kamba-ramayanam : Ayodhya kandam (padalam-13 )

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1 Kamba Ramayanam-Ayodhya Kandam-Padalam 13
2 13.Thiruvadi Chootu Padalam

By Kambar (Kavichakravarthy Kamban)

Translated in English by P. R Ramachander

Kamba Ramayanam-Ayodhya Kandam-Padalam 13

13.Thiruvadi Chootu Padalam

Chapter on crowning of holy slippers.
(Bharadwaja gives a great feast to army of Bharata with help of deva maidens. Next day they reach Chitrakoota. Lakshmana hears the sound of army coming. He climbs up on a hill and confirms his belief. He gets fully armed and says that he would kill Bharata .Rama asks him to wait. Bharata comes in a garb of sage coated with dust. Rama asked the reson for his depression. Bharata informs about Dasaratha ’s death, R ama breaks down.Vasishta consoles him. Rama does the water ritual. Then the inform Sita and she alo breaks down, The wives of sages make her take a purificatory bath. After arrival of all, Rama requests Bharata to rule Ayodhya. He says if Dasaratha can give the country to him, he can also give it to Rama. Rama refuses, Bharata is compelled to rule the country by sages and devas. BHarayta returns back with sandal of Rama goes back to Nandigrama and rules from there. Saint BHardwaja offers a great feast with help of all devas in Valmiki Ramayana. Rama was in his hut waiting for Bharata in Valmiki Ramayana .When Bharata meets Rama, he enquires about welfare of many people including his father in Ayodhya in Valmiki Ramayana. When Bharata tells about (Vasishta was not present) death of Dasaratha , Rama, Lakshmana and Sita go to river and do libations to their father in Valmiki Ramayana. He makes a Pinda out of fruits and fruit pulp. On her way Kausalya sees this and comments , that is what he can do in forest. The fact that Dasaratha has promised the kingdom to the son of Kaikeyi as bride price to her father is mentioned by Rama. At this time Jabali an atheist tries to pooh-pooh the principles of Dharma and requests Rama to accept the kingdom. Vasishta tells in detail about Rama’s clan then. Bharata while returning with sandal visits Bharadwaja’s hermitage in Valmiki Ramayana. The sages of Chithrakuta leave fearing an asura called Khara, Rama later follows them.)

2375. That son saluted that great sage as if he is his father ,And that sage who was like Lord Shiva wearing a crescent ,Was merciful towards him and told words of endless blessings.

2376. He asked, “Sir , Without ruling the country which has come to you,Why are you wearing cloths of bark and having .The long hair tied as matted hair ? What happened ?”

2377. Bharatha burning with the fire of great anger ,With a boiling mind looking at that great sage replied.“Oh very wise sage , you did not tell me suitable words.And that is not proper for your great status.”

2378. ”Being the younger brother of the Lord of the Vedas Rama,Going against tradition , I would not accept the kingdom ,But if God like Rama does not accept the kingdom,Till he stays in the forest , I would also stay with him.”

2379. As soon as they heard the words told by him,Then all those sages who liked Rama deep from their heart,Felt as if the mixed sandal paste has been applied,All over their body and their mind also became cool.

2380. That sage who puts offerings in the fire ,With great love took him to his hermitage and thought“I would offer you feast to the army that accompanied you,.”

2381. As soon as he who had the wealth of giving up Thought like that the entire heaven came and stayed in the forest,And the various people of the army , feeling as if ,They have taken rebirth and reached another world ,Forgot all their earlier life and became happy.

2382. Thinking that the sage was one who always does Dharma .And would attain salvation , the maids of the heaven,Came with joy and welcomed the men and took them inside ,The Palace that had the full luster of the moon.

2383. They properly applied scented powders on the bodies of those men, And gave them bath in the waters of the Ganges of the sky,And dressed them with flowers of the Karpaga tree of heaven.

2384. They bent like the flowering branch and those cultured maids,Of heaven made those men wear ornaments of pure Gold ,And with love offered them nectar like food which was normally eaten by Indra.

