22.Katimana
Padalam
(The chapter on
the great marriage)
( The chapter begins with love sickness of Sita and Rama and later
in this chapter Rama weds Sita . Though r several common rites of
marriage of south India are mentioned, there is no Mangalya dharanam. The poet
mentions that the wedding took place on Panguni uthra day, which fact is not
there in Valmiki Ramayana. Like Valmiki Ramayana , the mothers of Rama
are not present during marriage. After
marriage Rama and Sita go inside the
palace and salute them. The marriage of brothers of Rama take place the
next day as per proposal of Janaka. Even
the names of their brides is not mentioned. In Valmiki Ramayana there
is a lengthy introduction to each other
of the clan of Dasaratha and Janaka. The
introduction by Vasishta in Kamba
Ramayana is there as soon as Dasaratha
arrives from Ayodhya.
With this chapter
and one following it , Bala Kandam comes to an end.)
1160.Due to the great hospitality shown by Janaka whose fame is wide spread,
Right from kings who owned elephants who were showering rut
,
To the kings with
broad shoulders and princes and those ,
Were all in between these great groups felt as
if,
They have gone to the city of Indra along with this body.
1161. Would not
those who are greatly thirsty
and want to drink pure water,
See the source of good water but
unable to find steps to approach
the water ,
Lose their strength
and would become sorry as well
as depressed,
Similarly the
lady who was like Koel and was wearing golden bangle attained
that state.
1162.”Oh cruel night
, Are there people who deceive and kill,
Feeble
ladies who do not have any
strength whatsoever
without any
thought ? AS soon as the sun rises tomorrow,
My Lord would come near me and
so please go to the day with speed.”
1163.Oh mind , you
have gone along with the feet of the
black coloured Rama,
And propose to
come back when he returns but
you have been with me,
From the day I was
born and wander round me without
parting from me ..
Are there people like
you, who cannot wait
for one more day?”
1164. “Oh Andril bird
who lives on a palm tree
, when I am trying to attain,
Rama like the seven seas which make great sound, due to my bad fate ,
If the day time
perhaps never comes but you without any culture ,
Are flying with
your mate instead of flying alone. Why
are you doing these bad acts?’
1165.”Oh moon ,
Who has hot spreading rays , which hurt like a sharp spear ,
And is hot like fire, Please tell whether any one else except
you is there,
Who trouble the
tender lasses whose body is thinning
down and who do not avenge.”
1166.”Oh breeze
tiger who lives in the best big caves of the southern
Podigai mountain,
Have You who are
the store house of fragrance and coolness .
Started to
eat ladies like me with fire like mouth,
Making the rays
of moon light as your teeth.
1167. “A matchless hero is wandering these streets ,
And he is not leaving
me during day and night ,
And how
this is possible for him , to be at two places?”
How is it that he
who has a black body and
who is a king by his clan,
Has come to a
lass who is alone?”
1168.”Is it this darkness the hell which the sinners attain?.
While my desire is
running towards him who shows no mercy,
And this black darkness is like a never ending sea,
Whose shore I would not be able to find ,
How many
deluge time does this darkness last?”
1169.”The music of the
town seems to be never ending,
And the day time never seems to come and thoughts
are not going away.
This night would never become day, my mental pains
will never end,
My soul does not
appear to move away, eyes do not sleep, Is this my lot?”
1170”Oh ocean, The conch bangles with you are falling down ,
And like me who am very tired you do not seem to have any sleep,
Are you an
unmarried maid like me? And are you
also,
Agitated due to
the fear of the arrows of god of love?”
1171.Sorrowing by
telling these words
several times,
Thinking of her
worries, not able to leave feminine qualities,
She spent that
entire night in her palace in
darkness,
And now let us see
what is happening inside the mind
of Rama.
1172”.Due to the great love , having seen her earlier,
I have drawn her
in the screen of my mind using
the pen of my eyes,
And I have seen her again and then I could not see the other
shore of her beauty,
How can some one who
has seen a streak of lightning
draw it.”
1173.”Her face is
like that of Goddess Lakshmi .Oh moon,
You are producing
fruits and allowing seeds of passion to grow.
What have you decided to do
?
Would you
not become my friend
and help me?”
1174,”The
darkness that has spread
everywhere and
Stood like the black eye
Of Sita which tries to push my soul out,
Instead of
reducing like the bad name of
king who was afraid ,
Of death by his enemies , keeps
on increasing .”
1175.”Oh mind which went away with Sita who has deer like eyes,
Would you not think about me once? Is the path to return
very long ?
You should come
away from those who do not care
about you,
Have you
completely forgotten about
me?”
1176.”It seems that it is an old news that the strongest poison ,
Is housed in the teeth
of a snake whose looks can burn,
And now it has been proved that
she who is always ,
IN my sight and mind
is giving rise to only a cool
sight.”
1177.”Though she can
play on artificial hills , Gardens
with lot of flowers,
Sea beaches and
very many other places
of entertainment,
I do not know Why
that lady whose talk is much sweeter than nectar,
And who has thin
hairs , has chosen my mind as the place
to play with.”
