Uttara Kanda, Sarga 110

अध्यर्धयोजनं गत्वा नदीं पश्चान्मुखाश्रिताम् । सरयूं पुण्यसलिलां ददर्श रघुनन्दनः ।। 7.110.1 ।।

adhyardhayojanaṃ gatvā nadīṃ paścānmukhāśritām | sarayūṃ puṇyasalilāṃ dadarśa raghunandanaḥ || 7.110.1 ||

Having traveled one and a half yojanas, Rama saw the sacred-watered Sarayu river, which flowed westward.

तां नदीमाकुलावर्तां सर्वत्रानुसरन्नृपः । आगतः सप्रजो रामस्तं देशं रघुनन्दनः ।। 7.110.2 ।।

tāṃ nadīmākulāvartāṃ sarvatrānusarannṛpaḥ | āgataḥ saprajo rāmastaṃ deśaṃ raghunandanaḥ || 7.110.2 ||

King Rama, the delight of the Raghus, arrived at that place with his people, following that river which had agitated whirlpools everywhere.

अथ तस्मिन्मुहूर्ते तु ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः । सर्वैः परिवृतो देवैर्ऋषिभिश्च महात्मभिः ।। 7.110.3 ।।

atha tasminmuhūrte tu brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ | sarvaiḥ parivṛto devairṛṣibhiśca mahātmabhiḥ || 7.110.3 ||

Then, at that very moment, Brahma, the grandfather of the worlds, arrived, surrounded by all the gods and great-souled sages.

आययौ यत्र काकुत्स्थः स्वर्गाय समुपस्थितः । विमानशतकोटीभिर्दिव्याभिरभिसंवृतः ।। 7.110.4 ।।

āyayau yatra kākutsthaḥ svargāya samupasthitaḥ | vimānaśatakoṭībhirdivyābhirabhisaṃvṛtaḥ || 7.110.4 ||

Brahma came to where Rama was ready to ascend to heaven, surrounded by hundreds of crores of divine celestial chariots.

दिव्यतेजोवृतं व्योम ज्योतिर्भूतमनुत्तमम् । स्वयम्प्रभैः स्वतेजोभिः स्वर्गिभिः पुण्यकर्मभिः ।। 7.110.5 ।।

divyatejovṛtaṃ vyoma jyotirbhūtamanuttamam | svayamprabhaiḥ svatejobhiḥ svargibhiḥ puṇyakarmabhiḥ || 7.110.5 ||

The sky became an unsurpassed, luminous expanse, covered with divine splendor, shining with the self-luminous radiance of the meritorious dwellers of heaven.

पुण्या वाता ववुश्चैव गन्धवन्तः सुखप्रदाः । पपात पुष्पवृष्टिश्च देवैर्मुक्ता महौघवत् ।। 7.110.6 ।।

puṇyā vātā vavuścaiva gandhavantaḥ sukhapradāḥ | papāta puṣpavṛṣṭiśca devairmuktā mahaughavat || 7.110.6 ||

Sacred, fragrant, and comforting winds blew, and a shower of flowers, released by the gods, fell like a great flood.

तस्मिंस्तूर्यशतैः कीर्णे गन्धर्वाप्सरसङ्कुले । सरयूसलिलं रामः पद्भ्यां समुपचक्रमे ।। 7.110.7 ।।

tasmiṃstūryaśataiḥ kīrṇe gandharvāpsarasaṅkule | sarayūsalilaṃ rāmaḥ padbhyāṃ samupacakrame || 7.110.7 ||

In that place, filled with hundreds of musical instruments and crowded with Gandharvas and Apsaras, Rama approached the waters of the Sarayu river with his feet.

ततः पितामहो वाणीमन्तरिक्षादभाषत । आगच्छ विष्णो भद्रं ते दिष्ट्या प्राप्तो ऽसि राघव ।। 7.110.8 ।।

tataḥ pitāmaho vāṇīmantarikṣādabhāṣata | āgaccha viṣṇo bhadraṃ te diṣṭyā prāpto 'si rāghava || 7.110.8 ||

Then, the Grandfather Brahma spoke a voice from the sky, saying, "Come, O Vishnu, may good fortune be with you; fortunately, you have arrived, O Raghava."

भ्रातृभिः सह देवाभैः प्रविशस्व स्विकां तनुम् । यामिच्छसि महाबाहो तां तनुं प्रविश स्विकाम् । वैष्णवीं तां महातेजस्तद्वाकाशं सनातनम् ।। 7.110.9 ।।

bhrātṛbhiḥ saha devābhaiḥ praviśasva svikāṃ tanum | yāmicchasi mahābāho tāṃ tanuṃ praviśa svikām | vaiṣṇavīṃ tāṃ mahātejastadvākāśaṃ sanātanam || 7.110.9 ||

O mighty-armed and greatly effulgent one, enter your own desired form, whether it be with your god-like brothers into your own body, or into that Vaishnava form, or into the eternal sky.

