Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 3.19
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3.19.1
तां तथा पतितां दृष्ट्वा विरूपां शोणितोक्षिताम्।
भगिनीं क्रोधसंतप्तः खरः पप्रच्छ राक्षसः ॥ ३.१९.१ ॥
Seeing her thus fallen, disfigured and smeared with blood, the rākṣasa Khara, tormented by anger, questioned his sister.
3.19.2
उत्तिष्ठ तावदाख्याहि प्रमोहं जहि सम्भ्रमम्।
व्यक्तमाख्याहि केन त्वमेवंरूपा विरूपिता ॥ ३.१९.२ ॥
Rise and speak now. Cast off your confusion and agitation. Tell me clearly, who has disfigured you in this way?
3.19.3
कः कृष्णसर्पमासीनमाशीविषमनागसम्।
तुदत्यभिसमापन्नमङ्गुल्यग्रेण लीलया ॥ ३.१९.३ ॥
Who, playfully, pricks with the tip of a finger a black serpent that sits there, venomous yet innocent, when it has come near?
3.19.4
कालपाशं समासज्य कण्ठे मोहान्न बुध्यते।
यस्त्वामद्य समासाद्य पीतवान् विषमुत्तमम् ॥ ३.१९.४ ॥
Who, having put the noose of death around his neck and not perceiving it from delusion, has come to you today and drunk the supreme poison?
3.19.5
बलविक्रमसम्पन्ना कामगा कामरूपिणी।
इमामवस्थां नीता त्वं केनान्तकसमागता ॥ ३.१९.५ ॥
You, endowed with strength and valour, moving at will and taking any form at will, by whom have you been brought to this condition, as if you had met Death?
3.19.6
देवगन्धर्वभूतानामृषीणां च महात्मनाम्।
कोऽयमेवं महावीर्यस्त्वां विरूपां चकार ह ॥ ३.१९.६ ॥
Among gods, gandharvas, beings, sages and great souls, who is this man of great might who has disfigured you thus?
3.19.7
नहि पश्याम्यहं लोके यः कुर्यान्मम विप्रियम्।
अमरेषु सहस्राक्षं महेन्द्रं पाकशासनम् ॥ ३.१९.७ ॥
I see no one in the world who would do what displeases me, not even Mahendra, the thousand-eyed one among the immortals, Indra the punisher of Paka.
3.19.8
अद्याहं मार्गणैः प्राणानादास्ये जीवितान्तगैः।
सलिले क्षीरमासक्तं निष्पिबन्निव सारसः ॥ ३.१९.८ ॥
Today I will take their lives with arrows that end life, as a crane drinks milk mixed into water.
3.19.9
निहतस्य मया संख्ये शरसंकृत्तमर्मणः।
सफेनं रुधिरं कस्य मेदिनी पातुमिच्छति ॥ ३.१९.९ ॥
Slain by me in battle, his vital parts cut by arrows, which earth will desire to drink his foaming blood?
3.19.10
कस्य पत्ररथाः कायान्मांसमुत्कृत्य संगताः।
प्रहृष्टा भक्षयिष्यन्ति निहतस्य मया रणे ॥ ३.१९.१० ॥
From whose body, slain by me in battle, will the winged ones tear the flesh and gather, rejoicing, to devour it?
3.19.11
तं न देवा न गन्धर्वा न पिशाचा न राक्षसाः।
मयापकृष्टं कृपणं शक्तास्त्रातुं महाहवे ॥ ३.१९.११ ॥
Not gods, nor gandharvas, nor piśācas, nor rākṣasas are able to save that wretch, dragged down by me in the great battle.
3.19.12
उपलभ्य शनैः संज्ञां तं मे शंसितुमर्हसि।
येन त्वं दुर्विनीतेन वने विक्रम्य निर्जिता ॥ ३.१९.१२ ॥
Having slowly regained consciousness, you ought to tell me the name of him, the insolent one, who in the forest defeated you by force.
3.19.13
ततः शूर्पणखा वाक्यं सबाष्पमिदमब्रवीत् ॥ ३.१९.१३ ॥
Then Śūrpaṇakhā, with tears, spoke these words.
