Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 5.28
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5.28.1
सा राक्षसेन्द्रस्य वचो निशम्य
तद् रावणस्याप्रियमप्रियार्ता।
सीता वितत्रास यथा वनान्ते
सिंहाभिपन्ना गजराजकन्या ॥ ५.२८.१ ॥
Hearing the unpleasant words of the lord of the rākṣasas, Sītā, afflicted by what was displeasing, trembled as the daughter of the lord of elephants trembles when seized by a lion at the edge of the forest.
5.28.2
सा राक्षसीमध्यगता च भीरु-
र्वाग्भिर्भृशं रावणतर्जिता च।
कान्तारमध्ये विजने विसृष्टा
बालेव कन्या विललाप सीता ॥ ५.२८.२ ॥
Sītā, a timid woman placed among the rākṣasī women and greatly threatened by Rāvaṇa's harsh words, lamented like a young girl abandoned in a lonely wilderness.
5.28.3
सत्यं बतेदं प्रवदन्ति लोके
नाकालमृत्युर्भवतीति सन्तः।
यत्राहमेवं परिभर्त्स्यमाना
जीवामि यस्मात् क्षणमप्यपुण्या ॥ ५.२८.३ ॥
Truly the wise say in this world that untimely death does not occur, since I, unfortunate, live even for a moment while being reproached in this way.
5.28.4
सुखाद् विहीनं बहुदुःखपूर्ण-
मिदं तु नूनं हृदयं स्थिरं मे।
विदीर्यते यन्न सहस्रधाद्य
वज्राहतं शृंगमिवाचलस्य ॥ ५.२८.४ ॥
This heart of mine, bereft of happiness and full of much sorrow, is surely firm, for today it is not splitting into a thousand pieces like a mountain peak struck by a thunderbolt.
5.28.5
नैवास्ति नूनं मम दोषमत्र
वध्याहमस्याप्रियदर्शनस्य।
भावं न चास्याहमनुप्रदातु-
मलं द्विजो मन्त्रमिवाद्विजाय ॥ ५.२८.५ ॥
Surely in this matter there is no fault of mine, yet I am fit to be slain by this one unpleasant to behold. Just as a twice-born cannot give a mantra to one not twice-born, I cannot give him my favourable regard.
5.28.6
तस्मिन्ननागच्छति लोकनाथे
गर्भस्थजन्तोरिव शल्यकृन्तः।
नूनं ममांगान्यचिरादनार्यः
शस्त्रैः शितैश्छेत्स्यति राक्षसेन्द्रः ॥ ५.२८.६ ॥
Before the lord of the worlds comes, that ignoble lord of the rākṣasas will surely soon cut my limbs with sharp weapons, like a thorn cutting into a creature in the womb.
5.28.7
दुःखं बतेदं ननु दुःखिताया
मासौ चिरायाभिगमिष्यतो द्वौ।
बद्धस्य वध्यस्य यथा निशान्ते
राजोपरोधादिव तस्करस्य ॥ ५.२८.७ ॥
Alas, this is sorrow! The two have been so long in not coming to me, who am sorrowful, like a thief bound in the king's custody at night's end, awaiting execution.
5.28.8
हा राम हा लक्ष्मण हा सुमित्रे
हा राममातः सह मे जनन्यः।
एषा विपद्याम्यहमल्पभाग्या
महार्णवे नौरिव मूढवाता ॥ ५.२८.८ ॥
Alas Rāma! Alas Lakṣmaṇa! Alas Sumitrā! Alas mother of Rāma, together with my other mothers! I of little fortune am perishing in this calamity, like a boat in the great ocean whose wind has gone astray.
5.28.9
तरस्विनौ धारयता मृगस्य
सत्त्वेन रूपं मनुजेन्द्रपुत्रौ।
नूनं विशस्तौ मम कारणात् तौ
सिंहर्षभौ द्वाविव वैद्युतेन ॥ ५.२८.९ ॥
Surely because of me those two swift sons of the lord of men were destroyed by the one who had taken on the deer's form, like two lions or two bulls struck by lightning.
