Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 3.34
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3.34.1
ततः शूर्पणखां दृष्ट्वा ब्रुवन्तीं परुषं वचः।
अमात्यमध्ये संक्रुद्धः परिपप्रच्छ रावणः ॥ ३.३४.१ ॥
Then, seeing Śūrpaṇakhā speaking harsh words, Rāvaṇa, enraged in the midst of his ministers, asked.
3.34.2
कश्च रामः कथंवीर्यः किंरूपः किंपराक्रमः।
किमर्थं दण्डकारण्यं प्रविष्टश्च सुदुस्तरम् ॥ ३.३४.२ ॥
Who is this Rāma, of what might, of what form, of what valour? And why has he entered the Daṇḍaka forest, so very hard to cross?
3.34.3
आयुधं किं च रामस्य येन ते राक्षसा हताः।
खरश्च निहतः संख्ये दूषणस्त्रिशिरास्तथा ॥ ३.३४.३ ॥
What is Rāma's weapon, by which those rākṣasas were slain? In battle Khara was killed, and Dūṣaṇa and Triśiras likewise.
3.34.4
तत्त्वं ब्रूहि मनोज्ञाङ्गि केन त्वं च विरूपिता।
इत्युक्ता राक्षसेन्द्रेण राक्षसी क्रोधमूर्च्छिता ॥ ३.३४.४ ॥
Then tell me, O lovely-limbed one, by whom were you disfigured? Thus addressed by the lord of rākṣasas, the rākṣasī, swooning with rage...
3.34.5
ततो रामं यथान्यायमाख्यातुमुपचक्रमे।
दीर्घबाहुर्विशालाक्षश्चीरकृष्णाजिनाम्बरः ॥ ३.३४.५ ॥
Then she began to describe Rāma as is proper: long-armed, broad-eyed, clad in bark garments and black antelope skin.
3.34.6
कन्दर्पसमरूपश्च रामो दशरथात्मजः।
शक्रचापनिभं चापं विकृष्य कनकाङ्गदम् ॥ ३.३४.६ ॥
And Rāma, son of Daśaratha, has a form like Kāma's. Drawing his bow, like Indra's rainbow, adorned with gold...
3.34.7
दीप्तान् क्षिपति नाराचान् सर्पानिव महाविषान्।
नाददानं शरान् घोरान् विमुञ्चन्तं महाबलम् ॥ ३.३४.७ ॥
He hurls blazing narācha arrows like great venomous serpents, the mighty one who takes up terrible shafts and lets them fly.
3.34.8
न कार्मुकं विकर्षन्तं रामं पश्यामि संयुगे।
हन्यमानं तु तत्सैन्यं पश्यामि शरवृष्टिभिः ॥ ३.३४.८ ॥
I do not see Rāma drawing his bow in battle, but I see that army being struck down by showers of arrows.
3.34.9
इन्द्रेणेवोत्तमं सस्यमाहतं त्वश्मवृष्टिभिः।
रक्षसां भीमवीर्याणां सहस्राणि चतुर्दश ॥ ३.३४.९ ॥
As Indra lays waste a fine crop with a rain of stones, so are fourteen thousand rākṣasas of terrible valour being struck down.
3.34.10
निहतानि शरैस्तीक्ष्णैस्तेनैकेन पदातिना।
अर्धाधिकमुहूर्तेन खरश्च सहदूषणः ॥ ३.३४.१० ॥
That single foot-soldier has slain them with sharp arrows; in not much more than half a muhūrta, Khara and Dūṣaṇa too have been slain.
3.34.11
ऋषीणामभयं दत्तं कृतक्षेमाश्च दण्डकाः ॥ ३.३४.११ ॥
Fearlessness has been granted to the sages, and the Daṇḍaka forest has been made secure.
3.34.12
एका कथंचिन्मुक्ताहं परिभूय महात्मना।
स्त्रीवधं शङ्कमानेन रामेण विदितात्मना ॥ ३.३४.१२ ॥
Humiliated by that great-souled one, I alone have somehow been let go; Rāma, self-controlled and fearing the slaying of a woman, has spared me.
3.34.13
भ्राता चास्य महातेजा गुणतस्तुल्यविक्रमः।
अनुरक्तश्च भक्तश्च लक्ष्मणो नाम वीर्यवान् ॥ ३.३४.१३ ॥
His brother is the radiant Lakṣmaṇa, equal to him in qualities and valour, devoted and loyal, a mighty warrior named Lakṣmaṇa.