2385.Those ladies who has pretty eyes coated with poison,And tender feet wearing anklets and applied with red cotton juice,Slept like female deer by their sides on bed ,Filled with five soft materials and those men also slept.

2386. Starting from the   kings to the   broad shouldered men who carry palanquins
AS per their ranks   were hospitably treated by the divine ladies,Blessed with hair as if   they were very wealthy   devas.

2387.Those ladies of heaven who were faultless and had   red mouth ,Like red fruit , obeyed   the orders of ladies who accompanied Bharata,And behaved as if they were their servants   or friends ,And all the ladies were happy in the faultless service provided   by those divine maidens.
2388.And at that evening time   , in those pretty well grown up gardens,The scented breeze wafted   slowly like blind men   from the Karpaka gardens,Carrying the scent of   the flowers    that   had opened that day.

2389. With the bees coming and drinking the huge flow water   of rut ,From the elephants , they were offered by the Karpaga plants,Balls of food with lots of honey   as well as bundles   of ,Red awns of paddy   and   they ate them and became happy.
2390.The angry   elephants   with tusks and with straight legs , Drank the waters , which can give rewards for blessed deeds,Even for the   sinners who ought to reach hell and the ,Groups   of horses   ate the grass which was like emerald.

2391.When all the people    were enjoying like this ,The pleasures   available to Lord Indra , Bharata ,Ate   fruits and roots   and spent the day,With his gold like body coated    with dust.
2392. As soon as the blue   coloured darkness lifted,All the pleasures people were enjoying vanished like a dream,The Sun appeared like the   ending of good time for those , Who were   only   enjoying   the   result of their good deeds.
2393.Like   the wealth   enjoyed by those   who did not do Dharma,The   wealth that they were enjoying vanished   and those who felt,That   they have come back from heaven to earth ,Did   not bother    and went back to the thoughts they had earlier.
2394. When it became day time , the devas happily came to know,That what they were seeing was not a sea but an army And that army making the gardens and mountains,That they crossed   in to dust ,    reached the desert.

2395.The dust   rose up , the burning sun   was pressed ,In that dust   and lost some heat that was difficult to put out,And   the water of rut     poured by the elephants,Made the paths    slushy   and made the path difficult to walk.,
2396. That desert with stones which was hot like   sparks   of fire Was cooled down by the   shade created    by the royal umbrellas .Of the kings who carried the swords and the flags,Which   were flying high provided a tent and allowed it to cool further.
2397.Seeing   Bharata with a black face becoming red due to ,The anger he had   with his mother who told , “Take this great wealth”,Due to the great love towards him   the dead trees there produced leaves.

2398.That matchless   army of the emperor   Dasaratha who left his life,Feeling that   “Good behavior is greater than soul” feeling that ,The very cruel hurting desert was like a garden landDue to it   cooling down , speedily reached Chitrakoota.
2399-2400 .Due    the dust that   was rising high , due to,The great sound   made by chariots , horses and angry elephants ,And the great   roaring sound created by foot soldiers,Making all people   know that it is a great army coming to kill,Lakshmana got up   and climbed   on a tall mountain,Which looked as if it was a burning flame   of the earth,And saw that very strong army   which made ,Even the ocean with   curved waves as inadequate.
2401-2402.Thinking   that   the Bharata who possessed great kingdom,Is coming   with bad intention and improper desire ,With an intention   using this very great army on the person,Who is   engaged in penance   and this is hundred percent truth,And nothing else,   Lakshmana jumped from the mountain,Making it break on to the earth   and speedily reached Rama .And told him, “Bharata   without   bothering about you ,Is coming for a   war against you    by spreading,A very huge army   which belongs Ayodhya protected by all.”
2403 ,He then tied his sword and heroic anklets as well as   the quiver,,With various types of arrows and then locked himself in an armour ,And taking a very strong bow , saluted Rama , stood up   and told like this.

