पितुरपतनहेतुत्वात्तदेवापत्यत्वेन सम्मतम् ।। २.१०६.
Because it causes the father's downfall, that very act is regarded as belonging to the son.
तदपत्यं भवानस्तु मा भवान् दुष्कृतं पितु: । अभिपत्ता कृतं कर्म लोके धीरविगर्हितम् ।। २.१०६.
Let you be the true son, and do not become the perpetrator of your father's wrongdoing; in the world, the wise do not approve of one who follows through with a wrongful deed.
कैकेयीं मां च तातं च सुहृदो बान्धवांश्च न: । पौरजानपदान् सर्वांस्त्रातु सर्वमिदं भवान् ।। २.१०६.
Protect Kaikeyi, me, our father, our friends and relatives, and all the people of the city and countryside—let you safeguard all of this.
क्व चारण्यं क्व च क्षात्ऺत्र क्व जटा: क्व च पालनम् । ईदृशं व्याहतं कर्म न भवान् कर्तुमर्हति ।। २.१०६.
What connection is there between the forest and the warrior class, between matted locks and ruling? You ought not to perform such a disrupted act.
एष हि प्रथमो धर्म: क्षत्ऺित्रयस्याभिषेचनम् । येन शक्यं महाप्राज्ञ प्रजानां परिपालनम् ।। २.१०६.
For the first and foremost duty of a kshatriya is consecration, by which, O greatly wise one, the protection of the people can be accomplished.
कश्च प्रत्यक्षमुत्सृज्य संशयस्थमलक्षणम् । आयतिस्थं चरेद्धर्मं क्षत्ऺत्रबन्धुरनिश्चितम् ।। २.१०६.
Who, abandoning what is certain and present, would pursue a doubtful, uncertain, and future dharma, being a kshatriya or his kin?
अथ क्लेशजमेव त्वं धर्मं चरितुमिच्छसि । धर्मेण चतुरो वर्णान् पालयन् क्लेशमाप्नुहि ।। २.१०६.
But if you wish to practice a dharma that is difficult and full of hardship, then, by upholding dharma, protect the four varnas and accept that hardship.
चतुर्णामाश्रमाणां हि गार्हस्थ्यं श्रेष्ठमाश्रमम् । प्राहुर्धर्मज्ञ धर्मज्ञास्तं कथं त्यक्तुमर्हसि ।। २.१०६.
For among the four stages of life, householdership is declared by the knowers of dharma to be the highest; how could you rightly abandon that?
श्रुतेन बाल: स्थानेन जन्मना भवतो ह्यहम् । स कथं पालयिष्यामि भूमिं भवति तिष्ठति ।। २.१०६.
By learning, by position, and by birth, I am indeed your junior; so how could I govern the land while you remain?
हीनबुद्धिगुणो बालो हीन: स्थानेन चाप्यहम् । भवता च विनाभूतो न वर्त्तयितुमुत्सहे ।। २.१०६.
I am a child, lacking in intellect and qualities, and inferior in position; deprived of you, I am unable to maintain the kingdom.
इदं निखिलमव्यग्रं राज्यं पित्र्यमकण्टकम् । अनुशाधि स्वधर्मेण धर्मज्ञ सह बान्धवै: ।। २.१०६.
Rule this entire, undisturbed, ancestral kingdom, free from thorns, in accordance with your own dharma, O knower of dharma, together with your kinsmen.
इहैव त्वा ऽभिषिञ्चन्तु सर्वा: प्रकृतय: सह । ऋत्विज: सवसिष्ठाश्च मन्त्रवन्मन्त्रकोविदा: ।। २.१०६.
Let all the ministers, along with the priests and Vasiṣṭha, skilled in mantras, anoint you as king right here.
अभिषिक्तस्त्वमस्माभिरयोध्यां पालने व्रज । विजित्य तरसा लोकान् मरुद्भिरिव वासव: ।। २.१०६.
Once you are consecrated by us, go forth to govern Ayodhya, having conquered the worlds with your might, like Indra with the Maruts.
ऋणानि त्रीण्यपाकुर्वन् दुर्हृद: साधु निर्द्दहन् । सुहृदस्तर्पयन् कामैस्त्वमेवात्रानुशाधि माम् ।। २.१०६.
By repaying the three debts, burning away the wicked, gratifying friends with desires, you alone should rule over me here.
अद्यार्य मुदिता: सन्तु सुहृदस्ते ऽभिषेचने । अद्य भीता: पलायन्तां दुर्हृदस्ते दिशो दश ।। २.१०६.
Today, may your true friends rejoice at your consecration, and may your ill-wishers, filled with fear, flee in all ten directions.
आक्रोशं मम मातुश्च प्रमृज्य पुरुषर्षभ । अद्य तत्रभवन्तं च पितरं रक्ष किल्बिषात् ।। २.१०६.