3.34.14
अमर्षी दुर्जयो जेता विक्रान्तो बुद्धिमान् बली।
रामस्य दक्षिणो बाहुर्नित्यं प्राणो बहिश्चरः ॥ ३.३४.१४ ॥
He is intolerant of insult, unconquerable, a conqueror, valiant, wise and strong; Rāma's right arm, ever his life-breath, moving abroad.
3.34.15
रामस्य तु विशालाक्षी पूर्णेन्दुसदृशानना।
धर्मपत्नी प्रिया नित्यं भर्तुः प्रियहिते रता ॥ ३.३४.१५ ॥
Rāma's wife, wide-eyed, with a face like the full moon, his lawful wife and beloved, ever devoted to her husband's pleasure and welfare.
3.34.16
सा सुकेशी सुनासोरूः सुरूपा च यशस्विनी।
देवतेव वनस्यास्य राजते श्रीरिवापरा ॥ ३.३४.१६ ॥
She has fine hair, a fine nose and shapely thighs; beautiful and glorious, she shines in this forest like a goddess, like another Śrī.
3.34.17
तप्तकाञ्चनवर्णाभा रक्ततुङ्गनखी शुभा।
सीता नाम वरारोहा वैदेही तनुमध्यमा ॥ ३.३४.१७ ॥
Radiant as molten gold, with high reddish nails, auspicious; named Sītā, of lovely hips, Vaidehī, slender-waisted.
3.34.18
नैव देवी न गन्धर्वी न यक्षी न च किंनरी।
तथारूपा मया नारी दृष्टपूर्वा महीतले ॥ ३.३४.१८ ॥
She is no goddess, nor a gandharva woman, nor a yakṣa woman, nor a kinnarī; such a woman I have never seen before on the earth.
3.34.19
यस्य सीता भवेद् भार्या यं च हृष्टा परिष्वजेत्।
अभिजीवेत् स सर्वेषु लोकेष्वपि पुरंदरात् ॥ ३.३४.१९ ॥
He whose wife Sītā would be, and whom she would joyfully embrace, would live on in all the worlds, surpassing even Indra.
3.34.20
सा सुशीला वपुःश्लाघ्या रूपेणाप्रतिमा भुवि।
तवानुरूपा भार्या सा त्वं च तस्याः पतिर्वरः ॥ ३.३४.२० ॥
She is gentle-natured, praiseworthy in form, and incomparable in beauty on earth; she is a wife fitting for you, and you are the excellent husband fitting for her.
3.34.21
तां तु विस्तीर्णजघनां पीनोत्तुङ्गपयोधराम्।
भार्यार्थे तु तवानेतुमुद्यताहं वराननाम् ॥ ३.३४.२१ ॥
I am ready to bring that fair-faced woman, broad-hipped and full and high-breasted, to be your wife.
3.34.22
विरूपितास्मि क्रूरेण लक्ष्मणेन महाभुज।
तां तु दृष्ट्वाद्य वैदेहीं पूर्णचन्द्रनिभाननाम् ॥ ३.३४.२२ ॥
O mighty-armed one, I have been disfigured by the cruel Lakṣmaṇa. And now, seeing that Vaidehī with a face like the full moon—
3.34.23
मन्मथस्य शराणां च त्वं विधेयो भविष्यसि।
यदि तस्यामभिप्रायो भार्यात्वे तव जायते।
शीघ्रमुद्ध्रियतां पादो जयार्थमिह दक्षिणः ॥ ३.३४.२३ ॥
You will become subject to the arrows of Love. If an intention toward her for wifehood arises in you, then quickly lift your right foot here for victory.
3.34.24
रोचते यदि ते वाक्यं ममैतद् राक्षसेश्वर।
क्रियतां निर्विशङ्केन वचनं मम रावण ॥ ३.३४.२४ ॥
O lord of rākṣasas, if these words of mine please you, then, O Rāvaṇa, carry out my word without hesitation.
3.34.25
विज्ञायैषामशक्तिं च क्रियतां च महाबल।
सीता तवानवद्याङ्गी भार्यात्वे राक्षसेश्वर ॥ ३.३४.२५ ॥
Having learned of their weakness, act, O mighty one. O lord of the rākṣasas, make the faultless-limbed Sītā your wife.
3.34.26
निशम्य रामेण शरैरजिह्मगै-
र्हताञ्जनस्थानगतान् निशाचरान्।
खरं च दृष्ट्वा निहतं च दूषणं
त्वमद्य कृत्यं प्रतिपत्तुमर्हसि ॥ ३.३४.२६ ॥
Having heard that the night-roamers who had gone to Janasthāna were slain by Rāma's straight-flying arrows, and having seen Khara and Dūṣaṇa slain, you should now undertake your duty.