2404. Please see   the great strength of the shoulders of Bharata and become happyWho has lost this and the other world and the greatness of his army ,And the matchless of power of me who has   accompanied you alone .
2405.I would make the well ornamented elephant suffer many troubles,By rolling    the mountain of their bodies , pull out   all chariots,Push   all the intestines   and make the river of blood run,And you may please   see them all mixing in the ocean.
2406.”Oh hero , you may see me cutting off the hands ,Chests and their armours    as also taking away their life and ,You will also see that my lustrous arrows are coated with blood ,And make   the elephants in eight directions scared and roam about.
2407.”Oh lord , you would see   the horses   which jump ,After death   , sing and dance   on the   golden floor of the chariots ,As ghosts   holding   the broken shields from the battle field.
2408.Oh , Rama , When I completely kill all the pretty elephants they have,Within a very short time, the heaven will get   back- pain,And due to reduction of burden earth will get rid of its pain, Please see it.

2409. After swimming In the high flowing   huge    stream of blood ,Turning the body red the devils with small eyes along with ghosts ,And   trunks without heads   would   dance with joy and say,“This world   now belongs to Rama, “ and you please   see that.
2410.The cruel elephants    wearing mask in    their face,Groups of horses   and Valorous soldiers   having thick shoulders   ,Would all fall dead   and in the cruel red blood that flows ,Would make all the seven seas in to one and make great sound , please see that.
2411.With soldiers   being killed , with the moving chariots getting destroyed,With strong bows breaking , with big elephants with legs and heads    getting cut ,And with horses with legs   and shoulders getting cut would be seen ,Due to my arrows   in the battle field. You would definitely see it.
2412.Be pleased   to see   the birds    which fly on the sky .With big wings   calling the birds of their own type ,Going through the   hole   made on both my brothers ,Caused    by arrows   which    have   been decorated by gold.
2413.”Oh Rama , due to the love of one lady called Kaikeyi ,Dasaratha    dipped the entire    world in to sorrow and,By his order   Bharata   who got the kingdom , instead ,Of ruling it , would suffer cruel hell by my arrows, Please see it.”

2414.You please see , that Kaikeyi who is an expert in causing sorrow,And who became happy seeing your mother   cry, when you leftThe rule of that kingdom and came    to the forest. Will live to cry ,Falling on the ground    when her   son dies.
2415.”Oh Rama who holds   the saw sharpened spear which is garlanded,I would destroy this sea of army    with one arrow which takes away their strength,Within a very short time and attain victory like Lord Shiva   ,Who destroyed    the three   cities   and come back quickly.”
2416.Rama told, “Oh Lakshmana   if you think that,You will churn all the fourteen worlds , then nobody,Can stop you and there is no need to tell it,But please hear   from me   tell you one advice.”
2417.”Oh Lakshmana   who has well grown big   shoulders,Which are like iron pillars , those who ar born in our clan,Are faultless kings   and how can we measure them?If we think , who among them could not,Move away from their clan   but who have moved away from Dharma.”
2418. The conduct of Bharata who has an elephant with hands like a palm tree ,Are   all the ones told by all the four Vedas   and not like as you told ,Which go against Dharma   and that has not been thought about by you with my mind.

2419.” Except believing that great one, due   the love That he has to me   is coming to the forest,And that   he is coming    to give back the kingdom to me   ,But not believing   that    he is coming   to fight,A war with me   along with army , is perhaps within reason.”
2420.”Oh Lakshmana   who has a spear which ,Can only be compared   to lightning , Bharata ,Who wears   anklets making dash gold against   gold,Has come here   to give   me that huge   army ,And not to fight with me . Can we tell that?”
2421. “Oh Lakshmana    who wears   ornaments on his shoulders,Should you think like   that about the Great Bharata  Who is the form of great divine   Dharma ,And who is   touchstone for measuring good   character ,For he has come here   to only see me ,And you would   understand it when he comes near.”
2422. Rama told like this and stopped   and Bharata,After instructing Sumantra   to bring the army afterwards,Along with Shatrugna who has great love to him  And who never parts with him, came   forward.
2423. Rama who knew about   everything at all times,Saw Bharata   with hands held up in salutations ,With a tired faded body , and who had jaded eyes,Due to constant crying and like a form which ,Is personification of Sorrow , from head to foot.
2424.That Rama who had a body like     the black cloud ,Looking at Lakshmana told “Oh Lakshmana who has a,Strong bow that makes sound , please see well,The war ready angry form of Bharata along with a huge army.”

