THE VALMIKI RAMAYANA

BALA KANDA

ekaEn¢æO|S:   sgI:      Canto 29
¢sÑGa½mgmnm¯      Proceeding   to   Sidhasrama
AT   tÞyap#mEyÞy   t¹n|   p¢rp¦ÅCt:   .
¢váa¢mæOaE   mhatEja   ÛyaÁyat¤m¤pc@mE   ¡1¡

then

tÞy

to him

Ap#mEyÞy

possessing unfathomable fame

tt¯

(about) that

vn|

forest

p¢rp¦ÅCt:

asked about

¢váa¢mæO:

Viswamitra

mhatEja:

of great effulgence

ÛyaÁyat¤|

to explain in detail

upc@mE

began

That   greatly   resplendent   Viswamitra,   thereupon   commenced discoursing   about   that   forest   area   to   that   one,   who   was   of prowess   inestimable   by   mind   and   who   had   made   this   question   (1).
ih   ram   mhabahaE   ¢vÝN¤dEIvvr:   p#B¤:   .
AÜy:   svIB¥tana|   svaIÏma   svIlaEkB¦t¯   ¡
maEhnaTI|   t¤   laEkÞy   svIxa|   jgt:   p#B¤:   ¡2¡

here

ram

O! Rama!

mhabahaE

of long arms

¢vÝN¤:

Lord Vishnu

dEvvr:

supreme among Devas

p#B¤:

the Lord of

AÜy:

beyond comprehension

svIB¥tana|

to all

svaIÏma

resident in all beings

svIlaEkB¦t¯

the protector of all the worlds

maEhnaTI|

to enchant people

t¤

also

laEkÞy

of the (people in the) world

svIxa|

all

jgt:

the worlds

p#B¤:

Lord

vxaI¢N s¤bh\n£h tTa y¤gSta¢n c .
tpàrNyaEgaTIm¤vas s mhatpa: ¡3¡

vxaI¢N

years

s¤bh\¢n

many

here

tTa

and also

y¤gSta¢n

a hundred aeons

and

tp:

penance

tpàrNyaEgaTI|

to perform yogic activities

uvas

lived

mhatpa:

of great penance

`O!   Rama!   One   of   Mighty   arms!   In   this   place,   the   best   among gods,   the   master   Lord   Vishnu,   who   is   the   inner-being   of   everyone, who   cannot   be   understood   easily   as   regards   his   essential   nature by   the   living,   who   bears   the   entire   universe,   who   is   the   master of all   the   worlds,   in   a   manner   that   dazzles   the   worlds   stayed   here, engaging   in   severe   austerities   and   Yoga   practices,   for   long   long years running   into   hundreds   of   aeons   (2-3).
ex   p¥vaI½maE   ram   vamnÞy   mhaÏmn:   .
¢sÑGa½m   i¢t   Áyat:   ¢sÑGaE   /æO   mhatpa:   ¡4¡

ex:

this

p¥vaI½m:

ancient hermitage

ram

O! Rama!

vamnÞy

of Vamana

mhaÏmn:

of the highsouled one

¢sÑGa½m:

Siddasrama

i¢t

named

Áyat:

wellrenowned

¢sÑG:

attained realisation

¢h

therefore

AæO

here

mhatpa:

of great penance

`O!   Rama!   This   hermitage   is   the   early   abode   of   that   high-souled Vamana.   In   this   place   that   one,   given   to   great   penance,   attained realisation.   Hence,   this   came   to   be   known   as   `Sidhasrama'   (4).
et¢Þm°Ev   kalE   t¤   raja   vWraEcnaE   b¢l:   .
¢n¢jIÏy   dWvtgNan¯   sEÓd#a|à   smâéNan¯   ¡
karyamas   td#aÇy|   ¢æOx¤   laEkEx¤   ¢v½¤t:   ¡5¡

et¢Þmn¯

about this

itself

kalE

time

t¤

also

raja

king

vWraEcn:

the son of Virochana

b¢l:

King Bali

¢n¢jIÏy

having conquered

dWvtgNan¯

all the gods

sEÓd#an¯

along with Lord Indra

and

smâéNan¯

along with the hordes of Maruts

karyamas

ruled

tt¯

that

raÇy|

kingdom

¢æOx¤

three

laEkEx¤

worlds

¢v½¤t:

famed

yåO|   ckar   blvans¤rEÓd#aE   mhab¢l:   ¡6¡
yåO|      sacrifice

ckar      performed

blvan¯      of great prowess

As¤rEÓd#:      the lord of the demons

mhab¢l:      named Mahabali

At   or   about   the   same   time,   king   Bali,   known   as   Mahabali, son   of   Virochana,   due   to   his   prowess   became   the   lord   of   the demons,   acquiring   fame   in   all   the   three   worlds   by   defeating all   the   gods   together   with   Indra   and   the   Maruts   and   ruled over   those   worlds.   He   also   performed   a   sacrifice   (5-6).
blEÞt¤   yjmanÞy   dEva:   sa¢g"p¤raEgma:   .
smagØy   Þvy|   cWv   ¢vÝN¤m¥c¤¢rha½mE   ¡7¡
blE:      of king Bali

t¤      also

yjmanÞy      the performer of the sacrifice

dEva:      the gods

sa¢g"p¤raEgma:      with the god of fire in the lead

smagØy      having approached

Þvy|      came on their own

c      and

ev      verily

¢vÝN¤|      to Lord Vishnu

Uc¤:      said as under

ih      this very

Aa½mE      penancegrove

When   Bali   was   engaged   in   sacrifice,   the   gods   with   the   god of   fire   in   the   lead,   came   on   their   own   to   this   peanace-grove, approached   Lord   Vishnu   and   represented   as   follows   (7).
b¢lvIraEcnaE   ¢vÝNaE   yjtE   yåOm¤äOmm¯   .
AsmaçOE   @taW   t¢Þmn¯   ÞvkayIm¢Bpïtam¯   ¡8¡
b¢l:      Bali

vWraEcn:      son of Virochana

¢vÝNaE      O! Lord Vishnu!

yjtE      is performing

yåOm¯      sacrifice

uäOmm¯      superior

AsmaçOE      incomplete

@taW      sacrifice

t¢Þmn¯      that

ÞvkayI|      your plan

A¢Bpïtam¯      be completed

`O!   Lord   Vishnu!   Bali,   the   son   of   Virochana,   is   performing the   best   among   sacrifices.   Before   he   completes   that   sacrifice, may   you   fulfill   your   plan   (8).
yE   cWnm¢BvtIÓtE   ya¢ctar   itÞtt:   .
yÅc   yæO   yTavÅc   svI|   tE×y:   p#yÅC¢t   ¡9¡
yE      whoever

c      and

en|      him

A¢BvtIÓtE      approaches

ya¢ctar:      seekers

it:      here

tt:      there

yt¯   c      whatever also

yæO      whereever

yTavt¯   c      as desired

svI|      all

tE×y:      to them

p#yÅC¢t      gifts

Whoever   goes   to   him   for   gifts   from   wherever   and   seeks   whatever, he   gives   them   all   as   they   seek   (9).

s   Ïv|   s¤r¢htaTaIy   mayayaEgm¤pa¢½t:   .
vamnÏv|   gtaE   ¢vÝNaE   kâ   kÚyaNm¤äOmm¯   ¡10¡
s:      that

Ïv|      you

s¤r¢htaTaIy      for the good of the gods

mayayaEg|      your illusory power

upa¢½t:      having assumed

vamnÏv|      diminutive nature

gt:      having attained

¢vÝNaE      O! Lord Vishnu!

kâ      ensure

kÚyaN|    welfare

uäOmm¯      most superior

`O!   Vishnu!   May   you,   calling   up   your   wondrous   power   of   illusion, assume   the   state   of   Vamana   and   perform   that   highly   superior   act, for   the   good   of   the   gods'   (10).

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