Wipe away the reproach upon my mother and myself, O best of men, and today protect our father there from sin.
शिरसा त्वा ऽभियाचे ऽहं कुरुष्व करुणां मयि । बान्धवेषु च सर्वेषु भूतेष्विव महेश्वर: ।। २.१०६.
With my head bowed, I beg you: show compassion to me and to all our relatives, as the great Lord does to all beings.
अथैतत् पृष्ठत: कृत्वा वनमेव भवानित: । गमिष्यति गमिष्यामि भवता सार्द्धमप्यहम् ।। २.१०६.
But if, having set this aside, you still choose to go to the forest, then I too will go with you.
तथाहि रामो भरतेन ताम्यता प्रसाद्यमान: शिरसा महीपति: । न चैव चक्रे गमनाय सत्त्ववान् मतिं पितुस्तद्वचने व्यवस्थित: ।। २.१०६.
Thus, though Bharata, tormented, pleaded with him, bowing his head, steadfast Rāma did not resolve to return, remaining firm in his father's command.
तदद्भुतं स्थैर्यमवेक्ष्य राघवे समं जनो हर्षमवाप दु:खित: । न यात्ययोध्यामिति दु:खितो ऽभवत् स्थिरप्रतिज्ञत्वमवेक्ष्य हर्षित: ।। २.१०६.
Seeing such wondrous steadfastness in Rāghava, the people, though sorrowful that he would not return to Ayodhyā, felt joy at his unwavering resolve.
तमृत्विजो नैगमयूथवल्लभास्तदा विंसज्ञाश्रुकलाश्च मातर: । तथा ब्रुवाणं भरतं प्रतुष्टुवु: प्रणम्य रामं च ययाचिरे सह ।। २.१०६.
Then the priests, the beloveds of the city elders, and the mothers, their eyes filled with tears, praised Bharata as he spoke thus, and together entreated Rāma.
इत्यार्षे श्रीमद्रामायणे वाल्मीकीये आदिकाव्ये श्रीमदयोध्याकाण्डे षडुत्तरशततम: सर्ग:
Thus ends the one hundred and sixth sarga in the glorious Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa of the ancient and revered Rāmāyaṇa composed by Vālmīki.
thumb|सप्ताधिकशततमः सर्गः श्रूयताम्|center पुनरेवं ब्रुवाणं तं भरतं लक्ष्मणाग्रज: । प्रत्युवाच तत: श्रीमान् ज्ञातिमध्ये ऽभिसत्कृत: ।। २.१०७.
Again, as Bharata spoke thus, the illustrious elder brother of Lakṣmaṇa, honored among his kin, replied to him.
उपपन्नमिदं वाक्यं यत्त्वमेवमभाषथा: । जात: पुत्रो दशरथात् कैकेय्यां राजसत्तमात् ।। २.१०७.
What you have said is fitting, for you are indeed the son of Daśaratha and the noble Kaikeyī, O best among kings.
पुरा भ्रात: पिता न: स मातरं ते समुद्वहन् । मातामहे समाश्रौषीद्राज्यशुल्कमनुत्तमम् ।। २.१०७.
Long ago, brother, our father, when marrying your mother, heard from your maternal grandfather of the unparalleled royal dowry.
दैवासुरे च सङ्ग्रामे जनन्यै तव पार्थिव: । सम्प्रहृष्टो ददौ राजा वरमाराधित: प्रभु: ।। २.१०७.
In the battle between gods and demons, your mother’s father, the king, delighted, granted her a boon, being well-pleased.
तत: सा सम्प्रतिश्राव्य तव माता यशस्विनी । अयाचत नरश्रेष्ठं द्वौ वरौ वरवर्णिनी ।। २.१०७.
Then, having received that promise, your renowned mother, O best of men, asked the king for two boons.
तव राज्यं नरव्याघ्र मम प्रव्राजनं तथा । तौ च राजा तदा तस्यै नियुक्त: प्रददौ वरौ ।। २.१०७.
She requested your kingship, O tiger among men, and my exile; and the king then granted her those two boons as she desired.
तेन पित्रा ऽहमप्यत्र नियुक्त: पुरुषर्षभ । चतुर्दश वने वासं वर्षाणि वरदानिकम् ।। २.१०७.
By my father’s command, O best of men, I too was bound to dwell in the forest for fourteen years, as a giver of boons.
सो ऽहं वनमिदं प्राप्तो निर्जनं लक्ष्मणान्वित: । सीतया चाप्रतिद्वन्द्व: सत्यवादे स्थित: पितु: ।। २.१०७.
Thus I have come to this lonely forest, accompanied by Lakṣmaṇa and Sītā, steadfast in truth and in my father’s word.