Chapter 63
Bala Kanda - Book Of Youthful Majesties
पूर्णे वर्ष्ह सहस्रे तु व्रत स्नातम् महामुनिम्
अभ्यागछ्छन् सुराः सर्वे तपः फल छिकीर्ष्हवः
pūrṇe varṣha sahasre tu vrata snātam mahāmunim
abhyāgachchan surāḥ sarve tapaḥ phala chikīrṣhavaḥ
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
"When thousand years are completed in ascesis and when that great saint Vishvamitra took a bath of solemnity, all the gods have come forward wishing to accord the fruit of that ascesis to Vishvamitra." Thus Sage Shataananda continued the legend of Vishvamitra. [1-63-1]
अब्रवीत् सु महातेजा ब्रह्मा सु रुछिरम् वछः
ऋष्हिः त्वम् असि भद्रम् ते स्व अर्जितैः कर्मभिः श्हुभैः
abravīt su mahātejā brahmā su ruchiram vachaḥ
ṛṣhiḥ tvam asi bhadram te sva arjitaiḥ karmabhiḥ śhubhaiḥ
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
"The very highly resplendent Brahma spoke to him with highly palatable words, 'you have now become a kingly sage by virtue of auspicious deeds you have personally undertaken, let safeness betide you.' [1-63-2]
PURPORT
तम् एवम् उक्त्वा देवेश्हः त्रिदिवम् पुनः अभ्यगात्
विश्ह्वामित्रो महातेजा भूयः तेपे महत् तपः
tam evam uktvā deveśhaḥ tridivam punaḥ abhyagāt
viśhvāmitro mahātejā bhūyaḥ tepe mahat tapaḥ
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
"On speaking to Vishvamitra in that way Brahma returned to heaven, and that highly vigorous Vishvamitra again performed a great ascesis. [1-63-3]
PURPORT
ततः कालेन महता मेनका परम अप्सराः
पुष्ह्करेष्हु नर श्ह्रेष्ह्ठ स्नातुम् समुपछक्रमे
tataḥ kālena mahatā menakā parama apsarāḥ
puṣhkareṣhu nara śhreṣhṭha snātum samupachakrame
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
Then at a long lost time Menaka, the prominent apsara, celestial wench, has arrived and started to swim for sport in that holy lake. [1-63-4]
ताम् ददर्श्ह महातेजा मेनकाम् कुश्हिक आत्मजः
रूपेण अप्रतिमाम् तत्र विद्युतम् जलदे यथा
tām dadarśha mahātejā menakām kuśhika ātmajaḥ
rūpeṇa apratimām tatra vidyutam jalade yathā
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
"That great resplendent sage Vishvamitra has seen Menaka who is incomparable in her mien and comparable to an electric-flash in a black-cloud, while she is swimming in the holy lake. [1-63-5]
दृष्ह्ट्वा कन्दर्प वश्हगो मुनिः ताम् इदम् अब्रवीत्
अप्सरः स्वागतम् ते अस्तु वस छ इह मम आश्ह्रमे
dṛṣhṭvā kandarpa vaśhago muniḥ tām idam abravīt
apsaraḥ svāgatam te astu vasa cha iha mama āśhrame
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
"On seeing her the sage having gone under the sway o Love-god said this to her, 'oh, apsara, you are welcome, I invite you to bide in my hermitage. Oblige me who am bewitched by Love-god for you. You be safe. [1-63-6, 7a]
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
"When he said thus to her, oh, Raghava, then she made a stopover there and ten years rolled by comfortably, and oh, gentle Rama, because of her staying Vishvamitra is indeed faced with a great hindrance in his ascesis. [1-63-7b, 8, 9a]
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
"Then after the lapse of that ten year period Vishvamitra became doleful with distress and he is enwrapped in humiliation, as it were, and, oh, Rama, Raghu's legatee, then a resentful thought occurred to him. [1-63-9b, 10]
सर्वम् सुराणाम् कर्म एतत् तपो अपहरणम् महत्
अहो रात्रा अपदेश्हेन गताः संवत्सरा दश्ह
sarvam surāṇām karma etat tapo apaharaṇam mahat
aho rātrā apadeśhena gatāḥ saṃvatsarā daśha
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
" 'All this is the mischief of gods to defraud me of the great merit of my ascesis. Ten years have rolled by as if they are just a day and a night. Furthermore, I who am under the influence of lust and lure had to encounter this hindrance in my ascesis. [1-63-11, 12a]
स विनिःश्ह्वसन् मुनिवरः पश्ह्छात्तापेन दुःखितः
sa viniḥśhvasan munivaraḥ paśhchāttāpena duḥkhitaḥ
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
"Oh, Rama, that best saint suspired heavily when he became emotional with reparation. But on seeing the scared celestial wench Menaka, who is shivering and waiting with suppliantly adjoined palms, he sent her away with pleasant words, and he that Vishvamitra indeed went to the northern Himalayan mountain. [1-63-12b, 13, 14a]
