Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 7.17
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7.17.1
अथ राजन्महाबाहुर्विचरन्स महीतले ।
हिमवद्वनमासाद्य परिचक्राम रावणः ॥ ७.१७.१ ॥
Then, O king, the mighty-armed Rāvaṇa, wandering over the earth, reached the forest of the Himālaya and roamed about there.
7.17.2
तत्रापश्यत्स वै कन्यां कृष्णाजिनजटाधराम् ।
आर्षेण विधिना युक्तां दीप्यन्तीं देवतामिव ॥ ७.१७.२ ॥
There he saw a maiden wearing a black antelope skin and matted locks, observing the sage's rule, shining like a goddess.
7.17.3
स दृष्ट्वा रूपसम्पन्नां कन्यां तां सुमहाव्रताम् ।
काममोहपरीतात्मा पप्रच्छ प्रहसन्निव ॥ ७.१७.३ ॥
Seeing that maiden, endowed with beauty and of great vows, his mind overcome by desire and infatuation, he asked her, as if laughing.
7.17.4
किमिदं वर्तसे भद्रे विरुद्धं यौवनस्य ते ।
नहि युक्ता तवैतस्य रूपस्यैव प्रति
क्रिया ॥ ७.१७.४ ॥
O gentle lady, what is this you are doing, contrary to your youth? This is not fitting for your beauty, nor is there any remedy for it.
7.17.5
रूपं ते ऽनुपमं भीरु कामोन्मादकरं नृणाम् ।
न युक्तं तपसि स्थातुं निर्गतो ह्येष निर्णयः ॥ ७.१७.५ ॥
O timid one, your incomparable beauty drives men mad with desire. It is not fitting for you to remain in asceticism; this is the settled judgment.
7.17.6
कस्यासि किमिदं भद्रे कश्च भर्ता वरानने ।
येन सम्भुज्यसे भीरु स नरः पुण्यभाग्भुवि ॥ ७.१७.६ ॥
O gentle lady, whose are you, and what is this? O fair-faced one, who is your husband? O timid one, the man by whom you are enjoyed must be blessed with merit on earth.
7.17.7
पृच्छतः शंस मे सर्वं कस्य हेतोः परिश्रमः ।
एवमुक्ता तु सा कन्या रावणेन यशस्विनी ॥ ७.१७.७ ॥
Tell me everything, you who ask: for what reason is this toil? Thus addressed by Rāvaṇa, that renowned maiden spoke.
7.17.8
अब्रवीद्विधिवत्कृत्वा तस्यातिथ्यं तपोधना ।
कुशध्वजो मम पिता ब्रह्मर्षिरमितप्रभः ।
बृहस्पतिसुतः श्रीमान्बुद्ध्या तुल्यो बृहस्पतेः ॥ ७.१७.८ ॥
Having duly offered him hospitality, she who was rich in austerity said: My father is Kuśadhvaja, a brahmarṣi of boundless splendour, the glorious son of Bṛhaspati, equal to Bṛhaspati in understanding.
7.17.9
तस्याहं कुर्वतो नित्यं वेदाभ्यासं महात्मनः ।
सम्भूय वाङ्मयी कन्या नाम्ना वेदवती स्मृता ॥ ७.१७.९ ॥
While that great-souled one was ever engaged in the study of the Vedas, I was born together with him; this maiden made of speech is known by the name Vedavatī.
7.17.10
ततो देवाः सगन्धर्वा यक्षराक्षसपन्नगाः ।
ते ऽपि गत्वा हि पितरं वरणं रोचयन्ति मे ॥ ७.१७.१० ॥
Then the gods, together with the Gandharvas, Yakṣas, Rākṣasas and Nāgas, also go to my father and desire to take me as their bride.
7.17.11
न च मां स पिता तेभ्यो दत्तवान्राक्षसर्षभ ।
कारणं तद्वदिष्यामि निशाचर निशामय ॥ ७.१७.११ ॥
And my father did not give me to them, bull among rākṣasas. I will tell you the reason for it, night-wanderer; listen.
7.17.12
पितुस्तु मम जामाता विष्णुः किल सुरेश्वरः ।
अभिप्रेतस्त्रिलोकेशस्तस्मान्नान्यस्य मे पिता ॥ ७.१७.१२ ॥
For the lord of the three worlds, Viṣṇu, lord of the gods, was the one my father desired as his son-in-law; therefore my father did not belong to any other.
7.17.13
दातुमिच्छति तस्मै तु तच्छ्रुत्वा बलदर्पितः ।
दम्भुर्नाम ततो राजा दैत्यानां कुपितो ऽभवत् ॥ ७.१७.१३ ॥
Hearing this, Dambhu, the king of the Daityas, proud of his strength, wished to give her to him, and then he became enraged.
7.17.14
तेन रात्रौ शयानो मे पिता पापेन हिंसितः ॥ ७.१७.१४ ॥
That wicked one killed my father while he lay asleep at night.
