Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 3.2
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3.2.1
कृतातिथ्योऽथ रामस्तु सूर्यस्योदयनं प्रति।
आमन्त्र्य स मुनीन् सर्वान् वनमेवान्वगाहत ॥ ३.२.१ ॥
Having received hospitality, Rāma took leave of all the sages toward the sunrise and entered the forest.
3.2.2
नानामृगगणाकीर्णमृक्षशार्दूलसेवितम्।
ध्वस्तवृक्षलतागुल्मं दुर्दर्शसलिलाशयम् ॥ ३.२.२ ॥
Thronged with many herds of deer, frequented by bears and tigers, its trees, creepers and thickets broken down, its waterholes hard to reach.
3.2.3
निष्कूजमानशकुनिं झिल्लिकागणनादितम्।
लक्ष्मणानुचरो रामो वनमध्यं ददर्श ह ॥ ३.२.३ ॥
Rāma, followed by Lakṣmaṇa, saw the middle of the forest, silent of birdcalls and resounding with swarms of crickets.
3.2.4
सीतया सह काकुत्स्थस्तस्मिन् घोरमृगायुते।
ददर्श गिरिशृङ्गाभं पुरुषादं महास्वनम् ॥ ३.२.४ ॥
There, in that forest full of terrible beasts, Rāma of the Kākutsthas, together with Sītā, saw a man-eating rākṣasa, towering like a mountain peak, with a loud roar.
3.2.5
गभीराक्षं महावक्त्रं विकटं विकटोदरम्।
बीभत्सं विषमं दीर्घं विकृतं घोरदर्शनम् ॥ ३.२.५ ॥
Deep-eyed, great-mouthed, hideous, with a monstrous belly; repulsive, misshapen, tall, deformed, terrifying to behold.
3.2.6
वसानं चर्म वैयाघ्रं वसार्द्रं रुधिरोक्षितम्।
त्रासनं सर्वभूतानां व्यादितास्यमिवान्तकम् ॥ ३.२.६ ॥
Clad in a tiger's hide, wet with fat and smeared with blood, a terror to all creatures, like Death himself with gaping jaws.
3.2.7
त्रीन् सिंहांश्चतुरो व्याघ्रान् द्वौ वृकौ पृषतान् दश।
सविषाणं वसादिग्धं गजस्य च शिरो महत् ॥ ३.२.७ ॥
Three lions, four tigers, two wolves, ten spotted deer, and the great head of an elephant, with its tusks, smeared with marrow-fat.
3.2.8
अवसज्यायसे शूले विनदन्तं महास्वनम्।
स रामं लक्ष्मणं चैव सीतां दृष्ट्वा च मैथिलीम् ॥ ३.२.८ ॥
Hung upon an iron spike and roaring with a great sound, he saw Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, and Sītā, the daughter of Mithilā.
3.2.9
अभ्यधावत् सुसंक्रुद्धः प्रजाः काल इवान्तकः
स कृत्वा भैरवं नादं चालयन्निव मेदिनीम् ॥ ३.२.९ ॥
Greatly enraged, he rushed forward like Time, like Death upon all creatures, and, letting out a terrible roar, as if shaking the earth,
3.2.10
अङ्केनादाय वैदेहीमपक्रम्य तदाब्रवीत्।
युवां जटाचीरधरौ सभार्यौ क्षीणजीवितौ ॥ ३.२.१० ॥
Taking Vaidehī into his lap and moving off, he then said: 'You two, wearing matted hair and bark garments, with your wife, whose lives are fading!'
3.2.11
प्रविष्टौ दण्डकारण्यं शरचापासिपाणिनौ।
कथं तापसयोर्वां च वासः प्रमदया सह ॥ ३.२.११ ॥
You who have entered the Daṇḍaka forest with arrows, bow and sword in hand! How is it that you, ascetics, dwell here with a woman?
3.2.12
अधर्मचारिणौ पापौ कौ युवां मुनिदूषकौ।
अहं वनमिदं दुर्गं विराधो नाम राक्षसः ॥ ३.२.१२ ॥
Who are you two, who act against dharma, sinners, defilers of sages? I am a rākṣasa named Virādha, of this impassable forest.
3.2.13
चरामि सायुधो नित्यमृषिमांसानि भक्षयन्।
इयं नारी वरारोहा मम भार्या भविष्यति ॥ ३.२.१३ ॥
I roam always armed, devouring the flesh of sages. This fair-hipped woman will be my wife.
