Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 6.32
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6.32.1
सा सीता तच्छिरो दृष्ट्वा तच्च कार्मुकमुत्तमम्।
सुग्रीवप्रतिसंसर्गमाख्यातं च हनूमता ॥ ६.३२.१ ॥
Sītā saw that head and that excellent bow, and the connection with Sugrīva that Hanumān had described.
6.32.2
नयने मुखवर्णं च भर्तुस्तत्सदृशं मुखम्।
केशान् केशान्तदेशं च तं च चूडामणिं शुभम् ॥ ६.३२.२ ॥
The eyes, the complexion of the face, the face resembling her husband's, the hair and the place where it ends, and that auspicious crest-jewel.
6.32.3
एतैः सर्वैरभिज्ञानैरभिज्ञाय सुदुःखिता।
विजगर्हेऽत्र कैकेयीं क्रोशन्ती कुररी यथा ॥ ६.३२.३ ॥
Recognizing him by all these signs, Sītā, deeply grieved, reproached Kaikeyī here, crying out like a kurarī bird.
6.32.4
सकामा भव कैकेयि हतोऽयं कुलनन्दनः।
कुलमुत्सादितं सर्वं त्वया कलहशीलया ॥ ६.३२.४ ॥
Kaikeyī, be content! This joy of the family has been slain; you, quarrelsome by nature, have uprooted the whole family.
6.32.5
आर्येण किं नु कैकेय्याः कृतं रामेण विप्रियम्।
यन्मया चीरवसनं दत्त्वा प्रव्राजितो वनम् ॥ ६.३२.५ ॥
What unpleasant wrong did the noble Rāma ever do to Kaikeyī, that she gave me bark garments and sent me into exile in the forest?
6.32.6
एवमुक्त्वा तु वैदेही वेपमाना तपस्विनी।
जगाम जगतीं बाला छिन्ना तु कदली यथा ॥ ६.३२.६ ॥
Having said this, the trembling, ascetic-minded Vaidehī Sītā fell to the ground, like a plantain tree cut down.
6.32.7
सा मुहूर्तात् समाश्वस्य परिलभ्याथ चेतनाम्।
तच्छिरः समुपास्थाय विललापायतेक्षणा ॥ ६.३२.७ ॥
After a moment she recovered herself and regained consciousness; taking his head, the large-eyed Sītā lamented.
6.32.8
हा हतास्मि महाबाहो वीरव्रतमनुव्रत।
इमां ते पश्चिमावस्थां गतास्मि विधवा कृता ॥ ६.३२.८ ॥
Alas, I am undone! O mighty-armed one, who kept the vow of a hero, I have come to this final state of yours; I have been made a widow.
6.32.9
प्रथमं मरणं नार्या भर्तुर्वैगुण्यमुच्यते।
सुवृत्तः साधुवृत्तायाः संवृत्तस्त्वं ममाग्रतः ॥ ६.३२.९ ॥
It is said that for a woman the first death is the husband's disgrace. Before me, a virtuous woman of virtuous conduct, you, O righteous one, have fallen into this state.
6.32.10
महद् दुःखं प्रपन्नाया मग्नायाः शोकसागरे।
यो हि मामुद्यतस्त्रातुं सोऽपि त्वं विनिपातितः ॥ ६.३२.१० ॥
I, who have fallen into a great sorrow and am sunk in the ocean of grief, and you, who were ready to save me, have also been struck down.
6.32.11
सा श्वश्रूर्मम कौसल्या त्वया पुत्रेण राघव।
वत्सेनेव यथा धेनुर्विवत्सा वत्सला कृता ॥ ६.३२.११ ॥
O Rāghava, my mother-in-law Kausalyā has been made by you, her son, like a loving cow deprived of her calf.
6.32.12
उद्दिष्टं दीर्घमायुस्ते दैवज्ञैरपि राघव।
अनृतं वचनं तेषामल्पायुरसि राघव ॥ ६.३२.१२ ॥
O Rāghava, the astrologers declared your life to be long; but their words were false, for you, O Rāghava, have proved short-lived.
6.32.13
अथवा नश्यति प्रज्ञा प्राज्ञस्यापि सतस्तव।
पचत्येनं तथा कालो भूतानां प्रभवो ह्ययम् ॥ ६.३२.१३ ॥
Or rather, even for you who are wise, your wisdom has been destroyed. Time ripens this in this way, for it is indeed the source of beings.
6.32.14
अदृष्टं मृत्युमापन्नः कस्मात् त्वं नयशास्त्रवित्।
व्यसनानामुपायज्ञः कुशलो ह्यसि वर्जने ॥ ६.३२.१४ ॥
You who know the science of policy, who know the means against calamities and are skilled in avoiding them, why have you fallen into an unforeseen death?
6.32.15
तथा त्वं सम्परिष्वज्य रौद्रयातिनृशंसया।
कालरात्र्या ममाच्छिद्य हृतः कमललोचन ॥ ६.३२.१५ ॥
Thus the terrible and most cruel night of death, embracing you, has snatched you away from me and carried you off, lotus-eyed one.
