THunjathu Ezhuthachande Adhythma Ramayanam - day 12

THunjathu Ezhuthachande  Adhythma  Ramayanam -  day 12

Ayodhya Kandam

(Chapter  on Ayodhya)

(Transcription   and Translation  By P.R.Ramachander)

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Dasarathande SAmskara karmam,  BHarathande Vana Yathra , Bharatha Raghava  SAmvadham, Athryasrama  pravesam

2.16 Samsakara karmam

(After  death rites)

Sruthwa guru vachanam nrupa nandanan,

Kruthwaa Yadhavidhi  samkara karmavum,

Mithra   brutya  , mathru  sodharopadhyata ,

Yukthanayoru  Bharatha kumaranum,

Thatha sareeram   yenna thoni  thannil ninnu,

AAdara  poorvam yeduthu  neeradichu,

Divyambaraabharana lepanangalaal,

SArvangam yellam  alangaricheedinaan,

Agni  hothragni  thannal agni hothriye,

SAmskarikkum vannam  aacharya samyutham,

Dathwaa thilodhakam  dwadasavasare,

Bhathyaa kazhichathu  pindavum aadaraal,

Veda parayanamaaraam  vijavalikko,

Dhana  Godhana grama rathnambaram,

Bhooshana  lepana  Thamboola  poogangal ,

Ghoshena  dhanavum cheythu  sasodaram,

Veenu namakarichu aaseervachanamaa-

Danavum cheythu  vishudhanai mevinaar.

Hearing the advice  of the Guru , that son of a king,

After deciding  to do  the after  death rites as per law,

Along with friends, servants, mothers , and brother ,

 That  lad Bharatha   who was  well prepared ,

Removed the body of the father from the oil boat,

And respectfully   bathed  it  and decorated  all parts of the body,

With divine  cloths  ornaments  and unguents,

And with the fire used by his father  for sacrifices,

And with the help  of an expert  in fire sacrifice,

 And along with his Guru performed the rites.

On the twelfth  day he offered Gingelly and water,

And later   offered with devotion the sacred rice balls,

And  gave  offerings of money, cows, villages, jewels silk cloth,

Ornaments  , unguents , betel leaf  and betel leaf,

To experts  in Vedas   and to other  Brahmins  along with his brother,

And both of them saluted on the floor,

And words of blessings from Vedas were chanted  ,

And  all of them became  pure.

Janaki Lakshmana  samyukthanayudan,

Kananam prapicha Ramakumarane,

Manase  chinthichu chithuchanudinam,

Manava veeranayoru  BHarathanum,

SAnujanai vasicheedinan  addhinam,

Nana  suhrud  janathodumanakulam.

That  human hero  Bharatha ,

Thinking and thinking  in his mind,

Of Rama , Lakshmana   and Sita,

Who have reached the forest ,

Lived along   with his younger brother,

That  day along with other friends.

Thathra  Vasishta muneendran munikula,

SAthamanmarumai  vannu sabhanthike ,

Arnoruhasana sannibhanaam  muni,

Swarnasane  maruveedinan  aadharaal,

SAthrugna samyukthanaya  Bharathane ,

THathra varuthiya neram avargalum,

Manthrikalodum  pura vasikalodum,

Anthranandam  valarnnu maruvinaar,

KUmbittu ninna Bharatha kumaranodu,

Ambhoja  sambhava Nandanan  cholinaan.

To that assembly ,  sage Vasista   came with ,

Many great sages   and that sage ,

Who is equal to Brahma in stature  ,

Occupied  the golden seat, with respect.

And when  Bharatha  along with Shatrugna,

Came there, they  along with ministers,

Citizens  joyfully  conversed with each other.

That  son of Lord Brahma   addressing ,

Bharatha   who was saluting him told.

“Desakalochithamaya   vakkukal,

Desikanaya  jnan aasu choilleduvan,

Sathya sandhan thava thathan Dasarathanm,

Pruthwee thalam  ninakku nalgeedinaan,

Puthrabhyudayartham yesha Kaikeyikku,

Dathamayoru  vara dwayam karanam,

Manthra poorvam   abhishekam ninakku jnan,

Manthrikalodum anbodu cheytheeduvan,

Rajyam arajakamaam  bhavanal ini,

THyajyamaleennu  darikka , kumara  nee,

Thatha niyogam  anushtikkayum venam,

Paathakammundam athallaykil yevanum,

Onnozhiyathe  gunangal  naranmaarkku,

Vannu koodunnu  guru prasadithinaal.

By using words suitable   to place and time,

I as your teacher  am telling you,

Your father  Dasaratha  is a  truthful man,

And he has given the earth   to you,

Which was  given as  one of the  two boons,
Given to Kaikeyi  who asked it for the goodness

Of her son  and I would  carry out your coronation,

With love ,along with suitable  Manthras,

 With  the cooperation of the ministers .

Since the kingdom will become  one without a king,

Oh Lad , you cannot say no to this,

And also you have to obey the wish of your father ,

And that would also  not be a crime to any one ,

And by    the grace   of the guru,

All the good things  accumulate to all men.

Yennarul cheytha  Vasishta muniyodu,

Nannai   thozhuthu unarthichu  Bharathanum,

“Innu adiyannu  Rajyam kondu kim phalam?

Mannavanaukunnathum mama poorvajan,

Jnangal   avanude kinkaranmarathre ,

Ningal ithellam  marinjallo mevunnu,

Nale pularkale  pokunnathundu jnan,

Nalika nethrane kondingu poruvaan.

To Vasishta   who told like this,

Bharatha saluting him told,

“What  is the use of the kingdom to me?

My elder  brother  would become the king,

And all of are talking knowing all this,

I am going tomorrow  morning,

To bring back the lotus  eyed one.”

Jnanum  Bhavanum Arundathi deviyum,

Nana pura vasikalum amathyarum,

AAna, ther kalal kudira ppda yodu.

Manaka  sankha  pataha  vadhyathodum,

Sodara  bhoosura   thapasa  Samantha,

Medini  palaka  vaisya   soodradhiyum,

SAdaramasu Kaikeyi ozhinjulla,

Mathru janangalmayittu  pokanam.

Raman  ingu aagamichiduvolam  jnangal ,

Bhommiyil thanne  sayikkunnatheyullu,

Moola phalangal bhujichu  basithavum,

AAlepanam cheythu  valkalavum poondu ,

Thapasa vesham  darichu jata  poondu,

THapam kalrnnu vasikunnatheyullu ,

Itham bharathan paranjathu kettavare ,

Yethrayum  nannu nannennu  cholledinaar.

Me , yourself , your wife Arundathi,

Various citizens , ministers,

Elephant , chariot  , horses and walking soldiers,

Brother, Brahmins , sages , regional kings,

Kshatriyas, Vaisyas  , Shudras ,

And all mothers  except Kaikeyi ,

Should   go there   and we should stay,

That  till Rama  comes back here ,

We would only sleep on the floor,

And only eat   fruits and roots ,

And coat  ourselves with ashes ,

Wear   bark of wood  as cloth and

Dress  ourselves  like a savants ,

And keep  a matted hair ,

And live  there mixed with pain ,

And when people    heard this,

They  told that it was  great great.

2.17 Bharathande vana yathra

Bharatha’s  journey in to forest

Chithe ninaskkithu  thonniyathu adbutham,

Uthamanmaaril  athyuthamallo  nee ,

SAdhukkalevam  pugazhthunnathu neram,

Adhithya devan  udichu, Bharathanum,

Sathrugnnodu koode purapettithu,

Thathra  Sumanthra niyogena  sainyavum,

SAthwaram Ramane kaanmaan  nadannithu,

Chithe niranju  vazhinja  modathodum,

Raja dharangal  kausalyadhikal thadhaa,

Rajeeva nethrane kaannan  nadannithu,

Thapasa sreshtan  Vasishtanum  pathniyum,

Thapasa  vrundhena  sakam purapettu,

Bhoomi kilarannu pongeedum podikalum,

Vyomani  chennu parannu  chamajithu,

Raghavaalokanananda  vivasaraam,

Lokar arinjeela  Marga  khedangalum .

