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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 6.83

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6.83.1

राघवश्चापि विपुलं तं राक्षसवनौकसाम्।
श्रुत्वा संग्रामनिर्घोषं जाम्बवन्तमुवाच ह ॥ ६.८३.१ ॥

Rāghava also, having heard that vast roar of battle from the forest-dwellers of the rākṣasas, spoke to Jāmbavān.

6.83.2

सौम्य नूनं हनुमता कृतं कर्म सुदुष्करम्।
श्रूयते च यथा भीमः सुमहानायुधस्वनः ॥ ६.८३.२ ॥

Gentle friend, surely Hanumān has done a most difficult deed, for the terrible, great clash of weapons is heard.

6.83.3

तद् गच्छ कुरु साहाय्यं स्वबलेनाभिसंवृतः।
क्षिप्रमृक्षपते तस्य कपिश्रेष्ठस्य युध्यतः ॥ ६.८३.३ ॥

Therefore go, lord of the bears, and quickly give aid, surrounded by your own force, to that best of monkeys who is fighting.

6.83.4

ऋक्षराजस्तथेत्युक्त्वा स्वेनानीकेन संवृतः।
आगच्छत् पश्चिमं द्वारं हनूमान् यत्र वानरः ॥ ६.८३.४ ॥

The king of the bears, saying "So be it," surrounded by his own army, went to the western gate, where the monkey Hanumān was.

6.83.5

अथायान्तं हनूमन्तं ददर्शर्क्षपतिस्तदा।
वानरैः कृतसंग्रामैः श्वसद्भिरभिसंवृतम् ॥ ६.८३.५ ॥

Then the lord of the bears saw Hanumān approaching, surrounded by the monkeys who had fought in battle and were panting.

6.83.6

दृष्ट्वा पथि हनूमांश्च तदृक्षबलमुद्यतम्।
नीलमेघनिभं भीमं संनिवार्य न्यवर्तत ॥ ६.८३.६ ॥

Seeing on the road the army of bears advancing, Hanumān, terrible as a dark blue cloud, restrained it and turned back.

6.83.7

स तेन सह सैन्येन संनिकर्षं महायशाः।
शीघ्रमागम्य रामाय दुःखितो वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥ ६.८३.७ ॥

With that army, the greatly famed one came near, quickly reached Rāma, and grieved, spoke these words.

6.83.8

समरे युध्यमानानामस्माकं प्रेक्षतां च सः।
जघान रुदतीं सीतामिन्द्रजिद् रावणात्मजः ॥ ६.८३.८ ॥

While we were fighting in battle and watching, Indrajit, son of Rāvaṇa, struck down the weeping Sītā.

6.83.9

उद्भ्रान्तचित्तस्तां दृष्ट्वा विषण्णोऽहमरिंदम।
तदहं भवतो वृत्तं विज्ञापयितुमागतः ॥ ६.८३.९ ॥

O subduer of foes, having seen her, my mind became distraught and I was dejected; therefore I have come to report this event to you.

6.83.10

तस्य तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा राघवः शोकमूर्च्छितः।
निपपात तदा भूमौ छिन्नमूल इव द्रुमः ॥ ६.८३.१० ॥

Hearing his words, Rāghava, stunned with grief, then fell to the ground like a tree with its root cut off.

6.83.11

तं भूमौ देवसंकाशं पतितं दृश्य राघवम्।
अभिपेतुः समुत्पत्य सर्वतः कपिसत्तमाः ॥ ६.८३.११ ॥

Seeing Rāghava, like a god, fallen on the ground, the best of monkeys leapt up from all sides and rushed toward him.

6.83.12

आसिञ्चन् सलिलैश्चैनं पद्मोत्पलसुगन्धिभिः।
प्रदहन्तमसंहार्यं सहसाग्निमिवोत्थितम् ॥ ६.८३.१२ ॥

They sprinkled him with water fragrant with lotus and blue lotus, he who, like a sudden, blazing, unapproachable fire, had risen.

6.83.13

तं लक्ष्मणोऽथ बाहुभ्यां परिष्वज्य सुदुःखितः।
उवाच राममस्वस्थं वाक्यं हेत्वर्थसंयुतम् ॥ ६.८३.१३ ॥

Then Lakṣmaṇa, deeply grieved, embraced him with both arms and spoke to the disturbed Rāma words joined with reasons.

6.83.14

शुभे वर्त्मनि तिष्ठन्तं त्वामार्य विजितेन्द्रियम्।
अनर्थेभ्यो न शक्नोति त्रातुं धर्मो निरर्थकः ॥ ६.८३.१४ ॥

O noble one, standing on the auspicious path and self-controlled, you are not protected from calamities by dharma; dharma is useless.

6.83.15

भूतानां स्थावराणां च जङ्गमानां च दर्शनम्।
यथास्ति न तथा धर्मस्तेन नास्तीति मे मतिः ॥ ६.८३.१५ ॥

Dharma is not seen as the visible existence of immovable and movable beings is; therefore my view is that dharma does not exist.

