Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 6.48
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6.48.1
भर्तारं निहतं दृष्ट्वा लक्ष्मणं च महाबलम्।
विललाप भृशं सीता करुणं शोककर्शिता ॥ ६.४८.१ ॥
Seeing her husband slain and the mighty Lakṣmaṇa too, Sītā, worn down by grief, lamented piteously and greatly.
6.48.2
ऊचुर्लाक्षणिका ये मां पुत्रिण्यविधवेति च।
तेऽद्य सर्वे हते रामे ज्ञानिनोऽनृतवादिनः ॥ ६.४८.२ ॥
Those physiognomists who told me, "You are blessed with sons and not widowed," are all now shown, with Rāma slain today, to be false speakers who only pretend to be knowers.
6.48.3
यज्वनो महिषीं ये मामूचुः पत्नीं च सत्रिणः।
तेऽद्य सर्वे हते रामे ज्ञानिनोऽनृतवादिनः ॥ ६.४८.३ ॥
Those sacrificers who called me the chief queen and wife of the sacrificer are all now shown, with Rāma slain today, to be false speakers who only pretend to be knowers.
6.48.4
वीरपार्थिवपत्नीनां ये विदुर्भर्तृपूजिताम्।
तेऽद्य सर्वे हते रामे ज्ञानिनोऽनृतवादिनः ॥ ६.४८.४ ॥
Those who knew me as the one honored by her husband among the wives of heroic kings are all now shown, with Rāma slain today, to be false speakers who only pretend to be knowers.
6.48.5
ऊचुः संश्रवणे ये मां द्विजाः कार्तान्तिकाः शुभाम्।
तेऽद्य सर्वे हते रामे ज्ञानिनोऽनृतवादिनः ॥ ६.४८.५ ॥
Those twice-born astrologers who declared me auspicious in the assembly are all now shown, with Rāma slain today, to be false speakers who only pretend to be knowers.
6.48.6
इमानि खलु पद्मानि पादयोर्वै कुलस्त्रियः।
आधिराज्येऽभिषिच्यन्ते नरेन्द्रैः पतिभिः सह ॥ ६.४८.६ ॥
These lotus-marks on the feet of women of noble lineage are the very signs by which kings, together with their husbands, anoint them at the consecration to sovereignty.
6.48.7
वैधव्यं यान्ति यैर्नार्योऽलक्षणैर्भाग्यदुर्लभाः।
नात्मनस्तानि पश्यामि पश्यन्ती हतलक्षणा ॥ ६.४८.७ ॥
I do not see in myself the marks by which women fall into widowhood and are denied good fortune; I see only my own auspicious marks destroyed.
6.48.8
सत्यनामानि पद्मानि स्त्रीणामुक्तानि लक्षणैः।
तान्यद्य निहते रामे वितथानि भवन्ति मे ॥ ६.४८.८ ॥
The lotus-marks said to belong to women, rightly named by their signs, now become false for me, since Rāma has been slain.
6.48.9
केशाः सूक्ष्माः समा नीला भ्रुवौ चासंहते मम।
वृत्ते चारोमके जङ्घे दन्ताश्चाविरला मम ॥ ६.४८.९ ॥
My hair is fine, even, and dark; my eyebrows are separate; my thighs are round and hairless; my teeth are close and unbroken.
6.48.10
शङ्खे नेत्रे करौ पादौ गुल्फावूरू समौ चितौ।
अनुवृत्तनखाः स्निग्धाः समाश्चाङ्गुलयो मम ॥ ६.४८.१० ॥
My temples, eyes, hands, feet, ankles and thighs are even and well formed; my nails are smoothly curved and glossy, and my fingers are even.
6.48.11
स्तनौ चाविरलौ पीनौ मामकौ मग्नचूचुकौ।
मग्ना चोत्सेधनी नाभिः पार्श्वोरस्कं च मे चितम् ॥ ६.४८.११ ॥
My two breasts are close, full, and mine, their nipples sunken; my navel is sunken yet raised; and my sides and chest are well formed.
6.48.12
मम वर्णो मणिनिभो मृदून्यङ्गरुहाणि च।
प्रतिष्ठितां द्वादशभिर्मामूचुः शुभलक्षणाम् ॥ ६.४८.१२ ॥
My complexion is like a gem and my body-hairs are soft; by twelve marks I was declared steadfast and blessed with auspicious signs.
