Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 6.14
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6.14.1
निशाचरेन्द्रस्य निशम्य वाक्यं
स कुम्भकर्णस्य च गर्जितानि।
विभीषणो राक्षसराजमुख्य-
मुवाच वाक्यं हितमर्थयुक्तम् ॥ ६.१४.१ ॥
Having heard the words of the lord of night-wanderers and the roaring of Kumbhakarṇa, Vibhīṣaṇa spoke beneficial and purposeful words to the foremost of the rākṣasa kings.
6.14.2
वृतो हि बाह्वन्तरभोगराशि-
श्चिन्ताविषः सुस्मिततीक्ष्णदंष्ट्रः।
पञ्चाङ्गुलीपञ्चशिरोऽतिकायः
सीतामहाहिस्तव केन राजन् ॥ ६.१४.२ ॥
O king, how has Sītā—a great serpent coiled between your arms, her poison worry, her sharp fangs gleaming in a gentle smile, with five fingers and five heads, of immense body—wrapped herself around you?
6.14.3
यावन्न लङ्कां समभिद्रवन्ति
बलीमुखाः पर्वतकूटमात्राः।
दंष्ट्रायुधाश्चैव नखायुधाश्च
प्रदीयतां दाशरथाय मैथिली ॥ ६.१४.३ ॥
Before the mighty monkey-faced hosts, as big as mountain peaks, with teeth and nails for weapons, rush upon Laṅkā, let Maithilī be returned to Rāma, son of Daśaratha.
6.14.4
यावन्न गृह्णन्ति शिरांसि बाणा
रामेरिता राक्षसपुंगवानाम्।
वज्रोपमा वायुसमानवेगाः
प्रदीयतां दाशरथाय मैथिली ॥ ६.१४.४ ॥
Before the arrows sent forth by Rāma, like thunderbolts and swift as the wind, seize the heads of the foremost rākṣasas, let Maithilī be returned to Rāma, son of Daśaratha.
6.14.5
न कुम्भकर्णेन्द्रजितौ च राजं-
स्तथा महापार्श्वमहोदरौ वा।
निकुम्भकुम्भौ च तथातिकायः
स्थातुं समर्था युधि राघवस्य ॥ ६.१४.५ ॥
O king, neither Kumbhakarṇa and Indrajit, nor likewise Mahāpārśva and Mahodara, nor Nikumbha and Kumbha, nor Atikāya, are able to stand against Rāghava in battle.
6.14.6
जीवंस्तु रामस्य न मोक्ष्यसे त्वं
गुप्तः सवित्राप्यथवा मरुद्भिः।
न वासवस्याङ्कगतो न मृत्यो-
र्नभो न पातालमनुप्रविष्टः ॥ ६.१४.६ ॥
While Rāma lives, you will not escape, though you be protected by the Sun or by the Maruts, though you sit in Indra's lap, hidden from Death, or have entered the sky or the netherworld.
6.14.7
निशम्य वाक्यं तु विभीषणस्य
ततः प्रहस्तो वचनं बभाषे।
न नो भयं विद्म न दैवतेभ्यो
न दानवेभ्योऽप्यथवा कदाचित् ॥ ६.१४.७ ॥
Having heard Vibhīṣaṇa's words, Prahasta then spoke: We know of no fear from the gods, nor from the Dānavas, nor from anyone at any time.
6.14.8
न यक्षगन्धर्वमहोरगेभ्यो
भयं न संख्ये पतगोरगेभ्यः।
कथं नु रामाद् भविता भयं नो
नरेन्द्रपुत्रात् समरे कदाचित् ॥ ६.१४.८ ॥
We have no fear in battle of the Yakṣas, Gandharvas, or great serpents, nor of birds and serpents. How then could we ever fear Rāma, the king's son, in battle?
6.14.9
प्रहस्तवाक्यं त्वहितं निशम्य
विभीषणो राजहितानुकाङ्क्षी।
ततो महार्थं वचनं बभाषे
धर्मार्थकामेषु निविष्टबुद्धिः ॥ ६.१४.९ ॥
Having heard Prahasta's harmful words, Vibhīṣaṇa, desiring the king's welfare and with his mind fixed on dharma, wealth, and pleasure, then spoke these words of great meaning.
6.14.10
प्रहस्त राजा च महोदरश्च
त्वं कुम्भकर्णश्च यथार्थजातम्।
ब्रवीत रामं प्रति तन्न शक्यं
यथा गतिः स्वर्गमधर्मबुद्धेः ॥ ६.१४.१० ॥
O Prahasta, you tell Rāma the true state of affairs, as the king, Mahodara, you, and Kumbhakarṇa might; but that cannot be done, just as a man of unrighteous mind cannot reach heaven.
6.14.11
वधस्तु रामस्य मया त्वया च
प्रहस्त सर्वैरपि राक्षसैर्वा।
कथं भवेदर्थविशारदस्य
महार्णवं तर्तुमिवाप्लवस्य ॥ ६.१४.११ ॥
Prahasta, how could the slaying of Rāma come about by me, or by you, or even by all the rākṣasas? It is like crossing the great ocean for one without a raft, even one skilled in affairs.
