Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 3.52
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3.52.1
सा तु ताराधिपमुखी रावणेन निरीक्ष्य तम्।
गृध्रराजं विनिहतं विललाप सुदुःखिता ॥ ३.५२.१ ॥
Moon-faced Sītā, seeing the vulture king struck down by Rāvaṇa, lamented in great sorrow.
3.52.2
निमित्तं लक्षणं स्वप्नं शकुनिस्वरदर्शनम्।
अवश्यं सुखदुःखेषु नराणां परिदृश्यते ॥ ३.५२.२ ॥
Omens, signs, dreams, and the sight and sound of birds are surely seen in the joys and sorrows of men.
3.52.3
न नूनं राम जानासि महद्व्यसनमात्मनः।
धावन्ति नूनं काकुत्स्थ मदर्थं मृगपक्षिणः ॥ ३.५२.३ ॥
O Rāma, surely you do not know your great calamity; O descendant of Kakutstha, it is for my sake that these deer and birds are running.
3.52.4
अयं हि कृपया राम मां त्रातुमिह संगतः।
शेते विनिहतो भूमौ ममाभाग्याद् विहंगमः ॥ ३.५२.४ ॥
O Rāma, this bird came here out of compassion to protect me; through my misfortune it has been struck down and lies on the ground.
3.52.5
त्राहि मामद्य काकुत्स्थ लक्ष्मणेति वराङ्गना।
सुसंत्रस्ता समाक्रन्दच्छृण्वतां तु यथान्तिके ॥ ३.५२.५ ॥
"O descendant of Kakutstha! O Lakṣmaṇa! Protect me now!" So crying out, the excellent lady, greatly terrified, wailed aloud so that those nearby might hear.
3.52.6
तां क्लिष्टमाल्याभरणां विलपन्तीमनाथवत्।
अभ्यधावत वैदेहीं रावणो राक्षसाधिपः ॥ ३.५२.६ ॥
Rāvaṇa, lord of the rākṣasas, rushed toward Vaidehī, who was lamenting like one without a protector, her garlands and ornaments in disarray.
3.52.7
तां लतामिव वेष्टन्तीमालिङ्गन्तीं महाद्रुमान्।
मुञ्च मुञ्चेति बहुशः प्राप तां राक्षसाधिपः ॥ ३.५२.७ ॥
Like a creeper she clung to the great trees and embraced them; again and again, crying 'Let go, let go,' the lord of the rākṣasas seized her.
3.52.8
क्रोशन्तीं राम रामेति रामेण रहितां वने।
जीवितान्ताय केशेषु जग्राहान्तकसंनिभः ॥ ३.५२.८ ॥
Crying out 'Rāma, Rāma,' parted from Rāma in the forest, she was seized by the hair by Rāvaṇa, who was like Death itself, for the ending of her life.
3.52.9
प्रधर्षितायां वैदेह्यां बभूव सचराचरम्।
जगत् सर्वममर्यादं तमसान्धेन संवृतम् ॥ ३.५२.९ ॥
When Vaidehī had been violated, the whole world, with its moving and unmoving beings, fell into disorder, blinded and enveloped by darkness.
3.52.10
न वाति मारुतस्तत्र निष्प्रभोऽभूद् दिवाकरः।
दृष्ट्वा सीतां परामृष्टां देवो दिव्येन चक्षुषा ॥ ३.५२.१० ॥
There the wind did not blow, and the sun lost its brightness; the god, seeing Sītā seized, looked on with his divine eye.
3.52.11
कृतं कार्यमिति श्रीमान् व्याजहार पितामहः।
प्रहृष्टा व्यथिताश्चासन् सर्वे ते परमर्षयः ॥ ३.५२.११ ॥
"The task is done," said the glorious grandfather Brahmā; and all those great sages were both delighted and distressed.
3.52.12
दृष्ट्वा सीतां परामृष्टां दण्डकारण्यवासिनः।
रावणस्य विनाशं च प्राप्तं बुद्ध्वा यदृच्छया ॥ ३.५२.१२ ॥
Seeing Sītā seized, the dwellers of the Daṇḍaka forest, knowing by chance that Rāvaṇa's destruction was near, understood it.
3.52.13
स तु तां राम रामेति रुदतीं लक्ष्मणेति च।
जगामादाय चाकाशं रावणो राक्षसेश्वरः ॥ ३.५२.१३ ॥
The lord of the rākṣasas, Rāvaṇa, carried her off into the sky while she wept, crying out, "Rāma, Rāma!" and "Lakṣmaṇa!"
3.52.14
तप्ताभरणवर्णाङ्गी पीतकौशेयवासिनी।
रराज राजपुत्री तु विद्युत्सौदामनी यथा ॥ ३.५२.१४ ॥
With a body the color of heated golden ornaments, clad in yellow silk, the princess shone like a streak of lightning.
3.52.15
उद्धूतेन च वस्त्रेण तस्याः पीतेन रावणः।
अधिकं परिबभ्राज गिरिर्दीप्त इवाग्निना ॥ ३.५२.१५ ॥
With her yellow garment fluttering, Rāvaṇa shone all the more, like a mountain blazing with fire.