6.32.16
इह शेषे महाबाहो मां विहाय तपस्विनीम्।
प्रियामिव यथा नारीं पृथिवीं पुरुषर्षभ ॥ ६.३२.१६ ॥
Here you lie, O mighty-armed one, abandoning me, the ascetic woman, as one who leaves a beloved wife upon the earth, O best of men.
6.32.17
अर्चितं सततं यत्नाद् गन्धमाल्यैर्मया तव।
इदं ते मत्प्रियं वीर धनुः काञ्चनभूषितम् ॥ ६.३२.१७ ॥
I have constantly and carefully worshipped you with perfumes and garlands. O hero, this bow adorned with gold, dear to me, is yours.
6.32.18
पित्रा दशरथेन त्वं श्वशुरेण ममानघ।
सर्वैश्च पितृभिः सार्धं नूनं स्वर्गे समागतः ॥ ६.३२.१८ ॥
O blameless one, surely you have joined in heaven your father Daśaratha, my father-in-law, together with all your forefathers.
6.32.19
दिवि नक्षत्रभूतं च महत्कर्मकृतं तथा।
पुण्यं राजर्षिवंशं त्वमात्मनः समुपेक्षसे ॥ ६.३२.१९ ॥
Having become a star in the sky, and having performed great deeds, you neglect even the pure lineage of royal sages, and yourself.
6.32.20
किं मां न प्रेक्षसे राजन् किं वा न प्रतिभाषसे।
बालां बालेन सम्प्राप्तां भार्यां मां सहचारिणीम् ॥ ६.३२.२० ॥
O king, why do you not look at me, and why do you not speak to me, your wife, who was won in youth by a young man, your constant companion?
6.32.21
संश्रुतं गृह्णता पाणिं चरिष्यामीति यत् त्वया।
स्मर तन्नाम काकुत्स्थ नय मामपि दुःखिताम् ॥ ६.३२.२१ ॥
O Kākutstha, remember that promise you made when you took my hand, that you would walk the path with me. Take me, too, in my sorrow.
6.32.22
कस्मान्मामपहाय त्वं गतो गतिमतां वर।
अस्माल्लोकादमुं लोकं त्यक्त्वा मामपि दुःखिताम् ॥ ६.३२.२२ ॥
O best of those who have a path, why did you go, abandoning me? Leaving this world for that one, why have you left me, too, in my sorrow?
6.32.23
कल्याणै रुचिरं गात्रं परिष्वक्तं मयैव तु।
क्रव्यादैस्तच्छरीरं ते नूनं विपरिकृष्यते ॥ ६.३२.२३ ॥
Your lovely body, which I embraced with my auspicious arms, is surely being dragged about by flesh-eating creatures.
6.32.24
अग्निष्टोमादिभिर्यज्ञैरिष्टवानाप्तदक्षिणैः।
अग्निहोत्रेण संस्कारं केन त्वं न तु लप्स्यसे ॥ ६.३२.२४ ॥
You who performed the agniṣṭoma and other sacrifices, with abundant gifts to the priests, by whom will you be denied the funeral rite with the agnihotra fire?
6.32.25
प्रव्रज्यामुपपन्नानां त्रयाणामेकमागतम्।
परिप्रेक्ष्यति कौसल्या लक्ष्मणं शोकलालसा ॥ ६.३२.२५ ॥
Seeing that only one of the three who had gone into exile had returned, Kauśalyā, longing in her grief, will seek out Lakṣmaṇa.
6.32.26
स तस्याः परिपृच्छन्त्या वधं मित्रबलस्य ते।
तव चाख्यास्यते नूनं निशायां राक्षसैर्वधम् ॥ ६.३२.२६ ॥
When she asks, the slaughter of your allied army will be told to him, and surely also your own slaying by the rākṣasas at night.
6.32.27
सा त्वां सुप्तं हतं ज्ञात्वा मां च रक्षोगृहं गताम्।
हृदयेनावदीर्णेन न भविष्यति राघव ॥ ६.३२.२७ ॥
O Rāghava, having learned that you were slain in your sleep and that I have gone to the house of the rākṣasas, she will not survive, her heart broken.
6.32.28
मम हेतोरनार्याया अनघः पार्थिवात्मजः।
रामः सागरमुत्तीर्य वीर्यवान् गोष्पदे हतः ॥ ६.३२.२८ ॥
Because of me, the ignoble woman, the blameless prince, valiant Rāma, having crossed the ocean, was slain in a cow's hoofprint.
6.32.29
अहं दाशरथेनोढा मोहात् स्वकुलपांसनी।
आर्यपुत्रस्य रामस्य भार्या मृत्युरजायत ॥ ६.३२.२९ ॥
I, wedded by Daśaratha's son through delusion, a disgrace to my own family, became death for Rāma, the noble son, as his wife.
