Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 6.5
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6.5.1
सा तु नीलेन विधिवत्स्वारक्षा सुसमाहिता।
सागरस्योत्तरे तीरे साधु सा विनिवेशिता ॥ ६.५.१ ॥
Nīla duly guarded that well-ordered army, and it was properly stationed on the northern shore of the ocean.
6.5.2
मैन्दश्च द्विविदश्चोभौ तत्र वानरपुङ्गवौ।
विचेरतुश्च तां सेनां रक्षार्थं सर्वतोदिशम् ॥ ६.५.२ ॥
Maindа and Dvivida, those two best of monkeys, roamed about there in every direction to guard that army.
6.5.3
निविष्टायां तु सेनायां तीरे नदनदीपतेः।
पार्श्वस्थं लक्ष्मणं दृष्ट्वा रामो वचनमब्रवीत् ॥ ६.५.३ ॥
When the army had encamped on the shore of the lord of rivers and streams, the ocean, Rāma saw Lakṣmaṇa standing beside him and spoke these words.
6.5.4
शोकश्च किल कालेन गच्छता ह्यपगच्छति।
मम चापश्यतः कान्तामहन्यहनि वर्धते ॥ ६.५.४ ॥
Sorrow indeed fades as time passes, but because I do not see my beloved, my grief grows day after day.
6.5.5
न मे दुःखं प्रिया दूरे न मे दुःखं हृतेति च।
एतदेवानुशोचामि वयोऽस्या ह्यतिवर्तते ॥ ६.५.५ ॥
It is not the distance of my beloved that grieves me, nor even that she was carried off; what I grieve over is only that her youth is passing away.
6.5.6
वाहि वात यतः कान्ता तां स्पृष्ट्वा मामपि स्पृश।
त्वयि मे गात्रसंस्पर्शश्चन्द्रे दृष्टिसमागमः ॥ ६.५.६ ॥
O wind, blow from the direction where my beloved is; having touched her, touch me as well. In you I feel the touch of my body, and in the moon the meeting of our gazes.
6.5.7
तन्मे दहति गात्राणि विषं पीतमिवाशये।
हा नाथेति प्रिया सा मां ह्रियमाणा यदब्रवीत् ॥ ६.५.७ ॥
It burns my limbs like poison I have swallowed. That is what my beloved cried out as she was being carried away: "Alas, my lord!"
6.5.8
तद्वियोगेन्धनवता तच्चिन्ताविमलार्चिषा।
रात्रिंदिवं शरीरं मे दह्यते मदनाग्निना ॥ ६.५.८ ॥
Fueled by separation from her and kindled by the pure flame of thoughts of her, my body burns day and night in the fire of desire.
6.5.9
अवगाह्यार्णवं स्वप्स्ये सौमित्रे भवता विना।
एवं च प्रज्वलन् कामो न मा सुप्तं जले दहेत् ॥ ६.५.९ ॥
O Saumitri, without you I shall plunge into the ocean and sleep. Even though the fire of desire blazes like this, may it not burn me while I sleep in the water.
6.5.10
बह्वेतत् कामयानस्य शक्यमेतेन जीवितुम्।
यदहं सा च वामोरुरेकां धरणिमाश्रितौ ॥ ६.५.१० ॥
For one who longs, this much is great: it is possible to live by this alone, that I and she of lovely thighs dwell on one and the same earth.
6.5.11
केदारस्येवाकेदारः सोदकस्य निरूदकः।
उपस्नेहेन जीवामि जीवन्तीं यच्छृणोमि ताम् ॥ ६.५.११ ॥
Like dry ground without a field, or a waterless place without water, I am. I live by the support of her affection, since I hear that she is still alive.
6.5.12
कदा नु खलु सुश्रोणीं शतपत्रायतेक्षणाम्।
विजित्य शत्रून् द्रक्ष्यामि सीतां स्फीतामिव श्रियम् ॥ ६.५.१२ ॥
When, having conquered the enemies, shall I see Sītā of lovely hips, with eyes long as lotus petals, as one sees prosperous Lakṣmī?
6.5.13
कदा सुचारुदन्तोष्ठं तस्याः पद्ममिवाननम्।
ईषदुन्नाम्य पास्यामि रसायनमिवातुरः ॥ ६.५.१३ ॥
When shall I drink in her lotus face, with its lovely teeth and lips, lifting it a little, as a sick man drinks an elixir?
6.5.14
तौ तस्याः सहितौ पीनौ स्तनौ तालफलोपमौ।
कदा न खलु सोत्कम्पौ श्लिष्यन्त्या मां भजिष्यतः ॥ ६.५.१४ ॥
When will her two full breasts, like palm fruits, trembling, cling to me as she embraces me?
6.5.15
सा नूनमसितापाङ्गी रक्षोमध्यगता सती।
मन्नाथा नाथहीनेव त्रातारं नाधिगच्छति ॥ ६.५.१५ ॥
That dark-eyed, faithful Sītā, caught among the rākṣasas, though she holds me as her lord, finds no protector, as if she had no lord.
6.5.16
कथं जनकराजस्य दुहिता मम च प्रिया।
राक्षसीमध्यगा शेते स्नुषा दशरथस्य च ॥ ६.५.१६ ॥
How can Janaka's daughter, my beloved and Daśaratha's daughter-in-law, lie among the rākṣasa women?
6.5.17
अविक्षोभ्याणि रक्षांसि सा विधूयोत्पतिष्यति।
विधूय जलदान् नीलान् शशिलेखा शरत्स्विव ॥ ६.५.१७ ॥
She will shake off those unshakeable rākṣasas and rise, as the crescent moon emerges in autumn, shaking off the dark blue clouds.
6.5.18
स्वभावतनुका नूनं शोकेनानशनेन च।
भूयस्तनुतरा सीता देशकालविपर्ययात् ॥ ६.५.१८ ॥
Sītā, slender by nature, has surely grown even more slender from grief and fasting, and from the reversal of place and time.
6.5.19
कदा नु राक्षसेन्द्रस्य निधायोरसि सायकान्।
शोकं प्रत्याहरिष्यामि शोकमुत्सृज्य मानसम् ॥ ६.५.१९ ॥
When shall I, having fixed arrows in the chest of the lord of the rākṣasas, withdraw my grief, casting off the sorrow of the mind?
6.5.20
कदा नु खलु मे साध्वी सीतामरसुतोपमा।
सोत्कण्ठा कण्ठमालम्ब्य मोक्ष्यत्यानन्दजं जलम् ॥ ६.५.२० ॥
When will my virtuous Sītā, like a daughter of the gods, longing, clasp my neck and shed tears of joy?
6.5.21
कदा शोकमिमं घोरं मैथिलीविप्रयोगजम्।
सहसा विप्रमोक्ष्यामि वासः शुक्लेतरं यथा ॥ ६.५.२१ ॥
When shall I suddenly cast off this terrible grief born of separation from Maithilī, as one casts off a garment that is not white?
6.5.22
एवं विलपतस्तस्य तत्र रामस्य धीमतः।
दिनक्षयान्मन्दवपुर्भास्करोऽस्तमुपागमत् ॥ ६.५.२२ ॥
As the wise Rāma lamented thus there, at the end of the day the sun of dim form went down to set.
6.5.23
आश्वासितो लक्ष्मणेन रामः संध्यामुपासत।
स्मरन् कमलपत्राक्षीं सीतां शोकाकुलीकृतः ॥ ६.५.२३ ॥
Consoled by Lakṣmaṇa, Rāma performed the twilight rite, remembering Sītā, lotus-petal-eyed, overwhelmed by grief.