1178.Since the great king was fully engrossed about the
marriage,
Said that the marriage
of that lass whose hair is desired by bees ,
Is on the next day
and so to further beautify our city ,
Which in
inherently beautified by lot of gems
and flowers.
And he told them to
inform all his citizens about it,
By beating the drums which are carried on
elephants.
1179.As soon as the drums were played
, the respectable old people.
Youngsters and ladies
who had hair that was scented ,
Met with each other
and rushed to beautify their
town,
And met their relations discussed about the wedding of Sita,
And waiting to see it , some how reached the other shore of the night.
1180.Hearing the news along with the beating of the drum that ,
Rama who is black like Kajal and
Sita who stays in the lotus
flower,
Would enter in to
a faultless marriage that
day,
The Sun God , came as if he wanted to see the marriage of the clan member,
On his matchless
chariot by piercing the
night with his red rays.
1181.The people of the town were setting up ornamental pillars in the street ,
Covering all pillars with cloth , Keeping filled up pots and decorating them
with pretty cloth,
Tying lustrous beads
on tall buildings which seem to touch the sky,
And were cooking
sweet food to the Brahmins who would explain Vedas.
1182.The ladies who had the tender walk of the swans , the lads who walked like bulls,
Were planting banana
and betelnut trees in that
town not conquered by any,
Were searching and wearing the best gem
among the invaluable gems that they have
,
Were dressing with gold ornaments and were also wearing
gem studded ornaments.
1183. Some of them wandering all over the streets
sprinkling paste of Sandal and Akil,
Some were showering fresh flowers like rain, and Some
who were decorating ,
BY hanging
invaluable pearl necklaces in
those tall buildings already decorated,
Gem studded buildings
which even made the rainbows shy .
1184. With scented
sheets whose edges were covered by gold ,
Making moon light
as well as sun light to come out of them,
With Maikhya gems
giving out light in the
rows of hall ,
Made by crystal stones , with lamps that were giving out spreading light,
Many people were
keeping germinating pots with sweet
cool sprouts everywhere.
1185 Like all
the groups of stars in the
long sky are shining together ,
The front of all multiple storey buildings which were like Mandara
mountain ,
The pearls which
are capable of showering matchless luster
were lighting up,
The entire row and because and because
the sun’s rays were
spreading .
Some were trying to
erect protecting tents to
prevent that.
1186. In the stages
where green gems have been embedded ,
And surrounded by
diamonds , servant girls brought ,
Faultless
lamps and kept them there
and they would establish,
Flags with golden poles
on the boundary walls which seem to touch the moon .
And also were seen putting Akil logs in the burning fire.
1187.Some were bringing lot of cool flowers in carts,
Some were bringing leaves and fruits from the gardens,
Some were dancing
Kuravai with their ear globes giving
out light ,
And some were putting face mask on the elephants which take lot of food.
1188.Some were
applying on themselves the
mixture sandal paste ,
Some were examining good dresses with intentions to wear them,
Some were decorating their hair with flowers, some were
putting ,
THilak on their moon like faces , some were
wearing Chikazhika garlands,
And some were drawing
on their red lips resembling
Ilavam flowers.
1189.Some ladies who were like peacock , even when they were putting make up,
Or when they were angry and having a love tiff,
became those who collected,
Heaps of fallen gems
, gold coins , conch bangles , and
scented powders ,
That are likely
to fall down , as heaps and
threw them out.
1190.For the sake
of the wedding function , Kings started
arriving ,
Brahmins were coming and crowding , Some people were enjoying
,
Honey like music ,
some were singing and wandering, some ladies were dancing,
And there were
some, using hour glasses estimating
the time accurately.
1191. Ladies who
were experts in dance started crowding
,
Some were learning
and practicing many of the sixty four arts ,
And some were coming near the entrance of the palace of king Janaka,
Where the
gems from the ornaments of
very many minor kings,
And from the crowns of those kings dashing
against each other had fallen
like mountains.
1192. With golden
shields reflecting light , With the tip
of spears,
Reflecting light like moon , With lads walking like,
Elephants with long tusks which were experts in war ,
And dancing
for increasing happiness of
ladies ,
And while they
were dancing , those ladies,
Smiled prettily and robbed the souls of those lads.
1194.Some were coming in chariots , some in palanquins,
Some in other types of vehicles , some on elephants .
Having a mask studded
with lustrous gems ,
Some were coming on female elephants ,
Some were walking on earth and some in carts.
1195.Some were wearing ornaments made of pearls
,
Some were throwing
out the pearl ornaments they were
wearing earlier,
Some were becoming joyous by wearing more and more types of ornaments,
Some were wearing on their hair crafted garlands made of flower
bunches,
And some were
wearing red silk cloths where picture rows were drawn.
1196.Some were having
eyes like poison, Some with
nectar like voice,
Some having lips like red Netti, , Some who were having
white teeth,
Some who were proud of their wide breasts , Some who were having,
Peculiar very narrow waists , Some with gait of female swans
,
And some who
walked she elephants crowded there,
1197.It is difficult to see all the wealth of Mithila in one place ,
And even to think
of that amount of wealth by mind is difficult,
That marriage
day Of Rama could only be
comparable to the day of crowning,
Of Indra who
rules the lustrous land of the sky .
