Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 3.18
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3.18.1
तां तु शूर्पणखां रामः कामपाशावपाशिताम्।
स्वेच्छया श्लक्ष्णया वाचा स्मितपूर्वमथाब्रवीत् ॥ ३.१८.१ ॥
But Rāma, with a smile first, of his own will and in smooth speech, spoke to her, who was bound by the noose of desire.
3.18.2
कृतदारोऽस्मि भवति भार्येयं दयिता मम।
त्वद्विधानां तु नारीणां सुदुःखा ससपत्नता ॥ ३.१८.२ ॥
Good lady, I am married; this is my beloved wife. For women like you, co-wifehood is indeed very painful.
3.18.3
अनुजस्त्वेष मे भ्राता शीलवान् प्रियदर्शनः।
श्रीमानकृतदारश्च लक्ष्मणो नाम वीर्यवान् ॥ ३.१८.३ ॥
This is my younger brother, Lakṣmaṇa by name: a man of good character, pleasant to behold, glorious, unmarried, and valiant.
3.18.4
अपूर्वी भार्यया चार्थी तरुणः प्रियदर्शनः।
अनुरूपश्च ते भर्ता रूपस्यास्य भविष्यति ॥ ३.१८.४ ॥
He is unmarried, in need of a wife, young and pleasant to behold; he will be a husband fitting to your beauty.
3.18.5
एनं भज विशालाक्षि भर्तारं भ्रातरं मम।
असपत्ना वरारोहे मेरुमर्कप्रभा यथा ॥ ३.१८.५ ॥
Serve him, wide-eyed lady, my brother, your husband; fair-hipped one, be without co-wives, as the sun's radiance is with Mount Meru.
3.18.6
विसृज्य रामं सहसा ततो लक्ष्मणमब्रवीत् ॥ ३.१८.६ ॥
Then, suddenly abandoning Rāma, she spoke to Lakṣmaṇa.
3.18.7
अस्य रूपस्य ते युक्ता भार्याहं वरवर्णिनी।
मया सह सुखं सर्वान् दण्डकान् विचरिष्यसि ॥ ३.१८.७ ॥
I am the fitting wife for this beauty of yours, fair-complexioned one. With me you will wander happily through all the Daṇḍaka forest.
3.18.8
एवमुक्तस्तु सौमित्री राक्षस्या वाक्यकोविदः।
ततः शूर्पनखीं स्मित्वा लक्ष्मणो युक्तमब्रवीत् ॥ ३.१८.८ ॥
Thus addressed by the rākṣasī, Lakṣmaṇa, the son of Sumitrā, skilled in speech, smiled and spoke a fitting reply to Śūrpaṇakhā.
3.18.9
कथं दासस्य मे दासी भार्या भवितुमिच्छसि।
सोऽहमार्येण परवान् भ्रात्रा कमलवर्णिनि ॥ ३.१८.९ ॥
How can you wish to become my wife, a female servant of me, who am a servant? Fair as a lotus, I am dependent on my noble brother.
3.18.10
समृद्धार्थस्य सिद्धार्था मुदितामलवर्णिनी।
आर्यस्य त्वं विशालाक्षि भार्या भव यवीयसी ॥ ३.१८.१० ॥
O wide-eyed one, become the younger wife of the noble one, who is prosperous and whose purpose is fulfilled — joyful and of spotless complexion.
3.18.11
एतां विरूपामसतीं करालां निर्णतोदरीम्।
भार्यां वृद्धां परित्यज्य त्वामेवैष भजिष्यति ॥ ३.१८.११ ॥
Abandoning this ugly, unchaste, fearsome, sunken-bellied old wife, he will surely take you as his own.
3.18.12
को हि रूपमिदं श्रेष्ठं संत्यज्य वरवर्णिनि।
मानुषीषु वरारोहे कुर्याद् भावं विचक्षणः ॥ ३.१८.१२ ॥
Who, O fair-complexioned, fair-hipped one, having abandoned this excellent beauty, would discerning man turn his affection to human women?
3.18.13
मन्यते तद्वचः सत्यं परिहासाविचक्षणा ॥ ३.१८.१३ ॥
Unable to tell a jest from truth, she believed his words.
3.18.14
सा रामं पर्णशालायामुपविष्टं परंतपम्।
सीतया सह दुर्धर्षमब्रवीत् काममोहिता ॥ ३.१८.१४ ॥
Deluded by desire, she spoke to Rāma, tormentor of foes, unassailable, seated in the leaf-hut with Sītā.