6.32.30
नूनमन्यां मया जातिं वारितं दानमुत्तमम्।
याहमद्यैव शोचामि भार्या सर्वातिथेरिह ॥ ६.३२.३० ॥
Surely in some other birth I must have forbidden an excellent gift, for today here I grieve as the wife of the one who hosts all guests.
6.32.31
साधु घातय मां क्षिप्रं रामस्योपरि रावण।
समानय पतिं पत्न्या कुरु कल्याणमुत्तमम् ॥ ६.३२.३१ ॥
Very well, Rāvaṇa! Strike me down quickly over Rāma. Reunite the husband with his wife, and do the highest good.
6.32.32
शिरसा मे शिरश्चास्य कायं कायेन योजय।
रावणानुगमिष्यामि गतिं भर्तुर्महात्मनः ॥ ६.३२.३२ ॥
Join my head to his head and my body to his body, Rāvaṇa. I shall follow the path of my great-souled husband.
6.32.33
इतीव दुःखसंतप्ता विललापायतेक्षणा।
भर्तुः शिरो धनुश्चैव ददर्श जनकात्मजा ॥ ६.३२.३३ ॥
Thus tormented with grief, large-eyed Sītā, daughter of Janaka, lamented; and she saw her husband's head and his bow.
6.32.34
एवं लालप्यमानायां सीतायां तत्र राक्षसः।
अभिचक्राम भर्तारमनीकस्थः कृताञ्जलिः ॥ ६.३२.३४ ॥
While Sītā lamented thus there, the rākṣasa standing among the army approached his lord with folded hands.
6.32.35
विजयस्वार्यपुत्रेति सोऽभिवाद्य प्रसाद्य च।
न्यवेदयदनुप्राप्तं प्रहस्तं वाहिनीपतिम् ॥ ६.३२.३५ ॥
"May you be victorious, noble lord," he said, greeting and pleasing him, and reported that Prahasta, the commander of the army, had arrived.
6.32.36
अमात्यैः सहितः सर्वैः प्रहस्तस्त्वामुपस्थितः।
तेन दर्शनकामेन अहं प्रस्थापितः प्रभो ॥ ६.३२.३६ ॥
"Prahasta has come before you with all the ministers. Desiring to see you, he has sent me, my lord."
6.32.37
नूनमस्ति महाराज राजभावात् क्षमान्वित।
किंचिदात्ययिकं कार्यं तेषां त्वं दर्शनं कुरु ॥ ६.३२.३७ ॥
Surely, great king, endowed with patience by virtue of your royal nature, they have some urgent matter; grant them an audience.
6.32.38
एतच्छ्रुत्वा दशग्रीवो राक्षसप्रतिवेदितम्।
अशोकवनिकां त्यक्त्वा मन्त्रिणां दर्शनं ययौ ॥ ६.३२.३८ ॥
Hearing this report from the rākṣasas, ten-necked Rāvaṇa left the Aśoka grove and went to meet his ministers.
6.32.39
स तु सर्वं समर्थ्यैव मन्त्रिभिः कृत्यमात्मनः।
सभां प्रविश्य विदधे विदित्वा रामविक्रमम् ॥ ६.३२.३९ ॥
Having fully deliberated his affairs with his ministers, and knowing Rāma's prowess, he entered the assembly hall and made his arrangements.
6.32.40
अन्तर्धानं तु तच्छीर्षं तच्च कार्मुकमुत्तमम्।
जगाम रावणस्यैव निर्याणसमनन्तरम् ॥ ६.३२.४० ॥
Just as Rāvaṇa departed, that head and that excellent bow vanished.
6.32.41
राक्षसेन्द्रस्तु तैः सार्धं मन्त्रिभिर्भीमविक्रमैः।
समर्थयामास तदा रामकार्यविनिश्चयम् ॥ ६.३२.४१ ॥
Then the lord of the rākṣasas, together with those ministers of terrible prowess, deliberated on the decision concerning Rāma's affair.
6.32.42
अविदूरस्थितान् सर्वान् बलाध्यक्षान् हितैषिणः।
अब्रवीत् कालसदृशं रावणो राक्षसाधिपः ॥ ६.३२.४२ ॥
Rāvaṇa, lord of the rākṣasas, spoke words fitting the moment to all the well-wishing commanders of the army standing nearby.
6.32.43
शीघ्रं भेरीनिनादेन स्फुटं कोणाहतेन मे।
समानयध्वं सैन्यानि वक्तव्यं च न कारणम् ॥ ६.३२.४३ ॥
Quickly, with the sound of kettledrums, clearly struck by my plectrum, gather the armies; there is no need to state a reason.
6.32.44
ततस्तथेति प्रतिगृह्य तद्वच-
स्तदैव दूताः सहसा महद् बलम्।
समानयंश्चैव समागतं च
न्यवेदयन् भर्तरि युद्धकाङ्क्षिणि ॥ ६.३२.४४ ॥
Then, accepting his words with 'So be it,' the messengers at once gathered the great host, and when it had assembled, they reported to their lord, who desired battle.