2425.That younger brother Lakshmana Thinking about the   words ,Berating Bharata who had a strong shoulder which subdued others,And which were told due to his great anger, became greatly depressedAnd along with his bow ,   his tears   also fell on the ground ,Stood there with face without luster and enthusiasm.
2426.To the Lord who has done faultless great   penance ,And whom he neared   as per his desire   , he saluted ,As an emissary   of the   wealth of the kingdom ,Who has parted with Rama   , who lost all her glory,And who has    become lean due to her   sorrow.
2427.Bharata came near him and felt he   is seeing his dead father,Once again   and said, “You did not think    about Dharma of becoming a king ,And without mercy left away the tradition “ , lost his consciousness, And   fell at the lotus    feet of   Rama.
2428,That Rama who had eyes of mercy, saw   the Bharata which made ,People think whether he was dead or alive   and with shedding tears ,From his lotus like eyes which fell on the matted   hair,Of Bharata   and overflowed on to the floor.
2429.That Rama who is the store   house   of all Dharma and ,Who is the God of mercy , hugged Bharata    considering him, The God of Dharma and left a long breath and with ,Tears   flowing like stream    wetting his chest and with a melted mind.

2430. Rama hugged Bharata   and several times    saw   his form,Wearing wooden bark and thinking   in various different ways   asked,“Oh brother , you are   greatly tired due to sorrow . Is everything all right,With Dasaratha    who has shoulders   better than wrestlers ?”
2431.When the rare one   asked like that   Bharata told him,“Oh sir , due to the sickness   of your parting from him,And due to god of death like boons   requested by my cruel mother ,Establishing   his truth   in this world , he went to heaven.”
2432.That Rama   who owns the world which is above heaven,Even before the cruel words that Dasaratha had gone to heaven, Entered in to his ears   like piercing with spear ,Rolled with both his   eyes as well as mind and fell on the floor.
2433.After   falling on the earth he did not breath even a little    And like the sorrowing serpent hit by thunder, he lost   his consciousness,And with very great difficulty , he breathed a long breath,And   with great sorrow in his mind , he started   wailing in different ways.
2434.”Oh Lord   who had the fame like an ever shining lamp,To the people of this world   you were like   a father ,And to the matchless Dharma , you were   like the mother.Oh home of mercy , oh my father who is like a lion to enemy kings,You are   no more . Who is there to support   the truth in this world?”

2435,”Oh Dasaratha , who had an army that created fear   whose profession,Was killing to get victory , after getting the mercy   of Rishya sringa,Who was a great saint , you performed fire sacrifice to get   a son,And got me as your son   and is the losing your soul the benefit you got.”
2436.”Oh king who wears a garland    that scatters gold , who has ,A lustrous spear who shines like the lustrous   sun with   a red mouth,Is this the way that you chose to take rest so that   you wanted me ,To rule over all beings   and    carry    the burden of ruling   them?Was I born to be a king so that I became the God of death to you?”
2437.”Oh emperor, you who gave stable   kingship   over heaven to Indra,By killing the asura called Sambara , Making all the responsibilities ,Of ruling as mine    you wanted    to do penance , did you die for that?”
2438. “The silly me accepted   the kingship , which is normally not wanted ,By even those who want everything   and has caused sorrow to this world,And now the only option for me is to die , because I cannot   look at any one,If I continue     to rule    this world with this body   , which will not die.”
2439.”Oh king,   who held the   spear making   enemies   with big bodies ,Coming and surrendering to you of their own accord, you reached   the heaven,As soon as   you heard that I left   the honeyed garden   of the kingdom,And entered   the forest   and I am still alive   with a great desire to live.”
2440.”Oh Dasaratha   who has the matchless   white royal umbrella ,Which can give coolness   even    to the moon , you have reached heaven,Along with your charitable nature , respectability    ,The strength   which cannot   be changed even by devas ,The truth   which can never undergo change    and many other great attributes.
2441.All his brothers with strong hands and the kings who had come there ,Reached near the lion like Rama who was   telling all these   again and again,And who had great shoulders which were like    standing mountains,And consoled him   and hugged him and great Vasishta also consoled him.
2442.And then Bhardwaja     and other sages who has done penance , Which cannot   be described by words , and sages, Who had    hair made   in to plaits , the kings of all seven worlds ,All his ministers   came and joined him and also all the chiefs,Of the army of Dasaratha came   and joined him.

