Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 5.21
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5.21.1
तस्य तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा सीता रौद्रस्य रक्षसः।
आर्ता दीनस्वरा दीनं प्रत्युवाच ततः शनैः ॥ ५.२१.१ ॥
Hearing that speech of the fierce demon, Sītā, distressed, answered him then slowly, in a piteous voice.
5.21.2
दुःखार्ता रुदती सीता वेपमाना तपस्विनी।
चिन्तयन्ती वरारोहा पतिमेव पतिव्रता ॥ ५.२१.२ ॥
Sītā, the ascetic, afflicted with sorrow, weeping and trembling, fair-hipped, thinking only of her husband, faithful to her husband.
5.21.3
तृणमन्तरतः कृत्वा प्रत्युवाच शुचिस्मिता।
निवर्तय मनो मत्तः स्वजने प्रीयतां मनः ॥ ५.२१.३ ॥
Placing a blade of grass between them, Sītā of the pure smile answered: "Turn your mind away from me; let your mind find delight in your own people."
5.21.4
न मां प्रार्थयितुं युक्तस्त्वं सिद्धिमिव पापकृत्।
अकार्यं न मया कार्यमेकपत्न्या विगर्हितम् ॥ ५.२१.४ ॥
You, sinner, are not fit to desire me, as a wrongdoer is not fit to desire success. A woman devoted to one husband will not do the condemned, unfit deed.
5.21.5
कुलं सम्प्राप्तया पुण्यं कुले महति जातया।
एवमुक्त्वा तु वैदेही रावणं तं यशस्विनी ॥ ५.२१.५ ॥
Having been born in a great lineage and attained a pure family, the glorious Vaidehī, having spoken thus, said to that Rāvaṇa:
5.21.6
रावणं पृष्ठतः कृत्वा भूयो वचनमब्रवीत्।
नाहमौपयिकी भार्या परभार्या सती तव ॥ ५.२१.६ ॥
Turning her back on Rāvaṇa, Sītā again spoke these words: "I am not a wife fit for you; I am another's wife, a chaste woman."
5.21.7
साधु धर्ममवेक्षस्व साधु साधुव्रतं चर।
यथा तव तथान्येषां रक्ष्या दारा निशाचर ॥ ५.२१.७ ॥
O night-ranger, consider dharma well and keep well the vow of the good. As your own wives are to be protected by you, so too are the wives of others to be protected by them.
5.21.8
आत्मानमुपमां कृत्वा स्वेषु दारेषु रम्यताम्।
अतुष्टं स्वेषु दारेषु चपलं चपलेन्द्रियम्।
नयन्ति निकृतिप्रज्ञं परदाराः पराभवम् ॥ ५.२१.८ ॥
Make yourself the measure, and take delight in your own wives. The man who is discontented with his own wives, fickle, with unsteady senses and a deceitful mind, is led to ruin by the wives of others.
5.21.9
इह सन्तो न वा सन्ति सतो वा नानुवर्तसे।
यथा हि विपरीता ते बुद्धिराचारवर्जिता ॥ ५.२१.९ ॥
Are there no good people here, or if there are, do you not follow the good? Your intellect has become perverse and devoid of good conduct.
5.21.10
वचो मिथ्याप्रणीतात्मा पथ्यमुक्तं विचक्षणैः।
राक्षसानामभावाय त्वं वा न प्रतिपद्यसे ॥ ५.२१.१० ॥
He whose self is led by falsehood does not accept the wholesome words spoken by the wise. Will you not accept them, even for the ruin of the rakshasas?
5.21.11
अकृतात्मानमासाद्य राजानमनये रतम्।
समृद्धानि विनश्यन्ति राष्ट्राणि नगराणि च ॥ ५.२१.११ ॥
When a king whose self is undisciplined, who delights in wrongdoing, is reached and served, even prosperous realms and cities perish.
