Siraatअरण्यकाण्डः सर्गः 48
21 verses
एवं ब्रुवत्यां सीतायां संरब्धः परुषं वचः। ललाटे भृकुटिं कृत्वा रावणः प्रत्युवाच ह॥
evaṃ bruvatyāṃ sītāyāṃ saṃrabdhaḥ paruṣaṃ vacaḥ| lalāṭe bhṛkuṭiṃ kṛtvā rāvaṇaḥ pratyuvāca ha||
After Sītā had spoken these harsh words, Rāvana, enraged, with a frown, replied.
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भ्राता वैश्रवणस्याहं सापत्नो वरवर्णिनि। रावणो नाम भद्रं ते दशग्रीवः प्रतापवान्॥
bhrātā vaiśravaṇasyāhaṃ sāpatno varavarṇini| rāvaṇo nāma bhadraṃ te daśagrīvaḥ pratāpavān||
O you of a beatiful countenance, I am the step-brother of the Lord of wealth and my name is the mighty Ten-necked Rāvana May good betide you!
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यस्य देवाः सगन्धर्वाः पिशाचपतगोरगाः। विद्रवन्ति सदा भीता मृत्योरिव सदा प्रजाः॥ येन वैश्रवणे भ्राता वैमात्रः कारणान्तरे। द्वन्द्वमासादितः कोधाद् रणे विक्रम्य निर्जितः॥
yasya devāḥ sagandharvāḥ piśācapatagoragāḥ| vidravanti sadā bhītā mṛtyoriva sadā prajāḥ|| yena vaiśravaṇe bhrātā vaimātraḥ kāraṇāntare| dvandvamāsāditaḥ kodhād raṇe vikramya nirjitaḥ||
Like to people fearing Death, the celestials, Gandharvas, Piśāchas, Pannagas and Serpents fly in diverse directions being frightened by me. I have subdued by my prowess, my step-brother, the Lord of wealth in a conflict, quarrelling with him for some reason.
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मद्भयार्तः परित्यज्य स्वमधिष्ठानमृद्धिमत्। कैलासं पर्वतश्रेष्ठमध्यास्ते नरवाहनः॥
madbhayārtaḥ parityajya svamadhiṣṭhānamṛddhimat| kailāsaṃ parvataśreṣṭhamadhyāste naravāhanaḥ||
Thereat, that one carried by men, renouncing out of my fear this wealthy abode of Lankā, has been living on that Lord of mountains, Kailāśa.
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यस्य तत् पुष्पकं नाम विमानं कामगं शुभम्। वीर्यादावर्जितं भद्रे येन यामि विहायसम्॥
yasya tat puṣpakaṃ nāma vimānaṃ kāmagaṃ śubham| vīryādāvarjitaṃ bhadre yena yāmi vihāyasam||
O you auspicious one, by virtue of my prowess I have taken away that beautiful chariot of his called Puspaka. Ascending that chariot you shall travei by the ethereal route.
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मम संजातरोषस्य मुखं दृष्ट्वैव मैथिलि। विद्रवन्ति परित्रस्ताः सुराः शक्रपुरोगमाः॥
mama saṃjātaroṣasya mukhaṃ dṛṣṭvaiva maithili| vidravanti paritrastāḥ surāḥ śakrapurogamāḥ||
O Maithilee, when I am excited with ire, Indra and other celestials at the mere sight of my countenance fly away in divers directions out of fear.
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यत्र तिष्ठाम्यहं तत्र मारुतो वाति शङ्कितः। तीव्रांशुः शिशिरांशुश्च भयात् सम्पद्यते दिवि॥
yatra tiṣṭhāmyahaṃ tatra māruto vāti śaṅkitaḥ| tīvrāṃśuḥ śiśirāṃśuśca bhayāt sampadyate divi||
Wherever I live, the Wind bloweth cautiously and the Sun (of piercing rays) out of fear for me appeareth in the welkin like the Moon.
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निष्कम्पपत्रास्तरवो नद्यश्च स्तिमितोदकाः। भवन्ति यत्र तत्राहं तिष्ठामि च चरामि च॥
niṣkampapatrāstaravo nadyaśca stimitodakāḥ| bhavanti yatra tatrāhaṃ tiṣṭhāmi ca carāmi ca||
What shall I say more? Wherever I live, even the leaves of the trees do not flutter and the currents of the rivers are stopped.