6.83.16

यथैव स्थावरं व्यक्तं जङ्गमं च तथाविधम्।
नायमर्थस्तथा युक्तस्त्वद्विधो न विपद्यते ॥ ६.८३.१६ ॥

Just as immovable and movable things are manifest, this matter is not so; a man like you does not perish.

6.83.17

यद्यधर्मो भवेद् भूतो रावणो नरकं व्रजेत्।
भवांश्च धर्मसंयुक्तो नैव व्यसनमाप्नुयात् ॥ ६.८३.१७ ॥

If unrighteousness existed, Rāvaṇa would go to hell; and you, endowed with dharma, should not incur calamity.

6.83.18

तस्य च व्यसनाभावाद् व्यसनं चागते त्वयि।
धर्मो भवत्यधर्मश्च परस्परविरोधिनौ ॥ ६.८३.१८ ॥

Because he has no calamity while calamity has come upon you, dharma and adharma are shown to be mutually opposed.

6.83.19

धर्मेणोपलभेद् धर्ममधर्मं चाप्यधर्मतः।
यद्यधर्मेण युज्येयुर्येष्वधर्मः प्रतिष्ठितः ॥ ६.८३.१९ ॥

Through dharma one may attain dharma, and through adharma one may attain adharma. Among those who are joined with adharma, adharma is established.

6.83.20

न धर्मेण वियुज्येरन्नाधर्मरुचयो जनाः।
धर्मेणाचरतां तेषां तथा धर्मफलं भवेत् ॥ ६.८३.२० ॥

Even people who delight in adharma are not separated from dharma; for those who practise dharma, the fruit of dharma would be theirs.

6.83.21

यस्मादर्था विवर्धन्ते येष्वधर्मः प्रतिष्ठितः।
क्लिश्यन्ते धर्मशीलाश्च तस्मादेतौ निरर्थकौ ॥ ६.८३.२१ ॥

For wealth grows among those in whom adharma is established, while the righteous suffer; therefore these two are meaningless.

6.83.22

वध्यन्ते पापकर्माणो यद्यधर्मेण राघव।
वधकर्महतोऽधर्मः स हतः कं वधिष्यति ॥ ६.८३.२२ ॥

O Rāghava, if evildoers are slain through adharma, then adharma, struck down by the act of killing, once slain, whom will it slay?

6.83.23

अथवा विहितेनायं हन्यते हन्ति चापरम्।
विधिः स लिप्यते तेन न स पापेन कर्मणा ॥ ६.८३.२३ ॥

Or else, this one is slain by what is prescribed and slays another; that rule clings to it alone, and he is not smeared by sinful action.

6.83.24

अदृष्टप्रतिकारेण अव्यक्तेनासता सता।
कथं शक्यं परं प्राप्तुं धर्मेणारिविकर्षण ॥ ६.८३.२४ ॥

How can an enemy be reached through dharma, by an unseen remedy, through the hidden, by the wicked and by the good? O drawer-in of foes!

6.83.25

यदि सत् स्यात् सतां मुख्य नासत् स्यात् तव किंचन।
त्वया यदीदृशं प्राप्तं तस्मात् तन्नोपपद्यते ॥ ६.८३.२५ ॥

If there is truth, O foremost of the good, and nothing unreal is in you, then what you have done in this way is not fitting.

6.83.26

अथवा दुर्बलः क्लीबो बलं धर्मोऽनुवर्तते।
दुर्बलो हृतमर्यादो न सेव्य इति मे मतिः ॥ ६.८३.२६ ॥

Or else, for the weak and the unmanly, strength alone follows dharma. One who is weak and has lost his bounds should not be served, this is my view.

6.83.27

बलस्य यदि चेद् धर्मो गुणभूतः पराक्रमैः।
धर्ममुत्सृज्य वर्तस्व यथा धर्मे तथा बले ॥ ६.८३.२७ ॥

If dharma is a secondary quality of strength, attained through valour, then abandon dharma and conduct yourself in strength just as you would in dharma.

6.83.28

अथ चेत् सत्यवचनं धर्मः किल परंतप।
अनृतं त्वय्यकरणे किं न बद्धस्त्वया विना ॥ ६.८३.२८ ॥

If truthful speech is dharma, O scorcher of foes, are you not bound by it for failing to abandon falsehood? Who else but you?

6.83.29

यदि धर्मो भवेद् भूत अधर्मो वा परंतप।
न स्म हत्वा मुनिं वज्री कुर्यादिज्यां शतक्रतुः ॥ ६.८३.२९ ॥

Whether it be dharma or adharma, O creature, O scorcher of foes: did not Indra, the thunder-wielder, the performer of a hundred sacrifices, kill a sage and then perform his sacrifice?

6.83.30

अधर्मसंश्रितो धर्मो विनाशयति राघव।
सर्वमेतद् यथाकामं काकुत्स्थ कुरुते नरः ॥ ६.८३.३० ॥

Dharma resting on adharma brings destruction, O Rāghava. O Kākutstha, a man does all this as he pleases.

