together with these ministers, I bow my head and entreat you; as your brother, disciple, and servant, you ought to show me your favor.
तदिदं शाश्वतं पित्र्यं सर्वं प्रकृतिमण्डलम् । पूजितं पुरुषव्याघ्र नातिक्रमितुमर्हसि ।। २.१०४.
Therefore, O tiger among men, you should not transgress this eternal and ancestral circle of subjects, which has always been honored.
एवमुक्त्वा महाबाहु: सबाष्प: कैकयीसुत: । रामस्य शिरसा पादौ जग्राह विधिवत्पुन: ।। २.१०४.
Having spoken thus, the mighty-armed son of Kaikeyi, with tears in his eyes, again respectfully grasped Rama’s feet with his head, according to custom.
तं मत्तमिव मातङ्गं नि:श्वसन्तं पुन:पुन: । भ्रातरं भरतं राम: परिष्वज्येदमब्रवीत् ।। २.१०४.
Seeing his brother Bharata, sighing again and again like a maddened elephant, Rama embraced him and spoke these words.
कुलीन: सत्त्वसम्पन्नस्तेजस्वी चरितव्रत: । राज्यहेतो: कथं पापमाचरेत्त्वद्विधो जन: ।। २.१०४.
You are noble-born, endowed with virtue, radiant, and steadfast in your vows; how could a person like you commit any wrong for the sake of the kingdom?
न दोषं त्वयि पश्यामि सूक्ष्ममप्यरिसूदन । न चापि जननीं बाल्यात्त्वं विगर्हितुमर्हसि ।। २.१०४.
I do not see even the slightest fault in you, O destroyer of foes, nor should you reproach your mother due to her ignorance.
कामकारो महाप्राज्ञ गुरूणां सर्वदा ऽनघ । उपपन्नेषु दारेषु पुत्रेषु च विधीयते ।। २.१०४.
O most wise and blameless one, the will of elders is always to be followed, especially when it concerns suitable spouses and sons.
वयमस्य यथा लोके सङ्ख्याता: सौम्य साधुभि: । भार्य्या: पुत्राश्च शिष्याश्च त्वमनु ज्ञातुमर्हसि ।। २.१०४.
O gentle one, just as in the world we are counted by the virtuous as wives, sons, and disciples, so too should you understand yourself.
वने वा चीरवसनं सौम्य कृष्णाजिनाम्बरम् । राज्ये वापि महाराजो मां वासयितुमीश्वर: ।। २.१०४.
Whether in the forest, wearing bark garments and black antelope skin, or in the kingdom as a great king, it is for him to decide where I should dwell.
यावत्पितरि धर्मज्ञे गौरवं लोकसत्कृतम् । तावद्धर्मभृतां श्रेष्ठ जनन्यामपि गौरवम् ।। २.१०४.
As long as there is respect for the righteous father, honored by the world, so too, O best of the righteous, should there be respect for the mother.
एताभ्यां धर्मशीलाभ्यां वनं गच्छेति राघव । मातापितृभ्यामुक्तो ऽहं कथमन्यत् समाचरे ।। २.१०४.
O Raghava, since I have been sent to the forest by these two righteous parents, how could I act otherwise?
त्वया राज्यमयोध्यायां प्राप्तव्यं लोकसत्कृतम् । वस्तव्यं दण्डकारण्ये मया वल्कलवाससा ।। २.१०४.
You should obtain the kingdom of Ayodhya, honored by the world, while I must dwell in the Dandaka forest, clothed in bark.
एवं कृत्वा महाराजो विभागं लोकसन्निधौ । व्यादिश्य च महातेजा दिवं दशरथो गत: ।। २.१०४.
Thus, having made the division in the presence of the people, the great king, having given his commands, ascended to heaven.
स च प्रमाणं धर्मात्मा राजा लोकगुरुस्तव । पित्रा दत्तं यथाभागमुपभोक्तुं त्वमर्हसि ।। २.१०४.
That king, your father, righteous and a teacher of the world, is the authority; you should enjoy the share allotted to you by him.
चतुर्दशसमा: सौम्य दण्डकारण्यमाश्रित: । उपभोक्ष्ये त्वहं दत्तं भागं पित्रा महात्मना ।। २.१०४.