2443.When all the people   have arrived   and stood surrounding Rama,The great sage Vasishta , the son of Lord Brahma    who sits on the lotus Seeing the face   of Rama which was immersed in great   sorrow told.
2444.”You who have deep knowledge   of all the Vedas should know ,That for all beings , birth as well as death are natural phenomenon,And during their life the only    way for them to live is either,Live like a householder   or live like   a Sanyasi* , did you forget that.”*one who gives up the world.
2445. The great books tell ”The births without permanence Are countless billons in number ,and have been made by pleasure and pain “And after   clearly understanding this , it is not proper ,For us to think that cruel God of death is responsible for it.”
2446.”You have seen babies dying even before mother ,Gives   them birth   and should   you be sorrowing at the death,Of the emperor   who due to his faultless virtue ,Ruled the earth for sixty thousand     years.”
2447.Oh Rama who observes good character and Dharma without any change ,Even to that root which is the ultimate   truth Brahmam     which is above   the trinity,Who hold the trident , wheel and Veda   in their hands,It is impossible      to cross     the   net of change of time.
2448. When even the five elements    which is the reason for eye and other sense organs,To see   and engage in other actions and which all    have endless length ,And are   the reason    for the   creation of all basic products of earth,Attain death , should you sorrow for the death of an elementary soul?

2449.”Oh chief , the lamp lit with care   , using the ghee of good deeds ,Using   the matchless   time as wick , by the fire   called fate ,Would stop burning   if the good deeds and the fire get exhausted,Is there    any doubt about this happening   to any being?”
2450.”They lie   in deep sorrow   while in this world,They suffer pain in being immersed in hell in the other world ,And afterwards for    sake of suffering   of the cruel Karma ,They go through    several   birth organs , Should   we think about it?”
2451,”Oh Rama who has great characters    which are praised by all,Your father has reached   the land of Lord   Vishnu , which is difficult .For even Lord Brahma   sitting on a lotus flower to reach and is shining there,Is there any thing else    you can do to provide   help to him.”
2452. “Oh Rama , Do not   sorrow at all , is there any thing moreTo be done for Dasaratha than attaining    the land of Lord Vishnu?And   so do properly   all that needs   to be   done,As per the Vedas and repay your debt to him by your red hand.”
2453.”It is foolish    to think about and becoming sad about ,The impermanent body which is like a bubble   created ,By the rain falling from the sky   and by shedding tears ,Also there is no use   and so   with your lotus like hands ,Pour   the   sacrificial water   which purifies,” said Vasishta.
2454. After the saint told like this along with kings who praise him,And with Vasishta   who had matted hair looking like a bundle of gold,Rama reached the river water   with dense waves and they told him,“Please do”   and Rama   did the rituals   according   to rules.
2455,Rama   who is with in all beings and grants them the gift,Of understanding , entered the river , took bath and came back,And Vasishta who knew all the Vedas guided him   in performing,The rituals and he Took water   with both hands   thrice , And made   offering as   per rules   thinking about his father.

2456. After that   , he did all the other necessary rituals ,And accompanied   by   great ministers , sages and others ,Reached   the hermitage    where   Sita    was there.
2457.As soon   as they reached   the hut , that Lord Bharata,Saw Sita who came to the forest alone   and after seeing,The hut she was living in , patted his   lotus like eyes with his hands, And   fell at   her   feet    and     wailed.

