Siraatबालकाण्डः सर्गः 20
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तच्छ्रुत्वा राजशार्दूलो विश्वामित्रस्य भाषितम्। मुहूर्तमिव नि:संज्ञः संज्ञावानिदमब्रवीत्॥
tacchrutvā rājaśārdūlo viśvāmitrasya bhāṣitam| muhūrtamiva ni:saṃjñaḥ saṃjñāvānidamabravīt||
Hearing the words of Viśvāmitra, that tiger of a monarch remained insensible for a time, and then regaining his senses, spoke thus.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
ऊनषोडशवर्षों मे रामो राजीवलोचनः। न युद्धयोग्यतामस्य पश्यामि सह राक्षसैः॥
ūnaṣoḍaśavarṣoṃ me rāmo rājīvalocanaḥ| na yuddhayogyatāmasya paśyāmi saha rākṣasaiḥ||
My lotus-eyed Ráma is not yet turned of sixteen; and I do not perceive his fitness to cope with Raksasas in battle.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
इयमक्षौहिणी सेना यस्याहं पतिरीश्वरः। अनया सहितो गत्वा योद्धाहं तैर्निशाचरैः॥
iyamakṣauhiṇī senā yasyāhaṃ patirīśvaraḥ| anayā sahito gatvā yoddhāhaṃ tairniśācaraiḥ||
I am the lord of this Akşauhiņi (A complete army consisting of 1,09,350 foot, 65,610 horse, 21,870 chariots, and 21,870 elephants.) of forces. Marching with this, will I engage with the night-rangers.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
इमे शूराश्च विक्रान्ता भृत्या मेऽस्त्रविशारदाः। योग्या रक्षोगणैर्योद्धं न रामं नेतुमर्हसि॥
ime śūrāśca vikrāntā bhṛtyā me'straviśāradāḥ| yogyā rakṣogaṇairyoddhaṃ na rāmaṃ netumarhasi||
And these servants of mine are Valiant, and warlike, and accomplished in weapons, and capable of fighting the Rākşasas,-therefore, it behove you not to take Rāma.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
अहमेव धनुष्पाणिर्गोप्ता समरमूर्धनि। यावत् प्राणान् धरिष्यामि तावद् योत्स्ये निशाचरैः॥
ahameva dhanuṣpāṇirgoptā samaramūrdhani| yāvat prāṇān dhariṣyāmi tāvad yotsye niśācaraiḥ||
And myself bow in hand, stationed at the van of the array, will battle with the rangers of the night as long as life is spared to me.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
निर्विघ्ना व्रतचार्या सा भविष्यति सुरक्षिता। अहं तत्र गमिष्यामि न रामं नेतुमर्हसि॥
nirvighnā vratacāryā sā bhaviṣyati surakṣitā| ahaṃ tatra gamiṣyāmi na rāmaṃ netumarhasi||
Then well protected, your sacrifice will hold an unimpeded course. Therefore, I will repair thither, and it behoves you not to take Rāma.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
बालो ह्यकृतविद्यश्च न च वेत्ति बलाबलम्। न चास्त्रबलसंयुक्तो न च युद्धविशारदः॥
bālo hyakṛtavidyaśca na ca vetti balābalam| na cāstrabalasaṃyukto na ca yuddhaviśāradaḥ||
Youthful, and unaccomplished, and not knowing what constitutes strength and what not, and not equipped with the science of missiles, and unskilful in fight.
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न चासौ रक्षसां योग्यः कूटयुद्धा हि राक्षसाः। विप्रयुक्तो हि रामेण मुहूर्तमपि नोत्सहे॥ जीवितुं मुनिशार्दूल न रामं नेतुमर्हसि। यदि वा राघवं ब्रह्मन् नेतुमिच्छसि सुव्रत॥ चतुरङ्गसमायुक्तं मया सह च तं नय।
na cāsau rakṣasāṃ yogyaḥ kūṭayuddhā hi rākṣasāḥ| viprayukto hi rāmeṇa muhūrtamapi notsahe|| jīvituṃ muniśārdūla na rāmaṃ netumarhasi| yadi vā rāghavaṃ brahman netumicchasi suvrata|| caturaṅgasamāyuktaṃ mayā saha ca taṃ naya|
He is not a match for Räkşasas,-they being deceitful warriors. Bereft of Rāma, O tiger among ascetics, I cannot live for a moment. Therefore, it behove you not to take him. If, O Brahman, it is your intention to take Rāma, then O you of excellent vows, do you also take me along with the Caturanga forces! (An army consisting of foot, horse, elephants, and cars.)
