Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 7.5
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7.5.1
सुकेशं धार्मिकं दृष्ट्वा वरलब्धं च राक्षसम् ।
ग्रामणीर्नाम गन्धर्वो विश्वावसुसमप्रभः ॥ ७.५.१ ॥
Seeing the righteous Sukeśa, and the rākṣasa who had obtained a boon, the gandharva named Grāmaṇī, radiant like Viśvāvasu,
7.5.2
तस्य देववती नाम द्वितीया श्रीरिवात्मजा ।
त्रिषु लोकेषु विख्याता रूपयौवनशालिनी ।
तां सुकेशाय धर्मेण ददौ रक्षःश्रियं यथा ॥ ७.५.२ ॥
His second daughter, named Devavatī, was like Śrī herself, renowned in the three worlds, endowed with beauty and youth. He gave her in accordance with dharma to Sukeśa, as one bestows the splendour of the rākṣasas.
7.5.3
वरदानकृतैश्वर्यं सा तं प्राप्य पतिं प्रियम् ।
आसीद्देववती तुष्टा धनं प्राप्येव निर्धनः ॥ ७.५.३ ॥
Having obtained that beloved husband, whose lordship came from a boon, Devavatī was pleased, as a poor man is pleased on obtaining wealth.
7.5.4
स तया सह संयुक्तो रराज रजनीचरः ।
अञ्जनादभिनिष्क्रान्तः करेण्वेव महागजः ॥ ७.५.४ ॥
Joined with her, that night-wanderer shone, like a great elephant that has come forth from the Añjana mountain, together with a female elephant.
7.5.5
देववत्यां सुकेशस्तु जनयामास राघव ॥ ७.५.५ ॥
O Rāghava, Sukeśa begot children in Devavatī.
7.5.6
त्रीन् पुत्रान् जनयामास त्रेताग्निसमविग्रहान् ।
माल्यवन्तं सुमालिं च मालिं च बलिनां वरम् ।
त्रींस्त्रिनेत्रसमान्पुत्रान्राक्षसान्राक्षसाधिपः ॥ ७.५.६ ॥
He begot three sons, whose bodies were like the trētā fire — Mālyavat, Sumālin and Mālin, best of the mighty; the lord of the rākṣasas begot three rākṣasa sons like the three-eyed one.
7.5.7
त्रयो लोका इवाव्यग्राः स्थितास्त्रय इवाग्नयः ।
त्रयो मन्त्रा इवात्युग्रास्त्रयो घोरा इवामयाः ॥ ७.५.७ ॥
Like the three worlds, unperturbed, they stood like three fires; like three most fierce counsels, like three terrible diseases.
7.5.8
त्रयः सुकेशस्य सुतास्त्रेताग्निसमतेजसः ।
विवृद्धिमगमंस्तत्र व्याधयोपेक्षिता इव ॥ ७.५.८ ॥
Sukeśa's three sons, with splendor equal to the sacrificial fires of the tretā age, grew there like neglected diseases.
7.5.9
वरप्राप्तिं पितुस्ते तु ज्ञात्वेश्वरतपोबलात् ।
तपस्तप्तुं गता मेरुं भ्रातरः कृतनिश्चयाः ॥ ७.५.९ ॥
Knowing that their father had obtained a boon through the power of the Lord's austerity, the brothers, resolved, went to Meru to perform austerities.
7.5.10
प्रगृह्य नियमान्घोरान्राक्षसा नृपसत्तम ।
विचेरुस्ते तपो घोरं सर्वभूतभयावहम् ॥ ७.५.१० ॥
Taking up terrible vows, O best of kings, the rakshasas wandered performing a dreadful austerity that struck fear into all beings.
7.5.11
सत्यार्जवशमोपेतैस्तपोभिरतिदुष्करैः ।
सन्तापयन्तस्त्रील्लोँकान्सदेवासुरमानुषान् ॥ ७.५.११ ॥
Endowed with truth, uprightness and calm, by austerities most difficult, they began to distress the three worlds together with gods, asuras and men.