त्वं हि लोकगतिर्देव न त्वां केचित्प्रजानते । ऋते मायां विशालाक्षीं तव पूर्वपरिग्रहाम् । त्वामचिन्त्यं महद्भूतमक्षयं सर्वसङ्ग्रहम् ।। 7.110.10 ।।

tvaṃ hi lokagatirdeva na tvāṃ kecitprajānate | ṛte māyāṃ viśālākṣīṃ tava pūrvaparigrahām | tvāmacintyaṃ mahadbhūtamakṣayaṃ sarvasaṅgraham || 7.110.10 ||

O God, you are indeed the refuge of the worlds, and no one truly knows you, except for your previously accepted wide-eyed Maya, who knows you as the inconceivable, great, imperishable being, the container of all.

यामिच्छसि महातेजस्तां तनुं प्रविश स्वयम् ।। 7.110.11 ।। ां

yāmicchasi mahātejastāṃ tanuṃ praviśa svayam || 7.110.11 || ्āṃ

O greatly effulgent one, enter that form which you yourself desire.

विशालाक्षीं तव पूर्वपरिग्रहाम् । पितामहवचः श्रुत्वा विनिश्चित्य महामतिः । विवेश वैष्णवं तेजः सशरीरः सहानुजः ।। 7.110.12 ।।

viśālākṣīṃ tava pūrvaparigrahām | pitāmahavacaḥ śrutvā viniścitya mahāmatiḥ | viveśa vaiṣṇavaṃ tejaḥ saśarīraḥ sahānujaḥ || 7.110.12 ||

Having heard and understood the words of his grandfather Brahma regarding Visalakshi (Sita), the great-minded Rama, along with his body and younger brothers, entered into the divine effulgence of Vishnu.

ततो विष्णुमयं देवं पूजयन्ति स्म देवताः । साध्या मरुद्गणाश्चैव सेन्द्राः साग्निपुरोगमाः ।। 7.110.13 ।।

tato viṣṇumayaṃ devaṃ pūjayanti sma devatāḥ | sādhyā marudgaṇāścaiva sendrāḥ sāgnipurogamāḥ || 7.110.13 ||

Then, the gods, including the Sadhyas, the Maruts, Indra, and those led by Agni, worshipped the deity who had become one with Vishnu.

ये च दिव्या ऋषिगणा गन्धर्वाप्सरसश्च याः । सुपर्णनागयक्षाश्च दैत्यदानवराक्षसाः ।। 7.110.14 ।।

ye ca divyā ṛṣigaṇā gandharvāpsarasaśca yāḥ | suparṇanāgayakṣāśca daityadānavarākṣasāḥ || 7.110.14 ||

All the divine groups of sages, Gandharvas, Apsaras, Suparnas, Nagas, Yakshas, Daityas, Danavas, and Rakshasas were also present.

सर्वं पुष्टं प्रमुदितं सुसम्पूर्णमनोरथम् । साधु साध्विति तैर्देवैस्त्रिदिवं गतकल्मषम् ।। 7.110.15 ।।

sarvaṃ puṣṭaṃ pramuditaṃ susampūrṇamanoratham | sādhu sādhviti tairdevaistridivaṃ gatakalmaṣam || 7.110.15 ||

All were nourished, greatly delighted, and had their desires completely fulfilled, as the gods exclaimed "Excellent! Excellent!" and heaven became free from all blemish.

अथ विष्णुर्महातेजाः पितामहमुवाच ह । एषां लोकं जनौघानां दातुमर्हसि सुव्रत ।। 7.110.16 ।।

atha viṣṇurmahātejāḥ pitāmahamuvāca ha | eṣāṃ lokaṃ janaughānāṃ dātumarhasi suvrata || 7.110.16 ||

Then, the greatly effulgent Vishnu addressed Brahma, the one of good vows, saying, "You ought to grant an abode to these multitudes of people."

इमे हि सर्वे स्नेहान्मामनुयाता यशस्विनः । भक्ता हि भजितव्याश्च त्यक्तात्मानश्च मत्कृते ।। 7.110.17 ।।

ime hi sarve snehānmāmanuyātā yaśasvinaḥ | bhaktā hi bhajitavyāśca tyaktātmānaśca matkṛte || 7.110.17 ||

These glorious ones, all of whom have followed me out of affection, are indeed my devotees who have sacrificed their very selves for my sake and thus deserve to be honored.

तच्छ्रुत्वा विष्णुवचनं ब्रह्मा लोकगुरुः प्रभुः । लोकान्सान्तानिकान्नाम यास्यन्तीमे समागताः ।। 7.110.18 ।।

tacchrutvā viṣṇuvacanaṃ brahmā lokaguruḥ prabhuḥ | lokānsāntānikānnāma yāsyantīme samāgatāḥ || 7.110.18 ||

Having heard those words of Vishnu, Lord Brahma, the preceptor of the worlds, declared that all these assembled beings would go to the worlds named Santanika.

यच्च तिर्यग्गतं किञ्चित्त्वामेवमनुचिन्तयत् । प्राणांस्त्यक्ष्यति भक्त्या वै तत्सन्ताने निवत्स्यति ।। 7.110.19 ।।

yacca tiryaggataṃ kiñcittvāmevamanucintayat | prāṇāṃstyakṣyati bhaktyā vai tatsantāne nivatsyati || 7.110.19 ||

And whatever animal, meditating upon you in this manner, abandons its life with devotion, will indeed reside in that Santanika world.