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मम पारे समुद्रस्य लङ्का नाम पुरी शुभा। सम्पूर्णा राक्षसैघोरैर्यथेन्द्रस्यामरावती॥
mama pāre samudrasya laṅkā nāma purī śubhā| sampūrṇā rākṣasaighorairyathendrasyāmarāvatī||
Beyond the ocean stands my beautiful capital Larikā like to Indra's Amaravati, (the capital of the Lord of celestials), guarded on all sides by the terrible night-rangers and encircled by yellow walls.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
प्राकारेण परिक्षिप्ता पाण्डुरेण विराजिता। हेमकक्ष्या पुरी रम्या वैदूर्यमयतोरणा॥
prākāreṇa parikṣiptā pāṇḍureṇa virājitā| hemakakṣyā purī ramyā vaidūryamayatoraṇā||
That beautiful city has gate-ways of ornamented and jewelled arches and golden apartinents.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
हस्त्यश्वरथसम्बाधा तूर्यनादविनादिता। सर्वकामफलैर्वृक्षैः संकुलोद्यान भूषिता॥
hastyaśvarathasambādhā tūryanādavināditā| sarvakāmaphalairvṛkṣaiḥ saṃkulodyāna bhūṣitā||
It is filled with clephants, horses and chariots, always resounds with the sounds of bugles, and is beautified with gardens having divers trees of wished-for fruits.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
तत्र त्वं वस हे सीते राजपुत्रि मया सह। न स्मरिष्यसि नारीणां मानुषीणां मनस्विनि॥
tatra tvaṃ vasa he sīte rājaputri mayā saha| na smariṣyasi nārīṇāṃ mānuṣīṇāṃ manasvini||
O Sītā, O you the daughter of a king, in this city shall you dwell with me. O large-minded damsel, you shall never think of earthly women.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
भुञ्जाना मानुषान् भोगान् दिव्यांश्च वरवर्णिनि। न स्मरिष्यसि रामस्य मानुषस्य गतायुषः॥
bhuñjānā mānuṣān bhogān divyāṃśca varavarṇini| na smariṣyasi rāmasya mānuṣasya gatāyuṣaḥ||
O you of an exquisite countenance, enjoying these many things passing human, you shall not any more think of Rāma a human being of brief existence.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
स्थापयित्वा प्रियं पुत्रं राज्ये दशरथो नृपः। मन्दवार्यस्ततो ज्येष्ठः सुतः प्रस्थापितो वनम्॥ तेन किं भ्रष्टराज्येन रामेण गतचेतसा। करिष्यसि विशालाक्षि तापसेन तपस्विना ॥
sthāpayitvā priyaṃ putraṃ rājye daśaratho nṛpaḥ| mandavāryastato jyeṣṭhaḥ sutaḥ prasthāpito vanam|| tena kiṃ bhraṣṭarājyena rāmeṇa gatacetasā| kariṣyasi viśālākṣi tāpasena tapasvinā ||
Placing his beloved son on the throne, king Dasaratha has sent away his eldest son of weak prowess into the woods. O you of expansive eyes, what shall you do with that wretched ascetic Rāma who has been deprived of his kingdom?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
रक्ष राक्षसभर्तारं कामय स्वयमागतम्। न मन्यथशराविष्टं प्रत्याख्यातुं त्वमर्हसि ॥
rakṣa rākṣasabhartāraṃ kāmaya svayamāgatam| na manyathaśarāviṣṭaṃ pratyākhyātuṃ tvamarhasi ||
I am the lord of the whole world of Rākşasas; being pierced by the shafts of Kāma have I come by you. It does not behave you therefore to pass by me.
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प्रत्याख्याय हि मां भीरु पश्चात्तापं गमिष्यसि। चरणेनाभिहत्येव पुरुरवसमुर्वशी॥
pratyākhyāya hi māṃ bhīru paścāttāpaṃ gamiṣyasi| caraṇenābhihatyeva pururavasamurvaśī||
O timid damsel, truly shall you repent afterwards if you did disregard me, like to Urvasi kicking Pururavā.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
अङ्गुल्या न समो रामो मम युद्धे स मानुषः। तव भाग्येन सम्प्राप्तं भजस्व वरवर्णिनि ॥ एवमुक्ता तु वैदेही क्रुद्धा संरक्तलोचना। अब्रवीत् परुषं वाक्यं रहिते राक्षसाधिपम्॥
aṅgulyā na samo rāmo mama yuddhe sa mānuṣaḥ| tava bhāgyena samprāptaṃ bhajasva varavarṇini || evamuktā tu vaidehī kruddhā saṃraktalocanā| abravīt paruṣaṃ vākyaṃ rahite rākṣasādhipam||
Rāma is a human being and is not even equal to a finger of mine in battle. By your good luck have I come to you-do you give yourself up to me, O you of a beautiful countenance. Being thus addressed by him, Vaidehi exceedingly wroth and with blood-red eyes spoke to that Lord of Rākşasas in the lonely forest, these bold words.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
कथं वैश्रवणं देवं सर्वदेवनमस्कृतम्। भ्रातरं व्यपदिश्य त्वमशुभं कर्तुमिच्छसि॥
kathaṃ vaiśravaṇaṃ devaṃ sarvadevanamaskṛtam| bhrātaraṃ vyapadiśya tvamaśubhaṃ kartumicchasi||
How do you wish to perpetrate such an impious deed after introducing as your brother that highly worshipful Kubera adored by all the deities.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
अवश्यं विनशिष्यन्ति सर्वे रावण राक्षसाः। वेषां त्वं कर्कशो राजा दुर्बुद्धिरजितेन्द्रियः॥
avaśyaṃ vinaśiṣyanti sarve rāvaṇa rākṣasāḥ| veṣāṃ tvaṃ karkaśo rājā durbuddhirajitendriyaḥ||
O Rāvana, surely shall all the Räkşasas meet with death, who have such a stupid, harsh and lustful person like you for their king.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
अपहृत्य शची भार्यां शक्यमिन्द्रस्य जीवितुम्। नहि रामस्य भार्यां मामानीय स्वस्तिमान् भवेत्॥
apahṛtya śacī bhāryāṃ śakyamindrasya jīvitum| nahi rāmasya bhāryāṃ māmānīya svastimān bhavet||
One can breathe on this earth carrying away Indra's wife, Śacī—but stealing me, the wife of Rāma, no body shall be able to live in peace.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
च्छची प्रधृष्याप्रतिरूपरूपाम्। न मादृशीं राक्षस धर्षयित्वा पीतामृतस्यापि तवास्ति मोक्षः॥
cchacī pradhṛṣyāpratirūparūpām| na mādṛśīṃ rākṣasa dharṣayitvā pītāmṛtasyāpi tavāsti mokṣaḥ||
O Räkşasa, it might be possible for one to live on this earth treating contemptuously the wife of the holder of thunder-bolt, but insulting me none shall escape the hands of Death even if he drinketh nectar.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)