5.28.10
नूनं स कालो मृगरूपधारी
मामल्पभाग्यां लुलुभे तदानीम्।
यत्रार्यपुत्रौ विससर्ज मूढा
रामानुजं लक्ष्मणपूर्वजं च ॥ ५.२८.१० ॥
Surely that Time, having taken the form of a deer, beguiled me of little fortune, when in my folly I sent away the noble sons: Rāma's younger brother and Lakṣmaṇa's elder brother.
5.28.11
हा राम सत्यव्रत दीर्घबाहो
हा पूर्णचन्द्रप्रतिमानवक्त्र।
हा जीवलोकस्य हितः प्रियश्च
वध्यां न मां वेत्सि हि राक्षसानाम् ॥ ५.२८.११ ॥
Alas, Rāma, true to your vow, long-armed one! Alas, O you whose face is like the full moon! Alas, benefactor and beloved of the living world! You do not know that I am to be slain by the rākṣasas.
5.28.12
अनन्यदेवत्वमियं क्षमा च
भूमौ च शय्या नियमश्च धर्मे।
पतिव्रतात्वं विफलं ममेदं
कृतं कृतघ्नेष्विव मानुषाणाम् ॥ ५.२८.१२ ॥
Devotion to no other deity, this patience, a bed on the ground, discipline in dharma—my faithfulness to my husband has been as fruitless as a kindness done to ungrateful men.
5.28.13
मोघो हि धर्मश्चरितो ममायं
तथैकपत्नीत्वमिदं निरर्थकम्।
या त्वां न पश्यामि कृशा विवर्णा
हीना त्वया संगमने निराशा ॥ ५.२८.१३ ॥
My dharma has been practiced in vain, and this faithfulness to one husband is meaningless; for I do not see you—thin, pale, deprived of your embrace, and without hope.
5.28.14
पितुर्निदेशं नियमेन कृत्वा
वनान्निवृत्तश्चरितव्रतश्च।
स्त्रीभिस्तु मन्ये विपुलेक्षणाभिः
संरंस्यसे वीतभयः कृतार्थः ॥ ५.२८.१४ ॥
Having faithfully fulfilled your father's command and completed your vow, you will return from the forest; and I think that, free from fear and with your purpose accomplished, you will delight in women with wide eyes.
5.28.15
अहं तु राम त्वयि जातकामा
चिरं विनाशाय निबद्धभावा।
मोघं चरित्वाथ तपो व्रतं च
त्यक्ष्यामि धिग्जीवितमल्पभाग्याम् ॥ ५.२८.१५ ॥
But I, O Rāma, bound by the love born for you, having long practiced austerity and vow only for my own ruin, in vain, will now abandon this life of little fortune—shame upon this life.
5.28.16
संजीवितं क्षिप्रमहं त्यजेयं
विषेण शस्त्रेण शितेन वापि।
विषस्य दाता न तु मेऽस्ति कश्चि-
च्छस्त्रस्य वा वेश्मनि राक्षसस्य ॥ ५.२८.१६ ॥
I would quickly give up this life by poison or by a sharp weapon, but in this rākṣasa's house there is no one to give me poison or a weapon.
5.28.17
शोकाभितप्ता बहुधा विचिन्त्य
सीताथ वेणीग्रथनं गृहीत्वा।
उद्बद्ध्य वेण्युद्ग्रथनेन शीघ्र-
महं गमिष्यामि यमस्य मूलम् ॥ ५.२८.१७ ॥
Tormented by grief and reflecting in many ways, Sītā then seized her braid; tying a noose with the braided hair, I shall soon go to the abode of Yama.
5.28.18
उपस्थिता सा मृदुसर्वगात्री
शाखां गृहीत्वा च नगस्य तस्य।
तस्यास्तु रामं परिचिन्तयन्त्या
रामानुजं स्वं च कुलं शुभांग्याः ॥ ५.२८.१८ ॥
That soft-limbed one came near and, seizing a branch of the tree, while she kept thinking of Rāma, Rāma's younger brother, and her own family, the fair-limbed one was so situated.
5.28.19
तस्या विशोकानि तदा बहूनि
धैर्यार्जितानि प्रवराणि लोके।
प्रादुर्निमित्तानि तदा बभूवुः
पुरापि सिद्धान्युपलक्षितानि ॥ ५.२८.१९ ॥
Then many auspicious omens, free from sorrow, won by her steadfastness and excellent in the world, appeared to her; those signs, already established and observed before, now manifested.