1198.The king of kings Dasaratha reached
the hall ,
Whose limits were
difficult to find out , whose
roof was made of Gold,
Which was as tall as mountain ,Which was
decorated by costly gems,
And where all the auspicious things
for wedding has been collected
and stored.
1199.With the white royal umbrella giving
the light of young moon,
And that umbrella
also giving out the light of sun jading
the eyes,
With bees which bore in to the flowers singing
,
And dust raising
due to the hoofs of victorious horses Dasaratha arrived.
1200.At that time
the auspicious sound of wedding drums blared forth,
The groups of
conches also boomed , Small and big
drums raised their sound,
And the sound of chanting of Vedas by those
experts in Vedas,
Matched the sound
of the waves of ocean at night, when it will be more.
1201.The wide chariots elephants and the horses that can fleet,
Came in crowds
and crowds sorted in to correct groups,
Those kings who normally salute Dasaratha
and follow him,
Came along with him like Indra being surrounded by
devas,.
1202. Dasaratha who travelled in that
great manner ,
Came and sat in a
pretty golden seat making it more
pretty,
Sages and other
kings as per their rank occupied their seats,
And Janaka also occupied the seats along with his relatives.
1203. Due to
kings , sages , devas of the
sky and the maidens,
Walking like swans
who were similar to the ladies of heaven,
Crowding that hall
, that matchless hall of
marriage ,
Was looking like
golden Meru mountain which is
circled by planets.
1204.In that marriage hall which was constructed by
Maya ,
Properly
embedding gems , people who do good,
Without expecting
anything in return were there,
Shining ladies
were there , matchless
stars were there ,
Due to many kings
being there , there were the clan of nine precious gems,
Sun and moon were there in the form of Dasaratha and Janaka ,
And it looked
like the universe created by Lord Brahma.
1205.Great sages
and kings and with devas were
kept inside,
IN that marriage hall and so
it was like the belly of Lord Vishnu,
Who swallowed
earth and heaven and kept it there
during deluge.
1206, All the people
of not only this earth but the
entire universe ,
Crowded
there with a wish to see the marriage . Should we ,
Separately say about it? Since there is no need for it ,
We will tell the
acts of Rama who has left his bed,
Of Adhisesha and
has come over to Ayodhya.
1207.With sacred waters
having been brought from the seven sea,
Where crowds
of conches are found and with
the ,
Very special holy waters that have been mentioned in the Vedas ,
In which the waters
of the sacred rivers like Ganga has been mixed,
As per tradition
Lord Rama took his
auspicious bath.
1208, After giving charity
to faultless ladies with Kayal
fish like eyes,
Which extended up to their ears and to
Great Brahmins ,
Who were expert
in Vedas , Rama saluted
Ranganatha ,
Their shining family deity who
was worshipped by,
His faultless ancestors
who had done faultless penance.
1209.Like the grace
which saved penance and Dharma
Which was being
destroyed, by Rakshasas as there was
none to protect them
Taking a form of its own
, he who had a form like that of a picture,
Took the sandal paste
and applied on himself like
cloud applying the moon.
1210.Like the moon which is the store of all auspiciousness
Was produced as a flower by the black sea with rising waves ,
Rama wore Red
netti garland , golden garland,
And flower garlands
which were stable on his wavy
hair.
1211. After Seeing him suffer the love sickness during day and night ,
Similar to The
sun and moon coming as emissary to
Rama ,
And going near
his ears to tell about thoughts of Sita,
Rama wore two shining
ear globes on his ears.
1212. Like lord
Shiva holding as axe and having
the black poison on his neck,
Rama wore the crescent of the moon at the tip of his long hair ,
Rama also
wore an ornament called “veera pattigai “ and Thilaka on his forehead.
Making the Sun
God think that he would wear all
shining things of the world,
1213.Making people think that this was
the conch panchajanya near his
wheel,
Rama wore several
white pearl necklaces , made people
think,
That the smile of the
White coloured Sita having long
black hair ,
Has gone inside Rama, occupied everywhere and has
ebbed out.
1214, With properly embedded diamonds looking like
dots on the hood of the snake,
And the Manikhya
gems having an endless red colour
resembling red coloured fire ,
The shoulder ornaments
worn on the pretty shoulders of
Rama ,
Were looking like Vasuki that was tied round Mandhara mountain.
1215 .The three
big threads in which pearls were
chained ,
Were tied in the centre of the Wide
hands of Rama ,
Possibly indicating that he is the Lord of all the three worlds,
Which is asymbol that has been agreed by every one.
1216.Like the
karpaga tree made bangles
of gold and gems ,
And tied them on its healthy branches for
helping the,
People who come before
it with great desire,
Rama wore those
shining bracelets on his pretty broad
hands.
1217.On the chest where
the Goddess Lakshmi who sits on,
The honey dripping lotus flower, sits with great joy
,
Rama wore pretty
garland that was hanging with
several gems,
And it was like
rain bow rising in cloud filled sky with stars.
1218. Like the wisdom
of wise people that cannot
be ,
Approached by ordinary people , the lustrous upper cloth ,
Was worn over
the holy chest of his by Rama,
Who has a form of mercy similar to the luster ,
Of gems worn by Rama
on his neck.
