13.Thiruvadi Chootu Padalam
Chapter on
crowning of holy slippers.
(Bharadwaja gives a great feast to army of Bharata with help of deva maidens. Next day they reach
Chitrakoota. Lakshmana hears the sound of army coming. He climbs up on a hill
and confirms his belief. He gets fully
armed and says that he would kill Bharata
.Rama asks him to wait. Bharata
comes in a garb of sage coated with dust. Rama asked the reson for
his depression. Bharata informs about Dasaratha ’s death, R ama breaks down.Vasishta consoles him. Rama
does the water ritual. Then the inform Sita and she alo breaks down, The wives
of sages make her take a purificatory
bath. After arrival of all, Rama
requests Bharata to rule Ayodhya. He
says if Dasaratha can give the country to him, he can also give it to Rama.
Rama refuses, Bharata is compelled to
rule the country by sages and devas. BHarayta returns back with sandal
of Rama goes back to Nandigrama and rules from there.
Saint
BHardwaja offers a great feast with help of all devas in Valmiki Ramayana. Rama was in his hut waiting for Bharata in
Valmiki Ramayana .When Bharata meets Rama, he enquires about welfare of many people including his father in Ayodhya in Valmiki Ramayana. When Bharata
tells about (Vasishta was not present) death of Dasaratha , Rama, Lakshmana and Sita go to river and do libations to their
father in Valmiki Ramayana. He makes a Pinda out of fruits and fruit pulp. On
her way Kausalya sees this and comments , that is what he can do in forest. The
fact that Dasaratha has promised the kingdom
to the son of Kaikeyi as bride price
to her father is mentioned by Rama. At this time Jabali an atheist tries
to pooh-pooh the principles of Dharma
and requests Rama to accept the kingdom. Vasishta tells in detail about Rama’s
clan then. Bharata while returning with
sandal visits Bharadwaja’s hermitage in
Valmiki Ramayana. The sages of Chithrakuta leave fearing an asura called Khara, Rama later follows them.)
2375 .That son
saluted that great sage as if he
is his father ,
And that sage who
was like Lord Shiva wearing
a crescent ,
Was merciful towards him
and told words of endless
blessings.
2376.He asked, “Sir
, Without ruling the
country which has come to you,
Why are you wearing cloths of bark and having .
The long
hair tied as matted hair ? What happened ?”
2377. BHaratha
burning with the fire of great
anger ,
With a boiling mind
looking at that great sage replied.
“Oh very wise sage , you did not tell me suitable words.
And that is not proper for
your great status.”
2378.”Being the
younger brother of the Lord of
the Vedas Rama,
Going against tradition
, I would not accept the kingdom
,
But if God like
Rama does not accept the kingdom,
Till he stays in the forest , I would also stay with him.”
2379.As soon as
they heard the words told by him,
Then all those sages who
liked Rama deep from their
heart,
Felt as if
the mixed sandal paste has been applied,
All over their
body and their mind also became cool.
2380.That sage who
puts offerings in the fire ,
With great love took him to his hermitage and thought
“I would offer you feast to the army that accompanied you,.”
2381. As soon as he
who had the wealth of giving
up
Thought like that the entire heaven came and stayed in the forest,
Thought like that the entire heaven came and stayed in the forest,
And the various
people of the army , feeling as
if ,
They have taken rebirth and reached another world ,
Forgot all their
earlier life and became happy.
2382.Thinking that
the sage was one who always does
Dharma .
And would attain salvation , the maids of the heaven,
Came with joy and
welcomed the men and took them inside ,
The Palace that
had the full luster of the moon.
2383.They properly
applied scented powders on the bodies of those men,
And gave them bath in the waters
of the Ganges of the sky
,
And dressed
them with flowers of the Karpaga tree of heaven.
2384. They bent like
the flowering branch and
those cultured maids,
Of heaven made
those men wear ornaments of pure Gold ,
And with love
offered them nectar like food which was normally eaten by Indra.
2385.Those ladies who has pretty eyes coated with poison,
And tender
feet wearing anklets and applied
with red cotton juice,
Slept like female
deer by their sides on bed ,
Filled with five
soft materials and those men also
slept.