2458.That great ruler   so as to indicate   that   ocean with its tides,Are there in his red eye and other sense organs , with great sorrow,Was   shedding water   which was like a permanent   spring.
2459.Rama   lifted that valorous one    with   very great sorrow ,By his big hands   , hugged him   and looking   at Sita,Who had long black hair   told ,”Dasaratha unable ,To bear my coming away    died.”
2460.Hearing that , Sita   who was   greatly jolted , shivered   and ,Shed tears from her   two ocean like   eyes   and keeping her hand,On earth who was like a mother    who brought her up ,Wailed    using words    which were set to tune and sorrowed.
2461. Her husband Rama    who had shoulders which berate   stones,Following her , the forest through which she walked   was like a good city, And the words “the king died”    made her walk ,In the ocean of great sorrow   and she went ahead.
2462.The wives of the sages who were   far away    from sins,Approached like mothers , the greatly sorrowing Sita ,Supported   her with their pretty hands and made ,Her bathe   in the sacred waters of Ganges ,Consoled her   and took her to her husband Rama.
2463. Along with the three mothers   who gave birth ,To those four who wore   honey dripping flower garlands ,And along with   learned people , who knew , About this world    as well as the other world, Sumanthra   came ,To the place of Rama , who always thinks of Dharma and saluted him,

2464 He who was earlier to even the first creator   with four heads,Stood asking, “where has my father gone?”   to his mothers ,And stood shedding tears which fell on their lotus feet.
2465. All those   mothers together   hugged   Rama   and ,Started    crying   with   sorrow    that never decreases,And the army , and ladies    who had come with them ,Cried like the wax which fell on the     fire.
2466. Then those   golden queens who had   given   birth,To those four heroes   hugged    tightly Sita ,Who was   the daughter of king Janaka ,Entered inside sea of sorrow and got drowned there.
2467.Then all the soldiers of the army   and the great citizens,Of the wealthy city of Ayodhya and others as well as other kings,Came with a mind   full of sorrow   which was troubling Rama.
2468.That Lord Vishnu   who has left   his bed of serpent with hood,And had come to Ayodhya chose to be born in ancient clan of the Sun,And because   of it ,the Sun which normally    goes in the big path,Decided to   go inside   the sea , so that he can also do, after death rituals.
2469-2470.After     that day was over in the presence of the crowd of kings ,Sages   with red matted hair , relations and the brothers who never part from him,Who surrounded Rama, who   was sitting    there said with love “Oh Bharata,The great king is no more   and by his order   , this kingdom is yours ,But   you are not wearing the crown   and are in the garb of saint,As per your own desire . Please   tell me why?”

2471,    As soon as he heard   this , Bharata    was flustered   and saluted Rama ,And looked at him for a long time and said, “Except you   who are thereWho following Dharma?In that path of Dharma would you like   to go back?.”
2472.”Using a boon that   is not agreeable    for elderly wise people,Kaikeyi made   you stand in a place   which is not suitable to you,And killed Dasaratha   and since I am the   son born to her,She thinks    that life of penance   is not suitable to me.”
2473.I who am a sinner   who has   troubled   the world   and ,Caused pain to it   dare not die   and am not suitable ,To do penance   and then how can I get rid of this bad name?”
2474,The nature of ladies   who have moved away from virtue ,The carrying out of penance   without patience , the acts of Dharma ,Which is moved away from the path of mercy as well as ,The rule of the king that moves away from tradition , which of them would come first?
2475. “Suppose you leave the kingship that   you got being the eldest son,And if you start a huge penance   and losing my intelligence ,Going against   justice   and being called    as one   .Who killed   Dharma , would I rule this   country which I am not entitled?”
   2476,With the king dying   due to inestimable love towards   you,And with you entering   this cruel forest   without smoke ,Am I your enemy , for planning with immeasurably great deceit To steal your kingdom from you    and am I waiting for   suitable time?”
2477.”Oh lord ,   for   the bad that my father   did to you and that was done by my mother ,Who is the cruel form of sin and has caused to   you sorrow that no one ,In this world has seen , do not go away   please come back to the country ,And rule it “ Said Bharata   , making the intentions of his mind clear.

