Siraatयुद्धकाण्डः सर्गः 16
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सुनिविष्टं हितं वाक्यमुक्तवन्तं विभीषणम्। अब्रवीत्परुषं वाक्यं रावणः कालचोदितः॥
suniviṣṭaṃ hitaṃ vākyamuktavantaṃ vibhīṣaṇam| abravītparuṣaṃ vākyaṃ rāvaṇaḥ kālacoditaḥ||
Vibhīşaņa addressing him with these excellent and auspicious words, fraught with high sense, Rāvaņa, impelled by Death, again spoke in harsh accents.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
वसेत्सह सपत्नेन क्रुद्धनाशीविषेण च। न तु मित्रप्रवादेन संवसेच्छत्रुसेविना॥
vasetsaha sapatnena kruddhanāśīviṣeṇa ca| na tu mitrapravādena saṃvasecchatrusevinā||
It is better to live with open enemies or enraged serpents than with those who pass for friends but are in reality foes.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
जानामि शीलं ज्ञातीनां सर्वलोकेषु राक्षस। हृष्यन्ति व्यसनेष्वेते ज्ञातीनां ज्ञातयः सदा॥
jānāmi śīlaṃ jñātīnāṃ sarvalokeṣu rākṣasa| hṛṣyanti vyasaneṣvete jñātīnāṃ jñātayaḥ sadā||
I know well the nature of kinsmen, in all the worlds, O Raksasas, one takes delight in another's misfortune.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
प्रधानं साधकं वैद्यं धर्मशीलं च राक्षस। ज्ञातयोऽप्यवमन्यन्ते शूरं परिभवन्ति च॥
pradhānaṃ sādhakaṃ vaidyaṃ dharmaśīlaṃ ca rākṣasa| jñātayo'pyavamanyante śūraṃ paribhavanti ca||
The kinsmen, O Raksasa, generally disregard him who is their king, * protects the kingdom, educated and pious-and they always try to discomfit him, if he be a heroe. *On account of the priority of his birth,
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नित्यमन्योन्यसंहृष्टा व्यसनेष्वाततायिनः। प्रच्छन्नहृदया घोरा ज्ञातयस्तु भयावहाः॥
nityamanyonyasaṃhṛṣṭā vyasaneṣvātatāyinaḥ| pracchannahṛdayā ghorā jñātayastu bhayāvahāḥ||
These terrible enemies-the kinsmen, hypocrite as they are, always take delight in one another's calamity.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
श्रूयन्ते हस्तिभिर्गीताः श्लोकाः पद्मवने पुरा। पाशहस्तानरान्दृष्ट्वा शृणुष्व गदतो मम॥ नाग्निर्नान्यानि शस्त्राणि न नः पाशा भयावहाः।। घोराः स्वार्थप्रयुक्तास्तु ज्ञातयो नो भयावहाः॥
śrūyante hastibhirgītāḥ ślokāḥ padmavane purā| pāśahastānarāndṛṣṭvā śṛṇuṣva gadato mama|| nāgnirnānyāni śastrāṇi na naḥ pāśā bhayāvahāḥ|| ghorāḥ svārthaprayuktāstu jñātayo no bhayāvahāḥ||
Hear, I shall relate what elephants, in yore, spoke beholding some persons with noose in hand-We do not fear, fire, weapons, or even the terrible noose-we fear only the dreadful kinsmen, blinded with selfishness.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
उपायमेते वक्ष्यन्ति ग्रहणे नात्र संशयः। कृत्स्नाद्भयाज्ज्ञातिभयं सुकष्टं विदितं च नः॥
upāyamete vakṣyanti grahaṇe nātra saṃśayaḥ| kṛtsnādbhayājjñātibhayaṃ sukaṣṭaṃ viditaṃ ca naḥ||
They alone unfold the means of our detection, there is not the least doubt about it. Fear from kinsmen is therefore known as the worst of all fears.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
विद्यते गोषु संपन्न विद्यते ज्ञातितो भयम्। विद्यते स्त्रीषु चापल्यं विद्यते ब्राह्मणे तपः॥
vidyate goṣu saṃpanna vidyate jñātito bhayam| vidyate strīṣu cāpalyaṃ vidyate brāhmaṇe tapaḥ||
In kine there is milk, in kinsmen, there is fear, in women there is fickleness, and in Brahmanas, there is asceticism.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
