Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 3.275
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3.275.1
प्राप्तमप्रतिमं दुःखं रामेण भरतर्षभ ।
रक्षसा जानकी तस्य हृता भार्या बलीयसा ॥ ३.२७५.१ ॥
Bull of the Bharatas, an incomparable grief befell Rāma, for his wife Jānakī was carried off by a mighty rākṣasa.
3.275.2
आश्रमाद्राक्षसेन्द्रेण रावणेन दुरात्मना ।
मायामास्थाय तरसा हत्वा गृध्रं जटायुषम् ॥ ३.२७५.२ ॥
From the hermitage, the wicked lord of rākṣasas Rāvaṇa, assuming an illusory form, swiftly seized her and slew the vulture Jaṭāyu.
3.275.3
प्रत्याजहार तां रामः सुग्रीवबलमाश्रितः ।
बद्ध्वा सेतुं समुद्रस्य दग्ध्वा लङ्कां शितैः शरैः ॥ ३.२७५.३ ॥
Relying on Sugrīva's army, Rāma won her back; having bound a bridge across the ocean, he burned Laṅkā with sharp arrows.
3.275.4
कस्मिन्नामः कुले जातः किंवीर्यः किंपराक्रमः ।
रावणः कस्य पुत्रो वा किं वैरं तस् तेन ह ॥ ३.२७५.४ ॥
In what name and what family was he born? What was his might and prowess? Whose son was Rāvaṇa, and what enmity did he bear toward Rāma?
3.275.5
एतन्मे भगवन्सर्वं सम्यगाख्यातुमर्हसि ।
त्वया प्रत्यक्षोदृष्टं यथासर्वमशेषतः।
श्रोतुमिच्छामि चरितं रामस्याक्लिष्टकर्मणः ॥ ३.२७५.५ ॥
Revered one, I beg you to tell me all of it fully, as you witnessed it directly, leaving nothing out. I wish to hear the deeds of Rāma, whose actions never wearied him.
3.275.6
अजोनामाभवद्राजा महानिक्ष्वाकुवंशजः ।
तस् पुत्रो दशरथःशश्वत्स्वाध्यायवाञ्छुचिः ॥ ३.२७५.६ ॥
There was a great king named Aja, born in the lineage of Ikṣvāku. His son was Daśaratha, who was ever devoted to the study of the Veda and pure in conduct.
3.275.7
अभवंस्तस्य चत्वारः पुत्रा धर्मार्थकोविदाः ।
रामलक्ष्मणशत्रुघ्ना भरतश्च महाबलः ॥ ३.२७५.७ ॥
Four sons were born to him, skilled in dharma and wealth: Rāma, Lakṣmaṇa, Śatrughna, and the mighty Bharata.
3.275.8
रामस्य माता कौसल्या कैकेयी भरतस्य तु ।
सुतौ लक्ष्मणशत्रुघ्नौ सुमित्रायाः परंतपौ ॥ ३.२७५.८ ॥
Rāma's mother was Kausalyā, and Bharata's was Kaikeyī; Lakṣmaṇa and Śatrughna, the two scorchers of foes, were the sons of Sumitrā.
3.275.9
विदेहराजो जनकः सीता तस्यात्मजा विमो ।
यां चकार स्वयं त्वष्टा रामस्य महिषीं प्रियाम् ॥ ३.२७५.९ ॥
King Janaka of Videha had a daughter, Sītā, O mighty one, whom Tvaṣṭṛ himself shaped into Rāma's beloved chief queen.
3.275.10
एतद्रामस्य ते जन्म सीतायाश्च प्रकीर्तितम् ।
रावणस्यापि ते जन्म व्याख्यास्यामि रजनेश्वर ॥ ३.२७५.१० ॥
Thus has the birth of Rāma and of Sītā been told to you. O lord of the night, I shall now explain the birth of Rāvaṇa as well.
3.275.11
पितामहो रावणस्य साक्षाद्देवः प्रजापतिः ।
स्वयंभूः सर्वलोकानां प्रभुः स्रष्टा महातपाः ॥ ३.२७५.११ ॥
Rāvaṇa's grandfather was the god Prajāpati himself — the self-existent, lord of all worlds, creator, of great austerity.
3.275.12
पुलस्त्यो नाम तस्यासीन्मानसो दयितः सुतः ।
तस्य वैश्रवणो नाम गवि पुत्रोऽभवत्प्रभुः ॥ ३.२७५.१२ ॥
He had a beloved mind-born son named Pulastya; and Pulastya's son, the lord named Vaiśravaṇa, was born of Gavī.
3.275.13
पितरं स समुत्सृज्य पितामहमुपस्थितः ।
तस्य कोपात्पिता राजन्ससर्जात्मानमात्मना ॥ ३.२७५.१३ ॥
Leaving his father, he went to attend upon the grandfather. O king, in anger at him, his father created himself from himself.
3.275.14
स जज्ञे विश्रवा नाम तस्यात्मार्धेन वै द्विजः ।
प्रतीकाराय सक्रोधस्ततो वैश्रवणस्य वै ॥ ३.२७५.१४ ॥
He was born as the brahmin named Viśravas, from half of himself. Then, angered, for the sake of retaliation against Vaiśravaṇa.
3.275.15
पितामहस्तुप्रीतात्मा ददौ वैश्रवणस् ह ।
अमरत्वं धनेशत्वं लोकपालत्वमेव च ॥ ३.२७५.१५ ॥
But the grandfather, pleased in heart, gave Vaiśravaṇa immortality, lordship over wealth, and the guardianship of the worlds.
3.275.16
ईशानन तथा सख्यं पुत्रं च नलकूवरम् ।
राजधानीनिवेसं च लङ्कांरक्षोगणान्विताम् ॥ ३.२७५.१६ ॥
friendship with Īśāna, a son named Nalakūvara, the establishment of a royal capital, and Laṅkā filled with hosts of rākṣasas.
3.275.17
विमानं पुष्पकं नाम कामगं च ददौ प्रभुः ।
यक्षाणामाधिपत्यंच राजराजत्वमेव च ॥ ३.२७५.१७ ॥
The lord gave him the celestial chariot named Puṣpaka, which goes at will, and lordship over the yakṣas, and the kingship of kings.