2386.Starting from
the kings to the broad
shouldered men who carry palanquins
AS per their ranks were hospitably treated by the divine ladies,
AS per their ranks were hospitably treated by the divine ladies,
Blessed with hair as if
they were very wealthy devas.
2387.Those ladies
of heaven who were faultless and had
red mouth ,
Like red fruit , obeyed
the orders of ladies who
accompanied Bharata,
And behaved as if they were their servants or friends
,
And all the ladies
were happy in the faultless service provided by those
divine maidens.
2388.And at that
evening time , in those pretty well grown up gardens,
The scented breeze
wafted slowly like blind men from the Karpaka gardens,
Carrying the scent of
the flowers that had
opened that day.
2389. With the bees coming and drinking the huge
flow water of rut ,
From the elephants
, they were offered by the Karpaga plants,
Balls of food with lots of honey as well as bundles of ,
Red awns of
paddy and they ate
them and became happy.
2390.The angry
elephants with tusks and with
straight legs ,
Drank the waters ,
which can give rewards for blessed deeds,
Even for the
sinners who ought to reach hell
and the ,
Groups of
horses ate the grass which was like
emerald.
2391.When all the
people were enjoying like this ,
The pleasures
available to Lord Indra , Bharata
,
Ate fruits and
roots and spent the
day,
With his gold like body coated with dust.
2392. As soon as the blue coloured darkness lifted,
All the pleasures people were enjoying vanished like a dream,
The Sun
appeared like the ending of good time for those ,
Who were only
enjoying the result of their good deeds.
2393.Like the
wealth enjoyed by those
who did not do Dharma,
The wealth
that they were enjoying vanished and those
who felt,
That they have come back from heaven to earth ,
Did not
bother and went back to the thoughts they had earlier.
2394. When it became day time , the devas
happily came to know,
That what they were
seeing was not a sea but an army
And that army making
the gardens and mountains,
That they crossed
in to dust , reached
the desert.
2395.The dust
rose up , the burning sun was pressed
,
In that dust and
lost some heat that was difficult to put out,
And the
water of rut poured by the elephants,
Made the paths
slushy and made the path difficult to walk.,
2396. That desert
with stones which was hot like
sparks of fire
Was cooled down by
the shade created by the
royal umbrellas .
Of the kings who carried the swords and the flags,
Which were
flying high provided a tent and allowed it to cool further.
2397.Seeing
Bharata with a black
face becoming red due to ,
The anger he had
with his mother who told , “Take this great wealth”,
Due to the great love towards him the dead trees there produced leaves.
2398.That matchless
army of the emperor Dasaratha
who left his life,
Feeling that “Good
behavior is greater than soul” feeling
that ,
The very cruel
hurting desert was like a garden land
Due to it cooling down
, speedily reached Chitrakoota.
2399-2400 .Due
the dust that was rising high , due to,
The great sound
made by chariots , horses and angry elephants ,
And the great
roaring sound created by foot soldiers,
Making all people
know that it is a great army
coming to kill,
Lakshmana got up
and climbed on a tall mountain,
Which looked as if it was a burning flame of the earth,
And saw that very
strong army which made ,
Even the ocean with
curved waves as inadequate.
2401-2402.Thinking that the Bharata who possessed great kingdom,
Is coming with
bad intention and improper desire ,
With an intention
using this very great army on
the person,
Who is engaged
in penance and this is hundred
percent truth,
And nothing else, Lakshmana
jumped from the mountain,
Making it break on to the earth and speedily reached Rama .
And told him, “Bharata
without bothering about you ,
Is coming for a
war against you by spreading,
A very huge army
which belongs Ayodhya protected
by all.”
2403 ,He then tied
his sword and heroic anklets as
well as the quiver,,
With various types of arrows and then locked himself in
an armour ,
And taking a very strong bow , saluted
Rama , stood up and told like
this.
2404. Please see the great strength of the shoulders of Bharata and become happy
Who has lost this and the other world and
the greatness of his army ,
And the matchless of power of me who has accompanied you alone .
2405.I would make
the well ornamented elephant suffer many troubles,
By rolling the
mountain of their bodies , pull out
all chariots,
Push all the
intestines and make the river of blood
run,
And you may
please see them all mixing in the ocean.
