Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 3.68
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3.68.1
रामः प्रेक्ष्य तु तं गृध्रं भुवि रौद्रेण पातितम्।
सौमित्रिं मित्रसम्पन्नमिदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥ ३.६८.१ ॥
Seeing that vulture felled to the ground by the fierce one, Rāma spoke these words to Saumitri (Lakṣmaṇa), who was endowed with friendship.
3.68.2
ममायं नूनमर्थेषु यतमानो विहंगमः।
राक्षसेन हतः संख्ये प्राणांस्त्यजति मत्कृते ॥ ३.६८.२ ॥
This bird, striving surely for my sake, has been struck down by the rākṣasa in battle and gives up its life because of me.
3.68.3
अतिखिन्नः शरीरेऽस्मिन् प्राणो लक्ष्मण विद्यते।
तथा स्वरविहीनोऽयं विक्लवं समुदीक्षते ॥ ३.६८.३ ॥
O Lakṣmaṇa, in this body the breath of life is still present, deeply distressed; and this one, deprived of voice, looks on in anguish.
3.68.4
जटायो यदि शक्नोषि वाक्यं व्याहरितुं पुनः।
सीतामाख्याहि भद्रं ते वधमाख्याहि चात्मनः ॥ ३.६८.४ ॥
O Jaṭāyu, if you are able to speak again, tell me of Sītā; may you prosper, and tell also of your own slaying.
3.68.5
किंनिमित्तो जहारार्यां रावणस्तस्य किं मया।
अपराधं तु यं दृष्ट्वा रावणेन हृता प्रिया ॥ ३.६८.५ ॥
For what reason did Rāvaṇa carry off the noble lady? What offence of mine did he see, that Rāvaṇa seized my beloved?
3.68.6
कथं तच्चन्द्रसंकाशं मुखमासीन्मनोहरम्।
सीतया कानि चोक्तानि तस्मिन् काले द्विजोत्तम ॥ ३.६८.६ ॥
O best of the twice-born, how was that charming face of Sītā, like the moon, at that time? And what words did Sītā speak at that time?
3.68.7
कथंवीर्यः कथंरूपः किंकर्मा स च राक्षसः।
क्व चास्य भवनं तात ब्रूहि मे परिपृच्छतः ॥ ३.६८.७ ॥
How mighty is that demon, what is his form, what deeds does he do? Dear sir, where is his abode? Tell me, for I ask.
3.68.8
तमुद्वीक्ष्य स धर्मात्मा विलपन्तमनाथवत्।
वाचा विक्लवया राममिदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥ ३.६८.८ ॥
Seeing him lamenting like one without protector, that righteous-souled one spoke these words to Rāma in a faltering voice.
3.68.9
सा हृता राक्षसेन्द्रेण रावणेन दुरात्मना।
मायामास्थाय विपुलां वातदुर्दिनसंकुलाम् ॥ ३.६८.९ ॥
That Sītā was seized by the evil-minded lord of demons, Rāvaṇa, who resorted to a vast illusion thick with a stormy, dark day.
3.68.10
परिक्लान्तस्य मे तात पक्षौ छित्त्वा निशाचरः।
सीतामादाय वैदेहीं प्रयातो दक्षिणामुखः ॥ ३.६८.१० ॥
Dear sir, having cut off my wings as I was exhausted, that night-wanderer took Vaidehī Sītā and departed facing south.
3.68.11
उपरुध्यन्ति मे प्राणा दृष्टिर्भ्रमति राघव।
पश्यामि वृक्षान् सौवर्णानुशीरकृतमूर्धजान् ॥ ३.६८.११ ॥
O Rāghava, my life-breaths are being obstructed and my sight is reeling; I see golden trees with crowns made of uśīra grass.
3.68.12
येन याति मुहूर्तेन सीतामादाय रावणः।
विप्रणष्टं धनं क्षिप्रं तत्स्वामी प्रतिपद्यते ॥ ३.६८.१२ ॥
In the very moment in which Rāvaṇa goes off carrying Sītā, the lost wealth will swiftly be recovered by its owner.
3.68.13
विन्दो नाम मुहूर्तोऽसौ न च काकुत्स्थ सोऽबुधत् ।
त्वत्प्रियां जानकीं हृत्वा रावणो राक्षसेश्वरः।
झषवद् बडिशं गृह्य क्षिप्रमेव विनश्यति ॥ ३.६८.१३ ॥
O Kākutstha, that moment called Vinda, Rāvaṇa, lord of the rākṣasas, did not perceive. Having seized your beloved Jānakī, like a fish that swallows the hook, he will quickly perish.
