Chapter 57
Bala Kanda - Book Of Youthful Majesties
ततः संतप्त हृदयः स्मरन् निग्रहम् आत्मनः
विनिःश्ह्वस्य विनिःश्ह्वस्य कृत वैरो महात्मना
tataḥ saṃtapta hṛdayaḥ smaran nigraham ātmanaḥ
viniḥśhvasya viniḥśhvasya kṛta vairo mahātmanā
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TRANSLATION
"Oh, Raghava, on making that great-souled Vashishta an enemy, whenever Vishvamitra reminisced over his subdual by Vashishta, he is seethed at heart and heaved sighs repeatedly. Then on going to southern quarter with his prime queen, that great-ascetic Vishvamitra self-collectedly conducted a highly astounding ascesis subsisting only on fruits and tubers." Thus Sage Shataananda continued his narration of Vishvamitra's legend. [1-57-1, 2, 3a]
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"Then Vishvamitra begot sons named Havispanda, Madhuspnada, Dhridhanetra and Mahaaratha, who conduct themselves in candour and chivalry. [1-57-3]
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"At the close of one thousand years of ascesis Brahma, the Grandparent of all worlds, revealed Himself to Vishvamitra and spoke these words mellowly to ascetically wealthy Vishvamitra, 'oh, son of Kushika, Vishvamitra, you have won the worlds of kingly-sages by your ascesis. [1-57-4b, 5]
अनेन तपसा त्वाम् हि राज ऋष्हिर् इति विद्महे
एवम् उक्त्वा महातेजा जगाम सह दैवतैः
anena tapasā tvām hi rāja ṛṣhir iti vidmahe
evam uktvā mahātejā jagāma saha daivataiḥ
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
" 'We indeed acquiesce you as a kingly-sage by your ascesis.' saying so that great resplendent Brahma, the Supreme Ruler of the Worlds, went away to his Abode of Brahma, while the gods in Brahma's convoy went to Indra's Heaven. [1-57-6, 7a]
विश्ह्वामित्रो अपि तत् श्ह्रुत्वा ह्रिया किंछित् अवाङ्मुखः
viśhvāmitro api tat śhrutvā hriyā kiṃchit avāṅmukhaḥ
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
"On hearing that Vishvamitra is down-faced with disgrace, and while high anguish prevailed over him, he rancorously soliloquised this. [1-57-7b, 8a]
तपः छ सुमहत् तप्तम् राज ऋष्हिर् इति माम् विदुः
tapaḥ cha sumahat taptam rāja ṛṣhir iti mām viduḥ
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TRANSLATION
" 'Even though I have practised a very high ascesis, the gods together with the observances of hermits are recognising me just as a 'kingly-sage.' Thereby I deem that there is no fruition to my ascesis.' Thus Vishvamitra thought. [8b, 9a]
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"Oh, Rama of Kakutstha, deciding in this way in his heart of hearts that self-willed Vishvamitra again undertook a supreme ascesis as he is a great-ascetic. [1-57-9]
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"In this meantime there is a veracious king named Trishanku, an enhancer of Ikshvaku dynasty, and one renowned for his self-conquest. [1-57-10b, 11a]
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"Oh, Raghava, an idea sprang up in the mind of Trishanku to perform a ritual by which he will go to heaven with his own body. Then he sincerely invited Vashishta and told him what his thinking is. [1-57-11b, 12]
अश्हक्यम् इति छ अपि उक्तो वसिष्ह्ठेन महात्मना
प्रत्याख्यातो वसिष्ह्ठेन स ययौ दक्ष्हिणाम्
दिश्हम्
aśhakyam iti cha api ukto vasiṣhṭhena mahātmanā
pratyākhyāto vasiṣhṭhena sa yayau dakṣhiṇām
diśham
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
"But the great-souled Vashishta said it as impossible. Thus repudiated Trishanku went to southerly direction in search of orchestrators for the purpose of realising that task, such a phantasmal ritual that enables him to go to heaven with his body, and that king hjas gone to the sons of Vashishta. [1-57-13, 14a]
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"Trishanku has indeed gone to the place where the sons of Vashishta are protractedly expiating, and there he visited the hundred noble-souled sons of Vashishta, who are supremely self-luminescent and superbly self-refulgent by their ascesis. [1-57-14b, 15]
सो अभिगंय महात्मानः सर्वान् एव गुरोः सुतान्
अभिवाद्य आनुपूर्व्येण ह्रिया किंछित् अवाङ्मुखः
so abhigaṃya mahātmānaḥ sarvān eva guroḥ sutān
abhivādya ānupūrvyeṇa hriyā kiṃchit avāṅmukhaḥ
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
"On reaching nigh of those noble-souled sons of the indoctrinator, namely Vashishta, Trishanku reverenced all of them sequentially according to their age, but with a little down- faced owing to abashment, and spoke to all of those great-souled ones making palm-fold in supplication. [1-57-16]
श्हरणम् वः प्रपद्ये अहम् श्हरण्यान् श्हरणागतः
śharaṇam vaḥ prapadye aham śharaṇyān śharaṇāgataḥ
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
" 'I have come as a shelter-seeker seeking the shelter of yours as you are the shelterers of the needy, you all be safe, as the great-souled Vashishta has repudiated me. [1-57-17b, 18a]
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" 'I am longing to perform an unusual ritual and it will be apt of you to give assent to it. Reverencing all of the sons of my mentor Vashishta I am proposing this to you. [1-57-18b, 19]
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" 'With reverence I truckle before you all Brahmans who are abiding in ascesis. Such as you are I beg you to assiduously get a ritual performed through me, as to how I can get to heaven with my body. [1-57-19b, 20]
प्रत्याख्यातो वसिष्ह्ठेन गतिम् अन्याम् तपो धनाः
गुरु पुत्रान् ऋते सर्वान् न अहम् पश्ह्यामि कांछन
pratyākhyāto vasiṣhṭhena gatim anyām tapo dhanāḥ
guru putrān ṛte sarvān na aham paśhyāmi kāṃchana
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TRANSLATION
" 'Oh, ascetically wealthy Brahmans, as I am repudiated by Vashishta, I do not perceive another recourse excepting you, who are all the sons of mentor Vashishta. [1-57-21]
इति वाल्मीकि रामायणे आदि काव्ये बाल काण्डे सप्त पंछाश्हः सर्गः
iti vālmīki rāmāyaṇe ādi kāvye bāla kāṇḍe sapta paṃchāśhaḥ sargaḥ
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TRANSLATION
" 'The Priest is the ultimate recourse for all of the kings in Ikshvaku dynasty, isn't it. Therefore, next to Vashishta you are all the next-best gods to me.' Thus Trishanku entreated the hundred sons of Sage Vashishta." Sage Shataananda thus continued narration. [1-57-22]
