Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 1.64
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1.64.1
सुरकार्यमिदं रम्भे कर्तव्यं सुमहत् त्वया।
लोभनं कौशिकस्येह काममोहसमन्वितम् ॥ १.६४.१ ॥
O Rambhā, this great task of the gods must be done by you: here, you must lure Kauśika into a snare of desire and infatuation.
1.64.2
तथोक्ता साप्सरा राम सहस्राक्षेण धीमता।
व्रीडिता प्राञ्जलिर्वाक्यं प्रत्युवाच सुरेश्वरम् ॥ १.६४.२ ॥
O Rāma, when the wise thousand-eyed one (Indra) had spoken thus, the apsaras, abashed, with folded hands, replied to the lord of the gods in these words.
1.64.3
अयं सुरपते घोरो विश्वामित्रो महामुनिः।
क्रोधमुत्स्रक्ष्यते घोरं मयि देव न संशयः ॥ १.६४.३ ॥
O lord of the gods, this fierce great sage Viśvāmitra will release a terrible anger upon me, O god — there is no doubt.
1.64.4
ततो हि मे भयं देव प्रसादं कर्तुुमर्हसि।
एवमुक्तस्तया राम सभयं भीतया तदा ॥ १.६४.४ ॥
Therefore, O god, I am afraid; you ought to show me favour. O Rāma, thus addressed, the frightened Rambhā spoke then in fear.
1.64.5
तामुवाच सहस्राक्षो वेपमानां कृताञ्जलिम्।
मा भैषी रम्भे भद्रं ते कुरुष्व मम शासनम् ॥ १.६४.५ ॥
Sahasrākṣa (Indra) said to her, trembling and standing with folded hands: Do not fear, Rambhā; may good befall you — carry out my command.
1.64.6
कोकिलो हृदयग्राही माधवे रुचिरद्रुमे।
अहं कन्दर्पसहितः स्थास्यामि तव पार्श्वतः ॥ १.६४.६ ॥
The cuckoo, which captures the heart, will sing in the lovely trees of spring; I, together with Kandarpa, the god of love, will stand beside you.
1.64.7
त्वं हि रूपं बहुगुणं कृत्वा परमभास्वरम्।
तमृषिं कौशिकं भद्रे भेदयस्व तपस्विनम् ॥ १.६४.७ ॥
O gracious lady, assume a form of many qualities and supreme radiance, and break the austerity of that ascetic sage Kauśika.
1.64.8
सा श्रुत्वा वचनं तस्य कृत्वा रूपमनुत्तमम्।
लोभयामास ललिता विश्वामित्रं शुचिस्मिता ॥ १.६४.८ ॥
Having heard his words, the graceful Rambhā, of pure smile, took on an unsurpassed form and enticed Viśvāmitra.
1.64.9
कोकिलस्य तु शुश्राव वल्गु व्याहरतः स्वनम्।
सम्प्रहृष्टेन मनसा स चैनामन्ववैक्षत ॥ १.६४.९ ॥
Hearing the sweet call of the cuckoo, he was greatly delighted at heart and looked toward her.
1.64.10
अथ तस्य च शब्देन गीतेनाप्रतिमेन च।
दर्शनेन च रम्भाया मुनिः संदेहमागतः ॥ १.६४.१० ॥
Then, from Rambhā's voice, her incomparable song, and her sight, doubt arose in the sage.
1.64.11
सहस्राक्षस्य तत्सर्वं विज्ञाय मुनिपुंगवः।
रम्भां क्रोधसमाविष्टः शशाप कुशिकात्मजः ॥ १.६४.११ ॥
Understanding all of that scheme of the thousand-eyed Indra, the son of Kuśika, best of sages, filled with anger, cursed Rambhā.
1.64.12
यन्मां लोभयसे रम्भे कामक्रोधजयैषिणम्।
दशवर्षसहस्राणि शैली स्थास्यसि दुर्भगे ॥ १.६४.१२ ॥
O Rambhā, since you tempt me, who seek victory over desire and anger, O ill-fated one, you shall remain as a stone for ten thousand years.
1.64.13
ब्राह्मणः सुमहातेजास्तपोबलसमन्वितः।
उद्धरिष्यति रम्भे त्वां मत्क्रोधकलुषीकृताम् ॥ १.६४.१३ ॥
A brahmin of great splendour, endowed with the power of austerity, will deliver you, O Rambhā, defiled by my anger.
1.64.14
एवमुक्त्वा महातेजा विश्वामित्रो महामुनिः।
अशक्नुवन् धारयितुं कोपं संतापमात्मनः ॥ १.६४.१४ ॥
Having said this, the great sage Viśvāmitra, of great splendour, could not restrain his anger and was tormented within himself.
1.64.15
तस्य शापेन महता रम्भा शैली तदाभवत्।
वचः श्रुत्वा च कन्दर्पो महर्षेः स च निर्गतः ॥ १.६४.१५ ॥
By the great curse of that sage, Rambhā at once became a stone; and Kandarpa, having heard the great sage's words, also departed from there.
1.64.16
कोपेन च महातेजास्तपोऽपहरणे कृते।
इन्द्रियैरजितै राम न लेभे शान्तिमात्मनः ॥ १.६४.१६ ॥
O Rāma, by the anger born of the theft of his austerity, and through his unconquered senses, the one of great splendour found no peace within himself.
1.64.17
बभूवास्य मनश्चिन्ता तपोऽपहरणे कृते।
नैवं क्रोधं गमिष्यामि न च वक्ष्ये कथंचन ॥ १.६४.१७ ॥
When his austerity was stolen, anxiety arose in his mind: 'I shall not give way to anger in this manner, and I shall not speak at all.'
1.64.18
अथवा नोच्छ्वसिष्यामि संवत्सरशतान्यपि।
अहं हि शोषयिष्यामि आत्मानं विजितेन्द्रियः ॥ १.६४.१८ ॥
Or else, I shall not breathe even for hundreds of years; having conquered my senses, I shall dry up my very self.
1.64.19
तावद् यावद्धि मे प्राप्तं ब्राह्मण्यं तपसार्जितम्।
अनुच्छ्वसन्नभुञ्जानस्तिष्ठेयं शाश्वतीः समाः ॥ १.६४.१९ ॥
As long as I have not attained the brahmanhood earned by austerity, I shall remain, not breathing and not eating, for eternal years.
1.64.20
नहि मे तप्यमानस्य क्षयं यास्यन्ति मूर्तयः।
एवं वर्षसहस्रस्य दीक्षां स मुनिपुंगवः।
चकाराप्रतिमां लोके प्रतिज्ञां रघुनन्दन ॥ १.६४.२० ॥
Indeed, my bodily forms will not decay while I practice austerity. Thus that best of sages undertook a thousand-year consecration and made an incomparable vow in the world, O delight of the Raghus.