3.68.14
न च त्वया व्यथा कार्या जनकस्य सुतां प्रति।
वैदेह्या रंस्यसे क्षिप्रं हत्वा तं रणमूर्धनि ॥ ३.६८.१४ ॥
Do not grieve over Janaka's daughter. Having slain him at the forefront of battle, you will soon rejoice with Vaidehī.
3.68.15
असम्मूढस्य गृध्रस्य रामं प्रत्यनुभाषतः।
आस्यात् सुस्राव रुधिरं म्रियमाणस्य सामिषम् ॥ ३.६८.१५ ॥
From the mouth of the vulture, unconfused, speaking toward Rāma as he was dying, there flowed blood together with flesh.
3.68.16
पुत्रो विश्रवसः साक्षाद् भ्राता वैश्रवणस्य च।
इत्युक्त्वा दुर्लभान् प्राणान् मुमोच पतगेश्वरः ॥ ३.६८.१६ ॥
Saying, "I am indeed the son of Viśravas and the brother of Vaiśravaṇa," the lord of birds released his rare life-breaths.
3.68.17
ब्रूहि ब्रूहीति रामस्य ब्रुवाणस्य कृताञ्जलेः।
त्यक्त्वा शरीरं गृध्रस्य प्राणा जग्मुर्विहायसम् ॥ ३.६८.१७ ॥
As Rāma, with folded palms, kept saying, "Speak, speak," the vulture abandoned its body, and its life-breaths went up into the sky.
3.68.18
स निक्षिप्य शिरो भूमौ प्रसार्य चरणौ तथा।
विक्षिप्य च शरीरं स्वं पपात धरणीतले ॥ ३.६८.१८ ॥
He laid his head upon the ground, stretched out his feet, flung down his body, and fell upon the surface of the earth.
3.68.19
तं गृध्रं प्रेक्ष्य ताम्राक्षं गतासुमचलोपमम्।
रामः सुबहुभिर्दुःखैर्दीनः सौमित्रिमब्रवीत् ॥ ३.६८.१९ ॥
Seeing that red-eyed vulture lifeless and lying like a mountain, Rāma, distressed by many sorrows, spoke to Saumitri (Lakṣmaṇa).
3.68.20
बहूनि रक्षसां वासे वर्षाणि वसता सुखम्।
अनेन दण्डकारण्ये विशीर्णमिह पक्षिणा ॥ ३.६८.२० ॥
This bird, which dwelt happily for many years in the abode of the rākṣasas, has here in the Daṇḍaka forest been torn to pieces.
3.68.21
अनेकवार्षिको यस्तु चिरकालसमुत्थितः।
सोऽयमद्य हतः शेते कालो हि दुरतिक्रमः ॥ ३.६८.२१ ॥
He who lived for many years, long sustained, lies slain today; indeed, time is hard to overcome.
3.68.22
पश्य लक्ष्मण गृध्रोऽयमुपकारी हतश्च मे।
सीतामभ्यवपन्नो हि रावणेन बलीयसा ॥ ३.६८.२२ ॥
Look, Lakṣmaṇa! This vulture was a benefactor to me, and was slain on my account; for he had attacked Sītā, struck down by the mighty Rāvaṇa.
3.68.23
गृध्रराज्यं परित्यज्य पितृपैतामहं महत्।
मम हेतोरयं प्राणान् मुमोच पतगेश्वरः ॥ ३.६८.२३ ॥
Having abandoned the great ancestral kingdom of the vultures, this lord of birds gave up his life for my sake.
3.68.24
सर्वत्र खलु दृश्यन्ते साधवो धर्मचारिणः।
शूराः शरण्याः सौमित्रे तिर्यग्योनिगतेष्वपि ॥ ३.६८.२४ ॥
Indeed, O Saumitri, good people who practice dharma, brave and protective, are seen everywhere, even among those born into animal wombs.
3.68.25
सीताहरणजं दुःखं न मे सौम्य तथागतम्।
यथा विनाशो गृध्रस्य मत्कृते च परंतप ॥ ३.६८.२५ ॥
Gentle one, the grief born of Sītā's abduction is not as great for me as the destruction of the vulture for my sake, scorcher of foes.
3.68.26
राजा दशरथः श्रीमान् यथा मम महायशाः।
पूजनीयश्च मान्यश्च तथायं पतगेश्वरः ॥ ३.६८.२६ ॥
Just as my glorious and far-famed king Daśaratha was worthy of worship and honour, so too is this lord of birds.
