Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 1.75
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1.75.1
राम दाशरथे वीर वीर्यं ते श्रूयतेऽद्भुतम्।
धनुषो भेदनं चैव निखिलेन मया श्रुतम् ॥ १.७५.१ ॥
O Rāma, son of Daśaratha, hero! Your valour is heard to be wonderful, and I have fully heard of the breaking of the bow.
1.75.2
तदद्भुतमचिन्त्यं च भेदनं धनुषस्तथा।
तच्छ्रुत्वाहमनुप्राप्तो धनुर्गृह्यापरं शुभम् ॥ १.७५.२ ॥
That breaking of the bow is wonderful and unimaginable; having heard of it, I have come, taking up another fine bow.
1.75.3
तदिदं घोरसंकाशं जामदग्न्यं महद्धनुः।
पूरयस्व शरेणैव स्वबलं दर्शयस्व च ॥ १.७५.३ ॥
Here is this great bow of Jāmadagni's son, fearsome in appearance; draw it fully with a single arrow and show your strength.
1.75.4
तदहं ते बलं दृष्ट्वा धनुषोऽप्यस्य पूरणे।
द्वन्द्वयुद्धं प्रदास्यामि वीर्यश्लाघ्यमहं तव ॥ १.७५.४ ॥
Then, having seen your strength in drawing this bow too, your valour is worthy of praise, and I will grant you single combat.
1.75.5
तस्य तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा राजा दशरथस्तदा।
विषण्णवदनो दीनः प्राञ्जलिर्वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥ १.७५.५ ॥
Having heard his words, King Daśaratha then, with a downcast face and in distress, with folded hands, spoke these words.
1.75.6
क्षत्ररोषात् प्रशान्तस्त्वं ब्राह्मणश्च महातपाः।
बालानां मम पुत्राणामभयं दातुमर्हसि ॥ १.७५.६ ॥
You have been pacified from your wrath toward the warrior class, and you are a brahmin of great asceticism; it is fitting that you grant fearlessness to my young sons.
1.75.7
भार्गवाणां कुले जातः स्वाध्यायव्रतशालिनाम्।
सहस्राक्षे प्रतिज्ञाय शस्त्रं प्रक्षिप्तवानसि ॥ १.७५.७ ॥
You were born in the line of the Bhṛgus, who are devoted to study and vows; having pledged to the thousand-eyed Indra, you laid down your weapon.
1.75.8
स त्वं धर्मपरो भूत्वा कश्यपाय वसुंधराम्।
दत्त्वा वनमुपागम्य महेन्द्रकृतकेतनः ॥ १.७५.८ ॥
You, devoted to dharma, gave the earth to Kaśyapa, and then went into the forest and made Mount Mahendra your abode.
1.75.9
मम सर्वविनाशाय सम्प्राप्तस्त्वं महामुने।
न चैकस्मिन् हते रामे सर्वे जीवामहे वयम् ॥ १.७५.९ ॥
Great sage, you have come for the destruction of all of us; yet if Rāma alone were slain, none of us would live.
1.75.10
ब्रुवत्येवं दशरथे जामदग्न्यः प्रतापवान्।
अनादृत्य तु तद्वाक्यं राममेवाभ्यभाषत ॥ १.७५.१० ॥
While Daśaratha was speaking thus, the mighty son of Jamadagni, disregarding his words, addressed Rāma alone.
1.75.11
इमे द्वे धनुषी श्रेष्ठे दिव्ये लोकाभिपूजिते।
दृढे बलवती मुख्ये सुकृते विश्वकर्मणा ॥ १.७५.११ ॥
These two bows are excellent, divine, and worshipped by the worlds; firm, mighty, and chief, well made by Viśvakarman.
1.75.12
अनुसृष्टं सुरैरेकं त्र्यम्बकाय युयुत्सवे।
त्रिपुरघ्नं नरश्रेष्ठ भग्नं काकुत्स्थ यत्त्वया ॥ १.७५.१२ ॥
The gods gave one of these to Tryambaka, who desired battle, the slayer of Tripura; O best of men, descendant of Kakutstha, you broke it.
1.75.13
इदं द्वितीयं दुर्धर्षं विष्णोर्दत्तं सुरोत्तमैः।
तदिदं वैष्णवं राम धनुः परपुरंजयम् ॥ १.७५.१३ ॥
This second bow, unassailable, was given to Viṣṇu by the best of the gods. Rāma, this is that Vaiṣṇava bow, the conqueror of enemy cities.
1.75.14
समानसारं काकुत्स्थ रौद्रेण धनुषा त्विदम्।
तदा तु देवताः सर्वाः पृच्छन्ति स्म पितामहम् ॥ १.७५.१४ ॥
Kākutstha, this bow is of equal strength with Rudra's fierce bow. Then all the gods asked the Grandfather.