When the good people were  praising him,

“It is a great wonder  that this thought came to you,

Are you  not the most good one  among the good ones,”

The sun   arose  in the east   and  Bharatha,

Started   the journey with Shatrugna,

And because  of the orders of Sumanthra,

The army also started  to see Lord Rama,

With joy filling  completely their mind,

The wives of kings like  Kausalya ,

Started walking to see  the lotus eyed one,

The master of penance Vasishta   and his wife ,

Along with a crowd of sages also started.

The dust  that came out of the happy earth,

 Filled   and occupied the entire sky,

And that  crowd whose mind was occupied by Rama,

 Never  felt   the toil  of walking that  way.

Srungi verakhyapuram gamichittudan,

Ganga thate  chennu ninnu perumpata,

Kekayi puthra suthan  patayodum,

Yingadhansyathu  kettu  Guhan Thadaa,

SAngitha  maanasanai  vannu thannude,

Kinkaranmarodu chonnan athu  neram,

“Bana  chapathi sashtangalum kakondu,

THonikal okke   bandhichu sannadharai ,

Nilpin yellavarum , jnan angu  chennu,

Kandippol  varunnathum undu vaikidathe,

Anthike chennu  vandhichal  avanude,

Anthargatham  arinjeetuthndallo,

Raghavanodu  virodhathathinnengilo,

Pokarathu aarum ivar nirnayam,

Shudharennakil kadathugayum venam,

Padathikkethum vishadhavum koodathe”,

Itham vicharichu  urachu guhan Chennu,

SAthwaram kalkkal  namaskaricheedinaan.

After  reaching Srungivarakhya pura ,

That great army stood at the banks  of ganges,

Guha then hearing that  the  son of Kaikeyi,

Has come along with a great   army,

With a   suspicious mind called,

And told his servants  ,

“Along with bow , arrow and other weapons ,

Tie all our boats  and be ready , and I would ,

Go there   and come  back soon.”

He thought   that  if he goes and salutes them,

He would be able to understand their thoughts,

And if they  are all against  Sri Rama,

They should certainly not be allowed to proceed,

But if they are good, they should be helped  to cross,

Without  any problems to them on their way,”

Thinking like that Guha   went there ,

And  saluted   at their   feet.

Nana   vidhopayanangalum  Kazhcha  vechu,

Ananda poorvam  thozhuthu  nineedinaan,

Cheerambaram, Ghanashyamam , Jatadharam,

Sri Rama  manthram japantham  anaaratham,

Dheeram Kumaram , kumaropamam , maha-

Veeram  Raghuvara sodharam  SAnujam,

Mara samana sareeram  manoharam,

Karunya sagaram  kandu Guhan thadhaa,

Bhoomiyil veenu  Guhaom ithyukthwaa ,

Pranamavum cheythu, bharathanum anneram,

Uthapya  gadamalingya Raghunadha,

Bhaktham vayasya mana maya vakyavum,

Ukthwaa Guhanodu pinneyum chollinaan,

“Uthama purushothamsa rathnam bhavan,

Aalinganmam cheythuvallobhavane ,

LOkalamba  bhoothanagiya Raghavan,

After  offering to them  with various types of presents

He stood there  in front of him   with joy.

Seeing him Dressed in bark , black in colour , wearing twisted hair,

Always  keeping on repeating the name of Rama,

Bold, young , comparable to Rama , great  hero,

Brother  of Sri Rama  along with his brother,

With a body like  the love god ,

Guha fell on the floor  and said, “I am Guha”,

And again saluted him and then Bharatha,

Made him stand up  and tightly embraced ,

That  devotee  and great friend of Rama ,

And  enquired   about his   welfare ,

And further  told   Guha,

You  are the head gem of good  people ,

Did not  Rama with the colour of rich black cloud ,

 Embrace  you, Oh great  one,”

Lakshmi Bhagawathi  devikkozhinju ,

Sidhikkumo matthu oruvarkkum , athorkka  nee,

Dhanyanakunnathinnu  nee  bhuvanathingal ,

Innathilloru   samsayam math sakhe,

Sodharanodum   Janakathmajayodum,

Yethoridathu ninnu anbodu kandithu,

Ramane nee, TYavanenthu paranjathum,

Nee mudhaa Ramanodu yenthonnu chonnathum,

Yathoridathirangi  Raghu  Raghu nayakan,

Sitayodum koodi , neeyavidam mudhaa,

Kattitharuga” yennu  kettu guhan thadhaa,

Vattamillathoru  santhosha chethasaa,

Bhkthan  bharathan  athyuthaman yennu than,

Chithe  niroopichu udan nadaneedinaan.

You should remember  that this ,

Will not be possible for anyone else except Lakshmi,

And my friend  there  is no doubt at all ,

 That  you are one of those blessed  in this earth,

Where did you   lovingly see,

Rama along with his  brother  and Janaki?

What  did he say   to you?

And What did you reply with joy,

Where did the lord of Raghu clan get down,

Along with Sita , You please  show me those places.”

Hearing all this  Guha with a completely happy mind,

Decided  that   the devotee Bharatha  was great,

 And thinking like  this he walked further.

Yathra suptho  nisi Raghavan Sitaya,

Thathra gathwaa guhan sathwaram chollinaan,

“Kandalumengil kusasthrutham  Sitaya,

Kondal varnan than  Maha sayana sthalam

After  Guha went  to the place ,

Where   Sri Rama   slept  with Sita , he told,

“Please  see  the great bed of dhurbha   where

Sita  slept along with  that black coloured one.”

Kandu Bharathanum  muktha  bhashpodhakam,

Thonda  virachu  sagadhgadaham chollinaan,

“Ha  Sukumaari , Manohari, Janaki,

Prada moordhni  suvarna  thalpa sthale,

Komala  snigdha  davalambara sthy they,

Ramena  seethe maha sukham sa kadham,

Sethe   kusamaya vishtare nishtoore ,

Khedena  sita madeya agra janmanaa.”

Seeing that  with tears  falling  like  a river,

With  a shaking throat   and with a shaking voice told,

“Hey tender one, Hey pretty one , Hey Janaki,

You who used to sleep  in the great palace ,

On a golden cot , with soft  white spreads  over the bed ,

How did you sleep along with Rama with pleasure,

On the very harsh bed    of   dhruba grass ,

Which was spread on the mud   ,

Where you sad Sita , the wife of my elder brother?

“Maddhosha  karanal yennathu  chinthichum,

Iddeham aasu  parithyajichiduvan,

Kilbisha  kariniyaya  Kaikeyi than,

Garbhathil   ninnu janichathu karanam,

Dushkrithiyatyathi papiyam yenneyum,

Dikaricheedinen  pinneyum pinneyum,

Janma saphalyavum vannithanujannu,

Nirmala manasan  bhgyavanethrayum,

Agrajan  thanne paricharichu yeppozhum,

Vyagram vanathinnu poyathu avanallo”

Thinking that  this happened  due to my fault,

I want to  give  up my soul ,

But this is because  I was born in the womb,

Of  the sinner  Kaikeyi , I have  berated myself,

Again  and again As I am a  great sinner  ,

And my birth would only be fully compensated,

If as a younger brother   I am able to always assist  and take care of,

My elder  brother  who has   pure heart and luck,

Because   he   went to the forest with  great interest.