7.5.12
ततो विभुश्चतुर्वक्त्रो विमानवरमास्थितः ।
सुकेशपुत्रानामन्त्र्य वरदो ऽस्मीत्यभाषत ॥ ७.५.१२ ॥
Then the all-powerful Four-faced one, mounted on an excellent celestial car, addressed Sukeśa's sons and said: "I am the giver of boons."
7.5.13
ब्रह्माणं वरदं ज्ञात्वा सेन्द्रैर्देवगणैर्वृतम् ।
ऊचुः प्राञ्जलयः सर्वे वेपमाना इव द्रुमाः ॥ ७.५.१३ ॥
Knowing Brahmā, the giver of boons, surrounded by the throng of gods with Indra, all of them with palms joined and trembling like trees, spoke.
7.5.14
तपसाराधितो देव यदि नो दिशसे वरम् ।
अजेयाः शत्रुहन्तारस्तथैव चिरजीविनः ॥ ७.५.१४ ॥
O god, if you, propitiated by austerity, grant us a boon: let us be unconquerable, slayers of enemies, and likewise long-lived.
7.5.15
प्रभविष्ण्वो भवामेति परस्परमनुव्रताः ॥ ७.५.१५ ॥
"Let us become powerful," thus, devoted to one another, they spoke.
7.5.16
एवं भविष्यतीत्युक्त्वा सुकेशतनयान्विभुः ।
स ययौ ब्रह्मलोकाय ब्रह्मा ब्राह्मणवत्सलः ॥ ७.५.१६ ॥
Saying, "So it shall be," to the sons of Sukeśa, the lord Brahmā, fond of brāhmaṇas, went away to the world of Brahmā.
7.5.17
वरं लब्ध्वा तु ते सर्वे राम रात्रिञ्चरास्तदा ।
सुरासुरान्प्रबाधन्ते वरदानसुनिर्भयाः ॥ ७.५.१७ ॥
O Rāma, having obtained the boon, those night-wanderers, made utterly fearless by the gift of the boon, then began to oppress gods and asuras.
7.5.18
तैर्वध्यमानास्त्रिदशाः सर्षिसङ्घाः सचारणाः ।
त्रातारं नाधिगच्छन्ति निरयस्था यथा नराः ॥ ७.५.१८ ॥
Harassed by them, the gods, with hosts of sages and cāraṇas, find no protector, like men lying in hell.
7.5.19
अथ ते विश्वकर्माणं शिल्पिनां वरमव्ययम् ।
ऊचुः समेत्य संहृष्टा राक्षसा रघुसत्तम ॥ ७.५.१९ ॥
Then the delighted rākṣasas came together and spoke to Viśvakarman, the best of craftsmen, the imperishable one: "O best of the Raghus!"
7.5.20
ओजस्तेजोबलवतां महतामात्मतेजसा ।
गृहकर्ता भवानेव देवानां हृदयेप्सितम् ॥ ७.५.२० ॥
Among those who are mighty in vigor, brilliance and strength, you alone, by your own splendor, are the builder of houses that fulfill the heart's desire of the gods.
7.5.21
अस्माकमपि तावत्त्वं गृहं कुरु महामते ।
हिमवन्तमपाश्रित्य मेरुमन्दरमेव वा ।
महेश्वरगृहप्रख्यं गृहं नः क्रियतां महत् ॥ ७.५.२१ ॥
O great-minded one, first make a dwelling for us too: resorting to the Himālaya, or even to Meru and Mandara, let a great dwelling be made for us, resembling the abode of Maheśvara.
7.5.22
विश्वकर्मा ततस्तेषां राक्षसानां महाभुजः ।
निवासं कथयामास शक्रस्येवामरावतीम् ॥ ७.५.२२ ॥
Then Viśvakarman, the mighty-armed one, described to those rākṣasas a dwelling place like Indra's Amarāvatī.
7.5.23
दक्षिणस्योदधेस्तीरे त्रिकूटो नाम पर्वतः ।
सुवेल इति चाप्यन्यो द्वितीयस्तत्र सत्तमाः ॥ ७.५.२३ ॥
On the shore of the southern ocean there is a mountain named Trikūṭa; and there is also another, named Suvela, O best ones.
