Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 3.31
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3.31.1
त्वरमाणस्ततो गत्वा जनस्थानादकम्पनः।
प्रविश्य लङ्कां वेगेन रावणं वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥ ३.३१.१ ॥
Then, hastening from Janasthāna, Akampana swiftly entered Laṅkā and spoke these words to Rāvaṇa.
3.31.2
जनस्थानस्थिता राजन् राक्षसा बहवो हताः।
खरश्च निहतः संख्ये कथंचिदहमागतः ॥ ३.३१.२ ॥
O king, many rakshasas dwelling in Janasthāna have been slain, and Khara too has been killed in battle; somehow I have come back.
3.31.3
एवमुक्तो दशग्रीवः क्रुद्धः संरक्तलोचनः।
अकम्पनमुवाचेदं निर्दहन्निव तेजसा ॥ ३.३१.३ ॥
Thus addressed, ten-necked Rāvaṇa, enraged, his eyes reddened, as though burning with his radiance, said this to Akampana.
3.31.4
केन भीमं जनस्थानं हतं मम परासुना।
को हि सर्वेषु लोकेषु गतिं नाधिगमिष्यति ॥ ३.३१.४ ॥
By whom has the terrible Janasthāna been destroyed, by one who takes my very life? Who, indeed, in all the worlds will not find a way (to escape me)?
3.31.5
न हि मे विप्रियं कृत्वा शक्यं मघवता सुखम्।
प्राप्तुं वैश्रवणेनापि न यमेन च विष्णुना ॥ ३.३१.५ ॥
Having done me displeasure, not even Indra, nor Kubera, nor Yama, nor Viṣṇu could obtain happiness.
3.31.6
कालस्य चाप्यहं कालो दहेयमपि पावकम्।
मृत्युं मरणधर्मेण संयोजयितुमुत्सहे ॥ ३.३१.६ ॥
I am even the Time of Time; I could burn even fire; I am able to join even Death to the nature of dying.
3.31.7
वातस्य तरसा वेगं निहन्तुमपि चोत्सहे।
दहेयमपि संक्रुद्धस्तेजसाऽऽदित्यपावकौ ॥ ३.३१.७ ॥
I am able even to check the speed of the wind; and when enraged, I could burn even the sun and the fire with my radiance.
3.31.8
तथा क्रुद्धं दशग्रीवं कृताञ्जलिरकम्पनः।
भयात् संदिग्धया वाचा रावणं याचतेऽभयम् ॥ ३.३१.८ ॥
Thus, before the enraged ten-necked Rāvaṇa, Akampana folded his hands and, with a voice faltering from fear, begged for safety.
3.31.9
दशग्रीवोऽभयं तस्मै प्रददौ रक्षसां वरः।
स विस्रब्धोऽब्रवीद् वाक्यमसंदिग्धमकम्पनः ॥ ३.३१.९ ॥
The ten-necked Rāvaṇa, best of the rakshasas, granted him safety; reassured, Akampana then spoke clear and unhesitating words.
3.31.10
पुत्रो दशरथस्यास्ते सिंहसंहननो युवा।
रामो नाम महास्कन्धो वृत्तायतमहाभुजः ॥ ३.३१.१० ॥
There is a young man named Rāma, son of Daśaratha, lion-built, broad-shouldered, with round, long, mighty arms.
3.31.11
श्यामः पृथुयशाः श्रीमानतुल्यबलविक्रमः।
हतस्तेन जनस्थाने खरश्च सहदूषणः ॥ ३.३१.११ ॥
That dark-hued, widely famed, glorious one, of incomparable strength and valour, is the one who slew Khara and Dūṣaṇa at Janasthāna.
3.31.12
अकम्पनवचः श्रुत्वा रावणो राक्षसाधिपः।
नागेन्द्र इव निःश्वस्य इदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥ ३.३१.१२ ॥
Hearing Akampana's words, Rāvaṇa, lord of the rakshasas, sighed like a lordly elephant and spoke these words.
3.31.13
स सुरेन्द्रेण संयुक्तो रामः सर्वामरैः सह।
उपयातो जनस्थानं ब्रूहि कच्चिदकम्पन ॥ ३.३१.१३ ॥
Akampana, tell me whether that Rāma, joined with the lord of the gods and all the immortals, has come to Janasthāna.