6.14.12
धर्मप्रधानस्य महारथस्य
इक्ष्वाकुवंशप्रभवस्य राज्ञः।
पुरोऽस्य देवाश्च तथाविधस्य
कृत्येषु शक्तस्य भवन्ति मूढाः ॥ ६.१४.१२ ॥
Before that king, chief in dharma, great charioteer, born of the line of Ikṣvāku, capable in undertakings — even the gods become bewildered.
6.14.13
तीक्ष्णा न तावत् तव कङ्कपत्रा
दुरासदा राघवविप्रमुक्ताः।
भित्त्वा शरीरं प्रविशन्ति बाणाः
प्रहस्त तेनैव विकत्थसे त्वम् ॥ ६.१४.१३ ॥
Prahasta, those sharp, heron-feathered arrows, unbearable, released by Rāghava, have not yet pierced your body and entered it; yet it is precisely by that that you boast.
6.14.14
भित्त्वा न तावत् प्रविशन्ति कायं
प्राणान्तिकास्तेऽशनितुल्यवेगाः।
शिताः शरा राघवविप्रमुक्ताः
प्रहस्त तेनैव विकत्थसे त्वम् ॥ ६.१४.१४ ॥
Prahasta, those sharp arrows, swift as the thunderbolt and deadly to life, released by Rāghava, have not yet pierced your body and entered it; yet it is precisely by that that you boast.
6.14.15
न रावणो नातिबलस्त्रिशीर्षो
न कुम्भकर्णस्य सुतो निकुम्भः।
न चेन्द्रजिद् दाशरथिं प्रवोढुं
त्वं वा रणे शक्रसमं समर्थः ॥ ६.१४.१५ ॥
Neither Rāvaṇa, nor the very mighty three-headed one, nor Kumbhakarṇa's son Nikumbha, nor Indrajit; nor you, equal to Indra, are capable of vanquishing the son of Daśaratha in battle.
6.14.16
देवान्तको वापि नरान्तको वा
तथातिकायोऽतिरथो महात्मा।
अकम्पनश्चाद्रिसमानसारः
स्थातुं न शक्ता युधि राघवस्य ॥ ६.१४.१६ ॥
Whether it be Devāntaka or Narāntaka, and likewise Atikāya, the great charioteer and noble-souled one, or Akampana, whose strength is like a mountain, none of them can stand against Rāghava in battle.
6.14.17
अयं च राजा व्यसनाभिभूतो
मित्रैरमित्रप्रतिमैर्भवद्भिः।
अन्वास्यते राक्षसनाशनार्थे
तीक्ष्णः प्रकृत्या ह्यसमीक्षकारी ॥ ६.१४.१७ ॥
This king, overwhelmed by calamity, is being attended upon by you, friends who are like enemies, for the sake of destroying the rākṣasas; he is fierce by nature and acts without deliberation.
6.14.18
अनन्तभोगेन सहस्रमूर्ध्ना
नागेन भीमेन महाबलेन।
बलात् परिक्षिप्तमिमं भवन्तो
राजानमुत्क्षिप्य विमोचयन्तु ॥ ६.१४.१८ ॥
Let you lift up and free this king, who has been forcibly encircled by the terrible, mighty serpent with endless coils and a thousand heads.
6.14.19
यावद्धि केशग्रहणात् सुहृद्भिः
समेत्य सर्वैः परिपूर्णकामैः।
निगृह्य राजा परिरक्षितव्यो
भूतैर्यथा भीमबलैर्गृहीतः ॥ ६.१४.१९ ॥
As long as he can yet be seized by the hair, let all the well-wishers, whose desires are fully satisfied, gather together and seize and protect the king, as he has been seized by terrible, mighty beings.
6.14.20
सुवारिणा राघवसागरेण
प्रच्छाद्यमानस्तरसा भवद्भिः।
युक्तस्त्वयं तारयितुं समेत्य
काकुत्स्थपातालमुखे पतन् सः ॥ ६.१४.२० ॥
Covered swiftly by the ocean of Rāghava, abundant with water, and falling toward the abyss of the Kākutsthas, he is fit to be rescued by you, gathered together.
6.14.21
इदं पुरस्यास्य सराक्षसस्य
राज्ञश्च पथ्यं ससुहृज्जनस्य।
सम्यग्घि वाक्यं स्वमतं ब्रवीमि
नरेन्द्रपुत्राय ददातु मैथिलीम् ॥ ६.१४.२१ ॥
This is the word that is beneficial for this city, for the king together with the rākṣasas, and for his friends and people. Truly I speak my own opinion: let him give Maithilī back to the son of the king of men.
6.14.22
परस्य वीर्यं स्वबलं च बुद्ध्वा
स्थानं क्षयं चैव तथैव वृद्धिम्।
तथा स्वपक्षेऽप्यनुमृश्य बुद्ध्या
वदेत् क्षमं स्वामिहितं स मन्त्री ॥ ६.१४.२२ ॥
Having understood the valor of the enemy and one's own strength, one's standing, decline, and likewise growth, and having carefully examined one's own side with judgment, that minister should speak what is fitting and beneficial to his master.