6.83.31

मम चेदं मतं तात धर्मोऽयमिति राघव।
धर्ममूलं त्वया छिन्नं राज्यमुत्सृजता तदा ॥ ६.८३.३१ ॥

Dear one, this is my view: that this is dharma. O Rāghava, when you gave up the kingdom, you cut off the very root of dharma.

6.83.32

अर्थेभ्योऽथ प्रवृद्धेभ्यः संवृत्तेभ्यस्ततस्ततः।
क्रियाः सर्वाः प्रवर्तन्ते पर्वतेभ्य इवापगाः ॥ ६.८३.३२ ॥

When wealth has grown great, and one thing after another has arisen from it, all actions proceed, as rivers flow from mountains.

6.83.33

अर्थेन हि विमुक्तस्य पुरुषस्याल्पचेतसः।
विच्छिद्यन्ते क्रियाः सर्वा ग्रीष्मे कुसरितो यथा ॥ ६.८३.३३ ॥

For a man deprived of wealth, of small mind, all actions are cut off, as small streams dry up in summer.

6.83.34

सोऽयमर्थं परित्यज्य सुखकामः सुखैधितः।
पापमाचरते कर्तुं तदा दोषः प्रवर्तते ॥ ६.८३.३४ ॥

He, having abandoned wealth and desiring pleasure, grown in comfort, begins to practise evil; then fault arises.

6.83.35

यस्यार्थास्तस्य मित्राणि यस्यार्थास्तस्य बान्धवाः।
यस्यार्थाः स पुमाँल्लोके यस्यार्थाः स च पण्डितः ॥ ६.८३.३५ ॥

He whose is wealth has friends; he whose is wealth has kinsmen. He whose is wealth is the man in the world; he whose is wealth is the wise man.

6.83.36

यस्यार्थाः स च विक्रान्तो यस्यार्थाः स च बुद्धिमान्।
यस्यार्थाः स महाभागो यस्यार्थाः स गुणाधिकः ॥ ६.८३.३६ ॥

He whose is wealth is valiant; he whose is wealth is intelligent. He whose is wealth is greatly fortunate; he whose is wealth is superior in virtues.

6.83.37

अर्थस्यैते परित्यागे दोषाः प्रव्याहृता मया।
राज्यमुत्सृजता धीर येन बुद्धिस्त्वया कृता ॥ ६.८३.३७ ॥

O steadfast one, in the resolve you made when you renounced the kingdom, I have already declared these faults of abandoning wealth.

6.83.38

यस्यार्था धर्मकामार्थास्तस्य सर्वं प्रदक्षिणम्।
अधनेनार्थकामेन नार्थः शक्यो विचिन्वता ॥ ६.८३.३८ ॥

For one who has wealth, dharma, desire and wealth are all auspicious; but by the penniless, or by one seeking wealth and desire, no purpose can be achieved, however carefully he reflects.

6.83.39

हर्षः कामश्च दर्पश्च धर्मः क्रोधः शमो दमः।
अर्थादेतानि सर्वाणि प्रवर्तन्ते नराधिप ॥ ६.८३.३९ ॥

O lord of men, joy, desire, pride, righteousness, anger, calm and self-restraint — all of these arise and proceed from wealth.

6.83.40

येषां नश्यत्ययं लोकश्चरतां धर्मचारिणाम्।
तेऽर्थास्त्वयि न दृश्यन्ते दुर्दिनेषु यथा ग्रहाः ॥ ६.८३.४० ॥

Those by whose conduct this world is destroyed, the righteous ones, their wealth is not seen in you, just as the planets are not seen on cloudy days.

6.83.41

त्वयि प्रव्रजिते वीर गुरोश्च वचने स्थिते।
रक्षसापहृता भार्या प्राणौः प्रियतरा तव ॥ ६.८३.४१ ॥

O hero, when you went forth into exile, abiding by your father's word, the rākṣasa carried off your wife, who is dearer to you than life.

6.83.42

तदद्य विपुलं वीर दुःखमिन्द्रजिता कृतम्।
कर्मणा व्यपनेष्यामि तस्मादुत्तिष्ठ राघव ॥ ६.८३.४२ ॥

Therefore, O hero, the great sorrow caused by Indrajit I will remove today by my deed; so arise, O descendant of Raghu.

6.83.43

उत्तिष्ठ नरशार्दूल दीर्घबाहो धृतव्रत।
किमात्मानं महात्मानमात्मानं नावबुध्यसे ॥ ६.८३.४३ ॥

Rise, tiger among men, long-armed one, firm in vow! Why do you not recognize your own great-souled self?

6.83.44

अयमनघ तवोदितः प्रियार्थं
जनकसुतानिधनं निरीक्ष्य रुष्टः।
सरथगजहयां सराक्षसेन्द्रां
भृशमिषुभिर्विनिपातयामि लङ्काम् ॥ ६.८३.४४ ॥

Faultless one, for your beloved's sake, enraged at the sight of Janaka's daughter slain, I will utterly bring down Laṅkā with arrows, along with its chariots, elephants, horses and rākṣasa lords.