ततो नेष्टमिदं सौम्य यदहं लोकसत्कृतः। ऐश्वर्यमभिजातश्च रिपूणां मूर्ध्नि च स्थितः॥
tato neṣṭamidaṃ saumya yadahaṃ lokasatkṛtaḥ| aiśvaryamabhijātaśca ripūṇāṃ mūrdhni ca sthitaḥ||
It does not please you, I fancy, O gentle one, that I am honoured of the three worlds, the lord of riches, and the subduer of my foes.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
यथा पुष्करपत्रेषु पतितास्तोयबिन्दवः। न श्लेषमभिगच्छन्ति तथानार्येषु सौहृदम्॥
yathā puṣkarapatreṣu patitāstoyabindavaḥ| na śleṣamabhigacchanti tathānāryeṣu sauhṛdam||
As the drops of water do not last long on the leaves of lotuses, so is the friendship with unworthy persons.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
यथा शरदि मेघानां सिञ्चतामपि गर्जताम्। न भवत्यम्बुसंक्लेदस्तथानार्येषु सौहृदम्॥
yathā śaradi meghānāṃ siñcatāmapi garjatām| na bhavatyambusaṃkledastathānāryeṣu sauhṛdam||
As the autumnal clouds, albeit muttering, do not pour forth water, so is the friendship with unworthy persons.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
यथा मधुकरस्तांद्रसं विन्दन्न तिष्ठति। तथा त्वमपि तत्रैव तथानार्येषु सौहृदम्॥
yathā madhukarastāṃdrasaṃ vindanna tiṣṭhati| tathā tvamapi tatraiva tathānāryeṣu sauhṛdam||
As a bee flies away after sucking up the honey so is the friendship with unworthy persons.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
यथा मधुकरस्तर्षात्काशपुष्पं पिबन्नपि। रसमत्रन न विन्देत तथानार्येषु सैहृदम्॥
yathā madhukarastarṣātkāśapuṣpaṃ pibannapi| rasamatrana na vindeta tathānāryeṣu saihṛdam||
As a bee, after feeding uport the Kāśa flowers, does not get honey so is (fruitless) the friendship with unworthy persons.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
यथा पूर्वं गजः स्नात्वा गृह्य हस्तेन वै रजः। दूषयत्यात्मनो देहं तथानार्येषु सौहदम्॥
yathā pūrvaṃ gajaḥ snātvā gṛhya hastena vai rajaḥ| dūṣayatyātmano dehaṃ tathānāryeṣu sauhadam||
As an elephant, after being bathed, covers its body again with dust, taking it with its trunk, so is the friendship with unworthy persons.* *They afterwards forsake their former friends.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
योऽन्यस्त्वेवंविधं ब्रूयाद्वाक्यमेतन्निशाचर। अस्मिन्मुहूर्ते न भवेत्त्वां तु धिक्कुलपांसन॥
yo'nyastvevaṃvidhaṃ brūyādvākyametanniśācara| asminmuhūrte na bhavettvāṃ tu dhikkulapāṃsana||
Fie you, O night ranger, O you that bring disgrace on the family. Had any one else spoken thus he would have ceased to live by this time.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
इत्युक्तः परुषं वाक्यं न्यायवादी विभीषणः। उत्पपात गदापाणिश्चतुर्भिः सह राक्षसैः॥
ityuktaḥ paruṣaṃ vākyaṃ nyāyavādī vibhīṣaṇaḥ| utpapāta gadāpāṇiścaturbhiḥ saha rākṣasaiḥ||
Being thus accosted harshly, Vibhisana, speaking truth, rose up along with four Rākṣasas having maces in their hands.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
अब्रवीच्च तदा वाक्यं जातक्रोधो विभीषणः। अन्तरिक्षगतः श्रीमान्धाता वै राक्षसाधिपम्॥
abravīcca tadā vākyaṃ jātakrodho vibhīṣaṇaḥ| antarikṣagataḥ śrīmāndhātā vai rākṣasādhipam||
There upon, rising up in the welkin, the graceful brother Vibhisana, worked up with ire, addressed the lord of Rāshasas.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
स त्वं भ्रान्तोऽसि मे राजन्ब्रूहि मां यद्यदिच्छसि। ज्येष्ठो मान्यः पितृसमो न च धर्मपथे स्थितः। इदं हि परुषं वाक्यं न क्षमाम्यग्रजस्य ते॥