Sri Rama dasa dasanmaarkku  dasanaya,

AAruda bhakthi poondesha jnanum sadaa,

Nithyavum  sevichu kolvan yennal  varum,

Marthya janmathil  phalamennu nirnayam,

Chollu nee yennodu  evide  vasathi ,

Kausalya  thanyan avidekku  vaikathe,

Chennu jnan ingu kooti kondu poruvan,”

Yennathu kettu  guhanum ura cheythaan,

“Mangala devatha vallabhan  thangal,

Inninganeyulloru  bhakthiyundakayaal,

Punyavanmaaril vechu agresaran bhavan,

Nirnayamengilo kelkka mahamathe ,

Ganganadhi kadannal  aduthu yethrayum,

Mangalamayulla Chithrakootachalam,

Thannikate vasikunnithu sitaya ,

Thannude sodaranodum  yadha sukham”

Itham guhokthikal kettu Bharathanum,

“Thathra gachamahe Seegram Priya Sakhe,

Tharthum amarthya thatiniye  sathwaram,

Karthum udhyogam samartho  bhavadhya nee.

If I  become the slave of the slave  of the slave of Rama,

With very  great devotion to  him and  daily,

Serve him always then I  would get  the result  of this human birth.

Please tell me where   does  the son of Kausalya live ,

And then I will go there  speedily and bring him back.”

Hearing  this Guha  told, “ Since you have,

Such a great devotion to  that husband  of the auspicious goddess,

You  are   the greatest  among  the blessed people,

And   then please hear  what you  wanted to know , oh intelligent one,

“Your brother along with Sita  and his brother,

Are happily staying  near  Chithrakoota mountain,

Which is  near  , if you cross  the ganges.”

Hearing these   words  of Guha Bharatha told,

“My dear friend, we will go there now,

And let me be blessed  to be able ,

To  cross the river  speedily.”

Sruthwa Bhratha vakyam Guhan sadaram,

Gathwaa  vibudha  nadhiye kadathuvaan ,

Bruthya janathodu  koode sasambramam,

Visthara yuktham mahakshepani yutham,

Anjasaa kula desam  niracheedinaan,

Anjooru thoni  varuthi  nirathinaan .

Oothamamayoru   thjuzhayum yeduthu  athil,

Yetham valiyoru thoniyil than mudhaa ,

Sathrugnanodu  Bharathaneyum  muni-,

Sathamanakiya  vasishtaneyum thadhaa ,

Rama matha vaya Kousalya thanneyum,

Vama seelangiyaam Kikeyi thanneyum,

Uthamayaam  Sumithra devi thanneyum,

Pruthweesa  pathnimaar mathullavareyum,

Bhakthya  thozhuthu karethi  mandam  thuzhanju,

Asthabheethyaa  kadatheedinnan aadharaal,

Umbar thadiniye  kumbittan aakulam,

Mumbe kadannithu  vampadayum thadhaa.

Hearing the words of Bharatha with respect,

He went to make arrangements  to enable ,

Them to cross the river and along  with,

All his servants but  with nervousness,

He brought and spread  there five hundred boats,

Which had big pipes, which were  broad,

And completely filled  the entire shore.

Taking hold of a very big oar , and selecting  ,

A very big boat  he   himself helped ,

Shatrugna , Bharatha , the  great sage Vasishta,

Kausalya the mother  of Rama ,

The  Crooked  Kaikeyi  , the good woman Sumithra,

The wives of kings   and others  to get in to the boat,

After  saluting them , and slowly rowed,

So that there was no fear  and  helped them to cross the river,

At that time he saluted the Ganges  and before him the great army also crossed.

Seegram  Bharadwaaja thapasendrasramam,

Vyagra  Govinda poornam virodham vinaa,

SAmprapya  sampreethanaaya Bharathanum,

Vanpadayokkave  dhoore nirutheedinaan,

Thanum  anujanumai udajangane,

SAnadamavisya   ninnoranantharam ,

Ujjwalanthm  Maha thejasaa thapasam,

Vijaarathma  maseenam  vidhi samam,

Drushtwaa  nanama  Sahtangam sasodaram,

Pushta bhakthyaa Bhardwajamuneeswaram ,

Jnathwaa Dasaratha nandanam balakam ,

Preethyaiva  poojayamasa  muneendranum.

Reaching  quickly  the hermitage of  sage Bharadwaja,

 Which was filled with mutually friendly tigers  and cows,

Bharatha became extremely happy  and  ,

Stopped his great army  at a far off place ,

And he accompanied  by  his younger brother ,

Entered  very happily   the  hermitage ,

And later  after  standing there for some time,

And seeing  the shining sage  of great penance,

Who had  a mind without worries and was equal to Brahma,

He along with his brother saluted him falling on the floor,

With great devotion   and understanding  that  they  ,

Are  the sons of Dasaratha  ,  that great sage ,

Worshipped   them with great love.

Hrushta vachaa  kusala prasnavum cheythu,

DRushtwa  thadhaa  Jata valka  dharinam,

Thushti kalarnnu  arul cheythan, “Ithinthedo,

Kashtam   ikkoppu papannamallottume,

Rajyavum palichu nana janagalaal,

Poojyanayoru  nee  yentinayingane ,

Valkalavum  jatayum  poondu  thapasa ,

Mukhya veshathe  parigarahicheeduvaan?

Yenthoru karanam   van padayodum,

AA hantha  vananthare vannathum chollu  nee>”

Laughingly   he  enquired about their welfare,

And seeing them dressed in bark and with matted hair,

He  told them  with merriment ,

“What is this problem?  This dress is not suitable  to you,

Who rules the kingdom  and  is worshipped by many people,

Why are you wearing this sages attire of bark  and matted hair?

What is the reason    for you to come to  this forest,

Accompanied    by a very large  and  great army?

Sruthwaa Bhardwaja vakhyam Bharathanum,

Itham  muni varan thannodu   chollinaan,

“Ninthirullathil yerathe lokathil,

Yenthoru vruthantham  mullu Maha mune,

Yengilum  vasthavam jnan  unarthippan,

Yisangadam   povaan anugrahikkename ,

Ramabhisheka vignathinnu karanam,

Rama padabjangal ane  Thaponidhe,

Jnan yethume  onnarinjjela Raghavan,

Kananthiunnu ezhuneluvan moolavum,

Kekaya puthriyam amma   than vaakaaya ,

Kakola   vegame  moolam athinnullu.”

Hearing the words  of Bhardwaja , Bharatha,

 Told as follows    to the great sage,

“Oh great sage  , In this world nothing ,

Happens   which is not in your knowledge,

And in spite of that  I will inform you the truth,

So that  you would bless  me to get rid of this sorrow.

Oh great sage, On the oath on Rama’s   lotus like feet,

I  did not know   anything  about,

The  reason for the stoppage of coronation of Rama,

The reason for his coming   to the forest ,

Is the speedy poison  injected  by,

My mother  who is the daughter of Kekaya.,”

Ippol asudhamo  shudhamo , jnan  athini,

Pada padmam  pramanan Dayanidhe,

Sri Ramachandrannu  bruthyanai  nalppada-,

Varija yugmam  bajikkenniye mama,

Mathulla   bogangalaal yenthoru  phalam?

Muthum  mathinozhinjilloru  kamkshitham,.

Sri Raghavan charanathike  veenu ,

Sambharangal yellam    avide  samarppichu,

Poura   Vasishtadhikalodu koodave ,

Sri Ramachandrannu abhishekavum cheythu ,

Rajyathinasu  kooti kondu poyittu,

Poojyanam jyeshtane sevichu  koluvan.”

Ingane   kettu Bharatha vakyam muni ,

Mangalathmanamenam punrneedinaan,

Chumbichu  moordhni  santhoshchu  arilinaan,

“Kim  bahunaa vathsaa , Vruthanthamokke jnan,

Jnana drusyaa kandarinjirikkunnithu,

Manase  sokamunakolo  kelkka nee.”