3.52.16
तस्याः परमकल्याण्यास्ताम्राणि सुरभीणि च।
पद्मपत्राणि वैदेह्या अभ्यकीर्यन्त रावणम् ॥ ३.५२.१६ ॥
The copper-red, fragrant lotus petals of the most auspicious Vaidehī were scattered over Rāvaṇa.
3.52.17
तस्याः कौशेयमुद्धूतमाकाशे कनकप्रभम्।
बभौ चादित्यरागेण ताम्रमभ्रमिवातपे ॥ ३.५२.१७ ॥
Her golden silk garment fluttering in the sky shone like a cloud reddened by the sun's glow in the sunshine.
3.52.18
तस्यास्तद् विमलं वक्त्रमाकाशे रावणाङ्कगम्।
न रराज विना रामं विनालमिव पङ्कजम् ॥ ३.५२.१८ ॥
Her spotless face, lying in Rāvaṇa's lap in the sky, did not shine without Rāma, as a lotus does not shine without water.
3.52.19
बभूव जलदं नीलं भित्त्वा चन्द्र इवोदितः।
सुललाटं सुकेशान्तं पद्मगर्भाभमव्रणम् ॥ ३.५२.१९ ॥
It appeared like the moon risen through a dark blue cloud, with a beautiful forehead and lovely hair at its edges, radiant like the heart of a lotus, and without blemish.
3.52.20
शुक्लैः सुविमलैर्दन्तैः प्रभावद्भिरलंकृतम्।
तस्याः सुनयनं वक्त्रमाकाशे रावणाङ्कगम् ॥ ३.५२.२० ॥
Her face with beautiful eyes was adorned with white, very pure, shining teeth; it lay in Rāvaṇa's lap in the sky.
3.52.21
रुदितं व्यपमृष्टास्रं चन्द्रवत् प्रियदर्शनम्।
सुनासं चारुताम्रोष्ठमाकाशे हाटकप्रभम् ॥ ३.५२.२१ ॥
Weeping, with her tears wiped away, pleasing to see like the moon, with a beautiful nose and lovely reddish lips, radiant like gold in the sky.
3.52.22
राक्षसेन्द्रसमाधूतं तस्यास्तद् वदनं शुभम्।
शुशुभे न विना रामं दिवा चन्द्र इवोदितः ॥ ३.५२.२२ ॥
Her auspicious face, tossed about by the lord of the rākṣasas, did not shine without Rāma, like the moon risen by day.
3.52.23
सा हेमवर्णा नीलाङ्गं मैथिली राक्षसाधिपम्।
शुशुभे काञ्चनी काञ्ची नीलं गजमिवाश्रिता ॥ ३.५२.२३ ॥
That golden-hued Maithilī, clinging to the dark-limbed lord of the rākṣasas, shone like a golden girdle wound around a dark elephant.
3.52.24
सा पद्मपीता हेमाभा रावणं जनकात्मजा।
विद्युद् घनमिवाविश्य शुशुभे तप्तभूषणा ॥ ३.५२.२४ ॥
That Janaka's daughter, lotus-yellow and gold-hued, merging into Rāvaṇa, shone like lightning entering a cloud, adorned with ornaments of heated gold.
3.52.25
तस्या भूषणघोषेण वैदेह्या राक्षसेश्वरः।
बभूव विमलो नीलः सघोष इव तोयदः ॥ ३.५२.२५ ॥
By the sound of that Vaidehī's ornaments the lord of the rākṣasas became bright and dark-blue, like a thundering rain-cloud.
3.52.26
उत्तमाङ्गच्युता तस्याः पुष्पवृष्टिः समन्ततः।
सीताया ह्रियमाणायाः पपात धरणीतले ॥ ३.५२.२६ ॥
A shower of flowers, fallen from her head, scattered on every side and dropped to the ground from above Sītā as she was being carried away.
3.52.27
सा तु रावणवेगेन पुष्पवृष्टिः समन्ततः।
समाधूता दशग्रीवं पुनरेवाभ्यवर्तत ॥ ३.५२.२७ ॥
That shower of flowers, scattered on every side by the force of Rāvaṇa, turned back again toward the ten-necked one.
3.52.28
अभ्यवर्तत पुष्पाणां धारा वैश्रवणानुजम्।
नक्षत्रमाला विमला मेरुं नगमिवोन्नतम् ॥ ३.५२.२८ ॥
The stream of flowers turned toward the younger brother of Vaiśravaṇa, like a bright garland of stars upon the lofty mountain Meru.
3.52.29
चरणान्नूपुरं भ्रष्टं वैदेह्या रत्नभूषितम्।
विद्युन्मण्डलसंकाशं पपात धरणीतले ॥ ३.५२.२९ ॥
From Vaidehī's foot a jewel-studded anklet slipped off and fell to the ground, shining like a circle of lightning.
3.52.30
तरुप्रवालरक्ता सा नीलाङ्गं राक्षसेश्वरम्।
प्रशोभयत वैदेही गजं कक्ष्येव काञ्चनी ॥ ३.५२.३० ॥
Red as a tender tree-shoot, Vaidehī adorned the dark-blue lord of the rākṣasas as a golden girdle adorns an elephant.