1219.The holy thread
over the chest which was like sun, moon and fire ,
Is definitely the
great trinity that even sages and devas
do not know,
And it was tied
in its end possibly requesting all
to think and realize this truth.
1220. The ornament
called stomach belt which is long ,
Which spreads
of the luster of the gold
, and has ,
A large Manikhya gem in
its middle , looked like,
Another golden lotus
had flowered on his belly,
So that another Brahma
who created the world would be born
there.
1221. Rama wore the white silk dhothi on his hips
,
Which was
similar to the black sea which is the birthplace ,
Of lustrous
Manikhya gems being hugged by the
,
White cool ocean
of milk using its long arm like tides.
1222,The pearls that
are born in the sea and the
lustrous,
Blue Maikhya gems
there , due to the production of great light,
By their movement giving out the luster of pure Gold,
Resembled the Sun God going round the
golden Meru,
And like That Rama tied
the glittering sword to his hip,
1223 With the
showering luster of pearls
chained together in a row,
Tied by Rama like
an ornamented belt which was tied round his waist,
Along with the sword
put in its scabbard which was
shining like Sun,
Rama hung chained pearls
near it and it appeared like the early sun light.
1224,Merging with
luster of those who see with
the luster of gems,
Were the Kimpuri which was made by hand like a mouth of a shark,
And from the gems
which represented the teeth there, the white light emerged,
And Rama wore
that ornament on his thigh so that he
can find out distances to
directions.
1225,Thinking how these
feet now would measure the world again,
Rama wore the heroic anklets which had the nature of individually
stopping,
And whose
workmanship cannot be understood , even if examined with care ,
So that they would
surround and catch his lotus
like feet.
1226.After getting up from his bed of Adhi sesha , lighted with gems.
Due to penance of
those of the devas , and being born as a
prince in Ayodhya,
For the sake of
devas , Rama dressed himself in this way.
And he was only
comparable to himself after that.
1227. He who was
the first and the root cause among the trinity ,
Who was the pleasure of those who cut off the attachment to this world ,
Who was the father of all, Who is the nectar of the ocean of milk ,
And who can only be comparable to himself
was Rama,
How is it possible
to describe the greatness of
what he wore?
1228.Rama
gave thousands of crowds of cows and Gold,
Limitless land , and the nine precious gems to the good people,
And with the
blessing of Brahmins who had the
rare wealth,
Of the knowledge of Vedas , he came and climbed in to his chariot.
1229. The chariot of Rama had a huge axel made of Gold
Had wheels made of silver , the travelling space made
of Diamond,
And all round it the precious gems were
set and gave out light to a great
distance,
And was easily comparable to the Chariot of Sun God with one wheel.
1230. Four horses which were perfect as described in the book,
Which had the
ability to look deeply , which were
filled with great beauty ,
And which were
desired by all like dharma, wealth
, passion and salvation,
Were chained to the chariot of Rama who
could know the nature of
matchless hearts.
1231. In such a great
chariot , similar to Aruna being the charioteer,
Bharatha who had
the eyes shedding tears of joy stood as charioteer,
And took in his
hand the stick and Lakshmana who held
the bow that can be bent,
Also accompanied him
as also his other brothers who
were ,
Fanning him with a cowries with
handles of gold.
1232.All the people
were looking at Rama without
closing their eyes like devas.
I do not know whether this was due to the prettiness of the body of Rama,
Or possibly
due their thinking of beauty of Rama
only by their patient minds.
You may please ascribe it to the reason that
you would prefer.
1233,All those devas
who along with the crowd
of their ladies,
Who had come and
assembled in the sky started dancing ,
Thinking that the
time for destruction of Rakshasas who were ,
Torturing all the worlds and who were not getting
destroyed, has come.
1234.All the ladies of that town showered flowers and perfumed dust on Rama ,
They threw greatly shining gems , gold and apparel to others due to extreme
joy,
Possibly because
they were with joy , drinking
the great beauty of Rama.
We are not able to
ascribe any other reason for the acts of these women.
1235. Like giving away all that they have and telling, “take away all that we wear”,
All those ladies
who saw the great Rama due to their great desire,
Towards Rama, stood there with all their ornaments
getting loose and falling down.
1236.Surrounded by all the kings , without leaving out any one,
Who were all armed with weapons that can be thrown ,
And were standing like a crowd of elephants , Rama reached,
The marriage hall where
king Dasaratha was sitting,
Like The Sun with
red rays of light approaching the huge ,
Meru mountain, riding
on his great chariot.
1237. That Rama decorated by flowers,
who was
capable of giving boons,
After getting down from the chariot in that place , took
the hands,
Of his brothers Bharata and Lakshmana who were
standing on both his sides
Saluted the
faultless great sages , saluted the feet of his father,
Who has taken, “following dharma” as his penance , and sat near his father.
1238. Like a red
flower branch of the colour of gold
carrying the moon.
With a bow
on whose top were the Kayal
fishes, with jasmine buds ,
Slightly opening in the moon , Sita
appeared on the eastern corner of the
chariot,
Which was like
The lady who was born in the ocean with waves ,
Being born in the earth
and she being born again at the top of the mountain.
