Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 3.42
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3.42.1
एवमुक्त्वा तु परुषं मारीचो रावणं ततः।
गच्छावेत्यब्रवीद् दीनो भयाद् रात्रिंचरप्रभोः ॥ ३.४२.१ ॥
Having spoken these harsh words, Mārīca, wretched from fear, then said to Rāvaṇa, lord of the night-ranging demons: "Let us go."
3.42.2
दृष्टश्चाहं पुनस्तेन शरचापासिधारिणा।
मद्वधोद्यतशस्त्रेण निहतं जीवितं च मे ॥ ३.४२.२ ॥
And again he saw me, he who bears bow, arrow and sword, his weapon raised to slay me; and my life was struck down.
3.42.3
नहि रामं पराक्रम्य जीवन् प्रतिनिवर्तते।
वर्तते प्रतिरूपोऽसौ यमदण्डहतस्य ते ॥ ३.४२.३ ॥
No one who challenges Rāma returns alive; he would become a likeness of you, struck down by Yama's rod.
3.42.4
किं नु कर्तुं मया शक्यमेवं त्वयि दुरात्मनि।
एष गच्छाम्यहं तात स्वस्ति तेऽस्तु निशाचर ॥ ३.४२.४ ॥
What else could I do, with you so wicked-minded? Dear friend, I am going; may it go well for you, night-wanderer.
3.42.5
प्रहृष्टस्त्वभवत् तेन वचनेन स राक्षसः।
परिष्वज्य सुसंश्लिष्टमिदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥ ३.४२.५ ॥
Delighted by those words, the demon embraced him closely and spoke these words.
3.42.6
एतच्छौटीर्ययुक्तं ते मच्छन्दवशवर्तिनः।
इदानीमसि मारीचः पूर्वमन्यो हि राक्षसः ॥ ३.४२.६ ॥
These words of yours are full of valour; now you are Mārīca, following my will. Before, you were indeed another demon.
3.42.7
आरुह्यतामयं शीघ्रं खगो रत्नविभूषितः।
मया सह रथो युक्तः पिशाचवदनैः खरैः ॥ ३.४२.७ ॥
Mount quickly this bird-like chariot adorned with gems; with me this chariot is yoked to demon-faced asses.
3.42.8
प्रलोभयित्वा वैदेहीं यथेष्टं गन्तुमर्हसि।
तां शून्ये प्रसभं सीतामानयिष्यामि मैथिलीम् ॥ ३.४२.८ ॥
Having lured Vaidehī, go wherever you wish; that Maithilī Sītā I shall forcibly bring to an empty place.
3.42.9
ततस्तथेत्युवाचैनं रावणं ताटकासुतः।
ततो रावणमारीचौ विमानमिव तं रथम् ॥ ३.४२.९ ॥
Then the son of Tāṭakā (Mārīca) said to Rāvaṇa, 'So be it.' Then Rāvaṇa and Mārīca mounted that chariot as if it were an aerial car.
3.42.10
आरुह्याययतुः शीघ्रं तस्मादाश्रममण्डलात्।
तथैव तत्र पश्यन्तौ पत्तनानि वनानि च ॥ ३.४२.१० ॥
Having mounted, the two quickly set off from that circle of hermitages, and in the same way, seeing the towns and forests there as they went.
3.42.11
गिरींश्च सरितः सर्वा राष्ट्राणि नगराणि च।
समेत्य दण्डकारण्यं राघवस्याश्रमं ततः ॥ ३.४२.११ ॥
Passing mountains, all rivers, realms and cities, and reaching the Daṇḍaka forest, they came to the hermitage of Rāghava (Rāma).
