Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 3.57
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3.57.1
राक्षसं मृगरूपेण चरन्तं कामरूपिणम्।
निहत्य रामो मारीचं तूर्णं पथि न्यवर्तत ॥ ३.५७.१ ॥
Having slain the demon Mārīca, who roamed in the form of a deer and could take any shape at will, Rāma quickly turned back on the path.
3.57.2
तस्य संत्वरमाणस्य द्रष्टुकामस्य मैथिलीम्।
क्रूरस्वनोऽथ गोमायुर्विननादास्य पृष्ठतः ॥ ३.५७.२ ॥
As he hastened on, eager to see Maithilī, a jackal howled harshly behind him.
3.57.3
स तस्य स्वरमाज्ञाय दारुणं रोमहर्षणम्।
चिन्तयामास गोमायोः स्वरेण परिशङ्कितः ॥ ३.५७.३ ॥
Recognizing the dreadful, hair-raising cry of the jackal, he became alarmed and began to reflect.
3.57.4
अशुभं बत मन्येऽहं गोमायुर्वाश्यते यथा।
स्वस्ति स्यादपि वैदेह्या राक्षसैर्भक्षणं विना ॥ ३.५७.४ ॥
I think this jackal's cry is inauspicious. Could Vaidehī be safe, unless the demons have devoured her?
3.57.5
मारीचेन तु विज्ञाय स्वरमालक्ष्य मामकम्।
विक्रुष्टं मृगरूपेण लक्ष्मणः शृणुयाद् यदि ॥ ३.५७.५ ॥
Mārīca, having learned my voice and noted it, may have cried out in the form of a deer, in my own voice; if Lakṣmaṇa should hear that cry...
3.57.6
स सौमित्रिः स्वरं श्रुत्वा तां च हित्वाथ मैथिलीम्।
तयैव प्रहितः क्षिप्रं मत्सकाशमिहैष्यति ॥ ३.५७.६ ॥
Sumitrā's son Lakṣmaṇa, hearing that cry, will leave Maithilī and, sent off by her very self, will quickly come to my side.
3.57.7
राक्षसैः सहितैर्नूनं सीताया ईप्सितो वधः।
काञ्चनश्च मृगो भूत्वा व्यपनीयाश्रमात्तु माम् ॥ ३.५७.७ ॥
Surely the rākṣasas, banded together, intended Sītā's death: taking the form of a golden deer, they drew me away from the hermitage.
3.57.8
दूरं नीत्वाथ मारीचो राक्षसोऽभूच्छराहतः।
हा लक्ष्मण हतोऽस्मीति यद्वाक्यं व्याजहार ह ॥ ३.५७.८ ॥
Having led him far away, the rākṣasa Mārīca, struck by an arrow, uttered the words: 'Alas, Lakṣmaṇa, I am slain!'
3.57.9
अपि स्वस्ति भवेद् द्वाभ्यां रहिताभ्यां मया वने।
जनस्थाननिमित्तं हि कृतवैरोऽस्मि राक्षसैः ॥ ३.५७.९ ॥
Will there be well-being for you two, separated from me in the forest? Because of Janasthāna I have made enmity with the rākṣasas.
3.57.10
निमित्तानि च घोराणि दृश्यन्तेऽद्य बहूनि च।
इत्येवं चिन्तयन् रामः श्रुत्वा गोमायुनिःस्वनम् ॥ ३.५७.१० ॥
'Many dreadful omens are appearing today'—thus pondering, Rāma heard the howl of a jackal.
3.57.11
निवर्तमानस्त्वरितो जगामाश्रममात्मवान्।
आत्मनश्चापनयनं मृगरूपेण रक्षसा ॥ ३.५७.११ ॥
Turning back in haste, the self-controlled Rāma went to the hermitage; he understood that he himself had been drawn away by the rākṣasa in the form of a deer.
3.57.12
आजगाम जनस्थानं राघवः परिशङ्कितः।
तं दीनमानसं दीनमासेदुर्मृगपक्षिणः ॥ ३.५७.१२ ॥
Rāghava came to Janasthāna, full of dread; the deer and birds gathered about him, dejected in mind.