6.48.13
समग्रयवमच्छिद्रं पाणिपादं च वर्णवत्।
मन्दस्मितेत्येव च मां कन्यालाक्षणिका विदुः ॥ ६.४८.१३ ॥
My hands and feet were complete and without flaw, like barley-grains, and of fine colour; and the experts in the marks of maidens knew me as one with a gentle smile.
6.48.14
आधिराज्येऽभिषेको मे ब्राह्मणैः पतिना सह।
कृतान्तकुशलैरुक्तं तत् सर्वं वितथीकृतम् ॥ ६.४८.१४ ॥
The brahmins, skilled in reading fate, had declared that my consecration to sovereignty would take place together with my husband; all of that has been rendered false.
6.48.15
शोधयित्वा जनस्थानं प्रवृत्तिमुपलभ्य च।
तीर्त्वा सागरमक्षोभ्यं भ्रातरौ गोष्पदे हतौ ॥ ६.४८.१५ ॥
Having cleared Janasthāna and learned the news, and having crossed the unshakable ocean, the two brothers were slain in a cow's hoofprint of water.
6.48.16
ननु वारुणमाग्नेयमैन्द्रं वायव्यमेव च।
अस्त्रं ब्रह्मशिरश्चैव राघवौ प्रत्यपद्यत ॥ ६.४८.१६ ॥
Surely the Varuṇa weapon, the Āgneya, the Aindra, the Vāyavya, and the Brahma-head weapon—these weapons the two descendants of Raghu had obtained.
6.48.17
अदृश्यमानेन रणे मायया वासवोपमौ।
मम नाथावनाथाया निहतौ रामलक्ष्मणौ ॥ ६.४८.१७ ॥
In battle, by illusion, from one unseen, my protectors Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, like Indra, were slain, and I, who had protectors, am now unprotected.
6.48.18
नहि दृष्टिपथं प्राप्य राघवस्य रणे रिपुः।
जीवन् प्रतिनिवर्तेत यद्यपि स्यान्मनोजवः ॥ ६.४८.१८ ॥
Having come within the sight of Rāghava, no enemy in battle could return alive, even if he were swift as the mind itself.
6.48.19
न कालस्यातिभारोऽस्ति कृतान्तश्च सुदुर्जयः।
यत्र रामः सह भ्रात्रा शेते युधि निपातितः ॥ ६.४८.१९ ॥
There is no excessive delay of time, and Death is very hard to conquer. There Rāma lies, struck down in battle together with his brother.
6.48.20
न शोचामि तथा रामं लक्ष्मणं च महारथम्।
नात्मानं जननीं चापि यथा श्वश्रूं तपस्विनीम् ॥ ६.४८.२० ॥
I do not grieve so much for Rāma and the great charioteer Lakṣmaṇa, nor for myself or my mother, as I grieve for my austere mother-in-law.
6.48.21
सा तु चिन्तयते नित्यं समाप्तव्रतमागतम्।
कदा द्रक्ष्यामि सीतां च लक्ष्मणं च सराघवम् ॥ ६.४८.२१ ॥
She constantly thinks: when shall I see him returned, his vow fulfilled, and when shall I see Sītā and Lakṣmaṇa together with Rāghava?
6.48.22
परिदेवयमानां तां राक्षसी त्रिजटाब्रवीत्।
मा विषादं कृथा देवि भर्तायं तव जीवति ॥ ६.४८.२२ ॥
To her, lamenting, the rākṣasī Trijaṭā said: O goddess, do not give way to despair; your husband is still alive.
6.48.23
कारणनि च वक्ष्यामि महान्ति सदृशानि च।
यथेमौ जीवतो देवि भ्रातरौ रामलक्ष्मणौ ॥ ६.४८.२३ ॥
O goddess, I will tell you great and fitting reasons why these two brothers, Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, are still alive.
6.48.24
नहि कोपपरीतानि हर्षपर्युत्सुकानि च।
भवन्ति युधि योधानां मुखानि निहते पतौ ॥ ६.४८.२४ ॥
When the lord is slain in battle, the faces of the warriors are neither overcome with anger nor eager with joy.
6.48.25
इदं विमानं वैदेहि पुष्पकं नाम नामतः।
दिव्यं त्वां धारयेन् नेदं यद्येतौ गतजीवितौ ॥ ६.४८.२५ ॥
O Vaidehī, this aerial chariot is called Puṣpaka, a divine vehicle. Had these two lost their lives, it would not carry you.
