Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 6.126
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6.126.1
बहूनि नाम वर्षाणि गतस्य सुमहद्वनम्।
शृणोम्यहं प्रीतिकरं मम नाथस्य कीर्तनम् ॥ ६.१२६.१ ॥
Many years have passed since he went to the great forest; I hear the pleasing praise of my lord.
6.126.2
कल्याणी बत गाथेयं लौकिकी प्रतिभाति माम्।
एति जीवन्तमानन्दो नरं वर्षशतादपि ॥ ६.१२६.२ ॥
How auspicious this tale is; it seems to me of the world, for joy comes to a living man even after a hundred years.
6.126.3
राघवस्य हरीणां च कथमासीत् समागमः।
कस्मिन् देशे किमाश्रित्य तत्त्वमाख्याहि पृच्छतः ॥ ६.१२६.३ ॥
How did the meeting of Rāghava and the monkeys come about? In what place, relying on what? Tell the truth to the one who asks.
6.126.4
स पृष्टो राजपुत्रेण बृस्यां समुपवेशितः।
आचचक्षे ततः सर्वं रामस्य चरितं वने ॥ ६.१२६.४ ॥
When the king's son asked, he was seated on a seat, and then he related the whole deed of Rāma in the forest.
6.126.5
यथा प्रव्राजितो रामो मातुर्दत्तौ वरौ तव।
यथा च पुत्रशोकेन राजा दशरथो मृतः ॥ ६.१२६.५ ॥
How Rāma was banished, how your two boons were granted to your mother, and how King Daśaratha died of grief for his son.
6.126.6
यथा दूतैस्त्वमानीतस्तूर्णं राजगृहात् प्रभो।
त्वयायोध्यां प्रविष्टेन यथा राज्यं न चेप्सितम् ॥ ६.१२६.६ ॥
How you were quickly brought from the royal palace by messengers, and how, having entered Ayodhyā, you did not desire the kingdom.
6.126.7
चित्रकूटगिरिं गत्वा राज्येनामित्रकर्शनः।
निमन्त्रितस्त्वया भ्राता धर्ममाचरता सताम् ॥ ६.१२६.७ ॥
Having gone to the Citrakūṭa mountain, you invited your brother, the tormentor of enemies who observed the dharma of the good, to take up the kingdom.
6.126.8
स्थितेन राज्ञो वचने यथा राज्यं विसर्जितम्।
आर्यस्य पादुके गृह्य यथासि पुनरागतः ॥ ६.१२६.८ ॥
Abiding by the king's word, the kingdom was relinquished; taking the noble one's sandals, you returned.
6.126.9
सर्वमेतन्महाबाहो यथावद् विदितं तव।
त्वयि प्रतिप्रयाते तु यद् वृत्तं तन्निबोध मे ॥ ६.१२६.९ ॥
O mighty-armed one, all this is known to you exactly as it was. Hear from me what happened after you had departed.
6.126.10
अपयाते त्वयि तदा समुद्भ्रान्तमृगद्विजम्।
परिद्यूनमिवात्यर्थं तद् वनं समपद्यत ॥ ६.१२६.१० ॥
When you had departed, that forest, where the deer and birds wandered in agitation, became exceedingly withered.
6.126.11
तद्धस्तिमृदितं घोरं सिंहव्याघ्रमृगाकुलम्।
प्रविवेशाथ विजनं स महद् दण्डकावनम् ॥ ६.१२६.११ ॥
That terrible forest, trampled by elephants and full of lions, tigers and deer, the desolate great Daṇḍaka forest, he entered.
6.126.12
तेषां पुरस्ताद् बलवान् गच्छतां गहने वने।
विनदन् सुमहानादं विराधः प्रत्यदृश्यत ॥ ६.१२६.१२ ॥
As they walked in the dense forest, the mighty Virādha appeared before them, roaring with a great roar.
6.126.13
तमुत्क्षिप्य महानादमूर्ध्वबाहुमधोमुखम्।
निखाते प्रक्षिपन्ति स्म नदन्तमिव कुञ्जरम् ॥ ६.१२६.१३ ॥
Lifting him up, roaring loudly, arms raised and face turned down, they threw him into a pit, like a roaring elephant.
6.126.14
तत् कृत्वा दुष्करं कर्म भ्रातरौ रामलक्ष्मणौ।
सायाह्ने शरभङ्गस्य रम्यमाश्रममीयतुः ॥ ६.१२६.१४ ॥
Having accomplished that difficult deed, the two brothers Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa reached the pleasant hermitage of Śarabhaṅga in the evening.
6.126.15
शरभङ्गे दिवं प्राप्ते रामः सत्यपराक्रमः।
अभिवाद्य मुनीन् सर्वाञ्जनस्थानमुपागमत् ॥ ६.१२६.१५ ॥
When Śarabhaṅga had gone to heaven, Rāma of true valour greeted all the sages respectfully and went on to Janasthāna.
