Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 3.282
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3.282.1
ततस्तां भर्तृशोकार्तां दीनां मलिनवाससम् ।
मणिशेषाभ्यलंकारां रुदतीं च पतिव्रताम् ॥ ३.२८२.१ ॥
Then he saw her, afflicted with grief for her husband, wretched, in soiled garments, with only a few jewels left as ornaments, weeping, the devoted wife.
3.282.2
राक्षसीभिरुपास्यन्तीं समासीनां शिलातले ।
रावणःकामबाणार्तो ददर्शोपससर्प च ॥ ३.२८२.२ ॥
Seated on a stone slab, attended by the rākṣasī women, she was seen by Rāvaṇa, tormented by the arrows of desire, and he drew near to her.
3.282.3
देवदानवगन्धर्वयक्षकिंपुरुषैर्युधि ।
अजितोशोकवनिकां ययौ कन्दर्पपीडितः ॥ ३.२८२.३ ॥
Unconquered in battle by gods, dānavas, gandharvas, yakṣas and kiṃpuruṣas, afflicted by Kandarpa, he went to the Aśoka grove.
3.282.4
दिव्याम्बरधरः श्रीमन्सुमृष्टमणिकुण्डलः ।
विचित्रमाल्यमुकुटो वसन्त इव मूर्तिमान् ॥ ३.२८२.४ ॥
Clad in divine garments, splendid, with well-polished jewelled earrings and a crown of varied garlands, he was like spring embodied.
3.282.5
न कल्पवृक्षसदृशोयत्नादपि विभूषितः ।
श्मशानचैत्यद्रुमवद्भूषितोऽपि भयंकरः ॥ ३.२८२.५ ॥
Though adorned with care, he was not like the wish-granting tree; though adorned like a tree of a cremation-ground shrine, he was frightful.
3.282.6
स तस्यास्तनुमध्यायाः समीपे रजनीचरः ।
ददृशे रोहिणीमेत्य शनैश्चर इव ग्रैहः ॥ ३.२८२.६ ॥
That night-wanderer appeared near that slender-waisted woman, like the planet Śanaiścara approaching Rohiṇī.
3.282.7
स तामामन्त्र्य सुश्रोणीं पुष्पकेतुशराहतः ।
इदमित्यब्रवीद्वाक्यं त्रस्तां रौहीमिवाबलाम् ॥ ३.२८२.७ ॥
Having addressed her, the beautiful-hipped one, struck by the arrows of Puṣpaketu, he spoke these words to the frightened, weak woman, like a doe.
3.282.8
सीते पर्याप्तमेतावत्कृतोभर्तुरनुग्रहः ।
प्रसादं कुरु तन्वङ्गि क्रियतां परिकर्म ते ॥ ३.२८२.८ ॥
Sītā, this much favor to your husband is enough. O slender-limbed one, show grace; let your adornment be made.
3.282.9
भजस्वमां वरारोहे महार्हाभरणाम्बरा ।
भवमे सर्वनारीणामुत्तमा वरवर्णिनी ॥ ३.२८२.९ ॥
Accept me, O excellent-hipped one, adorned with costly ornaments and garments. Become my best among all women, O excellent-complexioned one.
3.282.10
सन्ति मे देवक्न्याश्च गन्धर्वाणआं च योषितः ।
सन्ति दानवन्याश् दैत्यानां चापि योषितः।
तासामद्यविशालाक्षि सर्वासां मे भवोत्तमा ॥ ३.२८२.१० ॥
I have daughters of the gods, and women of the Gandharvas; there are also daughters of the Dānavas and women of the Daityas. O wide-eyed one, among all of them, become my best today.
3.282.11
चतुर्दश पिशाचीनां कोट्यो मे वचने स्थिताः ।
द्विस्तावत्पुरुषादानां रक्षसां भीमकर्मणाम् ॥ ३.२८२.११ ॥
Fourteen crores of piśācas stand at my command, and twice that number of man-eating rākṣasas of terrible deeds.
3.282.12
ततो मे त्रिगुणा यक्षा ये मद्वचनकारिणः ।
केचिदेव धनाध्यक्षं भ्रातरं मे समाश्रिताः ॥ ३.२८२.१२ ॥
Then there are threefold the yakṣas who do my bidding, some of whom have taken refuge with my brother, the lord of wealth.
3.282.13
गन्दर्वाप्सरसो भद्रे मामापानगतं सदा ।
उपतिष्ठन्ति वामोरु यथैव भ्रातरं मम ॥ ३.२८२.१३ ॥
O gracious one, gandharvas and apsarases always attend upon me as I recline at the drinking place, just as they attend upon my brother, O lady with lovely thighs.
3.282.14
पुत्रोऽहमपि विप्रर्षेः साक्षाद्विश्रवसो मुनेः ।
पञ्चमो लोकपालानामिति मे प्रथितं यशः ॥ ३.२८२.१४ ॥
I too am the direct son of the brahmin sage, the muni Viśravas, and my fame is renowned as the fifth of the guardians of the worlds.
3.282.15
दिव्यानि भक्ष्यभोज्यानि पानानि विविधानि च ।
यथैव त्रिदशेशस्यतथैव मम भामिनि ॥ ३.२८२.१५ ॥
Just as the lord of the thirty gods has them, so too, O radiant woman, I have divine foods to eat and chew, and various drinks.