सर्वैर्ब्रह्मगुणैर्युक्ते ब्रह्मलोकादनन्तरे ।। 7.110.20 ।।

sarvairbrahmaguṇairyukte brahmalokādanantare || 7.110.20 ||

This refers to the Santanika world, which is endowed with all divine qualities and is next to or not different from the world of Brahma.

वानराश्च स्विकां योनिमृक्षाश्चैव तथा ययुः । येभ्यो विनिस्सृताः सर्वे सुरेभ्यः सुरसम्भवाः ।। 7.110.21 ।।

vānarāśca svikāṃ yonimṛkṣāścaiva tathā yayuḥ | yebhyo vinissṛtāḥ sarve surebhyaḥ surasambhavāḥ || 7.110.21 ||

The monkeys and bears, who were all born of gods and had originated from them, returned to their respective divine forms.

तेषु प्रविविशे चैव सुग्रीवः सूर्यमण्डलम् । पश्यतां सर्वदेवानां स्वान्पितऽन्प्रतिपेदिरे ।। 7.110.22 ।।

teṣu praviviśe caiva sugrīvaḥ sūryamaṇḍalam | paśyatāṃ sarvadevānāṃ svānpita'npratipedire || 7.110.22 ||

Among them, Sugriva entered the solar orb, and all the gods, while watching, attained their own ancestors.

तथोक्तवति देवेशे गोप्रतारमुपागताः । भेजिरे सरयूं सर्वे हर्षपूर्णाश्रुविक्लवाः ।। 7.110.23 ।।

tathoktavati deveśe gopratāramupāgatāḥ | bhejire sarayūṃ sarve harṣapūrṇāśruviklavāḥ || 7.110.23 ||

When the lord of gods had thus spoken, all those who had arrived at Gopratara, overwhelmed with tears of joy, entered the Sarayu river.

अवगाह्य जलं यो यः प्राणी ह्यासीत् प्रहृष्टवत् । मानुषं देहमुत्सृज्य विमानं सो ऽध्यरोहत ।। 7.110.24 ।।

avagāhya jalaṃ yo yaḥ prāṇī hyāsīt prahṛṣṭavat | mānuṣaṃ dehamutsṛjya vimānaṃ so 'dhyarohata || 7.110.24 ||

Whoever living being, greatly delighted, plunged into the water, abandoned their human body and ascended a celestial chariot.

तिर्यग्योनिगतानां च शतानि सरयूजलम् । सम्प्राप्य त्रिदिवं जग्मुः प्रभासुरवपूंषि च । दिव्या दिव्येन वपुषा देवा दीप्ता इवाभवन् ।। 7.110.25 ।।

tiryagyonigatānāṃ ca śatāni sarayūjalam | samprāpya tridivaṃ jagmuḥ prabhāsuravapūṃṣi ca | divyā divyena vapuṣā devā dīptā ivābhavan || 7.110.25 ||

And hundreds of animals, having attained the water of Sarayu, went to heaven with radiant bodies, becoming like shining gods with divine forms.

गत्वा तु सरयूतोयं स्थावराणि चराणि च । प्राप्य तत्तोयविक्लेदं देवलोकमुपागमन् ।। 7.110.26 ।।

gatvā tu sarayūtoyaṃ sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca | prāpya tattoyavikledaṃ devalokamupāgaman || 7.110.26 ||

Indeed, having gone to the water of Sarayu, both immobile and mobile beings, by obtaining the moistening from that water, attained the world of gods.

तस्मिन्नपि समापन्ना ऋक्षवानरराक्षसाः । ते ऽपि स्वर्गं प्रविविशुर्देहान्निक्षिप्य चाम्भसि ।। 7.110.27 ।।

tasminnapi samāpannā ṛkṣavānararākṣasāḥ | te 'pi svargaṃ praviviśurdehānnikṣipya cāmbhasi || 7.110.27 ||

Even the bears, monkeys, and rakshasas who had gathered there, having cast off their bodies in the water, also entered heaven.

ततः समागतान्सर्वान्स्थाप्य लोकगुरुर्दिवि । जगाम त्रिदशैः सार्धं सदा हृष्टैर्दिवं महत् ।। 7.110.28 ।।

tataḥ samāgatānsarvānsthāpya lokagururdivi | jagāma tridaśaiḥ sārdhaṃ sadā hṛṣṭairdivaṃ mahat || 7.110.28 ||

Thereafter, the preceptor of the worlds, Rama, having established all those who had gathered in heaven, went to the great heaven along with the ever-joyful gods. इत्यार्षे श्रीमद्रामायणे वाल्मीकीये आदिकाव्ये श्रीमदुत्तरकाण्डे दशाधिकशततमः सर्गः ।। 110 ।। Thus ends the hundred and tenth sarga of Uttara Kanda of the holy Ramayana the first epic composed by sage Valmiki.