Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 3.41
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3.41.1
आज्ञप्तो रावणेनेत्थं प्रतिकूलं च राजवत्।
अब्रवीत् परुषं वाक्यं निःशङ्को राक्षसाधिपम् ॥ ३.४१.१ ॥
Commanded thus by Rāvaṇa, he spoke harsh and unwelcome words to the lord of the rākṣasas, fearless and like a king.
3.41.2
केनायमुपदिष्टस्ते विनाशः पापकर्मणा।
सपुत्रस्य सराज्यस्य सामात्यस्य निशाचर ॥ ३.४१.२ ॥
O night-wanderer, which evil-doer has advised you toward this ruin, the destruction of you together with your sons, your kingdom and your ministers?
3.41.3
कस्त्वया सुखिना राजन् नाभिनन्दति पापकृत्।
केनेदमुपदिष्टं ते मृत्युद्वारमुपायतः ॥ ३.४१.३ ॥
O king, what evil-doer does not rejoice in your happiness? By whom were you advised toward the gate of death?
3.41.4
शत्रवस्तव सुव्यक्तं हीनवीर्या निशाचर।
इच्छन्ति त्वां विनश्यन्तमुपरुद्धं बलीयसा ॥ ३.४१.४ ॥
O night-wanderer, it is clear that your enemies, lacking valour, wish you to perish, besieged by a stronger foe.
3.41.5
केनेदमुपदिष्टं ते क्षुद्रेणाहितबुद्धिना।
यस्त्वामिच्छति नश्यन्तं स्वकृतेन निशाचर ॥ ३.४१.५ ॥
O night-wanderer, which base and ill-minded man, who wishes you to perish by your own deeds, has advised you thus?
3.41.6
वध्याः खलु न वध्यन्ते सचिवास्तव रावण।
ये त्वामुत्पथमारूढं न निगृह्णन्ति सर्वशः ॥ ३.४१.६ ॥
O Rāvaṇa, your ministers who, seeing you risen onto the wrong path, do not restrain you in any way, truly deserve death, yet they are not put to death.
3.41.7
अमात्यैः कामवृत्तो हि राजा कापथमाश्रितः।
निग्राह्यः सर्वथा सद्भिः स निग्राह्यो न गृह्यसे ॥ ३.४१.७ ॥
When a king, acting from desire, has taken to a wrong path, his ministers must restrain him in every way, and the good must restrain him; yet you are not restrained.
3.41.8
धर्ममर्थं च कामं च यशश्च जयतां वर।
स्वामिप्रसादात् सचिवाः प्राप्नुवन्ति निशाचर ॥ ३.४१.८ ॥
O best of victors, O night-wanderer, by the favor of their master ministers obtain righteousness, wealth, pleasure, and fame.
3.41.9
विपर्यये तु तत्सर्वं व्यर्थं भवति रावण।
व्यसनं स्वामिवैगुण्यात् प्राप्नुवन्तीतरे जनाः ॥ ३.४१.९ ॥
But in the reverse case, O Rāvaṇa, all of that becomes futile; and through the master's faults, other people obtain ruin.
3.41.10
राजमूलो हि धर्मश्च यशश्च जयतां वर।
तस्मात् सर्वास्ववस्थासु रक्षितव्या नराधिपाः ॥ ३.४१.१० ॥
O best of victors, righteousness and fame are indeed rooted in the king; therefore kings must be protected in every condition.
3.41.11
राज्यं पालयितुं शक्यं न तीक्ष्णेन निशाचर।
न चातिप्रतिकूलेन नाविनीतेन राक्षस ॥ ३.४१.११ ॥
A kingdom cannot be governed by a harsh man, O night-wanderer, nor by one who is extremely hostile and undisciplined, O demon.
3.41.12
ये तीक्ष्णमन्त्राः सचिवा भुज्यन्ते सह तेन वै।
विषमेषु रथाः शीघ्रं मन्दसारथयो यथा ॥ ३.४१.१२ ॥
Those ministers of harsh counsel are destroyed together with him, just as chariots with slow charioteers are quickly wrecked on uneven ground.
3.41.13
बहवः साधवो लोके युक्तधर्ममनुष्ठिताः।
परेषामपराधेन विनष्टाः सपरिच्छदाः ॥ ३.४१.१३ ॥
Many good men in the world, who lived by dharma, have been destroyed with their households through the offence of others.
3.41.14
स्वामिना प्रतिकूलेन प्रजास्तीक्ष्णेन रावण।
रक्ष्यमाणा न वर्धन्ते मेषा गोमायुना यथा ॥ ३.४१.१४ ॥
O Rāvaṇa, as sheep guarded by a jackal do not thrive, so subjects protected by a cruel and hostile master do not flourish.
3.41.15
अवश्यं विनशिष्यन्ति सर्वे रावण राक्षसाः।
येषां त्वं कर्कशो राजा दुर्बुद्धिरजितेन्द्रियः ॥ ३.४१.१५ ॥
O Rāvaṇa, all the rākṣasas whose king is harsh, evil-minded and uncontrolled in the senses, like you, will certainly be destroyed.
3.41.16
तदिदं काकतालीयं घोरमासादितं मया।
अत्र त्वं शोचनीयोऽसि ससैन्यो विनशिष्यसि ॥ ३.४१.१६ ॥
In this terrible chance event that has befallen me, you are to be pitied; with your army you will be destroyed.
3.41.17
मां निहत्य तु रामोऽसावचिरात् त्वां वधिष्यति।
अनेन कृतकृत्योऽस्मि म्रिये चाप्यरिणा हतः ॥ ३.४१.१७ ॥
Even after slaying me, that Rāma will soon slay you. By this I am fulfilled; struck down by an enemy, I die.
3.41.18
दर्शनादेव रामस्य हतं मामवधारय।
आत्मानं च हतं विद्धि हृत्वा सीतां सबान्धवम् ॥ ३.४१.१८ ॥
Know that I am already slain by the mere sight of Rāma; and know that you too are slain, for having seized Sītā together with her kinsmen.
3.41.19
आनयिष्यसि चेत् सीतामाश्रमात् सहितो मया।
नैव त्वमपि नाहं वै नैव लङ्का न राक्षसाः ॥ ३.४१.१९ ॥
If you bring Sītā from the hermitage together with me, then neither you, nor I, nor Laṅkā, nor the rākṣasas will survive.
3.41.20
निवार्यमाणस्तु मया हितैषिणा
न मृष्यसे वाक्यमिदं निशाचर।
परेतकल्पा हि गतायुषो नरा
हितं न गृह्णन्ति सुहृद्भिरीरितम् ॥ ३.४१.२० ॥
Though I restrain you out of goodwill, night-wanderer, you cannot tolerate these words. Men whose lives are spent are like the dead; they do not accept the welfare spoken by their well-wishers.