1239.All those
devas who were thankful , addressing
Rama told that ,
“This day when you are
garlanding Sita appears to be more pretty,
Than that
holy day when you garlanded the lady with the scented,
And pretty hair who was born when we were churning the ocean.”
1240.Because the beauty of this lady would be greater than,
All the beauty that can be found in land of devas , this earth,
Surrounded by the roaring ocean and land of serpants,
What shall I, who has very little knowledge , say,
About the
festival of her wedding which
was performed.
1241.To see the beauty
of that bride and groom .
Devendra came
along with his wife Sachi on the sky.
Lord Shiva who
wears the young crescent with his wife,
And Lord
Brahma who lives in a lotus came with goddess of the word.
1242, Surrounded by
Brahmins wearing the sacred
thread ,
And who were experts in Vedas, the great sage Vasishta ,
Came to conduct the wedding as per tradition along with,
Instruments like plough
that were needed with great joy.
1243.He then spread the sand, kept Dhurba grass
in proper places,
Created a circular
place as per rules , poured
ghee with tender flowers,
And lit the sacrificial fire and proceeded to
carry out,
The rituals as
per the rules laid down in the Vedas.
1244. Coming with perfumed materials and who
sat on seats for wedding,
And that hero who was victorious and
that swan like lady who was having great love,
Were appearing like the great pleasure and
the Yoga needed to enjoy it.
1245. King Janaka stood before the son of the emperor and saying,
“You please live
with stability like Lord Vishnu
and Goddess Lakshmi,
Who sit on the
lotus flower “ and Poured
pure cool water ,
On to the
lotus flower like
hand of Rama.
1246.That time the
sound of the blessing of Brahmins and
the songs,
Of “long live” by
the ladies who were wearing rare ornaments,
The words of greeting
by the kings who were wearing flower garlands ,
The sound of
blessing of great sages joined together,
And the sound from auspicious musical instruments
roused a great blaring sound.
1247.With the
rain of flowers of devas , With
gold flower showered by kings,
With lustrous
pure pearls showered by all others and with flowers ,
Which had opened by themselves , the earth was like
the sky with stars.
1248.Then the great
hero Rama , after telling the faultless chants thrice ,
Put the offerings in
along with ghee in to the hot fire ,
And then held the tender
palms of that lady with his hand.
1249.Along with the broad shouldered
Rama , for performing,
The rites on fire
, when she was walking around the hot fire ,
Sita with feminine qualities, unlike the soul
following the body ,
In different births
, followed Rama like the body following
the soul.
1250.Then they went round the fire and saluted it , again came round it ,
Saluted and put in to the fire things like puffed rice
and other offerings,
Stepped on the
lustrous grinding stone and saw ,
Arundathi who
was very famous for her stable virtue.
1251. After completing all other rituals that need to be done,
After
saluting the vey happy sages
of great penance ,
After saluting
the king of kings , holding the
hands,
Of Sita where she was wearing golden bangles ,
He went inside the palace they were occupying .
1252, The huge drums blared forth , The
conches boomed ,
The Sound of four Vedas
were heard , The devas made great sound
,
All the arts made great sound, The sound of “long
live” was heard,
The sound of bees was heard and the oceans made great sound.
1253. Then he saluted the daughter
of the Kekaya king,
With more affection in his mind than towards his own mother,
Then he made the feet o f his mother as ornament to
his head,
And then he saluted the feet of Sumithra who had a pure mind.
1254.The swan like princess also saluted their gold like holy feet,
And they all became greatly happy and seeing that maid,
Who had virtue like Arundathi they told
, “To our good son,
She would become
like a great ornament .”
1255, They hugged the Koel like girl who was wearing conch bangles ,
And told,” To our dear son with pretty eyes which other
girl would be more suitable “
And with their eyes filled with joy, filled
their minds also with joy.
1256. Then they said
, “Let her who is like an
ornament for ladies .
Get
measureless crores of gold coins,
Numberless
crores of pretty rare
ornaments , crowd of lady
assistants,
Several countries and
costly silk apparel .”
1257.Rama who was
a sea of mercy like the black ocean,
AS per the advice of wise
people who have read sea of books,
Along with Sita
who had an ocean of desire in her
mind ,
Retired like he
normally takes rest
in the ocean of milk.
1258.In that day time when it was Uthra star of Panguni month,
After completing the marriage of lion like Rama with thousand names,
Sage Vasishta as
per the branches of Vedas lit the auspicious fire and,
Brought the
marriage rituals to an auspicious end.
1259.Janaka with faultless victories told , “Please also marry ,
The three
daughters of my younger brother
, who are like,
The lotus flowers
flowered in slushy mud and who are like Goddess Lakshmi,
To the younger
brothers of Rama “ and in consultation,
With Dasaratha
and other relatives fixed the
marriage.
1260. The three daughters of
Janaka who was wearing chest
full of Garlands
Made from harvested flowers, and that of
Kusadwaja the brother Of
Janaka
who held a spear
applied with ghee, were
ready for the marriage,
And those brothers
married those with eyes full of
Kajal ,
Who were like deva
maidens and who had fully come to age.