3.31.14
रावणस्य पुनर्वाक्यं निशम्य तदकम्पनः।
आचचक्षे बलं तस्य विक्रमं च महात्मनः ॥ ३.३१.१४ ॥
Hearing Rāvaṇa's words once more, Akampana described the strength and prowess of that great-souled one.
3.31.15
रामो नाम महातेजाः श्रेष्ठः सर्वधनुष्मताम्।
दिव्यास्त्रगुणसम्पन्नः परं धर्मं गतो युधि ॥ ३.३१.१५ ॥
Rāma by name, of great splendour, is the foremost of all archers, endowed with the excellence of divine weapons, and in battle he has attained the supreme duty.
3.31.16
तस्यानुरूपो बलवान् रक्ताक्षो दुन्दुभिस्वनः।
कनीयाँल्लक्ष्मणो भ्राता राकाशशिनिभाननः ॥ ३.३१.१६ ॥
His equal in strength, red-eyed and with a voice like a war-drum, with a face like the full moon, is his younger brother Lakṣmaṇa.
3.31.17
स तेन सह संयुक्तः पावकेनानिलो यथा।
श्रीमान् राजवरस्तेन जनस्थानं निपातितम् ॥ ३.३१.१७ ॥
He is joined with him, as the wind with fire; and by that glorious best of kings, Janasthāna has been laid waste.
3.31.18
नैव देवा महात्मानो नात्र कार्या विचारणा।
शरा रामेण तूत्सृष्टा रुक्मपुङ्खाः पतत्त्रिणः ॥ ३.३१.१८ ॥
Do not doubt in this matter: those great-souled ones are not gods. The arrows loosed by Rāma, gold-feathered and winged, come flying.
3.31.19
सर्पाः पञ्चानना भूत्वा भक्षयन्ति स्म राक्षसान्।
येन येन च गच्छन्ति राक्षसा भयकर्षिताः ॥ ३.३१.१९ ॥
Having become five-headed serpents, they devoured the rākṣasas. Whichever way the rākṣasas, tormented by fear, went,
3.31.20
तेन तेन स्म पश्यन्ति राममेवाग्रतः स्थितम्।
इत्थं विनाशितं तेन जनस्थानं तवानघ ॥ ३.३१.२० ॥
Wherever they looked, they saw Rāma himself standing before them. Thus, O sinless one, did he destroy your Janasthāna.
3.31.21
अकम्पनवचः श्रुत्वा रावणो वाक्यमब्रवीत्।
गमिष्यामि जनस्थानं रामं हन्तुं सलक्ष्मणम् ॥ ३.३१.२१ ॥
Having heard Akampana's words, Rāvaṇa spoke: "I will go to Janasthāna to kill Rāma together with Lakṣmaṇa."
3.31.22
अथैवमुक्ते वचने प्रोवाचेदमकम्पनः।
शृणु राजन् यथावृत्तं रामस्य बलपौरुषम् ॥ ३.३१.२२ ॥
When this had been said, Akampana spoke: "Listen, O king, to the might and valor of Rāma, just as it happened."
3.31.23
असाध्यः कुपितो रामो विक्रमेण महायशाः।
आपगायास्तु पूर्णाया वेगं परिहरेच्छरैः ॥ ३.३१.२३ ॥
Rāma, the greatly famed, is invincible when enraged; by his valor he could check with his arrows the rushing current of a full river.
3.31.24
सताराग्रहनक्षत्रं नभश्चाप्यवसादयेत्।
असौ रामस्तु सीदन्तीं श्रीमानभ्युद्धरेन्महीम् ॥ ३.३१.२४ ॥
He could bring down even the sky with its stars and constellations; and that same glorious Rāma could lift up the sinking earth.
3.31.25
भित्त्वा वेलां समुद्रस्य लोकानाप्लावयेद् विभुः।
वेगं वापि समुद्रस्य वायुं वा विधमेच्छरैः ॥ ३.३१.२५ ॥
Breaking the shore of the ocean, that mighty one could flood the worlds; or with arrows he could scatter the ocean's force, or even the wind.
3.31.26
संहृत्य वा पुनर्लोकान् विक्रमेण महायशाः।
शक्तः श्रेष्ठः स पुरुषः स्रष्टुं पुनरपि प्रजाः ॥ ३.३१.२६ ॥
That great-famed best of men, by his valour, can withdraw the worlds and again create creatures anew.
