Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 7.20
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7.20.1
ततो वित्रासयन्मर्त्यान्पृथिव्यां राक्षसाधिपः ।
आससाद घने तस्मिन्नारदं मुनिपुङ्गवम् ॥ ७.२०.१ ॥
Then the lord of the rākṣasas, terrifying mortals on the earth, approached Nārada, the best of sages, in that dense cloud.
7.20.2
तस्याभिवादनं कृत्वा दशग्रीवो निशाचरः ।
अब्रवीत्कुशलं पृष्ट्वा हेतुमागमनस्य च ॥ ७.२०.२ ॥
Having paid him reverence, the ten-necked night-wanderer asked after his well-being and the reason for his coming, and said:
7.20.3
नारदस्तु महातेजा देवर्षिरमितप्रभः ।
अब्रवीन्मेघपृष्ठस्थो रावणं पुष्पके स्थितम् ॥ ७.२०.३ ॥
But Nārada, the sage of the gods, of great splendor and boundless radiance, standing on the back of the cloud, spoke to Rāvaṇa, who was stationed in the Puṣpaka chariot.
7.20.4
राक्षसाधिपते सौम्य तिष्ठ विश्रवसः सुत ।
प्रीतो ऽस्म्यभिजनोपेतविक्रमैरूर्जितैस्तव ॥ ७.२०.४ ॥
O lord of the rākṣasas, gentle one, son of Viśravas, stay! I am pleased with your mighty prowess, worthy of your noble lineage.
7.20.5
विष्णुना दैत्यघातैश्च गन्धर्वोरगधर्षणैः ।
त्वया समं विमर्दैश्च भृशं हि परितोषितः ॥ ७.२०.५ ॥
I am greatly pleased by the slaying of the demons together with Viṣṇu, by the subduing of the Gandharvas and serpents, and by the clashes you have had with me.
7.20.6
किंचिद्वक्ष्यामि तावत्ते श्रोतव्यं श्रोष्यसे यदि ।
श्रुत्वा चानन्तरं कार्यं त्वया राक्षससत्तम ।
तन्मे निगदतस्तात समाधिं श्रवणे कुरु ॥ ७.२०.६ ॥
I will tell you something; listen, if you wish to hear it. O best of rākṣasas, having heard it, do what must be done. Dear one, give your attention to my words as I speak.
7.20.7
किमयं वध्यते तात त्वया ऽवध्येन दैवतैः ।
हत एव ह्ययं लोको यदा मृत्युवशं गतः ॥ ७.२०.७ ॥
Dear son, why do you slay one whom not even the gods can slay? This world, once it has passed under the power of death, is already struck down.
7.20.8
्तम ।
देवदानवदैत्यानां यक्षगन्धर्वरक्षसाम् ।
अवध्येन त्वया लोकः क्लेष्टुं युक्तो न मानुषः ॥ ७.२०.८ ॥
You, who cannot be slain by gods, dānavas, daityas, yakṣas, gandharvas or rākṣasas, are not fit to torment the human world.
7.20.9
नित्यं श्रेयसि सम्मूढं महद्भिर्व्यसनैर्वृतम् ।
हन्यात्कस्तादृशं लोकं जराव्याधिशतैर्युतम् ॥ ७.२०.९ ॥
Who would slay such a world, ever deluded about its welfare, beset by great calamities, and beset by hundreds of old age and diseases?
7.20.10
तैस्तैरनिष्टोपगमैरजस्रं यत्र कुत्र कः ।
मतिमान्मानुषे लोके युद्धेन प्रणयी भवेत् ॥ ७.२०.१० ॥
In the human world, filled everywhere and always with various unwelcome occurrences, what wise man would become its lover through war?
7.20.11
क्षीयमाणं दैवहतं श्रुत्पिपासाजरादिभिः ।
विषादशोकसम्मूढं लोकं त्वं क्षपयस्व मा ॥ ७.२०.११ ॥
Do not destroy this world, wasting away from hunger, thirst, old age and the like, struck down by fate, deluded by despondency and grief.
