ततो यज्ञे समाप्ते तु ऋतूनां षट् समत्ययुः | ततश्च द्वादशे मासे चैत्रे नावमिके तिथौ || १-१८-८ नक्षत्रेऽदितिदैवत्ये स्वोच्चसंस्थेषु पंचसु | ग्रहेषु कर्कटे लग्ने वाक्पताविंदुना सह || १-१८-९ प्रोद्यमाने जगन्नाथं सर्वलोकनमस्कृतम् | कौसल्याजनयद्रामं सर्वलक्षणसंयुतम् || १-१८-१० विष्णोरर्धं महाभागं पुत्रमैक्ष्वाकुनंदनम् | लोहिताक्षं महाबाहुं रक्तौष्ठं दुंदुभिस्वनम् || १-१८-११
tato yaj~ne samaapte tu R^itUnaam ShaT samatyayuH | tataH ca dvaadashe maase chaitre naavamike tithau || 1-18-8 nakxatre aditi daivatye sva ucCha saMstheShu paMchasu | graheShu kar.hkaTe lagne vaakpataa iMdunaa saha || 1-18-9 prodyamaane jagannaatham sarva loka namaskR^itam | kausalyaa ajanayat raamam sarva lakShaNa saMyutam || 1-18-10 viShNoH ardham mahaabhaagam putram aixvaaku naMdanam | lohitaaksham mahaabaahum rak{}ta oShTam duMdubhi svanam || 1-18-11
Translation
Twice six months had rolled a way since the great sacrifice was over and, in the first month of the New Year, on the ninth day of the bright fortnight, the Lord of the worlds chose to take human form and sent down half of His essence as the son of Kausalya (thenceforth to be known as Rama), the world-honored One, the crowning glory of the grand line of Ikshwku, and the sum of all perfections. The constellation Punarvasu, of which Aditi was the regent, was chosen to preside at his birth. The Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Venus, and Saturn were in ascension in their respective houses. Aries, Capricornus, Cancer, Pisces and the Libra, Jupiter and the Moon were in conjunction ; the rising sign was Cancer. And KausalyA, shone with unparalleled effulgence, even as Aditi when she gave birth to Indra, the lord of the Shining Ones, the Vajra-wielder. - C. R. Sreeniuasa Aiyangar, 1910.
Audio Recitation
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mahaabhaagam
greatly blessed one
ikShwaakunandanam
delight of Ikshvaaku dynasty
lohitaakSham
lotus-red eyes
mahaabaahum
lengthy armed
raktoSTham
roseate lips
dundubhisvanam
drumbeat voiced
raamam
Rama as
putram
the son
ajanayat
gave birth.
Chapter context
Rama, Bharata, Lakshmana and Shatrughna took births
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