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि जातस्य मम कौशिक॥ कृच्छ्रेणोत्पादितश्चायं न रामं नेतुमर्हसि।
ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi jātasya mama kauśika|| kṛcchreṇotpāditaścāyaṃ na rāmaṃ netumarhasi|
O Kusika's son, I am sixty thousand years old; and (at this age) I have obtained Rāma after undergoing extreme troubles, it therefore, become you not to take Rāma.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
चतुर्णामात्मजानां हि प्रीतिः परमिका मम॥ ज्येष्ठे धर्मप्रधाने च न रामं नेतुमर्हसि।
caturṇāmātmajānāṃ hi prītiḥ paramikā mama|| jyeṣṭhe dharmapradhāne ca na rāmaṃ netumarhasi|
And among the four sons of mine, I find my highest delight in Rāma, my first-born, and the most virtuous of them all, therefore, it behoves you not to take Rāma.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
किंवीर्या राक्षसास्ते च कस्य पुत्राश्च के च ते॥ कथंप्रमाणाः के चैतान् रक्षन्ति मुनिपुङ्गव। कथं च प्रतिकर्तव्यं तेषां रामेण रक्षसाम्॥ मामकैर्वा बलैर्ब्रह्मन् मया वा कूटयोधिनाम्। सर्वं मे शंस भगवन् कथं तेषां मया रणे॥ स्थातव्यं दुष्टभावानां वीर्योत्सित्ता हि राक्षसाः।
kiṃvīryā rākṣasāste ca kasya putrāśca ke ca te|| kathaṃpramāṇāḥ ke caitān rakṣanti munipuṅgava| kathaṃ ca pratikartavyaṃ teṣāṃ rāmeṇa rakṣasām|| māmakairvā balairbrahman mayā vā kūṭayodhinām| sarvaṃ me śaṃsa bhagavan kathaṃ teṣāṃ mayā raṇe|| sthātavyaṃ duṣṭabhāvānāṃ vīryotsittā hi rākṣasāḥ|
What is the prowess of the Rākşasas? And whose sons are they? And who, pray are they? And what are the proportions of their bodies? And who protects them O foremost of ascetics? And by what means shall either Rāma, or my forces, or, O Brahman, I myself be able to slay in fight those deceitful warriors—the Rākṣasas? Do you tell me, O adorable ore, inflated as they are by virtue of their prowess, how can I stand them in fight?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
तस्य तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा विश्वामित्रोऽभ्यभाषत॥ पौलस्त्यवंशप्रभवो रावणो नाम राक्षसः। स ब्रह्मणा दत्तवरस्त्रैलोक्यं बाधते भृशम्॥ महाबलो महावीर्यो राक्षसैर्बहुभिर्वृतः। श्रूयते च महाराज रावणो राक्षसाधिपः॥ साक्षाद्वैश्रवणभ्राता पुत्रो विश्रवसो मुनेः।
tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā viśvāmitro'bhyabhāṣata|| paulastyavaṃśaprabhavo rāvaṇo nāma rākṣasaḥ| sa brahmaṇā dattavarastrailokyaṃ bādhate bhṛśam|| mahābalo mahāvīryo rākṣasairbahubhirvṛtaḥ| śrūyate ca mahārāja rāvaṇo rākṣasādhipaḥ|| sākṣādvaiśravaṇabhrātā putro viśravaso muneḥ|
Hearing that speech of his, Viśvāmitra said, There is a Rākşasa named Rāvana, sprung from the line of Pulastya. Having obtained a boon from Brahmā, he boldly opposes himself to three worlds, being possessed of great strength and prowess, and backed by innumerable Räksasas. And, O mighty monarch, I also hear that that lord of the Rākṣasas is the very brother of Vaisravana and the son of the ascetic Viśravaņa.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
यदा न खलु यज्ञस्य विघ्नकर्ता महाबलौ॥ तेन संचोदितौ तौ तु राक्षसौ च महाबलौ। मारीचश्च सुबाहुश्च यज्ञविघ्नं करिष्यतः॥
yadā na khalu yajñasya vighnakartā mahābalau|| tena saṃcoditau tau tu rākṣasau ca mahābalau| mārīcaśca subāhuśca yajñavighnaṃ kariṣyataḥ||
When that one possessed of mighty strength does not stoop to disturb the sacrifice himself, those powerful Raksasas, Marica and Subāhu, being incited by him, disturb the rites.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