7.5.24
शिखरे तस्य शैलस्य मध्यमे ऽम्बुदसन्निभे ।
शकुनैरपि दुष्प्रापे टङ्कच्छिन्नचतुर्दिशि ॥ ७.५.२४ ॥
On the middle peak of that mountain, resembling a cloud, hard even for birds to reach, its four sides cut by chisels.
7.5.25
त्रिंशद्योजनक्स्तीर्णा शतयोजनमायता ।
स्वर्णप्राकारसंवीता हेमतोरणसंवृता ॥ ७.५.२५ ॥
That city was thirty yojanas wide and a hundred yojanas long, surrounded by golden ramparts and adorned with golden gateways.
7.5.26
मया लङ्केति नगरी शक्राज्ञप्तेन निर्मिता ।
तस्यां वसत दुर्धर्षा यूयं राक्षसपुङ्गवाः ॥ ७.५.२६ ॥
By Indra's command I have built this city named Laṅkā; dwell in it, invincible, O best of rākṣasas.
7.5.27
अमरावतीं समासाद्य सेन्द्रा इव दिवौकसः ।
लङ्कादुर्गं समासाद्य राक्षसैर्बहुभिर्वृताः ॥ ७.५.२७ ॥
As the celestials with Indra dwell upon reaching Amarāvatī, so you, having reached the fortress of Laṅkā, will dwell surrounded by many rākṣasas.
7.5.28
भविष्यथ दुराधर्षाः शत्रूणां शत्रुसूदनाः ॥ ७.५.२८ ॥
You will be hard for enemies to assail, destroyers of your foes.
7.5.29
विश्वकर्मवचः श्रुत्वा ततस्ते राक्षसोत्तमाः ।
सहस्रानुचरा भूत्वा गत्वा तामवसन्पुरीम् ॥ ७.५.२९ ॥
Hearing the words of Viśvakarman, those foremost rākṣasas, each with a thousand followers, went and dwelt in that city.
7.5.30
दृढप्राकारपरिखां हैमैर्गृहशतैर्वृताम् ।
लङ्कामवाप्य ते हृष्टा न्यवसन्रजनीचराः ॥ ७.५.३० ॥
Having obtained Laṅkā, with its firm ramparts and moats and surrounded by hundreds of golden houses, those night-wanderers delightedly dwelt there.
7.5.31
एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु यथाकामं च राघव ।
नर्मदा नाम गन्धर्वी बभूव रघुनन्दन ॥ ७.५.३१ ॥
At that very time, O Rāghava, there was a gandharva woman named Narmadā, who could take any form she wished, O delight of the Raghus.
7.5.32
तस्याः कान्यात्रयं ह्यासीत् धीश्रीकिर्तिसमद्युति ।
ज्येष्ठक्रमेण सा तेषां राक्षसानामराक्षसी ॥ ७.५.३२ ॥
She had three daughters, as radiant as Intelligence, Fortune and Fame. In order of seniority, she, though not a rākṣasī, became the mother of those rākṣasas.
7.5.33
कन्यास्ताः प्रददौ हृष्टा पूर्णचन्द्रनिभाननाः ।
त्रयाणां राक्षसेन्द्राणां तिस्रो गन्धर्वकन्यकाः ॥ ७.५.३३ ॥
Joyfully she gave those three gandharva maidens, with faces like the full moon, to the three lords of the rākṣasas.
7.5.34
दत्ता मात्रा महाभागा नक्षत्रे भगदैवते ।
कुतदारास्तु ते राम सुकेशतनयास्तदा ॥ ७.५.३४ ॥
Given by their mother, those greatly fortunate ones were given under the constellation ruled by the deity Bhaga. O Rāma, then the sons of Sukeśa took wives.
7.5.35
चिक्रीडुः सह भार्याभिरप्सरोभिरिवामराः ।
ततो माल्यवतो भार्या सुन्दरी नाम सुन्दरी ॥ ७.५.३५ ॥
They sported with their wives like gods with apsarases. Then Mālyavat's wife was the beautiful one named Sundarī.
