Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 3.9
हिन्दी · தமிழ் · తెలుగు · ಕನ್ನಡ · മലയാളം · বাংলা · मराठी · ગુજરાતી · ਪੰਜਾਬੀ · ଓଡ଼ିଆ · اردو · English · Español · Français · Deutsch · Português · Русский · 中文 · 日本語 · العربية · Bahasa Indonesia · ไทย
3.9.1
सुतीक्ष्णेनाभ्यनुज्ञातं प्रस्थितं रघुनन्दनम्।
हृद्यया स्निग्धया वाचा भर्तारमिदमब्रवीत् ॥ ३.९.१ ॥
Having taken leave of Sutīkṣṇa and set out, Sītā spoke these words to her husband, the delight of the Raghus, in a voice pleasing to the heart and full of affection.
3.9.2
अधर्मं तु सुसूक्ष्मेण विधिना प्राप्यते महान्।
निवृत्तेन च शक्योऽयं व्यसनात् कामजादिह ॥ ३.९.२ ॥
Unrighteousness is gained by a very subtle path and grows great; yet one who has turned back can here be freed from this, from calamity born of desire.
3.9.3
त्रीण्येव व्यसनान्यत्र कामजानि भवन्त्युत।
मिथ्यावाक्यं तु परमं तस्माद् गुरुतरावुभौ ॥ ३.९.३ ॥
Here the vices born of desire are indeed three; but false speech is supreme, and therefore those two are heavier still.
3.9.4
परदाराभिगमनं विना वैरं च रौद्रता।
मिथ्यावाक्यं न ते भूतं न भविष्यति राघव ॥ ३.९.४ ॥
Apart from approaching another's wife, enmity and cruelty — O Rāghava, you have never spoken false words, nor will you ever do so.
3.9.5
कुतोऽभिलषणं स्त्रीणां परेषां धर्मनाशनम्।
तव नास्ति मनुष्येन्द्र न चाभूत् ते कदाचन ॥ ३.९.५ ॥
O lord of men, how could there be in you any longing of women that ruins the dharma of others? It is not in you, and it has never been in you.
3.9.6
मनस्यपि तथा राम न चैतद् विद्यते क्वचित्।
स्वदारनिरतश्चैव नित्यमेव नृपात्मज ॥ ३.९.६ ॥
O Rāma, even in your mind there is no such thing anywhere; you are always devoted to your own wife, O prince.
3.9.7
धर्मिष्ठः सत्यसंधश्च पितुर्निर्देशकारकः।
त्वयि धर्मश्च सत्यं च त्वयि सर्वं प्रतिष्ठितम् ॥ ३.९.७ ॥
You are firm in dharma and steadfast in truth, one who carries out your father's command. In you dharma and truth abide; in you all things are established.
3.9.8
तच्च सर्वं महाबाहो शक्यं वोढुं जितेन्द्रियैः।
तव वश्येन्द्रियत्वं च जानामि शुभदर्शन ॥ ३.९.८ ॥
O mighty-armed one, all of this can be borne only by those who have conquered their senses. And I know that you have control over your senses, O you of auspicious appearance.
3.9.9
तृतीयं यदिदं रौद्रं परप्राणाभिहिंसनम्।
निर्वैरं क्रियते मोहात् तच्च ते समुपस्थितम् ॥ ३.९.९ ॥
This is the third, dreadful matter: the killing of others' lives. That which is done without enmity, out of delusion, has now come before you.
3.9.10
प्रतिज्ञातस्त्वया वीर दण्डकारण्यवासिनाम्।
ऋषीणां रक्षणार्थाय वधः संयति रक्षसाम् ॥ ३.९.१० ॥
O hero, you have vowed, for the protection of the sages who dwell in the Daṇḍaka forest, to slay the rākṣasas in battle.
