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.
भवानपि तथेत्येव पितरं सत्यवादिनम् । कर्त्तुमर्हति राजेन्द्र क्षिप्रमेवाभिषेचनात् ।। २.१०७.
You too, O king among men, should likewise swiftly fulfill the command of our truthful father by accepting the consecration.
ऋणान्मोचय राजानं मत्कृते भरत प्रभुम् । पितरं चापि धर्मज्ञं मातरं चाभिनन्दय ।। २.१०७.
Free the king, our lord, from his debts on my account, O Bharata, knower of righteousness, and honor our father and mother.
श्रूयते हि पुरा तात श्रुतिर्गीता यशस्विना । गयेन यजमानेन गयेष्वेव पितऽन् प्रति ।। २.१०७.
Long ago, O dear one, it is heard that a celebrated hymn was sung by Gaya, the sacrificer, for his father at Gaya itself.
पुन्नाम्नो नरकाद्यस्मात् पितरं त्रायते सुत: । तस्मात् पुत्र इति प्रोक्त: पितऽन् यत्पाति वा सुत: ।। २.१०७.
Because a son saves his father from the hell called Put, therefore he is called 'putra,' since he protects his father or leads him.
एष्टव्या बहव: पुत्रा गुणवन्तो बहुश्रुता: । तेषां वै समवेतानामपि कश्चिद्गयां व्रजेत् ।। २.१०७.
Many sons should be begotten, virtuous and learned; for among them, even if many are gathered, perhaps one will go to Gaya.
एवं राजर्षय: सर्वे प्रतीता राजनन्दन । तस्मात् त्राहि नरश्रेष्ठ पितरं नरकात् प्रभो ।। २.१०७.
Thus, all royal sages have believed, O delight of the kings; therefore, O best of men, save your father from hell, O lord.
अयोध्यां गच्छ भरत प्रकृतीरनुरञ्जय । शत्रुघ्नसहितो वीर सह सर्वैर्द्विजातिभि: ।। २.१०७.
Go to Ayodhya, Bharata, win the favor of the people, together with Shatrughna, O hero, and with all the twice-born as well.
प्रवेक्ष्ये दण्डकारण्यमहमप्यविलम्बयन् । आभ्यां तु सहितो राजन् वैदेह्या लक्ष्मणेन च ।। २.१०७.
I too shall enter the Dandaka forest without delay, accompanied by these two—Vaidehi and Lakshmana, O king.
त्वं राजा भरत भव स्वयं नराणां वन्यानामहमपि राजराण्मृगाणाम् । गच्छत्वं पुरवरमद्य सम्प्रहृष्ट: संहृष्टस्त्वहमपि दण्डकान् प्रवेक्ष्ये ।। २.१०७.
You, Bharata, become king yourself over men; I shall be king of the forest-dwellers and the wild beasts. Go today, rejoicing, to the great city; I too, rejoicing, shall enter Dandaka.
छायां ते दिनकरभा: प्रबाधमानं वर्षत्रं भरत करोतु मूर्ध्नि शीताम् । एतेषामहमपि काननद्रुमाणां छायां तामति शयिनीं सुखी श्रयिष्ये ।। २.१०७.
May the rays of the sun, O Bharata, make your head cool with shade during the rainy season; I too shall happily rest in the deep shade of these forest trees.
शत्रुघ्न: कुशलमतिस्तु ते सहाय: सौमित्रिर्मम विदित: प्रधानमित्रम् । चत्वारस्तनयवरा वयं नरेन्द्रं सत्यस्थं भरत चराम मा विषादम् ।। २.१०७.
Shatrughna, who is very skilled, will be your companion; Saumitri is known to me as my chief friend. We four excellent sons, O king, will follow the path of truth—do not grieve, Bharata.
इत्यार्षे श्रीमद्रामायणे वाल्मीकीये आदिकाव्ये श्रीमदयोध्याकाण्डे सप्तोत्तरशततम: सर्ग:
Thus ends the one hundred and seventh sarga in the glorious Ayodhya Kanda of the ancient epic, the holy Ramayana composed by Valmiki.
thumb|अष्टाधिकशततमः सर्गः श्रूयताम्|center आश्वासयन्तं भरतं जाबालिर्ब्राह्मणोत्तम: । उवाच रामं धर्मज्ञं धर्मापेतमिदं वच: ।। २.१०८.
As Bharata was being consoled, the eminent Brahmin Jabali spoke these words, contrary to righteousness, to Rama, knower of dharma.
साधु राघव माभूत्ते बुद्धिरेवं निरर्थिका । प्राकृतस्य नरस्येव ह्यार्यबुद्धेर्मनस्विन: ।। २.१०८.
Well done, Raghava, but let not your mind be so fruitless, like that of an ordinary man, for you possess the noble mind of the virtuous.
क: कस्य पुरुषो बन्धु: किमाप्यं कस्य केनचित् । यदेको जायते जन्तुरेक एव विनश्यति ।। २.१०८.
Who is truly related to whom? What belongs to whom, and by whom is anything possessed? Each being is born alone and perishes alone.
तस्मान्माता पिता चेति राम सज्जेतयो नर: । उन्मत्त इव स ज्ञेयो नास्ति कश्चिद्धि कस्यचित् ।। २.१०८.
Therefore, Rama, the man who clings to 'mother' and 'father' should be regarded as mad; truly, there is no one who belongs to anyone.
यथा ग्रामान्तरं गच्छन् नर: कश्चित् क्वचिद्वसेत् । उत्सृज्य च तमावासं प्रतिष्ठेतापरे ऽहनि ।। २.१०८.
Just as a man, traveling to another village, may stay somewhere for a while, then leave that dwelling and settle elsewhere the next day,
एवमेव मनुष्याणां पिता माता गृहं वसु । आवासमात्रं काकुत्स्थ सज्जन्ते नात्र सज्जना: ।। २.१०८.
So too, O descendant of Kakutstha, for people, father, mother, and home are merely temporary abodes; the good do not become attached to them.
पित्र्यं राज्यं परित्यज्य स नार्हसि नरोत्तम । आस्थातुं कापथं दु:खं विषमं बहुकण्टकम् ।। २.१०८.
Having abandoned your father's kingdom, O best of men, you should not take up this painful, difficult, and thorny path.
समृद्धायामयोध्यायामात्मानमभिषेचय । एकवेणी धरा हि त्वां नगरी सम्प्रतीक्षते ।। २.१०८.
Consecrate yourself as ruler in prosperous Ayodhya; the city, with its single braid, now awaits you.