1261.After they all got married as per their desire , the king Janaka,
Nor giving
away the fame that he had earned for several years ,
Gave away all the wealth that he had earned as per truth and Dharma,
To all those who
wanted it and fulfilled all their wants.
1262.King Dasaratha also
like Janaka gave lot of
charity ,
And enjoyed
endless happiness and talking ,
With sages who had the wealth of penance as well as
knowledge ,
Lived for some days in the town of Mithila and
slowly,
The days
passed and we will tell what happened now,
23.Parasurama Padalam
The chapter on
Parasurama
(Parasurama the
son of Jamadagni is also considered as
the incarnation of Lord Vishnu., He comes with Vishnu’s bow and
challenges Rama to bend it , The story of the destruction of pride of
Parasurama is narrated here . The story told here and in Valmiki Ramayana almost matches without any major differences. The only
difference appears when bad omens are
noticed by Dasaratha. In Valmiki
Ramayana , Dasaratha consults sage Vasishta but here, he consylts one expert on omens.)
1263. When Sita
daughter of Janaka and Rama enjoyed
all pleasures,
As per the incarnation that they have taken,
Viswamithra the sage who knew rules of life,
After blessing the
groom and bride as per the Vedic law ,
Travelled towards
the north and reached Himalayas
to do penance.
1264.During one of
those days when Dasaratha sweetly told
,
”Let us start
along with army to the pretty city of Ayodhya “
And when the crowd of kings along with elephants
with trunks ,
Came near his feet
, He got in to his matchless
chariot ,
like a very strong one with heart full of joy.
like a very strong one with heart full of joy.
1265.The very strong Dasaratha , after being saluted by his,
Sons and daughter in laws
and they were all seen following him,
With other princes and the people coming near him,
Making the old
residents of Mithila , with a melting
mind ,
Entering in to a
ocean of sorrow similar to soul
leaving the body
Reached the path
which was leading to Ayodhya.
1266.Dasaratha who was wearing a large crown as per tradition ,
Was going in front , With the mind of all people of
Mithila coming behind him,
And the valorous Rama with his brothers
who were like him in prettiness ,
Accompanying him ,
along with Sita who had a waist like streak ,
Of Lightning
went along with the army.
1267.When they
were going like this some birds
like peacock ,
Went round them on the right side and
some birds like crow,
Flew round towards
the left side , trying to stop
their progress,
Dasaratha who walked like an elephant thought
,
“There seems to be
some problem to happen on the way”
And stopped walking and along with his huge chariot he stopped there itself.
1268.Dasaratha then summoned one person who knew
well about omens,
And told him ,
“Would this lead to good, or would this
lead to bad, please tell me ,
Without exaggeration “and that omen reader who stood before Dasaratha,
Who had mountain like shoulders said, “Some problem would come,
But very soon that
problem would will be solved and
good will come.”
1269.As soon as the omen reader told like this , Making the darkness ,
Of the sky to vanish
and shine lustrously and light
spreading everywhere ,
One person with matted hair who was holding an axe ,
Who was like a gold mountain which was walking , who was breathing fire,
Who could rotate his eyes to any direction he wants and
One whose
voice made even the thunder scared came there.
1270.With the world and all beings confused and scared
like ,
A boat
caught in the torrential sea with great waves,
With elephants in eight directions becoming like pillars with out movement,
With oceans bubbling up
and dividing themselves ,
With devas
clearing that place and running away scared,
He who tied
a string to a gold like bow and was searching ,
For those arrows with very sharp tips , came
.
1271.The anger of
that great sage was like the stream of
blood ,
Which comes out when one is wounded and tore open his eyes and came out,
And it made people think that it may be
, for making heavens to fall on earth,
Or it may be for
Earth should go up and join with
the heavens,
Or it may be
for giving all the beings of earth to
God of death .
1272.There was smoke in the tip of his matchless axe , which he raises in case of war,
And even sun God who travels in the chariot with one
wheel,
Scared of his
great anger changes his usual route,
And even
Vadavamugani which burns over
water ,
Prefers to move on the earth seeing the flame coming out of his body.
1273.With his very powerful shoulders going beyond
boundaries ,
And reaching the top
, With the tie on his
hair touching the sky ,
And with the moon appearing just near the tie of his hair,
With sea
water , fire wind , earth and sky trying to
,
Make themselves at deluge like
the dancing Shiva , he came.
1274.He is
the one having axe as a weapon
using which,
He cut off the one thousand shoulders who
used to walk ,
Through all the world
which is surrounded by sand all
by himself,
Who had a very strong army and who is like the
THilaka ,
Of all the valorous
kings and who stood like a tree before him.
1275.When the guilt stuck to all the kings who ruled the earth,
Using his axe he
killed all the members of them twenty one times,
And thus weeded the earth of kings and in
the rising sea,
Of their blood ,
he used to take bath immersing his full
body.
1276.He has Done
great penance which is the
form of patience ,
And the anger which seems to be personification of
raging fire.
And he has
matchless sharp arrows which can make
holes in Krouncha mountain,
To provide swift way
to the weakened female swan who
has lost its way ,
While it was on its
way to the very holy manasa
lake.