2406.”Oh hero , you may see me cutting off
the hands ,
Chests and their
armours as also taking away their life
and ,
You will also see
that my lustrous arrows are
coated with blood ,
And make the elephants
in eight directions scared and roam about.
2407.”Oh lord , you would see the horses
which jump ,
After death
, sing and dance on the
golden floor of the chariots ,
As ghosts
holding the broken shields from
the battle field.
2408.Oh , Rama , When I completely kill all the pretty elephants they have,
Within a very
short time, the heaven will get back-
pain,
And due to reduction of burden earth will get rid of its pain, Please see it.
2409. After swimming In
the high flowing huge stream of blood ,
Turning the body red
the devils with small eyes along with ghosts ,
And trunks
without heads would dance with joy and say,
“This world now
belongs to Rama, “ and you please see that.
2410.The cruel elephants wearing mask in their face,
Groups of horses
and Valorous soldiers having
thick shoulders ,
Would all fall dead
and in the cruel red blood that flows ,
Would make all the seven seas in to one and make great
sound , please see that.
2411.With soldiers
being killed , with the moving
chariots getting destroyed,
With strong bows breaking
, with big elephants with legs and heads getting cut
,
And with horses with legs and shoulders getting cut would
be seen ,
Due to my arrows
in the battle field. You would definitely see it.
2412.Be pleased
to see the birds which fly on the sky .
With big wings
calling the birds of their own type ,
Going through the
hole made on both my brothers ,
Caused by
arrows which have
been decorated by gold.
2413.”Oh Rama ,
due to the love of one lady called Kaikeyi ,
Dasaratha dipped
the entire world in to sorrow and,
By his order
Bharata who got the kingdom
, instead ,
Of ruling it ,
would suffer cruel hell by my arrows,
Please see it.”
2414.You please see , that Kaikeyi who is an expert in causing sorrow,
And who became happy seeing your mother cry, when
you left
The rule of that
kingdom and came to the forest. Will live to
cry
,
Falling on the ground
when her son dies.
2415.”Oh Rama who
holds the saw sharpened spear which is garlanded,
I would destroy this sea of army with one arrow which
takes away their strength,
Within a very short time
and attain victory like Lord
Shiva ,
Who destroyed
the three cities and come back quickly.”
2416.Rama told,
“Oh Lakshmana if you think that,
You will churn all the fourteen worlds , then nobody,
Can stop you and
there is no need to tell it,
But please
hear from me tell you one advice.”
2417.”Oh Lakshmana
who has well grown big shoulders,
Which are like
iron pillars , those who ar born in our
clan,
Are faultless
kings and how can we measure them?
If we think , who among them could not,
Move away from their clan but
who have moved away from Dharma.”
2418. The conduct of
Bharata who has an elephant
with hands like a palm tree ,
Are all the ones
told by all the four Vedas and not like
as you told ,
Which go against Dharma
and that has not been thought about by you
with my mind.
2419.” Except believing that great one, due
the love
That he has
to me is coming to the forest,
And that he is
coming to give back the kingdom to
me ,
But not
believing that he is coming to fight,
A war with me
along with army , is perhaps
within reason.”
2420.”Oh Lakshmana
who has a spear which ,
Can only be compared
to lightning , Bharata ,
Who wears anklets
making dash gold against
gold,
Has come here to
give me that huge army
,
And not to fight with me . Can we tell that?”
2421. “Oh
Lakshmana who wears ornaments on his shoulders,
Should you think
like that about the Great Bharata
Who is the form of great divine Dharma ,
And who is touchstone
for measuring good
character ,
For he has come here
to only see me ,
And you would understand
it when he comes near.”
2422. Rama told like this
and stopped and Bharata,
After instructing Sumantra to bring the army afterwards,
Along with Shatrugna who has great love to him
And who never
parts with him, came forward.
2423. Rama who
knew about everything at all times,
Saw Bharata with hands held up in salutations ,
With a tired faded body
, and who had jaded eyes,
Due to constant crying
and like a form which ,
Is personification of Sorrow , from head to foot.
