Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 7.88
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7.88.1
तां कथामिलसम्बद्धां रामेण समुदीरिताम् ।
लक्ष्मणो भरतश्चैव श्रुत्वा परमविस्मितौ ॥ ७.८८.१ ॥
Hearing that tale connected with Ilā, as recounted by Rāma, Lakṣmaṇa and Bharata were both greatly astonished.
7.88.2
तौ रामं प्राञ्जली भूत्वा तस्य राज्ञो महात्मनः ।
विस्तरं तस्य भावस्य तदा पप्रच्छतुः पुनः ॥ ७.८८.२ ॥
Both of them, with palms joined, asked Rāma again for the full account of that great-souled king's condition.
7.88.3
कथं स राजा स्त्रीभूतो वर्तयामास दुर्गतिः ।
पुरुषः स यदा भूतः कां वृत्तिं वर्तयत्यसौ ॥ ७.८८.३ ॥
How did that king live in misfortune as a woman? And when he became a man again, what livelihood does he follow?
7.88.4
तयोस्तद्भाषितं श्रुत्वा कौतूहलसमन्वितम् ।
कथयामास काकुत्स्थस्तस्य राज्ञो यथागतम् ॥ ७.८८.४ ॥
Hearing their curious words, Rāma of the Kakutstha line told them the king's story just as it had happened.
7.88.5
तमेव प्रथमं मासं स्त्रीभूता लोकसुन्दरी ।
ताभिः परिवृता स्त्रीभिर्ये च पूर्वपदानुगाः ॥ ७.८८.५ ॥
In the very first month he became a woman, the beauty of the world, surrounded by those women and by those who had followed in his earlier footsteps.
7.88.6
तत्काननं विगाह्वाशु विजह्रे लोकसुन्दरी ।
द्रुमगुल्मलताकीर्णं पद्भ्यां पद्मदलेक्षणा ॥ ७.८८.६ ॥
Quickly entering that forest, the beauty of the world, lotus-petal-eyed, roamed on foot through that forest filled with trees, shrubs and creepers.
7.88.7
वाहनानि च सर्वाणि सा त्यक्त्वा वै समन्ततः ।
पर्वताभोगविवरे तस्मिन्रेमे इला तदा ॥ ७.८८.७ ॥
Having left all her vehicles behind on every side, Ilā then delighted in the wide cleft of the mountain.
7.88.8
अथ तस्मिन्वनोद्देशे पर्वतस्याविदूरतः ।
सरः सुरुचिरप्रख्यं नानापक्षिगणैर्युतम् ॥ ७.८८.८ ॥
Then, in that forest region not far from the mountain, there was a lake of exceeding beauty, filled with flocks of many kinds of birds.
7.88.9
ददर्श सा त्विला तस्मिन्बुधं सोमसुतं तदा ।
ज्वलन्तं स्वेन वपुषा पूर्णसोममिवोदितम् ॥ ७.८८.९ ॥
Then Ilā saw there Budha, son of Soma, blazing with his own bodily radiance, like the full moon risen.
7.88.10
तपन्तं च तपस्तीव्रमम्भोमध्ये दुरासदम् ।
यशस्करं कामकरं कारुण्ये पर्यवस्थितम् ॥ ७.८८.१० ॥
He was performing severe austerity in the midst of the water, hard to approach, bestowing fame, arousing desire, steadfast in compassion.
7.88.11
सा तं जलाशयं सर्वं क्षोभयामास विस्मिता ।
सहगैः पूर्वपुरुषैः स्त्रीभूतै रघुनन्दन ॥ ७.८८.११ ॥
Astonished, she stirred up that entire lake, O delight of the Raghus, together with her companions, who were her forefathers become women.
7.88.12
बुधस्तु तां समीक्ष्यैव कामबाणवशं गतः ।
नोपलेभे तदा ऽ ऽत्मानं सञ्चचाल तदा ऽ ऽम्भसि ॥ ७.८८.१२ ॥
But Budha, having seen her, at once fell under the power of love's arrows; he no longer perceived himself, and then he trembled in the water.