7.20.12
पश्य तावन्महाबाहो राक्षसेश्वर मानुषम् ।
मूढमेवं विचित्रार्थं यस्य न ज्ञायते गतिः ॥ ७.२०.१२ ॥
Look, O mighty-armed lord of rākṣasas, upon the human being, so deluded, of wondrous aims, whose course is not known.
7.20.13
क्वचिद्वादित्रनृत्यादि सेव्यते मुदितैर्जनैः ।
रुद्यते चापरैरार्तैर्धाराश्रुनयनाननैः ॥ ७.२०.१३ ॥
Somewhere people full of joy enjoy music, dance and the like; elsewhere others, afflicted, weep with faces and eyes streaming with tears.
7.20.14
मातापितृसुतस्नेहैर्भार्याबन्धुमनोरमैः ।
मोहितो ऽयं जनो ध्वस्तः क्लेशं स्वं नावबुध्यते ॥ ७.२०.१४ ॥
Deluded by the affection of mother, father and son, and by the charming bonds of wife and kin, this man is ruined, yet he does not perceive his own suffering.
7.20.15
अलमेनं परिक्लिश्य लोकं मोहनिराकृतम् ।
जित एव त्वया सौम्य मर्त्यलोको न संशयः ॥ ७.२०.१५ ॥
Enough! Do not trouble further this world overcome by delusion. Gentle one, you have already conquered the mortal world; there is no doubt.
7.20.16
अवश्यमेभिः सर्वैश्च गन्तव्यं यमसादनम् ।
तन्निगृह्णीष्व पौलस्त्य यमं परपुरञ्जय ॥ ७.२०.१६ ॥
All of these must surely go to the abode of Yama. Therefore, O descendant of Pulastya, O conqueror of enemy cities, restrain Yama.
7.20.17
तस्मिञ्जिते जितं सर्वं भवत्येव न संशयः ।
एवमुक्तस्तु लङ्केशो दीप्यमानं स्वतेजसा ।
अब्रवीन्नारदं तत्र सम्प्रहस्याभिवाद्य च ॥ ७.२०.१७ ॥
When he is conquered, everything is conquered; there is no doubt. Thus addressed, the lord of Laṅkā, blazing with his own splendour, laughed there, bowed to Nārada, and spoke.
7.20.18
महर्षे देवगन्धर्वविहार समरप्रिय ।
अहं समुद्यतो गन्तुं विजयार्थं रसातलम् ॥ ७.२०.१८ ॥
O great sage, roamer among gods and gandharvas, lover of battle! I am ready to go to the netherworld for the sake of victory.
7.20.19
ततो लोकत्रयं जित्वा स्थाप्य नागान्सुरान्वशे ।
समुद्रममृतार्थं च मथिष्यामि रसालयम् ॥ ७.२०.१९ ॥
Then, having conquered the three worlds and brought the serpents and gods under my sway, I will churn the ocean, the abode of waters, for the sake of nectar.
7.20.20
अथाब्रवीदृशग्रीवं नारदो भगवानृषिः ।
क्व खल्विदानीं मार्गेण त्वया ह्यन्येन गम्यते ॥ ७.२०.२० ॥
Then the venerable sage Nārada said to Rāvaṇa, the ten-necked: "Where are you going now? You are taking another path."
7.20.21
अयं खलु सुदुर्गम्यः प्रेतराजपुरं प्रति ।
मार्गो गच्छति दुर्धर्षो यमस्यामित्रकर्शन ॥ ७.२०.२१ ॥
"This path is indeed exceedingly difficult to traverse. It leads toward the city of the king of the dead. O destroyer of enemies, this is Yama's unassailable road."