3.2.14
युवयोः पापयोश्चाहं पास्यामि रुधिरं मृधे।
तस्यैवं ब्रुवतो दुष्टं विराधस्य दुरात्मनः ॥ ३.२.१४ ॥
I will drink the blood of you two sinners in battle.
3.2.15
श्रुत्वा सगर्वितं वाक्यं सम्भ्रान्ता जनकात्मजा।
सीता प्रवेपितोद्वेगात् प्रवाते कदली यथा ॥ ३.२.१५ ॥
Hearing that arrogant speech, Sītā, daughter of Janaka, was terrified and trembled with agitation like a plantain tree in the wind.
3.2.16
तां दृष्ट्वा राघवः सीतां विराधाङ्कगतां शुभाम्।
अब्रवील्लक्ष्मणं वाक्यं मुखेन परिशुष्यता ॥ ३.२.१६ ॥
Seeing Sītā, fair, seated in Virādha's lap, Rāghava (Rāma) spoke these words to Lakṣmaṇa, his mouth parched.
3.2.17
पश्य सौम्य नरेन्द्रस्य जनकस्यात्मसम्भवाम्।
मम भार्यां शुभाचारां विराधाङ्के प्रवेशिताम् ॥ ३.२.१७ ॥
Look, gentle one: the daughter of King Janaka, my wife of good conduct, has been placed in Virādha's lap.
3.2.18
अत्यन्तसुखसंवृद्धां राजपुत्रीं यशस्विनीम्।
यदभिप्रेतमस्मासु प्रियं वरवृतं च यत् ॥ ३.२.१८ ॥
The princess, raised in great comfort, glorious, who was dear to us and was chosen as a boon—
3.2.19
कैकेय्यास्तु सुसंवृत्तं क्षिप्रमद्यैव लक्ष्मण।
या न तुष्यति राज्येन पुत्रार्थे दीर्घदर्शिनी ॥ ३.२.१९ ॥
Lakṣmaṇa, Kaikeyī's scheme has now quickly borne fruit today; she, far-sighted for her son's sake, was not content with the kingdom.
3.2.20
ययाहं सर्वभूतानां प्रियः प्रस्थापितो वनम्।
अद्येदानीं सकामा सा या माता मध्यमा मम ॥ ३.२.२० ॥
She, my middle mother, who sent me, dear to all beings, into the forest, is now gratified in her desire.
3.2.21
परस्पर्शात् तु वैदेह्या न दुःखतरमस्ति मे।
पितुर्विनाशात् सौमित्रे स्वराज्य हरणात् तथा ॥ ३.२.२१ ॥
O Saumitri, there is no greater grief for me than Vaidehī's being touched by another, my father's death, and the seizure of my own kingdom.
3.2.22
अब्रवील्लक्ष्मणः क्रुद्धो रुद्धो नाग इव श्वसन् ॥ ३.२.२२ ॥
Lakṣmaṇa, enraged, hissing like a restrained elephant or serpent, spoke.
3.2.23
अनाथ इव भूतानां नाथस्त्वं वासवोपमः।
मया प्रेष्येण काकुत्स्थ किमर्थं परितप्यसे ॥ ३.२.२३ ॥
O Kākutstha, you are the protector of beings, like Indra; I am your servant. Why then do you grieve so?
3.2.24
शरेण निहतस्याद्य मया क्रुद्धेन रक्षसः।
विराधस्य गतासोर्हि मही पास्यति शोणितम् ॥ ३.२.२४ ॥
Today, by my angry arrow, the rakṣasa Virādha, slain and lifeless, the earth shall drink his blood.
3.2.25
राज्यकामे मम क्रोधो भरते यो बभूव ह।
तं विराधे विमोक्ष्यामि वज्री वज्रमिवाचले ॥ ३.२.२५ ॥
The anger I felt toward Bharata, who desired the kingdom, I will now release upon Virādha, as the thunder-wielder hurls his thunderbolt upon a mountain.
3.2.26
मम भुजबलवेगवेगितः
पततु शरोऽस्य महान् महोरसि।
व्यपनयतु तनोश्च जीवितं
पततु ततश्च महीं विघूर्णितः ॥ ३.२.२६ ॥
Driven by the speed of my arm's strength, let this great arrow strike his broad chest and take the life from his body; then let him reel and fall to the earth.