7.88.13
इलां निरीक्षमाणस्तु त्रैलोक्याभ्यधिकां शुभाम् ।
चिन्तां समभ्यतिक्रामत् का न्वियं देवताधिका ॥ ७.८८.१३ ॥
Gazing upon Ilā, more beautiful than the three worlds, Budha fell into thought: "Who is she, superior even to the goddesses?"
7.88.14
न देवीषु न नागीषु नासुरीष्वप्सरःसु च ।
दृष्टपूर्वा मया काचिद्रूपेणानेन शोभिता ॥ ७.८८.१४ ॥
Among goddesses, serpent-women, demon-women, or apsarases, I have never before seen anyone adorned with such beauty.
7.88.16
सदृशीयं मम भवेद्यदि नान्यपरिग्रहः ।
आश्रमं समुपागम्य ततस्ताः प्रमदोत्तमाः ।
शब्दापयत धर्मात्मा ताश्चैनं च ववन्दिरे ॥ ७.८८.१६ ॥
If she is not another's wife, she would be fitting for me. Then, having come to the hermitage, the righteous one summoned those excellent women, and they too bowed to him.
7.88.17
स ताः पप्रच्छ धर्मात्मा कस्यैषा लोकसुन्दरी ।
किमर्थमागता चैव सर्वमाख्यात मा चिरम् ॥ ७.८८.१७ ॥
The righteous one asked them: "Whose is this beauty of the world? For what purpose has she come? Tell me everything, without delay."
7.88.18
शुभं तु तस्य तद्वाक्यं मधुरं मधुराक्षरम् ।
श्रुत्वा स्त्रियश्च ताः सर्वा ऊचुर्मधुरया गिरा ॥ ७.८८.१८ ॥
Hearing his auspicious, sweet, and sweetly-worded speech, all those women answered in a sweet voice.
7.88.19
अस्माकमेषा सुश्रोणी प्रभुत्वे वर्तते सदा ।
अपतिः काननान्तेषु सहास्माभिश्चरत्यसौ ॥ ७.८८.१९ ॥
This fair-hipped one is always under our authority. Without a husband, she roams with us in the depths of the forest.
7.88.20
तद्वाक्यमव्यक्तपदं तासां स्त्रीणां निशम्य च ।
विद्यामावर्तनीं पुण्यामावर्तयत स द्विजः ॥ ७.८८.२० ॥
Hearing the indistinct words of those women, the twice-born sage applied the sacred knowledge that reverses transformation.
7.88.21
सो ऽर्थं विदित्वा सकलं तस्य राज्ञो यथागतम् ।
सर्वा एव स्त्रियस्ताश्च बभाषे मुनिपुङ्गवः ॥ ७.८८.२१ ॥
Having fully learned the whole matter of how it had come about for that king, the foremost of sages spoke to all those women.
7.88.22
अत्र किम्पुरुषीर्भूत्वा शैलरोधसि वत्स्यथ ।
आवासस्तु गिरावस्मिञ्छीघ्रमेव विधीयताम् ॥ ७.८८.२२ ॥
Here, becoming kimpuruṣa women, you shall dwell on the mountain slope. Now, let your dwelling be quickly arranged on this mountain.
7.88.23
मूलपत्रफलैः सर्वा वर्तयिष्यथ नित्यदा ।
स्त्रियः किम्पुरुषान्नाम भर्तऽन्समुपलप्स्यथ ॥ ७.८८.२३ ॥
With roots, leaves and fruits you shall all sustain yourselves constantly. O women, you shall obtain kimpuruṣa men as your husbands.
7.88.24
ताः श्रुत्वा सोमपुत्रस्य वाचं किम्पुरुषीकृताः ।
उपासाञ्चक्रिरे शैलं वध्वस्ता बहुलास्तदा ॥ ७.८८.२४ ॥
Hearing the words of the son of Soma, those many women, made into kimpuruṣa women, then took refuge at and dwelt upon that mountain.