Sarga 1: Narada's Summary
Narada Samvada
Seed Ramayana — Narada narrates entire epic to Valmiki in 100 shlokas
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वने तस्मिन्निवसता जनस्थाननिवासिनाम् ।।1.1.48।। रक्षसां निहतान्यासन्सहस्राणि चतुर्दश ।
Meaning
During his stay in that forest, fourteen thousand demons of Janasthana were slain.
ततो ज्ञातिवधं श्रुत्वा रावणः क्रोधमूर्छितः ।।1.1.49।। सहायं वरयामास मारीचं नाम राक्षसम् ।
Meaning
Hearing of the slaughter of his kinsmen, Ravana, wild with rage, sought out a demon named Maricha for help.
वार्यमाणस्सुबहुशो मारीचेन स रावणः ।।1.1.50।। न विरोधो बलवता क्षमो रावण तेन ते ।
Meaning
Maricha tried again and again to turn him back: "Ravana, you cannot afford to make an enemy of one so powerful."
अनादृत्य तु तद्वाक्यं रावण: कालचोदित: ।।1.1.51।। जगाम सह मारीचस्तस्याश्रमपदं तदा ।
Meaning
But Ravana, driven by his own doom and heedless of the warning, went with Maricha toward Rama's hermitage.
तेन मायाविना दूरमपवाह्य नृपात्मजौ ।।1.1.52।। जहार भार्यां रामस्य गृध्रं हत्वा जटायुषम् ।
Meaning
Through Maricha's trickery Ravana drew the two princes far from home, then killed the vulture Jatayu and carried off Rama's wife.
गृध्रं च निहतं दृष्ट्वा हृतां श्रुत्वा च मैथिलीम् ।।1.1.53।। राघवश्शोकसन्तप्तो विललापाकुलेन्द्रिय: ।
Meaning
Seeing the vulture struck down and learning that Sita, princess of Mithila, had been taken, Rama, overwhelmed, wept in anguish, his senses scattered by grief.
ततस्तेनैव शोकेन गृध्रं दग्ध्वा जटायुषम् ।।1.1.54।। मार्गमाणो वने सीतां राक्षसं सन्ददर्श ह । कबन्धन्नाम रूपेण विकृतं घोरदर्शनम् ।।1.1.55।।
Meaning
Still grieving, Rama performed Jatayu's funeral rites, then, searching the forest for Sita, came upon a monstrous, dreadful-looking demon named Kabandha.
तं निहत्य महाबाहुर्ददाह स्वर्गतश्च स: । स चास्य कथयामास शबरीं धर्मचारिणीम् ।।1.1.56।। श्रमणीं धर्मनिपुणामभिगच्छेति राघव । ११५१
Meaning
Mighty Rama killed Kabandha and burned his body; as his spirit rose to heaven, Kabandha told him of a devout ascetic woman of the Sabara people, Shabari, and urged him to seek her out.
सोऽभ्यगच्छन्महातेजाश्शबरीं शत्रुसूदन: ।।1.1.57।। शबर्या पूजितस्सम्यग्रामो दशरथात्मज: ।
Meaning
Rama, destroyer of his enemies and son of Dasaratha, went to Shabari, who received and honored him properly.
पम्पातीरे हनुमता सङ्गतो वानरेण ह ।।1.1.58।। हनुमद्वचनाच्चैव सुग्रीवेण समागत: ।
Meaning
On the bank of the Pampa river Rama met the monkey Hanuman, and through him was introduced to Sugriva.