Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 3.70
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3.70.1
तौ तु तत्र स्थितौ दृष्ट्वा भ्रातरौ रामलक्ष्मणौ।
बाहुपाशपरिक्षिप्तौ कबन्धो वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥ ३.७०.१ ॥
Seeing the two brothers Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa standing there, caught in the noose of his arms, Kabandha spoke these words.
3.70.2
तिष्ठतः किं नु मां दृष्ट्वा क्षुधार्तं क्षत्रियर्षभौ।
आहारार्थं तु संदिष्टौ दैवेन हतचेतनौ ॥ ३.७०.२ ॥
O bulls among kṣatriyas, why do you two stand there, seeing me tormented by hunger? Sent here by fate in search of food, you seem to have lost your wits.
3.70.3
तच्छ्रुत्वा लक्ष्मणो वाक्यं प्राप्तकालं हितं तदा।
उवाचार्तिसमापन्नो विक्रमे कृतनिश्चयः ॥ ३.७०.३ ॥
Hearing these words, which were timely and beneficial, Lakṣmaṇa, though distressed, resolved upon valour and spoke.
3.70.4
त्वां च मां च पुरा तूर्णमादत्ते राक्षसाधमः।
तस्मादसिभ्यामस्याशु बाहू छिन्दावहे गुरू ॥ ३.७०.४ ॥
This lowest of rākṣasas will soon seize you and me. Therefore let us two swiftly sever his heavy arms with our swords.
3.70.5
भीषणोऽयं महाकायो राक्षसा भुजविक्रमः।
लोकं ह्यतिजितं कृत्वा ह्यावां हन्तुमिहेच्छति ॥ ३.७०.५ ॥
This terrible, huge-bodied rākṣasa, mighty in his arms, having greatly conquered the world, now desires to kill us two here.
3.70.6
निश्चेष्टानां वधो राजन् कुत्सितो जगतीपतेः।
क्रतुमध्योपनीतानां पशूनामिव राघव ॥ ३.७०.६ ॥
O king, to kill those who are motionless is reproachable, O scion of Raghu, like killing animals brought into the midst of a sacrifice.
3.70.7
एतत् संजल्पितं श्रुत्वा तयोः क्रुद्धस्तु राक्षसः।
विदार्यास्यं ततो रौद्रं तौ भक्षयितुमारभत् ॥ ३.७०.७ ॥
Hearing this conversation of the two, the enraged rākṣasa split open his fearful mouth and began to devour them.
3.70.8
ततस्तौ देशकालज्ञौ खड्गाभ्यामेव राघवौ।
अच्छिन्दन्तां सुसंहृष्टौ बाहू तस्यांसदेशतः ॥ ३.७०.८ ॥
Then the two Rāghavas, who knew the right place and time, greatly delighted, cut off his two arms at the shoulders with their very swords.
3.70.9
दक्षिणो दक्षिणं बाहुमसक्तमसिना ततः।
चिच्छेद रामो वेगेन सव्यं वीरस्तु लक्ष्मणः ॥ ३.७०.९ ॥
Rāma, on the right, swiftly cut off his right arm with his unobstructed sword, and the hero Lakṣmaṇa cut off the left.
3.70.10
स पपात महाबाहुश्छिन्नबाहुर्महास्वनः।
खं च गां च दिशश्चैव नादयञ्जलदो यथा ॥ ३.७०.१० ॥
That great-armed one, his arms cut off, fell with a mighty cry, making the sky, the earth and the directions resound like a cloud.
3.70.11
स निकृत्तौ भुजौ दृष्ट्वा शोणितौघपरिप्लुतः।
दीनः पप्रच्छ तौ वीरौ कौ युवामिति दानवः ॥ ३.७०.११ ॥
Seeing his two arms cut off, drenched in a flood of blood, the wretched dānava asked those two heroes, "Who are you two?"
3.70.12
शशंस तस्य काकुस्त्थं कबन्धस्य महाबलः ॥ ३.७०.१२ ॥
The mighty one declared to him the identity of the descendant of Kakutstha (Rāma).
3.70.13
अयमिक्ष्वाकुदायादो रामो नाम जनैः श्रुतः।
तस्यैवावरजं विद्धि भ्रातरं मां च लक्ष्मणम् ॥ ३.७०.१३ ॥
This is Rāma, heir of the Ikṣvāku line, known among people by that name. Know that I am his younger brother, Lakṣmaṇa.
3.70.14
मात्रा प्रतिहते राज्ये रामः प्रव्राजितो वनम्।
मया सह चरत्येष भार्यया च महद् वनम् ॥ ३.७०.१४ ॥
When his mother thwarted his claim to the kingdom, Rāma was sent into exile to the forest. Now he wanders this vast forest with me and with his wife.
3.70.15
अस्य देवप्रभावस्य वसतो विजने वने।
रक्षसापहृता भार्या यामिच्छन्ताविहागतौ ॥ ३.७०.१५ ॥
While this man of godlike power dwelt in the lonely forest, his wife was carried off by a rākṣasa; it is her we have come here seeking.
3.70.16
त्वं तु को वा किमर्थं वा कबन्धसदृशो वने।
आस्येनोरसि दीप्तेन भग्नजङ्घो विचेष्टसे ॥ ३.७०.१६ ॥
But who are you, and for what purpose do you thrash about in this forest like a kabandha, with a blazing mouth and chest and broken thighs?
3.70.17
एवमुक्तः कबन्धस्तु लक्ष्मणेनोत्तरं वचः।
उवाच वचनं प्रीतस्तदिन्द्रवचनं स्मरन् ॥ ३.७०.१७ ॥
Thus addressed by Lakṣmaṇa, Kabandha, pleased and remembering Indra's words, gave his reply.
3.70.18
स्वागतं वां नरव्याघ्रौ दिष्ट्या पश्यामि वामहम्।
दिष्ट्या चेमौ निकृत्तौ मे युवाभ्यां बाहुबन्धनौ ॥ ३.७०.१८ ॥
Welcome to you two, tigers among men! By good fortune I see you both, and by good fortune you two have cut these bonds of my arms.
3.70.19
विरूपं यच्च मे रूपं प्राप्तं ह्यविनयाद् यथा।
तन्मे शृणु नरव्याघ्र तत्त्वतः शंसतस्तव ॥ ३.७०.१९ ॥
O tiger among men, hear from me truly how this deformed form came upon me through my arrogance, as I tell you of it.