Whether  I am  pure or impure  now ,

Oh treasure of mercy  , On oath  on his,

Lotus  like feet  , I am telling you,

I do not see any  use of any pleasures,

When  I can become the servant of Sri Rama,

And daily pray the pair  of that lotus like feet

Except   for that   I do not have  any other desires,

I would like to fall at the feet of Rama ,

Submit all the   wealth as well as kingdom ,

And conduct the coronation of Rama,

Along   with Vasishta  and other citizens.,

And   serve my  great  honourable brother.”

Hearing these   words of  Bharatha,

The sage Hugged   that  Bharatha with an auspicious soul,

Kissed  him on his head   and told  with joy ,

“What more is there son, by  my  divine ,

Sight  I have come to know of all the matters.

Do not have sorrow  in your mind and hear me.”

“Lakshmanane kkal  ninakkerume bhakthi,

Lakshmipathiyaya Ramangal nirnayam,

Ini sanlkaricheeduvan ninne jnan,

Vanna padayodu milloru samsayam,

OOnum kazhinju  urangi pular kale,

Venam   Raghunadhane chennu koopavaan.”

Yellam arul cheytha vannam  , yenikku athinnu,

Illoru   Vaimukhyam   yennu bharathanum,

Kal kazhugi  samaachya  muneendranum,

 Yekagra  manasanai athi vidhrutham,

Homa gehasthanai  dhyanavum cheythithu,

Kama Surabhiye   thal kshane  kananam,

Devendra  loka samanamai vannithu,

DEvakalai chanju tharukkalum,

Deva vanithamarai lathakalum,

Bhavana vaibhavam  yethrayum adbutham.

“Your devotion to the consort  of Lakshmi,

Is more than that  of Lakshmana,

And the future has  to be decided by Rama,

And now  I will  show my hospitality ,

To you along with the army  without any doubt .

You can take your food and   sleep,

And you have to see  Rama early in the morning ,

As it  is the proper time   to salute him.”

Let everything be as you have told,

And I do not have anything against  it,

Said Bharatha  and the    great sage,

Washed his feet and did Aachamana,

With   singly  pointed   mind did,

Meditation  on  the wish giving cow

As well as  fire sacrifice, and ,

Immediately the forest   became ,

Equivalent  to the place  of devas,

All the trees became devas ,

And all the climbers became deva maidens ,

What a wonderful thing is the ,

Greatness  of   the working of the mind.

BHaktha bhakshyadi  peyangal  bhojyangalum,

Bhukthi  prasadanam   mathum bahu vidham,

Bhojana salakal  sena gruhangalum,

Raja gehangalum yethra manoharam,

Swarna  rathna  vratha  nirmitha mokkave ,

Varnippathinnu   paniyundu ananthanum.

The rice , eatables and drinks were  very tasty,

And there  were several types of side dishes,

The dining halls, the barracks of the army ,

And homes    for the kings were very pretty,

And everything was made  either by gold or silver,

And even Adhisesha would find it difficult to describe.

Karmanaa  sastra drushtena Vasishtane,

Sammodhamodu   poojichithu mumbinaal,

Paschad  sasainyam   bharatham  sasodaram,

Ichanu roopena  pujichanantharam,

Thurpthrai   thathra  Bhradwaja mandhire,

Supthrayamaravathi   sannibhe.

As per the  laws  of the religion ,

With consent of all at first ,

Vasishta   was worshipped ,

And later Bharatha his brother ,

And the army  took food as much as they want,

And satisfied well   slept  in

The ashram which was like the city of Indra.

Uthanavum cheythushasi  niyamangal,

Kruthwaa Bharadwaja padangal  koopinaar,

Thapasan thannodu anugnayum kaikondu,

Bhoopathi  nandanan marum  purapettu,

Chithrakoodachalam prapya  Maha balam,

Thathra  parpichu  dhoore  kinchi dandhike,

MIthramayoru Guhanum   Sumanthararum,

Shatrugnanum  thanumai Bharathanum

Sri Rama sandarasana  kamkshaya mandam,

Aaranju  nana thapodhana mandale,

Kananju  ororo  munivarnmarodu,

Thanu thozhuthu   chodhichu mathyadaram,

“kuthra vazhunnu Raghuthaman  athra ,

Soumithriyodum mahee puthiyodum mudhaa.

They got up in the dawn , and after ,

Completing the rituals  saluted Bhardwaja,

And after  taking  leave   from him,

The princes started from there,

Reached  the Chithrakoota mountains,

Made  the army stay   little far away,

And  Guha who is a friend, Sumanthra,

Sathrugna  and Bharatha   himself ,

With anxiousness to see  Rama,

Slowly enquired  in different hermitages,

With the sages and not able to find out

They asked   bowing   and saluting,

“Where does the lord of Raghu  clan stay,

Along with Lakshmana  and the princess?”

Uthamanaya  Bharatha kumaranodu,

Utharam thapasanmar aruli  cheythu,

‘Uthara theere  sura  saritha sthale,

Chithra koodadri than parswe, Mahasrame,

Uthama purushan vazhunnu,”  yennu kettu,

Yethrayum  kouthukathode  BHrathanum,

Thathraiva  chenna nearthu kanai  vannithu,

 Athyathbuthamaya  Ramachandrasramam.

To the very good   lad Bharatha,

Those  great sages gave an answer,

“In a place which is in the  northern side of Ganges,

Very near   to the Chithra koota  mountain,

In a great hermitage   that great man is living,”

And hearing  that Bharatha  went  with lot of curiosity,

And when  he reached  there  what he saw,

Was  a scene of  the greatly wonderful ,

Hermitage   of  Sri Ramachandra.

Pushpa  phala  dala  poorna vallee tharu,

Sashpa   ramaneeya kanana mandale ,

Aamra, kadali , bakula , panasangal,

Aamrathaka , Arjuna  naga punnagangal,

Kera  poogangalum   kovidarangalum,

Yeranda  champakasoka  thalangalum,

Malathi jathi  pramukha   lathavali,

Salikalaaya   thamala salangalum,

Brungadhi  nana vihanga nadhangalum,

 Thunga mathanga   bujanga plavanga  ,

Kurangadhi  nana mruga vraatha   leelayum,

Bhangyaa  samalokya   dhoore  bharathanum,

Vrukshagra   samlagna   valkalalankrutham,

Pushkaraksha asramam bhakthya vananginaan.

Filled with flowers , fruits , leaves , climbers , small flowers,

That   extremely  pretty  forest place  was  having,

Trees of Mango, Banana, silk cotton, Jack fruit ,

Hog plum, Arjun, Salt cedar , white jade ,

Coconut , arecanut , butterfly tree ,

Castor , Champa , asoka  ,  palm tree ,

Blossoms of jasmine , important climbers .

Black cumin , egg tree , sala tree ,

Many types of bees , sounds of pretty birds,

Lions, elephants, snakes  , monkey,  deer

And other  hoards   of animals,

A nd That place  was pretty  and seeing it,

With the bark dresses  which were hanging on trees,

 Bharatha  saluted  that hermitage of Rama.

Bhagyavanaya  bharathan athu neram,

Marga rajasi  pathinju kanai vannu,

Sita , Raghunadha  padaravindangal,

Noothanamai athi shobhanam pavanam,

Angusabja dwaja  vajra mathsyadhi ,

KOndangitham   mangalam Ananda  magnanai,

Veenurundum  paninjum  karanjum  Thadha,

REnu  than mouliyil   kori yiteedinaan.

