Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 3.66
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3.66.1
तं तथा शोकसंतप्तं विलपन्तमनाथवत्।
मोहेन महता युक्तं परिद्यूनमचेतसम् ॥ ३.६६.१ ॥
Thus, tormented by grief and lamenting like one without a protector, overcome by great delusion, wasted and senseless, he was seen.
3.66.2
ततः सौमित्रिराश्वस्य मुहूर्तादिव लक्ष्मणः।
रामं सम्बोधयामास चरणौ चाभिपीडयन् ॥ ३.६६.२ ॥
Then Lakṣmaṇa, son of Sumitrā, having recovered as if after a moment, began to address Rāma, pressing his feet.
3.66.3
महता तपसा चापि महता चापि कर्मणा।
राज्ञा दशरथेनासील्लब्धोऽमृतमिवामरैः ॥ ३.६६.३ ॥
By great austerity and by great deed, King Daśaratha obtained him, as the immortals obtained nectar.
3.66.4
तव चैव गुणैर्बद्धस्त्वद्वियोगान्महीपतिः।
राजा देवत्वमापन्नो भरतस्य यथा श्रुतम् ॥ ३.६६.४ ॥
And the king, bound by your virtues, has attained divinity through separation from you, as Bharata has heard.
3.66.5
यदि दुःखमिदं प्राप्तं काकुत्स्थ न सहिष्यसे।
प्राकृतश्चाल्पसत्त्वश्च इतरः कः सहिष्यति ॥ ३.६६.५ ॥
O Kākutstha, if you will not endure this sorrow now come upon you, who else, being an ordinary and weak-spirited man, will endure it?
3.66.6
आश्वसिहि नरश्रेष्ठ प्राणिनः कस्य नापदः।
संस्पृशन्त्यग्निवद् राजन् क्षणेन व्यपयान्ति च ॥ ३.६६.६ ॥
Take heart, best of men. O king, what living being is not touched by calamities? They touch like fire, and in an instant they pass away.
3.66.7
दुःखितो हि भवाँल्लोकांस्तेजसा यदि धक्ष्यते।
आर्ताः प्रजा नरव्याघ्र क्व नु यास्यन्ति निर्वृतिम् ॥ ३.६६.७ ॥
O tiger among men, if you, grieved, were to burn the worlds with your power, where would afflicted subjects go to find peace?
3.66.8
लोकस्वभाव एवैष ययातिर्नहुषात्मजः।
गतः शक्रेण सालोक्यमनयस्तं समस्पृशत् ॥ ३.६६.८ ॥
Such is the nature of the world: Yayāti, son of Nahuṣa, went with Indra to the same realm, yet misfortune touched him as well.
3.66.9
महर्षिर्यो वसिष्ठस्तु यः पितुर्नः पुरोहितः।
अह्ना पुत्रशतं जज्ञे तथैवास्य पुनर्हतम् ॥ ३.६६.९ ॥
Vasiṣṭha, the great sage who was our father's priest, had a hundred sons born in a single day, and then all of them were likewise slain.
3.66.10
या चेयं जगतो माता सर्वलोकनमस्कृता।
अस्याश्च चलनं भूमेर्दृश्यते कोसलेश्वर ॥ ३.६६.१० ॥
And this earth, the mother of the world, revered by all worlds, is seen to tremble, O lord of Kosala.
3.66.11
यौ धर्मौ जगतो नेत्रौ यत्र सर्वं प्रतिष्ठितम्।
आदित्यचन्द्रौ ग्रहणमभ्युपेतौ महाबलौ ॥ ३.६६.११ ॥
The two eyes of the world, in whom all things are established—the sun and moon, both mighty—have undergone eclipse.
3.66.12
सुमहान्त्यपि भूतानि देवाश्च पुरुषर्षभ।
न दैवस्य प्रमुञ्चन्ति सर्वभूतानि देहिनः ॥ ३.६६.१२ ॥
O bull among men, even very great beings and gods are not released from fate; nor are all embodied creatures.
3.66.13
शक्रादिष्वपि देवेषु वर्तमानौ नयानयौ।
श्रूयेते नरशार्दूल न त्वं शोचितुमर्हसि ॥ ३.६६.१३ ॥
O best of men, even among Indra and the other gods, good and evil fortunes are heard of; therefore you ought not to grieve.
3.66.14
मृतायामपि वैदेह्यां नष्टायामपि राघव।
शोचितुं नार्हसे वीर यथान्यः प्राकृतस्तथा ॥ ३.६६.१४ ॥
O Rāghava, O hero, even if Vaidehī is dead or lost, you ought not to grieve as an ordinary man would.
3.66.15
त्वद्विधा नहि शोचन्ति सततं सर्वदर्शनाः।
सुमहत्स्वपि कृच्छ्रेषु रामानिर्विण्णदर्शनाः ॥ ३.६६.१५ ॥
Persons like you, who have insight into all things and whose vision is undismayed even in the greatest difficulties, do not grieve constantly.
3.66.16
तत्त्वतो हि नरश्रेष्ठ बुद्ध्या समनुचिन्तय।
बुद्ध्या युक्ता महाप्राज्ञा विजानन्ति शुभाशुभे ॥ ३.६६.१६ ॥
O best of men, truly reflect well with your intellect; the great wise men, endowed with intellect, discern what is good and what is bad.
3.66.17
अदृष्टगुणदोषाणामध्रुवाणां तु कर्मणाम्।
नान्तरेण क्रियां तेषां फलमिष्टं च वर्तते ॥ ३.६६.१७ ॥
The fruits of actions, whose merits and faults are unseen and which are unstable, do not occur without the action itself; and the desired fruit also comes from them.
3.66.18
मामेवं हि पुरा वीर त्वमेव बहुशोक्तवान्।
अनुशिष्याद्धि को नु त्वामपि साक्षाद् बृहस्पतिः ॥ ३.६६.१८ ॥
O hero, formerly you yourself said this to me many times; who, then, could instruct you, even if he were Bṛhaspati in person?
3.66.19
बुद्धिश्च ते महाप्राज्ञ देवैरपि दुरन्वया।
शोकेनाभिप्रसुप्तं ते ज्ञानं सम्बोधयाम्यहम् ॥ ३.६६.१९ ॥
O greatly wise one, your intellect is hard even for the gods to fathom. Your knowledge lies deeply asleep, lulled by grief; I awaken it.
3.66.20
दिव्यं च मानुषं चैवमात्मनश्च पराक्रमम्।
इक्ष्वाकुवृषभावेक्ष्य यतस्व द्विषतां वधे ॥ ३.६६.२० ॥
O bull of the Ikṣvāku line, remembering your divine and human prowess, strive to slay your enemies.
3.66.21
किं ते सर्वविनाशेन कृतेन पुरुषर्षभ।
तमेव तु रिपुं पापं विज्ञायोद्धर्तुमर्हसि ॥ ३.६६.२१ ॥
O best of men, what good is the destruction of everything to you? Recognizing that wicked enemy, it is for you to uproot him alone.