7.17.15
ततो मे जननी दीना तच्छरीरं पितुर्मम ।
परिष्वज्य महाभागा प्रविष्टा हव्यवाहनम् ॥ ७.१७.१५ ॥
Then my grief-stricken mother, embracing my father's body, the greatly fortunate one, entered the fire.
7.17.16
ततो मनोरथं सत्यं पितुर्नारायणं प्रति ।
करोमीति तमेवाहं हृदयेन समुद्वहे ॥ ७.१७.१६ ॥
Therefore, resolving to make my father's wish toward Nārāyaṇa come true, I hold him alone in my heart.
7.17.17
एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं मया राक्षसपुङ्गव ॥ ७.१७.१७ ॥
O best of rākṣasas, I have told you all of this.
7.17.18
नारायणो मम पतिर्न त्वन्यः पुरुषोत्तमात् ।
आश्रये नियमं घोरं नारायणपरीप्सया ।
विज्ञातस्त्वं हि मे राजन्गच्छ पौलस्त्यनन्दन ॥ ७.१७.१८ ॥
Nārāyaṇa is my husband, and none other than the Supreme Person. Desiring Nārāyaṇa, I have taken up a terrible vow. O king, I know who you are; son of Pulastya, now go.
7.17.19
जानामि तपसा सर्वं त्रैलोक्ये यद्धि वर्तते ॥ ७.१७.१९ ॥
By your austerity I know all that is taking place in the three worlds.
7.17.20
सो ऽब्रवीद्रावणो भूयस्तां कन्यां सुमहाव्रताम् ।
अवरुह्य विमानाग्रात्कन्दर्पशरपीडितः ॥ ७.१७.२० ॥
Then Rāvaṇa, tormented by the arrows of Kandarpa, spoke again to that maiden of great vows and descended from the summit of the aerial car.
7.17.21
अवलिप्ता ऽसि सुश्रोणि यस्यास्ते मतिरीदृशी ।
वृद्धानां मृगशावाक्षि भ्राजते पुण्यसञ्चयः ॥ ७.१७.२१ ॥
You are proud, O fair-hipped one, since your mind is of such a kind. O fawn-eyed one, the accumulated merit of the elders shines forth.
7.17.22
त्वं सर्वंगुणसम्पन्ना नार्हसे वक्तुमीदृशम् ।
त्रैलोक्यसुन्दरी भीरु यौवनं ते निवर्तते ॥ ७.१७.२२ ॥
You are endowed with every virtue; it is not fitting for you to speak thus. O fairest of the three worlds, O timid one, your youth is passing away.
7.17.23
अहं लङ्कापतिर्भद्रे दशग्रीव इति श्रुतः ।
तस्य मे भव भार्या त्वं भुङ्क्ष्व भोगान्यथासुखम् ॥ ७.१७.२३ ॥
I am the lord of Laṅkā, renowned as Daśagrīva. Become my wife, O auspicious one, and enjoy pleasures as you wish.
7.17.24
कश्च तावदसौ यं त्वं विष्णुरित्यभिभाषसे ।
वीर्येण तपसा चैव भोगेन च बलेन च ॥
न मया स समो भद्रे यं त्वं कामयसे ऽङ्गने ॥ ७.१७.२४ ॥
Who is that Viṣṇu you speak of? In valour, austerity, splendour and strength, he is not my equal, O auspicious one, though you desire him.
7.17.25
इत्युक्तवति तस्मिंस्तु वेदवत्यथ सा ऽब्रवीत् ॥ ७.१७.२५ ॥
When he had spoken thus, Vedavatī then replied.
7.17.26
ैव भोगेन च बलेन च ॥
मा मैवमिति सा कन्या तमुवाच निशाचरम् ।
त्रैलोक्याधिपति विष्णुं सर्वलोकनमस्कृतम् ।
त्वदृते राक्षसेन्द्रान्यः को ऽवमन्येत बुद्धिमान् ॥ ७.१७.२६ ॥
Vedavatī said to that night-wanderer: 'Do not speak thus. Apart from you, lord of the rākṣasas, what wise man would disrespect Viṣṇu, lord of the three worlds, revered by all worlds?'
7.17.27
एवमुक्तस्तया तत्र वेदवत्या निशाचरः ।
मूर्धजेषु तदा कन्यां कराग्रेण परामृशत् ॥ ७.१७.२७ ॥
When Vedavatī had spoken thus, the night-wanderer then touched the maiden's hair with the tips of his fingers.
7.17.28
ततो वेदवती क्रुद्धा केशान्हस्तेन सा ऽच्छिनत् ।
असिर्भूत्वा करस्तस्याः केशांश्छिन्नांस्तदा ऽकरोत् ॥ ७.१७.२८ ॥
Then Vedavatī, enraged, cut off her hair with her own hand. Her hand became a sword, and it made the cut hair as it was.
7.17.29
सा ज्वलन्तीव रोषेण दहन्तीव निशाचरम् ।
उवाचाग्निं समाधाय मरणाय कृतत्वरा ॥ ७.१७.२९ ॥
Blazing as if with anger, burning as if she would consume the night-wanderer, she invoked the fire and, hastening toward death, spoke.