2478.Rama who understood   the   firmness of the words told by Rama ,Thinking “whether   his mind   is of this nature?”   said to him,“Oh valorous hero , I will tell you a few words , please hear.”And after seeing   all round him started saying   the following words.
2479. Rama said ”Good character , truth , justice which others try to reach,Are specially mentioned. Greatness along with Dharma and,Along with all those which are   classified as Dharma ,Are created   by those kings who stick to the path of Veda.Please know this.”
2480.”Oh Bharata with a strong bow , the knowledge   of books ,Which is appreciated , the faultless   wisdom , the good character,The efficiency in the job that we do and those devas   who are fit to salute,Are all our elders , Please keep this   in your mind.
2481.”Oh dear Bharata , if you   examine as toWho those good and great elders are deeply by the mind,You would know that they are none but our parents.”
2482.”Oh Bharata who is wise by knowledge of   great books,Which should be thought and understood , I have only ,Obeyed   the boon of my mother    and the order of my father,Which is according   to the Dharma followed by our clan,And is it proper    for you to want me to go against it.?”
2483.”Oh Bharata , those born in the world , to be called as “son”,Should bring    good fame   to their mother   and father,By their activities and please think and analyze whether,It is done by bringing them unforgettable and cruel bad name?”
2484.”By making my father tell a lie   in this life .Due to desire on kingship and making him live in the cruel hell,Would I rule over   this great land and live ,On the    top of the breasts   which is desired by all.”

2485.”Due to the fact   that by the boon given by, Your father   as per tradition the kingdom is yours, And also it is yours because   you got it,AS you are my brother and so rule it : said Rama.
2486. Bharata said , “Oh king , you were born earlier ,And have matchless fame in all   three   worlds,And as per you if this kingdom is   mine ,I am immediately   presenting it to you ,Please   come   and accept the crown.”
2487.”When the earth is sorrowing , would you Who has shoulders   like   solid stone pillars,Do what is only proper    for you ?Catching hold of his golden holy feet Bharata   said,“Please come   and protect the world so that it is not sorrowing?”
2488.”If you who love me    due to your love,Make this kingdom as mine , would it be proper? Would the time period accepted   by me as per the words.Of father   who was scared   of bad name , end today itself?”
2489. “Would this world   without the existence of truth,Tell some thing   called “purity “   separately ?Evil is nothing but the   swerving away   from truth,And can we tell truly   anything   except the truth?”
2490.”As   per the words of my father till the completion ,Of seven and seven years , while I stay in the forest , As per my order , you rule   the world   given ,To you by father   without swerving from truth.”
2491.”Oh Bharata , When the king was alive he told me , “Crown yourself ,With a gem studded crown “ and I agreed, do you know   that it was,Because of fear to say “no” to him and after thinking about it,Should you not obey my order , Do not get depressed due to sorrow ,And do    according to what I told   you, “ Rama   said.

2492.After   the very wise Rama told many such   words ,When Bharata started   replying   him , the great sage Vasishta, Did not allow Bharata who was a sea of good similar   to the water ,Stored in a pit   to talk   and after   putting in to his thought ,All the actions of kings of the   clan of the sun told Rama , “Please hear.”
2493. “Lord Vishnu   in the form of a boar with his famous matchless horns ,Which did not cause   any sorrow to him , from the rising water at final deluge ,Lifted the lady called earth without its scar which was like that in crescent of moon.
2494. Before that , in the end of   the eon , he   destroyed the visibility ,Of the five great elements   making all principles   to merge   with God,And then created a wide sea   and with a unmatched   and not available ,Lustrous    form   , he started   his sleep of wisdom there.
2495.After   adopting   that sleep , That Vishnu having the black colour,Of the sea   which    like a stream gave   nectar   to all the devasFrom his belly   pushed out a lotus flower    with one hundred petals ,And from that created first Lord Brahma who is the root of everything.
2496.”That Lord Brahma with four heads   started   creating the world,And your clan of kings   where the first to appear from there,And among those kings none of them broke   the tradition so far.I have something more to tell you, please hear.”
2497.”Oh Lord   who has   a proud male elephant , The   teacher ,With love taught   the faultless knowledge   that would help you ,In this world and in the other world   and It is said ,That only he   who does   good to others is the greatest elder.”
2498.”Because of that , Oh Rama , it is   true   that   it was me,Who brought you up   and taught   you very many knowledge,And so without disobeying   my order, reach your country and rule it.”
2499.The Rama with red eyes   after looking at   that sage ,Saluted him with his pretty hands closed like a lotus bud,And told , “oh wise sage   who keeps   his mind under control,I need   to tell you something “ and started    telling it.

