Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 3.21
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3.21.1
स पुनः पतितां दृष्ट्वा क्रोधाच्छूर्पणखां पुनः।
उवाच व्यक्तया वाचा तामनर्थार्थमागताम् ॥ ३.२१.१ ॥
Seeing her fallen to the ground once more, he spoke again in clear words, in anger, to Śūrpaṇakhā, who had come for an unfortunate purpose.
3.21.2
मया त्विदानीं शूरास्ते राक्षसाः पिशिताशनाः।
त्वत्प्रियार्थं विनिर्दिष्टाः किमर्थं रुद्यते पुनः ॥ ३.२१.२ ॥
Now I have appointed your heroic rākṣasas, the flesh-eaters, for your pleasure. Why are you weeping again?
3.21.3
भक्ताश्चैवानुरक्ताश्च हिताश्च मम नित्यशः।
हन्यमाना न हन्यन्ते न न कुर्युर्वचो मम ॥ ३.२१.३ ॥
My devoted, loyal, and ever-beneficial followers are not slain even when struck; they would never fail to carry out my word.
3.21.4
किमेतच्छ्रोतुमिच्छामि कारणं यत्कृते पुनः।
हा नाथेति विनर्दन्ती सर्पवच्चेष्टसे क्षितौ ॥ ३.२१.४ ॥
I wish to hear the reason why you writhe on the ground like a snake, crying out, 'Alas, my lord!'
3.21.5
अनाथवद् विलपसि किं नु नाथे मयि स्थिते।
उत्तिष्ठोत्तिष्ठ मा मैवं वैक्लव्यं त्यज्यतामिति ॥ ३.२१.५ ॥
Why do you lament like one without a protector while I, your lord, am here? Rise, rise! Do not be so; let this despondency be cast aside.
3.21.6
इत्येवमुक्ता दुर्धर्षा खरेण परिसान्त्विता।
विमृज्य नयने सास्रे खरं भ्रातरमब्रवीत् ॥ ३.२१.६ ॥
Thus addressed and consoled by Khara, the unassailable Śūrpaṇakhā wiped her tearful eyes and spoke to her brother Khara.
3.21.7
अस्मीदानीमहं प्राप्ता हतश्रवणनासिका।
शोणितौघपरिक्लिन्ना त्वया च परिसान्त्विता ॥ ३.२१.७ ॥
Now I have come, my ears and nose cut off, drenched in a flood of blood, and consoled by you.
3.21.8
प्रेषिताश्च त्वया शूरा राक्षसास्ते चतुर्दश।
निहन्तुं राघवं घोरं मत्प्रियार्थं सलक्ष्मणम् ॥ ३.२१.८ ॥
And the fourteen heroic rākṣasas you sent, to slay the fierce Rāghava together with Lakṣmaṇa, for my pleasure.
3.21.9
ते तु रामेण सामर्षाः शूलपट्टिशपाणयः।
समरे निहताः सर्वे सायकैर्मर्मभेदिभिः ॥ ३.२१.९ ॥
All of them, full of wrath, with spears and iron clubs in hand, were slain in battle by Rāma with arrows that pierce the vital points.
3.21.10
तान् भूमौ पतितान् दृष्ट्वा क्षणेनैव महाजवान्।
रामस्य च महत्कर्म महांस्त्रासोऽभवन्मम ॥ ३.२१.१० ॥
Seeing those swift and mighty ones fallen on the ground in an instant, and seeing Rāma's great deed, a great terror arose in me.
3.21.11
सास्मि भीता समुद्विग्ना विषण्णा च निशाचर।
शरणं त्वां पुनः प्राप्ता सर्वतो भयदर्शिनी ॥ ३.२१.११ ॥
O night-wanderer, I am frightened, greatly agitated, and dejected; seeing danger on every side, I have come again to seek your refuge.
3.21.12
विषादनक्राध्युषिते परित्रासोर्मिमालिनि।
किं मां न त्रायसे मग्नां विपुले शोकसागरे ॥ ३.२१.१२ ॥
Why do you not save me, sunk in this vast ocean of sorrow, infested with the crocodiles of despair and garlanded with waves of terror?
3.21.13
एते च निहता भूमौ रामेण निशितैः शरैः।
ये च मे पदवीं प्राप्ता राक्षसाः पिशिताशनाः ॥ ३.२१.१३ ॥
And these rākṣasas, the flesh-eaters who came into my path and were struck down on the ground by Rāma's sharp arrows.
3.21.14
मयि ते यद्यनुक्रोशो यदि रक्षःसु तेषु च।
रामेण यदि शक्तिस्ते तेजो वास्ति निशाचर ॥ ३.२१.१४ ॥
O night-wanderer, if you have compassion for me or for those rākṣasas, and if you have the strength or the valor to face Rāma.
3.21.15
दण्डकारण्यनिलयं जहि राक्षसकण्टकम्।
यदि रामममित्रघ्नं न त्वमद्य वधिष्यसि ॥ ३.२१.१५ ॥
If you do not slay Rāma, who dwells in the Daṇḍaka forest, the thorn of the rākṣasas and destroyer of enemies, today.
3.21.16
तव चैवाग्रतः प्राणांस्त्यक्ष्यामि निरपत्रपा।
बुद्ध्याहमनुपश्यामि न त्वं रामस्य संयुगे ॥ ३.२१.१६ ॥
Before your very eyes I will give up my life, for I see by my own understanding that you cannot stand against Rāma in battle.
3.21.17
स्थातुं प्रतिमुखे शक्तः सबलोऽपि महारणे।
शूरमानी न शूरस्त्वं मिथ्यारोपितविक्रमः ॥ ३.२१.१७ ॥
Even with your army you are not able to stand face to face in the great battle; you call yourself a hero but you are no hero, your valor is falsely ascribed to you.
3.21.18
अपयाहि जनस्थानात् त्वरितः सहबान्धवः।
जहि त्वं समरे मूढान्यथा तु कुलपांसन ॥ ३.२१.१८ ॥
O defiler of your lineage, quickly depart from Janasthāna with your kinsmen; or else slay those deluded ones in battle.
3.21.19
मानुषौ तौ न शक्नोषि हन्तुं वै रामलक्ष्मणौ।
निःसत्त्वस्याल्पवीर्यस्य वासस्ते कीदृशस्त्विह ॥ ३.२१.१९ ॥
You are not able to kill those two men, Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa. For one without courage and of little strength, what kind of dwelling is yours here?
3.21.20
रामतेजोऽभिभूतो हि त्वं क्षिप्रं विनशिष्यसि।
स हि तेजःसमायुक्तो रामो दशरथात्मजः ॥ ३.२१.२० ॥
Overcome by Rāma's radiance, you will soon be destroyed. That Rāma, son of Daśaratha, is endowed with great radiance.
3.21.21
भ्राता चास्य महावीर्यो येन चास्मि विरूपिता।
एवं विलप्य बहुशो राक्षसी प्रदरोदरी ॥ ३.२१.२१ ॥
Her brother is of great valor, and it was he who disfigured me. Thus lamenting again and again, that rākṣasī with the torn belly.
3.21.22
भ्रातुः समीपे शोकार्ता नष्टसंज्ञा बभूव ह।
कराभ्यामुदरं हत्वा रुरोद भृशदुःखिता ॥ ३.२१.२२ ॥
Stricken with grief near her brother, she became as if senseless. Striking her belly with both hands, she wept in great distress.