That  Bharatha   who was  very lucky , saw ,

In the dust of the path   the imprint  ,

Of the lotus like  feet  of Sita   and Rama  ,

Which was pure , divine    and new ,

And  w as decorated by   flowers  of  lotus,

Being imprinted   with lines  of goad  flags diamond and fish

And   which was  greatly auspicious,

And became very happy , fell and rolled on them,

Saluted    and cried and put  the dust,

Collected  from there on his head.

“Dhanyoham  innaho Dhanyoham innaho,

Munnam maya  krutham  punya param param,

Sri Rama   pada  padmanjitham  bhoothalam,

AAral yenikku kanman  avakasavum,

Vannithallo Muhuri pada pamsakkal,

Anweshanam cheythu  uzhalunnithethethavum,

Vedavum eesanum   deva kadambavum,

Vedangalum  Naradadhi munigalum.

“I am blessed  today, Blessed  I am today,

Because  a chance has  come to me to see,

The imprint of   the lotus like feet of Rama,

Due to the good  that I did previously,

For this is  that  which was constantly ,

Searched  by devas, Brahma   and Shiva ,

Vedas   and also by the sage Narada.”

Ithamorthu   adbutha prema rasaplutha,

Chithanai , Ananda bhaspakulakshanai,

Mandam mandam   paramasrama  sannidhou,

Chennu ninnoru nerathu kanayithu ,

Thinking like this   and with a mind drowned,

In the  juice of  joy   and extreme love ,

And with eyes  shedding tears  of joy,

He  slowly and slowly  went   in front,

Of that God and he could see them.

Sundaram Ramachandram  Paramanandam,

Mandira   indradhi  vrundharaka vrundha,

Vanditha   indira mandirosthalam,

Indivarraaja indivara  lochanam,

Doorva dala nibha shyamalam komalam,

Poorvajam  neela nalini  dalekshanam,

Ramam Jata makutam   valkalambaram,

Soma bhimba bha prasanna vaktharambujam,

Udhyath tharruna arunayutha shibhinam,

Vidhyuth samangiyaam  Janakiyayoru,

Vidhyayumai vinodhichirukkunnoru,

Vidhyothamanam athmana  vyakulam,

Vakshasi   Sri vathsa lakshamavyayam,

Lakshmi nivasam , jaganmayam  achyutham,

Lakshmana sevitha   pada pangeruham,

Lakshmana lakshya swaroopam purathanam,

Dakshari sevitham , paksheendra vahanam,

Raksho vinasanam , raksha vichakshanam,

Chakshu Sravana  pravara  palyangakam,

Kukshi  sthithaneka   padmajandam param,

Karunya poornam   Dasaratha nandanam,

Aaranya vasa  rasikam  manoharam,

Dukhavum   preethiyum  ulkkondu ,

 Trukkallkal   veenu namaskaricheedinaan.

Seeing The pretty ramachandra  who is divine joy,

Who is saluted by Indra  and groups of devas,

Who is   having  a place in the mind of Lakshmi,

Who was  born as   younger brother of Indra ,

Who has   eyes resembling  the blue lotus,

Who is back like  the Dhoorva grass  and is pretty,

Who is  his elder brother , Who has  blue eyes like the leaves of lotus ,

Who is  Rama with matted hair  and dressed in bark of a tree ,

Whose lotus  like face has the pleased  look of the moon,

Who shines  like ten thousand rising  red coloured suns,

Who spends time with Sita who is like  lightning,

Who has  a splendorous light , but worries in his mind,

Who has  the incomparable Sri Vathsa  on his chest,

Who is the home of Lakshmi , Who is Achyutha spread  all over the world,

Whose  lotus  like feet are   served  by Lakshmana,

Who is primeval and whose form is the model of Lakshmana,

Who is served  by Lord Shiva, Who rides  on the king of birds,

Who is the destroyer of Rakshasas , who is an expert in saving,

Who  is the one who sleeps on   Adhisesha,

Who has several universes  in his belly,

Who is full of mercy  and son of Dasaratha ,

And who enjoys stay  in the forest  and  steals one’s mind,

With emotions of sorrow , love   and devotion,

He fell  at his feet   and saluted him.

Raman avaneyum Shatrugnaneyum ,

Mamosdhal yeduthu  nivarthi sasmbramam,

Deerga bahukkalaal  Alinganam cheythu ,

Deerga niswasavum anyoynyam  mul kkondu,

Deerga nethrangalil ninnu  bhashpodakam,

Derega kalam varthu  sodaramareyum,

Uthsanga seemini cherthu  punarapi ,

Vathsangalum anachu  Ananda poorvakam,

Sathsangam mereyulloru  Soumithriyum,

Thathsamaye  Bharathangulikal  koopinaan,

Shatrugnanum  athi bhakthi kalarnnu ,

Soumithri than  Padambujangal  koopeedinaan,

 Ugra trusharthanmaaraya  pasu kulamagre,

Jalasayam kanda pole thadhaa,

Vegena sannidhou  chennasu kandithu,

Raghavan than thirumeni manodrutham.

Rama  with happiness  raise  him,

And Shatrugna  up  , and for curing their  nervousness,

Embraced   them with his   long  hands,

And both of them  took  long breaths ,

And  the brothers  shed  tears  out of their long eyes,

 For a very , very long time,

And  again took both of them on his lap ,

And once again  hugged both of them,

And at that time Lakshmana who was good,

Saluted  the feet of Bharatha ,

And Shatrugna with  great reverence ,

Saluted  the feet of Lakshmana .

 All others, Like the  cows which are greatly thirsty  and hungry,

 Rushees  swiftly   on  Seeing  a big lake nearby ,they ,

Went   before him   and saw the form of Rama .

Rodhanam   cheyyunna  mathavine kandu,

Padangalil namichan  Raghu nadhanum,

Yethrayum aarthi kondu Kausalyayum,

Puthranu  bhashpa darabhishekam cheuthu,

Gadamaslishya  sirasi  mukarnnu udan,

OOdamodham mulayum    churannu thadhaa.

Anyarayulla mathru janatheyum ,

Pinne namakaricheedinaan aadharal,

Lakshman thanum avvannam vananginaan,

 Lakshmi samamaya Janaki deviyum,

Gadamaslishya  Kausalyadhikal  sama-

Rooda  kedam thudacheedinaar kannu neer.

Thathra  samagatham  drushtwa guruvaram.

Bhakthya   Vasishtamn  sashtangamamammurudan,

Nathwa  Raghuthaman aasu cholledinaan,

“Yethrayum bhagyavan jnan yennu nirnayam,

Thathannu saiukhyamalle  nija manase ,

Khedamundo  punarenne pirigayaal?

 Yenthonnu  chonnathennodu  cholleduvaan,

Yenthu Saumithriye kondu paranjathum,”

Rama vakyam kettu chonnan vasishtanum,

“Dheemnathaam sreshta, thathrodantham aasu kel,

Ninne pirinjathu thanne niroopichu,

Mannavan pinneyum  pinneyum dukhichu,

 Rama ramethi Sithethi Kumarethi,

Ramethi Lakshmanethi  pralapam cheythu ,

Deva lokam chennu pukkan ariga nee ,

Deva  bhogena   sukhichu  santhushtanai.

Seeing his  mother  who was crying,

Rama fell down and saluted her feet,

And Kausalya  with very great longing,

Bathed her  son in the rain of her tears,

Hugged him tightly,  smelled  his  head,

And due to great joy her breasts produced milk.

 He then saluted   all other  mothers with respect,

Lakshmana also saluted  like him,

And Sita   who was  like Goddess Lakshmi,

Was tightly hugged by Kausalya   and others,

And  wiped   away her  tears  of sorrow.

Seeing his teacher   who had come there ,

Rama   saluted  him with great  devotion,

And saluting   him told him,

“ It is definite   that   I am greatly lucky,

Is my father doing well, has he ,

Got more sorrow due to parting with me again?

What did he tell to inform me,

What did he tell to inform Lakshmana?”