6.48.26
हतवीरप्रधाना हि गतोत्साहा निरुद्यमा।
सेना भ्रमति संख्येषु हतकर्णेव नौर्जले ॥ ६.४८.२६ ॥
With its chief heroes slain, its spirit lost and its effort gone, the army wanders through the ranks like a boat with its rudder broken on the water.
6.48.27
इयं पुनरसम्भ्रान्ता निरुद्विग्ना तपस्विनि।
सेना रक्षति काकुत्स्थौ मया प्रीत्या निवेदितौ ॥ ६.४८.२७ ॥
O ascetic lady, yet this other army, unconfused and undisturbed, is protecting the two Kākutsthas, Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa — I tell you this out of affection.
6.48.28
सा त्वं भव सुविस्रब्धा अनुमानैः सुखोदयैः।
अहतौ पश्य काकुत्स्थौ स्नेहादेतद् ब्रवीमि ते ॥ ६.४८.२८ ॥
Therefore be fully at ease. From hopeful inferences, understand that the two Kākutsthas are unharmed — I say this to you out of affection.
6.48.29
अनृतं नोक्तपूर्वं मे न च वक्ष्यामि मैथिलि।
चारित्रसुखशीलत्वात् प्रविष्टासि मनो मम ॥ ६.४८.२९ ॥
O Maithilī, I have never spoken falsehood before, nor will I speak it now. By your good conduct and gentle nature you have entered my heart.
6.48.30
नेमौ शक्यौ रणे जेतुं सेन्द्रैरपि सुरासुरैः।
तादृशं दर्शनं दृष्ट्वा मया चोदीरितं तव ॥ ६.४८.३० ॥
These two cannot be conquered in battle even by Indra with the gods and the asuras. Having seen such a sight, I have spoken this to you.
6.48.31
इदं तु सुमहच्चित्रं शरैः पश्यस्व मैथिलि।
विसंज्ञौ पतितावेतौ नैव लक्ष्मीर्विमुञ्चति ॥ ६.४८.३१ ॥
Look, Maithilī, at this very wondrous sight wrought by arrows: these two lie fallen and senseless, yet Lakṣmī does not forsake them.
6.48.32
प्रायेण गतसत्त्वानां पुरुषाणां गतायुषाम्।
दृश्यमानेषु वक्त्रेषु परं भवति वैकृतम् ॥ ६.४८.३२ ॥
Generally, when men whose vital breath and life have departed are seen, their faces show nothing but distortion.
6.48.33
त्यज शोकं च दुःखं च मोहं च जनकात्मजे।
रामलक्ष्मणयोरर्थे नाद्य शक्यमजीवितुम् ॥ ६.४८.३३ ॥
Abandon sorrow, distress and delusion, daughter of Janaka; today it is not possible to live for the sake of Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa.
6.48.34
श्रुत्वा तु वचनं तस्याः सीता सुरसुतोपमा।
कृताञ्जलिरुवाचेमामेवमस्त्विति मैथिली ॥ ६.४८.३४ ॥
Having heard her words, Sītā, like a daughter of the gods, with folded hands, the Maithilī said: "So be it."
6.48.35
विमानं पुष्पकं तत्तु संनिवर्त्य मनोजवम्।
दीना त्रिजटया सीता लङ्कामेव प्रवेशिता ॥ ६.४८.३५ ॥
Turning back that Puṣpaka chariot, swift as thought, the grieving Sītā was led by Trijaṭā back into Laṅkā itself.
6.48.36
ततस्त्रिजटया सार्धं पुष्पकादवरुह्य सा।
अशोकवनिकामेव राक्षसीभिः प्रवेशिता ॥ ६.४८.३६ ॥
Then, descending from the Puṣpaka together with Trijaṭā, she was led by the rākṣasa women into the Aśoka grove itself.
6.48.37
प्रविश्य सीता बहुवृक्षखण्डां
तां राक्षसेन्द्रस्य विहारभूमिम्।
सम्प्रेक्ष्य संचिन्त्य च राजपुत्रौ
परं विषादं समुपाजगाम ॥ ६.४८.३७ ॥
Entering that pleasure-ground of the lord of the rākṣasas, full of many clusters of trees, Sītā, having looked upon it and thought of the two princes, fell into great despair.