Siraatउत्तरकाण्डः सर्गः 15
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ततस्ताल्लक्ष्य वित्रस्तान्यक्षेन्द्रांश्च सहस्रशः। धनाध्यक्षो महायक्षं माणिचारमथाब्रवीत्॥
tatastāllakṣya vitrastānyakṣendrāṃśca sahasraśaḥ| dhanādhyakṣo mahāyakṣaṃ māṇicāramathābravīt||
Seeing the foremost of the Yakşas by thousands undergoing trepidation, the lord of riches spoke to a mighty Yakşa Māņichara.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
रावणं जहि यक्षेन्द्र दुर्वृत्तं पापचेतसम्। शरणं भव वीराणां यक्षाणां युद्धशालिनाम्॥
rāvaṇaṃ jahi yakṣendra durvṛttaṃ pāpacetasam| śaraṇaṃ bhava vīrāṇāṃ yakṣāṇāṃ yuddhaśālinām||
O foremost of Yakşas, slay the wicked Ravana, set on sin; and do you (thus) become the refuge of those heroic Yakşas, who are carrying on the conflict.
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एवमुक्तो महाबाहुर्माणिभद्रः सुदुर्जयः। वृतो यक्षसहस्रेस्तु चतुर्भिः समयोधयत्॥
evamukto mahābāhurmāṇibhadraḥ sudurjayaḥ| vṛto yakṣasahasrestu caturbhiḥ samayodhayat||
Thus addressed, the mighty-armed and invincible Mānibhadra, surrounded by four thousand Yakşas began the fight.
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ते गदामुसलप्रासैः शक्तितोमरमुद्गरैः। अभिघ्नन्तस्तदा यक्षा राक्षसान्समुपाद्रवन्।४।।
te gadāmusalaprāsaiḥ śaktitomaramudgaraiḥ| abhighnantastadā yakṣā rākṣasānsamupādravan|4||
And attacking the Rākşasas with maces and clubs and bearded darts, and with darts tomoras and bludgeons, the Yaksas rushed at (their adversaries).
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
कुर्वन्तस्तुमुलं युद्धं चरन्तः श्येनवल्लघु। बाढं प्रयच्छ नेच्छामि दीयतामिति भाषिणः।५।।
kurvantastumulaṃ yuddhaṃ carantaḥ śyenavallaghu| bāḍhaṃ prayaccha necchāmi dīyatāmiti bhāṣiṇaḥ|5||
And fast safely whirling about like hawks, they fought fiercely. And (some) said, 'Well, give me battle,' and (others), 'I don't want,' and (other) again), 'Let me have (fight)'.
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ततो देवाः सगन्धर्वा ऋषयो ब्रह्मवादिनः। दृष्ट्वा तत्तुमुलं युद्धं परं विस्मयमागमन्॥
tato devāḥ sagandharvā ṛṣayo brahmavādinaḥ| dṛṣṭvā tattumulaṃ yuddhaṃ paraṃ vismayamāgaman||
And then the celestials and the Gandharvas and the sages studying the Vedas, beholding the great encounter, were filled with mighty amazement.
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यक्षाणां तु प्रहस्तेन सहस्रं निहतं रणे। महोदरेण चानिन्द्यं सहस्रमपरं हतम्।७॥
yakṣāṇāṃ tu prahastena sahasraṃ nihataṃ raṇe| mahodareṇa cānindyaṃ sahasramaparaṃ hatam|7||
And a thousand of the Yakşas were slain by Praśasta in the conflict; and another thousand of capable warriors were slain by Mahodara.
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कुद्धेन च तदा राजन्मारीचेन युयुत्सुना। निमेथान्तरमात्रेण द्वे सहस्र निपातिते॥
kuddhena ca tadā rājanmārīcena yuyutsunā| nimethāntaramātreṇa dve sahasra nipātite||
O king, in the twinkling of an eye Märīca, waxing wroth and eager for encounter brought down two thousand (of enemy's soldiers).