And hearing these   words  of Rama, Vasishta told,

“Greatest among the wise , hear from me the news of  your father.

After  parting with you , berating himself .

The  king   became more and more  sad,

And cried, Rama, Rama  , Sita , Oh lad,

Rama, Lakshmana    and wailed ,

And understand that  he has reached the heaven,

And there  he is happily living with pleasures of heaven.”

Karna   sulaabam   guruvachanam    sama-

Karnyaa  Raghuvaran veenithu  bhoomiyil,

Thalkshanam   uchair vilapichathethavum,

Lakshmanodum   Janani janangalum,

Okke    vaa vittu karanju thudanginaar  ,

“Ha  , Thatha  , maam parithyjya   vidhivasal,

Yethoru   dikkinnu poyithayyo bhavan,

 Ha , Ha  hathoham  anathosmi   maam ini,

Snehena   lalippathaar   anuvasaram,

DEhamini  thyajichedunnathundu  jnan,

Moham yenikini yilla   jeevikkayil,

Sitayum   Soumithri thanum   avvanname  ,

Rodhanam chethu   veenidinaar bhoothale.

Hearing the words of Guru which bored in to his ears,

 Sri Rama   fell down on the ground  ,

And immediately started wailing at the top of his voice,

To Lakshmana   , the ladies   who were his mothers,

Who also started   crying   with an open mouth,

“Hey father , by the action of fate  , where ,

Did your great self  go leaving  me here ,

Alas, alas  , I am dead , From now I am an orphan,

 Where is the chance now of your fondling and caressing   me?

I would leave   this body  and die immediately,

 As I do not have   wish to live  any more.”

 Sita as well as Lakshmana    also  cried,

Like that   and fell   on the ground.

Thadasayaam  Vasishtokthikal  kettavar ,

Ul thapamottu churukki maruvinaar,

Mandakiniil irangi  kulichavar,

Mandethara m udaka  kriyyum cheythaar.

Pindam  Madhu  sahithe  angudhee  salphala,

Pinyaka  nirmithannam kondu   vechithu,

Yathorannam    than bhujikkunnathu  athu,

SAdaram   nalka  pithukkalkkum yennallo ,

Veda smruthikal   vidichathennaorthu,

Athi khedena    pinda dhanantharam thadaa ,

Sm=nanam kazhichu   punyohavum  cheythadha,

Snanantharam prapichasramam  ,

Annu upavasavum   cheythithu yellavarum,

Vannu  udhicheedinnan   aadithya devanum,

Mandakiniyil kulichuthu sandhyayum,

Vandhichu  ponnasrame  vasichedinaar.

At that time   hearing the words of Vasishta  ,

Their  inner  sorrow   came down a bit  ,

And they   got in to Ganges and took bath,

And   performed the oblation of water in a proper manner

And  offered balls of  honey mixed with fruits   and oilcake ,

Remembering that it has been ruled by the words of Vedas

That  we have to offer  that food   to the manes   that we usually eat 

And with sorrow  after  offering these balls  , they again took bath,

Performed   the purification ceremony, again took bath,

Went to the hermitage  and all people did not take  food that day ,

And  when next day  morning when   the  Sun god came out ,

They took bath in Ganges did salutation to the dawn ,

And went back   and  lived  in the hermitage.

2.18 Bharatha  Raghava  Samvadham

The discussion between Rama and Bharatha.

Anneramasu Bharathanum Ramane ,

Chennu thozhuthu  paranju thudanginaan,

“Rama, Rama Prabho Rama, Maha bhaga ,

Mama  vakyam   chevi thannu kelkkanam,

Undu adiyan abhisheka sambharangal,

Kondu vannittu , athu kondini vikathe,

Cheyga venam  abhishekavum palanam,

Cheyga rajyam  thava paithrum yadhochitham.

Jyeshtanallo bhavan , kshatiyanam mathi,

Sreshtamaam  dharamam  prajaa paripalanam,

Aswamedhadhiyum  cheythu keerthyaa chiram,

Viswamellam parathikulathanthave ,

Puthrareyum  janippichu  rajyam nija,

Putrangalakki  vanathinnu pokanam,
Ippol. Anuchithramathre vanavaasam,

Adbutha Vikrama , Nadha praseedha may,

Mathavu thannude  dushkrutham  thavaka ,

Chethasi chinthikkarutu Daya nidhe.

Then at   that time  Bharatha   went  and,

Saluted Rama  and started saying,

“Hey Rama, Rama, Lord , Rama , great hero,

Please hear  carefully to what  I say,

I have with me materials for the coronation,

As I have brought them, so now   without any delay,

The coronation   has to be performed,

Rule  over the country  which is your father’s properly,

You are  the eldest brother , because  for the ,

Kshatriya’s  the great dharma is to rule over people ,

Perform several Aswamedhas  and spread ,

Your fame  all over the world ,

Produce sons  and after  entrusting,

The king to the son,  then only you have to go to forest ,

And now it is improper for you to go to forest at this time,

Oh Lord with  wonderful   valour , agree with me,

Oh treasure of mercy   do not think  about the  ,

Wrong doing of mother  at this time.”

Brathavu thannude padambujam  Sirassu,

AAdhyaya  bhakthi  poondu itham ura cheythu,

Danda namaskaravum ceythu  ninnithu,

Pandithamnaaya  Bharathakumaranum,

Uthapya  Raghanu uthsangamaaropya,

Chitha modhena  punarnnu  cholledinaan.

He had told this  by keeping   the lotus feet ,

Of his brother  on  his head ,

He also saluted him falling on the ground,

And seeing  that lad Bharatha  there ,

Sri Rama    went near him  made  him stand,

And caressed   him  with joy and told.

“Madvakyamathra   kettalum kumara, nee,

Yathwayoktham  maya  thathadaiva  srutham,

Thathan yenne  pathinallu samvathsaram,

Preethanai  kananam vazhga yennu chollinaan,

Pithaa  nnakku  rajyam mathru sammatham,

Dathamai poonarennathu karanam .

Chethasaa parkkil namakkiruvarkkum,

Ithatha niyogam anushtikkayum venam,

Yathoruthan  pithru vakyathe langichu,

Neethiheenam vasikkunnithu bhoothale .

Jeevan mruthanavan  pinne narakathil,

Mevum marichalum illoru  samsayam,

AAkayaal  nee paripalikka rajyavum,

Poga , jnan dandakam  thannil  vaneeduvan.”

“ Lad please  hear what I have to say,

Whatever you have  said was heard by me as such,

Father  had asked  me   with love ,

To go the forest  for fourteen years ,

And father  gave   you the   country ,

Because  of mother’s views,

When we see properly  these  are,

The orders  of our father  and,

We have   to obey them,

He who disobeys father ,

And  leads  a bad life in this world,

He is dead  even when he is alive ,

And after  death he  would go to hell without any doubt,

So you  depart  and look after  the country  and ,

And I will live in this dandaka   forest.

Ramavakyam  kettu chonnan Bharathanum,

“Kamukanaya ththan  mooda mansan,

Stree jithan, branthan, anuthaman , vayodhikan,

Raja bhavam kondu  Rajasamanasan,

Chonna vakhyam  grahymalla Maha mathe,

Mannavanai  bhavan vaazhga  madiyathe.

Hearing Rama’s words   Bharatha told,

“Our father  who is a lover  has  a foolish mind,

He is controlled by women, He is mad  , Old man,

 Due to his being a king he has Rajasa  qualities,

And so oh greatly  intelligent one ,

His words   are not acceptable,

So without hesitation  live as a king.