O gentle one, for fourteen years I shall dwell in the Dandaka forest and enjoy the portion given to me by my great-souled father.
यदब्रवीन्मां नरलोकसत्कृत: पिता महात्मा विबुधाधिपोपम: । तदेव मन्ये परमात्मनो हितं न सर्वलोकेश्वरभावमप्यहम् ।। २.१०४.
Whatever my great father, honored among men and like the lord of the gods, told me, I consider that alone to be for the highest good, not even the sovereignty over all the worlds.
इत्यार्षे श्रीमद्रामायणे वाल्मीकीये आदिकाव्ये श्रीमदयोध्याकाण्डे चतुरधिकशततम: सर्ग:
Thus ends the one hundred and fourth sarga in the glorious Ayodhya Kanda of the ancient epic, the holy Ramayana composed by sage Valmiki.
thumb|पञ्चाधिकशततमः सर्गः श्रूयताम्|center तत: पुरुषसिंहानां वृतानां तै: सुहृद्गणै: । शोचतामेव रजनी दु:खेन व्यत्यवर्त्तत ।। २.१०५.
Then, as those lion-like men, surrounded by their bands of friends, grieved, the night passed with sorrow.
रजन्यां सुप्रभातायां भ्रातरस्ते सुहृद्वृता: । मन्दाकिन्यां हुतं जप्यं कृत्वा राममुपागमन् ।। २.१०५.
When the night had passed and dawn was bright, your brothers, surrounded by friends, performed the morning oblation and recitation on the Mandakini, and approached Rama.
तूष्णीं ते समुपासीना न कश्चित्किञ्चिदब्रवीत् । भरतस्तु सुहृन्मध्ये रामं वचनमब्रवीत् ।। २.१०५.
They sat silently together; no one spoke a word. But Bharata, in the midst of his friends, addressed Rama.
सान्त्विता मामिका माता दत्तं राज्यमिदं मम । तद्ददामि तवैवाहं भुङ्क्ष्व राज्यमकण्टकम् ।। २.१०५.
My mother, having been appeased, has given this kingdom to me; I now give it to you—enjoy the kingdom without hindrance.
महतेवाम्बुवेगेन भिन्न: सेतुर्जलागमे । दुरावारं त्वदन्येन राज्यखण्डमिदं महत् ।। २.१०५.
Like a dam broken by a great rush of water, this vast portion of the kingdom cannot be held by anyone but you.
गतिं खर इवाश्वस्य तार्क्ष्यस्येव पतत्ऺित्रण: । अनुगन्तुं न शक्तिर्मे गतिं तव महीपते ।। २.१०५.
Just as one cannot follow the speed of a horse or the flight of Garuda, so am I unable to keep pace with your course, O king.
सुजीवं नित्यशस्तस्य य: परैरुपजीव्यते । राम तेन तु दुर्जीवं य: परानुपजीवति ।। २.१०५.
One who is always supported by others lives easily; but, O Rama, it is hard for him who lives off others.
यथा तु रोपितो वृक्ष: पुरुषेण विवर्द्धित: । ह्रस्वकेन दुरारोहो रूढस्कन्धो महाद्रुम: ।। २.१०५.
Just as a tree planted and nurtured by a man grows tall, with a thick trunk, and becomes difficult for a short person to climb,
स यथा पुष्पितो भूत्वा फलानि न विदर्शयेत् । स तां नानुभवेत्प्रीतिं यस्य हेतो: प्ररोपित: ।। २.१०५.
So, when that tree flowers but does not bear fruit, the one who planted it does not enjoy the satisfaction for which he raised it.
एषोपमा महाबाहो तमर्थं वेत्तुमर्हसि । यदि त्वमस्मान् वृषभो भर्त्ता भृत्यान्न शाधि हि ।। २.१०५.
This is the analogy, O mighty-armed one; you should understand its meaning. If you are the chief among us, then do not rule over your servants.
श्रेणयस्त्वां महाराज पश्यन्त्वग्र्याश्च सर्वश: । प्रतपन्तमिवादित्यं राज्ये स्थितमरिन्दमम् ।। २.१०५.
Let the foremost guilds and all the people, O great king, see you, unconquerable by enemies, shining in the kingdom like the blazing sun.