2500 “Oh son of Brahma   who sits on lotus flower giving honey ,Whether it is elders or whether it is the teacher   or whether,It is one’s mother or whether it is sons who do not swerve ,From truth , once   some tells “I will do it”, is it proper for him to say “No”.
2501.”Instead of being born as   that   cruel   and worst    son,Who does not salute    and totally accepts   the orders,Of mothers along with joy and those   words told by father,It would be better to be born as   a dog , which ,Cannot   differentiate    between   the good and bad.
2502.” Oh great teacher , After   agreeing with all my heart,To them who have ordered , by keeping it on head ,And saying to them , “I will do it” , you have now ordered me ,Please be kind enough to tell me   what I should do?”
2503.After hearing that   when Vasishta   told , “I do not know,What else to tell” and preferred   to keep silent , then Bharata ,Said, “If Rama is not going to rule the   country , let whoever ,Want to rule it, rule it and I would   take as my oath ,That I would go with Rama in this fog filled   forest.”
2504.At that time   the devas   understanding it joined together,And started talking, with sorrow    on the sky” If now this Bharata Takes   Rama with him our work   would not be completed properly “.
2505.”The famous Rama of good behavior   is one who,Wants to protect   the words   of his father and,He would   go through this forest and till ,The fourteen years   are completed , it is ,Your responsibility     to protect   the country.”
2506.When the devas told this way Rama said,“These words cannot be refused   and I have ,Also requested you   and so as per my order ,You protect this world as well as you can “And Rama then caught hold of lotus like hands of Bharata.

2507.”If that is so lord   after   the fourteen years   are over,If you do not come and rule that city surrounded by long moat,I would   fall in burning fire and die .This is the truth,And I am taking an oath on you regarding that.”
2508.Bharata   who told these   words   became one,Without any sorrow   and Rama   whose   fame   ,Was greater than himself after seeing his determination ,Melted   due to love towards him and said,”so be it.”
2509. Bharata   since   there was no other way and ,Understanding   that it is not possible   not to be ,With Rama sobbed and becoming thin due to crying,Said, “Give me your sandals as   an assurance “ and Rama,Gave him his sandals   which gave all the pleasures of the world..
2510.Bharata whose gold like   body was coated   with dust ,With crying eye thinking that Rama’s sandals   are his head,Fell on the earth saluted Rama   and went back.
2511.The mothers and the numberless relatives , groups of elders ,Saints , the famous army   and all others surrounded Bharata,And went   and the sage Vasishta    who wears the sacred thread,On his shoulders   also went along   with all of them.
2512.The sage Bharadwaja   who had learned all the old books,Went along with them. The citizens of Ayodhya   wilth,Long moat   also departed and went and the ,Devas   who had assembled   also went to their places,As per the order of Lord Rama , Guha also went back,
2513-2514,Carrying the sandals of Rama on his head ,Crossing river ganges where   cool waters were dashing ,Proceeding further , Bharata   did not enter   the city ,Of Ayodhya   blessed with gardens with scented flowers,And without sleeping   that night and with   tear stained eyes,During day and night , established   the sandals of Rama,In Nandigrama    and he decided   with his mind,To live there   controlling his five senses and rule the country.
2515,Thinking that the people of the country who knew ,That he was in Chitrakoota   , due to their love ,Would come again and again   Rama accompanied,By his protective brother   and with Sita ,Started   walking towards the southern direction.