3.282.16
क्षीयतां दुष्कृतं कर्म वनवासकृतं तव ।
भार्या मे भवसुश्रोणि यथा मण्डोदरीतथा ॥ ३.२८२.१६ ॥
Let the evil deed done through your living in the forest be destroyed. O lady with lovely hips, become my wife, like Maṇḍodarī.
3.282.17
इत्युक्ता तेन वैदेही परिवृत्य सुभानना ।
तृणमनतरतः कृत्वातमुवाच निशाचरम् ॥ ३.२८२.१७ ॥
Thus addressed by him, the fair-faced Vaidehī turned around, placed a blade of grass between herself and him, and spoke to that night-wanderer.
3.282.18
अशिवेनातिवामोरूरजस्रं नेत्रवारिणा ।
स्तनावपतितौ बाला संहतावभिवर्षती ॥ ३.२८२.१८ ॥
O lady with lovely thighs, the young woman, with an inauspicious state of mind, continually drenched her fallen, pressed-together breasts with the water of her eyes.
3.282.19
व्यवस्थाप्यकथंचित्सा विषादादतिमोहिता ।
उवाच वाक्यं तं क्षुद्रं वैदेही पतिदेवता ॥ ३.२८२.१९ ॥
Having somehow composed herself, greatly bewildered by despair, Vaidehī, who regards her husband as her deity, spoke these words to that base one.
3.282.20
असकृद्वदतो वाक्यमीदृशं राक्षसेश्वर ।
विषादयुक्तमेतत्ते मया श्रुतमभाग्यया।
तद्भद्रमुख भद्रं ते मानसं विनिवर्त्यताम् ॥ ३.२८२.२० ॥
Lord of the rākṣasas, you have spoken such words again and again, full of despondency, and through my misfortune I have had to hear them. Therefore, O fair-faced one, may you prosper; turn your mind back.
3.282.21
परदाराऽस्म्यलभ्या च सततं च पतिव्रता ।
न चैवौपयिकी भार्य मानुषी तव राक्षस ॥ ३.२८२.२१ ॥
I am another's wife, and being always devoted to my husband I am not attainable. O rākṣasa, a human woman is not even fit to be your wife.
3.282.22
विवशां धर्षयित्वच कां त्वं प्रीतिमवाप्स्यसि ।
न च पालयसे धर्मं लोकपालसमः कथम् ॥ ३.२८२.२२ ॥
Having violated a helpless woman, what joy will you obtain? Though you are equal to the guardians of the worlds, how is it that you do not keep dharma?
3.282.23
भ्रातरं राजराजं तं महेश्वरसस्वं प्रभुम् ।
धनेश्वरं व्यपदिशन्कथं त्विह न लज्जसे ॥ ३.२८२.२३ ॥
Claiming as your own brother the king of kings, the lord of wealth Dhaneśvara (Kubera), who holds the riches of Maheśvara, how is it that you are not ashamed here?
3.282.24
इत्युक्त्वा प्रारुदत्सीता कम्पयन्ती पयोधरौ ।
शिरोधरां च तन्वङ्गी मुस्वं प्रच्छाद्यवाससा ॥ ३.२८२.२४ ॥
Having spoken thus, Sītā wept aloud, her breasts and neck trembling; the slender-limbed one covered her face with her garment.
3.282.25
तस्य रुदत्या भामित्या दीर्घा वेणी सुसयता ।
ददृशे स्वसिता स्निग्धा काली व्यालीव मूर्धनि ॥ ३.२८२.२५ ॥
Her long, well-bound braid, as she wept in anger, was seen upon her head like a black, glossy serpent.
3.282.26
श्रुत्वा तद्रावणो वाक्यं सीतयोक्तं सुनिषुरम् ।
प्रत्याख्यातोऽपिदुर्मेधाः पुनरेवाब्रवीद्वचः ॥ ३.२८२.२६ ॥
Though he heard those very harsh words spoken by Sītā, and though rejected, the ill-minded Rāvaṇa again spoke these words.
3.282.27
काममङ्गनि मे सीते दुनोतु मकरध्वजः ।
नत्वामकामां सुश्रोणीं समेप्ये चारुहासिनीं ॥ ३.२८२.२७ ॥
Let Makaradhvaja (Kāma) torment me indeed, Sītā, but I will not approach you, unwilling, beautiful-hipped, sweetly smiling.
3.282.28
किंनु शक्यं मया कर्तुं यत्त्वमद्यापिमानुषम् ।
आहारभूतमस्माकं राममेवानुरुध्यसे ॥ ३.२८२.२८ ॥
What, then, can I do? You still desire only Rāma, a human who is fit to be our food.
3.282.29
इत्युक्त्वा तामनिन्द्याङ्गीं स राक्षसमहेश्वरः ।
तत्रैवान्तर्हितो भूत्वा जगामाभिमतां दिशम् ॥ ३.२८२.२९ ॥
Having spoken thus to her, faultless of limb, that great lord of the rākṣasas vanished right there and went off in the direction he desired.
3.282.30
राक्षसीभिः परिवृतावैदेही शोककशिंता ।
सेव्यमाना त्रिजटया तत्रैव न्यवसत्तदा ॥ ३.२८२.३० ॥
Surrounded by rākṣasa women, Vaidehī (Sītā), wasted with grief, attended by Trijaṭā, then dwelt right there.