Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 3.58
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3.58.1
स दृष्ट्वा लक्ष्मणं दीनं शून्यं दशरथात्मजः।
पर्यपृच्छत धर्मात्मा वैदेहीमागतं विना ॥ ३.५८.१ ॥
Having seen Lakṣmaṇa downcast and desolate, the son of Daśaratha, the righteous-souled Rāma, asked him about Vaidehī's absence in his coming.
3.58.2
प्रस्थितं दण्डकारण्यं या मामनुजगाम ह।
क्व सा लक्ष्मण वैदेही यां हित्वा त्वमिहागतः ॥ ३.५८.२ ॥
Where is she, Lakṣmaṇa, Vaidehī, who followed me when I set out for the Daṇḍaka forest? Having left her, you have come here.
3.58.3
राज्यभ्रष्टस्य दीनस्य दण्डकान् परिधावतः।
क्व सा दुःखसहाया मे वैदेही तनुमध्यमा ॥ ३.५८.३ ॥
Where is Vaidehī, my companion in sorrow, slender-waisted, when I have been deprived of my kingdom, wretched, wandering through the Daṇḍaka forests?
3.58.4
यां विना नोत्सहे वीर मुहूर्तमपि जीवितुम्।
क्व सा प्राणसहाया मे सीता सुरसुतोपमा ॥ ३.५८.४ ॥
O hero, without whom I could not endure to live even a moment, where is Sītā, companion of my life-breath, like a daughter of the gods?
3.58.5
पतित्वममराणां हि पृथिव्याश्चापि लक्ष्मण।
विना तां तपनीयाभां नेच्छेयं जनकात्मजाम् ॥ ३.५८.५ ॥
Lakṣmaṇa, without that daughter of Janaka, golden in lustre, I would not wish for lordship over the immortals, nor even over the earth.
3.58.6
कच्चिज्जीवति वैदेही प्राणैः प्रियतरा मम।
कच्चित् प्रव्राजनं वीर न मे मिथ्या भविष्यति ॥ ३.५८.६ ॥
Is Vaidehī, dearer to me than my own life, still alive? O hero, will my exile not prove to have been in vain?
3.58.7
सीतानिमित्तं सौमित्रे मृते मयि गते त्वयि।
कच्चित् सकामा कैकेयी सुखिता सा भविष्यति ॥ ३.५८.७ ॥
O son of Sumitrā, if I die on account of Sītā and you go away, will Kaikeyī be fulfilled in her desire and happy?
3.58.8
सपुत्रराज्यां सिद्धार्थां मृतपुत्रा तपस्विनी।
उपस्थास्यति कौसल्या कच्चित् सौम्येन कैकयीम् ॥ ३.५८.८ ॥
Will Kausalyā, the ascetic-like woman who has lost her son, attend upon Kaikeyī, who has her son and kingdom and her aims fulfilled, with gentle courtesy?
3.58.9
यदि जीवति वैदेही गमिष्याम्याश्रमं पुनः।
संवृत्ता यदि वृत्ता सा प्राणांस्त्यक्ष्यामि लक्ष्मण ॥ ३.५८.९ ॥
If Vaidehī is alive, I shall go back to the hermitage again; but if she has come to some harm, Lakṣmaṇa, I shall give up my life.
3.58.10
यदि मामाश्रमगतं वैदेही नाभिभाषते।
पुरः प्रहसिता सीता विनशिष्यामि लक्ष्मण ॥ ३.५८.१० ॥
If Vaidehī, who used to come smiling before me, does not speak to me when I reach the hermitage, Lakṣmaṇa, I shall perish.
3.58.11
ब्रूहि लक्ष्मण वैदेही यदि जीवति वा न वा।
त्वयि प्रमत्ते रक्षोभिर्भक्षिता वा तपस्विनी ॥ ३.५८.११ ॥
Tell me, Lakṣmaṇa: is Vaidehī alive or not? Or, while you were negligent, has the ascetic-like woman been devoured by the demons?
3.58.12
सुकुमारी च बाला च नित्यं चादुःखभागिनी।
मद्वियोगेन वैदेही व्यक्तं शोचति दुर्मनाः ॥ ३.५८.१२ ॥
Tender, young, and never having known sorrow, Vaidehī must surely be grieving with a troubled heart, separated from me.
3.58.13
सर्वथा रक्षसा तेन जिह्मेन सुदुरात्मना।
वदता लक्ष्मणेत्युच्चैस्तवापि जनितं भयम् ॥ ३.५८.१३ ॥
Surely that deceitful, most evil-minded demon, calling out loudly 'Lakṣmaṇa!', caused you fear as well.
3.58.14
श्रुतश्च मन्ये वैदेह्या स स्वरः सदृशो मम।
त्रस्तया प्रेषितस्त्वं च द्रष्टुं मां शीघ्रमागतः ॥ ३.५८.१४ ॥
I think Vaidehī heard a voice like mine, and in terror she sent you quickly to see me, and you have come.
3.58.15
सर्वथा तु कृतं कष्टं सीतामुत्सृजता वने।
प्रतिकर्तुं नृशंसानां रक्षसां दत्तमन्तरम् ॥ ३.५८.१५ ॥
But by abandoning Sītā in the forest you have indeed done a grievous deed, giving the cruel demons an opening for revenge.
3.58.16
दुःखिताः खरघातेन राक्षसाः पिशिताशनाः।
तैः सीता निहता घोरैर्भविष्यति न संशयः ॥ ३.५८.१६ ॥
Grieved by Khara's slaughter, the flesh-eating demons will surely have had Sītā slain by those terrible ones; there is no doubt.
3.58.17
अहोऽस्मि व्यसने मग्नः सर्वथा रिपुनाशन।
किं त्विदानीं करिष्यामि शङ्के प्राप्तव्यमीदृशम् ॥ ३.५८.१७ ॥
Alas, I am utterly sunk in calamity, O destroyer of foes! What shall I do now? I fear such a fate is to be mine.
3.58.18
आजगाम जनस्थानं त्वरया सहलक्ष्मणः ॥ ३.५८.१८ ॥
Together with Lakṣmaṇa, he came swiftly to Janasthāna.
3.58.19
विगर्हमाणोऽनुजमार्तरूपं
क्षुधाश्रमेणैव पिपासया च।
विनिःश्वसन् शुष्कमुखो विषण्णः
प्रतिश्रयं प्राप्य समीक्ष्य शून्यम् ॥ ३.५८.१९ ॥
Blaming his younger brother, who had become distressed from the fatigue of hunger and thirst, sighing deeply with a dry face and dejected, he reached the dwelling and saw it empty.
3.58.20
स्वमाश्रमं स प्रविगाह्य वीरो
विहारदेशाननुसृत्य कांश्चित्।
एतत्तदित्येव निवासभूमौ
प्रहृष्टरोमा व्यथितो बभूव ॥ ३.५८.२० ॥
That hero entered his own hermitage, searched some of the places of recreation, and thinking 'this is the very place,' his hair stood on end and he became distressed at the dwelling ground.