3.57.13
सव्यं कृत्वा महात्मानं घोरांश्च ससृजुः स्वरान्।
तानि दृष्ट्वा निमित्तानि महाघोराणि राघवः।
न्यवर्तताथ त्वरितो जवेनाश्रममात्मनः ॥ ३.५७.१३ ॥
Passing by the left side of the great-souled Rāma, they uttered dreadful cries. Seeing those very dreadful omens, Rāghava hastily turned back to his hermitage with speed.
3.57.14
ततो लक्ष्मणमायान्तं ददर्श विगतप्रभम्।
ततोऽविदूरे रामेण समीयाय स लक्ष्मणः ॥ ३.५७.१४ ॥
Then he saw Lakṣmaṇa coming, deprived of his lustre. Then, not far off, Lakṣmaṇa met Rāma.
3.57.15
विषण्णः सन् विषण्णेन दुःखितो दुःखभागिना।
स जगर्हेऽथ तं भ्राता दृष्ट्वा लक्ष्मणमागतम् ॥ ३.५७.१५ ॥
Though himself grieved, he, the sharer of sorrow, reproached Lakṣmaṇa when he saw his brother coming.
3.57.16
विहाय सीतां विजने वने राक्षससेविते।
गृहीत्वा च करं सव्यं लक्ष्मणं रघुनन्दनः ॥ ३.५७.१६ ॥
Having left Sītā in this lonely forest frequented by rākṣasas, the delight of the Raghus took Lakṣmaṇa by the left hand.
3.57.17
उवाच मधुरोदर्कमिदं परुषमार्तवत्।
अहो लक्ष्मण गर्ह्यं ते कृतं यत् त्वं विहाय ताम् ॥ ३.५७.१७ ॥
Rāma, as if in distress, spoke these harsh yet sweet-ending words: "Ah, Lakṣmaṇa! What you have done is blameworthy, that you have left her behind."
3.57.18
सीतामिहागतः सौम्य कच्चित् स्वस्ति भवेदिति।
न मेऽस्ति संशयो वीर सर्वथा जनकात्मजा ॥ ३.५७.१८ ॥
"Gentle one! You have come here leaving Sītā behind — may it be well with her? Hero! I have no doubt at all that Sītā, daughter of Janaka, has..."
3.57.19
विनष्टा भक्षिता वापि राक्षसैर्वनचारिभिः।
अशुभान्येव भूयिष्ठं यथा प्रादुर्भवन्ति मे ॥ ३.५७.१९ ॥
Destroyed, or perhaps devoured by the rākṣasas who roam the forest — for it is inauspicious omens alone that appear to me most abundantly.
3.57.20
अपि लक्ष्मण सीतायाः सामग्र्यं प्राप्नुयामहे।
जीवन्त्याः पुरुषव्याघ्र सुताया जनकस्य वै ॥ ३.५७.२० ॥
O Lakṣmaṇa, may we indeed find Sītā, the daughter of Janaka, alive and in complete well-being, O tiger among men!
3.57.21
यथा वै मृगसंघाश्च गोमायुश्चैव भैरवम्।
वाश्यन्ते शकुनाश्चापि प्रदीप्तामभितो दिशम्।
अपि स्वस्ति भवेत् तस्या राजपुत्र्या महाबल ॥ ३.५७.२१ ॥
As herds of deer and jackals cry out fearfully, and birds scream on every side toward the blazing quarter — may there indeed be well-being for that princess, O mighty one!
3.57.22
इदं हि रक्षो मृगसंनिकाशं
प्रलोभ्य मां दूरमनुप्रयातम्।
हतं कथंचिन्महता श्रमेण
स राक्षसोऽभून्म्रियमाण एव ॥ ३.५७.२२ ॥
This rākṣasa, resembling a deer, lured me far away; with great effort I struck him down somehow, and it was only as he lay dying that he revealed himself to be a rākṣasa.
3.57.23
मनश्च मे दीनमिहाप्रहृष्टं
चक्षुश्च सव्यं कुरुते विकारम्।
असंशयं लक्ष्मण नास्ति सीता
हृता मृता वा पथि वर्तते वा ॥ ३.५७.२३ ॥
My mind is dejected and joyless here, and my left eye trembles. Without doubt, O Lakṣmaṇa, Sītā is not here — she has been carried off, or is dead, or is somewhere on the path.