3.19.14
तरुणौ रूपसम्पन्नौ सुकुमारौ महाबलौ।
पुण्डरीकविशालाक्षौ चीरकृष्णाजिनाम्बरौ ॥ ३.१९.१४ ॥
Both are young, handsome, tender, and of great strength, with eyes broad as lotus petals, clad in bark garments and black antelope skins.
3.19.15
फलमूलाशनौ दान्तौ तापसौ ब्रह्मचारिणौ।
पुत्रौ दशरथस्यास्तां भ्रातरौ रामलक्ष्मणौ ॥ ३.१९.१५ ॥
Eaters of fruit and root, self-controlled ascetics, celibate students—they are the two sons of Daśaratha, the brothers Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa.
3.19.16
गन्धर्वराजप्रतिमौ पार्थिवव्यञ्जनान्वितौ।
देवौ वा दानवावेतौ न तर्कयितुमुत्सहे ॥ ३.१९.१६ ॥
Like kings of the Gandharvas, bearing royal marks—whether these two are gods or demons, I cannot determine.
3.19.17
तरुणी रूपसम्पन्ना सर्वाभरणभूषिता।
दृष्टा तत्र मया नारी तयोर्मध्ये सुमध्यमा ॥ ३.१९.१७ ॥
There, between the two of them, I saw a young woman—beautiful, adorned with all her ornaments, slender of waist.
3.19.18
ताभ्यामुभाभ्यां सम्भूय प्रमदामधिकृत्य ताम्।
इमामवस्थां नीताहं यथानाथासती तथा ॥ ३.१९.१८ ॥
Those two together, making that woman their pretext, have brought me to this state, as if I were unprotected and unchaste.
3.19.19
तस्याश्चानृजुवृत्तायास्तयोश्च हतयोरहम्।
सफेनं पातुमिच्छामि रुधिरं रणमूर्धनि ॥ ३.१९.१९ ॥
I wish to drink their blood, frothy, on the battlefield's front, once that crooked-natured woman and those two are slain.
3.19.20
एष मे प्रथमः कामः कृतस्तत्र त्वया भवेत्।
तस्यास्तयोश्च रुधिरं पिबेयमहमाहवे ॥ ३.१९.२० ॥
This is my first desire; let it be fulfilled there by you: may I drink her blood and the blood of those two in battle.
3.19.21
व्यादिदेश खरः क्रुद्धो राक्षसानन्तकोपमान् ॥ ३.१९.२१ ॥
Khara, enraged, gave orders to the rākṣasas, who were like Death (Antaka) himself.
3.19.22
मानुषौ शस्त्रसम्पन्नौ चीरकृष्णाजिनाम्बरौ।
प्रविष्टौ दण्डकारण्यं घोरं प्रमदया सह ॥ ३.१९.२२ ॥
Two humans, armed with weapons and clad in bark garments and black antelope skins, have entered the terrible Daṇḍaka forest together with a woman.
3.19.23
तौ हत्वा तां च दुर्वृत्तामुपावर्तितुमर्हथ।
इयं च भगिनी तेषां रुधिरं मम पास्यति ॥ ३.१९.२३ ॥
Having slain those two, you ought to bring back that evil-natured woman as well; and this sister of ours shall drink their blood along with me.
3.19.24
मनोरथोऽयमिष्टोऽस्या भगिन्या मम राक्षसाः।
शीघ्रं सम्पाद्यतां गत्वा तौ प्रमथ्य स्वतेजसा ॥ ३.१९.२४ ॥
This is the cherished wish of my sister, O rākṣasas. Go and, crushing those two with your own might, see that it is quickly fulfilled.
3.19.25
युष्माभिर्निहतौ दृष्ट्वा तावुभौ भ्रातरौ रणे।
इयं प्रहृष्टा मुदिता रुधिरं युधि पास्यति ॥ ३.१९.२५ ॥
Seeing those two brothers slain by you in battle, she, overjoyed and delighted, will drink blood in the fight.
3.19.26
तत्र जग्मुस्तया सार्धं घना वातेरिता इव ॥ ३.१९.२६ ॥
There they went with her, like clouds driven by the wind.