7.5.36
स तस्यां जनयामास यदपत्यं निबोध तत् ।
वज्रमुष्टिर्विरूपाक्षोदुर्मुखश्चैव राक्षसः ॥ ७.५.३६ ॥
Hear the offspring she bore to him: the rākṣasas Vajramuṣṭi, Virūpākṣa and Durmukha.
7.5.37
सुप्तघ्नो यज्ञकोपश्च मत्तोन्मत्तौ तथैव च ।
अनला चाभवत्कन्या सुन्दर्यां राम सुन्दरी ॥ ७.५.३७ ॥
Suptaghna and Yajñakopa, and likewise Matta and Unmatta, were born; and O Rāma, from Sundarī a beautiful daughter named Analā was born.
7.5.38
सुमालिनो ऽपि भार्यासीत्पूर्णचद्रनिभानना ।
नाम्ना केतुमती राम प्राणेभ्यो ऽपि गरीयसी ॥ ७.५.३८ ॥
Sumālin also had a wife, moon-full-faced, named Ketumatī, O Rāma, dearer to him than his own life.
7.5.39
सुमाली जनयामास यदपत्यं निशाचरः ।
केतुमत्यां महाराज तन्निबोधानुपूर्वशः ॥ ७.५.३९ ॥
The night-roaming Sumālī begot, upon Ketumatī, offspring — hear them, O great king, in order.
7.5.40
प्रहस्तो ऽकम्पनश्चैव विकटः कालकार्मुखः ।
धूम्राक्षश्चैव दण्डश्च सुपार्श्वश्च महाबलः ॥ ७.५.४० ॥
Prahasta and Akampana, Vikaṭa and Kālakārmuka, Dhūmrākṣa and Daṇḍa, and the mighty Supārśva.
7.5.41
संह्रादिः प्रघसश्चैव भासकर्णश्च राक्षसः ।
राका पुष्पोत्कटा चैव कैकसी च शुचिस्मिता ॥
कुम्भीनसी च इत्येते सुमालेः प्रसवाः स्मृताः ॥ ७.५.४१ ॥
Saṃhrādi and Praghasa, the rākṣasa Bhāsakarṇa; Rākā, Puṣpotkaṭā, Kaikasī, and pure-smiling Kumbhīnasī — these are recalled as the offspring of Sumālī.
7.5.42
मालेस्तु वसुधा नाम गन्धर्वी रूपशालिनी ।
भार्यासीत्पद्मपत्राक्षी स्वक्षी यक्षीवरोपमा ॥ ७.५.४२ ॥
Mālī's wife was a gandharva woman named Vasudhā, graceful, lotus-petal-eyed, fine-eyed, like the best of yakṣī women.
7.5.43
सुमालेरनुजस्तस्यां जनयामास यत् प्रभो ।
अपत्यं कथ्यमानं तु मया त्वं शृणु राघव ॥ ७.५.४३ ॥
Sumālī's younger brother begot offspring by her. O lord, listen, O Rāghava, to the offspring I now relate.
7.5.44
अनिलश्चानलश्चैव हरः सम्पातिरेव च ।
एते विभीषणामात्या मालेयास्तु निशाचरः ॥ ७.५.४४ ॥
Anila, Anala, Hara and Sampāti—these are Vibhīṣaṇa's ministers; they are the night-rangers, the sons of Mālī.
7.5.45
ततस्तु ते राक्षसपुङ्गवास्त्रयो निशाचरैः पुत्रशतैश्च संवृताः ।
सुरान्सहेन्द्रानृषिनागयक्षान्बबाधिरे तान्बहुवीर्यदर्पिताः ॥ ७.५.४५ ॥
Then those three foremost rakshasas, surrounded by hundreds of sons and night-rangers, proud of their great might, afflicted the gods along with Indra, the sages, serpents and yakṣas.
7.5.46
जगद्भ्रमन्तो ऽनिलवद्दुरासदा रणेषु मृत्युप्रतिमानतेजसः ।
वरप्रदानादतिगर्विता भृशं क्रतुक्रियाणां प्रशमङ्कराः सदा ॥ ७.५.४६ ॥
Wandering the world like the wind, hard to withstand in battles, their brilliance like death's, they were greatly puffed up by their granted boons and always disrupted the sacrificial rites.