Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 7.12
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7.12.1
राक्षसेन्द्रो ऽभिषिक्तस्तु भ्रातृभ्यां सहितस्तदा ।
ततः प्रदानं राक्षस्या भगिन्याः समचिन्तयत् ॥ ७.१२.१ ॥
Then the lord of the rākṣasas, anointed together with his two brothers, carefully considered the giving away of his sister, the rākṣasī, in marriage.
7.12.2
स्वसारं कालकेयाय दानवेन्द्राय राक्षसीम् ।
ददौ शूर्पणखां नाम विद्युज्जिह्वाय नामतः ॥ ७.१२.२ ॥
He gave his sister, the rākṣasī named Śūrpaṇakhā, to the lord of the Dānavas, the Kālakeya Vidyujjihva, by name.
7.12.3
अथ दत्त्वा स्वयं रक्षो मृगयामटते स्म तत् ।
तत्रापश्यत्ततो राम मयं नाम दितेः सुतम् ॥ ७.१२.३ ॥
Having given her away, the rākṣasa himself went about hunting; there, O Rāma, he saw Maya by name, the son of Diti.
7.12.4
कन्यासहायं तं दृष्ट्वा दशग्रीवो निशाचरः ।
अपृच्छत्को भवानेको निर्मनुष्यमृगे वने ।
अनया मृगशावाक्ष्या किमर्थं सह तिष्ठसि ॥ ७.१२.४ ॥
Seeing him with a maiden, the ten-necked night-wanderer asked: "Who are you, alone in this forest without men or deer? Why do you stand together with this fawn-eyed woman?"
7.12.5
मयस्तथाब्रवीद्राम पृच्छन्तं तं निशाचरम् ।
श्रूयतां सर्वमाख्यास्ये यथावृत्तमिदं मम ॥ ७.१२.५ ॥
Then Maya said to the night-wanderer who was asking: "Listen, O Rāma, I will tell you all of my history just as it happened."
7.12.6
हेमा नामाप्सरास्तात श्रुतपूर्वा यदि त्वया ।
दैवतैर्मम सा दत्ता पौलोमीव शतक्रतोः ॥ ७.१२.६ ॥
Dear one, there is a celestial nymph named Hemā — if you have heard of her before — who was given to me by the gods, just as Paulomī was given to Indra, the hundred-sacrificer.
7.12.7
तस्यां सक्तमनास्तात पञ्चवर्षशतान्यहम् ।
सा च दैवतकार्येण त्रयोदश समा गताः ॥ ७.१२.७ ॥
Dear one, with my mind attached to her, I stayed five hundred years; and she, on the gods' errand, passed thirteen years.
7.12.8
वर्षं चतुर्दशं चैव ततो हेममयं पुरम् ।
वज्रवैडूर्यचित्रं च मायया निर्मितं मया ॥ ७.१२.८ ॥
Then, in the fourteenth year, there was a city of gold, adorned with diamonds and lapis lazuli, created by Maya through illusion.
7.12.9
तत्राहमवसं दीनस्तया हीनः सुदुःखितः ॥ ७.१२.९ ॥
There I dwelt, wretched and deeply grieved, bereft of her.
7.12.10
तस्मात्पुराद्दुहितरं गृहीत्वा वनमागतः ।
इयं ममात्मजा राजंस्तस्याः कुक्षौ विवर्धिता ॥ ७.१२.१० ॥
Therefore I took my daughter from that city and came to the forest. O king, this is my own daughter, nurtured in her womb.
7.12.11
भर्तारमनया सार्धमस्याः प्राप्तो ऽस्मि मार्गितुम् ।
कन्यापितृत्वं दुःखं हि सर्वेषां मानकाङ्क्षिणाम् ॥ ७.१२.११ ॥
I have come with her to seek a husband for her. Being the father of a daughter is indeed a sorrow for all who desire honor.
7.12.12
कन्या हि द्वे कुले नित्यं संशये स्थाप्य तिष्ठति ।
पुत्रद्वयं ममाप्यस्यां भार्यायां सम्बभूव ह ॥ ७.१२.१२ ॥
A daughter always stands leaving two families in uncertainty. Two sons were also born to me by this very wife.
7.12.13
मायावी प्रथमस्तात दुन्दुभिस्तदनन्तरः ।
एवं ते सर्वमाख्यातं याथातथ्येन पृच्छतः ॥ ७.१२.१३ ॥
The first was Māyāvī, dear son, and after him Dundubhi. Thus I have told you everything truthfully, as you asked.
7.12.14
त्वामिदानीं कथं तात जानीयां को भवानिति ।
एवमुक्तस्तु तद्रक्षो विनीतमिदमब्रवीत् ॥ ७.१२.१४ ॥
"Dear son, how am I now to know who you are?" Thus addressed, the rākṣasa humbly replied with these words.
7.12.15
अहं पौलस्त्यतनयो दशग्रीवश्च नामतः ।
मुनेर्विश्रवसो यस्तु तृतीयो ब्रह्मणो ऽभवत् ॥ ७.१२.१५ ॥
I am the son of Pulastya's line, named Daśagrīva. I, the son of the sage Viśravas, was born as the third of Brahmā's offspring.
7.12.16
एवमुक्तस्तदा राम राक्षसेन्द्रेण दानवः ।
महर्षेस्तनयं ज्ञात्वा मयो हर्षमुपागतः ।
दातुं दुहितरं तस्मै रोचयामास यत्र वै ॥ ७.१२.१६ ॥
O Rāma, when the lord of the rākṣasas had spoken thus, the dānava Maya, recognizing the son of the great sage, felt joy and resolved to give him his daughter.