3.42.12
ददर्श सहमारीचो रावणो राक्षसाधिपः।
अवतीर्य रथात् तस्मात् ततः काञ्चनभूषणात् ॥ ३.४२.१२ ॥
Rāvaṇa, lord of the rākṣasas, together with Mārīca, saw it; then, having descended from that gold-adorned chariot,
3.42.13
हस्ते गृहीत्वा मारीचं रावणो वाक्यमब्रवीत्।
एतद् रामाश्रमपदं दृश्यते कदलीवृतम् ॥ ३.४२.१३ ॥
Holding Mārīca by the hand, Rāvaṇa spoke these words: "This is the hermitage-site of Rāma, seen surrounded by plantain trees."
3.42.14
क्रियतां तत् सखे शीघ्रं यदर्थं वयमागताः।
स रावणवचः श्रुत्वा मारीचो राक्षसस्तदा ॥ ३.४२.१४ ॥
"Friend, let that be done quickly, for which purpose we have come." Hearing Rāvaṇa's words, then the rākṣasa Mārīca...
3.42.15
मृगो भूत्वाऽऽश्रमद्वारि रामस्य विचचार ह।
स तु रूपं समास्थाय महदद्भुतदर्शनम् ॥ ३.४२.१५ ॥
Becoming a deer, he roamed at the gate of Rāma's hermitage; and he took on a great form, wondrous to behold.
3.42.16
मणिप्रवरशृङ्गाग्रः सितासितमुखाकृतिः।
रक्तपद्मोत्पलमुख इन्द्रनीलोत्पलश्रवाः ॥ ३.४२.१६ ॥
The tips of his horns were like excellent jewels; his face had the form of white and black; his face was like a red lotus and a blue lotus; his ears were like sapphire lotuses.
3.42.17
किंचिदभ्युन्नतग्रीव इन्द्रनीलनिभोदरः।
मधूकनिभपार्श्वश्च कञ्जकिञ्जल्कसंनिभः ॥ ३.४२.१७ ॥
His neck was slightly raised; his belly was like sapphire, his flanks like the madhūka flower, resembling the filament of a lotus.
3.42.18
वैदूर्यसंकाशखुरस्तनुजङ्घः सुसंहतः।
इन्द्रायुधसवर्णेन पुच्छेनोर्ध्वं विराजितः ॥ ३.४२.१८ ॥
His hooves were like cat's-eye gems, his shanks slender, his body well-knit; with a tail the colour of Indra's bow, he shone upward.
3.42.19
मनोहरस्निग्धवर्णो रत्नैर्नानाविधैर्वृतः।
क्षणेन राक्षसो जातो मृगः परमशोभनः ॥ ३.४२.१९ ॥
Glossy and charming in hue, adorned with jewels of many kinds, the rakshasa in an instant became a deer of supreme beauty.
3.42.20
वनं प्रज्वलयन् रम्यं रामाश्रमपदं च तत्।
मनोहरं दर्शनीयं रूपं कृत्वा स राक्षसः ॥ ३.४२.२० ॥
Lighting up the forest and that lovely hermitage-site of Rāma, the rakshasa took on a charming and pleasing form.
3.42.21
प्रलोभनार्थं वैदेह्या नानाधातुविचित्रितम्।
विचरन् गच्छते सम्यक् शाद्वलानि समन्ततः ॥ ३.४२.२१ ॥
To entice Vaidehī (Sītā), that deer, variegated with the colours of many minerals, wandered about and grazed well over the grassy meadows all around.
3.42.22
रौप्यैर्बिन्दुशतैश्चित्रं भूत्वा च प्रियदर्शनः।
विटपीनां किसलयान् भक्षयन् विचचार ह ॥ ३.४२.२२ ॥
Spotted all over with hundreds of silvery dots, pleasing to behold, the deer roamed eating the tender shoots of the trees.
3.42.23
कदलीगृहकं गत्वा कर्णिकारानितस्ततः।
समाश्रयन् मन्दगतिं सीतासंदर्शनं ततः ॥ ३.४२.२३ ॥
Going to a bower of plantains, sheltering here and there among the karṇikāra trees, moving slowly, he then came into Sītā's view.
