Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 6.34
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6.34.1
अथ तां जातसंतापां तेन वाक्येन मोहिताम्।
सरमा ह्लादयामास महीं दग्धामिवाम्भसा ॥ ६.३४.१ ॥
Then Sarama soothed Sītā, bewildered and burning with grief by those words, as water cools scorched earth.
6.34.2
ततस्तस्या हितं सख्याश्चिकीर्षन्ती सखी वचः।
उवाच काले कालज्ञा स्मितपूर्वाभिभाषिणी ॥ ६.३४.२ ॥
Then Sarama, wishing her friend well and knowing the right moment, spoke these words, beginning with a smile.
6.34.3
उत्सहेयमहं गत्वा त्वद्वाक्यमसितेक्षणे।
निवेद्य कुशलं रामे प्रतिच्छन्ना निवर्तितुम् ॥ ६.३४.३ ॥
O dark-eyed one, I can go with your message, tell Rāma of your welfare, and return unseen.
6.34.4
नहि मे क्रममाणाया निरालम्बे विहायसि।
समर्थो गतिमन्वेतुं पवनो गरुडोऽपि वा ॥ ६.३४.४ ॥
Not even the wind or Garuḍa could follow my course as I move through the unsupported sky.
6.34.5
एवं ब्रुवाणां तां सीता सरमामिदमब्रवीत्।
मधुरं श्लक्ष्णया वाचा पूर्वशोकाभिपन्नया ॥ ६.३४.५ ॥
Speaking thus to Sarama, Sītā, still overcome by her earlier grief, said this in a sweet and gentle voice.
6.34.6
समर्था गगनं गन्तुमपि च त्वं रसातलम्।
अवगच्छाद्य कर्तव्यं कर्तव्यं ते मदन्तरे ॥ ६.३४.६ ॥
You are able to go through the sky and even to the netherworld. Now understand what your duty is concerning me.
6.34.7
मत्प्रियं यदि कर्तव्यं यदि बुद्धिः स्थिरा तव।
ज्ञातुमिच्छामि तं गत्वा किं करोतीति रावणः ॥ ६.३४.७ ॥
If you are resolved to do what pleases me, then go and find out what Rāvaṇa is doing.
6.34.8
स हि मायाबलः क्रूरो रावणः शत्रुरावणः।
मां मोहयति दुष्टात्मा पीतमात्रेव वारुणी ॥ ६.३४.८ ॥
That cruel Rāvaṇa, who has the power of illusion and makes his enemies weep, the evil-minded one, deludes me as if I had just drunk wine.
6.34.9
तर्जापयति मां नित्यं भर्त्सापयति चासकृत्।
राक्षसीभिः सुघोराभिर्यो मां रक्षति नित्यशः ॥ ६.३४.९ ॥
He constantly threatens me and repeatedly reviles me, through the most terrible rākṣasī women who keep watch over me.
6.34.10
उद्विग्ना शङ्किता चास्मि न स्वस्थं च मनो मम।
तद्भयाच्चाहमुद्विग्ना अशोकवनिकां गता ॥ ६.३४.१० ॥
I am agitated and apprehensive, and my mind is not at ease; out of fear of him I went, distressed, into the Aśoka grove.
6.34.11
यदि नाम कथा तस्य निश्चितं वापि यद्भवेत्।
निवेदयेथाः सर्वं तद् वरो मे स्यादनुग्रहः ॥ ६.३४.११ ॥
If there is any word from him, or anything certain whatsoever, tell me all of it; that would be a boon and a kindness to me.
6.34.12
साप्येवं ब्रुवतीं सीतां सरमा मृदुभाषिणी।
उवाच वदनं तस्याः स्पृशन्ती बाष्पविक्लवम् ॥ ६.३४.१२ ॥
Then the soft-spoken Sarasā, touching her face choked with tears, said to Sītā, who was speaking thus.
6.34.13
एष ते यद्यभिप्रायस्तस्माद् गच्छामि जानकि।
गृह्य शत्रोरभिप्रायमुपावर्तामि मैथिलि ॥ ६.३४.१३ ॥
If this is your intention, Jānakī, then I shall go. O Maithilī, having grasped the enemy's intention, I will return.
6.34.14
एवमुक्त्वा ततो गत्वा समीपं तस्य रक्षसः।
शुश्राव कथितं तस्य रावणस्य समन्त्रिणः ॥ ६.३४.१४ ॥
Having spoken thus, she went to that rākṣasa's presence and heard what Rāvaṇa, with his ministers, had said.
6.34.15
सा श्रुत्वा निश्चयं तस्य निश्चयज्ञा दुरात्मनः।
पुनरेवागमत् क्षिप्रमशोकवनिकां शुभाम् ॥ ६.३४.१५ ॥
Having heard the resolve of that wicked-minded one, Saramā, who knew his resolves, quickly returned again to the fair Aśoka grove.