7.20.22
स तु शारदमेघाभं हासं मुक्त्वा दशाननः ।
उवाच कृतमित्येव वचनं चेदमब्रवीत् ॥ ७.२०.२२ ॥
But Daśānana, laughing like an autumn cloud, said, "It is already done," and spoke these words.
7.20.23
तस्मादेवमहं ब्रह्मन् वैवस्वतवधोद्यतः ।
गच्छामि दक्षिणामाशां यत्र सूर्यात्मजो नृपः ॥ ७.२०.२३ ॥
"Therefore, O brahmin sage, resolved to slay Vaivasvata, I am going toward the southern quarter, where the king, the son of the Sun, dwells."
7.20.24
मया हि भगवन्क्रोधात्प्रतिज्ञातं रणार्थिना ।
अवजेष्यामि चतुरो लोकपालानिति प्रभो ॥ ७.२०.२४ ॥
"O venerable one, in anger and desiring battle I have vowed: O lord, I shall conquer the four guardians of the worlds."
7.20.25
तदिह प्रस्थितो ऽहं वै प्रेतराजपुरं प्रति ।
प्राणिसङ्क्लेशकर्तारं योजयिष्यामि मृत्युना ॥ ७.२०.२५ ॥
Therefore I am setting out from here toward the city of the king of the dead; I will join that causer of suffering to living beings with Death.
7.20.26
एवमुक्त्वा दशग्रीवो मुनिं तमभिवाद्य च ।
प्रययौ दक्षिणामाशां प्रविष्टः सह मन्त्रिभिः ॥ ७.२०.२६ ॥
Having spoken thus, the ten-necked Rāvaṇa bowed to that sage and set off toward the southern quarter with his ministers.
7.20.27
नारदस्तु महातेजा मुहूर्तं ध्यानमास्थितः ।
चिन्तयामास विप्रेन्द्रो विधूम इव पावकः ॥ ७.२०.२७ ॥
Nārada, of great splendor, sat in meditation for a moment and reflected; that best of brahmins shone like a fire without smoke.
7.20.28
येन लोकास्त्रयः सेन्द्राः क्लिश्यन्ते सचराचराः ।
क्षीणे चायुषि धर्मेण स कालो जेष्यते कथम् ॥ ७.२०.२८ ॥
By whom the three worlds, with Indra, and all moving and unmoving beings are afflicted, and when life is spent, death comes by dharma — how shall that Time be conquered?
7.20.29
स्वदत्तकृतसाक्षी यो द्वितीय इव पावकः ।
लब्धसञ्ज्ञा विजेष्यन्ते लोका यस्य महात्मनः ॥ ७.२०.२९ ॥
He who is witness to what he himself has given and done, like a second fire — by whose great-souled power, having gained consciousness, the worlds are conquered —
7.20.30
यस्य नित्यं त्रयो लोका विद्रवन्ति भयार्दिताः ।
तं कथं राक्षसेन्द्रो ऽसौ स्वयमेव गमिष्यति ॥ ७.२०.३० ॥
By whose fear the three worlds, tormented, are always fleeing — how will the lord of the rākṣasas himself go to him?
7.20.31
यो विधाता च धाता च सुकृतं दुष्कृतं तथा ।
त्रैलोक्यं विजितं येन तं कथं विजयिष्यते ॥ ७.२०.३१ ॥
He who is the creator and the sustainer, lord of good and evil deeds alike, who has conquered the three worlds — how will he be conquered?
7.20.32
अपरं किन्तु कृत्वायं विधानं संविधास्यति ।
कौतूहलसमुत्पन्नो यास्यामि यमसादनम् ॥ ७.२०.३२ ॥
But someone else will arrange this. Arisen from curiosity, I shall go to the abode of Yama.
7.20.33
विमर्दं द्रष्टुमनयोर्यमराक्षसयोः स्वयम् ॥ ७.२०.३३ ॥
I myself shall go to behold the clash between these two, Yama and the rākṣasa.