3.68.27
सौमित्रे हर काष्ठानि निर्मथिष्यामि पावकम्।
गृध्रराजं दिधक्ष्यामि मत्कृते निधनं गतम् ॥ ३.६८.२७ ॥
Lakṣmaṇa, bring firewood; I will kindle the fire and burn the vulture-king who met death for my sake.
3.68.28
नाथं पतगलोकस्य चितिमारोपयाम्यहम्।
इमं धक्ष्यामि सौमित्रे हतं रौद्रेण रक्षसा ॥ ३.६८.२८ ॥
I lay this lord of the bird-world upon the pyre; Lakṣmaṇa, I will burn him, slain by the cruel rākṣasa.
3.68.29
या गतिर्यज्ञशीलानामाहिताग्नेश्च या गतिः।
अपरावर्तिनां या च या च भूमिप्रदायिनाम् ॥ ३.६८.२९ ॥
The destination of those devoted to sacrifice, the destination of the keeper of sacred fires, the destination of those who never turn back, and the destination of those who give land in gift—
3.68.30
मया त्वं समनुज्ञातो गच्छ लोकाननुत्तमान्।
गृध्रराज महासत्त्व संस्कृतश्च मया व्रज ॥ ३.६८.३० ॥
With my leave, go to the supreme worlds; vulture-king, great-spirited one, go forth, rightly honoured by me.
3.68.31
एवमुक्त्वा चितां दीप्तामारोप्य पतगेश्वरम्।
ददाह रामो धर्मात्मा स्वबन्धुमिव दुःखितः ॥ ३.६८.३१ ॥
Having said this, Rāma, the righteous one, placed the lord of birds on the blazing pyre and burned him, grieving as for his own kinsman.
3.68.32
रामोऽथ सहसौमित्रिर्वनं गत्वा स वीर्यवान्।
स्थूलान् हत्वा महारोहीननुतस्तार तं द्विजम् ॥ ३.६८.३२ ॥
Then Rāma, mighty, went into the forest with Saumitri, killed large mahārohi deer, and offered the libation to that twice-born one.
3.68.33
रोहिमांसानि चोद्धृत्य पेशीकृत्वा महायशाः।
शकुनाय ददौ रामो रम्ये हरितशाद्वले ॥ ३.६८.३३ ॥
Having cut out the flesh of the rohi deer and made it into pieces, the illustrious Rāma offered it to the bird on the pleasant green grassy meadow.
3.68.34
यत् तत् प्रेतस्य मर्त्यस्य कथयन्ति द्विजातयः।
तत् स्वर्गगमनं पित्र्यं तस्य रामो जजाप ह ॥ ३.६८.३४ ॥
Whatever the twice-born say for a dead mortal, that, the rite of the ancestors for his going to heaven, Rāma indeed recited.
3.68.35
ततो गोदावरीं गत्वा नदीं नरवरात्मजौ।
उदकं चक्रतुस्तस्मै गृध्रराजाय तावुभौ ॥ ३.६८.३५ ॥
Then, having gone to the river Godāvarī, those two sons of the best of men offered water to the vulture-king.
3.68.36
शास्त्रदृष्टेन विधिना जलं गृध्राय राघवौ।
स्नात्वा तौ गृध्रराजाय उदकं चक्रतुस्तदा ॥ ३.६८.३६ ॥
According to the rite prescribed by the scriptures, the two Rāghavas, having bathed, then offered water to the vulture-king.
3.68.37
स गृध्रराजः कृतवान् यशस्करं
सुदुष्करं कर्म रणे निपातितः।
महर्षिकल्पेन च संस्कृतस्तदा
जगाम पुण्यां गतिमात्मनः शुभाम् ॥ ३.६८.३७ ॥
That king of vultures, who had performed a most difficult and glorious deed and was struck down in battle, then received rites equal to those of a great sage and went to his auspicious, meritorious state.
3.68.38
कृतोदकौ तावपि पक्षिसत्तमे
स्थिरां च बुद्धिं प्रणिधाय जग्मतुः।
प्रवेश्य सीताधिगमे ततो मनो
वनं सुरेन्द्राविव विष्णुवासवौ ॥ ३.६८.३८ ॥
Having offered water to the best of birds, those two also set out with steady resolve, fixing their minds on finding Sītā, and entered the forest like Viṣṇu and Vāsava, the lords of the gods.