7.12.17
करेण तु करं तस्या ग्राहयित्वा मयस्तदा ।
प्रहसन्प्राह दैत्येन्द्रो राक्षसेन्द्रमिदं वचः ॥ ७.१२.१७ ॥
Then Maya, with his own hand, placed her hand in his, and laughing, the lord of the daityas spoke these words to the lord of the rākṣasas.
7.12.18
इयं ममात्मजा राजन्हेमया ऽप्सरसा धृता ।
कन्या मन्दोदरी नाम पत्न्यर्थं प्रतिगृह्यताम् ॥ ७.१२.१८ ॥
"O king, this is my daughter, borne by the apsaras Hemā. This maiden is named Mandodarī; let her be accepted as your wife."
7.12.19
बाढमित्येव तं राम दशग्रीवो ऽभ्यभाषत ।
प्रज्चाल्य तत्र चैवाग्निमकरोत्पाणिसङ्ग्रहम् ॥ ७.१२.१९ ॥
Rāma, Daśagrīva answered him, "So be it," and there, having kindled the fire, he performed the taking of the hand.
7.12.20
स हि तस्य मयो राम शापाभिज्ञस्तपोधनात् ।
विदित्वा तेन सा दत्ता तस्य पैतामहं कुलम् ॥ ७.१२.२० ॥
Rāma, that Maya knew the curse of the one whose wealth is asceticism; having learned this, he gave her to him as one of his ancestral lineage.
7.12.21
अमोघां तस्य शक्तिं च प्रददौ परमाद्भुताम् ।
परेण तपसा लब्धां जघ्निवाँल्लक्ष्मणं यया ॥ ७.१२.२१ ॥
He also gave him an unfailing and most wondrous power, obtained through supreme austerity, with which he struck down Lakṣmaṇa.
7.12.22
एवं सीकृतदारो वै लङ्काया ईश्वरः प्रभुः ।
गत्वा तु नगरीं भार्ये भ्रातृभ्यां समुपाहरत् ॥ ७.१२.२२ ॥
Thus, having taken a wife, the lord of Laṅkā, the mighty Rāvaṇa, went to the city and brought wives for his two brothers.
7.12.23
वैरोचनस्य दौहित्रीं वज्रज्वालेति नामतः ।
तां भार्यां कुम्भकर्णस्य रावणः समकल्पयत् ॥ ७.१२.२३ ॥
Rāvaṇa arranged for Vajrajvālā by name, the granddaughter of Vairocana, to become the wife of Kumbhakarṇa.
7.12.24
गन्धर्वराजस्य सुतां शैलूषस्य महात्मनः ।
सरमां नाम धर्मज्ञां लेभे भार्यां विभीषणः ॥ ७.१२.२४ ॥
Vibhīṣaṇa obtained as his wife Saramā, the daughter of the Gandharva king Śailūṣa, a great-souled woman who knew dharma.
7.12.25
तीरे तु सरसो वै तु सञ्जज्ञे मानसस्य हि ।
सरस्तदा मानसं तु ववृधे जलदागमे ॥ ७.१२.२५ ॥
On the bank of that Mānasa lake, another lake named Mānasa came into being; and when the season of rain-clouds arrived, that Mānasa lake grew.
7.12.26
मात्रा तु तस्याः कन्यायाः स्नेहेनाक्रन्दितं वचः ।
सरो मा वर्धयस्वेति ततः सा सरमा ऽभवत् ॥ ७.१२.२६ ॥
Out of love, her mother cried out these words: "O lake, make me grow." And so that maiden became Sarama.
7.12.27
एवं ते कृतदारा वै रेमिरे तत्र राक्षसाः ।
स्वां स्वां भार्यामुपागम्य गन्धर्वा इव नन्दने ॥ ७.१२.२७ ॥
Thus those rākṣasas, having taken wives, delighted there, each going to his own wife, like gandharvas in Nandana.
7.12.28
ततो मन्दोदरी पुत्रं मेघनादमजीजनत् ।
स एष इन्द्रजिन्नाम युष्माभिरभिधीयते ॥ ७.१२.२८ ॥
Then Mandodarī bore a son named Meghanāda; this is he whom you call Indrajit.
7.12.29
जातमात्रेण हि पुरा तेन रावणसूनुना ।
रुदता सुमहान्मुक्तो नादो जलधरोपमः ॥ ७.१२.२९ ॥
At the very moment of his birth, that son of Rāvaṇa, crying, let out a tremendous roar like a thundercloud.
7.12.30
जडीकृता च सा लङ्का तस्य नादेन राघव ।
पिता तस्याकरोन्नाम मेघनाद इति स्वयम् ॥ ७.१२.३० ॥
O Rāghava, by that sound Laṅkā itself was stunned into stillness; and his father himself named him Meghanāda.
7.12.31
सो ऽवर्धत तदा राम रावणान्तःपुरे शुभे ।
रक्ष्यमाणो वरस्त्रीभिश्छन्नः काष्ठैरिवानलः ॥ ७.१२.३१ ॥
O Rāma, he then grew up in the auspicious inner apartments of Rāvaṇa, guarded by excellent women, like a fire hidden by logs.
7.12.32
मातापित्रोर्महाहर्षं जनयन्रावणात्मजः ॥ ७.१२.३२ ॥
The son of Rāvaṇa, bringing great joy to his mother and father.