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
क्व च यक्षार्जवं युद्धं क्व च मायाबलाश्रयम्। रक्षसां पुरुषव्याघ्र तेन तेऽभ्यधिका युधि॥
kva ca yakṣārjavaṃ yuddhaṃ kva ca māyābalāśrayam| rakṣasāṃ puruṣavyāghra tena te'bhyadhikā yudhi||
Where is the candid-coursing fight of the Yakşas and where the fight of the Rākşas by help of the power of illusion; and therefore in that battle the advantage was on the side of the Raksasas.
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धूम्राक्षेण समागम्य माणिभद्रो महारणे। मुसलेनोरसि क्रोधात्ताडितो न च कम्पितः॥
dhūmrākṣeṇa samāgamya māṇibhadro mahāraṇe| musalenorasi krodhāttāḍito na ca kampitaḥ||
And Dhūmrākşa, confronting Māņibhadra in the mighty conflict hit him as the chest with a bludgeon; but he did not move thereat.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
ततो गदां समाविध्य माणिभद्रेण राक्षसः। धूम्राक्षस्ताडितो मूर्ध्नि विह्वलः स पपात ह॥
tato gadāṃ samāvidhya māṇibhadreṇa rākṣasaḥ| dhūmrākṣastāḍito mūrdhni vihvalaḥ sa papāta ha||
Then Mänibhadra dealt the Raksasa a blow with his mace; and thereat Dhūmrākṣa smite at the head fell down senseless (on the ground).
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
धूम्राक्षं ताडितं दृष्ट्वा पतितं शोणितोक्षितम्। अभ्यधावत संग्रामे माणिभद्रं दशाननः॥
dhūmrākṣaṃ tāḍitaṃ dṛṣṭvā patitaṃ śoṇitokṣitam| abhyadhāvata saṃgrāme māṇibhadraṃ daśānanaḥ||
And seeing Dhūmrākṣa wounded and down, bathed in blood, the Ten-necked Răvaņa rushed at Māņibhadra in the encounter.
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संक्रुद्धमभिधावन्तं माणिभद्रो दशाननम्। शक्तिभिस्ताडयामास तिसृभिर्यक्षपुङ्गवः॥
saṃkruddhamabhidhāvantaṃ māṇibhadro daśānanam| śaktibhistāḍayāmāsa tisṛbhiryakṣapuṅgavaḥ||
Then that foremost of Yakşas hit Daśānana with three darts as he was rushing in wrath.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
ताडितो माणिभद्रस्य मुकुटे प्राहरद्रणे। तस्य तेन प्रहारेण मुकुटं पार्श्वमागतम्॥
tāḍito māṇibhadrasya mukuṭe prāharadraṇe| tasya tena prahāreṇa mukuṭaṃ pārśvamāgatam||
And on being thus hit, (Rāvana) struck at Manibhadra's head: and at that stroke his crown was depressed at one side.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
ततः प्रभृति यक्षोऽसौ पार्श्वमौलिरभूत्किल। तस्मिंस्तु विमुखीभूते माणिभद्रे महात्मनि। संनादः सुमहानराजेस्तस्मिन्शैले व्यवर्धत॥
tataḥ prabhṛti yakṣo'sau pārśvamaulirabhūtkila| tasmiṃstu vimukhībhūte māṇibhadre mahātmani| saṃnādaḥ sumahānarājestasminśaile vyavardhata||
From that day forth that Yaksa remained with his head hollow on one side. And on the highsouled Māņibhadra having been baffled, a great uproar, O king rose in that mountain.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
ततो दूरात्प्रददृशे धनाध्यक्षो गदाधरः। शुक्रप्रौष्द्वपदाभ्यां च पद्मशङ्खसमावृतः॥
tato dūrātpradadṛśe dhanādhyakṣo gadādharaḥ| śukraprauṣdvapadābhyāṃ ca padmaśaṅkhasamāvṛtaḥ||
Then at a distance, the lord of riches, mace in hand, accompanied by Sukra and Praushthapada and Padma and Sanka saw (Ravana) in the field.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
स दृष्ट्वा भ्रातरं संख्ये शापाद्विभ्रष्टगौरवम्। उवाच वचनं धीमान्युक्तं पैतामहे कुले॥
sa dṛṣṭvā bhrātaraṃ saṃkhye śāpādvibhraṣṭagauravam| uvāca vacanaṃ dhīmānyuktaṃ paitāmahe kule||
Seeing his brother in the encounter with his glory obscured through the curse (he had ere this come by), the intelligent (Lord of Yaksas) spoke in words worthy of the line of his grand-father.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
यन्मया वार्यमाणस्त्वं नावगच्छसि दुर्मते। पश्चादस्य फलं प्राप्य ज्ञास्यसे निरयं गतः॥
yanmayā vāryamāṇastvaṃ nāvagacchasi durmate| paścādasya phalaṃ prāpya jñāsyase nirayaṃ gataḥ||
As, O wicked-minded one, you desistest not, albeit forbidden by me, you shall, afterwards attaining the fruit of this, and repairing to hell, know (the fate that follow there).