1277.That holder of axe
who could make obey the ocean whose tides can even,
Drown the
mountain in its base and could destroy, the pride of the Krouncha
mountain,
Embraced by
clouds and make it obey his orders came before them .
Dasaratha who had given Rama to
the world seeing that thought
,
“For what purpose
has this cruel one come here” and let out a hot
breath.
1278-1279 ,When Parasurama due to his anger scared
the army which was going happily,
With his eye brows
going down and up , With his cruel
eyes spitting fire,
And with anger
which was like the speedily falling
thunder, Just like,
A lion coming on
a huge chariot and stood before
Rama,
That Rama who was having pretty eyes asked
Dasaratha “who he is?”
And then that emperor Dasaratha came
in between them,
And with sweetness
worshipped Parasurama as
honoured guest ,
Fell at his holy feet
on the ground but that Parasurama,
Who was not able to find the other shore
to the ocean of his anger,
Like the Vadamukagni which appears at the time of final deluge ,
Told Rama the following
words in a sound resembling the
drum.
1280.”Even before this time I know about the
greatness of the bow you broke,
And now I want to test
about the strength of your
pretty golden shoulders.
I also have the
desire to fight with my great and huge
shoulders,
And this is the
only reason that made me come here.” Said the strong Parasurama.
1281.As soon as Parasurama told like this , the emperor Dasaratha,
Getting depressed
told him, “Oh Sir who won all
the world,
And then gave it as charity to sage Kashyapa ,Lord Shiva,
Lord Vishnu and Lord Brahma are no match to you and how can a small man,
Matter to you? Now
my soul and this lad are
seeking your protection.”
1282.”Oh sir who
holds as weapon , the lustrous axe which
spits fire,
Those who get angry should only get angry at those
who like to do sinful acts,
Are there any
ills done by this Rama
towards you due to his pride or
power?
What is the use
of strength of a strong one against
one who has the capacity to fight?”
1283.”Oh saint with great penance , who gave
the entire world to sage
Kashyapa,
Saying “Take it” and due to that having your fame spread all over the world
,
With seven islands
, Please avoid this anger
against us at this time.
You forsook
anger against kings who
protect the earth surrounded by
ocean,
Taking great mercy on them. . Is it proper for you to get angry again?” said the king.
1284.”What is the use
of great strength which
makes you ,
Stand not in a
just fashion and makes others berate you?
Is it a wise deed? Can it be considered as a
matchless deed?
What is described
as valour is standing as per dharma ,
Travel in its path
and firmly stand in that path
itself ,
And living with great fame is
specially considered as valour.
Oh valorous one , this act of thinking of destroying us who have surrendered to you,
Is neither just nor according to Dharma .Just by saying “strength” , will it become
strength?”
1285.”My son Rama
never keeps enmity,
and if his soul goes away from body,
Oh Saint with very strong
shoulders, I along with my relations
as well as,
My citizens would sacrifice this life and would go to heaven .
Oh tall one , I am
lying at your feet surrendering myself to you.,
Please do not
destroy me with my entire clan., and ,
I am
submitting this humble
request to you.”
1286. When
Dasaratha told like this and fell
at his feet,
Without bothering about him , With fire
spitting eyes,
He stood before
Rama who was wearing a
golden yellow cloth ,
And Dasaratha understanding the cruel state
of Parasuram,
And Realizing
that he cannot do anything about it,
Became depressed
attained great pain like,
The cruel
snake affected by
lightning.
1287.But Parasurama
seeing the fainting state of
Dasaratha who was crowned ,
And the one whose
only ornament was respectability and without realizing .
That his fate has decreed that he would be attaining such a state
soon
Told Rama, “ the bow that reached on that day to the consort of Shiva,
Who rides on
the bull is defective and so
you broke it,
And I will tell
you the real story of how the bow came about.”
1288.It seems the
makers of sculpture of Devas Viswakarama
,
Created two
matchless bows which shined like
the sun,
Who travels in one wheeled chariot ,
which cannot be destroyed,
Which had the
strength the northern meru mountain over
which clouds hover
And which cannot
be even approached by the
Gods in the early ages.
1289.One of those bows
was being used by the
consort of Uma ,
And the other was
taken by Lord Vishnu who
measured the world by his feet,
And the devas came
to know about it they asked Lord Brahma
,
“Which of these two is
more stronger” during those days.
1290.That Brahma who lives on scented lotus flower
thinking,
That this thought process of the devas is good
Using a suitable
plan , using the cause of those two bows,
Created quarrel among those two
great Gods who were
one ,
And who were
greatest among all
gods.
1291-1292.Both of them
readied both the bows by tying
the string,
Making the seven worlds scared with
all the directions shiver,
With harsh and great fire rise
and when they were ,
Fighting further the bow of Lord Shiva who burnt the three
cities,
Broke , that Lord Shiva
became very angry ,
And when the war
commenced again , devas prevented it ,
And the three eyed Shiva gave that
bow to the king of devas ,
And the black lord
Vishnu who was winning gave that bow,
To sage Rishika who was
my grand father who wasdoing
great penance.