3.31.27
नहि रामो दशग्रीव शक्यो जेतुं रणे त्वया।
रक्षसां वापि लोकेन स्वर्गः पापजनैरिव ॥ ३.३१.२७ ॥
Rāma, O ten-necked one, cannot be conquered by you in battle, nor by a host of rākṣasas, just as heaven cannot be won by sinful people.
3.31.28
न तं वध्यमहं मन्ये सर्वैर्देवासुरैरपि।
अयं तस्य वधोपायस्तन्ममैकमनाः शृणु ॥ ३.३१.२८ ॥
I do not think he can be slain even by all gods and asuras together. This is the means of his slaying; hear it from me with a single mind.
3.31.29
भार्या तस्योत्तमा लोके सीता नाम सुमध्यमा।
श्यामा समविभक्ताङ्गी स्त्रीरत्नं रत्नभूषिता ॥ ३.३१.२९ ॥
In the world, his excellent wife is named Sītā: slender-waisted, dark-hued, with well-proportioned limbs, a jewel among women, adorned with jewels.
3.31.30
नैव देवी न गन्धर्वी नाप्सरा न च पन्नगी।
तुल्या सीमन्तिनी तस्या मानुषी तु कुतो भवेत् ॥ ३.३१.३० ॥
No goddess, no gandharva woman, no apsaras, nor any nāga woman is her equal; how then could a human woman be equal to her?
3.31.31
तस्यापहर भार्यां त्वं तं प्रमथ्य महावने।
सीतया रहितो रामो न चैव हि भविष्यति ॥ ३.३१.३१ ॥
Overpower him in the great forest and carry off his wife; separated from Sītā, Rāma will not survive.
3.31.32
अरोचयत तद्वाक्यं रावणो राक्षसाधिपः।
चिन्तयित्वा महाबाहुरकम्पनमुवाच ह ॥ ३.३१.३२ ॥
Rāvaṇa, lord of the rākṣasas, approved that counsel; reflecting, the mighty-armed one spoke to Akampana.
3.31.33
बाढं कल्यं गमिष्यामि ह्येकः सारथिना सह।
आनेष्यामि च वैदेहीमिमां हृष्टो महापुरीम् ॥ ३.३१.३३ ॥
Very well; tomorrow I will go alone with a charioteer, and joyfully bring this Videha princess into this great city.
3.31.34
तदेवमुक्त्वा प्रययौ खरयुक्तेन रावणः।
रथेनादित्यवर्णेन दिशः सर्वाः प्रकाशयन् ॥ ३.३१.३४ ॥
Having spoken thus, Rāvaṇa set out in a chariot the colour of the sun, yoked with donkeys, lighting up all the quarters.
3.31.35
स रथो राक्षसेन्द्रस्य नक्षत्रपथगो महान्।
चञ्चूर्यमाणः शुशुभे जलदे चन्द्रमा इव ॥ ३.३१.३५ ॥
That great chariot of the lord of rākṣasas, moving along the path of the stars, shone like the moon in a rain cloud, glittering.
3.31.36
स दूरे चाश्रमं गत्वा ताटकेयमुपागमत्।
मारीचेनार्चितो राजा भक्ष्यभोज्यैरमानुषैः ॥ ३.३१.३६ ॥
Having gone far to the hermitage, he came to Mārīca, son of Tāṭakā, and was honoured by Mārīca with superhuman food and drink.
3.31.37
तं स्वयं पूजयित्वा तु आसनेनोदकेन च।
अर्थोपहितया वाचा मारीचो वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥ ३.३१.३७ ॥
Having honored him himself with a seat and water, Mārīca spoke these words in a meaningful tone.
3.31.38
कच्चित् सकुशलं राजँल्लोकानां राक्षसाधिप।
आशङ्के नाधिजाने त्वं यतस्तूर्णमुपागतः ॥ ३.३१.३८ ॥
O king, lord of the rākṣasas, is all well in the worlds? I am uneasy, for you have come so swiftly, and I do not know the reason.
3.31.39
एवमुक्तो महातेजा मारीचेन स रावणः।
ततः पश्चादिदं वाक्यमब्रवीद् वाक्यकोविदः ॥ ३.३१.३९ ॥
Thus addressed by Mārīca, Rāvaṇa, of great radiance and skilled in speech, afterwards spoke these words.