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
यो हि मोहाद्विषं पीत्वा नावगच्छति दुर्मतिः। स तस्य परिणामान्ते जानीते कर्मणः फलम् ॥
yo hi mohādviṣaṃ pītvā nāvagacchati durmatiḥ| sa tasya pariṇāmānte jānīte karmaṇaḥ phalam ||
That perverse one, that through ignorance having drunk poison, neglects to adopt proper measures, know the consequence of his act ultimately.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
दैवतानि न नन्दन्ति धर्मयुक्तन केन चित्। येन त्वमीदृशं भावं नीतस्तच्च न बुद्ध्यसे॥
daivatāni na nandanti dharmayuktana kena cit| yena tvamīdṛśaṃ bhāvaṃ nītastacca na buddhyase||
The gods have set their face against you on account of a certain misdeed of your; and having for this, been reduced to this condition, you do not understand things.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
मातरं पितरं विप्रमाचार्य चावमन्य वै। स पश्यति फलं तस्य प्रेतराजवशं गतः॥
mātaraṃ pitaraṃ vipramācārya cāvamanya vai| sa paśyati phalaṃ tasya pretarājavaśaṃ gataḥ||
He that dishonour his father and mother* and spiritual preceptor, reap the fruit of his act on coming under the sway of the sovereign of the dead. *Unless he serve his parents, his heart does not incline to piety.
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अध्रुवे हि शरीरे यो न करोति तपोजनम्। स पश्चात्तप्यते मूढो मृतो गत्वात्मनो गतिम्॥
adhruve hi śarīre yo na karoti tapojanam| sa paścāttapyate mūḍho mṛto gatvātmano gatim||
Having regard that this body is uncertain, that foolish person, that does not acquire asceticism, dying go the way that he deserve.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
कस्य चिन हि दुर्बुद्धेश्छन्दतो जायते मतिः। यादृशं कुरुते कर्म तादृशं फलमश्नुते॥
kasya cina hi durbuddheśchandato jāyate matiḥ| yādṛśaṃ kurute karma tādṛśaṃ phalamaśnute||
The mind of a perverse man does not willingly incline towards good; and as he acts, he gets the fruits (he reaps as he sows).
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
ऋद्धिंरूपं बलं पुत्रान्वित्तं शूरत्वमेव च। प्राप्नुवन्ति नरा लोके निर्जितं पुण्यकर्मभिः॥
ṛddhiṃrūpaṃ balaṃ putrānvittaṃ śūratvameva ca| prāpnuvanti narā loke nirjitaṃ puṇyakarmabhiḥ||
In this world people, making their own good fortune and beauty, strength, sons, wealth and valour, gain these by virtue of their pious acts.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
एवं निरयगामी त्वं यस्य ते मतिरीदृशी। न त्वां समभिभाषिष्येसद्वत्तेष्वेष निर्णयः॥
evaṃ nirayagāmī tvaṃ yasya te matirīdṛśī| na tvāṃ samabhibhāṣiṣyesadvatteṣveṣa nirṇayaḥ||
Being given to such iniquitous acts, you will go to hell; and your designs being such, I will not hold parley with you.