Yenna Bharatha vakhyam kettu  Raghavan,

Pinneyum  mandasmitham cheythu  chollinaan,

“BHomi bhartha pitha naree jithanalla,

Kamiyumalla , moodathmavum alla kel,

Thathan asathya bhyam kondu cheythathin,

Yethume  dosham parayaruthu oorkka nee,

Sadhu janangal narakathilum  athi-

Bheethi  poondidum  asathyathil manase ,

“Engil jnan vaazhvan vane, ninthiruvadi ,

Sangadamanniye     Rajyavum vaazhuga “

Sodharan itham paranjathu kettu athi,

Sadaram  Raghavan pinneyum  chollinaan,

“Rajyam ninaku, yenikku vipinavum,

Poojyanaam   thathan vidhichathu  munname,

Vyathyamai anushtichal  namukkathu,

Sathya virodham varumennu nirnayam,”

“yengil jnanum  ninthiruvadi pinnale ,

KInkaranai  Sumithrathmajane ppole,

POruvan kananthinnatharuthengil,

Cheruvan chennu Paralokamasu jnan,

Nithyopavasena  dehavum upekshippu ,

Nithyeva mathmani nischayichanthike,

Darbha virichu  kizhakku thirinju  ,

Ninnappol veyyilathu pukku BHarathanum,

Nirbhandha budhi kandappol Raghuvaran,

Thalbodanartham nayanatha samjnayaa,

Chonnan guruvinodappol , Vasishtanum,

Chennu Kaikeyi suthanodu  chollinaan,

“Moodanayidola kelkka neeyengilo,

Goodamayoru vruthantham nrupathm,aja,

Ramanakunnu Narayanan paran,

Thamarasodbhavan   arthikka karanam,

Bhomiyil soorya kulathil ayodhyayil,

Bhoomi palathmajanai pirannithu,

Ravanane konnu dharmathe  rakshichu,

Devakale paripalichukolluvaan.”

Hearing those   words of Bharatha , Sri Rama,

Again smiled   and replied  to him,

“Our father who was the king  was not controlled by ladies,

He was not passionate  nor was  a foolish soul , hear,

You should  not find  fault   with any thing ,

Done by father,  for   good people  

Have  greatest fear for breaking an oath,

And about telling a lie and going to hell.”

“Then I  would live in the forest ,

And you look after  the kingdom without sorrow “

Hearing these  words  from his younger brother,

Raghava told again, “Earlier  our honourable father,

Has told that the kingdom is for you and forest to me,

And if we  change  what he wished,

Definitely   we would be going against his oath.”

“Then I would come along with you,

And be your assistant like Lakshmana,

And if you do not allow me to come to forest,

 I  will take my life  and go to the forest.”

Saying this he started   permanent fast ,

So that   he can give up  his soul,

Spread Dhurbha  grass  and stood ,

Facing the east in the hot sun.

Seeing that  he is adamant , Rama,

Made a sign by his eyes  to sage Vasishta,

To  advice him, and Vasishta  went to son of Kaikeyi,

And told, “Do not be foolish and hear what I say,

Which is  a very great  secret , oh son of the king,

Sri Rama is the divine  Narayana,

And due to   the request  of Lord Brahma,

He was born  to the son of a king of Ayodhya ,

In the clan of the Sun,  for killing Ravana,

And to look after  the welfare  of devas.”

Yoga maya deviyayathu Janaki,

Bhogi pravaranakunnathu Lakshmanan,

Loka mathaum pithavum  Janakaja,

Raghavanmarennu ariyuga  vazhipole.

Ravanane kolvathinnu vanathinnu,

Devakaryartham   purapettu raghavan,

Mandharaa vakhyavum  Kaikeyi chitha-,

Nirbhandhavum , deva kruthamennariga nee.

Sita  is the Goddess Yogamaya,

And Lakshmana   is the chief of the snakes Anantha,

Understand the father and mother  of the world,

Are     Rama   and Sita respectively.

Rama has started to the forest  for ,

Killing Ravana   for the sake of devas,

The words of Mandhara    and the  adamancy,

Of the mind of Kaikeyi  are  created by devas.

“Sri Rama deva nivarthanthingal,

Ulla aagraham neeyum parithyajeecheeduga,

Karana purushajnayaa   sathwaram,

Nee Rajhadhanikku po madiyathe ,

Manthikalodum   janani janathodum,

Anthamillathe  padayodm ippozhe ,

Chennu  Ayodhya puri pukku  vasikka nee,

Vannedum agarajan  thanum anujanum,

Deviyum  eerezhu  samvathsaravadhow,

Ravananan thanne vadhichu saputhrakam.”

“Please   give up  your great desire ,

For   the return of God  Rama,

You who are  the causal man  should immediately,

Without any hesitation go to your capital,

Along   with ministers , mothers , people ,

And with  the  endless  army immediately,

And reaching Ayodhya , you  should live there .

Your elder brother along with his younger brother,

And the Goddess  would come back after fourteen years,

After    killing Ravana    and his sons.

Itham guru ukthikal  kettu Bharathanum,

Chithe valarnna oru  vismayam kaikondu,

Bhakthyaa  Raghuthama sannidhou sadaram,

Gathwaa muhur namaskruthwaa sasodharam,

“Padukam dehi  mama sevichu kolluvaan,

Yavathaava gamanam  deva deva , may,

Thava devanaratham  bhajichheduvan.”

After  hearing this advice   from his Guru,

With a great sense of surprise growing in his mind,

Went  along  with great devotion  in front  Of Rama,

And after  saluting his elder  brother told,

“Give me your slippers  , for doing service ,

Oh Lord of lords, till the day   you come back,

I would be  praying you always , my God.,”

Itham Bharathokthi  kettu Raghuthaman,

Poltharatikali chertha  methioyadi,

Bhakthimanaya   Bharathannu nalginaan,

Nathwa parigrahicheedinaan  thambiyum,

Uthama rathna bhooshitha  padukam,

Uthamange    cherthu  Rama narendrane,

Bhakthyaa  pradakshinam kruthwaa namaskari-,

Chu uthaya  vandichu chonnaan  sagadgadham,

“ Manwabdha poorna  Prathama dhine  bhavaan,

Vannthillennu  vannedukil  pine jnan,

Anya divas am ushasi  jwalippichu,

Vahniyil  chadi marikkunathundallo.”

After  hearing these words of  Bharatha,

Rama gave  his slippers  which   were ,

Embracing his golden feet  to Bharatha ,

The younger brother saluted   and  received it,

Which was covered with costly gems and,

Keeping it on his head  , with devotion,

Went round Rama   and saluted him,

Got up and told him  with a tottering voice,

“The first day after  this period is completed ,

 Suppose   you do not come , I  would,

On the next day  in the dawn make  a big fire,

 And die after  jumping in to it.”

Yennathu kettu Raghupathiyum nija,

Kannu neerum  thudachu anbodu chollinan,

“Angine  thanne, oru  antharamillathinnu

Angu , jnan annu thanne varum nirnyam.”

Yennarul cheythu  vitayum koduthithu,

Dhanyan Bharathan  namakaricheedinaan,

Pinne  pradakshinavum cheythu  vandichu,

Mandetharam purapettu   BHarathanum,

Mathru janangalum manthri varnmaarum,

Brathavum aacharyanum , Maha senayum,

Sri Rama devane chethasi cherthu kondu,

Aarumoodamodhena  kondu pooyeedinaar,

Srungi varadhipanaya guhaneyum,

Mangala vachaa paranjayacheedinaan.

Hearing that  Sri  Rama wiped  his tears ,

And told   Bharatha   with great love,

“Let it be like that , there  is no difference on that ,

I would definitely    come back on that day.”

Telling this  he bid farewell to Bharatha,

And the  blessed Bharatha  saluted him,

And then went round him , and again saluted him,

And slowly  Bharatha  started   to leave.

The mothers  and    the  great ministers,

Brother . teacher   and the great  army,

Kept  God   Rama deep in their mind,

And took him away   with them.

