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    वाल्मीकिरथ तं दृष्ट्वा सहसोत्थाय वाग्यतः | प्राञ्जलिः प्रयतो भूत्वा तस्थौ परमविस्मितः || १-२-२४vAlmIkiratha taM dRSTvA sahasotthAya vAgyataH | prAJjaliH prayato bhUtvA tasthau paramavismitaH || 1-2-24Then that pious saint Valmiki is highly surprised on seeing Brahma, and on quickly getting up from his seat with his palms adjoined humbly, he stood aside, as he is spellbind. [1-2-24]
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    आजगाम ततो ब्रह्म लोककर्ता स्वयं प्रभुः | चतुर्मुखो महातेजा द्रष्टुं तं मुनिपुङ्गवम् || १-२-२३AjagAma tato brahma lokakartA svayaM prabhuH | caturmukho mahAtejA draSTuM taM munipuGgavam || 1-2-23Then, the great resplendent Four-faced creator of fourteen worlds, almighty Brahma, arrived there on his own, to see that eminent saint Valmiki. [1-2-23] (The deities do not usually arrive on their own, but reveal themselves after a great penance, or on raising hue and cry as is done by demon devotees. Here Brahma, one among the Trinity of Hindu mythology, arrives on his own, to execute a divine deed through Valmiki, i.e. authoring the epic, Ramayana.)
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    स प्रविश्याश्रमपदं शिष्येण सह धर्मवित् | उपविष्टः कथाश्चान्याश्चकार ध्यानमास्थितः || १-२-२२sa pravizyAzramapadaM ziSyeNa saha dharmavit | upaviSTaH kathAzcAnyAzcakAra dhyAnamAsthitaH || 1-2-22He that knower of dharma, Valmiki, having entered the threshold of hermitage along with disciples, and having seated spoke about the day-to-day teachings and also other things, but he himself is preoccupied in cogitation on the verse. [1-2-22]
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    भरद्वाजस्ततः शिष्यो विनीतः श्रुतवान् गुरोः | कलशं पूर्णमादाय पृष्ठतोऽनुजगाम ह || १-२-२१bharadvAjastataH ziSyo vinItaH zrutavAn guroH | kalazaM pUrNamAdAya pRSThato'nujagAma ha || 1-2-21Then Bharadwaja, the obedient disciple and an erudite scholar, for he heard and learnt many scriptures by listening, on taking handy-vessel full with water followed at the behind of his mentor. [1-2-21]
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    सोऽभिषेकं ततः कृत्वा तीर्थे तस्मिन् यथाविधि | तमेव चिन्तयन्नर्थमुपावर्तत वै मुनिः || १-२-२०so'bhiSekaM tataH kRtvA tIrthe tasmin yathAvidhi | tameva cintayannarthamupAvartata vai muniH || 1-2-20Then that saint on performing his bathing in that ford according to custom, and still thinking on the purport of his utterance, he returned towards his hermitage. [1-2-20]
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    शिष्यस्तु तस्य ब्रुवतो मुनेर्वाक्यमनुत्तमम् | प्रतिजग्राह संतुष्टस्तस्य तुष्टोऽभवद्मुनिः || १-२-१९ziSyastu tasya bruvato munervAkyamanuttamam | pratijagrAha saMtuSTastasya tuSTo'bhavadmuniH || 1-2-19Even the disciple happily received what that is articulated by the saint, a unique articulation, by which the saint too, was delighted. [1-2-19]
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    पादबद्धोऽक्षरसमस्तन्त्रीलयसमन्वितः | शोकार्तस्य प्रवृत्तो मे श्लोको भवतु नान्यथा || १-२-१८pAdabaddho'kSarasamastantrIlayasamanvitaH | zokArtasya pravRtto me zloko bhavatu nAnyathA || 1-2-18"While I was tormented by grief, there arose a sentence consisting of four verses possessing metrically posited letters suitable to be played as song and string music and that will be called Shloka, not otherwise." [1-2-18]
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    चिन्तयन्स महाप्राज्ञश्चकार मतिमान्मतिम् | शिष्यञ्चैवाब्रवीद्वाक्यमिदं स मुनिपुङ्गवः || १-२-१७cintayansa mahAprAjJazcakAra matimAnmatim | ziSyaJcaivAbravIdvAkyamidaM sa munipuGgavaH || 1-2-17That great wise one who was an intellectual and the best among sages, on cogitating, made up his mind and also spoke these words to the disciple. [1-2-17]
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    तस्यैवं ब्रुवतश्चिन्ता बभूव हृदि वीक्षतः | शोकार्तेनास्य शकुनेः किमिदं व्याहृतं मया || १-२-१६tasyaivaM bruvatazcintA babhUva hRdi vIkSataH | zokArtenAsya zakuneH kimidaM vyAhRtaM mayA || 1-2-16Thus speaking and pondering in his heart, he became thoughtful: "What is this utterance by me in grief and anguish for this bird?". [1-2-16]
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    मा निषाद प्रतिष्ठां त्वमगमः शाश्वतीः समाः | यत् क्रौञ्चमिथुनादेकमवधीः काममोहितम् || १-२-१५mA niSAda pratiSThAM tvamagamaH zAzvatIH samAH | yat krauJcamithunAdekamavadhIH kAmamohitam || 1-2-15"Oh! violent Hunter, by which reason you have killed one bird of the couple, when it was infatuated by passion, for that reason you will never get a state of rest for everlasting years to come." [1-2-15]