6.126.16
पश्चाच्छूर्पणखा नाम रामपार्श्वमुपागता।
ततो रामेण संदिष्टो लक्ष्मणः सहसोत्थितः ॥ ६.१२६.१६ ॥
Afterwards a female demon named Śūrpaṇakhā came to Rāma's side. Then Lakṣmaṇa, instructed by Rāma, suddenly rose up.
6.126.17
प्रगृह्य खड्गं चिच्छेद कर्णनासं महाबलः।
चतुर्दश सहस्राणि रक्षसां भीमकर्मणाम् ॥ ६.१२६.१७ ॥
The mighty Lakṣmaṇa seized his sword and cut off her ears and nose. And fourteen thousand demons of terrible deeds.
6.126.18
हतानि वसता तत्र राघवेण महात्मना।
एकेन सह संगम्य रामेण रणमूर्धनि ॥ ६.१२६.१८ ॥
They were all slain there by the great-souled Rāghava, who dwelt there. At the front of battle, facing Rāma alone, they were destroyed.
6.126.19
अह्नश्चतुर्थभागेन निःशेषा राक्षसाः कृताः।
महाबला महावीर्यास्तपसो विघ्नकारिणः ॥ ६.१२६.१९ ॥
In a quarter of a day, all the rākṣasas were wiped out — mighty, of great valour, and obstructors of asceticism.
6.126.20
निहता राघवेणाजौ दण्डकारण्यवासिनः।
राक्षसाश्च विनिष्पिष्टाः खरश्च निहतो रणे ॥ ६.१२६.२० ॥
In battle the Rāghava slew the rākṣasas who dwelt in the Daṇḍaka forest and crushed them; in the fight Khara too was slain.
6.126.21
दूषणं चाग्रतो हत्वा त्रिशिरास्तदनन्तरम्।
ततस्तेनार्दिता बाला रावणं समुपागता ॥ ६.१२६.२१ ॥
Having first slain Dūṣaṇa, and then Triśiras, the rākṣasas who remained, afflicted by him, came to Rāvaṇa.
6.126.22
रावणानुचरो घोरो मारीचो नाम राक्षसः।
लोभयामास वैदेहीं भूत्वा रत्नमयो मृगः ॥ ६.१२६.२२ ॥
Mārīca, the terrible rākṣasa, a follower of Rāvaṇa, having become a deer made of jewels, began to lure Vaidehī.
6.126.23
सा राममब्रवीद् दृष्ट्वा वैदेही गृह्यतामिति।
अयं मनोहरः कान्त आश्रमो नो भविष्यति ॥ ६.१२६.२३ ॥
Seeing it, Vaidehī said to Rāma, "Take it! This charming deer will be the ornament of our hermitage, my beloved."
6.126.24
ततो रामो धनुष्पाणिर्मृगं तमनुधावति।
स तं जघान धावन्तं शरेणानतपर्वणा ॥ ६.१२६.२४ ॥
Then Rāma, bow in hand, ran after that deer; as it fled he struck it with an arrow whose joint was bent.
6.126.25
अथ सौम्य दशग्रीवो मृगं याति तु राघवे।
लक्ष्मणे चापि निष्क्रान्ते प्रविवेशाश्रमं तदा ॥ ६.१२६.२५ ॥
Then, gentle one, while Rāghava went off chasing that deer, and Lakṣmaṇa had also gone out, the ten-necked one entered the hermitage.
6.126.26
जग्राह तरसा सीतां ग्रहः खे रोहिणीमिव।
त्रातुकामं ततो युद्धे हत्वा गृध्रं जटायुषम् ॥ ६.१२६.२६ ॥
As a planet seizes Rohiṇī in the sky, he forcibly seized Sītā; then, having struck down the vulture Jaṭāyu, who wished to protect her, in battle.
6.126.27
प्रगृह्य सहसा सीतां जगामाशु स राक्षसः।
ततस्त्वद्भुतसंकाशाः स्थिताः पर्वतमूर्धनि ॥ ६.१२६.२७ ॥
Suddenly seizing Sītā, that rākṣasa went off swiftly; then they, looking like astonishment, stood upon the mountain peak.
6.126.28
सीतां गृहीत्वा गच्छन्तं वानराः पर्वतोपमाः।
ददृशुर्विस्मिताकारा रावणं राक्षसाधिपम् ॥ ६.१२६.२८ ॥
The vānaras, mountain-like, saw Rāvaṇa, lord of the rākṣasas, going off with Sītā seized, their forms astonished.
6.126.29
ततः शीघ्रतरं गत्वा तद् विमानं मनोजवम्।
आरुह्य सह वैदेह्या पुष्पकं स महाबलः ॥ ६.१२६.२९ ॥
Then, going even more swiftly, the mighty one mounted with the Vaidehī onto that Puṣpaka aerial chariot, swift as the mind.