5.21.12
तथैव त्वां समासाद्य लंका रत्नौघसंकुला।
अपराधात् तवैकस्य नचिराद् विनशिष्यति ॥ ५.२१.१२ ॥
In the same way, Laṅkā, crowded with heaps of jewels, having come to you, will soon be destroyed because of your single offence.
5.21.13
स्वकृतैर्हन्यमानस्य रावणादीर्घदर्शिनः।
अभिनन्दन्ति भूतानि विनाशे पापकर्मणः ॥ ५.२१.१३ ॥
O Rāvaṇa, when one is being struck down by his own deeds, lacking foresight, the beings rejoice at the destruction of the evil-doer.
5.21.14
एवं त्वां पापकर्माणं वक्ष्यन्ति निकृता जनाः।
दिष्ट्यैतद् व्यसनं प्राप्तो रौद्र इत्येव हर्षिताः ॥ ५.२१.१४ ॥
Thus the wronged people will call you an evil-doer, and rejoicing will say, "The terrible one has by fortune met this calamity."
5.21.15
शक्या लोभयितुं नाहमैश्वर्येण धनेन वा।
अनन्या राघवेणाहं भास्करेण यथा प्रभा ॥ ५.२१.१५ ॥
I cannot be tempted by sovereignty or by wealth; I am undivided from Rāghava as the radiance is from the sun.
5.21.16
उपधाय भुजं तस्य लोकनाथस्य सत्कृतम्।
कथं नामोपधास्यामि भुजमन्यस्य कस्यचित् ॥ ५.२१.१६ ॥
Having laid my head upon the honored arm of that lord of the worlds, how could I ever lay it upon the arm of anyone else?
5.21.17
अहमौपयिकी भार्या तस्यैव च धरापतेः।
व्रतस्नातस्य विद्येव विप्रस्य विदितात्मनः ॥ ५.२१.१७ ॥
I am the fitting wife of that very lord of the earth, as knowledge is to a Brahmin who has bathed after his vow and knows his own self.
5.21.18
साधु रावण रामेण मां समानय दुःखिताम्।
वने वासितया सार्धं करेण्वेव गजाधिपम् ॥ ५.२१.१८ ॥
Well then, Rāvaṇa, reunite me, the afflicted one, with Rāma, as a she-elephant that dwelt in the forest is reunited with the lord of elephants.
5.21.19
मित्रमौपयिकं कर्तुं रामः स्थानं परीप्सता।
बन्धं चानिच्छता घोरं त्वयासौ पुरुषर्षभः ॥ ५.२१.१९ ॥
Rāma, desiring to regain his place, will wish to make a friendly alliance; and since you do not wish for a dreadful bondage, that best of men will seek friendship.
5.21.20
विदितः सर्वधर्मज्ञः शरणागतवत्सलः।
तेन मैत्री भवतु ते यदि जीवितुमिच्छसि ॥ ५.२१.२० ॥
He is known as the knower of all dharma and tender toward those who seek refuge; if you wish to live, let friendship be made with him.
5.21.21
प्रसादयस्व त्वं चैनं शरणागतवत्सलम्।
मां चास्मै प्रयतो भूत्वा निर्यातयितुमर्हसि ॥ ५.२१.२१ ॥
Appease him, who is tender toward those who seek refuge; and having become composed, you should send me back to him.
5.21.22
एवं हि ते भवेत् स्वस्ति सम्प्रदाय रघूत्तमे।
अन्यथा त्वं हि कुर्वाणः परां प्राप्स्यसि चापदम् ॥ ५.२१.२२ ॥
Thus, by returning me to the best of the Raghus, there would be well-being for you; otherwise, by doing otherwise, you will surely meet with a great calamity.
5.21.23
वर्जयेद् वज्रमुत्सृष्टं वर्जयेदन्तकश्चिरम्।
त्वद्विधं न तु संक्रुद्धो लोकनाथः स राघवः ॥ ५.२१.२३ ॥
One might long avoid a hurled thunderbolt, and even Death might be long avoided; but even when angered, that Rāghava, lord of the worlds, will not spare one such as you.