इत्युक्तो मुनिना तेन राजोवाच मुनिं तदा। नहि शक्तोऽस्मि संग्रामे स्थातुं तस्य दुरात्मनः॥
ityukto muninā tena rājovāca muniṃ tadā| nahi śakto'smi saṃgrāme sthātuṃ tasya durātmanaḥ||
The ascetic having spoken thus, the king then answered him, I am incapable of standing that wicked-souled one in fight.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
स त्वं प्रसादं धर्मज्ञ कुरुष्व मम पुत्रके। मम चैवाल्पभाग्यस्य दैवतं हि भवान् गुरुः॥
sa tvaṃ prasādaṃ dharmajña kuruṣva mama putrake| mama caivālpabhāgyasya daivataṃ hi bhavān guruḥ||
Therefore, do you, O you versed in morality, extend your favour to my son! Of slender fortune as I am, you are my guide and my god.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
देवदानवगन्धर्वा यक्षाः पतगपन्नगाः। न शक्ता रावणं सोढुं किं पुनर्मानवा युधि ॥
devadānavagandharvā yakṣāḥ patagapannagāḥ| na śaktā rāvaṇaṃ soḍhuṃ kiṃ punarmānavā yudhi ||
Even the celestials and the Dānavas and the Gandharvas and the Birds and the Snakes are incapable of bearing Rāvana in battle, what then is man?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
स तु वीर्यवतां वीर्यमादत्ते युधि रावणः। तेन चाहं न शक्तोऽस्मि संयोद्धं तस्य वा बलैः॥ सबलो वा मुनिश्रेष्ठ सहितो वा ममात्मजैः। कथमप्यमरप्रख्यं संग्रामाणामकोविदम्॥ बालं मे तनयं ब्रह्मन् नैव दास्यामि पुत्रकम्।
sa tu vīryavatāṃ vīryamādatte yudhi rāvaṇaḥ| tena cāhaṃ na śakto'smi saṃyoddhaṃ tasya vā balaiḥ|| sabalo vā muniśreṣṭha sahito vā mamātmajaiḥ| kathamapyamaraprakhyaṃ saṃgrāmāṇāmakovidam|| bālaṃ me tanayaṃ brahman naiva dāsyāmi putrakam|
O foremost of ascetics, whether you are accompanied with my son or my forces, you will not be able to stand him. And how can I, O Brāhmaṇa, make over to you my son, of tender years, resembling an immortal, who is ignorant of warfare? I will not part with my son.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
अथ कालोपमौ युद्धे सुतौ सुन्दोपसुन्दयोः॥ यज्ञविघ्नकरौ तौ ते नैव दास्यामि पुत्रकम्। मारीचश्च सुबाहुश्च वीर्यवन्तौ सुशिक्षितौ॥
atha kālopamau yuddhe sutau sundopasundayoḥ|| yajñavighnakarau tau te naiva dāsyāmi putrakam| mārīcaśca subāhuśca vīryavantau suśikṣitau||
The sons of Sunda and Upasunda resemble Kāla himself in battle, and it is they who are disturbing your sacrifice. Therefore I will not part with my son. And Mārīca and Subāhu are possessed of prowess, and accomplished in weapons.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
तयोरन्यतरं योद्धं यास्यामि ससुहृद्गणः। अन्यथा त्वनुनेष्यामि भवन्तं सहबान्धवः॥
tayoranyataraṃ yoddhaṃ yāsyāmi sasuhṛdgaṇaḥ| anyathā tvanuneṣyāmi bhavantaṃ sahabāndhavaḥ||
But with my friends I will repair to encounter one of them. If you do not consent to this, I beseech you with my friends, (do you desist! 27
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
इति नरपतिजल्पनाद् द्विजेन्द्र कुशिकसुतं सुमहान् विवेश मन्युः। सुहुत इव मखेऽग्निराज्यसिक्तः समभवदुज्ज्वलितौ महर्षिवह्निः॥
iti narapatijalpanād dvijendra kuśikasutaṃ sumahān viveśa manyuḥ| suhuta iva makhe'gnirājyasiktaḥ samabhavadujjvalitau maharṣivahniḥ||
Hearing these words of the lord of men, a mighty ire took possession of that foremost of regenerate ones, Kusika's son; and the fire of the Maharși's wrath flamed up even like to a fire fed by fuel and clarified butter.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)