2424.That Rama who had a body like the
black cloud ,
Looking at Lakshmana told
“Oh Lakshmana who has a,
Strong bow that
makes sound , please see well,
The war ready
angry form of Bharata along with a
huge army.”
2425.That younger brother
Lakshmana Thinking about the words ,
Berating Bharata who had a strong shoulder which subdued others,
And which were told due
to his great anger, became
greatly depressed
And along with
his bow , his
tears also fell on the ground ,
Stood there with
face without luster and enthusiasm.
2426.To the
Lord who has done faultless great
penance ,
And whom he neared
as per his desire , he saluted ,
As an emissary
of the wealth of the kingdom ,
Who has parted with Rama
, who lost all her glory,
And who has
become lean due to her sorrow.
2427.Bharata came near him and felt he is seeing his dead father,
Once again and
said, “You did not think about Dharma
of becoming a king ,
And without mercy left
away the tradition “ ,
lost his consciousness,
And fell at the
lotus feet of Rama.
2428,That Rama who had eyes of mercy, saw the Bharata
which made ,
People think whether
he was dead or alive and with
shedding tears ,
From his lotus like eyes
which fell on the matted hair,
Of Bharata
and overflowed on to the floor.
2429.That Rama who is the store house
of all Dharma and ,
Who is the God of mercy , hugged Bharata considering him,
The God of
Dharma and left a
long breath and with ,
Tears flowing
like stream wetting his chest and with a melted mind.
2430. Rama
hugged Bharata and several times saw
his form,
Wearing wooden bark and thinking in various different ways asked,
“Oh brother , you are
greatly tired due to sorrow . Is
everything all right,
With Dasaratha
who has shoulders better than
wrestlers ?”
2431.When the rare one
asked like that Bharata told him,
“Oh sir , due to
the sickness of your parting from him,
And due to god of
death like boons requested by my
cruel mother ,
Establishing his
truth in this world , he went to heaven.”
2432.That
Rama who owns the world which is above heaven,
Even before the
cruel words that Dasaratha had gone to
heaven,
Entered in to his
ears like piercing with spear ,
Rolled with both
his eyes as well as mind
and fell on the floor.
2433.After
falling on the earth he did not breath even a little
And like
the sorrowing serpent hit by thunder, he
lost his consciousness,
And with very great difficulty , he breathed a long breath,
And with great
sorrow in his mind , he started wailing in different ways.
2434.”Oh
Lord who had the fame like an ever shining lamp,
To the people of this world you were
like a father ,
And to the matchless
Dharma , you were like the mother.
Oh home of
mercy , oh my father who is like a lion to enemy kings,
You are no more .
Who is there to support the truth
in this world?”
2435,”Oh Dasaratha
, who had an army that created fear
whose profession,
Was killing to get victory , after getting the mercy of Rishya sringa,
Who was a great saint
, you performed fire sacrifice to get a son,
And got me as your son
and is the losing your soul the benefit you got.”
2436.”Oh king who
wears a garland that scatters
gold , who has ,
A lustrous spear who shines
like the lustrous sun with a red mouth,
Is this the way that you chose to take rest so that you wanted
me ,
To rule over all beings and
carry the burden of ruling them?
Was I born to be a
king so that I became the God of death to you?”
2437.”Oh emperor, you who gave stable kingship
over heaven to Indra,
By killing the asura called Sambara , Making all the responsibilities ,
Of ruling as mine
you wanted to do penance , did
you die for that?”
2438. “The silly
me accepted the
kingship , which is normally not
wanted ,
By even those who want everything and has
caused sorrow to this world,
And now the only option for me is to die
, because I cannot look at any one,
If I continue
to rule this world with this
body , which will not die.”
2439.”Oh king,
who held the spear making enemies
with big bodies ,
Coming and surrendering to you of their own accord, you
reached the heaven,
As soon as you
heard that I left the honeyed garden of the kingdom,
And entered the
forest and I am still alive with a great desire to live.”
2440.”Oh Dasaratha
who has the matchless white
royal umbrella ,
Which can give coolness
even to the moon , you
have reached heaven,
Along with your charitable nature , respectability ,
The strength
which cannot be changed even by devas ,
The truth which
can never undergo change and many other great attributes.