1293.Rishika then gave
it to my father and this is the
same pretty bow,
That was given by
my father to me, and if you are
able to bend it easily ,
Oh Son, I would
agree that there are no kings in the world equal to you,
And I would not continue
the war which I wanted to fight
with you,
And please also
hear further from me.
1294-1295.It is not proper to consider breaking of a broken bow
as a great act,
Oh one born in Manu clan,
Please hear from me further.
I am one who has
enmity with you and all those
born in royal family,
My father who
never did anything wrong and one who
has controlled his anger,
Was killed by a
king who was like an Asura some time
back and being mentally upset,
I did obsequies to my father as per rules in the pond
of blood,
Collected by uprooting
twenty one generations of crowned
kings,
By the blade by
the hot weapon called axe and ,
Then only I was able to get rid
of my anger.
1296,After that I
gave all the world to sages in
charity ,
Controlled all my
major enmity , did very great measureless penance ,
And was living on the matchless Mahendra
mountain,
Since the sound of your breaking the bow reached me
there,
I came here seething
and suppose you are one who is
strong,
Bend this bow, for I am going to fight with you.
1297.When he
told like this , Rama smiled
and with a shining face ,
Told him , “Give me the bow used by Narayana who achieved victory with it”,
And Parasurama immediately gave that bow
and Rama after taking the bow,
Making Paasurama
having close knit matted
hair scared,
He bent that bow
up to his shoulders and told Parasurama.
1298.”Though you have killed all the kings who ruled over this world,
Apart from being the son of one
great sage who like the seed of
Vedas protected them,
You are also doing
great penance and so I am not supposed to kill you .
Since this arrow that
I have taken cannot go
without doing a job,
Please tell me the
thing that it should hurt.Tell me
quickly”, told he.
1299.”Oh just one, do not get angry , I know
that you are,
The first among
this world the Lord Vishnu who wears
the thulasi,
Oh Brahmin , the
bow of Lord Shiva who wears the crescent
,
Can only be broken
by you only as you only possibly can hold it.”said Parasurama.
1300.”Oh lord who
has a pretty feet and wearing victorious anklets,
If it is true
that you are lord Vishnu who holds the
lustrous wheel,
How can there be
sorrow now to this world?
Even the bow of
yours which I have given you now ,
Would never be
suitable to your great strength now.”
1301.”I request
you to aim at all the penance I did ,
To the arrow that
you are having and destroy it all,
So that the arrow is not wasted.: when Parasurama
told this,
Rama’s hand twitched and that arrow
went ,
And brought all the penance done by Parasurama and went
back to his quiver.
1302.”Oh Rama who is having the colour of the cleaned blue gem,
Oh Lord who wears the pretty Thulasi garland ,
Oh Lord who is the home of all beings of the three
worlds,
Let all that you wished to do be completed in a swift manner..
Iam taking leave
of you”, saying this Parasurama
saluted him and went away.
1303 After he went away after
losing his pride, That stainless one ,
Saluted Dasaratha who has
lost feeling of all his five sense organs,
And who was sorrowing
after his soul got pained, and
with his ebbing love ,
Stood before his father
and made him climb to the shore
from the ocean of sorrow.
1304.Dasaratha who
had the army of elephants , who after
becoming his normal self ,
With all his
sorrows removed, who had seen the other
shore of
the ocean of sorrow ,
In which he was earlier drowned, Got drowned in the shore less sea of joy.
1305. He then hugged
his son who received the
bow,
From Parasurama
who had a mind devoid of any mercy,
And had given him a matchless bad name , smelled his head,
And bathed him
with his tears which were flowing like
a stream.
1306.” Is it possible to do this heroic act
To be done in
this faultless young age ?
This boy is the
one who gives wealth and salvation,
To people who
do blessed and sinful deeds.
This is
definitely the truth”, he told.
1307.Seeing
Varuna who holds a horrifying spear ,
Among those devas who had come to shower flowers on him,
Rama gave that bow
to him
and told him, “Look after
this great bow.”.
And then when his army
shouted with joy ,
he departed,
With them and
reached the very fertile city of
Ayodhya,
1308. After
all of them reached Ayodhya and were
enjoying life,
That king
who was full
of manly qualities and had an army ,
Which was having
a huge collection of drums saw
Bharata ,
And told him some thing that no one imagined to him to tell.
1309.”Oh young one
, as per the strong wish of your grand father ,
I understand
that he has great desire to see
you and so ,
Oh Bharata , who
has ornaments all over his chest ,
Start to Kekaya
country where conches boom in all water reserves”
1310.When the king ordered like this Bharata went
and saluted,
The flower like
feet of Rama and since he did not have
a soul,
That is separate
from Rama and went away like,
The body
separately going from the soul .
1311.In the chariot drawn by horses with widely scattered manes,
Accompanied by Yudajith
, who owned an army where conches boomed,
Along with his
brother Sathrugna , he reached ,
In seven days , the fertile Kekaya country blessed
with water resources.
1312. After Bharatha went away , the
king of kings Asoka
Was continuing
his faultless rule and we would
tell,
In the forgoing chapters
the results of the great penance
,
Done by the devas
and other happenings.
Bala Kandam comes to an end