3.31.40
आरक्षो मे हतस्तात रामेणाक्लिष्टकारिणा।
जनस्थानमवध्यं तत् सर्वं युधि निपातितम् ॥ ३.३१.४० ॥
Dear friend, my guard was slain by Rāma, who acts without effort. All of Janasthāna, which was unassailable, was felled in battle.
3.31.41
तस्य मे कुरु साचिव्यं तस्य भार्यापहारणे।
राक्षसेन्द्रवचः श्रुत्वा मारीचो वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥ ३.३१.४१ ॥
Give me your help in abducting his wife. Hearing these words of the lord of rākṣasas, Mārīca spoke these words.
3.31.42
आख्याता केन वा सीता मित्ररूपेण शत्रुणा।
त्वया राक्षसशार्दूल को न नन्दति नन्दितः ॥ ३.३१.४२ ॥
O tiger among rākṣasas, which enemy in the guise of a friend told you about Sītā? Who would not rejoice when you are delighted?
3.31.43
सीतामिहानयस्वेति को ब्रवीति ब्रवीहि मे।
रक्षोलोकस्य सर्वस्य कः शृङ्गं छेत्तुमिच्छति ॥ ३.३१.४३ ॥
Who says, "Bring Sītā here"? Tell me. Who wishes to cut the peak of the whole rākṣasa world?
3.31.44
प्रोत्साहयति यश्च त्वां स च शत्रुरसंशयम्।
आशीविषमुखाद् दंष्ट्रामुद्धर्तुं चेच्छति त्वया ॥ ३.३१.४४ ॥
He who urges you on is without doubt an enemy, and so is he who wishes, through you, to pull the fang from a viper's mouth.
3.31.45
कर्मणानेन केनासि कापथं प्रतिपादितः।
सुखसुप्तस्य ते राजन् प्रहृतं केन मूर्धनि ॥ ३.३१.४५ ॥
O king, by this deed, who has led you onto a wrong path? Who has struck your head while you were sleeping in comfort?
3.31.46
विशुद्धवंशाभिजनाग्रहस्त-
तेजोमदः संस्थितदोर्विषाणः।
उदीक्षितुं रावण नेह युक्तः
स संयुगे राघवगन्धहस्ती ॥ ३.३१.४६ ॥
O Rāvaṇa, that Rāghava—an elephant in rut, of pure lineage and noble birth, proud of his splendor, with arms firm as tusks—is fit to be looked upon only in battle, not here.
3.31.47
असौ रणान्तःस्थितिसंधिवालो
विदग्धरक्षोमृगहा नृसिंहः।
सुप्तस्त्वया बोधयितुं न शक्यः
शराङ्गपूर्णो निशितासिदंष्ट्रः ॥ ३.३१.४७ ॥
He stands at the end of battle, his tail the joint of truce, the man-lion who slew the skilled beasts of the rākṣasas. Asleep, he cannot be roused by you—filled with arrows, with fangs like keen swords.
3.31.48
चापापहारे भुजवेगपङ्के
शरोर्मिमाले सुमहाहवौघे।
न रामपातालमुखेऽतिघोरे
प्रस्कन्दितुं राक्षसराज युक्तम् ॥ ३.३१.४८ ॥
O lord of the rākṣasas, to plunge into the jaws of Rāma's abyss—most terrible, where bows are seized, mired in the force of arms, garlanded with waves of arrows, a flood of great battle—is not fitting for you.
3.31.49
प्रसीद लङ्केश्वर राक्षसेन्द्र
लङ्कां प्रसन्नो भव साधु गच्छ।
त्वं स्वेषु दारेषु रमस्व नित्यं
रामः सभार्यो रमतां वनेषु ॥ ३.३१.४९ ॥
Be gracious, lord of Laṅkā, king of the rākṣasas. Be pleased and go well back to Laṅkā. Always take your delight among your own wives, and let Rāma take his delight in the forests with his wife.
3.31.50
एवमुक्तो दशग्रीवो मारीचेन स रावणः।
न्यवर्तत पुरीं लङ्कां विवेश च गृहोत्तमम् ॥ ३.३१.५० ॥
Thus addressed by Mārīca, that ten-necked Rāvaṇa turned back, entered the city of Laṅkā, and went into the finest house.