2441.All his
brothers with strong hands
and the kings who had come
there ,
Reached near the
lion like Rama who was telling all
these again and again,
And who had great shoulders which were like standing mountains,
And consoled him
and hugged him and great Vasishta also consoled him.
2442.And then Bhardwaja and other sages who has done penance ,
Which cannot be described by words , and sages,
Who had hair made
in to plaits , the kings of all
seven worlds ,
All his ministers
came and joined him and also all the chiefs,
Of the army of
Dasaratha came and joined him.
2443.When all the people
have arrived and stood surrounding
Rama,
The great sage Vasishta , the son of Lord Brahma who sits on the lotus
Seeing the face
of Rama which was immersed in
great sorrow told.
2444.”You who have
deep knowledge of all the Vedas should
know ,
That for all beings
, birth as well as death are natural phenomenon,
And during their
life the only way for them to live
is either,
Live like a householder
or live like a Sanyasi* , did you forget that.”
*one who gives up the world.
2445. The great books tell ”The births without permanence
Are countless
billons in number ,and have been made by pleasure and pain “
And after clearly
understanding this , it is not proper ,
For us to think that
cruel God of death is responsible
for it.”
2446.”You have
seen babies dying
even before mother ,
Gives them
birth and should you be sorrowing at the death,
Of the emperor
who due to his faultless virtue
,
Ruled the earth for sixty thousand years.”
2447.Oh Rama who
observes good character and Dharma
without any change ,
Even to that root
which is the ultimate truth Brahmam which is above the trinity,
Who hold the
trident , wheel and Veda in their hands,
It is impossible
to cross the net of
change of time.
2448. When even the five elements which
is the reason for eye and
other sense organs,
To see and engage in other actions
and which all have endless length
,
And are the
reason for the creation
of all basic products of earth,
Attain death ,
should you sorrow for the death of an elementary
soul?
2449.”Oh chief ,
the lamp lit with care , using the ghee
of good deeds ,
Using the
matchless time as wick , by the fire called fate
,
Would stop
burning if the good deeds and the fire get exhausted,
Is there any
doubt about this happening to any being?”
2450.”They lie in
deep sorrow while in this world,
They suffer pain
in being immersed in hell in the other
world ,
And afterwards
for sake of suffering of the cruel Karma ,
They go through
several birth organs ,
Should we think about it?”
2451,”Oh Rama who has great characters which are praised by all,
Your father has
reached the land of Lord Vishnu
, which is difficult .
For even Lord Brahma
sitting on a lotus flower to reach and is shining there,
Is there any thing else
you can do to provide help to
him.”
2452. “Oh Rama ,
Do not sorrow at all , is there any thing more
To be done for
Dasaratha than attaining the land of Lord Vishnu?
And so do
properly all that needs to be
done,
As per the Vedas
and repay your debt to him by your red
hand.”
2453.”It is
foolish to think about and becoming
sad about ,
The impermanent body which is like a bubble created ,
By the rain falling from the sky and
by shedding tears ,
Also there is no use
and so with your lotus like
hands ,
Pour the sacrificial water which purifies,” said Vasishta.
2454. After the saint told like this along with
kings who praise him,
And with Vasishta
who had matted hair looking like
a bundle of gold,
Rama reached the
river water with dense waves
and they told him,
“Please do” and
Rama did the rituals according
to rules.
2455,Rama who is
with in all beings and grants them
the gift,
Of understanding , entered the river , took bath and came back,
And Vasishta who knew all the Vedas guided him
in performing,
The rituals
and he Took water with both hands thrice ,
And made offering as
per rules thinking about his father.
2456. After that , he did all the other necessary rituals ,
And accompanied
by great ministers ,
sages and others ,
Reached the
hermitage where Sita
was there.
2457.As soon as
they reached the hut , that Lord Bharata,
Saw Sita who came to the forest alone and after
seeing,
The hut she was living in
, patted his lotus like eyes
with his hands,
And fell at
her feet and
wailed.
2458.That great
ruler so as to indicate that
ocean with its tides,
Are there in his red eye and other sense organs , with
great sorrow,
Was shedding water
which was like a permanent
spring.
