vanthALiniNai
Dasaratha expressing his anguish as Lord Rama leaves for the forest
van tALin iNai vaNangi vaLa naharam tozhudEtta mannanAvAn
ninrAyai ariyaNai mEl irundAyai neDungAnam paDara pOhu |
enrAL em irAmA vO unai payanda kaikESi tan Sor kETTu
nanrAha nAnilahttai ALvittEn nan mahanE unnai nAnE || One ||
Oh! rAma! i thought You would become a king whose feet is worshipped by all the people. i thought You would sit on this great royal throne of soorya vanSa, rule over the subject well. Alas! Alas! i listened to Your stepmother kaikEyi and sent You to the forest. ‘nan mahanE’ – You are an excellent extraordinary son with all the qualities a son should have. You never found fault with Your father even though i commit grave mistake. Only i am at fault. This is how i made You the king of ayOdhya! – is the ironical expression called ‘vipareeta lakShaNa’.
vevvAyEn vevvurai kETTu iru nilattai vENDAdE viraindu venri
maivAya kaLir ozhindu tEr ozhindu mA ozhindu vanamE mEvi |
nei vAya vEl neDungaN nErizhaiyum iLangOvum pinbu pOha
evvAru naDandanai em irAmA vO! emberumAn en SeihEnE || Two ||
i am a very cruel king uttering cruel words to my own dear son who is full of compassion. You did not speak a word against me. In fact You immediately renounced all the luxuries of a king – elephants, chariots and horses. You took Your loving brother and wife. Oh! The forest is the full of thorns and pebbles. How did You walk rAma!
kollaNai vEl vari neDungaN kousalai tan kula madalAi kuni villEndum
mallaNainda varai tOLA val vinaiyEn manam urukkum vahaiyE kaTTrAi |
mellaNai mEl mun tuyinrAi inru ini pOi viyan kAna marattin neezhal
kallaNai mEl kaN tuyila kaTTranaiyO kAkuttA kariya kOvE || Three ||
You are the dear son of kousalya. She brought You up with such tender care and affection that it is difficult for me to digest Your hard life in the awful life in the forest. You used to sleep on soft beds as You are born in the kAkutta race. But You are going to sleep from today onwards on the hard rocks. Oh! i am the cause of all Your sufferings.
vA pOhu vA innam vandu orukAl kaNDu pO malarAL koondal
vEi pOlum ezhil tOLi tan poruTTA viDaiyOn tan villai cheTTrAi |
mA pOhu neDungAnam val vinaiyEn manam urukkum mahanE inru
nee pOha ennenjam iru piLavAi pOhAdE nirkumArE || Four ||
daSarata was very fond of Sree rAma. Even for one moment if he doesn’t see Him he would send sumantara to bring Him. When rAma comes he would talk to Him and send Him. He would again ask Him to come. He will say ‘come and see me before You go’. Thus he was never willing to let Him go out of his sight. This father is now asking his son to go to forest for 14 years! daSarata himself wonder why his heart is not split into two!
porundAr kai vEl nudi pOl paral pAya mel aDihaL kurudi SOra
virumbAda kAn virumbi veyil uraippa vempaSi nOi koora inru |
perum pAviyEn mahanE pOhinrAi kEkayar kOn mahaLAi peTTra
arum pAvi Sor kETTu aruvinaiyEn en SeihEn andO yAnE | Five ||
kaikEyi, the daughter of kaikaya king, is a mahApApi. She dared to send rAma, the favorite of all the people, to the forest for no fault of His. i listened to her words and sent Him to the forest. i am more pApi than she. There is no parihAra (atonement) for my sin. Because You are born as my son You have to suffer like this – thus laments daSarata.
ammA enru uhandu azhaikkum Arva chol kELAdE aNi SEr mArvam
en mArvattiDai azhunda tazhuvAdE muzhuSAdE mOvAdu uchchi |
kaimmAvin naDai anna mennaDaiyum kamalam pOl muhamum kANAdu
emmAnai en mahanai izhandiTTa izhittahaiyEn irukkinrEnE || Six ||
My son would always call me ‘ayyA’ with lot of affection. i would embrace Him well, who used to have natural beauty enhanced by ornaments. i am no more going to embrace Him, immerse in Ananda sAgara, to smell His head, to see His beauty of walking, to see His lotus-like face. Should i live even after sending Him away?