6.126.30
प्रविवेश तदा लङ्कां रावणो राक्षसेश्वरः।
तां सुवर्णपरिष्कारे शुभे महति वेश्मनि ॥ ६.१२६.३० ॥
Then Rāvaṇa, lord of the rākṣasas, entered Laṅkā, into a great, auspicious mansion adorned with gold.
6.126.31
प्रवेश्य मैथिलीं वाक्यैः सान्त्वयामास रावणः।
तृणवद् भाषितं तस्य तं च नैर्ऋतपुङ्गवम् ॥ ६.१२६.३१ ॥
Having brought Maithilī inside, Rāvaṇa tried to console her with words; but she regarded his speech, and that best of the Nairṛtas himself, as no more than a blade of grass.
6.126.32
अचिन्तयन्ती वैदेही ह्यशोकवनिकां गता।
न्यवर्तत तदा रामो मृगं हत्वा तदा वने ॥ ६.१२६.३२ ॥
Vaidehī, thinking of nothing, had gone to the Aśoka grove; and then Rāma, having killed a deer in the forest, returned.
6.126.33
निवर्तमानः काकुत्स्थो दृष्ट्वा गृध्रं स विव्यथे।
गृध्रं हतं तदा दृष्ट्वा रामः प्रियतरं पितुः ॥ ६.१२६.३३ ॥
Returning, Rāma, the descendant of Kakutstha, saw the vulture and was pained; seeing that vulture, dearer to his father than anything, lying slain, Rāma grieved.
6.126.34
मार्गमाणस्तु वैदेहीं राघवः सहलक्ष्मणः।
गोदावरीमनुचरन् वनोद्देशांश्च पुष्पितान् ॥ ६.१२६.३४ ॥
Searching for Vaidehī, the scion of Raghu, Rāma, together with Lakṣmaṇa, roamed along the Godāvarī and through the flowering regions of the forest.
6.126.35
आसेदतुर्महारण्ये कबन्धं नाम राक्षसम्।
ततः कबन्धवचनाद् रामः सत्यपराक्रमः ॥ ६.१२६.३५ ॥
The two reached a demon named Kabandha in the great forest; then, at Kabandha's words, Rāma, true in valour, (went onward).
6.126.36
ऋष्यमूकगिरिं गत्वा सुग्रीवेण समागतः।
तयोः समागमः पूर्वं प्रीत्या हार्दो व्यजायत ॥ ६.१२६.३६ ॥
Having gone to Mount Ṛṣyamūka, Rāma met Sugrīva; at their first meeting a cordial friendship arose out of affection between them.
6.126.37
भ्रात्रा निरस्तः क्रुद्धेन सुग्रीवो वालिना पुरा।
इतरेतरसंवादात् प्रगाढः प्रणयस्तयोः ॥ ६.१२६.३७ ॥
Long before, Sugrīva had been driven out by his angry brother Vālin; through their mutual conversation a deep affection grew between the two.
6.126.38
रामः स्वबाहुवीर्येण स्वराज्यं प्रत्यपादयत्।
वालिनं समरे हत्वा महाकायं महाबलम् ॥ ६.१२६.३८ ॥
Rāma, by the valor of his own arms, slew Vālin, the great-bodied and mighty, in battle, and restored to Sugrīva his own kingdom.
6.126.39
सुग्रीवः स्थापितो राज्ये सहितः सर्ववानरैः।
रामाय प्रतिजानीते राजपुत्र्यास्तु मार्गणम् ॥ ६.१२६.३९ ॥
Sugrīva, established on the throne together with all the vānaras, promised Rāma to search for the princess.
6.126.40
आदिष्टा वानरेन्द्रेण सुग्रीवेण महात्मना।
दश कोट्यः प्लवङ्गानां सर्वाः प्रस्थापिता दिशः ॥ ६.१२६.४० ॥
At the command of the great-souled lord of the vānaras, Sugrīva, ten crores of leaping monkeys were all sent forth in every direction.
6.126.41
तेषां नो विप्रकृष्टानां विन्ध्ये पर्वतसत्तमे।
भृशं शोकाभितप्तानां महान् कालोऽत्यवर्तत ॥ ६.१२६.४१ ॥
We, scattered far apart on the best of mountains, the Vindhya, tormented by deep grief, had let a long time pass.
6.126.42
भ्राता तु गृध्रराजस्य सम्पातिर्नाम वीर्यवान्।
समाख्याति स्म वसतीं सीतां रावणमन्दिरे ॥ ६.१२६.४२ ॥
The brother of the vulture king, the mighty Sampāti by name, declared that Sītā dwells in Rāvaṇa's palace.