1.75.15
शितिकण्ठस्य विष्णोश्च बलाबलनिरीक्षया।
अभिप्रायं तु विज्ञाय देवतानां पितामहः ॥ १.७५.१५ ॥
Knowing the gods' intention to observe the strength and weakness of the blue-throated one and of Viṣṇu, the Grandfather...
1.75.16
विरोधं जनयामास तयोः सत्यवतां वरः।
विरोधे तु महद् युद्धमभवद् रोमहर्षणम् ॥ १.७५.१६ ॥
The best of the truthful created a rift between the two, and from that discord arose a great battle that made the hair stand on end.
1.75.17
शितिकण्ठस्य विष्णोश्च परस्परजयैषिणोः।
तदा तु जृम्भितं शैवं धनुर्भीमपराक्रमम् ॥ १.७५.१७ ॥
When the blue-throated one and Viṣṇu, each seeking victory over the other, then the Śaiva bow of terrible prowess was stretched.
1.75.18
हुंकारेण महादेवः स्तम्भितोऽथ त्रिलोचनः।
देवैस्तदा समागम्य सर्षिसङ्घः सचारणैः ॥ १.७५.१८ ॥
By a roar, the great god, the three-eyed one, was stunned. Then the gods, gathering together with the host of sages and the Cāraṇas...
1.75.19
याचितौ प्रशमं तत्र जग्मतुस्तौ सुरोत्तमौ।
जृम्भितं तद् धनुर्दृष्ट्वा शैवं विष्णुपराक्रमैः ॥ १.७५.१९ ॥
Entreated, those two best of gods went away there and grew calm, having seen Śiva's bow swollen with Viṣṇu's valour.
1.75.20
अधिकं मेनिरे विष्णुं देवाः सर्षिगणास्तथा।
धनू रुद्रस्तु संक्रुद्धो विदेहेषु महायशाः ॥ १.७५.२० ॥
The gods and groups of sages thought Viṣṇu far greater; but Rudra, of great fame, was greatly enraged among the Videhas over that bow.
1.75.21
देवरातस्य राजर्षेर्ददौ हस्ते ससायकम्।
इदं च वैष्णवं राम धनुः परपुरंजयम् ॥ १.७५.२१ ॥
He gave that bow, together with an arrow, into the hand of the royal sage Devarāta. This Vaiṣṇava bow, O Rāma, conquers the cities of enemies.
1.75.22
ऋचीके भार्गवे प्रादाद् विष्णुः स न्यासमुत्तमम्।
ऋचीकस्तु महातेजाः पुत्रस्याप्रतिकर्मणः ॥ १.७५.२२ ॥
Viṣṇu gave that supreme trust to the Bhārgava Ṛcīka; and Ṛcīka, of great splendour, kept it for his son of unmatched deeds.
1.75.23
पितुर्मम ददौ दिव्यं जमदग्नेर्महात्मनः।
न्यस्तशस्त्रे पितरि मे तपोबलसमन्विते ॥ १.७५.२३ ॥
Ṛcīka gave that divine bow to my father, the great-souled Jamadagni; when my father, endowed with the power of austerity, had laid down his weapons.
1.75.24
अर्जुनो विदधे मृत्युं प्राकृतां बुद्धिमास्थितः।
वधमप्रतिरूपं तु पितुः श्रुत्वा सुदारुणम्।
क्षत्रमुत्सादयं रोषाज्जातं जातमनेकशः ॥ १.७५.२४ ॥
Arjuna, resorting to base understanding, brought about the death of my father. Hearing of that most dreadful and unfitting slaying of my father, I in anger exterminated the warrior class, though they were born again and again.
1.75.25
पृथिवीं चाखिलां प्राप्य कश्यपाय महात्मने।
यज्ञस्यान्तेऽददं राम दक्षिणां पुण्यकर्मणे ॥ १.७५.२५ ॥
O Rāma, having obtained the whole earth, I gave it as sacrificial fee at the end of the sacrifice to the great-souled Kaśyapa, the one of meritorious deeds.
1.75.26
दत्त्वा महेन्द्रनिलयस्तपोबलसमन्वितः।
श्रुत्वा तु धनुषो भेदं ततोऽहं द्रुतमागतः ॥ १.७५.२६ ॥
Having given away the earth, dwelling on Mahendra mountain and endowed with the power of austerity, I came here swiftly on hearing of the breaking of the bow.
1.75.27
तदेवं वैष्णवं राम पितृपैतामहं महत्।
क्षत्रधर्मं पुरस्कृत्य गृह्णीष्व धनुरुत्तमम् ॥ १.७५.२७ ॥
Therefore, O Rāma, keeping before you the great warrior duty belonging to Viṣṇu, handed down from fathers and grandfathers, take up this excellent bow.
1.75.28
योजयस्व धनुःश्रेष्ठे शरं परपुरंजयम्।
यदि शक्तोऽसि काकुत्स्थ द्वन्द्वं दास्यामि ते ततः ॥ १.७५.२८ ॥
O descendant of Kakutstha, if you are able, fit an arrow that conquers enemy cities to this excellent bow; then I shall give you a duel.