poo maruvu narungunji pun SaDaiyAi punaindu poonduhil SEr alhul
kAmarezhil vizhal uDuttu kalanaNiyAdu angangaL azhahu mAri |
EmarutOLen pudalvan yAn inru Selattakka vanantAn SErdal
too maraiyeer idu tahavO SumandiranE vaSiTTanE Solleer neerE || Seven ||
rAma deserves to be a king. But He now wears matted locks, bark dresses and devoid of ornaments. Of course, He looks more handsome like this. He goes to the forest where as i stay in the kingdom. In fact, i should have gone to the forest as a vAnaprasta renouncing the kingdom. Oh! sumantra! Oh! vaSiSTha! Won’t You advice what i should do now? Can’t You prevent Him from going?
pon peTTrAr ezhil vEda pudalvanaiyum tambiyaiyum poovai pOlum
min paTTrA nuN marungul melliyal en maruhiyaiyum vanattil pOkki |
nin paTTrA nin mahan mEl pazhi viLaittiTTu ennaiyum neeL vAnil pOkka
en peTTrAi kaikESee irunilattil inidAha irukkinrAyE || Eight ||
rAma You learnt vEdAs from the ‘jnAna kaDal’ vaAiATha. kaikEyi! You have sent this my son to the forest. i think Barata has a share in this treacherous plan. Perhaps he is innocent. Either way Barata’s name and reputation is spoiled. You are the cause of the downfall of Your own son. You think You are making him the king. You never thought of loss of reputation. How can You bear to live happily after all these?
mun oru nAL mazhu vALi Silai vAngi avan tavattai muTTrum SeTTrAi
unnaiyum un arumaiyaiyum un mOyin varuttamum onrAha koLLAdu |
ennaiyum en meyyuraiyum meyyAha koNDu vanam pukka endAi
ninnaiyE mahanAha pera peruvEn Ezh pirappum neDundOL vEndE || Nine ||
Oh! rAma! You once took away the bow and tapas in one stroke from parashurAma and now You take away my life and my tapas (which i performed to get You) in one stroke by going to the forest. You take me as an ordinary father. You don’t know how much i love You. Oh! My son! i gave kaikEyi those boons not knowing what she was going ask. After my promise she asked me these shocking boons. You want to make it true. Hence You go to the forest for no wrong of Yours. Let me be lucky to have many janmAs and to have You alone as my son in each birth.
tEnahu mA malar koondal kousalaiyum sumittiraiyum Sindai nOva
koonuruvin koDun tozhuttai Sor kETTa koDiyavaL tan Sor koNDu inru |
kAnahamE miha virumbi nee turanda vaLa naharai turandu nAnum
vAnahamE miha virumbi pOhinrEn manu kulattAr tangaL kOvE || Ten ||
Of the three mothers two mothers were sad about Your going to the forest rejecting the BOgAs of ayOdhya and kingship. The third mother is happy and in fact, is the cause for all these. Well! If You are going happily to the ‘kAnaham’ leaving ayOdhya, i too am happy to leave this city to go to ‘vAnaham’. i shall not live if You leave.
ErArnda karu neDumAl irAmanAi vanam pukka adanukku ATTrA
tArArnda taDa varai tOL tayaradan tAn pulambiya appulambal tannai |
koorArnda vEl valavan kOzhiyar kOn kuDai kulaSEKaran Sor Seida
SeerArnda tamizh mAlai ivai vallAr tee neri kaN SellAr tAmE || Eleven ||
Sree pati nArAyaNa has taken rAma avatAra and went to the forest at the behest of kaikEyi. daSarata laments over this. These ten pASurAs talk of BagavAn’s greatness. Those who read and meditate on them will have love towards Him. He will have satva guNa as the wealth.
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