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एवमुक्तास्ततस्तेन तस्यामात्याः समाहताः। मारीचप्रमुखाः सर्वे विमुखा विप्रदुद्रुवुः॥
evamuktāstatastena tasyāmātyāḥ samāhatāḥ| mārīcapramukhāḥ sarve vimukhā vipradudruvuḥ||
Honest people should act carefully in connection with the wicked.' Thus reprimanded by him, his (Rāvana's) councillors, headed by Marica, on being struck, took to their heels.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
ततस्तेन दशग्रीवो यक्षेन्द्रेण महात्मना। गदयाभिहतो मूर्ध्नि न च स्थानात्प्रकम्पितः॥
tatastena daśagrīvo yakṣendreṇa mahātmanā| gadayābhihato mūrdhni na ca sthānātprakampitaḥ||
Then Daśagrīva on being Struck in the head with the mace by the lord of Yakşas, did not move from his place.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
ततस्तौ राम निघ्तौ तदान्योन्यं महामृधे। न विह्वलौ न च श्रान्तौ तावुभौ यक्षराक्षसौ॥
tatastau rāma nightau tadānyonyaṃ mahāmṛdhe| na vihvalau na ca śrāntau tāvubhau yakṣarākṣasau||
And then, O Rama, the Yaksa and Raksasa, smiting each other in mighty encounter, did not get bewildered of experience fatigue.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
आग्नेयमत्रं तस्मै स मुमोच धनदस्तदा। राक्षसेन्द्रो वारुणेन तदत्रं प्रत्यवारयत्॥
āgneyamatraṃ tasmai sa mumoca dhanadastadā| rākṣasendro vāruṇena tadatraṃ pratyavārayat||
And then the bestower of riches discharged a fiery weapon at him; and thereat the lord of Rāks asa resisted it with a Varuņa weapon.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
ततो मायां प्रविष्टोऽसौ राक्षसी राक्षसेश्वरः। रूपाणां शतसाहस्रं विनाशाय चकार च॥
tato māyāṃ praviṣṭo'sau rākṣasī rākṣaseśvaraḥ| rūpāṇāṃ śatasāhasraṃ vināśāya cakāra ca||
And then the Rākşasa king entered upon shapes for compassing the destruction of his adversary).
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
व्याघ्रो वराहो जीमूतः पर्वतः सागरो दुमः। यक्षो दैत्यस्वरूपी च सोऽदृश्यत दशाननः॥
vyāghro varāho jīmūtaḥ parvataḥ sāgaro dumaḥ| yakṣo daityasvarūpī ca so'dṛśyata daśānanaḥ||
The Ten-necked Ravana (successively) assumed the shapes of a tiger, a boar, a cloud, a hill, the ocean, a tree, a Yaksa and a Daitya.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
बहूनि च करोति स्म दृश्यन्ते न त्वसौ ततः। प्रतिगृह्य ततो राम महदस्त्रं दशाननः। जघान मूर्ध्नि धनदं व्याविद्ध्य महतीं गदाम्॥
bahūni ca karoti sma dṛśyante na tvasau tataḥ| pratigṛhya tato rāma mahadastraṃ daśānanaḥ| jaghāna mūrdhni dhanadaṃ vyāviddhya mahatīṃ gadām||
Thus he wore full many forms and he was not visible in his native shape. And then, O Rāma, seizing a mighty weapon the Ten-necked one, whirling the same, brought that redoubtable mace down on the head of the bestower of riches.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
एवं स तेनाभिहतो विह्वलः शोणितोक्षितः। कृत्तमूल इवाशोको निपपात धनाधिपः॥
evaṃ sa tenābhihato vihvalaḥ śoṇitokṣitaḥ| kṛttamūla ivāśoko nipapāta dhanādhipaḥ||
Thus smitten by him, the lord of wealth, baffled, toppled down to the earth covered with blood like an aśoka whose roots have been hewn away.