3.18.15
इमां विरूपामसतीं करालां निर्णतोदरीम्।
वृद्धां भार्यामवष्टभ्य न मां त्वं बहु मन्यसे ॥ ३.१८.१५ ॥
Clinging to this ugly, unchaste, fearsome, hollow-bellied old wife, you do not hold me in much regard.
3.18.16
अद्येमां भक्षयिष्यामि पश्यतस्तव मानुषीम्।
त्वया सह चरिष्यामि निःसपत्ना यथासुखम् ॥ ३.१८.१६ ॥
Now, before your very eyes, I will devour this human woman; then I shall roam with you, rivalless, as I please.
3.18.17
इत्युक्त्वा मृगशावाक्षीमलातसदृशेक्षणा।
अभ्यगच्छत् सुसंक्रुद्धा महोल्का रोहिणीमिव ॥ ३.१८.१७ ॥
Having said this, her eyes like firebrands, greatly enraged, she rushed at doe-eyed Sītā as a great meteor falls upon the star Rohiṇī.
3.18.18
तां मृत्युपाशप्रतिमामापतन्तीं महाबलः।
विगृह्य रामः कुपितस्ततो लक्ष्मणमब्रवीत् ॥ ३.१८.१८ ॥
Seizing her, rushing upon them like a noose of death, mighty Rāma, angered, then spoke to Lakṣmaṇa.
3.18.19
क्रूरैरनार्यैः सौमित्रे परिहासः कथंचन।
न कार्यः पश्य वैदेहीं कथंचित् सौम्य जीवतीम् ॥ ३.१८.१९ ॥
Lakṣmaṇa, never make a jest with these cruel, base creatures. Look, gentle one, Vaidehī is still somehow alive.
3.18.20
इमां विरूपामसतीमतिमत्तां महोदरीम्।
राक्षसीं पुरुषव्याघ्र विरूपयितुमर्हसि ॥ ३.१८.२० ॥
Best of men, you should disfigure this hideous, wanton, excessively reckless demoness with the great belly.
3.18.21
इत्युक्तो लक्ष्मणस्तस्याः क्रुद्धो रामस्य पश्यतः।
उद्धृत्य खड्गं चिच्छेद कर्णनासे महाबलः ॥ ३.१८.२१ ॥
Thus addressed, Lakṣmaṇa, angered, in Rāma's very sight, drew his sword and cut off her ears and nose, the mighty one.
3.18.22
निकृत्तकर्णनासा तु विस्वरं सा विनद्य च।
यथागतं प्रदुद्राव घोरा शूर्पणखा वनम् ॥ ३.१८.२२ ॥
Her ears and nose cut off, the terrible Śūrpaṇakhā, uttering a loud wailing cry, fled into the forest by the same way she had come.
3.18.23
सा विरूपा महाघोरा राक्षसी शोणितोक्षिता।
ननाद विविधान् नादान् यथा प्रावृषि तोयदः ॥ ३.१८.२३ ॥
Deformed, greatly terrible, drenched in blood, the rākṣasī roared many kinds of cries, like a cloud in the rainy season.
3.18.24
सा विक्षरन्ती रुधिरं बहुधा घोरदर्शना।
प्रगृह्य बाहू गर्जन्ती प्रविवेश महावनम् ॥ ३.१८.२४ ॥
Dripping blood in streams, of terrible appearance, raising her two arms and roaring, she entered the great forest.
3.18.25
ततस्तु सा राक्षससङ्घसंवृतं
खरं जनस्थानगतं विरूपिता।
उपेत्य तं भ्रातरमुग्रतेजसं
पपात भूमौ गगनाद् यथाशनिः ॥ ३.१८.२५ ॥
Then she, surrounded by a host of rākṣasas, went to Khara, who was in Janasthāna, and, mutilated, fell to the ground before her fierce-splendoured brother, like a thunderbolt falling from the sky.
3.18.26
ततः सभार्यं भयमोहमूर्च्छिता
सलक्ष्मणं राघवमागतं वनम्।
विरूपणं चात्मनि शोणितोक्षिता
शशंस सर्वं भगिनी खरस्य सा ॥ ३.१८.२६ ॥
Then Khara's sister, stunned by fear and confusion and smeared with blood, told him everything about her mutilation at the hands of Rāghava, who had come to the forest with his wife and Lakṣmaṇa.