Ramayana

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त्रिशंकुरिति विख्यात इक्ष्वाकुकुलवर्धनः । तस्य बुद्धिः समुत्पन्ना यजेयमिति राघव ॥ १-५७-११

- veracious king named Trishanku, an enhancer of Ikshvaku dynasty. Oh ! Raghava ( Rama ), an idea sprang up in the mind of Trishanku to perform a ritual . - ॥ 1-57-11॥

english translation

trizaMkuriti vikhyAta ikSvAkukulavardhanaH । tasya buddhiH samutpannA yajeyamiti rAghava ॥ 1-57-11

hk transliteration by Sanscript

गच्छेयं स्वशरीरेण देवानां परमां गतिम् । वसिष्ठं स समाहूय कथयामास चिन्तितम् ॥ १-५७-१२

- by which he will go to heaven with his own body. Then he sincerely invited Vashishtha and told him what he was thinking. ॥ 1-57-12॥

english translation

gaccheyaM svazarIreNa devAnAM paramAM gatim । vasiSThaM sa samAhUya kathayAmAsa cintitam ॥ 1-57-12

hk transliteration by Sanscript

अशक्यमिति चाप्युक्तो वसिष्ठेन महात्मना । प्रत्याख्यातो वसिष्ठेन स ययौ दक्षिणां दिशम् ॥ १-५७-१३

But the great-souled Vashishtha said it as impossible. Refused by Vashishtha, the king ( Trishanku ) went south direction . - ॥ 1-57-13॥

english translation

azakyamiti cApyukto vasiSThena mahAtmanA । pratyAkhyAto vasiSThena sa yayau dakSiNAM dizam ॥ 1-57-13

hk transliteration by Sanscript

ततस्तत्कर्मसिद्ध्यर्थं पुत्रांस्तस्य गतो नृपः । वासिष्ठा दीर्घतपसस्तपो यत्र हि तेपिरे ॥ १-५७-१४

- for the purpose of realising that task, ( such a phantasmal ritual that enables him to go to heaven with his body ) the king approched the sons of Vashishtha. The place where the sons of Vasishta had been performing austerities for a long time - ॥ 1-57-14॥

english translation

tatastatkarmasiddhyarthaM putrAMstasya gato nRpaH । vAsiSThA dIrghatapasastapo yatra hi tepire ॥ 1-57-14

hk transliteration by Sanscript

त्रिशंकुः सुमहातेजाः शतं परमभास्वरम् । वसिष्ठपुत्रान् ददृशे तप्यमानान् यशस्विनः ॥ १-५७-१५

- most brilliant Trishanku reached that place. There he visited the hundred noble-souled sons of Vashishta, who were supremely self-luminescent and superbly self-refulgent by their ascesis. ॥ 1-57-15॥

english translation

trizaMkuH sumahAtejAH zataM paramabhAsvaram । vasiSThaputrAn dadRze tapyamAnAn yazasvinaH ॥ 1-57-15

hk transliteration by Sanscript