sa tvaṃ bhrānto'si me rājanbrūhi māṃ yadyadicchasi| jyeṣṭho mānyaḥ pitṛsamo na ca dharmapathe sthitaḥ| idaṃ hi paruṣaṃ vākyaṃ na kṣamāmyagrajasya te||
You are mistaken, O king. Do you speak what you wish, you are my elder brother, adorable like to father-you did not follow the track of virtue. I cannot tolerate the harsh accents of you, my elder brother.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
सुनीतं हितकामेन वाक्यमुक्तं दशानन। न गृह्णन्त्यकृतात्मानः कालस्य वशमागताः॥
sunītaṃ hitakāmena vākyamuktaṃ daśānana| na gṛhṇantyakṛtātmānaḥ kālasya vaśamāgatāḥ||
For your welfare I spoke those w ell-meaning words, O Ten-necked one, but you did not pay heed to them being brought under the control of Death.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
सुलभाः पुरुषा राजन्सततं प्रियवादिनः। अप्रियस्य च पथ्यस्य वक्ता श्रोता च दुर्लभः॥
sulabhāḥ puruṣā rājansatataṃ priyavādinaḥ| apriyasya ca pathyasya vaktā śrotā ca durlabhaḥ||
O king, many are the persons who speak sweet words. hit rare are they who can speak and near anpalatable but well-meaning words.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
बद्धं कालस्य पाशेन सर्वभूतापहारिणः। न नश्यन्तमुपेक्षे त्वां प्रदीप्तं शरणं यथा ॥
baddhaṃ kālasya pāśena sarvabhūtāpahāriṇaḥ| na naśyantamupekṣe tvāṃ pradīptaṃ śaraṇaṃ yathā ||
How can I disregard your death like to a burning house bound as you are by the noose of Death, the destroyer of all creatures.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
दीप्तपावकसंकाशैः शितैः काञ्चनभूषणैः। न त्वामिच्छाम्यहं द्रष्टुं रामेण निहतं शरैः॥
dīptapāvakasaṃkāśaiḥ śitaiḥ kāñcanabhūṣaṇaiḥ| na tvāmicchāmyahaṃ draṣṭuṃ rāmeṇa nihataṃ śaraiḥ||
I do not wish to behold you slain by the well sharpened shafts of Rāma, feathered in gold and resembling the flaming fire.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
शूराश्च बलवन्तश्च कृतास्त्राश्च नरा रणे। कालाभिपन्नाः सीदन्ति यथा वालुकसेतवः॥
śūrāśca balavantaśca kṛtāstrāśca narā raṇe| kālābhipannāḥ sīdanti yathā vālukasetavaḥ||
Even the heroic and powerful persons, well versed in the use of weapons, wear away like sands in battle, being attracted by Death.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
तन्मर्षयतु यच्चोक्तं गुरुत्वाद्धितमिच्छता। आत्मानं सर्वथा रक्ष पुरीं चेमां सराक्षसाम्। स्वस्ति तेऽस्तु गमिष्यामि सुखी भव मया विना॥
tanmarṣayatu yaccoktaṃ gurutvāddhitamicchatā| ātmānaṃ sarvathā rakṣa purīṃ cemāṃ sarākṣasām| svasti te'stu gamiṣyāmi sukhī bhava mayā vinā||
You are worshipful to me, do you forgive me for what I have said for your welfare. Do you protect yourself and this city, abounding in Raksasas. May good betide you! I am going away and do you be happy without me.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
निवार्यमाणस्य मया हितैषिणा न रोचते ते वचनं निशाचर। परान्तकाले हि गतायुषो नरा हितं न गृह्णन्ति सुहृद्भिरीरितम्॥
nivāryamāṇasya mayā hitaiṣiṇā na rocate te vacanaṃ niśācara| parāntakāle hi gatāyuṣo narā hitaṃ na gṛhṇanti suhṛdbhirīritam||
What, I spoke to you, O ranger of the night, to prevent you, for your welfare, did not please you. Persons, whose lease of life is well-nigh expired, do not pay heed to the well-meaning words of their friends.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)