7.17.30
धर्षितायास्त्वयानार्य न मे जीवितमिष्यते ।
रक्षस्तस्मात्प्रवेक्ष्यामि पश्यतस्ते हुताशनम् ॥ ७.१७.३० ॥
O ignoble one, I do not desire life, having been violated by you. Therefore, O rākṣasa, before your very eyes I shall enter this fire.
7.17.31
यस्मात्तु धर्षिता चाहं त्वया पापात्मना वने ।
तस्मात्तव वधार्थं हि समुत्पत्स्ये ह्यहं पुनः ॥ ७.१७.३१ ॥
Because you, sinful one, violated me in the forest, I shall be born again for your destruction.
7.17.32
न हि शक्यं स्त्रिया हन्तुं पुरुषः पापनिश्चः ।
शापे त्वयि मयोत्सृष्टे तपसश्च व्ययो भवेत् ॥ ७.१७.३२ ॥
A woman cannot kill a man resolved upon evil; and if I hurl a curse upon you, my austerity would be wasted.
7.17.33
यदि त्वस्ति मया किञ्चित्कृतं दत्तं हुतं तथा ।
तस्मात्त्वयोनिजा साध्वी भवेयं धर्मिणः सुता ॥ ७.१७.३३ ॥
If I have performed any rite, given any gift, or offered any oblation, then by that merit may I be the virtuous daughter of a righteous one, born not from a womb.
7.17.34
एवमुक्त्वा प्रविष्टा सा ज्वलितं जातवेदसम् ।
पपात च दिवो दिव्या पुष्पवृष्टिः समन्ततः ॥ ७.१७.३४ ॥
Having said this, she entered the blazing fire, and from the sky a divine shower of flowers fell on every side.
7.17.35
पुनरेव समुद्भूता पद्मे पद्मसमप्रभा ।
तस्मादपि पुनः प्राप्ता पूर्ववत्तेन रक्षसा ॥ ७.१७.३५ ॥
Again she arose upon a lotus, bright as a lotus, and again that demon took her back, just as before.
7.17.36
कन्यां कमलगर्भाभां प्रगृह्य स्वगृहं ययौ ।
प्रगृह्य रावणस्त्वेतां दर्शयामास मन्त्रिणे ॥ ७.१७.३६ ॥
Taking up that maiden, bright as the heart of a lotus, he went to his own house; and Rāvaṇa, having taken her up, showed her to his minister.
7.17.37
लक्षणज्ञो निरीक्ष्यैव रावणं चैवमब्रवीत् ।
गृहस्थैषां हि सुश्रोणी त्वद्वधायैव दृश्यते ॥ ७.१७.३७ ॥
Knowing the signs, having looked closely at Rāvaṇa, he spoke thus: "Fair-hipped one, this girl does not appear for a householder's life; she appears indeed for your destruction."
7.17.38
एतच्छ्रुत्वा ऽर्णवे राम तां प्रचिक्षेप रावणः ।
सा चैव क्षितिमासाद्य यज्ञायतनमध्यगा ॥ ७.१७.३८ ॥
Hearing this, Rāvaṇa threw her into the ocean, O Rāma; and she, reaching the earth, went into the middle of a sacrificial ground.
7.17.39
राज्ञो हलमुखोत्कृष्टा पुनरप्युत्थिता सती ।
सैषा जनकराजस्य प्रसूता तनया प्रभो ।
तव भार्या महाबाहो विष्णुस्त्वं हि सनातनः ॥ ७.१७.३९ ॥
She is the virtuous one, drawn up by the tip of the king's plough and risen again: this is the daughter born of King Janaka. O lord, O mighty-armed one, she is your wife, for you are the eternal Viṣṇu.
7.17.40
पूर्वं क्रोधाहितः शत्रुर्यया ऽसौ निहतस्तथा ।
उपाश्रयित्वा शैलभस्तव वीर्यममानुषम् ॥ ७.१७.४० ॥
Just as formerly she slew that fierce-tempered enemy, so too the mountain-born foe was slain, having taken refuge in your superhuman power.
7.17.41
एवमेषा महाभागा मर्त्येषूत्पत्स्यते पुनः ।
क्षेत्रे हलमुखोत्कृष्टे वेद्यामग्निशिखोपमा ॥ ७.१७.४१ ॥
Thus this greatly fortunate one will be born again among mortals — in a field furrowed by the tip of a plough, upon the altar, like a flame of fire.
7.17.42
एषा वेदवती नाम पूर्वमासीत्कृते युगे ।
त्रेतायुगमनुप्राप्य वधार्थं तस्य रक्षसः ॥ ७.१७.४२ ॥
This one was formerly named Vedavatī in the Kṛta age; reaching the Tretā age, she came into being again for the slaying of that rākṣasa.
7.17.43
उत्पन्ना मैथिलकुले जनकस्य महात्मनः ।
सीतोत्पन्ना तु सीतेति मानुषैः पुनरुच्यते ॥ ७.१७.४३ ॥
She was born in the Maithila line of the great-souled Janaka. Born from a furrow, she is called Sītā again by men.