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ततः पद्मादिभिस्तत्र निधिभिः स तदा वृतः। धनदोच्छ्वासितस्तैस्तु वनमानीय नन्दनम्॥
tataḥ padmādibhistatra nidhibhiḥ sa tadā vṛtaḥ| dhanadocchvāsitastaistu vanamānīya nandanam||
Thereat Padma and other Nidhi deities, surrounding the granter the granter of wealth, raised him up and brought him to the Nandana wood.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
निर्जित्य राक्षसेन्द्रस्तं धनदं हृष्टमानसः। पुष्पकं तस्य जग्राह विमानं जयलक्षणम्॥ काञ्चनस्तम्भसंवीतं वैदूर्यमणितोरणम्। मुक्काजालप्रतिच्छन्नं सर्वकालफलद्रुमम्॥ मनोजवं कामगमं कामरूपं विहङ्गमम्। मणिकाञ्चनसोपानं तप्तकाञ्चनवेदिकम्॥ देवोपवाह्यपक्षय्यं सदादृष्टिमनःसुखम्। बह्वाश्चर्य भक्तिचित्रं ब्रह्मणा परिनिर्मितम्॥ निर्मितं सर्वकामैस्तु मनोहरमनुत्तमम्। न तु शीतं न चोष्णं च सर्वर्तुसुखदं शुभम्॥ स तं राजा समारुह्य कामगं वीर्यनिर्जितम्। जितं त्रिभुवनं मेने दर्पोत्सेकात्सुदुर्मतिः। जित्वा वैश्रवणं देवं कैलासात्समवातरत्॥
nirjitya rākṣasendrastaṃ dhanadaṃ hṛṣṭamānasaḥ| puṣpakaṃ tasya jagrāha vimānaṃ jayalakṣaṇam|| kāñcanastambhasaṃvītaṃ vaidūryamaṇitoraṇam| mukkājālapraticchannaṃ sarvakālaphaladrumam|| manojavaṃ kāmagamaṃ kāmarūpaṃ vihaṅgamam| maṇikāñcanasopānaṃ taptakāñcanavedikam|| devopavāhyapakṣayyaṃ sadādṛṣṭimanaḥsukham| bahvāścarya bhakticitraṃ brahmaṇā parinirmitam|| nirmitaṃ sarvakāmaistu manoharamanuttamam| na tu śītaṃ na coṣṇaṃ ca sarvartusukhadaṃ śubham|| sa taṃ rājā samāruhya kāmagaṃ vīryanirjitam| jitaṃ tribhuvanaṃ mene darpotsekātsudurmatiḥ| jitvā vaiśravaṇaṃ devaṃ kailāsātsamavātarat||
Conquering the bestower of wealth, the lord of Raksasas, with a delighted heart, possessed himself of his Puspaka, the car, as a sign of victory; furnished with golden pillars, gateways set with lapises, covered with networks of pearls, having three yielding the fruits of all seasons, endowed with the celerity of thought, ranging everywhere at will, wearing forms at pleasure, capable of coursing in the sky, with golden and jewelled stairs, and daises of polished gold, the vehicle of the gods undeteriorating, bringing delight to the mind and sight; wonderous exceedingly: painted with images designed to fill the mind with reverence, constructed by Brahmä, containing all objects of desire, charming and nonpariel not cold and not yet hot, granting gratification in every season, and graceful to the view. And ascending that (car) coursing at will, won by his prowess, that utterly wicked one, out of swelling insolence, deemed himself master of the three worlds. And having vanquished the deity Vaiśravaņa, he descended from Kailasa.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
स तेजसा विपुलमवाप्य तं जयं प्रतापवान्विमलकिरीटहारवान्। रराज वै परमविमानमास्थितो निशाचरः सदसि गतो यथानलः॥
sa tejasā vipulamavāpya taṃ jayaṃ pratāpavānvimalakirīṭahāravān| rarāja vai paramavimānamāsthito niśācaraḥ sadasi gato yathānalaḥ||
Having by his energy obtained the victory, the powerful night-ranger wearing a bright diadem and necklace, and seated on that superb car, appeared radiant in his court like Fire himself.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)