3.42.24
राजीवचित्रपृष्ठः स विरराज महामृगः।
रामाश्रमपदाभ्याशे विचचार यथासुखम् ॥ ३.४२.२४ ॥
With a back patterned like lotus-flowers, that great deer shone, and roamed at ease near the hermitage-site of Rāma.
3.42.25
पुनर्गत्वा निवृत्तश्च विचचार मृगोत्तमः।
गत्वा मुहूर्तं त्वरया पुनः प्रतिनिवर्तते ॥ ३.४२.२५ ॥
Having gone again and turned back, that finest of deer wandered about. Having gone a moment in haste, it turns back once more.
3.42.26
विक्रीडंश्च क्वचिद् भूमौ पुनरेव निषीदति।
आश्रमद्वारमागम्य मृगयूथानि गच्छति ॥ ३.४२.२६ ॥
Playing here and there on the ground, it sits down again. Coming to the gate of the hermitage, it goes toward the herds of deer.
3.42.27
मृगयूथैरनुगतः पुनरेव निवर्तते।
सीतादर्शनमाकांक्षन् राक्षसो मृगतां गतः ॥ ३.४२.२७ ॥
Though followed by the herds of deer, it turns back again. Desiring the sight of Sītā, the rākṣasa had assumed the form of a deer.
3.42.28
परिभ्रमति चित्राणि मण्डलानि विनिष्पतन्।
समुद्वीक्ष्य च सर्वे तं मृगा येऽन्ये वनेचराः ॥ ३.४२.२८ ॥
It wanders about in bright circles, leaping here and there. Seeing it, all the deer and the other forest-dwelling creatures...
3.42.29
उपगम्य समाघ्राय विद्रवन्ति दिशो दश।
राक्षसः सोऽपि तान् वन्यान् मृगान् मृगवधे रतः ॥ ३.४२.२९ ॥
Coming near and sniffing it, they scatter in the ten directions. That rākṣasa too, delighting in slaying those wild deer...
3.42.30
प्रच्छादनार्थं भावस्य न भक्षयति संस्पृशन्।
तस्मिन् नेव ततः काले वैदेही शुभलोचना ॥ ३.४२.३० ॥
To conceal his true nature, he does not eat them even after touching them. At that very moment, the fair-eyed Vaidehī (Sītā)...
3.42.31
कुसुमापचये व्यग्रा पादपानत्यवर्तत।
कर्णिकारानशोकांश्च चूतांश्च मदिरेक्षणा ॥ ३.४२.३१ ॥
Intent on gathering flowers, with wine-dark eyes, she moved among the trees — the karṇikāra, the aśoka, and the mango.
3.42.32
कुसुमान्यपचिन्वन्ती चचार रुचिरानना।
अनर्हा वनवासस्य सा तं रत्नमयं मृगम् ॥ ३.४२.३२ ॥
Gathering flowers, the lovely-faced one, though unfit for forest exile, gazed at that deer made of jewels.
3.42.33
मुक्तामणिविचित्राङ्गं ददर्श परमाङ्गना।
तं वै रुचिरदन्तोष्ठं रूप्यधातुतनूरुहम् ॥ ३.४२.३३ ॥
That supreme woman saw the deer whose body was variegated with pearls and gems, with lovely teeth and lips, and silvery hair.
3.42.34
विस्मयोत्फुल्लनयना सस्नेहं समुदैक्षत।
स च तां रामदयितां पश्यन् मायामयो मृगः ॥ ३.४२.३४ ॥
With eyes opened wide in wonder, she gazed at it fondly; and that illusory deer, looking at her, the beloved of Rāma—
3.42.35
विचचार ततस्तत्र दीपयन्निव तद् वनम्।
अदृष्टपूर्वं दृष्ट्वा तं नानारत्नमयं मृगम्।
विस्मयं परमं सीता जगाम जनकात्मजा ॥ ३.४२.३५ ॥
Then that deer roamed there, as though illuminating the forest. Seeing that deer made of many jewels, never seen before, Sītā, daughter of Janaka, was struck with great wonder.