3.9.11
एतन्निमित्तं च वनं दण्डका इति विश्रुतम्।
प्रस्थितस्त्वं सह भ्रात्रा धृतबाणशरासनः ॥ ३.९.११ ॥
For this very reason you have set out, with your brother, bearing bow and arrows, for that forest famed as the Daṇḍaka.
3.9.12
ततस्त्वां प्रस्थितं दृष्ट्वा मम चिन्ताकुलं मनः।
त्वद्धृत्तं चिन्तयन्त्या वै भवेन्निःश्रेयसं हितम् ॥ ३.९.१२ ॥
Therefore, seeing you set out, my mind is troubled with anxiety; for to dwell upon your conduct will indeed be my highest good and welfare.
3.9.13
नहि मे रोचते वीर गमनं दण्डकान् प्रति।
कारणं तत्र वक्ष्यामि वदन्त्याः श्रूयतां मम ॥ ३.९.१३ ॥
Hero, going towards the Daṇḍaka forest does not please me. I will tell you the reason; listen to what I say.
3.9.14
त्वं हि बाणधनुष्पाणिर्भ्रात्रा सह वनं गतः।
दृष्ट्वा वनचरान् सर्वान् कच्चित् कुर्याः शरव्ययम् ॥ ३.९.१४ ॥
You have gone to the forest with bow and arrows in hand, together with your brother. Seeing all the forest dwellers, will you spend your arrows?
3.9.15
क्षत्रियाणामिह धनुर्हुताशस्येन्धनानि च।
समीपतः स्थितं तेजोबलमुच्छ्रयते भृशम् ॥ ३.९.१५ ॥
Here, for kṣatriyas, the bow is like fuel for fire; the power and splendour that stand near rise up greatly.
3.9.16
पुरा किल महाबाहो तपस्वी सत्यवान् शुचिः।
कस्मिंश्चिदभवत् पुण्ये वने रतमृगद्विजे ॥ ३.९.१६ ॥
Long ago, O mighty-armed one, a truthful and pure ascetic lived in some sacred forest where deer and birds delighted in roaming.
3.9.17
तस्यैव तपसो विघ्नं कर्तुमिन्द्रः शचीपतिः।
खड्गपाणिरथागच्छदाश्रमं भटरूपधृक् ॥ ३.९.१७ ॥
To obstruct that very ascetic's penance, Indra, lord of Śacī, came to the hermitage with a sword in hand, assuming the form of a warrior.
3.9.18
तस्मिंस्तदाश्रमपदे निहितः खड्ग उत्तमः।
स न्यासविधिना दत्तः पुण्ये तपसि तिष्ठतः ॥ ३.९.१८ ॥
At that time a fine sword had been placed at that hermitage site; by the rite of deposit it had been entrusted to that ascetic standing in sacred penance.
3.9.19
स तच्छस्त्रमनुप्राप्य न्यासरक्षणतत्परः।
वने तु विचरत्येव रक्षन् प्रत्ययमात्मनः ॥ ३.९.१९ ॥
Having received that weapon, intent on guarding the deposit, he wandered in the forest itself, guarding his own trust.
3.9.20
यत्र गच्छत्युपादातुं मूलानि च फलानि च।
न विना याति तं खड्गं न्यासरक्षणतत्परः ॥ ३.९.२० ॥
Wherever he went to gather roots and fruits, he never went without that sword, intent on guarding the deposit.
3.9.21
नित्यं शस्त्रं परिवहन् क्रमेण स तपोधनः।
चकार रौद्रीं स्वां बुद्धिं त्यक्त्वा तपसि निश्चयम् ॥ ३.९.२१ ॥
Carrying the weapon every day, little by little that wealth-of-austerity made his own mind fierce, and gave up his resolve in austerity.
3.9.22
ततः स रौद्राभिरतः प्रमत्तोऽधर्मकर्षितः।
तस्य शस्त्रस्य संवासाज्जगाम नरकं मुनिः ॥ ३.९.२२ ॥
Then he took delight in cruelty, heedless and dragged down by unrighteousness; through his association with that weapon, the sage went to hell.