6.34.16
सा प्रविष्टा ततस्तत्र ददर्श जनकात्मजाम्।
प्रतीक्षमाणां स्वामेव भ्रष्टपद्मामिव श्रियम् ॥ ६.३४.१६ ॥
Having entered there, she saw the daughter of Janaka, awaiting her own husband alone, like Śrī with her lotus fallen.
6.34.17
तां तु सीता पुनः प्राप्तां सरमां प्रियभाषिणीम्।
परिष्वज्य च सुस्निग्धं ददौ च स्वयमासनम् ॥ ६.३४.१७ ॥
Sītā embraced Saramā, the sweet-speaking one, who had returned, most affectionately, and herself gave her a seat.
6.34.18
इहासीना सुखं सर्वमाख्याहि मम तत्त्वतः।
क्रूरस्य निश्चयं तस्य रावणस्य दुरात्मनः ॥ ६.३४.१८ ॥
Sitting here at ease, tell me truly all of the resolve of that cruel, wicked-minded Rāvaṇa.
6.34.19
एवमुक्ता तु सरमा सीतया वेपमानया।
कथितं सर्वमाचष्ट रावणस्य समन्त्रिणः ॥ ६.३४.१९ ॥
When Sītā had spoken thus, trembling, Saramā told her all that Rāvaṇa and his ministers had said.
6.34.20
जनन्या राक्षसेन्द्रो वै त्वन्मोक्षार्थं बृहद्वचः।
अतिस्निग्धेन वैदेहि मन्त्रिवृद्धेन चोदितः ॥ ६.३४.२० ॥
O Vaidehī, your mother and the aged minister, out of great affection, earnestly urged the lord of the rākṣasas to set you free.
6.34.21
दीयतामभिसत्कृत्य मनुजेन्द्राय मैथिली।
निदर्शनं ते पर्याप्तं जनस्थाने यदद्भुतम् ॥ ६.३४.२१ ॥
O Maithilī, you should be returned with honor to the lord of men; the wondrous deed done at Janasthāna is proof enough of your worth.
6.34.22
लङ्घनं च समुद्रस्य दर्शनं च हनूमतः।
वधं च रक्षसां युद्धे कः कुर्यान्मानुषो युधि ॥ ६.३४.२२ ॥
Who among men could cross the ocean, behold Hanumān, and slay the rākṣasas in battle?
6.34.23
एवं स मन्त्रवृद्धैश्च मात्रा च बहुबोधितः।
न त्वामुत्सहते मोक्तुमर्थमर्थपरो यथा ॥ ६.३४.२३ ॥
Though thus urged much by his elder counselors and his mother, he does not dare to release you, as one intent on wealth cannot give it up.
6.34.24
नोत्सहत्यमृतो मोक्तुं युद्धे त्वामिति मैथिलि।
सामात्यस्य नृशंसस्य निश्चयो ह्येष वर्तते ॥ ६.३४.२४ ॥
O Maithilī, that immortal rākṣasa does not dare to release you in battle; this is the firm resolve of that cruel one and his ministers.
6.34.25
तदेषा सुस्थिरा बुद्धिर्मृत्युलोभादुपस्थिता।
भयान्न शक्तस्त्वां मोक्तुमनिरस्तः स संयुगे ॥ ६.३४.२५ ॥
Therefore this resolve is very firm, arisen from greed for death. Though unvanquished in battle, out of fear he is not able to release you.
6.34.26
राक्षसानां च सर्वेषामात्मनश्च वधेन हि।
निहत्य रावणं संख्ये सर्वथा निशितैः शरैः।
प्रतिनेष्यति रामस्त्वामयोध्यामसितेक्षणे ॥ ६.३४.२६ ॥
Having slain all the rakshasas and his own kin, and having utterly killed Rāvaṇa in battle with sharp arrows, Rāma will lead you back to Ayodhyā, O dark-eyed one.
6.34.27
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे शब्दो भेरीशङ्खसमाकुलः।
श्रुतो वै सर्वसैन्यानां कम्पयन् धरणीतलम् ॥ ६.३४.२७ ॥
At this moment a sound filled with drums and conches was heard from all the armies, shaking the surface of the earth.
6.34.28
श्रुत्वा तु तं वानरसैन्यनादं
लङ्कागता राक्षसराजभृत्याः।
हतौजसो दैन्यपरीतचेष्टाः
श्रेयो न पश्यन्ति नृपस्य दोषात् ॥ ६.३४.२८ ॥
Hearing that roar of the monkey army, the servants of the rakshasa king who were in Laṅkā, their vigor destroyed and their conduct overcome by despair, cannot see any welfare because of the king's fault.