Varutha
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Varutha (वरूथ) is a town mentioned in Ramayana with reference to Bharata's journey from Kekaya to Ayodhya and camped here.
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In Ramayana
Ayodhya Kanda/Canto LXXI mentions Bharat's Return from Kekaya to Ayodhya.....He soon reached the great river, Bharathi, which is difficult to be crossed, at the city of pragvata in the region of Amsudhana. Crossing the River Ganga at the city of Pragvata, he reached the river Kulikoshthika, traversed it along with his army and then arrived at the region of Dharmavardhana. Bharata reached Jambuprastha village, which is located at the southern part of Torana region and from there he arrived at a beautiful village too, named Varutha. Making a camp in that beautiful forest there, he traveled towards the east and reached a garden in the city of Ujjihana, in which there are a number of Kadamba trees. Having reached Sala and Kadamba trees, Bharata yoked swifter horses to his chariot, allowed his army to come after him and quickly went ahead.
वरूथ
वरूथ (AS, p.834) नामक एक प्राचीन ग्राम का उल्लेख वाल्मीकि रामायण, अयोध्या काण्ड में हुआ है- 'तोरणं दक्षिणार्धेन जंबूप्रस्थं समागतम् बरूथं च ययौरम्यं ग्रामं दशरथात्मजः।' (वाल्मीकि रामायण, अयोध्या काण्ड 71, 11) भरत केकय देश से अयोध्या जाते समय जंबूप्रस्थ के निकट इस ग्राम से होकर निकले थे। वाल्मीकि रामायण के उपरोक्त प्रसंग से जंबूप्रस्थ तथा वरूथ की स्थिति गंगा के पूर्व की ओर जान पड़ती है। यह दोनों स्थान संभवतः वर्तमान रुहेलखंड के अंतर्गत रहे होंगे। अयोध्या काण्ड [71, 12] से यह भी ज्ञात होता है कि वरूथ के निकट एक रम्य वन भी स्थित था, जहां भरत ने विश्राम किया था- 'तत्र रम्ये वने वासं कृत्वासौ प्रांङमुखौययौ।' [1]