3.9.23
एवमेतत् पुरावृत्तं शस्त्रसंयोगकारणम्।
अग्निसंयोगवद्धेतुः शस्त्रसंयोग उच्यते ॥ ३.९.२३ ॥
Thus this ancient event is the cause of contact with weapons; just as contact with fire is a cause, contact with weapons is said to be a cause.
3.9.24
स्नेहाच्च बहुमानाच्च स्मारये त्वां तु शिक्षये।
न कथंचन सा कार्या गृहीतधनुषा त्वया ॥ ३.९.२४ ॥
Out of affection and great respect I remind you and instruct you: you, holding the bow, must not do that in any way.
3.9.25
बुद्धिर्वैरं विना हन्तुं राक्षसान् दण्डकाश्रितान्।
अपराधं विना हन्तुं लोको वीर न मंस्यते ॥ ३.९.२५ ॥
O hero, the intention to kill the rākṣasas who dwell in the Daṇḍaka forest without enmity, and to kill without offence, the world does not approve.
3.9.26
क्षत्रियाणां तु वीराणां वनेषु नियतात्मनाम्।
धनुषा कार्यमेतावदार्तानामभिरक्षणम् ॥ ३.९.२६ ॥
For heroic kṣatriyas dwelling in the forests, self-controlled, the duty to be done with the bow is only this: the protection of the distressed.
3.9.27
क्व च शस्त्रं क्व च वनं क्व च क्षात्रं तपः क्व च।
व्याविद्धमिदमस्माभिर्देशधर्मस्तु पूज्यताम् ॥ ३.९.२७ ॥
Where is the weapon, where is the forest, where is the warrior's duty, where is austerity! We have scattered this; yet the custom of the land is to be honoured.
3.9.28
कदर्यकलुषा बुद्धिर्जायते शस्त्रसेवनात्।
पुनर्गत्वा त्वयोध्यायां क्षत्रधर्मं चरिष्यसि ॥ ३.९.२८ ॥
From the handling of weapons the mind becomes tainted with meanness. Having gone again to Ayodhyā, you will perform the duty of the warrior.
3.9.29
अक्षया तु भवेत् प्रीतिः श्वश्रूश्वशुरयोर्मम।
यदि राज्यं हि संन्यस्य भवेस्त्वं निरतो मुनिः ॥ ३.९.२९ ॥
If you renounce the kingdom and become a sage devoted to austerity, my affection for my mother-in-law and father-in-law will be undiminished.
3.9.30
धर्मादर्थः प्रभवति धर्मात् प्रभवते सुखम्।
धर्मेण लभते सर्वं धर्मसारमिदं जगत् ॥ ३.९.३० ॥
From dharma arises wealth; from dharma arises happiness; through dharma one obtains everything — this world's essence is dharma.
3.9.31
आत्मानं नियमैस्तैस्तैः कर्षयित्वा प्रयत्नतः।
प्राप्तये निपुणैर्धर्मो न सुखाल्लभते सुखम् ॥ ३.९.३१ ॥
By wearing down the self through these various disciplines with diligent effort, the skilled attain dharma; happiness is not obtained through ease.
3.9.32
नित्यं शुचिमतिः सौम्य चर धर्मं तपोवने।
सर्वं तु विदितं तुभ्यं त्रैलोक्यामपि तत्त्वतः ॥ ३.९.३२ ॥
Gentle one, always with a pure mind, practise dharma in the forest of austerity; all that is known in the three worlds is known to you in truth.
3.9.33
स्त्रीचापलादेतदुपाहृतं मे
धर्मं च वक्तुं तव कः समर्थः।
विचार्य बुद्ध्या तु सहानुजेन
यद् रोचते तत् कुरु माचिरेण ॥ ३.९.३३ ॥
Out of womanly fickleness this was spoken by me; who is able to instruct you in dharma? Having reflected with your intellect together with your younger brother, do without delay what pleases you.