5.21.24
रामस्य धनुषः शब्दं श्रोष्यसि त्वं महास्वनम्।
शतक्रतुविसृष्टस्य निर्घोषमशनेरिव ॥ ५.२१.२४ ॥
You will hear the great sound of Rāma's bow, like the roar of the thunderbolt hurled by Śakra.
5.21.25
इह शीघ्रं सुपर्वाणो ज्वलितास्या इवोरगाः।
इषवो निपतिष्यन्ति रामलक्ष्मणलक्षिताः ॥ ५.२१.२५ ॥
Here soon the fine-jointed arrows, like serpents with blazing mouths, marked with the names of Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, will fall.
5.21.26
रक्षांसि निहनिष्यन्तः पुर्यामस्यां न संशयः।
असम्पातं करिष्यन्ति पतन्तः कङ्कवाससः ॥ ५.२१.२६ ॥
In this city, slaying the rākṣasas, the arrows feathered with heron plumes, as they fall, will strike without fail; there is no doubt.
5.21.27
राक्षसेन्द्रमहासर्पान् स रामगरुडो महान्।
उद्धरिष्यति वेगेन वैनतेय इवोरगान् ॥ ५.२१.२७ ॥
That great Rāma, like Garuḍa, will swiftly lift away the great serpents, the lords of the rākṣasas, as Vainateya Garuḍa carries off serpents.
5.21.28
अपनेष्यति मां भर्ता त्वत्तः शीघ्रमरिंदमः।
असुरेभ्यः श्रियं दीप्तां विष्णुस्त्रिभिरिव क्रमैः ॥ ५.२१.२८ ॥
My husband, subduer of foes, will quickly take me away from you, as Viṣṇu with three strides took back radiant glory from the asuras.
5.21.29
जनस्थाने हतस्थाने निहते रक्षसां बले।
अशक्तेन त्वया रक्षः कृतमेतदसाधु वै ॥ ५.२१.२९ ॥
In Janasthāna, when the rākṣasa host was slain and the place laid waste, you, powerless, O rākṣasa, have done this wrong.
5.21.30
आश्रमं तत्तयोः शून्यं प्रविश्य नरसिंहयोः।
गोचरं गतयोर्भ्रात्रोरपनीता त्वयाधम ॥ ५.२१.३० ॥
Entering their empty hermitage while those two lions among men had gone out of sight, you carried me off, O vile one.
5.21.31
नहि गन्धमुपाघ्राय रामलक्ष्मणयोस्त्वया।
शक्यं संदर्शने स्थातुं शुना शार्दूलयोरिव ॥ ५.२१.३१ ॥
Having caught the scent of Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, you cannot stand before their sight, as a dog cannot stand before two tigers.
5.21.32
तस्य ते विग्रहे ताभ्यां युगग्रहणमस्थिरम्।
वृत्रस्येवेन्द्रबाहुभ्यां बाहोरेकस्य विग्रहे ॥ ५.२१.३२ ॥
Just as Vṛtra, seized by the two arms of Indra, lost his grip in the struggle of a single arm, so too your grip in combat with those two will be unsteady.
5.21.33
क्षिप्रं तव स नाथो मे रामः सौमित्रिणा सह।
तोयमल्पमिवादित्यः प्राणानादास्यते शरैः ॥ ५.२१.३३ ॥
Soon my lord Rāma, together with Saumitri, will take your life-breaths with his arrows, as the sun draws up a little water.
5.21.34
गिरिं कुबेरस्य गतोऽथवाऽऽलयं
सभां गतो वा वरुणस्य राज्ञः।
असंशयं दाशरथेर्विमोक्ष्यसे
महाद्रुमः कालहतोऽशनेरिव ॥ ५.२१.३४ ॥
Whether you go to the mountain of Kubera, or to his abode, or to the assembly of King Varuṇa, you will without doubt not escape the son of Daśaratha, as a great tree struck by time falls to the thunderbolt.