6.126.43
सोऽहं दुःखपरीतानां दुःखं तज्ज्ञातिनां नुदन्।
आत्मवीर्यं समास्थाय योजनानां शतं प्लुतः।
तत्राहमेकामद्राक्षमशोकवनिकां गताम् ॥ ६.१२६.४३ ॥
Resolved to ease the sorrow of his kinsmen, who were beset by grief, I relied on my own valour and leapt a hundred yojanas. There I saw one woman who had gone to the Aśoka grove.
6.126.44
कौशेयवस्त्रां मलिनां निरानन्दां दृढव्रताम्।
तया समेत्य विधिवत् पृष्ट्वा सर्वमनिन्दिताम् ॥ ६.१२६.४४ ॥
Clad in silken robes, soiled, joyless and firm in her vow, I approached her duly and asked her everything, she who was blameless.
6.126.45
अभिज्ञानं मया दत्तं रामनामाङ्गुलीयकम्।
अभिज्ञानं मणिं लब्ध्वा चरितार्थोऽहमागतः ॥ ६.१२६.४५ ॥
The ring bearing Rāma's name, which I had given as a token; having received this token jewel, I have returned with my purpose fulfilled.
6.126.46
मया च पुनरागम्य रामस्याक्लिष्टकर्मणः।
अभिज्ञानं मया दत्तमर्चिष्मान् स महामणिः ॥ ६.१२६.४६ ॥
Coming back again on behalf of Rāma, whose deeds are effortless, I gave her as a token that radiant great jewel which I had given him.
6.126.47
श्रुत्वा तां मैथिलीं रामस्त्वाशशंसे च जीवितम्।
जीवितान्तमनुप्राप्तः पीत्वामृतमिवातुरः ॥ ६.१२६.४७ ॥
Hearing those words of Maithilī, Rāma took hope for life, like a sick man who, reaching the very end of life, has drunk nectar.
6.126.48
उद्योजयिष्यन्नुद्योगं दध्रे लङ्कावधे मनः।
जिघांसुरिव लोकान्ते सर्वाँल्लोकान् विभावसुः ॥ ६.१२६.४८ ॥
Intending to set his campaign in motion, Rāma fixed his mind on the slaying of Laṅkā, as the fire at the end of the ages is about to consume all the worlds.
6.126.49
ततः समुद्रमासाद्य नलं सेतुमकारयत्।
अतरत् कपिवीराणां वाहिनी तेन सेतुना ॥ ६.१२६.४९ ॥
Then, having reached the ocean, he had Nala build a bridge, and by that bridge the army of the monkey heroes crossed over.
6.126.50
प्रहस्तमवधीन्नीलः कुम्भकर्णं तु राघवः।
लक्ष्मणो रावणसुतं स्वयं रामस्तु रावणम् ॥ ६.१२६.५० ॥
Nīla slew Prahasta; the Rāghava slew Kumbhakarṇa; Lakṣmaṇa slew Rāvaṇa's son; and Rāma himself slew Rāvaṇa.
6.126.51
स शक्रेण समागम्य यमेन वरुणेन च।
महेश्वरस्वयंभूभ्यां तथा दशरथेन च ॥ ६.१२६.५१ ॥
He met with Indra, with Yama and with Varuṇa, and with Maheśvara and Svayambhū, and also with Daśaratha.
6.126.52
तैश्च दत्तवरः श्रीमानृषिभिश्च समागतैः।
सुरर्षिभिश्च काकुत्स्थो वराँल्लेभे परंतपः ॥ ६.१२६.५२ ॥
Having been granted boons by them, and by the assembled sages and divine sages, the glorious Kākutstha (Rāma), scorcher of foes, obtained boons.
6.126.53
स तु दत्तवरः प्रीत्या वानरैश्च समागतैः।
पुष्पकेण विमानेन किष्किन्धामभ्युपागमत् ॥ ६.१२६.५३ ॥
He, having been granted boons, went with the affectionate monkeys who had gathered, by the aerial chariot Puṣpaka, to Kiṣkindhā.
6.126.54
तां गङ्गां पुनरासाद्य वसन्तं मुनिसंनिधौ।
अविघ्नं पुष्ययोगेन श्वो रामं द्रष्टुमर्हसि ॥ ६.१२६.५४ ॥
Having again reached that Gaṅgā and stayed in the presence of the sage, under the Puṣya conjunction, without obstacle, you should see Rāma tomorrow.
6.126.55
ततः स वाक्यैर्मधुरैर्हनूमतो
निशम्य हृष्टो भरतः कृताञ्जलिः।
उवाच वाणीं मनसः प्रहर्षिणीं
चिरस्य पूर्णः खलु मे मनोरथः ॥ ६.१२६.५५ ॥
Then Bharata, delighted at Hanumān's sweet words, joined his palms and spoke words that gladdened the heart: "Truly, after a long time my desire is fulfilled."