Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 4.61
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4.61.1
ततस्तद् दारुणं कर्म दुष्करं सहसा कृतम्।
आचचक्षे मुनेः सर्वं सूर्यानुगमनं तथा ॥ ४.६१.१ ॥
Then he told the sage all of that terrible, difficult deed he had suddenly done, and likewise his pursuit of the sun.
4.61.2
भगवन् व्रणयुक्तत्वाल्लज्जया चाकुलेन्द्रियः।
परिश्रान्तो न शक्नोमि वचनं परिभाषितुम् ॥ ४.६१.२ ॥
Venerable one, wounded, ashamed, my senses confused and exhausted, I am not able to speak my words through to the end.
4.61.3
अहं चैव जटायुश्च संघर्षाद् गर्वमोहितौ।
आकाशं पतितौ दूराज्जिज्ञासन्तौ पराक्रमम् ॥ ४.६१.३ ॥
Jaṭāyu and I, deluded by pride from our contest, desiring to test our valour, fell down from the sky from afar.
4.61.4
कैलासशिखरे बद्ध्वा मुनीनामग्रतः पणम्।
रविः स्यादनुयातव्यो यावदस्तं महागिरिम् ॥ ४.६१.४ ॥
Having made a wager before the sages on the peak of Kailāsa, that the sun must be followed as far as the great mountain, until it sets.
4.61.5
अप्यावां युगपत् प्राप्तावपश्याव महीतले।
रथचक्रप्रमाणानि नगराणि पृथक् पृथक् ॥ ४.६१.५ ॥
We two arrived together and saw, upon the earth, cities separately, each the size of a chariot wheel.
4.61.6
क्वचिद् वादित्रघोषश्च क्वचिद् भूषणनिःस्वनः।
गायन्तीः स्माङ्गना बह्वीः पश्यावो रक्तवाससः ॥ ४.६१.६ ॥
Here and there came the sound of instruments, and here and there the jingling of ornaments; we saw many women in red garments singing.
4.61.7
तूर्णमुत्पत्य चाकाशमादित्यपदमास्थितौ।
आवामालोकयावस्तद् वनं शाद्वलसंस्थितम् ॥ ४.६१.७ ॥
Swiftly leaping into the sky and standing upon the path of the sun, let us two look down upon that forest standing on the grassy ground.
4.61.8
उपलैरिव संछन्ना दृश्यते भूः शिलोच्चयैः।
आपगाभिश्च संवीता सूत्रैरिव वसुंधरा ॥ ४.६१.८ ॥
The earth appears covered with rocks, with heaps of boulders; and the earth, encircled by rivers, is as if bound with threads.
4.61.9
हिमवांश्चैव विन्ध्यश्च मेरुश्च सुमहागिरिः।
भूतले सम्प्रकाशन्ते नागा इव जलाशये ॥ ४.६१.९ ॥
The Himālaya and the Vindhya, and Meru, the great mountain, shine upon the earth like serpents in a lake.
4.61.10
तीव्रः स्वेदश्च खेदश्च भयं चासीत् तदावयोः।
समाविशत मोहश्च ततो मूर्च्छा च दारुणा ॥ ४.६१.१० ॥
Then there came upon us both intense sweat, weariness and fear; then bewilderment entered, and a dreadful swoon.
4.61.11
न च दिग् ज्ञायते याम्या न चाग्नेयी न वारुणी।
युगान्ते नियतो लोको हतो दग्ध इवाग्निना ॥ ४.६१.११ ॥
The southern direction is not known, nor the south-east, nor the west; as if the fixed world, at the end of the age, were struck and burned by fire.
4.61.12
मनश्च मे हतं भूयश्चक्षुः प्राप्य तु संश्रयम्।
यत्नेन महता ह्यस्मिन् मनः संधाय चक्षुषी ॥ ४.६१.१२ ॥
My mind was struck down again, but my sight found a support; with great effort I fixed my mind and my two eyes upon it.
4.61.13
यत्नेन महता भूयो भास्करः प्रतिलोकितः।
तुल्यपृथ्वीप्रमाणेन भास्करः प्रतिभाति नौ ॥ ४.६१.१३ ॥
With great effort I looked upon the sun again; the sun appears to us the size of the earth.
4.61.14
जटायुर्मामनापृच्छ्य निपपात महीं ततः।
तं दृष्ट्वा तूर्णमाकाशादात्मानं मुक्तवानहम् ॥ ४.६१.१४ ॥
Jaṭāyu fell to the earth without asking me; seeing him, I quickly let myself go from the sky.
4.61.15
पक्षाभ्यां च मया गुप्तो जटायुर्न प्रदह्यत।
प्रमादात् तत्र निर्दग्धः पतन् वायुपथादहम् ॥ ४.६१.१५ ॥
Jaṭāyu, protected by my wings, was not burned; but through carelessness I was utterly burned there and fell from the path of the air.
4.61.16
आशङ्के तं निपतितं जनस्थाने जटायुषम्।
अहं तु पतितो विन्ध्ये दग्धपक्षो जडीकृतः ॥ ४.६१.१६ ॥
I fear that Jaṭāyu has fallen too in Janasthāna; and I, with my wings burned and numbed, have fallen upon the Vindhya mountain.
4.61.17
राज्याच्च हीनो भ्रात्रा च पक्षाभ्यां विक्रमेण च।
सर्वथा मर्तुमेवेच्छन् पतिष्ये शिखराद् गिरेः ॥ ४.६१.१७ ॥
Bereft of kingdom, of brother, of wings and of valour, desiring utterly to die, I shall fall from the mountain's peak.