Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 5.25
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5.25.1
अथ तासां वदन्तीनां परुषं दारुणं बहु।
राक्षसीनामसौम्यानां रुरोद जनकात्मजा ॥ ५.२५.१ ॥
As the rākṣasī women spoke many harsh and cruel words, Sītā, daughter of Janaka, wept.
5.25.2
एवमुक्ता तु वैदेही राक्षसीभिर्मनस्विनी।
उवाच परमत्रस्ता बाष्पगद्गदया गिरा ॥ ५.२५.२ ॥
Thus addressed by the rākṣasī women, the high-minded Vaidehī, greatly terrified, spoke in a voice choked with tears.
5.25.3
न मानुषी राक्षसस्य भार्या भवितुमर्हति।
कामं खादत मां सर्वा न करिष्यामि वो वचः ॥ ५.२५.३ ॥
A human woman is not fit to become the wife of a rākṣasa. Eat me, all of you, if you wish; I will not do what you say.
5.25.4
सा राक्षसीमध्यगता सीता सुरसुतोपमा।
न शर्म लेभे शोकार्ता रावणेनेव भर्त्सिता ॥ ५.२५.४ ॥
Sītā, seated among the rākṣasī women and like a daughter of the gods, found no comfort in her grief; she was as one reproached by Rāvaṇa himself.
5.25.5
वेपते स्माधिकं सीता विशन्तीवांगमात्मनः।
वने यूथपरिभ्रष्टा मृगी कोकैरिवार्दिता ॥ ५.२५.५ ॥
Sītā trembled exceedingly, as if she would sink into her own body, like a doe lost from the herd in the forest, harried by wolves.
5.25.6
सा त्वशोकस्य विपुलां शाखामालम्ब्य पुष्पिताम्।
चिन्तयामास शोकेन भर्तारं भग्नमानसा ॥ ५.२५.६ ॥
Then she held on to a broad, flowering branch of the aśoka tree and, with a broken heart, grieved and thought of her husband.
5.25.7
सा स्नापयन्ती विपुलौ स्तनौ नेत्रजलस्रवैः।
चिन्तयन्ती न शोकस्य तदान्तमधिगच्छति ॥ ५.२५.७ ॥
Bathing her broad breasts with streams of tears, and finding no end to her sorrow, she kept brooding.
5.25.8
सा वेपमाना पतिता प्रवाते कदली यथा।
राक्षसीनां भयत्रस्ता विवर्णवदनाभवत् ॥ ५.२५.८ ॥
Trembling and fallen like a plantain tree in the wind, terrified by the rākṣasa women, her face turned pale.
5.25.9
तस्याः सा दीर्घबहुला वेपन्त्याः सीतया तदा।
ददृशे कम्पिता वेणी व्यालीव परिसर्पती ॥ ५.२५.९ ॥
Then the long, thick braid of the trembling Sītā was seen quivering, like a serpent creeping along.
5.25.10
सा निःश्वसन्ती शोकार्ता कोपोपहतचेतना।
आर्ता व्यसृजदश्रूणि मैथिली विललाप च ॥ ५.२५.१० ॥
Sighing, afflicted with grief, her mind struck by anger and anguish, the Maithilī shed tears and lamented.
5.25.11
हा रामेति च दुःखार्ता हा पुनर्लक्ष्मणेति च।
हा श्वश्रूर्मम कौसल्ये हा सुमित्रेति भामिनी ॥ ५.२५.११ ॥
Crying, "Alas, Rāma!" and afflicted with sorrow, then again, "Alas, Lakṣmaṇa!" and, "Alas, my mother-in-law Kausalyā! Alas, Sumitrā!" the lady lamented.
5.25.12
लोकप्रवादः सत्योऽयं पण्डितैः समुदाहृतः।
अकाले दुर्लभो मृत्युः स्त्रिया वा पुरुषस्य वा ॥ ५.२५.१२ ॥
This popular saying, declared by the learned, is true: death at the wrong time is hard to come by, for a woman or for a man.
5.25.13
यत्राहमाभिः क्रूराभी राक्षसीभिरिहार्दिता।
जीवामि हीना रामेण मुहूर्तमपि दुःखिता ॥ ५.२५.१३ ॥
Here, tormented by these cruel rākṣasī women, bereft of Rāma and grieving, I live even for a moment.
5.25.14
एषाल्पपुण्या कृपणा विनशिष्याम्यनाथवत्।
समुद्रमध्ये नौः पूर्णा वायुवेगैरिवाहता ॥ ५.२५.१४ ॥
Of little merit and wretched, I shall perish like one without protector, like a laden boat in the midst of the ocean struck by the force of the wind.
5.25.15
भर्तारं तमपश्यन्ती राक्षसीवशमागता।
सीदामि खलु शोकेन कूलं तोयहतं यथा ॥ ५.२५.१५ ॥
Not seeing my husband, fallen under the power of the rākṣasī, I indeed sink in grief, like a riverbank struck by water.
5.25.16
तं पद्मदलपत्राक्षं सिंहविक्रान्तगामिनम्।
धन्याः पश्यन्ति मे नाथं कृतज्ञं प्रियवादिनम् ॥ ५.२५.१६ ॥
Those fortunate ones see my lord, lotus-petal-eyed, lion-striding, grateful and sweet-spoken.
5.25.17
सर्वथा तेन हीनाया रामेण विदितात्मना।
तीक्ष्णं विषमिवास्वाद्य दुर्लभं मम जीवनम् ॥ ५.२५.१७ ॥
For me, wholly bereft of Rāma, the self-knowing one, my life has become hard to bear, as if I had tasted a sharp poison.
5.25.18
कीदृशं तु महापापं मया देहान्तरे कृतम्।
तेनेदं प्राप्यते घोरं महादुःखं सुदारुणम् ॥ ५.२५.१८ ॥
What great sin did I commit in a former body, that through it this terrible, great and most dreadful sorrow is now obtained by me?
5.25.19
जीवितं त्यक्तुमिच्छामि शोकेन महता वृता।
राक्षसीभिश्च रक्षन्त्या रामो नासाद्यते मया ॥ ५.२५.१९ ॥
Surrounded by great grief, I wish to give up my life, for guarded by the rākṣasa women I cannot reach Rāma.
5.25.20
धिगस्तु खलु मानुष्यं धिगस्तु परवश्यताम्।
न शक्यं यत् परित्यक्तुमात्मच्छन्देन जीवितम् ॥ ५.२५.२० ॥
Shame upon human birth, shame upon dependence on others! It is not possible for me to give up life at my own will.