स कृत्वा नैष्ह्ठिकीम् बुद्धिम् जेतु कामो महायश्हाः
sa kṛtvā naiṣhṭhikīm buddhim jetu kāmo mahāyaśhāḥ
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
"He that highly celebrated sage who made a resolve to attain a sang-froid temperament and to vanquish lust, performed an unsurpassable ascesis on reaching the riverbank of River Kaushiki. [1-63-14b, 15a]
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
"Oh, Rama, while he reverently performed an unspeakable ascesis for a thousand years on the northern mountain, namely Himalayas, then fear occurred to gods. [1-63-15b, 16a]
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
"All gods coming together with assemblages of sages have approached Brahma and conveyed that, 'this Vishvamitra, the son of Kushika, may duly be given the epithet of 'Maharshi, Exalted Sage.' [1-63-16b, 17a]
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
"On listening the advice of gods, Brahma, the Grandparent of all the worlds, spoke these pleasant words to the ascetically wealthy Vishvamitra. [1-63-17b, 18a]
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
" 'Oh, exalted sage, I welcome you my dear, as I am gladdened by your stern ascesis, oh, Kaushika, I bestow upon you the sublimity and supremacy among sages.' [1-63-18b, 19a]
ब्रह्मणः स वछः श्ह्रुत्वा विश्ह्वामित्रः तपो धनः
brahmaṇaḥ sa vachaḥ śhrutvā viśhvāmitraḥ tapo dhanaḥ
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
" 'And on hearing the words of Brahma he that ascetically wealthy Vishvamitra became obeisant and replied the Grandparent adjoining his palms suppliantly. [1-63-19b, 20a]
ब्रह्मर्ष्हि श्हब्दम् अतुलम् स्व अर्जितैः कर्मभिः श्हुभैः
brahmarṣhi śhabdam atulam sva arjitaiḥ karmabhiḥ śhubhaiḥ
TRANSLATION
" 'If your Godhead had said that I am a Brahma-sage, a sageship acquired personally by my pious deeds, rather than an exalted sage, then I would have become one who is really self-conquered.' Thus Vishvamitra said to Brahma. [1-63-20, 21a]
तम् उवाछ ततो ब्रह्मा न तावत् त्वम् जित इन्द्रियः
tam uvācha tato brahmā na tāvat tvam jita indriyaḥ
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
"Brahma then said to him, 'your senses remain unconquered as such, oh, tigerly sage, make an effort for it.' Saying so Brahma went heavenward. [1-63-21b, 22a]
विप्रस्थितेष्हु देवेष्हु विश्ह्वामित्रो महामुनिः
viprasthiteṣhu deveṣhu viśhvāmitro mahāmuniḥ
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
"While the gods who came here along with Brahma have returned, that great sage Vishvamitra undertook another round of ascesis by standing in levitation, upraising his arms, and subsisting on air alone. [1-63-22b, 23a]
धर्मे पंछ तपा भूत्वा वर्ष्हासु आकाश्ह संश्ह्रयः
dharme paṃcha tapā bhūtvā varṣhāsu ākāśha saṃśhrayaḥ
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
"In summer he became the Five-Fire Ascetic, in rainy season open sky is his rooftop, and in winter water is his reclining bed even by day or by night, and thus that ascetically wealthy Vishvamitra indeed undertook a severe ascesis in this way, for another thousand years. [1-63-23b, 24]
PURPORT
तस्मिन् संतप्यमाने तु विश्ह्वामित्रे महामुनौ
संतापः सुमहान् आसीत् सुराणाम् वासवस्य छ
tasmin saṃtapyamāne tu viśhvāmitre mahāmunau
saṃtāpaḥ sumahān āsīt surāṇām vāsavasya cha
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
"While that great saint is undertaking fervent ascesis it has become a very high burning problem to gods and even to Indra. [1-63-25]
इति वाल्मीकि रामायणे आदि काव्ये बाल काण्डे त्रि ष्हष्ह्टितमः सर्गः
iti vālmīki rāmāyaṇe ādi kāvye bāla kāṇḍe tri ṣhaṣhṭitamaḥ sargaḥ
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
"Then Indra along with all the assemblages of the Air-gods spoke to Rambha, the celestial wench, words that are advantageous to himself, but disadvantageous to the son of sage Kushi, namely Vishvamitra." Thus Sage Shataananda continued his narration. [1-63-26]
