Ramayana

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एतद्दर्शय भद्रं ते कृतकामौ नृपात्मजौ | दर्शनादस्य धनुषो यथेष्टं प्रतियास्यतः || १-६६-६

sanskrit

'Prosperity to you. Show this great bow to the princes. This is their desire. Once their desire to see the bow is fulfilled, they will return.' [1-66-6]

english translation

etaddarzaya bhadraM te kRtakAmau nRpAtmajau | darzanAdasya dhanuSo yatheSTaM pratiyAsyataH || 1-66-6

hk transliteration

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siva.sh/ramayana/bala-kanda/66/7

एवमुक्तस्तु जनकः प्रत्युवाच महामुनिम् | श्रूयतामस्य धनुषो यदर्थमिह तिष्ठति || १-६६-७

sanskrit

Janaka replied the great sage Vishvamitra when he was addressed thus, 'I shall tell you how this bow came to be placed here' [1-66-7]

english translation

evamuktastu janakaH pratyuvAca mahAmunim | zrUyatAmasya dhanuSo yadarthamiha tiSThati || 1-66-7

hk transliteration

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siva.sh/ramayana/bala-kanda/66/8

देवरात इति ख्यातो निमेः षष्ठो महीपतिः | न्यासोऽयं तस्य भगवन् हस्ते दत्तो महात्मना || १-६६-८

sanskrit

Oh! godly sage, there was a king renowned as Devaraata, sixth one from Nimi ( the originator of our lineage ) and this bow was handed down to him for custodial care by the exalted lord (Shiva). [1-66-8]

english translation

devarAta iti khyAto nimeH SaSTho mahIpatiH | nyAso'yaM tasya bhagavan haste datto mahAtmanA || 1-66-8

hk transliteration

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siva.sh/ramayana/bala-kanda/66/9

दक्षयज्ञवधे पूर्वं धनुरायम्य वीर्यवान् | रुद्रस्तु त्रिदशान् रोषात् सलीलमिदमब्रवीत् || १-६६-९

sanskrit

'Once, during the devastation of the Vedic-ritual of Daksha Prajapati, the mettlesome god Rudra, sportively outstretching the bowstring of this bow, said this to all gods, furiously..... - [1-66-9]

english translation

dakSayajJavadhe pUrvaM dhanurAyamya vIryavAn | rudrastu tridazAn roSAt salIlamidamabravIt || 1-66-9

hk transliteration

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यस्माद्भागार्थिनो भागं नाकल्पयत मे सुराः | वरांगाणि महार्हाणि धनुषा शातयामि वः || १-६६-१०

sanskrit

- "Oh ! gods, whereby you have not apportioned my portion [of oblations in Vedic-ritual s, as I am also the] desirer of such portion, ( thereby ) I will shred the highly revered heads of yours with this bow." ( So said Shiva to gods. ) [1-66-10]

english translation

yasmAdbhAgArthino bhAgaM nAkalpayata me surAH | varAMgANi mahArhANi dhanuSA zAtayAmi vaH || 1-66-10

hk transliteration

Chapter 66

Verses 11-15