Guha , the king of  Srungivera ,

Also told his    good wishes.

Mumbil nadannu  guhan vazhi kattuvan,

Pimbe perum padayum  nada kondithu,

Kaikeyi thanum  suthanuvadam kondu,

Sokam akannu  nadannu maganumai,

Ganga kadannu Guhanuvadena  ,

Nalanga padayodu koode , kumarnmaar,

Chennu Ayodhya  puri pukku , Raghuvaran,

Thanneyum chinthichu  chinthachanudinam,

Bhakthyaa   vishudha budhyaa pura vasikal,

Nithya sukhena   vasichathellavarum,

Thapasa vesham  dharichu  Bharathanum,

Thapena Shatrugnanum  vruthathodutan ,

Chennu Nanda Gramam anbodu pukkithu,

Vannithanandam  jagadvasikalkellam.

Guha went in front of them to show the way,

And behind him  the big army  marched ,

And Kaikeyi taking the  permission of her  son,

Leaving out her sorrow , walked  along with her son,.

After crossing Ganges   with the permission of Guha,

The boys along with  the army with its four divisions,

Went   and entered the city  of Ayodhya ,

And there they went on daily thinking about Sri Rama ,

With devotion and a  very holy thoughts  , the citizens,

Lived   all together   with daily pleasures.

Bharatha   dressing himself in the garbs of a sage,

With sorrow    along with  Shatrugna  did penance ,

And went to Nandi Grama    with love,

And thus  joy came to all the people of the world.

Padukaam vechu Simhasane Raghava,

Padangalennu  sankalpichu saadaram,

Ganda pushpadyangal  kondu poojichu ,

Kondanthike  sevichu ninnar iruvarum.

They kept the  slippers  of Rama  on the throne,

Imagined  it as   the holy feet of Rama,

And worshipped  it with sandal and flowers,

And nearby  they stood serving it.

Nana muni jana  sevithanayoru,

Manava veeran Manoharan Raghavan,

Janakiyodum, Anujanodum  mudhaa,

Manasanandam  kalarnnu chila dhanam,

Chithrakoodachale   vanor anantharam,

Chithe niroopichu  kandu Raghuvaran,

“Mithra vargangal   Ayodhyayil ninnu ,

Vannethum  ivied irunnal ini yudan,

SAthwaram Dandakaranyathinai kondu,

Badha modham Gamicheeduka vendathum.”

Itham vicharya    Dharithri  suthayum ,

Athyuthamanaaya  Soumithriyumai  thadha ,

Thathyaja  Chithrakoodachalam Raghavan,

Sathya santhan nada kondan vananthare .

Being served   by   various sages,

That human hero  and pretty Raghava,

Along with Sita   and  younger brother ,

For some time lived  on the  Chithrakoota mountain,

 For Some   days with   joy in the mind,

And later Raghava  had  a thought in his mind,

“ From Ayodhya  groups of our friends,

Would come here often, if we live here,

And so it is necessary  for us to go with joy,

 To the Dandaka  forest  and  ,

This has   to be done  very urgently.”

Thinking like this along with the daughter of earth,

 And  the extremely good natured Lakshmana,

Sri Rama  leaving the Chithrakoota mountain ,

Started  walking further  in the forest,.”

2.19 Athraysrama  prevesam

Entering in to the hermitage of Athri.

Athri thannasramam pukku Muneendrane ,

Bhakthyaa namaskarichu Raghu nadhanum,

“Ramoham  adhya   dhanyosmi, maha mune ,

Srimal padam   thava kanaya  karanam.”

Sakshal Maha Vishnu  Narayanan  paran,

Mokkhadan  yennatharinju Muneendranum,

Poojichitharkhya  padhyadhikal  kondu  tham,

Rajeeva lochanam , brathru  bharayanvitham.

Entering the hermitage   of Athri , Rama  ,

Saluted  the sage   with great devotion and told him,

“I am Rama , I am blessed , oh great sage,

In being  able   to see  your holy feet.”

The great sage knowing that  he was ,

The real Vishnu , the divine  Narayana ,

And the one who can grant  salvation,

Worshipped  the lotus eyed one ,

Along his    brother  as well  as wife,

 And   offering him water ,

To wash his feet   as well as  to drink,

Chollinaan  Bhoopala nandananmarodu,

“Chellezhum   yennude pathniyundathra kel,

Yethrayum vrudha , thapasvinimaril ,

Vechu uthamamaaya  Dharamajna, Thapodhana,

Parnasalanthar gehe  vasikunnithu,

Chennu kandalum  Janaka  nrupathmaje”

Yennathu kettu  Ramajnaya  Janaki,

Chennu Anasooya  padangal vananginaal.

That  sage told  to the sons of the king,

“Hear that  my  pretty wife  is there ,

And  she is very old ,  greatest ,

Among the women sages, follower of Dharma ,

An expert in penance  and she lives,

Inside  this hermitage , Oh  daughter of king Janaka,

Please   go and see her.”

After hearing this with the permission of Rama,

Sita went and saluted the feet  of Anasooya.”

“Vathse , varigarige , Janakathmaje,

Sathsangamam  Janma saphalyam yennorka nee “,

Vathse pidichu cherthu  alinganam cheythu,

Thath swabhavam thelinju  muni pathniyum,

Viswkarmavinal  nirmithamayoru,

Viswa vimohanamaya dukoolavum,

Kundalvumanga  raghavum yenniva,

Mandanarthmanasooya  nalkeedinaal.

“Daughter  , come near me, Oh daughter of Janaka,

Please remember that company  ,

Of  good people  in the greatest luck in our life.”

Then she caught hold of her  and embraced her

And  that wife of the sage easily understood her character,

And gave  her a silk cloth  made  by Viswakarma,

Which was  prettiest  in the world,

Ear studs  and   ornaments for the forehead ,

For dressing  herself  properly.

“Nannu, pathivruthya masrithya  Raghavan,

Thannodu koode  nee ponnathu uthamam,

Kanthi ninakku kurayaykorikkalum,

SAnthanakum thava vallbhan  thannodum,

Chennu Maha raja dhaniyakam pukku,

Nannai sukhichu  suchiram  vasikka nee.”

Ithamanugrahavum  koduthu aadharaal,

Bharthuragre   gamikennu ayacheedinaal,

Mrushtamai  moovareyum  bhujippichadha,

Thushti kalarnnu  thapodhanan athriyum,

Sri Ramanodu arul chrythu , “Bhavanaho,

Narayanan aayathu arinjen aham,

Ni maha maya jagathraya vasinaam,

Sammohakariniyayathu  nirnayam.”

 Itharam atthri muneendra vakyam  kettu,

Thathra rathrou vasichu  Raghunadhanum,

Devanum maha deviyodarul cheythi

Thevam   ennal kil paithal akkalame.

“ It is great that  observing  the Dharma of a wife ,

 You came along  with him over here,

The shine   would never  diminish in your case ,

Go along with  your peaceful husband ,

And later  go long with him to the palace ,

And  live  happily   for a very long time,”

After  blessing her like this  , with love,

She told Sita  to go near  her husband.

After making all the three  eat well,

That  great sage  Athri  with great joy,

Told Rama, , I know that you are God Narayana,

It is definite that Your great illusion  would  attract ,

Al the residents of  the three  worlds.”

Hearing these   words  from the great sage ,

Rama lived there  for a night .

And that  God told the goddess  as follows,

Said  the  parrot   at that time.

Ithyadhyatma   Ramayane  Uma Maheswara  Samvadhe,

                   Ayodhya Kandam  Samaptham.

Thus ends  the chapter on Ayodhya  in the discussion

              Between Shiva  and Parvathi ,

     Which occurs in Adyathma  Ramayana.