2459.Rama lifted
that valorous one with very great sorrow ,
By his big hands
, hugged him and looking at Sita,
Who had long black hair
told ,”Dasaratha unable ,
To bear my coming away
died.”
2460.Hearing that , Sita
who was greatly jolted , shivered
and ,
Shed tears from her
two ocean like eyes and keeping
her hand,
On earth who was like a mother who brought her up ,
Wailed using
words which were set to tune
and sorrowed.
2461. Her husband Rama
who had shoulders which berate
stones,
Following her , the forest through which she walked was like a good city,
And the words “the king died” made
her walk ,
In the ocean of great sorrow and she
went ahead.
2462.The wives of the sages who were
far away from sins,
Approached like
mothers , the greatly sorrowing
Sita ,
Supported her
with their pretty hands and made ,
Her bathe in the
sacred waters of Ganges ,
Consoled her
and took her to her husband Rama.
2463. Along with the three mothers
who gave birth ,
To those four who wore
honey dripping flower
garlands ,
And along with
learned people , who knew ,
About this
world as well as the other world, Sumanthra came
,
To the place of Rama , who always thinks of Dharma and saluted him,
2464 He who was
earlier to even the first creator with
four heads,
Stood asking, “where has my father gone?”
to his mothers ,
And stood shedding tears
which fell on their lotus feet.
2465. All those
mothers together hugged
Rama and ,
Started
crying with sorrow
that never decreases,
And the army , and ladies who had come with them ,
Cried like the wax which fell on the fire.
2466. Then those
golden queens who had given birth,
To those four heroes
hugged tightly Sita ,
Who was the
daughter of king Janaka ,
Entered inside sea of sorrow and got drowned there.
2467.Then all the
soldiers of the army and the
great citizens,
Of the wealthy city of Ayodhya and others
as well as other kings,
Came with a
mind full of sorrow which was troubling Rama.
2468.That Lord Vishnu
who has left his bed of serpent with hood,
And had come to Ayodhya chose
to be born in ancient clan of the Sun,
And because
of it ,the Sun which normally
goes in the big path,
Decided to
go inside the sea , so that he can also do, after death rituals.
2469-2470.After
that day was over in the presence
of the crowd of kings ,
Sages with red
matted hair , relations and the brothers
who never part from him,
Who surrounded Rama, who
was sitting there said with love “Oh Bharata,
The great king is
no more and by his order
, this kingdom is yours ,
But you are not
wearing the crown and are in the garb of saint,
As per your own desire
. Please tell me why?”
2471, As soon as
he heard this , Bharata
was flustered and saluted Rama ,
And looked at him for a long time and said,
“Except you who are there
Who following Dharma?In that path of Dharma would you like to go
back?.”
2472.”Using a boon that
is not agreeable for elderly
wise people,
Kaikeyi made you
stand in a place which is not suitable to you,
And killed Dasaratha
and since I am the son born to
her,
She thinks
that life of penance
is not suitable to me.”
2473.I who am a sinner
who has troubled the world
and ,
Caused pain to it
dare not die and am not
suitable ,
To do penance and
then how can I get rid of this bad name?”
2474,The nature of
ladies who have moved away from virtue ,
The carrying out of penance without patience , the acts of Dharma ,
Which is moved away
from the path of mercy as well as ,
The rule of the
king that moves away from tradition
, which of them would come first?
2475. “Suppose you
leave the kingship that you got
being the eldest son,
And if you start a
huge penance and losing my
intelligence ,
Going against
justice and being called as
one .
Who killed
Dharma , would I rule this
country which I am not entitled?”
2476,With the king dying due to inestimable love towards you,
And with you entering
this cruel forest without
smoke ,
Am I your
enemy , for planning with immeasurably great deceit
To steal your kingdom from you and am I waiting for suitable
time?”
2477.”Oh lord
, for the bad that my father did to you
and that was done by
my mother ,
Who is the cruel form of sin and
has caused to you sorrow
that no one ,
In this world has seen , do not go away
please come back to the country ,
And rule it “ Said
Bharata , making the intentions of his mind clear.