3.52.31
तां महोल्कामिवाकाशे दीप्यमानां स्वतेजसा।
जहाराकाशमाविश्य सीतां वैश्रवणानुजः ॥ ३.५२.३१ ॥
Like a great meteor shining in the sky with its own radiance, the younger brother of Vaiśravaṇa entered the sky and carried off Sītā.
3.52.32
तस्यास्तान्यग्निवर्णानि भूषणानि महीतले।
सघोषाण्यवशीर्यन्त क्षीणास्तारा इवाम्बरात् ॥ ३.५२.३२ ॥
Her ornaments, fire-coloured, fell with a sound upon the ground, like stars that have dimmed falling from the sky.
3.52.33
तस्याः स्तनान्तराद् भ्रष्टो हारस्ताराधिपद्युतिः।
वैदेह्या निपतन् भाति गङ्गेव गगनच्युता ॥ ३.५२.३३ ॥
The necklace, bright as the moon, fell from between Vaidehī's breasts and shone like the Gaṅgā fallen from the sky.
3.52.34
उत्पातवाताभिरता नानाद्विजगणायुताः।
मा भैरिति विधूताग्रा व्याजह्रुरिव पादपाः ॥ ३.५२.३४ ॥
The trees, delighting in the violent winds, filled with flocks of many birds, shook their tops as if speaking, saying, 'Do not fear.'
3.52.35
नलिन्यो ध्वस्तकमलास्त्रस्तमीनजलेचराः।
सखीमिव गतोत्साहां शोचन्तीव स्म मैथिलीम् ॥ ३.५२.३५ ॥
The lotus ponds, with their lotuses crushed and their fish and water-creatures frightened, seemed to grieve for Maithilī, as for a friend who had lost her spirit.
3.52.36
समन्तादभिसम्पत्य सिंहव्याघ्रमृगद्विजाः।
अन्वधावंस्तदा रोषात् सीताच्छायानुगामिनः ॥ ३.५२.३६ ॥
Gathering from all sides, lions, tigers, deer and birds in anger ran after the shadow of Sītā.
3.52.37
जलप्रपातास्रमुखाः शृङ्गैरुच्छ्रितबाहुभिः।
सीतायां ह्रियमाणायां विक्रोशन्तीव पर्वताः ॥ ३.५२.३७ ॥
As Sītā was being carried off, the mountains, with waterfalls for streaming tears and their peaks raised like arms, seemed to cry out in lament.
3.52.38
ह्रियमाणां तु वैदेहीं दृष्ट्वा दीनो दिवाकरः।
प्रविध्वस्तप्रभः श्रीमानासीत् पाण्डुरमण्डलः ॥ ३.५२.३८ ॥
Seeing Vaidehī being carried off, the sun, grieved, had its radiance utterly dimmed and became a pale disk, though resplendent.
3.52.39
नास्ति धर्मः कुतः सत्यं नार्जवं नानृशंसता।
यत्र रामस्य वैदेहीं सीतां हरति रावणः ॥ ३.५२.३९ ॥
Where Rāvaṇa carries off Sītā, Vaidehī of Rāma, there is no dharma; how could there be truth? There is neither straightforwardness nor compassion.
3.52.40
वित्रस्तका दीनमुखा रुरुदुर्मृगपोतकाः ॥ ३.५२.४० ॥
The terrified fawns, with sorrowful faces, wept.
3.52.41
उद्वीक्ष्योद्वीक्ष्य नयनैर्भयादिव विलक्षणैः।
सुप्रवेपितगात्राश्च बभूवुर्वनदेवताः ॥ ३.५२.४१ ॥
Looking again and again with bewildered eyes, as if from fear, and with their limbs greatly trembling, the forest deities became agitated.
3.52.42
विक्रोशन्तीं दृढं सीतां दृष्ट्वा दुःखं तथा गताम्।
तां तु लक्ष्मण रामेति क्रोशन्तीं मधुरस्वराम् ॥ ३.५२.४२ ॥
Seeing Sītā crying out loudly, reduced to such sorrow, she, sweet-voiced, was calling out, "O Lakṣmaṇa! O Rāma!"
3.52.43
अवेक्षमाणां बहुशो वैदेहीं धरणीतलम्।
स तामाकुलकेशान्तां विप्रमृष्टविशेषकाम्।
जहारात्मविनाशाय दशग्रीवो मनस्विनीम् ॥ ३.५२.४३ ॥
Sītā, looking again and again at the earth, her hair-ends disordered and the mark on her brow wiped away, was seized by Rāvaṇa, the ten-necked, for his own destruction — that high-minded lady.
3.52.44
ततस्तु सा चारुदती शुचिस्मिता
विनाकृता बन्धुजनेन मैथिली।
अपश्यती राघवलक्ष्मणावुभौ
विवर्णवक्त्रा भयभारपीडिता ॥ ३.५२.४४ ॥
Then that Maithilī, with lovely teeth and a pure smile, cut off from her kinsfolk, not seeing either Rāghava or Lakṣmaṇa, with a pale face, was oppressed by the weight of fear.