2478.Rama who understood
the firmness of the words
told by Rama ,
Thinking
“whether his mind is of this nature?” said to him,
“Oh valorous hero
, I will tell you a few words ,
please hear.”
And after seeing
all round him started saying the
following words.
2479. Rama said ”Good character , truth , justice which others try to reach,
Are specially mentioned. Greatness along with Dharma and,
Along with all those which are classified as Dharma ,
Are created by
those kings who stick to the path of Veda.Please know this.”
2480.”Oh Bharata with a strong bow , the
knowledge of books ,
Which is appreciated
, the faultless wisdom , the good
character,
The efficiency in
the job that we do and
those devas who are fit to
salute,
Are all our elders , Please keep this in your mind.
2481.”Oh dear Bharata
, if you examine as to
Who those good and
great elders are deeply by the mind,
You would know
that they are none but our parents.”
2482.”Oh Bharata who is wise by knowledge
of great books,
Which should be thought and understood , I have only ,
Obeyed the boon
of my mother and the order of my father,
Which is according
to the Dharma followed by our clan,
And is it proper
for you to want me to go against
it.?”
2483.”Oh Bharata , those born in the world , to be called
as “son”,
Should bring
good fame to their mother
and father,
By their activities and please think and analyze whether,
It is done by bringing them unforgettable and cruel bad
name?”
2484.”By making
my father tell a lie in this life .
Due to desire on kingship
and making him live in the cruel
hell,
Would I rule
over this great land and live ,
On the top of
the breasts which is desired by all.”
2485.”Due to the fact
that by the boon given by,
Your father as
per tradition the kingdom is yours,
And also it is
yours because you got
it,
AS you are my brother
and so rule it : said Rama.
2486. Bharata said
, “Oh king , you were born earlier ,
And have matchless
fame in all three worlds,
And as per you if
this kingdom is mine ,
I am immediately
presenting it to you ,
Please come and accept the crown.”
2487.”When the
earth is sorrowing
, would you
Who has
shoulders like solid stone pillars,
Do what is only proper
for you ?
Catching hold of his golden holy feet Bharata
said,
“Please come and
protect the world so that it is not sorrowing?”
2488.”If you who love me due to your
love,
Make this kingdom as
mine , would it be proper?
Would the time
period accepted by me as per the words.
Of father who
was scared of bad name , end today itself?”
2489. “Would this
world without the existence
of truth,
Tell some thing
called “purity “ separately
?
Evil is nothing
but the swerving away from truth,
And can we tell
truly anything except the truth?”
2490.”As per the words of my father till the completion ,
Of seven and seven
years , while I stay
in the forest ,
As per my
order , you rule the world
given ,
To you by father
without swerving from truth.”
2491.”Oh Bharata ,
When the king was alive
he told me , “Crown yourself ,
With a gem studded
crown “ and I agreed, do you know
that it was,
Because of fear to
say “no” to him and after thinking about
it,
Should you not obey my order , Do not get
depressed due to sorrow ,
And do according
to what I told you, “
Rama said.
2492.After the
very wise Rama told many such words ,
When Bharata started
replying him , the great sage Vasishta,
Did not allow
Bharata who was a sea of good similar
to the water ,
Stored in a
pit to talk and after
putting in to his thought ,
All the actions of kings of the clan of the sun told Rama , “Please hear.”
2493. “Lord
Vishnu in the form of a boar with his
famous matchless horns ,
Which did not cause
any sorrow to him , from the
rising water at final deluge ,
Lifted the lady
called earth without its scar which was
like that in crescent of moon.
2494. Before
that , in the end of the eon
, he destroyed the visibility ,
Of the five great elements making all
principles to merge with God,
And then created a
wide sea and with a unmatched
and not available ,
Lustrous
form , he started his sleep of wisdom there.
2495.After
adopting that sleep , That Vishnu having the black colour,
Of the sea
which like a stream gave nectar
to all the devas
From his belly
pushed out a lotus flower with one hundred petals ,
And from that created
first Lord Brahma who is the root
of everything.
2496.”That Lord Brahma with four heads started
creating the world,
And your clan of kings
where the first to appear from there,
And among
those kings none of them broke the tradition so far.
I have something
more to tell you, please hear.”
2497.”Oh Lord who
has a
proud male elephant , The
teacher ,
With love taught
the faultless knowledge that
would help you ,
In this world and in the other world and
It is said ,
That only he who does
good to others is the greatest
elder.”
2498.”Because of
that , Oh Rama , it is true
that it was me,
Who brought you up
and taught you very many
knowledge,
And so without disobeying my order, reach your country and rule it.”
2499.The Rama with red eyes after
looking at that sage ,
Saluted him with his pretty hands closed like a lotus
bud,
And told , “oh wise sage
who keeps his mind under control,
I need to tell
you something “ and started
telling it.
2500 “Oh son of Brahma
who sits on lotus flower giving honey ,
Whether it is
elders or whether it is the teacher or whether,
It is one’s mother or whether
it is sons who do not swerve ,
From truth ,
once some tells “I will do it”, is it
proper for him to say “No”.
2501.”Instead of being born as that
cruel and worst son,
Who does not
salute and totally accepts the orders,
Of mothers along
with joy and those words
told by father,
It would be better to be born as a dog , which ,
Cannot differentiate between
the good and bad.
2502.” Oh great teacher
, After agreeing with all my heart,
To them who have ordered
, by keeping it on head ,
And saying to them ,
“I will do it” , you have now
ordered me ,
Please be kind
enough to tell me what I should do?”
2503.After hearing that
when Vasishta told , “I do not know,
What else to tell”
and preferred to keep
silent , then Bharata ,
Said, “If Rama is
not going to rule the
country , let whoever
,
Want to rule it, rule it and I would take as my oath ,
That I would go
with Rama in this fog filled forest.”
2504.At that time
the devas understanding it joined together,
And started
talking, with sorrow on the sky” If now this Bharata
Takes Rama with
him our work would not be completed
properly “.
2505.”The famous Rama
of good behavior is one who,
Wants to
protect the words of his father and,
He would go
through this forest and till ,
The fourteen years
are completed , it is ,
Your responsibility
to protect the country.”
2506.When the devas told this way Rama said,
“These words
cannot be refused and I have ,
Also requested you
and so as per my order ,
You protect this world as well as you can “
And Rama then caught hold
of lotus like hands of Bharata.
2507.”If that is so lord
after the fourteen years are over,
If you do not come and
rule that city surrounded by long
moat,
I would fall in
burning fire and die .This is the truth,
And I am taking an
oath on you regarding that.”
2508.Bharata who
told these words became
one,
Without any sorrow
and Rama whose fame
,
Was greater than
himself after seeing his determination ,
Melted due to
love towards him and said,”so be it.”
2509. Bharata since
there was no other way and ,
Understanding
that it is not possible
not to be ,
With Rama sobbed and becoming thin due to crying,
Said, “Give me your sandals as an assurance
“ and Rama,
Gave him his sandals
which gave all the pleasures of
the world..
2510.Bharata whose gold like body was coated with dust
,
With crying eye
thinking that Rama’s sandals are his head,
Fell on the earth saluted Rama and
went back.
2511.The mothers and the numberless relatives , groups of elders ,
Saints , the
famous army and all others surrounded
Bharata,
And went and the sage Vasishta who wears
the sacred thread,
On his shoulders
also went along with all of
them.
2512.The sage Bharadwaja
who had learned all the old books,
Went along with them. The citizens of Ayodhya wilth,
Long moat also
departed and went and the
,
Devas who had
assembled also went to their places,
As per the
order of Lord Rama , Guha also went back,
2513-2514,Carrying the sandals of Rama on his head
,
Crossing river ganges where cool waters were dashing ,
Proceeding further , Bharata did not enter the city
,
Of Ayodhya
blessed with gardens with scented flowers,
And without
sleeping that night and with
tear stained eyes,
During day and night
, established the sandals of Rama,
In Nandigrama
and he decided with his mind,
To live there
controlling his five senses and
rule the country.
2515,Thinking that the people of the country who knew ,
That he was in Chitrakoota , due to their love ,
Would come again and again Rama accompanied,
By his protective
brother and with Sita ,
Started walking towards
the southern direction.
THus ends Ayodhya Kandam
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